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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait%20in%20the%20Window
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Portrait in the Window
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"Portrait in the Window" is a single by Canadian country music artist Carroll Baker. Released in 1978, it was the fifth single from her album Sweet Sensation. The song reached number one on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada in July 1978.
Chart performance
References
1978 singles
Carroll Baker songs
RPM Country Tracks number-one singles of the year
1978 songs
RCA Records singles
Songs written by Don Grashey
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSRF%20%28AM%29
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WSRF (AM)
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WSRF (1580 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a full-service/brokered format primarily in Haitian Creole and French. Licensed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, the station serves the Miami area. The station is owned by Niche Radio, Inc.
WSRF is one of several stations broadcasting its signal using CAM-D, a digital transmission method similar to HD Radio, but compatible with many current analog receivers.
References
External links
FCC History Cards for WSRF
CAM-D-enabled radio
SRF
French-language mass media in the United States
French-language radio stations
Haitian-American culture in Florida
Haitian Creole-language mass media
SRF
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumachyovo
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Kumachyovo
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Kumachyovo or Kumachevo () is a rural settlement in Zelenogradsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, part of the Pereslavskoye rural municipality (Пересла́вское се́льское поселе́ние). When the area was part of East Prussia, the settlement was called Kumehnen (Cumehnen). It is located on the Sambian Peninsula.
The Kumehnen Church is located in Kumachevo.
References
Rural localities in Kaliningrad Oblast
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy%20Rosary%20Academy
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Holy Rosary Academy
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Holy Rosary Academy may refer to:
Holy Rosary Academy (Alaska) — Anchorage, Alaska
Holy Rosary Academy (Hinunangan, Philippines)
See also
Rosary Academy (Fullerton, California)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebuh%20Ayer%20Keroh
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Lebuh Ayer Keroh
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Lebuh Ayer Keroh, Federal Route 143, also known as Lebuhraya Ayer Keroh or Ayer Keroh Highway, is the main dual-carriageway highway that connects Malacca City of Malacca, Malaysia to the North–South Expressway via Ayer Keroh Interchange. Ayer Keroh, the main satellite town of Malacca City is located along the road. Lebuh Ayer Keroh used to be Melaka State Route M31 before being recommissioned by Malaysian Public Works Department (Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR)). Before 1993, most of the road was a two-lane road before it was upgraded to a dual-carriageway in 1993 (Ayer Keroh Toll Plaza–Graha Makmur) and in 1997 (entire route).
The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 143 starts at Jalan Durian Tunggal junctions near Ayer Keroh toll plaza of the Ayer Keroh Interchange.
Features
Malacca Gateway Arch
Ayer Keroh
Hang Tuah Jaya
At most sections, the Federal Route 143 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.
List of junctions and interchanges
References
Highways in Malaysia
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Transport in Malacca
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth%20Mewa%20Khan%20Lehri
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Goth Mewa Khan Lehri
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Goth Mewa Khan Lehri is a village in the Jaffarabad District of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. The village is near the city of Usta Mohammad.
Populated places in Jafarabad District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e%20Filipovi%C4%87
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Đorđe Filipović (also Djordje Filipović, ; born November 6, 1978) is a Serbian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and in individual medley events. He represented the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and earned nine Big East Conference titles for the Syracuse University swimming and diving team, while studying in the United States.
Filipovic, a former member of PK April 11 in Belgrade, attended the Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, where he majored in information management and technology, and eventually graduated with honors in the spring of 2002. He also played for the Syracuse Orange swimming and diving team under head coach Lou Walker, and was served as the team's captain. While swimming for the Orange, Filipovic was a nine-time Big East Conference champion, awarding four titles in the 200-yard butterfly, three in the 200-yard individual medley, and two in the 100-yard butterfly since his official entry in 1998. In 2001, Filipovic was named Big East Conference's outstanding male swimmer of the year after smashing a meet record of 1:45.70 in the 200-yard butterfly.
A member of a defunct Yugoslav squad, Filipovic competed only in the men's 200 m individual medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-cut of 2:09.07 from the Akropolis Grand Prix in Athens. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including Kuwait's four-time Olympian Sultan Al-Otaibi. Leading off into the breaststroke leg with a fastest split (38.45), Filipovic faded shortly to third place by a 1.7-second deficit from Kyrgyzstan's Andrei Pakin, winner of his heat, in 2:09.28. Filipovic failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-ninth overall in the prelims.
References
External links
Player Bio – Syracuse Orange
1978 births
Living people
Serbian male swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Yugoslavia
Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Male medley swimmers
Syracuse Orange men's swimmers
Sportspeople from Belgrade
Yugoslav male swimmers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Rajya%20Sabha%20members%20from%20Chhattisgarh
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List of Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh
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The list of current and past Rajya Sabha members from the Chhattisgarh State. State elect 5 member for the term of 6 years and indirectly elected by the state legislators, since year 2000.
Current Members (2020)
Keys:
Chronological list of all Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh state
Chronological list by last date of appointment
Star (*) represents current Rajya Sabha members from CG State.
References
External links
Rajya Sabha homepage hosted by the Indian government
List of Sitting Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)
MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA (STATE WISE RETIREMENT LIST)
Chhattisgarh
Rajya Sabha
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87andarl%C4%B1%20%28disambiguation%29
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Çandarlı (disambiguation)
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Çandarlı may mean
Place
Çandarlı, a town in İzmir Province, Turkey
People
Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha Ottoman Grand vizier 1364-1387
Çandarlı Ali Paşa Ottoman Grand vizier (1387-1406)
Çandarlı (1.) İbrahim Paşa Ottoman Grand vizier (1421-1429)
Çandarlı (2nd) Halil Pasha Ottoman Grand vizier (1439-1453)
Çandarlı (2.) İbrahim Paşa Ottoman Grand vizier (1498-1499)
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Reggie Lambe
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Reginald Everard Vibart Thompson-Lambe (born 4 February 1991), known as Reggie Lambe, is a Bermudian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Isthmian League North Division side Stowmarket Town.
Lambe is a Bermudian national team player, making his first appearance at age 16 against St Kitts and Nevis in December 2007.
Club career
Lambe began his professional career with Ipswich Town, joining from Bermudian club Dandy Town Hornets, playing on the youth team and eventually joining the reserve squad, as well as making a first team appearance in a League Cup match against Shrewsbury Town. Lambe made his league debut in Ipswich Town's victory over Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium on 7 August 2010, replacing Carlos Edwards in the 64th minute. The game ended in a 3–1 win for Ipswich Town.
Lambe joined Bristol Rovers on loan on 24 March 2011. While with Rovers Lambe made seven league appearances.
Lambe signed with Canadian club Toronto FC, of Major League Soccer (MLS), on 7 December 2011. Lambe scored his first goal(s) for Toronto in league play, scoring twice against Chicago Fire on 21 April, the game ended in a 3–2 home defeat. Lambe helped Toronto win the 2012 Canadian Championship with two goals, tying him with three other players for the Canadian Championship Golden Boot. He was put on waivers by Toronto FC on 5 March 2014.
After being waived by Toronto FC, Lambe joined Nyköpings BIS of Sweden's Division 1 Norra. Over three months, Lambe made twelve appearances for the club, scoring one goal before leaving. After leaving Nyköpings, Lambe had a short trial with Mansfield Town before officially signing for the club for the 2014–2015 season on 17 September 2014. Three days later, Lambe was named to the lineup as a substitute for Mansfield Town's league match against Carlisle United. Lambe went on to debut for the club in the match, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute for Fergus Bell.
Lambe joined League Two rivals Carlisle United in June 2016. He scored on his debut in a 1–1 draw with Portsmouth on 6 August 2016.
At the end of the 2017–18 season he was released by Carlisle.
On 28 June 2018, Lambe joined League Two club Cambridge United on a two-year contract. He scored his first goal for Cambridge in a 3–1 EFL Trophy loss to Southend United on 4 September 2018.
In 2020, Lambe signed for Stowmarket Town. Lambe scored on his debut in a 5–0 F.A. Vase win over Eynesbury Rovers.
International career
After representing Bermuda's under-15's, Lambe made his first full international appearance for Bermuda as a 16-year-old against St Kitts and Nevis in December 2007.
On 30 August 2008, Lambe scored four goals for his national team, in a 7–0 defeat of Saint Martin; a Digicel Cup match. These were his first goals for his country.
In May 2019 Lambe was named to the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad ahead of Bermuda's first ever participation at the tournament.
Career statistics
Club
International
International goals
Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lambe goal.
Honours
Toronto FC
Canadian Championship: 2012
Individual
Canadian Championship Golden Boot: 2012 (shared)
References
External links
Mansfield Town FC profile
Caribbean Football Database profile
1991 births
Living people
People from Hamilton, Bermuda
Bermudian footballers
Bermuda international footballers
Association football midfielders
Ipswich Town F.C. players
Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Toronto FC players
Nyköpings BIS players
Mansfield Town F.C. players
Carlisle United F.C. players
Cambridge United F.C. players
Bermudian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate soccer players in Canada
Bermudian expatriate sportspeople in England
Bermudian expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
English Football League players
Major League Soccer players
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
Bermuda youth international footballers
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Nathan of Breslov
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Nathan of Breslov (January 22, 1780 – December 20, 1844), also known as Reb Noson, born Nathan Sternhartz, was the chief disciple and scribe of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov Hasidic dynasty. Reb Noson is credited with preserving, promoting and expanding the Breslov movement after the Rebbe's death. Rebbe Nachman himself said, "Were it not for Reb Noson, not a page of my writings would have remained."
Spiritual seeker
Reb Noson was born in the town of Nemyriv, Ukraine. His father, Rabbi Naphtali Hertz Sternhartz, was a Talmudic scholar of some distinction and a wealthy businessman. His mother's name was Chaya Laneh. Reb Noson was the firstborn of his family; he had three brothers — Reb Yudel, Reb Yosef, and Reb Leibush — and one sister, whose name is not known.
Reb Noson received a traditional Torah education and learned his father's business. At the age of 13 (as was the custom), he married Esther Shaindel, daughter of Rabbi Dovid Zvi Orbach, the leading rabbinical authority in Mohilov, Sharograd, and Kremenetz. Both his father and his father-in-law were staunch opponents of Hasidism.
Although Reb Noson was a learned scholar, he felt that something was lacking in his spiritual devotions. He began to visit different Hasidic rebbes, including Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, and was impressed by their followers' sincerity. However, he could not summon the same intensity in his religious devotions. In 1802, Rebbe Nachman moved to Breslov, Ukraine, which is located nine miles south of Nemyriv (a three-hour journey by horse in those days). Reb Noson went to hear the Rebbe, who was only 8 years his senior, and found the spiritual advisor he was seeking. Reb Noson became Rebbe Nachman's lifelong disciple.
Although Reb Noson's family was initially opposed to his association with Hasidism, they eventually relented when they saw that his Torah scholarship and personal piety only improved under the tutelage of Rebbe Nachman.
Reb Noson and Esther Shaindel had three sons — Shachneh, Yitzchok, and Dovid Zvi — and one daughter, Chana Tzirel. Esther Shaindel died in September 1826, and Reb Noson married Dishel, a widow with a son and daughter of her own, in October 1826. With his second wife, he had two more sons, Nachman and Yosef Yonah.
The scribe
Reb Noson was personally responsible for preserving the teachings, stories and everyday conversations of his mentor, and for promulgating the Breslov movement after Nachman's death in 1810.
While the Rebbe was alive, Reb Noson was his official scribe, carefully recording his teacher's words. Because many of the Rebbe's lessons were delivered on Sabbaths and Jewish holidays, when it is forbidden to write (according to Halakha, "Jewish law"), the material had to be written down later. However, Reb Noson had a phenomenal memory and was able to recall many lessons almost word-for-word. He would then show the manuscript to the Rebbe, who would make any final corrections. Some lessons were dictated line by line by Rebbe Nachman to Reb Noson after the Sabbath or Jewish holiday in Yiddish, and Reb Noson would translate the lessons into Hebrew. In his later publications, Reb Noson carefully notes whether a lesson was edited and approved by Nachman himself, or was a less formal anecdote not specifically approved by him. He also makes a clear distinction between the Rebbe's actual words and any comments he himself wrote.
Building a movement
After Rebbe Nachman's death on October 16, 1810, Reb Noson moved to Breslov and began to be known as Nathan of Breslov. He became the leader of the Breslover Hasidim—but not the Rebbe, because Rebbe Nachman did not appoint a successor or establish a dynasty.
Instead, Reb Noson threw all his energies into strengthening the Breslover movement while maintaining his own rigorous schedule of Torah study. He purchased a printing press and published all of Rebbe Nachman's writings, as well as all the remembered conversations he and others had had with Nachman. Reb Noson also wrote many original discourses and teachings, some of which were published during his lifetime. He corresponded with Breslover Hasidim throughout Ukraine, and visited them several times a year.
Reb Noson was also responsible for making Uman, Ukraine, the city in which Rebbe Nachman is buried, into a focal point of the Hasidut. In 1811, he organized the first annual Rosh Hashana kibbutz (prayer gathering) at the gravesite, and continued to lead this pilgrimage until his death in 1844. Around 1830, he raised funds to build a synagogue in Uman to accommodate the increasingly large Rosh Hashana pilgrimage, and composed a number of prayers to be recited at Nachman's grave by his followers.
Persecution
Even during Rebbe Nachman's lifetime, some Hasidic groups opposed the novel approach being taken by the Rebbe to disseminate Hasidism. After Rebbe Nachman's death, this opposition was directed at Reb Noson, who refused to assume the mantle of leadership and continued to promulgate the teachings of the deceased rebbe as if he were still alive. In late 1834, after the Breslover synagogue opened in Uman, Rabbi Moshe Zvi of Savran (the Savraner Rebbe) instigated a smear campaign against Reb Noson and the Breslover Hasidim. Opponents denounced Reb Noson to the Russian authorities, claiming that he was a false prophet whose activities opposed the interests of the Czar. Reb Noson was arrested, charged with treason, exiled to Nemirov (his hometown), and placed under house arrest.
A week before Rosh Hashana, Reb Noson obtained a travel permit and journeyed to Uman in secret. He was discovered, however, reported to the authorities, and arrested on the night before Rosh HaShanah. Assimilated Jews who lived in Uman and who had been friendly with Rebbe Nachman intervened on Reb Noson's behalf and allowed him to remain in Uman for the holiday.
The sudden death of the Savraner Rebbe in 1838 cooled his followers' anti-Breslov ardor. Reb Noson was finally able to return to the city of Breslov later that year.
Reb Noson died shortly before the onset of the Sabbath on Friday, December 20, 1844. According to an oral tradition, that Sabbath morning his childhood friend Reb Naphtali, who was living in Uman at the time, told his companions that he was sure Reb Noson had died the evening before. When asked how he could be so sure, he explained, "I had a dream in which I saw Reb Noson running quickly. I said, 'Reb Noson! Where are you running?' 'Me?' he said. 'Straight to the Rebbe!'"
Reb Noson is buried in Breslov in the old Jewish cemetery overlooking the Bug River.
Publications
Rebbe Nachman's teachings
Reb Noson arranged and published Rebbe Nachman's works as follows:
Likutey Moharan (Collected Teachings of Rebbe Nachman), (vol. i., Ostrog, 1808; vol. ii., Moghilev, 1811; vol. iii., Ostrog, 1815)—Hasidic interpretations of the Hebrew Bible, the Midrashim, etc.;
Sefer HaMiddot (The Aleph-Bet Book) (Moghilev, 1821)—Treatises on morals, arranged alphabetically as a primer.
Tikkun HaKlali (General Remedy)—Rebbe Nachman's order of ten Psalms to be recited for various problems, plus commentary by Reb Noson. Published as a separate book in 1821.
Sippurey Ma'asiyyot (Rabbi Nachman's Stories) (n.p., 1815)—parables in Hebrew and Yiddish. The best-known of these tales is The Seven Beggars, which contains many kabbalistic themes and hidden allusions.
His own works
In addition, Reb Noson wrote several books of his own:
Alim L'Terufah (Leaves of Healing) — Collected letters.
Chayey Moharan (Tzaddik) — Biographical material on Rebbe Nachman. Accounts of how the Rebbe's lessons were revealed, his dreams and visions, conversations and anecdotes.
Kitzur Likutey Moharan (Abridged Likutey Moharan) — This work follows the original lesson outline of Likutey Moharan while focusing on the practical advice contained in each lesson. Reb Noson began this compilation at Rebbe Nachman's specific request in 1805, and published it for the first time in 1811, after the Rebbe's death. An edited and expanded version with explanatory notes was published in 1913 by Rabbi Yisroel Halpern; this has become the standard version.
Likutey Etzot (Advice) — An alphabetically organized list of practical advice gleaned from the lessons of Likutey Moharan.
Likutey Halakhot (Collected Laws) — Reb Noson's magnum opus, following the order of topics in the Shulchan Aruch, gives explanations of Jewish law and practices in the light of Breslov teachings.
Likutey Tefillot (Collected Prayers) — A collection of original prayers based on the lessons in Rebbe Nachman's Likutey Moharan.
Shemot Hatzaddikim (Names of Tzaddikim) — A list of most of the tzaddikim found in the Tanakh, Talmud, Midrash and Zohar, including the Geonim, Rishonim and Acharonim up until Reb Noson's day.
Shevachey V'Sichot HaRan (Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom) — Account of the Rebbe's pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1798–1799, plus a collection of anecdotes and teachings.
Yemey Moharnat (The Days of MoHaRNat [an acronym for Moreinu HaRav Natan, Our Teacher, Rabbi Nathan]) — Reb Noson's autobiography.
See also
Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)
Rosh Hashana kibbutz (Breslov)
Nachman of Breslov
Nachman Chazan
Abraham Sternhartz
References
Kramer, Chaim (1989). Crossing the Narrow Bridge. Appendix C: Breslov Biographies. Jerusalem/New York: Breslov Research Institute. .
Kramer, Chaim. Through Fire and Water: The Life of Reb Noson of Breslov. Jerusalem/New York: Breslov Research Institute. .
Jonatan Meir, "R. Nathan Sternhartz's Liqquṭei tefilot and the Formation of Bratslav Hasidism" The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 24 (2016), pp. 60–94
References
External links
Breslov Research Institute — publisher of many of Reb Noson's works in English
The Life of Reb Noson — a history
1780 births
1844 deaths
People from Nemyriv
People from Bracław Voivodeship
Ukrainian Jewish religious leaders
Ukrainian Hasidic rabbis
Hasidic rabbis in Europe
Breslov rabbis
19th-century rabbis
Jewish scribes (soferim)
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An invitation to treat (or invitation to bargain in the United States) is a concept within contract law which comes from the Latin phrase invitatio ad offerendum, meaning "inviting an offer". According to Professor Andrew Burrows, an invitation to treat is:
"...an expression of willingness to negotiate. A person making an invitation to treat does not intend to be bound as soon as it is accepted by the person to whom the statement is addressed."
Sometimes a person may not offer to sell his goods, but makes some statement or gives some information with a view to inviting others to make offers on the basis. Likewise, inviting persons to an auction, where goods to be auctioned are displayed, is not an offer for the sale of goods. The offer is made by the intending buyers in the form of bid. Such an offer (bid), when accepted by the fall of hammer or in some other customary way, will result in a Contract. A contract is a legally binding voluntary agreement formed when one person makes an offer, and the other accepts it. There may be some preliminary discussion before an offer is formally made. Such pre-contractual representations are known variously as “invitations to treat”, “requests for information” or “statements of intention”.
True offers may be accepted to form a contract, whereas representations such as invitations to treat may not. However, although an invitation to treat cannot be accepted it should not be ignored, for it may nevertheless affect the offer. For example, where an offer is made in response to an invitation to treat, the offer may incorporate the terms of the invitation to treat (unless the offer expressly incorporates different terms). If, as in the Boots case (described below) the offer is made by an action without any negotiations—such as presenting goods to a cashier—the offer will be presumed to be on the terms of the invitation to treat.
Case law
Generally, advertisements are not offers but invitations to treat, so the person advertising is not compelled to sell. In Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 1 WLR 1204, a defendant who was charged with "offering for sale protected birds"—bramblefinch cocks and hens that he had advertised for sale in a newspaper—was not offering to sell them. Lord Parker CJ said it did not make business sense for advertisements to be offers, as the person making the advertisement may find himself in a situation where he would be contractually obliged to sell more goods than he actually owned.
In certain circumstances called unilateral contracts, an advertisement can be an offer; as in Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256, where it was held that the defendants, who advertised that they would pay £100 to anyone who sniffed a smoke ball in the prescribed manner and yet caught influenza, were contractually obliged to pay £100 to whoever accepted it by performing the required acts.
A display of goods for sale in a shop window or within a shop is an invitation to treat, as in the Boots case, a leading case concerning supermarkets. The shop owner is thus not obliged to sell the goods, even if signage such as "special offer" accompanies the display. Also, in Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394, the display of a flick knife for sale in a shop did not contravene legislation which prohibited "offering for sale an offensive weapon". If a shop mistakenly displays an item for sale at a very low price it is not obliged to sell it for that amount.
For an offer to be capable of becoming binding on acceptance, the offer must be definite, clear, and objectively intended to be capable of acceptance.
In England, auctions are governed by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as amended). Section 57(2) provides: “A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer, or in other customary manner. Until the announcement is made any bidder may retract his bid”. S. 57(3) provides further: “An auction sale may be subject to a reserve price”. However, if the auction is held "without reserve" then the auctioneer is obliged to sell to the highest bidder. It is implicit from Payne v Cave (1789), an early case concerning auctions, that each bid is deemed to expire when others make higher bids; but some auctioneers (such as eBay) have lawfully amended this presumption so that, should a higher bidder withdraw his bid, they may accept a lower one.
The tender process is a debated issue. In the case of Spencer v Harding, the defendants offered to sell stock by tender, but the court held that there was no promise to sell to the highest bidder, merely an invitation for offers which they could then accept or reject at will. In exceptional circumstances, an invitation for tenders may be an offer, as in Harvela Investments v Royal Trust of Canada [1986], where the court held that because defendants had made clear an intention to accept the highest tender, then the invitation to tender was an offer accepted by the person making the highest tender. The Harvela case also made it clear that "referential bids" (e.g. “$2,100,000 or $101,000 in excess of any other offer which you may receive, whichever is the higher”, as in the Harvela case) are void as being "contrary to public policy and not cricket".
See also
Offer and acceptance
Notes
References
Andrew Burrows, Casebook on Contract (Hart Publishing, 2007) Ed.
Contract law
Legal doctrines and principles
Auction case law
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Kazachye
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Kazachye (, ) is a rural locality (a selo), the only inhabited locality, and the administrative center of Kazachinsky National Rural Okrug of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located from Tiksi, the administrative center of the district. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,367, of whom 665 were male and 702 female, down from 1,531 recorded during the 2002 Census.
References
Notes
Sources
Official website of the Sakha Republic. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Divisions of the Sakha Republic. Ust-Yansky District.
Rural localities in Bulunsky District
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Kevin McGowin
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Kevin McGowin (1970 in Birmingham, Alabama – January 18, 2005 in Birmingham) was an American writer, college teacher and typewriter enthusiast. Holding degrees in literature from Auburn University at Montgomery and the University of Florida, he taught literature and creative writing, moving from one college to another quite often, before he decided to become a full-time writer. He lived in Birmingham, Micanopy, Denver, Raleigh, New Hampshire, New York City, New Orleans, and then back in his native Birmingham, where he died in a tragic accident, choking on food.
He was first noticed as a poet, with such collections as Bogus Pastimes (1993), Wild Afflictions (1994), and The Better Part of a Fortnight (1999).
Initially his fiction was published online, notably the three novels known as "The Benny Poda Trilogy": The Benny Poda Years (2001), Town Full of Hoors (2001) and What God Has Joined Together (2002), all written and posted "a chapter a day". The trilogy is his only major work of fiction published in print. His last novel, Flies in the Buttermilk, was serialized online in 2003–2004. All these are social satires, with some elements of supernatural and macabre, spiced up with a considerable amount of strong language. McGowin showed a more lyrical side in his short stories, to be found on various websites online; Slender Accidents (2004) being a major collection of vignettes.
Kevin McGowin was a noted reviewer, contributing for years to Oyster Boy Review magazine and Eclectica Magazine, where he was appointed Reviews Editor in 2003.
He also recorded a CD of original folk songs entitled Love & Pity (A Priori, 2000).
References
External links
The Benny Poda Trilogy
In Memoriam (includes bibliography), Oyster Boy Review 19, Fall 2010, Retrieved July 7, 2015.
1970 births
2005 deaths
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
Writers from Birmingham, Alabama
Auburn University at Montgomery alumni
University of Florida alumni
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers
Novelists from Alabama
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Silver Peak Systems
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Silver Peak is a company that develops products for wide area networks (WANs), including WAN optimization and SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN). The company was founded in 2004 by David Hughes. Silver Peak shipped its first product, the NX-series hardware appliance, in September 2005, and their first SD-WAN solution, EdgeConnect, in June 2015.
On July 13, 2020, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced its intent to acquire Silver Peak for $925 Million. This acquisition was completed on September 21, 2020, with Silver Peak becoming part of HPE subsidiary Aruba Networks.
Products and services
As of 2019, Silver Peak's major product lines are:
WAN optimization
NX series network appliances
VX series virtual appliances
GMS Global Management System — Management software for NX and VX
Unity
Unity EdgeConnect — Physical and virtual appliances for SD-WAN implementation
Unity Boost — Optional WAN optimization package
Unity Orchestrator — Management software/service, available as a virtual appliance, cloud-hosted, or Software as a service (SaaS) subscription
Partnerships
Dell
Silver Peak is a Dell partner for WAN optimization in over 30 countries, where Dell resells Silver Peak to improve the performance of Dell storage (EqualLogic and Compellent), networking (Force10), server, and virtual desktop (VDI) implementations over the wide area network.
VMware
Silver Peak partners with VMware to offer its virtual WAN optimization products as part of the VMware vCloud Air offering.
