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Rabbi Assi
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Assi II (Assa, Issi, Jesa, Josah, Jose, ) was a Jewish Talmudist of the 3rd and 4th centuries (third generation of amoraim) who lived in the Land of Israel. He is known by the name of Yessa in the Jerusalem Talmud.
He should not be confused with Rav Assi, who belonged to first generation of amoraim in Babylonia.
Biography
He was one of the two Palestinian scholars known among their contemporary Jewish Talmudical scholars of Babylonian as "the judges of the Land of Israel" and as "the distinguished priests of the Land of Israel," the other being R. Ammi. Assi was born in Babylonia, where he attended the college of Samuel of Nehardea, but later emigrated in consequence of domestic trouble.
On his arrival in Tiberias, Assi had an adventure with a ruffian, which ended disastrously for the latter. Assi was making his way toward the baths, when he was assaulted by a "scorner." He did not resent the assault, except by remarking, "That man's neck-band is too loose," and continued on his way. It so happened that an archon was at that very hour trying a thief, and the scoffer, still laughing at the adventure with Assi, came to witness the trial just when the judge interrogated the culprit as to accomplices. The culprit, seeing the man laughing, thought that it was at his discomfiture, and to avenge himself pointed to the ruffian as his accomplice. The man was apprehended and examined. He confessed to a murder he had committed, and was sentenced to be hanged with the convicted thief. Assi, on returning from the baths, encountered the procession on its way to the execution. His assailant on seeing him exclaimed, "The neck-band which was loose will soon be tightened", to which Assi replied, "Your fate has long since been foretold, for the Bible says, 'Be you not scorners, lest your bands be made strong'."
Assi's professional career in the Land of Israel was closely intertwined with that of R. Ammi. R. Assi was very methodical in his lectures, making no digressions to answer questions not germane to the subject under discussion; and whenever such were propounded to him, he put off reply until he reached the subject to which they related.
Assi became a disciple of R. Johanan, and so distinguished himself that R. Eleazar called him "the prodigy of the age" ("mofet ha-dor"), and legend pictures him accordingly. Concerning the futile longings of many to communicate with the departed spirit of R. Hiyya the Great, legend relates that R. Jose fasted eighty days in order that a glimpse of R. Hiyya might be granted him. Finally Hiyya's spirit appeared, but the sight so affected R. Jose that his hands became palsied and his eyes dim. "Nor must you infer from this," the narrator continues, "that R. Josah was an unimportant individual. Once a weaver came to R. Johanan and said, 'In a dream I have seen the skies fall, but one of your disciples held them up.' When asked whether he knew that disciple, the weaver replied that he would be able to recognize him. R. Johanan thereupon had all his disciples pass before the weaver, who pointed to R. Josah as the miraculous agent." Another adventure, which, however, bears the impress of fact, is related of him, wherein he was once abducted in a riot and given up as lost, but R. Shimon ben Lakish, the former gladiator, rescued him at the risk of his own life.
Wisdom and death
R. Assi is frequently quoted in both Talmudim and in the Midrashim. Profound is his observation:
An anecdote characteristic of rabbinical sympathy for inferiors and domestics is thus related: The wife of R. Jose had a quarrel with her maid, and her husband declared her in the wrong; whereupon she said to him, "Why did you declare me wrong in the presence of my maid?" To which the rabbi replied, "Did not Job say, 'If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me, what then shall I do when God rises up? And when He visits, what shall I answer Him?'" When Assi died, R. Hiyya bar Abba, who had been his associate as judge and as teacher, went into mourning as for a relative. The day of his death is recorded as coincident with a destructive hurricane.
It is possible that R. Assi, before his emigration to Palestine, was known as Assi (Issi, Jose) b. Nathan, the one that is met with in an halakhic controversy with Ulla (b. Ishmael) propounding a ritual question to Hiyya bar Ashi, and seeking an interpretation of a Baraita from the mouth of Rab Sheshet.
References
It has the following bibliography:
Grätz, Gesch. der Juden, iv. 300-307, 2d ed.;
Frankel, Mebo, 100a (here some of the references undoubtedly point to Assi I.);
Weiss, Dor, iii. 97;
Bacher, Ag. Pal. Amor. ii. 143-173 (here some sayings of Assi I. are attributed to Assi II.);
Halevy Dorot ha-Rishonim, ii. 232.
Assi
People from Tiberias
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The National and Nomadic Guard of Chad () is one of five defence and security forces in Chad. (The others are the Army, the Gendarmerie, the Police and the Judicial Police.) Article 200 of the Constitution of 1996 states that the duties of the GNNT are the protection of politicians, government officials, and government buildings; the maintenance of order in rural areas; and the guarding of prisons and prisoners. These responsibilities remain unchanged in the new Constitution of 2018 but are now in Article 195.
While the Constitution states, in Article 201, that the GNNT must "respect the liberties and rights of man" when exercising its functions, the GNNT has been accused of perpetrating serious human rights violations, as reported by Amnesty International. Following the murder of a GNNT corporal, the Guard extrajudicially executed the suspect on November 17, 1996.
The GNNT is under the control of the Ministry for Territorial Administration, unlike the Army and the Gendarmerie, which come under the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence. From May 24, 2006, to June 12, 2019, the GNNT was commanded by Brigadier General Mahamat Saleh Brahim, the cousin of President Idriss Déby. His replacement was General Tahir Ahmat Hissein.
The GNNT was first known in the 1960s as the Territorial Guard, but was quickly renamed the Nomad and National Guard, carrying out much the same duties it does today: providing security for officials, government buildings, and regional government posts. Differently from today, the GNN was then dominated by Southerners, with only 250 Toubou. This also explains the resentment that brought in 1968 to the destruction of the GNN garrison of Aozou and the mutiny of the Toubou units, forming (the Second Army) of the FROLINAT. Notwithstanding this setback, President François Tombalbaye showed much more trust in the GNN than in the Army; by 1971, its numbers had risen to at least 3,500, commanded by Camille Gourvenec, a French officer and Director of Information Services (espionage). Gourvenec's deputy was Pierre Galopin.
When the Chadian Civil War extended itself to the Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti in 1968, the GNN found itself increasingly on the frontline against the insurgents. The final battle between the insurgency and the Chadian Armed Forces came in 1977–78, when Goukouni Oueddei, leader of a FROLINAT faction, conquered all government strongholds in northern Chad, inflicting staggering losses to the armed forces. The GNN in particular lost heavily in early 1978 when Goukouni took Fada and the capital of the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Faya-Largeau. This practically brought an end to the GNN, until it was revived shortly before 1996 by the former President Idriss Déby.
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Military of Chad
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Jacob Thompson
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Jacob Thompson (May 15, 1810 – March 24, 1885) was the United States Secretary of the Interior, who resigned on the outbreak of the American Civil War and became the Inspector General of the Confederate States Army.
In 1864, Jefferson Davis asked Thompson to lead a delegation to Canada, where he appears to have been leader of the Confederate Secret Service. From here, he is known to have organised many anti-Union plots and was suspected of many more, including a possible meeting with Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
Union troops burned down his mansion in Oxford, Mississippi, the hometown of William Faulkner, who based some of his fictional characters on Thompson.
Early life
Born in Leasburg, North Carolina in 1810 to Nicolas Thompson and Lucretia (van Hook) Thompson, Thompson attended Bingham Academy in Orange County, North Carolina and later went on to graduate from the University of North Carolina in 1831, where he was a member of the Philanthropic Society. Afterwards, he served on the university faculty for a short time until he left to study law in 1832. He was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Pontotoc, Mississippi.
Thompson got involved in politics and was elected to the 26th Congress, serving from 1839 to 1851.
He was appointed to the United States Senate in 1845 but never received the commission, and the seat went to Joseph W. Chalmers. Thompson was the chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs in the 29th Congress. He lost reelection to the 32nd Congress and went back to practicing law until 1857, when newly elected President James Buchanan appointed Thompson United States Secretary of the Interior.
In the later years of the Buchanan administration, the cabinet members argued with one another on issues of slavery and secession. In an 1859 speech, Thompson advanced a moderate unionist position. He denounced Republicans in the North who spoke of the slavery issue as an "irrepressible conflict" and Southern extremists who favored reopening the Atlantic slave trade.
Alignment with Confederacy
While still serving as Interior Secretary, Thompson was appointed by the state of Mississippi as a "secession commissioner" to North Carolina, with the task of trying to convince that state to secede from the Union in the wake of the 1860 presidential election. On December 17, he passed through Baltimore on the way to North Carolina. "Secretary Thompson has entered openly into the secession service, while professing still to serve the Federal authority," the New York Times reported on December 20. The next day, Thompson met with Governor John W. Ellis in Raleigh. He wrote an open letter to Ellis which was published in the Raileigh State Journal on December 20. Thompson wrote that the South faced "common humiliation and ruin" if it remained in the Union. He warned that a Northern "majority trained from infancy to hate our people and their institutions" would overthrow slavery. The result would be "the subjugation of our people."
Thompson resigned as Interior Secretary in January 1861. When he resigned, Horace Greeley's New-York Daily Tribune denounced him as "a traitor", remarking, "Undertaking to overthrow the Government of which you are a sworn minister may be in accordance with the ideas of cotton-growing chivalry, but to common men cannot be made to appear creditable."
Thompson became Inspector General of the Confederate States Army. Though not a military man, Thompson later joined the army as an officer and served as an aide to General P.G.T. Beauregard at the Battle of Shiloh.
He attained the rank of lieutenant colonel and was present at several other battles in the Western Theater of the war, including Corinth, Vicksburg, and Tupelo.
Commissioner in Canada
In March 1864, Jefferson Davis asked Thompson to lead a secret delegation in Canada. He accepted and arrived in Montreal in May of that year. Thompson appears to have been the leader of Confederate Secret Service operations in Canada.
From there, he directed a failed plot to free Confederate prisoners of war on Johnson's Island, off Sandusky, Ohio, in September. He also arranged the purchase of a steamer, with the intention of arming it to harass shipping in the Great Lakes. Regarded in the North as a schemer and conspirator, many devious plots were associated with his name, though much of this may have been public hysteria.
On June 13, 1864, Thompson met with former New York governor Washington Hunt at Niagara Falls. According to the testimony of the Peace Democrat Clement Vallandigham, Hunt met Thompson, talked to him about creating a Northwestern Confederacy, and obtained money for arms, which was routed to a subordinate. Thompson gave Benjamin Wood, the owner of the New York Daily News, money to purchase arms.
One plot was a planned burning of New York City on November 25, 1864 in retaliation for Union Generals Philip Sheridan and William Tecumseh Sherman's scorched-earth tactics in the South.
Some speculate that John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, met Thompson, but that has not been proved. (Thompson worked hard to clear his name of involvement in the assassination in the years after the war.) His manor, called "Home Place," in Oxford, Mississippi was burned down by Union troops in 1864.
Post-war
After the Civil War, Thompson fled to England and later returned to Canada as he waited for passions to cool in the United States. He eventually came home and settled in Memphis, Tennessee, to manage his extensive holdings. Thompson was later appointed to the board of the University of the South at Sewanee and was a great benefactor of the school.
Death
Jacob Thompson died in Memphis and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery. Republicans and Union veterans condemned the Grover Cleveland administration's lowering of flags to half-mast in Washington and Secretary of Interior Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II's closure of the Department of Interior to honor Thompson after his death.
In popular culture
A self-igniting liquid, referred to as "Greek fire" in Season 1 Episodes 7–11 of the BBC America television series Copper, is featured as part of a plot by Confederate Secret Service agents to burn down New York City.
References
Bibliography
External links
Retrieved on 2009-5-12
The Jacob Thompson Collection (MUM00266) can be found in the William and Marjorie Lewis Collection at the University of Mississippi in the Archives and Special Collections.
1810 births
1885 deaths
19th-century American politicians
Members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi
United States Secretaries of the Interior
People of North Carolina in the American Civil War
Buchanan administration cabinet members
Mississippi Democrats
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
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Lacoma is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. Lacoma is located along Huff Creek and West Virginia Route 10, northwest of Oceana.
References
Unincorporated communities in Wyoming County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
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The Conrad and Margaret Allerman House also known as the Old Reliance Farm, is a historic home located at Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was originally built in 1788, and is in the German vernacular tradition with influences from the Georgian style.
Conrad Allerman arrived in Pennsylvania as a teenager from the Rhineland in Germany. He married Margaret Eschenour, a widow with two children about 1780 and died in 1790 or 1792, survived by his wife and four children, Conrad, Anna Maria, Margaret, and Elizabeth. The elder Margaret lived in the house until her death in 1807. The younger Conrad bought the house from his three sisters in 1801 for 862 pounds, upon reaching the age of 21.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
References
Houses completed in 1788
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Georgian architecture in Pennsylvania
Houses in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
1788 establishments in Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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Bowness-on-Windermere is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Windermere, in South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. Due to its position on the banks of Windermere, the town has become a tourist honeypot. Although their mutual growth has caused them to become one large settlement, the town is distinct from the town of Windermere as the two still have distinguishable town centres. Historically part of Westmorland, in 2012, Bowness was one of the official stop off points for the Olympic torch before it made its way to the Olympic Games opening ceremony. In 1951 the parish had a population of 3345.
Etymology
'Bowness' (originally 'Bulnes') means " 'the headland where the bull grazes', from OE 'bula', 'bull' and OE 'næss' 'headland', perhaps referring to the keeping of the parish bull." The 'on-Windermere' part was added later (found on the Ordnance Survey map of 1899), presumably to distinguish this 'Bowness' from other Cumbrian ones. ('OE' = Old English).
History
The town's ancient parish church of St Martin was built in 1483 but of an older foundation. The former rectory is said to have been built in 1415.
A grammar school was founded in about 1600. A new building was opened in 1836, funded by local landowner John Bolton of Storrs Hall. The foundation stone was laid by William Wordsworth.
During the 19th century, Bowness grew from a small fishing village to a town living almost entirely off tourism and holiday homes. It was the centre of the boat-building industry that provided the sailing yachts, rowing boats and steam launches used on the lake. A large number of hotels and boarding houses gave employment to the permanent population of the town. Queen Adelaide visited Bowness in 1840, staying at the Royal Hotel. The arrival of the railway in 1847 in Windermere (the residents of Bowness had opposed a station in their own town) provided much of the momentum for the growth.
Bowness-on-Windermere became a civil parish in 1894 and an urban district council was formed for the town at the same time. In 1905, the council merged with that of Windermere, and the two civil parishes merged on 1 April 1974 under the name of Windermere. The civil parish of Windermere is governed by a town council, Windermere and Bowness Town Council.
Transport
Windermere railway station offers train and bus connections to the surrounding areas, Manchester, Manchester Airport and the West Coast Main Line, and is about from the lakefront. Both Stagecoach and the local council provide frequent connecting buses from Bowness Pier; Stagecoach's open-top double-decker buses travel through the centre of town and continue to Ambleside and Grasmere, while the council's wheelchair-accessible minibuses run around the edge of town. The Windermere Ferry, a car carrying cable ferry, connects Bowness at Ferry Nab on the eastern side of the lake with Ferry House Far Sawrey on the western side of the lake, a trip of approximately 10 minutes. For those looking for a more leisurely way to travel, Windermere Lake Cruises operate regular lake cruises running from Bowness Bay to the north end of the lake at Ambleside and south end at Fell Foot.
Media
Readers of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of books will recognise Bowness as the lakeside town of 'Rio'. The collection at the Windermere Steamboat Museum on Rayrigg Road includes TSSY Esperance, 1869; one of the iron steamboats on which Ransome modelled Captain Flint's houseboat. Bowness-on-Windermere is also home to The World of Beatrix Potter attraction, opened in July 1991 by Victoria Wood.
See also
Listed buildings in Windermere, Cumbria (town)
References
External links
Windermere Town Council
Cumbria County History Trust: Windermere and Bowness
Bowness-on-Windermere guide
Populated places in Cumbria
Former civil parishes in Cumbria
Westmorland
Windermere, Cumbria
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Opatija
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Opatija (; ; ) is a town and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The traditional seaside resort on the Kvarner Gulf is known for its Mediterranean climate and its historic buildings reminiscent of the Austrian Riviera.
Geography
Opatija is located northwest of the regional capital Rijeka, about from Trieste by rail and from Pula by road. The city is geographically on the Istrian peninsula, though not in Istria County. The tourist resort is situated on the Kvarner Gulf, part of the Adriatic coast, in a sheltered position at the foot of Učka massif, with the Vojak peak reaching at a height of . cesnus, the municipality had 10,661 inhabitants in total, of which 5,715 lived in the urban settlement.
The town is a popular summer and winter resort, with average high temperatures of 10 °C in winter, and 32 °C in summer. Opatija is surrounded by beautiful woods of bay laurel. The whole sea-coast to the north and south of Opatija is rocky and picturesque, and contains several smaller winter resorts.
History
Opatija was included in the territory of the Liburni, a pre-Roman Illyrian tribe. In Roman times, the area was home to several patrician villas connected to the nearby town of Castrum Laureana, the modern Lovran.
Croats settled in the region from about 700 AD onwards. Conquered by King Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne, in 789, the Istrian peninsula up to the Kvarner Gulf was incorporated into the Carolingian March of Friuli by 803. In the east, it bordered on the medieval Kingdom of Croatia established by King Tomislav about 925. Having invaded Italy, King Otto of Germany made the Istrian lands part of the vast March of Verona and Aquileia; from the 11th century onwards, the Imperial estates were held by the Patriarchs of Aquileia.
In the Middle Ages the current town's territory was divided between Veprinac (now a locality of Opatija, perhaps home to a small fishing port) and Kastav, where the fisherman village of Veprinac. The small hamlet of Opatija itself developed around a Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Jacob, which was first mentioned in 1453. While western Istria was gradually conquered by the Republic of Venice by 1420, the remaining territory up to Opatija fell to the House of Habsburg and later was incorporated into the Austrian Littoral.
The town's modern history began in 1844, when Iginio Scarpa (1794–1866), a wealthy merchant from Rijeka, had the Villa Angiolina manor built in an extended park, where he received notable guests such as Ban Josip Jelačić. In 1873 the Austrian Southern Railway company from Vienna opened the branch line from Pivka to Rijeka via nearby Matulji and thus opened the path for the development of tourism in Opatija and neighbouring Lovran. In 1882, the railway company purchased the Villa Angiolina, where it accommodated the crown princely couple Rudolf and Stéphanie. At the time, Friedrich Julius Schüler (1832–1894), the Managing Director of the Southern Railways, started the construction of the Hotel Quarnero (Kvarner Hotel) and the Hotel Kronprinzessin Stephanie (present-day Hotel Imperial), and also was responsible for the unique lungomare and parks (the Company engaged Carl Schubert, director of the Viennese Emperial-Royal Society for the construction of parks). The Villa Angiolina was later run by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. In the Angiolina Park today stands Schüler's bust, a work of the sculptor Hans Rathausky.
In 1887, Heinrich von Littrow established the "Union Yacht Club Quarnero" in Opatija (founded in June/July 1886); this was the first sailing club on the Adriatic coast. In 1889 the Cisleithanian government officially declared Abbazia (Opatija) the first climatic seaside resort (Seebad) on the Austrian Riviera, rivalled by Brioni, Duino, Grado, and Portorož. After the hotels, the building of villas started, for the needs of more demanding noble guests. The first Villa Amalia, in the immediate vicinity of the Hotel Quarnero, was built in 1890 as the hotel's annex. Opatija's first guide was published in 1883 in Vienna with the title Abbazia, Idylle von der Adria. The same year saw the publication of Abbazia und seine Umgebung (Opatija and its Environs) by Heinrich Noe, who in 1884 published his Tagebuch aus Abbazia (Diary from Opatija). Joseph Rable printed Curort und Seebad Abbazia (Spa and the bathing beach in Opatija), and Peter von Radics wrote a guidebook simply titled Abbazia.
In 1908 a tramway line was opened, running from Matulji station along the coast via Opatija down to Lovran in the south. Opatija is best known nowadays as the venue for a 1912 chess tournament devoted to the King’s Gambit. The Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I used to spend several months there during the winter. He met there with the German emperor Wilhelm II on 29 March 1894; other crowned heads seeking relaxation included Empress Elisabeth of Austria and the German empress Augusta Victoria, King Carol I of Romania and his consort Elisabeth, King George I of Greece, King Albert of Saxony, Grand Duke William IV of Luxembourg, and Prince Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš. Many of the late 19th-century luxury hotels and villas have survived to present times.
During World War I the Hotel Icicii was converted to a military hospital. The accompanying pictures show the nursing staff and wounded at lunch, on the grounds, and receiving care. In 1920 Opatija was assigned to Italy. The upper floor of Villa Amalia was built in 1930, and the building was renovated to become the summer residence of the House of Savoy.
In 1947 Opatija was given to Yugoslavia as part of the peace treaty with Italy; most of the Italian-speaking population emigrated to Italy. In 1963 the Hotel Adriatic, by the architect Andrija Cicin-Sain and his team was completed. Hotel "Adriatic" was the first hotel built in Opatija after the Austro-Hungarian era. The rooms of hotel "Adriatic" have been described as novelties in the hospitality industry. The "Casino Rosalia" was opened in Opatija – the first casino in Eastern Europe. In 1981 the Hotel "Admiral" and marina (200 berths and 40 dry berths) were completed.
After the breakup of Yugoslavia which began in 1991, the town became part of Croatia.
Landmarks
The old 14th-century Benedictine abbey, Opatija Sv. Jakova ("Abbey of Saint Jacob"), from which the town derives its name (opatija means "abbey" in Croatian) is located in Park Svetog Jakova or Saint James's Park. Saint Jacob's church, built in 1506 and enlarged in 1937, now stands on the same spot. The neo-Romanesque Church of the Annunciation with its pronounced green cupola, was designed in 1906 by architect Karl Seidl.
Another sight is the Villa Angiolina, built in 1844 by Iginio Scarpa. This villa, transformed into a museum. Since 1844. Villa Angiolina had many prominent guests
Opatija is known for the Maiden with the seagull, a statue by Zvonko Car (1956), which is positioned on a promontory by the Juraj Šporer art pavilion. It has turned into one of symbols of Opatija. A gilded variant of the statue Madonna, that once stood here but was demolished by communists after the end of World War II, now stands in front of Saint Jacob's Church.
The town park Angiolina contains many species of plants from all over the world. It has been protected since 1968. Close-by, vis-a-vis Hotel Imperial, stands the statue The Fountain - Helios and Selena, a work of the Austrian sculptor Hans Rathautsky from 1889. There is a 12 km-long promenade along the entire riviera, the Lungomare from Volosko, via Opatija, to Lovran and a 7 km-long forest path walk, the Šetalište Carmen Sylve, named after Elisabeth of Wied, Queen consort of Romania, widely known by her literary name of Carmen Sylva.
Film location
Several scenes of "The Legacy Run" have been shot in Opatija. The movie, in good part shot in the Opatija-Rijeka region, is the conceptual prequel of the international TV Series "Sport Crime".
Notable people
Theodor Billroth (1829–1894), died in Opatija
Robert Gerle (1924–2005), born in Opatija
Drago Gervais (1904–1957), born in Opatija
Kosta Hakman (1899–1961), died in Opatija
Franz Graf von Meran (1839–1891), died in Opatija
Frank Horvat (1928-2020), born in Opatija
Andrija Mohorovičić (1857–1936), born in Opatija
Leo Sternbach (1908–2005), born in Opatija
Gyula Szapáry (1832–1905), died in Opatija
Gallery
Twin towns—Sister cities
Opatija is twinned with:
Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy
Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia
Balatonfüred, Hungary
Carmagnola, Italy
Bad Ischl, Austria
Ferrara, Italy
See also
Opatija Circuit
Notes
References
External links
Official website
Opatija LIVE WebCams
Opatija Weather Station - Current Weather Conditions at Opatija
Cities and towns in Croatia
Istria
Populated coastal places in Croatia
Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Seaside resorts in Croatia
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Snekkersten is a former fishing village and current neighbourhood in the southern part of Helsingør, Denmark. Snekkersten station is an interchange between the Coast Line between Copenhagen (to Copenhagen) and the Lille Nord railway to Hillerød. The distance from Copenhagen City Hall Square is approximately 45 km. Today, most of the inhabitants are commuters, either working in Helsingør or Copenhagen. The town is connected by a train line, Kystbanen, to Helsingør to the north, and Copenhagen and other communities in the south.
History
The name Snekkersten is first recorded in 1582. The first part of the name comes from snekkja or snekke, a type of longship. The suffix -sten means "boulder", The name Snekkersten also refers to a specific very large boulder on the beach in the northern part of Snekkersten. The fishing village was destroyed during the Swedish invasion in 1660. In 1681, Snekkersten consisted of a fisherman's house and three small farms. In 1771, Snekkersten consisted of 15 families of which 10 were fishermen, one was seafarers, two combined farming and fishing, one was a shoemaker and one was a day-laborer. The existence of the local inn Snekkersten Kro is first documented in 1770s but it may be considerably older. It was a popular Sunday destination for people from Helsingør. The settlement was located directly on the beach. The first building to be constructed more inland was Snekkersten's first school which opened in 1794. It was located close to Borupgaard's fields.
In the middle of the 19th century, due to the improvements in infrastructure, summer visitors from Copenhagen began to venture further up the coast. The steam boat Hamlet began to operate regularly between Copenhagen and Helsingør, calling at various points along the way. Passengers to Snekkersten were picked up by local fishermen in row boats.
The North Line did not have a station in Snekkersten when it opened in 1864 but a halt opened at Borupgaard in 1879. The railway was then located further inland. Snekkersten station opened when the railway was moved in 1891. Traffic increased significantly when the Coast Line opened in 1897. Some of Borupgaard's land was sold off in lots, first at Parallelvej and Sortevej and later at Mathilde Bruuns Vej og G.A. Hagemanns Vej, attracting a new middle class. The new neighbourhood was collectively referred to as Ny Snekkersten (New Snekkersten).
Jens Svendsen from Espergærde established a small dockyard on the harbor in 1875. It was taken over by his son Lauritz Svendsen in 1898. They specialized in the so-called Snekkersten Boats which were the commonest type of ship used by fishermen along the northern part of the Danish Øresund coast. They were also used for trade with the larger ships that passed through the Øresund.
During the late 1940s and the 1950s, following The Great War, there was a disproportionate prevalence of homosexuals in Snekkersten, not least due to the vast supply of beauty parlours in the small seaport.
Landmarks
The large property Egevænget at Strandvejen 266 is the southernmost property in Snekkersten. It was built in 1892. Many of the older properties in the new part of Snekkersten are built in the National Romantic style which was popular in Denmark in the 1900s. An example is Dommergården (Parallelvej 11) from 10+9.
Sports
Snekkerstenhallen is an indoor sports venue. It was inaugurated in 2007. The rugby club Hamlet RK plays in the DRU Superliga.
