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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay%20Creek%20%28Schuylkill%20River%20tributary%29
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Hay Creek (Schuylkill River tributary)
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Hay Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Hay Creek flows straight through the heart of Birdsboro and then joins the Schuylkill River. William Bird, whom the town was named after, established a forge on Hay Creek about 1740.
See also
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
References
Rivers of Berks County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Schuylkill River
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Ruda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wieluń, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wieluń and south-west of the regional capital Łódź.
Origin of the name
The name Ruda probably comes from rich iron ore deposits, which were mined in the Middle Ages using the dukel method in swampy meadows around the settlement. Iron forges still functioned in the 16th century.
History
It was discovered that the first human settlement in this area existed already in the Neolithic period (2,500–1700 years BC).
The defensive castellan stronghold, which has not been identified so far, was probably established at the turn of the 10th / 11th centuries. Ruda, at least from the first half of the 12th century, was the capital of the region.
One of the oldest Polish castellanies is mentioned in the chronicle of Gallus Anonymus on the date of 1106, and immediately in connection with the residence of the ducal court and the consecration of the church in Ruda. Its existence is confirmed by the bull of Pope Innocent II from 1136, when it refers to the castellans of Ruda. The parish church of St. Wojciech, according to tradition, was funded by Piotr Dunin in 1142. During the 13th century, Ruda was still one of the most important centers in Wielkopolska. Its medieval development was due to its location on the route connecting Moravia and Upper Silesia in the south with Kuyavia, Pomerania, Gdańsk and Prussia in the north. Already before 1264, it was granted town rights, as evidenced by the mention of the mayor Fryderyk from 1264 and 1266. The Wielkopolska Chronicle and Jan Długosz also mention the urban character of Rudy. In the end, the attempt to develop the town was not successful. During the reign of King Przemysł II, an administrative unit was defined as the Rudzka Land.
Already at the end of the thirteenth century, Ruda lost its role as an economic and political center of the region in favor of the nearby town of Wieluń, founded in a better, drier area. The castellany was moved to Wieluń most possibly by King Casimir III the Great in the 14th century. In 1419–20, the archdeaconry and the College of Canons were transferred to Wieluń. In this way, Ruda became an ordinary village.
In 1827, it had a population of 268.
During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), in 1940, the German gendarmerie carried out expulsions of Poles, who were placed in a transit camp in Łódź, and then young Poles were deported to forced labour in Germany and German-occupied France, and others were deported to the General Government in the more eastern part of German-occupied Poland. Houses and farms of expelled Poles were handed over to German colonists as part of the Lebensraum policy.
In 1975–1998, the village belonged administratively to the Sieradz Voivodship.
References
Villages in Wieluń County
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20Happens%20Next%20%28Joe%20Satriani%20album%29
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What Happens Next (Joe Satriani album)
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What Happens Next is the sixteenth studio album by guitarist Joe Satriani, released on January 12, 2018, through Sony Music.
Background
On What Happens Next, Satriani consciously went in a more simplistic direction than on his previous album, Shockwave Supernova. As opposed to an alien alter ego, this time he wrote songs "about a human being, two feet on the ground, heart pumping, with emotions, dreams, and hopes. That seemed to be the direction I really was yearning for". He referred to it as an 'internal artistic rebirth' and collaborated with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes, and producer Mike Fraser.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Joe Satriani.
Personnel
Joe Satriani – guitar, keyboards, programming, additional recording
Glenn Hughes – bass
Chad Smith – drums
Additional personnel
Eric Caudieux - sound designer, digital editing
Mike Fraser - producing, recording, engineering, mixing
Adam Ayan - mastering
Geoff Neal - Sunset Sound assistant engineering
Jaimeson Durr - The Foot Locker assistant engineering
Hayden Watson - assistant engineering, mixing
Zach Blackstone - assistant engineering, mixing
Joseph Cultice - photography
Todd Gallopo - art direction, design
TJ River - design
Charts
References
External links
What Happens Next at satriani.com
Joe Satriani albums
2018 albums
Sony Music albums
Legacy Recordings albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ragbirds
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The Ragbirds
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Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds are a four-piece, female-led, folk-rock-world fusion band out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. They describe their music as "infectious global groove". The musical roots of the group sound are complex - with Gypsy, Middle-Eastern, Americana, rock, and Latin influences, all stirred with a Celtic fiddler’s bow. In live performances the band incorporates variations on traditional African drum pieces, each member trading their instrument for a hand drum. The songs carry a positive message and include both pop hooks and improvised solos. It is music that fits stages of many sizes and styles - from listening rooms - to jam-band music festivals - to bars and clubs with a hyped-up dance floor.
The Ragbirds make use of numerous traditional folk instruments, blending them with modern sounds to create an infectious world groove rooted in the traditions of many cultures and eras.
The group has released five full-length studio albums, two live records and one single - all self-produced and independently released. Their newest album, The Threshold & The Hearth, was released March 25, 2016 via Rock Ridge Music.
History
The Ragbirds began in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 2005 and moved to neighboring Ann Arbor in 2007. Vocalist and instrumentalist Erin Zindle and drummer Randall Moore began recording Zindle's original songs before they had a band to perform them live and those recordings became The Ragbirds' debut album, "Yes Nearby", which was released in the summer of 2005. The original members included bassist Jeff Stinson, guitarist and vocalist Adam Labeaux, and percussionist Greg White. White only stayed with the group for six months and was then replaced by Tim Dziekan, who had been a student of Moore's.
In 2005, following Hurricane Katrina the group decided to record one of their popular songs often played live, "Washed Away" (formerly titled "Mangrove"). This recording was released as a single and a portion of the proceeds were donated to the Red Cross. In 2006 The Ragbirds released a live album called Catching Fire, recorded in January at their hometown bar and the place they got their start - T.C.'s Speakeasy in Ypsilanti, Michigan. That album and the single are both currently discontinued.
In April 2006 the sadness of the death of a good friend of the band and "merch girl" Lisa Radtke was followed by the happiness of Moore's marriage proposal to Zindle, and they were married on September 22, 2006.
In October 2006, the group introduced Matthew Melody as the new guitarist/vocalist to replace Labeaux. In early winter 2007 Dan Hildebrandt replaced Stinson on bass.
In 2007 the Ragbirds began to tour nationally reaching as far west as Colorado and as far south as Florida. By 2009, The Ragbirds had traveled throughout the country, and even venturing out on their first International tour. The Ragbirds' second full-length studio album, Wanderlove was released in June 2007. It included several songs which previously appeared on Catching Fire. Wanderlove has a world-travel theme with a pop appeal and was the number one selling album on Homegrown Music Network by the Fall of 2008. Signed to Buffalo Records in Japan in February, 2009, The Ragbirds Wanderlove CD was distributed to Tower Records stores throughout Japan. The band flew to Japan to perform at the Green Room Festival in Yokohama and at Tower Records Shibuya, Tokyo store, as well as an additional gig at Stove's in Yokohama.
In 2009, The Ragbirds worked with producer Tim Carbone (of Railroad Earth) to record their third studio album, Finally Almost Ready. Mixed and mastered by Grammy-Award-winning producer and engineer Phil Nicolo, the album was self-released in the US and released in Japan by Buffalo Records in August 2009.
Their fourth album, "Travelin' Machine" was released in 2012.
Their live album, "We Belong to the Love" was released in 2014.
Traveling in a van that runs on Recycled Vegetable Oil in order to promote sustainability, The Ragbirds have performed to enthusiastic audiences in over 46 U.S. states including major markets such as New York City, Nashville, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Indianapolis and many more. They have been featured at some of the Mid-West’s largest music festivals including Rothbury Music Festival and 10,000 Lakes and have shared the stage with Railroad Earth, Steve Kimock, Cornmeal, Toubab Krewe, Hot Buttered Rum, Donna The Buffalo, Big Leg Emma, Jeff Daniels, Tea Leaf Green, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Mamadou Diabate, The Duhks, Wookiefoot, ekoostik hookah, and many more.
T.J. Zindle, founding member of Last Conservative (and Erin's brother) is the Ragbirds current guitarist. He joined the band to replace Melody in January 2009.