EMC
EMC Corporation resells Silver Peak physical and virtual WAN optimization appliances, which are available through the EMC Select program. Silver Peak is also the only WAN optimization product qualified and integrated with EMC’s VPLEX Geo. Silver Peak’s WAwan optimization products are E-lab qualified on Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Asynchronous (SRDF/A), Symmetrix Remote Data Facility/Data Mobility (SRDF/DM), SAN Copy, Celerra Replicator, Isilon SyncIQ, RecoverPoint, and Atmos.
Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) resells Silver Peak's WAN optimization products. Silver Peak can be deployed with HDS backup and replication products.
See also
WAN optimization
Virtual appliance
References
WAN optimization
Electronics companies established in 2004
Companies based in California
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John H. Booske
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John Henry Booske is an American electrical and computer engineer. He is the Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke Professor and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research interests include experimental and theoretical study of coherent electromagnetic radiation, its sources and its applications, spanning the RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, and THz regimes.
Early life and education
Booske was born to father Henry in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he attended Manheim Township High School. Growing up, Booske swam competitively at the Lancaster County Pool where he set a record for the 17-and-under boys 200-meter freestyle relay team. He also attended Highland Presbyterian Church and was a member of the Eagle Scouts while enrolled in middle school. Booske continued to participate in the Scouts as he entered high school and was the recipient of a National Scholarship Merit Award to pay for his schooling at Pennsylvania State University.
Following high school, Booske graduated with the highest distinction in nuclear engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1980 and immediately began working at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. While attending the university, Booske played on the Penn State water polo team and was a member of the Tau Beta Pi. As a result of his academic achievements, Booske received a full fellowship to attend the University of Michigan College of Engineering for graduate school. He completed his PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan in 1985.
Career
Upon completing his PhD, Booske began working on a research project at the University of Maryland. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1990. As an assistant professor, Booske studied the properties of electromagnetic fields and waves and was the recipient of a Presidential Young Investigators Award for 1990 from the National Science Foundation. Within his first 10 years at the institution, he was the recipient of their Chancellor award and 2000 Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2005, Booske collaborated with Keith Thompson, David Larson, and Tom Kelly of Imago Scientific Instruments used Imago's local electrode atom probe microscope to pinpoint individual atoms of boron-a common additive, or dopant, in semiconductors-within a sea of silicon atoms. He published the results in a paper in Applied Physics Letters which demonstrated a way to image these vanishingly small devices by mapping them atom by atom.
By 2011, Booske was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for "pioneering contributions to the development of coherent radiation sources in the submillimeter wave and terahertz regime." The following year, he helped launch the Wisconsin Collaboratory for Enhanced Learning in two UW-Madison libraries to "transform from a classroom, to a small group work space, to a place to study or get tutoring." In 2016, Booske and Dane Morgan received a $1.3 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to synthesize large amounts of the material and further study its properties. They also set out to identify new materials that could act as electron sources.
In 2018, Booske and Susan Hagness were asked by Ben Tilberg of Ocean Spray Cranberries to develop a more efficient, technologically advanced method to count cranberries. The device they created automated the counting process without having to pick any berries. In recognition of his leadership in the Wisconsin Collaboratory for Enhanced Learning, Booske received the 2018 innovative program award from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association. Two years later, he was the recipient of the John R. Pierce Award for Excellence in Vacuum Electronics by the IEEE Electron Devices Society's Vacuum Electronics Technical Committee. He also established the Booske, John & Joanne Grassman Undergraduate Scholarship Fund with his wife Joanne to fund tuition for undergraduates.
Selected publications
Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications (2003)
Modern Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Power Electronics
References
External links
Living people
Engineers from Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni
Penn State College of Engineering alumni
American engineers
American computer scientists
American electronics engineers
Fellows of the American Physical Society
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Ibn al-Zaqqaq
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Ali ibn Attiya ibn al-Zaqqaq () (c. 1100 Valencia - 1133 or 1134) was one of the great poets of Al-Andalus during the reign of the Almoravids. He was a Muslim from Banu Lakhm. His mother was the sister of fellow Andalusian poet, Ibn Khafaja, and there is scholarly dispute regarding his father. He was a disciple under philosopher Ibn Ṣîd de Badajoz.
The patrons of Ibn al-Zaqqaq were two Valencian families, a governor, a family of Almoravid dignitaries, probably the supreme Almoravid judge of the East and perhaps the Almoravid ruler Ali ibn Yusuf himself. He wrote mostly panegyric qasidas, in a time where poetry of that kind was quickly leaving patrons' payrolls in other areas of Spain.
El sueño de Al-Zaqqâq by Luis Delgado is a collection of the works of Ibn Al-Zaqqaq set to music.
Reception
Literary historian Emilio García Gómez referred to al-Zaqqaq's descriptive poetry as "the dramatization of metaphor".
References
Further reading
Poesías / Ibn Al-Zaqqāq ; edición y traducción en verso [del árabe] de Emilio García Gómez, Publicación Madrid : Instituto Hispano-Arabe de Cultura, 1986
External links
Ibn al-Zaqqaq al-Balansi, Trad. Ramon Dachs i Josep Ramon Gregori, Robaiyat d'Ibn al-Zaqqaq de València (examples of his work plus trl. in Spanish) (retrieved September 15, 2010)
El Zoco sin compradores. Poesía al Andalus S. XI-XIII Modest Solans, Granada. Edición bilingüe, Muret 2018.
1100s births
1130s deaths
12th-century Arabs
Moorish writers
Poets of Al-Andalus
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Year of death uncertain
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Dichomeris adactella
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Dichomeris adactella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Australia.
Adults are cupreous with white forewings with an interrupted and abbreviated cupreous-white speckled costal stripe. The apical area is cupreous. The hindwings are whitish cinereous (ash grey) towards the base.
References
Moths described in 1864
adactella
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Afshjerd
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Afshjerd (; also known as Āb Shegerd and Afshījerd) is a village in Baqerabad Rural District, in the Central District of Mahallat County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21, in 12 families.
References
Populated places in Mahallat County
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Giorgio L. Mondino
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Giorgio Mondino (7 September 1941 in Domodossola - 23 January 2021 in Turin) was an Italian politician.
Biography
He served as a Deputy from 1976 to 1983. Mondino died from COVID-19 in 2021.
References
1941 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Piedmont
Deputies of Legislature VII of Italy
Deputies of Legislature VIII of Italy
People from Domodossola
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Shogakukan Asia
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is a manga publishing company headquartered in Singapore. The company, a subsidiary of Japanese publisher Shogakukan, opened in 2014.
The books are distributed in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Brunei.
Series
BanG Dream!
The Blood-Tied Lovers
The Butler is King
Detective Conan
Chousoku SpinnerDoraemonFootball NationFuture Card BuddyfightKoba Cute!Laughter at the World's EndThe Legendary Hero is Dead! The LKY StoryMagi: Adventure of SinbadMagi: The Labyrinth of MagicMegane CollectionMobile Suit Gundam ThunderboltPokémon AdventuresSilver SpoonYo-kai Watch''
See also
Chuang Yi
References
External links
Shogakukan Asia
Manga distributors
Book publishing companies of Singapore
Shogakukan
Publishing companies established in 2014
Singaporean companies established in 2014
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Gmina Garwolin
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Gmina Garwolin is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Garwolin, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 11,919.
Villages
Gmina Garwolin contains the villages and settlements of Budy Uśniackie, Czyszkówek, Ewelin, Feliksin, Górki, Izdebnik, Jagodne, Krystyna, Lucin, Miętne, Natalia, Niecieplin, Nowy Puznów, Rębków, Rębków-Parcele, Ruda Talubska, Sławiny, Stara Huta, Stary Puznów, Stoczek, Sulbiny Górne, Taluba, Unin-Kolonia, Uśniaki, Wilkowyja, Władysławów, Wola Rębkowska, Wola Władysławowska and Zakącie.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Garwolin is bordered by the town of Garwolin and by the gminas of Borowie, Górzno, Łaskarzew, Osieck, Parysów, Pilawa, Sobienie-Jeziory and Wilga.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
Garwolin
Garwolin County
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Southside (Texas album)
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Southside is the debut album by Scottish rock band Texas. It was released on 13 March 1989. It peaked at no. 3 in the UK Albums Chart and within three weeks of release was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. Worldwide, Southside has sold over 2 million copies.
Background and release
The album's first single "I Don't Want a Lover" was released on 23 January 1989 and peaked at no. 8 in the UK Singles Chart. Following the release of the album in March of that year, which entered the UK Albums Chart at no.3, further singles from the album were less successful. The second single, "Thrill Has Gone", peaked at no. 60, while a third single, "Everyday Now", fared little better at no. 44. Despite this, a fourth single, "Prayer for You", was released on 13 November but stalled at no. 73 in the UK. Despite only one hit single, the album spent 29 weeks on the charts.
The album cover art was derived from the poster art for the film Paris, Texas, which inspired the band's name.
Critical reception
The Los Angeles Times wrote that the album's strengths "revolve around the way the Scottish quartet fuses some of rock’s most appealing elements: the lonesome, sensual slide-guitar sound of Ry Cooder ... and vocals by Sharleen Spiteri that recall the liberating spirit and convincing character of the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and Lone Justice’s Maria McKee."
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
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Personnel
Texas
Sharleen Spiteri – vocals, guitar
Stuart Kerr – vocals, drums
Johnny McElhone – bass
Ally McErlaine – guitar
Other Personnel
Tim Palmer – producer/audio mixer
References
1989 debut albums
Texas (band) albums
Albums produced by Tim Palmer
Mercury Records albums
Vertigo Records albums
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MCOT
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MCOT Public Company Limited (MCOT; ), formerly known as the Mass Communication Organization of Thailand, is a Thai state-owned public broadcaster. It owns and operates a number of radio and television stations in Thailand. It is based in Bangkok. At present, MCOT runs seven national, one international, 52 provincial, one district radio station, two television channels (terrestrial free-to-air; until 2020), and 2 satellite television channels.(until 2017) Their motto is "Always Serving the Public". On their website MCOT uses the slogan "Digitally beyond" (Nov 2014).
History
1952–2000
On 10 November 1952, MCOT was established as Thai Television Company Limited. "Thorathat" is the Thai word for television, despite Thailand having no television services at the time. Television services under the name Thai Thorathat (Channel 4) started on 24 June 1955 in time for national day celebrations.
In 1977 TTV Radio and Thailand Color Television Channel 9 moved to the present Huai Khwang headquarters in Bangkok and merged to form the Mass Communication Organization of Thailand (MCOT). In 1970, with the launch of Chong Sam (Channel 3;Defunct in 2020), its newest station, while the original Thai Thorathat (Channel Four) network was renamed Chong Kao (Channel 9).
Witthayu Tor Tor Tor ("TTV Radio") later became Radio MCOT on 25 March 1977 and became the nation's first 24-hour radio station.
Color television began in 1970 on TV3 and 1974 on TV9. Chong Kao (Channel 9) was renamed Modernine TV in 2002.
2001–present
In 2005, the Ministry of Finance announced their plan to digitize free-to-air television broadcasts nationwide. Trial broadcasts were undertaken, involving 1,000 households in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area.
MCOT has prepared at least three new channels exclusively for digital television, besides the two initial channels, Modernine TV and Channel 3. Though the trials had been long over, the digital channels are (said to be) still active in test form.
In addition, MCOT would introduce regional television channels for each province in Thailand. Each of these regions will have its own dedicated television channel with localised content compared to national television making it about 80 television channels for a digitised MCOT as part of the state broadcaster's three-year restructuring plan. MCOT was expected to launch its digital terrestrial television services nationally in 2012. MCOT launched digital terrestrial television in 2013, with full service in 2014.
In March 2011, MCOT announced that it is also possible that MCOT may be planning to switch to DVB-T2 in some occasion.
List of radio stations
AM
MCOT Radio (Thai) – 1143 kHz (defunct as of 1 March 2021 )
LikeStation (Thai) – 1494 kHz (previously Labourers' Radio Station, defunct as of 1 January 2021 )
FM
Lukthung Mahanakhon (Thai; first FM radio station in Thailand) – 95.00 MHz
Khluen Khwam Khit (Thai) – 96.50 MHz
Keep it Mellow (Thai) – 97.50 MHz (replaced Seed 97.5 FM)
Active Radio (Thai) – 99.00 MHz
100.5 News Network (Thai) – 100.50 MHz
Eazy FM (Thai and English) – 105.50 MHz (Operated by Channel 3 and BEC-TERO)
Met 107 (English) – 107.00 MHz
Provincial
53 stations
List of television channels
Terrestrial television current channels
Analogue
All Analogue television Stations was switched off in 2020
MCOT HD – replaced (TTV) Channel 4, (M.C.O.T.) Channel 9 , Modernine TV and Channel 9 MCOT HD
Channel 3 – Joint operation with Bangkok Entertainment (BEC) but Now Defunct in 2020
Digital
Broadcasting on MCOT's 3rd MUX of 5 (UHF Channel 40 for Bangkok)
MCOT HD – formerly called MCOT HD and Channel 9 MCOT HD broadcasting on service channel 30 (Simulcast with Analogue Platform until 2018)
MCOT Family – formerly called MCOT Kids and Family broadcasting on service channel 14 (Now Defunct in 2019)
DTT Network
MCOT (3rd MUX of 5) – UHF Channel 40 for Bangkok, and TV Network Station for Thailand's other provinces
Brand
Logo history
Thai Thorathat's first logo depicts images of "Witchu Prapha Dhewi" (Thai: วิชชุประภาเทวี), female angels and thunderbolts, adorned with clouds and lightning within a circle, designed by the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Education.
In 1977, the same time of change to MCOT organization, the logo evolved into a circle. The center is white circle; the upper part is four sections divided by the curve of spread spectrum signals; the bottom curve is yellow, and next three sections are in primary colors of light (red, green, and blue); the lower part is yellow with the Thai letters "อ.ส.ม.ท." which is the abbreviation of the organization.
In 2003, the time of change to MCOT PLC, the logo became circular gray lines intersecting like latitude and longitude, a purple figure which hides number 9 in the right part, and a gray curve in the upper part. Under this logo are the English letters "MCOT" in orange with gray border (convergence with Modernine TV, MCOT Modern Radio, and Thai News Agency)
Commercial breaks
The logo is shown on commercial breaks and test transmissions.
Clocks
The clock in Thailand was not in colour until 1974. Originally the clock was based on the clock tower in Bangkok in black and white. In 1974 the clock was yellow on blue.
Test card
Until the introduction of 24-hour broadcasting in 2002, MCOT used the PM5544 test pattern during the off-air hours of TV9 and EBU Colorbars on Channel 3. Until 2002, MCOT used the Philips PM5534 (PM5544 with clock) during off-air hours.
On-air and off-air
Currently both stations broadcast 24 hours a day.
Channel 9 MCOT HD
1955–1960
Channel 4 broadcast from 19:00–23:00 Bangkok Time.
1961–1967
Channel 4 broadcast from 18:00–23:30.
1968–1976
Channel 4 (and from 1974, Channel 9) broadcast from 15:00–24:00.
1977–1984
Channel 9 broadcast from 13:00–24:00.
1985–1990
Channel 9 broadcast from 10:00–24:00.
1990–1993
Channel 9 broadcasts for 12 hours daily, 12:00–24:00.
1994–2002
Channel 9 broadcasts for 20 half hours daily, 05:30–02:00.
1 February – 30 June 2017
Channel 9 broadcasts for 21 hours on weekday, 04:00–01:00. (for 20 half hours on Saturday and Sunday, 05:30–02:00)
2002–31 January 2017,1 July 2017–Present
Channel 9 broadcasts 24/7.
ThaiTV3
1970–1987
Channel 3 broadcasts for six hours daily, 18:00–24:00.
1987–1990
Channel 3 broadcasts for eight hours daily, 16:00–24:00.
1990–1993
Channel 3 broadcasts for 12 hours daily, 12:00–24:00.
1994–2004
Channel 3 broadcasts for 18 hours daily, 06:00–24:00.
2005–Present
Channel 3 broadcasts 24/7.
MCOT Family
1 April 2014 – 24 May 2014: MCOT Family was broadcast 12 hours daily, 12:00–24:00 (test of transmission).
25 May 2014 – Don't Know & Don't Know – Present: MCOT Family broadcasts 24/7.
Don't Know – Don't Know : MCOT Family broadcasts 16 hours daily, 06:00–22:00
See also
List of television stations in Thailand
References
External links
Publicly funded broadcasters
Television in Thailand
Mass media companies of Thailand
1952 establishments in Thailand
Organizations established in 1952
Mass media in Bangkok
Television channels and stations established in 1977
State media
Government-owned companies of Thailand
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The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher is a 2006 biography of the 19th-century American minister Henry Ward Beecher, written by Debby Applegate and published by Doubleday. The book describes Beecher's childhood, ministry, support for the abolition of slavery and other social causes, and widely publicized 1875 trial for adultery.
Before publishing the book, Applegate researched and wrote about Beecher for twenty years, starting when she was an undergraduate student at Beecher's alma mater, Amherst College. The book was generally well received by critics. In 2007, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Background
As an undergraduate student worker at Amherst College, Applegate was assigned to assemble an exhibit on a famous alumnus and selected Beecher. She later wrote about him for her undergraduate senior thesis and made him the subject of her PhD dissertation at Yale University. After graduation, Applegate signed a publishing contract for a biography of Beecher. To write a biography with popular appeal, Applegate studied fiction writing, including techniques for suspense and pornographic writing. She structured the resulting book as a psychological thriller.
Though she had originally hoped to publish the book during the 1998 Lewinsky scandal, in which US President Bill Clinton was discovered to have had a sexual relationship with a White House intern, the research took several years longer than she had initially planned. The book was finally released in 2006 by Doubleday and Three Leaves Press in hardback, paperback, and e-book editions.
Contents
The Most Famous Man in America follows the life of 19th-century American minister Henry Ward Beecher. Its introduction describes Beecher's speech at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, at the close of the American Civil War; Beecher was personally invited to speak by President Abraham Lincoln, who commented, "We had better send Beecher down to deliver the address on the occasion of the raising of the flag because if it had not been for Beecher there would have been no flag to raise". Applegate then retells Beecher's sometimes difficult childhood as the son of Lyman Beecher, himself a famous evangelist. Henry was initially overshadowed by his accomplished siblings, who included Harriet Beecher Stowe, later the author of the antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Henry discovered a gift for public speaking and went into the ministry, attending Amherst College and Lane Theological Seminary. He then served as a minister in Lawrenceburg, Indiana and Indianapolis before moving on to the richer post of the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.
In New York, Beecher soon acquired fame on the lecture circuit for his novel oratorical style, in which he employed humor, dialect, and slang. Over the course of his ministry, he developed a theology emphasizing God's love above all else, in contrast to his father's stern Calvinism. He also grew interested in social reform, particularly the abolitionist movement. In the years leading up to the Civil War, he raised money to purchase slaves from captivity and to send rifles—nicknamed "Beecher's Bibles"—to abolitionists fighting in Kansas and Nebraska. He toured Europe during the Civil War speaking in support of the Union. After the war, Beecher supported social reform causes such as women's suffrage and temperance.
In the book's closing chapters, Applegate details Beecher's relationship with Elizabeth Richards Tilton, wife of his friend and associate Theodore Tilton, and its consequences. Elizabeth Tilton both confessed to and retracted her confession of an affair with Beecher; her husband later filed adultery charges against Beecher, resulting in one of the most widely reported American trials of the century. The jurors could not decide whom to believe, resulting in a hung jury.
In assessing Beecher's legacy, Applegate states that His reputation has been eclipsed by his own success. Mainstream Christianity is so deeply infused with the rhetoric of Christ's love that most Americans can imagine nothing else, and have no appreciation or memory of the revolution wrought by Beecher and his peers.
Applegate adds that it is hard not to consider Beecher's various affairs or near-affairs hypocritical, but compares him to other great leaders whose need for love and approval led them into sex scandals. Ultimately, Applegate concludes, Beecher was able "to transform his flaws into a powerful force of empathy and ambition" that "brought a new emotional candor to public life".
Critical response
The Most Famous Man in America was well received by critics. NPR selected it as one of the year's best nonfiction books, stating that the book "convinces readers of the truth of that swaggering title". Kirkus Reviews called it a "beautifully written biography of America's one best-known preacher ... An exceptionally thorough and thoughtful account of a spectacular career that helped shape and reflect national preoccupations before, during and after the Civil War." Publishers Weekly wrote that "this assessment of Beecher is judicious and critical. Applegate gives an insightful account." In a review for The Boston Globe, Katherine A. Powers called the book a "fantastic story with novelistic flair and penetration into the ever-changing motives and expediencies of its many actors." Jon Meacham, reviewing for The Washington Post, called the book "illuminating and thorough".
Michael Kazin, reviewing the book for The New York Times, stated that the book occasionally "loses its force in a thicket of personal details", but concluded that it is "a biography worthy of its subject". Deidre Donahue, writing in USA Today, also stated that the book had "sometimes excessive detail" but praised its "marvelous perspective". Ernest W. Lefever wrote in The Washington Times that "Applegate's fact-studded and fast-paced portrait of one of America's most famous preachers from one of America's most famous 19th-century families is a remarkably authentic mirror of the times", criticizing only the "minor flaw" of a lack of nuance in her description of Calvinism. Heather Cox Richardson praised the book in The Chicago Tribune, calling it "one of those rare books that delivers a great deal more than it promises"; though critical of what she saw as some factual errors and "unsubstantiated claims" by Applegate, such as Lyman Beecher's role in creating mass media, Richardson concluded that these flaws "do not cripple her story".
On April 16, 2007, the book was announced as the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Applegate said of her win, "Half of it is just good luck ... Had it come out four years ago, I don't think the climate was ready for it. The religious right intersection with politics is very important now."
Notes
Citations
References
External links
The Most Famous Man in America (official website)
2006 non-fiction books
American biographies
Beecher family
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography-winning works
Doubleday (publisher) books
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Newton Robinson is located in the southern part of Ontario, Canada, at the tenth concession of Techumseth and Bradford West Gwillimbury. It is approximately an hour's drive from Toronto.
History
During the 1820s Newton Robinson was called Latimer's Corners after the innkeeper, and later Springfield. The present name derives from Newton, one of the Newtowns in Ireland and Robinson for William Benjamin Robinson, the area's political representative from 1828 to 1858. During the 1880s, Newton Robinson was busy because of the train tracks that went through it. As people eventually started emerging there, a cheese factory, a sawmill and a number of small businesses had their openings. On January 14, 1886, the Newton Robinson Column had said: "Our town, like yourself, had the spirit of progression about its pants pockets. The latest edition [addition] is a tonsorial artist, who reports business booming, and as the place where they dispense the fish of all fish, the oyster, at 10 cents a plate (cheap and wholesome is their motto)"." In 1893, the railroads closed and were redirected to Alliston Beeton in Bradford. This caused the shutdown of the sawmill and general store because of the low business.
Notable structures
There are several structures in Newton Robinson that have a historical significance.
The old school
The school opened in 1923 and closed in 1962. The school yard is now separated into two separate yards, but is still defined by the large beech trees bordering the perimeter of the old school yard. There are two front doors, one for the girls and the other for the boys.
The church
The Methodist church opened for its first Sunday service on October 23, 1887. it was built to replace the log church that was first opened in 1841. It is situated on two thirds of an acre with a cemetery on either side of it. During this time, the church was the central point of Newton Robinson residents; it was used as a meeting point, for celebratory events as well as for religious purposes.
The general store
Past: The store was used a train station as well as the main general store. The train station would bring visitors in from distances. The easy transportation for visitors was one of the main reasons the town was prospering. Farmer's would sell crops and trade good with the store. Once the train station was relocated, the general store soon went out of business.
Present: The store is now currently owned by Jacquie and is called El Lugar Con Pottery. She sells imported Mexican Pottery along with baked goods and ice cream in what used to be the general store. She rents the train station out as a residence.
Notable people
William Earl Rowe, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Bob Pulford, professional hockey player.
References
Communities in Simcoe County
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Bolinas Lagoon
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Bolinas Lagoon is a tidal estuary, approximately in area, located in the West Marin region of Marin County, California, United States, adjacent to the town of Bolinas. It is a part of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. In 1974, Aubrey Neasham and William Pritchard wrote in support of Bolinas Lagoon as Drake's New Albion landing site.
The lagoon is a back bay of Bolinas Bay on the Pacific coast approximately 15 mi (25 km) northwest of San Francisco. The trough in which the lagoon sits was formed by the San Andreas Fault, which runs directly through it. The lagoon is separated from the main bay by a small spit of land, known as Stinson Beach, and the sand bar that encloses this lagoon is full of beachgoers and surfers on hot days, seeking to escape the heat and the urban Bay Area. State Route 1, the Shoreline Highway, runs along the eastern edge of the lagoon.
Bolinas Lagoon is on the list of wetlands of international importance as defined by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands. Portions of the lagoon are included in Marin County's Bolinas Lagoon Open Space Preserve, and the western shore is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
The lagoon has a watershed; streams and canyons feeding into it include Audubon Canyon, McKinnan Gulch, Morses Gulch, Picher Canyon, Pike County Gulch, Stinson Gulch, Volunteer Canyon, and Wilkins Gulch. Kent Island is located in the lagoon.
Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area lies offshore from Bolinas. Like an underwater park, this protected marine area helps conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems.
See also
Drakes Bay
Fringe theories on the location of New Albion
References
Notes
External links
Estuaries of California
Lagoons of Marin County, California
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Lagoons of California
Ramsar sites in the United States
West Marin
Wetlands of the San Francisco Bay Area
Estuaries of Marin County, California
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Biju Ningombam (actress)
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Biju Ningombam (born 26 December) is an Indian actress who appears in Manipuri films. Some of her famous films include Nungshi Feijei, Phishakhol, Nurei, Thabaton 3 and Ei Actor Natte.
2020 Gee Thoibi, Madam Panthoi, Wari Loidri, Asira Punshi, Mou Operation, Sibu Einaro, Sendoidi Ahing Tumde and Samjirei are her upcoming films.
