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TripActions
TripActions is a travel management company for businesses and business travelers. Booking and managing travel can be done on the web or via a smartphone app.
History
The Palo Alto, California based travel company, TripActions Inc., was founded in 2015 by Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig (also the founders of StreamOnce, acquired by Jive Software).
In May 2015, TripActions received a $4 million Seed round led by Zeev Ventures with participation from Dovi Frances and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
In January 2016, TripActions received $14.6 million series A round led by Oren Zeev Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Group 11. The company officially launched out of stealth mode and announced their funding in January 2017. Then in October 2017, the company shared that they raised an additional $12.5 Million this time led by Lightspeed with participation from Zeev Ventures and Group 11.
The company announced a $51 million Series B round led by the same two investors with participation from prior investors.
The company moved in June 2017 from Menlo Park, California to their headquarters in Palo Alto. In July 2018, TripActions announced their international expansion to Europe with an office in London and their European headquarters in Amsterdam. They shared potential plans to expand to the Asia-Pacific region to scale their customer support infrastructure.
In September 2018, the company opened an office in Sydney, Australia.
In November 2018, the company announced a valuation north of $1 billion and a $154 million Series C funding round led by new investor Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from repeat investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, and Group 11. They also announced the addition of Ben Horowitz to their Board of Directors.
In February 2019, the company announced its new flight storefront in alignment with major airline partners and industry association ATPCO. The storefront includes branding and imagery of cabin classes and amenities for each airline. It works for domestic and international flights, including international to international itineraries, and for flights on joint venture partners of American, Delta and United.
In February 2019, the company announced the additions of Meagen Eisenberg as Chief Marketing Officer and Leslie Kurkjian Crowe as Chief People Officer to their executive board.
In February 2019, TripActions was recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Travel for 2019.
In June 2019, the company announced its NDC-enabled platform in partnership with United Airlines. At the same time TripActions had Series D of funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Zeev Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Group 11, which was closed at $250 million. The total valuation of the company reached $4 billion.
In July 2019, the company appointed Ciara Govern as Chief Customer Officer.
In September 2019, the company announced its carbon impact initiative through providing customers visibility into the emission output of their travel programs. In the same month, TripActions was recognized in the Top 20 of the Forbes Cloud 100 award.
In November 2019, TripActions announced that it had enabled an NDC-enabled direct connection to the Lufthansa Group.
In December 2019, the company announced the addition of Thomas Tuchscherer as Chief Financial Officer to scale corporate development and finance operations.
How it works
All functionality, including administrative travel management may be done through desktop and mobile application. Users have the ability to book travel, modify reservations, track travel itineraries, chat with travel support agents, receive real-time travel notifications, and expense trips.
TripActions partners with multiple suppliers in the market to provide users with a wide array of travel selection. Their travel inventory comes from consumer, corporate, and direct integrations.
The platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize booking results, inventory and the support experience. Results are prioritized using the company's travel policies, real-time market prices and individual traveler preferences including loyalty program memberships. This often results in the employee earning no rewards for their stays, and not being able to use the apps for their rewards accounts, depending on the chain of the hotel, providing a suboptimal travel experience for the employees.
The system's admin dashboard tracks company spend, potential savings, and employee travel patterns. In accordance with duty of care, the admin dashboard features a live map that shows where employees are traveling in real time. Finance and travel teams can contact travelers directly within the application in emergency situations.
Partnerships
The company partners with Sabre Corporation and is a member of the Priceline Group Affiliate Network as well as the Expedia, Inc. Partner Network to combine inventories for flights, accommodations, and rental cars from direct, corporate, and consumer sites. Users can access mobile apps for Uber and Lyft in their mobile travel itineraries while traveling. Additional partners include Coupa and Expensify for expense management within the platform.
External links
References
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Afton, Virginia
Afton is an unincorporated community in Albemarle and Nelson counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains about west of Charlottesville.
Afton is home to Veritas Vineyard and Winery, the Blue Mountain Brewery and Cardinal Point Vineyard & Winery, producer of IPC, the world's first hopped chardonnay.
Notable residents
Paul F. Gorman, former Commander in Chief of the United States Southern Command
Rita Mae Brown, novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
June Curry, benefactor to bicyclists on the Transamerica Trail
Mary Chapin Carpenter, songwriter, musician
See also
Rockfish Gap
References
Category:Unincorporated communities in Albemarle County, Virginia
Category:Unincorporated communities in Nelson County, Virginia
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Battle of San Cala
The Battle of San Cala (or of Sancala or San Calá), fought in the present-day Minas Department, Córdoba, Argentina, on January 9, 1842, between Unitarian forces and Federalists, who under the command of General Ángel Pacheco, prevented the expansion of the Unitarian Coalition of the North into the provinces of the Cuyo.
Prelude
After the failure of Juan Lavalle's campaign to invade the province of Buenos Aires, this Unitarian general moved to the province of Santa Fe and, from there, retreated toward the province of Córdoba. But a misunderstanding with the forces under the command of General Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid caused Lavalle to suffer a terrible defeat at the Battle of Quebracho Herrado.
Not considering themselves to be sufficiently strong in Córdoba, both generals agreed to retire toward the northern Argentine provinces, which were securely in the Unitarian camp. At the same time, they sent two secondary columns to seize other provinces. One of these, under the command of Mariano Acha, was defeated in its attempt to take the province of Santiago del Estero.
The second column was placed under the command of Colonel José María Vilela. The best of Lavalle's troops composed this column, and their mission was to support the Unitarian revolutionaries who were, it was thought, ready to rise in the provinces of San Luis and Mendoza.
The Surprise of San Cala
As this second column headed to the Valley of Traslasierra, and near the Indian village of Sancala (near present-day San Carlos Minas, Córdoba), a division of Federalist cavalry sent under the command of General Ángel Pacheco in pursuit of the Unitarian column were rapidly closing in on it.
Overly confident, Vilela had secured all his men in a huge corral surrounded by high stone walls, and he let them spend the night there without the vigilance of effective sentries. Pacheco arrived in the vicinity of the corral at night; as his forces were inferior in numbers to those of his enemy, he decided to trust in surprise to gain a victory: Pacheco attacked at midnight, with his cavalry in column and through the only entrance into the corral. There was a slaughter with most of Vilela's soldiers perishing.
Aftermath
As the battle ended, Colonel Vilela himself had to flee through the desert toward Catamarca. He would fight in the battle of Famaillá, the final defeat of General Lavalle's Unitarian forces, and together with Marco Avellaneda, the governor of the province of Tucumán, would be executed by Federalist firing squad at Metán.
General Pacheco would go on to organize a powerful Federalist army, with which he undertook a new campaign in Cuyo. In September 1842, at the battle of Rodeo del Medio, he would destroy the forces under General Lamadrid, last of the forces of the Coalition of the North, assuring the absolute dominion of the Federalist party in Argentina for another ten years.
The village of San Cala itself must be mentioned. Its inhabitants, strongly affected by the bloody battle and with their cemetery full of the bodies of the men killed in that battle, in the following years moved to a place a short distance away, the present village of San Carlos or San Carlos Minas. The village of San Cala was deserted from then on and remains so today.
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Chalvai
Chalvai is a village in old Warangal district, Telangana, India. After formation of Telangana it's gone under professor jayashankar Bhupalpalli district. The village relies on an economy of agriculture, paddy and rice, and domestic animals. Chalvai is approximately 65km,2 hours away from Warangal and located near Laknavaram Lake.
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Raqqa Museum
The Museum of Raqqa, also known as the Ar-Raqqah Museum or Rakka Museum, is a museum in Raqqa, Syria founded in 1981. The structure housing the museum was built in 1861 and served as an Ottoman governmental building. The museum is dedicated to the preservation of the culture of the Raqqa province.
The museum notably curates large collections gathered from the excavation researches led in the region of Tell Sabi Abyad, Tell Bi'a, Tell Chuera, Tell Munbaqa, and various artefacts dating back to Roman and Byzantine times, as well as more recent objects from the Islamic period (notably the epoch of Haroun al-Rachid) and from the time of the bedouin domination. Its first floor has three sections: Ancient, Classical Vestiges and Modern Art; and the second floor is dedicated to Arab and Islamic art.
At its peak, the museum housed some 7,000 artifacts from the surrounding regions. The Syrian Civil War caused damage to the museum with many of its items being stolen and destroyed during ISIL's rule over Raqqa. After the capture of the city by the Syrian Democratic Forces in October 2017, the Raqqa Civil Council and its "Committee of Culture and Antiquities" in cooperation with the Vision (Ro’ya) Organisation, has started to restore the building and track down its stolen artifacts, beginning in early 2018.
See also
List of museums in Syria
References
External links
Syrian Ministry of Culture
raqqa
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Ana Radović (handball)
Ana Radović (born 21 August 1986 in Sarajevo) is a former Montenegrin handballer. She plays for the Montenegrin national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. Starting her career in RK Medicinar Šabac, she later played six full seasons for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica (2006–2012), also winning the Champions League with the Podgorica club (2011–12 season), when she decided it is time for new challenge, and joined KIF Vejen for the 2012–13 season.
References
Category:1986 births
Category:Montenegrin female handball players
Category:Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic handball players of Montenegro
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Montenegro
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Warren Ellis bibliography
Warren Ellis is an English author of comics, novels, and television, well known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and his writing, which covers transhumanist themes (most notably nanotechnology, cryonics, uploading, and human enhancement). He is a resident of Southend-on-Sea, England.
Comics
UK publishers
Titles published by various British publishers include:
Deadline #24: "United We Fall" (with Nigel Dobbyn, Deadline Publications, 1990)
Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 1 #7: "Judge Edwina's Strange Cases: Feed Me" (with Sean Phillips, Fleetway, 1991)
Atomeka:
Lazarus Churchyard (tpb, 120 pages, 1993, ) collects:
Blast! #1–7 (with D'Israeli, John Brown Publishing, 1991)
Lazarus Churchyard #1–3 (with various artists, Tundra Publishing, 1992)
A1 #6: "Harlequin Bones: Dada 331" (with Phil Winslade, 1992)
Ammo Armageddon: "Harlequin Bones: Kil 4/11/44" (with Phil Winslade, anthology graphic novel, 1993)
Sugarvirus (with Martin Chaplin, one-shot, 1993)
Damage #1–6 (with David Gordon, self-published, 1993–1994)
SVK (with D'Israeli, one-shot, BERG, 2011)
Marvel Comics
Titles published by Marvel include:
Hellstorm: Prince of Lies #12–21 (with Leonardo Manco, Peter Gross, Derek Yaniger and Martin Chaplin, 1994)
Marvel 2099:
2099 Unlimited:
"Metalscream 2009" (with D'Israeli, in No. 4, 1994)
"Old Red-Eyes is Back" (with D'Israeli, in No. 7, 1994)
"Steel Rain" (with Gary Erskine, in No. 9, 1995)
Doom 2099:
"Island of Lost Souls" (with John Francis Moore and Pat Broderick, in No. 24, 1994)
"Fables of the Deconstruction" (with John Francis Moore and Pat Broderick, in No. 25, 1995)
"Ramparts, Barricades, Borderlines" (with Pat Broderick, in #26–28, 1995)
"One Nation Under Doom" (with Pat Broderick, David G. Klein, John Royle and Steve Pugh, in #29–35, 1995)
"Shockriding" (with Steve Pugh and Ashley Wood, in #36–38, 1995–1996)
"May the Circle Be Unbroken" (with John Buscema, in No. 39, 1996)
2099 A.D. Apocalypse: "Midnight in Hell!" (with Mark Buckingham, one-shot, 1995)
2099 A.D. Genesis: "Mid Day Sun" (with Dale Eaglesham, one-shot, 1996)
X-Men:
Excalibur:
Excalibur Visionaries: Warren Ellis Volume 1 (tpb, 216 pages, 2010, ) collects:
"Soul Sword" (with Terry Dodson, Dærick Gröss Sr. and Ken Lashley, in #83–85, 1994–1995)
"Back to Life" (with Ken Lashley, in #86–87, 1995)
"Dream Nails" (with Ken Lashley, Derick Gross, Jeffrey Moy, Larry Stroman, David A. Williams and Carlos Pacheco, in #88–90, 1995)
Excalibur Visionaries: Warren Ellis Volume 2 (tpb, 232 pages, 2010, ) collects:
Starjammers #1–4 (with Carlos Pacheco, 1995–1996)
"Baby I Love You" (with Mike S. Miller, Mike Wieringo, Jeffrey Moy and David A. Williams, in No. 91, 1994–1995)
"I Want You" (with Casey Jones, in No. 92, 1995)
"The Spire" (with Casey Jones, in No. 93, 1996)
"Days of Future Tense" (with Casey Jones, in No. 94, 1996)
"Amplified Heart" (with Carlos Pacheco, in No. 95, 1996)
Excalibur Visionaries: Warren Ellis Volume 3 (tpb, 272 pages, 2010, ) collects:
"Fireback" (with Carlos Pacheco, in #96, 1996)
"Counterfire" (with Casey Jones, in #97, 1996)
"Fireflies" (with Carlos Pacheco, in #98, 1996)
"Fire with Fire" (with Casey Jones, in #99, 1996)
"London's Burning" (with Randy Green, Rob Haynes and Casey Jones, in No. 100, 1996)
"Quiet" (with Casey Jones, in No. 101, 1996)
"After the Bomb" (with Casey Jones, in No. 102, 1996)
"Bend Sinister Reprise" (with Carlos Pacheco, in No. 103, 1996)
Pryde and Wisdom #1–3 (with Terry Dodson, Karl Story and Aaron Lopresti, 1996)
X-Calibre #1–4 (with Ken Lashley, 1995) collected in X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Volume 2 (tpb, 376 pages, 2006, )
Storm #1–4 (with Terry Dodson, 1996)
X-Men/WildC.A.T.s: The Dark Age (with Mat Broome, one-shot, 1998) collected in tpb, 194 pages, Image, 1998,
Wolverine #119–122 (with Leinil Francis Yu, 1997–1998) collected as Wolverine: Not Dead Yet (tpb, 96 pages, 1998, ; hc, 2009, )
X-Force (with Ian Edginton and Whilce Portacio):
Counter-X Volume 1 (tpb, 192 pages, 2008, ) collects:
"Games without Frontiers" (in #102–105, 2000)
"Murder Ballads" (with Lan Medina, Ariel Olivetti and Enrique Breccia, in #106–109, 2000)
Generation X (with Brian Wood and Steve Pugh):
Counter-X Volume 2 (tpb, 192 pages, 2008, ) collects:
"Correction" (in #63–66, 2000)
"Come on Die Young" (with Ron Lim and Alan Evans, in #67–70, 2000)
X-Man (with Steven Grant and Ariel Olivetti):
Counter-X Volume 3 (tpb, 192 pages, 2008, ) collects:
"No Direction Home" (in #63–66, 2000)
"Infinities of Evil" (in #67–70, 2000)
"Fearful Symmetries, Part One" (in #71, 2001)
Astonishing X-Men:
Ghost Box (hc, 184 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, ) collects:
"Ghost Box" (with Simone Bianchi, in #25–30, 2008–2009)
Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes #1–2 (with Alan Davis, Adi Granov, Clayton Crain and Kaare Andrews, 2008–2009)
Exogenetic (hc, 136 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, ) collects:
"Exogenetic" (with Phil Jimenez, in #31–35, 2009–2010)
Xenogenesis (hc, 160 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2011, ) collects:
Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis #1–5 (with Kaare Andrews, 2010)
Ghost Rider:
"Skin Games" (with Salvador Larroca, in No. 55, 1994)
"Wish for Pain" (with Javier Saltares, in Annual No. 2, 1994)
Marvel/Top Cow: The Crossover Collection (tpb, 304 pages, 2005, ) includes:
Ghost Rider/Ballistic: "Kill Everyone We See" (with Billy Tan, one-shot, 1997)
Druid #1–4 (with Leonardo Manco, 1995)
Daredevil #343: "Recross" (with Arvell Jones and Keith Pollard, 1995)
Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #80–82: "Earthquake Logic" (with Todd Dezago, Evan Skolnick, Mark Buckingham and Gary Frank, 1995)
Ruins #1–2 (with Cliff Nielsen, Terese Nielsen and Christopher Moeller, 1995)
What If #77: "What If... Legion Had Killed Magneto?" (with Benny R. Powell and Hector Gomez, 1995)
Thor #491–494 (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 1995–1996) collected as Thor: Worldengine (tpb, 96 pages, 1996, ; hc, 2011, )
Akira #38: "Candy Flower Napalm" (with Terry Shoemaker, Epic, 1996)
Carnage: Mind Bomb (with Kyle Hotz, one-shot, 1996)
Ultimate Fantastic Four:
Volume 1 (hc, 320 pages, 2005, ) includes:
"Doom" (with Stuart Immonen, in #7–12, 2004)
Volume 2 (hc, 240 pages, 2006, ) includes:
"N-Zone" (with Adam Kubert, in #13–18, 2005)
Ultimate Galactus Trilogy (hc, 368 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2009, ) collects:
Ultimate Nightmare #1–5 (with Trevor Hairsine and Steve Epting, 2004–2005) also collected as U-Nightmare (tpb, 120 pages, 2005, )
Ultimate Secret #1–4 (with Steve McNiven and Tom Raney, 2005) also collected as U-Secret (tpb, 96 pages, 2006, )
Ultimate Extinction #1–5 (with Brandon Peterson, 2006) also collected as U-Extinction (tpb, 120 pages, 2006, )
Iron Man v4 #1–6 (with Adi Granov 2005–2006) collected as Iron Man: Extremis (hc, 160 pages, 2006, ; tpb, 2007, )
Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. (with Stuart Immonen, 2006–2007) collected as:
This is What They Want (hc, 144 pages, 2006, ; tpb, 2007, )
I Kick Your Face (hc, 144 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2008, )
Ultimate Collection (tpb, 304 pages, 2010, )
newuniversal:
newuniversal #1–6 (with Salvador Larroca, 2007) collected as Volume 1 (hc, 152 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2008, )
newuniversal: Shockfront #1–2 (with Steve Kurth, 2008)
Thunderbolts (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 2007–2008) collected as:
Faith in Monsters (includes #110–115 and the Civil War: The Initiative one-shot, hc, 192 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2008, )
Caged Angels (collects #116–121, hc, 144 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, )
Ultimate Collection (tpb, 296 pages, 2011, )
Ultimate Human #1–4 (with Cary Nord, 2008) collected as U-Human (hc, 104 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, )
Ultimate Comics: Armor Wars #1–4 (with Steve Kurth, 2009–2010) collected as UC-AW (hc, 112 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, )
Osborn #1: "The Prime of Miss June Covington" (with Jamie McKelvie, 2010) collected in O: Evil Incarcerated (hc, 120 pages, 2011, )
Secret Avengers #16–21 (with Jamie McKelvie, Kev Walker, David Aja, Michael Lark and Alex Maleev, 2011–2012) collected as Secret Avengers: Run the Mission, Don't Get Caught, Save the World (hc, 144 pages, 2012, )
Avengers: Endless Wartime (with Mike McKone) (Marvel Original Graphic Novel, 120 pages, 2013, )
Avengers Assemble #21, #22.INH-23.INH, #24–25 (with Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matteo Buffagni, 2013–2014) collected as Avengers Assemble: The Forgeries of Jealousy (tpb, 112 pages, 2014, )
Moon Knight #1–6 (with Declan Shalvey, 2014) collected as Moon Knight Vol. 1: From the Dead (tpb, 136 pages, 2014, )
Captain Marvel #12–13 (with Kelly Sue DeConnick and David Lopez, 2015) collected in Captain Marvel Vol. 3: Alis, Volat, Propriis (tpb, 96 pages, 2015, )
Karnak #1–6 (with Gerardo Zaffino, 2015–2016)
DC Comics/Vertigo
Titles published by DC Comics and its Vertigo imprint include:
Batman:
Legends of the Dark Knight #83–84: "Infected" (with John McCrea, 1996) collected in Monsters (tpb, 192 pages, 2009, )
Gotham Knights #1: "To Become the Bat" (with Jim Lee, 2000) collected in Black & White Volume 2 (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, )
Batman: Detective Comics #1000 (with Becky Cloonan and others) 2019
Transmetropolitan (with Darick Robertson and various artists, 1997–2001) collected as:
Back on the Street (collects #1–6, tpb, 144 pages, 2009, )
Lust for Life (collects #7–12, tpb, 144 pages, 2009, )
Year of the Bastard (collects #13–18, tpb, 144 pages, 2009, )
The New Scum (collects #19–24 and short stories from Winter's Edge #2–3, tpb, 160 pages, 2009, )
Lonely City (collects #25–30, tpb, 144 pages, 2009, )
Gouge Away (collects #31–36, tpb, 144 pages, 2010, )
Spider's Thrash (collects #37–42, tpb, 144 pages, 2010, )
Dirge (collects #43–48, tpb, 144 pages, 2010, )
The Cure (collects #49–54, tpb, 144 pages, 2011, )
One More Time (collects #55–60, I Hate It Here and Filth of the City, tpb, 256 pages, 2011, )
Hellblazer:
Haunted (tpb, 144 pages, 2003, ) collects:
"Haunted" (with John Higgins, in #134–139, 1999)
Setting Sun (tpb, 96 pages, 2004, ) collects:
"Locked" (with Frank Teran, in No. 140, 1999)
"The Crib" (with Tim Bradstreet, in No. 141, 1999)
"Setting Sun" (with Javier Pulido, in No. 142, 1999)
"Telling Tales" (with Marcelo Frusin, in No. 143, 1999)
Orbiter (with Colleen Doran, graphic novel, hc, 104 pages, 2003, )
JLA Classified #10–15 (with Butch Guice, 2005–2006) collected as JLA Classified: New Maps of Hell (tpb, 136 pages, 2006, )
Jack Cross #1–4: "Love Will Get You Killed" (with Gary Erskine, 2005–2006)
Stealth Tribes (with Colleen Doran, graphic novel, forthcoming)
Image Comics
Titles published by Image include:
Celestine #1–2 (with Pat Lee, Extreme Studios, 1996)
Jinx: Buried Treasures (with Brian Michael Bendis, one-shot, 1998) collected in Total Sell Out (tpb, 184 pages, 2003, )
City of Silence #1–3 (with Gary Erskine, 2000) collected as City of Silence (tpb, 104 pages, 2004, )
Ministry of Space #1–3 (with Chris Weston, 2001–2004) collected as MoS (hc, 96 pages, 2005, ; tpb, 2006, )
Fell (with Ben Templesmith, 2005–...) collected as:
Feral City (collects #1–8, hc, 128 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2007, )
Trees #1- (with Jason Howard, 2014–)
"In Shadow" (#1–8, collected as Trees Volume 1: In Shadow, tpb, 2015, 160 pages, )
"Two Forests" (#9–14, collected as Trees Volume 2: Two Forests, tpb, 2016, 128 pages, )
Supreme: Blue Rose #1–7 (with Tula Lotay, 2014–2015)
Injection #1- (with Declan Shalvey, 2015–)
Volume 1 (Collects #1–5, tpb, 2015, 120 pages, )
Cemetery Beach #1-#7 (with Jason Howard, 2018–2019)
Wildstorm
Titles published by Wildstorm include:
Sword of Damocles #1–2 (with Randy Green, 1996)
DV8:
DV8: Rave (with Humberto Ramos, one-shot, 1996)
DV8: Neighborhood Threat (tpb, 176 pages, 2002, ) collects:
"Lust for Life" (with Humberto Ramos, in #1, 1996)
"Some Weird Sin" (with Humberto Ramos, in #2, 1996)
"Neighborhood Threat" (with Michael Lopez, in No. 3, 1996)
"Miss Drugstore" (with Humberto Ramos, in No. 4, 1996)
"Cigarettes & Alcohol" (with Juvaun Kirby, in #1/2, 1997)
"Isolation" (with Humberto Ramos, in No. 5, 1997)
"Tonight" (with Humberto Ramos and Kevin J. West, in No. 6, 1997)
"Shades" (with Shon C. Bury, Humberto Ramos, Jason Johnson and Al Rio, in No. 7, 1997)
"Three" (with Shon C. Bury, Michael Lopez and Juvaun Kirby, in No. 8, 1997)
Stormwatch (with Tom Raney, Pete Woods, Michael Ryan, Jim Lee, Oscar Jimenez, Bryan Hitch and Chris Sprouse, 1996–1998) collected as:
Force of Nature (collects v1 #37–42, tpb, 160 pages, 2000, )
Lighting Strikes (collects v1 #43–47, tpb, 144 pages, 2000, )
Change or Die (collects v1 #48–50 and v2 #1–3, tpb, 176 pages, 1999, )
A Finer World (collects v2 #4–9, tpb, 144 pages, 1999, )
Final Orbit (collects v2 #10–11 and WildC.A.T.s/Aliens one-shot, tpb, 96 pages, 2001, )
Gen¹³:
"London's Brilliant" (with Steve Dillon, in Annual No. 1, 1997)
"New York Confidential" (with Steve Dillon, in Bootleg Annual No. 1, 1998)
Planetary (with John Cassaday, 1999–2009) collected as:
All Over the World and Other Stories (collects #1–6, hc, 160 pages, 2001, ; tpb, 2000, )
The Fourth Man (collects #7–12, hc, 144 pages, 2001, ; tpb, 2001, )
Leaving the 20th Century (collects #13–18, hc, 192 pages, 2004, ; tpb, 2005, )
Spacetime Archaeology (collects #19–27, hc, 224 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, )
Crossing Worlds (tpb, 192 pages, 2004, ) collects:
Planetary/The Authority: Ruling the World (with Phil Jimenez, one-shot, 2000)
Planetary/JLA: Terra Occulta (with Jerry Ordway, one-shot, 2002)
Planetary/Batman: Night On Earth (with John Cassaday, one-shot, 2003)
Absolute Edition Volume 1 (collects #1–12, hc, 320 pages, 2010, )
Absolute Edition Volume 2 (collects #13–27, hc, 384 pages, 2010, )
The Authority (with Bryan Hitch, 1999–2000) collected as:
Relentless (collects #1–8, tpb, 192 pages, 2000, )
Under New Management (includes #9–12, tpb, 192 pages, 2000, )
Earth Inferno and Other Stories (tpb, 192 pages, 2002, ) includes:
"Orbital" (with Cully Hamner, in Wildstorm Summer Special one-shot, 2001)
Absolute Edition Volume 1 (collects #1–12, hc, 320 pages, 2002, )
Global Frequency:
Planet Ablaze (tpb, 144 pages, 2004, ) collects:
"Bombhead" (with Garry Leach, in No. 1, 2002)
"Big Wheel" (with Glenn Fabry, in No. 2, 2003)
"Invasive" (with Steve Dillon, in No. 3, 2003)
"Hundred" (with Roy Allan Martinez, in No. 4, 2003)
"Big Sky" (with Jon J. Muth, in No. 5, 2003)
"The Run" (with David Lloyd, in No. 6, 2003)
Detonation Radio (tpb, 144 pages, 2004, ) collects:
"Detonation" (with Simon Bisley, in No. 7, 2002)
"Untitled" (with Chris Sprouse, in No. 8, 2003)
"Untitled" (with Lee Bermejo, in No. 9, 2003)
"Superviolence" (with Tomm Coker, in No. 10, 2003)
"Aleph" (with Jason Pearson, in No. 11, 2004)
"Harpoon" (with Gene Ha, in No. 12, 2004)
Reload/Mek (tpb, 144 pages, 2004, ) collects:
Mek #1–3 (with Steve Rolston, 2003)
Reload #1–3 (with Paul Gulacy, Homage, 2003)
Red/Tokyo Storm Warning (tpb, 144 pages, 2004, ) collects:
Tokyo Storm Warning #1–3 (with James Raiz, Cliffhanger, 2003)
Red #1–3 (with Cully Hamner, Homage, 2003)
Two-Step #1–3 (with Amanda Conner, 2003) collected as Two-Step (tpb, 128 pages, 2010, )
Ocean #1–6 (with Chris Sprouse, 2004–2005) collected as Ocean (tpb, 160 pages, 2005, )
Desolation Jones:
Made in England (tpb, 144 pages, 2006, ) collects:
