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43852543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suger%27s%20Eagle | Suger's Eagle | Suger's Eagle (Aigle de Suger) is an ancient Egyptian porphyry vase mounted in a medieval silver-gilt eagle. It is now displayed along with the French regalia in the Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre.
The vase likely dates to the second century AD. According to Suger, abbot of Saint-Denis, in his De administratione, he found, "lying idly in a chest for many years, an Egyptian porphyry vase admirably shaped and polished." In his own words, he determined to adapt and transfer (adaptavimus ... transferre) it into a liturgical vessel "in the form of an eagle" (in aquilae formam), a symbol of Christ. Suger's Eagle is a typical case of the "careful preservation of the ancient relic in a setting which leaves it completely intact." On the bottom of the eagle is a nielloed titulus: "This stone deserves to have mounts of gold and gems. / It was marble. Its settings are more precious than marble." Inscribed around the base of the neck, above the lip of the vessel, is a dedication to the church of Saint-Denis. The goldwork of the neck demonstrates superb chiselwork.
Two large engravings from 1706 depict the treasury of Saint-Denis (including the eagle vase) as it was then displayed, in a cabinet. Its popularity as a tourist attraction prevented the treasure's total destruction during the French Revolution. The eagle and three of Suger's other liturgical vessels—Queen Eleanor's vase and King Roger's decanter, both of rock crystal, and a sardonyx ewer—ended up in the Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre.
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Porphyry vase, known as Suger's eagle, at the Louvre
Gothic art |
11904629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Ready | James Ready | James Ready may refer to:
James Ready (beer), a Canadian beer brand
James Ready, founder of American software company MontaVista
Jim Ready, member of British musical group Trash Fashion |
69376586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy%20Loeb | Dorothy Loeb | Dorothy Loeb (1877–1971) was an American artist known for her easel art, prints, and murals. She traveled widely in the United States, Mexico, and overseas, residing and working for the most part in Chicago, Manhattan, Eastern Massachusetts, and the State of Querétaro in Mexico. She was also a children's art teacher and proponent of progressive education. Having received training at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York and having studied with artists in Munich and Paris, she adopted a variety of styles, ranging from representative to highly abstract, and worked in a variety of media including oil on canvas, oil on heavy coated paper, watercolor and ink on paper, and monotype printing. She exhibited in prominent museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Worcester Art Museum, Wadsworth Atheneum, and Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. She also showed a mural at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Most critics responded favorably to her work but not all. At one extreme, a reviewer called her work "the very best in the new art movement" while at the other, a critic said it was "dull, stiff, and lifeless".
Early life and training
Loeb was born on July 3, 1887, in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany. Her German-American parents returned to their home in Chicago when she was still an infant. Her father having died when she was fifteen, she lived with her mother in the Chicago home of a prosperous older brother until she was in her mid-twenties. Between 1907 and 1910, she took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During her first year, she was photographed for an article in the Chicago Tribune wearing an extravagant gown and beating an oversize bass drum in a "Mardi Gras" fundraiser for the school. In 1909, the school awarded her a $500 travelling scholarship for which Chicago women artists were eligible and in her final year she won a prize for composition. Three years later, she traveled to Munich to study with the portraitist, Heinrich Knirr,and from there went to Paris where she studied with the Cubist painter, Louis Marcoussis and the Post-Impressionist, Henri Martin. Some time after her return to Chicago in 1913, she moved to Manhattan where she lived in Greenwich Village and worked with the Tonalist painter, Birge Harrison at the Art Students League. In 1924 she again studied in Paris, this time at Académie Moderne with the well-known modernist, Fernand Léger. At this time she became friends with the American painter and printmaker,Blanche Lazzell who was also studying with Leger. Returning from Paris, she again lived in Chicago, this time living and teaching at the Hull House Settlement on the city's Near West Side. In about 1926, she began spending the warm months in the art colony at Provincetown, Massachusetts and by 1929 had become a year-round resident.
Career in art
In 1909, while she was studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, Loeb was one of five students selected to paint murals for a new school, Lane Tech, on the city's near north side. Commissioned by the philanthropist, Kate Sturges Buckingham, the murals depicted advances in technology from earliest times. Loeb's showed a primitive forge as an object of veneration. Painted in oil on canvas and measuring nineteen by seven feet, it covered the back wall of the school auditorium. The mural was put in storage when the school moved to a new location in 1934 and was retrieved and restored for exhibition during a 100th-anniversary celebration in 2008. A reproduction of the mural can be seen above, Image no. 1. In 1910, Loeb received another mural commission, this one from a public elementary school named after furniture store owner, John M. Smyth. One of a group of murals of scenes from American history by advanced students at the Art Institute, Loeb's showed the ships commanded by Columbus landing on the American continent. In 1912, during her first trip to Europe, Loeb had paintings selected by jurors of the American Women's Art Association for the annual exhibition held at the American Girls' Club in Paris.
Loeb's paintings were included in group exhibitions at the Art Institute in 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1929. In 1945, the Art Institute gave her a duo exhibition with the Cleveland-based, Italian-American painter Antimo Beneduce. Other shows in Chicago included appearances at the School of Domestic Arts and Science (1918), a solo at the Walden-Palmolive gallery (1932), and a mural exhibited at the 1933–34 Chicago World's Fair.
During the 1920s and 1930s, Loeb showed frequently in Provincetown and by 1943 she was reported to have been the local artist most frequently shown in the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Her exhibitions there included ones in 1923, 1926, 1933, 1936, and 1949. In 2002, she and Blanche Lazzell were given a joint posthumous retrospective entitled "Loeb and Lazzell: Women on the Edge of Modernism". In addition to her Provincetown exhibitions, Loeb showed in museums and galleries in nearby New England. In 1938, her work appeared in the Worcester Art Museum, a decade later in the Wadsworth Atheneum, and the following year in the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. In 1945, she contributed a painting to the annual exhibition of the Boston Society of Independent Artists. She joined the Federal Art Project in the late 1930s and in 1937 painted a mural for the public library in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Her work was included in an exhibition of Federal art by New England artists the following year.
Loeb was a peripatetic artist. On at least one occasion, the summer of 1931, she returned to Paris. She lived in various communities in New England during the 1930s, lived in Chicago during the 1940s, and spent most of her time in Mexico during the 1950s and 1960s. She was unable to support herself through the sale of art works and relied on small stipends received from two of her cousins. A grand niece of Loeb's reported that she traveled widely by tramp steamer and bus and a letter received in Provincetown from a resident of Tucson, Arizona, reported that Loeb had been seen in India on an expedition to see Buddhist carvings.
Artistic style
Loeb made paintings in oil on canvas, on casein-treated heavy paper, and on Masonite. She made monotype prints and watercolor paintings on paper. Her monotype entitled "Fantasy" of 1932, shown above, Image no. 5, is an example of her printwork. The watercolor called "Telephone Poles and Stairways" of 1934 is an example of her work in this medium. It is shown above, Image no. 6. The painting called "Girls Reading" of 1942, shown above, Image no. 7, is an example of her oil-on-paper work. An untitled painting of 1949 showing two women washing clothes is an example of her oil-on-board work. It is shown above, Image no. 8.
Most critics took note of Loeb's exhibitions, her prizes, and the mural commissions she obtained but did not comment on her style. A few of them gave brief evaluations. In reviewing the 1916 exhibition of Chicago artists at the Art Institute of Chicago, a critic for the Little Review wrote that Loeb was the only artist shown who had "a real sense of rhythm in line". In reviewing the next year's show, a critic for the Chicago Tribune said Loeb's portrait work stood out "strikingly". In 1929, a writer called her paintings and monotypes "the very best in the new art movement". On two occasions, a critic for the Chicago Tribune expressed distaste for Loeb's work. In a 1932 review of Loeb's solo exhibition in the Walden-Palmolive Gallery, Eleanor Jewett said that the abstract paintings she saw were "naive, primitive conceptions" that were "dull, stiff, and lifeless". When Loeb showed with Antimo Beneduce at the Art Institute, Jewett wrote that Loeb possessed "a highly personal technique which consists of painting in oil on heavy paper that has been coated with casein." Of the painting in the show, she added: "It possibly is wise to allow the visitor to pass his own judgment upon them."
A 1980 article in the Archives of American Art Journal considered the reception that conservative Bostonians gave to the works produced by Loeb and other modernist artists in the Federal Art Project. The author said, "[I]n Boston in the 1930s, artists did not have to even suggest the radicalism of Brancusi ('egg-shaped sculpture') or the Cubists ('angular figures with purple faces') to be classified as 'modern' and banned from most clubs and exhibition opportunities. Slight abstraction or unusual color, such as was found in the work of Dorothy Loeb, was scorned as crude and defiant and generally perceived to be too avant-garde for the Copley Society or the Guild of Boston Artists." An example of Loeb's semi-abstraction and use of unusual colors can be seen in her 1923 painting, "My Neighbor's Barn", shown above, Image no. 2. The 2008 exhibition of Loeb's mural for Lane Tech drew praise from another of that newspaper's critics. Comparing her work to the other murals of 1909, this person wrote that "Primitive Forge" possessed a "visionary quality absent from the others and said that the mural was a stirring and touching reminder of the older form of artistic optimism that more modern creations—and the war—swept away." This mural can be seen above, Image no. 1. Commenting on the Loeb-Lazzell duo exhibit of 2002 in Provincetown, a critic for the Cape Cod Times called Loeb's paintings looser than Lazzell's and said they were more fanciful. An example of Loeb's fanciful and freely drawn style can be seen in the undated watercolor, "Fantasy Flight", shown above, Image no. 4. In 2021, an article in the Provincetown Independent gave a relatively extensive consideration of works on long-term display in a local nursing care facility. The author described a watercolor called "Flower" as "a colorful, semi-abstracted" painting in which the observer "can see dry brushstrokes" in some areas and, in others, "watery blues, greens, reds, and yellows mingled together." Loeb's "Fantasy Landscapes" are described as having "Dreamlike shapes [that] morph into hills and rivers, plants and animals." In a 1990 article in American Art Review, James R. Bakker, a trustee of the Provincetown Art Association and local auctioneer, wrote that Loeb was early influenced by the Impressionism and later by the Cubists and to some degree and also by Henri Matisse. He also said, "Loeb's monotypes have a certain lyrical quality that almost borders on the mystical side, as seen in her Bacchantes." Loeb's monotype, "Bacchantes" can be seen above, Image no. 2.
Loeb's grand niece Kathryn Peterson reported that Loeb sometimes painted on paper because she couldn't afford canvas.
Art teacher
Loeb began her teaching career in the years before the outbreak of World War I as an instructor for Hull House, the settlement on the near west side of Chicago, and in 1923 organized an exhibit of her students' work. Aiming for a natural development of artistic skills, she replaced rule-bound instruction with suggestions and encouragement. The young artists could choose their own media and subjects and employ whatever technique they wished in planning and executing their works. In 1930, she began teaching classes in an experimental education program at PS 41, a public elementary school in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. As at Hull House, Loeb's students were given freedom to work without direct instruction or close supervision. Discussing her methods, Loeb told an interviewer, "the youngsters developed in the regular channels of public school instruction become somewhat self-conscious and inhibited in expressing their feelings and impressions about their experiences, and of course work less freely than these children have done." A few years later, she taught at another experimental school, the Metairie Park Country Day School in Louisiana. In what seems to have been her last position, she returned to teach at Hull House for a time during World War II.
Personal life and family
Loeb was born in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany, on July 3, 1887. Her parents were Adolph Loeb (1838–1903) and Johanna Mannheimer Loeb (1846–1933). Both were German-born and had been naturalized before Loeb's birth. They were traveling in Germany at the time of Loeb's birth and returned to their home in Chicago when she was two. Adolph Loeb bought and sold real estate for a living. Loeb was the youngest of eight children. Her siblings were Esther (1870–1940), Bertha (1871–1965), Jacob (1874–1924), Lenore (1876–1943), Ludwig (1878–1944), Eva (1880–1959), and Gertrude (1882–1956).
When Adolph Loeb's health declined in about 1900, Loeb and her mother moved into the Chicago home of his daughter, Esther, and her husband, Henry N. Greenbaum, and they remained there after his death.
In 1940, Dorothy wrote two articles published in a short-lived weekly magazine called Friday. Using photojournalism and focusing largely on contemporary celebrities, the magazine was an unsuccessful attempt to establish a progressive alternative to Life. Both of her articles concerned the plight of children in war-time Europe.
Loeb died on July 23, 1971, in Los Angeles.
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7812484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit%20Lac%20Nominingue | Petit Lac Nominingue | Petit Lac Nominingue is a small lake in Southwest Quebec, located in the Laurentian Mountains about 55 km, by road, northwest of Mont Tremblant. It is connected to Grand Lac Nominingue by a small river that travels under a bridge. The village of Nominingue is located between both Lac Nominingue and Petit Lac Nominingue.
Literature
Graham, Joseph Naming the Laurentians: A History of Place Names 'up North'
References
Lakes of Laurentides |
4099355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping%20the%20Promise | Keeping the Promise | Keeping the Promise is a 1997 historical drama television film based on the children's novel The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare. The film was released to DVD and VHS on July 25, 2000. It was shot in Ontario, Canada.
Plot
Keeping The Promise tells the story of a 13-year-old boy, Matt (Brendan Fletcher) and his father, (Keith Carradine) who, as early settlers, together build a wooden cabin in Maine in 1768. However, Matt's father must head back to Quincy, Massachusetts, to get Matt's mother, sister, and newborn sibling who were all left behind so Matt and his father could build shelter for them. Matt's father promises to return in seven weeks and Matt is left alone with his father's old watch (a family heirloom) and a hunting rifle to guard the family's newly built homestead and field crops. Unfortunately, Matt finds himself enduring many hardships for which he is unprepared. His hunting rifle is stolen by a stranger named Ben Loomis; while chasing after Ben: Matt trips and falls into a river. Luckily, Matt's misadventure has not gone unnoticed and he is pulled from the water. The Indians he has learned to fear, through tales that his father had told him, save his life in this part of the story.
His injured leg is treated by the Indian chief named Saknis. While recovering, Matt begrudgingly allows Saknis to take his book (Robinson Crusoe) for saving his life. Saknis later returns with thr book and asks Matt whether a knife or a book would win a fight - Matt says the knife would win, Saknis points out that the words of the white man have already won the land away from his people. Saknis commands that Matt is to teach his grandson to read. Although uncertain of how to teach anyone, especially the unwilling Attean, Matt accepts the task out of obligation, as he owes his life to the man.
Meanwhile, his father returns to his family only to find there is a fever in the village which kills their neighbour's daughter, the family leave quickly knowing that the town will probably be closed to stop the spread of fever. On their way the newborn and the mother come down with fever, this delays them and when they reach the boat for its last crossing before winter they are turned back because of the baby's illness. The Mother recovers, but the baby does not and has to be buried as they travel the land route.
Back in Maine, Matt does not immediately befriend Attean, although the two young boys eventually form a strong friendship as they help each other through difficult circumstances. When Matt's family has not yet returned after many months Attean invites Matt to join his tribe, who are moving west to new hunting grounds. Although Matt is good friends with Attean and enjoys Indian culture, he has not forgotten his family. Matt has to decide whether to join the Indian tribe, or return to his cabin and wait for his family to return.
Near the end of the story, Attean goes on a vision quest and becomes a brave. He visits Matt and gives him a pair of snowshoes for the winter and asks him to come with the tribe. Matt decides to wait for his family, although parting from his new friend, Attean, is difficult. The two boys trade gifts, Matt gives Attean the book of Robinson Crusoe and Attean leaves his dog behind with Matt. Sure enough, Matt's family returns in the winter snows, guided for the last few days by Ben Loomis, who makes himself absent as soon as the family are reunited.
Characters
Brendan Fletcher as Matt Hallowell
Keith Carradine as William "Will" Hallowell (Matt's Father)
Annette O'Toole as Anne Hallowell (Matt's mother)
Allegra Denton as Sarah Hallowell (Matt's sister)
Gordon Tootoosis as Chief Saknis (Attean's Grandfather)
William Lightning as Attean
Maury Chaykin as Ben Loomis
David Cubitt as Boat Agent
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1997 films
1997 drama films
Films based on American novels
Films set in 1768
Films set in Maine
Films set in the Thirteen Colonies
Films directed by Sheldon Larry |
20103782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anytime%20%28The%20Jets%20song%29 | Anytime (The Jets song) | "Anytime" is a song by the American sibling group, The Jets. It was written by Rupert Holmes, best known for his 1979 hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)".
"Anytime" was released as the final single from their multi-platinum album, Magic. It reached number 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in late 1988.
Charts
References
1988 singles
The Jets (band) songs
Pop ballads
1987 songs
Songs written by Rupert Holmes
MCA Records singles
1980s ballads |
48354987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHMAC-FM | XHMAC-FM | XHMAC-FM is a radio station on 95.3 FM in Manzanillo, Colima, transmitting from Cerro del Toro. The station is owned by Radiorama and carries a grupera format known as La Poderosa.
History
XHMAC received its concession as XEMAC-AM 1330 on February 24, 1993. It was originally owned by Radio Teponaztli, S.A. and broadcast as a daytimer with 500 watts of power.
References
Radio stations in Colima |
73274211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf%20Opel | Adolf Opel | Adolf Opel (12 June 1935, in Vienna – 15 July 2018, in Vienna) was an Austrian writer, filmmaker, and editor. He edited publications of the writings of Adolf Loos, Elsie Altmann-Loos, Else Feldmann, and Lina Loos. He also made films about Paul Celan, Elisabeth Bergner, Viktor Frankl, Hans Weigel, Franz Theodor Csokor, and H. C. Artmann. He was the recipient of the Theodor Körner Prize in 1981, 1987, and 1993.
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1935 births
2018 deaths
Austrian writers
Austrian filmmakers
Austrian editors
Writers from Vienna |
13547708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium%20serra | Allium serra | Allium serra is a California species of wild onion known by several common names, including jeweled onion, pom-pon onion, and serrated onion.
It favors hard soils with rock and clay, including serpentine soil. It is found in the Coast Ranges of central and northern California, from Merced County to Humboldt County.
Allium serra plant produces a small herringbone-patterned bulb an average of one centimeter in diameter. It has a long stem on which it bears a tightly bunched umbel of flowers. The attractive bright pink flowers are thimble or bell-shaped, often iridescent when new and becoming papery as they dry.
References
External links
Allium serra — U.C. Photo gallery
serra
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges |
70966905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise%20%28Omaha%29 | Enterprise (Omaha) | The Enterprise was an African American newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, published from 1893 to 1914. Originally edited by George F. Franklin, the paper changed hands and was edited by Thomas P. Mahammitt for the bulk of its life. Compared to its contemporary African American paper in Omaha, the Afro-American Sentinel, it focused less on faith and culture, and had a more cautious view of war. The paper spawned the creation of a competitor, the short-lived Progressive Age, and after the paper folded, the Mission Monitor was expanded to fill its void.
History
The Enterprise was published between January 1893 and 1914. From 1893 to about 1900, it was edited by George F. Franklin, and was edited thereafter by Thomas P. Mahammitt. It was the official newspaper for the Nebraska State Afro-American League.
Sections of the paper included stories from others, personal news, church notices, and regular columns such as those by civil rights activist W. H. C. Stephenson and minister John Albert Williams. Ella Mahammitt, the wife of Thomas Mahammitt and a civil and women's rights activist in her own right, also had a weekly column on women's issues. It contained fewer serialized pieces of fiction than its contemporary African American paper in Omaha, the Afro-American Sentinel, and focused less on faith. It had correspondents from Nebraska, as well as several other states in the region. While at times it could be sensationalist, it frequently reported on instances of racism in Nebraska, and it endorsed the educational and industrial policies of Booker T. Washington. It supported the Spanish–American War, but some of its writers believed at the same time that intervention in Cuba would result in the importation of the American color line. During the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition—a world's fair in Omaha—the Enterprise urged the local black community to prepare exhibits because of the opportunity, and while they originally supported a separate "Negro building or department" at the exposition, the community as a whole opposed it. Advertisements were placed by both black-owned and white-owned businesses, the latter of which brought considerable sums of money to the paper's operation.
In 1896, the Enterprise made mention of an unknown free silver black newspaper in Lincoln, even though the earliest known black newspaper in the city was founded in 1899, the Leader. In 1913, a competitor newspaper was launched by businessman G. Wade Obee for Omaha's black community, the Progressive Age.
Closure and access
The paper closed in 1914. John Albert Williams, who had contributed columns to the Enterprise before its closure, felt it was important to establish another African American paper for Nebraskans; he began publishing the Mission Monitor beyond his church audience as a result.
In 1941, the Committee on Negro Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies sponsored a historical preservation project, which included microfilming the Enterprise and several other African American newspapers. Two years of its run—1895 to 1897—are collected and available for viewing in the Omaha Public Library's main building. It is assigned OCLC number 10529510.
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African-American history in Omaha, Nebraska
African-American newspapers
African-American newspapers published in Omaha, Nebraska |
35233311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizaj | Tizaj | Tizaj () may refer to:
Tizaj, Hormozgan
Tizaj, Qazvin |
12844005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic%20catalyst | Economic catalyst | An economic catalyst is an entrepreneur or company that precipitates a fundamental change in business or technology. A more precise definition of a catalyst is based on the new economics of multi-sided platforms. In this literature an "economic catalyst" is an entity that has (a) two or more groups of customers; (b) who need each other in some way; but (c) can't capture the value from their mutual attraction on their own; and (d) rely on the catalyst to facilitate value-reaction reactions between them. For-profit businesses, joint ventures, cooperatives, standard-setting bodies, and governments operate catalysts.
The payment card industry illustrates the concept. Diners Club was the first modern payment card, introduced in 1950. To create this product Diners Club had to get two groups of customers on board. Consumers who wanted to pay with a card and merchants who wanted to accept payment with this card. These two groups of customers each wanted the card to consummate transactions between them. Any type of dating environment also exemplifies economic catalyst. A nightclub needs men and women and facilitates their meeting and interacting.
Catalysts are the businesses at the heart of the new economics of two-sided markets. They are multi-sided platforms.
References
Economic development |
41875604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahriar%2C%20Fars | Shahriar, Fars | Shahriar (, also Romanized as Shahrīār) is a village in Zarqan Rural District, Zarqan District, Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,581, in 551 families.
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Populated places in Zarqan County |
73342357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex%20anisoneura | Carex anisoneura | Carex anisoneura is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Central Asia.
See also
List of Carex species
References
anisoneura
Plants described in 1935
Flora of Uzbekistan
Flora of Kyrgyzstan |
64257986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin%20Shen%20%28politician%29 | Lin Shen (politician) | Lin Shen ( October 1908 – 28 October 1992), also known as Mu En, was a Taiwanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948.
Biography
Born in Taipei County, Lin attended Hwa Nan College in Fuzhou, graduating in 1930. She then studied biology at Yenching University, before transferring to the Department of Sociology at Xiamen University, where she earned a BA. She subsequently attended the research institute of Columbia University. She worked in Shanghai and Nanjing, where she became secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association in both cities. In Shanghai she also served as chair of the Shanghai Taiwan Women's Association. Returning to Taiwan in 1946, she became research director of the Women's Campaign Committee. She chaired the Chinese Women's Anti-Communist Federation and the Taiwan Association for the Advancement of Social Undertakings, and was a committee member of the local Red Cross society.
A member of the Kuomintang, she contested the 1948 elections to the Legislative Yuan. Taiwan had eight seats and she finished seventh in the overall vote count. However, the electoral law reserved one of the eight seats for a woman, with votes for female candidates counted separately. As another female candidate Hsieh Er had received more votes than Li, the electoral authorities declared Hsieh elected and gave the other seven seats to the top seven male candidates. Lin took the matter to court, which ruled in her favour and she was declared elected. She remained a member of parliament until the 87th session in 1991.
She died in October 1992.
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1908 births
Yenching University alumni
Xiamen University alumni
Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
20th-century Chinese women politicians
20th-century Taiwanese women politicians
Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan
Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
1992 deaths |
53128377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado%20outbreak%20of%20February%207%2C%202017 | Tornado outbreak of February 7, 2017 | A small but damaging outbreak of 15 tornadoes impacted the Southeast on February 7, 2017. The most damaging tornado of the outbreak was a large and powerful EF3 tornado. The tornado caused considerable damage along its path and left approximately 10,000 homes without electricity. 33 injuries occurred in the area after the tornado hit near Chef Menteur Highway with hundreds of structures sustaining moderate to significant damage along the ten-mile path. In response to the disaster, Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency.
Other destructive and strong tornadoes occurred on this day as well, including an EF1 tornado that killed a man near Donaldsonville, Louisiana and another EF3 tornado that injured three and caused considerable damage to homes, trees, and power lines in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Overall, the outbreak killed one and injured 40.
Meteorological synopsis
On February 4, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) outlined a severe weather threat area across portions of the Ohio Valley southward into the northern Gulf Coast states. A corresponding Slight risk of severe weather was issued the following day from central Indiana and Ohio to northern Mississippi and Alabama, encompassed within a larger Marginal risk. Little change occurred for the 07:00 UTC Day 2 outlook, but the Marginal risk was eventually shifted to encompass portions of eastern Louisiana on the 17:30 UTC forecast. Early on February 7, the SPC expanded the Slight risk area and subsequently introduced a small Enhanced risk for portions of eastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama, and the extreme western Florida Panhandle, although its intent was for the potential for large hail instead of significant tornadoes.
On February 7, an intensifying southern-stream shortwave trough progressed eastward from the southern Great Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley. Ahead of the trough, strong low- to mid-level winds transported abundant moisture northward from the Gulf of Mexico, with dewpoints reaching to lower to mid 60s °F. The combination of southwesterly flow and abnormally cold mid-level temperatures—approximately —helped to destabilize the atmosphere, with maximum Convective Available Potential Energy values in the range of 1500–2000 j/kg. Veering winds—winds that turn clockwise with height—acted to lengthen hodographs and provide significant directional wind shear, with 0–6 km shear of and 0–3 km storm relative helicities of 200–300 m2/s2. Meanwhile, incredibly steep mid-level lapse rates near or above 8 C/km overspread the risk area. The increasingly conducive environment prompted the SPC to issue a tornado watch across southern Louisiana and Mississippi, valid from 7:55 a.m. CST (13:55 UTC) to 2:00 p.m. CST (21:00 UTC); forecasters assessed a 50% chance of two or more tornadoes in the watch box, but only a 20% chance of one or more strong (EF2+) tornadoes.
Confirmed tornadoes
February 7 event
New Orleans East–Lake Borgne, Louisiana
The tornado initially touched down along Old Gentilly Road to the east of the New Orleans Industrial Canal. EF0 damage was noted at the beginning of the path as homes sustained minor roof damage. EF1 damage occurred near Wilson Avenue as a two-story motel had much of its poorly attached roof uplifted and sustained buckling of exterior walls on the second floor. The tornado moved northeastward, attaining high-end EF2 intensity by the time it reached the Chef Menteur Highway (US 90). Metal power poles were bent, wooden power poles were snapped, a business was severely damaged, and an apartment complex sustained significant roof damage and collapse of a brick fascia exterior wall in this area. Damage surveys indicate that as the tornado continued on this northeastward track, it became multiple-vortex in structure, with a second circulation north of the first taking over as the predominant one. This second vortex, as the tornado did when it originally touched down, moved in a northeastward direction and produced EF2 damage near the Flake Street/Grant Avenue intersection. A small, poorly constructed home along Flake Street was rolled off of its cinder block foundation and completely destroyed, while nearby homes sustained shingle and porch damage. East of Crowder Boulevard, a continuous swath of mainly EF2 damage was noted as the now large and destructive tornado moved through residential areas, severely damaging numerous homes, many of which had their roofs ripped off. A few of these homes sustained some failure of exterior walls. Vehicles in this area were flipped and damaged, some of which were tossed into homes. On Arthur Drive and Charlene Drive, a small pocket of EF3 damage was noted as two homes lost most of their exterior walls, and had one or two of their interior walls collapse due to winds estimated by the NWS to have been around .
Along Grant Street, Schaumburg Elementary School sustained minor roof damage and broken windows as it was impacted by the outer edge of the circulation. Children inside the school took shelter in an interior hallway as the tornado struck and were not injured. Just east of this point, a large area of mid-range EF3 damage was observed. This damage was confined to an area along and just north of Grant Street between Read Boulevard and Chalmark Drive, where dozens of homes lost much to all of their roof structures and sustained collapse of multiple exterior walls. Large, two-story brick homes had only one or two interior corner walls left standing on their top floors, and a two-story apartment building sustained total roof loss and collapse of numerous second floor walls, with some collapse of first floor exterior walls noted as well. It was determined that the tornado reached peak its intensity in this area, with winds estimated at . The tornado then caused high-end EF2 damage further to the east as it moved through additional residential areas. Many homes in this area had roofs torn off and sustained some collapse of exterior walls. A second small area of mid-range EF3 damage was noted near Hauck Drive, where a large church was left with only one exterior wall standing, and sustained total collapse of most interior walls. Winds at this location were again estimated around .
The tornado essentially followed the Chef Menteur Highway as it continued eastward, significantly damaging homes and other structures at EF2 strength along this segment of the path. A small strip mall and a church sustained major roof damage and had every window blown out. A gas station was also heavily damaged and had its service station canopy shredded. Homes had their roofs completely removed, and many concrete light poles were snapped. A final segment of low-end EF3 damage occurred further east as several large metal power pylons along the highway were bent in half. High-end EF2 damage occurred in neighborhoods just north of the highway, as numerous homes sustained significant roof and exterior wall loss. Past Bullard Avenue, the tornado weakened to EF1 strength and the damage path shifted southward. Numerous small trees were snapped near the I-510 and Almonaster Avenue interchange. The tornado then restrengthened to EF2 intensity as it caused heavy damage to NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility. Windows were blown out, and large metal industrial buildings sustained major structural damage. The large, two-story office building that houses the National Finance Center suffered significant roof damage and collapse of both the brick facade and cinder block exterior walls in a few places. Vehicles in the National Finance Center parking lot were severely damaged. The tornado then continued eastward across unpopulated marshy areas before dissipating over Lake Borgne.
In all, the tornado significantly damaged or destroyed at least 638 homes and 40 businesses along its path, and hundreds of trees and power poles were snapped. Thirty-three people were injured, six severely; however, no fatalities took place. Two public schools— Schaumburg Elementary and Einstein Charter School—both sustained some damage to buildings and property, with collective damage reaching $1.7 million. NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility suffered more than $1 million in damage. At the time, it was the strongest tornado to strike the New Orleans metropolitan area. However, it would be surpassed on March 22, 2022 by a high-end EF3 tornado, which killed one person and injured multiple others as it caused considerable damage in Arabi.
See also
List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
Tornado outbreak of February 23–24, 2016
Tornado outbreak of December 16–17, 2019
Tornado outbreak of March 21–23, 2022
Notes
References
F3 tornadoes
2017 in Tennessee
2017 in Louisiana
2017 in Alabama
2017 in Georgia (U.S. state)
2017 in Mississippi
2017 in Kentucky
2017 in Florida
2017 natural disasters in the United States
February 2017 events in the United States
2017 tornado
Tornadoes in Tennessee
Tornadoes in Louisiana
Tornadoes in Alabama
Tornadoes in Georgia (U.S. state)
Tornadoes in Mississippi
Tornadoes in Kentucky
Tornadoes in Florida
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45364900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athous%20angulifrons | Athous angulifrons | Athous angulifrons is a species of click beetle from the family Elateridae endemic to Kamnik–Savinja Alps of Slovenia. The species is long and is yellowish-green in colour.
References
Beetles described in 1905
Endemic fauna of Slovenia
Dendrometrinae |
56955900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldon%20Insurance | Eldon Insurance | Eldon Insurance Services Limited or simply Eldon Insurance is a British insurance broking and claims management company controlled by Arron Banks. It is based in Bristol but also has offices in Newcastle, Southampton, and South Africa. Founded in 2007 the company is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It specialises in motor vehicle insurance and currently operates under the trade names GoSkippy, Footprint, Plato Insurance Services, and Vavista. Also previously Solid Insurance (2013), Business Choice Direct (2014–16) and others.
It is closely related to Gibraltar-based Southern Rock Insurance which is the main underwriter for Eldon and also controlled by Banks.
