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20464498 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%20Saint%20Kitts%20and%20Nevis%20general%20election | 2010 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election | General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 25 January 2010 for eleven of the fourteen or fifteen seats in the National Assembly. The other three or four members of the National Assembly will be appointed by the Governor-General after the elections.
The ruling Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), led by Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, won a fourth term in office. It was opposed in the campaign by the opposition People's Action Movement (PAM), led by Lindsay Grant. Both parties received much of their support from the island of Saint Kitts, which chooses eight of the eleven elected members of the National Assembly.
On the neighboring island of Nevis, local parties, including the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) and the Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM), vied for three seats in the National Assembly. Support from Nevisian political parties could decide control of the national government in a tight election.
The continuing economic crisis was a major issue in the campaign. The national debt of Saint Kitts and Nevis had risen to US$2 billion under the SKNLP government, roughly $50,000 per citizen. Prime Minister Denzil Douglas shrugged off accusations that he had let the debt spiral upward during his fifteen years in office:
"It is important for me to state that St. Kitts and Nevis has never missed any payments on the national debt under Labour. This is very important. Many countries owe less, but are repeatedly unable to service their debt."
Background
Before the 2010 election, the Labour Party controlled seven of the eight seats allocated to the island of Saint Kitts in the Assembly. The opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) controlled the other Saint Kitts seat. From nearby Nevis, the Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) controlled two of Nevis' three seats in the Assembly, while the opposition Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) controlled the other seat.
Prime Minister Douglas, speaking to a crowd of approximately 15,000 in Basseterre on 9 January 2010, announced the dates for the upcoming election. He set Nomination Day for 15 January 2010, with the general election to be held on 25 January.
Conduct
Armed police had to respond to protests alleging voting irregularities in the constituency where the PAM leader Lindsay Grant was up against Glen "Ghost" Phillips of the SKNLP. PAM supporters contended that "outsiders" were being brought into the Half Way Tree Community Centre, seven miles (11 km) from the capital Basseterre, to vote. Elsewhere in the country, voting was reported to be calm "amidst overcast skies following some intermittent morning showers."
According to 2022 reporting by the OCCRP, there is evidence that Henley and Partners CEO Christian Kälin helped to finance the campaign of Denzil Douglas. Henley had set up a passport selling scheme in St. Kitts and Nevis during Douglas's tenure. At the same time, Henley entered into at least three agreements with the SCL Group or its affiliated companies to help each other in the Caribbean region. Henley has denied financing the Douglas campaign. However, Douglas stated in an unpublished 2018 interview that Henley did fund his campaign and that the SCL Group was hired to manage the campaign. Henley responded by calling Douglas a liar.
Results
On Saint Kitts, the SKNLP won six out of the eight seats. The PAM gained a new National Assembly member, Eugene Hamilton, while PAM deputy leader Shawn Richards retained his seat. Prime Minister Denzil Douglas retained his seat for Constituency Six by a margin of 1905 votes to 179.
On Nevis, the Concerned Citizens' Movement (CCM) won two seats, with the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) taking the third.
References
Saint Kitts
Elections in Saint Kitts and Nevis
2010 in Saint Kitts and Nevis |
20464517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibriten%20High%20School | Hibriten High School | Hibriten High School (HHS) is a comprehensive, four-year high school accredited by the NC Department of Public Instruction and the Southern Colleges and Schools. The school is located at the foot of Hibriten Mountain, the western end of the Brushy Mountains in Lenoir, North Carolina.
History
Hibriten Academy
The Hibriten Academy was founded in 1885 on the Wildwood Road. It was a larger school than most of the ones for that period of time as it had three teachers and students of all ages. The rooms were heated with pot-bellied stoves, and the boy students had to cut the wood to keep the fires going. Water was carried to the rooms in a bucket and the students had their own cup to pour the water into from the bucket. Hibriten Academy was consolidated with Kings Creek High at the end of the 1932 school term.
Building and construction of Hibriten High School
Following a survey of the schools of Caldwell County in 1963, the State Department of Public Instruction recommended that three of the rural schools—Oak Hill, King's Creek, and Happy Valley—be consolidated. It was also recommended that a new building be constructed on a new site for the consolidated high school. Thirty-five acres of land, located in the Lower Creek section of the county, were purchased at a cost of $37,500.
In 1962, an architect was employed for a period of two years to complete plans for the building. Designed in a plan similar to a split-level building, the school consists of three levels and contains departments in science, home economics, English, French, math, social studies, music, physical education, drama, child care center, and vocational studies which include technical drafting, business, introduction to vocations, agriculture, carpentry, graphics, electronics, bricklaying, and the work study programs of industrial cooperative training and distributive education. The building also includes administrative offices for the principal, assistant principal, secretary, guidance suite, visual air room, two first-aid rooms, and a conference room. The cafeteria seats 250 people.
Located at the foot of the Hibriten Mountain, the school was given the name of Hibriten High School. Its mascot is a panther, and the school colors are red, black, and white. It is located two miles from the main thoroughfare of the city of Lenoir. The school was officially opened in the fall of 1966 with Kenneth A. Roberts as principal and Ronald Beane as assistant principal. Student enrollment for the 1966-67 school term was 715, with a faculty of 42. The class of 1967 graduated 118 students. Five elementary schools send students to Hibriten High School.
The gymnasium and music building were completed in 1972 with the gym seating 1800 people.
School bands
The Hibriten High School Symphonic Band is the main band of the school. It was established in 1966. As of Spring 2017, the bands (both symphonic and concert bands) have accumulated fifty-three superior ratings (21 consecutive by the symphonic band from 1994 to 2014), with most of them in Grade VI music (the most difficult level).
Of note are the band directors who taught at Hibriten and who are now in the North Carolina Bandmaster's Hall of Fame. These include George Kirsten (George Kirsten's sister Dorothy Kirsten sang operatic mezzo-soprano in the NY Metropolitan Opera), and Camilla Graeber. Other HHS Band directors have been honored by the Northwest District of the NC Bandmasters Association including Dennis Carswell, John Craig, and Bill Witcher.
School songs
The fight song was written by Captain Ralph Ostrom. The alma mater was written by Kathryn Wilson and John Craig.
Notable alumni
Nick Easton, NFL offensive lineman
Bobby McMillon, singer, musician, and storyteller
References
Public high schools in North Carolina
Schools in Caldwell County, North Carolina
1966 establishments in North Carolina |
20464520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Aruban%20general%20election | 2009 Aruban general election | General elections were held in Aruba on 25 September 2009. The elections were the seventh to be held for membership of the Estates since autonomy was granted by the Dutch in 1986, and resulted in a victory for the Aruban People's Party, which won 12 of the 21 seats in the Estates.
Background
Prior to this election the People's Electoral Movement (MEP) were the governing party, holding eleven seats. The main opposition Aruban People's Party (AVP) held eight with the Network of Electoral Democracy and the Aruban Patriotic Movement holding a seat apiece.
Electoral system
The 21 members of the Estates were elected for a four-year term using proportional representation, carried out in a single nationwide constituency. Each party was allowed to place up to 29 people on their party list. The party or coalition with a majority was allowed to select a Prime Minister.
Campaign
Eight parties and 167 independents contested the elections. The Aruban Director of the Register of Population and electoral council member Sharline Luidens forbade the press from taking photos inside polling stations during the election.
Pre-election polls showed the AVP were expected to win, campaigning to reduce inflation and abolish a tax on local business. The AVP also pledged to address concerns over the island's oil refinery operated by Valero Energy, which had been closed since mid-July 2009 and had provided jobs for around one thousand people, as well as a recent decline in tourists visiting the island. The People's Electoral Movement (MEP) pledged to diversify the economy and reduce debt and living costs.
The parties were represented by specific colors during the campaign; the AVP was known as the "green party," the MEP was the "yellow party" and the independent Real Democracy Party was identified as the "red party."
Results
A turnout of 86% was recorded for the election which proceeded without disruption. Governor Fredis Refunjol and his wife, Clarette, voted at the Sacred Heart School in Savaneta early Friday morning and urged all Arubans to vote as well. Incumbent Prime Minister Nelson Oduber and his wife, Glenda, cast their ballots at the EPB School in Hato, on the edge of Oranjestad. AVP leader Mike Eman voted in the afternoon at the Colegio Arubano, a junior-senior high school, with his wife, Doina, and his brother, Henny Eman, who was Aruba's first Prime Minister. Doina Eman, who is originally from the United States, had recently acquired her Dutch passport and this was the first Aruban election in which she was eligible to vote.
Polls closed in Aruba at 7:00 pm local time. Early results began filtering in approximately 8:30 pm. The first results reported in were from the Noord District, which showed a marked support for the AVP. Twelve election precincts in Oranjestad, the capital, were also won by the AVP early in the evening. The AVP, which is identified by the color green, also won eight polling stations in San Nicolas, the site of the recently closed Valero Energy oil refinery.
Support declined for Nelson Obuder's MEP party across the island. The MEP, which is known as the "yellow party", captured its traditional stronghold of Santa Cruz, as well as precincts in portions of Savaneta and Paradera. Support for the MEP ultimately dropped from eleven to eight seats in the Estates.
The AVP, led by Mike Eman, claimed 48% of the vote and twelve seats in the Estates, making Eman the 5th Prime Minister-Elect of Aruba with an absolute majority of three seats in the 21-seat House. The MEP won 36% of the vote and eight seats, with the final seat being won by the Real Democracy Party. This meant that Nelson Oduber, the demissionary Prime Minister of Aruba, had lost control of the Estates for the first time in eight years. Eman arrived at the AVP party headquarters in Oranjestad, where he was greeted by approximately 2,000 supporters dressed in green, the color of the AVP. The victory was marked by AVP supporters letting off fireworks and unfurling flags in the green livery of the party. In his speech, Eman thanked Aruba's Latino and Haitian communities. The winning party of an Aruban election traditionally celebrates with a parade following the election.
Reactions
Oduber blamed the MEP's defeat on Dutch interference in Aruba's affairs, in particular referring to a recent announcement that the Dutch authorities would commence an investigation into corruption on the island. Oduber also singled out Valero Energy CEO Bill Klesse, accusing him of taking sides in the election against the MEP by closing the refinery shortly before the election took place. In a speech carried only on Aruban Channel 22, Oduber did not congratulate the winning AVP. Instead, he said that the AVP should work to fulfill its "unreal promise" to Arubans.
References
External links
Aruba Press: AVP Triumphant - Aruba has a New Government
Real Democracy Party 2009 campaign site
General election
Aruba
Elections in Aruba |
20464528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testing%2C%20adjusting%2C%20balancing | Testing, adjusting, balancing | In heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) are the three major steps used to achieve proper operation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. TAB usually refers to commercial building construction and the specialized contractors who employ personnel that perform this service.
In general, the TAB specialist performs air and hydronic measurements on the HVAC systems and adjusts the flows as required to achieve optimum performance of the building environmental equipment. The balancing is usually based upon the design flow values required by the Mechanical Engineer for the project, and the TAB contractor submits a written report which summarizes the testing and balancing and notes any deficiencies found during the TAB work. Many times facility managers will use a TAB contractor to assist in identifying preexisting or common issues with a facility. While not necessary to be a TAB contractor, many contractors tend to hold professional air balancing certifications.
Testing
Testing is the use of specialized and calibrated instruments to measure temperatures, pressures, rotational speeds, electrical characteristics, velocities, and air and water quantities for an evaluation of equipment and system performance.
Adjusting
Adjusting is the final setting of balancing devices such as dampers and valves, adjusting fan speeds and pump impeller sizes, in addition to automatic control devices such as thermostats and pressure controllers to achieve maximum specified system performance and efficiency during normal operation.
Balancing
Balancing is the methodical regulation of system fluid flows (air or water) through the use of acceptable procedures to achieve the desired or specified design airflow or water flow. When beginning the balance of a system, you must locate the terminal with the least amount of flow in regards to the engineer's drawing. Once the "low" terminal has been located, you can then proceed to adjust all other diffusers/grilles (air) or circuit balancing valves (water) to proportionally match the original "low" terminal. There must be at least one terminal that is wide open to achieve optimum efficiency.
Notes
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
20464542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arboretum%20de%20Segrez | Arboretum de Segrez | The Arboretum de Segrez is a historic arboretum located within the Domaine de Segrez on Rue Alphonse Lavallée, Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières, Essonne, Île-de-France, France.
The arboretum was established in 1857 as a scientific undertaking by Pierre Alphonse Martin Lavallée (1836-1884), a French botanist and horticulturist. It included a herbarium and botanical library, and by 1875 was one of the largest collections of woody plants in the world. After Lavallée's death in 1884, scientific cultivation of the arboretum ceased, but a number of mature specimens can still be seen on the domain's grounds.
See also
List of botanical gardens in France
References
Domaine de Segrez
Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières: Segrez
Arboretum Segrezianum. Icones selectae Arborum et Fruticum in Hortis Segrezianis collectorum. Description et figures des espèces nouvelles, rares ou critiques de l'Arboretum de Segrez. Paris : J.B. Baillière et fils, 1880–1885.
Liberty Hyde Bailey, The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, The Macmillan Company, 1914, page 347.
Conservatoire Jardins Paysages entry (French)
Gralon.net entry (French)
Segrez, Arboretum de
Segrez, Arboretum de |
20464547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Murff | Red Murff | John Robert Murff (April 1, 1921 – November 28, 2008) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Milwaukee Braves. Listed at , 195 lb., Murff batted and threw right-handed. He attended Gettysburg College.
A native of Burlington, Texas, Murff started his professional baseball career in A and AA ball. On June 8, 1951, while pitching for the Texas City Texans, he threw a no-hitter against the Harlingen Capitals. A year later, he pitched innings of a 20-inning game, in a lost cause against the Texarkana Bears, who defeated the Texans, 3–2. Then, in 1955, he won The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award and was named Texas League Pitcher of the Year after going 27–11 for the Dallas Eagles.
Murff entered the majors in 1956 with the Braves as a 35-year-old rookie, having been signed by Milwaukee scout Earle W. Halstead. In a story chronicled in Murff's biography "The Scout", Halstead negotiated with Dick Burnett, owner of the Dallas Eagles in the Texas League, where Murff played. The two sides reached an impasse until Halstead proposed a game of gin rummy with the winner setting the terms of the trade. Halstead won and the Braves paid Burnett $40,000 and three players from the 40 man roster to obtain Murff's contract. In part of two seasons, he posted a 2–2 record with a 4.65 ERA and three saves in 26 appearances, including two starts, giving up 26 earned runs on 56 hits and 18 walks while striking out 31 in innings of work.
Following his majors career, Murff coached in the minors and managed the 1960 Jacksonville Braves of the South Atlantic League. As a scout for the New York Mets, he discovered and signed future Hall of Famer pitcher Nolan Ryan and All-Star catcher Jerry Grote. Ryan, later named president of the Texas Rangers, noted his friendship with Murff in his 1999 Hall of Fame induction speech.
In the early 1970s, Murff helped start the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball program, and retired to Tyler, Texas in 1991 after serving 34 years as a scout. He was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Texas Scouts Association Hall of Fame in 1999, and in 1994 the UMHB's ballpark was named in his honour, Red Murff Field.
Murff died in a Tyler nursing home at the age of 87.
Further reading
SABR BioProject
BR Bullpen
External links
, or Baseball Almanac
1921 births
2008 deaths
Atlanta Braves scouts
Baseball players from Texas
Baton Rouge Red Sticks players
Gettysburg Bullets baseball players
Dallas Eagles players
Houston Astros scouts
Industriales de Valencia players
Jacksonville Braves players
Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders baseball coaches
Milwaukee Braves players
Minor league baseball managers
Montreal Expos scouts
Nashville Vols players
New York Mets scouts
Texas City Texans players
Tyler East Texans players
Wichita Braves players
People from Milam County, Texas |
17326036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309%20Indiana%20Pacers%20season | 2008–09 Indiana Pacers season | The 2008–09 Indiana Pacers season was Indiana's 42nd season as a franchise and 33rd season in the NBA.
Key dates
June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in Madison Square Garden, New York.
July 1: The free agency period started.
Offseason
On July 9 the Pacers officially announced they had made two trades, the most notable being the trade of former All Star forward Jermaine O'Neal in exchange for Toronto Raptors players T. J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic, Maceo Baston and Roy Hibbert who was the 17th pick on the 2008 NBA draft. The Raptors also received Nathan Jawai who was the 41st pick in the draft. Also in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers, the Pacers acquired Jarrett Jack, Josh McRoberts and Brandon Rush who was the 13th pick in the draft. The Pacers traded away Ike Diogu and Jerryd Bayless who was the 11th pick in the draft. With the Pacers missing the playoffs for the last two seasons and reaching just the first round before that, a change was needed in Indianapolis. Having been with the Pacers for the past eight years, O'Neal's tenure was marred by numerous injuries which saw him miss 40 games last season and 31 during the 2005–06 season.
Draft picks
The 6-foot-10 Nathan Jawai is the first indigenous player from Australia to be drafted by an NBA team.
Roster
Regular season
Standings
Game log
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 1
| October 29
| @ Detroit
|
| Danny Granger (33)
| Troy Murphy (15)
| T. J. Ford (5)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076
| 0–1
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 2
| November 1
| Boston
|
| Danny Granger (20)
| Marquis Daniels (10)
| Troy Murphy (5)
| Conseco Fieldhouse18,165
| 1–1
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 3
| November 5
| Phoenix
|
| T. J. Ford, Danny Granger (23)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| Troy Murphy (4)
| Conseco Fieldhouse11,660
| 1–2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 4
| November 7
| @ Cleveland
|
| Danny Granger (33)
| Marquis Daniels (11)
| Marquis Daniels (7)
| Quicken Loans Arena20,562
| 1–3
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 5
| November 8
| New Jersey
|
| Danny Granger (23)
| Jeff Foster (13)
| T. J. Ford (9)
| Conseco Fieldhouse14,355
| 2–3
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 6
| November 10
| Oklahoma City
|
| T. J. Ford (24)
| T. J. Ford, Danny Granger (7)
| T. J. Ford (10)
| Conseco Fieldhouse10,165
| 3–3
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 7
| November 12
| @ New Jersey
|
| T. J. Ford (18)
| T. J. Ford (8)
| T. J. Ford (9)
| Izod Center13,551
| 4–3
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 8
| November 14
| Philadelphia
|
| Danny Granger (18)
| Jeff Foster (11)
| T. J. Ford (7)
| Conseco Fieldhouse12,742
| 4–4
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 9
| November 15
| @ Chicago
|
| T. J. Ford (16)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| Troy Murphy (5)
| United Center21,759
| 4–5
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 10
| November 18
| Atlanta
|
| Danny Granger (34)
| Troy Murphy (19)
| Radoslav Nesterović, Jarrett Jack (5)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,379
| 5–5
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 11
| November 21
| Orlando
|
| Marquis Daniels (25)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| Radoslav Nesterović (8)
| Conseco Fieldhouse14,699
| 5–6
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 12
| November 22
| @ Miami
|
| Marquis Daniels (25)
| Troy Murphy (11)
| Danny Granger, Troy Murphy (6)
| American Airlines Arena18,685
| 5–7
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 13
| November 25
| @ Dallas
|
| Danny Granger (22)
| Troy Murphy (14)
| T. J. Ford (7)
| American Airlines Center19,996
| 5–8
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 14
| November 26
| @ Houston
|
| Troy Murphy (21)
| Troy Murphy (14)
| Danny Granger (5)
| Toyota Center18,194
| 6–8
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 15
| November 28
| Charlotte
|
| Danny Granger (35)
| Troy Murphy (12)
| T. J. Ford (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse17,160
| 6–9
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 16
| November 29
| @ Orlando
|
| Danny Granger (27)
| Troy Murphy (11)
| T. J. Ford, Jarrett Jack (5)
| Amway Arena17,172
| 6–10
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 17
| December 2
| L.A. Lakers
|
| Danny Granger (32)
| Troy Murphy (17)
| T. J. Ford (8)
| Conseco Fieldhouse16,412
| 7–10
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 18
| December 3
| @ Boston
|
| Danny Granger (20)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| T. J. Ford (8)
| TD Banknorth Garden18,624
| 7–11
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 19
| December 5
| @ Cleveland
|
| Troy Murphy (15)
| Jeff Foster (7)
| Danny Granger (5)
| Quicken Loans Arena20,562
| 7–12
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 20
| December 7
| Boston
|
| Marquis Daniels (26)
| Marquis Daniels, Jeff Foster (7)
| Danny Granger (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse16,102
| 7–13
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 21
| December 10
| @ Toronto
|
| Danny Granger (22)
| Troy Murphy (20)
| Troy Murphy (6)
| Air Canada Centre17,877
| 7–14
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 22
| December 12
| @ Detroit
|
| Danny Granger (42)
| Troy Murphy (11)
| T. J. Ford (10)
| The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076
| 7–15
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 23
| December 13
| @ Milwaukee
|
| T. J. Ford (27)
| Troy Murphy (11)
| T. J. Ford (6)
| Bradley Center14,921
| 7–16
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 24
| December 15
| @ Washington
|
| Danny Granger (27)
| Troy Murphy (12)
| Marquis Daniels (7)
| Verizon Center14,502
| 8–16
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 25
| December 17
| Golden State
|
| Danny Granger (41)
| Danny Granger, Brandon Rush, Jeff Foster (11)
| Danny Granger (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse11,151
| 9–16
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 26
| December 19
| L.A. Clippers
|
| Jarrett Jack (27)
| Jeff Foster (11)
| Jarrett Jack (7)
| Conseco Fieldhouse12,653
| 9–17
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 27
| December 20
| @ Philadelphia
|
| T. J. Ford (25)
| Jeff Foster (10)
| Jarrett Jack (8)
| Wachovia Center14,599
| 10–17
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 28
| December 23
| New Jersey
|
| Danny Granger (26)
| Jeff Foster (14)
| Jarrett Jack (8)
| Conseco Fieldhouse11,272
| 10–18
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 29
| December 26
| @ Memphis
|
| Marquis Daniels (28)
| Troy Murphy (12)
| Jarrett Jack, Danny Granger (5)
| FedExForum12,346
| 10–19
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 30
| December 28
| New Orleans
|
| Danny Granger (34)
| Troy Murphy (16)
| Jarrett Jack, Marquis Daniels (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse14,374
| 10–20
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 31
| December 30
| Atlanta
|
| Danny Granger (25)
| Troy Murphy (14)
| Danny Granger (5)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,762
| 10–21
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 32
| January 2
| @ New York
|
| Jarrett Jack (29)
| Troy Murphy (18)
| Danny Granger (6)
| Madison Square Garden19,763
| 11–21
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 33
| January 3
| Sacramento
|
| Danny Granger (35)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| T. J. Ford (7)
| Conseco Fieldhouse12,765
| 12–21
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 34
| January 5
| @ Denver
|
| Danny Granger (36)
| Troy Murphy (12)
| Jarrett Jack (7)
| Pepsi Center14,255
| 12–22
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 35
| January 7
| @ Phoenix
|
| Danny Granger (37)
| Jeff Foster (9)
| Danny Granger (6)
| US Airways Center18,422
| 13–22
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 36
| January 9
| @ L.A. Lakers
|
| Danny Granger (28)
| Troy Murphy (6)
| Jarrett Jack (8)
| Staples Center18,997
| 13–23
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 37
| January 11
| @ Golden State
|
| Danny Granger (42)
| Jeff Foster (12)
| Jarrett Jack, T. J. Ford (6)
| Oracle Arena18,262
| 13–24
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 38
| January 12
| @ Utah
|
| Danny Granger (30)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| Travis Diener (8)
| EnergySolutions Arena19,911
| 13–25
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 39
| January 14
| Detroit
|
| Danny Granger (24)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| Jarrett Jack (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse11,964
| 14–25
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 40
| January 16
| Toronto
|
| Danny Granger (23)
| Troy Murphy (15)
| Jarrett Jack (7)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,234
| 15–25
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 41
| January 19
| @ New Orleans
|
| Danny Granger (30)
| Troy Murphy (11)
| Troy Murphy (5)
| New Orleans Arena17,237
| 15–26
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 42
| January 20
| @ San Antonio
|
| Danny Granger (17)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| Radoslav Nesterović (4)
| AT&T Center18,181
| 15–27
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 43
| January 23
| Houston
|
| Danny Granger (25)
| Troy Murphy (16)
| T. J. Ford (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse14,486
| 16–27
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 44
| January 25
| Charlotte
|
| Danny Granger (27)
| Troy Murphy (14)
| T. J. Ford (7)
| Conseco Fieldhouse10,936
| 17–27
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 45
| January 27
| @ Orlando
|
| T. J. Ford (23)
| Troy Murphy (7)
| Travis Diener, Jarrett Jack, Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (4)
| Amway Arena17,461
| 17–28
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 46
| January 28
| Milwaukee
|
| T. J. Ford (34)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| Jarrett Jack (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse12,143
| 18–28
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 47
| January 30
| Miami
|
| Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (30)
| Troy Murphy (12)
| Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (5)
| Conseco Fieldhouse14,031
| 19–28
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 48
| January 31
| New York
|
| T. J. Ford (36)
| Troy Murphy (11)
| T. J. Ford (5)
| Conseco Fieldhouse15,067
| 19–29
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 49
| February 3
| Minnesota
|
| Danny Granger (28)
| Troy Murphy (12)
| T. J. Ford (7)
| Conseco Fieldhouse11,015
| 19–30
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 50
| February 5
| @ Philadelphia
|
| Mike Dunleavy, Jr. (21)
| Troy Murphy (14)
| T. J. Ford (7)
| Wachovia Center10,699
| 19–31
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 51
| February 6
| Orlando
|
| Danny Granger (33)
| Jarrett Jack, Troy Murphy (8)
| T. J. Ford (5)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,559
| 20–31
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 52
| February 8
| @ Washington
|
| Danny Granger (29)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| T. J. Ford (7)
| Verizon Center13,708
| 20–32
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 53
| February 10
| Cleveland
|
| Troy Murphy (18)
| Troy Murphy (15)
| T. J. Ford (4)
| Conseco Fieldhouse18,165
| 21–32
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 54
| February 11
| @ Milwaukee
|
| Danny Granger (26)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| T. J. Ford (13)
| Bradley Center13,486
| 21–33
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 55
| February 17
| Philadelphia
|
| Danny Granger (20)
| Danny Granger (10)
| T. J. Ford (7)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,259
| 22–33
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 56
| February 18
| @ Charlotte
|
| Jarrett Jack, Troy Murphy (18)
| Troy Murphy (16)
| Travis Diener (6)
| Time Warner Cable Arena12,374
| 22–34
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 57
| February 20
| @ Minnesota
|
| Marquis Daniels (24)
| Troy Murphy (14)
| Travis Diener (6)
| Target Center13,777
| 23–34
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 58
| February 22
| Chicago
|
| Troy Murphy (27)
| Troy Murphy (14)
| T. J. Ford, Jarrett Jack (5)
| Conseco Fieldhouse17,083
| 24–34
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 59
| February 23
| @ New York
|
| Jarrett Jack (33)
| Troy Murphy (21)
| Troy Murphy (4)
| Madison Square Garden17,283
| 24–35
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 60
| February 25
| Memphis
|
| T. J. Ford, Jarrett Jack (20)
| Troy Murphy (12)
| Jarrett Jack (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,211
| 25–35
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 61
| February 27
| @ Boston
|
| T. J. Ford (23)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| T. J. Ford, Marquis Daniels (4)
| TD Banknorth Garden18,624
| 25–36
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 62
| March 1
| Denver
|
| Jarrett Jack (28)
| Troy Murphy (18)
| Jarrett Jack (8)
| Conseco Fieldhouse12,458
| 26–36
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 63
| March 3
| @ Sacramento
|
| Jarrett Jack (26)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| T. J. Ford (9)
| ARCO Arena10,748
| 27–36
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 64
| March 4
| @ Portland
|
| Marquis Daniels (28)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| T. J. Ford (5)
| Rose Garden20,020
| 27–37
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 65
| March 7
| @ L.A. Clippers
|
| Jarrett Jack (25)
| Troy Murphy (15)
| T. J. Ford (8)
| Staples Center16,518
| 28–37
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 66
| March 10
| Utah
|
| Troy Murphy (23)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| T. J. Ford (9)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,705
| 28–38
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 67
| March 13
| @ Atlanta
|
| T. J. Ford (29)
| Troy Murphy (14)
| T. J. Ford (5)
| Philips Arena14,079
| 28–39
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 68
| March 15
| @ Toronto
|
| Troy Murphy (16)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| T. J. Ford (6)
| Air Canada Centre18,169
| 28–40
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 69
| March 18
| Portland
|
| Danny Granger (35)
| Jeff Foster (11)
| T. J. Ford (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,072
| 28–41
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 70
| March 20
| Dallas
|
| Danny Granger (18)
| Danny Granger, Troy Murphy (11)
| Danny Granger, Travis Diener (4)
| Conseco Fieldhouse17,232
| 28–42
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 71
| March 21
| @ Charlotte
|
| Jarrett Jack (31)
| Jarrett Jack (6)
| T. J. Ford (6)
| Time Warner Cable Arena15,721
| 29–42
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 72
| March 25
| Miami
|
| Danny Granger (28)
| Jeff Foster (16)
| Jarrett Jack (4)
| Conseco Fieldhouse17,117
| 30–42
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 73
| March 28
| @ Chicago
|
| Danny Granger (32)
| Jeff Foster (18)
| Jarrett Jack (9)
| United Center20,756
| 30–43
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 74
| March 29
| Washington
|
| Danny Granger (31)
| Brandon Rush (10)
| T. J. Ford (10)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,729
| 31–43
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 75
| March 31
| Chicago
|
| Danny Granger (31)
| Troy Murphy (12)
| T. J. Ford (9)
| Conseco Fieldhouse15,687
| 32–43
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 76
| April 3
| San Antonio
|
| Danny Granger (35)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| Jarrett Jack, T. J. Ford (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse16,414
| 32–44
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 77
| April 5
| @ Oklahoma City
|
| Danny Granger (24)
| Troy Murphy (9)
| T. J. Ford (5)
| Ford Center19,136
| 33–44
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 78
| April 8
| Toronto
|
| Danny Granger (29)
| Troy Murphy (14)
| T. J. Ford (11)
| Conseco Fieldhouse13,647
| 34–44
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 79
| April 10
| @ Atlanta
|
| Danny Granger (35)
| Troy Murphy (10)
| Jarrett Jack (7)
| Philips Arena17,222
| 34–45
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"
| 80
| April 11
| Detroit
|
| Danny Granger (24)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| Jarrett Jack (6)
| Conseco Fieldhouse17,116
| 35–45
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 81
| April 13
| Cleveland
|
| Danny Granger (38)
| Troy Murphy (13)
| Jarrett Jack (5)
| Conseco Fieldhouse18,165
| 35–46
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| 82
| April 15
| Milwaukee
|
| Danny Granger (35)
| Troy Murphy (12)
| Jarrett Jack (10)
| Conseco Fieldhouse18,165
| 36–46
Player Statistics
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References
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17326057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitosaurus | Capitosaurus | Capitosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibians whose remains have been found in Spitsbergen and Germany. Its skull was 30 cm long, with a total length over 122 cm. Several species have been assigned to the genus over the years, but only C. polaris is still valid today.
References
Triassic temnospondyls of Europe
Fossils of Germany
Prehistoric tetrapod genera
Monotypic amphibian genera |
17326119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra%20Stiles%20House | Ezra Stiles House | The Ezra Stiles House is an historic house at 14 Clarke Street in Newport, Rhode Island. It is a large -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gambrel roof and two large interior brick chimneys, built in 1756. Originally built facing south, the house was rotated on its lot to face west in 1834, at which time its entry was given a Greek Revival surround.