"Made in England" (with J. H. Williams III, in #1–6, 2005–2006)
"To Be in England" (with Danijel Žeželj, in #7–8, 2006–2007)
Avatar Press
Titles published by Avatar include:
Gravel:
Gravel: Never a Dull Day (hc, 576 pages, 2008, ) collects:
Strange Kiss #1–3 (with Mike Wolfer, 1999–2000)
Stranger Kisses #1–3 (with Mike Wolfer, 2001)
Strange Killings #1–3 (with Mike Wolfer, 2002)
Strange Killings: Body Orchard #1–6 (with Mike Wolfer, 2002–2003)
Strange Killings: Strong Medicine #1–3 (with Mike Wolfer, 2003)
Strange Killings: Necromancer #1–6 (with Mike Wolfer, 2004)
Gravel (with Mike Wolfer, Raulo Cáceres and Oscar Jimenez, 2007–2010) collected as:
Bloody Liars (collects #0–7, hc, 192 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, )
The Major Seven (collects #8–14, hc, 176 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, )
The Last King of England (collects #15–21, hc, 176 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, )
Threshold #25–30: "Dark Blue" (with Jacen Burrows, 2000) collected as Dark Blue (tpb, 72 pages, 2001, )
Bad World #1–3 (with Jacen Burrows, 2001) collected as Bad World (tpb, 80 pages, 2002, )
Scars #1–6 (with Jacen Burrows, 2002–2003) collected as Scars (tpb, 164 pages, 2004, )
Bad Signal (with Jacen Burrows, 1999–2000):
Volume 1 (tpb, 64 pages, 1999, )
Volume 2 (tpb, 64 pages, 2000, )
Blackgas (hc, 144 pages, 2007, ; tpb, 2007, ) collects:
Blackgas #1–3 (with Max Fiumara, 2006)
Blackgas 2 #1–3 (with Max Fiumara and Ryan Waterhouse, 2006–2007)
Wolfskin:
Volume 1 (hc, 120 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, ) collects:
Wolfskin #1–3 (with Juan Jose Ryp, 2006–2007)
Wolfskin Annual No. 1 (with Mike Wolfer and Gianluca Pagliarani, 2008)
Volume 2 (hc, 160 pages, 2012, ; tpb, 2012, ) collects:
Wolfskin: Hundredth Dream #1–6 (with Mike Wolfer and Gianluca Pagliarani, 2010–2011)
Black Summer #0–7 (with Juan Jose Ryp, 2007–2008) collected as BS (hc, 192 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, )
Doktor Sleepless (with Ivan Rodriguez, 2007–...) collected as:
Engines of Desire (collects #1–8, hc, 216 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, )
FreakAngels (with Paul Duffield, webcomic, 2008–2011) collected as:
Volume 1 (collects episodes #1–24, hc, 144 pages, 2008, ; tpb, 2008, )
Volume 2 (collects episodes #25–48, hc, 144 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, )
Volume 3 (collects episodes #49–72, hc, 144 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, )
Volume 4 (collects episodes #73–96, hc, 144 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, )
Volume 5 (collects episodes #97–120, hc, 144 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, )
Volume 6 (collects episodes #121–144, hc, 144 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, )
Anna Mercury:
Anna Mercury #1–5 (with Facundo Percio, 2008) collected as AM: The Cutter (hc, 144 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, )
Anna Mercury 2 #1–3 (with Facundo Percio, 2009)
No Hero #0–7 (with Juan Jose Ryp, 2008–2009) collected as No Hero (hc, 192 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, )
Ignition City #1–5 (with Gianluca Pagliarani, 2009) collected as IC Volume 1 (hc, 144 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, )
Supergod #1–5 (with Garrie Gastony, 2009–2010) collected as Supergod (hc, 128 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, )
Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island #1–4 (with Raulo Cáceres, 2010) collected as Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island (hc, 128 pages, 2011, ; tpb, 2011, )
Apparat
Titles published by Avatar's Apparat imprint include:
Warren Ellis' Apparat: The Singles Collection Volume 1 (tpb, 112 pages, 2005, ) collects:
Warren Ellis' Frank Ironwine (with Carla Speed McNeil, one-shot, 2004)
Warren Ellis' Quit City (with Laurenn McCubbin, one-shot, 2004)
Warren Ellis' Simon Spector (with Jacen Burrows, one-shot, 2004)
Warren Ellis' Angel Stomp Future (with Juan Jose Ryp, one-shot, 2004)
Crécy (with Raulo Cáceres, graphic novel, tpb, 48 pages, 2007, )
Aetheric Mechanics (with Gianluca Pagliarani, graphic novel, tpb, 48 pages, 2008, )
Frankenstein's Womb (with Marek Oleksicki, graphic novel, hc, 48 pages, 2009, ; tpb, 2009, 1-5929-1059-9)
Other US publishers
Titles published by various American publishers include:
Malibu:
The All-New Exiles #1: "Wave of Mutilation" (with Steven D. Butler, 1995)
Ultraforce:
"Burnt Offerings" (with Ian Edginton and John Royle, in #∞, 1995)
"Wave of Mutilation" (with Steven D. Butler, in #1–3, 1995)
"Becoming More Like God" (with George Pérez and Larry Welch, in Ultraforce/Avengers one-shot, 1995)
"Smoke and Bone" (with Ian Edginton, Darick Robertson, Jeff Johnson, Scott Kolins, Brandon McKinney and Christopher Schenck, in #5–7, 1996)
Caliber:
Calibrations #1–5: "Atmospherics" (with Ken Meyer, Jr., 1996) collected as Atmospherics (tpb, 48 pages, Avatar, 2002, )
Negative Burn #37: "Better Living Through Chemistry" (with Brian Michael Bendis, 1996)
Sherlock Holmes: The Sussex Vampire One shot. (with Craig Gilmore, 1996)
Vampirella Lives (Harris):
The Ellis Collection (tpb, 112 pages, 2010, ) collects:
"The Movement of Blood" (with Amanda Conner, in Vampirella 25th Anniversary Special, 1996)
"Vampirella Lives" (with Amanda Conner, in #1–3, 1996–1997))
"Necromance" (with Mark Beachum, in Vampirella/Dracula: The Centennial, 1997)
Vampirella/Shi: "Nine Kinds of Dirt" (with Louis Small, Jr., one-shot, 1997)
Shi/Vampirella: "In Rashomon" (with Kevin Lau, one-shot, Crusade Comics, 1997)
Starship Troopers: Insect Touch #1–3 (with Gordon Rennie, Davide Fabbri and Paolo Parente, Dark Horse, 1997) collected in Starship Troopers (tpb, 152 pages, 1998, )
Solar, Man of the Atom (with Darick Robertson, one-shot, Acclaim, 1997)
Down and Top Cow's Best of Warren Ellis (tpb, 176 pages, Top Cow, 2006, ) collects:
Tales of the Witchblade #3–4 (with Brian Ching and Billy Tan, 1997–1998)
Down #1–4 (with Tony Harris and Cully Hamner, 2005–2006)
No Justice/No Piece #2: "Manifesto" (with Robert James Luedke, Head Press, 1998)
Oni Press Color Special '02: "The Operation: Friday I'm in Love" (with Phil Hester, Oni Press, 2002)
Switchblade Honey (with Brandon McKinney, graphic novel, tpb, 72 pages, AiT/Planet Lar, 2003, )
Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead #1–4 (with Steve Pugh, Radical, 2009) collected as H:RftD (tpb, 128 pages, 2010, )
James Bond 007 with Jason Masters, Dynamite Entertainment, 2015–2016) collects:
James Bond 007 Volume 1: VARGR (collects #1–6, HC, 176 pages, 2016, )
James Bond 007 Volume 2: Eidolon (collects #7–12, HC, 152 pages, 2017, )
Shipwreck (comics) – After-Shock Comics – (2016 to current)
NovelsCrooked Little Vein (William Morrow, 2007)
Gun Machine (Mulholland Books, 2013)Amazon book's profile. Retrieved 16 August 2012.Normal (novella) (2016)
Short fiction
"At the zoo", Nature no. 408 (16 November 2000)
"Lich-House", An Aura of Familiarity: Visions from the Coming Age of Networked Matter (2013)
Dead Pig Collector (July 2013)
"The Shipping Forecast" Twelve Tomorrows, ed. Bruce Sterling (2014)
Elektrograd: Rusted Blood (2015)
"Headcold", Terraform (2016)
Nonfiction
Second Life Sketches, a weekly column about Second Life
Works on Ellis
Meaney, Patrick (director). Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts. Respect! Films and Sequart, 2011. Documentary film.
Walker, Cody (ed.). Keeping the World Strange: A Planetary Guide. Sequart, 2011.
Thurman, Kevin and Julian Darius. Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western Civilization. Sequart, 2013.
Nevett, Chad (ed.). Shot in the Face: A Savage Journey to the Heart of Transmetropolitan. Sequart, 2013.
Meaney, Patrick and Kevin Thurman. Warren Ellis: The Captured Ghosts Interviews. Sequart, 2013.
Appearances in others' work
He makes a lengthy cameo appearance in Powers'' volume 1 issue No. 7, in which much of his dialogue consists of actual quotations from Ellis' writings.
References
External links
The Complete Warren Ellis bibliography
Warren Ellis on Marvel.com
Warren Ellis at 2000 AD online
Warren Ellis at whitechapel
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2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections in Soccsksargen
Elections were held in Soccsksargen for seats in the House of Representatives of the Philippines on May 10, 2010.
The candidate with the most votes won that district's seat for the 15th Congress of the Philippines.
Note that in Cotabato City, although a part of this region, the voters elect their representative via Maguindanao's 1st district. Cotabato City is independent from any province and is a part of the SOCCSKSARGEN region, but is usually grouped with Maguindanao by the National Statistics Office.
Summary
Cotabato (North Cotabato)
1st District
Incumbent Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza is in her third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection; she is running as governor of Cotabato. Lakas-Kampi-CMD nominated incumbent governor Jesus Sacdalan as their nominee in this district.
2nd District
Bernardo Piñol, Jr. is the incumbent.
The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.
Sarangani
World-renowned boxer Manny Pacquiao is running once again after being defeated in South Cotabato's congressional race to incumbent Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio in 2007. As such, he moved to Sarangani and is vying for its open congressional seat left by out going Rep. Erwin Chiongbian. Pacquiao is running his own People's Champ Movement which is co-endorsed by the Nacionalista Party. He will face Rep. Chiongbian's third brother, Roy Chiongbian, a local businessman. Chiongbian is co-endorsed by the local Sarangani Reconciliation and Reformation Organization and Lakas Kampi CMD.
South Cotabato
1st District
Highly urbanized city General Santos is a part of South Cotabato's first district.
Incumbent Darlene Antonino-Custodio is in her third consecutive term already and his run For of Mayor General Santos City . The Nationalist People's Coalition nominated General Santos mayor Pedro Acharon, Jr. in this district.
2nd District
Incumbent Arthur Pingoy, Jr. is in his third consecutive term already and is ineligible for reelection and running for governor. Lakas-Kampi-CMD nominated Hilario de Pedro III in this district.
Sultan Kudarat
1st District
Pax Mangudadatu is the incumbent.
2nd District
Arnold Go is the incumbent.
References
External links
Official website of the Commission on Elections
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Houses of Parliament (disambiguation)
The Houses of Parliament is the Palace of Westminster, the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords of the United Kingdom.
Houses of Parliament may also refer to:
Chambers of parliament, the two houses of bicameral legislatures
Houses of Parliament (Monet series), a series of paintings by Claude Monet of the Palace of Westminster
Irish Houses of Parliament, seat of the former Parliament of Ireland
Malaysian Houses of Parliament, seat of the Parliament of Malaysia
See also
Parliament House (disambiguation)
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Club 7
Club 7 was a cultural club in Oslo, Norway, active from 1963 to 1985. It was regarded a centre for counterculture in Norway in the 1960s through the 1970s. There was a wide tolerance for alternative lifestyles, including homosexuality.
History
Club 7 was established in 1963 by Attila Horvath and Odd Schou. The first meeting took place at Kafé René at Lilletorget, Oslo. Among the pioneers was also poet Kate Næss, who is credited for inventing the name of the club. The name "Club 7" is supposed to mean the club should be "more than sex" (the number 6 in Norwegian is pronounced like "sex"). The avant-garde theatre Scene 7 was started in 1966, with Sossen Krohg as artistical director. Other club activities were jazz concerts, poetry evenings, rock concerts, exhibitions, café and activities for children. The club had various locations over years, including Drammensveien 64, the Edderkoppen Theatre, the restaurant Kongen near Frognerkilen, and the Oslo Concert Hall. In the 1970s the club was located in Vika, in block D of Oslo Concert Hall, where it covered an area of 1,400 square meters, and had an average number of 300 visitors per evening. The club had its own library, gallery and newspaper. It hosted blues concerts, folk concerts and jazz concerts, movie shows and dance evenings. The theatre staged experimental plays by playwrights such as Ionesco, Fo and Cocteau. Among the theatre's greatest successes was a dance performance based on Gerd Brantenberg's novel Egalias døtre. Jens Bjørneboe's play Tilfellet Torgersen ("") premiered at Scene 7 on 25 January 1973. The theatre also showed a series of children's plays written by Sossen Krohg, starting with Skinka Nøff og Grynta som ikke ville bli julebord in 1975.
The club closed in 1985 after bankruptcy.
References
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Ashton, East Northamptonshire
Ashton is a village and civil parish about ¾ mile east of Oundle in the east of the English county of Northamptonshire forming part of the district of East Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 219.
History
Ashton was re-built in 1900 by the Rothschild family for estate workers. Since 1965 it has hosted the World Conker Championship traditionally on the second Sunday of October. This is now held between Ashton and nearby Polebrook.
The village is the birthplace of Dame Miriam Rothschild a noted natural scientist and author.
In 1952 George and Lillian Peach were murdered at their home in the village. The crime remains Northamptonshire's oldest unsolved murder case.
Notable buildings
Ashton Wold was built in 1900 for the Honourable Charles Rothschild (d. 1923, suicide). The architect was William Huckvale and the house is in the Tudor style.
Many of the cottages in the village date from 1900-01 and were designed by Huckvale. Two more cottages were added in 1945 in the same style; Pevsner refers to Ashton as a model village. The cottages are Tudor style and thatched. Almost all of the buildings the village are Grade II or II* listed.
The Creed Chapel and adjacent school building date from 1705, the manor house from the 15th century.
References
External links
Listed Buildings in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England from British Listed Buildings website
A short history of Ashton and the Rothschild Family from the Estate website
Details of the World Conker Championship organised by Ashton Conker Club
A short history of the village and the pub from the Chequered Skipper website
The Parish Church of Oundle with Ashton
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Davis Hall
Davis Hall may refer to:
Davis Memorial Hall, building on Washington & Jefferson campus
Barbara and Jack Davis Hall, building on the University at Buffalo campus
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Royal Naval Patrol Service
The Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) was a branch of the Royal Navy active during both the First and Second World Wars. The RNPS operated many small auxiliary vessels such as naval trawlers for anti-submarine and minesweeping operations to protect coastal Britain and convoys.
History
The Royal Naval Patrol Service has its origins in the Great War when the threat of mine warfare was first realized by the British Admiralty. The pre-war Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, is credited with recommending the use of Grimsby trawlers for minesweeping operations following visits he made to various East Coast Ports in 1907. Grimsby, with its impressive docklands and trawler fleet was seen as ideal, with the Commander-in-Chief arguing that the fishing fleet would be inactive in times of war as fishing grounds became war zones. It was also thought that trawlermen would be more skilled than naval ratings with regards to the handling of the sizeable warps and winches that would be required for mine sweeping as they were already accustomed to using them with the working of the trawl. The Admiralty Minesweeping Division remained active throughout the remainder of World War I until the end of the war when the trawlers were returned to their owners to resume fishing operations and the division was disbanded.
The need for a skilled minesweeping force was recognised to be a part of modern naval warfare and the Royal Navy later commissioned one flotilla of fleet minesweepers for the instruction of ratings and junior officers. Three trawlers were then added to the group along with the re-introduction of training in the Trawler Section of the Royal Naval Reserve and, under the new name of the Royal Naval Patrol Service courses in training began at Portland. As tensions mounted in the years before the Second World War training intensified for officers and ratings and experiments and developments in sweeping methods and equipment were carried out, including improvements made to the Oropesa Sweep, named after the trawler that first tried the method in 1918.
In the summer of 1939 the Admiralty purchased 67 trawlers with a further 20 newly constructed and at the outbreak of World War II every available minesweeper of the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Patrol Service was at her war station. , usually known as Sparrow's Nest, became the Central Depot of the Royal Naval Patrol Service, located at Lowestoft, the most easterly point of Great Britain, and then the closest British military establishment to the enemy until decommissioned in 1946. The Lowestoft War Memorial Museum in the town is housed in the old Royal Naval Patrol Service headquarters building.
Grimsby once again proved its worth in service to minesweeping, becoming the largest minesweeper base in Britain, and making possible the clearing of 34,858 mines from vital sea lanes by the brave men of the sweepers.
Harry Tate's Navy
The advantages of using small ships for minesweeping and other duties had been recognised in the First World War and many of the crews of the peacetime fishing fleets had been encouraged to join the Royal Naval Reserve. Because the majority were Reservists the RNPS became a "Navy within a Navy".
Because it used out-dated and poorly armed vessels, such as requisitioned trawlers crewed by ex-fishermen, the RNPS came to bear a number of unofficial titles that poked fun at it, such as "Harry Tate's Navy", "Churchill's pirates" and "Sparrows".
Because the peacetime crews became Naval seamen together they developed a special camaraderie. This camaraderie continued in the Service throughout World War II, even though by the end most RNPS members were "hostilities only" who had had little connection with the sea before the war.
The Royal Naval Patrol Service suffered over 250 lost vessels, more than any other branch of the Royal Navy Because of the dangers and losses faced by the men of the Royal Naval Patrol service, they were honoured in a statement made by Churchill and by a unique silver badge, worn on the sleeve of the serviceman's uniform, that was awarded to those who served six months or more in the RNPS.
Operations
The RNPS fought in all theatres of the war, from the Arctic to the Mediterranean, from the Atlantic to the Far East, involved in convoy duty, minesweeping and anti-submarine work. Most particularly they kept the British coast clear of the mines that were wreaking havoc with merchant ships.
One RNPS member, Lieutenant Richard Stannard won the Victoria Cross while in command of the Hull trawler Arab in the Namsos campaign.
Boats of the RNPS
The fighting fleet of the RNPS consisted of a range of vessels. In the days prior to World War II the Grimsby class sloop was used in mine sweeping and anti-submarine operations. This class is named after the port that was first recommended for use in minesweeping with its trawler fleet in 1907 by Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet Admiral Lord Beresford. In 1933 four of the new Halcyon-class minesweepers were laid down, regarded as 'fast sweepers'. They were 20 ft shorter than the Grimsby Class as the need for small vessels of shallow draught was recognised as crucial for working in minefields. By 1939, with the threat of war imminent, the more economically and rapidly built 'whale catcher' Flower-class corvettes were built.
With war now a certainty, the Admiralty expanded minesweeping fleets by purchasing 67 trawlers and ordering a further 20 trawlers to be purpose built, recognising their ideal suitability for sweeping. Hundreds more vessels would be requisitioned by the Admiralty as the war continued and more purpose built vessels were developed, including specially designed timber-hulled Motor MineSweepers (MMS class) that would be better protected from the threat of magnetic mines.
See also
Auxiliary Patrol
Royal Naval Reserve
History of the Royal Naval Reserve
Trawlers of the Royal Navy
Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy
References
Notes
Reading List
Brown, James (1994) Harry Tate's Navy: One Man's Story of the Royal Naval Patrol Service.
Featherbe, F.C. (1994) Churchill's Pirates: Royal Naval Patrol Service, 1939–1945, the Veterans' Stories.
Featherbe, F.C. (1996) More Tales from Churchill's Pirates: Royal Naval Patrol Service, 1939–1945, the Veterans' Stories.
Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry (1971) The Trawlers go to War
RNPS Book list
Royal Naval Patrol Service Booklist
Books about the RNPS
External links
Royal Naval Patrol Service or Harry Tate's Navy
Royal Naval Patrol Service on facebook
Royal Naval Patrol Service Association
The RN Mine Minewarfare Branch
History of Minewarfare or Clearance Diving
YouTube – Minesweeping WW2
BBC Archive of World War II memories
A personal account
Royal Naval Patrol Service Museum
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Eunidia kristenseni
Eunidia kristenseni is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911. It is known from tropical Africa.
Subspecies
Eunidia kristenseni kristenseni Aurivillius, 1911
Eunidia kristenseni sabiensis Breuning, 1981
Varieties
Eunidia kristenseni var. albida Breuning, 1940
Eunidia kristenseni var. flavomaculata Breuning, 1942
References
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The Hague Ethical Guidelines
The Hague Ethical Guidelines is a set of ethical principles regarding responsible conduct in the chemical sciences and to guard against the misuse of chemistry. The guidelines were developed by a group of chemical practitioners from around the world together with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and are endorsed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
References
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Sal Viscuso
Sal Viscuso (born October 5, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor.
Acting career
His most notable role was as the uncredited, unseen P.A. system announcer in the long-running TV series M*A*S*H. He also made several one-shot appearances as other characters throughout the series, usually as a patient at the 4077th. He is also known for playing one of the most controversial TV characters of the 1970s, Father Timothy Flotsky on the television series Soap, a Roman Catholic priest struggling with his vow of celibacy. He appeared in the movies Spaceballs and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Viscuso appeared in four different roles on the sitcom Barney Miller. He has appeared in Diagnosis: Murder alongside Dick Van Dyke, and starred in an internationally syndicated Pepsi Cola commercial. He also played several weeks of the game show Pyramid with Dick Clark from 1977 to 1981.
Viscuso was one of two regular public address announcers in the series M*A*S*H. The more commonly heard voice was that of actor Todd Susman. Some sources also list Viscuso as the PA announcer in the film MASH, though this is not accurate. (The voice of the PA announcer in the movie was actor David Arkin, who played Sgt. Vollmer as well.)
The comedy series Childrens Hospital paid homage to Viscuso and his role on M*A*S*H by naming the unseen PA announcer (played by Michael Cera) Sal Viscuso.
He played the recurring role of "Bobby Bigmouth" on the TV series, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Education
Viscuso attended University of California, Davis where he was active in theater.
References
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Kasia Domanska
Kasia Domanska (born 15 February 1972 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish painter.
She studied in the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she graduated in 1995.
She has participated in numerous individual and group exhibitions.
Domanska’ paintings have been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions including the National Museum in Warsaw, she was selected for acceptance into the Biennales in Florence, The National Festival "The Supermarket of Art" two times and she has been a finalist the Art & Business competition "Painting of the Year" two times. Her work has been published in many media publications such as ELLE, Artinfo, Sztuka, Warsaw Business Journal, Rzeczpospolita, Twoj Styl Magazine, Wp.pl, Wprost and were featured in the major television news programs.
She has developed her own recognizable style. In her paintings, reality is difficult to separate from fiction. Hyperrealistic literality of details is not only a stylistic effort, but rather a manifestation of a certain perception of reality. Domanska’s paintings relate to the reality of uncontrolled permeation of imitation and original. The literary meaning of seemingly banal and superficial beauty of reproduced objects and situations is also the background of symbolic celebration of emotions, feelings, reflections and affirmations of nature. Compositions from the “Pool” series make one’s soul feel blissful. Fatigue disappears, thoughts begin to circulate lazily. By employing images of sunny beaches, bright blue sky, beach umbrellas, gentle waves, beautiful women in warm-hued bikinis and children playing in the sand, Ms Domanska presents a carefree, lazy summer, while at the same time challenging the definition of beauty with a carefully maintained distance.
References
Further reading
Agnieszka Rayzacher, Katarzyna Świerzak - "The Most Sinister Brushes"/ "Najgroźniejsze Pędzle", Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza (2000),
ELLE, Obrazy jak fotografie, 10.2009
l'éclat, Kasia Domańska, 09.2009
Warsaw insider 10.2009,
WERANDA, Wspomnienie lata, 10.2009
PANI, Ciepło / zimno, 09.2009
Warsaw Business Journal, Summer, Summer's last stand, 09.2009
WPROST, Kasia Domańska Summer, 09.2009
Sztuka.pl, Kasia Domańska z cyklu Summer, 09.2009
O.pl, Katarzyna Domańska - Summer, 09.2009
Wp.pl, Summer Kasi Domańskiej, 08.2009
O.pl, Wystawa Kasi Domańskiej, 08.2009
Artinfo, Summertime O cyklu Summer Kasi Domańskiej, 08.2009
Activist, Summer, 08.2009
Artbiznes, Summer, 09.2009
NOBLE CONSIERGE, Wystawa Kasi Domańskiej, 09.2009
WOMAN, Raj utracony, Kama Zboralska, 06.2008
PANI, Raj odzyskany, Kama Zboralska, 03.2006
RZECZPOSPOLITA, Monika Małkowska, Mokro malowane, Piąta Aleja, 04.2005
FAKT, EUROPA 13.04.2005
TWÓJ STYL, Katarzyna Rzehak, Wielki plusk, 04.2005
O.pl, Informacja o wystawie "Basen", 04.2005
Artbiznes, Informacja o wystawie "Basen", 04.2005
Artinfo, Relacja z wystawy "Basen", 04.2005
Culture.pl Zapowiedź wystawy "Kwiaty są piękne", 12.2003
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Joseph Petrosino
Joseph Petrosino (born Giuseppe Petrosino, ; August 30, 1860 – March 12, 1909) was a New York City police officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime. Crime fighting techniques that Petrosino pioneered are still practiced by law enforcement agencies.