In April 2015, the band headed into the studio with producer Jamie Candiloro (R.E.M., Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Willie Nelson) to record "The Threshold & The Hearth" (due out March 25, 2016 on Rock Ridge Music). The album traces the fictional story of a couple named Betty and Bill, who meet in college, get married, raise a family and weather the trials of a longterm relationship. Much of the material was written in the wake of the birth of Zindle and Moore's daughter Aviva, who toured with the band regularly.
Members
Erin Zindle - vocals, violin, mandolin, banjo, accordion, percussion
T.J. Zindle - guitar, vocals
Loren Kranz - Drum set, vocals
Shannon Wade - Electric bass guitar, percussion, vocals
References
External links
The Ragbirds official website
American folk musical groups
Musical groups from Michigan
People from Ypsilanti, Michigan
American world music groups
American musical quintets
Musical groups established in 2005
Music of Ann Arbor, Michigan
2005 establishments in Michigan
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Trailblazers (video game)
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Trailblazers is a racing video game developed by British studio Supergonk and published by Rising Star Games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in May 2018.
Gameplay
Trailblazers is a high-speed racing game that has been compared to games like Wipeout, F-Zero, and Splatoon. Players control one of eight different racers, with each racer's vehicle capable of painting their team's colour on the track, create boost pads for the team. Teams in each race can have up to three racers each.
Development
Trailblazers was developed by Supergonk, a studio consisting of developers who had previously worked at studios like Codemasters, Bizarre Creations, and Lionhead Studios.
In May 2018, a trailer was released for the game to celebrate the launch of the game.
Reception
In a hands-on preview in March 2018, Blake Morse of Shack News praised the visuals, comparing the graphics to Borderlands.
The Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One versions of Trailblazers received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Martin Robinson of Eurogamer criticized the game for its poor "energy".
References
External links
2018 video games
Nintendo Switch games
PlayStation 4 games
Racing video games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Windows games
Xbox One games
Rising Star Games games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Egbert%20Knight
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Nicholas Egbert Knight
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Nicholas Egbert Knight (October 15, 1866 – April 18, 1946) was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives He was a Republican.
Biography
Knight was born on October 15, 1866, in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. He was Methodist. He came to Dakota Territory in 1886 and settled in Hamlin County, Dakota Territory. He was a farmer and raised stock. Knight was involved in the farm elevator and telephone businesses. He died on April 18, 1946.
Career
Knight was a member of the House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915 and from 1932 to 1933. He also served as South Dakota Commissioner of School and Public Lands from 1917 to 1925. Knight unsuccessfully ran against Carl Gunderson for the Republican nomination for governor of South Dakota in 1923.
References
People from Hamlin County, South Dakota
People from Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Republican Party members of the South Dakota House of Representatives
Businesspeople from South Dakota
1866 births
1946 deaths
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Strong RSA assumption
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In cryptography, the strong RSA assumption states that the RSA problem is intractable even when the solver is allowed to choose the public exponent e (for e ≥ 3). More specifically, given a modulus N of unknown factorization, and a ciphertext C, it is infeasible to find any pair (M, e) such that C ≡ M e mod N.
The strong RSA assumption was first used for constructing signature schemes provably secure against existential forgery without resorting to the random oracle model.
See also
Quadratic residuosity problem
Decisional composite residuosity assumption
References
Barić N., Pfitzmann B. (1997) Collision-Free Accumulators and Fail-Stop Signature Schemes Without Trees. In: Fumy W. (eds) Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT ’97. EUROCRYPT 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1233. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Fujisaki E., Okamoto T. (1997) Statistical zero knowledge protocols to prove modular polynomial relations. In: Kaliski B.S. (eds) Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO '97. CRYPTO 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1294. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Ronald Cramer and Victor Shoup. 1999. Signature schemes based on the strong RSA assumption. In Proceedings of the 6th ACM conference on Computer and communications security (CCS ’99). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 46–51.
Ronald L. Rivest and Burt Kaliski. 2003. RSA Problem. pdf file
Computational hardness assumptions
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steyr%20Type%20XXX
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Steyr Type XXX
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The Steyr Type XXX (45), which was later developed into the 530, was a grand tourer-style torpedo car, developed and built by Austrian manufacturer Steyr, and designed by Ferdinand Porsche, between 1930 and 1936.
References
Steyr
Grand tourers
Cars of Austria
1930s cars
Cars introduced in 1930
Pre-war vehicles
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaias%20%28given%20name%29
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Isaias (given name)
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{{wiktionary|Isaias|Esaias}}Isaías''' is the Spanish and Portuguese language form of the biblical name Isaiah.
Notable people with the name include:
Isaias of Constantinople (died 1332), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1323 to 1332
Isaias Afwerki (born 1942), first and current president of Eritrea
Isaías Benedito da Silva (1921–1947), Brazilian footballer
Isaías Carrasco (1964–2008), Basque politician
Isaías D'Oleo Ochoa (born 1980), Costa Rican poet
Isaías Duarte Cancino (1939–2002), Colombian Catholic priest and Archbishop of Cali
Isaias W. Hellman (1842–1920), German-born American banker and philanthropist, and a founding father of the University of Southern California
Isaías Marques Soares (born 1963), Brazilian footballer
Isaías Medina Angarita (1897–1953), President of Venezuela from 1941 to 1945
Isaías de Noronha (1874–1963), Brazilian admiral and member of the junta that governed Brazil in 1930
Isaías Rodríguez (born 1942), Venezuelan politician, diplomat and lawyer, Vice President of Venezuela in 2000
Isaías Samakuva (born 1946), Angolan politician
Isaías Sánchez (born 1987), Spanish footballer
See also
Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer
Isaia (name)
Hurricane Isaias
References
Masculine given names
Latin masculine given names
Spanish masculine given names
Portuguese masculine given names
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Vittorio Culpo
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Vittorio Culpo (1904–1955) was an Italo-French resistance soldier.
Personal life
He was born in Trissino in provincia di Vicenza, Italy, in 1904, in a poor farmer's family. In 1923, after a violent brawl with a fascist squadron, he fled to the mountains. He was actively pursued by Benito Mussolini's military police. He went to France and settled in Moselle, before joining some Italian friends in Auvergne, where he worked peacefully until the beginning of World War II.
World War involvement
During the initial year of the war (1939-1940), he fought for the 92nd infantry regiment and obtained French nationality. After the disarmament (1940), he joined the resistance of Val d'Allier. He helped organize a train attack on the Clermont-Ferrand line, when he was severely hurt. He never recovered fully from his injuries.
Later life
He died in 1955 in Mirefleurs. His great grandson, Sébastien Culpo dedicated a short movie to him.
1904 births
1955 deaths
French Resistance members
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervushin
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Pervushin
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Pervushin () is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Pervushina. It may refer to:
Denis Pervushin (born 1977), Russian football player
Fyodor Pervushin (born 1994), Russian football forward
Irina Pervushina (born 1942), Russian artistic gymnast
Ivan Pervushin (1827–1900), Russian mathematician
Pavel Pervushin (1947–2022), Russian weightlifter
Sergei Pervushin (born 1970), Russian football player
Vladimir Pervushin (born 1986), Russian ice hockey forward
Olesya Pervushina (born 2000), Russian junior tennis player
Russian-language surnames
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands%20Maritime%20University%20Rotterdam%3B%20Master%20Shipping%20and%20Transport
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Netherlands Maritime University Rotterdam; Master Shipping and Transport
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The Netherlands Maritime University Rotterdam (STC-NMU) is a specialised educational institute founded by the STC Group (Shipping and Transport College), Rotterdam. It offers a specialised 40-week Master Shipping and Transport program that trains students for management positions in the shipping and transport industry.
Learning objectives
The program teaches tactical and strategic levels of a variety of subjects, such as:
Understanding means of transport and principles of all inbound and outbound maritime port modalities.
Design, control and management of ports, shipping lines and freight traffic flows.
Cross-functional and interdisciplinary cooperation between all actors in the (maritime) industry (during planning, design and operational processes).
Understanding maritime politics, maritime political issues within the international arena.
Understanding the different organisational perspectives, e.g. strategy, crewing and manning (human resources management), fleet and cargo operations, shipping finance and accounting, management, (organisation) policies, etc.
Understanding the implications in respect to social and environmental welfare.
The program also includes simulator assisted applications that position participants in a situation in which they must act upon a practical management problem. Participants are challenged to bring solutions and defend their findings in front of a group or in plenary settings.