History
The company was incorporated in August 2007 with John Gannon and Paul Chase-Gardener as founding directors. Michael Lee became a director shortly after and was the managing director in 2009, when said that the company had a staff of 160 and customer base of 250,000. Eldon's parent company was then the Gibraltar-based Southern Rock Holdings, which also owns Southern Rock Insurance. In 2010 the company website identified it as a Newcastle-based provider of motor claims management services on behalf of Southern Rock Insurance. Lee, who co-founded Southern Rock Holdings and had also served as managing director of Southern Rock Insurance, resigned his directorship in April 2011 to move to Hastings Direct.
At the time, the trio of Banks, Chase-Gardener and Gannon were also the three executive directors of Bristol-based Brightside Group and owned 72% of Southern Rock Insurance, growing the group out of Commercial Vehicle Direct which they co-founded in 2001. The launch of the GoSkippy brand six months after Banks' departure as chief executive at Brightside in 2012 preceded a bitter dispute including legal action between Brightside, Southern Rock and Eldon.
Gannon left at the end of August 2012, and by the end of the year the company began leasing office space on the Cribbs Causeway development in Bristol to house the GoSkippy operation and Banks subsequently hired a number of Brightside's staff. Banks became a director upon the departure of Gannon, and Chase-Gardener also departed in February 2013. As Banks and Gannon sold Brightside shares, Chase-Gardener swapped all his shares in Rock Holdings to increase his Brightside interest, also resigning from the group's other companies. On 26 February 2013 ownership of Eldon transferred to another group 70% owned by Banks, and received authorisation as a UK insurance broker at the start of April. According to Eldon's publicly filed accounts, the transfer of ownership was achieved by first issuing almost £2.2m of new shares to the company's ultimate parent, Rock Holdings in a debt for equity deal in February. Those shares and the original 100 were then purchased by the newly created, Isle of Man-based, ICS Risk Solutions in July for £7.5m. This did not affect control of Eldon as Arron Banks was then majority shareholder in both parent companies.
Banks was forced to resign from Eldon in September 2013 and Southern Rock Insurance the following year, as part of an agreement with Gibraltarian regulators also accepting a "period of ban or self-exclusion from other insurance directorships" after they found Southern Rock to be trading while technically insolvent. Banks was replaced as a director by his Hong Kong-based brother Johnathan.
Just before Christmas 2013, the company's auditors, Baker Tilly LLP resigned, reporting that the relationship had broken-down because "by failing to supply accurate information, management is imposing a limitation of scope on our work." Banks has pointed to a conflict of interest. By early 2014 Eldon had launched the Footprint brand to sell van and motorbike policies and Business Choice Direct for commercial insurance. At the end of the year it began a partnership to sell insurance under the Debenhams brand.
Eldon's new holding company ICS Risk Solutions, in 2015 also paid Southern Rock Insurance (which continues to be the main underwriter for Eldon) approximately £77m for rights to some of its future income, enabling it meet its obligation under solvency regulations. Brightside and Southern Rock reached an undisclosed out of court settlement in May 2015 bringing to a close their disputes relating to intellectual property, breaches of trading agreements and breaches of terms of business agreements. The following month Eldon sent call centre workers home while it trailed moving their work to South Africa, stating that it was "entering into a period of consultation with up to 200 members of staff across the business". Subsequently, 174 employees were made redundant at the Newcastle and Bristol offices.
Eldon is also 50% owner of a joint venture called Vavista, which began trading in 2015 and provides "health and wellbeing programmes" with its insurance policies. It also has a 49% shareholding in Legal Protection Group, launched in 2016, which sells legal protection insurance, legal services and emergency assistance products. In October 2016 another new company, Somerset Bridge was created to act as managing general agent in order to diversify the panel of insurers Eldon has access to. In November the Business Choice Direct brand was moved to a newly created subsidiary company of which Eldon owns 51%. According to the company website they also moved into new offices in Eastleigh.
During 2017 Eldon moved its offices in Newcastle into larger premises. Late in the year, it was reported that Banks intends to float the company on the public stock market in 2018. However the professor of finance at Manchester Business School called Banks' reported £250m valuation "highly ambitious".
Leave.EU
Elizabeth (Liz) Bilney, who became a director shortly before Paul Chase-Gardener resigned, was reported to be the CEO in 2017 and was also in charge at Leave.EU during the Brexit campaign. Andy Wigmore was also a director at the time (December 2015 until April 2018). The company's Bristol headquarters was also the HQ for Leave.EU. Brittany Kaiser, a former director of Cambridge Analytica, has said that when she visited Leave.EU HQ in late 2015 she saw Eldon employees staffing a call centre for the campaign. She added that she thought the staff, most who had never participated in politics before, were calling leads or current customers of Eldon.
In August 2016 the Leave.EU campaign announced a sponsorship deal with the Goskippy brand and offering a 10% discount on insurance. From June 2017 the GoSkippy brand began appearing alongside that of Leave.EU on the campaign's Facebook and Twitter posts, including one featuring a photo of the burning Grenfell Tower stating "An amnesty for Grenfell illegal immigrants? Absolutely not! The law is the law."
The Guardian reported in April 2018 that the UK Information Commissioner's Office was investigating whether Eldon shared data with the Leave.EU campaign. Although Banks had previously admitted advertising insurance products to campaign supporters, he stated "Eldon has never given or used any data to Leave.EU. They are separate entities with strong data control rules. And vice versa."
In November 2018 the Information Commissioner took enforcement action against Eldon Insurance and Leave.EU for breaches of the Data Protection Act, fining them a total of £135,000.
The company changed its legal name to Somerset Bridge Insurance Services on 6 December 2019.
Finances
During 2013 Eldon sold 113,000 policies and recorded a £239,000 pre-tax profit on a revenue of £12.8m including income of £9m from services sold to Southern Rock Insurance, but paying £11.4m to Rock Services, another UK company that Banks holds a directorship with. By 2015 Eldon achieved a £284,000 profit on a revenue of £33.7m with income of £27.7m from Southern Rock and paying £27.5m to Rock Services. Rock Holdings Ltd, another holding company based on the Isle of Man, is the parent of both Rock Services and Southern Rock Holdings. Rock Services' main activity seems to be "recharge of goods and services" with Southern Rock Insurance. In 2016 operating profit was £253,000 but restructuring costs led to a loss of approximately £22,000 despite an increase in revenue to £47.3m from improved sales of 299,000 new policies and 90,000 renewals. That year saw a reduced income from Southern Rock of £22.1m but an increased £39.5m paid to Rock Services. The company's underlying profitability is difficult to assess because of a practice of recording administration expenses that closely track turnover. At the same time Southern Rock posted a loss of £32m in 2016, the fifth of seven years since 2010 it has made multimillion-pound losses on its core underwriting business and its solvency ratio dropped from 135% (2015) to 103% in 2016. According to Banks Eldons's profits leapt to £16.7m for the first half of 2017, saying that the company's business had been transformed by the same AI technology used in the Brexit campaign.
See also
Robert Mercer
References
Financial services companies established in 2007
Insurance companies of the United Kingdom
British companies established in 2007
Companies based in Bristol |
23848006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Gordon%20%28bishop%29 | Eric Gordon (bishop) | George Eric Gordon (29 July 1905– 6 June 1992) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.
He was born on 29 July 1905 and educated at St Olave's Grammar School and the St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1929 he began his career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Leicester, after which he was Vice-Principal of Bishop Wilson College, Isle of Man. In 1935 he became Chaplain to William Stanton Jones, Bishop of Sodor and Man. In 1942 he became Rector of Kersal then Rural Dean of Middleton. From 1951 to 1966 he was Provost of Chelmsford Cathedral and Rector of Chelmsford when he was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Sodor and Man, a post he held for eight years.
In 1974 he retired to Eynsham in Oxfordshire. He died on 6 June 1992.
References
1905 births
1992 deaths
People educated at St Olave's Grammar School
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Anglican provosts of the Diocese of Egypt
20th-century Church of England bishops
Bishops of Sodor and Man
Provosts and Deans of Chelmsford
Deans of Peel |
5277025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paenibacillus%20polymyxa | Paenibacillus polymyxa | Paenibacillus polymyxa, also known as Bacillus polymyxa, is a Gram-positive bacterium capable of fixing nitrogen. It is found in soil, plant tissues, marine sediments and hot springs. It may have a role in forest ecosystems and potential future applications as a biofertilizer and biocontrol agent in agriculture.
Growth conditions
P. polymyxa can be grown in the laboratory on trypticase soy agar medium. It can also be grown on brain heart infusion agar medium.
Applications
Agricultural use
P. polymyxa might have possible future applications as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture. Biofilms of P. polymyxa growing on plant roots have been shown to produce exopolysaccharides which protect the plants from pathogens. The interactions between this bacterial species and plant roots also cause the root hairs to undergo physical changes.
Antibiotics
Some strains of P. polymyxa produce antibiotics including fusaricidin and polymyxins. P. polymyxa var. colistinus produces the antibiotic colistin.
Surfactant complexes isolated from P. polymyxa have been shown to be effective in disrupting biofilms of Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus luteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus bovis.
Cell extraction
P. polymyxa is a source of dispase, an enzyme used to isolate cells from animal tissues.
References
External links
UniProt Taxonomy
PATRIC: Paenibacillus polymyxa
Type strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Paenibacillaceae
Bacteria described in 1994 |
33374096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.%20Tokijan | D. Tokijan | Darimosuvito Tokijan (born 14 February 1963), more commonly known as D. Tokijan, is a Singaporean football midfielder who played for Singapore in the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for Jurong Town and Singapore FA.
After retiring, Tokijan has been a football coach, and was the Geylang United Prime League team head coach in 2007, having spent the previous five years as coach of SAFSA. He was the assistant coach for Tanjong Pagar United F.C. until the end of 2013 season. In 2014, Tokijan was appointed as assistant coach to Marko Kraljević in Balestier Khalsa, and was also responsible as the head coach of their Prime League squad.
References
External links
Stats
International stats at 11v11.com
1963 births
Living people
Singaporean men's footballers
Singapore men's international footballers
Singapore FA players
1984 AFC Asian Cup players
Jurong FC players
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games
SEA Games silver medalists for Singapore
SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore
SEA Games medalists in football
Competitors at the 1985 SEA Games
Asian Games competitors for Singapore |
10376036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awtel | Awtel | Saint Awtel (also known as Mar Awtel, Mar Awtilios, Saint Aoutel, Saint Autel; died 327) was a monk in early Christianity venerated in the Middle East. He is celebrated on 3 November (by Maronites particularly), and on 9 October. A church is dedicated to him in the village of Kfarsghab in North-Lebanon where his feast day is celebrated on 3 June and 27 August.
Life
There are several versions of the life of Mar Awtel. This is the version of the Maronite Sinksar along with the versions presented by Youakim Moubarac.
Saint Awtel is celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Maronites. His place and date of birth vary according to the sources. From an unknown place in modern Turkey for the Maronite Sinksar and born in the 3rd century AD, he is from Lycia for the other sources and he lived during the 6th century AD. His feast day varies also according to the different traditions. But most sources have corroborating deeds: he escaped a forced marriage arranged by his family, spent some time in Byzantium, delivered his fellow passengers during a severe storm, went back to his place of birth after the death of his parents and finally became a monk then a hermit.
Version of the Maronite book of saints (Sinksar)
Mar Awtel was born in mid-3rd century. As a youth he was converted to Christianity and baptised. He pledged his virginity to God but his father wanted him to marry and thereby break his pledge of celibacy. To escape he left for the city Byzantium.
While travelling on route in a boat he encountered a severe storm endangering the boat and all on board. He prayed for deliverance and the boat was saved and as a consequence those on board were converted to Christianity and baptized.
He remained for 20 years in Byzantium until his father died, whereupon he returned to his home and became a monk. He performed many miracles, one of which was the cure of a pagan man. This cure was the reason for the conversion and baptism of ten thousand pagans. After being a monk for 12 years he became a hermit until he died in 327.
Version of Fr. Louis Cheikho
Father Youakim Moubarac presented the following version of Father Louis Cheikhô :.
Father Sheikho found some information about Mar Awtel in the Jacobites book of saints, in a handwritten copy belonging to Patriarch Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani. It is also mentioned in the Bibliotheca Orientalis of Assemani and in the calendar of Çlîba the Jacobite, on the dates of October 9 and June 3.
Of all those references, he concluded that Awtel or Awtilios was born in a city called Magdal or Magdaloun in the land of Lycia in Asia Minor, in the 6th century A.D. His two parents were pagan but he was converted very young, became Christian and ran away from the paternal home to avoid marriage. He boarded and ran away to the city of Moumista (probably al-Maççîça) delivering his fellow passengers from a tempest where they would have perished. He came to Constantinople, led an ascetic life in one of its monasteries, then came back to his fatherland before spending some time in the region of Antioch, then back in Lycia. There, he converted the pagans of this region, christened them and ended his life in the desert in a monastery which he built nearby and where he lived till his death. In the calendar of the antiochian Church of al-Bîrûnî a martyr called Uwaytilyos is mentioned on the date of September 23. But it is not proven whether it is Mar Awtel or another saint.
Additional information
Father Cheikho found also that the Byzantines would have called Saint Awtel, according to Fr Peeters, Agios Attaros and that they celebrated his feast day between 2 and 7 June. He delivered his fellow passengers who wanted to make him a slave by capturing him. According to the Jacobite book of saints, he remained 20 years in Constantinople, went back home after the death of his parents, spent some time in Seleucia and in Antioch before reaching Lycia. There, he joined the monastery of Mar Âba, became monk and made miracles. He left the monastery because he did not want to be elected superior. He was served in his ultimate retirement in the desert by a man whom he had cured from the bite of a snake.
Saint Awtel's Church, Kfarsghab
The history
Saint Awtel's church in Kfarsghab, Lebanon is the only church in the country dedicated to this saint. It is built on a rocky promontory presenting steep faces of around 30 meters altitude, commanding the approaches through the Qadisha Valley. Its location is clearly that of a fortified place, echoing the etymological meaning of Kfarsghab#Etymology, "the fortified village". The first mention of Saint Awtel Church is a date for its renovation in 1470.
Between 1776 and 1778, the church was extended to accommodate the increasing population of Kfarsghab. The achievement of this renovation is attested by a Garshuni stone inscription in Syriac placed over the main entrance that reads as follow:
"Achieved the construction of this blessed temple
year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six
by the zeal of Sheikh Abou Youssef Elias".
The Church is separated into two sections: men in front and women in the rear. And in 1795, an intricate woodwork was completed to separate the two sections. It was commemorated by a Garshuni inscription in Syriac Serta Script that reads as follows:
Left Side:
"This woodwork was achieved by the hand of
Master Dumiati [from Damietta, Egypt] in the month of February
of year 1795 and that was"
Right Side:
"under the supervision of Father Jibrayeel and Father Brahim
priests of the village and the donor was Sheikh Estephan
Elias. [May] the Saint patron of the location reward him".
In 1882, the church underwent renovation that was commemorated by engraving on the main entrance door in a mix of Garshuni and Arabic as follows:
"Enter into the domain of the Lord
painted in year 1882
and bow in his temple".
In the 1950s, A modern bell tower in white stone and red tiles was added over the women entrance to the west. It was quite different from the style of the church. Eventually, it was dismantled in the 1980s restoring the architecture to its origin.
In the 1960s, a painting was commissioned to Saliba Douaihy, a young but already established Lebanese artist. This painting of Saint Awtel could be still seen over the altar inside the church.
In the 2000s, the square around the church was renovated and embellished in old stone reflecting the beauty of the architecture and the majesty of the site.
The Architecture and style
The Church layout is that of old small Maronite churches, with a single apse and a single nave typical of the 12th and 13th centuries Maronite churches. The interior is divided according to Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy’s standard plan with minor differences due to the small size of the church.
A plain rectangular shape is terminated at its Eastern side by a semicircular half-domed apse. The apse's vault is ornamented with paintings of angels/cherubims on a light blue background. The altar, made of white marble, is centred into the apse and pushed into its wall. The icon representing Saint Awtel is hanging above the altar in the middle of the apse. The altar is separated by few steps from the chancel, which in turn is separated from the nave by other few steps and an iron parapet.
The nave is roofed by a series of crossed vaults. It is divided by an intricate wooden separation into two sections: the one in front reserved for men and the rear reserved for women. Each section has two ranks of natural wooden benches and its own thick wooden door. The wooden divider is a piece of delicate art and we know from the inscription commemorating its consecration that it was the work of a skilled artisan from Damietta, Egypt, a city still known today for its excellent wood artisans.
A white coating covers the inside walls. Natural light comes through two narrow higher windows on the Southern wall and one lower window on the North wall.
Three higher apertures can be seen on the western wall above the women's entrance: two rectangular narrow apertures and above them in the middle the third aperture made in white stone in the shape of a hexagram, a six-pointed star. The Women's door is encased into atypical heavy slabs of white limestone, and bears on the upper slab an unusual cross. The shape of the cross doesn't figure in the Maronite crosses tradition. It is a combination between a coptic cross and an Occitan cross. The Occitan cross is attributed to Raymond IV of Toulouse, whose family reigned in the county of Tripoli during the Crusades from 1109 till 1289 AD. Kfarsghab was administratively part of the county of Tripoli, which could be an explanation of the origin of this unusual cross.
The men's door is also encased in heavy slabs of white limestone. The upper stone bears an engraving of a simple graded cross. A smaller stone has a chalice engraved on it. Then, an engraved white limestone plate tops the whole commemorating the extension of the church in 1776. The door is of heavy oak wood, engraved with biblical verses and a date of renovation in 1882.
The flat roof and the roughly hewn stone of the outside walls give the church an aspect of simplicity and austerity. The bell tower situated at the northern edge of the roof slightly to the left of the main entrance is the example of this minimalistic style as it is formed by a simple stone arch housing a medium size cast iron bell.
The church is surrounded by a vast square on the Northern and Western sides, cobbled in natural stone. The square is delimited by a natural stone parapet.
See also
The village of Kfarsghab, Lebanon
4th century in Lebanon
References
External links
The tradition of Mar Awtel, saint patron of Kfarsghab
250 births
327 deaths
4th-century Christian saints
Lebanese saints
Maronite saints
Saints from Roman Anatolia |
3778305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang%20Sally | Mustang Sally | Mustang Sally may refer to:
"Mustang Sally" (song), written and recorded by Mack Rice, later covered by The Rascals and Wilson Pickett
"Mustang Sally & GTO", a song from blues musician John Lee Hooker's More Real Folk Blues: The Missing Album
Mustang Sally (film), a 2006 horror movie
Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile, a minor character on The Sopranos |
38923928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20Aalesunds%20FK%20season | 2012 Aalesunds FK season | The 2012 season is Aalesund's 6th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, it was Kjetil Rekdal's fourth full season as the club's manager. Aalesunds competed in the Tippeligaen, finishing 11th and the 2012 Norwegian Football Cup, where they were knocked out at the Fourth Round stage by Sandefjord. They also competed in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying stages, defeating Tirana of Albania in the Second Round and then losing to APOEL of Cyprus in the Third Round.
Squad
Transfers
Winter
In:
Out:
Summer
In:
Out:
Competitions
Tippeligaen
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Norwegian Cup
Europa League
Qualifying phase
Note 1: Tirana played their home match at Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana instead of their regular stadium, Selman Stërmasi Stadium, Tirana.
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Aalesunds |
24901427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natividad%20Cepeda | Natividad Cepeda | Natividad Cepeda was born in Tomelloso (Ciudad Real), Spain. She is a Spanish poet, writer and habitual columnist in the Castilla-La Mancha press (Lanza, Las Provincias, El Periódico del Común de La Mancha, La Tribuna, Pasos, etc.) and in literary magazines (El Cardo de Bronce, La Alcazaba, etc.) that has been publishing in Spain and Latinoamerica from 1970. Natividad Cepeda's formative influences were Valentin Arteaga, Spanish classic poets and Latino American poets like Pablo Neruda.
References
La Revista Prometeo Digital.
External links
La bitacora Mientras la Luz
1949 births
Living people
Spanish poets
Spanish women poets
Spanish columnists
Spanish women columnists
People from Ciudad Real |
46632089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20B.%20Pratt%20Elementary%20School | Anna B. Pratt Elementary School | The Anna B. Pratt Elementary School (commonly referred to as the Anna B. Pratt Academy) was a district-run elementary school in Philadelphia.
The school was closed in 2013 as part of Philadelphia's shutdown of 23 district-run schools. Displaced students were enrolled in the Richard R. Wright School and the William Dick School.
See also
List of schools of the School District of Philadelphia
Notes
Pratt, Anna B. Elementary School
School District of Philadelphia
Public elementary schools in Pennsylvania
2013 disestablishments in Pennsylvania |
15465133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow%20Dancing%20in%20a%20Burning%20Room | Slow Dancing in a Burning Room | "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" is a song by John Mayer from the 2006 album Continuum. Although it was not one of the singles released from the album, it is widely regarded as one of Mayer's best songs, and has become one of his most commercially successful tracks. The song reached #10 as its highest radio airplay position in Indonesia.
Reviews
The song has been positively reviewed; Stereogum describes it as "laced with Clapton-esque guitar lines". and Crypticrock describes it as "emotionally driven and with an impassioned guitar solo which is sultry and somber and lends perfectly to the image of a dying relationship". The Daily Evergreen described "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" as Continuum'''s masterpiece, with an impeccable guitar solo.
"Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" is regarded as Mayer's best song by Billboard, as his fourth-best song by Blues Rock Review and his second-best song by Marie Claire.
Commercial performance
Despite never having been released as a single, the song has been certified platinum in the United States, silver in the UK and gold in Denmark.
Released versions
The song was also released in an acoustic version on the EP The Village Sessions and on the live album Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles. The official Vevo video, however, uses the live version of the song from the online concert series Live on Letterman''.
Cover versions
K-pop singer Rosé covered the song live in 2021; Mayer stated he found the interpretation "gorgeous".
References
John Mayer songs
2006 songs
Songs written by John Mayer |
18533862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond%2C%20Oregon | Diamond, Oregon | Diamond is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States. Diamond is west of Oregon Route 205 and south of Malheur Lake, south-southeast of Burns by highway. Its post office is assigned ZIP code 97722.
History
Settled in 1874–75, the community got its name from a diamond-shaped branding iron used by a local cattle rancher on the Diamond Ranch. Diamond Craters, the Diamond post office, and other features in the vicinity took their name from the ranch, established in the area by the pioneer settler Mace McCoy. A post office was established at Diamond in 1887.
Another early settler, Minerva J. (Dolly) Kiger, is credited with applying the name of the ranch to the community in 1874. She also named Kiger Creek, which originates on Steens Mountain and enters Swamp Creek near Diamond, and she named two other nearby steams, Cucamonga Creek and McCoy Creek.
Geography
Diamond lies along Swamp Creek at the head of Diamond Valley, northwest of Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon. Swamp Creek flows into Diamond Swamp, a short distance down the valley. The swamp is part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Diamond Lane, which runs generally east–west, links the community to Route 205 between Frenchglen to the south and Burns to the north.
Adjacent to the swamp on the east is Diamond Craters, about northwest of Diamond. This area of diverse basaltic features is protected as an Outstanding Natural Area, overseen by the Bureau of Land Management.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Diamond has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.
Education
The zoned K-8 school is Diamond Elementary School.
High school students are zoned to Crane Union High School, of Harney County Union High School District 1J.
Harney County is not in a community college district but has a "contract out of district" (COD) with Treasure Valley Community College. TVCC operates the Burns Outreach Center in Burns.
References
Unincorporated communities in Harney County, Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon |
24499661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domanj%C5%A1evci | Domanjševci | Domanjševci (; in older sources also Domanjšovci, ) is a village in the Municipality of Šalovci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, right on the border with Hungary.
There are two churches in the settlement. The Roman Catholic church is built on a small hill southwest of the settlement in the middle of a small cemetery and is dedicated to Saint Martin. It is a single-nave brick building with a Romanesque portal dating to the 13th century. It was originally dedicated to Saint Wenceslas. The Lutheran church in the settlement was built in 1902 in a Neo-Romanesque style. Its designer was the architect Alojz Kleiber.
The poet, writer, and teacher István Szijjártó lived and died in the village.
References
External links
Domanjševci on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šalovci |
5481554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician%20People%27s%20Union | Galician People's Union | The Galician People's Union () is a Galician nationalist and communist political party, and is one of the registered political parties of Spain. The party publishes the magazine Terra e Tempo, and the secretary general is Néstor Rego.
It was founded in 1964 with the intention of the independence of Galicia and its transformation into a socialist state. It caused the creation of nationalist fronts such as the Galician National-Popular Assembly and the Bloque Nacionalista Galego. Since 1982 it is one of the parties in the coalition. The current National Spokesperson (Ana Pontón) of the BNG is a member of the UPG.
History
First foundation
In November 1963, Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín, Bautista Álvarez, Reimundo Patiño and Xosé Antonio Arjona, members of the literary group Brais Pinto, founded Unión do Pobo Galego as a communist and nationalist political party.
Refoundation
In 1964 the Youth Council, under the direction of Ramón Piñeiro, expelled the leftist sector, which proceeded to refound the UPG in Santiago de Compostela on July 25, 1964, integrating the Brais Pinto group, former militants of the Federation of the Galicianist Youth (as Celso Emilio Ferreiro) and the Communist Party of Spain (Luís Soto) and independent left nationalists, a total no more than 25 people. In the first two years the party activities are reduced to sporadic contacts of its members and the publication of the journal Terra e Tempo, in which its first program was published in 1965:
At first the UPG had a line of collaboration with the PCE, but this collaboration did not last long, and the UPG and the PCE became rivals for the hegemony in the galician communist movement. The PCE was accused by the UPG of españolismo (Spanish nationalism/Hispanocentrism). The opposition to the construction of the dam of Castrelo de Miño (1966) was the first major public action of the UPG. The UPG organized the local peasants in Assault brigades that torched and burned the machinery. The UPG also helped the local peasants through an advocate of the organization.
In 1971 the expulsion of Xosé Torres and his followers, who joined the Communist Movement of Spain, left the organization almost without militants in Ferrol and Santiago de Compostela. Vigo thus became the core of an organization which at that time did not exceed 50 members.
Expansion
It is not until the formation of Galician Revolutionary Students (ERGA) by Manuel Mera in 1972 when the UPG started to increase its social base. The same year, the 10 of march, the Spanish police killed 2 workers in a demonstration in Ferrol. This led to a series of strikes and demonstrations in all Galiza in solidarity with the Ferrol workers. This movement culminate in the 1972 General Strike in Vigo, when the city was paralyzed for 20 days. The UPG was very involved in the strike and took contact with two organizations of Vigo: Galicia Socialista and Organización Obreira. The first one was a marxist group that organized workers in some factories in the city and the second one was a radical split from CCOO. Galicia Socialista and a sector of Organización Obreira joined the UPG. This helped the UPG to have a far more important role among the working class and helped the organization to increase its membership significantly. The strike ended the 26 of September, with the final result of 6,000 workers fired. After a new wave of protest finally the number of fired workers went down to 400. Although the strike failed in its goals, the UPG left this period significantly strengthened, more militants, more prestige among the workers and much more experience. This helped the UPG to become the main alternative to the Communist Party of Galicia among the opposition to the Francoist State in Galicia.
This was followed in the spring of 1973 by the formation of the Fronte Obreira (Workers Front), directed by Moncho Reboiras and that acted as a union liked to the party. The following year Comisións Labregas was created to organiza the peasants.
In the context of the relationships established with other nationalist parties without states in Europe, the UPG signed in February 1974, with the Breton Democratic Union and the Irish republican movement (which comprised the Provisional Irish Republican Army and the Sinn Féin) the Charter of Brest. In that chart the signing organizations defended the right to self-determination of the peoples of Europe to a future Socialist Europe of the Peoples. The document was later also signed by Herriko Alderdi Sozialista, Cymru Goch, PSAN-Provisional, Esquerra Catalana dels Treballadors, Su Populu Sardu and Lucha Occitana. The UPG also developed contacts after the Carnation Revolution (April 25, 1974) with forces of the Portuguese radical left, specially the Liga de Unidade e Ação Revolucionária (LUAR), the Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat – Revolutionary Brigades (PRP-BR) or the Movement of the Armed Forces (MFA).
Moreover, since 1970 there were voices within the party that postulated the need for an armed phase in the context of the national-popular revolution and with the support of ETA (pm) the UPG formed the Fronte Armada (FA, Armed Front. No more than 10 people). The FA did some robberies and some minor armed actions, but in August 1975 the police killed Moncho Reboiras and arrested 4 members of the armed group. After these events the party abandoned the armed struggle.
Transition
After the Ferrol events the party leadership exiled in Portugal and although some joint events still be carried with ETA, the UPG stopped the armed actions, giving priority to the political action. The UPG supported the Galician National-Popular Assembly (AN-PG), which was presented publicly in January 1976 and was intended to unite the different left-wing galician nationalist organizations and to lead the formation of a provisional Galician government after taking power. At the same time, also in January 1976, on the initiative of the UPG, the Galician Political Forces Council was formed, and was joined by the PSG, the Galician Social Democratic Party and the UPG itself. The Consello published in April 1976 the Bases Constitucionais (Constitutional Bases), in which the right to self-determination of Galicia was demanded. Later, the Carlist Party and the Communist Movement of Galicia (MCG) entered the consello. In November the CFPG entered in a crisis after the inclusion of the MCG, which refused to leave CCOO to enter the Sindicato Obreiro Galego as requested by the UPG. As a result, the UPG and the PGSD left the CFPG.
To concur to the first democratic elections in 1977, the UPG articulated a nationalist front, the Galician National-Popular Bloc (BN-PG), that was integrated by the UPG and the AN-PG. The BN-PG gained only 22,771 votes (2.02%). After the elections the sector headed by Camilo Nogueira Román who formed the Galician Workers' Party split. Previously, the hardline militant Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín, who had been expelled from the direction of UPG, left the party and accused the UPG of rightism, progressive compliance with the Spanish institutions and interclassism. Méndez Ferrín founded in 1977 a new party: the Galician People's Union-Proletarian Line. In the Spanish constitutional referendum of 1978 the UPG supported a No vote.
In the 1979 elections the UPG supported again the BN-PG, gaining 60,889 votes, the 6% of the vote in Galiza, making a hughe gain since the first elections, although, again the BN-PG didn't get representants in the Spanish Congress. The progressive growth of the popular support to the BN-PG was confirmed by the results of the local elections of the same year. The BN-PG won the 7.32% of the vote in all Galiza (78,216 votes) and gained 258 town councillors and 9 mayors.
Between the months of April and May in 1981 the UPG experienced an internal crisis between the supporters of professionalizing and giving more weight to the BN-PG, that were the minority, and those who opposed them, the majority. The crisis ended with the expulsion of the minority sector (they were the majority, however, in Vigo), led by Francisco García Montes, Secretary General of the INTG; Requeixo Bernardo Fernandez, general secretary of Comisións Labregas and Agustín Malvido.
After these dissensions, the UPG turned left and supported campaigns for the ETA prisoners, increased its relations with Herri Batasuna and even made joint events with the Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted), the political wing of the GRAPO. In February 1982 the centrist wing of the party left the UPG, led by Pedro Luaces (former secretary general) and strong in Lugo. After the victory of the PSOE in the elections of 1982, the UPG declared himself opposed to any cooperation, since they saw the socialist government as the kind face of capitalism. In this environment, in December 1983 Mariano Abalo was elected secretary general of the UPG.
Acceptance of the institutions
In 1986, the UPG, and the Galician Nationalist Bloc (in which the BN-PG had been transformed) agreed to participate in the institutions, this led Xosé Manuel Beiras to the Galician parliament to promise to act according to the Constitution. This led to the split in July 1986 of 13 Central Committee members and a few dozen militants who founded the Communist Party of National Liberation. Among the founders of the new party there were Mariano Abalo, Xan Carballo and Ramiro Oubiña. Since that moment, the workplace of the UPG has been the Galician Nationalist Bloc. With the BNG the UPG got important institutional positions: Members of the Parliament of Galicia, deputies in the Spanish Congress, provincial deputies, mayors and numerous town council members, always under the banner of the BNG.
The party has also focused on social work through the nationalist unionism, unified under the banner Confederación Intersindical Galega (CIG). It held its Eleventh National Congress in January 2005 in Santiago de Compostela. Being re-elected Secretary General Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez. On 15 and 16 November the XII Congress was held in Santiago de Compostela with the slogan: O nacionalismo, a alternativa á globalización. Vivir, traballar e producir na nosa Terra ("Nationalism, the alternative to globalization. Living, working and producing in our land").
