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7,700 | Jennie Bond | Jennifer Bond (born 19 August 1950) is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has most recently hosted Cash in the Attic and narrated the programme Great British Menu. Early career Born in Hitchin, Bond was educated at St. Francis' College, a girls' independent school in Letchworth, Hertfordshire and at the University of Warwick, from where she graduated with a degree in French and European Literature. Her career began in print, working for various local newspapers in London in journalism and sub-editing roles. Her first job in journalism was as a reporter for the Richmond Herald and then the Uxbridge Evening Mail. In 1977, aged 27, Bond moved to BBC radio, producing and editing. She was also a producer on Woman's Hour, Tuesday Call, International Assignment and for various television documentaries. Royal correspondent In 1985, Bond became a radio news reporter and in 1988 she began to report for television, both for the BBC. She became a royal correspondent, which was to bring her to public attention, in 1989. During the 1990s she combined her reporting with several presentational roles – regularly fronting Breakfast News, the BBC One O'Clock News and the BBC Six O'Clock News, including presenting the Six O'Clock News on the day of the death of her close friend and fellow newsreader Jill Dando. Bond held the position as royal correspondent until the summer of 2003. During that time she reported on many dramatic and notable events to do with the royal family, including the 1992 Windsor Castle fire; two royal weddings; the break-up of the Duke of York's marriage to Sarah Ferguson; the divorce of the Prince and Princess of Wales; the deaths of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, and has reported on the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh's celebrations of her Golden Jubilee. She has also travelled extensively with the Royal Family. She was in Australia, in January 1994, when an attempt was made to shoot the Prince of Wales. She travelled with Diana, Princess of Wales on her trip to Angola, with the Queen on her first official visits to Russia in 1994 and when she met Nelson Mandela in South Africa a year later. However, her hardest and most challenging assignments were when she had to report on the death and funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. Bond's reporting style suggested that she was very close personally to members of the Royal Family. She commented that she had become close to Diana and that her death came as a great shock. She actually instigated her first meeting with Diana. She sent a note, suggesting that if she was to report on Diana properly then she should at least know what her character was actually like, not basing her thoughts on stories that had appeared in newspapers. She commented on that meeting at Kensington Palace, stating: "Princess Diana was charming, articulate, fresh, interesting, but manipulative. She knew I was a journalist. This was no girlie-girlie meeting." She wrote a book |
7,701 | David Toussaint | David Toussaint (born April 23, 1964) is an American writer, commentator, theatre critic, playwright and author. Toussaint is also a contributor to HuffPost. Biography Born on April 23, 1964 to Maynard and Leona Toussaint in Walnut Creek, California, Toussaint is the youngest of five children including Beth Toussaint. While in high school, he was an intern for the Contra Costa Times in Walnut Creek and eventually was hired as an assistant to the real estate editor. From 1977 to 1979, Toussaint attended the American Conservatory Theater and toured as an actor throughout California with the theater's Young Conservatory group. He attended the University of California at Los Angeles with a major in English literature. Toussaint now lives in Manhattan. Career Since 1997, Toussaint has written articles for Brides magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Working Woman, Instinct, Gay Financial Network, Outsider Ink, Caribbean Travel and Life and Diversion magazine. He has been an editor at Conde Nast and a three-time guest editor for Francis Ford Coppola's online magazine Zoetrope, and was a full-time columnist for GayWeddings.com. Currently he writes a weekly column and is a theater critic for EDGE magazine, and is the senior editor for GuySpy.com. In 2003, Toussaint wrote an article entitled Outward Bound on same-sex weddings for Brides magazine. It was the first article on gay and lesbian weddings to be published by any of the five major, top-selling bridal magazines, and its publication created a significant controversy. Toussaint's book, Gay and Lesbian Weddings: Planning the Perfect Same-Sex Ceremony was published by Ballantine Books in 2004, and his May 2009 ebook, Toussaint, was published by Stay Thirsty Publishing. Toussaint's book "The Gay Couples Guide to Wedding Planning" was published by Sellers Publishing in 2012. His book "DJ: The Dog Who Rescued Me" was published by Turn the Page Publishing in 2013. Toussaint wrote, produced and directed a one-act play, Backstage Bitches, which ran for two consecutive summers in New York City (1998–1999). The play starred a young Jake Robards, son of Jason Robards, in his professional acting debut. Toussaint acted in the 2008 film Dissonance. Works Non-fiction "DJ: The Dog Who Rescued ME," Turn the Page Publishing, 2013 "The Gay Couples Guide to Wedding Planning," Sellers Publishing, 2012 TOUSSAINT!, Stay Thirsty Press, 2009 Gay and Lesbian Weddings: Planning the Perfect Same-Sex Ceremony, Ballantine, 2004 Short fiction Fire, Literary Potpourri, 2003 The Dream of the Rabbits, Snow Monkey, 2002 References External links Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:People from Walnut Creek, California Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni Category:Writers from New York City Category:American male writers Category:American dramatists and playwrights |
7,702 | Pablo Ruiz (album) | Pablo Ruiz is the first studio album by the Argentine singer Pablo Ruiz. It was released in 1987. Track listing Bongiorno, My Love, Te Amo Mi Locura Especial Todo Por Tu Amor Mi Chica Ideal El Amor Está De Moda Sol De Verano Somos Jóvenes Rock De La Inquietante Susy Por Favor Ámame References Category:Pablo Ruiz (singer) albums Category:1987 debut albums |
7,703 | Helen Calcutt | Helen Calcutt (born 1988) is a British poet and writer. Writing career Calcutt is a British poet, writer, dancer, and choreographer. She was born in the Midlands (1988). Calcutt's poety, journalism, and critical writing has been widely published, featuring in the Guardian, the Huffintgon Post,The Brooklyn Review, and Unbound. She has also written award winning essays for the Wales Arts Review and Sabotage. She is the author of two volumes of poetry. 'Sudden rainfall' was published by experimental British publishing house 'Perdika Press' when she was just 23 years old. The book was a PBS Choice on publication, and became Waterstone's best-selling pamphlet collection in 2016. In 2018 Robert Peake summarized her second book'Unable Mother'. ‘This work challenges our abstract and cosy notions of motherhood with a brutal and vulnerable delve into the psyche. Calcutt grapples, sometimes violently, sometimes with aching tenderness, each hard-won line “like squeezing/flesh and fruit from the bone,/this terrible love”. It was published by [[V.Press]].] Helen is creator and editor of poetry anthology 'Eighty Four'. It was published by Verve Poetry Press in January 2019, and was shortlisted for the Saboteur Best Anthology Award, 2019, and was a Poetry Wales Book the Year 2019. Dance and choreography Calcutt is also a professional dancer and choreographer. Calcutt has directed movement for theatre and independent film, working with a specialism in the conversation between text and movement. Her poem 'Naked' was re-created for dance and film by Redstorm Productions. Her poem 'Rope' was made into a short film by Paul Stringer. Her interdisciplinary performances include a solo performance of T.S. Eliot's 'Marina' at the Poetry International, a physical adaptation of T.S. Eliot's landmark poem 'The Wasteland as part of the 2016 N.A.W.E. Writers Conference at the University of Bolton, and a collaborative movement work based on Owen Sheers' poem 'Last Act'. Her work has been endorsed by The Poetry Society, N.A.W.E, and First Story. Calcutt originally trained in commercial dance, before studying contemporary movement at Trinity Laban, and later moving into a career in dance-theatre and movement direction. She is also a latin and Cuban salsa dancer. Activism Calcutt is an activist for mental health awareness, and male suicide prevention. She is creator and editor of acclaimed poetry anthology, 'Eighty Four' The title stands for the number of men who take their lives every week in the U.K. The book was published by Verve Poetry Press (2019) was shortlisted for the Saboteur Best Anthology Award, 2019, and was a Poetry Wales Book of The Year 2019. It features award-winning poets Andrew McMillan, Salena Godden, Anthony Anaxogorou, Katrina Naomi, Ian Patterson, Caroline Smith, Carrie Etter, Mario Petrucci, Peter Raynard, and Joelle Taylor. Helen lost her own brother to suicide in September 2017 Bibliography 2013: Sudden rainfall, Perdika Press, 2018: Unable Mother, V.Press, 2019: Anthology Eighty Four Verve Poetry Press References External links The Guardian, author page The Huffington Post, author page The Lampeter Review, Issue 6 2012 Perdika Press Category:English women poets Category:Living people Category:1988 births Category:Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton Category:People from the Black Country Category:English women journalists Category:English |
7,704 | Transactivation | In the context of gene regulation: transactivation is the increased rate of gene expression triggered either by biological processes or by artificial means, through the expression of an intermediate transactivator protein. In the context of receptor signaling, transactivation occurs when one or more receptors activate yet another; receptor transactivation may result from the crosstalk of signaling cascades or the activation of G protein–coupled receptor hetero-oligomer subunits, among other mechanisms. Natural transactivation Transactivation can be triggered either by endogenous cellular or viral proteins, also called transactivators. These protein factors act in trans (i.e., intermolecularly). HIV and HTLV are just two of the many viruses that encode transactivators to enhance viral gene expression. These transactivators can also be linked to cancer if they start interacting with, and increasing expression of, a cellular proto-oncogene. HTLV, for instance, has been associated with causing leukemia primarily through this process. Its transactivator, Tax, can interact with p40, inducing overexpression of interleukin 2, interleukin receptors, GM-CSF and the transcription factor c-Fos. HTLV infects T-cells and via the increased expression of these stimulatory cytokines and transcription factors, leads to uncontrolled proliferation of T-cells and hence lymphoma. Artificial transactivation Artificial transactivation of a gene is achieved by inserting it into the genome at the appropriate area as transactivator gene adjoined to special promoter regions of DNA. The transactivator gene expresses a transcription factor that binds to specific promoter region of DNA. By binding to the promoter region of a gene, the transcription factor causes that gene to be expressed. The expression of one transactivator gene can activate multiple genes, as long as they have the same, specific promoter region attached. Because the expression of the transactivator gene can be controlled, transactivation can be used to turn genes on and off. If this specific promoter region is also attached to a reporter gene, we can measure when the transactivator is being expressed. See also Transrepression Selective glucocorticoid receptor agonist References External links Category:Molecular biology |
7,705 | Connolly v DPP | Connolly v. DPP [2007] EWHC 237 (Admin); [2008] 1 W.L.R. 276, is an English criminal law case, decided with reference to the Human Rights Act 1998. Facts Veronica Connolly sent graphic images of aborted foetuses to pharmacies. She was a Roman Catholic who objected to the morning-after pill. She was prosecuted under the Malicious Communications Act 1988. She held that the prosecution violated her right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights. She was represented by Paul Diamond. Judgment Her appeal against prosecution was dismissed. Under the Human Rights Act 1998, the restriction on her "freedom of expression" was justified because the images were grossly indecent and offensive. The restriction was for the protection of the rights of others, in accordance with the exception of Art.9 ECHR. See also UK employment discrimination law UK labour law Human Rights Act 1998 Notes External links Category:English criminal case law Category:Human rights in the United Kingdom Category:High Court of Justice cases Category:2007 in case law Category:2007 in England Category:2007 in British law |
7,706 | Mick Molloy (athlete) | Mick Molloy (born 13 March 1938) is an Irish long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Category:Irish male long-distance runners Category:Irish male marathon runners Category:Olympic athletes of Ireland Category:Sportspeople from County Galway |
7,707 | Albert Saritov | Albert Ramazanovich Saritov (; born July 8, 1985) is a Russian Naturalized Romanian freestyle wrestler of Chechen descent. 2016 Olympics bronze medalist, bronze medalist World Wrestling Championships 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. Ramzan Kadyrov & Adlan Varayev cup 2012 winner, Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2011 runner-up and winner Ali Aliyev Memorial 2014. He is representing Mindiashvili wrestling academy. He was born in Khasavyurt. External links wrestrus.ru Category:Living people Category:1985 births Category:Romanian male sport wrestlers Category:Russian male sport wrestlers Category:People from Khasavyurt Category:Chechen martial artists Category:Russian people of Chechen descent Category:Chechen people Category:World Wrestling Championships medalists Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Romania |
7,708 | Mike Kelly (Australian politician) | Colonel Michael Joseph Kelly, (born 23 February 1960) is a former Australian politician who twice represented the Division of Eden-Monaro in the Parliament of Australia, from 2007 to 2013 and again from 2016 to 2020. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Kelly was born in Adelaide and studied law at Macquarie University before joining the Australian Army in 1987. He went on to serve in Somalia, East Timor, Bosnia and Iraq. He was among senior Australian military personnel in the Iraq War. Kelly finished his military career in 2007 with the rank of colonel as Director of Army Legal Services. Kelly was first elected to the House of Representatives for the Division of Eden-Monaro at the 2007 federal election and was immediately appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support. In 2009, he was also appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Water. Following the 2010 federal election, Kelly was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In December 2011, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Defence in a reshuffle of the Government. In a third reshuffle in early 2013, Kelly was promoted to the outer ministry as Minister for Defence Materiel, a position he held from March to September that year. Following the 2013 federal election, Kelly lost his seat to Liberal candidate Peter Hendy but regained the seat in the 2016 federal election. He is the first person to serve in opposition as the member for the Division of Eden-Monaro since 1972. He was the shadow Assistant Minister for Defence Industry and Support. On 30 April 2020, Kelly announced his resignation from Parliament due to personal and family health issues. Early life Kelly was born in Adelaide on 23 February 1960. He attended Asquith Boys High School in Sydney. He then studied at Macquarie University and graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws. Military service Kelly joined the Australian Army, specifically the Australian Army Legal Corps, in 1987. Somalia Kelly was deployed and served in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia from 1992 to 1993. He was awarded the Chief of the General Staff Commendation for his service and, in 1994, was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his work in Somalia. Trial of Hussan Gutaale Abdul In Somalia, Kelly was actively involved in the prosecution of the warlord Hussan Gutaale Abdul. Gutaale, who among many other things had attacked and killed 16 aid workers and repeatedly driven an armoured car into emaciated refugees awaiting food distribution, was arrested by an Australian patrol, held in a cage at Baidoa airport and later flown to Mogadishu to be held by US forces. He was found guilty of 31 counts of murder by a panel of three judges and sentenced to 20 years' hard labour. Appeals were immediately made, with the prosecution demanding the death penalty mandatory for murder under the Somali Penal Code. A panel of six judges heard the appeal, upheld the previous verdicts and imposed the sentence of death to be carried out forthwith. "The court errupted |
7,709 | William Howe De Lancey | Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey (1778 – 26 June 1815) was an officer in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He died of wounds he received at the Battle of Waterloo. Early life De Lancey's ancestors were Huguenots who had emigrated from Caen, France to America following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. His grandmother Phila Franks De Lancey was an Ashkenazi Jew. Born in New York City, De Lancey was the only son of Stephen De Lancey (1748–1798), who was clerk of the city and county of Albany in 1765, lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey loyal volunteers in 1782, afterwards chief justice of the Bahamas, and in 1796 governor of Tobago; and who married Cornelia, daughter of the Rev. H. Barclay of Trinity Church, New York. He was the grandson of Major-General Oliver De Lancey Sr. (1708–1785) and a great-grandson of Etienne de Lancey, who became known as Stephen Delancey (1663–1741). He married in Edinburgh, on 4 April 1815, Magdalene (1793–1822), one of the three daughters of Sir James Hall of Dunglass, fourth baronet (1761–1832), and his wife Lady Helen Douglas (1762–1837), a daughter of Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk. De Lancey and Magdalene had no issue. De Lancey's father, Stephen, and many other members of the De Lancey family of New York, were supporters of King George III during the American Revolution. The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris officially ending the war in 1783, and as a result the De Lancey property was confiscated and the family was forced to flee to England. A number of De Lanceys and their friends, including Stephen's family, moved to Beverley, Yorkshire, where William Howe De Lancey attended Beverley Grammar School. The family later resided in London. William attended Harrow School from 12 December 1789 until December 1791. In 1798, his father, who was serving as Governor of Tobago, died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, while travelling to England to rejoin his family. Early military service De Lancey obtained a cornetcy in the 16th Light Dragoons on 7 July 1792, and was promoted Lieutenant on 26 February 1793. His name appears in the returns for a short time as adjutant at Sheffield. He purchased an independent company on 25 March 1794 and was transferred to the newly raised 80th Regiment of Foot, which he accompanied to the East Indies in 1795. On 20 October 1796 he was transferred to a troop in the 17th Light Dragoons, of which his uncle, General Oliver De Lancey, was then colonel, but appears to have remained some time after in the East Indies. In 1799 he was in command of a detached troop of the 17th Light Dragoons in Kent, and on 17 October in that year was appointed major in the 45th Regiment of Foot, the headquarters of which were then in the West Indies. He appears to have been detained on service in Europe until the return home of the regiment, soon after which, in 1802, he was transferred to the permanent staff of the |