Entry qualification
Students must have a bachelor degree in a relevant subject and at least two years working experience, or, a bachelor's degree and at least two years of working experience in shipping, transport, logistics or a related industry.
Potential participants have such backgrounds as:
Seafaring officers, needing the necessary tools to take up an onshore occupation after a number of years at sea.
Current staff ashore, needing extra training to extend their knowledge and skills on shipping, supply chain management and intermodal and multimodal transport.
Employees in specialised or technical related functions, who aspire to a management function.
Graduates have moved on to positions in: maritime and logistic operations such as port management organisations, shipping companies, international logistics providers, port authorities, governmental institutes and consultancy firms.
The program
The 40-week program is divided into five modules. The fifth module is dedicated to the thesis project, which takes around four months. Participants can do the thesis in their home country, at their own employer or as an internship within a company in the Rotterdam area.
The program comprises five different modules, including a specialisation. Each module is split up into various courses. In total there are 21 courses and 2 specialisations.
Participants are challenged to approach maritime issues on tactical and strategic level from different perspectives:
Roles in the supply chain, e.g. freight forwarder, stevedore, logistics company, carrier, shipbroker, port authority, governmental body.
Different organisational perspectives, e.g. legal, human resource management, operations, finance and accounting, organisation, company policies, etc.
Participants are required to define their own thesis projects in close cooperation with the thesis supervisor and to find a suitable company that will ‘sponsor’ the thesis. The thesis must demonstrate that the participant has acquired the necessary skills and knowledge to approach a management problem in shipping.
Notes and references
External links
Netherlands Maritime University main site
Maritime colleges in the Netherlands
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Italian seaplane carrier Europa
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Europa was a seaplane carrier of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy). Originally laid down as the merchant ship Manila, she was renamed Salacia in 1898, and then sold to German and then Italian shipping companies in 1911 and 1913, respectively. She became Quarto in 1913, and in February 1915 she was purchased by the Italian fleet, renamed Europa, and converted into a seaplane carrier with a capacity of eight seaplanes. She served as a seaplane base in Valona during World War I and supported the Allied response during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto in 1917. She was quickly sold for scrap in 1920 after the war ended.
Original characteristics and career
Originally built for the Spanish company Pinillos, Izquierdo & Cia as the merchant steamer Manila, she was laid down in 1895 in Scotland, at the Charles Connell and Company shipyard in Glasgow. Built as yard number 222, she was launched on 5 July and completed in August that year. In 1898, she was sold to Donaldson Bros of Glasgow, Scotland, and renamed Salacia. Retaining the name Salacia, she was sold to the Hamburg-based German shipping company M. Jebsen in 1912. She was sold to the Italian company Tito Campanella in Genoa in 1913 and renamed Quarto in 1914.
Manila was long at the waterline and long overall. She had a beam of . She had a gross register tonnage of , with a net register tonnage of 2,636. Her hull was divided into four holds, two forward and two aft, divided by the central superstructure. She had a short forecastle and quarterdeck, as was common for merchant vessels of the day.
The ship was powered by a single vertical triple-expansion engine. Steam was provided by three coal-fired boilers trunked into two raked funnels located amidships. Both the engines and boilers were manufactured by Dunsmuir & Jackson of Govan, Scotland. Her propulsion system was rated for a top speed of from , and on speed trials she reached from . She carried of coal, which gave her a range of at a speed of . When originally built, she also had four derricks that could be rigged with two square and lug sails, but these were quickly replaced with two smaller derricks between each pair of holds.
Background and conversion
The Italian Regia Marina had previously experimented with seaplane carriers with the conversion of the protected cruiser in 1914. The ship proved that the concept was viable for the Italian fleet, though she had significant limitations, particularly with regard to conducting sustained operations, as she could only carry a maximum of five aircraft and she lacked room for maintenance facilities or magazines for the aircraft. The British raid on Cuxhaven, launched from seaplane carries in December 1914, impressed upon the Italians for the need for further development of the Italian naval air arm. Accordingly, the navy requested funding to purchase a merchant ship and convert it into a seaplane carrier, which was approved in the year's naval budget.
At the time, the Italian naval command recognized that the relatively confined nature of the Mediterranean Sea, and particularly the Adriatic Sea shared by its historic rival Austria-Hungary, meant that land-based planes would bear the bulk of the combat responsibilities. The command envisioned using the new seaplane carrier as a semi-stationary floating base for aircraft. At the time, the most pressing need was for a seaplane base at Valona, where it would be used to help secure the Otranto Barrage. Captain Alessandro Guidoni led a commission to find a suitable vessel for the project, and among the vessels surveyed was the steamship Quarto, then docked in Taranto. Guidoni selected the ship in his report that was submitted on 9 January 1915. The Naval Staff concurred and purchased it, and in addition to a seaplane carrier, the ship would also be used as a submarine tender.
On 6 February 1915, the Regia Marina purchased the vessel to convert her into a seaplane tender. She arrived in La Spezia later that month, where work began on 20 February. Guidoni had drawn up the plans for the conversion, which was completed by early May. Most of her original fittings were removed and hangars, workshops, and storage facilities were erected. Her holds were converted into storage tanks for aircraft fuel and lubricants as well as for compartments to store aircraft components. Equipment to service submarines, including engines to recharge their batteries, was also installed. The high length to beam ratio of the ship proved to be a challenge in the conversion process, since the hangars and other structures added to her decks increased her topweight and reduced her stability, already a problem from her relatively narrow beam. As a result, several tons of ballast were added to help stabilize the vessel.
General characteristics
After her conversion, her overall length increased to and her displacement became normally and up to at full load. Her draft varied from normally and at full load. The short forecastle and quarterdeck were extended to make the ship flush-decked, though the sides remained open to provide ventilation and light to what had been the upper deck. Since the forward hangar blocked the old bridge, a new one was installed atop the hangar, composed of a small deckhouse with a gangway that ran across the deck. A single pole mast was placed directly behind the old bridge, which was now used as a chart house, and in front of the first funnel. Forward visibility was poor, so lookouts had to be stationed in the crow's nest or on the searchlight platform in front of the hangar. Her crew numbered 11 officers and 155 enlisted men in 1915, and by 1918 this had increased to 14 officers and 195 men, respectively.
Her crew numbered 11 officers and 155 enlisted men in 1915, and by 1918 this had increased to 14 officers and 195 men, respectively. She carried a number of small boats, including a steam pinnace, two motor boats, two whaleboats, and five smaller boats. The larger boats were stored amidships and served by two davits on each side, while the smaller boats were kept inside the hangars.
Since she was classified as an auxiliary vessel, her only armament consisted of a pair of guns for defense. Europa was armed with a two 40-caliber anti-aircraft guns that were mounted on platforms, one at the bow and the other at the stern. They were placed high above the deck to provide them with the widest possible fields of fire despite the large hangars.
Aviation facilities and equipment
As converted, she was equipped with two hangars that could store four seaplanes each; the forward hangar was long and the aft one was long, and they covered the full beam of the ship. The narrowness of the ship prevented aircraft from being stowed sideways in the hangars, so they were held in-line. The hangars had completely opened sides that could be sealed with waterproof tarps Cranes were fitted to lower and raise the aircraft into the water, where they would take off or land. A further four to eight aircraft could be kept disassembled below decks. Fuel storage amounted to , which was divided between thirty-two separate tanks. The extensive subdivision of the tanks improved stability by dispersing the weight of fuel and minimized the effect of moving liquid in the hull.
In the forward part of the hull, a large workshop was installed, fitted with various lathes, milling machines, forges, and other equipment necessary to repair or fabricate wood and metal parts for both aircraft and submarines. Below the workshop was an ammunition magazine for aircraft and a refrigerated torpedo storage room. In 1917–1918, a second workshop was installed in the stern of the ship in an area that had been used for parts storage. Two electrical generators and two generators were installed to recharge submarine batteries.
Aircraft
Europa originally carried a complement of Macchi L.1 seaplanes and Curtiss Model H flying boats. The L.1 was used as a fighter and a bomber, while the Model H was used for training and limited bombing operations, as it was an older design that had been superseded by more modern aircraft. These included Macchi L.2 and M.3 flying boats beginning in 1916. In 1917, the ship received Macchi M.5 seaplanes, which were dedicated fighters. The ship also carried FBA seaplanes between 1916 and 1918 for bombing and anti-submarine patrols. From June to November 1918, Europa operated a few Ansaldo SVAI seaplane fighters, though these proved to be unreliable and not particularly maneuverable.