The house was home from the time of its construction to Rev. Ezra Stiles, later president of Yale University. Stiles lived in the house while serving as a minister for 20 years at the Second Congregational Church on Clarke Street. Stiles owned a slave boy that he acquired through an investment in a slaving expedition. Stiles freed his slave when he left Newport to serve at Yale in 1777. Stiles House is currently a private residence and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
Davis, "Buying and Selling the Human Species:Newport and the Slave Trade,""Providence Journal" (March 12, 2006)
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Houses in Newport, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island
Houses completed in 1756
Greek Revival houses in Rhode Island |
20464549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Macanese%20legislative%20election | 2009 Macanese legislative election | Legislative elections were held in Macau on 20 September 2009. The official campaign began on 5 September, and several candidates received warnings from the Electoral Affairs Commission for having begun campaign activities beforehand.
As in 2005, there are 29 seats, only 12 of which are elected by universal suffrage under the highest averages method. The rest are "elected" by the functional "constituencies" or appointed by the Chief Executive.
The pro-democracy lists
This year, there are four lists advocating universal suffrage and political reforms.
In both 2001 and 2005, the New Democratic Macau Association, also referred as the democrats by local media, received the highest number of votes. Due to the divisors (1,2,4,8,...) employed in the highest averages method, they only managed to win 2 seats on both occasions (they would have achieved 3 seats had the original d'Hondt formula been used instead). Because of this, they split into two lists, namely Associação de Próspero Macau Democrático (APMD) and Associação Novo Macau Democrático (ANMD), contesting the election with the same manifesto. Similar strategies have been used by the Democratic Party of Hong Kong in the Hong Kong legislative elections, with mixed successes. APMD is led by Antonio Ng while Au Kam San leads ANMD, which means both lists have outgoing deputies (deputados) as their leading candidates.
The democrats campaign for one man one vote for the CE in 2014 (with nominations from the 300-member election committee) and direct election with public nominations in 2019. For the AL, they suggest abolishing all indirectly elected seats in 2013 and the end of appointed seats by the CE in 2017.
Agnes Lam, a local writer and an assistant professor of the University of Macau, leads the newly formed Observatório Cívico campaigning for direct election for the chief executive (CE) in 2019 and a directly elected legislative assembly (AL) by 2023. In addition to universal suffrage, Observatório Cívico also campaigns for reforming the electoral system by introducing multiple votes. She has also spoken against self-censorship in the local media and emphasised the importance of freedom of press. Some have questioned her pro-democracy views, with her being vice president of the pro-Beijing Macao Youth Foundation.
Associação de Activismo para a Democracia, the most radical list of the four, concentrates on campaigning for universal suffrage for both CE and AL by 2019, but is less concerned about other issues. Their leading candidates were removed by the security during a CCAC (Comissariado Contra a Corrupção) rally for "clean election", which was represented by all 16 lists, after shouting slogans on stage. They only received 654 votes (0.52%) in 2005.
Ng Seng Fong's pullout
The 4th candidate of Au Kam San's list (Associação Novo Macau Democrático or ANDM), Ng Seng Fong has resigned and pulled out from the election on 16 September. A local Chinese language newspaper revealed that Ng was given a 3-year sentence in July for frauds dating back to 2005. Ng claimed that she herself did not know about the said court case and only found out about it on the internet. It is unclear how the court case carried out without her knowledge given that she commutes from Zhuhai to Macau frequently using her BIR (Macau ID card) to go through the custom. She has now filed an appeal against the decision. The police has launched an investigation into the leaks of these reports. It is claimed that only a handful of officers have access to the said records.
The pro-Beijing lists
The pro-Beijing lists can be divided into two categories, the ones with links to the business sector (especially the gaming industry) and those with traditionalist backgrounds.
This year, they turn their attention to the economic crisis which has hit the gambling industry of Macau particularly badly. União para o Desenvolvimento emphasises on the need to diversify the local economy as well as reforming labour laws. União Macau-Guangdong on the other hand campaigns for greater cooperation between Macau and mainland China. Family reunification for immigrants from mainland China is also a campaign issues for various lists.
Some of the pro-Beijing lists include political reform in their manifestos. However, they do not appear to support universal suffrage in the near future. UPP for example suggests the enlargement of election committee which would continue to elect the chief executive indirectly. AACPP and Aliança P’ra Mudança go further by claiming that Macau is "not ready" for universal suffrage.
Gaming industry
The gaming industry has a strong presence in the election. Casinos in Macau currently employ 50,000 people, it is therefore expected that at least four seats would go to candidates with links to the industry according to a study carried out by Hong Kong Baptist University. Angela Leong, the director of STDM is expected to be re-elected under the list Nova União para Desenvolvimento de Macau. Melinda Chan, the leading candidate for Aliança Pr'a Mudança, has also worked in the gaming and hotel industry. She campaigns against raising tax rates for the casinos and insists that casinos should bare no social responsibilities. Chan Meng Kam, the owner of Golden Dragon casino, together with Ung Choi Kun are running for re-election under the list Associação dos Cidadãos Unidos de Macau. They came second in 2005, but it was later revealed that their list was linked to a vote buying case for which 7 people were sent to prison.
The election commission ruled that it is illegal to display campaign materials in casinos. However, the list of Angela Leong has ignored this ruling and continued to display political posters in Grand Lisboa, a casino owned by STDM.
Macanese candidates
A unified list consisting of mainly candidates with Portuguese descent (Macanese), some born in Macau and others in Portugal, contests in this legislative election, under the name Voz Plural - Gentes de Macau. The list also has Chinese members. The platform calls for the protection of the heritage of Macau in a modern context of multiculturalism. One of the main issue they campaign for is to protect rights of foreign workers in RAEM, in bid to win votes from the sizeable Philippines and Indonesian communities. Voz Plural is the only list which campaigns in roughly equal proportions in Chinese, Portuguese and English (see below).
The top two candidates of Nova Esperança, José Pereira Coutinho and Rita Santos, are both Macanese. However, unlike Voz Plural, Nova Esperança concentrates on issues of labour rights and social issues. The outgoing deputy José Pereira Coutinho has proposed, but without success, the trade union bill twice during his time in the assembly so far.
Both lists support gradual political reforms and increasing the number of directly elected deputies in AL. However, their programs are less ambitious than the pro-democracy lists. In particular, Voz Plural does not campaign for universal suffrage according to their manifesto, due to a perception that such claim is not realistic for the next 4 years, proposing instead the increase of directly elected members from 12 to 18.
Languages
There is no restriction on the choice of language used in the campaigns. Traditionally, candidates concentrate on winning votes from the Chinese majority. With the participation of Voz Plural, more efforts are being made to translate manifestos into minority languages this year. For the first time, ANMD (and APMD) will make use of its campaign air time on the Portuguese channel of TDM. União Promotora para o Progresso (UPP) also campaigns in both Chinese and Portuguese. Associação de Apoio à Comunidade e Proximidade do Povo (AACPP), Observatório Cívico and Voz Plural all campaigns in three languages (Chinese, Portuguese and English). AACPP even sends out leaflets in Braille.
The use of Portuguese became an important election issue this year. During a debate between the two leading Macanese candidates, Casimiro Pinto and José Pereira Coutinho, organised by Ponto Final, discrimination against monoglot Portuguese was discussed. Apart from Voz Plural, Aliança Pr’a Mudança also supports multilingualism. Their education policies include promoting bilingual (Chinese and Portuguese) teaching in Macau. UPP also supports bilingualism favouring stronger ties with other lusophone trading partners.
Controversies
UPP's false start
União Promotora Para o Progresso (UPP), a list associated to the Kaifong association, has breached election regulations by distributing campaign materials outside the legal campaign period (5 to 18 September). On 20 August, Au Kam San of the ANMD made an official complaint to the electoral commission after UPP distributed leaflets on the street and published campaign advertisements with pictures of the UUP candidates in a local magazine, União Geral das Associações de Moradores de Macau. The said magazine was published with subsidies from Fundação Macau. The democrats accused Fundação Macau of financing "illegal" campaigns using public funds. However, the president of the electoral commission, Vasco Fong, ruled that the actions of UUP were due to ignorance and refused to punish the list.
Internet war
There have been reports that some candidates received malicious emails containing a virus that would delete all the data of victims' computers. Observatórico Cívico claimed that they received tens of such messages. Many rumours have been spread on various internet forums. Many accusations were made against the democrats on the CTM forums, including claims of Au Kam San's link to Falun Gong.
Smears against Kwan Tsui Hang
Anonymous posters were displayed throughout the city making false accusations against the outgoing deputy and the leader of União Para o Desenvolvimento, Kwan Tsui Hang. The posters claimed that Kwan was against government's recent cash relief scheme and would rather allocate the funds for corruption purposes. Kwan has denied all such claims. Despite having complained to the election commission, the posters continued to appear on the streets asserting people were making the wrong choice (for electing Kwan).
Ballot and Results
There are in total 16 lists, down 2 from 2005. In one form or another, 9 lists have contested in the 2005 election. The ballot order was announced on 29 July.
The election commissioner delayed the announcement of the final results after recording a large number of spoilt votes. On the first count, there were 6,539 spoilt votes, but 5,467 of them have been validated on the recount. Melinda Chan, the leading candidate of Aliança Pr'a Mudança, immediately filed a complaint against the decision arguing that according to electoral law, a tick should be put inside the designated box for the vote to be valid. On 28 September, the court of last repeal (o Tribunal de Última Instância) ruled in favour of Melinda Chan and concluded that only 41 of the original spoilt votes should be valid. The ruling does not change the overall outcome of the election with the 12 original elected deputies remaining elected, but there is a slight change in the "ranking" of the lists.
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Political affiliation
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |% of Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change in% of vote
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Net changein seats
|-
| 4 ||style="background-color:;"| || Prosperous Democratic Macau AssociationAssociação de Próspero Macau Democrático (民主昌澳門)
| 16,424 || 11.58 || N/A || 2 || +2
|-
| 2 ||style="background-color:;"| || New HopeNova Esperança (新希望)
| 12,908 || 9.10 || +1.11 || 1 || ±0
|-
| 15 ||style="background-color:;"| || New Democratic Macau AssociationAssociação de Próspero Macau Democrático (民主昌澳門)
| 11,024 || 7.77 || -11.03 || 1 || -1
|-
| 6 ||style="background-color:;"| || Civil WatchObservatório Cívico (公民監察)
| 5,329 || 3.76 || N/A || 0 || ±0
|-
| 9 ||style="background-color:;"| || Activism for Democracy AssociationAssociação de Activismo para a Democracia (民主起動)
| 1,141 || 0.80 || N/A || 0 || ±0
|-
| 14 ||style="background-color:;"| || Plural Voices Peoples of MacauVoz Plural Gentes de Macau (齊聲建澳門)
| 905 || 0.64 || N/A || 0 || ±0
|-
| 11 ||style="background-color:;"| || Democratic Society AllianceAliança da Democracia de Sociedade (社會民主陣線)
| 256 || 0.18 || N/A || 0 || ±0
|-style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|| || || style="text-align:left;" | Total for Pro-democracy camp
| 47,987 || 33.83 || +5.08 || 4 || +1
|-
| 7 ||style="background-color:;"| || United Citizens Association of MacauAssociação dos Cidadãos Unidos de Macau (澳門民聯協進會)
| 17,014 || 12.00 || -4.58 || 2 || ±0
|-
| 10 ||style="background-color:;"| || New Union for Macau's DevelopmentNova União para Desenvolvimento de Macau (澳門發展新連盟)
| 14,099 || 9.94 || +0.61 || 1 || ±0
|-
| 1 ||style="background-color:;"| || Macau-Guangdong UnionUnião Macau-Guangdong (澳粵同盟)
| 10,348 || 7.30 || N/A || 1 || +1
|-
| 5 ||style="background-color:;"| || Alliance for ChangeAliança Pr'a Mudança (改革創新聯盟)
| 7,857 || 5.54 || N/A || 1 || +1
|-
| 3 ||style="background-color:;"| || Union for the Progress and DevelopmentUnião Para o Progresso e Desenvolvimento (同力建設聯盟)
| 5,389 || 3.80 || N/A || 0 || ±0
|-
| 12 ||style="background-color:;"| || Union for DevelopmentUnião Para O Desenvolvimento (同心協進會)
| 22,098 || 14.88 || +1.59 || 2 || ±0
|-
| 13 ||style="background-color:;"| || Union for Promoting ProgressUnião Promotora Para o Progresso (群力促進會)
| 14,044 || 9.90 || +0.30 || 1 || -1
|-
| 16 ||style="background-color:;"| || Association for Helping the Community and Engagement with the PeopleAssociação de Apoio à Comunidade e Proximidade do Povo (親民愛群協會)
| 2,334 || 1.65 || -0.71 || 0 || ±0
|-
| 8 ||style="background-color:;"| || "Social Justice" TeamEquipa de "Justiça Social" (社會公義)
| 1,627 || 1.15 || N/A || 0 || ±0
|-style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
|| || || style="text-align:left;" | Total for Pro-establishment camp
| 93,810 || 66.16 || -5.10 || 8 || -1
|- class="unsortable"
!colspan=3 style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total and Turnout!!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 149,006 !!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 59.91 !!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| +1.52 !!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 12 !!style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| ±0
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Valid votes || 141,797 || 95.16
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" |
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Invalid votes || 6,498 || 4.36
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" |
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Blank votes || 711 || 0.48
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" |
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Eligible voters
| 248,708
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" |
|-
!style="text-align:left;background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=8|Functional constituencies and appointed members
|-
| — ||style="background-color:;"| || Macau Business Interest UnionUnião dos Interesses Empresariais de Macau(澳門僱主利益聯會) for business
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || 4 || ±0
|-
| — ||style="background-color:;"| || Employees Association Joint Candidature CommissionComissão Conjunta da Candidatura das Associações de Empregados(僱員團體聯合) for labor
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || 2 || ±0
|-
| — ||style="background-color:;"| || Macau professional Interest UnionUnião dos Interesses Profissionais de Macau(澳門專業利益聯會) for professionals
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || 2 || ±0
|-
| — ||style="background-color:;"| || Excellent Culture and Sports Union AssociationAssociação União Cultural e Desportiva Excelente(優裕文康聯合會) for welfare, culture, education and sport
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || 2 || ±0
|-
| — ||style="background-color:;"| || Members appointed by the Chief Executive
| style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | || 7 || ±0
|}
The strategies of the democrats paid off, they managed to increase 1 seat which means there will be 4 pro-democracy deputies (including José Pereira Coutinho) in the new assembly. The traditionalists lost one seat despite both UPP and UPD increased their number of votes. In fact, UPD received the largest number of votes as a single list and saw the largest increase in votes. For the pro-business camp, there remain 5 deputies, 4 of which from the gaming industry. Analysts pointed out that there has not been a huge change in the make up of the AL which continues to be dominated by the pro-Beijing camp.
Candidates lists and results
Turnout
28 polling stations were open from 9am to 9pm. A total of 149,006 (59.91% of registered voters) people voted, a record high. The regional breakdowns are as follows.
References
External links
Official results
2009 elections in China
2009 legislative
2009 in Macau |
20464555 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EQTEC | EQTEC | EQTEC PLC (formerly REACT Energy PLC and Kedco PLC) is a bioscience energy company operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland which was established in 2005.
Stock market listing
Kedco floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange on Monday 20 October 2008. Kedco was admitted to the AIM at 17.5c per share giving the company a market capitalisation of €35 million. Share price since launch spiked at over 30 cent a share before falling over the following months and as of early May 2010 stands at 7 cent a share. The company has made significant losses since its foundation in 2005, however losses have fallen along with revenue since an investment by FBD and entry into the LSE. On 17 February 2010 the company announced that it had "been unable to secure financing on suitable terms" for a development in Newry and that it may have to "pursue alternative means of maintaining adequate cash reserves including management of its working capital position". On 10 May 2010 the company admitted that it had still not been successful in finding alternative funding and announced the appointment of external advisers to assist in this aim. The company was subsequently able to source adequate funding to meet its day to day obligations, however February 2011 saw renewed fears being expressed that the company was about to delist from the AIM. Subsequently the Chief Executive Officer resigned on 31 March 2011.
React Energy plc
At the company's AGM in November 2013 it was decided to change the company's name from Kedco PLC to REACT Energy PLC to reflect the company's changed business focus. The share price of the company has remained volatile since renaming and trading in the company's shares was briefly suspended in December 2014 amid concerns about the future viability of the company.
In 2016, Farmer Business Development plc invested in REACT to keep the project afloat.
EQTEC
In February 2017, the company was once again renamed, this time to EQTEC PLC.
Kedco
Kedco operated 2 distinct divisions targeting both Residential and Industrial client bases.
The Power division specialises in power generation from sustainable fuel sources with Kedco providing bio-science solutions to industrial clients by converting waste into an energy resource.
The Energy division supplied renewable energy heating products within Ireland, primarily to residential customers. Kedco registered with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland as Wood Pellet Ireland.
Both divisions remained in operation for a period of time, however the company stated in a press release in late 2008 that "Kedco Power constitutes the main part of the company going forward". The company subsequently decided to cease supplying products to the domestic market and since 2012 it has focused exclusively on industrial energy solutions.
See also
Bioethanol
Anaerobic digestion
Wood pellets
References
Renewable energy companies of Europe
Renewable energy companies of the United Kingdom
Energy companies of the Republic of Ireland
Renewable energy in Ireland
Companies based in Cork (city)
Companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market |
20464565 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaineer%20Militia | Mountaineer Militia | Mountaineer Militia was a local anti-government paramilitary group, members of which plotted to blow up an FBI building Clarksburg, West Virginia in 1996. The group also used the name West Virginia Mountaineer Militia, and had ties with another militias from other states.
Plot and arrest
On October 11, 1996, seven men having connections with the Mountaineer Militia, a local anti-government paramilitary group, were arrested on charges of plotting to blow up the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division in Clarksburg, West Virginia, after a 16-month investigation. The group had even considered the killing United States Senator Jay Rockefeller and Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan in a "holy war" against the "tiranous" U.S. government.
While members of the group had been assembling large quantities of explosives and blasting caps, militia leader Floyd Raymond Looker obtained blueprints of the FBI facility from a Clarksburg, West Virginia firefighter. Plastic explosives were confiscated by law enforcement officials at five locations in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Looker was taken into custody after arranging to sell the blueprints for $50,000 to an undercover FBI agent, whom he believed to be a representative of an international terrorist group. In 1998 Looker was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Two other defendants were sentenced on explosives charges, and the firefighter drew a year in prison for providing blueprints. The charges with those who were judge include conspiracy to manufacture explosives, transport explosives across state lines and place them near the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services center in Clarksburg. Two of the arrested, Edward Moore and Jack Phillips, were charged for the making and dealing in explosives, including homemade nitroglycerine and C-4. Before the arrests, Moore said to Mr. Looker and the Government informer that he had perfected a homemade rocket-propelled grenade. Also, the authorities said, the group held a training practices in which they detonated an improvised explosive that left a hole two feet wide and four feet deep.
Other arrested were James R. Rogers, (40) a firefighter from Clarksburg. He is accused for the providing of 12 photographs of blueprints of the FBI complex, including plans for the underground computer center, with the objective to attack that part of the complex. The group also posted a video on the internet called "America Under Siege," alleging acts authorized by the federal government against its own people.
Convictions
On March 29, 1998, the leader Floyd "Ray" Looker was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in a federal prison. Looker (57), was among the first to be charged under a 1994 antiterrorism law that makes it a crime to provide material resources to terrorists activities. While Looker pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charges, on several occasions he mentioned that the plans and materials he had couldn't have made the attack successful. James R. Rogers, was sentenced to 10 years.
Notes
Terrorism in the United States
Paramilitary organizations based in the United States
Right-wing militia organizations in the United States
1996 in West Virginia
1995 establishments in West Virginia
1990s disestablishments in West Virginia
Organizations based in West Virginia |
20464572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Frank%20%28disambiguation%29 | Anne Frank (disambiguation) | Anne Frank (1929–1945) was a young Jewish girl and a German-born diarist.
Anne Frank may also refer to:
Anne Frank: The Biography, a biography of Anne Frank by Melissa Müller
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, the diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank: The Whole Story, a television mini-series about Anne Frank by Robert Dornhelm
5535 Annefrank, an inner main-belt asteroid named after Anne Frank
See also
Ann Frank Lewis (born 1937), American political strategist |
23571535 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive%20industry%20in%20Brazil | Automotive industry in Brazil | The Brazilian automotive industry is coordinated by the Associação Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores (Anfavea), created in 1956, which includes automakers (cars, light vehicles, trucks, buses and agriculture machines) with factories in Brazil. Anfavea is part of the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles (OICA), based in Paris. In 2021, the annual production exceeded 2.2 million vehicles, the 8th largest in the world.
Most large global automotive companies are present in Brazil, such as: BMW, BYD, Chery, Ford, Geely, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, JAC Motors, Kia, Land Rover, Lexus, Lifan, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan Motors, Renault, Stellantis, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo Trucks, among others, and also the consecrated national companies such as Agrale, Marcopolo, Randon, Troller, and more. In the past there were national brands such as DKW Vemag, FNM and Gurgel. Some traditionally produced modern equipped replicas of older models.
Some companies such as Rolls-Royce and Porsche, rely on local distributors to import their vehicles, but brands with local factories, such as Honda and Chevrolet may also import some of their models.
History
The first Brazilian automotive industry was the work of Henry Ford, who started the Brazilian subsidiary of Ford Motor Company in 1919. In 1921 Ford opened its own production facility and was followed by General Motors in 1926. In 1928, Ford established the Fordlândia, an industrial district in the Amazon rainforest. The district is no longer in use but saw a populational growth compared to the early 2000s, when roughly 90 people lived in the town.
In 1956, the Romi-Isetta, an early Brazilian car, was initially produced, with license purchase of Italian Iso. In 1958, Toyota started to produce its famous Bandeirante. In 1959, the first Volkswagen factory was built, it started manufacturing the Type 2, which preceded the famous Beetle. At the same time, a Brazilian entrepreneur, Mr. Sebastiao William Cardoso, started producing an electrical small jeep called Tupi.
In the late 1950s, Chevrolet and Ford started manufacturing pickup trucks, and in the 1960s, automobiles and commercial vehicles, GM also brought buses. In 1967, Puma began selling sports cars. The Italian Fiat established its first factory in the 1970s, and Mercedes Benz started to produce trucks and buses during the 1950s, and opened an automobile factory in 1998. These companies dominated the Brazilian market until mid-1990s, when the Brazilian market was finally opened to imports. In the 1990s, more auto companies settled and opened factories in Brazil.
The automotive industry in Brazil sells all over Latin America and world. In the last few years, the Brazilian auto industry has grown quickly, attracting investments from the main global automakers. In 2007, production grew 14% compared to 2006 figures, reaching more than 4 million vehicles.
In October 2012, the Inovar-Auto Program was approved by decree with the theoretical goals of encouraging automakers to produce more fuel-efficient vehicles and investing in the national automotive industry, by managing taxation exceptions (IPI = Tax over Industrialized Product). However, the program has received criticism, especially of protectionism. The country has recently lost a WTO dispute against tax advantages and illegal practices of protectionism. The Inovar-Auto program ended in December 2017 and was replaced by the Route 2030 Program.
Timeline
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1930: Ford was followed by concurrent General Motors with the assembly of the first Chevrolet cars in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, there until today, at Avenida Goiás.
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Historical production by year
Historical sales
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers
Current
Large Passenger Vehicles Manufacturers and Importer
BMW Group
BMW do Brasil
Mini do Brasil
Bugre
BYD Brasil
China South Industries Group
Moto Traxx da Amazônia
Effa Motors
Fabral
Mahindra
SsangYong Brasil
Ford do Brasil
Fundação Romi
Indústrias Romi
General Motors do Brasil
Chevrolet do Brasil
Great Wall Motors
Grupo CAOA
CAOA (Former Ford dealer, Subaru and Renault importer, and currently manufacturing and importing Chery, Ford and Hyundai vehicles)
CAOA Chery
Exeed
CAOA Subaru
Hyundai CAOA do Brasil
Grupo CNH Industrial
New Holland Agriculture
New Holland Construction
Grupo Gandini
Kia Motors do Brasil
Grupo Volkswagen
Volkswagen do Brasil
Audi do Brasil (Former Audi Senna, an Audi AG subsidiary until 2005)
Honda
Honda Automóveis do Brasil
HondaJet (Focused on aircraft engine)
HPE Automotores do Brasil (Mitsubishi manufacturer)
Hyundai Motor Brasil
Iveco Group
Iveco (The company was spun-off from CNH Industrial on 1 January 2022; in Brazil the separation occurred in 2019 when Iveco Group was formed)
Iveco Bus
FPT Industrial
JAC Motors Brasil
Jaguar e Land Rover Brasil
Jaguar
Land Rover
Lifan do Brasil
Mitsubishi Motors Brasil
Nissan do Brasil Automóveis
Renault do Brasil
Stellantis – FCA
Fiat Automóveis Brasil
Jeep do Brasil
RAM
Stellantis – PSA
Peugeot
Citroën
Suzuki Brasil
Toyota do Brasil
Lexus do Brasil
UK Motors – Grupo Eurobike – Stuttgart Sportcar
Aston Martin
McLaren
Porsche
Valtra
Via Itália
Ferrari
Lamborghini
Maserati
Rolls-Royce
Volvo do Brasil
Volvo Car of Brazil Automotive
Motorcycle and Bicycle manufacturers (Medium and Large Production)
Amazonas Motos Especiais (AME)
Avelloz Motos
Brasil & Movimento
BMW do Brasil
BMW Motorrad Brasil
Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP)
Bull Motors
CFMoto-KTM
CFMoto Brasil
KTM Brasil
Dafra Motos
Dayang
Ducati do Brasil
HaoJue Motos do Brasil
Harley-Davidson do Brasil
Honda do Brasil
Moto Honda da Amazônia
Hot Custom Cycles
HPE Automotores do Brasil (Suzuki representative)
Iros Motos
J Toledo Motos do Brasil
Suzuki Motos do Brasil
Kawasaki do Brasil
Kymco Motos do Brasil
Motocargo Industria e Comercio de Triciclo (Mtcar)
Royal Enfield Brasil
Shineray do Brasil
Sousa Motos
Triumph Brazil
Vespa Brasil
Voltz Motors do Brasil
Yamaha Motor do Brasil
Bus, coach and truck manufacturers
Agrale
Avibrás
Caio Indústria e Comércio de Carrocerias (Caio Induscar)
Carbuss Indústria Catarinense de Carrocerias (Formerly Busscar Ônibus)
Comil Ônibus
DAF Caminhões Brasil
Foton Caminhões
Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidade (FNM) (Focused in electric semi trucks; not to be confused with Fábrica Nacional de Motores (FNM))
Marcopolo S.A.
Neobus
Mercedes-Benz do Brasil
Mascarello Carrocerias e Ônibus
Volvo do Brasil
Volvo Caminhões Brasil
Volvo Ônibus Brasil
Volkswagen do Brasil
Traton SE (Formerly MAN SE)
Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus (Some models are rebadged Man trucks)
Scania Brasil
Tractors manufacturers
AGCO
Caterpillar Brasil
Fundação Romi
Máquinas Agrícolas Romi (Agricultural machinery division)
Grupo CNH Industrial
CASE Construction
John Deere Brasil
Komatsu
Massey Ferguson
Valtra
Here's a link to a map containing all plants currently in Brazil:
Independent Manufacturers
Small, Medium and Large Independent Manufacturers
AC3 – Antique Classic & Custom Cars
Americar Veículos Especiais
ART Costalonga
Athena Auto (Partnership between Fibracar Compósitos and Scherer Automotiva)
Athos Cars (Formerly Chamonix Athos)
Autocross
Autosfibra Réplicas (closed due to trademark Infringement in 2019)
AutoMagrão
Autoweld Equipamentos Elétricos e Eletrônicos
Engeplus
Bugrauto Auto Serviços (Recently repairing jet-ski, after buggies and prototypes)
By Colella Veículos Especiais
By Cristo Indústria e Comércio
Caio STR Customs
Calegari Design
Carrah Montadora de Veículos
Cauype
Comércio e Indústria de Veículos Fibravan
Coperglass
Cross Race
D2D Motors (Owned by Arteb)
Dream Maker
Edra Veículos Especiais (Formerly Edra Automotores; utility production rights acquired by Nissin Veículos Especiais)
Edra Aeronáutica (Aircraft pilot training, manufacture of seaplane, sale and maintenance of imported aircraft)
Eion
Fábrica de Jericos San Remo
Farina (Buggy manufacturer and reseller)
Fibracar (Assumed Penatti line-up in 2013)
Fábrica Nacional de Veículos (FNV) (Not the extinct railcar manufacturer, Fábrica Nacional de Vagões)
Free Style Veículos Especiais
Fyber
Gaia Electric Motors (Small electric vehicle startup)
GRF – Route 66 Réplicas Artesanais
Horwin Brasil
K2 Concept Indústria, Comércio e Serviços Automotivos
Kers Tecnologia em Mobilidade Sustentável (Microenterprise supported by Unioeste University and the government of the State of Parana)
Kitcar Veículos Especiais (Formerly MufaCar Veículos Especiais)
Limousine Service Brazil (LSB)
MC Competições (Prototype manufacturer and resistance tests for foreign models, such as Audi and Volvo)
MutoProtec (Formerly Mecplan Metalúrgica)
Metal Nobre
Mil Milhas Motorsport
Miura (Currently owned by Rangel & Lima Indústria de Veículos; Formerly owned by Besson, Gobbi & Cia.)
