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25836404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.%20domesticus | S. domesticus | S. domesticus may refer to:
Scotophaeus domesticus, Tikader, 1962, a spider species in the genus Scotophaeus found in India and China
Sus domesticus, the domestic pig, a mammal species
See also
Domesticus (disambiguation) |
49059699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy%20%28novel%29 | Boy (novel) | Boy, James Hanley's second novel, first published in 1931 by Boriswood, is a grim story of the brief life and early death of a thirteen year old stowaway from Liverpool. After several editions had been published in 1931 and 1932, a cheap edition, published in 1934, was prosecuted for obscene libel and the publisher heavily fined.
History
Boy, James Hanley's second novel, his "first novel of the sea", was first published by Boriswood as a limited edition of 145 and "a public edition which, of regretful necessity, has been somewhat expurgated", in September 1931 (asterisks indicated where "words, phrases and sentences [were] omitted"). There were several subsequent editions in Britain and America. Hanley had originally intended to include Boy in the collection of stories and novellas, Men in Darkness: Five Stories, which was published in September 1931, at the same time as Boy.
Boy is the grim story of an intelligent thirteen-year-old boy, Fearon, from Liverpool who is forced to leave school by his parents so as to help support the family, by working "on the docks as a boiler-scaler". Hating this job and after being beaten by his father, Fearon stows away on a ship. When he is discovered, as the ship is shorthanded, he is signed-on to the crew. Fearon's suffering continues on board where he is sexually assaulted. When the ship docks in Alexandria, Egypt, Fearon has his first sexual encounter with a woman, in a brothel, where he contracts syphilis. On the return voyage this disease rapidly develops. The novel concludes with the captain smothering Fearon to put him out of his misery and his body given to the sea. Novelist Hugh Walpole, in a review, described Boy as "A novel that is so unpleasant and ugly, both in narration and in incident, that I wonder the printers did not go on strike while printing it". T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), however, had a very different opinion, and, in a letter to Hanley in 1931, commented "Your character drawing is superb, here and in Boy and in The Last Voyage, and Drift ... You can draw characters as and when you please, with an almost blistering vividness".
Then, when it was reprinted in 1934, in a cheap (second) edition with a "scantily dressed" belly dancer on its cover, Boy was prosecuted for obscenity. The court case followed a complaint to the police by someone who had borrowed the novel from The National Library, in Bury, near Manchester, Lancashire: "The prosecution suggested that the cover of the book and extracts from reviews just inside were most suggestive, and that the purpose was to pollute young people's minds". Boriswood "were advised that, owing to the book's reference to 'intimacy between members of the male sex', any defence against prosecution was futile'". In March 1935 Boriswood pleaded guilty of "uttering and publishing an obscene libel" and paid a substantial fine.
Subsequently Boy was republished, by the Obelisk Press in Paris, in 1936, 1938 and 1946. Jack Kahane was a noted publisher of banned books in English, including Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer and Lady Chatterley's Lover. However, it appears that Hanley did not agree to the republishing in Paris, and that only Boriswood received royalties. Furthermore, according to Hanley's son Liam, his father "firmly rejected" any "overtures from publishers to reissue Boy during his lifetime.
The novel was, however, reprinted after Hanley's death, in the 1990s by André Deutsch and Penguin Books, with an introduction by Anthony Burgess and more recently in 2007 by Oneworld Classics. Also a dramatised version of Boy was broadcast on BBC Radio 3's "Sunday Play" on March 16, 1996.
Publishing history
1st edition. A limited edition of 145 copies, along with an expurgated, trade edition, Boriswood, London, October 1931.
Ist edition, second impression, December 1931.
1st edition, third impression, January 1932.
Ist American edition, Alfred A Knopf, April 1932.
1st American edition, second printing May 1932.
2nd British edition (cheap edition), May 1934 Prosecuted as an obscene libel and withdrawn January 1935.
Obelisk Press edition (published in Paris by Jack Kahane) 1936.
Obelisk Press edition, 1938.
Obelisk Press edition, 1946.
André Deutsch, 1990 reprint, with an introduction by Anthony Burgess.
Penguin Books, 1992. The Deutsch edition republished in paperback.
Oneworld Classics edition, 2007.
Autobiography?
The New York Times, in Hanley's "Obituary", described Boy as "Mr. Hanley's partly autobiographical novel". However, Hanley did not run away to sea when he was thirteen but worked as a clerk for four years, before signing on as an ordinary seaman on the SS Nitonian, when he was seventeen. According to Hanley's son Liam, his father laughed at the suggestion that Boy was autobiographical. Hanley refers to Boy, though not naming it, in "a short reminiscence entitled 'Oddfish', " in his collection of essays and sketches Don Quixote Drowned (1953). In this essay Hanley describes "how a young seaman overhears a conversation on the bridge of a ship, from which emerges ... the central figure" of the novel.
See also
James Hanley: The Furys Chronicle
References
External links
James Pridmore, essay on Boy. Penniless Press
Kristin Anderson, "A Queer Sort" review in The Dublin Review of Books
1931 British novels
Proletarian literature
Novels set in Liverpool
Novels set on ships
Obscenity controversies in literature
Obelisk Press books
Novels adapted into radio programs
Censored books
Novels by James Hanley |
70428170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Goldfish%20Problem | The Goldfish Problem | "The Goldfish Problem" is the first episode of the American television miniseries Moon Knight, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Moon Knight. It follows Steven Grant as he begins to learn of his dissociative identity disorder (DID) and the deadly mystery involving Egyptian gods his other identity, Marc Spector, is involved in. The episode is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. It was written by head writer Jeremy Slater and directed by Mohamed Diab.
Oscar Isaac stars as Marc Spector / Moon Knight and Steven Grant, alongside May Calamawy, Karim El-Hakim, F. Murray Abraham, and Ethan Hawke. Slater joined the series in November 2019 to serve as head writer and executive produce, while Diab joined in October 2020 to direct four episodes of the series. Filming took place at Origo Studios in Budapest, with location filming throughout Hungary and in Slovenia.
"The Goldfish Problem" was released on Disney+ on March 30, 2022. The episode received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Isaac and Hawke and its tonal departure from the MCU, but some pointed out its lack of plot developments.
Plot
British Museum worker Steven Grant occasionally suffers from blackouts. After going to sleep one night, he finds himself waking up in the Austrian Alps, witnessing a cult meeting led by religious zealot Arthur Harrow, who demands a scarab Grant unknowingly had in his possession. He escapes from Harrow and is nearly killed, but is saved by a mysterious voice in his head.
After waking up in his home, noticing several oddities and returning from a misscheduled date, Grant realizes that two days have passed since he went to sleep. He later finds a hidden phone and keycard in his apartment's flat, and while searching through missed calls from a woman named Layla, she calls. Grant is confused upon her calling him "Marc".
The next day, Grant is confronted by Harrow at work, who reveals that he is a servant of the Egyptian goddess Ammit. Later that night, Harrow summons a jackal-like monster that attacks Grant at the museum. Just as Grant is cornered by the monster, his reflection in the mirror tells Grant to let him take control. Grant agrees, transforming into a cloaked warrior who kills the monster.
Production
Development
In August 2019, Marvel Studios announced a series based on Moon Knight was being developed for the streaming service Disney+. That November, Jeremy Slater was hired to serve as the head writer of the series, while Egyptian director Mohamed Diab was set to direct four episodes by October 2020, including the first episode. Slater and Diab executive produce alongside Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, and Grant Curtis and star Oscar Isaac. The first episode, titled "The Goldfish Problem", was written by Slater, and was released on Disney+ on March 30, 2022.
Writing
Diab wanted to include the "black comedy" scene of Steven Grant ordering a steak, despite being vegan, as a way to show DID was not just him blacking out, but that it was "destroying his life, even his romantic life" and a way for the audience to connect to Grant.
Casting
The episode stars Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector / Moon Knight and Steven Grant, May Calamawy as Layla El-Faouly, Karim El-Hakim and F. Murray Abraham as the on-set performer and voice of Khonshu, respectively, and Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow. Also appearing are Lucy Thackeray as Donna, Saffron Hocking as Dylan, Shaun Scott as Crawley, and Alexander Cobb as J.B.
Design
The series' main-on-end title sequence was designed by Perception. Each episode's end credits feature a new phase of the moon, starting with a crescent moon in this episode.
Filming and visual effects
Filming took place at Origo Studios in Budapest, with Diab directing, and Gregory Middleton serving as cinematographer. Location filming occurred throughout Budapest and in Slovenia, with filming taking place in Szentendre, Hungary, at the beginning of May 2021. Hawke suggested Harrow's introductory scene where he puts glass shards in his sandals because he wanted the character to have his "full-page drawing" that villains get in the comics. Noting that he had a cane but no limp, he began to think about "spiritual people who go crazy, who get mad on their own spiritual pride, and how often that turns inward and you see that they're secretly self-lacerating in some way and hating themselves".
Visual effects for the episode were created by Union VFX, Framestore, Soho VFX, Zoic Studios, Mammal Studios, and Crafty Apes.
Music
The songs "Every Grain of Sand" by Bob Dylan, "A Man Without Love" by Engelbert Humperdinck, and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! are featured in the episode.
Marketing
Ahead of the episode's release, Marvel released a poster of a goldfish in a blender. Commentators noted the lack of context to the release, but felt the fish was important enough to the story in the episode or series to warrant them being featured on a poster. A QR code was included in the episode that allowed viewers to access a free digital copy of Moon Knight's debut comic, Werewolf by Night #32. After the episode's release, Marvel announced merchandise inspired by the episode as part of its weekly "Marvel Must Haves" promotion for each episode of the series, including Moon Knight Funko Pops, Marvel Legends, Hot Toys, and Marvel Select figures, posters, accessories, and apparel.
Reception
Audience viewership
The viewer tracking application Samba TV reported that the premiere was watched by an estimated 1.8 million households in the first five days of release. This was behind the premiere of Loki (2.5M) and was tied with the premiere of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which achieved that viewership over three days. Samba TV also reported Moon Knight was watched by 277,000 households in the United Kingdom, 88,000 in Germany, and 11,000 in Australia in that same time frame.
According to Nielsen Media Research who measure the number of minutes watched by United States audiences on television sets, Moon Knight was the fifth-most watched original series across streaming services for the week of March 28–April 3 with 418 million minutes watched. This was the lowest amount of minutes for all of the live action MCU Disney+ series, but not far behind WandaVision (434 million) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (495 million). Moon Knight was the top series in the United States for the week ending April 3 according to JustWatch.
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 92% approval rating with an average rating of 8.00/10, based on 24 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, The Goldfish Problem' raises more questions than it answers about this new hero's identity, but Oscar Isaac's varied performance firmly answers why viewers should stick around for more."
Leah Marilla Thomas at Vulture gave the episode 4 out of 5 stars, saying the mystery of Grant and Spector as part of the character's dissociative identity disorder was "a fun twist on the 'secret identity' trope in superhero fiction and a compelling place to start" the series. She noted how the series seemed to be handling its more brutal violence by having it occur during Grant's blackouts when he switches to Spector, allowing Disney+ to "have their cake and eat it too". Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a 7 out of 10, saying that it could be a bit jarring how disconnected the series seemed to be from the rest of the MCU, especially after the previous Disney+ series were heavily tied to the film Avengers: Endgame (2019). Fowler compared the episode to one from Marvel Television's series that did not have MCU connections, although he said "it works for now since Steven is in a very odd cerebral prison, as it were". In conclusion, Fowler enjoyed Isaac and Hawkes' performances, but argued the episode left viewers with many questions.
Writing for The A.V. Club, Manuel Betancourt gave the episode a "B+", praising the decision to feature Grant's blackouts as a storytelling tactic, giving the episode a "different narrative rhythm" from any of the previous MCU series. Betancourt also praised Isaac's performance as Grant, saying that as a result, the biggest question of the episode was "What is happening to Steven Grant?" as opposed to "Who is Moon Knight, anyway?" Den of Geek Kristen Howard called the episode a "pretty solid introduction" to the world of the series, and that it seemed like Isaac was granted "Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean-level performance freedom" in portraying Grant. Howard stated it was refreshing to see a MCU show without an "ambitious amount" of easter eggs from the wider MCU and called the MCU version Grant compared to the comics version "admittedly quite irritating", but was interested in see Grant's personality in contrast with Spector. They gave the episode 3 out of 5 stars.
The episode was the target of review-bombing on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes's audience scores because of the episode's mention of the Armenian genocide, with deniers saying the episode was acting as propaganda.
Accolades
Slater was nominated at for Best Writing in a Streaming Limited or Anthology Series at the 2nd Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards for his work on the episode.
References
External links
Episode recap at Marvel.com
2022 American television episodes
American television series premieres
Moon Knight (miniseries) episodes
Television episodes directed by Mohamed Diab
Television episodes set in Austria
Television episodes set in London
Television episodes written by Jeremy Slater |
29852077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloptilia%20sanguinella | Caloptilia sanguinella | Caloptilia sanguinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California and Maine in the United States.
References
sanguinella
Moths of North America |
9525082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky%20Marker | Nicky Marker | Nicholas Robert Thomas Marker (born 3 May 1965) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
As a player he was defender who made more than 500 appearances during his career, notably in the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers where he won the title in 1995. He spent the rest of his professional career in the Football League playing with Exeter City, Plymouth Argyle, Sheffield United and Cheltenham Town before retiring with Non-league side Tiverton Town.
Following his retirement he moved into coaching and had spells with Plymouth based youth club Tamarside before a five year spell in charge of Ivybridge Town, who in 2011 he briefly played for again whilst serving as assistant manager.
Playing career
As a player, he was a defender or midfielder starting his career at Exeter City before a controversial transfer to local rivals Plymouth Argyle with Darran Rowbotham joining Exeter City in part exchange. For this reason, the Plymouth fans took time to accept Marker but his whole hearted performances in a green shirt soon made him a fans' favourite. Marker was awarded the club's Player of the Year award in 1990.
His performances for Argyle also caught the eye of then Blackburn Rovers manager Kenny Dalglish who paid £500,000 to bring Marker to Ewood Park, with both Keith Hill and Craig Skinner moving in the opposite direction. Marker's first team involvement at Blackburn was limited as he was largely used as backup for regular centre-backs Colin Hendry and Henning Berg, or holding midfielder David Batty. He played no games in Blackburn's Premiership 1994/95 title-winning season primarily due to a snapped cruciate knee ligament.
He moved on to Sheffield United in 1997 and made regular appearances over two seasons. However, by this time hip and back injuries were beginning to take their toll and Marker returned to Plymouth Argyle for a short loan period, before spells at Cheltenham Town and Tiverton Town where injuries eventually forced him into premature retirement.
In 2011, eleven years after his retirement, two hip replacements, and at the age of 46, Marker made a single appearance for Ivybridge Town, coming on as a late substitute in a South West Peninsula League match at home to Dartmouth. He was cautioned for a late tackle just 2 minutes after stepping into the pitch.
Coaching career
After retiring from the professional game Marker was involved with Plymouth amateur and youth club Tamarside FC from 2003 to 2009. He joined the club in 2003 to initially help coach his son's team, later getting involved in the club's senior team and was appointed club Chairman in 2006. He combined the role of Reserve Team manager and Youth Manager until leaving the club at the end of the 2008–09 season.
In October 2010 it was announced that Marker had been appointed first team coach of Ivybridge Town, who play in the Premier Division of the South West Peninsula League.
In June 2013 Marker was appointed First Team Manager after the resignation of Graeme Kirkup.
References
External links
Nicky Markers Profile at PAFC.com
1965 births
Living people
Footballers from Devon
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Exeter City F.C. players
Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Sheffield United F.C. players
Cheltenham Town F.C. players
Tiverton Town F.C. players
Ivybridge Town F.C. players
English Football League players
Premier League players
English football managers
Ivybridge Town F.C. managers |
24644228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranthoecium | Uranthoecium | Uranthoecium is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Uranthoecium truncatum, native to Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia. A common name is flat-stem grass.
References
Panicoideae
Endemic flora of Australia
Monotypic Poaceae genera |
11332201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20Minds | Parallel Minds | Parallel Minds is the second full-length album by the Norwegian power metal band, Conception, released on 10 November 1993.
Track listing
Notes
The Japanese edition of the album features lyrics to the band's song "Black on Black" in the booklet, but does not feature the song on the Japanese releases.
Personnel
All information from the album booklet.
Band members
Roy Khan – vocals
Tore Østby – guitars
Ingar Amlien – bass
Arve Heimdal – drums
Additional personnel
Hans Chr. Gjestvang – keyboards
Michael Albers – cover art
Tommy Newton – producer, engineering, mixing
Ingo Chilmud – engineering
Peter Vahlefeld – graphics
References
Conception (band) albums
1993 albums
Noise Records albums |
46200581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.%20Sof%C3%ADa%20Villa%20de%20Buentello | G. Sofía Villa de Buentello | Gerónima Sofía Villa de Buentello (1892 in Teocaltiche, Mexico — February 7, 1958 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican feminist who worked in the first wave of the suffrage movement in Mexico and was one of the first women to analyze the legal equality of men and women before the law. She founded the Women of the [Hispanic] race and led the faction of more moderate feminists in the 1920s in Mexico.
Biography
G. Sofía Villa de Buentello was a Mexican feminist. She was probably a teacher, as most of the attendees at the 1916 First Feminist Congress of Yucatán were teachers and it was a requirement of attendance that women be educated. Her publications list her as a "professor" and other sources state she was a lawyer, though she indicated in a 1925 interview with The New York Times that she had only a secondary education. Married and a mother — her books are dedicated to her husband, Edmundo E. Buentello, and her children Miguel Edmundo and Sofía — Villa de Buentello was not a submissive wife. She publicly called for a change in women’s marital dependency and the domestic limits placed by society upon women.
Soon after the Congresses, in 1917 President Carranza’s “Law on Family Affairs (Domestic Relations)” was passed. In her analysis of the legislation, Villa pointed out that prior to its passage, the Civil Code was discriminatory. In the event that a child was born out of wedlock, if a woman who gave up her child to prevent stigma and shaming, she alone could be identified. The previous law had allowed maternity investigations so that orphans could find their birth mothers, but forbade paternity investigations.
In 1921 she published a book, La Mujer y la Ley (The Woman and the Law), which asked whether men and women were equal before the law in Mexico. Though the analysis was moderate in tone, Villa de Buentello stated that regardless of social or economic status, everyone must be viewed equally before the law. Considering that women did not have suffrage, it was considered revolutionary. She may have been influenced by Genaro García, a lawyer who had made a similar statement 30 years earlier, according to Carmen Ramos Escandón.
While Villa de Buentello was known for her less radical ideas, she was not truly a moderate. She and Elena Arizmendi Mejia established a cooperative union "Mujeres de la raza" (Women of the [Hispanic] Race) in 1923 with aims of uniting Latina women in the struggle for rights. At the time, Latin America was seen as the next "staging ground" as suffrage had been gained in Europe and the United States, but it was clear to Arizmendi after her attendance at the 1922 Pan-American Conference of Women that there was a lack of understanding from the Anglo-oriented perspective on Hispanic women's cultural influences. Villa and Arizmendi both saw matrimony and motherhood, an integral part of Latina identity, as making the experience of women "complete".
That same year, she participated in the National Convention of Women held on May 27, 1923, in Mexico City. The conference was organized by the Pan American League and quickly split into two factions. The radical contingent from Yucatán, which urged the convention to adopt a program advocating the abolition of marriage, birth control, free love, and sex education, were aligned with Elena Torres Cuéllar and María “Cuca” del Refugio García. Villa rejected this premise and instead sought legal rights for women inside of marriage. She believed divorce caused stigma for women and was against it because even if innocent of wrongdoing, in a divorce the wife was deemed to have behaved inappropriately and punished by society. Her more moderate stance gained her support by the faction composed of teachers, Christian women’s society members, the delegation of the Pan American League and members from US associations.
At the close of the National Convention on Women, Villa and Arizmendi determined to hold a conference for the Mujeres de la raza and organized a meeting for the International League of Iberian and Latin American Women for 1925. Arizmendi used her press contracts and secured coverage in the New York Times to promote the event. On Sunday, March 2, 1924, an extensive article about the feminist movement in Mexico entitled “New Women of Mexico Striving for Equality” carried an interview with Villa de Buentello giving an overview of their goals. The meeting occurred in July, 1925 in Mexico City with Villa as President of the conference. Arizmendi served as Secretary General, but did not attend due to a difference of opinion with Villa. In attendance were Rosa Maria Anders, a Cuban lawyer; Carmen Burgos of Spain; Natalia Costa de Gori, of Guatemala; Eva Maria V. de Gytina, of Panama; and María de Jesús Montenegro of Nicaragua, among others. From within Mexico were delegates from Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Magdalena Salazar Venegas with the National University, Rosaura Sansores with the Liga de Maestros (Teachers League) from Morelos, and Rosa Torre González from the government of Yucatán.
Villa came into conflict as before with "Cuca" Garcia and the more radical delegates over her views on marriage. During heated discussion, Villa closed the conference. There was protest by the delegates, who refused to accept her autocratic decision and continued working. The final twelve resolutions were founded upon traditions and morals, one even proposing that older women serve as moral guides for younger women during outings. They asked for civil, legal, social and economic equality, as well as the right to vote and hold public office.
Villa de Buentello’s work shows the contradictions which existed for this group of feminists. On the one hand, she wanted to expand the sphere of women, but on the other, she wanted to remain within the bounds of tradition. She wanted a woman's strengths and ability to work to be recognized, but only so that they could give her the freedom to express herself within marriage and motherhood. She challenged the notion of male leadership, but at the same time acknowledged the husband as head of the household. She argued for equality under the law, but only so that women would have protections within their marriages, no matter how bad those marriages might be.
In 1929, Villa petitioned President Emilio Portes Gil to allow women to count the ballots in the November elections.
Selected works
La Mujer y la Ley. Pequeña parte tomada de la obra en preparación titulada "¡La Esclava se Levanta!. Estudio importantisimo para la mujer que desee su emancipación y para el hombre amante del bien y de la justicia, Mexico, Talleres de la Imprenta Franco Mexicana, 1921 (in Spanish)
La verdad sobre el matrimonio ... estudio importantisimo sobre la triste condicion de la mujer en el matrimonio, Mexico, Talleres de la Imprenta Franco Mexicana, 1923 (in Spanish)
Derechos civiles de la mujer y ley de relaciones familiares, Mexico, 1923 (in Spanish)
References
Further reading
Carmen Ramos Escandón, Challenging Legal and Gender Constraints in Mexico: Sofía Villa de Buentello's Criticism of Family Legislation, 1917–1927 in
External links
"La Mujer y la Ley
1892 births
1958 deaths
Mexican feminists
Mexican women's rights activists
Mexican women writers
Mexican feminist writers
20th-century Mexican educators
Mexican women educators
People from Teocaltiche |
1157369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulgi | Shulgi | Shulgi ( dŠulgi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. He reigned for 48 years, from (Middle Chronology) or possibly – 1982 BC (Short Chronology). His accomplishments include the completion of construction of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, begun by his father Ur-Nammu. On his inscriptions, he took the titles "King of Ur", "King of Sumer and Akkad" and "King of the four corners of the universe". He used the symbol for divinity () before his name, marking his apotheosis, from the 23rd year of his reign.
Life and work
Shulgi was the son of Ur-Nammu king of Ur and his queen consort Watartum. Year-names are known for all 48 years of his reign, providing a fairly complete contemporary view of the highlights of his career.
Shulgi is best known for his extensive revision of the scribal school's curriculum. Although it is unclear how much he actually wrote, there are numerous praise poems written by and directed towards this ruler. He proclaimed himself a god in his 23rd regnal year.
Some early chronicles castigate Shulgi for his impiety: The Weidner Chronicle (ABC 19) states that "he did not perform his rites to the letter, he defiled his purification rituals". CM 48 charges him with improper tampering with the rites, composing "untruthful stelae, insolent writings" on them. The Chronicle of Early Kings (ABC 20) accuses him of "criminal tendencies, and the property of Esagila and Babylon he took away as booty."
Name
Early uncertainties about the reading of cuneiform led to the readings "Shulgi" and "Dungi" being common transliterations before the end of the 19th century. However, over the course of the 20th century, the scholarly consensus gravitated away from dun towards shul as the correct pronunciation of the sign. The spelling of Shulgi's name by scribes with the diĝir determinative reflects his deification during his reign, a status and spelling previously claimed by his Akkadian predecessor Naram-Sin.
Personal glorification
Shulgi also boasted about his ability to maintain high speeds while running long distances. He claimed in his 7th regnal year to have run from Nippur to Ur, a distance of not less than 100 miles. Kramer refers to Shulgi as "The first long distance running champion."
Shulgi wrote a long royal hymn to glorify himself and his actions, in which he refers to himself as "the king of the four-quarters, the pastor of the black-headed people".
Shulgi claimed that he spoke Elamite as well as he spoke Sumerian.
Armed conflicts
While Der had been one of the cities whose temple affairs Shulgi had directed in the first part of his reign, in his 20th year he claimed that the gods had decided that it now be destroyed, apparently as some punishment. The inscriptions state that he "put its field accounts in order" with the pick-axe. His 18th year-name was Year Liwir-mitashu, the king's daughter, was elevated to the ladyship in Marhashi, referring to a country east of Elam and her dynastic marriage to its king, Libanukshabash. Following this, Shulgi engaged in a period of expansionism at the expense of highlanders such as the Lullubi, and destroyed Simurrum (another mountain tribe) and Lulubum nine times between the 26th and 45th years of his reign. In his 30th year, his daughter was married to the governor of Anshan; in his 34th year, he was already levying a punitive campaign against the place. He also destroyed Kimaš and Ḫurti (cities to the east of Ur, somewhere in Elam) in the 45th year of his reign. Ultimately, Shulgi was never able to rule any of these distant peoples; at one point, in his 37th year, he was obliged to build a large wall in an attempt to keep them out.