Service history
After completing the conversion in May 1915, the ship spent much of the rest of the year assembling and training the crew and conduct sea trials. She received her 76 mm guns in September, and she was formally commissioned into the fleet on 6 October. That month, she was sent to Brindisi, where she replaced Elba. By December, she was operating a contingent of two Curtiss flying boats and six of the L.1 seaplanes, along with two more L.1s that were kept ashore. The ship was transferred to Valona Bay in Albania, part of which Italy had occupied in October 1914. Valona lacked any harbor facilities beyond the outer moles, and so the ability to operate aircraft under such conditions proved to be invaluable. A host of other support vessels, including depot ships, oilers, and floating docks were stationed there as well. At the time, the Italian strategy relied on Valona and Brindisi to contain the Austro-Hungarian squadron based at Cattaro; Europa provided an important aerial reconnaissance force in support of this strategy. The ship was anchored in the center of the bay, and at that time she operated eight of the L.1s, which were used to defend the bay, to patrol for Austro-Hungarian and German U-boats operating in the Adriatic, and to attack Austro-Hungarian coastal installations.
In mid-May 1917, Europas aircraft took part in the Battle of the Strait of Otranto. She had three aircraft ready the morning of the battle on 15 May, and after reports of the Austro-Hungarian attack reached the Italian command, her aircraft—FBA flying boats—sortied to search for the hostile vessels at 05:00, once there was enough light to see. At 07:00, they returned, refueled, loaded bombs, and departed again. The destroyer came alongside at 08:00 and took on fuel from Europa, departing at 09:45 to join the search. The first FBA attacked the Austro-Hungarian cruiser but scored only a near miss that knocked out some rivets in her rudder. The FBAs shadowed the Austro-Hungarians before returning to Europa to refuel.
On 16 July, Europas aircraft raided Durazzo in company with two other units; five of her M.5s joined three FBAs based in Brindisi and seven other aircraft from the 257th Squadron, an Italian Army unit in Valona. The aircraft scored thirty-three hits on the Austro-Hungarian naval air station in the harbor and significantly degraded its ability to conduct operations for several months. Over the course of the war, the ship's aircrews flew a total of 1,884 missions, of which 1,500 were reconnaissance flights and more than 200 were combat sorties, during which they dropped some 2,000 bombs. Toward the end of the war, her aircraft were sent ashore and Europa operated primarily as a submarine tender.
After Austria-Hungary surrendered in November 1918, Europa took part in the occupation of Šibenik and other ports in Dalmatia. In 1919, she returned to Taranto and then to La Spezia. In the postwar period, naval aviation fell out of favor, particularly as a result of Giulio Douhet's views on air power, namely his preference for strategic bombing over other types of tactical and operational doctrines. In addition, Europa was by then more than twenty years old and her low speed kept her from operating with the main fleet and conducting offensive operations. As a result, she was decommissioned on 10 September 1920 and thereafter broken up for scrap in Italy.
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Nave Appoggio e Trasporto Aerei Europa Marina Militare website
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Galasa lophopalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Galasa. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914, and is known from Panama.
References
Moths described in 1914
Chrysauginae
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Thomas Dugdale may refer to:
Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne (1897–1977), British Conservative Party politician
Thomas Cantrell Dugdale (1880–1952), British artist
PS Thomas Dugdale (1873), a paddle steamer passenger vessel
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Allium dichlamydeum is a species of wild onion known by the common name coastal onion. It is endemic to California where it grows on sea cliffs and hills overlooking the ocean, from Santa Barbara County to Mendocino County.
Description
Allium dichlamydeum grows from a brown or gray bulb 1.0-1.5 cm wide. It has a stout naked green stem surrounded by 3-6 long onion leaves. Atop the thick stem is an inflorescence of 5-30 flowers. Each flower has six oval-shaped dull-pointed tepals in shades of bright magenta to fuchsia and each flower is about a centimeter wide.
References
External Links
Jepson Manual Treatment
dichlamydeum
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Plants described in 1888
Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene
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The Albert County Museum is located in Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick. The Museum consists of eight buildings on a six-acre site and features twenty-two themed galleries. All of the buildings are original to the site and are part of the overall history presented. The County Tax Office, County Records Office and County Gaol are from the time of the creation of Albert County in 1845. The County Court House on the site was built in 1904 to replace the original that had been lost in a fire earlier. The complex encompasses what was known as the Shiretown (capital) of Albert County. The Albert County Museum is owned and operated by the Albert County Historical Society Incorporated, a Registered Canadian Charity.
The museum houses the Prime Minister R.B. Bennett Commemorative Centre which opened in 2010 to commemorate the life of the Canadian Prime Minister, R. B. Bennett, who grew up in the community. It also contains artifacts and displays related to the convicted murderer, Tom Collins.
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Albert County Museum
History museums in New Brunswick
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John Linnell (1729–96) was an 18th-century cabinet-maker and designer.
Biography
Linnell was in charge of one of London's largest cabinet-makers firms of the 18th century with many important and prominent patrons. The Linnell firm was created in 1730 by William Linnell (c.1703–63), and was inherited by his son John Linnell in 1763. The firm moved from 8 Long Acre in St. Martin's Lane, London to 28 Berkeley Square in 1750. From 1763 to his death John Linnell continued to develop the business his father had established and his reputation grew. However, due to his unconventional lifestyle, he left no heir to his trade and the fate of the firm after his death is uncertain.
There is speculation that in the last years of his life John Linnell entered a partnership with his relative Thomas Tatham (1763–1817). However the evidence is not conclusive. Thomas Tatham went on to be a partner at one of London's fashionable cabinetmaking and upholstery business owith George Elward, Edward Bailey and Richard Saunders. They were principal cabinet-makers to George IV and this firm worked at Carlton House and Buckingham Palace.
Thomas Tatham and his brother Charles Heathcote Tatham were trained in drawing and design by John Linnell. Linnell introduced C. H. Tatham to Henry Holland who later funded his educational trip to Rome. In 1796 when C. H. Tatham learned of Linnell's death, he was in Rome and wrote to Henry Holland, who had his home in Sloane Ave, Knightsbridge - that he was deeply upset by John Linnell's death. Upon his return to London he compiled a selection of 355 of John Linnell's drawings and designs, which his brother Thomas Tatham had inherited. These drawings now survive at the V&A.
Patrons
One of John Linnell's first jobs as a designer in father's firm was for a suite of furniture for Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort' Chinese Bedroom at Badminton House.
John Linnell was also commissioned by Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale at Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire. Linnell delivered furniture from c.1760
Another important patron was the banker Robert Child. Osterley Park House, Middlesex remains very much as it did in the eighteenth century when John Linnell supplied furniture for the Childs. Robert Adam was the architect there.
Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland and his wife Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland were also among Linnell's patrons, and several armchairs attributed to Linnell can be seen at Alnwick Castle, one of their residences in the eighteenth century.
Design for the State Coach of George III
John Linnell submitted designs for the State Coach of George III. Several designs were submitted for this important commission. It is thought that the architect Robert Adam also submitted designs. It was the King's architect William Chambers, who produced the final design.
Drury Lane Theatre
John Linnell was also involved in the design of the Drury Lane theatre. He produced the designs for the boxes - these survive at the V&A.
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English furniture designers
British furniture makers
1729 births
1796 deaths
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The 1966–67 Yorkshire Football League was the 41st season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England.
Division One
Division One featured 13 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:
Kiveton Park
Norton Woodseats
Sheffield
Thorne Colliery
League table
Map
Division Two
Division Two featured eleven clubs which competed in the previous season, along with six new clubs.
Clubs relegated from Division One:
Rawmarsh Welfare
Stocksbridge Works
Plus:
Bradford City 'A'
Hamptons Sports
Micklefield Welfare, joined from the West Yorkshire League
York City reserves, joined from the North Regional League
League table
Map
League Cup
Final
References
1966–67 in English football leagues
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Truskavets (; ) is a city in Drohobych Raion, western Ukraine's Lviv Oblast (region), near the border with Poland. It hosts the administration of Truskavets urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is approximately
Truskavets is famous for its mineral springs, which have made it one of Ukraine's great resorts. For most visitors the primary goal is consuming the various 'local waters.' The most famous is the naphtha and sulfur-scented, slightly saline 'Naftusia.' The town lies in an attractive little valley in the Carpathian foothills and is easily reached from Lviv by bus or train. The vast majority of tourists who come to Truskavets are Ukrainian or Belarusian.