Transport
Snekkersten station is an interchange between the Coast Line between Copenhagen (to Copenhagen) and the Lille Nord railway to Hillerød.
Notable people
Carl Baagøe (1829 – 1902 in Snekkersten), a Danish marine painter
Peter Cornelius (1865 – 1934 in Snekkersten), opera singer
Carl Alstrup (1877 – 1942 in Snekkersten), actor and film director
Ellen Price (1878 in Snekkersten – 1968), ballerina and model for the Little Mermaid (statue)
Susanne Grinder (born 1981), ballet dancer at the Royal Danish Ballet, brought up in Snekkersten
Dajan Hashemi (born 2000 in Snekkersten) a Danish footballer who plays for the Danish women's national youth teams
Further reading
Damgaard, Kjeld: Mennesker og Huse langs Strandvejen i Snekkersten
References
External links
Helsingør Municipality
Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark
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Gijuiyeh (, also Romanized as Gījū‘īyeh; also known as Gījū Galūyeh) is a village in Fathabad Rural District, in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14, in 7 families.
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Fredrik Wikström Nicastro
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Fredrik Wikström Nicastro is a film producer and SVP of international productions at SF Studios.
Fredrik was the producer and co-writer of the award-winning thriller Easy Money in 2010. The film was a huge success in Sweden and internationally. It was presented by Martin Scorsese to the US audience where it has received 85% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The film launched two successful and critically acclaimed sequels that Fredrik also produced and co-wrote. A spin off TV-series was also produced for Netflix, on which Fredrik served as Executive Producer.
Fredrik has also produced and served as executive producer/co-producer on films such as the Oscar nominated hit A Man Called Ove, the 2017 opening film of Toronto Filmfestival Borg vs McEnroe, Bamse och Tjuvstaden, Bolgen and Pojken med Guldbyxorna.
Fredrik has announced that he is moving into producing English speaking films and has produced Horizon Line, starring Allison Williams and Alexander Dreymon and that he is in development of a film adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg's novel The Emigrants, set to be directed by Erik Poppe.
References
Swedish film producers
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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1989 SANFL Grand Final
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The 1989 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club, held at Football Park on 7 October 1989. It was the 88th annual Grand Final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determined the premiers of the 1989 SANFL season. The match, attended by 50,487 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 94 points, marking that clubs twenty-ninth premiership.
Played in blustery conditions the normally precise North Adelaide could not hit the mark with their passes and were dominated at ground level by a well coached Port Adelaide.
In a pre-game press conference before the game North Adelaide coach Mick Nunan quipped that "We have one goal in mind". North Adelaide would end up only kicking one for the whole Grand Final.
Game entertainment was provided by the Pembroke Girls choir, under the direction of Mr. Colin Curtis.
Scorecard
References
SANFL Grand Finals
SANFL Grand Final, 1989
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Rat tail cactus
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Rat tail cactus is the common name for several members of the cactus family:
Disocactus flagelliformis (also Aporocactus flagelliformis)
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cleistocactus winteri (Golden rat tail)
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J. Davy Kirkpatrick
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J. Davy Kirkpatrick is an American astronomer at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. Kirkpatrick's research was named one of the top ten science accomplishments of the first ten years (1992–2002) of the W. M. Keck Observatory and one of the Top 100 Stories of 2011 by Discover Magazine.
Career
Education
Kirkpatrick received a BS in mathematics and physics/astronomy from Vanderbilt University in 1986 and a PhD in astronomy from the University of Arizona in 1992. He was a W. J. McDonald Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin from 1992-1994, a National Research Council Fellow at JPL from 1994-1996, and a NICMOS Fellow at UCLA from 1996-1997 before being hired at Caltech, where he works today.
Brown Dwarfs and Low-mass Stars
Much of Kirkpatrick's research has concentrated on the discovery and characterization of the lowest mass stars and brown dwarfs. After refining the far optical and near-infrared classifications of M dwarfs in the early 1990s and publishing the first spectrum of the brown dwarf candidate GD 165B, which would later be referred to as the first L dwarf discovery, Kirkpatrick joined the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) team to search for even colder objects. Along with Neill Reid, he uncovered many objects similar to and colder than GD 165B, leading to the definition of the L dwarf spectral class. Also using 2MASS data, he and graduate student Adam Burgasser discovered brown dwarfs even colder than spectral class L, leading to the establishment of the T dwarf spectral class. More recently, as a member of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) team, Kirkpatrick and his research group have uncovered even colder brown dwarfs, leading to the establishment, with postdoc Michael Cushing, of the Y dwarf spectral class.
Along with Adam Burgasser and Chris Gelino, Kirkpatrick maintains a listing of all known L, T, and Y dwarf discoveries at the DwarfArchives website.
Tyche
Kirkpatrick is credited with first using the name "Tyche" to refer to a heretofore unseen, low-mass Solar companion in the Oort Cloud. He chose this term to be in direct contrast to "Nemesis", an unseen Solar companion hypothesized to lie in a highly elliptical orbit and to be responsible for periodic mass extinctions on the Earth. Kirkpatrick's own search using the 2MASS data set rules out any Solar companion more massive than 30 Jupiter masses, although analysis of the WISE data set should set much more stringent limits.
Selected publications
"New Spectral Types L and T" from Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2005
"M Dwarfs and L Dwarfs", Chapter 9 of Stellar Spectral Classification
Awards and honors
2011 Wendell G. Holladay Lectureship
2010 Marc Aaronson Memorial Lectureship
2003 Watkins Visiting Professorship, Wichita State University
1986 Underwood Award, Vanderbilt University Department of Physics and Astronomy
References
External links
Radio SETI interview, Fall 2011, entitled "You've Got Sol!"
News report, August 2011, entitled "NASA WISE Mission Uncovers Stars Cooler Than The Human Body"
Podcast of Keck Public Lecture, October 2006, entitled "Brown Dwarfs: Bridging the Gap Between Stars and Planets"
"Ask an Astronomer" video from 2003 entitled "What is a Brown Dwarf?"
American astronomers
University of Arizona alumni
Vanderbilt University alumni
Living people
1964 births
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Bhujel
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Bhujel is a caste group in Nepal.
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Ethnic groups in Nepal
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Kampung Kenyah Badeng Senep
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Kampung Senap is a remote Kenyah Badeng village settlement in the hilly interior of the Hulu Selangor District, Tinggang, Tubau, Sebauh, Bintulu division of Sarawak, Malaysia, elevates to 620 metres, not far from Tubau and Sebauh Sub-district. Kampung Senep is located at the upstream of Sungai Tinggang and Sungai Senep. The highest peak in Ulu Senep is called Gunung Lumut about 828 m located on the peak of Lumut Range not too far from Sungai Bekuyat and Sungai Kakus.
Travel to Senap involves a two-and-a-half-hour 4WD drive from Bintulu or Belaga; to get to Kampung Senep one has to take the Bintulu-Bakun road and look for the junction to KTS camp from KTS camp to Simpang Sg. Unan (right junction) it takes about 30 km using the logging road and from simpang Unan it is another 12 km (30 minutes) to reach Kampung Senep. The neighbouring settlements include:
Rumah Alip 6.2 kilometres (10.3 mi) northwest
Sungai Kalavang 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) southwest
Sungai Kakus 15.0 kilometres north
Nyulau 15.0 kilometres northwest
Data Kakus 50.2 kilometres (31.2 mi) northwest
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Villages in Sarawak
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Odde Ice Center
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The Odde Ice Center is a 1,600-seat multipurpose arena located in Aberdeen, South Dakota on the Brown County Fairgrounds. Built in 1980, it is home to the Aberdeen Wings of the North American Hockey League.
Currently, expansion of the arena is underway on the arena's south side; it would include storage room for the rink boards, locker rooms for youth hockey teams, offices for the Wings, larger locker rooms for the Wings, an exercise/training room, and suites above the team benches which would expand the total capacity to 1,750. The expansion is set to be completed by September 2013.
References
External links
Brown County Fairgrounds
Odde Ice Center - Aberdeen Hockey Association
Odde Ice Center Expansion Plans - Aberdeen Wings
Indoor arenas in South Dakota
Indoor ice hockey venues in the United States
Buildings and structures in Aberdeen, South Dakota
Sports venues in South Dakota
North American Hockey League
Tourist attractions in Brown County, South Dakota
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Cliff Daringer
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Clifford Clarence Daringer (April 10, 1885 – December 26, 1971) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for one season. He played in 64 games for the Kansas City Packers during their 1914 season. He was the older brother of Rolla Daringer.
Born on April 10, 1885, Daringer was one of ten children born to Lorenzo Dow Daringer (1844-1892) and Margaret Ann Carr (1847-1940). His father served in the 6th Indiana Infantry during the Civil War and was wounded three times during battle. He died due to complications from these injuries.
Daringer made his Major League debut on April 20, 1914 vs. the Indianapolis Hoosiers, getting two hits in two at-bats, as well as his first Major League RBI against George Kaiserling. After a sub-par season in which he received only 186 plate appearances, Daringer was released by the Packers.
Daringer was also in the starting lineup against the Chicago Whales in the first game in Weegham Park, now known as Wrigley Field. He went 0-3.
He married Alice Freeney in 1914 and moved to Sacramento, California in 1917, where he lived until his death on December 26, 1971.
Part of a notorious baseball family, his brother, Howard, was an outfielder for many years in the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League, while another brother, Rolla, was a two-year Major League shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals. He also had a fourth cousin, Paul Derringer, who won 223 games over a 15-year career with the Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago Cubs from 1931 to 1945.
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External links
1885 births
1971 deaths
Major League Baseball infielders
Kansas City Packers players
Baseball players from Indiana
People from Hayden, Indiana
Lynchburg Shoemakers players
Springfield Babes (baseball) players
Mt. Clemens Bathers players
Saginaw Wa-was players
Dayton Veterans players
Sacramento Sacts players
San Antonio Bronchos players
Fort Worth Panthers players
Covington Blue Sox players
Dubuque Dubs players
Freeport Commons players
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Wasim Khan (born 3 February 1978) is a Pakistani cricketer. He played in 82 first-class and 59 List A matches between 2001 and 2012. He made his Twenty20 debut on 25 April 2005, for Lahore Lions in the 2004–05 National Twenty20 Cup.
References
External links
1978 births
Living people
Pakistani cricketers
Lahore Lions cricketers
Lahore Whites cricketers
National Bank of Pakistan cricketers
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited cricketers
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Kazanskaya, Krasnodar Krai
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Kazanskaya () is a stanitsa in Kavkazsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is located on the Kuban River. Population:
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Rural localities in Krasnodar Krai
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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB11
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The Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 1 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Heats
The swimmers with the top eight times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.
Final
References
Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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John Rudd (cartographer)
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John Rudd (Yorkshire c. 1498 – Durham 1579) was a Tudor cartographer and clergyman.
In 1561 he was given two years' leave from his duties as Vicar of Dewsbury (1554-1570) and Rector of Thornhill (1558-1570/78) to travel the country with the objective of mapping England. Although he does not appear to have completed this objective, it was completed by his apprentice, Christopher Saxton. Saxton was employed by Rudd as a servant and it seems likely that he accompanied him on these trips, and learned draughting and surveying skills from his master.
As well as various benefices, Rudd held a prebend at Durham. He and his wife Isabel (whom he had to renounce during Mary's reign) had at least three daughters and three sons, of whom John (1568-1640) followed his father in ministry. After becoming embroiled in controversy at Cambridge, leading to an appearance before the High Commission, the younger John settled down as Vicar of Shephall (near Stevenage) in Hertfordshire, where his memorial takes the form of a map cartouche, with a depiction of him as the Good Shepherd, brandishing a very episcopal-looking crook! He left bequests to Durham Cathedral School and various churches in Durham and Hertfordshire.
External links
British Library Online Gallery
1490s births
1579 deaths
English cartographers
16th-century English Anglican priests
Clergy from Yorkshire
16th-century cartographers
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Aluvihare Rock Temple
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The Aluvihare Rock Temple (also called Matale Alu Viharaya) is a sacred Buddhist temple located in Aluvihare, Matale District of Sri Lanka. Surrounded by hills, the Aluvihara cave temple is situated 30 km north of Kandy on the Matale-Dambulla road. The history of Aluvihare Rock Temple is traced back to the 3rd Century B.C to the reign of King Devanampiyatissa. It is believed that the King built the dagoba, planted the Bo sapling and founded the temple after the introduction of Buddhism to the country during his reign.
Aluvihare Rock Temple was the historic location where the Pāli Canon was first written down completely in text on ola (palm) leaves. Many monastery caves, some of which exhibit frescoes are situated near this temple.
History and significance
In the 1st Century BC, during the reign of King Walagamba, Sri Lanka underwent a famine known as 'Baminithiyasaya' for 12 years. There was also a South Indian invasion at the same time and the Buddhist monks of that era realized that these problems would be a danger to the existence of Buddha Sasana in the country. Under these conditions, memorizing and repeating the Dhamma (doctrine) was difficult. Due to the famine Buddhist monks did not receive sufficient alms and faced many difficulties, and they had to eat yams, roots and leaves of trees for their survival. A group of about 60 of them went to Malaya Rata, which is said to be the hilly area of the country. They managed to live on the banks of Mahaweli river under harsh conditions and survived for 12 years till the famine came to an end.
King Walagamba who was overthrown by a rebellion during the invasion from South India, regained the throne by defeating the invaders after fourteen years.
The monks who left to India and to the hilly areas of Sri Lanka, during the difficult period, returned to Anuradhapura, and decided to transcribe the Tripiṭaka (philosophical doctrines of Buddhism) for the preservation and for the use of future generations. The monks selected Aluvihare Rock temple in Matale as the most suitable and secured place to carry out this important event. This transcription was carried out due to the fear that the doctrine would be lost during the upheaval caused by repeated South Indian invasions. It is said that 500 scholarly monks congregated at Aluvihare Rock temple to perform the difficult task of first reciting the doctrines and agreeing on an acceptable version before transcription. The entire transcription was done in books made of ola leaves, locally known as puskola poth.
These books were made up from thick strips created from the leaves of either the palmyra or talipot palm and the doctrines were written down in Pali language. A metal stylus was used to inscribe the characters on the ola leaves.
The old library at of Aluvihare Rock Temple, which had safely housed the volumes of this transcribed manuscripts for so many centuries, was totally destroyed during the Matale Rebellion in 1848. Many parts of the temple complex was destroyed too by this incident. The consequences of this disaster are still evident today at the temple premises. It took a long a time for the recompilation, as few generations of monks had to transcribe the Tripiṭaka again. The recompilation and transcription took a long time as only few monks were engaged in this painstaking task, and the first of the three “baskets of the law” was only completed in 1982.
Aluvihare Rock temple has many caves with ancient inscriptions. These caves enclose comparatively modern wall and ceiling paintings of interest, and impressive statues and images of Buddha. The main cave of these, has a large reclining statue of the Buddha, together with standing and seated images. In the entrance-way of another cave with a reclining statue of the Buddha there are terrifying depictions of the hellish afterlife that awaits people who commits sins. One cave is dedicated to the revered Indian monk-scholar Buddhagosa, who is regarded as the greatest exponent and interpreter of the Pali canonical scriptures. He resided at Anuradhapura during the 4th and 5th centuries and is supposed to have spent several years at the Matale Alu Viharaya to engage in his scholarly work.
Etymology
There are many folklore and beliefs that are related to the name Alu Vihara. According to some, the term Aloka Vihara (temple of light) later became Aluvihara as the pali word Aloka was referred to as Alu (light) in ancient Sinhalese language. Since the place was the abode of Buddhist monks, it was called a Viharaya. Hence the two words have been combined to make the term 'Aluvihara'. Another view is that, though the temple is situated in a rock cave with a huge rock in east, sunlight is not covered and disturbed by the rock. Therefore it was known as the Aloka lena (cave with light). However all these views and beliefs gives the conclusion, that the name of this temple is related with light.
Images
See also
History of Sri Lanka
Buddhism in Sri Lanka
References
Buddhist temples in Matale District
Buddhist caves in Sri Lanka
Archaeological protected monuments in Matale District
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SERTAD1
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SERTA domain-containing protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SERTAD1 gene.
Interactions
SERTAD1 has been shown to interact with:
CREB-binding protein,
Cyclin-dependent kinase 4, and
P16.
References
Further reading
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Răcăria
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Răcăria is a commune in Rîșcani District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Răcăria and Ușurei.
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Communes of Rîșcani District
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Walter Marshall (cricketer)
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Walter Marshall (27 October 1853 – 15 January 1943) was an English first-class cricketer active 1889–91 who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born and died in Nottingham.
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1853 births
1943 deaths
English cricketers
Nottinghamshire cricketers
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Gizmel-e Olya
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Gizmel-e Olya (, also Romanized as Gīzmel-e ‘Olyā and Gīzmal-e Olya; also known as Gazmel-e ‘Olyā, Gezmel, Gezmel-e ‘Olyā, Gezmīl, Gezmil-e Bālā, Gīzmel-e Bālā, Gizmil, and Kīzmel-e ‘Olyā) is a village in Saral Rural District, Saral District, Divandarreh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 237, in 47 families. The village is populated by Kurds.
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Towns and villages in Divandarreh County
Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan Province
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Ethmia angarensis
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Ethmia angarensis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in China (Shanxi) and the Russian Far East.
Adults have been recorded from late June to July.
References
Moths described in 1939
Ethmia
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Wilton, Iowa
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Wilton (formerly Wilton Junction) is a city in Cedar and Muscatine counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 2,924 at the time of the 2020 census. The Muscatine County portion of Wilton is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The first settler to build a home in the area that was to be known as Wilton in the new state of Iowa (1846) was Mr. Christian Marolf who came in July 1849, and erected of a small log house opposite the German Lutheran church. When he built his home Mr. Marolf could only see one the home of Mr. Stearns just west of town on the south side of the Moscow road. Mr. Marolf was soon followed by Mr. Ben Maurer in 1850 whose land now comprises North Wilton and Peter Marolf in 1851, which is now known as Marolf's addition. North Wilton is at present (1947) not within the corporate limits of Wilton. The city was once home to the Wilton German English College from 1894 to 1905. The campus of the college was later turned into City Park, and some of the college's buildings remain to this day.
Geography
Wilton is at (41.589350, -91.017487).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. The city sits at an elevation of 679 feet.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 2,802 people, 1,155 households, and 767 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,231 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.5% White, 0.3% African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.9% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.6% of the population.
There were 1,155 households, of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.6% were non-families. 28.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.97.
The median age in the city was 37.7 years. 26.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.5% were from 25 to 44; 27.4% were from 45 to 64; and 13% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.7% male and 50.3% female.
2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,842 people, 1,105 households, and 784 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,509.5 people per square mile (584.1/km). There were 1,141 housing units at an average density of 608.8 per square mile (235.6/km). The racial makeup of the city was 97.74% White, 0.21% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.60% from other races, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.01% of the population.
There were 1,105 households, out of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $44,278, and the median income for a family was $49,615. Males had a median income of $37,146 versus $23,350 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,445. About 5.5% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.
Arts and culture
Witon has a library/community center building in the northeast section of the city, near the high school that provides numerous resources to residents.
Historic sites include the Wilton Candy Kitchen, which is the oldest ice cream parlor in the world, and the former Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad depot built in 1898. Both are in the downtown area and on the National Register of Historic Places.
Parks and recreation
Wilton has four parks. The City Park in the heart of the town has an indoor swimming pool as well as a playground, shelter house, and baseball field. Westview Park is on the west side of town and has tennis courts, playground equipment, a walking path, and a ball field. Elder Park is in the downtown area and has a small picnic area. Cherrydale Park on the southside contains three baseball fields and a playground.
Religion
Wilton is home to many churches, including St. Mary's Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church, Grace United Church of Christ, Heartland Fellowship Church, United Methodist Church, and the Zion Lutheran Church.
Education
Public schools
The Wilton Community School District, home to the Wilton Beavers, and is part of the River Valley Conference, serves Wilton, Moscow, and the surrounding rural areas. The school district includes an elementary school and a junior/senior high school.
Media
Wilton-Durant Advocate News is a weekly newspaper in the area. Daily newspapers such as The Muscatine Journal and Quad-City Times are available.
Wilton Jr./Sr. High School has a student-run school news website called This Just In, which is maintained during the school year by journalism students. The class also produces a student newspaper called "The Beaver Tale" which is printed monthly during the school year in the Advocate News.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Wilton is three miles (5 km) south of Interstate 80, at the junction of County Highway F58 and Iowa Highway 38, within driving distance of Muscatine, the Quad Cities, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids. The Iowa Interstate Railroad passes through the city and provides service to local industries. The Quad City International Airport is 30 miles east of Wilton providing non-stop flights to destinations throughout the country.
Utilities
Electricity is provided by Wilton Municipal Light and Power Company and water by the city water department, which operates its own water treatment plant. The city has a 500,000 gallon water tower on the west side of town near the industrial park, and another 300,000-gallon tower in the center of the city.
Healthcare
Trinity Medical Center in Muscatine has a "physicians' clinic" located in Wilton. The closest hospitals are located in Muscatine (Trinity-Muscatine), the Quad Cities (Genesis West, Genesis East, Trinity-Bettendorf), and Iowa City (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Mercy Hospital, and the Veteran's Hospital).
Police Department and Fire Department
The city is served by the Wilton Police Department and Wilton Fire Department.
Notable people
Hymnwriter Charles H. Gabriel was born and raised in Wilton.
Wally Hilgenberg; played in NFL for the Detroit Lions and Super Bowls with Minnesota Vikings and was raised partly in Wilton.
Actor Eddy Chandler was born and raised in Wilton.
See also
S.J. Mathes, printer and newspaperman
References
External links
Portal website to Wilton City of Wilton, Chamber of Commerce, Community events and development
IaGenWeb Wilton History 1854–1947
City Data Comprehensive Statistical Data and more about Wilton, Iowa
Cities in Cedar County, Iowa
Cities in Muscatine County, Iowa
Cities in Iowa
Muscatine, Iowa micropolitan area
1855 establishments in Iowa
Populated places established in 1855
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List of television stations in Norway
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This is a list of television stations in Norway.
Terrestrial channels
These channels are available as via cable and satellite systems. The Norwegian analogue terrestrial net is closed and replaced with a digital net. The NRK channels are open, the other channels are encrypted and subscriptions are sold by www.rikstv.no
Cable and satellite television
Norsk Rikskringkasting
NRK1
NRK2
NRK3 (Youth channel)
NRK Super (Children channel)
NRK1 Tegnspråk (Television channel for those with a hearing impairment. This channel adapts shows from the other national channels, so that they are appropriate for those with hearing loss, for example by adding sign language and/or subtitles)
NRK1 HD simulcast of NRK1
NRK2 HD simulcast of NRK2
NRK3 HD simulcast of NRK3
TV 2
TV 2
TV 2 HD - High-definition simulcast of TV 2
TV 2 Filmkanalen (movies)
TV 2 Nyhetskanalen (news channel)
TV 2 Sport (sports channel)
TV 2 Sport 2
TV 2 Sport 3
TV 2 Sport 4
TV 2 Sport 5
TV 2 Premier League HD
TV 2 Premier League HD 2
TV 2 Premier League HD 3
TV 2 Zebra (youth programs, interactive programs and live sports)
TV 2 Livsstil (lifestyle)
TV 2 Science Fiction (Science fiction)(Web-TV channel)
TV4 Group
Canal 9
Canal+ First
Canal+ Hits
Canal+ Action
Canal+ Drama
Canal+ Family
Canal+ Emotion
Canal+ Series
Canal+ SF Kanalen
Canal+ Film HD (high-definition movies)
Canal+ Fotball
Canal+ Sport 2
Canal+ Sport 3
Canal+ Hockey
Canal+ Sport Extra
Canal+ Sport HD (sports in high-definition)
TV4 Fakta
Viasat/MTG
TV3 (general entertainment)
Viasat 4 (general entertainment)
TV6 (planned)
Viasat Film (movies)
Viasat Film Premiere
Viasat Film Action
Viasat Film Hits
Viasat Film Family
Viasat Film Comedy
Viasat Golf
Viasport
Viasport+
Viasport 1
Viasport 2
Viasport 3
Viasat Hockey
Viasat Fotball
Viasat Motor
Viasat Ticket (pay-per-view)
SBS Discovery Media/Discovery Networks Northern Europe
TVNorge (general entertainment)
TVNorge HD (Simulcast of TVNorge)
FEM (Women's channel)
MAX (Men's channel)
VOX (Adult/"Grown ups" channel)
Animal Planet
Animal Planet HD
Discovery Channel
Discovery HD
Discovery World
TLC Norway
Discovery Science
Others
Canal Motor, owned by Intele, programs about racing, cars, motorcycles & Motors
Rikstoto Direkte, owned by Norsk Rikstoto, horse racing
Verdikanalen (general/religious)web link
Visjon Norge (religious), owned by iVisjon web link
tvins (home shopping), owned by Thane Direct
TV Glad
Fatstone.TV, (Fatstone Media AS) Norwegian owned, Outdoor and Action sports channel
Transnational television channels
Localised and non-localised versions
BBC Worldwide
BBC Entertainment (Replaced BBC Prime on December 1, 2008).
BBC Lifestyle (Merged with BBC Food December 2, 2008).
BBC HD, High Definition television channel.
BBC Knowledge, documentary channel
Chello Zone
CBS Reality
Extreme Sports Channel
Disney-ABC Television Group
Disney Channel Scandinavia
Disney XD Scandinavia
Disney Junior Scandinavia
ESPN America
ESPN America HD
ESPN Classic
Fox International Channels
Fox Crime
National Geographic Society
National Geographic Channel Scandinavia
National Geographic Channel HD
National Geographic Wild
NonStop Television
Showtime Scandinavia - Action and horror movies
Silver - Independent Movies
Silver HD
Star! Scandinavia
Rush HD
Playboy Enterprises
The Adult Channel
Playboy TV
Spice Network
TF1 Group
Eurosport
Eurosport 2
Eurosport HD
Turner Broadcasting System Europe
Boomerang (Nordic)
Cartoon Network (Nordic)
Turner Classic Movies
Viacom International Media Networks Europe
MTV Norge
MTV Live HD
Nickelodeon (Scandinavia)
Nick Jr. (Scandinavia)
Nicktoons (Scandinavia)
VH1
VH1 Classic
Others
Bloomberg TV, owned by Michael Bloomberg
CNBC Nordic, owned by NBCUniversal
E!, owned by Comcast, news and programs about the entertainment industry
The God Channel
God 2
Motors TV
Penthouse TV
Private Blue
History, owned by A+E Networks and BSkyB
History HD
The Poker Channel
Travel Channel, owned by Travel Channel International Limited
Non-localised versions
Channels shown in their original format, without local subtitles or local audio.
