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45463850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6derk%C3%B6pings%20IS | Söderköpings IS | Söderköpings IS was a sports club in Söderköping, Sweden, established 12 December 1917. The bandy team played in the Swedish top division in 1942 losing all five league games. In 1950 the club won the bandy district championship. The soccer team has played in the Swedish fourth division.
On 15 January 2004 the club merged with IK Ramunder, leading to the establishment of Söderköpings IK.
References
1917 establishments in Sweden
2004 establishments in Sweden
Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden
Defunct football clubs in Sweden
Sport in Östergötland County
Sports clubs and teams established in 1917
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2004 |
17600149 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C4%83niceri | Grăniceri | Grăniceri (, ) is a commune in Arad County, Romania, is situated on the Crișurilor Plain, at the western border of Romania. The commune stretches over and is composed of two villages, Grăniceri (situated at 61 km from Arad) and Șiclău (Sikló).
Population
According to the last census the population of the commune counts 2596 inhabitants. From an ethnic point of view it has the following structure: 89.7% are Romanians, 1.3% Hungarians, 7.4% Roma, 1.5% Germans and 0.1% are of other or undeclared nationalities.
History
Traces of inhabitance in this place are very old, at the beginning of the 20th century a golden treasure dating from the late Bronze Age was found on its territory.
Grăniceri was first mentioned in documents only in 1438, while Șiclău in 1466.
Economy
Grăniceri is a significant railway frontier crossing point.
Tourism
Situated on a plateau the commune is not abundant in spectacular sights. The church called "Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril" built in 1758 and the fishponds are the main local tourist attractions.
References
Communes in Arad County
Localities in Crișana |
61263148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81smundur%20Gu%C3%B0mundsson | Ásmundur Guðmundsson | Ásmundur Guðmundsson (6 October 1888 - 29 May 1969) was an Icelandic prelate who was Bishop of Iceland from 1954 till 1959.
Biography
Guðmundsson was born on 6 October 1888 in Reykholt, Iceland. He graduated from the University of Iceland on 19 June 1912. He served as pastor to the Icelandic settlements in Alberta for a month in 1914 and in Saskatchewan in Canada from 1912 till 1914. He became an assistant priest in Stykkishólmur on 24 June 1915 and became parish priest on Helgafell on 31 May 1916. Appointed principal of Eiðar on 11 January 1919 and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Iceland on 24 April 1928 and Professor on 24 April 1934. He was also Dean of the Theological Department from 1934 till 1935. He was elected Bishop of Iceland in 1954 and was consecrated bishop in Reykjavík Cathedral on 20 June 1954. In 1959 he was succeeded by Sigurbjörn Einarsson. Ásmundur Guðmundsson wrote a number of books, including The Supreme Life (1964) about Jesus' life.
References
1888 births
1969 deaths
Ásmundur Guðmundsson
20th-century Lutheran bishops |
4539693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour%20%C3%89g%C3%A9e | Tour Égée | Tour Égée (also known as tour Ernst&Young) is an office skyscraper located in La Défense, the high-rise business district situated west of Paris, France.
Tour Égée was built in 1999 by Michel Andrault and Nicolas Ayoub, architects from Conceptua. A twin of Tour Égée, Tour Adria, was built nearby three years later in 2002. The only difference between both towers consists in their cladding: the one from Adria is darker, while the one from Égée is lighter with a glass cladding giving an interesting feeling of vertical and horizontal stripes crossing at the level of each window. Tour Égée is 155 m (509 ft) tall and has a triangular floorplan.
See also
Skyscraper
La Défense
List of tallest structures in Paris
External links
Tour Égée (Emporis)
Skyscraper office buildings in La Défense
Office buildings completed in 1999
1999 establishments in France
Twin towers |
33102646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus%20Flaig | Markus Flaig | Markus Flaig (born 1971) is a German bass-baritone who has focused on concerts and recordings of sacred music.
Career
Markus Flaig was born in Horb am Neckar. He studied sacred music and school music, then voice with Beata Heuer-Christen in Freiburg and with Berthold Possemeyer at the Hochschule für Musik Frankfurt. Since 2006 he has worked with Carol Meyer-Bruetting. In 2004, he was awarded a prize at the international Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig in the voice category.
Flaig has collaborated on Lieder with Jörg Schweinbenz. He premiered a cycle of orchestral songs, composed for him by Franz F. Kaern, based on poems by Thomas Bernhard.
He performed regularly with the Frankfurter Kantorei, conducted by Winfried Toll, in 2001 singing Handel's Dixit Dominus in the Sendesaal concert hall of the Hessischer Rundfunk, in 2006 Bach's Mass in B minor in the Heiliggeistkirche of the Dominican Monastery (Frankfurt am Main), and in 2010 Handel's Messiah in the Alte Oper. On 3 April 2009, in Tel Aviv, in a concert commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the city, he sang with the Israel Chamber Orchestra in a Mann Auditorium performance of Mozart's Requiem and Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht.
Flaig has performed regularly with the Rheinische Kantorei, conducted by Hermann Max. In 2008 they performed programs around Bach's short Masses at the Bachfest Leipzig in the Nikolaikirche, at the Wartburgkonzerte Eisenach and at the Musikwochen Weserbergland, with Veronika Winter, Henning Voss and Jan Kobow. In 2009 he sang Bach's complete Christmas Oratorio. In 2010, he performed at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf the bass arias of Bach's St John Passion, in the arrangement of Robert Schumann. At that year's Rheingau Musik Festival he sang in Eberbach Abbey Haydn's Stabat Mater and Mozart's Coronation Mass.
In 2004, he was the vox Christi in Bach's St John Passion, alongside Werner Güra's Evangelist, in concerts with the Camerata Vocale Freiburg, conducted by Toll, in the Konzerthaus of Freiburg and the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre, among others.
In 2008, he sang the part of Jesus in Hugo Distler's chorale Passion Choralpassion op. 7, with the Kurt-Thomas Kammerchor in three concerts in and around Frankfurt to celebrate the centenary of Distler's birth in 1908.
In 2011, he performed the bass part in Handel's Messiah in St. Martin, Idstein, with Katia Plaschka, Andreas Scholl and Ulrich Cordes. His voice, referring to "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light", was described as excelling with a depth touching upon blackness, anchored in a bright altitude.
Recordings
Flaig has recorded solo cantatas by Bach, Telemann and Graupner. He recorded Johann Caspar Kerll's Missa superba with Thomas Hengelbrock, Bach's Mass in B minor with Tobias Hiller and his cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, and the bass arias of the St Matthew Passion with Martin Lutz, the Schiersteiner Kantorei and Evangelist Christoph Prégardien. He recorded Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Hermann Max, Handel's Brockes Passion, HWV 48, with Peter Neumann, and the St Mark Passion of Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns with Ralf Popken.
He participated in a project to record Schubert's Part-Songs, works for multiple voices, with the singers Sibylla Rubens, Silke Schwarz, Regina Jakobi, Ingeborg Danz, Hildegard Wiedemann, Markus Schäfer, Marcus Ullmann, Thomas E. Bauer, Marcus Schmidl, and the pianist Ulrich Eisenlohr.
References
External links
1971 births
Living people
German bass-baritones
Operatic bass-baritones
21st-century German male opera singers |
44409492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realmac%20Software | Realmac Software | Realmac Software is an independent software company based in Brighton, England. Dan Counsell founded the company in November 2002 and serves as its director.
History
In November 2002, Dan Counsell founded Realmac Software. The company released RapidWeaver, a template-based website editor, in 2004. Realmac Software acquired EventBox, a social media app, from its developers, The Cosmic Machine, in October 2009. Realmac Software released Clear, a to-do list app, for iOS in January and Mac operating systems in November 2012. The app reached spot two on the Apple Mac App Store behind Apple's Mountain Lion operating system. The app was also listed on FierceDeveloper's list of "Top Apps" in February 2012. FierceDeveloper named Realmac Software a "2012 Rising Star of Mobile Development" that November.
The company released Analog, a photo manipulation software, in May 2013. The following month, Realmac Software released Ember, an app designed to capture and organize screenshots. The company announced the release of Typed, an OS X app for writing in Markdown, in July 2014. That October, Clear was ranked 12th on Business Insider's list of "The World’s Greatest Apps."
Apps
Clear
Analog
Ember
RapidWeaver
Courier
Squash
References
2002 establishments in England
Companies based in Brighton and Hove
Software companies established in 2002
Software companies of the United Kingdom |
1904927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheng%20Kung%20Hui%20Lam%20Woo%20Memorial%20Secondary%20School | Sheng Kung Hui Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School | Sheng Kung Hui Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School (LWMSS, Traditional Chinese: 聖公會林護紀念中學) is an Anglican secondary school located at Kwai Shing Circuit, Kwai Chung, the New Territories, Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1970 by Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Anglican Church in Hong Kong) and was named after Mr. Lam Woo for his donations to promote education. It is one of the parish schools of Crown of Thorns' Church. The school consists of 1,227 students from 31 classes and 70 staff at the year of 2006/2007 and is headed by the principal Mr. Hong Yung Cheng ().
The school is notable for its academic achievements as evident in students' public examination results. In the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination 2007, each student scored 5.1 distinctions and credits on average, which is above average among secondary schools in Hong Kong. In 2008, the school announced its first student getting 10As in the HKCEE since the foundation of school.
Academic achievement
In Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination 2007, 17 students of the school obtained 6As or above. The best result obtained by 3 of these students was 8As & 1B.
In Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination 2008, 9 students of the school obtained 6As of above. 1 of these students obtained 10As, who has been the 1st achiever in the school's history.
In Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination 2010, 20 students of the school obtained 6As of above and 1 of these students obtained 10As.
In all the previous Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination, many students of both arts class and science class obtained 5As or 6As. The ratio for Lam Woo matriculation students to enter university is 100% every year.
In Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE) 2022, 1 student obtained 7 x 5**.
Music Department
The Music Department is part of the school's Cultural Faculty.
The department runs six Music School Teams and more than 90 Instrument Training Classes with the assistance of the Extra-Curricular Activities Section of the Non-Academic Development Division. The school teams are Junior Choir, Mixed Voice Choir, Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Chinese Orchestra and Harmonica Band.
Also, the Mixed Voice Choir won the Gold Medal & Champion in the 6th World Choir Games (Shaoxing, China) in 2010. According to the Musica Mundi World Ranking List, the choir is ranked 35th in the Children's and Youth Choirs category, and 138th overall in the world.
In 2013, the school's Orchestra, Symphonic Band and Chinese Orchestra have awarded three gold prizes in the 2013 Hong Kong Youth Music Interflows competition.
Notable alumni
Sin Chung Kai (單仲楷) - a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council
Monie Tung (董敏莉) - a graduate of Arts Faculty of University of Hong Kong specialising in French, and now a model, singer and actress in Hong Kong
See also
Education in Hong Kong
List of secondary schools in Hong Kong
Diocese of Western Kowloon
References
External links
Sheng Kung Hui Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
Old Students Association
Protestant secondary schools in Hong Kong
Anglican schools in Hong Kong
Kwai Shing |
20848428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Democratic%20Front%20%28South%20Sudan%29 | United Democratic Front (South Sudan) | The United Democratic Front (Juba Arabic: جبهة الديمقراطية المتحدة Jabhet Al-Dimoqratiyet Al-Mutahedat) is a political party in South Sudan. It is led by Peter Abdurahman Sule. The party is represented in the Interim National Assembly of Sudan and the South Sudan Legislative Assembly, where it holds four seats.
The United Democratic Front (UDF) party was founded in 2002 by Peter Abdulrahman Sule. It has been the main opposition party in the country since the Republic of South Sudan achieved its independence in 2011. It remains the second-largest political party in the country after the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), the country's ruling party since 2005.
In 2011, the SPLM government arrested Sule. He remained in detention for two years without trial. In October 2013, he was released through a presidential amnesty issued by H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit the president of the Republic of South Sudan. When conflict erupted in December 2013, an accord known as the Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS), 2015 was signed between SPLM-IO, GRSS, Former Detainees (FDs) and other political parties. This agreement did not hold long and the country return to war again in July 2016
During negotiations of 2014–2015, UDF party submitted through email to the IGAD special envoy, its position on how the conflict in the country could be resolved. The government responded by confiscating the passport of the party's chairman. He was not allowed to travel to Addis Ababa to attend peace negotiations. The document put Sule's life in danger, as both the government and the main opposition (SPLM-IO) were unhappy about it.
In February 2014, Sule appointed Bona Deng Lawrence as his deputy and relieve and dismissed Sebastian Uchan Kiech from his position as deputy chairman. These changes came due to Uchan's weak leadership. This was proved when Uchan went into hidings in 2011, immediately after chairman Sule was arrested.
after his relieve from the position of deputy chairman, He illegally declared himself a parallel chairman of the party. This act harmed party reputation and negatively affected party focus and performance in national issues. On 31 December 2014, Sule fled to Uganda, seeking political asylum, which was granted to him and his family members.
In July 2015, news of his assassination was all over EAC and international media houses as well as social media. UDF, under the leadership of Lawrence, participated in the 2018 peace negotiations in both Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Khartoum, Sudan. These negotiations resulted in the signing of the Revitalized Agreement on Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) in September 2018.
Notable people
Duoth Koang Rueh Wour, South Sudanese politician
References
External links
Sudan Electionnaire
Political parties in South Sudan
Liberal parties in Africa
Political parties established in 2008
Organisations based in Juba |
22506548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taguchi%20loss%20function | Taguchi loss function | The Taguchi loss function is graphical depiction of loss developed by the Japanese business statistician Genichi Taguchi to describe a phenomenon affecting the value of products produced by a company. Praised by Dr. W. Edwards Deming (the business guru of the 1980s American quality movement), it made clear the concept that quality does not suddenly plummet when, for instance, a machinist exceeds a rigid blueprint tolerance. Instead 'loss' in value progressively increases as variation increases from the intended condition. This was considered a breakthrough in describing quality, and helped fuel the continuous improvement movement.
The concept of Taguchi's quality loss function was in contrast with the American concept of quality, popularly known as goal post philosophy, the concept given by American quality guru Phil Crosby. Goal post philosophy emphasizes that if a product feature doesn't meet the designed specifications it is termed as a product of poor quality (rejected), irrespective of amount of deviation from the target value (mean value of tolerance zone). This concept has similarity with the concept of scoring a 'goal' in the game of football or hockey, because a goal is counted 'one' irrespective of the location of strike of the ball in the 'goal post', whether it is in the center or towards the corner. This means that if the product dimension goes out of the tolerance limit the quality of the product drops suddenly.
Through his concept of the quality loss function, Taguchi explained that from the customer's point of view this drop of quality is not sudden. The customer experiences a loss of quality the moment product specification deviates from the 'target value'. This 'loss' is depicted by a quality loss function and it follows a parabolic curve mathematically given by L = k(y–m)2, where m is the theoretical 'target value' or 'mean value' and y is the actual size of the product, k is a constant and L is the loss. This means that if the difference between 'actual size' and 'target value' i.e. (y–m) is large, loss would be more, irrespective of tolerance specifications. In Taguchi's view tolerance specifications are given by engineers and not by customers; what the customer experiences is 'loss'. This equation is true for a single product; if 'loss' is to be calculated for multiple products the loss function is given by L = k[S2 + ( – m)2], where S2 is the 'variance of product size' and is the average product size.
Overview
The Taguchi loss function is important for a number of reasons—primarily, to help engineers better understand the importance of designing for variation.
See also
Taguchi methods
Taguchi also focus on Robust design of model.
References
Loss functions |
24125021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn%20Bu%C4%8Dek | Antonín Buček | Antonín Buček (born 24 February 1984 in Ostrava) is a Czech football player who currently plays for FC Odra Petřkovice.
Buček played for Czech youth national teams since the under-16 level.
Career
After two years, Buček returned to FC Odra Petřkovice for the second time.
References
External links
Profile at Baník Ostrava website
Profile at Baník Ostrava website
1984 births
Living people
Czech men's footballers
Czech expatriate men's footballers
Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Czech First League players
Czech National Football League players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
I liga players
FK Chmel Blšany players
FC Baník Ostrava players
FK Viagem Ústí nad Labem players
FK Baník Sokolov players
FC Akzhayik players
GKS Katowice players
FC Hlučín players
FK Frýdek-Místek players
1. SC Znojmo FK players
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Footballers from Ostrava |
72453051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypostomus%20paucipunctatus | Hypostomus paucipunctatus | Hypostomus paucipunctatus is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Itacaiúnas River basin in Brazil. The species reaches 18.8 cm (7.4 inches) in standard length and is believed to be a facultative air-breather. Its specific epithet, paucipunctatus, is derived from Latin and means "few-dotted", in reference to the color pattern sported by the species.
References
Fish of South America
Fish described in 2005
paucipunctatus |
32126681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Social%20Seminar | The Social Seminar | The Social Seminar is a series of educational films for adults produced by the Extension Media Center of the University of California at Los Angeles in 1971. The original full name of the series was "The Social Seminar: Education, Drugs, and Society." The series was executive produced by Gary Schlosser, an Oscar-nominated producer of short-subject documentaries. The films were distributed nationally, for example to state educational film offices. The series was produced for the National Institute of Mental Health as a "multi-media training series."
Fifteen films were produced for The Social Seminar series: "Changing" (30 min., color), "The Family" (30 min., B&W), "News Story" (30 min., color), "Youth Culture Series" (1 hr., color), "Drugs and Beyond" (30 min., color), "Brian at Seventeen" (30 min., B&W), "Jordan Paul: One Teacher's Approach" (30 min., B&W), "What is Teaching? What is Learning?" (30 min., color), "Mr. Edler's Class: Drug Education at the Elementary Level" (30 min., color), "Drug Talk: Some Current Drug Programs (30 min., color), "Understanding: A New Institution" (6 min., B&W), "Community in Quest" (30 min., color), and "Meeting" (30 min., B&W). The longest film, the hour-long "Youth Culture Series," consisted of four segments each focusing on a specific young adult; these segments were named "Guy," "Bunny," "Tom," and "Teddy."
The first nine films in the series depict, in a cinema-verite style without voiceover or introduction, aspects of the lives of a selected person or family as they dealt with personal, interpersonal, and societal change. For example, the film "Changing" shows how one man's reevaluation of his life and social standing led to his becoming a "hippie" in the eyes of his family and coworkers; though his home life was enhanced, he found himself increasingly socially isolated. The remaining six films focus on various ways that educators, families, and communities attempt to solve societal problems.
Several of the films are part of the Prelinger Archive and are available freely online. In June 2011, "Changing" was featured on the Turner Classic Movies series TCM Underground.
In popular culture
Electronic music duo Boards of Canada sampled dialogue from the "Tom" episode of The Social Seminar in their song "Chromakey Dreamcoat", from the album The Campfire Headphase.
British rock band Bastille sampled dialogue from the "Changing" episode of The Social Seminar in their songs "Fake It" and "Four Walls (The Ballad of Perry Smith)", from the album Wild World.
References
External links
Hippie films
Documentary film series
American documentary films
1971 documentary films
Documentary films about mental health
University of California, Los Angeles
Educational materials
Documentary films about Los Angeles |
309330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herem%20%28censure%29 | Herem (censure) | Herem (, also Romanized chērem, ḥērem) is the highest ecclesiastical censure in the Jewish community. It is the total exclusion of a person from the Jewish community. It is a form of shunning and is similar to vitandus "excommunication" in the Catholic Church. Cognate terms in other Semitic languages include the Arabic terms ḥarām "forbidden, taboo, off-limits, or immoral" and haram "set apart, sanctuary", and the Ge'ez word ʿirm "accursed".
Arguably the most famous case of a herem is that of Baruch Spinoza, the seventeenth-century philosopher. Another renowned case is the herem the Vilna Gaon ruled against the early Hassidic groups in 1777 and then again in 1781, under the charge of believing in panentheism.
Other famous subjects of a herem were early Russian Jewish communists Leon Trotsky and Grigory Zinoviev. In August 1918, while Ukraine was ruled by Pavlo Skoropadskyi's Second Hetmanate while under Imperial German Army occupation, the Orthodox Jewish rabbis of Odessa pronounced the herem against Trotsky, Zinoviev, and other Jewish Bolsheviks.
Summary
Although developed from the biblical ban, excommunication, as employed by the rabbis during Talmudic times and during the Middle Ages, became a rabbinic institution, the object of which was to preserve Jewish solidarity. A system of laws was gradually developed by rabbis, by means of which this power was limited, so that it became one of the modes of legal punishment by rabbinic courts. While it did not entirely lose its arbitrary character, since individuals were allowed to pronounce the ban of excommunication on particular occasions, it became chiefly a legal measure resorted to by a judicial court for certain prescribed offenses.
Etymology and cognate terms
The three terms herem, "censure, excommunication", "devotion of enemies by annihilation" in the Tanakh, and "devotion of property to a kohen", are all English transliterations of the same Hebrew noun. This noun comes from the semitic root Ḥ-R-M. There is also a homonym herem "fisherman's net", which appears nine times in the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh, that has no etymological connection to herem.
The Talmudic usage of herem for excommunication can be distinguished from the usage of herem described in the Tanakh in the time of Joshua and the early Hebrew monarchy, which was the practice of consecration by total annihilation at the command of God carried out against peoples such as the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the entire population of Jericho. The neglect of Saul to carry out such a command as delivered by Samuel resulted in the selection of David as his replacement.
Offenses
The Talmud speaks of twenty-four offenses that, in theory, were punishable by a form of niddui or temporary excommunication. Maimonides (as well as later authorities) enumerates the twenty-four as follows:
insulting a learned man, even after his death;
insulting a messenger of the court;
calling a fellow Jew a "slave";
refusing to appear before the court at the appointed time;
dealing lightly with any of the rabbinic or Mosaic precepts;
refusing to abide by a decision of the court;
keeping in one's possession an animal or an object that may prove injurious to others, such as a savage dog or a broken ladder;
selling one's real estate to a non-Jew without assuming the responsibility for any injury that the non-Jew may cause his neighbors;
testifying against one's Jewish neighbor in a non-Jewish court, and thereby causing that neighbor to lose money which he would not have lost had the case been decided in a Jewish court;
a kohen shochet (butcher) who refuses to give the foreleg, cheeks and maw of kosher-slaughtered livestock to another kohen;
violating the second day of a holiday, even though its observance is only a custom;
performing work on the afternoon of the day preceding Passover;
taking the name of God in vain;
causing others to profane the name of God;
causing others to eat holy meat outside of Jerusalem;
making calculations for the calendar, and establishing festivals accordingly, outside of Israel;
putting a stumbling-block in the way of the blind, that is to say, tempting another to sin (Lifnei iver);
preventing the community from performing some religious act;
selling forbidden ("terefah") meat as permitted meat ("kosher");
failure by a shochet to show his knife to the rabbi for examination;
purposely bringing oneself to erection;
engaging in business with one's divorced wife that will lead them to come into contact with each other;
being made the subject of scandal (in the case of a rabbi);
declaring an unjustified excommunication.
Niddui
The niddui () ban was usually imposed for a period of seven days (in Israel thirty days). If inflicted on account of money matters, the offender was first publicly warned ("hatra'ah") three times, on Monday, Thursday, and Monday successively, at the regular service in the synagogue. During the period of niddui, no one except the members of his immediate household was permitted to associate with the offender, or to sit within four cubits of him, or to eat in his company. He was expected to go into mourning and to refrain from bathing, cutting his hair, and wearing shoes, and he had to observe all the laws that pertained to a mourner. He could not be counted in the quorum for the performance of a public religious function. If he died, a stone was placed on his hearse, and the relatives were not obliged to observe the ceremonies customary at the death of a kinsman, such as the tearing of garments, etc.
It was in the power of the court to lessen or increase the severity of the niddui. The court might even reduce or increase the number of days, forbid all intercourse with the offender, and exclude his children from the schools and his wife from the synagogue, until he became humbled and willing to repent and obey the court's mandates. According to one opinion, the apprehension that the offender might leave the Jewish fold on account of the severity of the excommunication did not prevent the court from adding rigor to its punishments so as to maintain its dignity and authority (Shulkhan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah, 334, 1, Rama's gloss, citing Sefer Agudah). This opinion is vehemently contested by the Taz (ibid.), who cites earlier authorities of the same opinion (Maharshal; Maharam; Mahari Mintz) and presents proof of his position from the Talmud. Additionally, the Taz notes that his edition of the Sefer Agudah does not contain the cited position.
