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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunu%20language
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Gunu language
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The Gunu language (Nu Gunu or Nugunu) is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.
References
Mbam languages
Languages of Cameroon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer%20%282018%20film%29
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Officer (2018 film)
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Officer is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action film produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma on his R Company Production banner. The film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Myra Sareen in the lead roles and music composed by Ravi Shankar. The Tamil dubbed version, Simtaangaran was released on 1 January 2021.
Plot
Sivaji Rao is a Hyderabad-based IPS officer who is posted as an SIT officer in Mumbai to handle the case of a corrupted cop called Narayan Pasari. Sivaji successfully manages to arrest Pasari, but the latter uses his influence, comes out of jail, and joins back in his duty. This time, he becomes even more lethal and starts targeting Sivaji. The end.
Cast
Nagarjuna Akkineni as Sivaji Rao
Myra Sareen as Meena Narang
Anwar Khan as Narayan Pasari
Sayaji Shinde as JCP Ramdas
Ajay as Prasad
Srikanth Iyengar as Bajrangi
Ankur Ratan as John
Baby Kavya as Shaalu
Vizag Prasad as Producer (cameo appearance)
Production
The film shooting started on 20 November 2017 at the Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad. Nagarjuna & Ram Gopal Varma are pairing up almost after 25 years, this is the fifth film in their combination, their previous works being Siva (1989), Shiva (1990), Antham/Drohi (1992) and Govinda Govinda (1994). The motion poster of the film released on 28 February 2018 and its teaser was released on 9 April 2018. The second teaser released on 4 May while the theatrical trailer released on 12 May.
Soundtrack
Music composed by Ravi Shankar. Lyrics were written by Sira Sri. The music was released on Mango Music Company.
References
External links
Indian films
2018 action thriller films
2018 crime action films
Indian action thriller films
Indian crime action films
Indian avant-garde and experimental films
Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police
Films directed by Ram Gopal Varma
2010s Telugu-language films
Fictional portrayals of the Telangana Police
2010s avant-garde and experimental films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazlollah%20Dehkhoda
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Fazlollah Dehkhoda
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Fazlollah Dehkhoda (Persian: فضل الله دهخدا, born 18 March 1949) is a retired Iranian bantamweight weightlifter. He placed eighth at the 1976 Summer Olympics and ninth at the 1974 World Weightlifting Championships.
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1949 births
Living people
Iranian male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of Iran
Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunched%20logic
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Bunched logic
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Bunched logic is a variety of substructural logic proposed by Peter O'Hearn and David Pym. Bunched logic provides primitives for reasoning about resource composition, which aid in the compositional analysis of computer and other systems. It has category-theoretic and truth-functional semantics, which can be understood in terms of an abstract concept of resource, and a proof theory in which the contexts Γ in an entailment judgement Γ ⊢ A are tree-like structures (bunches) rather than lists or (multi)sets as in most proof calculi. Bunched logic has an associated type theory, and its first application was in providing a way to control the aliasing and other forms of interference in imperative programs.
The logic has seen further applications in program verification, where it is the basis of the assertion language of separation logic, and in systems modelling, where it provides a way to decompose the resources used by components of a system.
Foundations
The deduction theorem of classical logic relates conjunction and implication:
Bunched logic has two versions of the deduction theorem:
and are forms of conjunction and implication that take resources into account (explained below). In addition to these connectives
bunched logic has a formula, sometimes written I or emp, which is the unit of *. In the original version of bunched logic and were the connectives from intuitionistic logic, while a boolean variant takes and (and ) as from traditional boolean logic. Thus, bunched logic is compatible with constructive principles, but is in no way dependent on them.
Truth-functional Semantics (resource semantics)
The easiest way to understand these formulae is in terms of its truth-functional semantics. In this semantics a formula is true or false with respect to given resources.
asserts that the resource at hand can be decomposed into resources that satisfy and .
says that if we compose the resource at hand with additional resource that satisfies , then the combined resource satisfies . and have their familiar meanings.
The foundation for this reading of formulae was provided by
a forcing semantics advanced by Pym, where the forcing relation means A holds of resource r. The semantics is analogous to Kripke's semantics of intuitionistic or modal logic, but where the elements of the model are regarded as resources that can be composed and decomposed, rather than as possible worlds that are accessible from one another. For example, the forcing semantics for the conjunction is of the form
where is a way of combining resources and is a relation of approximation.
This semantics of bunched logic draws on prior work in relevance logic (especially the operational semantics of Routley–Meyer), but differs from it by not requiring and by accepting the semantics of standard intuitionistic or classical versions of and . The property is justified when thinking about relevance but denied by considerations of resource; having two copies of a resource is not the same as having one, and in some models (e.g. heap models) might not even be defined. The standard semantics of (or of negation) is often rejected by relevantists in their bid to escape the `paradoxes of material implication', which are not a problem from the perspective of modelling resources and so not rejected by bunched logic. The semantics is also related to the 'phase semantics' of linear logic, but again is differentiated by accepting the standard (even boolean) semantics of and , which in linear logic is rejected in a bid to be constructive. These considerations are discussed in detail in an article on resource semantics by Pym, O'Hearn and Yang.
Categorical semantics (doubly closed categories)
The double version of the deduction theorem of bunched logic has a corresponding category-theoretic structure. Proofs in intuitionistic logic can be interpreted in
cartesian closed categories, that is, categories with finite products satisfying the (natural in A and C) adjunction correspondence relating hom sets:
Bunched logic can be interpreted in categories possessing two such structures
a categorical model of bunched logic is a single category possessing two closed structures, one symmetric monoidal closed the other cartesian closed.
A host of categorial models can be given using Day's tensor product construction.
Additionally, the implicational fragment of bunched logic has been given a game semantics.
Algebraic semantics
The algebraic semantics of bunched logic is a special case of its categorical semantics, but is simple to state and can be more approachable.
An algebraic model of bunched logic is a poset that is a Heyting algebra and that carries an additional commutative residuated lattice structure (for the same lattice as the Heyting algebra): that is, an ordered commutative monoid with an associated implication satisfying .
The boolean version of bunched logic has models as follows.
An algebraic model of boolean bunched logic is a poset that is a Boolean algebra and that carries an additional residuated commutative monoid structure.
Proof theory and type theory (bunches)
The proof calculus of bunched logic
differs from usual sequent calculi in having a tree-like context of hypotheses instead of a flat list-like structure. In its sequent-based proof theories, the
context in an entailment judgement
is a finite rooted tree whose leaves are propositions and whose internal nodes are labelled with modes of composition corresponding to the two conjunctions.
The two combining operators, comma and semicolon, are used (for instance) in the introduction rules for the two implications.
The difference between the two composition rules comes from additional rules that apply to them.
Multiplicative composition denies the structural rules of weakening and contraction.
Additive composition admits weakening and contraction of entire bunches.
The structural rules and other operations on bunches are often applied deep within a tree-context, and not only at the top level: it is thus in a sense a calculus of deep inference.
Corresponding to bunched logic is a type theory having two kinds of function type. Following the Curry–Howard correspondence, introduction rules for implications correspond to introduction rules for function types.
Here, there are two distinct binders, and , one for each kind of function type.
The proof theory of bunched logic has an historical debt to the use of bunches in relevance logic. But the bunched structure can in a sense be derived from the categorical and algebraic semantics:
to formulate an introduction rule for we should mimick on the left in sequents, and to introduce we should mimick . This consideration leads to the use of two combining operators.
James Brotherston has done further significant work on a unified proof theory for bunched logic and variants, employing Belnap's notion of display logic.
Galmiche, Méry, and Pym have provided a comprehensive treatment of bunched logic, including completeness and other meta-theory, based on labelled tableaux.
Applications
Interference control
In perhaps the first use of substructural type theory to control resources, John C. Reynolds showed how to use an affine type theory to control aliasing and other forms of interference in Algol-like programming languages. O'Hearn used bunched type theory to extend Reynolds' system by allowing interference and non-interference to be more flexibly mixed. This resolved open problems concerning recursion and jumps in Reynolds' system.
Separation logic
Separation logic is an extension of Hoare logic that facilitates reasoning about mutable data structures that use pointers. Following Hoare logic the formulae of separation logic are of the form
, but the preconditions and postconditions are formulae interpreted in a model of bunched logic.
The original version of the logic was based on models as follows:
(finite partial functions from locations to values)
union of heaps with disjoint domains, undefined when domains overlap.
It is the undefinedness of the composition on overlapping heaps that models the separation idea. This is a model of the boolean variant of bunched logic.
Separation logic was used originally to prove properties of sequential programs, but then was extended to concurrency using a proof rule
that divides the storage accessed by parallel threads.
Later, the greater generality of the resource semantics was utilized: an abstract version of separation logic works for Hoare triples
where the preconditions and postconditions are formulae interpreted over an arbitrary partial commutative monoid instead of a particular heap model.
By suitable choice of commutative monoid, it was surprisingly found that the proofs rules of abstract versions of concurrent separation logic could be used to reason about interfering concurrent processes, for example by encoding rely-guarantee and trace-based reasoning.
Separation logic is the basis of a number of tools for automatic and semi-automatic reasoning about programs, and is used in the Infer program analyzer currently deployed at Facebook.
Resources and processes
Bunched logic has been used in connection with the (synchronous) resource-process calculus SCRP in order to give a (modal) logic that characterizes, in the sense of Hennessy–Milner, the compositional structure of concurrent systems.
SCRP is notable for interpreting in terms of both parallel composition of systems and composition of their associated resources.
The semantic clause of SCRP's process logic that corresponds to separation logic's rule for concurrency asserts that a formula is true in resource-process state , just in case there are decompositions of the resource and process
~ , where ~ denotes bisimulation, such that is true in the resource-process state , and is true in the resource-process state , ; that is iff and .
The system SCRP is based directly on bunched logic's resource semantics; that is, on ordered monoids of resource elements. While direct and intuitively appealing, this choice leads to a specific technical problem: the Hennessy–Milner completeness theorem holds only for fragments of the modal logic that exclude the multiplicative implication and multiplicative modalities. This problem is solved by basing resource-process calculus on a resource semantics in which resource elements are combined using two combinators, one corresponding to concurrent composition and one corresponding to choice.
Spatial logics
Cardelli, Caires, Gordon and others have investigated a series of logics of process calculi, where a conjunction is interpreted in terms of parallel composition.
Unlike the work of Pym et al. in SCRP, they do not distinguish between parallel composition of systems and composition of resources accessed by the systems.
Their logics are based on instances of the resource semantics that give rise to models of the boolean variant of bunched logic.
Although these logics give rise to instances of boolean bunched logic, they appear to have been arrived at independently, and in any case have significant additional structure in the way of modalities and binders. Related logics have been proposed as well for modelling XML data.
See also
Separation logic
Relevance logic
Linear logic
References
Mathematical logic
Logic in computer science
Substructural logic
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy%20Agnew%20%28Irish%20republican%29
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Paddy Agnew (Irish republican)
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Patrick Agnew (born 8 March 1955) is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who was elected to Dáil Éireann during the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
Agnew was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland in 1955. His grandfather was also an Irish republican and was an internee during the Irish War of Independence. Agnew was imprisoned at Portlaoise, Mountjoy, Crumlin Road and the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. He was involved in the blanket protest in the H-Blocks.
Although he was not on hunger strike, he was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency at the 1981 general election, topping the poll. He did not take his seat. The other successful Anti H-Block candidate was Kieran Doherty, who was elected in Cavan–Monaghan and died on hunger strike.
Agnew was released from prison in 1986 and joined the Gerard Halpenny Sinn Féin cumann in Dundalk, where he remains an active member of the party.
See also
List of members of the Oireachtas imprisoned since 1923
References
1955 births
Anti H-Block TDs
Irish republicans
Living people
Members of the 22nd Dáil
People from Dundalk
Provisional Irish Republican Army members
Republicans imprisoned during the Northern Ireland conflict
Sinn Féin politicians
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey%20Hawkins
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Joey Hawkins
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Charles Joseph Hawkins (born December 16, 1981) is a former American football tight end for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League.
1981 births
Living people
American football tight ends
People from Gilmer, Texas
Texas Tech Red Raiders football players
Indianapolis Colts players
Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball players
American men's basketball players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk%20%28caste%29
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Turk (caste)
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The Turk Jamat are a Muslim community found in India. They claim they are descended from the various Turkic tribes that settled in the region. Many members of the community migrated to Pakistan after India's independence and subsequent partition, settling in Karachi.
Göktürk wave (5th-8th c.)
Turkic dynasties
The community had traditionally served as soldiers in the armies of the various Turkic dynasties which ruled Indian subcontinent. They were and still are a community of small to medium-sized farmers. A good many are also traders. Like other Gujarati Muslims, they have a caste association known as the Jamat, which acts both as a welfare organization and an instrument of social control.
Present circumstances
The Turks live in northern India, mainly in Delhi, Gaziabad, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Udhamsingh Nagar, Nainital, Haldwani and Dehradun in Uttrakhand, Bhopal and Junagarh in Gujarat. The region has 40 to 55% Muslim electorate. They upset electoral calculations in five Parliament and 27 provincial Assembly constituencies in uttar Pradesh.
The community had traditionally served as soldiers in the armies of the various princely states in the Kathiawar Agency. They are also good traders Like other Gujarati Muslims, they have a caste association known as the Jamat, which acts both as a welfare organization and an instrument of social control.
References
Muslim communities of India
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megesi%2C%20Jiroft
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Megesi, Jiroft
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Megesi (, also Romanized as Megesī and Magasī) is a village in Halil Rural District, in the Central District of Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 310, in 63 families.
References
Populated places in Jiroft County
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Isle of Hope, Georgia
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Isle of Hope is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chatham County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area, and at the 2010 census, its population was 2,402. The island is one of the most affluent communities in the state and is well known for its historic plantations and exclusive waterfront properties.
Geography
Isle of Hope is located southeast of Savannah at (31.983380, -81.055686). It consists of the northern half of the physical Isle of Hope, a body of land surrounded by tidal inlets: the Moon River and Herb River to the northwest, Grimball Creek to the northeast, and the Skidaway River and Skidaway Narrows, part of the Intracoastal Waterway, to the southeast. The CDP is bordered by the Dutch Island CDP to the northeast and the Skidaway Island CDP to the southeast. The Isle of Hope CDP includes the communities of Parkersburg and Wymberley.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 20.61%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,605 people, 1,001 households, and 783 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,373.2 people per square mile (529.4/km2). There were 1,038 housing units at an average density of 547.2 per square mile (210.9/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.27% White, 0.84% African American, 0.35% Asian, 0.27% from other races, and 0.27% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.07% of the population.
There were 1,001 households, out of which 36.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.6% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $75,274, and the median income for a family was $79,586. Males had a median income of $52,175 versus $38,468 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $34,067. None of the families and 0.2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.
History
Isle of Hope is an island surrounded on all sides by water at high tide. Early maps referred to in French as "L'Isle Desperance" (modern French: L'Île d'Espérance). Legends abound of pirates using the island to hide their booty, and generations of children have gone digging for this treasure. Legend also states that French Huguenots used the island as a place of refuge for fleeing persecution.
In 1733, when General James Oglethorpe founded the Georgia colony, a surveyor named Noble Jones was granted a tract on the island that was eventually named Wormsloe, possibly after an English estate but more probably due to the mulberry trees that were grown there, the worms of which, it was hoped, would form the basis for a silk industry. A Colonial-era fortified home made of tabby was built at the Skidaway Narrows (now Jones' Narrows) and today can be visited as part of Wormsloe Historic Site.
Jones, along with James Fallowfield and Henry Parker, settled permanently on the island. During nearby Savannah's frequent yellow fever epidemics, the island was host to Savannahians fleeing the miasma of the city's fevers. As greater numbers of people discovered the island, the former plantation lands were subdivided and the lots sold, and it became a fashionable summer retreat. Several homes from the antebellum period remain, including the 1820 former caretaker's cottage of Carsten Hall plantation. Although the plantation itself burned in the early 20th century, the family moved into the caretaker's cottage overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway.
In the early 20th century, with better transportation options, the summer resort became the year-round home of many, and the terrapin farm at Barbee's Pavilion became world-famous for the export of terrapins for stew, including to the major restaurants of New York City and to the Czar of Russia. It was also the destination of race car drivers from around the world for the International Grand Prix races.
The Isle of Hope United Methodist Church is another historic location on the island. Built before the Civil War, the property was used by the Confederates as an encampment and the church building as a hospital. During their recuperation, soldiers carved their initials into the pews, which they used for makeshift beds. When the old church burned down during its 1984 renovation, the pews had been removed and were saved. 33 Confederate soldiers are buried in the churchyard. In 2000, the church finished construction of transepts to the main sanctuary structure.
The island's beauty and history has attracted a number of Hollywood film productions, including the Oscar-winning Glory, the original Cape Fear, The Last of the Belles, Forrest Gump, and The Last Song.
Notable people
Anna Davenport Raines, founding vice president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Clarence Thomas attended St. John Vianney's Minor Seminary on the Isle of Hope in the 1960s.
Jack Kingston, former congressman from the 1st District of Georgia
Gallery
References
External links
Isle of Hope National Historic District historical marker
Census-designated places in Chatham County, Georgia
Census-designated places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Savannah metropolitan area
Populated coastal places in Georgia (U.S. state)
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NTR bus station
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NTR bus station is a bus station in Guntur and owned by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. The bus station serves both the city and district services in Andhra Pradesh as well buses from neighboring states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
History
2015 – Introduction of city bus services to the nearby destinations of Perecherla, Namburu, Yanamadala and Chebrolu.
Structure and amenities
The bus station is spread over an area of and handles more than 2000 buses everyday arriving from all the districts of the state. A new mini bus station with 13 platforms is being built in the premises of the present one, to run city and non stop services. It is one Wi-Fi equipped bus stations in the state.
References
Bus stations in Andhra Pradesh
Transport in Guntur
Buildings and structures in Guntur
Memorials to NT Rama Rao
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenbergia%20hudsoni
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Rosenbergia hudsoni
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Rosenbergia hudsoni is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Nylander in 2004.
References
Batocerini
Beetles described in 2004
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Elephant%20Pass
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Battle of Elephant Pass
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Three conflicts during the Sri Lankan Civil War were known as the Battle of Elephant Pass:
First Battle of Elephant Pass, fought in July, 1991, for control of the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass
Second Battle of Elephant Pass, fought in April, 2000, for control of the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass
Third Battle of Elephant Pass, fought in January, 2009, for control of the Jaffna Peninsula
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Scammell
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Scammell Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of trucks, particularly specialist and military off-highway vehicles, between 1921 and 1988.
History
Scammell started as a late-Victorian period wheelwright and coach-building business, G Scammell & Nephew Ltd in Spitalfields, London. George Scammell, the founder, was joined by his nephew Richard and Richard's sons Alfred and James. By the early 1900s, the firm had become financially stable, providing maintenance to customers of Foden steam wagons. One such customer, Edward Rudd, had imported a Knox Automobile tractor from the United States, and impressed with its low weight/high hauling power had asked Scammell if they could make a similar model of their own.
However, the outbreak of World War I in 1914 stopped the project and presented itself as a turning point in road transport history. Mechanical transport was seen to work, proving its vast potential beyond doubt to forward-thinking companies such as Scammell. George Scammell's great nephew, Lt. Col. Alfred Scammell, was injured and invalided out of the army, and he was able to apply the practical experience he had gained during the war and began developing the articulated six wheeler. Percy G Hugh, chief designer, conceived the idea and at the 1920 Commercial Motor Show, 50 orders were taken for the new design. The vehicle's very low axle weight allowed it to carry payload legally at , rather than being limited to 5 mph.
Scammell Lorries
Scammell started production of the 7.5-ton articulated vehicle in 1920. Needing to move to new premises, Scammell & Nephew floated a new company, Scammell Lorries Ltd in July 1922, with Lt. Col. Scammell as managing director. The new firm built a new factory at Tolpits Lane, Watford, next to Watford West railway station on the branch line from to . The original company remained in business in Fashion Street, Spitalfields refurbishing and bodybuilding until taken over in 1965 by York Trailer Co.
In 1929, Scammell designed and manufactured the "100 Tonner" low loader. Only two were produced; the first was delivered to Marston Road Services, Liverpool, for the transportation of steam engines to Liverpool docks. Scammell were also looking for new markets, and diversified into four- and six-wheel rigid (nonarticulated) designs. The 'Rigid Six-wheeler' found some success and, with its balloon tyres, at last permitted sustained high-speed, long-distance road operation.
In 1934, Scammell produced the three-wheeled Mechanical Horse, designed by Oliver North to replace horses in rail, postal and other delivery applications. This featured automatic carriage coupling and the single front wheel could be steered through 360 degrees. It was sold in three- and six-ton versions. The three-tonner was powered by a 1,125-cc side-valve petrol engine and the six-tonner by a 2,043-cc engine. Karrier had introduced a similar vehicle, the Cob, four years earlier.
From 1937, a Citroën Traction Avant powered version was made under licence in France, by Chenard-Walcker-FAR, known as the Pony Mécanique. This continued in production, in various versions, until 1970.
In the late 1940s, the Mechanical Horse was superseded by the Scammell Scarab, with similar features, but a much less angular cab and now with a 2,090-cc, side-valve petrol engine in both models and a diesel version with a Perkins engine.
The company mainly concentrated on articulated and rigid eight-wheeler lorries, from the 1920s. One vehicle not in those lines that became well-known was the 6×4 Pioneer. This was an off-highway, heavy haulage tractor, first produced in 1927. It showed outstanding cross-country performance due to the design that included the patent beam bogie rear axle, with of vertical movement for each of the rear wheels. This design was the work of Oliver Danson North. The Pioneer proved popular in the oil field and forestry (logging) markets, and formed the basis of the British Army's World War II R100 30-ton tank transporter. With the outbreak of war, development of new vehicles stopped and production concentrated on military Pioneers for use as artillery tractors, recovery and transporter vehicles.
Leyland Group subsidiary
Post war, foreign competition and rationalisation of the UK manufacturers led to Scammell coming under Leyland Motors in 1955. This provided access to ready-made components within the Leyland group, allowing the replacement of the "lightweight" range with the:
Highwayman: bonneted 4x2
Routeman: forward control 8-wheeler
Handyman: forward control 4x2
Both the tractor units could be configured up to 50 tons (50.8 Tonnes or 55 short tons), and complemented by the full range of Scammell trailers made at the Moor Park works, allowed the company to continue production in specialist and military markets.
In the 1960s, Scammell contracted Giovanni Michelotti to design its cabs, resulting in a series of glass-reinforced plastic "spring"-like designs. The first to be redesigned was the Routeman, followed by the Handyman. In 1967, the 'Scarab' was replaced by the 'Townsman', which also had a GRP body. The factory also designed the 6x4 Contractor equipped with a Cummins 335 engine, Lipe clutch and Fuller semi-automatic gearbox, that went into production in 1964. Offered with a choice of Leyland 24 tonne or Scammell 30 and 40 tonne bogies, the Contractor was popular in the UK for 240+ ton GTW operation, overseas heavy haul, and with the military for tank transport.
In 1964, Scammell assembled 38 BUT RETB/1 trolleybuses for use in Wellington, New Zealand.
Scammell launched the three-axle 6x4 Crusader at London's 1968 Earl's Court Commercial Vehicle Show. The truck was designed for high-speed long-distance transport, typically to cover 250,000 miles a year. The truck included a 'repair by replacement' philosophy to cut downtime and the consequences of unscheduled maintenance. The drive line included a 9.3-litre GM Detroit Diesel 8V71N two-stroke diesel engine, rated at 273 bhp. This drove through a Fuller RoadRanger 16-speed constant-mesh gear box, to an Albion double-drive and two-spring bogie, using double reduction and cross lockable drive axles. The final reduction took place in the hubs to give better ground clearance under the differential housings. Scammell used the same rear bogie on its highly successful 24-ton Double Drive Routeman 8x4 tipper chassis, launched at the same exhibition. As most contemporary 32-ton and maximum capacity trucks in the UK had engine power ratings of between 150 and 220 bhp, the Crusader's 273 bhp attracted immediate attention, much of it unfavourable from deeply conservative operators.
With active encouragement from Walter Batstone, then transport engineering boss at British Road Services, Scammell quickly developed a two-axle model, powered initially by a Rolls-Royce Eagle six-cylinder diesel engine, rated at 220 or 280 bhp, depending on customers' preferences. This new model appeared at the November 1969 Scottish Motor Show at Kelvin Hall.
Scammell went on to develop a heavy haulage model, the Samson, basically a four-axle 8x4 Crusader. It sold in limited numbers in a specialised market sector.
The 1970s started with a reorganisation of the Leyland Group, with heavy haul after the closure of the old Thornycroft works in 1972 concentrated on the newly named Scammell Motors site at Watford. The Thornycroft 6x4 Nubian heavy dumptruck was the first transfer inwards, regularly adapted for the military, followed by the lighter LD55 6x4 dumptruck.
In the late 1970s, the Contractor Mk2 was developed, together with the Scammell Commander tank transporter for the British Army. Fitted with the Rolls-Royce CV12TCE 26-litre, 48-valve dual-turbocharged 625 hp intercooled V12 diesel engine, semi-automatic gearbox and Scammell 40-ton bogie, it was plated at 100 ton+ GTW. Because it was intended as part of the strategy to defend West Germany's eastern Iron Curtain border against tank attack, it was designed to achieve the same acceleration and braking performances as a contemporary commercial 32 tractor. Both tractors were brought into production within the newly built "moving line" construction shop, which gave Scammell a modern state-of-the-art factory. The Commander fleet came into operation in 1983.
In the late 1970s, Leyland Group decided to develop two new tractors: the overseas bonneted Landtrain; the UK forward control Roadtrain. Scammell was contracted to develop the Landtrain, which used the same cab and bonnet as the Commander replacement, the S24. Equipped with Cummins NT 350 or 400 engine, the S24 could be specified from 40 tonnes GVW to more than 200 tonnes GTW. Scammell also gained the contract to develop and build the eight-wheeled version of the Roadtrain, the Constructor8. This also allowed Scammell to develop and produce the complementary S26 range of heavy-haul 4x2, 6x2 and 6x4 tractors, which was a parts-bin build from the Roadtrain and 24 components.
Closure
In 1986, Scammell tendered for the British Army hooklift DROPS tender, using the newly developed 8x6 variant of the S24. This was equipped with a Rolls-Royce 350 engine, ZF automatic gearbox and Kirkstall axles. However, shortly after winning the contract to supply 1,522 such vehicles, Leyland group was bought by DAF of the Netherlands. DAF elected to build the S26 DROPS at the Leyland plant in Lancashire, and to close the Watford factory.