Mobilis (Startup focused in urban mobility solution; produced a small electric vehicle in 2017)
Montauto – Montadora Nacional de Automóveis / BRM – Buggy Rodas e Motores (Biggest dune buggy manufacturer in Brazil)
Nenê Hot Rod Assembly (NHRA)
Newtrack Indústria e Comércio de Veículos (Formerly Camelo Metalmecânica)
Personal Parts
Puma Automóveis
Selvagem Indústria e Comércio
Sulam Equipamentos Esportivos
Super Buggy
TAC (Formerly Tecnologia Automotiva Catarinense (TAC); utility car project sold to the Chinese Zotye)
Tarso Marques Concept (TMC) (Founded by former Formula 1 pilot; specialized in custom jobs)
VLEGA Gaucho
Former Independent, Prototype and Custom Vehicle Manufacturer
ABC Cobra Veículos Especiais
AD Aeternum
AMX
Abais Buggy Indústria e Comércio
Acha Indústria e Comércio de Carrocerias Esportivas
Acquatec Indústria e Comércio
Adamo
Adax
Agni
Agrale (Motorcycle division)
Akamine
Alcar
Aldee
Alfa Romeo
Almenara
Amoritz
Andorinha
André – Protótipos & Motor Home
Angra Indústria e Comércio de Carrocerias
Artesanal
Aruanda
As Réplicas
Aurora Projetos Automobilísticos
Auto Drews
Auto Mecânica Atenas
AutoLatina
Autofibra
Automotiva Usiminas (Formerly Brasinca; manufactured car body, dump container and crew-cabs for companies such as Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Simca, Scania, Massey Ferguson, Volkswagen, Volvo, Chevrolet and FNM, between 1950s and mid-1990s)
Automóveis e Motores Centaurus
Autonova Indústria e Comércio de Veículos Especiais
Avallone
Avel – Apolinário Veículos
BB Equipamentos Autoesportivos
BM Foster
Baja Bug Brasil Veículos
Bandama
Baptista & Irmãos
Garage Baptista
Beach
Beach Buggies e Lanchas (Formerly Baby Indústria de Carrocerias)
Beep Indústria e Comércio de Peças
Beira Rio
Benelli
Bernardini
Besouro Veículos (Volkswagen dealer)
Bettina
Bianco
Bianco & Costa
Bobby Indústria e Comércio de Carrocerias
Boddy
Bonneville Custom Garage
Brandini
BrasFibra
Brasil Diamond
Bravo
Brax Automóveis (Formerly Lobini Automóveis)
Brazilian Boat (Small vessel yard, built Porsche Spyder replica for a short period)
Brazilian Hot Rod (Focused in importing and selling muscle cars, and components, restoring Ford Mustang and producing Shelby Cobra replicas)
Braúna Veículos Especiais
Brilho Comercial de Veículos
Britz
Bu-Kar
Bug Rio Comércio e Reparações de Veículos
Buggymania Veículos
CBP Indústria, Comércio e Exportação (Closed due to Trademark infringement; bought Coyote Indústria e Comércio, a former autocross vehicle manufacturer, in the late 80s)
CP-TS (Acronym for: Carro do Povo; based on the Passat TS)
CR Line (closed due to trademark Infringement in 2016)
CTA
Caetano
Caribe
Carioca Réplicas
Carpo
Carrera
Carrocerias Furglass Indústria e Comércio
Carrocerias Monarca
Carroçaria Sport
Carwag Indústria, Comércio e Exportação
Casella & De Lorenzo
Casini
Cerrado
Charmant
Chausson Associados Indústria e Comércio (Focused in manufacturing custom vehicles) (Operation ceased in 2007)
Chausson Intercambiadores Térmicos (Focused on automotive radiators and industrial heat exchangers)
Cheetah
Chemuniz
Cheval Comércio e Indústria de Veículos
Chrysler (Ceased sales; representation, concessionaires and repair shop still operational)
Chrysler
Dodge
Chuves Indústria e Comércio de Artefatos Plásticos e Metálicos
Cigano
Cintra Customs
Classic Hot Rods
Classic Motors Carriages do Brasil
Coach
Coala
Cobrasma (Former truck chassis maker)
Codec Projetos Industriais de Móveis
Comercial, Industrial, Representações, Exportações e Importações (CIREI) (Dodge and Renault manufacturer)
Companhia Brasileira de Tratores (CBT) (Declared bankruptcy)
Companhia Distribuidora Geral Brasmotor (Former manufacturer for Chrysler, Plymouth, Fargo and Volkswagen; currently owned by Whirlpool, produces since only refrigerators)
Companhia Industrial Santa Matilde
Companhia Santo Amaro de Automóveis
Engenharia e Comércio de Automóveis (Engenauto)
Companhia de Expansão Auto-Industrial Veritas
Companhia de Intercâmbio Pan-Americano (CIPAN) (Chrysler, Plymouth and Fargo representative)
Compton Stütgart
Conceptor
Concorde Indústria de Automóveis Especiais
Condor Cabriolet
Corona S/A Viaturas e Equipamentos
Corsa Cross
Coruja
Crisna Indústria e Comércio de Carrocerias
Cronos Tecnologia e Desenvolvimento de Veículos
Cross Way
Curitiba Spyder
Dacril Personalização de Veículos
Dagh Indústria e Comércio de Veículos
Dankar Indústria e Comércio de Veículos
Danny
Darié
Decorauto
Demoiselle Indústria e Comércio de Carrocerias
Desenvolvimento de Tecnologia (Detenc)
Detroit Comércio e Indústria
Diamond
Diaseta
Dipave
Distribuidora de Automóveis, Caminhões e Ônibus Nacionais (Dacon) (Volkswagen and Porsche representative)
Projets d'AvantGarde (PAG DACON)
Dock Dock
Duna
D’Norbert
EBtech Projetos Automotivos Especiais
EcoMini
EcoMóvel
Edgard Pessoa
Ego Veículos
El Paco
Eldorado (Fiat Dealer)
Elva
Elza
Emis Indústria e Comércio de Veículos
Emisul Montadora e Comercial de Veículos (Took Emis operations after operations were ceased)
Engefibra
Engenharia de Veículos e Motores (Envemo)
Engenheiros Especializados (Engesa)
Eniequi
Enseda Veículos Especiais
Escuderia Bad Bug
Falcão Indústria e Comércio de Plásticos
Farus Indústria de Veículos Esportivos
Fer Car Indústria e Comércio de Veículos
Fiberbras Indústria e Comércio
Fibertécnica Novaimagem
Fibra Dunnas, Indústria e Comércio
Fibra Real Indústria e Comércio
Fibranorte
Fibrario Comércio e Indústria (Formerly Penatti)
Fibrax
Fibron Industrial
Fontana
Fontanari
Ford Motors Company Brasil
Ford do Brasil (Ceased production in 2021; focused in importing premium models)
Troller
Fox Veículos Especiais
Free Lance
Fury
Fuscolete Montagens Especiais de Veiculos
Fuscross
Fábrica Internacional de Carrosseries
Fábrica Nacional de Motores (Reestablished as Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidade, focused in Electric trucks)
Fábrica de Carrosserias Major
Fábrica de Veículos Caiçara
Fúria Auto Esporte
Galgo Indústria de Carrocerias (Formerly Besson, Gobbi S.A.)
Galli
Garage 500 Milhas
Garage AS
Garage Moreira
Garage e Officinas Fiat
Garden Sound
Gason
Gerbauto (Formerly Pimenta Indústria e Comércio de Veículo em Fiberglass)
German Racing Scap
Geta Design Indústria e Comércio Fibras e Metais
Giant's
Grancar Design, Veículos Especiais
Greta Indústria e Comércio de Veículos (Formerly GAMO)
Grillo (Former agricultural truck manufacturer)
Grupo Busscar (Declared bankruptcy)
Busscar Ônibus (Reopened as Carbuss Indústria Catarinense de Carrocerias)
Grupo Souza Ramos
Ford Souza Ramos (Defunded after Ford do Brasil ceased production)
SR Veículos Especiais
MMC Automotores do Brasil (Mitsubishi representative and manufacturer)
Guaporé
Guepardo Veículos
Guiauto Miami Buggy
Gurgel Indústria e Comércio de Veículos (Formerly Moplast Moldagem de Plástico)
HB
Harpia
Hawaii
HiBoy
Hit
Hofstetter Indústria e Comércio de Veículos
Hot Sprint
Hunter
Icomda Comércio e Desenvolvimento Automobilístico
Iguana (Small jeep produced by Vicauto, a former Fiat dealer)
Industrial Veículos Vendetta Equus
Indústria Brasileira de Automóveis Presidente (IBAP)
Indústria Brasileira de Veículos (IBV)
Indústria de Artefatos Metálicos Bola
Indústria de Carrocerias Bugre
Indústria de Plástico Reforçado Glaspac
Indústria e Comércio de Plásticos Reforçados Mirage
Ita Motores e Montadora de Veículos (Formerly Park Motors Projetos Automotivos)
Ivel Veículos (Currently operating as a Honda concessionaire)
JPX Indústria e Comércio (Founded by Eike Batista)
Jarama
Joaquim Garcia & Cia
Joagar
Jobby Indústria e Comércio de Carrocerias
John Davies
Jonathas Pereira
Jopecar
Jor Racing
K&B Fiberglass
Kadron Engenharia, Indústria e Comércio
Kaltec
Karibu
Karmann-Ghia do Brasil (Subsidiary of Wilhelm Karmann)
Kasinski (Currently under Magneti Marelli brand, a Fiat subsidiary)
Cofap – Companhia Fabricadora de Peças
Cofave – Sociedade Amazonense Fabricadora de Veículos
Kiko Buggy do Brasil
Koizyztraña
Kowalski
Kremer
Küsters
LCA
LHM Indústria Mecânica (Formerly Nurburgring Indústria e Comércio)
Lafer (Ceased auto vehicle industry; still producing furniture)
Laser
Leandrini
Lepper
Limousine Brasil
Limousines do Brasil
Litoral / Radical
Little Croc (Amphibious buggy)
Lobby Indústria e Comércio (Formerly Matis Indústria e Comércio)
Lomer Indústria e Comércio de Autos Esportivos
Luar
L’Auto Craft Montadora de Veículos (Formerly L’Automobile Distribuidora de Veículos)
L’Ufficio Designers
MG Design Indústria e Comércio
MGA Indústria e Comércio de Automóveis e Artefatos de Fibra
MGK
MHS
MR (Bugatti T-35 replica)
MX
Mac Laren
Mac Laren Açofibras
Mach 1
Mack Garage Veículos Especiais
Madom
Mahindra & Mahindra (Ceased passenger vehicles production in 2015, still produce tractors)
Malavase
Mali Buggy
Mamba
Mari Auto
Marina's Montadora
Marques Indústria e Comércio de Veículos
Material Ferroviário (Mostly known as Mafersa)
Maup
Max Golden Car Blindagens e Desenvolvimento
Megastar Veículos
Menon Veículos
Mercedes-Benz (Ceased passenger vehicles production in 2020, still produce truck and bus)
Mirafiori (Custom made Fiat City pickup truck and Fiat's concessionaire)
Mirage
Mirus
Moldex Indústria e Comércio
Mont Serrat Exclusive Auto Service
Montadora de Veículos Especiais Comércio Indústria e Exportação
Motor Tech
Moura
Multifibra Indústria e Comércio Plástico Reforçado
Mundeo (Propeller-driven car built "to simulate the feel of an inverted flight"; traffic restriction on public roads)
Mythos (Ferrari F40 replica)
Máxsus – Veículos e Peças
Nasser Brasil Motores Indústria e Comércio de Veículos (NBM)
NBM Indústria, Comércio de Veículos
Natalbuggy Indústria, Comércio e Serviços
Nigo
Nirico
Nobre Fibra Car
Obvio! Automotoveículos
Vrooom! Veículos Elétricos (Currently active and focused on electric vehicles)
Off-Road Montadora de Veículos
Officinas e Garage Lancia
Oficina Mecânica Aragão
Ommega Indústria e Comércio de Veículos
Orion
Orto Design Indústria e Comércio de Veículos
Pacífico
Pami Fibras
Panda Comércio de Fibra de Vidro
Pantera Design Indústria e Comércio
Panza
Park Motors Projetos Automotivos
Peixoto Veículos (Currently owned by Axxola)
Pereira Barreto (Sold limousines based on Chevrolet vehicles in partnership with Sulam; Former Chevrolet dealer)
Pflaumer (Custom limousine in a Volkswagen Beetle body)
Phybe Indústria e Comércio de Fiberglass
Pietro Gemesio Comércio e Indústria
Pingo
Pioneira da Indústria Nacional de Automóveis Reunida (Pinar)
Plascar – (Formerly Oscar S.A. Indústria de Artefatos de Borracha)
Polaris
Indian Motorcycle
Portyglass Indústria e Comércio
Produtora de Automóveis Nacionais Pan Rad Motores
Protótipos Lorena Carrocerias (Formerly Lorena Importação, Indústria e Comércio)
Py Motors Comércio e Indústria
SEED (Acronym for: Small Electric with Economic Design) (Formerly MMR Motorsport)
SPJ Indústria e Comércio
Santina Veículos
Simca do Brasil (Replaced by Chrysler do Brasil in 1967)
Sociedade Técnica de Veículos (STV)
Spiller Mattei Indústria e Comércio de Fiberglass
Sundown
Tambatajá Indústria de Carrocerias
Tecnoglass
Vemag-DKW (Vemag was acquired by Volkswagen do Brasil in 1967)
Viação Cometa (Currently owned by Auto Viação 1001)
Companhia Manufatureira Auxiliar (CMA)
Viação Itapemirim
Tecnobus – Serviços, Comércio e Indústria (Formerly Tecnobus Implementos Rodoviários)
WP Indústria e Comércio de Plástico Reforçado
Werma Automóveis
Willys-Overland do Brasil
Wladimir Martins Veículos (WMV) (Sold to Polystilo Indústria e Comércio in 1983 and for Py Motors in 1986)
Educational Institutions and Maker
Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC)-USP)
Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial (FEI)
Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia
Nishimura (FEI engineer and teacher; made a prototype)
Local manufacture encouraged
In 2022, Brazil has a 18% tariff on imported cars.
Passenger Vehicle Currently Offered and Manufactured in Large Scale
Agrale: Marruá
Audi: Q3, Q3 Sportback; Imported: A3, A4, A5, A6, A8, Q5, Q7, Q8, RS, e-tron and e-tron GT
BMW: 3 Series, X1, X3, X4; Imported: 1 Series, 2 Series, 4 Series, 5 Series, 7 Series, X2, X5, X6, X7, Z4, iX and i3 (until July 2022)
Chery: Tiggo 5x Pro, Tiggo 7 Pro, Tiggo 8 Pro; Imported: Arrizo 6 Pro
Chevrolet: Onix, Onix Plus, S10, Spin, Tracker, Trailblazer; Imported: Cruze and Equinox; Exported: Joy, Joy Plus
Citroën: C3, C4 Cactus; Imported: Jumpy, Jumper, e-Jumper
Fiat: Argo, Mobi, Pulse, Strada, Toro, Fiorino
Honda: City (Sedan and Hatchback), HR-V; Imported (): Accord; Exported: WR-V
Hyundai: Creta, HB20, HB20S, Tucson
Jeep: Commander, Compass, Renegade
Land Rover: Land Rover Discovery, Range Rover Evoque; Imported: Defender, Velar
MINI: Clubman, Countryman; Imported: Cabrio
Mitsubishi: L200 Triton, Eclipse Cross; Imported: Pajero
Nissan: Kicks; Imported: Frontier, Leaf, Versa
Peugeot: 2008, Partner Rapid; Imported: 208, e-208, 3008, Expert, e-Expert, Boxer
Renault: Captur, Duster, Oroch, Logan, Kwid, Sandero, Master; Imported: Kwid E-Tech, Zoe, Kangoo
Toyota: Corolla, Corolla Cross, Yaris (Sedan and Hatchback); Imported: Hilux, SW4, RAV4; Export: Etios
Volkswagen: Gol, Nivus, Polo, Saveiro, T-Cross, Virtus, Voyage; Imported: Amarok, Jetta, Taos
See also
Brazilian Highway System
Ethanol fuel in Brazil
FENABRAVE
Infrastructure of Brazil
List of automobiles manufactured in Brazil
List of exports of Brazil
Transport in Brazil
References
External links
Anfavea Statistical Yearbook of 1997
Articles needing cleanup from February 2022
Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from February 2022
Wikipedia pages needing cleanup from February 2022
Automotive industry in Brazil
Industry in Brazil |
23571537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudigonda%20%28disambiguation%29 | Mudigonda (disambiguation) | Mudigonda is a town and revenue-divisional headquarters in Khammam District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Mudigonda is one of the Indian surnames.
Mudigonda Gayathri is a Swedish actress.
Mudigonda Lingamurthy, famous comedy actor of Telugu cinema.
Mudigonda Veerabhadra Murthy, Modern Telugu poet. |
23571544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers%20in%20Biology%20and%20Medicine | Computers in Biology and Medicine | Computers in Biology and Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1970. It covers the intersection of biomedical engineering, computational biology, bioinformatics, and computer science. Articles are published both in print and online. The journal accepts original research articles, reviews, tutorials, editorials and letters. The Impact Factor is 6.698 (2022). The journal is ranked in the top quartile (Q1) in most categories.
References
External links
Publications established in 1970
Elsevier academic journals
Bioinformatics and computational biology journals
Monthly journals
English-language journals |
23571547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed%20Forces%20Christian%20Union | Armed Forces Christian Union | The Armed Forces' Christian Union (AFCU) —formerly Officers' Christian Union— is a British military charity (Registered Charity Number 249636) whose beneficiaries are members of the Armed Forces. It is a Christian organization with origins in the mid-19th century Army Prayer Union. As of 2014 the president is Commodore Jamie Hay RN. AFCU is a member of the Association of Military Christian Fellowships and is in contact with military Christian fellowships in 40 other countries. It has a membership of serving military personnel and non-serving people, many of whom are relatives of members of the Armed Forces.
Mission
The Mission of the AFCU is prayerfully to:
Encourage those who are already Christians in the Armed Forces, and their families, to live out and develop their faith, to act as 'salt and light', and through them to encourage others to come to a committed faith in the Lord Jesus Christ;
Work for Christian unity amongst serving military Christians worldwide and to work alongside military Christian organizations (MCO) in support of the chaplains;
Support the Armed Forces, providing a Godly influence upon military culture;
Expose the role of Christians in the Armed Forces to the wider Christian and secular community.
Vision
The vision for the AFCU is to be a dynamic and outward looking prayer union, providing discipleship to a growing membership, which upholds biblical principles in the Armed Forces.
See also
Christians in the military
Defence Christian Network
Officers' Christian Fellowship
Notes
External links
Official website
AFCU along with similar organizations
The Association of Military Christian Fellowships
Evangelical parachurch organizations |
23571548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Cole | Victor Cole | Victor Cole (born January 23, 1968, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a former professional baseball pitcher. Cole is the only Major League Baseball player ever to have been born in the Soviet Union, and the ninth to have been born in what is now Russia.
Cole pitched in eight games for the 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates, with an 0–2 record, 12 strikeouts and allowing 14 earned runs.
Cole attended Santa Clara University in California. Cole's father, from Sierra Leone, studied medicine in Russia and married a Russian woman. The family moved to USA four years after Cole's birth.
Cole was taken by the Kansas City Royals in the 14th round of the 1988 amateur draft. He was traded to the Pirates May 3, 1991 for Carmelo Martinez.
Cole played in the Milwaukee Brewers organization in 1994 and the San Diego Padres organization in 1995 and 1996. He then went to play in the Taiwan Major League for Kaoping Fala in 1997. Cole returned to the minors in 1998 and 1999 with the Chicago Cubs. He spent 2000 with the Memphis Redbirds, a AAA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals and SK Wyverns of the Korea Baseball Organization. Cole spent 2001 and 2002 with the KBO's Doosan Bears before retiring. In his ten seasons in the minor leagues, he had a record of 37 - 36 with an ERA of 3.70.
In 2003, Cole joined the Russia national baseball team. He also joined the team on its tour of the North American-based independent Northeast League. Cole later coached with the National Team in the 2020 European Championships, in Group B.
References
External links
Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
CPC Baseball trivia
New York Times mention
1968 births
Living people
Acereros de Monclova players
Águilas del Zulia players
Baseball City Royals players
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Carolina Mudcats players
Doosan Bears players
El Paso Diablos players
Eugene Emeralds players
Expatriate baseball players in South Korea
Iowa Cubs players
Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Major League Baseball players from Russia
Memphis Chicks players
Memphis Redbirds players
New Orleans Zephyrs players
Omaha Royals players
Pine Bluff Locomotives players
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Russian people of Sierra Leonean descent
Salinas Peppers players
SSG Landers players
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
Sultanes de Monterrey players
Tiburones de La Guaira players
West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players
Russian baseball players
Expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Russian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Russian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate baseball players in Mexico |
23571550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless%20Longganisa | Stainless Longganisa | Stainless Longganisa is a semi-autobiographical book written by Bob Ong, his fifth published work. Released in December 2005 by Visprint, it follows the style used in Bob Ong's first three publications: the use of contemporary Filipino language to express the author's views on Filipino culture. Unlike the first three books, however, it mainly deals with literature. According to the blurb, it focuses on [translated from the vernacular]: " ... stories by leaking pens about the importance of reading, reaching your dreams and the correct way of writing." As of 2011 (the year his ninth book, Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin, was released), Stainless Longganisa is currently his latest book written in a semi-autobiographical style.
References
Books by Bob Ong
2005 books |
23571558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget%20Dirrane | Bridget Dirrane | Bridget Dirrane (15 November 1894 – 31 December 2003) was an Irish nurse, centenarian and memoirist.
Early life
Bridget Dirrane was born in Oatquarter in the townland of Kilmurvey on Inishmore, Aran Islands, County Galway on 15 November 1894. She was the youngest child of Joseph Gillan and Maggie (née Walsh). Her father was a weaver of flannel cloth and had a small farm. She had four brothers and three sisters. Her oldest brother was a fisherman, who died at age 21 in 1901, and her father died before 1911. Despite this hardship, all of the children went to school, with one of her brothers becoming an Irish teacher, and later an Irish inspector. The family spoke Irish at home, but they were all bilingual with English. Dirrane was schooled at the national school in Oatquarter until the age of 14. She left to work in local homes, looking after children. When she wrote her memoirs late in life, Dirrane claimed to have met Joseph Plunkett, Éamonn Ceannt, Thomas MacDonagh, Thomas Ashe and Patrick Pearse when they visited the island, visiting a house where she looked after the children, discussing politics and plans for the Easter Rising with them. She was a republican, becoming a member of Cumann na mBan in 1918 while she was working for Fr Matthew Ryan as a housekeeper. She was involved in drilling and assisting fugitives from the authorities. Because of their known republican sympathies, the Black and Tans raided the Gillan family homes.
Career
Dirrane moved to Dublin in 1919 to train in St Ultan's Hospital as a nurse. She was still under surveillance, being arrested alongside her employer Claude Chavasse when she was working as a nurse in his house. She was held in Dublin Bridewell for two days before being transferred to Mountjoy. In the time of her imprisonment, she was not charged or put on trial. Her refusal to speak English angered the guards, culminating in her going on hunger strike for a number of days in 1920 until she was released. She took part in the Cumann na mBan vigil outside of Mountjoy in November 1920, when Kevin Barry was hanged.
She worked in Richard Mulcahy's house for two years, before emigrating to the United States in 1927 to continue her career as a nurse. She worked in Boston where she was an active member of the Irish emigrant community alongside former neighbours from the Aran Islands and some relatives. She worked in a hotel for a time, but returned to nursing after her marriage to Edward 'Ned' Dirrane in November 1932 in the Jamaica Plain section of Boston. Ned was a labourer in Boston, was also from Inishmore, died from heart failure in 1940. Dirrane continued her career nursing in hospitals and as a district nurse. On 13 May 1940, she naturalised as US citizen. During World War II, she worked as a nurse in a munitions factory, and at a US Army Air Forces bomber base in Mississippi. She canvased for John F. Kennedy in the Irish community in South Boston when he ran for president in 1960. Jean Kennedy Smith visited Dirrane in 1997 in Galway to acknowledge her contribution. Dirrane also met Senator Edward Kennedy.
Later life
Following her retirement, Dirrane lived with her nephew, but she returned to the Aran Islands in 1966 at age 72. There she lived with her brother-in-law, Pat Dirrane, a widower with three grown sons. They married in a private ceremony on 27 April 1966. She continued to live on the island after Pat's death on 28 February 1990, living with her stepson. She eventually moved into a nursing home in Newcastle in the suburbs of Galway. When she celebrated her 100 birthday, she funded a statue of Our Lady Mary at a holy well in Corough on Inishmore. At age 103, the matron of Dirrane's nursing home arranged for a local writer Jack Mahon to record Dirrane's memories and collate the into a book. The book, A woman of Aran, was published in 1997 and was a bestseller for several weeks. Dirrane was awarded an honorary degree, an MA honoris causa, from NUI Galway in May 1998, the oldest person to ever receive one. Dirrane died on 31 December 2003, aged 109, in Galway. She was buried on Inishmore.
References
External links
RTÉ coverage of Dirrane receiving her honorary degree in 1998
1894 births
2003 deaths
Irish nurses
Irish people of World War II
Irish centenarians
Women centenarians |
23571559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpVg%20Aurich | SpVg Aurich | SpVg Aurich is a German football club from the city of Aurich, Lower Saxony.
History
The club was founded on 14 July 1911 as the descendant of the city's first football club, Fußballvereinigung Aurich, established in 1909. In 1938, the club was merged with Mannerturnverein 1862 Aurich to create Turn- und Sport Aurich von 1862. The union lasted until 13 May 1951 when the two clubs went their separate ways.
Playing as TuS Aurich the club was part of the Gauliga Oldenburg-Friesland (I) in 1943–44 where they finished their campaign in fifth place. The club played just three matches in the war-shortened 1944–45 season.
After the breakup of TuS in 1951, SpVg advanced to the Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen in 1994 where earned a series of lower table finishes over the course of three seasons. The club was relegated after a 14th-place result in 1996–97. By the early to middle 2000s SpVg played in Landesliga (V) and the Bezirksliga (VI) until a 2007 championship there put it back in the Landesliga, which became sixth tier the next year. By 2012 it reached the Kreisliga Aurich/Wittmund (VIII) after two consecutive relegation places two seasons before, but went back to the Bezirksliga Wesewr Ems by winning its district championship.
References
External links
Official team site
Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv historical German domestic league tables
Football clubs in Germany
Football clubs in Lower Saxony
1911 establishments in Germany
Association football clubs established in 1911 |
23571561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Coy | Harry Coy | Henry Frederick "Harry" Coy (4 February 1900 – 17 July 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s.
Coy, who started his career at Port Melbourne in 1919, was signed up by Melbourne after two Victorian Football Association (VFA) seasons. He became Melbourne's full-back and was an important player in the 1926 premiership team. In the 1926 Grand Final, Coy kept Collingwood's Gordon Coventry to just two goals, despite the forward having kicked 81 goals for the year leading into the game.
References
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
1900 births
Melbourne Football Club players
Port Melbourne Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
1962 deaths
People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club Premiership players
One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players |
23571567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIAA | FIAA | FIAA may refer to:
Federation of Indian Automobile Associations
Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia
Fellow of the Israel Association of Actuaries
Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association
Front Islamique Arabe de l'Azawad
Furnishing Industry Association of Australia
Future Instructors of America Association
First In Adoption Act
Fiaa may refer to :
an alternative spelling for Fih, Lebanon |
17326130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Masters%20Series%20Hamburg%20%E2%80%93%20Singles | 2008 Masters Series Hamburg – Singles | Rafael Nadal defeated the defending champion Roger Federer in a rematch of the previous year's final, 7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 2008 Hamburg European Open.
Seeds
The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
External links
Draw
Qualifying draw
Singles |
17326149 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12%20%28Keller%20Williams%20album%29 | 12 (Keller Williams album) | 12 is the twelfth album by Keller Williams, released in 2007. It features one song from each of his previous 11 albums, as well as one previously un-recorded song (Freshies).
Track listing
Turn in Difference 3:24
Anyhow Anyway 5:24
Tribe 4:48
Breathe 4:13
More Than a Little 7:50
Freeker by the Speaker 4:54
Butt Sweat 4:42
Apparition 4:37
Keep It Simple 4:35
Local 4:08
People Watchin' 5:16
Freshies 2:43
The 'Make the Title Look Silly' Track 3:15
Credits
John Alagía – Engineer, Mixing
Robert Battaglia – Engineer
Mark Berger – Package Design
Ty Burhoe – Tabla
Kevin Clock – Engineer, Mixing
Jeff Covert – Guitar, Engineer, Editing, Remixing, Mastering, Mixing, Soloist
Doug Derryberry – Guitar, Engineer, Mixing
Craig Dougald – Marimba
Béla Fleck – Banjo, Engineer
David Glasser – Mastering
Louis Gosain – Engineer, Sample Engineering
Bill Harris – Quintet Artwork
Scott Harris – Bass
Stacy Heydon – Engineer, Mixing
Kyle Hollingsworth – Keyboards
Scott Hull – Mastering
Jamie Janover – Dulcimer (Hammer)
Michael Kang – Violin
Jenny Keel – Bass
Larry Keel – Guitar
Brian Durrett - Bass
Jack Mascari – Engineer
Bill Nershi – Slide Guitar
Tye North – Bass
Charlie Pilzer – Mastering
Jim Robeson – Engineer, Mixing, Sample Engineering
Jeff Sipe – Drums
Clif Franck - Drums
Michael Travis – Percussion, Drums
Keller Williams – Bass, Guitar, Piano (Electric), Voices, Guitar (10 String), Guitar (12 String), Djembe, Shaker, Drum Samples
Victor Wooten – Bass
References
2007 albums
Keller Williams albums
SCI Fidelity Records albums |
23571577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1145%20papal%20election | 1145 papal election | The 1145 papal election followed the death of Pope Lucius II and resulted in the election of Pope Eugene III, the first pope of the Order of Cistercians.
Election of Eugene III
Pope Lucius II, during the whole of his pontificate, had to face the municipal commune at Rome, hostile towards the secular rule of the popes in the Eternal City. The republican faction elected Giordano Pierleoni, brother of the former Antipope Anacletus II, to the post of senator, and demanded that Lucius relinquish all temporal matters into his hands. The pope refused and led a small army against the seat of the commune on Capitol. He was defeated and seriously wounded in this attack, and died on 15 February 1145 in the church of S. Gregorio in clivo scauri. The cardinals present at Rome quickly assembled in the church of San Cesareo in Palatio and on the very same day unanimously elected to the papacy Bernardo da Pisa, pupil of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who was abbot of the Cistercian monastery of S. Anastasio alle Tre Fontane near Rome and probably did not belong to the College of Cardinals. The elect took the name of Eugene III. Due to hostility of the Roman people, his consecration took place in the monastery of Farfa on 18 February 1145.
Cardinal-electors
There were probably 40 cardinals in the Sacred College of Cardinals in February 1145. Based on examination of the subscriptions of the papal bulls in 1145 and the available data about the external missions of the cardinals it is possible to establish that no more than 34 cardinals participated in the election:
Thirteen electors were created by Pope Innocent II, nine by Celestine II, eleven by Lucius II, one by Pope Callixtus II and one by Pope Paschalis II.
Absentees
Notes
Sources
12th-century elections
1145
1145
1145 in Europe
12th-century Catholicism |
23571579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Technology%20%28EP%29 | Human Technology (EP) | The Human Technology EP is an extended play released by the composer BT in 2005 under the Human Imprint label. It contains two remixes of two different songs from BT's fourth studio album, Emotional Technology. The two songs remixed were "Knowledge of Self", a track featuring the Gang Starr rapper Guru, and "The Great Escape", a track featuring Caroline Lavelle, with remixes by Evol Intent and Alliance, respectively. It is BT's fifth EP and most recent to date.
Track listing
References
2005 EPs
BT (musician) EPs |
17326167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safi%20Faye | Safi Faye | Safi Faye (born November 22, 1943) is a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. She was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film, Kaddu Beykat, which was released in 1975. She has directed several documentary and fiction films focusing on rural life in Senegal.
Biography
Early life and education
Safi Faye was born in 1943 in Dakar, Senegal, to an aristocratic Serer family. Her parents, the Fayes, were from Fad'jal, a village south of Dakar. She attended the Normal School in Rufisque and receiving her teaching certificate in 1962 or 1963, began teaching in Dakar.
In 1966 she went to the Dakar Festival of Negro Arts and met French ethnologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch. He encouraged her to use film making as an ethnographic tool. She had an acting role in his 1971 film Petit à petit. Faye has said that she dislikes Rouch's film but that working with him enabled her to learn about filmmaking and cinéma-vérité. In the 1970s she studied ethnology at the École pratique des hautes études and then at the Lumière Film School. She supported herself by working as a model, an actor and in film sound effects. In 1979, she received a PhD in ethnology from the University of Paris. From 1979 to 1980, Faye studied video production in Berlin and was a guest lecturer at the Free University of Berlin. She received a further degree in ethnology from the Sorbonne in 1988.