Herem
If the offense was in reference to monetary matters, or if the punishment was inflicted by an individual, the laws were more lenient, the chief punishment being that men might not associate with the offender. At the expiration of the period the ban was raised by the court. If, however, the excommunicate showed no sign of penitence or remorse, the niddui might be renewed once and again, and finally the "herem," the most rigorous form of excommunication, might be pronounced. This extended for an indefinite period, and no one was permitted to teach the offender or work for him, or benefit him in any way, except when he was in need of the bare necessities of life.
Nezifah
A milder form than either niddui or herem was the nezifah ban. (In modern Hebrew, nezifah generally means "a dressing-down" or "reading (someone) the riot act", i.e., a stern verbal rebuke.) This ban generally only lasted one day. During this time the offender dared not appear before him whom he had displeased. He had to retire to his house, speak little, refrain from business and pleasure, and manifest his regret and remorse. He was not required, however, to separate himself from society, nor was he obliged to apologize to the man whom he had insulted; for his conduct on the day of nezifah was sufficient apology. But when a scholar or prominent man actually pronounced the formal niddui on one who had slighted him, all the laws of niddui applied. This procedure was, however, much discouraged by the sages, so that it was a matter of proper pride for a rabbi to be able to say that he had never pronounced the ban of excommunication. Maimonides concludes with these words the chapter on the laws of excommunication:
Since the Jewish Enlightenment
Except in rare cases in the Haredi and Hasidic communities, herem stopped existing after the Haskalah, when local Jewish communities lost their political autonomy, and Jews were integrated into the gentile nations in which they lived.
In 1918, the Rabbinical Council of Odessa, declared herem on Leon Trotsky and several other Jewish Bolsheviks.
In 1945, rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism (a Jewish religious movement that seeks to divorce Judaism from belief in a personal deity), was formally excommunicated by the Haredi Union of Orthodox Rabbis (Agudath HaRabonim).
In 2004, the High Court of South Africa upheld a herem against a Johannesburg businessman because he refused to pay his former wife alimony as ordered by a beth din.
A herem against members of Neturei Karta who attended the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust was declared by numerous Haredi religious leaders, including the leaders of the Satmar and Chabad Hassidic groups.
See also
Banishment in the Torah
Exile
Heresy
Heresy in Judaism
Kareth
Ostracism
Pulsa diNura
Siruv
Taboo
References
External links
Jewish Encyclopedia 1901: Anathema
Jewish Encyclopedia 1901: Ban
Excommunication
Jewish courts and civil law
Punishments in religion
Shunning |
8499982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Academy%20of%20Underwater%20Sciences | American Academy of Underwater Sciences | The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) is a group of scientific organizations and individual members who conduct scientific and educational activities underwater. It was organized in 1977 and incorporated in the State of California in 1983.
Purpose and activities
The mission of the AAUS is to facilitate the development of safe and productive scientific divers through education, research, advocacy, and the advancement of standards for scientific diving practices, certifications, & operations.
The AAUS administrates the AAUS Foundation, which is a 501c3 charity to provide internships and scholarships to students who study scientific diving or use scientific diving as a research tool.
Scientific diving standards
The AAUS is responsible for the promulgation of the AAUS Standards for Scientific Diving Certification and Operation of Scientific Diving Programs. These are the consensual guidelines for scientific diving programs in the US, and are recognized by Occupational Safety and Health Administration as the "Standard" for scientific diving. These standards are followed by all AAUS Organizational Members allowing for reciprocity between institutions. Each institution is responsible for upholding the standards within its program and among its divers. The AAUS peer reviews the standards on a regular basis, so they represent the consensus of the scientific diving community and state-of-the-art technologies.
Exemption from commercial diving regulations
In 1975 the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America petitioned for an emergency temporary standard be issued with respect to occupational diving operations. The ETS issued on June 15, 1976, was to be effective from July 15 but was challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals by several diving contractors, and was withdrawn that November. A permanent standard for commercial diving became effective on 20 October 1977, but it did not consider the needs of scientific diving. The scientific diving community was unable to operate as previously, and in 1977 united to form the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS)
Publications
Library
Many of the AAUS publications were available online at the Rubicon Research Repository.
References
External links
American Academy of Underwater Sciences
American Academy of Underwater Sciences Records MSS 0773 Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Diving organizations |
45256439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20Jennings | Lewis Jennings | Louis Jennings was an American gunsmith of 19th century who expanded upon the repeating rifle mechanism system of Walter Hunt, but did not get any prominence among the armed forces as he was accused of molesting children.
References
Date of birth unknown
Date of death unknown
Gunsmiths
19th-century American people |
70319539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared%20McKenzie | Jared McKenzie | Jared Nathan McKenzie (born May 16, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Washington Nationals organization.
Amateur career
McKenzie attended Round Rock High School in Round Rock, Texas, where he batted .535 with seven home runs alongside holding a 28-game hitting streak as a senior in 2019. Unselected in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Baylor University to play college baseball.
McKenzie started 16 games in center field as a freshman in 2020 and hit .406 with 28 hits before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That summer, he played in the Texas Collegiate League for the Round Rock Hairy Men. For the 2021 season, he started 51 games in center field and batted .383 with ten home runs, 44 RBIs, and 14 doubles. He earned All-Big 12 Conference Honors. Following the season's end, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Orleans Firebirds where he hit .226 with 36 strikeouts over thirty games. Prior to the 2022 season, McKenzie was named an All American by numerous outlets and was also unanimously named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team. Over 54 games for the season, he batted .288 with 11 home runs and 42 RBIs. After the season, he entered the transfer portal.
Professional career
McKenzie was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the fifth round with the 141st overall selection of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the team for $410,500.
McKenzie made his professional debut with the Fredericksburg Nationals, hitting a home run in his first game with the team. Over seventy at-bats in 17 games, he hit .400 with two home runs, 15 RBIs, seven doubles, and 11 stolen bases.
References
External links
Baylor Bears bio
2001 births
Living people
Baseball players from Texas
Baseball outfielders
Baylor Bears baseball players
Orleans Firebirds players
Fredericksburg Nationals players |
21605888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberts%20Me%C5%BEeckis | Roberts Mežeckis | Roberts Mežeckis (born 29 January 1981) is a retired Latvian professional footballer, currently the general manager and team coordinator of Latvia national under-21 football team.
Career
Roberts Mežeckis was born in Riga, the son of the Latvian Football Federation general manager Jānis Mežeckis.
He signed for Cork City FC from F.K. Riga at the start of the 2009 season. Unfortunately Roberts' first team chances that season were limited due to ongoing injury problems. After the players were told they were effectively free agents, Mezeckis left the club on 30 July 2009. In September 2009 he announced his retirement from professional football, due to his long-term tendon of Achilles injury.
Post-football career
In 2012 Mežeckis was appointed as the general manager and team coordinator of Latvia national under-21 football team.
External links
Mezeckis released by Cork City
1981 births
Living people
Cork City F.C. players
League of Ireland players
Latvian men's footballers
Latvia men's international footballers
Footballers from Riga
Latvian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland
Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Ireland
Skonto FC players
FK Rīga players
Men's association football defenders |
19161789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20Arts%20Festival | Boston Arts Festival | The contemporary Boston Arts Festival is an annual event showcasing Boston's visual and performing arts community and promoting Boston's Open Studios program. The weekend-long Festival at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park features a wide variety of arts and high-end crafts, including painting, photography, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture and live music. The Arts Festival, which has existed in several different forms, was relaunched by former Mayor Thomas Menino in 2003, then reconceived by Mayor Marty Walsh in 2015. The Beacon Hill Art Walk and Artists Crossing Gallery will be organizing the 2019 September Festival.
The original Festival, briefly named the "Boston Art Festival," was held at Boston's Public Garden between 1952 and 1964. That version is credited with democratizing access to the fine arts in Boston, especially for young, emerging and often Jewish-American, artists who felt shut out of Boston's famously Brahmin museums and other institutional exhibition sites. Activist artists, either linked by the Boston Museum School or the Boris Mirski Gallery founded the Boston Arts Festival. The first Festival debuted on June 12, 1952, and displayed fine art in tents in the Public Garden, and provided free performances in nearby Boston Common. This represented a major break in how art was presented in New England. No longer confined to the monied and the elite, the early Festivals provided avant garde artists with a forum in which to show their work, compete and interact with one another. That exchange of ideas and influences developed into the earliest form of American Figurative Expressionism, known as Boston Expressionism.
History
The Boston Arts Festival had roots in 1940s' meetings organized to protest Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art, then known as the Institute of Modern Art. Artists like Hyman Bloom, Karl Zerbe, Ben Shahn, Jack Levine, Joyce Reopel, Mel Zabarsky and began gathering to discuss fears "that the Institute would ... become a showcase for ... something quite different that what we thought it ought to show and support," Arthur Polonsky said later. Zerbe's experience with Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, which only "owned one watercolor, and at a time when his work was being acquired quite seriously, with pleasure, by some of the other institutions," stoked those fears. The meetings jumpstarted the formation of the New England Chapter for Artist's Equity, an artist's union that advocated for more equitable commissions and representation.
"[It was] really an Equity activity." Arthur Polonsky said of the Boston Arts Festival in an oral history with the Archives of American Art. "It was taken up by a group of businessmen later, with the collaboration of artists and gallery people, and it became the first experimental Boston Arts Festival a year later, but preceding that, that year, I remember actually working on a station wagon at night, hauling paintings in from what was then the Copley Plaza out to the exhibit place. Equity had a booth of its own in the first Arts Festival — six years of that — simply giving out information on the organization."
In their work, the artists were, critic Adam Zucker writes, "inspired largely by political and/or social issues and conflicts." Thus, the impetus behind the Festivals was not only political, but also identity-oriented. "Like German Expressionism, the American arts movement addresses issues at the heart of the expressionist sensibility, such as personal and group identity in the modern world, the role of the artist as a witness to issues such as violence and corruption, and the nature of the creative process and its implications." In 1952, Boston's art world did not welcome outsiders, and few galleries exhibited their work. "Looking back to the 1950s there were few opportunities to see works by contemporary Boston artists in a museum setting." Charles Guiliano writes. "Despite a young new director, Perry T. Rathbone (July 3, 1911 – Jan. 15th, 2000), who was intent on making the Museum of Fine Arts more progressive that did not extend to embracing the dominantly Jewish Boston Expressionists. In the traditional Brahmin arts community there were elements of racism and anti Semitism...." "There was a dichotomy between the conservative, traditional painters of the venerable, Copley Society, and the more progressive artists," Further, Guiliano notes, "[t]he more traditional and socially acceptable artists showed with the Copley Society or the Guild of Boston Artists. The work of Jews, immigrants or their sons, like the Lebanese/American Gibran, showed with gallerist Boris Mirski or his former assistants Hyman Swetzoff and Alan Fink of Alpha Gallery."
The inclusion of juried shows also provided a forum for artistic distinction that generated interest. "[T]here was palpable excitement visiting the annual Boston Arts Festival. In addition to exhibiting fine arts there was a stage for live performances," Guiliano continues," I recall jazz by the renowned Boston baritone sax player, Serge Chaloff, a play by William Saroyan, and a solo ballet performance by Maria Tallchief. The ambitious festival (1955-1962) organized by Nelson Aldrich ended through a lack of funding. An attempt to revive it decades later was embarrassed when the theft of a painting by Barney Rubenstein occurred because of a lack of security. There were prizes awarded by jurors of the BAF resulting in debates and controversy. This focused on a perceived dichotomy between traditional still life and landscape works and more progressive forms of abstraction. Visitors voted for a Popular Prize. In 1956 that was awarded to Kahlil Gibran for his memorable “St. John the Baptist.” It stunned and amazed me. With then limited experience it was the greatest work of art I had seen.
"...[I]t seemed like a good, exuberant, democratic, freeing kind of idea to many of us," artist Arthur Polonsky said. "It was very hearty, the sensations among the artists of Boston in those festivals of the first years, certainly, and the public. And much was accomplished. People like Robert Frost and MacLeish had taken it all very seriously. Productions in opera, along with that fragile tent city of exhibitions went up each year."
Of prime importance to the artists was the fact that all of the events and exhibitions at the Boston Arts Festival were free of charge. This is a point the Guide to the Boston Arts Festival Records states repeatedly, while also noting the Festival eventually became cost prohibitive: "The first festival included a free program of painting, sculpture and music presented outdoors at the Boston Public Garden. Over the years, the Festival would expand upon this program by adding film, dance, and theater. The duration of the Festival was gradually increased as well. At various times, the selection process of the art shows and the perceived focus on modern arts attracted controversy, and the Festival often faced budget shortfalls due in part to the decision to allow free admittance to all performances while trying to provide quality programming on a large scale. Nonetheless, the Festival continued to operate with the goal of presenting a mass audience with a 'broad cross-section of the arts of our time [and arts] of as high an artistic standard as economically possible' until 1964.
The Revived Festival
Mayor Thomas M. Menino revived the Boston Arts Festival in 2003 as a one-day event, intended to launch Boston Open Studios and the 2003 performing arts season. The festival drew huge crowds to the newly re-designed Christopher Columbus Park on Boston’s Waterfront. Highlights of the event included lively performances by Boston Lyric Opera, performing Italian arias, La Piñata presenting folkloric dance, the Mayor’s Mural Crew offering interactive mural painting and watercolor exercises, and reports from some visual artists of record-breaking sales.
The Festival was expanded to two days in 2004, with highlight performances from Boston Ballet and Jazz Hip Hop Orchestra, and huge crowd attendance. In 2005, the Festival coincided with Boston’s 375th Birthday. To celebrate, some Festival performances were relocated downtown and to Faneuil Hall. Boston Ballet performed again alongside Chu Ling Dance and Haitian singer Gi Frants.
The Festival drew record crowds in 2007, when juried artists exhibited and sold their artwork in a specially built artists’ village. Opera Boston made their festival debut to great acclaim as did up-and-coming harpist Maeve Gilchrist on the new Garden Stage to complement the Waterfront Stage. Boston Pops Ensemble and the very popular Boston Gay Men's Chorus also made their debuts.
The 2008 Festival, building on the success of the 2007 Festival, expanded to become a three-day event. Visual artists were now able to exhibit and sell their work on Friday while special guests Blue Man Group and Buffalo Tom entertained audiences from the Waterfront Stage. Despite the wettest day in the festival's short history, large crowds turned out as the festival opened to great energy. The rest of the weekend brought better weather and a full entertainment program on two stages. An attendance record was set for the Festival on Saturday with an unprecedented turnout and individual artists reported record sales. Boston Children's Museum provided activities for children alongside the Mayor's Mural Crew. The Garden Stage played host to Pan United and harpist Áine Minogue, amongst others, while on the Waterfront stage, the upcoming group Everyday Visuals shared billing with dance troupe OrigiNation, songwriter Bleu, and for the seventh year in a row, Boston Ballet.
Festival Reorganization
In 2015, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that the annual Boston Arts (Ahts) Festival would be re-imagined as Emerge, a one-day celebration of local arts and culture. That version of the Festival evolved over the next four years. Plans for the 2019 Festival note that it will be organized by "Beacon Hill Art Walk and Artists Crossing Gallery, and will launch Boston’s Arts Open Studios season featuring more than 70 juried local visual artists and craftspeople, plus local musicians performing on the Waterfront Stage throughout the day."
References
Festivals in Boston
Arts festivals in the United States
Boston expressionism |
22449145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenburg%2C%20Nova%20Scotia | Wittenburg, Nova Scotia | Wittenburg is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Colchester County. It was named for Wittenberg, Germany, due to a resemblance of the local church to the church where Martin Luther nailed up his 95 theses.
Navigator
References
External links
Wittenburg on Destination Nova Scotia
Communities in Colchester County
General Service Areas in Nova Scotia |
29619775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin%20News%20Australia | Mandarin News Australia | Mandarin News Australia was a news and current affairs service on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) for the Australian Chinese community and the broader Australian audience.
Mandarin News Australia was Australia's first and only free to air, locally produced in-language Mandarin news service. This program delivered relevant news and current affairs to one of Australia's largest language communities and the wider community. The program covered national and international stories, ranging from major political and business news, local Chinese and Australian arts, cultural, community and sports events. The program also featured weekly profile pieces on inspiring locals and successful identities, including Kevin Rudd, Yao Ming, the Dalai Lama, super sleuth Dr Henry Lee, China's academic superstar, Yu Dan and The Sun King: Shi Zhengrong.
The program aired on SBS Two on Wednesdays at 5:30pm with English subtitles, and repeated on SBS One on Sundays at 6.30am. Mandarin News Australia was presented by Zhou Li and Amy Chien-Yu Wang, who also worked as a video journalist on the program. The production team consisted of video journalist, Jason Jin, World News Australia journalist, Cassandra Hill, video producer, Phil Austin and Executive Producer, Liz Deep-Jones.
External links
Official website
Program launch details
Australian television news shows
Special Broadcasting Service original programming
2010 Australian television series debuts
2012 Australian television series endings
Chinese television news shows
Mandarin-language television shows |
49757261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocentris%20testudinea | Pseudocentris testudinea | Pseudocentris is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Pseudocentris testudinea, is found in Peru. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly speckled with brownish with a white tuft on the fold at one-third, surrounded with grey irroration (sprinkles). There is some yellow-ochreous suffusion along the costa towards the base and a fascia of yellow-ochreous suffusion from two-fifths of the costa to beyond the middle of the dorsum, as well as a roundish blotch of suffused dark grey irroration in the disc at three-fourths. A yellow-ochreous spot is found on the costa beyond the middle and there is a very oblique irregular yellow-ochreous fasciate streak from the costa at three-fourths to the disc before the apex. There is also an irregular-edged yellow-ochreous streak along the termen from the apex to below the middle. The hindwings are dark grey.
References
Moths described in 1921
Depressariinae
Monotypic moth genera |
57831002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%20Riau%20gubernatorial%20election | 2018 Riau gubernatorial election | The 2018 Riau gubernatorial election took place on 27 June 2018 as part of the simultaneous local elections. It was held to elect the governor of Riau along with their deputy, whilst members of the provincial council (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah) will be re-elected in 2019.
Four pairs of candidates contested the election, including incumbent governor Arsyadjuliandi Rachman. Other candidates are Firdaus, mayor of the province's capital Pekanbaru, DPR member and former cabinet minister Muhammad Lukman Edy, and Siak Regency regent Syamsuar.
After winning 38.2 percent of the votes, Syamsuar would defeat the incumbent and become governor for the 2018-2023 period.
Timeline
Registration for party-backed candidates were opened between 8 and 10 January 2018, while independent candidates were required to register between 22 and 26 November 2017. The candidates were assigned their ballot numbers on 13 February 2018. The campaigning period would commence between 15 February and 24 June, with a three-day election silence before voting on 27 June. In April 2018, KPU declared that there were 3,622,488 eligible voters for the election.
Candidates
Under regulations, candidates are required to secure the support of a political party or a coalition thereof comprising at least 20 percent of the seats in the regional house. Alternatively, independent candidates may run provided they are capable of securing support from 8.5 percent of the total voter population (333,119 voters) in form of photocopied ID cards subject to verification by the local committee although no candidates expressing interest managed to do this.
Syamsuar, having won elections in Siak Regency twice, was approved by PAN to run in the gubernatorial election despite himself being a member of Golkar. After securing the support of Nasdem and PKS, he was eligible to run with 13 seats in the provincial council. His running mate Edi Nasution is a brigadier general in the Indonesian Army, who was stationed at Pekanbaru.
Muhammad Lukman Edy had previously ran twice for governor - in 2008 and 2013 - and lost in both occasions. In addition to being member of DPR and holding a deputy chair post at MPR, he was the chairman of PKB's Riau office, and secured the support of his party to run. His running mate Hardianto is a member of Riau's provincial council, and the pair secured just enough seats in it to run (7 from PKB, 6 from Gerindra).
Also with 13 seats in the council, Pekanbaru mayor Firdaus ran for governorship. The supporting parties are his own (Demokrat, with 9 seats) and PPP (4 seats). His running mate, Rusli Effendi, is a PPP member who had served 10 years in the provincial council.
Incumbent Arsyadjuliandi Rachman (who was made governor following the arrest of his predecessor by the Corruption Eradication Commission in 2014) managed to secure the support of Golkar, PDI-P and Hanura. His running mate Suyatno was the regent of Rokan Hilir.
Polling
Results
Quick count
References
2018 Indonesian gubernatorial elections
Riau |
60542837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie%20Kirk | Willie Kirk | Willie Kirk (born 7 June 1978) is a Scottish football manager and former player who is currently the manager of FA WSL club Leicester City.
Playing career
Kirk played non-League football for Preston Athletic and agreed to manage the team in the 2014–15 Lowland Football League season.
Managerial career
Livingston FC Academy
Kirk began his managerial career at Livingston FC as an assistant academy coach for the club's under-14 team in October 2006. He advanced to head coach of the under-14 team and took over head coaching position for the next age group up to the under-17 team.
Hibernian
In March 2009, Kirk joined the academy coaching staff at Hibernian F.C. to coach the under-17 team. Ultimately, Kirk earned the head coaching position of Hibernian L.F.C. His first season in charge of Hibernian led to winning the 2010 Scottish Cup. Kirk followed up the 2010 Cup title by winning Scottish League Cup title, finishing as runners-up in the Scottish Cup, and third position in the table. The 2013 season saw Hibernian finishing second and Kirk earning Scottish Women's Football Manager of the Year award.
Bristol City
In April 2015, Kirk made the move to England and was appointed manager of Bristol City competing in the FA WSL. After a rough season, Bristol City was relegated to WSL 2, finishing in last place after the 2015 season. The relegation was short lived, as Kirk's Bristol City rallied in the WSL 2 finishing second during the WSL season and earned promotion back to the FA WSL 1. Kirk's subsequent seasons would see back-to-back eighth place finishes, maintaining safety in the women's top flight.
Manchester United
In June 2018, Kirk joined the coaching staff at the newly formed Manchester United W.F.C. as an assistant to Casey Stoney.
Everton
In December 2018, Kirk was appointed manager of Everton after being offered the number one position of a top flight team. His debut as manager of the Blues was a victory, defeating rivals Liverpool 2–1.
Kirk left his position as manager of the Everton Women’s team on 16 October 2021.
Leicester City
In July 2022, Kirk was appointed as director of football at Leicester City. On 3 November 2022, Kirk was appointed as manager following the departure of Lydia Bedford.
Executive career
In July 2022, Kirk joined FA WSL club Leicester City as their first-ever director of football for both the first team and the academy.
Honours
Hibernian Women
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup: 2011
Scottish Women's Cup: 2010, runners-up: 2011
Individual
Scottish Women's Football Manager of the Year: 2013
References
External links
Willie Kirk coach profile at EvertonFC.com
Living people
Women's Super League managers
Scottish football managers
1978 births
Footballers from Edinburgh
Livingston F.C. non-playing staff
Bristol City W.F.C. managers
Hibernian F.C. non-playing staff
Hibernian W.F.C. managers |
57346213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neriene%20litigiosa | Neriene litigiosa | Neriene litigiosa, the sierra dome spider, is a species of sheet weaver spider in the family Linyphiidae. It is found in North America and has been introduced into China. This species complex mating system has been under study since 1980 at The University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station by Dr. Paul J. Watson.
References
Linyphiidae
Articles created by Qbugbot
Spiders described in 1886 |
53512686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worry%20%28song%29 | Worry (song) | "Worry" is the fourth single from the multicultural Australian singer Mileo featuring Norwegian pop singer Adelén. The song was released on the 17 March 2017 "Worry" is written and produced by Mileo. It has influences of Pop & World.
Composition
"Worry" is a Homme Fatale song about Mileo's view on his relationships, lyrically, the song is a sharp and unapologetic description of himself and the relationships he has.
Track listings
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Release history
References
2017 songs
Universal Music Group singles
2017 singles |
66016262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens%20Knossalla | Jens Knossalla | Jens Heinz Richard Knossalla (born 7 July 1986), also known online by his stage name Knossi, is a German entertainer and television presenter. He became known for his participation in various television formats and as a poker commentator, presenter and live streamer. Knossalla describes himself as König des Internets ("King of the Internet") and usually appears with a crown these days.
Career
Knossalla had his first television appearance in 2008 as a participant in the game show WipeOut – Heul nicht, lauf! on ProSieben. In 2010, he was seen on the TV format Der Kreuzfahrtkönig broadcast on RTL II. In 2011, Knossalla took part on the game show 17 Meter hosted by Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf. In November 2012, he was seen on VOX as part of the reality series mieten, kaufen, wohnen. In addition, Knossalla played several small roles in the scripted reality series Richter Alexander Hold, Richterin Barbara Salesch, Lenßen & Partner, K11 – Kommissare im Einsatz, Verklag mich doch! and in the soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten.