DAF closed the plant in July 1988. It sold the site for redevelopment, and further sold the rights to manufacture (but not the rights to the name nor the premises) of the S24, Nubian, Crusader, and Commander to Alvis Unipower. They opened a new plant in West Watford, offering ongoing support and spare parts for Scammell vehicles.
The Tolpits Lane site was redeveloped into a housing estate, the Vale Industrial Estate, and a business park. Tenants include the Camelot Group.
In popular culture
A red Scammell truck is shown driving along in a scene in the seventh episode of season three of The Professionals.
In the children's TV series Thomas & Friends, the road vehicle characters Butch, Max and Monty, Madge and Nelson are all based on Scammell vehicles.
An S24 Tank Transporter is Jill's vehicle in the Terry Gilliam film Brazil.
“Eighteen wheeler Scammells” was among the reason to be cheerful in Ian Dury and the Blockheads 1979 hit single Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3.
A Scammell S24 is featured in the off-roading video game Snowrunner. In-game it is called the Royal BM17.
Vehicle list
80 Tonner
100 Tonner
Commander
Constructor
Constructor 6WD
Contractor
Contractor 8X4
Crusader – See below
Explorer 6X6
Handyman – See below
Highwayman
Himalayan
Mechanical Horse, Scarab and Townsman
Mountaineer 4WD
Pioneer, Pioneer Semi-trailer (tank transporter)
Rigid Eight
Rigid Six
Routeman
S24 6X4
S24 6WD
S26 6WD
S26 8WD
S26
Samson 8X4
Showtrac – Showman's tractor fitted with generator for fairground ride haulage and power supply
Trunker – See below
Products
Rigid 6/8
The Rigid 6 and Rigid 8, for the number of wheels, were produced from 1937 to 1958.
Showtrac
The Showtrac was a short-wheelbase 4x2 ballast tractor, one of the few vehicles ever designed specifically for fairground use. It could be supplied with a rear body (with half-height roller shutter access doors), winch, and dynamo with the ballast block underneath. Eighteen were built, to varying specifications (not all had the body fitted, for example), between December 1945 and September 1948. Seventeen have been preserved. There are many look-alike Scammell tractors, but genuine Showtracs had a special "Showtrac" badge on the radiator, and a full-width cab.
Handyman
The Handyman initially used a glass-fibre cab designed by Scammell – for the Mark 2 and 3 versions a new Michelotti-designed "cheesegrater" fibreglass cab as used on the 2nd and 3rd versions of the Routeman Rigid was fitted.
Early versions were equipped with Scammell's own "gate-change" gearbox but subsequent versions were fitted with AEC and David Brown gearboxes.
Engines fitted included the Leyland 680, Gardner 150 and Rolls-Royce 220.
Trunker
The Trunker was a three-axle version of the Handyman.
Contractor
The Contractor was a 6x4 tractor used by various operators including the Australian Army as a tank transporter or as heavy haulage, usually engineering plant for the Royal Australian Engineers. The Australian military units were configured with 335HP Cummins diesel engines and pneumocyclic gearboxes. While one of the trials vehicles which served in the Vietnam War was branded with the Scammell name, most of the remaining units were branded Leyland. Two trailer specifications were used, a 24-wheel float with 16 wheel dolly trailer for transporting the Australian Centurion tank or US Patton tank in Vietnam. The other trailer was a 40 Ton 12 wheel Steco folding goose neck trailer for the engineering plant.
Crusader
The Crusader was a 4×2 or 6×4 tractor that used a Motor Panels-supplied steel cab, available in sleeper- or day-cab forms. It had the option of Detroit Diesel, Cummins, Rolls-Royce or Leyland engines.
The Crusader was used by the British Army as a 6×4 tow-truck (with EKA underlift equipment) and as a 6x4 tractor unit normally used for towing 35–tonne plant trailers or 30–tonne tank bridge transport trailers. A recovery variant was also in use. The British Army replaced the Crusader in the late 1990s by a Seddon Atkinson tractor unit with a 40–tonne plant trailer and a specialist tank bridge transporter.
Many have seen use in the heavy haulage industry due to their incredibly strong chassis. The special heavy haulage tractor was the Crusader based Samson 8×4 with tridem axles.
The military specification vehicles were usually equipped with 15-speed Fuller gearboxes and an 8–tonne capstan winch.
Commander tank transporter
The Commander was introduced as a tank transporter in 1978. Designed in the late 1970s, they replaced the Thornycroft Antars in the British Army beginning with the delivery of the first one on 30 March 1984 followed by others totaling 125 units. The 6×4 units could carry a load of 65 tonnes and were used to transport Challenger II tanks. Used during the Gulf War, they were retired in 2002 and replaced by the Oshkosh M1070F HET.
The Commander is powered by the 26.7L Rolls-Royce/Perkins CV12 TCE twin turbocharged diesel engine that produces approximately and is coupled to an Allison automatic transmission. The Scammell Commander CV12 engine is very similar to the ones used in the Challenger 1 and 2 main battle tanks but with an increased power output of around . Designed to tow loads up to 65 tonnes, the Commander tows a special semi-trailer onto which tanks can be tail-loaded using a hydraulic 20–tonne capacity winch. A prominent bonnet houses the vehicle's Perkins (Rolls-Royce) CV 12 TCE V12 and although the Commander is powered by the Perkins/Rolls-Royce engine, other types were also proposed – one of the prototypes used a Cummins KTA 600 diesel. The cab has provision for up to three or four passengers and there is space for two bunks behind the front seats. Due to the front axle lock angle, the Commander is highly maneuverable and can negotiate a 'T' intersection with only 9.15 meters between the walls.
In 1988 the Leyland group including Scammell company was bought by DAF, the rights to the Commander were sold Unipower Ltd, who opened a new plant in West Watford.
In 1990 during the operation Desert Storm 70 Scammell Commander heavy tank transporters were used to transport 40 types of various military cargo. Each of the vehicles was on the road 17 hours a day during a 4-month period and on average each vehicle traveled 270 km a day on the desert roads. Most of the 125 British Army Commanders were based in Belgium and Germany, with only a few in the United Kingdom.
See also
Ballast tractor
Oliver Danson North
Gallery
References
External links
History of Scammell, at The Scammell Register
Scammell enthusiast site
A Scammell Crusader Owners Site
Armoured fighting vehicles of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Watford
Defunct truck manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Emergency services equipment makers
Former defence companies of the United Kingdom
History of the tank
History of Watford
Leyland Motors
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1921
Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1988
1921 establishments in England
1988 disestablishments in England
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Dzwonowo () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Marianowo, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Marianowo, north-east of Stargard, and east of the regional capital Szczecin.
The village has a population of 520.
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Anders Mowat of Hugoland (also Andrew Mowat) (c. 1530 – c. 1610) was a Scottish merchant who became known as the "Lord of Hugoland" in Shetland.
He served as an admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy under King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway. He became a property owner in Sunnhordland now Hordaland, Norway.
Biography
Mowat's parentage is unclear. Most genealogical historians believe that Mowat's parents were Barbara Saint Clair and Bartholomew Mowat; there is no documentation to support this, however. Mowat's father may have been Macolm Mowat, although there is no documentation to support or dispute this claim either. A document has been reported to exist, allegedly written during the year 1572, stating that the "Lord of Hugoland" was the second son of an unknown Mowatt of Swinie (Swinzie) from Caithness, but unfortunately, the first name of his father is not visible. However, an assertion exists on the social network aggregator website, Spokeo, that Mowat is a "descendant of the Mowats of Mont Hout, as described by his families ancestral Coat of Arms at Northhouse."
The Spokeo web page proposes two women as possible aunts-Agnes Mowat, who married Bartholomew Strang of Voisgarth, and Barbara Mowat, the wife of Thomas Leask of Auchmad).
Historical Document
The first mention of Andrew Mowat in any known sources is from 1558. He was married to Ursula Tulloch, the daughter of William Tulloch of Skea in Northmavine and thus became an important figure in local affairs.
Mowat was an estate owner in Shetland, and mentioned as the lord of Hugoland. Since no Mowats are found in earlier Shetland sources, Mowat probably came from the mainland of Scotland in the early 1550s, and was one of the first Mowats to settle in Shetland.
In addition to his landed estates in Shetland, which he transferred to his three eldest sons in 1577, Andrew Mowat was also a businessman, owning a number of merchant ships and doing trade with Norway and England.
An "Andrew Mowat" is mentioned in a precept of sasine contained in a charter granted by Francis Bothwell, treasurer of Orkney, and Vicar of Unst, in favour of Barthol Strang of Voesgarth, on 12 November 1572.
Fru Inger of Austrått
Inger Ottesdotter Rømer (c. 1475–1555) was a wealthy landowner and important figure in Norwegian aristocracy. Inger held Austrått and claimed the Giske estates as well as some of the Meløy estates in Norway. In addition, she held the Papa and Papaquids estates in Shetland. Inger was widowed in 1523 and as did not live in Shetland, she appointed Ursula Tulloch's father William Tulloch to manage the estates for her. Around 1543, William Tulloch acquired the lease of "Papa & Papaquids" from Fru Inger.
On William Tulloch's death, prior to 1558, his daughter Ursula was his heiress; there seems to be an agreement that the lease would pass to her and her husband Andrew Mowat of Hugoland. Andrew was appointed "tutor" to Ursula's brother, John Tulloch, in 1558, which indicates John was too young to take on the lease.
After the death of Fru Inger of Austrått in 1555, Robert Cheyne came to an agreement with the Norwegian proprietor over the "Papa Property." He ejected Andrew and Ursula from the island and overturned their right to assume control of the income produced by Papa and Papaquids. The evidence for this come from letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots herself, to one Jens Split as the chief proprietor and the Norwegian authorities on behalf of Andrew and Ursula in September 1566. These papers refer to Andrew and Ursula's rights of possession.
Queen Mary's letter had the desired effect, as it confirmed Andrew and Ursula's right to the lands of Papa and Papaquids. The confirmations were granted at different times between 1570 and 1576 by all the different proprietors. These arrangements were then confirmed in the Scottish courts. The Mowatts were also given the Great Seal of the Realm insuring their firm legal right to the lands of Papa and Papaquids.
One of the privileges granted to Andrew Mowatt in 1577 was a right to build a house and fortress on Papa. Mowatt descendants at some time did build a residence there called 'Northhouse,' with the Mowat coat of arms visible on the gateway entrance. However, Andrew and Ursula Mowatt did not take residence there themselves, living instead in Ollaberry on Northmavine.
The Great Seal
In the Register of the Great Seal, on 27 March 1577, there is a confirmation by King James VI of a charter granted by Anders Mowatt in favour of John his eldest son, who stood to inherit 207- 3/8 merks land in Delting, 34½½ in Aithsting, 3 in Walls, 8 in Tingwall, 35 in Yell, and 18 in Unst. If he did not inherit, failing then to Malcolm, second son of the granter, whom failing Patrick, third son, reserving always his own life rent and a life rent on half of the said lands to Ursula Tulloch, his spouse. The charter of confirmation also permits Andrew and John to construct a fortress of stone to defend against possible invaders.
Family with Ursula
This document, dated 1577, only names three of Andrew and Ursula's known five sons. The implication is that Malcolm and Patrick were either minors at the time the document was drawn up or they were born after the document was drawn up.
Andrew and Ursula's five known children
1. John Mowat of Ollaberry, later of Hugoland (born circa. 1564) 2. Gilbert Mowat of Garth, Minister of Delting (born circa. 1565) 3. Patrick Mowat (born circa 1567) 4. Malcolm Mowat (born after 1577) 5. James Mowat of Ure & Burrafirth (born after 1577)
Other possible children of Andrew and Ursula
6. Barbara Mowat (married Edward Sinclair of Scalloway) 7. Catherine Mowat, married John Neven of Scousburgh, and was probably mother to his son Ninian. She died after 1610.
Marriage to Else Rustung and becoming Admiral in the Kings Navy
Andrew's first wife Ursula died sometime between 1580 and 1586; in 1586 he applied to King James VI of Scotland for permission to travel to Bergen, Norway to marry. In June 1587, Andrew received permission to move to Bergen and find a suitable wife. It's possible that James VI hoped to place one of his own middle-ranked gentlemen into foreign society, that he might prove useful to the House of Stuart at a later date.
Once in Bergen, Andrew married the twice widowed Else Christoffersdatter Rustung, daughter of the Admiral of the Danish-Norwegian Navy Christoffer Trondsson Rustung, a.k.a. Kristoffer Throndsen. Else Rustung had been married previously to Jon Haard of Gjersvik and Axel Fredriksen, and was a landowner herself, holding lands in Sunnhordland. Andrew Mowat thereafter served as an admiral in Christian IV's service in the North Sea until his death around 1610, returning to his native Shetland on numerous occasions. Many of Andrew's and Else's sons and grandchildren becoming senior naval officers. Andrew became an important landowner in Norway centering on Hovland in Tysnes. He owned several other farms in Sunnmøre, while still holding his lands in Shetland. He was also a ship-owner, owning several ships he had captained, and a trader of imports in Norway, Scotland and England.
Family with Else
1. Axel Mowat (1592–1661), Admiral in the Royal Danish Navy. He was the father of Karen Mowat (c. 1630–1675) heiress and owner of the estate Barony Rosendal.
2. Christoffer Mowat, Vice-Admiral in the Royal Danish Navy (died without issue)
3. Karen Mowat, married Admiral Erik Ottesen Orning
4. daughter not named in any sources, possibly named Kirstine.
Chronology
June 1587 Andrew gets permission to travel to Norway and find a wife
Andrew serves in the Royal Danish Navy from circa 1587 until his death in circa 1610
Circa 1587 Andrew and Else are married.
1591 Letters are written by the King of Denmark on behalf of Andrew Mowat to Elizabeth I, regarding pirate attacks on Andrew's ships and his home in Ollaberry.
June 1591 Anders Mowat of Hovland signs as member of the Norwegian nobility the acclaim of Christian IV as king of Norway.
Mortgage or deed of pawn papers are signed on 20 June 1597, by both Anders and Else Mowat as the landowners.
Andrew is documented as sitting on the supreme court in Oslo as said Judge in 1599.
From 1602 to 1604 records show Anders and Else lived in Shetland.
On 16 April 1606 at Hovland in Hordaland. Anders and Else took over part of the farm.
1610/11 Andrew Mowat dies.
By 1613 Else had taken over the rest of the estate in Hovland and the Mowat family owned the entire seat by the 1630s.
Documentation of Andrew's life
There are documents extant today which provide clues about Andrew Mowat's life. One such is the Mortgage or deed of pawn papers signed on 20 June 1597, by both Anders and Else Mowat as the landowners.
The granters of the deed are Andrew Mouat of Hugoland (" Houckeland ") in Shetland, and his spouse Else Trondsdatter, who is declared to be owner of the lands in her own right. She is designed as " of Erisfiordt " or Erisfirth in Norway, and it is signed at Gieresvig in that country on 20 June 1597.
Mortgage, or Deed of Pawn, of Land in Shetland, 1597
Original Text
Translation
I, Anders Mouat/Mowat of Houckeland (Hugoland) in Hietlandt (Shetland) and my dear spouse the worthy and honourable lady Else Trondsdatter of Erisfiordt, with our true heirs, acknowledge before all, by this our open letter, that we are justly and truly indebted to the honourable and discreet man Effuart Sincklar (Edward Sinclair), residing in Hietlandt (Shetland) at Bollesetter, the sum of three hundred Ri/ dollars, which money foresaid he has made over to us in friendly loan, for which sum of money, namely three hundred Rix dollars, we, of our free will and well advised ])urp<)se, with the knowledge, will, and consent of all our true heirs, have pawned to the foresaid Edward Sinclair, his heirs and successors, the after described land, which is my dear spouse's just Odal inheritance, lying in Hietlandt, first in Wissdale
[In Weisdale] parish in Offreboster, twelve marks burnt [silver] eight pennies the mark, in Skarpegerdt eight marks burnt [silver] six pennies the mark, also Degrand in Weisdale parish six marks burnt [silver] eight pennies the mark, also in Daleting [Delting] parish in the before named Hiedandt, a farm called Kirkhouse, three marks burnt [silver] six pennies the mark. These whole before named lands the before named Edward Sinclair or his heirs shall have, enjoy, use and possess in sure and certain pawn and usable possession, with everything" that has belonged to them from time immemorial, from the highest summit of the hill to the lowest stone of the foreshore, with the parts and pertinents, nothing in any way excepted, until the before named Edward Sinclair or his heirs again receive and acknowledge the full payment, the most and the least, from us or our true heirs, and when we again redeem these lands it shall be done at three terms, the first at St John's day, the second at St Olaf's immediately thereafter, and the third at St John's day next after following, and when the foresaid sum of money is fully paid as aforesaid, then the before named lands shall belong to us again as before. And for the verity hereof, that this [contract] before written shall be held sure and unchallengeable in all its words, points, and articles, I the before named Anders Mouat/Mowat with my dear spouse have affixed our seals to this our open letter and subscribed [the same] with our own hands; and for further testimony hereof we have cordially requested the learned man Rasmus Joensonn, parish priest in this place, along with us to seal and confirm. Done at Gierisuig the 20 June 1597.
Seal.) (Seal.) (Seal.)
A. Mowat of Houcheland Else Transdatter with [our] own hand
Her Rasmus Jonsonn minister with my own hand.
Description of Document
The deed is written on a folio sheet of strong handmade paper, and is in an excellent state of preservation. The writing is in an ordinary Norwegian hand of the period, and any difficulties in its style have been cleared up by the scholar, Mr. Kristian Koren, of Trondhjem.
This document is a Mortgage, or more strictly a deed of pawn, equivalent to the old Scottish instrument of Vadset, of certain properties in Shetland. By this instrument, subjects enumerated in the document were not merely mortgaged in security, but were made over in real and corporal possession to the lender, only to be returned by him on payment of the borrowed money.
The granters of the deed are Andrew Mowat/Mouat of Hugoland in Shetland, and his spouse Else Trondsdatter, who is declared to be owner of the lands in her own right. 20 June 1597.
Letter to Elizabeth I
On 12 August 1586, Andrew Mowat's home in Shetland was robbed in cash and goods by Captain of the pirates William Beare and the crew of the "Black Lyon". Other Shetlanders and ships were being robbed and plundered along the Scotland and Shetland coastline. Andrew as well as others wrote letter directly to Queen Elizabeth advising her of this. Andrew Mowat was again targeted in upon his return to Shetland in 1590 in a second raid where he once more lost money and goods. Mowat again wrote directly to the queen. The queen answered by saying that Captain Beare was dead and without the name of the pirate in the second raid there was nothing she could do.
However, Andrew Mowat had a great deal of social credit in two other European Courts. Andrew was a joint subject of King James VI of Scotland and King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway. James writ to his new brother-in-law Christian about the Mowat case proposing that the goods of Englishmen in Denmark be laid under embargo until the restitution was forthcoming. Christian himself wrote a letter on behalf of Andrew and sent it to Elizabeth. Furthermore, Mowat himself was serving in the Danish Navy so could quite easily enforce this decision.
A letter written by the Christian IV of Denmark on behalf of Andrew Mowat to Elizabeth I of England regarding pirate attacks on Andrew's ships and his home in Ollaberry.
"It pleasethe your heighnes to understand that I, Andres Motte, esqueyer, retayner, and subjecte under the Kynges majestie of Denmarcke, and, for carten causes which God hathe appoynted, dwellinge at this present in his majestie realme of Norway, which am of layte yeres come oute of Shottland, in which place my landes, goodes, and inheritance doth lye and remayn which God hath geyven me to enierett of my progeniteis, gevinge your most excelent heighnes my greatte sorowe and heavei complaynt to understande that I have benne two seaverall tymes spoyled and robede with Inglysh men dwelling within your majestie realme of Ingland, unto my greate heyndrance and lose of manie houndrthe dolleris.
Fyrste, in anno −86 the 12 in Auguste am I robede and spoyled in my dwellinge house called Olleberie in Shottlande bye Inglishe men, the capten beinge named Capten Beare dwellinge in Ratclyf beseides your majestie citey of London, or havinge his abbydinge in the same place. Which capten hade a shipe called the "Blacke Leyon" of Hull, master tharof called Ellexsander Chapman, dwellinge in Hull, havinge with them an other small barke to thare pennes and haveinge in both shipes a greate nomber of men. At which tyme they have not only spoyled my house, but allso have tacken from me in goulde and money and seylver warcke and other goodes the some of two thowsande doleris, beseides my apparell and obligacones and deades which I woulde not meyse for syxe houndrethe doleris.
And now agayn in anno '90 I had occasion for to sayll from Norwaye to Shottlande, and from thense to my soffrayne lord and prence the Kynges majeste of Skottlande upon sarten matteris I hade for to declare unto his highnes. And beinge come nere to the lande of Shottlande thare came an Ingleshe man of ware upon me and robede me of all that I hade in my shipe, and tocke from me at that present tyme in goulde, selver, and goodes, the some of foure thowsande and fyve houndrethe dolleris, besydes a wryteynge which my souffraune lord Kynge Jemes his majestie be fore hade geyven unto me with sarten other obleygacones and billes aperteyning to my sealf, the which I woulde not meise for a thowsande doleris. Upon vhich saide rover was a roppares sonne of Skarbroughe in Yorckshyar as nere as I can larnne by my shiper and marineris, which saide ropperes sonne hathe a marke in one of his checkes cout with a sorde, And beinge so spoyled and robed two seaveralle times with our majestie subjectes, and havinge by them had suche a greatte lose upon my goodes and monye, it hathe cawsed me to macke my humble sutt and complaint unto my souffrainte lord, the Kinges majestie of Danmarke, whoo hathe of his majestie heighenes wryten his lovinge letteres unto your souffrainte majestie in my behalf. And for that I do understand that my souffrainte lord and Kynnge his majestie wrytethe not so large instrouccones unto your highnes of theise persones as I my self with dyveres otheres can showe and testefye, it mackethe me the boulder to present this my humble suppleicacon unto your majestie, moste humble besechinge your heighnes not onlye to geyve me pardon for this my boulde enterprice, but also of your gracious goodnes for my souffraynt lorde and Kynge his majesties sacke to be a healpe unto me, whareby I may come unto my ownne agaynne of theise forsaid parsones which have so crewellye meisowsed me, or other wayes to have lawe and justes agaynst them in suche order as it shall seme beaste unto your majesties heignes. Wrten upon my hows called Gereis Weycke in Norway."
Undertegnet "Mowat of Howgland"........"
Death
Andrew Mowat died between 1610/11 at Tysnes in Hordaland, Norway.
His wife, Else Rustung is thought to have died between 1625 and 1631; sources are contradictory.
References
Other sources
Crawford, Barbara Elizabeth; Beverly Ballin Smith (1999) The Biggings, Papa Stour, Shetland: the history and excavation of a royal Norwegian farm (Society Antiquaries Scotland)
Goudie, Gilbert (1904) The Celtic and Scandinavian antiquities of Shetland (Edinburgh, London : W. Blackwood and sons)
Grant, Francis J. (1893) County Families of Shetland Islands
Mackillop, Andrew; Steve Murdoch (2003) Military governors and imperial frontiers c. 1600–1800: a study of Scotland (Brill Academic Pub)
Murdoch, Steve (2010) The Terror of the Seas?: Scottish Maritime Warfare, 1513–1713 (BRILL)
Sunde, Jørn Øyrehagen (2009) From a Shetland Lairdship to a Norwegian Barony: The Mouat Family and the Barony of Rosendal (Shetland Heritage Publications)
Related reading
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1610s deaths
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17th-century Scottish people
Scottish landowners
People from Aberdeenshire
Scottish mercenaries
Scottish admirals
Danish admirals
Norwegian admirals
Scottish merchants
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List of members of the European Parliament, 1999–2004 - for a full alphabetical list
1999 European Parliament election in France
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"Morning Dew", a song written by Bonnie Dobson that has been covered by multiple musical artists
"Morning Dew", a song from the album "Day and Night" by Schiller (band)
"Achim Isul", a 1970s Korean protest song in the Norae Undong style by Kim Min-ki, eventually banned in Korea
"Morning Dew", a 1960s band formed by Mal Robinson, Blair Honeyman, Don Sligar and Don Anderson
"Morning Dew", a Bad Lip Reading parody of Jay-Z, Bruno Mars, and Lady Gaga, found on YouTube
Morning Dew (shipwreck), a pleasurecraft which sank, on March 17, 1998 -- see USCGC Yellowfin (WPB-87319)
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Eastern seaboard
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An eastern seaboard can mean any easternmost part of a continent, or its countries, states and cities.
Eastern seaboard may also refer to:
Eastern states of Australia
East Coast of the United States
Eastern seaboard of Thailand
Northeast megalopolis, often coterminous with "Eastern seaboard", the most heavily urbanized region of the United States
See also
East Coast (disambiguation)
West Coast (disambiguation)
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Dogue, Benin
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Dogue is a village in the commune of Bassila in the Donga Department of western Benin.
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia
Populated places in the Donga Department
Commune of Bassila
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Bruce Reid (politician)
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Nicholas Bruce Reid (30 July 1935 – 24 May 2020) was an Australian politician.
Born in Bendigo, Victoria, he served in the military in 1958 and then became a retailer. In 1976, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as the Liberal member for Bendigo Province. He remained in the Legislative Council until 1988. In 1990, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for the federal seat of Bendigo, defeating John Brumby.
After the Liberals lost the 1993 federal election he contested the Liberal leadership with John Howard and John Hewson, but received only one vote.
He held the seat of Bendigo until his retirement in 1998.
References
1935 births
2020 deaths
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Bendigo
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
People from Bendigo
20th-century Australian politicians
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Yonkers Military Institute
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The Yonkers Military Institute was a United States military academy located in Yonkers, New York.
Education in Yonkers, New York
From an albumen photograph measuring 15.25" x 12.75" and dating to circa 1862 the class and presumably its instructors and leaders are pictured with the Institute behind. A legend along the bottom identifies the scene as N. W. Starr's Commercial and Collegiate Institute, Yonkers New York. Photographed by Stacy, 691 Broadway. According to a period publications the school was established in 1854 and moved to Port Chester in 1874. Figures associated with the Institute were Frederick Norton Freeman and Col. John W. Hinsdale of the 3rd North Carolina.