Film career
Faye's first film, in which she also acted, was a 1972 short called La Passante (The Passerby), drawn from her experiences as a foreign woman in Paris. It follows a woman (Faye) walking down a street and noticing the reactions of men nearby. Faye's first feature film was Kaddu Beykat, which means The Voice of the Peasant in Wolof and was known internationally as Letter from My Village or News from My Village. She obtained financial backing for Kaddu Beykat from the French Ministry of Cooperation. Released in 1975, it was the first feature film to be made by a Sub-Saharan African woman to be commercially distributed and gained international recognition for Faye. On its release it was banned in Senegal. In 1976 it won the FIPRESCI Prize from the International Federation of Film Critics (tied with Chhatrabhang) and the OCIC Award.
Faye's 1983 documentary film Selbé: One Among Many follows a 39-year-old woman called Sélbe who works to support her eight children since her husband has left their village to look for work. Selbé regularly converses with Faye, who remains off-screen, and describes her relationship with her husband and daily life in the village.
Faye's films are better known in Europe than in her native Africa, where they are rarely shown.
Personal life
Faye, who lives in Paris, is divorced and has one daughter.
Filmography
1972: La Passante (The Passerby)
1975: Kaddu Beykat (Letter from My Village)
1979: Fad'jal (Come and work)
1979: Goob na nu (The harvest is in)
1980: Man Sa Yay (I, Your Mother)
1981: Les âmes au soleil (Souls under the Sun)
1983: Selbe: One Among Many (or Selbe and So Many Others)
1983: 3 ans 5 mois (Three years five months)
1985: Racines noires (Black Roots)
1985: Elsie Haas, femme peintre et cinéaste d'Haiti (Elsie Haas, Haitian Woman Painter and Filmmaker)
1989: Tesito
1996: Mossane
References
Bibliography
External links
1943 births
Senegalese ethnologists
Women ethnologists
Living people
People from Dakar
Safi
Senegalese anthropologists
Senegalese film actresses
Senegalese film directors
Senegalese women film directors
Serer anthropologists
Serer film directors
Serer actresses |
23571580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAS%20Airlines%20Flight%204226 | EAS Airlines Flight 4226 | EAS Airlines Flight 4226 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Kano to Lagos, Nigeria. On 4 May 2002, the aircraft serving the route, a BAC One-Eleven 525FT with 69 passengers and 8 crew members on board, crashed into Gwammaja Quarters, a densely-populated residential area located approximately from the airport, and burst into flames, resulting in the deaths of 66 passengers and 7 crew. In addition, at least 30 civilians on the ground were killed. With a total of 103 fatalities, Flight 4226 is the deadliest aviation accident involving a BAC One-Eleven.
Nigerian Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau attributed the disaster to pilot error. The aircraft overran the runway and rolled for few hundred meters, creating huge burst of dust which was eventually ingested by the engines. This limited the ability of the engines to deliver power and caused the aircraft to lose speed. The extended landing gear aggravated the condition and the aircraft eventually crashed due to the compromised airspeed. Due to the absence of usable flight recorders, the reasons for the crew to accidentally overrun the runway could not be determined.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the crash was a BAC One-Eleven 525FT with a registration 5N-ESF. The aircraft was manufactured in 1980 and was first delivered to TAROM with a Romanian registration of YR-BCN. It was later acquired by Inex-Adria Aviopromet and Ryanair through lease before it was returned to TAROM in 1989. In July 2001, the aircraft was acquired by EAS Airlines and the aircraft entered the fleet later in August. By the time of the crash, the aircraft had accumulated a total of 24,644 flight hours.
Two Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines powered the aircraft. The left engine was installed in 2000 while the right engine was installed recently in May 2, transferred from the aircraft's sister ship 5N-ESD. The last major maintenance check was conducted in January 2001.
Passengers and crews
Flight 4226 was carrying 69 passengers and 8 crew members, contrary to initial reports which claimed that the aircraft was carrying 105 passengers. Most of the passengers were Nigerian, with one Lebanese confirmed to be on board Flight 4226. BBC News stated that at least one British passenger was on the flight. Nigeria's Daily Trust reported that three French nationals were among those on board. A total of 23 passengers boarded the aircraft in Kano for Lagos, while 47 Lagos-bound passengers had boarded the aircraft in Jos, the aircraft's previous destination.
Among the passengers was Nigeria's Sport Minister Ishaya Mark Aku. He was on his way to attend the 2002 FIFA World Cup warm-up match between Nigeria and Kenya. Julie Useni and Danjuma Useni, the wife and son of former Minister of Federal Capital Territory Jeremiah Useni, were also onboard.
The commander of the flight was 49-year-old Captain Peter Abayomi Inneh with a flight hours of more than 14,000 hours, of which 7,000 hours were on the type. He joined EAS Airlines in 2000 and had been flying the BAC One-Eleven ever since. The co-pilot was 47-year-old First Officer Chris Adewole Adegboye. He had accrued a total of more than 8,000 flight hours, of which 3,350 hours were on the type. The flight engineers were Emmanuel Idoko and Muhammad Sarki.
Accident
Flight 4226 was a flight from Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in the north of the country to Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport in the southwest. Before the flight to Lagos, the aircraft had flown to Jos in nearby Plateau State. When it arrived in Kano, a total of 36 disembarked in Kano and 47 people boarded the aircraft. The flight was expected to take-off at around 13:30 p.m with Captain Peter Inneh and First Officer Chris Adegboye as the pilots. The aircraft was carrying 69 passengers and 8 crew members.
The crew requested start-up clearance at 13:19 p.m and the aircraft started to move towards the taxiway. At 12:26 p.m, the aircraft was lined-up with the runway. Captain Peter jokingly stated: "FL280 () for EXW4226, ready for space travel" and the ATC cleared them for take-off from Kano's Runway 23 and gave the crew a brief information regarding the temperature and the weather ahead. After the ATC had completed the report, the crew commenced the take-off roll.
Crash
During the roll, the controller at the tower noticed that the aircraft was moving sluggishly, pacing much slower than usual. When it passed through the runway treshold, the nose had been in upward position but the landing gears still had not lifted off the ground. The aircraft ended up overrunning the runway end and struck two runway lights. As it overran the runway, burst of dust could be seen from the control tower. It then lifted off outside the runway, but before it could fully lifted off the ground the landing gears struck a ground depression, causing a violent impact that rattled the entire aircraft. The impact caused some parts of the ceilings to come down onto the floor. Following the impact, the aircraft was covered in massive burst of dust.
Even though the aircraft had successfully taken off from the runway, its airspeed began to drop and the crew was faced with an impending stall condition. Flight 4226 then began to swerve from side to side. Captain Peter reported to the control tower that he was having an engine failure. He could be heard saying "My take-off is difficult, I heard a sound on my right engine. The aircraft is wobbling. I think I'm in a difficult situation." The crew tried to avoid stalling the aircraft and decided to lower the nose, but their altitude was too low with houses could be seen from the cabin 'just mere meters from the aircraft'. Passengers inside the aircraft were panicking and screaming.
People on the ground who witnessed the aircraft coming towards them then scrambled to safety. The aircraft could not gain more altitude and failed to avoid obstacles. It then clipped a minaret of a mosque and then struck numerous houses and a local Islamic school on the ground. The aircraft then flew onto another mosque at full-force and burst into flames. Praying services were held at the local mosques and at least 100 students were in the school complex at the time of the crash. Many buildings collapsed, including the school and mosque.
Immediate aftermath
Dozens of students, worshippers and local residents were trapped inside the rubble. Eyewitnesses stated that people on the ground began to wail and scream, rushing to the crash site to search for their relatives trapped inside the rubble. According to eyewitness, they heard several calls for help from inside the aircraft. Meanwhile, flames began to quickly spread across the neighborhood. Firefighters reached the crash site within 10 minutes after the accident, but due to the large amount of onlookers and volunteers they couldn't swiftly conduct the rescue operation. The absence of water sources at the crash site and the hostile behaviour from the crowd towards the crew further worsened the situation. They rapidly rad out of water and foam and had to return to the airport to refill their supplies. Eventually, some of the victims who were trapped couldn't be saved from the blaze. The fire quickly spread, burning the trapped victims.
Three survivors were evacuated from the crash site and were immediately transported to the nearby hospitals in serious condition. The Lebanese passenger immediately got out of the aircraft's exit door and met with another survivor, who was found lying under a shed. The Lebanese was relatively unharmed, while the other survivor was seriously injured. They both managed to climb up the ruins of a house where they were located at and decided to jump to the roof of a house next door. Both were later taken to a nearby hospital by two local residents.
Due to the chaotic situation, soldiers and police officers were deployed to the area. Authorities stated that the local mortuaries had been filled to capacity due to the numbers of the dead and as a result corpses were piled on the floor. Some of the bodies were transported to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. Off-duty emergency workers were called to work in response to the crisis of the disaster.
Casualties
In the aftermath of the crash, 103 people were killed, including 66 passengers and 7 crew members. The exact number of people who were killed on the ground could not be determined, but the death toll listed more than 30 victims. More than 10 children reportedly perished in the accident. The corpses of the victims were transported to various hospitals in Kano. The Medical Centre of Nigerian Armed Forces reported that they had received 22 bodies, while the city's Murtalla Mohammed General Hospital received 61 bodies. The other 23 were distributed throughout several private hospitals in Kano. Most of the bodies were badly charred.
One cabin crew member and 3 passengers survived the crash. There were initially five survivors but one of them eventually succumbed to their injuries. Of the 4 survivors, one survived with no injuries, one with minor injuries while the others were in serious condition. Two survivors had to be sent abroad for treatment due to the severity of their injuries, with one receiving treatment in Cologne. Majority of the survivors were seated at the aft or near the aft of the aircraft.
An additional 47 people on the ground were injured in the accident. Of the 47, a total of 24 people were badly injured and the other 23 suffered mild injuries.
Rescue workers stated that at least 30 homes had been destroyed in the crash. Nigerian Red Cross added that hundreds had been made homeless.
Response
Due to the accident, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo cut short his visit to states in Southern Africa and immediately returned to Abuja to observe the situation. He expressed his sympathy to the victims and stated that two days of national mourning would be held in Nigeria. All Nigerian flags would be flown at half mast throughout the country. He ordered an immediate inquiry into the accident and further added that foreign experts would be invited if necessary.
The Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, along with Governor of Kano State Rabiu Kwankwaso, visited the crash site. The Emir and the Governor later expressed their sympathy to the relatives of the victims. Vice President Atiku Abubakar visited the crash site on May 4, but during his speech angry locals pelted his convoy with stones, prompting the police to fire tear gas onto the crowd. President Obasanjo also visited the crash site on May 6. His visit, however, was also met with fury as families of the victims accused him of "being insensitive". He reportedly visited the crash without prior announcement, under tight security, and avoided taking questions from the public.
President Obasanjo pledged a total of $86,000 federal funds to the victims of the crash, further stating that destroyed houses would be rebuilt. Spokesperson for Kano Government stated that the government of Kano would do "anything possible to alleviate their suffering". A relief committee consisted of 21 members was set up by Kano State. The committee would be in charge of collection and distribution of aids to the victims and would be headed by the deputy governor of Kano. Donations of up to 24 million Naira reportedly had been collected from the country.
Following the death of Ishaya Mark Aku, the Nigerian Government appointed Nigerian Minister of Police Affairs Stephen Akiga as his successor. In response to the death of Ishaya Mark Aku, Nigeria Football Association cancelled the upcoming football friendly match between Nigeria and China.
A total of 56 bodies could not be identified due to their severe condition, most were burnt beyond recognition. Kano government eventually held a mass burial for the unidentified victims. The bodies were carried by six trucks and hundreds of mourners attended the funeral service. Prior to the burial, a prayer service had been held in Gidan Rumfa, the Palace of Emir of Kano.
In response to the crash, Nigerian Minister of Aviation Kema Chikwe grounded every BAC One-Eleven in the country. She added that the Nigerian government would no longer register aircraft that had exceeded 22 years old, adding that owners would be given 5 years to phase them out. A thorough review regarding the operation of private airliners in Nigeria would be also conducted.
Investigation
Nigerian authorities opened an investigation on the crash, with Aviation Minister Kema Chikwe instituted a panel to investigate the crash. The Nigerian federal upper legislative chambers began a public session on the same day of the crash, discussing about the crash as part of the investigation. Managing Director of EAS Airlines, Idris Wada, insisted that the aircraft was still in good condition. He later added that Lloyds Insurance, insurers of the BAC 1-11-500 aircraft which was involved in the crash, has sent a representative from London to investigate the cause of the crash. According to him, the aircraft involved in the crash was fitted with the engine of a grounded EAS Airlines BAC 1-11 aircraft four days before the crash, which raised questions among the senate. He claimed that the practice was not uncommon among the aviation industry.
Prior to the fatal crash, the aircraft involved in the incident had been grounded on two previous occasions: once in 2001 for eleven days to perform engine maintenance, and again in 2002 for 52 days to address engine problems.
Runway overrun
Several possible explanations for the cause of the runway excursion were discussed. The investigation eventually found that there was no technical defects on the aircraft, meaning that it was airworthy to fly. The weather was clear and, while it was hot at the time of the crash, the air density wouldn't have limited the aircraft's ability to take-off safely since investigators considered that the elevation of the airport had not critically affected the aircraft's performance. The actual take-off weight was also within the margin for a safe take-off.
Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport was equipped with two runways; Runway 06/24 and Runway 05/23. The former was significantly longer than the latter. At the time of the crash, Runway 06/24 was being renovated and as a result airliners were asked to use Runway 05/23 instead. Despite the change, the selected runway was long enough for the crew to conduct a safe take-off from Kano, but somehow the aircraft managed to overrun the runway. There had been no runway excursion incidents prior to the crash of Flight 4226.
Unfortunately, there were no usable flight recorders. The cockpit voice recorder was missing from the crash site. While investigators did manage to recover the flight data recorder, the readout indicated that none of the recordings were from flights in Nigeria. The flight data recorder had never been maintained by EAS Airlines and thus it recorded flights that had been carried out during its operation with previous airliners in Europe. The investigation was effectively hampered by the lack of data from the flight recorders.
According to investigators, the most plausible hypothesis was due to the lackadaisical attitude of the pilots during the take-off roll. This was the first time for both flight crew members to fly to Kano. Apparently, both flight crews had been conditioned with the takeoffs on their previous flights, which took place in airports with longer runways. During the take-off roll, the crew didn't take the shorter runway length into account. The crew were probably busy checking the engine parameters and aircraft instruments until they shifted their attention to the runway outside, which was already too late due to the length. The take-off roll was slow, as per the testimony of the on-duty air traffic controller at the time. The airspeed was between V1 and Vr and the aircraft had taken too much runway distance that it was not possible anymore to take any safe evasive actions. The lack of judgement from both flight crew members caused the aircraft to overrun the runway.
Even though the hypothesis was plausible, investigators could not confirm whether their hypothesis was actually true due to the lack of data from flight recorders. Therefore, the reasons for the runway overrun could not be determined.
Failure to take-off
Due to the limited data, investigators had to rely on eyewitness and survivors accounts. The air traffic controller stated that during the take-off roll the aircraft was moving sluggishly and was not at the usual pace for take-off from Runway 23. Following the runway excursion, the aircraft traveled for approximately before it finally took off from the ground. But before it managed to completely take off, the landing gear smashed onto a ground depression, which was used as a transformer pit for the approach light. The aircraft was struck with impact forces of up to 3G - 4G, enough to significantly degrade the aircraft's performance to gain speed. The violent impact also created huge amount of dusts. These dusts were eventually ingested by the engines, causing a reduction of thrust.
The engines of the BAC One-Eleven were located at the back of the aircraft. Previous investigations conducted by the AIPB showed that several objects had been propelled into the engines' air intake area by the aircraft's main landing gear due to the dynamic airflow effect on the tires. As the engines acted like a giant vacuum cleaner, there had been cases in which foreign objects were ingested by the engines. In Flight 4226, the dusts that had been propelled by the tires were sucked into the engines. This was proved by the disassembly of the engines, where dusts had been compacted and compressed within the high-pressure section of the turbine, creating a cake formation that had been lodged between the crevices of the compressor casings. The amount of dusts inside the engines resulted in the momentary degradation of the engine's ability to produce thrust. With the degraded performance of the engine, the aircraft could not gain altitude quickly enough.
The aircraft's poor performance on gaining altitude was worsened by the configuration of the aircraft. When it lifted off the ground, the landing gear was still in extended position. The landing gear was normally retracted shortly after the crew had obtained a positive rate of climb. In Flight 4226, the runway overran and the subsequent impact with the ground depression might have caused a lot of stress and shock to the flight crew that they simply did nothing. The landing gear down position would have diminished the aircraft's ability to climb adequately. The performance chart of the aircraft stated that due to the landing gear configuration the climb performance of the aircraft during takeoff climb would be reduced by up to . In Flight 4226, instead of recording a positive climb rate, the instruments recorded the descent rate of the aircraft, which was at .
Eventually, due to the low altitude of the aircraft, the limited ability to gain altitude and the reduced performance of the aircraft's speed, the aircraft couldn't climb safely from the crowded Gwammaja Quarters.
Other findings
The investigation also revealed problems regarding the operation of EAS Airlines, particularly on the maintenance culture and the oversight system of Nigeria's aviation industry at the time. The review regarding such issue was conducted with assistance from ICAO and members of United Kingdom's Baines-Simmons. The review discovered that the two certifying engineers who worked on the involved aircraft had been working without adequate breaks. There was no indication that the CVR and the FDR had been inspected on a daily basis and some maintenance data were left uncompleted. EAS Airlines also imposed the practice of maintaining their fleet by cannibalizing one unairworthy aircraft.
Despite the findings, investigators stated that there was no evidence that maintenance error had played a role in the crash. However, according to investigators, the findings related to inadequate logbook entries were not uncommon in Nigeria as it used to be the norm for most airliners in the country at the time. The investigation stated that the ruling aviation authority body of Nigeria, NCAA, had not paid enough attention to the country's aviation industry. During an audit on the body, it was revealed that the NCAA had a ramp inspection plan, but it was lacking in details that would have covered every aspects of airworthiness.
Conclusion
The final report attributed the crash to the crew's inability to safely execute the take-off phase within the available runway length. The breakdown of coordination between each flight crew members caused the aircraft to be unable to gain altitude quickly and safely, ultimately caused the aircraft to crash.
The AIPB issued 8 recommendations as a result of the accident, including improvements related to supervision, stricter penalties for malpractices, and improvements related to aircraft flight recorders, in which the NCAA should not register an aircraft under Nigerian registration if an aircraft have not been fitted with a digital flight recorder. The NCAA was also asked to immediately conduct an audit to every BAC One-Eleven in Nigeria to ensure that only operators who have the required spare parts that are allowed to conduct operation within Nigeria, in response to EAS Airlines' cannibalized aircraft practice.
Notes
See also
Viasa Flight 742, another crash in which a small twinjet aircraft (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) crashed into a crowded city area shortly after takeoff, causing a high number of ground fatalities.
References
External links
Pictures of the disaster, BBC
Images of the involved aircraft and the crash site, Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives
2002 disasters in Africa
Aviation accidents and incidents in Nigeria
Aviation accidents and incidents in 2002
Accidents and incidents involving the BAC One-Eleven
May 2002 events in Nigeria
Airliner accidents and incidents caused by engine failure
Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error
2002 in Nigeria |
17326179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mogg%2C%20Baron%20Mogg | John Mogg, Baron Mogg | John Frederick Mogg, Baron Mogg KCMG (5 October 1943) is a previous Chairman of Ofgem and the current Chairman of the EU Energy Regulators. It was announced that he would become a life peer on 18 April 2008, and on 28 May 2008 he was created Baron Mogg, of Queen's Park in the county of East Sussex.
On 14 January 2019 he retired from the House of Lords.
Professional life
Mogg spent half of his career in the Civil Service, particularly with regards to industry and European issues. He also served with the European Commission, reaching the grade of Director-General with responsibility for the Internal Market and Financial Services. Mogg is currently Chair of the Board of Governors at Brighton College.
He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 2003.
In his previous role as chairman of energy regulator Ofgem (a three-day-a-week job), he received £214,999 a year salary, as revealed to the public in July 2010.
Titles
Mr John Mogg (1943–2003)
Sir John Mogg KCMG (2003–2008)
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mogg KCMG (2008–)
References
1943 births
Crossbench life peers
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Living people
People's peers
Life peers created by Elizabeth II |
23571581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magomed%20Gadaborshev | Magomed Gadaborshev | Magomed Gadaborshev () (? – July 9, 2009) was a Russian-Ingushetian colonel who headed Ingushetia's Forensics and Investigations Center.
On July 7, 2009, attackers opened fire on Gadaborshev's car as he drove through the city center of Nazran, the largest city in Ingushetia. He suffered gunshot wounds in the attack and fell into a coma. Doctors pronounced Gadaborshev dead on July 9, 2009.
Gadaborshev's killing followed a string of attacks on and assassinations of Ingush officials in the preceding weeks. The President of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, was seriously wounded in a bombing on June 22, 2009. The deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia Aza Gazgireeva and former deputy prime minister Bashir Aushev were also assassinated in separate shootings in June 2009.
References
2009 deaths
Assassinated Russian people
Deaths by firearm in Russia
Ingush people
People murdered in Russia
Russian military personnel
Year of birth missing |
23571585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C24H34O5 | C24H34O5 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C24H34O5}}
The molecular formula C24H34O5 (molar mass: 402.52 g/mol) may refer to:
Bufagin, a toxic steroid obtained from toad's milk
Cortexolone 17α-propionate
Dehydrocholic acid
Molecular formulas |
23571600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C22H29FO5 | C22H29FO5 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C22H29FO5}}
The molecular formula C22H29FO5 (molar mass: 392.46 g/mol, exact mass: 392.1999 u) may refer to:
Betamethasone
Dexamethasone
Fluperolone
Paramethasone
Molecular formulas |
17326184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulekha.com | Indulekha.com | Indulekha.com () is an infotainment web portal for Malayalam books, movies, music, videos and paintings. The website publishes film and book reviews as well as other entertainment features. The website is edited by Swapna Tom Mangatt.
Indulekha is the first Keralan website to enter the Limca Book of Records after its exhibition of the complete works of Jnanpith Award winner M T Vasudevan Nair. Held between 18 April – 19 May 2006, the exhibition was the first of its kind in the history of Indian internet. Visitors were able to read selected pages from each of the books and leave their comments on the works.
Channels
The PINK channel depicts trends and temptations in fashion, home making, food and travel. And there's a section of personal finance named, Money Plant.
The GREEN channel is for the written word and the painted world, adorned by geniuses from Vaikom Muhammad Basheer to Balachandran Chullikkad; from Raja Ravi Varma to Bini Roy. The channel repletes with innovative features including excerpts from books and the best collection of Malayalam e-literature.
The ORANGE channel entertains with Malayalam movie and music updates, reviews, interviews and interesting videos.
References
External links
Indulekha official website
The HINDU bookworms on the net
The HINDU soccer book fair
Limca Book Of Indian Records
New Indian Express - Indulekha.com Enters Limca Book of Records
Indulekha - A journey through Malayalam literary works
New Indian Express Report on India's first online cartoon exhibition
Malayalam-language mass media
Mass media in Kerala
Online companies of India |
23571608 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantabile%20%28symphonic%20suite%29 | Cantabile (symphonic suite) | Cantabile is a work composed from 2004 to 2009 by Frederik Magle. It consists of three symphonic poems (or movements) based on poems written by Henrik, the Prince Consort of Denmark published in his book Cantabile. The Cantabile suite was commissioned by the Danish Royal Family and the first movement was premiered in 2004. The second and third movements were premiered on June 10, 2009 at a concert in the Copenhagen Concert Hall celebrating Prince Henrik's 75th birthday. On both occasions the music was performed by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard.
The music alternates between the sorrowful, which - according to the Prince Consort's biography (2010) - being unexpected at a birthday concert, caused unease among some of the guests present at the first performance of the Cortège & Danse Macabre in 2009, and sudden bursts of humour.
Besides the original text by Prince Henrik in French, a Danish translation by Per Aage Brandt is also used in the work, and at places French and Danish is being sung at the same time.
Structure
The three symphonic poems/movements forming the suite are:
Souffle le vent (based on the poem Souffle le vent - English: Cry of the Winds)
Cortège & Danse Macabre (based on the poem Cortège funèbre (with the subtitle Danse Macabre) - English: Funeral procession / Dance of Death)
Carillon (based on the poems L'Angélus and Lacrymae mundi - English: The Angelus and Tears of the World)
Instrumentation
Orchestration:
3 Flutes (3rd: Piccolo)
2 Oboes (2nd: English Horn)
3 Clarinets,
1 Bass Clarinet
2 Bassoons
1 Contrabassoon
4 Horns
3 Trumpets
3 Trombones
1 Contrabass Tuba
Timpani
3 Percussionists
Harp
Piano (soloist, third movement only)
Organ
Soprano (Soloist)
Bass-baritone (Soloist)
Mixed Choir (S,S,A,A,T,T,B,B)
Strings
In the Carillon, the basses of the choir are required to sing the A below the bass-clef (27 notes below the middle C). Instruments of special note: The use of a giraffe's thigh bone as a percussion instrument in the Cortège & Danse Macabre.
References
External links
French and Danish texts, music downloads, etc.
Compositions by Frederik Magle
Symphonic poems
Orchestral suites
Music for orchestra and organ
2009 compositions
Choral compositions
21st-century classical music
Death in music
Music based on poems |
23571621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldbeat%20%28album%29 | Worldbeat (album) | Worldbeat is the debut album by Kaoma, released in 1989. It provided three hit singles, two of them achieving success worldwide: "Lambada", "Dançando Lambada" and "Mélodie d'amour". The album is composed of songs in Portuguese, Spanish and English. It was ranked in the top 25 in Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Australia and Austria. It topped the Billboard Latin Pop in the U.S.
Critical reception
The album received generally positive reviews from critics. AllMusic wrote: "Not outstanding but definitely appealing, this CD effectively combines South American elements with dance music/disco, reggae and hip-hop. One hears Chic's influence on the funky 'Sopenala'."
Track listings
"Lambada" — 3:27
"Lambareggae" — 3:52
"Dançando Lambada" — 4:44
"Lambamor" — 4:09
"Lamba caribe" — 4:07
"Mélodie d'amour" — 4:11
"Sindiang" — 3:58
"Sopenala" — 4:28
"Jambé finète (grille)" — 4:26
"Salsa nuestra" — 4:38
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
See also
List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 1990s
List of best-selling Latin albums
References
1989 debut albums
Kaoma albums |
23571626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealNetworks | RealNetworks | RealNetworks, Inc. is a provider of artificial intelligence and computer vision based products. RealNetworks was a pioneer in Internet streaming software and services. They are based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The company also provides subscription-based online entertainment services and mobile entertainment and messaging services.
History
RealNetworks (then known as Progressive Networks) was founded in 1994 by Rob Glaser, an ex-Microsoft executive, and a management team including Phil Barrett, Andy Sharpless, and Stephen Buerkle. The original goal of the company was to provide a distribution channel for politically progressive content. It evolved into a technology venture to leverage the Internet as an alternative distribution medium for audio broadcasts. Progressive Networks became RealNetworks in September 1997.
RealNetworks were pioneers in the streaming media markets and broadcast one of the earlier audio events over the Internet, a baseball game between the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners on September 5, 1995. They announced streaming video technology in 1997. According to some accounts, by 2000 more than 85% of streaming content on the Internet was in the Real format.
Despite this success, problems arose because Real's primary business model depended upon the sale of streaming media server software, and Microsoft and Apple were giving those products away. As servers from Microsoft and Apple became more capable, Real's server sales inevitably eroded.
On January 20, 2000, RealNetworks, Inc. filed an injunction against Streambox, Inc. regarding the aforementioned company's product designed to convert Real Audio (.rm) formatted files to other formats. On December 4, 2001, the company was to launch the first coordinated effort to sell and deliver music from major record labels over the Internet, part of a broader initiative by the company to develop subscription Internet services aimed at Web users with fast Internet connections. In 2002, a strategic alliance was formed between RealNetworks and Sony Corporation to expand collaboration.
In October 2005, Microsoft agreed to pay RealNetworks $460 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit.
In August 2003, RealNetworks acquired Listen.com's Rhapsody music service, and renamed it RealRhapsody. It offered streaming music downloads for a monthly fee. In January 2004, RealNetworks announced the RealPlayer Music Store, featuring digital rights management (DRM) restricted music in the AAC file format. After some initial tries to push their own DRM scheme (named Helix DRM) onto all device manufacturers with the Creative Zen Xtra and the Sansa e200r as the only existing compliant devices, they sparked controversy by introducing a technology called Harmony that allowed their music to play on iPods as well as Microsoft Windows Media Audio DRM-equipped devices using a "wrapper" that would convert Helix DRM into the two other target DRM schemes.
The domain real.com attracted at least 67 million visitors annually by 2008, according to a Compete.com study.
On April 6, 2010, Rhapsody was spun off from RealNetworks.
In July 2013, RealNetworks acquired Slingo for $15.6 million. The company introduced a mobile phone app called Listen in April 2014 that plays custom ringtones to those calling the user's phone.
Notable RealNetworks employees have included Alex Alben; the first Chief Privacy Officer of Washington State; Tony Fadell, the inventor of the iPod; musician Daniel House; and Philip Rosedale, the founder of Linden Lab.
Headquarters
RealNetworks has its headquarters in Seattle, Washington, in the Home Plate Center building in SoDo across from T-Mobile Park, sharing the building with local television station KING-TV and Logic 20/20 Consulting.
Products and services
SAFR
Launched by RealNetworks on July 17, 2018, SAFR – Secure Accurate Facial Recognition, is a machine learning facial recognition platform. The SAFR platform was updated in 2020 with COVID-19 response features, including the ability to detect whether a person is wearing a mask and identify people wearing masks with 98.85 percent accuracy. On April 27, 2021, SAFR received a grant from the US Air Force to develop its AI-powered analytics for rescue missions, perimeter protection and domestic search operations.
Kontxt
In 2017, RealNetworks launched Kontxt, a product that offers management of text messaging in mobile networks. It identifies the content of the message and sorts it into categories to determine which ones are more important, and prioritize message delivery. In March 2021, RealNetworks unveiled KONTXT for Voice to identify and stop scam robocalls.
RealTimes (formerly RealPlayer Cloud)
RealNetworks on September 24, 2013 launched RealPlayer Cloud, a service that adds the ability to share videos recorded on smartphones and tablets. RealPlayer Cloud ties into the existing RealPlayer, however it also has a Web app and apps for Android, iOS and Roku. The service has 2GB of free cloud storage and more storage for a monthly fee. It was renamed to RealTimes on May 19, 2015, with a new focus on creating and sharing "Stories"—video collages of users' personal photos and videos, set to background music.
GameHouse
RealNetworks entered the computer game market in October 2001 with RealArcade, a PC game distribution application that allows users to play casual video games for free for 60 minutes, then decide if they want to purchase it. Many of the games were developed by GameHouse, which RealNetworks acquired for $35.6 million in 2004. In 2010, RealNetworks re-branded its games division under the name Gamehouse. It began focusing on social games, such as Facebook applets, and in 2013 acquired casual casino games company, Slingo, for $15.6 million.
RealDVD
On September 30, 2008, RealNetworks launched a new product called RealDVD. The software allows any user to save a copy of a DVD movie they own. The company was later found to have violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and RealNetworks' contract with the DVD Copy Control Association, as the software also allowed anyone to save a movie they do not legally own. (See RealNetworks, Inc. v. DVD Copy Control Ass'n, Inc.). The product's distribution was barred by a court injunction.