In November 2020, Knossalla hosted the fourth episode of the late-night show Täglich frisch geröstet on TVNOW, produced by Stefan Raab. In addition to Knossalla as the "host" and Mark Filatov as a guest, Kai Pflaume appeared in the role of the "roaster".
Personal life
Knossala was born on 7 July 1986 in Malsch, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. He is the father of a son born in 2019.
Filmography
2020: Kartoffelsalat 3 – Das Musical
Bibliography
Knossi. König des Internets. Über meinen Aufstieg und Erfolg als Streamer. Riva, München 2020, (with eleven guest conttibutions by Robin Schulz among others).
References
External links
Official website
Jens Knossalla on IMDb
Jens Knossalla on the website of The Hendon Mob
1986 births
Living people
German male writers |
38168255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajan%20Raje | Rajan Raje | Rajan Raghunath Raje (born 18 September 1957) is an Indian social activist and Labour Union Leader. Raje is also the founder and president of the regional political party, DharmaRajya Paksha in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Personal life
Raje grew up in Thane, Maharashtra, a region close to Mumbai. He is a law graduate from the University of Mumbai. Raje stood first in SSC exam among the Marathi students in the district and ranked 16th in the state for the same exam. Raje also secured the National Scholarship, the State Scholarship and Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Scholarship.
Rajan Raje published poems in the novel Rajhans. He is married to Ranjan. They have one son and one daughter.
Political career
Rajan Raje has been a trade union leader for 30 years. As a union leader, Raje has fought against contract work systems (i.e. employee contracts) and liberalization and privatization policies in the production and services industries. Raje's unions were run under the organization 'Dharmarajya Kamgar-Karmachari Mahasangh', which later formed into his political party established in 2011.
In 2009, Rajan Raje entered politics by joining Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Raje had contested both Lok Sabha and State assembly election as a candidate of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena from Thane constituency, but did not get the seat. Raje left the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena citing ideological difference between him and the mainstream party.
On 16 November 2011, Rajan Raje established his own political party, DharmaRajya Paksha(DRP) after quitting Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
Issues and activism
Rajan Raje has protested the Shai dam project of the Government of Maharashtra.
Raje opposed the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project, involved in protests, meetings and appeals for action beginning in 2011. Also in 2011, Raje produced a documentary film High Power about issues faced by the local population displaced due to India's first atomic power station at Tarapur, constructed in 1962. The censor board of India, in its primary screening, denied a certificate saying the subject of the film is against government policy. In May 2013, the film was awarded a 'Yellow Oscar' at the 3rd International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro and received the world premiere in Brazil.
Raje has been involved with a number of issues with educational institutions. In 2009, he was involved with a protest against a proposed student fee rate hike in private educational institutions. In 2010, Raje led a union of working staff at Parshvanath College of Engineering against the management of the University of Mumbai over questions of mismanagement, non-payment of salaries and sexual harassment. In November 2012, Rajan Raje instigated an investigation into an alleged forgery at the Patil College of Engineering in Chunabhatti, Mumbai, which had resulted in an unjustified increase in student fees.
Raje has supported Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement and was one of the prominent members to fight for the Jan Lokpal Bill along with Hazare at a local level.
Raje has supported decreased development in Western Ghat where illegal mining operations threaten the environment. He organized a conference in 2013, and has advised the government of India on this issue.
References
External links
DharmaRajya Paksha Official Website
High Power: A short documentary film
An article written by Rajan Raje on Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project
Strike in Eicher Motors: A Gandhism
Rajan Raje's views on 'Contract work System' at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
1957 births
Living people
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena politicians
Politicians from Mumbai
Indian political party founders
Marathi politicians |
49520950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus%20pileata | Eucalyptus pileata | Eucalyptus pileata, commonly known as the capped mallee, is a species of mallee that is native to South Australia and Western Australia. It has smooth greyish bark, narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped, conical or barrel-shaped fruit.
Description
Eucalyptus pileata is a mallee, rarely a small tree, that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth, greyish bark that is shed in long ribbons to reveal orange or yellow new bark. Young plants and coppice regrowth have egg-shaped, bluish green leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are narrow lance-shaped, the same shade of glossy green on both sides, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are cylindrical to oval or pear-shaped, long and wide with a turban-shaped, ribbed operculum long and wide. Flowering occurs from February to May or from September to October and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped, conical or barrel-shaped capsule long and wide.
Taxonomy and naming
Eucalyptus pileata was first formally described in 1934 by William Blakely in his book A Key to Eucalypts from material collected near Ravensthorpe in 1909. The specific epithet (pileata) is from the Latin pileatus meaning "wearing a pileus", a kind of felt cap, referring to the cap-shaped operculum.
Distribution and habitat
Capped mallee grows in Western Australia and South Australia. It grows in shrubland between Balladonia, Kondinin, Norseman, Nugadong and Ravensthorpe in Western Australia. In South Australia it occurs on the Eyre Peninsula, mainly between the Hincks Conservation Park and Cummins.
Conservation status
This eucalypt is classified as "not threatened" in Western Australia by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
See also
List of Eucalyptus species
References
Eucalypts of Western Australia
pileata
Myrtales of Australia
Plants described in 1934
Taxa named by William Blakely |
38165111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bweremana | Bweremana | Bweremana (Bweremane) is a village in Kalehe Territory, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is on Lake Kivu north of Minova via Route N-2.
Notes
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Populated places in South Kivu |
6487068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear%20Cut%3A%20The%20Story%20of%20Philomath%2C%20Oregon | Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon | Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon is a 2006 American documentary film produced and directed by Peter Richardson. It was filmed in the city of Philomath, Oregon. The film made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2006.
Synopsis
This documentary depicts a vivid example of America's current culture war. It shows a rural community, Philomath, Oregon, that is making a large transition from once being a dominant force through an "old time" profession, the timber industry, to one that is dominated by professionals and techies, the "information age". This is shown by the drastic decline of lumber mills in the area. In 1980, there were twelve mills around Philomath, but twenty-five years later there were only two. The largest employers are no longer the lumber mills but Oregon State University in Corvallis, which is about six miles from Philomath, and a Hewlett-Packard center involved in engineering ink-jet components.
The roots of the community go back to a man named Rex Clemens, who lived from 1901 to 1985. He was a high school dropout who became wealthy through the lumber business. Due to his wealth, Clemens set up a foundation in 1958 that helped support school functions, construction, and progress while also providing a four-year scholarship to anyone who graduated from Philomath High School.
After several decades, other people started immigrating to the area, and a new school superintendent, Terry Kneisler, was hired from Chicago. He moved to modify many traditions, and as a result, aspects of the timber industry were questioned, a Gay-Straight Alliance group for students was formed, and the school's mascot, the "Warriors", was challenged.
Many people who had lived there for years, some for their entire lives, began to object to these changes. Three of these people happened to be Rex Clemens' nephews, who were now in charge of the foundation their uncle set up. Steve Lowther, one of the nephews, led the traditionalists in their battle against Kneisler. After the two sides had multiple disagreements and conflicts, Lowther told the school board that Kneisler or the foundation must go. Later, Kneisler did leave.
Lowther amended the foundation so that preference would be given to students who come from timber, agricultural, or mining families. Preference will also be given to students who will go on to pursue a career related to one of these fields of work.
Later developments
In 2008, the Lowthers once again amended the scholarship plan — the program would limit its grants to students who are at least second-generation residents of Philomath, Alsea, Eddyville, or the Eastern Oregon town of Crane, and the awards can be used at public or private colleges, trade, vocational or medical schools.
Release
The film became available for streaming on Hulu and Netflix on March 1, 2012.
References
External links
Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon, official site
2006 films
Benton County, Oregon
American documentary films
Films set in Oregon
Films shot in Oregon
2006 documentary films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films |
5424350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%20Was%20a%20Lady | She Was a Lady | She Was a Lady is the title of a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his creation, Simon Templar, alias The Saint. The novel was first published in serialized form in the magazine Thriller in February and March 1930, and after being rewritten by Charteris, was first published in complete form in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton in November 1931. This was the seventh book chronicling Templar's adventures, and the fourth full novel.
Like other early Simon Templar novels, this book underwent a number of name changes in succeeding editions. When first published in the United States by The Crime Club in 1932, it carried the title Angels of Doom. Most editions published after 1941 carry the title The Saint Meets His Match with the exception of a 1982 Ace Charter Books reprint that revived the Angels of Doom title.
According to The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television 1928-1992 by Burl Barer, Charteris originally wrote the novel with a different leading character, and it was subsequently published in a magazine in this form. He later extensively revised the novel, turning it into a Simon Templar adventure.
Plot
After years of living on the wrong side of the law, Simon Templar has been pardoned for past (perceived) crimes and is now working as an agent of Scotland Yard. His first mission is to investigate a crime ring called the Angels of Doom, which specializes in (among other things) helping convicted felons escape police dragnets and ambushes. The Angels of Doom is run by Jill Trelawney, a young woman who is willing to condone just about any action—including the murder of The Saint, if needs be—in her quest to wreak havoc on Scotland Yard, which she blames for the death of her father. But Templar, in his pursuit of Trelawney, finds within her an unexpected kindred spirit.
The book is divided into three parts and could almost be seen as a trilogy of novellas. The first part details Templar investigating Trelawney and discovering the cause of her criminal actions, ultimately resulting in him allowing Trelawney to kill one of the men responsible for framing her father, which has the effect of dissolving the Angels of Doom. During this part we learn that the Saint lives in Upper Berkeley Mews, Mayfair, "where the Saint had converted a couple of garages, with the rooms above, into the most ingeniously comfortable fortress in London" and that he has a manservant there called Orace.
Subsequently, in the second part, Templar's status as a police agent apparently comes to an end as he and Trelawney go to Paris in pursuit of a second man believed to be connected to the death of Trelawney's father. As the Paris segment of the novel begins, Templar and Trelawney have become partners to the extent that Simon, when leaving his traditional "calling card" consisting of the drawing of a stick figure with a halo, is now compelled to add a female figure to the image.
Meanwhile, Inspector Claud Eustace Teal of Scotland Yard continues to pursue both the Saint and Trelawney, especially when he receives reports that the two have allegedly reactivated the Angels of Doom.
The third segment of the novel sees Templar and Trelawney pursuing the third and final man responsible for framing her father, but in doing so they must first recruit some unexpected help from within Scotland Yard itself.
The book ends with several metafictional references by Templar, who makes references to himself being a storybook character in search of a suitable epilogue for the book. He also makes a direct reference to the title of the American omnibus collection Wanted for Murder which had preceded this novel. She Was a Lady is also notable in that no reference is made to any of the Saint's past colleagues, including his girlfriend, Patricia Holm, making this one of the first books in the series to have such an omission. (This is possibly because, as mentioned above, the novel was not originally conceived as a Saint adventure).
Film adaptation
She Was a Lady was adapted for the screen in 1939 as the basis for the second Hollywood motion picture based upon the character of Simon Templar. The film, The Saint Strikes Back, was released by RKO Pictures and was the first film to star George Sanders as Templar. The film makes numerous changes to the original story, changing Jill Trelawney's name to Val Travers and eliminating the angle of the Saint and Trelawney/Travers partnering up. One element from the book that is the retained is the first (and only) use of a female version of the Saint's stick figure insignia.
References
External links
Book review
1931 British novels
Simon Templar books
Novels by Leslie Charteris
Works originally published in British magazines
Novels first published in serial form
Hodder & Stoughton books
British novels adapted into films |
31219798 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s%20All%20Happening%20%28film%29 | It's All Happening (film) | It's All Happening is a 1963 British musical film directed by Don Sharp and starring Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin and Angela Douglas.
It is sometimes known under the alternative title The Dream Maker.
Premise
A talent scout for a record company is frustrated by his lack of progress with his career. When the orphanage where he was brought up is threatened with closing, he decides to organize a concert featuring all the most up-to-date singers and bands.
Selected cast
Tommy Steele - Billy Bowles
Michael Medwin - Max Catlin
Angela Douglas - Julie Singleton
Jean Harvey - Delia
Bernard Bresslaw - Parsons
Walter Hudd - J.B. Magdeburg
John Tate - Julian Singleton
Janet Henfrey - April
Richard Goolden - Lord Sweatstone
Keith Faulkner - Mick
Edward Cast - Hugh
Anthony Dawes - Cyril Bong
Production
Produced for $430,000, the film was shot and ready for release in cinemas in only six weeks. Director Don Sharp had made a similar musical The Golden Disc.
Don Sharp was directing television when approached to work on the film. He says he was brought on to the film by Philip Green, who had worked with Sharp on Ha Penny Breeze. According to Sharp, Green was music director for EMI and suggested they record tracks for their recording artists, which formed the basis of the film. Sharp says the film featured most of EMI's key artists at the time.
Filming took place at Shepperton Studios in January 1963. Angela Douglas, who has a leading role, recalled in her memoirs that Steele "was terrific, making me feel good, putting me at ease" and that "they were a marvelous crew, fun and relaxed."
Songs
"The Wind And The Rain" by Johnny De Little
"The Dream Maker" by Tommy Steele
"Meeting You" by Dick Kallman
"Maximum Plus" by Tommy Steele and Marion Ryan
"Somebody Else Not Me" by Shane Fenton and the Fentones
"Egg And Chips" by Tommy Steele
"That's Livin' - That's Lovin'" by Marion Ryan
"Day Without You" by Danny Williams
"Flamenco" by Russ Conway
"Summertime" by (Philip Green, Norman Newell)
"Once Upon A Time In Venice" by - John Boulter
"It's Summer" by Dai Francis
"Watching All The World Go By" by Tony Mercer
"The Boy On The Beach" by Carol Deene
"It's Summer" by The George Mitchell Singers
Finale "The Dream Maker" by Tommy Steele And The George Mitchell Singers
Critical reception
Variety said "The warmly exuberant personality of Tommy Steele, plus some polished, slick performances by guest top pop United Kingdom artists, solidly jacks up a lazy, old-fashioned and flabby screenplay by Leigh Vance."
TV Guide said of the film: "a number of England's pop singers and groups of the 1960s are on display in this variety show held together by a slim story line"."
The New York Times observed, "young Mr. Steele, all teeth and yellow hair, gives his all to the role."
The Radio Times called the film "sentimental hokum...The songs sound as though they were knocked out on a slow afternoon on Denmark Street, London's very own Tin Pan Alley."
AllMovie called it an "engaging children's musical."
References
External links
It's All Happening at Letterbox DVD
Review at the Spinning Image
1963 films
1963 musical films
Films directed by Don Sharp
British musical films
1960s English-language films
1960s British films |
59941984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irnes | Irnes | Irnes is a rare masculine given name which means "Protected Headland" a compound of eir “protection” and nes “headland”.
In Norse mythology, Eir is the goddess associated with healing. She is known to be one of the handmaidens of Frigg, who is wife of Odin, the king of the gods.
See also
Eir - Goddess or valkyrie associated with medical skill
References
Given names
Masculine given names
Scandinavian masculine given names
Swedish masculine given names
Norwegian masculine given names
Danish masculine given names
Icelandic masculine given names
Faroese masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Bosnian masculine given names
Montenegrin masculine given names |
36194902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri%20Lef%C3%A8bvre%20%28wrestler%29 | Henri Lefèbvre (wrestler) | Henri Lefèbvre (19 December 1905 – 11 June 1970) was a French wrestler who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1905 births
1970 deaths
Olympic wrestlers for France
Wrestlers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
French male sport wrestlers
Olympic bronze medalists for France
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics |
1888459 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Receiving%20End%20of%20Sirens | The Receiving End of Sirens | The Receiving End of Sirens (abbreviated TREOS) was an American rock band from Belchertown, Massachusetts, United States. Formed in 2003, the band broke up in 2008 then briefly reunited in 2010; a 2020 reunion tour was canceled.
Overview
The band played on the 2005 Warped Tour and toured with such acts as Gatsbys American Dream, A Wilhelm Scream, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Funeral for a Friend, Saves the Day, Senses Fail, Thrice, and New Found Glory. The band's first headlining tour, "The New Hope Tour," began on March31, 2006. About a week before the start of the tour, guitarist and vocalist Alex Bars fell down a flight of stairs, breaking his scapula and two ribs and puncturing a lung; a question of whether or not he would be able to perform arose, yet he pulled through. Some of the bands who supported TREOS on their first headlining tour were As Tall as Lions, A Thorn for Every Heart, Hit the Lights, and I Am the Avalanche.
On March18, 2008, the band announced that it would "no longer exist in the way it has for the past 5 years" on their MySpace page. The main reason for the breakup was the fact that Brendan Brown had a child in January 2008, and he decided he needed to reassess his priorities. In a MySpace bulletin, he wrote that all of the members still had a passion for music and love for their fans. The band played two of their last three last shows at Lupo's in Providence, Rhode Island, on May2, supported by Envy on the Coast and Therefore I Am, and at The Bamboozle Festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 4. On May 5, a final farewell was performed under the pseudonym The Red Eye of Solomon at Harper's Ferry in Allston, Massachusetts.
Name
According to drummer Andrew Cook:
I was a cook at a place called McCarthy's Pub in Massachusetts. A bunch of police cars and ambulances went screaming by and the name popped into my head. Like, thinking about how people never really think about what's "on the receiving end of sirens," because it's such a common thing just to hear the sirens. Especially if you live in a city, it just becomes this commonplace thing, nobody thinks twice about it anymore. Even though there's so much awful stuff going on in the world, and horrible things that happen to people, it's kind of like "out of sight, out of mind." It's just kind of a sad thing. So it's kind of a commentary on that. It also works on a couple of levels. It can be taken as the Greek mythology example with the Sirens that lure sailors in with their singing, so being on the receiving end of those sirens isn't a great thing. It works both ways.
The band has also been known to perform under the pseudonym The Red Eye of Soromon , also abbreviated TREOS. Cook explained the name change in an interview for www.drivenfaroff.com:
Sometimes we just feel like playing a show near home and not announcing it as a TREOS show, just keeping it small and intimate and stuff. And you know, when you play a lot of shows you have to worry about your draw, and a lot of bands will purposefully not play their hometown area for a long time to build up a draw. It's something that every band needs to be conscious of. And for us, we got to thinking, "We haven't played a show in Massachusetts for a long time, kind of purposefully "We need to give ourselves a break and not saturate the market so people don't care about seeing us anymore," you know? And it got to the point where like, "Man, we miss playing hall shows and stuff. Let's just do one," and we talked to Alex [Correia] from Therefore I Am because we love those guys and love playing with them, and worked it out. He set up the show and it just worked out great. People have caught on and every time they see The Red Eye of Solomon they’re going to know it's us, but it’s just something to do to be fun, you know, just be goofy about it, show people that we don't take ourselves too seriously and that we still love playing shows like this. Playing big shows is great, and playing big clubs is great, but it loses something at that level, you know? And it's not as intimate and off-the-cuff and random as shows like these, and we love doing it, so we're going to keep doing it as long as we're a band, regardless of how well or how poorly the band does from here on out. The last performance under the pseudonym was on May16, 2012.
History
Formation and EP (2003–2004)
The band formed in 2003, and their original lineup consisted of Brendan Brown, Alex Bars, Andrew Cook, Nate Patterson, and Ben Potrykus, formerly of Massachusetts pop-punk band Fake-ID. With this lineup, they recorded two demos with a total of five songs, including two versions of "The Race", and gained a following throughout New England. After a conflict of interest involving the future of the band and their signing with a record label, Ben left the band. They played their last show with this lineup on November 8, 2003, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
After almost 6 months on hiatus, the band came back to life with their new member Casey Crescenzo. They played their first show with the new lineup on April 20, 2004, in Amherst, Massachusetts. Their new lineup featured three-tiered vocals split by Crescenzo, Bars, and Brown and the addition of keyboards and synth. At this time they also released their self-titled five-song EP.
Between the Heart and the Synapse (2005–2006)
In April 2005 their full-length album Between the Heart and the Synapse was released. To support the album, the band toured with Acceptance, Panic! At the Disco, Cartel, and Augustana.
After a year of touring, Casey Crescenzo left the band in May 2006 and started pursuing his side project, The Dear Hunter, full-time. After Crescenzo's departure, a long-time friend of the band Ross filled in on guitar during their tour with Circa Survive and most notably at radio station WFNX's "Disorientation" free concert in Boston featuring TREOS and Taking Back Sunday.
On November6, 2006, TREOS announced former Boys Night Out drummer Brian Southall was joining the band, playing guitar, keys, and backup vocals.
The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi and breakup (2007–2009)
TREOS's second album The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi was released on August7, 2007. The band had arranged to stream a live concert from Vintage Vinyl Record Store in New Jersey on the new real-time entertainment site www.Yebotv.com on August9, 2007.
On March18, 2008, Brendan Brown announced via a MySpace bulletin that because of his new priorities (having a baby), the band was coming to an end.
On Friday, May2, 2008 the band headlined its farewell show at Lupo's in Providence, Rhode Island, with Envy on the Coast and Therefore I Am. Former singer Casey Crescenzo made a return halfway through the set; TREOS performed virtually all of their tracks, forcing them to repeat "Planning a Prison Break" as their encore. Absolute Punk wrote that "They played 21 songs (technically 22 because the crowd got them to play "Planning a Prison Break" twice) – almost every track spanning their three CD discography."
The band recorded their farewell show at Lupo's on May2, 2008; however, there was no announcement stating a release date. Along with concert footage, the DVD will contain never-before-seen interviews, as well as backstage footage from many of the band's tours. The live concert footage will span twenty-two songs and will feature Casey Crescenzo for the latter half of the performance.
The band also played The Bamboozle on May4, 2008 and performed their final show as The Red Eye of Solomon in Allston, MA on May5, 2008, where they played all of Between the Heart and the Synapse in order from start to finish with Casey, followed by an encore set.
On November25, 2008, the band posted a video of "Planning a Prison Break" life from their final May2 show. This hinted that a DVD may be officially announced shortly. On June6, 2009, the first news pointing towards a closer release date was found at Absolute Punk, where TREOS asked for fans to send in pictures of them with the band. The rumors of a DVD were confirmed when the latest video was posted on the official Skatefest website, in which members of TREOS discussed the DVD.
After the breakup of The Receiving End of Sirens, Brian Southall began working on a new project titled The Company We Keep.
Reunion (2009–present)
On December 22, 2009, Brian Southall confirmed that TREOS would be reuniting to play Skate Fest 2010 in Worcester, MA. The Skate Fest web page was updated with a previously unreleased video of "The War of All Against All" from the farewell show in Providence. Casey Crescenzo confirmed that he would once again be joining the band on stage at Skate Fest.
The band played one more show before Skatefest at Jerkies in Providence, RI. The flyer for the show read "The Real Eve Of Skatefest"(a backronym for TREOS) and included the band's Envy on the Coast, All the Day Holiday, Lions Lions, and a special unannounced guest.
In late 2010, several members of the band hinted that they were recording new songs via Twitter. Brian Southall, Brendan Brown, Andrew Cook, and Nate Patterson all replied to each other's tweets, often capitalizing the letters "T-R-E-O-S" in each tweet, such as Southall's post, "tracking guitars, This Really Epic Original Song I wrote with some friends a few months ago."
Triple Crown Records later confirmed that they would be re-releasing Between the Heart and the Synapse as a double LP, along with a new song by the band and live videos. The members took time off from their current projects to write and record the new song for the release. JohnD, creator of The Bamboozle Festival, announced that TREOS would play at the 2012 festival on May18 in Asbury Park, New Jersey for the festival's 10th anniversary.
TREOS (under the pseudonym "The Red Eye of Solomon") played The Middle East night club in Cambridge, MA on May16, 2012.
On February17, 2020, the band's official Twitter page announced a tour with Envy on the Coast; it was later called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Andrew Cook is currently a full-time touring drummer for country act Dan + Shay.
