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MR thus remained the only party opposing a deal that would include CDH, Verhofstadt decided to meet with Milquet again in the evening and bring back his morning proposal of a participation of CDH in the Government through an external actor, but added that this Minister would have the rank though not the title of Deputy Prime Minister. Milquet and her party met and agreed on this proposal. In the early hours of 19 December, Belga News Agency announced a deal had been struck by all parties and an interim Government was to be formed by 21 December and approved by Parliament by 23 December. Later in the day, it was confirmed Guy Verhofstadt would address the Parliament on 21 December with a General Policy Declaration. It was also announced the legal 48-hour delay following the declaration would lead the Parliament to vote its confidence to the interim Government on 23 December. The interim Government officially came into office when it was acknowledged by the lower house of Parliament with 97 votes in favour, 46 against on Sunday 23 December 2007. |
Holt was eventually elected to parliament on his third attempt, winning a federal by-election for the seat of Fawkner in August 1935; his predecessor, George Maxwell, had died in office. He won UAP preselection against five other candidates, a victory which "Smith's Weekly" attributed to his "political godmothers" in the AWNL. His new seat was centred on Melbourne's wealthy inner-eastern suburbs. Holt was twenty-seven years old when he entered parliament, making him its youngest member. He kept a relatively low profile in his first few years, but spoke on a wide range of topics. When Robert Menzies became prime minister in April 1939, he made Holt one of four ministers without portfolio. His inclusion was made possible by the collapse of the coalition with the Country Party – previously a certain number of positions had been reserved for Country MPs, but the new ministry was composed solely of UAP members. Although Holt officially had no portfolio, he effectively served as an assistant minister to Richard Casey, who headed the Department of Supply and Development. He was given responsibility for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and also acted for periods as Minister for Trade and Customs and Minister for Civil Aviation and Air while the incumbents were overseas. Holt's first stint as a government minister came to an end in March 1940, when the coalition with the Country Party was reinstituted. His replacement was Arthur Fadden, another future prime minister. Holt enlisted in the Militia in February 1939, joining a part-time artillery unit for businessmen and professionals. He was given indefinite leave during his ministerial service. In May 1940, without resigning his seat, Holt enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force with the intent of becoming a full-time soldier. Several of his parliamentary colleagues did likewise at various points in the war. Holt was posted to the 2/4th Field Regiment, holding the rank of gunner. He had been offered a commission as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, but declined due to his lack of experience. In a press statement, Holt said "as the youngest member of the House, I could not feel happy in my position if I were not prepared to make some sacrifice and take an active part". He was sent to Puckapunyal for training, and expected to be posted to North Africa or Palestine. Holt's brief military career came to an end as a result of the Canberra air disaster on 13 August, which killed three senior government ministers. |
Cold Bay Air Force Station Cold Bay Air Force Station (AAC ID: F-26, LRR ID: A-08, DEW ID: COB-MAIN) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The ground control intercept (GCI) station F-26 was closed on 1 November 1983. A new minimally attended Long Range Radar (LRR) site, A-08 was built about 5 miles to the southeast of the closed Air Force Station as part of the Alaska Radar System. Today, it remains active as part of the Alaska NORAD Region under the jurisdiction of the 611th Air Support Group, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. Cold Bay AFS was a continental defense radar station constructed to provide the United States Air Force early warning of an attack by the Soviet Union on Alaska. Planning for a surveillance station at Cold Bay began in July 1956 and construction commenced later that year. Not part of the first 25 Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) radar stations, Cold Bay AFS was added as part of the Aleutian extension of the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line). The radar station and support base was located at the southwest end of the Aleutian Peninsula, about 7 miles west-northwest of the former Fort Randall Army Air Base (later Thornbrough Air Force Base). The airport facilities were used as a logistics support terminal during the construction of the site, which was completed in September 1958. The station consisted of a power/heating plant, water and fuel storage tanks, gymnasium and other support office buildings. Two other buildings contained living quarters, work areas, and recreational facilities plus opportunities for such sports as skiing, skating, horseshoes, and basketball. The station buildings were, except for the civil engineering building connected by heated hallways. As a result, personnel stationed there, with only very few exceptions, were able to wear "summer" uniforms year round, unless they had a need to go outside during the winter season. The coverings of the station's three radar towers were heated from within to keep the covering from becoming brittle from extreme cold, and thus subject to being damaged or destroyed by high winds. Tours at the station were limited to one year because of the psychological strain and physical hardships. The 714th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (AC&W Sq) operated AN/FPS-3, AN/FPS-20A, and AN/FPS-6(-90) radars. |
Or he may be a talk-in rather than a walk-in. In any event, the significant information that he is withholding, in compliance with A's orders, is the fact that his offer is being made at A's instigation. He is also very likely to conceal one channel of communication with A-for example, a second secret writing system. Such "side-commo" enables A to keep in full touch while sending through the divulged communications channel only messages meant for adversary eyes. The provocateur may also conceal his true sponsor, claiming for example (and truthfully) to represent an A1 service (allied with A) whereas his actual control is the A. Passive provocations are variants involving false-flag recruiting. In Country C, Service A surveys the intelligence terrain through the eyes of Service B (a species of mirror-reading) and selects those citizens whose access to sources and other qualifications make them most attractive to B. Service A officers, posing as service B officers, recruit the citizens of country C. At some point, service A then exposes these individuals, and complains to country C that country B is subverting its citizens. The stake-out has a far better chance of success in areas like Africa, where intelligence exploitation of local resources is far less intensive than in Europe, where persons with valuable access are likely to have been approached repeatedly by recruiting services during the postwar years. A triple agent can be a double agent that decides his true loyalty is to his original service or could always have been loyal to his service but is part of an active provocation of your service. If managing a double agent is difficult, agents that turned again (tripled) or another time after that are far more difficult but, in some rare cases, worthwhile. Any service B controlling or believing that it controls a double agent must constantly evaluate the information that agent is providing on service A. While service A may have been willing to sacrifice meaningful information or even other human assets, to help an intended penetration agent establish his bona fides, at some point, service A may start providing useless or misleading information as part of the goal of service A. In the World War II Double Cross System, another way that the British controllers (service B in this example) kept the Nazis believing in their agent, was that the British let true information flow but too late for the Germans to act on it. The double agent might send information indicating that a lucrative target was in range of a German submarine, but by the time the information reaches the Germans, they confirm the report was true because the ship is now docked in a safe port that would have been a logical destination on the course reported by the agent. |
From around the 1730s, Hogarth developed a genre of playful conversation pieces far removed from the grand history paintings that he really wanted to produce but for which he had no commissions. He was working against a background of what has been called a "new world" of childhood where the attitude to children was becoming more liberal. Family groups in painting became less formal and began to show parents and children enjoying recreational activities together. Portraits of individual children became more common than they had been in the seventeenth century and the idea of the "innocence" of childhood began to take root based on the view that the child was an uncorrupted blank slate as advocated by John Locke in his book "Some Thoughts Concerning Education" (1693). If the child was now innocent, however, the picture remained the product of a commercial transaction between the client and the artist and continued to fulfil a social function of demonstrating the happy family life and social status enjoyed by the customer. It also stood in a tradition of portrait painting of adults and children that had well established conventions. In 1730, Hogarth had produced the "before and after" pair "The House of Cards" and "The Tea Party" where various minor mishaps occur relating to a house of cards and a doll's tea party. Numerous clues in both works suggest a more serious message about broken marriage hopes and loss but the full facts are not known. "The Cholmondeley Family" of 1732 also included similar ingredients of impending disaster as a playful child goes to push over a pile of books while the older generation sit by, frozen, to be reanimated when the books fall. But in this work it is the mother who is included despite having died prior. Well stocked bookcases line the background which the adults can use to civilise the wild children. |
Kassina maculosa Kassina maculosa is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and possibly also in northern Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are lowland secondary forests and savanna, and montane forests and grasslands. It tolerates habitat modification and is also found in farm bush. Breeding takes place in standing water, possibly also in streams at high altitudes. |
It was first described by Karl Stetter of the University of Regensburg in Germany, and a colleague, Gerhard Fiala. "Pyrococcus furiosus" actually originated a new genus of archaea with its relatively recent discovery in 1986. The sequencing of the complete genome of "Pyrococcus furiosus" was completed in 2001 by scientists at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. The Maryland team found that the genome has 1,908 kilobases, coding for some 2,065 proteins The name ' means "fireball" in Greek, to refer to the extremophile's round shape and ability to grow in temperatures of around 100 degrees Celsius. The species name ' means 'rushing' in Latin, and refers to the extremophile's doubling time and rapid swimming. |
Jessup station Jessup is a passenger rail station on the MARC Camden Line between Washington, DC and Baltimore's Camden Station. It was built on 8 Old Jessup Road, east of the embankment of the Jessup Road bridge over the Camden Line, a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line. The station has two side platforms. |
Model (band) Model was a Turkish rock band based in İzmir, Turkey. The band was founded with name A due Carmen in 2005 by Okan Işık, Aşkın Çolak and Can Temiz. Fatma Turgut and Serkan Gürüzümcü joined in 2007. The band members found each other on the internet. The group's name was changed to Model in 2008. Their first album, "Perili Sirk" was released in 2009. In 2011, Model released its second album, called "Diğer Masallar", which was produced by Demir Demirkan. Three songs, "Buzdan Şato", "Değimesin Ellerimiz", "Bir Melek Vardı", became very popular. In 2012, Aşkın Çolak left the band and was replaced by Kerem Sedef on drums. Their third album, "Levlâ'nın Hikayesi", was put on the market by the label of GNL Entertainment in the last week of the November 2013. Model wanted to create a concept in this album: the five stages of mourning after separation, and then a human's own internal reckoning and relations are told with the help of the lyrics. The band disbanded in 2016 due to differences between the members. 2010 Digital Age Awards - Most Innovative Music / Sound Design winner song composed for Efes Pilsen. The band also won the Billboard Special Jury Award in Roxy Music Days under the name "A due Carmen" |
2016–17 Sam Houston State Bearkats men's basketball team The 2016–17 Sam Houston State Bearkats men's basketball team represented Sam Houston State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearkats, led by seventh-year head coach Jason Hooten, played their home games at the Bernard Johnson Coliseum in Huntsville, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 10–8 in Southland play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated Central Arkansas and Houston Baptist to advance to the semifinals of the Southland Tournament where they lost to New Orleans. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament. The Bearkats finished the 2015–16 season 18–16, 12–6 in Southland play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Nicholls State in the quarterfinals of the Southland Tournament to advance to the semifinals where they lost to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to Jackson State. !colspan=9 style="background:#; color:#;"| Non-conference regular season !colspan=9 style="background:#;" |Southland Conference regular season !colspan=9 style="background:#;"| Southland Tournament |
Simonton Lake, Indiana Simonton Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The population was 4,678 at the 2010 census. The community takes its name from the lake. Simonton Lake was named for Samuel Simonton, a 19th-century farmer. Simonton Lake is located at (41.745799, -85.971499). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 11.68%, is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,053 people, 1,567 households, and 1,181 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,243.0 people per square mile (480.0/km²). There were 1,636 housing units at an average density of 501.7/sq mi (193.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.77% White, 1.63% African American, 0.25% Native American, 1.55% Asian, 0.64% from other races, and 1.16% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.52% of the population. There were 1,567 households out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.2% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.6% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.96. In the CDP, the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $56,539, and the median income for a family was $58,359. Males had a median income of $41,688 versus $26,901 for females. |
In addition, it would cause losses of up to 50% of catches along the main stem Fraser and its delta below the dam because of sediment blockage, water temperature changes, and flow fluctuations. The defeat of the dam project, which had one of the largest power potentials of any in North America, uniquely occurred during the height of the continent's dam-building era, before determined environmentalist opposition towards dams such as at New Melones, twenty years later. In 1970, BC Hydro released a report that predicted annual provincial rises in power consumption of over 10 percent. As a result, the proposed dam project was briefly revived, to the point at which test bores were made at the site in May of that year. After continuing concern over what the dam would do to the Fraser's salmon runs, the Moran Dam was defeated again in 1972. The downfall of the Moran project led to decreased call for power generation on the Fraser River, as Moran would have been the key facility for that matter. If Moran Dam had been built, the vast construction could open much of the Fraser River for development, to the point where it might have even ended up like the dam-straitjacketed Columbia River. Today, despite its alluring hydroelectric potential, the Fraser River remains one of the longest undammed rivers in North America and one of the continent's most productive salmon fisheries. |