7,710 | United States v. Steever | United States v. Steever, 113 U.S. 747 (1885), was an appeal from the court of claims to recover the amount necessary to make up his lawful share of the prize money awarded for the capture of the Confederate naval ram Albemarle. The rebel iron-clad ram Albemarle was captured and sunk at Plymouth, in the Roanoke River, in the State of North Carolina, on the night of October 27, 1864, by the United States Picket Launch No. 1, an armed torpedo launch propelled by steam, attached to a division of the North Atlantic blockading squadron, and commanded by Lieut. William B. Cushing, of the United States navy, and having on board six inferior officers (of whom the petitioner, a third assistant engineer, was one) and eight men. Lieut. Cushing had been, by order of the Secretary of the Navy, detached from the command of the United States ship Monticello and directed to report for duty to Rear Admiral Porter, commanding that squadron, and had been assigned by the admiral to the command of this launch. It does not appear that the launch had any books. The Albemarle was afterwards raised by the United States forces, and appropriated to the use of the United States, and was twice appraised by duly appointed boards of naval officers, the first time, before she was so appropriated at the sum of, 944, which was forthwith deposited by the Secretary of the Navy with the assistant Treasurer of the United States at Washington, and the second time, under the Act of April 1, 1872, c. 76, 17 Stat. 649, at the sum of 2,856.90, which, less the sum already deposited, was likewise so deposited, pursuant to the Act of January 8, 1873, c. 18, 17 Stat. 405. A torpedo steam launch, attached to a division of a naval squadron, though not proved to have had any books, is a ship, within the meaning of the prize Act of June 30, 1864, ch. 174, § 10, Rules 4 and 5, and her commander is entitled to one-tenth of prize money awarded to her, and cannot elect to take instead a share proportioned to his rate of pay; but her other officers and men are entitled to share in proportion to their rates of pay. The distribution of prize money among the subordinate officers and crew of a ship "in proportion to their respective rates of pay in the service" under the Prize Act of June 30, 1864, ch. 174, § 10, Rule 5, is to be made according to their pay at the time of the capture, and not according to the pay of grades to which they have since been promoted as of that time. Under the Act of August 8, 1882, c. 480, referring the claims of the captors of the ram Albemarle to the Court of Claims, each captor is entitled to recover such a sum as, together with the sum formerly paid him by the Secretary of the Navy under the prize decrees in the case of the Albemarle, will equal his lawful share of |
7,711 | Mia Green | Maria Amalia "Mia" Green (April 14, 1870 – June 24, 1949) was a Swedish photographer who has a park in her memory in Haparanda. She documented history in that area, particularly during the First World War and she was also involved in creating care for the elderly. Life She was born in Lundmark in Nor, Roslags-Bro Uppland on April 14, 1870. She became a photographer in Haparanda, which is in Sweden but close to the border with Finland. Haparanda marked a point where the Swedish and Russian rail systems came very close to each other. Although her town was small it became very significant during the first world war where thousands of children, invalid prisoners of war and thousands of tonnes of mail was exchanged. She was known for the photographic record that she created during the first world war which included Red Cross sisters and war invalids. In 1918 she recorded a typhus outbreak in Haparanda. One of her students was Hilda Augusta Larsson who was Swedish but who would establish a photography business in Finland. Her pictures recorded notable politicians, opera singers and nobility as well as revolutionaries, spies and smugglers, but she is also remembered for the work she did in establishing care for the elderly. Green died in Haparanda Parish on 24 June 1949. She would have two children, Maria Lundmark and Lennart Green. She would in time be the grandmother of Marika Green and an ancestor of the actress Eva Green. The surname "Green" [ˈɡɾeːn]; is Swedish. It does not originate from the English word "green", which is "grön" in Swedish. A memorial was created in her memory in her home parish with a bust by Lars Stålnacke. References Category:1870 births Category:1949 deaths Category:19th-century Swedish photographers Category:20th-century Swedish photographers |
7,712 | Tall Gavineh | Tall Gavineh (, also Romanized as Tall Gavīneh and Tol Gavīneh) is a village in Dorunak Rural District, Zeydun District, Behbahan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 291, in 59 families. References Category:Populated places in Behbahan County |
7,713 | Savković | Savković () is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Ljubovija municipality, in the Mačva District of Central Serbia. The village had a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 321 in 2002. Historical population 1948: 675 1953: 721 1961: 692 1971: 566 1981: 460 1991: 350 2002: 321 References See also List of places in Serbia Category:Populated places in Mačva District Category:Ljubovija |
7,714 | Chattambikkalyaani | Chattambikkalyaani is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by Sreekumaran Thampi. The film stars Prem Nazir, Jagathy Sreekumar, Lakshmi, KPAC Lalitha and Adoor Bhasi in the lead roles. The film has musical score by M. K. Arjunan. Cast Prem Nazir as Gopi/CID Narendranath Jagathy Sreekumar as Pappu KPAC Lalitha as Gracy Adoor Bhasi as Shareeram Kuttappan Lakshmi as Kalyani Sreelatha Namboothiri as Lilly T. S. Muthaiah as Pareed Alummoodan as Marmam Mammad K. P. Ummer as Vaasu M. G. Soman as Kochu Thamburan Veeran as Chembakasseri Thirumanassu/ Thikkurussi Sukumaran Nair as Daivam Mathai T. R. Omana as Sethutty Philomina as Pathumma Beegam Kuthiravattam Pappu as Kochappan Baby Sumathi as Young Kalyani Master Raghu as Young Vaasu Nilamboor Balan as James J. A. R. Anand as Khader Jayakumari as Devi Khadeeja as Paaru Kunchan as Chotta Sulthan Surasu as Settu Soundtrack References External links Category:1975 films Category:Indian films Category:1970s Malayalam-language films Category:Films directed by J. Sasikumar |
7,715 | Gerald Darvill | Gerald Moffatt Darvill (20 March 1916–1973) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town. References Category:1916 births Category:1973 deaths Category:English footballers Category:Association football defenders Category:English Football League players Category:Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players Category:Reading F.C. players Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players |
7,716 | Kinematic coupling | Kinematic coupling describes fixtures designed to exactly constrain the part in question, providing precision and certainty of location. A canonical example of a kinematic coupling consists of three radial v-grooves in one part that mate with three hemispheres in another part. Each hemisphere has two contact points for a total of six contact points, enough to constrain all six of the part's degrees of freedom. An alternative design, consists of three hemispheres on one part that fit respectively into a tetrahedral dent, a v-groove, and a flat. Background Kinematic couplings arose from the need of precision coupling between structural interfaces that were meant to be routinely taken apart and put back together. Kelvin Coupling The Kelvin coupling is named after William Thompson (Lord Kelvin) who published the design in 1868–71. It consists of three spherical surfaces that rest on a concave tetrahedron, a V-groove pointing towards the tetrahedron and a flat plate. The tetrahedron provides three contact points, while the V-groove provides two and the flat provides one for a total required six contact points. The benefits of this design is that the center of rotation is located at the tetrahedron, however it suffers from contact stress problems in high load applications. Maxwell coupling The principles of this coupling system were originally published by James Clerk Maxwell in 1871. The Maxwell Kinematic system consists of three V-shaped grooves that are oriented to the center of the part, while the mating part has three curved surfaces that sit down into the three grooves. Each of the three v-grooves provides two contact points for a total of six. This design benefits from symmetry and therefore easier manufacturing techniques. Also the Maxwell coupling is thermally stable due to this symmetry as the curved surfaces can expand or contract in unison in the v-grooves. Theory The reproducible and precision of a kinematic coupling comes from the idea of exact constraint design. The principle of exact constrain design is the number of points of constraint should be equal to the number of degrees of freedom to be constrained. In a mechanical system there are six potential degrees of freedom. There are three linear degrees of freedom, the "x", "y", and "z" axis, and three rotational degrees of freedom around each axis commonly called pitch, roll and yaw. If a system is under constrained then the two parts are free to move in one of the degrees of freedom. if the system is over constrained it can cause the system to break down under deformation, extra care needs to be taken when designing an over constrained system. Kinematic coupling designs only make contact with the number of points equal to the number of degrees of freedom that are to be restrained and therefore are predictable. See also Kinematics Kinematic determinacy Precision engineering References External links http://pergatory.mit.edu/kinematiccouplings/ http://kinematiccouplings.org/ http://precisionballs.com/Kinematic_cook_book.php Category:Linkages (mechanical) |
7,717 | Coralie Rose | Coralie Rose is an English film and television actress. She first appeared on television as a support role on BBC1's Holby City in 2003, before taking an occasional role in ITV1's Night & Day in 2004. In the same year, she appeared in the "Dove Beauties" advert series for Dove soap. Since this time she has appeared in Waking the Dead, Hollyoaks and Doctors. She also starred in the film Rise of the Footsoldier, and had a part in the 2009 revival of The Prisoner. References External links Personal blog Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:English people of Belgian descent Category:Actresses from London |
7,718 | Acalanes Union High School District | Acalanes Union High School District is a public high school district in southwest/central Contra Costa County in California. It currently has four schools: Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Campolindo High School in Moraga, Las Lomas High School and The Acalanes Center for Independent Study in Walnut Creek, and Miramonte High School in Orinda. A fifth campus, Del Valle High School located in Walnut Creek was closed at the end of the 1978-1979 school year and remaining students were transferred to Acalanes, Campolindo, and Las Lomas High Schools. The district's alternative school, Del Oro High School, opened on the former site of Del Valle High School, closed following the 2009-2010 school year, although the district still operates Acalanes Adult Education at the Del Valle Education Center in Walnut Creek. John Nickerson has served as the district's Superintendent since May, 2011. In 2004, the Acalanes Union High School district was ranked the second highest in the state of California, behind only Los Gatos/Saratoga (LGJUHSD) in Los Gatos. In 2007, the Acalanes Union High School district was ranked the number one district in the state of California based on the STAR Test scores. Staffing The district employed 167 Classified employees in the 10/11 school year. California Dataquest - AUHSD Classified Staff Report for 2010/2011 The district employed 301 Teachers in the 09/10 school year, a third of which have graduate degrees. California Dataquest - Staff Education Report Enrollment Total enrollment in the district in the 10/11 school year was 5,589. Enrollment in the 10/11 school year by grade is as follows: 9th Grade - 1,367 10th Grade - 1,430 11th Grade - 1,358 12th Grade - 1,417 California Dataquest - District Enrollment by Grade Report External links Acalanes Union High School District website Category:School districts in Contra Costa County, California Category:Lafayette, California Category:Orinda, California Category:Walnut Creek, California |
7,719 | Rzepnica | Rzepnica (, ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bytów, within Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bytów and west of the regional capital Gdańsk. The village has a population of 525. References Rzepnica |
7,720 | The Sacrifice (Applegate novel) | The Sacrifice is the 52nd book in the Animorphs series, written by K. A. Applegate. It is known to have been ghostwritten by Kim Morris. It is the final book to be (fully) narrated by Ax. Plot summary During a reconnaissance flight taken by Rachel, Ax, and James, the Animorphs learn that the Yeerks are herding people into the subway system. The subways have been redirected to the Yeerk pool complex, where humans are being infested en masse. Back at the Hork-Bajir valley, Rachel makes her report to Jake. Marco comes up with a plan to use the subway system to destroy the Yeerk pool by loading one of the pool-bound trains with explosives and detonating once the train reaches its destination. Despite some resistance from Cassie, the Animorphs agree to carry out the plan. Later that night, Ax sneaks away from the camp with the zero-space transmitter constructed by Marco's father. Ax contacts the Andalite military and tells them of the Animorphs' plan to destroy the Yeerk pool. The Andalites do not support the plan and feel that the war for Earth is lost. Ax is ordered to sabotage the Animorphs' operation to destroy the Yeerk pool so that the Yeerks will continue concentrating the majority of their forces on Earth, allowing the Andalites to wipe them out more easily. The next morning, the Animorphs finalize their plan to destroy the Yeerk pool. During the meeting, Cassie announces that she and her parents will not be going on the mission, since they cannot face risking so many Controllers' lives. She gets into an argument with Rachel over it, and then another with Jake. With Rachel, Cassie is accused of essentially giving up in the fight against the Yeerks, which makes Cassie admonish Rachel for how horrible her attitude has become, even to the point where even Rachel's own mother cannot stand to be in her presence. With Jake, who initially tries to defuse Cassie and Rachel's dispute, Cassie derides him for being so willing to risk human lives, adding that she had previously thought that she had known him better than that. However, Jake fires back that Cassie had acted as though she had thought that she had known what was best for him and everybody on the team, subtly referring to her actions with Tom two books prior. As a result, the stress of the arguments causes Cassie to break down and confess that it was she who allowed Tom to escape with the morphing cube. Despite the shock and anger at this realization (as well as Rachel attempting to punch Cassie before being stopped by Tobias, who is in his human morph at this time), the other Animorphs forgive Cassie for her actions and continue planning the operation, with the exception of Ax, who feels a cold hatred towards Cassie for letting Tom take the cube. After the meeting, Ax pulls Cassie aside and asks her to justify her actions. He reminds her that regardless of her reasons, she betrayed the memory of his brother, Elfangor, by giving up |
7,721 | Héctor Velázquez Moreno | Héctor Velázquez Moreno (born Mexico City, 1922 – died 2006) was a Mexican architect. Biography Velázquez studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) after 1949, and afterwards at Harvard University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Due to a scholarship he was enabled to visit also the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In the 1950s, he designed together with notable architects the Ciudad Universitaria of the UNAM. He designed several religious buildings as well as accommodation and commercial buildings, also in other countries He was president of the Colegio de Arquitectos de la Ciudad de México (CAM) in the Sociedad de Arquitectos de México from 1963 to 1965. He was head of social housebuilding in the Distrito Federal de México, director of architecture and urban planning in the Secretaría de Obras Públicas and general commissioner of construction and redevelopment at the UNAM. Together with Ramón Torres Martínez he founded the architecture bureau Torres y Velázquez Arquitectos y Asociados, and was co-founder of the Despacho de Arquitectos HV. S.A. de C.V. in 1990. External links Website of Héctor Velázquez Moreno References and notes Category:Mexican architects Category:Artists from Mexico City Category:National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Category:1922 births Category:2006 deaths |
7,722 | Raphael's Verein | Raphael's Verein was the name of a secret Catholic network that operated during the Second World War and sought to rescue Jews and others who were in danger of being interned in concentration camps. It was allegedly created on behalf of Pope Pius XII. References Category:Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust |
7,723 | Yang Tae-i | Yang Tae-i (born December 6, 1999) is a South Korean curler. She is currently the alternate for Team Kim Min-ji. She is a 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling champion. Career Yang played second for the South Korean junior team at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, skipped by Kim Min-ji, where she would win the bronze medal. After finishing the round robin with a 7-2 record, the team lost to Hungary (skipped by Dorottya Palancsa) in the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game, but went on to beat the Hungarians in a re-match in the bronze medal game, after Hungary lost in the semi-final. The next season, the team began playing on the World Curling Tour. They won her first tour event by claiming the 2016 Hub International Crown of Curling. The team represented Korea at the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships, where they posted a 5-4 round robin record, tied with Switzerland for fourth. They would beat the Swiss in a tiebreaker, before losing two straight games against Canada to finish in 4th place. This team represented Korea at the 2018 World Junior Curling Championships, where they finished with a 4-5 record, missing the playoffs. The team began the 2018-19 curling season by winning the Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic. They then went on to win gold at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, earning South Korea a berth at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship. She and her team represented South Korea at the first three legs of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup. In the first leg, they finished with a 1-5 record, missing the playoffs. In the Second Leg, they made it all the way to the final falling just short to Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa 7-6. They improved on this performance by winning the Third Leg against Sweden's Anna Hasselborg rink. In the Grand Final, the team finished with a 2-4 record. Her team, still junior eligible represented Korea at the 2019 World Junior Curling Championships. They finished the round robin with a 6-3 record, which was tied with three other teams for the second best record. However, they missed the playoffs due to tiebreaker rules. The following month, the team represented Korea at the 2019 Winter Universiade. This time their 6-3 record was enough to make the playoffs, where they made it all the way to the final before losing to Sweden. Later that month, the team had yet another international event to play in, the 2019 World Championship. The team was even better on this stage, finishing the round robin with a 9-3 record, in second place. In the playoffs, they lost to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni rink in the semifinal, but rebounded to win the bronze medal game against Seina Nakajima of Japan. It was the first ever medal won by Korea at the Women's World Championship. The team ended their season with a 1–3 record at the 2019 Champions Cup Grand Slam of Curling event. Team Kim lost the final of the 2020 Korean Women's Curling Championship the following season in June 2019 to the Gim Un-chi rink after Kim |