Band members
Final line-up
Brendan Brown – vocals, bass (2003–2008, 2010–2012, 2020)
Alex Bars – vocals, guitar (2003–2008, 2010–2012, 2020)
Nate Patterson – guitar, keyboards (2003–2008, 2010–2012, 2020)
Andrew Cook – drums, programming (2003–2008, 2010–2012, 2020)
Casey Crescenzo – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming (2004–2006, 2010–2012, 2020)
Brian Southall – guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (2006–2008, 2010-2012, 2020)
Past members
Ben Potrykus – lead vocals (2003)
Timeline
Discography
Videography
"Planning a Prison Break" (2005)
"This Armistice" (2006)
"The Evidence" (2007)
"Smoke & Mirrors" (2007)
References
External links
The Company We Keep interview with Audio Addiction Magazine
Photos and review from a TREOS set on Monday July 7, 2003 at TT the Bears in Cambridge, MA
Rock music groups from Massachusetts
Springfield
American post-hardcore musical groups
Musical groups established in 2003
Musical groups disestablished in 2008
Musical groups reestablished in 2010
Musical groups disestablished in 2015
Musical groups reestablished in 2020
Triple Crown Records artists |
30770180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuits%20for%20Breakfast | Biscuits for Breakfast | Biscuits for Breakfast is the second album from British musician Fin Greenall and, collectively as Fink, the band's debut album. It was released in 2006 on Ninja Tune.
Background
Prior to this album, Fin Greenall had been DJing and producing for label Ninja Tune from around 1997. He cites listening to Zero 7's first album Simple Things as one of the many inspirations for him to try something a little different from his dub roots, and old friend Guy Whittaker as well as newly acquainted Tim Thornton saw the rebirth of the name "Fink" as a trio.
It was released throughout Europe in the spring of 2006.
Critical reception
The album has received generally positive reviews from music critics. Thom Jurek from Allmusic gave the album 3 and a half stars out of 5, commenting that "there is a wonderfully intimate smokiness in Fink's approach to his songs". Ben Hogwood of musicOMH gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying of Greenall that he "sounds totally at ease expressing himself in this medium" and the album is "a small gem of a record". Pixelsurgeon awarded 9 circles out of 10, with Sam Gilbey praising the effort, as the "whole album swaggers with a natural confidence that few manage within any genre".
Track listing
Personnel
Fink – Vocals (exc. track 5), acoustic guitar, bass (on track 1), slide guitar (2, 4), keyboards (1, 5, 8), background vocals (5), effects (6), percussion (7)
Guy Whittaker – Bass (2, 3, 6–8)
Tim Thornton – Drums (2, 3, 6–8)
Tina Grace – Vocals (5)
E WanDan – Human beatbox (7)
Martin Haley – Slide guitar (8)
Produced and engineered by Fink, except
"Pills in My Pocket" produced and engineered by Ben Thackeray
"Sorry I'm Late" produced by Dean James and Sumit Bothra and engineered by Dean James
Sumit Bothra – Management
Kate O'Connor – Cover illustration
References
External links
Official website
Ninja Tune albums
2006 albums
Fink (singer) albums |
50812314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20UC%20Santa%20Barbara%20Gauchos%20baseball%20team | 2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team | The 2016 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball team represents the University of California, Santa Barbara in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gauchos played their home games at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, on campus in Santa Barbara, California. Andrew Checketts was in his fifth season as Gauchos baseball head coach.
Rankings
References
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos baseball seasons
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
College World Series seasons |
69503648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Thiesson%20Kristensen | Thomas Thiesson Kristensen | Thomas Thiesson Kristensen (born 17 January 2002), also known as TK, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian club Udinese.
Club career
Kristensen joined AGF at the age of 11 in 2013 from Galten FS, where he had been since he was five year old. He later spent one season at Vejle Boldklub – in 2017–18 – before returning to AGF again.
In September 2020, Kristensen signed a three-year deal with AGF, which also secured him a promotion to the first team squad from the summer 2021. He made his official debut for AGF on 16 May 2021 in a Danish Superliga game against Nordsjælland. Kristensen made a total of three appearances in the 2020–21 season. In June 2021, he was awarded the Martin Jørgensen Talent Award: an award named after AGF legend Martin Jørgensen.
After five appearances and one goal in the first half of the 2021–22 season, Kristensen signed a new contract until December 2026 with AGF on 1 December 2021.
On 1 September 2023, Kristensen signed a five-year contract with Udinese in Italy.
Personal life
Kristensen is the younger brother of Danish goalkeeper, Kasper Kristensen.
References
External links
Thomas Thiesson Kristensen at DBU
2002 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Denmark men's youth international footballers
Denmark men's under-21 international footballers
Danish Superliga players
Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
Vejle Boldklub players
Udinese Calcio players
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy |
54445949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6%20kvinnliga%20diskussionsklubb | Malmö kvinnliga diskussionsklubb | Malmö kvinnliga diskussionsklubb ('Malmö Women's Discussion Group') was a Social Democratic association for working women in Malmö in Sweden between 1900 and 1922. It was affiliated with the Malmö Party branch of the Social Democratic Party as well as the newspaper Arbetet.
It played a pioneering part in the Swedish women's labor movement.
History
It was founded to replace its predecessor Kvinnliga arbetarklubben and included many of the members of the former. Among its members where Elma Danielsson, Maria Wessel, Anna Stenberg, Mathilda Persson and Sigrid Vestdahl. At the time, there were only a few women's clubs for women within the workers movement, because the view within the labor movement were that women's rights should be naturally included in the labor movement and that it should not be necessary to organise specific associations for women and their issues.
The purpose of the club was to inform and educate worker women intellectually as well as organise them politically and within trade unions. The club arranged parties, concerts, charity fairs, hosted debates, lectures and speeches. Two of the favorite issues of the club were the Temperance movement and women's suffrage. The club supported the Temperance movement, but the issue of suffrage were more complicated: while suffrage were seen as the final ideal, one fraction believed that many women were still not informed enough to vote. In 1909, when women became eligible to the city council, the club campaigned for more women in policial office. During the hunger demonstrations of 1917, the club applied for reduced sentences for women who had been arrested.
In 1922, it was dissolved and transformed in to the Malmö local branch of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden.
References
Swedish Social Democratic Party
Politics of Sweden
1900 establishments in Sweden
Organizations established in 1900
20th century in Malmö
Women's suffrage in Sweden |
27093207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvarina%20obscura | Volvarina obscura | Volvarina obscura, common name the obscure marginella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Description
The shell is cylindncally oblong, reddish-white and shining. The spire is small. The outer lip is rather thick, faintly spotted with red and flexuous. The columella is four-plaited.
There is only a faint indication of colour in this species.
Distribution
References
Boyer F. (2015). Sur quelques Volvarina (Marginellidae) de l'Océan Indien occidental. Xenophora Taxonomy. 6: 19-31
obscura
Gastropods described in 1865 |
49403968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Florida%20Atlantic%20Owls%20football%20team | 2016 Florida Atlantic Owls football team | The 2016 Florida Atlantic Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls played their home games at the FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, and competed in the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by third-year head coach Charlie Partridge. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for sixth place in the East Division.
On November 27, head coach Charlie Partridge was fired. He finished at FAU with a three-year record of 9–27. On December 13, the school hired Lane Kiffin as head coach.
Schedule
Florida Atlantic announced its 2016 football schedule on February 4, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Owls will host C–USA foes Charlotte, Old Dominion, UTEP, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Florida International (FIU), Marshall, Middle Tennessee, and Rice.
The team will play four non–conference games, two home games against Ball State from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Southern Illinois from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and two road games against Kansas State from the Big 12 Conference and Miami from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The game between Florida Atlantic and Charlotte on October 8, 2016, has been postponed due to Hurricane Matthew. The game is tentatively rescheduled the following day on October 9, 2016 with a noon kickoff.
Schedule Source:
Game summaries
Southern Illinois
At Miami (FL)
At Kansas State
Ball State
At FIU
Charlotte
At Marshall
WKU
At Rice
UTEP
Old Dominion
At Middle Tennessee
References
Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic Owls football seasons
Florida Atlantic Owls football |
17133873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist%20Democratic%20Party%20%28Chile%29 | Socialist Democratic Party (Chile) | The Socialist Democratic Party () was a political party in Chile. It was founded in 1964, through the merger of the Socialist People's Party, the National Left Movement and some sectors of the erstwhile Democratic Party (the ones that had not merged into the National Democratic Party). PDS contested the 1965 parliamentary election, but failed to win any seats. The party was dissolved shortly thereafter.
References
Defunct political parties in Chile
1964 establishments in Chile
Political parties established in 1964
1965 disestablishments in Chile
Political parties disestablished in 1965 |
16381044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguries%20of%20Innocence%20%28poetry%20collection%29 | Auguries of Innocence (poetry collection) | Auguries of Innocence is a poetry collection by Patti Smith, published in 2005.
Contents
"The Lovecrafter"
"Worthly The Lamb Slain For Us"
"Sleep Of The Dodo"
"The Long Road"
"A Phytagorean Traveler"
"Desert Chorus"
"Written By A Lake"
"The Oracle"
"The Setting And The Stone"
"The Mast Is Down"
"The Blue Doll"
"Eve Of All Saints"
"She Lay In The Stream Dreaming Of August Sander"
"Fourteen"
"Birds Of Iraq"
"Marigold"
"Tara"
"To His Daughter"
"The Pride Moves Slowly"
"The Leaves Are Late Falling"
"Wilderness"
"The Geometry Blinked Ruin Unimaginable"
"Fenomenico"
"Three Windows"
"Our Jargon Muffies The Drum
"Death Of A Tramp"
"Mummer Love"
"The Writer's Song"
References
External links
Interview with Patti Smith on the book
American poetry collections
Poetry by Patti Smith
2005 poetry books
Books by Patti Smith |
22105118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/520%20West%20End%20Avenue | 520 West End Avenue | 520 West End Avenue, also known as the John B. and Isabella Leech Residence, is a landmarked mansion on the northeast corner of West End Avenue and 85th Street, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
The house, built as a single-family residence, was built in 1892 as the residence of Isabella and John B. Leech. Leech was a prosperous cotton broker. The architect was Clarence F. True. At the time the Leech residence was built, West End Avenue was lined with homes belonging to prosperous families.
520 West End Avenue is a Romanesque Revival building, built of blocks of rusticated limestone on the first two floors with tan-colored Roman brick above. The detailing draws on Gothic Revival and Elizabethan Revival styles. Built on a corner lot, it was one of the largest homes on a street of townhouses. For a time it housed the Gordon-Winston School. It is now an apartment building.
Development battle
The house was declared a New York City landmark in 1987.
See also
List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets
National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York
References
New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan
Houses completed in 1892
West End Avenue
Romanesque Revival architecture in New York City
Upper West Side
Houses in Manhattan |
23504804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stay%20%28SafetySuit%20song%29 | Stay (SafetySuit song) | "Stay" is the second single by American rock band SafetySuit, off of their debut studio album Life Left to Go.
It has peaked at #44 on the Billboard Heatseekers Songs, #92 on the Pop 100 chart, and #17 on the Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart.
Music video
A music video was released on April 23, 2009, directed by Zack Merck. The video starts off with Doug Brown in a room with a bloody mouth. It then shows Doug with a woman driving a car on a desert road. It switches to this story and the band playing outside a motel throughout the video. Later on in the video, they are in a room at the motel. When the woman leaves the room Doug notices a large amount of money in her luggage bag. He is visibly upset when she enters the room. She is happy as she tosses him a stack of hundreds. He then shows her his police badge, which makes her shocked and upset. As she tries to leave, Doug stops her, handing her rope. She is distraught as she proceeds to tie him to a chair. She then hits Doug with a sculpture of an eagle. He is shown bleeding as he was at the beginning of the video. She then kisses Doug and leaves. After a short time, police show up to the scene and untie him. They look at him and he shakes his head no. The video ends as the police are leaving and Doug gets in a car.
Chart performance
References
2008 songs
2009 singles
SafetySuit songs
Universal Motown Records singles |
54288477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20international%20presidential%20trips%20made%20by%20Shavkat%20Mirziyoyev | List of international presidential trips made by Shavkat Mirziyoyev | This is a list of international presidential trips made by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the 2nd President of Uzbekistan.
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Future visits
Number of visits
Updated December 1, 2022.
Visits hosted in Uzbekistan by Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Since September 2016, all the visits to Uzbekistan have had the character of working visits. Mostly it was giving honor to the First President Islam Karimov at his burial site. On 16 September 2017, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Uzbekistan with state visit. That was the first state visit hosted by Mirziyoyev in Tashkent.
State visits
Working visits
Public and regional visits
Future visits
References
Lists of diplomatic trips
Lists of diplomatic visits by heads of state
Mirziyoyev
Shavkat Mirziyoev |
47206732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rarig%20Center | Rarig Center | The Rarig Center is a brutalist theater, television, radio, and classroom building on the University of Minnesota's campus in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. Designed by Ralph Rapson and built in 1971, the structure houses four theaters—a thrust, proscenium, theater in the round, and black box—as well as the studios for Radio K. An anchor for the University's West Bank Arts Quarter, the Rarig has been praised for its boldness and functionality but has also been described as "menacing".
Design
The Rarig Center was designed and built in 1971 by American architectural firm Ralph Rapson and Associates. Erected in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis on the campus of the University of Minnesota, the Rarig was constructed to house theaters and television studios. It sits due west of Ferguson Hall (1985), across 4th Street South to the north of the Regis Center for Art (2003), and directly southeast of Wilson Library (1967). It is the oldest of the five buildings to make up the University's West Bank Arts Quarter. The structure was named in honor of University of Minnesota speech professor Frank Rarig and dedicated June 1, 1973.
Rapson's design for the Center borrowed imagery from Swiss-French designer Le Corbusier's New Brutalism movement. In a contemporary review of the structure, author Larry Millett noted that the Rarig is the "strongest architectural statement on the West Bank campus." Upon venturing inside, he wrote, "you half expect to find the leaders of the Evil Empire gathered somewhere in the three-story-high atrium, plotting the demise of Luke Skywalker." Authors David Gebhard and Tom Martison indicated that, like other Rapson-designed theaters, the Rarig's were quite functional and described the building as a "theatrical piece of sculpture". Millett wrote that the building's interior rooms—the offices, the radio and television studios, and the theaters—are all apparent in the building's external features.
Facilities
Theaters
The Rarig houses four theaters and hosts two troupes: the University Theatre and the Xperimental Theater. The largest space is the Stoll Thrust Theatre, a 460-seat thrust stage designed as a quarter-scale replica of the original Guthrie Theater, which Rapson also designed. The Thrust features a steeply overhanging balcony, described as an "Alpine Slope". The next largest theater is the Whiting Proscenium Theatre, also called the Pro, a 420-seat proscenium stage well suited to productions with large casts and dance performances. The Kilburn Arena Theatre, a 200-seat theater in the round, includes a sprung floor over the original wood flooring. The Nolte Xperimental Theatre, also known as the X, is a black box theater with a capacity of up to 99 audience members and is configurable in a variety of ways. Productions in the X are produced only by undergraduates.
Other
The studios of Radio K (KUOM), the University of Minnesota's radio station, are housed in the Rarig Center. A variety of classrooms and theater laboratories also exist within the building, including a design studio and costume, scenery, and lighting shops.
References
External links
Theatre in Minneapolis
Buildings and structures completed in 1971
Brutalist architecture in Minnesota
1971 establishments in Minnesota
University of Minnesota
University and college theatres in the United States |
2489168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castanopsis%20cuspidata | Castanopsis cuspidata | Castanopsis cuspidata (Japanese chinquapin; Japanese tsuburajii, 円椎) is a species of Castanopsis native to southern Japan and southern Korea.
It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 20–30 m tall, related to beech and oak. The leaves are 5–9 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, leathery in texture, with an entire or irregularly toothed margin. It grows in woods and ravines, especially near the sea.
The cotyledon of the nut is eaten boiled or roasted.
Its dead wood serves as host to many mushroom types, including the shiitake, which literally means Castanopsis mushroom.
Gallery
References
External links
(enter "Castanopsis cuspidata" in search box).
cuspidata
Edible nuts and seeds
Trees of Asia
Trees of Japan
Trees of South Korea |
20221382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixstars%20Solutions | Fixstars Solutions | Fixstars Solutions, Inc. is a software and services company specializing in multi-core processors, particularly in Nvidia's GPU and CUDA environment, IBM Power7, and Cell. They also specialize in solid-state drives and currently manufacture the world's largest SATA drives.
During the early part of 2010, Fixstars developed a strong relationship with Nvidia and focused its linux distribution for GPU computing. Yellow Dog Enterprise Linux for CUDA is the first enterprise Linux OS optimized for GPU computing. It offers end users, developers and integrators a faster, more reliable, and less complex GPU computing experience.
Terra Soft acquisition
On November 11, 2008, Japanese company Fixstars announced that it had acquired essentially all of Terra Soft's assets. Terra Soft's former founder and CEO Kai Staats was appointed as COO of Fixstars's new American subsidiary, Fixstars Solutions, which is based in Irvine, California. Fixstars Solutions retained Terra Soft's product line, staff and regional offices in Loveland, Colorado.
Terra Soft provided software and services for the PowerPC/Power ISA and Linux OS platform. Former Terra Soft Solutions produced Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) and Yellow Dog Enterprise Linux which included cluster construction tools. Customers included Argonne, Sandia, Lawrence Livermore, and Los Alamos National Labs, several Department of Defense contractors including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and SAIC; the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and NASA; and many of the top universities around the world including California Institute of Technology, MIT, and Stanford University.
As an Apple value-added reseller and IBM Business Partner, Terra Soft Solutions provided turnkey and build-to-order desktop workstations, servers, and High Performance Computing clusters. Terra Soft made their Yellow Dog Linux distribution solely for PowerPC/Power ISA, optimizing the distributions for AltiVec and the Cell.
Terra Soft was the first to support a variety of Apple computers with Linux pre-installed (under a unique license with Apple). When Apple abandoned PowerPC CPUs in favor of the Intel Core chips, Terra Soft was able to concentrate on high-performance computing and the Cell Broadband Engine, working closely with IBM and Sony for the PlayStation 3 products.
In 2006, Terra Soft was contracted by Sony to provide a Linux operating system for the PlayStation 3, used by several University researchers as an inexpensive, powerful cluster compute node.
In 2009 Fixstars released CodecSys CE-10 H.264, an H.264 software encoder running on Playstations 3 from a USB key or live CD of Yellow Dog Linux, to provide faster than real-time H.264 video encoding using the PS3 Cell microprocessor.
Today, Fixstars of Tokyo, Japan carries forward the Yellow Dog Linux and Yellow Dog Enterprise Linux product line with primary focus on heterogeneous, multi-core CPUs such as the Cell Broadband Engine and Nvidia GPU.
Hardware
YDL PowerStation
Terra Soft launched the YDL PowerStation also known as the Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) PowerStation on June 10, 2008 with a base price of $1,895.
The YDL PowerStation offers:
Four IBM 970MP cores clocked at 2.5GHz
8 DDR2 (PC2-5300P) slots for up to 32GB memory
Can unofficially be expanded to 64GB of memory with 8GB DIMMs.
Extended ATX motherboard
Single IDE controller
IDE DVD/CD-RW drive
4 SAS hot-swap drive bays
Two x8 PCIe slots, One x16 PCIe slot, One PCI-X slot
ATI X1650 Pro with 2 DVI ports and 512MB of video memory
2 Broadcom HT2000/BCM5780 Gigabit Ethernet ports
4 USB v2.0 ports
2 RS-232 serial ports
YDL PowerStation comes pre-installed with Yellow Dog Linux v6.0
No audio adapter is included
Fixstars GigaAccel 180 (IBM PXCAB)
Fixstars GigaAccel 180 (IBM PXCAB) is an accelerator board based on IBM's PowerXCell 8i processor.
4GB of DDR2 SDRAM
Two 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports
One x16 PCI Express interface
Serial port
References
External links
Corporate website
Terra Soft Launches Quad-Core 'YDL PowerStation'
How do I download and install YDL®?
Yellow Dog Linux FTP Mirror by KDD Labs in Japan
Companies based in Colorado
Computer companies of the United States
Free software companies
Linux companies
Cell BE architecture
Software companies based in California
Software companies of the United States |
66000979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Schlachter | Steve Schlachter | Steve Schlachter (סטיב שלכטר; born June 30, 1954) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions.
He competed for 16 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and played for the Israeli national basketball team.
Biography
Schlachter's hometown is Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, and he is Jewish. Schlachter is 6' 9" (206 cm) tall, and weighs 240 pounds.
He attended Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School.
Schlachter then attended the University of Delaware. He played for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens in 1973–76. He made aliyah, becoming an Israeli citizen.
He played 16 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League. Schlachter competed between 1977 and 1995 for Israeli teams Hapoel Ramat Gan, Maccabi Haifa, and Bnei Herzliya Basket.
Schlachter played for the Israeli national basketball team. He competed for it in the
1981 FIBA European Championship for Men, 1983 FIBA European Championship for Men, and 1985 FIBA European Championship for Men.
References
1954 births
Living people
Israeli men's basketball players
American men's basketball players
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball players
Maccabi Haifa B.C. players
Israeli Basketball Premier League players
Basketball players from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Jewish men's basketball players
Jewish American sportspeople
Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Israeli people of American-Jewish descent
21st-century American Jews |
72326981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Pureora | Mount Pureora | Pureora (known more usually as Mount Pureora to avoid confusion with the township, locality and Forest Park) is an extinct high basaltic andesite stratovolcano located in the Pureora Forest Park between Lake Taupō and Te Kuiti on the North Island Volcanic Plateau in New Zealand. The area of the mountain is in a scenic reserve that is "recognised as one of the finest rain forests in the world".
Geography
The mountain is covered in native forest and quite near the geographical centre of the North Island which is slightly to its west. It is located on the boundary of the Waikato and Manawatū-Whanganui regions.
Geology
Mount Pureora has a prominence above the surrounding countryside of about and a diameter of . It is to the south west of a smaller pleioscene stratovolcano, Mount Titiraupenga, and both are located to the south of the ancient Mangakino caldera on a basement of Waipapa composite terrane. The basaltic andesite lavas are made up of plagioclase, clinopyroxene and orthopyroxene, with rare olivine and hornblende phenocrysts with an age of 1.60 ± 0.10 Ma.
Access
The mountain top is accessed by several trails and has bike access. These include a portion of the Te Araroa trail which incorporates the Timber trail and a branch of this called the Toi Toi track accessible off State Highway 30 near the township of Pureora. The Mount Pureora track is accessible also from back roads off State Highway 32, which lies to the west of Lake Taupo.
See also
List of volcanoes in New Zealand
Pureora Forest Park
References
Volcanoes of Waikato
Mountains of Waikato
Mountains of Manawatū-Whanganui
Volcanoes of Manawatū-Whanganui
Landforms of Manawatū-Whanganui
Landforms of Waikato |
67751675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahu%20%28clothing%29 | Dahu (clothing) | Dahu () was a form of robe/jacket which originated in the Ming dynasty. In Ming dynasty, the dahu was either a new type of banbi () or a sleeveless jacket, whose designs was influenced by the Mongol Yuan dynasty clothing.
History
Yuan dynasty
In the Yuan dynasty, banbi were also referred as dahu in a broad sense but could also refer to a specific type of banbi of the same name, which is a half-sleeved long robe (changpao 长袍) with a cross-collar closing to the right (jiaoling youren 交领右衽). This form of dahu (y-shaped collar long robe with short sleeves) was worn by the Mongols in the Yuan dynasty over long-sleeved robes in similar fashion as it was worn prior to the founding of the Yuan dynasty.
Ming dynasty
In the Ming dynasty, the dahu could be worn over the tieli robe and/or could be worn under the round-collar robe. Some forms of dahu was bestowed to the Joseon Kings; for example, in 1444 under the rule of King Sejong of Joseon, the Ming dynasty bestowed him dahu, along with cheollik and gollyeongpo. In the 21st century, the dahu, along with many forms of hanfu, was revived following the Hanfu movement.
Construction and design
The dahu combined the features of the Tang and Song dynasties hanfu and the Mongol Yuan dynasty clothing. The dahu was a cross-collar jacket which wrapped on the right side; it could be either short-sleeves or no-sleeves.
Gallery
Similar-looking garments
Dapho – a Korean short sleeved overcoat.
Banbi
See also
Fashion in Yuan dynasty
Hanfu
Terlig
Notes
References
Chinese traditional clothing |
61334164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derevnya%20fermy%203%20Sakmarskogo%20sovkhoza | Derevnya fermy 3 Sakmarskogo sovkhoza | Derevnya fermy 3 Sakmarskogo sovkhoza (; , Haqmar sovxozınıñ 3-sö fermahı) is a rural locality (a village) in Sakmarsky Selsoviet, Zianchurinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 194 as of 2010. There are 3 streets.