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Ali Ahmadifar
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Ali Ahmadifar (, born 12 July 1976) is an Iranian composer, teacher and researcher.
Book
Author of the book "Stylistics of Arvo Pärt music (Persian:سبک شناسی موسیقی آروو پارت)", published 2007.
Works
"Where are you, o thou fairy?"(An Iranian variation) was performed by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2006.
one of his works was performed by valid flute soloist Reza Najfar in 2008, Rasht.
"Minimove" (An Iranian variation for flute and strings) was performed by Camerata symphony orchestra led by Keyvan Mirhadi in 2008, Rasht.
"Bâng – e Robâb" was performed by the Avram ensemble in 2011.
Radio contemporary music program editor and writer in Iranian radio broadcast network culture, 1999-2000.
The founder and first conductor of Gilan sinfonietta orchestra and choir, performing concert at Vahdat Hall, September 2007.
Lectures
Concepts and specification of Music
International Customary instruments and symphony orchestra
Composition
Orchestration
Variation
Canon and Fugue
Sonata
Form
Symphony from the beginning until today
Opera from the beginning until today
Concerto from the beginning until today
Chamber music from the beginning until today
The impact of Liturgical music in the classical music
Modernism in music
Postmodernism in Music
Minimalism, Post Minimalism and After
Aleatory Music
Musical Terms
Nonserial Atonality Music
Neo Romanticism
Classical Serialism and Total Serialism
Analysis of Bach's Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue
Steve Reich
Philip Glass
Arvo Pärt
Contemporary music
Iranian composers
Pathology of Iranian today music
Dynamics and Rest
Pluralism in post-tonal music
Modern and contemporary harmony
Stylistics and history of contemporary music
The Development of rhythm
The end of historic music and new history of music
Authoring and translating professional articles about the contemporary music of world and Iran
Head of Gilan music community organization, 2007-2011
lecturer of University of Applied Sciences & Technology (UAST), Art and Culture Gillan branch, years 2009-2010.
lecturer of music Faculty, Gilan University, 2011-2012.
Jury member of Eleventh music festival of Khuzestan, Ahvaz February 2012.
Teaching composition, stylistics and history of music in Tehran, Rasht and Ahvaz
References
1976 births
Iranian composers
Contemporary classical composers
21st-century classical composers
Musicologists
Living people
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Guarea velutina
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Guarea velutina is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
velutina
Endemic flora of Brazil
Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Hanan
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Hanan may refer to:
Hanan (given name)
Hanan (surname)
Hanan International Airport, Niue
a 2004 film directed by Makarand Deshpande
See also
Hamam (disambiguation)
Haman (disambiguation)
Baal-hanan
Hannan (disambiguation)
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Leon Pohle
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Friedrich Leon Pohle (1 December 1841, Leipzig – 27 February 1908, Dresden) was a German painter. He is mostly known for his portraits.
Life and work
Pohle began attending the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts when he was only fifteen years old. In 1860, he became a student of Jozef Van Lerius in Antwerp. After returning to Germany he went to Weimar, where he studied under Ferdinand Pauwels at the Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School. In 1866, he returned to his home town, although he went on several study trips. He settled down as a free-lance painter in Weimar in 1868.
Pohle's early work tended to be genre pieces and rather derivative. He later developed his own style in the field of history painting. He became a teacher at the Dresden Academy in 1877 and, later, a Professor. It was there that he made his name as a portraitist. Among his best known portraits are those of his fellow artists Ludwig Richter, Carl Gottlieb Peschel and Ernst Hähnel. He won several gold medals at local exhibitions. Osmar Schindler was one of his students.
A street in Dresden has been named the "Leon-Pohle-Straße" in his honor.
References
External links
Self-Portrait at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (with link to other portraits in the collection)
1841 births
1908 deaths
Portrait painters
Artists from Leipzig
19th-century German painters
19th-century male artists
German male painters
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Bernabe Buscayno
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Bernabe Buscayno, also called Kumander Dante, is the founder of the New People's Army, the military wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Early life
Bernabé Buscayno was one of eight children born to impoverished tenant farmers under a local landlord named Jose Ramos in Sitio Mangga, Talimundoc, Capas, Tarlac. In the late 1960s, after Buscayno's mother died of tuberculosis and his seven-year-old sister died of meningitis, his father, unable to support his remaining children, put them up for adoption. Ramos, the landlord, became the patron to the Buscayno family and "when Bernabe was old enough to begin his schooling, he and his brother Jose were sent to the landowner’s house in Quezon City." Buscayno finished grade school at Burgos Elementary School and high school at Roosevelt High School in Cubao, before moving to Angeles, Pampanga, to live with their aunt. He became a canecutter, earning 18 pesos for a six-day week. At his age, he led a small uprising to force the landowner to increase their wages. Another farmer, a former member of the Huks, recruited him into the Communist Party of the Philippines at age 17, where he was given the code name "Dante".
Revolutionary career
At age 21, Kumander Dante was already a full-time revolutionary. At 23, he became district commander in the outfit of Faustino del Mundo, and was also called "Kumander Sumulong" after the Sumulong outfit. Eventually dissatisfied with the latter, Kumander Dante recruited some fighters and joined forces with Jose Maria Sison, who founded the Communist Party of the Philippines on December 26, 1968. Buscayno's group officially became the New People's Army (NPA) on March 29, 1969.
From a group composed of about 35 members with only 10 rifles among them, the NPA grew up to about 26,000 members in its peak in the 1980s and spread throughout the Philippines (at present, the NPA has about 6,000-10,000 members and associates as estimated by the CIA), challenging the Marcos regime during the Martial Law years. Buscayno was finally captured in September 1976 at age 32 during what was called "Operation Scorpio". He had been a revolutionary for about 16 years.
On November 25, 1977, Military Commission No. 2 found him along with his two co-accused, Ninoy Aquino and Lt. Victor Corpus, guilty of subversion, murder, and illegal possession of firearms, and sentenced them to death by firing squad. Marcos later commuted their sentence due to international pressure over his government's human rights track record. Throughout the trial, Aquino had said that the military tribunal had no authority over their cases.
Post-revolutionary years
After the EDSA Revolution, almost ten years after Buscayno's arrest, President Corazon Aquino ordered the release of hundreds of political detainees. Buscayno was one of those released. A year later, Buscayno, together with a few other Left leaders, formed the Partido ng Bayan (PnB). Buscayno ran for senator but did not win. In that same year, 1987, he survived an attempt on his life. He escaped getting hit by bullets when two men shot at his car, but got hit by shrapnel from a grenade. Two of his companions died while the other two were wounded; Buscayno himself still has three pieces of shrapnel in his back. Buscayno left Manila and went home to Capas, Tarlac, where he turned to farming, setting up the People's Livelihood Foundation-Tarlac Integrated Livelihood Cooperative (PILF-TILCO) in 1988. The cooperative was intended to help end the poverty of the peasants. However, Mt. Pinatubo erupted in 1991, severely ruining vast tracts of land in Luzon including Tarlac, and contributing to the demise of the cooperative in 1994.
In 1999, the Department of Agrarian Reform awarded Buscayno and his family certificates of ownership for their own land. In 2000, Buscayno set up another cooperative, the Tarlac Integrated Agricultural Modernization Cooperative (TIAMC) which seeks to promote the mechanization of farm work, from sowing the seeds to harvest.
Movies
Kumander Dante is a 1980s film in the Philippines starring Phillip Salvador as Buscayno.
References
Filipino communists
Kapampangan people
Military history of the Philippines
People from Tarlac
Living people
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Claudia Meucci
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Claudia Meucci (born 22 January 1999) is an Italian professional racing cyclist. She signed to ride for the UCI Women's Team for the 2019 women's road cycling season.
References
1999 births
Living people
Italian female cyclists
Place of birth missing (living people)
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Charles Vince (Baptist)
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Charles Vince (1823–1874) was a noted and popular Baptist minister in Birmingham, England, at the Graham Street chapel from 1852 to 1874. He was one of the religious leaders developing Birmingham's Civic Gospel, with his predecessor at the chapel George Dawson, and Henry William Crosskey.
Life
Vince was born in Farnham, Surrey, into a Congregationalist background: his father was a carpenter and builder. He attended a local school, run by a nephew of William Cobbett, became an apprentice to Mason & Jackson, the firm for which his father worked, and joined the local Mechanics' Institute. After a Baptist conversion, he entered Stepney College in 1848. He was then assigned to the Mount Zion Chapel, in Graham Street, Birmingham. He has been described as a "charismatic preacher".
As a figure of the Birmingham "civic renaissance" (or "civic gospel"), a movement promoted by Dawson's supporters, Vince spoke for causes including the Reform League, the National Education League, and the Liberal Association. He was also personally popular as a minister. He defended the radicalism of George Edmonds in an 1868 funeral sermon for him.
Vince was an influential participant in Birmingham's social institutions, and a member of Birmingham's first school board. He died on 22 October 1874, at age 51, and was buried at Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley.
Works
Lessons for Christian labourers from the lives of the Jesuits (1861)
The Child's Book of Praise (1863)
Lights and Shadows in the Life of King David (1870)
The Unchanging Saviour, and other sermons (1875)
Christian Hymns for Public Worship (1876), with Henry Platten
Family
Vince left a widow and seven children. They included Charles Anthony Vince (born 1855), an academic, head of Mill Hill School, Liberal Unionist and local historian of Birmingham; and James Herbert Vince. The fourth son, W. B. Vince, was a solicitor and worked for the Birmingham Post before dying young.
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1823 births
1874 deaths
English Baptist ministers
People from Farnham
People from Birmingham, West Midlands
Burials at Key Hill Cemetery
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RTCB
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RNA 2',3'-cyclic phosphate and 5'-OH ligase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RTCB gene. It is found in the stress granule of cells.
Structure
, no crystal structure of the human RTCB is known, but homology models built from other RtcB-family ligases are available (Swiss-model: ). The structure of Pyrococcus horikoshii RtcB, which uses GTP instead of ATP, shows two manganese (Mn2+) cofactors, and a mechanism involving a covalently linked GTP-histidine-RtcB intermediate. The residue involved, H404, is conserved in human RTCB as H428.
Function
Protein family
RTCB belongs to the RtcB family of ATP-dependent RNA ligases, named after the eponymous protein in E. coli. The bacterial RtcB acts as a tRNA ligase, rejoining broken stem-loops in case of damage. It is also able to catalyse RNA splicing.
The eukaryotic homologs of RtcB, including the human RTCB protein, participates in the tRNA-splicing ligase complex.
References
Further reading
External links
MetaCyc: CPLX-9136: Homo sapiens tRNA-splicing ligase complex (GO:0072669)
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Arts Etobicoke
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Arts Etobicoke was founded in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (formerly in the city of Etobicoke). They are an incorporated not-for-profit arts council governed by a
volunteer Board of Directors from business, the arts and the community. They serve thousands of students in their arts education programs, a membership of 50 arts organizations, 200 individual members, 60 individual artists and clients in an Art Rental program, hundreds of artists through their arts programming and exhibitions, 22 scholarship recipients, the general public and numerous project partners.
About
Arts Etobicoke endeavors to engage the people of Etobicoke with the arts and artists in their own community. They provide programs and services to increase accessibility of the arts, involve diverse audiences, create broad awareness of artists through advocacy and develop partnerships to sustain local arts activities. To achieve this goal, they provide programs and services designed to increase the accessibility of the arts for residents of Etobicoke, reach and involve special and diverse audiences, create broad community awareness of local arts organizations and artists and develop partnerships and networks to foster and sustain local arts activities.
Operating funding for Arts Etobicoke comes from the City of Toronto and the Ontario Arts Council. This funding accounts for approximately 25% of their total income. The balance is raised through program revenues, memberships, foundations, corporate sponsorships, donations and fundraising events. Arts Etobicoke relies on a team of dedicated volunteers to promote events, help with fundraising, and assist with programs. Their current Executive Director is Menon Dwarka.
Programs
Smart StART Student Art Show
The "Smart Start Student Art Show" at Sherway Gardens is a non-juried art show displaying works of students from Grades 9 to 12 from the Toronto District School Board and Toronto District Catholic School Board. The Smart Start Student Art Show gives them an opportunity to present their artwork in a public forum, particularly in a high-traffic venue such as Sherway Gardens, where thousands of people can view their works. The program was established in 1996.
Urban Noise
A joint venture with Expect Theatre creates a platform for children/youth to speak out against violence in their communities. Established in 2006, the project includes a free Youth Training Program and Festival that promotes leadership, unity and social change in the culturally diverse communities of Rexdale/Jamestown, located in North Etobicoke. The workshops include DJing, break dancing, singing and song writing, etc. These workshops encourage youth to identify and examine the issues that directly affect them in a supportive environment through various artistic mediums. It also solicits the attention of the general public to take notice of the neighbourhoods that are suffering from racial tension, poverty, gender inequality and lack of resources - all of which can become a potential source for violence.
Art Alley
Art Alley is a project that was designed to bring poetry to Islington Village. A specially commissioned poem by Dionne Brand (City of Toronto's Poet Laureate) has been painted on the 1000-square-foot wall in the alley immediately east of their storefront office.
Art on The Move
is a three-year mobile community arts initiative in partnership with Lakeshore Arts. The project will transform 13 vehicles into moving canvasses of art.
Scholarships
The Presidents' Legacy Scholarship Fund, launched in 1999, was established as an endowment fund with the Ontario Arts Foundation to provide financial assistance to young people from West Toronto wishing to pursue their education in the arts. Scholarships are awarded to students attending designated arts education institutions. As of 2011, approximately 75 young people received scholarships and awards from the program to such institutions as; OCAD; Royal Conservatory of Music; Kingsway Conservatory of Music; Humber College; Etobicoke School of the Arts; North Albion C.I.; Sean Boutillier Academy of Dance; and Richview C.I.
References
External links
Arts Etobicoke official website
Art museums and galleries in Ontario
Culture of Toronto
Non-profit organizations based in Toronto
Etobicoke
Arts organizations established in 1973
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Ovingham Bridges are a pair of side-by-side vehicle and pedestrian bridges across the River Tyne linking Ovingham and Prudhoe in Northumberland, England. Following a lengthy refurbishment programme by Northumberland County Council, Ovingham Bridge re-opened to vehicles on 5 September 2016.
The vehicle bridge is a single track of reduced width for cars and light vans only. There is no footpath; pedestrians use the separate footbridge that runs alongside and with the same deck level. The centre piers are set wider, allowing the deck to spread and two vehicles can pass, although this is rare. No traffic controls are installed; drivers observe the far end and wait or enter the bridge using a set of unwritten rules that usually function well.
History
It was built in 1883 by the Ovingham Bridge Company and replaced the earlier ferry. The steel tubes are marked Dorman Long Middlesbrough, the firm that designed and built the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Tyne Bridge. It was originally opened and operated as a toll bridge until 1945.
The toll house has long since been demolished. It was located on the downstream side at the southern end of the bridge. In 1974 a footbridge was erected alongside, immediately downstream of the main bridge.
In 2009 both bridges underwent a strengthening programme as they had been closed during the January floods of 2005. Gabions were installed around the base of the pilings to prevent scour, and the river channel was dredged to direct the main flow away from the piers. As the original piling depths were not recorded, brackets were welded to the pilings and seismic pulse testing performed.
On 30 June 2014, the vehicle bridge was closed for extensive maintenance projected to take around 12 months. A small closing ceremony saw the last vehicle to cross – a horse and cart – as a reminder of the first vehicle to cross when it was originally opened. During May and June 2014, access trackways were built to the underside of both ends of the bridges, and extensive steel scaffolding installed below and to both sides of the bridge structure. The scaffolds even incorporated wooden boarded cutwaters to protect the scaffold if the river should flood. Lattice long span 'unit beams' were fitted to all spans except the North and South. Concrete pads were cast below the bridge end spans adjacent to the approach roads so that the spans could be jacked up. This was to allow extensive modification of the area where the steel bridge rests on the stone abutment. New concrete structures were cast as pier caps and compliant pads installed to allow the entire span to expand and contract with seasonal temperature changes. The bridge deck including cross beams were completely replaced. The footbridge was also due to be closed and have new decking. Pedestrians were redirected to use the main bridge whilst this was underway.
References
External links
Ovingham toll bridge
Bridges completed in 1883
Crossings of the River Tyne
Bridges in Northumberland
Former toll bridges in England
Prudhoe
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Martin Glaessner
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Martin Fritz Glaessner AM (25 December 1906 – 23 November 1989) was a geologist and palaeontologist. Born and educated in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he spent the majority of his life in working for geoscientific institutes in Austria, Russia, Australia, and studying the geology of the South Pacific in Papua New Guinea and Australia. Glaessner also did early work on the classification of the pre-Cambrian lifeforms now known as the Ediacaran biota, which he proposed were the early antecedents of modern lifeforms.
Life and career
Glaessner was born in Aussig in the former Kingdom of Bohemia of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in the Czech Republic). He was a research associate at the in Vienna from 1923 to 1932, and starting in 1925 attended the University of Vienna, where he received a doctorate in law in 1929, and a Ph.D. in geology and paleontology in 1931. He was a research associate at the Natural History Museum in London from 1930 to 1931.
In 1932 he moved to Moscow and began working in petrogeology at the State Petroleum Research Institute until 1934. From 1934 to 1937 he worked as a Senior Research Officer at the Institute of Mineral Fuels of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and was also a part-time lecturer at the University of Moscow's Moscow Petroleum Institute and Palaeontological Institute in 1936. Glaessner married Tina Tupikina in 1936, and moved back to Vienna in December late 1937. Of Jewish descent on his father's side, he was arrested on 19 March 1938 but released to work at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now British Petroleum) in London.
Later in 1938 he moved to Port Moresby, Territory of New Guinea (then under Australian control), where he worked for joint oil exploration companies until 1950. He held various positions at the University of Adelaide from 1950 to 1989, including chair of Geology and Palaeontology in 1964. He was an associate at the South Australian Museum from 1953 to 1989.
Awards
Glaessner received the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society, the Walcott Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1982, the Verco Medal awarded by the Royal Society of South Australia (1970), and the Eduard Suess Medal of the Geological Society of Austria (1985). He became a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1957 and was on its council from 1960 to 1962. He was a chairman of the National Committee of Geological Sciences from 1962 to 1977. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1985. He was an Honorary Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History from 1950 to 1970.
Major publications
Crustacea Decapoda (1930)
Principles of Micropalaeontology (1945)
Field Guide to the Study of Larger Foraminifera
Time-stratigraphy and the Miocene Epoch
Stratigraphic nomenclature in Australia
Three foraminiferal zones in the Tertiary of Australia
The Dawn of Animal Life (1984)
References
20th-century Australian geologists
Australian carcinologists
Australian paleontologists
Paleozoologists
1906 births
1989 deaths
Lyell Medal winners
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
Members of the Order of Australia
Australian people of Czech-Jewish descent
Australian people of Austrian-Jewish descent
People from Ústí nad Labem
20th-century Austrian zoologists
Austrian emigrants to Australia
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Arlington, Kentucky
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Arlington is a home rule-class city in Carlisle County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census, a drop from 395 in 2000. It was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1876.
History
Arlington was founded in 1873 as a stop along a predecessor line of the Illinois Central Railroad. The new city was initially known as "Neville" after Robert Buckner Neville, who owned the land on which it was established. Several developers wanted to rename the city "Holtsville" after local store owner Tom Holt. To prevent a dispute, the railroad settled on the name "Arlington" after Arlington Heights, Virginia, the hometown of a railroad official. The new city was incorporated in 1876.
When Carlisle County was created in 1886, Arlington was initially selected as the seat of the new county. The nearby city of Bardwell challenged this, however, noting its more central location within the county. County officials agreed, and moved the seat to Bardwell shortly afterward.
Geography
Arlington is located in southern Carlisle County at . U.S. Route 51 and Kentucky Route 80 intersect in the city. US 51 leads north to Bardwell, Kentucky, and to Cairo, Illinois, while leading south to Fulton on the Tennessee line. KY 80 leads west to Columbus on the Mississippi River and east to Mayfield.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Arlington has a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 395 people, 189 households, and 109 families residing in the city. The population density was 989.1 people per square mile (381.3/km2). There were 213 housing units at an average density of 533.4 per square mile (205.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 95.19% White, 4.56% African American, and 0.25% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.01% of the population.
There were 189 households, out of which 22.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.3% were non-families. 39.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.77.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.0% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 21.0% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 24.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $17,813, and the median income for a family was $28,750. Males had a median income of $17,396 versus $15,833 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,561. About 24.1% of families and 29.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.5% of those under age 18 and 33.7% of those age 65 or over.
Notable residents
George Harper, former Major League Baseball player who played for six teams
References
External links
Cities in Carlisle County, Kentucky
Cities in Kentucky
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Mono Pass is a mountain pass, just outside Yosemite National Park, near the region of Tuolumne Meadows. Mono Pass is between Mount Gibbs and Mount Lewis.
There is another pass also named Mono less than 40 miles away in the Rock Creek/Little Lakes Valley area. Both Mono Passes are in the Inyo National Forest. The Mono Pass in the Rock Creek/Little Lakes Valley area is accessed by the Mosquito Flats Trailhead rather than the Mono Pass Trailhead in Yosemite National Park.
Native history
When only Native Americans lived in the area, and for a time after, a major trading trail went over Mono Pass and through Bloody Canyon to Mono Lake, just to the east of the Yosemite area.
The location of Mono Pass
Mono Pass is just outside of Yosemite National Park, though the trail starts along the Tioga Road south of the entrance, inside the park.
As to hiking, there are a wealth of references.
See also
Ruby Peak, fairly near.
References
External links
National Park Service link, mentions Mono Pass
A link about Mono Pass, and historic Golden Crown Mines
A link about the trail
Another link that mentions the trail
Yosemite National Park
Mountain passes of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
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Forecasting complexity is a measure of complexity put forward (under the original name of) by the physicist Peter Grassberger.
It was later renamed "statistical complexity" by James P. Crutchfield and Karl Young.
References
Measures of complexity
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Thunder Town
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Thunder Town is a 1946 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Oliver Drake. The film stars Bob Steele, Syd Saylor, Ellen Hall, Bud Geary, Charles King and Edward Howard. The film was released on April 12, 1946, by Producers Releasing Corporation.
Plot
Cast
Bob Steele as Jim Brandon
Syd Saylor as Utah McGirk
Ellen Hall as Betty Morgan
Bud Geary as Chuck Wilson
Charles King as Bill Rankin
Edward Howard as Dunc Rankin
Steve Clark as Sheriff Matt Warner
Bud Osborne as Henry Carson
Jimmy Aubrey as Peter Collins
References
External links
1946 films
American films
English-language films
American Western (genre) films
1946 Western (genre) films
Producers Releasing Corporation films
Films directed by Harry L. Fraser
American black-and-white films
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Eburodacrys ayri
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Eburodacrys ayri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.
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Eburodacrys
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Vallarta de Bureba is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 61 inhabitants.
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Municipalities in the Province of Burgos
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Sincheon (Daegu)
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The Sincheon is a stream flowing through eastern Daegu, South Korea. It rises from the Naengcheon and other streams in Gachang-myeon, Dalseong-gun, in the rural south of the city, and flows north through the east side of the city center to reach the Geumho River. For much of its length it is bordered by a riverwalk on either side. In addition, the west bank is the site of the Sincheon Expressway.
The name "Sincheon" means "new stream." This name refers to its being constructed as part of a flood containment project ordered by King Injo in 1778. Since that time, the stream has been continuously subject to human interventions, for flood control, recreation, and other purposes.
But there are new argue about the derivation of the name "Sincheon".Chances are that the name was written incorrectly to Shinchon in the processes that Saecheon or Saicheon meaning streaming down an interval between Daegu-bu and Suseonghyen is written in Chinese characters
In the course of its run, the Sincheon passes through every district of Daegu except one: beginning in Dalseong-gun, it passes between Suseong-gu and Nam-gu and Jung-gu, then flowing through a brief section of Dong-gu and entering Buk-gu, where it reaches its end.
The Sincheon is habitat to a large population of birds, including mallard ducks as well as gray herons and little egrets. In addition, it is habitat for the Eurasian river otter, Lutra lutra. The herons, egrets and otters all feed on the abundant population of fish.
See also
Rivers of Korea
Environment of South Korea
Notes
References
Rivers of South Korea
Geography of Daegu
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Gobiomorphus is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae native to New Zealand and Australia. They are typically small, benthic fishes with large, rounded fins and two dorsal fins. Many have an amphidromous lifecycle: the eggs are laid in fresh water, but the fry are dispersed to sea soon after hatching, and grow there for several months before returning to fresh water.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
Gobiomorphus alpinus (Stokell, 1962) (Tarndale bully)
Gobiomorphus australis (Krefft, 1864) (striped gudgeon)
Gobiomorphus basalis (Gray, 1842) (Cran's bully)
Gobiomorphus breviceps (Stokell, 1939) (upland bully)
Gobiomorphus cotidianus (McDowall, 1975) (common bully)
Gobiomorphus coxii (Krefft, 1864) (Cox's gudgeon)
Gobiomorphus gobioides (Valenciennes, 1837) (giant bully)
Gobiomorphus hubbsi (Stokell, 1959) (bluegill bully)
Gobiomorphus huttoni (Ogilby, 1894) (redfin bully)
References
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
Freshwater fish genera
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Carl Olof Rosenius (February 3, 1816 – February 24, 1868) was a Swedish preacher, author and editor of the monthly Pietisten (The Pietist) from 1842 to 1868.
Biography
Rosenius was born in Nysätra in Västerbotten. His father, Anders Rosenius, was a parish pastor, who supported the revival movement in Sweden. His mother, Sarah Margaret Norenius, was the daughter of a clergyman.
When Carl Olof was thirteen, his family moved to the town of Sävar. While living there he attended schools in Piteå, Umeå and Härnösand. His religious breakthrough came at the age of fifteen. Even then he led the school holiday conventicles. A sermon that he delivered in Härnösand in 1833 is said to have surprised Bishop Franzén because of its emphasis on the central Lutheran doctrine of justification by faith.
In 1838 Rosenius began his theological studies at the University of Uppsala but was forced to give them up after a year due to failing health and financial difficulties. He instead found employment as a tutor at Länna farm outside of Stockholm. At this point he was beset with serious religious doubts. In Stockholm he met the Methodist minister George Scott, who helped dispel his uncertainties. He abandoned his plans of becoming a priest and moved to Stockholm to assist Scott in his ministry. He had a room there near Hötorget (Haymarket Square) on the premises of the Engelska kyrka (English church), which was not affiliated with the Church of England but financed by the Foreign Evangelical Society.