3ABN International
3sat
BBC World News
BEN Television
Chelsea TV
Club - Entertainment for women
CNN International - 24/7 News channel
DR1
Euronews
Fashion TV
Fox News Channel
Health Channel
Hope Channel International
Life TV
Liverpool TV
Mezzo TV
Motors TV
MUTV
RTL
Sat1
Sky News - 24/7 News channel
Sony Entertainment Television Asia
SVT1 – See also Sveriges Television
SVT2 – See also Sveriges Television
Prime TV
Rai Uno
TBN Europe
TV2
TV4
TV5Monde
TV8
TVE Internacional
TV Finland
TRT
Wonderful - Religious channel
Zee TV
Other channels
Defunct television channels
3+ - General entertainment channel (1 July 1996 - 1 October 1996)
BBC Prime - Entertainment channel replaced by BBC Entertainment (???? - 2008)
BBC Food - Food channel Merged with BBC Lifestyle (2004–2008)
C More Film - Movie channel (2004–2006)
C More Film 2 - Movie channel (2004–2006)
Canal+ Comedy (2006–2010)
Canal M - Shopping channel (1998–1999)
Cinema 1 - Movie Channel (1995–2004)
Cinema 2 - Timeshift channel for Cinema 1 (2002–2004)
Cinema 3 - Timeshift channel for Cinema 2 (2002–2004)
Fight+ - Combat Sports channel (March, 2006 - December, 2006)
FilmMax - Movie Channel (???? - 1995)
FilmNet 1 - Movie Channel (1985–1996) (See Canal+)
FilmNet 2 - Movie Channel (1985–1996)
Fox Kids Nordic - Children's channel (1998–2004) (changed name to Jetix, see below)
Hallmark Channel Scandilux - Movie channel (1996–2009)
Janco Visjon - General entertainment channel (1986–1987)
Jetix Scandinavia - Children's channel (2004–2009) (replaced by Disney XD)
Kiosk - 8 pay-per-view channels (1997–2007)
Metropol TV - Youth-oriented entertainment channel (1999–2002)
Moox Live - Youth channel with user-generated content (December, 2006 - August, 2007)
Norsk TV1 - General entertainment channel (1987–1990) (Merged with TVNorge)
Nyhetskanalen - News channel (1997–1998)
The Studio - Movie channel (2001–2003)
Sportkanalen - Sports channel (1996–1997)
SuperSport - Sports channel (1995–1997) (compare now Canal+ Sport)
Toon Disney Scandinavia - Children's channel (2005–2009) (replaced by Disney XD)
TV+ - General entertainment channel (1994–1995)
TV 2 Sonen 24/7 - Interactive television channel (March, 2007 - July, 2007)
TV4 Norge - General entertainment channel (1990–1992)
TV6 - Women's channel (1994–1998) (Replaced with TV6 Nature World/TV6 Action World)
TV1000 2 - Timeshift channel for TV1000 (2002–2004)
TV1000 3 - Timeshift channel for TV1000 (2002–2004)
Viasat Plus - General entertainment channel (2000–2002)
Viasat SportN - Sports channel (2005–2009) (replaced by Viasat Fotball)
Viasat Sport 2 - Soccer channel (2004–2008)
Viasat Sport 3 - Action sports channel (2004–2008)
Viasat Sport 24 - Sports channel (2005–2007)
Voom HD International - General enteraiment channel (2005–2009)
ZTV Norway - Youth channel (2002 - September 5, 2007)
Channels with former names
Canal+ Gul now Canal+ First
Canal+ Blå now Canal+ Hits
Canal+ Zap now Canal+ Sport
C More HD now Canal+ HD
Canal+ now Canal+ Drama
TV 2 Bliss now TV 2 Livsstil
See also
Television in Norway
References
Stations
Norway
Television stations
Stations
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Gerald Boyd (British Army officer)
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Major-General Sir Gerald Farrell Boyd KCB, CMG, DSO, DCM (19 November 1877 – 12 April 1930) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.
Military career
Educated at St Paul's School, Boyd enlisted into the Devonshire Regiment in 1895. He fought in the Second Boer War 1899-1901, and took part in the Relief of Ladysmith, including the actions at Colenso; and in the operations in Orange River Colony, including the action at Wittebergen. During the war, he was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment in May 1900, and promoted to lieutenant in that regiment on 26 April 1902. He was mentioned in despatches three times (including 25 April 1902), received the Queen's South Africa Medal, and was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his war service. He went on to be Brigade Major for 11th Infantry Brigade in 1912.
He served in World War I with 11th Infantry Brigade as part of the British Expeditionary Force. He became a General Staff Officer with 1st Division and with 6th Division before becoming a Brigadier-General on the General Staff of 5th Army Corps in France in 1916. He was made Commander 170th Infantry Brigade in France in July 1918 and General Officer Commanding 46th (North Midland) Division in September 1918. He led the 46th Division when it successfully stormed the Hindenburg Line at Bellenglise during the Battle of St Quentin Canal.
After the War he was made a Brigadier General on the General Staff at General Headquarters of British Army on the Rhine and then General Officer Commanding Dublin District in Ireland in 1920. He was appointed Commandant of the Staff College, Quetta in 1923 and Military Secretary in 1927. He died of cerebral spinal fever in 1930.
Family
In 1913 he married Grace Sophia Burdett and they went on to have two sons.
References
Further reading
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1930 deaths
People educated at St Paul's School, London
British Army generals
Devonshire Regiment soldiers
East Yorkshire Regiment officers
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal
Commandants of the Staff College, Quetta
Military personnel from London
British Army generals of World War I
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Eremaea × phoenicea
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Eremaea × phoenicea is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is thought to be a stabilised hybrid between two subspecies of Eremaea. It is an erect to spreading shrub with pointed, elliptic leaves and small groups of flowers, a shade of pink to red, on the ends of the branches.
Description
Eremaea × phoenicea is an erect, sometimes spreading shrub growing to a height of about . The leaves are long, wide, narrow elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and the other end tapering to a point. They have a covering of fine hairs and one, rarely three veins on the lower surface.
The flowers are rose-coloured to red and occur in groups of one to four on the end of branches formed the previous year. The outer surface of the flower cup (the hypanthium) is hairy and there are 5 petals long. The stamens, which give the flower its colour, are arranged in 5 bundles, each containing 19 to 26 stamens. Flowering occurs from October to November and is followed by fruits which are woody capsules. The capsules are more or less urn-shaped, long with a smooth surface.
Taxonomy and naming
Eremaea × phoenicea was first formally described in 1993 by Nuytsia in Nuytsia (journal) from a specimen found near Eneabba. Hnatiuk considers Eremaea x phoenicea to be a stabilised hybrid between Eremaea beaufortioides and Eremaea violacea subsp. rhaphiophylla. That view is supported by isozyme studies.
The name phoenicea is derived from the Ancient Greek word φοῖνιξ (phoînix) meaning “purple” or "crimson" alluding to the flower colour of this species.
Distribution and habitat
Eremaea × phoenicea occurs in the Irwin district in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region where it grows in sand in kwongan and heath.
Conservation
Eremaea × phoenicea is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
References
phoenicea
Myrtales of Australia
Plants described in 1993
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Hybrid plants
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BNP Paribas Fortis
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BNP Paribas Fortis is an international bank based in Belgium and is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas. It was formerly, together with Fortis Bank Nederland, the banking arm of the financial institution Fortis. After the ultimately unsuccessful ABN-AMRO takeover, the subprime crisis and management mistakes led to the sale of the Dutch and Luxembourg parts of the banking branch to the Dutch and Luxembourg governments. Fortis Bank itself was first partly bought by the Belgian government (for €4.7 billion), then fully purchased by the government and sold to BNP Paribas.
BNP Paribas Fortis is the largest bank in Belgium. It offers a full range of financial services to private and corporate clients, wealthy individuals, companies, public and financial institutions. The activities are divided into four business lines: Retail & Private Banking, Corporate & Public Banking, Corporate & Investment Banking and Investment Solutions. The bank supports its clients abroad via offices in some 80 countries of the parent bank BNP Paribas.
Herman Daems is Chairman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas Fortis. The CEO is Maxime Jadot.
Subsidiaries
Fortis Investments - Asset Management, now part of BNP Paribas Investment Partners
Fortis Lease Group
Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas
Dominet Bank
Fortis Bank Turkey
BGL SA
See also
List of investors in Bernard L. Madoff Securities
References
External links
Website for individuals & small enterprises
International & corporate site
Corporate & Public Bank, Belgium
The major role of the Générale de Banque in the development in Belgium industry, in Source d'Histoire
The street Royale in the heart of economic history of Belgium, in Source d'Histoire
Banks of Belgium
BNP Paribas
Banks established in 1990
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Eriophyllum jepsonii
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Eriophyllum jepsonii is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Jepson's woolly sunflower. It is endemic to California, where it has been found in the Central Coast Ranges and adjacent hills from Contra Costa County to Ventura County.
Eriophyllum jepsonii grows in dry habitat such as chaparral and oak woodland. This is a small shrub producing woolly, whitish stems 50 to 80 centimeters (20-32 inches) tall. It is lined with lobed oval leaves each a few centimeters long and coated in woolly fibers. The inflorescence produces one or more flower heads containing many glandular or bristly yellowish disc florets surrounded 6 to 8 yellow ray florets each up to a centimeter long. The fruit is an achene tipped with a pappus of approximately 8 scales.
References
External links
Calflora distribution for Eriophyllum jepsonii
Jepson Manual Treatment of Eriophyllum jepsonii
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile for Eriophyllum jepsonii
Calphotos Photos gallery − Eriophyllum jepsonii, University of California
jepsonii
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Plants described in 1891
Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene
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Imabuku Station
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is a train station located in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is on the Nishi-Kyūshū Line which has been operated by the third-sector Matsuura Railway since 1988.
Lines
Matsuura Railway
Nishi-Kyūshū Line
Trains on this branch terminate at either or . Travellers can transfer at for local trains to , or either a local or rapid train from to . It is 27.5 km from .
Station layout
The station consists of two ground-level side platforms with two tracks.
Adjacent stations
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.
External links
Matsuura Railway
Navitime station timetable
Yahoo! Transit Japan
Stations of Matsuura Railway
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1930
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Johan Nyström (athlete)
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Johan Ferdinand Nyström (April 16, 1874 – September 30, 1968) was a Swedish track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Nyström competed in the marathon. He was one of six runners who failed to finish the event.
References
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at .
1874 births
1968 deaths
Swedish male long-distance runners
Swedish male marathon runners
Olympic athletes of Sweden
Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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Lists of Belgian municipal flags
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This article contains a list of flags of Belgian municipalities. Belgium has 581 municipalities. To keep this list organized, the municipalities are shown per region: Brussels-Capital Region, Flanders and Wallonia. Flags of former municipalities are also displayed at the bottom of the page, which ceased to exist as an independent municipality due to the municipal changes of 2019.
Brussels-Capital Region
Flanders
Wallonia
Former municipalities (until 2019)
See also
List of Belgian flags
External links
De Lage Landen
Belgium: Municipal flags
Belgian municipal flags
Municipal
Flags, municipal
Belgian municipal
Flags
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Chetham Society
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The Chetham Society "for the publication of remains historic and literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester" is a text publication society and registered charity (No. 700047) established on 23 March 1843.
History
The Chetham Society is the oldest historical society in North West England. It was founded by a group of gentlemen (including the lawyer James Crossley and the clergymen Thomas Corser, Richard Parkinson, and Francis Robert Raines), who wished to promote interest in the counties' historical sources. The society held its foundation meeting on 23 March 1843 at Chetham's Library, in Manchester, which was established in 1653 by the will of the philanthropist Humphrey Chetham. The society became a registered charity in 1988.
The Chetham Society was amongst the earliest antiquarian and historical societies to be established in Britain during the nineteenth century, and appears to have been modelled, in part, on the Durham-based Surtees Society founded in 1834.
During its early years, the Society enjoyed the support of patrons such as the Prime Minister of the day Sir Robert Peel, the Bishop of Chester, the Earls of Balcarres, Burlington, and Derby, Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe, Lord Francis Egerton, as well as several other peers and MPs who became members.
Many distinguished historians and scholars have been involved in the life of the society, including John Eglington Bailey, Prof. Christopher Robert Cheney, John Parsons Earwaker, Edward Hawkins, Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth, George Ormerod, Prof. Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke, William Stubbs, Prof. Thomas Frederick Tout, Prof. John Michael Wallace-Hadrill, and Joseph Brooks Yates, amongst many others.
Membership
Membership of the Chetham Society is open to all individuals and institutions interested in the various historical and literary aspects of Lancashire and Cheshire.
Publications
Since 1843, the Society has published nearly 280 volumes in three series, supplying a regular output of valuable works of scholarship relating to the study of the history of North-West England.
Old Series (1843–93)
The Old Series (O.S.) ran from 1843 until 1893 (totalling 116 volumes). Publications included Pott's Discovery of Witches, Civil War Tracts, and various diaries, journals, autobiographies, correspondence, heralds' visitations, family deeds, papers, letters, and accounts, school registers and records, wills, and ecclesiastical and parish histories.
New Series (1883–1947)
The New Series (N.S.) commenced in 1883 and ended in 1947 (totalling 110 volumes). Publications covered a diversity of areas and topics, including charters, cartularies, rolls, rentals, surveys, autobiographical writings, biographies, genealogies, and various parish, town, and local histories.
Third Series (1948–present)
The Third Series (T.S.) began in 1948 (volume 53 was published in 2019). In recent years (particularly since the inauguration of the Third Series), the society's focus has tended to move away from its traditional role of publishing original primary texts towards publishing scholarly secondary analyses. Recent volumes have included:
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Officers
Presidents
Vice-Presidents
General Editors
Secretaries
Treasurers
See also
Chetham's Library
Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
Lancashire Parish Register Society
List of societies for education in Manchester
References
Citations
Bibliography
Further reading
External links
Chetham Society Website
Archives Hub: Chetham Society Archive
Chetham's Library
Royal Historical Society: List of Chetham Society Publications
Organisations based in Manchester
Charities based in Manchester
Historical societies of the United Kingdom
Text publication societies
1843 establishments in England
1843 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1843
History organisations based in the United Kingdom
Heritage organisations in England
Learned societies of the United Kingdom
History of literature in England
History of Lancashire
History of Cheshire
Culture in Lancashire
Culture in Cheshire
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Audrey MacLean
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Audrey MacLean (born 1952) is an American businesswoman and entrepreneur. She has been featured on Forbes’ Midas Touch List, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women and Business Week’s Top 50 Business Women in America.
Early life and career
A native of Queens, New York, she attended Long Island University before heading to the West coast and earning a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Redlands. In the summer of 1982, she left Tymshare and co-founded Network Equipment Technologies. Later, she was the founder and CEO of Adaptive Corp., a maker of high-speed switches.
She has provided seed financing to numerous successful start-ups including Pure Software, Pete's Brewing Company, AdForce, StarMaker Interactive and Selectica. Today, she is an active investor and currently serves on the board or advisory board of almost a dozen other start-ups, including: Aible, Andalou, BeyondCore, Coraid, Finesse, Followanalytics, Loopt, Luxe, mOasis, Queplix, Skybox, SolumTech, and StarMaker. Working with the new generation of entrepreneurs, she is often called on for her advice.
MacLean is an advisor to Foundation Capital and serves on the faculty at Stanford University's Graduate School of Engineering.
In May 2011, she received the third Symons Innovator Award given annually by NCWIT to honor successful women entrepreneurs in technology.
References
American businesspeople
Living people
1952 births
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Ophisternon bengalense
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Ophisternon bengalense the Bengal eel, Bengal mudeel or onegill eel, is a species of fish in the family Synbranchidae. It is endemic to freshwater and brackish water rivers and swamps in Oceania and South Asia. It is normally 100 cm in maximum length.
Description
Ophisternon bengalense has an eel-like body with a flattened head with a single slit-like gill opening at the bottom of the back of its head and small eyes which can be seen through its skin. The dorsal and anal fins are reduced and form folds of skin on the rear half of the body, the pectoral and pelvic fins are absent. It can grow to but is more usually . The colour is blackish-green to rufous with a purplish tinge and dark spots.
Distribution
Ophisternon bengalense is recorded from South Asian countries like India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, Philippines and New Guinea. The fish may also found in Australia and Palau islands.
Biology and habitat
Ophisternon bengalense has an almost unknown biology. It is thought likely to be a protogynous hermaphrodite which lays eggs in a tunnel excavated into the soft substrate. The males excavate and guard the nesting burrow. The adults may be found in both fresh and brackish waters along rivers and in swamps, frequently close to the river mouth. They are normally recorded among thick vegetation in muddy, still water bodies, such as lagoons, swamps, canals and rice fields.
Fisheries
Ophisternon bengalense is of minor interest to fisheries and is eaten. It is normally sold and eaten fresh.
References
Sources
http://biodiversityofsrilanka.blogspot.com/p/freshwater-fish-diversity-of-sri-lanka_29.html
Fish of Australia
bengalense
Freshwater fish of Sri Lanka
Taxa named by John McClelland (doctor)
Fish described in 1844
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1980 in German television
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This is a list of German television related events from 1980.
Events
20 March - Katja Ebstein is selected to represent Germany at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Theater". She is selected to be the twenty-fifth German Eurovision entry during Ein Lied für Den Haag held at the BR Studios in Munich.
Debuts
ARD
22 January – Die Leute vom Domplatz (1980)
18 March – Jan vom anderen Stern (1980)
23 April – Krelling (1980)
4 June – Lucilla (1980)
12 June – Scheibenwischer (1980–2008)
September – Harry Hocker läßt nicht locker (1980–1981)
3 September – Im schönsten Bilsengrunde (1980)
1 September – Achtung Zoll! (1980–1981)
2 October – Café Wernicke (1980–1981)
5 October – Familie Meier (1980)
6 October – Liebe ist doof (1980–1981)
12 October – Lucy the Menace of Street (1980)
14 October – Susi (1980)
28 October – Auf Achse (1980–1996)
3 December – ... und die Tuba bläst der Huber (1980–1983)
25 December – Die Reventlow (1980)
ZDF
4 January – Felix und Oskar (1980)
8 January – Ein Park für alle (1980)
12 January – Merlin (1980)
3 February – Leute wie du und ich (1980–1984)
28 February – Un-Ruhestand - Geschichten vom Älterwerden (1980)
4 March – Anderland (1980–1986)
8 March – So geht's auch (1980)
18 September – Kreuzfahrten eines Globetrotters (1980–1981)
25 December – Ringstraßenpalais (1980–1986)
DFF
4 January – Archiv des Todes (1980)
22 August – Die Fischers und ihre Frauen (1980)
23 November – Das Mädchen Störtebeker (1980)
International
15 November – // The Moomins (1977–1982) (ORF)
Television shows
1950s
Tagesschau (1952–present)
1960s
heute (1963-present)
1970s
heute-journal (1978-present)
Tagesthemen (1978-present)
Ending this year
Births
Deaths
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A5ne%20River
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Råne River
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Råne River (Swedish: Råneälven) is a river in Sweden.
References
Drainage basins of the Baltic Sea
Rivers of Norrbotten County
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Xorge Carrillo
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Xorge Carrillo (born April 12, 1989) is a Mexican professional baseball catcher for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League and for the Águilas de Mexicali of the Liga Mexicana del Pacifico. He represented Mexico in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, 2019 Pan American Games Qualifier, and 2019 exhibition games against Japan.
Career
Carrillo was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 28th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft out of McClintock High School, but did not sign. He was again drafted in the 29th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft out of Central Arizona College, this time by the Cleveland Indians, but again did not sign. He then went on to attend Arizona State University, where he played baseball for the Sun Devils. He was drafted for a third time in the 2010 Major League Baseball draft, selected in the 23rd round by the San Diego Padres, but for a third time did not sign and returned to ASU. He was drafted for a fourth time in the 14th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft by the New York Mets and agreed to sign with the club.
He made his professional debut with the Low-A Brooklyn Cyclones, appearing in 27 games for the club. In 2012, Carrillo played for the Single-A Savannah Sand Gnats, but only played in 11 games. He split the 2013 season between the High-A St. Lucie Mets and the Double-A Binghamton Mets, batting a cumulative .278/.331/.330 in 36 games for the two clubs. The next year, Carrillo split the year between Binghamton and the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, slashing .285/.355/.357 with 2 home runs and 22 RBI. He was invited to Spring Training for the 2015 season, but did not make the club and was assigned to Binghamton, where he batted .240/.318/.382 in 94 games. In 2016, Carrillo spent the majority of the year in Binghamton, also playing in 5 games for Las Vegas with a cumulative batting line of .272/.347/.362 in 85 games. He was invited to Spring Training for a second time in 2017 but again did not make the team and was assigned to Las Vegas. With Las Vegas, Carrillo batted .270/.320/.425 with 9 home runs and 44 RBI before electing free agency on November 6, 2017.
On January 31, 2018, Carrillo signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays organization and was invited to Spring Training. Carrillo did not make the club and was assigned to the Triple-A Durham Bulls. On July 3, 2018, Carrillo was assigned to the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League and finished the season with Tijuana. In 2019, Carrillo batted .307/.383/.458 in 63 games. Carrillo did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Mexican League season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
External links
1989 births
Living people
Águilas de Mexicali players
Baseball players from Baja California
Binghamton Mets players
Brooklyn Cyclones players
Las Vegas 51s players
Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States
Mexican League baseball catchers
Savannah Sand Gnats players
Sportspeople from Tijuana
St. Lucie Mets players
Toros de Tijuana players
2017 World Baseball Classic players
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Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi
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Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi (October 25, 1742 in Castelnuovo Nigra, Piedmont – March 23, 1831 in Parma) was an Italian Christian Hebraist. He studied in Ivrea and Turin. In October 1769, he was appointed professor of Oriental languages at the University of Parma, where he spent the rest of his life. His inaugural lecture on the causes of the neglect of Hebrew study was published in 1769 at Turin.
Scholarly writings
De Rossi devoted himself to three chief lines of investigation—-typographical, bibliographical, and text-critical. Influenced by the example of Benjamin Kennicott, he determined on the collection of the variant readings of the Old Testament, and for that purpose collected a large number of manuscripts and old editions. In order to determine their bibliographical position he undertook a critical study of the annals of Hebrew typography, beginning with a special preliminary disquisition in 1776, and dealing with the presses of Ferrara (Parma, 1780), Sabbionetta (Erlangen, 1783), and, later, Cremona (Parma, 1808), as preparatory to his two great works, Annales Hebræo-Typographici (Parma, 1795, sec. xv.) and Annales Hebræo-Typographici ab 1501 ad 1540 (Parma, 1799). This formed the foundation of his serious study of the early history of Hebrew printing; see Incunabula.
In connection with this work he drew up a Dizionario Storico degli Autori Ebrei e delle loro Opere (Parma, 1802; German translation by Hamberger, Leipzig, 1839), in which he summed up in alphabetical order the bibliographical notices contained in Wolf, and, among other things, fixed the year of Rashi's birth; he also published a catalogue of his own manuscripts (1803) and books (1812). All these studies were in a measure preparatory and subsidiary to his Variæ Lectiones Veteris Testamenti (Parma, 1784–88), still the most complete collection of variants of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament. In order to compile it he visited all the chief libraries of Italy, and through its compilation he obtained the knighthood of St. George at the court of Parma and seductive offers from Pavia, Madrid, and Rome. As examples of the use of his work he issued a specimen of the Targum on Esther (Rome, 1782; 2d ed., revised, Tübingen, 1783).
He was also interested in the polemics of Judaism and Christianity, and wrote on this subject his Della Vana Aspettazione degli Ebrei del loro Re Messia (Parma, 1773), which he defended in a pamphlet two years later; he further published a list of anti-Christian writers, Bibliotheca Judaica Antichristiana (Parma, 1800). A select Hebrew lexicon, in which he utilized Parḥon's work (Parma, 1805), and an introduction to Hebrew (ib. 1815) conclude the list of those of his works which are of special Jewish interest. Rossi died in Parma in 1831.
Works
De praecipuis caussis, et momentis neglectae a nonnullis Hebraicarum litterarum disciplinae disquisitio elenchtica, Augustae Taurinorum : ex Tipographia Regia, 1769 (on-line)
Della vana aspettazione degli ebrei del loro re Messia dal compimento di tutte le epoche trattato del teol. Giambern. De-Rossi, Parma : dalla Stamperia reale, 1773; Roma : Marini e Co., 1840 (on-line)
Epithalamia exoticis linguis reddita, Parmae : ex regio typographeo, 1775
De hebraicae typographiae originae ac primitiis, seu antiquis ac rarissimis hebraicorum librorum editionibus saeculi 15. disquisitio historico-critica, Parmae : ex Regio typographeo, 1776 (on-line)
Specimen variarum lectionum sacri textus et chaldaica estheris additamenta cum Latina versione ac notis ex singulari codice privatae bibliothecae Pii VI P. O. M. edidit variisque dissertationibus illustravit Iohannes Bernardus De Rossi, Accedit eiusdem auctoris appendix de celeberr. codice tritaplo samaritano bibliothecae Barberinae, Romae : sumptibus Venantii Monaldini Bibliopolae, 1782 (on-line)
Io. Bernhard De Rossi, Annales typographiae ebraicae Sabionetenses appendice aucti. Ex Italicis Latinos fecit m. Io. Frid. Roos, collega, Erlangae : sumtibus Io. Iac. Palm., 1783 (on-line)
Variae lectiones Veteris Testamenti ex immensa mss. editorumq. codicum congerie haustae et ad Samar. textum, ad vetustiss. versiones, ad accuratiores sacrae criticae fontes ac leges examinatae opera ac studio Johannis Bern. De-Rossi. Prolegomena, clavis codicum, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Parmae : ex regio typographeo, 1784 (on-line)
Annales Hebraeo-typographici sec. 15. descripsit fusoque commentario illustravit Joh. Bernardus De-Rossi, Parmae : ex Regio Typographeo, 1795 (on-line)
Joh. Bernardi De-Rossi Scholia critica in V. T. libros seu Supplementa ad varias sacri textus lectiones, Parmae : ex regio typographeo, 1798 (on-line)
Annales hebraeo-typographici ab an. MDI ad MDXL digessit notisque hist.-criticis instruxit Joh. Bernardus De-Rossi, Parmae : ex Regio tipographeo, 1799 (on-line)
Dizionario storico degli autori ebrei e delle loro opere, Parma : dalla Stamperia Imperiale, 1802 (Volume I, on-line) e (Volume II, on-line)
Dizionario storico degli autori arabi più celebri e delle principali loro opere, Parma : dalla Stamperia Imperiale, 1808 (on-line)
Mss. codices Hebraici biblioth. I. B. De-Rossi ling. Orient. prof. accurate ab eodem descripti et illustrati. Accedit appendix qua continentur mss. codices reliqui al. linguarum, Parma : dalla Stamperia Imperiale, 1803 (Volume I, on-line) (Volume II, on-line) (Volume III, on-line)
Annali ebreo-tipografici di Cremona distesi dal dottore G. Bernardo De Rossi prof. di lingue orientali, Parma : dalla Stamperia Imperiale, 1808 (on-line)
Il libro di Giobbe tradotto dal testo originale dal dottore G. Bernardo De-Rossi, Parma : dalla Stamperia reale, 1812 (on-line)
Introduzione allo studio della lingua ebrea, dell'importanza di questo studio, e della maniera di ben instituirlo, del cavaliere G. Bernardo De-Rossi preside della facoltà di teologia e professore di lingue orientali, Parma : dalla stamperia Blanchon, 1815 (on-line)
Introduzione alla Sacra Scrittura che comprende le prenozioni più importanti relative ai testi originali e alle loro versioni del professore G. Bernardo De-Rossi preside della facoltà teologica, Parma : dalla stamperia ducale, 1817 (on-line)
Sinopsi della ermeneutica sacra o dell'arte di ben interpretare la Sacra Scrittura del professore G. Bernardo De-Rossi preside della facoltà teologica e riformatore nel magistrato supremo dell'università, Parma : dalla stamperia ducale, 1819 (on-line)
References
F. Parente, «DE ROSSI, Giovanni Bernardo». In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Roma : Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, Vol. XXXIX, 1991 (on-line)
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana
Steinschneider, Moritz, Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana, s.v.