The modern coat of arms of the city depicts a goose with raised wings and a branch in its beak. According to history, it symbolizes vigilance, kindness and health.
In 2000, a special economic zone (SEZ) was established in Truskavets for the period of 20 years. Known as "Kurortopolis Truskavets", the SEZ offered various tax privileges for businesses and investors. Some 13 investment projects were approved under its framework, with the majority focusing on health and medical treatment.<ref>Truskavets Official Website | "About the City" ). Retrieved on 2008-12-26.</ref>
History
Truskavets, then known as Truskawiec, was first mentioned in 1469. The Polish royal doctor Wojciech Oczko was the first to describe local waters in 1578. At that time the village was the property of the Kings of Poland, and was located in the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown until the First Partition of Poland in 1772, when it fell to Austria. First baths were opened here in 1827. In 1836, Józef Micewski, with support of Agenor Goluchowski, initiated construction of the spa complex. In 1853, the village was visited by Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria. In the mid-19th century, a Catholic church was built, financed by visitors' contributions. Thanks to the liberalization of Austrian policy towards minorities, including Poles, in 1880 the spa became the property of a company whose chairman was Adam Stanisław Sapieha, and then it was expanded. In 1898, a monument to Polish national poet Adam Mickiewicz, in the 100th anniversary of his birth, was unveiled in the spa park. In 1911, a rail station was opened here, and by 1913, the town was receiving around 5,000 visitors per year. The spa was not destroyed during World War I, however, the number of visitors dropped significantly.
Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Polish–Ukrainian War and the Polish–Soviet War, Truskawiec became part of Poland again. Administratively it was the seat of Gmina Truskawiec, located in the Drohobycz County of the Lwów Voivodeship. As the spa was not destroyed in these conflicts, activity resumed quickly, as early as 1920 and Truskawiec soon emerged as a popular spa destination. In the 1920s and 1930s, almost 300 hotels, villas and guest houses were built here. The town was awarded three gold medals as the country's best spa resort. Next to Krynica-Zdrój, it was the most visited and most popular resort in Poland. A number of notable Polish personalities visited Truskawiec during that era, including politicians (Stanisław Wojciechowski, Józef Piłsudski, Wincenty Witos, Ignacy Daszyński), artists (Eugeniusz Bodo, Adolf Dymsza, Julian Tuwim, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Bruno Schulz, Zofia Nałkowska, Marian Hemar, Hanka Ordonówna, Jan Kiepura, Zofia Batycka, Antoni Słonimski), athletes (Stanisława Walasiewicz, Halina Konopacka, Janusz Kusociński) and Generals Stanisław Maczek and Kazimierz Sosnkowski. Numerous guests from abroad came there as well. In 1935, the Prime Minister and future president of Estonia Konstantin Päts visited the spa. Rajmund Jarosz, who was the owner of the spa since 1911, founded the Museum of Natural History (Muzeum Przyrodnicze'') and a salt-sulfur pool, later destroyed during World War II.
On August 29, 1931, Vasyl Bilas and Dmytro Danylyshyn, two members of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, assassinated Tadeusz Hołówko, a Polish cabinet minister and known advocate of Polish-Ukrainian rapprochement vacationing in Truskawiec. This caused an increase in Polish-Ukrainian tension, which culminated in the Ukrainian genocide of Poles in 1943.
After the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, the spa was transformed into a sanatorium for Red Army soldiers. From 1941 to 1944 it was under German occupation, and after 1944 under Soviet occupation again. Under the Potsdam Agreement of 1945, it was taken from Poland and annexed by the Soviet Union. Under Soviet rule, most of the historic buildings were destroyed and replaced with typical Soviet architecture.
In 2008, the Adam Mickiewicz monument, which survived World War II and Soviet rule, was renovated.
Until 18 July 2020, Truskavets was incorporated as a city of oblast significance. In July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Lviv Oblast to seven, the city of Truskavets was merged into Drohobych Raion.
Twin towns
Truskavets is twinned with:
Jasło, Poland, since August 2005
Limanowa, Poland
Dolný Kubín, Slovakia
Gallery
References
Sources
An account of the town and neighborhood including Drohobycz along with its relationship to this author and his friends like other Polish writers such as Zofia Nałkowska and Witkacy.
External links
Official website
Hotels (spa) in Truskavets
Map of Truskavets
Cities in Lviv Oblast
Spa towns in Ukraine
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Monica's Story is the authorized biography of Monica Lewinsky, written by Andrew Morton. Morton was also a biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales.
External links
"'Monica's Story': Tawdry and Tiresome" by Michiko Kakutani in New York Times Book Review
Excerpts from the book
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Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
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The Langer See is a lake situated in the south-eastern outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. The lake is aligned south-east to north-west and forms part of the course of the River Dahme. The Langer See is approximately long, with an average width of and an area of .
The Dahme flows into the Langer See from the Zeuthener See, at the south-east end of the lake by the Berlin suburb of Schmöckwitz. It flows out to the north-west near Köpenick and its confluence with the River Spree. At Schmöckwitz the Langer See also mingles with the Seddinsee.
Like the River Dahme, the Langer See is navigable. Besides traffic to the upstream reaches of the Dahme, the lake also carries traffic to the Oder-Spree Canal, which links with the Seddinsee and provides a commercial waterway link between Berlin and Poland.
The Langer See is crossed by two of Berlin's passenger ferries that are operated by the BVG, the municipal transport operator. The F12 crosses from Müggelbergallee (in Köpenick) to Wassersportallee (in Grünau), and operates all year. The F21 crosses from Krampenburg via Große Krampe (both in Müggelheim) to Zum Seeblick (in Schmöckwitz), and operates only in summer.
The regatta course on the Langer See at Grünau was used for the Olympic canoeing and rowing events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
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This is a list of contestants who have appeared on the television series, The Amazing Race: China Rush. Contestants with a pre-existing relationship form a team and race across China against other teams to claim a trip around the world. In total, 42 contestants have appeared in the series.
Contestants
The presented information was accurate at the time of filming.
References
Official Site
Amazing Race: China Rush contestants, The
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Samuel Humphreys (23 November 1778 – 16 August 1846) was a noted American naval architect and shipbuilder in the early 19th century. He served the United States Navy as the Chief Constructor for the Navy from 1826 to 1846.
Naval architect
Samuel Humphreys supervised the construction of the frigate , which was laid down at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1798, and launched in 1799. He later constructed ships at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and supervised the construction of the ship-of-the-line , the first ship to be laid down at the yard, in 1815.
In 1824, Humphreys turned down a very lucrative offer from Emperor Alexander I of Russia to create a Russian navy, saying: "I do not know that I possess the merits attributed to me, but, be they great or small, I owe them all to the flag of my country."
In 1826, Humpherys was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.
Humphreys was Chief Constructor for the Navy from 1826 to 1846. He designed Americas first first-rate ship-of-the-line, , which was laid down in 1821, but not launched until 1837. He also designed the supply ship , which was laid down in 1835 and launched in 1836.
Around 1827, Humphreys took on John Lenthall as his apprentice to work as his assistant and draftsman, and in 1828 he nominated Lenthall for a position as one of the assistant naval constructors at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Lenthall would go on to serve as Chief Constructor for the Navy from 1849 to 1853 and as Chief of the Navys Bureau of Construction and Repair from 1853 to 1871.
Family
Humphreys's father was Joshua Humphreys (1751-1838), the naval architect for the first six frigates of the U.S. Navy. Samuel, and his wife Letitia, had sons Andrew (1810-1883) and Joshua (1813–1873) who served in the Union Army and Confederate States Navy, respectively, in the American Civil War (1861-1865). His other children were Jane Murray McCrabb (1813–1897), Mary Yonge (1823–1866), and William Humphreys (1828–1897).
Samuel Humphreys is buried at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., with his sons Andrew and Joshua.
See also
United States naval architect
Naval architecture
Notes
References
Chapelle, Howard I. The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1949. .