Susa
Shulgi is known to have made dedications at Susa, as foundation nails with his name, dedicated to god Inshushinak have been found there. One of the votive foundation nails reads: "The god 'Lord of Susa,' his king, Shulgi, the mighty male, king of Ur, king of Sumer and Akkad, the..., his beloved temple, built.". An etched carnelian bead, now located in the Louvre Museum (Sb 6627) and inscribed with a dedication by Shulgi was also found in Susa, the inscription reading: "Ningal, his mother, Shulgi, god of his land, King of Ur, King of the four world quarters, for his life dedicated (this)".
The Ur III dynasty had held control over Susa since the demise of Puzur-Inshushinak, and they built numerous buildings and temples there. This control was continued by Shulgi as shown by his numerous dedications in the city-state. He also engaged in marital alliances, by marrying his daughters to rulers of eastern territories, such as Anšan, Marhashi and Bashime.
Modernization
Shulgi apparently led a major modernization of the Third Dynasty of Ur. He improved communications, reorganized the army, reformed the writing system and weight and measures, unified the tax system and created a strong bureaucracy. He also promulgated the law code known as the Code of Ur-Nammu after his father.
Year names
There are extensive remains for the year names of Shulgi, which have been entirely reconstructed from year 1 to year 48. Some of the most important are:
Marriage with a princess from Mari and other royal women
Shulgi was a contemporary of the Shakkanakku rulers of Mari, particularly Apil-kin and Iddi-ilum. An inscription mentions that Taram-Uram, the daughter of Apil-kin, became the "daughter-in-law" of Ur-Nammu, and therefore the Queen of king Shulgi. In the inscription, she called herself "daughter-in-law of Ur-Nammu", and "daughter of Apil-kin, Lugal ("King") of Mari", suggesting for Apil-kin a position as a supreme ruler, and pointing to a marital alliance between Mari and Ur.
Nin-kalla was a queen at the end of the king's reign. Many texts show that she was running the palace in Nippur.
Another important royal woman, but not a queen, was Ea-niša. She appears in many texts and had an influential position at the royal court, perhaps as concubine. A similar status had Shulgi-simti who is known from a high number of texts presenting evidence for her economic power. Another important woman was Geme-Ninlilla who appears in texts at the end of the king's reign. Other, less well known royal women are Šuqurtum and Simat-Ea.
Shulgi is known to have had five sons, Amar-dDa-mu, Lu-dNanna, Lugal-a-zi-da, Ur-dSuen, Amar-Sin as well as one daughter, Peš-tur-tur. The name of another daughter, Šāt-Kukuti, is known from a cuneiform tablet.
Artifacts and inscriptions
See also
Correspondence of the Kings of Ur
History of Sumer
Sumerian king list
Self-praise of Shulgi
References
External links
Shulgi's axe sold illegally in Germany from the German Middle East magazine zenith
The face of Shulgi. A realistic statue shows us how Shulgi may have looked in real life.
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Sumerian kings
21st-century BC Sumerian kings
20th-century BC Sumerian kings
Deified men
Third Dynasty of Ur |
45620413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%20Stewart%20Anderson | Ann Stewart Anderson | Ann Stewart Anderson (March 3, 1935 – March 4, 2019) was an artist from Louisville, Kentucky whose paintings have "focused on the rituals of being a woman." Anderson is known for her part in creating the collective work, the "Hot Flash Fan," a fabric art work about menopause funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. She was the executive director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
Early life and education
Anderson was born in Frankfort, Kentucky. Along with her two sisters, Ann Stewart was a “PK,” a Preacher’s Kid, the daughters of Olof Anderson and Martha Ward Jones Anderson. Rev. Anderson led Presbyterian congregations in Lebanon and Richmond, KY., before moving his family to Louisville to head Harvey Browne Memorial Presbyterian Church. She graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in History of Art in 1957, and earned a Master in Art (Painting) from The American University in 1961. She attended the Corcoran School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Career
Anderson worked at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in the late 1950s and taught art in the Montgomery County, Maryland schools before relocating to Chicago. From 1964 to 1975, she was employed by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she quickly rose to become dean of students, a position that tempered her spirit and tested her diplomatic skills as she dealt with students involved in the heady days of the late 1960s, including the protests around the Democratic Convention of 1968. After two unsuccessful attempts at applying for the Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship, awarded to Wellesley alumnae, she won the fellowship in 1975, when she was 40. With the Stevens Fellowship, Ann Stewart spent a year in Egypt working on a photographic project, finding scenes of daily life from modern-day Cairo and Egyptian villages (plowing, planting, harvesting; making beer and bread and mud-bricks; plucking ducks; fishing with nets in the river delta) that mirrored those depicted in Pharaonic-era tomb paintings from 3, 000 years ago. After returning to Kentucky in 1975, Anderson served as artist-in-residence at St. Francis High School in Louisville and later as executive director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women. In 1985, she collaborated on an NEA-funded project called Hot Flash Fan with the feminist artist Judy Chicago, a giant multi-media project addressing menopause that included work by over 50 artists. A 60-year retrospective exhibition of her work, "Looking Back/Moving Forward," was mounted at PYRO Art Gallery in Louisville in 2009.
Awards
2002: Individual Grant, The Kentucky Foundation for Women,
1998: Professional Development Grant, Kentucky Arts Commission,
1998: Sallie Bingham Award, Kentucky Foundation for Women,
1991: Southern Arts Federation, New Forms Regional Initiative Grant,
1988: Purchase Award, Kentucky Graphics,
1987: Individual Grant, The Kentucky Foundation for Women,
1986: Charles Logan Memorial Prize, Water Tower Art Association, Water Tower Annual,
1985: Robert Cooke Enlow Memorial Purchase Award, Evansville Museum of Art and Science,
1975: Mary Elvira Stevens Traveling Fellowship, Wellesley College,
Collections
Citizens Bank, Glasgow KY; Homequity Wilton, CT; Drake Hotel, Chicago; Turtle Wax Company, Chicago; Brown Foreman Distillers; Atlantic Richfield Corporation; Alabama Power Company; Colwell Financial; Central Bank, Lexington; Hilliard Lyons, Louisville; University of Kentucky Art Museum
Exhibits
1958 13th Area Exhibition, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1959 14th Area Exhibition, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1960 Pyramid Gallery, Richmond VA
1960 LaRue Gallery, Washington D.C.
1962 15th Area Exhibition, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1962 American Art League Show, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
1962 La Boheme, Arlington VA
1963 Art Center Gallery, Louisville KY
1966 National Show of Drawings, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka KS
1966 Artists of Kentucky Area, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY
1967 National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Ball State University, Muncie IN
1973 Montgomery Gallery, Rockville MD
1975 New Horizons, North Show Art League, Chicago IL
1977 Hyatt Regency Exhibition, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY
1981 J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY
1982 Mid America Biennial, Owensboro Fine Arts Museum, Owensboro KY
1983 The Flower, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY
1983 Fire I, Art Center Association, Louisville KY
1983 Woman Art, Living Art and Science Center, Lexington KY
1983 Kentucky Art, University of Kentucky Art Museum , Lexington KY
1985 38th Annual Mid-States Art, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville IN
1985 Vanities, Swearingen Gallery, Louisville KY
1985 Collaborative Effort "Hot Flash Fan" (with Judy Chicago) Martha White Gallery, Louisville KY
1986 Showcase '86, Water Tower Art Association, Louisville KY
1986 Women's Sensibilities, WARM Gallery, Minneapolis MN
1986 Kentucky Show, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY
1986 Todd Capp Gallery, New York NY
1987 Last Hurrah, First Hooray, LOHO Gallery, Louisville KY
1987 State of Mind, traveling show by Kentucky artists
1988 Thanatopsis, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY
1988 Fanfares, SOHO20 Gallery, New York NY
1988 The Experienced Eye, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro KY
1988 ME: Artists' Self Portraits, Liberty Gallery, Louisville KY
1988 Mid America Biennial, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro KY
1988 Kentucky Graphics, Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington KY
1989 The Human Figure, Atlanta Festival, Atlanta GA
1989 Ladies' Room, McGrath Gallery, Louisville KY
1989 Regional Exhibit, Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis IN
1989 Two woman exhibit, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY
1990 Transformations: Feminist Art by Louisville Artists, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY
1990 Fanfares, Headley Whitney Museum, Lexington KY
1991 Kingman Gallery, Quito, Ecuador
1991 Collective Contrasts . Zephyr Gallery, Louisville KY
1991 Trumbull Art Gallery, Ohio
1992 Refiguration, Gallery 10, Washington D.C.
1992 Ladies Lunch, Contemporary Art Gallery, New Harmony, IN,
1994 The Shopping Experience, Liberty Gallery, Louisville KY
1994 Wise Woman, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
1994 Red Clay Exhibit, Huntsville Museum of Art, Hunstsville AL
1995 New Paintings, Steinway Gallery, Chapel Hill NC
1995 The Education of the Artist, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green KY
1996 What I Ate and When, Art Center of Douglas County, Castle Rock CO
1996 Art Festival, Decatur GA
1996 Woman, the Artists' View, Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington VT
1997 Original Stories, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY
1998 New Works: Ann Stewart Anderson and Jeanne Dueber, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green KY
1998 Americans: A Satirical Parade, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville KY
1999 Made in Kentucky II, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington KY
2000 The Mythology of Womanhood, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis IN
2000 By Invitation, Belknap Gallery, University of Louisville, Louisville KY
2000 Nature Revisited, Tower Cerlan Gallery, Lexington KY
2001 Inequitable Conditions, Montgomery Gallery, Mt. Sterling KY
2001 Image is Everything: Women and Issues of Beauty, Kentucky Theatre Gallery, Louisville KY
2001 Kentucky Women Artists: 1850-2000, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro KY
2001 The Box, Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville KY
2001 Breakfastworks, Louisville Visual Art association, Louisville KY
2002 Mythic Women, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington KY
2002 Mythic Women, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Louisville KY
2002 Water Tower Annual, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY
2003 Here and There, Brunz-Rosowsky Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2003 Helen and Clytemnestra, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ
2005-6 Mythic Women Juxtaposed, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville KY
2006 IDo! I Do!, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville KY
References
External links
Ann Stewart Anderson official site
American women artists
Living people
People from Frankfort, Kentucky
Feminist artists
Artists from Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky women artists
1935 births
21st-century American women artists |
64374783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C15H22O4 | C15H22O4 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C15H22O4}}
The molecular formula C15H22O4 (molar mass: 266.333 g/mol, exact mass: 266.1518 u) may refer to:
Agglomerin
Leptospermone
Molecular formulas |
60236417 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Highway%20753H%20%28India%29 | National Highway 753H (India) | National Highway 753H, commonly referred to as NH 753H is a national highway in India. It is a secondary route of National Highway 53. NH-753H runs in the state of Maharashtra in India.
Route
NH753H connects Sillod,Bhokardan, Rajur,Jalna, Ambad and Wadigodri in the state of Maharashtra.
Junctions
Terminal near Sillod.
Terminal near Wadigodri.
See also
List of National Highways in India
List of National Highways in India by state
References
External links
NH 753H on OpenStreetMap
National highways in India
National Highways in Maharashtra |
64390228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug%20of%20war%20at%20the%202001%20World%20Games | Tug of war at the 2001 World Games | The tug of war events at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played between 20 and 21 August. Athletes from 12 nations participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Akita Skydome in Yūwa. Two men's events were held as official sport. Two women's events were invitational sport at this games.
Participating nations
Medal table
Official events
Invitational events
Events
Men's events
Women's events
References
External links
Tug of War International Federation
Tug of war on IWGA website
Results
2001 World Games
2001 |
5264791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoIP%20VPN | VoIP VPN | A VoIP VPN combines voice over IP and virtual private network technologies to offer a method for delivering secure voice. Because VoIP transmits digitized voice as a stream of data, the VoIP VPN solution accomplishes voice encryption quite simply, applying standard data-encryption mechanisms inherently available in the collection of protocols used to implement a VPN.
The VoIP gateway-router first converts the analog voice signal to digital form, encapsulates the digitized voice within IP packets, then encrypts the digitized voice using IPsec, and finally routes the encrypted voice packets securely through a VPN tunnel. At the remote site, another VoIP router decodes the voice and converts the digital voice to an analog signal for delivery to the phone.
A VoIP VPN can also run within an IP in IP tunnel or using SSL-based OpenVPN. There is no encryption in former case, but traffic overhead is significantly lower in comparison with IPsec tunnel. The advantage of OpenVPN tunneling is that it can run on a dynamic IP and may provide up to 512 bits SSL encryption.
Advantages
Security is not the only reason to pass Voice over IP through a virtual private network, however. Session Initiation Protocol, a commonly used VoIP protocol is notoriously difficult to pass through a firewall because it uses random port numbers to establish connections. A VPN is also a workaround to avoid a firewall issue when configuring remote VoIP clients.
However, latest VoIP standard STUN, ICE and TURN eliminate natively some NAT problems of VoIP.
Installing an extension on a VPN is a simple means to obtain an off-premises extension (OPX), a function which in conventional landline telephony required a leased line from the private branch exchange to the remote site. A worker at a remote location could therefore appear virtually to be at the company's main office, with full internal access to telephone and network.
Disadvantages
The protocol overhead caused by the encapsulation of VoIP protocol within IPSec dramatically increases the bandwidth requirements for VoIP calls, thus making the VoIP over VPN protocols too "fat" to be used over a mobile data connections like GPRS, EDGE or UMTS.
Although VoIP over VPN is not as usable in mobile environments, it is sometimes used to create "encrypted VoIP trunk" between different sites of a corporations, running VoIP PBX interconnections over a VPN connection.
New solutions
The recent publication of new VoIP encryption standards built into the protocol, such as ZRTP and SRTP, allow the VoIP client to run without the VPN overhead, integrating with standard features of VoIP PBX without having to manage both the VPN gateway and the PBX.
Free implementation
VoIP VPN solution may be accomplished with free open source software by using a Linux distribution or BSD as an operating system, a VoIP server, and an IPsec server.
References
https://www.pcmag.com/article/365673/when-to-use-a-vpn-to-carry-voip-traffic
Sources
Voice over IP
Virtual private networks |
3127088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20F.%20Tweed | Thomas F. Tweed | Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Frederic Tweed (1891 – 30 April 1940) was a British soldier and novelist.
He was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers. He won the Military Cross in World War I and at the age of 26 was named the youngest lieutenant colonel in the British Army at the time. He became a political adviser to David Lloyd George from 1927 until Tweed's death from a stroke. Tweed was primarily famous for his novels, among which were Blind Mouths and Rinehard. The latter was turned into the successful 1933 film Gabriel Over the White House, directed by Gregory LaCava and starring Walter Huston.
In the novel Rinehard and the film Gabriel Over the White House, the character of Pendie Molloy, the President's secretary (played in the film by Karen Morley), is based on Frances Stevenson, Lloyd George's secretary and mistress, with whom Tweed also had an affair.
Works
Rinehard: A Melodrama of the Nineteen-Thirties (A. Barker, 1933)
US edition, Gabriel Over the White House: A Novel of the Presidency (Farrar & Rinehart, 1933)
Blind Mouths (A. Barker, 1934); also known as Hungry Mouths
US ed., Destiny's Man (Farrar & Rinehart, 1935). Dust wrapper for first UK edition of Blind Mouths designed by Margaret Macadam.
Further reading
Longford, Ruth. Frances, Countess Lloyd George: More Than a Mistress. Leominster, Herefordshire: Gracewing, 1996.
External links
1890 births
1940 deaths
Lancashire Fusiliers officers
British Army personnel of World War I
Recipients of the Military Cross
British male novelists
20th-century British novelists
20th-century British male writers |
56964888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raliang%20Assembly%20constituency | Raliang Assembly constituency | Raliang is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India. It is part of West Jaintia Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It falls under Shillong Lok Sabha constituency and its current MLA is Comingone Ymbon of National People's Party.
Members of Legislative Assembly
The list of MLAs are given below
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Election results
2018
See also
List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
West Jaintia Hills district
Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)
References
Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya
West Jaintia Hills district |
68181523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deb%20Richardson | Deb Richardson | Deb Richardson (born February 17, 1961) is an American beach volleyball player. After finishing second in the American trials with her partner Gail Castro; they competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1997 she started her ninth season in the WPVA tour, playing with Linda Chisholm.
She played collegiately at the University of Alaska-Anchorage.
References
External links
1961 births
Living people
American women's beach volleyball players
Olympic beach volleyball players for the United States
Beach volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Minneapolis
20th-century American women |
63116979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20Memelink | Herbert Memelink | Herbert Memelink (born 3 May 1961) is a Dutch sports shooter. He competed in the men's 10 metre air rifle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1961 births
Living people
Dutch male sport shooters
Olympic shooters for the Netherlands
Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Hengelo |
48987663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20More%20Pain%20%28Doom%20album%29 | No More Pain (Doom album) | No More Pain is the first full-length studio album by the Japanese band Doom.
Track listing
Death To Wimp! - 4:40
Body No Body - 5:17
I'm Your Junky Doll - 3:49
You Don't Cry... No Long Life - 3:22
No More Pain - 7:55
Iron Card - 3:21
Kick It Out! - 3:56
'Til Death - 4:32
1987 albums
Doom (Japanese band) albums |
10863079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Derby | Dean Derby | Clarence Dean Derby (June 11, 1935 – October 29, 2021) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League. He played six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1957–1961) and the Minnesota Vikings (1961–1962).
He died on October 29, 2021, in Walla Walla, Washington at age 86.
References
1935 births
2021 deaths
People from Leavenworth, Washington
Players of American football from Washington (state)
American football cornerbacks
Washington Huskies football players
Pittsburgh Steelers players
Minnesota Vikings players
Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players |
25865362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Yonashiro | George Yonashiro | is a former Japanese Brazilian (Nisei) football player and manager. In January 1985, he obtained his Japanese citizenship, and played for Japan national team.
Club career
Yonashiro was born in São Paulo, Brazil on November 28, 1950. He joined Japan Soccer League Division 2 club Yomiuri in 1972. The club was promoted to Division 1 in 1978. In 1979, the club won first title JSL Cup. The club won the league champions in 1983, 1984. The club also won 1984 Emperor's Cup and 1985 JSL Cup. He retired in 1986. He played 239 games and scored 93 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 5 times.
National team career
In January 1985, Yonashiro was approved for naturalisation as a Japanese citizen by the Ministry of Justice. In October, when he was 34 years old, he was selected to the Japan national team for the 1986 World Cup qualification. At this competition, on October 26, he debuted against South Korea. He played 2 games for Japan in 1985.
Coaching career
After retirement, Yonashiro became a manager for Yomiuri in 1986. He led the club to won 1986–87 Japan Soccer League. The club also won 1986 and 1987 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won 1987 Asian Club Championship. He resigned in 1990. In September 1994, he became a manager for Kyoto Purple Sanga as Seishiro Shimatani successor. In June 1996, he became a manager for Kyoto Purple Sanga again as Oscar successor. In 2004, he signed with Prefectural Leagues club FC Ryukyu. He promoted the club to Regional Leagues in 2005 and Japan Football League in 2006. In 2007, he moved to Regional Leagues club Giravanz Kitakyushu. He promoted the club to Japan Football League in 2008 and J2 League in 2010. He resigned end of 2010 season. In 2013, he signed with Japan Football League club Blaublitz Akita. He promoted the club to new league J3 League in 2014. He resigned end of 2014 season.
Club statistics
National team statistics
Managerial statistics
References
External links
Japan National Football Team Database
Profile at Akita
1950 births
Living people
Japanese men's footballers
Brazilian men's footballers
Japan men's international footballers
Japan Soccer League players
Tokyo Verdy players
Japanese football managers
J1 League managers
J2 League managers
J3 League managers
Kyoto Sanga FC managers
FC Ryukyu managers
Giravanz Kitakyushu managers
Blaublitz Akita managers
Brazilian people of Japanese descent
Brazilian emigrants to Japan
Naturalized citizens of Japan
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from São Paulo |
74103484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europium%28III%29%20selenide | Europium(III) selenide | Europium(III) selenide is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Eu2Se3. It is one of the selenides of europium. It can be obtained by the reaction of selenium and europium at high temperature. It co-melts with germanium diselenide to form Eu2GeSe5 and Eu2Ge2Se7. It reacts with uranium and uranium diselenide at high temperature to obtain EuU2Se5.
References
Europium compounds
Selenides |
17125060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masamoto%20Yashiro | Masamoto Yashiro | is a Japanese businessman who currently serves as chairman and CEO of Shinsei Bank and as a director of China Construction Bank.
He attended Kyoto University, graduating with a degree in law, and graduate school at the University of Tokyo. He joined Standard Vacuum Oil Company in 1958 and became a director of Esso Petroleum in 1964. He was appointed Japan chairman of Citibank in 1989.
In 1999, he left Citibank to head the Ripplewood-backed effort to acquire the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan. In 2000, he was appointed chairman and CEO of the newly acquired and renamed Shinsei Bank. In 2004 he was also appointed as a director of China Construction Bank. He resigned as CEO of Shinsei in 2005 and as chairman in 2006, but returned as chairman and CEO in 2008.
References
External links
Japanese businesspeople
1929 births
People from Shinagawa
Living people |
33828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Russian%20%28cocktail%29 | White Russian (cocktail) | A white Russian is a cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur (e.g., Kahlúa or Tia Maria) and cream served with ice in an old fashioned glass.
History
The traditional cocktail known as a black Russian, which first appeared in 1949, becomes a white Russian with the addition of cream. Neither drink has any known Russian origin, but both are so-named due to vodka being the primary ingredient. It is unclear which drink preceded the other.
The Oxford English Dictionary refers to the first mention of white Russian in the sense of a cocktail as appearing in California's Oakland Tribune on November 21, 1965. It was placed in the newspaper as an insert: "White Russian. 1 oz. each Southern, vodka, cream", with "Southern" referring to Coffee Southern, a short-lived brand of coffee liqueur by Southern Comfort.
The white Russian saw a surge in popularity after the 1998 release of the film The Big Lebowski. Throughout the movie, it appears as the beverage of choice for the protagonist, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski. On a number of occasions he refers to the drink as a "Caucasian".
Preparation
As with all cocktails, various modes of preparation exist, varying according to the recipes and styles of particular bars or mixologists. Most common varieties have adjusted amounts of vodka or coffee liqueur, or mixed brands of coffee liqueur. Shaking the cream in order to thicken it prior to pouring it over the drink is also common. Sometimes the drink is prepared on the stove with hot coffee for a warm treat on cold days. Conversely, vanilla ice cream has been known to be used, rather than cream, to make it frozen.
Variations
Many variants of the cocktail exist, such as a mudslide, Bolshevik, or blonde Russian (made with Irish cream), an Anna Kournikova (named after the tennis player, made with skimmed milk, i.e. a "skinny" white Russian), a white Cuban (made with rum instead of vodka), a black Russian (vodka and coffee liqueur), or a dirty Russian (with chocolate syrup added). A Colorado bulldog or tall black Russian adds a splash of cola.
See also
List of cocktails
List of coffee beverages
References
External links
Cocktails with vodka
Cocktails with coffee liqueur
Coffee culture
Alcoholic coffee drinks
Cocktails with milk
Creamy cocktails
Cocktails with ice cream
Three-ingredient cocktails |
1241725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernier%27s%20teal | Bernier's teal | Bernier's teal (Anas bernieri), also known as the Madagascar teal, is a species of duck in the genus Anas. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is found only along the west coast. Part of the "grey teal" complex found throughout Australasia, it is most closely related to the Andaman teal.
Taxonomy
The Bernier's teal was first described by the German ornithologist Gustav Hartlaub in 1860 under the binomial name Querquedula bernieri. It is one of many dabbling ducks in the genus Anas. It is one of the "grey teals", a group of related ducks found across Australasia. DNA studies suggest that it may have been a sister species with Sauzier's teal (which was found on the nearby islands of Mauritius and Réunion until it became extinct). Studies further suggest that its closest living relative is the Andaman teal, and confirm that it is related to the gray teal. There are no subspecies.
The duck's common and species names both commemorate Chevalier Bernier, a French naval surgeon and naturalist who collected nearly 200 specimens of various species while stationed in Madagascar. The genus name Anas is a Latin word meaning "duck".
Description
This is a small duck, measuring in length, and ranging from in mass; males average slightly heavier than females. Adult and immature birds of both sexes look the same, though males are slightly larger than females. The plumage is predominantly warm brown. The bill is reddish, and the legs and feet are a dull reddish-orange.
Range and habitat
Bernier's teal is endemic to the island of Madagascar, where it is found in mangrove forests. It rarely leaves this habitat, where it favors open shallow ponds and lakes, mostly brackish. Its range encompasses the whole of the west coast and the extreme north-east. It is known to breed at a few sites, central and north-west coasts. Subfossil evidence from the Holocene period shows that the teal formerly had a much wider distribution across the island.
Behaviour
Voice
The male Bernier's teal whistles, while the female's call is described as "a croaking quak".
