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70691065 | 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series | The 2022 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series was the twentieth edition of the annual rugby sevens series organised by Rugby Europe, the governing body of rugby union in Europe, played from June to July 2022. The first leg was played in Lisbon, Portugal, with the second leg in Krakow, Poland. Ten teams competed. There was a separate 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens European Qualifier event held in Bucharest in July. Spain were the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament. Spain repeated as champions of the Series having finished runner-up in Lisbon and first in Krakow.
Teams.
The current list of teams confirmed to be participating in the "Sevens Championship Series". Russia were initially scheduled to participate, but following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Rugby Executive Council suspended the Rugby Union of Russia.
France, who were originally to be relegated to the 2022 Trophy tournament as punishment for not fielding a team in the previous year's Championship tournament, accepted an invitation to take Russia's place.
Belgium and the Czech Republic were promoted from the 2021 Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy, as they were the two highest-ranked teams from the two-legged series.
Tour venues.
The schedule for the series was:
First leg – Lisbon.
Pool stage.
Pool A.
Ranking Games.
9th-place play-off.
Results
References.
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65458371 | 2020 California Proposition 23 | Proposition 23, officially the Protect the Lives of Dialysis Patients Act Initiative, is a California ballot proposition that appeared on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2020. The proposition would increase regulations in Californian dialysis clinics, requiring them to have on-site physicians during treatment, report data on infections that might have been caused by dialyses, seek permission from the government of California prior to closing a clinic and strengthening anti-discrimination protections for dialysis patients.
An overwhelming majority of California voters rejected this measure, by a margin of 63% to 37%, a margin of 26 percentage points.
Background.
Among other regulations, discrimination against patients on the basis of the source of payment for their care would be explicitly outlawed.
"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" outlined many of the problems inherent in the dialysis industry in California.
Polling.
In order to pass, it needs a simple majority (>50%).
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11307778 | The Very Best of Leo Sayer | The Very Best of Leo Sayer was a greatest hits compilation album released in May 1979. His seventh album, it was in the #1 spot in the UK Albums Chart for 3 weeks, and in Australia for 1 week. It is his only chart-topper in the UK Albums Chart. It was never released in the United States.
The album is split with the first side featuring his more recent work with producer Richard Perry and side two featuring his earlier work produced by Adam Faith with David Courtney or Russ Ballard.
Side one has seven of the eight UK singles released from 1976–8 (leaving out the non-charting "There Isn't Anything" and also the US only single "Easy to Love"). Side two features five of the six singles released from 1973–5 (with none-charting debut single "Why Is Everybody Going Home" not included). It also includes two album tracks from 1974's "Just a Boy" LP; "Train" (which was released as a single in 1979 to promote this album in Australia) and his version of the hit he wrote for Roger Daltrey, "Giving It All Away".
Track listing.
"Side 1"
"Side 2"
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33040328 | Kurtuluş S.K. | Kurtuluş S.K. was a sports club of Kurtuluş, Şişli district, Istanbul, Turkey.
History.
Kurtuluş S.K. was founded ατ 1896 under the name "Hercules" (, ) by local Greeks in 1896. It was the first club in Istanbul exclusively dedicated to sports activities. Later in 1934 it was forced to change its name to Turkish, Kurtuluş.
It was one of the major Greek sports clubs in Istanbul, while from 1910 to 1922 it was one of the clubs that undertook the organization of the Pan-Constantinopolitan games (Games organized among the Greek clubs of the city).
In 1906 two athletes of the club, the brothers Georgios and Nikolaos Alimbrandis won gold medals in the Intercalated Olympic Games in Athens, in horizontal bar and rope climbing respectively.
During the 1930s, the club intensified the efforts in the field of sports with the foundation of basketball, volleyball, cycling, athletics and other sports departments. Competent athletes from these departments were distinguished in local and international sports events. The club played in the Turkish Basketball League between 1966 and 1968.
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18881764 | Greg Buckingham | Gregory Fenton Buckingham (July 29, 1945 – November 11, 1990) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in two events.
Buckingham was born in Riverside, California, and attended Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California. He was one of two older brothers of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. Their father Morris ran a coffee plant near Palo Alto, California. Greg enrolled in Stanford University, and swam for the Stanford Indians swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley, finishing second with a time of 2:13.0. His second-place performance completed an American sweep of the event with Charlie Hickcox winning the gold medal (2:12.0) and John Ferris taking the bronze (2:13.3). He also competed in the 400-meter individual medley and was judged to have finished fourth in the event final, even though his clock time was the same as the bronze medalist (4:51.4).
Buckingham died of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 45.
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24668843 | Ay yorum biyo | "Ay yōrum biyō" (in Tajik Ай ёрум биё) (Come My Sweetheart) is a famous song by Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev (in Tajik Муборакшо Мирзошоев). There are alternate pronunciations in various languages and dialects including "Ay Yarom Biyo" and "Ay Yoram Biyo". It was released in 1988 in Tajik language and has become a staple at weddings.
Kiosk version.
In 2008, Kiosk band released it as Ay yarom bia in (Persian: ای یارم بیا transliteration Ay yāroom biyā) on their third studio album "Global Zoo". The release features Mohsen Namjoo as guest singer. The song is a popular Persian cover of the Muboraksho Mirzoshoyev hit The official video clip by Mostafa Heravi of the Kiosk version is accompanied by some shots from famous surrealistic movie The Color of Pomegranates by Armenian director Sergei Paradjanov.
The Persian version has been subject to many remixes, including one by Sam Farsio known as Socio Robots. It is credited to Sam Farsio and Arnold from Mumbai aka Socio Robots (with Kiost feat. Mohsen Namjoo).
Another remix of the song is "Ay Yarom Bia (Pyro & DJ Ferry Remix)".
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66755440 | Francis Kwadwo Gyefour | Francis Kwadwo Gyefour (Born 17 March 1945 is a Ghanaian politician. He is a Social Worker and a Businessman, he served for Krachi constituency as a member of parliament in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Early life and education.
Francis Kwadwo Gyefour was born on March 17, 1945. He attended Uni-Bremen (University of Bremen) where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master of Science in Social Science.
Career.
Francis Kwadwo Gyefour is a former member of the first parliament of the fourth republic from January 1993 to January 1997. He is a Social worker and a Businessman.
Politics.
Gyefour was first elected during the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress as a member of the first parliament of the fourth republic. Sampson Kwadwo Apraku took the seat from him in the 1996 Ghanaian general election with 31,055 votes which represented 44.10% of the share by defeating Jilimah Patrick Charity of the Convention People's Party (CPP) who obtained 7,922 votes which represented 11.20% of the share; Francis Gyefour an Independen who obtained 7,896 votes which represented 11.20% of the share; Isaac K.Bruce-Mensah Phoyon an Independent who obtained 1,513 votes which represented 2.10% of the share and John Ajet-Nasam of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who obtained no votes.
Personal life.
He is a Christian.
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40941318 | Evangelical Reformed Church of Colombia | The Evangelical Reformed Church of Colombia (in Spanish "Iglesia Evangélica Reformada de Colombia" ir IERC), is a Protestant Reformed denomination, founded in Colombia in 1987 by Kim Wui -Dong, missionary of the Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) and dissident Presbyterian churches of the Presbyterian Church in Colombia (Reformed Synod).
History.
In 1987, the Revd. Kim Wui-Dong, a missionary from the Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap), came to Colombia and founded, in Bogotá, the Reformed Theological Seminary of Colombia.
At first, the missionary helped the Presbyterian Church in Colombia (Reformed Synod) (IPPCSR). However, differences arose that led to the end of the cooperation. Some IPCSR churches supported the missionary and left the denomination. Together, the churches founded a new denomination called Evangelical Reformed Church of Colombia.
Later, missionary Seok-Hoon Koh was also sent to the Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) to help with missionary work in the country.
Inter-Church Relations.
A denomination and member of the Latin American Fellowship of Reformed Churches
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12293417 | Delcath Systems | Delcath Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCTH) is a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company, that develops percutaneous perfusion technologies for the targeted administration of high-dose chemotherapeutic agents to specific organs or regions of the body. Based in Queensbury, New York, the company has an intellectual property portfolio consisting of 28 patents worldwide. Delcath's Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion (PHP) is currently undergoing Phase II and Phase III trials against tumors in the liver. Delcath has a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Cancer Institute and has received Fast Track and a Special Protocol Assessment from the Food and Drug Administration for its use of melphalan in treating unresectable liver tumors. PHP, also known as the Delcath System, is tested for the treatment of metastatic melanoma in the liver and for primary liver cancer and metastatic hepatic malignancies from neuroendocrine cancers and adenocarcinomas, as well as patients with melanoma who previously received isolated perfusion. Chemotherapy is usually delivered intravenously, although a number of agents can be administered orally (e.g. specialty drugs, melphalan (trade name Alkeran), busulfan, capecitabine).
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30594103 | Myron N. Dobashi | Myron N. Dobashi (born August 1, 1943) is a retired brigadier general in the National Guard of the United States and former commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard.
Career.
Dobashi joined the United States Air Force in 1965 and was stationed at Truax Air Force Base in Madison, Wisconsin, until 1967. From there he was deployed overseas to serve in the Vietnam War. He later joined the Hawaii Air National Guard in 1969. From 1996 to 1999 he held command of the 201st Combat Communications Group before being promoted to commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard from 1999 to 2003.
Awards he received include the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Outstanding Unit Award with valor device and silver and bronze oak leaf cluster, the Combat Readiness Medal with silver oak leaf cluster and bronze oak leaf cluster, the National Defense Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Vietnam Service Medal with service star, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Air Force Overseas Service Ribbon - Short Tour, the Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver oak leaf cluster and two bronze oak leaf clusters, the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, the Air Force Training Ribbon, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.
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72057382 | Gbege | Gbege, popularly known as the first born saga, is a 2022 Nollywood movie produced and directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imaseun. The movie is centred around the preservation and clarification of Benin Cultures and Traditions and stars popular actors and actresses such as Charles Inojie, Ini Edo, Nosa Rex, Sam Dede, Jide Kosoko, Ebele Okaro, and Omoruyi Akpata.
Plot.
The movie is centred around a first born, Zigzag, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. He lost his father during his jail term and he insisted on performing his late father's rite as demanded by the tradition. However, he has to go through his brother, a politician who will not stop until the tradition is abolished.
Premiere.
The movie was first premiered at the 2022 Nollywood Film Festival Germany (NFFG) that was held in Frankfurt. It got premiered at the 20th Nollywood Film Festival, powered by Ehizoya Golden Entertainment, (EGE) on July 29, 2022. The movie also got premiered privately by the Oba of Benin and some dignitaries before it was finally released in Cinema across the country on October 7, 2022
Cast.
The cast in the movie are;
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7786698 | Lamèque Island | Lamèque Island (), (formerly "Shippegan Island" or "Shippigan Island"), is a Canadian island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the northeastern tip of Gloucester County, New Brunswick.
The island has an area of . It is separated from mainland North America on the south by the Shippagan Gut with the island forming Lameque Bay, Shippagan Harbour and Shippagan Bay west of this channel. The island is separated from Miscou Island on the north by the Miscou Channel, with both islands forming Miscou Harbour.
The Shippagan Gut is bridged between the town of Shippagan on the mainland to the local service district of Chiasson-Savoy on Lamèque Island by a combination causeway-bridge with a lift bridge over a navigation channel for small craft.
The Miscou Channel is bridged between the community of Little Shippagan on Lamèque Island to the community of Miscou Harbour on Miscou Island by the 2000 metre Miscou Island Bridge.
Lamèque Island and Miscou Island separate Chaleur Bay from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
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12403107 | Mickey Zetts | Mickey Zetts (born September 25, 1971) is a singer/songwriter/composer living in New York City.
Formerly of South Florida, Mickey Zetts started out acting and writing plays/music for the theatre. He attended the performing arts magnet at Dillard High School in Ft. Lauderdale and was a member of the theatrical fraternity Delta Psi Omega. His musical play "APATHY-the Gen X Musical" was the longest running late night show in the history of Florida Playwrights' Theatre in Hollywood, Florida.
In late 1997, Mickey took a long break from the theatre & formed the alternative band, Mickey's Ickies (Originally Them Ickies). Known locally as a wacky-theatrically fun variety show, the band Mickey's Ickies had a high-profile career locally, with even some national recognition among MP3.com listeners (Mickey's Modern Irish Drinking Song was voted into the top 40) and winning the Baywatch Battle of the Bands competition in 1999. That year also saw the completion of the band's full-length CD, "Life is a Dream".
In 2003, Mickey relocated to New York City where he continues to create music; playing out all over the Manhattan scene now as a solo and with his new band The ICKIES. Mickey and the Ickies released their new album, Out Of The Box, in March 2015.