Early years and family
Petrosino was born in Padula, a comune in the province of Salerno, in the Southern Italian region of Campania. Joseph was sent with a young cousin (Antonio Puppolo) to live with his grandfather in New York City. A streetcar accident took the life of the grandfather, and the two young cousins wound up in orphans/surrogates court. Rather than send the children to the orphanage, the judge took them home to his own family, and provided for the boys until relatives in Italy could be contacted and arrangements made to bring over family members. In consequence, Joseph Petrosino and his cousin Anthony Puppolo lived with a "politically connected" Irish household for some time, and this opened educational and employment avenues not always available to more recent immigrants, especially Italian ones. In 1874, the remainder of the Petrosino family immigrated to the United States.
Petrosino married the widow Adelina Saulino (1869–1957), with whom he had a daughter, Adelina Petrosino Burke (1908–2004), who gave birth to Susan Burke. Burke represents the Petrosino family at functions honoring the fallen NYPD hero.
Career
On October 19, 1883, he joined the NYPD. He was the first Italian language speaker in the NYPD's history. At , he had to get a waiver of the department's minimum height requirement. He became friends with Theodore Roosevelt, who was a member of the council of police commissioners which governed the NYPD. Fluent in several Italian dialects, Petrosino was able to 'make' cases that other officers could not. His ability to solve crimes in the Italian community was such that whenever a serious crime took place in that area, his superiors would call out, "Send for the Dago!"
On July 20, 1895, Roosevelt promoted him to detective sergeant in charge of the department's Homicide Division. The pinnacle of his career came in December 1908 when he was promoted to lieutenant and placed in charge of the Italian Squad, an elite corps of Italian-American detectives assembled specifically to deal with the criminal activities of organizations like the Mafia, which Petrosino saw as a shame upon decent Italians and Italian Americans.
The Black Hand and Enrico Caruso
One notable case in Petrosino's stint with the Italian Squad involved the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, who was performing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He was being extorted by Black Hand gangsters who demanded money in exchange for his life. It was Petrosino, a lover of opera, who convinced Caruso to help him catch those behind the blackmail.
Assassination of William McKinley
A second notable case in Petrosino's stint with the Italian Squad was his infiltration of an Italian-based anarchist organization that was suspected of ties with the King Umberto I assassination in 1900. During his mission, he discovered evidence that the organization intended to assassinate President William McKinley during his trip to Buffalo, New York. Petrosino warned the Secret Service, but McKinley ignored the warning, even after Roosevelt, who had by this time become vice president of the United States, vouched for Petrosino's abilities. McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz during his visit to Buffalo's Pan-American Exposition on September 6, 1901.
Arrest of Cascio Ferro
Petrosino's investigations into Mafia activities led him to Vito Cascio Ferro, then a low ranking Black Hand affiliate. In 1903, Petrosino arrested him on suspicion of murder, but Cascio Ferro was acquitted. Ferro later returned to Sicily, where he progressed increasingly to the top rank of the Sicilian Mafia. Cascio Ferro later was suspected of Petrosino's murder.
Petrosino also investigated the infamous "barrel murders" case of 1903.
Assassination
In 1909, Petrosino made plans to travel to Palermo, Sicily on a secret mission. A recently passed federal law allowed the U.S. government to deport any alien who had lived in the country for less than three years if that alien had been convicted of a crime in another country. Petrosino was armed with a long list of known Italian criminals who had taken up residence in the United States, and intended to get enough evidence of their criminal pasts to throw them out of the country once and for all. However, Theodore A. Bingham, police commissioner of New York, gave the story of Petrosino's mission to a New York newspaper while Petrosino was abroad. On March 12, 1909, after arriving in Palermo, Petrosino was invited to a rendezvous in the city's Piazza Marina in order to receive information about the Mafia. While waiting for his "informant", Petrosino was shot to death.
The day after Petrosino's shooting, the detective's Italian Branch received an anonymous letter stating that the New York Black Hand had arranged the murder. The letter named members of the Morello crime family: Joe Morello, Vincenzo Terranova, Ciro Terranova, Giuseppe Fontana, Ignazio Milone, and Pietro Inzarillo. Cascio Ferro worked with these men during his three-year tenure in New York, so their involvement is possible, but "We will probably never know for sure whether or not the letter was a hoax."
Vito Cascio Ferro was arrested for Petrosino's murder, but was released after an associate provided an alibi. Allegedly, he later (when convicted for murder) claimed that he personally killed once "a gallant man, not an enemy."
Palermo's police commissioner, Baldassare Ceola, listed five Sicilian suspects:
Pasquale Enea, links with the Black Hand in New York
Giuseppe Fontana, previously involved with a murder in Sicily and Black Hand activities in New York
Gioacchino Lima, previously charged with a murder, brother-in-law to Giuseppe Morello
Ignazio Milone, worked with Fontana in New York
Giovanni Pecoraro, links to Sicilian and New York crime, and Vito Cascio Ferro
Enrico Alfano had been linked to Petrosino's murder, when he began to run a gambling den in the basement of 108 Mulberry Street; Alfano became one of the primary underworld targets of Petrosino who believed he was a big player in the New York branch of the Camorra. On 17 April 1907, Petrosino and his agents raided the apartment at 108 Mulberry Street where Alfano was living and arrested him. The arrest caused a sensation in Naples.
Author and historian Mike Dash identified the most likely assassins as Carlo Costantino and Antonio Passananti. Costantino and Passananti died in the late 1930s and in March 1969, respectively. In 2014, during an (unrelated) investigation by Italian police, a descendant claimed that Paolo Palazzotto, a henchman of the Fontana crime ring of Palermo, was the actual killer, executing Cascio Ferro's "hit."
Funeral
Funeral rites for Petrosino were performed in Palermo, after which his body was sent to New York aboard the English S/S Slavonia, arriving April 9. On April 12, 1909, funeral rites were conducted in St. Patrick's Cathedral, with over 200,000 people taking part in the funeral procession. New York City declared the day of his burial a holiday to allow its citizens to pay their respects. A pillar topped with an elaborate bust, inaugurated a year after his death, marks his gravesite in Queens, New York, Calvary Cemetery. Multiple organized crime notables are buried there, including members of the Morello crime family which he investigated, (e.g., Giuseppe "Peter" Morello (the Clutch Hand), Ignazio "Lupo the Wolf" Lupo (1877–1947), and the Terranova brothers (who rest in bare graves).
Aftermath
On July 17, 1909, Baldassare Ceola was relieved of his position as the police commissioner of Palermo, and on the same day, Theodore Bingham stepped down as police commissioner of New York.
Petrosino's widow (b. 1869) died in 1957.
In memoriam
In 1987, the name of a small triangular park in lower Manhattan was changed from Kenmare Square to Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Square in his honor. It is bounded by Cleveland Place and Lafayette and Kenmare streets, two blocks north of the old police headquarters at 240 Centre Street at the juncture of the Little Italy, Nolita, and SoHo neighborhoods.
There is also an exhibit dedicated to Petrosino in the Italian American Museum, located at 155 Mulberry Street in Manhattan's Little Italy. The exhibit pays tribute to him by displaying unique memorabilia documenting his career. It includes photographs, a vintage 45 LP record, an original Black Hand letter, as well as both artwork and a comic book about his life. A plaster cast from the original 2014 bronze relief in Petrosino Square was donated to the museum by its creator, artist Carter Jones.
On March 12, 2003, a small memorial (an engraved brass plate on a pole) was erected on Piazza Marina, Palermo in Petrosino's remembrance.
The Joe Petrosino Prize for Investigative Reporting (in Italian: Certosa di Padula Joe Petrosino Prize) was named in his honor.
In 2010, the Italian Post released a postage stamp to commemorate his 150th birthday.The stamp features Petrosino's picture with the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge in the background.
In popular culture
In film
Three biographical films have been made of Petrosino's life, including: Sidney M. Goldin's The Adventures of Lieutenant Petrosino (1912); Pay or Die (1960), starring Ernest Borgnine; and The Black Hand (1973), starring Lionel Stander.
The character of Lieutenant Louis Lorelli (J. Carrol Naish) in The Black Hand (1950), starring Gene Kelly, is modeled on Petrosino.
In literature
British novelist Frederick Nolan has written two novels based on Petrosino's career with the NYPD: No Place to Be a Cop (1974) and Kill Petrosino! (1975).
Petrosino appears in Laurie Fabiano's novel Elizabeth Street (2010).
The January/February 2010 issue of Playboy published the article "Petrosino vs. The Black Hand", written by novelist/screenwriter James Dalessandro.
In My Ears Are Bent, Joseph Mitchell's collection of his feature articles from the 1930s, Petrosino appears as "Louis Sittenberg, the famous New York detective who was killed on a trip to Italy to bring back a Black Hand agent." Whether Mitchell's informant was confused or Mitchell changed Petrosino's name for some reason is not known.
In 2017, American journalist Stephan Talty wrote The Black Hand, a non-fiction book based on Petrosino's life and career.
In television
Petrosino's story is discussed in the two-hour History Channel program Godfathers, which features commentary by Mario Cuomo, former governor of New York, and Bernard Kerik, former police commissioner of New York City.
He has been the subject of two Italian television dramas: He was portrayed in Petrosino (miniseries, 1972, directed by Daniele D'Anza) by Adolfo Celi and in Joe Petrosino (TV movie, 2006) by Beppe Fiorello.
See also
List of victims of the Sicilian Mafia
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38th Legislative District (New Jersey)
New Jersey's 38th Legislative District is one of 40 districts that make up the map for the New Jersey Legislature. It covers the Bergen County municipalities of Bergenfield, Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Hasbrouck Heights, Lodi, Maywood, New Milford, Oradell, Paramus, River Edge, Rochelle Park, and Saddle Brook and the Passaic County borough of Hawthorne.
Demographic information
As of the 2010 United States Census, the district had a population of 222,394, of whom 177,874 (80.0%) were of voting age. The racial makeup of the district was 155,330 (69.8%) White, 7,431 (3.3%) African American, 448 (0.2%) Native American, 42,309 (19.0%) Asian, 66 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 10,957 (4.9%) from some other race, and 5,853 (2.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37,591 (16.9%) of the population.
The district had 155,128 registered voters , of whom 65,448 (42.2%) were registered as unaffiliated, 54,902 (35.4%) were registered as Democrats, 33,168 (21.4%) were registered as Republicans, and 1,610 (1.0%) were registered to other parties.
Political representation
The district is represented for the 2020–2021 Legislative Session (Senate, General Assembly) in the State Senate by Joseph Lagana (D, Paramus) and in the General Assembly by Lisa Swain (D, Fair Lawn) and Chris Tully (D, Bergenfield).
District history
Since the creation of the 40-district legislative map in 1973, the 38th District has always included Paramus, though early in the lifetime of the 40-district map, Hackensack was also within the district. In the 1973 version of the map, and in the decade following the 1981 redistricting, Paramus and Hackensack anchored the 38th District with numerous nearby municipalities in central Bergen County compromising the remainder of the district. In the 1991 redistricting, the 38th became more of a crescent shape stretching from Cliffside Park and Palisades Park, northwest to Elmwood Park, then north and east to Paramus and Oradell. This shape was slightly modified in 2001 when that year's redistricting extended the 38th to the Hudson River picking up Fort Lee and Edgewater. The crescent shape of the district was removed in the
2011 redistricting when it changed to a T-shaped district extending out of Bergen County for the first time.
Election history
In October 2015, Anthony Cappola left the race for an Assembly seat in the 38th District and resigned from office as a member of the River Edge Borough Council, following disclosures that he had written and published a 2003 book titled Outrageous that was described as "full of racial slurs, rants and stereotypes". The Bergen County Republican Organization filed suit in Passaic County, seeking to replace Cappola's spot on the ballot with Fernando Alonso and offering to cover the $100,000 cost of reprinting ballots. Bergen County Clerk John Hogan argued that absentee ballots had already been printed and distributed, with nearly ballots already completed and submitted to the Clerk's Office. The Republicans unexpectedly dropped the effort to have the candidate replaced on October 13 and Cappola later announced his intention to continue in the race. Ultimately Cappola and his running mate Mark DiPisa were defeated by Democratic incumbents Tim Eustace and Joseph Lagana.
All three seats became vacant in 2018. Robert M. Gordon resigned his Senate seat on April 4, 2018 to accept an appointment to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Democratic committee members in Bergen and Passaic Counties unanimously selected Assemblyman Lagana over Assemblyman Eustace (after the latter withdrew to back Lagana) to replace Gordon in the Senate on April 11; he took his Senate seat on April 12. The following day on April 13, Eustace resigned his seat to become Deputy Director of the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission. Committee members selected Fair Lawn Mayor Lisa Swain and Congressional aide and former Bergenfield Council President Chris Tully as the replacements in the Assembly; they were sworn in on May 24.
Election results
Senate
Assembly
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Southern Vietnam
Southern Vietnam () is one of the three geographical regions of Vietnam, the other two being Northern and Central Vietnam. It includes 2 administrative regions, which in turn are divided into 19 First Tier units, of which 17 are provinces and 2 are municipalities.
Administration
Municipality (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương)
See also
The two other geographical regions:
Central Vietnam
Northern Vietnam
Cochinchina - a historical region of Southern Vietnam
References
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Sander van Looy
Sander van Looy (born 29 May 1997) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre back.
Professional career
Van Looy joined PEC Zwolle in 2012, and on 11 October 2017 signed his first professional contract for 1+2 years. Van Looy made his professional debut for PEC Zwolle in a 4–0 Eredivisie loss to ADO Den Haag on 22 December 2017.
References
External links
Eredivisie Profile
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Stizocera floridana
Stizocera floridana is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Linsley in 1949.
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Neoclinus monogrammus
Neoclinus monogrammus is a species of chaenopsid blenny found around Japan in the north-west Pacific Ocean where it is found on rocky areas which are subject to strong currents.
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Nidhi Singh
Nidhi Singh is an Indian television and film actress. She was known for her character as Tanya Nagpal in Permanent Roommates, an Indian web series created by The Viral Fever and Biswapati Sarkar in (2014-16). In 2018 she appeared as Ayesha Kumar in the film Dil Juunglee alongside Taapsee Pannu and Saqib Saleem. She made her debut through a multilingual short Khuli Khidki in 2013. Nidhi was nominated for the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actress in ITA Awards.
Life
Nidhi Singh was born on 1986 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. She studied from St. Mary's Convent Inter College in Prayagraj. Her father Birendra Singh is an Indian Railway personnel and mother Rashmi Singh. Nidhi has an elder brother Rishabh Singh and a younger brother Shashwat Singh, who is a Hindi and Tamil singer.
Filmography
Television
Permanent Roommates (2014-16) as Tanya Nagpal
Man's World (2015) as Persistent pick up line woman
Humorously Yours (2017) as Reporter
Apharan (2018)
Immature (2019) as Teacher
M.O.M. - Mission Over Mars (2019)
Awards and nomination
Indian Television Academy Awards
References
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Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Cuba)
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba (), also known as CITMA, is the Cuban government ministry which oversees state politics in matters of science, technology, environment and the usage of nuclear energy. Its headquarter is in a building of Calle Línea, a street of central Havana next to the Malecón, and part of Vedado, a ward of the municipal borough of Plaza de la Revolución.
History
It was founded in 1994, as successor of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. The current minister, Elba Rosa Pérez Montoya, in office from 2012, was preceded by José Miguel Miyar Barruecos, minister from March 2009 to March 2012.
Functions
CITMA promotes environmental policy and scientific research, as the peaceful usage of nuclear energy, in a coherent integration and coordinated way to contribute to the sustainable development of the state. Besides the common attributions to all the organisms of the central administration of the state, it has the following attributions and specific functions:
Propose and evaluate the strategy and the scientific and technological policies in correspondence with the economic and social development of the country, establishing the objectives, priorities, lines and programs that correspond and direct and control their execution.
Direct and control the process of preparation, execution and evaluation of scientific research and technological innovation programs.
Promote and facilitate the participation of the scientific community in the development and evaluation of science and technology strategies and policies.
Propose the strategy and policies to follow for the process of developing the plan and the budget for science and technological innovation in accordance with the approved priorities.
Direct, coordinate and control the process of integration of scientific, technological, productive and other factors; in the generation and usage of scientific-technical knowledge, through scientific centres and other forms of integration related to prioritized activities.
Agencies
This Cuban ministry delegates its functions to numerous agencies, centers and institutions related to its management area, among which are:
Environment Agency (Agencia de Medio Ambiente, AMA)
Center for Information, Management and Environmental Education (Centro de Información, Gestión y Educación Ambiental, CIGEA)
Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy (Instituto de Geofísica y Astronomía, IGA)
Institute of Tropical Geography (Instituto de Geografía Tropical, IGT)
Institute of Meteorology (Instituto de Meteorología, INSMET)
Center of Inspection and Environmental Control (Centro de Inspección y Control Ambiental, CICA)
National System of Protected Areas of Cuba (Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas de Cuba, SNAP)
See also
Council of Ministers of Cuba
Ministry of the Interior (MININT)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX)
References
External links
CITMA official website
CITMA on healthresearchweb.org
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As Sawm
As Sawm is a village in eastern Yemen. It is located in the Hadhramaut Governorate.
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Tyler Hemming
Tyler Hemming (born May 9, 1985 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian former soccer player who played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League, USL Premier Development League, Major League Soccer, Veikkausliiga, USL First Division, and the USSF Division 2.
Career
College and amateur
Hemming played college soccer at Hartwick College from 2003 until 2006, where he was named the Atlantic Soccer Conference Player of the Year in two consecutive years (2005 and 2006. In 2001, he signed with London City of the Canadian Professional Soccer League becoming the youngest player ever to compete in the league. During his tenure with London he was selected for the CPSL All-Star team for two straight seasons. He also played for two years with Ottawa Fury in the USL Premier Development League.
Professional
Hemming was drafted by Toronto FC as the 40th overall pick of the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played four games for Toronto in his debut season. The team's injury crisis late in the season allowed Hemming to start two matches. Hemming started at right midfield in Toronto FC's opening match of the 2008 season against Columbus, impressing in a losing effort. Although he started in the Columbus match, he did not play in the following three matches.
He was waived by Toronto FC on April 25, 2008, but rejoined the team in June due to a few unsuccessful spells trialing in Europe.
In September 2008 Hemming was offered a trial by Finnish Veikkausliiga side Tampere United. He made his first appearance for the Tampere-based club on September 13, 2008, in an away match against FC KooTeePee. After featuring in 4 matches, he suffered an injury which ruled him out for the rest of the season and the club decided not to offer him an extension to his contract.
On March 18, 2009, he signed with the Charleston Battery of the USL First Division.
On January 13, 2010 he was traded to the Montreal Impact of the USSF Division 2.In 2011, he returned to the PDL to sign with his hometown FC London.In 2012, he won the PDL Champrionship after defeating Carolina Dynamo by a score of 2-1.
International
On May 30, 2009, he made his Senior team debut against Cyprus, replacing Issey Nakajima-Farran in the 68th minute.
References
External links
Forest City London player profile
Charleston Battery bio
MLS player profile
TamU coach Ari Hjelm on Hemming (in Finnish)
Veikkausliiga Player profile (in Finnish)
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Genetically modified food in North America
Genetic engineering in North America is any genetic engineering activities in North America
the United States, Canada, and Mexico do not require labeling of genetically modified foods.
Canada
Mainland Canada is one of the world's largest producers of GM canola and also grows GM maize, soybean and sugarbeet. Health Canada, under the Food and Drugs Act, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are responsible for evaluating the safety and nutritional value of genetically modified foods. Environmental assessments of biotechnology-derived plants are carried out by the CFIA's Plant Biosafety Office (PBO). The Canadian regulatory system is based on whether a product has novel features regardless of method of origin. In other words, a product is regulated as GM if it carries some trait not previously found in the species whether it was generated using traditional breeding methods (e.g. selective breeding, cell fusion, mutation breeding) or genetic engineering. Canadian law requires that manufacturers and importers submit detailed scientific data to Health Canada for safety assessments for approval. This data includes: information on how the GM plant was developed; nucleic acid data that characterizes the genetic change; composition and nutritional data of the novel food compared to the original non-modified food' potential for new toxins; and potential for being an allergen. A decision is then made whether to approve the product for release along with any restrictions or requirements. Labeling of foods as products of Genetic Engineering or not products of Genetic Engineering is voluntary. The Canadian regulations were reviewed by the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee between 1999 and 2003, with the conclusion that the current level of regulation was satisfactory. The committee was accused by environmental and citizen groups of not representing the full spectrum of public interests by only having one member of the board of 20 representing non-governmental organisations and for being too closely aligned to industry groups.
Mexico
In February 2005, after consulting the Mexican Academy of Sciences, Mexico's senate passed a law allowing to plant and sell genetically modified cotton and soybean. The law requires all genetically modified products to be labelled according to guidelines issued by the Mexican Ministry of Health. In 2009, the government enacted statutory provisions for the regulation of genetically modified maize. Mexico is the center of diversity for maize and concerns had been raised about the impact genetically modified maize could have on local strains.
In 2013, a federal judge ordered Mexico’s SAGARPA (Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca, y Alimentación), which is Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture, and SEMARNAT (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales), equivalent of the EPA, to temporarily halt any new GMO corn permits, accepting a lawsuit brought by opponents of the crop.
United States
Federal regulation
The USA is the largest commercial grower of genetically modified crops in the world.
United States regulatory policy is governed by the Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology This regulatory policy framework that was developed under the Presidency of Ronald Reagan to ensure safety of the public and to ensure the continuing development of the fledgling biotechnology industry without overly burdensome regulation. The policy as it developed had three tenets: "(1) U.S. policy would focus on the product of genetic modification (GM) techniques, not the process itself, (2) only regulation grounded in verifiable scientific risks would be tolerated, and (3) GM products are on a continuum with existing products and, therefore, existing statutes are sufficient to review the products." In 2015 the Obama administration announced that it would update the way the government regulated genetically modified crops.
For a genetically modified organism to be approved for release, it must be assessed under the Plant Protection Act by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) agency within the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and may also be assessed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental protection agency (EPA), depending on the intended use of the organism. The USDA evaluates the plant's potential to become a weed. The FDA has a voluntary consultation process with the developers of genetically engineered plants. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which outlines FDA's responsibilities, does not require pre-market clearance of food, including genetically modified food plants. The EPA regulates genetically modified plants with pesticide properties, as well as agrochemical residues. Most genetically modified plants are reviewed by at least two of the agencies, with many subject to all three. Within the organization are departments that regulate different areas of GM food including, the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN, ) and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). As of 2008, all developers of genetically modified crops in the US had made use of the voluntary process. Final approval can still be denied by individual counties within each state. In 2004, Mendocino County, California became the first county to impose a ban on the "Propagation, Cultivation, Raising, and Growing of Genetically Modified Organisms", the measure passing with a 57% majority. In May, 2014 Jackson and Josephine Counties in Southern Oregon passed initiatives similar to that passed by Mendocino County; both passing by 2 to 1 margins.
Several laws govern the US regulatory agencies. These laws are statutes the agencies review when determining the safety of a particular GM food. These laws include:
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (EPA);
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (EPA);
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) (FDA and EPA);
The Plant Protection Act (PPA) (USDA);
The Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (VSTA) (USDA);
The Public Health Service Act (PHSA)(FDA);
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) (FDA)
The Meat Inspection Act (MIA)(USDA);
The Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (USDA);
The Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (USDA); and
The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA).
State regulation
Several states have passed regulations concerning labelling of GM food; Connecticut passed a GMO labeling bill in May 2013, but the bill will only be triggered after four other states enact similar legislation. On January 9, 2014, Maine’s governor signed a bill requiring labeling for foods made with GMO's, with a similar triggering mechanism as Connecticut's bill. In May 2014 Vermont passed a law requiring labeling of food containing ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms. A federal judge ruled Maui's GMO ban invalid.
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Knocking Piece II
Knocking Piece II is a piece of music by Ben Johnston. It is a continuation of Knocking Piece I. In both pieces, Johnston calls to demonstrate unconventional methods of playing conventional instruments. In Knocking Piece II, percussionists use bouncy balls, brushes on their playing surfaces as they also use a deck of cards for instructions.
The instrumentation of Knocking Piece II is undefined, and there are various symbols represent different actions. For example, “X” signifies super balls, which are the bouncy balls that are used to play the playing surface. Seven percussionists and one sound technician fulfill their duties according to the playing cards’ instructions. While seven percussionists play their playing surfaces, the sound technician uses the mixer or the soundboard to follow instructions.
In addition to some guidelines for allowing different qualities in the sound of the percussion instruments, a deck of cards is used to give further instructions. For example, suits determine loudness.
References
Johnston, Ben. Number Four: Knocking Piece II. Smith Publications, 1990.
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Art Acevedo
Hubert Arturo Acevedo (born July 31, 1964) is an American police officer and the incumbent chief of police of the Houston Police Department. He previously held the same position at the Austin Police Department following a career with the California Highway Patrol.
Background and education
Acevedo was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1964, immigrating to the United States at age four with his family in 1968. His father was a police officer in Havana. Acevedo grew up in El Monte, California, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1985. He attended Rio Hondo College, graduating in 1986 with an associate's degree in communications. In 2005, Acevedo graduated from University of La Verne with a bachelor's in public administration.
Career
Acevedo began his career as a field patrol officer in East Los Angeles with the California Highway Patrol in 1986 after graduation from their training academy. He rose to the rank of chief with CHP in 2005 before being hired as the chief of police for the Austin Police Department on June 14, 2007. In November 2016, Acevedo was hired as Houston police chief, filling a vacancy created after the retirement of Charles McClelland that February. Acevedo is the first person of Hispanic descent to lead the department.
Political views
Acevedo in January 2020 described himself as a registered Republican during his time in California, but a "lifelong RINO," or "Republican In Name Only." In the same interview, he addressed his outspokenness on gun violence and reiterated his support for the Violence Against Women Act and openness to decriminalization of some drugs.
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Yvonne Vale
Yvonne Vale (née van Bakel) (born 29 August 1970) is an association football goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level.
Vale made her Football Ferns début as a substitute in a 0–1 loss to Russia on 28 August 1994, and finished her international career with 13 caps to her credit.
Vale's son Jordan Vale represented New Zealand at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
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Henry John Bear
Henry John Bear is a Native American politician from Maine. In January 2013, he was sworn-in as the first elected member of the Maine House of Representatives representing the Maliseet people. He replaced David Slagger, who was appointed to the Maine House.
Bear grew up in Lewiston, Maine living in poverty. At 17, he joined the United States Coast Guard, where he met his wife, Violet Dotson. The two have four grown children and eight grandchildren. He and his family live in Houlton, Maine, where they operate a Maliseet respite care facility.
He was the Democratic candidate for the 144th district in the 2016 election. In November 2017, he became a member of the Maine Green Independent Party. Bear ran unsuccessfully for Maine's 2nd congressional district in 2018. The Maliseet people opted not to send a delegate to the Maine House of Representatives for 2019-2020 session.
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Carolina Theatre of Greensboro
The Carolina Theatre of Greensboro is Greensboro, North Carolina's only remaining historic theatre. It was billed as “The Showplace of the Carolinas” when it opened on Halloween night, 1927. The 2,200 seat structure was built for the Saenger-Publix Company, cost over $500,000 to build and was one of the first commercial buildings to be air conditioned in the state.