Geography
The village is located 71 km south of Isyangulovo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Arsyonovo is the nearest rural locality.
References
Rural localities in Zianchurinsky District |
38030814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Salem%2C%20Fayette%20County%2C%20Pennsylvania | New Salem, Fayette County, Pennsylvania | New Salem is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formerly part of the New Salem-Buffington CDP, before it was split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. The population of New Salem was 579 as of the 2010 census.
Geography
New Salem is located in western Fayette County, in the southwestern part of Menallen Township. It is bordered to the west by Buffington and to the south, across Dunlap Creek, by German Township. New Salem Road leads southeast to Uniontown, the county seat, and northwest to Pennsylvania Route 166 south of Republic. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the New Salem CDP has an area of , all land.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania |
25655268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1179%20in%20Italy | 1179 in Italy | An incomplete list of events in 1179 in Italy:
Third Council of the Lateran
The Third Council of the Lateran met in March 1179 as the eleventh ecumenical council. Pope Alexander III presided and 302 bishops attended.
By agreement reached at the Peace of Venice in 1177 the bitter conflict between Alexander III and Emperor Frederick I was brought to an end. When Pope Hadrian IV died in 1159, the divided cardinals elected two popes: Roland of Siena, who took the name of Alexander III, and Octavian of Rome who, though nominated by fewer cardinals, was supported by Frederick and assumed the name of Pope Victor IV. Frederick, wishing to remove all that stood in the way of his authority in Italy, declared war upon the Italian states and especially the Church which was enjoying great authority. A serious schism arose out of this conflict, and after Victor IV's death in 1164, two further antipopes were nominated in opposition to Alexander III: Paschal III (1164–1168) and Callistus III (1168–1178). Eventually, at the Peace of Venice, when Alexander gained victory, he promised Frederick that he would summon an ecumenical council.
The Dialogus de Scaccario printed
Births
Deaths
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
Italy
Italy
Years of the 12th century in Italy |
5928923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois%20%26%20Clark%3A%20A%20Superman%20Novel | Lois & Clark: A Superman Novel | Lois & Clark: A Superman Novel is a superhero fiction novel by American science fiction and fantasy writer C. J. Cherryh. It is based on the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and is about the romance between Superman universe characters Lois Lane and Clark Kent.
The book was first published in hardback in August 1996 by Prima Publishing in the United States, and in October 1996 by Boxtree Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback editions of the novel were published in the US in August 1997 by Prima, and in the UK (as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) in October 1997 by Boxtree. The book was translated into German and published in Germany in 1997 as Lois & Clark: Der Superman Roman by Heyne Verlag, an imprint of Random House publishers.
Plot summary
Lois Lane and Clark Kent's engagement in Metropolis is interrupted when Clark/Superman has to fly to the Caucasus in Eurasia to rescue people downstream from a burst dam. While Clark is away, a hotel in Metropolis collapses, and Lois becomes involved in rescuing some children. When Clark returns, he and Lois discover that their arch-rival Lex Luthor may be responsible for bringing down the hotel and other buildings the city using water to undermine their foundations.
Reception
In a review of Lois & Clark in the New Straits Times, Martin Spice criticised the book's lacklustre plot and elements of it that are not believable, for example buildings in Metropolis that have their foundations washed away by water. He was also critical of the book's publishers and their copyediting, and in particular the cover's public display of affection between Lois and Clark, which, he felt is not in keeping with Superman's image. He asked, "whatever did [Superman] do to deserve a cover like this?" Spice called Lois & Clark "a hack volume" that was "probably produced in a hurry". He believed that "Cherryh's heart was [not] quite in this one", but added that she does "produce a hack novel worthy of the name".
Lois & Clark was also reviewed by Neil Jones in July 1998 issue of the British fantasy and science fiction magazine, Interzone, and by Jill M. Smith in RT Book Reviews. Smith wrote that "Cherryh uses her vast talents to add to the adventures of two timeless, beloved characters".
References
Works cited
1996 American novels
1996 fantasy novels
DC Comics novels
Fantasy novels by C. J. Cherryh
Novels based on television series
Superman novels
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman |
29406861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larisa%20Rubalskaya | Larisa Rubalskaya | Larisa Alexeyevna Rubalskaya (Russian: Лариса Алексеевна Рубальская) (born September 24, 1945, Moscow) is a Russian writer, poet and translator, and a member of the Moscow Writers' Union.
Art song
The first song Larissa Rubalskaya wrote together with Vladimir Migulya – Memoirs, Valentina Tolkunova. Since 1984, the winner of the TV contest Song of the Year.
Rubalskaya is a songwriter who sang Alla Pugacheva – My Destiny, Daughter, Live peacefully, the country), Filipp Kirkorov – I'm guilty, guilty, Mikhail Muromov - Strange Woman, Irina Allegrova – A passenger in transit, Ugonschitsa, Tatiana Ovsienko – Morozov, Alsou - The light in your window, Iosif Kobzon - Blue Envelope.
In 1991 and 1993 Larissa Rubalskaya conducted creative evenings at the Theatre of Variety. In 1995 she held a jubilee recital of a poem in the concert hall "Russia".
Larisa Rubalskaya collaborates with composers David Tukhmanov, Vyacheslav Dobrynin, Aleksandr Klevitsky, Arkady Ukupnik, Mark Minkov, and others. Takes part in many TV shows ("Good luck", "Subject", "Show files", "Morning Post", "To the Barrier"), maintains an active concert schedule, participates in the jury song contests.
Artworks
"The map I lay down"
"Recipes for an encore, 2007
"Translate hours ago," a collection of poems, 2003
"Winning", a story
"Snacks and hot for our golden husbands!", 2007
"Vain words", 2003
"Ring the hot hand", a collection of poems, 2004
The cycle of "I'm sorry Ivanov, consists of 23 pieces.
Cycle "Everything was as expected."
The cycle of "Night of shattered".
Cycle "you say – leave helpful ...".
Cycle, "Who teaches the birds to find the way?"
The cycle of "I myself do not understand."
"His Majesty Salad."
References and notes
External links
Larissa Rubalskaya site peoples.ru
Larisa Rubalskaya
Living people
1945 births
Russian-language poets
Russian women poets
Translators to Japanese
Russian women songwriters
Russian lyricists |
1977915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated%20sitcom | Animated sitcom | An animated sitcom is a subgenre of the sitcom that is animated instead of live action and is generally made or created for adult audiences in most cases. The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy are three of the longest-running animated sitcoms.
History
Early history
The Flintstones, which debuted in 1960, is considered the first example of the animated sitcom genre. A similar cartoon, The Jetsons, which took place in the future rather than the past, followed in 1962. Marc Blake argued it started the "science fiction sitcom sub genre".
Animated sitcoms have been more controversial than traditional cartoons from the onset. The Flintstones was originally oriented at parents, as an animated version of The Honeymooners, though it was primarily popular with children. David Bennett argued that when it was originally released, it was aimed at an adult audience, and called it the "direct ancestors" of current adult animation, because it covered adult subjects. Bennett stated that it specifically influenced The Simpsons, along with animations on Adult Swim and Netflix. His argument was confirmed by the fact that The Huckleberry Hound Show, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, became a "surprise hit with adult audiences." Even though some argued that The Flintstones later influenced The Simpsons, other scholars said that although the show caused a boom in primetime animation and "subverted conventional TV", the result would be driving animation out of primetime "for almost three decades". Despite this, scholar John Libbey argued that the show utilized "subversive qualities of animation."
From 1972 to 1974, Hanna-Barbera produced Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, an adult-oriented sitcom in the style of All in the Family. The series dealt with subjects such as feminism and the generation gap.
The Simpsons and expansion of the genre
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a number of animated television programs appeared which challenged the Standards & Practices guidelines, including The Simpsons, Beavis and Butt-Head, The Critic, The Brothers Grunt, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, SpongeBob SquarePants, Duckman and All Grown Up!. In 1987, The Simpsons shorts debuted on Fox's The Tracey Ullman Show. This show aired in prime time, meaning it was not self-censored as much as programs intended to air on Saturday mornings. As such, the show would have brief nudity and mild language, while dealing with mature themes and subjects such as death, gambling addiction, religion and suicide. The first full-length episode, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", debuted on December 17, 1989. It is the first American animated sitcom not to have a laugh track, unlike other animated sitcoms prior. It remained the sole English-language mainstream adult-oriented animated sitcom until the 1990s, which saw the debuts of Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, South Park, Daria, Family Guy and Futurama. Some scholars argued that Matt Groening emulated the sci-fi genre shown in The Jetsons. Futurama would be complimented for its "intelligent, scientifically accurate, and humanized" approach to adventures, romances, and parodies of sci-fi. This included the growing relationship between Fry and Leela and an "alien relationship" (Kif and Amy).
John Evershed, formerly showrunner on Happy Tree Friends and current founder of Mondo Media, argued that the "enduring popularity" of this genre is a result of The Simpsons, a massive "animation franchise," and said this proves "the time-tested formula" of the genre works, even though it was "controversial" when it was released. Evershed also said that the show made clear that animation is "more than just kids content." Others also argued that the show marked a turning point in U.S. attitudes "toward cartoons written primarily for adult audiences" The Simpsons would later win the Guinness World Records award for "Longest-running animated sitcom (by episode count)." Chris Turner, author of Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation argued that culture and events of 1990s "can all be understood through a Simpsons prism." Some critics argued that The Simpsons was responsible for "popularizing adult animation" while influencing "satirical cartoons" like South Park and Family Guy. Others even said that The Simpsons opened the "door for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim" and praised it for being "extremely unique and ... constantly evolving." Andrew J. Crow of Time magazine noted the influence of The Simpsons on adult animation, with Family Guy, King of the Hill, and Bob's Burgers, among others, featuring some version of the same structure, while "non-family-based shows" have drawn from "Matt Groening's hyper-referential style, irreverence and slapstick humor." He quoted Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls, as describing adult animation as an "arms race of different ways to copy The Simpsons." Two of Hirsch's friends from CalArts, Pendleton Ward (creator of Adventure Time) and J. G. Quintel (creator of Regular Show) were also inspired by The Simpsons. In 1989, The Simpsons began airing on Fox Broadcasting Company in prime time, becoming a massive hit among American audiences. In response, ABC, CBS and NBC each developed animated series to air in prime time, but none of the shows were successful. One series, Capitol Critters, focused on subjects such as gun control, interracial violence and political corruption. In his review of the series, Variety critic Brian Lowry wrote that he felt that the series' approach was "muddled", and that "the bland central character and cartoonish elements ... will likely be off-putting to many adults, who won't find the political satire biting enough to merit their continued attention. Similarly, kids probably won't be as smitten with the cartoon aspects or look". The series was cancelled after one month. The Critic was somewhat more successful, but achieved low ratings because of ABC's sporadic scheduling, and was cancelled by the network. Fox picked up the series, but cancelled it four months later. While Fox allowed The Simpsons to portray animated depictions of human buttocks, ABC would not allow similar scenes to appear on The Critic.
Others stated that it was not until the early 1990s that "cartoons specifically for adults" rather than children, did not come to "mainstream prominence" until after the success of The Simpsons, with Fox later airing King of the Hill and Family Guy both of which "generated massive audiences." As animation critic Reuben Baron described it, for a long time, "adult action/drama cartoons" were scarce on television, with only a "few cult hits and flops in the '90s", with almost nothing in the 2000s and more in the 2010s. Some critics called Duckman, based on a comic of the same, a "Simpsons-inspired sitcom" which had a pilot in 1991 and premiered in 1994 on the USA Network as part of the "network's Saturday night programming." The show features humans, animals, and hybrids of both intermingling, with "every design intentionally exaggerated and distorted", looking like the original comics, with theme music from Frank Zappa and set its sights on "1990s incarnations of political correctness and censorship", making it, a critic argued, a precursor to Family Guy and Bojack Horseman. As for King of the Hill, some noted it had the a great example of "young, adolescent love" within adult animation, specifically between Bobby and Connie. The show was also described as a "force for adult animation." In 1999, Family Guy debuted on Fox. The series was cancelled twice in the first three years, but became one of the network's longest-running series. It would later be praised for its humor, "cynical commentary, and sci-fi adventures" while having a sincere but tragic and real relationship between Brian and Pearl Burton.
Beavis and Butt-Head, which began airing in the early 1990s, another sitcom, was also controversial. This was due to its portrayal of brief nudity, profanity and violence. Although the series was intended for adult audiences, it was shown in the afternoons, and multiple parents claimed that their children had imitated the show's characters. After an incident, MTV responded by moving the series to a later airtime and adding disclaimers to future episodes stating explicitly not to imitate the actions of the characters, as well as removing all references to fire from the episodes. As Beavis and Butt-Head began entered its last season in 1997, a new adult animation began airing on MTV which was titled Daria. It would praised for its "progressive characters", sense of humor, and ability to capture absurdity of teen life in suburbs. Beginning around the same time was South Park. It became an "icon for anti-censorship and free speech" and was called "one of the most controversial shows on television."
In May 1995, another adult animated sitcom began airing on Comedy Central. It was titled Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, featured the voice talents of Jonathan Katz, Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman, won a Peabody Award in 1998. and was computer-animated in a crude, easily recognizable style produced with the software Squigglevision in which all persons and animate objects are colored and have constantly squiggling outlines, while most other inanimate objects are static and usually gray in color. Some critics stated that this series offered "plenty of cleverness and humor for those who looked", with funny lines, a unique style, and centered around "therapist discussions with real celebrities".
21st century
In the 2000s
In March 2000, the first few episodes of God, the Devil and Bob aired on NBC, with nine episodes unaired. The series didn't return until 2011, when the nine remaining episodes aired, from January to March 2011, on Adult Swim. Some said this was because Christian groups, like the American Family Association, had boycotted the network, and 17 NBC-affiliated stations agreed, leading to the show being stopped only after four episodes had aired. Even so, some religious leaders in the United Kingdom supported the show, and critics like Caryn James called it "a little risky" but "relatively benign" when compared to South Park, The Sopranos, and Sex and the City which aired at the time.
In June 2000, Kevin Smith criticized ABC over its animated sitcom, Clerks: The Animated Series, telling EW that they delivered the content but that ABC, and their corporate owner Disney Company, reneged on their promises, and called the show "dead" even though there were six episodes that had not aired. Six episodes of the show, based on Kevin Smith's 1994 comedy of the same title, were produced, but only two episodes aired before the show was cancelled by ABC.
While the pilot of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law first aired as a sneak peek on Cartoon Network on December 30, 2000, the series officially premiered on Adult Swim on September 2, 2001, the night the block launched. It ended on July 22, 2007, with a total of 39 episodes, over the course of four seasons. Later, in October 2018, a special, entitled Harvey Birdman: Attorney General, premiered, and a spin-off, Birdgirl, was ordered in May 2019. Some described the series as funny, entertaining, zany, and amusing.
From August to October 2002, the final few episodes of The Oblongs, another adult animation, would air on Adult Swim after The WB did not air the last five episodes of the series. The latter, which some called a "stray gem in the early 2000s," was noted for the romance between a married couple, Bob and Pickles Oblong, who had a healthy relationship where both would "constantly support each other." In 2008, Usha M. Rodrigues and Belinda Smaill argued that bro'Town was a "home grown animated sitcom" that is comparable to The Simpsons.
Adult animation became more popular, premiering critically acclaimed shows such as Drawn Together, Family Guy, American Dad!, Archer, Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, BoJack Horseman, F Is for Family, and Big Mouth. Some argued that animated sitcoms have formed some of the "most enduring and valuable franchises in the history of television," in terms of shows like Family Guy and South Park. These shows, and their subsequent franchises, were said to be part of a shift in the early 2010s toward adult animation, with darker and "more intricate animated comedies" such as Bojack Horseman and Rick and Morty released, with the latter reaching nine million viewers after the first season. Drawn Together, a parody of The Real World, which follows the misadventures of the housemates in the fictional show of the same name and uses a sitcom format with a reality TV show setting, was followed by a direct-to-video film and series finale titled The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!. Another antimated sitcom was
Brickleberry which aired on Comedy Central from 2012 to 2015. It was created by Waco O'Guin and Roger Black, executive produced by O'Guin, Black, and comedian Daniel Tosh. It was later described as one of the "more vulgar adult-animation offerings" of the 2010s, with Kaitlin Olson only staying "for the first season as the female lead," voicing a "recently transferred Yellowstone ranger named Ethel." It was also said that show had a divided reception from critics but received favorably by audiences, who appreciated the show's "shameless sense of offensive humor and fast-paced writing."
Archer was said to be a "standard bearer" for adult animation and an "eclectic comedy" and praised for its "tight, fast-paced, and ever impressively intelligent dialogue," with a "power couple": Sterling Archer and Lana Kane. American Dad! was praised for breaking away from the "cynicism and formulas of its adult animation contemporaries" with the romance between Stan Smith and Francine said to be a wonderful romantic pair akin to Archie and Edith Bunker. Bob's Burgers was described as a welcome addition to the "Sunday lineup," with passionate relationship between Bob and Linda Belcher while maintaining a large audience. In November 2020, the show was approaching its 200th episode. and that Some reviewers called Drawn Together a "bizarre and highly entertaining series" which has a unique style of humor and "level of self-parody." Some reviewers would point to how the "foxhole humor" in Bob's Burgers has kept it going, and even argue that the humor in the children's animation, Animaniacs was "far more adult" than the original series in the 1990s. Later in 2020, the reboot of Animaniacs, an all-ages animation had an episode pulled which included a real sex hotline number, with the series no stranger to adult humor as the showrunner, Wellesley Wild, is a "veteran of adult animation" as he worked on Family Guy in the past.
In the 2010s
In June 2011, two scholars analyzed queer characters and themes in animated sitcoms, arguing that they create "space for queer resistance," analyzing themes, and text, in the animated series Family Guy. They also argued that analyzing the show using postmodern thematic analysis, it creates "deconstructionist instances" that, in their view, "expose and subvert the hegemony of heteronormativity."
Allen Gregory had a short run in 2011 and was cancelled after the first season. This series featured Richard and Jeremy De Longpre, the fathers of the title character, Allen. Jeremy is a former social worker who had a loving wife and family, although this changed after Richard became one of his clients. Richard was attracted to Jeremy to the point where he started stalking him and his family until Jeremy finally agreed to be his husband. It is said that Jeremy is actually heterosexual but left his wife and children for Richard, who offered him an easy, no-maintenance life as his trophy husband.
The following year, from January to December 2012, Unsupervised, an adult animated sitcom ran on FX. Although it was cancelled in November 2012 after one season, it was praised by critics as a coming-of-age story, with two clueless and ridiculous protagonists, while having "realistic looking backgrounds," contrasting with show's look in general.
Jeff & Some Aliens, an animated sitcom aired on Comedy Central from January to March 2017. The plot surrounds three aliens who travel to Earth to find the most average person to test and understand humans. Most episodes revolve around Jeff having a problem that the aliens can fix with a strange device. In December 2017, the series was canceled after one season. It was described as being "a witty and fun stoner alien romp" which is a comedy akin to Rick and Morty.
Other animated sitcoms include Paradise PD, Tuca & Bertie, The Boondocks, and Momma Named Me Sheriff. Some series are on streaming platforms, as is the case with Disenchantment, Final Space, Solar Opposites, Central Park, the short-lived series, Hoops, and Q-Force. This positioned Netflix as a leader of adult animation content. The creator of Bojack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, said that the show is about "ourselves looking outwards" and argued that the voice actor for Bojack, Will Arnett, can find the comedy in anything. Nasdaq argued that shows like Disenchantment were "original content" which had helped Netflix "dominate the online video streaming market," and said that demand for original content will allow Netflix to expand its base of subscribers. This allowed Netflix to gain allegiance of smaller, but more fervent, fanbases, which garnered a wide viewership.
Some critics noted that The Simpsons is not the only model for such animation, due to new shows coming to TV and streaming platforms like BoJack Horseman, Big Mouth, Rick and Morty and Undone, which some call a boom at the time that "high-quality adult animation shows" are being produced in France, Japan, and in other parts of the world, a new group of creators is pushing existing boundaries. Even so, fans of The Simpsons turned Hulu into a popular streaming hub.
Critics praised Tuca & Bertie and Solar Opposites for their take on humor and comedy. Shaurya Thapa of Screen Rant argued that Tuca & Bertie offered "a fresh and realistic take on the sitcom formula" while Rafael Motomoyer of Collider argued that Solar Opposites not only mixes "crude humor and knack for violence ... with a long-standing tradition of animated sitcoms" centered on a family, but it gives a "new take on the typical American family." Some described The Boondocks as profound, comedic, smart, silly, has social commentary on class relations, racism, and with a unique animation style. Some said that Apple TV+'s Central Park was one of the best shows of 2020 and described it as the network's "first foray into adult animation."
Certain comedians have created their own animated sitcoms. This includes the ongoing series, Duncanville, is airing on FOX, co-created by Amy Poehler, Mike Scully, and Julie Thacker. Poehler said the series is inspired by The Simpsons. Another animated sitcom on Fox, Bless the Harts, starred Kristen Wiig, and was created by former Saturday Night Live staff writer, Emily Spivey.
A September 2018 report by AT&T, using Google Trends, identified the most popular animated sitcoms in each U.S. state. They found that South Park is popular in Colorado, The Simpsons is popular in Oregon and Massachusetts, Family Guy popular in Connecticut, and King of the Hill popular in Kentucky and Tennessee. The report also stated The Simpsons and South Park are the two most popular animated sitcoms, while Rick and Morty is among the "most watched cable television series."
In 2019, it was announced that a writer for Disenchantment, Shion Takeuchi, would be heading her own upcoming Netflix show titled Inside Job, with Alex Hirsch as an executive producer, With a woman named Alma as the protagonist, Takeuchi said she hoped it would "push the boundaries" of adult animation. Hirsch was also quoted as noting that adult animation is changing, saying that it can be something that is "sophisticated, dramatic, beautiful and nuanced" rather than "crass and cruel."
2020s to present
In January 2020, TZGZ, Syfy's new adult animation block, ordered six 15-minute episodes of the series, which would later become Magical Girl Friendship Squad. At the same time, the short form version, Magical Girl Friendship Squad: Origins, began airing on the same late-night programming block.
In February 2020, Fox released an animated sitcom produced by Seungyong Ji and Jordan Grief titled Duncanville, focusing on the story of a kid who "daydreams of making it big without having to wear a suit and tie to do so."
In September 2020, Magical Girl Friendship Squad began airing on SYFY. In interviews the same month, series creator Kelsey Stephanides hoped that the series would expand the "types of new animated stories" with more variety in adult animation, allowing for "different ways" to do adult animation in the future.
In December 2020, Hoops was cancelled by Netflix after its first season received low ratings and negative reviews. Hoops was described as "puerile comedy ... perfect for Trump's America," not funny, and "crude, rude, and aimless."
On January 15, 2021, the first part of season 2 of Disenchantment was released on Netflix. In February 2021, it was announced that Tyler, The Creator had teamed up with Lionel Boyce and Davon 'Jasper' Wilson to develop an animated comedy named Shell Beach. In March 2021 it was reported that King of the Hill would be revived, with characters aging 15 years from the end of the series.
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Sitcoms
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41818127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20Wigan%20RLFC%20season | 1996 Wigan RLFC season | The 1996 Wigan season was the 101st season in the club's rugby league history and the first season in the newly formed Super League. Coached by Graeme West and captained by Shaun Edwards, Wigan competed in Super League I and finished in 2nd place, but went on to win the Premiership Final at Old Trafford against St. Helens. The club also competed in the 1996 Challenge Cup, but were knocked out in the fifth round by First Division side Salford Reds, and was the first time the club had failed to win the trophy since 1987.
In July 1996 Farrell was appointed Wigan's captain.
Background
The 1995–96 season was a shortened transitional season ahead of the switch to the Super League, which would see the league become a summer competition. Wigan won the league championship for the seventh consecutive season, and also won the final staging of the League Cup, defeating St Helens 25–16. Wigan's dominance was expected to continue in the summer era, and the club were odds-on favourites to win the inaugural Super League.
Table
Match results
Super League
Premiership
Challenge Cup
Wigan's fourth round Challenge Cup tie against Second Division side Bramley took place a week after the end of the previous season. Wigan progressed to the next round with a comfortable 74–12 win, and drew Salford Reds in the next round. Wigan lost 16–26 against their First Division opponents, ending the club's unbeaten run of 43 games in the competition, and was the first time they had been knocked out of the Challenge Cup since being defeated by Oldham in February 1987. The result is considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of the competition.