William Berloni William Berloni (Bill Berloni) is an American Animal Behaviorist, Humanitarian and Author, known for his training of rescue animals for stage, film and television. Currently the subject of Discovery Family Reality Show premiering August 2015. "Bill Berloni graduated from Berlin high school in Connecticut desiring to be an actor. While a theater major at Central Connecticut State University he apprenticed at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. During his second season of volunteering at Goodspeed the producer Martin Charnin offered him an opportunity to get in the Actors' Equity Association. The offer was contingent upon his finding and training a dog for the new musical they were producing called "Annie". Being a wide eyed kid at the time, he agreed and adopted his first Sandy dog from a local shelter, thus beginning a new career direction." Since that first Sandy, Bill has not only given acting careers to many shelter dogs in film, television and stage, but also has found loving homes for thousands of dogs over the years." Bill Berloni to star in Discovery Family Network Reality Show "From Wags to Riches with Bill Berloni" set to premier August 2015. William Berloni is American Animal Advocate and Behaviorist for the Humane Society of New York. Bill Berloni is the only Animal trainer to have been honored with a Tony Berloni was presented with the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre during the 65th Tony Awards. Bill Berloni is known training numerous shelter animals for film and television including Charlie Wilson's War, Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies and the Sony Pictures “Annie 2014 Film” starring Quvenzhané Wallis and Jamie Foxx due in theaters Christmas 2014. Bill discovered the newest Sandy, Marti, a 4-year old Chow Mix who was abandoned at a high kill shelter Georgia then spent two years in various shelters finally ending up in Westchester County, New York where Bill adopted and trained her. Bill is a published author known for his book "Broadway Tail" and has been featured on many news shows including The Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS News and Arise Entertainment 360 TV |
Let Me (Zayn song) "Let Me" is a song recorded by English singer and songwriter Zayn. Written by Michael Hannides, Anthony Hannides, Zayn, Alan Sampson, Khaled Rohaim and produced by Rohaim and MakeYouKnowLove, it was released by RCA Records on 12 April 2018, as the lead single from Zayn's second studio album "Icarus Falls" (2018). On 24 March 2018, Zayn posted a 15-second teaser on Twitter with the "soon" emoji. The video starts with the words "coming soon" and then features a montage of scenes from the music video. It ends with the words "the story continues" flashing on the screen. On 29 March, he uploaded a picture of himself sitting with the song's music video director, captioning the post: "Coming soon". He wiped his Instagram account on 7 April, before posting a second teaser on the day after, which was attached with the song's release date "04.12.18". Starting off with Zayn looking out over the ocean, the clip quickly cycles through music video shots and words in red on a black background. The third teaser was released on 12 April, it showed more clips from the music video and revealed the song's release time, as well as Zayn's character name. During an interview with Nick Grimshaw on "The Radio 1 Breakfast Show", Zayn refused to disclose who the song is about, saying: "It's not always the wisest thing to do, it just complicates things so I have tended not to do that anymore, I just keep it to myself." "Let Me" is an upbeat pop and R&B track featuring "a slick, easygoing production". Written and recorded at Jungle City Studios and Electric Lady Studios in New York City, the song is based on a simple beat and an electric guitar sample. Lyrically, the song is about taking care of a partner for the rest of their lives. The music video was directed by José Padilha, and it serves as a sequel to the visual for "Dusk Till Dawn". Creatively developed by Zayn himself in collaboration with the director, it starred Cuban-American actor Steven Bauer as a kingpin who attempts to keep Zayn, as Roko, under his control. It begins with Zayn dropping off a black briefcase at Bauer's apartment, where he amorously stares at Bauer's girlfriend, played by model Sofia Jamora. He later arrives at a club to make a delivery to Bauer, after which the video transitions into dreamlike images of him being physically intimate and implying sex with the woman he saw earlier. |
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Billy died at St. John's Poor-house on 31 July 1831, aged 68 years. Cull Billy appears in several songs including :- Was an unknown character who appeared in several songs, including :- One of the Eccentrics in the painting. One of the Eccentrics in the painting - See separate entry for William Purvis (Blind Willie) Tommy Ferns was a character, almost blind and suffering from partial paralysis of his hands. For around 30 years he stood on the Swing Bridge across the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead begging. It was probably because of his sight problem he was able to tell the difference between the coins by both their feel and sound. See separate entry for William Cleghorn In the painting of Hells Kitchen, are the following characters (in alphabetical order) Aud (or Awd) Judy, Blind Willie, Bold Archy (or Airchy), Bugle-Nosed Jack, Captain Starkey, Cull (or Cully) Billy, Donald, Doodem Daddum (with his Dog, Timour, added), Hangy (or Hangie), Jacky Coxon, Jenny Ballo, Pussy Willy, Shoe-tie Anty and Whin Bob Geordie dialect words Thomas Allan Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings W & T Fordyce The Tyne Songster P. France & Co. France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne - 1850 John Marshall Marshall's Collection of Songs, Comic, Satirical 1827 John Ross The Songs of the Tyne by Ross William R Walker The Songs of the Tyne by Walker Thomas Marshall Marshall's A Collection of original local songs |
Pink Flag Pink Flag is the first studio album by the English band Wire. It was released in November 1977 by Harvest Records. Though the album failed to chart on its initial release, it has been widely acclaimed and is considered by critics and other commentators to have been highly influential on many other musicians since its release. Reviewing in 1978 for "The Village Voice", Robert Christgau called "Pink Flag" a "punk suite" and praised its "simultaneous rawness and detachment" and detected a rock-and-roll irony similar to but "much grimmer and more frightening" than the Ramones. In a retrospective review, Steve Huey of AllMusic opined that "Pink Flag" was "perhaps the most original debut album to come out of the first wave of British punk" and also "recognizable, yet simultaneously quite unlike anything that preceded it. "Pink Flag"s enduring influence pops up in hardcore, post-punk, alternative rock, and even Britpop, and it still remains a fresh, invigorating listen today: a fascinating, highly inventive rethinking of punk rock and its freedom to make up your own rules." "Trouser Press" called the album "a brilliant 21-song suite" in which the band "manipulated classic rock song structure by condensing them into brief, intense explosions of attitude and energy, coming up with a collection of unforgettable tunes". Although the album was released to critical acclaim, it was not a big seller. It was listed at number 412 on "Rolling Stone"s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2012 and at number 378 in "NME"'s list of the same name in 2013. Music journalist Stuart Maconie described it as "extraordinary" by the standards of the time at which it was produced. "Pitchfork" ranked "Pink Flag" number 22 in its list "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s". The album was included in Robert Dimery's "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". The album's wide-ranging influence is exemplified by the number of bands which have covered its songs. Hardcore punk and post-hardcore acts that have covered songs from "Pink Flag" include Henry Rollins ("Ex Lion Tamer", on "Drive by Shooting"), Minor Threat ("1 2 X U", on "Flex Your Head"), and Firehose ("Mannequin", on "Live Totem Pole"), while Minutemen attributed to "Pink Flag" their approach of recording and releasing briefer songs. |
Sumner, Texas Sumner is an unincorporated community, 12 miles west of Paris, in Lamar County, Texas, United States. The North Lamar Independent School District serves area students. Named to honor an early settler, Moses Sumner, the town had a post office open in 1885. By 1891 the population was 100, and the town was well on its way to prosperity. In 1892 the population was up to 150, and by 1898 the town had a one-teacher school with sixty-three students. In the late 1920s the population was 250 but without a railroad. With the Great Depression and post-war increased mobility, people moved away. In 1983 the town had a business, a school, one church, and a factory. The population was eighty in 2000. |
In a 15-year career, Lechesa played as a central midfielder for Bloemfontein Celtic, Ajax Cape Town, Black Leopards and Free State Stars before retiring in 2010. Born in Bloemfontein, Free State, Lechesa began playing football with Bloemfontein Celtic's youth sides before signing with National First Division club Bloemfontein Young Tigers. He started 24 league matches during his final season with Stars, winning the club's player of the season award. After he retired from playing, Lechesa became a football coach. He was appointed manager of Carara Kicks in 2010. He had a brief stint with United FC in 2011, but returned to Carara Kicks. Lechesa joined Polokwane City in January 2013, and led them to promotion to the Premier Soccer League within six months. He parted ways with Polokwane City on 16 September 2013 after the club had lost their opening 4 games of the 2013-14 Premier Soccer League season. Lechesa was appointed the head coach of F.C. Cape Town on 22 October 2013, but resigned in March 2014 Fire plough A fire plough (or fire plow) is a firelighting tool. In its simplest form, it is two sticks rubbed together. Rubbing produces friction and heat, and eventually an ember. More advanced are "stick-and-groove" forms, which typically uses a V-shaped base piece of wood, and a "friction stick" as the activator. The typical fire plough consists of a stick cut to a dull point, and a long piece of wood with a groove cut down its length. The point of the first piece is rubbed quickly against the groove of the second piece in a "plowing" motion, to produce hot dust that then becomes a coal. A split is often made down the length of the grooved piece, so that oxygen can flow freely to the coal/ember. Once hot enough, the coal is introduced to the tinder, more oxygen is added by blowing and the result is ignition. Hassanat Akinwande Hassanat Taiwo Akinwande, stage name Wunmi, is a well-known Nigerian film and television actress. She is of Yoruba ethnicity. Her career began in the 1980s with appearances in the soap opera "Feyi Kogbon". She has had leading roles in over 50 videos. In 2006 she was arrested for possession of cocaine. |
Political figures and members of the Tongan community also weighed in on the controversy. Pro-democracy leader 'Akilisi Pohiva criticised the wedding, telling TVNZ, "They are too close...I do not know about biological effects of two close bloods mixed together, but I think they need new blood from outside." A leader of Tongans living in New Zealand, Will Ilolahia, stated that many Tongans opposed the second cousins' marriage, but were unwilling to speak out publicly. Speculation also centred on possible genetic disorders that may result from a marriage of two close relatives. Lord Vaea, an uncle of the Crown Prince, defended the marriage saying, "It's a new beginning for the royal household. They are both in their 20s, we are looking at that to preserve that constitutional monarchy within Tonga." A New Zealand geneticist noted that there is "only a slight risk" of genetic disorders for the offspring of cousins who marry. In addition to the controversy over royal genetics, the wedding took place amid economic and political uncertainty. Tonga was projected to have the slowest economic growth in the Pacific Islands region during 2012. The royal family agreed to pay for the costs of the wedding; past weddings had been covered by the Tongan government. The government of Tonga may also face a potential vote of no confidence in the week following the wedding, adding to the country's political and economic woes. |
Southampton Parish, Bermuda Southampton Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named for Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624). It is located in the southwest of the island chain, occupying all of the western part of the main island, except for the westernmost tip (which is part of Sandys Parish). It includes the chain's southernmost point, and its north coast comprises much of the coast of the Little Sound (an arm of the Great Sound, the large expanse of water which dominates the geography of western Bermuda). in the east it is joined to Warwick Parish. As with most of Bermuda's parishes, it covers just over 2.3 square miles (about 6.0 km² or 1500 acres). It had a population of 6,421 in 2016. Natural features in Southampton include Whale Bay, Church Bay, Horseshoe Bay, and Riddell's Bay. Other notable features of Southampton include the Whale Bay Fort, and Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, which stands on the chain's highest point. Schools in the parish: Southampton Rangers football club play their home games at the Southampton Oval. |
Thames Silents Thames Silents is a series of releases (theatrical, broadcast and home video) of films from the silent era produced by the British ITV contractor Thames Television. Kevin Brownlow and David Gill were the two main people involved in the project. The collaboration between Brownlow and Gill had begun with the Thames documentary series "Hollywood" (1980), a thirteen part exploration of the silent era. It was an enormous success, and generated a degree of renewed interest in silent cinema. Subsequently, Thames screened the team's two subsequent television series, "Unknown Chaplin" and "", plus the one-off "" examining silent comedy. In conjunction with several US organisations, the "Thames Silents" project restored full-length silent films, often released for limited cinema screenings. These began with Abel Gance's "Napoléon" (1927) in 1980, a French epic for which Brownlow has a special affection. Later examples include Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd comedies, and films by other significant figures from the period such as Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, Erich von Stroheim, Rex Ingram, and D.W. Griffith. "Napoleon" was one of Channel Four's earliest broadcasts, and many of the films were released on home video. The composer Carl Davis was commissioned to write new scores for almost all of the releases. "Thames Silents" continued, via Brownlow's Photoplay Productions, since 1990; Thames Television lost its ITV franchise in December 1992. It is no longer used as an imprint by FremantleMedia, the ultimate owners of Thames. |
A Dangerous Woman (1929 film) A Dangerous Woman is a 1929 American Pre-Code film released by Paramount, based on the Margery Lawrence story, "A Woman Who Needed Killing". It was directed by Gerald Grove and Rowland V. Lee from a script by John Farrow and Edward E. Paramore Jr. Olga Baclanova (billed as Baclanova) stars as Tania Gregory and Clive Brook plays her husband Frank Gregory. The film is set at an outpost in British East Africa. |
1993 GHI Bronx Tennis Classic The GHI Bronx Tennis Classic 1993 has been a tennis tournament within the ATP Challenger Series, taking place during the ATP Challenger Series 1993. The tournament was played in Bronx, in the United States from the 16th to the 22nd of August 1993, on concrete. Jean-Philippe Fleurian defeated in the final Chris Wilkinson 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 Johan de Beer / Kevin Ullyett defeated during the final Wayne Arthurs / Grant Doyle 7-6, 7-6 |
2008–09 Dallas Mavericks season The 2008–09 Dallas Mavericks season is the 29th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season marked by the arrival of former NBA Coach of the Year, Rick Carlisle who hired on May 9, 2008 following Avery Johnson was fired after the 2008 NBA Playoffs. Finishing at 50–32 as the number 6 seed, the Mavericks defeated the San Antonio Spurs in the opening round. They were, however, unable to defeat the Carmelo Anthony-led Denver Nuggets in the next round. The Nuggets would go on to the Conference Finals, where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers. |