In 2020, after a five year break from writing new music, Mickey released the EP "Dracula Daughter" as well as a host of new singles. More releases are planned for 2021.
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11650741 | John Short Larke | John Short Larke (May 28, 1840 – April 24, 1910) was Canada's first trade commissioner who represented the country in Australia starting in 1895.
Biography.
John Short Larke was born near Stratton, Cornwall, England, UK. At the age of four, he arrived in Oshawa, Ontario with his parents. Between 1865 and 1878, Larke bought out the owners of the "Oshawa Vindicator," becoming the sole proprietor of a strongly pro-Conservative newspaper in Oshawa, Ontario.
In 1894, Larke became Canada's first trade commissioner following a successful trade delegation to Australia led by Canada's first Minister of Trade and Commerce, Mackenzie Bowell. Arriving in Sydney in 1895, Larke was tasked with developing the market for Canadian products in Australia, developing a list of Canadian suppliers for promoting sales to Australia, and reporting back to Ottawa regarding market conditions.
During Larke’s years as a Trade Commissioner, the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service expanded from one man to twenty-one, representing Canada in sixteen countries. Today, the Trade Commissioner Service, part of the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, operates over 150 offices in over 100 countries around the world.
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2475450 | Eighting | , stylized as 8ing, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It was formerly known as . It is known for its shoot 'em ups and its licensed fighting games.
History.
Raizing and Eighting were formed in part by former staff of Compile, to create arcade games. The development was done by Raizing, while sales and distribution were done by Eighting. Their first game, Mahou Daisakusen/Sorcer Striker was released in 1993. After the arcade developer Toaplan closed their doors, some of their staff went to Raizing, while others began the offshoot companies Cave, Takumi, and Gazelle, all of which were noted for their strong support of the shoot 'em up genre, and the "danmaku" (or "manic") subgenre in particular. Raizing continued to use arcade hardware based on Toaplan's units for years after Toaplan's demise.
The company featured a handful of former Compile employees, mainly those who worked on "Musha Aleste", including Yuichi Toyama (a.k.a. "Healthy"), Kazuyuki Nakashima, and Kenichi Yokoo. The company also included the famous shooting game developer Shinobu Yagawa who was the designer and programmer for Battle Garegga, Armed Police Batrider, and Battle Bakraid while at Raizing, and is now employed by Cave.
In October 2000, the Raizing division was incorporated into Eighting, and since then, no shoot'em up titles were produced. The company since then concentrated its video game business to home consoles and mobile/social gaming.
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12004489 | Marcel Moreau | Marcel Moreau (16 April 1933 − 4 April 2020) was a Belgian writer. He was born in Boussu, a town in the mining region of Borinage in Hainaut Province, into a working-class environment. He described it as "a pure cultural void" with "a total absence of any cultural reference point". He lost his father at the age of 15, and abandoned his studies a short time later. He worked in various trades before becoming an accountant's assistant in Brussels for the newspaper "Le Peuple". In 1955 he became a proof-reader for the daily "Le Soir".
Marcel Moreau married in 1957 and fathered two children. In 1963 he published his first novel, "Quintes", notably praised by Simone de Beauvoir. Then followed "Bannière de bave" (Dribble Banner, 1965), "La terre infestée d'hommes" (Earth Infested with Men, 1966) and "Le chant des paroxysmes" (The Sound of Paroxysms, 1967). He moved to Paris in 1968, where he continued proof-reading. He worked for Alpha Encyclopédie, then for Le Parisien in 1971, and later for Le Figaro, until 1989. He travelled widely, to the USSR, India, Cameroon, China, Iran, Nepal, Canada, Mexico, the United States. He was friends with such cultural figures as Roland Topor, Anaïs Nin, Jean Dubuffet and Jean Paulhan. Considered a marginal writer with an idiosyncratic style, he was the author of a considerable body of work.
He died in Bobigny (a suburb of Paris), on 4 April 2020, of COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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41728172 | Leccese | The Leccese or Moscia Leccese is a breed of domestic sheep indigenous to the Salento peninsula, in Puglia, southern Italy. Its name derives from that of Lecce, the principal city of the peninsula. Like the Pinzirita and the Altamurana, it belongs to the Zackel sheep group. It is a hardy and frugal breed, usually kept in semi-feral herds, capable of surviving year-round on pasture alone. The wool is normally white and the skin flesh-coloured with darker mottlings. In a small proportion of animals the wool is entirely black, and the skin is also black; these black-skinned sheep are resistant to the effects of the poisonous "Hypericum crispum", common in the Salento, which in the white-woolled, pale-skinned sheep causes photosensitivity and thus dermatitis.
The Leccese is one of the seventeen autochthonous Italian sheep breeds for which a genealogical herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders. The herd-book was established in 1972. Total numbers for the breed were estimated at 240,000 in 1983; in 2013 the number recorded in the herd-book was 574.
The milk yield of the Leccese averages in 180 days for primiparous, and for pluriparous, ewes. The milk has 7% fat and 6.5% protein. Lambs are usually slaughtered at about 90 days, when they weigh approximately Rams yield about of wool, ewes about in two shearings; the wool is of ordinary quality, suitable for mattresses.
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30291000 | Stone Child College | Stone Child College (SCC) is a public tribal land-grant community college in Box Elder, Montana. SCC is affiliated with the Chippewa-Cree Tribe and located on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation in north central Montana; it is one of seven Tribal Colleges in Montana. In 2008–09, SCC had an enrollment of 511, of whom 98 percent were American Indian descent; 20 percent were bilingual or of limited English proficiency. SCC students range in age from 17 to 72, with the average age at 30. The college retention rate is 47 percent and the graduation rate is 20 percent.
History.
SCC was chartered by the Chippewa-Cree Business Committee on May 17, 1984. In 1994, the college was designated a land-grant college alongside 31 other tribal colleges.
Academics.
Stone Child offers a Bachelor degree along with Associate degrees in seventeen disciplines and six certificates.
Partnerships.
SCC is a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), which is a community of tribally and federally chartered institutions working to strengthen tribal nations and make a lasting difference in the lives of American Indians and Alaska Natives. SCC was created in response to the higher education needs of American Indians. SCC generally serves geographically isolated populations that have no other means accessing education beyond the high school level.
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39645844 | Harbeth Fu | Harbeth Fu Wing (; born March 18, 1980) is a Hong Kong former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He represented Hong Kong, China at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later became a top 16 finalist at the Asian Games (2002 and 2006).
Fu Wing competed only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He eclipsed a FINA B-cut of 23.71 from the Hong Kong Long Course Championships. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including Kyrgyzstan's Sergey Ashihmin, Goodwill Games silver medalist for Russia, and Kazakhstan's two-time Olympian Sergey Borisenko. Fu Wing closed out the field to last place in a time of 24.20, finishing behind leader Borisenko by 0.74 seconds. Fu Wing failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-third overall in the prelims.
At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, Fu Wing failed to medal in any of his individual events, finishing eleventh in the 50 m freestyle (23.66), and seventeenth in the 100 m freestyle (53.44).
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50200678 | 1996 Conference USA men's basketball tournament | The 1996 Conference USA men's basketball tournament was held March 6–9 at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. This was the first edition of the tournament.
Top-seeded Cincinnati defeated Marquette in the inaugural championship game, 85–84, to clinch their first Conference USA men's tournament championship.
The Bearcats, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow C-USA members Louisville, Marquette, and Memphis, who all earned at-large bids.
Format.
Conference USA was formed in 1995 by eleven former members the Metro Conference and the Great Midwest Conference (Dayton, VCU, and Virginia Tech were excluded). The conference's twelfth member, Houston, was to join for the 1996–97 season. For scheduling purposes, the eleven teams were placed into one of three three- or four-team divisions (Red, White, and Blue).
All eleven teams participated in the tournament and were seeded based on their regular season conference records, regardless of division. The top five teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round, and the bottom six teams were entered into the preliminary first round.
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53119229 | Amphion (magazine) | Amphion (, pre-1917: Амфiонъ) was a Russian monthly literary magazine published in Moscow in 1815. Prose was but a small part of its genda; what prevailed there were odes, fables in verse, elegies and translations of classics like Horace, Titus Livius and Lucian. It was the first Russian magazine where serious critical analysis of poetry, prose, drama and theatre productions started to feature on regular basis.
The central figure in "Amphion" was its editor-in-chief and co-publisher (alongside with S.Smirnov and Fyodor Ivanov), the poet and literary critic Alexey Merzlyakov (who also went down in history as the young Mikhail Lermontov's personal tutor). His in-depth analysis of Kheraskov's "Rossiyada" (serialized in Nos. 1–3, 5–6, 8—9), which is considered to be the first work of literary criticism in Russia, had a strong formative influence on Russian literary scene of the time.
The magazine proved to be short-lived, only 12 issues of it came out, but among the authors whose work appeared there for the first time were Vasily Zhukovsky, Konstantin Batyushkov, Pyotr Vyazemsky, Fyodor Kokoshkin, Denis Davydov and Wilhelm Küchelbecker.
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50620133 | Acacia latipes | Acacia latipes is a shrub of the genus "Acacia (family Leguminosae or Fabaceae )" and the subgenus "Plurinerves" that is endemic to south western Australia.
Description.
The dense shrub typically grows to a height of . Like most species of "Acacia" it has phyllodes rathern than true leaves. The grey-green phyllodes have an elliptic, narrowly oblong-elliptic, subtriangular or linear shape and can be straight to slightly recurved with a length of and a width of . It blooms from June to October and produces yellow flowers.
Taxonomy.
There are two recognised subspecies:
Distribution.
It is native to an area in the Goldfields-Esperance, Wheatbelt and Mid West regions of Western Australia where it is commonly situated on hills, flats and sandplains growing in sandy to sandy-loam soils over and around granite and limestone. It has a discontinuous distribution with the range of the plant extends from Hamelin Pool in the north to Quairading with scattered localised populations from around Laking King in the south to further east of Scaddan and it is usually a part of shrubland, heathland or woodland communities.
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2000988 | Tokyo Gakugei University | Tokyo Gakugei University (東京学芸大学, "Tōkyō gakugei daigaku") is a national university in Koganei, Tokyo. Founded in 1873, it was chartered as a university in 1949. It is also known as Gakudai (学大) and TGU, for short.
In addition to its Koganei campus, it also maintains a number of attached public schools offering curricula in elementary, secondary, and special education at various locations in the greater Tokyo area. The university has a strong reputation in education-related fields, playing a national role in the development of educational policy and innovations in teacher education.
History.
Tokyo Gakugei University was founded in 1873. It was formally chartered as a university in 1949 through the merging of four teacher-training institutions.
In 1966, the Graduate School of Tokyo Gakugei University was established, and since 1996 it has offered Doctoral degrees in the education field as part of a coalition of educational institutions that include Chiba University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University.
In recent years, Tokyo Gakugei University has developed programs to better accommodate professional school teachers, including evening and short-term courses. The university also houses a number of national research centres in education-related fields.
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74385568 | The Man Who Laughs (opera) | The Man Who Laughs is an opera in two acts by Canadian composer Airat Ichmouratov, to a libretto in French by poet Bertrand Laverdure, adapted from the eponymous novel by Victor Hugo. Commissioned by Festival Classica, it was premiered in concert version, conducted by Airat Ichmouratov on May 31, 2023, in Montreal, Canada.
The opera is set in England in two parts. First in 1690, in the prologue, when the poet and showman Ursus meets ten-year-old Gwynplaine, who is disfigured, and one-year-old Dea, who is blind. Both are orphans and Ursus adopts them. Then, fifteen years later, in 1705, Ursus's play about Gwynplaine and Dea became a great success. They gave a performance in London. On this occasion, Gwynplaine is confronted with his past as an aristocrat's child by the lawman Barkilphedro. He is seduced by Duchess Josiane and ends up denying his new reality as Lord. But it's too late to turn back the clock. Déa, his love, dies, and as soon as he finds her, Gwynplaine no longer wants to live and takes his own life.
Instrumentation.
"The Man Who Laughs" is scored for two flutes (the second doubling piccolo); two oboes; two clarinets in B-flat; two bassoons (the second doubling contrabassoon; four French horns; two trumpets; three trombones; one bass trombone; tuba; a percussion section with timpani, cymbals, triangle, snare drum, bass drum, tam-tam, glockenspiel, xylophone, tubular bells, wind machine; harp; and strings.
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6119065 | Alan Patterson (athlete) | Alan Patterson (12 March 1886 – 14 March 1916) was a British track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres and 800 metres. He ran for the Sheffield United Harriers and the Salford Harriers, and competed in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.
Background.
Patterson was born in Deal, Kent.
Army career.
Patterson was a lieutenant and then captain in the British Army. Between the 1908 and 1912 Olympics he served in India.