External links
Digitized works by Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York
1742 births
1831 deaths
People from Castelnuovo Nigra
University of Turin alumni
University of Parma faculty
Christian Hebraists
Italian Hebraists
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Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb is the debut graphic novel written and illustrated by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm. It provides an account of the Manhattan Project and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as mentioning the chain of events after. The title arises from the code-name, Trinity, given to the test site for the first nuclear weapon.
The book is written as a "work of history", although Fetter-Vorm writes at the end of the book "for the most part, the dialog from the principal characters in this book is taken from written records. When that was impossible, I introduced language that hews closely to what I have learned of these characters over the course of my research..." He goes on to provide a bibliography of the works he consulted in creating the book.
Plot Summary
Trinity begins with a conversation between a soldier named Private Daniels and J. Robert Oppenheimer as they are entering Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Oppenheimer asks Daniels if he has ever heard of Prometheus, and upon receiving a "No, sir", recounts the myth.
The novel then goes back in time to 1898, when the Marie Curie and her husband discover radioactivity. The story presents a brief timeline that continues up into the 1930s, when James Chadwick discovers neutrons and the discovery of nuclear fission. The novel takes a shift, and begins to discuss the political environment. Leo Szilard becomes troubled as he sees the dangers that these nuclear weapons could produce, and travels with Eugene Wigner to talk with Albert Einstein about the possibility of Nazi scientists creating a bomb. News soon reaches the United States president, who authorizes the precursor to the Manhattan Project. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States founds covertly Los Alamos National Laboratory and other cities to create nuclear weapons. The scientists and their families are sworn to secrecy. Soon, the scientists at Los Alamos discover how to create a nuclear chain reaction, leading to the development of the first atomic weapons: Little Boy and Fat Man.
Soon, the day of the Trinity test arrives, and President Truman receives notice at the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. Although it has ended in Europe, the war continues in the Pacific, with Japan refusing to surrender even after the aerial raid of Tokyo. The author briefly mentions history of warfare weapons, up to the new atomic bomb. Eventually, Truman authorizes the bombing of Hiroshima. The crew from Enola Gay is seen on their way to the skies over Hiroshima, and then drop the bomb. The book describes in detail what happens:
"The effect was like this: The heat and the light hit before the sound. Now, in a world without sight or sound, a wave of air traveling at more than 800 miles per hour sweeps outwards in all directions. In its wake comes the earth-trembling roar of the atmosphere aflame. The blast is so hot that everything flammable within a few hundred yards of ground zero vaporizes in a flash of smoke. Then suddenly the air pressure spikes. Your eyes and your lungs bulge, swell, and burst. Your eardrums explode. In a few seconds the air pressure settles back to normal, and the wind slow...and then picks up speed in the opposite direction, sucking everything inward to the churning heart of the explosion."
The news of the bombing becomes worldwide. The Japanese still refuse to surrender. The US prepares to drop a bomb on the city of Kokura, but cannot because of the weather; at the same time, there is not enough fuel to carry the bomb back to the US base in Tinian. As a result, the flight crew ends up dropping the bomb on Nagasaki.
The book cuts out to a scene of two children on their way home from school when the bomb drops and incinerates them. One of the boys is still alive, and walking around searching for water, as the view pans out to the carnage and death that resulted from the bombing. Japan ends up surrendering.
In the aftermath, the survivors begin to be afflicted by a mysterious disease, called Disease X, which turns out to be radiation poisoning. The world now sees the possible results of nuclear warfare, and the doctrine of mutually assured destruction arises. Nuclear weapons begin to proliferate. The public now prepares itself as it enters into the new Atomic Age.
Reception
The book was published to generally positive reviews. Ray Olson, writing in Booklist, praised the artwork and design, saying that "the page layouts are attractively busy and varied, never crowded and hard to read, while the text proceeds stepwise down each page, never courting confusion by running in circles or zigzagging...", and finishing by calling the book "exemplary".
One reviewer, however, writing for Publishers Weekly, found the text confusing to follow and derided the marketing, along with book itself, because of "flat illustrations, heavy use of captions, and stiff, static panels of talking heads".
See also
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Hiroshima (1946)
Los Alamos Primer (1992)
Survival Under Atomic Attack (1950)
List of books about nuclear issues
References
External links
Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb on MacMillan (includes excerpt)
Nuclear history
Books about the Manhattan Project
Nuclear weapons policy
2012 graphic novels
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Miguel González (born 17 January 1969) is a Paraguayan boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he lost to Grahame Cheney of Australia.
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1969 births
Living people
Light-welterweight boxers
Paraguayan male boxers
Olympic boxers of Paraguay
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games competitors for Paraguay
Boxers at the 1987 Pan American Games
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Frank Marino
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Francesco Antonio Marino (born November 20, 1954) is a Canadian guitarist and singer, best known as the leader of Canadian hard rock band Mahogany Rush. Often compared to Jimi Hendrix, he is described as one of the most underrated guitarists of the 1970s. In 2021, he announced his retirement from music.
Biography and career
After playing drums since he was five, around age 13–14 Marino started playing guitar. An often-repeated myth is he was visited by an apparition of Jimi Hendrix after a bad LSD trip, a myth Marino has always disavowed, and still does so now on his personal website. His playing, however, is inspired by Hendrix (on the Gibson website he is described as "carrying Jimi's psychedelic torch"), and Marino is notable for often performing cover versions of Hendrix classics such as "Purple Haze" and "All Along The Watchtower". He has been criticized by some as a Hendrix clone. Marino himself claims that he did not consciously set out to imitate Hendrix: "The whole style just came naturally. I didn't choose it; it chose me."
Mahogany Rush was moderately popular in the 1970s. Their records charted in Billboard, and they toured extensively, performing with well-known bands, including Aerosmith and Ted Nugent, and played at California Jam II in 1978. Toward the end of the 1970s, the band began to be billed as "Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush." Not much later, Mahogany Rush split up and in the early 1980s Marino released two solo albums on CBS. The band reformed and continued to perform throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1990, Marino opened his own audio recording studio, Starbase Studio, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Marino reformed a band in 2000, "I always knew we had fans, I just didn't know I'd find half a million of them on the Web," he said in an interview with Guitar Player in 2005. He released Eye of the Storm, and went on tour again, playing more improvisational shows. After having not played live for a decade, Frank scheduled a tour for 2020 which was postponed due to the pandemic. He rescheduled the tour for 2021, before announcing his retirement on June 30, 2021, due to an undisclosed medical condition. He has also been involved in blues recordings with other artists as well, playing on tribute albums to Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Technique and equipment
Besides Jimi Hendrix, Marino acknowledged the influence of John Cipollina (of Quicksilver Messenger Service fame), Robby Krieger, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter, and Carlos Santana. His playing style is a combination of blues, heavy rock and, to an extent, jazz fusion techniques. One of his notable tricks is playing (live) a lick as if it were played backwards, with the help of only a volume pedal and a delay. His style has influenced many guitar players, including Zakk Wylde, Joe Bonamassa, Eric Gales, Vinnie Moore and Paul Gilbert. His tone is recognized by, for instance, Guitar Player, which called him a "full-spectrum guitar god," alongside Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, and The Edge.
Marino is a devoted Gibson SG player and uses them with the original PAF pickups and two with DiMarzio humbuckers. He also has an SG with single-coil DiMarzio pickups. He is noted for complicated setups; according to Guitar Player, he has "an entire pedalboard ... assigned to hold the expression pedals that control the parameters of the effects on another pedalboard." In the past, he has built his own amplifiers to achieve the right sound; he also uses Fender Twins. He currently uses a preamp which he built himself, reminiscent of a Fender, and any available power amp, through a 2x15" Fane cabinet.
Personal life
Of Italian and Syrian background, Marino is a practicing member of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
Marino is uncle to Danny Marino, lead guitarist of Canadian metal band The Agonist.
Discography
Solo
Guitar Heroes Vol 4 – Frank Marino Stories of a Hero (1999)
With Mahogany Rush
Other recordings and collections
April Wine - The Whole World's Goin' Crazy (1976)
Nanette Workman (album recorded but never released) (1976)
California Jam II (6 CD set) (1978)
Billy Workman:same (1979)
V X N (pronounced Vixen ) (1985)
Metal Giants (various artists) (1988)
Guitar Speak II (1990)
Hats off to Stevie Ray (various artists) (1993)
Fit for A. King (various artists) (1993)
Bryan Lee: Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar Friday Night (1997)
Bryan Lee: Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar Saturday Night (1998)
Best of the Guitar Slingers (various artists) (2002)
Live and Loud (various artists) (2002)
Rock Thunder (various artists) (2002)
Bryan Lee: Bryan Lee's Greatest Hits (2003)
Rockin' 70s (various artists) (2004)
Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir & the Jubilation Big Band – I'll Take You There (track 9) (2005)
Revolution – A Rock and Roll Tribute to The Beatles (various artists) (2005)
Doc Rock presents Classic Rock Weekend (various artists) (2006)
Vargas Blues Band – Flamenco Blues Experience (track 2) (2008)
Nos stars chantent le blues à Montréal – track 5. Who do you love? – Jonas (avec Frank Marino) (2010)
Just Gettin' Started – track 4. Wild Horses – Nanette Workman (2012)
Tribute
Secondhand Smoke: A Tribute to Frank Marino (tracks by George Lynch, Ronnie Montrose, James Byrd, Randy Hansen, Audley Freed, Jennifer Batten, Karl Cochran, Jeff Cloud, Rick Ray and John Norum) (2005)
References
External links
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Official Fan Page
HardRadio.com Frank Marino Interview
1954 births
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian Christians
Syriac Orthodox Christians
Canadian people of Italian descent
Canadian people of Syrian descent
Canadian rock guitarists
Canadian rock singers
Canadian male guitarists
Lead guitarists
Living people
Musicians from Montreal
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Warwick, Quebec
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Warwick is a small town north east of Montreal, located in Arthabaska county, Quebec, Canada. The town was incorporated in 1861 and named after a city of the same name in England.
Up until 2014 the town hosted Quebec's annual summer cheese festival, which showcases many of the locally produced artisanal cheeses. In 2014 the festival was moved to Victoriaville. Warwick also claims to be one of the possible birthplaces of poutine (fries with gravy and cheese curds).
It is an industrial centre, with factories for agricultural machinery, washing-machines, overalls, cheese-boxes, and doors.
Warwick is located on Route 116.
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City of Warwick
Cities and towns in Quebec
Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec
1861 establishments in Canada
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Reason to Believe (disambiguation)
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"Reason to Believe" is a song by Tim Hardin.
Reason to Believe may also refer to:
Reason to Believe (Pennywise album), 2008
Reason to Believe (Rita MacNeil album), 1988
Reason to Believe (Lionel Richie song)
"Reason to Believe", a song by Bruce Springsteen from Nebraska
"Reason to Believe", a song by Dashboard Confessional from Dusk and Summer
"Reason to Believe", a song by Sum 41 from Screaming Bloody Murder
Reason to Believe: The Complete Mercury Studio Recordings, a 2002 compilation by Rod Stewart
“Reason to Believe”, a song by Arch Enemy from Will to Power
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanfill%2C%20Kentucky
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Stanfill, Kentucky
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Stanfill is an unincorporated community and coal town in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States.
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Unincorporated communities in Harlan County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Coal towns in Kentucky
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddbj%C3%B8rn
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Oddbjørn
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The given name Oddbjørn or Odd-Bjørn may refer to:
Oddbjørn Engvold (born 1938), Norwegian astronomer
Odd-Bjørn Fure (born 1942), Norwegian historian and political scientist
Oddbjørn Hågård (1940–2013), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party
Oddbjørn Hagen (1908–1983), Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country skiing
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (born 1971), Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 1993
Oddbjørn Nordset (born 1946), Norwegian civil servant and politician for the Centre Party
Oddbjørn Snøfugl (born 1941), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party
Oddbjørn Sverre Langlo (1935–2004), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
Oddbjørn Vatne (born 1948), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party
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Viktor Maryenko
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Viktor Semyonovich Maryenko (; born 25 August 1929 in Yasynuvata; died 9 July 2007 in Petrovskoye) was a Soviet Ukrainian football player and coach.
Honours as a coach
Soviet Top League champion: 1965.
External links
1929 births
People from Yasynuvata
2007 deaths
Soviet footballers
FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
FC Torpedo Moscow players
FC Metalist Kharkiv players
Soviet football managers
FC Torpedo Moscow managers
FC Ural Yekaterinburg managers
FC Lokomotiv Moscow managers
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl managers
FC Fakel Voronezh managers
Ukrainian football managers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaheim%2C%20California
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Anaheim, California
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Anaheim ( ) is a city in Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-most populous city in California, and the 56th-most populous city in the United States. Anaheim is the second-largest city in Orange County in terms of land area, and is known for being the home of the Disneyland Resort, the Anaheim Convention Center, and two major sports teams: the Anaheim Ducks ice hockey club and the Los Angeles Angels baseball team.
Anaheim was founded by fifty German families in 1857 and incorporated as the second city in Los Angeles County on March 18, 1876; Orange County was split off from Los Angeles County in 1889. Anaheim remained largely an agricultural community until Disneyland opened in 1955. This led to the construction of several hotels and motels around the area, and residential districts in Anaheim soon followed. The city also developed into an industrial center, producing electronics, aircraft parts and canned fruit. Anaheim is a charter city.
Anaheim's city limits extend almost the full width of Orange County, from Cypress in the west, twenty miles east to the Riverside County line, encompassing a diverse range of neighborhoods. In the west, mid-20th-century tract houses predominate. Downtown Anaheim has three mixed-use historic districts, the largest of which is the Anaheim Colony. South of downtown, a center of commercial activity of regional importance begins, the Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city, which stretches east and south into the cities of Orange, Santa Ana and Garden Grove. This edge city includes the Disneyland Resort, with two theme parks, multiple hotels, and its retail district; Disney is part of the larger Anaheim Resort district with numerous other hotels and retail complexes. The Platinum Triangle, a neo-urban redevelopment district surrounding Angel Stadium, which is planned to be populated with mixed-use streets and high-rises. Further east, Anaheim Canyon is an industrial district north of the Riverside Freeway and east of the Orange Freeway. The city's eastern third consists of Anaheim Hills, a community built to a master plan, and open land east of the Route 241 tollway.
Toponymy
Anaheim's name is a blend of Ana, after the nearby Santa Ana River, and German -heim meaning "home", which is also a common Germanic place name compound (compare Trondheim in Norway and many place names in Germany).
History
Tongva era
Tongva people are indigenous to Anaheim's region of Southern California. Evidence suggests their presence since 3500 BCE. The Tongva village at Anaheim was called Hutuukuga
Spanish and Mexican era
The area that makes up modern-day Anaheim, along with Placentia and Fullerton, were part of the Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana, a Mexican-era rancho grant, given to Juan Pacífico Ontiveros in 1837 by Juan Bautista Alvarado, then Governor of Alta California. Following the American Conquest of California, the rancho was patented to Ontiveros by Public Land Commission. In 1857, Ontiveros sold 1,160 acres (out of his more than 35,000 acre estate) to 50 German-American families for the founding of Anaheim.
Founding
The city of Anaheim was founded in 1857 by 50 German-Americans who were residents of San Francisco and whose families had originated in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia in Bavaria. After traveling through the state looking for a suitable area to grow grapes, the group decided to purchase a parcel from Juan Pacífico Ontiveros' large Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana in present-day Orange County for $2 per acre.
For $750 a share, the group formed the Anaheim Vineyard Company headed by George Hansen. Their new community was named Annaheim, meaning "home by the Santa Ana River" in German. The name later was altered to Anaheim. To the Spanish-speaking neighbors, the settlement was known as Campo Alemán ().
Although grape and wine-making was their primary objective, the majority of the 50 settlers were mechanics, carpenters and craftsmen with no experience in wine-making. The community set aside for a town center and a school was the first building erected there. The first home was built in 1857, the Anaheim Gazette newspaper was established in 1870 and a hotel in 1871. The census of 1870 reported a population of 565 for the Anaheim district. For 25 years, the area was the largest wine producer in California. However, in 1884, a disease infected the grape vines and by the following year the entire industry was destroyed. Other crops – walnuts, lemons and oranges – soon filled the void. Fruits and vegetables had become viable cash crops when the Los Angeles – Orange County region was connected to the continental railroad network in 1887.
Helena Modjeska
Polish actress Helena Modjeska settled in Anaheim with her husband and various friends, among them Henryk Sienkiewicz, Julian Sypniewski and Łucjan Paprocki. While living in Anaheim, Helena Modjeska became good friends with Clementine Langenberger, the second wife of August Langenberger. Helena Street and Clementine Street are named after these two ladies, and the streets are located adjacent to each other as a symbol of the strong friendship which Helena Modjeska and Clementine Lagenberger shared. Modjeska Park in West Anaheim, is also named after Helena Modjeska.
Early 20th century
During the first half of the 20th century, Anaheim was a massive rural community dominated by orange groves and the landowners who farmed them. One of the landowners was Bennett Payne Baxter, who owned much land in northeast Anaheim that today is the location of Angel Stadium. He came up with many new ideas for irrigating orange groves and shared his ideas with other landowners. He was not only successful, he helped other landowners and businesspeople succeed as well. Ben Baxter and other landowners helped to make Anaheim a thriving rural community before the opening of Disneyland transformed the city. A street along Edison Park is named Baxter Street. Also during this time, Rudolph Boysen served as Anaheim's first Park Superintendent from 1921 to 1950. Boysen created a hybrid berry which Walter Knott later named the boysenberry, after Rudy Boysen. Boysen Park in East Anaheim was also named after him.
In 1924, Ku Klux Klan members were elected to the Anaheim City Council on a platform of political reform. Up until that point, the city had been controlled by a long-standing business and civic elite that was mostly German American. Given their tradition of moderate social drinking, the German Americans did not strongly support prohibition laws of the day. The mayor himself was a former saloon keeper. Led by the minister of the First Christian Church, the Klan represented a rising group of politically oriented non-ethnic Germans who denounced the elite as corrupt, undemocratic, and self-serving. The Klansmen aimed to create what they saw as a model, orderly community, one in which prohibition against alcohol would be strictly enforced. At the time, the KKK had about 1200 members in Orange County. The economic and occupational profile of the pro and anti-Klan groups shows the two were similar and about equally prosperous. Klan members were Protestants, as were the majority of their opponents; however, the opposition to the Klan also included many Catholic Germans. Individuals who joined the Klan had earlier demonstrated a much higher rate of voting and civic activism than did their opponents, and many of the individuals in Orange County who joined the Klan did so out of a sense of civic activism. Upon easily winning the local Anaheim election in April 1924, the Klan representatives promptly fired city employees who were known to be Catholic and replaced them with Klan appointees. The new city council tried to enforce prohibition. After its victory, the Klan chapter held large rallies and initiation ceremonies over the summer.
The opposition to the KKK's hold on Anaheim politics organized, bribed a Klansman for their secret membership list, and exposed the Klansmen running in the state primaries, defeating most of the candidates. Klan opponents in 1925 took back local government, and succeeded in a special election in recalling the Klansmen who had been elected in April 1924. The Klan in Anaheim quickly collapsed; its newspaper closed after losing a libel suit, and the minister who led the local Klavern moved to Kansas.
Mid to late 20th century: Disneyland and the Anaheim Resort
Construction of the Disneyland theme park began on July 16, 1954, and it opened to the public on July 17, 1955. It has become one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, with over 650 million visitors since its opening. The location was formerly of orange and walnut trees. The opening of Disneyland created a tourism boom in the Anaheim area. Walt Disney had originally intended to purchase additional land to build accommodations for Disneyland visitors; however, the park's construction drained his financial resources and he was unable to acquire more land. Entrepreneurs eager to capitalize on Disney's success moved in and built hotels, restaurants, and shops around Disneyland and eventually boxed in the Disney property, and turned the area surrounding Disneyland into the boulevards of colorful neon signs that Walt Disney had tried to avoid. The city of Anaheim, eager for tax revenue these hotels would generate, did little to obstruct their construction.
By the mid-1960s, the city's explosive growth would attract a Major League Baseball team, with the California Angels relocating from Los Angeles to Anaheim in 1966, where they have remained since. In 1980, the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams relocated from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to the Angels' home field, Anaheim Stadium, playing there until their relocation to St. Louis in 1995. In 1993, Anaheim gained its own National Hockey League team when The Walt Disney Company founded the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
In the 1990s, while Disneyland was undergoing a significant expansion project surrounding the construction of Disney California Adventure Park, the city of Anaheim rebranded the surrounding area as the Anaheim Resort. The Anaheim Resort district is roughly bounded by the Santa Ana River to the east, Ball Road to the north, Walnut Street to the west, and the Garden Grove city limits to the south at Chapman Avenue, and Orangewood Avenue to the southwest. Attractions within the Resort District include the Disneyland Resort, the Anaheim Convention Center, the Honda Center, Anaheim/Orange County Walk of Stars, and Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
Part of the project included removing the colorful neon signs and replacing them with shorter, more modest signs, as well as widening the arterial streets in the area into tree-lined boulevards.
21st century
In 2001, Disney's California Adventure (renamed Disney California Adventure Park in 2010), the most expansive project in Disneyland's history, opened to the public. In 2007, Anaheim celebrated its sesquicentennial.
In July 2012, political protests by Hispanic residents occurred following the fatal shooting of two men, the first of whom was unarmed. Protesting occurred in the area between State College and East Street, and was motivated by concerns over police brutality, gang activity, domination of the city by commercial interests, and a perceived lack of political representation of Hispanic residents in the city government. The protests were accompanied by looting of businesses and homes.
Geography
Anaheim is located at and is approximately southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city roughly follows the east-to-west route of the 91 Freeway from the Orange-Riverside county border to Buena Park. To the north, Anaheim is bounded by Yorba Linda, Placentia, Fullerton, and Buena Park (from east to west). The city shares its western border with Buena Park and Cypress. Anaheim is bordered on the south by Stanton, Garden Grove, and Orange (from west to east). Various unincorporated areas of Orange County also abut the city, including Anaheim Island. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and of which (1.92%) is water.
Cityscape
The city recognizes several districts, including the Anaheim Resort (the area surrounding Disneyland), Anaheim Canyon (an industrial area north of California State Route 91 and east of California State Route 57), and the Platinum Triangle (the area surrounding Angel Stadium). Anaheim Hills also maintains a distinct identity. The contiguous commercial development from the Disney Resort through into the cities of Orange, Garden Grove and Santa Ana has collectively been termed the Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city.
Climate
Like many other South Coast cities, Anaheim maintains a borderline hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh), a little short of a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) characterized by warm winters with erratic heavy rainfalls, and hot, essentially rainless summers. The record high temperature in Anaheim is 115 °F (46 °C) on July 6, 2018 and the record low temperature is 30 °F (–1 °C) on February 15, 1990, and January 30, 2002.
Demographics
2010
The 2010 United States Census reported that Anaheim had a population of 336,265. The population density was 6,618.0 people per square mile (2,555.2/km2). The racial makeup of Anaheim was:
177,237 (52.7%) White (27.5% non-Hispanic White alone),
80,705 (24.0%) from other races
49,857 (14.8%) Asian (4.4% Vietnamese, 3.6% Filipino, 2.0% Korean, 1.4% Chinese, 1.3% Indian), 1,607 (0.5%) Pacific Islander
14,864 (4.4%) from two or more races (multiracial/mestizo)
9,347 (2.8%) African American
2,648 (0.8%) Native American
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 177,467 persons (52.8%); 46.0% of Anaheim's population was of Mexican descent, 1.2% Salvadoran, and 1.0% Guatemalan; the remainder of the Hispanic population came from smaller ancestral groups.
The census reported that 332,708 people (98.9% of the population) lived in households, 2,020 (0.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,537 (0.5%) were institutionalized.
There were 98,294 households, out of which 44,045 (44.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 52,518 (53.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 14,553 (14.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 7,223 (7.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 6,173 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 733 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 17,448 households (17.8%) were made up of individuals, and 6,396 (6.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.38. There were 74,294 families (75.6% of all households); the average family size was 3.79.
The age distribution of the population was as follows: 91,917 people (27.3%) under the age of 18, 36,506 people (10.9%) aged 18 to 24, 101,110 people (30.1%) aged 25 to 44, 75,510 people (22.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 31,222 people (9.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males.
There were 104,237 housing units at an average density of 2,051.5 per square mile (792.1/km2), of which 47,677 (48.5%) were owner-occupied, and 50,617 (51.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.2%. 160,843 people (47.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 171,865 people (51.1%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Anaheim had a median household income of $59,627, with 15.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line.
2000
As of the census of 2000, there were 328,014 people, 96,969 households, and 73,502 families residing in the city. The population density was 6,842.7 inhabitants per square mile (2,587.8/km2). There were 99,719 housing units at an average density of 2,037.5 per square mile (786.7/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 55% White, 3% Black or African American, 0.9% Native American, 12% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 24% from other races, and 5% from two or more races. 46% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.
Of Anaheim's 96,969 households, 43.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34 and the average family size was 3.75.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.2% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males.
The median income household income was $47,122, and the median family income was $49,969. Males had a median income of $33,870 versus $28,837 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,266. About 10.4% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.
Economy
Anaheim's income is based on a tourism economy. In addition to The Walt Disney Company being the city's largest employer, the Disneyland Resort itself contributes about $4.7 billion annually to Southern California's economy. It also produces $255 million in taxes every year. Another source of tourism is the Anaheim Convention Center, which is home to many important national conferences. Many hotels, especially in the city's Resort district, serve theme park tourists and conventiongoers. Continuous development of commercial, entertainment, and cultural facilities stretches from the Disney area east to the Santa Ana River, south into the cities of Garden Grove, Orange and Santa Ana – collectively, this area has been labeled the Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city and is one of the three largest such clusters in Orange County, together with the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city and Irvine Spectrum.