References
Fernández Baz, M. A. (2003). A formación do nacionalismo galego contemporáneo:(1963-1984). Laiovento.
Beramendi González, J. & Núñez Seixas, X. M. (1996). O nacionalismo galego. Edicions A Nosa Terra, Promocions Culturais Galegas, SA.
VVAA (2009). Moncho Reboiras. O nacionalismo galego nos anos 70. Fundación Bautista Álvarez.
Notes
External links
Official website
Terra e Tempo
Member parties of the Galician Nationalist Bloc
Socialist parties in Galicia (Spain)
Political parties established in 1963
1963 establishments in Spain
Left-wing nationalist parties
Galician nationalist parties
Communist parties in Europe
Communist parties in Spain
Anti-Francoism |
62265837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More%20Hearts%20Than%20Mine | More Hearts Than Mine | "More Hearts Than Mine" is a song by American singer-songwriter Ingrid Andress from her debut studio album, Lady Like (2020). It was written by Andress alongside Sam Ellis and Derrick Southerland, with production being handled by Andress and Ellis. Warner Music Nashville released it as her second single for digital download and streaming on April 5, 2019. In June 2019, the aforementioned label sent the song for radio airplay, becoming Andress' first song to be submitted for this format. The country ballad discusses Andress' decision of bringing her boyfriend home and declares that if they break up, her family will suffer most. Andress wrote the song after considering whether or not she should bring her new boyfriend to her family, as they became attached to Andress' ex-boyfriend from a previous relationship.
"More Hearts Than Mine" received widespread acclaim from music critics, who praised its lyrics and Andress' decision to write a song about the situation she was in. Commercially, the song peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 55 on the Canadian Hot 100. The track attained double platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Music Canada (MC). "More Hearts Than Mine" received nominations for Best Country Song at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards and Song of the Year at the 54th Annual Country Music Association Awards.
A music video for the song was released via Billboard on April 24, 2019. It was directed by Sam Siske and it depicts a woman contemplating on how the people close to her would react if she brought her boyfriend with her. The video received a nomination for Breakthrough Video of the Year at the 2020 CMT Music Awards. To further promote the song, Andress performed it on various occasions, including at Grand Ole Opry in 2019 and on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2020.
Background and release
Talking to Annie Reuter of Billboard in April 2019, Andress revealed that she chose to release "Lady Like" (2019) as her first single under Warner Music Nashville over "More Hearts Than Mine" as she considered that the former represented her the best. She wrote "More Hearts Than Mine" with Sam Ellis and Derrick Southerland, with whom she also collaborated on "Lady Like", and produced it alongside Ellis. It was recorded at Rosebank Studio and mixed at Larrabee Studios. In another interview with Billboard, Andress revealed that she wrote the song in late 2018.
Andress disclosed that the inspiration for the song came from when she pondered over bringing her new boyfriend to her family, and that the song's title resulted from that decision. She explained that her family became attached to an ex-boyfriend of hers from college and did not want to see her family disappointed if her new relationship would not work out either. In an interview with Billboard, Andress revealed that she was not "entirely convinced" she wanted to write a song about the situation.
It was released for digital download and streaming by Warner Music Nashville on April 5, 2019. The aforementioned label sent the track for radio airplay on June 12, becoming Andress' first single to be submitted for radio. In January 2020, the song was confirmed to be the first single off her debut album. Another version of the track, with Karen Fairchild and Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town was later included on the deluxe edition of Lady Like (2020).
Composition
Musically, "More Hearts Than Mine" is a country ballad. In the song's chorus, Andress predicts how people close to her would react to her new relationship; her mother would fall in love with him instantly, her father would bond with him over "guy things" and pretend he doesn't like him, her sister would try to embarrass him by asking him "a million questions" and her high school friends would tell him about her "crazy nights". According to Jon Caramanica of The New York Times, the track is about "a love that lets you down that sounds like a tragedy even at the beginning, when there’s still hope". Carena Liptak of The Boot described "More Hearts Than Mine" as "a ballad about opening up to heartbreak by inviting a partner to meet your family in your hometown".
Reception and commercial performance
"More Hearts Than Mine" received widespread acclaim from music critics. Caramanica claimed that the song was "elegantly written". Chris Willman, writing for Variety, complimented Andress' decision to write the song, stating "no one has thought to write a hit song" about "the worry about how a breakup might affect family members who’ve fallen for a significant other as much as oneself". Taste of Country Billy Dukes stated about Andress that "there's something small-town relatable about her fears and observations" which "transcend the song". He affirmed that Andress "just dropped one of the best songs of 2019". Laura Whitmore of Parade called the track "a touching and beautifully crafted gem". People Nancy Kruh praised the song's lyrics, declaring that Andress "has also done the near-impossible, identifying a common human situation previously unexamined in country lyrics". Writing for HuffPost, Curtis Wong claimed that Andress is "at her most lyrically adventurous" on the song. Tom Roland of Billboard compared it to Bobbie Gentry's "Ode to Billy Joe" (1967) and declared that it is "setting [Andress] up as a smart musical documentarian".
Commercially, "More Hearts Than Mine" peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 55 on the Canadian Hot 100. It further reached the top five of both territories' country-specific charts. The song was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Music Canada (MC).
Promotion
The music video for the track premiered on April 24, 2019 via Billboard. It was directed by Sam Siske. The video begins with a woman arriving at her family's home in a car. Throughout the video, she is seen imagining how scenarios of being with her family at home or with her girl friends would be if she brought her lover. Interspersed shots of Andress playing a piano in the middle of a street and wandering through a corridor are shown during the video. It ends with the woman leaving her family's house. CMT named it the fifth best country music video of 2020.
After hearing Andress singing "Lady Like" at a country showcase in 2018, Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town invited her in July 2019 to perform "More Hearts Than Mine" and two other songs with fellow member Kimberly Schlapman as part of Cracker Barrel's "Five Decades, One Voice" initiative. In the same month Andress performed the song on American news and talk morning television show Today. On September 16, 2019 she sang "More Hearts Than Mine" live at Vevo. In October of the same year, Andress sang the track alongside "Lady Like" at the country music stage concert Grand Ole Opry. On March 19, 2020, the singer performed "More Hearts Than Mine" at YouTube Space New York. While performing the song at the 2020 CMT Music Awards, Andress broke down in tears. Her performance at the ceremony was lauded by Entertainment Tonight Jennifer Drysdale and Carl Lamarre of Billboard. On December 9, 2020 Andress sang the track at the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!. She included "More Hearts Than Mine" on the setlist for her November 18, 2021, show, which was part of her Feeling Things Tour (20212022).
In November 2021, American trio Girl Named Tom performed the song on the 21st season of The Voice. American singer Kelly Clarkson also covered "More Hearts Than Mine" for the "Kellyoke" segment of her variety talk show The Kelly Clarkson Show on February 3, 2022.
Accolades
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Lady Like.
Recording and management
Recorded at Rosebank Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
Mixed at Larrabee Studios (North Hollywood, California)
Mastered at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
Published by Songs of Universal Inc. / What Is an Ingrid / Straight from the Art Music / Songs for a Stone Heart / Universal Music Corp. / Happy Rock Publishing (BMI)
Personnel
Sam Ellissongwriter, producer, additional engineering, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, keyboards, programming, background vocals
Ingrid Andresslead vocals, songwriter, producer
Derrick Southerlandsongwriter
Manny Marroquinmixing
Chris Gallandmixing engineer
Robin Florentmixing engineer assistant
Scott Desmaraismixing engineer assistant
Devin Malonebaritone guitar, steel guitar
Andrew Mendelsonmastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
2019 debut singles
2019 songs
Ingrid Andress songs
Warner Records Nashville singles
Songs written by Ingrid Andress
Songs written by Sam Ellis (songwriter)
Country ballads |
11969280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh%20Gilbert%20%28musician%29 | Josh Gilbert (musician) | Josh Gilbert (born March 17, 1987) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer, who performs primarily metalcore. He currently performs bass as a member of Spiritbox. He has played with several acts, and first became known for his former role in As I Lay Dying. After their initial breakup, he formed Wovenwar with other members of As I Lay Dying. He is also a contributor to Alternative Press.
Career
Gilbert's musical career began with his first band Mothra in Birmingham, Alabama. Shortly after, they changed their name to This Endearing, and sent a demo to Tim Lambesis, frontman of As I Lay Dying. This Endearing disbanded in 2006 and Gilbert went on to join As I Lay Dying. Gilbert was As I Lay Dying's bassist from 2006 until 2014, when Lambesis was arrested. Before Lambesis' arrest, Gilbert performed in two of Lambesis' side-projects, Austrian Death Machine and Pyrithion. For the Pyrithion EP, Gilbert contributed bass as a session musician as well as JP Andrade on drums, with the official members being, Lambesis, Ryan Glissen (formerly of Allegaeon), and Andrew Godwin (formerly of Embodyment and The Famine). With Austrian Death Machine, Gilbert performed vocals on the two albums, Total Brutal and Double Brutal, and performed bass for the live band.
After Lambesis' arrest, the remaining members of AILD, guitarists Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso, and drummer Jordan Mancino formed Wovenwar. It was assumed that Gilbert was originally the vocalist, though it was later discovered that though he was, the primary vocalist was Shane Blay. After AILD went on hiatus, the band was approached by Brian Slagel, Metal Blade Records owner. The band has released two albums, Wovenwar (2014) and Honor Is Dead (2016).
Gilbert also performed in a project called Year One, together with Lee Turner, former bandmate and former drummer of Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, All In and This Endearing members Clayton Graves, Joseph McQueen, as well as Marko Gorupic of Legion and My Reply. In addition to touring full time with As I Lay Dying, he also co-owns and operates recording studio Sparrow Sound with his business partner Joseph McQueen out of Los Angeles.
Josh has also written/co-written for the likes of Bullet for My Valentine – "Venom" and "Skin" (2015), Light the Torch – Revival (2018) and Stitched Up Heart.
It was announced that Josh would be filling in, in Bill Crook's place, for Spiritbox for their 2022 shows. It was announced he had joined the band full-time on April 12, 2023.
Bands
Current
Wovenwar (2013–present)
Spiritbox (Touring 2022–2023, Full-Time Member 2023-present)
Former
Mothra (Gate City) (2003–2005)
This Endearing (2005–2007)
Year One (2010–2013)
As I Lay Dying (2006–2014, 2018–2022)
Live
Austrian Death Machine (2009–2014)
Session
Pyrithion (2013)
The End of an Age (2015)
Light the Torch (2018)
Ghost Atlas (2018)
Discography
As I Lay Dying
An Ocean Between Us (2007)
The Powerless Rise (2010)
Decas (compilation, 2011)
Awakened (2012)
Shaped by Fire (2019)
Wovenwar
Wovenwar (2014)
Honor Is Dead (2016)
Session
Pyrithion (2013) – Pyrithion
Times Are Lost (2015) – The End of an Age
Sleep Therapy: An Acoustic Performance (2018) – Ghost Atlas
Revival (2018) – Light the Torch
Guest performances
Total Brutal (2008) and Double Brutal (2009) – Austrian Death Machine
Eternal (2010) – War of Ages
Mechanical Weather (2012) – A Tragedy in Progress
"Afloat on Hope" (2013) – Heroes for Tonight
As producer
Bad Wolves – Dear Monsters (2021)
References
External links
Sparrow Sound
Stateside Management profile
Christian metal musicians
Living people
American performers of Christian music
As I Lay Dying (band) members
Wovenwar members
1987 births
21st-century American bass guitarists
Metalcore singers |
27612700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendua | Kendua | Kendua may refer to:
Kendua, Tangail, Dhanbari Upazila, Tangail District, Bangladesh
Kendua Upazila, an upazila in the Netrokona District of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Kendua, West Bengal, a census town in Malda district, West Bengal, India |
36735865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehar%20Region | Lehar Region | The Lehar (Serer & Laalaa : Laah or Laa, other variants : Lâ, Léhar, Laha or Laha ) is an area in the western part of Senegal, located in north of Thies.
The Lehar has around 18 villages including : Baam, Bapat, Bargaro, Bësia, Bicoona, Duuñë, Gogon, Haak, Jalkin, Jëëfuñ, Joy, Kaadaan, Kii, Kolobaan, Pambaal, Sowaaboon, Tuubi and Yindën. It is inhabited by the Serer people particularly the Laalaa people (a sub-group of the Serers). Their language Laalaa is closely related to Noon (the language of the Noon people). The Catholic congregation of Ursulines was established there in 1981.
History
Close to the pre-colonial Kingdom of Baol, this region was ruled by the Joof family for several centuries. In the 13th century, Maad Ndaah Njemeh Joof was the king (Maad) of Laah. Many of his descendants went on to hold this title including his grandson Maad Patar Kholleh Joof (the conqueror and Teigne of Baol). The Joof family that had ruled the pre-colonial Kingdoms of Sine and Saloum from the 14th to the 20th century comes from the line of Patar Kholleh.
See also
Lamane Jegan Joof
Tukar
Thies Region
Geography of Senegal
References
Further reading
Wade, André Demba, L’éclosion du mouvement mutualiste dans la région de Thiès au Sénégal (2001)
Fall, Papa Omar, "Linguistique et culture laalaa" (Lehar, Lehaar, Laalaa, Laala, Lala) [in] STYLOCULTURE (Retrieved : 16 August 2012)
Regions of Senegal
Thiès Region
Geography of Senegal |
69941565 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%20French%20Open%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20singles | 2022 French Open – Men's singles | Rafael Nadal defeated Casper Ruud in the final, 6–3, 6–3, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 French Open. It was his record-extending 14th French Open title and record-extending 22nd major title overall. It marked the first time in his career that he won the Australian Open and the French Open in the same calendar year. Nadal also became the third man to defeat four top 10 players en route to a major title since the introduction of ATP rankings in 1973 (after Mats Wilander in the 1982 French Open and Roger Federer in the 2017 Australian Open). Ruud became the first Norwegian man to reach a major quarterfinal, semifinal, and final (surpassing his father Christian), and the first Scandinavian man to do so since Robin Söderling in 2010.
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Nadal. Djokovic was attempting to equal Nadal's all-time record of 21 men's singles major titles and become the first man in history to achieve the triple career Grand Slam (he would complete the achievement the following year). Their quarterfinal match was their record-extending 59th encounter, and their 10th encounter at the French Open, which is an Open Era record for two players in one tournament.
Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev were in contention for the ATP No. 1 singles ranking. Following Djokovic's quarterfinal loss and Zverev's semifinal retirement, Djokovic retained the No. 1 ranking at the end of the tournament. One week later, on 13 June 2022, when points from the previous year's tournament were dropped, Medvedev reclaimed the top ranking, while Zverev reached into the new career high ranking of world No. 2, ending the Big Three's streak in the top 2 spots since 10 November 2003. Additionally, as Roger Federer did not enter the tournament, he fell outside of the top 50 in the ATP rankings for the first time since 5 June 2000.
Stefanos Tsitsipas' fourth-round loss guaranteed a first-time French Open finalist from the bottom half of the draw, and Ruud became that finalist. Holger Rune became the first Danish man to reach a major singles quarterfinal in the Open Era.
This was the first edition of the French Open to feature a tiebreak (10-point) in the fifth set when the match reached 6 games all. Camilo Ugo Carabelli and Aslan Karatsev became the first players to contest this tiebreak in the main draw in their first-round match. This tournament marked the first time since the 2002 Australian Open that Feliciano López failed to qualify for the main draw of a major, ending his record streak of 79 consecutive major appearances. It was also the final professional tournament for former world No. 5 and 2008 Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who lost in the first round to Ruud.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Seeded players
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 16 May 2022. Rankings and points before are as of 23 May 2022.
Because the 2022 tournament takes place one week earlier than in 2021, points from the 2020 and 2021 tournaments will not be dropped until 13 June 2022, one week after the end of the 2022 tournament. Those points are accordingly not reflected in the table below. Instead of points from the 2020 and 2021 tournaments, players will be dropping either (a) points from tournaments held during the week of 24 May 2021 (Belgrade 2 and Parma) or (b) their 19th best result.
Note that this is a different rankings adjustment system than the one that the WTA is using for the women's tournament.
† This column shows either (a) the player's points from tournaments held during the week of 24 May 2021 (Belgrade 2 and Parma) or (b) his 19th best result (in brackets). Points from the 2020 and 2021 French Open will not be dropped until 13 June 2022, one week after the end of the 2022 tournament, and are accordingly not shown in this table.
Withdrawn players
The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began.
Other entry information
Wild cards
Sources:
Protected ranking
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Withdrawals
– not included on entry list& – withdrew from entry list
Rank date: 11 April 2022
Sources:
Explanatory notes
References
External links
Main draw
French Open 2022
(ATP) tournament profile
Men's Singles
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3834700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20childhood%20caries | Early childhood caries | Early childhood caries (ECC), formerly known as nursing bottle caries, baby bottle tooth decay, night bottle mouth and night bottle caries, is a disease that affects teeth in children aged between birth and 71 months. ECC is characterized by the presence of 1 or more decayed (noncavitated or cavitated lesions), missing (due to caries), or filled tooth surfaces in any primary tooth. ECC has been shown to be a very common, transmissible bacterial infection, usually passed from the primary caregiver to the child. The main bacteria responsible for dental caries are Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) and Lactobacillus. There is also evidence that supports that those who are in lower socioeconomic populations are at greater risk of developing ECC.
Aetiology
Early childhood caries (ECC) is a multi-factorial disease, referring to various risk factors that inter-relate to increase risk of developing the disease. These risk factors include but not limits to, cariogenic bacteria, diet practices and socioeconomic factors. Normally after 6 months, deciduous teeth begin to erupt means, they are susceptible to tooth decay or dental caries. In some unfortunate cases, infants and young children have experienced severe tooth decay called ECC. This can result in the child experiencing severe pain, extensive dental restorations or extractions. The good news is that ECC is preventable, however, still remains a large burden particularly towards health care expenditure.
Microbial factors
The primary cariogenic bacteria involved in ECC are S. mutans and Lactobacillus. The oral flora in an infant oral cavity is not colonised with normal oral flora until the eruption of the primary dentition at approximately 6 to 30 months of age. The colonisation of S. Mutans from mother to infant is well documented. Over time this combination of food debris and bacteria form a biofilm on the tooth surface called plaque. In plaque, the cariogenic microorganisms are those that produce lactic acid as a by-product from fermentable carbohydrates. Examples of these fermentable carbohydrates include fructose, sucrose and glucose. Cariogenic bacteria thrive on these sugars and help them to weaken the adjacent tooth surface. A poor oral care routine and a diet that is high in fermentable carbohydrates favour acidic attack in the oral cavity. This prolonged acidic exposure allows the net loss of minerals from the tooth. This diminishes the strength of the tooth and is called demineralisation. For the outer layer of the tooth (enamel) to reach cavitation, there is a breakdown of the enamel matrix that allows the influx of the cariogenic bacteria. As cavitation progresses into dentine, the dental caries is classified severe, this causes ECC.
Dietary factors
Diet plays a key role in the process of dental caries. The type of foods along with the frequency at which they are consumed can determine the risk it puts for also developing carious lesions. With new products being put on supermarket shelves with irresistible prices, this can largely influence what people buy. It is common for infants and young children to frequently consume fermentable carbohydrates, in the form of liquids. The consumption of liquids containing fermentable carbohydrate, include drinks such as: juice, breast milk, formula, soda. These consumables all have the potential to increase the risk of dental caries due to prolonged contact between sugars in the liquid and cariogenic bacteria on the tooth surface.
Recent research has shown that breastfeeding does not increase caries risk up to 12 months of age. Poor feeding practices without appropriate preventive measures can lead to a distinctive pattern of caries in susceptible infants and toddlers commonly known as baby bottle tooth decay or ECC. Frequent and long duration bottle feeding, especially at night, is associated with ECC. This finding can be attributed to the fact that there is less salivary flow at night and hence less capacity for buffering and remineralisation. Each time a child drinks these liquids, acids attack for 20 minutes or longer. A parent's education and health awareness has a major influence on the caries experience of their child - feeding practices, dietary habits and food choices.
Socioeconomic factors
Dental caries still today, remains the most prevalent disease worldwide. This means the disease is highly preventable, yet it is still burdening millions of children and into adulthood with pain and potentially lower quality of life. There are several studies by Locker and Mota-Veloso reporting that there is a two-way relationship that exists between dental caries and levels of education, household income that effect quality of life and social positioning. Locker suggested that the relationship between oral disease and health-related quality of life outcomes can be mediated by personal and environmental variables. Previous studies have also mentioned that the rate of ECC has decreased. However, these results can tend to dis-include communities where equity still exists. More health promotion initiatives and policy-making that collaborate directly with the community to increase meeting their needs, should be implemented.
While the primary aetiology is due to microbial factors, it is also largely influenced by the social, behavioral and economic determinants in which children are surrounded by. such factors include living in a low income earning family that may not have the budget to afford visiting a dental clinic. Secondly, having limited access to healthcare and education where important messages about the consumption of carcinogenic foods are not being transferred to children or their parents. Distribution of budget should be made to reach rural and remote communities to implement health promotion strategies to increase awareness about diet and oral hygiene.
The education, occupation and income of families also greatly affects the quality of life. Children greatly rely on their parents or guardians for help concerning their health and well-being. Studies have shown that families of lower socioeconomic status are less likely to regularly attend the dentist and access preventive dental resources. ECC also has an accumulative effect for those that live in rural areas.
Prevention
Early childhood caries can be prevented through the combination of the following: adhering to a healthy nutritional diet, optimal plaque removal, use of fluoridation on the tooth surface once erupted, care taken by the mother during the pre-natal and peri-natal period and regular dental visits. The following are recommendations to help prevent ECC.
Adequate diet
Dietary habits and the presence of cariogenic bacteria within the oral cavity are an important factor in the risk of ECC. ECC is commonly caused by bottle feeding, frequent snacking and a high sugar diet.
In regards to preventing ECC through bottle feeding, it is fundamental not to allow the child to sleep using 'sippy cups' or bottles as this is a large factor contributing to baby bottle decay/caries. This is highly encouraged as it prevents continuous exposure to non-milk extrinsic sugars and therefore the potential progression of caries – this means the oral cavity can return to a neutral pH and therefore decreased acidity. These researches also suggest trying to introduce cups to children as they approach their first birthday and to reduce the use of a bottle.
A low-sugar and high nutritional diet is recommended for both the mother and the child especially during breastfeeding, and it is also recommended to avoid frequent snacking.
A 2019 Cochrane review concluded that there is a 15% drop in risk of developing ECC when mothers with infants or pregnant women are given advice on a healthy child diet and feeding practices.
Optimal plaque removal
On eruption of the first primary tooth in a child, tooth brushing and cleaning should be performed by an adult. This is important as the plaque that attaches to the surface of the tooth has bacteria that have the ability to cause caries (decay) on the tooth surface.
It is recommended to brush children's teeth using a soft bristled, age and size appropriate toothbrush and age appropriate toothpaste twice daily, however children below the age of two usually don't require toothpaste. These researches also suggest that it is suitable to brush children's teeth until they reach the approximate age of 6; where they will begin to learn adequate dexterity and cognition needed for adequate brushing by themselves. It is encouraged to watch children brushing their teeth until they are competently able to brush appropriately alone.
Fluoride
Fluoride is a natural mineral that naturally occurs throughout the world – it is also the active ingredient of many toothpastes specifically for its remineralizing effects on enamel, often repairing the tooth surface and reducing the risk of caries.
The use of fluoridated toothpaste is highly recommended by dental professionals; whereby studies suggest that the correct daily use of fluoride on the dentition of children has a high caries-preventive effect and therefore prevents has potential to prevent ECC. However, it is important to use fluoridated toothpastes correctly; children below the age of two do not usually require toothpaste unless they are already at a high risk of ECC as diagnosed by a dental professional, and therefore it is recommended to use a small sized 'smear' of toothpaste to incorporate fluoride, with caution removing the toothpaste from within the mouth and not allowing the child to swallow the substances.
Pre-natal and peri-natal period
Prevention of early childhood caries begins before the baby is born; women are advised to maintain a well-balanced diet of high nutritional value, especially during the third trimester and within the infants first year of life. This is since enamel undergoes maturation; if the diet is not sufficient, a common condition that may occur is enamel hypoplasia.
Enamel hypoplasia is a developmental defect of enamel that occurs during tooth development, mainly pre-natally or during early childhood. Teeth affected by enamel hypoplasia are commonly at a higher risk of caries since there is an increased loss of minerals and therefore the tooth surface is able to breakdown more easily than in comparison to a non-hypoplastic tooth. It is therefore suggested to the mother to maintain a healthy diet since evidence suggests malnourishment during the perinatal period increases the risk of hypoplastic teeth in an infant.
Dental visits
It is recommended to parents and caregivers to take their children to a dental professional for examination as soon as the first few teeth start to erupt into the oral cavity. The dental professional will assess all the present dentition for early carious demineralization and may provide recommendations to the parents or caregivers the best way to prevent ECC and what actions to take.
Studies suggest that children who have attended visits within the first few years of life (an early preventive dental visit) potentially experience less dental related issues and incur lower dental related costs throughout their lives.
Treatment
The current standard of care for Severe Early Childhood Caries includes restoration and extraction of carious teeth and, where possible, includes early intervention which includes application of topical fluoride, oral hygiene instructions and education.
The initial visit is important as it allows dental professionals to flag unfavourable behaviour or eating habits. This will also allow dental clinician, working in a collaborative team, to perform diagnostic testing to determine the rate and progression of the disease. This is done by performing risk assessment based on the child's age, as well as the social, behavioural, and medical history of the child. Children at low risk may not need any restorative therapy, and frequent visits should be made to detect possible early lesions. Children at moderate risk may require restoration of progressing and cavitated lesions, while white spot and enamel proximal lesions should be treated by preventive techniques and monitored for progression. Children at high risk, however, may require earlier restorative intervention of enamel proximal lesions, as well as intervention of progressing and cavitated lesions to minimize continual caries development. As Early Childhood Caries occurs in children under the age of 5, restorative treatment is conventionally performed under general anesthetic to prevent a traumatic experience for the child. Still, the literature shows a high rate of caries relapse after treatment under general anesthesia, sometimes as early as 6 months after treatment was rendered.
Dental professionals now have a safe, inexpensive, and less invasive option to manage Early Childhood Caries: Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) is a liquid containing silver and fluoride that can be brushed on teeth to stop decay, relieve sensitivity, and prevent cavities from getting worse. Silver kills the bacteria that cause tooth decay and fluoride helps strengthen the tooth. SDF is applied directly to the area of decay without first having to drill the tooth. SDF is an inexpensive option that is simple to apply; however, although it stops the decay from progressing, it does not fill the cavity, and the tooth may still need to be restored with a filling or crown. After treatment with SDF, arrested decay will become black, but a dental provider can cover the treated area with a white filling material if needed. This may be less of a problem in baby teeth, which will be lost as the child ages, than for permanent teeth. Even so, because applying SDF is quick, it may be especially helpful for young children and other patients who have trouble sitting still during dental treatments, avoiding the need for sedation or general anesthesia. However, the use of SDF remains controversial and more good quality research is needed to be conclusive on its effectiveness, its need and its adverse effects on early caries and children's health especially for those in developed countries. This is particularly important in light of the FDA warnings about using general anesthetics and sedation in young children. The American Dental Association recognizes SDF as an effective approach to conservatively manage dental decay.
Depending on the level of cavitation of the teeth, different types of restorations may be employed. Stainless steel (preformed) crowns are pre-fabricated crown forms which can be adapted to individual primary molars and cemented in place to provide a definitive restoration or can be fitted using the Hall Technique. They have been indicated for the restoration of primary and permanent teeth with caries where a normal filling may not last.
Another approach of treating dental caries in young children is Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART). The ART is a procedure based on removing carious tooth tissues using hand instruments alone and restoring the cavity with an adhesive restorative material. This is useful to prevent trauma and requires less chair time for the young patients. This is used in cases where the teeth are being maintained in the mouth to maintain space for the future teeth to come through. Low quality evidence indicates that ART may have a higher risk of filling failure when compared to usual care. Despite the potential for filling failure, ART is still recommended for children when access to electricity, drills, dentists, or other dental resources are limited.
References
16.Maternal Perception about Early Childhood Caries in Nigeria in Kalipeni, E.; Iwelunmor, J.; Grigsby-Toussaint, D.; and Moise, I. K. (eds.) (In Press, June 2018). Public Health, Disease and Development in Africa. London: Routledge Publishers.
External links
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
American Dental Association ADA page on early childhood tooth decay
Columbia Center Comparison of Dental Surgery versus Caries Suppression with other treatments
Children's Dental Health Project
Acquired tooth disorders
Tooth decay |
32536476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva%20Conventions%20and%20United%20Nations%20Personnel%20%28Protocols%29%20Act%202009 | Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 | The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009 (c 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was enacted to give effect to the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel.
Section 1
This section amends the Geneva Conventions Act 1957. It came into force on 5 April 2010. It was extended, with modifications, to Guernsey, on 15 January 2011.
Section 2
This section amends section 4 of the United Nations Personnel Act 1997. It came into force on 28 July 2010.
Section 3 - Commencement, extent and short title
This section came into force on the beginning of 2 July 2009.
See also
Geneva Conventions
References
Halsbury's Statutes,
External links
The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009, as amended from the National Archives.
The Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
Explanatory notes to the Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009.
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2009
National laws incorporating the Geneva Conventions |
64062083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmytro%20Teryomenko | Dmytro Teryomenko | Dmytro Vasylovych Teryomenko (; born 1 February 1987) is a Ukrainian professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Tours VB and the Ukraine national team.
Honours
Club
CEV Cup
2021–22 – with Tours VB
Domestic
2006–07 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2006–07 Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2007–08 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2008–09 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2008–09 Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2009–10 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2009–10 Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2010–11 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2010–11 Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2011–12 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2011–12 Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2012–13 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2012–13 Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2013–14 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2013–14 Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2014–15 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2014–15 Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2015–16 Ukrainian Cup, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2015–16 Ukrainian Championship, with Lokomotiv Kharkiv
2018–19 French Cup, with Tours VB
2018–19 French Championship, with Tours VB
2022–23 French Cup, with Tours VB
2022–23 French Championship, with Tours VB
Universiade
2015 Summer Universiade
Individual awards
2016: Ukrainian Championship – Most valuable player
2016: Ukrainian Championship – Best middle blocker
References
External links
Player profile at PlusLiga.pl
Player profile at Volleybox.net
1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kharkiv Oblast
Ukrainian men's volleyball players
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate volleyball players in Russia
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate volleyball players in France
VC Belogorie players
Czarni Radom players
Tours Volley-Ball players
AZS Olsztyn (volleyball) players
Middle blockers |
11921958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoli | Deoli | Deoli may refer to:
Places
Deoli, Delhi
Deoli, Maharashtra
Deoli, Rajasthan
Deoli, Uttarakhand
Constituencies
Deoli (Delhi Assembly constituency)
Deoli (Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Other use
Deoli Irregular Force |
5744212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRC%20%28file%20format%29 | LRC (file format) | LRC (short for LyRiCs) is a computer file format that synchronizes song lyrics with an audio file, such as MP3, Vorbis or MIDI. When an audio file is played with certain music players on a computer or on modern digital audio players, the song lyrics are displayed. The lyrics file generally has the same name as the audio file, with a different filename extension. For example, song.mp3 and song.lrc. The LRC format is text-based and similar to subtitle files.
File format
Simple format
Simple LRC format was introduced by Taiwan-based Kuo (Djohan) Shiang-shiang's Lyrics Displayer. It was one of the first programs, if not the first, that attempted to simulate Karaoke performance. It usually displays a whole line of lyrics, but it is possible to display a word at a time, such as one would see in modern Karaoke machines, by creating a time tag for each word rather than each line. Kuo's Lyrics Displayer was created in 1998 and was accompanied with a plug-in for Winamp.
The Line Time Tags are in the format [mm:ss.xx] where mm is minutes, ss is seconds and xx is hundredths of a second. Basic example:
[00:12.00]Line 1 lyrics
[00:17.20]Line 2 lyrics
[00:21.10][00:45.10]Repeating lyrics (e.g. chorus)
...
[mm:ss.xx]last lyrics line
ID tags may appear before the lyrics, although some players may not recognize or simply ignore this.