Career
Biju Ningombam first appeared on television as a child artist in a teleplay Ningol Kada which was telecast on DDK Imphal. She acted in a Manipuri music video Phajarabi Nanggi Maithong produced by one of her cousin brother. Her debut appearance on silver screen is Meerang Mahum where she played a supporting role. She started taking main roles in films like Chou-En-Lai's Ashileibakki Hero and Ajit Ningthouja's Konggol. Her notable films where she took leading roles include Phishakhol, Mandalay Mathel, Thamoina Thamoida, Ei Actor Natte and Numit Tha.
As of 2021, Ningombam was seen in Tarun Wang's Khudi and Ojitbabu Ningthoujam's Satlo Leirang Satlo.
Accolades
Off-screen work
Ningombam is the brand ambassador of Saina Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal. She is also the face of the RaDiant Group.
Selected filmography
References
External links
Indian film actresses
Living people
Meitei people
People from Imphal
Actresses from Manipur
21st-century Indian actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
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Bokote
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Bokote is a community on the Busira River in the Province of Équateur in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In the colonial period it held a trading post and a Catholic mission.
Location
Bokote is on the north shore of the Busira River in the Province of Équateur. The river here forms the boundary with the province of Tshuapa, which Bokote faces to the south.
It is at an elevation of about .
Precolonial times
The early European explorers found that the Busira-Tshuapa region was inhabited by different groups of Mongo people, including the Bokote, Ekota, Bakutu, Bosaka, Bongando and Boyela.
The trading posts and missions were often given the same name as the local people, examples being Bokote, Bamanya, Bokuma and Lotumbe.
As was common in the area, the fishing village of Bokote was paired with the farming village of Liyolongo, and the two villages traded their produce.
The people came together for dances, games and festivals, and intermarried.
Colonial era
As of 1 January 1894 the Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB) had 83 factories and posts, including some in the French territory to the west of the Congo and Ubangi rivers.
A map shows the company had posts along the upper Ruki River (i.e. the Busira) at Bilakamba, Bombimba, Bussira Manene, Moniaca, Bocoté and Yolongo. It also had a post at Bomputu on the Lengué (Salonga) River, and posts at Balalondzy, Ivulu and Ivuku on the Momboyo River.
The first Catholic mission station in the region was established in 1913 in Bokote, followed by a station in Boende in 1925.
In 1924 the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart took Bokote back from the Trappists.
A 1920s or 1930s postcard from the Sacred Heart mission agency in Coquilhatville (now Mbandaka]) shows a line of eight young girls wearing traditional clothing with the caption "La jeunesse de Bokote." ("Youth of Bokote").
Another postcard from that period shows a number of people standing in dugout boats in the river, some holding paddles, with the legend "4. - Mission de Coquilhatville, Congo Belge.- Sur la Busira, a Bokote." ("On the Busira, Bokote").
Notes
Citatiions
Sources
Populated places in the province of Équateur
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The Newcomers (TV series)
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The Newcomers was a late 1960s BBC soap opera which dealt with the subject of a London family, the Coopers, who moved to a housing estate in the fictional country town of Angleton. It was broadcast in bi-weekly half-hour episodes from October 1965 until November 1969. It was initially produced by Verity Lambert.
Series outline
A fictional light industrial manufacturing company called Eden Brothers decides to relocate to the rural location. There are conflicts with the older members of the existing community, as well as some lighter moments as urbanites encounter "country characters". Many of the relocated workers have trouble living outside the city. As the series progresses, problems on the factory floor spill over into the community. Throughout this the Coopers strive to raise their daughter and two sons, who are having their own issues. The Cooper and Harker families were the initial focus of the series. The on-screen sudden death of the character of Ellis Cooper led to a gradual shift away from the Coopers, who by the end of the serial barely featured.
A change of the managing director of Eden Bros to Andrew Kerr heralded the arrival of his daughter Kirsty, played by Jenny Agutter, but only during her school holidays.
Only five complete editions are known to have survived:
Episode 51 – Original transmission 29 March 1966.
Episode 59 – Original transmission 26 April 1966.
Episode 166 - Original transmission 5 May 1967.
Episode 172 – Original transmission 26 May 1967.
Episode 222 – Original transmission 7 December 1967.
Cast
Alan Browning as Ellis Cooper
Maggie Fitzgibbon as Vivienne Cooper
Jeremy Bulloch as Phillip Cooper
Judy Geeson as Maria Cooper
Raymond Hunt as Lance Cooper
Gladys Henson as Grandma Hamilton
Robert Brown as Bert Harker
June Bland as Vera Harker
David Janson as Jimmy Harker
Wendy Richard as Joyce Harker
Robin Bailey as Andrew Kerr
Heather Chasen as Caroline Kerr
Jenny Agutter as Kirsty Kerr
Jack Watling as Hugh Robertson
Mary Kenton as Olivia Robertson
Deborah Watling as Julie Robertson
Paul Bartlett as Adrian Robertson
Robert Bartlett as Michael Robertson
Vanda Godsell as Katie Heenan
Tony Steedman as Arthur Huntley
Sally Lahee as Eunice Huntley
Patrick Connor as Peter Connelly
Michael Collins as Jeff Langley
Sandra Payne as Janet Langley
Joan Newell as Mrs Langley
Glynn Edwards as George Harbottle
Hilda Braid as Mrs Harbottle
Stephen Grives as Tim Harbottle
Margaret Nolan as Mercedes
Michael Standing as Tom Lloyd
Helen Cotterill as Betty Lloyd
Keith Smith as Dick Alderbeach
Naomi Chance as Amelia Claythorne
Anthony Verner as Sydney Huxley
Mark Eden as Jeremy Crowe
Patsy Smart as Mary Grange
Production
The show was recorded principally in the BBC's West London studios, mainly Riverside 1, and also at BBC Birmingham Studios, with external scenes filmed in Haverhill, a town in South-west Suffolk, which itself expanded rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s through residents moving from London. The opening sequences of the first episode showed the Cooper family driving to their new home, this was actually Thaxted in Essex. The cast included several actors who later achieved wider fame, including Alan Browning (later seen in Coronation Street), Maggie Fitzgibbon, Judy Geeson, Jenny Agutter and Wendy Richard. In two episodes the group Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions were featured and appeared at the pub. (They were billed as "the New Dimensions"). They performed their new Decca 45 'I Just Can't Get Over You'.
References
External links
The Newcomers at BFI Screenonline
The Newcomers at Lost Shows
British television soap operas
BBC television dramas
1960s British television soap operas
1965 British television series debuts
1969 British television series endings
Black-and-white British television shows
English-language television shows
Lost BBC episodes
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Live in an American Time Spiral
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Live in an American Time Spiral is a live album by George Russell released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1983, featuring performances by Russell with his New York Band recorded in 1982.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.
Track listing
All compositions by George Russell
"Time Spiral" - 22:25
"Ezz-Thetic" - 16:30
"D.C. Divertimento" - 10:17
Recorded in New York City on July 30 & 31, 1982.
Personnel
George Russell - conductor, arranger
Ron Tooley, Stanton Davis, Brian Leach, Tom Harrell - trumpet
Ray Anderson, Earl McIntyre - trombone
Marty Ehrlich - alto saxophone, flute
Doug Miller - tenor saxophone, flute
Bob Hanlon - baritone saxophone
Jerome Harris - guitar
Ron McClure - bass
Jack Reilly, Mark Soskin - keyboards
Victor Lewis - drums
References
George Russell (composer) live albums
1983 live albums
Black Saint/Soul Note live albums
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Louis-Marie Caverot
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Louis-Marie Caverot (26 May 1806 – 23 January 1887) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who became a bishop in 1849 and served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1876 to 1887. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 1877.
Biography
Louis-Marie Caverot was born on 26 May 1806 in Joinville. He studied at the colleges of Troyes, Dôle and Saint-Acheul, then studied law and worked for a time at the Ministry of War. He entered the Saint Sulpice Seminary in 1828. He was ordained a priest on 19 March 1831, became vicar at the cathedral of Besançon and then canon-archpriest in 1835. In poor health, he was made chaplain of several religious communities. He was appointed vicar general of the Archdiocese of Besançon in 1846.
On 26 March 1849, Caverot was appointed Bishop of Saint-Dié, he received his episcopal consecration on 22 July and was installed on 5 August. When the railway arrived in 1864, he acquired and saved the chapel of Petit-Saint-Dié, believed to be a seventh-century place of Christian worship. He also supported the founding of several religious congregations.
He participated in the First Vatican Council in 1870 and voted in favor of papal infallibility.
He became Archbishop of Lyon in 1876. On 12 May 1877, Pope Pius IX made him a cardinal, assigned the title of San Silvestro in Capite, which he resigned in 1884 to take the title of Trinità al Monte Pincio. He participated in the 1878 conclave that elected Pope Leo XIII. In Lyon, he reorganized the diocesan administration and worked to support Catholic education at all levels in light of the laws of 1881.
In 1885, he urged Catholics not to attend performances of Jules Massenet's opera Herodiade, for which a 21st-century musicologist labels him a "reactionary cleric".
He died in Lyon on 23 January 1887.
References
Additional sources
External links
1806 births
1887 deaths
19th-century French cardinals
Archbishops of Lyon
Cardinals created by Pope Pius IX
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The Hamburger Meile was a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It was run at Hamburg-Horn over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and was scheduled to take place each year in June or July.
The race was last run at Hamburg-Horn in 2011, being moved to Hanover in 2012. However a very similar event, the Group Two Meilen Trophy, was run at the same course only three weeks later, and this race and the Hamburger Stutenmeile (restricted to fillies and mares), has since been kept at the expense of the Hamburger Meile.
History
The event was established in 1986, and it was initially called the Cognac Hennessy-Rennen. It was originally classed at Listed level and contested over 1,600 metres. It was extended to 1,800 metres in 1987, and reverted to 1,600 metres in 1989.
The race was known as the Hamburg Dresden-Pokal in the early 1990s. It lost Listed status in 1992, and had various sponsored titles thereafter.
The Hamburger Meile regained Listed status in 2000, and was promoted to Group 3 level in 2002. From this point it was called the Deutscher Herold-Preis. It was subsequently known as the JAXX-Pokal and the Franz-Günther von Gaertner-Gedachtnisrennen.
The race was held at Hanover under the title Grosser Preis der VGH Versicherungen in 2012.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Power Flame – 1997, 1998
Up and Away – 2001, 2003
Earl of Fire – 2009, 2010
Leading jockey (2 wins):
Georg Bocskai – Babylonier (1986), Caracobi (1987)
Andreas Suborics – Sinyar (1995), El Divino (2000)
Andrasch Starke – La Blue (1996), Sambaprinz (2004)
Andreas Boschert – Power Flame (1997, 1998)
Lennart Hammer-Hansen – Up and Away (2001, 2003)
Dominique Boeuf – Earl of Fire (2009, 2010)
Leading trainer (4 wins):
Bruno Schütz – Saphir (1988), Amarant (1993), Sinyar (1995), La Blue (1996)
Winners
The 2012 running took place at Hanover.
See also
List of German flat horse races
References
Racing Post:
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galopp-sieger.de – Hamburger Meile.
horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Race Detail (2012).
pedigreequery.com – Hamburger Meile – Hamburg.
Open mile category horse races
Horse races in Germany
Recurring sporting events established in 1986
Sports competitions in Hamburg
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Ano Skotina () is an old settlement of the prefecture of Pieria. It is built on an altitude of 600 m on the southeastern side of Mount Olympus.
It has hotels, taverns, restaurants, and offers every form of alternative tourism like mountain riding, climbing, hiking etc. Cultural events of the settlement is the celebration of the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου), every year on August 15.
See also
Skotina
Beach of Skotina
References
Encyclopedia Μαλλιάρης- Παιδεία, Volume 24, p. 27.
Populated places in Pieria (regional unit)
Mount Olympus
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Rosemary King
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Rosemary King (also Sinclair) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Linda Thorson. She first appeared on 23 March 2006 and became one of the show's central antagonists until her departure on 13 September 2007; the character was later killed-off screen on Christmas Day 2007.
Casting
Thorson debuted on the serial in March 2006 as Rosemary. The following month, it was confirmed that she had secured a regular role and would continue appearing on screen from that summer. Thorson said “I’m delighted to be returning as Rosemary on a more regular basis. She’s a great character to play and I’m looking forward to seeing what the writers have got in store for her.” Series Producer Kathleen Beedles stated: “Rosemary proved to be a hugely popular character with our viewers and we are delighted to welcome Linda back to the cast.”
In August 2007, it was announced that Thorson would be leaving Emmerdale in the autumn and her final storyline would come to "a dramatic end", climaxing in Rosemary's exit.
Storylines
Rosemary arrives in Emmerdale for her younger son, Alasdair's wedding to Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) and immediately disapproves of Sadie. On the morning of the wedding, Rosemary tries to bribe Sadie not to marry her son; however, Sadie refuses - threatening to get Alasdair to have put her in a retirement home if she does not back off. The wedding goes ahead but within minutes Sadie leaves the church her ex-lover, Matthew (Matt Healy). Rosemary wants the marriage annulled to avoid paying Sadie a settlement but Sadie tricks her into thinking the marriage has been consummated so an agreement is drawn up that Rosemary will give Sadie the family's most valuable business in order to get the annulment. The papers are signed over dinner at Oakwell Hall and once Sadie's signature is finalised; Rosemary smugly reveals that the business is worthless and the meat she had served for is Sadie's horse, Cossack, much to her disgust.
However, this is revealed to be a lie after Sadie leaves.
Rosemary returns in August where she is living with her other son Grayson and his wife Perdita (Georgia Slowe). They quickly settle themselves into Emmerdale, where Rosemary becomes friends with local businessman Rodney Blackstock (Patrick Mower). She soon acquainted herself with Tom King (Ken Farrington), Sadie's ex-father-in-law and the pair quickly bonde over their mutual distrust of Sadie. Rosemary quickly realises that getting involved Tom him will be advantageous to both of them and began putting business his way. Tom and Rosemary's relationship soon becomes more than just business and park developed between them and they became lovers, much to Matthew's anger as he distrusts her and Tom's other sons
Carl (Tom Lister) and Jimmy (Nick Miles), are equally concerned over Rosemary's motives.
It become apparent Rosemary's financial situation is dire due to constantly funding Grayson's appetites. She finally cuts him off, prompting more tension in an already fraught relationship between her and Perdita. Carl's girlfriend Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) can see that Tom and Rosemary were happy together and once Rosemary's motives were exposed, she convinced Carl and his brothers to leave her alone. Chas' sympathy quickly evaporates when Rosemary and Tom begin interfering in her and Carl's relationship and is further alienated when Rosemary agrees with Tom's opinion of Chas not being good enough for Carl. Rosemary moves into Home Farm and continues bumps heads with Chas and Tom's secretary, Edna Birch (Shirley Stelfox). Tom proposes and Rosemary accepts and they are married on Christmas Day by Bishop George Postlethwaite in the village church and a lavish reception is held at Home Farm. Tom gives Rosemary the estate as a wedding present, to the disgust of his sons and she delighted. Rosemary's jubilation soon turns to disappoint when Tom tells her that he wants her to leave it to Carl in her will as opposed to Grayson. Tom is killed later that evening after being bludgeoned then thrown through a window, to the horror of their guests.
Following Tom's death, there are numerous suspects for his murder including Rosemary, Grayson and the King brothers. Jimmy and Matthew are suspicious and want her out of Home farm. Things are not helped when Tom's close friend, Charles Vaughan (Richard Cole) visits frequently and is a little too keen to comfort Rosemary. Matthew reports Charles' constant visits to Grace Barraclough (Glynis Barber), the DCI in charge of the investigation, giving her no choice but to pass it on to her bosses. When Rosemary returns after a period of leave, she finds the brothers have planned Tom's funeral without so she takes the body. She is ignored at the funeral by them and they are angered to learn that Home Farm is bequeathed to them under the condition they give Rosemary a home for as long as she wants. Further shocks are in store when it is revealed tom has an illegitimate teenage daughter; Scarlett Nicholls (Kelsey-Beth Crossley). Rosemary then aligns with Scarlett's mother Carrie (Linda Lusardi). Rosemary is later questioned about the death of her previous husband, Ray, the father of Grayson and Alasdair 25 years earlier. Rosemary discloses to Zak Dingle (Steve Halliwell) that Ray had shot himself because she "made his life hell".
Rosemary schemes by playing mind games with tenant Andy Sugden (Kelvin Fletcher) to evict his ex-wife, Katie (Sammy Winward), and Perdita from Butler's Farm. She called him in, telling him under his tenancy agreement, he could not sublet any part of Butler's farm if he wanted to continue renting it. Andy tells Katie and Perdita that they would have to find new premises and Rosemary told them they could use the stables at Home Farm in exchange for a 10% stake in the business. Perdita is furious at Rosemary muscling in but Katie was thrilled, seeing it as a chance to move up in the world.
Rosemary later became good friends with Zak, and grew close to his daughter Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper) - particularly when Rosemary agrees to pay the fees for her to go to private school. Zak worked as gamekeeper at Home Farm, further building up their friendship. However, Zak's wife and Belle's mother Lisa (Jane Cox) suspects they were having an affair, which is not helped by Shadrach, Zak's brother, making comments about Rosemary. Lisa slaps Rosemary and throws Zak out, but Rosemary talks her round. Shortly afterwards, Grayson borrows money from Rosemary to a bet on the horse that belonged to local veterinarian Hari Prasad (John Nayagam), but it loses and Grayson tells Hari to get the money back. Rosemary becomes involved, telling Hari not to worry about the money he owed her. She also gives him the money he needed to repay what he had embezzled from the vet's surgery accounts to buy the horse if he told the police he overheard the Kings talking about the murder weapon. Hari agrees and pressure his fiancee Louise Appleton (Emily Symons) to back him up. Matthew works out Rosemary is behind Hari and Louise's statements and doesb;t think much of them. Hari finds himself in trouble when Louise finds out was he lying and goes to the police. He runs her car off the road, trying to stop her. On the day of the trial, Hari and Louise fail to show as Louise tells the police that she and Hari had heard the King brothers discussing Tom's murder and reports Hari's vehicular assault, resulting in his arrest and The Kings were released and were waiting for Rosemary. She tells Carrie she had lied and Carrie recorded it, later playing it to the Kings and they confront Rosemary. She tries to call for help but Matthew grabbs the phone, holding it over a balcony. Rosemary tries to grab it but loses her balance, falling over the balcony and landing on the floor below. Rosemary is unhurt apart from a sore ankle and fears for her life. Matthew agrees to call an ambulance only if Rosemary will sign over Home Farm to the Kings. Rosemary, with her back against the wall, complies.
Rosemary then begins a gaslighting campaign against Perdita by meddling with her pills, prompting her to question her sanity. Perdita is eventually hospitalized and sectioned. Grayson visits the family doctor who tells him about the pills and he quickly learns the Rosemary has been drugging his wife. Incensed, Grayson throws her out and tells her not to return. The following day, Perdita reveals to everyone in the Woolpack that Rosemary has been drugging her. Zak comforts Rosemary at first but is horrified when she confirms Perdita's accusations and tells her to stay away from his family and leaves. Grayson then tells her to leave, which she refuses at first but then she disappears without a trace. When Edna searches for her dog Tootsie, she find sher but doesn't not notice Rosemary's handbag and passport. A few weeks later Paddy Kirk and Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) were walking down a country road when they spotted Rosemary's handbag and passport lying in the grass. They alert the police, who search the bag and found a diary, and on 13 September (the date she was last seen) it reads "MK MF" in her handwriting. The police suspect this meant Matthew King, Manor Farm, meaning Rosemary had met Matthew at Manor Farm (the Kings' property) that day. Grayson is informed and Rosemary's car is found at Manor Farm, along with two cups of coffee with Rosemary and Matthew's respective prints. Matthew is then arrested and remanded in custody. Grayson hires a private detective, who tells him Rosemary is alive and living Miami and presents him with a letter telling Grayson how she faked her own death and framed Matthew. Grayson arrives at Home Farm to tell Matthew but sees him with Perdita and decides to hang onto the letter, and Matthew is imprisoned.
On Christmas Day 2007, Perdita find the letter and confronts Grayson. She tells him she is going to the police, but she and Grayson fight - during which he grabs the letter and flees but Carl and Jimmy tackle him and Perdita takes the letter to the police and Grayson claims he had been so busy that he hadn't realised what it was. The police pay this no more mind. Several days later, it is revealed that Rosemary had shot herself to death in Miami after learning the police were looking for her. Her body is brought back to Emmerdale to be buried next to Tom on New Year's Day 2008.
Reception
Lucy Thornton of the Daily Mirror described Rosemary as a "superbitch".
See also
List of soap opera villains
References
Emmerdale characters
Fictional female businesspeople
Television characters introduced in 2006
Fictional criminals in soap operas
Fictional suicides
Female characters in television
Female villains
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Rohaniza Usman
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Rohaniza Usman is a Filipina peacemaker. In 2013 she won the N-Peace Award.
Biography
Born in the Philippines, Usman grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and returned to the Philippines to attended Assumption College. She started her career working on programs for the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Youth Affairs in Manila. She then worked in the Peace Development program for the non-governmental organization (NGO), Asia America Initiative.
Usman is the founder of the NGO Teach Peace Build Peace Movement which focuses on Filipino youth involvement in the peace movement.
In 2013 Usman was awarded the N-Peace Award as an Emerging Peace Champion. She also received the 2014 Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue award. Usman is an Ashoka Fellow.
References
External links
A youth peace leader in Mindanao: Rohaniza Usman wins the N-Peace Award 2013 YouTube video
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Filipino women
Women activists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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New Mexico State Road 127
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State Road 127 (NM 127) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 127's eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 64 (US 64) in Eagle Nest, and the western terminus is at the end of state maintenance near Idlewild.
Major intersections
See also
References
127
Transportation in Colfax County, New Mexico
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2001 Fiesta Bowl
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The 2001 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, played on January 1, was the thirtieth edition of the Fiesta Bowl and part of the BCS bowl schedule of the 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season. Held on New Year's Day at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, the night game matched the fifth-ranked Oregon State Beavers of the Pac-10 Conference and the #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, an independent.
Oregon State quarterback Jonathan Smith threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns to lead the favored Beavers to a 41–9 rout. Wide receiver Chad Johnson had two touchdown receptions, and future Cincinnati Bengals teammate T. J. Houshmandzadeh caught the other. The Beavers led 12–3 at halftime, then scored 29 points in an eight-minute stretch of the third quarter to put the game away. Notre Dame's sole touchdown came with under seven minutes remaining in the game, against OSU reserves, which completed the scoring.
Smith was named the offensive player of the game, and Beavers linebacker Darnell Robinson, who recorded two sacks, forced a fumble, and made an interception, was the defensive player of the game. The Beavers were penalized 18 times for 174 yards.
Oregon State (11–1) was ranked fourth in the final AP poll, which remains the highest in the history of the OSU program. Notre Dame (9–3) fell to fifteenth after its fifth consecutive bowl loss, a streak which reached nine.
References
Fiesta Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football bowl games
Oregon State Beavers football bowl games
January 2001 sports events in the United States
2001 in sports in Arizona
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BPL
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BPL may refer to:
Places
Bhopal Junction railway station, India (by station code)
Bole Alashankou Airport, China (by IATA airport code)
The contractional slang for Blackpool, UK
Economics and finance
Bank pool loan, a type of loan
Below Poverty Line (India), an economic indicator
Bloomberg Polarlake, a subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P
Enterprises
BPL Group, an electronics conglomerate in India
Public libraries
Birmingham Public Library, in Alabama, United States
Boston Public Library, in Massachusetts, United States
Brooklyn Public Library, in New York, United States
Burnaby Public Library, in British Columbia, Canada
Bloomington Public Library. in Illinois, United States
Science and technology
beta-Propiolactone, a compound used for virus deactivation, and as a precursor for synthesis of other compounds.
Bio Products Laboratory, UK blood plasma products company
BPL (complexity), a computational complexity theory descriptor
BPL (time service), a long-wave time signal service from China
Broadband over power lines, in telecommunications
Biopollution level
Bone phosphate of lime or Tricalcium phosphate
In mathematics, the classifying space of piecewise linear structures on a manifold
Sports
Bangladesh Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket league
Bangladesh Premier League (football), an association football league
Brisbane Premier League, an association football league in Australia
Premier League, Great Britain, as previously known as Barclays Premier League
See also
Calculus of negligence, also known as the BPL formula
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Christopher Lillicrap
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Christopher J. Lillicrap (born 14 February 1949 in Plymouth, Devon) is a British television presenter, writer and composer. He is best known for being a children's TV presenter in the 1970s and '80s, and has numerous writing credits, including Rainbow, Fab Lab and Fimbles. He presented We'll Tell You a Story, and Flicks between 1983 and 1988. Lillicrap is also the creator of the educational television show, El Nombre. His stage work includes pantomime, writing for the Proper Pantomime Company, in whose productions he starred as the dame.
He has co-written numerous pantomimes and children's shows for the theatre with his actress wife Jeanette Ranger. Their musical Monty Moonbeam's Magnificent Mission won the TMA/Martini Award for Best Show for Young People.
Lillicrap no longer performs in pantomime following his wife's stroke. Lillicrap lived for many years in Farnborough, Hampshire before moving to the Greek island of Symi, where he wrote his first novel, Midas, under the pseudonym Dominic Ranger, published by Matador in 2013.
References
External links
Biography by Noel Gay Organisation
English television presenters
Living people
1949 births
BBC television presenters
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Hár (crater)
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Hár is a crater on Jupiter's moon Callisto. Its name is one of the many names of Odin, the supreme god in Norse mythology. This is an example of a central dome impact crater.
References
Surface features on Callisto (moon)
Impact craters on Jupiter's moons
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Aulographina is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order.