The Anaheim Canyon business park makes up 63% of Anaheim's industrial space and is the largest industrial district in Orange County. Anaheim Canyon is also home to the second-largest business park in Orange County.
Several notable companies have corporate offices and/or headquarters within Anaheim.
Anaheim Memorial Medical Center
AT&T
Banco Popular, a bank based in Puerto Rico, has its mainland American headquarters in Anaheim
CKE Restaurants, the parent company of the Carl's Jr., Hardee's, Green Burrito, and Red Burrito restaurant chains (formerly headquartered)
Disneyland Resort, part of Walt Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company
Extron Electronics, designs, manufactures, and services A/V electronics worldwide
Fisker Automotive
Fujitsu, computer
General Dynamics
Hewlett Packard
Isuzu North American headquarters
Kaiser Foundation
L-3 Communications
Living Stream Ministry
Pacific Sunwear
Panasonic
Pendarvis Manufacturing
Raytheon
Sunny Delight
Targus, a computer peripheral manufacturer
Tenet Healthcare
Toyota Financial Services
YKK, world's largest zipper manufacturing firm
Yogurtland
Zyxel, maker of routers, switches and other networking products
Top employers
According to the city's 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:
Retail
Larger retail centers include the Downtown Disney shopping area at the Disneyland Resort, the power centers Anaheim Plaza in western Anaheim (347,000 ft), and Anaheim Town Square in East Anaheim (374,000 ft), as well as the Anaheim GardenWalk lifestyle center (440,000 ft of retail, dining and entertainment located in the Anaheim Resort).
Attractions
American Sports Centers, home of the U.S. men's national volleyball team and U.S. women's national volleyball team
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim GardenWalk
Anaheim Hills Golf Course
Anaheim Founders' Park
Anaheim Ice
Anaheim/OC Walk of Stars
Angel Stadium of Anaheim
Dad Miller Golf Course
Disneyland Resort
Disneyland Park
Disney California Adventure Park
Downtown Disney
Flightdeck Flight Simulation Center
The Grove of Anaheim, formerly the Sun Theater, formerly Tinseltown Studios
Honda Center, formerly the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
La Palma Park
MUZEO, Art Museum located in Downtown Anaheim
Oak Canyon Nature Center
Sports teams
Current teams
NHL team: Anaheim Ducks – 2007 Stanley Cup Champions
MLB team: Los Angeles Angels – 2002 World Series Champions under the name Anaheim Angels
Defunct or relocated teams
NLL team: Anaheim Storm (Folded after 2004–2005 season because of low attendance)
NFL team: Los Angeles Rams played in Anaheim in Anaheim Stadium from 1980 through 1994 before moving to St. Louis, Missouri.
NBA team: Los Angeles Clippers played select games in Anaheim at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim from 1994 through 1999 before moving permanently to Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles.
World Football League team: The Southern California Sun played at Anaheim Stadium from 1974 to 1975.
Arena Football League team: Anaheim Piranhas played at the Arrowhead Pond from 1994 to 1997.
AFL team: Los Angeles Kiss played at Honda Center from 2014 to 2016.
Roller Hockey International team: Anaheim Bullfrogs played in the RHI from 1993 to 1997 and 1999, winning the Murphy Cup Championship twice.
American Basketball Association team: Anaheim Amigos played at the Anaheim Convention Center during the 1967–68 Season, then moved to Los Angeles.
ABA2000 team: Southern California Surf played at the Anaheim Convention Center from 2001 to 2002.
NBADL team: Anaheim Arsenal played at the Anaheim Convention Center from 2006 to 2009. The team moved to Springfield, Massachusetts and was renamed for the 2009–2010 season.
World Team Tennis: The Anaheim Oranges played in 1978.
Continental Indoor Soccer League Team: The Anaheim Splash, played from 1994 to 1997.
California Surf of the now defunct North American Soccer League played from 1978 to 1981.
Court battle against the Angels
On January 3, 2005, Angels Baseball LP, the ownership group for the Anaheim Angels, announced that it would change the name of the club to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Team spokesmen pointed out that from its inception, the Angels had been granted territorial rights by Major League Baseball to the counties of Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, and San Bernardino in addition to Orange County. The new owner, Arturo Moreno, believed the name would help him market the team to the entire Southern California region rather than just Orange County. The "of Anaheim" was included in the official name to comply with a provision of the team's lease at Angel Stadium which requires that "Anaheim" be included in the team's name.
Mayor Curt Pringle and other city officials countered that the name change violated the spirit of the lease clause, even if it was in technical compliance. They argued that a name change was a major bargaining chip in negotiations between the city and Disney Baseball Enterprises, Inc., then the ownership group for the Angels. They further argued that the city would never have agreed to the new lease without the name change, because the new lease required that the city partially fund the stadium's renovation, but provided very little revenue for the city. Anaheim sued Angels Baseball LP in Orange County Superior Court, and a jury trial was completed in early February 2006, resulting in a victory for the Angels franchise.
Anaheim appealed the court decision with the California Court of Appeal in May 2006. The case was tied up in the Appeals Court for over two years. In December 2008, the Appeals Court upheld the February 2006 Decision and ruled in favor of Angels Baseball. In January 2009, the Anaheim City Council voted not to appeal the court case any further, bringing an end to the four-year legal dispute.
Government and politics
Anaheim was, at one point in time, one of the most politically conservative major cities in the United States. However, in recent years it has been moving leftward. According to the California Secretary of State, as of October 22, 2018, Anaheim has 141,549 registered voters. Of those, 58,411 (41.27%) are registered Democrats, 39,885 (28.18%) are registered Republicans, and 37,877 (26.76%) have declined to state a political party.
City government
Under its city charter, Anaheim operates under a council-manager government. Legislative authority is vested in a city council of seven nonpartisan members, who hire a professional city manager to oversee day-to-day operations. The mayor serves as the presiding officer of the city council in a first among equals role. Under the city's term limits, an individual may serve a maximum of two terms as a city council member and two terms as the mayor.
Up until 2014, all council seats were elected at large. Voters elected the mayor and four other members of the city council to serve four-year staggered terms. Elections for two council seats were held in years divisible by four while elections for the mayor and the two other council seats were elected during the intervening even-numbered years.
In response to protests and a California Voting Rights Act lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union and several residents, the city placed two measures on the November 2014 ballot. Measure L proposed that council members be elected by district instead of at large. Measure M proposed to increase the number of council seats from five to seven. Both measures passed.
The current city council consists of:
Mayor Harry Sidhu (since 2018)
Jose Diaz, District 1 (since 2020)
Gloria Ma'ae, District 2 (since 2021)
Jose F. Moreno, District 3 (since 2016)
Avelino Valencia, District 4 (since 2020)
Stephen Faessel, District 5 (since 2016)
Trevor O'Neil, District 6 (since 2018)
Federal, state and county representation
In the United States House of Representatives, Anaheim is split among three Congressional districts:
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In the California State Senate, Anaheim is split among three districts:
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In the California State Assembly, Anaheim is split among three districts:
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On the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Anaheim is divided between two districts, with Anaheim Hills lying in the 3rd District and the remainder of Anaheim lying in the 4th District:
the 3rd supervisorial district, represented by Republican Donald P. Wagner since 2019
the 4th supervisorial district, represented by Democrat Doug Chaffee since 2019
Infrastructure
Emergency services
Fire protection is provided by the Anaheim Fire Department, Disneyland Resort has its own Fire Department, though it does rely on the Anaheim Fire Department for support, and for Paramedic Services. Law enforcement is provided by the Anaheim Police Department. Ambulance service is provided by Care Ambulance Service.
Anaheim Public Utilities
Anaheim Public Utilities is the only municipal owned water and electric utility in Orange County, providing residential and business customers with water and electric services. The utility is regulated and governed locally by the City Council. A Public Utilities Board, made up of Anaheim residents, advises the City Council on major utility issues.
Anaheim has decided to bury power lines along major transportation corridors, converting its electricity system for aesthetic and reliability reasons. To minimize the impact on customer bills, undergrounding is taking place slowly over a period of 50 years, funded by a 4% surcharge on electric bills.
Crime
In 2019, Anaheim reported 8 murders; given its population, this rate was lower than the average national rate by 17%. Reported rapes in the city are relatively uncommon as well, but have been increasing, along with the national average. Robbery (396 reported incidents) and aggravated assault (575 incidents) rank among the most frequent violent crimes in the city, though robbery rates are slightly less than the national average. 1,123 burglaries were reported, as well as 5,904 thefts and 1,231 car thefts. All three types of crime were below average.
Education
Schools
Anaheim is served by seven public school districts:
Anaheim Elementary School District
Anaheim Union High School District
Centralia School District
Magnolia School District
Orange Unified School District
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
Savanna School District
Anaheim is home to 74 public schools, of which 47 serve elementary students, nine are junior high schools, fourteen are high schools and three offer alternative education.
Private schools in the city include Acaciawood Preparatory Academy, Cornelia Connelly High School, Fairmont Preparatory Academy, Servite High School and Zion Lutheran School (PS2-Grade 8).
Higher education
Anaheim has two private universities: Anaheim University and Southern California Institute of Technology (SCIT).
The North Orange County Community College District and Rancho Santiago Community College District serve the community.
Libraries
Anaheim has eight public library branches.
Transportation
In the main portion of the city (not including Anaheim Hills), the major surface streets running west–east, starting with the northernmost, are Orangethorpe Avenue, La Palma Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, Ball Road and Katella Avenue. The major surface streets running south–north, starting with the westernmost, are Knott Avenue, Beach Boulevard (SR 39), Magnolia Avenue, Brookhurst Street, Euclid Street, West Street/Disneyland Drive, Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim Boulevard, East Street, State College Boulevard, Kraemer Boulevard, and Tustin Avenue.
In Anaheim Hills, the major surface streets that run west–east include Orangethorpe Avenue, La Palma Avenue, Santa Ana Canyon Road, and Nohl Ranch Road. Major surface streets that run north–south include Lakeview Avenue and Fairmont Boulevard. Imperial Highway (SR 90) and Yorba Linda Boulevard/Weir Canyon Road run as south–north roads in the city of Anaheim, but north of Anaheim, Imperial Highway and Yorba Linda Boulevard become west–east arterials.
Seven Caltrans state-maintained highways (in addition to the aforementioned surface streets SR 39 and SR 90) run through the city of Anaheim, four of which are freeways and one being a toll road. They include the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5), the Orange Freeway (SR 57), and the Riverside Freeway (SR 91). The Costa Mesa Freeway (SR 55), and the Eastern Transportation Corridor (SR 241 toll road) also have short stretches within the city limits.
Anaheim is served by two major railroads, the Union Pacific Railroad and the BNSF Railway. In addition, the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), a major regional transit station near Honda Center and Angel Stadium, serves Amtrak, Metrolink, and several bus operators, and the Anaheim Canyon Metrolink station serves Metrolink's Inland Empire–Orange County Line. ARTIC is a proposed stop on the proposed California High-Speed Rail network.
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) provides bus service for Anaheim with local and county-wide routes, and both OCTA and Los Angeles County Metro operate bus routes connecting Anaheim to Los Angeles County. Also, Anaheim Resort Transit (ART) provides local shuttle service in and around the Anaheim Resort area, serving local hotels, tourist attractions, and the Disneyland Resort. Disney GOALS operates daily free bus service for low-income youth in the central Anaheim area. A proposal for streetcar service along Harbor Boulevard was rejected in 2018.
Anaheim is equidistant from John Wayne Airport and Long Beach Airport (15 miles), but is also accessible from nearby Los Angeles International (30 miles), and Ontario (35 miles) airports.
Notable people
Sister cities
Anaheim has the following sister cities:
Mito, Japan
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
See also
History of California
List of cities and towns in California
List of museums in Orange County, California
List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations
References
Bibliography
External links
Anaheim Historical Society
Anaheim, California on the C-SPAN Cities Tour website
1857 establishments in California
1876 establishments in California
Cities in Orange County, California
Polish-American history
German-American history
Incorporated cities and towns in California
Populated places on the Santa Ana River
Populated places established in 1857
Populated places established in 1876
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Results by event
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Nations at the 1999 Pan American Games
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Jill Hetherington won in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Katrina Adams.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
Patty Fendick (semifinals)
Anne Minter (semifinals)
Terry Phelps (quarterfinals)
Gretchen Magers (quarterfinals)
Beverly Bowes (third round)
Elizabeth Minter (third round)
Sara Gomer (second round)
Belinda Cordwell (quarterfinals)
Pam Casale (second round)
Angeliki Kanellopoulou (first round)
Louise Field (second round)
Marie-Christine Calleja (second round)
Jill Hetherington (champion)
Annabel Croft (third round)
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Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
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Section 3
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References
1988 Fernleaf Classic Draw (Archived 2009-09-28)
Singles
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1988 in New Zealand sport
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Football venues in Chile
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The Waterford City by-election, 1891 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Waterford City on 23 December 1891. It arose as a result of the death of the sitting member, Richard Power of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
Background
The by-election arose in a period when the Irish Parliamentary Party was still suffering the effects of the split that arose after a majority of its MPs objected to the continued leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell. The anti-Parnellite group had won a series of by-elections against Parnellite candidates, and even though Parnell himself had died the bitter feelings that had arisen meant no reunion of the factions was in prospect. Richard Power had been one of the supporters of Parnell, and when John Redmond, the leading member of the Parnellite group, failed to win the leader's former seat in Cork City, having resigned his own North Wexford seat to do run in the resulting by-election, the Waterford City constituency was a natural choice for a return to Parliament. In municipal elections held the previous month in the city, Parnellites won all four contested seats.
The campaign
After Redmond announced that he would stand as Parnellite candidate there were signs that he would be unopposed. Michael Davitt, a prominent member of the Anti-Parnellite group, wrote to the newspapers suggesting there be no opposition 'to make the occasion one of reconciliation and unity' since there would be a general election in the following year, and Archbishop Walsh of Dublin recommended postponing the contest until after the Christmas period. The Parnellites, however, conscious of their strong standing in the constituency, pressed on with their campaign. Responding to Davitt's letter a week later, Redmond stated that 'he had hoped that there was something sincere in the suggestion,' but that 'it had been discarded and a contest was forced on the constituency'. A Mr Keane, a wine merchant, was being proposed as the Anti-Parnellite candidate. It was reported that Davitt had been asked to stand, but had refused.
Events took a dramatic turn a few days later, when a large anti-Parnellite meeting was held in the town. When a group of supporters crossed the city's toll bridge they came under attack from Parnellite supporters. "A general fight ensued", the Times reported, "and the factions beat each other in a violent and sometimes brutal manner". Michael Davitt was struck violently, and blood had to be wiped from his face with handkerchiefs. Hundreds of police had been drafted in, in anticipation of trouble, and had to intervene, "and batoned each party indiscriminately". When Davitt addressed the meeting, he insisted that he had come "to use what little influence he possessed on the side of quietness, peacefulness and good temper" but that in response to the day's events he had decided to agree to be the Anti-Parnellite candidate. It was reported that Redmond, on hearing of the assault on Davitt, called at his hotel to express regret at the incident.
A key element of the electorate were the working class voters in the city. Redmond, addressing the workers in local bacon-curing factories, told them not to be deceived into thinking Davitt was the candidate of the working man, because he was "prepared to accept anything that Gladstone and the Liberal Party choose to give". William O'Brien, addressing a closed meeting of Anti-Parnellite supporters, told them Davitt was "the candidate of the people's hearts" and that Redmond and his allies were "absolutely dependent on the Tories". The next day, when Davitt wanted to address workers in the city's pork cellars, they closed the gates and refused to meet him. Nevertheless, he announced that the promises of support he had received led him to believe he would be returned with a large majority. It was reported that the police had reduced their presence as they did not expect a repeat of the earlier violence. There were accounts that Davitt and his supporters were having difficulty getting rooms in which to have meetings, and that trade union premises and working men's clubs were closed to him. It was difficult to get local men to work on his campaign, and had to depend on clerical support.
The voting
On the eve of polling, Davitt told the press he expected a majority of up to 100 votes; Redmond announced that he was expecting a majority of around 500, "and allows for 800 broken promises". The Times predicted a Redmond victory, though with a smaller majority, and observed that "it was not unusual during the progress of this election campaign to find the people hiss the priests as they conducted a canvass". Redmond's estimates turned out to be accurate: when the votes were counted, he had won 1,775 votes and Davitt had 1,229, a Parnellite majority of 546.
References
1891 elections in the United Kingdom
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Waterford constituencies
Politics of Waterford (city)
December 1891 events
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Dennis Dauda (born 15 April 1989) is a Zimbabwean footballer who plays as a defender for CAPS United F.C. and the Zimbabwe national football team.
References
External links
1989 births
Living people
CAPS United players
Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League players
Zimbabwean footballers
Zimbabwe international footballers
Association football defenders
Sportspeople from Kwekwe
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The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683 (Italian: 11 Settembre 1683; Polish: Bitwa pod Wiedniem, literally: "The Battle of Vienna"; also released as Siege Lord 2: Day of the Siege) is a 2012 English-language Polish and Italian historical drama film based on the 1683 Battle of Vienna and directed by Renzo Martinelli. The film was released on 12 October 2012.
Plot
Beginning after the First Siege of Vienna the century before, the film brings viewers through the various conflicts between Catholic Christianity and Turkish Islam which led up to the events of 11 September 1683 and the Battle of Vienna. It shows the alleged circumstances of the 2nd siege of Vienna and the assault of Ottoman Turks led by Kara Mustafa (Enrico Lo Verso) against the Habsburg monarchy. The assault was stopped by King Jan III Sobieski (Jerzy Skolimowski), and curtailed Turkish expansion into European Christendom.
Cast
F. Murray Abraham as Marco d'Aviano
Enrico Lo Verso as Kara Mustafa
Jerzy Skolimowski as Jan III Sobieski
Alicja Bachleda as Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (Polish: Eleonora Habsburżanka)
Isabella Orsini as Leila
Andrea Iaia as Giovanni Cristofori
Piotr Adamczyk as Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (Polish: Leopold I Habsburg)
Cristina Serafini as Rosa Cristofori
Antonio Cupo as Charles V Duke of Lorraine
Yorgo Voyagis as Abu'l
Daniel Olbrychski as Marcin Kazimierz Kątski
Borys Szyc as Mikołaj Sieniawski
Andrzej Seweryn as Jan Andrzej Morsztyn
Krzysztof Kwiatkowski as John George III
Marius Chivu as Cosma
Giorgio Lupano as Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg
Marcin Walewski as Jakub "Fanfan" Sobieski
Wojciech Mecwaldowski as Jerzy Franciszek Kulczycki
Ștefan Iancu as Kara Mustafa's son
Matteo Branciamore as Prince Eugene of Savoy
Dan Cogalniceanu
Production
It took ten years to raise the film's $13,000,000 budget. In addition to the theatrical version, the filmmakers have prepared a longer version to be released on television as a mini-series. Filming began in April 2011, with support from backers in Austria, Poland and Italy, with RAI supporting with 5.8 million euro, and another million euro from the Friuli region.
The title's allusion to the 11 September 2001 attacks is intentional. Director Martinelli explained that while that date is associated with the attacks on the United States, few people know that the date also marks the historical events of 1683 when 300,000 soldiers moved from Constantinople to Vienna with an intent to capture Rome and turn St. Peter's Basilica into a mosque. In reality, though, the Battle of Vienna (Schlacht am Kahlenberg) took place on 12 September 1683.
During production in June, it was first revealed that with a planned-for 13-week shooting schedule, the film would be using over 100 actors from Poland, the United States, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Greece, Spain, and France, over 10,000 extras and 3,000 horses in the battle scenes. Filmmakers were unable to acquire permissions to use castle structures in Poland, and although interiors of Wilanów Palace were eventually used, castle exteriors were shot at Mantua, Lombardy, to represent that of King Jan III Sobieski.
The film was shot entirely in English with intention for worldwide distribution.
Reception
While complaining that the film's special effects graphics resembled those of a low-resolution video game, Polityka noted that while based in the times and location of the Battle of Vienna, the film is not strictly historical, but is instead a fictional drama, like any other historical movie.
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2010s adventure drama films
2012 independent films
2012 war drama films
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Films shot in Italy
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Films shot in Romania
War epic films
Polish historical films
Polish war drama films
Films set in the Ottoman Empire
Italian historical films
Italian war drama films
Films set in the 1680s
Films directed by Renzo Martinelli
Siege films
Films
Films set in Belgrade
Films set in Vienna
Films set in Istanbul
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Lawrence B. Wilkerson (born June 15, 1945) is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Since the end of his military career, Wilkerson has criticized many aspects of the Iraq War, including his own preparation of Powell's presentation to the UN, as well as other aspects of American policy in the Middle East.
Education and military service
Wilkerson was born in Gaffney, South Carolina. After three years of studying philosophy and English literature at Bucknell University, Wilkerson dropped out in 1966 and volunteered to serve in the Vietnam War. He told The Washington Post: "I felt an obligation because my dad had fought, and I thought that was kind of your duty."
Wilkerson arrived as an Army officer piloting an OH-6A Cayuse observation helicopter and logged about 1100 combat hours over a year. He flew low and slow through South Vietnam, and was involved in one incident in which he says he prevented a war crime by purposely placing his helicopter between a position that was full of civilians, and another helicopter that wanted to launch an attack on the position. He also had many vocal disagreements with his superiors and his own gunner crew over free-fire zones, including an incident in which one of his crew shot a wagon that wound up having a little girl inside it. He went on to Airborne School and Ranger School before receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and graduate degrees in international relations and national security. He attended the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and later returned there to teach. He later served as deputy director of the Marine Corps War College at Quantico.
Wilkerson spent some years in the United States Navy's Pacific Command in South Korea, Japan and Hawaii, where he was well regarded by his superiors. These recommendations led in early 1989 to a successful interview to become the assistant to Colin Powell, who was then finishing his stint as National Security Advisor in the Reagan administration and moving to a position in the United States Army Forces Command at Fort McPherson. He continued this supporting role as Powell became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff through the Gulf War, following Powell into civilian life and then back into public service when President George W. Bush appointed Powell Secretary of State.
Wilkerson was responsible for the review of information from the Central Intelligence Agency used to prepare Powell for his February 2003 presentation to the United Nations Security Council. His failure to realize that the evidence was faulty has been attributed to the limited time (only one week) that he had to review the data. The subsequent developments led Wilkerson to become disillusioned: "Combine the detainee abuse issue with the ineptitude of post-invasion planning for Iraq, wrap both in this blanket of secretive decision-making...and you get the overall reason for my speaking out."
Post-government statements
Since his retirement from the public sector Wilkerson has on several occasions spoken out against what he perceives as the poor planning and execution of the Iraq War as well as the global politics leading up to and following it. In particular he has denounced the decision-making process of the Bush administration and Vice President Dick Cheney's and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's parts in it.
Treatment of detainees in Iraq
Wilkerson made comments in a radio interview in November 2005 that the Vice President had decided that the Third Geneva Convention (regarding treatment of POWs) would not apply to "al-Qaeda and al-Qaeda look-alike detainees" and that the February 2002 White House memorandum regarding the "Humane Treatment of Taliban and al Qaeda Detainees" contained a loophole designed to avoid applying the Geneva convention to the detainees. According to Wilkerson, the phrase "the detainees (should) be treated humanely and, to the extent appropriate and consistent with military necessity, in a manner consistent with the principles of Geneva" was a way to appear to play by the rules while in reality, the "military necessities" would always overrule concerns about the plight of the detainees. Wilkerson said that this was result of Cheney and Rumsfeld working in collaboration to undermine the standard decision-making process of the White House (which included his superior, Colin Powell).
Iraq war intelligence was "a hoax"; the war was for oil and Israel
At a congressional hearing recorded on C-SPAN in June 2005, he gave his analysis of the Iraq war's motivation: "'I use the acronym OIL,' he said, 'O for oil, I for Israel and L for the logistical base necessary or deemed necessary by the so-called neocons – and it reeks through all their documents – the logistical base whereby the United States and Israel could dominate that area of the world.'" He said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon "has our president wrapped around his little finger" and that Bush has been "mesmerized" by Sharon.
During an October 19, 2005 speech at the New America Foundation, Wilkerson criticized the intelligence community which compiled the Iraq War intelligence:
Wilkerson did a full-length audio commentary for the documentary Why We Fight. This film won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
In a 2006 interview, Wilkerson said that the speech Powell made before the United Nations on February 5, 2003—which laid out a case for war with Iraq—included falsehoods of which Powell had never been made aware. He said, "My participation in that presentation at the UN constitutes the lowest point in my professional life. I participated in a hoax on the American people, the international community and the United Nations Security Council." Wilkerson said in 2011 that his preparing of the presentation was "probably the biggest mistake of my life", he regrets it, and that he regrets not resigning over it.
He stated in the 2006 interview that neither CIA Director George Tenet nor the CIA analysts that gave Powell information on mobile biological laboratories explained that there were disputes about the reliability of the informants who had supplied the information—information which was used in the speech. Wilkerson also agreed with the interviewer that Cheney's frequent trips to the CIA would have brought "undue influence" on the agency. When asked if Cheney was "the kind of guy who could lean on somebody" he responded, "Absolutely. And be just as quiet and taciturn about it as-- he-- as he leaned on 'em. As he leaned on the Congress recently-- in the-- torture issue." Wilkerson stood by his earlier description of Cheney and Rumsfeld as having formed a cabal to hijack the decision-making process: "I'm worried and I would rather have the discussion and debate in the process we've designed than I would a diktat from a dumb strongman... I'd prefer to see the squabble of democracy to the efficiency of dictators."
An Iranian overture, 2003
Wilkerson said in an interview on the BBC's Newsnight, January 17, 2007, that an Iranian offer to help stabilise Iraq after the American invasion, was positively received at the State Department, yet turned down by Dick Cheney. The reported offer consisted of help in stabilizing Iraq, cutting ties with Hezbollah and greater transparency in its nuclear program in return for lifting sanctions and dismantling the Mujahedeen-e Khalq, an organisation working to overthrow the Iranian government.
Lack of congressional oversight
Wilkerson is one of the people interviewed in the 2007 documentary film No End in Sight, a film that is very critical of the way the occupation of Iraq was handled in the spring of 2003.
The Iraq war and the "Jewish lobby"
In April 2007, Wilkerson was featured in VPRO's Tegenlicht Dutch documentary The Israel Lobby. He said that "the Jewish lobby in America" and "AIPAC in particular" played an outsize influence in the run-up to Iraq war. Wilkerson noted Jewish officials such as Elliott Abrams, Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle in particular.