7,724 | Kentucky Route 227 | Kentucky Route 227 (KY 227) is a state highway in Kentucky that runs from U.S. Route 460 (US 460) near Georgetown, Kentucky to US 42 and KY 36 in Carrollton, Kentucky. Route description KY 227 starts north in Scott County and goes through Stamping Ground before entering Owen County. Just southeast of Owenton, KY 227 meets KY 22 and joins it on its way to Owenton. Just before entering downtown Owenton, US 127 joins the route. In downtown Owenton, KY 22 leaves and KY 227 and US 127 travel north alone. Just north of the Owenton city limits, KY 227 leaves US 127 and begins traveling toward New Liberty on a stretch of road that was formerly numbered 978. Just southeast of New Liberty, KY 227 meets KY 36 and joins it through New Liberty before KY 36 branches to the right toward Sanders. KY 227 passes through the unincorporated community of Wheatley before crossing over into Carroll County. KY 227 travels barely west of Worthville. About halfway in Carroll County, KY 227 meets Interstate 71. KY 227 travels for three miles before meeting KY 36 just north of entering the city limits. KY 36 joins KY 227 and both travel north until they meet US 42. KY 227 ends at US 42, while KY 36 leaves and joins US 42 towards the west and into downtown Carrollton. History KY 227 was formerly US 227 and ran from Carrollton, Kentucky to Richmond, Kentucky. US 227 was replaced by KY 227, US 460, and KY 627. In 2011, KY 227 was moved off the US 127 and KY 36 overlaps between Owenton and New Liberty, instead replacing Kentucky Route 978. Major intersections References 0227 0227 Category:Transportation in Scott County, Kentucky Category:Transportation in Carroll County, Kentucky |
7,725 | Conchita | Conchita is originally a diminutive for the Spanish feminine given name Concepción. Conxita is the Catalan equivalent. Conchita is also the diminutive of concha (seashell). Conchita may refer to: People Conchita Cabrera de Armida (1862–1937), Mexican author and mystic Conchita Campbell (born 1995), Canadian actress Conchita Carpio Morales (born 1941), Philippine Ombudsman Conchita Cintrón (1922–2009), Peruvian Bullfighter Conchita Leeflang, Surinamese songstress Conxita Marsol Riart (born 1960), Andorran lawyer and politician Conchita Martínez (born 1972), Spanish professional tennis player Conchita (musician) (born 1981), Spanish singer Concepcion Picciotto, American protester Conchita Wurst (born 1988), Austrian singer Conxita Julià (born 1919), Catalan nationalist and poet Other Conchita (genus), a genus of hister beetle Conchita (opera), an opera by composer Riccardo Zandonai "Conchita" (song) by Lou Bega Conchita (album), debut studio album by Conchita Wurst Category:Spanish feminine given names |
7,726 | Nanna Ditzel | Nanna Ditzel (October 6, 1923 in Copenhagen - June 17, 2005 in Copenhagen) was a Danish furniture designer. She studied at the Danish School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen with painter Victor Isbrand, Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, Peter Hvidt and Kaare Klint graduating in 1946. Her works include cabinet-making, jewellery, tableware and textiles. She also created jewellery designs for Georg Jensen and furniture for Frederica. Main works Hanging Egg Chair Trinidad chair Lulu cradle Nanny Rocking Chair Bench for two Butterfly chair Toad stool and table Awards 1956 Lunning Prize 1991: C. F. Hansen Medal 1998 the lifelong Artists' Grant by the Danish Ministry of Culture Bibliography Nanna Ditzel: ’’ Danish chairs’’, 1954 Nanna Ditzel: ‘’ Nanna Ditzel, Munkeruphus 1992( Book ) Nanna Ditzel: ‘’ Tanker bliver ting : Nanna Ditzel design’’ , 1994 Henrik Sten Mller : ‘’Motion and beauty : the book of Nanna Ditzel’’ , 1998 Nanna Ditzel: Nanna Ditzel : trapperum ; stairscapes ; Exhibition Nanna Ditzel Trapperum - Stairscapes Kunstindustrimuseet, 2002 Fabia Masciello : ‘’Nanna Ditzel : design nordico al femminile ‘’, 2003 en Italien Hanne Horsfeld: ‘’ Nanna Ditzel’’ , 2005 References External links Nanna Ditzel official web site Category:1923 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Category:Danish furniture designers Category:Danish women designers Category:Danish modern Category:Recipients of the C.F. Hansen Medal Category:Designers from Copenhagen |
7,727 | Piano Sonata (Martinů) | Bohuslav Martinů's Piano Sonata, H. 350 was written in Nice in the last months of 1954 for Rudolf Serkin, who premiered it in Düsseldorf in 1957 coupled with Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata No. 29. The first performance in the Eastern Bloc took place in Brno later that year, by Eliška Nováková. Framed by the Symphony No. 6 and the Piano Concerto No. 4, it is Martinů's largest solo piano work and a significant work of his late period, characterized by formal freedom, dramatic tension, harsh dissonant harmonies and changing rhythms. It consists of three movements: Poco allegro Moderato Adagio - Poco allegro See also List of compositions by Bohuslav Martinů References Category:Compositions by Bohuslav Martinů Category:1954 compositions Martinu |
7,728 | Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom | Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom (c.1562 – February 4, 1640 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter credited with being the founder of Dutch marine art or seascape painting. Beginning with the "birds-eye" viewpoint of earlier Netherlandish marine art, his later works show a view from lower down, and more realistic depiction of the seas themselves. He is not to be confused with his son and pupil Cornelis Vroom. Biography Vroom was born in Haarlem. Much of what is known of his life comes from his biography by Karel van Mander, who devoted four pages to him in his "Schilder-boeck", which reads as an adventure story, complete with freezing his pants to a mountain top and nearly starving to death on a rock with a group that discussed cannibalism as a possible survival strategy. Though it is unknown at what age he started on his travels, Vroom was born into a family of artists and began his career as a pottery (faience) painter and when his mother remarried, was no older than 19 when he rebelled against his stepfather who insisted he stick to pottery painting, by boarding a ship for Spain (Sevilla) and from thence via Livorno and Florence to Rome. In Florence he was patronized around 1585–87 by Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici, later Grand Duke of Tuscany. While there he became a pupil of Paulus Bril. He went back and forth to Venice, where he earned money as a majolica painter. When he returned north, he travelled via Milan, Genoa, Albisola (a ceramics center where he again earned money painting ceramics), Turin (where he met the Haarlem painter Jan Kraeck), and Lyon (via a mountain pass where his pants froze to the summit rock). From there he travelled to Paris, where he met a painter from Leiden, and from there he went to Rouen, where he became mortally ill but was saved by a woman who bandaged his head. There he boarded a ship homewards and was back in Haarlem in 1590, the year he married, before travelling to Danzig (now Gdańsk) to visit his uncle, Frederick Henricksz, who was city architect there, and where he painted an altarpiece. During his next journey, this time to Portugal, he survived shipwreck, but was threatened with execution as "an English pirate" - from which he was saved by being recognized as a Catholic from his salvaged devotional paintings, which convinced the monks on the beach that he and his companions were not "heathen Protestants" (Vroom, having been to Italy, had coached his fellow survivors in the catechism). Having been granted free passage, Vroom travelled to St. Huves (Setubal), where he recorded his adventures in a painting that he sold to a painter there. When he decided to return to Haarlem, he got off the ship at the last minute due to a premonition, being called a "crazy painter". The ship sank in the Øresund near Helsingor and in Haarlem Vroom was reported dead. However, he had written to his wife, who thus discovered he was still alive. He eventually died in Haarlem, in his |
7,729 | List of Pennsylvania state historical markers in Crawford County | __NOTOC__ This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Crawford County. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Crawford County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available. There are 38 historical markers located in Crawford County. Historical markers See also List of Pennsylvania state historical markers National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Pennsylvania References External links Pennsylvania Historical Marker Program Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission Pennsylvania state historical markers in Crawford County Crawford County Category:Tourist attractions in Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
7,730 | Arthezé | Arthezé is a commune in the Sarthe department and Pays de la Loire region of north-western France. See also Communes of the Sarthe department References INSEE Category:Communes of Sarthe |
7,731 | Humberto Briseño Sierra | Humberto Briseño Sierra (June 24, 1914 - November 1, 2003) was a Mexican lawyer. Category:Mexican lawyers Category:1914 births Category:2003 deaths |
7,732 | Mohawk Girls (TV series) | Mohawk Girls is a scripted comedy-drama series developed by Tracey Deer based on her 2005 documentary Mohawk Girls. The program premiered on OMNI Television and on APTN in the fall of 2014 and entered its fourth season in 2016. Deer describes the series as "Sex and the City for the Native set". Development and production At age 17, Tracey Deer had met Brittany LeBorgne and Heather White while working as their camp counsellor and told them that one day she would create a TV show for them to star in. In 2005 she created a documentary film, Mohawk Girls, which in 2010 she developed into an outline for the television series, and created a pilot. In 2012 the show was greenlit for development. Kaniehtiio Horn, who played Bailey in the pilot, was replaced by Jennifer Pudavick when the filming of the first seven episodes began in Montreal, under Deer's direction. On February 18, 2014, well before the first season had premiered, six more episodes were approved. Original release Mohawk Girls premiered on OMNI Television on November 23, 2014 and on APTN on November 25, 2014. The two seasons aired as a continuous run of 13 episodes beginning in 2014. In May 2015, APTN announced that the series was being renewed for a third season. It was renewed again for a fourth season in August 2016. Plot The show follows three best friends in their late twenties living in Kahnawake: Bailey, Caitlin and Zoe. The women are joined by newcomer Anna, who is of mixed Mohawk descent. Season 1 The series begins with Bailey moving into her aunt's house after her uncle runs off with a younger woman. Bailey is in a serious relationship with Thunder, but after she introduces him to her father she learns that they are actually cousins. Bailey begins the search for a new boyfriend but finds the Mohawk men she meets dull. Meanwhile, Caitlin falls in love with Butterhead, a sleazy lacrosse player who already has two children with two different women. Though she is able to separate him from his partner she struggles to keep his attention when younger women begin flirting with him. Zoe, a successful lawyer, struggles against parental pressure to uphold her image and be a flawless example for the Mohawk community. After years spent in New York Anna returns to Kahnawake and finds that the small community is less than welcoming to a free-spirited vlogger. Season 2 The second season follows the women as their love lives become messier. Bailey, who finally stands up to her friends and family and brings Jack to meet them, is crushed when Jack breaks up with her after her family threatens him. Caitlin becomes pregnant with Butterhead's child. While she is initially terrified at the prospect of being a single mother, she finds that Butterhead isn't much better as an involved father when they move into his mother's home. Zoe fully embraces her fetish side and becomes involved in the bondage scene. Anna begins dating Thunder after finally standing up to Bailey but faces the disapproval of |
7,733 | Burt Henry Covered Bridge | The Burt Henry Covered Bridge, also known as the Henry Covered Bridge or just the Henry Bridge, is a covered bridge that spans the Walloomsac River near Bennington, Vermont. A Town lattice truss bridge, it carries River Road, just south of the village of North Bennington. Originally built about 1840, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as Bennington County's oldest covered bridge. It was rebuilt in 1989 by the Vermont Agency of Transportation. Description and history The Henry Covered Bridge is located on northwestern Bennington, southwest of the village of North Bennington and the campus of Bennington College. It carries River Road across the westward-flowing Walloomsac River, about west of its junction with Vermont Route 67A. The historic Henry House stands just south of the bridge. The bridge is a single-span Town lattice truss structure, with a total length of , and a width of and a roadway width of , sufficient for one modern travel lane. The sides are finished in novelty siding, while the ends are finished horizontal flushboarding, with vertical boarding sheltering the trusses just inside the portal. The siding on the sides does not always extend to the gabled roof, providing light into the structure. The bridge's original construction date was estimated to be sometime in the 1830s. At one time, an attempt to strengthen the bridge was made by doubling the trusses, so that heavily laden trucks could pass over the bridge; this was deemed ineffective, and the change was eventually reversed. The bridge was completely rebuilt in 1989. See also List of Vermont covered bridges National Register of Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont References Henry Covered Bridge Henry Covered Bridge Henry Covered Bridge Henry Covered Bridge Category:Wooden bridges in Vermont Category:Bridges in Bennington County, Vermont Category:Tourist attractions in Bennington County, Vermont Category:Road bridges in Vermont Category:National Register of Historic Places in Bennington County, Vermont Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Category:Lattice truss bridges in the United States Category:1840 establishments in Vermont |
7,734 | George Gurnett | George Gurnett (c. 1792 – November 17, 1861) was a Canadian journalist and city of Toronto politician. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada. Born in Sussex, England, he emigrated in the 1820s to Virginia. He later moved to Ancaster in Upper Canada, where he founded his first local paper, The Gore Gazette, and finally to York in 1829, where he founded the Tory paper The Courier of Upper Canada. He sold The Courier in 1837. When York was incorporated in May 1834 as the city of Toronto, Gurnett was elected to the city council as the representative for St. George's Ward. During his 17 years on the city council he served as mayor four times, in 1837, 1848, 1849, and 1850. Due to his long service on council and his years as mayor he is often considered to be one of the founders of the city of Toronto. Gurnett held many positions while on Council. In 1837 he was appointed as the city's first Tory mayor, as magistrate of the Home District, and district clerk of the peace. He held positions on committees that dealt with harbour and wharves, gas and waterworks, and education. He was chairman of the board of health during the 1847 typhus epidemic Gurnett resigned from the city council at the end of 1850, after having been appointed the first police magistrate of Toronto. He served in this post until his death in 1861. Gurnett's first wife died in 1835. In 1841 he married Catherine Darby of Trafalgar. He had eight children, six of whom died in infancy. When he died in 1861 he was survived by his second wife and two daughters. References Bibliography Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Category:1792 births Category:1861 deaths Category:English emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Category:Journalists from Ontario Category:Mayors of Toronto Category:Immigrants to Upper Canada |
7,735 | Atin Bandyopadhyay | Atin Bandyopadhyay or Atin Banerjee, (; anglicised spelling of surname: Banerjee) was a writer of Bengali literature. He was born in 1934 in Dhaka Early life Bandyopadhyay spent his childhood in a joint family set-up in the then East Bengal of undivided India and studied in Sonar Gaon Panam School. Following the Partition, he migrated to India. He earned his undergraduate degree in commerce in 1956 and subsequently earned a teacher's training degree, all from the University of Calcutta. He took various jobs, including; as a sailor, truck-cleaner and primary school teacher. Also he became headmaster of a senior basic school. He became the head master of Satui Rajendra Narayan High School )) which is situated near the Chowrigacha Railway Station in the Murshidabad district. Bandyopadhyay settled permanently in Kolkata in 1986. Here also he took on various jobs like factory manager, publication advisor and lastly journalist. Career as a writer Bandyopadhyay's first story was published in the magazine Abasar of Berhampore. He later penned many works, but, his masterpiece is considered to be a four-part tetralogy on the Partition; Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje,"Manusher Gharbari" Aloukik Jalajan and Ishwarer Bagan. Another famous writer of Bengal, Syed Mustafa Siraj has compared Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje, with Greek tragedies and also found it tuned with the core spirit of Bengali literature like Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's Pather Panchali. Selected works Works for younger audience Uronto Torobari (Ananda Pub) Gini Rohosyo (Ananda Pub) Binnir Khoi Lal Batasa (Ananda Pub) Dosti Kishore Uponyas (Ananda Pub) Paloker Tupi(Punascha) Neel Timi(Karuna Prakashoni) Fentur Sada Ghora(Karuna Prakashoni) Dosti Kishore Uponyas Fentur Sada Ghora Rajar Bari Binnir Khoi Lal Batasa Aronyorajye Mandela Neel Timi Uronto Torobari Hirer Cheyeo Dami Ekti joler rekha o Ora teen jon Gini Rohosyo Dustu Hititi References External links Library of Congress profile Bengali Books Online profile Category:1934 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Bengali writers Category:Bengali novelists Category:Bengali-language writers Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali Category:University of Calcutta alumni Category:Writers from Dhaka Category:Bangladeshi male novelists Category:Deaths from cerebrovascular disease |
7,736 | G.D. Interclube (Huíla) | Grupo Desportivo Interclube da Huíla or simply Inter da Huíla, is an Angolan sports club from the city of Lubango. Just like its counterpart from Luanda, the club is attached to the Angolan police force. In 2004, the Angolan Ministry of the Interior ruled that Inter de Luanda was the only club authorized to participate in the Girabola. Subsequently, the club withdrew from senior competition and focused on their youth academy. League & Cup Positions Manager history and performance Players 1982 References Category:Football clubs in Angola Category:Sports clubs in Angola |
7,737 | XHCMR-FM | XHCMR-FM is a radio station on 105.3 FM in Cuautla, Morelos. It is owned by CapitalMedia and carries its Capital FM adult contemporary format. History XHCMR received its concession on October 15, 1987. It was owned by Jaime Morales Guillén until his death, at which time the station was transferred to its current concessionaire. References Category:Radio stations in Morelos |