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Index Fungorum
Asterinaceae
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Thaitone is a color scheme designed to follow colors used in traditional Thai art. It was compiled by Pairoj Pittayamatee, and is the result of 10 years study about the traditional color making and using in Thailand art history for his master's and doctoral degrees at Silpakorn University. The identity of Thai color is a hundred percent made by natural ingredients, plants and minerals that can be found in Thailand. The shade is soft and not too vivid. The problem is the color will not be exactly the same color in each time of making because it is the handmade product. To make the use of Thaitone color scheme universal, Professor Pairoj set the aim of the study to research and compare Thai’s color scheme with CMYK standard by using Pantone color system and collected them as a database for everyone especially for Thai designers who can adapt the Thaitone color to use in design world nowadays. Now (Jan 2017), there are 156 colors identified in CMYK color standard. Thaitone color has become one of Thailand’s cultural identities by reflecting the beauty, belief and characteristics of Thailand.
Primary Colors in Thaitone
Same as universal primary color standard, Thaitone primary color consists of Red, Yellow and Blue. The colors are called, Chard (Red), Rong (Yellow) and Kraam (Blue). However, the tone of the color is not the same as the standard.
Chard
Chard is vermillion. It is considered as the most important color in Thai art as the red color represents the auspicious thing and heaven in Thai belief.
Rong
Rong is gamboge tint. The word Rong is from Rong Thong tree (Gracinia Hanbury Hook) which is the tree that can be easily found along the seaside province of the Gulf of Thailand.
Kraam
Kraam is indigo color from the color pigment of Indigo’s stem and leaves. Kraam could be considered as the most familiar Thaitone color for Thai people according to the color is very popular in traditional Thai's dyeing.
Benjarong - 5 Primary Color in Thaitone
These 5 primary colors consist of the three of primary colors in Thaitone which are Chard, Rong, Kraam and other two colors are black and white. Benjarong color was used popularly in traditional Thai’s mural art and in Thai’s traditional porcelain painting.
10 groups of Thaitone
These 10 groups of Thaitone colors consist of five primary colors (Benjarong) that are Chard, Rong, Kraam, black, white and other 5 colors which are created from the mixing between colors in Benjarong Color groups that are Orange, Green, Violet, Brown and Gold.
Ingredients for making color in Thai’s color making.
Thaitone Color nowadays
The use of Thaitone color is now supported by Thailand's Ministry of Culture to promote Thailand's identity. From the study of Professor Pairoj, he can identify 156 colors. He gave the Thai name to each color and used Pantone Color Analysing Program to find the CMYK code so that it can be used worldwide. There are new colors being discovered continuously so Professor Pairoj is still working on the project to identify more CMYK code. He has also done the copyright for the name "THAITONE" even though the percentage of color ratio, color name, graphic of Thaitone color are allowed to use freely to be the reference of color in design work as long as the users give credit to THAITONE Color System.
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Golden age hip hop is a name given to mainstream hip hop music created from the mid-1980s to early-mid 1990s, particularly by artists and musicians originating from the New York metropolitan area. An outgrowth of the new school hip hop movement, it is characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence on hip hop after the genre's emergence and establishment in the old-school era, and is associated with the development and eventual mainstream success of hip hop. There were various types of subject matter, while the music was experimental and the sampling from old records was eclectic.
The artists most often associated with the period are LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Ultramagnetic MC's, the Jungle Brothers, Run-D.M.C., Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, KRS-One, Eric B. & Rakim, De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Biz Markie, Salt-N-Pepa, Queen Latifah, Gang Starr, and A Tribe Called Quest. Releases by these acts co-existed in this period with, and were as commercially viable as, those of early gangsta rap artists such as Schoolly D, Ice-T, Geto Boys, N.W.A, the sex raps of 2 Live Crew and Too Short, and party-oriented music by acts such as Kid 'n Play, The Fat Boys, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, MC Hammer, and Vanilla Ice.
Description
The golden age is noted for its innovation – a time "when it seemed that every new single reinvented the genre," according to Rolling Stone. Referring to "hip-hop in its golden age", Spin's editor-in-chief Sia Michel said, "there were so many important, groundbreaking albums coming out right about that time",
and MTV's Sway Calloway added: "The thing that made that era so great is that nothing was contrived. Everything was still being discovered and everything was still innovative and new". Writer William Jelani Cobb said, "what made the era they inaugurated worthy of the term golden was the sheer number of stylistic innovations that came into existence... in these golden years, a critical mass of mic prodigies were literally creating themselves and their art form at the same time".
The term "Golden age hip hop" frames the late 1980s in mainstream hip hop, said to be characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence, and associated with Public Enemy, KRS-One and his Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Ultramagnetic MCs, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers due to their themes of Afrocentricity and political militancy, their experimental music, and their eclectic sampling. This same period is sometimes referred to as "mid-school" or a "middle school" in hip hop, the phrase covering acts such as Gang Starr, The UMC's, Main Source, Lord Finesse, EPMD, Just Ice, Stetsasonic, True Mathematics, and Mantronix.
The innovations of Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, and new school producers such as Larry Smith, and Rick Rubin of Def Jam Recordings, were quickly advanced on by the Beastie Boys, Marley Marl and his Juice Crew MCs, Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, and Eric B. & Rakim. Hip hop production became denser, rhymes and beats faster, as the drum machine was augmented with the sampler technology. Rakim took lyrics about the art of rapping to new heights, while KRS-One and Chuck D pushed "message rap" towards black activism. Native Tongues artists' inclusive, sample-crowded music accompanied their positivity, Afrocentricity and playful energy.
During the golden age of hip hop, samples were heavily used. The ability to sample different beats, riffs and patterns from a wide variety of sources gave birth to a new breed of producers and DJs who did not necessarily need formal musical training or instruments, just a good ear for sound collages. These samples were derived from a number of genres, ranging from jazz, funk and soul to rock and roll. For example, Paul's Boutique, the Beastie Boys' second studio album, drew from over 200 individual samples, 24 of which were featured on the last track of the album. Samples and sound bites were not limited to just music. RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, a hip hop collective formed in the 1990s, sampled sound clips from his own collection of 1970s kung-fu films to bolster and frame the group's gritty lyrical content. Many of the sample-laden albums released during this time would not be able to receive legal clearance today.
The era also provided some of the greatest advances in rapping technique. Kool G Rap, referring to the golden age in the book How to Rap said, "that era bred rappers like a Big Daddy Kane, a KRS-One, a Rakim, a Chuck D... their rapping capability and ability – these dudes were phenomenal". Many of hip hop's biggest artists were also at their creative peak. Allmusic said the golden age "witnessed the best recordings from some of the biggest rappers in the genre's history... overwhelmingly based in New York City, golden age rap is characterized by skeletal beats, samples cribbed from hard rock or soul tracks, and tough dis raps... rhymers like PE's Chuck D, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Rakim, and LL Cool J basically invented the complex wordplay and lyrical kung-fu of later hip-hop".
In addition to lyrical self-glorification, hip hop was also used as a form of social protest. Lyrical content from the era often drew attention to a variety of social issues including Afrocentric living, drug use, crime and violence, religion, culture, the state of the American economy, and the modern man's struggle. Conscious and political hip hop tracks of the time were a response to the effects of American capitalism and former President Reagan's conservative political economy. According to Rose Tricia, "In rap, relationships between black cultural practice, social and economic conditions, technology, sexual and racial politics, and the institution policing of the popular terrain are complex and in constant motion. Even though hip hop was used as a mechanism for different social issues it was still very complex with issues within the movement itself.
There was also often an emphasis on black nationalism. Hip hop scholar Michael Eric Dyson stated, "during the golden age of hip hop, from 1987 to 1993, Afrocentric and black nationalist rap were prominent", and critic Scott Thill described the time as "the golden age of hip hop, the late '80s and early '90s when the form most capably fused the militancy of its Black Panther and Watts Prophets forebears with the wide-open cultural experimentalism of De La Soul and others". Stylistic variety was also prominent; MSNBC said that in the golden age, "rappers had an individual sound that was dictated by their region and their communities, not by a marketing strategist," the Village Voice referred to the golden age's "eclecticism", and Ben Duinker and Denis Martin of Empirical Musicology Review wrote that "The constant flow of new, boundary-pushing Golden Age album releases exemplifies this era's unprecedented stylistic fluidity."
Time period
AllMusic writes, "Hip-hop's golden age is bookended by the commercial breakthrough of Run-D.M.C. in 1986 and the explosion of gangsta rap with NWA in the late 80s and Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg in 1993." However, the specific time period that the golden age covers varies among different sources. The New York Times also defines hip-hop's golden age as the "late 1980s and early 90s". Ed Simmons of The Chemical Brothers said, "there was that golden age of hip-hop in the early 90s when the Jungle Brothers made Straight Out the Jungle and De La Soul made Three Feet High and Rising" (though these records were in fact made in 1988 and 1989 respectively). MSNBC called the 1980s the "Golden Age" of hip-hop music. The Guardian states, "The golden age of hip-hop, from 1986 to 1993, gave the world an amazing number of great records," and also describes the period in November 1993, when A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang Clan released albums, as "The Next Golden age."
The golden age is described by scholar Mickey Hess as "circa 1986-1994." Carl Stoffers of New York Daily News describes the golden age as "spanning from approximately 1986 to 1997." Brad Callas of Medium.com writes that "Hip-Hop's Golden Age is loosely bookended by the genre's commercial breakthrough in the late 1980s and the back-to-back deaths of 2Pac and Biggie in the late 1990s." In their article "In Search of the Golden Age Hip-Hop Sound", music theorists Ben Duinker and Denis Martin of Empirical Musicology Review use "the 11 years between and including 1986 and 1996 as chronological boundaries" to define the golden age, bookended by the releases of Raising Hell and License to Ill and the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Will Lavin of uDiscover Music states "It's generally accepted that the Golden Age occurred from the mid '80s and mid '90s; it was then that all the elements of the culture – breaking, graffiti art and DJing – broke cover to enter the mainstream." Music critic Tony Green, in the book Classic Material, refers to the two-year period 1993–1994 as "a second Golden Age" that saw influential, high-quality albums using elements of past classicism – drum machines (Roland TR-808), drum samplers (Akai MPC60, E-mu SP-1200), turntable scratches, references to old school hip hop hits, and "tongue-twisting triplet verbalisms" – while making clear that new directions were being taken. Green lists as examples the Wu-Tang Clan's Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Nas's Illmatic, De La Soul's 1993 release Buhloone Mindstate, Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle, A Tribe Called Quest's third album Midnight Marauders and the Outkast debut Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. Dart Adams of Festival Peak described this "2nd Golden Era" as spanning 1992 to 1996, and cites the release of Puff Daddy and Mase's "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" in 1997 as being the start of mainstream rap's "Jiggy Era".
According to copyright, music, and pop culture scholars Kembrew Mcleod and Peter DiCola, the golden age of hip-hop sampling spans from 1987 to 1992. Artists and record labels were not yet aware of the permanence of hip-hop culture in mainstream media, and did not yet accept it as a legitimate institution. They believe the ruling made in Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc. marked the end of the golden age of hip hop and its sampling practices.
Juice Crew
Notable hip hop producer and innovator, Marley Marl, formed the Juice Crew hip hop collective. Marl also founded Cold Chillin' Records and assembled various hip hop acts, including MC Shan, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shanté, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, and Masta Ace. His Juice Crew collective was an important force in ushering the "golden age" era of hip hop, with advances in lyrical technique, distinctive personalities of emerging artists like Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane, and attaining crossover commercial success for hip hop music. Marley Marl's first production was an "answer record" to "Sucker MCs" in 1983 entitled "Sucker DJs" by Dimples D. Soon after came 14-year-old Roxanne Shanté's answer to UTFO's "Roxanne Roxanne", "Roxanne's Revenge" (1985), sparking off the huge wave of answer records known as the Roxanne Wars. More disses (insults intended to show disrespect) from Shanté followed: "Bite This" (1985), "Queen of Rox" (1985), introducing Biz Markie on "Def Fresh Crew" (1986), "Payback" (1987), and "Have a Nice Day" (1987).
Boogie Down Productions
Shante's "Have a Nice Day" had aimed some barbs at the principal two members of a new group from the Bronx called Boogie Down Productions (BDP): "Now KRS-ONE you should go on vacation with that name soundin' like a wack radio station, and as for Scott La Rock, you should be ashamed, when T La Rock said "It's Yours", he didn't mean his name". Boogie Down Productions had manufactured a disagreement with the Juice Crew's MC Shan, releasing "South Bronx" and "The Bridge is Over" in reply to his "The Bridge" and "Kill That Noise" respectively. KRS-One considered Run-D.M.C. the epitome of rap music in 1984 and had begun to rap following their lead. He has also said that BDP's approach reflected a feeling that the early innovators like Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J were by 1986 tainted by commercial success and out of touch with the streets.
Boogie Down's first album Criminal Minded (1987) admitted a reggae influence and had KRS-One imitating the Beatles' "Hey Jude" on the title track. It also contained two tales of grim street life, yet played for callous laughs: "The P Is Free", in which KRS speaks of throwing out his girl who wants crack cocaine in exchange for sex, and "9mm Goes Bang", in which he shoots a drug dealer then cheerfully sings "la la la la la la". Songs like these presaged the rise of an underground that matched violent lyrics to the hardcore drum machine tracks of the new school. The cover of Criminal Minded was a further reflection of a move towards this sort of radical image, depicting the group in a half-light, holding firearms. The next album By All Means Necessary (1988) left that element behind for political radicalism following the murder of Scott La Rock, with its title and cover alluding to Malcolm X. KRS-One became involved with the Stop the Violence Movement at this time. Boogie Down Productions, along with Run-D.M.C. and Public Enemy, associated the new school as rap music with a strong message.
Eric B. and Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim appeared with the Marley Marl produced "Eric B. Is President" and "My Melody" on Zakia Records in 1986. Both tracks appeared on Paid in Full (1987). Just as Boogie Down Productions had, the pair reflected changes in street life on their debut's cover, which depicted the two wearing large gold chains and surrounded by money. Like Criminal Minded, the sampling prevalent in the album cemented James Brown's status as a hip hop source, while Rakim's allusions showed the growing influence of mystic Islam-offshoot The Nation of Gods and Earths in hip-hop. The music was minimalist, austerely so, with many writers noting that coupled with Rakim's precise, logical style, the effect was almost one of scientific rigour. The group followed Paid in Full with Follow The Leader (1988) (on which they were open-minded enough to sample The Eagles), Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990) and Don't Sweat The Technique (1992).
Rakim is generally regarded as the most cutting-edge of the MCs of the new school era.
Jess Harvell in Pitchfork in 2005 wrote that "Rakim's innovation was applying a patina of intellectual detachment to rap's most sacred cause: talking shit about how you're a better rapper than everyone else." Christgau in the Village Voice in 1990 wrote of Rakim's style as "calm, confident, clear. On their third album, as on their phase-shifting 1986 debut," he continues, "Eric B.'s samples truly are beats, designed to accentuate the natural music of an idealized black man's voice." Looking back at the late eighties in Rolling Stone in 1997, Ed Moralez describes Rakim as "the new-school MC of the moment, using a smooth baritone to become the jazz soloist of mystic Afrocentric rap."
Public Enemy
Public Enemy, having been reluctantly convinced to sign to a record label, released Yo! Bum Rush the Show on Def Jam in 1987. It debuted the Public Enemy logo, a circle of hatted b-boy in a sniper's cross-hairs, was replete with battle rhymes ("Miuzi Weighs a Ton", "Public Enemy #1"), social-political fare ("Rightstarter (Message to a Black Man)" and anti-crack messages ("Megablast"). The album was a critical and commercial success, particularly in Europe, unusually so for a hip hop album at that time. Bumrush the Show had been recorded on the heels of Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell, but was held back by Def Jam in order for them to concentrate on releasing and promoting the Beastie Boys' License to Ill. Chuck D of Public Enemy felt that by the time their first record was released, Boogie Down Productions and Rakim had already changed the landscape for how an MC could rap. Public Enemy were already recording their second album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam, 1988) when Bumrush hit stores.
Gangsta rap
The underground sound, centered on urban violence, that was to become gangsta rap, existed on the East Coast soon after Run-D.M.C. had inaugurated the new school of hip hop. Philadelphia's Schoolly D self-released "Gangsta Boogie" in 1984, and "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?"/"Gucci Time" in 1985, leading to Saturday Night (Schoolly D, 1986, Jive, 1987). The West Coast, which became the home of gangsta rap, had Toddy Tee's influential Batteram mixtape in 1985, and Ice-T's "Six in the Morning" in 1986 before N.W.A's first records, leading to the hugely successful Straight Outta Compton in 1988.
Native Tongues
Developments in the New York new school continuum in this climate were represented by the Native Tongues groups—The Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, Chi-Ali, and Monie Love—along with fellow travellers like Leaders of the New School, KMD and Brand Nubian. They moved away from aggressive, macho posturing, towards ambiguity, fun and Afrocentricity. Their music was sample-crowded, more open and accessible than their new school predecessors. De La Soul's debut sampled everyone from The Turtles to Steely Dan, while A Tribe Called Quest matched tough beats to mellow jazz samples and playful, thoughtful raps.
Legal cases
Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
This lawsuit was known for effectively ending the "Wild West" period for sampling during the golden age of hip hop. In 1991, Gilbert O'Sullivan's song publisher sued Warner Brothers Records over the use of the original in Biz Markie's song "Alone Again." No copyright case precedents were cited in the ruling of the final verdict, and the presiding judge's opinion was prefaced with the words "Thou Shalt not Steal."
The Turtles v. De La Soul
The sixties pop band The Turtles filed a lawsuit in 1989 against hip hop group De La Soul for the uncleared use of a sampled element derived from their original 1968 track "You Showed Me." The lawsuit was settled out of court for a reported $1.7 million, though group members later claimed that the actual payout was significantly less.
See also
Album era
Progressive rap
References
1980s in music
1990s in music
African-American culture
African-American music
hip hop
Nostalgia in the United States
History of hip hop
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Inese Geca-Miljone (born March 3, 1978) is a Latvian ice hockey player, currently playing with SHK Laima Rīga. Geca-Miljone represented Latvian national team in fourteen IIHF Women's World Championships at the Division IA and IB levels. In 2017 she represented Latvian national team as an assistant coach.
Geca-Miljone and her daughter, Līga Miljone, made history as the first mother-daughter duo to play in the same IIHF World Women's Championship, first appearing together at the 2013 Division IA tournament, and again in 2014 and 2016. At the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship they represented Latvia as coach and player.
International play
Inese Geca-Miljone played her first International game in 1992 against Ukraine, which was the first ever game for Latvian national team at the 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I. Inese Geca-Miljone and Latvian national team debuted in the 1999 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships (Lower Divisions) in Colmar, France and earned 5th place. Geca-Miljone posted 10 points (7+3) in her first IIHF tournament.
Coaching career
Geca-Miljone was an assistant coach for Latvian national team in OGQ in 2016, and in 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I. Latvian national team finished the IIHF 2017 tournament in third place and was recognized with bronze medals.
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Living people
1978 births
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Latvian women's ice hockey players
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France women's national cricket team
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The France women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of France in international Women's cricket matches. They became an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1998, having previously been an affiliate member since 1987.
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between France women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. The France women's team are scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event when they play in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier group.
Women's cricket in France
In May 2011, "Coupe de France Féminine" has been established as part of a continuing commitment to the women's game in France. The first ever representative France women's team, les "Dames de France" played against Jersey Ladies (2011, Saumur and 2013, Jersey). Creation of an Indoor Women's National Championship is the newest development, involving four teams over four tournaments in 2013.
Older women too play in some clubs alongside their male counterparts, but efforts are now being specifically directed to involving women of all ages in the sport as part of the high priority being given to the development of women's cricket.
Tournament history
ICC Women's World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier
2021: 5th (DNQ)
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — France Women
Last updated 30 August 2021
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 122/4 v Jersey on 2 August 2019 at Parc du Grand Blottereau, Nantes.
Highest individual score: 46*, Jennifer King v Austria on 3 August 2019 at Parc du Grand Blottereau, Nantes.
Best individual bowling figures: 5/14, Emmanuelle Brelivet v Austria on 1 August 2019 at Parc du Grand Blottereau, Nantes.
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #941. Last updated 30 August 2021.
See also
Association France Cricket
List of France women Twenty20 International cricketers
References
External links
Official site
FemaleCricket-France
Cricinfo-France
1987 establishments in France
Cricket in France
France in international cricket
Women's national cricket teams
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The 81st Flying Training Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Western Flying Training Command, and was disbanded on 1 November 1945 at the Santa Ana Army Air Base, California.
The squadron was a World War II Command and Control unit, its mission was to provide classification and preflight testing of aviation cadets. It was one of three such centers, the others being at Maxwell Field, Alabama and San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, Texas.
There is no lineage between the current United States Air Force 81st Training Wing, established on 15 April 1948 at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, and this organization.
History
The mission of the wing was to provide both Classification and Preflight stage training to air cadets which had completed Training Command basic indoctrination training.
Classification Stage processed the cadet and issued him his equipment. This was the stage where it would be decided whether the cadet would train as a navigator, bombardier, or pilot.
Pre-Flight Stage taught the mechanics and physics of flight and required the cadets to pass courses in mathematics and the hard sciences. Then the cadets were taught to apply their knowledge practically by teaching them aeronautics, deflection shooting, and thinking in three dimensions. The 81st FTW was the only wing which provided preflight training of pilots, navigators and bombardiers
Once the cadet successfully completed the training at the center, they would be assigned to one of the AAF primary flight schools for initial flying training.
Lineage
Established as 81st Flying Training Wing on 14 October 1943
Activated on 25 August 1943
Disbanded on 1 November 1945
Assignments
Army Air Forces Western Flying Training Command, 25 August 1943 – 30 June 1945
Units
Army Air Forces Classification Center, 30 April 1942 – 1 May 1944
Army Air Forces Preflight School (Pilot), 30 April 1942 – 1 May 1944
1040th Army Air Forces Base Unit, 1 May 1944 – 1 November 1945
Stations
Santa Ana Army Air Base, California, 25 August 1943 – 30 June 1945
See also
Army Air Forces Training Command
Other Training Command Preflight/classification Units:
74th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Eastern Flying Training Command
78th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Central Flying Training Command
Other Western Flying Training Command Flight Training Wings:
35th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Basic/Advanced Flight Training (California)
36th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Primary Flight Training
37th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Basic/Advanced Flight Training (Arizona)
38th Flying Training Wing (World War II) Bombardier and Specialized 2/4-Engine Training
References
Training wings of the United States Army Air Forces
Military units and formations established in 1943
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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The Berne Thaler was a coin equivalent to the French silver écu (German: laubthaler) issued by the Swiss canton of Bern. It contained 26.67 g fine silver and was valued at 4 livres.
The currency of Bern was the livre (later, franc or frank), divided into 10 batzen or 40 kreuzer.
The laubthaler or écu was also equivalent to 4 franken of the Helvetic Republic, and afterwards to 4 Berne franken and 4 Vaud francs.
Coins
In the late 18th century, billon coins were issued in denominations of and 1 Kreuzer, and 1 Batzen, together with silver 10 and 20 Kreuzer, , and 1 Thaler, and gold , 1 and 2 Duplone. The Kreuzer coins were inscribed as 1 Vierer. Additionally, French écus were counterstamped '40 BZ' (40 batzen) in Bern for local use.
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1798 disestablishments
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The 2003–04 season was Aberdeen's 91st season in the top flight of Scottish football and their 93rd season overall. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup.
Squad
Results
Scottish Premier League
Scottish League Cup
Scottish Cup
References
AFC Heritage Trust
Aberdeen F.C. seasons
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The Central African Republic competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. This marked sixth appearance of the nation at a Summer Olympics. The country entered three competitors; Henriette Youanga in the women's individual archery, Mickaël Conjungo in the men's discus throw and Maria-Joëlle Conjungo in the women's 100 metres hurdles. None of those athletes advanced out of their heats.
Background
The Central African Republic made its debut in the Olympic Games at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The country has twice boycotted the Olympic Games, first was because of the inclusion of the New Zealand team at the 1976 Summer Olympics despite the breach of the international sports boycott of South Africa by the nation's rugby union team shortly prior. Then in 1980, the country was one of several who joined in with a United States led boycott over the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. The highest number of Central African athletes entered in a team for an Olympics is 15, occurring at both the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.
Archery
The sole archer for the Central African Republic competing in the 2000 Summer Olympics was Henriette Youanga, in the women's individual. She took part in the two ranking rounds on 16 September at the Sydney International Archery Park. She scored 238 and 252 in the ranking rounds; placing 63rd out of the 64 competitors in each round, as well as overall. These rounds were used to allocate archers against each other in the single elimination tournament. Based on the result, Youanga was drawn against Natalia Valeeva of Italy, who had finished second overall in the ranking rounds. The match between the two took place the following day, with Valeeva winning by 166 points to Youanga's 126.
Archery
Athletics
The Central African Republic was represented by two athletes in athletics; Mickaël Conjungo in the men's discus throw and Maria-Joëlle Conjungo in the women's 100 metres hurdles. Mickaël Conjungo, competing in his third Olympic Games, threw a foul in his first throw in the discus, but recorded a distance of with his second throw. His third throw was shorter, at , so his second throw was counted as the longest for the round. This mean he finished in sixteenth place, ending his appearances at the Games since only the first 12 competitors qualified for the following round.
Maria-Joëlle Conjungo took part in the 100 metres on 25 September in the second heat. She finished in seventh place with a time of 13.95 seconds; the top six qualified for the following round, four automatically and then those in fifth and sixth place due to finishing among the four fastest runners up overall.
Field events
Track events
References
Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Blue (2002 film)
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Blue is a 2002 Japanese romantic drama directed by Hiroshi Ando based on the manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan. The film stars Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima and Manami Konishi as Masami Endo. The film was first shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002, and was released in Japanese theaters in 2003.
The film is about two teenage girls, Kayako Kirishima and Masami Endō, who find their friendship turning into something more.
Plot
Kayako Kirishima, in her third year at a high school, feels a sense of isolation in school life and vague admiration and uneasiness about the future. One day she makes friends with Endō, who is isolated from her surroundings because she remained in the same class for another year. Kayako is strongly attracted by Endō, who shows her a world that she didn't know.