Early programs featured live performances, the Carolina Theatre Orchestra, the Carolina News newsreel, audience sing-alongs and silent films accompanied on the Robert Morton theatre organ. Saenger installed a Vitaphone sound system in 1928. The first "talkies" attracted sellout crowds. The first movie with sound shown at the Carolina was Glorious Betsy starring Conrad Nagle in 1928. The Jazz Singer was shown next.
When constructed, the auditorium had a segregated balcony plus a mezzanine. Black patrons entered by a separate stairway and could only sit in the balcony. As late as May, 1963, the theatre was segregated. On May 15, 1963, students from North Carolina A&T University and Bennett College blocked the theatre's entrance when they were refused entrance.
By the early 1970s, the theatre had declined and was slated for demolition by its owner, Jefferson Pilot Corporation, now Lincoln National Corporation. The United Arts Council of Greensboro raised $550,000 to purchase the building from Jefferson Pilot at a bargain price. The United Arts Council refurbished the Theatre before reopening it as a community arts performing arts center in 1978.
In 1981, a mentally disturbed woman burned down the theatre and necessitated a second refurbishment. The balcony was closed and later new lighting and sound systems installed. In its present configuration, the theatre seats 1,075.
Today, the Carolina Theatre is owned and operated by Carolina Theatre of Greensboro, Incorporated – a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. Brian Gray is currently Managing Director of the corporation.
The theatre is home to the Greensboro Ballet. Community Theatre of Greensboro mounts its annual production of The Wizard of Oz every November at The Carolina.
With the exception of several public grants for restoration and maintenance, the Theatre operates on its own receipts and private contributions. Current programming includes classic and artistic movies, touring performers and companies, local theatre and dance productions, and other nonprofit and corporate uses.
CTOG, Inc. is a member of the League of Historic American Theatres and North Carolina Presenters Consortium.
A renovation campaign to raise $2.5 million was announced September 14, 2017, with renovations complete in October 2018.
References
Guidestar link to IRS 990
External links
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North Carolina Presenters Consortium
League of Historic American Theatres Inventory
Cinema Treasures article on Carolina Theatre of Greensboro
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Adam Erdmann Trčka von Lípa
Adam Erdmann Trčka von Lípa (1599 – 23 February 1634) was a Bohemian nobleman and lieutenant field marshal, who fought during the course of the Thirty Years' War. He became a close associate of Imperial Generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein. He was killed in the Eger Bloodbath, the culmination of an internal purge which targeted Wallenstein's supporters within the Holy Roman army.
Biography
Adam was born in 1599, to Rudolph Trčka and Marie Magdalene von Lobkowitz. The Trčka and Lobkowitz families were two of the most powerful Bohemian noble families at the time, making him the heir of vast estates. Those included , Wlashim, Pilgram, Lounowitz, Jung Woschitz, Hermanmiestetz, Rziczan, Liechtenburg, Swietla, Habern, Seelau, Chotieborz, Opochno, Hohenbruck, Polná, Smidar and Kaunitz. The Trčkas supported the Bohemian Estates at the outbreak of the Bohemian Revolt in 1618, without directly taking part in the fighting. In the aftermath of the defeat of the rebels, numerous Trčka family estates were confiscated. Trčka entered the ranks of the Imperial army in 1626. On 28 August 1627, Trčka married Maximiliana von Harrach, the daughter of Karl von Harrach, Imperial privy councilor and one of the emperor's most influential advisors. Maximiliana's sisters were married to count Max von Waldstein and Imperial Generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein respectively. He then converted from Utraquism to Catholicism, securing his position at the forefront of Bohemia's political elite during the contemporary recatholicization campaign in Bohemia. His parents followed his example, taking back their lost estates. Nevertheless, his mother Marie Magdalene continued to practise Utraquism in secret.
In the meantime, Trčka's military career progressed quickly as he had gained Wallenstein's trust, delivering his messages to the emperor Ferdinand II. On 18 February 1628, the emperor bestowed upon Trčka the title of Hochwohlgeboren. In 1629, a peasant uprising broke out in the districts of Neustadt and Nachod (Trčka and Wallenstein's personal estates), the rebels were opposed to the Catholicization of the area. Trčka suppressed the uprising with Wallenstein's aid. On 23 February 1630, Wallenstein ordered Imperial field marshal Ramboldo, Count of Collalto to transfer seven flags of his infantry regiment to Trčka, whom he promoted to colonel. The emperor declared the order to be invalid, after troops under Trčka's command were accused of extorting money from the citizens of Königgratz, Nimburg and Welwarn. On 1 October, Trčka received the 500-man, Haugwitz Harquebusier Regiment instead, possibly after disproving the allegations. Trčka spent the following year recruiting soldiers for the needs of the Imperial army. In October–November 1631, Trčka represented Wallenstein in secret meetings with Swedish envoy Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, who failed to persuade Wallenstein to switch sides and join the Swedish army. In 1632, Trčka campaigned in Bohemia and around Nuremberg, on 6 November his cavalry distinguished themselves in the Battle of Lützen. He was then sent to Preßnitz. He returned to Bohemia before he was able to carry his assignment due to the death of his mother on 8 January 1633. He inherited his mother's estates, as the will excluded his brother Wilhelm.
From July until September, he represented the Imperial side in negotiations with the Saxon general Hans Georg von Arnim-Boitzenburg, securing several truces. On 6 October, Wallenstein requested Trčka to be promoted from colonel to lieutenant field marshal, the order was approved by the emperor eight days later. He took part in the Silesian and Brandenburg campaigns of that year, which resulted in the capture of Grossglogau, Frankfurt, Görlitz, and Bautzen. He then marched back to Bohemia passing through Kittlitz, Schluckenau, Kritzitz and Leitmeritz where his force united with that of Matthias Gallas.
Trčka and the fall of Wallenstein
Wallenstein was increasingly criticized for his passivity in face of a Swedish incursion into Bavaria and the collapse of Lorraine under French pressure. His dislike of courtly life and the influence exerted by the church upon the emperor created an axis of undercover opposition that launched a smear campaign against him. On 11 January 1634, Gundakar, Prince of Liechtenstein sent Ferdinand II an official request, recommending Wallenstein's liquidation. A day later, Wallenstein summoned his colonels to sign the First Pilsner Reverse, a declaration of personal loyalty, 49 of them signed immediately while Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch and Scherffenberg gathered signatures in Silesia and Upper Austria respectively. Numerous commanders signed the Reverse so as not to arouse suspicion, while at the same time a party centered around Ottavio Piccolomini began circulating an anonymous tract that summarized the army's grudges against Wallenstein. On 17 February, Scherffenberg was arrested in Vienna. On 18 February, a second patent was released accusing Wallenstein of conspiracy and condemning him to death, its publication was delayed so as not to split the army in two. Wallenstein's letters refuting the accusations against him remained unanswered. After realizing that the emperor was positioning troops in such a manner as to surround him he decided to flee to the Swedes. Wallenstein, Trčka and other loyal officers departed from their headquarters on 22 February along with 1,300 men. Irish colonel Walter Butler, the leader of a group of Irish and Scottish officers hired by Piccolomini to assassinate Wallenstein, was ordered by the unsuspecting general to follow them with his 900 dragoons. On 24 February, Wallenstein reached Eger, where most of the trusted troops camped outside of the town as it was already garrisoned by Butler's dragoons and other anti-Wallenstein elements. The following day Christian von Ilow held a series of meetings with the would be assassins trying to persuade them to remain loyal to their commander. They made the decision to go on with Piccolomini's plan, fearing that they would be branded as rebels should they fail to do so. At 6.00 p.m., Wallenstein's inner circle consisting of Ilow, Trčka, Vilém Kinský and Captain Niemann were invited by the conspirators to the city's castle for a formal dinner. During the course of the dinner a servant nodded indicating that the conspirators were ready. Six dragoons burst into the dining hall shouting, "Who is a good Imperialist?", Butler, John Gordon and Walter Leslie rose from the table yelling "Long live Ferdinand!". Kinský was killed immediately, others met a similar fate. Wallenstein was killed in his residence at 10:00 p.m. An imperial decree equated the participants in the Eger Bloodbath with executioners. The purge continued with the execution of Schaffgotsch; a number of generals were imprisoned and lost their commands, while the possessions of the accused were confiscated and redistributed.
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MP 14
MP 14 may refer to:
MP 14 (Paris Métro)
USAMP Colonel Horace F. Spurgin (MP-14)
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Dashken Indian Reserve No. 22
Dashken Indian Reserve No. 22, officially Dashken 22, is an Indian reserve in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located on the east tip of Smith Island, which is immediately south of the Tsimpsean Peninsula and the City of Prince Rupert.
Dashken IR No. 22, which is 3.0 ha in area, is shared by the Lax Kw'alaams and Metlakatla governments.
See also
List of Indian reserves in British Columbia
References
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Timeline of DC Comics (1950s)
1950
February / March - The series The Adventures of Bob Hope was debuted.
June - The character Deadshot was debuted by David Vern Reed, Lew Sayre Schwartz and Bob Kane.
July - The character King Faraday was debuted by Robert Kanigher and Carmine Infantino. Atom Man vs. Superman film serial was debuted.
August / September - The series Strange Adventures was debuted.
September / October- The character Lana Lang was debuted by Bill Finger and John Sikela.
December - The first Knight and Squire are debuted by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang.
1951
1952
1953
1954
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
See also
Golden Age of Comics
Silver Age of Comics
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De Appel
De Appel is a contemporary arts centre, located in Amsterdam. Since it was founded in 1975 by Wies Smals, the goal of De Appel is to function as a stage for research and presentation of visual arts. Exhibitions, publications and discursive events are the main activities of De Appel. In 1994, Saskia Bos established an intensive course, called 'The Curatorial Programme'. Over a period of eight months a selective group of five to six people are trained to become a curator.
At the end of 2012, former director Ann Demeester initiated a new professional development programme in collaboration with The Fair Gallery: the Gallerist programme. This programme was the first practice-oriented educational course for (aspiring) gallery owners and (young) art professionals who wanted to deepen their curatorial and business competencies in the commercial segment of the art world.
Wies Smals established de Appel in 1975. The director of De Appel in 2014 and 2015 was Lorenzo Benedetti. The current director is Monika Szewczyk.
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Bay woodpecker
The bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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Jolie Holland and The Quiet Orkestra
Jolie Holland and the Quiet Orkestra Live is a live album recorded in November 2002 at the Birdhouse. The album includes tracks that subsequently appeared on Jolie Holland's Catalpa, Escondida, and Springtime Can Kill You albums. Alternatively, the album may be referred to as "Euphoria Jackson and the Quiet Orchestra."
Track listing
"Don't get trouble on your mind" – 3:44
"Spooky Pony Blues" – 4:06
"Do You . . . ?" – 4:28
"Sascha" – 3:58
"Catalpa Waltz" – 4:59
"Alley Flowers" – 4:17
"Nothing to do but dream" – 6:46
"Ghost Waltz" – 3:23
"Lay your black hand down" – 4:57
Personnel
Musicians - Enzo Garcia, Brian Miller, Kate Klaire, Sean Hayes, and Jolie Holland
Recorded by Simon DeGeorge
Producer - Jolie Holland
Mixing - Chris Arnold
Album photographer - Mary Beth Coyne
Album designer - Adam Wolf
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Hala Al Turk
Hala Al Turk (; born 15 May 2002) is a Bahraini singer. She became popular when she was selected for Arabs Got Talent in 2011. She subsequently sang to Platinum Records. In early 2015 she moved to "AlTurk Productions" which was sponsored by an Iranian Banking Firm however the company later filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The song "Nami Wa Jaa 'Al Qamar" (نامي وجاء القمر) exists as one song although it consists of two songs. She won Favourite Female Artist award in Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Abu Dhabi 2019.
Personal life
Hala Al Turk was born on 15 May 2002 in Manama, Bahrain, to a Bahraini-Jordanian music producer Mohamed Al Turk and Syrian mother Mona al Saber.
Hala Al Turk has 2 brothers namely Mohammed Al Turk & Hamood Al Turk.
Discography
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Company (Bluejuice album)
Company is the third and final studio album by the Australian rock band Bluejuice, released through Dew Process on 11 November 2011. The album peaked at number 23 on the ARIA Charts.
The album was supported by an Australian 'Sizzling 2012' tour in January 2012.
Reception
Beat Magazine said "Evoking the feeling of all great '80s bands like Hall and Oates, Men at Work, Chic and many more, the loveable Sydney lads have improved immensely from their spirited, fun-loving Head of the Hawk". Beat Magazine praised the song-writing and said "it's great to hear an Australian band unashamedly making high-concept pop, while addressing first world problems."
ABC music editor Anne-Marie Middlemast said "Mixing up pop, rock, electro and disco... Bluejuice are in their element on their latest record, Company... Losing none of their cheekiness and irreverent sense of humour"
Michael Dwyer from Rolling Stone said "Three albums in, these jive turkeys have cracked the rhythmic code... and built a funk-pop wall of sound around it".
Track listing
"Can't Keep Up" - 2:43
"Act Yr Age" - 3:20
"You Haven't Changed" - 1:58
"Cheap Trix" - 3:41
"I'll Put You On" - 2:30
"The Recession" - 3:03
"Aspen, New York" - 2:38
"Shock" - 2:41
"Do You Will?" - 2:15
"Dressed for Success" - 2:10
"Kindaevil" - 2:32
"On My Own" - 3:17
Charts
Release history
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Amudalachalaka
Amudalachalaka is a village in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is administered under Eluru revenue division.
Demographics
Amudalachalaka is located in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. It has a population of 475 of which 219 are males while 256 are females as per Population Census 2011. The population of children with age 0-6 is 59. Average Sex Ratio of the village is 1169 which is higher than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio of the village is 1458 as per census, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939. The village has higher literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, its literacy rate was 71.39% compared to 67.02% of Andhra Pradesh.
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Koen Casteels
Koen Casteels (born 25 June 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for German club VfL Wolfsburg.
Formed at Genk, he spent most of his professional career in Germany with 1899 Hoffenheim, Werder Bremen (loan) and VfL Wolfsburg, making over 100 Bundesliga appearances.
Casteels made 37 appearances for Belgium up to under-21 level. He was first called up for the senior team in 2013 and was part of their squad that came third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Casteels was developed at K.R.C. Genk where he was a teammate of fellow goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. He was initially regarded as better than Courtois, but while he and several of the club's other goalkeepers were injured, Courtois broke into the team.
Casteels was signed by VfL Wolfsburg from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in January 2015, but spent the first six months of the three-and-a-half-year contract on loan at Werder Bremen. He played for Wolfsburg in the 2015 DFL-Supercup, saving from Xabi Alonso in the penalty shootout as his team won after a 1–1 draw.
When Diego Benaglio left Wolfsburg in June 2017, Casteels signed a new three-year contract with the club and was given the number 1 shirt. He appeared in all of the club's 34 Bundesliga matches during the 2017−18 season.
International career
Casteels was first called up to the senior Belgium team in 2013. He was going to be part of Belgium's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad but failed to recover from an injury and was replaced by Silvio Proto and then Sammy Bossut.
Manager Roberto Martínez often chose four goalkeepers in his international selections, and as the 2018 FIFA World Cup only permitted three, Casteels battled with Matz Sels for the final space behind Thibaut Courtois and Simon Mignolet. He was eventually chosen for the final 23-man squad to go to Russia.
Career statistics
1.Includes German Cup.
2.Includes Champions League.
3.Includes German Super Cup and Bundesliga relegation.
Honours
VfL Wolfsburg
DFL-Supercup: 2015
Belgium
FIFA World Cup third place: 2018
References
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Belgium stats at Belgian FA
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Girl Scout Little House
The Girl Scout Little House located at 448 W. 6th Ave. in Ashland in Clark County, Kansas was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
Its construction was a Works Progress Administration project during 1937, with the building opened in early 1938. It is a one-story structure which is in plan. It is built of native stone quarried north of Ashland.
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2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 26 and 27 February 2020.
Results
Qualifying
The qualifying was started on 26 February at 14:21. The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.
First round
The first round was started on 26 February at 20:48.
First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest
Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest
The winners of heats three and four advanced to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.
QG = qualified for gold medal final
QB = qualified for bronze medal final
Finals
The finals were started at 19:25.
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List of pseudo-German words adapted to English
This is a list of pseudo-German words adapted from the German language in such a way that their meanings in English are not readily understood by native speakers of German (usually because of the new circumstances in which these words are used in English).
blitz or "the Blitz" (chiefly British use) – The sustained attack by the German Luftwaffe during 1940–1941, which began after the Battle of Britain. It was adapted from "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war). The word "Blitz" (a bolt of lightning) was not used in German in its aerial-war aspect; it acquired an entirely new usage in English during World War II.
In British English, blitz is also used as a verb in a culinary context, to mean liquidise in a blender, a food processor or with a handheld blender stick.
In American football, a blitz occurs when some defensive players (other than those on the defensive line) abandon their normal positions, attack the offensive backfield, and try to overwhelm the offensive blockers before the quarterback or ball carrier can react. A blitz could cause a loss of yards, a sack, a risky throw, an incompletion, a fumble, or an interception. Because it can leave the defensive structure undermanned, a blitz is a high-risk, high-reward defensive strategy that can be used against either the passing game or the running game.
hock (British only) – A German white wine. The word is derived from Hochheim am Main, a town in Germany.
stein or beer stein – A beer mug made of stoneware or earthenware. The term is derived from German Steinzeug, "stoneware," a material that went out of fashion for beer mugs at the end of the 19th century and was replaced by glass. See Humpen.
Mox nix! – From the German phrase, "" Often used by U.S. servicemen to mean "It doesn't matter" or "It's not important".
strafe – In its sense of "to machine-gun troop assemblies and columns from the air", strafe is an adaptation of the German word strafen (punish).
See also
Linguistic purism in English
List of German expressions in English
Pseudo-anglicism
References
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Mataró
Mataró () is the capital and largest town of the comarca of the Maresme, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia Autonomous Community, Spain. It is located on the , to the south of Costa Brava, between Cabrera de Mar and Sant Andreu de Llavaneres, north-east of Barcelona. , it had a population of c. 122,932 inhabitants.
History
Mataró dates back to Roman times when it was a village known as "Iluro" or "Illuro". The ruins of a first-century BC Roman bath house (known locally as the Torre Llauder) were recently discovered and can be visited. The coastal follows the same path as the original Roman road, Via Augusta.
Mataró was declared a city by royal decree, even though at the time (nineteenth century) the population fell short of the requirement for city status.
The first railway in peninsular Spain was the Mataró – Barcelona line which opened on 28 October 1848 by the Catalan businessman and Mataró native Miquel Biada. This line now forms part of the RENFE/Rodalies de Catalunya R1 suburban service between L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and Maçanet-Massanes. Mataró is also connected with Barcelona and Girona by the (freeway) and with Granollers by the .
During the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Mataró was the starting point for the marathon events.
Main sights
Mataró is the birthplace of noucentista architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch, who designed the ajuntament (town hall) and several other notable buildings in the town:
Casa Coll i Regàs.
Casa Parera.
Casa Sisternes.
El Rengle.
La Beneficiència.
Nearby the town are the archaeological remains of the Roman villa of Can Llauder.
Agriculture
The traditional vineyards were devastated by Phylloxera in the nineteenth century and only partially replanted, due to the growth of the tourist industry and the development of irrigation in the area. Potatoes were one of the first replacement crops to be introduced, especially the Royal Kidney variety, and Mataró obtained a Denominació d'Origen in 1932. Trocadero lettuce and peas are also grown, mostly for export. The production of cut flowers is less important than in other towns of the Maresme. Irrigated land made up of the of agricultural land in the municipality in 1986 (47% of the municipal territory).
Climate
Mataró has a borderline humid subtropical climate (Cfa in Köppen climate classification) bordering with a Hot-summer mediterranean climate, (Köppen Csa).
Festivals, celebrations and events
Several major events are celebrated annually in Mataró. Some of them are also celebrated in the rest of Catalonia and others, which have a religious origin, are part of the folklore and traditions of Spain and some other countries. Among all of them the most popular ones are:
The three wise men in Mataró.
Carnival in Mataró: celebrated immediately before Lent.
Easter in Mataró: celebrated every year during one week on a movable date from the end of March to the very beginning of May
Saint George in Mataró: celebrated on 23 April. It is a big celebration although it is not a bank holiday.
St. John the Baptist in Mataró: celebrated on 24 June
Les Santes: local festivity of the city celebrated at the end of July. It involves the recognition of Saint Juliana and Saint Semproniana.
The caga Tió: celebrated in Catalonia on Christmas’ Eve, 24 December.
Mataró also celebrates several fairs such as:Tres Tombs and Saint Ponç In May it is celebrated a fair called Mercat de Sant Ponç. At the fair handicraft products, medicinal herbs, natural products like: honey, cheese, fruits, flowers, jam and salami are sold. Sant Ponç is the patron saint of the herbalists and bee keepers. The fair has been done for centuries. Its origins date to the 16th century, when in Spring herbalists took medicine to the sick. Today Sant Ponç fair is celebrated to preserve the antique customs.
Festival "Cultural Crossroad".
International Dance Festival "Days of Dance".
Twin towns
Cehegín, Spain
Dürnau, Germany
Gammelshausen, Germany
Créteil, France
Corsico, Italy
Fort Lauderdale, The United States of America
See also
Mataró Museum.
Roman villa of Can Llauder.
Can Marfà Knitwear Museum.
References
Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). Guia de Catalunya, Barcelona: Caixa de Catalunya. (Spanish). (Catalan).
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Alphabetical cricket teams
Between 1786 and 1833, eight first-class matches were played by teams which were apparently selected alphabetically, though not always by design. For example, a match might have players with surnames beginning A to K on one side and players with surnames beginning L to Z on the other. It is possible that other similar matches were played to c.1825 but, if so, the records have not survived. The idea has not been repeated at first-class level since 1833.
1786
In August 1786, a match at Moulsey Hurst was played between teams from Hampshire (organised by the Hambledon Club) and Kent, the venue in Surrey being neutral. The main source for the match is Arthur Haygarth's Scores & Biographies (S&B). Haygarth reports a curiosity in that the Kent XI "consisted entirely of A's, B's and C's" and he says that, "in another account" (possibly Grand Matches of Cricket 1771 to 1791 by W. Epps), "the two sides are called A, B and C's v. the rest of the Alphabet". Haygarth, who often complained in S&B about inconsistent titling of matches, adds that the Hambledon Club's Old Scores scorebook calls the match "Earl of Winchilsea's Side" versus "Sir Horace (Horatio) Mann's Side" but he rejects this and states that "it is decidedly a match between Hambledon Club (Hampshire) and Kent". His title is "Hambledon Club, with Lumpy versus Kent, with Bedster". In its Important Matches guide, the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) calls the match "ABC v Rest of Alphabet". CricketArchive agrees with the ACS and has called the match "A to C v Rest of the Alphabet".
Haygarth is not entirely correct in his analysis of the two teams because Hambledon included four players from elsewhere and Kent two. Lumpy Stevens of Chertsey and Surrey was, as Haygarth says, a "given man" on the Hambledon/Hampshire side but, in addition, the team included Earl of Winchilsea (White Conduit Club), Edward Hussey (Kent) and William Fennex (Middlesex). The other seven players were all Hambledon men: John Small, Harry Walker, Tom Walker, Tom Taylor, Noah Mann, Richard Purchase and David Harris. On the Kent side, the given man was William Bedster who, like Stevens, was employed by the Earl of Tankerville and played for Chertsey and Surrey. Kent included George T. Boult of Berkshire and, later, Middlesex. The other nine were usually associated with Kent: Stephen Amherst, James Aylward (though he played for Hampshire until 1779), Francis Booker, John Boorman, William Bowra, William Brazier, William Bullen, Robert Clifford and Henry Crozoer.
1787 to 1789
According to CricketArchive (CA), teams called "A to M" and "N to Z" played each other five times in three seasons from 1787. The main secondary source for the five matches is again S&B which calls the two teams "Earl of Winchilsea's Side" and "Sir Horace (Horatio) Mann's Side". There is nothing in S&B to suggest that the teams were organised alphabetically. Furthermore, the so-called "A to M" teams included Tom Taylor and the "N to Z" included James Aylward and William Fennex. CA claims that these were "given men" and also that the two patrons evidently alternated between the teams, which would put Winchilsea into "A to M" and Mann into "N to Z". The S&B version is supported by the ACS.
1831 to 1833
Two A to K versus L to Z matches were played in 1831 and 1833. These were genuine alphabetical matches. They were both played at Lord's by teams of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) members supplemented by leading professionals including Jem Broadbridge, William Lillywhite, Fuller Pilch and Ned Wenman. The 1833 match was 12-a-side.
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Aidan Cummins
Aidan Cummins (born 1979) is an Irish hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Kilkenny senior team.
Cummins joined the team during the 2000 championship and was a regular member of the team until his retirement from inter-county hurling after four seasons. During that time he won three All-Ireland winners' medals as a non-playing substitute and one National Hurling League winners' medal on the field of play.
At club level Cummins is a three-time All-Ireland medalist with Ballyhale Shamrocks. In addition to this he has also won four Leinster winners' medals and six championship medals.
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May Arida
May Arida (; 1926–2018) was a Lebanese socialite who helped found the Baalbek International Festival, for which she served as president from 1973 to 2016.
She was born May al-Khoury Saadeh () in Beirut, Lebanon in 1927, to Habib al-Khoury Saadeh () and his wife Marie Saab al-Khoury Saadeh (). She married Ibrahim Sursock in 1942. They had three daughters, Amal, Jumana, and Linda. By 1950, they had separated, and she had married Carlos Arida.
She was elected president of the Lebanese Water Skiing Federation from 1953 to 1961. In 1955, Lebanese president Camille Chamoun initiated the founding of the Baalbeck International Festival to foster international appreciation of Lebanese arts, and Arida was tasked with organizing the music and ballet components. She became the president of the festival in 1973. The Lebanese Civil War, beginning in 1975, disrupted the festival, though Arida said that the committee continued to meet and "never slowed its activities... even in times of war" ("n’a jamais freiné ses activités... même en période de guerre"). The war ended in 1990, and in 1997 the festival was revived.
Arida received a number of international honors for her patronage of the arts and international exchange, including the Gold Medal of Lebanese Merit in 1976, Knight of France's Legion of Honour in 1978, Commander of Lebanon's National Order of the Cedar in 2000, Commander of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity in 2005, and Commander of Spain's Order of Isabella the Catholic in 2009.
In 2013, she was the subject of a biography written in French by Nabil el-Azan, titled May Arida: Le rêve de Baalbeck ("The Dream of Baalbeck").
She resigned from the Baalbek International Festival in 2016. Arida died in 2018.
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1876 Huntingdon by-election
The Huntingdon by-election of 1876 was fought on 16 February 1876. The byelection was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Burgess Karslake. It was won by the Conservative candidate Viscount Hinchingbrooke.