7,738 | Katie Linendoll | Katie Linendoll is an American TV host, speaker and journalist, focused on technology and gadgets. She has reported for NBC's Today Show, CNN, Fox News, Pop Sugar, Popular Science, ESPN, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine. Previously, Linendoll was a regular contributor to the CBS Early Show, CNN Newsroom and The Nate Berkus Show. She was the co-host of the A&E reality series We Mean Business and a frequent host on HSN where she would often appear to sell electronics and technology related items. Linendoll hosted the show All Access Weekly, on Spike TV, featuring tech, gaming and comics. Early life and education Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, Linendoll has been tech-minded since childhood and earned her networking certificates before graduating high school. Linendoll holds a B.S. in Information Technology New Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Career While still in college, Linendoll began her on-air career as the host of SportZone on ESPN2. She later became an Associate Producer at ESPN's Sportscenter and earned an Emmy for her work. Afterwards, she moved back in front of the camera and became the resident technology expert at the HSN network. She can be seen regularly on CNN, ESPN, Spike TV, The Today Show and more, discussing technology, sports, comics and a variety of topics. Linendoll contributes regularly to CBSNews.com's Health Pop and People Stylewatch magazine. Throughout her career, Linendoll has discussed the latest technology on The Nate Berkus Show, The Early Show, The Today Show, ABC News Now and in dozens of radio interviews across the US and Canada. In addition, publications such as Fitness Magazine, Forbes.com, Parents.com, Oprah.com, Yahoo! Finance and more have regularly consulted Linendoll’s expertise. As a former technology host at HSN, Linendoll was responsible for more than $20 million in sales for the network. She has participated in media projects with Dell, HP, Hyatt, IBM, Cadillac and Lincoln. Linendoll has contributed technology content to Gizmodo, The Style Network, Marie Claire and AOL.com, and has been a blogger for Oprah.com and Dell. She is a frequent guest on Sam Roberts' Show on the Opie Radio Channel on SiriusXM radio. Linendoll is a fan of professional wrestling. She is a frequent guest on Sam Roberts' Wrestling Podcast, in which she provides analysis about the WWE and professional wrestling in general. She is known amongst fans for her impressions of Nikki Bella and Sting. References External links Linendoll's blog: Talk Nerdy to Me Category:Rochester Institute of Technology alumni Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:People from Erie, Pennsylvania Category:American television personalities |
7,739 | Tureia | Tureia (also called Papahena) is an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia. Tureia atoll is 15 km long and has a maximum width of ; its total land area is 8 km2. A very long island covers completely its eastern reef. The lagoon has no navigable entrance. The village of Hakamaru (or Fakamaru) is the only settlement on Tureia, at the northern tip of the atoll. Almost all of the arable land on Tureia is dedicated to growing coconuts. The population in this atoll has risen to 275 in 2017; in 1977 there were only 121 inhabitants. History The first recorded European to arrive at Tureia was Captain Edward Edwards in 1791, during his search for the Bounty mutineers. Edwards called the atoll "Carysfort", after John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort. From 1966 to 1999, Tureia hosted an outpost of the Centre d'Expérimentation du Pacifique, the French authority supervising nuclear tests on the nearby atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, which lie about 115 km south of Tureia. There was also a weather station on Tureia during those years. Currently, both installations have been abandoned. This atoll has a 900 m-long airstrip . Tureia Airport was inaugurated in 1985. Administration Administratively Tureia Atoll is part of the commune of Tureia, which also includes the atolls of Fangataufa, Moruroa, Tematangi and Vanavana. References External links Tureia Airport Atoll list (in French) Pictures of Tureia (in French) Category:Atolls of the Tuamotus Category:Communes of French Polynesia |
7,740 | UAE First Division League | UAE First Division League is the second tier of football league competition in the United Arab Emirates. As of 2019/20 the league features 11 sides who play each once for a total of 10 games each. The top two sides gain promotion to the UAE Pro-League. In 29 May 2019, UAEFA announced that a UAE Second Division League to be established with smaller clubs and private universities with semi-professional teams compete for promotion to UAE Division one. Current teams ''Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order. List of Champions Source: 1974–75: Al-Shabab 1975–76: Al Rams 1976–77: Al-Wahda 1977–78: Oman Club 1978–79: Khor Fakkan Club 1979–80: Ittihad Kalba 1980–81: Al Rams 1981–82: Al Khaleej 1982–83: Al-Jazira 1983–84: Al Qadsia Club 1984–85: Al-Wahda 1985–86: Fujairah 1986–87: Ras Al Khaima 1987–88: Al-Jazira 1988–89: Ittihad Kalba 1989–90: Fujairah 1990–91: Not completed due to Gulf War 1991–92: Al Urooba 1992–93: Al-Shaab 1993–94: Al Khaleej 1994–95: Baniyas 1995–96: Ittihad Kalba 1996–97: Emirates 1997–98: Al-Shaab 1998–99: Ittihad Kalba 1999–00: Sharjah 2000–01: Al Khaleej 2001–02: Al-Dhafra 2002–03: Emirates 2003–04: Dubai 2004–05: Baniyas 2005–06: Fujairah 2006–07: Al-Dhafra 2007–08: Al Khaleej 2008–09: Baniyas 2009–10: Ittihad Kalba 2010–11: Ajman 2011–12: Ittihad Kalba 2012–13: Emirates 2013–14: Ittihad Kalba 2014–15: Dibba Al-Fujairah 2015–16: Hatta 2016–17: Ajman 2017–18: Baniyas 2018–19: Khor Fakkan Al Khaleej was renamed in June 2017 to the match the name of the city Khorfakkan* Champions Performance by club Performance by city Performance by emirates References 2 Category:Second level football leagues in Asia |
7,741 | Joseph Weigl | Joseph Weigl (28 March 1766 – 3 February 1846) was an Austrian composer and conductor, born in Eisenstadt, Hungary, Austrian Empire. The son of Joseph Franz Weigl (1740–1820), the principal cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family, he studied music under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. He became Kapellmeister at the court theatre in Vienna in 1792, and from 1827 to 1838 was vice-Kapellmeister of the court. Weigl composed a number of operas, both Italian and German and in various genres, although most of his late works are pieces of sacred music. His best known work was the opera Die Schweizerfamilie (1809). He also set Emanuel Schikaneder's libretto Vestas Feuer (1805), after his close friend Ludwig van Beethoven had composed a single scene and then abandoned it. He died in Vienna. Operas (first performed in Vienna, unless otherwise noted) Die unnütze Vorsicht oder Die betrogene Arglist, puppet opera in one act, (1783) Il pazzo per forza, opera in two acts (1788) La caffettiera bizzarra, komische Oper in three acts (1790) Der Strazzensammler oder Ein gutes Herz ziert jeden Stand, komische Oper in one act (1792) La principessa d’Amalfi, komische Oper in two acts (1794) Das Petermännchen, play with songs in eight scenes (1794) Giulietta e Pierotto, dramma giocoso in two acts (1794) I solitari, opera seria in three acts (1797) L’amor marinaro ossia Il corsaro, dramma giocoso in two acts (1797) Das Dorf im Gebirge, play with songs in two acts (1798) L’accademia del maestro Cisolfaut, opera in two acts (1798) L’uniforme, heroisch-komische Oper in three acts (Schönbrunn 1800), also as Die Uniform (1805) Vestas Feuer, heroische Oper in two acts (1805) Il principe invisibile, opera in five acts (Laxenburg 1806) Kaiser Hadrian, grosse Oper in three acts (1807) Adrian von Ostade, opera in one act (1807) Cleopatra, opera in two acts (Milan 1807) Il rivale di se stesso, opera in two acts (Milan 1808) Das Waisenhaus, Singspiel in two acts (1808) Die Schweizer Familie, lyrische Oper in three acts (1809) Der Einsiedler auf den Alpen, opera in one act (1810) Die Verwandlungen, operetta in one act (1810) Franziska von Foix, heroisch-komische Oper in three acts (1812) Der Bergsturz, Singspiel in three acts (1813) Die Jugend Peter des Großen, opera in three acts (1814) L’imboscata, opera in two acts (Milan 1815) Margaritta d’Anjou ossia L’orfana d’Inghilterra, melodramma eroicomico in two acts (1819) Die Nachtigall und der Rabe, opera in one act (1818) Daniel in der Löwengrube oder Baals Sturz, heroische Oper in three acts (1820) König Waldemar oder Die dänischen Fischer, Singspiel in one act (1821) Edmund und Caroline, opera in one act (1821) Die eiserne Pforte, grosse Oper in two acts (1823) Further reading Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 782 pages, . External links www.operone.de L'amor marinaro Der Bergsturz Category:1766 births Category:1846 deaths Category:People from Eisenstadt Category:18th-century classical composers Category:18th-century male musicians Category:19th-century classical composers Category:Austrian opera composers Category:Male opera composers Category:Austrian classical composers Category:Hungarian composers Category:Hungarian male composers Category:18th-century Austrian people Category:19th-century Austrian people Category:18th-century Hungarian people Category:19th-century Hungarian |
7,742 | Joanna Kuenssberg | Joanna Kate Kuenssberg (born 1973) is a British diplomat who was the United Kingdom's High Commissioner to Mozambique from 2014 to 2018. Life and career Kuenssberg was born in Lima, Peru, a daughter of Nick Kuenssberg, a Scottish businessman who was working in Lima at the time, and his wife Sally Robertson. Her younger sister is Laura Kuenssberg, and they have a brother David who is executive director of finance and resources at Brighton and Hove City Council. She was educated at New College, Oxford, where she gained a BA degree in Modern Languages in 1995. The family of von Künßberg (which can also be spelt Kuenssberg) is an old German family, with roots back to the mid-12th century, (mentioned as early as 1149 in several sources). She is the granddaughter of Ekkehard von Kuenssberg (1913-2000), a German-born physician who emigrated to Scotland, and her great-grandfather was Professor Dr. Eberhard Georg Otto Freiherr von Künßberg (1881–1941), of the Thurnau line of the family: a separate and distinct line from that of Eberhard Freiherr von Kuensberg, the leader of the Sonderkommando assigned to transport Russian artifacts for the German Foreign Office during the Second World War. Ekkehard von Künßberg married the Protestant-raised Dr. Katharina Samson, the daughter of wealthy cloth manufacturer Gustav Samson, and Anna Goldschmidt, the fourth daughter of Hermann and Rosalie Goldschmidt. Professor Dr. Eberhard von Künßberg was a scholar in the history of German Law, a professor at the University of Heidelberg, a legal linguist and a pioneer in the field of legal geography. From the death of Richard Schroeder in 1917 until von Künßberg's own death in 1941, he edited the Deutsches Rechtswoerterbuch. Her maternal line includes her great uncle James Wilson Robertson, the last British Governor-General of Nigeria; and Ian Robertson, Lord Robertson, her maternal grandfather. She joined the Department of the Environment in 1995 and worked at the European Commission as Project Manager (EU enlargement) 1996–97, after which she joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). She was seconded to the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1999–2000 and to the Quai d’Orsay EU Directorate 2000–01, followed by a post at the British embassy in Paris 2001–04. She was deputy head of mission at Lisbon, Portugal, 2010–14 and chargé d'affaires there from January to May 2011. From April 2014 she was High Commissioner to Mozambique, based at Maputo. She was replaced in July 2018. Personal life Kuenssberg married in 1997 and has three sons. References External links Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:British women diplomats Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford Category:High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Mozambique Category:British women ambassadors |
7,743 | Bearkat Softball Complex | The Bearkat Softball Complex is the home stadium for the Division I (NCAA) Sam Houston State Bearkats softball team. Located next to the Bowers Stadium on the campus of Sam Houston State University, the stadium features seating for 400 fans. Included in the 400 seat capacity is a combination of partially covered chair back and bleacher seats. The stadium has field lighting, bullpens, dugouts, a press box, enclosed hitting area, and an electronic scoreboard. Also included is coaches offices, locker rooms' training rooms' concessions, a conference room, and restrooms. The initial home game was played in February, 2006. The 2007 and 2011 Southland Conference Softball Tournaments were held at the Bearkat Softball Complex. In 2007, they won conference which allowed them to go to the Division I Women's College World Series, the first time in school history. During their first decade at the facility, the Bearkats have a record of 134-79. The stadium can be rented for $1,500 for day games, $1,700 for night games and $2,000 for double-headers. Yearly attendance Below is a yearly summary of the Bearkat Softball Complex attendance. As of the 2013–14 season. References External links Sam Houston State Bearkats Softball Official Website Bearkat Softball Complex Facilities Webpage Category:Sam Houston State Bearkats softball Category:College softball venues in the United States Category:Softball venues in Texas Category:Sports venues completed in 2006 Category:2006 establishments in Texas |
7,744 | Salvador Water | Salvador Water or Port Salvador (, ) is a bay/inlet on the northeast coast of East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands. It has an intricate shoreline, but could be described as being shaped like an "M". Settlements on its shoreline include Teal Inlet, Douglas, Salvador and Rincon Grande. Port Louis, the oldest and one time main settlement on the islands is also nearby, on the other side of a narrow isthmus, which backs onto Berkeley Sound. Falklands War During the Falklands War, Salvador Water was considered as one of the potential sites for a British amphibious landing but, in the event, the British landings took place on San Carlos Water in the west of East Falkland, on Falkland Sound. Though this site was heavily favoured by Argentines as a potential landingplace, it was in the event considered too shallow by British forces for larger naval vessels to enter. Brig. Thompson is said to have favoured the site. References Category:Bays of East Falkland |
7,745 | J. Philippe Rushton | John Philippe Rushton (December 3, 1943 – October 2, 2012) was a Canadian psychologist and author. He taught at the University of Western Ontario and became known to the general public during the 1980s and 1990s for research on race and intelligence, race and crime, and other apparent racial variations. His book Race, Evolution, and Behavior (1995) is about the application of r/K selection theory to humans. Rushton's controversial work was heavily criticized by the scientific community for the questionable quality of its research, with many alleging that it was conducted under a racist agenda. From 2002 until his death, he served as the head of the Pioneer Fund, an organization that has been described as racist and white supremacist in nature, and designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Rushton was a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association and a onetime Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Early life and education Rushton was born in Bournemouth, England. During his childhood, he emigrated with his family to South Africa, where he lived from age four to eight (1948–1952). His father was a building contractor and his mother came from France. The family moved to Canada, where Rushton spent most of his teen years. He returned to England for university, receiving a B.Sc. in psychology from Birkbeck College at the University of London in 1970, and, in 1973, his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics for work on altruism in children. He continued his work at the University of Oxford until 1974. Later life and career Rushton taught at York University in Canada from 1974 to 1976 and the University of Toronto until 1977. He moved to the University of Western Ontario and was made full professor (with tenure) in 1985. He received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992. His controversial research has sparked political debates, and Ontario Premier David Peterson called Rushton a racist. In 2005, The Ottawa Citizen described Rushton as the most famous university professor in Canada. He published more than 250 articles and six books, including two on altruism, and one on scientific excellence, and co-authored an introductory psychology textbook. He was a signatory of the opinion piece "Mainstream Science on Intelligence." Rushton died of cancer on October 2, 2012, at the age of 68. Work and opinions Genetic similarity theory Early in his career, Rushton did research on altruism. He theorized a heritable component in altruism and developed Genetic Similarity Theory, which is an extension of W. D. Hamilton's theory of kin selection. It holds that individuals tend to be more altruistic to individuals who are genetically similar to themselves even if they are not kin, and less altruistic, and sometimes outwardly hostile, to individuals who are less genetically similar. Rushton describes "ethnic conflict and rivalry" as "one of the great themes of historical and contemporary society", and suggests that this may have its roots in the evolutionary impact on individuals from groups "giving preferential treatment to genetically similar others". He says "the makeup of a gene pool |
7,746 | Jeannette Caines | Jeannette Caines was an American author of children's books, most notably Abby, Chilly Stomach and Just Us Women, a Reading Rainbow book. She was born and raised in Harlem, New York and worked as a Manuscript Coordinator. In 1989, Jeannette retired and relocated to Charlottesville, VA. She was the recipient of the National Black Child Developmental Institute's Certificate of Merit and Appreciation and the Charlottesville Lifetime Achievement Award (2004). In addition to this, Jeannette was the owner/operator of a small book store located in Charlottesville named THE PURPLE ALLIGATOR. Later in 2004, she was diagnosed with cancer and died on July 11. She had two children Alexander (deceased 2015) and Abby who still resides in New York. Bibliography Books Abby (1973) Daddy (1977) Window Wishing (1980) Just Us Women (1984) I Need a Lunch Box (1988) References External links http://www.harpercollins.com/cr-107798/jeannette-caine Category:African-American literature Category:2004 deaths Category:African-American women writers Category:American women writers Category:African-American writers |
7,747 | Sweet Jam | Sweet Jam or Confituur is a Flemish film, directed by Lieven Debrauwer and released on the 20 October 2004. Cast The film stars Marilou Mermans as Emma, Rik Van Uffelen as Tuur, Viviane de Muynck as Gerda, Chris Lomme as Josée and Jasperina de Jong as Odette. Awards At the Joseph Plateau Awards in 2004, Sweet Jam received two nominations: Best Belgian Actress for de Muynck and Best Belgian Director for Debrauwer. Neither de Muynck nor Debrauwer won, being beaten by Marie Vinck (for her performance in De Kus) and Frédéric Fonteyne (for Gilles' Wife) respectively. References Category:Belgian films |
7,748 | Kozłowski | Kozłowski (; feminine: Kozłowska, plural: Kozłowscy) is the 12th most common surname in Poland (76,657 people in 2009). It is ranked second in both Warmia-Masuria (7,764) and Podlaskie (5,560) It is related to the following surnames: People Artur Kozłowski (born 1985), Polish athlete Artur Kozłowski (1977-2011), Polish speleologist Brian Kozlowski (born 1970), former American football tight end David Kozlowski, American professional tennis player and television personality Dennis Kozlowski (born 1946), American businessman, former CEO of Tyco International Edward Kozłowski (1860-1915), a Polish-American Catholic Priest, and the first Polish Bishop, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Feliksa Kozłowska (1862-1921), Polish Christian mystic Glenda Kozlowski (born 1974), Brazilian journalist , Polish anthropologist Joanna Kozłowska (born 1959), Polish opera singer Kacper Kozłowski (born 1986), Polish sprinter Leon Kozłowski (1892-1944), Polish archaeologist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 1934 to 1935 Linda Kozlowski (born 1958), American actress Marian Kozłowski (1927-2004), Polish basketball administrator Marian Kozłowski (1915-1943), Polish sprint canoeist Maciej Kozłowski (1957-2010), Polish actor Roman Kozłowski (1889-1977), Polish paleontologist Steve Kozlowski (born 1952), American psychologist Tomasz Kozłowski (born 1958), Polish diplomat See also Kozlovsky Koslowski References Category:Polish-language surnames |