Clash of the Codes
In addition to their league and cup exploits, Wigan took part in a special two-game series against Bath, the reigning champions of rugby union's Courage League, with one game being played under the rules of each code. Wigan won the game played under league rules at Maine Road 82-6, but lost the union game at Twickenham by 44-19.
Squad
Transfers
In
Out
References
External links
Wigan Warriors Rugby League Fan Site
Wigan - Rugby League Project
Wigan Warriors seasons
Wigan Warriors |
27734110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taubenberg | Taubenberg | Taubenberg is a mountain with a height of 896 m amsl and area of 1847 ha in the Warngau municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria, Germany. It is set apart from the Tegernsee mountains of the Bavarian Prealps. It is a popular hiking destination and the most important water supply area of the Bavarian capital Munich. About two-thirds of the mountain is owned by the city of Munich, the rest is freehold of local farmers and foresters.
Geography
Geologically Taubenberg belongs to the Molasse foothills with its characteristic east-west orientation and marks (as for example, the Hoher Peißenberg ) the northern edge of the Subalpine Molasse(German) in the Bavarian Alpine foothills and thus the geological edge of the Alps. Taubenberg is the result of debris flows of the upper freshwater molasses, which came from the south about 10-15 million years ago - when the Alps were formed. These coarse debris cones now form characteristic mountains in front of the exits of the former tertiary Alpine rivers ( Tischberg{German} , Hoher Peißenberg, Irschenberg and others). Through the ice of later glaciations they were later left as Buttes from their softer environment of fine sands and acted as icebreakers, separating the ice flows of individual glacier termini.
The distribution of Glacial erratics and the soil horizons in the summit area of the Taubenberg suggest that it was not overshadowed by glaciers in the last, the Würm glaciation, but emerged from the ice as Nunatak.
Taubenberg has a peculiar geomorphology. The highest point is in the west of the ridge. From there, the small Farnbach(German) flows in a valley in the center of the terrain structure to the east and the Mangfall, in which it flows. The valley of the Farnbach divides Taubenberg into a northern and a southern ridge, which are connected to each other in the west. The northern ridge is higher, in its east is the second highest point of the mountain. The southern ridge drops almost equally from west to east. In front of it is the Steinbachtal(German), a broad sloping hollow with fen.
References
Mountains of Bavaria
Mountains of the Alps |
27488134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Bruer | Alfred Bruer |
Alfred Bruer (4 November 1897 – 12 February 1976) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who briefly commanded the 21st Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Bruer surrendered to the Allied troops following the fall of Tunisia in 1943.
Awards and decorations
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 July 1942 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 155
References
Citations
Bibliography
1897 births
1976 deaths
People from Schwäbisch Gmünd
German Army personnel of World War I
Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor
German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom
People from the Kingdom of Württemberg
Military personnel from Baden-Württemberg |
48255205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1805%20in%20Austria | 1805 in Austria | Events from the year 1805 in Austria
Incumbents
Monarch – Francis II
Events
- Battle of Amstetten
- Capitulation of Dornbirn
- Battle of Dürenstein order of battle
- Battle of Dürenstein
- Battle of Mariazell
- Battle of Schöngrabern
- Battle of Austerlitz. A decisive victory for the French army over Austria and Russia.
Births
Sophie Friederike Dorothea - Archduchess - January 27 (1805-1872) Born in Vienna
Adalbert Stifter - Austrian Writer - October 23 (1805-1868) Born in Oberplan, Bohemia
Anton Ritter von Schmerling - Austrian Statesman - August 23 (1805-1893) Born in Vienna
Deaths
References
1805 in Austria
Years of the 19th century in Austria |
24859642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas%20Rebers | Andreas Rebers | Andreas Rebers (born 7 January 1958) is a Kabarett artist, author and musician from Munich. His shows often incorporate performances on the accordion or the piano.
Early life
Rebers was born in Westerbrak in Lower Saxony. By the age of 15, Rebers' band Los Promillos which he founded with his brothers is a success in his local area of Weserbergland and brings him a certain degree of financial independence. After school, he successfully studied at the University of Hannover to become a teacher. It was also at the university where he made his first contacts to independent theaters and the art of Kabarett. After his first studies, he also earned a degree in pedagogy. He taught himself playing the piano and learned playing the accordion from Thomas Aßmus from 1984 to 1988, an instrument which he calls "Strapsmaus" and uses in his shows since then.
Artistic career
From 1989 to 1997, Rebers was the director of plays at the Staatstheater Braunschweig. From 1997 to 1999 he was a member of the Lach- und Schießgesellschaft in Munich before starting a solo career.
Rebers often made guest appearance on various German Kabarett shows, such as Scheibenwischer, Neues aus der Anstalt or Ottfried Fischer's Ottis Schlachthof which exposed him to a larger audience and increased his popularity.
Style
Rebers' Kabarett is musical in nature and relies on songs to bring his message across. He sees his music in the tradition of classical worker's songs like those composed by Bert Brecht. His style has been described as complicated and nasty satire which led to him being compared to Austrian Kabarett artist Josef Hader.
Awards
Wolfsburger Wolf (2000)
Prix Pantheon: audience award Beklatscht & Ausgebuht (2003)
Das große Kleinkunstfestival (2005)
Sprungbrett (20068)
Salzburger Stier (2006)
Stern des Jahres of the Abendzeitung in the category Kabarett (2006)
Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis in the category Kabarett (2008)
Deutscher Kabarettpreis (2008)
Dieter Hildebrandt Prize (2018)
Releases
Ich mag mich trotzdem (2000)
Ziemlich dicht (2002)
Nebenan und nebenbei (2004)
Lieber vom Fachmann (2007)
References
External links
Official homepage
1958 births
Living people
German male comedians
Kabarettists
Musicians from Munich
German cabaret performers
German satirists |
29350670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumed%20Guilty%20%28film%29 | Presumed Guilty (film) | Presumed Guilty () is a documentary following Antonio Zúñiga, who was falsely convicted of murder. It holds the box office record for documentary in Mexico, previously held by Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 911. According to The Economist, this is "by far the most successful documentary in Mexico's history." The plot of the film is the attempt by two young Mexican attorneys to exonerate a wrongly convicted man by making a documentary. The film was released theatrically at about the same time the Oscar nominated films such as Black Swan and The King's Speech were being shown on cinema screens in Mexico. It surpassed both of those films at the box office. The film was televised by Televisa on Channel 2 in the fall of 2011.
Plot
Two lawyers struggle to free a man, Antonio Zúñiga, who has been wrongly convicted by the Mexican judicial system. Zúñiga was arrested on charges of murder and convicted largely on the testimony of one man. Zúñiga was told by authorities “You did it and that’s it”. Zúñiga was given the sentence of 20 years in prison for a crime that was impossible for him to have committed. Three witnesses explained that he was at his place of work during the time of which he was accused of murder. However, the man was a close relative of the victim who had no firm evidence against Zúñiga, while the accused produced several witnesses able to place him far from the scene of the crime at the time of the murder. Despite this, Zúñiga was found guilty, and when lawyers Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete learned about his case, they agreed to help him. Hernández and Negrete cautiously advised Zúñiga, knowing that many case like his had failed before him and they were fearful of providing Zúñiga and his family with too much hope. Before leaving for graduate school in Berkeley, California, Hernández and Negrete advised the family to go public with this case - they felt it was their best shot at pressuring the Mexican judicial system to admit their error and free Zúñiga. After it was revealed that the lawyer appointed to represent Zúñiga did not have a valid license to practice law, authorities reluctantly agreed to a new trial, but with the same judge, Héctor Palomares Medina, presiding. This judge showed little interest in evidence that Zúñiga was falsely convicted. Battling an arrogant judge, uncooperative witnesses and a legal system riddled with corruption, Hernández and Negrete found that it was easy to prove Zúñiga's innocence, but hard to get the authorities to acknowledge this fact. The conviction was finally overturned in 2008 after the filmmakers persuaded appeal judges to watch their film. Presumed Guilty was a selection at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
According to the film, in Mexico:
95% of verdicts are convictions
92% of those convictions are not based on physical evidence
78% of inmates are fed by their own families
93% of inmates are never shown arrest warrants
93% of defendants never see a judge
The story of Presumed Guilty was made into an episode of the TV series "P.O.V." that aired on 27 July 2010. It subsequently was nominated for three Emmy awards for "Best Research", "Best Documentary" and "Outstanding Investigative Journalism."
Ban
In February 2011, Presumed Guilty was released to Mexican audiences and one month later, a judge moved to have the film banned. This action caused the movie to gain unprecedented popularity almost overnight. The distributor said they would continue to show the movie until the order had been formally submitted. The film also spread in the form of unlicensed DVDs. One vendor said he sold 70 copies on a single Saturday, adding that he had only sold that many of other box-office hits over a full week. The order to ban the film was revoked on March 9, 2011 by a higher court based on Article 6 of the Mexican Constitution which protects the right to free expression.
Life for Zúñiga
At the end of the film, Zúñiga is shown embracing his wife and child in a joyful reunion. However, he was later said to live in fear of retribution for the film.
Participants
José Antonio Zúñiga Rodríguez, the wrongly convicted man
Eva Gutiérrez (wife of Antonio Zúñiga)
Rafaél Ramirez Heredia (Zuñiga's defense lawyer)
Roberto Hernández (filmmaker/lawyer)
Layda Negrete (filmmaker/lawyer)
Hector Palomares Medina (the judge)
Maricela Guzman (the prosecutor)
Victor Daniel Reyes (witness for the prosecution)
Jose Manuel Ortega Saavedra (Detective)
Production
The film was produced chiefly by Roberto Hernández and Layda Negrete. Hernández and Negrete (LL.M. 1996, M.P.P. 1998) are candidates for PhDs in Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. They are married and have two daughters.
Accolades
Presumed Guilty has received numerous awards and honors, including the following:
Emmy 2010-Outstanding Investigative Journalism
One World Media (London, 2010) - Best Feature Documentary
Documenta Madrid (2010) - Best Documentary Award and Audience Award
East End Film Festival (London, 2010) - Best Feature Documentary
Los Angeles Film Festival (2010) - Audience Award and Best International Feature
Human Rights Watch Film Festival (New York, 2010) - Closing Night Film
Human Rights Watch Film Festival] (Toronto, 2010) - Closing Night Film
San Francisco International Film Festival (2010) - Golden Gate Best Bay Area Documentary
Guadalajara International Film Festival (2010) - Best Documentary
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (2009) - Amnesty International Award
Morelia International Film Festival] (2010) - Best Documentary
Belfast Film Festival (2009) - Maysles Brothers Documentary Award
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (2011) - Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism – Long Form
See also
Law of Mexico
Presumption of innocence
Law enforcement in Mexico
Mexico City law enforcement
Crime in Mexico -- corruption
Federal District Police—the police of Mexico City
Attorney General of Mexico
References
External links
http://www.economist.com/node/18483267
Official site
Official site
Presumption of Guilt -- Wall Street Journal article
'Presumed Guilty' sheds light on failures of Mexico's justice system -- Los Angeles Times article
'Presumed Guilty': Kafkaesque tale of injustice -- San Francisco Chronicle article
Presumed Guilty: Based on an Untrue Story -- Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies article
Imprisoned In Mexico And 'Presumed Guilty' -- NPR article
PBS article on the film and P.O.V. television episode
Presumptions of Guilt: Documentary Spurs Hope for Judicial Reform in Mexico—article in The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Newsletter
Two lawyers with cameras help rehabilitate Mexican 'justice', by Cathy Cockrell (1 December 2008)
Dos abogados Mexicanos, con sus cámaras, ayudan a reformar el sistema judicial de su país, by Cathy Cockrell (1 December 2008)
PBS Film Tells Story of Lawyers' Struggle to Free Antonio Zúñiga, by Andrew Cohen (7/26/2010)
Presunto Culpable, Proven Innocent by Rachel Swan (7/28/2010)
Filmmakers pursue justice in new documentary (7/15/2010)
2008 films
2008 documentary films
Mexican documentary films
2000s Spanish-language films
American films based on actual events
Mexican independent films
Documentary films about law
POV (TV series) films
2000s American films
2000s Mexican films |
549290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav%2C%20Prince%20of%20Vasa | Gustav, Prince of Vasa | Prince Gustav of Vasa, Count Itterburg (; 9 November 1799 at Stockholm – 4 August/5 August 1877 at Pillnitz), born Crown Prince of Sweden, was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austrian princely title (from 1829) was actually spelled Wasa.
Life and career
After his birth, he was raised under the supervision of the royal governesses Hedvig Ulrika De la Gardie and Charlotte Stierneld in succession.
When he was ten years old, his father was deposed by the Coup of 1809 and the family was forced into exile. The Gustavian party tried to get him accepted as crown prince in 1809 and 1810, but were unsuccessful. Queen Charlotte, wife of the new king, was one of the leading figures of the Gustavian Party, and often visited ex-queen Frederica in her house arrest and worked for prince Gustav to be acknowledged as heir to the throne. She wrote of this issue in her diaries: during a dinner, General Georg Adlersparre told her that Jean Baptiste Bernadotte had asked whether she had any issue, and was interested when he found she had not. She said that the throne already had an heir in the deposed King's son. Adlersparre became upset and expressed the opinion of his party that none of the instigators of the coup would accept this as they feared that the boy would take revenge against them when he became King, and that they would go as far as take up the old rumour that the deposed King was, in fact, illegitimate and the son of Queen Sophia Magdalena and Count Adolf Fredrik Munck af Fulkila to prevent this.
Between the time after the coup and before the royal family left Sweden, they were held under house arrest. During that period, Queen Charlotte described him in her famous diary as an obedient and dutiful child with a great ability to learn. He was not haughty as his younger sister Princess Sophie, but humble. Rather, he seemed too quiet and too careful for his age. When Princess Sophie asked him why their father was no longer King, he told her that it was best not to talk about it. He asked no questions and did not appear to miss his father. After he was told that his father had been deposed, he acted embarrassed towards his mother. However, when she told him that he too had lost his position as heir, he cried and embraced her without a word. The announcement gave him much relief and happiness.
In 1816, he assumed the title of Count of Itterburg. He served as an officer to the Habsburgs of Austria, and in 1829, Emperor Francis I created him Prince of Vasa (). During the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) there was some talk of Gustav becoming its first king, but this never materialized. He was made a Field Marshal-Lieutenant in the Austrian Army in 1836.
Marriage and issue
In 1828, he became engaged to Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, but political pressure forced an end to any wedding plans. On 9 November 1830, he married in Karlsruhe his first cousin Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (5 June 1811 in Schwetzingen – 19 July 1854 in Karlsruhe). They divorced in 1843. A son, Louis, was born in 1832 but died shortly after birth. Their daughter, Princess Carola, married the Catholic King Albert I of Saxony, but they had no issue.
Gustaf died on 5 August 1877. In 1884, his (and his infant son's) remains were moved to Stockholm, to be buried beside his father.
Honours
Awards
Ancestry
References
(search for all versions on WorldCat)
1799 births
1877 deaths
Crown Princes of Sweden
Gustav 1799
People from Stockholm
Heirs apparent who never acceded
House of Holstein-Gottorp
Burials at Riddarholmen Church
Disinherited European royalty
Sons of kings
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
Bailiffs Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
Recipients of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Royal reburials |
53069516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Communities%20%28Amendment%29%20Act%202002 | European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002 | The European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002 (c 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which saw the fourth major amendment to the European Communities Act 1972 to include the provisions that were agreed upon in the Nice Treaty which was signed on 26 February 2001 to be incorporated into the domestic law of the United Kingdom. It was given Royal assent on 26 February 2002.
The Act was repealed by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 on 31 January 2020.
See also
Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union
European Union
References
"European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002". Current Law Statutes 2002. Sweet & Maxwell. London. W Green. Edinburgh. 2002. Volume 1. Chapter 3.
"European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002". Halsbury's Statutes of England and Wales. Fourth Edition. 2010 Reissue. LexisNexis. Volume 10(3). Page 528 et seq.
Colin Turpin and Adam Tomkins. British Government and the Constitution: Text and Materials. Cambridge University Press. Sixth Edition. 2007. Page 316.
Hilaire Barnett. Constitutional and Administrative Law. Fourth Edition. Cavendish Publishing Limited. 2002. Page 240.
A W Bradley and K D Ewing. Constitutional and Administrative Law. Fourteenth Edition. Pearson Longman. 2007. Page 333.
David Pollard, Neil Parpworth and David Hughes. Constitutional and Administrative Law: Text with Materials. Fourth Edition. Oxford University Press. 2007. Page 337.
C F Forsyth and H W R Wade. Administrative Law. Eleventh Edition. Oxford University Press. 2014. Page 158.
David Edward and Robert Lane. Edward and Lane on European Union Law. Edward Elgar. 2013. Page 67.
Philip Giddings and Gavin Drewry. Britain in the European Union: Law, Policy and Parliament. Palgrave Macmillan. 2004. Pages 56, 118 and 258.
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Union
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2002 |
40944524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henstridge%20%28disambiguation%29 | Henstridge (disambiguation) | Henstridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It may also refer to:
People
Natasha Henstridge (born 1974), Canadian actress and fashion model
Elizabeth Henstridge (born 1987), English actress
See also
The Royals (TV series) |
1004660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic%20Left%20%28Great%20Britain%29 | Democratic Left (Great Britain) | Democratic Left was a post-communist political organisation in the United Kingdom during the 1990s, growing out of the Eurocommunist strand within the Communist Party of Great Britain and its magazine Marxism Today (which closed around the same time).
It was established in 1991 when the CPGB decided to reform itself into a left-leaning reformist political multi-issue grassroots think-tank based on the party's Manifesto for New Times. Its secretary was Nina Temple, the last general secretary of the CPGB.
Many members of the CPGB disagreed with this decision and joined the Communist Party of Britain, which had broken away from the CPGB in 1988, while some Scottish members formed the Communist Party of Scotland.
Worldview
Democratic Left stated a belief in a pluralist and socialist society "incompatible with the structures and values of capitalism." Beginning as a political party, it decided not to stand candidates but instead to support tactical voting against the Conservatives at the 1992 general election and soon become a non-party campaigning organisation. DL campaigned on modernising unions, including Unions21; anti-racism and cultural diversity; democratising Britain, including Make Votes Count; social exclusion and poverty, including the Social Exclusion Network; focusing on coalition building, and operating in effect as a 'socialist anti-Conservative front'.
A series of policy magazines titled Futures were published in 1997 as the group tried to stem falling membership. Members of the Trotskyist-dominated Socialist Alliance tried to join in 1998, but were blocked after legal action was taken, and the decision was taken to stop being "stuck in the swamp of sectarian politics." Democratic Left in England and Wales was dissolved and reformed as the New Times Network in December 1998, open to members of Labour and other political parties. It published a monthly magazine, New Times, and collaborated with the Fabian Society on the 'Getting Real' conference in June 1999. New Times Network became the New Politics Network in December 1999. In Scotland it continues as Democratic Left Scotland, founded in May 1998.
See also
Democratic Party of the Left - post-communists in Italy
Party of Democratic Socialism - post-communists in Germany
SEARCH Foundation - post-communists in Australia
References
External links
Democratic Left on the Internet Archive
1991 establishments in the United Kingdom
1998 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Communist Party of Great Britain
Defunct political parties in the United Kingdom
Political and economic think tanks based in the United Kingdom
Communist Party of Great Britain breakaway groups
Far-left political parties in the United Kingdom |
61512258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne%20Bobkin | Lorne Bobkin | Lorne Bobkin (born 30 October 1965) is a Canadian gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1965 births
Living people
Canadian male artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts for Canada
Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts from Toronto
Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Gymnasts at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
20th-century Canadian people
21st-century Canadian people
Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games |
25007647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennings%20Pass | Hennings Pass | Hennings Pass is situated in the Mpumalanga province at Waterval Boven (South Africa).
Mountain passes of Mpumalanga |
9417841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Netzahualc%C3%B3yotl | Roman Catholic Diocese of Netzahualcóyotl | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nezahualcóyotl () (erected 5 February 1979) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tlalnepantla.
Ordinaries
José Melgoza Osorio (1979 - 1989)
José María Hernández González (1989 - 2003)
Carlos Garfias Merlos (2003 - 2010, appointed Archbishop of Acapulco)
Héctor Luis Morales Sánchez (2011–present)
Territorial losses
External links and references
Netzahualcoyotl
Netzahualcoyotl, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Netzahualcoyotl
Netzahualcoyotl |
37699863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc-Ren%C3%A9%20de%20Voyer%20de%20Paulmy | Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy | Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy may refer to:
Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652–1721), 1st marquis d'Argenson
Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1722–1787), 3rd marquis d'Argenson |
10452952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staceyann%20Chin | Staceyann Chin | Staceyann Chin (born December 25, 1972) is a spoken-word poet, performing artist and LGBT rights political activist. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Daily, and has been featured on 60 Minutes. She was also featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where she shared her struggles growing up as a gay person in Jamaica. Chin's first full-length poetry collection was published in 2019.
Personal life
Chin was born in Jamaica but now lives in New York City, in Brooklyn. She is of Chinese-Jamaican and Afro-Jamaican descent. She announced in 2011 that she was pregnant with her first child, giving birth to daughter Zuri in January 2012. She has been candid about her pregnancy by means of in-vitro fertilization, and wrote about her experiences as a pregnant, single lesbian in a guest blog for the Huffington Post.
Career
Openly lesbian, she has been an "out poet and political activist" since 1998. In addition to performing in and co-writing the Tony-nominated Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, Chin has appeared in Off-Broadway one-woman shows and at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. She has also held poetry workshops worldwide. Chin credits her accomplishments to her hard-working grandmother and the pain of her mother's absence.
Chin's poetry can be found in her first chapbook, Wildcat Woman, the one she now carries on her back, Stories Surrounding My Coming, and numerous anthologies, including Skyscrapers, Taxis and Tampons, Poetry Slam, Role Call, Cultural Studies: Critical Methodologies. Chin's voice can be heard on CD compilations out of Bar 13- Union Square and Pow Wow productions. In 2009, Chin published her autobiographical novel, The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir.
She has been a host on Logo's After Ellen Internet show, "She Said What?" and a co-host of Centric's My Two Cents.
In 2009, Chin performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.
She taught a seminar at the arts-oriented Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn.
Critical analysis
Chin's "activist driven" work has garnered praise in various publications. Of her one-woman show Border/Clash, The New York Times wrote that Chin "is sassy, rageful and sometimes softly self-mocking." The Advocate wrote, "With poems that combine hilarious one-liners ("I told her I liked the way she made that pink push-up bra look intellectual") with a refusal to conform ("I want to be the dyke who likes to fuck men"), Chin is out to confront more than just the straight world." In the book, Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam, author Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz referred to Chin as "definitely the prize to win" among the three New York City Poetry Slam venues during the years she competed, adding:
Awards
Chin was the winner of the 1999 Chicago People of Color Slam; first runner- up in the 1999 Outright Poetry Slam; winner of the 1998 Lambda Poetry Slam; a finalist in the 1999 Nuyorican Grand Slam; winner of the 1998 and 2000 Slam This!; and winner of WORD: The First Slam for Television. She has also been featured by Public-access television cable TV programs in Brooklyn and Manhattan as well as many local radio stations including, WHCR and WBAI. The Joseph Papp Public Theater has featured her on more than one occasion, and Staceyann has toured internationally, with performances in London, Denmark, Germany, South Africa and New York's own Central Park Summer Stage. In 2015, she was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the 2015 LGBT History Month.
Other Awards
Drama Desk Award (2003)
Center for Women and Gender at Dartmouth College for the Visionary-in-Residence Award (2007)
Human Rights Campaign Power of the Voice Award (2007)
Lesbian AIDS Project Honors (2008)
Safe Haven Award from Immigration Equality (2008)
New York State Senate Special Human Rights Award (2009)
Works
Books
The Other Side of Paradise - A Memoir. 2010. New York: Scribner.
Crossfire: A Litany for Survival. 2019. Chicago: Haymarket Books.
Chapbooks
Wildcat Woman (1998)
Stories Surrounding My Coming (2001)
Catalogue the Insanity (2005)
Mad Hatter: Ramblings from the Attic Volume 1 (2007)
Mad Hatter: Ramblings from the Attic Volume 2 (2007)
Theatre
Hands Afire (2000) (one-woman show) - Bleecker Theatre, New York
Unspeakable Things (2001) (one-woman show) - Bleecker Theatre, New York
Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway (2002-2003)
Border/Clash: A Litany of Desires (2005) (one-woman show) - Bleecker Theatre, New York
Motherstruck! (one-woman show) (2015-2016) (Run in Chicago, DC, and NYC)
Anthologies
"Authenticity", in Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness. Edited by Rebecca Walker (Soft Skull Press, February 1, 2012)
Performances
Staceyann Chin: Performed Poems in Trikster - Nordic Queer Journal #3, 2009.