Real Alternative
Real Alternative is a discontinued software bundle that allows users to play RealMedia files without installing RealPlayer. The last version, 2.02, was released on February 19, 2010. It included Media Player Classic.
Beginning in 2010, RealNetworks sued Hilbrand Edskes, a 26-year-old Dutch webmaster for having inserted hyperlinks to Real Alternative on his site www.codecpack.nl. RealNetworks alleges that Real Alternative is a reverse engineered package.
In November 2011, RealNetworks' case against Edskes was dismissed and RealNetworks was ordered to pay him €48,000 in damages. Details of the case and judgement have been published. The case was reopened in 2013, when further proof showed that Edskes was after all involved in creating and uploading Real Alternative.
Helix
Helix is a suite of streaming media software and services intended for digital TV set-top boxes, mobile devices, as well as QuickTime, Flash and other programs. It includes the Helix open-source code and the Helix Universal Server, which hosts, distributes and manages digital rights for multimedia content. Helix competes with the Windows Media 9 Series from Microsoft, but has a greater emphasis on open-source. Helix was announced in July 2002. Support for mobile devices was added in November 2005. It was discontinued in October 2014.
Subscription services
In 2000, one of the initial products, the download manager RealDownload, was already used for pushing small software, such as games, to subscribers' computers. On top of the subscription for RealDownload and using its RealVideo streaming technology, a service called GoldPass, including unlimited access for video snippets from ABC and movie previews, was offered to registered users for a monthly $10 fee. More content was added through deals with CBS for the reality show Big Brother and NBA basketball.
Other products and technologies
RealAudio, a compressed audio format
RealDownloader, a download manager
RealPlayer, a media player
RealVideo, a compressed video format
Rinse, a digital music library cleanup tool
Unifi, a personal cloud media service
Mobile entertainment and messaging services for mobile carriers
See also
United States v. ASCAP
Trymedia
References
External links
Computer companies of the United States
Entertainment companies of the United States
Streaming software
Software companies based in Seattle
Mass media companies established in 1994
Software companies established in 1994
American companies established in 1994
1994 establishments in Washington (state)
Companies listed on the Nasdaq
Software companies of the United States |
23571628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C8H18O2 | C8H18O2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C8H18O2}}
The molecular formula C8H18O2 (molar mass: 146.22 g/mol) may refer to:
Di-tert-butyl peroxide
2-Hexoxyethanol
Etohexadiol, an ectoparasiticide
Octanediols
1,2-Octanediol
1,8-Octanediol |
23571629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonhyo%20Bridge | Wonhyo Bridge | The Wonhyo Bridge crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the districts of Yongsan-gu and Yeongdeungpo-gu. The bridge was completed in . It was the 13th to be built on the Han River.
History
July 1978: Construction started
October 27, 1981: Wonhyo Bridge opened
December 10, 1981: Introduction of toll fees
February 1, 1983: Dongah Construction donated Wonhyo Bridge to the Seoul Metropolitan City, and collection of toll fees discontinued
Toll Fees
Toll fees were collected from December 10, 1981, but the flow of traffic was rather low, as vehicles avoided crossing the bridge due to the imposition of the toll fees. In fact, the toll fees collected were barely adequate to supply power for the street lamps, and on February 1, 1983, Dongah Construction donated the bridge to Seoul Metropolitan City. After the ownership rights were donated, the toll gates were removed.
Film Appearances
Wonhyo Bridge was selected as the set for a fighting scene included in the 2006 Korean film The Host directed by Bong Joon-ho. In the movie, Wonhyo Bridge was where the creature was hiding, and where the daughter of the main character was kidnapped. The reason for selecting this location was that it fit well with the film's concept of a sewer under a bridge, and the external appearance of Wonhyo Bridge is more dynamic than other bridges, and this added tension.
References
Yeouido
Yongsan District
Bridges in Seoul
Bridges completed in 1981
Bridges over the Han River (Korea) |
17326196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Masters%20Series%20Hamburg%20%E2%80%93%20Doubles | 2008 Masters Series Hamburg – Doubles | Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions, but Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić defeated them 6–4, 5–7, [10–8], in the final.
Seeds
All seeds receive a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
External links
Draw
Doubles |
17326215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical%20spreadsheet | Logical spreadsheet | A logical spreadsheet is a spreadsheet in which formulas take the form of logical constraints rather than function definitions.
In traditional spreadsheet systems, such as Excel, cells are partitioned into "directly specified" cells and "computed" cells and the formulas used to specify the values of computed cells are "functional", i.e. for every combination of values of the directly specified cells, the formulas specify unique values for the computed cells. Logical Spreadsheets relax these restrictions by dispensing with the distinction between directly specified cells and computed cells and generalizing from functional definitions to logical constraints.
As an illustration of the difference between traditional spreadsheets and logical spreadsheets, consider a simple numerical spreadsheet with three cells a, b, and c. Each cell accepts a single integer as value; and there is a formula stating that the value of the third cell is the sum of the values of the other two cells.
Implemented as a traditional spreadsheet, this spreadsheet would allow the user to enter values into cells a and b, and it would automatically compute cell c. For example, if the user were to type 1 into a and 2 into b, it would compute the value 3 for c.
Implemented as a logical spreadsheet, the user would be able to enter values into any of the cells. The user could type 1 into a and 2 into b, and the spreadsheet would compute the value 3 for c. Alternatively, the user could type 2 into b and 3 into c, and the spreadsheet would compute the value 1 for a. And so forth.
In this case, the formula is functional, and the function is invertible. In general, the formulas need not be functional and the functions need not be invertible. For example, in this case, we could write formulas involving inequalities and non-invertible functions (such as square root). More generally, we could build spreadsheets with symbolic, rather than numeric data, and write arbitrary logical constraints on this data.
References
J. Bongard et al.: Reports on the 2006 AAAI Fall Symposia, AI Magazine 28(1), 88-92, 2007.
I. Cervesato: NEXCEL, A Deductive Spreadsheet, The Knowledge Engineering Review, Vol. 00:0, 1-24, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
G. Fischer, C. Rathke: Knowledge-Based Spreadsheets, in Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, St. Paul Minnesota, 21–26 August 1988, AAAI Press, Menl Park, California, 802-807, 1988.
D. Gunning: Deductive Spreadsheets, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Small Business Innovation Research, 2004.3-Topic SB043-040, 2004.
M. Kassoff, L. Zen, A. Garg, M. Genesereth: Predicalc: A Logical Spreadsheet Management System, in Proceedings of the 31st INternational Conference on Very Large Databases, Trondheim, NOrway, 30 August - 2 September 2005, ACM, New York, New York, 1247-1250, 2005.
M. Kassoff, M. Genesereth: Predicalc, A Logical Spreadsheet Management System, The Knowledge Engineering Review, Vol. 22:3, 281-295, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
M. Spenke, C. Beilken: A Spreadsheet Interface for Logic Programming, in K. Bice and C. H. Lewis (eds), Proceedings of ACM CHI 89 Human Factors in Computing Systems, Austin, Texas, 30 April - 4 June 1989, ACM Press, New York, New York, 75-80, 1989.
M. van Emden, M. Ohki, A. Takeuchi: Spreadsheets with Incremental Queries as a User Interface for Logic Programming, New Generation Computing 4(3), 287-304, 1986.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2007/april25/logic-042507.html
https://dbgroup.ncsu.edu/?p=9
http://logic.stanford.edu/spreadsheet/
Spreadsheet software |
23571635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle%20hooliganism | Motorcycle hooliganism | Motorcycle hooliganism includes street racing, street stunting, and games of tag on public roads, or simply cruising, often in very large numbers, against local ordinances.
Demographics
Historian Jeremy Packer wrote that the newest motorcycle "gangs" are unlike the outlaw motorcycle clubs widely reported in the media since the late 1940s. They now ride sport bikes, often customized in the streetfighter style, rather than cruisers, passing through both rural and urban areas, playing "elaborate games of tag and follow the leader, continually pushing each other to ride harder." Besides being younger and favoring high-performance motorcycles, these groups are "loosely affiliated and come together mostly to ride." Traditional outlaw motorcycle clubs are known for having detailed charters and membership lists, prescribing codes of behavior, dress, type and brand of motorcycle members may ride, and vigorously enforcing procedures for admitting new members, banishing members who break club rules, and protecting the club's territory and name from anyone falsely pretending to be a member.
Packer wrote in 2008 that media attention, such as the popular A&E television documentary The Wild Ride of the Outlaw Bikers (1999) and the Guggenheim show The Art of the Motorcycle, erroneously only covered the baby boomer Harley-Davidson rider culture, failing to note a shift in demographics, bikes, and behavior. Packer said this promotes the Harley-Davidson brand and promotes "a type of motorcycle affiliation that is palatable, family friendly, and marketable" as part of a narrative that outlaw bikers, "though once a dangerous element, are now a useful and even valuable part of society." The StarPhoenix of Saskatoon wrote that the new marketing push to "transform motorcycling into an acceptable, mainstream pastime" has led to young riders rebelling.
In Los Angeles and New York City, some affluent urban motorcycle owners are self-described hooligans, or display motorcycles described as "hooligan chic" and an "object of fetish consumerism."
Behaviors
Hooligans engage in many types of unlawful behavior.
Vandalism, theft and petty crime
In South and Southeast Asia, thieves use motorcycles in the act of purse snatching.
Racing on public roads
Racing has been implicated in a number of deaths, and is targeted by law enforcement in North America, Asia and Europe.
Stunting on public roads
The fact that many stunters perform their stunts on public roads draws the ire of other motorcyclists and lawmakers. They intentionally draw a lot of attention to their apparently reckless behavior, and other motorcyclists, especially sportbike riders, feel that stunters give all riders a reputation for being irresponsible and dangerous to others.
Riding nude
While clothing-optional bicycling is allowed in many places, similar behavior by motorcyclists is often seen as reckless and has even led to accidents when the rider was stung by an insect.
Nude rider complaints are recorded in Coventry, England, where 21 riders proceeded naked through the town; Salt Lake City; Murfreesboro, Tennessee (claimed to be the first nude motorcycle rally); Providence, Rhode Island; and southern Sweden.
Cruising
In some jurisdictions, the act of cruising is unlawful.
In Malaysia, over 100,000 outlaw motorcyclists called Mat Rempit are reported to cruise and race on the streets every night.
Unlicensed riding
Riders, including under-age youth, without a valid driver's license, have been described as "dangerous and illegal" and "hooligans."
Street stunt riders on unlicensed dirtbikes are reported to be a problem in Baltimore, Maryland.
Speeding
Speeding is often referred to as a "hooligan" activity due to inherent risk to the public.
"Hooligan" motorcycles
Some types of motorcycles or specific models associated with hooligan behavior are informally referred to as "hooligan" motorcycles.
Notable examples
In Seattle in 2010, a Washington State Patrol highway police trooper rolled his patrol car while chasing speeding motorcyclists, who then returned to jeer and taunt him. The motorcyclists said they were engaging in a semi-organized mass ride. The event attracted much media attention.
In September 2013, public awareness of motorcycle hooliganism in America was increased when a video was uploaded to live leak showing a violent altercation between a family riding in an SUV and a group of motorcyclists in New York City. The bikers were participating in an annual unsanctioned rally called the "Hollywood Block Party". Over 1000 motorcycles, quads, and other vehicles participated in the 2012 rally a year prior, according to New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. The rally involved performing stunts and driving through Times Square, which has been illegal since it was pedestrianized in 2009.
The incident began when a sport utility vehicle (SUV) driven by motorist Alexian Lien was involved in light bumper contact with motorcyclist Christopher Cruz. Cruz reportedly sustained minor injuries. In the video, Cruz merges in front of Lien and slows dramatically, apparently causing the collision. Following the incident, authorities familiar with such organized rides stated that Cruz was not attempting to cause a collision, but was attempting to slow traffic in order to clear a section of roadway to perform stunts on their motorcycles.
Lien and many of the motorcyclists stopped their vehicles. The video shows many of the bikers gathering around the Range Rover driven by Lien. Police reported that the bikers were beating on the vehicle and punctured a tire. Lien accelerated to escape, reportedly driving over 3 motorcycles and a rider, named Edwin Mieses, who had dismounted and was in front of the Range Rover. Mieses was severely injured, including a fractured spine and punctured lung. The bikers then chased after the SUV for several miles before pulling Lien from the vehicle and assaulting him.
The video of the incident quickly went viral and received widespread news coverage. Other videos of packs of bikers driving recklessly and performing stunts surfaced following the heavy news coverage. One video in particular shows a group of bikers threatening the driver of a Prius. The bikers beat on the window of his car, but the driver was unharmed.
A total of 15 people were arrested, 55 motorcycles were confiscated, and 69 summonses were issued in connection with the September 29th event. Nine suspects have been charged in connection with the attack. In December 2013, Lien filed a civil suit against the city of New York for the involvement of an off-duty police detective in the attack. The suit accused the police department of failing to properly train their officers.
Legislation has since been proposed that would require permits and prior notification of such rallies. The legislation was inspired by the September 29 incident as well as the death of Marian Kurshik, 78, in December 2013 after being struck by a motorcycle traveling in a pack and performing stunts. The driver of the motorcycle was also killed in the accident. "His feet was on the seat; the front wheel pulled up. He was going very fast," said a bystander. "This not only, I think, protects pedestrians. I think it also protects the motorcyclists themselves," said state senator Andriano Espaillat.
See also
12 O'Clock Boys
Mat Rempit
Notes
References
External links
Hooliganism
Hazardous motor vehicle activities |
23571637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%C3%ABtan%20Picon | Gaëtan Picon | Gaëtan Picon (19 September 1915 – 6 August 1976) was a French author: essayist, art and literature critic, and art and literature historian. He was director of the Mercure de France and Director-General of Arts and Letters under André Malraux. He wrote an entry for the Encyclopaedia Universalis on Swiss publisher Albert Skira.
Selected Bibliography
Balzac: Balzac par lui-même. (1956). Microcosme ecrivains de toujou. Editions du Seui, Paris. 191 pp.
Ingres: Biographical and Critical Study (1967) The Taste of Our Time, Vol. 47. Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva 131 pp.
The Work of Jean Dubuffet (1973). Albert Skira, Geneva. 233 pp.
Surrealists and Surrealism 1919-1939 (1977). Skira/Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York. 231 pp.
Birth Of Modern Painting (1978). Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York. 135 pp.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1980). Published by Skira/Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York. 151 pp.
References
External links
Worldcat Identities: Gaëtan Picon, Overview http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50019731/
1915 births
1976 deaths
French art critics
French male essayists
People of Ligurian descent
20th-century French essayists
20th-century French male writers |
23571638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted%20Computer%20System%20Evaluation%20Criteria | Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria | Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC) is a United States Government Department of Defense (DoD) standard that sets basic requirements for assessing the effectiveness of computer security controls built into a computer system. The TCSEC was used to evaluate, classify, and select computer systems being considered for the processing, storage, and retrieval of sensitive or classified information.
The TCSEC, frequently referred to as the Orange Book, is the centerpiece of the DoD Rainbow Series publications. Initially issued in 1983 by the National Computer Security Center (NCSC), an arm of the National Security Agency, and then updated in 1985, TCSEC was eventually replaced by the Common Criteria international standard, originally published in 2005.
Fundamental objectives and requirements
On 24 October 2002, The Orange Book (aka DoDD 5200.28-STD) was canceled by DoDD 8500.1, which was later reissued as DoDI 8500.02, on 14 March 2014.
Policy
The security policy must be explicit, well-defined, and enforced by the computer system. Three basic security policies are specified:
Mandatory Security Policy – Enforces access control rules based directly on an individual's clearance, authorization for the information and the confidentiality level of the information being sought. Other indirect factors are physical and environmental. This policy must also accurately reflect the laws, general policies and other relevant guidance from which the rules are derived.
Marking – Systems designed to enforce a mandatory security policy must store and preserve the integrity of access control labels and retain the labels if the object is exported.
Discretionary Security Policy – Enforces a consistent set of rules for controlling and limiting access based on identified individuals who have been determined to have a need-to-know for the information.
Accountability
Individual accountability regardless of policy must be enforced. A secure means must exist to ensure the access of an authorized and competent agent that can then evaluate the accountability information within a reasonable amount of time and without undue difficulty. The accountability objective includes three requirements:
Identification – The process used to recognize an individual user.
Authentication – The verification of an individual user's authorization to specific categories of information.
Auditing – Audit information must be selectively kept and protected so that actions affecting security can be traced to the authenticated individual.
Assurance
The computer system must contain hardware/software mechanisms that can be independently evaluated to provide sufficient assurance that the system enforces the above requirements. By extension, assurance must include a guarantee that the trusted portion of the system works only as intended. To accomplish these objectives, two types of assurance are needed with their respective elements:
Assurance Mechanisms
Operational Assurance: System Architecture, System Integrity, Covert Channel Analysis, Trusted Facility Management, and Trusted Recovery
Life-cycle Assurance : Security Testing, Design Specification and Verification, Configuration Management, and Trusted System Distribution
Continuous Protection Assurance – The trusted mechanisms that enforce these basic requirements must be continuously protected against tampering or unauthorized changes.
Documentation
Within each class, an additional set of documentation addresses the development, deployment, and management of the system rather than its capabilities. This documentation includes:
Security Features User's Guide, Trusted Facility Manual, Test Documentation, and Design Documentation
Divisions and classes
The TCSEC defines four divisions: D, C, B, and A, where division A has the highest security. Each division represents a significant difference in the trust an individual or organization can place on the evaluated system. Additionally divisions C, B and A are broken into a series of hierarchical subdivisions called classes: C1, C2, B1, B2, B3, and A1.
Each division and class expands or modifies as indicated the requirements of the immediately prior division or class.
D – Minimal protection
Reserved for those systems that have been evaluated but that fail to meet the requirement for a higher division.
C – Discretionary protection
C1 – Discretionary Security Protection
Identification and authentication
Separation of users and data
Discretionary Access Control (DAC) capable of enforcing access limitations on an individual basis
Required System Documentation and user manuals
C2 – Controlled Access Protection
More finely grained DAC
Individual accountability through login procedures
Audit trails
Object reuse
Resource isolation
An example of such as system is HP-UX
B – Mandatory protection
B1 – Labeled Security Protection
Informal statement of the security policy model
Data sensitivity labels
Mandatory Access Control (MAC) over selected subjects and objects
Label exportation capabilities
Some discovered flaws must be removed or otherwise mitigated
Design specifications and verification
B2 – Structured Protection
Security policy model clearly defined and formally documented
DAC and MAC enforcement extended to all subjects and objects
Covert storage channels are analyzed for occurrence and bandwidth
Carefully structured into protection-critical and non-protection-critical elements
Design and implementation enable more comprehensive testing and review
Authentication mechanisms are strengthened
Trusted facility management is provided with administrator and operator segregation
Strict configuration management controls are imposed
Operator and Administrator roles are separated.
An example of such a system was Multics
B3 – Security Domains
Satisfies reference monitor requirements
Structured to exclude code not essential to security policy enforcement
Significant system engineering directed toward minimizing complexity
Security administrator role defined
Audit security-relevant events
Automated imminent intrusion detection, notification, and response
Trusted path to the TCB for the user authentication function
Trusted system recovery procedures
Covert timing channels are analyzed for occurrence and bandwidth
An example of such a system is the XTS-300, a precursor to the XTS-400
A – Verified protection
A1 – Verified Design
Functionally identical to B3
Formal design and verification techniques including a formal top-level specification
Formal management and distribution procedures
Examples of A1-class systems are Honeywell's SCOMP, Aesec's GEMSOS, and Boeing's SNS Server. Two that were unevaluated were the production LOCK platform and the cancelled DEC VAX Security Kernel.
Beyond A1
System Architecture demonstrates that the requirements of self-protection and completeness for reference monitors have been implemented in the Trusted Computing Base (TCB).
Security Testing automatically generates test-case from the formal top-level specification or formal lower-level specifications.
Formal Specification and Verification is where the TCB is verified down to the source code level, using formal verification methods where feasible.
Trusted Design Environment is where the TCB is designed in a trusted facility with only trusted (cleared) personnel.
Matching classes to environmental requirements
The publication entitled "Army Regulation 380-19" is an example of a guide to determining which system class should be used in a given situation.
See also
AR 380-19 superseded by AR 25-2
Canadian Trusted Computer Product Evaluation Criteria
Common Criteria
ITSEC
Rainbow Series
Trusted Platform Module
References
External links
National Security Institute - 5200.28-STD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
FAS IRP DOD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria DOD 5200.28
National Security Agency
Computer security standards
Trusted computing |
23571643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustia%2C%20Dub%C4%83sari | Ustia, Dubăsari | Ustia is a village in Dubăsari District, Moldova.
Media
Jurnal FM - 98.7 MHz
Notable people
Ștefan Urâtu
References
Villages of Dubăsari District
Populated places on the Dniester |
23571649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantabile%20%28poetry%20collection%29 | Cantabile (poetry collection) | Cantabile is a collection of poems written by Henrik, the Prince Consort of Denmark and published in 2000. It is illustrated by the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II.
The book contains both the original poems by Prince Henrik, written in French, as well as Danish translations by Per Aage Brandt.
Musical settings
Lacrymae mundi for male choir by Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen (2008)
Symphonic suite Cantabile for symphony orchestra, choir and soloists by Frederik Magle (2004-2009)
References
External links
Le Parisien
2000 poetry books
Danish poetry collections
French poetry collections |
23571656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramchandra%20Chintaman%20Dhere | Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere | Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere (21 July 1930 – 1 July 2016) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
Early life
Dhere was born in the small village of Nigade in Pune district. He was orphaned at an early age of five. He studied at Municipal School, Pune, Poona English School, Poona Night School and graduated in 1966. During high school days he worked as a proof reader in the local press.
Dhere earned a PhD in Marathi in 1975. His doctoral thesis titled Shtsthal: Ek Adhyan was completed under the guidance of Ramchandra Shankar Walimbe. In 1980, he became the first person to obtain a Doctorate of Literature from Pune University.
Career
From his childhood, Dhere was deeply influenced by folk-life and literature. He was drawn towards saint literature such as Warkari and Nath
sects and started studying them.
Dhere wrote over 100 scholarly books, including some edited or translated works of others, on Marathi folk literature and culture, reconstruction of cultural history of places, religious sects in Maharashtra, and biographies of marathi saints. He also composed several poems and musical plays. Dhere lost almost all of his collection of old books in 1961 when the Panshet Dam broke flooding the city of Pune.
Dhere received a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987 for his literary criticism Shri Vitthal: Ek MahaSamanvay. The highly influential book was translated to English by Anne Feldhaus and published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
Death and legacy
Dhere died in Pune on 1 July 2016 at the age of 86 following prolonged illness. Writer Aruna Ramchandra Dhere is his daughter. In 2019, a library was built in Pune to preserve a collection of his books.
Literary work
The following is a partial list of Dhere's works:
Notes
Marathi-language writers
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi
1930 births
People from Pune district
2016 deaths |
17326228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20structural%20engineering | History of structural engineering | The history of structural engineering dates back to at least 2700 BC when the step pyramid for Pharaoh Djoser was built by Imhotep, the first architect in history known by name. Pyramids were the most common major structures built by ancient civilizations because it is a structural form which is inherently stable and can be almost infinitely scaled (as opposed to most other structural forms, which cannot be linearly increased in size in proportion to increased loads).
Another notable engineering feat from antiquity still in use today is the qanat water management system.
Qanat technology developed in the time of the Medes, the predecessors of the Persian Empire (modern-day Iran which has the oldest and longest Qanat (older than 3000 years and longer than 71 km) that also spread to other cultures having had contact with the Persian.
Throughout ancient and medieval history most architectural design and construction was carried out by artisans, such as stone masons and carpenters, rising to the role of master builder. No theory of structures existed and understanding of how structures stood up was extremely limited, and based almost entirely on empirical evidence of 'what had worked before'. Knowledge was retained by guilds and seldom supplanted by advances. Structures were repetitive, and increases in scale were incremental.
No record exists of the first calculations of the strength of structural members or the behaviour of structural material, but the profession of structural engineer only really took shape with the Industrial Revolution and the re-invention of concrete (see History of concrete). The physical sciences underlying structural engineering began to be understood in the Renaissance and have been developing ever since.
Early structural engineering
The recorded history of structural engineering starts with the ancient Egyptians. In the 27th century BC, Imhotep was the first structural engineer known by name and constructed the first known step pyramid in Egypt. In the 26th century BC, the Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed in Egypt. It remained the largest man-made structure for millennia and was considered an unsurpassed feat in architecture until the 19th century AD.
The understanding of the physical laws that underpin structural engineering in the Western world dates back to the 3rd century BC, when Archimedes published his work On the Equilibrium of Planes in two volumes, in which he sets out the Law of the Lever, stating:
Archimedes used the principles derived to calculate the areas and centers of gravity of various geometric figures including triangles, paraboloids, and hemispheres. Archimedes's work on this and his work on calculus and geometry, together with Euclidean geometry, underpin much of the mathematics and understanding of structures in modern structural engineering.
The ancient Romans made great bounds in structural engineering, pioneering large structures in masonry and concrete, many of which are still standing today. They include aqueducts, thermae, columns, lighthouses, defensive walls and harbours. Their methods are recorded by Vitruvius in his De Architectura written in 25 BC, a manual of civil and structural engineering with extensive sections on materials and machines used in construction. One reason for their success is their accurate surveying techniques based on the dioptra, groma and chorobates.
During the High Middle Ages (11th to 14th centuries) builders were able to balance the side thrust of vaults with that of flying buttresses and side vaults, to build tall spacious structures, some of which were built entirely of stone (with iron pins only securing the ends of stones) and have lasted for centuries.
In the 15th and 16th centuries and despite lacking beam theory and calculus, Leonardo da Vinci produced many engineering designs based on scientific observations and rigour, including a design for a bridge to span the Golden Horn. Though dismissed at the time, the design has since been judged to be both feasible and structurally valid
The foundations of modern structural engineering were laid in the 17th century by Galileo Galilei, Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton with the publication of three great scientific works. In 1638 Galileo published Dialogues Relating to Two New Sciences, outlining the sciences of the strength of materials and the motion of objects (essentially defining gravity as a force giving rise to a constant acceleration). It was the first establishment of a scientific approach to structural engineering, including the first attempts to develop a theory for beams. This is also regarded as the beginning of structural analysis, the mathematical representation and design of building structures.
This was followed in 1676 by Robert Hooke's first statement of Hooke's Law, providing a scientific understanding of elasticity of materials and their behaviour under load.
Eleven years later, in 1687, Sir Isaac Newton published Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, setting out his Laws of Motion, providing for the first time an understanding of the fundamental laws governing structures.
Also in the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz both independently developed the Fundamental theorem of calculus, providing one of the most important mathematical tools in engineering.
Further advances in the mathematics needed to allow structural engineers to apply the understanding of structures gained through the work of Galileo, Hooke and Newton during the 17th century came in the 18th century when Leonhard Euler pioneered much of the mathematics and many of the methods which allow structural engineers to model and analyse structures. Specifically, he developed the Euler–Bernoulli beam equation with Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782) circa 1750 - the fundamental theory underlying most structural engineering design.
Daniel Bernoulli, with Johann (Jean) Bernoulli (1667–1748), is also credited with formulating the theory of virtual work, providing a tool using equilibrium of forces and compatibility of geometry to solve structural problems. In 1717 Jean Bernoulli wrote to Pierre Varignon explaining the principle of virtual work, while in 1726 Daniel Bernoulli wrote of the "composition of forces".
In 1757 Leonhard Euler went on to derive the Euler buckling formula, greatly advancing the ability of engineers to design compression elements.
Modern developments in structural engineering
Throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, materials science and structural analysis underwent development at a tremendous pace.
Though elasticity was understood in theory well before the 19th century, it was not until 1821 that Claude-Louis Navier formulated the general theory of elasticity in a mathematically usable form. In his leçons of 1826 he explored a great range of different structural theory, and was the first to highlight that the role of a structural engineer is not to understand the final, failed state of a structure, but to prevent that failure in the first place. In 1826 he also established the elastic modulus as a property of materials independent of the second moment of area, allowing engineers for the first time to both understand structural behaviour and structural materials.
Towards the end of the 19th century, in 1873, Carlo Alberto Castigliano presented his dissertation "Intorno ai sistemi elastici", which contains his theorem for computing displacement as partial derivative of the strain energy.
In 1824, Portland cement was patented by the engineer Joseph Aspdin as "a superior cement resembling Portland Stone", British Patent no. 5022. Although different forms of cement already existed (Pozzolanic cement was used by the Romans as early as 100 B.C. and even earlier by the ancient Greek and Chinese civilizations) and were in common usage in Europe from the 1750s, the discovery made by Aspdin used commonly available, cheap materials, making concrete construction an economical possibility.
Developments in concrete continued with the construction in 1848 of a rowing boat built of ferrocement - the forerunner of modern reinforced concrete - by Joseph-Louis Lambot. He patented his system of mesh reinforcement and concrete in 1855, one year after W.B. Wilkinson also patented a similar system. This was followed in 1867 when a reinforced concrete planting tub was patented by Joseph Monier in Paris, using steel mesh reinforcement similar to that used by Lambot and Wilkinson. Monier took the idea forward, filing several patents for tubs, slabs and beams, leading eventually to the Monier system of reinforced structures, the first use of steel reinforcement bars located in areas of tension in the structure.
Steel construction was first made possible in the 1850s when Henry Bessemer developed the Bessemer process to produce steel. He gained patents for the process in 1855 and 1856 and successfully completed the conversion of cast iron into cast steel in 1858. Eventually mild steel would replace both wrought iron and cast iron as the preferred metal for construction.
During the late 19th century, great advancements were made in the use of cast iron, gradually replacing wrought iron as a material of choice. Ditherington Flax Mill in Shrewsbury, designed by Charles Bage, was the first building in the world with an interior iron frame. It was built in 1797. In 1792 William Strutt had attempted to build a fireproof mill at Belper in Derby (Belper West Mill), using cast iron columns and timber beams within the depths of brick arches that formed the floors. The exposed beam soffits were protected against fire by plaster. This mill at Belper was the world's first attempt to construct fireproof buildings, and is the first example of fire engineering. This was later improved upon with the construction of Belper North Mill, a collaboration between Strutt and Bage, which by using a full cast iron frame represented the world's first "fire proofed" building.
The Forth Bridge was built by Benjamin Baker, Sir John Fowler and William Arrol in 1889, using steel, after the original design for the bridge by Thomas Bouch was rejected following the collapse of his Tay Rail Bridge. The Forth Bridge was one of the first major uses of steel, and a landmark in bridge design. Also in 1889, the wrought-iron Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin, demonstrating the potential of construction using iron, despite the fact that steel construction was already being used elsewhere.
During the late 19th century, Russian structural engineer Vladimir Shukhov developed analysis methods for tensile structures, thin-shell structures, lattice shell structures and new structural geometries such as hyperboloid structures. Pipeline transport was pioneered by Vladimir Shukhov and the Branobel company in the late 19th century.