Sports.
Patterson ran for the Sheffield United Harriers, and later the Salford Harriers, and competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
In the 400 metres event in 1908, Patterson took second place in his preliminary heat with a time of 50.6 seconds to winner John Atlee's 50.4 seconds. Due to his loss, Patterson did not advance to the semifinals.
Four years later he was eliminated in the first round of the 400 metres competition as well as of the 800 metres event.
Death.
Patterson was killed in action aged 30 during the First World War in Vermelles, Pas-de-Calais, serving as a captain with the Royal Artillery near Mazingarbe. He is buried at the Fosse 7 Military Cemetery nearby.
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22281451 | Lou Perryman | Louis Byron Perryman (August 15, 1941 – April 1, 2009), also known as Lou Perry, was an American character actor. He acted in a number of small roles both on television and in films such as "The Blues Brothers", "Poltergeist", "Boys Don't Cry" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2".
He was a film crew member on the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" film. In the sequel "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", he portrayed L.G., the radio station manager.
Perryman also starred in Texas independent filmmaker Eagle Pennell's "The Whole Shootin' Match" and "Last Night at the Alamo".
Death.
Perryman was killed in his home in Austin, Texas, on April 1, 2009, by a 26-year-old man named Seth Christopher Tatum.
Tatum, who had recently been released from prison for aggravated robbery, had gone off his medications and had been drinking. He later confessed that he had killed Perryman with an axe. On June 26, 2009 Tatum was indicted on two counts of capital murder. Tatum pleaded guilty to murder and was convicted on February 1, 2011. He was sentenced to life in prison.
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45702171 | Crystals (song) | "Crystals" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic indie folk/indie pop band Of Monsters and Men. It is the lead single for their second studio album, "Beneath the Skin".
The single and album artwork was created by artistic director Leif Podhajsky. The song appeared in The CW's "Dare to Defy" promo as well as the first trailer for Disney and Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur". The song was also featured in the soundtrack for the 2015 video game "FIFA 16".
Music video.
A music video was released on May 11, 2015. the video features Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir dressed as a gypsy wearing beads on her eyes. The video takes place in a warehouse where the band members are dressed as workers and Nanna is seen helping them create a monster. As the video goes, she and the members put strange things in a machine and the video ends with them successfully creating what appears to be a girlish creature with crystal eyes.
Lyric video.
A lyric video was released on March 16, 2015 featuring Icelandic actor Siggi Sigurjóns.
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42276819 | Golden Harvest Seeds | Golden Harvest is a U.S.-based brand wholly owned by Syngenta. Syngenta markets hybrid corn seeds and soybean seeds for agriculture under the brand.
History.
Golden Harvest Seeds, Inc. was founded April 23, 1973 when seven companies in the 13-member Funk G Hybrids conglomerate decided to end their partnership with the latter. Founding Golden Harvest Seeds members included Akin Seed, Columbiana Seed, Garwood Seed, Golden Seed, J.C. Robinson Seeds, Sommer Bros. Seed, and Thorp Seed. Akin Seed left the partnership early, while Columbiana Seed was purchased by SeedTec following bankruptcy; the remaining five members continued as Golden Harvest until it ceased to exist as an independent entity.
In 2001, J.C. Robinson Seeds, the largest of the five remaining members, was sued by the smaller four. The lawsuit was prompted by J.C. Robinson Seeds' expressed interest in exiting the Golden Harvest association. While the lawsuit was quickly dismissed in favor of J.C. Robinson, J.C. Robinson nevertheless did not leave the relationship.
In 2003, J.C. Robinson Seeds purchased a controlling interest in the Dutch company Zelder, adding its corn-related activities to the Golden Harvest group.
In 2004, Golden Harvest and Garst were acquired by Syngenta. Golden Harvest and Garst ceased to exist as independent legal entities at the end of 2012,
but Syngenta continues to market many of both companies' hybrid corn seed products under the Golden Harvest brand name.
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34573692 | Jaye Chapman | Jaye Lawrence Chapman (born May 22, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs.
Career.
Atlanta Braves.
Chapman was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 16th round of the 2005 MLB Draft out of A. Crawford Mosley High School in Lynn Haven, Florida. He played for Jed Douglas. The Braves added him to the 40 man roster after the 2011 season to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
Chicago Cubs.
Chapman was traded to the Chicago Cubs with Arodys Vizcaíno for Reed Johnson and Paul Maholm in July 2012.
Chapman made his major league debut on September 4, 2012, against the Washington Nationals.
Bridgeport Bluefish.
Chapman signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League for the 2014 season. He pitched to a 2–3 record with a 3.86 ERA in 50 games for the Bluefish.
Milwaukee Brewers.
On November 15, 2014, Chapman was signed to a minor league deal by the Milwaukee Brewers.
He was invited to spring training by the Milwaukee Brewers for the 2016 season.
Tampa Bay Rays.
He was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays on July 10, 2016.
Texas Rangers.
He was released by the Texas Rangers on July 13, 2017.
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23686921 | George Boinamo | George Gaolatlhe Boinamo (born 1948) is a South African politician who served as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa for the Democratic Alliance from 2004 to 2014.
Early life and education.
Boinamo was born in 1948. He trained to become a teacher at the Hebron College of Education in 1978. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of the Witwatersrand, before graduating with a Master's degree in Education in 1997.
Political career.
Boinamo joined the Democratic Alliance in 2003 and was elected to the National Assembly in 2004. During his first term, he was the DA's spokesperson on education. In October 2008, Boinamo voted against the disbandment of the Scorpions.
After his re-election to parliament in 2009, Boinamo was appointed Shadow Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training. He served in the position until September 2010, when he replaced Ian Ollis as Shadow Deputy Minister of Labour. He became the Shadow Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in February 2012.
Boinamo did not stand for re-election in the 2014 general election. He left parliament on 6 May 2014.
Personal life.
Boinamo is married to Moira. In 2008, Boinamo and his wife were the victims of an alleged racist attack.
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8842566 | Ryanair Chase | The Ryanair Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 127 yards, or 4,139 metres), and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.
It was one of several new races introduced at the Festival when a fourth day was added to the meeting in 2005. Prior to this there had been a similar event at the Festival called the Cathcart Challenge Cup, but this was restricted to first and second-season chasers only.
The registered (non-sponsored) title of the race is the Festival Trophy, and it was initially classed at Grade 2 level. The inaugural running was sponsored by the Daily Telegraph, and since then it has been backed by Ryanair. The event has held Grade 1 status since 2008.
Records.
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading jockey (4 wins):
Leading trainer (5 wins):
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2423654 | Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry | Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry (28 December 17697 November 1859), was a French poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic, historian, and politician. He was the father of Emile de Kératry.
Life.
Hilarion was born in Rennes in Brittany. Coming to Paris in 1790, he associated himself with Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. After being twice imprisoned during the Reign of Terror he retired to his native region, where he devoted himself to literature until 1814.
In 1818, after the Bourbon Restoration, he returned to Paris as deputy for Finistère, and sat in the Chamber of Deputies until 1824, becoming one of the recognized liberal leaders. He was re-elected in 1827, took an active part in the establishment of the July Monarchy, was appointed a councillor of state (1830), and in 1837 was made a Peer of France.
A member of the French National Assembly during the Second French Republic, he retired from public life after Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte "coup d'etat" of 1851. He died in Port-Marly.
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65995815 | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ICU capacity | One of the main drivers of the COVID-19 pandemic is Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacity as resources such as hospital staff and personal protective equipment (PPE) are continuously used up. Although disaster planning for such a contingency had already taken place (and indeed has been updated), the sheer scale of the impact first became apparent on the state level in late November 2020.
Not least amongst the concerns is the tremendous strain on staff and the inability to transfer patients to other hospitals which are likewise swamped, a particular problem in rural states which have commensurate health care infrastructure.
So serious is the issue that Governor Newsom of California issued a strict stay-at-home order to take effect 48 hours whenever any of that state's five regions -Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, and Southern California reach 15% remaining capacity as projections were that hospitals shall be swamped by Christmas.
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53445300 | Richard Hodgson (cricketer) | The Reverend Richard Greaves Hodgson (9 March 1845 – 1 November 1931) was an English clergyman, teacher and sportsman who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club.
Hodgson was born in Manchester in Lancashire on 9 March 1845, the second son of Edward Hodgson. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1867. With a mathematical training he joined the staff of The King's School, Canterbury in 1867, later becoming second master from 1871 to 1879 and the first Head master of the newly established King's Junior School from 1879 to 1908. He resigned from the Junior King's School in 1908 and was appointed Six Preacher at Canterbury Cathedral and was a member of the Cathedral Foundation for 60 years. Hodgson's Hall at King's School is named after him.
Hodgson was an all-round athlete who was over six feet tall and was described in his "Wisden" obituary as a "good average batsman". He played in three first-class matches for Kent, although without any real success, but played cricket regularly and scored 245 not out for the St. Lawrence Club in 1888. He was a member of the Kent Committee.
Hodgson had married Mary Latter in 1880. He died at his home in Canterbury on 1 November 1931 aged 87. His funeral took place in the Cathedral at Canterbury.
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9911118 | Lancastrian Brigade | The Lancastrian Brigade was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1968. The Brigade administered the regular infantry regiments of northwest England.
After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. The depots were territorially organised, and Infantry Depot D at Carlisle was the headquarters for the county regiments of Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmorland.
In 1948, the depots adopted names and this depot became the Lancastrian Brigade, with all regiments being reduced to a single battalion at the same time. The Lancastrian Brigade was formed on 14 July 1948, combining the depots of eight regiments:
Under the Defence Review announced in July, 1957, the infantry of the line was reorganised, and by 1959 the Brigade was reduced to four battalions:
From 1958 all regiments in the Brigade adopted a common cap badge: the red rose of Lancaster within a laurel wreath and ensigned by the royal crest, with a scroll inscribed "Lancastrian". From 1960 the Lancastrian Brigade was based at Fulwood Barracks in Lancashire.
On 1 July 1968 the Lancastrian Brigade was united with the Yorkshire and North Irish Brigades, to form the King's Division.
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15451095 | Lillie Claus | Lillie Claus-Dostal (1905–2000) was an Austrian lyric coloratura opera and operetta singer.
Biography.
She received a musical education in her youth (vocals, piano, dance school). When she was 16 she entered the Vienna Academy of Music. She debuted as Papagena in Mozart's "The Magic Flute" at the Vienna State Opera.
After engagements at several theatres, she returned to the Vienna State Opera. There, she heard the composer Nico Dostal was in search a leading singer for his operetta "Clivia". On 23 December 1933, she took part in the premiere in the Berlin theatre on Nollendorfplatz.
On 30 November 1934, she sang the 'Lied der Lulu' (part of the five-movement concert suite version of Alban Berg's opera "Lulu") at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden under Erich Kleiber.
In the ensuing period Lillie Claus focused increasingly on operetta. Nico Dostal wrote several of his operettas for her voice.
In 1942 she married Nico Dostal and retired from the stage. Their son Roman Dostal, later to be a conductor, was born in 1943 and the family lived in Salzburg. At Nico Dostal's 100th birthday celebration in 1995, the 90-year-old Lillie Claus Dostal was still in the best of health and participated in the events. She made several records.
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61457093 | Jiedaibao | Jiedaibao () is a Chinese peer-to-peer platform for borrowing and lending money. The platform is operated by Renrenxing Technology Co., Ltd. It provides matching, registration, collection and other services for small loans. Jiedaibao users borrow or lend independently, at their own risk. Jiedaibao does not promise or guarantee the recovery of principal or interest for creditors.
Jiedaibao opened itself up in 2016 to third-party, freelance debt collectors. After uploading a photo and submitting an ID number, individuals can register themselves as collectors of debts owed to other users of the service. These debt collectors can then receive contact information of overdue debtors, including phone numbers and addresses, in the hopes of being able to collect outstanding debts in exchange for a commission fee.
In 2016, reports surfaced that some lenders on the site were demanding that certain users collateralize loans with nude photos of themselves, which would be released online in the event of a default.
Jiedaibao is one of China's top tech unicorns, with an estimated valuation of over US$10 billion. The company is headquartered in Zhongguancun, Beijing, China.
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4901134 | 1948 BAA Finals | The 1948 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1947–48 season. The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Baltimore Bullets of the Western Division, with Philadelphia having home court advantage.
Baltimore was not the Western Division champion but advanced to the championship round by winning a four-team playoff among the Eastern and Western Division runners-up. Meanwhile, the Eastern and Western Division champions, Philadelphia Warriors and St. Louis Bombers, played one long series to determine the other finalist, a best-of-seven series that Philadelphia won 4–3. In the runners-up bracket, Baltimore and Chicago from the West had first eliminated New York and Boston from the East, then faced each other in a best-of-three series. The format was used only twice, in 1947 and 1948, and generated two champions from the runners-up bracket.