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Torrejón de Ardoz
Torrejón de Ardoz () is a municipality in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain.
It is located 20 km east of the city of Madrid, on the Autovía A-2 (Madrid-Barcelona highway). It is essentially a dormitory town, mostly consisting of apartments, a large mall and a park containing models of many famous European landmarks.
The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen), an agency of the European Union, is located in Torrejón de Ardoz. It is also the location of the headquarters of the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), the Spanish space agency.
The Torrejon Air Base also lies on Torrejón de Ardoz. This military facility also receives business jets. For years, the United States Air Force jointly occupied the base under agreements made with Francisco Franco, protecting NATO's southern flank. One of the election platforms of Felipe González's Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was to close the base to the American fighter wing. Once González became prime minister, the lease of the then 401st Tactical Fighter Wing (now the 401st Air Expeditionary Wing) was not renewed and the F-16 fighter wing left the base in the early 1990s.
History
Torrejón in Spanish means small or malformed tower. While there is no certainty of the origin of Torrejón de Ardoz, it probably dates from the 12th century, associated to fortifications built to protect Alcalá de Henares.
In 1843 it was the place of a short battle between general Ramón Narvaez and senator Antonio Seoane, as part of the rebellion against Espartero.
During the opening stages of the Spanish Civil War, the fields between Torrejón and Paracuellos del Jarama were the site of the Paracuellos massacre, in which many Nationalist soldiers and alleged civilian supporters were killed by Republican militiamen.
Recently, it was the birthplace of former Toronto Raptors forward Jorge Garbajosa, Real Madrid midfielder Guti, Oregon governor Kate Brown and professional wrestler and mayor of Knox County Glenn Jacobs, better known by his ring name Kane. The last two were children of US airmen based there.
Climate
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Johann Adam Reincken
Johann Adam Reincken (also Jan Adams, Jean Adam, Reinken, Reinkinck, Reincke, Reinicke, Reinike; baptized 10 December 1643 – 24 November 1722) was a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important composers of the 17th century, a friend of Dieterich Buxtehude and a major influence on Johann Sebastian Bach; however, very few of his works survive to this day.
Life
The widespread claims about Reincken's exceptional longevity stem from Johann Mattheson, who, writing in 1722, gave his date of birth as 27 April 1623. However, Reincken himself stated (on the title page of Hortus musicus) that his birthplace was Deventer, and no records were found there to support Mattheson's claim. A "Jan Reinse" was baptized in Deventer on 10 December 1643; this is the date currently accepted by most scholars, although it is in many ways as problematic as that given by Mattheson.
Reincken received primary music education in Deventer in 1650–54, from Lucas van Lennick, organist of the Grote kerk (Lebuinuskerk). In 1654 he departed for Hamburg to study under Heinrich Scheidemann, a pupil of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist of St. Katharine's Church (Katharinenkirche). In 1657 he returned to Deventer and became organist of the Bergkerk on 11 March; however, after only a year he left for Hamburg again, this time to become Scheidemann's assistant. When the older composer died in 1663, Reincken succeeded him at St. Katharine's. In 1665 he married one of Scheidemann's daughters, and their only child Margaretha-Maria was born three years later.
The composer kept his position at St. Katharine's until his death in 1722, although in 1705 some of the church elders attempted to appoint Johann Mattheson as Reincken's successor. Unlike many other contemporary organists, Reincken died wealthy. In his lifetime he was heralded as one of the best organists in Germany; he knew Dieterich Buxtehude closely and influenced Vincent Lübeck and Johann Sebastian Bach. The latter may have met him; a well-known apocryphal anecdote describes how Reincken and Bach met, and how, after Bach improvised a lengthy fantasia on the Lutheran chorale "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" (paying homage to Reincken's massive fantasia on the same chorale), Reincken remarked: "I thought that this art was dead, but I see that it lives in you." Christoph Wolff adds as a further detail of this visit by Bach to Hamburg in 1720, that on that occasion he performed the organ fugue BWV 542, the theme of which is based on a Dutch popular tune (called 'Ik ben gegroet van...'), presumably as an homage to Reincken's Dutch origin. At any rate, Bach was evidently deeply impressed by Reincken's music, arranging several of the works from Hortus musicus (as BWV 954, 965 and 966). In 2006, the earliest known Bach autograph was discovered in Weimar: a copy of Reincken's An Wasserflüssen Babylon, which Bach made for his then teacher Georg Böhm in Lüneburg in 1700.
List of works
Keyboard
Chorale fantasia An Wasserflüssen Babylon
Chorale fantasia Was kann uns kommen an für Not
Variations on Schweiget mir von Weibernehmen (la Meyerin) (Amsterdam, c. 1710)
Variations on Holländische Nachtigahl (Amsterdam, c. 1710)
Ballett with Variations (Amsterdam, c. 1710)
Toccata in G major
Toccata in G minor (doubtful)
Toccata quasi Fantasia con Fuge in A major, (doubtful)
Fugue in G minor (spurious)
8 harpsichord suites
Musicalischer Clavierschatz del J.A. Reincken (1702, lost)
Other instrumental
Hortus Musicus (1688), 6 sonatas and suites for 2 violins, viola da gamba and basso continuo
Sonaten, Concertaten, Allemanden, Correnten, Sarabanden und Chiguen (1704), for 2 violins and harpsichord (lost)
Canons
Was Gott thut, das ist wohl getan
Canon a 3 voci in Hypodiapason per Augmentationem
Notes
References
Wolff, Christoph, "Johan Sebastian Bach; The Learned Musician" (W.W. Norton & Co, New York, 2000)
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World Trade Center Chennai
The World Trade Center Chennai is a commercial center under construction at Perungudi in Chennai, India. It is expected to be operational in 2020. The center will consist of 1,800,000 sq ft of office space. The complex will also include a conference/exhibition center. The centre is a member of the international World Trade Centers Association (WTCA).
History
In 2016, India's Brigade Group and Singapore's GIC, a sovereign wealth fund, jointly acquired a 16-acre land parcel at Perungudi, purchased from Kansai Nerolac Paints for 5378.6 million. The land acquisition was facilitated by Perungudi Real Estates, a special purpose vehicle formed by Brigade Enterprises and GIC, with the help of real estate firm Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL). Construction of a world trade center (WTC) and residential units, entailing an investment of more than 10,000 million has been planned on the land. The foundation stone was laid on 9 June 2017.
It is expected to be operational by March 2020.
Features
The complex consists of five towers, including two office towers and a hotel tower. Developed as a Grade A++ commercial development, all the towers have three basements. The first office tower will have 28 floors (ground and 27 floors) above the street, the second office tower 20 floors (ground and 19 floors), the third (hotel) tower 8 floors, and the fourth (restaurant) and the fifth (cafetaria and utility) towers 5 floors each. The total floor space of the construction would be 2,500,000 sq ft. It includes development of more than 1.8 million square feet of premium office space spread across two towers. Upon completion, the towers will be the tallest commercial structure in Chennai. It consists of premium retail and hotel within the campus. Once fully operational, the WTC can house 20,000 to 25,000 employees. A 300-unit high-end residential apartments will also be constructed.
The development will be led by the WTCA. WTC has become an important landmark of Chennai city.
See also
List of world trade centers
List of tallest buildings in Chennai
Architecture of Chennai
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Ron Penny
Ronald Penny, (28 December 1936 – 21 December 2019) was an Australian immunologist who made the first diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in Australia in 1982.
Early life
Penny was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1936, and in 1938 his Jewish family settled in Australia as religious refugees.
Medical career
In 1960, Penny graduated with honours from Sydney Medical School, and undertook further study in haematology, oncology and immunology in Britain and the United States. In 1967, he returned to Australia and began work at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, where he set up the first clinical immunology unit in New South Wales. Two years later, the unit was transferred to St Vincent's Hospital.
In October 1982, Penny and his team at St Vincent's made the first diagnosis of HIV/AIDS in Australia, just over a year after the first clinical reporting of the disease in the United States. In addition to identifying sources of primary HIV infection, Penny also worked to address the community and public health aspects of the epidemic, from debunking misconceptions about the transmission of HIV and the resulting discrimination against homosexual men, and adjusting community behaviour to better control transmission such as condom use and safer intravenous drug use.
Awards and honours
In the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours, Penny was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "service to medical research and education particularly in the field of clinical immunology".
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Battle of Amiens (1918)
The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy (), was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began on 8 August 1918, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, that ultimately led to the end of the First World War. Allied forces advanced over on the first day, one of the greatest advances of the war, with Gen Henry Rawlinson's British Fourth Army (with 9 of its 19 divisions supplied by the fast moving Australian Corps of Lt Gen John Monash and Canadian Corps of Lt Gen Arthur Currie) playing the decisive role. The battle is also notable for its effects on both sides' morale and the large number of surrendering German forces. This led Erich Ludendorff to later describe the first day of the battle as "the black day of the German Army". Amiens was one of the first major battles involving armoured warfare.
Prelude
On 21 March 1918, the German Army had launched Operation Michael, the first in a series of attacks planned to drive the Allies back along the length of the Western Front. After the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with revolutionary-controlled Russia, the Germans were able to transfer hundreds of thousands of men to the Western Front, giving them a significant, if temporary, advantage in manpower and material. These offensives were intended to translate this advantage into victory. Operation Michael was intended to defeat the right wing of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), but a lack of success around Arras ensured the ultimate failure of the offensive. A final effort was aimed at the town of Amiens, a vital railway junction, but the advance had been halted at Villers-Bretonneux by British and Australian troops on 4 April.
Subsequent German offensives—Operation Georgette (9–11 April), Operation Blücher-Yorck (27 May), Operation Gneisenau (9 June) and Operation Marne-Rheims (15–17 July)—all made advances elsewhere on the Western Front, but failed to achieve a decisive breakthrough.
By the end of the Marne-Rheims offensive, the German manpower advantage had been spent and their supplies and troops were exhausted. The Allied general, General Ferdinand Foch, ordered a counteroffensive which led to victory at the Second Battle of the Marne, following which he was promoted to Marshal of France. The Germans, recognising their untenable position, withdrew from the Marne to the north. Foch now tried to move the Allies back onto the offensive.
Plan
Foch disclosed his plan on 23 July 1918, following the allied victory at the Battle of Soissons. The plan called for reducing the Saint-Mihiel salient (which would later see combat in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel) and freeing the railway lines that ran through Amiens from German shellfire.
The commander of the British Expeditionary Force, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, already had plans in place for an attack near Amiens. When the British retreat had ended in April, the headquarters of the British Fourth Army under General Sir Henry Rawlinson had taken over the front astride the Somme. Its left hand corps was the British III Corps under Lieutenant General Richard Butler, while the Australian Corps under Lieutenant General John Monash held the right flank and linked up with French armies to the south. On 30 May, all the Australian infantry divisions were united under the corps HQ, for the first time on the Western Front. The Australians had mounted a number of local counter-attacks which both revealed the suitability of the open and firm terrain south of the Somme for a larger offensive, and established and refined the methods which were to be used.
Rawlinson had submitted Monash's proposals to Haig in July and Haig had forwarded them to Foch. At a meeting on 24 July, Foch agreed to the plan but insisted that the French First Army, which held the front to the south of the British Fourth Army, should participate. Rawlinson opposed this as his and Monash's plans depended on the large-scale use of tanks (now finally available in large numbers) to achieve surprise, by avoiding a preliminary bombardment. The French First Army lacked tanks and would be forced to bombard the German positions before the infantry advance began, thus removing the element of surprise. Eventually, it was agreed that the French would participate, but not launch their attack until 45 minutes after the Fourth Army. It was also agreed to advance the proposed date of the attack from 10 August to 8 August, to strike the Germans before they had completed their withdrawal from the Marne salient.
Rawlinson had already finalised his plans in discussion with his Corps commanders (Butler, Monash, Sir Arthur Currie of the Canadian Corps and Lieutenant General Charles Kavanagh of the Cavalry Corps) on 21 July. For the first time, the Australians would attack side by side with the Canadian Corps. Both had a reputation for aggressive and innovative tactics and a strong record of success over the past two years.
The tactical methods had been tested by the Australians in a local counter-attack at the Battle of Hamel on 4 July. The German defenders of Hamel were deeply dug in, and their position commanded a very wide field of fire. Similar positions had resisted capture for two months in the Battle of the Somme. The Australians had used surprise rather than weight at Hamel. The artillery had opened fire only at the moment the infantry and tanks advanced, and the Germans were rapidly overrun.
A key factor in the final plan was secrecy. There was to be no artillery bombardment a significant time before the attack, as was the usual practice, only fire immediately prior to the advance of Australian, Canadian, and British forces. The final plan for the Fourth Army involved 1,386 field guns and howitzers and 684 heavy guns, making up 27 medium artillery brigades and thirteen heavy batteries, in addition to the infantry divisions' artillery. The fire plan for the Fourth Army's artillery was devised by Monash's senior artillery officer, Major General C. E. D. Budworth. British sound ranging advances in artillery techniques and aerial photographic reconnaissance made it possible to dispense with "ranging shots" to ensure accurate fire. Budworth had produced a timetable which allowed 504 out of 530 German guns to be hit at "zero hour", while a creeping barrage preceded the infantry. This method was similar to the Feuerwalze which the Germans themselves had used in their Spring Offensive, but its effectiveness was increased by the surprise achieved.
There were also to be 580 tanks. The Canadian and Australian Corps were each allocated a brigade of four battalions, with 108 Mark V fighting tanks, 36 Mark V "Star", and 24 unarmed tanks intended to carry supplies and ammunition forward. A single battalion of Mark V tanks was allocated to III Corps. The Cavalry Corps were allocated two battalions each of 48 Medium Mark A Whippet tanks.
The Allies had successfully moved the Canadian Corps of four infantry divisions to Amiens without them being detected by the Germans. This was a noteworthy achievement and reflected well on the increasingly efficient staff work of the British armies. A detachment from the Corps of two infantry battalions, a wireless unit and a casualty clearing station had been sent to the front near Ypres to bluff the Germans that the entire Corps was moving north to Flanders. The Canadian Corps was not fully in position until 7 August. To maintain secrecy, the Allied commanders pasted the notice "Keep Your Mouth Shut" into orders issued to the men, and referred to the action as a "raid" rather than an "offensive".
Preliminaries
Although the Germans were still on the offensive in late July 1918, the Allied armies were growing in strength, as more American units arrived in France, and British reinforcements were transferred from the Home Army in Britain and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. The German commanders realised in early August that their forces might be forced onto the defensive, though Amiens was not considered to be a likely front. The Germans believed the French would probably attack the Saint-Mihiel front east of Rheims, or in Flanders near Mount Kemmel, while they believed the British would attack along either the Lys or near Albert. The Allies had indeed mounted a number of local counter-offensives in these sectors, both to gain local objectives to improve their defensive positions and to distract attention from the Amiens sector. German forces began to withdraw from the Lys and other fronts in response to these theories. The Allies maintained equal artillery and air fire along their various fronts, moving troops only at night, and feigning movements during the day to mask their actual intent.
The German front east of Amiens was held by their Second Army under General Georg von der Marwitz, with six divisions in line (and two facing the French 1st Army). There were only two divisions in immediate reserve. There was some concern among the Allies on 6 August when the German 27th Division actually attacked north of the Somme on part of the front on which the Allies planned to attack two days later. The German division (a specially selected and trained Stosstruppen formation) penetrated roughly into the one-and-a-half mile front. This attack was made in retaliation for a trench raid by the 5th Australian Division north of the Somme on the night of 31 July, which had taken many prisoners, before the Australian Corps was concentrated south of the river. The German division moved back towards its original position on the morning of 7 August, but the movement still required changes to the Allied plan.
To increase the level of surprise still further, the rumble of the approaching tanks was to be masked by bombers flying up and down the German lines. The bombers were twin engine Handley Page O-400's whose engines were similar to the tanks. However the 2 RAF squadrons detailed to take part decided it was too hazardous to order planes into the air in the unseasonably dense fog, and asked for volunteers. Two volunteered from 207 Squadron, Captains Gordon Flavelle and William Peace, and both were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Battle
First Phase
The battle began in dense fog at 4:20 am on 8 August 1918. Under Rawlinson's Fourth Army, the British III Corps attacked north of the Somme, the Australian Corps to the south of the river in the centre of Fourth Army's front, and the Canadian Corps to the south of the Australians. The French 1st Army under General Debeney opened its preliminary bombardment at the same time, and began its advance 45 minutes later, supported by a battalion of 72 Whippet tanks. Although German forces were on the alert, this was largely in anticipation of possible retaliation for their incursion on the sixth and not because they had learned of the preplanned Allied attack. Although the two forces were within of one another, gas bombardment was very low, as the bulk of the Allied presence was unknown to the Germans. The attack was so unexpected that German forces only began to return fire after five minutes, and even then at the positions where the Allied forces had assembled at the start of the battle and had long since left.
In the first phase, seven divisions attacked: the British 18th (Eastern) and 58th (2/1st London), the Australian 2nd and 3rd, and the Canadian 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions. Parts of the American 33rd Division supported the British attackers north of the Somme.
The attackers captured the first German position, advancing about by about 7:30 am. In the centre, supporting units following the leading divisions attacked the second objective a further distant. Australian units reached their first objectives by 7:10 am, and by 8:20 am, the Australian 4th and 5th Divisions and the Canadian 4th Division passed through the initial breach in the German lines. The third phase of the attack was assigned to infantry-carrying Mark V* tanks; however, the infantry was able to carry out this final step unaided. The Allies penetrated well to the rear of the German defences and cavalry now continued the advance, one brigade in the Australian sector and two cavalry divisions in the Canadian sector. Aircraft fire by the new RAF and armoured car fire kept the retreating Germans from rallying.
The Canadian and Australian forces in the centre advanced quickly, pushing the line forward from its starting point by 11:00 am. The speed of their advance was such that a party of German officers and some divisional staff were captured while eating breakfast. A gap long was punched in the German line south of the Somme by the end of the day. There was less success north of the river, where the British III Corps had only a single tank battalion in support, the terrain was rougher and the German incursion of 6 August had disrupted some of the preparations. Although the attackers gained their first objectives, they were held up short of the Chipilly Spur, a steep wooded ridge.
The British Fourth Army took 13,000 prisoners, and the French captured a further 3,000. Total German losses were estimated to be 30,000 on 8 August. The British, Australian and Canadian infantry of the Fourth Army sustained about 8,000 casualties, with further losses by tank and air personnel, and French forces.
German Army Chief of Staff Paul von Hindenburg noted the Allies' use of surprise and that Allied destruction of German lines of communication had hampered potential German counter-attacks by isolating command positions. The German General Erich Ludendorff described the first day of Amiens as the "Schwarzer Tag des deutschen Heeres" ("the black day of the German Army"), not because of the ground lost to the advancing Allies, but because the morale of the German troops had sunk to the point where large numbers of troops began to capitulate. He recounted instances of retreating troops shouting "You're prolonging the war!" at officers who tried to rally them, and "Blackleg!" at reserves moving up. Five German divisions had effectively been engulfed. Allied forces had pushed, on average, into enemy territory by the end of the day. The Canadians gained , Australians , the French , and the British .
Second phase
The advance continued on 9 August, though without the spectacular results of the first day. The battle was widened on the north and the south of the initial attack (with the southern part of the battle (involving French forces) called Battle of Montdidier ().
The infantry had outrun the supporting artillery, and the initial force of more than 500 tanks that played a large role in the Allied success was reduced to six battle-ready tanks within four days. The Germans on Chipilly Spur commanded a wide field of fire to the south of the Somme, and their flanking fire held up the left units of the Australian Corps until late on 9 August, when a small Australian party slipped across the river and captured the village of Chipilly itself, together with a renewed attack by III Corps. On the Canadian front, congested roads and communication problems prevented the British 32nd Division being pushed forward rapidly enough to maintain the momentum of the advance.
On 10 August, there were signs that the Germans were pulling out of the salient from Operation Michael. According to official reports, the Allies had captured nearly 50,000 prisoners and 500 guns by 27 August. Even with the lessened armour the British drove into German positions by 13 August.
Field Marshal Haig refused the request of Marshal Foch to continue the offensive, preferring instead to launch a fresh offensive by Byng's Third Army between the Ancre and Scarpe.
Aftermath
The Battle of Amiens was a major turning point in the tempo of the war. The Germans had started the war with the Schlieffen Plan before the Race to the Sea slowed movement on the Western Front and the war devolved into trench warfare. The German Spring Offensive earlier in 1918 had once again given Germany the offensive edge on the Western Front. Armoured support helped the Allies tear a hole through trench lines, weakening once impregnable trench positions: the British Third Army, with no armoured support, had almost no effect on the line, while the Fourth, with fewer than a thousand tanks, broke deep into German territory.
The British war correspondent Philip Gibbs noted Amiens' effect on the war's tempo, saying on 27 August that, "the enemy...is on the defensive" and, "the initiative of attack is so completely in our hands that we are able to strike him at many different places." Gibbs also credits Amiens with a shift in troop morale, saying, "the change has been greater in the minds of men than in the taking of territory. On our side the army seems to be buoyed up with the enormous hope of getting on with this business quickly" and that, "there is a change also in the enemy's mind. They no longer have even a dim hope of victory on this western front. All they hope for now is to defend themselves long enough to gain peace by negotiation."
References
Notes
Books
Further reading
External links
Badsey, Stephen: Amiens, Battle of, in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War.
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard (January 7, 1925 – September 20, 1988) was an American jazz drummer.
Woodyard was largely an autodidact on drums and played locally in the Newark, New Jersey area in the 1940s. He performed with Paul Gayten in an R&B group, then played in the early 1950s with Joe Holiday, Roy Eldridge, and Milt Buckner. In 1955 he joined Duke Ellington's orchestra and remained until 1966.
After his time with Ellington, Woodyard worked with Ella Fitzgerald, then moved to Los Angeles. In the 1970s he played less due to health problems, but he recorded with Buddy Rich and toured with Claude Bolling. In 1983 he belonged to a band with Teddy Wilson, Buddy Tate, and Slam Stewart. His last recording was on Steve Lacy's 1988 album The Door.
Partial discography
With Duke Ellington
All Star Road Band (Doctor Jazz, 1957 [1983])
All Star Road Band Volume 2 (Doctor Jazz, 1964 [1985])
Hot Summer Dance (Red Baron, 1960 [1991])
With Johnny Hodges
Ellingtonia '56 (Norgran, 1956)
Duke's in Bed (Verve, 1956)
The Big Sound (Verve, 1957)
Blues-a-Plenty (Verve, 1958)
Not So Dukish (Verve, 1958)
Johnny Hodges with Billy Strayhorn and the Orchestra (Verve, 1962)
Swing's Our Thing (Verve, 1968) with Earl Hines
With Clark Terry
Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (Argo, 1957)
Duke with a Difference (Riverside, 1957)
With others
1952 Mambo Jazz, Joe Holiday
1955 Rockin' with Milt, Milt Buckner
1956 Blue Rose, Rosemary Clooney
1956 George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Frances Faye / Mel Tormé
1957 Cookin', Paul Gonsalves
1957 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Ella Fitzgerald
1957 The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode, Jimmy Woode
1959 The Birth of a Band!, Quincy Jones
1960 Swing Low Sweet Clarinet, Jimmy Hamilton
1965 Ella at Duke's Place, Ella Fitzgerald
1965 Joya Sherrill Sings Duke, Joya Sherrill
1965 Quincy Plays for Pussycats, Quincy Jones
1973 The Roar of '74, Buddy Rich
1975 Big Band Machine, Buddy Rich
1976 Duke's Moods, Raymond Fol
1977 Cat Speaks, Cat Anderson
1987 I'll Get Along Somehow, Larry Darnell
1988 The Door, Steve Lacy
References
[ Sam Woodyard] at Allmusic
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Veda Brown
Mildred Pulliam Whitehorn (born 11 December 1949) is an American gospel and former R&B singer, who performed and recorded in the 1970s under the stage name Veda Brown. Her most successful record was "Short Stopping" in 1973.
Life and career
Mildred Pulliam was born and raised in Hayti, Missouri, the granddaughter of sharecroppers and the daughter of a local welder and church pastor. Her father's family were musical, and sang both blues and gospel music. Mildred grew up singing gospel music, and first sang solo in her church at the age of 6.
She sang for a time with a rock band, The Decisions, and was encouraged by local radio station owner Larry Robinson to start a solo career in rhythm and blues music. He won her a contract with Stax Records in 1971, and she took the stage name of Veda Brown — Brown being her mother's maiden name, and Veda being picked at random in a sweepstake organised by the Stax office secretaries. Her first record, "Living A Life Without Love", was released by Stax in May 1972, and was followed by "I Know It's Not Right (To Be In Love With A Married Man)", recorded like many of her singles at Muscle Shoals, Alabama. In 1973, her third single, "Short Stopping", written by Mack Rice, Bobby Manuel and Bettye Crutcher, and produced by Henry Rush and John Wesley, became her most successful release, reaching #34 on the Billboard R&B chart. Her follow-up single, "Don't Start Lovin' Me (If You're Gonna Stop)", described as "one of the heaviest pieces of soul put out by Stax in the 70s", also made the R&B chart, reaching # 87 in early 1974. She performed and toured extensively during the period, on one occasion sharing top billing with Johnnie Taylor.
However, Stax Records fell into serious financial difficulties around this time, and her contract lapsed. Some of her recordings for Stax were issued by former company staff member John Wesley Smith on the small Raken label in 1975, but these were poorly distributed and were unsuccessful. In 1977, Larry Robinson paid for her final Memphis session, producing the single "Play Brother, Play Sister" / "I Had A Fight With Love" on the Rav label, but again this failed to make the charts.
She returned to Missouri, married James Whitehorn, had a family, and worked as a cosmetologist. A member of the Church of God in Christ, she also became well known as a gospel singer and choir leader, at one time leading a choir of over 100 which won a contest on BET (Black Entertainment Television). Particularly influenced by the music and work of Mahalia Jackson, she has continued to perform and teach gospel music in Missouri's Bootheel area. In the 1990s she was chosen to participate as a master artist in Missouri's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program. In 2006 she directed a Black History Month program in celebration of black history at Kennett High School.
A number of her 1970s recordings, including some previously unissued, were released on a CD shared with Judy Clay, Judy Clay & Veda Brown - The Stax Solo Recordings, on Kent Records in 2008.
Discography
Singles
"Living A Life Without Love" / "Take It Off Her (And Put It On Me)" (Stax 0123, 1972)
"I Know It's Not Right (To Be In Love With A Married Man)" / "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You" (Stax 0143, 1972)
"Short Stopping" / "I Can See Every Woman's Man But Mine" (Stax 0163, 1973) (Billboard R&B chart #34)
"Don't Start Loving Me (If You're Gonna Stop)" / "Fever" (Stax 194, 1974) (R&B chart # 87)
"Brand New Tomorrow" / "Shoutin' Out Love" (Raken 001, 1975)
"I'm Loving Him Right" / "Trip" (Raken 002, 1975)
"Play Brother, Play Sister" / "I Had A Fight With Love" (Rav 16, 1977)
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Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Beach Volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 17 October. The events took place at the Parque Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Qualification
A total of 32 teams will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams of 2 athletes, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina was given the maximum quota and a further 10 teams, 5 in each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining quotas were to be decided at the 2018 Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship and qualifiers decided by the five continental regions. The U19 World Championship will have priority over the continental qualifiers. Each region is allocated five teams per gender, however there must by 50% participation for the continent to be given the complete quota, if not the quotas will be reduced.