Rodney Holman Rodney Holman (born April 20, 1960) is an American former professional American football player who played tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals (1982–1992), and the Detroit Lions (1993–1995). Holman was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan and graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1978 where he starred on the football team and was an all-state wrestler. Before his NFL career, Holman played college football at Tulane University. Holman started all four of his seasons at Tulane, setting school records for receptions (135) and receiving yards (1,512) by a tight end. His 47 receptions in 1979 set a single season school record for catching by a tight end as well. In his four seasons on the team, The Green Wave posted a 26-20 record, and made it to consecutive Bowl games for the first time ever. Future NFL kicker Eddie Murray was also a member of the team around that time. He was selected by the Bengals in the third round of the 1982 NFL Draft. A 3-time Pro Bowl selection from 1988 to 1990, Holman's superb blocking and pass catching abilities were a great asset to his team, and assisted the Bengals to an NFL championship appearance in Super Bowl XXIII. By the time he retired in 1996, Holman had played in 213 games, the second most games played by a tight end in NFL history behind Pete Metzelaars (234). In his 14 seasons, Holman amassed 365 receptions for 4,771 yards and 36 touchdowns. As of 2005, Holman's 318 receptions with the Bengals are the most ever by a tight end in franchise history and ranks him as their 6th all-time leading receiver. After his NFL career ended, Holman served as an assistant coach for the New Orleans Saints from 1998 to 1999. Holman was inducted into the Tulane Hall Of Fame in 1990, and the Allstate Sugar Bowl all of Fame in 2013. Holman and his wife Sandra have two daughters, Rachel and Shayla. He is now retired and living in Slidell, Louisiana. First cousin of Victor Holman, teacher at Livonia Franklin high school |
K. Chandrashekar Rao Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao better known and abbreviated as K.C.R., (born 17 February 1954) is an Indian politician and the first Chief Minister of Telangana, a new state formed by the division of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. He is the leader and Founder of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a regional party in India. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (Telangana) from the Gajwel constituency of Siddipet District in Telangana. Previously, he served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (Andhra Pradesh) from Siddipet and also as the Member of Parliament from Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar and Medak. He took oath as the first Chief Minister of the new state of Telangana on 2 June 2014. He went for early elections in 2018, when his cabinet recommended to dissolve the legislative lower house, Nine months before the completion of his term. He again took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana for the second term on 13 December 2018. Rao was born to Kalvakuntla Raghava Rao and Venkatamma at Malakpet Telangana, on 17 February 1954. He attained a MA degree in Literature from Osmania University, Hyderabad. KCR started his career with the youth Congress party in Medak district. KCR joined the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) in 1983 and contested against A. Madan Mohan and lost that election. He won four consecutive Assembly elections from Siddipet 1985 and 1999. From 1987–1988, he worked as Minister of Drought & Relief in Chief minister N. T. Rama Rao's cabinet. In 1990, he was appointed as TDP convener for Medak, Nizamabad, and Adilabad districts. In 1996, he worked as Transport minister in Chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet. He also served as the deputy speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from 2000–2001. On 27 April 2001, Rao resigned as Deputy Speaker, TDP Party as well. He stood for the people of the Telangana region were being discriminated and believed that separate state is the only solution. In April 2001, he formed the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Party at Jala Drushyam, Hyderabad to achieve Telangana statehood. In the elections of 2004, Rao won the Siddipet state assembly constituency and also the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency, both as a TRS candidate. |
They were these little, idiosyncratic operettas that were a bit of a disconnect with fans and even with us. It's like that line from 'Cabaret': 'If you could see it through my eyes.' Well, if you could hear "Candy Carol" through my ears..." Lauren Roselli Johnson stated, "With "Candy Carol", we had really crafted our sound and palette, but music had changed so much. We had gone back to writing and crafting the three-minute pop song, and people didn't care about that then. I remember feeling so sad at our shows because people seemed to have moved on. I still feel that some of our best moments are on "Candy Carol". After that, we probably should've stopped, as we were not into the same things musically. I think we could have had a bigger spot in the history of pop music, but we might have been a little too ahead of the curve. And timing is everything." In 2009, "Candy Carol" was remastered and reissued by Collector's Choice/Noble Rot Records. The reissue featured four rare bonus remixes: "Alice Everyday" (Everyday Glo Mix), "Alice Everyday" (Sam The Butcher Mix) which samples "The Brady Bunch" and Nitzer Ebb; "Sunny Day" (Single Remix), and "Counting The Rosaries" (Happiness and Love Mix). "Candy Carol" was released on January 16, 1991, with twelve tracks in all three formats of CD, LP, and cassette. "Candy Carol" spent four weeks on the "Billboard" 200, peaking at No. 174, the second best placing of their career. Three singles were culled from the album: "Alice Everyday", "Sunny Day", and "Counting The Rosaries" in 1991. "Entertainment Weekly"'s Chuck Eddy gave the album an A-, stating that its "electronic soda-pop sound is wonderful enough to put over its innocent lyrical wonder. Exquisitely layered pre-hippie harmonies quote old soul and doo-wop classics (and even Christmas hymns). Ted Ottavino's computerized keyboards realign succulent '60s melodies into dance-floor-ready '90s hooks..." AllMusic's Brian Mansfield compared the album to "an aural trip to the candy shop. The arrangements, especially on "Turn the World" and "Quiver," sound like some sort of electro-pop Christmas album. |
Quartz sands can be used to measure the amount of radiation exposure, so if the temperature at which the fulgurite was formed is known, one could determine the relative age of the mineral by examining the doses of radiation involved in the process. Fulgurites also contain air bubbles. Given that the formation of fulgurite generally takes only about one second, and the process involved in the creation of fulgurite involves several chemical reactions, it is relatively easy to trap gases, such as CO2, within the vesicles. These gases can be trapped for millions of years. Studies have shown that the gases within these bubbles can indicate the soil characteristics during the formation of the fulgurite material, which hint at the paleoclimate. Since fulgurite is almost entirely composed of silica with trace amounts of calcium and magnesium, an approximation of the total amount of organic carbon associated with that lightning strike can be made to calculate a carbon-to-nitrogen ratio to determine the paleoenvironment. When geologists study paleoclimate, an important factor to examine is the magnetic field characteristics of rock types to determine not only deviations of Earth's past magnetic field, but also to study possible tectonic activity that might suggest certain climate regimes. Evidence of lightning activity can often be found in the paleomagnetic record. Lightning strikes are the result of tremendous charge buildup in clouds. This excess charge is transferred to the ground via lightning channels, which carry a strong electric current. Because of the intensity of this electric current, when lightning hits the ground, it can produce a strong, albeit brief, magnetic field. Thus, as the electric current travels through soils, rocks, plant roots, etc., it locks a unique magnetic signature within these materials through a process known as lightning-induced remanent magnetization (LIRM). Evidence of LIRM is manifested in concentric magnetic field lines surrounding the location of the lightning strike point. LIRM anomalies normally occur close to the location of the lightning strike, usually encapsulated within several meters of the point of contact. The anomalies are generally linear or radial, which, just like actual lightning channels, branch out from a central point. It is possible to determine the intensity of the electric current from a lightning strike by examining the LIRM signatures. Since rocks and soils already have some preexisting magnetic field, the intensity of the electric current can be determined by examining the change between the "natural" magnetic field and the magnetic field induced by the lightning current, which generally acts parallel to the direction of the lightning channel. |
While interning at Mathew's company, the trio jacked Beyoncé's A cappella for her then current single "Crazy in Love" and produced an entirely new beat under her vocals. At that time, Mathew didn't even know that the Bama Boyz produced music. So one day after a label staff meeting, Eddie and Jesse followed Mathew into his office, put their "Crazy in Love Remix" in his stereo and turned the volume up and hit play. Shocked by the boys boldness but impressed by their remix, Mathew told them that they can begin using the Music World studio anytime they want. After personally observing their work in the studio for a few days, Mathew invited the Bama Boyz to his boat on Clear Lake Shores, Texas, and that's where he offered them a production deal. The Bama Boyz first major production credits were two remixes for Solange entitled "Ain't No Way Bama Boyz Remix" and "Just Like You Bama Boyz Remix". Afterwards, the Bama Boyz created two remixes for Beyonce's "Me, Myself, and I" entitled the "Bama Boys Sexy Remix" and the other entitled "Bama Boys Throwback Remix", where the trio sampled elements of De La Soul's "Me, Myself, and I". The Bama Boyz first opportunity to work on a movie soundtrack was "Roll Bounce", where the guys were credited with additional production credits. In 2005, the Bama Boyz produced the Destiny's Child song "Home for the Holiday", which became the centerpiece of Wal-Mart's national Christmas campaign. "Home for the Holiday" was also included on Destiny's Child's album "8 Days of Christmas". It was the success of this campaign that sparked the Bama Boyz interest in licensing and syncing music. The Bama Boyz ended up negotiating and producing the music for two more Wal-Mart commercials. Now with an understanding and passion for music synchronization, the Bama Boyz created music for film and television such as "", "The Pink Panther", "Save the Last Dance 2", a Ford Fusion Commercial featuring Funkmaster Flex, MTV’s "Super Sweet 16 TV Series", "Last Holiday", Nickelodeon’s "Wow! Wubbzy" theme song featuring Beyoncé, BET’s "One Night Only", House of Deréon Commercial, and the UK’s Channel 4 hit reality show "Chancers", where the Bama Boyz made their first television debut. |
ISO-IR-111 ISO-IR-111 or KOI8-E (formerly also ECMA-113 (1st ed., 1986)) is an 8-bit character set. It is a multinational extension of KOI-8 for Belarusian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Ukrainian (except Ґґ which is added to KOI8-F). ISO-IR-111, the 1985 edition of ECMA-113 (also called "ECMA-Cyrillic" or "KOI8-E"), was based on the 1974 edition of GOST 19768 (i.e. KOI-8). In 1987 ECMA-113 was redesigned. These newer editions of ECMA-113 are equivalent to ISO-8859-5, and do not follow the KOI layout. This confusion has led to a common misconception that ISO-8859-5 was defined in or based on GOST 19768-74. Possibly as another consequence of this, erroneously lists a different codepage under the names "ISO-IR-111" and "ECMA-Cyrillic", resembling ISO-8859-5 with re-ordered rows, and partially compatible with Windows-1251. The following table shows the ISO-IR-111 encoding. Each character is shown with its equivalent Unicode code point. erroneously lists a different codepage under the name ISO-IR-111, encoding the same Cyrillic characters but with a different layout. It resembles a mixture of Windows-1251 and ISO-8859-5. Specifically, line A_ corresponds to ISO-8859-5, lines C_ through F_ correspond to Windows-1251 (equivalent to lines B_ through E_ of ISO-8859-5), and line B_ nearly corresponds to line F_ of ISO-8859-5, with the exception of the § being replaced with a ¤. Certain codes resemble ISO-IR-111 with flipped letter case, which may have contributed to the confusion. The majority differ and are shown below with a heavy border. |
Urban Studies Foundation The Urban Studies Foundation is a Scottish research charity connected with the Urban Studies Journal. The organization's stated purpose is to provide grant funding for innovative research projects that advance the frontiers of urban knowledge as part of the broader discipline of urban studies. With origins in an academic journal, it is therefore similar to the IJURR Foundation and Antipode Foundation. The USF currently provides grant funding globally to both post-doctoral research fellows, and scholars who wish to organize seminar series on themes relating to contemporary topics in urban research. It also has grants aimed specifically at researchers from the Global South. |
The sight of Claspers boats winning races helped to establish the use of outriggers as a standard in rowing. At the time when Clasper was starting to design racing boats, the standard boat hull was constructed of a number of strakes (or planks), with a keel projecting from bottom of the hull. Together with Matthew Taylor, another Tyneside boat-builder, he worked to reduce the surface area and drag. They did this by placing the keel inside the hull of the boat and constructing the hull with a single strake on each side. The surface would then be given several coats of varnish to give as smooth a finish as possible. It is difficult to say who was the first to initiate the idea of a single-strake hull. Robert Jewitt a boat-builder of Dunston on Tyne claimed that Clasper had copied the idea from him, a claim that Clasper denied. It was, perhaps, unfortunate for Jewit that Claspers fame meant that he received the credit. John C. Babcock, of the Nassau Rowing Club of New York, is credited with inventing the sliding seat, which allowed oarsmen to add the power of their legs to the stroke. There were several attempts to develop one without success until Babcock showed that it could be used successfully in 1870. Prior to that, Clasper's crews, and other Tyneside oarsmen had developed a technique of sliding on their fixed seats so as to make some use of their legs in producing a longer more powerful stroke. This became known as the "traditional Tyne stroke". |
The local government had over 100 counties at the beginning of the dynasty. Over the course of the dynasty, the local government of Changsha lost control over a few counties, leaving them to local rule. Following the turmoil of the Northern and Southern dynasties, the Sui (6th century) renamed Changsha Tan Prefecture or Tanzhou. Changsha's 3-tier administration was simplified to a 2-tier state and county system, eliminating the middle canton region. Under the Tang, Changsha prospered as a center of trade between central China and Southeast Asia but suffered during the Anshi Rebellion, when it fell to the rebels. Under the Song dynasty, the Yuelu Academy was founded in 976. It was destroyed by war in 1127 and rebuilt in 1165, during which year the celebrated philosopher Zhu Xi taught there. It was again destroyed by the Mongols during the establishment of the Yuan before being restored in the late 15th century under the Ming. Early 19th-century graduates of the academy formed what one historian called a "network of messianic alumni", including Zeng Guofan, architect of the Tongzhi Restoration, and Cai E, a major leader in the defense of the Republic of China. In 1903 the academy became Hunan High School. Modern-day Hunan University is also a descendant of the academy. Some of its buildings were remodeled from 1981 to 1986 according to their presumed original Song design. During the Mongol conquest of the Southern Song, Tanzhou was fiercely defended by the local Song troops. After the city finally fell, the defenders committed mass suicide. Under the Ming (14th–17th centuries), Tanzhou was again renamed Changsha and made a superior prefecture. Under the Qing (17th–20th centuries), Changsha was the capital of Hunan and prospered as one of China's chief rice markets. During the Taiping Rebellion, the city was besieged by the rebels in 1852 or 1854 for three months but never fell. The rebels moved on to Wuhan, but Changsha then became the principal base for the government's suppression of the rebellion. The 1903 Treaty of Shanghai between the Qing and Japanese empires opened the city to foreign trade effective 1904. Most favored nation clauses in other unequal treaties extended the Japanese gains to the Western powers as well. Consequently, international capital entered the town and factories, churches, and schools were built. A college was started by Yale alumni, which later became a medical centre named Xiangya and a secondary school named the Yali School. |