Guantanamo continues to hold innocent men
The Associated Press reports that on March 16, 2009, Wilkerson wrote on The Washington Note blog that he knew from briefings as a Bush administration official that it was soon recognized that some of the captives were innocent. According to the Associated Press summary, Wilkerson said the Bush administration was willing to continue to detain innocent men who might nevertheless be aware of useful information about the Afghanistan "mosaic":
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It did not matter if a detainee were innocent. Indeed, because he lived in Afghanistan and was captured on or near the battle area, he must know something of importance.
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Wilkerson stated in 2009 that Guantanamo Bay military prison continues to hold innocent men.
Wilkerson said that he felt compelled to come forward after hearing former Vice President Dick Cheney state that President Barack Obama's plans to close Guantanamo made the public less safe.
Commander Jeffrey Gordon, a Guantanamo spokesman, declined to comment on Wilkerson's specific observations. According to an Associated Press paraphrase of Gordon's statement, he said that, "dealing with foreign fighters from a wide variety of countries in a wartime setting was a complex process."
Iran's democracy
In a March 20, 2015 CNN interview, Wilkerson said,
I would say very, very candidly that Iran is probably the most democratic country in the Persian gulf region right now. My Republican colleagues will boil their eyes at that, but it is the most democratic country. It's a theocracy, no question about it. But it is possessed of the democratic tendencies that far outweigh those of, say, Bahrain or Saudi Arabia or even Egypt.
Trump administration foreign policy
Wilkerson has shown concern over the Trump Administration's foreign policy behavior, particularly on Iran.
In April 2018, Wilkerson explained in an interview with Sharmini Peries of the Real News Network, why he (Wilkerson) believes the U.S. president "can do anything he pleases with regard to the armed forces of the United States anytime he pleases." That reason, says Wilkerson, "is because the American people are apathetic" and "their representatives in the Congress are… cowards" who, but for "few exceptions like Mike Lee and Bernie Sanders and some of the others," will not do anything to restrain such exercise of presidential power. He also goes on to claim that commercial interests related to oil and gas is why the U.S. would intervene in various places overseas including the Middle East and Afghanistan; and that other reasons for justifying U.S. intervention "is just lying to the American people" and that the U.S. has a long history of lying to justify intervention, giving the examples of the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars.
In September 2018, Wilkerson further said that the neoconservative agenda regarding war on Syria and Iran also threatens conflict between the U.S. and Russia and the long-term bogging down of U.S. military forces in major conflict. Wilkerson stated: "My serious concern is about the way U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton and others in their positions of power now are orchestrating a scenario whereby Donald Trump, for political reasons or whatever, can use force in a significant way against Assad and ultimately Iran, because Iran's forces are there, and ultimately against Russia, because their forces are there in Syria, and this is most disquieting." The neoconservatives' military plan, argues Wilkerson, is "a recipe for" the U.S. military being in the region for "the next generation" with significant force "mired even deeper in this morass" and with the "day after day" attrition of dollars and lives.
Politics and personal life
In a September 2006 conference call, Wilkerson expressed support for Wesley Clark and Anthony Zinni. He also endorsed Jim Webb against incumbent George Allen in the 2006 U.S. Senate election in Virginia.
Wilkerson was the 2009 recipient of the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence.
Wilkerson heads the Colin Powell Leadership Club, a group of MacFarland middle school students in Washington, D.C. and serves on the advisory board of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
Wilkerson has worked as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary since January 2006, and taught national security affairs in the Honors Program at George Washington University from January 2006 until December 2011.
In 2020, he was named a non-resident fellow of the Quincy Institute.
References
External links
Profile at SourceWatch
"Colonel Finally Saw Whites of Their Eyes", Dana Milbank, The Washington Post, 20 October 2005
Transcript of Wilkerson's speech at the New America Foundation, Washington Note Archives, October 19, 2005.
Lawrence Wilkerson. "The White House Cabal", Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2005.
Transcript of Wilkerson interview, BBC Today program, 29 November 2005
Interview with Lawrence Wilkerson: "A Leaderless, Directionless Superpower", Der Spiegel, December 6, 2005
Transcript of Wilkerson Interview, PBS NOW (series), "Iraq Pre-War Intelligence," February 3, 2006. "... I'd prefer to see the squabble of democracy to the efficiency of dictators."
"They Have Stolen My Party and I Want it Back", blog piece, The Washington Note, 22 March 2006
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/
Interview where Colonel Wilkerson gives examples of Cheney and Rumsfeld's influence., National Public Radio, November 3, 2005.
Sworn Testimony over prisoners held in Guantanamo
1945 births
Living people
United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War
American people of the Iraq War
American whistleblowers
College of William & Mary faculty
Critics of neoconservatism
Elliott School of International Affairs faculty
George Washington University faculty
Naval War College alumni
Non-interventionism
People from Gaffney, South Carolina
South Carolina Republicans
United States Army colonels
United States Department of State officials
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Alexander Creek, also known as Taguntna Creek, is a long stream from Alexander Lake which merges with the big Susitna River near the village of Alexander Creek, Alaska also known as Alexander, Alaska, an Alaska Native and Alaska Bush community, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska.
Watershed
Alexander Creek is considered a (Wild; and Scenic, Recreation, Fish, Wildlife, and Cultural) river by the National Park Service
History
Alexander Creek was reported in 1898 by Eldridge (1900, p. 10), United States Geological Survey. Alexander Creek was also known as Taguntna Creek,
and Tuqentnu ("Clearwater Creek")
Economy
Popular river for anglers, particularly for king salmon and coho salmon. The upper reaches are scenic, with views of the Alaska Range. Class I water encourages high use by beginning floaters. The lower reaches contain native archaeological sites, historic roadhouses, and the Iditarod Trail.
Lists
Tributaries
From mouth going upstream to the source:
Lower Sucker Creek , elevation:
Sucker Lake , elevation:
Upper Sucker Creek , elevation:
Lake
Alexander Lake
See also
List of rivers of Alaska
References
General references
Rivers of Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska
Rivers of Alaska
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Mary Ann-Catrin Stävin (born 20 August 1957) is a Swedish actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1977 in London. She is the third Swedish woman to win the Miss World crown.
Acting career
Among her more prominent acting roles are bit parts in two of Roger Moore's James Bond films. In Octopussy (1983), she played an Octopussy girl, and in A View to a Kill (1985), she played agent Kimberley Jones. She had supporting roles as the character Tanya in the 1986 horror movie House, which starred William Katt, and the horror film Open House (1987), starring Joseph Bottoms. Her other films included Alien Terminator (1988) with Roger Moore's daughter Deborah, The Opponent (1988), Strike Commando 2 (1988), Born to Fight (1989) and Howling V: The Rebirth (1989). She also played the Icelandic businesswoman Heba in "Twin Peaks" (Season 1, Ep. 6).
In addition to acting, Stävin released the exercise album Shape Up and Dance with George Best. and appeared in two music videos for Adam Ant. These were "Ant Rap" (1981) and "Strip" (1983).
Filmography
Octopussy (1983) - Octopussy Girl
A View to a Kill (1985) - Kimberley Jones
House (1986) - Tanya
Open House (1987) - Katie Thatcher
The Opponent (1988) - Gilda Duranti
Caddyshack II (1988) - Girl in Bar
Alien Terminator (1988) - Maureen De Havilland
Strike Commando 2 (1988) - Rosanna Boom
Born to Fight (1989) - Maryline Kane
Howling V: The Rebirth (1989) - Anna
Desire (1993) - Adrienne
The Devil Takes a Holiday (1996) - Tina
References
External links
Mary Stavin - From Sweden With Love
1957 births
Living people
Miss Sweden winners
Miss World winners
Miss World 1977 delegates
People from Örebro
Swedish film actresses
20th-century Swedish actresses
Swedish emigrants to the United States
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Pseudophilautus stictomerus (common name: orange-canthal shrub frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It was first described by Albert Günther (as Ixalus stictomerus) based on a single individual collected by Colonel Richard Henry Beddome from 'Ceylon'.
Description
Male Pseudophilautus stictomerus measure about in snout-vent length of and females . They have an elongated body with an obtusely pointed snout. The dorsum is dark brown. There is a narrow yellow stripe on mid-dorsum from tip of snout to vent. There are also bright orange stripes running along the canthal edges, edges of upper eyelids, and supratympanic folds.
Distribution and habitat
Pseudophilautus stictomerus is a low-country wetzone species from south-western Sri Lanka. It is a habitat generalist found in both open (anthropogenic) and closed canopy habitats at elevations of above sea level. They are commonly found on shrubs some 1 metre above ground. The species is potentially threatened by agro-chemical pollution and habitat loss and alteration.
References
stictomerus
Frogs of Sri Lanka
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Amphibians described in 1876
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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The 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last active at George Air Force Base, California, as part of the 602d Tactical Air Control Wing based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. In 1985, the squadron was consolidated with the World War II-era 27th Ferrying Squadron and the Cold War-era 27th Air Refueling Squadron.
History
World War II
The 27th Ferrying Squadron was first activated in July 1942 at Presque Isle Army Air Field, Maine, but moved within a week to New Castle Army Air Base, Delaware, where it was assigned to the 2d Ferrying Group. It served primarily to deliver aircraft from manufacturers to operational or training units. However, by 1944 the Army Air Forces was finding that organizations using rigid tables of organization were proving inefficient in performing logistic support and training missions. Accordingly, it adopted a more functional organization in which each base was grouped into a single organization. At the end of March 1944, the 2d Ferrying Group, its squadrons (including the 27th) and all support organizations at New Castle were combined into the 552d Army Air Forces Base Unit, which absorbed their personnel and equipment and continued the ferrying mission.
Strategic Air Command
The 27th Air Refueling Squadron was activated at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, in October 1953 and assigned to the 27th Strategic Fighter Wing. The mission of the unit was to provide global refueling for the Strategic Air Command (SAC) 27th and 12th Strategic Fighter Wings at Bergstrom and other USAF units as directed. The unit was inactivated in 1957 shortly after SAC transferred its fighters to Tactical Air Command and a SAC refueling unit was no longer required to support them.
Tactical Air Support
The 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron was activated at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona in July 1977, but inactivated three years later when the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron moved from Bergstrom to Davis-Monthan along with the 602d Tactical Air Control Wing and assumed the 27th's mission, personnel and equipment.
It was activated again in May 1984 at George Air Force Base, California. In September 1985, the 27th Air Refueling Squadron and 27th Ferrying Squadron were consolidated with 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron.
Lineage
27th Ferrying Squadron
Constituted as the 27th Ferrying Squadron on 29 June 1942
Activated on 13 July 1942
Disbanded on 31 March 1944
Reconstituted and consolidated with the 27th Air Refueling Squadron and the 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron as the 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron on 19 September 1985
27th Air Refueling Squadron
Constituted as the 27th Air Refueling Squadron, Strategic Fighter on 14 September 1953
Activated on 25 October 1953
Inactivated 1 November 1957
Consolidated with the 27th Ferrying Squadron and the 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron as the 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron on 19 September 1985
27th Tactical Air Support Squadron
Constituted as the 27th Tactical Air Support Squadron on 7 February 1977
Activated on 1 July 1977
Inactivated 1 July 1980
Activated 15 May 1984
Consolidated with the 27th Ferrying Squadron and the 27th Air Refueling Squadron on 19 September 1985
Inactivated after June 1988
Assignments
Domestic Wing, Air Transport Command, 13 July 1942
2d Ferrying Group, 20 July 1942 – 31 March 1944
27th Strategic Fighter Wing, 25 October 1953 (attached to 12th Strategic Fighter Wing, 1 April 1955 – 1 September 1955)
Second Air Force, 1 July – 1 November 1957
602d Tactical Air Control Wing, 1 July 1977 – 1 July 1980
602d Tactical Air Control Wing, 15 May 1984 – unknown
Stations
Presque Isle Army Air Field, Maine, 13 July 1942
New Castle Army Air Base, Delaware, 20 July 1942 – 31 March 1944
Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, 25 October 1953 – 1 November 1957
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. 1 July 1977 – 1 July 1980
George Air Force Base, California, 15 May 1984
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 1989 – unknown
Aircraft
Ferried Numerous Aircraft to Overseas Areas 1942–1944
Boeing KB-29, 1953–1957
Cessna O-2 Skymaster, 1977–1980
North American OV-10 Bronco. 1984–unknown
See also
Air Transport Command
List of United States Air Force air refueling squadrons
List of United States Air Force support squadrons
List of B-29 Superfortress operators
References
Notes
Explanatory notes
Citations
Bibliography
Military units and formations of the United States in the Cold War
Military units and formations established in 1953
Military units and formations established in 1977
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The brownish-headed antbird (Myrmelastes brunneiceps) is a species of passerine bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in humid forest in the far south-western Amazon in Peru and Bolivia.
Until recently, the brownish-headed antbird was considered a subspecies of the spot-winged antbird. A 2007 study of the vocal characteristics found significant differences between the taxa and based on this evidence the brownish-headed antbird was promoted to species status. As presently defined, the brownish-headed antbird is monotypic.
The conservation status of the brownish-headed antbird has been assessed by BirdLife International, to be of Least Concern.
References
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Birds of the Peruvian Andes
brownish-headed antbird
brownish-headed antbird
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War Ina Babylon is an album by Max Romeo and Lee Perry's backing band The Upsetters, released in 1976.
Along with The Heptones' Party Time and Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves, both released in 1977, this album is a part of what is referred to as Lee "Scratch" Perry-produced Black Ark "holy trinity".
Track listing
All tracks composed by Max Romeo and Lee "Scratch" Perry except where indicated.
Side A
"One Step Forward" – 5:15
"Uptown Babies" (Romeo) – 5:00
"Chase the Devil" – 3:27
"War ina Babylon" – 4:51
Side B
"Norman" – 4:50
"Stealin'" (Romeo) – 3:04
"Tan and See" (Romeo, Perry, Brown) – 4:36
"Smokey Room" (Romeo, Perry, Brown) – 3:03
"Smile Out of Style" – 3:32
Personnel
Max Romeo – lead vocals
Barry Llewellyn, Earl Morgan – male harmony vocals
Cynthia Schloss, Marcia Griffiths – female harmony vocals
Technical
Lee "Scratch" Perry – production, engineering
Tony Wright – cover artwork
Kim Gottlieb – back cover photography
Singles
1975: "One Step Forward"
1976: "War in a Babylon"
1976: "Chase the Devil"
1977: "Norman"
References
1976 albums
Island Records albums
Max Romeo albums
Albums produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry
Reggae albums by Jamaican artists
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2011 European F3 Open Championship
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The 2011 European F3 Open Championship was the third European F3 Open Championship season. The season began on 17 April at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, and finished on 30 October at Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló after 16 races run at eight meetings, three held in Spain, as well as meetings held in Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and Italy.
Teams and drivers
All cars are powered by Toyota engines. Main class powered by Dallara F308, while Copa Class by Dallara F306 chassis.
Race calendar and results
An eight-race provisional calendar was announced on 12 December 2010. On 19 January 2011, it was announced that the Nürburgring round will be cancelled and will be replaced by an event in Portimão.
Championship standings
Overall
With a driver's best 14 scores counting towards the championship, points were awarded as follows:
Copa F306/300
With a driver's best 14 scores counting towards the championship, points were awarded for both races as follows:
Teams
Points for each team's two best scoring cars were awarded for both races as follows:
References
External links
European F3 Open Official Website
European
Euroformula Open Championship seasons
Formula Three
Euroformula Open
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Kiss from a Rose
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"Kiss from a Rose" is a song from Seal's second eponymous album. The song was first released as a single in July 1994 and included in the film The NeverEnding Story III that year. It was re-released a year later in 1995 as part of the Batman Forever film soundtrack, helping it top the charts in the United States and Australia. It also reached the top 10 in several other countries, including Canada, France, Iceland and Norway. At the 1996 Grammy Awards, it won awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Background
"Kiss from a Rose" was written in 1987, several years prior to the release of Seal's eponymous debut album from 1991. After writing the song, Seal felt "embarrassed by it" and "threw the tape in the corner". Seal did not present it to producer Trevor Horn until the recording sessions for Seal II. In 2015, Seal said of the song: "To be honest, I was never really that proud of it, though I like what Trevor did with the recording. He turned that tape from my corner into another 8 million record sales and my name became a household name".
"Kiss from a Rose" was the second single taken from the Batman Forever film soundtrack, and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for one week in August 1995. It also went to number four on the UK Singles Chart, where it had originally reached number 20 in 1994. It also was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie in 1996.
Seal talked about the long, strange journey that the song went through on The Brian McKnight Show season finale that aired 30 May 2010. He described how the song initially dropped out of the charts shortly after its release. Joel Schumacher subsequently called Seal, and requested use of the song to play over a love scene between the characters played by Nicole Kidman and Val Kilmer in Batman Forever.
Critical reception
Music & Media commented: "Sealed with a kiss, here you get a ballad and a half! It's got the right pathos and the unavoidable violins. The thorn, needed to show the sincerity, comes from the razor sharp alt sax". Alan Jones from Music Week wrote: "Seal's magnificent "Kiss From A Rose" – now subtitled "Love Theme From Batman Forever" – is back a mere year after its first release when it reached number 19. A complex yet melodic song, it has remained a radio staple since it was first released, and is ready to explode".
The song's cryptic lyrics have been the subject of debate since its release. In 2015, Seal provided verified commentary on the "Kiss from a Rose" entry on the website Genius, stating simply: "I have avoided explaining these lyrics for over 25 years. I am not going to start doing it now".
Music video
Two versions of the music video were produced:
The original version is set in a photographic studio and was co-directed by Matthew Rolston and William Levin. The 1966 film Blowup was heavily referenced in the video.
The second version was directed by Joel Schumacher and has Seal performing the song beside the Bat-Signal, interspersed with clips from the film Batman Forever. This is the more well known video of the song. The director of photography of this version of the music video was Neil Abramson.
Track listing
Between all the formats of the single release, bonus tracks include the non-album tracks "The Wind Cries Mary" (a Jimi Hendrix cover) and "Blues in 'E'"; remixes of "Kiss from a Rose" by Adamski (who produced the original version of "Killer"); and remixes of album track "I'm Alive" by Steve Fitzmaurice and Sasha with BT.
"Kiss from a Rose" – 3:38
"Kiss from a Rose" – 4:47
Charts and sales
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
Certifications
Cover versions
In 2006, the Irish vocal trio Trinití recorded a cover version for their first self-titled album.
In 2008, Finnish metal vocalist supergroup Northern Kings released a cover version, with associated video, on their sophomore album, Rethroned.
In 2011, Becca Stevens Band covered the song on their album Weightless.
In 2013, Straight No Chaser covered the song with Seal on their Under the Influence album.
In 2020, Dan Avidan & Super Guitar Bros played an acoustic cover of the song on their Dan Avidan & Super Guitar Bros album.
See also
List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s
List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1995 (U.S.)
List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1995
List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 1995 (U.S.)
References
1990s ballads
1994 singles
1994 songs
1995 singles
Batman (1989 film series)
Batman music
Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Contemporary R&B ballads
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Number-one singles in Australia
Pop ballads
Seal (musician) songs
Song recordings produced by Trevor Horn
Songs written by Seal (musician)
Warner Records singles
ZTT Records singles
Songs about flowers
Songs about kissing
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Nuevo León Institute of Technology
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Nuevo León Institute of Technology (), or ITNL is an institution of higher education in Guadalupe, Nuevo Léon, México. This school was founded in 1976 in Apodaca, but later was moved to Monterrey and finally to Guadalupe.
The ITNL offers 4 bachelor's degrees and 1 master's degree in mechatronic.
References
Technical universities and colleges in Mexico
Public universities and colleges in Mexico
Universities and colleges in Nuevo León
Educational institutions established in 1976
1976 establishments in Mexico
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André Girard
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André Girard may refer to:
André Girard (1901–1968), French resistance worker and artist, leader of the CARTE network
André Girard (1909–1993), French resistance worker, member of the ALLIANCE network
See also
André Gérard
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Nicolás Almagro
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Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008, 2010 and 2012 (losing each time to Rafael Nadal, the eventual champion in each occasion), as well as the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 2013 (losing to David Ferrer after leading by two sets to love). Almagro won 13 singles titles and he achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in May 2011.
Following his retirement, Almagro began coaching American player Danielle Collins.
Personal life
Almagro married Rafi Lardín on 6 December 2015. They welcomed their first child, a boy, in 2017.
Career
Juniors
Almagro reached as high as World No. 18 in the junior singles rankings in December 2003.
2005
Almagro won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games by defeating compatriot Guillermo García-López in the final in Almería, Spain.
2006
In April 2006, Almagro won his maiden ATP tournament title, the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia, Spain). Almagro was forced to come through the qualification rounds just to make this event, but that did not stop him from winning eight matches in a row, including three-set victories over former world no. 1s Juan Carlos Ferrero and Marat Safin.
After Valencia, Almagro went on an excellent run, reaching the semifinals of the Barcelona Open, before losing to Rafael Nadal, and followed that up by reaching the quarterfinals in Rome, where he lost to Roger Federer in three tight sets, 7–5 in the third round.
At Roland Garros 2006, he suffered a disappointing second-round loss to James Blake. The remainder of 2006 was uninspiring for Almagro. He did show signs of improving his hard-court game by making a quarterfinal indoors in Lyon, and he also won matches at the Masters 1000 events in Cincinnati and Paris.
2007
Almagro won his second title on 15 April 2007 by defeating Potito Starace, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, in Valencia for the second consecutive year. However, he lost in the second round of the French Open in five sets to Michaël Llodra, in what was perceived as another disappointing lapse in form. Still, his year contained highlights other than Valencia. He reached the semifinals of Buenos Aires, the finals of Båstad, and began to show promise on hard courts also, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati and the third round of the US Open (losing to Davydenko).
2008
In 2008, Almagro won the third title of his career in Costa Do Sauipe by defeating Carlos Moyà in a rollercoaster three-set battle. Two weeks later, Almagro followed that victory up with yet another in Acapulco, defeating David Nalbandian in the finals, 6–1, 7–6. With his fourth career title, Almagro rose to a career-best ranking of no. 21 in the world, winning 21 of 26 matches on clay in the season. He was at a career-best ranking of no. 17 in the world following the Masters Series in Rome.
He achieved his best Grand Slam result in June by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2008 French Open, where he lost to Rafael Nadal, 1–6, 1–6, 1–6. During his run, he beat Boris Pašanski, Sebastián Decoud, tenth seed Andy Murray, and home-favourite Jérémy Chardy in straight sets. He hit more aces than any other player in the French Open that year (78).
2009
In January, Almagro participated in the 2009 Heineken Open, held in Auckland, New Zealand. The fourth seed at the event, Almagro received a bye into the second round, where he defeated Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei in three sets, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2. This gained him entry into the quarterfinals, where he was defeated in straight sets 3–6, 2–6 by American Sam Querrey, sixth seed at the event.
At the Australian Open, Almagro won in the first round of the tournament for the first time, making it to the third round before losing to Gaël Monfils. At the 2009 Brasil Open, where Almagro was the defending champion and top seed, he lost in the quarterfinals to Frederico Gil in two tiebreak sets, 6–7, 6–7. At the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Almagro successfully defended his 2008 win, defeating Monfils in the final, 6–4, 6–4.
Almagro's next tournament was the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open, an ATP Masters Series event where he was seeded 19th. After receiving a bye into the second round, he was defeated by Taylor Dent in a third-set tiebreak, 2–6, 6–2, 7–6.
At the French Open, he made it through to the third round, but lost to countryman, Fernando Verdasco in straight sets.
At Wimbledon, he reached the third round, but was stopped easily by recent French Open runner-up Robin Söderling. In the first round, he scraped his way through after trailing 7–6, 7–6, 5–4, 40–30 with Juan Mónaco serving on match point. In the second round, he led Karol Beck two sets to love, only to find himself again fighting in five sets to survive. Nicolas won by 6–4, 7–6, 3–6, 3–6, 7–5.
At the US Open, Almagro lost in the third round to fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal. Before this, he defeated Belgian Steve Darcis in the first round, before getting past American Robby Ginepri in a 4 hr 15 min five-set match in the second round.
In the subsequent ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris, Almagro once again fell to Nadal. Despite having five match points and the opportunity to serve for the match in the third set, Almagro lost, 6–3, 6–7, 5–7.
2010
At the 2010 Australian Open, Almagro prevailed in long five-set matches to beat Xavier Malisse, (8–6 in the fifth set) and Benjamin Becker, (6–3 in the fifth set) in the first two rounds. In the third round, he beat Alejandro Falla with relative ease in three sets, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4. In the fourth round, he was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in another five-set battle lasting over 4 hours. Almagro played the whole tournament with a broken left wrist, preventing him from exceeding 200 km/h when serving due to an altered ball-toss.
He was ousted in the opening round of the 2010 Copa Telmex tournament for the second straight year (losing to Gimeno-Traver). He then entered the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel (in Acapulco, Mexico) as the two-time defending champion. He beat Dudi Sela and Richard Gasquet to reach the quarterfinals. However, he lost to in-form Juan Carlos Ferrero, 1–6, 7–5, 2–6, who was on a 12-match winning streak.
As for his performances in ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, in Indian Wells Masters 1000, he reached the fourth round before retiring hurt against Andy Murray. At the Miami Masters 1000, he lost to eventual champion Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals. In the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 1000, he beat Simon Greul before falling to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round. In the Rome Masters 1000, he beat Łukasz Kubot, but lost to Ivan Ljubičić in the second round. In the Madrid Masters 1000, he beat Victor Troicki, fourth seed Söderling, Mónaco, and Melzer to reach the semifinals of a Masters event for the first time. There, he was beaten by the previous year's finalist Rafael Nadal, 6–4, 2–6, 2–6.
In the 2010 French Open, seeded 19th, he beat Robin Haase in five sets. In the second round, he beat Steve Darcis in straight sets. After beating Alexandr Dolgopolov in the third round, he managed to upset Fernando Verdasco in the fourth round in four sets, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4. Almagro then bowed out in straight sets in the quarterfinals, losing a closely contested match against eventual champion Rafael Nadal, 6–7, 6–7, 4–6.
At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Almagro suffered a first-round exit to Italian Andreas Seppi, 6–7, 6–7, 2–6.
After this, Almagro traveled to his first clay-court tournament since Roland Garros, the 2010 Swedish Open. He defeated Jarkko Nieminen, 6–4, 6–4, Croatian qualifier Franko Škugor, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he defeated fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo, 6–1, 6–3, and then in the final he defeated home favourite, top seed, and defending champion Robin Söderling, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, to snap a 17-month title drought dating back to February 2009 in Acapulco. Almagro then played in the 2010 International German Open, where he was stunned in the opening round by Uzbekistani Denis Istomin, 6–7, 6–7. After this, he appeared at the 2010 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad as second seed. He won the tournament after defeating compatriot Marcel Granollers, 7–6, 3–6, 6–3, Swiss wildcard Michael Lammer, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, Frenchman Jérémy Chardy, 6–2, 7–6, and then another fellow Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver, 7–6, 3–6, 6–3. In the final, he defeated Richard Gasquet, 7–5, 6–1, to clinch the title.