Diet and feeding
Bernier's teal typically spends much of its day actively feeding. It wades at the edge of shallow water, filtering mud and dabbling at the water's surface. It feeds on invertebrates, plant materials, and insects.
Breeding
All known nests of wild Bernier's teal have been found either above or close to water in grey mangrove trees, in holes above the water's surface. In captivity, the species will also use nest boxes. The birds add no materials to the nest. Instead, the female lays her eggs directly on floor of the cavity, covering them initially with wood shavings or rotting bits of wood and later with down feathers from her own breast. In captivity, clutch sizes varied from 3 to 9, with an average of 6.75 eggs per female. The eggs are pale buff in colour, smooth and elliptical in shape, measuring on average. This is smaller than the eggs of any of the other "grey teals". Only the female incubates the eggs.
Conservation status
Bernier's teal is on the verge of extinction. There are only about 1500 left in the world. The reason these ducks are on the verge of extinction is because their natural habitat, mangrove forests, are being destroyed for timber and fuel, and to expand cultivation. Hunting for food is also a threat.
The species is now held in wildfowl collections throughout the world, and several captive breeding programs exist. The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on Jersey, for example, has reared nearly 100 since starting their breeding program in 1995. In the US, Sylvan Heights Bird Park in North Carolina and the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky have both successfully fledged ducklings.
Note
References
External links
BirdLife Species Factsheet
Madagascar teal - The Living Rainforest
Madagascar teal - ARKive
Planet of Birds
Bernier's teal
Endemic birds of Madagascar
Bernier's teal |
31240795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh%20Amendment%20of%20the%20Constitution%20of%20South%20Africa | Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa | The Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa made various changes involving the financial management of national and provincial government. Most of its provisions came into force on 26 April 2002, and the remainder on 1 December 2003.
Provisions
The amendment made the following changes to the Constitution:
Modifying the definition of a "money bill" for the national Parliament and the provincial legislatures.
Providing that, along with money bills, bills determining the division of revenue between national, provincial and local government can only be introduced to Parliament by the Minister of Finance.
Reducing the size of the Financial and Fiscal Commission from 22 members to nine members, by reducing the number of members chosen by the president from nine to two, and by replacing the nine members chosen by the nine provinces individually with three members chosen by the provinces collectively.
Modifying the mechanisms whereby the national government can control the financial practises of the provincial governments.
Various other technical modifications.
Legislative history
The amendment was passed by the National Assembly on 1 November 2001 with the requisite two-thirds majority (274 votes in favour), and by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on 15 November with eight of nine provinces in favour, KwaZulu-Natal being the lone dissenter. It was introduced to Parliament simultaneously with the Sixth Amendment, but was passed separately because it contained matters affecting provincial government which had to be approved by the NCOP.
The act was signed by President Thabo Mbeki on 7 December, but it contained a clause specifying that it would only come into force on a date set by presidential proclamation. A proclamation on 26 April 2006 brought most of the act into force on that same day, except for those related to the Financial and Fiscal Commission, which only came into force on 1 December 2003.
Formal title
The official short title of the amendment is "Constitution Seventh Amendment Act of 2001". It was originally titled "Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Second Amendment Act, 2001" and numbered as Act No. 61 of 2001, but the Citation of Constitutional Laws Act, 2005 renamed it and abolished the practice of giving Act numbers to constitutional amendments.
References
External links
Official text (PDF)
Amendments of the Constitution of South Africa
2001 in South African law |
50589233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHESP-FM%20%28Jalisco%29 | XHESP-FM (Jalisco) | XHESP-FM is a radio station on 91.9 FM in San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Jalisco in the Guadalajara metropolitan area. It is owned by MegaRadio and carries a rock format known as Rock & Soul.
History
XESP-AM received its concession on January 8, 1947. It was owned by Herminio Macías Alonso and broadcast initially on 1400 kHz with 250 watts. Víctor Manuel Chávez y Chávez bought XESP in 1954, only to sell it to Radio Impulsora de Occidente the next year. By the 1960s, it broadcast with 5,000 watts day and 1,000 watts night on 1070 kHz.
For decades until the mid-2000s, XESP was known as Radio Juventud. At that time, it adopted a news/talk format known as 1070 Noticias, Con la Información Que Más Te Interesa ("With the Information That's Relevant to You").
Upon second-wave AM-FM migration, on April 16, 2018, XESP-AM signed on XHESP-FM 91.9 and ditched its all-news format for a rock format known as "Rock & Soul", as well as new newscasts titled "Líder Informativo". The AM signed off December 10, 2019.
HD Radio
In addition to an HD1 subchannel simulcasting its analog signal, XHESP-FM offers an HD2 subchannel known as Origen, simulcasting social station XEPBGR-AM 1510. This subchannel is not authorized by the Federal Telecommunications Institute.
References
External links
Rock & Soul 91.9 Twitter
Radio stations in Guadalajara |
33440191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complejo%20Panamericano%20de%20Voleibol | Complejo Panamericano de Voleibol | The Pan American Volleyball Complex is an arena in Guadalajara, Mexico. The arena was opened on March 10, 2007, built at a cost of 40 million pesos. It has a capacity of 3,152 and hosted the volleyball competition at the 2011 Pan American Games. This arena was used on the Pan American Games on 2011.
See also
Volleyball at the 2011 Pan American Games
References
External links
Profile
2007 establishments in Mexico
Sports venues in Guadalajara, Jalisco
Venues of the 2011 Pan American Games |
31142859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish%20diaspora | Finnish diaspora | The Finnish diaspora consists of Finnish emigrants and their descendants, especially those that maintain some of the customs of their Finnish culture. Finns emigrated to the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Canada, Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Germany, Israel and Brazil.
The Great Migration
The years between 1870 and 1930 are sometimes referred as 'the Great Migration' of Finns into North America. In the 1870s, there were only 3,000 migrants from Finland, but this figure was rapidly growing. New migrants often sent letters home, describing their life in the New World, and this encouraged more and more people to leave and try their luck in America. Rumors began of the acres of land that could be cleared into vast productive fields and the opportunity to earn "a barrel of American dollars" in mines, factories, and railroads. There were also professional recruiters, or 'agents', employed by mining and shipping companies, who encouraged Finns to move to the United States. This activity was frowned upon by the authorities of the Grand Duchy, and was mostly done in secret. It was eventually brought to an end in the late 1880s by legislation in the United States, but the decade still saw a 12-fold increase in the number of Finnish migrants compared to the previous decade, as 36,000 Finns left their home country for North America.
Gallery
References |
49664307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zet | Zet | Zet or ZET may refer to:
Zagrebački električni tramvaj, Zagreb Electric Tram, public transport operator in Zagreb, Croatia
Zet (hardware), a clone x86 processor
Radio ZET, Polish radio station
Association of the Polish Youth "Zet", pre-1914 Polish organisation
Zet, the creator of Norwegian music project Ram-Zet
NK ZET, Croatian football club
Operation Zet, Russian support for China as part of the Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Djet, Egyptian pharaoh
Zet, a hypocorism of the given name Suzette |
65260599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariecke%20van%20der%20Linden | Mariecke van der Linden | Mariecke van der Linden (Ravenstein, 1973) is a Dutch visual artist and opera composer. She works on music videos as an art director in the field of set design, costumes and styling. Furthermore she makes oil paintings and installations. Van der Linden is known for her portraits of prominent Dutch people such as Eberhard van der Laan, Johan Cruijff en Wubbo Ockels.
Early life and education
Van der Linden was born in 1973 in Ravenstein. She grew up in Overlangel, a village consisting of 300 inhabitants which lies at the riverbank of Oude Maas. At the age of 14, she started to receive artistic coaching from Børge Ring, a Danish musician, artist and Oscar winner from the animation movie Anna en Bella. When she was 17, Van der Linden was accepted to the preliminary program of the Utrechts Conservatorium in Utrecht. Her formal education began in 1991 at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Theo Loevendie where she studied composition
Career as a visual artist
Her name became more established at the opening of a side wing in the museum Hermitage Amsterdam when her life-sized portraits of notable Amsterdam citizens were revealed. This was accompanied by the mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, revealing his own portrait. The work is now part of the permanent section "De Nieuwe Schuttersgalerij" of the museum.
In cooperation with Museum de Fundatie en Yuri Honing Van der Linden published the art- and storybook Goldbrun, a chapel for Europe with publisher Waanders. The book is on the shared gallery of Van der Linden and Honing Goldbrun and is the basis for their exposition sharing that name. The duo also created Bluebeard and Avalon, two expositions for the Castle of Nijenhuis about art installations and imagination.
References
Living people
Dutch artists
1973 births |
3281832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador%20Settlement | Salvador Settlement | Salvador Settlement, also called Salvador, Salvador Settlement Corral, is a small harbour and settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, It is on the north east coast, on the south shore of Port Salvador. It is one of a handful of Spanish place names on the islands, still in use.
It was founded by Andrés Pitaluga, a Gibraltarian, in the 1830s, who arrived from Gibraltar via continental South America. His descendants still run the farm there and the settlement is therefore sometimes referred to as "Gibraltar Station" or "Gibraltar Settlement".
References
Populated places on East Falkland
1830s establishments in the British Empire |
8745787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton%20M.%20Holland | Milton M. Holland | Milton Murray Holland (August 1, 1844 – May 15, 1910) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm.
Biography
Holland was born as the son of white slaveowner Bird Holland (killed in action at the Battle of Pleasant Hill) and Matilda, an enslaved African-American woman. He joined the Army from Athens, Ohio. At the Athens County Fairgrounds he signed to the recruitment rolls 149 young black men and raised what was to become Company C of the 5th United States Colored Infantry. He was serving as a Sergeant Major (a temporary assignment) in the 5th USCI when his unit participated in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm on September 29, 1864 in Virginia. Three days before the end of the war, on April 6, 1865, he was issued the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chaffin's Farm. He left the army in September 1865.
Holland's wife was Virginia W. Dickey. Milton Holland died from a heart attack at the age of 65 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia.
Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 5th U.S. Colored Troops.
Place and date: At Chaffin's Farm, Virginia, September 29, 1864.
Entered service at: Athens, Ohio.
Born: 1844, Holland Quarters, Panola County, Texas.
Date of issue: April 6, 1865.
Citation:
Took command of Company C, after all the officers had been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it.
See also
List of Medal of Honor recipients
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L
List of African American Medal of Honor recipients
Melvin Claxton and Mark Puls, Uncommon valor : a story of race, patriotism, and glory in the final battles of the Civil War, (Wiley, 2006) ()
References
1844 births
1910 deaths
African Americans in the American Civil War
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
Union Army soldiers
People of Ohio in the American Civil War
People from Austin, Texas
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
20th-century African-American people |
6142248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten%20Shekel%20Shirt | Ten Shekel Shirt | Ten Shekel Shirt is a Christian rock band based in New Haven, Connecticut. The band was founded by Lamont Hiebert, and currently consists of Hiebert along with Jonny Rodgers, Colin Meyer and Tim Sway.
History
In 2000, Hiebert wrote, recorded and co-produced the album Much. Before releasing the album Hiebert recruited Austin Morrison (drums) and Tommy Lee (bass) to fill out the band. The independent release of that album sparked the attention of Integrity Music who then signed Hiebert. Much was nominated for a Dove Award and featured the No. 1 song "Ocean".
While recording the band's second album, Risk, Hiebert co-founded a charity called Love146 to help combat child slavery and exploitation. Soon after Risk was released (2003, INO Records), Hiebert put his music career on pause to focus on the charity.
In 2008 Hiebert re-launched his music career and signed with the Boston-based label Rounder Records. Ten Shekel Shirt's latest album Jubilee was released August 19, 2008.
In December 2008, Lamont Hiebert and Rounder Records agreed to part ways after budget constraints prevented adequate promotion of Jubilee.
Discography
Albums
Much (2001)
Risk (2003)
Jubilee (2008)
Songs on compilations
Sea to Sea: Filled With Your Glory, "Ocean" (CMC, 2004) Taken from the 2002 album Much.
GMA Canada presents 30th Anniversary Collection, "Ocean" (CMC, 2008) Taken from the 2002 album Much.
References
Rock music groups from Connecticut
American Christian rock groups |
5018853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliyanad | Veliyanad | Veliyanad is a small village in the Ernakulam District of the state of Kerala in southern India. It belongs to the Edakkattuvayal panjayat and Kanayannoor Taluk. The village is around 30 km from the city of Kochi. nearby city is Piravom The nearest airport is Cochin International Airport. Piravom Road, Ernakulam Town and Ernakulam Junction Railway Stations are the closest major railway stations.
The maternal home and birthplace of Adi Shankaracharya at Veliyanad, Piravom
Etymology
The name Piravom derived from a word 'Piravi' in Malayalam means 'birth'. There are two beliefs about the etymology of the name.
It is believed that the name originated from a reference to the Nativity . There is a concentration of temples named after the Puranas in and around Piravom, as against only another three so named in the rest of India.
It is believed that the name originated from the story of Adi Shankara's birth. The local legend says, the origin of the name Veliyanadu is from 'Veliyam/Velicham konda nadu' which means the 'land where the light evolved' might be referring to Sankaracharyas birth and the light of knowledge thus originated and spread.
Also it is near to Piravom which also has got a connection with the birth of Sri Adi Sankaracharya. (Piravi in Malayalam means birth, Sri Sankara's birth made this place as Piravom). Mel Pazhoor Mana is believed as the birthplace of Adi Sankaracharya, which is the home of Aryamba, his holy mother. It is located near Piravom.
Places of interest
Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth: A deemed university under de-novo category, situated in the birth home of Adi Shankara.
Chinmaya International Foundation : An organization dedicated to research and the spread of Advaita Vedanta across the world, founded by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswathi.
Chinmaya Swayambhu Ayyappa Temple
Melpazhur Mana: renamed as Adi Sankara Nilayam, this is a sprawling nalukettu located in Veliyanad at Edakkattuvayal Village in Ernakulam. This mana was acquired by Chinmaya International Foundation. It is refurbished and currently it is the home of the Chinmaya International Foundation.
Thottoor siva temple
Also Pazhoor Perumthrikkovil is 3 km from Veliyanad.
Thirumarayoor Rama's Temple is 2 km from Veliyanad is one of the few ancient Rama temples in Kerala.
Pazhoor Padippurais 4 km from Veliyanad. It is an astrology center linked to Pazhoor Perumthrikkovil located in Piravom is referred in the Aithihyamala by Kottarathil Sankunni.
Educational institutions
Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth: A deemed university under de-novo category, situated in the birth home of Adi Shankara.
TocH Engineering college (2 km from Veliyanad)
Chinmaya International Foundation
Recreational Clubs
Young Waves Arts and Sports Club : A group of young and energetic people, which was started in the year 2005. Since then, the club has played a major role in conducting the cultural celebrations in the area mainly Onam.
Adi Shankara Nilayam
Located in Veliyanad, Adi Shankara Nilayam is the ancestral maternal house of Shri Shankara. It is a sprawling nalukettu located in Veliyanad at Edakkattuvayal Village in Ernakulam. Traditionally known as the 'Melpazhur Mana', the place was renamed as Adi Shankara Nilayam by Swami Chinmayananda Saraswathi. Now the property has been acquired by the Chinmaya International Foundation. The nalukettu is decorated with exquisite wooden paneling and engravings. A meditation hall in memory of Swami Chinmayananda Saraswathi is there nearby.
Situated in of land, the property houses a water pond, a temple complex, an excellent library, a computer unit and residential accommodation for visiting scholars. There is a large temple dedicated to the deity of the family - swayambhu Shasta (Lord Ayyappa). A Naga Yakshi temple and a temple for Vettakkorumakan are also seen in the complex.
References
Villages in Ernakulam district |
126825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomville%2C%20New%20York | Ransomville, New York | Ransomville is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Porter in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 1,419 at the 2010 census. Portions of the hamlet are also in Town of Wilson and Town of Cambria. Ransomville is north of the City of Niagara Falls and is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Ransomville is in the southeast corner of the town on the Youngstown-Lockport Road (New York State Route 93).
Geography
Ransomville is located at (43.236955, -78.915327).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
History
Founding
The town of Ransomville was established in 1842 by the Ransom and Curtiss families and was named after William Henry Harrison Ransom. The Curtiss family, led by brothers Gideon and Capt. Gilbert Curtiss, were the first to settle in the area in the 1820s, establishing the early links with neighboring towns.
The son of immigrants from Sullivan County in the Hudson River Valley, W.H.H. Ransom arrived in Niagara County in 1839 and built a farm that he worked with his wife, Elisa Estes Ransom. In 1846, Ransom purchased a general store from his uncle, Jehiel Ransom, who had been in Niagara County since 1826 and served as postmaster. Ransom had 13 children and died at the age of 74 in Ransomville on December 29, 1889.
Development
Ransomville was established as a farming community, but some of the earliest businesses were the log taverns built by Gideon Curtiss, the first of which was erected in 1817 and the second in 1825. A cemetery was laid out by 1821. In 1840 the Ransomville House was built as a larger, more refined building. In addition to the hotel, an 1860 map of the village lists two doctors and two blacksmiths, as well as a bootmaker, carriage maker, harness maker, grocer, lumber mill and general merchandise store.
Early settlers from the Curtiss family cleared and laid down the roads from Ransomville to Youngstown to the West (NY 93), along the ridge to the South (NY 104) and Lake Ontario to the North (CR 17). In 1876, The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad took over the Lake Ontario Shore Railroad and extended track, connecting Ransomville with Lewiston to the West and Syracuse to the East. This was later incorporated into the New York Central Railroad. A year later, Gilbert Curtiss built the Excelsior Elevator across from the rail depot. The Curtisses' agricultural business would grow to include a poultry farm that was considered the largest in the nation by the early 20th century.
In the 20th century, the town's claim to poultry fame faded with the development of new techniques and the opening of larger facilities. In 1924, the Volunteer Fire Company was formed with 24 charter members and Dr. John C. Plain as its President. A first fire hall was built in 1925 and then replaced by the current facility in 1960. Original equipment included a motorized chemical pumper rig, which replaced the hand-drawn cart. In 1933, Harold Bass opened the Bass Ford Dealership, which was soon joined by Richard Coulter's Chevrolet dealership. In 1954, Ed Ortiz and his brother opened the Ransomville Speedway for dirt track racing. The brothers moved the track outside of town to its current location in 1958.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,488 people, 488 households, and 386 families residing in the hamlet. The population density was . There were 504 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the community was 97.04% White, 1.08% African American, 1.21% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.27% from other races, and 0.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.67% of the population.
There were 488 households, out of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.3% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.7% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the community, the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $48,000, and the median income for a family was $53,239. Males had a median income of $30,833 versus $25,227 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,063. None of the families and 2.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 3.4% of those over 64.
The hamlet is served by the Ransomville Volunteer Fire Company with their station located on NY Route 93 Youngstown-Lockport Road. The Upper Mountain Fire Company of Lewiston, New York provides Advanced Life Support services to Ransomville.
Religion
Despite its small size there are numerous places of worship in Ransomville. These include Ransomville Free Methodist Church, Ransomville United Methodist Church, Fillmore Chapel, Ransomville Baptist Church and Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Notable people
Willis W. Bradley, Medal of Honor recipient
Chuck Hossfeld, NASCAR driver
Charlie Rudolph, NASCAR driver
Steve Geltz, Major League Baseball Pitcher
George Smith, an accused murderer shot by townsfolk in 1896
Steve Lewis Jr., racing driver
References
External links
RW&O Railroad, Ransomville, NY
Ransomville Speedway
Upper Mountain Fire Company
Wilson Central School
Ransomville Free Methodist Church
Hamlets in New York (state)
Census-designated places in New York (state)
Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area
Census-designated places in Niagara County, New York
Hamlets in Niagara County, New York |
9589743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimsdown%20Industrial%20Estate | Brimsdown Industrial Estate | Brimsdown Industrial Estate is located to the east of the residential part of Brimsdown in the London Borough of Enfield. The estate, which lies in the Lea Valley, is bordered to the west by the West Anglia Main Line portion of the Lea Valley Lines and to the east by the River Lea and King George V Reservoir. A number of businesses are located here including Warburtons Enfield bakery, warehousing and retail, and heavier industry such as Johnson Matthey, UOP and the Enfield Power Station.
History
The original, coal-fired Brimsdown Power Station was built by the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co (Northmet) in 1907. By the time of its closure in the 1970s this had grown to be a major plant, visible from a wide area due to its seven large cooling towers. Manufacturers attracted to Brimsdown by electricity supply and flat sites included non-ferrous metals producers Enfield Rolling Mills (ERM) and Enfield Cables Ltd (both later part of Detal Metals). Other firms included Brimsdown Castings (manufacturing in brass, copper, phosphor bronze, zinc and aluminium), Johnson Matthey (precious metals), Brimsdown Lead Works, Ruberoid roofing materials, and Imperial Lampworks (later Thorn A.E.I. Radio Valves & Tubes).
In 1965 the ERM plant consisted of a copper refinery, copper and brass sheet and strip mills, copper rodmill, and copper drawing mill. Copper and copper-base alloys produced are cast and fabricated into refinery and mill shapes.
References
Enfield Rolling Mills
Enfield, London
Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Enfield
Manufacturing industries in London |
10448896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob%20Benedict | Rob Benedict | Robert Patrick Benedict (born September 21, 1970) is an American actor and writer. His 25 year career includes more than 70 television and movie credits. He is best known for his work on the television series Supernatural, Threshold, Felicity and the comedy film Waiting.... He is also the lead singer/songwriter of the Los Angeles based band Louden Swain.
Early life
Benedict was born in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's degree in Performance Studies.
Career
Acting
In the critically acclaimed WB series Felicity he appeared as Felicity Porter's dorm mate, Richard Coad. In CBS's Threshold Benedict played physicist Lucas Pegg, member of a secret government team investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species. In seasons 4, 5, 10, 11, 14 and 15 of Supernatural he plays a writer, Chuck Shurley, previously thought to be a prophet of the lord but later revealed to be God, who eventually becomes the series main antagonist. On Alias Benedict was Sydney Bristow's short-term CIA partner, Brodien. Additional early television series credits include Birds of Prey and Come to Papa, with guest appearances on NCIS, CSI, Monk, Medium, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Snoops, Burn Notice, and Beverly Hills, 90210.
Other television credits include recurring roles in Lucifer, Bosch, NCIS: New Orleans, Masters of Sex, Fox's Touch, Franklin & Bash, and the digital series Susanna with Anna Paquin. He also appeared as the irreverent power agent Jeremy Berger in the Starz Original comedy series Head Case. Other recent guest star appearances are Documentary: Now!, NCIS: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Shameless, Psych, Law and Order: Los Angeles., and NCIS: Hawaii. In 2023, he appeared as a background bandmember in the episode Hang On to Your Life of The Winchesters, a spinoff of Supernatural.
His feature film credits include A Little Help, with Jenna Fischer, State of Play with Russell Crowe. In 2005 he starred as Calvin in the cult comedy Waiting... with Ryan Reynolds, and later revised the role in the sequel Still Waiting... Other films include Kicking & Screaming, with Will Ferrell, Group Sex, Say Goodnight with Aaron Paul, Two Days, with Paul Rudd, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, starring Rosario Dawson, and Not Another Teen Movie. In 2018, he had a starring role in the horror film 30 Miles from Nowhere, with Carrie Preston. Benedict has also done some voice acting work, most notably voicing the character Vin, in the video games Jak II and Jak 3.
Writing and producing
He co-wrote and starred in the independent short film Lifetripper, which made its debut at the LA Short Film Festival. He also co-wrote and played Miles Davis-Davidson in the Unauthorized Hangover 2 Documentary, which was featured on the DVD of The Hangover Part II.
In 2013 he wrote, produced and starred in the 30 minute short film The Sidekick, which starred Jordan Peele, Lizzy Caplan, Ike Barinholtz, Ron Livingston and Jason Ritter.
In 2017, he wrote, produced and starred in the 10 episode series Kings of Con with friend and fellow actor Richard Speight Jr. The series first aired on Comic-ConHQ and currently can be found on CWseed. The comedy series is set behind the scenes at fan conventions, based loosely on their real life experiences at said conventions.
He started a podcast on 27 March 2020 along with friend and fellow actor Richard Speight Jr., called "...And my Guest is Richard Speight". It ran for 10 episodes, ending on 5 August 2020. In September 2020, the two started a new podcast called Kings of Con: The Podcast , after their short series by the same name. The two also star in a podcast called Supernatural: Then and Now, where they revisit Supernatural while "Talking with the people that made it possible". Kings of Con and Supernatural: Then and Now are still ongoing.
Music
Benedict is the frontman and guitar player in the Los Angeles band Louden Swain, which has released eight albums.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
Louden Swain
CBS Threshold – Rob Benedict webpage
Interview Rob Benedict with www.mycoven.com Nov. 2011
1970 births
Male actors from Missouri
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
American male video game actors
Living people
Northwestern University School of Communication alumni
Actors from Columbia, Missouri
Rock Bridge High School alumni |
10257304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover%20Cleveland%20High%20School%20%28Queens%29 | Grover Cleveland High School (Queens) | Grover Cleveland High School is a large, comprehensive high school in Ridgewood, Queens. Grover Cleveland High School, Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, and Andrew Jackson High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints in order to save money. The school is named after former US president Grover Cleveland.
Extracurricular activities
Sports
Sports teams include:
Boys
Baseball (Varsity and Junior Varsity)
Basketball (Varsity and Junior Varsity)
Bowling (Varsity)
Cross Country
Handball
Indoor Track (Varsity)
Outdoor Track (Varsity)
Soccer (Varsity)
Swimming (Varsity)
Tennis (Varsity)
Volleyball (Varsity)
Wrestling
toe fashion
Girls
Basketball (Varsity and J.V.)