Only athletes born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics.
Boys
Girls
Medal summary
Medal table
Events
References
External links
Official Results Book – Beach volleyball
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Dawyck Botanic Garden
Dawyck Botanic Garden is a botanic garden and arboretum covering 25 ha (62 acre) at Stobo on the B712, 8 miles (13 km) south of Peebles in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, OS ref. NT168352. The garden is situated in the Upper Tweed Valley, a National Scenic Area.
Dawyck, with Logan Botanic Garden (near Stranraer) and Benmore Botanic Garden (near Dunoon), is an outpost or Regional Garden of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE).
History
The name is also given as 'Dawic', and 'Dauwic' in circa 1200. It may derive from the Gaelic for an ox and the Old English 'wic' for a camp or dwelling.
The Veitch family planted the garden at Dawyck House in the 17th century until the Naesmith family took over in 1691. Sir John Murray Naesmith supported plant-hunting expeditions, especially those undertaken by the explorer and plant hunter David Douglas (1799–1834). In 1897 the Balfour family acquired the Dawyck Estate, and in 1978 they gave the Garden to the Royal Botanic Garden, with the exception of Dawyck House and chapel which remain in private use.
The private Dawyck Chapel, built in 1837, sits on the site of the ancient Dalwick Chapel within the gardens.
Views within the Botanic Gardens
Heritage Trees of Scotland
Of the eleven "Heritage Trees of Scotland" in the Scottish Borders, three are at Dawyck.
The Dawyck Silver Fir is 35 m (115 ft) in height, the trunk measures 172 cm (5 ft 7 in), and its girth is 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in). There are also the Dawyck Larch, planted 1725, girth 4.46 m height 33 m; and the Dawyck Beech, planted 1860, has an unusual form with upswept branches. See link below to Forestry commission.
See also
Dawyck Chapel
List of places in the Scottish Borders
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Dawyck Gateway Visitor Centre was nominated for the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture in 2008.
References
Notes
Sources
Johnston, J. B. (1903). Place-names of Scotland. Edinburgh : David Douglas.
External links
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: Dawyck Botanic Garden webpage
PDF Map of Dawyck Botanic Garden
ArchitectureScotland.uk: "Construction of Dawyck's visitor centre"
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) report on environmental sustainability features of Dawyck' visitor centre
Gazetteer for Scotland: Dawyck Botanic Garden
Forestry Commission's "Heritage Trees of Scotland": Dawyck silver fir
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2012 in Estonian television
This is a list of Estonian television related events from 2012.
Events
3 March - Eesti otsib superstaari season 3 winner Ott Lepland is selected to represent Estonia at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Kuula". He is selected to be the eighteenth Estonian Eurovision entry during Eesti Laul held at the Nokia Concert Hall in Tallinn.
23 December - Rasmus Rändvee wins the fifth season of Eesti otsib superstaari.
Debuts
Television shows
1990s
Õnne 13 (1993–present)
2000s
Eesti otsib superstaari (2007–present)
Ending this year
Births
Deaths
See also
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Benoît Barros
Benoît Barros (born 6 August 1989) is a French footballer who currently plays for FC Grandvillars as a defensive midfielder. He previously played in the Czech Republic with Bohemians 1905, for whom he appeared in the Synot Liga.
External links
Benoît Barros at foot-national.com
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1931–32 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1931–32 season was Stoke City's 32nd season in the Football League and the 12th in the Second Division.
It was a good season for Stoke as they were finally able to mount a serious promotion challenge. They were involved in the race throughout the season and just missed out finishing third, two points behind second-placed Leeds United. Too many winnable matches were drawn with fourteen matches ending on level terms.
In March 1932 away at Bury, 17-year-old Stanley Matthews made his professional debut and he would go on to become one of the greatest players in English football.
Season review
League
The 1931–32 season proved to be an entertaining season for Stoke as they were involved in the hunt for promotion throughout the campaign, just missing out in third spot in the final placings. Their draw tally of 14 cost Stoke dearly in the end and on a number of occasions Stoke were denied victory due to last minute equalisers from their opponents. There were a number of good things to come out of the season, including 25 goals from Joe Mawson and a 14 match unbeaten run from mid-November to the beginning of February. Manager Tom Mather was able to select the same starting eleven for 16 consecutive matches, a club record. Stoke, suffered the fewest defeats in the Second Division.
The directors, who had used cash resources carefully, allowed Mather to build up his squad, and he duly pulled off three excellent deals, the returning Harry Davies from Huddersfield Town, goalkeeper Roy John and winger Joe Johnson. Johnson was perhaps the shrewdest of the three, for Stoke became aware that his club Bristol City were struggling for money and after a goalless draw at Ashton Gate in April 1932 Stoke paid Bristol a mere £250 for his signature.
It was at Bury on 19 Match 1932 that Stoke introduced their latest local talent, Stanley Matthews who at the time was described at the time as a 'promising outside right'. Matthews had signed professional contract forms on his 17th birthday (1 February 1932) and was deputising for the injured Bobby Liddle.
FA Cup
Stoke, beat Hull City 3–0 and Sunderland 2–1 in a 2nd replay before been knocked out 3–0 by Bury.
Final league table
Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Results
Stoke's score comes first
Legend
Football League Second Division
FA Cup
Squad statistics
References
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Charlie Lake
Charlie Lake may refer to:
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Henry Taubman House
The Henry Taubman House is a historic residence located in Maquoketa, Iowa, United States. This Greek Revival house represents the earliest extant houses in Maquoketa that were built during its early growth period. Built in 1854, the two-story frame house features a gable roof, cornice returns, pilasters, and a single-story wing on the east side. This house is one of five left in Maquoketa in the Greek Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
References
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Palau
This is a list of the buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Republic of Palau. There are currently six listed sites located in only four of the sixteen states of Palau.
Listings
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See also
List of United States National Historic Landmarks in United States commonwealths and territories, associated states, and foreign states
References
External links
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Pseudotelphusa ontariensis
Pseudotelphusa ontariensis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario.
The larvae feed on Quercus alba.
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Room at the Top
Room at the Top may refer to:
Room at the Top (novel), a 1957 novel by John Braine
Room at the Top (1959 film), a film based on the novel
Room at the Top (2012 film), a 2012 television film based on the novel
"Room at the Top", a song from Echo (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)
"Room at the Top", a song by The Boo Radleys from Everything's Alright Forever
"Room at the Top", a song by Adam Ant from Manners & Physique
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Donji Jelovac
Donji Jelovac () is a village in the municipality of Kozarska Dubica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Downtown Hinsdale Historic District
The Downtown Hinsdale Historic District is a set of seventy-three buildings and one park in Hinsdale, Illinois.
History
The region was platted by William Robbins, the founder of Hinsdale, in 1865. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's (CB&Q) passenger station prompted several small businesses to develop across the street. Fifty-eight of the listed buildings were built for commerce, three for government, and nine for transportation. The remaining building is a theater. The shops are densely clustered in orthogonal patterns, and are mostly found on the south side of the railway tracks. The government buildings, including the Village Hall (Hinsdale Memorial Building) and U.S. Post Office are on the north side.
An article entitled "Hinsdale the Beautiful" in Campbell's Illustrated Journal prompted city officials to further beautify the city. The first major project was a state-of-the-art train station, which was designed by CB&Q architect Walter Theodore Krausch. The station became a model for the future construction of other stations on the line. The region north of the tracks became the next target, focusing on the Railroad Park (modern day Burlington Park). Commercial demand spiked in the early 20th century, even causing some gablefront residential buildings to be rezoned as commercial. The 1200-seat Hinsdale Theater was constructed in 1925 for $160,000. Chain retailers began to move into the downtown district starting in the 1920s, starting with a Loblaw food chain in 1929 (which was purchased in 1932 by the Jewel Tea Company). A Piggly Wiggly and a Walgreens also moved in during this period. In the 1920s, the city of Hinsdale overhead plans by a local car dealership to build the largest automobile garage "east of the Mississippi". To curb this plan, the city bought the proposed site and constructed a building dedicated to those who served and died in World War I. Construction on the Memorial Building finished in 1927.
Hinsdale is notorious for the aggressive teardown policies pursued by real estate agencies in its residential districts, but the commercial district has remain intact. The earliest buildings are on First and Washington Streets, which date from the 1880s and are in the Late Victorian, Italianate, and Queen Anne Styles. Colonial and Renaissance Revivals featured in early 20th century buildings until the Hinsdale Plan of 1923 dictated the use of Georgian Revival architecture. Eight of the properties were built after 1955. The district is served by three asphalt-paved parking lots.
Buildings
Contributing structures
These buildings are at least fifty years old and have had minimal alterations. They comprise the main core of the historic district.
Hinsdale Memorial Building (1927) - Georgian Revival Style Village Hall and public library designed by Edwin H. Clark
Railroad Park (1877) - A public park adjacent to the Hinsdale Memorial Building
8 W. Chicago Ave. (c. 1950) - Colonial Revival gas station
10 W. Chicago Ave. (1926) - Classical Revival commercial block
24 W. Chicago Ave. (1915) - Garage
26-28 W. Chicago Ave. (c. 1940) - Modern Style commercial block
Schweider & Mewherter Building (1944) - Classical Revival commercial block designed by R. Harold Zook
9 E. First St. (1904) - Colonial Revival commercial block
10-12 E. First St. (c. 1912) - Commercial Style commercial block
Ostrum Building (1925) - Renaissance Revival style commercial block
212-214 First Street Building (c. 1912) - Commercial block
Police and Fire Station (1935) - Georgian Revival police and fire station designed by Philip Duke West
Hinsdale Theater (1925) - Renaissance Revival movie theater designed by William Gibson Barfield
Philip D. West Office (1950) - International Style commercial block designed by Philip D. West
Ray J. Soukup Building (1929) - Renaissance Revival style commercial block
Henry Reineke Building (1922) - Commercial block
Papenhausen Building (1888) - Gablefront commercial block
Buchholz Block (1895) - Renaissance Revival commercial block
John Reineke Building/The Squire Shop (1941) - Classical Revival commercial block designed by R. Harold Zook
17 W. First St. (1887) - Gablefront commercial block
19 W. First St. (1887) - Gablefront commercial block
Brewer Brothers Filling Station (1929) - Colonial Revival gas station designed by R. Harold Zook
Hinsdale Trust and Savings Bank (1910) - Classical Revival temple-front
Dieke Building (1920) - Commercial block
LaGrange Gas Company (c. 1940) - Art Deco commercial block
16 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1890) - Gablefront commercial block
18 Edward F. Neidig Building (1907) - Prairie School commercial block
Brush Hill Train Station (1898) - Renaissance Revival style railroad station designed by Walter Theodore Krausch
Mohr Building (1909) - Commercial style commercial block
Clineff's Home Restaurant Building (1928–30) - Classical & Renaissance Revival style commercial block designed by Francis A. Flaks
32-34 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1912) - Commercial Style commercial block
36 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1924) - Commercial block
8 W. Hinsdale Ave. (c. 1927) - Colonial Revival commercial block
Old Post Office (1926) - Colonial Revival commercial block
18 W. Hinsdale Ave. (c. 1902) - Commercial block
20 W. Hinsdale Ave. (1894) - Commercial block
Fleck Automobile Building - Commercial Style commercial block
McClintock Building/Auto Dealership (1922) Commercial block
53 S. Lincoln St. (1935) - Colonial Revival freestanding commercial building
United States Post Office Hinsdale, IL (1939–40) - Georgian Revival United States Post Office designed by Louis A. Simon
33-35 S. Washington St. (1900) - Queen Anne and Classical Style commercial block
Fox Building (1891) - Colonial Revival commercial block
39 S. Washington St. (1897) - Queen Anne commercial block
William Evernden Building (1894) - Commercial block
41 S. Washington St. (1932) - Commercial style commercial block
John Bohlander Building (1894) - Commercial block
43 S. Washington St. (1901) - Commercial style commercial block
Olson's Dry Goods (1909) - Colonial Revival commercial block
46 S. Washington St. (1912) - Commercial block
47 S. Washington St. (1881) - Italianate and Colonial Revival commercial block
Oswald Building (1889) - Colonial Revival commercial block, 1928 remodel designed by R. Harold Zook
Karlson's Building (1898) - Commercial style
53 S. Washington St. (1927) - Classical Revival commercial block
54 S. Washington St. (1892) - Queen Anne commercial block
Hinsdale State Bank (1927) - Classical and Renaissance Revival commercial block designed by William Gibson Barfield
Papenhausen Building (1888) - Queen Anne commercial block
104-106 S. Washington St. (1910) - Commercial block
Theidel Building (1925) - Renaissance Revival commercial block
112-114 S. Washington St. (1929) - Tudor Revival commercial block designed by Edward P. Steinberg
116-118 S. Washington St. (1915) - Commercial block
Non-contributing structures
These buildings are included as part of the listing, but are not of historical significance.
John C. F. Merrill Building (1910) - Commercial block
Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce (1978) - Commercial block designed by Philip Duke West
Hinsdale Laundry Building (1894) - Gablefront commercial block
Riccardo's Tailor Shop (1972) - Colonial Revival commercial block designed by Albert Nemoede
Western United Gas and Electric Company (1909) - Temple-front
26-26.5 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1957) - Commercial block
40 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1998) - Neo-traditional commercial block
13 S. Lincoln St. (c. 1920) - Commercial block
40-46 Village Ct. (1908, 1960s) - Colonial Revival strip mall
45 S. Washington St. (1993) - Commercial block
48 S. Washington St. (1914/1919) - Commercial block
50 S. Washington St. (1988) - Commercial block
120 S. Washington St. (1965) - Colonial Revival commercial block
See also
Robbins Park Historic District, also platted by William Robbins
References
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Downtown Hinsdale Historic District
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Kieran MacDonald
Kieran MacDonald (born 21 July 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Raith Rovers as a left back or midfielder.
Career
Born in Rutherglen, MacDonald played youth football for Motherwell, but was released by the club in May 2012.
Having featured as a trialist against Queen's Park, Macdonald signed for Clyde on 22 October 2012. After two years at Clyde, he signed for Hamilton Academical in June 2014. He later spoke about his transfer, stating he was looking forward to the challenge of playing at a higher level. In August 2014, MacDonald moved on loan to Dumbarton until the end of the calendar year. He made his Scottish Premiership debut on 28 February 2015 in a 1-0 defeat for Accies away to St Mirren, and started a further six league fixtures in the campaign. On 31 August 2015, having failed to make any appearances in the opening month of the 2015–16 season, he was released by Hamilton.
MacDonald signed for East Fife in October 2015, with the contract running until January 2016, at which point he was signed by Scottish League One side Airdrieonians on an initial short-term deal. In May 2016, he signed a new two-year contract.
In June 2019 he signed for Raith Rovers.
Career statistics
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1852 French legislative election
The 1852 general election organized the first legislature of the French Second Empire. The election was held on 29 February and 14 March. Out of 9,836,043 registered voters, 6,222,983 voted (representing an abstention rate of 36.73%).
Emperor Napoleon III's Bonapartists won a huge majority consisting of 258 seats out of 261. (5 Royalists allied with the Bonapartists). The Parti de l'Ordre that had won a majority in the 1849 election was banned following their opposition to the 1851 coup by President Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
Results
Sources
Roi et President
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Greencastle, Ohio
Greencastle is an unincorporated community in Fairfield County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
Greencastle was laid out in 1810. A post office called Greencastle was established in 1845, and remained in operation until 1902.
Notable person
George Washington Glick, 9th Governor of Kansas
References
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Mount Ramsay
Mount Ramsay () is a peak, 475 m, standing at the west side of Uruguay Cove on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, 1902–04, and named for Allan Ramsay, chief engineer of the expedition ship Scotia, who died on August 6, 1903, and was buried at the foot of the peak.
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Arthur Jones
Arthur Jones may refer to:
Politics
Arthur Jones, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh (died 1669), Irish politician
Arthur Creech Jones (1891–1964), British trade unionist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1946–1950
Arthur Jones (Australian politician) (1892–1976), shearer and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Arthur Probyn Jones (1892–1951), British barrister and Liberal Party politician
Arthur Jones (Conservative politician) (1915–1991), British Member of Parliament, 1962–1979
Arthur L. Jones (1924–2003), American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Arthur J. Jones (born 1948), American neo-Nazi Republican congressional candidate
Sports
Arthur Jones (rugby union) (1857–1919), Welsh rugby union player
Arthur Jones (cricketer) (1872–1914), England cricket captain
Arthur Jones (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1939), English footballer
Arthur Kenneth Jones (1888–1975), English badminton player
Arthur Jones (Australian footballer) (1891–1915), Australian rules footballer
Arthur W. Jones (1891–?), American college football, basketball, and baseball player and coach
Arthur Jones (Nelson footballer) (fl. 1927–1928), English footballer who only made a single professional appearance for Nelson
Arthur Jones (racewalker) (born 1938), British Olympic athlete
Arthur Jones (American football) (born 1986), American football defensive end
Other
Arthur Llewellyn Jones (1863–1947), British author under the name Arthur Machen
Arthur Duncan-Jones (1879–1955), British Anglican priest and author
Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980), British missionary and musicologist
Arthur Frederick Jones (c. 1906–?), American writer and dog-show judge
Arthur E. Jones, American architect
Arthur Jones (inventor) (1926–2007), American inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines
Arthur Jones (bishop) (born 1934), Australian Anglican priest, Bishop of Gippsland, 1994–2001
Arthur Jones (musician) (1940–1998), American jazz saxophonist
See also
Jones (surname)
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Galina Brezhneva
Galina Leonidovna Brezhneva (; 18 April 1929 – 30 June 1998) was the daughter of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Viktoria Brezhneva.
Life and death
Galina Brezhneva was born on 18 April 1929 in Sverdlovsk. As a teenager she refused to become a member of the Komsomol; later, she refused to study for an academic degree. She was married briefly to Igor Kio, a union that lasted only nine days. By 1971, her father Leonid Brezhnev had become displeased with the way things were going in Galina's life. He wanted to arrange a marriage for her, after having her second marriage annulled. She ended up selecting Yuri Churbanov from a number of suitors. Churbanov was chosen even though he was already married and had children. By the end of Brezhnev's life, Galina was much less visible, and during the reign of Yuri Andropov, she disappeared from the public eye altogether. Brezhneva made a public comeback during Konstantin Chernenko's short rule, and appeared in a conference commemorating International Women's Day. At the conference, she wore only one piece of jewelry, the Order of Lenin that she had been awarded by Andrei Gromyko in 1978 for her fiftieth birthday.
Later, after Churbanov had been arrested on charges of corruption, Brezhneva divorced him. She married for a fourth and final time at the age of 65, to a 29-year-old man. Before her death, Galina Brezhneva was a guest on British television to talk about life in the USSR. In her later life, Galina gradually became a heavy drinker, and her daughter placed her in a psychiatric hospital where she died on 30 June 1998.
Personal life and rumors
Historian Larisa Vasilʹeva wrote in her book that "Galina Brezhneva was an all-too-typical product of what came to be known as the Era of Stagnation". Brezhneva was a heavy drinker and was known to be heavy-tempered. She had little self-discipline, and had a seemingly natural tendency toward self-gratification. She was known for her passion for jewellery and diamonds. Why and how Galina received her diamonds was unknown to the majority at the time, though according to a former director of Yuvelirtorg, the state-run jewellery company in the USSR, all jewelry and valuables seized from criminals were given to members of the nomenklatura. Many rumors circulated in Soviet society about Brezhneva, most notably during Leonid Brezhnev's tenure as General Secretary; these rumors have been colloquially termed "diamond legends". In one such story, Brezhneva, during her visit to the Georgian SSR, visited a museum where she noticed two relics on display. She then demanded the two relics to be given to her as a gift. The museum director refused to comply and instead called the First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party, Eduard Shevardnadze, to discuss the matter with General Secretary Brezhnev. Shevardnadze told Brezhnev that given her Georgian national heritage, her behaviour was unacceptable; Brezhnev agreed and ordered his daughter back to Moscow.
Stories such as this one greatly affected Leonid Brezhnev. He said once to a party colleague that "The world respects you, but your own family causes you pain". At the height of perestroika, a reform initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev, many of the rumours about Galina Brezhneva became increasingly wild and questionable; new details and information, possibly apocryphal, were increasingly included in the rumours. In popular culture, these rumours helped depict the Brezhnev era as an "Era of Stagnation". Many of the rumours stemmed from the fact that most of Brezhneva's friends and colleagues had earlier been arrested, and the majority of them had been linked to some sort of corruption.
Embezzlement
In January 1982, as part of Andropov's anti-corruption campaign while Leonid Brezhnev was still alive, several prominent jewellery smugglers who all had links with Brezhneva were arrested, some of them even receiving the death sentence. It was later proven that Galina was smuggling jewellery out of the Soviet Union on such a scale as to threaten the business of De Beers Consolidated Mines, a group of companies focused on the mining of diamonds. Brezhneva was detained by the authorities, being summoned in one instance to the KGB headquarters for questioning. Her being the daughter of Leonid Brezhnev resulted in dismissal of the charges against her; she was, however, internally exiled by the Andropov administration. When Mikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary, the criminal investigations against Brezhneva and her brother, Yuri Brezhnev, were resumed. Her brother, a former First Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, and her husband, Yuri Churbanov, were both arrested on charges of corruption. However, investigators were never able to produce any solid charges against Galina for her post-1982 criminal activities. In her later life, Galina had become an alcoholic and usually signed statements without reading them properly.
References
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Giorgi Baramia
Giorgi Baramia () (born 25 February 1966) is a Georgian diplomat and the chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia (-in exile) from June 15, 2009 to April 5, 2013.
Born in Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Baramia graduated from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of Georgia in 1987 and worked as an agronomist and later as a tax official in Abkhazia from 1988 to 1993. The secessionist war in Abkhazia forced him to leave his homeland in 1993. He worked for the Abkhaz government-in-exile and for Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2009, including being a consul in Thessaloniki, Greece (2007–2009). In June 2009, he was elected a chairman of the Tbilisi-based Abkhazian government-in-exile, succeeding on this post Malkhaz Akishbaia. He resigned from his position on April 5, 2013.
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Arzest
Arzest (fully known as ARZEST Corporation) is a Japanese video game development company that develops games for video game consoles. It was formed on June 25, 2010 by key members of Artoon, which was also founded by Arzest Executive Vice President Naoto Ohshima, best known as the character designer of Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as his nemesis Dr. Eggman. Arzest was also founded by key Artoon and Sega members who worked on the Panzer Dragoon series.
Company profile
They were recruited by Nintendo to work on mini-games in Wii Play: Motion for the Wii. According to their portion of the credits of the game, as many as a dozen of former Artoon and Sega employees now work at Arzest.
They worked on additional new features of one of the main Nintendo 3DS built-in software applications StreetPass Mii Plaza, such as adding SpotPass features to Puzzle Swap among others.
Arzest has since released several retail games on the 3DS: Yoshi's New Island in 2014, Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in 2016, and Hey! Pikmin in 2017.
Games
References
External links
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Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall
The Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall is the first and oldest public indoor swimming hall in Finland. It was inaugurated on 4 June 1928, and it took a long time until a second swimming hall was opened in Finland. The hall is located in the Kamppi area of Helsinki at Yrjönkatu 21b, and is owned by the city of Helsinki.
The hall building was designed by architect Väinö Vähäkallio and represents the Nordic Classicism style. It was inspired by the Centralbadet swimming hall in Stockholm. The hall was originally privately owned, but was transferred to the Finnish Sports Federation in 1954 and to the city of Helsinki in 1967. The hall was renovated from 1997 to 1999.
The Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall's first floor contains a 25 × 10 metre pool, two saunas and dressing closets at the edges of the pool. The second floor contains resting cabins, saunas and a café. The hall sells two kinds of tickets, providing access either to the first floor only or to both floors. Traditionally, people swam naked in the pool, but since 2001, the wearing of a swimsuit has been permitted. Men and women have separate days for swimming. In March 2012, the hall reported it was switching its original 1928 wooden sauna stove to a new one to cut down on the smoke damages to the Forum building. The new wooden sauna stove became operational in August 2013. It is 2.8 metres high and is thought to be one of the largest wooden sauna stoves in Finland.
References
External links
Further reading
Aro, Toivo: Helsingfors simhall. Arkitekten issue 4/1929, pp. 52-55. Helsingfors: Finlands arkitektförbund. (In Swedish)
Biström, Anna et al., ed.: Riisuttu tapaaminen: Yrjönkadun uimahalli (by Susanne Rignell), Naisten Helsinki: kulttuurihistoriallinen opas. Helsinki, Schildts, 2010. . (In Finnish)
Jutila, Helena: Yrjönkadun roomalainen kylpylä. Muoto, 1999, 19th year, issue #3-4, p. 58. (In Finnish)
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Moriah, Ceredigion
Moriah is a hamlet in the community of Llanfarian, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 73 miles (117.4 km) from Cardiff and 177.1 miles (285 km) from London. Moriah is represented in Ceredigion County Council by Alun Lloyd Jones(Plaid Cymru), in the National Assembly for Wales by Elin Jones (Plaid Cymru; 1999–present) and the Member of Parliament is Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru; 2017–present).
References
See also
List of localities in Wales by population
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Lais of Corinth
Lais of Corinth (fl. 425 BC) was a famous hetaira or courtesan of ancient Greece who was probably born in Corinth. A younger hetaira with the same name was Lais of Hyccara. Since ancient authors (in their usually indirect accounts) often confuse them or do not indicate to which one they refer, the two are inextricably linked. Lais lived during the Peloponnesian War and was said to be the most beautiful woman of the time. Among her clients were the philosopher Aristippus (two of his alleged writings were about Lais) and the Olympic champion Eubotas of Cyrene.
See also
Lais of Corinth (Hans Holbein the Younger)
References
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Inequality (mathematics)
In mathematics, an inequality is a relation which makes a non-equal comparison between two numbers or other mathematical expressions. It is used most often to compare two numbers on the number line by their size. There are several different notations used to represent different kinds of inequalities:
The notation a < b means that a is less than b.
The notation a > b means that a is greater than b.
In either case, a is not equal to b. These relations are known as strict inequalities, meaning that a is strictly less than (resp., strictly greater than) b.
In contrast to strict inequalities, there are two types of inequality relations that are not strict:
The notation a ≤ b or a ⩽ b means that a is less than or equal to b (or, equivalently, at most b, or not greater than b).
The notation a ≥ b or a ⩾ b means that a is greater than or equal to b (or, equivalently, at least b, or not less than b).