Isaac T. Bishop Isaac Thorn Bishop (June 6, 1844 – July 20, 1920) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. Bishop was born on June 6, 1844, in Somers, Wisconsin. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Bishop was a member of the Senate from 1907 to 1914. He was a Republican. He died in Somers on July 20, 1920. |
Grill (philately) A grill on a postage stamp is an embossed pattern of small indentations intended to discourage postage stamp reuse. Used in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s, they were designed to allow the ink of the cancellation to be absorbed more readily by the fibres of the stamp paper, making it harder to wash off the cancellation. The best-known (indeed only major) examples of grilling are the United States issues of the late 1860s and early 1870s, when grilling was standard for all US stamps. "Grilling" therefore remains a specialist interest only for American philatelists. While many types of grilled stamps are common, certain of the grill patterns were little-used, and define some of the great rarities of philately. In particular, the 1-cent stamp with the "Z" grill is generally cited as the rarest of all US stamps (only two copies are known), and is commonly known simply as the Z Grill. A recently discovered grill issue, the 30-cent "I" grill stamp, may be even rarer, for only one example has thus far been identified. The idea of grilling was first suggested by Charles F. Steel, a supervisor at the National Bank Note Company, with correspondence on the subject dating from 1865. The purpose of grilling stamps was to break the paper fiber of the stamp. This would cause the ink cancellation mark to soak into the paper fiber making them more difficult to wash and reuse as postage. The first type of grill to be tried, termed by philatelists the "A" grill, was applied to the entire stamp. Stamps so treated were distributed to post offices for testing in August 1867, and apparently satisfactory, as National received a contract stipulating use of grilling for all stamps. However, the actual practice of grilling on a large scale had not been completely worked out, and the process significantly weakened sheets, resulting in tearing during perforation and general production handling. National soon switched to the use of a small rectangular pattern of indentations, and subsequent grills were all of this form. National's contract did not specify the type of grill pattern, and the details changed as they experimented with equipment. Many of the details have been lost to history; in 1910s, philatelist William L. Stevenson introduced a system of distinguishing types of grills, and identifying them by letter. Later research clarified some of the details of chronology. No G, H, I or J grills are found on the 1861-68 issue, for this series went out of production before they were introduced. |
Eveline Klett Eveline Klett (born 9 October 1949) is a German former politician who was a member of the State Council of East Germany, the country's collective head of state, from 1986 until 1989. Klett was born in Vielau, near Zwickau, in 1949. She completed an apprenticeship as a turner. Later, in 1970–71, she went to an SED party academy (). She had joined the Free German Youth in 1964, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1969, and the Democratic Women's League of Germany in 1976. Also in 1976, Klett became a member of the , which she remained until the 1990 East German general election. Klett was considered one of the token women in the East German leadership. She lived and worked in Zwickau, and would travel to Berlin at least once per month to attend political meetings. She retired from politics after the Peaceful Revolution and German reunification. |
Ilham Aliyev attended the reception and gave a speech. On November 17, 2017 an order was signed by president for holding the 10th anniversary of the "Baku process". January 10, 2018, Aliyev signed an order to announce the year 2018 in the Republic of Azerbaijan as the "Year of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic", and on January 18 to hold events in memory of the "100th anniversary of the genocide of Azerbaijanis of 1918". January 29, 2018 Aliyev took part and gave a speech at conference devoted to the results of the fourth year of the implementation of the State Program for Social and Economic Development of Regions during 2014-2018. The 6th congress of the New Azerbaijan Party started its work in the Heydar Aliyev Center on February 8, 2018. Chairman of the party, Ilham Aliyev attended the congress and gave a speech. An order was signed by head of state to approve the "State Program for the Development of Rice Growing in the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2018-2025" on February 9, 2018, "The State Program for the Development of Tea Industry in the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2018-2027" on February 12, 2018. On February 3, 2004, in the "Gulustan" Palace, a ceremony of signing documents took place in Baku with the participation of the presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, on the financing of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project. On October 16 of the same year, Ilham Aliyev attended a ceremony of uniting the Azerbaijani and Georgian sections of the main Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border. On July 12, 2006, the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey met in Istanbul with the main theme of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, as well as cooperation between Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. in other areas. The solemn opening ceremony of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was held on July 13, 2006. According to the order of Ilham Aliyev dated April 2, 2010, state corporation “Azerikimya” was transferred to SOCAR on the improvement of management mechanisms in the petrochemical industry. On September 20, 2014 in Baku, took place a solemn ceremony dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the "Contract of the Century" and the laying of the foundation of the Southern Gas Corridor. |
Yoshitoshi Mori Yoshitoshi is said to have influenced several major 20th century print artists, including Shikō Munakata and Hiromitsu Takahashi. His colorful works generally depict scenes from the kabuki theatre, or subjects related to folk traditions and festivals. Art collector Ren Brown writes that Yoshitoshi's "figures are most often rendered with a simplicity that manages to denote great energy and movement. ... Mori is known for using earthy colors in his work, and for often positioning his figures in a somewhat contorted and dynamic mass." Yoshitoshi was born in Tokyo in 1898. He studied art at the Kawabata School of Fine Arts, and worked primarily in textile arts for many years. It was during this time that he met and worked with Serizawa Keisuke and Yanagi Sōetsu, studying stencil-dyeing techniques and becoming involved in the "mingei" movement. It was not until the 1950s that Yoshitoshi began creating works on paper, quickly becoming known as one of the key artists of the "sōsaku hanga" movement. He was criticized by Yanagi Sōetsu in a major debate in 1962, who accused Yoshitoshi of abandoning the "mingei" movement, after which he distanced himself from the movement even more so, and began to focus more exclusively on "kappazuri" stencil prints. Yoshitoshi exhibited his works in numerous one-man shows in Japan in the 1960s, and took part in thirty international exhibitions between 1957 and 1977. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Maryland University in 1984, and was formally honored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. He died on May 29, 1992, immediately following the end of what would be his final one-man gallery show, held at the Wako Gallery Tokyo. |
Berend George Escher Berend George Escher (April 4, 1885 in Gorinchem – October 11, 1967 in Arnhem) was a Dutch geologist. Escher had a broad interest, but his research was mainly on crystallography, mineralogy and volcanology. He was a pioneer in experimental geology. He was a half-brother of the artist M.C. Escher, and had some influence on his work due to his knowledge of crystallography. M.C. Escher created a woodcut ex libris for his brother Beer with a stylized image of a volcano around 1922 (Bool number 91). Escher was the son of the civil engineer G.A. Escher, a director of the Dutch watermanagement ("'s Rijkswaterstaat") and his first wife, Charlotte Marie Hartitzsch. Escher spent his youth in Switzerland. He studied geology at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Technical University) of Zürich, where he was a pupil of Albert Heim. He finished his studies in 1911 and returned to the Netherlands where he first became the assistant of M.E.F.T. Dubois at the University of Amsterdam and then curator of the geological collections at Delft University. In 1916 he was employed by Royal Dutch Shell in the Dutch East Indies. Escher became professor at Leiden University in 1922, at the same time he became director of the geological museum there, he was the successor of K. Martin in that position. Whereas Martin's interest lay mainly with paleontology and stratigraphy, Escher was in the first place a mineralogist. In Leiden he reorganized the museum by giving more attention to educating the general public in geology. He wrote books on geology, mineralogy and crystallography, scientific as well as for the general public. His research area was mainly volcanology. He was also interested in the geology of the Moon. Of importance were his contributions in discussions with F.A. Vening Meinesz, Ph.H. Kuenen and J.H.F. Umbgrove on zones of negative gravitational anomalies, which they explained by assuming that convection took place in the mantle. Escher's contribution was to research volcanism at these zones. He was also a pioneer in using experiments to solve geological questions, for which he set up a laboratory in Leiden. During the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, Escher was kept captive by the Nazis for some time. |
The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.94. The median age in the city was 37 years. 27.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.5% were from 25 to 44; 22.3% were from 45 to 64, and 18.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.2% male and 50.8% female. Tacony Corporation manufactures Simplicity and Riccar vacuum cleaners in St. James. Public education in St. James is administered by St. James R-I School District. James has a public library, the James Memorial Library. James is home to several award-winning wineries, including St. James Winery. It is also home to Maramec Spring Park. The Maramec Spring Park contains the fifth largest spring in the state. An average of 100 million gallons of water flows from the Spring daily. Maramec Spring Park contains 1,860 acres of forest and fields. The 200-acre public use area of the park provides many amenities and activities for visitors such as a cafe, store, camping, wildlife viewing, fish feeding, picnicking, shelters, playgrounds and fishing. The Meramec River, a clear calm Ozark stream, flows through the park providing excellent fishing. The park is open year-round to the public. A daily entry fee is required to enter the park from mid-February through October. Annual passes may be purchased at the park. Maramec Spring Park is privately owned and operated by The James Foundation. The now famous Missouri Pizza Company opened on September 9, 2017. The "St. James Leader-Journal" was the Voice of St. James since 1896 and was in continual operation for a longer period of time than any other business in the St. James City Limits, until it was closed on July 13, 2016 . The weekly newspaper was owned by GateHouse Media. The Leader-Journal was a sister paper of "The Rolla Daily News" and the "Waynesville Daily Guide, the Waynesville Daily Guide was also closed by Gatehouse in September of 2018". |
Prostitution in Australia Prostitution in Australia (Sex work in Australia) is governed by state and territory laws, which vary considerably. Federal legislation also affects some aspects of sex work throughout Australia, and of Australian citizens abroad. Though Australia is largely homogenous in its attitude to prostitution, the legal responses of the nine separate jurisdictions have differed. Some of the differences have been due to political factors. Eastern Australian states and territories liberalised their laws in the late 20th century; but liberalisation has been restricted by upper houses of Parliament of several states, with legislation either defeated or extensively amended. New South Wales was the first state or territory to adopt a different model, decriminalising prostitution in 1979. This became a model for New Zealand and a failed attempt in Western Australia in 2008. Victoria and Queensland adopted different models, based on legalisation—Victoria in 1986 and Queensland in 1992. In the remaining states of Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia, despite intense debate and many proposed legislative reforms there has been no change in the laws. The Australian Capital Territory adopted partial decriminalisation in 1992, and the Northern Territory allowed partial decriminalisation in 1992 and full decriminalisation in 2019. In all jurisdictions the issue remains divisive, and in the three eastern states with regulated prostitution there has been intermittent review. Much of the information in this article concerns cisgender heterosexual, not homosexual or transgender, prostitution. In Australia, legislation and regulation has progressively replaced the terms "prostitute" and "prostitution" with "sex worker" and "sex work". The United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), which issues regular statistics on sex work, estimated there were around 20,500 sex workers in Australia in 2016. Scarlet Alliance, a national peer sex worker NGO, provides advocacy for sex workers in Australia. Sex work in Australia has operated differently depending on the period of time evaluated. For this reason discussion is divided into three distinct periods: convict, late colonial, and post-federation. Pre-colonial "prostitution" among Aboriginal peoples is not considered here, since it bore little resemblance to contemporary understanding of the term. The arrival of the Europeans changed this "wife exchange" system, once they started exchanging their European goods for sexual services from Aboriginal women. During the convict period, English common law applied, and dealt with brothel keeping, disorderly houses, and public nuisance. The late colonial period viewed prostitution as a public health issue, through the Contagious Diseases Acts. Since Federation in 1901, the emphasis has been on criminalising activities associated with prostitution. |
The stripe between its eyes is narrow, the ears usually lack fur, the patch on the top of the head is mostly diffused, and the band of fur in front of the ears varies in width. In comparison to the other three species of slow lorises on Borneo, both "N. menagensis" and "N. kayan" have a pale body coloration, but this species has pale, very lightly-contrasting facial markings, with markedly less contrast than the dark, high-contrast face mask of "N. kayan". Additionally, this species has short, unfluffed body hair, in contrast to the longer, fluffier body hair of "N. kayan". "N. menagensis" is found primarily in coastal and lowland areas in northern and eastern Borneo, in the provinces of Brunei, Sabah, and East Kalimantan. It is also found on the southern Philippine Islands, known as the Sulu Archipelago, and may be found on other nearby islands, such as the Banggi Island off Sabah. In the Sulu Archipelago, it occurs in the Tawi-Tawi Group, in the west of the archipelago, including the islands of Tawi-Tawi, Bongao, Sanga-Sanga, Simunul, and possibly other small islands. It does not occur on the island of Jolo or further to the east, as was claimed by one erroneous report from Mindanao. The species may be extinct on some Philippine islands, but is likely to persist on the smaller islands. Because the species is so popular as a pet, zoologists Guy Musser and Lawrence Heaney suggested in 1985 that the Philippine populations may have been introduced there by humans. Of the four slow lorises living on Borneo, "N. menagensis" is believed to be partly sympatric with "N. kayan" only, with ranges that overlap in East Kalimantan and Sabah. Fossils of this species have been found in the Late Pleistocene site of Niah in Sarawak. The slow lorises of Borneo are the least studied of Indonesia's slow lorises. In a field study at the Sabangau National Park in Central Kalimantan, only 12 slow loris sightings were made over a 75-day period. All were seen in the trees at heights of . They were encountered singly, as mother and offspring, or in adult trios. |
Breeding the Spawn Breeding the Spawn is the second full-length album by Suffocation. Though it still employs the characteristics and elements associated with Suffocation's song writing, the production on the album is much thinner than on other albums, due to financial problems regarding their label Roadrunner Records. However it shows a more complex and technical side of the band. Most likely to make up for the relatively poor production on the album, tracks from "Breeding the Spawn" were re-recorded for inclusion on five Suffocation albums to date: "Breeding the Spawn" on "Pierced from Within"; "Prelude to Repulsion" and "Anomalistic Offerings" on "Suffocation" (the latter found on the Japanese version of the album); "Marital Decimation" on "Blood Oath"; "Beginning of Sorrow" on "Pinnacle of Bedlam" and "Epitaph of the Credulous" on "...Of the Dark Light". |