Again taking reinforced concrete design forwards, from 1892 onwards François Hennebique's firm used his patented reinforced concrete system to build thousands of structures throughout Europe. Thaddeus Hyatt in the US and Wayss & Freitag in Germany also patented systems. The firm AG für Monierbauten constructed 200 reinforced concrete bridges in Germany between 1890 and 1897 The great pioneering uses of reinforced concrete however came during the first third of the 20th century, with Robert Maillart and others furthering of the understanding of its behaviour. Maillart noticed that many concrete bridge structures were significantly cracked, and as a result left the cracked areas out of his next bridge design - correctly believing that if the concrete was cracked, it was not contributing to the strength. This resulted in the revolutionary Salginatobel Bridge design. Wilhelm Ritter formulated the truss theory for the shear design of reinforced concrete beams in 1899, and Emil Mörsch improved this in 1902. He went on to demonstrate that treating concrete in compression as a linear-elastic material was a conservative approximation of its behaviour. Concrete design and analysis has been progressing ever since, with the development of analysis methods such as yield line theory, based on plastic analysis of concrete (as opposed to linear-elastic), and many different variations on the model for stress distributions in concrete in compression
Prestressed concrete, pioneered by Eugène Freyssinet with a patent in 1928, gave a novel approach in overcoming the weakness of concrete structures in tension. Freyssinet constructed an experimental prestressed arch in 1908 and later used the technology in a limited form in the Plougastel Bridge in France in 1930. He went on to build six prestressed concrete bridges across the Marne River, firmly establishing the technology.
Structural engineering theory was again advanced in 1930 when Professor Hardy Cross developed his Moment distribution method, allowing the real stresses of many complex structures to be approximated quickly and accurately.
In the mid 20th century John Fleetwood Baker went on to develop the plasticity theory of structures, providing a powerful tool for the safe design of steel structures. The possibility of creating structures with complex geometries, beyond analysis by hand calculation methods, first arose in 1941 when Alexander Hrennikoff submitted his D.Sc thesis at MIT on the topic of discretization of plane elasticity problems using a lattice framework. This was the forerunner to the development of finite element analysis. In 1942, Richard Courant developed a mathematical basis for finite element analysis. This led in 1956 to the publication by J. Turner, R. W. Clough, H. C. Martin, and L. J. Topp's of a paper on the "Stiffness and Deflection of Complex Structures". This paper introduced the name "finite-element method" and is widely recognised as the first comprehensive treatment of the method as it is known today.
High-rise construction, though possible from the late 19th century onwards, was greatly advanced during the second half of the 20th century. Fazlur Khan designed structural systems that remain fundamental to many modern high rise constructions and which he employed in his structural designs for the John Hancock Center in 1969 and Sears Tower in 1973. Khan's central innovation in skyscraper design and construction was the idea of the "tube" and "bundled tube" structural systems for tall buildings. He defined the framed tube structure as "a three dimensional space structure composed of three, four, or possibly more frames, braced frames, or shear walls, joined at or near their edges to form a vertical tube-like structural system capable of resisting lateral forces in any direction by cantilevering from the foundation." Closely spaced interconnected exterior columns form the tube. Horizontal loads, for example wind, are supported by the structure as a whole. About half the exterior surface is available for windows. Framed tubes allow fewer interior columns, and so create more usable floor space. Where larger openings like garage doors are required, the tube frame must be interrupted, with transfer girders used to maintain structural integrity. The first building to apply the tube-frame construction was in the DeWitt-Chestnut Apartment Building which Khan designed in Chicago. This laid the foundations for the tube structures used in most later skyscraper constructions, including the construction of the World Trade Center.
Another innovation that Fazlur Khan developed was the concept of X-bracing, which reduced the lateral load on the building by transferring the load into the exterior columns. This allowed for a reduced need for interior columns thus creating more floor space, and can be seen in the John Hancock Center. The first sky lobby was also designed by Khan for the John Hancock Center in 1969. Later buildings with sky lobbies include the World Trade Center, Petronas Twin Towers and Taipei 101.
In 1987 Jörg Schlaich and Kurt Schafer published the culmination of almost ten years of work on the strut and tie method for concrete analysis - a tool to design structures with discontinuities such as corners and joints, providing another powerful tool for the analysis of complex concrete geometries.
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries the development of powerful computers has allowed finite element analysis to become a significant tool for structural analysis and design. The development of finite element programs has led to the ability to accurately predict the stresses in complex structures, and allowed great advances in structural engineering design and architecture. In the 1960s and 70s computational analysis was used in a significant way for the first time on the design of the Sydney Opera House roof. Many modern structures could not be understood and designed without the use of computational analysis.
Developments in the understanding of materials and structural behaviour in the latter part of the 20th century have been significant, with detailed understanding being developed of topics such as fracture mechanics, earthquake engineering, composite materials, temperature effects on materials, dynamics and vibration control, fatigue, creep and others. The depth and breadth of knowledge now available in structural engineering, and the increasing range of different structures and the increasing complexity of those structures has led to increasing specialisation of structural engineers.
See also
Base isolation
History of sanitation and water supply
Qanat water management system
References
External links
"World Expos. A history of structures". Isaac López César. A history of architectural structures over the last 150 years.
3rd-millennium BC introductions
Structural engineering |
23571657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C2H4Br2 | C2H4Br2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C2H4Br2}}
The molecular formula C2H4Br2 (molar mass: 187.86 g/mol, exact mass: 185.8680 u) may refer to:
1,1-Dibromoethane (ethylidene dibromide)
1,2-Dibromoethane, or ethylene dibromide (EDB) |
17326234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyot | Lyot | Lyot may refer to:
Bernard Lyot, French astronomer
Lyot filter
Lyot stop
Lyot depolarizer
Lyot (lunar crater)
Lyot (Martian crater)
2452 Lyot, asteroid
Bernard Lyot Telescope |
23571659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian%20Americans | Appalachian Americans | Appalachian Americans or simply Appalachians describes Americans living in the geocultural area of Appalachia in the eastern United States, or their descendants
While not an official demographic used or recognized by the United States Census Bureau, Appalachian Americans, due to various factors, have developed their own distinct culture within larger social groupings. Included are their own dialect, music, folklore, and even sports teams as in the case of the Appalachian League. Furthermore, many colleges and universities now grant degrees in Appalachian studies. The term has seen growing usage in recent years, possibly in opposition to the use of hillbilly, which is still often used to describe people of the region.
Notable people
Arts and Entertainment
Ernest “Tennessee Ernie” Ford (1919–1991), country, pop, and gospel singer and television host
Emma Bell Miles (1879-1919), writer, poet, artist
Effie Waller Smith (1879-1960), Poet
Doc Watson (1923-2012), guitarist, songwriter, and singer
Dolly Parton (1946-), singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian
Eric Church (1977-), singer-songwriter
Earl Scruggs (1924 – 2012), bluegrass musician and banjo player noted for popularizing a three-finger picking style, now called "Scruggs style”
Loretta Lynn (1932-), country music singer-songwriter
Politicians
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th President of the United States, serving during the American Civil War
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), 28th president of the United States, serving during World War I
Charles Gates Dawes (1865–1951), banker, general, diplomat, composer, and 30th vice president of the United States under Calvin Coolidge
Jim Broyhill (1927-), businessman, United States Representative, United States Senator
Joe Manchin (1947-), United States Senator, politician, businessman
Military
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863), United States military leader serving in the Mexican-American War, and later a prominent Confederate military leader during the American Civil War
Alvin York (1887-1964), highly-decorated United States soldier serving in World War I, receiving the Medal of Honor as well as numerous other awards from France, Italy, and Montenegro
Folk Heroes & Historical Figures
Daniel Boone (1734–1820), pioneer, explorer
Davy Crockett (1786–1836), frontiersman, soldier, politician
John Gordon (1759–1819), pioneer, trader, planter, militia captain
Devil Anse Hatfield (1839–1921), patriarch of the Hatfield family of the Hatfield–McCoy feud
Belle Starr (1848–1889), notorious outlaw convicted of horse theft
Sports
Jerry West (1938-), professional basketball player, NBA Champion, Medal of Freedom Recipient
Katie Smith (1974-), retired professional women's basketball player, 3 time Gold Medalist, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Madison Bumgarner (1989-), professional baseball player
Miscellaneous
Francis Asbury (1745–1816), Methodist Episcopal bishop
See also
Appalachian stereotypes
Appalachian Studies Association
Appalachian Trail
Bluegrass music
Hillbilly
Hillbilly Highway
History of the Appalachian people in Baltimore
Melungeons
Mountain white
Social and economic stratification in Appalachia
Urban Appalachians
References
Society of Appalachia |
17326268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army%20and%20Navy%20YMCA | Army and Navy YMCA | The Army and Navy YMCA is a historic YMCA building at 50 Washington Square in Newport, Rhode Island. It is a five-story concrete, masonry, and brick building, designed by Louis E. Jallade and erected in 1911 by the Norcross Brothers. It occupies a small, irregularly-shaped city block at the upper end of Washington Square, Newport's historic civic center. The building was constructed in a Beaux Arts style, with limestone finish predominating on the main facades, with some terra cotta paneling. Mrs. Thomas Emery, a philanthropist from Cincinnati, Ohio, funded its construction to provide services for Navy members when Newport was a major center of the United States Navy. YMCA closed after the Navy significantly reduced its presence in Newport in 1973. The building now serves as low income (section 8) housing.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Although it is within the boundaries of the Newport Historic District, a National Historic Landmark, it does not contribute to its significance, which has a cutoff date of 1820.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
External links
Quahog.com information on History
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures completed in 1911
Buildings and structures in Newport, Rhode Island
YMCA buildings in the United States
Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport, Rhode Island |
23571663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise%20Hotel%20%28disambiguation%29 | Paradise Hotel (disambiguation) | Paradise Hotel is a reality television series.
Paradise Hotel may also refer to:
Paradise Hotel (Hyderabad), India
Paradise Hotel, the site of the 2002 Mombasa attacks in Nairobi, Kenya
Paradise Hotel (film), a 2010 documentary film
L'Hôtel du libre échange, an 1894 French comedy by playwright Georges Feydeau, sometimes translated as Paradise Hotel
See also
Hotel Paradise (disambiguation) |
23571671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traherne | Traherne | Traherne, Trahern, or Treherne is a Welsh surname, and may refer to:
Cennydd Traherne (1910–1995), Welsh landowner
John Treherne (1929–1989), English entomologist
John Montgomery Traherne (1788–1860), Welsh Anglican priest and antiquarian
Llewelyn Traherne (1766–1842), Welsh magistrate, High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1801
Margaret Traherne (1919–2006), British artist
Philip Traherne (1635–1686), English diplomat and author
Thomas Traherne (c. 1636 – 1674), English poet and religious writer
Thomas Trahern (officer of arms) (died 1542), English officer-of-arms, Somerset Herald
See also
Traherne Island, one of two islands contained within the Motu Manawa (Pollen Island) Marine Reserve
Treherne (disambiguation)
Anglicised Welsh-language surnames |
17326275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohse | Lohse | Lohse is a German-language surname. Notable people with the name include:
Adolf Lohse (1807–1867), Prussian master builder and architect
Anna Lohse (1866–1942), Danish teacher and women's rights activist
Bobby Lohse (born 1958), Swedish sailor
Brian Lohse (born 1968), American politician
Bruno Lohse (1911–2007), German art dealer and looter during World War II
Detlef Lohse (born 1963), German physicist
Ernst Lohse (1944–1994), Danish architect and designer
Gustav Lohse (1911–1999), German film editor
Hinrich Lohse (1896–1964), Nazi German politician and convicted war criminal
Kyle Lohse (born 1978), American baseball pitcher
Martin Lohse (born 1971), Danish composer and visual artist
Martin J. Lohse (born 1956), German physician and pharmacologist
Oswald Lohse (1845–1915), German astronomer
Otto Lohse (1859–1925), German conductor and composer
René Lohse (born 1973), German ice dancer
Richard Paul Lohse (1902–1988), Swiss painter and graphic artist
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899–1940), German avant-garde painter
German-language surnames
Surnames from given names |
23571677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%AEr%C3%AEta | Pîrîta | Pîrîta is a village in Dubăsari District, Moldova.
Notable people
Vadim Pisari
References
Villages of Dubăsari District
Populated places on the Dniester |
23571687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C20H29N3O2 | C20H29N3O2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C20H29N3O2}}
The molecular formula C20H29N3O2 (molar mass: 343.46 g/mol, exact mass: 343.2260 u) may refer to:
ADBICA (ADB-PICA)
Cinchocaine
Molecular formulas |
17326286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory%20of%20everything%20%28disambiguation%29 | Theory of everything (disambiguation) | A theory of everything is a hypothetical physical theory that would explain all known physical phenomena.
Theory of everything may also refer to:
Philosophy
Theory of everything (philosophy), a hypothetical all-encompassing philosophical explanation of nature or reality
A Theory of Everything, a book by Ken Wilber dealing with his "integral theory"
Film and television
"The Theory of Everything" (CSI), an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Theory of Everything (2006 film), a TV film
The Theory of Everything (2014 film), a biographical film about Stephen and Jane Hawking
Music
Theory of Everything (album), 2010 album by Children Collide
The Theory of Everything (Ayreon album), 2013
The Theory of Everything (Life On Planet 9 album), 2014
Theory of Everything, a series of tracks by electronic composer DJ-Nate, of which two are used as the background music of levels in the video game Geometry Dash
See also
Theory of Everything (podcast), a radio show and then podcast by Benjamen Walker
Toe (disambiguation) |
17326290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSDAP/AO%20%281972%29 | NSDAP/AO (1972) | The NSDAP/AO is an American neo-Nazi organization. It was founded in 1972 by United States citizen Gary Rex Lauck (born in 1953) in Fairbury, Nebraska. The organization's name stands for "NSDAP Aufbau- und Auslandsorganisation" ("NSDAP Development and Foreign Organization").
Lauck's organization claims to be a continuation of the original NSDAP – the German initials for the full name of the Nazi Party – and supplies neo-Nazis worldwide with propaganda material. Since 1973 this new NSDAP/AO publishes neo-Nazi magazines – "NS-Kampfruf", for example – by his own account in ten languages. As one of its political aims it demands the readmission of the NSDAP as an eligible party in Germany and Austria. The group has also been active in a number of countries across Europe, both co-ordinating with local movements and distributing propaganda individually.
References
External links
NSDAP/AO
'Farmbelt Fuehrer' loses web case, BBC News, January 25, 2002.
When Laws Conflict, Intelligence Report, Issue Number 103, Fall 2001
Elliot Welles: A Survivor Faces A New 'Fuhrer', Anti-Defamation League, Press Release, May 22, 1996
Nancy Finken: Nebraska's Nazi, Nebraska Public Radio, March 24, 1995 (quoted after Statewide, Nebraska's weekly news journal)
Nazi Lauck NSDAP/AO
Neo-Nazi organizations in the United States
Organizations established in 1972
Organizations based in Lincoln, Nebraska |
17326302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster%20Adams | Buster Adams | Elvin Clark "Buster" Adams (June 24, 1915 – September 1, 1990) was a major league outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies in and between and .
Early life
Adams was born in 1915 in Trinidad, Colorado. He graduated from Bisbee High School in Bisbee, Arizona, in 1935. He spent a year playing in the Western Association before moving to the Pacific Coast League (PCL) for the 1936 season.
Early professional career
In 1936, Adams began playing for the Sacramento Solons of the PCL; he played in the PCL off-and-on for the next 16 seasons. When Adams broke his leg during the 1936 season, he had been leading the PCL in stolen bases, but he missed much of the season with that injury. Adams was in spring training with the St. Louis Cardinals in March 1939 when his jaw was fractured after he was struck with a thrown ball. He still made his major league debut on April 27, 1939 for the Cardinals, but appeared in only two games that season. He was cut in early May.
In May 1941, Alan Ward of the Oakland Tribune wrote that Adams had been playing with a stomach illness for a couple of seasons. He was hitting .423 for the Sacramento Solons at the time. Adams finished the season with a .285 batting average in 1941 and then hit .309 the next season.
Later career
Adams returned to the majors with the Cardinals in 1943, playing in eight games before being traded to the Phillies. He played the rest of that season, all of 1944, and the first 14 games of 1945 with the Phillies. Though Adams had been able to play through his stomach ailment, the illness rendered him ineligible to serve in the military in 1944.
In May 1945, Adams was traded back to the Cardinals for John Antonelli and Glenn Crawford. Adams played mostly in center field; a slot had opened up in the outfield because Stan Musial was serving in the military. Adams put together his best season with the Cardinals in 1945 and finished 18th in voting for the MVP Award. He finished the season with 109 runs batted in; his 101 RBI with the Cardinals was a record for a Cardinals center fielder until 1987.
Adams also played in 1946 with the Cardinals and 1947 with the Phillies. He returned to the PCL after that and played until 1951.
In 576 major league games over six seasons, Adams posted a .266 batting average (532-for-2003) with 282 runs, 96 doubles, 12 triples, 50 home runs, 249 RBI and 234 bases on balls. He recorded a .979 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions.
Later life
Adams died of congestive heart failure in Rancho Mirage, California, in 1990.
References
External links
1915 births
1990 deaths
Baseball players from Colorado
Columbus Red Birds players
Major League Baseball outfielders
People from Trinidad, Colorado
Philadelphia Phillies players
Rochester Red Wings players
Sacramento Solons players
St. Louis Cardinals players
San Diego Padres (minor league) players
San Francisco Seals (baseball) players
Springfield Cardinals players |
17326311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20Redhawks | Washington Redhawks | The Washington Redhawks was a culture jam created by a group of Native Americans to draw attention to the Washington Redskins name controversy. In 2020, the team retired the Redskins branding amidst the removal of many names and images as part of the George Floyd protests. The football team was later renamed the Washington Commanders in 2022.
Action
On December 13, 2017 a Native American group, Rising Hearts, created several authentic-appearing websites and a Twitter campaign, that seemed to announce that the Washington Redskins had agreed to change its name to the Washington Redhawks for the 2018 season. The sites included one for the team, and for several news outlets: The Washington Post, ESPN, Sports Illustrated and the Bleacher Report. After an initial period, a disclaimer was posted on each spoofed page with a link to a press release explaining the group's action.
The organizers describe their tactic as culture jamming, and state that their intention is to stimulate debate that will eventually lead to an actual name change. Rather than presenting the continued hostility of the debate, their action provided an opportunity for change advocates to write about the positive responses and outcomes that would follow the change.
Rising Hearts Coalition included Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee Nation), Sebastian Medina-Tayac (Piscataway), Valarie Marie Proctor (Cedarville Band of Piscataway), Jair Carrasco, (Aymara), Lindsay Rodriguez (Cheyenne Arapaho), Jordan Marie Daniel (Kul Wicasa Oyate) and Nick Courtney (Makah).
Response
The Washington Redskins posted a message on their own web site stating: "This morning, the Redskins organization was made aware of fraudulent websites about our team name. The name of the team is the Washington Redskins and will remain that for the future."
At a news conference the following day the organizers of Rising Hearts stated that their effort was satire or parody, and were surprised that the Redskins issued a statement denying any plans to change, as if it were serious, or "fake news".
Reaction to the "culture jam" was varied among Native Americans depending upon whether the action was taken seriously or recognized for what it was. Some who took it seriously were elated, then felt betrayed when they found out it was not true. However, the action was supported by some long-time activists on the issue including Suzan Shown Harjo and Jacqueline Keeler, who agreed that it served to stimulate new attention. In an interview, the organizers took exception to the framing of their action as a "hoax", which has negative connotations of intending to mislead, which was not their intent.
Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell wrote based upon his experience when his alma mater, Amherst College, changed its mascot in 2016 from "Lord Jeff" to the "Mammoths". Although he was as attached to his team's mascot as any fan, he understood the reason for the change, and got over it quickly. The reason was letters that were discovered revealing that Lord Jeffery Amherst had advocated the use of smallpox-infected blankets as a weapon against Native Americans not to defeat, but to exterminate them. "Nicknames such as the Lord Jeffs and the Redskins are two illustrations of the same issue. In the beginning, no one means any harm. But once you know better, and don’t change, that's when the harm starts." Boswell later explained that while dropping the team nickname, which was never official, was no big deal; changing the name of the town and college also named for the same person would be difficult.
In Forbes, Demetrius Bell compliments the creators, stating "The best part of any hoax is ultimately how believable the hoax could be and from top to bottom, this is one of the more believable hoaxes that you'll see. If the team did indeed make the incredibly shocking decision to change their nickname and logo, then it wouldn't be a huge shock to see them go the conservative route with a change as relatively simple as this."
In July 2020, the team retired the Redskins branding amidst the removal of many names and images as part of the George Floyd protests. On February 2, 2022, the team was renamed the Washington Commanders.
Parody websites
References
21st-century controversies
Anti-indigenous racism in the United States
Cultural appropriation
National Football League controversies
Native American topics
Native American-related controversies
Sports mascots in the United States
Name controversy |
17326318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Simons | David Simons | David Simons may refer to:
David G. Simons (1922–2010), American physician and U.S. Air Force officer who set a record of high-altitude balloon flight
J. David Simons (born 1953), Scottish novelist and short story writer
David Simons, developer of Simons' BASIC
Dave Simons (1954–2009), American comic book artist
D. Brenton Simons, president and CEO of the New England Historic Genealogical Society
See also
David Simon (disambiguation)
David Simmons (disambiguation) |
17326321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC%20Wide%20Bay | ABC Wide Bay | ABC Wide Bay is an ABC Local Radio station based in Bundaberg broadcasting to the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland. This includes the towns of Maryborough, Gympie, Hervey Bay and Mundubbera.
History
The station began broadcasting as 4QB in 1948 originally as a relay of the national program. The station was originally based in Maryborough, the traditional capital of the Wide-Bay region.
The station negotiated with the School of Arts in 1950 to rent out a small office on the first floor of the school's building for broadcast, and thus it was opened 20 November, 1950. Programs originally consisted of music and local information. The station's local services increased over the years, and in 1952 the first proper newsroom was established with Don Harvey at the helm.
In October of that year a new Rural Officer position was established and that person was responsible for putting to air a special rural program every day. In 1954 and 1962 new renovations to the transmitters meant that the station could reach many more communities outside the Maryborough region.
In 1990 the station moved from its Maryborough studios to a new studio at 58 Woongarra Street in Bundaberg, to better broadcast to the region. The ABC still administered a Maryborough bureau, on 146 Bazaar Street, which staffed a rural reporter to cover news from that region.
The ABC closed its Maryborough bureau in the late 1990s to early 2000s.
In April 2022, the ABC opened a new Hervey Bay bureau to improve its coverage of the Fraser Coast. Staffed by two journalists, the new Hervey Bay bureau on Boat Harbour Drive was established as part of the ABC's regional expansion. To mark the bureau's opening, ABC Wide Bay held an outside broadcast at Scarness Jetty, which was attended by Gardening Australia personality Costa Georgiadis.
Transmitters
The station broadcasts through the following main AM and FM transmitters along with low power FM repeaters:
Local Programs
ABC Wide Bay broadcasts four local programs throughout the week.
Wide Bay Rural Report 6:15 - 6:30 - presented by Megan Hughes
Breakfast 6:35 - 8:00 - presented by David Dowsett
Mornings 10:00 - 11:00 - presented by Ross Kay
Saturday Breakfast 6:00 - 8:00 - presented by Ross Kay
At all other times the station is a relay of ABC Brisbane, which itself at times broadcasts networked programming from across Australia.
Staff
As of 2021, there are a total of ten full-time staff and several casuals at ABC Wide Bay.
References
See also
List of radio stations in Australia
Wide Bay
Radio stations in Queensland |
17326366 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Kennedy | Mark Kennedy | Mark Kennedy may refer to:
Mark Kennedy (judge) (born 1952), American jurist
Mark Kennedy (Australian footballer) (born 1972), Australian rules footballer
Mark Kennedy (boxer) (born 1967), Jamaica boxer
Mark Kennedy (footballer, born 1976), Irish football player
Mark Kennedy (musician) (born 1951), Australian musician
Mark Kennedy (police officer) (born 1969), British undercover police officer
Mark Kennedy (politician) (born 1957), American politician and university president
See also
Marc Kennedy (born 1982), Canadian curler |
20464588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Queensland%20state%20election | 2009 Queensland state election | The 2009 Queensland state election was held on 21 March 2009 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly, a unicameral parliament.
The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party of Queensland led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a fifth consecutive term in office for her party. Bligh thus became the first female Premier of any Australian State elected in her own right.
The 2009 election marked the eighth consecutive victory of Labor in a general election since 1989, although it was out of office between 1996 and 1998 as a direct result of the 1996 Mundingburra by-election.
Key dates
Results
| colspan=7 |* The two-party preferred summary is an estimate by Antony Green using a methodology by Malcolm Mackerras.
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Seats changing hands
¶ Ronan Lee was elected as a member of the Labor Party in 2006, but he defected to the Greens in 2008.
One of the gains by the Liberal Nationals was the defeat of the Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation Andrew McNamara (Hervey Bay). The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and the Arts, Bonny Barry (Aspley), was also defeated.
Date
The previous state election was held on 9 September 2006 to elect the 89 members of the Legislative Assembly. In Queensland, for the government to serve a full-term, an election will be held approximately three years following the previous election. In Queensland, Section 80 of the Electoral Act 1992 states that an election must be held on a Saturday; and that the election campaign must run for a minimum of 26 or a maximum of 56 days following the issue of the writs. Five to seven days following the issue of the writs, the electoral roll is closed, which gives voters a final opportunity to enrol or to notify the Electoral Commission of Queensland of any changes in their place of residence.
Legislative Assembly
The Labor Party, led by Premier Anna Bligh, and the LNP, led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, were the two main parties in Queensland at the election. It was the first election contested by the LNP following its creation with the merger of the National and Liberal parties. At the previous election, Labor won 59 seats, the Nationals won 17 seats, the Liberals won eight seats, One Nation won one seat, and independents won four seats. Former Labor MP Ronan Lee joined the Greens in 2008, thus becoming their parliamentary leader. Lee lost his seat at the election.
A redistribution saw Labor notionally pick up three seats. Therefore, the LNP notionally needed to pick up 22 seats rather than 20 seats to form a majority government, which equated to an unchanged uniform 8.3 percent two party preferred swing.
Former Premier Peter Beattie resigned in September 2007, which triggered the October 2007 Brisbane Central by-election.
Parties contesting the election
† Contested 2006 elections as Liberal Party (49 seats) and National Party (40) seats.
Both the Australian Labor Party and the Greens contested all 89 seats. This was the first Queensland state election in which the Greens contested every seat. The LNP contested every seat except Gladstone (held by an Independent), which they avoided for strategic reasons. A total of 397 candidates contested the election—the largest number of candidates to contest a Queensland election since 1998.
Post-election pendulum
Polling
Newspoll polling was conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. Sampling sizes usually consist of around 1000 electors, with the declared margin of error at around ±3 percent.
See also
Candidates of the Queensland state election, 2009
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2006–2009
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2009–2012
References
External links
Electoral Commission Queensland
2009 Queensland election - Antony Green ABC
2009 elections in Australia
Elections in Queensland
2000s in Queensland
March 2009 events in Australia |
23571688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia%20I%2C%20Abbess%20of%20Gandersheim | Sophia I, Abbess of Gandersheim | Sophia I (September 975 – 30 January 1039), a member of the royal Ottonian dynasty, was Abbess of Gandersheim from 1002, and from 1011 also Abbess of Essen. The daughter of Emperor Otto II and his consort Theophanu, she was an important kingmaker in medieval Germany.
Early life
According to the chronicles by Thietmar of Merseburg, Sophia was born to Emperor Otto II and Theophanu. She may have been the first surviving daughter, born in 975, though other sources indicate that her sister Adelaide, born 977, was in fact the eldest. Sophia is first documented in a 979 deed of donation, when her father entrusted her education to his first cousin, Abbess Gerberga II of Gandersheim. Sophia was raised and educated in Gandersheim Abbey to become abbess from childhood. Abbess Gerberga taught her convent discipline and common law, both of which she mastered. Sophia received many grants of rights and property from her father as well as from her brother, Otto III, who succeeded as King of the Romans in 983.
Sophia took the vows to become a canoness in 989. As an emperor's daughter, she insisted on receiving the veil from the hands of Archbishop Willigis of Mainz, the archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire, affronting the local Bishop Osdag of Hildesheim. The contemporary chronicler Thangmar, in his Vita Bernwardi (Life of Saint Bernward), reveals a fierce row between the church leaders in front of King Otto III, his mother Theophanu and the royal court. She was finally consecrated by both. In Hildesheim sources, Sophia is portrayed as a haughty and imperious woman, though these depictions may be biased.
Sophia and her brother seemed to be on good terms with each other; she received several gifts and attended the 994 Imperial Diet, where Otto was declared to have reached majority. He vested his sister with the estates of Eschwege Abbey, at the explicit wish of their late mother Theophanu who had died in 991. From 995 until 997, Sophia was absent from the convent, accompanying her brother on his first Italian campaign and acting as his consort. She acted as abbess of Eschwege from 997. Thereafter, however, she no longer appeared at Otto's court.
Princess-abbess
In 1001, her tutor Abbess Gerberga II of Gandersheim died. However, due to her brother's death, Sophia was not to be elected her successor until 1002, with the approval of the new king Henry II. Sophia would later fight her ecclesiastical superiors who, with approval of Emperor Henry II, endangered Gandersheim's privileges and her own status.
Together with her sister Adelaide of Quedlinburg, Sophia significantly influenced the election of Henry II as King of the Romans and legitimized him in 1024, when he visited Vreden and Quedlinburg. Sophia and her sister later played the same role in the election of Conrad II as first Holy Roman Emperor of the Salian dynasty.
In 1011, Sophia was also granted Essen Abbey on the death of her cousin Mathilde. The succession had initially been reserved for her younger sister Matilda, who nevertheless had married Count Palatine Ezzo of Lotharingia instead. According to the local historian Georg Humann (1847–1932), Essen was always secondary for Sophia, and the importance of the abbey declined somewhat under her rule. The rebuilding of Essen Minster was delayed, though recent research suggests that it was Sophia who initiated the remodelling of the Enamel Cross.
Death
She ruled her abbeys successfully until her death in 1039. Despite the help he had received from the sisters, Conrad II denied Adelheid's request to succeed Sophia as Abbess of Gandersheim. Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, eventually granted her the right to rule Gandersheim too.
Ancestry
References
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970s births
1039 deaths
Ottonian dynasty
11th-century Saxon people
10th-century German women
11th-century German abbesses
People of Byzantine descent
Abbesses of Gandersheim
Daughters of emperors |
17326391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery%20Park | Artillery Park | The Artillery Park (also known as the Churchyard Cemetery) is an historic cemetery at North Road and Narragansett Avenue in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is located at a high point on the southern part of Conanicut Island. It was originally laid out in 1656 as a burying ground and militia training ground, but appears to have been used as a burying ground only since the 1740s. When British forces occupied the island in 1776, there was a brief skirmish there, and the British afterward used the area as a military staging ground. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References and external links
Town of Jamestown: Artillery info
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
1656 establishments in Rhode Island
Jamestown, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island |
23571689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxentea | Oxentea | Oxentea is a village in Dubăsari District, Moldova.
References
Villages of Dubăsari District
Populated places on the Dniester |
17326407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ning%20Chunhong | Ning Chunhong | Ning Chunhong (; born January 21, 1968) is a Chinese chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was in the Top 50 Women rating list from October 2001 to 2002.
In 1992 she won the women's section of the World University Chess Championship in Antwerp, Belgium.
She was awarded the title of FIDE Arbiter in 2008.
Ning plays for Tianjin chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).
See also
Chess in China
References
External links
1968 births
Living people
Chinese female chess players
Chess woman grandmasters
Chess arbiters
Place of birth missing (living people) |
17326413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Adams%20%28baseball%29 | Jim Adams (baseball) | James J. Adams (born 1868) was an American major league baseball catcher. He played professionally for the St. Louis Browns.