In 1842 Scott had to leave Sweden, and the English church ceased operations. Rosenius did not, however, curtail his activities. He became a leader in the growing religious revival of Sweden, traveling throughout the country, preaching both at private gatherings (conventicles) and in public halls. When the Swedish Evangelical Mission was formed in 1856, Rosenius was one of its founders. A year later the organization bought the English church's old building and reopened it as Bethlehem Church.
He continued to edit and publish Pietisten, the monthly that he and Scott had started and worked on “The Mission” and several other magazines. During his last years he wrote an extensive series of articles on the Epistle to the Romans that appeared in Pietisten. On Pentecost Sunday, 1867, Rosenius suffered a stroke in the pulpit of St. John's Church in Gothenburg. He died the following year.
Legacy
Rosenius' pietism retained key features of the northern Swedish religious revival with Lutheran objective atonement and justification by grace alone at its core. He was on friendly terms with the Herrnhuters and had much in common with the Finnish evangelist Fredrik Gabriel Hedberg, despite believing that he went too far in the direction of antinomianism. Evidence of Scott’s Methodist faith was more apparent in Rosenius’ evangelistic work than in his theology. He was strongly disliked by the followers of Erik Jansson.
Large parts of the Church of Sweden dismissed him initially. He did not use the Swedish hymnbook but rather song collections of a more personal religious nature, including those published by Oscar Ahnfelt. Throughout his life Rosenius remained a member of the Swedish Church, baptizing his children and taking Communion in that faith and rejecting separation and the free distribution of Communion.
He had a number of disciples. Among them was a lay preacher from Småland named Nicolaus Bergensköld, who immigrated to the United States in the 1860s and was a leader of the revivalist movement in the Scandinavian settlements of the Midwest. He was also friends with and influenced Anders Wiberg and Gustaf Palmquist, two Lutherans who became Baptist pioneers in Sweden and the United States.
Rosenius had a strong influence on Sweden's religious development during the 19th century. His commitment to personal involvement in religious belief affected not only the practices of the free church but also those of the state church, especially in northern and central Sweden. In his time he became one of Sweden's most widely read religious writers and a leading figure in the religious revival of the country. He also played an important role in the formation of Evangeliska Fosterlandsstiftelsen (The Swedish Evangelical Mission).
Bibliography
Carl Olof Rosenius at Kristnet
Carl Olof Rosenius at Project Runeberg
Rosenius' 1853 translation of The Pilgrim's Progress
Missionsvännerna i Amerika by C. V. Bowman, (Minneapolis: Minneapolis Veckoblad, 1907)
Daily Meditations by Carl Olof Rosenius, (Minneapolis: Lutheran Colportage Service, 1973)
The Prayer of Faith by Carl Olof Rosenius and Warren M Ojala, (New Hampshire: Pietan Publications, 2010)
References
External links
Rosenius profile
Carl Olof Rosenius at HymnTime
Carl Olof Rosenius at the Hymnary
Hymns by Rosenius at Swedish Wikisource
Rosenius photo at the National Archives of Sweden
Carl Olof Rosenius and The Great Swedish Awakening
Swedish pietism: Carl Olof Rosenius and George Scott
Pietisten Journal
A Letter of Carl Olof Rosenius
Interview with Carl Olof Rosenius
American hymn
I'm a pilgrim: Mary S. Shindler
I'm a pilgrim: Swedish translation
Danish hymn
Tænk, når engang den tåge er forsvunden: W.A. Wexels
Tenk når engang den tåke er forsvunnet: Norwegian recording
Tänk, när en gång det töcken har försvunnit: Swedish translation
Swedish hymn
Var jag går i skogar, berg och dalar: Carl Olof Rosenius
Var jag går i skogar, berg och dalar: English translation
Streaming audio
Carl Olof Rosenius
1816 births
1868 deaths
People from Robertsfors Municipality
People from Västerbotten
Swedish evangelicals
Swedish Lutheran hymnwriters
Swedish Lutherans
19th-century Lutherans
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Basketmouth
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Bright Okpocha (born 14 September 1978 in Lagos State), better known by his stage name Basketmouth, is a Nigerian comedian and actor. He has organized popular stand-up comedy concerts like Basketmouth Uncensored across the globe.
Basketmouth hosted a comedy challenge on Instagram, called the #TwoThingsChallenge which sparked an uproar from fans, after a young fan posted a video of him saying obscene things relating to sex, with a child in close view in the video.
He was a producer of "Ghana Jollof".
Biography
Early life
Bright Okpocha was born in Lagos State but hails from Abia State, Nigeria. He completed his primary and secondary school in Apapa, Lagos and moved on to the University of Benin, Edo State to study for a degree in Sociology and Anthropology. He discovered his skill in drumming in 1991 followed by taking up rapping in 1994. He then formed a group called "Da Psychophats" which had 7 members and they started going for shows and rapping in 1995, however they broke up before releasing any material. He went on to form another rap group known as "Da Oddz" with his brother Godwin and Muyiwa Ola-Phillips: they performed a couple of shows but didn't break through as their brand of rap was not accepted in Nigeria.
Education
Bright completed his primary and secondary school education in Apapa (Lagos, Nigeria) and then moved on to pursue a degree at the University of Benin where he studied sociology and anthropology with his brother Godwin.
Appearances
In 2000, Basketmouth appeared in Lagbaja music video titled Gra Gra.
In 2005 and 2006, Basketmouth won the National Comedy Award and the awards for Best Stand-up Comedian of the Year. He was nominated in the 2021 maiden edition of The Humour Awards Academy alongside fellow comedian Mr Funny.
Basketmouth appears in the Africa Magic show "My Flatmates" (2016).
Basketmouth recently hosted Nigerian Billionaire Femi Otedola in his home.
In December 2020, he started his comedy web series titled "Papa Benji".
Music
He launched a record label Barons World Entertainment in 2014.
He released a highlife album titled 'Yabasi' as a soundtrack for the movie 'Papa Benji' in November 2020. The album featured artists like Ladipoe, BOJ, The Cavemen, Bez, Waje, Duncan Mighty, Flavour and Phyno.
Filmography
Basketmouth has made plans and been reported to have made a short film Confession of a Bandit and has acted in the short movie as Agent Gburugburu with his mates taking on the other parts in order to make the movie complete.
Discography
Studio albums
Yabasi (Onions) (2020)
Horoscopes (2022)
See also
List of Igbo people
List of Nigerian comedians
References
External links
Exclusive Features on Basketmouth and other Nigerian comedians
Basketmouth at www.takemetonaija.com
1978 births
Living people
Male actors from Lagos
Nigerian male film actors
Nigerian male comedians
University of Benin (Nigeria) alumni
Igbo comedians
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Scott Gammer (born 24 October 1976) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2009. He held the British heavyweight title from 2006 to 2007 and challenged once for the lesser European Union heavyweight title in 2008.
Biography
Professional career
Gammer turned professional in 2002 and is currently trained by his father Ralph Gammer and managed by Paul Boyce.
On 16 June 2006, after 16 professional fights undefeated, he earned the right to challenge Mark Krence for the British Heavyweight Title. Gammer won in the 9th round via TKO.
In his first defence of the title on 13 October 2006 he defeated Micky Steeds by a unanimous points decision. Steeds was brought in as a replacement for Danny Williams, who was the mandatory challenger for the British Heavyweight Championship at the time, however he pulled out of the fight due to the date coinciding with Ramadan.
A second title defence against Williams was originally scheduled for 9 February 2007, however the fight was re-arranged due to Williams' defeat by Audley Harrison on 9 December 2006. Gammer finally fought Williams on 2 March 2007 at the Neath Sports Centre, Glamorgan. Williams won the bout by 9th-round KO, giving Gammer his first ever defeat as a professional.
Gammer had an opportunity to fight for the British title once again when he boxed John McDermott later that year in an elimination bout. The contest took place in Sheffield but ended up with another defeat for the Welshman. Following this setback Gammer announced his retirement from boxing and McDermott went on to challenge for the title. The retirement did not last that long however as Gammer returned to action in August 2008 when he challenged Francesco Pianeta for the EU Heavyweight championship in Germany. The fight ended with another defeat for Gammer, although this time it was due to a corner retirement when Gammer broke his hand in the 2nd round. Despite the injury Gammer fought bravely and looked good throughout until the handicap became too much and his corner pulled him out. Gammer fought twice in 2009. In May he was knocked out by unbeaten Finnish prospect Robert Helenius. In October he entered the Prizefighter tournament and was beaten in his quarter final match against Coleman Barrett, who went on to reach the final.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
1976 births
Living people
People from Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Welsh male boxers
Heavyweight boxers
Prizefighter contestants
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Ray "Gunner" Kelly, MBE, (1906 – 11 August 1977) was an Australian police officer who was a detective inspector with NSW Police, he became famous during his career owing to his high-profile cases and results, but who was later alleged to have been deeply involved in corruption and organised crime.
Career
Kelly gained national fame as the head of the investigation into the notorious kidnapping and murder of Sydney schoolboy Graeme Thorne in 1960. Earlier he claimed responsibility for the capture of the notorious Sydney gangster and murderer John 'Chow' Hayes. He gained further renown in 1966 thanks to his highly publicised capture of prison escapees Ronald Ryan and Peter Walker in 1966. However, according to writer Tony Reeves (the biographer of Sydney crime boss Lenny McPherson), Kelly was able to capture the pair easily because they had been betrayed by McPherson. They had come to McPherson seeking his help to leave the country, but McPherson then set up a bogus meeting with Ryan and Walker at Concord Hospital in Sydney and tipped off Kelly.
Kelly often leaked stories to journalist Bill Jenkings of the now-defunct Sydney newspaper The Daily Mirror. He retired in 1966 as the best-known and best-regarded police officer in Sydney. In March 1966, soon after his retirement, Kelly was hired for a private investigation into the disappearance of the Beaumont children by a Sydney newspaper; he flew to Adelaide, where the South Australian Police welcomed him politely, but he left after only one day.
Reputation
Kelly was also legendary for his prowess in "verballing" alleged criminals. This practice involved coercing verbal confessions from suspects for offences they may not have committed; Kelly used the practice so effectively that barrister (later Justice) Simon Isaacs nicknamed him "Verbal Kelly". Kelly acquired the "Gunner" nickname after two incidents early in his career when he drew his service revolver and fired at suspects. It was his successes as a detective that made his name, however, and his talents were used in situations when particular approaches were warranted. For example, when the British gangster Billy Hill sailed into Sydney with the intention of starting a new life in Australia, Kelly was detailed to ensure that he didn't land. Hill had a legal right to enter the country, so an unorthodox approach was required. Kelly met Hill in his cabin, identified himself, and told Hill that if he stepped off the ship he would return to Britain a week later, in a coffin. Kelly succeeded; Hill stayed on board and returned to Britain, and never tried to visit Australia again.
By the time he died in 1977, however, his reputation had been tarnished by serious corruption allegations, many of which were canvassed in David Hickie's 1985 book The Prince and The Premier. Hickie and others have alleged that Kelly and Detective Fred Krahe were involved in the protection rackets that fed on Sydney's notorious illegal abortion industry. Kelly also made "no secret" of his association with figures such as notorious abortionist Dr Reginald Stuart-Jones, illegal gaming tsars Perc Galea and Joe Taylor and leading Sydney gangsters Charles "Paddles" Anderson and Lenny McPherson. Reeves quoted a former police officer who said that Kelly "ran" McPherson as an informant for many years, According to Reeves, Kelly kept the lid on numerous crimes to reward or gain influence over McPherson and others and learned early in his career that he could exert a powerful influence over criminal activities by setting up underworld killings of criminals who could not be controlled by other means.
Honours
Kelly was awarded an MBE in 1975 on the advice of controversial NSW Premier Robert Askin. By this time he was reputed to be the part-owner of an illegal casino in Gosford, New South Wales in partnership with the then NSW Police Commissioner Fred Hanson. However, he was later found to be one of the most corrupt police officers in Australia by the 1997 Wood Royal Commission into police corruption, which described Kelly's involvement in the Mr Asia organised crime syndicate.
Death
Kelly died in Sydney of natural causes on 11 August 1977.
References
1906 births
1977 deaths
Australian police officers
Detectives and criminal investigators
Members of the Order of the British Empire
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Robert Carl "Bob" Wetenhall Sr. (February 14, 1935 – September 3, 2021) was an American businessman who owned the Montreal Alouettes Football Club of the Canadian Football League from 1997 through 2018.
Biography
Robert (Bob) Wetenhall was born on February 14, 1935 in Rye, New York. He graduated from Princeton University and became an investment banker, becoming a founding partner of McConnell Wetenhall Inc. When the American Football League and National Football League merged in the 1960s Wetenhall became a part owner of the Boston Patriots of the AFL and the New England Patriots of the NFL. In the 1970s Wetenhall became involved in a North American soccer team. In 1997 Wetenhall purchased the Montreal Alouettes Canadian Football League club. During his ownership the Alouettes played in eight Grey Cups during the 14 seasons between 1997 and 2010. In addition they won three championships in the 2002, 2009 and 2010 seasons. On May 31, 2019, Wetenhall, facing old age and worsening conditions both on-field (the team missed the playoffs four consecutive seasons) and off-field with worsening attendance and exponentially growing financial losses, surrendered ownership of the Alouettes to the league in hopes of finding a new owner.
He was granted an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by McGill University on November 23, 2011, in recognition of his work in the redevelopment of the Montreal Alouettes and the expansion of Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.
In 2015, he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. He died on September 3, 2021, at his home in Palm Beach, Florida at the age of 86.
References
External links
Montreal Alouettes profile
1935 births
2021 deaths
People from Milwaukee
American investment bankers
American sports businesspeople
American company founders
Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Montreal Alouettes owners
New England Patriots owners
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) executives
Boston Patriots
Princeton University alumni
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The 1907 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing second in the American League with a record of 88 wins and 57 losses.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
References
1907 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
1907 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Oakland Athletics seasons
Philadelphia Athletics season
Oakland
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Coconut jelly may refer to:
Young coconut meat
Nata de coco, or "coconut gel", a chewy, translucent, jelly-like food product produced by the bacterial fermentation of coconut water
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Sir David Ernest Hutchins FRGS (22 September 1850 – 11 November 1920) was a British forestry expert who worked around the British Empire.
Hutchins was educated at Blundell's School and the École nationale des eaux et forêts (National School of Water Resources and Forestry) at Nancy, France. He then joined the Imperial Forestry Service in India, in which he served for ten years, then served for another 23 years in the South African Forest Service, where he recommended that a Forest Service be started in the Transvaal and that certain Mexican pine species, such as Pinus patula, be cultivated. He finally served three years in the British East Africa Forest Service, from which he retired as Chief Conservator of Forests. In 1908 and 1909, he explored the forests around Mount Kenya.
After his retirement, he reported on the forests of Cyprus in 1909 for the Colonial Office, toured the forests of Australia in 1914–1915 for the government of Western Australia, and in 1916 toured the forests of New Zealand to compile a report for the Dominion government.
He was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours.
Brachylaena hutchinsii, a species of African tree in the family Asteraceae, was named after him.
Footnotes
References
Obituary, The Times, 3 December 1920
Who Was Who
Biography National Library New Zealand
External links
1850 births
1920 deaths
People educated at Blundell's School
Imperial Forestry Service officers
Colonial Forest Service officers
Knights Bachelor
Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
Alumni of the French National School of Forestry
South African foresters
Forestry in India
British foresters
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Newman/Haas Racing was an auto racing team that competed in the CART and the IndyCar Series from 1983 to 2011. The team operations were based in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Newman/Haas Racing was formed as a partnership between actor, automotive enthusiast and semi-professional racer Paul Newman and long-time auto racing owner/driver Carl Haas. The duo were competitors in sports car racing during the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1983, they joined forces to enter the ranks of Indy car racing. Newman/Haas was one of the most successful teams in Indy car racing during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The team won 105 CART/Champ Car races and eight season championships.
During the 1980s and for the better part of the 1990s, the team was closely aligned with the Andretti family. In 1983, Mario Andretti signed as the primary driver, an arrangement that would carry him through the remainder of his career, until his retirement in 1994. Michael Andretti joined the team in 1989–1992 and again in 1995–2000. Both Mario and Michael won a CART championship driving for the team. Newman/Haas was also the team for which Nigel Mansell competed in CART, winning the 1993 title.
Despite their many years of success in Indy car racing, and their status as an elite team in the sport, the team never achieved a victory of any sort at the Indianapolis 500. Their best finishes were second places by Mario Andretti (1985) and by Michael Andretti in (1991).
From 2007 to 2010, Mike Lanigan became a partner in the company and the team became known during that time as Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. After the 2011 season, Carl Haas announced that the team would not run in the IndyCar Series in 2012 due to the economic climate. Lanigan became a part-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The team closed its doors and sold off its equipment. Both of the team's original owners have since died; Newman in 2008 and Haas in 2016.
CART / Champ Car
Newman/Haas was one of the most successful teams in the history of CART, its drivers winning eight championships and over 100 individual races. The team's drivers over the years included Mario Andretti, Michael Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Paul Tracy, Cristiano da Matta, Sébastien Bourdais, Justin Wilson, and Graham Rahal.
1983–1988
At its inception, the team was a single-car outfit with championship veteran Mario Andretti, the Formula One World Champion, hired as lead driver. Team co-owner Carl Haas brought in Lola as chassis manufacturer for the team, re-introducing the constructor to the sport. Haas spearheaded Lola's first full-time, full-scale assault on the Indy car market and the car was quickly picked up by other teams. By the end of the decade, Lola would be one of dominating chassis manufacturers in the paddock displacing March.
Andretti won two races in 1983 and finished a strong third in points for the first-year team. In 1984, Andretti won six races, nine poles and scored a total of 10 top-ten finishes to win Newman/Haas's first CART season championship.
In 1985, Andretti started off with three wins and a second place in the first four races of the season. He became mired in a mid-season slump and later suffered a broken collarbone, dropping him to fifth in points at the end of the season. While Andretti recovered from injury, F1 World Champion Alan Jones drove one race in substitution finishing 3rd at Road America. Andretti's second place at the 1985 Indianapolis 500 would tie for the team's best result in that event but was widely overshadowed as a highly disappointing defeat. Andretti lost the race to Danny Sullivan.
In 1986, Andretti suffered a crash during practice at Indianapolis, forcing him to start in a back-up car. He dropped out and finished 32nd. Andretti went on to win two races and finished 5th in points. For 1987, the team switched to the Ilmor Chevy Indy V-8 powerplant. Andretti won the season opener at Long Beach, the powerplant's first Indy car victory. Andretti won one other race but suffered more disappointment than success, including another loss at Indy.
1989–1992
Newman/Haas expanded to a two-car team starting in 1989, adding Michael Andretti. The father and son duo of Mario and Michael Andretti excelled as one of the top teams on the Indy car circuit over the next few years. In their first season as teammates, father and son finished 6th and 3rd in points, respectively. Michael Andretti won the 1991 CART championship and finished second in points in 1990 and 1992.
Starting in 1992, the team switched to the new Ford Cosworth XB engine.
Despite consistent success on the CART circuit, both Mario and Michael still failed to achieve victory for Newman/Haas at the Indy 500. Michael finished second in 1991, and dropped out while leading with 11 laps to go in 1992.
1993–1994
Michael Andretti left the team to pursue an opportunity in Formula One for 1993 and was replaced by English driver Nigel Mansell who arrived on the CART circuit with much fanfare. In his rookie season, Mansell, the Formula One World Champion, won five races and had ten top-3 finishes, clinching the 1993 CART title to become the only driver in history to hold both the Formula One and Champ Car titles at the same time. Mario Andretti also returned to victory lane, winning what would be his final Indy car victory at Phoenix. Both Mansell and Andretti were strong contenders at Indy but Andretti slipped to 5th due to a penalty and Mansell, still largely unfamiliar with rolling re-starts after a safety car period (safety cars would not be introduced into F1 until ), was passed for the lead on a restart with only 16 laps to go and would ultimately finish 3rd behind winner Emerson Fittipaldi and second-placed Arie Luyendyk.
The 1994 season much was more maligned for the team. While Mario Andretti was in his much-celebrated retirement year, he scored no wins and only three top-five finishes. Mansell slumped as well, scoring no wins and eventually left Indy cars at season's end to return to Formula One. Both Mario and Mansell had miserable results at Indianapolis in 1994. Mario dropped out and finished 32nd in his final Indy 500 after only 23 laps due to a fuel system failure. Mansell was later knocked out of the race in a bizarre crash with Dennis Vitolo.
1995
Michael Andretti returned to the team after an unsuccessful season in Formula One and one season at Ganassi. Paul Tracy took over the second team car for one season. Andretti scored one win and a 4th place finish in points. Tracy scored two wins and finished 6th in points. At the end of the season, the burgeoning open-wheel "split" saw Newman/Haas firmly taking the side of the CART contingent. Tracy departed to go back to Penske
1996–2002
Michael Andretti and Christian Fittipaldi represented the team together for five seasons with Roberto Moreno driving as an occasional substitute. Andretti won ten races during this period, finishing second in points in 1996 and continued to remain a top driver on the circuit. Fittipaldi scored two wins and the best finish of 5th in points in 1996.
In 1997–1999, the team utilized the Swift chassis but it did not prove to be very successful. The team went back to Lola in 2000.
Andretti parted ways with Newman/Haas after the 2000 season, in part due to the team's refusal to enter a car at Indianapolis of the rival Indy Racing League. He instead formed a team with Kim Green as a satellite to his brother Barry's Team Green.
The 2001 season saw another major change for Newman/Haas as they switched engine suppliers from Ford-Cosworth to Toyota. Cristiano da Matta was brought over from PPI Motorsports to take over for Andretti and in his very first race for the team, he recorded a victory at Monterrey. Fittipaldi, meanwhile, struggled and finished fifteenth in the points with no victories. Da Matta recorded two additional wins for a total of three on the year and would finish fifth.
2002 was a highly successful year for Newman/Haas. Fittipaldi managed to finish fifth in series points for new sponsor Eli Lilly (longtime sponsor Kmart had pulled out of all of its racing sponsorships, including Haas' NASCAR team, following its 2002 bankruptcy) but the season belonged to da Matta. After repeating his feat in Mexico in the season opener, he would later score four consecutive wins by taking the events at Laguna Seca, Portland, Chicago, and Toronto to take a commanding lead in the points. His later wins at Road America and Bayfront Park gave him seven for the year and he finished seventy-three points ahead of second-place Bruno Junqueira in the final points standings.
When the 2002 season ended, both drivers departed the team. Fittipaldi became a full-time NASCAR driver following the season while da Matta was offered a lucrative contract to drive one of two cars for Toyota's factory-backed effort in Formula 1.
Champ Car World Series
2003 was a season of upheaval for CART as a whole. Following the lead of Team Penske the year before, several of the top teams in CART defected to the Indy Racing League. Newman/Haas did not and remained loyal to what was now called the Champ Car World Series.
Not only was there a significant amount of team turnover but both Honda and Toyota also departed for the IRL leaving Ford as the only manufacturer. Newman/Haas also needed a new sponsor as ChevronTexaco, the parent company of Havoline, chose not to continue sponsoring the team. They signed PacifiCare as a new sponsor and also brought in McDonald's as initially a secondary sponsor for their second car; the restaurant would eventually take over as primary sponsor the following year.
Needing to round out its driver lineup, Newman/Haas signed Bruno Junqueira and Sébastien Bourdais. Junqueira had driven for Chip Ganassi Racing in 2001 and 2002 but was not retained when the team elected to move over to the IRL, while Bourdais won the 2002 Formula 3000 championship driving for Super Nova Racing. Junqueira won twice at Road America and Denver on route to a second-place finish in the points while series Rookie of the Year Bourdais won at Brands Hatch, Lausitzring and Cleveland while finishing sixth.
2004 saw Bourdais have a breakout season and the team scored a 1-2 finish in the series standings. The Frenchman won seven times in the season, including three consecutive at Portland, Cleveland and Toronto, and won his first championship. Junqueira, meanwhile, scored wins at Montreal and Surfers' Paradise. He also was given a chance to run for Newman/Haas at Indianapolis in the team's return to the 500; Junqueira went on to finish fifth and lead 16 laps in the rain-shortened event.
2005 started out great for Newman/Haas as the team won the first two races. Bourdais took victory at Long Beach while Junqueira won at Monterrey. However, things took a bad turn as the team raced at Indianapolis. Junqueira crashed and suffered a fractured vertebra, forcing him to miss the remainder of the season. He would finish 30th while Bourdais finished 12th.
However, the team once again dominated the series as it had the year before. Bourdais again emerged as the champion, recording five additional victories. He won at Edmonton and San Jose, repeated his victories at Denver and Las Vegas and won at Surfers' Paradise. Oriol Servia ran the remaining events in place of Junqueira and won at Montreal, bringing his team home in second place.
2006 saw more of the same from Bourdais,\ as he recorded seven more wins. He won all of the first four races, then added victories at San Jose, Montreal and Mexico City on his way to a third consecutive series championship. Junqueira returned from his injury but failed to win a race, finishing fifth overall in the points.
The 2007 season would prove to be the final season for Champ Car and once again, Bourdais emerged as the champion. He recorded a career-high eight victories, including in five of the last seven events and easily took his fourth straight championship. Graham Rahal joined the team replacing Junqueira and finished fifth in the points, with the best finish of second behind his teammate at Houston. The Houston win was Newman/Haas' 100th in the series.
Before the season ended, Scuderia Toro Rosso of Formula 1 announced that Bourdais had signed to drive as teammate to Sebastian Vettel for the team beginning in 2008. Justin Wilson was tabbed to replace him, but he would do so in the IndyCar Series as the two organizations unified during the offseason.
Indy Racing League / IndyCar Series
2004
Though several CART-based teams had returned to the Indianapolis 500 beginning in 2000, Newman/Haas resisted a return to the race until 2004. While maintaining a full-time effort in Champ Car, the team entered singly at Indy with driver Bruno Junqueira. He was leading the race on lap 150, hoping to stretch his fuel and be leading the race when impending rain arrived – which could have given him the race victory. He was forced to pit, and finished 5th when the race was called on lap 180.
2005
In the team's second post-"split" attempt at the Indy 500, both team drivers Bruno Junqueira and Sébastien Bourdais were factors early on but both drivers crashed out. The team would skip the 2006 and 2007 Indy 500 races.