(The relation "not greater than" can also be represented by a ≯ b, the symbol for "greater than" bisected by a slash, "not". The same is true for "not less than" and a ≮ b.)
If the values in question are elements of an ordered set, such as the integers or the real numbers, they can be compared in size. On the other hand, the notation a ≠ b means that a is not equal to b, and is sometimes considered a form of strict inequality. It does not say that one is greater than the other, or even that they can be compared in size.
In engineering sciences, less formal use of the notation is to state that one quantity is "much greater" than another, normally by several orders of magnitude. This implies that the lesser value can be neglected with little effect on the accuracy of an approximation (such as the case of ultrarelativistic limit in physics).
The notation a ≪ b means that a is much less than b. (in measure theory, however, this notation is used for absolute continuity, an unrelated concept.)
The notation a ≫ b means that a is much greater than b.
In all of the cases above, any two symbols mirroring each other are symmetrical; a < b and b > a are equivalent, etc.
Properties on the number line
Inequalities are governed by the following properties. All of these properties also hold if all of the non-strict inequalities (≤ and ≥) are replaced by their corresponding strict inequalities (< and >) and — in the case of applying a function — monotonic functions are limited to strictly monotonic functions.
Converse
The relations ≤ and ≥ are each other's converse, meaning that for any real numbers a and b:
a ≤ b and b ≥ a are equivalent.
Transitivity
The transitive property of inequality states that for any real numbers a, b, c:
If a ≤ b and b ≤ c, then a ≤ c.
If either of the premises is a strict inequality, then the conclusion is a strict inequality:
If a ≤ b and b < c, then a < c.
If a < b and b ≤ c, then a < c.
Addition and subtraction
A common constant c may be added to or subtracted from both sides of an inequality. So, for any real numbers a, b, c:
If a ≤ b, then a + c ≤ b + c and a − c ≤ b − c.
In other words, the inequality relation is preserved under addition (or subtraction) and the real numbers are an ordered group under addition.
Multiplication and division
The properties that deal with multiplication and division state that for any real numbers, a, b and non-zero c:
If a ≤ b and c > 0, then ac ≤ bc and a/c ≤ b/c.
If a ≤ b and c < 0, then ac ≥ bc and a/c ≥ b/c.
In other words, the inequality relation is preserved under multiplication and division with positive constant, but is reversed when a negative constant is involved. More generally, this applies for an ordered field. For more information, see § Ordered fields.
Additive inverse
The property for the additive inverse states that for any real numbers a and b:
If a ≤ b, then −a ≥ −b.
Multiplicative inverse
If both numbers are positive, then the inequality relation between the multiplicative inverses is opposite of that between the original numbers. More specifically, for any non-zero real numbers a and b that are both positive (or both negative):
If a ≤ b, then 1/a ≥ 1/b.
All of the cases for the signs of a and b can also be written in chained notation, as follows:
If 0 < a ≤ b, then 1/a ≥ 1/b > 0.
If a ≤ b < 0, then 0 > 1/a ≥ 1/b.
If a < 0 < b, then 1/a < 0 < 1/b.
Applying a function to both sides
Any monotonically increasing function, by its definition, may be applied to both sides of an inequality without breaking the inequality relation (provided that both expressions are in the domain of that function). However, applying a monotonically decreasing function to both sides of an inequality means the inequality relation would be reversed. The rules for the additive inverse, and the multiplicative inverse for positive numbers, are both examples of applying a monotonically decreasing function.
If the inequality is strict (a < b, a > b) and the function is strictly monotonic, then the inequality remains strict. If only one of these conditions is strict, then the resultant inequality is non-strict. In fact, the rules for additive and multiplicative inverses are both examples of applying a strictly monotonically decreasing function.
A few examples of this rule are:
Raising both sides of an inequality to a power n > 0 (equiv., −n < 0), when a and b are positive real numbers:
0 ≤ a ≤ b ⇔ 0 ≤ an ≤ bn.
0 ≤ a ≤ b ⇔ a−n ≥ b−n ≥ 0.
Taking the natural logarithm on both sides of an inequality, when a and b are positive real numbers:
0 < a ≤ b ⇔ ln(a) ≤ ln(b).
0 < a < b ⇔ ln(a) < ln(b).
(this is true because the natural logarithm is a strictly increasing function.)
Formal Definitions and Generalizations
A (non-strict) partial order is a binary relation ≤ over a set P which is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive. That is, for all a, b, and c in P, it must satisfy the three following clauses:
a ≤ a (reflexivity)
if a ≤ b and b ≤ a, then a = b (antisymmetry)
if a ≤ b and b ≤ c, then a ≤ c (transitivity)
A set with a partial order is called a partially ordered set. Those are the very basic axioms that every kind of order has to satisfy. Other axioms that exist for other definitions of orders on a set P include:
For every a and b in P, a ≤ b or b ≤ a (total order).
For all a and b in P for which a < b, there is a c in P such that a < c < b (dense order).
Every non-empty subset of P with an upper bound has a least upper bound (supremum) in P (least-upper-bound property).
Ordered fields
If (F, +, ×) is a field and ≤ is a total order on F, then (F, +, ×, ≤) is called an ordered field if and only if:
a ≤ b implies a + c ≤ b + c;
0 ≤ a and 0 ≤ b implies 0 ≤ a × b.
Both (Q, +, ×, ≤) and (R, +, ×, ≤) are ordered fields, but ≤ cannot be defined in order to make (C, +, ×, ≤) an ordered field, because −1 is the square of i and would therefore be positive.
Besides from being an ordered field, R also has the Least-upper-bound property. In fact, R can be defined as the only ordered field with that quality.
Chained notation
The notation a < b < c stands for "a < b and b < c", from which, by the transitivity property above, it also follows that a < c. By the above laws, one can add or subtract the same number to all three terms, or multiply or divide all three terms by same nonzero number and reverse all inequalities if that number is negative. Hence, for example, a < b + e < c is equivalent to a − e < b < c − e.
This notation can be generalized to any number of terms: for instance, a1 ≤ a2 ≤ ... ≤ an means that ai ≤ ai+1 for i = 1, 2, ..., n − 1. By transitivity, this condition is equivalent to ai ≤ aj for any 1 ≤ i ≤ j ≤ n.
When solving inequalities using chained notation, it is possible and sometimes necessary to evaluate the terms independently. For instance, to solve the inequality 4x < 2x + 1 ≤ 3x + 2, it is not possible to isolate x in any one part of the inequality through addition or subtraction. Instead, the inequalities must be solved independently, yielding x < 1/2 and x ≥ −1 respectively, which can be combined into the final solution −1 ≤ x < 1/2.
Occasionally, chained notation is used with inequalities in different directions, in which case the meaning is the logical conjunction of the inequalities between adjacent terms. For instance, a < b = c ≤ d means that a < b, b = c, and c ≤ d. This notation exists in a few programming languages such as Python.
Sharp inequalities
An inequality is said to be sharp, if it cannot be relaxed and still be valid in general. Formally, a universally quantified inequality φ is called sharp if, for every valid universally quantified inequality ψ, if holds, then also holds. For instance, the inequality is sharp, whereas the inequality is not sharp.
Inequalities between means
There are many inequalities between means. For example, for any positive numbers a1, a2, …, an we have where
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Cauchy–Schwarz inequality
The Cauchy–Schwarz inequality states that for all vectors u and v of an inner product space it is true that
where is the inner product. Examples of inner products include the real and complex dot product; In Euclidean space Rn with the standard inner product, the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality is
Power inequalities
A "power inequality" is an inequality containing terms of the form ab, where a and b are real positive numbers or variable expressions. They often appear in mathematical olympiads exercises.
Examples
For any real x,
If x > 0 and p > 0, then
In the limit of p → 0, the upper and lower bounds converge to ln(x).
If x > 0, then
If x ≥ 1, then
If x, y, z > 0, then
For any real distinct numbers a and b,
If x, y > 0 and 0 < p < 1, then
If x, y, z > 0, then
If a, b > 0, then
This inequality was solved by I.Ilani in JSTOR,AMM,Vol.97,No.1,1990.
If a, b > 0, then
This inequality was solved by S.Manyama in AJMAA,Vol.7,Issue 2,No.1,2010 and by V.Cirtoaje in JNSA, Vol.4, Issue 2, 130–137, 2011.
If a, b, c > 0, then
If a, b > 0, then
Well-known inequalities
Mathematicians often use inequalities to bound quantities for which exact formulas cannot be computed easily. Some inequalities are used so often that they have names:
Azuma's inequality
Bernoulli's inequality
Bell's inequality
Boole's inequality
Cauchy–Schwarz inequality
Chebyshev's inequality
Chernoff's inequality
Cramér–Rao inequality
Hoeffding's inequality
Hölder's inequality
Inequality of arithmetic and geometric means
Jensen's inequality
Kolmogorov's inequality
Markov's inequality
Minkowski inequality
Nesbitt's inequality
Pedoe's inequality
Poincaré inequality
Samuelson's inequality
Triangle inequality
Complex numbers and inequalities
The set of complex numbers with its operations of addition and multiplication is a field, but it is impossible to define any relation ≤ so that becomes an ordered field. To make an ordered field, it would have to satisfy the following two properties:
if a ≤ b, then a + c ≤ b + c;
if 0 ≤ a and 0 ≤ b, then 0 ≤ a b.
Because ≤ is a total order, for any number a, either 0 ≤ a or a ≤ 0 (in which case the first property above implies that 0 ≤ −a). In either case 0 ≤ a2; this means that and ; so and , which means ; contradiction.
However, an operation ≤ can be defined so as to satisfy only the first property (namely, "if a ≤ b, then a + c ≤ b + c"). Sometimes the lexicographical order definition is used:
, if or and
It can easily be proven that for this definition a ≤ b implies a + c ≤ b + c.
Vector inequalities
Inequality relationships similar to those defined above can also be defined for column vectors. If we let the vectors (meaning that and , where and are real numbers for ), we can define the following relationships:
, if for .
, if for .
, if for and .
, if for .
Similarly, we can define relationships for , , and . This notation is consistent with that used by Matthias Ehrgott in Multicriteria Optimization (see References).
The trichotomy property (as stated above) is not valid for vector relationships. For example, when and , there exists no valid inequality relationship between these two vectors. Also, a multiplicative inverse would need to be defined on a vector before this property could be considered. However, for the rest of the aforementioned properties, a parallel property for vector inequalities exists.
General existence theorems
For a general system of polynomial inequalities, one can find a condition for a solution to exist. Firstly, any system of polynomial inequalities can be reduced to a system of quadratic inequalities by increasing the number of variables and equations (for example, by setting a square of a variable equal to a new variable). A single quadratic polynomial inequality in n − 1 variables can be written as
where X is a vector of the variables , and A is a matrix. This has a solution, for example, when there is at least one positive element on the main diagonal of A.
Systems of inequalities can be written in terms of matrices A, B, C, etc., and the conditions for existence of solutions can be written as complicated expressions in terms of these matrices. The solution for two polynomial inequalities in two variables tells us whether two conic section regions overlap or are inside each other. The general solution is not known, but such a solution could be theoretically used to solve such unsolved problems as the kissing number problem. However, the conditions would be so complicated as to require a great deal of computing time or clever algorithms.
See also
Binary relation
Bracket (mathematics), for the use of similar ‹ and › signs as brackets
Fourier–Motzkin elimination
Inclusion (set theory)
Inequation
Interval (mathematics)
List of inequalities
List of triangle inequalities
Partially ordered set
Relational operators, used in programming languages to denote inequality
References
Sources
External links
Graph of Inequalities by Ed Pegg, Jr.
AoPS Wiki entry about Inequalities
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2017–18 Divizia A1 (men's volleyball)
The 2017–18 Divizia A1 season was the 69th season of the Divizia A1, the highest professional volleyball league in Romania. VM Zalău was the defending champion. At the end of the season, Tricolorul LMV Ploiești won their first title. UV Timișoara and CSS 2 Baia Mare were relegated.
Competition format
The competition format will be the same as in the previous season.
12 teams played the regular season, consisting in a double-legged round robin format.
At the end of the regular season, teams are split into two groups, one of them composed by the first six teams and the other one by the rest. In this second stage all points of the regular season are counted and the teams will face each other from its group twice.
Team changes
Promoted from Divizia A2
Universitatea Cluj
CSS 2 Baia Mare
UV Timișoara
Relegated to Divizia A2
VCM Piatra Neamț
Excluded teams
Știința Bacău and Volei Caransebeș withdrew from Divizia A1.
Teams
Regular season
Play-off
Play-out
References
External links
Official site of the Romanian Basketball Federation
Voleiromania.ro (Romanian)
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Romanian
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Wittelshofen
Wittelshofen is a municipality in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
The municipality is located near the delta of the Sulzach into the Wörnitz at the foot of the Hesselberg mountains. The municipality is divided into the following parts:
Wittelshofen
Grüb
Dühren
Gelshofen
Illenschwang
Neumühle
Obermichelbach
Untermichelbach
The neighbour municipalities are (starting in the north clockwise):
Langfurth
Ehingen
Gerolfingen
Weiltingen
Wilburgstetten
Dinkelsbühl
History
The place is mentioned for the first time in 1274 as Witelshoven.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Wittelshofen shows a lily on a blue background. Over it is a black-silver quartering. The lily was the coat of arms symbol of Gumbert in Ansbach. The blue background in represents the confluence of the Sulzach and the Wörnitz.
Religious denominations
Jewish municipality
In 1716, there were already 30 Jewish families in Wittelshofen. The Jewish population reached its peak about 1809/10 with 282 persons. Afterwards the number went throughout and drift constantly back (1910 42, 1933 17 Jewish inhabitants). At least 18 Jews from Wittelshofen were killed in concentration camps between 1941 and 1945.
Museums
Roman park Ruffenhofen
Local history museum Heinrich Zoller
Buildings
In the old centre of Wittelshofen stands the Martinskirche. At the edge of the settlement area, which is because of the mountain-slope, kath. the holy cross church stands. Illenschwang with its former military church, Obermichelbach with its Michaelskirche and Untermichelbach with its pc. Leonard geweihten church invite to staying. A Kleinod is the Dühren lying in a pictorial side valley of the Sulzach. Its pc. Michaelskirchlein saves Fresken from that 14th and 15th centuries, which only 1985 were discovered and partly opened.
References
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EV1 The Atlantic Coast Route
EuroVelo 1 (EV1), named the Atlantic Coast Route, is a long EuroVelo long-distance cycling route running from North Cape in Norway to Sagres in Portugal. This north-south route runs (mostly) along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean of Western Europe and passes successively through six countries: Norway, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain and Portugal.
Route
In Norway
North Cape (EV7, EV11), Tromsø, Vestvågøy, Bodø, Trondheim (EV3), Alesund, Bergen (EV12).
Note that since 2008, ferry services no longer operate Bergen in Norway and the Scottish city of Aberdeen. This can be done by air, however.
In Scotland
Aberdeen (EV12), Inverness (EV12), Glasgow, Stranraer.
In Ireland
Belfast, Galway (EV2), Limerick, Cork, Waterford, Rosslare.
In Wales
Fishguard, Cardiff
In England
In England, the EV1 follows the Devon Coast to Coast route (National Route 27) and the Tarka Trail.
Bristol (EV2), Plymouth.
In France
In France, the EV1 is marketed as the Vélodyssée. With a length of the EV1 connects Roscoff to Hendaye all along the Atlantic Coast. In Brittany, the EV1 largely follows the voie verte (greenway) along the Nantes-Brest canal, while in Aquitaine it follows the greenway along the coast of the Landes forest.
Roscoff (EV4), Nantes (EV6), La Rochelle, Arcachon, Hendaye.
In Spain
Pamplona (EV3), Burgos (EV3), Salamanca, Merida, Huelva.
In Portugal
Faro, Sagres.
Gallery
See also
EuroVelo
Norwegian National Cycle Routes
National Cycle Network
References
External links
Velodyssey, the Atlantic cycling route
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Sohrab Shahid-Saless
Sohrab Shaheed Salles or Sohrab Shahid-Saless (; June 28, 1944 in Tehran, Iran – July 2, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois) was an Iranian film director and screenwriter and one of the most celebrated figures in Iranian cinema in the 20th century. After 1976 he worked in the cinema of Germany and was an important component of the film diaspora working in the German industry.
Biography
Sohrab Shaheed Salles was born in Tehran in 1944 to a middle-class family and lived in Tehran. Shahid Saless was a storyteller as a child, with a passion for visualizing his narrations. During his teenage years, he showed an imaginative talent, writing and acting in plays with friends. In 1963, Shahid Saless left Iran for Vienna, where he attended a film school and an acting school at the same time, but his studies were discontinued there in 1967 due to a sudden diagnosis of tuberculosis. In the midst of treatment, he left for Paris to continue his film studies at the prestigious Independent Conservatory of French Cinema, and shortly thereafter, in 1968, he returned to Iran. Upon his return to Tehran, Shahid Saless began work with the Iranian Ministry of Culture as a documentary filmmaker, where he produced multiple short films and documentaries, partly on the topic of traditional dance amongst different Iranian ethnic groups.
In the course of his stay in Iran (1968–74), he produced two major feature films, Yek ettefāq-e sāda (A simple event, 1973) and Ṭabiʿat-e bijān (Still life, 1974), both of which won major international awards for their social realist depiction of life in Iran and for their innovative cinematographic and experimental style. In Yek ettefāq-e sāda Shahid Saless entered the film scene with a distinctive style, reporting on the daily life of a ten-year-old villager, showing his struggles to meet ends through smuggling fish. In Ṭabiʿat-e bijān the life of a meagerly paid railroad guard worker who is forced to retire for a younger guard is portrayed. In the course of this film, the distressful life of working class is depicted in a critical light. Shahid Saless also made several short films for the Ministry of Culture and Arts. He made many commissioned films on the local folkloric dances of various ethnic groups. He also started making short documentaries depicting the unnerving condition of life among the working class. Unsurprisingly, the political subversive message of these films was disliked by the government, and Shahid Saless was forced to leave the country.
Settled in Germany in 1974, Shahid Saless started producing documentaries for the German media. The movies he made gained him further international recognition, and he continued making documentary and feature films for major German television programs. At this time, Ramin Molai (1939-2009) worked as a cameraman for many of his German movies produced in Berlin. In Germany, his television productions always had a distinguishing artistic quality. He made his last movie, Rosen für Afrika, in 1991 for German television. In 1992, he left Germany for the United States to join his family. He died from a chronic illness related to his liver from which he suffered throughout his life.
Shahid Saless is known to be a pioneer of the new wave of Iranian cinema. In his own words, his cinema intends to document the “antagonism between man and society” (Shahid Saless et al.). In the course of his oeuvre, he viewed the role of cinema as “to make conscious of indignity and inhumanity of life” (ibid.).
Bibliography:
ʿAli Dehbāši, ed., Yad-nāma-ye Sohrāb-e Šahid-Ṯāleṯ, Tehran, 1999.
Sohrab Shahid Saless, Mamad Haghighat, Rahgozar, and Timothy S. Murphy, “This Isn’t Pessimism: Interview with Sohrab Shahid Saless,” Discourse 21/1, 1999, pp. 175-80.
Film career
In his first feature, the milestone film A Simple Event (1973), he describes the everyday life of a ten-year-old boy living in a small town with an ill mother and a father struggling to make a living smuggling fish. In contrast, Still Life (1974) explores the monotony in the life of an old railway switchman – a film that won many prizes, including one at the 1974 Berlinale. In 1975 Sohrab directed Far from Home (1975).
In 1976 on moving to Germany Sohrab released Diary of a Lover (1976), Coming of Age (1976), and Utopia (1983). Utopia is a 186-minute film regarded by critics as a "hard ghetto film" and is the tale of a pimp and his five girls. The film was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Towards his later career he mostly directed films for television. Between 1991 and 1992 he directed Rosen für Afrika, a Psychodrama about how injustice is turned into oblivion about an opportunity worker and a woman from the civil house of a marriage for 30 years . Soon the relationship fails due to the aggressive, also destructive tendencies of the man who enters a deep personal crisis. When the marriage coined/shaped of force and Psychoterror goes finally into the breaks, the man looks for comfort in the alcohol and becomes criminal. It was released on German television in 1991.
Cinematic style
With A Simple Event Sohrab Shaheed Salles emerged on the Iranian film scene as a filmmaker with a distinctive style. Adopting an almost documentary style, Shaheed Salles records uneventful moments in the lives of ordinary people. He has said, "A Simple Event has no plot. It is only a report on the daily life of a boy". Working with a cast of non-professional local players, Sohrab constructed his film with realistic images that almost corresponded with the temporal flow of rural life. The film is so simple and unadorned that it creates the illusion of having been made with no prepared overall design.
For all its lyrical charm, A Simple Event must be considered as a prelude or a preparation for Sohrab's acclaimed film Still Life which was awarded the Silver Bear for best direction and the critics’ prize at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival in 1974. Still Life is the monotonous, uneventful life of a switchman living in a remote, desolate spot. For the old man and his wife everything ends on the day he receives his retirement papers. A young switchman arrives and the old man has to move... to nowhere.
This poetical and elegiac picture is regarded as one of the best works produced in Iranian cinema. Salles defends basic human values, and at the same time exposes the horrible cruelty upon which the bureaucratic system is based. All his life the old man repeats a simple job: lowering the fence on the road intersecting the railway whenever a train passes. And Sohrab presents the dull monotony of this life with an appropriate rhythm.
Awards and accolades
Sohrab Shaheed Salles won 12 professional film awards and 3 nominations during his career.
1972 Ob? , Best Documentary, National Tehran Film Festival.
1972 black and white, Golden Plaque, Tehran International Children's Film Festival
1973 A simple event, Golden Ibex for Best Director at the International Film Festival in Tehran
1974 Price of the Catholic and Protestant Film Jury as part of the Young Forum at the International Film Festival Berlin
1974 Still Life, Silver Bear Award of the International Film Critics Prize of the Protestant jury, International Film Festival [3 ]In 1975 the stranger, Prize of the International Film Critics, International Film Festival Berlin
1976 ripening period, Bronze Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival
1977 Diary of a lover Special Film Award of the British Film Institute, London Film Festival1977 Documenta 6 in Kassel
1980 order, Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival Participation in the Cannes Film Festival Week of directors .
1981 Grabbes Last Summer, three Grimme prices with Gold: Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Male Actor. Best TV Movie of the Year [4 ] , the price of the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Culture for best director .
1984 Utopia Award of the Academy of Performing Arts : Best Film of the year.
1991 Roses for Africa, International Film Festival Hof.
Filmography as Director
Short
Raghs-e Bojnourd (Dance of Bojnourd) (Short) 1969
Rastakhiz (Resurrection) (Documentary short) 1969
Siah-o sefid (black and white) (Short) 1972
Features & TV movies
Yek ettefāq-e sāde (A simple event), 1973.
Ṭabiʿat-e bijān (Still life), 1974.
Dar qorbat (Far from home), 1975.
Reifezeit (Coming of age), 1976.
Tagebuch eines Liebenden (The diary of a lover), 1977.
Die Langen Ferien der Lotte H. Eisner (The long vacation of Lotte H. Eisner), 1979.
Grabbes Letzter Sommer (The last summer of Grabbe), 1980.
Ordnung (Order), 1980.
Anton P. Checkov: A life (1981.
Empfänger Unbekannt (Addressee unknown), 1983.
Utopia, 1983.
Der Weidenbaum (The willow tree), 1984.
Hans—Ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans: A young man in Germany), 1985.
Wechselbalg (Changeling), 1987.
Rosen fuer Afrika (Roses for Africa), 1992.
See also
Iranian cinema
References
Pardis Minuchehr,
External links
http://www.saless.de - a German homepage, devoted to the life and work of Saless
http://www.nostalgiafortheelsewhere.com/- A Retrospective homepage on German works of Shahid Saless
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Pere Tena Garriga
Pere Tena Garriga (May 14, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was a Catalan Roman Catholic bishop.
Ordained to the priesthood in 1951 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Garrigas was named titular bishop of Pumentum and auxiliary bishop of the Barcelona Archdiocese retiring in 2004.
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Ryan Cook (musician)
Ryan Cook (born April 3, 1981) is a singer/songwriter from Nova Scotia, Canada. He has released four studio albums, three of which have been nominated for the Music Nova Scotia Awards "Album of the Year".
Early life
Cook grew up on a dairy farm in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, the eldest of four children. In high school Cook wrote and sang for local punk rock and heavy metal garage bands. He graduated from Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School in 2000. While in college, he worked part-time at a retirement home and began taking requests to perform traditional country music. He developed a passion for the genre which led him to pursue a career in folk and country music.
2008–2009: Hot Times
In 2008, Cook recorded with his then touring band, Sunny Acres, and released his debut LP Hot Times. The record won a Music Nova Scotia Country/Bluegrass Recording of the Year award, was nominated for an East Coast Music award, and named the eighth Best Canadian Country Album of 2008 by Country Music News.
2009–2011: Peaks and Valleys
In 2009, while performing at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee, Cook met John Walker, a producer for Music City Roots. The two established a partnership which brought many Nashville musicians together to record at Quad Studios. The album features Lloyd Green, Andy Leftwich, Guthrie Trapp, Bruce Bouton, and Alison Brown. The album received and won award nominations including Best Canadian Country Album of 2010 by Country Music News (Canada) beating some of Canada's most recognized country artists such as Gord Bamford, Johnny Reid, Deric Ruttan, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, and Dean Brody.
2011-2014: Wrestling with Demons, solo career
In 2011 Cook began performing as a solo entertainer and toured as the opening act for country music artists such as Sammy Kershaw, Travis Tritt, Dwight Yoakam, and Rosanne Cash. In 2013 Cook released a third album, Wrestling with Demons, which featured former members of Hank Snow's touring band The Rainbow Ranch Boys. The album was produced in Canada and also featured Canadian guitarist/fiddler J. P. Cormier. Wrestling with Demons was nominated at the ECMA and Music Nova Scotia awards in 2013 and won an award for Country Album of the Year.
2017: Having A Great Time
On November 3, 2017 Cook released this fourth studio album, Having A Great Time, with award-winning producer Charles Austin (Rita MacNeil, Jerry Granelli, Joel Plaskett) at New Scotland Yard in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Discography
Studio albums
Awards
Music Nova Scotia Awards
Music Nova Scotia Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1997 as part of the Molson Canadian Nova Scotia Music Week.
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East Coast Music Awards
The East Coast Music Association is a non-profit association that hosts an annual awards ceremony based in Atlantic Canada for music appreciation on the East Coast of Canada.
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Other awards
2011 Canadian Country Album of the year, Peaks & Valleys - Country Music News
References
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WPEB
WPEB is a variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Due to WPEB's low wattage, the station only serves West Philadelphia and the University City Neighborhood. WPEB is owned and operated by Scribe Video Center, Inc.
History
WPEB began in 1981 in studios located in the basement of Calvary Church on 48th Street at Baltimore Avenue.
In September 2005, WPEB filed a Suspension of Operations with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), "in order to resolve complaints of interference to other stations."