The six games of the final series were played in "twelve" days, with at least one day off except prior to the decisive game. Division champions Philadelphia and St. Louis had played the seven games of their semifinal series in "fifteen" days, March 23 to April 6, with at least one day off before every game. The entire playoff tournament extended 30 days.
As of 2022, this is the only BAA/NBA Finals which a now-defunct team won (as opposed to teams that changed names and/or moved to other cities in later years).
Series summary.
"Bullets win series 4–2"
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378443 | Airline timetable | Airline timetables are printed pamphlets or folders that many airlines have traditionally used to inform passengers of several different things, such as schedules, fleet, security, in-flight entertainment, food menus, baggage weight restrictions, and contact information.
Airline timetables used to be printed, multi-page pamphlets available at airport counters, or upon request by phone or mail. On January 16, 1928, Pan Am published one of their first timetables. It read "The air-way to Havana, Pan American Airways, Pershing Square Building, New York".
Many airline timetables had colorful covers. The timetables of very small airlines, such as Scenic Airways, consisted of one sheet of paper, with their hub's flight time information on the front, and the return times on the back.
In recent years, most airlines have stopped production of printed timetables, in order to cut costs and reduce the delay between a change of schedule and a new timetable being in the hands of the public. As a consequence, most airlines now post their timetables only online (the larger airlines often offering a stand-alone application, while others provide just a downloadable document such as a PDF), and the value of many printed airline timetable has risen among collectors.
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25746049 | Helle Meri | Helle Meri (born 14 March 1949), widow of Lennart Meri, is an Estonian actress who also served as the First Lady of Estonia from 1992 to 2001.
Helle Meri (née Pihlak) was born in the small town of Rapla where she also went to school. In her spare time she actively participated in different sports and played basketball.
After secondary school, she went on to study at the Stage School of Tallinn Conservatory. Before serving as the First Lady, she played in the Estonian Drama Theatre from 1972 up until 1992 when Lennart Meri became the Estonian Ambassador to Finland prior to his nine years of presidency. The couple got married in 1992 when her acting career came to an end.
In theatre, Helle Pihlak had roles in numerous classical pieces to a good critical acclaim, including the pieces by Estonian playwrights like August Kitzberg, A. H. Tammsaare, Jaan Kross and Jaan Kruusvall among many. She had roles also in musicals, in children's plays and in film.
Prior to her marriage with Lennart Meri, Helle Pihlak was in a relationship with actor Jaak Tamleht and a long-term relationship with composer Eino Tamberg. Helle Meri has one daughter, Tuule Meri (born in 1985).
Helle Meri is the patron of the Estonian SOS Children's Village in Keila.
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4364648 | Trancoso, Portugal | Trancoso () is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The municipality population in 2011 was 9,878, in an area of . The city (cidade) population is about 3.000.
The municipality is located in the District of Guarda, Region Centro, sub-region Beira Interior Norte.
The present Mayor is Amilcar Salvador. The municipal holiday is May 29. Principal monument: Castle of Trancoso. The municipality is served by the Vila Franca das Naves train station on the Beira Alta line from Pampilhosa to the Spanish border.
Trancoso is well known as the place where the 16th-century poet and shoemaker António Gonçalves de Bandarra lived and made his prophetic texts. A statue of him was erected in front of the city hall.
Trancoso is also the birthplace of Isaac Cardoso, born in 1603 or 1604. He was a renowned Jewish author, philosopher, and physicist. Cardoso died in Verona in 1683. His parents were members of the extensive Marrano community in Trancoso that left behind 300 Hebrew inscriptions. 700 Trancoso Jews were persecuted during the Inquisition.
Parishes.
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 21 civil parishes ("freguesias"):
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9258915 | Cynthia McWilliams | Cynthia Kaye McWilliams is an American actress, known for her performances on the television series "Real Husbands of Hollywood", "Prison Break", and "Nashville".
Life and career.
Cynthia Kaye McWilliams was born in Berlin, Germany, but moved to United States, there, raised primarily in Kansas City, Kansas. She graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago and later moved to Los Angeles, California. In 2005, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams landed the recurring role as Kacee Franklin, C-Note's wife, in the Fox drama series, "Prison Break". The following year, she appeared in the movie "The Lake House", and later co-starred in the independent films "Of Boys and Men" and "One Small Hitch".
In 2011, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams co-starred in the short-lived Fox crime-drama series, "The Chicago Code" as Lilly Beauchamp. She had a voice role as Misty Knight in the 2013 video game "Marvel Heroes". In 2013, she began appearing in the recurring role of attorney Trina Shaw in the BET comedy series, "Real Husbands of Hollywood". In 2015, after a decade of playing supporting roles, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams won the leading role in the NBC drama pilot, "Love Is a Four Letter Word".
In 2015, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams co-starred in the video game "" as Spartan Holly Tanaka.
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15073669 | Gilles Baril (PQ) | Gilles Baril (born 24 March 1957) is a Canadian businessman, journalist and former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA).
Early life and education.
Born in Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues, Quebec, Baril has a B.A. in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Moncton.
Political career.
He defeated incumbent Camil Samson in 1981 and became the Parti Québécois Member of the National Assembly for the district of Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue at the age of 24. He became parliamentary assistant in 1984. In the 1985 election, he was defeated by another Gilles Baril, the candidate of the Quebec Liberal Party.
From 1990 to 1994, Baril was Director of "Pavillon du Nouveau Point de vue", an addiction intervention center. He also had a career in the media. Baril made a political comeback in 1994, when he was elected to the legislature in the district of Berthier. He served as a parliamentary assistant and was re-elected in 1998. From 1998 to 2002, Baril was a Member of the Cabinet of Premiers Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry. He also was his party's campaign manager.
In 2002 though, he resigned and left politics, after allegations of corruption were made against him and lobbying firm "Oxygène 9". From 2002 to 2005, Baril was in charge of the Hydro-Québec International office in Santiago, Chile. After Hydro Québec International, Baril is a vice president in Quebec engineering and construction company DESSAU.
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43420337 | Kafald | Akhori is a village in Bhilangana block of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,623 people, in 324 households, and 2 primary school , 1 highschool and 1 Intermediate College. The village lands cover an area of 326.8 hectares. The nearest major town is Ghansali.
Akhori village code is 249155. Akhori village is located in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. It is situated 30km away from sub-district headquarter Ghansali (tehsildar office) and 90km away from district headquarter New Tehri. As per 2009 stats, Akhori village is also a gram panchayat.
The total geographical area of village is 326.8 hectares. Akhori has a total population of 1,623peoples, out of which male population is 727 while female population is 896. Literacy rate of akhori village is 87.42% out 100% . There are about 324 houses in akhori village. Pincode of akhori village locality is 249155.
Tehri is nearest town to akhori for all major economic activities, which is approximately 90km away.
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9922656 | Empnefsi! | Empnefsi! (; ) is the name of a Greek album by singer Anna Vissi. It was released in Greece and Cyprus in December 1988 by CBS Greece. It featured ten pop songs, written by her then-husband Nikos Karvelas.
Background and release.
The lead single "Empnefsi" ("Inspiration") was met with success, rising to the top of the charts. The song is considered a Greek 80s pop standard. Tracks "Houla Houp" ("Hula hoop") and "Efimerides" ("Newspapers") were also aired in the Greek media.
The album met with commercial success, selling approximately 50,000 copies and reached Gold status.
It was released on CD in early 1989. In the same year, the vinyl LP was released in Spain under the Epic label. In 1997, the CD was re-released for the Greek market as a part of the "OK! Budget Price" series Sony Music Greece launched at the time.
In 2019, the album was selected for inclusion in the Panik Gold box set "The Legendary Recordings 1982-2019". The release came after Panik's acquisition rights of Vissi's back catalogue from her previous record company Sony Music Greece. This box set was printed on a limited edition of 500 copies containing CD releases of all of her albums from 1982 to 2019 plus unreleased material.
Track listing.
All music and lyrics by Nikos Karvelas.
Credits and personnel.
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes
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5772082 | Bishop of Lindsey | The Bishop of Lindsey was a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 11th centuries. The episcopal title took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey.
History.
The diocese of Lindsey (Lindine) was established when the large Diocese of Mercia was divided in the late 7th century into the bishoprics of Lichfield and Leicester (for Mercia itself), Worcester (for the Hwicce), Hereford (for the Magonsæte), and Lindsey (for the Lindisfaras).
The bishop's seat at "Sidnacester" (Syddensis) has been placed, by various commentators, at Caistor, Louth, Horncastle and, most often, at Stow, all in present-day Lincolnshire, England. The location remains unknown. More recently Lincoln has been suggested as a possible site, such as the inner-city suburb of Wigford.
After an interruption by the Danish Viking invasions and establishment of the Danelaw in the 9th century, the see of Lindsey was resumed in the mid-10th century until it was united with the bishopric of Dorchester in the early 11th century.
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12028337 | Ricardo Aleman | Ricardo Aleman (born April 25, 1977) is an American author and comedian based in New York City where he performs regularly at Comic Strip Live, and was a featured comedian in their Guinness World Record 50 hour "Longest Stand Up Comedy Show". He has appeared on NBC's reality television show "America's Got Talent", where he insulted judges David Hasselhoff and Piers Morgan. Immediately after which, Ricardo released his first CD entitled "REALITY CD: I Am Not An Insult Comic". Previous television standup comedy appearances have included Si Tv's "Latino Laugh Festival", and LTV's "Llegamos". His first acting role was in the movie version of Yale’s Porn 'n Chicken club which aired on Comedy Central. Ricardo was also a featured regular on the Sirius Satellite Radio show "Four Quota’s" hosted by Steve Hofstetter. He is of Mexican-American ethnicity.
Weight loss.
Over the course of the five years following the loss of his father to cancer in 1999, Ricardo's weight ballooned from 180 lbs to 250 lbs. It took him two years to lose the weight. During those two years he videotaped many of his performances and edited them together into one video to demonstrate his weight loss success.
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63057000 | Edward Oppong Marfo | Edward Oppong Marfo is a Ghanaian journalist with Citi FM and Citi TV. He is the bureau chief for the Middle belt- Ashanti, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Region at Citi FM and Citi TV.
Education.
Edward Oppong Marfo attended Ebenezer Preparatory School at Bomaa in the Ahafo Region. He proceeded to Tepa Senior High School in the Ashanti Region. He obtained his first degree in Bachelor of Arts in Akan (Major) and Political Studies (Minor) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He later had a Master of Philosophy in political science at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology from 2016 to 2018.
Life and career.
Edward Oppong Marfo was born in Bomaa in the Ahafo region of Ghana to Mr. David Oppong Marfo and Mrs. Martha Oppong. He began his media career in 2010 when he joined a campus based radio station, Focus FM while at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. Edward rose through the ranks from a reporter, News anchor, Morning show host and eventually became the News editor of the station. He worked at Focus FM for 8 years until he left for, Citi FM and Citi TV in November 2018.
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799472 | USS Hornet (1865) | USS "Hornet was the fifth United States Navy ship to bear the name Hornet. She was originally CSS "Lady Stirling, a blockade runner built by James Ash at Cubitt Town, London in 1864 for the Confederate States Navy. She was badly damaged and captured by the United States Navy on 28 October 1864 off Wilmington, North Carolina.
History.
Following condemnation by a prize court, "Lady Sterling" was bought by the U.S. Navy, repaired, armed, and commissioned as USS "Lady Sterling" and later renamed USS "Hornet" on 25 April 1865. In navy service she mainly operated in the Chesapeake Bay squadron. In October 1865, "Hornet" escorted the Confederate ironclad from Cuba to the United States.
"Hornet" was decommissioned on 15 December 1865 and sold into private ownership in 1869. After the war "Hornet" was involved in several filibustering expeditions to Cuba under the names "Hornet" and "Cuba", including an unsuccessful mission in January 1871 to deliver weapons and ammunition to Cuban rebels during the Ten Years' War.
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11580941 | John L. Burnett | John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Life.
Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, Cave Spring, Georgia, and the local high school at Gaylesville, Alabama.
Studies and early politics.
He studied law and graduated from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1876, he was admitted to the bar in Cherokee County, Alabama and commenced practice in Gadsden thereafter. He served in the State House of Representatives in 1884 and as member of the State senate in 1886.
Election.
Burnett was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1899, until his death.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses). On April 5, 1917, John Lawson Burnett was one of the 50 representatives who voted against declaring war on Germany (World War I).
He served as member of the United States Immigration Commission 1907-1910. In 1907, Congressman John L. Burnett called Syrians "the most undesirable of the undesirable peoples of Asia Minor"
Death.