[ar:Lyrics artist]
[al:Album where the song is from]
[ti:Lyrics (song) title]
[au:Creator of the Songtext]
[length:How long the song is]
[by:Creator of the LRC file]
[offset:+/- Overall timestamp adjustment in milliseconds, + shifts time up, - shifts down i.e. a positive value causes lyrics to appear sooner, a negative value causes them to appear later]
[re:The player or editor that created the LRC file]
[ve:version of program]
Example with ID tags:
[ar:Chubby Checker oppure Beatles, The]
[al:Hits Of The 60's - Vol. 2 – Oldies]
[ti:Let's Twist Again]
[au:Written by Kal Mann / Dave Appell, 1961]
[length: 2:23]
[00:12.00]Naku Penda Piya-Naku Taka Piya-Mpenziwe
[00:15.30]Some more lyrics ...
...
Walaoke extension: gender
Available only in Walaoke from Walasoft. The ability to change and specify the gender of the lyrics by using M: Male, F: Female, D: Duet.
Example:
[00:12.00]Line 1 lyrics
[00:17.20]F: Line 2 lyrics
[00:21.10]M: Line 3 lyrics
[00:24.00]Line 4 lyrics
[00:28.25]D: Line 5 lyrics
[00:29.02]Line 6 lyrics
Let's say we use blue for male, red for female and pink for Duet.
Line 1 using the default color (blue) when no tag is found.
Line 2 lyrics start with red when F: is found.
Line 3 lyrics start with blue when M: is found.
Line 4 lyrics stays blue when no tag is found.
Line 5 lyrics start with pink when D: is found.
Line 6 lyrics stays pink when no tag is found.
A2 extension: word time tag
Enhanced LRC format is an extension of Simple LRC Format developed by the designer of A2 Media Player.
The differences:
The line timestamp is the end of the previous word.
This allows LRC players to determine the duration of the previous word, and when to display the next line.
Adds a Word Time Tag in the format: <mm:ss.xx>.
Format example:
[mm:ss.xx] <mm:ss.xx> line 1 word 1 <mm:ss.xx> line 1 word 2 <mm:ss.xx> ... line 1 last word <mm:ss.xx>
[mm:ss.xx] <mm:ss.xx> line 2 word 1 <mm:ss.xx> line 2 word 2 <mm:ss.xx> ... line 2 last word <mm:ss.xx>
...
[mm:ss.xx] <mm:ss.xx> last line word 1 <mm:ss.xx> last line word 2 <mm:ss.xx> ... last line last word <mm:ss.xx>
Example of an Enhanced LRC file:
[ar: Jefferson Airplane]
[al: Surrealistic Pillow]
[au: Jefferson Airplane]
[length: 2:58]
[by: lrc-maker]
[ti: Somebody to Love]
[00:00.00] <00:00.04> When <00:00.16> the <00:00.82> truth <00:01.29> is <00:01.63> found <00:03.09> to <00:03.37> be <00:05.92> lies
[00:06.47] <00:07.67> And <00:07.94> all <00:08.36> the <00:08.63> joy <00:10.28> within <00:10.53> you <00:13.09> dies
[00:13.34] <00:14.32> Don't <00:14.73> you <00:15.14> want <00:15.57> somebody <00:16.09> to <00:16.46> love
Support
Hardware or OEM Software
Huawei's, Samsung's, and Xiaomi's smartphone built-in Music Player
Meizu's M3 Music Card and M6 Mini Player
Creative Labs' MuVo V100
Archos 5, when LRC file found with the same name as the song
Rockbox compatible devices. See Manual entry
Nokia's Symbian devices: "Music Player with lyrics available for selected software versions of Nokia 5800XM, X6 and 5230"
Sony NWZ-E350 Series/E450 Series/E460 Series/E470 Series/A15/A17 Walkman; Sony Tablet S (With an embedded music player based on Android)
Caanoo, when LRC file found with the same name as the song
GP2X Wiz, when LRC file found with the same name as the song
TEAC MP-222, when LRC file found with the same name as the song
Transcend's MP330, when LRC file found with the same name as the song
Cocktail Audio X40, X50 when LRC file found with the same name as the song
Software
Modern Applications
Musicolet Music Player for Android (supports Creating and Viewing synchronized lyrics in LRC format)
Akari's LRC Maker (open-source online simple LRC maker/editor) (GitHub link)
LyricsX (open-source, MacOS App Store approved application to view lyrics on screen and/or Touch Bar of MacBooks) (App Store link) (GitHub link)
LRC Maker (online simple and enhanced LRC maker/editor)
KaraFun Player (a third-party application that can visualise both simple and enhanced lrc files)
Other
Tauon Music Box (for Linux)
Sony Media Go (for Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP, Create and edit lyrics)
K-Multimedia Player
lrcShow-X (free software for X Window System, uses D-Bus to communicate with audio player)
MiniLyrics (for Windows, Mac OS X & Android, own a large LRC database)
StepMania
OSD Lyrics (for Linux)
Kodi (up to v15) / Boxee
Plex (software)
Foobar2000 (with foo_uie_lyrics component)
Mediabox (for Nokia Maemo)
ptlyrics (for Palm OS)
MusicBee
LineSpec displays lyrics in combination with a few media players
YouTube Movie Maker (can make lyric videos)
Lyrimer
Neutron Player for Android Mobile Devices
AutoLyric
AIMP (with WebLyrics v0.2 Preview and MyClouds plugin)
Retro Music Player
Medoly (for Android, also supports Enhanced LRC formats and other lyric formats)
LRCMakerPro for Android Devices
Vanilla Music (with Lyrics search plugin)
OneStagePlayer
mpv
SubtitleEdit
Poweramp (beta)
See also
Karaoke and *.kar files.
CD+G
MP3+G
Timed Text
LrcGenerator
References
Subtitle file formats
Lyrics |
16671988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Comer | George Comer | Captain George Comer (April 1858 – 1937) was considered the most famous American whaling captain of Hudson Bay, and the world's foremost authority on Hudson Bay Inuit in the early 20th century.
Comer was a polar explorer, whaler/sealer, ethnologist, cartographer, author, and photographer. He made 14 Arctic and three Antarctic voyages in his lifetime. These expeditions (ca. 1875–1919) commonly began in New London, Connecticut or New Bedford, Massachusetts. Comer's circle of friends and colleagues included other notable explorers of the time, such as Robert Peary and Capt. Frederick Cook, and his mentor, Franz Boas, the "Father of American Anthropology".
Personal life
Comer was born in Quebec City, Canada East in 1858. His father was English, and his mother was Irish. The family immigrated to the United States in 1860 and Comer grew up in East Haddam, Connecticut. He attended school for only two years. After Comer's father was lost at sea, his mother couldn't support the children. Subsequently, Comer spent time in an orphanage and an East Haddam foster home.
In 1877, Comer (age 19), married Julia Chipman (age 20; born in Pennsylvania) and they made their home on Mount Parnassus Road in East Haddam. They had two children:
daughter, Nellie G. (born April 1878), and son, Thomas L. (April 1886 – 1930), a seaship officer.
Arctic expeditions
Comer made the first of his Arctic voyages at age 17 on the whaler Nile bound for Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island in 1875. From 1889 to 1891, he made three cruises on the schooner Era to southeastern Baffin Island. These were followed by 15 months whaling on the Canton during 1893–1894.
After 20 years of seafaring, Comer became captain of his first ship in 1895. From 1895 to 1912, Comer was the master on six whaling cruises to the Hudson Bay, including wintering in Roes Welcome Sound, on the Era (wrecked off Newfoundland in 1906) (Eber, 1989, pp. 25), and the A. T. Gifford.
While wintering in the Hudson Bay, Comer became acquainted with and concerned for the Aivilingmiut, Netsilingmiut, and Qaernermiut. Comer hired the Caribou Inuit men as whaling hands and they supplied caribou meat for his crew saving them from developing scurvy. The Inuit women made caribou clothing for Comer's men, vital for survival through Arctic winters. Comer photographed the Inuit on many occasions and for that he was given the Inuktitut name "Angakkuq" (meaning, "the shaman"), as the images were not a reality easily understood by the Inuit.
Comer developed a bond with an Aivilik woman named Niviatsianaq (or Nivisanaaq), referred to amongst Inuit as "Shoofly Comer". She was Comer's traveling companion on his ships for several years, bringing her son Oudlanak, referred to as "John Ell", who was rumored to be Comer's biological son, with her. Comer fathered at least one other child while in Hudson Bay with an Inuit woman named Ooktok, Laurent Pameolik (1911–?). Pameolik was adopted by Shoofly and the shaman Angutimarik after the death of his birth mother.
In 1906, New York City furrier F. N. Monjo purchased the Era and hired Capt. Comer as its captain, but Comer wrecked the vessel on the island of Miquelon, off Newfoundland, later that year. Comer then became captain of Monjo's next purchase, the schooner A. T. Gifford, which he commanded from 1907 until 1912. This whaler operated out of New London, Connecticut, for the 1907 voyage and New Bedford, MA, for the 1910 voyage, hunting for whales and furs, and wintering at Cape Fullerton.
His 1907 Anthony Fiala expedition was chartered to establish supply bases in the Arctic in preparation for a second team who would attempt to the reach the North Pole. Comer retired from whaling in 1912.
In 1915, Comer served as ice master on the George B. Cluett, chartered by the American Museum of Natural History to bring back Donald MacMillan's men from the Crocker Land Expedition at Etah, in northern Greenland. En route, the Cluett became ice trapped for two years, giving Comer opportunity to perform archaeological excavations at Mount Dundas (Umánaq, Uummannaq or Umanak), a hill near Pituffik, where he unearthed evidence of what is now referred to as the Thule people, ancestors of the Inuit. His find is called "Comer's Midden" as it included a kitchen-midden.
Comer's last Arctic trip occurred in 1919, in part as a farewell to his Inuit friends. It was a charter by Arctic explorer/ethnologist Christian Leden to study amongst the Inuit. But the schooner, the Finback, grounded at Cape Fullerton and was lost. An investigation was made into the grounding, and the circumstances were found to be suspect. For Comer, the benefit of the accident was the time extension he had with his long-time Inuit friends.
Antarctic expeditions
Comer visited Antarctica on several sealing voyages, including: South Georgia (October 9, 1885 – February 11, 1886) and Kerguelen Island (November 24, 1887 – February 5, 1888).
On his third voyage, he was Second Mate on the American schooner, the Francis Alleyn that sealed at Gough Island (August 22, 1888 – January 23, 1889). Comer is noted as having written the first account of the island's endemic flightless moorhen, the species Gallinula comeri, named after him. Comer wrote of them:
They cannot fly and only use their wings to help them in running ... They are quite plentiful and can be caught by hand. Could not get on a table three feet high. The bushes grow on the island up to about , and these birds are found as far up as the bushes grow ... Tip of bill bright yellow, scarlet between the eyes. Legs and feet yellow, with reddish spots.
Ethnologist and cartographer
Comer was highly regarded for his Arctic anthropology, ethnology, natural history, geography, and cartography work. Lacking formal training, Comer was mentored by anthropologist Franz Boas. In return, Comer provided Boas with information that was used by Boas's in his 1888 book, The Central Eskimo.
Comer published papers in 1910 and 1913 in the Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York providing improved maps and charts of Southampton Island. In appreciation for his cartography, the government of Canada named the narrow strait around the bend of Roes Welcome Sound that separates northern Southampton Island from White Island "Comer Strait" () in his honor.
Comer also published notes in American Anthropologist (1923) about Southampton Island's isolated Sadlermiut who became extinct in 1902. Subsequent to their extinction, Comer attempted to repopulate Southampton Island at the exceedingly flat Cape Kendall on the island's western shore, northwest of the Bay of Gods Mercy, with Aivilik. Shoofly's only child, Oudlanak ("John Ell"), was the Aivilik group leader. However, within a year, the Aivilik moved to South Bay (an inner cove on the south side of Southampton Island) and they occasionally crossed to Repulse Bay when weather permitted.
In November 1903, Comer recorded Aivilingmiut and Qaernermiut songs on a phonograph while in northwestern Hudson Bay, notable as some of the earliest recorded voices of Inuit. Frozen in the ice at Cape Fullerton during the winters of 1910–1912, he made phonograph records of local Inuit, and preserved Adelaide Peninsula's Iluilirmiut folklore and legends. On board the Era, Comer made plaster casts of their faces. The 300 masks can be found in museums in Germany, Canada, and New York. The Canadian Museum of Civilization bought a large collection of Comer's artifacts in 1913, including a group of animal ivories (fox, musk ox, narwhal, polar bear, wolf), most of which, if not all, were created by "Harry" Ippaktuq Tasseok (or Teseuke), Chief of the Aivilingmiut, and Comer's chief Inuit shipmate while wintering at Cape Fullerton. Commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History, Comer also collected Arctic and Antarctic animal skins, birds, bird's eggs, and geological specimens now at the museum's Comer Collection.
Later years
Comer retired in East Haddam, but he continued to send presents to his Inuit friends. He remained active, serving in the Connecticut State Legislature. He was in ill health in his latter years, and died in East Haddam in 1937 at the age 79.
Vessels
Green mate, Nile (whaler), 1875
Mate, Era (whaler), 1889–1892
Mate, Canton (whaler), 1893–1894
Master, Era (schooner), 1895–1906
Master, A. T. Gifford (whaling/sealing schooner of New Bedford), 1907–1912
Master, George B. Cluett, 1915–1917
Lt. J. G. George Comer, navigation officer, U.S.S. Radnor (freighter) and U.S.S. Wyska (freighter), 1918–1919
Lt. George Comer, 2nd officer, U.S.S. Elinor (steamship), 1919
Master, Finback (auxiliary schooner), 1919
Master, Blossom (schooner), 1923–1924
Partial bibliography
Awards and honors
Fellow in the council of the American Geographical Society
Named in his honor:
Comer Strait, off Southampton Island, Nunavut
Gallinula comeri, flightless bird on Gough Island
References
External links
The Papers of George Comer at Dartmouth College Library
1858 births
1937 deaths
American explorers
American people in whaling
Anglophone Quebec people
Explorers of Antarctica
Explorers of Canada
Explorers of the Arctic
Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
People from East Haddam, Connecticut
People from Quebec City
Sea captains
United States Navy officers
Emigrants from the British Empire to the United States |
59792401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus%20Zuiko%20Digital%20ED%2050-200mm%20f/2.8-3.5 | Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 | The Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 50-200mm F2.8-3.5 is an interchangeable lens for Four Thirds system digital single-lens reflex cameras announced by Olympus Corporation during the system launch on June 24, 2003. The SWD version is equipped with an ultrasonic motor for focusing, and was introduced in 2007 with the Olympus E-3.
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20111024173852/http://asia.olympus-imaging.com/products/dslr/lenses/50-200_28-35
External links
Camera lenses introduced in 2003
050-200mm 1:2.8-3.5 |
21477970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy%27s%20Reward%20Club%20Chase | Paddy's Reward Club Chase | |}
The Paddy's Reward Club Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Ireland. It is run at Leopardstown Racecourse in December, over a distance of about 2 miles and 1 furlong (3,420 metres) and during the race there are 11 fences to be jumped. The race was first run in 1998 as a Listed race, before being run as a Grade 1 race from 2007 onwards. The race is sponsored by Paddy Power bookmakers and has had various titles promoting Paddy Power products during its history. The 2019 race was run as the Paddy's Rewards Club "Loyalty's Dead, Live For Rewards" Chase.
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
Big Zeb – 2008, 2010, 20011
Leading jockey (3 wins):
Ruby Walsh – Papillon (1998, 2000), Douvan (2016)
Barry Geraghty – Moscow Flyer (2002, 2003), Big Zeb (2010)
Paul Townend - Golden Silver (2009), Twinlight (2014), Chacun Pour Soi (2020)
Leading trainer (5 wins):
Willie Mullins - Golden Silver (2009), Twinlight (2014), Douvan (2016), Chacun Pour Soi (2020), Blue Lord (2022)
Winners
See also
Horse racing in Ireland
List of Irish National Hunt races
References
Racing Post:
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National Hunt races in Ireland
National Hunt chases
Leopardstown Racecourse
Recurring sporting events established in 1998
1998 establishments in Ireland |
8530520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta%20Schr%C3%B6der | Greta Schröder | Greta Schröder (27 June 1892 – 8 June 1980) was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and Count Orlok's victim in Nosferatu (1922). In the fictionalized 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, she is portrayed as having been a famous actress during the making of Nosferatu, but in fact she was little known. The bulk of her career was during the 1920s, and she continued to act well into the 1950s, but by the 1930s her roles had diminished to only occasional appearances. Following a failed marriage with struggling actor Ernst Matray, she was married to actor and film director Paul Wegener.
According to the Austrian writer Kay Weniger, Greta Schröder died in 1980, though some sources mention 1967.
Filmography
Actress
1913: Die Insel der Seligen
1920: The Red Peacock as Alfred's sister
1920: The Golem: How He Came into the World as a lady of the court
1920: The Closed Chain
1921: The Lost Shadow as Countess Dorothea Durande
1921: Circus of Life as Alegria
1921: Marizza as Sadja
1921: Nosferatu as Ellen Hutter
1922: Es leuchtet meine Liebe
1923: Brüder
1923: Paganini as Antonia Paganini
1930: Die zwölfte Stunde - Eine Nacht des Grauens (re-edited version of Nosferatu with sound)
1937: Victoria the Great as Baroness Lehzen
1938: Sixty Glorious Years as Baroness Lehzen
1943: Melody of a Great City
1943: Wild Bird as Jutta Lossen
1945: Kolberg as Sophie Marie von Voß
1951: Maria Theresa
1953: Stars Over Colombo
1953: Anna Louise and Anton
Writer
1915: Zucker und Zimt
1916: Das Phantom der Oper
References in popular culture
In the 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, which depicted the production of Nosferatu, Catherine McCormack portrayed Greta Schröder.
References
External links
Text of a letter by Greta Schröder from 1911
1892 births
1980 deaths
German stage actresses
German film actresses
German silent film actresses
20th-century German actresses |
5376779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20shooter | Active shooter | Active shooter is a term used to describe the perpetrator of an ongoing mass shooting. The term is primarily used to characterize shooters who are targeting victims indiscriminately and at a large scale, who oftentimes, will either commit suicide or intend to be killed by police. More generally, an active perpetrator of a mass murder may be referred to as an active killer.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines an active shooter as "one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.", excluding self-defense, gang or drug violence, crossfire, and domestic disputes. The United States Department of Homeland Security defines an active shooter as "an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims."
Most incidents occur at locations in which the killers find little impediment in pressing their attack. Locations are generally described as soft targets, that is, they carry limited security measures to protect members of the public. In most instances, shooters die by suicide, are shot by police, or surrender when confrontation with responding law enforcement becomes unavoidable, and active shooter events are often over in 10 to 15 minutes. "According to New York City Police Department (NYPD) statistics, 46percent of active shooter incidents are ended by the application of force by police or security, 40percent end in the shooter's suicide, 14percent of the time the shooter surrenders, and in less than 1percent of cases the violence ends with the attacker fleeing."
Terminology
The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines an active shooter as "one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.", excluding self-defense, gang or drug violence, crossfire, and domestic disputes.
The United States Department of Homeland Security defines an active shooter as "an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims."
The terminology "active shooter" is critiqued by some academics. There have been several mass stabbings that have high casualty counts, for instance in Belgium (Dendermonde nursery attack; 1 adult and 2 infants dead), Canada (2014 Calgary stabbing; 5 adults dead), China (2008 Beijing Drum Tower stabbings; 1 adult dead), Japan (Osaka School Massacre and Sagamihara stabbings; 8 children and 19 sleeping disabled adults dead, respectively), and Pennsylvania (Franklin Regional High School stabbing; no deaths). Ron Borsch recommends the term rapid mass murder. Due to a worldwide increase in firearm and non-firearm based mass casualty attacks, including attacks with vehicles, explosives, incendiary devices, stabbings, slashing, and acid attacks, Tau Braun and the Violence Prevention Agency (VPA) has encouraged the use of the more accurate descriptor mass casualty attacker (MCA).
In police training manuals, the police response to an active shooter scenario is different from hostage rescue and barricaded suspect situations. Police officers responding to an armed barricaded suspect often deploy with the intention of containing the suspect within a perimeter, gaining information about the situation, attempting negotiation with the suspect, and waiting for specialist teams like SWAT.
If police officers believe that a shooter intends to kill as many people as possible before killing themselves, they may use a tactic like immediate action rapid deployment.
United States federal definition
In the United States, the Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012, passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, clarified the statutory authority for federal law enforcement agencies to provide investigatory assistance to the States. The definition of "active shooter," subsequently agreed to by The White House, the Department of Justice (DOJ) including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Department of Education (DOE), is:
...one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. Implicit in this definition is the shooter’s use of one or more firearms.
In contrast with the definitions of mass killings or mass murder, the definition of active shooter includes the use of firearms, but does not include a threshold for fatalities (which may be none).
FBI active shooter program
Pursuant to the responsibilities assigned to the DOJ by the Act, the FBI initiated a program including research into active shooter incidents and the development of training resources in support of helping national, state, and local law enforcement agencies prevent, respond to, and recover from such attacks. The scope of this program is explicitly not mass killings or mass shootings but rather "a study of a specific type of shooting situation law enforcement and the public may face." Gang- and drug-related incidents are out of scope of this initiative. The first FBI report on active shooter incidents was published in September 2014; the FBI has since released annual updates and a 20-year review.
The 2014 FBI report on active shooter incidents covered the period 2000 through 2013 and was the first time the United States federal government comprehensively identified and studied active shooter incidents over a significant period of time. 160 incidents and 486 deaths were included in the study. The frequency and severity of active shooter incidents rose during the study period, averaging 6.4 incidents per year from 2000 through 2006 and 16.4 incidents per year from 2007 through 2013, with 366 of the 486 deaths occurring from 2007 through 2013.
According to the 2022 FBI report, the frequency of active shooter incidents rose in 2021, with 61 incidents, up from 40 in 2020 and 30 in each of 2018 and 2019. 103 victims were killed and 140 wounded in the 2021 incidents (not including the perpetrators). In 2021, more active shooting incidents involved multiple locations. All but one of the 2021 active shooters were male. Thirty of the 61 2021 active shooters were apprehended by law enforcement, 14 were killed by law enforcement, eleven took their own lives, and four were killed by armed citizens.
According to the 2023 FBI report, the number of casualties in active shooter incidents rose in 2022, with 100 killed and 213 injured (not including the perpetrators) in 50 incidents. Twenty-nine of the 50 2022 active shooters were apprehended by law enforcement, seven were killed by law enforcement, two were killed by armed citizens, nine took their own lives, and three remained at large.
Tactical implications
According to Ron Borsch, active shooters are not inclined to negotiate, preferring to kill as many people as possible, often to gain notoriety. Active shooters generally do not lie in wait to battle responding law enforcement officers. Few law enforcement officers have been injured responding to active shooter incidents; fewer still have been killed. As noted, more often than not, when the prospect of confrontation with responding law enforcement becomes unavoidable, the active shooter commits suicide. And when civilians—even unarmed civilians—resist, the active shooter crumbles.
Borsch's statistical analysis recommends a tactic: aggressive action. For law enforcement, the tactical imperative is to respond and engage the killer without delaythe affected orthodoxy of cumbersome team formations fails to answer the rapid temporal dynamics of active shooter events and fails to grasp the nature of the threat involved. For civilians, when necessity or obligation calls, the tactical mandate is to attack the attacker—a strategy that has proved successful across a range of incidents from Norina Bentzel (William Michael Stankewicz) in Pennsylvania and Bill Badger in Arizona (2011 Tucson shooting) to David Benke in Colorado.
Causation
Accounts of what factors lead to this type of incident vary. Some contend that the motive, at least proximately, is vengeance. Others argue that bullying breeds the problem, and sometimes the active shooter is a victim of bullying, directly or indirectly. Still others such as Grossman and DeGaetano argue that the pervasiveness of violent imagery girding modern culture hosts the phenomenon. Another suggestion is that a particular interpretation of the world, a conscious or subconscious ontology, accounts for the phenomenon. Proponents of this idea argue that the active shooter lives in a world of victims and victimizers, that all are one or the other. The ontology accommodates no room between the categories for benevolence, friendship or a mixture of good and bad. Their interpretation of the world may be fed by bullying or violent imagery (hence the common obsession with violent movies, books or video games), but it is the absolutist interpretation that drives them both to kill and to die.
In The Psychology of the Active Killer, Daniel Modell writes that "The world conceived by the active killer is a dark dialectic of victim and victimizer. His impoverished ontology brooks no nuance, admits no resolution. The two categories, isolated and absolute, exhaust and explain his world. And the peculiar logic driving the dialectic yields a fatal inference: in a world of victims and victimizers, success means victimization."
See also
Ballistic shield
Immediate action rapid deployment
List of massacres
Pseudocommando
Running amok
School shooting
Spree killer
Active shooter training
References
External links
Active Shooter Mitigation Quiz
Active Continuous Training (ACT)
FBI releases study on active shooter incidents
Surviving an active shooter situation—what to do when someone is shooting at you
Four Ways PSIM Can Help in Active Shooter Situations
Law enforcement terminology
Mass murder
Rampages |
7323501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20They%20Lay%20Bare | When They Lay Bare | When They Lay Bare (1999) is the third novel by Scottish writer Andrew Greig.
Plot summary
A mysterious young woman moves into deserted Crawhill cottage on the estate of Sir Simon Elliot in the Scottish Borders. He fears she is the daughter of his mistress: "If it wasn't the child, Sim wondered, who was she and what the hell was she doing moving into Crawhill? And if it was her, what had she came back for, why had she not come to see him? Instead she had taken up residence in the cottage and waited. What did the lassie want with Davy?"
The novel is based around a set of antique plates that the young woman brings with her, depicting the Border Ballads, "Twa Corbies" and "Barbara Allen".
References
External links
Andrew Greig's website
On GoodReads
1999 British novels
Novels by Andrew Greig
Scottish novels
Novels set in the Scottish Borders
Faber and Faber books |
31681114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes%20Murgoci | Agnes Murgoci | Dr. Agnes Murgoci (1875 – 7 May 1929), was an Australian born, English zoologist and folklorist.
Agnes Kelly (later Murgoci) was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1875, the daughter of Adam Kelly, formerly of Glasgow, and Helen Beveridge. Her parents returned to England with Agnes, when she was three years old. Kelly attended school at Dollar Academy and entered Bedford College in 1892. She graduated in 1896, obtaining her B.Sc. with first class honours in zoology. She moved to Germany to undertake a PhD from the University of Munich. She graduated alongside Maria Gordon, as the first women to earn PhD's from the University of Munich in 1900.
Kelly met Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci, a Romanian professor of mineralogy during her time in Munich. They married in 1904 and moved to Bucharest. Their children, Helen and Radu were born in Romania. Agnes Murgoci published articles on the folklore of her new home, especially early studies on vampirism, and a book, Rumania and the Rumanians. Her works appeared in the journal of the Folklore Society.
Her husband died in 1925. During World War I, Agnes Murgoci and her children fled to England and settled in Bristol.
Murgoci died in England on 7 May 1929, following a car accident on the Isle of Wight. She was survived by her children.
Legacy
Murgoci collected a large number of traditional Romanian peasant costumes and rugs. These were donated to the Scottish National Museum by her daughter, as the Murgoci collection. Her papers are held in the Royal Holloway, University of London archives.
References
External links
1875 births
1929 deaths
People educated at Dollar Academy
English folklorists
British women folklorists
Australian folklorists
Australian women folklorists
Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom |
27997045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiliaen%20van%20Rensselaer%20%28fifth%20patroon%29 | Kiliaen van Rensselaer (fifth patroon) | Kiliaen van Rensselaer (August 24, 1663 – 1719), the eldest child of Jeremias and Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer was born in Rensselaerwyck.
Life
He was patroon of Rensselaerwyck from 1687 to 1719, and second Lord of Manor of Rensselaerswyck. As the estate of his grandfather, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original patroon was yet held in common among the heirs, he negotiated a settlement with through his cousin Kiliaen of Amsterdam, son of Jan Baptist, whereby the heirs in Holland received the properties there, and the heirs in America received the American holdings.
In May 1704, Kiliaen received a new patent from Queen Anne for the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. The following month he signed over the 60,000 acre Lower Manor (Claverack) to his younger brother, Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740).
He was a member of the New York governor's council from 1704 to his death in 1719, and also served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Family
On October 15, 1701, he married Maria Van Cortlandt, daughter of Stephanus and Gertrude (Schuyler) and had the following children:
Maria van Rensselaer (b. 1702), who married Frederick van Cortlandt
Gertrude van Rensselaer (1703–1704), who died young
Jeremias van Rensselaer (1705–1745), sixth patroon and third Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, died unmarried and had no children
Stephen van Rensselaer (1707–1747), seventh patroon and fourth Lord of the Manor, who married Elizabeth Groesbeck
Johannes van Rensselaer (d. 1719)
Gertrude van Rensselaer (b. 1714), who first married Adonijah "Adonis" Schuyler (1708–1763) of the New Jersey Schuyler family. After his death, she married Robert, third Lord of Livingston Manor
John Baptist van Rensselaer (1717–1763), who died unmarried
Anna van Rensselaer, who married John Schuyler (1710–1773), brother of Adonis Schuyler.
The family lived at the Manor House located on the flats along the Hudson, east of the river road, about a mile north of the center of the city of Albany.
He was succeeded as Lord of the Manor by his son, Jeremias van Rensselaer.
Notes
References
1663 births
1719 deaths
American people of Dutch descent
Kiliaen 5th patroon
New Netherland
People of New Netherland
Members of the New York General Assembly |
29025229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viron%20Transit | Viron Transit | Viron Transportation Company or Viron Transit is a bus company servicing the Ilocos Region, Philippines. The bus company is owned by millionaire Santiago Rondaris' daughter. It formerly operated as far as the second district of Ilocos Sur but has started to operate as far as Laoag City after the collapse of its related bus company Times Transit.
History
Viron Transportation Co., Inc. ("Viron" originates from "VIRgilio RONdaris") is related to the former Times Transit (because it is owned by their father Santiago Rondaris). It once used Superior Coach-bodied International Harvester Loadstar and early S-Series—essentially the same specs as those of Times Transit but with different livery: cream with green and red stripes and green-colored fonts; plus rims painted red with green borders plus illuminated logo on the roof. They also operated Hino buses with "Bustler" bodies built under license from UK coachbuilders Plaxton by Manila Motor Works. Nowadays it is using and mostly relying on its newer rebodied Mitsubishi Fuso, Hino RF, Mercedes Benz and King Long buses. Their Loadstar and S-Series coaches were stored at Pozorrubio, Pangasinan, in front of Dominion Bus Line's Terminal (owned by his sister Virginia Rondaris-Mendoza); and were recently sold to a collector for about PhP60,000 per bus.
Once only limited to the second district of Ilocos Sur. It has expanded to the first district of the province and beyond; and has occupied the former Times Transit compound in Vigan (near the ISECO Vigan Sub-Office, behind Mira Hills) after Times' collapse, and serves as its terminal there. It has also stop-over terminals/garages in San Fernando, La Union and Narvacan, Ilocos Sur. Starting May 20, 2013, Viron Transit will be using the front of the terminal formerly used by Times located along Quezon Avenue in Vigan, with the existing Dominion Bus Lines terminal (which is a former garage for Times buses) located at the back.
Fleet
Viron Transit is utilizing Mitsubishi Fuso, Hino Pilipinas, Mercedes Benz, King Long buses, Viron Motor/Marilao Works (VMW) at present, totalling 120 units (including those from Dominion Bus Lines).
PRESENT FLEETS
Hino Pilipinas
Hino Rk
Hino Partex
King Long
XMQ6110Y
XMQ6118CB
XMQ6802Y2 (Used for Charter /Tourist)
XMQ6117Y3
XMQ6101Y (1 Super Deluxe Regular Fare)
Viron Motors/Marilao Works (VMW)
FORMER FLEETS
Mitsubishi Fuso
Mercedes Benz
Destinations
Metro Manila
Cubao, Quezon City
Sampaloc, Manila
Provincial Destinations
Bangued, Abra
Candon, Ilocos Sur
Narvacan, Ilocos Sur
Vigan City, Ilocos Sur
Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
San Fernando City, La Union
Pozorrubio, Pangasinan
Tayug, Pangasinan
San Nicolas, Pangasinan via Tayug
San Juan, La Union
Asingan, Pangasinan
Umingan, Pangasinan
Santa Maria, Pangasinan
San Jose, Nueva Ecija
Note: All Viron Transit Buses were pass through SCTEX Concepcion Exit starting last April 2017, and then in 2018, some of buses were pass through TPLEX Urdaneta or Pozorrubio Exit.