Bowling (Varsity)
Indoor Track
Outdoor Track
Swimming (Varsity)
Tennis (Varsity)
Volleyball (Varsity and J.V.)
Academic teams
Physics
Robotics
Science Olympiad
Science Research
Debate (won the 2009 NYC Lincoln-Douglas Debate Championships in the Rising Star Tier)
Yearbook
The yearbook was called the Cleveland Log.
Notable alumni
Cheryl James – singer from Grammy Award-winning Salt-N-Pepa
Jim Gordon – sportscaster
Marisol Maldonado – model
Thomas P. Noonan, Jr. – Medal of Honor USMC veteran
Rosie Perez – award-winning actress, activist
Emanuel Xavier – award-winning poet, LGBTQ activist
Bob Sheppard – Yankee Stadium announcer
Joe Massino – "The Last Don," final head of the Bonanno Crime Family
Julius LaRosa – singer and entertainer
Catherine Nolan – Assemblywoman of District 37 Ridgewood, Queens
Salvatore Vitale – former underboss of the Bonanno crime family
Joshua Hong – member of the band Seventeen
Gerard Yantz – member of the United States field handball squad which played at the 1936 Summer Olympics
George Eisenbarth – expert in type 1 diabetes
References
External links
Grover Cleveland High School - New York City Department of Education
Public high schools in Queens, New York
Ridgewood, Queens |
22759939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake%20IPL%20Player | Fake IPL Player | Fake IPL Player was a cricket blog started by Anupam Mukerjee on 18 April 2009. The blog's appearance coincided with the start of the 2009 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament.
History
Originally, the blogger wrote anonymously, widely believed to be a member of the IPL team, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The blog was controversial from the start, giving unflattering nicknames to players, coaches, and owners of KKR and other teams, telling sordid stories, and showing most of them in a very negative light. As the blog rapidly became popular, it was believed to be of a fringe KKR player who was upset at not being part of the core team. The blog worsened an already bad season for KKR, which lost most of their games, had controversies surrounding their coach, John Buchanan, and frequently changed captains, including Sourav Ganguly. The 2009 IPL season took place in South Africa, and two KKR players, Aakash Chopra and Sanjay Bangar, were sent home to India midway through the tournament. This fuelled speculation that they were suspected of being the person behind the blog. The team was also rumoured to have banned use of laptops by players. The management of the team termed the blog as "poison pen writing of the dirtiest variety", while denying it could have been written by an actual player. The blogger posted a disclaimer saying "All characters appearing in this work (blog) are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and unintentional."
Unmasking
In August 2010, Bangalore based marketing specialist Anupam Mukerji revealed himself on television and newspapers as the person writing the blog. He said he had "never met a cricketer in his life", and was just making up stories. He never expected it to become this big, he remarked, adding that the Fake Player ended up getting legitimised by the media frenzy. He said he was inspired by the popularity of a similar blog by Fake Steve Jobs, and the Richard Gere movie The Hoax. He continues to write a weekly column as the Fake IPL Player for Mirror, a Times of India tabloid in Mumbai and Bangalore.
In 2011, Anupam started Pitch Invasion, an online radio station that claims to provide live cricket commentary with a twist.
Popularity
During the IPL season, the blog was very popular in India and Sri Lanka and among major cricketing nations, most of whose players and coaches were involved in the league. According to Mumbai-based digital marketing firm, Pinstorm, the Fake IPL Player blog had at its peak, on 26 April, 150,000 visitors, who each spent 15 minutes on the site, adding up to about 37,000 hours spent on the blog in one day, putting it up there with popular individual-led blogs such as Aamir Khan's blog at its peak with about 170,000 visitors.
The blogger said in an email interview to a newspaper that the key reason behind such wild popularity was the blog's "audacity", and that "the mainstream media needs to realise that getting ex-cricketers to write about a match that happened the previous day, which has already been dissected to death on TV and the internet, isn’t of interest to sports readers anymore."
Related works
The Gamechangers
In March 2010 Fake IPL Player released a book called 'The Gamechangers' in India, coinciding with the third season of IPL, and loosely based on the contents of his blogs. This was before he had revealed his identity in August 2010. The book, which has been positioned as fiction written anonymously, covers 35 days of the Indian Bollywood League (IBL). The book describes the powerplays and machinations that go on behind the scenes of "megabucks" cricket. The central plot of the book is the chase to unmask a treacherous anonymous blogger who is upsetting the IPL. And through this story, FIP supposedly exposes cricket's dark underbelly. Critical reviews of the book were polarised with some praising it and some others criticising the book and its purpose. The 7 June 2010 issue of India Today put The Gamechangers at No. 9 in the list of Top 10 national best-sellers.
Pitch Invasion
In April 2011, Anupam Mukerji started an online radio station called Pitch Invasion. In April 2013, Anupam launched Scoryboard, a live cricket web app, under the Pitch Invasion banner. In October, they launched Scoryboard's F1 version.
References
External links
Fake IPL Player Blog from blogspot
ipl latest news from ipl2020
Terms And Conditions IPL 3
Player Nicknames revealed
Review of Fake IPL player's book from Sify
Review of The Gamechangers by Open Magazine
Fake IPL Player's interview with Mint
Fake IPL Player reveals himself on Times Now channel
Pitch Invasion report on NDTV
Indian sport websites
Indian Premier League
Cricket controversies
Cricket websites |
1324893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%20Miller | Wade Miller | Wade Thomas Miller (born September 13, 1976) is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros (–), Boston Red Sox (), and Chicago Cubs (–). He batted and threw right-handed. Miller attended Brandywine Heights High School in Topton, Pennsylvania. He is currently Alvernia University's pitching coach, a position he assumed in 2012.
Career
Miller was drafted out of Alvernia University (Reading, PA) by the Houston Astros, in 1996. He won 45 games in a three-year period for the Astros. Miller was one of the best young pitchers in the National League (NL) before injuring the rotator cuff in his pitching shoulder in 2004.
Miller went 16–8 with 183 strikeouts and a 3.40 earned run average (ERA) in . A year later, he was close behind at 15–4, 144, 3.35, and tied the club record with a 12-game winning streak over the summer. Miller then pitched through right forearm pain in , but still was 14–13, 161, 4.13, and led his team in starts (33) and innings (187.1).
In 2004, Miller was 7–7 with 74 strikeouts and a 3.35 ERA in 15 starts before going on the disabled list in June with a season-ending rotator cuff injury. The Astros believed he was playing hurt with shoulder and elbow injuries much of the year before, but Miller never complained about them.
A free agent before the 2005 season, Miller was signed by the Boston Red Sox. He started the year on the disabled list. The acquisition paid off well when Miller was activated on May 8, while starters Curt Schilling and David Wells spent time on the DL. Miller finished the 2005 campaign with a record of 4–4 and a 4.95 ERA.
On January 23, , the Chicago Cubs signed Miller to a one-year, $1 million contract, with $1 million more in incentives. He made his first start of the 2006 season on September 9. Overall, Miller made five starts in 2006, finishing with a record of 0–2 with a 4.57 ERA. He filed for free agency after the season.
On November 9, 2006, Miller signed an incentive-laden, $1.5 million one-year extension to stay with the Cubs under new manager Lou Piniella. However, after three unsuccessful starts where he compiled a 10-plus ERA, Miller was once again placed on the DL in July 2007. He was placed on waivers granting his unconditional release from the Cubs in August .
On March 7, 2009, Miller agreed to a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. He retired from baseball, following that season.
In a nine-year MLB career, Miller compiled a 62–46 record with 749 strikeouts and a 4.10 ERA in innings pitched.
After baseball
Miller was inducted into the Reading Baseball Hall of Fame on July 21, 2011.
See also
Houston Astros award winners and league leaders
References
External links
Alvernia Golden Wolves baseball players
Baseball players from Pennsylvania
Boston Red Sox players
Houston Astros players
Chicago Cubs players
Major League Baseball pitchers
1976 births
Living people
Auburn Doubledays players
New Orleans Zephyrs players
Wilmington Blue Rocks players
Pawtucket Red Sox players
Peoria Chiefs players
West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players
Iowa Cubs players
Tennessee Smokies players
Gulf Coast Astros players
Gulf Coast Blue Jays players
Greenville Bombers players
Quad Cities River Bandits players
Kissimmee Cobras players
Jackson Generals (Texas League) players
Las Vegas 51s players |
41072128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Dickinson | Thomas Dickinson | Thomas or Tom Dickinson may refer to:
Thomas Dickenson, or Dickinson, merchant and politician of York, England
Thomas R. Dickinson, United States Army general
J. Thomas Dickinson, American physicist and astronomer
Tom Dickinson (cricketer), Australian-born cricketer in England
Tom Dickinson (American football), American football player |
6797952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Campbell%20%28town%20marshal%29 | George Campbell (town marshal) | George Washington Campbell (December 23, 1850 – April 14, 1881) was born in Greenup County Kentucky and was the youngest of five children. He moved to Texas in 1875 and by the end of 1876 he was appointed deputy sheriff of Clay County Texas. In November 1880 Campbell moved to El Paso, Texas, where he was named town marshal on December 1, 1880. He served from late 1880 until January 1881, when he was replaced by a new town marshal, Ed Copeland. Campbell was the last person killed by Dallas Stoudenmire in what would later be dubbed Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight that took place on April 14, 1881.
The gunfight
The events leading up to the gunfight seem to have started with around 75 Mexicans riding into El Paso looking for two young vaqueros who had been killed. The mercenaries, paid by a wealthy Mexican ranch owner, were looking for two missing farm hands, Sanchez and Juarez, and 30 stolen cattle. Ben Schuster, the mayor of El Paso, had made an exception for the Mexicans, enabling them to enter the city limits with their guns.
A constable named Gus Krempkau, at the request of the Mexican posse, accompanied the Mexicans to the ranch of Johnny Hale, a local ranch owner and known cattle rustler, whose ranch was some 13 miles northwest of El Paso in the Upper Valley. The bodies of the two Mexicans were found in the bosque near Hale's ranch and the corpses were transported back to El Paso. The court in El Paso held an inquest into the deaths of the men when they returned to El Paso, and Krempkau, being fluent in Spanish, was required to act as an interpreter to the Mexicans.
Verdict of the Inquest
The verdict was that the two Mexicans, Sanchez and Juarez, were in that vicinity of Hale's ranch in an attempt to locate 30 stolen Mexican cattle. The court determined that the American cattle rustlers, among them Hale, feared the deceased were acting as scouts and would alert the larger Mexican group to their location. It was determined that two American cattle rustlers ambushed the 2 Mexicans during the night of April 13 or in the early morning of 14th.
A large crowd gathered in El Paso, including John Hale and his friend, former town Marshal George Campbell. There was animosity among Americans about the Mexicans being heavily armed within the city limit, but at the same time tensions were high among the Mexicans, who wanted justice for their two young men who had been killed. Constable Krempkau was fluent in Spanish and was inquired to interpret for the judge. An inquest was held in court. The court was adjourned and the crowd dispersed. The Mexicans, bringing the two bodies, quietly rode back to Mexico.
Shooting begins
Constable Krempkau went to a saloon next door to retrieve his rifle and pistol. A confrontation erupted with ex-City Marshal George Campbell over comments allegedly made by Campbell about Krempkau's interpretations and his friendship with the Mexicans. John Hale, who was allegedly unarmed, was heavily intoxicated and upset with Constable Krempkau's involvement in the investigation. Hale pulled one of Campbell's two pistols and yelled, "George, I've got you covered!". He shot Krempkau, who then reeled backward. Slumping against a saloon door, Krempkau pulled out his own pistol.
At this moment, Marshal Dallas Stoudenmire, who had only started the job of town Marshal on April 11, but who had a considerable gunman reputation, and who was eating dinner at the "Globe Restaurant" across the street, ran out onto the street and pulled out his pistols. While running, Stoudenmire fired once, but the shot went wild and hit an innocent Mexican bystander who tried to run from the erupting incident. When John Hale peeked out from behind the pillar, Stoudenmire fired again, hitting Hale between his eyes, killing him instantly.
When Campbell saw Hale go down, he exited from cover with his pistol drawn yelling that it wasn't his fight. Constable Krempkau, still conscious and thinking Campbell had shot him, quickly fired his pistol at Campbell before losing consciousness. The first bullet fired by Krempkau struck Campbell's gun and broke Campbell's right wrist, the second hit him in the foot. Campbell screamed and scooped his gun with his left hand, Stoudenmire whirled and rapidly fired. Campbell dropped his gun, grabbed his stomach and toppled to the ground. After being shot Campbell reportedly looked up at Stoudenmire and stated "You big son of a b--ch, you murdered me." He would die the next morning. Constable Krempkau also died shortly after the gunfight.
References
Bibliography
Egloff, Fred R. (1982). El Paso Lawman G. W. Campbell. Creative Publishing Company
External links
El Paso local community history project site
http://www.elpasotexas.gov/police/history_stoudenmire.asp
http://epcc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=309255&sid=2604554
http://www.darkcanyon.net/gunmen_of_el_paso.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20060901131053/http://mmt.osu-okmulgee.edu/~jaustin/web/destination/index.html
1850 births
1881 deaths
United States Marshals |
57084495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahiro%20Sasaki | Takahiro Sasaki | Takahiro Sasaki may refer to:
Takahiro Sasaki (footballer), Japanese footballer
Takahiro Sasaki (politician), Japanese politician |
11648757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop%20Coleman%20F.%20Carroll%20High%20School | Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School | Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School is a private high school in The Hammocks, Dade County, Florida, United States, that was opened in 1998. Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, it is accredited through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Named after the first Archbishop of Miami, Coleman Francis Carroll, the school's mascot is the Bulldog.
Monsignor Gerard Thomas La Cerra was the first supervising principal of Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School.
Students wear a uniform consisting of a solid white or light blue shirt, ACHS khaki slacks, a black leather belt, black shoes, and a student ID with ACHS lanyard. As of the 2019–2020 school year, there are 300 students enrolled in grades nine through twelve.
Academics
AP Courses:
AP Calculus I AB
AP Calculus II BC
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Psychology
AP Studio Art
AP World History
AP United States History
AP European History
AP Human Geography
The Dual Enrollment Program is an accelerated program that allows eligible students to take postsecondary coursework and simultaneously earn high school and college credits prior to high school graduation. ACHS has two programs:
Dual Enrollment Courses through Miami-Dade College and
Dual Enrollment Courses through St. Thomas University.
Athletics
Sponsored sports activities at the school include:
Baseball
Basketball (Men's)
Basketball (Women's)
Cheerleading
Dance
Soccer (Men's)
Soccer (Women's)
Softball
Volleyball (Men's)
Volleyball (Women's)
Notable alumni
Aimee Carrero, actress
Rodney Smith, wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts
Amida Brimah professional basketball player.
References
External links
School website
Educational institutions established in 1998
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
Catholic secondary schools in Florida
Private high schools in Miami-Dade County, Florida
1998 establishments in Florida |
17009851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schifter | Schifter | Schifter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Andreas Schifter (1779–1852), Danish naval officer, shipbuilder, naval administrator, and admiral
Günther Schifter (1923–2008), Austrian journalist, radio presenter, and record collector
Richard Schifter (1923–2020), Austrian-American attorney and diplomat |
23961673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikadocephalus | Mikadocephalus | Mikadocephalus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. Its remains have been found in Europe, in the Anisian of Switzerland. The type species is Mikadocephalus gracilirostris. In 2021, Bindellini and colleagues considered M. gracilirostris to be a junior synonym of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus.
See also
List of ichthyosaurs
Timeline of ichthyosaur research
References
Ichthyosaurs of Europe
Triassic ichthyosaurs
Triassic reptiles of Europe
Anisian life
Ichthyosauromorph genera |
37440958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolana%20ligurina | Kolana ligurina | Kolana ligurina is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1874. It is found in Mexico, Nicaragua and French Guiana.
References
Eumaeini
Butterflies of Central America
Butterflies of North America
Lycaenidae of South America
Lepidoptera of French Guiana
Fauna of the Amazon
Butterflies described in 1874
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson |
68771052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clambus%20ceylonicus | Clambus ceylonicus | Clambus ceylonicus, is a species of fringe-winged beetle endemic to Sri Lanka.
Description
This comparatively large species has a body length is about 1.0 to 1.1 mm. Body reddish brown or reddish yellow. Dorsal surface covered with long erect setae. Both metasternum and femoral plates covered with long leaning setae. Pronotum convex. Elytra very convex, with evenly rounded lateral margins. Elytral apex is sharp, and almost rectangular. Elytral surface is shiny at elytral disc and clothed with few yellowish long erect setae. Ventrum shiny, with long, leaning setae. In male, the aedeagus is long and broad, with lanceolate apex. Parameres are long, with bifid apex.
References
Scirtoidea
Insects of Sri Lanka
Beetles described in 1978 |
5508483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20State%20Route%2014%20Spur | Georgia State Route 14 Spur | Georgia State Route 14 Spur may refer to:
Georgia State Route 14 Spur (LaGrange): a spur route of State Route 14 that exists in LaGrange
Georgia State Route 14 Spur (Red Oak): a former spur route of State Route 14 that existed in Red Oak
014 Spur |
1806558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallecitos%20Nuclear%20Center | Vallecitos Nuclear Center | The Vallecitos Nuclear Center is a nuclear research facility, and the site of a former GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy electricity-generating nuclear power plant in unincorporated Alameda County, California, United States. The facility is approximately east of San Francisco, under jurisdiction of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Region IV.
The Vallecitos boiling water reactor (VBWR) was the first privately owned and operated nuclear power plant to deliver significant quantities of electricity to a public utility grid. During the period October 1957 to December 1963, it delivered approximately 40,000 megawatt-hours of electricity. This reactor—a light-water moderated and cooled, enriched uranium reactor using stainless steel-clad, plate-type fuel—was a pilot plant and test bed for fuel, core components, controls, and personnel training for the Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, a Commonwealth Edison station built in Illinois five years later.
The plant was originally a collaborative effort of General Electric and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, with Bechtel Corporation serving as engineering contractor. Samuel Untermyer II, the General Electric engineer responsible for the initial design of the VBWR, had performed much of the conceptual research at Argonne National Laboratory while conducting heat transfer and nuclear physics experiments, including the BORAX experiments. Vallecitos Power Plant held the US Atomic Energy Commission's "Power Reactor License No. 1". The main power generating facilities closed in 1963. The discovery of an active fault running beneath the facility led to the closure of its most productive reactors in 1977.
The Vallecitos site includes the Radioactive Materials Laboratory where post-irradiation examinations are carried out. A small 100-kilowatt research reactor called the "Nuclear Test Reactor" (NTR, NRC License R-33) is still in operation at the site. It utilizes U-AL alloy fuel, and is currently used for nondestructive material imaging. Vallecitos also fabricates radioactive source materials used in medicine and industry, under a license issued by the State of California.
References
External links
GEH Vallecitos Web site
Video of Opening of Vallecitos Nuclear Center (archived)
Nukeworker description of Vallecitos (archived)
EVESR Nuclear Superheat Fuel Development Project, First Quarterly Report (1963)
Energy infrastructure completed in 1957
Buildings and structures in Alameda County, California
Nuclear power plants in California
Former nuclear power stations in the United States
Science and technology in the San Francisco Bay Area
Energy in the San Francisco Bay Area
Former power stations in California
1957 establishments in California |
8528284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20McMaster%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201955%29 | John McMaster (footballer, born 1955) | John McMaster (born 23 February 1955) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for the bulk of his career with Aberdeen.
McMaster made 316 appearances (47 as substitute) and scored 20 goals for Aberdeen and secured multiple winners medals between 1974 and 1986, including the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983, two Scottish League titles and three Scottish Cups.
McMaster had to be given the kiss of life during a Scottish League Cup game against Rangers on 3 September 1980 after Willie Johnston stamped on his neck at Ibrox Stadium, and he was badly injured against Liverpool in the European Cup a month later, which kept him out of the game for a year.
In 1987, he signed for his hometown club Morton before retiring to become assistant manager of the club, during which he developed several players including future Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes. He has since worked as a scout for Swansea City in the west of Scotland.
In November 2017, he was one of four inductees into the Aberdeen Hall of Fame.
Career statistics
Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
References
External links
Profile and stats at AFC Heritage Trust
1955 births
Living people
Scottish men's footballers
Footballers from Greenock
Port Glasgow F.C. players
Peterhead F.C. players
Aberdeen F.C. players
Greenock Morton F.C. players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Highland Football League players
Scottish Football League players
Greenock Morton F.C. non-playing staff
Swansea City A.F.C. non-playing staff
Men's association football midfielders
Association football scouts |
55811043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunambal | Wunambal | The Wunambal (Unambal), also known as Wunambal Gaambera, Uunguu (referring to their lands), and other names, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia.
People
The Wunambal were, according to Norman Tindale, "perhaps among the most venturesome of Australian aborigines". They learnt part of the craft of building rafts that could withstand the high rips and tides of the sea, the latter rising as much as , from Makassan visitors to make sailing forays out to reefs (warar) and islets in the Cassini and Montalivet archipelagoes, and as far as the northerly Long Reef. The Wunambal bands who excelled in this were the Laiau and the Wardana.
The Wunambal, Worrorra, and Ngarinyin peoples form a cultural bloc known as Wanjina Wunggurr. The shared culture is based on the dreamtime mythology and law whose creators are the Wanjina and Wunggurr spirits, ancestors of these peoples. The Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation represents the Wunambal Gaambera people; Uunguu refers to their "home", or country.
Social organisation
The Wunambal were organised into groups:
Laiau
Wardana (now extinct)
Winjai (eastern)
Kanaria (northeastern group near Port Warrender)
Peremanggurei
A people with an ethnonym identical to that of the Carson River Wilawila, known also as the Tjawurungari/Tawandjangango, inhabited the Osborne Islands. They spoke a dialect variety of the language spoken by the Kambure.
Language
Country
The traditional lands of the Wunambal are around York Sound. Norman Tindale estimated their tribal domains to encompass roughly , running north from Brunswick Bay, as far as the Admiralty Gulf and the Osborne Islands. Their inland extension reached about –, as far as the divide of the King Edward River. They were at Cape Wellington peninsula, Port Warrender, and somewhat further east. The Worrorra lay to the south; the Ngarinjin to their west, while on their north-western frontier were the Kambure.
Native title
As part of the same native title claim lodged in 1998 by Wanjina Wunggurr RNTBC known as the Dambimangari claim, which included claims for the three peoples in the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc, referred to as Dambimangari, Uunguu and Wilinggin (see above), the "Uunguu and Uunguu B" parts of the claims were determined on 23 May 2011. This gave native title to the Wunambal people over , most of which was determined as exclusive possession. The Unguu land stretches along the coastal waters from the Anjo Peninsula in the north, includes the waters of Admiralty Gulf and York Sound, down to Coronation Island. Inland, it includes parts of the Mitchell River National Park and the Prince Regent National Park.
A native title claim filed on 21 October 1999 (Uunguu Part A) over an area of in the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley was discontinued, while a second one for the same area (Uunguu Part B) was determined on 27 November 2012, giving native title rights over part of the area claimed. In both of these the people were represented by the Kimberley Land Council.
The Wanjina Wunggurr RNTBC acts on behalf of the Ngarinyin/Wilinggin, Worrora/Dambimangari, and Wunambal Gaambera native title holders with regard to their rights and interests.
Boab tree carving, 1820
In September 1820, on Phillip Parker King's third voyage of exploration around Australia, he ordered the crew of his ship to beach the ship for repairs sustained earlier in the voyage at a spot north-east of present-day Broome, now known as Careening Bay, on Coronation Island. The crew did not meet any of the local Wunambal people while they were stranded there for 18 days doing the repairs, but made observations in his journal on the other signs of life that they observed. He described not only bark shelters on the beach, but more larger and more substantial buildings on top of the hill. He also observed the remnants of sago palm nuts, which were commonly eaten along the coast.
Under orders from King, the ship's carpenter was instructed to inscribe "Mermaid 1820" on an ancient boab tree, which still stands today. The Wunambal Gaambera people administer permits for visitors to the area in which the tree is located, and the Uunguu Rangers, a team of Indigenous rangers, build and maintain facilities such as a boardwalk to help protect the environment.
Alternative names
Jamindjal, Jarmindjal (Worrorra exonym meaning "northeasterners"
Kanaria
Laiau (Institut islands)
Peremanggurei(head of Prince Frederick Harbour)
Unambal, Unambalnge
Wanambal
Wardana (Montlivet islands)
Winjai
Wonambul, Wumnabal, Wunambulu
Wunambulu, Wunambullu
References
Citations
Sources
Further reading
Text may be copied from this source, which is available under a Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia
Kimberley (Western Australia) |
33032637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slain%20by%20Urusei%20Yatsura | Slain by Urusei Yatsura | Slain By Urusei Yatsura is an album by Scottish indie rock band Urusei Yatsura, released in 1998. It contains the band's only Top 40 hit, "Hello Tiger".
Track listing
"Glo Starz" - 3:32
"Hello Tiger" - 3:17
"Strategic Hamlets" - 2:38
"No 1 Cheesecake" - 2:44
"Superfi" - 3:44
"No No Girl" - 4:58
"Flaming Skull" - 3:31
"Slain By Elf" - 3:36
"King Of Lazy" - 3:06
"Exidor" - 2:58
"Fake Fur" - 3:02
"Skull In Action" - 3:13
"Amber" - 2:53
References
1998 albums
Urusei Yatsura (band) albums |
54638589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%202194 | NGC 2194 | NGC 2194 is an open cluster in the constellation Orion. The cluster is located about 10,000 light years away from Earth. It is rich and moderately concentrated. The cluster lies 33 arcminutes west-northwest of 73 Orionis.