Tucker, Spencer C., ed. Civil War Naval Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2011, .
External links
Inventory of the Humphreys Family Papers, 1840-1918, in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
Samuel Humphreys Letterbook, 1824-1845, MS 146 and his Directions for cutting Timber for a Frigate of the first Class, 1835, MS 194 held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy
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Schultz's pipefish, Corythoichthys schultzi, is a pipefish of the family Syngnathidae.
Etymology
The genus name Corythoichthys derives from the Greek words coris meaning "helmet" and ichthus meaning "fish". The specific name schultzi honors Leonard Peter Schultz, an American ichthyologist of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington).
Description
Corythoichthys schultzi can reach a length up to in males. The body is cylindrical and very elongated. These pipefishes have a cryptic coloration making the difficult to be detected by both prey and predators. The basic color of the body is whitish, with small black, brown and reddish dashes and yellowish rings. The eyes are protruding and the snout is long, slightly compressed and thinner than the body. The caudal fin is present but quite small. Adults may form small aggregation. Ovoviviparous, the male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail. In this pouch they also carry the developing young pipefishes.
Distribution
This species is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific Oceans, from Red Sea and East Africa to Tonga, throughout Micronesia, northern Australia and New Caledonia.
Habitat
Schultz's pipefish is a benthic species associated with coral reefs. It usually can be found in lagoon and seaward reefs at depths between . The adults live in pairs or small groups when out in the open and find a safe places to spend the night.
References
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Gerald Allen, Roger Steene, Paul Humann & Ned Deloach Reef Fish Identification Tropical Pacific, (New World Publications Inc, Jacksonville, Florida, US 2003)
Kaup J. J., 1853. Uebersicht der Lophobranchier. Arch. Naturgeschichte v. 19. 226-234.
Schultz, L. P., Herald, E. S., Lachner, E. A., Welander, A. D. & Woods, L. P., 1953. Fishes of the Marshall and Marianas islands. Vol. I. Families from Asymmetrontidae through Siganidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum Núm. 202, v. 1: i-xxxii + 1-685, Pls. 1-74.
Allen, G.R. i R.C. Steene, 1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island Natural History Association, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, 6798, Austràlia. 197 p.
Breder, C.M. i D.E. Rosen, 1966. Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey, US. 941 p.
Gell, F.R. i M.W. Whittington, 2002. Diversity of fishes in seagrass beds in the Quirimba Archipelago, northern Mozambique. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 53:115-121.
Garpe, K.C. i M.C. Öhman, 2003. Coral and fish distribution patterns in Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania: fish-habitat interactions. Hydrobiologia 498: 191-211.
Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton i G.R. Allen, 2006. Fishes. A Beasley, O.L. i A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volum 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178.
Allen, G.R. i M. Adrim, 2003. Coral reef fishes of Indonesia. Zool. Stud. 42(1):1-72.
Fricke, R., 1999. Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31: 759 p.
Kailola, P.J., 1987. The fishes of Papua New Guinea. A revised and annotated checklist. Vol. 1. Myxinidae to Synbranchidae. Research Bulletin Núm. 41. Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 194 p.
Kuiter, R.H. i T. Tonozuka, 2001. Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels- Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 302 p.
Letourneur, Y., P. Chabanet, P. Durville, M. Taquet, E. Teissier, M. Parmentier, J.-C. Quéro i K. Pothin, 2004. An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island, south-western Indian Ocean. Cybium 28(3):199-216.
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno i T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tòquio, Japó. 437 p.
Murdy, E.O., C.J. Ferraris Jr., D.I. Hoese i R.C. Steene, 1981. Preliminary list of fishes from Sombrero Island, Philippines, with fifteen new records. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 94(4):1163-1173.
Nouguier, J. i D. Refait, 1990. Poissons de l'Océan Indien: les Iles Maldives. Réalisations Editoriales Pédagogiques, París. 304 p.
Randall, J.E. i C. Anderson, 1993. Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyol. Bull. of the J.L.B. Smith Inst. of Ichthyol. 59:47.
Werner, T.B i G.R. Allen, 1998. Reef fishes of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. A T. Werner i G. Allen (eds). A rapid biodiversity assessment of the coral reefs of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. RAP Working Papers 11, Conservation International, Washington DC.
Bibliography
Dawson, C. E., 1977: Review of the pipefish genus Corythoichthys with description of three new species. Copeia 1977: 295-338.
Dawson, C.E., 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, US.
Eschmeyer, William N.: Genera of Recent Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, US. iii + 697. . Any 1990.
Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, núm. 1, vol. 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, US. .
Hardy, J.D. Jr., 2003. Coral reef fish species. NOAA\National Oceanographic Data Center. NODC Coral Reef Data and Information Management System. US. 537 p.
Helfman, G., B. Collette i D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, US, 1997.
Lourie, S. A., Amanda C.J. Vincent i Heather J. Hall: Seahorses: An Identification Guide to the World's Species and their Conservation. Dorling Print Limited, Dorling House: London, Great Britain: Project Seahorse, 1999.
Moyle, P. i J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, US: Prentice-Hall. Any 2000.
Nelson, Joseph S.: Fishes of the World, John Wiley & Sons. . Any 2006.
Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, London: Macdonald. Any 1985.
External links
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Aquaportail
Australian Museum
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This is a list of events from British radio in 1929.
Events
6 November – Week in Westminster debuts on the BBC Home Service; it will still be running more than 90 years later.
Tatsfield Receiving Station – formally the BBC Engineering Measurement and Receiving Station – begins operation on the North Downs in Surrey.
Welsh language radio begins to be broadcast from the BBC's Daventry transmitter.
Births
27 April – Derek Chinnery (died 2015), British radio controller.
19 July – Denis Goodwin (suicide 1975), English comedy scriptwriter and radio presenter.
25 September – Ronnie Barker (died 2015), English comic actor.
25 November – Tim Gudgin (died 2017), English sports results announcer.
29 November – Derek Jameson (died 2012), English newspaper editor and broadcaster.
28 December – Brian Redhead (died 1994), English radio news presenter.
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Khandan Qoli (, also Romanized as Khāndān Qolī, Khāndānqolī, and Khānedānqolī; also known as Khāneh Qulī and Khan Qulī) is a village in Howmeh Rural District of the Central District of Bijar County, Kurdistan province, Iran. The village is populated by Kurds.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,003 in 237 households. The following census in 2011 counted 980 people in 256 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 895 people in 271 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.
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Bijar County
Populated places in Kurdistan Province
Populated places in Bijar County
Kurdish settlements in Kurdistan Province
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List of places in West Midlands (county)
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This is a list of cities, towns, villages and other settlements in the ceremonial county of West Midlands, England (not the West Midlands region).
A
Acocks Green, Aldridge, Aldersley, All Saints, Allesley, Allesley Green, Allesley Park, Alton, Alum Rock, Alumwell, Amblecote, Ashmore Park, Aston, Audnam
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Ball Hill, Balsall Common, Balsall Heath, Barr Beacon, Barston, Bartley Green, Bearwood, Beechdale, Bell Green, Bentley, Bentley Heath, Berkswell, Bickenhill, Billesley Binley, Birchfield, Bilston, Birmingham, Bishopsgate Green, Blackheath, Blakenall Heath, Blakenhall, Blossomfield, Bloxwich, Boldmere, Bordesley, Bordesley Green, Bournbrook, Bournville, Bradley, Bradmore, Brandhall, Brandwood, Brierley Hill, Bromford, Bromley, Brownhills, Brownhills West, Browns Green, Buckland End, Buckpool (Wordsley), Bushbury
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Caldmore, California, Canley, Cannon Park, Castle Bromwich, Castle Vale, Castlecroft, Catherine-de-Barnes, Chadwick End, Chapelfields, Charlemont and Grove Vale, Chelmsley Wood, Cheswick Green, Cheylesmore, Chinese Quarter, Chuckery, Claregate, Clayhanger, Clifford Park, Coalpool, Coleshill Heath, Colesley, Compton, Convention Quarter, Copt Heath, Cotteridge, Coundon, Courthouse Green, Coventry, Cradley Heath
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Darlaston, Deritend, Dickens Heath, Digbeth, Dorridge, Druids Heath, Duddeston, Dudley, Dunstall Hill
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Earlsdon, Earlswood, Eastern Green, Eastside, Edgbaston, Edgwick, Elmdon, Elmdon Heath, Erdington, Ernesford Grange, Ettingshall, Evesham.