At the 2010 US Open, Almagro beat Potito Starace and Guillermo García-López, both in four sets, before losing to Sam Querrey in the third round in straight sets, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6.
2011
Almagro began his year at the 2011 Heineken Open in New Zealand. Seeded second, he received a bye into the second round. In his first match, he beat Victor Hănescu, 6–4, 7–6, to advance to the quarterfinals, where he won against Adrian Mannarino, 7–6, 6–7, 6–2, to advance to the semifinals, where he was defeated by David Nalbandian, 4–6, 2–6.
At the 2011 Australian Open, Almagro was seeded 14th. He defeated Stéphane Robert in the first round, 6–4, 6–3, 6–7, 7–5. He then battled through Igor Andreev in the second round, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–5, saving three match points in the process and rallying from a 2–4 deficit in the fifth set. In the third round, he defeated 17th seed Ivan Ljubičić in straight sets, 6–4, 7–6, 6–3. In the fourth round, he was dismantled by world no. 3 and eventual champion Novak Djokovic, 3–6, 4–6, 0–6.
Almagro next entered the 2011 Brasil Open, where he had a bye in the first round. He easily cruised to the semifinals, and after a slow start, he defeated Juan Ignacio Chela, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, to reach the final. He then won his eighth career title against Alexandr Dolgopolov, 6–3, 7–6.
His winning streak continued as he snatched his second consecutive title in as many weeks at the 2011 Copa Claro tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, defeating Juan Ignacio Chela, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, in the final. His hot streak stretched even further at the 2011 Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, making his third consecutive clay-court final. He beat Victor Hănescu, Filippo Volandri, Santiago Giraldo, and Thomaz Bellucci. He lost, however, to defending champion David Ferrer, 6–7, 7–6, 2–6.
Almagro then lost in the third round at both the 2011 BNP Paribas Open (losing to Albert Montañés, 6–4, 2–6, 4–6) and at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open (losing to Florian Mayer, 1–6, 6–3, 1–6).
At the 2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, he beat Marcel Granollers, 6–3, 6–3, before prevailing in a marathon encounter against Máximo González, 6–7, 7–5, 7–6, saving a total of four match points (three consecutive match points when *0–40 on serve at *4–5 in the third set, and one match point in the third set tiebreak at *7–8). He then lost to Jürgen Melzer, 1–6, 4–6, in the third round.
Almagro then appeared at the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, where he notched a 7–5, 7–6 win over in-form compatriot Pablo Andújar. In the third round, he defeated Nikolay Davydenko, 7–6, 6–3, to enter the world's top 10 for the first time in his career. He followed this victory with a solid 6–3, 6–3 victory in the quarterfinals over a resurgent Juan Carlos Ferrero, who had just come back from a knee injury. In the semifinals, he lost to David Ferrer, 3–6, 4–6.
He lost at the Madrid Masters to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 1–6, 3–6, in the first round, before making it to the third round at the Rome Masters and losing 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 to Robin Söderling. Almagro improved at the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, where he defeated Victor Hănescu, 6–7, 6–3, 6–3. In Hamburg, Almagro lost in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6, to Gilles Simon.
Almagro played Julien Benneteau in the first round of the US Open, making many unforced errors and only managing to break once out of 13 chances. He lost 2–6, 4–6, 2–6.
2012
Almagro lost in the fourth round of the 2012 Australian Open to Tomáš Berdych. Afterwards, Berdych refused to shake Almagro's hand after an incident in the match where Almagro hit Berdych with a ball.
In February, Almagro earned his 11th career title in São Paulo, defeating Filippo Volandri in the final. He also made the final in Buenos Aires, bowing to David Ferrer.
Almagro got his revenge at Indian Wells, where he beat and bageled Berdych in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals, where he met Novak Djokovic.
Almagro defended his title in Nice for his 12th career title, beating American Brian Baker in the final.
At the French Open, he defeated Paolo Lorenzi, in the first round, Marcos Baghdatis in the second round, Leonardo Mayer in the third round, and Janko Tipsarević in the fourth round to reach quarterfinals without losing a set. He lost his first set to Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, where he ultimately lost, 6–7, 2–6, 3–6.
Almagro has yet to go past the third round at Wimbledon and is not known for his proficiency on grass. However, during the 2012 London Olympics, he made a surprising run to the quarterfinals without dropping a set, before losing 4–6, 1–6 to eventual champion Andy Murray.
Almagro reached the finals of the Swedish Open, losing again to Ferrer, 2–6, 2–6.
Almagro reached the semifinals of the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg, losing to Juan Mónaco, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6.
2013
Almagro reached the quarterfinals of the Australian open for the first time, where he played compatriot David Ferrer, whom he had never beaten in twelve previous meetings. Almagro led by two sets and served for a place in his first Grand Slam semifinal once in the third set and twice in the fourth, but was unable to manufacture a match point, and Ferrer eventually won, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(4), 6–2.
Almagro's next tournament was the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco. He reached the semifinals without dropping a set. However, he was beaten by Rafael Nadal in straight sets.
In Houston, Almagro was the top seed. He made it to the final, but was defeated by John Isner.
Almagro then reached the fourth round of the French Open where, for the second Grand Slam running, he lost after leading by two sets and a break against a compatriot, this time Tommy Robredo. Almagro led 7–6(5), 6–3, 4–1 but went on to lose the last three sets 4–6, 4–6, 4–6, despite also leading sets four and five by a break of serve.
At Wimbledon, Almagro was the 15th seed. He reached the third round, where he lost in straight sets to Jerzy Janowicz.
Almagro reached the semifinal stage of the bet-at-home Open in Hamburg, losing to Fabio Fognini in straight sets.
2014
Almagro pulled out of Sydney and the Australian Open because of a shoulder injury. He reached the Houston final, where he lost to Fernando Verdasco. The Spaniard won over Nicolas Mahut to reach the third round of the Monte-Carlo Masters.
At the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, he defeated Martin Klizan and Fernando Verdasco, then snapped Rafael Nadal's 41-match winning streak. This marked his first victory over his dominant compatriot in 11 meetings. Santiago Giraldo defeated him in semifinals.
At Roland Garros, Nicolás was forced to retire in the first round against American Jack Sock due to a foot injury.
Almagro subsequently withdrew from both Wimbledon and the US Open due to the same injury.
2015
At the Australian Open, he lost to Kei Nishikori 6–4, 7–6(1), 6–2 in the first round.
2019
Almagro announced his retirement during the Murcia Open in April 2019, which would be his last professional tournament.
Playing style
Almagro's playing style fits that of an offensive baseliner. Almagro's groundstrokes, particularly on his favored backhand side, are very powerful. Almagro uses a very quick and compact service motion which helps his first serve often exceed speeds of 210 km/h. In addition to his powerful game, Almagro is also known for playing on the edge of his emotions, sometimes losing his temper on-court. Almagro is most proficient on clay courts, as evidenced by all his ATP finals being at clay court events. Almagro has had success on hard courts, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 2013, and has also reached the quarterfinals in Cincinnati (2007) and Miami (2010). However, he generally prefers to play on clay courts and tailors his schedule to play the majority of the clay court events on the ATP World Tour.
Equipment
Nicolás Almagro uses the Volkl V-Sense 10 Tour. He has been stringing with Luxilon Big Banger Original for years. In January 2016 Almagro signed with Joma for clothing and shoes.
Davis Cup
He has played seven Davis Cup ties, winning 8 of the 10 singles matches he has contested. All his wins have come on clay.
In 2008, he helped the Spanish Davis Cup to win the title, winning two rubbers at the first round against Peru by beating Matías Silva 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 and Ivan Miranda 6–2, 6 –3.
In the 2012 Davis Cup final, he lost to Tomáš Berdych and again to Radek Štěpánek in the fifth rubber, denying Spain a repeat win.
ATP career finals
Singles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Performance timelines
Singles
1Held as Hamburg Masters till 2008.
2Held as Madrid Masters till 2008.
Doubles
Wins over top 10 players
References
External links
Almagro world ranking history
Nicolas Almagro Biography
1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Murcia
Spanish male tennis players
Tennis players from the Region of Murcia
Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players of Spain
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
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Olivaceous elaenia
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The olivaceous elaenia (Elaenia mesoleuca) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. Different authorities use either Deppe or Lichtenstein (both 1830) as the original citation for this species description. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
olivaceous elaenia
Birds of Brazil
Birds of Paraguay
Birds of Uruguay
olivaceous elaenia
olivaceous elaenia
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Eupithecia venosata, the netted pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found across the Palearctic realm from Portugal and Morocco in the west to the Lake Baikal in Siberia and Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east.
Description
The length of the forewings is 10–14 mm. The ground colour of the forewings and hindwings is brown to creamy white The forewings are large and round. Several light, black-edged, lines and the partly black coloured veins form a characteristic lattice. The hindwings have a similar, but greatly weakened pattern. Very strongly resembles Eupithecia schiefereri and is distinguishable from this clearly only by means of a genital examination.
Forma
fumosae Gregson (= nubilata Bohatsch, grisea Dietze) is a dark smoke-coloured race from the Shetland Islands. — In ab. bandanae Gregson the white bands remain conspicuous on the smoky ground. Among fumosae. — ochracae Gregson (= orcadensis Prout) also has the ground-colour darkened, but ochreous or clay-yellowish, not smoky; markings normal or sometimes weakened as in fumosae Orkney Islands..
See subspecies.
The larva is pale pinkish grey, darker on the back, with scattered, upstanding brushes. The pupa is shiny brown-yellow with a dark brown cremaster, which has at the base five beaded elevations and a stretched tip with several bristles.
Biology
The moth flies from April to June depending on the location.
The larvae feed spun up on Silene species, preferably Silene vulgaris, Silene dioica and Silene maritima.The pupa hibernates sometimes for two winters
Subspecies
Eupithecia venosata venosata
Eupithecia venosata fumosae Gregson, 1887
Eupithecia venosata hebridensis Curtis, 1944
Eupithecia venosata ochracae Gregson, 1886
Eupithecia venosata plumbea Huggins, 1962
References
External links
Netted Pug on UKMoths
Lepiforum e.V.
De Vlinderstichting
venosata
Moths described in 1787
Moths of Africa
Moths of Asia
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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The Royal Hibernian Military School was founded in Dublin, Ireland, to educate orphaned children of members of the British armed forces in Ireland. In 1922 the Royal Hibernian Military School moved to Shorncliffe, in Folkestone, Kent, and in 1924 it was merged with the Duke of York's Royal Military School which last, by then, was in its current location atop 'Lone Tree Hill' above Dover Castle.
General
The foundation of the School came about in 1769 when King George III granted a Charter of Incorporation on 15 July, the School Governors holding their inaugural meeting on 6 November in Dublin Castle.
The buildings housing the school were erected in 1771 in the Phoenix Park, overlooking the village of Chapelizod in the Liffey valley (in full view of the Wicklow mountains). The chapel was designed by Thomas Cooley, while thirty years later Francis Johnston designed the extensions to the buildings. It first took in 90 boys and 50 girls as pupils (in the charge of an Inspector and Inspectress, assisted by the Chaplain and an assistant mistress) in March 1770. The site originally occupied but by 1922 its boundary walls enclosed thirty three acres.
By 1808 the system and organisation of the school followed closely that of its sister school, the Duke of York's Royal Military School (then at Chelsea, London, England). By 1816, when Thomas Le Fanu (father of Sheridan Le Fanu) took over as chaplain, there were 600 children at the school.
In 1853 the school's first "stand of colours" were presented by the then Prince of Wales and, in the same year, the girls at the school left to join their own separate establishment, the Drummond School, which was founded for them at Chapelizod.
The school acted as a feeder to the British Army, where In the mid-19th century, children as young as 12 could enlist in the Army but generally enlistment began at 14. By the 1900s 50 per cent of pupils were going straight into the army. By this stage the school was not only an orphanage; for instance, the Army Non-Commissioned Officer father of Liam Mellows entered him there to get a good basic military training which he hoped would lead to an army career, instead it was used during the Easter Rising and the Irish War of Independence, both in fighting and in training the flying columns in guerrilla warfare.
Many of the school's pupils carried acts of gallantry in the wars that the British Army was involved in. One such individual was Frederick Jeremiah Edwards who was awarded the Victoria Cross for extraordinary bravery in the First World War.
Relocation and merger
In 1922 the Royal Hibernian Military School moved to Shorncliffe, in Folkestone, Kent, and in 1924 it was merged with the Duke of York's Royal Military School which by then was in its current location atop 'Lone Tree Hill' above Dover Castle.
A stained glass window depicting a saluting boy soldier is sited above the 'minstrel gallery' type balcony of the Duke of York's School Chapel in Dover, and commemorates the merging of the schools.
Dublin campus
The buildings of the Dublin campus are now part of St Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park. A war memorial remains.
Bohemian F.C.
Members of the school were instrumental in forming Bohemian F.C. in 1890.
Commandants
List of Commandants
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Colville 17 January 1809
Colonel George Thomas Colomb up to 1858 (promoted major general on 26 October 1858)
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Henry Buckley Jenner Wynyard, late 89th Foot 1 November 1878
Lieutenant Colonel Lynch Stapleton Cotton, late 63rd Foot 1 May 1879
Colonel Francis Charles Hill, late The Essex Regiment 31 May 1882
Colonel C de N O Stockwell 31 May 1889
Colonel Henry Hall - 31 August 1902
Lieutenant-Colonel Rowley Wynyard, Royal Artillery 1 September 1902
References
Bibliography
Defunct schools in Kent
Military schools
Relocated schools
Educational organisations based in Ireland
Military education and training in the United Kingdom
1769 establishments in Ireland
Educational institutions established in 1769
Educational institutions disestablished in 1924
1924 disestablishments in England
Schools in County Dublin
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Turksat 1B was a Turkish communications satellite as part of a project to form an instant network with two geosynchronous satellites that is supervised by the companies Türksat A.Ş. in Turkey and Aérospatiale of France.
Türksat 1B was launched by Arianespace atop an Ariane-44LP H10+ launch vehicle, along with
Brazilian satellite Brasilsat B1, in a dual-payload launch on August 10, 1994 at 23:05 UTC from ELA-2 at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite was successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit and positioned at 42°E.
It is based on the Aerospatiale Spacebus 2000 series having an on-orbit mass of about one ton. The communications payload consists of 16 Ku band transponders with six wideband channels of 72 MHz and ten narrowband of 36 MHz.
In addition to Turkey, the satellite covered a geographical range from Europe to Central Asia before completing its mission in 2006.
See also
Turksat (satellite)
References
Communications satellites of Turkey
Spacecraft launched in 1994
Communications satellites in geostationary orbit
Derelict satellites orbiting Earth
Turksat 1B
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McElhone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arthur McElhone (1868–1946), Australian politician
Eric McElhone (1887–1981), Australian cricketer
Frank McElhone (1929–1982), Scottish politician
Helen McElhone (1933–2013), Scottish politician
Jack McElhone (born 1993), Scottish actor
John McElhone (1833–1898), Australian politician
Johnny McElhone (born 1963), Scottish guitarist and songwriter
Natascha McElhone (born 1971), English actress
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Sir Robert Peyton (by 1498 – 1550) of Isleham, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician.
Family
He was born the eldest son of Sir Robert Peyton of Isleham.
He married Frances, the daughter and heiress of Francis Haselden of Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire and Chesterford, Essex by Elizabeth Calthorpe, daughter of Sir William Calthorp KB, and with her had six sons, including the MP Robert Peyton, and 2 daughters.
Career
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Cambridgeshire in 1529. He was knighted sometime after 1529.
References
15th-century births
1550 deaths
People from Isleham
English MPs 1529–1536
High Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire
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Framingham Earl is a small village situated south of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. It is next to Poringland and Framingham Pigot. It covers an area of and had a population of 834 in 354 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 871 in 363 households at the 2011 Census.
The villages name means 'Homestead/village of Fram's people'. The village was held by the Earl of Norfolk hence the 'Earl' addition.
Within Framingham Earl is Framingham Earl High School, which is part of the Sapientia Education Trust. Sharing the same site is a Sports Centre, which opened in early 2006 and provides a range of exercise classes and sports opportunities to the people of the surrounding villages as well as giving the school extra space to use for PE and dance lessons. It is now managed by South Norfolk District Council.
The village has two churches, the Methodist Church and the Church of St. Andrew′s. St. Andrew's is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The plan of the church is beguilingly irregular, with the chancel decreasing in width towards the east end. A pilaster strip in the south wall of the chancel curiously tapers with the narrow portion at the bottom: the whole building has a gnarled, irregular appearance which is a mark of Anglo-Saxon construction. Even the corners (quoins) are of flint, although these are somewhat larger on the whole than those built into the body of the walls. There is even, surprisingly, an attempt at herringbone-work, all in flint, and round splayed porthole windows dressed entirely in flints, not quite perfect circles.
The German writer W. G. Sebald is buried in the churchyard of St. Andrew's.
Notes
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Framingham%20Earl
External links
Parish Council website
St Andrew's on the European Round Tower Churches Website
Framingham Earl High School
Friends of St Andrew's Church
Villages in Norfolk
South Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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Sjenica (, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The population of the town, according to 2011 census, is 14,060 inhabitants, while the municipality has 26,392.
Sjenica is situated in the Pešter plateau, and is surrounded by the mountains of Jadovnik, Ozren, Giljeva and Javor.
History
It is an old town, first mentioned in 1253 AD as a place where many merchants rested and paid taxes while on their way to Dubrovnik. Voivode Stefan Vasoje, the son of King Stefan Konstantin (r. 1321–1322), received Sjenica as an appanage by Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–1355). During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, Sjenica was used as a fortified site. On a nearby hill the Ottomans built a fortress, which was later demolished. Next to the fortress was a merchants' quarter and few wooden residential homes. In the 19th century, Sjenica was considered a high priority because of its political, military and strategic significance, thus many military campaigns were led during the First Serbian Uprising. Soon after, a new turmoil came to the region with a resistance movement against Sultan Mahmud II's reforms. During the Ottoman-Albanian hostilities of 1901 the town was partly burnt by Albanian bands. In the 1908-12 Ottoman parliament, the elected representative of Sjenica was Hasan Muhidin Bey (Hasan Muhedini), a local prominent Albanian.
At the time of the First Balkan War, General Živković ordered the slaughter of 950 Albanian and Turkish notables at Sjenica after ten thousand Albanians delayed the advance of Serbian troops.
In 1917 when the area was under Austrian control a conference was held, in which the representatives drafted and signed a resolution for the union of the area with Bosnia or the establishment of an autonomous region.
From 1929 to 1941, Sjenica was part of the Zeta Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
During World War II the SS Polizei-Selbstschutz-Regiment Sandschak under Karl von Krempler was stationed here consisted of local Muslim population, during a period when many Serbs lost their lives. In 1943 Sjenica was the battleground of intense fighting between Partisans and the German army.
Settlements
Aside from the town of Sjenica, the municipality includes the following settlements:
Aliveroviće
Bagačiće
Bare
Bačija
Bioc
Blato
Boguti
Božov Potok
Boljare
Borišiće
Boroviće
Breza
Brnjica
Buđevo
Vapa
Veskoviće
Visočka
Višnjeva
Višnjice
Vrapci
Vrbnica
Vrsjenice
Goluban
Gornje Lopiže
Goševo
Grabovica
Gradac
Grgaje
Doliće
Donje Goračiće
Donje Lopiže
Dragojloviće
Draževiće
Družiniće
Dubnica
Duga Poljana
Dujke
Dunišiće
Žabren
Žitniće
Zabrđe
Zaječiće
Zahumsko
Jevik
Jezero
Kalipolje
Kamešnica
Kanjevina
Karajukića Bunari
Kijevci
Kladnica
Kneževac
Koznik
Kokošiće
Krajinoviće
Krivaja
Krnja Jela
Krstac
Krće
Lijeva Reka
Ljutaje
Mašoviće
Medare
Međugor
Milići
Papiće
Petrovo Polje
Plana
Poda
Ponorac
Pralja
Raždaginja
Rasno
Raspoganče
Rastenoviće
Raškoviće
Skradnik
Strajiniće
Stup
Sugubine
Sušica
Trešnjevica
Trijebine
Tuzinje
Tutiće
Uvac
Ugao
Ursule
Ušak
Fijulj
Caričina
Cetanoviće
Crvsko
Crčevo
Čedovo
Čipalje
Čitluk
Šare
Štavalj
Šušure
Demographics
According to the last official census of 2011, the Municipality of Sjenica has a population of 26,392 inhabitants. The population density on the territory of the municipality is 24.9 inhabitants per square kilometer.
Ethnic groups
In 1991, the population of the municipality of Sjenica was 76.1% ethnic Muslims, 22.6% Serbs and Montenegrins, and 1.3% others. In the 1991 census, most of those who declared themselves as ethnic Muslims, some declared themselves as Bosniaks in the next census of 2002, while others still declared themselves as a Muslims by ethnicity.
Most of the population in Sjenica are Bosniaks or Muslims by the ethnicity (78.55%), followed by Serbs (19.95%) and Romani (0.35%). Ethnic composition of the municipality (2011 census):
Economy
The following table gives a preview of total number of registered people employed in legal entities per their core activity (as of 2018):
Geography and climate
Sjenica is located at an altitude of 1,026 meters above sea level, making it one of the highest towns in Serbia and the Balkans. Temperatures fall below freezing on average 134 days per year, with the first freeze in late September and the last in early May. According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification, it has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with freezing and not so humid winters, and with warm and humid summers, but with cold nights.
Gallery
Twin cities
Nakskov, Denmark
Kartal, Turkey
See also
Bosniaks of Serbia
Sandžak
Sjenica Airport
References
External links
Sjenica official website
municipalities website
Populated places in Zlatibor District
Sandžak
Municipalities and cities of Šumadija and Western Serbia
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The Lucas numbers or Lucas series are an integer sequence named after the mathematician François Édouard Anatole Lucas (1842–1891), who studied both that sequence and the closely related Fibonacci numbers. Lucas numbers and Fibonacci numbers form complementary instances of Lucas sequences.
The Lucas sequence has the same recursive relationship as the Fibonacci sequence, where each term is the sum of the two previous terms, but with different starting values. This produces a sequence where the ratios of successive terms approach the golden ratio, and in fact the terms themselves are roundings of integer powers of the golden ratio. The sequence also has a variety of relationships with the Fibonacci numbers, like the fact that adding any two Fibonacci numbers two terms apart in the Fibonacci sequence results in the Lucas number in between.
The first few Lucas numbers are
2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, 76, 123, ....
Definition
Similar to the Fibonacci numbers, each Lucas number is defined to be the sum of its two immediate previous terms, thereby forming a Fibonacci integer sequence. The first two Lucas numbers are and as opposed to the first two Fibonacci numbers and . Though closely related in definition, Lucas and Fibonacci numbers exhibit distinct properties.
The Lucas numbers may thus be defined as follows:
(where n belongs to the natural numbers)
The sequence of the first twelve Lucas numbers is:
.
All Fibonacci-like integer sequences appear in shifted form as a row of the Wythoff array; the Fibonacci sequence itself is the first row and the Lucas sequence is the second row. Also like all Fibonacci-like integer sequences, the ratio between two consecutive Lucas numbers converges to the golden ratio.
Extension to negative integers
Using , one can extend the Lucas numbers to negative integers to obtain a doubly infinite sequence:
..., −11, 7, −4, 3, −1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, ... (terms for are shown).
The formula for terms with negative indices in this sequence is
Relationship to Fibonacci numbers
The Lucas numbers are related to the Fibonacci numbers by many identities. Among these are the following:
, so .
; in particular, , so .
Their closed formula is given as:
where is the golden ratio. Alternatively, as for the magnitude of the term is less than 1/2, is the closest integer to or, equivalently, the integer part of , also written as .
Combining the above with Binet's formula,
a formula for is obtained:
Lucas identities
Many of the Fibonacci identities have parallels in Lucas numbers. For example, the Cassini identity becomes
Also
where .
where except for .
For example, and
Checking, , and
Generating function
Let
be the generating function of the Lucas numbers. By a direct computation,
which can be rearranged as
gives the generating function for the negative indexed Lucas numbers, , and
satisfies the functional equation
As the generating function for the Fibonacci numbers is given by
we have
which proves that
And
proves that
The partial fraction decomposition is given by
where is the golden ratio and is its conjugate.
This can be used to prove the generating function, as
Congruence relations
If is a Fibonacci number then no Lucas number is divisible by .
is congruent to 1 modulo if is prime, but some composite values of also have this property. These are the Fibonacci pseudoprimes.
is congruent to 0 modulo 5.
Lucas primes
A Lucas prime is a Lucas number that is prime. The first few Lucas primes are
2, 3, 7, 11, 29, 47, 199, 521, 2207, 3571, 9349, 3010349, 54018521, 370248451, 6643838879, ... .
The indices of these primes are (for example, L4 = 7)
0, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 31, 37, 41, 47, 53, 61, 71, 79, 113, 313, 353, 503, 613, 617, 863, 1097, 1361, 4787, 4793, 5851, 7741, 8467, ... .
, the largest confirmed Lucas prime is L148091, which has 30950 decimal digits. , the largest known Lucas probable prime is L2316773, with 484177 decimal digits.
If Ln is prime then n is 0, prime, or a power of 2. L2m is prime for m = 1, 2, 3, and 4 and no other known values of m.
Lucas polynomials
In the same way as Fibonacci polynomials are derived from the Fibonacci numbers, the Lucas polynomials are a polynomial sequence derived from the Lucas numbers.
Applications
Lucas numbers are the second most common pattern in sunflowers after Fibonacci numbers, when clockwise and counter-clockwise spirals are counted, according to an analysis of 657 sunflowers in 2016.
See also
Generalizations of Fibonacci numbers
References
External links
"The Lucas Numbers", Dr Ron Knott
Lucas numbers and the Golden Section
A Lucas Number Calculator can be found here.
Integer sequences
Fibonacci numbers
Recurrence relations
Unsolved problems in mathematics
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Marit Kaldhol
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Marit Kaldhol (born 13 April 1955) is a Norwegian poet and children's writer.
She was born in Ålesund. Her poetry collections include her 1983 debut Lattermilde laken ('Mirthful Bed Sheets') and 2005's Den einaste kjolen ('The Only Dress'). Her children's books include the internationally acclaimed Farvel, Rune ('Goodbye, Rune', 1986). Translated into German as Abschied von Rune, it earned her the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1988.