Observation history
It was discovered by William Herschel on 11 February 1784, and it was added in his catalogue as IV 5. It was added to the General Catalogue as 1383. The cluster was also observed by Adolph Cornelius Petersen in 1849 with the 18 cm refractor at the Altona Observatory. The cluster was also observed by Hermann Carl Vogel, without mentioning its General Catalogue number. John Louis Emil Dreyer added it to GCS as number 5380, as Heinrich Louis d'Arrest's discovery from 18 September 1862, without noticing it was already included.
Characteristics
NGC 2194 is a rich and moderately concentrated, with Trumpler class III1r, open cluster. The brightest stars of the cluster are of magnitude 10, the brightest being of magnitude 10.26. The cluster has 149 members down to 15th magnitude. The main sequence turn off is at magnitude 14.5 and there are few red giants members. There are some stars that are bluer than the turn-off point and if they are members of the cluster they are possibly blue stragglers. The photometric study of the cluster by Sanner and al. concluded that the age of the cluster is 550 Myr and its distance is 2,900 pc. Piatti et al. determined the age of the cluster to be 400 Myr and its distance to be 3,200 pc. The cluster has low metallicity (−0.27 ± 0.06). It is located 130 pc south of the galactic plane.
References
External links
2194
Orion (constellation)
Open clusters |
1595909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Tisbury | West Tisbury | West Tisbury is the name of two places:
West Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, a civil parish
West Tisbury, Massachusetts, United States |
29549918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unwin%20Ledge | Unwin Ledge | Unwin Ledge () is a flat-topped ridge or tableland, located to the west of the Hothem Cliffs and south of Mount Hall in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The upper surface of the feature is ice-covered and rises above the heads of the adjacent Newall Glacier and Canada Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 1998 for R.S. Unwin, former superintendent of the New Zealand DSIR Geophysical Observatory, who was active in research at Scott Base from 1958 to 1959.
Ridges of Victoria Land
Scott Coast |
6162037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%20Morales | Hugo Morales | Hugo Alberto Morales (born 30 July 1974 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
External links
Argentine League statistics
1974 births
Living people
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Argentine Primera División players
Club Atlético Huracán footballers
Club Atlético Independiente footballers
Club Atlético Lanús footballers
Talleres de Córdoba footballers
La Liga players
Segunda División players
CD Tenerife players
Categoría Primera A players
Atlético Nacional footballers
Millonarios F.C. players
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Argentina men's youth international footballers
Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Argentina
Olympic silver medalists for Argentina
Olympic medalists in football
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics |
21842758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiquorum | Antiquorum | Antiquorum is an auctioneer of modern and vintage timepieces. Established in Geneva in 1974, Antiquorum was the first auction house to auction fine watches over the Internet in the 1990s.
The company was founded in Geneva in 1974 by Osvaldo Patrizzi and expanded to have branches in ten cities, including New York, London, Moscow, Paris, Milan, Munich, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Patrizzi sold 50% of his equity to ArtistHouse Holdings in 2006. In June 2007 he was removed by the board of directors and later filed a number of lawsuits.
Antiquorum conducts auctions in Geneva, New York and Hong Kong about ten times a year, preceded by previews in various major cities worldwide.
In 1989 Antiquorum held a "landmark auction" called "Art of Patek Philippe." This auction helped to establish Patek Philippe's reputation as a luxury watch brand and viable investment and solidified the notion that watches can be more than just "timepieces."
Consumer Affairs Battle
In April 2018, Antiquorum entered into a consent decree with the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs. According to the New York Post, (April 23, 2018) following numerous lawsuits, Antiquorum agreed to pay $1.5 million back to customers who had consigned their watches for sale, but had not been paid the proceeds. In addition, Antiquorum agreed to pay a $500 civil fine for operating an auction house without a license.
The New York City office is no longer listed on the Antiquorum website.
Notable Auctions
In 2002, Antiquorum set the all-time world record for a wristwatch at auction, selling a unique 1939 platinum Patek Philippe World Time Ref. 1415 for US$4,026,524 (SFr. 6,603,500) - more than double the previous world record.
On October 16, 2008, Antiquorum sold a gold Longines wristwatch once owned by Albert Einstein for US$596,000 in New York.
In March 2009, Antiquorum auctioned a number of Mahatma Gandhi's possessions including his Zenith pocket watch and spectacles. This caused controversy and the Indian government tried to cancel the sale.
In November 2009 and March 2004, Antiquorum sold the yellow-gold and the white-gold Patek Philippe Calibre 89, respectively, and both watches currently rank among the top 10 most expensive watches ever sold at auction, with final prices over 5 million US dollars (the auction record for Antiquorum).
References
http://www.watchprosite.com/?page=wf.forumpost&fi=10&ti=1028318&pi=7312838&pzt=
Horology
Companies based in Geneva
Retail companies established in 1974
Swiss auction houses |
40145978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechelbronn | Bechelbronn | Bechelbronn is a historic home located near Victoria, Lunenburg County, Virginia. The original house was built about 1840, with additions made about 1851, and about 1900. It is a rambling two-story brick dwelling with vernacular Federal and Greek Revival style details. Also on the property is the contributing Perry family cemetery.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Federal architecture in Virginia
Greek Revival houses in Virginia
Houses completed in 1840
Houses in Lunenburg County, Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Lunenburg County, Virginia |
67837882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Percy%20Priest%20Lake%20Cessna%20Citation%20crash | 2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna Citation crash | On 29 May 2021, a Cessna 501 Citation I/SP crashed into the Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee. All seven occupants died, including diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara and her husband, actor Joe Lara. In a report released on March 22, 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the cause of the accident was "the pilot's loss of airplane control during climb due to spatial disorientation."
The NTSB investigation reviewed the pilot's training in the CE-500-type aircraft and reported that at the end of a 12-day series of training sessions at a flight school in January 2020, "the pilot did not meet the requisite performance level to attempt the CE-500 type rating check ride." The pilot returned to his local instructor for more training and subsequently passed his check ride. Nonetheless, a pilot who flew in the accident aircraft with the accident pilot on several occasions judged him to be "weak" when flying in instrument meteorological conditions.
Accident
The aircraft, a 1982 model, took off from Smyrna Airport in Smyrna, Tennessee, at 10:50 a.m. for a planned Federal Aviation Regulations Part 91 personal flight to Palm Beach International Airport. After takeoff, the aircraft started a right turn and climbed to an altitude of before descending to , climbing again to , and descending into the lake. Weather reports indicated the presence of an overcast cloud layer at in the area at the time.
Aftermath
By 1 June 2021, searchers had recovered both aircraft engines, a significant portion of the fuselage, and unidentified human remains. Authorities had named the seven victims, all of whom were leaders at the Remnant Fellowship Church. While it initially remained unclear who was flying the aircraft when it crashed, Joe Lara and another victim were pilots, but according to pilot certification records examined by USA Today, the other man lacked the required type rating to fly the jet.
Aviation International News said that Lara had a valid medical certificate and that both pilots had multi-engine and instrument ratings. While the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has not released the pilot's name during the ongoing investigation, its preliminary report stated "The pilot held a commercial pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single-engine land, multiengine land, and instrument airplane", "The pilot held a type rating for the airplane with no restrictions. His most recent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) second-class medical certificate was issued on November 12, 2019, with the limitation that he 'must wear corrective lenses'" and "The pilot, who was among the seven killed, had a commercial pilot certificate and a private pilot certificate and had logged 1,680 total flight hours, 83 of those in the plane involved in the crash". This has led some reports to deduce the pilot could only have been Lara.
References
Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 2021
Aviation accidents and incidents in Tennessee
Accidents and incidents involving the Cessna Citation family
2021 in Tennessee
May 2021 events in the United States
Smyrna, Tennessee |
47248859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroitel%20Stadium%20%28Dimitrovgrad%29 | Stroitel Stadium (Dimitrovgrad) | Stroitel Stadium (Russian: Стадион «Строитель») is a bandy arena in Dimitrovgrad, Russia. It is the home arena of bandy club Cheremshan. Two games at the 2016 Bandy World Championship were played there. Artificial ice was planned to be installed before the event, but the preparations were way behind schedule. Governor Sergey Morozov expressed dissatisfaction with how the municipal authorities were handling the situation.
References
Bandy venues in Russia
Sport in Dimitrovgrad, Russia |
23285623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichaea%20muricata | Dichaea muricata | Dichaea muricata is a species of orchid.
Description
It is a small orchid that grows in warm, wet environments. It is similar to a hanging reed with several leaves, strictly ovate, and it blooms with fragrant flowers 1–2 cm in length that appear at the end of the axils of the leaves. Flowering occurs in winter.
Distribution
It is found on Hispaniola, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil.
External links
muricata
Flora of Hispaniola
Flora without expected TNC conservation status |
675833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGM-96%20Trident%20I | UGM-96 Trident I | The UGM-96 Trident I, or Trident C4, was an American submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, California. First deployed in 1979, the Trident I replaced the Poseidon missile. It was retired in 2005, having been replaced by the Trident II.
The missile was a three-stage, solid-fuelled system, capable of carrying up to eight W76 warheads in the Mark 4 RB.
The first eight s were armed with Trident I missiles. Twelve - and s were also retrofitted with Trident I missiles, which replaced older Poseidon missiles.
In 1980, the Royal Navy requested Trident I missiles under the Polaris Sales Agreement. In 1982, the agreement was changed to supply Trident II instead.
See also
Trident (missile)
UGM-133 Trident II
References
Cold War weapons of the United States
Nuclear weapons of the United States
Cold War submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the United States
UGM-096
Military equipment introduced in the 1970s |
63612798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20You%20Finish%20Saving%20the%20World%20%28film%29 | When You Finish Saving the World (film) | When You Finish Saving the World is a 2022 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg in his feature directorial debut. The film is based on Eisenberg's 2020 audio drama of the same name. Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard star as a mother and son who navigate their contentious relationship.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2022, and was released by A24 in the United States on January 20, 2023.
Plot
Indiana loner 17-year-old Ziggy Katz is a high school student who performs original folk-rock songs for an adoring online fan base. This concept mystifies his formal and uptight mother, Evelyn, who runs a shelter for survivors of domestic abuse. Ziggy installs a red rotating warning light outside his room to signal "do not disturb," which he begins to keep on constantly. Evelyn, feeling distant from her son, tries to convince him to come with her and volunteer at the shelter. He declines, saying he would make more money spending the time live streaming, sparking an argument where each accuse the other of being selfish.
Ziggy begins falling for Lila, an activist classmate of his, and performs one of his songs at a local political arts festival to get closer to her. She reads a poem about the colonization of the Marshall Islands, which he compliments and borrows from her. That night, he masturbates while reading it, and later tries to set it to guitar. The next morning, he meets Lila and listens to her and her friends talking about current events. He tries to join in, but is laughed at by her friends for not knowing much about it. That night, he plays the song version of her poem to her. Impressed, she encourages him to use his live streaming platform for more political issues, which he rejects, saying it wouldn't turn a profit.
Simultaneously, Evelyn meets Kyle, a 17-year-old who's staying with his mother at the shelter after he called the police to help get her out of an abusive home. Evelyn is impressed by his kindness and recruits him for volunteer jobs around the city, the two become close. Evelyn tries to get him a scholarship for college at Oberlin College in Ohio, much to his mother's discontent, who would prefer he stayed working at his father's auto repair shop in town.
That night, Ziggy's father, Roger, confronts the two for missing his awards ceremony at work: Evelyn had gone to dinner with Kyle after a volunteer event, and Ziggy was again at the arts festival. Each say they thought the other would be attending, and start arguing again. Roger storms off, saying they both should've come, something neither was willing to do with the other. The next morning, Ziggy asks his mother to give him a ride to school, and inquires her on how he can learn to "be political" to impress Lila, and she scoffs, saying he doesn't really care about the causes.
Evelyn walks into the school behind Ziggy, tracking down Kyle there and attempting to persuade him into going to college despite his mother's insistence. He appears uncomfortable at Evelyn's overbearingness, and says he'd rather stay with his mother than listen to her. In the next room, Ziggy reveals to Lila that he performed their song-poem online, and brags that he made $100 from it. She angrily accuses him of exploiting her work for profit and storms off, bewildering him. Just then, Evelyn turns the corner and sees him in the hallway. They empathetically make eye contact, both rejected.
Cast
Julianne Moore as Evelyn
Finn Wolfhard as Ziggy
Billy Bryk as Kyle
Alisha Boe as Lila
Jack Justice as Jackie
Jay O. Sanders as Roger
Eleonore Hendricks as Angie
Catherine Haun as Cath
Annacheska Brown as Cyril
Sara Anne as Becky
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Production
On April 9, 2020, Jesse Eisenberg, Finn Wolfhard, and Kaitlyn Dever were cast in the Audible Original When You Finish Saving the World, written by Eisenberg. The story was told from the perspective of three family members, at different stages of their lives, with the audio drama released on August 4, 2020.
Additionally, the audiobook was planned to be adapted into a comedy-drama movie, When You Finish Saving the World, with Julianne Moore and Wolfhard set to star as mother and son, directed and written by Eisenberg with Moore, Emma Stone and Dave McCary producing under their Fruit Tree production banner. The film adaptation was to take place in the present day and focus on the mother and son relationship, while keeping other details the same, such as Ziggy's mother running a shelter for victims of domestic violence, which she does in the audio version as well.
In August 2020, it was announced that A24 was set to finance, produce and distribute the film. It marks Eisenberg's feature film directorial debut. Moore and Wolfhard were confirmed as cast as mother and son, respectively, in April 2020. Billy Bryk, in December 2020, and Alisha Boe, in January 2021, joined the cast in undisclosed roles. In November 2020, pre-production took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, while production began in January 2021, followed by principal photography in February 2021. Filming concluded in March 2021.
Release
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2022. Its first trailer was released on November 29, 2022. The film was released in the United States on January 20, 2023.
Reception
References
External links
2022 comedy-drama films
2022 films
2022 directorial debut films
2020s English-language films
A24 (company) films
American comedy-drama films
2022 independent films
Films shot in New Mexico
2020s American films
Films about mother–son relationships
American coming-of-age comedy-drama films
2020s coming-of-age comedy-drama films |
14679894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego%20de%20Brea | Diego de Brea | Diego de Brea (born 1969 in Šempeter pri Gorici) is a Slovenian theatre director.
Life and work
Diego de Brea finished elementary school and high school in Nova Gorica and then studied comparative literature and art history at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. In 1995, he started studying theatre direction the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana.
In 1999, his graduation piece, The Birth of Light, won an award at the International Student Production Theatre Festival in Brno. He has authored a number of well-known performances in Slovenian repertory and non-institutional theatres. He tackles many genres ranging from youth pieces and puppet shows (even a puppet opera), to self-authored projects, classical and contemporary texts as well as musical vaudeville. In Italy, he directed a self-authored project Leonora, starring the opera singer Eleonora Jankovich and based on Wagner’s motifs.
His performances toured both in Slovenia and abroad - in Belgrade, at the Varna Festival in Bulgaria, at the Mladi levi and Exodos Festivals, in London, Paris, Antwerp, Mons, Dortmund and at the Iberoamericano Festival in Bogotá, Colombia.
Honours, awards and recognitions
His self-authored project Duel (Glej Theatre, Ljubljana), received a special award at the Borštnik Drama Meeting. In 2005, de Brea received the aesthetic breakthrough award at the same festival for his performances Queen Margot and Edward II. He also received the Golden Bird Award for theatre in 2002.
Major works
Pilot – hommage to Srečko Kosovel, AGRFT, 1996/7
Federico – poetry by Federico García Lorca, MGL, 1999
Oton Župančič: Veronika of Desenice, Šentjakobsko Theatre, 2000
Eugène Ionesco: Exit the King, PDG Drama Theatre Nova Gorica, 2000
Bob Fosse: Chicago, SGL Celje, 2002
Duel, GLEJ Theatre, 2002
Roland Schimmelpfenning: Arabian Night, SNG Nova Gorica, 2005
Alfred de Vigny: Chatterton, Slovene National Theatre (SNG) Drama Ljubljana, 2004
Ivan Cankar: A Scandal in Saint Florian's Valley, SNG Nova Gorica, 2005
Alexandre Dumas: Queen Margot, Mladinsko theatre, Ljubljana, 2005
Christopher Marlowe: Edward II, SNG Drama Ljubljana, 2005
Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus, SNG Nova Gorica, 2006
Luchino Visconti: The Damned, Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana, 2006
Jean Genet: The Maids, SNG Drama Ljubljana, 2007
William Shakespeare, King Lear
External links
/ Mladinsko Theatre
/ Visconti's The Damned in Sarajevo
1969 births
Slovenian theatre directors
People from Nova Gorica
Living people
University of Ljubljana alumni |
18721193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powers%20Institute%20Historic%20District | Powers Institute Historic District | The Powers Institute Historic District is a historic district encompassing a distinctive portion of the town of Bernardston, Massachusetts. It encompasses two parcels of land, one on each side of Church Street between South and Library Streets, totalling . The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
There are four buildings on these parcels, the most notable of which is the Italianate Powers Institute building. Its construction was funded by a bequest from Bernardston native Edward Eppes Powers (1793-1855), and it was built in 1857 on land donated by a number of local residents. The building was intended to serve the town's secondary school needs, but its reach expanded with the construction in 1860 of Cushman Hall, a dormitory located across the street. Land and funds for its construction came from Henry Cushman, a local resident who served as atrustee of the Powers bequest, and played a role in the institute's administration. Thereafter the school also took in students from further afield. Cushman in 1862 also funded the construction of the Cushman Library, which was built next to the institute.
Upon the death of Henry Cushman, Cushman Hall was willed to the town, with the provision that income from its use go toward a park on the adjacent land. He also endowed the library, which was one of the first to be built in the area. Cushman's gift was expanded upon in 1900, when the family of John Sanderson donated funds to expand the library building, adding a second floor.
The Power Institute remained a successful public-private academy until 1891, at which point it was transitioned to operate as a more conventional secondary high school for area residents. Cushman Hall ceased to be used as a dormitory, and was converted into apartments. In 1958 the school was closed, and has since been converted for use by the Bernardston Historical Society. The district includes one non-contributing property: a fire station was built on the institute parcels in 1975.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Massachusetts
References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Massachusetts |
56842337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre%20Bay | Jean-Pierre Bay | The Jean-Pierre Bay is a freshwater body of the south-eastern part of the Gouin Reservoir, in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in Haute-Mauricie, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
This bay is mainly included in the township of Leblanc and Aubin. Following the erection completed in 1948 of the Gouin Dam, the "Jean-Pierre Bay" was formed by the raising of the waters of the Jean-Pierre River (Gouin Reservoir). Since 1948, Jean-Pierre Bay has been an extension of the Brochu Lake further north-west, at the extreme east of the Gouin Reservoir.
Recreotourism activities are the main economic activity of the sector. Forestry comes second. A civilian seaplane base is located at the top of the Gouin Dam.
The route 400, connecting the Gouin Dam to the village of Parent, Quebec, serves the southern part of Jean-Pierre Bay, as well as the river valleys Jean-Pierre and Leblanc; this road also serves the peninsula which stretches north in the Gouin Reservoir on . Some secondary forest roads are in use nearby for forestry and recreational tourism activities.
The surface of Jean-Pierre Bay is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to the end of March.
Geography
Toponymy
This hydronym is a name of French origin.
The toponym "Baie Jean-Pierre" was officialized on August 2, 1991 by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
Notes and references
See also
Bays of Quebec
La Tuque, Quebec |
13134081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gevuina | Gevuina | Gevuina avellana (Chilean hazelnut ( in Spanish), or Gevuina hazelnut), is an evergreen tree, up to 20 meters (65 feet) tall. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Gevuina. It is native to southern Chile and adjacent valleys in Argentina. It is found from sea level to 700 meters (2300 feet) above sea level. Its distribution extends from 35° to 44° south latitude. The composite leaves are bright green and toothed, and the tree is in flower between July and November. The flowers are very small and beige to whitish, are bisexual and group two by two in long racemes. The fruit is a dark red nut when young and turns black. The peel is woody. It can grow up straight or branched from the soil, making up either a tree or a shrub.
The name Gevuina comes from , the Mapuche Indigenous name for the Chilean hazel. The origin of the Spanish name, avellano come from the fact the Spanish settlers found the nuts similar to the hazelnuts they knew from Europe. Yet the species are not closely related.
The concentration of Gevuina avellana in forest is highly irregular and difficult to predict. It may grow on flatland or hilly terrain, in clay or stony soils. Usually Gevuina avellana grows in association to other broad-leaved trees such as Nothofagus obliqua, Nothofagus dombeyi, Nothofagus alpina, Nothofagus glauca or Laureliopsis. Yet it does also grow in associations dominated by the conifers Austrocedrus, Fitzroya and Pilgerodendron. As such Gevuina avellana does not form pure stands.
Taxonomy
Gevuina is a genus of either 1 or 3 species of the family Proteaceae. In some classifications, Gevuinia is recognised with three species: one endemic to Australia (Gevuina bleasdalei), another to New Guinea (Gevuina papuana), and one species in both Chile (Gevuina avellana). Other taxonomic reports place the Australian and New Guinea species in the genus Bleasdalea or in the Fijian endemic genus Turrillia, and leave Gevuina with only Gevuina avellana. The Flora of Australia retains these 2 species in Gevuinia, but the most recent classification places the Australian and New Guinea species as Bleasdalea bleasdalei and B. papuana
Uses and cultivation
The seeds are eaten raw, cooked in boiling water or toasted. The nuts contain about 12 percent protein, 49 percent oil, and 24 percent carbohydrates. The seed has a very high concentration of monounsaturated oils and is also obtained for several purposes in Chile. It is rich in antioxidants such as vitamin E (α-tocotrienol) and β-carotene. Its oil is an ingredient in some sunscreens. Gevuina oil is used as a cosmetic ingredient for its moisturizing qualities and because it is a source of omega 7 fatty acids (palmitoleic acid). Production of seeds may vary greatly from tree to tree.
The tree is a good honey plant for bees and is also cultivated as an ornamental plant. The seed shells contain tannin that is used for tanning leather. The tree has an acceptable frost resistance (at least −12 °C (10 °F)) when mature. The wood is cream-colored with dark brown streaking and is used in cabinetry and musical instruments.
It was introduced to Great Britain in 1826. It grows well there, in Ireland and in New Zealand and California. A few specimens are cultivated in Spain and in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It grows well in temperate oceanic climates with cool temperatures where frosts occur commonly in winter, and has thrived in southern New Zealand. It needs 5 years to first harvest and 7 or 8 years for full production. In Seattle, Washington, squirrels and birds eat seeds from the trees. New varieties of greater yield than the original wild stock are being developed in both Chile and New Zealand.
As of 1982 only a tiny faction of the nuts of wild stands were collected for processing.
Gallery
See also
Avellanita bustillosii
Notes
References
Sources
Rodríguez, Roberto; Mathei, Oscar y Quezada, Max. 1983. Flora arbórea de Chile. Universidad de Concepción. 408p.
Donoso, C. 2005. Árboles nativos de Chile. Guía de reconocimiento. Edición 4. Marisa Cuneo Ediciones, Valdivia, Chile. 136p.
Hoffmann, A. 1982. Flora silvestre de Chile zona araucana. Edición 4. Ediciones Fundación Claudio Gay, Santiago, Chile. 258p.
Muñoz, M. 1980. Flora del Parque Nacional Puyehue. Editorial Universitaria, Santiago, Chile. 557p.
Proteaceae
Flora of Argentina
Flora of central Chile
Fruit trees
Trees of Chile
Flora of the Chilean Matorral
Monotypic Proteaceae genera
Crops originating from Chile
Edible nuts and seeds
Trees of mild maritime climate
Garden plants of South America
Ornamental trees
Flora of the Valdivian temperate forests |
55584373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yashiki | Yashiki | Yashiki (written: 屋敷 lit. "residence" or 家鋪) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
, Japanese musician
, Japanese shogi player
, better known as Takajin, Japanese singer and television personality
Japanese-language surnames |
3677226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion%20Radio | Passion Radio | Passion Radio is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts from studios in Worthing across Sussex on DAB Digital Radio and around the world on the internet.
Passion Radio's origins can be traced back to 1995 when New Wave Broadcasting, a company the station's founders were involved with, submitted an application to the Radio Authority to run an FM service for Brighton. The licence application wasn't successful, but the brand reappeared in September 2000 as an internet-only station.
Today, Passion Radio plays dance music from four decades mixed with local news, features and information. Presenters include former Big Brother 6 housemate Eugene Sully, Ryan Morrison on drivetime, Brighton's Honey Club resident Adam H, Trance DJ Matt Darey, Graham Gold and former Atlantic 252 presenters Simon Hardwick (who is the managing director of the company) and Dave James.
Passion Radio became one of the first commercial radio stations in the UK to take part in a trial of Digital Radio Mondiale and could be heard in parts of Sussex on 1386 kHz DRM.
The station was granted a temporary 28-day FM Restricted Service Licence by Ofcom and broadcast from 1 May 2006 on 87.7 FM in Brighton and Hove. On 24 May 2006 Passion Radio switched on its DAB transmission, broadcasting on the Now Sussex Multiplex to a potential audience of 715,000 digital listeners. However by August 2007 the DAB transmission has stopped, no notice or details have been given for this, but the station has been removed from now sussex multiplex line up website.