7,749 | Pierce A'Court-Ashe | Pierce A'Court Ashe (c. 1707–1768), of Ivy Church and Heytesbury, Wiltshire, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1734 to 1768. A'Court was the eldest son of Pierce A'Court MP, of Ivy Church and his wife Elizabeth Ashe, daughter of William Ashe, MP, of Heytesbury, Wiltshire. He succeeded to his father’s estates on 13 April 1725. He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 17 July 1725, aged 18. At unknown date, he married Janet Brown, daughter of Colonel Robert Brown. At the 1734 British general election, A'Court was brought in unopposed as a Whig Member of Parliament for Heytesbury on the family interest by his uncle Edward Ashe. He voted for the Administration in all recorded divisions. In July 1739, he was appointed Equerry to the King. He was returned unopposed again in 1741 and 1747 . In 1750 he succeeded to the estates of his cousin William Ashe, MP and acquired the electoral interest for the borough. He then took the additional name of Ashe. In the summer of 1753 he was granted a pension of £500 p.a. from the secret service fund, which he sometimes did not trouble to draw. A'Court Ashe was returned for Heytesbury in a contest at the 1754 British general election and was listed for the Government. He was returned unopposed again at the 1761 British general election, His pension ceased in 1762 when he and his brother William A’Court remained with Newcastle in opposition. He did not stand in 1768. A'Court Ashe died without issue on 6 September 1768. References Category:1700s births Category:1768 deaths Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Wiltshire Category:British MPs 1734–1741 Category:British MPs 1741–1747 Category:British MPs 1747–1754 Category:British MPs 1754–1761 Category:British MPs 1761–1768 |
7,750 | Wrestling Jerusalem | Wrestling Jerusalem is a one-person play exploring the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as well as wider themes about identity and social division. Devised and performed by actor Aaron Davidman, it features seventeen characters of widely different backgrounds and ideological viewpoints. A fundamental emotional theme of the drama is the connected nature of sudden life experiences, with the performer describing the influence of events such as the construction of the West Bank barrier wall and American anti-Zionist demonstrations. Multiple comparisons take place beyond social divisions; an example of such a blurred moment being the move from performing a Jewish song in Hebrew to the saying of an Islamic prayer. The drama premiered in 2014 at the Intersection for the Arts complex in San Francisco, California. Background and performances Aaron Davidman is a Jewish-American actor who identifies as a socio-political "progressive", and he drew upon the occurrences during the many trips that he'd personally taken to Israel over the years. Wrestling Jerusalem takes inspiration from his attempt to emotionally comprehend the multiple perspectives that he's encountered, many of them filled with anxiety and sorrow about traumatic experiences. The Israeli–Palestinian conflict weighs heavily on the contents of the drama. The one-person show features Davidman performing as a wide variety of individuals that vary in not just nationality but also age, occupation, religion, and other such classes, displaying highly contrasting viewpoints. The uncomfortable nature of Israeli security efforts, compared directly to features found in concentration camps, is explored as well as the horror of witnessing protesters yelling "Death to the Jews" in American anti-Zionist demonstrations. Life experiences between characters become blurred in several instances, such as when Davidman switches from performing a Jewish song in Hebrew to the saying of an Islamic prayer. In one particular moment, the performer takes the role of an Israeli doctor commenting on the various sufferings that the character has witnessed. The doctor displays a disinterest in weighing what particular group of people has endured more, remarking that "I do not compare levels of trauma". Davidman declares, "It is irrelevant. Trauma is trauma." The play had an 'Off Broadway' run in 2016. It was directed by Michael John Garcés, who had also overseen the drama's 2014 premier at the Intersection for the Arts complex in San Francisco, California. Its production team released a trailer for Wrestling Jerusalem on the video sharing website Vimeo.com that year as well, highlighting the play's lighting and use of music. Reviews Wrestling Jerusalem has received a mixed yet supportive review from Laura Collins-Hughes of The New York Times. She labelled the production a "smartly written solo show" that "trusts in the power of the human voice and the capacity of the human heart." While stating that the characterization becomes "intensely frustrating", with the individuals profiled needing "far more room to breathe than they're allowed", she cited how the drama "believes that listening to one another's stories can change the way we move through the world." The San Francisco Chronicle has published a laudatory review by Robert Hurwitt, who wrote: See also Israeli–Palestinian conflict Michael John Garcés One person |
7,751 | Emile Hennequin | Emile Hennequin (born Palermo, Italy; 1859 – 14 July 1888) was a French author, publisher, writer, and philosopher who wrote theoretical and critical pieces. References External links Goodreads Category:French male non-fiction writers Category:French publishers (people) Category:People from Palermo Category:French philosophers Category:1859 births Category:1888 deaths |
7,752 | Romuald Muklevich | Romuald Adamovich Muklevich (, November 25, 1890 - February 9, 1938) was a Soviet military figure and Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Naval Forces from August 1926 to July 1931. Muklevich was born in Supraśl in the Grodno Governorate of the Russian Empire (currently in Białystok County, Poland). He was a son of a textile worker of Polish ethnicity. He joined the Bolshevik Party in 1906 and became chairman of several local committees. He joined the Baltic Fleet as a sailor in 1912, and completed a marine engineering course (Kronstadt) in 1915 and was promoted to petty officer. In 1917 he participated in the February and October revolutions including the storming of the Winter Palace. In 1918-22 he was political commisar on the Western Front. From 1922 he was commisar of the military academy of the Red Army and in 1925 he was deputy commander of the Soviet Air Force. He was commander of the Soviet Navy between 1926 and 1931. From 1934 he was commisar for the shipbuilding industry and in 1936 he was made deputy minister for the defence industries. During the Great Purge, he was arrested on 28 May 1937, sentenced to death on 8 February 1938 and shot the following day. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1957. Category:1890 births Category:1938 deaths Category:People from Supraśl Category:People from Belostoksky Uyezd Category:Old Bolsheviks Category:Soviet people of Polish descent Category:Soviet Navy personnel Category:Russian military personnel of World War I Category:People of the Russian Revolution Category:Great Purge victims from Poland Category:Executed Polish people Category:Polish people executed by the Soviet Union Category:Executed people from Podlaskie Voivodeship Category:Soviet rehabilitations |
7,753 | Apache Skies | Apache Skies is a four-issue comic book limited series, published in 2002 by Marvel Comics as a part of that company's MAX imprint. The series was written by John Ostrander and drawn by Leonardo Manco. The series was a sequel to 2000s Blaze of Glory. Plot summary After the death of the Apache Kid, the Rawhide Kid joins forces with the new Apache Kid to find the killer. Collected editions It was published in a collected trade paperback as Apache Skies () in 2002. Notes References Category:Comics by John Ostrander |
7,754 | Kadar | Kadar may refer to: People First name Kadar Brock (born 1980), American contemporary abstract artist Ka'dar Hollman (born 1996), American football player Kadar Khan, an alternate spelling of Kader Khan (born 1935/1936), Indian actor Last name Danny Kadar (born 1969), American producer, engineer, and mixer Gyula Kadar (disambiguation), several people János Kádár (born 1912), Hungarian communist party and government leader M. A. Kadar (born 1942), Indian politician Matthias Kadar (born 1977), Dutch painter Places Kadar, Russia, a rural locality near Karamakhi in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia Kādar, alternative spelling of Kodur-e Bala, a village in Kerman Province, Iran Other Kadar language, a Dravidian language of Kerala and Tamil Nadu Kadar, one of the scheduled tribes of India See also Kádár, a Hungarian surname The Night of Kadar, 1978 science fiction novel by Garry Kilworth Category:Language and nationality disambiguation pages |
7,755 | Skiffy | Skiffy is a deliberate humorous misspelling or mispronunciation of the controversial term "sci-fi", a neologism referring to science fiction. Background The term "sci-fi" was suggested as an abbreviated term for "science fiction" by Forrest ("Forry") J Ackerman in 1954, an analogy to the then-cutting edge term "hi-fi" (for audio high fidelity). Ackerman was a long-time fan, and at the time was the literary agent for science fiction authors Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, A.E. Van Vogt, Curt Siodmak and L. Ron Hubbard. Ackerman pronounced his new term as or "sigh figh". In the 1970s some members of science fiction fandom began to pronounce the term or "skiffy" for no reason that can be documented. Skiffy is the name of the science fiction and fantasy club at the College of William and Mary, and VCU, as well as not always affectionate shorthand for the American cable channel once named The Sci-Fi Channel. In 1998 Mike Resnick and Patrick Nielsen Hayden released a book called Alternate Skiffy,. In keeping with the tongue-in-cheek intent of the term, this was an anthology featuring stories about what might have happened if the lives of various well-known science fiction writers had turned out differently. Peter Nicholls writes that "SF" (or "sf") is "the preferred abbreviation within the community of sf writers and readers." David Langford's monthly fanzine Ansible includes a regular section "As Others See Us" which offers numerous examples of "sci-fi" and "skiffy" being used in a pejorative sense by people outside the genre. References Category:Speculative fiction Category:Science fiction genres Category:Words coined in the 1950s |
7,756 | Department of Extranormal Operations | The Department of Extranormal Operations (DEO) is a government agency in the DC Universe appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It was co-created by Dan Curtis Johnson and J. H. Williams III and first appeared in Batman #550 (1998). The agency was the focus of the Chase series. It is featured in the Supergirl television series. Fictional organization history The role of the DEO is to monitor those with extranormal superpowers and to prevent any threat to the general public. However, in Action Comics #775 there are a couple of rogue agents being defeated by Superman. Manchester Black, the leader of The Elite, suggests they are responsible for the creation of fellow team member Menagerie, saying that "These guys run a triple black alien immigration service that takes the galaxies' cast-offs an' turns them into weapons for the highest bidder. The West Nile glop in New York is one of theirs from the Microbio Division." The DEO was responsible for the "orphanage" seen in Young Justice, in which Secret was kept, although a later conversation between Director Bones and Agent Chase suggested the conditions in which she was kept were not official policy. Another such orphanage was seen in the 1999 Titans series. The DEO has protected important aspects of Washington D. C. from telepathic intrusion. A rogue department of the DEO manages to convince Green Lantern to scan various heroes presumably to detect a body-hopping super villain. Instead, the data is used to create a new version of Amazo. Chase, Mr. Bones, Green Lantern and other heroes shut down the division. Amazo is destroyed and Green Lantern deletes the relevant information. Batwoman becomes a reluctant agent of the DEO after the agency learns her identity. Mister Bones, director of the DEO, believes himself to be the illegitimate son of Col. Jacob Kane, Batwoman's father. DEO agents discover that Beth Kane, Batwoman's identical twin sister, is alive and capture her. Bones blackmails Batwoman into helping the DEO uncover the secret identity of Batman in exchange for Beth. Batwoman and her allies are unable to rescue Beth, and Bones attempts to kill her. Agent Asaf, suborned by Batwoman, shoots Bones in the head and frees Beth. Asaf then claims that Bones was mentally unbalanced. (Bones is brain-damaged but survives.) Operatives Executive directors Mister Bones - Pre-Crisis/Post-Crisis Dr. Amanda Waller - New 52 Cameron Chase - DC Rebirth Agents Agent Sandra "the Bear" Barrett Agent Kate Spencer Alesandra Taracon (Cucilla/undercover in Slabside Penitentiary) Donald Fite and Ishido Madd - Occasional allies of Young Justice, seconded from A.P.E.S.. Sarge Steel - Director of the Department of Metahuman Affairs, a subdivision of the DEO. Agent Liberty Batwoman Other intelligence agencies Other versions Smallville In the comics continuation of Smallville, the DEO appears as a Washington DC based agency under Director Bones (and later Steve Trevor) dealing with threats like Felix Faust and Dr. Phosphorus. Under Trevor, the DEO took steps in employing individuals like Cameron Chase, and even heroes to their causes, like Oliver Queen/Green Arrow and Diana Prince. In other media Film |
7,757 | Letitia Overend | Letitia Overend L.L.D., DStJ (15 July 1880 – 3 October 1977) was an Irish philanthropist and motor enthusiast. Her most notable work was with the St John Ambulance Brigade and being a co-founder of the Children's Sunshine Home at Stillorgan, County Dublin with Ella Webb. Early life and family Letitia Overend was born at 11 Herbert Road, Dublin on 15 July 1880. She was the elder daughter of a solicitor, Trevor Overend and Bessie Anna "Lily" Overend (née Butler). She had two younger sisters, Constance born in 1894 who died in infancy, and Naomi born in 1900. In 1894, the family moved to Airfield House, where the Overend sisters were educated by a governess at home. Career Overend joined St John's Ambulance Brigade in 1913, training in first aid. In the Easter Rising of 1916, she was one of the first aiders who worked under the direction of John Lumsden, attended to the wounded of both sides of the conflict. She went on to attain the rank of chief superintendent, serving the Brigade for the rest of her life, eventually being awarded dame of justice of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1955. She was a member of the Irish Red Cross Society committee of the emergency hospitals’ supplies depot on Merrion Square during World War II. This work involved the purchasing of shirting, wool, pyjama and bandage material for the making of these supplies. The clothing was for refugees that came to Ireland, and the medical supplies were sent to Finland and Turkey primarily. Overend was offered an OBE for this work, but refused as "it would be impossible that everyone who did good work during the War can be recognised." In 1923 Overend and Ella Webb purchased the first premises of the Children's Sunshine Home, largely using a £5,000 donation from Overend's uncle, Tommy Overend. The home was a rehabilitation centre for children suffering with rickets. In 1961 Trinity College Dublin awarded her an honorary doctorate for her public service work. Motoring Trevor Overend purchased one of the first cars the Dundrum area, and it was from him that Overend and her sister developed an interest in motoring. She bought a blue Rolls Royce 20 Tourer in 1927, having attended a four-week course on maintenance at the Derby Rolls Royce factory. During this course she learnt to strip and clean the engine, and how to maintain and repair the car herself. This earned her the nicknames "Miss Rolls Royce" or "Tot", and the Gardaí apparently turned a blind eye to her illegal parking around Dublin. Both sisters were frequent visitors to the Automobile Club in Dawson Street. Both Overend sisters were members of the Irish Veteran and Vintage Car Club (IVVCC) and the Leinster Motor Club, travelling around Ireland to motor rallies. They were both awarded honorary life memberships of the IVVCC in 1973, recognising their contribution to vintage car motoring. The mechanic who took over the maintenance of Overend's car in later years, Vincent Hallinan, called her the sergeant-major. With her sister, Overend travelled extensively, in Europe |
7,758 | Redirector | Redirector may refer to: Network redirector, provide access to file systems and printers on other computers on a network COM port redirector, relay serial data between a "virtual" COM port and a serial device server or modem server on a network URL redirection, URLs rewritten prior to processing by a web server See also Redirect (disambiguation) |
7,759 | Self-Strengthening Movement | The Self-Strengthening Movement, also known as the Westernization or Western Affairs Movement (–1895), was a period of institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty following the military disasters of the Opium Wars. The British and French burning of the Old Summer Palace in 1860 as Taiping rebel armies marched north, forced the imperial court to acknowledge the crisis. Prince Gong was made regent, Grand Councilor, and head of the newly formed Zongli Yamen (a de facto foreign affairs ministry). To make peace with the Western powers and mobilize support among Han Chinese for their Manchu dynasty, Prince Gong and Ci Xi, the Empress Dowager, appointed Han Chinese officials such as Zeng Guofan to positions of responsibility in prosecuting the war against the rebels. Zeng and his armies eventually defeated the rebels and prosecuted efforts to import Western military technology and to translate Western scientific knowledge. They established successful arsenals, schools, and munitions factories. In the 1870s and 1880s, their successors used their positions as provincial officials to build shipping, telegraph, and railways. China made substantial progress toward modernizing its heavy industry and military but the majority of the ruling elite still subscribed to a conservative Confucian worldview, and the "self-strengtheners" were by and large uninterested in social reform beyond the scope of economic and military modernization. The Self-Strengthening Movement succeeded in securing the revival of the dynasty from the brink of eradication, sustaining it for another half-century. The considerable successes of the movement came to an abrupt end with China's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895. Background Etymology The original use of the phrase "self-strengthening" is the ancient I Ching, the Book of Changes (易经), where it is written, "The superior man makes himself strong". The same phrase is encountered in use by the Southern Song dynasty in reference to dealing with the crisis of Jurchen invasion, and again by the Qianlong Emperor, writing that self strengthening was requisite for warding off foreign aspirations. As the eighteenth century drew to a close and the gradual decline of the Chinese bureaucracy became apparent, there was a rapid shift in the ideology of the Chinese Confucian Scholars towards the "School of Practical Learning" (ching-shih) that argued for a practical approach to government and did not shy away from urging institutional reforms. These scholars came to co-opt ideas from the ancient Legalist philosophy such as fu-chi'ang, the focus on the wealth and power of the state. The concern with the "self-strengthening" of China was expressed by Feng Guifen (1809–1874) in a series of essays presented by him to Zeng Guofan in 1861. Feng obtained expertise in warfare commanding a volunteer corps in Qing government's campaign against the Taiping rebels. In 1860 he moved to Shanghai, where he was much impressed by Western military technology. In his diaries, Zeng mentioned his self-strengthening rhetoric directed at technological modernization. Li Hongzhang uses the term in an 1864 letter whereby he identifies the Western strength as lying in technology and advocates learning to construct such machines, first military and subsequently – in a memorial |