Interviews
Staceyann Chin & Ulrika Dahl: Articulating Honesty: A Conversation on Literature and Activism in Trikster - Nordic Queer Journal #3, 2009
References
External links
1972 births
Living people
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
African-American feminists
African-American poets
African-American women musicians
African-American women writers
American feminists
American lesbian writers
American LGBT people of Asian descent
American LGBT poets
American LGBT rights activists
American people of Chinese descent
American spoken word artists
American women poets
American writers of Chinese descent
American writers of Jamaican descent
Feminist musicians
Hakka writers
Jamaican emigrants to the United States
Jamaican LGBT poets
Jamaican lesbians
Jamaican people of Chinese descent
Lesbian feminists
Lesbian poets
LGBT African Americans
Slam poets
Womanists |
2271852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Halik | Tony Halik | Tony Halik, born Mieczysław Antoni Sędzimir Halik (January 24, 1921 – May 23, 1998) was a Polish film operator, documentary film-maker, author of travel books, traveller, explorer, and polyglot (speaking Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Guarani and Xavante).
Halik was born in Toruń, Poland.
During World War II, as a Polish citizen under German occupation he was forcibly drafted into the Kampfgeschwader 40, a Luftwaffe squadron, and served in France, where in 1944 he deserted and joined the French Resistance. For his actions, he was awarded the French Croix de guerre.
After the war, he married Pierrette Andrée Courtin in 1946 and in 1948 they settled down in Argentina.
Soon afterwards he started working as a photojournalist, film operator, and correspondent for various Argentinian media.
Since 1956 he worked as a correspondent for Life and NBC.
In 1974 Halik met Elżbieta Dzikowska, his later life partner. Around this date he moved back to Poland.
In 1976, along with Elżbieta Dzikowska and Prof. Edmundo Guillén, he reached the legendary Inca capital Vilcabamba.
For over twenty years, Halik and Dzikowska hosted over three hundred TV shows and series for Polish Television. He also created over four hundred documentary films, wrote thirteen books and many press articles.
He died in Warsaw, Poland.
See also
District Museum in Toruń
References
Bibliography
https://culture.pl/en/article/180000-kilometres-of-adventure-one-polish-cameramans-hunt-for-the-perfect-shot - Tony Halik short biography - article based on biography by Mirosław Wlazły
Tu byłem. Tony Halik ('been here. Tony Halik') - detailed biography by Mirosław Wlekły, Agora 2017, in Polish
200 días de Mato Grosso : relato de las aventuras en las selvas de Brasil. by Antonio Halik, in Spanish
Con cámara y rifle a través del Mato Grosso; aventuras en las selvas amazónicas. by Antonio Halik, in Spanish
180.000 kilómetros de aventuras relato vívido y apasionante de un viaje a través de las tres Américas. by Antonio Halik, in Spanish
1921 births
1998 deaths
Polish explorers
People from Toruń
Polish travel writers
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) |
70066789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaged%20Hearts | Damaged Hearts | Damaged Hearts is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Eugene Strong, Mary Carr, Helen Rowland, and Tyrone Power Sr. It marked the feature film debut of the future star Brian Donlevy.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, owing the entire world a grudge, David immures himself from society in the Everglades. An orphan, his only sister had been adopted by some wealthy folks but had died, and he was badly treated by Hugh, the son of the family. Later, in revenge he kidnaps Edwina, the wife of Hugh, and they fall in love. Learning that her husband is suspected of having slain her, she returns to her lawful spouse, but finds him with another charmer. The husband seeks revenge, and there is an underwater fight with Hugh and David clad in diving suits. A hunchback, jealous of David, intervenes and accidentally stabs Hugh to death. The Everglades hermit finds happiness with Edwina, the woman he abducted.
Cast
References
Bibliography
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
1924 films
1924 drama films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by T. Hayes Hunter
American silent feature films
1920s English-language films
American black-and-white films
Film Booking Offices of America films
1920s American films |
21852577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Nickerson | William Nickerson | William Nickerson may refer to:
William Nickerson Jr. (1879–1945), Los Angeles-based businessman and founder of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company
William Emery Nickerson (1853–1930), American inventor and vice-president of The Gillette Company
William Henry Snyder Nickerson (1875–1954), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
William M. Nickerson (born 1933), American judge in Maryland
See also
Bruce William Nickerson (1941–2022), American civil rights and gay rights attorney
Nickerson (surname) |
42499094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracely%20Escalante%20Jasso | Aracely Escalante Jasso | Aracely Escalante Jasso (born 17 July 1943) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party. As of 2014 she served as Senator of the LVIII and LIX Legislatures of the Mexican Congress representing Campeche and as Deputy of the LVII and LX Legislatures.
She also owns an AM/FM radio station in her hometown, XHBCC-FM/XEBCC-AM 100.5/1030.
References
1943 births
Living people
Politicians from Ciudad del Carmen
Members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
21st-century Mexican women politicians
Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
Members of the Congress of Campeche
20th-century Mexican politicians
20th-century Mexican women politicians |
47404976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%20Army%20Cadets%20football%20team | 1940 Army Cadets football team | The 1940 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1940 college football season. In their third and final year under head coach William H. Wood, the Cadets compiled a 1–7–1 record and were outscored their opponents by a combined total of 197 to 54. The season was the first since 1899 in which the Army football team was outscored by its opponents. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to the Midshipmen by a 14 to 0 score. The Cadets also suffered blowout defeats to Cornell (45-0) and Penn (48-0).
No Army players were honored on the All-America team. Three weeks after the end of the 1940 season, the War Department ordered coach Wood back to active troop duty and named Earl Blaik as head coach for the 1941 season.
Army was ranked at No. 119 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.
Schedule
References
Army
Army Black Knights football seasons
Army Cadets football |
34594324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%20Knows%20Least | Father Knows Least | Father Knows Least may refer to:
"Father Knows Least" (Everybody Loves Raymond), the episode of Everybody Loves Raymond
"Father Knows Least" (Dexter's Laboratory), the episode of Dexter's Laboratory
See also
Father Knows Best (disambiguation) |
129912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin%2C%20Ohio | Elgin, Ohio | Elgin is a village in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The population was 57 at the 2010 census. It is included within the Van Wert, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 57 people, 22 households, and 17 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 22 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.2% White and 1.8% from two or more races.
There were 22 households, of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 9.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 22.7% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.00.
The median age in the village was 37.3 years. 22.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 14% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21% were from 25 to 44; 35% were from 45 to 64; and 7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 56.1% male and 43.9% female.
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 50 people, 19 households, and 15 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 20 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 100.00% White.
There were 19 households, out of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.2% were married couples living together, 21.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8% were non-families. 15.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 72.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $38,750, and the median income for a family was $48,125. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $25,417 for females. The per capita income for the village was $12,022. There were 18.2% of families and 22.0% of the population living below the poverty line, including 31.8% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.
References
Villages in Van Wert County, Ohio
Villages in Ohio |
13730446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firo%20%26%20Klawd | Firo & Klawd | Firo & Klawd is an isometric video game published by BMG. It was released for PlayStation, MS-DOS, and Microsoft Windows in 1996.
Gameplay
The player takes the role of either Firo (an ape police detective) or Klawd (an odd job cat) and sets out to find out who is distributing phony dollar bills around the city. Each level consists of branching paths to take in the story, some levels switch to a first person point of view where you shoot villains on screen however losing on these levels will cost you a life, all ending up at the same place eventually.
Reception
Spanish magazine Hobby Consolas gave the game a score of 86. French magazine Player One gave the game 88% German magazine Video Games gave it 68%.
References
External links
1996 video games
Platform games
PlayStation (console) games
Video games about cats
Video games about primates
Video games about police officers
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Video games with isometric graphics
Windows games
Fictional duos
BMG Interactive games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Blitz Games Studios games |
42631905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20American%20Librarians%20Association | Chinese American Librarians Association | The Chinese American Librarians Association or CALA (), promotes the Chinese culture through the outlet of libraries and communicates with others in the profession of librarianship.
History
The Mid-West Chinese American Librarians Association began on March 31, 1973, founded by Dr. Tze-Chung Li and Dorothy Li, as a regional organization in Illinois. Then in 1974 the Chinese Librarians Association was founded in California, at Stanford University. In 1976, the Mid-West Chinese American Librarians Association expanded to a national organization as the Chinese American Librarians Association. In 1983 the Chinese American Librarians Association and the Chinese Librarians Association (CLA) were merged into one organization, under the name Chinese American Librarians Association (in English) and the Chinese Librarians Association's Chinese name (華人圖書館員協會). This one organization has members not only in America but in China, Hong Kong, Canada, and more. It promotes the Chinese culture through the outlet of libraries and communicates with others in the profession of librarianship. It is the largest Asian-American body of its kind.
In 2006, the Chinese American Librarians Association took part in the first Joint Conference of Librarians of Color, along with the American Indian Library Association, the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and REFORMA. This conference was the first national conference sponsored and held by those organizations, which are known as the Associations of Ethnic Librarians.
The Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC, Inc.) was founded in June of 2015 as an organization "that advocates for and addresses the common needs of the American Library Association ethnic affiliates"; these ethnic affiliates include the Chinese American Librarians Association, as well as the American Indian Library Association, the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking.
Executive Directors and Presidents
Executive Directors serve in 3 year terms and "shall be the chief administrative officer of the Association; assist the president and other officers of the Association in carrying out their responsibilities consistent with the policies established by the Board; keep a record of the Board meetings and membership meetings; communicate to members and to others such information as may be requested by the Board or the president; serve as the liaison officer with the American Library Association, chapters and affiliates of the Association, and other outside agencies; sign all contracts and legal documents as co-signatory with the president; oversee bank accounts with the treasurer as co-signatory; and perform other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the Executive Committee."
Michael Bailou Huang (2022-Present)
Lian Ruan (2016-2022)
Zheng (Jessica) Lu (2015-2016)
Li Fu (2013-2015)
Haipeng Li (2008-2013)
Shixing Wen (2007-2008)
Sally C. Tseng (1997-2007)
Seetoo Amy D (1995-1999)
Sheila Lai (1992-1995)
Eveline Liu Yang (1989-1992)
Seetoo Amy D Wilson (1983-1989)
John Lai (1980-1983)
Tze-chung Li (1975-1980)
Presidents of CALA serve four-year terms, including one as vice president elect, vice-president/president elect and one as past president. Past and current presidents of CALA are:
After CALA and CLA merged on January 1, 1983:
Yan He, CALA Vice President Elect (2025-2026)
Guoying (Grace) Liu, CALA Vice President 2024-2025)
Vincci Kwong, CALA President (2023-2024)
Raymond Pun, CALA Immediate Past President (2021-2022)
Wenli Gao (2021-2022)
Hong Yao (2020-2021)
Fu Zhuo (2019-2020)
Ying Zhang (2018-2019)
Le Yang (2017-2018)
Qi Chen (2016-2017)
Lian Ruan (2015-2016)
Carol Gee (2014-2015)
Lisa Zhao (2013-2014)
Esther Lee (2012-2013)
Min Chou (2011-2012)
Zhijia Shen (2010-2011)
Xudong Jin (2009-2010)
Sha Li Zhang (2008-2009)
Dora Ho (2007-2008)
Haipeng Li (2006-2007)
Diana Wu (2005-2006)
Shixing Wen (2004-2005)
Amy Tsiang (2003-2004)
Angela Yang (2002-2003)
Liana Zhou (2001-2022)
Yu-Lan Chou (2000-2001)
Ling Hwey Jeng (1999-2000)
Linna Yu (1998-1999)
Harriet Ying (1997-1998)
Menxiong Liu (1996-1997)
Wilfred Fong (1995-1996)
Linda Tse (1994-1995)
Betty Tsai (1993-1994)
Carl Chan (1992-1993)
Roy Chang (1991-1992)
Amy D. Seetoo (1990-1991)
Peter R. Young (1989-1990)
Chang-chien Lee (1988-1989)
Irene Yeh (1987-1988)
Marjorie H. Li (1986-1987)
William Wan (1985-1986)
Sally C. Tseng (1984-1985)
Norma Yueh (1983-1984)
Bessie K. Hahn (1982-1983)
CLA (Chinese Librarians Association)
Susana Juh-mei Liu (1981-1982)
Lillian L. Chan (1980-1981)
George W. Huang (1979-1980)
Raymond Tang (1978-1979)
Mark Tam (1977-1978)
George Cheng (1976-1977)
T. C. Wong (1975-1976)
Irene Yeh (1974-1975)
CALA
David Ta-ching Liu (1981-1982)
Lee-hsia Ting (1980-1981)
John Yung-hsiang La (1979-1980)
Hwa-wei Lee (1978-1979)
Robert Pin-chuan Chen (1980-1981)
Tze-Chung Li (1973-1977)
Resources
CALA Website: CALA - Chinese American Librarians Association
CALASYS - CALA Academic Resource & Repository System: Browse Exhibits · CALASYS - CALA Academic Resources & Repository System
CALA YouTube: CALAChannel - YouTube
References
External links
CALA Official site
Chinese-American organizations
Library associations
Organizations based in Illinois |
21381367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Larson | George Larson | George Frederick Larson (June 10, 1912 – September 20, 2008) was a Canadian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.
At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, he was a member of the Canadian team that finished fourth in the men's 4x200-metre freestyle relay. In the 400-metre freestyle, he was eliminated in the first round.
Four years later at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, he was eliminated in the first round of the 100-metre freestyle contest.
At the 1934 British Empire Games, he was a member of the Canadian team which won the gold medal in the 4×200-yard freestyle relay. He also won a silver medal in the 100-yard freestyle competition and finished fourth in the 440-yard freestyle, and sixth in the 1500-yard freestyle.
After his swimming career concluded, Larson played Canadian football for the Hamilton Tigers and Hamilton Wildcats, the predecessors of the modern-era Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL. While later working as a police officer, he earned extra income as a professional wrestler under the pseudonym "Irish Tom Collins" for fifteen years.
Larson was born in Hamilton, Ontario; he died in Hamilton in 2008, aged 96.
See also
List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
External links
George Larson's obituary
1912 births
2008 deaths
Canadian male freestyle swimmers
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Olympic swimmers for Canada
Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario
Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1934 British Empire Games
Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Players of Canadian football from Ontario
Hamilton Wildcats football players
Hamilton Tigers football players
Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games |
59645364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n%20S%C3%A1nchez%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201989%29 | Sebastián Sánchez (footballer, born 1989) | Álvaro Sebastián Sánchez Burgos (born 4 April 1989) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently a free agent.
Career
Sánchez started his career in the ranks of local club Tacuarembó. He began featuring for them in the 2008–09 Primera División season, which he ended with his first senior goal after netting against Villa Española on 8 February 2009. Tacuarembó were relegated two seasons later in 2010–11, with Sánchez subsequently scoring seven goals across three campaigns in the Segunda División which culminated with promotion back to the top tier as 2013–14 champions. Sánchez left the club midway through 2014–15.
Career statistics
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Honours
Tacuarembó
Segunda División: 2013–14
References
External links
1989 births
Living people
People from Tacuarembó
Footballers from Tacuarembó Department
Uruguayan men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Uruguayan Primera División players
Uruguayan Segunda División players
Tacuarembó F.C. players |
45641796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX%20CRS-15 | SpaceX CRS-15 | SpaceX CRS-15, also known as SpX-15, was a Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station launched 29 June 2018 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The mission was contracted by NASA and flown by SpaceX.
Launch
In early 2015, NASA awarded a contract extension to SpaceX for three additional CRS missions (CRS-13 to CRS-15). In June 2016, a NASA Inspector General report had this mission manifested for April 2018, but this was pushed back, first to 6 June, to 9 June, to 28 June and finally to 29 June 2018.
The mission launched on 29 June 2018 at 09:42 UTC aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 40. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft rendezvoused with the International Space Station on 2 July 2018. It was captured by the Canadarm2 at 10:54 UTC and was berthed to the Harmony node at 13:50 UTC. On 3 August 2018, Dragon was released from ISS at 16:38 UTC and deorbited, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean approximately 5 hours later at 22:17 UTC, returning more than of cargo to Earth.
It is reported that the Dragon spacecraft may have experienced some parachute anomaly during its flight to the ISS, but it did not prevent the capsule from successful splashdown.
Payload
NASA contracted for the CRS-15 mission from SpaceX and therefore determined the primary payload, date/time of launch, and orbital parameters for the Dragon space capsule. According to a NASA mission overview, CRS-15 carried a total of of total cargo, divided between of pressurized material and of unpressurized cargo. The external payloads manifested for this flight were ECOSTRESS and a Latching End Effector for Canadarm2. CubeSats included on this flight were three Biarri-Squad satellites built by Boeing for a multinational partnership led by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, and three satellites making up the Japanese-sponsored Birds-2 program: BHUTAN-1 from Bhutan, Maya-1 from the Philippines, and UiTMSAT-1 from Malaysia. Furthermore, it contained an interactive artwork by artist Nahum entitled The Contour of Presence, a collaboration with the International Space University, Space Application Services and the European Space Agency.
The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:
Science investigations:
Crew supplies:
Vehicle hardware:
Spacewalk equipment:
Computer resources:
Russian hardware:
External payloads:
ECOSTRESS:
Latching End Effector:
Gallery
See also
Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
2018 in spaceflight
Artworks launched into space
Birds-2
References
External links
Dragon website at SpaceX.com
Commercial Resupply Services at NASA.gov
SpaceX Dragon
Spacecraft launched in 2018
Spacecraft which reentered in 2018
SpaceX payloads contracted by NASA
Supply vehicles for the International Space Station |
23034276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challney%20High%20School%20for%20Boys | Challney High School for Boys | Challney High School for Boys is a secondary school located in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The school educates boys between the ages of 11 and 16.
History
In 2006 the school was awarded Specialist College Status, with an emphasis on Science and Mathematics. In 2007, Ofsted judged Challney High School for Boys to be “Outstanding” with the same judgement of its English department in 2008. In 2009, Ofsted further highlighted Challney High School for Boys as one of 12 outstanding schools serving disadvantaged communities.
In June 2010, the management and the governing body of the school announced their intention of applying to convert the school into an academy. The school officially gained academy status in April 2011.
Challney High School for Boys became one of the first 100 National Teaching Schools in September 2011. Working closely with Denbigh High School they developed the Chiltern Teaching School Alliance (CTSA), a group of cross-phase schools allied through national sponsors and strategic partners to improve the quality of provision for all pupils across the age-ranges.
Challney High School for Boys are also the founder of the Chiltern Training Group (CTG) which they founded in 1993. The Chiltern Training Group is an Outstanding (April 2009) School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) provider.
The Chiltern Training Group is a Consortium of Luton and Bedfordshire high and upper schools and the Luton Sixth Form College and has developed a comprehensive programme of initial teacher training and continuing professional development courses. Through CTG, Challney High School for Boys also provides primary placements and secondary PGCE qualifications.
In 2013 Challney High School for Boys became a part of The Chiltern Learning Trust which is a multi-academy trust comprising Denbigh High School, Challney High School for Boys and Dallow Primary School. The trust is led by a board of directors which consists of representatives from all three schools, with Adrian Rogers as chief executive.
References
External links
Challney High School for Boys
Secondary schools in Luton
Academies in Luton |
53772754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey%20Stephen%20Klempner | Geoffrey Stephen Klempner | Geoffrey Stephen Klempner, of Kinectrics Inc. (formally AMEC NSS Ltd.) in Toronto, Ontario, was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 for his contribution to steam turbine-driven generators.
References
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people) |
1182106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttonville%20Municipal%20Airport | Buttonville Municipal Airport | Buttonville Municipal Airport or Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport is a medium-sized airport in the neighbourhood of Buttonville in Markham, Ontario, Canada, north of Toronto. It is operated by Torontair. Due to its proximity to Toronto's suburbs, there are several strict noise-reduction procedures for aircraft using the airport, which is open and staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In 2014, Buttonville was Canada's 20th busiest airport by aircraft movements. There is also a weather station located at the airport.
The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is serviced by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis from Oshawa Executive Airport during weekdays and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport during weekends. CBSA officers at this airport handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.
The airport is slated to cease all operations on November 30, 2023, following a private notice to all tenants at the airport.
History
Fred F. Gillies was the operator of Buttonville Airport and Gillies Flying Service starting in 1953 until he retired in 1958.
Buttonville Airport began to really grow as a grass airstrip in 1953 when Leggat Aviation moved its operations from Barker Field in Toronto. The airstrip became an official airport in 1962.
The airport is located in the community and former police village of Buttonville, Ontario, which is named for settler John Button. Part of the airport property is located on land once held by Button.
New air traffic control tower
On January 17, 2006, Nav Canada announced plans for the construction of a new air traffic control tower at Buttonville Airport. It is located at the south end of airport next to FlightExec offices on Allstate Parkway.
The new tower, representing an investment of over $2 million, replaced the existing facility, which was built in 1967 and had reached the end of its useful life. Construction began in the fall of 2006 and became fully operational on June 26, 2007. The new tower provided expanded operational space, optimal visibility and the latest in air navigation equipment and technology for 10 air traffic controllers and one support staff who provided service to 84,000 aircraft movements per year at Buttonville Airport. It is located on the south side of the airport – the opposite side of the old tower. The new tower was designed and built using a modular design enabling the facility to be relocated in the future. New equipment and technology include the Nav Canada Auxiliary Radar Display System and the company's state-of-the-art voice communications switch.
NAV Canada shut down operations of the air traffic control tower on January 3, 2019.
Future
In September 2009, the Sifton family, owners of the airport, announced plans to re-develop the airport from 2009 to 2016 into a mixed use of commercial, retail and residential development. In the meantime the airport will continue to operate and unknown plans for the airport operations to re-locate to another GTA airport or cease operations altogether.
On 28 October 2010, a press release announced that a joint real estate venture had purchased the 170-acre property on 7 October, which will be re-developed by Cadillac Fairview. Plans include condominiums, retail shops, and office space. Due to planning delays, in 2018 Cadillac Fairview announced the site will continue to operate as an airport until at least 2023.
Buttonville Airport is privately owned, and is threatened with closure due to lack of funds. GTAA has stopped funding the airport causing a $1.5 million loss. GTAA blames the decrease of traffic at Pearson Airport for eliminating the subsidy. Transport Canada has not yet made a decision on the Pickering Airport project.
On May 31, 2023, the president of Torontair Limited formally notified the tenants of the airport that the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport will cease operations on November 30, 2023.
Navigation
There are three non-precision instrument approaches available: a Global Positioning System (GPS) approach to runway 33, a non-directional beacon (NDB) approach to runway 21, and a localizer approach to runway 15.
Radio
Buttonville Airport is in a Class E control zone. Aircraft must broadcast their intentions on the mandatory frequency 124.8 MHz prior to entering the control zone. Afterwards standard uncontrolled aerodrome position reports must be broadcast.
The London Flight Information Centre has a Remote Communications Outlet at the airport operating on the frequency 123.15 MHz. Toronto Terminal handles instrument flight rules (IFR) arrivals and departures and Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flight following on 133.40 MHz.
Flightline is available on 123.50 MHz.
Navigation aids
There are three ground-based navigation aids attached specifically to the Buttonville airport:
a distance measuring equipment (DME) on channel 48 (111.1 MHz) with the identifier "IKZ", located on the airfield
a localizer for runway 15 on the frequency 111.1 MHz
Airport operating restrictions
No practice circuits outside of YKZ Control Tower hours of operation
No practice IFR approaches outside YKZ Control Tower hours of operation
No practice Engine Failure on Take Off procedure (EFTO) in the YKZ Positive Control Zone
No touch and go circuits by excessively noisy aircraft
It has been agreed with the airport and the City of Markham that no circuit practice will occur between the hours of 1600h (4:00 pm) and 2000h (8:00 pm) during all long weekend holidays.