Cast
Mikako Ichikawa as Kayako Kirishima
Manami Konishi as Masami Endō
Asami Imajuku as Mieko Nakano
Ayano Nakamura as Chika Watanabe
Yōko Hirayama as Sumida Emiko
Ayaka Ota as Ayana Murai
Sosuke Takaoka as Mizuuchi Manabu
Tasuku Amagishi as Atsushi Kirishibabbayaro
Awards
24th Moscow International Film Festival : Best Actress Prize (Mikako Ichikawa)
Location
Niigata
Bandai Bridge
Furumachi
Niigata Station
Takaoka, Toyama
References
External links
Blue Support Page
Blue Cinema Topics
2002 films
Live-action films based on manga
Films set in Japan
Japanese films
Japanese-language films
Lesbian-related films
Japanese LGBT-related films
2002 romantic drama films
LGBT-related romantic drama films
2002 LGBT-related films
Japanese romantic drama films
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Johan Lorentz Castenschiold
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Johan Lorentz Carstens (13 May 1705 – 19 June 1745) was a Dutch-Danish landowner who was ennobled.
Early life
Carstens was born in 1705 on St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies, the son of plantation owner Jørgen Carstens and Margrethe Volckers. His mother, a daughter of Johan Lorentz who was governor of the island, had brought considerable wealth with her into the marriage. His father had brought the Mosquito Bay Plantation (Moskito Bugten) into the marriage.
Property in the Danish West Indies
Johan Lorenz Carstens inherited the Mosquito Bay Sugar Plantation on St. Thomas in 1720. He married Jacoba von Holten (1705–1751) in 1728. She was a daughter of former governor Joachim Melchior von Holten. She brought the plantations Pearl and Crown with her into the marriage. Carstens also acquired 400 tønder of land on St. Croix when Denmark purchased the island from France in 1733.
Personal life
The Carstens family moved to Copenhagen in 1739. They lived in a house in Store Kirkestræde. He played a central role in Danish trade with sugar and slaves. He purchased Knabstrup Manor in 1745 and was ennobled under the surname Castenschiold on 12 March that same year.
Johan Lorentz Castenschiold and Jacoba von Holten were the parents of Carl Adolph Castenschiold (1740–1820) and Joachim Castenschiold (1743–1817). Johan Lorentz Castenschiold died from smallpox on 19 June 1747. His widow purchased Hørbygaard in 1748. She lived on the estate until her own death in 1751.
References
Danish sugar plantation owners
18th-century Danish landowners
Danish planters
Slave owners
People from the Danish West Indies
Deaths from smallpox
1705 births
1747 deaths
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Ordu (electoral district)
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Ordu is an electoral district of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects six members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.
The capital of the province is the city of Ordu.
Members
Population reviews of each electoral district are conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being granted a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats.
Ordu is a borderline electoral district, with its representation varying between six and eight members since the late 1970s. As of the 2011 general election it has elected six members, down from seven seats at the previous election.
Ordu is the seat of the former Interior Minister, İdris Naim Şahin.
General elections
2011
Presidential elections
2014
References
Electoral districts of Turkey
Politics of Ordu Province
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Filip Stevanović
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Filip Stevanović (; born 25 September 2002) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Eredivisie club Heerenveen on loan from Manchester City.
Club career
Born in Arilje, he made his first footballing steps at local club Vranić. He later joined the youth system of Partizan after being scouted by Dušan Trbojević.
On 9 December 2018, Stevanović made his official senior debut for Partizan in a 3–0 away league victory over Rad, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Đorđe Ivanović. He made three more league appearances through the remainder of the season.
On 1 August 2019, Stevanović scored his first goal for Partizan after coming off the bench in the return leg of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, a 3–0 home win versus Welsh side Connah's Quay Nomads. He thus became their youngest ever scorer in UEFA competitions and the second youngest in club history, at 16 years and 311 days old. Three days later, Stevanović netted his first league goal for Partizan, opening the scoring in an eventual 4–0 home victory over Mačva Šabac. He subsequently contributed with a brace in a 3–0 home win versus Rad on 18 August.
In October 2020, it was announced that Stevanović had agreed to join Manchester City in the following January.
International career
Stevanović made his debut for the Serbia national under-19 football team in the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.
Statistics
Notes
References
External links
2002 births
Sportspeople from Užice
Living people
Association football forwards
Serbian footballers
Serbia youth international footballers
Serbia under-21 international footballers
FK Partizan players
SC Heerenveen players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Eredivisie players
Serbian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
People from Zlatibor District
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The United States Air Force's 485th Intelligence Squadron is an intelligence unit located at Mainz-Kastel, Germany.
Mission
History
Lineage
85th Radio Squadron
Constituted as the 85th Radio Squadron, Mobile on 4 August 1953
Activated on 8 December 1953
Inactivated on 8 May 1955
Disbanded on 15 June 1983
Reconstituted and consolidated with the 6985th Electronic Security Squadron as the 485th Intelligence Squadron on 10 May 1995
485th Intelligence Squadron
Designated as the 6985th Radio Squadron, Mobile and activated on 1 July 1962
Redesignated 6985th Security Squadron on 1 July 1963
Redesignated 6985 Electronic Security Squadron on 1 August 1979
Inactivated on 30 June 1992
Consolidated with the 6985th Electronic Security Squadron as the 485th Intelligence Squadron on 10 May 1995
Activated on 1 July 1995
Assignments
United States Air Force Security Service, 8 December 1953
6910th Security Group, 19 May 1954 – 8 May 1955
6981st Radio Group, Mobile (later 6981st Security Group), 1 July 1962
6944th Security Wing, 1 July 1974
United States Air Force Security Service (later Electronic Security Command), 1 March 1979
6949th Electronic Security Group, 1 January 1980
Electronic Security, Strategic, 1 August 1981
Electronic Security, Alaska, 1 October 1983
Pacific Electronic Security Division (later 692d Intelligence Wing), 1 June 1989 – 30 June 1992
26th Intelligence Group (later 26th Information Operations Group), 1 July 1995
70th Mission Support Group, 5 July 2006
693d Intelligence Group (later 693d Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group), 12 July 2007 – present
Stations
Mainz-Kastel, Germany, 1 July 1995 – present
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, 1 July 1962 – 30 June 1992
Sembach Air Base, Germany, 2 May 1954 – 8 May 1955
Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, 8 December 1953 – 17 April 1954
Awards
References
Notes
Explanatory notes
Citations
Bibliography
External links
Air Force ISR Agency
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1989. There were 38 number-one singles; the longest run at the top for the year was "Superwoman" by Karyn White, which spent three weeks at number one in January; it was later named the top R&B single of the year by Billboard.
15 acts (Vanessa Williams, Heavy D, Surface, Today, De La Soul, Peabo Bryson, Soul II Soul, Chuckii Booker, Babyface, Teddy Riley, Guy, Eric Gable, Caron Wheeler, Regina Belle, and Miki Howard) reached number one for the first time during 1989. Singers Roberta Flack and Jermaine Jackson returned to the top spot for the first time since 1978 and 1980, respectively. Additionally, singers Karyn White, Bobby Brown, Surface, Soul II Soul, Stephanie Mills, and Babyface were the only acts to top the chart with two singles during the year.
Chart history
See also
1989 in music
List of number-one R&B albums of 1989 (U.S.)
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1989
References
1989
1989 record charts
1989 in American music
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Events from the year 1857 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal Government
President: Franklin Pierce (D-New Hampshire) (until March 4), James Buchanan (D-Pennsylvania) (starting March 4)
Vice President: vacant (until March 4), John C. Breckinridge (D-Kentucky) (starting March 4)
Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nathaniel P. Banks (American-Massachusetts) (until March 4), James Lawrence Orr (D-South Carolina) (starting December 7)
Congress: 34th (until March 4), 35th (starting March 4)
Events
January 9 – The 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake affects Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
February 3 – The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, D.C., becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.
March 4 – James Buchanan is sworn in as the 15th President of the United States, and John C. Breckinridge is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.
March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sanford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War (the ruling is not overturned until the 14th Amendment in 1868).
March 12 – Elizabeth Blackwell opens a hospital, the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children.
May 25 – Flying Eagle cent released for circulation.
July 18 – The Utah Expedition leaves Fort Leavenworth, effectively beginning the Utah War.
August 24 – Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company suspends payments, leading to the Panic of 1857.
September 11 – Mountain Meadows massacre in Utah.
September 12 – The sinks off the coast of North Carolina, killing 425 people.
October 1 – Eviction of last residents of Seneca Village to make way for New York City's Central Park is completed.
October 13 – Panic of 1857: New York banks close and do not reopen until December 12.
Undated
Speculation in U.S. railway shares causes financial crisis in Europe.
The seat of government of Iowa is moved from Iowa City to modern-day Des Moines.
The Mormons abandon the Las Vegas Valley of Nevada.
Maryland politician William Daniel proposes the Local Option for prohibition.
Ongoing
Bleeding Kansas (1854–1860)
Third Seminole War (1855–1858)
Utah War (1857–1858)
Births
January 11 – William Gentles, U.S. Army private, known for killing Crazy Horse (died 1878)
February 1 – Lucy Wheelock, early childhood education pioneer within the kindergarten movement (died 1946)
February 7 – Benjamin Eli Smith, editor of reference books (died 1913)
February 13 – Almanzo Wilder, writer (died 1949)
March 6 – George Dayton, businessman, founder of Target Corporation (died 1938)
March 7 – Genevieve Stebbins, performer of the Delsarte system of expression (died 1934)
March 20 – Benjamin F. Shively, U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1909 to 1916 (died 1916)
March 21
Charles Ellis Johnson, photographer (died 1926)
Hunter Liggett, general (died 1935)
April 22 – Paul Dresser, songwriter (died 1906)
May 17 – Mary Devens, pictorial photographer (died 1920)
May 19 – John Jacob Abel, pharmacologist (died 1938)
June 8 – Lawrence Marston, actor, playwright and film director (died 1939)
June 10 – Caroline Louise Dudley (Mrs. Leslie Carter), stage actress (died 1937)
June 20 – Mary Gage Day, physician (died 1935)
July 1 – Martha Hughes Cannon, politician (died 1932)
July 30
Lucy Bacon, California Impressionist painter (died 1932)
Thorstein Veblen, economist (died 1929)
August 8 – Henry Fairfield Osborn, geologist, paleontologist and eugenist (died 1935)
September 13 – Milton S. Hershey, chocolate manufacturer (died 1945)
September 14 – Julia Platt, embryologist and politician (died 1935)
September 15 – William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States from 1909 t0 1913 and tenth Chief Justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930 (died 1930)
October 7 – George P. McLean, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1911 to 1923 (died 1932)
October 17 – Mary Abbott, golfer (died 1904)
October 24 – Ned Williamson, baseball player (died 1894)
November 5 – Ida Tarbell, investigative journalist (died 1944)
December 1 – Samuel M. Ralston, U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1923 to 1925 (died 1925)
December 2
J. Frank Allee, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1903 to 1907 (died 1938)
Charles E. Rushmore, businessman, attorney, namesake of Mount Rushmore (died 1931)
December 4 – Julia Evelyn Ditto Young, poet and novelist (died 1915)
Deaths
February 16 – Elisha Kane, Arctic explorer (born 1820)
May 1 – Stephen Adams, U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1852 to 1857 (born 1807)
May 26 – James Bell, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 1855 to 1857 (born 1804)
June 19 – Alexander Twilight, educator and minister, first African-American known to have earned a bachelor's degree from an American college or university (Middlebury College, 1823) (born 1795)
July 4 – William L. Marcy, 21st Secretary of State from 1853 to 1857 (born 1786)
September 15 – John Henderson, U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1839 to 1845 (born 1797)
October 7 – Louis McLane, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1827 to 1829 (born 1786)
October 10 – Thomas Crawford, sculptor (born 1814)
October 20 – John Diamond, minstrel dancer (born 1823)
October 27 – John Blennerhassett Martin, painter, engraver and lithographer (born 1797)
December 24 – Robert C. Nicholas, U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1836 to 1841 (born 1793)
Jasper Grosvenor, financier (born 1794)
Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault, planter and landowner (born 1800)
See also
Timeline of United States history (1820–1859)
References
External links
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Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants
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Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) is a United States prisoner support and prison reform organization that was founded by Charles James and Pauline Sullivan in San Antonio, Texas, on January 2, 1972. It has supported legislation such as the Second Chance Act and, most famously, the Federal Prison Work Incentive Act.
In August 1985, CURE became a national organization. CURE has a branch devoted to federal prisoners among other things and various state chapters. There is a branch devoted to Florida prisoners and one in Dallas for Texas prisoners. They maintain a Facebook presence. There is also an international CURE.
According to S. D. Williams in the journal Corrections Compendium, "One of the group's problems is that the population for which they lobby (prisoners) does not elicit much sympathy; outsiders frequently do not see the wisdom of giving resources to those who must be in prison."
The above description of CURE incorrectly added "James" to founder Charlie Sullivan. That is incorrect.
References
Prison-related organizations
External links
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Eric Gilder (25 December 1911 – 1 June 2000) was an English musicologist, and also a teacher, conductor, composer and pianist. He was best known as the principal of the Eric Gilder School of Music.
Biography
Gilder was a pupil at Henry Thornton School in Clapham from 1926 until 1931, and composed the original school song. He initially studied mathematics and physics, but in 1936 he gained a scholarship to the Royal College of Music where he studied under John Ireland, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Constant Lambert and Sir Malcolm Sargent. He continued there until interrupted by war service.
After the war he worked variously as a pianist, conductor and broadcaster, and as principal of his own school of music. He began his career as a teacher at the Central School of Dance Music at 15 West Street in London. This was originally established in 1950 by jazz guitarist Ivor Mairants, primarily for jazz, big band and popular music players. Mairants handed the school over to Gilder in 1960 and it became the Eric Gilder School of Music. By then its address was 195 Wardour Street in Soho (original building has been demolished). Among the teaching staff at the school were Johnny Dankworth, Jack Brymer, Kenny Baker, Bert Weedon and Ike Isaacs, as well as Gilder himself.
Gilder is remembered with gratitude by the poet and musician Labi Siffre in his poem "education education education". Siffre studied at the Gilder school, as did Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Junior Campbell, David Essex, Christine McVie, John Chilton and (as a part-time student in the spring of 1963) the 15 year-old Andrew Lloyd Webber. The school attracted notable expatriate musicians from Africa and the Caribbean including Chris Ajilo, Ebo Taylor, (the Ghanaian afrobeat guitarist, composer and bandleader), Mulatu Astatke (considered the father of Ethio-jazz) and Teddy Osei (founder member of Osibisa, a band that played a central role in developing a more international awareness of African music in the 1970s).
As a conductor Gilder was an active choral director and arranger. In April 1951 he was appointed Musical Director of the 50-strong Ilford Girls' Choir and secured some high-profile bookings for them, including a live broadcast of Variety Bandbox on the BBC Light Programme, accompanying the young Julie Andrews. However, something went wrong and he resigned from the post in April 1952. He also arranged choral parts for Geraldo and his Orchestra (as chorus master of "the Geraldo Glee Club") and appeared at the Royal Festival Hall in London as a conductor and pianist. Gilder also wrote plays, poetry and fiction and contributed to music periodicals.
He was married (on 23 December 1939) with two daughters, and lived in his later years at 21 Fieldend, Twickenham.
Composer
As a composer Gilder has been entirely forgotten, but he wrote orchestral, choral, theatre and television music, pantomime music and lyrics, collaborating with the actor and writer John Crocker (1925-2015), as well as 200 songs (some with salon orchestra parts) and numerous solo piano pieces.
Selected Works
Seascape for piano and orchestra (1939)
The Tide for soprano, baritone, chorus, organ and orchestra (1945)
Christmas Sounds for soli, chorus and orchestra (1950)
A Busy Song: three part song for soprano, mezzo and alto with piano (words and music by Gilder) (published Curwen, 1951)
Gavotte for piano (published Noel Gay Music, 1951)
Hear Our Music, choir and piano (published Manor Music Co, 1951)
I Will Wait, song (words and music by Gilder) (published Manor Music Co, 1951)
Nursery Suite for orchestra (1953)
A Sea Suite for orchestra (1954)
La Contadina (The Little Match Girl), soli and light orchestra (published Ricordi, 1954)
Three Gifts, soli and light orchestra (words and music by Gilder) (published, Ricordi, 1954)
A Processional Overture (1975)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1979)
Three Pastorals for orchestra (1981)
Danse Fantastique, piano duet
Many pantomime scores and lyrics in collaboration with John Crocker, still in use, including Aladdin, Puss in Boots and Red Riding Hood (1960s)
Author
Troubled Waters (radio play, broadcast 17 July 1946, BBC Home Service)
Mister Potter's Play (radio play, broadcast 15 May 1948, BBC Home Service)
Dictionary of Composers and Their Music (with June G Port, 1978)
The Back Stairs, short story (broadcast 18 June 1980)
References
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English musicologists
English conductors (music)
British male conductors (music)
English classical pianists
Male classical pianists
Alumni of the Royal College of Music
1911 births
2000 deaths
Place of birth missing
20th-century British conductors (music)
20th-century classical pianists
20th-century English composers
20th-century musicologists
20th-century British male musicians
British music educators
Music schools in England
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Gábor Kucsera (born 27 August 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2005. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 1000 m: 2005, 2006), a silver (K-2 500 m: 2009), and three bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2006, 2007; K-2 1000 m: 2007).
Kucsera also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing fourth in both the K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m events.
He is a member of the Honvéd-Domino in Budapest.
In July 2015 he was accused to fail a dopping control, cocaine found in his blood. He was suspended by the Hungarian Canoe Association.
References
Canoe09.ca profile
1982 births
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists of Hungary
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Doping cases in canoeing
Hungarian sportspeople in doping cases
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"In My Darkest Hour" is a song by the American heavy metal band Megadeth. It is the sixth track from their third studio album So Far, So Good... So What! which released in 1988 under Capitol Records. The song is frequently preformed live by the band. The song was featured in the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, where it received a music video as well as featuring on the films official soundtrack released under Capitol. Dave Mustaine has said that the song has one his favorite solos that he has written.
The song is a tribute to late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton, who died in 1986.
Development
The music of the song was written by band frontman Dave Mustaine in a single sitting after a friend had contacted Mustaine to inform him of Metallica bassist Cliff Burton's passing. Mustaine was frustrated with the members of Metallica for not contacting him personally, stating in an interview:
The "darkest hour" mentioned in the song refer to general loneliness and isolation, however the lyrics and song subject refer to an ex-girlfriend of Mustaine's. The song was released as a promotional single for the film The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, in which the song features as part of the film's official soundtrack. Penelope Spheeris stated she had the song close the film "... because everything had been a little light and fluffy before that." And that she needed something "...more substantial."
Critical reception
Adrien Begrand of MSN Music, said the song is one of Dave Mustaine's "...greatest achievements as a songwriter" and that it is "an all-time metal classic." Mike Stagno of Sputnikmusic said that the song: "...could be considered a classic" and that it "...represents Dave's finest writing, lyrically and musically". Holger Stratmann of Rock Hard, called it an "excellent song". Conversely, Matthew Clouse of Osyssey, said it "...is easily the most overrated Megadeth track of all time" but that he "believe(s) it is a good song, but not a great one."
Music video
The music video accompanying the song was directed by Penelope Spheeris and featured a trimmed version of the song (from 6:16 to 5:12), intercut with interview footage of the band as well as a live performance of the song. The music video was banned from airing on MTV following accusations the lyrics promoted suicide.
Covers
In 2012, the Swedish band NonExist, covered the song, with MetalSucks reacting to it unfavorably.
Legacy
In 2018, Billboard ranked the song 5th on their list of "The 15 Best Megadeth Songs". Loudwire called the song "one of Mustaine's greatest songs" and ranked it as the 7th best Megadeth song. Metal Hammer called it one of the most overlooked Megadeth songs. MusicRadar called it of the 5 songs guitarists need to hear by Megadeth. Penelope Spheeris stated "It's a very, very heavy song and a really kind of classic piece of Megadeth that really displays their philosophy in a beautiful way".
Personnel
Megadeth
Dave Mustaine - Vocals, guitar
Jeff Young - Guitar
David Ellefson - Bass
Chuck Behler - Drums
Production
Produced by Paul Lani and Dave Mustaine
Engineered by Paul Lani with Matt Freeman
Mixed by Michael Wagener
Executive Produced by Tim Carr
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen
References
1988 singles
Megadeth songs
Heavy metal ballads
Songs written by Dave Mustaine
Songs in memory of deceased persons
Capitol Records singles
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The Ambassador of Germany to China is an officer of the German Foreign Office and the head of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the People's Republic of China. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is currently held by Dr. Clemens von Goetze. The Federal Republic of Germany and the PRC have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1972, while the German Democratic Republic had relations with the PRC from 25 October 1949. Unofficial representation to Taiwan has been undertaken by the German Institute Taipei since 2000.
Office holders
German Ministers to China, 1873–1931
Ambassadors of Germany to China, 1931–1945
Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany
Ambassadors of the German Democratic Republic, 1949–1990
See also
Germany-China relations
Foreign relations of Germany
References
Tobias C. Bringmann: Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und Deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer, de Gruyter, 2001, p. 91.
External links
German Embassy Beijing
China–Germany relations
Ambassadors of Germany to China
Ambassadors of East Germany
Germany
China
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Contuboel is a sector in the Bafata Region of Guinea-Bissau.
References
Bafatá Region
Sectors of Guinea-Bissau
Populated places in Guinea-Bissau
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Ophir is a small settlement in Central Otago, New Zealand, located between Alexandra and Ranfurly close to the east bank of the Manuherikia River. The settlement of Omakau is located on the opposite bank, to the northwest.
Ophir was originally known as Blacks, when gold was discovered in Central Otago in 1863 Ophir's population grew to over 1000 as it became the commercial and social centre of the district. It was renamed Ophir at this time which was where King Solomon obtained the gold to sheath the Temple in Jerusalem, and is thus the place name of the legendary "King Solomon's Goldmines".
Today, with a current population of around 50, the town is also known for the many original buildings still surviving including the restored Post and Telegraph Office, the 1895 Courthouse, and the 1870s Police Station. The Post Office is a schist and stone masonry structure built in 1886, and registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I Historic Place (List number 341, 22 November 1984).
New Zealand's second-lowest official temperature of -21.6 °C was recorded at Ophir on 3 July 1995, even though it is not located at a high elevation.
Demographics
Ophir is considered by Statistics New Zealand to be a part of the Omakau rural settlement, which is itself part of the much larger Manuherikia-Ida Valleys statistical area.
References
Populated places in Otago
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Illich Auyapah Guardiola (born July 5, 1972) is a Honduran voice actor who provided voice roles for Japanese anime. He has worked for ADV Films, Funimation, and Seraphim Digital, and as a stage actor and director in the Houston theatre community. Some of his major anime roles include Gin in One Piece, Kanba Takakura in Mawaru Penguindrum, Arawn in Tears to Tiara, Nimi in From the New World, Suguru Omi in the Hiro no Kakera series, and Yusuke Yoshino from the Clannad series.
Personal life and legal issues
In April 2014, Guardiola was pulled over by Spring Branch Police and was found to have one of his 16-year-old students with him, who told investigator they were in a sexual relationship. Later that month, Guardiola and the teen traveled to Las Vegas and were married in the presence of the teen's mother. Guardiola was subsequently arrested on May 8, 2014, and charged with sexual assault of a child. On September 5, 2014, the charges were dismissed, since both the teen in question and her parents insisted that the relationship was consensual, refusing to press charges or to cooperate with police investigators.
Guardiola was in a previous relationship with Monica Rial in the 1990s.
Filmography
Anime
References
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1972 births
Living people
American male stage actors
American male voice actors
Honduran emigrants to the United States
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Andreas Grassl (born 25 October 1984) is a German man found in England in April 2005, who remained unidentified for a long time due to his refusal to speak, communicating instead through drawing and playing the piano. During the over four months that passed until he revealed his identity, the mysterious story spawned media attention and speculation across the world and dubbed him the Piano Man.
When Grassl was picked up by police on 7 April 2005, he was wandering the streets in Sheerness, Kent, in England, wearing a soaking wet suit and tie, and he did not answer any questions. Remaining silent, he was presented a pen and paper by Medway Maritime Hospital staff in the hope he would write his name. Instead, he drew a detailed sketch of a grand piano. When they first brought him to a piano, he reportedly played music from various genres (ranging from classical music by Tchaikovsky to pop music by the Beatles) non-stop for four hours, and then was taken away by the hospital staff.
Tracing the 'Piano Man'
For several months, Grassl was interned in a secure mental health unit in north Kent while he was being treated and evaluated. Interpreters were unable to discover his origin. Orchestras around Europe were contacted in a bid to trace his identity.
The West Kent NHS and Social Care Trust, and the local police received what they described as an "overwhelming" public response, receiving over 800 calls on a dedicated helpline.
The story was broken when a social worker contacted the Daily Mail for help. A local photographer named Mike Gunnill was commissioned by the social worker to photograph Grassl. This proved difficult at first but in the end Gunnill managed to photograph Grassl when he took his usual daily walk around the hospital grounds. The social worker also gave the photographer the "mystery man's" sketch book. The only sketch worth copying was a large image of a grand piano. The rest of the book were just lines and doodles. Despite later comments, there was no flag image in the book.
From the sketch of the grand piano, the Daily Mail started calling him "piano man". Despite having the story first, the Daily Mail did not use it until later. Executives at Associated Newspapers thought he might be an "asylum seeker" who had arrived in Kent. Two weeks later, the photographer was told the story would not be used by the Daily Mail and he was free to use the images as he wished. The Mail on Sunday used a small image on the front page, but this was removed after the first three editions. Nevertheless, it was enough to start a media storm over "Piano Man".