The station is based in the Guildbourne Centre in Worthing, sharing premises with 107.7 Splash FM.
Most of Passion’s shows are ‘voice-tracked’, in keeping with other digital stations, although the station does broadcast regular live shows and outside broadcasts.
Notes
External links
Passion Radio's website
Now Digital - DAB Licensee for Sussex
Radio stations in Sussex
Worthing
Radio stations established in 2000 |
35487270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsolt%20Becs%C3%B3 | Zsolt Becsó | Zsolt Becsó (born 14 June 1967) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Nógrád County Regional List from 1998 to 2010. He represented Pásztó, his birthplace, between 14 May 2010 and 5 May 2014, and Salgótarján between 6 May 2014 and May 2018. Due to an undetermined serious illness, Becsó was replaced as individual candidate in Salgótarján by his brother Károly Becsó for the 2018 parliamentary election. Nevertheless, both of them became members of the new parliament, as Zsolt Becsó was elected via the joint national list of Fidesz-KDNP.
He served as President of the General Assembly of Nógrád County twice: between 1998 and 2002, and from 2006 to 2010. In the Hungarian Parliament, Becsó worked in the Regional Development Committee (1998–2006), Sport and Tourism Committee (2006–2014) and Enterprise Development Committee (since 2014).
Personal life
He is married and has one child.
References
Sources
1967 births
Living people
Fidesz politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1998–2002)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026)
People from Pásztó |
39406204 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Nescopeck%20Creek | Little Nescopeck Creek | Little Nescopeck Creek is a tributary of Nescopeck Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Butler Township, Sugarloaf Township, and Conyngham. The watershed of the creek has an area of . The creek is acidic and receives mine water from the Jeddo Tunnel. The main rock formation in the watershed is the Mauch Chunk Formation. However, the Pottsville Formation also appears in some areas. Soil series in the drainage basin include the Arnot Series, the Basher Series, and various other soil types.
There is one source of acid mine drainage in the watershed of Little Nescopeck Creek: the Jeddo Tunnel. Major roads in the creek's watershed include Interstate 80, Pennsylvania Route 93, and Pennsylvania Route 309. Additionally, wetlands occur in the drainage basin. The watershed of the creek was inhabited by 8000 B.C.E. However, European settlers did not arrive until the 18th century. The Sugarloaf Massacre occurred near the creek in 1780. Recreational opportunities in the watershed include swimming and boating, and there are golf courses, public parks, and rail-trails in within the watershed.
The watershed of Little Nescopeck Creek is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. Several fish species inhabit the creek near its headwaters, but there is no aquatic life downstream of the Jeddo Tunnel. Fourteen amphibian species and eight reptile species also inhabit the watershed; some of them breed there as well. Dozens of species of insects and macroinvertebrates live in the creek's drainage basin. Common mammals include white-tailed deer, cottontail rabbits, and others. Plants inhabiting the watershed include conifer and hardwood trees, herbs, legumes, and grasses.
Course
Little Nescopeck Creek begins in a valley near Prospect Rock in Butler Township. It flows west-southwest for a few tenths of a mile before turning west-northwest as its valley broadens. The creek crosses Pennsylvania Route 309 before turning west-southwest after more than a mile. It then turns west-southwest for several miles, crossing Interstate 81 and entering Sugarloaf Township, where it flows along the base of Butler Mountain. In Sugarloaf Township, the creek turns northwest for several tenths of a mile, passing through Conyngham before turning north. Several tenths of a mile further downstream, it reaches its confluence with Nescopeck Creek. Little Nescopeck Creek joins Nescopeck Creek upstream of its mouth.
Hydrology
Before the Jeddo Tunnel was constructed, Little Nescopeck Creek was around ten feet wide. However the creek it is currently around 30 to 40 feet wide. This is also ten times wider than the creek was in the early 18th century. However, other factors besides the Jeddo Tunnel, such as discharges from sewage treatment plants and an increase in storm water runoff have also contributed to the widening of the creek. Plans to fix the pollution of Little Nescopeck Creek via the Jeddo Tunnel include reducing the tunnel's discharge and the construction of wetlands. Little Nescopeck Creek's discharge upstream of the Jeddo Tunnel is 2.18 cubic feet per second. Downstream of the tunnel, the discharge is 60.02 cubic feet per second. The creek's specific conductance upstream of the Jeddo Tunnel is 178.3 micromhos per centimeter. Downstream of the tunnel, the specific conductance is 446.13 micromhos per centimeter.
The average level of precipitation in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed between 1932 and 1998 was 49 inches per year. Near Little Nescopeck Creek's confluence with Nescopeck Creek, there are white-water rapids that are rated as Class III. Some areas of the creek are also rated Class IV. Little Nescopeck Creek is one of the main sources of flooding in Conyngham.
Water quality
Between 1996 and 1998, the average pH of Little Nescopeck Creek was 4.6. During the same period, the waters of the creek contained an average of 130.87 milligrams per liter of sulfate, 4.03 milligrams per liter of aluminum, 2.01 milligrams per liter of iron, 1.83 milligrams per liter of manganese, and 0.31 milligrams per liter of zinc.
Upstream of the Jeddo Tunnel, the manganese concentration of the water of Little Nescopeck Creek averages around 108 micrograms per liter. Downstream of the tunnel, the average manganese concentration is 3320 micrograms per liter. Upstream of the tunnel, the average aluminum concentration is under 200 micrograms per liter. Downstream of the tunnel, the average aluminum concentration is 7470 micrograms per liter. Upstream of the tunnel, the average iron concentration is 380 micrograms per liter. Downstream of the tunnel, the average iron concentration is 1947 micrograms per liter. Upstream of the tunnel, the average nickel concentration is below 50 micrograms per liter. The average nickel concentration for the whole watershed is almost three times higher, at 144 micrograms per liter. The average zinc concentration is under 10 micrograms per liter above the Jeddo Tunnel but 519 micrograms per liter downstream of the tunnel. The calcium average concentration above the tunnel is 16.2 milligrams per liter. The average calcium concentration below the tunnel is 32.5 milligrams per liter.
There are between 10 and 36 micrograms per liter of copper in nine different sites in and near Little Nescopeck Creek. There are between 1 and 3.3 micrograms per liter of lead at these sites on the creek. There are between 10 and 621 micrograms per liter of zinc at these sites. The average concentration of sulfates upstream of the Jeddo Tunnel is below 10 milligrams per liter, but it is 257 milligrams per liter downstream of the tunnel. The average concentration of calcium carbonate upstream of the tunnel is 33 milligrams per liter, and downstream of it, it is 272 milligrams per liter.
There are also a number of non-metallic pollutants in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed. Ammonia is one such pollutant, although the Jeddo Tunnel contributes little to the creek. There is also phosphorus and nitrite in the creek, but the tunnel does not contribute a measurable amount of such compounds.
In three different sites on Little Nescopeck Creek downstream of the Jeddo Tunnel, the daily load of aluminum passing through ranges from . In the same sites, the daily load of iron ranges between . The daily load of manganese at the sites ranges from . At one site upstream of the Jeddo Tunnel, these values are much lower. The daily load of aluminum is , the daily load of iron is , and the daily load of manganese is .
Geography and geology
The elevation near the mouth of Little Nescopeck Creek is above sea level. The elevation of the creek's source is between above sea level. The creek is in the ridge and valley physiographic province.
Little Nescopeck Creek is mostly situated on top of the Mauch Chunk Formation, a Mississippian period rock that consists of shale, conglomerate, and coarse gray sandstone. Areas containing the Mauch Chunk Formation in the watershed include the bottom of the Little Nescopeck Creek valley and Nescopeck Mountain. The Pottsville Formation is another formation in the creek's watershed. It consists of coarse sandstone, gray quartz conglomerate, and shale with some coal. The Pottsville Formation is found in small amounts on Nescopeck Mountain. There is no coal in the watershed of Little Nescopeck Creek. The watershed has never been mined.
There are several main types of soil in the watershed of Little Nescopeck Creek. Two of them are the Arnot Series and the Alluvial land. The Arnot Series soil is shallow and drained well. It ranges between close to flat and steep. The Alluvial land ranges between close to flat and moderately sloping. It contains gravel and stones and is found along flood plains within the watershed. A large number of other types of soils are found in very small amounts in the creek's watershed. One type of soil that is also found in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed is the Basher Series. Along the creek near Sybertsville, this type of soil is reddish-brown and sticky to a depth of six there inches (15 centimeters). From 6 to 18 inches (15 to 45 centimeters), the soil is reddish-brown with some areas of yellowish-red. From 18 to 24 inches (45 to 60 centimeters), the soil is reddish-brown with pinkish-gray areas and is a sandy loam. From 24 to 37 inches (60 to 93 centimeters), the soil is reddish-brown with pinkish-gray areas and is a sandy loam. From 37 to 47 inches (93 to 118 centimeters), the soil is reddish-brown with light gray and yellowish-red areas, and is a coarse sandy loam. From 47 to 53 inches (118 to 133 centimeters), the soil is a reddish-gray sandy loam with some yellowish-red areas. From 53 to 62 inches (133 to 156 centimeters), the soil is reddish-gray and contains sand and gravel.
The creek's river valley is steep and narrow. Nescopeck Mountain is in the northern part of the watershed and Buck Mountain is in the southern part. The elevation in the watershed ranges from between 850 and 1800 feet. There is very little limestone near the creek, thus making it very acidic.
There are several floodplains in the watershed of Little Nescopeck Creek. The largest of them is near where the creek turns northward, but there is also one not far from its headwaters.
Watershed
The watershed of Little Nescopeck Creek has an area of . The mouth of the creek is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Sybertsville. The watershed extends over Sugarloaf Township, Butler Township, Conyngham, and an extremely small part of Hazle Township. The communities of Drums and Kis-Lyn are also in the watershed. The Little Nescopeck Creek watershed is bordered by the Black Creek watershed to the south and the main stem of Nescopeck Creek to the north.
The Little Nescopeck Creek watershed is affected by pollution from the Jeddo Tunnel. However this is the only source of acid mine drainage in the watershed. The pollution of the Jeddo Tunnel affects Nescopeck Creek, the Susquehanna River, and the Chesapeake Bay. The creek's watershed consists mostly of farmland and suburbs. However, there are also some woodlands and riparian buffers. The major highways in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed are Interstate 80, Pennsylvania Route 93, and Pennsylvania Route 309.
There are a number of different types of wetlands in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed. One type of wetland is the various palustrine, which is scattered in small areas along the creek. The palustrine forested wetland is the type of wetland that makes up the largest patch of wetland in the creek's watershed. This patch's dimensions are by . In the northeastern part of the watershed there are palustrine shrub-scrub, deciduous, broad-leaved evergreen wetlands. In the northwestern portion of the watershed there are palustrine unconsolidated bottom and palustrine forested broad-leaved deciduous wetlands.
History
The area in the vicinity of Little Nescopeck Creek was inhabited by Native Americans as early as 8000 B.C. Some of the earliest people to settle in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed were the Lenni Lenape. European occupation of the creek's watershed began at the middle of the 1700s. The construction of the Susquehanna and Lehigh Turnpike also helped to increase the population of the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed.
The Sugarloaf Massacre occurred near Little Nescopeck Creek on September 11, 1780. In 1809, Redmond Conyngham built a sawmill on M. Beishline's land on Little Nescopeck Creek in southwestern Butler Township. In 1810, a carding mill was built on the creek in what was then known as the community of Ashville. Redmond Conyngham also built a gristmill across the creek from the sawmill in 1814. Phillip Drum built a woolen mill near the carding mill in 1835. The creek flooded during Hurricane Agnes in 1972.
There are a number of historical sites in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed. Most of them are devoted to the anthracite industry. Little Nescopeck Creek's name comes from a Lenni Lenape word meaning "deep black river".
In 1995, a $50,000 grant was given to the Wildlands Conservancy to improve the water quality of Little Nescopeck Creek. Since the beginning of the 21st century, traffic in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed has multiplied fourfold. The Environmental Protection Agency has established five sites along Little Nescopeck Creek. They are called LNESC5, LNESC6, LNESC7, and LNESC9. The last of these is upstream of the Jeddo Tunnel, but the other sites are downstream of the tunnel.
Biology
The drainage basin of Little Nescopeck Creek is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. However, downstream of the Jeddo Tunnel there is no aquatic life. Although there are plans to restore the fish population on the creek, such plans are impossible to carry out in the near future, due to the expense that would be required for such a restoration. Near the creek's headwaters there are sunfish, brook trout and brown trout and bass. The brown trout and brook trout are native. In 1998, a total of 56 fish over eight different taxa were discovered upstream of the Jeddo Tunnel. The most common species were creek chub and white sucker. One brook trout was discovered in the creek. Upstream of the Jeddo Tunnel, there are also turtle and salamander populations. There are a total of 14 species of amphibians in the watershed. Of these, ten species breed in the watershed. There are also a total of eight species of reptiles in the watershed. They consist of two turtles and six snakes. Only the two turtles breed in the watershed. Additionally, there are more than 50 species of birds in the watershed.
The most common large game animal in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed is the white-tailed deer. Cottontail rabbits are also common in the watershed, especially in the areas devoted to farming. Beavers, raccoons, and muskrats are the most common fur-bearing animals in the watershed.
The macroinvertebrates in the area of Little Nescopeck Creek include five species of flies, five species of caddisflies, four species of mayflies, three species of stone flies, two species of alder flies, two species of beetles, one species of gastropod, and one species of sow bug. There are 30 species of butterflies on the watershed of Little Nescopeck Creek. Of these, seven breed in the creek's watershed. The creek's watershed is also home to seven species of dragonflies and damselflies. Of these, three species breed in the creek's watershed.
Common plants in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed include conifer and hardwood trees, herbs, legumes, and grasses. The plants in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed are fairly typical for the Ridge-and-Valley province. Resident deciduous trees in the watershed include five species of oak, one species of cherry, five species of maple, one species of walnut, two species of hickory, and four species of birch, two species of dogwood, and one species each of basswood, poplar, ash, and beech. All but four of these trees are found in the creek's riparian zone. Coniferous trees in the watershed include three species of pine, two species of spruce, and one species of hemlock. Four of these species are found in the creek's riparian zone. There are also 16 species of legumes, grasses, and weeds, seven species of bushes, and six species of perennials. All of the bushes and perennials, and seven of the grasses are found in Little Nescopeck Creek's riparian zone. There are also a number of aquatic plants in Little Nescopeck Creek. These include bulrush, pondweed, duckweed, waterweed, and some types of algae, all of which are typical for a stream in the eastern United States. The forest around the creek's headwaters are composed mostly of oak and hickory.
Little Nescopeck Creek's riparian zone has survived to date due to conservation efforts of the local community. The narrowest area of the riparian zone is zero feet in a pasture one mile upstream of the Jeddo Tunnel. The widest area of the riparian zone is on the Keystone Jobs Corps Center property. At Little Nescopeck Creek's confluence with Nescopeck Creek, the riparian zone is wide or more.
There are a total of five species of special concern in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed. These include the mountain starwort, which is critically endangered in Pennsylvania.
Recreation
There are few opportunities for activities in Little Nescopeck Creek itself, such as swimming and boating. However, there are some golf courses, public parks, and rail-trails within the creek's watershed. The four golf courses are the Sugarloaf Golf Course, the Sand Springs Golf Course, the Edgewood in the Pines Golf Course, and the private Valley Country Club. There are three recreational sites in the creek's watershed. One is the Butler Recreation Complex in the eastern part of the watershed. The other two are the Whispering Willow Park and the Historic Brainard Church in the western part of the watershed.
In 1998, there were plans to convert abandoned railroad beds in the Little Nescopeck Creek watershed to rail-trails. There are already a number of trails in the watershed. Some of these date back to Native American times. There are also a number of outlooks in the creek's watershed. There is some kayak traffic on the creek during the spring. There is a 24-acre area of fields and woodlands known as the Bishop Tract; a portion of this tract is along Little Nescopeck Creek.
See also
Black Creek (Nescopeck Creek), next tributary of Nescopeck Creek going downstream
Long Run (Nescopeck Creek), next tributary of Nescopeck Creek going upstream
References
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Nescopeck Creek
Rivers of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
36490906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20D.%20Lamont | George D. Lamont | George Darwin Lamont (January 24, 1819 – January 15, 1876) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Early life
He attended Yale College for a year and a half, then studied law in Lockport, received a degree from Yale in 1841, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced practice in Lockport.
Career
He was District Attorney of Niagara County from 1851 to 1853.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (29th D.) in 1859, elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Horatio J. Stow. He was seated on March 21, and attended the remainder of the session until April 19.
In December 1862, he was appointed by Judge Charles A. Peabody as Prosecuting Attorney at the U.S. Provisional Court for the State of Louisiana, and remained in office until the court was discontinued in April 1865. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in Lockport. He was Judge of the Niagara County Court from 1866 to November 1868 when he was appointed to the New York Supreme Court to fill a vacancy. In November 1871, he was elected to a full term on the Supreme Court (8th D.), and died in office.
Personal life
In 1841, he married Mary Cole, and they had three children.
Lamont died on January 15, 1876, in Lockport.
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64112416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HC%2019%20Humenn%C3%A9 | HC 19 Humenné | HC 19 Humenné is an ice hockey team playing in the Slovak Extraliga, and formed in 2019. They play in the city of Humenné, Slovakia.
History
Club HC 19 Humenné is a newly established club in the town of Humenné, which wants to build on the successful representation of the town of Humenné in senior hockey. After the announcement of the end of MHK Humenné, members of the new HC 19 Humenné club on behalf of MHK completed the previous 2018/2019 season, where we exemplary represented the city of Humenné in St. Nicolaus I. Men's League. After the maximum possible effort to maintain the premier league license, with the promise of the president of SZĽH, we did not succeed and the club after all legislative procedures to register the club as a new member of the association, will have to start in the 2nd men's league. The primary goal of the project is to develop hockey in the city and thus support the meaningful use of free time and offer the opportunity for the sporting public to attend a quality sporting event. The secondary goal will be to build on the youth sports process to make it easier for the best players to switch to men's hockey in their hometown. It is important to have a real role model for hockey youth in their sport close to home. Club HC 19 Humenné is a civic association. The chairman of the association is Peter Ždiňak, the vice-chairman is Mikuláš Koščo and the members are Tomáš Šudík and Peter Mižák.
Honours
Domestic
Slovak 1. Liga
Winners (1): 2022–23
Players
Current roster
References
External links
Official club website
Ice hockey teams in Slovakia
Ice hockey clubs established in 2019
2019 establishments in Slovakia
Sport in Humenné |
16045552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%20Gravenstijn | Deborah Gravenstijn | Dibora Monick Olga "Deborah" Gravenstijn (born 20 August 1974 in Tholen, Zeeland) is a Dutch judoka and Captain in the Royal Netherlands Air Force. She won a bronze medal in the class Women's 57 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal four years later at the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Biography
Early years
Gravenstijn started her judo career when she was five years old. Although she and her family lived in Rotterdam they always joined her to tournaments held anywhere within the Netherlands. As soon as Gravenstijn participated in international tournaments her family was unable to keep up with attending every tournament, however they did whatever they could to support Deborah.
Her first medal at a Dutch Junior Championship (under 18/21) she reached in 1987 when she became third in Assen. One month later she won her first title at the Dutch Cadet Championship (under 16/18) in Elburg. In the following years she was unable to retain the title, but still managed to win a bronze (in Haarlem, 1988) and a silver medal (in Heerlen, 1989). At international level she won her first tournament in Arlon in 1990, the Belgian Open. She won a bronze medal at the Dutch All Categories Championships in Nieuwegein in 1991 and she won the gold medal at the Under-19 championships in Geleen; She also retained her Belgian Open title in Arlon and won the silver medal at the Dutch Championships in Den Bosch. In 1992, her last year as a junior she became Dutch national champion again and she won a silver medal at the All Categories Championships. At international level she became third at the World Masters in Munich, won the silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Buenos Aires and won the European title at the European Championships in Jerusalem.
Success in the nineties
1993 was Gravenstijn's first year as a senior and in no-time she had adjusted to the national level by becoming third at the Dutch All Categories Championships and by winning the Rotterdam Open both in January. At the Dutch National Championships in Den Bosch she won the silver medal in November and in December she won her first international tournament as a senior, the Swiss International in Basel. She won another bronze at the All Categories championships and she retained her Rotterdam Open title. Besides that she did not book any other notable results in 1994. In 1995 she prepared and qualified for the European Championships in Trnava where she won the bronze medal. She completed the year with a silver medal at the Dutch National Championships. She won her first All Categories Championship in 1996 and managed to win two bronze medals, at the Dutch Open and the Dutch National Championships.
She became Dutch national champion for the first time in her career in 1997. Then in 1998 she became second at the Grand Prix Citta di Roma and at the Dutch Open. At the European Championships in Oviedo she won the bronze medal and she ended the year with a silver medal at the Dutch National Championships. She won the GP Citta di Roma in 1999 and won another bronze medal at the European Championships in Bratislava. With her team Kenamju she won the bronze medal in the European Club Cup final in Haarlem. In November 1999 she won her second Dutch national title.
Olympic success
Thanks to two second places at the A Tournament in Sofia and the Grand Prix in Leonding as well as two bronze medals at the Warsaw Judo Tournament and the European Championships in Wroclaw Gravenstijn qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In her Olympic debut she reached the bronze medal contest, but did not manage to win the bout and ended up on the fifth position. Later that year she won her third national title and she became second at the World University Championships in Málaga.
The Olympic result encouraged her to perform well in 2001. She became second at the Grand Prix in Leonding and won the Grand Prix in Prague. At the European Championships in Paris she reached the final, but had to be satisfied with silver. She then went on to win another silver at the World Championships in Munich and in between she won an international event in Venray. At the World Military Championships in Ostia she had to be satisfied with a bronze medal, while she finished the year with a second position in the Fukuoka Tournament in Japan. Gravenstijn suffered from an injury in 2002, but still managed to win the bronze medal at the European Championships in Maribor. She became third at the Dutch Open in Rotterdam in 2003 and won the British Open in Burgess Hill and the international tournament in Venray. At the World Championships in Osaka she became third.
2004 was all about the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Gravenstijn qualified for the Olympics by becoming third at the A Tournament in Rome and first in Tallinn. In the first three rounds she was too strong for Cinzia Cavazzuti, Ellen Wilson and Danielle Zangrando, which earned her a spot in the semi-final. Yvonne Bönisch won the semi-final and eventually went on to win the gold medal against Kye Sun-Hui in the final. Gravenstijn on her turn beat Barbara Harel in the final of the repechages to take the bronze medal.
Tragedies
Two months after Gravenstijn won the bronze medal at the Olympics her younger sister Merghery died. Still she finished the year 2004 with a Dutch Championship title in Rotterdam. She was also awarded the Faas Wilkes Trophy. In 2005, she started with a third place at the Super World Cup in Hamburg and she became second in the World Cup in Rotterdam. At the European Championships, also held in Rotterdam she became seventh.
In May 2005 she fell during a match and suffered a double neck hernia. A return to the tatami was very unlikely, but she was determined to return and foughty hard to make her comeback. One month before she eventually made her comeback in March 2007 her mother Carmen died, her second loss in her direct family since she won her Olympic medal.
Comeback
Her comeback to the international judo circuit was no success from the start. The death of her family members and her recent injuries still had a huge impact on her performances. Also due to these happenings her coach Jan de Rooij was no longer able to give her the aggression she needed to compete. National coach Marjolein van Unen took over from De Rooij in February 2008. Since then Gravestijn achieved a total of three top 5 rankings in World Cup meetings, inclusive the second place in Budapest and the first place in Warsaw. During the 2008 European Judo Championships in Lisbon she qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. She lost in the second round of the tournament after a mistake made by the referee, who changed the score of her match the exact other way, just 40 seconds before the end of the match. Thanks to one of her main rivals in former years Isabel Fernández who eliminated Inga Kolodziej just four seconds before the end of the game Gravenstijn qualified for the Olympics. Due to Fernandez's win Gravenstijn remained on top op Kolodziej for the Olympic rankings. One month before the start of the Olympics she was hit by a medicine ball during a training session. The ball which weights 5 kilograms landed with a high speed at her head, giving her recently recovered neck another big smack. The injury almost forced her to miss the Olympics, but Gravenstijn recovered faster than expected.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Gravenstijn had a bye in the first round and defeated Ketleyn Quadros in the second round. In the quarter-finals she faced Fernandez and in a tactical game with just one koka Gravenstijn advanced to the semi-finals in which she won against local hero Xu Yan. In the final and gold medal match Giulia Quintavalle won with a yuko and left Gravenstijn with the silver medal. Afterwards Gravenstijn dedicated the medal to her deceased sister and mother as well as to her still living family members.
References
External links
Official homepage (Dutch)
1974 births
Living people
Dutch female judoka
Royal Netherlands Air Force officers
Olympic judoka for the Netherlands
Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Tholen
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent
Dutch physiotherapists
Sportspeople from Rotterdam
Sportspeople from Zeeland
20th-century Dutch women
21st-century Dutch women |
67915953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okanagana%20arboraria | Okanagana arboraria | Okanagana arboraria is a species of cicada in the family Cicadidae. It is endemic to the Sacramento River valley of California .