2008
In the wake of the 2008 open-wheel unification, the team transitioned from the Champ Car World Series to the IndyCar Series full-time. The team retained the services of drivers Justin Wilson and Graham Rahal. Like many of the transitional teams, Newman/Haas experienced mixed results getting up to speed compared to some of the established IndyCar counterparts but did achieve two victories during the course of the season.
Justin Wilson led much of the race at St. Petersburg and Graham Rahal ended up winning the race. At the final Champ Car race at Long Beach, both cars dropped out. A month later, both cars crashed out at the Indianapolis 500.
Late in the season, Wilson won the race at Detroit, just weeks before the death of team co-owner Paul Newman. It was the team's 107th and final win in Indy car racing.
2009
Graham Rahal returned but Justin Wilson was replaced by former Champ Car driver Robert Doornbos. Milka Duno tested a third car during the offseason but a ride never materialized. Doornbos left the team in early August and Oriol Servià finished out the season in the car.
2010
Unable to find sponsorship at the beginning of the season, Graham Rahal was released and the team began the season with only one entry for Hideki Mutoh. Rahal rejoined the team later in the season at Toronto, finishing 5th. Rahal found sponsorship for five additional races.
2011
The team began the season with one car, driven by Oriol Servià. Prior to the second race of the season, James Hinchcliffe was added as a second driver for selected events, including Indianapolis.
2012
The team initially planned to run the full 2012 season, going as far as purchasing two Dallara DW12 chassis. However, before the season started, the team announced that they would not compete due to a lack of sponsorship. After briefly entertaining a one-off entry for Jean Alesi at Indianapolis, they withdrew and sold off their cars to Fan Force United. A return in 2013 failed to materialize, and the team formally disbanded.
Drivers
CART series
Mario Andretti (1983–1994)
Michael Andretti (1989–1992, 1995–2000)
Alan Jones (1985, substitute for Mario Andretti)
Teo Fabi (1992, substitute for Mario Andretti)
Nigel Mansell (1993–1994)
Paul Tracy (1995)
Christian Fittipaldi (1996–2002)
Roberto Moreno (1997–1999, sub for Fittipaldi)
Cristiano da Matta (2001–2002)
Champ Car World Series
Sébastien Bourdais (2003–2007)
Bruno Junqueira (2003–2006)
Graham Rahal (2007)
Oriol Servià (2005, substitute for Junqueira)
IndyCar Series
Justin Wilson (2008)
Alex Lloyd (2009)
Robert Doornbos (2009)
Hideki Mutoh (2010)
James Hinchcliffe (2011)
Graham Rahal (2007–2010)
Oriol Servià (2009, replacement for Doornbos; 2011)
CART/Champ Car driver championships
Racing results
Complete CART / Champ Car World Series results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)
1 The Firestone Firehawk 600 was canceled after qualifying due to excessive g-forces on the drivers.
Complete IndyCar Series results
(key)
Race run to Champ Car specifications.
Non-points-paying, exhibition race.
The final race at Las Vegas was canceled due to Dan Wheldon's death.
See also
Carl A. Haas Motorsports
Newman/Haas IndyCar featuring Nigel Mansell (1994 video game)
Newman/Haas Racing (video game) (1998 video game)
References
External links
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Champ Car teams
IndyCar Series teams
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The Jane Whitney Show is a 1992 broadcast syndication tabloid talk show hosted by journalist Jane Whitney.
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1992 American television series debuts
1994 American television series endings
1990s American television talk shows
NBC original programming
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In DC Comics' publications, Deathbolt was a supervillain created by the Ultra-Humanite to fight the All-Star Squadron.
Deathbolt made his first live appearance in the third season of the Arrowverse television series Arrow played by actor Doug Jones. Deathbolt also reappeared in an episode of the first season of The Flash as well.
Fictional character biography
Wanted for murder, Jake Simmons fled police in a stolen biplane during a heavy storm. He crashed when lightning struck the plane over Meteor Crater, Arizona. The Ultra-Humanite found him and experimented on him until his body became a living electrical battery. Code-named "Deathbolt", he became the Ultra-Humanite's staunch ally until his defeat by the All-Star Squadron.
Deathbolt (or a successor) returned in recent years and tried to kill the late Starman, Ted Knight only to be thwarted by the arrival of Ted's descendant Farris Knight.
Powers and abilities
Deathbolt can channel the electrical energy in his body into powerful blasts of electricity.
In other media
Doug Jones portrayed a version of Deathbolt in the live-action television series, Arrow, in the season three episode "Broken Arrow". Significantly, he was the first metahuman villain to appear on the series, with the ability to control and shoot plasma. By the end of the episode, it was revealed that he did not receive his powers from the particle accelerator explosion at Central City - as he was in prison in Opal City on the night of the explosion - but from another unknown means, widening the possibilities of how metahumans come about in the Arrowverse.
Deathbolt also appears as one of the villains in The Flash episode "Rogue Air", portrayed again by Doug Jones. As he was about to kill The Flash, he is himself killed by Captain Cold because in Cold's own words said: "He owed me money".
References
Comics characters introduced in 1983
DC Comics supervillains
DC Comics metahumans
Characters created by Roy Thomas
Characters created by Jerry Ordway
Fictional characters with electric or magnetic abilities
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Aphthona
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Aphthona is a genus of beetle, in the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae, native to Europe and Asia. More specifically, Aphthona are flea beetles, meaning they have enlarged hind legs for jumping away from potential danger. There are some 300 species known worldwide.
This flea beetle genus is important because of the usefulness of some species in controlling leafy spurge, a major invasive weed in parts of western North America. Several Aphthona species have been taken from Europe and introduced into localized areas of the United States and Canada, and some success against the weed is being seen. The six species used for this purpose include A. abdominalis, A. cyparissiae, A. czwalinae, A. flava, A. nigriscutis, and A. lacertosa, though A. abdominalis apparently never established a viable population and was never introduced in Canada.
Effectiveness of Control
Control is generally thought to be effective, but results vary from site to site, which has been attributed to soilborne pathogens, phenology of spring, soil texture, and leafy spurge density. Control is less effective in sandy soils. Control may not be reliably observed and measured for 10 years or more.
Selected species
Aphthona abdominalis
Aphthona aeneomicans
Aphthona albertinae
Aphthona alcina
Aphthona atrocaerulea
Aphthona atrovirens
Aphthona beauprei
Aphthona beckeri
Aphthona biokovensis
Aphthona bonvouloiri
Aphthona carbonaria
Aphthona chinchihi
Aphthona coerulea
Aphthona constantini
Aphthona crassipes
Aphthona cyparissiae
Aphthona czwalinae
Aphthona delicatula
Aphthona depressa
Aphthona erichsoni
Aphthona espagnoli
Aphthona euphorbiae
Aphthona flava
Aphthona flaviceps
Aphthona franzi
Aphthona fuentei
Aphthona gracilis
Aphthona herbigrada
Aphthona illigeri
Aphthona juliana
Aphthona konstantinovi
Aphthona kuntzei
Aphthona lacertosa
Aphthona lubischevi
Aphthona lutescens
Aphthona maculata
Aphthona maghrebina
Aphthona maldesi
Aphthona melancholica
Aphthona microcephala
Aphthona nigriceps
Aphthona nigriscutis
Aphthona nonstriata
Aphthona occitana
Aphthona ovata
Aphthona pallida
Aphthona parnassicola
Aphthona perrisi
Aphthona placida
Aphthona plenifrons
Aphthona poupillieri
Aphthona punctiventris
Aphthona pygmaea
Aphthona reitteri
Aphthona rhodiensis
Aphthona rugipennis
Aphthona sardea
Aphthona sarmatica
Aphthona semicyanea
Aphthona seriata
Aphthona sicelidis
Aphthona signatifrons
Aphthona stussineri
Aphthona subovata
Aphthona syriaca
Aphthona testaceicornis
Aphthona velachica
Aphthona variolosa
Aphthona vaulogeri
Aphthona venustula
Aphthona violacea
Aphthona wagneri
References
External links
Alticini
Chrysomelidae genera
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The 2015–16 Kent Invicta Football League season was the fifth and last in the history of Kent Invicta Football League, a football competition in England. At the end of the season, the league merged with the Southern Counties East League and became the lower division of the merged league.
League Table
The league consisted of 20 clubs after Hollands & Blair were promoted to Southern Counties East League and five clubs joined the league:
AC London, elected into the Football Pyramid for the first time
APM Contrast, promoted from the Kent County League Premier Division
F.C. Elmstead, elected from Kent County League Division Two West
Forest Hill Park, elected from Kent County League Division One West
Phoenix Sports reserves, elected from Kent County League Division One West
League table
References
External links
Kent Invicta Football League
Kent Invicta Football League seasons
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Samuel Conners (born 13 February 1999) is an English cricketer. He was born in Nottingham and attended George Spencer Academy in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire. In July 2018, he played for the England under-19 cricket team against South Africa, before signing a two-year deal with Derbyshire.
He made his first-class debut on 26 March 2019 for Derbyshire against Leeds/Bradford MCCU, as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. He made his List A debut on 24 April 2019 for Derbyshire in the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut on 30 August 2020, for Derbyshire in the 2020 t20 Blast.
In April 2021, Conners took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, with 5/83 against Durham in the 2021 County Championship.
References
External links
1999 births
Living people
English cricketers
Derbyshire cricketers
Place of birth missing (living people)
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Panweichi Kaleopa is an American Samoan footballer who plays as a midfielder for Leone Lions and the American Samoa national football team. He made his debut for the national team on August 27, 2015, in a 6–0 loss against Fiji.
References
Living people
1994 births
American Samoan footballers
American Samoa international footballers
Association football midfielders
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Daniel "Professor Dan" Levey (born ) was a 19th and 20th century American criminal, operating in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Oregon and California. He was a forger, embezzler, con artist, thief, gambler, body builder, physical trainer, and womanizer.
Levey used many aliases, including "Red" Levey, David Lewis, Harry L. Lewis, Harry B. Clark, Harry D. Clark, Harry Levy, Harry Harvey, and possibly Henry D. Clark. He was born about 1875 to a respectable Brooklyn family, and his brothers were involved in legitimate and successful businesses. His first victims were his own relatives, followed by thefts from others in Brooklyn and Manhattan. He served short stints in Elmira and Sing Sing for those early crimes.
However, he gained his greatest notoriety in Baltimore. He had started enjoying an establishment life there, marrying a wealthy divorcee, and starting a personal service business catering to the wealthy. Nevertheless, in a short period of time, he started committing crimes and disappeared, setting off a one month manhunt nationwide before being caught. In that time, he managed to raise his financial fortunes enough that he thought he might be able to return to the Baltimore society life he had begun enjoying. He was convicted of forgery in 1916 and spent over four years in prison.
Upon release, he continued his criminal ways.
Activities in Baltimore
When he appeared in Baltimore in early 1900, he took the title Professor, as a "physical culture instructor," a term used for athletics and physical fitness at the time. He made wagers on the abilities of Bernard Byrnes, who was later employed in Levey's gymnasium.
Levey married Gertrude Heching Mendels in June 1901. It was her second marriage, having divorced six months earlier from Emanuel Mendels, scion of a clothing manufacturing family. Mrs. Levey had her daughter's name changed from Mildred Lenore Mendels to Mildred Lenore Levey, a change she later had legally retracted.
Soon after, Levey borrowed money, much of it from his wife's family, to open a business that included gym facilities, a barbershop, and Turkish baths. It was a fashionable, high-end club, with $15,000 (1901 dollars) invested in it. Levey attracted a lot of attention with the business and developed a well-off clientele. He was advertising for additional help shortly after opening in August.
He also spent lavishly on personal items and was a backer of sports competitions, including wrestling and horse racing during this period, and was an involved spectator at such events.
However, by the beginning of the next year, he had developed significant financial problems, and got involved in some shady deals. Later reports indicated that he may have lost much of his money gambling on horses. On Saturday, January 4, 1902, he committed two crimes. He forged his brother's name on a Brooklyn check or bill of exchange, which bounced after being cashed at a local bank, and stole jewelry from a pawn shop, on a pretense of brokering a sale of the goods. That evening, he ran off for several days with his cashier and bookkeeper, Emma Kaufman, and sent word to Mrs. Levey that he was away unexpectedly on business. By Wednesday, the pawn shop and bank filed complaints against him, and his brother-in-law requested a receiver be appointed to keep the gym going. Police began a manhunt for him.
Miss Kaufman reappeared on Tuesday, with information that she thought Levey had headed for Chicago, though she denied romantic involvement with him.
On the lam
It took over a month to find Levey. In that time, he made his way to San Francisco and Oakland, California, winning and losing a fortune betting on horses. He left having ownership of two race horses and $41,000 from horse racing payouts, a huge sum at the time. By the time he had left, bookmakers were looking to have him arrested for repaying money he borrowed to make some of his debts, via bad checks. Levey slyly hired as bodyguards the same detective agency the bookies and police used, thus escaping them.
In the meantime, Baltimore creditors petitioned the court system to declare the Levey businesses bankrupt, and were granted the motion within a few days. It quickly went from a local case to Federal bankruptcy oversight.
Baltimore police kicked off a nationwide manhunt on January 11. By January 16 and 17, Brooklyn and New York (Manhattan) police had respectively matched him to a teenage criminal who had been sentenced to state prison half a decade earlier. His New York arrest record included:
Passing bogus checks on his brother, 1893; sent to Elmira Reformatory for one year
Bicycle theft (larceny), 1897
Bad checks and jewelry theft, 1897-1898; similar to the Baltimore pawn shop case, he pretended to have a buyer for a jewelers goods, but ran off with them instead. Sentenced to three years, but apparently paroled by 1900
Served two prison terms total before arriving in Baltimore
Police followed leads in Fort Worth and Philadelphia, but Levey managed to elude them each time, though some sightings may have been false.
Gertrude Levey disassociated herself from her husband's activities, and assisted the police in locating him. She lured him to Broadway and Cortlandt Street in New York, where he was arrested on charges of forgery and embezzlement on February 6. He had $41,000 in cash with him, in $100, $500, and $1,000 denominations, a small fortune for the time. Some found his holdings to be persuasive of his abilities and uprightness,
Wife's ruse
Gertrude Levey was intimately involved in the capture of her husband, working closely with Baltimore Captain of Detectives Aquilla J. Pumphrey.
Levey's marriage to Gertrude was not a just a calculated financial and status move, he was genuinely infatuated with her. He treated her well throughout the marriage, and bought her presents and acted affectionately until hours before his January 4, 1902 disappearance. He initially refused to believe his wife was complicit in his capture.
Levey had written his wife in mid-January from California, expressing a wish to rejoin her, but without leaving a forwarding address. He informed her that he had enough money to keep her living in luxury for the rest of their lives.
Pumphrey and Mrs. Levey worked out a plan to send letters to Levey's mother, assuming he would be in contact with her. (Levey stated that he came to New York to win back his family, and particularly to show that he would never disgrace his elderly mother, whose confidence he had always retained.)
Levey received his wife's letter, and sent an agent named Rosenthal to make arrangements. Mrs. Levey asked him to tell her husband that she would a call him at a precise time. She called a telephone located at in Brooklyn, and asked to speak to him. Brooklyn Police were waiting for him at Court and Warren Streets.
After her husband's capture, Gertrude Levey renounced any future connection to him. Though he sent additional letters to her asking to meet, she refused to see him or even to communicate indirectly. She sued for divorce for his cheating on her with Emma Kaufman, also known as Emma Levey during the episode. The divorce was granted September 27, with credence given to the claims of infidelity. On October 17, she filed a legal petition to revert to her maiden name of Gertrude Hechinger. She could not bear herself or her daughter being called Levey. Her petition was granted on November 25, over the objections of Emanuel Mendel, who wished his daughter to have her original name.
In April, 1907, she married a third time, to Artie Summerfield. He was two years her senior. Her daughter, who had also briefly carried the name Levey, also adopted the name Summerfield. Midlren Lenore Summerfield was married to Abram Watner in April, 1917.
(Mrs. Levey's account of the arrest location differs from initial newspaper accounts of the arrest. Some of the street names are cognate. Mrs. Levey's description is consistent with her husband being in contact with his mother in Brooklyn, whereas the initial newspaper reports have the arrest taking place in Manhattan.)
Prosecution
The grand jury handed down an indictment on February 8.
The return to Baltimore was delayed by extradition proceedings. He was willing to go there without extradition, believing erroneously that Maryland authorities would not press charges if he attempted to right his wrong. However, despite his willingness to go, New York State law required formal extradition to transfer prisoners out of state. He was finally remanded to Baltimore on February 11.
The case was scheduled to begin in Judge Ritchie's courtroom on March 6. Emma Kaufman was the chief prosecution witness in the trial. Levey was convicted of three counts of forgery on the first day. His lawyer did not offer a defense, arguing that the state had simply not proven its case. Sentencing was suspended as the defense attorney moved for a new trial. He was sentenced on March 25, 1902 to 5 years in prison.
Aftermath
The bankruptcy receiver began advertising the sale of the Levey business on February 14. It was sold at auction on February 25 for a fraction of the value invested in it.
Maryland's Governor Warfield received a petition in October 1904 to pardon Levey, with the support of his creditors, on the assumption that he would enter the Brooklyn family business and pay back his debt. However, after serving his full term, with the standard 10 months off for good behavior, Daniel Levey was released May 25, 1906.
It only took about two years for him to be on the run from the police again. In July 1908, New York police asked Baltimore police to be on the lookout for Levey, who had skipped bail on a grand larceny charge.
In 1909, he was extradited from Alberta, Canada to face charges in Oregon. He was sentenced to two years for passing bad checks. Upon release, he was immediately taken into custody by New York detectives. Trading on some minor notoriety his then-wife had gained in a contest, he had come up with a scheme around 1907 to charge applicants a fee to join non-existent vaudeville companies.
In September 1916 he was arrested in Massachusetts for a forgery of $3,500 he committed in Pittsburgh. Other forgery charges were also filed for forgeries in Baltimore and elsewhere. The total amount he obtained was $14,000 or $15,000. Authorities had been tracing his movements for a year and a half through Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburgh, Albany, and Pittsfield. He had also stolen four cars valued at $10,000. He was 40 years old at the time and had spent a total of 15 years behind bars. In the 1916 case, he had taken off with thousands of dollars of stock certificates that he was supposed to be selling on behalf of his employers.
References
20th-century criminals
19th-century criminals
American bodybuilders
American confidence tricksters
1870s births
20th-century deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death unknown
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Balanoptica is a genus of moths of the family Yponomeutidae.
Species
Balanoptica orbicularis - Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
Yponomeutidae
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The 2002 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the Internationaux de Strasbourg, and was part of the Tier III Series of the 2002 WTA Tour. The tournament took place at the Centre Sportif de Hautepierre in Strasbourg, France, from 20 May until 25 May 2002. Second-seeded Silvia Farina Elia won her second consecutive singles title at the event and earned $27,000 first-prize money.
Finals
Singles
Silvia Farina Elia defeated Jelena Dokić 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
It was Farina Elia's 1st singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Doubles
Jennifer Hopkins / Jelena Kostanić defeated Caroline Dhenin / Maja Matevžič 0–6, 6–4, 6–4
References
External links
ITF tournament edition details
Tournament draws
2002 WTA Tour
2002
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The Military Gendarmerie (, abbreviated ŻW) is a military provost created in 1990 in Poland as an independent part of the Polish Armed Forces.
History
The Polish Military Gendarmerie is a military police force that traces its history to the communist-era Military Internal Service (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna), World War II-era Service for Protection of the Uprising (Polish: Wojskowa Służba Ochrony Powstania), interwar-era military police in the Second Polish Republic, formations of the January and November Uprising, Duchy of Warsaw and finally, some officials of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, first created in early 17th century.
The modern Polish Military Gendarmerie was formed on 1 September 1990 on the basis of order No. Pf-42 / Org. Minister of National Defense of 18 April 1990 and order No. 062 / Org. Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army of 15 June 1990. At this formation the structure was as follows:
Headquarters of the Military Police in Warsaw
Military Police Command:
Warsaw Military District
Pomeranian Military District
Silesian Military District
In addition, the following Military Gendarmerie Departments were established: Warsaw, Krakow, Bydgoszcz, Szczecin, Wrocław and Poznań, and also the Military Gendarmerie Training Center in Mińsk Mazowiecki.
In December 2011 the Military Gendarmerie made an application to the European Gendarmerie Force to become a full member, and has been since 2013.
Role in civilian policing
In October 2020, the Military Gendarmerie were ordered to help the civilian police in the "protection of safety and public order", starting from 28 October 2020. The order was given in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.
Structure
The ŻW is organized into:
Headquarters
3 special units
10 units
2 departments
45 regional stations
Commanders
The current commander is brigadier general Mirosław Rozmus.
gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Jerzy Jarosz (1 IX 1990 – 20 II 1992)
Płk dypl. (Certified Officer) Henryk Piątkowski (11 III 1992 – 1 IV 1993)
gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Alfons Kupis (1 IV 1993 – 24 VII 2000)
gen. dyw. (Divisional General) Jerzy Słowiński (1 VIII 2000 – 30 VII 2003)
gen. dyw. (Divisional General) Bogusław Pacek (31 VII 2003 – 3 X 2006)
gen. dyw. (Divisional General) Jan Żukowski (3 X 2006 – 1 I 2008)
gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Marek Witczak (2 I 2008 – 17 XII 2010)
gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Mirosław Rozmus (17 XII 2010 - 11 VI 2015)
gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Piotr Nidecki (12 VI 2015 - 24 XII 2015)
gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Tomasz Połuch (24 XII 2015 -)
Ranks
Officers
Enlisted
Equipment
Infantry weapons
Vehicles
Members who have died in service
Soldiers of the Military Police died during their official duties:
Starszy kapral Krzysztof Sypień from the Military Gendarmerie Department in Krakow, † 11 VIII 2002 Krakow, posthumously promoted to Plutonowy.
Starszy szeregowy Grzegorz Bukowski from the Special Branch of the Military Police in Mińsk Mazowiecki, † 15 June 2010 Afghanistan, posthumously promoted to the rank of Kapral.
Starszy szeregowy Marcin Pastusiak from the Special Branch of the Military Police in Mińsk Mazowiecki, † 22 January 2011 Afghanistan, posthumously promoted to the rank of Sierżant.
Starszy szeregowy Tomasz Janowski from the Special Branch of the Military Police in Gdynia, † 29 March 2016 Iraq, posthumously promoted to the rank of Sierżant.
See also
European Gendarmerie Force
References
External links
Military of Poland
1990 establishments in Poland
Military police agencies of Poland
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Port of Seven Seas is a 1938 drama film starring Wallace Beery and featuring Frank Morgan and Maureen O'Sullivan. The movie was written by Preston Sturges based on the plays of Marcel Pagnol and the films based on them, and was directed by James Whale, the director of Frankenstein (1931) and The Invisible Man (1933). The cinematography is by Karl Freund, who filmed Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) and I Love Lucy (1951-1957).
Plot
TCM Synopsis:
In the port of Marseilles, France, Honore Panisse, a well-to-do sailmaker in his fifties, is enamored of the lovely Madelon, the daughter of a widowed fishmonger. For many years Panisse has played cards with Bruneau, Captain Escartefigue and tavern-owner Cesar, the father of Marius, the boy with whom Madelon is in love. Though Cesar and Marius are great friends, they argue constantly, especially over Panisse's infatuation with Madelon, whom Cesar considers one of the family. One day, Marius sends Madelon a note saying that he is going to sea for three years, but cannot say goodbye in person because it would break his heart. Madelon rushes to the docks and faints as his ship sails away. Because Panisse has just arrived, he tries to carry her home, but Cesar insists on taking her himself, not realizing that Marius has gone. Panisse tries to tell him why she fainted, but cannot, and listens fretfully as Cesar tells him that the two young people will soon be married. When he tells Madelon's mother Honorine this, Madelon, now revived, tells them that Marius has gone. Despite her love, she did not stop him because she knew how much he loved the sea. One month later, As Cesar pretends not to care that Marius has not written, the postman arrives with a letter from the boy. When Madelon arrives he reads the letter aloud, saddening Madelon, who is barely mentioned. Soon Panisse goes to Honorine to ask once again for the hand of Madelon. At the same time, Madelon finds out that she is pregnant and prays that she will have the strength to tell her mother. Madelon later goes to Panisse and tells him why she cannot marry him, but he is overjoyed with the news of her pregnancy because he has always wanted a son and his late wife was never able to bear a child. Because Panisse is so kind, Madelon agrees to marry him for the sake of the little one, and when Cesar arrives, quells his anger by telling him the truth. Cesar finally relents in his anger at Panissse for "stealing" his grandchild when Panisse says that he will make Cesar the godfather. They agree to call the boy Cesar Marius Panisse. After the baby is born, he is the apple of Panisse's eye, and Madelon gains the gratitude of Panisse's aged relatives, as well as the continued devotion of Panisse. One year later, just after Panisse has reluctantly boarded the train to go to Paris on business, Marius unexpectedly shows up at his father's house, returned to France to obtain some equipment for his ship. During the night, Marius goes to see Madelon, knowing that she has married Panisse, and Madelon lies to him, saying that Panisse is asleep. Marius confesses how much he has missed her, but she tells him it's too late. When the baby cries, she goes to him and Marius realizes that the child is his. When she tearfully confesses that Panisse is actually in Paris, Marius asks her to come away with him, but she tells him to go away. Just then Cesar comes back. He has returned home because he ran into the town doctor on the train and learned that a neighbor's child has contracted scarlet fever. He tells Marius to go away because that the baby now belongs to Panisse. She wants to go away with him and the baby, but just as they are talking, Panisse comes home because he was worried about the baby. Soon Cesar arrives also and tells Marius to go, but he refuses to leave without Madelon and the baby. Though Panisse sadly says that Madelon can have her freedom, he adds that he cannot give the baby up. When Panisse goes to check on the baby, Madelon and Cesar make Marius realize that the baby belongs as much to Panisse as Marius or Madelon. When Panisse returns, Marius shakes his hand and goes away, after which Panisse and Madelon happily look at their baby's first tooth.
In the French port of Marseille, a lovely young woman named Madelon is in love with a young sailor, Marius. Madelon in turn is loved by Honore Panisse, a well-to-do middle-aged sailmaker. When Marius finds out he must go to sea for three years, he leaves without saying goodbye to Madelon; in a note he tells her that it would break his heart to tell her in person. She rushes to the dock, but sees his ship sailing away and faints. Marius's father Cesar, who already thinks of Madelon as one of the family, carries her to her home.