John L. Burnett died in Gadsden, Alabama, May 13, 1919 and was interred in Forest Cemetery.
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24569370 | Darezhan Omirbaev | Darezhan Omirbaev (, "Darejan Omırbaev"; born 15 March 1958) is a Kazakh film director and screenwriter.
Work.
Omirbaev has directed nine films since 1982; six features, one medium length digital film, and three shorts. His second short, "Shilde," shot in black and white, is autobiographical, as are his first two features "Kairat" (also shot in black and white) and "Cardiogram", which premiered at the 52nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, winning the CICT/UNESCO Prize. "Tueur à gages", a crime story inspired by Tolstoy's "The Forged Coupon", screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize Un Certain Regard.
"Jol", Omirbaev's subsequent film, was a return to autobiography, a poetic story of a filmmaker in the vein of "8 1/2", starring Tajik filmmaker Djamshed Usmonov. "About Love", based on a story by Chekhov but also a kind of sequel to "Kairat," was Omirbaev's contribution to the Jeonju Film Festival's annual collection of short digital pieces commissioned from filmmakers around the world.
"Shuga" and "Student" were departures for Omirbaev, both based on literary works - respectively, Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" and Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment." "Student" competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
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37365920 | South of Sanity | South of Sanity is a 2012 British horror film directed, filmed, edited and produced by Kirk F. Watson and written and co-directed by Matthew Edwards, both of whom star in the film. The film was released on 31 October 2012 and is the first full-length fictional film to have been shot in Antarctica.
Plot.
The film takes place in Antarctica, centering around a rescue team that was sent to the Routledge research station to investigate a research team's lack of communication with the outside world. Once there, the team discovers no survivors in the research station but finds a diary that describes the research team's last days. The diary goes over the research team's growing malcontent and paranoia as the team is picked off one by one by a mysterious killer.
Development.
Watson began working on the film while working for the British Antarctic Survey, seeing the film as a way to pass time and "hone his film-making". Matt Edwards initially wrote the script as a short story, but chose to adapt it into a screenplay. Fellow staff members made up the cast and crew, with Edwards and Watson both starring in the film. The crew used a children's face painting kit for makeup and utilized food coloring and syrup for fake blood.
Reception.
Joseph Wade of Something Awful panned the film, writing, ""South of Sanity" is packed to the gills with every slasher cliché in the book, and it rarely uses any of them well".
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54973597 | Alexander Schomberg (poet) | Alexander Crowcher Schomberg (1756–1792) was an English poet and writer on jurisprudence.
Life.
The son of Ralph Schomberg of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, he was born there on 6 July 1756. From Southampton School he was admitted a scholar of Winchester School in 1770. He matriculated at The Queen's College, Oxford, and on 9 May 1775, was elected a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford in 1776. He graduated B.A. on 20 January 1779, and commenced M.A. on 9 November 1781. He became a probationer fellow of Magdalen College in 1782, and senior dean of arts in 1791.
In later life Schomberg studied political economy, falling ill. The young Robert Southey attended him at Bath, Somerset. He died there on 6 April 1792, and was buried in Bath Abbey. He was the earliest patron of William Crotch the composer.
Works.
Schomberg's works were:
At age 13 Schomberg wrote a tragedy in collaboration with Herbert Croft. He contributed to the volumes of Anna Miller, and to the periodical "Olla Podrida", edited by Thomas Monro (1788).
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21342886 | Javier Paniagua Fuentes | Javier Paniagua Fuentes (born 1946 in Ceuta, Spain) is a Spanish writer and politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Career.
After qualifying in philosophy, Paniagua received a doctorate in history with a thesis on Spanish anarchism. He is a teacher of Social History and Political thought at UNED (Spain). His early political activity was with the Spanish Communist organisation (Bandera Roja.) However in 1976 he joined the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV) and in 1978 joined the PSOE. He was Director General of Secondary Education in the Valencian regional administration from 1983-1986. At the 1986 General Election he was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia Province and was re-elected at the 1989 Election. However, for the 1993 Election he was placed seventh on the PSOE list and with the PSOE losing two of their eight seats, he lost his seat. As first substitute, he returned to the Congress one year later on 10 June 1994, replacing Vicente Albero. He was re-elected in 1996 but did not stand in 2000.
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50186487 | Margaret Bell Houston | Margaret Bell Houston (also Margaret Bell Houston Kauffman, 1877 – June 22, 1966) was an American writer and suffragist who lived in Texas and New York. Houston published over 20 novels, most of them set in Texas. Her work was also published in "Good Housekeeping" and "McCalls" in serial format.
Early life.
Houston was born in Cedar Bayou, Texas, in 1877, to Sam Houston Jr. and his wife Lucy Anderson. Her paternal grandparents were Sam Houston and Margaret Lea Houston. She began writing at age eight. She was the sister of Dallas resident Harry Howard Houston (1883–1935).
Education.
Houston attended St. Mary's College, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Columbia University. She was first published in the newspapers, the "Brenham Banner" and the "Dallas News".
Personal life.
Houston moved to Dallas and married a businessman named Kauffman. In 1913, she was the first president of the Dallas Equal Suffrage Association (DESA). Under her tenure as president of DESA, the group grew to around 200 members. She also started writing her first novel, "Little Straw Wife" (1914), during that time.
Houston moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1953. "Cottonwoods Grow Tall" (1958), written after her move to Florida received "critical praise as a work of literary merit". "Kirkus Reviews" called it a "femininely accented story".
Houston died in St. Petersburg on June 22, 1966. Her body was transported back to Dallas to be buried at Restland Cemetery.
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5469015 | Westgate station (Metro Transit) | Westgate is a light rail station along the Metro Green Line in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is located in the median of University Avenue with split side platforms either side of Berry Street. The westbound platform in on the north side of the tracks west of Berry Street, while the eastbound platform is on the south side of the tracks on the east side of the intersection. It is the last station in Saint Paul before entering Minneapolis.
Construction in this area began in March 2011. The station opened along with the rest of the line in 2014. Unlike other stations along University Avenue in Saint Paul, it is named after the area rather than the cross street. The name "Westgate" comes from the area being the western gateway into Saint Paul. Before the construction of I-94 and Highway 280 it was known as the "West End Manufacturing District." The Westgate Business Center is located immediately north of the station.
North of the station on Berry Street is an informal transit center, where Routes 30, 33, and 63 begin and end their trips. The Metro E Line is planned to terminate at the station.
On August 31, 2014, around 10:15 AM Shana G. Buchanan, 42, was hit and killed at the Westgate station by the Metro Green Line train as she crossed the tracks in front of the train.
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44564754 | Dowling House (Galena, Illinois) | The Dowling House is the oldest building in Galena, Illinois, United States, now a historic house museum.
History.
John Dowling arrived in Galena with his son Nicholas in 1826. The limestone house was built in 1826–27 in the single-pen style. The first floor was used as a trading post while the Dowlings lived upstairs. Dowling was an important early resident of Galena. He served on the 1834 fire committee and was elected to the 1838 town board of trustees. He also sold the county a plot of land for its first court house. Nicholas was elected alderman in 1841, serving until his election as mayor in 1843. Though he resigned after only a few months, he was again elected to the office in 1851, serving for two years.
The building sat abandoned for several decades, It was rehabilitated by William McCauley in the 1960s. In the 1970s, the building was opened to the public. Thirty minute tours of the building, furnished with period supplies and furnishings, are now offered from May to November. It was recognized as a contributing property to the Galena Historic District on October 18, 1969.
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23375510 | John Cooper (footballer, born 1897) | John Cooper (24 February 1897 – 16 September 1975) was an English footballer who had a brief professional career with Southampton in the 1920s.
Football career.
Cooper was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire and joined Darlaston playing in the Birmingham & District League. Described as "the best inside-right in the Birmingham League", he topped the goalscoring charts whilst with Darlaston. He soon became the target for talent scouts from several top clubs, including Manchester United, Cardiff City and Sunderland.
In April 1921, together with his Darlaston teammate Henry Johnson, he moved on a free transfer to the south coast to join Southampton, then playing in the Football League Third Division South. Cooper was unable to live up to his reputation and found it virtually impossible to displace the Saints' veterans, Arthur Dominy and Bill Rawlings, from the forward positions. In his two seasons at The Dell, Cooper managed only five first-team appearances, failing to score.
In May 1923, he was placed on the transfer list at a fee of £200, but with no club willing to pay the fee he was eventually given a free transfer to Notts County, although he failed to make any first-team appearances before fading into obscurity.
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399361 | Accasta | Accasta is a stacking abstract strategy board game on a hexagonal board for two players. The game was designed by Dieter Stein and published solely over the web and in the German game design magazine "".
History.
Accasta was influenced by Dr. Emanuel Lasker's Lasca and Wladyslaw Gliński's hexagonal chess. Dieter Stein tried to achieve a clean and original game differing from the hexagonal chess but to have minor similarities.
After a long time of development, in the spring of 1998, the game became published on the Web and in a German game inventor's magazine. That same year it was published, Accosta took part in some game design competitions and was one of the finalists of the Premio Archimede in Italy in 1998. Just three years later, in 2001, the first version of the game available for online play was developed and implemented.
Gameplay.
Accasta is played similarly as a combination of chess and backgammon. Like chess, Accasta has a fixed initial setup and various different pieces. Like backgammon, Accasta has pieces that move toward a target area, blocking enemy pieces, but it has no dice. The main idea of the game is the use of stacked pieces. Players can move multiple times and have the possibility to liberate previously captures pieces.
Trilogy.
Stein creating a stacking game trilogy of three games which included:
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2550732 | Michael Martin Hammer | Michael Martin Hammer (April 13, 1948 – Sept 3, 2008) was a Jewish-American engineer, management author, and a former professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), known as one of the founders of the management theory of Business process reengineering (BPR).
Biography.
Early life and education.
Hammer, the child of Holocaust survivors, grew up in Annapolis, Maryland. He earned BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in EECS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968, 1970, and 1973 respectively.
Career.
An engineer by training, Hammer was the proponent of a process-oriented view of business management. He was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the department of Computer Science and a lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management. Articles written by Hammer have been published in business periodicals, such as the "Harvard Business Review" and "The Economist".
"TIME" named him as one of America's 25 most influential individuals, in its first such list. "Forbes" magazine ranked Hammer's book, "Reengineering the Corporation", among the "three most important business books of the past 20 years".
Personal life.
He and his wife, Phyllis Thurm Hammer, lived in Newton, Massachusetts with their four children, Jessica, Allison, Dana, and David.
Death.
Hammer died suddenly from complications of a brain hemorrhage he suffered while on vacation, and he is buried in the Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries in Boston.
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33518781 | Kurt Lüthi | Kurt Lüthi ( – ) was a Swiss Reformed theologian and a professor at the University Vienna.
Life.
Lüthi studied Protestant theology in Bern and Basel, amongst his teachers were Karl Barth, Karl Ludwig Schmidt and Oscar Cullmann. In 1949 he became pastor at the Reformed church of the Canton of Bern, first in Beatenberg, later on in Biel. In 1955 he achieved his doctorate in theology at the University of Basel with a thesis on Judas Iscariot, in 1959 he habilitated at the University of Bern. From 1964 until his retirement 1990 Lüthi held the chair for systematic theology (Helvetic Confession) at the "Protestant faculty" of the University of Vienna. For many years Lüthi served as a member in the synod of the "Helvetic Church in Austria", as well as in the general synod of all "Lutheran Churches" in Austria.
Lüthi's work focused on political philosophy, feminist theology and the relation between theology and psychoanalysis. In 1965, together with well respected theologians "Wilhelm Dantine", "Ferdinand Klostermann" and "Otto Mauer", he instigated the foundation of Austrias first "Ecumenical Study Group". From 1967 to 1988 he was engaged in Christian–Jewish reconciliation work and served as member of the board in the "Commission for Christian-Jewish cooperation". In 1970 he was appointed as honorary member of the foundation Pro Oriente. Lüthi also furthered the dialogue between Christianity and Marxism, as well as talks between the arts and "theology".
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51324666 | John IX of Haugwitz | John IX of Haugwitz (, 29 Aug 1524 – 26 March 1595) was Bishop of Meissen from 1555 to 1559 or 1581.
Biography.
John IX was born on 29 August 1524 in Thalheim, Saxony in the Ore Mountains of Saxony. He came from the Haugwitz family, who held several high clerical offices. He was the last bishop of the Bishopric of Meissen, which became a Protestant diocese in the wake of the Protestant Reformation.
On his appointment, John of Carlowitz, a relative of his predecessor began a feud over the inheritance of the episcopal estate. The so-called Pig War or "Saukrieg" lasted 3 years before it was resolved by Elector Augustus.