Tenants
680 News Traffic Unit
Air BP – aviation fuel supplier (100DLL and A-1)
Air Partners Incorporated – maintenance
Aviation Unlimited – parts and aircraft sales distributor for Piper, Diamond, Mooney and Columbia
Buttonville Flying Club
CFMJ-AM, 640 AM Richmond Hill
Canadian Flyers flight training school
CFTO-CTV News/Traffic Air Unit (C-FCTV)
CHFI-FM, 98.1 FM Toronto Traffic Unit (shared with 680 News)
Corus Entertainment Toronto Traffic Unit
Druxy's Famous Deli
High Tech Avionics and Instruments – avionics and instrument supplies
Image Air Charter Limited
Leggat Aviation Ltd. – an authorized Cessna dealership that specializes in new aircraft sales, full service and parts supply
Million Air – an executive air charter
Sugu Drone Training
Toronto Police Service – Cessna 206H (C-FZRR)
TruFinancial Consultants – tailor-made investment strategy, estate and financial planning services
York Regional Police – operating base for the Air2 (C-GYRP), the force's helicopter
Seneca College's aviation campus was once at Buttonville and re-located to Peterborough Airport in 2014 after having been in Markham for over 45 years. The remaining tenants will either relocate to other airports near Toronto or cease operations.
Ground transportation
The airport is accessible to public transit via York Region Transit Route 16 (16th Avenue) which runs along the north side of the airport. It is within walking distance of the York Region Transit Route 24 stop at Woodbine Avenue and 16th Avenue. There are no direct connections with GO Transit.
Airport users can park their vehicles for free at the airport parking area on the north side. Parking lots along Renfrew Drive are reserved for airport tenants. Taxis and limousines within the Greater Toronto Area can drop off and pickup passengers.
The airport is located next to Highway 404 with connections to nearby 407, with 401 to the south and 400 to the west.
Incidents
On 25 May 2010, a Cirrus SR22 4-seater plane crashed on the roof of a building just from the airport in Markham (Woodbine Avenue near Apple Creek Boulevard). The pilot and a passenger died in the crash; however, nobody on the ground was seriously hurt. Markham Fire and Emergency Services crews quickly doused the flames; rescue crews were not able to go on top of the building to reach the plane due to possibility of structural collapse.
On 20 June 2010, an accident occurred just off Buttonville Airport. A black four-seater banner-towing Cessna 172K Skyhawk, registration C-GQOR, crashed on Vogell Road near the intersection of Highway 404 and 16th Avenue in Richmond Hill. The pilot, the aircraft's only occupant, was killed in the crash.
On 18 November 2010, a Beech 33, tail number C-GSCZ, with a Seneca College flight instructor and two students crashed in a field in Pickering, Ontario (near Whitevale Road and North Road). All occupants died in the crash.
On 12 July 2018, a pilot was killed in a Bellanca 8KCAB when it crashed in a field near the airport (southwest area of airport in Markham).
On 27 February 2020, a Dassault Falcon 50, tail number N951DJ, was set on fire late at night. A fence was cut through and a gas can was found at the scene. The aircraft, parked outside near a hangar, was written off, damaged beyond repair. The fire is considered arson.
Support
The airport had one aircraft rescue and firefighting unit (ARFF), a Walter RIV 2000, parked against the fence along Renfrew Drive, but it was retired and no longer visible at the airport. Fire and rescue at the airfield is now provided by Markham Fire and Rescue Stations 9-2 (10 Riviera Drive near Woodbine and 14th Avenue) or 9-3 (Woodbine Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive East).
See also
List of airports in the Greater Toronto Area
Markham Fire and Emergency Services
References
External links
Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport
Certified airports in Ontario
Airports established in 1953
Transport in the Regional Municipality of York
Buildings and structures in Markham, Ontario
1953 establishments in Ontario |
30170180 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker%20Street%20Historic%20District | Quaker Street Historic District | Quaker Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York. The district includes 61 contributing buildings on 43 properties in the hamlet of Quaker Street. It is predominantly residential, consisting mainly of one and one half and two story frame buildings. The district also includes the Quaker Meetinghouse (), McDonald Shoe Factory (), and Darious Gaige Store (). The buildings date from about 1807 to about 1910 and are representative of vernacular Federal and Greek Revival styles.
The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
References
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Federal architecture in New York (state)
Greek Revival architecture in New York (state)
Historic districts in Schenectady County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Schenectady County, New York |
48744693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20Magyar%20Kupa%20%28men%27s%20water%20polo%29 | 2014 Magyar Kupa (men's water polo) | The 2014 Magyar Kupa, known as ( for sponsorship reasons), is the 88th edition of the tournament.
Quarter-finals
Quarter-final matches were played on 8 and 9 November 2014.
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Final four
The final four will be held on 5 and 7 December 2014 at the Városi Sportuszoda in Szentes.
Semi-finals
Final
Final standings
See also
2014–15 Országos Bajnokság I
References
External links
Hungarian Water Polo Federaration
Seasons in Hungarian water polo competitions
Hungary
Magyar Kupa |
4118668 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20%28Goldfrapp%20song%29 | Human (Goldfrapp song) | "Human" is a song by British electronic music duo Goldfrapp. The song was written by the group with Startled Insects' Tim Norfolk and Bob Locke, and produced by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory for the duo's debut album Felt Mountain (2000). "Human" is the only track on Felt Mountain with additional songwriters. It was released as the album's third single on 26 February 2001 and reached number 87 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song was sampled by American rapper Kanye West for his track "Freestyle 4". It was also used in the closing credits of the second season of the French spy show The Bureau.
Critical response
"Human" received generally positive reviews from pop music critics. Flak Magazine reviewer Eric Wittmershaus called the song a "surprisingly-daring-yet-easy-to-listen-to genre-bender" that "is easily the disc's standout track." Sacha Esterson of Musicomh.com described the track as "middle eastern-influenced upbeat gem" that is "particularly fantastic." NME wrote that "Human" "sounds like Shirley Bassey, but with none of the dance nous the Welsh warbler brought to her collaboration with the Propellerheads."
Formats and track listings
CD single
"Human" (Single Version) – 3:44
"Human" (Calexico Vocal) – 4:50
"Human" (Massey's Cro-Magnon Mix) – 5:54
12-inch single
"Human" (Single Version) – 3:44
"Human" (Calexico Instrumental) – 4:48
"Human" (Massey's Neanderthal Mix) – 7:27
Digital single (2018)
"Human" (Single Version) – 3:43
"Human" (Calexico Vocal) – 4:49
"Human" (Massey's Cro-Magnon Mix) – 5:53
"Human" (Calexico Instrumental) – 4:47
"Human" (Massey's Neanderthal Mix) – 7:29
Charts
References
External links
Goldfrapp.com
2000 songs
2001 singles
Goldfrapp songs
Mute Records singles
Songs written by Alison Goldfrapp
Songs written by Will Gregory |
41520187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Iwasaki | Carl Iwasaki | Carl Keiji Iwasaki (born October 30, 1961) is an American baseball coach and former catcher. He played college baseball at Northern Colorado for coach Tom Petroff from 1981 to 1984. He then served as the head of the Austin Kangaroos (2005–2010) and the Northern Colorado Bears (2011–2022)
Early life
Iwasaki graduated from Punahou School in 1980, then played four seasons at Northern Colorado from 1981 through 1984, graduating in 1985.
Coaching career
Iwasaki spent five years coaching the Bakersfield Braves select team and three years with Hawaii Winter Baseball. He then served as an assistant coach for two seasons with the Saddleback Gauchos junior college team in Mission Viejo, California.
Next, he worked two seasons at Division III before being elevated to the top job for five seasons. He made the rare jump from Division III to newly Division I Northern Colorado in the summer of 2010.
In first three seasons with the Bears, he has led the team to a Great West Conference title and the championship game of the 2011 Great West Conference baseball tournament. Iwasaki earned GWC Coach of the Year honors in 2013. The Bears joined the Western Athletic Conference for the 2014 season. Iwasaki retired from coaching following the 2022 season.
Head coaching record
References
External links
Northern Colorado bio
1961 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Honolulu
Baseball players from Honolulu
Baseball coaches from Hawaii
Punahou School alumni
Austin Kangaroos baseball coaches
Northern Colorado Bears baseball coaches
Northern Colorado Bears baseball players
Saddleback Gauchos baseball coaches |
6228248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portunus%20trituberculatus | Portunus trituberculatus | Portunus trituberculatus, also known as the gazami crab, Asian blue crab or horse crab, is the most widely fished species of crab in the world. It is found off the coasts of East Asia and is closely related to Portunus armatus.
Fishery
Portunus trituberculatus is the world's most heavily fished crab species, with over 300,000 tonnes being caught annually, 98% of it off the coast of China. This is because it is considered highly nutritious, especially in regard to crab cream (roe).
Distribution
Portunus trituberculatus is found off the coasts of Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan.
Description
The carapace may reach wide, and from front to back. P. trituberculatus may be distinguished from the closely related (and also widely fished) P. armatus by the number of broad teeth on the front of the carapace (three in P. trituberculatus, four in P. armatus) and on the inner margin of the merus (four in P. trituberculatus, three in P. armatus).
Relationship to humans
Controversy
Due to the increased farming scale and breeding of Portunus trituberculatus, the farming environment of the gazami crab has greatly decayed. It has also diminished the gazami crab's immune system which has led to the decline in its ability to fight off diseases. This can be observed by looking at the tooth-paste disease along with the emulsification disease that is caused by vibrio. These two diseases have caused a great deal of damage to Portunus trituberculatus which has created severe economic losses and deprivation to the industry. These diseases have ultimately reduced the comfort and healthy evolution of the gazami crab's farming industry.
Taxonomy
Portunus trituberculatus was first described by Edward J. Miers in 1876, under the name Neptunus trituberculatus. To better understand the species development, evolution and reproduction a reference genome has been sequenced, assembling to 1.0 Gb in size and anchoring to 50 chromosomes. And demonstrating it diverged from the Chinese mitten crab around 183.5 million years ago.
Virus research
In 2019 it was discovered that gazami crab populations in China are commonly infected with the Flavivirus Wenzhou shark flavivirus which was previously identified in all tissues of the Pacific spadenose shark, Scoliodon macrorhynchos. While currently unknown if Wenzhou shark flavivirus causes disease in infected shark hosts, this virus moves horizontally between gazami crabs and sharks in ocean ecosystems in a manner similar to other Flavivirus infections such as Dengue virus, which cycle horizontally between arthropod (mosquito) and vertebrate hosts.
References
Portunoidea
Edible crustaceans
Commercial crustaceans
Crustaceans described in 1876
Korean seafood
Taxa named by Edward J. Miers |
8840285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle%20of%20Sutherland | Kyle of Sutherland | The Kyle of Sutherland () is a river estuary that separates Sutherland from Ross-shire. It flows into the Dornoch Firth at Bonar Bridge, and is fed by the rivers Oykel, Shin, River Cassley and Carron.
The downstream extent of the Kyle of Sutherland is the eponymous bridge at Bonar Bridge. The upstream end of 'the Kyle' as it is locally known, is the furthest inland extent of tidal water, which corresponds to 'the bailey bridge', beyond Rosehall.
The Kyle did separate Sutherland and Ross-shire for centuries until 1975 when the old Scottish counties were abolished. The counties of Sutherland and Ross became districts of the Highland Region, with altered boundaries. As a result of this, the Kyle became wholly part of Sutherland, though most locals continue to refer to the original boundaries.
1892 flooding
The first Bonar Bridge was built in 1812 after the Battle of Culloden; it was engineered by Thomas Telford. Eighty years later, the bridge was swept away by a flood on 29 January 1892, a winter of many great floods in the North of Scotland. It has been suggested that this event was predicted by the Brahan Seer.
References
Rivers of Highland (council area) |
63133634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/III%3A%20The%20World%20Tour | III: The World Tour | III: The World Tour is the third concert tour by American folk rock band The Lumineers, in support of their third studio album, III (2019). The tour began in Gulf Shores on May 19, 2019, and concluded prematurely on March 11, 2020 in Milwaukee due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Background
On April 2, 2019, the band first announced they would release their third studio album on September 13, 2019. During the week of the announcement, they announced their first single, "Gloria", and announced European tour dates. Prior to the April announcements, the band had already planned festival performances and special shows leading up to the album release. On August 1, 2019, the band announced North American tour dates. On September 17, 2019, due to phenomenal demand, additional North American dates were announced, prompting second shows in Brooklyn, Rosemont, and Toronto, and newly announced cities. On January 22, 2020, more North American dates were announced for later in the year, including their first stadium show in their hometown of Denver at Coors Field. On March 12, 2020, the band originally postponed the last two shows of the first North American leg to September 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic worsened, all 2020 dates had to be either postponed to 2021 (which were later cancelled), or ultimately cancelled, which included the second North American leg, the second European leg, and festival appearances, which ultimately made March 11, 2020, the official last date of the III: The World Tour.
Set list
This set list is from the concert on November 2, 2019 in Madrid. It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour.
"Sleep on the Floor"
"Cleopatra"
"Life in the City"
"Submarines"
"Dead Sea"
"Leader of the Landslide"
"Gun Song"
"Flowers in Your Hair"
"Ho Hey"
"Ophelia"
"Gloria"
"It Wasn’t Easy to Be Happy for You"
"Charlie Boy"
"My Cell"
"Jimmy Sparks"
"April"
"Salt and the Sea"
"Slow It Down"
"Big Parade"
Encore
"Donna"
"Angela"
"Gale Song"
"Stubborn Love"
Tour dates
Cancelled shows
Notes
References
2019 concert tours
2020 concert tours
The Lumineers
Concert tours postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
66169623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bla%C5%BEo%20Lisi%C4%8Di%C4%87 | Blažo Lisičić | Blažo Lisičić (born 22 August 1972) is a Montenegrin former handball player.
Club career
Born in Titograd, Lisičić was signed by Proleter Zrenjanin as a teenager. He would become a member of the team that won two Yugoslav Championship titles and reached the European Cup final in the 1990–91 season. Between 1993 and 1996, Lisičić played for Belgrade arch-rivals Crvena zvezda and Partizan.
In 1996, Lisičić moved abroad to Spain and signed with Pozoblanco. He spent one season with the Liga ASOBAL club, but failed to help them avoid relegation. From 1997 to 2002, Lisičić played for three teams in Germany, namely TV Niederwürzbach, HSG Dutenhofen/Münchholzhausen, and GWD Minden.
Later on, Lisičić would also spend some time in Italy (Conversano and Casarano), Qatar (Al Sadd), and Croatia (Zagreb). He lastly played for Lovćen in his native Montenegro, adding two more trophies to his collection, before retiring.
International career
At international level, Lisičić competed for FR Yugoslavia in five major tournaments between 1996 and 2003, winning three bronze medals.
After the split of Serbia and Montenegro, Lisičić represented Montenegro, helping the nation qualify for the 2008 European Championship.
Honours
Proleter Zrenjanin
Yugoslav Handball Championship: 1989–90, 1991–92
Partizan
Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia: 1994–95
Al Sadd
Qatar Handball League: 2003–04
Zagreb
Croatian Handball Premier League: 2005–06
Croatian Handball Cup: 2005–06
Lovćen
Montenegrin Men's Handball Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10
References
External links
1972 births
Living people
Handball players from Podgorica
Yugoslav male handball players
Montenegrin male handball players
RK Proleter Zrenjanin players
RK Crvena zvezda players
RK Partizan players
TV Niederwürzbach players
RK Zagreb players
Liga ASOBAL players
Handball-Bundesliga players
Expatriate handball players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Serbia and Montenegro male handball players |
23866919 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20O%27Flynn%20%28Gaelic%20footballer%29 | Paul O'Flynn (Gaelic footballer) | Paul O'Flynn (born 2 August 1985 in Ballyclough, County Cork) is an Irish sportsperson.
He plays Gaelic football with his local club Ballyclough and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2009. He captained the CIT victorious Sigerson winning side to their first title. He is the son of Thomas and Lily O'Flynn and has two brothers David and Thomas.
References
1985 births
Living people
Ballyclough Gaelic footballers
Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers |
44700773 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullen%20Rogers | Cullen Rogers | Cullen James Rogers (May 29, 1921 – November 1, 1997) was an American football halfback who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Rams in the 16th round of the 1943 NFL Draft. He played college football and baseball at Texas A&M University. Rogers attended Mart High School in Mart, Texas.
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
1921 births
1997 deaths
American football halfbacks
176th Infantry Spirits football players
Pittsburgh Steelers players
Texas A&M Aggies baseball players
Texas A&M Aggies football players
People from Mart, Texas
Players of American football from Texas
Baseball players from Texas |
44837050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Heidenreich | Carl Heidenreich | Carl Heidenreich (1901-1965) was a German American artist and an important contributor to the Abstract Expressionist movement in New York.
Life in Germany
Heidenreich was born on October 4, 1901 in Bad Berneck and studied art in the National Arts School in Munich, later becoming one of the first students of Hans Hofmann at his private art school in Munich, the Schule für Bildende Kunst (School of Fine Arts), considered the most progressive in Germany. In 1922, Heidenreich moved to Berlin, where he supported himself as a scene painter in the UFA studios in Babelsberg. Since the mid-1920s, Heidenreich exhibited actively, including exhibitions at Berlin Secession and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. His work was strongly rooted in German Expressionism, as evidenced by such paintings as Street Encounter (1932).
Politics
Heidenreich was a member of the Communist Party of Germany (Opposition) (KPD-O). After the Nazi rise to power in 1933, Heidenreich was deemed a degenerate artist and his upcoming solo exhibition in Berlin was abruptly cancelled. He was imprisoned by the SS at Berlin's Moabit prison, used as the detention center by the Gestapo. After his release in 1934, Heidenreich escaped to Spain, leaving behind nearly 300 works, most of them destroyed and lost. Deported to France in 1935, he returned to Spain at the start of the Spanish Civil War. Heidenreich joined the Bataillon de choque Rovira of the Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista (POUM), an Anarcho-Syndicalist unit within the anti-Stalinist Spanish Communist Party, memorialized by George Orwell in his book, Homage to Catalonia. In 1938, he was incarcerated by the Stalinist-controlled Catalonian government and tortured in Barcelona's Modelo prison. A number of paintings and works on paper, documenting this period of Heidenreich's life, survived in private collections. Among them are a series of prison sketches.
In early 1939, as Franco's Falangist forces swept through Barcelona, ending the Spanish Civil War, Heidenreich fled back to Paris, where he stayed until the outbreak of World War II. Imprisoned in 1940 at the camp Cepoy/Loiret as an enemy alien, he made his way to Marseilles. In 1941, with the support of the American Guild for German Cultural Freedom, he received a visa from the US Consulate; in May 1941 he left on the S.S. Capitain Paul Lemerle, reportedly the last ship allowed by the British to pass through the Straits of Gibraltar. After some weeks' internment on the island of Martinique, he was able to book passage on the Duc d'Aumale, arriving in New York at the end of May. An important group of watercolors records his impressions of the Caribbean island.
Gabriele Saure, Carl Heidenreich (Goethe-Institut, New York)
Art Career in the US
Heidenreich settled in New York, where he was welcomed by the community of German and German Jewish refugee intellectuals, including Hannah Arendt and her husband Heinrich Blücher. In 1949, Heidenreich became an American citizen and had a first major exhibition at Harry Salpeter Gallery. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Heidenreich exhibited regularly, his work was widely collected, and he made significant contributions to Abstract Expressionism, both as a painter and watercolorist. His works are included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum. In 1965, Heidenreich returned to Germany for the first time in 30 years to attend his first postwar exhibitions in Frankfurt and Berlin. Already suffering from a serious illness, he died in Frankfurt on September 6, 1965.
A significant number of artworks left behind in Heidenreich's New York studio have been cared for by family friends and collectors, primarily Richard M. Buxbaum and Emanuel Wolf, who have maintained the artist's legacy through continued exhibitions and publications. In 2004, Heidenreich’s work was shown along with his teacher’s (Hans Hofmann) at a major exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, which published a catalog with essays by Peter Selz, Alla Efimova, and Gabriele Saure. In 2006, the Goethe Institut in New York presented a retrospective of Heidenreich’s American work; in 2011 a major exhibit was mounted at the Pankow/Berlin Artists' Collective Gallery.
The Carl Heidenreich Foundation, established in 2015, supports exhibits of his work at US and European museums, as well as continuing research and a virtual catalogue raisonée on www.carlheidenreichfoundation.org.
References
External links
Carl Heidenreich Foundation (Berkeley, California)
Saure, Gabriele. Carl Heidenreich (Goethe-Institut, New York, 2004).
Theodor Bergmann: Gegen den Strom. (Against the Stream) Die Geschichte der KPD(-Opposition). Hamburg 2004 (darin: Kurzbiografie Carl Heidenreich S.459).
KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK im Katalog der German National Library
Carl Heidenreich
1965 deaths
1901 births
Emigrants from Nazi Germany
Immigrants to the United States
German Expressionist painters
20th-century German painters
People from Bayreuth (district)
20th-century German male artists
German male painters |
18557318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica%20at%20the%202008%20Summer%20Olympics | Dominica at the 2008 Summer Olympics | Dominica sent a delegation of eight people, including two athletes, to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. Its appearance in Beijing marked the fourth time a delegation from Dominica participated in an Olympic games since its debut at the 1996 Olympic games, one of its smallest delegations in its history and the first Dominican delegation that did not include female athletes. Chris Lloyd ran for Dominica in the men's 200 meters and Erison Hurtault participated in the men's 400 meters. Neither advanced past the qualification rounds. Lloyd was also supposed to compete in the men's 400 meters, but did not participate in it. Track coach Jérôme Romain was the country's flag bearer at the Olympics.
Background
Dominica is an island nation located in the far eastern rim of the Caribbean Sea that lis between the French colonies of Guadeloupe (to the north) and Martinique to the south. The country's debut in the Olympics was in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics, and it has participated in every summer Olympics between then and the Beijing Olympics in 2008–numbering four in total. The largest delegation sent by Dominica was in 1996, and the size of its delegation decreased to four in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, then to two in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Dominica's Beijing delegation also only included two athletes, although its appearance at the Olympics marked the first Dominican delegation that included no women. As of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Dominican athletes had not won any medals. Jerome Romain, the coach accompanying the Dominican delegation, was the nation's flagbearer at the ceremonies.
The delegation of Dominica in Beijing totaled eight people. Other than the two athletes, Chris Lloyd and Erison Hurtault, Dominican Olympic Committee president Rosanne Pringle, Chef de Mission Hubert "Mickey" Joseph, Dominican Olympic Committee secretary-general Lesley Ann Green, and Youth Olympians Attainea Toulon and William Moise were also included in the delegation, along with coach Jerome Romain. Lloyd qualified for both the men's 200 meters and men's 400 meter, ranking in the top ten in the world in the men's 200 meters at the time. Lloyd, however, did not end up participating in the men's 400 meters dash, and raced only in the men's 200 meters.
Athletics
27-year-old Chris Lloyd participated on Dominica's behalf at the Beijing Olympics in the men's 200 meters dash. Born in Houston, Texas, Lloyd's Olympic career began with his participation in the men's 400 meters dash, in which he competed while a 23-year-old in the 2004 Athens games. During the 17 August qualification round, Lloyd was placed in the third heat. He completed the race in fifth place, finishing with a time of 20.90 seconds. In doing so, Lloyd defeated Uruguay's Heber Viera (20.93 seconds) but fell behind Slovenia's Matic Osovnikar (20.89 seconds). The leaders of Lloyd's heat included Great Britain's Marlon Devonish (20.49 seconds) and Saint Kitts and Nevis' Kim Collins (20.55 seconds). Overall, 62 athletes finished their races in the qualification round of the event. Lloyd placed 32nd. He did not advance to later rounds.
Erison Hurtault competed for Dominica in the men's 400 meters dash. In Beijing, Hurtault was the only Dominican participating in the event. Born in Matawan, a New Jersey suburb of New York, and attending Columbia University, Hurtault initially tried out for the United States Olympic team, but failed to qualify, before taking the berth offered to him by his parents' homeland. Hurtault was 23 at the time of his competition in Beijing, and had not previously competed in any Olympic games. During the 17 August qualification round, the Dominican-American athlete was placed in the fourth heat. He finished in fourth place with a time of 46.10 seconds, displacing Uruguay's Andres Bayron Silva (46.32 seconds) but falling behind Jamaica's Ricardo Chambers (45.22 seconds). The leaders of Hurtault's heat included Great Britain's Martyn Rooney (45.00 seconds) and Australia's Sean Wroe (45.17 seconds). Overall, he ranked 34th out of the 55 athletes who completed the qualification round of the event. Hurtault did not advance to later rounds.
Men
Key
Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
See also
Dominica at the 2007 Pan American Games
Dominica at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
References
Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008
Olympics |