Grassl's picture was posted on the UK charity Missing People's website (formerly the National Missing Persons Helpline). On 18 May 2005, a Polish man working as a mime artist in Rome approached Italian police officers, believing the Piano Man to be a French busker called Steven Villa Masson. However, the British newspaper The Independent tracked down Masson to his home in France, thus ruling out this lead.
Italian television stations showed footage of a concert pianist with a resemblance to the Piano Man—the pictures were filmed at an instrument fair in Rimini five years earlier. Observers found his hair different, but his nose and facial structure very similar. He had also stayed silent. British tabloids also suggested a link to a man last seen in Canada two years previously, Sywald Skeid (then known as Philip Staufen), who had wandered into a Toronto emergency department apparently suffering from amnesia. His true identity was revealed in a GQ magazine article as in fact Sywald Skeid.
BBC News reported on 29 May 2005 that a Czech musician called Klaudius Kryšpín, the drummer of a Czech rock band Pražský výběr ("Prague Selection"), had rung the helpline, offering information that Piano Man might be a pianist called Tomáš Strnad, who along with Kryšpín was a member of the tribute band Ropotamo in the 1980s. Also, Klaudius Kryšpín's twin brother Richard who lives in Columbus, Ohio, United States, confirmed that Piano Man had a striking resemblance to Strnad.
Another person who argued that Strnad might have been Piano Man was Michael Kocáb, the singer of Pražský výběr and a former adviser of Václav Havel. A problem with this theory was that Kocáb said that he met Strnad on 10 April 2005 near Prague (three days after the Piano Man was found in England). Even though the West Kent NHS Trust described this as a "promising lead" and reportedly planned to bring in a Czech interpreter, this theory was dashed when Tomáš Strnad was found and interviewed on Czech TV.
On 3 June 2005, Dateline NBC, the American NBC network's investigative news magazine, featured the story of the Piano Man as its top story.
On 24 June 2005, Susanne Schlippe-Steffensen (Dansk Folkeparti), a local council member of the Danish municipality of Karlebo, near Copenhagen, made a claim on Danish TV 2/Lorry, that the Piano Man was in fact her Algerian-born husband. Steffensen had not seen her husband since February, when he had travelled to Algeria to visit his sick mother. "He has lost 20 kilos and bleached his hair, but I can see in his eyes that it is him. I will never be wrong when I see those eyes", she said. Steffensen's theory was that her husband had travelled to England due to a conflict with his family. According to Steffensen the family was unhappy with the fact that he was married to a western woman. "I think he has fled for his life. He has previously received death threats", said Steffensen. She went to England to meet her claimed husband, but according to Steffensen the hospital did not allow her to meet him.
On 2 July 2005, BBC News reported that the Piano Man, when shown a map, pointed to Oslo, the capital of Norway. A Norwegian-speaking person was brought in to open communications. According to the report the Piano Man seemed more responsive when Norwegian was spoken even though he remained unable or unwilling to speak. The theory was further strengthened by claims that a Norwegian vessel was in the area at the time the man was discovered.
According to media reports, the Piano Man also made a drawing of the Swedish flag after coming to the hospital. This led to speculation that he had lived in one of the Scandinavian countries.
Between 4 July and 6 July, students from Norway said they knew the man in question as an exchange student from Ireland. These beliefs and possible leads were dashed when Norwegian papers were able to contact the man who the Piano Man was thought to be.
Diagnoses
Diagnoses of his condition initially focused on post-traumatic stress disorder but it was at the time thought he might be an autistic savant. Autistic savants can display extraordinary but highly specific talents, while at the same time remaining withdrawn or uncommunicative to the point of constant silence. The trust refused to officially comment on the young man's treatment beyond saying that his physical health remained good, but it was understood he was showing increasing signs of a rapport with a small number of trusted caregivers.
Return to Germany
On 22 August, the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror reported that the Piano Man had finally broken his silence after more than four months, and that he had been exposed as a hoax. Additionally, the Mirrors source said that he did not play the piano properly, but "just kept tapping one key continuously". Hospital staff have maintained that his abilities were not exaggerated.
The Mirror article said that the Piano Man had told the medical staff that he was a gay German man, who had come to Britain on a Eurostar train after losing his job in Paris. According to the newspaper's source, the man said that he had been planning to commit suicide when he was discovered on the beach in Sheerness, that he did not talk to the police due to his distressed state, and that he then continued to act mute. The unnamed source also suggested that the Piano Man used to work with the mentally ill, and thus was able to mimic their behaviour, thereby fooling the hospital staff. According to the tabloids, he has been flown back to Germany where his father (a farmer) and his two sisters live.
Later the same day the BBC reported that the German foreign ministry had confirmed that the man was a 20-year-old Bavarian who had flown home on 20 August. The German embassy in London confirmed that they had been contacted by the Little Brook Hospital, confirmed the man's identity and provided him with replacement travel documents.
Following the media reports, the West Kent NHS and Social Care Trust issued a statement stating that the man was no longer in the care of the trust, that he had been "discharged from [their] care following a marked improvement in his condition", and that their "involvement with this man has now ceased and will not be resuming at any stage". The statement also expressed that no further information was to be released.
In a follow-up to the story on 24 August, the Daily Mirror named the man as Andreas Grassl and published an interview with his parents, farmers in Prosdorf, a village belonging to Waldmünchen in the Cham district of the Upper Palatinate in eastern Bavaria. According to the interview, their son had upon his return told them that he had "no idea what happened to me. I just suddenly woke up and realised who I was." Grassl's father expressed anger with some allegations made in the original Mirror article, in particular the suggestions that his son's behaviour during treatment was not genuine. "I know he would never make something like this up," the father said. He denied that his son was gay, and told the newspaper that his son in fact was an accomplished piano player, albeit not to a professional standard. Grassl's lawyer said he might have experienced a psychotic episode.
After working with disabled people in Saarbrücken, Grassl apparently told his parents that he intended to leave to study in France. After that, his parents had not been able to reach him. They had reported him missing, but they did not see nor recognize the pictures of their son that were distributed around the world.
Friends of Grassl told The Times that he had spent hours in internet chat rooms, where he was known as "Scatman", and that he was a columnist for a local newspaper, writing about pop music.
In October 2014, AllthePigs Theatre Company announced that they were writing a play based on the theories and events that led to the 'Piano Man' at the New Diorama in London.
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News reports prior to identification
Aftenposten: "Ex-students recognize "Piano Man'"
CNN: Silent 'piano man' baffles medics
The Globe and Mail: Piano player man of mystery
BBC: 'Piano Mayged in Italy?
Doctors fear mute 'Piano Man' will never be identified.
Guardian: Do you know this man? Mystery of the silent, talented piano player who lives for his music.
Guardian: What is wrong with the piano man?
News reports following identification
Confirmation from German Embassy
West Kent NHS and Social Care Trust final statement
Piano Man's Identity is Revealed
Detailed background article from Der Spiegel (in English)
Database with news reports on the case (in English and Spanish)
Feature on a theatre production marking 10 years of The Piano Man (in English)
1984 births
Living people
2005 in England
German pianists
History of Kent
People from Waldmünchen
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Russkoye Znamya (; Russian Banner) was a newspaper, organ of the Union of the Russian People established in St. Petersburg by Alexander Dubrovin on , notoriously known for its antisemitic bias.
It was discontinued on by the order of Petrograd Soviet.
History
From the first issue in November 1905 until the end of the year Russkoye Znamya was released weekly. Became daily from January 1906. Its first editor was I. S. Durnovo. From March 1906 editor's duties were assumed by P. B. Bulatsel’.
Russkoye Znamya was regularly sponsored by the Moscow merchantess Ye. A. Poluboyarinova. It was also subsidized by the Russian government.
The URP chairman Alexander Dubrovin often published articles in this newspaper. Other active authors were: D. I. Bulatovich, G. V. Butmi, L. Ye. Katansky, N. E. Markov, N. A. Pavlov, V. M. Purishkevich, Alexander Trishatny.
Among other contributors M. N. Zelensky, A. V. Ososov, Ye. D. Khomenkov, S. S. Potapochkin, F. D. Klyuev, V. A. Bogdanov, N. I. Yeremchenko and M. P. Petrov are named.
Up to 1909 the editorial office was located at 4th Rota (now 4th Krasnoarmeyskaya Street), 6. In 1910 it moved to Shpalernaya Street, 26.
Political alignment
The motto of Russkoye Znamya, "", was stylistically processed so that even while inverted, this phrase would sound fabulous and epic.
Russkoye Znamya has consistently advocated unlimited autocracy and became notoriously known for its pronounced antisemitic stance. In its critical and accusatory articles against the State Duma, liberal and leftist radicals the newspaper often went beyond censored limitations and hence was repeatedly harassed for libel and defamation. In 1905-10 it was warned 13 times; 6 times it was fined at a total sum of 11.000 rubles, and 18 rooms were seized.
Having supported in 1914 the slogan of "the war to the bitter end", in the course of World War I the newspaper abandoned it in favour of calls for the alliance with German monarchy for the sake of saving both country from the impending revolutions. In 1916 its financial standing deteriorated resulting in cutting its size from 4 to 2 pages.
4 days after the February Revolution, on Russkoye Znamya was discontinued by one of the first orders of Petrograd Soviet.
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Russkoye Znamya
Antisemitism in the Russian Empire
Eastern Orthodoxy and far-right politics
Newspapers published in the Russian Empire
Political forgery
Publications established in 1905
Publications disestablished in 1917
Propaganda newspapers and magazines
Russian-language newspapers
Mass media in Saint Petersburg
Antisemitic publications
Defunct newspapers published in Russia
1905 establishments in the Russian Empire
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Cranfield School of Management
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Cranfield School of Management, established in 1967, is a business school that is part of Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. It was ranked Top 10 in the UK and 34nd in Europe in the Financial Times European Business Schools 2021 rankings. Cranfield School of Management is triple accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), EQUIS and AACSB. Cranfield University, the UK's only wholly postgraduate university, specialises in science, technology, engineering, and management.
Campus
The Cranfield University campus, which includes the School of Management, is located just outside the village of Cranfield in the Bedfordshire countryside, near Milton Keynes.
The School's Management Information Resource Centre offers access to electronic resources and is equipped with a Bloomberg Suite, a series of terminals offering access to live financial services news and data on industries, markets, economic indicators, equities, bonds and derivatives. The school also has a purpose-built residential management training centre.
History
1937: an RAF airbase was set up near Cranfield village in Bedfordshire in 1937 in the build-up to the Second World War.
1946: the airbase became the site of a College of Aeronautics to provide education and training for aeronautical engineers. Aspects of management were a feature of Cranfield programmes from the late 1940s.
1953: the Work Study School, which evolved to become Cranfield School of Management, opened.
1964: the first Cranfield MBA programme was run.
1967: Cranfield School of Management was founded.
1969: Cranfield was awarded its Royal Charter giving it university status and the power to confer degrees under the new name of Cranfield Institute of Technology.
1993: Cranfield Institute of Technology changed its name to Cranfield University.
2001: Cranfield SoM gained Triple Crown accreditation, one of the first few to do so in the UK.
Programmes
MBA programme
The Cranfield MBA is a full-time one-year programme beginning in September each year. The class comprises around 100 students drawn from 30 to 40 countries.
The Cranfield Executive MBA is a two-year part-time programme that starts in January each year. The programme is offered in a weekend format and has a focus on real-world learning and leadership development.
Master's Programmes
The School offers a portfolio of full-time one-year Master’s courses consisting of core and elective modules and a dissertation:
Finance and Management MSc
Investment Management MSc
Management MSc
Management and Corporate Sustainability MSc
Management and Entrepreneurship MSc
Management and Human Resource Management MSc
Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc
Procurement and Supply Chain Management MSc
Strategic Marketing MSc
Postgraduate Apprenticeships
Since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, Cranfield School of Management has been one of the largest Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship providers in the UK.
Senior Leader Apprenticeship+ Executive MBA
Senior Leader Apprenticeship+ Management and Leadership MSc
Senior Leader Apprenticeship+ Marketing and Leadership MSc
Senior Leader Apprenticeship+ Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc (Executive)
Retail and Digital Banking MSc
Doctoral programmes
The School offers a PhD programme on both a full-time and part-time basis and an International Executive Doctorate (DBA) on a part-time basis.
Open Executive programmes
Its portfolio of executive programmes is designed to develop personal leadership effectiveness and improve long-term business results, enabling managers to make the personal transitions required at key points in their careers.
Rankings
The Cranfield School of Management is highly ranked globally as well as nationally.
As an exclusively postgraduate university, the University is excluded from the Times Higher Education World Rankings, The Times World Rankings, The Complete University Guide and The Guardian, which focus on helping prospective undergraduate students to compare universities.
Full-time MBA ranking
The Financial Times 2019 ranking of full-time MBA programmes, ranked 9th in the UK, 18th in Europe and 76th in the world.
The Financial Times Full-time Top MBA programmes for entrepreneurship 2018 ranked 8th in the UK and 18th in the world.
The Bloomberg Businessweek European Best B-Schools ranking of full-time MBA programmes 2019-20, ranked 16th in Europe overall, 2nd in Europe for the learning experience, 7th in Europe for networking and 9th in Europe for entrepreneurship.
The Economist Which MBA? Rankings 2019, ranked 5th in the UK, 14th in Europe and 59th in the world.
The QS Global MBA Rankings 2021 ranked 9th in the UK, 29th in Europe and 79th in the world.
Executive MBA ranking
The Financial Times ranking of Executive MBA programmes 2020, ranked 8th in the UK, 88th in the world, 3rd in the UK for Percentage of Women Students, 13th in the EU for Salary Increase Percentage and 1st in the UK for Satisfaction Rate.
Management MSc ranking
The Economist Which MBA? Masters in Management (MiM) 2019 ranking, ranked 3rd in the UK and 30th in the world.
The Financial Times: Masters In Management 2020, ranked 9th in the UK and 78th in the world.
The QS World University Rankings: Masters in Management ranking 2021, ranked 6th in the UK, 26th in the world and 14th in the world for employability.
Finance and Management MSc ranking
The Financial Times Masters in Finance Pre-experience ranking 2018, ranked 6th in the UK and 32nd in the world.
The QS World University Rankings: Masters in Finance Rankings 2021, ranked 9th in the UK and 40th in the world.
Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc ranking
The QS World University Rankings: Masters in Supply Chain Management Rankings 2021, ranked 2nd in the UK and 11th in the world.
Strategic Marketing MSc ranking
The QS World University Rankings: Masters in Marketing Rankings 2021, ranked 5th in the UK and 16th in the world.
Executive Education ranking
The Executive Education 2020 FT Rankings, ranked top 10 in the UK, top 30 in Europe and top 40 in the world.
International links
Cranfield School of Management has Memoranda of Understanding with:
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, USA
China Europe International Business School, Shanghai
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India
Melbourne Business School, Australia
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil
University of Chile
Kobe University, Japan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
IPADE, Mexico.
The School of Management has run programmes with and hosted exchange students from a number of business schools around the world including ESADE, Spain, EM Lyon, France, University of Cape Town, South Africa and University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Notable alumni
The alumni body of Cranfield School of Management is an international network of professional managers from business, the professions, the public and not-for-profit sectors. Currently, the network includes more than 18,000 professional managers in over 120 countries.
Cranfield University are in the top 1% of institutions in the world for alumni who hold CEO positions at the world's top companies according to the Centre for World University Rankings, 2017.
Nick Jenkins – Founder of online greetings card retailer Moonpig, former "dragon" on the BBC Two business series Dragons' Den.
Karan Bilimoria – Founder and Chairman, Cobra Beer Ltd
Crispin Blunt – Member of Parliament for Reigate.
Andy Bond – Former CEO, Asda.
Warren East – CEO, Rolls-Royce Holdings.
Andy Palmer – Former CEO, Aston Martin.
Andy Harrison – Chairman, Dunelm Group.
John Hull – Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the University of Toronto.
Antony Jenkins – former Group Chief Executive, Barclays.
Ahmed Aly – CEO, Nile Air.
Martin Lamb – Former Chief Executive, IMI plc.
Charlie Mayfield – Former Chairman, John Lewis Partnership.
John McFarlane – Former Group Chairman, Barclays
Lara Morgan – Entrepreneur and Investor, Company Shortcuts.
Ted Tuppen – Founder and former CEO, Enterprise Inns Plc.
Sarah Willingham – letssavesomemoney.com, former "dragon" on the BBC Two business series Dragons' Den.
Akinwunmi Ambode – Former Governor Lagos State, Nigeria.
Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada – Served as Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources.
Nigel Doughty – Former co-chairman and co-founder, Doughty Hanson & Co.
Siddhartha Lal – Chief executive officer and Managing Director, Eicher Motors, and Chairman & Managing Director of VE Commercial Vehicles.
Michael Bear (Lord Mayor) – The 683rd Lord Mayor of London.
Samer Majali – Former CEO, Royal Jordanian airlines and SaudiGulf Airlines.
Winnie Byanyima – Executive Director, UNAIDS.
Clifford Braimah – Managing Director, Ghana Water Company Limited.
Elena Ambrosiadou – CEO, IKOS Asset Management.
Debra Charles – Founder and CEO, Novacroft.
Kito De Boer – Former Consultant, McKinsey & Co.
Omobola Johnson – Senior Partner, TLcom Capital LLP.
Riz Lateef – Journalist and newsreader, BBC.
Dr Alice Maynard – Director, Future Inclusion.
Angus Thirlwell – CEO and Co-Founder, Hotel Chocolat.
Dr Andy Wood – CEO, Adnams brewery.
References
External links
Cranfield School of Management
Business schools in England
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Petravec may refer to:
Petráveč, a village in the Czech Republic
Petravec, Croatia, a village near Velika Gorica, Croatia
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There Is Many Like Us is a 2015 documentary film directed by Josh Webber and starring Tyler Mauro, Kayleigh Gilbert, Eric Roberts, Michael Girgenti, Zach Silverman, Stefanja Orlowska, and Douglas Bierman. It is based on the true life story of Max and Rena Fronenberg.
The documentary film follows Max Fronenberg during his forced labor and imprisonment in Pawiak Prison Camp in Warsaw, Poland, during World War II. While imprisoned Max befriends two women who would later become his wives. Max and two friends, Karochic and Goodman, escape by digging a tunnel under the prison camp. Through their courageous actions fifteen prisoners escaped certain death but Fronenburg had to leave the love of his life in the process.
Plot
Set in Poland during the Second World War, this documentary film recounts the experiences of oppression and persecution under German military occupation in the city of Warsaw and the Pawiak Prison Camp. The story follows Max Fronenberg who was put into forced labor at the prison camp, located in the center of the Warsaw ghetto, as a sheet metal worker in 1942. He later met a young woman named Rena Rosenbaum who was concealing her Jewish descent from the Germans and feared she would be discovered and killed. In desperation she managed to get a note to Max revealing her true identity in hopes of getting word to her family if anything were to happen to her. Using his position as a valued worker and some connections he was able to procure within the camp, Max risked his own life to help Rena and others by providing warmer clothes, shoes, boots, and eventually is able to secure her a position sewing clothing, further insulating her from discovery.
As increasing numbers of prisoners were being executed and liquidated, Max feared that even his valued labor would not be enough to keep him alive so he devised a plan with two other prisoners to dig a tunnel underneath the camp to the city's sewer system. A difficult and dangerous task, Max and his friends managed to successfully dig this thirty meter tunnel over the course of a year escaping Pawiak and finding refuge through the Jewish Underground. A total of seventeen prisoners escaped, including Max's father.
In July 1944 the Germans liquidated Pawiak, destroying the entire camp, including its records. Max assumed that Rena had died, not knowing that she had indeed survived, having been transferred along with some of the remaining prisoners to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Later, Max and Rena are re-united by chance after a friend of Max's who had also been imprisoned in Pawiak met her at a train station. Max went to her hometown and they were reunited. However, after being separated after Max was hospitalized for several months after an accident doing a smuggling run, Rena was wed to another man. Heartbroken, Max returned to Warsaw and eventually re-met a young woman named Halina, who was also a prisoner in Pawiak and one of the other women he helped along with Rena. They wed, had two children, and built a life in both Poland and Israel before settling in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1953. Several years after Halina's death, Max and Rena are re-united. They wed soon after and spent their remaining years together until Max Fronenberg's death in December 2016<ref>Max Fronenberg Obituary The Gazette (Dec 27, 2016)</ref>
Cast
Eric Roberts as L.T. Rauder
Tyler Mauro as Max
Kayleigh Gilbert as Rena.
Michael Girgenti as Karochic
Zach Silverman as Goodman
Douglas Bierman as Mr. Federman
John Antorino as Nazi soldier Pilka
Michael D. Reynolds as Barry
Robert Robinson as Moses
Gabriella Nejman as Stella
Darrin James as Baruch
Stefanja Orlowska as Halina
Keegan Perry - General Mishka
Angie DeGrazia - Beth
Louis DeStefano - Rahuk
Reception
The documentary film has received favorable reviews from The Canadian Jewish News and The Jewish Press'' which called it "a timeless message of love and survival."
See also
The Holocaust
War crimes in occupied Poland during World War II
List of Nazi concentration camps
Holocaust memorial landscapes in Germany
Chronicles of Terror
List of Holocaust films
References
External links
There is Many Like Us Official movie site
Webber Films Main Site
There Is Many Like Us at rottentomatoes.com
2015 films
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Plocaederus pisinnus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae.
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Beetles described in 1975
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Herbert Taylor (22 February 1910 – 20 April 1993) was an English first-class cricketer active 1928–48 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Accrington; died in Enfield, Lancashire.
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1993 deaths
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Horace Maynard Trent (December 20, 1907 – December 16, 1964) was an American physicist best known for being part of the team that found that the crack of a bullwhip was actually a sonic boom. He is also the author of the currently accepted force-current analogy in physics known as the Trent analogy.
Education and early career
Trent was born in Bradley County, Tennessee to his mother Lida L. Trent. His early years were spent on a family farm with his mother and sister, Jean. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Berea College in 1929. By 1930 he was living with his mother in Starkville, Mississippi in a boarding house. He obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University where his thesis was on diaphragmless microphones. While working on his degrees he served on the faculties of Indiana University, Mississippi State, and Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
He began his career as a member of the Physics Department at Mississippi State University in the early 1930s. In 1933, he married Eva Mae Manes of Indiana, who was also an Indiana University graduate, and they had two daughters, Marilyn and Sandra. While at MSU he became the faculty advisor for the Sigma Pi colony there and he was initiated into the organization when the colony became a chapter. In 1935 he was promoted to assistant professor and then to associate professor two years later.
Naval Research Laboratory
Trent left Mississippi State in 1940 to accept an appointment at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), where he eventually became head of the Applied Mathematics Branch. His expertise in acoustics brought him an appointment to a special naval team assigned to do technical intelligence work on sound devices developed by the Nazis in Germany after World War II. By 1960, he was the supervisor of the Research Computation Center.
Trent's wife, Eva Mae, was also a mathematician in the Atmosphere and Astrophysics Division of NRL. In 1963, the NRL granted both of them a leave of absence to study and make recommendations for changes to Dartmouth College’s engineering sciences curriculum. The Ford Foundation financed the grant for his study of the college's mathematics, physics, chemistry, and engineering courses.
While at the NRL, Trent was able to keep teaching. He was an associate professor at the University of Maryland where he also became the Sigma Pi chapter there's faculty advisor.
Noted work
In 1958, Trent was part of a team, along with Barry Bernstein and Donald A. Hall, that made the discovery of what causes a bullwhip’s crack. At the time, it was thought to be caused by leather in the tip smacking against other leather as it curled back in on itself. Bernstein, Trent, and Hall proved that it was really the whip exceeding the sound barrier.
In 1955 Trent wrote what is now called the Trent analogy to describe a power conjugate pair using through and across variables in linear graph form. Although he was not the first person to use the through and across variables, his work is still regarded as the modern understanding of through and across.
Trent was also noted for his activities in the field of standardization. He served as the US Navy's Project Officer for Mechanical Shock and Vibration, was a member of the Tripartite (American, British, Canadian) Standardization committee, and was a member of the International Organization for Standards on the ISO/TC 37 committee.
Other Work
He served on the editorial boards for the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and the Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics. He was also a member of the Cosmos Club.
He became a member of the governing board of the American Institute of Physics in 1963.
He also held nine patent in such fields as underwater sound and mechanics.
References
1907 births
1964 deaths
People from Bradley County, Tennessee
20th-century American physicists
Indiana University Bloomington alumni
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DuJour Media
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DuJour is a print and digital luxury lifestyle publishing brand. Its chief publication is DuJour Magazine, a controlled circulation quarterly print magazine for which subscribers must fulfill highly specific wealth requirements, with one of the criteria being "a net worth of over $5 million". There is also a monthly digital version, and a weekly e-mail newsletter. The print publication is distributed to more than 100,000, and is audited by BPA Worldwide. The average age of its readership is 41.
It is distributed in U.S. markets, such as Southern California, New York, Chicago, Palm Beach, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco and Las Vegas, with seasonal editions in the Hamptons, Aspen and Sun Valley. It sets aside half the editorial content for local and regional news and events.
History
The DuJour Media brand was created by Niche Media founder Jason Binn in September 2012. The idea was to offer the "glamour of print" while tapping into the fast paced consumer effect of the digital world.
Its total reach is near 4 million. For the brands that advertise to DuJour's readership, the value of its annual offerings, combining its digital and social reach with the quarterly rhythm of its print magazine, is estimated to be worth just over $2 million.
Awards
DuJour.com was awarded a Webby for Best Home/Welcome Page.
DuJour was selected as the Best Newcomer in the AdWeek Hot List Readers’ Choice Poll of 2013, and as Hottest Lifestyle Magazine in 2014.
In 2014, DuJour was among the Reader's Choice Award Top 10 Covers by the American Society of Magazine Editors.
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External links
Lifestyle magazines published in the United States
Men's magazines published in the United States
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Celebrity magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 2012
Magazines published in New York City
Men's fashion magazines
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The Quasar-Unipower was a box-like car produced in limited numbers between 1967 and 1968 by Universal Power Drives of Perivale, Middlesex, England who also built the Unipower GT sports car.