He signed the Formula of Concord in 1577 and the Book of Concord in 1580. In 1581, the bishop resigned from his office and converted to the Protestant faith. In 1559, he appointed Johann Leisentrit as the Administrator of the remaining Roman Catholic areas. In 1582 he married his considerably younger niece, Agnes. After John's death, she married the Electoral Saxon Advisor ("Rat") and "Amtmann" of Stolpen, Hans Georg von Wehse, and had four daughters from that marriage. Agnes was the heiress of the episcopal estate.
John IX died in Mügeln on 26 March 1595; his gravestone is in the town church of Neu-Mügeln.
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71148651 | Landon Pembelton | Landon Pembelton (born February 2, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 15 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports.
Racing career.
Early career.
Pembelton debuted in organized racing in 2019, running eight races at South Boston Speedway, collecting six top-fives. The following year, Pembelton won the Virginia Racers Challenge Series, which was run at Dominion Raceway and at Langley Speedway. In 2021, Pembelton was the 2021 Virginia State Division I and South East Division I rookie of the year. He also finished 10th in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series standings.
Pembelton took the victory in the 2021 ValleyStar Credit Union 300, considered to be one of the biggest, most prestigious late-model races. Pembelton beat out drivers such as Sammy Smith, Bubba Pollard, Peyton Sellers, Corey Heim, and Timothy Peters.
ARCA Menards Series.
On January 8, 2022, it was announced that Pembelton would make his ARCA Menards Series debut, running the No. 15 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports at Elko Speedway on a three-race schedule.
Personal life.
Pembelton's father, Brian, was a short track driver in Virginia, and was the 2009 Limited Sportsman division champion at South Boston Speedway.
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58751956 | Dixon Wecter | Dixon Wecter (January 12, 1906 – June 24, 1950) was an American historian. He was "the first professor of American History" at the University of Sydney, and the Margaret Byrne Professor of United States History at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the author of three books.
Early life.
Wecter was born on January 12, 1906, in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Baylor University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1925. He earned a master's degree from Yale University in 1926, attended the University of Oxford's Merton College as a Rhodes Scholar between 1928 and 1930, and he earned a PhD from Yale University in 1936.
Career.
Wecter joined the English faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1936, and he became a tenured associate professor in 1936. He was an English professor at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1939 to 1945. During those years, he was also a research fellow at the Huntington Library in 1939-1940, and a Guggenheim Fellow in 1942-1943.
Wecter became "the first professor of American history" at the University of Sydney in 1945. He was finally appointed as the Margaret Byrne Professor of United States History at the University of California, Berkeley in 1949-1950.
Wecter was the author of three books, including one about Edmund Burke.
Personal life and death.
Wecter married Elizabeth Farrar in 1937.
Wecter died on June 23, 1950, in Sacramento, California.
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11853721 | Mr. Review | Mr. Review is a Dutch ska revival band, formed by Roel Ording and Arne Visser in 1983 in Amsterdam. They were active from 1983 to 1998, when the band officially dissolved. Three years later the band was reformed and has remained active until present.
Drummer Roel Ording and guitarist Arne Visser had been in a band before, when they met singer Dr. Rude. They soon found a keyboardist and a saxophone player. Arne Visser was always the main songwriter. Concerts in local pubs were followed by a contract at Unicorn Records in London, which released the album "Walking Down Brentford Road" was released. Brentford Road is the address of Jamaica's Studio One, where many ska and reggae legends recorded songs. The band travelled to perform at many festivals in Europe. In 1994, they recorded their second album, "Lock, Stock and Barrel". In 1995, their live album "Keep The Fire Burning" followed. After the band stopped playing together, Arne Visser and Dr. Rude continued in a new band called Rude & Visser.
In 2009, the name Rude & Visser was switched back to Mr. Review. In November 2010, Mr. Review released a new album "XXV". Mr Review played their last gig in Berlin in February 2013.
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9467604 | CJRJ | CJRJ (identified on air and in print as "Spice Radio") is a Canadian radio station based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It broadcasts at 1200 AM with a power of 25,000 watts from a transmitter in Richmond, and its studio is located in Burnaby. The station is owned by I.T. Productions Ltd., which is owned by Shushma Datt.
Initial approval for a new ethnic radio station was granted on 21 July 2005 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to serve the South Asian community in the Vancouver area. The station was licensed to broadcast with a power of 25,000 watts. Terms of the license included a stipulation that all programming in each broadcast week must be ethnic in nature. The station is required to provide programming in at least 17 different languages, targeted at no less than 11 different ethnic groups, with 95% of this programming to be in "third languages". 73% of this programming must be in the Punjabi and Hindustani languages. An additional term of the license, as per an intervention by Fairchild Radio Group (CJVB-AM, CHKG-FM Vancouver), is that CJRJ will not target Vancouver's Chinese community.
The station's sister station, Rim Jhim, continues to operate on the subsidiary communications multiplex operation (SCMO) subcarrier of CJJR-FM.
Programming.
CJRJ's programming is primarily South Asian (Hindi and Punjabi), however it also airs some Bengali, Gujarati, Filipino, Italian, Malayalam, Persian, Tamil and Sinhala programming on weekends.
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12599816 | 2003 ATP Tour | The 2003 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2003 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.
Schedule.
The table below shows the 2003 ATP Tour schedule.
Statistical information.
List of players and titles won (Grand Slam and Masters Cup titles in bold), listed in order of the number of titles won:
The following players won their first title:
Titles won by nation:
ATP entry rankings.
Singles.
ATP rankings
Retirements.
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2003 season:
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9773341 | Nabesna Road | The Nabesna Road is a minor highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends from the Slana River to Nabesna, providing access to some interior components of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. The entire length of the road is gravel and has few services. Flat tires and washouts are fairly common along the entire length of the road.
Route description.
Today, the Alaska Department of Transportation maintains the Nabesna Road and, generally, the road is passable by most two-wheel drive vehicles. However, higher clearance and/or four-wheel drive are occasionally needed beyond Mile 29 due to stream crossings. Wet conditions such as spring run-off and heavy rain can make these stream crossings impassable. The maintained portion of the road ends at a private hunting lodge at mile 42. The last four miles (6 km) of the road are not maintained and may be deeply rutted and wet. Vehicle travel on this portion of the road is not recommended.
The Slana Roadhouse, a historic site dating to 1928, is located on Nabesna Road in Slana.
Motorists may stop at the Slana Ranger Station, mile .5, to check current road conditions and to pick up a Nabesna Road Guide brochure.
History.
The Nabesna Road was originally built in 1933 by the Alaska Road Commission to supply Nabesna Mine and to ship out its ore.
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519554 | Transcendental curve | In analytical geometry , a transcendental curve is a curve that is not an algebraic curve. Here for a curve, "C", what matters is the point set (typically in the plane) underlying "C", not a given parametrisation. For example, the unit circle is an algebraic curve (pedantically, the real points of such a curve); the usual parametrisation by trigonometric functions may involve those transcendental functions, but certainly the unit circle is defined by a polynomial equation. (The same remark applies to elliptic curves and elliptic functions; and in fact to curves of genus > 1 and automorphic functions.)
The properties of algebraic curves, such as Bézout's theorem, give rise to criteria for showing curves actually are transcendental. For example an algebraic curve "C" either meets a given line "L" in a finite number of points, or possibly contains all of "L". Thus a curve intersecting any line in an infinite number of points, while not containing it, must be transcendental. This applies not just to sinusoidal curves, therefore; but to large classes of curves showing oscillations.
The term is originally attributed to Leibniz.
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13973211 | Garcia I of Kongo | Garcia I Mvemba a Nkanga was a manikongo of Kongo who ruled from April 27, 1624 to March 7, 1626.
Early Reign.
Garcia I was the son of King Pedro II. He was the second and last king from the House of Nsundi begun by his father in 1622. When Pedro II died in 1624, Garcia succeeded peacefully to the throne. Prior to his reign, his father had arranged for an anti-Portuguese alliance with the Dutch West India Company. When the Dutch arrived in 1624 ready to seize Luanda, António da Silva intercepted the fleet's delegation at Soyo. Acting against the wishes of the House of Nsundi, Silva feigned ignorance of the Dutch-Kongo plan and insisted that since Pedro II's death all Garcia I wanted was peace between Kongo and Portugal.
Overthrow.
There were those within Kongo's nobility unwilling to allow the House of Nsundi to continue on the throne. At the behest of the royal ladies at court, the Duke of Nsundi Manuel Jordão marched an army on the capital of São Salvador. Garcia was forced to flee to Soyo with his wife and grandmother, and the House of Kwilu regained the throne of Kongo.
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7788060 | Arion (gastropod) | Arion is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs. Most species of this Palearctic genus are native to the Iberian Peninsula.
Species can be difficult to distinguish from one another upon cursory examination, because individuals of a species can vary in color and there are few obvious differences between taxa. The color of an individual can be influenced by its diet.
Some "Arion" are known as pests, such as "A. lusitanicus" auct. non Mabille (= "A. vulgaris"), which damages agricultural crops and ornamental plants, and "A. rufus", a familiar garden pest. "Arion" slugs are often transported internationally in shipments of plant products and mushrooms. "Arion" slugs have been identified in North America and Australia as invasive species, altering the plants of ecosystems through seed predation and competing with native slugs.
Species.
There are approximately 40 species in the genus.
Species include:
Etymology.
The name "Arion" is from Neo-Latin, from the Greek "areíones", a “kind of snail or slug.”
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61471006 | Chilobrachys fimbriatus | Chilobrachys fimbriatus, commonly known as the Indian Violet Earth Tiger Tarantula usually shortened to Indian Violet Tarantula, is a species of spider of the genus "Chilobrachys". It is endemic to India, and was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899.
Description.
Females live 20 to 25 years, while males only live to 5. The carapace is a light brown or golden color, the opisthosoma is a reddish brown color with black chevrons. The legs are a blueish greyish color, with a deep black femur.
Habitat.
They live in the tropical regions of western India, near the coast. The average temperature is 27°C, with average yearly precipitation of 2900mm. There are plants such as the coconut palm, Banyan and Sacred fig, with animals such as kingfishers, mouse deers, and Indian Giant Squirrel.
Behavior.
They are burrowing tarantulas, which like most will try to flee at first, if consistently provoked it will probably bite, with their probably painful venom and bite. They make incredible tunnels and webs under the surface, where they will stay at day, whereas at night they might be seen outside.
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7372766 | South Wisconsin District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod | The South Wisconsin District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), and covers the southern third of the state of Wisconsin. The northern two-thirds are in the North Wisconsin District; there are also two Wisconsin in the Minnesota North District. In addition, twelve congregations in the South Wisconsin District's area are in the non-geographic English District, and one in the SELC District. The South Wisconsin District includes approximately 213 congregations and missions, subdivided into 27 circuits, as well as 37 preschools, 58 elementary schools and 6 high schools. Baptized membership in district congregations is approximately 116,600.
The South Wisconsin District was formed in 1916 when the Wisconsin District was divided. District offices are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates from each congregation meet in convention every three years to elect the district president, vice presidents, circuit counselors, a board of directors, and other officers. The Rev. John Wille became the district president in September 2006.
Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, part of the LCMS' Concordia University System, is located within the district. Camp LuWiSoMo in Wild Rose, Wisconsin is owned and operated by the South Wisconsin District.
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42328624 | Janine Connes | Janine Connes (born c. 1934) is a female French astronomer whose research led to the establishment of the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy method, which was of major significance and laid the foundations of what was to grow into a significant new field.
Connes is married to Pierre Connes, a fellow astronomer; they often conducted research together.
Research.
Connes' work is primarily in analysing the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy technique, a field she began studying in 1954. Her thesis and subsequent publications gave in-depth analysis of the practical details necessary for its use, with her thesis credited for establishing many of the early design principles. With her husband Pierre Connes she imaged Venus and Mars at the "Observatoire du Pic du Midi de Bigorre" using the method, presenting images far better than others taken at the time. Connes identified the registration advantage of using interferometry.
Publications.
"The Field of Application of the Fourier Transform Method," "J. Phys. Radium" 19: 197 (1958)
"A Study of the Night Sky in the Near Infrared," "J. Phys. Radium" 21: 645 (1960), with H.P. Gush [in French]
"Near-Infrared Planetary Spectra by Fourier Spectroscopy. I. Instruments and Results," "Journal of the Optical Society of America" 56: 896 (1966), with P. Connes [in English]
The following four papers are" fundamental works of extreme importance to the field" -- Professor Ian McLean.
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20725353 | Scallywag (magazine) | Scallywag magazine was published in London between 1991 and 1995. The subtitle of issues 1 - 6 was "Camden's only alternative community magazine". It sought to publish controversial journalism which other satirical and investigative publications (such as "Private Eye") were said to be unwilling to publish over fears of litigation. It was founded and edited by Simon Regan and Angus James, Regan's half-brother.