Former Destinations
Lingayen, Pangasinan
Manaoag, Pangasinan
References
http://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/aug2007/gr_170656_2007.html
http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2003/apr2003/117020.htm
http://www.chanrobles.com/scdecisions/jurisprudence2000/nov2000/138296.php
http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1998/jul1998/gr_125034_1998.html
External links
http://www.virontransit.redpages.ph/
Five Star Bus Company
Bus companies of the Philippines
Companies based in Manila
Transport companies established in 1978
ko:빅토리 라이너 |
4201804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gery%20Scott | Gery Scott | Gery Scott (5 October 1923 – 14 December 2005) was a jazz and cabaret entertainer and teacher, whose performing career spanned 26 countries and over 60 years. She was noted for her powerful stage persona and engaging delivery, with material ranging from the songbooks of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Lorenz Hart, Cy Coleman and all the "standards" as well as Noël Coward and some pop material. Whilst she was well known to British audiences during the later part of the Second World War, she achieved most of her fame outside the UK.
Early life
Born Diana Geraldine Whitburn in Bombay, British India, in 1923 – a child of the 'Raj' – she made her first recording in Calcutta for Indian Columbia in 1942 singing "Stormy Weather" accompanied by Teddy Weatherford and his band.
She then went on to work with various BBC bands in London including Harry Gold and His Pieces of Eight and The Vic Lewis Big Band. Scott also spent the war years with the American Red Cross entertaining the American Armed Forces in Burma and India.
She was married three times: to the late World War II RAF pilot Pat Lofting (later personal pilot to the Raja of Bengal), to musical director and pianist Igo Fischer (now living in Germany) and finally, to oil magnate Tony Diamond, who was murdered in England in 1986.
Fame in the Eastern Bloc
From 1950 to 1957, she toured Europe performing with such artists as Woody Herman, Bud Shank, Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan. This tour led to a seven-year recording contract with Czech-based Supraphon, during which time she recorded eighty titles, released as either albums or singles, accompanied by orchestras under the direction of Gustav Brom, Karel Vlach and Dalibor Brazda, with some arrangements written by her musical director and pianist, Igo Fischer.
Scott was the first Western jazz singer to tour the then Soviet Union, selling over three million records there in 1961 and was invited to sing "How High the Moon" during her concert at the Kiev Opera House, to coincide with the launch in 1961 of the Sputnik flight that would see cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin as the first human in space. Scott married her musical director, Igo Fischer at the British Embassy in Moscow that same year. Her Russian activities created headlines in Britain and saw her included in the BBC Panorama episode on Moscow.
Parlophone
In 1962, Beatles manager George Martin signed her to Parlophone, with hits including "This is Life", "The Dum de de Dum Song", "Summer Love" and "Stay With Me" (allegedly a plagiarized version of a Georgian song "Tbiliso". Music written by Revaz Lagidze in 1958). Later that year she moved to Hong Kong and opened her own recording company, Orbit Records. That same year, she was appointed entertainment director for the Hilton Hotel Far East Chain and from 1966 to 1970 managed the Cats Eye and The Eye nightclubs in Bangkok and Singapore.
Australia
Scott moved to Australia in 1980 and continued to perform to jazz and cabaret audiences in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. She appeared as "Alice" in the Australian television soap opera Prisoner in 1983. She was twice the recipient of the coveted Canberra Critics Circle Award, firstly in 1992 for her production of the CD Together by The Vocal Group and for her outstanding performances in Gery Scott Sings Mostly Coward and Particularly Porter at Queanbeyan's School of Arts Café, and then again in 2005 for services to entertainment and to teaching. 2002 marked her 60th anniversary in show business.
Scott attained a Masters in Music from the Canberra Institute of the Arts in 1998, where she had been head of the Vocal Jazz Department since 1985. She retired from that position at the end of 2002. One of her greatest achievements at the institute was the formation of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, as well as the training of hundreds of students in singing and performance technique, many of whom are now well established in the Australian and international jazz scene.
Final performances
Her final performances included the 2003 Sydney Cabaret Convention where she received two standing ovations for her performances of the jazz anthem "Something Cool" and Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns". Dr David Schwartz, writing for Cabaret Hotline Online said in his review, "It is hard to describe her to you without sounding as if I were a little bit insane. Her performance provided me with one of those life-changing and totally defining cabaret experiences that was instantly committed to memory, along with my first exposure to Mabel Mercer, Julie Wilson, Sarah Vaughan, Sylvia Syms and a host of other greats. Gery Scott's set represented that rare moment in cabaret when the singer and her song are indistinguishable. This sort of alchemy comes only after many years; to witness it is to be blessed". She was also special guest in a 2003 Sondheim review, and two fund raising concerts for fellow performers in 2004.
Her last major expose was in the form of a biographical essay in The New Yorker magazine, 18 & 25 August 2003 entitled "The Jazz Singer", by Larissa MacFarquhar.
At the age of 82 and in a wheelchair, Scott gave her very last performance on 9 October 2005 at the Hyatt Hotel Canberra, accompanied by her longtime pianist in Australia, Tony Magee, where her wish to do 'just one more gig' was ably delivered with a sparkling opener of Got A lot Of Livin' to Do, and later in the concert, with pianist Wayne Kelly, a moving version of Body And Soul.
Death
Gery Scott was diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2005. She died at Clare Holland House Hospice, Canberra, Australia, on 14 December 2005.
The music continues
In September 2006, Czech recording label Producentské centrum Františka Rychtaříka released the CD Gery Scott & Gustav Brom, a reissue of selections recorded by Supraphon in Prague in 1957.
In 2011, Supraphon released two Gery Scott albums on iTunes: Gery Scott – Old Devil Moon and Anglicky zpiva Gery Scott (Gery Scott sings in English).
Discography
78 rpm discs
"Stormy Weather" 1942
LP records
Listening to Gery Scott – Hit Parade 1963
Modern Jazz Studio No 1 1964 (as guest)
Modern Jazz Studio No 1/2 1986 (as guest)
EP / 45 rpm
"Sings Cole Porter" 1950s
"Sings..." 1950s
"And Gustav Brom Vol 1" 1950s
"Supraphon Plays" 1958
"And Gustav Brom Vol 2" 1950s
"Your Charleston" 1950s
"Dixie and Charleston" 1950s
"Sings with Karel Vlach Orchestra" 1957
"Sings New Songs with Karel Vlach Orchestra" 1957
"This is Life" / "The Dum de Dum Song" 1961
"Summer Love" / "Stay With Me" 1961
"Sings Hong Kong" / "What Kind of Fool Am I" 1962
"Hit Parade Dance Songs" 1960s
"Listening to Gery Scott II" 1960s
"With Gustav Brom Orchestra" 1960s
"Jeepers Creepers" 1960s
"Ain't Misbehavin'" 1960s
"Come Dance With Me" 1960s
"Sings Charleston" 1960s
"Gery Scott Sings" 1960s
"Sings Songs You like" 1960s
CD's
A Lot of Livin' 1998
Gery Scott & Gustav Brom 2006
iTunes releases
Anglicky zpiva Gery Scott 2011
Gery Scott – Old Devil Moon 2011
External links
Cabaret Hotline Online Review 2003
Czech Obituary
City News Obituary
National Film and Sound Archive Obituary
Middle Eight Music
2006 CD reissue
1923 births
2005 deaths
Deaths from lung cancer
Deaths from cancer in the Australian Capital Territory
20th-century English singers
20th-century English women singers
British people in colonial India
British emigrants to Australia |
25444658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujiie%20Yukihiro | Ujiie Yukihiro | was a samurai and feudal lord in Sengoku period to the beginning of Edo period, also known as . He was the son of Ujiie Naotomo.
Biography
He was the second son of Ujiie Naotomo, one of the Mino Triumvirate. His eldest brother was Ujiie Naomasa, and his youngest brother was Ujiie Yukitsugu.
After his father's death at the first Siege of Nagashima in 1571 his elder brother, Ujiie Naomasa, succeeded him as the head of the Ujiie family and kept serving under Oda Nobunaga. After the Incident at Honnō-ji, the Ujiie family served Nobunaga's third son Nobutaka, but when Nobutaka opposed Hashiba Hideyoshi, they turned to serve Hideyoshi. Due to Naomasa's death by illness in 1583, Yukihiro became the head of the Ujiie family.
He served Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was given a fief in Ise province. He fought for Ishida Mitsunari in the Battle of Sekigahara and was afterwards dispossessed.
Death
In 1614 he went to join the defenders of Osaka Castle and was killed at the conclusion of the Osaka Summer Campaign.
References
Samurai
1546 births
1615 deaths |
11318951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-bellied%20eremomela | Yellow-bellied eremomela | The yellow-bellied eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis) is an Old World warbler. However, the taxonomy of the "African warblers", an assemblage of usually species-poor and apparently rather ancient "odd warblers" from Africa is currently in a state of flux. Today, most taxonomists consider members in this genus members of the family Cisticolidae.
The yellow-bellied eremomela is a common breeding species in Africa south of the Sahara in its habitat of open woodland, savannah, and dry scrub.
Description
The yellow-bellied eremomela is a very small bird 10 cm long and weighing around 9 g. Its upperparts are grey, becoming darker and more olive on the wings and tail. There is a thin pale grey supercilium and a blackish stripe through the eye. The grey breast shades into the lemon yellow belly. The bill is blackish. The subspecies vary in the extent and intensity of the yellow on the belly, and birds in western southern Africa have whitish throat and breast.
The sexes are similar, but the juvenile has duller yellow underparts than the adult. The call is a high-pitched repeated .
Behaviour
The yellow-bellied eremomela builds a cup nest in the branches of a tree or shrub, and lays two to four white eggs. This territorial species is monogamous, pairing for life.
This bird is usually seen alone, in pairs, or in family groups as it forages on the ground or in foliage for insects and other small invertebrates
Conservation status
This common species has a large range, with an estimated extent of 7,100,000 km². The population size is believed to be large, and the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as least concern.
The race salvadorii, from Zaire, Gabon, Angola and Zambia, is sometimes treated as a separate species, Eremomela salvadorii.
References
Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey and Warwick Tarboton, SASOL Birds of Southern Africa (Struik 2002)
Kruger National Park
External links
Image at ADW
Yellow-bellied eremomela - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
yellow-bellied eremomela
Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
yellow-bellied eremomela |
27146543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancilla%20djiboutina | Ancilla djiboutina | Ancilla djiboutina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ancillariidae, the olives.
Description
Attains a size around 20 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found off Djibouti, East Africa.
References
Boyer F. (2015). Révision des Ancilla (Olividae: Ancillinae) de Masirah. Xenophora Taxonomy. 9: 3–14
External links
Jousseaume [F.P. 1894. Diagnoses des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 8(6): 98–105]
djiboutina
Gastropods described in 1894 |
4653348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golconda%2C%20Nevada | Golconda, Nevada | Golconda is a census-designated place in southeastern Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census it has a population of 182. It is located along Interstate 80 on the Humboldt River in the northwestern part of the state. Golconda has a post office, which has been in operation since 1869.
History
Golconda was founded in 1869. The community was named for the ancient diamond mining center of Golkonda in India. The settlement had its start when the discovery of copper, silver, gold, and lead brought entrepreneurs who opened mines and mills in the district. The town was a diverse society including both native-born European Americans as well as other groups including individuals of French, Portuguese, Paiute, and Chinese descent who all lived and worked in the small community. During 1898-1910, the town had a train depot, several hotels, a school, businesses, newspapers, and two brothels. Its population peaked at about six hundred in 1907-08. Although boosters predicted growth for Golconda, after 1910 the mines played out, leaving the region as an area of ranches and farms. Most of the town's buildings from its mining heyday are gone, and Golconda today is a minor stop on Interstate 80.
Geography
The community lies at an elevation of approximately east of Winnemucca across the Sonoma Range and west of Golconda Summit, a nearby mountain pass on Edna Mountain. The Osgood Mountains lie across the Humboldt River to the north.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Golconda CDP has an area of , all land.
Demographics
See also
Golconda Thrust
References
Census-designated places in Nevada
Census-designated places in Humboldt County, Nevada
Humboldt River
Populated places established in 1869
1869 establishments in Nevada |
52957455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision%20for%20a%20Nation%20Foundation | Vision for a Nation Foundation | Vision for a Nation Foundation (VFAN) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports health ministries to provide local eye care services.
In its first nationwide initiative, it is providing everyone in Rwanda with local access to eye care and affordable glasses.
The Foundation was established in 2011 by James Chen, a Hong Kong-based venture philanthropist who is also the founder of international eye-care initiative Clearly. The foundation is based in the United Kingdom and operates in Rwanda.
Operations
VFAN registered as a non-governmental organisation in Rwanda in 2011 and launched a national programme in partnership with Rwanda's Ministry of Health in 2012.
The programme aims to build locally accessible eye care services across Rwanda through the country's network of local health centres.
In 2015, VFAN launched an outreach campaign to bring eye care services to people across Rwanda. Teams of trained nurses will visit each of Rwanda’s 15,000 villages to provide eye treatment and affordable glasses.
It has been funded by UBS Optimus Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Chen Yet Sen Family Foundation.
Awards
2016 – Winner: “International Aid and Development”, Civil Society Charity Awards
2016 – Winner: “Rising Chief Executive”, Third Sector Excellence Awards
2016 – Finalist: “Big Impact”, Third Sector Excellence Awards
2016 – Finalist: “Small Charity, Big Achiever”, Third Sector Excellence Awards
See also
World Sight Day
References
External links
"Vision for a Nation Foundation official website"
Health charities in the United Kingdom
Ophthalmology organizations
Foreign charities operating in Rwanda |
31724706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mahnen | John Mahnen | John Mahnen was the president of the Amsterdam Crusaders American Football Club.
Early life
Born in 1964 in Toledo, Ohio, John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Kent State University where he was a student trainer and a member of the Lacrosse team. He received his MBA from Nijenrode University in 1990.
Career
John has over twenty years experience in the field of sports operations and marketing. After earning his MBA from Nijenrode in 1990, he worked for the official European merchandiser of Major League Baseball and the National Football League as well many European football clubs.
He was a member of an interest group that successfully lobbied the National Football League to locate a team in Amsterdam for the World League of American Football. In 1994, he was hired by the National Football League for the Amsterdam organisation as Manager of Football Operations. He was responsible for setting up the organization of a professional football team in Amsterdam. He also worked on sales, promotion, public relations and football development activities. He had the good fortune to work with a mentor for many years who himself had been a General Manager of several professional teams in the US: Dick Vertlieb. John left the Admirals after the first season to work in the field of telecommunications but continued to assist the organisation in sponsoring, ticket sales and grassroots development. He also assisted in the production of the Dutch broadcasts of NFL football.
While working in the field of telecommunications, John continued to volunteer his time in the sport of American Football. As Team Manager and subsequently President of the AFC Amsterdam Crusaders he has planned, organised and executed well over 100 football games.
In 2007, John joined a group of professionals in the consulting group HEG. He is currently active in a number of sports activities including cycling, corporate sporting events and sustainable stadium design. In June 2009 he organised a Sumo exhibition for the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands and in March 2010, he helped to produce the conference "The Future of Sports" for the Club of Amsterdam.
He is also an active game official, a member of the EFAF Rules and Regulations committee, and an Ehrenmitglied of the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes e.V. (First head coach in 1989).
References
1964 births
Living people
American football executives
Kent State University alumni
Sportspeople from Toledo, Ohio
Nyenrode Business University alumni |
69019432 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20G.%20Capen | Ruth G. Capen | Ruth Goldthwaite Capen (May 7, 1893 – June 15, 1974) was an American chemist, employed in the United States Department of Agriculture.
Early life and education
Capen was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Frank Irving Capen and Anna Louise Goldthwaite Capen. Her father was a civil engineer and town official. She graduated from Smith College in 1918.
Other notable members of the extended Capen family from Stoughton include Elmer Hewitt Capen, president of Tufts University, and missionary Fannie Bishop Capen.
Career
Capen was an analytical chemist in the pharmacognosy and soil laboratories of the Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry, part of the United States Department of Agriculture, based in Washington, D.C. Much of her research involved studying the nutritional content of food crops. In 1932 she traveled with Emma A. Winslow, director of social statistics at the Children's Bureau.
In 1943, the year her father died, she moved to Winter Park, Florida, where her mother also lived part-time. She was active in Smith alumnae activities in Florida.
Selected publications
"A New Source of Santonin" (1922, with Arno Viehoever)
"Domestic Sources of Cantharidin" (1923, with Arno Viehoever)
"Mineral Constituents of Spanish-Moss and Ballmoss" (1928, with Edgar T. Wherry)
"The Determination of Manganese in Plant Materials by the Periodate Method" (1929, with Jehiel Davidson)
"Colorimetric Methods for the Determination of Manganese in Plant Materials" (1931, with Jehiel Davidson)
"Chemical Composition of Native Alaskan Hays Harvested at Different Periods of Growth" (1933, with J. A. LeClerc)
"Report on Crude Fiber in Alimentary Paste, Bread, and Baked Products" (1933)
"The composition and characteristics of soybeans, soybean flour, and soybean bread" (1935, with L. H. Bailey and J. A. LeClerc)
"Wild Rice and Its Chemical Composition" (1948, with J. A. LeClerc)
Personal life
Ruth Capen died in Florida in 1974, aged 81 years. With increasing interest in alternative grains, Capen's articles, especially her 1948 paper on wild rice, continue to be cited as early studies in that literature.
References
1893 births
1974 deaths
American women chemists
Smith College alumni
People from Stoughton, Massachusetts
20th-century American chemists |
64420292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943%20Lehigh%20Engineers%20football%20team | 1943 Lehigh Engineers football team | The 1943 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1943 college football season. In its first season under head coach Leo Prendergast, the team compiled a 0–5–1 record, and lost all four games against its Middle Three Conference rivals.
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Lehigh ranked 226th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 27.1.
The team played its home games at Taylor Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
References
Lehigh
Lehigh Mountain Hawks football seasons
College football winless seasons
Lehigh Engineers football |
27898959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Willesee | Mike Willesee | Michael Robert Willesee, (29 June 1942 – 1 March 2019) was an Australian television journalist, interviewer and presenter.
Early life and family
Willesee was born the son of politician, Western Australian ALP senator and foreign minister Don Willesee who served during the tenure of the Whitlam government and his wife Gwendoline Clark Willeesee.
Willesse's brothers are Don Willesse Jnr., and Terry Willesee, a TV presenter and journalist. He was the father of Amy and Michael Willesee Jr., who is also a journalist and another daughter Kate Willesse who is a chiropractor. His son Michael Jr is married to television host and reporter Allison Langdon and he was also the father-in-law of journalist and writer Mark Whittaker. His niece is cyclist and author Janet Shaw, Terry's biological daughter.
Career
Mike first came to prominence in 1967 as a reporter for then-new nightly current affairs program This Day Tonight (TDT), where his aggressive style quickly earned him a reputation as a fearless political interviewer.
Willesee figured prominently in the controversy that erupted over the decision in early 1967 by the Liberal government, led by Prime Minister Harold Holt, not to reappoint the ABC Chairman Dr James Darling. This decision was rumoured to have been the result of the government's anger over critical coverage of its policies on the ABC.
Willesee's own critical comments about the decision on TDT on 2 April further angered Holt, who questioned the ABC's impartiality and implied that Willesee (whose father Don Willesee was a Labor Senator) was politically biased. Holt's remarks backfired, as they provoked strong protests from both Willesee and the Australian Journalists' Association.
After TDT, Willesee hosted the current affairs program Four Corners from 1969 to 1971.
He then moved to the Nine Network, where he hosted A Current Affair when it debuted in 1971. While at A Current Affair, Willesee noticed the talent of a young Australian comedian, Paul Hogan, who had appeared on the amateur talent program New Faces in 1971, and he invited Hogan to make regular 5-minute appearances on the show. Hogan would perform skits and make humorous comments on some issue of the day. During this period, Hogan befriended A Current Affair producer John Cornell, who became Hogan's collaborator, long-term manager, business partner, and close friend.
Willesee later left Nine for a role as news and current affairs director at the 0–10 Network (now known as Network 10), where he also presented a weekly interview program.
He joined the Seven Network in 1975 and hosted the first Australian version of This Is Your Life. He also presented a nightly current affairs program called Willesee at Seven which claimed a victory over A Current Affair in the same timeslot and led to that program being axed in 1978. Willesee at Seven later to become Willesee '81 and Willesee '82 before it ended in 1982 but Willesee began to produce documentaries for the network.
He was known for a long-running friendship with a disabled boy named Quentin Kenihan, who had osteogenesis imperfecta. He was also known for sparring with the Orange People, who recruited in Australia during the 1980s. In 1987 the Committee of Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP) presented Willesee with the Responsibility in Journalism award.
He returned to Nine in 1984 to revisit the nightly current affairs genre with Willesee as well as producing specials for the network, winning a Logie for Most Popular Documentary in 1986.
One of the most significant interviews conducted by Willesee was the famous Birthday Cake Interview in 1993, with then leader of the Liberal Party, John Hewson. With the 1993 Federal Election to take place in only ten days, Willesee asked Hewson numerous questions about the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) that the Coalition wished to introduce. Hewson struggled to answer the simple question of whether a birthday cake would cost more or less under his government as a result of the GST. Willesee's unrelenting questioning along with Hewson's indecisive answers and his frequent stuttering made it appear that Hewson had little understanding of one of his own major policies. Hewson would go on to lose the election against Paul Keating and the Coalition would remain out of government for three more years, Many political analysts believed that the interview cost Hewson's chance of winning what his supporters dubbed the 'unloseable election'. However, others counter that opinion polls held up until election day still predicted a Coalition victory.
In 1993, Willesee received public outrage for his controversial action of interviewing, via phone, two young children, a brother 11 and his sister 9 who were being held hostage, during the 1993 Cangai siege. Many held the opinion that his actions were reckless and endangered the children's lives. This event was subsequently parodied by ABC TV's Frontline where main character Mike Moore interviewed a gunman and his hostage daughter. In the final scene of this episode, Mike interviews, live on air, another gunman in another siege who, much to Mike's horror, subsequently shoots each of his hostages, the sounds of which are played live across Australia.
Willesee is remembered by many Australians for the night when, filling in for Jana Wendt on A Current Affair, he fronted the show while appearing to be under the influence of alcohol. He claimed he was on medication, tired and emotional.
In his fifties, Willesee rediscovered the Roman Catholic faith of his upbringing. He has reported on religious topics, and in 1998, he made a report entitled Signs From God on the appearance of stigmata displayed by a woman, Katya Revas, in Bolivia. This documentary was watched by an audience of 28 million in the United States. In 1999, Willesee won the Bent Spoon Award from the Australian Skeptics for Signs From God. The rationale for Willesee receiving the award was that the show was "seeking to capitalise on the irrational millennial fears of many people".
In 2002, Willesee became the 19th inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame.
On 21 August 2006, Willesee appeared on Andrew Denton's TV show Enough Rope and spoke about his dedication to discovering what science can ascertain about the Shroud of Turin; specifically, whether it contains the blood of Jesus Christ.
In 2012, Willesee joined the Seven Network's Sunday Night to do high-profile interviews. His first encounter was with Prime Minister Julia Gillard. In early 2013 he interviewed billionaire casino owner James Packer.
Personal life
Wife Carol Willesse's casting as Home and Aways original Pippa Fletcher
Willesee's second wife was Scottish-born Australian Carol Willesee (nee Brent), a former model, whom he married in 1976. Brent had started modelling at sixteen and married a schoolteacher and moved to Singapore but was divorced after four years. After living in Sydney, Australia and her marriage to Willesee, she again took up modelling. She then decided she wanted to become an actress and trained in a 3-year drama course at the Ensemble Acting Studio. Post graduation, she appeared in a stage production "Never in My Lifetime", to rave reviews, after which she received numerous acting offers, but turned them down due to unsuitability.
Carol however was offered what she called the opportunity of a lifetime, when her agent June Cann, suggested her for an upcoming TV series to be launched by the Seven Network called Home and Away, in the role of foster mother Pippa Fletcher, she was excepted the role with series producer John Holmes stating "Carol has a big future in television", after which she had filmed scenes for the pilot episodes (which were later reshot with Vanessa Downing), but finding the filming schedule to hectic and also requested a clause in her contract so she could spend a certain number of hours per week with her real family. This was not permissible as she was required on set as obliged with creator Alan Bateman, stating you do not make TV serials from 9.00 and 3.30, Bateman was also furious with the soap losing revenue with the delay in production, but was happy with at least the local and international publicity the scandal created, with headlines such as "Willesee Wife Quits and "Carol loses TV Role" Struck off from the role, the role was recast immediately and given to Vanessa Downing, who had attended the initial auditions. with Caroles scene all refilmed with Downing.
Downing's background was as a highly experienced theatre actress, who was also a singer, at the time performing an acapella group at the Sydney Opera House, whilst filming Home and Away by day. She stated at the time that she was surprised by the workload, as an experienced actress, so could understand that Carol had found the schedule overwhelming, considering she was very inexperienced.
Carol Willesee died in 2006, aged 59, from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, after being misdiagnosed.
In 2017, Michael Willesee spoke about his battle with throat cancer on the TV program Australian Story. He also revealed how he had returned to his Catholic faith after years away from the church. On 1 March 2019, Willesee died of throat cancer in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia at the age of 76.
References
External links
1942 births
2019 deaths
Australian television journalists
Australian television presenters
Logie Award winners
Officers of the Order of Australia
Australian republicans
Australian Roman Catholics
Deaths from throat cancer |
9722788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Mountain%20High%20School | Blue Mountain High School | Blue Mountain High School is a rural public high school in Schuylkill Haven in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1957 and renovated from 1999 to 2001. It is part of the Blue Mountain School District. By 2015, enrollment was reported as 795 pupils in 9th through 12th grades. The school employed 58 teachers.
An original Wanamaker Eagle was donated to the school when the department store it had decorated for many years went out of business. The bronze Eagle stands in front of the school.
High school students may choose to attend the Schuylkill Technology Center for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Schuylkill Intermediate Unit IU29 provides the school with a wide variety of services like: specialized education for disabled students; state mandated training on recognizing and reporting child abuse; speech and visual disability services; criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty. In 2016-17, Blue Mountain School District began to offer a virtual academy for its pupils.
Extracurriculars
Blue Mountain School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.
Athletics
Blue Mountain offers a variety of District XI sports. Blue Mountain consists of football, boys' and girls' cross country, golf, girls' tennis, and girls' volleyball in the fall, boys' and girls' basketball, wrestling, and swimming and diving in the winter, and baseball, softball, track and field, girls' soccer and boys' tennis in the spring. In most sports, it is a AAA school, although swimming and soccer are AA.
Cross country
The Cross Country team started in 1968 as a club under the direction of Mr. Ralph Jeager, who would coach until 1987. Mr. Jordan Sullivan and Mr. Ed Taylor coached for several years each. In 1999, Mr. Cory Cantwell became head coach, assisted by Tyler Maley. From 1971 to 1984, the team met phenomenal success, winning League titles each year and District titles in twelve of the fourteen years. From 2001 to 2007 the cross country team has met phenomenal success because of coach Jared Buckman who took over the team. The girls' cross country team won leagues three years in a row from 2005 to 2007 while placing third in the 2004 season. The boys' team also succeeded by finishing in the top teams in the league meets for the past couple years.
Boys' soccer
The Blue Mountain boys' soccer team was one of the first schools in the county to embrace soccer as a varsity sport thanks to the efforts of ex-Blue Mountain chemistry teacher and former head coach Rob Burcik. The team has won multiple Schuylkill League championships since its founding, most recently in 2020, 2021, & 2022 by the varsity squad. The team is currently coached by Chris Brauer.
Football
The Blue Mountain Football team was started in 1957 when the school was completed. The team's main rivals are Schuylkill Haven High School and Pottsville Area High School. The head coach is Thomas Gallagher
Golf
The Blue Mountain golf team won the Schuylkill League fourteen straight years, from 1999 through 2012. It is one of the school's best teams.
Girls' softball
The Blue Mountain Varsity softball team won the Schuylkill League Championship in 2006, and advanced to the semi-finals in districts last year. They finished with a winning record.
Boys' and girls' swimming and diving
The Blue Mountain Girls' Varsity Swim Team won the District XI AA Title in 2007 for the second year in a row. The Girls' team also won the Schuylkill League Championships in 2007, 2013, 2015, 2016,2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. The boys' team has won the Schuylkill League Title in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020. They won the District XI AA Title in 2019 and 2020. Both teams have sent swimmers to the PIAA state meet. They are currently coached by Pete Sarnes and assistant coach Rebecca Donahue
Boys' basketball
The Blue Mountain Boys' Basketball team won the District XI Championship in 1996, 2003, 2007, and 2023. The Eagles have won the Schuylkill League Championship, most recently in 2023. The team's head coach is Mr. Dustin Werdt, who has coached at Blue Mountain for over 10 years.
Girls' basketball
Blue Mountain's girls' basketball team has had a strong record and made it to the league playoffs and district championships many times.
Wrestling
The Blue Mountain wrestling team is one of the school's sports teams. For the first time, Blue Mountain placed in the top four in the 07-08 district 11 duals and qualified for two consecutive years. In 2007-08, they qualified seven wrestlers to the Northeast regional finals, a new school record, and had two state finalists one taking first and one taking second. In the 08–09 season, the team placed 6th at the Iron Man and qualified for the state duals for the first time, but fell in the state semifinals. They then had eight qualify for Northeast Regionals. The team then qualified six wrestlers for the state competition. The Eagles had five state winners then and were the state runner-up, giving Blue Mountain its first-ever state wrestling trophy. The Eagles wrestling team has nine 100 wins. They are coached by Head Coach Todd Kindig, assistant coach Harry Myers, and Gary Keener.
Girls' volleyball
The Blue Mountain girls' volleyball team is a growing sport at the school. In 2008, the team won the Division I league and played in the league semi-finals. In 2009, the team was Schuylkill League runner-ups, losing in the finals to Nativity BVM High School (Pottsville, PA).
Baseball
Blue Mountain's baseball team is the most successful sports team in the history of the school. Having one losing season in program history, they have won District titles in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2018. They have also had second-place finishes in 2007, 2014, and 2015. The team is coached by Thomas Kramer and Bill Dobrolsky.
Varsity club
The BMHS Varsity Club is a club for athletes with at least one varsity letter. It is dedicated to fulfilling service projects to the school and community.
Clubs
Art Club
This club is for people to make and enjoy art. The art club has several yearly contests such as the ornament contest and the Jambandoree poster contest. The Art Club also hosts the annual Jambandoree and Art Show. Profits from the Jambandoree benefit the Art Club.
Anime Club
The anime club is a club for teaching people the art of Japanese animation. It also teaches the Japanese language.
Improv Club
A new addition to Blue Mountain High School, the Improv Club meets bi-weekly. the Improv Club's goal is to show students that acting can be both fun and educational.
Yearbook
The yearbook staff designs and publishes the annual Blue Mountain Eagle Echo. The yearbook staff takes pictures, forms layouts, hosts club and activity picture day, and distributes yearbooks to the school.
Newspaper
The BMHS newspaper is called the Aerie and communicates information on school and world events.
Music Program
The band program encompasses a variety of ensembles.
Marching band
The Marching Band performs at football games and competes in various events throughout the season. The Marching Band has an auxiliary unit called the Guard, which is a flag corps. The marching band has competed in several major events. These include Tournament of Bands Championships at Lackawanna County Stadium, Cadets Marching Band Cooperative (now USBands) at Giants/Jets Stadium, Cavalcade of Bands, Walt Disney World Parade, Azalea Festival Parade (Richmond, Virginia), and others.
Symphonic Band
The Symphonic Band performs at spring concerts, adjudications, and school and community events throughout the spring semester. This ensemble studies and plays pieces spanning five centuries of musical genres.
Jazz Band
The Jazz Ensemble performs concerts each year. This ensemble features extra instrumentation in the rhythm section and allows selected band members to experience the jazz genre of music.