7,760 | Maurice Fatio | Maurice Fatio (1897–1943) was a Swiss-born American architect. Biography Maurice Fatio was born in Geneva, Switzerland on March 18, 1897. He graduated from the Polytechnical School at the University of Zurich and studied under Swiss architect Karl Moser. In 1920, he came to New York City where he first worked for society architect Harrie T. Lindeberg. He soon branched out on his own in partnership with William A. Treanor who was twenty years his senior. In May 1923, the 26-year-old Fatio was voted the most popular architect in New York. He moved to Palm Beach, Florida in 1925 and opened an office there In Palm Beach, he began designing harmonious Mediterranean-style houses and eventually branched out into everything from Georgian to contemporary. In 1929, he married Eleanor Chase (1901-1944), a prominent Palm Beach society girl and novelist, in New York City. Fatio had two children with Chase, Alexandra (1932-2015) and Maurice Pierre "Petey"(1930-1961). Maurice Fatio died in 1943 of lung cancer. His wife died the next year. James H. Clark bought the 40,000 square foot Il Palmetto in 1999. In December 2010 Casa Alva sold for $27.5 M. Notable buildings Residence of David Rockefeller. 146 East 65th Street, New York City. 1924. Buenos Recuerdos . Palm Beach. 1927. Henry G. Barkhausen. Ribault Inn Club, 1928 Fort George Island First National Bank of Palm Beach. 1928. Casa Della Porta. 195 Via Del Mar, Palm Beach. 1928. Mr. & Mrs. William J. McAneeny. Clubhouse - Indian Creek Country Club. Miami Beach. 1929. Casa Eleda. South Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach. 1929. Mortimer L. Schiff. Il Palmetto. 1520 South Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach. 1930. Joseph E. Widener. Eastover. 1100 South Ocean Boulevard, Manalapan, Florida. 1930. Mr. & Mrs. Harold S. Vanderbilt. On the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Villa Today. Palm Beach. 1932. Mrs. Audrey Berdeau. Casa Alva. Manalapan, FL. 1935. Colonel & Mrs. Jacques Balsan. Brazilian Court Hotel. Palm Beach. 1936. South wing added by Fatio. Society of the Four Arts, Library. Palm Beach. 1936. Crespi Estate. Dallas, Texas. 1939. Pio & Florence Crespi. Four Winds. Palm Beach. Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Hutton. Manana Point. Palm Beach. Mr. & Mrs Grover Loening. Villa Oheka. Palm Beach. Mr. & Mrs. Otto H. Kahn. Alva Base. Fisher Island, Miami Beach. Mr. & Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Dickinson House. 1240 Cocoanut Road, Boca Raton. On the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. References Notes Bibliography Egan, Eric. Recent Florida Work by Treanor & Fatio, 1928-1937. Honor's thesis, Brown University, 1989. Fatio, Alexandra. Maurice Fatio: Architect. A. Fatio, 1992. . Johnson, Shirley. Palm Beach Houses. New York: Rizzoli, 1991. . McIver, Stuart. Yesterday's Palm Beach. Miami: E. A. Seemann, 1976. Mockler, Kim. Maurice Fatio: Palm Beach Architect. New York: Acanthus Press, 2010. . Pryor, Hubert. Eleanor of Palm Beach. Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2002. . Reed, Henry Hope. The Golden City. New York: W. W. Norton, 1971. . Seebohm, Carolyn. Boca Rococo: How Addison Mizner Invented Florida's Gold Coast. New York: Clarkson Potter, 2001. . Treanor & Fatio. Recent Florida Work by Treanor & Fatio Architects. Palm Beach: |
7,761 | Falcinelli | Falcinelli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amleto Falcinelli (1921–1996), Italian boxer, after whom asteroid was named Diego Falcinelli, Italian footballer See also 7963 Falcinelli, a main-belt asteroid Category:Italian-language surnames |
7,762 | Hüseyin Avni Zaimler | Hüseyin Avni Zaimler (1877, Bitola – March 10, 1930, Adana), also known as Huseyin Avni Bey or Huseyin Avni Pasha, was an officer of the Ottoman Army and a general of the Turkish Army. After the declaration of the Republic of Turkey, he became a politician and served in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. With Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's order on November 21, 1923, Huseyin Avni received the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon, the highest decoration at the time, for his service during the Turkish War of Independence. On 24 January 1924, he was promoted to rank Mirliva. He was a descendant of the Ottoman Grand Vizier Lala Mehmed Pasha. Biography Huseyin Avni was born in 1877 as the son of Mustafa Bey. Upon graduating from Monastir Military High School in 1893, where he befriended Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, he attended Ottoman Military Academy. In 1903 he was promoted to the rank of Captain and in 1908 he was promoted to the rank of Major. Medals and Decorations Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon See also List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey) Sources External links Category:1877 births Category:1930 deaths Category:Pashas Category:People from Bitola Category:People from Manastir Vilayet Category:Macedonian Turks Category:Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians Category:Deputies of Osmaniye Category:Ottoman Army officers Category:Turkish Army generals Category:Ottoman military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1897) Category:Ottoman military personnel of the Balkan Wars Category:Ottoman prisoners of war Category:Ottoman military personnel of World War I Category:Members of Kuva-yi Milliye Category:Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Category:Monastir Military High School alumni Category:Ottoman Military Academy alumni Category:Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey) |
7,763 | Prisoner of Zenda (1988 film) | Prisoner of Zenda is an Australian 49-minute direct-to-video animated film from Burbank Films Australia. It was originally released in 1988. The film is based on Anthony Hope's classic English novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, first published in 1894, and was adapted by Leonard Lee. It was produced by Roz Phillips and featured original music by John Stuart. The copyright in this film is now owned by Pulse Distribution and Entertainment and administered by digital rights management firm NuTech Digital. In the UK, the distributor was by Waterfall Home Entertainment. Plot On his deathbed, the King of Ruritania announces to his twin sons, Prince Rudolph and Prince Michael, that he must choose one of them to be the future king of Ruritania following their father's death. The king believes that his youngest son Rudolph is more fit to be king than Michael, and so chooses him for the throne. Prince Rudolph is shocked with his father's decision and Prince Michael is outraged and angry. Following his father's death, "Black Michael", as he is known to some of the villagers, gathers his minions and expresses his anger at his father's decision, which he believes to be foolish. He recalls that his father had mentioned that he, Michael, should be king, if and when his brother died; thus, he begins to devise a plan to cause Rudolph's death. Michael's wife, Princess Antoinette, is shocked after hearing her beloved husband speak ill of his dead father, and even more after hearing of his plot to murder Rudolph. When she confronts him, Michael sends Antoinette away and tells her that if he can't count on her loyalty, she is no longer his wife. Antoinette runs to Rudolph and informs him of Michael's plots; thought at first Rudolph refuses to believe her, Antoinette insists. Following one of Rudolph's plans to ensure his own safety, Princess Antoinette travels to London, where she meets another young man, by the name of Rudolph, who looks remarkably and exactly like the king-to-be of Ruritania. Princess Antoinette brings the new Rudolph to Ruritania, hoping that he may help her and Rudolph to be safe from Michael. Rudolph, who still trusts his brother, accepts an invitation from Michael, who offers him a drink. Pretending that his intentions were to congratulate Rudolph stepping up to the throne, Michael drugs his brother causing him to enter a deep coma, only a few days prior to his coronation. The new Rudolph proposes to accept the crown himself, so that Prince Rudolph will step up to the throne as soon as he comes out from his state of unconsciousness. When Michael learns of this, he kidnaps the prince and takes him away to the Castle Zenda, where he intends to murder him. Antoinette and Rudolph come up with a plan to surprise Michael and his minions at Zenda and thus rescue the prince. When they defeat Michael, the young prince Rudolph becomes the king of Ruritania and takes his father's place at last. See also Burbank Films Australia List of films in the public domain in the United |
7,764 | Wint | WINT or Wint may refer to: Broadcast stations WANE-TV, a television station (channel 15) licensed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, which identified as WINT from 1954 to 1957 WCPT-TV, a television station (channel 20) licensed to Crossville, Tennessee, United States, which identified as WINT-TV from 1982 to 1983 WINT (AM), a radio station (1330 AM) licensed to Willoughby, Ohio, United States WLZR, a radio station (1560 AM) licensed to in Melbourne, Florida, United States, which identified as WINT from 2003 to 2012 Locations Fort Wint, on Grande Island, in the Philippines DeWint House, in Rockland County, New York, United States People Surnamed "Wint" Aron Wint (born 1992), British footballer Arthur Wint (1920–1992), first Jamaican Olympic gold medallist Maurice Dean Wint (born 1962), British-American actor Peter De Wint (1784–1849), British landscape painter Arthur De Wint Foote (1849–1933), U.S. civil engineer Nicknamed "Wint" Winton A. Winter Sr. (1930–2013), U.S. politician @dril, also known as wint, a popular Twitter user known for his idiosyncratic humor Fictional characters Mr. Wint, a James Bond villain See also WIN-T (disambiguation) Theodore Wint Grave, a 1908 grave in Arlington National Cemetery known for its artwork |
7,765 | Ronald Nehring | Ronald Nehring could refer to: Ronald E. Nehring (1947-2019), former Justice of the Utah Supreme Court |
7,766 | After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!! | After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!! is the debut album of Freda Payne, released in 1964. Duke Ellington's "Blue Piano" makes its first album appearance, while the majority of the songs on this album are cover songs and jazz standards. The six songs on the first side of the album were recorded on September 17 and 18 of 1963, while the second side was recorded on September 19 of that year (Payne's twenty-first birthday). This album was reissued on CD in Japan in January 2002 and then on September 13, 2005 in the United States. Track listing Personnel Freda Payne – vocals Manny Albam – arranger and conductor Additional musicians Side 1 Trumpets – Nick Travis, Ernie Royal, Al De Risi, Jimmy Nottingham Trombones – Alan Raph, Quentin Jackson, Bob Brookmeyer Alto saxophone – Phil Woods Tenor saxophones – Zoot Sims, Seldon Powell Baritone saxophone – Sol Schlinger Piano – Hank Jones Bass – Art Davis Drums – Gus Johnson, Jr. Side 2 Alto saxophone – Phil Woods Drums – Walter Perkins Piano – Hank Jones Bass – Art Davis Guitar – Jim Hall Technical personnel Producer – Bob Thiele Engineer – Bob Simpson Cover and liner photos – Joe Alper Liner design – Joe Lebow References Category:1964 debut albums Category:Freda Payne albums Category:Albums produced by Bob Thiele Category:Impulse! Records albums Category:Albums arranged by Manny Albam Category:Albums conducted by Manny Albam |
7,767 | Tbilissky District | Tbilissky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tbilissky Municipal District. It is located in the eastern central part of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Tbilisskaya. Population: The population of Tbilisskaya accounts for 52.2% of the district's total population. References Notes Sources Category:Districts of Krasnodar Krai |
7,768 | Lepidochrysops handmani | Lepidochrysops handmani is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of montane grassland with long grass at altitudes between 1,980 and 2,195 meters. Adults are on wing from mid-September to the end of November. References Category:Butterflies described in 1980 Category:Lepidochrysops |
7,769 | Scottish Maritime Museum | The Scottish Maritime Museum is an industrial museum with a Collection Recognised as Nationally Significant to Scotland. It is located at two sites in the West of Scotland in Irvine and Dumbarton, with a focus on Scotland's shipbuilding heritage. Irvine - The Linthouse The museum's Linthouse building is located at Irvine Harbour, situated within the category A listed former Engine Shop of Alexander Stephen and Sons, which was salvaged and relocated from their derelict Linthouse shipyard in Glasgow in 1991. The Linthouse engineering shop is now home a collection of significant vessels including MV Kyles and MV Spartan which are listed on the National Historic Ships UK register. A highly significant vessel built of iron in 1872 in Paisley, MV Kyles is the oldest iron Clyde built vessel still afloat in the UK. The museum also has a collection of marine engines and industrial machine tools, and owns a recreated 1920s worker's tenement flat at Irvine Harbour. The museum also has a significant collection of artwork funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Dumbarton - Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank The Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank, in Dumbarton, focuses on the world of the naval architect. Shipbuilder William Denny Jr of William Denny and Brothers was inspired by the work of eminent naval architect William Froude and completed the tank for his shipyard in 1883. It was the world's first commercial example of a ship testing tank. Re-opened as a museum in 1982, it retains many of its original features, including the original 100-meter-long tank. The museum also tells the story of the test tank's original owners, William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, one of the most innovative shipbuilding companies in the world until their closure in 1963. Trust Structure The museum is an independent museum operated by a charitable trust: the Scottish Maritime Museum Trust. It became operational in 1983. The first trust chairperson was Clydeside shipbuilder Ross Belch who held the post until 1998 The trust includes Scottish industrial historian John R. Hume among its trustees. The founding Director was Dr Henry C. McMurray. Locations Dumbarton: Irvine: See also Titan Clydebank Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life Riverside Museum Aberdeen Maritime Museum City of Adelaide (1864) Boyd's Automatic tide signalling apparatus William Denny and Brothers Irvine Harbour Notes Further reading Douglas McGowan, Clydebuilt: A Photographic Legacy, 2005, Tempus Publishing, John Shields, Clyde Built: A History of Shipbuilding on the River Clyde, 1949, William MacLellan External links Scottish Maritime Museum at Irvine and Dumbarton Scottish Maritime Museum on AboutBritain.com Category:Ships of Scotland Category:Transport museums in Scotland Category:Museums in North Ayrshire Category:Museums in West Dunbartonshire Category:Museums in Renfrewshire Category:Maritime museums in Scotland Category:Irvine, North Ayrshire |
7,770 | Shirley Ross | Shirley Ross (born Bernice Maude Gaunt, January 7, 1913 – March 9, 1975) was an American actress and singer, notable for her duet with Bob Hope, "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938. She appeared in 25 feature films between 1933 and 1945, including singing earlier and wholly different lyrics for the Rodgers and Hart song in Manhattan Melodrama (1934) that later became "Blue Moon." Early musical career Ross was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the elder of two daughters of Charles Burr Gaunt and Maude C. (née Ellis) Gaunt. Growing up in California, she attended Hollywood High School and UCLA, training as a classical pianist. By age 14, she was giving radio recitals and made her first vocal recordings at 20 with Gus Arnheims's band. Here she attracted the notice of the up-and-coming songwriting duo Rodgers and Hart, who selected her to sell their latest offerings to MGM. One song, which was later re-written as "Blue Moon", led to a successful screen test in 1933 and then to a number of small parts in films that included Manhattan Melodrama with Clark Gable and William Powell in which, made up to look black, she sang "The Bad in Every Man," an earlier version of "Blue Moon," in a Harlem nightclub. Paramount In 1936, MGM loaned her to Paramount, and she was paired with Ray Milland in The Big Broadcast of 1937. Although this was officially a leading role, the Big Broadcast format included a busy programme of musical comedy sketches with big-name performers who somewhat overshadowed her. But one press review declared that she had ‘one of the sweetest voices of any actress on the screen’ and predicted a big future for her. Paramount signed her to a five-year contract; meanwhile her introduction to the songwriting team of Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger would prove significant. Working with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope Her duet with Bing Crosby in Waikiki Wedding was a Robin-Rainger number titled "Blue Hawaii." Thus began a three-year period during which Ross was cast opposite either Crosby or Bob Hope on five occasions. After a career interruption in the making of This Way Please with Buddy Rogers, when she walked off the job, alleging that Jack Benny's wife, Mary Livingstone, was trying to sabotage her scenes, she was cast opposite Hope in The Big Broadcast of 1938. Their duet, "Thanks for the Memory", became a huge hit and a defining moment for two careers headed in opposite directions – for Hope, a springboard to bigger and better things; for Ross, the pinnacle. It would prove to be her sole enduring claim to fame. The duet's great success sparked spin-off movies with Bob Hope, Thanks for the Memory (1938) and another called Some Like It Hot (1939; later renamed Rhythm Romance to avoid confusion with the unrelated 1959 feature). Although Thanks for the Memory did produce another hit song, "Two Sleepy People", the films themselves made little impact, apparently reflecting Paramount's declining interest in musical comedy. Although Ross would have been willing to play straight drama and |
7,771 | Eric Aghimien | Eric Enomamien Aghimien is a Nigerian director, producer, screenwriter and editor. His debut feature film, A Mile from Home won awards at both the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards and the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards. Early life Eric Aghimien was born in Benin City, Edo State and is the fourth of seven children. At the age of eight while he was in primary school, he began drawing comics and selling same to fellow students. He attended Immaculate Conception College, Benin City and Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, Nigeria. Eric is naturally gifted with creative artistic abilities which includes; singing, moulding and drawing. His greatest hobby since childhood is; watching movies besides swimming and football. He obtained a National Diploma in Science Laboratory Technology in 2005. While obtaining his diploma, he was a member of a musical group called Da TED. After his National Diploma, Eric decided to pursue a career in entertainment. Career In 2006, Aghimien moved to Lagos from Benin and decided to pursue a career in film. He began his film career in 2007 at a computer training institute where he learnt how to use computers, graphic design and video editing. Eric wanted to study filmmaking abroad but could not raise enough funds to see it through. He continued his learning by sourcing tutorials online. Eric founded Hills Pictures Movie Academy in 2008 which helps upcoming talents discover, develop and exhibit their talents. In 2011, he made an experimental short film titled Heckto which was nominated for Best Use of Special Effects and Best Actor at the 2012 International Short Film Festival. Aghimien also made his first feature film A Mile from Home, an action drama, which received largely positive reviews. Filmography Awards and nominations See also List of Nigerian film producers References External links Category:Nigerian film directors Category:Nigerian film producers Category:Nigerian screenwriters Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Auchi Polytechnic alumni |