Later, Madelon finds out that she is pregnant, and to spare her the shame of a child born out of wedlock, Panisse asks Madelon to get an abortion. She agrees, and goes to find a rusty clotheshanger. She proceeds with her attempt to kill her fetus. She did not succeed, and was rushed to the hospital bleeding.
A year later Marius unexpectedly returns from sea to buy some equipment for his ship. Visiting Madelon that night, he sees the baby and realizes that he is the father. He asks her to steal away with him, but she refuses. Despite her love for Marius, she knows that Panisse, who adores the child, will be a better father than Marius, who will be away at sea for many years at a time. Marius leaves, shaking Panisse's hand before he goes, and Panisse and Madelon happily look at their baby's first tooth.
Cast
Wallace Beery as Cesar
Frank Morgan as Panisse
Maureen O'Sullivan as Madelon
John Beal as Marius
Jessie Ralph as Honorine
Cora Witherspoon as Claudine
Etienne Girardot as Bruneau
E. Alyn Warren as Captain Escartefigue
Jerry Colonna as Arab Rug Dealer (uncredited)
Henry Hull as Uncle Alzear (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd as Customer (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta as Bird Seller (uncredited)
Robert Spindola as Boy (uncredited)
Production
Although the credited basis of Port of Seven Seas was Marcel Pagnol's 1931 play Fanny, the screenplay incorporated some incidents from three French films written by Pagnol based on his plays: Marius (1931), directed by Alexander Korda, Fanny (1932), directed by Marc Allégret, and César (1936), which Pagnol directed. The play "Marius" was a great success and was played more than one thousand times in Paris.
William Wyler was slated to direct the film at the time that Preston Sturges was brought into the project, the working titles for which were "Fanny", "Madelon", "Life on the Waterfront" and "Man of the Waterfront". Ernest Vajda had been reported to be one of the screenwriters, but was not credited. The project was considered by Universal Studios in late 1933 or early 1934, but was dropped sometime after Joseph Breen, who supervised the Production Code, rejected the submitted script. Paramount Pictures had some interest in it, before the script ended up at MGM by July 1936. Although the MGM script was still essentially the one that Universal had submitted to the Hays Office, this time the censors found it "acceptable", and it was approved on 15 March 1938. This did not prevent the Legion of Decency from protesting that the film "lower[ed] the standards" that the Production Code was designed to uphold.
Port of Seven Seas was in production from late December 1937 through 28 January 1938, with retakes completed on 23 February. Shortly before production started, Luise Rainer, who was to have played "Madelon" was replaced by Maureen O'Sullivan because of a bad cold.
The film was released on 1 July 1938, the long delay coming about because the studio considered the subject matter "dangerous" for the film industry while Congress was considering legislation which had implications for film censorship.
The movie was premiered on July 1, 1938 in New York City. Marcel Pagnol and Raimu (the great French actor who played Cesar in the French plays and movies) were invited but did not come, supposedly for fear of air travel. The movie was premiered in France in Marseille, later in 1938, at the movie theatre "Le Noailles" with Wallace Beery, Marcel Pagnol and Raimu in attendance.
Other versions
Pagnol's plays provided source material for the three French films noted above, a 1933 Italian film named Fanny, the 1934 German film Der Schwarze Walfisch ("The Black Whale"), the 1954 Broadway musical Fanny, and the 1961 non-musical film based in part on it. Even though many situations and incidents in the 1961 film originated in Port of the Seven Seas, neither it nor Preston Sturges was credited.
Notes
External links
1938 films
1938 drama films
American drama films
American black-and-white films
English-language films
Films scored by Franz Waxman
Films directed by James Whale
American films based on plays
Films based on works by Marcel Pagnol
Films set in Marseille
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
American films
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Stymie Beard
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Matthew Beard Jr. (January 1, 1925 – January 8, 1981) was an American actor. As a child actor, he was most famous for portraying the character of Stymie in the Our Gang short films from 1930 to 1935. The role was so high-profile that he adopted the name Stymie Beard, being credited as such in some later roles, such as his 1978 appearance in The Buddy Holly Story. He was a native of Los Angeles, California.
Early life
Matthew Beard Jr. was born near Los Angeles, California. His father was Matthew Beard, and his mother was Johnnie Mae Beard (née Clay). His father was the founding pastor of Beloved Church of God in Christ in Los Angeles.
Our Gang years
Beard previously played baby parts in many films, then signed a five-year contract to play in Our Gang. In contrast to Farina, the character he replaced, Stymie was a slick-tongued con-artist who always was self-assured, nonchalant, and ready with a sly comment as well as clever ideas to solve the problems he faced. Stymie could offer sound, common sense that helped resolve the dilemmas of his playmates. The character's trademark was a bald head crowned by an oversize derby hat, a gift to Beard from comedian Stan Laurel, who had worked under Our Gang creator Hal Roach. Stymie is the only member of Our Gang who both replaced one of the original gang members (Allen "Farina" Hoskins) and was in turn replaced by one who stayed until the series disbanded: Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas.
The name Stymie was provided by Our Gang director Robert McGowan, who always was frustrated (stymied) by little Matthew's curious wanderings around the studio; the character originally was to be named Hercules. McGowan later recalled that Stymie was his favorite of all the Our Gang kids. The then five-year-old Beard came to the series a year after the transition from the silent/early sound era. He had the distinction of being with the gang from the sound movies of the early 1930s through the transitional period in the mid-1930s.
In 1934 Beard was loaned out from Hal Roach Studios to Samuel Goldwyn Productions for Eddie Cantor's Kid Millions. He and other Our Gang kids appear in the "ice cream fantasy sequence".
Family
Beard's paycheck helped support his family in East Los Angeles, including 13 brothers and sisters. After Beard renamed his younger brother Bobbie "Cotton" (which was used as the name of one of the Our Gang characters), his parents allowed him to name all of the rest of his siblings as they were born. He named one Dickie after Dickie Moore, another member of Our Gang. Four other members of the Beard family appeared in the Our Gang comedies:
His younger sister Betty Jane Beard preceded Stymie in the gang, playing Farina's little brother Hector in Moan & Groan, Inc. and When the Wind Blows (even though she was a girl).
His younger sister Carlena Beard appeared as Stymie's younger sister in Shiver My Timbers, Readin' and Writin', and For Pete's Sake!.
His younger brother Bobbie Beard appeared in six Our Gang shorts from 1932 to 1934 as Stymie's younger brother "Cotton."
His mother Johnnie Mae Beard had a cameo as Stymie's mother in Big Ears and Free Wheeling.
Beard's younger brother Renee Beard appeared in Hal Roach's featurettes of the 1940s Curley and Who Killed Doc Robbin.
Later years
After Beard left the series in 1935 at the age of 10, he acted in minor roles in feature films, such as Captain Blood (1935) and Jezebel (1938). At the age of 15, he made an appearance as Mose the bellboy in the 1940 The Return of Frank James. By the time he was in high school, he had retired from acting.
Falling into drug use and street life, Beard became addicted to heroin. He spent most of his early adult life in and out of jail on drug and theft charges.
In the 1960s, he checked himself into Synanon, a drug rehabilitation facility and cult in Los Angeles and successfully ended his heroin use. After leaving Synanon, he made a small comeback, appearing in small roles in feature films and episodes of television shows such as Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons as a guest star (including two episodes of Maude as a resident of an apartment complex where the title character's husband temporarily lived) and Good Times where he had a recurring role (1974–1977) as Monty.
In 1978, he appeared in the film The Buddy Holly Story as a member of the backstage crew at the Apollo Theatre, wearing his trademark bowler hat.
Beard traveled around the country, giving lectures on drug-abuse awareness.
Death
Beard suffered a stroke on January 3, 1981 (two days after his 56th birthday), sustained head injuries from falling down a flight of stairs, and died of pneumonia on January 8, 1981. He was living in Los Angeles at the time of his death.
He is interred in the Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angeles, buried with the famous derby hat he wore all his life.
Filmography
Legacy
The book series Captain Underpants has one of the kids named George Beard. The author Dav Pilkey loved Our Gang, so he named the said character's last name after Beard.
References
Additional reading
Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 132.
Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, pp. 13–14.
Willson, Dixie. Little Hollywood Stars, Akron, OH, and New York: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1935.
External links
1925 births
1981 deaths
African-American male actors
American male child actors
African-American male child actors
American male television actors
Deaths from pneumonia in California
Hal Roach Studios actors
20th-century American male actors
Burials at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles
American male comedy actors
Our Gang
20th-century African-American people
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The Key of Life
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The Key of Life is a 1928 novel by the British writer Francis Brett Young. It was part of a group of cultural works that acknowledged a new Egyptomania in the wake of the discovery of Tutankhamun tomb by Howard Carter in 1922.
Ruth Morgan, a young woman living in a village in the Welsh borders, falls in love with an archaeologist working on a nearby dig after he falls ill. She follows him to Egypt where he is employed on a major excavation.
References
Bibliography
Michael Hall. Francis Brett Young. Seren, 1997.
1928 British novels
Novels by Francis Brett Young
Novels set in Egypt
Heinemann (publisher) books
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Reed P. Smoot A.S.C. is a United States cinematographer associated with many successful IMAX documentaries and theme park rides.
He also did the cinematography for The Great American Cowboy, which won the 1973 Academy Award for best documentary feature.
Smoot is a Latter-day Saint. He received a BA in Advertising from BYU in 1969, and is married to his wife Julia.
Cinematography
Are You Listening? (1971)
The Great American Cowboy (1973)
The Lost Manuscript (1974)
Cipher in the Snow (1974)
The First Vision (1976)
John Baker's Last Race (1976)
The Phone Call (1977)
The Mailbox (1977)
The Gift (1977)
Where Jesus Walked (1978)
Uncle Ben (1978)
The Great Brain (1978)
The Emmett Smith Story (1979)
Take Down (1979)
The Trophy Case (1979)
In One Blinding Moment (1980)
Windwalker (1981)
Harry's War (1981)
The Avenging (1982)
Mountain Charlie (1982)
Ballet Robotique (1982)
The Last Leaf (1983)
When Your Lover Leaves (1983)
Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984)
Rainbow War (1985)
Lots of Luck (1985)
Door to Door (1985)
The Long Hot Summer (1985)
Spirit Lodge (1986)
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1986)
The Wraith (1986)
Russkies (1987)
The Pump (1988)
Alamo: The Price of Freedom (1988)
Gleaming the Cube (1989)
Legacy: A Mormon Journey (1990)
Back to Neverland (1990)
Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)
To Be an Astronaut (1992)
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
The Mountain of the Lord (1993)
Rubdown (1993)
Yellowstone (1994)
The Women of Spring Break (1995)
Zion Canyon: Treasure of the Gods (1996)
Imagine Indiana (1996)
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)
Not in This Town (1997)
Divided by Hate (1997)
Dinosaur (1998)
No Laughing Matter (1998)
Mysteries of Egypt (1998)
Olympic Glory (1999)
Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage (1999)
Out of Annie's Past (2000)
Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000)
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (2001)
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! (2001)
China: The Panda Adventure (2001)
The Human Body (2001)
Ultimate X: The Movie (2002)
Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (2002)
The Young Black Stallion (2003)
Mystery of the Nile (2005)
Mystic India (2005)
Lincoln's Eyes (2005)
The Work and the Glory: American Zion (2005)
Journey Across India (2007)
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs (2007)
Mysteries of the Great Lakes (2008)
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008)
Wild Ocean (2008)
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
Titans of the Ice Age (2013)
Superpower Dogs (2019)
Dinosaurs of Antarctica (2020)
References
External links
1947 births
Living people
American Latter Day Saints
American cinematographers
Brigham Young University alumni
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Catharine Mastin
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Catharine Margaret Mastin (born August 1, 1963) is a Canadian curator. She is a specialist in modern and contemporary art with an emphasis on gender and women’s art practices. She has worked at the Art Gallery of Windsor in Ontario and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta. At the Art Gallery of Windsor, she was curator, arts administrator and executive director (2010-2020).
Early life and education
Mastin grew up in Toronto and went to York University for both her Bachelor of Fine Arts and her master's degree in art history and architecture. In 2012, the University of Alberta awarded her a PhD in women’s history with the dissertation Beyond ‘the Artist’s Wife’: Women in Artist-Couple Marriage and the Exhibition Experience in Postwar Canada. Her doctoral writing was included in Mary Pratt (2013, 2nd edition 2016).
Mastin's grandfather is the artist Franklin Carmichael.
Career
In her 30-year curatorial career, Mastin has curated more than one hundred exhibitions. She was hired in 1988 as curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Windsor. In 1992, organized an exhibition and participated in the writing of the multi-author book, ‘The Talented Intruder’: Wyndham Lewis in Canada, 1939-1945, which was praised by English reviewers as making progress in understanding Lewis`s Canadian years.
From 1995 until 2006, needing a broader field of vision, she worked at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary as senior art curator and twice interim vice-president (exhibitions and collections). In 1996, she co-founded the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art which she co-curated in 1996 and 1998. She also curated exhibitions of Franklin Carmichael, including one for the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, (2001) which toured Canada through 2003, and the Art Gallery of Sudbury (2005). In 2002, she curated the major travelling exhibition, The Group of Seven in Western Canada, accompanied by the first comprehensive book on the subject which she edited and for which she wrote the introductory essay.
From 2010 till 2020, Mastin served as the sixth executive director of the Art Gallery of Windsor during which time she led the gallery through a significant organizational change process and its 75th anniversary. Under her leadership, the gallery earned an unprecedented 20 performance awards between 2013 and 2019 for tourism, partnerships, exhibitions, writing, staff excellence, volunteerism and community recognition. She launched the digitization initiative, the on-line collections exhibition publishing program, and oversaw three multi-year permanent collection exhibitions including the Art Gallery of Windsor collection at 75 Years (2018-2021) which strengthened the voices of indigenous artists and women with new acquisitions.
In Windsor, Ontario, her exhibition of photographer Brenda Francis Pelkey: A Retrospective toured Canada (2016-2018), along with the accompanying multi-authored monograph, Territories: Brenda Francis Pelkey (2017). Critics considered both show and book thoughtful and definitive.
Since 2014 she has served as an advisor for the Gail and Stephen Jarislowsky Institute for Canadian Art as well as serving on the jury for Canada’s national portrait competition, the Kingston Prize in 2017 and in 2019. In 2017, Mastin volunteered for five years of service on the board of directors of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries including a term as president (2017-2018).
Honours and awards
In 1993 and 1995 her writing projects on Wyndham Lewis and colonial narratives in public art collections earned her curatorial writing awards from the Ontario Association of Art Galleries. In 1998, she was a two-time nominee for Canada’s Top 40 under 40 Award for outstanding professionals in all sectors. Her book on The Group of Seven in Western Canada was the first multi-authored volume on an important Canadian art movement and the also the one of the first volumes on the Group of Seven to include female writers; it remained on the Canadian best-seller list through the summer of 2002 and was released in a second edition in 2007.
References
Bibliography
1963 births
Living people
Canadian art curators
People from Toronto
York University alumni
University of Alberta alumni
Canadian art historians
Canadian women curators
Canadian feminists
women museum directors
Directors of museums in Canada
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Todirești is a commune in Vaslui County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Cotic, Drăgești, Huc, Plopoasa, Siliștea, Sofronești, Todirești, Valea Popii and Viișoara. It also included Rafaila village until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.
References
Communes in Vaslui County
Localities in Western Moldavia
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List of international cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium
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The Green Park Stadium—formerly known as Modi Stadium—is a cricket ground in Kanpur, India. It is the home ground of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team and has played host to Ranji Trophy matches, as well as being a Test and One Day International (ODI) venue. The ground has hosted 21 Test matches, since the first one in 1952 when India played England. It has also staged 14 ODIs, the first of which was in 1986 when India lost to Sri Lanka by a margin of 17 runs. As of February 2016, no T20 International has been played at the ground.
The first century at the ground was scored by the West Indian Garfield Sobers. He made 198 during the second Test of the 1958–59 West Indies tour of India. The first Indian to score a century at the ground was Polly Umrigar, who made 147 not out against England in December 1961. West Indian Faoud Bacchus' 250, against India in February 1979, is the highest individual score by a batsman at the ground. India's Gundappa Viswanath and Mohammed Azharuddin have scored the most centuries at the venue with three each. The latter also holds the record for the highest score by an Indian at the ground. As of February 2016, 32 Test centuries have been scored at the stadium.
India's Chetan Sharma was the first player to score an ODI century at the ground. He made 101 not out against England during the Nehru Cup (1989). Shahid Afridi's 45-ball century against India in April 2005 at the venue is the fastest century scored in India. As of March 2016, Rohit Sharma's 150 against South Africa is the highest ODI score by a batsman at the ground. The record for the highest score in the format by an overseas player belongs to the Pakistani Salman Butt, who made 129 against India in November 2007. As of February 2016, nine ODI centuries have been scored by as many players at the Green Park Stadium.
Key
Score denotes the number of runs scored by the batsman in an innings.
* denotes that the batsman was not out.
Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
Balls denotes the number of balls faced by the batsman in an innings.
NR denotes that the statistic was not recorded.
Date denotes the date in which the match started.
Result denotes the result of the player's team.
Drawn denotes that the match was drawn.
Test cricket
One Day Internationals
References
Cricket grounds in Uttar Pradesh
Green Park Stadium
Centuries
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Powlesland
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Powlesland is a surname of English origin. People with that name include:
Alfred Powlesland (1875–1941), English cricketer
Dominic Powlesland (born 1954), British landscape archaeologist
Ian Powlesland, British archaeologist who appeared in the TV series Time Team
See also
Powlesland and Mason (railway shunting contractors), a defunct company once active in Swansea docks
Surnames of English origin
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Emma Willits
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Emma K. Willits (20 September 1869 – 9 April 1965) was a pioneering woman physician and surgeon who played an important role in the development of Children's Hospital in San Francisco (now the California campus [Women and Children's Center] of the California Pacific Medical Center), serving as the head of the Department of General Surgery from 1921 to 1934.
She is believed to be the third woman to specialize in surgery in the United States.
Biography
Willits was born in Macedon, New York. She was educated at Quaker schools. In 1892 she moved to Chicago to enroll in the Women's Medical College of Chicago, then affiliated with (and later absorbed by) Northwestern University. After receiving her medical degree in 1896, Willits served her internship at the Women's Hospital of Chicago.
In 1897, Willits moved to San Francisco as a resident at the Children's Hospital (for Women and Children). When she completed her residency in 1900, she opened her own private practice but maintained her affiliation with Children's. She was initially a member of the surgical staff of the Department of Pediatrics, and later became chief of the Department of Surgical Diseases of Children. In 1921 she became the chair of the Department of General Surgery, a position she held until 1934. She is believed to be the first woman in the United States to head a surgery department. To add to her knowledge, she visited the Mayo Clinic several times over the course of her career; in 1923 she spent several months studying in Vienna. After stepping down from the chair position in 1934, she served as a consulting physician and surgeon.
During and after the time she held these hospital positions, Willits also maintained her private practice as a family doctor, retiring in 1941.
Willits' house in Palo Alto, constructed in 1926-27, was designed by architect Lionel H. Pries.
Willits was lesbian and throughout her adult life lived with her partner, Elizabeth Ristine.
Willits lived quietly in San Francisco until her death at age 95.
References
Further reading
Edwards, Muriel, M.D., "Emma K. Willits," Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 5/1 (January 1950): 42-43.
"Children's Hospital will Honor Dr. Emma Willits," San Francisco Chronicle, 13 January 1941, page 7.
"Dr. Emma Willits Dies at 95," San Francisco Chronicle, 11 April 1965, page 22 (obituary)
"Dr. Willit [sic] Woman Surgeon," San Francisco Examiner, 10 April 1965, page 50 (obituary)
1869 births
1965 deaths
American women physicians
American surgeons
Physicians from New York (state)
LGBT people from New York (state)
Healthcare in the San Francisco Bay Area
People from Macedon, New York
LGBT physicians
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Cornélie Barbe Hyacinthe Jacquemart, known as Nélie (25 July 1841– 15 May 1912) was a French painter, art collector and patron of the arts.
Biography
She was born in Paris. Her parents came from Meurthe in 1835 so her father, Joseph, could work as a "relais" (a type of campaign worker) for , a local candidate for National Deputy. Her mother, Marie, may have been a milliner and her father appears to have died shortly after her birth. Much is uncertain, as she later destroyed many early documents, to conceal her plebeian origins.
When she displayed an early talent for art, she became a protégée of De Vatry's wife, , and spent summers at their hunting lodge in the former Chaalis Abbey. There, she developed her drawing skills and met many prominent figures who had been involved in the Bourbon Restoration. Thanks to Mme. de Vatry, she was able to study in the workshop of Léon Cogniet, a Professor at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, which did not accept female students at that time. The lessons were given by Cogniet's sister, Marie-Amélie, and consisted largely of copying Cogniet's works.
Her first public exposure came from an unusual source. In 1858, Malka Kachwar, the Queen of Oudh, died in Paris on her way home from London. She was buried with great ceremony at Père-Lachaise. Jacquemart was there, with Léon Cogniet, and created numerous sketches of the event. An editor at L'Illustration named Aristide Merille had them made into lithographs by Évremond de Bérard and Jules Worms and published them in the magazine later that year.
Her first showing at the Salon came in 1863 when she was only twenty-two. She received several commissions as a result. At the Salon of 1866, one of her works was purchased by the government and was on display at the Palais des Tuileries until it and the building were destroyed during the Commune. In 1867, she was able to travel to Italy, where she studied with Ernest Hébert, Director of the Académie de France à Rome. While she was there, she befriended Geneviève Bréton, a relative of Louis Hachette, who kept a detailed diary that sheds light on Jacquemart's character and activities. Through Bréton, she met the writer , son of the Minister of Education, Victor Duruy, whose portrait she painted. After that, according to Bréton, she thought of little but getting married. Her portrait of Duruy was awarded a medal at the Salon of 1870.
Art collector
Shortly after, the Franco-Prussian War began. Among its victims was her friend, the painter Henri Regnault, who died defending Paris. She continued to paint, however. After the war, she was commissioned to do a portrait of President Adolphe Thiers. She also did a portrait of the art collector, Édouard André. Nine years later, she married him, although there is no evidence to indicate they had a relationship. He was ill at the time and his family insisted on a marriage contract that established a complete separation of their respective personal properties. Despite this arrangement. their collections, both begun many years before, began to merge. Eventually, she decided to hyphenate her name as Jacquemart-André.
The couple travelled throughout Europe, Egypt and Turkey, adding to their collection. Altogether, they acquired 207 sculptures and 97 paintings. They were particularly interested in Italian Renaissance art and caused a scandal when they bought frescoes by Tiepolo at the Palazzo Contarini-Pisani, near Padua. There was a vitriolic attack in the press and many called for a ban on removing them from Italy. Nevertheless, the frescoes were removed and are now in the couple's townhouse (now the Musée Jacquemart-André) on the Boulevard Haussmann.
After Édouard's death in 1894, she produced a copy of a document giving her possession of the entire joint collection. His family disputed its authenticity, but she won the case. After taking possession, she expanded the collection to include medals and English paintings. In 1902, she discovered that Mme.de Vatry's estate had been sold, including Chaalis Abbey. Luckily, she was able to acquire the Abbey and housed part of her collection there. She also ordered a funerary monument, showing her with palette and brush in hand, although she had painted very little in almost thirty years.
She died in 1912, at her home on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris. She was interred in the chapel at the Abbey, adorned with frescoes by Francesco Primaticcio. In accordance with an agreement she had made with Édouard, all of her possessions were bequeathed to the Institut de France. One year later, two Musées Jacquemart-André were inaugurated and opened to the public; one in Paris and one at the Abbey.
References
Further reading
Théodore Pelloquet, "Nélie Jacquemart : Molière chez le barbier Gely, à Pézenas", L'Exposition, journal du salon de 1863, 24 May 1863, online
Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains: contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays étrangers, L. Hachette (1880) Chapter on Jacquemart online
Sandrine Herman, "Étude de la correspondance de Nélie Jacquemart-Andre 1881-1912", Université Paris-Sorbonne (1993-1995)
Anne-Marie Bautier and Robert-Henri Bautier, "Nélie Jacquemart-André, artiste, collectionneuse, mécène ou la passion de l’œuvre d’art", Gazette des beaux-arts, February 1995, pgs.79-114
Jean-Pierre Babelon, Une passion commune pour l'art, Nélie Jacquemart et Édouard André, Scala (2012) online
Charles Duprat and C. Recoura, Entrez dans l'univers du Musée Jacquemart-André, Fondation Culturespaces, Dossier pédagogique, online
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Ray Brown & the Whispers were an Australian rock band from 1964 to 1967. Led by singer Ray Brown, they ranked alongside the Easybeats, Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs and Normie Rowe as one of the most popular acts of the period. In 1964, the band played at the Bowl, a Sydney nightclub, doing covers of popular songs such as "Shakin All Over".
Over a period of two years, Brown and the Whispers issued four albums, seven singles and eight EPs. Some of their discography includes the songs: "(Ain't It) Strange," "That's Evil," "Too Late to Come Home" (with the Bee Gees on backing vocals), and "Go to Him."
Brown left the group at the end of 1966 and continued as a solo artist. He died of a heart attack in Sydney on 16 August 1996, aged 51.
Personnel
Previous lineup of 1964
Ray Brown [Vocals]
Lawrie Barclay [Rhythm guitar]
Bobbie Richardson [Lead guitar]
John Manners [Bass]
Pat Jeffery [Drums]
Classic lineup of 1965–1966
Ray Brown [Vocals]
Lawrie Barclay [Rhythm guitar]
Al Jackson [Lead guitar]
John Manners [Bass]
Pat Jeffery [Drums]
Discography
Albums
Ray Brown & the Whispers (self-titled) (1965) #4 Australian charts
Hits & Brass (1965)
Heading For The Top (1966) #4 Australian charts
Dance Dance Dance (1966)
Compilation albums
Miles of Hits (1988)
Ray Brown & the Whispers: The Ultimate Collection (2002)
Singles
A Charted as a double A-side.
B Ray Brown solo.