Indoor Drumline
In December of each year, the Indoor Drumline begins its intensive rehearsals for its competition season, during which it performs in weekly competitions beginning in March. The ensemble consists of snare drums, a series of pitched bass drums, quints, cymbals, and various pit instruments, including marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, timpani and other auxiliary instruments.
In 2006 and 2017, Blue Mountain's indoor drumline won the Atlantic Cost Championship in Wildwood, NJ.
Indoor Color Guard
As an extension of the outdoor marching band color guard the indoor guard was formed in the fall of 2001 to better serve the needs of the program year-round. The color guard performs several times throughout the winter and spring months ending with championships in late April or early May. The group can consist of as many as 30 members or as few as 5. BMHS guard typically averages around 9–12 members. Each year, staff selects recorded music to which the color guard will perform. Equipment consists of flags, rifles, and sabers. The guard typically incorporates dance into the shows to add a layer of difficulty and design.
In 2008, the guard won the Chapter Championships. A week later, they qualified for the All-Chapter Championships and finished 8th.
Notable alumni
Rick Ney, former professional darts player
Lance Rautzhan, former professional baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers
Matt Stankiewitch, former professional football player, Jacksonville Jaguars
Notes
References
Blue Mountain High School profile at Great Schools
Blue Mountain High School profile at Public School Review
External links
Official site
Public high schools in Pennsylvania
Educational institutions established in 1957
Schools in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
1957 establishments in Pennsylvania |
33991456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynodon%20%28fish%29 | Cynodon (fish) | Cynodon is a genus of dogtooth characins from tropical South America, including the Amazon and Orinoco basins, and rivers in the Guianas. These predatory fish reach up to in standard length. They are mainly piscivorous, but will also take insects.
Species
There are currently three described species in this genus:
Cynodon gibbus (Agassiz, 1829)
Cynodon meionactis Géry, Le Bail & Keith, 1999
Cynodon septenarius Toledo-Piza, 2000
References
Cynodontidae
Taxa named by Johann Baptist von Spix
Taxa_named_by_Louis_Agassiz
Fish of South America |
19060873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Historical%20Society%20of%20Southern%20California | Chinese Historical Society of Southern California | Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC, ) is an organization based in Los Angeles Chinatown, California.
History
On November 1, 1975, the society held its founding meeting at Cathay Bank in Los Angeles, California. Its key attendees include Paul Louie, William Mason, and Paul De Falla.
Its mission is as follows:
To bring together people with a mutual interest in the important history and historical role of Chinese and Chinese Americans in Southern California;
To pursue, preserve and communicate knowledge of this history; and
To promote the heritage of the Chinese and Chinese American community in support of a better appreciation of our rich, multi-cultural society.
CHSSC is an active historical society in Southern California. There are monthly meetings, field trips, archive and library collections, oral history projects, scholarships, and publications.
They purchased the site of their present building in Bernard Street in the mid 1990s, constructing a Chinatown Heritage & Visitors Center, which is open to the public.
Projects
CHSSC has published several books; Duty & Honor in 1998, celebrating Chinese American world war II veterans, and Portraits of Pride I (2004) & II (2012), collections of the biographies of high achieving, yet little known Chinese Americans.
19th Century Chinese Memorial Shrine Preservation Project
In 1992, the society was able to purchase an 1880 shrine, surrounded by 42 burial places in Evergreen Cemetery, which they restored. It is now a registered historic monument.
CHSSC Honorees
Each year the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California honors Chinese Americans who have made significant contributions to the greater Los Angeles community. They have included:
2005 - Los Angeles Chinese American Pioneers in Law — Betty Tom Chu, Judge Rose Hom, You Chung Hong (1898-1977), Judge Ronald S.W. Lew (Chinese name: 刘成威), Judge Jennifer Lum, Judge Delbert Wong, Debra Yang (Chinese: 楊黃金玉)
2006 - Chinese American Actors — including James Hong (Chinese: 吳漢章), Nancy Kwan (Chinese: 關家蒨), Russell Wong (Chinese: 王盛德)
2007 - Los Angeles Chinese American Banking Pioneers — Preston Martin, F.Chow Chan, Cathay Bank (Chinese: 國泰銀行), East West Bank (Chinese: 華美銀行), Far East National Bank (Chinese:遠東國民銀行), First Public Savings, General Bank Trust Savings, Standard Bank, Golden Security Bank (金安銀行), Eastern International, The Continental Bank
2008 - Chinese American Associations — Arcadia Chinese Association, Chinese American Association of Walnut, Diamond Bar Chinese American Association, San Gabriel Valley Chinese American Cultural Association, San Fernando Valley Chinese Cultural Association, South Bay Chinese Woman's Association, South Coast Chinese Cultural Association, South Pasadena Chinese American Club, and Ventura County Chinese American Historical Society
2009 - Celebrating Chinese Americans in Sports — Michael Chang (Chinese: 張德培), Tennis player; Tiffany Chin (Chinese: 陳婷婷), Olympian; Bob Chow, Olympian; Norm Chow (Chinese: 周友賢), football Coach; Lawrence Hom, volleyball player; Cameron Inouye, WNBA Referee; Carol Jue, college basketball head coach; Kim Ng, Los Angeles Dodgers; Jon Soo Hoo, sports photographer; Richard Tom, Olympian; Charles B. Wang (Chinese: 王嘉廉), Owner of New York Islanders Hockey Club; Kevin Wong, volleyball player; Annie Yee, cheerleader; Chinese American Athletic Association; Chinatown Firecracker Run Committee
2019 - Museum of Chinese in America — Participated in the exhibit: Gatherings: Collecting and Documenting Chinese American History
See also
History of the Chinese Americans in Los Angeles
Chinese American Museum
Chinese Culture Center
Chinese Historical Society of America
Museum of Chinese in America
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
References
External links
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Collection (ca. 1880-1933) at digitallibrary.usc.edu
History of Southern California
History museums in Los Angeles
Chinese-American museums in California
Historical society museums in California
Historical societies in California
Chinatown, Los Angeles |
9127913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Love%20Life | My Love Life | "My Love Life" is a song by Morrissey released in September 1991. It was a stand-alone single rather than taken from any studio album, although it was included on the compilation albums World of Morrissey (1995) and Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey (1997).
Rather than continuing with the rockabilly sound of "Pregnant for the Last Time", Morrissey and songwriting partner Mark Nevin returned to a poppier sound for the final single they would release together. Featuring Chrissie Hynde on harmony vocals, the single reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart.
This was the last Morrissey release before he joined up with Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer on a full-time basis.
The US and UK versions of "My Love Life" have some slight differences, both in the mix of the title track and especially in the mix of the B-side "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty." Both mixes of "My Love Life" use the same take, but the US version is a full 25 seconds longer at the end, while the UK version starts fading out at 4:08.
The UK version of "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" runs 3:40 and includes two overlapping samples at the beginning of the track. The first sample is of a male voice apparently telling a story in a restaurant while dishes clink in the background, and a female companion laughs. The second sample is from Skeeter Davis' 1962 recording of "The End of the World" played on a scratchy vinyl record. Both samples return at the end of the track, with the male voice continuing his story and the Skeeter Davis record fading out with audible vinyl surface noise. The US version of "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" runs 3:11 and omits both samples. The US mix is somewhat brighter and contains the full coda of the song including the decay of the final piano chord.
The UK version of "My Love Life" also appears on the 1997 compilation Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey. The US version of "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" was later included on the 1998 compilation My Early Burglary Years.
Critical reception
"My Love Life" was reviewed in NME by John Peel as the "best one he's [Morrissey] made in a long time" and the song was described as "catchy, romantic [and] endearing". In a retrospective reception, Ned Raggett of AllMusic called the song "a gentler ramble in comparison to things like the live "Sing Your Life," and though the lyrics are a bit curious (Morrissey asking for a ménage à trois?), the performance is a fine one all around."
Music video
The music video, directed by Tim Broad was shot mostly on Van Buren Street in Phoenix, Arizona. It depicts Morrissey driving in a Rolls-Royce Corniche II along with members of his band who have their hair cut in Morrissey's style.
Track listings
7-inch vinyl and cassette (UK)
"My Love Life" (UK version)
"I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" (UK version)
12-inch vinyl and CD (UK)
"My Love Life" (UK version)
"I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" (UK version)
"There's a Place in Hell for Me and My Friends" (KROQ)
12-inch vinyl and CD (US)
"My Love Life" (US version)
"I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" (US version)
"Skin Storm" (Bradford cover)
Personnel
Morrissey: voice
Mark E. Nevin: guitars
Mark Bedford: bass
Andrew Paresi: drums
Chrissie Hynde: backing vocals
Note: Morrissey's recently recruited live band, Boz Boorer, Alain Whyte, Spencer Cobrin and Gary Day, are erroneously credited on the single sleeve.
References
External links
"My Love Life (Music Video)" at Muzu TV
Morrissey songs
1991 singles
His Master's Voice singles
Songs written by Morrissey
Songs written by Mark Nevin
Song recordings produced by Clive Langer
Song recordings produced by Alan Winstanley |
17037552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsushi%20Tanaka | Tetsushi Tanaka | is a Japanese actor.
Personal life
Tanaka married actress Yukie Nakama on September 18, 2014, after a six-year relationship.
Selected filmography
Film
Get Up! (2003)
One Missed Call (2004)
Umizaru (2004)
69 (2004)
Veronika Decides to Die (2005)
Into a Dream (2005)
Limit of Love: Umizaru (2005)
Water Flower (2006)
I Just Didn't Do It (2007)
Exte (2007)
Sakigake!! Otokojuku (2008)
Happy Flight (2008)
Rebirth (2011), Takehiro Akiyama
Outrage Beyond (2012), Funaki
Midsummer's Equation (2013), Keiichi Esaki
Like Father, like Son (2013)
Flying Colors (2015), Sayaka's Father
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017), Iwashita
Love At Least (2018)
Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp (2018)
Ten Years Japan (2018)
The House Where the Mermaid Sleeps (2018), Dr. Shindō
Day and Night (2019), Ryohei Miyake
The Journalist (2019), Tada
Stolen Identity 2 (2020)
Signal the Movie (2021)
Ride or Die (2021), Yoshio Akiba
Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021), Masakazu Minami
Tombi: Father and Son (2022)
Shin Ultraman (2022), Tatsuhiko Munakata
The Last 10 Years (2022), Dr. Hirata
Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final (TBA), Katsutoshi Kajiyama
Television
Sanbiki ga Kiru! (2002)
Shinsengumi! (2004), Matsumoto Ryōjun
Himitsu no Hanazono (2007)
Last Friends (2008)
Bloody Monday (2008)
Ryōmaden (2010) - Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Diplomat Kosaku Kuroda (2011), Kazuhiko Niida
Penance (2012)
Gunshi Kanbei (2014), Araki Murashige
Bitter Blood (2014), Hisashi Koga
Emergency Interrogation Room (2014–2021), Katsutoshi Kajiyama
Love Song (2016), Taizō Masumura
Crisis (2017), Mitsunari Yoshinaga
Manpuku (2019)
Two Homelands (2019), Orson Aikawa
Your Turn to Kill (2019)
Ranman (2023), Seiichi Tokunaga
Plays
Hamlet (1995)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)
Amor Vincit Omnia (1998)
MacBeth (1999)
Waiting for Godot (2000)
A Streetcar Named Desire (2001-2003)
Wuthering Heights (2002)
Das Schloss (2005)
References
External links
Tetsushi Tanaka at Dongyu
Japanese male actors
1966 births
Living people
Actors from Mie Prefecture |
12468960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwarbler | Rockwarbler | The rockwarbler (Origma solitaria), is a bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is the only bird species endemic to the state of New South Wales in Australia.
Taxonomy and systematics
English artist and naturalist John Lewin described the rockwarbler in 1808. For many years it was the only member of its genus until genetic work showed that it was related to two species of mousewarblers from New Guinea. The rockwarbler diverged from the common ancestor of the other two species around 9 million years ago. Rockwarbler has been designated the official name by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). Common names also include cataract-bird, cave-bird, origma, rock-robin, and sandstone robin. A former common name, hanging dick, came about from its nest, which hangs suspended in a cave. It has no subspecies.
Description
The rockwarbler is in length and weighs around , with predominantly dark grey-brown plumage, darker wings and more red-brown underparts, cinnamon-tinged face and forehead, and whitish throat. Its tail is black. Adult males and females have similar plumage. Juveniles have duller and paler plumage than the adult, with a reddish tint to the throat, and a greyer chin. It can be distinguished from the pilotbird by its smaller size and head, white throat patch, and square tail.
Its main call is a repeated shrill chis-sick, given during the breeding season–though they may also give a tid-ed-dee. Its contact call is rasping and smooth. The alarm call is similar to the contact call, but a single note. Its scold call is a chatter similar to that of scrubwrens. They are accomplished mimics, and will replicate the calls of numerous other birds, including scrubwrens, white-eared honeyeaters, grey butcherbirds, eastern spinebills, rufous whistlers and more.
Distribution and habitat
It is usually seen hopping erratically over rocks while flicking its tail. Its preferred habitat is woodland and gullies with exposed sandstone or limestone rocks, and often near water. Its distribution is central eastern New South Wales, within a radius of Sydney. It has been affected adversely by human-modified habitat, and has declined in these areas. Most of its range is protected in national parks, which has insulated the species from habitat loss. They generally do not migrate, except in very dry conditions.
Behavior and ecology
Rockwarblers may live alone, in pairs, or in family groups with as many as five members. They do not fly very far, though they are quite fast. Flights tend to be low to the ground. When not flying, they will flick their tail side-to-side.
Breeding and nesting
Mated pairs maintain a territory, nesting in a sandstone cave. The nest is a hanging structure made of grasses, roots, bark and moss, with spider web used as an adhesive. It has a dome-shaped entrance. Breeding season is from August to January. The female lays a clutch of three eggs, which take around 23 days to hatch. Up to two clutches may be laid in a season.
Diet
Rockwarblers are generally insectivores, but will supplement the diet with seeds. Insects are taken mostly on the ground, or in lower branches of vegetation. They may also hover in short bursts to catch prey. They are inquisitive and will investigate nooks and crannies in rocks, as well as under leaf litter. They are nimble, being able to move vertically up rock faces to probe rock features. Preferred insects are ants, wasps, and beetles, as well as butterfly and moth larvae. Panic grass and wheat are both acceptable grains. They will also take food left by humans, namely bread crumbs and butter.
References
Further reading
del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Christie D. (editors) (2006). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 12: Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions. .
External links
Birds described in 1808
Birds of New South Wales
Endemic birds of Australia
Origma
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
40577076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dushdur | Dushdur | Dushdur (, also Romanized as Dūshdūr; also known as Dūsh and Dūshar) is a village in Almalu Rural District, Nazarkahrizi District, Hashtrud County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 176, in 28 families.
References
Towns and villages in Hashtrud County |
67947689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieczy%C5%84ski | Pieczyński | Pieczyński (feminine: Pieczyńska; plural: Pieczyńscy) is a Polish surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Andrzej Pieczyński (born 1956), Polish actor
Emma Pieczynska-Reichenbach (1854–1927), Swiss abolitionist and feminist
Krzysztof Pieczyński (born 1957), Polish actor
Małgorzata Pieczyńska (born 1960), Polish actress
See also
Polish-language surnames |
7914346 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie%20Piper | Sophie Piper | Countess Eva Sophie Piper, née Eva Sophie von Fersen (30 March 1757 – 2 February 1816, Löfstad Slott), was a Swedish countess and lady in waiting. She was the daughter of count Axel von Fersen the Elder and Hedvig Catharina von Fersen and the sister of Axel von Fersen the Younger, Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen and Fabian von Fersen (1762–1818). She is foremost known for her close friendship with Queen Hedvig Elizabeth Charlotte, who dedicated her famous diary to her.
Life
Association to Prince Frederick
As a member of one of the most powerful noble families in Sweden, Sophie von Fersen often participated in court life, though she never served as hovfröken (maid of honor) prior to her marriage, which was otherwise common for a person of her status: both her cousins, Ulla von Höpken and Augusta von Fersen served at court prior to their marriage.
Sophie von Fersen was described as a beauty before her marriage. In 1774, she received a proposal from Duke Frederik Adolf, the king's youngest brother and third in line to the throne, who had previously unsuccessfully proposed to her cousin Ulrika von Fersen.
Her father forbade the marriage, since he had no wish to bind his family to the royal family. Both Sophie and her father feared that she would have been humiliated by the King and the Queen Dowager, who both disliked the match.
An attempt to elope was prevented by the Duchess Charlotte. In 1777, Sophie von Fersen married chamberlain count Adolf Ludwig Piper (1750–1795).
The whole affair was described by the Duchess Charlotte, an account supported by that of her father. After Prince Frederick Adolf had proposed to Sophie, she informed the Princess, who welcomed her as a sister-in-law because of their friendship, but advised her to inform her father.
When Frederick Adolf presented his proposal to her father in January 1774, her father declined with the motivation that it was not a suitable match, and that although honored, he must decline for the sake of loyalty to the royal house.
Sophie was by that time already promised to Count Piper, because he was rich, and because the families were friends. Frederick Adolf was not met with open opposition by his family, but his mother, the Queen dowager, and his brother the King were, in fact, opposed to it.
Fredrick Adolf was sent away, and the King and the Queen dowager proposed that Sophie be lady in waiting. Her father stated in his papers that the reason for this suggestion was to "abuse the youth and lack of experience of my daughter and, if they could, make her the official mistress of the Duke", and he therefore declined the position of lady in waiting for Sophie.
When Frederick Adolf continued to be in love with Sophie von Fersen after two years had passed, he and his brother Duke Charles proposed to Sophie von Fersen that they would abduct her from a ball of the duchess Charlotte and bring her to Prince Frederick's residence Tullgarn Palace, where a priest would be waiting to perform the ceremony before it could be prevented.
Sophie declined the offer after having consulted duchess Charlotte, mostly, as it seemed, out of pride. She informed Frederick Adolf of her decision at a masquerade ball in the presence of duchess Charlotte. When Frederick Adolf tried to convince her to change her mind, she was almost ready to do so, but asked duchess Charlotte to take her to another room, so that her feelings would not persuade her to accept.
After this, she accepted that her engagement to Count Piper was to be confirmed. After her marriage, Frederick Adolf left for Italy.
Association to Duchess Charlotte
Sophie Piper is known for her intimate friendship to Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, the spouse of Charles XIII of Sweden.
In May 1774, she accompanied her mother, who had been appointed by Gustav III of Sweden to welcome and escort the bride of his brother to Sweden.
During the trip to Swedish Pomerania and back to Sweden, Sophie and Charlotte formed a very strong attachment with each other, and Charlotte was to be closely associated with the von Fersen family in Sweden.
From 1786 until 1800, Sophie Piper served as hovmästarinna to duchess Charlotte. The friendship between Sophie and Charlotte somewhat cooled after Sophie had refused to accompany Charlotte on her trip to Germany in 1798-99 in favor of going there separately with her lover. This was followed by her resignation as the chief lady in waiting of Charlotte's court in 1800, after which Charlotte stopped writing her journal in the form of letters to Sophie.
Duchess Charlotte dedicated her famous journal, written between 1775 and 1817, to her friend Sophie Piper, and until 1800, the journal is formally written in the form of letters to her. The letters were never sent, but written in this way as a dedication to Sophie Piper. The diary has been published between 1902 and 1942, and regarded as a valuable reference work of contemporary Sweden. The two friends also upheld a vast correspondence, which has been partially published. Duchess Charlotte once referred to Sophie Piper as the only true friend she ever owned, and upon the death of Piper in 1816, Charlotte wrote a biography of her.
Private life
Sophie Piper married the chamberlain count Adolf Ludwig Piper (1750–1795), owner of Ängsö Castle, with whom she had two sons and two daughters, born between 1778 and 1785.
Sophie Piper was known for her love life in contemporary high society life. After her affair with Frederick Adolf, Sophie fell in love with the Russian Prince Alexander Kurakin, whom Empress Catherine the Great had sent to Stockholm in 1776 at the head of a diplomatic delegation. He preserved her love letters, which vividly record her emotional state.
In 1779, she had a relationship with the Spanish envoy marquess Liano y las Qanchas, who at one point lived at Ängsö Castle with her and her spouse, and later with the French envoy count Louis Claude Bigot de Saint-Croix, whom she shared with Eva Löwen, while her spouse was in turn the lover of Ulla von Höpken.
Sophie Piper is known to be one of five women to have been a member of the Freemasons in Sweden during the 18th century: alongside Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen, Countess Ulrica Catharina Brahe and (not as surely documented but most likely) Christina Charlotta Stjerneld, she is confirmed as a member of a Freemasonic adoption lodge for women at court in 1776, when Princess Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte was initiated by her consort Duke Charles as Grand Mistress of the female lodge.
Sophie Piper was a close confidante to her brother Axel von Fersen the Younger, known as a favorite and rumored lover of Marie Antoinette – for reasons of caution the letters between Axel and Sophie make numerous references to that relationship, but out of caution Marie Antoinette is never referred to by name but always as "She" or "Josephine"; the Swedish historian Alma Söderhjelm has demonstrated that these are aliases for Marie Antoinette.
In their correspondence, Sophie reproached Axel for his sexual relationship to Eleanore Sullivan out of consideration for the feelings of Marie Antoinette: "I truly hope that she will never find out about this, for it would give her great pain", and: "Think of Her, the poor one, spare her such mortal sorrows!" Out of consideration of the reputation of the late queen Marie Antoinette, the correspondence of Axel von Fersen was later censured and in some extent even burned when it included material which was considered to be harmful to the reputation of the late queen.
From 1784, it was noticed that she was courted by Baron Evert Wilhelm Taube af Odenkat, cousin of Hedvig Taube, and from about 1790, they were known to be involved in a serious long term relationship. This affair took place in parallel with the affair of her friend duchess Charlotte and her younger brother Fabian Reinhold von Fersen, and the two women gave each other messages in their letters referring to "F." and "T."
In 1795, she was widowed, and her relationship to Taube took on an official meaning. When duke Charles and duchess Charlotte left Sweden for their European journey in 1798, Sophie Piper declared that she would also go to Germany, but not as the lady in waiting in service of duchess Charlotte, but separately, with baron Taube, a decision she fulfilled. In Germany, however, Evert Wilhelm Taube died in Carlsbad, which was reportedly a great sorrow for her.
In 1800, her mother died, and her brother Axel von Fersen the Younger returned to settle in the family residence in Stockholm, after which Sophie Piper resigned as chief lady in waiting of duchess Charlotte with the motivation that she was now to settle in her childhood home with her brother, who was unmarried, and keep his household and be his hostess.
The Fersen Murder
After the deposition of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden in 1809, the Fersen siblings were known supporters of the Gustavian Party, who wished for the son of the deposed monarch to be acknowledged as heir to the throne. Instead, Carl August, prince of Augustenburg, was chosen. Like her brother Axel, Sophie fell under false and unfounded suspicion of involvement in crown prince Karl August's death in 1810. Both Sophie and Axel were rumored to have poisoned August. They were pointed out in a satire named Räfvarne ('Foxes') as the poisoners of the crown prince, and were punished in the satire with death.
Axel was killed in the street on 20 June 1810 by an angry mob while escorting the funeral possession of Carl August. This became known as the Fersen murder. Sophie was also subjected to persecution at this occasion, but she managed to escape. She was warned that she would be forced to share his fate, and she therefore left Stockholm the same night disguised as a maid and sought refuge at Rydboholm Castle.
The day after, she was given permission by the king to be placed in safe custody at Vaxholm Castle. She demanded a court to investigate her involvement in the death of the crown prince. She remained at Vaxholm until November, when she was cleared from all charges. During the investigation, she received several proposals of marriage, one from Georg Carl von Döbeln: she did not accept, but it led to a correspondence between them. Sophie was described as a charming beauty but was also feared for her ambition and sharp tongue.
She lived out her final years retired to Löfstad Slott near Norrköping.
In fiction
Sophie von Fersen, alongside the fictitious Johanna and Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, is one of the three main characters in the novel trilogy Barnbruden (Child Bride) from 2013, Pottungen (Chamber pot child) from 2014, and Räfvhonan (She Fox) from 2015, by Anna Laestadius Larsson.
References
Charlotte Bellamy & My Hellsing, Ma chère amie, Billets de la duchesse Charlotte de Sudermanie à Sophie de Fersen, Paris, Mercure de France, 2018.
Biography in the Nordisk familjebok for 1876 to 1904
Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon
Footnotes
Further reading
1757 births
1816 deaths
Swedish nobility
Swedish people of German descent
Swedish ladies-in-waiting
18th-century Swedish people
Swedish Freemasons
Gustavian era people
De la Gardie family
Court of Gustav III
Sophie |
347255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Antonius | George Antonius | George Habib Antonius, CBE (hon.) (; October 9, 1891May 21, 1942) was a Lebanese author and diplomat who settled in Jerusalem. He was one of the first historians of Arab nationalism. Born in Deir al Qamar to a Lebanese Eastern Orthodox Christian family, he served as a civil servant in the British Mandate of Palestine. His 1938 book The Arab Awakening generated an ongoing debate over such issues as the origins of Arab nationalism, the significance of the Arab Revolt of 1916, and the machinations behind the post-World War I political settlement in West Asia and North Africa.
Philosophy
Antonius traced Arab nationalism to the reign of Mehmet Ali Pasha in Egypt. He argued that the Arab nation (which consists of racial and cultural-linguistic elements) has been "dormant" for centuries, and that Protestant missionaries from United States had a specific role in the renewal and "awakening" of the Arabic as a national language. He saw the role of the Syrian Protestant College as central to this development, although he notes that later on, by the end of the 19th century, that role has diminished, since the college initiated instruction in English. By then the torch of the movement had been passed to Arab intellectuals residing in Greater Syria and in Europe and to Arab officers in the Ottoman army that formed a secret society to ultimately promote Arab nationalist interests. These officers proved particularly useful later during World War I after the leadership of the movement openly shifted allegiance to support the Entente. Other than tracing the birth of the Arab national movement, Antonius also argued that it was Great Britain that dishonored its prior commitments to the Arabs, and instead pursued its own colonial interests at the expense of what Antonius calls the "true will of the people," namely unity and independence of the would-be Arab state.
Career
Antonius graduated from Cambridge University and joined the newly formed British Mandate Administration in Palestine as the deputy in the Education Department. His wife, Katy, was a daughter of Faris Nimr Pasha, a wealthy Lebanese Christian and cultural activist. Antonius had a difficult relationship with the British. Despite his senior position he and his wife were refused membership to the Jerusalem sports club which had a "No Natives" policy.
In 1925, Antonius joined Gilbert Clayton in the newly formed Saudi Arabia, as his translator and advisor in the negotiations to agree on the boundaries of Saudi Arabia with Iraq, Transjordan and Yemen.
He resigned his position in 1930 to join the Institute of Current World Affairs in New York City. He was secretary general to the Arab Delegation to the London Conference (1939).
An annual lecture is given in his memory at St Antony's College, Oxford.
Personal life
Antonius was the son-in-law of Faris Nimr who was a Lebanese journalist and founder of the newspaper Al Muqattam.
Gallery
References
Sources
External links
Antonius, George. The Arab awakening : the story of the Arab national movement. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1939.
Kramer, Martin (1996) Ambition, Arabism, and George Antonius in Arab Awakening and Islamic Revival: The Politics of Ideas in the Middle East, ed. Martin Kramer (New Brunswick: Transaction, 1996), 112–23.
Documents of Western Betrayal and Arab Opposition from The Arab Awakening
People from Chouf District
Greek Orthodox Christians from Lebanon
Lebanese emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
20th-century Lebanese historians
Historians of the Middle East
Honorary Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
1891 births
1941 deaths
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Lebanese Arab nationalists |
13830718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff%2C%20New%20Zealand | Cardiff, New Zealand | Cardiff is a settlement in inland Taranaki, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located five kilometres southwest of Stratford close to Egmont National Park.
Gallery
Further reading
General historical works
Business history
Records of the Cardiff Dairy Company Ltd (from 1891-1965 i.e. its entire history) are held at in New Plymouth. Cardiff was one of the constituent dairy co-operatives (the others being Eltham, Stratford, and Normanby) who combined to form the Taranaki Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. in 1965. See records of the Cardiff Dairy Company (A392) /
People
Architectural plans for a house for Cardiff resident, Fred Frethey (and dating from 1910) are held within in New Plymouth. See
An oral history resource relating to Diana Humphries (who formerly taught at Cardiff School) is held within in New Plymouth. See
Former Stratford District mayor, David Walter, has conducted a number of oral history interviews with people within that broad geographical area. These are preserved as mp3 files on twelve CDs held within in New Plymouth. The sixth CD of this collection contains a recording of Henry Johnson speaking about his life and times, in England and Cardiff. See
Schools
Stratford District, New Zealand
Populated places in Taranaki |
63491590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrijan%20Sarajlija | Adrijan Sarajlija | Adrijan Sarajlija (Zvornik, 6 April 1976) is a Serbian writer, physician and medical scientist. He is known in region of former Yugoslavia for his short speculative fiction stories and his SF novel A Mirror for the Vampire /Ogledalo za vampira/. He completed the First Belgrade High School and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Belgrade.
Sarajlija is part of the Signalism international art movement. He is a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia. He is married, lives and works in Belgrade.
Works
Adrijan Sarajlija's short stories have been published in a number of national and Balkan anthologies, such as: Best of Umbrella 1 (Best of Kišobran, 2008), White Noise (Beli šum, 2008), City Stories 3 - Fantasy (Gradske priče 3 - Fantastika, 2008), True Lies (Istinite laži, 2009), City Stories 4 - Watermill (Gradske priče 4 - Vodenica, 2009), Best of Umbrella 2 (Best of Kišobran 2, 2010), Paracosmos (Parasvemir, 2010), Phan(tom) (Fan(tom), 2010). He has also been featured in the Emitor prozine and on the regional websites Art-Anima and Umbrella.
He is the author of the short stories collection Manufactory G (Manufaktura G, 2010), the novel The Mirror for the Vampire (Ogledalo za vampira, 2012) and the collection Naked Voices (Goli glasovi, 2017). Manufactory G contains nine genre-heterogeneous stories ranging from science fiction, through horror to magical realism. According to critics, among the stories stands out the most ambitious and the longest - Everything that grows /Sve što raste/, a striking and creepy picture of a world-destroying monster.
The novel A Mirror for the Vampire follows the fate of Eduardo, a frustrated professor of history at a private high school in Brasil. Enchanted by vampire mythology, Eduardo decides to use the advances of modern medicine to become as close to his dark patterns as possible, and to seek revenge on those who have done him harm.
Critical reception
Belgrade critic and editor Miloš Cvetković described the first book as following: "Manufactory G is the debut collection of Adrijan Sarajlija; it consists of nine obviously carefully chosen stories that span a diverse genre ranging from science fiction, horror, steampunk, to western... All the stories in the collection are carefully crafted and while Sarailija is obviously still looking for her own voice and is experimenting with form and content a lot, what is constant for all stories is his dedication to detail, safe storytelling and great richness of ideas."
Istrian Croatian critic Davor Šišović recommended the collection in the Voice of Istria: "Style equal to the classics of magical realism, but also to the Andrić-Selimović style of storytelling, very natural dialogues, extremely artful atmosphere, layered characters, but also ruthlessness to their destinies, these are just some of the characteristics. Sarajlija's prose."
Eminent Serbian writer and critic Ilija Bakić wrote about the novel The mirror for the vampire: "Adrijan Sarajlija's novel is an unrestrained, perspicacious and witty narrative that confirms author's notable place among the younger Serbian fiction writers deserved by the collection of Manufactures G. "
In a cultural supplement to the eminent Politika newspaper, June 16, 2012, an extensive review of Sarajlija's novel was signed by political scientist Prof. Alexander L. Jugović, one of the leading Serbian theorists of social deviance. He writes: "Using horror, the author tells us that sex, power, and media fame are the key values of a spectacle society... Sarajlija uses the metamorphosis of Professor Eduard into a vampire ("vampirinho") to show us the fears of a man living in modern society: because of belonging, social status, sexual orientation, health…. His hero is the paradigm of a confused, marginalized and unhappy man in a time of media consumerism."
On June 29, 2012, in a review for the Popboks site, Belgrade critic Đorđe Bajić wrote: "Some readers may be rejected by some overly explicit descriptions, but it should be borne in mind that they are the means by which Sarajlija achieves its goal - the grotesque realism of the Rabble type."