Career
Adams was born in 1868 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He played in one game for the St. Louis Browns on April 21, 1890. He hit one single in four at-bats during the game. In addition to his brief appearance for the Browns, he played on various minor league teams from 1889–1892 and again in 1899–1900.
He was briefly the player/manager of the Aspen, Colorado team in the Colorado State League in 1889.
References
External links
Baseball Almanac
1868 births
Baseball players from Illinois
Major League Baseball catchers
St. Louis Browns (AA) players
19th-century baseball players
Year of death unknown
Sportspeople from East St. Louis, Illinois
Pueblo Ponies players
Aspen (minor league baseball) players
Fort Worth Panthers players
Carthage (minor league baseball) players
Ottumwa Coal Palaces players
Macon Central City players
New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players
Memphis Giants players
Springfield Ponies players
Lawrence (minor league baseball) players
Fitchburg (minor league baseball) players
Hampton Crabs players
Minor league baseball managers |
23571690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borsalino%20%28film%29 | Borsalino (film) | Borsalino is a 1970 French gangster film directed by Jacques Deray and starring Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Rouvel. It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2009, Empire named it No. 19 in a poll of "The 20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen… Probably". A sequel, Borsalino & Co., was released in 1974 with Alain Delon in the leading role. The film is based on real-life gangsters Paul Carbone and François Spirito, who collaborated with Nazi Germany during the occupation of France in World War II (though this is not mentioned in the film).
Plot
In 1930, in Marseille, a gangster named Siffredi is released from prison and searches for his former girlfriend, Lola. He finds her with Capella, another gangster. The two men fight over her but become friendly and form a partnership, fixing horseraces and prizefights.
They are contacted by Rinaldi, a lawyer who works for Marello and Poli, the two crime bosses who control all the organized crime in Marseille. Rinaldi suggests that Siffredi and Capella should seize control of Marseille's fish market and take it away from Marello. They succeed but they become too ambitious and try to take control of the meat market which is controlled by Poli. He tries to have Capella and Siffredi killed but they succeed in killing him instead. Rinaldi is killed by another gangster named The Dancer.
Capella and Siffredi establish themselves as the new bosses of Marseille's underworld. Capella decides to leave Marseille but is killed by an assassin. Siffredi then decides to leave Marseille himself.
Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo – François Capella
Alain Delon – Roch Siffredi
Arnoldo Foà – Marello
Catherine Rouvel – Lola
Françoise Christophe – Simone Escarguel
Corinne Marchand – Mme Rinaldi
Laura Adani – Mme Siffredi, la mère de Roch
Nicole Calfan – Ginette
Hélène Rémy – Lydia
Odette Piquet – La chanteuse
Mario David – Mario
Lionel Vitrant – Fernand
Dennis Berry – Nono
Jean Aron – Martial Roger, le compatible
André Bollet – Poli
Pierre Koulak – Spada
Production
Development
Alain Delon wanted to produce the film because he was looking for a project in which to collaborate with Jean-Paul Belmondo. He found the story of Carbone and Spirito in a crime book he was reading about French gangsters from 1900 to 1970.
Originally the film was going to be called Carbone and Spirito, but after there were objections about using the names of real gangsters, the characters were fictionalized and the idea was dropped. Alain Delon said he wanted something like Vera Cruz because the title would not have to be translated all around the world. Eventually, the title was taken from the famous Borsalino company which had been making fedora-style hats since the late 19th century. Its golden age was between the 1920s and 1940s, which is within the film's time frame. As a consequence of the movie, there was revival in the popularity of Borsalino fedora hats.
Casting
Despite Delon's desire to work with Belmondo, the relationship between the pair broke down after filming was completed. Director Jacques Deray noted that, "All through production Delon was impeccable, never interfered. But when the film was completed "Delon the producer" stepped in and took it over." Delon said while promoting the film in the US:
We are still what you in America call pals or buddies. But we are not friends. There is a difference. He was my guest in the film but still he complained. I like him as an actor but as a person, he's a bit different. I think his reaction was a stupid reaction... almost like a female reaction. But I don't want to talk about him anymore.
Delon's associate producer, Pierre Caro, said:
If you ask me, I think Belmondo was afraid from the first to make a picture with Alain. He demanded the same number of close ups. Alain had to cancel a lot of his best scenes because they made him look better than Belmondo. My own feeling is that they will never work together again. Alain says they will but he lies.
Under the terms of their contracts, Belmondo and Delon were required to have the same number of close-ups, which prompted Delon to dye his hair black for his role.
Belmondo later sued Delon in court over the manner in which their names were billed in the production. Belmondo was annoyed that the title card "an Alain Delon Production" appeared before his name in the credits.
Filming
The film was shot on location in and around Marseille, France. Interiors were completed in Paris. The film remains one of the most expensive French films ever made. Finance mostly came from Paramount Pictures.
Reception
The film was a large success at the French box office, breaking records throughout the country. It had admissions in France of 4,710,381. This made it the fourth most watched film of the year, after The Gendarme Takes Off, Atlantic Wall, and Rider on the Rain. It was followed by The Red Circle, MASH, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Things of Life, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Donkey Skin and The Damned.
The film was also very popular elsewhere in Europe, but did not break through in the US the way the filmmakers hoped. While it was released the Markovic Affair was still being heavily publicised, adding to the film's notoriety.
Variety said "problem is that pic is more a vehicle for its stars' personalities than a more cogent insight into French pre-war organized gangsters." Time Out remarked it was "fairly basic as a gangster pastiche ...but not unenjoyable thanks to its loudly stressed period detail and Claude Bolling's jolly score for mechanical piano."
References
External links
Borsalino at Le Film Guide
Review of film at The New York Times
Borsalino at TCMDB
1970 films
1970s buddy comedy films
1970s crime comedy films
Films about organized crime in France
Films directed by Jacques Deray
Films produced by Alain Delon
Films set in 1930
Films set in Marseille
Films shot in Marseille
Films shot in Paris
French crime comedy films
1970s French-language films
Gangster films
Italian buddy comedy films
Italian crime comedy films
Films with screenplays by Jean-Claude Carrière
1970 comedy films
Films scored by Claude Bolling
1970s Italian films
1970s French films |
20464593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan%20Council | Gamelan Council | The Gamelan Council – Asia-Pacific Public Health, Microfinance, and Development Centre (Gamelan Council) is an international non-governmental, non-profit initiative addressing the public health, microfinance, and international development needs of communities in, on, and around the Pacific Rim. For these purposes, the Gamelan Council views the Asia-Pacific region quite broadly in line with APEC; the jurisdictions covered are claimed to account for approximately 65% of the world's population. The Council's activities, which include conducting research, making investments, and providing education and advice, are centrally coordinated.
History
The Gamelan Council is an offshoot of the Global Consulting Group (GCG), a non-profit, non-partisan consulting firm created under the aegis of Global Student Response (GSR) and focused on supporting international development efforts which has since been disbanded. As GCG's efforts became more geographically focused on the Asia-Pacific region and thematically focused on public health and microfinance developmental issues, the Gamelan Council formed to focus specifically on these areas.
The name of the organization is a combination of the Indonesian word referring to a music ensemble, 'Gamelan', and an English word referring to a Native American, community-fostering ritual, 'Council' (the same term used to refer commonly to a group of individuals providing advice and counsel). These two terms capture the Gamelan Council's goal of harmoniously unifying the arrays of forces and ideas affecting the areas on which the Gamelan Council focuses its efforts.
Jurisdictions addressed
The Gamelan Council operates predominantly in 73 states and territories on, near, and around the Pacific Rim, including every jurisdiction with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and several other, significant population centres adjacent to or closely linked to the Pacific Rim (e.g., India, Nepal, and Pakistan). In 2010, the Gamelan Council also commenced pilot projects in both (a) Central Asia (i.e., Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) and (b) South America (i.e., Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, and Suriname) which complement its other activities centered on the Pacific Rim.
These jurisdictions are divided into three main geographic groups and are listed below, organized generally by geography (i.e., Americas from north to south; Asia from west to north and then south; and Oceania from west to east):
Key activities
The Gamelan Council focuses on three main sets of activities addressing public health, microfinance, and international development issues. These include (a) research (e.g., conducting targeted studies of trends in the public health, microfinance, and international development sectors); (b) investment (e.g., raising capital to support successful Asia-Pacific microfinance providers and assisting entrepreneurs developing new technologies addressing public health needs throughout the Asia-Pacific region); and (c) education and advice (e.g., developing seminars, providing consulting services to social entrepreneurs, and coordinating conferences on public health, microfinance, and international development in the Asia-Pacific region).
See also
Microfinance
International Development
Epidemiology
Non-governmental organization
Social entrepreneurship
APEC
Notes
External links
Gamelan Council – Asia-Pacific Microfinance, Public Health & Development Centre
Organizations established in 2005
International economic organizations
International organizations based in Asia
International organizations based in Oceania
International organizations based in Laos
Microfinance organizations
International development agencies
International finance institutions
Public health organizations
International medical and health organizations |
17326416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsan%20Powys | Betsan Powys | Betsan Powys (born 1965), is a Welsh journalist and former Editor of Programmes for BBC Radio Cymru.
Biography
Powys was born in Cardiff. A native Welsh speaker after being educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari, Powys joined BBC Wales as a News Trainee in 1989, before joining the newsroom in Cardiff as a bilingual, bi-media reporter. Moving to Current Affairs in 1994 she reported undercover, where one investigation required her to pose as one half of a swinging couple in the "Garden of Eden", a West Wales brothel.
Powys then presented the Welsh language news programme Newyddion, was chief reporter on the European current affairs series , and joined Huw Edwards to front United Kingdom national election specials.
Powys was lent for a period to BBC One's flagship current affairs programme Panorama, during which time she returned to Wales to give birth to her daughter. Her first report for Panorama was an investigation into the way Jehovah's Witnesses deal with allegations of child abuse, while her first worldwide exclusive occurred when she persuaded the commanding officer of 30 Royal Welch Fusiliers held hostage in Goražde, Bosnia, to allow her to interview colleagues and friends, agreeing to his condition that the programme would be broadcast only "in the Gaelic tongue."
After working for a period at ITV Wales, she returned to BBC Wales as Culture and Media Correspondent, and as a result of presenting Week In Week Out she won the BT Welsh Journalist of the Year. Powys also presented the Welsh-language version of Mastermind on S4C.
From 11 September 2006, Powys replaced the retiring David Williams, and took editorial charge of all BBC Wales' daily political output ahead of the Welsh Assembly elections in 2007. She resigned from this role in June 2013.
Powys is a frequent contributor to Radio Cymru's popular and is regarded as a stalwart of the programme, adding much to its 'flagship' status as the BBC's most prestigious Bangor-produced daily news broadcasts. She was appointed Editor of Programmes (in effect, director) of BBC Radio Cymru in May 2013, taking up her post from July 2013. In June 2018, Powys announced that she would leave the role, with effect from Autumn 2018.
Since leaving the BBC, Powys has returned to broadcasting for both television and radio. In December 2019 she joined Dewi Llwyd and Vaughan Roderick as co-presenter for S4C and BBC Radio Cymru's coverage of the 2019 General Election (Etholiad 2019). During the Election campaign Powys also fronted The Leaders Lounge for BBC Radio Wales. In July 2020, she replaced Llwyd as presenter of (, a Welsh-language equivalent to Question Time).
Personal life
Powys lives with Dylan Hammond, a former artist. She lists her hobbies as choral singing, harp music and competing in choral recitation competitions at local and chapel . She is a member of the Gorsedd of the Bards and has adopted the bardic name Betsi Treganna.
References
External links
Betsan's blog – BBC Wales' political editor. I'll be blogging the inside track on Welsh politics.
Betsan Powys Welsh Assembly Election blog
1964 births
Living people
Welsh-speaking journalists
BBC Cymru Wales newsreaders and journalists
BBC Radio Wales presenters
Welsh bloggers
People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari
People educated at Ysgol Tryfan |
23571693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutland | Rutland | Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.
Its greatest length north to south is only and its greatest breadth east to west is . It is the smallest historic county in England and the fourth smallest in the UK as a whole. Because of this, the Latin motto Multum in Parvo or "much in little" was adopted by the county council in 1950. It has the smallest population of any normal unitary authority in England. Among the current ceremonial counties, the Isle of Wight, City of London and City of Bristol are smaller in area. The former County of London, in existence 1889 to 1965, also had a smaller area. It is 323rd of the 326 districts in population.
The only towns in Rutland are Oakham, the county town, and Uppingham. At the centre of the county is Rutland Water, a large artificial reservoir that is an important nature reserve serving as an overwintering site for wildfowl and a breeding site for ospreys.
Rutland's older cottages are built from limestone or ironstone and many have roofs of Collyweston stone slate or thatch.
Etymology
The origin of the name of the county is unclear. In a 1909 edition of Notes and Queries Harriot Tabor suggested "that the name should be Ruthland, and that there is a part of Essex called the Ruth, and that the ancient holders of it were called Ruthlanders, since altered to Rutland"; however, responses suggest "that Rutland, as a name, was earlier than the Norman Conquest. Its first mention, as "Roteland", occurs in the will of Edward the Confessor; in Domesday it is "the King's soc of Roteland", not being then a shire; and in the reign of John it was assigned as a dowry to Queen Isabella.
The northwestern part of the county was recorded as Rutland, a detached part of Nottinghamshire, in Domesday Book; the south-eastern part as the wapentake of Wicelsea in Northamptonshire. It was first mentioned as a separate county in 1159, but as late as the 14th century it was referred to as the 'Soke of Rutland'. Rutlandshire is an archaic and rarely used alternative name.
Rutland may be from Old English or "cattle" and "land", as a record from 1128 as Ritelanede shows. However, A Dictionary of British Place-Names by A D Mills gives an alternative etymology, "Rota's land", from the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) personal name and land land. It is from the alternative interpretation of red land that the traditional nickname for a male person from Rutland, a "Raddle Man", derives.
History
Earl of Rutland and Duke of Rutland are titles in the peerage of England held in the Manners family, derived from the historic county of Rutland. The Earl of Rutland was elevated to the status of Duke in 1703 and the titles were merged. The family seat is Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire.
The office of High Sheriff of Rutland was instituted in 1129, and there has been a Lord Lieutenant of Rutland since at least 1559. Oakham Castle was built c.1180–1190 and is "one of the nation’s best-preserved Norman buildings" and is a Grade I listed building.
By the time of the 19th century it had been divided into the hundreds of Alstoe, East Rutland, Martinsley, Oakham and Wrandike.
Rutland covered parts of three poor law unions and rural sanitary districts (RSDs): those of Oakham, Uppingham and Stamford. The registration county of Rutland contained the entirety of Oakham and Uppingham RSDs, which included several parishes in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire – the eastern part in Stamford RSD was included in the Lincolnshire registration county. Under the Poor Laws, Oakham Union workhouse was built in 1836–37 at a site to the north-east of the town, with room for 100 paupers. The building later operated as the Catmose Vale Hospital, and now forms part of the Oakham School.
In 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 the rural sanitary districts were partitioned along county boundaries to form three rural districts. The part of Oakham and Uppingham RSDs in Rutland formed the Oakham Rural District and Uppingham Rural District, with the two parishes from Oakham RSD in Leicestershire becoming part of the Melton Mowbray Rural District, the nine parishes of Uppingham RSD in Leicestershire becoming the Hallaton Rural District, and the six parishes of Uppingham RSD in Northamptonshire becoming Gretton Rural District. Meanwhile, that part of Stamford RSD in Rutland became the Ketton Rural District.
Oakham Urban District was created from Oakham Rural District in 1911. It was subsequently abolished in 1974.
Rutland was included in the "East Midlands General Review Area" of the 1958–67 Local Government Commission for England. Draft recommendations would have seen Rutland split, with Ketton Rural District going along with Stamford to a new administrative county of Cambridgeshire, and the western part added to Leicestershire. The final proposals were less radical and instead proposed that Rutland become a single rural district within the administrative county of Leicestershire.
District of Leicestershire (1974–1997)
Rutland became a non-metropolitan district of Leicestershire under the Local Government Act 1972, which took effect on 1 April 1974. The original proposal was for Rutland to be merged with what is now the Melton borough, as Rutland did not meet the requirement of having a population of at least 40,000. The revised and implemented proposals allowed Rutland to be exempt from this.
Unitary authority (1997–present)
In 1994, the Local Government Commission for England, which was conducting a structural review of English local government, recommended that Rutland become a unitary authority. This was implemented on 1 April 1997, when Rutland County Council became responsible for almost all local services in Rutland, with the exception of the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service and Leicestershire Police, which are run by joint boards with Leicestershire County Council and Leicester City Council. Rutland regained a separate lieutenancy and shrievalty, and thus also regained status as a ceremonial county.
Rutland was a postal county until the Royal Mail integrated it into the Leicestershire postal county in 1974. After a lengthy campaign, and despite counties no longer being required for postal purposes, the Royal Mail agreed to re-create a postal county of Rutland in 2007. This was achieved in January 2008 by amending the former postal county for all of the Oakham (LE15) post town and a small part of the Market Harborough (LE16) post town.
Politics and subdivisions
Wards
As from the May 2019 elections, there are 27 councillors representing 15 wards on Rutland County Council. They represent a mixture of one, two and three-person wards.
Parliamentary constituency
Rutland formed a Parliamentary constituency on its own until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire. Since 1983 it has formed part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton borough and part of Harborough district from Leicestershire.
As of the 2019 general election, Alicia Kearns is the member of parliament for Rutland and Melton, having received 62.6% of the vote.
Civil parishes
The county comprises 57 civil parishes, which range considerably in size and population, from Martinsthorpe (nil population) to Oakham (10,922 residents in the 2011 census).
Demographics
The population in the 2011 Census was 37,369, a rise of 8% on the 2001 total of 34,563. This is a population density of 98 people per square kilometre. 2.7% of the population are from ethnic minority backgrounds compared to 9.1% nationally. In terms of religious affiliation, around 68.2% are of Christian faith, with "No religion" being around 22.9%. 0.4% are of Islam faith and other religions at less than 1%.
In 2006 it was reported that Rutland has the highest fertility rate of any English county – the average woman having 2.81 children, compared with only 1.67 in Tyne and Wear.
In December 2006, Sport England published a survey which revealed that residents of Rutland were the 6th most active in England in sports and other fitness activities. 27.4% of the population participate at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes.
In 2012, the well-being report by the Office for National Statistics found Rutland to be the "happiest county" in the mainland UK.
Geography
The particular geology of the area has given its name to the Rutland Formation which was formed from muds and sand carried down by rivers and occurring as bands of different colours, each with many fossil shells at the bottom. At the bottom of the Rutland Formation is a bed of dirty white sandy silt. Under the Rutland Formation is a formation called the Lincolnshire limestone. The best exposure of this limestone (and also the Rutland Formation) is at the Ketton Cement Works quarry just outside Ketton.
Rutland is dominated by Rutland Water, a large artificial lake formerly known as "Empingham Reservoir", in the middle of the county, which is almost bisected by the Hambleton Peninsula. The west part is in the Vale of Catmose. Rutland Water, when construction started in 1971, became Europe's largest man-made lake; construction was completed in 1975, and filling the lake took a further four years. This has been voted Rutland's favourite tourist attraction.
The highest point of the county is at Cold Overton Park (historically part of Flitteriss Park) at 197 m (646 ft) above sea level close to the west border (OS Grid reference: SK8271708539). The lowest point is close to the east border, in secluded farmland at North Lodge Farm, northeast of Belmesthorpe, at just 17 m (56 feet) above sea level (OS Grid reference: TF056611122); this corner of the county is on the edge of The Fens and is drained by the West Glen.
Rivers
River Chater
Eye Brook
River Gwash
River Welland
Economy
There are 17,000 people of working age in Rutland, of which the highest percentage (30.8%) work in Public Administration, Education and Health, closely followed by 29.7% in Distribution, Hotels and Restaurants and 16.7% in Manufacturing industries. Significant employers include Lands' End in Oakham and the Ketton Cement Works. Other employers in Rutland include two Ministry of Defence bases – Kendrew Barracks (formerly RAF Cottesmore) and St George's Barracks (previously RAF North Luffenham), two public schools – Oakham and Uppingham – and one prison, Stocken. The former Ashwell prison closed at the end of March 2011 after a riot and government review but, having been purchased by Rutland County Council, has now been turned into Oakham Enterprise Park. The county used to supply iron ore to Corby steel works but these quarries closed in the 1960s and early 1970s resulting in the famous walk of "Sundew" (the Exton quarries' large walking dragline) from Exton to Corby, which even featured on the children's TV series Blue Peter. Agriculture thrives with much wheat farming on the rich soil. Tourism continues to grow.
The Ruddles Brewery was Langham's biggest industry until it was closed in 1997. Rutland bitter is one of only three UK beers to have achieved Protected Geographical Indication status; this followed an application by Ruddles. When Greene King, the owners of Ruddles, closed the Langham brewery it was unable to take advantage of the registration. However, in 2010 a Rutland Bitter was launched by Oakham's Grainstore Brewery.
It is 348th out of 354 on the Indices of Deprivation for England, showing it to be one of the least economically deprived areas in the country.
In March 2007, Rutland became only the fourth Fairtrade County.
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire and Rutland at current basic prices with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
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As far as the NHS is concerned Rutland is generally treated as part of Leicestershire.
Transport
A small part of the East Coast Main Line passes through Rutland's north-east corner, near Essendine. It was on this stretch that a train pulled by the locomotive Mallard set the world speed record for steam locomotives on 3 July 1938, with a speed of .
Rutland was the last county in England without a direct rail service to London (apart from the Isle of Wight and several administrative counties which are unitary authorities). East Midlands Trains started running a single service from Oakham railway station to London St Pancras via Corby on 27 April 2009.
Through the Rutland Electric Car Project, Rutland was the first county to offer a county-wide public electric-vehicle charging network.
In popular culture
Rutland's small size has led to a number of humorous references such as Rutland Weekend Television, a television comedy sketch series hosted by Eric Idle. The county is the supposed home of the parody rock band The Rutles, who first appeared on Rutland Weekend Television.
The events in several Peter F. Hamilton books (including Misspent Youth and Mindstar Rising) are situated in Rutland, where the author lives. Adam Croft is writing the Rutland crime series, beginning with What Lies Beneath (2020).
Rutland was the last county in England without a McDonald's restaurant. However, in January 2020 a planning application for a McDonald's restaurant on the outskirts of Oakham was approved by the County Council and the restaurant opened on 4 November 2020.
Traditions
Rutland's traditions include:
Letting of the Banks (Whissendine): The Banks are pasture land and the letting traditionally occurs in the third week of March
Rush Bearing and Rush Strewing (Barrowden): Reeds are gathered in the church meadow on the eve of St Peter's Day and placed on the church floor (late June, early July)
Uppingham Market was granted by Charter in 1281 by Edward I.
According to tradition, any royalty or peers passing through Oakham must present a horseshoe to the Lord of the Manor of Oakham. The horseshoe has been Rutland's emblem for hundreds of years.
Education
Harington School provides post-16 education in the county. Rutland County College closed in 2017.
Places of interest
Barnsdale Gardens
Lyddington Bede House
Oakham Castle
Rutland County Museum, Oakham
Rutland Railway Museum, Ashwell
Rutland Water
Tolethorpe Hall
The Viking Way
Rutland Water Nature Reserve
See also
Flag of Rutland
High Sheriff of Rutland
List of birds of Leicestershire and Rutland
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
Kesteven
Parts of Holland
Soke of Peterborough
References
Bibliography
External links
Rutland County Council
Rutland Local History & Record Society
Unitary authority districts of England
East Midlands
Local government districts of the East Midlands
Counties of England established in antiquity
Counties of England disestablished in 1974
Counties of England established in 1997 |
23571694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molovata | Molovata | Molovata is a village in Dubăsari District, Moldova.
References
Villages of Dubăsari District
Populated places on the Dniester |
20464628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Brains%20discography | Bad Brains discography | This is a comprehensive discography of Bad Brains, a Washington, D.C.-based hardcore punk band that also plays reggae and uses styles of funk and heavy metal into their music. To date, the band has released nine full-length studio albums (including an instrumental dub album), four EPs, four live recordings, one compilation album, one demo album, and more than a dozen singles.
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Demo albums
Extended plays
Singles
Music videos
Other appearances
Let Them Eat Jellybeans! (Alternative Tentacles LP, 1981) featured the 45 version of "Pay to Cum"
New York Thrash (ROIR cassette, 1982) featured the songs "Regulator" and "Big Takeover" from Bad Brains
Rat Music for Rat People (CD Presents, 1982) (Songs "How Low Can a Punk Get?" and "You")
Pump Up the Volume Motion Picture Soundtrack (1990) (Song "Kick Out the Jams" with Henry Rollins)
H.R. appeared on the song "Without Jah, Nothin'" by P.O.D., track 13 on the 2001 album Satellite.
H.R. also appeared on the song "New Sun" on Long Beach Dub All-Stars' debut album Right Back (1999).
The band contributed the music of "Re-Ignition" to a remix of Lil Jon's "Real Nigga Roll Call".
"I Against I" appeared in the video game Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 as well as EA's Skate.
"Soul Craft" was featured in the video game Backyard Wrestling 2.
"Banned in D.C." appeared in the video game Tony Hawk's Proving Ground.
"Banned in D.C." also appeared in the video game Saints Row.
"Right Brigade" appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV.
A considerable part of the punk documentary American Hardcore (2006) is devoted to Bad Brains.
H.R. and Darryl Jenifer contributed to "Riya" on rapper Ill Bill's album The Hour of Reprisal.
"Re-Ignition" is heavily sampled on drum and bass producer Hive's "Ultrasonic Sound."
References
External links
Entry at 45cat.com
Punk rock group discographies
Reggae discographies
Discographies of American artists
Discography
Heavy metal group discographies |
23571697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATCvet%20code%20QI03 | ATCvet code QI03 |
QI03A Goat
QI03AA Inactivated viral vaccines
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QI03AB Inactivated bacterial vaccines (including mycoplasma, toxoid and chlamydia)
QI03AB01 Mycobacterium
QI03AC Inactivated bacterial vaccines and antisera
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QI03AD Live viral vaccines
QI03AD01 Peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
QI03AE Live bacterial vaccines
QI03AE01 Mycobacterium
QI03AF Live bacterial and viral vaccines
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QI03AR In vivo diagnostic preparations
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QI03AS Allergens
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QI03X Capridae, others
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References
I03 |
23571698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Henry%20Nind | Philip Henry Nind | Philip Henry Nind (7 April 1831 – 9 March 1896) was an English rower and gold commissioner in colonial British Columbia. He was also a politician in Queensland, Australia, where he was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Early life
Philip Henry Nind was born in Wargrave, Berkshire on 7 April 1831, the son of Rev. Philip Henry Nind and his wife Agnes Bussell. He attended Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford where he was a proficient rower. In the 1852 Boat Race, he rowed No 3 in the winning Oxford boat stroked by J W Chitty. At Henley Royal Regatta, he won Silver Goblets in 1852 partnering H R Barker and was also a member of the winning Oxford four in the Stewards' Challenge Cup. In 1853 Nind was a member of the winning Oxford eight in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley and was also again in the winning Oxford four in Stewards' Challenge Cup. He was a member of the crew in the winning Oxford Boat in the 1854 Boat Race.
British Columbia
In 1860 Nind took the position of Gold Commissioner and JP for Cariboo, British Columbia as the Cariboo Gold Rush was just getting under way. William Pinchbeck accompanied Nind to Williams Lake to create a local government and bring law and order to the area. Nind had originally considered Fort Alexandria for this purpose but chose Williams Lake instead as it was at a junction of two main pack trails: one from the Douglas Road and another through the Fraser Canyon. While stationed in the Cariboo Nind wrote voluminous letters and reports to Vancouver Island governor James Douglas in Victoria, telling him about the many developments taking place in the district. In 1861 Nind had a government house built and requested the construction of a jail. By the middle of the year he was severely overworked causing him insomnia and a nervous twitch, In October he requested leave and in December went to England. It took three men to replace him in the work he had been doing. He was succeeded as gold commissioner by Thomas Elwyn until Elwyn resigned later in the year through conflict of interest in having his own claim. Nind returned to British Columbia with his new wife in 1863. When the gold escort was temporarily revived in 1863 Elwyn was made second in command to Nind Nind was moved around from one backwater post to another until he resigned in 1866.
Queensland, Australia
In 1869 Nind and his wife moved to Queensland, Australia. He was for a time in North Queensland where he was active in exploration. On 4 October 1873 he accompanied George Elphinstone Dalrymple and Sub-Inspector Robert Johnstone in entering the Glady's River.
In conjunction with Mr Fursden, Nind established a farm on the Pimpama River of about 2000 acres with about 80 acres of sugarcane.
He became a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Logan from 28 November 1873 to 27 May 1874 and from 8 June 1874 to 3 April 1875. The first election was declared void. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly by a very small majority.
Later life
In 1876 Nind returned to England as an emigration lecturer appointed by the Queensland Government. He died on 9 March 1896 at Lashlake House, Thame, Oxfordshire, England aged 64.
Nind Street in Southport is named after him.
See also
List of Oxford University Boat Race crews
References
1832 births
1896 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
English male rowers
Gold commissioners in British Columbia
Pre-Confederation British Columbia people
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
19th-century Australian politicians |
23571702 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%C4%83u%C8%9Bi | Marcăuți | Marcăuţi may refer to:
Marcăuţi, Briceni, a commune in Moldova
Marcăuţi, Dubăsari, a commune in Moldova |
20464629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Botswana%20general%20election | 2009 Botswana general election | General elections were held in Botswana on 16 October 2009, alongside local elections, with early voting in 26 polling stations abroad taking place 3 October. The result was a tenth successive victory for the Botswana Democratic Party, which won 45 of the 57 elected seats in the National Assembly.
Electoral system
The 57 directly-elected members of the National Assembly were elected in single-member constituencies. A further four members were elected from a list nominated by the President, whilst the President and Attorney General became ex officio members.
Campaign
The ruling BDP was suffering from internal problems leading up to the election, with President Ian Khama threatening to expel party leader and former cabinet minister Daniel Kwelagobe, who also led the rival Barata-Phathi faction within the BDP. Although Khama and Kwelagobe eventually reconciled, stability within the BDP remained in question. The BDP campaign focused on its record in government, including education, training and economic development.
Botswana National Front leader Otsweletse Moupo did not contest the elections after losing the party's primary elections for his Gaborone West North seat. It was speculated that he would stand for election in Gaborone South, but Moupo ultimately declined to run. The BNF campaign centred around creating a strong civil society and improving social welfare and housing.
The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) and the Botswana Alliance Movement (BAM) formed an electoral alliance and supported each other's candidates. BCP leader Gilson Saleshando stood for election in Selebi-Phikwe West, a constituency held prior to the election by BDP candidate Kavis Kario. The alliance's campaign included a pledge to stop the economic downturn.
The Botswana People's Party (BPP) campaign focused on agricultural development and manufacturing, whilst the MELS Movement of Botswana (MELS) promised to fight the exploitation of the population.
A total of 177 candidates contested the elections; 57 from the BDP, 48 from the BNF, 46 from the BCP-BAM alliance (42 from the BCP and 4 from the BAM), 6 from the BPP, 4 from MELS, one from the Botswana Tlhoko Tiro Organisation and 15 independents.
Opinion polls
Very few scientific opinion polls were taken prior to the election, preventing accurate measures of public sentiment.