Due to "P. Betae" being very difficult to kill, if avoiding contaminated soil is not possible than the use of disposable or rubber footwear is advised in order to ensure proper cleaning. Cleaning of footwear and machinery should be done at the infected site due to the little amount of pathogen it takes to start a widespread infection. Due to the difficulty of managing "P. Betae", the most promising form of management is the pursuit of resistant crops. There has been a focus on two genes in particular, Rz1 from "B. vulgaris" spp. "vulgaris" and Rz2 from "B. vulgaris" spp. "maritima." These genes focus on restricting the translocation and multiplication of the virus in the roots, but don't prevent infection all together. Resistance is also helpful in delaying and limiting the buildup of initial inoculum in the soil. |
Köhünlü Köhünlü (also, Kokhunlu and Kokhunly) is a village and municipality in the Kurdamir Rayon of Azerbaijan. |
There are 28 distinct Kanak languages, as well as many dialects, out of the 1,200 Melanesian languages spoken throughout the Pacific. They are mutually incomprehensible. All are a part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family. They all belong to the New Caledonian subgroup – except for Fagauvea, spoken at the Loyalty Island of Ouvéa, which is a Polynesian language. New Caledonia languages are divided into several groups. The Northern language group is tonal and includes 12 languages: Caac, Cemuhî, Fwâi, Jawe, Kumak, Nemi, Paicî, Pije, Pwaamei, Pwapwa, Yalayu, and Yuaga. Approximately 60,000 residents of New Caledonia speak at least one of the Kanak languages. Most of these languages are only in spoken form. There is no one unified language among the Kanaks; however, the largest group of Kanaks speak Drehu. Coming from an oral tradition, the written word was nonexistent until the missionary arrival. Kanak knowledge was passed orally in the form of poems, legends, and stories. Children's oral history is provided by parents and other relatives who also use tickling and onomatopoeic noise to hold the child's attention. Of the Kanak authors, some of the notable ones are Jean-Marie Tjibaou who wrote "La Présence Kanak"; Susanna Ounei-Small, a Kanak author from Ouvéa who wrote about the Matignon Accords; and Kaloombat Tein, author of "Hwanfalik – Sayings from the Hienghene Valley" which provides insight into Hienghène legends and is written in Hienghène, with English language translation. Tjibaou was involved in the establishment of the "Écoles populaires kanak", which was taught in a local Kanak language and educated children in spiritual and practical knowledge, while including French and English language instruction. Since 2006, pre-school children have been given the opportunity to learn indigenous Kanak languages. While the Kanak languages have been taught in high schools across the Loyalty Islands and North Province, the language education has not been as common in the more European South Province. The establishment of the Kanak Language Academy (KLA) was a provision of the Nouméa Accord. The Kanaks were known to worship their ancestors. |
Jonna Tervomaa Jonna Marika Tervomaa (born January 7, 1973) is a Finnish pop singer and songwriter. She was born in Forssa, and became famous at the age of ten, when she won the song contest "Syksyn Sävel" with the song "Minttu sekä Ville". Tervomaa started her adult career in 1998 with her self-titled album. Tervomaa's biggest hits include "Suljettu sydän" (1998), "Yhtä en saa" (1999), "Rakkauden haudalla" (Helmiä ja sikoja soundtrack, 2003), "Myöhemmin" (2004) and "Se ei kuulu mulle" (2004). Compilations |
Knippa is served by the Knippa Independent School District. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Knippa has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. |
In Illinois, she worked for the Knox College as the principal of the Woman's Department and a faculty member. In 1886, when she taught at the college, there were separate classrooms and curriculums for men and women. She felt that women should have the same opportunities for education as men. Unable to influence President William Curtis to create an equal co-educational program, she resigned in 1867, shortly after she had become principal. That day nearly all of the students did not show up for classes and demanded Curtis' resignation. The next day, Curtis resigned. Howard's position was reinstated. She also was made professor of literary criticism, rhetoric, and moral philosophy. Howard also taught at Mount Holyoke and Oxford Female Institute. She moved to New Jersey, where she ran a school for girls, Ivy Hall, in Bridgeton. She was president of Wellesley beginning in 1875. The founder, Henry Fowle Durant, was very involved in the administration and decision-making of the college. In placing a woman at its head and conferring upon her the full powers of president of a corporate college, Durant was enthusiastic in his confidence and said: "I have been for four years looking for a president. She will be a target to be shot at and for the present the position will be one of severe trials. I have for some time been closely investigating Miss Howard. I look upon her as appointed for this work not by the trustees, but by God, for whom the college was built." She followed his lead, but his insistence that staff be of the evangelical Christian faith made hiring staff difficult. There was a division in the college between faculty members hired by Durant that supported his position and other staff members who did not support Durant's nearly fanatical beliefs. Conflict at the college escalated at the same time that Durant and Howard's health declined. Durant stopped coming to the campus. Durant died in 1881 and she resigned shortly after due to health reasons. She then lived in New York City, where she died in 1907. |
French ship Saint Louis (1854) The Saint Louis was a 90-gun "Suffren"-class Ship of the line of the French Navy. She was the twenty-second ship in French service named in honour of Louis IX of France. Started as "Achille", the ship was renamed "Saint Louis" in 1850. She took part in the Crimean War as a troopship, In July 1854, she ran aground at Kiel, Prussia. She was refloated on 26 July. She bombed the Tétouan forts on 20 November 1859, and served in the French intervention in Mexico in 1862. She was renamed "Cacique" in 1881 and served as a gunnery school, and was eventually broken up in 1895. |
Linger (Guy Sebastian song) "Linger" is a song by Australian recording artist Guy Sebastian featuring American rapper Lupe Fiasco. It was released as the fourth single from Sebastian's seventh studio album, "Madness" (2014). "Linger" peaked at number 17 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments exceeding 70,000 shipments. Sebastian performed "Linger" on "Today" in December 2014. An acoustic version of the song was also released on Vevo on December 8, 2014. On December 1, 2014, Guy Sebastian announced via Instagram that he would be releasing a video to "Linger" soon. The video premiered on January 12, 2015. |
Sarah Blackborow Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s – 1660s) was the English author of religious tracts, which strongly influenced Quaker thinking on social problems and the theological position of women. She was one of several prominent female activists in the early decades of the Society of Friends, notable also for originating a scheme to distribute aid to London prisoners. Little is known of Blackborow's personal life. She is stated to have been the wife of William Blackborow of Austin's parish in the City of London, to have come from a "prosperous family of London", to have been the organizer of the first Women's Meeting among Quakers, and to have remained in touch with James Nayler after his condemnation by George Fox. Furthermore, "Sarah Blackborow, an educated matron, was the originator of a system to collect and distribute aid to prisoners in London jails." Blackborow's importance to the history of social thinking and theology rests mainly on four tracts, which she published in London: These have been quoted and catalogued down the centuries. Her writing has been described in modern times as "richly biblical and moving". One concern of Blackborow's is that God speaks directly through Man, both male and female: "What I have seen and known, and heard and felt, that I declare unto you, and my witness is true; if I bore witness of my self, it were not true; but my witness stands in him [God]" ("A Visit...", p. 7). She was among several women who actively propagated Quaker ideas in a period when this was quite unknown in England. As Mack sums up statistically (p. 171n), "Quaker women wrote 220 tracts of the 3853 published before 1700. Eighty-two of the 650 authors were women." Her emphasis on love in the same pamphlet was unusual among Quaker writers of the period: "Oh! love truth and its testimony, that into my mother's house you all may come, and into the chamber of her that conceived me, where you may embrace, and be embraced... Love is his name, love is his nature, love is his life... See the seed of the Woman and the seed of the Serpent... and... see birth each of these bring forth; the wombs they are conceived in, which it is that bears, and it is that is barren" (pp. 10–12). Blackborow's interpretations of the writings of St Paul show deep study of them. |
Umberleigh Umberleigh is a former large manor within the historic hundred of (North) Tawton, but today a small village in North Devon in England. It used to be an ecclesiastical parish, but following the building of the church at Atherington it became a part of that parish. It forms however a part of the civil parish of Chittlehampton, which is mostly located on the east side of the River Taw. The manor of Umberleigh, which had its own entry in the Domesday Book of 1086, was entirely situated on the west side of the River Taw and was centred on the Nunnery which was given by William the Conqueror to the Holy Trinity Abbey in Caen, Normandy. The site was later occupied by the manor house of Umberleigh, the present Georgian manifestation of which, a large and grand farmhouse, is known as "Umberleigh House". Next to the manor house in about 1275 was founded Umberleigh Chapel, now a ruin the single remaining wall of which forms the back wall of a farm implements shed. According to the Devon historian Tristram Risdon (d.1640), Umberleigh was a royal manor held in demesne by King Athelstan (circa 893/895-939), King of the West Saxons from 924 to 927, and King of the English from 927 to 939. He built at Umberleigh a palace and next to it a chapel dedicated to the Blessed Trinity which served the royal family and household. Within the manor of Umberleigh Athelstan later founded two churches, at Bickington, now High Bickington and at Atherington, each of which he endowed with two hides of land. Immediately prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 the manor of Umberleigh had been held by "Brictric", as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. He was probably the great Saxon thane Brictric son of Algar. A person named "Brictric" was also the pre-Conquest holder of the single possession in Dorset of the Church of the Holy Trinity of Caen, the post-Conquest holder of Umberleigh. In the Domesday Book of 1086 "Umberlei" is listed as the sole possession of the "Eccl(esi)a (de) S(ancta) Trinitat(e) Cadom(ensis)", the Church of the Holy Trinity of Caen, Normandy, the 12th-century Norman church of which survives today as the "Abbaye de Sainte-Trinité", also known as the "Abbaye aux Dames" ("Abbey of Ladies"), due to the fact it was founded by William the Conqueror (1066–1087) and his wife Matilda of Flanders, before the Norman Conquest of England, as a Benedictine monastery for women. |
In 1512, Sten Sture succeeded his father as elected regent of Sweden upon his death. During this period, Denmark, Norway and Sweden were formally part of the Kalmar Union through a personal union under the king of Denmark, but in reality, Sweden had been a de facto independent kingdom under "Regents" (Sw. "riksföreståndare") native high nobles elected to rule the country. Sten Sture's election as regent was not without opposition. At the death of his father, Sten was 18 years old, and High Councillor Eric Trolle, who supported the union with Denmark, was initially chosen as regent by the council. However, Sten utilized the castles and troops granted to him by his late father and took power in a coup: after having promised to continue negotiations with Denmark, the High Council accepted him as regent instead of Trolle. In reality, lord Sten's purpose was to keep Sweden independent of Denmark. He took the Sture name, heritage from his great-grandmother, because it symbolized independence of Sweden as a reminder of Sten Sture the Elder, his father's third cousin. Regent Sten had already in 1504 been proposed as a candidate in the election of a new king of Sweden as a replacement for John, King of Denmark, who had been elected king of Sweden in 1497 but who was ousted from there in 1502. Upon the death of John in 1513, it was again proposed to elect regent Sten as king of Sweden rather than the son of John, Christian II of Denmark, and Sten was making preparations to arrange an election, including seeking support for it from the pope. It is considered likely that Christina participated in state affairs and acted as the political adviser to her spouse, given her later role. In reality, Sten and Christina already functioned as king and queen of Sweden: by 1519, Peder Månsson, Bishop of Västerås, expressed his surprise in a letter from Rome to Abbess Anna Germundsdotter of Vadstena Abbey that Sten had not yet been crowned, and in the contemporary Stockholm chronicle, Christina is referred to as "Our Gracious Princess." By their ambitions, they became the natural enemies of king Christian II of Denmark, whose ambition it was to be elected king of Sweden and thereby again make Sweden a part of the Kalmar union in practice and not only in name. Sten became involved in a conflict with archbishop Gustav Trolle, son of his previous rival Eric Trolle. |
1981 Army Cadets football team The 1981 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Ed Cavanaugh, the Cadets compiled a 3–7–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 212 to 126. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets played the Midshipmen to a 3–3 tie. |
To add a few more calories to this dish an egg, sunny-side up, may be placed on top of the meat, in which case the dish acquires a new name, "bife com ovo a cavalo" (steak with an egg on horseback). This dish is sometimes referred to as "bitoque", to demonstrate the idea that the meat only "touches" the grill twice, meaning that it does not grill for too long before being served, resulting in a rare to medium-rare cut of meat. Another variation of "bife" is "bife à casa" (house steak), which may resemble the "bife à cavalo" or may feature embellishments, such as asparagus. "Iscas" (fried liver) were a favourite request in old Lisbon taverns. Sometimes, they were called "iscas com elas", the "elas" referring to sautéed potatoes. Small beef or pork steaks in a roll ("pregos" or "bifanas", respectively) are popular snacks, often served at beer halls with a large mug of beer. In modern days, however, when time and economy demand their toll, a "prego" or "bifana", eaten at a snack bar counter, may constitute the lunch of a white collar worker. "Espetada" (meat on a skewer) is very popular in Madeira. Snails "caracóis" are another seasonal delicacy. "Alheira", a slightly smoked sausage from Trás-os-Montes, served with fried potatoes and a fried egg, has an interesting story. In the late 15th century, King Manuel of Portugal ordered all resident Jews to convert to Christianity or leave the country. The King did not really want to expel the Jews, who constituted the economic and professional élite of the kingdom, but was forced to do so by outside pressures. So, when the deadline arrived, he announced that no ships were available for those who refused conversion—the vast majority—and had men, women and children dragged to churches for a forced mass baptism. Others were even baptized near the ships themselves, which gave birth to a concept popular at the time: "baptizados em pé", literally meaning: "baptized while standing". Obviously, most Jews maintained their religion secretly, but tried to show an image of being good Christians. Since avoiding pork was a tell-tale practice in the eyes of the Inquisition, converts devised a type of sausage that would give the appearance of being made with pork, but really only contained heavily spiced game and chicken. |
Belvest Belvest is an Italian menswear brand founded in Piazzola sul Brenta in 1964. It has 300 employees, and its garment factory is located in the Province of Padua. The brand offers a made-to-measure service. |