References
Insects described in 1934
Okanagana |
36371495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Sullivan%20%28sport%20shooter%29 | Michael Sullivan (sport shooter) | Michael J Sullivan (born 6 December 1942) is a British former sport shooter.
Sport shooting career
Sullivan competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He received the bronze medal in that event, with 596 points.
He represented England and won a gold medal in the 50 metres rifle prone pair with Malcolm Cooper, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
References
1942 births
Living people
British male sport shooters
ISSF rifle shooters
Olympic shooters for Great Britain
Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in shooting
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Shooters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games |
45088652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Blaikie%20%28gardener%29 | Thomas Blaikie (gardener) | Thomas Blaikie (11 February 1750 – 19 July 1838) was a Scottish botanist and gardener born on Corstorphine Hill, which was at the time just outside Edinburgh.
Career
Between 1775 and 1776 he was tasked by John Fothergill and William Pitcairn with travelling the Alps to collect and record rare species of plants. Whilst there he met Voltaire and travelled with Michel-Gabriel Paccard, who received later fame for achieving the first ascent of Mont Blanc.
After briefly returning to Britain, Blaikie worked on the gardens of the Comte de Lauraguais in Normandy, before a failure to pay Blaikie ended his employment. From 1778 Blaikie passed into the employment of the Comte d'Artois, younger brother of Louis XVI and later to become Charles X. Blaikie designed the gardens of Bagatelle, modified by François-Joseph Bélanger to suit French tastes, and oversaw their planting.
Whilst continuing to work for the Comte d'Artois, Blaikie created a garden for Sophie Arnould, the renowned opera singer and a lover of Bélanger. In 1780 the Duc de Chartres, who was later to become the Duc d'Orléans and finally Philippe Égalité, commissioned Blaikie to design some of his gardens including the Winter Garden at the Parc Monceau.
The French Revolution financially ruined Blaikie with his previous employers unable to pay him, contracts drying up, his loss of money from rentes on the Hotel de Ville, and in 1792 his house being robbed with 50,000 francs worth of property lost. As a result, he was forced to return to work as a bailiff for the Comte de Lauraguais, whose successor he had similar disputes over pay with following the Restoration. In 1826 Blaikie received a royal pension of 600 francs per annum secured by the new Duc d'Orléans, the future Louis Philippe I.
Blaikie died in 1838 in his house on the rue de Vignes in Paris.
See also
Château de Bagatelle
References
External links
http://www.gardenvisit.com/biography/thomas_blaikie
1750 births
1838 deaths
Scientists from Edinburgh
Scottish gardeners
18th-century Scottish botanists
19th-century Scottish botanists |
70651513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anja%20Troff-Schaffarzyk | Anja Troff-Schaffarzyk | Anja Troff-Schaffarzyk (born 1 October 1969) is a German politician for the SPD and since 2021 member of the Bundestag, the federal diet.
Life and politics
Troff-Schaffarzyk was born 1969 in the West German municipality of Jemgum and became a member of the Bundestag in 2021.
Other activities
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council (since 2022)
References
Living people
1969 births
People from Leer (district)
Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
21st-century German politicians
Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 |
46385001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andi%20Bakiasi | Andi Bakiasi | Andi Bakiasi (born 2 October 1988) is an Albanian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Shkumbini in the Albanian First Division.
References
1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lushnjë
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
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KF Skrapari players
KF Teuta Durrës players
KF Tomori players
KF Luftëtari players
KF Shkumbini players
KF Egnatia players
Kategoria Superiore players |
41828451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neethi%20%281972%20film%29 | Neethi (1972 film) | Neethi () is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language film produced by K. Balaji and directed by C. V. Rajendran. A remake of the Hindi film Dushmun (1971), it stars Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa and Sowcar Janaki. The film revolves around a truck driver who is forced to provide for the family of a man he accidentally killed. Neethi was released on 7 December 1972 and became a commercial success.
Plot
Raja is a rash truck driver who often drives intoxicated. One night he stops at a prostitute's house for the night, then awakens late in the morning. He drives his truck at breakneck speed in thick fog to make up for lost time, drinking once again. He runs over and kills a farmer, but instead of fleeing in a hit and run opportunity, Raja stays to face the consequences. He is arrested by police and brought before the court.
Raja acknowledges his guilt to the judge who knows that he should send him to prison for two years. Instead, the judge is moved by the plight of the farmer's family which includes his widow Seetha, a sister, two young children, a weak father and a blind mother. They believe that imprisonment serves no good for the victim or the perpetrator. The judge decides to try a novel experiment by forcing Raja to live with the farmer's family and look after their financial needs. Horrified, Raja tries in vain to convince the judge to change his ruling. Raja is transported to his new "prison" under police protection, where he must meet the hostile villagers. The farmer's family abhors his presence and call him a murderer. Raja tries to escape from the family the first night, but was apprehended and brought back to the house to serve his time.
Raja comes to terms with the twist of fate that has forced him to become a subsistence farmer and live under the unforgiving eyes of the farmer's family. Over time he starts sincerely working for the family and its interests. He meets Radha Jayalalithaa, a happy-go-lucky girl who operates a small bi-scope machine to entertain the village kids. They take an instant liking to each other, which blossoms into love. He also finds friends amongst the previously hostile villagers Ponnamma. Raja works hard on the family land while protecting it from the clutches of a local landlord R.S.Manohar who has ill-intentioned designs on the land and on the farmer's sister.
Surmounting many obstacles, Raja arranged the marriage of the sister with her childhood sweetheart. With the help of a benevolent police force and the judge, Raja thwarted attempts by the landlord to seize the family's land and that of other villagers who have mortgaged their land with him. The farmer's widow, however, can not forgive Raja for having killed her husband.
Things take a dramatic turn for the worse when Raja is framed and arrested for the accidental death of Radha's drunken grandfather. At the same time, the landlord has the lush harvest produced by Raja and other villagers covertly set ablaze and has Radha kidnapped, primarily to punish Raja. The widow who has been working in the landlord's Ice Factory thinking, he is an honourable man, witnessed the misdeeds of the landlord and finally realised his mistake. She rescued Radha, but is instead trapped by the landlord, who tries to rape her. Meanwhile, Raja stages an escape from his holding cell with the help of Radha, and comes to Seetha's rescue in the nick of time. He confronts the landlord and violently assaults him as payback. The Police show up and arrest the landlord for his role in defrauding the villagers and destroying their harvest.
The deceased farmer's family finally accepted Raja as one of their own and arranged his marriage with Radha. Finally, Raja completed his two years imprisonment successfully. Police arrive to escort him back to town. He asks the judge to let him serve a life sentence, and the judge smiles, justified that his experiment has been successful. In the end, villagers welcome Raja and celebrate him. Children and the dog reunite with Raja. The family members of the deceased farmer and Ponnamma are reunited. Furthermore, Radha and Raja are united.
Cast
Sivaji Ganesan as Raja
Jayalalithaa as Radha
Sowcar Janaki as Seetha
K. Balaji as Sankar
Major Sundarrajan as Chakravarthi
S. V. Subbaiah as Velu
Ganthimathi as Maragatham
R. S. Manohar as Nagalingam
M. R. R. Vasu as Nallakannu
J. P. Chandrababu as Eattu Kannaiya
Manorama as Ponnamma
V. Nagayya as High Court Judge
T. K. Balachandran as Ragu
Jaya Kowsalya as Kamala
Mukkamala as Maruthappan
C.I.D Sakunthala as Record Rani
K. Kannan as Moiner
Usilai Mani as Chettiyar
Rama Rao as Iyer
I.S.R as Lorry Cleaner
Production
During filming, Manorama was ill with fever one day, but voluntarily took part in filming that day to avoid production delays, despite Ganesan asking to postpone the shoot.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan, with lyrics by Kannadasan.
Release and reception
Neethi was released on 7 December 1972, and became a commercial success. Kumudam positively reviewed the film, especially for the cast performances. Kanthan of Kalki also praised the cast performances and Rajendran's direction, but criticised the film for being a near shot-for-shot remake of Dushmun.
References
External links
1970s Tamil-language films
1972 films
Films directed by C. V. Rajendran
Films scored by M. S. Viswanathan
Tamil remakes of Hindi films |
21975864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castro%20Valley%20Unified%20School%20District | Castro Valley Unified School District | The Castro Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) is located in Castro Valley, California, United States. It is a public preschool through adult school district. Overall, the district contains almost 9,000 students. It was created in 1965.
The Castro Valley Unified School District consists of the following schools:
Elementary schools (K-5)
Castro Valley Elementary School
Chabot Elementary School
Independent Elementary School
Jensen Ranch Elementary School
Marshall Elementary School
Palomares Elementary School
Proctor Elementary School
Stanton Elementary School
Vannoy Elementary School
Middle schools (6-8)
Canyon Middle School
Creekside Middle School
High schools (9-12)
Castro Valley High School - has over 2,900 students
Redwood High School - an alternative high school with approximately 193 students in 2005
Adult school
Castro Valley Adult School
References
External links
School districts in Alameda County, California
School districts established in 1965
1965 establishments in California
School |
38364252 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copart | Copart | Copart, Inc. or simply Copart is a global provider of online vehicle auction and remarketing services to automotive resellers such as insurance, rental car, fleet and finance companies in 11 countries; the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, Ireland, Brazil, Spain, UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Finland. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Copart has more than 200 physical locations around the world, where it houses more than 10,000 acres of vehicle inventory. Copart sells used, wholesale and repairable vehicles in weekly and bi-weekly online auctions to buyers ranging from consumers to automotive businesses around the world. Copart provides vehicle sellers with a range of services to process and sell repairable and clean title vehicles over the internet, using its patented virtual auction technology, named VB3, as well as others of its auction-related brands.
Copart is a public company and is traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CPRT and has been named to Fortune’s 2020 Future 50 companies, 100 Fasted-Growing Companies, and the Fortune 500 list.
History
Copart was founded in 1982 by 34-year-old Willis J. Johnson in Vallejo, California.
Johnson began expanding Copart in the early 1990s through private loans and equity. By the early '90s, the company had grown to four locations in northern California; and by March 1994, it had added another eight new facilities in Oregon, Washington, and Texas, culminating in the acquisition of the largest volume seller of salvage in the United States, North Texas Salvage Pool of Dallas, Texas.
That decade, Willis Johnson began developing Copart's information technology. The first main step in this process was the creation of the Copart Auction System (CAS) in 1997, which was designed to unify and support the growing business as well as allow Copart facilities and sellers to access information, generate reports, and increase operating efficiencies. The next step came in 1998 with Copart's introduction of internet bidding—a departure from the industry standard of local physical auctions.
On March 17, 1994, Copart had its initial public offering (IPO) at $12 per share and debuted on the NASDAQ under the symbol "CPRT." Copart's IPO of 2.3 million shares of stock provided the company with the means to become a national company.
In May 1995, Copart began rapid expansion in the United States with the sizable acquisition of NER Auction Group, doubling its number of facilities around the country. Copart would continue to grow via acquisitions and founded six new locations from July 1995 to July 1996. With locations spread coast-to-coast in the United States, Copart shifted tactics and began to procure regional and national contracts with the nation's leading insurance companies to grow a nationwide chain of facilities. Copart has continued to acquire businesses, including National Powersport Auctions (NPA) in 2017.
By 2003, the company grew to 100 locations across the country and became the first to launch a completely online auction model. Currently, Copart has more than 200 locations in 11 countries. A Canada yard opening marked the first international expansion in 2003. By 2007, Copart grew its footprint overseas to the United Kingdom. In 2012, Copart began expanding to the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Bahrain, Oman, Spain, Ireland and Germany. Copart also expanded into Finland in 2018 with the acquisition of Autovahinkokeskus (AVK). Additionally, the CashForCars.com brand launched in Canada in 2018, Germany in 2019 and the United Kingdom in 2020.
As Internet bidding grew in popularity, Copart developed its online auction platform, VB2, which it implemented in 2003. VB2 opened the sales process to registered buyers (Members) and sellers worldwide. In fiscal year 2004 in North America and fiscal year 2008 in the U.K., Copart discontinued all live auctions and began remarketing vehicles exclusively through VB2.
In 2012, Copart relocated its corporate headquarters from Fairfield, California, to Dallas, Texas. Copart's Dallas headquarters building, Copart Tower, consists of approximately 53,000 square feet (4,900 m2) of leased office space.
In 2013, Copart upgraded its VB2 technology to a new version dubbed VB3. This version supported the latest browsers, eliminated the need for plugins and supported mobile interactivity. Copart now sells more than one million vehicles each year through VB3 technology.
Products and operations
Copart's brands include BID4U, CashForCars.com, CrashedToys, DRIVE Auto Auctions, and National Powersport Auctions (NPA). Copart also sells additional services such as providing sale pricing estimates for salvage vehicles, providing transport to and from storage lots for vehicles being sold in its platforms, and assisting with vehicle title processing.
Copart derives the largest part, over 80%, of its revenue from service fees collected for use of its online auction platform. The majority of the remainder of revenue comes from the sale of vehicles it actually takes ownership of and then resells. The company has reported that approximately 88% of its service fee revenue and 63% of its vehicle sales revenue come from within the United States, with the remainder of revenue coming from outside the United States. The largest group of vehicle purchasers buying automobiles in Copart's auctions is vehicle dismantlers, while insurance companies make up the primary seller of vehicles listed in Copart auctions.
Among the vehicles sold by insurance companies, the majority are vehicles declared a total loss after an accident or as a result of damage from a natural disaster.
See also
List of S&P 500 companies
List of companies in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
References
External links
Online auction websites of the United States
Online automotive companies of the United States
Companies based in Dallas
American companies established in 1982
Internet properties established in 1982
1982 establishments in California
1994 initial public offerings |
37698300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Beno%C3%AEt%20Nadeau | Jean-Benoît Nadeau | Jean-Benoît Nadeau (born in 1964) is a Canadian author, journalist, and lecturer, and a Fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs.
He is the author of The Bonjour Effect and Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong which he co-wrote with his wife, Julie Barlow.
Biography
Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Jean-Benoît Nadeau received a bachelor's degree from McGill University in 1992 where he majored in Political Science and History.
He began his journalism career in 1987, as a theatre critic for the Montreal cultural weekly Voir. He is best known as a regular contributor to Canada's national French-language magazine L’actualité. Since September 2014, he also writes a column for the French language Montreal daily Le Devoir.
In all, he has published more than 1000 feature stories and columns.
In 1993, he began writing in English for English Canadian magazines like Saturday Night, Profit, and Report on Business Magazine.
Over the years, his byline has appeared in articles (mostly op-ed pieces), in USA Today, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Toronto Star and The Wall Street Journal.
In 1999, Nadeau was granted a two-year fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs to travel to France and study the reasons why the French were resisting globalization.
In 2003, he began to co-author books with his wife, Julie Barlow. The first was Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong, a book about the French people and their culture. Published by Sourcebooks, it was translated into French (Pas si fous, ces Français!), Dutch and Chinese. There are two different Chinese translated editions--one in traditional Chinese, and the other in simplified Chinese.
In 2006, Nadeau and Barlow wrote The Story of French, a history of the French language from its origins to its present evolution, published by St. Martin's Press. This book was translated into Japanese. In French, it exists in two different versions. It appeared in Quebec in 2007 under the title La Grande aventure de la langue française, and in France in 2011 under the title Le français, quelle histoire! The latter is an updated, second edition of the book.
This book was adapted into a two-hour radio documentary, Le français n’a pas dit son dernier mot (French Language Has Not Said Its last Word), broadcast by France Culture in July 2014.
In 2010, Nadeau and his family spent six months in Phoenix, Arizona, to conduct research on his next book, The Story of Spanish. Written by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow, The Story of Spanish is a book about the history of the Spanish language and is similar to The Story of French. It was published by St. Martin's Press.
In 2013-2014, Nadeau and his family spent a year in Paris to research a new book on the French, The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed with coauthor Julie Barlow, published by St. Martin's Press in 2016.
Works in French
Jean-Benoît Nadeau also wrote, individually, a number of books in French, which have never been translated.
In 2002, Nadeau wrote Les Français aussi ont un accent ("The French Also Have an Accent;" available only in French) a quirky travelog on the experience of living in France. It was published by the French publishing house Editions Payot.
In 2007, Jean-Benoît Nadeau published a second edition of his book Guide du travailleur autonome ("Guide for the Self-Employed") as well as Écrire pour vivre ("Live to Write"), a practical guidebook on how to make a living from writing. The books were published by Québec Amérique.
In 2014, he published Les accents circomplexes ("The Circomplex Accents")—part essay, part memoir, of his culture shock upon returning to Canada, first to Toronto and then to Montreal. It was published by Stanké, an imprint of Groupe Librex.
Also in 2014, he published Le Guide du travailleur autonome 3.0 ("Guide for the Self-Employed"), the third edition of a partly autobiographical book of advice to those who are self-employed. A second edition of this book had been published in 2007.
Awards
2011 L’Académie des Science d’Outre-Mer (The Academy of Overseas Sciences) Prix de la Renaissance Française (French Renaissance Award)
2007 Quebec Writer's Federation Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
As a journalist, he also won two dozen different awards, mostly in Quebec and Canada.
References
Published works
2003: Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong (Sourcebooks)
2006: The Story of French (St. Martin's Press)
2013: The Story of Spanish (St. Martin's Press)
2016: The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed (St. Martin's Press)
In French only:
2002: Les Français aussi ont un accent (Payot)
2007: Écrire pour vivre (Québec Amérique)
2014: Les Accents circomplexes (Stanké)
2014: Le Guide du travailleur autonome 3.0, third edition (Québec Amérique)
External links
1964 births
Canadian male journalists
Canadian male non-fiction writers
Canadian non-fiction writers in French
Journalists from Quebec
Living people
Writers from Sherbrooke
Date of birth missing (living people) |
64986718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Space%20Force | Structure of the United States Space Force | The United States Space Force is organized by different units: the Space Staff, the field commands, and the space deltas.
The Space Force is organized as one of two coequal military service branches within the Department of the Air Force, the other being the United States Air Force. Both services are overseen by the Secretary of the Air Force, who has overall responsibility for organizing, training, and equipping the Air Force and Space Force.
The military head of the Space Force is the chief of space operations (CSO), who is an officer in the grade of general.
Space Staff
The Space Staff is the headquarters of the U.S. Space Force. Like the U.S. Air Force's Air Staff that is under the Department of the Air Force, it is overseen by the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. It is responsible for developing doctrine, guidance, and plans in performing the Space Force's functions, cooperating with the Air Staff on support issues. It is composed of the military service's most senior leaders: the chief of space operations, the vice chief of space operations, and the chief master sergeant of the Space Force. Like the other services, there is a director of staff who oversees the synchronization of policies and plans of the headquarters staff and four deputy chiefs of space operations.
The Space Staff was designed to be lean. Compared to the Air Force's nine headquarters directorates, the Space Force merged nine functional areas into four directorates. Additionally, each of the four deputy chiefs of space operations has unofficial positional titles akin to that of corporate organizations: chief human capital officer, chief operations officer, chief technology and innovation officer, and chief strategy and resourcing officer. The chief human capital officer and chief technology and innovation officer positions are held by senior civilian officials at the SES-3 level, while both the chief operations officer and chief strategy and resourcing officer positions are filled by two lieutenant generals.
Chief of Space Operations (CSO): Gen B. Chance Saltzman
Vice Chief of Space Operations (VCSO): Gen David D. Thompson
Director of Staff: Maj Gen Steven P. Whitney
Deputy Director of Staff: Wade Yamada
for Personnel (S1): Katharine Kelley
Assistant DCSO for Personnel: Todd L. Remington
DCSO for Intelligence (S2): Maj Gen Gregory Gagnon
Assistant DCSO for Intelligence: Joseph D. Rouge
DCSO for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear (S3/4/6/7/10): Lt Gen DeAnna Burt
Assistant DCSO for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear: Brig Gen James E. Smith
Associate DCSO for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear: Bruce E. Hollywood
Mobilization Assistant to the DCSO: Brig Gen Traci Kueker-Murphy, USAF
DCSO for Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis (S5/8): Lt Gen Philip Garrant
Assistant DCSO for Strategy, Plans, Programs, Requirements, and Analysis: Stephen L. Hart
Director of Plans and Programs (S8): Brig Gen Jennifer L. Grant, USAF
Chief of Programming (S8/P): Brig Gen Robert Hutt
Mobilization Assistant to the DCSO: Brig Gen Damon S. Feltman, USAF
DCSO for Technology and Innovation (S9): Dr. Lisa Costa
Assistant DCSO for Technology and Innovation: Col Roy V. Rockwell
Mobilization Assistant to the CSO: Maj Gen John M. Olson, USAF
Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force (CMSSF): CMSSF Roger A. Towberman
Field organization
The Space Force field organization consist of three different echelons of command: field commands, deltas, and squadrons.
Field Command
Field commands (FLDCOMs) align with specific mission focuses and are led by officers in the grade of lieutenant general or major general, comparable to the United States Air Force's major command. The Space Force's three field commands will be Space Operations Command (SpOC), Space Systems Command (SSC), and Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM).
Denotes planned unit but not yet activated.
Space Operations Command
The Space Operations Command (SpOC) will be the primary force provider of space forces and capabilities. It is responsible for the organization, training, equipping, command and control, and employment of space forces to support operational plans and missions for U.S. combatant commanders. It is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
Established on 21 October 2020, SpOC was the first field command activated. It was established by the redesignation of the headquarters of the former Air Force Space Command to Space Operations Command. It was composed of the 10 deltas and two garrisons activated on 24 July 2020. This included the Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) which served as the interim unit for space training and education until the August 2021 stand-up of a full field command. SpOC also maintained command of the two launch wings, which were later redesignated as launch deltas in 2021, previously under the Air Force Space Command until the establishment of the Space Systems Command.
The 14th Air Force in Vandenberg Space Force Base, California that was temporarily redesignated Space Operations Command upon the creation of the Space Force was inactivated. A new unit, Space Operations Command West (SpOC West), was activated to serve as headquarters of the Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSCC), a subordinate command of the United States Space Command. The SpOC West commander also served as the commander of CFSCC and as the deputy commander of SpOC.
Space Systems Command
The Space Systems Command (SSC) is becoming responsible for developing, acquiring, and fielding space systems, as well as launch, sustainment, and maintenance of space systems. It also advises Space Force science and technology activities.
The Space Force on 8 April 2021 announced the planned structure of the SSC. Led by a lieutenant general, SSC was to be formed by redesignating the Space and Missile Systems Center, Commercial Satellite Communications Office, and other space systems programs offices transferred into the Space Force, being stood up in summer 2021. On July 29, Michael Guetlein was confirmed as its first commander by the United States Senate.
The ceremony installing him in command of the new SSC was held August 13, 2021.
Under the new structure, the two launch deltas previously under SpOC were reassigned to SSC under the oversight of the SSC deputy commander. The commander of the Space Launch Delta 45 will take on additional duties as the field command's director of operations.
Space Training and Readiness Command
The Space Training and Readiness Command was planned to train and educate space professionals, develop combat-ready space forces, and additionally taking on the roles of integrated testing and on-orbit checkout. Initially, before the activation of the command, a Space Training and Readiness Delta was established in July 2020 at Peterson SFB. STARCOM was activated on 23 August 2021, led by a major general. Five subordinate deltas then began being established: one each for training, doctrine and lessons learned, range and aggressor, test and evaluation, and education.
Delta
The Space Force has no command echelon equivalent of the U.S. Air Force′s numbered air forces, so the next command echelon below field commands is the delta, a single level of command which combines the wing and group command echelons found in the U.S. Air Force. Each delta is organized around a specific function, such as operations, installation support, or training, and is led by an officer in the grade of colonel. Space Deltas are operational organizations, but have no responsibility for base support, which is either the Air Force′s responsibility, or that of the Space Base Deltas, the former Garrisons.
The first 11 deltas in the Space Force initially were assigned to the Space Operations Command. Of those, two were realigned under the Space Systems Command, and the Space Training and Readiness Delta (Provisional) became a separate field command.
Denotes planned unit but not yet activated.
Squadron
Below deltas in the Space Force structure are squadrons. Space Force squadrons are focused on specific tactics and are led by an officer in the grade of lieutenant colonel.
History
On 20 December 2019, Air Force Space Command's principal components were 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) and the Space and Missile Systems Center. At the same time as the creation of the Space Force 14th Air Force was redesignated as Space Operations Command.
On 12 March 2019, the Space Development Agency (SDA), a new space-focused development agency, additional to the Space and Missile Systems Center and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, was established. It was established under the authority of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering. As of January 2020, the SDA is planned to become part of the U.S. Space Force in October 2022.
In early April 2020, a list of twenty-three units to be transferred from the Air Force to the Space Force was publicly reported. Those units included the 17th Test Squadron, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado; 18th Intelligence Squadron, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; the 25th Space Range Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO; the 328th Weapons Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV; the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron, Schriever AFB, CO; the 7th Intelligence Squadron, 659th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, 70th ISR Wing, Ft. Meade, Maryland*; Sixteenth Air Force/Advanced Programs*, Schriever AFB, Colorado; the 32nd Intelligence Squadron, Ft. Meade, Maryland*; the 566th Intelligence Squadron, Buckley AFB, Colorado*; the 544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, Group Staff & Detachment 5, Peterson AFB, Colorado; D the 533d Training Squadron, 381st Training Group, Vandenberg AFB, CA (initial training); the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Research Lab Mission Execution, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio*; the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico*; the AFRL Rocket Propulsion Division, Edwards AFB, CA; the AFRL Electro-Optical Division, Maui, Hawaii & Kirtland AFB, New Mexico*; the AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio*; the Counter-Space Analysis Squadron and the Space Analysis Squadron, collectively half of the Space and Missiles Analysis Group, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, both at Wright-Patterson AFB; the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Detachment 4, Peterson AFB, CO; and the Air Force Safety Center – Space Safety Division, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
Detachment 1, USAF Warfare Center, Schriever AFB, Colorado; Operating Location A, 705th Combat Training Squadron, Schriever AFB, Colorado (ultimately part of the 505th Command and Control Wing), and the National Security Space Institute, Peterson AFB, CO National Security Space Institute, a place for space education became eventually part of the STAR Delta.