In early 2008, Philadelphia saw the rebirth of WPEB 88.1 FM. In its first stage, the new WPEB is being stewarded by Scribe Video Center. Partnering with Scribe are two West Philadelphia-based organizations in particular, the Philadelphia Independent Media Center (Philly IMC) and the Prometheus Radio Project, and a growing variety of community and cultural groups. WPEB provides a much needed local media outlet to serve as a voice for West Philadelphia’s many communities. The station provides a forum for community-based organizations and be a place to discuss the issues that affect the communities, play music not heard on mainstream media, and promote education and creative substantive expression.
Transmission
WPEB is one of very few Class D FM stations still on the air. It also is the lowest power full-power broadcast radio station, with only 1 watt of power. A translator has been added on 95.1 MHz with the call W236CL.
See also
Low-Power to the People 11/21/07
References
External links
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River turtle (disambiguation)
River turtle may refer to:
Central American river turtle (Dermatemys mawii), a species of turtle from the Atlantic drainage of Central America
Brahminy river turtle (Hardella thurjii), a species of turtle endemic to South Asia
Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle (Podocnemis sextuberculata), a species of turtle found in the Amazon basin
Big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus), a species of turtle found in the Amazon basin
Arrau turtle (Podocnemis expansa), or Giant South American river turtle, a species of turtle found in the Amazon basin
Yellow-spotted river turtle, (Podocnemis unifilis) a species of turtle native to South America's Amazon and Orinoco basins
Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), or Fly River turtle, a species of turtle native to northern Australia and the Fly River of southern New Guinea
Murray River turtle (Emydura macquarii), a species of turtle primarily found in the Macquarie River basin, Australia
Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus), a species of turtle endemic to the Mary River in Queensland, Australia
Black wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea), a species of turtle sometimes called the Black river turtle
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Tzvia Greenfeld
Tzvia Greenfield (, born 1945) is an Israeli politician and a former Member of the Knesset for Meretz. She was the first Haredi women to be an MK.
Biography
Greenfield was born in Jerusalem in 1945. She grew up in a Haredi family and attended Bais Yaakov schools. She earned an M.A. in philosophy and history at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and later a Ph.D. in political philosophy. She became politically active in the early 1990s. In 1993, she established the Mifneh ["pivot point"] Institute to promote peace, tolerance, and democracy in Orthodox society. She was one of the founders of Orthodox Women for the Sanctity of Life, which opposed the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. Greenfield is a member of the Board of Directors of B'tselem and was among the signatories of the Geneva accords. She wrote the book They Are Afraid': How the Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Became the Leading Force in Israel. She lives in Har Nof, and her five children attend Orthodox Zionist schools.
In 2006, Greenfield decided to pursue a parliamentary career. She was on the Meretz list for the 17th Knesset and was ranked sixth in an internal vote by 700 of Meretz's 1,000 central committee members, after Chair Yossi Beilin, Ran Cohen, Avshalom Vilan, Zehava Gal-On, and Haim Oron. Meretz received five seats. On 4 November 2008, Greenfield replaced Beilin, who retired from politics, and became the first Haredi woman sworn into the Knesset. Prior to the 2009 elections, she again won sixth place on the Meretz list. However, she lost her seat in the February 2009 elections, as the party's representation was reduced to three seats.
Greenfield opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and supports a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict along the Green Line with "minor adjustments". She describes herself as a social democrat and a supporter of a strong welfare state. She does not follow any rabbis, claiming that contemporary Israeli rabbis do not advance the interests of their followers. She also accused them of not preparing their followers for the Gazan disengagement plan. She remains Orthodox, rather than choosing Reform Judaism or Conservative Judaism, because she believes in continuity, feels close to Jewish tradition and history, and is committed to observing Halacha.
Greenfield considers herself an Orthodox woman with similar values to those of the United States and Europe, accepting separation of church and state, which she believes is necessary in Israel as well in order to save Judaism. She supports gay rights and gay marriage. In her book, she accuses the Haredi sector of using child benefits as a source of income. She does not use elevators on Shabbat, and has a pet dog. She has stirred controversy among the Haredim, and Haredi journalist Kobi Arieli claimed that she is not truly Haredi because she has a dog, and that "real Haredim" hate Meretz.
Publications
They are afraid: how the religious and ultra-religious right became the leading factor in Israel (Yediot Aharanot/Tamar, 2001).
References
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Rufus (Kim Possible)
Rufus is a fictional character in the American animated television series Kim Possible (2002-2007) and its 2019 live-action film adaptation. Voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright, Rufus is a pet naked mole-rat owned by Ron Stoppable, Kim Possible's best friend and sidekick, and first appears in the series' pilot episode "Crush", which premiered on June 7, 2002. Residing and traveling in his owner's pocket, Rufus accompanies Kim and Ron on their missions to protect the world from evildoers, at times proving beneficial to their success.
Series creators Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle created Rufus at the behest of Disney Channel executives who insisted that the animated series required an animal sidekick, conceiving the character as a naked mole-rat to trick the network into saying the word "naked" whenever the character is mentioned. The character is anthropomorphic, but apart from the occasional word speaks mostly using squeaks and giggles improvised by Cartwright. After considering having the character portrayed by either a live mole-rat or puppet in the live-action film, the filmmakers opted to have Rufus be computer-animated instead, spending several months creating a design that was both realistic yet appealing.
The character has been called a fan favorite and one of the series' most popular characters. Cartwright was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for her performance. Rufus has also been named the most famous naked mole-rat by various media and scientific publications, and is credited with introducing the character into mainstream pop culture.
Role
Rufus is the anthropomorphic pet naked mole-rat of Ron Stoppable, who is Kim Possible's best friend and sidekick. Living and traveling in Ron's pocket, Rufus accompanies Kim and Ron on international missions as a member Team Possible, during which he sometimes jeopardizes their missions which Kim ultimately resolves. However, Rufus has proven intelligent and capable for a mole-rat, helping whenever possible and proving adept at overcoming electronic and mechanical opstables, typically emerging from Ron's pocket to either offer assistance or eat. Rufus shares a strong affinity for nachos with Ron, and is considered to be his owner's best friend apart from Kim. Josh Weiss of Syfy Wire observed that the character "is still capable of infectious energy and non-verbal comedy all the same", despite communicating mostly via squeaks and grunts.
Rufus is one of the show's primary sources of comic relief, alongside Ron. As revealed in the song "The Naked Mole Rap", a song written about Rufus, Ron obtains Rufus because his father is allergic to all animal furs, forcing him to settle for a hairless pet. Ron discovers Rufus on the internet.
Development
Creation and voice
Writers Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle conceived Kim Possible about a teenage girl who can seemingly do anything, and her best friend who struggles to do the same, after which Rufus was added once the show's "basic foundation" was written. Rufus was conceived at the behest of Disney Channel executives, who insisted that children's animated series require at least one animal sidekick. Already weary of constant network edits and suggestions, the creators tricked the executives by conceiving Rufus as a naked mole-rat, which in turn forces everyone to say the word "naked" whenever the character's species is mentioned throughout the children's program. Despite the character's eventual popularity, the writers maintained using him sparingly throughout the series, in which he is "only peppered in there occasionally" apart from occasional brief episodes focusing on the character that are more gag-oriented.
Rufus is voiced by American actress Nancy Cartwright, following a common trend in which animated male characters are voiced by women. Cartwright's dialogue for Rufus consists of almost entirely squeaks, gurgles and giggles, believing that the character offers comedy and "a little levity to the show." However, the character occasionally utters words and phrases considered to be Kim Possible hallmarks, such as "boo-yah". Cartwright researched naked mole-rats in preparation for the role, discovering that they "are tunnel dwellers and social animals who live in large communities" who also "don’t do well out in the sunlight". Cartwright also found them to be “kind of disgusting looking", likening them to "overcooked hot dogs.” The actress typically improvised and performed the role without a written script, borrowing direction from the character's emotions during particular scenes that vary from excited to sad. Cartwright voiced Rufus while voicing Chuckie Finster from Rugrats.
Cartwright reprised her voice role in the show's 2019 live-action film adaptation, having hoped Disney would invite her back once the project was announced. Cartwright considers Rufus the film's only truly animated aspect, hoping that the character's inclusion "adds this little extra thing that inspires kids." Cartwright shared behind the scenes footage of herself voicing the character on her social media accounts. Actor Sean Giambrone, who plays Ron in the film, expressed admiration for Cartwright's "ability to bring Rufus to life with her voice", feeling that he bonded with the character despite being unable to see or interact with him while filming. Despite being best known for voicing Bart Simpson in The Simpsons, Cartwright considers voicing Rufus a highlight of her career, enjoying fans' surprised reactions when she demonstrates her Rufus impression for them: "it’s kind of surprising that I’m like five feet tall, I’ve got children of my own, I’m a grandma, and these sounds come out of this little package here. I think it’s fun for everyone”.
Design and characterization
Rufus differs significantly from real naked mole-rats found in nature. Unlike the character, naked mole-rats are unlikely to survive if kept as pets and prone to die in captivity. Rufus' lifespan is also uncharacteristically long for a naked mole-rat. When the live-action adaptation of Kim Possible was first green-lit, the directors had considered having a live mole-rat portray Rufus, but Schooley and McCorkle determined that this would not benefit the creature itself or viewers, opting for the character to be computer-animated instead. 15 years prior, the original series had aired an episode jokingly entitled "And the Mole Rat Will Be CGI" revolving around Hollywood filmmakers and actors producing a film based on Kim's life.
Before deciding on CGI, the filmmakers had also considered depicting Rufus using puppets before ultimately determining that computer animation was "the only way to capture his expressiveness ... We really worked hard with the animators to make him feel real, because we didn’t want a Roger Rabbit situation going on where the world is live-action and then you have this cartoon character. We wanted Rufus to be part of their world and grounded, even though he is expressive, cute and fun." The visual effects studio Pixomondo was responsible for animating Rufus, a task they found challenging because, according to director Zach Lipovsky, the animals "are pretty disgusting creatures", finding it "hilarious to have one of the grossest animals be the [show and film's] comedic relief." Because the computer-animated character needed to be more realistic than his cuter, stylized traditionally animated counterpart, the Pixomondo artists worked for several months to determine a suitable "balance between cute and real".
The character's origins and his relationship with Ron are altered for the film, in which Ron discovers Rufus in a science lab. Giambrone explained, "Ron knew that that [Rufus] was like a missing part of him ... Then we get to see how they help each other out for the rest of the movie". The actors did not see Rufus's final design until the character's visual effects were completely rendered, instead looking at either Giambrone's shoulder or a figurine that they found hardly resembled Rufus while filming. Giambrone was pleased with the character's design upon seeing it for the first time, expounding, "I knew that was exactly what he should look like and it just felt like I was reunited with a buddy, seeing the movie with Rufus in it.”
Reception and impact
The New York Times television critic Julie Salamon wrote that "the cheerful presence of Rufus ... signals that the show's executive producer and director, Chris Bailey, doesn't mind getting cute in obvious ways." USA Today's Alex Kane cited Rufus among the show's "charming cast" of memorable characters, while the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Rob Owen identified Rufus as the show's breakout character. Rufus is considered one of the show's most popular characters and components, establishing himself as a fan favorite. McCorkle believes Rufus is the series' most popular character among younger viewers, an observation with which Judith S. Gillies of The Washington Post agreed. Dylan Kickham of Elite Daily named Rufus both "iconic" and "Everyone's favorite naked mole-rat". Similarly, the Rockford Register Star called Rufus "our favorite naked mole-rat". Andy Swift of TVLine deemed Rufus an "iconic" character. Furthermore, Kickham believes Rufus' role in the series is "the reason why so many young adults have actually heard of naked mole-rats." Cartwright's performance earned her a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program at the 31st Daytime Emmy Awards. MovieWeb's Jeremy Dick hailed Rufus as "one of Cartwright's best roles".
Fans of the series were initially outraged when the film adaptation's first trailer did not feature Rufus. Fans were eventually delighted to learn that Cartwright would be reprising her role in the film. While Blair Marnell of Nerdist opined that producers should be open to recasting the film's main characters in favor of more diverse actors, she insisted that "As long as Nancy Cartwright wants to reprise her role as the voice of Rufus, she should be able to do that for life." Reviewing the film, Polygon's Petrana Radulovic described Rufus as "just silly enough as to not be jarring." Despite being disappointed with the overall film and Rufus' comparative lack of screentime, Aydan Rossovich of The Bear River Current felt he was "The only acceptable character ... while it’s disappointing that he was barely in it, if he had been in the movie more than he was, it would have just made it even more annoying."
STEM Jobs crowned Rufus "one of the most faithful, yet smallest sidekicks of all time." Rufus has been called the most famous naked mole-rat. Kristy Pirone of Screen Rant believes Rufus "will live in perpetuity as the most famous naked mole-rat of all time." Massive Science credits Rufus and Kim Possible with introducing naked mole-rats into mainstream popular culture. The Liberty Science Center observed that most people may "only know about naked mole rats via cartoon characters", such as Rufus. The Field Museum of Natural History wrote that "Rufus stole the hearts of all who watched him save the day. In many episodes, Rufus is the hero, and like Kim and Ron, scientists agree that naked mole-rats are pretty cool."
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Informal group (taxonomy)
An informal group in taxonomy is a taxonomic rank that is not well defined.
This type of group can be paraphyletic or polyphyletic but is kept for ease, pending new systems of classification.
In zoology
Examples can be found in the classification of gastropods: Opisthobranchia, Sorbeoconcha, Hypsogastropoda, and Ptenoglossa are informal groups nearby the level of the order.
In human taxonomy, the informal taxonomic rank of race is variously considered equivalent or subordinate to the rank of subspecies.
In botany
An alliance is also considered an informal grouping of species, genera or tribes to which authors wish to refer, that have at some time provisionally been considered to be closely related.
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Ethnic groups in Syria
Syria is a multi-ethnic country, made up of several ethnic groups.
Ethnicity, religion and national/ideological identities
Ethnicity and religion are intertwined in Syria as in other countries in the region, but there are also nondenominational, supraethnic and suprareligious political identities, like Syrian nationalism.
Counting the ethnic or religious groups
Since the 1960 census there has been no counting of Syrians by religion, and there has never been any official counting by ethnicity or language. In the 1943 and 1953 censuses the various denominations were counted separately, e.g. for every Christian denomination. In 1960 Syrian Christians were counted as a whole but Muslims were still counted separately between Sunnis and Alawis.
Syrians and "foreigners"
Before the Syrian Civil War began in 2011, the Syrian population was estimated at roughly 23 million permanent inhabitants, including between 1,000,000 and 1,500,000 Iraqi refugees of various ethnicities and creeds, 580,000 Palestinian refugees, mostly Sunni Arabs, and an unknown number of Lebanese or Lebanese-Syrian dual citizens, mostly Shia Arabs and Christian Arabs of various subcreeds. Some Palestinian and Lebanese families have been living in Syria for generations. More than four million refugees, Syrians as well as non-Syrians, have left the country during the course of the civil war.
Ethnoreligious groups
Most Syrians speak Arabic, most are Sunni Muslims, but there are no accurate numbers or percentages of the various "majority" and "minority" groups. Sunni Arab Syrians could be anywhere between 70% and 79% as non-Arabic-speaking groups (mostly Kurds) are usually estimated at about 4%, non-Sunni Muslim groups (mostly Alawis) at less than 10% and Arabic-speaking Christians are 10%, but these are only indicative percentages.
Muslim minority groups
Kurds (most Syrian Kurds are Sunni)
Arabic-speaking or Turkmen Alawis
Arabic-speaking Druzes
Arabic-speaking Ismailis
Arabic-speaking (Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi) and Iranian Twelver Shias
Sunni Muslim (and also Christian) Palestinians
Sunni and Alevi Turkmens
Sunni Circassians
Sunni Muslim Greeks
Muslim Ossetians
Black people of Yarmouk Basin
Christian minority groups
Arabic-speaking Christians (Greek-Orthodox, Greek-Catholics, Maronites and a part of the Syrian Catholics)
Assyrians (Catholics) and Syriacs (Orthodox)
Armenians
Other groups
Romani people of various creeds
Jews
Yazidis are an ethno-religious group and Yezidism (Sharfadin) is one of the oldest Religion.
See also
Demographics of Syria
Languages of Syria
Religion in Syria
Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian Civil War
Federalization of Syria
References
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Peter J. Hansen
Peter J. Hansen is an American animal scientist who serves as distinguished professor and L.E. "Red" Professor of Animal Sciences in the Department of Animal Sciences at University of Florida
Research
Hansen's interest in livestock species started early in life while staying with relatives in County Wexford Ireland He first did research while an undergraduate in the Dept. of Dairy Science at the University of Illinois under the tutelage of Charles E. Graves. His doctoral research focused on regulation of reproduction by photoperiod in cattle and mice. Postdoctoral work with Roberts and Bazer kindled a love for understanding the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy, which subsequently became a career-long research interest. Among the most notable achievements as a faculty member at Florida has been identifying embryokines (see embryokine) that regulate development of the preimplantation embryo, demonstrating sex-dependent developmental programming during the preimplantation period, understanding how elevated temperature compromises reproduction, development of embryo transfer to increase pregnancy rate in heat-stressed cows, demonstration of the importance of the slick mutation in the prolactin receptor gene for increasing thermotolerance of cattle, and characterization of mechanisms for inhibition of uterine immune function by progesterone.
Notable Awards
Hansen was the recipient of the highest awards given by the American Society of Reproductive Immunology and American Dairy Science Association. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007), American Dairy Science Association (2009) and American Society of Animal Science (2018).
Selected publications
Physiological and cellular adaptations of zebu cattle to thermal stress, Animal reproduction science 82, 349-360 471 2004
Effects of heat stress on mammalian reproduction, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 364 ... 444 2009
Developmental changes in embryonic resistance to adverse effects of maternal heat stress in cows, Journal of Dairy Science 76 (10), 2899-2905 391 1993
Is the temperature-humidity index the best indicator of heat stress in lactating dairy cows in a subtropical environment?, Journal of dairy science 92 (1), 109-116 357 2009
Strategies for managing reproduction in the heat-stressed dairy cow, Journal of Animal Science 77 (suppl_2), 36-50 343 1999
Concepts for regulation of corpus luteum function by the conceptus and ovarian follicles to improve fertility, Theriogenology 31 (1), 149-164 325 1989
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Gerbathodes
Gerbathodes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
References
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The Keeper of Traken
The Keeper of Traken is the sixth serial of the 18th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 31 January to 21 February 1981.
In the serial, the alien time traveller the Master (Geoffrey Beevers) seeks a power on the planet Traken known as the Source which he wishes to use to restore his life.
The end of the serial introduces Anthony Ainley in the role as the Master. The serial is also the debut of Sarah Sutton as companion Nyssa.
Plot
In the TARDIS, the Fourth Doctor and Adric arrive back in N-Space in an area known as the Traken Union, an empire of peace and harmony. They are surprised to find a holographic image of the elderly Keeper of Traken appear in the TARDIS, calling on the Doctor's help. The Keeper explains that his title is about to pass on soon to Consul Tremas, giving him access to the powerful Source that is the centre of Traken's technological advancement, but senses evil within him, his wife Kassia, and his daughter Nyssa. The Keeper suspects a connection to Melkur, an evil creature that arrived years ago on Traken but became calcified in a grove in the capital. Melkur has since become something of a holy symbol, and Kassia has been tasked with talking to it and keeping it clean; that task is soon to be passed on to Nyssa.
When the Doctor and Adric land at Traken's capital and visit the Keeper, their presence appears to cause the Keeper to warn the assembled group of a great evil, and though Tremas vouches for them, others, including the Fosters, guardians of the spiritual welfare of the capital, remain cautious about their presence. Soon, bodies in the grove are found, the Doctor and Adric determining they have been killed by some type of plasma weapon. Adric works with Nyssa to identify the energy signature of the plasma as being from a TARDIS, while the Doctor assists Tremas in defusing the conflict over their presence. Unbeknownst to either group, Kassia secretly visits Melkur, who gives her a collar to wear, providing the creature with mind-control over her while promising to keep her husband safe. Kassia is able to convince the Fosters to arrest Tremas, the Doctor, Adric and Nyssa, and uses the situation to convince the other Consul to install her as the next Keeper. When the Keeper dies, Kassia takes the throne, but as the pivotal moment of the ceremony is completed, she disappears, leaving the statue of Melkur in her place, now connected to the Source.
Having escaped their confinement, the Doctor and his allies seek to cause a servo-shutdown of the Source to destabilise it and disconnect Melkur from using it. As Adric and Nyssa prepare to activate it, the Doctor is drawn into the statue of Melkur, finding it to be a TARDIS. Inside, he meets his old enemy, a horribly disfigured Master. The Master reveals he is on his last regeneration, and seeks to use the Source to give him a new set of regenerations, and then attempts to subdue the Doctor. However, at the same time, Adric and Nyssa initiate the servo-shutdown, disconnecting the Source from the Master and causing his TARDIS to malfunction. The Doctor escapes the Master's TARDIS, and when Melkur disappears, another Consul, Luvic, takes the throne to restabilise the Source before it completely dies.
After assuring all is well, the Doctor and Adric depart in his TARDIS. Later, Tremas discovers an alien longcase clock, and is transfixed to it when the Master emerges from it and merges his body with that of Tremas. The newly reformed Master laughs as he re-enters the clock—his TARDIS—and dematerialises, leaving Nyssa wondering where her father has gone off to.
Production
This story came about when the script editor suggested to Johnny Byrne that he use the subjects of millennialism and the effects of a long-serving head of state dying. The producer wanted to include a character that would give a sense of familiarity when Tom Baker, who had been the Doctor for several years, left and the new lead actor took over. To this end the Master replaced the villain in Byrne's draft.
The Melkur statue's design was based on a 1913 statue by Umberto Boccioni. The decaying master's robe was the same costume that had been used in The Deadly Assassin.
The story was repeated on BBC1 (except BBC1 Wales) across four consecutive evenings from Monday to Thursday, 10–13 August 1981, achieving viewing figures of 5.2, 4.4, 5.2 and 5.0 million viewers respectively.
Cast notes
Geoffrey Beevers is credited as the Melkur to conceal the plot twist of the Master's return. The Melkur statue was played by Graham Cole. Denis Carey, who plays the Keeper, also played Professor Chronotis in the uncompleted Fourth Doctor serial Shada, and the Old Man in the Sixth Doctor story Timelash (1985). Margot Van der Burgh had previously appeared as Cameca in the First Doctor serial The Aztecs (1964). John Woodnutt also appeared in Spearhead from Space (1970), Frontier in Space (1973) and as Commander Broton in Terror of the Zygons (1975). Robin Soans subsequently appeared in the Twelfth Doctor episode "Face the Raven" (2015).
Commercial releases
In print
A novelisation of this serial, written by Terrance Dicks, was published by Target Books in May 1982.
Home media
The Keeper of Traken was released on VHS in September 1993. In January 2007, it was released on DVD alongside Logopolis and Castrovalva, as part of the "New Beginnings" box set.
Notes
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The Keeper of Traken's sources in The Fisher King, Parsifal and the Pre-Raphaelites
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Mark McCracken
Mark McCracken (born August 1, 1960) is an American actor.
McCracken was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He appeared in the films We Were Soldiers with Mel Gibson, Joe Dante's horror/comedy Matinee, and also portrayed Pumpkinhead in Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings. His television credits include Ellen, Miami Vice, and The Outer Limits.
Filmography
Death of a Saleswoman (2005) - Abel Gunk
The Court (TV) - Technical Director (2 episodes)
We Were Soldiers (2002) - Ed "Too Tall" Freeman
The Comedy Team of Pete & James (2001) - Replacement Pete
DNA (1997) .... Sergeant Reinhardt/Balacau
aka Genetic Code (Europe: English title)
The Outer Limits - Jailer (1 episode, 1995)
Ellen - Richard (1 episode, 1994)
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) - Pumpkinhead
Matinee (1993) - Mant/Bill
Swamp Thing - Matt Caleb (1 episode, 1992)
Disney Presents The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage - Freddie (1 episode, 1991)
B.L. Stryker (1 episode, 1989)
Miami Vice ... (3 episodes, 1987–1989)
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Arcadia Planitia
Arcadia Planitia is a smooth plain with fresh lava flows and Amazonian volcanic flows on Mars. It was named by Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1882 after the Arcadia region of ancient Greece.
It dates from the Amazonian period's Arcadia formation's lava flows and small cinder cones.
It includes a more recently developed large region of aeolian materials derived from periglacial processes.
It is located northwest of the Tharsis region in the northern lowlands, spanning roughly the region 40-60° North and 150-180° West, straddling partly in the Cebrenia quadrangle (MC-07), and partly in the Diacria one (MC-02), and centered at . Arcadia marks a transition from the thinly cratered terrain to its north and the very old cratered terrain to the south.
On its east it runs into the Alba Mons volcanoes.
Its elevation relative to the geodetic datum varies between 0 and -3 km.
In a lot of the low areas of Arcadia, one finds grooves and sub-parallel ridges. These indicate movement of near surface materials and are similar to features on earth where near surface materials flow together very slowly as helped by the freezing and thawing of water located between ground layers. This supports the proposition of ground ice in the near surface of Mars in this area. This area represents an area of interest for scientists to investigate further.
Expanded craters
Large impacts often create swarms of small secondary craters from the debris that is blasted out as a consequence of the impact. Studies of a type of secondary craters, called expanded craters, have given us insights into places where abundant ice may be present in the ground. Expanded craters have lost their rims, this may be because any rim that was once present has collapsed into the crater during expansion or, lost its ice, if composed of ice.
Excess ice (ice in addition to what is in the pores of the ground) is widespread throughout the Martian mid-latitudes, especially in Arcadia Planitia. In this region, are many expanded secondary craters that probably form from impacts that destabilize a subsurface layer of excess ice, which subsequently sublimates. With sublimation the ice changes directly from a solid to gaseous form. In the impact, the excess ice is broken up, resulting in an increase in surface area. Ice will sublimate much more if there is more surface area. After the ice disappears into the atmosphere, dry soil material will collapse and cause the crater diameter to become larger. Places on Mars that display expanded craters may indicate where future colonists can find water ice.
Gullies
Martian gullies are small, incised networks of narrow channels and their associated downslope sediment deposits, found on the planet of Mars. They are named for their resemblance to terrestrial gullies. First discovered on images from Mars Global Surveyor, they occur on steep slopes, especially on the walls of craters. Usually, each gully has a dendritic alcove at its head, a fan-shaped apron at its base, and a single thread of incised channel linking the two, giving the whole gully an hourglass shape. They are believed to be relatively young because they have few, if any craters. A subclass of gullies is also found cut into the faces of sand dunes which themselves considered to be quite young.
On the basis of their form, aspects, positions, and location amongst and apparent interaction with features thought to be rich in water ice, many researchers believed that the processes carving the gullies involve liquid water. However, this remains a topic of active research. The pictures below show gullies in Arcadia Planitia.
Interactive Mars map
See also
Climate of Mars
Geography of Mars
List of plains on Mars
Martian Gullies
References
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Subsets and Splits