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Falcon Lodge, Fallings Park, Finchfield, Finham, Five Ways, Foleshill, Fordbridge, Fordhouses, Four Oaks, Fox & Goose, Frankley, Fullbrook
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Garretts Green, Gibbet Hill, Goldthorn Park, Gosta Green, Graiseley, Gravelly Hill, Great Barr, Greet, Gun Quarter, Guns Village
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Hall Green, Halesowen, Hamstead, Handsworth, Handsworth Wood, Harborne, Harden, Hampton-in-Arden, Harden, Hawbush, Hawkesley, Hay Mills, Heath Town, High Heath, Highgate, Highgate, Hill Hook, Hill Top, Hillfields, Hockley, Hockley Heath, Hodge Hill, Holbrooks, Horseley Heath, Hurst Green, Hurst Hill
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Irish Quarter
J
Jericho, Jewellery Quarter
K
Kates Hill, Keresley, Kings Heath, Kings Norton, Kingshurst, Kingstanding, Kingswinford, Kitts Green, Knowle
L
Ladywood, Lanesfield, Langley Green, Leamore, Lee Bank, Little Aston, Little Bloxwich, Little Bromwich, Longbridge, Longford, Low Hill, Lozells, Lye, Lyndon, Lower Farm Estate
M
Maney, Marston Green, Masshouse, Mere Green, Meriden, Merridale, Merry Hill, Minworth, Monkspath Street, Monmore Green, Moseley, Mount Nod, Moxley
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Nechells, Netherton, New Frankley, New Invention, New Oscott, Newbridge, Northfield
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Oakham, Ocker Hill, Old Hill, Old Oscott, Oldswinford, Oldbury, Olton, Oscott
P
Packwood, Palfrey, Park Hall, Park Village, Pedmore, Pelham, Pelsall, Penn, Penn Fields, Pensnett, Pendeford, Perry Barr, Perry Beeches, Perry Common, Pheasey, Pleck, Portobello, Princes End, Pype Hayes
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Quarry Bank, Queslett, Quinton
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Radford, Rednal, Redditch, Roughley, Rowley Regis, Rubery, Rugeley, Rushall and Ryecroft
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Saltley, Sandwell, Sarehole, Sedgley, Selly Oak, Selly Park, Shard End, Sharmans Cross, Sheldon, Shelfield, Shenley Green, Shire Oak, Shirley, Short Heath, Short Heath, Signal Hayes, Silhill, Small Heath, Smethwick, Smithfield, Smith's Wood, Soho, Solihull, South Yardley, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, Spon End, Spring Hill, Springfield, Stafford, Stechford, Stirchley, Stoke, Stoke Heath, Stoke Aldermoor, Stourbridge, Streetly, Styvechale, Summerhill, Sutton Coldfield
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Temple Balsall, Tettenhall, Tettenhall Regis, Tettenhall Wightwick, Tettenhall Wood, The Delves, The Straits, Thimble End, Tidbury Green, Tile Hill, Tipton, Tividale, Tower Hill, Tyburn, Tyseley, Tamworth
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V
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Wake Green, Wall Heath, Walmley, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Walsgrave-On-Sowe, Ward End, Warley, Warwick Bar, Washwood Heath, Wednesfield, Wednesbury, Weoley Castle, Weoley Hill, West Bromwich, West Heath, Westwood Heath, Whitehouse Common, Whitley, Whitlock's End, Whitmore Reans, Whoberley, Wightwick, Willenhall (Coventry), Willenhall (West Midlands), Winson Green, Withymoor Village, Witton, Wollaston, Wollescote, Wolverhampton, Wood End (Coventry), Wood End (Wolverhampton), Woodgate, Wordsley, Wren's Nest, Wyken, Wylde Green
X
Y
Yardley, Yardley Wood, Yew Tree
Z
See also
List of places in England
West Midlands
Places
Populated places in the West Midlands (county)
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Amschel Moses Rothschild
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Amschel Moses Rothschild ( – 6 October 1755) was a German Jewish money changer and trader in silk cloth in the Judengasse, the Jewish ghetto of the Free City of Frankfurt in present-day Germany. His son Mayer Amschel Rothschild became the progenitor of the Rothschild dynasty.
Life
Amschel Moses Rothschild was born about 1710, the son of Moses Kalman Rothschild (d. 19 October 1735). The Frankfurt ghetto had been established in 1462 by the intervention of Emperor Frederick III; the first known members of the family lived on No. 69 Judengasse in a house called zum Rot(h)en Schild (German for "Red Shield" though the name Rothschild means Red Coat, as in coat-of-arms, in the Yiddish language). Isaak Elchanan Bacharach (d. 1585) had the building erected about 1567 and began to use the name "Rothschild", which his descendants kept even after they moved to No. 188 in a rear building called zur Pfanne ("Pan") in 1664.
Rothschild had a small shop, according to a 1749 tax register his assets amounted to the rather large sum of 1,375 guilders. He married Schönche Lechnich (died 29 June 1756). They had eight children, of whom five survived into adulthood. Rothschild's sons attended the Frankfurt cheder, notably the fourth son, Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), was sent to the yeshiva in Fürth but had to abandon his studies upon the early death of his parents. He went on to be the founder of the Rothschild international banking dynasty.
Amschel Moses Rothschild died in a smallpox epidemic in the Frankfurt ghetto in 1755. He was buried in the Frankfurt Battonnstraße cemetery.
References
Sources
External links
Rothschild Archive
1710 births
1755 deaths
18th-century German businesspeople
18th-century businesspeople from the Holy Roman Empire
Businesspeople from Frankfurt
Year of birth uncertain
Amschel Moses Rothschild
Free City of Frankfurt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteuxoa%20spodias
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Proteuxoa spodias
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Proteuxoa spodias is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and Victoria.
External links
Australian Faunal Directory
Proteuxoa
Moths of Australia
Moths described in 1908
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C. Sittampalam
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Cathiravelu Sittampalam (; 13 September 1898 – 3 February 1964) was a Ceylon Tamil civil servant, politician, Member of Parliament and government minister.
Early life and family
Sittampalam was born on 13 September 1898. He was the son of A. Cathiravelu, a proctor and member of the Jaffna Local Board. He was educated at Jaffna Central College and Royal College, Colombo. He won many prizes at Royal College including the English Essay Prize, the De Zoysa Science Prize and the Mathematics Prize. Aged 15 he passed the Senior Cambridge with first class honours and distinction in mathematics. After school Sittampalam joined St. Peter's College, Cambridge on a science scholarship and graduated with a degree in mathematics.
Sittampalam was a member of a distinguished family. His brother C. Ponnambalam and brother-in-law C. Casipillai were Mayors of Jaffna. His uncle A. Canagaratnam was a member of the Legislative Council. His great-uncle V. Casipillai was a crown proctor and one of the founders of Jaffna Hindu College.
Sittampalam married Kamalambikai. They had four daughters (Devalakshmi, Pushpalakshmi, Yogalakshmi, and Mallikalakshmi) and one son (Arjuna).
Career
Sittampalam was called to the Bar from Middle Temple. He joined the civil service in 1923 and served in various positions including Assistant Government Agent and District Judge. He later left the civil service and practised as an advocate.
Sittampalam stood as an independent candidate in Mannar at the 1947 parliamentary election. He won the election and entered Parliament. He was persuaded to join the United National Party led government and on 26 September 1947 he was sworn in as Minister of Posts and Telecommunication. He was made Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries after George E. de Silva was unseated by an election petition.
Sittampalam was re-elected at the May 1952 parliamentary election but lost his cabinet position. He was defeated at the 1956 parliamentary election by the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party) candidate V. A. Alegacone.
Sittampalam died on 3 February 1964. In February 2004 Sri Lanka Post issued a commemorative stamp of Sittampalam.