7,772 | 1964 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting | Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1964 followed the system introduced for even-number years in 1962. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players with provision for a second, "runoff" election in the event of no player receiving enough votes for induction. The runoff was necessary this year, with Luke Appling the winner. Further, the eligibility of retired players was reduced from having retired 30 years prior to election to 20 years prior. Meanwhile, the Veterans Committee was meeting annually to consider executives, managers, umpires, and earlier major league players. It selected six people: Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Miller Huggins, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, and John Montgomery Ward. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on July 27, 1964, with Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick presiding. BBWAA election The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1944 or later, but not after 1958. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote. Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. A total of 58 players received votes; 201 ballots were cast, with 151 votes required for election. A total of 1,632 individual votes were cast, an average of 8.12 per ballot. No one reached the threshold so there was a runoff election featuring the 30 leading candidates. There would be one winner regardless of numerical support on the second ballot; in fact, winner Luke Appling tallied 189 of 201 votes or 94%. A total of 939 individual votes were cast in the runoff, an average of 4.67 per ballot. Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). Candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. Al López was later elected as a manager. Chuck Klein, Lloyd Waner, Pepper Martin, Leo Durocher, and Lon Warneke were on the ballot for the final time. The runoff results show that voters in the second election concentrated their support on the four leaders. Primary results indicate significant gains among returning candidates, with eight players gaining 20 percentage points or more. Between 1962 and 1964, the Hall of Fame reduced eligibility for players to be voted on by the BBWAA from having been retired for at most 30 years to those who had been retired for at most 20 years. This removed numerous popular candidates, including Sam Rice, who had received the most votes among players not elected. Among the 17 candidates to receive at least 10% of the vote in 1962, nine were no longer eligible due to the rule change. Combined with the two candidates who were elected, this meant that of the 17 candidates to receive 10% or more in 1962, only six were appearing on this ballot. References External links 1964 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org 1964 Runoff Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org Category:Baseball Hall of Fame balloting Hall of Fame balloting |
7,773 | 2001 Beach Volleyball World Championships | These page shows the results of the III Beach Volleyball World Championships, held from August 1 to August 4, 2001 in Klagenfurt, Austria. It was the third official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships (1987-1996) all held in Rio de Janeiro, and the second to be organized in Europe. Men's competition Final Ranking (Top Sixteen) A total number of 48 participating couples Women's competition A total number of 47 participating couples Final Ranking (Top Sixteen) References Beach Volleyball Results 2001 W B B |
7,774 | Stockholm Globe City | Stockholm Globe City or Stockholm Globe Arenas is an area in Johanneshov, in Stockholm, Sweden. It contains a number of venues, office areas, and a shopping centre. Venues Stockholm Globe Arena represents the Sun in the Sweden Solar System. External links Stockholm Globe City The Globe venues Sweden Solar System Category:Buildings and structures in Stockholm |
7,775 | Ralph Alan Cohen | Ralph Alan Cohen is the co-founder and Director of Mission for the American Shakespeare Center, a regional theater company located in Staunton, Virginia. He is also the Gonder professor of Shakespeare in Performance at Mary Baldwin University. He is the author of ShakesFear and How to Cure It: A Handbook for Teaching Shakespeare. The book won the AEP's Distinguished Achievement Award and the 2007 Association of Educational Publishers Award for Best Professional Development Book. Cohen is the recipient of Virginia's award for outstanding faculty as a former professor at James Madison University. In 2008, he won Virginia's Governor's Arts Award with Jim Warren. In 2009, he was the Theo Crosby Fellow at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. In 2014, he was the first American to receive the Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Award. In 2016, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Duke University Graduate School. References Category:American theatre directors Category:Living people Category:American non-fiction writers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:James Madison University faculty Category:Mary Baldwin University faculty Category:Duke University alumni |
7,776 | Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston | The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an art museum and exhibition space located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. The museum was founded as the Boston Museum of Modern Art in 1936 with a mission to exhibit contemporary art. Since then it has gone through multiple name changes as well as moving its galleries and support spaces over 13 times. Its current home was built in 2006 in the South Boston Seaport District and designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro. History The Institute of Contemporary Art was founded as the Boston Museum of Modern Art in 1936 with offices rented at 114 State Street with gallery space provided by the Fogg Museum and the Busch–Reisinger Museum at Harvard University. The Museum planned itself as "a renegade offspring of the Museum of Modern Art", and was led by its first president, a 26-year-old architect named Nathaniel Saltonstall. The first exhibit curated by the new museum was "the first survey show of Paul Gauguin in the Boston Area." Also in this first year the institution's first fundraiser was held, the Modern Art Ball, to which many big names in the art world attended including Gala and Salvador Dalí who entered the ball dressed as sharks. In 1937 the Boston Museum of Modern Art moved to its first self-administered gallery space located at 14 Newbury Street and instated a 25 cent admission charge. This year the museum displayed the first survey of dada and surrealist art. On exhibit during this show was the now famous work Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure) by Méret Oppenheim. This exhibit was followed in 1938 by the museum sponsoring the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo's United States premiere. The performance had set pieces and costumes designed by Henri Matisse which was in keeping with the current exhibit, an examination of the relationship between Matisse and Pablo Picasso. The museum also moved again, this time to the Boston Art Club at 270 Dartmouth Street. In 1939 the museum officially cut ties with the Museum of Modern Art and changed its name to the "Institute of Modern Art." After changing its name the museum held a show of German degenerate art, labeled as such by Hitler himself. Artists included in the exhibit included Max Beckmann, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Emil Nolde, and Paul Klee. The museum hosted a traveling exhibition of Pablo Picasso's works in 1940 named "Picasso, Forty Years of His Art", which included Picasso's famous work Guernica. The museum moved for a third time in as many years in 1940 to 210 Beacon Street and put together Frank Lloyd Wright's first museum survey in the United States. The museum stayed on Beacon Street until 1943 when it moved to 138 Newbury Street and assembled the first African American artist survey in New England, including works by Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence among others. The museum was also an important venue for the Boston Expressionists. In 1948 the "Institute of Modern Art" changes its name once again to the "Institute of Contemporary Art" (ICA) to "[distance] itself from the ideological |
7,777 | Marwell (horse) | Marwell (21 May 1978 – October 2003) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. A specialist sprinter, she won ten of her thirteen races, including several against colts and older horses, and was the highest-rated filly of her generation in Europe at both two and three years of age. She won all five of her races as a two-year-old in 1980, including the Molecomb Stakes, Flying Childers Stakes, and Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following year, she was beaten over a mile in the classic 1000 Guineas but returned to sprinting to win the King's Stand Stakes July Cup and Prix de l'Abbaye. She was retired from racing at the end of 1981 and became a successful broodmare. Marwell died in 2003. Background Marwell was a bay filly with no white markings bred by her owner, Edmund Loder, at the family's Eyresfield Stud near the Curragh in County Kildare. She was sired by Habitat, an American-bred, British-raced miler who became one of the leading European stallions of the 1970s and 1980s. His other progeny included Habibti, Rose Bowl, Flying Water, and Steinlen and he was the British Champion broodmare sire on three occasions. Her dam, Lady Seymour, was undefeated in two races, including the Phoenix Stakes (then a Group Two race) in 1974. As a daughter of My Game, Lady Seymour was also closely related to the Ascot Gold Cup winner Paean and the Oaks winner Unite. Loder sent his filly into training with Michael Stoute at his Freemason Lodge stable in Newmarket, where she was an exact contemporary of Shergar. She was usually ridden by Lester Piggott in her early races, before Stoute's new stable jockey Walter Swinburn took over in 1981. Racing career 1980: two-year-old season As a two-year-old in 1980, Marwell was unbeaten in five races, beginning with a four-length success in the Chesterfield Stakes over five furlong at Newmarket Racecourse. After one minor win, she was moved up in class and sent to Goodwood Racecourse in July for the five-furlong Molecomb Stakes. Ridden by Lester Piggott, she won the Group Three event at odds of 4/6 from Swan Princess with the Queen Mary Stakes winner Pushy in third place. Stoute considered moving the filly up in distance for the Lowther Stakes at York Racecourse in August but opted for the Prince of Wales's Stakes on the following day. She defeated Welshwyn by one and a half lengths despite carrying a seven-pound weight penalty for her Goodwood success. With Piggott serving a suspension, Greville Starkey took the ride on Marwell when the filly was matched against colts in the Group Two Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse in September. She was made the 4/11 favourite and after starting slowly took the lead approaching the final furlong and drew clear of her opponents to win by three lengths despite being eased down in the closing stages. On her final appearance of the season, Marwell contested the Cheveley Park Stakes, then the only Group One race in the United Kingdom restricted to two-year-old fillies. Ridden again by Piggott, she won |
7,778 | Francesco Laudadio | Francesco Laudadio (2 January 1950 – 6 April 2005) was an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born in Mola di Bari, graduated in philosophy, Laudadio started his career as a script supervisor and an assistant director, often working with Mario Monicelli. His debut film Grog won him the David di Donatello for Best New Director. Filmography Grog (1982) Fatto su misura (1985) Topo Galileo (1987) The Raffle (1991) Persone perbene (1992) Esercizi di stile (1996, segment "Un addio nel west") L'ultimo concerto (TV, 1996) Il mastino (TV, 1997) Inviati speciali (TV, 2001) Signora (2004) References External links Category:1950 births Category:2005 deaths Category:20th-century Italian people Category:Italian film directors Category:Italian screenwriters Category:Italian male screenwriters Category:Italian film producers Category:People from the Province of Bari Category:David di Donatello winners |
7,779 | Bhadrak (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) | Bhadrak (Sl. No.: 44) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district, Odisha. Area of this constituency include Bhadrak and Bhadrak block. Elected Members Sixteen elections held during 1961 to 2014 including a bye election in 1971. Elected members from the Bhadrak constituency are: 2014: (44): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Biju Janata Dal) 2009: (44): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Biju Janata Dal) 2004: (18): Naren Pallai (Indian National Congress) 2000: (18): Biren Palai (Indian National Congress) 1995: (18): Prafulla Samal (Janata Dal) 1990: (18): Prafulla Samal (Janata Dal) 1985: (18): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Congress) 1980: (18): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Indian National Congress) 1977: (18): Ratnakar Mohanty (Janata Party) 1974: (18): Jugal Kishore Pattnaik (Indian National Congress) 1971: (Bye poll): B Sahu (Utkal Congress) 1971: (18): Harekrushna Mahatab (Orissa Jana Congress) 1967: (18): Nityananda Mohapatra (Orissa Jana Congress) 1961: (123): Nityananda Mohapatra (Independent) 1957: (87): Nityananda Mohapatra (Independent) 1951: (57): Mahamad Hanif (Indian National Congress) 2014 Election Result In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 23,587 votes. 2009 Election Result In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Jugal Kishore Pattnaik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Naren Pallai by a margin of 21,428 votes. Notes References Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha Category:Bhadrak district |
7,780 | Ryall, Dorset | Ryall is a small village in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of Great Britain. It is situated roughly midway between the towns of Bridport and Lyme Regis, with the county town of Dorchester about 20 miles to the east. The village lies on the northern slopes of Hardown Hill, about 2 miles inland from the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. To the north the village looks across the Marshwood Vale towards a line of hills including Pilsdon Pen. Ryall is the home of 200 people in about 60 houses. Category:Villages in Dorset |
7,781 | Afrasura dubitabilis | Afrasura dubitabilis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae which is endemic to Nigeria. References External links Category:Moths described in 2009 Category:Endemic fauna of Nigeria Category:Erebid moths of Africa dubitabilis |
7,782 | Copelatus pallidus | Copelatus pallidus is a species of diving beetle. It is part of the genus Copelatus in the subfamily Copelatinae of the family Dytiscidae. It was described by Régimbart in 1895. References Category:Copelatus Category:Beetles described in 1895 |
7,783 | Musée Clemenceau | The Musée Clemenceau is a house museum located in the 16th arrondissement at 8, rue Benjamin Franklin, Paris, France. It is open in the afternoons of Tuesday through Saturday, except in August; an admission fee is charged. The closest métro stations are Passy and Trocadéro. The museum preserves the apartment and garden of Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929), French statesman and writer, who lived there from 1895 until his death. The museum opened to the public in 1931, and preserves the apartment as it was on the day of his death. Its first floor exhibits many objects reflecting Clemenceau's life and work, including the famous coat and gaiters he wore during his visits to the front in World War I, as well as portraits, photos, books, newspapers, and manuscripts. See also List of museums in Paris References Musée Clemenceau Paris.org entry ParisInfo entry Category:Historic house museums in Paris Category:Buildings and structures in the 16th arrondissement of Paris Clemenceau Category:Museums established in 1931 Category:1931 establishments in France |
7,784 | Guga (footballer, born 1977) | José Augusto Santana dos Santos (born 14 March 1977 in Rosário do Catete, Sergipe), commonly known as Guga, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, representing five clubs over the course of eight Primeira Liga seasons (11 years in total). External links Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:People from Sergipe Category:Brazilian footballers Category:Association football midfielders Category:Primeira Liga players Category:LigaPro players Category:Gil Vicente F.C. players Category:C.F. Os Belenenses players Category:Vitória S.C. players Category:Boavista F.C. players Category:S.C. Olhanense players Category:Super League Greece players Category:AE Larissa FC players Category:Brazilian expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Portugal Category:Expatriate footballers in Greece Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece |
7,785 | Melbourne Maritime Museum | The former Melbourne Maritime Museum, now, the Polly Woodside tall ship and museum, managed by the National Trust of Australia, is situated in South Wharf on the Yarra River in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is home to the barque Polly Woodside, the now restored cargo vessel launched in 1885. The vessel resides in an original wooden-walled dry dock. The dry dock was used for the repair and service of ships for over 100 years. Historic buildings on the site include a pump house and boiler room for use in pumping water from the dry dock. Shed 2 is home to displays, artefacts and models of Polly Woodside relating to her working life. The museum is a popular attraction for school children and offers extensive education programs for primary and secondary school students. Facilities on the site include the interactive gallery, a souvenir shop and picnic area. Regular events include Pirate Sundays on the first Sunday of every month. Polly Woodside is open for visitors Saturday and Sundays, 10am-4pm and each day of the school holidays in Victoria. For more information, see, Polly Woodside External links Polly Woodside - National Trust of Australia Australia's Maritime World - Melbourne Maritime Museum Category:Museums in Melbourne Category:Maritime museums in Victoria (Australia) |
7,786 | Friedel | Friedel or Friedl is a Southern German diminutive variation of the surname Fried - or alternately, a diminutive of Elfriede - and may refer to: People Four French scientists with the same Friedel family name are in direct lineage, Charles, Georges, Edmond and Jacques: Charles Friedel (1832–1899), French chemist known for the Friedel–Crafts reaction Georges Friedel (1865–1933), French crystallographer and mineralogist; son of Charles Edmond Friedel (1895–1972), French Polytechnician and mining engineer, founder of BRGM, the French geological survey; son of Georges Jacques Friedel, (1921–2014), French physicist; son of Edmond, see the French site for Jacques Friedel Other people: Brad Friedel, American international football (soccer) goalkeeper Frederic Friedel, produced documentaries for German TV Glenn Friedel (1972– ), American artist (photograms) Samuel Friedel, former U.S. Congressman who represented the 7th congressional district of Maryland Joshua Friedel, American professional chess player Related items Friedel's law, named after Georges Friedel, the crystallographer, is a property of Fourier transforms of real functions Friedel's salt, discovered by Georges Friedel, is an anion exchanger mineral belonging to the family of the layered double hydroxides (LDHs) Friedel oscillations, peculiar behavior of electrons near impurities and interfaces in metals See also Friedl Category:German-language surnames |
7,787 | Stilbotulasnella | Stilbotulasnella is a fungal genus in the Tulasnellaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Stilbotulasnella conidiophora, found in Hawaii. References External links Category:Cantharellales Category:Monotypic Basidiomycota genera |