Conduct
Early voting was planned for police and polling officers on 29 September, as they would be unable to vote on election day. However, because of a printing error at the Johannesburg-based printer that was responsible for printing the ballot papers, early voting could not proceed as planned; ballot numbers, which should be unique to counter election fraud, were sometimes repeated on the ballots for local elections. As a result Police officers and polling officers had to vote on 16 October, along with the general public. For officers stationed far away from the place they are registered to vote, this presented serious problems. The BCP threatened legal action against the Independent Electoral Commission.
Election turnout was reported to be high with polling station opening times being extending to cope with large queues. Election observers stated that the overall process ran smoothly, although in some instance people had been unable to vote. The Southern African Development Community noted that the elections were "credible, peaceful, free and fair", but raised concerns about the "slow polling process".
Results
Nehemiah Modubule, MP for Lobatse, won re-election running as an independent, having been elected in 2004 as a BNF candidate.
Aftermath
The BDP held a victory rally in Gaborone on 18 October, and President Khama was sworn in for his first full term on 20 October.
See also
List of members of the National Assembly of Botswana 2009–2014
References
Botswana
2009 in Botswana
Elections in Botswana |
23571707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%C4%83u%C8%9Bi%2C%20Dub%C4%83sari | Marcăuți, Dubăsari | Marcăuți is a village in Dubăsari District, Moldova.
References
Villages of Dubăsari District
Populated places on the Dniester |
17326435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperStudio | HyperStudio | HyperStudio is a creativity tool software program distributed by Software MacKiev. It was originally created by Roger Wagner in 1989 as "HyperStudio 1.0 for the Apple IIGS", later versions introduced support for Mac and Windows.
It can be described as a multimedia authoring tool, and it provides relatively simple methods for combining varied media. It has been available for purchase off and on over the years, and is now being marketed by Software MacKiev as "Version 5.1", which is aimed mostly at an educational market.
References
External links
Evan Trent, About This Particular Macintosh
Indiana University, "Indiana University Knowledge Base"
1988 software
HyperCard products |
17326445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20Bacolod | List of colleges and universities in Bacolod | This is a list of colleges and universities in Bacolod, Philippines.
Universities
State universities
C
Carlos Hilado Memorial State University
Private non-sectarian universities
S
STI West Negros University
Private Catholic universities
U
University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos
University of Saint La Salle
Colleges
Local colleges
B
Bacolod City College
N
Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center
Private Catholic colleges
C
Colegio San Agustin – Bacolod
La Consolacion College Bacolod
Private national colleges
A
ABE International Business College – Bacolod Campus
AMA Computer College – Bacolod Campus
C
College of Arts & Sciences of Asia & the Pacific – Bacolod Campus
M
Mapúa Malayan Digital College – Learning Hub Bacolod
Other private colleges
A
Asian College of Aeronautics – Bacolod Branch (Main Campus)
B
Bacolod Christian College of Negros
J
John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation – Bacolod
L
LaSalTech Inc.
O
Our Lady of Mercy College – Bacolod
R
Riverside College, Inc.
V
VMA Global College
Victory Business College, Inc.
External links
Colleges and Universities: Official website of the Bacolod City local government
Bacolod |
17326468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey%20Farm | Bailey Farm | The Bailey Farm is an historic farm at 373 Wyatt Road in Middletown, Rhode Island. Now reduced from more than to about , the farm is a well-preserved example of a 19th-century island farm. It was owned by members of the Bailey family, possibly as early as the late 17th century, into the 19th century. The original main house appears to be a mid-18th century structure that was given a significant Greek Revival treatment in the 19th century. It is a 1-1/2 story Cape style house, three bays wide, with a central chimney. The main entrance is centered on the northern facade, and is flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, with an entablature above. The corners of the building are pilastered. A series of outbuildings stand nearby. There is a second complex of buildings on the northwest part of the property, built in the 1930s near the location of the Bailey family cemetery.
The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
Houses completed in 1838
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Houses in Newport County, Rhode Island
Greek Revival houses in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Middletown, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island |
20464638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th%20Light%20Dragoons | 19th Light Dragoons | The 19th Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army created in 1781 for service in British India. The regiment served in India until 1806, and in North America during the War of 1812, and was disbanded in Britain in 1821.
History
Great Britain
On 25 April 1779 warrants were issued to raise three regiments of light dragoons, the 19th, 20th and 21st, to address potential French aggression during the American Revolutionary War. The 19th was made up of drafts from the 1st and 2nd Dragoon Guards and the 4th and 10th Dragoons. The 19th did not see overseas service and was disbanded in June 1783.
India
The regiment was raised by Colonel Sir John Burgoyne (a cousin of General John Burgoyne) as the 23rd Regiment of Light Dragoons on 24 September 1781 for service in India. There had been no European cavalry to that date in India, and successive commanders there had called upon the regular British Army to supply a cavalry unit. The regiment arrived at Fort St. George, Madras in 1782 and became the first British cavalry regiment to serve in India. In 1786, the regiment was renumbered as the 19th Regiment of Light Dragoons.
The 19th played a major role in the Anglo-Mysore Wars and Anglo-Maratha Wars. Their first campaign was against Tipu Sultan of Mysore from 1790 to 1792. After defeating Tipu, the 19th were on garrison duty until 1799 when war broke out with Tipu again. This time, the Sultan was killed during the Siege of Seringapatam in May 1799.
In 1800, the 19th fought Dhondia Wagh's rebel army and in 1803, led by Major-General Arthur Wellesley (who later became the Duke of Wellington), they participated in the Battle of Assaye in September 1803. In this battle, the outnumbered British troops defeated a Maratha army and the regiment was subsequently awarded the battle honour of "Assaye" and presented with an honorary colour.
The 19th Light Dragoons then spent time garrisoning various British outposts. They were stationed at Cheyloor in 1802, at Arcot in 1803, in Bombay in 1804, and at Arcot again from 1805 to 1806. The regiment was summoned to Vellore on the night of 10 July 1806 to rescue the 69th Regiment of Foot who had been the victims of a revolt by Indian sepoys.
North America
The regiment embarked for England on 20 October 1806, and remained in Britain until the outbreak of the war with the United States in 1812. The 19th were one of three British regular cavalry units that served in North America during the War of 1812, and the only one to serve in Canada. (The 14th Light Dragoons served on campaign in New Orleans but had no horses, The 6th Inniskilling Dragoons served on the East coast of the United States.) The regiment's first three squadrons arrived at Quebec City in May 1813 and were mounted on horses procured in Lower Canada.
Two squadrons were sent to Upper Canada where they were involved in the blockade and re-capture of Fort George, and the destruction of Black Rock and Buffalo in New York State. Elements of the two squadrons participated in Colonel Thomas Pearson's delaying action against Brigadier General Winfield Scott's brigade during the American invasion of 1814. They subsequently fought at the Battle of Chippawa in July 1814, the Battle of Lundy's Lane later in the month and the Siege of Fort Erie in August 1814. Another troop pursued American raiders who had struck at Battle of Malcolm's Mills in November 1814. For these actions, the regiment earned the battle honour of "Niagara".
The other squadron had been stationed south of Montreal at The Halfway house (Saint Luc area as well as Fort Lennox and The Block houses along the Lacolle border) and participated in the Battle of Plattsburgh in September 1814. In the autumn of 1814, the two squadrons serving on the Niagara rejoined the other squadron. The regiment served south of Montreal until the end of the war. They were sent back to England in August 1816.
Disbandment
The 19th Light Dragoons were re-equipped as lancers in September 1816 and renamed the 19th Lancers. The regiment remained in Britain until it was disbanded on 10 September 1821 due to reductions in size of the British Army. In 1862, the 19th Hussars were created and given permission to inherit the battle honours of the 19th Light Dragoons.
Regimental Colonels
Colonels of the regiment were:
23rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (1781)
1781–1785: Sir John Burgoyne, Bt.
19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (1786)
1786–1814: Gen. Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB
1814–1815: Gen. Sir William Payne, Bt.
19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers) (1816)
1815–?1821: Gen. Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, GCB
1821: Regiment disbanded
Notes
References
External links
19th Light Dragoons in the War of 1812
Uniforms of the 19th Light Dragoons
19th Light Dragoons at FIBIS
19th Light Dragoons re-enactment group
Cavalry regiments of the British Army
Light Dragoons
Dragoons
19th Light Dragoons officers
1781 establishments in Great Britain
1821 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Military units and formations established in 1781
Military units and formations disestablished in 1821
British military units and formations of the War of 1812 |
17326482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang%20Jilin | Zhang Jilin | Zhang Jilin (; born June 24, 1986) is a Chinese and Australian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008.
Career
Zhang Jilin first represented China in the World Youth Chess Festival in Menorca in 1996. She played then three times subsequently at the World Girls U-20 Championship in 2004, 2005 and 2006, finishing in the top ten on all three occasions.
In June 2007, she qualified for the Woman Grandmaster title. She earned the required norms at:
2002 China Women's Team Championship in Beihai, China (February 5–17); score 7/9
2006 World Junior Chess Championship (Girls) in Yerevan, Armenia (October 3–16, 2006); score 7/11
3rd Singapore Masters International Open in Singapore (December 26–30, 2006); score 5/9
In 2008 Zhang qualified from the Chinese Zonal tournament to play in the Women's World Chess Championship in Nalchik, Russia. She was knocked out in the first round by Inna Gaponenko.
She was awarded the International Arbiter title in 2010. Zhang moved with her family to Sydney in 2016 and in August 2017, Zhang switched her national federation from China to Australia.
In 2018 Zhang was selected to play for the Australian team at the Batumi Chess Olympiad on third board.
In the China Chess League, Zhang played for Shandong team, which won the gold medal in 2007 and 2010.
References
External links
Jilin Zhang chess gales at 365Chess.com
Zhang Jilin team chess record at Olimpbase.org
Zhang Jilin's official website (in Chinese)
Title Application for International Arbiter (IA)
1986 births
Living people
Chess woman grandmasters
Chess players from Harbin
Australian female chess players
Australian people of Chinese descent
Chess arbiters |
23571722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20Munster%20Senior%20Hurling%20Championship%20Final | 2007 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final | The 2007 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a Hurling match played on 8 July 2007 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary. It was contested by Limerick and Waterford. Waterford claimed their third Munster Championship of the decade, beating Limerick on a scoreline of 3-17 to 1-14, a 9-point winning margin. Overall, this was Waterford's eighth Munster Senior Hurling Championship.
Match details
References
Munster
Munster Senior Hurling Championship Finals
Hurling in County Limerick
Waterford GAA matches |
23571725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C2H2Cl2O2 | C2H2Cl2O2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C2H2Cl2O2}}
The molecular formula C2H2Cl2O2 (molar mass: 128.94 g/mol, exact mass: 127.9432 u) may refer to:
Chloromethyl chloroformate
Dichloroacetic acid |
17326487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyce%20%28disambiguation%29 | Dyce (disambiguation) | Dyce is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Dyce may also refer to:
Dyce station (Manitoba), a train station in Dyce, Manitoba, Canada
Dyce Academy, a school in Dyce, Scotland
Dyce railway station, Dyce, Scotland
People with the surname Dyce
Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), Scottish dramatic editor and literary historian
Charles Andrew Dyce (1816–1853), Singaporean artist
Keith Dyce (1926–2014) Dean of the Dick Vet School in Edinburgh
William Dyce (1806–1864), Scottish artist
See also
Dice (disambiguation) |
20464663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Bowers%20%28bishop%29 | John Bowers (bishop) | John Phillips Allcot Bowers (15 May 1854 – 6 January 1926) was Bishop of Thetford in the Church of England in 1903–1926.
John Bowers was born in Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire and educated at Magdalen School and St John's College, Cambridge. His first post after ordination was as a Curate at Coggeshall. From 1882 to 1903 he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Gloucester and went on to be Diocesan Missioner and a Residentiary Canon at Gloucester Cathedral (1890–1902). In January 1902, he was appointed Archdeacon of Gloucester before his appointment as Bishop of Thetford and Archdeacon of Lynn in 1903 which refers to Kings Lynn.
A prominent Freemason, he died in Norwich.
References
1854 births
People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Gloucester
Bishops of Thetford
Archdeacons of Lynn
1926 deaths
20th-century Church of England bishops |
20464665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltyansky | Boltyansky | Boltyansky, Boltyanski or Boltyanskii (Russian: Болтянский) is a Russian masculine surname; its feminine counterpart is Boltyanskaya. It may refer to
Natella Boltyanskaya (born 1965), Russian journalist, singer-songwriter, poet and radio host
Vladimir Boltyansky (1925–2019), Russian mathematician
Russian-language surnames |
23571732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arman%20%C4%B0nci | Arman İnci | Arman İnci (born February 4, 1991) is a Turkish-German actor.
Filmography
Television
References
External links
1991 births
German people of Turkish descent
German male film actors
German male child actors
Living people
German male television actors |
23571736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C6H4Cl2 | C6H4Cl2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C6H4Cl2}}
The molecular formula C6H4Cl2 (molar mass: 147.00 g/mol) may refer to:
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
1,3-Dichlorobenzene
1,4-Dichlorobenzene
Dichlorofulvenes
1,6-Dichloro-2,4-hexadiyne |
20464676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Tunisian%20general%20election | 2009 Tunisian general election | General elections were held in Tunisia on 25 October 2009. Results released on 26 October 2009 indicated a substantial victory for incumbent President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who won the reelection for a fifth five-year term, and the governing Constitutional Democratic Rally. It was the last election contested under the Ben Ali regime, prior to the Tunisian Revolution.
Observers
The African Union sent a team of election observers to cover the election. The delegation was led by Benjamin Bounkoulou who described the election as "free and fair". However, a spokesperson from the United States State Department indicated that Tunisia did not allow international monitoring of elections, but the U.S. was still committed to working with the president of Tunisia and its government. There also were reports of mistreatment of an opposition candidate.
Results
President
The Interior Ministry released the official results for the election on Monday 26 October 2009. Voter turnout was recorded at 89.40% with 4,447,388 of Tunisia's 5.3 million registered voters participating. In the presidential race, incumbent president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali won 89.62% of the vote. His nearest rivals were Mohamed Bouchiha with 5.01% of the vote and Ahmed Inoubli with 3.80%, and Ahmed Brahum with 1.57%.
Parliament
In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Democratic Constitutional Rally, which had governed continuously from Tunisia's independence from France in 1956 until the Tunisian Revolution, won 84.59% of the vote and 161 seats. The Movement of Socialist Democrats won 16 seats with 4.63% of the vote, the Popular Unity Party won 12 seats and 3.39% of votes, The Unionist Democratic Union won 9 seats with 2.56%. The remaining 16 seats were divided between the Social Liberal Party, who won eight seats, the Green Party for Progress, who won six and the Movement Ettajdid who won two seats.
References
External links
Presidential and Legislative Elections in Tunisia - 2009
Media
Ben Ali reelected with 89 per cent - Radio France Internationale
Unsurprising victory for Ben Ali - Radio France Internationale
Final results give President Ben Ali a fifth term - France 24
Ben Ali wins unsurprising landslide in presidential election - France 24
Tunisia
Elections in Tunisia
2009 in Tunisia
Presidential elections in Tunisia
October 2009 events in Africa |
20464688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao-Gang%20Wen | Xiao-Gang Wen | Xiao-Gang Wen (; born November 26, 1961) is a Chinese-American physicist. He is a Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His expertise is in condensed matter theory in strongly correlated electronic systems. In Oct. 2016, he was awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
He is the author of a book in advanced quantum many-body theory entitled Quantum Field Theory of Many-body Systems: From the Origin of Sound to an Origin of Light and Electrons (Oxford University Press, 2004).
Early life and education
Wen attended the University of Science and Technology of China and earned a B.S. in Physics in 1982.
In 1982, Wen came to the US for graduate school via the CUSPEA program, which was organized by Prof. T. D. Lee. He attended Princeton University, from which be attained an M.A. in Physics in 1983 and a Ph.D in Physics in 1987.
Work
Wen studied superstring theory under theoretical physicist Edward Witten at Princeton University where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1987. He later switched his research field to condensed matter physics while working with theoretical physicists Robert Schrieffer, Frank Wilczek, Anthony Zee in Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara
(1987–1989).
Wen introduced the notion of topological order (1989) and quantum order (2002), to describe a new class of matter states. This opens up a new research direction in condensed matter physics. He found that states with topological order contain non-trivial boundary excitations and developed chiral Luttinger theory for the boundary states (1990). The boundary states can become ideal conduction channel which may lead to device application of topological phases. He proposed the simplest topological order — Z2 topological order (1990), which turns out to be the topological order in the toric code. He also proposed a special class of topological order: non-Abelian quantum Hall states. They contain emergent particles with non-Abelian statistics which generalizes the well known Bose and Fermi statistics. Non-Abelian particles may allow us to perform fault tolerant quantum computations. With Michael Levin, he found that string-net condensations can give rise to a large class of topological orders (2005). In particular, string-net condensation provides a unified origin of photons, electrons, and other elementary particles (2003). It unifies two fundamental phenomena: gauge interactions and Fermi statistics. He pointed out that topological order is nothing but the pattern of long range entanglements. This led to a notion of symmetry protected topological (SPT) order (short-range entangled states with symmetry) and its description by group cohomology of the symmetry group (2011). The notion of SPT order generalizes the notion of topological insulator to interacting cases. He also proposed the SU(2) gauge theory of high temperature superconductors (1996).
Professional record
Professor, MIT, 2000–present
Isaac Newton Research Chair, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2012–2014
Associate professor, MIT, 1995—2000
Assistant professor, MIT, 1991—1995
Five-year member of IAS, 1989—1991
Member of ITP, UC Santa Barbara, 1987—1989
Honors
A.P. Sloan Foundation fellow (1992)
Overseas Chinese Physics Association outstanding young researcher award (1994)
Changjiang professor, Center for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University (2000—2004)
Fellow of American Physical Society (2002)
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT (2004—present)
Distinguished Moore Scholar, Caltech (2006)
Distinguished Research Chair, Perimeter Institute (2009)
Isaac Newton Chair, Perimeter Institute (announced Sep 2011)
2017 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (announced Oct. 2016)
Member of National Academy of Sciences (2018)
2018 Dirac Medal of the ICTP
Selected publications
See also
Topological order
String-net
Topological entanglement entropy
References
External links
http://dao.mit.edu/~wen
http://physics.stackexchange.com/users/9444/xiao-gang-wen
1961 births
Living people
21st-century American physicists
Chinese emigrants to the United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
Princeton University alumni
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University of Science and Technology of China alumni
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Physicists from Shaanxi
People from Xi'an
Educators from Shaanxi
Sloan Research Fellows
Fellows of the American Physical Society
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize winners |
20464725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20Adams | W. Adams | W Adams was the first manager of Shrewsbury Town F.C. He managed the club for seven years, between 1 May 1905 and 31 May 1912, during which period the club moved from Copthorne barracks ground to the Gay Meadow site. He was also manager during the then-record attendance for a Shrewsbury Town match of 5,000 against Wellington Town.
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20464727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Classic%20%28Italian%20TV%20channel%29 | MTV Classic (Italian TV channel) | MTV Classic was an Italian pay television channel that centred its programming schedule to former music video hits from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The channel was based on the Videomusic library. It was launched on 2007 as MTV Gold, and was rebranded as MTV Classic on 10 January 2011. It was closed down on 31 July 2015, along with MTV Hits.
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17326499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20of%20Ireland | Climate of Ireland | The climate of Ireland is mild, humid and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes. Ireland's climate is defined as a temperate oceanic climate, or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of northwest Europe. The island receives generally warm summers and cool winters.
As Ireland is downwind of a large ocean, it is considerably milder in winter than other locations at the same latitude, for example Newfoundland in Canada or Sakhalin in Russia. The Atlantic overturning circulation, which includes ocean currents such as the North Atlantic Current and Gulf Stream, releases additional heat over the Atlantic, which is then carried by the prevailing winds towards Ireland giving, for example, Dublin a milder winter climate than other temperate oceanic climates in similar locations, for example Seattle in the United States.
The prevailing wind blows from the southwest, breaking on the high mountains of the west coast. Rainfall is therefore a particularly prominent part of western Irish life, with Valentia Island, off the west coast of County Kerry, getting almost twice as much annual rainfall as Dublin on the east ( vs. ).
January and February are the coldest months of the year, and mean daily air temperatures fall between during these months. July and August are the warmest, with mean daily temperatures of , whilst mean daily maximums in July and August vary from near the coast, to inland. The sunniest months are May and June, with an average of five to seven hours sunshine per day. Though extreme weather events in Ireland are comparatively rare when compared with other countries in the European continent, they do occur. Atlantic depressions, occurring mainly in the months of December, January and February, can occasionally bring winds of up to to Western coastal counties, with the winter of 2013/14 being the stormiest on record. During the summer months, and particularly around late July/early August, thunderstorms can develop.
Temperature
Ireland experiences a lack of temperature extremes compared to other areas at similar latitudes. There is regional variation, with inland areas being cooler in winter and warmer in summer than their coastal counterparts.
The warmest areas are found along the southwest coast. Valentia Island has the highest average temperature, at 10.9 °C.
The coldest areas are found inland. Mullingar has the lowest average temperature, at 9.3 °C.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Ireland was 33.3 °C at Kilkenny Castle, on 26 June 1887. The lowest temperature was -19.1 °C at Markree Castle on 16 January 1881.
Six of the warmest ten years in Ireland have occurred since 1990. Due to climate change, it is estimated that the temperatures will rise everywhere by up to 3.4 degrees by the end of the century.
Extreme heat and cold are both rare throughout the country. Summer temperatures exceeding 30 °C are rare, usually only occurring every few years (2022, 2021, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2006, 2005, 2003, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1983, 1976 and 1975 are recent examples), although they commonly reach the high 20s most summers. Severe freezes occur only occasionally in winter, with temperatures below -10 °C being very uncommon in the lowlands and temperatures below freezing uncommon in many coastal areas. However, temperatures in the Wicklow Mountains are said to reach -10 °C annually.
Frost
Air frost occurs frequently in the winter, with most areas seeing over 40 days of air frost every year. In northern areas, air frost occurs on average 10.2 days every January, the month in which air frost occurs most frequently. In the Sperrins and the Glens of Antrim air frost occurs around 80 days a year. The pattern is similar with ground frost, with on average around 100 days of ground frost in the lowlands and over 140 in the mountains. The number of frost days in Ireland have declined massively over the past decade. The largest season decrease has been known to take place in winter.
Frost is rarer along the coast, in urban areas and also in western and southern areas.
Roches Point, County Cork receives the fewest days with air frost, with an average of 7.0 days with air frost recorded annually.
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny receives the most days with air frost, with an average of 53.0 days with air frost recorded annually.
In Dublin, Dublin Airport records air frost on average 24.3 days per year, while Casement Aerodrome (which is further inland) records air frost on average 41.3 days per year.
Sunshine
The sunniest months are May and June. During these months sunshine duration averages between 5 and 6½ hours per day over most of the country. The southeast gets the most sunshine, averaging over 7 hours a day in early summer. December is the most overcast month, with average daily sunshine ranging from about 1 hour in the north to almost 2 hours in the southeast. Over the year as a whole, most areas get an average of between 3¼ and 3¾ hours of sunshine each day. Irish skies are completely covered by cloud roughly half of the time.
The sunniest part of the island is the southeast coast. Rosslare, County Wexford was historically the sunniest area, however, the station was closed by Met Éireann in 2007. The sunniest station throughout the 1981 to 2010 period was Ballyrichard HSE in Arklow, County Wicklow, which received an average of 4.41 hours of sunshine per day.
The cloudiest (i.e. least sunny) parts of the island are generally the west and northwest of the country. Over the 1971-2000 averaging period, Claremorris, County Mayo was the cloudiest station, receiving just 1,072 hours of sunshine per year. From 1981 to 2010, Birr, County Offaly, in the Midlands, was the most cloudy (overcast) station, receiving on average 3.2 hours of sunshine per day, considerably less than the stations at Malin Head in the north or Belmullet in the west.
Inland areas tend to receive less sunshine than coastal areas due to the convective development of clouds over land. Cloud develops because of vertical air currents caused by thermal heating of the ground.
Precipitation
Precipitation
Rainfall is the most common form of precipitation on the island, and is extremely common throughout Ireland, although some parts of the west coast receive twice as much rain as the east coast. Rainfall in Ireland normally comes from Atlantic frontal systems which travel northeast over the island, bringing cloud and rain. Most of the eastern half of the country has between of rainfall in the year. Rainfall in the west generally averages between . In many mountainous districts rainfall exceeds per year. The wettest months almost everywhere are December and January. April is the driest month generally, but in many southern parts, June is the driest.
The average number of "wet days" (days with more than of rain) ranges from about 151 days a year along the east and southeast coasts, to about 225 days a year in parts of the west.
The wettest weather station is Glanagimla, Leenane, Co. Galway, which averages rain per year. The wettest synoptic weather station is Valentia Island, which receives of rain per year, on average.
The driest weather station is at Ringsend, Co. Dublin, which receives of rain per year, on average.
The weather station with the highest number of "wet days" is Belmullet, with 193 days per year, while the station with the lowest number of "wet days" is Dublin Airport, with 128 days per year.
Rainfall records
Source:
The driest year recorded in Ireland was 1887, with of rain recorded at Glasnevin, County Dublin.
The longest drought in Ireland occurred in Limerick between 3 April 1938 and 10 May 1938 (37 days).
The greatest monthly total was ; recorded at the Cummeragh Mountains, County Kerry, in October 1996.
The greatest annual total was ; recorded at Ballaghbeena Gap in 1960.
The greatest daily total was ; recorded at Cloone Lake, County Kerry, on 18 September 1993.
Snowfall
Severe cold weather is uncommon in Ireland with the majority of winter precipitation coming in the form of rain, although hills and mountainous regions in the country can commonly see up to 30 days of snowfall annually: the Wicklow Mountains region sometimes experiences 50 or more days of snowfall each year. Most low-lying regions of the island only see a few days of lying snow per year (from December to March inclusive), or may see no snow at all during some winters.
However, there are preparations for snow and ice, including the distribution of grit, salt, and other snow-treatable minerals. In late 2011, the Irish Government set up "Winter-Ready", in order to prepare the country for such severe weather.
Due to its variability (which is mainly because of the influence of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Drift, as well as Ireland's northerly latitude and vulnerability to Siberian/Arctic winds) Ireland's weather during the winter months is difficult to predict. The aforementioned factors make both extremely low temperatures and relatively mild temperatures possible.
The snowiest weather station is Clones, County Monaghan, which receives, on average, 18 days of snow and/or sleet per year. Of these, 6.2 days have snow lying at 09:00. The least snowy weather station is Valentia Island, County Kerry; which receives, on average, 5.6 days of snow and/or sleet per year. Of these, 0.8 days have snow lying at 09:00.
Hail
Hail, like snow and sleet, is also rare in Ireland; however, it can occur at any time of the year. It is most common in spring during thunderstorms.
Malin Head, County Donegal receives the most hail, with an average of 48.4 days per year.
Roche's Point, County Cork receives the least hail, with an average of 8.0 days per year.
Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms are quite rare in Ireland. They are more likely to happen in late spring, although they can occur at any time of the year.
Cork Airport, County Cork experiences the least thunder; receiving it 3.7 days per year on average.
Valentia Island, County Kerry experiences the most thunder; receiving it 7.1 days per year on average.
Wind
Generally, the coast tends to be windier than inland areas, and the west tends to be windier than the east.
The station with the highest mean wind speed is Malin Head, County Donegal, averaging at . Malin Head also receives the most gale-force winds, recording them on average 66.0 days per year.
The station with the lowest mean wind speed is Kilkenny, County Kilkenny; averaging at .
The station that records the lowest number of gale-force winds is Birr, County Offaly; recording them on average 1.2 days per year.
The highest wind speed ever recorded in Ireland was at Fastnet Lighthouse, County Cork on 16 October 2017.
Tornadoes are very rare in Ireland, with around less than ten reported every year - mostly in August.
Fog
Fog is more common inland and on higher altitudes; mainly during winter and during the morning at times of high pressure.
The foggiest station is that at Cork Airport, County Cork, which has 99.5 days of fog per year.
The least foggy station is that at Valentia Island, County Kerry, which has 8.9 days of fog per year.
Visibility
Visibility is generally very good, because of the proximity of industry to the coast, allowing breezes to disperse any smog. Mist and fog often occur, as well as coastal fog in the east, but it is generally not long-lasting. However, in winter, it can be slow to clear.
Climate change
Climate charts
See also
Geography of Ireland
Climate change in the Republic of Ireland
References
External links
Met Éireann
Ireland |
17326515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine | Maxine | Maxine may refer to:
People
Maxine is a feminine given name.
Maxine Andrews (1916–1995), member of The Andrews Sisters singing trio
Maxine Audley (1923–1992), English actress
Maxine Brown (country singer) (1932-2019), American country music singer
Maxine Brown (soul singer) (born 1939), American soul and R&B singer
Maxine D. Brown, American computer scientist
Maxine Carr, convicted of perverting the course of justice in relation to the Soham murders (not to be confused with Maxine Moore Carr / Maxine Waters below)
Maxine Elliott (1868–1940), American actress
Maxine Fassberg (born 1953), CEO, Intel Israel
Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940), Chinese American author and Professor Emerita
Maxine Kumin (1925–2014), American poet and author
Maxine Mawhinney (born 1957), newsreader on the BBC News 24-hour television channel
Maxine McKew (born 1953), Australian politician and journalist
Maxine Medina (born 1990), Filipino model, beauty pageant titleholder, Miss Universe Philippines 2016, and top 6 Miss Universe 2016
Maxine Nightingale (born 1952), British R&B and soul music singer
Maxine Peake (born 1974), English actress
Maxine Reiner (1916–2003), American actress
Maxine Sanders (born 1946), British Wiccan
Maxine Sullivan (born Marietta Williams, 1911–1987), American jazz vocalist/performer
Maxine Waters (born Maxine Moore Carr, born 1938), American politician
Maxine (wrestler) (born 1986), stage name of American former professional wrestler, model, and former WWE Diva Karlee Pérez
Fictional characters
Maxine Peacock, from the British soap opera, Coronation Street
Maxine Chadway, from the television series Soul Food
Maxine Conway, from the Australian drama series, Wentworth
Maxine Minniver, from the British soap opera, Hollyoaks
Maxine Barlow, from the British drama series Waterloo Road
Maxine Mayfield, "Max" or "Madmax", on the Netflix series Stranger Things
Max Caulfield, or Maxine, main character in the video game Life Is Strange
Maxine Shaw, from the American television sitcom Living Single
Maxine, a character in a line of Hallmark Cards
Maxine Guevara, main character of the American TV series Dark Angel
Maxine Baker, daughter of Animal Man (Buddy Baker) in DC Comics
Maxine Tarnow, main character in Thomas Pynchon's novel Bleeding Edge
Other uses
Maxine, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
3977 Maxine, an asteroid, see List of minor planets: 3001–4000
Maxine Virtual Machine, an open source Java virtual machine
Music
"Maxine" (Sharon O'Neill song), a song from Sharon O'Neill
"Maxine", a 2007 reissue bonus track on the album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
"Maxine", a song by John Legend from the album Once Again
"Maxine", a song by Donald Fagen from the album The Nightfly
"Maxine", a 1996 rap song by Eminem from the album Infinite
See also
Max (disambiguation)
Maximilian
Maximus (disambiguation)
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17326520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoakim%20Gruev | Yoakim Gruev | Joakim Gruev (, died 1912) was a Bulgarian teacher and translator. He was born on 9 September 1828 in the town of Koprivshtitsa. He was a teacher at the leading Bulgarian high school in Plovdiv. He was the author of a number of textbooks.
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