Governor of Çorum The Governor of Çorum (Turkish: "Çorum Valiliği") is the civil service state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Province of Çorum. Similar to the Governors of the 80 other Provinces of Turkey, the Governor of Çorum is appointed by the Government of Turkey and is responsible for the implementation of government legislation within Çorum. The Governor is also the most senior commander of both the Çorum provincial police force and the Çorum Gendarmerie. The Governor of Çorum is appointed by the President of Turkey, who confirms the appointment after recommendation from the Turkish Government. The Ministry of the Interior first considers and puts forward possible candidates for approval by the cabinet. The Governor of Çorum is therefore not a directly elected position and instead functions as the most senior civil servant in the Province of Çorum. The Governor is not limited by any term limits and does not serve for a set length of time. Instead, the Governor serves at the pleasure of the Government, which can appoint or reposition the Governor whenever it sees fit. Such decisions are again made by the cabinet of Turkey. The Governor of Çorum, as a civil servant, may not have any close connections or prior experience in Çorum Province. It is not unusual for Governors to alternate between several different Provinces during their bureaucratic career. The Governor of Çorum has both bureaucratic functions and influence over local government. The main role of the Governor is to oversee the implementation of decisions by government ministries, constitutional requirements and legislation passed by Grand National Assembly within the provincial borders. The Governor also has the power to reassign, remove or appoint officials a certain number of public offices and has the right to alter the role of certain public institutions if they see fit. Governors are also the most senior public official within the Province, meaning that they preside over any public ceremonies or provincial celebrations being held due to a national holiday. As the commander of the provincial police and Gendarmerie forces, the Governor can also take decisions designed to limit civil disobedience and preserve public order. Although mayors of municipalities and councillors are elected during local elections, the Governor has the right to re-organise or to inspect the proceedings of local government despite being an unelected position. |
This incident resulted in a very high victory for Erdoğan in the 2007 elections, which the army interpreted it as the people's will not wanting a military interference on democratic processes anymore. After assuming power in 2003, Erdoğan's government embarked on a sweeping reform program of the Turkish healthcare system, called the Health Transformation Program (HTP), to greatly increase the quality of healthcare and protect all citizens from financial risks. Its introduction coincided with the period of sustained economic growth, allowing the Turkish government to put greater investments into the healthcare system. As part of the reforms, the "Green Card" program, which provides health benefits to the poor, was expanded in 2004. The reform program aimed at increasing the ratio of private to state-run healthcare, which, along with long queues in state-run hospitals, resulted in the rise of private medical care in Turkey, forcing state-run hospitals to compete by increasing quality. In April 2006, Erdoğan unveiled a social security reform package demanded by the International Monetary Fund under a loan deal. The move, which Erdoğan called one of the most radical reforms ever, was passed with fierce opposition. Turkey's three social security bodies were united under one roof, bringing equal health services and retirement benefits for members of all three bodies. The previous system had been criticized for reserving the best healthcare for civil servants and relegating others to wait in long queues. Under the second bill, everyone under the age of 18 years was entitled to free health services, irrespective of whether they pay premiums to any social security organization. The bill also envisages a gradual increase in the retirement age: starting from 2036, the retirement age will increase to 65 by 2048 for both women and men. In January 2008, the Turkish Parliament adopted a law to prohibit smoking in most public places. Erdoğan is outspokenly anti-smoking. Turkish foreign policy during Erdoğan's tenure as prime minister has been associated with the name of Ahmet Davutoğlu. Davutoğlu was the chief foreign policy advisor of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before he was appointed foreign minister in 2009. The basis of Erdoğan's foreign policy is based on the principle of "don't make enemies, make friends" and the pursuit of "zero problems" with neighboring countries. Erdoğan is co-founder of United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (AOC). The initiative seeks to galvanize international action against extremism through the forging of international, intercultural and inter-religious dialogue and cooperation. When Erdoğan came to power, he continued Turkey's long ambition of joining the European Union. |
Vogue (Madonna song) "Vogue" is a song by American singer Madonna from her second soundtrack album "I'm Breathless" (1990). It was released as the first single from the album on March 27, 1990, by Sire Records. Madonna was inspired by vogue dancers and choreographers Jose Gutierez Xtravaganza and Luis Xtravaganza from the Harlem "House Ball" community, the origin of the dance form, and they introduced "Vogueing" to her at the Sound Factory club in New York City. "Vogue" is an upbeat house song which set trends in dance music in the 1990s with strong influences of 1970s disco within its composition. "Vogue" also contains a spoken section, in which Madonna name-checks various golden-era Hollywood celebrities. Lyrically, the song is about enjoying oneself on the dance floor no matter who one is, and it contains a theme of escapism. Critically, "Vogue" has been met with appreciation ever since its release; reviewers have praised its anthemic nature and listed it as one of Madonna's career highlights. Commercially, the song remains one of Madonna's biggest international hits, topping the charts in over 30 countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It became the world's best-selling single of 1990, selling over six million copies. The music video for "Vogue", directed by David Fincher, was shot in black-and-white and takes stylistic inspiration from the 1920s and 1930s. Madonna and her dancers can be seen voguing to different choreographed moves. The video has been ranked as one of the greatest of all time in different critic lists and polls and won three awards at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards out of a total of nine nominations. Madonna has performed the song on six of her tours, at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards, and at her performance during the halftime show of Super Bowl XLVI. The song has also been featured on the soundtrack of "The Devil Wears Prada", as well as in "The Power of Madonna" episode of the Fox show "Glee". Writers and critics have noted the video and the song's influence in bringing an underground subculture into mainstream popular culture through the postmodern nature of her power and influence, as well as the way in which it followed a new trend in which dance music enjoyed widespread popularity. Producer Shep Pettibone had produced successful remixes for a number of Madonna songs and provided additional production on her singles "Like A Prayer" and "Express Yourself". |
He is remembered for his book on Aboriginal people and their cultures in connexion with which he had the assistance of many helpers. A large amount of material was collected and is valuable as a resource for studying Aboriginal cultures today. The beauty of this material is the honesty in which he wrote and the lack of political influence as is the case of many current works. |
Tetrasarus inops Tetrasarus inops is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1880. |
Cambodia (song) "Cambodia" is the fourth single by British singer Kim Wilde. It was released at the end of 1981; a year in which Wilde had already scored three highly successful hit singles and a best-selling debut album. The single was another international success, topping the charts in France, Sweden and Switzerland and hitting the top ten in several other nations. It was released on the 7" format but also as a 12" single in Germany, although not in a remixed or extended version. The B-side of both releases was an exclusive non-album track called "Watching for Shapes". "Cambodia" was later included on Wilde's second album, "Select", which was released six months after the single in May 1982. The album version of "Cambodia" runs for 7:13 minutes, as it is teamed with a more uptempo instrumental version of the song, called "Reprise". Musically and lyrically, "Cambodia" showed a change in direction for Wilde from the new wave feel of her debut album. The song was mainly synth-driven, with oriental-sounding percussion. The lyrics were inspired by the Operation Menu bombing campaign of Cambodia by the United States during the Vietnam War. It has sold 1,080,000 copies in France. "Cambodia" was written by Marty Wilde and Ricki Wilde and has a length of seven minutes and thirteen seconds. "The Independent"s Chris Mugan found the song reminiscent of a "film noir". Stewart Mason of AllMusic noted that the song lacks the bubblegum pop influence present on Wilde's self-titled debut album, and is instead more synthesizer-driven. Matt James of "PopMatters" felt that the song was an attempt by Kim Wilde to prove that she could tackle serious issues, in the vein of The Human League's "The Lebanon" (1984) and Sting's "Russians" (1985). According to Yahoo!, songs like "Cambodia", "View from a Bridge" (1982) and Wilde's version of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1986) brought her "very close to [the] hearts" of Australians. "The Independent"s Chris Mugan deemed the song one of Wilde's "eighties classics" alongside "Kids in America". In the "Encyclopedia of Popular Music", Colin Larkin opined that Wilde tried "a more adventurous sound" with "Cambodia," indicating that she was "an exciting talent." |
Svistovka, Rovensky District, Belgorod Oblast Svistovka () is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Svistovskoye Rural Settlement, Rovensky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The population was 582 as of 2010. There are 4 streets. |
Four public parks are in the district: Grange Gardens, Sevenoaks Park, the Marl and Grangemoor Park. Grangemoor Park was created on top of a rubbish tip and opened in 2000. There are two public houses in the district, The Cornwall and The Grange, and a number of licensed social clubs. The district has three post offices. A reasonable number of small local shops are centred on Penarth Road and Corporation Road. In addition, the Cardiff Bay Retail Park is home to a number of superstores. Grangetown Festival take place for a week in June each year. It began in 1978 and is organised by Grangetown Community Action. The festival culminates in a parade through the streets, ending in Grange Gardens where a carnival takes place. The 'Roxe Jam' hip-hop and graffiti festival takes place annually in Sevenoaks Park, Grangetown, on the last weekend of July. The first festival was in July 2008. The event was set up in memory of a young graffiti writer, Bill Lockwood aka Roxe, who was killed in a road accident. The main highlight of the event is the legal painting of a 140 m long wall which runs parallel to the Cardiff to Penarth railway line. The festival last took place in 2012. Grangetown was the home of Grange Albion and Grange Catholics, two of British baseball's most successful teams. Both played their home games at Sevenoaks Park. Grange Albion celebrated its centenary in 2007 but both clubs' teams were discontinued due to lack of players, with the Welsh Baseball League suspended in the summer of 2018 with only three teams left to compete. Bay Dragons Cricket Club is based in Grangetown and play in South East Wales Cricket League. Grangetown railway station is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff Central to Bridgend via Barry, Rhoose Cardiff International Airport and Llantwit Major, with branch lines serving Penarth and Barry Island. Cardiff Bus operates the following services in the area: Penarth Road (A4160) is the main road running through the area northeastbound to Cardiff city centre and southwest bound to Llandough, Dinas Powys, Penarth and Barry. The Ferry Road Interchange on the Grangetown Link Road (A4232) links to the M4 J33 (Cardiff West). The parish church of St Paul, Paget Street, was used as the location for the BBC's 'Doctor Who' series episode entitled "Father's Day". |
So, In December 2015 President Barack Obama had instituted the Every Student Succeeds Act, which reauthorized the Elementary Secondary Education Act. “In December 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law, reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and replacing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). ESEA, the federal law that authorizes federal funding for K-12 schools, represents the nation’s commitment to equal educational opportunity for all students and has influenced the education of millions of children." |
In early 1881, he received a letter of recognition from President Manuel González Flores, shortly after he died at his residence on January 28. His remains were transferred in April of that year to Mexico City, and deposited in the Rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres. |
Corn harvester A corn harvester is a machine used on farms to harvest corn stripping the stalks about one foot from the ground shooting the stalks through the header to the ground. The corn is stripped from its stalk and then moves through the header to the intake conveyor belt. From there it goes up the conveying system through a fan system, separating the remaining stalks from the ears. The stalks blow out the fan duct into the field while the ears drop onto another conveyor belt. The ears ride the belt and drop into a large moving bucket. This method is done with both fresh corn and seed corn. The first mechanical corn harvester was developed in 1930 by Gleaner Harvester Combine Corporation of Independence, Missouri. The unit pulled by a tractor with the unit on the left side. |
Hanna meant that Cobain smelled like the deodorant Teen Spirit, which his then-girlfriend Tobi Vail wore. Cobain said he was unaware of the deodorant until months after the single was released, and had interpreted it as a revolutionary slogan, as they had been discussing anarchism and punk rock. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was, along with "Come as You Are", one of several songs written following Nirvana's first recording sessions with producer Butch Vig in 1990. Cobain began writing it a few weeks before recording Nirvana's second album, "Nevermind", in 1991. When he presented the song to his bandmates, it comprised just the main guitar riff and the chorus vocal melody, which bassist Krist Novoselic dismissed as "ridiculous". In response, Cobain made the band play the riff for an hour and a half. Eventually, Novoselic began playing the riff more slowly, inspiring drummer Dave Grohl to create the drum beat. As a result, it is the only song on "Nevermind" to credit all three band members as writers. Prior to the "Nevermind" recording sessions, the band sent Vig demos for songs including "Teen Spirit". While the sound was distorted due to the band playing at a volume, Vig felt the song had promise. Vig and the band recorded "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at Sound City recording studio in Van Nuys, California in May1991. Vig suggested changes to the arrangement, including moving a guitar ad lib to the chorus and shortening the chorus. The band recorded the basic track in three takes, and used the second take. Vig corrected some timing errors created by Cobain switching between his guitar effects pedals. Cobain recorded only three vocal takes; according to Vig, "I was lucky to ever get Kurt to do four takes." "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was recorded in the original key of F minor and follows a Fm-B–A–D chord progression, with the main guitar riff constructed from four power chords played in a syncopated sixteenth note strum by Cobain. The guitar chords were double tracked to create a "more powerful" sound. The chords occasionally lapse into suspended chord voicings as a result of Cobain playing the bottom four strings of the guitar for the thickness of sound. The riff resembles that of Boston's 1976 hit "More Than a Feeling", though it is not identical. Cobain said: "It was such a clichéd riff. |