In September 2021 it was announced the 53rd Signal Battalion, the U.S. Army Satellite Operations Brigade, and the Naval Satellite Operations Center would be transferred to Space Force.
Heraldry
Each unit in the Space Force has an emblem in a shape depending on the unit type. Each of the three field commands also have a distinctive color: Platinum Grey for SpOC, Gold for SSC, and Cannes Blue for STARCOM. Unit emblems are trimmed with the color of the field command to which they report. Space Force personnel assigned to National Reconnaissance Office roles will wear insignia trimmed in Black.
See also
Structure of the United States Army
Organization of the United States Marine Corps
Structure of the United States Navy
Structure of the United States Air Force
References
Units and formations of the United States Space Force
Military organizational structures
United States Department of Defense lists |
16899475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Connor%27s%20Landing | O'Connor's Landing | O'Connor's Landing was a family lakeside resort in Logan County, Ohio, United States, on the shores of Indian Lake. It was one of twenty-one hotels and cottage resorts listed in the 1911 travel atlas for the area. Indian Lake is formed by two forks of the Great Miami River and it resided at the confluence of the north and south forks. For the better part of the twentieth century, families came to visit and stay at the 30 cottages and 8-room hotel. The main building included a general store which provided bait, groceries, boat rentals and souvenirs. There was a restaurant located along the water for lakefront dining. It flourished until June 15, 1985, when it was destroyed by a fire. It was the last family style resort remaining on Indian Lake of the initial twenty one.
History
The resort was established in 1904 by John and Tom O'Connor on the east side of Indian Lake. It was built on the northwest portion of the family farm.
The Cottages
The original nine cottages on the western shoreline faced the larger part of the lake which provided sunset views. The largest cottage was Number 3 and the smallest was Number 8. Cottage number 4 was the original home of Joseph and Margaret Cain, who became the first proprietors of the general store. Number 8 was also referred to a "the fisherman's cabin" and was moved to its lakeside location after being purchased for $25. These original cottages were supplied with coal oil stoves and ice boxes. Cottages numbers 10-15 were not located on the water. Numbers ten through twelve were all relocated farm housed from various nearby locations that were purchased and moved into place. Cottage number 10 sufficed as the general store after the fire for a few years. Cottage 13 was renamed "Mir-a-Mar" after the Daytona Beach resort visited by Tom O'Connor (son of John O'Connor referenced above) in 1944. The number 13 was not used so the superstitious would not be deterred from renting the unit. Cottages fourteen and fifteen were originally built as a single livery stable for horses visitors who arrived by horse and buggy. In 1929, cottages 16–20 were added. Stone was brought from Northwood Quarry via Ford Model T trucks. Cottage #17 was initially located along the western shoreline, but was moved to its location beside the marina. A well was drilled near the front step of cottage 20 and an electric pump was installed to supply drinking water to the sink and lavatory. The last expansion phase of cottages added numbers 21 through 30 in 1949. They were placed in a fashion that hugged the lawn and lake in front of them, where a playground would be located. Each was constructed with cinder block and number 30 had hardwood flooring. These 10 cottages cost $48,000 to build and in the summer of 1950, began renting for $60/week. Cottage number 20 is the lone remaining O'Connor's Landing cottage and is privately owned.
The Lodge
The Lodge was built in 1908 with seven sleeping rooms. In 1914, a two-story section of the grocery was built with three rooms above for the use of those operating the business. In 1929, two rooms were added behind the grocery where bathers checked their clothes in baskets and rented swimming clothes. However, these were subsequently torn down in 1933 and an office was added. In 1930, three booths were placed along the front windows for soda pop, sandwiches, and near-beer. Slot machines lined the front porch a few years, until a new sheriff was elected who disapproved of them. In 1952, the upstairs was renovated into four bedrooms, and added to the west end of the building were two upstairs and two downstairs rooms. A west dining room was added after the Department of Education from Columbus, Ohio needed a place for meetings. Two minnow pools were located near the pump house that supplied water to the East cottages. The minnows were eventually moved to a small room on the marina side of the general store and kept in old electric soda pop coolers along with 6 horse motors for the boat rentals. Around 1976, the daily operations were assumed by Tom O'Connor, Jr. and the Lodge evolved into a robust area restaurant with a well known Friday night seafood buffet and a Sunday morning breakfast buffet. Broasted chicken was the most famous draw. A lighthouse and expanded dining was added in the winter of 1984 and 1985. The lodge burned down on June 14, 1985. The large oak trees remain and are the constant as they were there before, during, and now after the lodge.
Activities
Many recall the swimming near the point at O'Connor's Landing. A gazebo and dock provided the initial ambiance, and a large slide was later added. At its peak, 14 ft. boat rentals with 6 horse motors were rented, along with canoes, a pontoon, and a paddle boat. There were two playgrounds with large swing sets, tether ball, and a large swing known as the "popsicle stick". There was also a tennis court, a roofed picnic shelter and large grassy areas for picnics or a toss of the ball.
Notes
References
Heithaus, Chick; Indian Lake: A View From The East Side
Resorts in the United States |
65217207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1879%20East%20Macquarie%20colonial%20by-election | 1879 East Macquarie colonial by-election | A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 15 August 1879 because of the resignation of William Suttor Jr.
Dates
Candidates
Edward Combes had been the member for Orange, until his seat was declared vacant because the Elections and Qualifications Committee held that his position of Executive Commissioner for New South Wales at the Paris International Exhibition was an office of profit under the crown.
Thomas Dalveen was a publican from Bathurst. This was his third attempt at election, having previously been unsuccessful at East Macquarie in 1878, and Orange in March 1879. He would stand four more times over the following four years, but was unsuccessful on each occasion.
Result
William Suttor Jr. resigned.
See also
Electoral results for the district of East Macquarie
List of New South Wales state by-elections
References
1879 elections in Australia
New South Wales state by-elections
1870s in New South Wales |
37407127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymphorodes%20acerba | Asymphorodes acerba | Asymphorodes acerba is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in French Polynesia.
References
Agonoxeninae
Moths described in 1929
Moths of Oceania
Endemic fauna of French Polynesia |
35346808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid%20Dracula%20%281990%20video%20game%29 | Kid Dracula (1990 video game) | is a platform video game released by Konami in Japan for the Famicom on October 19, 1990. It is considered a parody of the Castlevania series. A version for mobile phones was released on 30 June 2006 in Japan.
The game saw ports for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Microsoft Windows as part of the Castlevania Anniversary Collection which was released digitally on May 16, 2019 in all regions, with an English localization as Kid Dracula.
Plot
The self-proclaimed Demon King, Kid Dracula, has awoken from a long sleep, only to discover that the demon Galamoth has challenged him. Swiping his father's cape, it is up to Kid Dracula to set out on an adventure to destroy the monster, and retake his throne. After battling through dangers and demons, Kid Dracula defeats Galamoth. This causes him to become famous throughout the land, with all the monsters in Transylvania showing up at his castle wanting to be his friend.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack Konami Famicom Music Memorial Best Vol. 3, released on February 21, 1991, contains the soundtrack for Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun, Ai Senshi Nicol and Wai Wai World 2: SOS! Parsley Castle. The music was composed by Konami Kukeiha Club.
A soundtrack album, Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-kun Soundtracks was released by EGG Music, a division of D4 Enterprise, on August 14, 2014. It contains every background music and bonus track from the game, which were composed by Konami Kukeiha Club (by Satoko Miyawaki and Shinji Tasaka).
Reception
On release, Famitsu magazine scored the game a 25 out of 40.
Legacy
A game titled Kid Dracula was released for the Game Boy in 1993 and is both a remake and sequel of the original Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun.
Notes
References
External links
Konami Mobile (Japanese)
1990 video games
1990s horror video games
Mobile games
Nintendo Entertainment System games
Parody video games
Platform games
Single-player video games
Video games about children
Video games developed in Japan
Castlevania spin-off games |
39420843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy%20Tech%20Community%20College%20Columbus | Ivy Tech Community College Columbus | The Columbus Region of Ivy Tech Community College serves Bartholomew County, Johnson County, Jackson County, Decatur County, Jennings County, and Shelby County. Other instructional locations include: Franklin, Greensburg, North Vernon, Shelbyville, and Seymour.
Academics
Associate degrees, Applied associate degrees, and Certificates are awarded.
References
Col
Universities and colleges established in 1963
Education in Bartholomew County, Indiana
1963 establishments in Indiana |
30738258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACTS%20Academy%20of%20Higher%20Education | ACTS Academy of Higher Education | ACTS Academy of Higher Education is an educational institution in Bangalore, India, which provides education through regular and distance-education mode. ACTS is an acronym for Arts, Crafts, Trade, and Studies. The Academy was founded by Ken Gnanakan, a well known Christian theologian from India who served as General Secretary of Asia Theological Association for several years. ACTS has also founded the William Carey University in Shillong, Meghalaya.
External links
William Carey University, http://www.actswcu.org/
ACTS Group, http://www.actsgroup.org/
Asia Theological Association, http://www.ataasia.com
Colleges in Bangalore |
42940547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar%20Joki%C4%87%20%28footballer%29 | Petar Jokić (footballer) | Petar Jokić (; born 28 October 1985) is a Serbian football goalkeeper.
References
External links
Petar Jokić stats at utakmica.rs
1985 births
Living people
Footballers from Zadar
Men's association football goalkeepers
Serbian men's footballers
FK Jagodina players
FK Timok players
FK Novi Pazar players
FK Mladi Radnik players
OFK Sinđelić Niš players
FK Temnić players
Serbian SuperLiga players |
252090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning%20English%20%28version%20of%20English%29 | Learning English (version of English) | Learning English (previously known as Special English) is a controlled version of the English language first used on October 19, 1959, and still presented daily by the United States broadcasting service Voice of America (VOA). World news and other programs are read one-third slower than regular VOA English. Reporters avoid idioms and use a core vocabulary of about 1500 words, plus any terms needed to explain a story. The intended audience is intermediate to advanced learners of English. In 1962 the VOA published the first edition of the Word Book.
VOA has teamed up with the University of Oregon and produced free online training Let’s Teach English for English language educators. The series is based on the Women Teaching Women English and is aimed for adult beginning level learners.
Examples
VOA Learning English has multiple daily newscasts and 14 weekly features. These include reports on agriculture, economics, health and current events. Other programs explore American society, U.S. history, idiomatic expressions, science, and arts and entertainment.
For example, a May 18, 2010, script described rheumatoid arthritis this way:
A program from July 15, 2010, dealt with patent law:
A remembrance of Michael Jackson aired on July 5, 2009, shortly after his death:
For English learners, the service not only provides clear and simple news and information, it also helps them improve their use of American English. In some countries such as the People's Republic of China, VOA Special English is increasingly popular for junior and intermediate English learners. Many teachers around the world, including at the university level, use the programs for language and content.
The BBC and China Radio International have both used the name "Special English" for their slow speed English broadcasts, but they do not appear to have applied the full methodology of the VOA original.
Specialized English
Specialized English is a dialect of Special English developed and used by Feba Radio, and now used by staff in the U.S. and in the U.K. The same parameters apply as for Special English — slow speed, short sentences and restricted vocabulary. The word list has over 90% commonality with that of VOA Special English.
See also
Basic English
References
External links
Wordlist at VOA
Transcripts, MP3s, archives and podcasts of programs
Voice of America Special English Dictionary
VOA Special English Words with Definitions
Spotlight radio programs
New York Times article on Special English
1959 introductions
Languages attested from the 1950s
English for specific purposes
Voice of America
Simplified languages
Controlled English |
58519749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macistus%20%28Elis%29 | Macistus (Elis) | Macistus or Makistos (), or Macistum or Makiston (Μάκιστον), was a city of ancient Elis, in Greece. It is one of the six cities (along with Lepreum, Phrixae, Pyrgus, Epium, and Nudium) founded by the Minyans in the territory of the Paroreatae and Caucones.
Pausanias writes that in the time of king Pyrrhus of Pisatis, the cities of Pisa, Macistus, Scillus, and Dyspontium rebelled against the Eleans because of the organization of the Olympic Games. Pisa and its allies were defeated and their cities were destroyed ().
Herodotus comments that, in his time, most of the cities founded by the Minyans were ravaged by the Eleans. It is supposed that this happened around 460 BCE, after the Third Messenian War. The town is also cited by Xenophon in the framework of the war between Elis and Sparta led by Agis II about the year 400 BCE.
According to Artemidorus, it was uninhabited since the 2nd century BCE. Strabo places it in the region of Triphylia and says that it also had the name of Platanistunte. In addition, he calls its territory "Macistia" and indicates that it extended beyond the Neda River.
There has been controversy about its exact location and it has even been suggested that it could have been the same city as Sami. However, modern scholars locate Macistus at a site called Mazi within the bounds of the modern town of Skillounta.
References
Populated places in ancient Elis
Former populated places in Greece
Triphylia |
256151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1855%20in%20music | 1855 in music |
Events
February 17 – Franz Liszt gives the first performance of his Piano Concerto No. 1, conducted by Hector Berlioz.
March–June – Richard Wagner stays in London to conduct a series of concerts.
June 13 - Twentieth opera of Giuseppe Verdi "Les vêpres siciliennes" (The Sicilian Vespers) is premiered in Paris.
July 5 – Jacques Offenbach inaugurates performances of operettas as director of his own theater, the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens.
Late autumn – Mily Balakirev meets Mikhail Glinka in Saint Petersburg. Their friendship cements the former's ambition to foster Russian nationalist music.
November 27 – Piano Trio No. 1 of Brahms is given its first public performance at Dodsworth's Hall in Manhattan on Broadway at 11th Street. It is the earliest performance of Brahms' music in the United States
December 3 – The Piano Trio in G minor by Bedřich Smetana is given its first public performance in Prague.
Tchaikovsky takes private music lessons with Rudolph Kündinger, who tells Tchaikovsky's father that he saw nothing to suggest a future composer.
Bands formed
Black Dyke Mills Band re-formed after failure of its immediate predecessor, the Queenshead Band in Queensbury, West Yorkshire, England.
Popular music
Stephen Foster – "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming"
George Martin Lane – "The Lone Fish Ball"
Caroline Norton – "Juanita"
words Septimus Winner (as "Alice Hawthorne") music Richard Milburn – "Listen to the Mocking Bird"
Classical music
Georges Bizet – Symphony in C
Franz Berwald – Piano Concerto in D
Eduard Franck – String Quartet in F minor op. 49 ()
Charles Gounod – Symphony No. 1 in D
Stephen Heller
2 Tarantelles, Op.85
Im Walde, Op.86
Friedrich Hermann – Capriccio No.1 for 3 Violins, Op.2
Franz Liszt
Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H
Les préludes, S.97
Prometheus, S.99
3 Lieder aus Schillers "Wilhelm Tell", S.292
Wie singt die Lerche schön, S.312
Anton Rubinstein – Quintet for Piano and Winds Op. 55 (probably from this year)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Six Bagatelles for piano, Op. 3
Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 14
Bedřich Smetana – Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Louis Spohr – 6 Gesänge, Op.154
Opera
George Frederick Bristow – Rip van Winkle
Fromental Halévy –
Jacques Offenbach – one-act operettas
Ba-ta-clan
Les deux aveugles
Giuseppe Verdi – Les vêpres siciliennes
Musical theatre
Po-ca-hon-tas, or The Gentle Savage (Music: James Gaspard Maeder, Book and Lyrics: John Brougham) Broadway production opened Wallack's Lyceum Theatre on December 24 and transferred to the Bowery Theatre on June 28, 1856. Featuring John Brougham as John Smith.
Births
January 20 – Ernest Chausson, composer (d. 1899)
February 15 – Gustav Hollaender, composer (died 1915)
February 18 – Vera Timanova, Russian pianist
March 12 – Eduard Birnbaum, cantor (died 1920)
April 18 – Josef Gruber, composer (died 1933)
May 2 – Theodore Moses Tobani, composer (died 1933)
May 9 – Julius Röntgen, composer (d. 1932)
May 10 – Carl Kiefert, conductor (died 1937)
May 11 – Anatoly Lyadov, conductor, composer and music teacher (d. 1914)
June 5 – Hanuš Wihan, cellist (died 1920)
June 17 – Fritz Kauffmann, composer (died 1934)
July 25 – Edward Solomon, pianist, conductor and composer (died 1895)
August 2 – Cornélie van Zanten, opera singer and teacher (d. 1946)
August 27 – Domenico Salvatori, castrato singer (d. 1909)
September 6 – Ferdinand Hummel, composer (died 1928)
September 9 – Michele Esposito, pianist and composer (d. 1929)
October 16 – William Barclay Squire, musicologist (died 1927)
October 30 – Károly Aggházy, composer (died 1918)
November 1 – Guido Adler, musicologist (died 1941)
November 6 – Paul Kalisch, singer (d. 1946)
December 7 – Gunhild Rosén, ballerina
December 23 – Alan Gray, composer (died 1935)
December 26 – Arnold Mendelssohn, composer (died 1933)
Deaths
January 25 – Gaetano Rossi, librettist (b. 1774)
February 1 – Claus Harms, researcher of Lutheran hymns (b. 1778)
February 27 – Louis Lambillotte, composer and music palaeographer (b. 1796)
March 17 – Ramon Carnicer, conductor and composer (b. 1789)
April 12 – Pedro Albéniz, pianist and composer (b. 1795)
April 30 – Henry Rowley Bishop, composer (b. 1786)
July 19 – Karl Keller, composer and flautist (b. 1784)
September 27 – August Lanner, conductor and composer (b. 1835)
November 9 – Domenico Cosselli, operatic bass-baritone (b. 1801)
November 21 – Olea Crøger, collector of Norwegian folk tunes (b. 1801)
November 25 – Thomas Commuck, composer (born 1804)
December 2 – Frédéric Bérat, songwriter and composer (b. 1801)
Marie Antoinette Petersén, singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (b. 1771)
References
19th century in music
Music by year |
2295615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Alderson | Thomas Alderson | Thomas Hopper Alderson GC (15 September 1903 – 28 October 1965) was a British Air Raid Precautions (ARP) warden in Bridlington, and the first person to be directly awarded the George Cross (GC) shortly after its creation in 1940.
Born in Sunderland, Alderson was educated in West Hartlepool. After leaving school when 15, he joined the Merchant Navy as engineer but gave up seafaring in 1935. He worked in Bridlington at the time of World War II, where he was an Air Raid Warden. His GC was awarded to recognise his bravery in rescuing civilians trapped in bombed out buildings. After the war, he served in the Civil Defence Corps. He died of cancer in Driffield, aged 62.
Early life
Born on 15 September 1903 at Ashburne Stables, Sunderland, Alderson was the fifth of six children of domestic coachman Thomas Alderson (1864–1945) and Sarah Annie (1872–1942), née Hopper. He went first to his local village school and then to Elwick Road senior boys' school, West Hartlepool, becoming Head Boy. During World War I he was present at the bombardment of West Hartlepool by the German High Seas Fleet on 16 December 1914.
Career
After leaving school at 15, Alderson first worked as an office boy and then a draughtsman, before undertaking an engineering apprenticeship. He joined the Merchant Navy, becoming a first engineer. On 23 December 1932, he married Irene Doris (1899–1991), the daughter of agent Frederick R. A. Johnson, of West Hartlepool. Following the birth of his daughter in 1935 he became an engineer for West Hartlepool council. He also taught technical drawing at a night school for extra income. He moved to Bridlington in 1938 as works supervisor for the Bridlington Corporation. Local authorities were responsible for air raid precautions and trained their own workforces in rescue work. Alderson attended an anti-gas school at Easingwold, near York, and became an instructor in the subject.
World War II
Alderson worked as a part-time Air Raid Warden during World War II, leading a detachment of rescue and demolition parties in Bridlington. The coastal town was soon attacked by Luftwaffe bombers, and residential areas were hit. On three occasions in August 1940, Alderson led rescue teams and entered dangerous buildings to rescue trapped civilians. For his work, he was awarded the newly-instituted George Cross. It had been created to recognise acts of bravery in non-battle situations. The citation, published in The London Gazette, read:
He was the first person to receive the GC from King George VI, and in a radio broadcast at the time insisted that his award was for all the rescue parties in Bridlington.
Later life
In 1946, Alderson joined the East Riding of Yorkshire County Council workforce as an assistant highways surveyor. He then joined the new Civil Defence Corps, this time to protect the civilian population from nuclear warfare, rather than conventional bombs. On 28 October 1965 he died of lung cancer in Northfield Hospital at Driffield, Yorkshire. His George Cross is now on display at the Imperial War Museum alongside a medal from the RSPCA, awarded later in the war for rescuing two horses from a burning stable.
See also
List of George Cross recipients
Further reading
Hissey, Terry – Come if ye Dare – The Civil Defence George Crosses, (2008), Civil Defence Assn ()
References
External links
T.H. Alderson interview (1940) on The Blitz audiobook
British recipients of the George Cross
1903 births
1965 deaths
People from Sunderland
Deaths from lung cancer in England
Civil Defence Service personnel
Military personnel from County Durham |
42075247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszek%20Bujak | Franciszek Bujak | Franciszek Bujak (16 August 1875, in Maszkienice near Brzesko - 21 March 1953, in Kraków) was a Polish academic and historian of economic, political and social history of Poland.
Academic career
Bujak served as professor of the Jagiellonian University twice, from 1909 til 1918 before the re-emergence of Second Polish Republic, and after World War II from 1946 til 1952.
In the interwar Poland, Bujak was a professor of the Warsaw University from 1919 til 1921, and the John Casimir University in Lwów from 1921 until the outbreak of Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
Bujak was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 1952, and president of the Polish Historical Society twice from 1932 til 1933 and from 1936 til 1937.
Party-political activity
Bujak was active politically in the Polish People's Party "Piast" (PSL) and the Stronnictwo Ludowe.
Ministerial post
Bujak briefly serving as minister of agriculture under Władysław Grabski.
Academic research and publications
Bujak was the founder of an original research school of Poland's rural economic history. He published a series of scientific monographs on the history of Poland called Badania Dziejów Społecznych i Gospodarczych (1931–1950), and founded the academic journal Roczniki Dziejów Społecznych i Gospodarczych. He is the author of numerous dissertations on rural economics in Poland.
Before World War I
Bujak first groundbreaking analysis of the economic development generated by a village during the Partitions of Poland was published under the title Żmiąca wieś powiatu limanowskiego. Stosunki gospodarcze i społeczne in 1903. Wieś zachodniogalicyjska u schyłku XIX w was published in 1904. Studia nad osadnictwem Małopolski was published in 1905.
Prior to World War I, and shortly thereafter, Polish émigrés sent back remittance. American money accelerated the parceling of rural land in Poland, and manorial farms. The influx of money also triggered an increase in real estate prices and wages. In Polish villages, the number of small and large properties declined, while the number of medium sized properties increased. Bujak described the economic development of Ropczyce County in detail, here only 1,595 of 9,088 manorial farms survived. The remaining land was parceled, as at least 80 percent of families in Ropczyce County were sent remittance from America prior to World War I. Bujak called this economic process "a victory of smallholders", crediting American émigrés and their money. Polish smallholders in Ropczyce County could at the time only go to Prussia or Moravia to work in the seasonal industry, therefore their monetary contribution was insignificant.
References
20th-century Polish historians
Polish male non-fiction writers
Polish politicians
1875 births
1953 deaths
Academic staff of Jagiellonian University
Members of the Polish Ethnological Society |
27589328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Kent | Susan Kent | Susan Kent may refer to:
Susan Bertie, Countess of Kent (1554–?)
Susan Kent (actress) (born 1975), Canadian actor and comedian
Susan Kent (politician), member of the Minnesota Senate |
61358134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife%20House%2C%20Whitehall | Fife House, Whitehall | Fife House was a building in Whitehall, London. It was the home of politicians including Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister from 1812 to 1827. The house was demolished in 1869.
History
The house later known as Fife House was built by the politician Edmund Dunch, on grounds adjacent to the River Thames where buildings had been destroyed in a fire of 1698. After his death in 1719 it was the home of his widow Elizabeth, who died in 1761, the house being then purchased by Joshua Steele. It was soon afterwards purchased by James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife. In 1766 the interior was redesigned by Robert and James Adam. In 1803 the house was enlarged by the acquisition of adjoining properties.
The Earl died at Fife House on 24 January 1809; on 27 July of that year it was purchased by Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. He made repairs and alterations, designed by John Soane. The Earl of Liverpool was Prime Minister from 1812 to 1827, and Fife House was a centre of political life.
After his death in 1828, the house became the home of his half-brother Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool, until his death in 1851. For a few years from 1855 his daughter Viscountess Milton and her husband G. S. Foljambe lived in the house.
It was the temporary home of the India Museum from 1861 until 1869. In that year the house was demolished.
References
Former houses in the City of Westminster
Prime ministerial homes in the United Kingdom
Buildings and structures demolished in 1869
Demolished buildings and structures in London |