Designed by Quasar Khanh, a French-Vietnamese designer and engineer, the car used plastic inflatable seats, a glass roof and sliding glass doors, in a cube-like configuration that was wider than it was long. The Unipower employed a four-cylinder 1100 cc BMC engine with an automatic transmission. Modified Mini subframes carried the suspension components and Mini 10 inch wheels were used. The car had a top speed of .
See also
List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom
References
External links
web site about the Quasar Unipower (in French)
official web site for Quasar Khanh world's
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United Kingdom
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Robert Absalom Thom (14 June 1873 – 2 November 1955) was the final Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway, and became a key figure in the locomotive departments of the company's successors, the Great Central Railway and the London & North Eastern Railway. Thom was born at Aberdeen on 14 June 1873. He attended Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen, where he received a technical education.
Career
Early years
He was apprenticed in 1888 to the Great North of Scotland Railway (GNoSR) at their locomotive works at Kittybrewster, just outside Aberdeen. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1893, he became an inspector and then deputy works foreman. He left the GNoSR in 1898, moving to the Neasden works of the Metropolitan Railway, where he was foreman; but he did not stay long, moving to join Thomas Beeley & Sons at Hyde Junction, east of Manchester, as works foreman.
Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
On 24 October 1902, he became the Locomotive Inspector of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LDECR), at their Tuxford locomotive works; the post was later renamed Locomotive Superintendent, and in mid 1906 his yearly salary was £350.
Great Central Railway
The LDECR was absorbed by the Great Central Railway (GCR) at the start of 1907, and he transferred to the GCR's Gorton locomotive works to work as Assistant to the locomotive superintendent John G. Robinson.
London and North Eastern Railway
At the start of 1923, the GCR became a constituent of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), and in the new organisation he was appointed District Mechanical Engineer for the former GC section. One of his tasks was to produce a scheme for the renumbering of the former GCR and GNoSR locomotives within the block of LNER numbers which ran from 5000 to 6999. In this he was assisted by Thomas E. Heywood, the former Locomotive Superintendent of the GNoSR, who was now Mechanical Engineer and Locomotive Running Superintendent, LNER (Northern Scottish Area). The GCR locos took numbers between 5001 and 6494, and the scheme adopted for the GNoSR locomotives was that 6800 should be added to the former GNoSR numbers.
The LNER was a very devolved organisation. At the very top level, there were officers whose duties covered the LNER as a whole - such as Nigel Gresley, who was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the LNER (and based at ) - but below this, matters were dealt with on a very much more local basis. The LNER was divided into areas and sections, each of which corresponded with one or two of the larger pre-grouping companies. Each of these had its own Area Mechanical Engineer, or equivalent post, whose headquarters was at one of the main workshops, such as Cowlairs or Doncaster.
In 1924, Thom became Mechanical Engineer of the LNER's Scottish Area, and in 1927 became Mechanical Engineer, Doncaster. In both of these promotions, his replacement was Thomas Heywood, mentioned earlier in connection with the renumbering. From 1 January 1934 Thom's duties expanded when his post was combined with that of Mechanical Engineer, Stratford, becoming Mechanical Engineer for the Southern Area of the LNER. He retired in 1938, and his former post was then split again: the new Mechanical Engineer, Doncaster was Edward Thompson, whilst F.W. Carr became Mechanical Engineer, Stratford.
Locomotive design
Thom was responsible for only one new design of locomotive, the large Class D 0-6-4T, nine of which were built between March 1904 and December 1906 for use on the coal trains which ran from the coalfield in northern Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to the docks at Grimsby and Immingham. These became LNER class M1, and were withdrawn between 1939 and 1947. They were direct predecessors of the GCR Class 1B 2-6-4T introduced in 1914, upon which Thom assisted Robinson with the design work.
Death
He died at Ilkley on 2 November 1955.
See also
Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway
Notes
References
1873 births
1955 deaths
People from Aberdeen
People educated at Robert Gordon's College
Locomotive builders and designers
Scottish railway mechanical engineers
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Chortkiv (; ; Chortkov) is a city in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion (district), housing the district's local administration buildings. Chortkiv hosts the administration of Chortkiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population:
Chortkiv is located in the northern part of the historic region of Galician Podolia on the banks of the Seret River.
In the past Chortkiv was the home of many Hasidic Jews; it was a notable shtetl and had a significant number of Jews residing there prior to the Holocaust. Today, Chortkiv is a regional commercial and small-scale manufacturing center. Among its architectural monuments is a fortress built in the 16th and 17th centuries as well as historic wooden churches of the 17th and 18th centuries.
History
The first historical mention of Chortkiv dates to 1522, when Polish King Sigismund I the Old granted an ownership order for Jerzy Czortkowski over the town and allowed him to name it after himself—Czortków. The small community, numbering at 50 families, were almost all massacred during the Chmielnicki Uprisings of 1648–9. Jewish leadership opposed the resettlement of Jews in Chortkiv until 1705. During that time, the town was also granted Magdeburg rights. However, Chortkiv would later decline in the second half of the 17th century during Ottoman Expansion of central Europe. The town was taken over by Ottoman Empire, whose rule lasted 27 years. It was part of the short-lived Turkish Podolia Eyalet, which lasted from 1672 to 1699. During this period, it was nahiya centre in Yazlofça sanjak as Çortkuv (Spelled as Chortkoov in Turkish). After First Partition of Poland Chortkiv came under Austro-Hungarian rule which lasted from 1772 to 1918, during the time of which it was the center of the Chortkiv Bezirk except brief Russian rule between 1809 and 1815 as part of Tarnopol Governorate. On June 8, 1919 the Ukrainian Galician Army broke for couple months through the Polish front at Chortkiv and began the Chortkiv offensive. Soon afterwards, the town was seized by the Poles. It was ceded to sovereign Poland in the Peace Treaty of Riga between Poland, Soviet Russia (acting also on behalf of Soviet Belarus) and Soviet Ukraine, and remained part of the Tarnopol Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic until the Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939.
In 1931, the town had 19,000 inhabitants, 46.4 percent of whom were Polish Roman Catholics, 30 percent of whom were Ukrainian and Polish Jews, and 22.8 percent of whom were Ukrainian Greek Catholics.
Chortkiv was an important garrison of the Polish Border Defence Corps Brigade "Podole", whose commandant from 1935 to 1938 was General Stefan Rowecki. Furthermore, it was home to the 36th Reserve Infantry Division.
The town was annexed by the Soviet Union from September 17, 1939 until June 1941. Its Polish inhabitants, particularly students of the local high school, organized a failed uprising in January 1940, which would serve as the first Polish uprising of World War II. From 1941-1944 it was annexed to Nazi Germany. After the defeat of the Nazis by the Red Army in 1944, the town returned to Soviet control until in 1991 it became part of independent Ukraine. The Jewish residents were persecuted and deported as part of the Holocaust. The surviving Polish residents of the town were transferred to the Recovered Territories in the immediate postwar period (see Polish population transfers (1944–1946)).
Due to heavy destruction of Ternopil, in 1944 Chortkiv served as a regional seat.
In January 1989 the population was 26 681 people.
In January 2013 the population was 29 640 people.
Until 18 July 2020, Chortkiv was designated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to Chortkiv Raion even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three, the city was merged into Chortkiv Raion.
Climate
People from Chortkiv
Kateryna Rubchakova (1881–1919), Ukrainian actress and singer
Maria Maciyivska (born 1918), first soprano Leeds Church Toronto, Ontario 1954 - 2008.
Sacha Blonder () (1909-1949), Ecole de Paris painter
Waclaw Czerwinski - Polish engineer and pilot, pioneer of Polish gliding,
Jerzy Czortkowski, founder of Chortkiv
Pinchas Horowitz (1731–1805), rabbi and Talmudist
Jerzy Janicki (1928-2007) – Polish writer and reporter,
Edward Kmiecik (born 1928) - Polish painter,
Ireneusz Opacki (1933-2005) – academic of the Katowice Silesian University, expert on Polish literature,
Jerzy Przystawa (born 1939) - Polish scientist, physicist,
Alfred Trawinski - major of the Polish Army, doctor and professor of Medicine Academy of Lwow,
Tadeusz Wazewski (1896-1972) – Polish scholar, mathematician, professor of Jagiellonian University,
Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1746–1778), one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes
Karl Emil Franzos (1848–1904), Austrian novelist
Leopold Levytskyi (1906–1973), Ukrainian painter
Perla (Penina) Richter Feldschu (1900-1943), Warsaw musicologist, wife of Zionist activist Ruben Feldschu (Ben Shem)
Bernard (Berl) Hausner (1874-1938) father of Gideon Hausner. Gideon was the Prosecutor of Adolf Eichmann, and Attorney General of Israel. Bernard was a Rabbi in Lemberg, Polish consul to Palestine, and Zionist. Migrated to Israel in 1927.
Gallery
See also
Chortkov (Hasidic dynasty)
References
8. Czortków KehilaLinks Site - JewishGen http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_czortkow.htm
External links
Miri Gershoni Shifris, Site dedicated to city Jews
Cities in Ternopil Oblast
Populated places in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Tarnopol Voivodeship
Jewish Galician (Eastern Europe) history
Historic Jewish communities in Poland
Jewish Ukrainian history
Cities of regional significance in Ukraine
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Horsfieldia irya is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is found in Burma, India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The plant is a dioecious tree that grows to about 8–10 m high. Its leaves are thick, elliptical and up to 25 cm long, while its panicles are short and have rust hairs. The plant's young leaves are consumed as vegetables, or used an ingredients such as for cooking. In Vietnam it is used in a Bánh tráng Trảng Bàng rice paper dish.
References
iriana
Flora of tropical Asia
Least concern plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 44, adopted on 1 April 1948, having received the reports requested in United Nations Security Council Resolution 42, the Council requested the Secretary-General convoke a special session of the General Assembly to consider further the question of the future government of Palestine.
The resolution was adopted with two abstentions from the Ukrainian SSR and the Soviet Union.
See also
List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946–1953)
References
Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
External links
0044
0044
Mandatory Palestine
1948 in Mandatory Palestine
1948 in Israel
April 1948 events
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William Basset (1644–1695) was an English divine.
Basset was the son of Thomas Basset, minister of Great Harborough in Warwickshire, was baptised there 22 October 1644, became a commoner of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1660, and afterwards a demy of Magdalen College, also at the University of Oxford. He graduated M.A., and took orders, was beneficed first in Surrey, afterwards (1671) at Brinklow in his native county, and in July 1683 was presented by the Salters' Company to the rectory of St Swithin in London. His death occurred in the beginning of the year 1695–6, as he was succeeded on 25 March 1696 in his rectory of St Swithin by John Clark, M.A.
Works
In addition to several sermons, he published:
'Two Letters on Alterations in the Liturgy.'
A 'Vindication' of the previous work, 1689.
'An Answer to the Brief History of the Unitarians, called also Socinians,’ London, 1693, 8 volumes. John Biddle's 'History,’ to which this is a reply, appeared anonymously in 1687.
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1644 births
1695 deaths
People from Warwickshire
Alumni of Magdalen Hall, Oxford
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
English religious writers
17th-century English writers
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"It's Over Now" is the lead single by 112's from third album, Part III, and their first number-one R&B single, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks for two weeks. Slim and Daron share lead vocals on the song.
The song contains an interpolation of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's song "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)", which was also used by the hip hop group Mobb Deep for their biggest hit "Quiet Storm" released over a year prior to "It's Over Now".
The song itself was interpolated by English singer Ellie Goulding on the song "We Can't Move To This" off of her third studio album, Delirium.
Charts
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2001 singles
112 (band) songs
Bad Boy Records singles
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Myles Storr Nigel Kennedy (12 October 1889 – 19 January 1964) was a British barrister, army officer, and politician. He served a single term in Parliament as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), but never contributed to any debate. He was a member of Lancashire County Council for nearly twenty years. His Military and political career came to a premature end when his colourful private life brought about a court judgment against him and resulted in his bankruptcy.
He was the last proprietor of Roanhead mines, which he managed from 1914 until they were worked out in July 1942.
Early life
Kennedy's father, Myles Burton Kennedy, was a Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Lancashire who lived in Stone Cross near Ulverston in the Furness or North Lonsdale area of the county. Kennedy was his eldest son and was born in Ulverston in 1889. He attended Harrow School before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge. He was admitted to the degree of a Bachelor of Arts in 1911, and proceeded to the degree of Master of Arts in 1916. After leaving Cambridge, Kennedy began to study law through the Council of Legal Education.
In 1912 Kennedy was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Special Reserve of Officers for the 3rd Battalion, the Border Regiment. He served in the regiment during the Great War, being mentioned in dispatches, but also suffering from shell shock. He finished the war having been promoted to captain. After resuming his legal studies, in 1920 he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple.
1922 election
The sitting Member of Parliament for the Lonsdale division of Lancashire, Col. Claude Lowther, had been elected as a supporter of the Lloyd George Coalition in 1918, but in July 1921 had ceased to support it and aligned with Horatio Bottomley. As a result, the local Conservative association sought a new candidate and Kennedy was adopted in October 1921.
When the general election of 1922 was called, Lowther stood down on health grounds. At his adoption meeting at Ulverston on 28 October, Kennedy declared he stood for the broadest principles of the Conservative Party, with a broad-minded view of modern conditions. He spoke at Dalton Co-operative Hall on 30 October, where he was heckled; challenged to support full maintenance for the unemployed, Kennedy said that the country could not afford it. He issued an election address calling for the "fostering of private initiative and enterprise". He wanted a reduction of taxation and rating on farmers, and opposed local option. He supported a contributory scheme for state old age pensions. At a meeting in Ulverston on 4 November where many of the audience were unemployed, Kennedy called for industry entirely free from Government interference, and for private enterprise to build the homes needed in Britain.
Defeat
Kennedy easily won his seat, obtaining more than twice as many votes as his nearest rival in a three-way contest. He took the oath on 21 November 1922, and was named to Standing Committee B on 6 March 1923, but had never spoken in the Chamber, nor asked a question, by the time Parliament was suddenly dissolved a year later and he had to defend his seat. Kennedy's only recorded contribution to debate came on 24 April 1923 when he spoke on Clause 8 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Bill in Standing Committee B. He asked whether the Bill would allow fishery boards to take action against pollution of watercourses in his Lake District constituency by motor boats. The Minister said it would.
His lack of activity was not prominently raised in the local campaign during the 1923 general election, but at the Dalton Co-operative Hall his arrival was greeted with cries of "The silent Member" and "When are you going to make your maiden speech?" amid the applause. Kennedy said he hoped to make his maiden speech shortly, if re-elected.
Kennedy faced a single opponent from the Liberal Party. The Times's correspondent thought that the farming policy of the government was crucial, despite the presence of industrial centres in some towns, and so Kennedy would depend on the agricultural vote. The Conservative policy of protectionism, which Kennedy strongly supported was unpopular with farmers. At an Ulverston meeting on 29 November 1923, Kennedy had to field many hostile questions on the subject. Kennedy was defeated by 1,010 votes.
Later life
In the county council elections of 1922, Kennedy had been elected to Lancashire County Council. He was elected a County Alderman in 1927. He formally left the Army at the end of 1929, receiving the rank of Major. In June 1935, Kennedy spoke at Lancashire County Council in support of an appeal to local authorities in the county to subscribe to the Lancashire Playing-fields Association, saying that the county council would follow. Suffering a recurrence of shell shock in 1935, his health broke down and he entered a nursing home. In May of the following year he attended the Old Harrovian dinner.
Breach of promise
Kennedy's personal life brought him financial disaster in 1941. The story accepted by the court was that in January 1940 Kennedy had met Marie Harrison, head barmaid at the Grand Hotel in Leicester, telling her that he was wealthy enough to pay £1,200 a year in surtax. He swiftly proposed marriage, and eventually she accepted and left her job; while he arranged for a chaperone when they went away for a trip north, the chaperone left and Kennedy seduced Harrison. On a later trip to London where Kennedy was having his portrait painted, a woman at the studio remarked "I never know where I am with Nigel's girl friends". Kennedy replied "There is safety in numbers. I am a confirmed bachelor", and on being reminded by Harrison that they were engaged, said "I can easily get out of that." Kennedy had broken off their engagement when leaving Fortnum & Mason with another girl, telling Harrison "Don't talk to me. I am a corpse." Kennedy did not attend the court and judgment for breach of promise was entered against him in default of his appearance. The judge, Mr Justice Croom-Johnson, referred the case to the Official Referee who on 13 January 1941 ordered Kennedy to pay £2,000 damages, with costs.
As he was unable to pay, on Friday 17 January 1941 an auction of Kennedy's belongings (including antique furniture, books, a Rover saloon car, and a wireless set) was held in Ulverston. On 17 March 1941, Kennedy was adjudicated a bankrupt on a petition by his creditor. The bankruptcy disqualified him from serving as an Alderman, and lasted for seven years (extended from the usual five). After the war, Kennedy married Dorothy Emerson-Millington in 1946. Kennedy died in Barrow-in-Furness Hospital in January 1964, having been ill for some time.
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References
1889 births
1964 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Border Regiment officers
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of Lancashire County Council
People educated at Harrow School
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Grammopsis fallax is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lameere in 1893.
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Agapanthiini
Beetles described in 1893
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JDS Teruzuki
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JDS Teruzuki (DD-162) was a Japanese destroyer. The vessel was laid down in 1958 and served as a front line warship with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force until 1986, and as an auxiliary until 1993.
Development and design
Teruzuki was one of two Akizuki-class destroyers ordered in 1957 by the United States for Japan as part of a military aid package. Although the two destroyers were paid for by the United States, and therefore had hull numbers under the US Navy designation scheme, with Teruzuki having the hull number DD-960, they were built in Japanese shipyards to local designs.
The two destroyers were equipped as flotilla leaders, and had the same main gun armament of three American 5-inch (127 mm)/54 caliber guns as used in the previous , with four 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns in two twin mounts. Anti-submarine armament consisted of a Weapon Alpha anti-submarine rocket launcher, two Hedgehog anti-submarine projectors and two depth charge launchers. A single quadruple mount for torpedoes was fitted, with a single set of reload torpedoes.
Construction and career
Teruzuki was laid down by Mitsubishi at Kobe in Japan on 15 August 1958, launched on 24 June 1959 and commissioned with the pennant number DD-162 on 29 February 1960. 1957 budget plan ship on the United States side by procurement outside the United States (OSP, procurement of the recipient country) based on the mutual defense assistance agreement between Japan and the United States It was launched on 24 June 1959, and after being put into service as the US Navy-registered ship (DD-961) on 29 February 1960, it was provided to the Maritime Self-Defense Force and incorporated into the Yokosuka District Force.
On 1 September 1961, the escort fleet was newly formed under the control of the Self-Defense Fleet and became the first flagship of the escort fleet.
Collision with a cargo ship at Uraga Suido on 30 March 1963. The accident occurred in the rear part of the starboard side, it was damaged and five crew members were killed.
On 3 December 1963, the escort fleet flagship was transferred to the escort ship Akizuki.
Incorporated as a flagship into the 1st Escort Group on 10 December 1964.
In May 1968, the depth charge drop rail on the stern and the depth charge projector were removed, and VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) was installed.
On 1 February 1971, the 4th Escort Group was newly formed under the escort fleet and incorporated as a flagship.
Sumitomo Heavy Industries removed the Mk.108 anti-submarine launcher, hedgehog, and Mk.2 short torpedo launcher from September 1976, and refurbished it with a 71-type Bofors rocket launcher and a triple short torpedo launcher. Received at the Industrial Uraga Shipyard and completed on 31 January 1977.
On 30 March 1984, it was incorporated into the 3rd Escort Group as a ship under direct control, and the fixed port was transferred to Maizuru.
On 27 March 1986, the type was changed to a special service ship, and the ship registration number was changed to (ASU-7012). Transferred to the Maizuru District Force as a ship under direct control. At that time, the 53 cm4 torpedo launcher and VDS were removed.
On 1 July 1987, the ship was converted to a training ship, and the ship registration number was changed to (TV-3504). Transferred to Training Squadron 1st Training Squadron.
On 20 June 1991, the type was changed to a special service ship again, and it was transferred to the 1st Submarine Group as a ship under direct control.
She was decommissioned on 27 September 1993.
The following day, from June 1994, he was dressed as a target ship at the Kegoya Dock in Kure, and on 14 July, the same year, she was sunk as a target for an anti-ship missile launched by an Air Self-Defense Force aircraft off the coast of Hachinohe.
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References
Akizuki-class destroyers (1959)
Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
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Mark Hudson (businessman)
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Sir Mark Henry Hudson, KCVO (born 1947) is a British farmer, retired company director and former Chairman of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Born into a family of Yorkshire farmers and trawlers in 1947, Hudson was educated at Sedbergh School and studied agriculture at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and Wye College near London. He subsequently worked in dairy farming and joined the board of the agricultural and distribution business NWF Group PLC in 1985; he was the company's chairman from 2006 until he retired in 2017.
Hudson joined the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster in 2006, and in 2015 succeeded Lord Shuttleworth as Chairman of the Council. He served for two years, before retiring in 2017. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2017 Birthday Honours.
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1947 births
Living people
People educated at Sedbergh School
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Alumni of the University of London
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The Surrey Light Rail system was a planned network in Surrey, British Columbia containing one light rail line radiating from the SkyTrain station and transit hub. First proposed in 2012 by Surrey mayor Dianne Watts, construction on the project was planned to start in 2019 with an opening date set for 2024. At the inauguration of the new Surrey City Council on November 5, 2018, and after a change of municipal leadership, the newly installed council unanimously voted to "indefinitely suspend" the project in favour of an extension of the SkyTrain Expo Line to Langley Centre.
Timeline
This project—among others, including the extension of the Millennium Line west to Arbutus—was included as one of the initiatives in need of funding that was proposed to be raised by the imposition of a regional sales tax which was put forward for voter approval in a 2015 plebiscite. The electorate voted against the tax increase to fund regional projects and provide a long term sustainable funding model; however, Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said, after the sales tax was voted down, that the city still planned to build the light rail project as it was the main component in her election campaign.
The Surrey–Newton–Guildford Line was expected to be in service by 2024 while the Surrey–Langley Line on the Fraser Highway would be completed at a later date. A report outlining the economic benefits of the project was produced by a consulting firm in May 2015.
In 2017, the federal government budget included funding contributions to this project. Prior to the provincial election in 2017, the BC Liberals confirmed they would match the federal contribution if they were re-elected.
On March 16, 2018, the provincial government approved the construction of this project. Construction was slated to begin in 2019 and is expected to be completed by 2024. The LRT line will run from Guildford through Surrey Central and terminate in Newton with 11 new stops.
On September 4, 2018, during a visit to Surrey, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau reiterated the Federal government's financial commitment to helping to build the route. On November 5, 2018, during newly elected Mayor Doug McCallum's first council meeting, the council voted unanimously to cancel the LRT line in favour of extending the existing SkyTrain line to Langley. The plan was supported by the regional Mayors' Council on November 15.
LRT network
Surrey–Newton–Guildford Line
Phase 1 of the Surrey LRT was the Surrey–Newton–Guildford Line which was to replace the 96 B-Line express bus service once completed and will connect Surrey City Centre with Newton Town Centre via King George Boulevard and Guildford Town Centre via 104 Avenue.
Proposed stops
152 Street Guildford Town Centre: serves the Guildford Mall and connects to the existing transit exchange
148 Street
144 Street
140 Street
City Parkway: connects to the SkyTrain at Surrey Central station, Simon Fraser University, the planned Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Central City Shopping Centre and Surrey City Hall
King George: connects to the SkyTrain at King George station and the King George Hub development complex
96 Avenue: serves Surrey Memorial Hospital, the wider hospital district and the Canada Revenue site
88 Avenue: serves Bear Creek Park and the Surrey Arts Centre
80 Avenue
76 Avenue
72 Avenue: serves Newton Town Centre, connecting to a new planned transit exchange and higher-density developments
Proposed expansion
A Surrey–Langley Line was proposed as a future phase after the completion of the Surrey–Newton–Guildford Line and was expected to travel on Fraser Highway and connecting Surrey City Centre, Fleetwood Town Centre and Langley with expected travel time of 24.5 minutes.
Reaction
The Surrey LRT project had been criticized by some local residents, and an advocacy group, who have raised concerns suggesting a lack of travel time improvement, large annual operating deficits, vulnerability to accidents and a lower comparative business case benefits documented in the dated 2012 TransLink joint analysis.
Kevin Desmond, CEO of TransLink, has indicated that SkyTrain along the second phase of the project (Fraser Highway Line) is also a possibility instead of LRT; however, the Mayor of Surrey claimed that a SkyTrain solution along Fraser Highway would cost $950 million more than LRT.
In July 2018, a poll sponsored by municipal party Safe Surrey Coalition, headed by Doug McCallum—then a mayoral candidate in the 2018 Surrey municipal election who was campaigning against LRT—indicated 85% of Surrey residents were opposed to the LRT project.
See also
Light rail in Canada
SkyTrain
References
External links
Surrey Light Rail
Surrey LRT Project – City of Surrey
Surrey–Newton–Guildford LRT Project – TransLink
SkyTrain for Surrey
TransLink (British Columbia)
Surrey, British Columbia
Rapid transit in Canada
Proposed railway lines in Canada
Cancelled rapid transit lines and systems
Cancelled projects in Canada
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Sydney Metro West is a rapid transit project under construction in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, involving the construction of a rail line linking the Sydney City Centre (CBD) with Westmead in the outer western suburbs of Greater Sydney. The metro line will run parallel to the existing Main Suburban and Main Western railway lines, with the main aims of doubling rail capacity between the City Centre and Greater Western Sydney, and relieving overcrowding on the Western Line. The line will form part of the Sydney Metro network.
Alignment
, nine stations have been proposed for the line.
Hunter Street (in the Sydney CBD)
Pyrmont
The Bays
Five Dock
Burwood North
North Strathfield
Sydney Olympic Park
Parramatta
Westmead
The line will run via twin tunnels for its entire length.