2019 Tour of Belgium The 2019 Tour of Belgium, known as the 2019 Baloise Belgium Tour for sponsorship purposes, was the 9th edition of the Tour of Belgium cycling stage race. It took place from 12 to 16 June 2019 in Belgium, as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour; it was categorised as a 2.HC race. 22 teams were selected to take part in Tour of Belgium. Four of these were UCI WorldTeams, with twelve UCI Professional Continental teams, five UCI Continental teams and a team representing the Belgium national team. In the 2019 Tour of Belgium, three different jerseys will be awarded. The general classification is calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses are awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner wins a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds will also be awarded to the first three riders at sprints in the "golden kilometre", where three intermediate sprint positions are to be held within the space of a kilometre. Three seconds are awarded for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification receives a blue jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the 2019 Tour of Belgium, and the winner of the classification is considered the winner of the race. The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages were awarded the same number of points. The leader of the points classification was awarded a red jersey. There was also a combativity classification, where riders received points for finishing in the top five at intermediate sprint points during each stage, on a 10–8–6–4–2 scale. Bonus points were awarded if a breakaway had gained a sufficient advantage over the field, up to a maximum of 5 points. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time. |
Scope (mouthwash) Scope is a brand of mouthwash made by Procter & Gamble. It was introduced in 1966, and for many years has been advertised as the purportedly better-tasting alternative to Listerine, the longtime dominant mouthwash product. The active ingredients of Scope Outlast are cetylpyridinium chloride, domiphen bromide, and denatured alcohol. Inactive ingredients of Scope Outlast are water, glycerin, polysorbate 80, sodium saccharin, sodium benzoate, benzoic acid, Blue 1, and Yellow 5. |
Yaloke Yaloke is a town in the Yaloke-Bossembele sub-prefecture in the Ombella-M'Poko prefecture of the western Central African Republic. In December 2014, UNHCR was seeking relocation for "474 Muslims from the Peuhl ethnic minority" trapped in the town of Yaloke. The refugees were reported to be in poor physical condition, and "subject to recurrent threats, verbal and physical aggression, and looting by anti-balaka militias." |
Public Use Microdata Area A Public Use Microdata Area, or PUMA, are geographic units used by the US Census for providing statistical and demographic information. Each PUMA contains at least 100,000 people. PUMAs do not overlap, and are contained within a single state. PUMAs were first created for the 1990 Census. For the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS), there are 2,378 PUMAs. PUMAs allow the Census to publish census data for sub-state areas throughout every state. For example, the ACS publishes detailed data every year, but due to their sampling procedure only publishes data for census area that have more than 65,000 People. Only seven of the 55 counties of West Virginia were large enough to receive estimates from the 2006 ACS. In contrast, all 12 PUMAs that partition West Virginia received 2006 ACS estimates. The state governments drew PUMA boundaries for the 2000 Census, to allow reporting of detailed data for all areas. There were a total of 2,071 PUMAs in the 2000 Census. |
Matti Lattu Matti Lattu (born June 21, 1971) is a Finnish judoka. Lattu is currently involved with software business: http://www.heeros.com |
Bryullov Bryullov, Bryulov, Briullov or Briuloff (), a Russian masculine surname, derives from the French surname "Brulleau"; its feminine counterpart is Bryullova. It may refer to (for example): |
Vicki disappeared from the comics soon after "Crisis on Infinite Earths", but in Frank Miller's "", she is a gossip reporter who flirts with the judge during a shoplifting trial. Vicki returned in 1989 and 1990 in the Grant/Breyfogle era to coincide with release of Tim Burton's "Batman". She once again began a romantic relationship with Bruce Wayne, but became upset over his frequent absences. When hospitalized after an attack by the Ventriloquist, Bruce struggles over whether or not to tell her he is Batman, but decides not to, which leads to the end of their relationship. Bruce later regrets this when he descends into a brief depression following his defeat at the hands of Bane. Vale appeared again in the "Wonder Woman" title as one of the hosts of the television program "The Scene" (similar to "The View"). Her co-hosts included Lia Briggs, Tawny Young, and Linda Park. Two episodes are shown in which they interview Wonder Woman on her career. In the "Black Glove" book she brusquely offers best wishes to Bruce and his new lady, Jezebel Jet, on the air. Vicki appears (with blonde hair) in the 2008 two-part story "Two-Face: Year One". She interviews a corrupt mob lawyer named Weinstein, who is running for Gotham district attorney against Harvey Dent. She is present when Dent, now the disfigured gangster Two-Face, confronts Weinstein and Bruce Wayne at a party in Wayne Manor. In the 2009 "" storyline, in the crossover miniseries "Gotham Gazette", she claims to have discovered Batman's identity. Vicki has returned to the "Gotham Gazette" after her TV career failed. While the general public is more interested in what happened to Batman, Vale wants to know what happened to Bruce Wayne, who was last "seen" in Vietnam (which was actually Hush masquerading as Wayne). Vicki speaks with Lucius Fox but still cannot get a proper answer about Bruce's whereabouts. Feeling like "a real reporter" again, she is thrilled when she receives an invitation to join Bruce as his date at the Robinson Ball. In "Battle for the Cowl" #3, Vicki reports on the chaos that has been caused by Two-Face in the wake of Batman's disappearance. In the next issue of "Gotham Gazette", "Batman Alive", Vicki sees that Bruce is not present at the gala. |
Achaea simplex Achaea simplex is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Waigeo, Mysol, the northern Moluccas, Sulawesi and Borneo. |
Kern Center The Kern Center is a athletics and fitness facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is home to many sports at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, including ice hockey, wrestling, men's and women's basketball and volleyball. The building is named for Robert and Patricia Kern, the center's major benefactors. The financial support for the facility's land was given by Eckhart and Ischi Grohmann. The Kern Center is home to the school's Health, Development, and Wellness area. The departments in this area include Health Services, Counseling Services, and Servant-Leadership. Ground broke for construction of the Kern Center on April 11, 2003, and the facility was dedicated on October 29, 2004. The Kern Center Arena () has a seating capacity of 600 and hosts MSOE varsity competitions, campus special events, and community rentals. The Kern Center Ice Arena (NHL-sized: ) located in the lower level of the building, has a seating capacity of 800, and hosts hockey games, open skating, ice shows, skating lessons, campus events, and community rentals. The ice arena also acts as the pre-season home of the Milwaukee Admirals. |
Passing in front of the Candelaria Church, the march stopped to listen to a speech by student leader Vladimir Pereira, who remembered the death of Edson Luis and demanded an end to the military dictatorship. Led by a huge band with the words "Down with the Dictatorship. The people in power", the march went on for three hours, ending in front of the Legislature, without conflict with the strong police apparatus that accompanied the demonstration popular throughout its journey. |
Every Face Tells a Story Every Face Tells a Story is a 1977 album by Cliff Richard, the follow-up to Richard's comeback album, "I'm Nearly Famous." The album peaked at No.8 during a 10-week run on the UK Album Chart and spawned three hit singles. "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" was released as the first lead single in November 1976 and reached number 31 in the UK Singles Chart. "My Kinda Life" was released as a single in late February 1977 and peaked at number 15 in the UK. The third single, "When Two Worlds Drift Apart" was released in late June and reached number 46 in the UK. The album was released in the US with alternative artwork and an edited version of the closing track "Spider Man" (shortened by nearly four minutes). "Don't Turn Out the Light" was the first single released in the US and reached number 57 in the Billboard Hot 100. "Try a Smile" was also released as a single and reached number 48 in what was then known as the Billboard Easy Listening chart. |
The Calling The Calling is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1996 by lead singer Alex Band and guitarist Aaron Kamin. They are best known for their hit single, "Wherever You Will Go", which topped the Adult Top 40 for 23 weeks, making it the second longest running number one in the chart’s history and later named the number one song of the decade of 2000s on the Adult Pop Charts by "Billboard" magazine. Their debut album "Camino Palmero" was released in July 2001 and was a commercial success. Their second album "Two", was released in June 2004. Its lead single "Our Lives" was featured in the closing ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the opening song of the 78th annual Academy Awards. The band broke up in 2005. In 2013, The Calling reformed with a new lineup and have announced new music to be released in 2018. The band was formed by Alex Band (lead vocals) and Aaron Kamin (lead guitar, backing vocals) when Kamin was dating Band's sister. Kamin and Band initially began jamming and writing songs as far back as 1996, and began gigging under the band name "Generation Gap" with a drummer who was twice their age. At this stage, the band also included saxophonist Benny Golbin, giving the songs a more jazzy sound reminiscent of Dave Matthews Band. Eventually, Band and Kamin ditched the "Gap" lineup, and briefly switched their name to "Next Door", which itself was a nod to Ron Fair, a veteran music business executive and Band's neighbor. They quickly found their own sound amongst radio rock acts of the early 21st century such as Matchbox Twenty, Third Eye Blind, Train, and Fastball. By 1999, Fair was impressed enough by the demos to sign them to a record deal with RCA. They changed their name to "The Calling", which reflected the band's sense of purpose. While the RCA deal was a huge boost, it also created a new problem for Band and Kamin: they had no solid band and, thus, had hardly toured and built a fanbase. Rather than putting them out on the road and building regional support, Fair worked intensely with Band and Kamin for over two years perfecting the debut album. The Calling's first album was recorded from 1999–2001, with Sean Woolstenhulme (formerly with Lifehouse) (rhythm guitar), Billy Mohler (bass), and Nate Wood (drums). |
Edward H. Janssen Edward H. Janssen was a German American immigrant, teacher, and pioneer. He was the 2nd State Treasurer of Wisconsin. Born in Germany in 1815, Janssen moved to Mequon, Wisconsin in 1840. He was a delegate to the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention in 1846 and served as Treasurer from 1852 to 1856. In 1853, he helped to build the Concordia Mill, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Later, he moved to Cedarburg, Wisconsin and became Superintendent of Schools of Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. He held the position until his death in 1877. |
Vivienne Roche Born in Cork city in 1953, daughter of an engineer, Roche was educated in Miss O'Sullivan's primary and secondary school before studying first at the Crawford School of Art from 1970-1974 and then the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston graduating in 1975. She was awarded an honorary Doctorate by University College Cork in 2006. She began her creative life as an artist but moved into sculptor and is considered one of Ireland's foremost sculptors. Roche was one of the founders of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork city and was the chair from 1989-1997. She also was on the national Arts Council from 1993-1998 as well as on the governing body of Cork Institute of Technology. She is a member of Aosdána and the Royal Hibernian Academy. She is on the board of the Hugh Lane Gallery and the Dublin city Gallery. Roche remains active in creating national cultural policy. Roche has participated in exhibitions in multiple countries like France, Finland, Sweden, England, and the U.S. Her work has been presented by the President of Ireland to other national heads of state. She lives in Co. Cork. |
Birkir Kristinsson Birkir Kristinsson (born 15 August 1964) is an Icelandic former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He started his career with local Vestmannaeyjar team ÍBV, and also played with Einherji from Vopnafjordur, KA from Akureyri, ÍA and Fram in the Icelandic league before moving to Norway with SK Brann in 1996, where he is still considered as a hero, after his efforts in the cup winner's cup in 1997, where SK Brann reached the quarter finals. He moved to English club Birmingham City and after failing to make an impression there, he moved on to spells with Swedish side IFK Norrköping, Bolton Wanderers and Austrian club Lustenau before making a return to ÍBV. In December 2000 he moved to Stoke City where his brother Magnús Kristinsson was a member of the Icelandic board at Stoke. He made a decent enough start at Stoke taking over from Gavin Ward until he made a mistake against Northampton Town in February 2001. He did retain his place in the side but after conceding three goals against lowly Cambridge United Ward was reinstated. He didn't make an appearance in 2001–02 and returned to Iceland playing for ÍBV. He earned 72 caps for the Iceland national football team, over a period of sixteen years. His last international match was against Italy in Reykjavík 15 August 2004, where Iceland beat Italy 2–0. Birkir Kristinsson turned 40 that day. Sources: Source: |
Glades, Pennsylvania Glades is an unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. |
Leaving along with Vandenburgh to go to WGDJ were the "Live from the Capitol" report with Fred Dicker and a weekly interview show with Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings. "Mike and the Mad Dog", which had aired as WROW's afternoon show as a simulcast with WFAN in New York City, was dropped at this time as well. As a talk station, WROW's local morning show was co-hosted by Steve van Zandt and Jackie Donovan. Syndicated talk shows heard the rest of the day on the station included: "The Glenn Beck Program"; "The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly"; John Gibson, Dave Ramsey, Alan Colmes and Joey Reynolds. Weekend syndicated programs included "Brian and the Judge", Lars Larson, and Bill Cunningham; the first two of which previously aired on weekdays. WROW also held a sports play-by-play contract with the Albany River Rats ice hockey team, and that continued after the format change. Siena College men's basketball was once carried on the station, but moved to WGDJ in 2009. In the past, WROW has aired other daily syndicated shows including "Brian and the Judge" (and its predecessor hosted by Tony Snow), Laura Ingraham, and a simulcast of the WFAN-based "Mike and the Mad Dog". Past local programming has included "Afternoon Drive with Sherman Baldwin," "Live from the State Capitol," now heard on WGDJ, "The Mark Williams Show," and "The Scotto Show," hosted by Scott Allen Miller. WROW discontinued the news/talk format on February 8, 2010, citing the difficulty of competing with WGDJ and WGY. The station then adopted its current format, which was moved from WKLI-FM, and was simulcast on both stations for two weeks, to help listeners adjust to the change. By mid-February, WROW was the exclusive radio home of the "Magic" format, with WKLI-FM switching to adult hits. In April 2018, with the demise of WINU's sports format, WROW and sister station WKLI-FM became Albany's radio home of the New York Mets baseball and New England Patriots football teams for the 2018 season. The Mets were slated to move to WKLI-FM only in 2019 however this did not come to pass due to network realignments, and the Patriots also left in 2019, leaving the Albany metro area without radio coverage of either team. |
Kortavij-e Sofla Kortavij-e Sofla (, also Romanized as Kortavīj-e Soflá; also known as Gortavīch-e Soflá) is a village in Kanduleh Rural District, Dinavar District, Sahneh County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 182, in 44 families. |