A previous version was published in Dorset, and the first issue of the 'Camden Scallywag' says that the Dorset version was then "on edition 37".
In 1993 it was sued under English libel law by the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Major, over reporting rumours that he had had an affair with a Downing Street caterer, even though it had said the allegations were false. By also suing the magazine's distributors, he received a settlement from them, and they passed the costs onto the magazine. "Scallywag's" financial position never recovered.
At least 30 issues were published. Nos 1 - 3 were undated, no. 4 is dated February 1992, nos 27 - 30 are dated 1995. No 12, which was the magazine that contained the article "Take-Away Midnight Feasts At Number 10" that John Major sued over, is dated January 1993.
A number of issues have been archived.
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64603528 | That Christmas | That Christmas (also known as Richard Curtis' That Christmas) is an upcoming computer-animated Christmas fantasy comedy film produced by Locksmith Animation, animated by DNEG Animation and distributed by Netflix. It is directed by Simon Otto in his directorial debut and based on a series of children's books by Richard Curtis. The film is set for release on Netflix in 2024.
Production.
Development.
In November 2019, it was announced that Locksmith Animation was developing "The Empty Stocking", an animated feature based on a series of children's books by Richard Curtis. In June 2021, Locksmith announced that Simon Otto will be directing the film as his directorial debut, which had been retitled "That Christmas". In May 2022, Locksmith Animation confirmed that it awarded the digital production of its second movie, "That Christmas," to DNEG Animation"," following their collaboration on Locksmith’s debut film, "Ron's Gone Wrong". In June 2022, "That Christmas" was unveiled as part of Netflix's slate of animated films with the first look of the film.
Animation.
Animation was provided by DNEG Animation.
Release.
"That Christmas" was originally expected to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures under its Warner Animation Group banner. However, in June 2022, Netflix acquired the distribution rights to the film with Netflix Animation under its label, although Warner Bros. Pictures was not involved with this film. In April 2023, the film's release year was revealed to be 2024.
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69081632 | Michael Healy Lacayo | Michael Healy Lacayo (born c. 1962) is a Nicaraguan businessman. In September 2020, he was elected to a three-year term as president of the Superior Council for Private Enterprise (COSEP), the country’s leading business chamber. Previously he was president of the Union of Agricultural Producers of Nicaragua (UPANIC), as a sugar cane and banana producer. He was also vice-president of COSEP.
Healy is a member of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, an opposition group that emerged after the outbreak of the 2018–2021 Nicaraguan protests.
In October 2021, Healy was arrested on allegations of money laundering and terrorism under Law 1055, three weeks before the 2021 Nicaraguan general election. His predecessor as COSEP president and pre-candidate for president of Nicaragua, José Adán Aguerri, has been held since June on similar charges, one of 37 opposition figures Daniel Ortega’s administration has arrested.
Personal life.
Healy is married to Rossana Argüello, with whom he has three children.
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18225240 | Delfortgroup | delfort is a privately owned manufacturer of specialty paper and printed products with headquarters in Traun, Upper Austria. As of 2016, the company employs over 2,300 employees worldwide and operates six mills in Europe and Asia, three converting plants in the US and Mexico, and six sales offices.
Global operations.
delfort operates nine subsidiaries across Europe, Asia and the Americas (as of June 2016), manufacturing and converting specialty papers for a number of applications.
delfort’s production sites include:
In 2016, the company employed around 2,300 people and sold over 9,476 km² of paper in the year 2015. The group's CEO is Martin Zahlbruckner and the CFO and COO is Roland Faihs.
Specialty Paper and Printing.
delfort makes papers for the food and packaging industry, plugwrap, cigarette and tipping base papers for the tobacco industry, base paper for industrial labels, leaflets for the pharmaceutical industry and thinprint papers for religious literature, catalogue and scientific printing, printed products and other specialties.
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72165782 | Matúš Holíček | Matúš Holíček (born 25 January 2005) is a Slovakian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two club Crewe Alexandra.
Club career.
A graduate of Crewe Alexandra's Academy, Holíček signed a professional contract in 2022 despite having only completed the first year of his scholarship, before he made his debut for the club as a second-year scholar in their EFL Trophy game against Leeds United U21s on 1 November 2022, playing the first 54 minutes before being replaced by Tariq Uwakwe.
On his 18th birthday (25 January 2023), Holíček signed a long-term deal through to summer 2025, with an option for two further years. On 18 March 2023, Holíček made his first league appearance for Crewe, coming on as a 77th minute substitute for Callum Ainley in the side's 1-0 League Two defeat at Northampton Town.
International career.
After making seven appearances for Slovakia at Under-15 and eight appearances at Under-17 levels, Holíček was called up for their Under-18 squad for a friendly tournament, playing all three games against USA, Mexico and Finland on 21, 23 and 25 September 2022 respectively.
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20615010 | RD-0410 | RD-0410 (РД-0410, GRAU index: 11B91) was a Soviet nuclear thermal rocket engine developed by the Chemical Automatics Design Bureau in Voronezh from 1965 through the 1980s using liquid hydrogen propellant. The engine was ground-tested at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, and its use was incorporated in the Kurchatov Mars 1994 crewed mission proposal.
This engine had slightly higher performance (exhaust temperature and specific impulse) over NERVA (the U.S. nuclear thermal rocket engine project). The design of the reactor core included thermal insulation between uranium carbide/tungsten carbide fuel and the zirconium hydride moderator. This allowed for a very compact reactor core design. Hydrogen flow cooled the moderator first allowing to keep very low neutron energy and high fission cross-section, then it was heated by the direct contact to the fuel rods. To prevent the chemical reaction between carbide and hydrogen, about 1 percent of hexane was added to the hydrogen after the moderator passage.
The hydrogen boost turbopump was designed by KBKhA in Voronezh.
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42206262 | Francis Isidore Power | Francis Isidore Power (1852–1912) was a solicitor and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Early life.
Francis Isidore Power was born on 28 February 1852 at South Brisbane, the son of Michael Power and his wife Anna Maria (née Connolly). About 12 years old, he was sent to Ireland to attend the Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare and then Trinity College in Dublin. He worked in a firm of solicitors for 5 years before returning to Queensland in 1873. He established himself as a solicitor in Gympie.
Politics.
Power was involved in local government, serving on the Glastonbury Divisional Board and the Widgee Divisional Board. He developed a flood prevention scheme for the Gympie goldfields, which led to his appointment as the first chairman of the Gympie Drainage Board.
Power was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 15 July 1901. From 19 November 1907 to 18 February 1908, he was Minister for Justice and Attorney-General and Representative of the Government in Legislative Council. He served on the Council until his death on 24 June 1912.
Later life.
Power died on 24 June 1912 at Gympie. He was buried in the Gympie Cemetery on 26 June 1912.
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487160 | Baron Gainford | Baron Gainford, of Headlam in the County Palatine of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 January 1917 for the Liberal politician Jack Pease, a member of the Darlington Pease family. He notably served as President of the Board of Education from 1911 to 1915. Pease was the second son of Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet, and the grandson of Joseph Pease, while Arthur Pease was his uncle and Sir Arthur Pease, 1st Baronet, Beaumont Pease, 1st Baron Wardington, and Herbert Pease, 1st Baron Daryngton, were his first cousins. The third baron was a former member of the London County Council and of the Greater London Council. the title is held by his younger brother, the fourth baron, an architect and town planner; County Planning Officer for Ross and Cromarty 1967–1975 and Scottish Office Inquiry Reporter 1978–1993.
Baron Gainford (1917).
The heir presumptive to the barony is the present holder's brother, Hon. Matthew Edward Pease (b. 1962).
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his eldest son, Felix George Pease (b. 1992), followed by his brother, Silas John Pease (b. 1999).
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57372186 | The Photographer (1974 film) | The Photographer is a 1974 American thriller film written and directed by William Byron Hillman. The film stars Michael Callan, Barbara Nichols, Harold J. Stone, Edward Andrews, Jed Allan and Spencer Milligan. The film was released on December 5, 1974, by Embassy Pictures.
Plot.
The film begins with Adrian Wilde (Michael Callan) living his life as a photographer. Everything seems normal until he stumbles upon a dead body, and takes a picture of it. This sparks a dark deep fetish Wilde has had since he saw his first dead body washed up at the local watering hole he used to play around as a child. This leads Wilde to spiral into a murderous rampage to sustain his lust for the two things he loves most: murdering unsuspecting attractive women and photography. This leads to a cat and mouse chase between the police, Lt. Luther Jacoby (Harold J. Stone) and Sgt. Sid Collins (Edward Andrews). In the end, Wilde is finally caught as he is about to maim and consume his victim. The two officers are heralded as heroes.
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5596907 | Pamela Snelgrove-Paul | Pamela "Pam" Snelgrove-Paul is a Canadian politician who has served various positions on the provincial and municipal levels of government. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 to 2001 sitting with the Liberal caucus and later as an Independent in opposition.
Early life.
Paul was born in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Political career.
Paul has served as a Public School Trustee and Alderman for the City of St. Albert under her married name of Pam Smith. She was elected in a hotly contested race in Edmonton Castle Downs in the 1997 provincial election by just 87 votes, for the Alberta Liberal Party.
While serving as Member of the Legislative Assembly, Paul's divorced husband was arrested for domestic abuse, including tire-slashing stocking death threats and having a rifle in his possession.
She used her time as MLA to bring domestic violence, and woman's rights issues into the public spotlight.
In 1999 she sat as an independent after her experiences created turmoil in the Liberal caucus and did not run in the 2001 election.
Paul became an International Women's Day Award Recipient in 2005.
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62003429 | Ceb (gamer) | Sébastien Debs, better known as Ceb, is a French former professional "Dota 2" player. He was a member of OG, the team that won the multi-million dollar International 2018 and 2019 tournaments, as well as the team's coach when they won four Dota Major Championships.
Career.
Sébastien Debs' professional "Dota 2" career started with Team Shakira in 2011. The team first gained notability after placing 4th in Dreamhack Winter 2011. He left the organisation and decided to join a rehash of Mortal Teamwork led by Troels "Synderen" Nielsen in 2012. His first The International tournament with the team ended up last in their group with a score of 3–11. Debs joined Alliance in 2015, but the team posted mediocre results and failed to qualify for The International 2015. In May 2016, OG invited him to coach a new founded organization. They were dominant at the Frankfurt, Manila, Boston and Kiev Majors. Following Resolut1on's departure from the team in March 2018, he was a substitute player before officially filling the offlane position for the team at The International 2018, where he also changed his in-game handle from 7ckngMad to Ceb. Along with the rest of OG, Debs became the first two-time winner of The International after the team's victory at The International 2019. In January 2020, he announced he would be leaving the active roster in order to develop other players on the team before rejoining the active roster that July.
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19875142 | Transa (album) | Transa () is the sixth album by the Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso, released in 1972 by Philips Records. Like its predecessor, it was recorded while the artist was exiled in London, though he returned to Brazil shortly after completing it.
Background and Recording.
Exiled in London since 1969, Caetano Veloso gained permissions to stay one month in Brazil in January 1971 to see the commemorative mass of his parents 40th anniversary. In Rio de Janeiro, the singer was interrogated by the military who asked him to compose a song complimenting the Transamazônica highway - during its construction. Caetano didn't accept the "proposal", but, back in London, recorded the LP with the title "Transa", released in Brazilian territory in January 1972, when the singer returned to the country for good.
Reception.
Caetano calls it "one of my favorite records", feeling that it reaches a level of musicianship he was unable to achieve on previous albums. It also proved popular with the Brazilian public, due partly to its inclusion of a new version of the old samba "Mora na Filosofia", originally by Monsueto Menezes. It was listed by "Rolling Stone" Brazil as one of the 10 best Brazilian albums in history. Its success would set up the failure of the much more unconventional follow-up, "Araçá Azul". In August 2016, "Pitchfork" elected "You Don't Know Me" as the 73rd best song from the seventies. Journalist Kevin Lozano writes:
Personnel.
Adapted from sources.
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54470963 | Nick Collins (English footballer) | Nicholas Collins (7 September 1911 – 1990) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender. He made over 100 Football League appearances for Crystal Palace and also played non-league football for Ashford Town, Canterbury Waverley and Yeovil Town.
Career.
Collins began his career in non-league football with Kent League clubs Ashford Town and Canterbury Waverly F.C. In 1934 he signed for Crystal Palace then playing in the Football League Third Division South. He made his debut in September, in an away defeat to Brighton and went on to make 20 appearances that season, scoring three times. Over the subsequent four seasons, Collins made 23 appearances (no goals), 31 appearances (one goal), 36 appearances (two goals) and 33 appearances (one goal) respectively. In the 1939–40 season, Collins made three appearances before regular league football was suspended due to World War II. Collins went on to play Wartime League football for Palace between 1939 and 1942. In 1946, Collins moved on to Yeovil Town.