Istrian writer Saša Šebelić says: "Despite what the title suggests, it is not a horror genre, but pure speculative fiction, in which the author summarizes and describes, without condemning, not disgusting, the vices of modern, hybrid times, decadence and amorality who as a patina has settled in this world and is all around us, not bypassing even professions that are expected to have at least a minimum of ethics."
The poet and prose writer Slobodan Škerović wrote about Sarajlija's novel: "The extraordinarily rich, exotic and receptible scenery is imbued with the carnival-like, unbridled humor that Sarajlija's grotesques speak. In this debut novel, the eloquence, insight and mastery of Adrijan Sarajlija came to the fore. The funny side of the vampire world is violently colliding with the dark and cruel reality of Brazil's carnal passions and their consequent bizarre modi vivendi, leading to the bursting of human forms into jungle beings of a different kind, more destructive and unpredictable than the real Amazonia."
The novel A Mirror for the Vampire has been shortlisted for the NIN Award, the main literary award in former Yugoslavia.
Bibliography
Novels
A Mirror for the Vampire (Ogledalo za vampira, author's publication, 2012; Čarobna knjiga, 2013).
Prose Collections
Manufactory G (Manufaktura G, "Tardis", 2010).
Naked Voices (Goli glasovi, "Everest media", 2017)
Anthologies and Group Collections
Chronovision /Hronovizija/ in the White Noise: An Anthology of Television Stories /Beli šum: Antologija priča o televiziji/, edited by Goran Skrobonja, Paladin (Fraktali Library), 2008.
Abrakadabra in True Lies: Urban Legends Stories /Istinite laži: Priče o urbanim legendama/, edited by Goran Skrobonja , Paladin (Fraktals Library), 2009.
Berlin Bob in Apocalypse yesterday, today, tomorrow /Apokalipsa juče, danas, sutra/, edited by Goran Skrobonja , Paladin (Fraktali Library), 2011.
Wasserkrabbe in the Paracosmos /Parasvemir/ Anthology, edited by Tatjana Jambrišak and Darko Vrban, Mentor, Zagreb, 2010.
A Letter /Pismo/ in Dark, ebonite matter /Tamna, tmasta tvar/, edited by Tatjana Jambrišak, Darko Vrban and Ivana Delač, Mentor, Zagreb, 2013.
References
External links
A Mirror for the Vampire, an official novel web-site
1976 births
People from Zvornik
Writers from Belgrade
Physicians from Belgrade
Serbian science fiction writers
Serbian speculative fiction writers
Signalism
Living people |
25583720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saboot | Saboot | Saboot () is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language horror/thriller film directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay. It stars Navin Nischol, Kajal Kiran, Vidya Sinha, Vinod Mehra, Trilok Kapoor, Om Shivpuri and Prem Chopra.
Plot
Seth Dharamdas has two daughters: the older one is Asha and the younger one is Kajal. Dharamdas had struck a business deal with Dhanraj. Here, Asha marries her love interest Vikas, but he dies in an air crash. Asha grieves his loss, following which, Dharamdas cancels his plan to sell the factory and decides to dedicate the factory as a souvenir to Vikas.
Dhanraj doesn't want this deal be cancelled and hence bribes Dharamdas's trusted employees Manmohan Saxena, Ashok Gupta and Rita into helping him to kill Dharamdas. Dharamdas has to go to Nainital for a business trip. However, he is approached by Dhanraj, Ashok and Manmohan in the train itself and is forced to sign an agreement that would entitle Dhanraj to be the sole owner of all his riches.
Dharamdas does as told, however the crooks kill him and bury him nearby. During the fracas, Ashok's knife falls down into the grave, but he is in a hurry and doesn't have time to take it out. In the meantime, Asha and Kajal are being looked after by Ajit Roy, who used to hold a responsible post in the factory during Dharamdas's ownership. Ajit Roy strikes up another deal with Dhanraj.
Suddenly, the "ghost" of Dharamdas starts confronting his killers. The villains die due to the shock of seeing him. A wave of panic runs among the killers. Dharamdas's daughters are unaware of the truth, as they believe that their father has gone missing. Dharamdas's case is given to Inspector Anand, an old friend of Vikas. When the villains start dying mysteriously, Anand becomes confident that there is some connection between the deaths and the disappearance of Dharamdas.
Anand sets up traps, confident that Dharamdas is still alive and killing his associates for some still unknown reason. He has no luck until Dhanraj is killed. Anand sees Dharamdas and shoots him. The rest needs to be seen.
Cast
Navin Nischol as CBI Inspector Anand
Kajal Kiran as Kajal
Vidya Sinha as Asha
Vinod Mehra as Vikas
Prem Chopra as Dhanraj
Trilok Kapoor as Seth Dharamdas
Roopesh Kumar as Manmohan Saxena
Narendranath as Ashok Gupta
Padma Khanna as Rita
Om Shivpuri as Ajit Roy
Soundtrack
Lyrics: Amit Khanna
Legacy
Saboot is considered as Ramsay Brothers most unique horror film out of the bunch of other typical horror films they made which were mostly about bhoot pret, cults, shaitan and chudail. Because unlike their other films this didn't exactly have any real ghost or supernatural incidents but something more unique which needs to be seen by the viewers themselves. The film is available on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube.
External links
References
1980 films
Indian horror films
1980s Hindi-language films
1980 horror films
Films scored by Bappi Lahiri
Indian slasher films
1980s slasher films
Hindi-language horror films
Films directed by Shyam Ramsay
Films directed by Tulsi Ramsay |
761934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Keith | James Keith | James Keith may refer to:
James Francis Edward Keith (1696–1758), Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal
James Keith, Baron Keith of Avonholm (1886–1964), Scottish Senator of the College of Justice, and law lord
James Keith (Virginia judge) (1839–1918), president of the state of Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals from 1895 to 1916
Reverend James Keith, Massachusetts colonial minister who served from 1664 to 1719 at what is now called Reverend James Keith Parsonage
Jim Keith (1949–1999), American author |
55535147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cat%20with%20Ten%20Lives | The Cat with Ten Lives | "The Cat with Ten Lives" is the third episode aired of the first series of UFO - a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. David Tomblin wrote the screenplay and directed the episode. The episode was filmed between 22 May and 3 June,1970 and aired on the ATV Midlands network on 30 September 1970. Though shown as the third episode, it was actually the nineteenth to have been filmed.
The series was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company.
Story
Moonbase interceptor pilot James Regan is on 48 hours leave from the Moon. He and his wife are invited by an older couple, the Thompsons, who have mysteriously been given an unusual psychic board game. Whilst the two couples are playing the game, Regan starts to have strange reactions and faints. Later, as Regan and his wife are driving down a country road they stop their car to avoid a Siamese cat. They are then abducted by aliens who take them to their UFO, where he has another experience similar to the one he had at the Thompson home. Regan awakes back in his car with the cat but his wife missing, abducted by the aliens. Regan explains his story at SHADO Control but Straker sends him back to the moon. Meanwhile the cat now has free rein inside Control.
SHADO's resident doctor - Douglas Jackson - has performed an autopsy on an alien body and found it to be entirely human, not - as previously believed - an alien species that harvests human organs to extend its lifespan. He surmises that the aliens may be able to control human brains.
When piloting his SHADO Interceptor escorting the Venus probe, Regan fails to destroy a UFO that leaves Earth carrying his wife. He is recalled to Earth for an assessment. Still controlled by the cat, Regan attacks Col. Paul Foster and returns to the moon, where he puts his interceptor on a crash course with Moonbase. Straker determines that the cat is controlling Regan and has it eliminated. No longer under alien control, Regan sacrifices himself by just missing Moonbase but is unable to avoid impacting on the lunar surface.
Cast
Starring
Ed Bishop — Commander Edward "Ed" Straker, Commander-in-chief of SHADO
Michael Billington — Col. Paul Foster
Dolores Mantez — Lt. Nina Barry, Moonbase operative
Ayshea — Lt. Ayshea Johnson
Vladek Sheybal — Dr. Douglas Jackson
Guest stars
Alexis Kanner — Lt. Jim Regan
Lois Maxwell — Miss Holland
Steven Berkoff — Captain Steve Minto
Featuring
Geraldine Moffatt — Jean Regan
Wanda Ventham - Col. Virginia Lake
Colin Gordon — Albert Thompson
Eleanor Summerfield — Muriel Thompson
Windsor Davies — Morgan
Al Mancini — Lt. Andy Conroy
Production notes
Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire and Neptune House at ATV Elstree Studios, Borehamwood.
Reception
AnorakZone.com ranks "The Cat with Ten Lives" the seventh-worst episode of UFO, describing its story as "the strangest and most 'out there' [that] UFO ever did [...] funny for the wrong reasons, and watchable for same". Commenting that the plight of Regan's pregnant wife is "pushed down in the narrative in favour of a telepathic cat", the reviewer argues that compared to other episodes "The Cat with Ten Lives" feels "impossible to regard as part of the same series", adding that Kanner as Regan seems "like he's in a different programme to everyone else".
References
External links
Screenplay for the episode
1970 British television episodes
UFO (TV series) episodes |
3394837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Paris | Geography of Paris | The geography of Paris is characterized by the urbanization of the area it lies within, and its position in the Petite Couronne, Grande Couronne, and Île-de-France.
Location
Paris is located in northern central France. By road, it is southeast of London, south of Calais, southwest of Brussels, north of Marseille, northeast of Nantes, and southeast of Rouen. Paris is located in the north-bending arc of the river Seine and includes two islands, the Île Saint-Louis and the larger Île de la Cité, which form the oldest part of the city. The river's mouth on the English Channel (La Manche) is about downstream from the city. The city is spread widely on both banks of the river.
Area
Excluding the outlying parks of Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes, Paris covers an oval measuring about in area, enclosed by the ring road, the Boulevard Périphérique. The city's last major annexation of outlying territories in 1860 not only gave it its modern form but also created the 20 clockwise-spiralling arrondissements (municipal boroughs). From the 1860 area of , the city limits were expanded marginally to in the 1920s. In 1929, the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes forest parks were officially annexed to the city, bringing its area to about . The metropolitan area of the city is .
Climate
Paris has a typical Western European oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb ) which is affected by the North Atlantic Current. The overall climate throughout the year is mild and moderately wet. Summer days are usually warm and pleasant with average temperatures between , and a fair amount of sunshine. Each year, however, there are a few days when the temperature rises above . Longer periods of more intense heat sometimes occur, such as the heat wave of 2003 when temperatures exceeded for weeks, reached on some days and seldom cooled down at night. Spring and autumn have, on average, mild days and fresh nights but are changing and unstable. Surprisingly warm or cool weather occurs frequently in both seasons. In winter, sunshine is scarce; days are cool, nights cold but generally above freezing with low temperatures around . Light night frosts are however quite common, but the temperature will dip below for only a few days a year. Snow falls every year, but rarely stays on the ground. The city sometimes sees light snow or flurries with or without accumulation. Paris has an average annual precipitation of , and experiences light rainfall distributed evenly throughout the year. However the city is known for intermittent abrupt heavy showers.
Paris has a rich history of meteorological observations, with some going back as far as 1665. The highest recorded temperature is on 25 July 2019, and the lowest is on 10 December 1879. Furthermore, the warmest night on record is on 27 June 1772 and the coldest day is on 30 December 1788.
Topography
The topography, or physical lay of the land, of Paris, the capital of France, is relatively flat, with an elevation of above sea level, but it contains a number of hills:
Montmartre: above sea level (ASL). It was leveled in the 18th century.
Belleville: ASL
Menilmontant: ASL
Buttes-Chaumont: ASL
Passy: ASL
Chaillot: ASL
Montagne Sainte-Geneviève: ASL
Butte-aux-Cailles: ASL
Montparnasse: ASL
The highest elevation in the City of Paris is not, as often thought, on the hill of Montmartre, where the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur is located, but on the hill of Belleville on the , which reaches . In the greater urban area, the highest point is in the Forest of Montmorency (Val-d'Oise département), north-northwest of the center of Paris as the crow flies, at above sea level.
The lowest elevation is , indicated on the river Seine at the western city limits.
Paris lies in the so-called "Paris Basin," a low-lying continental shelf region that is occasionally submerged by ocean waters over geologic time, which leaves marine sedimentary deposits behind (e.g., limestone, which was used to construct many of the buildings of the city; this was excavated from an underground quarry called the "Quarries of Paris"). When the region is above sea-level, as at the present time, rivers draining water from the land form, and these cut channels into the landscape. The rivers therefore strongly influence the topography of Paris. The Seine river cuts through Paris, but has apparently meandered in the past within a larger valley whose edges lie on the outskirts of the metropolitan area (the edges of this larger valley are visible from tall buildings in Paris). Many of the "hills" in Paris, appear to be formed as the result of cutoffs from previous meanders in the Seine river, which is now largely channelized to maintain its stability.
Divisions
Arrondissements of Paris
The city of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux, administrative districts, more simply referred to as arrondissements. These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements, which subdivide the 101 French départements. The word "arrondissement", when applied to Paris, refers almost always to the municipal arrondissements.
The number of the arrondissement is indicated by the last two digits in most Parisian postal codes (75001 up to 75020).
See also
Geography of Île-de-France
References
Works cited
External links |
47888040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamakkan | Tamakkan | Tamakkan, which means "empower yourself" in Arabic, is an entrepreneurship organization based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, that offers guidance, seminars, and networking opportunities to SMEs. Tamakkan was founded in 2009 by Sana Bagersh and operates in partnership with Aldar Properties and under the patronage of the Fatima Bint Hazza Cultural Foundation.
Foundation
Tamakkan was created to foster empowerment and offer a platform that entrepreneurs and start-ups could approach for advice and learn tools to further their business ventures. Tamakkan focuses on the principles of leadership, innovation, and best business practices. It is a strong believer in the concept of "intrapreneurship" which seeks to inject "entrepreneurship dynamics" into public organizations in order to make them more efficient, innovative, and effective.
Tamakkan holds free monthly seminars at the Mamoura Auditorium in Abu Dhabi. The seminars focus on business fundamentals like developing business and marketing plans, branding, segmentation, franchising, merchandising, social media, and so on.
Tamakkan provides access related to information and networking, as well as promoting innovation, best practices, and corporate social responsibility to corporations and institutions. This initiative has grown into an informative and reliable tool aimed at fostering the sharing of knowledge and as a training platform that contributes to the development of the local economy. It aims at nurturing entrepreneurship, encouraging strategic goal-setting and standard business practices as well as helping SMEs to benchmark against the best in their field.
Initiatives
Tamakkan's monthly seminars offer a wide spectrum of guidance to entrepreneurs on topics ranging from financing, marketing, and product development, all the way to international business expansion, integrating new technologies, and the importance of maintaining health and balance.
Tamakkan supports young Emirati entrepreneurs by providing them with industry insights in order to achieve their business dreams. It also launched an Entrepreneur Free Advice Program where entrepreneurs are able to get guidance and instantaneous answers to their questions, from participating experts who offer legal advice in addition to consulting on financing, marketing, branding, sales, life balance and other issues of concern to small and medium size enterprises (SMEs).
Tamakkan also facilitates discussions on issues such as gender differences in areas such as negotiations. It raises awareness about key differences while negotiating, between men and women and offered solutions to help individuals identify and mitigate weaknesses. It emphasized how to go about getting what they deserve regardless of gender barriers.
Corporate Bootcamp is a series of training workshops designed to improve business skills all the while supporting best practices and international standards. This was designed for private and public enterprises and includes fundamental skills required to successfully operate a business. The workshops cover the foundation of business allowing them to achieve peak fitness for their operational growth. This ensures that business owners have the essential skill set to achieve sustainability and success, as well as profitability through service skills, quality management and marketing.
Tamakkan's seminars are centered on the digital influence and its impact on businesses, thus helping entrepreneurs take advantage of social media and technology innovations such as iBeacon, Oculus Rift, Augmented Reality, and social marketing.
The short Tamakkan Grow courses were created to address the demand for a more substantive educational and informational platform. The courses focus on social marketing tools for small businesses as well as a case study presentation of the online business success story Newzglobe.com, featuring its CEO and Founder Meraj Syed.
Partners
Mubadala GE Capital
AmCham
Fatima Bint Hazza Cultural Foundation
London Speaker Bureau
SERCO
INSEAD
Boston University's Brussels Campus, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE
References
External links
Organisations based in Abu Dhabi
2009 establishments in the United Arab Emirates |
7427782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Henry%20Hines | William Henry Hines | William Henry Hines (March 15, 1856 – January 17, 1914) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1893 to 1895.
Early life and education
William Henry Hines was born in Brooklyn, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1865 with his parents, who settled in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Brooklyn and Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in 1881.
Career
Hines was appointed town clerk of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, in 1876 and elected assessor in 1877.
He served as a National Greenback member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives for Lackawanna and Luzerne County from 1879 to 1880 and as a Democratic member from 1883 to 1884. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 21st district from 1888 to 1892. Hines was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1894.
He worked as president of the Pocono Water Company and had unsuccessful campaigns for judge in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Luzerne County in 1911 and 1913.
He resumed the practice of law in Wilkes-Barre and died there in 1914. Interment in St. Mary's Cemetery in Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
References
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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1914 deaths
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century American politicians
20th-century American lawyers
Burials in Pennsylvania
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania Greenbacks
Pennsylvania lawyers
Democratic Party Pennsylvania state senators
Politicians from Brooklyn
Politicians from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Wyoming Seminary alumni |
27966272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971%20FIBA%20Europe%20Under-16%20Championship | 1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship | The 1971 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1971 European Championship for Cadets) was the first edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won their first title.
Teams
Preliminary round
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
9th–12th playoffs
5th–8th playoffs
Championship
Final standings
Team Roster
Dragan Todorić, Predrag Tripković, Ante Zaloker, Dragan Kićanović, Marko Martinović, Milan Milićević, Zoran Biorac, Rajko Žižić, Mirza Delibašić, Željko Morelj, Radmilo Lukovac, and Mirko Grgin.
Head coach: Mirko Novosel.
References
FIBA Archive
FIBA Europe Archive
1971
1971–72 in European basketball
1971–72 in Italian basketball
International youth basketball competitions hosted by Italy |
4858872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey%20%28band%29 | Odyssey (band) | Odyssey is a vocal trio, originally from New York City, best known for its disco hits including "Native New Yorker" (1977), "Use It Up and Wear It Out" (1980) and "Going Back to My Roots" (1981). Now based in the United Kingdom, the band is led and fronted by Steven Collazo and continues to perform and record.
Career
The group began as the Connecticut-born "Lopez Sisters" group, featuring Steven Collazo's mother, Lillian Lopez (Lillian Lopez Collazo Jackson; November 16, 1935 – September 4, 2012), Louise Lopez (February 22, 1933 – January 28, 2015), and Carmen Lopez (July 12, 1934 - April 22, 2016), the latter having left the group before Odyssey, as the act would come to be known after her departure, was conceived.
Filipino bassist and singer Tony Reynolds joined the group soon after "Native New Yorker" reached no. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, no. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. A string of albums and singles followed and the group managed another R&B chart hit, "Inside Out", written by Jesse Rae, produced by Jimmy Douglass and featuring music performed by session musicians. It peaked on the US R&B charts at no. 12 and in the UK went to no. 3 in 1982. The song was ranked at number 15 among the "Tracks of the Year" for 1982 by NME.
Reynolds, for unknown reasons, left after the first album and was replaced by Fayetteville, North Carolina, native William "Bill" McEachern, who remained with the group throughout the remainder of its RCA Records output. During that time, Brooklyn-born Steven Collazo joined the group as keyboardist, vocalist and musical director. Tony Reynolds died on February 2, 2010, in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
In the United Kingdom, the band, with its diverse musical style had more chart success, totalling five Top Ten hits between 1977 and 1982. One of them, "Use It Up and Wear It Out", reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in 1980. The UK follow-up single, "If You're Lookin' for a Way Out" had Lillian Lopez on lead vocals; the single reaching no. 6 in 1980 and spending a total of fifteen weeks in the UK chart. Odyssey thus became the third US act of the year (after Fern Kinney and M.A.S.H.) to reach number one in the UK despite not charting in their home country. Their later hit "Going Back to My Roots" was written and originally recorded by Lamont Dozier.
After leaving RCA, Odyssey, composed of lead vocalist Lillian Lopez, Al Jackson and Steven Collazo, continued touring, performing, and making television appearances throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East. Lopez and Jackson married in 2000 and retired from the music industry in 2003. Lopez died on September 4, 2012, of cancer.
Legacy
Odyssey's "If You're Looking for a Way Out" was covered by Tindersticks on their 1999 album, Simple Pleasure. "Inside Out" was covered by Electribe 101 on their 1990 album Electribal Memories and subsequently released as a single. Other covers of Odyssey's material include "Don't Tell Me Tell Her" by Phyllis Hyman and "Native New Yorker" by Esther Phillips, amongst others. The band, now led by Steven Collazo, featured vocalist twins Annis and Anne Peters and released the album Legacy in June 2011 on ISM Records. The twins left the group in January 2013, and were replaced by song stylist Jerdene Wilson and recording artist Romina Johnson. Johnson is known for her vocals and collaboration with Artful Dodger on the 2000 hit song "Movin' Too Fast". In 2014–15, Odyssey released their Together EP via ISM records.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Singles
References
External links
Official website
Odyssey discography at Discogs
American disco groups
American soul musical groups
Musical groups established in 1977
1977 establishments in New York City
Musical groups from New York City |
43226163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20MATA%20Bus%20Routes | List of MATA Bus Routes | Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) operates 24 bus routes around Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. MATA also previously operated routes in West Memphis, Arkansas.
Routes (as of August 2022)
Former routes
Groove Shuttle ran its last service on 31 December 2020. Six terminations in November 2021.
See also
MATA bus fleet
MATA Trolley
References
External links
MATA Bus Routes and Schedules
MATAplus service
Bus routes
Tennessee transportation-related lists
Memphis |
25587893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malus%20asiatica | Malus asiatica | Malus asiatica also known as the Chinese pearleaf crabapple is a species in the genus Malus, in the family Rosaceae. It is native to China and Korea.
References
asiatica
Crabapples
Flora of China
Flora of Korea
Fruits originating in East Asia
Taxa named by Takenoshin Nakai
Plants described in 1915 |
314832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggia | Maggia | Maggia may refer to:
Maggia (river), a river in southern Switzerland
Maggia (municipality), a municipality in southern Switzerland
Maggia (comics), a fictional crime syndicate in the Marvel Comics universe |
55997948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20SVL%20season | 2008 SVL season | The 2008 Shakey's V-League (SVL) season was the fifth season of the Shakey's V-League. There were two indoor conferences for this season.
1st Conference
The Shakey's V-League 5th Season 1st Conference was the seventh conference of Shakey's V-League, a collegiate women's volleyball league in the Philippines founded in 2004. The conference started March 30, 2008 at the Filoil Flying V Centre (formerly The Arena), San Juan.
Participating teams
Preliminary round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Match results
All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Finals
3rd place
Championship
Final standings
Individual awards
2nd Conference
Participating teams
Preliminary round
Final round
All series are best-of-3
Final standings
Individual awards
References
2008 in Philippine sport |
28362269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploring%20Minds | Exploring Minds | Exploring Minds is a Canadian educational television series which aired on CBC Television from 1953 to 1956.
Premise
Lectures from various university academics throughout Canada were featured on Exploring Minds. Episodes were produced in Toronto, Vancouver and other cities with support from numerous Canadian universities.
Charles Comfort and Peter Brieger hosted a sequence of lectures on various art forms. Canada's first Prime Minister was the subject of two programmes hosted by Donald Creighton which featured John A. Macdonald portrayed by Robert Christie.
Series producers included David Walker (Toronto) and Daryl Duke (Vancouver).
Scheduling
The first season of this half-hour series was broadcast on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 October 1953 to 19 April 1954. The second and third seasons aired Sundays at 6:00 p.m., from 3 October 1954 to 1 May 1955, then 30 October 1955 to 15 April 1956.
Reception
Despite efforts such as Exploring Minds, academic programming fell out of favour at the CBC after its initial years. Conflicts arose due to producers attitudes towards creating a presentable broadcast, and the professors' lack of familiarity with the requirements of television production. In one incident, a producer recorded a scene with 12 young ballet dancers to illustrate light refraction although the professor merely wished to show a drawing of the concept.
See also
University of the Air
References
External links
CBC Television original programming
1953 Canadian television series debuts
1956 Canadian television series endings
Black-and-white Canadian television shows |
73979813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masticophis%20bilineatus | Masticophis bilineatus | Masticophis bilineatus, the Sonoran whip snake, is a species of snake found in the United States and Mexico.
References
Masticophis
Reptiles described in 1863
Reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles of the United States
Taxa named by Giorgio Jan |
40016900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%20Chen | Bi Chen | Bi Chen ( 191–195) was an official serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty.
Life
Bi Chen was from Dongping Commandery (東平郡; covering parts of present-day Shandong and Henan) in Yan Province. Around 191, when Cao Cao became the Governor of Yan Province, he recruited Bi Chen to serve as an Assistant Officer () under him. Later, in 194, when Cao Cao was away on a campaign against Tao Qian, the Governor of Xu Province, his subordinates Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others rebelled against him in Yan Province and defected to another warlord Lü Bu. Bi Chen's family members were captured by the defectors. When Cao Cao returned to Yan Province to suppress the revolt and retake his territories, he told Bi Chen, "You're free to go to the rebels' side because your family members are being held hostage by them." Bi Chen kowtowed and reaffirmed his loyalty to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was so touched by Bi Chen's sincerity that he shed tears. However, Bi Chen broke his promise later when he joined Lü Bu. By late 195, Cao Cao had defeated Lü Bu and seized back all his territories in Yan Province. Bi Chen was captured alive by Cao Cao's forces. Many people feared for Bi Chen because they thought that Cao Cao would execute him, but Cao pardoned Bi and said, "How can a person who shows filial piety towards his loved ones not be loyal towards his lord? This is what I'm looking for." Cao Cao then appointed Bi Chen as the Chancellor () of Lu State ().
References
Chen, Shou. Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
Government officials under Cao Cao
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Political office-holders in Shandong |
6690703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Adolphe%2C%20Manitoba | St. Adolphe, Manitoba | St. Adolphe, or Saint Adolphe, originally called Pointe-Coupée, is a community in the Rural Municipality of Ritchot, Manitoba, Canada. It is located along the east bank of the Red River, approximately south of Winnipeg.
It was named after Adolphe Turner, who made a large donation to the local church. St. Adolphe is notable for being home to the world's largest snow maze. The community is surrounded by a dike as a result of several devastating floods, it was raised to levels above the 1997 Red River flood, which was the last major flood to inundate the town and area.
History
The area was first settled by the Métis before 1812. They were joined by others who came after the merger of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company and residents from the Red River Colony who arrived after the floods of 1826 and 1852. In 1857, the Parish of St. Norbert was founded which encompassed the then settlements of Pointe-Coupée (now St. Adolphe) and Point-à-Grouette (now Ste. Agathe).
The first school was established in 1865-1866. When the R.M. of Ritchot was founded in 1890, the town was incorporated into it. The post office was opened in 1891, under the name of Dubuc, which changed to St. Adolphe two years later. In 1893, the mission was constructed, and on 10 January 1896, the Parish of St. Adolphe was founded. The School District of St. Adolphe was formed in 1896 as well. In 1906, a group of French nuns from the Filles de la Croix order opened a Roman Catholic convent and school at St. Adolphe which would come to greatly influence the town. The current church was built in 1913. The convent was the site of a reported miracle in 1922, when one of the Sisters, stricken with tuberculosis and near death, miraculously recovered after several days of prayer. The town was connected to the Manitoba Hydro electrical grid in 1939. Two years later, a credit union was built. By 1946, the town had a population of 590. The floods of 1950 and 1966 caused the evacuation of the town, the latter of which prompted the construction of a ring dyke around the town. In 1967, the Sisters converted the school into a nursing home and later sold it in 1972. In 1991, the population of the town stood at 1226, up from 460 in 1971. The former convent served as a personal care home until 2013, at which time it was replaced by a new state-of-the-art facility in the neighbouring town of Niverville. The convent was demolished in June 2017.
Services and utilities
St. Adolphe is serviced by a post office, an indoor hockey arena and community centre, a curling club, two churches, a pharmacy, multiple local businesses and the R.M. of Ritchot's administrative offices.
In 2000, Manitoba Health issued boil-water advisories for the communities of St. Adolphe and Ile-des-Chênes. A CA$6-million fund under the Canada-Manitoba Infrastructure Program was announced in July 2001. The water project involved completely new water supply pipes, distribution pipes, reservoir and pumping equipment. The new system serves more than 700 households in the Ste. Agathe, Ile des Chênes, and rural farmland areas.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. Adolphe had a population of 1,006 living in 389 of its 393 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,057. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As of 2016, roughly 1/3 of the residents have French as their first language.
Climate
Note: This weather data is from the weather station in Glenlea, a community ~5 km from St. Adolphe.
Infrastructure
Road access to St. Adolphe is provided by Saint Mary's Road (Provincial Road 200) which runs North-South and PR 210 which runs East-West. The Pierre Delorme Bridge, the only local crossing over the Red River, links the town with Highway 75 to the west using PR 210. The bridge replaced a seasonal ferry in 1976, the last ferry to operate on the Red River in Manitoba. In addition, many residents use Highway 75 to commute from and to Winnipeg. St. Adolphe is protected by a ring dyke as the community lies in the Red River Valley, a region prone to major flooding.
Education
École St. Adolphe School is the only school in the town. It has both French Immersion and English classes from Kindergarten to Grade 8. It belongs to Seine River School Division. After Grade 8, students progress to Collège St. Norbert Collegiate. In 2019, the school had an enrolment of approximately 280 children. French speaking families also have the option of sending their children to École Noël Ritchot, a French school located in the community of St. Norbert, approximately 10 minutes north of the town. École Noël Ritchot is operated by the Franco-Manitoban School Division.
Politics
In politics, St. Adolphe is located in the ridings of Provencher (federal), represented by Conservative MP Ted Falk and Springfield-Ritchot (provincial), represented by Progressive Conservative MLA Ron Schuler. As well, St. Adolphe is in Ward 2 of the R.M. of Ritchot, represented by Jason Bodnarchuk. Chris Ewen is currently mayor, after having been elected in a by-election in 2017, acclaimed in the 2018 election and acclaimed in the 2022 election.
Attractions
"A Maze in Corn", colloquially known as "The Corn Maze," this business attracts many from across southern Manitoba. Found north of the town, it boasts a large corn maze, six ziplines and other activities. In January 2019, they built the world's largest snow maze at 30,021 ft², verified by Guinness World Records.
Notable people
Shawn Limpright, professional hockey player
Owen Pickering, professional hockey player
References
External links
St Adolphe
https://www.ritchot.com
Unincorporated communities in Eastman Region, Manitoba |
34607101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Hames | Mary Hames | Mary Hames (14 May 1827–3 April 1919) was a New Zealand dressmaker, farmer and domestic servant. She was born in Much Marcle, Herefordshire, England on 14 May 1827.
References
1827 births
1919 deaths
New Zealand women farmers
People from Herefordshire
Servants
19th-century New Zealand businesspeople
19th-century New Zealand businesswomen
New Zealand domestic workers
19th-century New Zealand farmers
19th-century women farmers |
5833666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytaea%20carolinensis | Cytaea carolinensis | Cytaea carolinensis is a species of jumping spiders.
Name
The species is named for the Caroline Islands, where it was collected.
Appearance
C. carolinensis is similar to C. ponapensis and C. rai. Males are 4–5 mm long, females 5.5–6.5 mm.
Distribution
C. carolinensis is known from Truk and the Palau group in the Caroline Islands.
References
(2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
(1998): Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2): 149-189. PDF
carolinensis
Spiders described in 1998
Arthropods of Indonesia
Spiders of Asia |
28363095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TT20 | TT20 | The Theban Tomb TT20 is located in Dra' Abu el-Naga', part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Mentuhirkhepeshef, who was fan-bearer and mayor of Tjebu during the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty, probably during the reign of Tuthmosis III. Mentuhirkhepeshef was the son of a lady named Taysent.
The scenes in the tomb include funeral ceremonies. People are shown carrying the coffin, there is a 'raising of the olive tree', and there are Nubian captives depicted. Another scene shows Mentuhirkhepeshef hunting in the desert. There are scenes showing wild sheep and one showing an ass giving birth.