Project history
The line was first mentioned in a discussion paper released in September 2016 that investigated new rail projects to service Western Sydney and the proposed Western Sydney Airport. Media reports indicated the project had found favour with Transport for NSW and the New South Wales Government.
The line was announced by the Baird government as an official project on 14 November 2016. Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, the Bays Precinct and the Sydney CBD were announced as initial station locations, with up to 12 stations being considered. The preferred alignment was scheduled to be announced in late 2018, while the line is expected to open in the second half of the 2020s. The government will use a value capture scheme to help pay for the project. The contributions from value capture are expected to amount to between 10 and 15 percent of the capital cost. Construction was originally planned to begin by 2022.
During the state election campaign in March 2019, the Liberal/National coalition government announced a funding of $6.4 billion to the project and commitment to start construction earlier in 2020, if re-elected. The Labor opposition also announced its commitment to fund the project if it won the election, at the expense of cancelling other announced transport and road projects such as the Western Harbour Tunnel & Beaches Link. The coalition government was subsequently re-elected in the election that month. In June 2019, the 2019-2020 New South Wales state budget reaffirmed the government's commitment and funding of $6.4 billion over four years to the project, with construction to be fast-tracked to start in 2020.
On 21 October 2019, the locations of seven stations were announced. Initial work is expected to start in 2020, with tunnelling to begin in 2022. The line is expected to open to the public by 2030.
Planning approval process of the project was done in stages due to the size of the project. In March 2021, planning approvals were granted to the project concept between Westmead and the CBD, and station excavation and tunnelling between Westmead and The Bays. Future planning stages will seek approval for major civil construction works including station excavation and tunnelling between The Bays and the CBD, tunnel fit-out, station building, and operation of the line between Westmead and the CBD.
Design
Planning
When the project was first announced, up to 12 stations including Parramatta, Sydney Olympic Park, the Bays Precinct and the Sydney central business district were announced as initial station locations. In March 2018, the government expanded the project scope, including:
an additional station at Westmead
a new station that will connect to existing stations either at Concord West or North Strathfield.
an interchange at the western end of the line, connecting with the existing railway stations at either Westmead or Parramatta
Other options for new metro stations include Camellia/Rydalmere, North Burwood/Five Dock, Kings Bay (Five Dock) and Pyrmont. Media reports indicate that Martin Place will be the main CBD interchange. During the state election campaign in March 2019, the government announced new stations at Five Dock, North Burwood and North Strathfield.
In October 2019, the locations of seven stations were announced:
Bays Precinct
Five Dock
Burwood North
North Strathfield
Sydney Olympic Park
Parramatta
Westmead
At the time of announcement, the government was considering further stations at Pyrmont and Rydalmere. A stabling and maintenance facility and a service facility was also proposed to be built at Clyde, adjacent to the Auburn Maintenance Centre, and Silverwater respectively. The Clyde facility would be on the site of Sydney Speedway, which would be demolished, and would be accessed from the main tunnels via the former Carlingford railway line corridor.
On 30 April 2020, the project's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was released to the public for exhibition. The Rydalmere station option was confirmed scrapped due to the cost of extra 3 kilometres of tunneling and the increase in commuter travel times. Parramatta City Council has also urged the government to build a station at Camellia to trigger urban renewal of the precinct.
The Pyrmont station option was confirmed by the government on 11 December 2020. The station is likely to be close to The Star casino, and will likely involve an office and retail development above the station. The station location is subject to further planning and design work.
In May 2021, the station locations of Pyrmont and Hunter Street were announced.
Parramatta Light Rail
The metro project serves a similar area to the Parramatta Light Rail, whose stage 1 alignment runs between Westmead and Carlingford. Stage 2 of the light rail project was initially deferred, then redesigned and truncated from Strathfield to Sydney Olympic Park via the suburbs to the north of the Parramatta River.
Possible extensions
The government have announced they will safeguard the ability to extend the eastern section of the line to the south-east via Zetland and Green Square, and also extend the western section beyond Westmead to areas such as the new Western Sydney Aerotropolis.
Construction
Tunnellling
In August 2020, the government announced a shortlist of three consortia to deliver the project's first two major tunnelling packages:
John Holland, CPB Contractors and Ghella joint venture (JHCPBG JV)
Gamuda and Laing O’Rourke joint venture (GALC JV)
Acciona Australia and Ferrovial joint venture (AF JV)
The three consortia would first bid for the Central Tunnelling Package to build 11 kilometres of twin tunnels between The Bays and Sydney Olympic Park. The remaining two consortia who were not successful would then bid for the Western Tunnelling Package to build 9 kilometres of twin tunnels between Sydney Olympic Park and Westmead. The contract for the Central Tunnelling Package was awarded to the Acciona Ferrovial joint venture in July 2021. The contract for the Western Tunnelling Package was awarded to Gamuda and Laing O'Rourke joint venture in March 2022.
A third tunnelling contract for tunnelling between The Bays and Hunter Street (Eastern Tunnelling Package) has also been put out to tender in mid-2021, and is expected to be awarded by late 2022. The following shortlist was announced in February 2022:
Acciona and Ferrovial Construction joint venture (AF JV)
Bouygues, Vinci and Soletanche Bachy joint venture (BV JV)
John Holland, CPB Contractors and Ghella Pty Ltd joint venture (JCG JV)
Following planning approval in March 2021, work to prepare for tunnels and station excavation between Westmead and The Bays could begin. Tunnelling is expected to commence by the end of 2022.
Associated works
Works began in The Bays area in November 2020 to prepare for the arrival of tunnel boring machines in 2022.
Past proposals
In the 2000s, there were two previous proposals to link Sydney CBD to Western Sydney via a new alignment. The first of these was the Western Fast Rail which was proposed by a private consortium, linking Wynyard and Penrith stations. The second proposal was the West Metro, first announced by Premier Morris Iemma in 2008 as a possible future route in the Metro Link proposal. The proposal was carried forward to the Sydney Metro project announced by Iemma's successor Nathan Rees in 2009. It is important to note that the Sydney Metro project is a different and separate project to the current Sydney Metro, which was first proposed by the new Liberal government in 2011.
Western FastRail
Western FastRail was a proposed $2 billion privately funded underground and above-ground train line that would link central Sydney with Western Sydney independent from the CityRail network. Western FastRail was being backed by a consortium led by businessman and former union leader Michael Easson, which includes Dutch bank ABN AMRO and Australian construction company Leighton Holdings. The project was prompted by congestion on Sydney's westbound trains and roads, the growing importance of Parramatta as a business centre, higher petrol prices, public opposition to tolled roads and environmental concerns. An unreleased government document leaked to The Daily Telegraph suggests that such a train would eliminate the need of around 18 million car trips per year, reducing between 34,000 and 45,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions being put into the atmosphere.
The proposal was first made on 11 April 2002 when Col Gellatly, the state's top civil servant and director-general of the Department of Premier convened a meeting of Treasury secretary, John Pierce, the Transport NSW director-general, Michael Deegan, and the State Rail Authority chief executive, Howard Lacy. Before them consortium leader Michael Easson made a presentation for a privately financed rail line linking Sydney's far west with the city. For a $8 return toll on top of the normal fare, trains travelling at 160 km/h could carry up to 16,000 commuters an hour to the city in 28 minutes, taking 11 minutes from Parramatta to the city. The proposal depended on the construction of two tracks from St Marys to Penrith, as well as taking over existing CityRail tracks between St Marys to Westmead. Costed at $2 billion, it was deemed extraordinarily cheap, and in December 2003 the Government formally rejected the unsolicited proposal.
In March 2005, the proposal was again brought up, and again in December 2006 by then federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd during a visit to Penrith should the Australian Labor Party win the 2007 Federal Election. The plan received approving comments by the NSW State Government. In September 2007 the proposal was again shown to the NSW Government. Under the proposal, the project is proposed to be funded by the private sector, with Fastrail's assets being returned to the NSW Government after 30 years.
On 18 March 2008, the NSW State Government announced SydneyLink, which included plans for the West Metro. Premier Morris Iemma was asked about the Western FastRail proposal, and said that "the proposal on Penrith has got to stack up," and "the work that has been done shows that it does not stack up, for a number of reasons." On 25 August, the State Government made a public announcement that it had ruled out the project two weeks earlier due to cost concerns, with the head of the consortium saying that the Government has failed to adequately review the proposal.
Proposed Alignment
It was proposed that two 26 km tunnels will link Sydney (possibly Wynyard station or a new nearby station to be built as part of MetroPitt) with Parramatta, with high-speed trains traversing across the distance in eleven minutes at speeds of up to 160 km/h. The line would continue above-ground to Blacktown in six minutes, and onwards to Penrith in a further eleven minutes. At the time, journeys on existing CityRail lines take up to three times as long.
There were 10 stations proposed for the Western FastRail:
Wynyard
Metro West (new station)
Central
Olympic Park (possible new station)
Parramatta
Seven Hills
Blacktown
Mount Druitt
St Marys
Penrith
West Metro
The SydneyLink project was a massive infrastructure scheme announced by the state government led by premier Morris Iemma on 18 March 2008. The centrepiece of the scheme was "Metro Link", a future rapid transit system of underground, privately operated, single-deck, automated trains. One of the possible future metro lines was the West Metro, from the Sydney CBD to Parramatta and Westmead. After Nathan Rees replaced Iemma later that year, the West Metro was incorporated into Rees's Sydney Metro project, announced in 2009. The West Metro would be the second stage 2 of the project, and would extend CBD Metro (stage 1 - Central to Rozelle) from Central westward to Olympic Park. Stage 5 of the project would further extend the line westward from Olympic Park to Parramatta, planned for completion in 2024.
Rees' Sydney Metro project was cancelled in February 2010 by the government led by newly appointed premier Kristina Keneally. Keneally said "We've listened to the community and made a tough decision," and pledging to reimburse tenderers and property owners for losses incurred as a result of the work that had occurred to that point. Keneally announced a $50 billion transport plan to replace the metro project, including a new heavy rail line under the CBD. Legislation to remove references to the Sydney Metro Authority was enacted later that year. Keneally's alternative was the CBD Relief Line, which would be heavy-rail bypass of the existing city-centre stations. Keneally lost office just over a year later in the 2011 New South Wales state election, and the relief line was cancelled by the incoming government led by premier Barry O'Farrell.
Criticism
The metro line will pass through several suburbs that will not be serviced by the line. These include Rozelle, Leichhardt, Silverwater and Rosehill. With the Carlingford railway line having closed in 2020, this means none of these suburbs will be serviced by either metro or heavy rail once the metro is completed.
References
External links
Sydney Metro West project overview
Western FastRail - Archived July 2008
Proposed railway lines in Australia
Railway lines in Sydney
Sydney Metro
2030 in rail transport
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Thermal conductivities of the elements (data page)
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Thermal conductivity
Notes
Ref. CRC: Values refer to 27 °C unless noted.
Ref. CR2: Values refer to 300 K and a pressure of "100 kPa (1 bar)", or to the saturation vapor pressure if that is less than 100 kPa. The notation (P=0) denotes low pressure limiting values.
Ref. LNG: Values refer to 300 K.
Ref. WEL: Values refer to 25 °C.
References
CRC
As quoted from various sources in an online version of:
David R. Lide (ed), CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 84th Edition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida, 2003; Section 12, Properties of Solids; Thermal and Physical Properties of Pure Metals / Thermal Conductivity of Crystalline Dielectrics / Thermal Conductivity of Metals and Semiconductors as a Function of Temperature
CR2
As quoted from various sources in an online version of:
David R. Lide (ed), CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 84th Edition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida, 2003; Section 6, Fluid Properties; Thermal Conductivity of Gases
LNG
As quoted from this source in an online version of: J.A. Dean (ed), Lange's Handbook of Chemistry (15th Edition), McGraw-Hill, 1999; Section 4; Table 4.1, Electronic Configuration and Properties of the Elements
Ho, C. Y., Powell, R. W., and Liley, P. E., J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 3:Suppl. 1 (1974)
WEL
As quoted at http://www.webelements.com/ from these sources:
G.W.C. Kaye and T.H. Laby in Tables of physical and chemical constants, Longman, London, UK, 15th edition, 1993.
D.R. Lide, (Ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 79th edition, 1998.
J.A. Dean (ed) in Lange's Handbook of Chemistry, McGraw-Hill, New York, USA, 14th edition, 1992.
A.M. James and M.P. Lord in Macmillan's Chemical and Physical Data, Macmillan, London, UK, 1992.
See also
List of thermal conductivities
Properties of chemical elements
Chemical element data pages
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István Kertész
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István Kertész may refer to:
István Kertész (conductor) (1929–1973), Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor
István Kertész (diplomat) (1904–1986), Hungarian diplomat
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American Telugu Association
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American Telugu Association (ATA) is a non-profit organization of Telugu people living in North America.
The primary purpose of the association is to assist and promote literary, cultural, religious, social, educational, economic, health and community activities of the people of Telugu origin as well as to promoting exchange programs for students, scientists, and professionals of Telugu origin between the United States of America, Canada, India and other countries.
References
Telugu society
Telugu organizations in North America
Telugu American
Non-profit organizations based in the United States
International Telugu Associations
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List of people from Como
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The following is a list of notable people who were born in Como, Italy.
Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus; 23–79 CE), author, natural philosopher and naval and military commander known for the Naturalis Historia
Caecilius (c. 59 CE), a poet, the subject of Catullus's Carmina 35, who had a girlfriend more learned than the Sapphic Muse
Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus; 63–c.113 CE), lawyer, an author and a natural philosopher of Ancient Rome
Agostina Camozzi (1435–1458), Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Saint Augustine beatified by Pope Gregory XVI on 19 September 1834
Paolo Giovio (1483–1552), physician, historian and biographer remembered as a chronicler of the Italian Wars
Benedetto Odescalchi (1611–1689), Pope Innocent XI from 1676 until his death
Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), physicist known for the development of the battery in 1800
Luigi Borgomainerio (1836–1876), caricaturist
Cosima Liszt (1837–1930), Franz Liszt's daughter and Richard Wagner's wife
Maria Roda (1877–?), Italian American anarchist-feminist
Antonio Sant'Elia (1888–1916), architect
Mario Radice (1898–1987), abstract painter
Manlio Rho (1901–1957), abstract painter
Carla Porta Musa (1902–2012), essayist, poet and unverified supercentenarian
Giuseppe Terragni (1904–1943), an architect and pioneer of the Italian modern movement and rationalism
Giorgio Perlasca (1910–1992), saved 5,218 Jews from transportation to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
Antonio Spallino (1925–2017), Olympic fencer and mayor of Como from 1970 to 1985
Gabriele Oriali (born 1952), 1982 Italian national team footballer World Champion
Corrado Passera (born 1954), manager and banker, Minister of Economic Development of the Monti Cabinet
Stefano Casiraghi (1960–1990), World Offshore Champion and second husband of Caroline Princess of Monaco
Max Papis (born 1969), Formula One, Champ Car, and NASCAR racing driver
Luisa Lambri (1969), artist, photographer, filmmaker
Fabio Casartelli (1970–1995) cyclist and Olympic gold medalist
Diego De Ascentis (born 1976), football midfielder
Paola Tagliabue (born 1976), world champion free diver in 2006
Gianluca Zambrotta (born 1977), international footballer and World Champion in Germany 2006
Jennifer Isacco (born 1977), bobsledder, Olympic medallist in 2006
Floraleda Sacchi (born 1978), harpist and musicologist
Anna Cappellini (born 1987), ice dancer, olympian, two times national champion, European champion and world champion in 2014
Francesca Rio (born 1990), figure skater, junior national champion and three-time national silver medallist
Matteo Bianchetti (born 1993), captain of the Italian national under-21 football team
Filippo Mondelli (1994–2021), world champion rower
Elisa Meneghini (Born 1997), olympian, artistic gymnast, gold medalist at the 2018 Doha World Cup
Patrick Cutrone (Born 1998), footballer striker of AC Milan
References
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Laura García-Godoy
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Laura García-Godoy Oliva is a telenovela, theatre, film actress from the Dominican Republic.
García-Godoy was born in Santiago de los Caballeros. She is descended from Federico García Godoy (1857–1924), Cuban-born Dominican novelist, literary critic, historian and educator, son of Cuban-born Dominican poet and academician Federico García Copley (1890). She is also descended from Achille Fondeur, a Frenchman, brother of Colonel Furcy Fondeur.
In 2013, García-Godoy participated in the Luz García’s contest "Cuerpos hot del verano".
Filmography
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Dominican Republic people of Cuban descent
Dominican Republic people of English descent
Dominican Republic people of French descent
Dominican Republic people of Galician descent
Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent
People from Santiago de los Caballeros
Dominican Republic people of Calabrian descent
Dominican Republic film actresses
Dominican Republic stage actresses
Dominican Republic telenovela actresses
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configure%20script
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Configure script
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A configure script is an executable script designed to aid in developing a program to be run on a wide number of different computers. It matches the libraries on the user's computer, with those required by the program before compiling it from its source code.
As a common practice, all configure scripts are named configure. Usually, configure scripts are written for the Bourne shell, but they may be written for execution in any desired shell.
Usage
Obtaining software directly from the source code is a common procedure on Unix computers, and generally involves the following three steps: configuring the makefile, compiling the code, and finally installing the executable to standard locations. A configure script accomplishes the first of these steps. Using configure scripts is an automated method of generating makefiles before compilation to tailor the software to the system on which the executable is to be compiled and run. The final executable software is most commonly obtained by executing the following commands in a shell that is currently pointing to the directory containing the source code:
./configure
make
make install
One must type ./configure rather than simply configure to indicate to the shell that the script is in the current directory. This is because, as a security precaution, Unix configurations don't search the current directory for executables. So, to execute programs in that directory, one must explicitly specify their location.
Upon its completion, configure prints a report to config.log. Running ./configure --help gives a list of command line arguments, for enabling or disabling additional features such as:
./configure --libs="-lmpfr -lgmp"
./configure --prefix=/home/user/local
The first line includes the mpfr and gmp libraries. The second line tells make to install the final version in /home/user/local.
Often, a document with instructions is included. This can be helpful if configure fails. This file is commonly named INSTALL.
Generating configure
Software developers simplify the challenge of cross-platform software development by using GNU Autotools. These scripts query the system on which they run for environment settings, platform architecture, and the existence and location of required build and runtime dependencies. They store the gathered information in configure.ac or the now deprecated configure.in to be read by configure during the installation phase.
Dependency checking
In new development, library dependency checking has been done in great part using pkg-config via the m4 macro, PKG_CHECK_MODULES. Before pkg-config gained popularity, separate m4 macros were created to locate files known to be included in the distribution of libraries depended upon.
History
The first program to come with a configure script was rn by Larry Wall in 1984. The script was written by hand and produced a jocular running commentary when executed. It still survives as part of the build system of the trn program.
Since then, an ecosystem of programs has grown up to automate the creation of configure scripts as far as possible, of which the most common is the GNU Autoconf system.
See also
Autoconf
Software build
GNU Build System
References
Compiling tools
Linux configuration utilities
Unix programming tools
configure
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Kepler (disambiguation)
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Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) was a key figure in the scientific revolution.
Kepler may also refer to:
Kepler (name), a surname and given name (including lists of people with the name)
Astronomy
Kepler-186f, a planet
1134 Kepler, an asteroid
Kepler (lunar crater)
Kepler (Martian crater)
Music
Kepler (band), a defunct Canadian indie rock band
Kepler (opera), a 2009 opera by Philip Glass
Kepler (Stefanie Sun album), a 2014 album by Stefanie Sun
Kepler (Gemitaiz & MadMan album), 2014 studio album by Gemitaiz & MadMan
Kep1er (K-pop girl group), formed in 2021 out of the survival show, Girls Planet 999
Places
Kepler, Kentucky, a community in the United States
Kepler Track, a hiking trail in New Zealand
Schools
Kepler (institution), the education program in Kigali, Rwanda
Kepler College, a college in Seattle, Washington
Spacecraft
Kepler space telescope, a NASA planet-hunting telescope launched in March 2009
Johannes Kepler ATV, a European Automatic Transfer Vehicle
Technology
Kepler (microarchitecture), a codename for Nvidia's GeForce 600 and 700 Series GPUs
Kepler scientific workflow system, a software system for designing, executing, and sharing scientific workflows
Kepler, a nickname for version 4.3 of Eclipse software development environment
Other uses
Kepler (novel), a 1981 novel by John Banville
Johannes Kepler (film), a 1974 East German film
See also
Kepler Communications, a satellite communications company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kepler Dorsum, a feature on the Martian moon Phobos
Kepler's Supernova, a 1604 supernova
Keppler, a name
List of things named after Johannes Kepler
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Hulkepholis
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Hulkepholis is an extinct genus of goniopholidid mesoeucrocodylian from the Early Cretaceous of southern England and eastern Spain. It contains two species, the type species, Hulkepholis willetti, and also H. plotos. Hulkepholis is most closely related to both species of Anteophthalmosuchus (including "Dollo's goniopholidid").
Discovery
H. willetti is known from a single holotype specimen, BMNHB 001876 from the Wealden Group of the Isle of Wight that includes a well-preserved nearly complete skull. It was collected by Edgar W. Willett at Cuckfield, West Sussex, from the Valanginian-aged Grinstead Clay Member, of the Hastings Group, Wealden Supergroup. Willett showed the specimen to the Geological Society of London in or around 1877 or 1878, and it was then Hulke (1878) described it as a specimen of Goniopholis crassidens, an identification derived from a similar tooth form. The specimen was considered lost among the crocodyliform research community but was actually safely accessioned at the Booth Museum in Brighton. It was identified as "the long-lost crocodilian of Mr Willett" by Steve (1998), "Willett’s specimen" by Salisbury et al. (1999) and "Hulke’s specimen" by Andrande et al. (2011). It was assigned to a new species of Goniopholis, Goniopholis willetti, by Salisbury and Naish in 2011 honoring its collector. A broad phylogenetic analysis of crocodyliforms published the same year by Andrande et al. (2011), found the specimen to be the sister taxon of the clade formed by Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi and the unnamed "Dollo’s goniopholidid". Thus it was reassigned to its own genus by Buscalioni et al. (2013), creating the combinatio nova, Hulkepholis willetti. The generic name honors John Whitaker Hulke who described the specimen as belonging to Goniopholis.
A second species, Hulkepholis plotos, was first described and named by A.D. Buscalioni, L. Alcalá, E. Espílez and L. Mampel in 2013. The specific name is derived from Greek mythology πλοτός, plotos, the drifter. It is known solely from the holotype AR-1/56, a partial skeleton which consists of AR-1-2045, a nearly complete but crushed skull; AR-1-2048, 4859, 4860, three vertebrae; AR-1-2046, a rib; AR-1-2048, a metapodial; and AR-1-2049, 4861, 4862, three osteoderms. It was collected from the early Albian-aged Escucha Formation, at Santa Maria Mine located in the municipality of Ariño, Teruel Province, of Aragon, along with the closely related Anteophthalmosuchus escuchae.
Phylogeny
Goniopholis willetti was included in a phylogenetic analysis of goniopholidids that was published soon before the specimen was redescribed. It was found to be most closely related to the clade formed by a specimen called "Dollo's goniopholidid", and "Hooley’s goniopholidid", now named Anteophthalmosuchus hooleyi. Below is a cladogram from that analysis:
References
Early Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 2011
Fossil taxa described in 2013
Early Cretaceous reptiles of Europe
Fossils of the United Kingdom
Fossils of Spain
Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbranson
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Gulbranson
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Gulbranson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Carl August Gulbranson (1831–1910), Norwegian businessman and politician
Ellen Gulbranson (1863–1947), Swedish operatic soprano
Hans Gulbranson (1787–1868), Norwegian business
See also
Gulbrandsen
Gulbransen (musical instrument manufacturer)
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Lane Fire
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The Lane Fire was a wildfire in Paynes Creek, California in the United States. The fire started on June 23, 2018, and burned a total of , before it was contained on July 4. During its height, the fire threatened 200 structures.
Events
The Lane Fire was reported around 11:35 A.M. PDT on June 23, 2018, just off Highway 36 in Paynes Creek, California. By the next day, the fire had burned a total of . Power was intentionally shut off by Pacific Gas & Electric. The evacuation center at Mineral Elementary School was moved to Red Bluff Community Center due to expanded evacuations, which in the evening totaled 200 individuals.
All evacuation orders were lifted on July 1. On July 2, the fire had burned . Only July 4, the Lane Fire was fully contained, with no further increases in size.
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June 2018 events in the United States
Tehama County, California
2018 California wildfires
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C4%99%C5%BCe%2C%20Masovian%20Voivodeship
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Węże, Masovian Voivodeship
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Węże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokołów Podlaski, within Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Sokołów Podlaski and east of Warsaw and Minsk.
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Villages in Sokołów County
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk%20H%C3%A1k
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Zdeněk Hák
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Zdeněk Hák (born 13 December 1958) is a Czech biathlete. He competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1984 Winter Olympics.
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1958 births
Living people
Czech male biathletes
Olympic biathletes of Czechoslovakia
Biathletes at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 1984 Winter Olympics
People from Jilemnice
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Mathie
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Scott Mathie
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Scott Mathie (born 1 February 1983 in Durban, South Africa) is a former rugby union player that played as a scrum-half. Mathie played for the Blue Bulls, , Leeds Carnegie, Sale Sharks and . He retired in October 2013. He is the current head coach of the New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby (MLR).
Professional career
He joined the in 2012. He made 23 appearances for them in 2012 and 2013. He was initially named in the squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season, but was later released to the 2013 Vodacom Cup squad.
Coaching career
He was appointed assistant coach of the Griquas under Brent Ranse van Rensburg. He was further appointed as Head coach of the Griquas for the 2020-2021 season on the 5 September 2019.
He was appointed as head coach of the New England Free Jacks for the 2022 season on 9 September 2021.
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1983 births
Living people
South African people of British descent
South African rugby union players
Rugby union scrum-halves
Eastern Province Elephants players
Sharks (rugby union) players
Sharks (Currie Cup) players
Blue Bulls players
Sportspeople from Durban
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