References
1955 births
Living people
20th-century Norwegian poets
Norwegian children's writers
People from Ålesund
Norwegian women poets
Norwegian women children's writers
21st-century Norwegian poets
20th-century Norwegian women writers
21st-century Norwegian women writers
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Charles Randall Gallett
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Charles Randall Gallett (January 6, 1833 – December 27, 1911) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Gallett was born on January 6, 1833 in Benton, New York. He relocated to Wisconsin in 1854. He was a merchant by trade. In 1865, Gallett married Lydia Viola Wells. They had seven children. Gallett died of heart failure in San Francisco in 1911.
Political career
Gallett was a member of the Assembly in 1879. In addition, he was an alderman and mayor of Portage, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.
References
People from Portage, Wisconsin
Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Mayors of places in Wisconsin
Wisconsin city council members
Wisconsin Republicans
American merchants
1833 births
1911 deaths
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American businesspeople
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The Donald
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The Donald may refer to:
Donald Trump (born 1946), businessman and 45th president of the United States
r/The_Donald, a former discussion forum about Donald Trump on Reddit
TheDonald.win, the former name for Patriots.win, an independent discussion forum about Donald Trump
Godfrey Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald (born 1947), hereditary chief of the Scottish Clan Donald
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A suborder of brachiopods containing the families:
Family Strophochonetidae
Family Chonostrophiidae
Family Anopliidae
Family Eodevonariidae
Family Chonetidae
Family Rugosochonetidae
Family Daviesiellidae
References
Strophomenata
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Dennis Johnsen (born January 2, 1996), better known as Svenskeren, is a Danish professional League of Legends player. He has also played for SK Gaming, Supa Hot Crew, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Copenhagen Wolves, Team SoloMid, Cloud9, and Evil Geniuses.
During the 2014 League of Legends World Championship group stage in Taiwan, Svenskeren registered an account by the name TaipeiChingChong on the Garena servers and was subsequently fined and suspended by Riot Games for racism. The incident was also criticized by the Taiwanese version of the newspaper Apple Daily. SK Gaming ultimately finished 9–11th.
TSM was involved in a dispute with H2k-Gaming over Svenskeren's contract as both sides claimed they had signed him first. Eventually he signed with TSM, replacing Lucas "Santorin" Larsen as their jungler. At his first tournament with the team, they finished 3rd-4th at Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose.
Personal life
Dennis was born on January 2, 1996, and grew up in Denmark.
Dennis has gone through quite the fitness transformation throughout his journey as a professional League of Legends player, which has brought attention to the stereotype of balancing health and fitness with gaming in each respective community.
As of 2019, Svenskeren's estimated net worth over the course of being a professional League of Legends player is approximately $19,235.
Career
Season 1 (2011)
Svenskeren started his competitive League of Legends career with LoLLeague, (Known as today's SK Gaming) before he joined 3DMAX. After a few gaming scrims, he eventually left and joined Leethuanyan's roster, which was also picked up by Team Mistral soon after. They managed to place 3rd at the Kings of Europe tournament, however, just before the third-place match, Svenskeren was replaced by Kottenx, leaving him team-less at the end of the season.
Season 2 (2012)
After taking the majority of his down time away from the competitive scene, Svenskeren was picked up by the Copenhagen Wolves near the end of season two. His debut with the wolves took place at the DreamHack Winter 2012 tournament, where they went on undefeated, only losing to CLG Europe in the semifinals. He and the team also competed at the THOR Open 2012, coming in 2nd behind Fnatic. Svenskeren and the team followed up these tournaments with more success, placing 1st at NorthCon eSport Arena 2012 and in the Eclypsia Christmas Cup.
Season 3 (2013)
Svenskeren moved around throughout this season from the Copenhagen Wolves, in the spring split to joining Ninjas in Pyjamas in the summer split. Towards the end of Season 3, Svenskeren went on to join SK Gaming, where they lost to his former team, the Copenhagen Wolves, in the first round of the amateur tournament at IEM Cologne.
Season 4 (2014)
Svenskeren performed well in the fresh SK Gaming roster in the Spring split. Adjustments in playstyle allowed for improvements in SK's results as they placed 3rd, securing them a spot in the spring playoffs. They placed 2nd, losing to Fnatic in the finals. In the Summer split, SK placed 4th in the regular summer split and subsequently 3rd, in the playoffs. They qualified for Worlds after defeating Team ROCCAT in the 3rd place match.
On September 17, 2014, Svenskeren was fined up to $2,500 and was suspended from competing at worlds with SK for violating the World Championship Event rules by using racially insensitive language while interacting with players in Taiwan. Svenskeren had registered an account by the name TaipeiChingChong on the Garena servers and was subsequently fined and suspended by Riot Games. The incident was also criticized by the Taiwanese version of the newspaper Apple Daily.
Season 5 (2015)
In response to poor behavior, Svenskeren honed in on his gaming capabilities, helping SK finish 1st in the Spring split. However, they finished 9th in the Summer split, after the exhaustive IEM Season IX - World Championship, where SK Gaming lost in the 2nd round of the winners bracket against the GE Tigers. Consequently, SK's lack in results resulted in the team's disbandment as they lost their place in the EU LCS at the end of the 2015 season.
Season 6 (2016)
In the 2016 preseason, Svenskeren had the choices to join either NA's TSM or EU's H2k. After initially turning down TSM's offer, Svenskeren was set to join H2k, however, the founder of TSM, Reginald, personally offered him a starting spot on the roster, and Svenskeren accepted. This created tensions between the teams as H2k claimed the transfer to be illegal due to having Svenskeren's agreement to join H2k in paper. TSM eventually won both Spring and Summer titles, ensuring their second NA LCS title in a row.
Season 7 (2017)
On TSM, Svenskeren assisted the team in finishing 1st with a 15–3 record in the regular spring split. Following in the spring playoffs, TSM defeated Cloud9, 3–2 in a close series, winning Svenskeren and TSM the 2017 Spring LCS title. This qualified them for the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational, however, TSM failed to live up to the occasion and placed 5th, with a record of 4–6. Following this performance loss, Doublelift was added, in place of WildTurtle for the 2017 Summer Split. They finished 1st again with a 14–4 record in the regular summer split and subsequently defeated Immortals, 3–1 in the summer playoffs, qualifying TSM for the 2017 World Championship. This cemented history as TSM was the first team in NA LCS history to ever achieve three titles in a row. After a poor performance at Worlds, Svenskeren left TSM in November and joined Cloud9.
Season 8 (2018)
One of Svenskeren's most pivoting seasons in his League of Legends career was in the 2018 season. Specifically, Cloud9 added Licorice and Svenskeren for the 2018 Spring Season. They placed 5th overall despite holding the 2nd place title for the majority of the season. In the 2018 Summer season, Cloud9 added Goldenglue, Keith and Zeyzal to their roster and brought back Jensen and Sneaky into the main roster. Due to poor performance, in these season splits, Svenskeren was moved to Cloud9 Academy while bringing Blaber in as the new roster for the remainder of the 2018 Summer Season. This likely foreshadowed his transition into Evil Geniuses as he remained a Jungle Substitute.
Tournament results
5th–8th — Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose (Team SoloMid)
2nd — 2016 NA LCS Spring regular season (Team SoloMid)
1st — 2016 NA LCS Summer regular season
1st — 2016 NA LCS Summer playoffs
9th–12th — 2016 World Championship
References
External links
1996 births
Living people
Danish esports players
League of Legends jungle players
Cloud9 (esports) players
Copenhagen Wolves players
Evil Geniuses players
Ninjas in Pyjamas players
SK Gaming players
Team SoloMid players
Danish expatriates in the United States
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Black Madonna (song)
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"Black Madonna" is a song by American rapper and singer-songwriter Azealia Banks featuring Lex Luger, who handled production on the track. Released on June 9, 2020, the song serves as the lead single to Banks' second studio album, Business & Pleasure, which is scheduled for a 2021 release.
Background
In 2017, Banks released the song "Chi Chi" as the intended lead single from her upcoming album Business & Pleasure, however plans changed the following year when Banks shifted direction to focus on Fantasea II: The Second Wave which still awaits release. After separating from her previous record label eOne Music, Banks announced that her focus would return to Business & Pleasure as Fantasea II: The Second Wave was not "complete to her liking". Before the release of "Black Madonna", Banks released the promotional singles "Pyrex Princess" and "1-800-Nu-Checks" in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Both songs are intended to be included on Business & Pleasure.
On February 6, 2020, Banks published a draft of the Business & Pleasure track listing in which "Black Madonna" appeared as track two. Banks first teased the song on an Instagram live stream playing a demo version of the song. On May 22, 2020, Banks posted a snippet of the song on her Instagram account. Banks announced that "Black Madonna" would serve as the lead single to Business & Pleasure following the release of the song.
Critical reception
The single was included on Pitchfork's "The Ones", a daily blog to highlight a select song curated by one of the site's specific team. Sheldon Pearce for Pitchfork praised the single stating that Banks is "up to her old tricks" and that "her bars are phonetically gnarly yet structurally sound. Her verses work even better in small bursts and her punchy cadences emulate the strong-arm tactics she raps about". Discussing both Banks and Luger, Pearce added "The song likely isn’t enough to restore them to former glory, but it is quite the reminder of just how formidable they can be". Torsten Ingvaldsen of Hypebeast called the track an "ice-cold banger" adding that Banks "takes no time to unleash her lyrical braggadocio".
Jon Powell of Revolt described Banks "delivering some of her grittiest, potent bars yet" on the song. Mitch Findlay of HotNewHipHop gave the track a "Very Hottttt" rating on the site as well as praising Banks and Luger stating that "The track finds her connecting with Lex Luger, who provides Banks with a lavish, ice-cold instrumental. It doesn't take long for Azealia to find her pocket, absolutely coasting over the beat with a confident swagger". He added that the single is "one of Banks' most intimidating drops in a minute".
Credits and personnel
Azealia Banks – vocals, songwriter
Lex Luger – producer
Release history
References
2020 singles
Azealia Banks songs
Songs written by Azealia Banks
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Zagorica pri Dolskem
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Zagorica pri Dolskem ( or or ) is a dispersed settlement in the hills northeast of Dolsko in the Municipality of Dol pri Ljubljani in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Name
The name of the settlement was changed from Zagorica to Zagorica pri Dolskem in 1955.
History
During the Second World War, Partisan forces took up positions in Zagorica and neighboring Križevska Vas. The Partisans retreated from the villages toward Vače when a German column approached on 18 August 1944, and evidence was collected from the school and rectory that the Partisans had been there for an extended time. Eight men from Zagorica and Križevska Vas were arrested for collaboration with the Partisans and imprisoned in Kamnik. On 24 August 1944, Russian Liberation Army troops forced the villagers from their homes and then searched and looted the houses. The people were then ordered to collect their belongings. The Russian Liberation Army forces escorted the villagers to Dolsko and then burned Zagorica and Križevska Vas. The villagers were not permitted to return home until the end of the war.
Among the structures destroyed in the fire was the original wooden house where Jurij Vega (1754–1802) was born. It was replaced by a brick structure, and a 1904 plaque commemorating the 150th anniversary of Vega's birth was reinstalled on the house.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Zagorica pri Dolskem include:
Jurij Vega (1754–1802), mathematician
Gallery
References
External links
Zagorica pri Dolskem on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Dol pri Ljubljani
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Emmanuel Maximilien-Joseph Guidal
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Emmanuel Maximilien-Joseph Guidal (31 December 1764 – 29 October 1812) was a French general known for his role in the Malet Conspiracy which was aimed at toppling Napoleon I, who was away from Paris when the events of it occurred.
Life
Guidal was born on 31 December 1764. He may have been the General Guidal who, using treachery, lured Chouan rebel Louis de Frotté to Alençon, where the man was seized and executed. A supporter of the French Republic, Guidal disagreed with Napoleon I and, after conspiring with the British, was incarcerated in La Force prison.
During Malet's coup in 1812, Guidal was released from prison, along with General Victor Lahorie, by Claude Francois de Malet, a former general and leading conspirator in the coup. Guidal, with a detachment of National Guards, was to arrest Henri Clarke, the Minister of War, and Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, the Archchancellor. Instead, Guidal accompanied Lahorie and participated in the arrest of the Duke of Rovigo, the French police minister, who was a personal enemy of Guidal.
The coup was eventually foiled, and, along with Malet and Lahorie, Guidal was tried by a council of war. The three generals were shot by a firing squad on 29 October 1812.
References
French generals
French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
1764 births
1812 deaths
Executed French people
People executed by the First French Empire
People executed by France by firing squad
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geg%C3%AA%20Chaia
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Gegê Chaia
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George Frederico Torres Homem Chaia (born February 3, 1991 in Rio de Janeiro), commonly known as "Gegê" Chaia, is a Brazilian professional basketball player who currently plays as point guard for Minas Tênis Clube in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).
Professional career
Chaia started his career at Tijuca, but then moved to Spanish club Baloncesto Torrejón in 2008, where he became a professional player. In 2010, he transferred to Flamengo, on a one-season loan spell. In that season he won the Brazilian Developmental League youth age championship.
Tijuca Tênis Clube
For the 2011–12 NBB season, Chaia signed with his former club, Tijuca Tênis Clube and debuted in the NBB. He didn't have any impressive numbers, but managed to play in four postseason games.
Flamengo
In 2012, Chaia once again signed with Flamengo. This time with more experience, he became the team's back-up point guard, and with them he won the 2012–13 season championship of the Brazilian NBB league. In the next season, 2013–14, Chaia got even more playing time, and was more consistently in the team's rotation. In that season, he averaged 6.2 points and 5.4 assists per game in the Brazilian NBB's regular season. That season, he also won the 2014 FIBA Americas League and the 2013–14 season championship of the Brazilian NBB league.
His most important career achievement came at the beginning of the 2014–15 season, when his team, Flamengo, defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv, on aggregate score, in a two-game series, to become the 2014 FIBA Intercontinental Cup champions.
NBB statistics
NBB regular season
NBB playoffs
References
External links
Twitter Account
NBB Player Profile
LatinBasket.com Profile
1991 births
Living people
Associação Bauru Basketball players
Brazilian men's basketball players
Flamengo basketball players
Minas Tênis Clube basketball players
Novo Basquete Brasil players
Point guards
Basketball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Tijuca Tênis Clube basketball players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim%20Daniel%20von%20Jauch
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Joachim Daniel von Jauch
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Joachim Daniel von Jauch (22 March 1688 – 3 May 1754) was a German-born architect who supervised the baroque development of Warsaw in Poland.
Early life and work
Joachim Daniel von Jauch was born into the Jauch family in Güstrow, Germany on 22 March 1688 as the youngest of fourteen children. Until 1704 von Jauch undertook military service for the States-General of the Netherlands and served under Kings Augustus II and Augustus III of Poland in the Saxon as well as the Polish armies. He was elevated to Electoral Saxon Lieutenant (1705), Electoral Saxon Captain in the engineer corps (1714), Royal Polish captain in the Royal Polish artillery regiment (1717) and Royal Polish Major and Electoral Saxon Major (both 1720).
Meanwhile, he was also a civilian engineer and baroque architect for the Kings. He was appointed inspector for the street lighting of the City of Dresden in 1705 and authorized representative for Poland of the king in architectural matters (1715).
In 1720 von Jauch married Eva Maria Münnich, said to be the daughter of Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, his predecessor as superintendent of the Saxon building authority.
Architectural career
Joachim Daniel von Jauch was appointed superintendent of the Saxonian building authority in Poland (1721) and the following year bought land in the Solec quarter which was autonomous, and not subject to the City of Warsaw, where he then erected the Palais Jauch. He was commissioned to renovate several castle halls at the Royal Castle, Warsaw (1722–23). Between 1724-1730 he modified the Ujazdow Palace and erected the alley of the Ujazdow Palace in Warsaw. He was responsible for the 1726 rebuilding of the 'Blue Palace' at the Saxon Garden and the design of the hall of the Polish parliament in the Sapieha Palace. In 1727 he prepared a draft for the church of the Boni Fratelli at Warsaw and in 1729 began work to build the Casimirs Barracks in Warsaw. von Jauch was ennobled (1730) after which in 1731 he added a large festival room to his palais at Solec where he received the King.
The golden years of his architectural career were from 1735 on with the erection of the Lubomirski Palace and construction of the chapel of the Saxon Palace (both 1735) the erection of the theater in the royal palace at Warsaw (1736), the building of the crypt for King August II of Poland in the Capuchin Church at Warsaw (1736–1738) leading to his receipt of the title of governor of the Saxonian building authority in Poland (1736). This work was followed by a commission to rebuild the Kazimierzowski Palace to a rococo design with co-architect (1737–39), the 1738 erection of postal buildings (Postpalais) at Dąbrowa and Boguszyce in Poland, on the royal road between Dresden and Warsaw, and in 1745 construction of the portal of the Saxon Palace.
In his parallel military career, he rose to Electoral Saxonian Lieutenant-Colonel (1725), Royal Polish Lieutenant-Colonel (1729) and Royal Polish Colonel (1736).
Joachim Daniel von Jauch died in Warsaw on 3 May 1754. Between 1754 and 1759 the Brühl Palace, Warsaw was rebuilt to designs by von Jauch and .
References
External links
Wiederaufbau des sächsischen Palais in Warschau
Polnisches Biographisches Jahrbuch (Polski Slownik Biograficzny) - Sippschaftstafel, d.h. Übersicht über die in das Polnische Biographische Jahrbuch in eigenen Artikeln aufgenommenen Nachkommen und Verwandten von Joachim Daniel v. Jauch
Nachkommen von Jauchs Tochter Constance (Polish)
Nachkommen von Jauchs Tochter Constance (Nachfahrentafel)
1688 births
1754 deaths
Generals of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
German Baroque architects
Polish Baroque architects
Saxon generals
People from Güstrow
Jauch family
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur%20Boulevard
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MacArthur Boulevard
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MacArthur Boulevard may refer to:
MacArthur Boulevard (Washington, D.C.), a road that parallels the C&O Canal in Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland
MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland, California, a major boulevard in Oakland and a historical portion of U.S. Route 50 in California
Interstate 580 (California) in Oakland, California, known as the MacArthur Freeway as it parallels the original U.S. Route 50
MacArthur Boulevard in Orange County, California, a major boulevard running which was formerly California State Route 73
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Randy Komisar
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Randy Komisar is a technology attorney, executive, and author living in Silicon Valley, California. Komisar is the co-founder of Claris, former CEO of Lucas Arts Entertainment, Chief Financial Officer of GO Corp, and the "virtual CEO" of TiVo.
Early career
Komisar attended Brown University for undergraduate studies and received a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He practiced law in the Boston area until he managed the legal aspects of the acquisition of Pixar by Steve Jobs. Following the acquisition, he went to work for Apple, where he worked on the project to license the Macintosh operating systems to Apollo Computer. Following the refusal of the board to license the operating system, Komisar accepted a job to co-found Claris.
Claris
Apple decided to spin software products off to a third party, creating Claris in 1987. Komisar was asked by Bill Campbell to become a co-founder of the company and ran a number of acquisitions. While at Claris, Komisar negotiated deals with Filemaker, which the company would morph into over time, but failed to negotiate an attempt to acquire Quark.
Claris would later announce intentions to go public. Apple declined the option for Claris to file for an initial public offering, leading to each executive selling their shares.
Chief Executive and Venture Capital
Komisar would go on to work with a number of notable technology startups:
Komisar served on the Board of Directors of WebTV prior to the 1995 acquisition by Microsoft
CFO of GO Corp
CEO of LucasArts Entertainment
CEO of Crystal Dynamics
Originally intending to create a home network device, TiVo would digitize video on a set top box for a monthly service at the suggestion of [Randy Komisar] and make him a founding director.
Komisar would serve as "virtual CEO of GlobalGiving
Early-stage investment advisor at Kleiner Perkins (since 2005)
Serves on the board and advises Gusto, Motiv, Veem
Served on the board and advised Graphiq until they were acquired by Amazon
Served on the board and advised Google Nest until they were acquired by Google
Served on the board and advised RPX Corporation until they were acquired by HGGC
Author
Komisar has written a number of books about entrepreneurialism and venture capital:
The Monk and the Riddle
Getting to Plan B
I F*cking Love That Company
Straight Talk for Startups
Non-Profit Work
Roadtrip Nation Advisory Board
Orrick's Women's Leadership Board
References
Brown University alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
American lawyers
American technology chief executives
American male non-fiction writers
People from the San Francisco Bay Area
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odozana
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Odozana
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Odozana is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae.
Species
Odozana cocciniceps E. D. Jones, 1908
Odozana decepta Schaus, 1911
Odozana domina Schaus, 1896
Odozana floccosa Walker, 1864
Odozana incarnata Jörgensen, 1935
Odozana inconspicua Schaus, 1911
Odozana margina Schaus, 1896
Odozana methaemata Hampson, 1900
Odozana nigrata Reich, 1933
Odozana obscura Schaus, 1896
Odozana patagiata Dognin, 1909
Odozana roseiceps Rothschild, 1913
Odozana sixola Schaus, 1911
Odozana unica Schaus, 1905
References
Lithosiini
Moth genera
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitlyal%20Loch
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Pitlyal Loch
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Pitlyal Loch also known as Round Loch is a small lochan in Sidlaw Hills in Angus. It is located southeast of Long Loch and is almost directly south of Newtyle and south-by-south-east of Coupar Angus.
Geography
The loch is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
See also
List of lochs in Scotland
References
Freshwater lochs of Scotland
Lochs of Angus
Tay catchment
Protected areas of Angus
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Scotland
Conservation in the United Kingdom
Special Areas of Conservation in Scotland
Birdwatching sites in Scotland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Valley%20Township%2C%20Traverse%20County%2C%20Minnesota
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Lake Valley Township, Traverse County, Minnesota
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Lake Valley Township is a township in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 276 at the 2000 census.
Lake Valley Township was organized in 1881. One property in the township, Larson's Hunters Resort, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (5.00%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 276 people, 104 households, and 76 families residing in the township. The population density was 4.7 people per square mile (1.8/km2). There were 117 housing units at an average density of 2.0/sq mi (0.8/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 97.83% White, 1.09% Asian, 0.36% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.09% of the population.
There were 104 households, out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were married couples living together, 3.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.0% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the township the population was spread out, with 31.9% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $35,625, and the median income for a family was $41,667. Males had a median income of $31,875 versus $15,625 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,176. About 3.0% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.7% of those 65 or over.
References
Townships in Traverse County, Minnesota
Townships in Minnesota
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%20of%20Chrome
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Children of Chrome
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Children of Chrome is the debut studio album by Australian metalcore band Void of Vision, released on 30 September 2016 by UNFD. It was produced by Ocean Grove's drummer Sam Bassal and recorded at Hydra Rehearsal Studios, Victoria. It peaked in the top 60 of the ARIA Albums Chart.
Singles and promotion
To promote their debut album, Void of Vision set up a national tour organised by Destroy All Lines. They performed in Fitzroy, Adelaide, Footscray, Sydney, Newcastle, and Woolloongabba from 21–30 October. The first single of the album, "Sunrise" (stylised as "Sun//Rise") and its accompanying music video were released to YouTube on 18 June 2015, garnering over 73,000 views to date. Their second single from the album, "//" featuring guest vocals by Drew York, was released on 5 September 2016. Its music video has since accumulated over 95,000 views on YouTube. Their third and final single from the album, "Ctrl Freak" was released on 29 September, a day before the album's release. Its music video has since been viewed over 23,000 times.
Writing and composition
All songs were written by frontman Jack Bergin with additional input from guitarist James McKendrick and producer Sam Bassal. Drew York from the American hardcore band Stray from the Path was featured on the single "//". The album was also described as being different from their previous singles, it was noted that elements of nu metal had made its way into the album. UNFD describes the album as being a "statement for people who give a fuck in a world intoxicated by power, greed and hatred."
The single "Ctrl Freak" was described by Bergin as "refer[ing] to anyone using the internet as a faux pedestal for themselves. Mainly [...] the 'social justice warriors' out there who associate social status negatively with empathy for real world issues, practically exploiting them."
Critical reception
The album received mixed reviews. Nick Dominko of KillYourStereo praised the first few tracks on the albums but called the rest "sadly forgettable." He then noted that fans of Ocean Grove, Northlane, Earth Caller may enjoy it. AAA Backstage gave the album a more favourable review, however stated: "…it’s regrettable that Void of Vision were unable to capture the fury and emotional intensity they had clearly demonstrated throughout the album and produce a powerful ending." In a positive review from Metal Hammer they commented: "If [Void of Vision] find a way to combine, rather than compartmentalise, these contrasting sides then they could be huge."
Track listing
Track listing adapted from Spotify. Writers from APRA AMCOS.
Personnel
Void of Vision
Jack Bergin - vocals
James McKendrick - lead guitar, backup vocals
Mitch Fairlie - rhythm guitar
George Murphy - drums
Matt Thompson - bass
Other musicians
Drew York - guest vocals on "//"
Production
Sam Bassal - producer
References
Void of Vision albums
2016 debut albums
UNFD albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20Am%C3%ADlcar%20Cabral%20Cup
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1987 Amílcar Cabral Cup
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The 1987 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Conakry, Guinea.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
References
RSSSF archives
Amílcar Cabral Cup
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20highways%20numbered%20151
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List of highways numbered 151
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Route 151, or Highway 151, may refer to:
Canada
Prince Edward Island Route 151
Costa Rica
National Route 151
India
National Highway 151 (India)
Ireland
R151 road (Ireland)
Japan
Japan National Route 151
Korea, South
Seocheon–Gongju Expressway
United States
U.S. Route 151
Alabama State Route 151
Arkansas Highway 151
California State Route 151
Colorado State Highway 151
Connecticut Route 151
Florida State Road 151
Georgia State Route 151
Hawaii Route 151 (former)
Illinois Route 151
Kentucky Route 151
Louisiana Highway 151
Maine State Route 151
Maryland Route 151
Massachusetts Route 151
M-151 (Michigan Highway) (former)
Missouri Route 151
New Hampshire Route 151
New Jersey Route 151 (former)
New York State Route 151
North Carolina Highway 151
Ohio State Route 151
Oklahoma State Highway 151
Pennsylvania Route 151
South Carolina Highway 151
Tennessee State Route 151
Texas State Highway 151
Texas State Highway Loop 151
Texas State Highway Spur 151
Utah State Route 151
Virginia State Route 151
Washington State Route 151 (former)
Wyoming Highway 151
Territories
Puerto Rico Highway 151
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzer
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Denzer
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Denzer may refer to:
Denzer, Wisconsin, United States
Roger Denzer (1871–1949), American baseball player
See also
Danzer, a surname
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECR2
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DECR2
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Peroxisomal 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DECR2 gene.
References
Further reading
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Ferguson%20%28disambiguation%29
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Patrick Ferguson (disambiguation)
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Patrick Ferguson was a Scottish army officer.
Patrick Ferguson is also the name of:
Patrick Ferguson (drummer)
See also
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