See also
List of Theban tombs
References
Theban tombs |
16475225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Lubban%20al-Gharbi | Al-Lubban al-Gharbi | Al-Lubban al-Gharbi () is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 21 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,476 inhabitants in 2007.
Al-Lubban al-Gharbi has a total land area of 9,694 dunams, of which 335 are built-up area. Most of the remaining land is either grown with olive and almond orchards or open for continued expansion of the village. However, the Israeli West Bank barrier will separate 59% of Lubban al-Gharbi's land from the village's urban area. The village's infrastructure facilities include an elementary school a kindergarten, and two clinics.
Location
Al Lubban al Gharbi is located (horizontally) north-west of Ramallah. It is bordered by Bani Zeid and 'Abud to the east, Deir Ballut to the north, Rantis and Israel to the west, and 'Abud to the south.
History
The village is located at an ancient site on the slopes of a hill.
Potsherds from the IA I-II (apparently the 10th and early 9th centuries B.C.E.), have been found, and from the IA II, Persian, Roman, Byzantine/Umayyad, Crusader/Ayyubid, Mamluk and early Ottoman era.
There are remains of ancient buildings, the stones of which have been reused in some the village's inhabited houses. In the courtyard of the village mosque are the bases of five columns that may have formed part of a chapel. Also in the village are cisterns carved into the rock, and on the slopes of a neighboring hill to the southwest, there are tombs and grottos carved into the rock. The village has been identified with Beit Laban in the Talmud, a place known for its wines.
Al-Lubban al-Gharbi has also been identified with the Crusader Luban, or Oliban, mentioned in connection with nearby Casale St. Maria.
Ottoman era
The village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers under the name Lubban al-Kafr. It was located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal, part of Nablus Sanjak, with a population of 29 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, goats and beehives in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 6,954 akçe.
In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village, Lubban Rentis, in Jurat Merda, south of Nablus.
French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in 1863, and noted that "The houses appear to be very ancient, and present the particularity that many of them form together a continued whole, as if they were all one house, now divided among separate families. A quantity of ancient materials may be observed in the walls." He further noted that the village had 300 inhabitants.
In 1882 PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP), the village, (called "Lubban Rentis"), was described a being small, and situated on a knoll beside a Roman road.
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Lubban had a population 221 inhabitants, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census when the village, with the name Al-Lubban or Lubban Rantis, had 60 occupied houses and a population of 298 Muslims.
In the 1945 statistics the population of El Lubban was 340, all Muslims, who owned 9,854 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. 1,411 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,118 used for cereals, while 6 dunams were built-up (urban) land.
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Al-Lubban al-Gharbi came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 602 inhabitants in Lubban.
1967-present
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Al-Lubban al-Gharbi has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 2.9% of village land was classified as Area B, he remaining 97.1% as Area C. Israel has confiscated land from Al-Lubban al-Gharbi in order to construct the Israeli settlements of Beit Aryeh and Ofarim.
See also
Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya
References
Bibliography
External links
Welcome To al-Lubban
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
Al Lubban al Gharbi Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
Al Lubban al Gharbi Village Profile, ARIJ
Al Lubban al Gharbi Aerial Photo, ARIJ
Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Al Lubban al Gharbi Village, ARIJ
Al Lubban Al Gharbi Village feels the threat of the Israeli Segregation Wall 18, March, 2006, ARIJ
Witnessing Israeli violations:" Al-Lubban Al-Gharbi village, Jeet village, Beit Hanina" Proactive Israeli Colonial Escalation before September bid for a Palestinian State 07, September, 2011, ARIJ
Villages in the West Bank
Municipalities of West Bank
Municipalities of the State of Palestine
Ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea |
27571981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiu | Kaiu | Kaiu is a small borough () in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia.
Between 1993 and 2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian local governments ), the town was the administrative center of Kaiu Parish.
References
External links
Kaiu Parish
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Kreis Harrien |
21247323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss%20Montenegro | Miss Montenegro | Miss Montenegro (Montenegrin: Mis Crne Gore) is a national Beauty pageant in Montenegro.
History
Prior to the birth of Miss Montenegro in late 2006, Ivana Knežević was handpicked to become the first official international representative of Montenegro as an independent state to Miss World 2006, after the union of Serbia and Montenegro came to an end on 3 June 2006. Ivana was a Montenegrin finalist in the last Miss Serbia and Montenegro ever held, won by Serbian Vedrana Grbović in 2006.
President
Vesna de Vinča president of Miss Montenegro is a TV author, journalist, TV director, editor, and screenwriter. Since 1993, she has been the TV programme editor on the documentary programme, RTS, the biggest radio and TV network in Serbia & Montenegro. Her TV programs are broadcast via satellite. She has been running her own TV production company since 2004.
Titleholders
The following is a list of winners. From 2006 to present.
Big Four pageants representatives
Miss Universe Montenegro
Miss Montenegro has started to send a Miss Universe Montenegro to Miss Universe from 2007. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent.
Miss World Montenegro
Miss Montenegro has started to send a Miss World Montenegro to Miss World from 2006. On occasion, when the winner does not qualify (due to age) for either contest, a runner-up is sent. Since Serbia and Montenegro split to two countries, Montenegro has not achievement from debuting in 2006 to present.
See also
Montenegro at major beauty pageants
References
External links
Official Miss Montenegro website
Beauty pageants in Montenegro
Montenegrin awards
2006 establishments in Montenegro
Montenegro |
68895058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk%2Artuk | Elk*rtuk | Elk*rtuk (lit: "We f*cked up", working title: "A hazugság ára" (lit: "The Price of Lies"), English: The Cost of Deception, stylized as ELKXRTUK) is a 2021 Hungarian political drama action thriller film, centered around the 2006 Öszöd speech, made by former Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány (the title being a literal excerpt of one of the most infamous lines of the speech), the leaking of said speech, and its subsequent consequences. It was directed by Keith English.
The film was released in Hungary on 21 October 2021. Due to the release's proximity to the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, and its negative portrayal of currently present figures of the opposition parties, especially the aforementioned former Prime Minister and current leader of the Democratic Coalition, as well as his wife, Klára Dobrev, and opposition-supported Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony, the film became highly controversial and has been accused of being propaganda for the governing party, Fidesz, by Hungarian news outlets.
Plot
When Réka finds out her boss is involved in the leaking of a scandalous Prime Minister speech, she decides to investigate the case to gain a position among the big-shots. She teams up with her journalist boyfriend and starts investigating, but soon gets confronted by her boss and they become hunted by the secret services. So when she finds answers about the police terror and secrets of the 2006 scandal of the Prime Minister, it's not only her career that is in danger anymore.
Production
The production of the movie has largely been done in secrecy.
Public databases list the beginning of the movie's production, then under the working title "A hazugság ára", as 16 November 2020, with shooting then expected to begin on 21 March 2021. Casting for the movie, then described as "a movie about an ambitious, yet suppressed opinion poller, who discovers that their boss had a hand in leaking a scandalous voice recording", began in February 2021. At that point, it was unconfirmed that the voice recording in question was, in fact, the Öszöd speech, although rumours, and actors claiming to be contacted by the casting agency and asking for anonymity, claimed that was the case. Shoots for the movie have certainly gone underway by 11 April, when 168 Óra noted a contemporary water cannon, and a burnt out car, in front of the former headquarters of Hungarian Television, one of the most infamous locations of the 2006 protests against the contemporary government.
The financing and budget of the movie is also uncertain. In an interview with the BBC, producer Gábor Kálomista "denied receiving public money for the film, but declined to list the names of his financial backers." In the aforementioned public database, the total budget of the movie was initially listed as 800 million Hungarian forints, then on 9 July 2021, the budget increased to roughly 1.143 billion forints, of which approximately 343 million came from indirect financial support from the government, in the form of corporate tax cuts.
Release
Elk*rtuk was released on 21 October 2021, with its premiere being in Budapest. It is set to premiere internationally in Brussels on 9 November, before going into international distribution. There are also "ongoing talks with the two largest streaming services" about the release of the film.
The movie's producer, Gábor Kálomista, complained about cinemas "censoring" the movie and not responding to requests to screen it in the case of the Cinema City movie theater chain, or only screening it in one location in the case of Budapest Film, and accused Budapest's mayor, Gergely Karácsony, of hindering the distribution of the movie. Gergely Karácsony noted that the mayor can not decide whether or not a given movie is played in theatres, only the companies operating them may make that decision, and he would feel ashamed if he had to order cinemas to screen or not to screen certain movies. Cinema City denied the accusations, claiming they agreed to screen the movie a week before the accusations were made, while Budapest Film claimed that they operate mostly small cinemas, which only screen art films, a classification Elk*rtuk did not have at the time; therefore, they would screen the movie in the largest movie theater they own, Corvin, which also screens commercial films. Subsequently, the National Film Office (a branch of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister) classified Elk*rtuk as an art film.
After the premiere, numerous free screenings of the movie were held in rural community centres, often supported by local officials who were part of Fidesz. One MP who's a member of Fidesz, László Vécsey, offered to transport those participating in the government-friendly "Békemenet" ("March of Peace") on 23 October by bus, for free, to be able to take them to a free screening of Elk*rtuk in Kistarcsa. In Karcag, students of local high schools were offered free bus rides to two free screenings of the movie in the local cultural centre, which is owned by the local government. It is unclear who paid for the equipment (as the establishment has no equipment of its own which would be required to screen a movie, a local contractor brought the necessary material on-site), or the transport of the students, although numerous teachers have claimed that the local government covered said expenses. The mayor of Karcag, László Dobos, is supported by the governing Fidesz-KDNP coalition.
Reception
Box office
As of 4 November 2021, Elk*rtuk has grossed a total of $202,300 during its Hungarian theatrical run. It debuted third on its opening weekend in Hungary, Dune and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. In an interview, producer Gábor Kálomista claimed Elk*rtuk had the "strongest opening of any film in Hungary since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic" and had a "viewership which is closing in on 100,000 people", although the aforementioned box office data and free screenings of the movie in non-cinema locations cast doubt on said claims' legitimacy.
Critical reception and controversies
The movie has been highly controversial even prior to the movie's release, due to its discussion of contemporary political events and figures, and allegedly painting several members of opposition parties in a negative light. Telex.hu's Attila Tóth-Szenesi pointed out that "making a movie about the events is completely normal and only unusual in Hungary", citing All the President's Men as an example. He also noted that the depictions of the subsequent protests and their violent suppression were not overexaggerated, although the events of the movie end before the peak of the protests at 23 October. However, he also noted that the former Prime Minister is not played by any member of the cast, and is at most present on television screens; and in his opinion, the movie is actually not about a journalist and a marketing agent either, as the promotions claimed, but is rather centered around Klára Dobrev's and György Szilvásy's "unbelievable, and in many cases, completely baseless rampage", claiming the former's role in the events was "laughably overblown". In light of this, he also claimed that, considering the 2021 Hungarian opposition primary (in which Klára Dobrev was a candidate), and the upcoming parliamentary election, the film meets the definition of propaganda.
Several media outlets which are part of the Central European Press and Media Foundation with close ties to the current government reviewed the movie positively, pointing out the aforementioned normalcy of depicting contemporary political events in films in other countries, and claiming "a very thought-provoking film was born in a genre which can also be enjoyed by younger people". However, other news outlets pointed out that an initial review on Magyar Nemzet has been copied verbatim by these outlets, with even the titles left unchanged, all of the titles being "Elk*rtuk became a fast-paced and exciting political crime thriller".
The movie has been subject to excessive review-bombing on IMDb. The film is one of the lowest-rated movies on the site despite receiving astroturfed positive reviews, with Fidesz-supporting Facebook pages encouraging people to rate the movie positively. Sudden spikes of votes, making the total amount of them double or triple within an hour, have been observed multiple times between 21 and 25 October. The weighted average rating of the movie, as of 18:21 UTC, 27 February 2023, is 1.5/10, with around 39,000 ratings, of which over 96% are either 1/10 or 10/10.
Potential sequel
In an interview on 3 November, producer Gábor Kálomista has claimed that, due to the "gigantic success" of the film, he sees the potential for a sequel.
References
2021 films
2020s political thriller films
2020s Hungarian-language films
Propaganda films
Films set in Budapest
Hungarian thriller films
Ferenc Gyurcsány |
70404443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andina%2C%20Ambositra | Andina, Ambositra | Andina is a rural municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Ambositra, which is a part of Amoron'i Mania Region.
Geography
It is situated at 17 km West from Ambositra.
Mining
There is a Amazonite mine in this municipality.
Rivers
The municipality is situated at the Sahasaonjo river.
Economy
There is a tomato transforming plant in the village of Ampasinabe.
References
Populated places in Amoron'i Mania |
58620475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yirol%20Let%20L-410%20Turbolet%20crash | Yirol Let L-410 Turbolet crash | A Let L-410 Turbolet crash occurred in Yirol, South Sudan, on 9 September 2018 en route from Juba International Airport to Yirol Airport. The Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft was carrying a total of 23 passengers and crew, of which 20 were killed on impact, including the Anglican Bishop of Yirol, Simon Adut Yuang. The small plane crashed into Lake Yirol amid heavy fog and poor visibility.
Aircraft history
The aircraft, registered UR-TWO, operated by Ukrainian carrier Slaver Kompani for South Sudan-based South West Aviation, had been delivered to Aeroflot in 1984, then transferred to various operators until 2006, when it was placed in storage in Rivne, Ukraine. In April 2018, the plane was acquired by Slaver Kompani and wet-leased since May.
See also
List of accidents and incidents involving the Let L-410 Turbolet
References
2018 in South Sudan
Accidents and incidents involving the Let L-410 Turbolet
Aviation accidents and incidents in 2018
Aviation accidents and incidents in South Sudan
Lakes (state)
September 2018 events in Africa |
16108852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion%20silver%20plating | Immersion silver plating | Immersion silver plating (or IAg plating) is a surface plating process that creates a thin layer of silver over copper objects. It consists in dipping the object briefly into a solution containing silver ions.
Immersion silver plating is used by the electronics industry in manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCBs), to protect copper conductors from oxidation and improve solderability.
Advantages and disadvantages
Immersion silver coatings have excellent surface planarity, compared more traditional coating processes such as hot air solder leveling (HASL). They also have low losses in high-frequency applications due to the skin effect.
On the other hand, silver coatings will degrade over time due to oxidation or air contaminants such as sulfur compounds and chlorine. A problem peculiar to silver coatings is the formation of silver whiskers under electric fields, which may short out components.
Specifications
IPC Standard: IPC-4553
See also
Electroless nickel immersion gold (ENIG)
Hot air solder leveling (HASL)
Organic solderability preservative (OSP)
Reflow soldering
Wave soldering
References
External links
PCB Assembly & PCBA Manufacturing
Bluetooth PCBA Manufacturing
Printed circuit board manufacturing |
7199594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechel | Mechel | Mechel () is one of Russia's mining and metals companies, comprising producers of coal, iron ore in concentrate, steel, rolled steel products. Headquartered in Moscow, it sells its products in Russia and overseas, and is formally known as Public Joint Stock Company Mechel.
History
Southern Kuzbass Coal Company acquired control over Chelyabinsk Steel Plant in the summer of 2002 and subsequently announced a merger of Southern Kuzbass and Mechel into Mechel Steel Group. Igor Zyuzin was elected as Chairman of the Board of Mechel Steel Group OAO in January 2004.
Mergers and acquisitions
Mechel acquired Posyet Sea Commercial Port on the Russian coast of the Sea of Japan in 2004. Mechel submitted a winning bid for a 26.9% stake in Izhstal in May 2004, subsequently increasing its stake to control. Mechel won an auction in January 2005 to buy a blocking stake (25% plus one share of stock) in Yakutugol. Also in 2005, Mechel acquired a controlling stake in Kambarka River Port. In October 2006, Mechel bought control in Moscow Coke and Gas Plant.
Mechel acquired a controlling stake in Southern Kuzbass GRES OAO and Kuzbassenergosbyt power sales company in 2007. Also in 2007, Mechel added to its asset portfolio the Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant, the largest producer of high-silicon content ferrosilicon in Eastern Siberia, producing 84,000 metric tons of this material per annum, or approximately 14% of the total Russian ferrosilicon output.
Mechel acquired Oriel Resources Ltd in April 2008, which controls the Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant (in Leningrad Region), the Shevchenko Nickel Deposit (in Kazakhstan) and the Voskhod Chromite Deposit (in Kazakhstan). The Tikhvin Plant has an annual projected capacity of 140,000 metric tons of ferroalloys. Mechel launched a new refinery, Mechel Chrome, at the Voskhod Deposit in September 2008, with annual capacity of approximately 900,000 metric tons of chromite concentrate per annum. Mechel signed a deal to sell the Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant and the Voskhod Refinery to Turkey's Yildirim Group in 2013. The US$425-million deal was closed in December 2013.
Mechel negotiated the acquisition of 100% in US Bluestone Coal in 2008, for an estimated US$4 billion (approximately). However, the price was revised downward in early 2009 because of the Great Recession: Mechel was to pay for the asset US$425 million and issue 15% of the post-acquisition equity in preferred stock to the current shareholders of Bluestone Coal. After receiving $436 million in cash from Mechel and 83.3 million preferred shares of Mechel stock in 2009, Jim Justice purchased Bluestone Coal from Mechel OAO for only $5 million in cash in February 2015 with Mechel receiving future royalty payments of $3 per ton from Bluestone Coal mines and 12.5% from the sale of Bluestone Coal company if Justice sells the Bluestone Coal company during the next 5 years and 10% from the sale of the Bluestone Coal company during the next 5 to 10 years.
Mechel Trans, a Mechel logistics and transportation subsidiary, acquired a controlling stake (55%) in the Vanino Sea Commercial Port for RUB 15.5 billion from the government at an auction in early December 2012. Only one month later, Mechel re-sold most of its recently acquired stake to a consortium of Russian and international investors. The company later acquired 21.64% of the Port's common stock from En+ for RUB4.57 billion. Mechel sold 21.64% of common stock in Vanino Port for RUB 5 billion on October 23, 2013, retaining only 1.4% in the Port In October 2019, Mechel agreed to buy Gazprombank’s 34% stake in the Elga coal deposit for around 30 billion roubles ($461 million).
Criticism from the government
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sharply criticized Mechel management at a government meeting in Nizhniy Novgorod on July 24, 2008, which focused on ongoing troubles in the steel industry. Putin accused Mechel for exporting raw materials for steelmakers at prices about half the domestic level (which could be a sign of tax avoidance). After Putin's accusations, Mechel's stock dropped 37.6% on the New York Stock Exchange, while the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service launched investigation into Mechel's practice of raising domestic coking coal prices far above the export price levels.
On the following day, July 25, the company issued a contrite statement promising full cooperation with federal authorities, while share values rebounded by nearly 15 percent. However, Vladimir Putin once again criticized Mechel's management on July 28 during a government meeting on transfer pricing, narrowing down his complaint:
After this, the stock price (which had recovered a little over the previous days) collapsed by another 33.85% (producing a combined decline of 60%). The company's market capitalization in August 2011 was still half its value in July 2008.
In mid-August 2008, the Federal Antimonopoly Service found Mechel guilty of violating Article 10 of the Competition Law by causing the domestic price of coking to rise, imposing a relatively small fine for this violation, equivalent to 5% of the group's annual sales, or RUB 790 million. In addition, FAS recommended that Mechel should reduce the domestic price of coking coal by 15%. This caused an additional weakness in the stock price.
In the wake of these events, Mechel announced on August 8 that a preferred share issue, previously planned for placement on August 11, was to be postponed indefinitely. This essentially closed the door to equity finance for Mechel, restricting its financing options to debt.
Vladimir Putin expressed regret over his own comments at a steel industry meeting in Chelyabinsk on July 26, 2010:
Conflicts with minority shareholders
Mechel has had numerous conflicts with minority shareholders practically from the time of its incorporation; minority shareholders have accused Mechel of disregarding their rights.
Vostok Nafta, Prosperity Capital, Metage Capital and H&Q Fonder accused Mechel in 2002—2004 of unfairly reducing the buyout stock price during consolidation of Mechel's subsidiary Southern Kuzbass assets. The Federal Service for Financial Markets confirmed that Mechel had in fact violated minority shareholders' rights by withholding essential information from them. Eventually, Mechel was forced to buy out the minority shareholders at the market price.
In 2012, at the time when the Russian environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor filed claims against Mechel subsidiaries, a minority shareholder in Tomusinsky Open Pit Mine OAO (which is part of Southern Kuzbass) the Swiss Bank Julius Baer and Co. Ltd. accused Tomusinsky of issuing stock at a lower price in violation of the law and shareholders' rights. In 2013, Saven, which held a 22.95% equity stake in Tomusinsky Open Pit Mine OAO, filed nine suits with an arbitration court claiming more than RUB 6 billion from Tomusinsky and several other subsidiaries of Mechel: Yakutugol, Mechel Mining, Mechel Service, Mechel Trans, and Mechel Energo. Saven accused the defendants of diverting profits under the guise of low-interest loans to companies affiliated with Mechel on conditions clearly detrimental to themselves: at interest rates ‘‘below’’ the Russian Central Bank's refinancing rate, i.e. well below the market interest rate, and without any collateral. Argasera also filed a suit in 2013 against Mechel subsidiary Urals Stampings Plant OAO. Courts have invariably ruled for the plaintiffs in these suits.
Late 2013 problems
Mechel stock unexpectedly dropped sharply towards the end of 2013. The stock dropped 41.35% on November 13, 2013, losing another 18% of their value the following day. Mechel's market capitalization decreased from US$ 24 billion in May 2008 to US$ 830 million in late 2013, while the group's debt had mounted to US$ 9.5 billion. The company started delaying wage payments and contractual payments to suppliers.
Industry experts are unanimous that the company's trouble arise from inefficient acquisitions and highly risky financing policy, which has practically brought Mechel to the brink of bankruptcy. The company has been forced to engage in tough negotiations with both Russian and international creditor banks.
Mechel announced in late November 2013 that it had negotiated an arrangement with creditor banks to restructure debt, extend repayment terms, and be released from debt covenants for a “covenant holiday.”
Some experts believe that the company is no longer capable of servicing its debt, including coupon payments on its corporate bonds. However, market analysts see Mechel's bankruptcy as unlikely, as it would be against the creditors' best interests. Sberbank, VTB, and Gazprombank are Mechel's main creditors, accounting for as much as 60-65% of the group's debt; bonds account for an additional 20-25%. The situation is complicated by the fact that Mechel is in need of dramatic upgrades to its production facilities.
Some observers have noted difficult relationships between Mechel and several local governments of the home regions of Mechel's plants and facilities, pointing out specifically Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Mikhail Yurevich.
Mechel intends to dispose some of its non-core assets in 2014, as well as a minority stake in Elga coal mine, one of Russia's largest.
By August 2017, 75% of the company's debts had been restructured.
Shareholders and management
Mechel Chairman Igor Zyuzin holds 67.42% of common stock in Mechel OAO (via Calridge Ltd, Bellasis Ltd, Cyberwood Ltd, Actiondeal Ltd, Armolink Ltd, and MetHol LLC). Approximately 30% of common stock and 20% of preferred stock in Mechel is traded as ADS on the New York Stock Exchange (with the ticker MTL). The company's shares are also traded on the Moscow Exchange (ticker MTLR). As of 30 May 2008 the company had a market capitalization of $24 billion.
On the 6th of September 2021, Gazprombank left Mechel capital with 9,35% of equity shares.
Management
CEO / General Director: Oleg Korzhov.
Deputy CEO for Economics and Finance / CFO: Nelli Galeeva.
Deputy CEO for Government Relations: Viktor Trigubko.
Deputy CEO for HR and Social Policy: Ekaterina Silayeva.
Deputy CEO for Security: Valery Sheverdin.
Deputy CEO for Legal Affairs: Irina Ipeeva.
Deputy CEO for Financial Control: Dmitry Voytkus.
Deputy CEO for Operational Efficiency: Elena Samarina.
Deputy CEO for Commercial Operations: Alexander Kolchin.
Deputy CEO for Ecology and Environment Protection: Vladimir Kolchin.
CEO / General Director of Mechel Mining: Andrey Pasynich.
CEO / General Director of Mechel Steel: Andrey Ponomarev.
CEO / General Director of Mecheltrans: Alexey Lebedev.
CEO / General Director of Mechel Energo LLC: Denis Graf.
Operations
Mechel is a steel, metals and mining company. The Mechel Group comprises producers of coking coal, steam coal, iron ore in concentrate, steel, rolled steel, ferroalloys, high value added products, heat and electric power. Mechel sells its output in the Russian and international markets.
Constituent companies of Mechel
Mechel Mining OAO (the group's mining assets)
Southern Kuzbass Coal Company, Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast
Yakutugol, Neryungri, Yakutia
Korshunov Mining Plant, Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky, Irkutsk Oblast
Elga Coal Deposit, Yakutia
Mechel Bluestone, West Virginia, United States: owned by Mechel from 2009 until 2015 when Jim Justice purchased Bluestone Coal
Moscow Coke and Gas Plant, Vidnoye, Moscow Oblast
Mechel Coke LLC
Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Izhstal, Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic
Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant, Beloretsk, Bashkortostan Republic
Urals Stampings Plant, Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Moscow Coke and Gas Plant, Vidnoe, Moscow Oblast
Vyartsilya Metal Products Plant, Vyartsilya, Republic of Karelia
Mechel Nemunas, Kaunas
Kaslinsky Plant of Art Casting, Kasli, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant, Bratsk, Irkutsk Oblast — Mechel has held 100% stake in the plant since 2007
Southern Urals Nickel Plant, Orsk, Orenburg Oblast
Voskhod Mining Plant, Aktobe Province
Mechel Energo LLC
Southern Kuzbass GRES, Kaltan, Kemerovo Oblast
Kuzbass Power Sales Company, Kemerovo Oblast
Posiet Sea Trade Port, Primorskiy Krai
Port of Kambarka (Kama settlement, Udmurt Republic)
Port Mechel-Temryuk, Krasnodar Krai
Mecheltrans Vostok LLC
Mechel Repair Service LLC, Chelyabinsk
Mecheltrans Auto LLC.
Key investment projects
Elga Coal Field (Yakutia) – is one of the largest coal fields in the world with 2.2 billion metric tons of 2P (proven and probable) reserves of coal. Production at the field started in 2011, when Mechel also opened service on its 321-kilometer Ulak – Elga rail track that it built to connect the coal deposit with the Baikal-Amur Mainline. The current plans envisage an increase the field's annual design capacity to 18 million tons of coal by 2018.
All-purpose rail-and-structural steel rolling mill at the Chelyabinsk Steel Plant – the first facility built from the ground up in Russia capable of producing rails up to 100 meters long. The mill uses steel rolling, tempering, adjustment, finishing, and quality control technologies. The mill has annual capacity of 1.1 million metric tons of finished products. The mill required investments of US$715 million.
Operating results
In 2012, Mechel produced 11.5 million metric tons of coking coal in concentrate (compared to 12.5 million tons in 2011 and 11.5 million tons in 2010), 5.9 million tons of steam coal (versus 6.4 million tons in 2011 and 8.1 million tons in 2010), 3.5 million tons of coke (compared to 3.4 million tons in 2011 and 3.9 million tons in 2010). The group's steel division produced 4.1 million tons of raw iron in 2012 (compared to 3.7 million tons in 2011 and 4.2 million tons in 2010), 6.5 million tons of steel (compared to 6.1 million tons in 2011 and 6.1 million tons in 2010), 4.8 million tons of rolled steel (versus 4.5 million tons in both 2011 and 2010). Mechel increased its 2012 electric power output by 9% year-over-year to 4,272.6 million GWh.
Mechel's 2013 operating results reflected a substantial decline in output of the group's core products. More specifically, raw iron output declined by 10%, and steel production dropped 29% year-over-year. Mechel CEO Oleg Korzhov explained this decline by the divestiture of several loss-making steel assets in 2013. Coal output declined by 1% compared to 2012.
Sports sponsorship
Mechel has sponsored through the years ice hockey clubs Izhstal based in Izhevsk (Udmurtia) and Mechel based in Chelyabinsk, which are playing in the Russian Major League.
References
External links
Mechel official website
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Steel companies of Russia
Mining companies of Russia
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31672043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-40b | Kepler-40b | Kepler-40b, formerly known as KOI-428b, is a hot Jupiter discovered in orbit around the star Kepler-40, which is about to become a red giant. The planet was first noted as a transit event by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. The Kepler team made data collected by its satellite publicly available, including data on Kepler-40; French and Swiss astronomers used the equivalent to one night of measurements on the SOPHIE échelle spectrograph to collect all the data needed to show that a planet was producing the periodic dimming of Kepler-40. The planet, Kepler-40b, is twice the mass of Jupiter and slightly larger than it in size, making it as dense as Neptune. The planet is also nearly thirteen times hotter than Jupiter and orbits five times closer to its star than Mercury is from the Sun.
Observational history
Kepler-40 was first observed by the Kepler spacecraft, a NASA satellite that searches for planets in transit (crossing in front of and dimming) their host stars, from May 13, 2009, to June 15, 2009 in its first days of operation. The resulting light curve was made available to the public by the Kepler science team, revealing four transit events over 33.5 days.
A team composed of astronomers from France and Switzerland used the SOPHIE échelle spectrograph at the Haute-Provence Observatory in southern France to examine Kepler-40. SOPHIE uses radial velocity measurements to examine stars for exoplanets. After background light was removed and alternative causes for radial velocity variations were disproved (for example, that Kepler-40 was actually a close binary star), the team used SOPHIE to analyze the properties of the actual star. The astronomers observing the star found that it is nearing the main sequence turn-off (the star fuses the last of its hydrogen and becomes a red giant). The establishment of stellar parameters helped the astronomers extrapolate the exoplanet's parameters and prove the existence of Kepler-40b. The discovered planet was the sixth transiting planet to have been discovered in orbit around stars with a radius of more than 1.8 times that of the Sun, after planets including Kepler-5 and Kepler-7.
The discovery of Kepler-40b demonstrated that smaller telescopes, such as SOPHIE, are effective when used as follow-ups to space missions like Kepler. The team of astronomers spent what amounted roughly to one night on a 1.93d-meter telescope and gathered all the data needed to establish Kepler-40b's existence and parameters. Kepler-40b was published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics on January 4, 2011, after it was sent to the journal on September 15, 2010.
Host star
Kepler-40 is an F-type evolved subgiant star located in the Cygnus constellation. The star is 1.48 times the mass of the Sun and 2.13 times its radius. With an effective temperature of 6510 K, Kepler-40 is larger, more massive, more diffuse, and hotter than the Sun is. The metallicity of Kepler-40, [Fe/H] = 0.10, means that it has 25.9 % more iron than is measured in the Sun. Kepler-40 is nearing the main sequence turn-off; in other words, it is about to fuse the last of its hydrogen and become a red giant.
Kepler-40 hosts the sixth planetary system to be discovered in the orbit of a star with a mass of over 1.8 solar masses. It lies approximately 2500 parsecs (8100 light years) away from Earth.
Characteristics
Kepler-40b is a Hot Jupiter that is estimated to be 2.2 times the mass of Jupiter (over 700 times the mass of Earth), but 1.17 times Jupiter's radius (13.12 times the radius of Earth). Thus, the planet has a density of 1.68 grams per cubic centimeter, similar to that of Neptune (1.638 g/cm3). The planet's equilibrium temperature was initially estimated to be 1620 K, thirteen times hotter than Jupiter's equilibrium temperature. In 2015, the planetary nightside temperature was modeled to be even hotter at 2327 K.
Kepler-40b orbits its star every 6.87 days at an average distance of 0.081 AU. It also has an orbital inclination of 89.7°, meaning that it can be seen nearly edge-on with respect to Earth. In comparison, Mercury orbits the Sun every 87.97 days at an average distance of 0.387 AU; therefore, Kepler-40b's orbit is approximately thirteen times faster than that of Mercury's and five times closer to its host star than Mercury is to the Sun.
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Hot Jupiters
Cygnus (constellation)
Transiting exoplanets
Exoplanets discovered in 2010
Giant planets
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In media
She is mentioned in the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.
In 1907, the French journalist Paul Ginisty wrote her biography: Mémoires d'un danseuse de corde : Mme Saqui (1786-1866).
Saqui is the subject of a children's book, Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer. Written by Lisa Robinson and illustrated by Rebecca Green. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2020.
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1786 births
1866 deaths
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Tightrope walkers
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