In 1810 Napoleon created a system by which, a would-be bookseller had to apply for a license (brevet), and supply four references testifying to his morality, and four confirmations of his professional ability to perform the job. All references had to be certified by the local mayor. If the application was accepted, the bookseller would have to swear an oath of loyalty to the régime. The application process was conducted to ensure that the new bookstore was not a place that distributed rebellious publications. The brevet process continued until 1870. The spread of Christianity naturally created a great demand for copies of the Gospels, other sacred books, and later on for missals and other devotional volumes for both church and private use. Before the Reformation and the introduction of printing, scribes and stationers who sold books formed guilds. Some of these stationers had stations built against the walls of cathedrals. Besides the sworn stationers there were many booksellers in Oxford who were not sworn; for one of the statutes, passed in 1373, expressly states that, in consequence of their presence, The modern system of bookselling dates from soon after the introduction of printing. Through the new mechanized process for printing, books became more affordable. By the nineteenth century, the model of bookselling as we know it began to emerge. A professional group of booksellers in Leipzig decided to form their own association in 1824, and in 1825 the became the first group to publish outside of the printer's guilds, leading to more people joining the profession without needing to be attached to a guild. The earliest printers were also editors and booksellers; but being unable to sell every copy of the works they printed, they had agents at most of the seats of learning, such as Anton Koberger, who introduced the art of printing into Nuremberg in 1470. The most common types of books printed in large quantities were able to be cheaply produced like catechisms and almanacs and often not bound at all. The religious dissensions of the Reformation in 16th-century continental Europe and the English Reformation in England under Henry VIII and Edward VI fostered a great demand for books; but in England governments of both the Tudor and Stuart dynasties feared a free press and made various efforts to control the distribution of printed materials. The first patent for the office of king's printer was granted to Thomas Berthelet by Henry VIII in 1529, but only such books as were first licensed were to be printed. |
Robert Molenaar Robert Molenaar (born 27 February 1969) is a Dutch football manager and former professional footballer. He played as a centre back for FC Volendam, Leeds United, Bradford City and RBC Roosendaal. Molenaar was born in Zaandam, North Holland. He was signed for Leeds United by the then manager George Graham from FC Volendam for £1m in January 1997 to try to shore up the defence. He became a regular in the side until the end of the 1996–97 season. In the 1997–98 season however his performances were not up to scratch and he fell down the pecking order playing around half the matches. In the 1998–99 he was once again a first choice centre-back, above David Wetherall but a challenge by Nicolas Anelka, then playing for Arsenal, kept him out via ligament damage until 2000. He failed to make another appearance for Leeds United and was sold to Bradford City in the summer of 2000 to help their dog fight against relegation. He stayed there until 2003, scoring twice against Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest, when his contract was not renewed and he moved to RBC Roosendaal before eventually retiring in the summer of 2007. While at Leeds he picked up the nickname ""The Terminator"" from the fans due to his bulky physique and height. After working as assistant manager of NEC and manager of amateur side RKSV Halsteren, Molenaar was appointed manager of Eerste Divisie side FC Volendam from July 2015. |
While Article 50 provided for the amendment of the constitution proper, there was no explicit provision in any law for the amendment of the "Constitution of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) Act 1922". Some jurists therefore maintained that the Oireachtas did not have power to amend the Act; rather, if it were possible to alter the law at all, it might be necessary to ask the British Parliament to do so, or to elect another constituent assembly. Chief Justice Kennedy was among those who took the view that the act could not be altered by the Oireachtas. Nonetheless changes were eventually made to the act, when the Oireachtas passed the "Constitution (Removal of Oath) Act 1933", and when it was repealed in its entirety with the adoption of the 1937 constitution. When the new constitution was drafted lessons had been learned from the Free State constitution. It too granted the Oireachtas a temporary power to make constitutional amendments by ordinary law, but, unlike the Free State constitution, it expressly forbade the legislature from using this power to extend the transitional period. Article 46 of the new constitution required that constitutional amendments be approved by referendum while Article 51 of the Transitory Provisions suspended this requirement for an initial three years (beginning when the first president assumed office). However Article 46 forbade the legislature from amending either itself or Article 51. In the event the Oireachtas used its transitional power only twice, when it adopted the First Amendment and the Second Amendment. The new constitution then settled down and was not amended again for thirty years. Another difference from the Free State constitution is that the modern constitution requires constitutional amendments to be expressly identified as such. Every amendment must have the long title "An Act to amend the Constitution". Some amendments made minor changes, such as removing the requirement that elections occur on a public holiday, but others were more radical. These included extending the term of the Dáil in 1927, the abolition of the initiative and of direct elections to the Senate in 1928, extending the period during which the Oireachtas could amend the constitution in 1928, and the introduction of provisions for trial by military tribunals in 1931. From 1933 onwards a series of further amendments were made that gradually dismantled the Treaty settlement by, for example, abolishing the Oath of Allegiance and the office of Governor General. Because a majority of its members disagreed with this process, the Senate was abolished in 1936. In each case but one, the acts amending the Constitution were titled in the form Constitution (Amendment No. 1) Act 1925. |
List of ValuJet destinations This is list of airports ValuJet Airlines flew to during the 1990s until its demise. |
M. E. Grant Duff Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (21 February 1829 – 12 January 1906), known as M. E. Grant Duff before 1887 and as Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff thereafter, was a Scottish politician, administrator and author. He served as the Under-Secretary of State for India from 1868 to 1874, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1880 to 1881 and the Governor of Madras from 1881 to 1886. He was born in Eden, Aberdeenshire, on 21 February 1829 to the distinguished British historian James Grant Duff. He had his education at Grange School and Balliol College, Oxford and graduated in law from the Inns of Court. He practised and taught law for a short time before starting a political life and entering the House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs. His abilities won him government positions and he was Under-Secretary of State for India, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and Governor of Madras. On his return from Madras, he retired from politics and served in various art and scientific societies. He travelled extensively and wrote voluminously. His performance in politics and administration has received mixed reviews during the 1880s a politician of brilliant promise and scant performance, of wide information which he seemed to turn to much account, of abilities which would have made the fortunes of half a dozen men and of which he made little enough. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire and a Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India. He died on 12 January 1906 at the age of 76. He was born in Eden, Banff, Banffshire on 21 February 1829, the elder son of James Grant Duff, a well known Indian official from Bombay Presidency and British Resident in the princely state of Satara, and his wife Jane Catherine, daughter of Sir Whitelaw Ainslie. He was named after Mountstuart Elphinstone whom James Grant Duff regarded as his mentor. He had his schooling at Edinburgh Academy and Grange School and at Balliol College, Oxford from 1847 to 1850. He completed his master's degree in 1853. During these years he experienced problems with his vision, and for the rest of his life he relied on the sight of others. He studied law at the Inns of Court and passed with honours, appearing next to James Fitzjames Stephen. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple, London on 17 November 1854 and practised as a junior under William Ventris Field. |
The heavier the bullet and especially the faster it moves, the higher its muzzle energy and the more damage it will do. The general formula for the kinetic energy is where Although both mass and velocity contribute to the muzzle energy, the muzzle energy is proportional to the mass while proportional to the "square" of the velocity. The velocity of the bullet is a more important determinant of muzzle energy. For a constant velocity, if the mass is doubled, the energy is doubled; however, for a constant mass, if the velocity is doubled, the muzzle energy increases "four" times. In the SI system the above "E"k will be in unit joule if the mass, "m", is in kilogram, and the speed, "v", is in metre per second. Muzzle energy is dependent upon the factors previously listed, and velocity is highly variable depending upon the length of the barrel a projectile is fired from. Also the muzzle energy is only an upper limit for how much energy is transmitted to the target, and the effects of a ballistic trauma depend on several other factors as well. While the above list mentions some averages, there is wide variation in commercial ammunition. A bullet fired from .357 magnum handgun can achieve a muzzle energy of . A bullet fired from the same gun might only achieve of muzzle energy, depending upon the manufacture of the cartridge. Some .45 Colt ammunition can produce of muzzle energy, far in excess of the average listed above. Some jurisdictions stipulate minimum muzzle energies for hunting. For example, in Denmark rifle ammunition used for hunting the largest types of game there such as red deer must have a kinetic energy E100 (i.e.: at 100m range) of at least 2700 J and a bullet mass of at least 9 g or alternatively an E100 of at least 2000 J and a bullet mass of at least 10 g. Namibia specifies three levels of minimum muzzle energy for hunting, 1350 J for game such as springbok, 2700 J for game such as hartebeest and 5400 J for big game, together with a minimum caliber of 7 mm. In Germany airsoft guns with a muzzle energy of no more than 0.5 J are exempt from the gun law, while air guns with a muzzle energy of no more than 7.5 J may be acquired without a firearms license. Mainland China uses a concept of "muzzle ratio kinetic energy" (), which is the quotient (ratio) of the muzzle energy divided by the bore cross sectional area, to distinguish genuine guns from "imitation" replicas like toy guns. |
Alinghi's first America's Cup defeat came on 24 June 2007 when they were defeated by Emirates Team New Zealand in the second race of the 2007 America's Cup off Valencia. After a series of close races between the seemingly closely matched competitors, Alinghi won their final race against Emirates Team New Zealand on 3 July 2007, defending the America's cup with Five wins to Team New Zealand's two. The official time given by the America's Cup website is one second winning margin for race 7. America's Cup Management announced on 5 July 2007 that the protocol for the 2010 America's Cup had been agreed between the defending yacht club, Société Nautique de Genève of Switzerland and Challenger of Record, the Club Náutico Español de Vela of Spain. However this arrangement did not survive a legal challenge from BMW Oracle Racing, who successfully argued that Club Náutico Español de Vela was not a valid Challenger of Record due to non-compliance with the terms of the America's Cup Deed of Gift. Swiss based companies WISeKey and Hublot were the two primary sponsors of Alinghi's 2010 defense. After extensive court action, Golden Gate Yacht Club (whose team is BMW Oracle Racing) was declared Challenger of Record and sailed against Alinghi in a Deed of Gift match in February 2010 at Valencia, Spain. The competing boats, "Alinghi 5" and "USA 17", were both 90-foot multihulls. "USA 17"s rigid wing sail provided a decisive advantage and Golden Gate Yacht Club won the 2010 America's Cup two races to none. Alinghi has also competed in the D35 Trophy (winning it eight times), in the Bol d'Or (winning it seven times), in the Extreme Sailing Series (winning it four times), in the GC32 Racing Tour (winning it one time) and is GC32 World Champion in 2019. |
Acrolophus particeps Acrolophus particeps is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in South America. |
Franjo Fröhlich Franjo Fröhlich was a Yugoslav fencer. He competed in the individual sabre event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. |
Due to this, Jenner found many subjects for his tests. He was able to publish his results in a pamphlet in 1798: "An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease, Discovered in some of the Western Counties of England particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the Name of Cow Pox." After inoculation, vaccination using the cowpox virus became the primary defense against smallpox. After infection by the cowpox virus, the body (usually) gains the ability to recognize the similar smallpox virus from its antigens and is able to fight the smallpox disease much more efficiently. The cowpox virus contains 186 thousand base pairs of DNA, which contains the information for about 187 genes. This makes cowpox one of the most complicated viruses known. Some 100 of these genes give instructions for key parts of the human immune system, giving a clue as to why the closely related smallpox is so lethal. The vaccinia virus now used for smallpox vaccination is sufficiently different from the cowpox virus found in the wild as to be considered a separate virus. While the vaccination's popularity increased exponentially, so did its monetary value. This was realized by the British Parliament, which compensated Jenner 10,000 pounds for the vaccination. In addition, they later compensated Jenner an additional 20,000 pounds. In the coming years, Jenner continued advocacy for his vaccination over the still popular inoculation. Eventually, in 1840, the inoculation became banned in England and was replaced with the cowpox vaccination as the main medical solution to combat smallpox. The cowpox vaccination saved the British Army thousands of soldiers, by making them immune to the effects of smallpox in upcoming wars. The cowpox also saved the United Kingdom thousands of pounds. Kinepox is an alternative term for the smallpox vaccine used in early 19th-century America. Popularized by Jenner in the late 1790s, kinepox was a far safer method for inoculating people against smallpox than the previous method, variolation, which had a 3% fatality rate. In a famous letter to Meriwether Lewis in 1803, Thomas Jefferson instructed the Lewis and Clark expedition to "carry with you some matter of the kine-pox; inform those of them with whom you may be, of its efficacy as a preservative from the smallpox; & encourage them in the use of it..." Jefferson had developed an interest in protecting Native Americans from smallpox, having been aware of epidemics along the Missouri River during the previous century. |
Although the NMDOH has many duties, three divisions perform most of the core public health essential services: the Public Health, the Emergency and Response and the Scientific Laboratory Divisions. However, other offices provide coordination, oversight and enabling services that make the delivery of these services possible and ensure adherence to policy compliance, as well as to quality and performance improvement practices. In 1919, the first meeting of the State Board of Health of New Mexico was held during the administration of Governor Octavio Ambrosio Larrazolo and the Division of Public Health Nursing was created. The Board’s budget for fiscal year 1921 was $16,700.16. From the very beginning, public health nursing with its emphasis on providing health care and health education was seen as the most effective means of lowering the state’s high infant mortality rate, improving hygiene, and preventing the spread of communicable diseases. |
The ship was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet's Cruiser and Transport Force making two round-trip voyages from the United States to France returning troops home. On completion of the second voyage "Ancon" was decommissioned at New York City on 25 July 1919 and returned to the War Department. The Panama Railroad Company replaced SS "Ancon" in 1938 with a larger steam turbine cargo liner named "Ancon" which later saw considerable action as the Navy command and communications ship in World War II. The old "Ancon" remained in Panama Canal service as "Ex Ancon" until sold privately. |