7,788 | Hastings Giants | The Hastings Giants were a minor league baseball team, based in Hastings, Nebraska. Hastings played in the short-season Class D Nebraska State League from 1956 to 1959. Earlier Hastings teams had played in the Nebraska State League (1922-1923, 1910-1915, 1892), Tri-State League (1924) and the Western League (1887). Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees Fred Clarke (1892) and Dazzy Vance (1914) played for Hastings. The Hastings Giants were an affiliate of the New York Giants (1956–1957)/San Francisco Giants (1958–1959). History Minor league baseball began with the Hastings Hustlers in the 1887 Western League. Hastings was a member of the Nebraska State League from 1910–1915 and 1922–1923, playing as the Reds, Cubs, Third Citys and Brickmakers. The Hastings Cubs joined the Tri-State League in 1924. The Hastings Third Citys won the 1912 Nebraska State League Championship, finishing 1st in the regular season at 67–44. The Kearney Buffaloes playoff win over Hastings was later reversed at the Nebraska State League 1913 spring meeting and Hastings was awarded the championship. The Hastings Giants were an affiliate of the New York Giants/San Francisco Giants (1956-1959). The Giants played their home games at Duncan Field. The Nebraska State League folded after the 1959 season, along with the 1959 league member Hastings Giants, Holdrege White Sox, Grand Island Athletics, Kearney Yankees, McCook Braves and North Platte Indians. The ballpark The Hastings Giants played at Duncan Field. Constructed in 1940 as a federal W.P.A. Project, the ballpark was considered one of the best in the Nebraska State League. Duncan Field is still in use today, having hosted multiple American Legion World Series. Duncan Field is located at 601 East South Street in Hastings, Nebraska. Notable alumni Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Dazzy Vance pitched for the Hastings Reds in 1914 with a 17–4 record. Hall of Famer Fred Clarke began his professional career with Hastings in 1892, hitting .302 with 14 stolen bases in 41 games. Baseball Hall of Fame alumni Fred Clarke (1892) Inducted, 1945 Dazzy Vance (1914) Inducted, 1955 Notable alumni Jesus Alou (1959) Bob Barton (1959) Harry Cheek (1923) Jake Gettman (1914) Bill Hands (1959) Lou Koupal (1923) Bill Piercy (1914) Leo Schrall (MGR, 1957–1959) Jose Tartabull (1958) Gene Thompson (MGR, 1956) Jose Vidal (1958) Johnny Weekly (1956) Year-by-year record (from Hastings Giants - BR Bullpen) References Category:Defunct minor league baseball teams Category:Professional baseball teams in Nebraska Category:Defunct baseball teams in the United States Category:San Francisco Giants minor league affiliates Category:1956 establishments in the United States Category:1959 disestablishments in the United States Category:Hastings, Nebraska Category:Defunct baseball teams in Nebraska |
7,789 | Frederick Malloch Bruce | Prof Frederick Malloch Bruce FRSE FPS FIEE (1912-1997) was a Scottish electrical engineer and educationalist. He was the creator of the "Bruce-profile electrode". Life He was born in Aberdeen on 13 July 1912. He was educated in Aberdeen. He studied Electrical Engineering at Kings College, Newcastle graduating BSc in 1933. He was then apprenticed to C. A. Parsons and Company in Tyneside. In the Second World War he was in the Supply Armaments Research Department, working on small arms and aircraft weaponry. In 1946 he moved to the Nelson High Power Laboratories in Stafford. In 1948 he returned to Scotland as Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Royal Technical College in Glasgow, under David Stirling Anderson. In 1962 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Donald Pack, George Hibberd, Patrick Ritchie, and Ernest Geoffrey Cullwick. He retired in 1972 due to ill-health and died peacefully in his sleep at Cranleigh in Surrey on 23 July 1997. Family He was married to Frances. References Category:1912 births Category:1997 deaths Category:People from Aberdeen Category:Scottish electrical engineers Category:Academics of the University of Strathclyde Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
7,790 | Shields Ferry | The Shields Ferry operates across the River Tyne, England, between North Shields and South Shields. The service is operated by Nexus, the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (PTE). It was known as the Market Place Ferry until takeover by the PTE in 1972. Service There have been ferries across the Tyne since the 14th century, and this is the only service that remains. The ferry service makes just under 25,000 journeys a year and carries nearly 400,000 passengers a year. Two vessels currently operate the service, Pride of the Tyne, built in 1993 and Spirit of the Tyne, built in 2007. Usually, only one ferry is in operation at a time, although both are used during peak periods. The service typically operates every 30 minutes with a 7 minute crossing time. Passengers on the north bank can transfer to the 333 bus service at North Shields ferry landing to be taken directly to the town centre and metro station. The alternative to this is a short 5- to 10-minute walk via the steep hill of Borough Road. In 2008 Nexus appointed Carol Timlin as the service's first female general manager. Vessels Freda Cunningham The Freda Cunningham was the first diesel ferry to be commissioned and was in use when the ferry service was called the "Market Place Ferry". This vessel had a reputation for unreliability and was frequently out of service. The ferry's name came from the wife of North East Labour Party leader Andy Cunningham, who was later jailed for corruption. She was also the mother of politician and cabinet minister, Jack Cunningham. She was commissioned in 1972 to replace the steamship Northumbrian and sold in 1993 when the Pride of The Tyne came into service. In 2006 the vessel, now named Mystic Waters, began operating between west Cork and Sherkin Island. Shieldsman The Shieldsman was built by Hancock Shipbuilders of Pembroke Dock and entered service in 1976. The ferry is double-ended and could operate either way, however she typically worked one way and turned around during the crossing. She could carry 350 passengers in public service, or a reduced capacity of 250 on private hire. The Shieldsman was retired early in 2007 to be replaced by the new Spirit of the Tyne, and is now a houseboat on the River Adur in West Sussex. Pride of the Tyne Pride of the Tyne was built by Swan Hunter in nearby Wallsend and entered service in 1993. It was a modified version of the Shieldsman and cost £1.5 million. The vessel also has a bar, 'The Admirals Locker', that is available on private hire trips. The vessel was the first river ferry to incorporate all of the new safety features introduced after the Marchioness disaster in 1989. Pride of the Tyne is powered by two Gardner 6LXDT engines with twin Perkins generators. Spirit of the Tyne A new ferry, Spirit of the Tyne entered service in 2007, replacing Shieldsman. This ferry is an 'off-the-shelf' product and differs greatly from the Shieldsman and Pride of the Tyne. It was built in Harlingen, |
7,791 | Tatra 138 | The Tatra 138 was a truck produced in Czechoslovakia by the Tatra company. The immediate successor to the Tatra 111, the model introduced a number of new features while continuing the evolution of Tatra concept. The truck was produced from 1959 to 1971. History The decision to replace the Tatra 111 was made in 1952 as part of a central state planning economy, where Tatra Kopřivnice was to produce 7-10 ton utility trucks. In 1956 at II. Czechoslovak Machinery Expo in Brno, Tatra exhibited 2 new models, the T137 and T138. Both vehicles had up to 70% of parts in common across the range. New design features were introduced, such as improvement in driver environment and usability e.g. hydraulic power steering, a compressed air assisted clutch and electro-pneumatic auxiliary gearbox gear selection. Design and technology The design was of central backbone tube construction with modular power train concept in 4×4, 4×2, 6×6, 6×4 and 6×2 configuration. Version 4×2, 6×4, and 6×2 were produced in very low quantity. The main advantages of central load carrying backbone tube are in its high torsion and bend strength protecting truck body against load stresses. The secondary advantage is that it houses all important parts of the drive train. In addition, it enables a concept of modular construction where designers and customers can specify 4, 6, wheel drive and various length and wheelbase combinations. Engine The engine was located ahead of the front axle. It featured an air-cooled V8 75° with dry sump design and a new featured thermostat controlled cooling fan by engine oil temperature via hydraulic clutch drive to reduce noise and fuel consumption. The engine was also used in the OT-64 APC. Chassis Central backbone tube, front and rear axles with independent swing half axles. The front suspension by torque arms (torsion bars) and hydraulic shock absorbers. The rear suspension by longitudinal half elliptic leaf springs. Front axle drive selectable on demand, differential locks electro-pneumatically controlled via dash switches. Front track = Rear track = Wheelbase = model specific Tatra T138 6×6 PP2, P3, PP6 = + Tatra T138 6×6 PR14, PPR S3, PR S1, P19 = + Tatra T138 4×4 = Ground clearance = Transmission Main gearbox - 5+1 (2-5 gear synchronized) Auxiliary gearbox - 2 speed (half split electro-pneumatic control) Step down transfer case Clutch - 2x plate dry Brakes Main wheel brakes ----> dual circuit full air drum brakes Park brake ----> mechanical via output shaft at the back of the gearbox Supplementary brake ----> exhaust brake electro-pneumatically controlled Bodywork All steel cab construction with various body builder equipment such as tippers, flatbeds, concrete mixers, tankers, cranes, excavators and firefighting. The vehicle had a top speed of 72 km/h, capable of water crossing depth , with maximum payload of and could tow trailers up to GCM. Production Total production exceeded 45,900. The Tatra T138 was exported to the USSR, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, France, Austria, Yugoslavia and the Netherlands Primary variants: T138 S1 - one-way tipper T138 S3 - three-way tipper T138 V,VN - civilian and military flatbed T138 P1V - military |
7,792 | Least squares conformal map | A Least squares conformal map (LSCM) is a 2-D representation of a 3-D shape created using the Least Squares Conformal Mapping Method. By using the map as a guide when creating a new 2-D image, the colors of the 2-D image can be applied to the original 3-D model. LSCM is used in computer graphics as a method of producing a UV map from a polygonal mesh to a texture map such that the shape of the polygons as mapped to the texture is relatively undistorted. See also Conformal map UV mapping External links Least Squares Conformal Maps for Automatic Texture Atlas Generation, ACM SIGGRAPH conference proceedings, 2002 Category:Computer graphics data structures |
7,793 | 2019 in the Northern Mariana Islands | Events in the year 2019 in the Northern Mariana Islands. Incumbents President: Donald Trump Governor: Ralph Torres Events Deaths 6 January – Francisco Dela Cruz, politician, member of the House of Representatives (b. 1962). References Category:2010s in the Northern Mariana Islands Category:Years of the 21st century in the Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands |
7,794 | Austroclitocybe | Austroclitocybe is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Austroclitocybe veronicae, found in temperate South America. The genus was circumscribed by Jörg H. Raithelhuber in 1972. See also List of Tricholomataceae genera References External links Category:Tricholomataceae Category:Monotypic Agaricales genera Category:Fungi of South America |
7,795 | Jason Boardman | Jason David Boardman is Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he directs the Health and Society Program at the Institute of Behavioral Science. He is known for his research on the genetics of educational attainment. References External links Faculty page Category:Living people Category:University of Colorado Boulder faculty Category:American sociologists Category:American demographers Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni Category:University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people) |
7,796 | Northwestern Hotel (Des Moines, Iowa) | The Northwestern Hotel is an historic building located in the East Village of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. History Opening in 1916, the Northwestern Hotel was built to serve the needs of railroad employees and passengers from the nearby Chicago and North Western depot, and other people of modest means. It was particularly popular with people during the Iowa State Fair. The hotel also had an arrangement with the railroad to accommodate its employees in their rooms. This building replaced a previous hotel with the same name in the same location. It was built by Otto Starzinger, whose parents Frank and Anna built and ran the hotel before him. Other businesses housed on the first floor included a restaurant, cigar stand, and a drug store. Eventually, the building went into a slow period of decline before Polk County officials forced it to close in 1982. A group of lawyers remodeled the building for office use in 1983. The building currently houses retail space on the first floor. Architecture The building was designed by the prominent Des Moines architectural firm of Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson. It is a three-story structure with a decorative cornice at the roofline. Most of the building's decorations were limited to the lobby of the hotel when it was constructed. The first floor housed retail space in addition to the hotel's lobby. A ballroom, with its own skylight, and guest rooms were on the second floor. The guest rooms of the second and third floor were generally small and were arranged around spaces with skylights. Some of the larger suites, which had a view of the capitol building, had their own bathrooms. The other guest rooms shared bathrooms. The building was originally designed to be six stories high, but it had to be scaled back to three. However, the underpinnings of the building exist to support additional stories, and cast concrete supports and a fourth-floor fireplace are located in the attic. References Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1916 Category:Buildings and structures in Des Moines, Iowa Category:National Register of Historic Places in Des Moines, Iowa Category:Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Iowa |
7,797 | Sinclair Stevens | Sinclair McKnight Stevens, (February 11, 1927 – November 30, 2016) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman and cabinet minister. Early life He was born in Esquesing Township (today part of Halton Hills, Ontario), the third child of Northern Irish immigrants Robert Murray Stevens and Anna Bailey McKnight. The family later moved near Kleinburg, Ontario. He attended Weston Collegiate Institute and later, the University of Western Ontario, class of 1950. He was active in the student newspaper and the model Parliament. He entered Osgoode Hall Law School, where he met his fellow student and future wife Noreen Mary Terese Charlebois. Noreen was one of just five women in their class. They graduated in 1955 and married in 1958. From his university days until he articled, he was a part-time reporter for the Toronto Star. Stevens articled with Toronto law firm Fraser & Beatty. He later formed his own firm Stevens, Hassard & Elliot. Early career In 1958, his first development, The Cardiff, was under way. That was followed up with several other development projects. In 1962, he formed York Trust and Savings Co. Former Bank of Canada Governor James Coyne became chairman in 1963. Stevens had interests in several other small trust companies. Unusually for the time, his branches were located in working-class areas and Loblaws stores, featuring extended service hours. York Trust grew at four times the rate of other trust companies. By 1964 Stevens controlled 23 companies with assets of $130 million, having started in 1961 with just $215,000. From 1963 to 1967 Stevens, was embroiled in an attempt to form the first new Canadian chartered bank in 50 years, Westbank. That caused resentment in several quarters. Westerners saw it as yet another eastern-controlled firm, Conservatives were put off by the association with Coyne, and the feathers of the establishment banks were ruffled. The affair led to a falling-out with Coyne and later with businessman Marc Bienvenu. John Diefenbaker reportedly "loathed" Stevens over the issue. Member of Parliament In 1968, he moved to King Township, Ontario. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, defeating Liberal incumbent cabinet minister John Roberts in the riding of York-Simcoe. He won again in the elections of 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, and 1984. Bid for PC leadership 1976 Stevens ran as a candidate in the 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership convention. At the time, he had only three years parliamentary experience, but five of the other candidates had also entered parliament in 1972. He finished seventh (of eleven candidates) on the first ballot and withdrew in favour of the eventual winner Joe Clark. That was seen as a surprising move, since Stevens was considered right-wing, and Clark was a moderate on the party's left wing. Mulroney would "think about Steven's dramatic walk for years to come, never pretending to understand it." Stevens had been the top official campaign spender (at $294,107), but Mulroney, who did not provide figures, is widely thought to have exceeded that amount. Cabinet minister (1979–1980, 1984–1986) Stevens served |
7,798 | Electrolytic cell | An electrolytic cell is an electrochemical cell that drives a non-spontaneous redox reaction through the application of electrical energy. They are often used to decompose chemical compounds, in a process called electrolysis—the Greek word lysis means to break up. Important examples of electrolysis are the decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen, and bauxite into aluminium and other chemicals. Electroplating (e.g., of copper, silver, nickel or chromium) is done using an electrolytic cell. Electrolysis is a technique that uses a direct electric current (DC). An electrolytic cell has three component parts: an electrolyte and two electrodes (a cathode and an anode). The electrolyte is usually a solution of water or other solvents in which ions are dissolved. Molten salts such as sodium chloride are also electrolytes. When driven by an external voltage applied to the electrodes, the ions in the electrolyte are attracted to an electrode with the opposite charge, where charge-transferring (also called faradaic or redox) reactions can take place. Only with an external electrical potential (i.e., voltage) of correct polarity and sufficient magnitude can an electrolytic cell decompose a normally stable, or inert chemical compound in the solution. The electrical energy provided can produce a chemical reaction which would not occur spontaneously otherwise. Galvanic cells compared to electrolytic cells In an electrolytic cell a current is passed through the cell by an external voltage, causing an otherwise nonspontaneous chemical reaction to proceed. In a galvanic cell the progress of a spontaneous chemical reaction causes an electric current to flow. An equilibrium electrochemical cell is at the state between an electrolytic cell and a galvanic cell. The tendency of a spontaneous reaction to push a current through the external circuit is exactly balanced by an external voltage that is called a counter electromotive force or counter e.m.f. so that no current flows. If this counter voltage is increased the cell becomes an electrolytic cell and if it is decreased the cell becomes a galvanic cell. Anode and cathode definitions depend on charge and discharge Michael Faraday defined the cathode of a cell as the electrode to which cations (positively charged ions, like silver ions Ag) flow within the cell, to be reduced by reacting with electrons (negatively charged) from that electrode. Likewise he defined the anode as the electrode to which anions (negatively charged ions, like chloride ions Cl) flow within the cell, to be oxidized by depositing electrons on the electrode. To an external wire connected to the electrodes of a galvanic cell (or battery), forming an electric circuit, the cathode is positive and the anode is negative. Thus positive electric current flows from the cathode to the anode through the external circuit in the case of a galvanic cell. Consider two voltaic cells of unequal voltage. Mark the positive and negative electrodes of each one as P and N, respectively. Place them in a circuit with P near P and N near N, so the cells will tend to drive current in opposite directions. The cell with the larger voltage is discharged, making it a galvanic cell, so P |
7,799 | Seefelder Spitze | The Seefelder Spitze is a mountain east of Seefeld in Tirol in the Karwendel Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is 2,221 metres high and there is a summit cross at the top. Ascent There is an easy waymarked route approaching from the Rosshütte to the northwest. The path runs climbs initially eastwards to the Seefelder Joch and then turns south along the ridgeline on the Panorama Höhenweg to the summit. This ridgeline has metal railings for protection in one or two places but is straightforward provided care is taken, especially when busy. The Rosshütte is at the top of a funicular from Seefeld and is connected to the Seefelder Joch by a cable car. Another, more difficult approach is from the more exposed ridgeline to the south from the direction of the Reither Spitze, and there are also unmarked tracks up the west flank. References Category:Mountains of Tyrol (state) Category:Two-thousanders of Austria Category:Mountains of the Alps |
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