References
The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop - Ian McFarlane - Allen & Unwin, Sydney - 1999 -
Noel McGrath's Australian Encyclopedia of Rock & Pop - Rigby Publishers - 1978 -
The Who's Who of Australian Rock - Chris Spencer - Moonlight Publishing -
An Australian Discography 1960-1989 - Chris Spencer - Moonlight Publishers - 1990 -
External links
Ray Brown & the Whispers - Milesago Web page
Pop Archives feature – Twenty Miles
Pop Archives feature – In The Midnight Hour
Pop Archives feature – Fool Fool Fool
Pop Archives feature – Pride
Pop Archives feature - Ain't It Strange
New South Wales musical groups
Australian rock music groups
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Henri-Victor Michelant
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Henri-Victor Michelant (8 August 1811, Liège – 23 May 1890, Paris) was a French librarian, Romanist and medievalist.
Biography
As a Lorraine native, Michelant was active in research on both sides of the border between France, where he was known as Henri, and Germany, where he published under the first name of Heinrich.
From 1836 to 1841, Michelant was clerk at the court of Metz. In February 1842, he met, in Tübingen, Ludwig Uhland and Adelbert von Keller, with whom he collaborated as editor of texts in Old French for the collection Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart, in which edited the numbers 13 (1846), 24 (1852), 67 (1862) and 112 (1872). (cf. German Wikipedia, Bibliothek des Litterarischen Vereins in Stuttgart)
Michelant obtained his doctorate and taught foreign literature at the University of Rennes from 1849 to 1851. In 1853, he obtained a managerial position in the Cabinet des manuscripts of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. In Paris, he was a resident member of the Société des Antiquaires de France (1853–1885), a member of the Committee for Historical and Scientific Works (1865–1873) and, from 1875, president and founding member of the Society of Ancient Texts, French.
Michelant's most significant works were editions of a large number of medieval texts, many published for the first time. He co-authored works with French philologist François Guessard. (cf. French Wikipedia, François Guessard), Gaston Raynaud, and Alfred Ramé.
Publications
His numerous publications include the following.
Li romans d'Alixandre par Lambert Li Tors et Alexandre de Bernay, Stuttgart, 1846.
Gedenkbuch des Metzer Bürgers Philippe von Vigneulles aus den Jahren 1471–1522, Stuttgart, 1852 ; trad. all., Saarbrücken, 2005.
Trésor de vénerie composé en l'an M. CCC. LXXXX. IV par Hardouin, Metz, 1856.
Floovant. Chanson de geste, Paris, 1858. (with François Guessard)
Gui de Bourgogne. Chanson de geste, Paris, 1859. (with François Guessard)
Otinel. Chanson de geste, Paris, 1859. (with François Guessard)
Calixtus. Chanson de geste, Paris, 1859. (with François Guessard)
Renaus de Montauban oder die Haimonskinder, Stuttgart, 1862.
Voyage de Jacques Cartier au Canada en 1534, Paris, 1865. (with Alfred Ramé)
La Clef d'amour. Poème, Lyon, 1866.
Blancandin et l'Orgueilleuse d'amour. Roman d'aventures, Paris, 1867.
Méraugis de Portlesguez. Roman de la Table Ronde de Raoul de Houdenc, Paris, 1869.
Chronique de Metz de Jacomin Husson, 1200–1525, Metz, 1870.
Historia del Cavallero Cifar, Tübingen, 1872.
Le Livre des Mestiers. Dialogues français-flamands composés au XIVe siècle par un maître d'école de la ville de Bruges, Paris, 1875.
Voyage de Pierre Bergeron ès Ardennes, Liége et Pays-Bas, en 1619, Liège, 1875.
Guillaume de Palerne, Paris, 1876.
tinéraires à Jérusalem et descriptions de la Terre Sainte rédigés en français aux XIe, XIIe et XIIIe siècles, Genève, 1882. (with Gaston Raynaud)
Der Roman von Escanor von Gérard von Amiens, Tübingen, 1886.
L'Escoufle. Roman d'aventure de Jean Renart, Paris, 1894. (with Paul Meyer)
References
1811 births
1890 deaths
Historians of the Crusades
University of Rennes faculty
French archivists
French historians
French literary historians
French medievalists
19th-century historians
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Dixon Correctional Institute (DCI) is a prison facility in Jackson, Louisiana. DCI, a facility of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, is approximately from Baton Rouge. Dixon is located about from the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola).
The housing of the warden of Dixon is in a pastoral setting by a lake.
History
Dixon, which opened in 1976, was the first medium security prison in Louisiana. 7.5% of Dixon's beds are classified as "maximum security."
Burl Cain served as the warden of DCI until he was named in the same position at Angola. By 1997 Cain continued to live at DCI even though he was by that time the warden of Angola. Therefore LeBlanc lived in his own house, away, and received $4,810 annually by the state as compensation. LeBlanc later became the Secretary of Corrections of Louisiana.
Its current warden is Steve Rader. Another former Dixon warden is Richard Stalder of Zachary, who was the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections from 1992 to 2008.
Around 2003 the prison held boxing matches for prisoners.
Notable inmates
Torrence Hatch (Lil Boosie)
Notes
Official website
Official website
Prisons in Louisiana
1976 establishments in Louisiana
Buildings and structures in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
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George Carr
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George Carr may refer to:
George Kirwan Carr Lloyd (AKA George Kirwan Carr, 1810–1877), English army officer and Sussex landowner
G. S. Carr (George Shoobridge Carr, 1837–1914), British mathematician
George Carr (baseball) (1894–1948), American baseball player
George Carr (footballer) (1899–?), English football player and manager
George C. Carr (1929–1990), American lawyer and United States federal judge
See also
Frank George Griffith Carr (1903–1991), director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England
George Carr Frison (1924–2020), American archaeologist
Dr. George W. Carr House, an historic house in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island
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Woodland Carbon Code
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The Woodland Carbon Code is the UK standard for afforestation projects for climate change mitigation. It provides independent verification and validation and assurance about the levels of carbon sequestration from managed woodland and their contribution to climate change mitigation.
The Code, which sets out project design and management requirements, was established in 2011 to promote best practice procedures for organisations wanting to create woodland to mitigate their carbon emissions. Compliance with the code means that woodland carbon projects are responsibly and sustainably managed to national standards; will have reliable estimates for the amount of carbon that will be sequestered or locked up as a result of the tree planting; be publicly registered and independently verified; and meet transparent criteria and standards to ensure that real carbon benefits are delivered.
Every Woodland Carbon Code project appears on the UK Register of Woodland Carbon Projects; registry services are provided by Markit. All project developers and carbon buyers will have an account on the registry, which also contains project information and documentation, as well as the facility to list, track ownership and retire carbon units. Projects and their documentation are validated at the outset by a third party accredited by the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS). An ongoing monitoring programme for the woodland will have also been agreed at the time of validation and projects will be verified by an accredited third party at regular intervals.
Woodland Carbon Code projects generate Woodland Carbon Units, which once verified can be used by UK businesses to help compensate for their gross emissions.
Requirements of the code
register with the Forestry Commission, stating the location and long-term objectives
meet national forestry standards to ensure they are sustainably and responsibly managed
have a long-term management plan
use standard methods for estimating the carbon that will be sequestered
demonstrate that the project delivers additional carbon benefits than would otherwise have been the case
History
The Carbon Advisory Group
The Forestry Commission set up a Carbon Advisory Group of UK forest industry and carbon market experts in 2008 to advise on woodland carbon management and develop industry guidelines and standards. These have since evolved to become the Woodland Carbon Code.
Pilot Phase: 2010-2011
Between August 2010 and July 2011 the Woodland Carbon Code was piloted at a number of sites across the UK . Several projects, comprising a variety of woodland types, were designed and validated under the draft criteria of the code. Following feedback from the pilot phase, final amends were made to the Code before being launched in 2011.
Launch
In July 2011, approval was given for CO2 abatement from Woodland Carbon Code projects to be reported, under UK government guidance on how to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions. This enabled UK investors and businesses to accurately communicate details of their woodland creation projects in greenhouse gas reports for the first time.
Group Scheme Pilot: 2012-2013
In 2012 and early 2013 group validation was piloted. This is an alternative approach to certification under the Woodland Carbon Code which allows owners of small woodlands, which may not have been viable to validate on their own, to become certified under a single statement, enabling financial costs to be shared. In May 2013 the group validation scheme was officially launched.
Carbon registries
The Woodland Carbon Code was launched on the Markit Environmental Registry in summer 2013.
Certified Woodland Carbon Code projects do not generate credits that are fungible with international markets or carbon offsetting requirements. Instead, projects are acknowledged as a contribution to the UK meeting its greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments and can be reported as part of a UK business’ net greenhouse gas emissions according to government guidance.
See also
Afforestation
References
Carbon capture and sequestration
Sustainable forest management
Forest certification
Forestry and the environment
Forests and woodlands of the United Kingdom
Forestry in the United Kingdom
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Bettina Wulff
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Bettina Wulff (née Körner; 25 October 1973) is the wife of the former German President Christian Wulff and was therefore sometimes referred to by the media as the "First Lady" during her husband's presidency.
Early life and family
Bettina Körner was born 25 October 1973 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, the second child of Inge and Horst Körner. She spent her childhood in the town of Großburgwedel and was raised as a Protestant.
Körner married Christian Wulff on 3 March 2008. Their son, Linus Florian was born two months later. Christian and Bettina Wulff each have a child from previous relationships. He had been married to his wife Christiane for 18 years before announcing their divorce in June 2006. He and his former wife have a daughter, Annalena. Bettina Wulff also has a son, Leander Balthasar (born 2003), from an earlier relationship.
Education and career
After completing Abitur at the Leibnizschule in Hanover in 1993, Wulff studied media management and applied media sciences at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover and was enrolled there until 2000. Between 1998 and 2000, she worked as a public relations assistant for an internet agency. After that she was employed as a press officer for a car manufacturing supplier and later for a pharmacy chain. In February 2012, after her husband's resignation from the Office of German President and in the wake of a scandal about alleged corruption, she founded the public relations agency Bettina Wulff Kommunikation.
Personal life
Wulff was 36 years old when her husband was elected President; she became a media star for "her looks and her glamour, her height and her elegance"; the tabloid press was fascinated by the fact that she had a tattoo, "as if it were a badge of hipness".
Charity
Wulff is a patron of the "Eine Chance für Kinder" (A Chance for Children) Foundation, which aims to support expectant mothers, young mothers, babies and toddlers facing difficult social situations. She is also a patron of the "Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung" (German Children and Youth Foundation) and "Müttergenesungswerk" (Maternal Health Care Foundation).
Lawsuit
In 2012, she undertook legal action against Google, TV host Günther Jauch, and 34 other German and foreign bloggers and media, which led to cease and desist orders. The centrepiece of the associated lawsuit is Google's autocomplete feature, because the search engine would suggest terms such as "escort" and "prostitute" when searching for Wulff's name. The autocomplete results were generated as a result of unsubstantiated rumors about Wulff spread by gossip sites and blogs. Wulff had concerns that the autocomplete suggestions would be interpreted by users as a statement of fact. According to a survey by a polling group for the tabloid Bild am Sonntag, 81% of Germans had never heard the rumours before she started her campaign.
Book
Published in September 2012, Wulff wrote an autobiography (co-authored by Nicole Maibaum) titled Jenseits des Protokolls (Off Protocol) in which, inter alia, she refutes the rumours of having worked as an escort or prostitute. She also discussed marital problems and disclosed they were seeing a marriage counselor. In January 2013, the couple announced their separation with him moving out of their countryside house and into a rented flat in Hanover. They started divorce proceedings in March 2015, but only two months later they got together again and stopped the proceedings.
References
1973 births
Living people
People from Hanover
German public relations people
Spouses of presidents of Germany
Christian Wulff
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Dmitri Konstantinovich of Suzdal () (1323–1383) was a powerful Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod who dominated Russian politics during the minority of his son-in-law, Dmitri Donskoi. The famous Shuisky family descends from his eldest son, Vasily Kirdyapa.
A senior descendant of Vsevolod the Big Nest and also of Yaroslav II of Vladimir (Dmitry was great-grandson of Yaroslav II's third son Andrey), he inherited Suzdal in 1359 and Nizhny Novgorod in 1365. His policy towards Tatars was conciliatory for the most part, as his eastern lands were continuously exposed to their attacks. After some rivalry with Dmitri of Moscow, he was installed by the Khan of the Golden Horde as the Grand Duke of Vladimir in 1360. During his reign, he repeatedly quarreled with the Novgorod Republic over the raids of Novgorodian pirates who looted his own capital and Tatar markets along the Volga River.
Three years later he was dethroned and had to make peace with Dmitri by marrying him to his daughter, Eudoxia. Joining his army with Dmitri's, he led an allied assault on Volga Bulgars and Mordovia. In 1377, the allied armies were defeated by the Tatars on the Pyana River, because (as the chronicler put it) they were too drunk to fight. However, in 1382 Dmitry Konstantinovich took the side of Khan Tokhtamysh in taking over Moscow and sent his sons to serve in the Tatar army.
Family
He had issue:
Vasiliy Kirdyapa c. 1350-1403, prince of Suzdal. A descendant of 6th generation is Vasili IV tsar of Russia.
Simeon died 1402, prince of Suzdal. A descendant of 8th generation is Michael I Romanov tsar of Russia.
Eudoxia died 1407, married to Dmitry Donskoy grand prince of Moscow.
References
1324 births
1383 deaths
14th-century Russian people
14th-century Russian princes
Shuysky family
Grand Princes of Vladimir
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Rurik dynasty
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Tinney is an Irish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Al Tinney (1921–2002), American jazz pianist
Frank Tinney (1886–1940), vaudeville entertainer
Joseph E. Tinney (April 24, 1910 – May 13, 2006), American attorney and politician
Mary Catherine Tinney, Irish diplomat
Matt Tinney (21st century), reporter and weekend newsreader
Sheila Tinney, Irish mathematical physicist
Stuart Tinney (born 1964), Olympic-level equestrian rider
The Tinney Family, owners of Belcourt Castle in Newport, Rhode Island
See also
Tinney, Ohio
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Statutory term analysis is a method of analyzing a statutory term in a law to ensure that it is Congress, not a judge, who has the power to make laws under Article I, section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution (the Necessary and Proper Clause). The Statutory Term Analysis (STA) method includes using only the text of the United States Congressional Record as evidence of the legal meaning of a term in a federal statute and provides new detailed federal rules of evidence to a judge on how the judge (or judges) is to consider the timing, weight, and order of analysis of that evidence in the court-issued opinion.
United States law
Statutory law
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Gmina Gowarczów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Końskie County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Gowarczów, which lies approximately north of Końskie and north of the regional capital Kielce.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,992.
Villages
Gmina Gowarczów contains the villages and settlements of Bębnów, Bernów, Borowiec, Brzeźnica, Giełzów, Gowarczów, Kamienna Wola, Komaszyce, Korytków, Kupimierz, Kurzacze, Miłaków, Morzywół, Rogówek, Ruda Białaczowska and Skrzyszów.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Gowarczów is bordered by the gminas of Białaczów, Gielniów, Końskie, Opoczno and Przysucha.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
Gowarczow
Końskie County
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Edward Retz "Eddie" Maple (born November 8, 1948, in Carrollton, Ohio) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. One of eight siblings, he is an older brother to jockey Sam Maple, who won more than 2,500 races.
Maple began riding horses at age 12, and won his first race as a professional at age 17 at Ascot Park in Akron. Ohio. He spent his early career in Ohio and West Virginia, moving to tracks in New Jersey in 1970, but then relocated to New York in 1971.
Maple was the jockey for Hall of Fame horse Riva Ridge in the 1973 Marlboro Cup, getting the ride when regular jockey Ron Turcotte rode Secretariat to victory in the same race. His strong 2nd-place performance earned him the opportunity of a lifetime later that year, when Turcotte was suspended from riding for five days; Maple rode Secretariat to victory in his last race, the Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. In 1982, Maple scored his second win in the Canadian International with Majesty's Prince.
In 1980, Maple won the Belmont Stakes aboard Temperence Hill, and won again in 1985 on Creme Fraiche. He competed in nine Kentucky Derbys, his best finish being a second place in 1982 behind winner Gato Del Sol. Among his other major victories, Maple won the Travers Stakes three times, the Kentucky Oaks, the Arlington Million, and the 1991 Italian 1,000 Guineas (Premio Regina Elena) in Rome, Italy.
In 1995, Maple was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, and in 1998, the Mike Venezia Memorial Award. He retired in 1998 with 4,398 wins. He and his wife ran a retail home and garden store on Long Island, New York until 2005, when they sold the business and took on the position of General Manager at the Rose Hill Plantation Equestrian Boarding And Teaching Center in Bluffton, South Carolina.
Maple was inducted into the National Racing Hall of Fame in 2009.
References
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People from Carrollton, Ohio
1948 births
Living people
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Lubna Salim (née: Siddiqui), born 2 April, is an Indian theatre and television actress.
Early life and education
She is the daughter of the popular script writer Javed Siddiqui. She studied at Mithibai College Mumbai, and pursued theatre at the inter-collegiate level.
Career
She won the Indian Telly Award in 2008 for her role in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby. In 2010, she acted in the play Lakeerein, written by Gulzar and directed by Salim Arif, opposite actor, Yashpal Sharma. She is now seen in the serial Khidki.
Personal life
She is married to Salim Arif, whom she met while working on the tele-serial Discovery of India, the couple have two sons, she took a sabbatical to raise her sons for a while, as of now, they both have passed 12th grade from The Bishop's School, Pune.
Filmography
Films
Parbat Ke Us Paar (1988)
Just Married (2007)
OMG – Oh My God (2012)
Call for Fun (2017) as Sheila Mehra
Photograph as Sheilaben
Television
Bharat Ek Khoj (1988)
Baa Bahoo Aur Baby(2005-2009)in (season 1) as Leela Thakkar
Ek Packet Umeed(2008) as Paroma
Mera Naam Karegi Roshan (2010) as Yashoda (Kuldeep's wife, main antagonist)
2025 Jaane Kya Hoga Aage (2015) as Ganga Joshi
Khidki (2016) as Jyoti Thakkar
Rishton Ka Chakravyuh (2017-2018) as Madhu Pathak
Mariam Khan - Reporting Live (2018) as Rifat Wasim
Web Series
The Aam Aadmi Family (Season 1: 2016; Season 2: 2017; Season 3: 2019)
The Gone Game (Season 1: 2020)
Fittrat (Season 2-present 2021)
Sandwiched Forever –2020 (Sony LIV) as Manjari Sarnaik
Bhalla Calling Bhalla (2020) as Lovely Bhalla
References
Sources
In everyone's eye 2006, 11 January. The Times of India
Getting noticed, finally! 2006, 11 January. The Times of India
Yashpal Sharma hopes to break mould with small screen debut 2010, 8 July. Sify News
Baby's day out...with Baa and Bahoo 2005, 20 September. The Hindu
External links
Living people
21st-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Indian television actresses
Actresses from Mumbai
Mithibai College alumni
Indian stage actresses
Indian soap opera actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
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The Secrets of the Self
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Asrar-i-Khudi (, The Secrets of the Self; published in Persian, 1915) was the first philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal, the great poet-philosopher of British India. This book deals mainly with the individual, while his second book Rumuz-i-Bekhudi discusses the interaction between the individual and society.
Introduction
Published in 1915, Asrar-i-Khudi (Secrets of the Self) was the first poetry book of Iqbal. Considered by many to be Iqbal's best book of poetry, it is concerned with the philosophy of religion. In a letter to the poet Ghulam Qadir Girami (d.1345/1927), Iqbal wrote that "the ideas behind the verses had never been expressed before either in the East or in the West." R.A. Nicholson, who translated the Asrar as The Secrets of the Self, says it caught the attention of young Muslims as soon as it was printed. Iqbal wrote this in Persian because he felt the language was well-suited for the expression of these ideas.
Overview
In 1915, he published his first collection of poetry, the Asrar-e-Khudi (Secrets of the Self) in Persian. The poems emphasise the spirit and self from a religious, spiritual perspective. Many critics have called this Iqbal's finest poetic work
In Asrar-e-Khudi, Iqbal has explained his philosophy of "Khudi," or "Self." Iqbal' s use of term "Khudi" is synonymous with the word of "Rooh" as mentioned in the Quran. "Rooh" is that divine spark which is present in every human being and was present in Adam for which God ordered all of the angels to prostrate in front of Adam.
However, one has to make a great journey of transformation to realize that divine spark which Iqbal calls "Khudi". A similitude of this journey could be understood by the relationship of fragrance and seed. Every seed has the potential for fragrance within it. But to reach its fragrance the seed must go through all the different changes and stages. First breaking out of its shell. Then breaking the ground to come into the light developing roots at the same time. Then fighting against the elements to develop leaves and flowers. Finally reaching its pinnacle by attaining the fragrance that was hidden within it.
In the same way, to reach one's khudi or rooh one needs to go through multiple stages which Iqbal himself went through, spiritual path which he encourages others to travel. He notes that not all seeds reach the level of fragrance. Many die along the way, incomplete. In the same way, only few people could climb this Mount Everest of spirituality, most get consumed along the way by materialism. The same concept had been used by the Medieval poet and philosopher Farid ud-Din Attar of Nishapur in his "Mantaq-ul-Tair" ("The Conference of the Birds").
Iqbal proves by various means that the whole universe obeys the will of the "Self." He condemns self-destruction. For him, the aim of life is self-realization and self-knowledge. He charts the stages through which the "Self" has to pass before finally arriving at its point of perfection, enabling the knower of the "Self" to become the vicegerent of God.
Topics
Introduction
Prologue
Showing that the system of the universe originates in the Self, and that the continuation of the life of all individuals depends on strengthening the Self
Showing that the life of the Self comes from forming desires and bringing them to birth
Showing that the Self is strengthened by Love
Showing that the Self is weakened by asking
Showing that when the Self is strengthened by Love its gains dominion over the outward and inward forces of the universe
A tale of which the moral is that negation of the Self is a doctrine invented by the subject races of mankind in order that by this means they may sap and weaken the character of their roles
To the effect that Plato, whose thought has deeply influenced the mysticism and literature of Islam, followed the sheep's doctrine, and that we must be on our guard against his theories
Concerning the true nature of poetry and the reform of Islamic literature
Showing that the education of the self has three stages : Obedience, Self-control, and Divine Vicegerence
Setting forth the inner meanings of the names of Ali
Story of a young man of Merv who came to the saint Ali Hujwiri – God have mercy on him and complained that he was oppressed by the enemies
Story of the bird that was faint with thirst
Story of the diamond and the coal
Story of the Sheikh and the Brahmin, followed by a conversation between Ganges and Himalayas to the effect that the continuation of social life depends on firm attachment to the characteristic traditions of the community
Showing that the purpose of the Muslims 's like is to exalt the Word of Allah, and that the Jihad(to strive or to struggle), if it be prompted by land-hunger, is unlawful in the religion of Islam
Precepts written for the Muslims of India by Mir Naj«t Nakshbandi. Who is generally known as Baba Sahr'ai
Time is a sword
An invocation
Editions
See also
Javid Nama
Payam-i-Mashriq
Zabur-i-Ajam
Pas Chih Bayad Kard ay Aqwam-i-Sharq
Bang-e-Dara
Bal-e-Jibril
Rumuz-e-Bekhudi
Zarb-i-Kalim
Armaghan-i-Hijaz
Notes
External links
Read online
Related Websites
Official Website of Allama Iqbal
Iqbal Cyber Library, Online Library
The collection of Urdu poems: Columbia University
Encyclopedia Britannica.
Allama Iqbal Urdu Poetry Collection
Allama Iqbal Searchable Books (iqbal.wiki)
E-Books of Allama Iqbal on Rekhta
Social Media Pages
Facebook Page of Allama Iqbal
Twitter Account of Allama Iqbal
YouTube Channel
YouTube Channel of Allama Iqbal
1915 poetry books
Persian poems
Islamic philosophical poetry books
Poetry by Muhammad Iqbal
Poetry collections
Persian-language books
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Out with Dad (web series)
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Out With Dad is a Canadian web series created, written, directed, and produced by Jason Leaver. The series premiered on YouTube in 2010, and ran for five seasons, concluding in 2017. It follows Rose, a lesbian teenager, who struggles through the process of her coming out to her single father.
The series has won various awards, including several Indie Series Awards, and has screened at numerous festivals, including the Los Angeles Web Series Festival. As of April 2018, the series has over 40,000 subscribers and has been viewed over 25 million times on YouTube.
Background
The series premiered on YouTube in 2010 and is filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It also streams on Blip and Dailymotion. The series shines a spotlight on the challenges of people in the LGBT community, specifically lesbians facing homophobia.
In 2011, the series was given an official endorsement by PFLAG Canada.
Since the conclusion of its third season, the series has been funded solely by fans through the online funding platform Patreon. In 2017, the fifth season, which consists of 5 episodes, was announced as the final season of the series.
Subtitles
Fans of the series take upon it themselves to publish subtitles for the episodes on YouTube in many different languages, including:
Germanic languages : English, Dutch, German
Latine languages : French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Eastern European languages : Czech
Partially subtitled in those languages : Russian (Seasons 1 & 2), Greek (Seasons 1 & 3) and Croatian (Seasons 1 & 3)
A deal with France Televisions led to the dubbing in French of the webseries, by its subsidiary MFP, for the broadcasting on France 4 channel of the episodes 1.01 to 3.06.
Episodes
See List of episodes of Out with Dad
Cast
See Out with Dad cast members
References
External links
Official website
Watch all episodes
2010 web series debuts
2017 web series endings
Canadian drama web series
Canadian LGBT-related web series
Fictional lesbians
Fictional bisexual females
Homophobia in fiction
2010s Canadian LGBT-related drama television series
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Endoclita javaensis
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Endoclita javaensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Java, Indonesia.
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External links
Hepialidae genera
Moths described in 1950
Hepialidae
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The following is a list of the TVB Star Awards Malaysia winners and nominees for My Favourite TVB Actor and Actress in a Leading Role. It was first introduced in 2005 at the inaugural 2004 Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards. The awards ceremony was renamed TVB Star Awards Malaysia in 2013.
Winners and nominees
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2010s
References
TVB Star Award for Favourite Leading Performances
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Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics
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The Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It publishes original research dealing with the application of psychological theories and/or neuroscientific methods to business and economics and, therefore, is at the core of research in neuroeconomics, decision neuroscience, and consumer neuroscience. It is currently edited by Samuel M. McClure (Arizona State University).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is indexed by PsycINFO, EconLit, Academic Source Complete, Business Source Complete, TOC Premier and is electronically accessible through PsycARTICLES. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.31.