Personal life.
Collins died in 1990, aged 78 or 79.
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62439649 | Derick Roberson | Derick Roberson (born November 15, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL. He played college football at Sam Houston State.
Professional career.
Tennessee Titans.
Roberson was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent on May 9, 2019. He was waived on August 31, 2019, and was signed to the practice squad the next day. Roberson was promoted to the active roster on October 19, 2019, but was waived three days later and re-signed back to the practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster again on November 26, 2019. During a Week 16 38-28 loss to the New Orleans Saints, Roberson recorded his first two career sacks on Drew Brees. In the regular-season finale against the Houston Texans, he recorded three tackles and a sack in the 35-14 road victory.
On September 28, 2021, Roberson was placed on injured reserve on September 28, 2021. He was activated on November 16.
Houston Texans.
On September 8, 2022, Roberson was signed to the Houston Texans practice squad. He was released from the practice squad on November 7, 2022.
Houston Roughnecks.
The Houston Roughnecks selected Roberson in the second round of the 2023 XFL Supplemental Draft on January 1, 2023.
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29736666 | Fuchu Dam | Fuchu Dam () is a dam in Fuchu Town, Sakaide, Kagawa, Japan, completed in 1966. It dams the Aya River in the Aya River drainage system.
Lake Fuchu.
Fuchu Dam's reservoir, Lake Fuchu, along with Taki no Miya, was some of the picturesque scenery chosen as one of the "Timeless 100 Famous Views." This reservoir was called "Lake Fuchu" starting in the 1990s, and maps from before showed the lake as Fuchu Reservoir.
Lake Fuchu has canoe and rowboat competitions which are popular among high schools and employees of companies in the prefecture. It is being maintained as the East Shikoku Athletic Meet's venue for canoe competitions, a site of about 3 hectares with the Sakaide Canoe Training Center (boat-house and training room) and judge's chair and embark-disembark wharf for competitions. The course can be set at up to 9 lanes of 1000 meters, so it was designated by the JOC (Japan Olympic Committee) as a canoe race training facility, and players compete in Japanese championships and international athletes are sent to compete in international championship trials and such meetings there on a large scale. In August 2008, Finland's team used the same lake to practice before the Beijing Olympics.
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28544305 | Because You Love Me | "Because You Love Me" is a song written by Kostas and John Scott Sherrill, and recorded by American country music singer Jo Dee Messina. It was released in October 1999 as the fifth and final single from her album "I'm Alright". The song peaked at number 8 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and peaked at number 11 on the Canadian "RPM" Country Singles. It also peaked at number 53 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 making it a minor crossover hit.
Critical reception.
Deborah Evans Price, of "Billboard" magazine, reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song reminds everybody that she is "equally capable of wringing every drop of tender emotion from a power ballad." She calls the lyric a "well-written treatise on the impact love can have on a life, and Messina wraps her voice around the sentiment and carries it like a beloved flag."
Music video.
The music video was directed by Lawrence Carroll and premiered in October 1999.
Chart performance.
"Because You Love Me" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 23, 1999.
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59155561 | Fort Austin | Fort Austin is a former 19th-century Fort, built as a result of the Royal Commission on National Defence of 1859. It was built to defend the landward approaches to the North East of Plymouth. This was part of an overall scheme for the defence of the Royal Naval Dockyard at Devonport. They were known as Palmerston Forts after the Prime Minister who championed the scheme.
Designed by Captain (later Maj General) Edmund Frederick Du Cane, it was built by George Baker and Company and finished by the Royal Engineers. It was armed with fifteen guns and five mortars. To house part of the Forts' Garrison a barrack block to house 60 men was built within the rear section of the Fort.
By the early 1900s the Fort had become obsolete as a defensive position and was disarmed. During the Second World War it was used by the Devon and Cornwall Auxiliary Unit. It was sold by the War Office to Plymouth City Council in 1958. It was Grade II listed in 2008. It is now used as a Depot for Plymouth City Council.
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60288674 | The Lady in the Morgue (film) | The Lady in the Morgue is a 1938 American mystery film directed by Otis Garrett and written by Eric Taylor and Robertson White. It is based on the 1936 novel "The Lady in the Morgue" by Jonathan Latimer. The film stars Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Frank Jenks, Thomas E. Jackson, Wild Bill Elliott, Roland Drew and Barbara Pepper. The film was released on April 22, 1938, by Universal Pictures.
Plot.
Detective Bill Crane investigates the murder of the morgue keeper and the disappearance of a blond's dead body.
Production.
In 1937, Universal Pictures made a deal with the Crime Club, who were published of whodunnits. Over the next few years Universal released several mystery films in the series. The film was the third in Universal's Crime Club series.
Reception.
From retrospective reviews, the authors of the book "Universal Horrors" stated that the film was a "confusing yarn" and that "all the ingredients for a crackerjack mystery thriller are here, but somewhere along the line, this inconsequential meller misses the mark."
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7167114 | My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves (song) | "My Name is Anthony Gonsalves" is a popular comic song from the 1977 Bollywood film "Amar Akbar Anthony". One unusual feature of this song is that the actor featured in its picturization, Amitabh Bachchan, provides vocals along with the playback singer Kishore Kumar. Amitabh speaks and Kishore Kumar sings. It is shown in a sequence which in a reception, Anthony (Bachchan) sings and performs to be close to Jenny (Parveen Babi), for which her bodyguard keeps him away from her.
The song was composed by duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The character Anthony Gonsalves is named after Anthony Gonsalves, a music teacher of Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma who was one of the most famous music arrangers in Bombay in the 1930s. He had among his students the likes of RD Burman apart from Pyarelal.
Special effects are used for comic purposes in the picturisation of this song.
The opening line, "You are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity", that is spoken by Anthony when he emerges from the Easter egg, is an almost exact quotation from a speech in the Parliament of the United Kingdom given by British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli in 1878. Disraeli (who was referring to William Ewart Gladstone) used the word "inebriated" rather than "intoxicated". Anthony Gonsalves was also the name of the arranger for the famous music director Salil Chaudhary.
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73850706 | Plowden Weston | Plowden CJ Weston was an American plantation owner and politician who served as the 50th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.
Biography.
Plowden Weston was born in London, England in 1821 and migrated to the United States at a young age. Weston's father purchased the Laurel Hill Plantation in Beaufort, South Carolina, where Weston spent most of his childhood years. At age twelve, he returned to England to attend Harrow School, a private school for boys. Weston later attended the University of Cambridge. In 1847, Weston married an English woman and returned to the United States.
Weston received the Hagley plantation as a wedding gift and became one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina and one of the largest slaveholders.
Weston was elected Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1862. He died in office at age 42 in 1964. He died of tuberculosis. At the time of his death, he owned 185 slaves and his estate was valued at approximately $500,000 (10 million dollars adjusted for inflation in 2023).
In popular culture.
Weston has been nicknamed the "gray man" by some locals of Pawley's Island, a ghost who appears before every major hurricane.
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12169884 | List of female billionaires | "Forbes" magazine annually ranks the world's wealthiest female billionaires. This list uses the static rating published once a year by Forbes, usually in March. There were 328 women listed on the world's billionaires , up from 241 in March 2020. Since 2021, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is listed as the world's wealthiest woman.
According to a 2021 billionaire census, women make up 11.9% of the billionaire cohort, and "just over half of all female billionaires are heiresses, with an additional 30% having a combination of inherited and created wealth." In the overall female billionaire cohort, 16.9% of billionaires are "self-made" and 53.5% gained their wealth through a combination of inheritance and "self-made" wealth as of 2017.
2021 list.
In January 2021, CEOWORLD Magazine announced that if her family's wealth is included in her total fortune, then Francoise Bettencourt Meyers's wealth is estimated to stand at $71.4 billion.
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking , are:
2020 list.
The top 10 women billionaires, using the Forbes static ranking , are:
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61695291 | Martin Shovlin | Martin Shovlin (born 1960/1) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Naomh Ultan and the Donegal county team.
He played against Armagh and scored a point in the 1990 Ulster final, won by Donegal. His performance led him to be awarded the Ulster GAA Writers' Player of the Year.
He was part of Donegal's successful 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship team. He started the semi-final against Mayo at Croke Park. However, he did not play in the final; he had sustained a stiff neck injury which was still affecting him on the morning of the final. John Joe Doherty took his place in the team. Donegal captain Anthony Molloy singled Shovlin out for a special mention in his victory speech.
Earlier that year, "Hogan Stand" indicated that: "Even objective observers of the game in Donegal recognised that the Shovlin, Gavigan and Reid combination probably represented the best lie of defence in the country. The Dublin trio of Curran, Carr and Heery were the only other combination which vied for that tag, it was suggested".
Shovlin was still playing for Naomh Ultan as recently as 2021.
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42190319 | Tyler Wright (surfer) | Tyler Wright (born 31 March 1994) is an Australian professional surfer on the WSL World Tour. She is a consecutive WSL Women's World Champion (2016, 2017).
Early life.
Wright, who is from a close-knit surfing family, grew up at Culburra Beach, a surf spot about two hours south of Sydney near Nowra. Her four siblings are Owen, Kirby, Mikey, and Tim. Her father, Rob, a passionate surfer, and her mother, Fiona, drive the whole family around Australia following the amateur scene.
Identifying as bisexual, Wright has been married to Lilli Baker since 2022; the two had met in Newcastle the previous year while Baker was working at a local cafe and Wright was present for a surfing competition.
Career.
At the age of 14, Wright overtook a number of champions, some of whom were twice her age, to become the youngest-ever winner of a Championship Tour event, Layne Beachley's Beachley Classic in 2008. Wright joined the World Surf League Women's Championship Tour in 2011, and won World Titles in 2016 and 2017.
Media.
Australian TV channel ABC featured her in its biographic documentary program "Australian Story" on national television in March 2017.
In 2018 she fell ill with chronic fatigue syndrome after influenza A.
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24786691 | Winchester College Ground | Winchester College Ground is a cricket ground in Winchester, Hampshire. The ground is the historic grounds of Winchester College, with evidence suggesting cricket in Winchester dates back to the 17th century. The present ground, which is also known as New Field or Ridding Field, dates from 1869 when the then headmaster George Ridding bought land south of "meads" and donated it to the college. In 1875, the ground held was is to date the only first-class match to be played there when Hampshire played Kent in 1875. Hampshire, who were captained by Clement Booth, were dismissed for just 34 in their first-innings. In response, Kent were dismissed for 333, giving them a lead of 299. Hampshire fared little better in their second-innings, making just 82 to lose the match by an innings and 217 runs.
Until 1888 the pitch lay east–west, after which it was moved to lay north–south, a position retained to this day. The ground is used by the College for matches against Eton College and Harrow School, as well as being used by the Old Wykehamist Cricket Club.
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3071692 | Carlo Schmid-Sutter | Carlo Schmid-Sutter (born 11 March 1950 in Heiden, Switzerland) is a Swiss politician. Since 1984, he has been member of the cantonal government of Appenzell Innerrhoden. Schmid was a member of the Swiss Council of States from 1980 to 2007, and president of that chamber in 1999/2000. From 1992 to 1994, he presided the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP/PDC).
In this function, Schmid got caught-up in one of the most important referendums in contemporary Swiss politics: the vote on membership in the European Economic Area which was refused in 1992 by a slight majority of voting Swiss citizens. As chairman of the CVP-PDC, Carlo Schmid had to defend a position which went against his personal (Europe-skeptical) convictions. The party effectively supported the positive attitude towards the EEA taken by the government majority in which it was proportionally represented.
In what can be considered an acknowledgement of his long career in Swiss federal politics, but also as a reverence of his most conservative colleagues in parliament, Schmid received 11 votes to succeed Joseph Deiss in the Swiss Federal Council elections of 14 June 2006 although he did not officially stand for the office.
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16789153 | Palmarolle | Palmarolle is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 117.87 km2 and had a population of 1,386 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is considered to have the best agricultural land of the entire Abitibi region.
History.
The area began to be colonized in 1911 when the township was surveyed. The completion of the National Transcontinental Railway at La Sarre and Macamic led to further waves of development with the arrival of new settlers in 1916, 1918, and 1929. Following the pattern of other places in the Abitibi, the settlement was named after a historic military figure, François-Charles Bertrand de Palmarole or Palmarolle (1714 ‑ 1760), lieutenant of the La Sarre Regiment and Knight of the Order of Saint Louis. In 1921, the parish was formed and in 1930, the place was incorporated as a municipality.
Demographics.
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 595 (total dwellings: 649)
Mother tongue (2021):
Government.
Municipal council (2023):
List of former mayors:
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