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External links
Neuroscience journals
Cognitive science journals
Economics journals
Biannual journals
Differential psychology journals
American Psychological Association academic journals
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is a 10.5-inch Android-based tablet computer produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics. It belongs to the ultra high-end "S" line of the cross between the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Samsung Galaxy S series, which also includes an 8.4-inch model, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4. It was announced on 12 June 2014, and was released on July 2014. This is Samsung's first 10.5-inch tablet which is aimed to be a direct competitor against the iPad Air.
History
The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 was announced on 12 June 2014. It was shown along with the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 at the Samsung Galaxy Premiere 2014 in New York.
Features
The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is released with Android 4.4.2 Kitkat. Samsung has customized the interface with its TouchWiz Nature UX 3.0 software. As well as the standard suite of Google apps, it has Samsung apps such as ChatON, S Suggest, S Voice, S Translator, S Planner, WatchON, Smart Stay, Multi-Window, Group Play, All Share Play, Samsung Magazine, Professional pack, Multi-user mode, SideSync 3.0, and Gear/Gear Fit manager.
The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is available in WiFi-only and 4G/LTE & WiFi variants. Storage ranges from 16 GB to 32 GB depending on the model, with a microSDXC card slot for expansion up to 128 GB. It has a 10.5-inch WQXGA Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 2560x1600 pixels and a pixel density of 287 ppi. It also features a 2.1 MP front camera without flash and a rear-facing 8.0 MP AF camera with LED flash. It also has the ability to record HD videos.
The Galaxy Tab S was designed with a ‘Multi Window’ feature that lets users consume two kinds of entertainment on one screen (two screen technology), for example when running two apps simultaneously such as a video and social media application.
The WiFi model of the tablet is powered by the Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5420 CPUs. The LTE model comes either with a Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 on top of a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset (version for Sprint and Verizon) or with the Exynos octa-core CPU. Models for South Korean domestic market have upgraded Exynos 7 Octa 5433 CPUs.
Updates
Galaxy Tab S 10.5 WiFi received Android 5.0.2 Lollipop in France and Canada on March 17, 2015.
As of April 6, 2015, only Canada and France have receive the OTA (Over the Air) Update, exclusive to the WiFi only model. Reasons for the two countries getting the update first, could include the high sales of the Tab S tablets in both countries, and the fact 5.0.2 adds additional French language support, a language predominantly spoken fluently by some 60 Million French and 10 Million Canadians.
Samsung has announced that the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 4G/LTE with an OTA Android 5.0 Lollipop update would be released in some European countries during the last half of April. These countries included Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Croatia and Switzerland.
From June 2015 the tablet received an update to Lollipop in Italy.
As of October 2015, Android 5.0.2 rolled out to the United States as well.
The Galaxy Tab S lineup got an upgrade to Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 OTA. The update for the 10.5 variant began on August 26, 2016, for all versions, except any Canadian LTE models (sm-t805w), to which there will not likely be an update to Marshmallow.
Third-Party Updates
LineageOS 14.1 (based on Android 7 (Nougat)) is available for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Wi-Fi.
Reception
The Verge praised the AMOLED display, liked that it is thinner than the iPad Air, and found the Multi-Window software feature useful. However, The Verge did not like the plastic body, numerous confusing software features and the hard to use fingerprint sensor.
See also
Comparison of tablet computers
Samsung Galaxy Tab series
Samsung Galaxy S series
References
External links
Samsung Galaxy Tab series
Android (operating system) devices
Tablet computers introduced in 2014
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Manhandled (1949 film)
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Manhandled is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden and Dan Duryea. It is based on the 1945 novel The Man Who Stole a Dream by L. S. Goldsmith.
Plot
Struggling writer Alton Bennet explains to psychiatrist Dr. Redman how he has nightmares about murdering his wealthy wife, Ruth, who owns very valuable jewels.
Redman's private secretary, Merl Kramer, casually mentions Bennet's problems to her boyfriend, a private eye, Karl Benson. Merl also mentions that Ruth Bennet is scheduled to drop into Dr. Redman's office that evening for a special session concerning her husband. Benson gets ideas about the jewels, steals Merl's keys and gets duplicates made. Later, he waits outside Redman's office until Ruth arrives, then writes down the Bennets' address from information posted in the car.
Benson is next seen showing his pawnbroker acquaintance, Charlie, jewels and asking him to value them. Charlie mentions there is a "murder rap hanging over this junk" and pays out only for a couple of small pieces, advising Benson to get rid of the rest. Benson runs into Merl and asks her to deposit the money into her bank account, suggesting he has earned it from a recent job and does not want to be tempted to spend it all. He hides the jewels in the water cooler in his office/apartment.
Ruth Bennet is found murdered, precisely in the manner her husband has been dreaming. Along with Detective Dawson, Insurance Investigator Joe Cooper is on the case. While interviewing Redman, it is revealed that the transcripts concerning Bennet's conversations about his nightmare are missing. Redman is seen to have a bandaged bump on his head, which he claims happened when he slipped the previous evening while walking in the park.
It comes to light that Merl's references for her job with Redman were forged, which raises Dawson's suspicions about whether the woman is an upstanding person. He and Cooper question her and she tells them that she got the references and the job with Redman through a friend, Karl Benson.
Benson plays down his relationship with Merl and suggests he can help Dawson and Cooper with the Bennet case, for a share of the eventual insurance payout. He then goes to talk with Merl, and secretly plants one of the dead woman's rings under her sofa cushion. When Merl finds it, she pawns it for the few dollars she needs to finish paying for a new coat. She tells Cooper, when he asks her about it – the pawnbroker had immediately recognized the ring and had phoned police – that she had no idea that it could be Ruth Bennet's property.
Benson works to frame Merl for the murder and the theft; he shows Dawson and Cooper her bankbook and insinuates the recent large deposit has to do with the stolen loot. In his office/apartment, Benson is then confronted by Redman who has realized it is Benson who has the jewels. Benson had stolen the transcript describing the murder scenario nightmare, and had gone to take the gems; when he arrived, he saw Redman leaving the Bennet apartment after killing Ruth. Benson knocked the man out, thereby giving him the bump on his head, and took the pieces from him.
Benson and Redman make an uneasy deal wherein Benson will ensure he "finds" the jewels in Merl's apartment, turn them in to Dawson and Cooper, and he and Redman can share the insurance payout. Benson then goes to the station where Merl is being interrogated. He denies any knowledge of the money in her bank account, then tells Dawson he would be glad to go check her apartment for him again, to see where she may have hidden things. While there, attempting to hide the stash to make it look like Merl did it, Redman shows up, demanding the items. Benson hands them over but, after the man leaves by the fire escape, Benson runs down to the street and, using Redman's own car, kills him.
After stowing the jewels inside Merl's chair, he phones Dawson to tell him he has found them. When Merl returns to her apartment, he tells her she is going down for the crime. They struggle and he knocks her out; he takes her to the roof, intending to throw her off and make it appear like suicide. The police, having arrived as per Benson's call, hear her screams; Cooper and Dawson rescue her. Back in her apartment, Benson learns that Charlie has been taken in for possession of the stolen property; the private eye is further caught in his web of lies and is arrested.
Cast
Dorothy Lamour as Merl Kramer
Sterling Hayden as Joe Cooper
Dan Duryea as Karl Benson
Irene Hervey as Ruth, Mrs. Alton Bennet
Phillip Reed as Guy Bayard
Harold Vermilyea as Dr. Redman
Alan Napier as Alton Bennet
Art Smith as Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
Irving Bacon as Sgt. Fayle
Production
It was known as The Man Who Stole a Dream.
Reception
Audiences and critics found the plot too confusing, and the film was not popular on its release. Lisa Mateas of Turner Classic Movies said that "contemporary audiences ... will find that Manhandled does not disappoint".
The film was described by the producer as "somewhat troublesome" at the box office.
References
External links
1949 films
1949 crime films
American films
American crime films
English-language films
American black-and-white films
Film noir
Paramount Pictures films
Films based on American novels
Films directed by Lewis R. Foster
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Miserable at Middle Age
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Miserable at Middle Age () is a Chinese film released in 1949 and directed by Sang Hu (桑弧). The screenplay was written by Eileen Chang, and the film was produced by the Wenhua Film Company. It has appeared in several polls of the top Chinese films of all time, showing up at 71st in the Hong Kong Film Awards poll of 2013, and at 55th in the Time Out Beijing poll of 2014.
Synopsis
The film is a romantic comedy-drama whose protagonist is Chen Shaochang (Shi Hui), a widowed schoolmaster with three children. The film opens with Shaochang leading his three children to the cemetery for Tomb-Sweeping Day. Superimposed over them is a paraphrase of two lines from a Tang dynasty poem: "Just as Heaven loves to hide its intentions in the dark grasses / So does love between people only become clear when it is late." The children hastily pay their respects at their mother's grave and then ask to be allowed to go and play. As Chen stays behind to weed the grave, he overhears a young girl crying inconsolably. The girl is Liu Minhua (about seven years old), who is visiting her mother's grave with her father. Minhua's father sternly tells her to stop crying, but Shaochang comforts her. It turns out that Minhua's father and Shaochang are old friends. Minhua's father says that he is dissatisfied with the school his daughter is attending, and that he plans to send her to Shaochang's school. Shaochang agrees and asks how Minhua's stepmother treats her. Minhua's father confesses that she has been cruel to Minhua since they had a new child together.
When Minhua arrives at Shaochang's school on the first day of class, he is giving an address to the students. He tells the story of how there were only twelve students in the school when he first opened it more than a decade ago, but now there are hundreds, and the school has a good reputation in the community.
We cut to years later, when Shaochang's eldest son, Chen Jianzhong (Han Fei), is working at a bank. The bank manager asks Jianzhong to tutor his daughter. Jianzhong's friends tell him that this is his chance to start a relationship with her and advance his career. Back at the school, Liu Minhua (Zhu Jiachen), who is now a young lady, comes to ask Shaochang for a job as a teacher. Shaochang senses that something is wrong and asks how things are with Minhua's stepmother. Minhua confesses that, since her father died, her stepmother has been even more cruel to her, and wants her to marry a man in his 60s. After confronting Minhua's mother, Shaochang gives Minhua a job as a teacher and lets her live in the teachers' dormitory. She immediately earns the respect of her colleagues as a diligent worker.
Chen Jianzhong marries Feng Lijun (Li Huanqing), the eldest daughter of the bank manager. Jianzhong's career takes off: he moves into a mansion and begins to associate with other wealthy people. He and Lijun are embarrassed that Shaochang still works, so they pressure him to retire. At his retirement ceremony, he repeats the story of how the school only had twelve students when he started, but now has hundreds. Minhua takes over as schoolmistress. However, Shaochang quickly becomes bored with retirement. The next Tomb-Sweeping Day, Shaochang runs into Minhua at the cemetery. Shaochang complains that his family treats him as old, and has already bought him a tomb. Minhua tells him that, "Nowadays, we Chinese think that after youth there is only old age. There is no middle age. In reality, middle age is the most valuable time." With Minhua's encouragement, Shaochang returns to teaching, over the strong objections of Jianzhong.
One of the teachers at the school asks Shaochang to act as a go-between in proposing to Minhua. Shaochang agrees, but when he encourages Minhua to marry the other man, she breaks down in tears. Shaochang asks her what is wrong, and she confesses that she wants to marry Shaochang. He protests that he is too old and that she would just be marrying him out of pity, but Minhua convinces him that she is sincere, and they agree to marry. When Shaochang tells his family the news, Jianzhong and Lijun lead the other family members in opposing the marriage. They refuse to attend the wedding and tell Shaochang that they will not let them live with them. Furthermore, Lijun will use her influence with her father (who is a trustee of the school) to have Shaochang and Minhua fired.
Shaochang is saddened, but Minhua tells him that they can start a new school, just like he did years ago. On a school field trip, they discover the plot that Shaochang's family had bought him for his tomb. Since it legally belongs to Shaochang, he repurposes it as a school. We cut ahead to the first day of classes. Shaochang is about to address the students when he hears a baby crying and excuses himself. Minhua is in bed with their newborn child. Smiling, she says that they are fine and he should go back to class. Shaochang returns and again tells the story of how there were only twelve students in the first class of his previous school. He quickly counts the students in the current classroom and discovers that it is twelve. As the shot pulls away, Shaochang is telling the students that he is sure this school, too, will someday have hundreds of students.
Cast
Shi Hui 石揮 as Chen Shaochang 陳紹常, a widowed schoolmaster
Zhu Jiachen 朱嘉琛 as Liu Minhua 劉敏華, the daughter of the schoolmaster's best friend
Han Fei 韓非 as Chen Jianzhong 陳 建中, the schoolmaster's eldest son
Li Huanqing 李浣晴 as Feng Lijun 馮麗君, the wife of Chen Jianzhong
Reputation
The film's star is Shi Hui, who is one of the most highly regarded actors and directors of the "Second Golden Age" of Chinese Cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. Although the screenplay is sometimes credited to Sang Hu, it seems likely that it was actually written by Eileen Chang. Chang is considered one of the leading writers of twentieth-century China. Some aspects of the character "Minhua" parallel Chang's own life. Like "Minhua," Chang had a strained relationship with her stepmother, and like "Minhua" she married a man significantly older than herself.
DVD releases
This film is not currently available on DVD, but is in the public domain and can be downloaded for free from multiple online sites.
See also
沈鬱淡雅的人間況味--《哀樂中年》
List of films in the public domain in the United States
Notes
Further reading
Liu, Charles and Janice Wickeri, A Study Manual for The Sorrows and Joys of Middle Age (Princeton University Press, 1978), ASIN B004ECV95K.
External links
Ai le zhongnian at the Chinese Movie Database
1949 romantic drama films
Chinese romantic drama films
Chinese black-and-white films
1949 films
Chinese films
Mandarin-language films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jondo%20Muzashvili
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Jondo Muzashvili
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Jondo Muzashvili () (born 23 October 1970) is a Georgian judoka.
Achievements
References
External links
1970 births
Living people
Male judoka from Georgia (country)
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Tari Ito
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In this Japanese name, Ito is the family name.
(1951 – September 22, 2021) was a Japanese performance artist based in Tokyo who presented her work in Japan and Asia, North America, and Europe. She was one of the few out lesbian artists in Japan.
Biography
Tari Ito was born in 1951 in Tokyo, Japan. She began working as a mime performer in Japan and Holland before becoming active as a performance artist in the late 1980s, and as a feminist and lesbian artist since the 1990s. She established the Women's Art Network in 1994 in Tokyo, which organized Women Breaking Boundaries 21, an exhibition of women artists from Japan and other parts of Asia in 2001. Ito set up PA/F (Performance Art/Feminism) Space in 2003. Since 2014, she has lived with degenerative neurological conditions that have limited her mobility, though she has performed since then.
Ito died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on September 22, 2021, at the age of 70.
Work
In 1996, Ito performed at various venues in Japan, and as part of Womanifesto in Bangkok, Thailand, in 1997. Ito considers the piece, in which she comes out as lesbian, as a "turning point" in her career. Other performances include Memory of Epidermis (1994), Me Being Me (1999), Where is the Fear (2001), I Would Not Forget You (2006), One Response (2008-2010), (2012), and (2019).
Her work has been featured in the 3rd Nippon International Performance Art Festival NIPAF '96 (1996), and the exhibitions Womanifesto and Womanifesto II (1999), Text and Subtext (2000-2003), Women Breaking Boundaries 21 (2001), and Women In-Between (2012).
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External links
1951 births
2021 deaths
20th-century Japanese women artists
20th-century Japanese artists
21st-century Japanese women artists
21st-century Japanese artists
Artists from Tokyo
Deaths from motor neuron disease
Japanese contemporary artists
Japanese performance artists
Lesbian artists
LGBT artists from Japan
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Almucs de Castelnau or Castelnou (c. 1140 – pre-1184) was a trobairitz, that is a female troubadour, from a town near Avignon in Provence. Her name is also spelled Almuc, Amucs, Almois, Almurs, or Almirs.
Almucs' only surviving work is a poetic exchange with Iseut de Capio, another trobairitz. The song is presented in the chansonniers intermixed with a long razo. It tells how Iseut begged Almucs de Castelnau to pardon Gigo (Gui), lord of Tournon (Tornon) in the Vivarais, Iseut's knight, who had committed "a great fault" against Almucs. Gigo, however, neither repented nor sought forgiveness, and so Almucs responded to Iseut in a cobla of her own. This exchange has been dated to around 1190. Almucs is also mentioned (...dompna nal murs...) in the poem Ia de chan by fellow trobairitz Castelloza.
Identification
Almodis de Caseneuve
Almucs may be identified with a certain Almodis of Caseneuve, which is not far from Avignon and near Les Chapelins, possibly the home of Iseut de Capio. Chronologically, Almodis and Almucs would have been contemporaries and the lords of Caseneuve have documented relationships with other troubadours. Almodis was the second wife of Guiraut I de Simiane, who also ruled Apt and Gordes. She gave birth to four sons, including Raimbout d'Agould, the second eldest, who, in 1173, accompanied his father on Crusade. Since Raimbout must have been of sufficient age at the time to undergo a long and arduous journey and Guiraut's first wife had died in 1151, the marriage of Almodis must be placed between that date and approximately 1161 (assuming that the eldest son would have to have been at least twelve at the time of the Crusade). Bogin suggests that a widower like Guiraut would have quickly remarried and that Almodis was therefore probably not born much later than 1140.
If the Guiraut de Simiane mentioned in documents of 1113 and 1120 is the same as Almodis' husband, it is probable that he went on Crusade with the hope of dying in the East. In 1150 Guiraut witnessed the will of Tibors de Sarenom, the mother of Raimbaut d'Aurenga. In 1184 Raimbout d'Agould made a donation to the Abbey of Sénanque in the name of his parents, who were presumably dead. Raimbout is subsequently mentioned frequently by Gaucelm Faidit as N'Agout.
Wife of Guigo de Randon
It is possible that Almucs was the wife of Guigo de Castelnou de Randon, who flourished around 1200.
Sources
Bogin, Meg (1976). The Women Troubadours. Scarborough: Paddington. .
Bruckner, Matilda Tomaryn; Shepard, Laurie; and White, Sarah (1995). Songs of the Women Troubadours. New York: Garland Publishing. .
1140s births
People from Provence
12th-century French women writers
12th-century French troubadours
Trobairitz
12th-century deaths
French women poets
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow%20of%20the%20Eagle%20%282005%20film%29
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Shadow of the Eagle (2005 film)
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Shadow of the Eagle (Finnish: Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa) is a 2005 Finnish film directed and written by Timo Koivusalo.
Plot
The film is about an early twentieth century Finnish poet under the Russian regime.
Cast
Mikko Leppilampi as Aaro
Vesa-Matti Loiri as Verneri
Helena Vierikko as Ella
Anneli Saaristo as Saara
Tapio Liinoja as commander
Anna-Kaisa Tommila as Veera
Vesa Vierikko as vicar
Eriikka Väliahde as Maria
Esko Nikkari as Aaro's father
Seela Sella as Aaro's mother
Antti Luusuaniemi as Antti
Sampo Sarkola as Aleksi
External links
Finnish films
Finnish-language films
2005 films
Films directed by Timo Koivusalo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mackey%20%28bishop%29
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John Mackey (bishop)
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John Mackey (11 January 1918 – 20 January 2014) was the ninth Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand (1974–1983).
Born in Bray, County Wicklow in Ireland, he came at the age of six to New Zealand with his widowed mother to live with Father John O'Byrne, who was his mother's brother and parish priest of Epsom.
He received his secondary education at Sacred Heart College, Auckland and studied for the priesthood at New Zealand’s National Seminary, Holy Cross College, Mosgiel. He was ordained a priest on 23 November 1941 in Auckland, and received episcopal consecration in Rome from Pope Paul VI on 30 June 1974. Mackey was Bishop of Auckland from 1974 until his retirement due to a recurring health problem in 1983.
Previously he had been professor of church history at Holy Cross College and lecturer in church history at the University of Otago. He gained a doctorate in education and a master's degree in history and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a graduate scholarship to the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana), studying there for two years before returning to take up the appointment of director of education for the Auckland diocese. With the passage of the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975, while he was Bishop of Auckland, Mackey played a key role in the integration of Catholic schools into the state system, developing a close working relationship with the Minister of Education, Merv Wellington.
Another event of his episcopate was the creation of the Diocese of Hamilton out of the area of the Auckland diocese located south of Auckland city.
In the 1983 New Year Honours, Mackey was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to education.
In the earlier years of his retirement, Mackey was a guest lecturer in New Zealand and abroad and conducted occasional courses in Church History at Holy Cross College. He supervised the preparation of the new faith education programmes for Catholic secondary schools on behalf of the New Zealand bishops. He was the author of three books. Until shortly before his death, Mackey continued to write on a variety of subjects, including reviews and reflections for Catholic publications.
His obsequies occurred on 27 January 2014 at St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland in which his remains were interred near those of one of his predecessors, George Lenihan OSB (1858–1910), fifth Catholic Bishop of Auckland (1896–1910), the only other bishop buried in the cathedral
Bibliography
The making of a state education system: the passing of the New Zealand Education Act 1877, Geoffrey Chapman, London, 1967.
Reflections on Church History, New Zealand Tablet Company, Dunedin, 1975.
Looking at ourselves: the church moving towards the third millennium, Freedman Paul, Auckland, 1994.
References
1918 births
2014 deaths
People educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland
Irish emigrants to New Zealand
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in New Zealand
People from Bray, County Wicklow
Roman Catholic bishops of Auckland
New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parksville%2C%20New%20York
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Parksville, New York
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Parksville is a small hamlet in the town of Liberty, Sullivan County, New York, United States. The ZIP Code is 12768. It is situated at exit 98 on Route 17 (which is expected to be upgraded to Interstate 86 in the future).
History
It is unknown the exact year that Parksville was settled, but Lemuel Martin settled there in 1800. William Parks moved there in the early 1800s. He and his son Elijah built mills and improved Parksville, and gained more respect than Martin, much to Martin's chagrin. He wanted to call it Martinville but the residents chose Parks, and the hamlet was named Parksville.
In 1880, the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad reached Parksville. It ran trains there until March 29, 1957 when the entire line was abandoned.
References
Ghost towns in New York (state)
Hamlets in New York (state)
Hamlets in Sullivan County, New York
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Resor
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Helen Resor
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Helen Resor may refer to:
Helen Lansdowne Resor (1886–1964), American advertising executive
Helen Resor (ice hockey) (born 1985), American Olympic ice hockey athlete
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmeh%20Khush
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Garmeh Khush
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Garmeh Khush (, also Romanized as Garmeh Khūsh; also known as Garmeh) is a village in Ruin Rural District, in the Central District of Esfarayen County, North Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 460, in 93 families.
References
Populated places in Esfarayen County
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area%20codes%20757%20and%20948
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Area codes 757 and 948
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The North American telephone area codes 757 and 948 are NANPA telephone area codes covering the southeast corner of Virginia. Area code 757 was established July 1, 1996, as a split from area code 804. Area code 948 was established on February 5, 2020, as an overlay area code for 757.
The region within its service area includes the following:
The vast majority of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, encompassing:
The Virginia Peninsula, including Newport News, Hampton, and Williamsburg, and Poquoson
South Hampton Roads, including Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Franklin, and Suffolk.
The Eastern Shore of Virginia, the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula.
Before the implementation of number pooling, 757 was projected to run out of numbers as early as 2002. A plan was developed that would have created a concentrated overlay in the Hampton Roads metro area leaving all of the Eastern Shore in 757. This would have made ten-digit dialing mandatory in southeastern Virginia. However, this plan was never implemented and the area code is not projected to reach full capacity until the middle of 2021.
In April 2019 it was announced that a plan for an overlay area code was proposed, with the current pool of numbers for the 757 code projected at the time to run out in late 2021. The timeline for implementing the overlay has not been announced yet. On February 5, 2020 it was announced that the overlay area code will be 948. This will make ten-digit dialing mandatory in 757/948. Now, the current pool of numbers for the 757 code is projected to run out in the first quarter of 2022.
"757" is commonly used as a general geographic descriptor for the Hampton Roads and Virginia Peninsula region. The Hampton Roads Chamber and the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce have recommended its use in tourism branding.
See also
List of Virginia area codes
List of NANP area codes
North American Numbering Plan
References
External links
757
757
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last%20Stand%20in%20the%20Philippines
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Last Stand in the Philippines
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Last Stand in the Philippines () is a 1945 Spanish biographical war film directed by Antonio Román. It is based on a radio script by Enrique Llovet; Los Héroes de Baler; and novels by de Enrique Alfonso Barcones El Fuerte de Baler; and Rafael Sánchez Campoy El Fuerte de Baler.
Nani Fernández played famous Yo Te Diré song.
Historical facts
"The Last Ones of the Philippines" is the name given to the Spanish soldiers who fought in the Siege of Baler against Filipino revolutionaries and against the US Army (the latter was in the Spanish–American War. In Spain, it was called "The Disaster of '98").
The Siege of Baler lasted from 1 July 1898 to 2 June 1899. During these 11 months, the Spaniards were isolated in a church that became their fortified position. The Spanish troops were a small garrison of 50 soldiers from the "2º de Cazadores" under the charge of Lieutenant D. Juan Alonso Zayas. They faced approximately 800 rebel soldiers. The Spanish soldiers fortified the church and resisted the constant attacks of the rebels for 11 months without provisions.
Cast
Armando Calvo as Teniente Martín Cerezo
José Nieto as Capitán Enrique de las Morenas
Guillermo Marín as Doctor Rogelio Vigil
Manolo Morán as Pedro Vila
Juan Calvo as Cabo Olivares
Fernando Rey as Juan Chamizo
Manuel Kayser as Fray Cándido
Carlos Muñoz as Santamaría
José Miguel Rupert as Moisés
Pablo Álvarez Rubio as Herrero, el desertor
Nani Fernández as Tala
Emilio Ruiz de Córdoba as El Correo
César Guzmán as Jesús García Quijano
Alfonso de Horna as Marquiado
Manuel Arbó as Gómez Ortiz
See also
Baler - A 2008 Philippine film.
1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines - A 2016 Spanish film.
External links
Movie of Los últimos de Filipinas at Google videos
Los últimos de Filipinas Website (in English and Spanish)
1945 films
1940s historical films
Spanish films
Spanish historical films
Spanish-language films
Spanish biographical films
Spanish black-and-white films
Spanish–American War films
Films set during the Philippine–American War
Films set in the Philippines
Films shot in the Philippines
Philippine war films
Siege films
1940s biographical films
1940s war films
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