See also
List of political families in Sri Lanka
References
1898 births
1964 deaths
Alumni of Jaffna Central College
Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge
Alumni of Royal College, Colombo
Ceylonese advocates
Fisheries ministers of Sri Lanka
Industries ministers of Sri Lanka
Members of the 1st Parliament of Ceylon
Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ceylon
Members of the Middle Temple
People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
People from British Ceylon
Posts ministers of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Tamil people
Sri Lankan civil servants
Sri Lankan lawyers
Tamil politicians
Telecommunication ministers of Sri Lanka
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherilla%20Storrs%20Lowrey
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Cherilla Storrs Lowrey
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Cherilla Lillian Storrs Lowrey (August 18, 1861 – January 9, 1918) was an American educator and clubwoman based in Hawaii. She was a founder and first chairwoman of The Outdoor Circle, "Hawaii's oldest environmental organization".
Early life
Storrs was born in Utica, New York. She moved to California as a girl with her widowed mother.
Career
Lowrey moved to Hawaii in 1882 to teach at Kawaiahao Seminary, a girls' school. She also taught at the Punahou School, and was an assistant principal there in 1883. She was active in the Free Kindergarten and Children's Aid Association (FKCAA), the Women's Board of Missions, the YWCA, and Women's War Council. She was one of the first two women to serve on the Honolulu Planning Commission.
In 1912, Lowrey was one of the original seven members and the first president of The Outdoor Circle, a women's organization based in Honolulu, initially under the auspices of the Kilohana Art League. The Circle was dedicated to city beautification, especially against billboards and in favor of public fountains, parks, playgrounds, and gardens, and "to conserve and develop the natural beauties of the landscape by encouraging the growth of native trees and shrubs, and the introduction of such new ones as belong to tropical life". The Outdoor Circle had hundreds of members by 1915, many of them wives of wealthy white sugar and lumber executives, like Lowrey, whose husband was president of the Oahu Sugar Company and the Waiahole Water Company, and vice-president of the Honolulu Gas Company.
Personal life and legacy
Storrs married merchant Frederick Jewett Lowrey in 1884. They had four children together. She died after a stroke in 1918, aged 56 years, in Honolulu.
The Outdoor Circle and other friends commissioned a marble fountain by sculptor Roger Noble Burnham, in memory of Lowrey. A species of loulou palm, Pritchardia lowreyana, was named for Lowrey by botanist Joseph F. Rock. Every year during Cemetery Pupu Theatre, an actress portraying Lowrey tells cemetery visitors her story, near her gravesite in Oahu Cemetery. The Outdoor Circle continues into the 21st century as an environmental organization in Hawai'i. "No environmental group has had such a profound, positive impact on Hawai'i as The Outdoor Circle," Duke Bainum said in a 2000 newspaper interview.
References
External links
Hanna Gaffney, "Hawaii Cemetery Theatre - Cherilla Lowrey (1861-1917)" a video on YouTube
1861 births
1918 deaths
People from Utica, New York
American women educators
Clubwomen
People from Honolulu
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parozodes%20erythrocephalus
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Parozodes erythrocephalus
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Parozodes erythrocephalus' is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1897.
References
Rhopalophorini
Beetles described in 1897
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Allanblackia gabonensis
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Allanblackia gabonensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Gabon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
gabonensis
Flora of Cameroon
Flora of Gabon
Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Plants described in 1959
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Westland School
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Westland School or Westlands School may refer to:
The Westland School (Los Angeles), a private elementary school in Los Angeles, California, United States
Westlands School, Sittingbourne, a secondary school in Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Westland High School, a high school in Galloway, Ohio, United States
Westland Middle School, a middle school in Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Westlands School, a secondary school in Torquay, Devon, England now called The Spires College
See also
Westland (disambiguation)
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Buckville Cemetery
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Buckville Cemetery is a historic cemetery in rural Garland County, Arkansas. It is one of the few surviving remnants of the town of Buckville, which was inundated by the creation of Lake Ouachita; the other is the nearby Buckville Baptist Church, which was moved to its present location above the lake's planned water level in 1951. The cemetery, located near the end of Buckville Road on the north side of the lake (accessible via Arkansas Highway 298), the cemetery has more than 300 burials, include graves of some of the area's earliest settlers. The oldest documented burial is dated 1861.
The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
See also
Buckville, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places listings in Garland County, Arkansas
References
External links
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Cultural infrastructure completed in 1861
1861 establishments in Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Garland County, Arkansas
Cemeteries established in the 1860s
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Kencia Marseille
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Kencia Marseille (born 8 November 1980) is a Haitian women's association football player who plays as a defender.
External links
1980 births
Living people
Haitian women's footballers
Haiti women's international footballers
Women's association football defenders
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Chris Shiflett
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Christopher Aubrey Shiflett ( ; born May 6, 1971) is an American musician. He is best known as lead guitarist for the American rock band Foo Fighters, which he joined in 1999 following the release of their third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose. He was also previously a member of the punk rock bands No Use for a Name (1995–1999) and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (1995–2019).
Though primarily a lead guitarist and backing vocalist, Shiflett has also fronted bands such as Jackson United and Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants. He has also made several solo albums; his fifth overall, Lost at Sea, is scheduled for release in October 2023. In 2021, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Foo Fighters.
Early life
Shiflett was born in Santa Barbara, California. He has two older brothers, Mike, and Scott, who also became a musician – best known as the bassist of the punk rock band Face to Face. When Shiflett was 11, he started learning how to play the guitar. A promising young soccer player, Shiflett played with the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) from 1982–1984 under legendary coach Noemi Vazquez. Pressed to make a choice on his career, Shiflett joined his first band by the time he reached the age of 14. Shiflett is a supporter of Arsenal F.C.
Career
Shiflett began his music career in another band called Lost Kittenz with current members of Sugarcult. He later moved on to be the resident lead guitarist for the San Francisco Bay Area punk rock band No Use for a Name. When a friend announced that Guns N' Roses were auditioning for a guitarist, Shiflett asked his friend to instead get him an audition for Foo Fighters, who after recording There Is Nothing Left to Lose as a trio held open auditions to hire another guitarist. Seeing an opportunity that he knew he could not pass up, he quickly parted ways with No Use for a Name to audition. His departure was abrupt, as his former band were just about to head out on tour in support of their album More Betterness!. He was replaced by Dave Nassie, who had previously contributed to Suicidal Tendencies' lead singer "Cyco" Mike Muir's solo projects.
Dave Grohl said part of his motivation to hire Shiflett was that he had a history in the underground punk scene, including opening for Grohl's former band Scream as bassist of the group Rat Pack. After being hired, Shiflett played on the tour for There Is Nothing Left to Lose, and all subsequent studio albums starting with One by One. Shiflett has noted several times that one of his favorite songs that he plays with Foo Fighters is "All My Life" from their fourth studio album One by One. He has said that he was afraid of being fired even before he started to play with the band, as previous guitarist Pat Smear had asked to return. Smear eventually did rejoin the band as a touring rhythm guitarist in 2005, and finally as a full-fledged fifth member in 2010.
Side projects and cover bands
In addition to his full time duties with Foo Fighters, Shiflett also plays in his own side-project, Jackson United, as well as Viva Death with his brother, Scott. For numerous projects, Shiflett performed under the name Jake Jackson. He played with the cover band Chevy Metal along with the late Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins. They played songs from classic rock bands such as Black Sabbath, Queen, ZZ Top, and the Rolling Stones.
In 2009, Shiflett played in a band called The Real McCoy, which was founded by Andy McCoy, the guitarist of the former Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks. The band split up after only three gigs.
In 2010 Shiflett created a new country-oriented side project, Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants, releasing a self-titled album in July. In 2011, Shiflett performed at the 2011 Wisconsin protests in Madison. He also performed at the Anti War rally for the A.N.S.W.E.R coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism). Shiflett performed at the opening rally at the one and a half mile march from Hollywood and Vine to Hollywood and Highland March 19, 2011.
In 2013, Shiflett announced he would be releasing a new album with The Dead Peasants, called All Hat And No Cattle. The album of honky-tonk covers and original tracks came out on July 30, 2013 via SideOneDummy Records.
April 2017 saw Shiflett release West Coast Town, the first album to bare solely his name, which was a collection of original honky tonk tracks. A short North American tour accompanied the release. A second solo album Hard Lessons was released on June 14, 2019. As with the first album Hard Lessons was produced by Dave Cobb. His third solo album, Lost At Sea, will be released on October 20, 2023. The album's announcement came with a run of solo dates through the UK and Ireland, which were completed in March 2023.
From October 2013 to December 2022, Shiflett hosted the weekly podcast Walking The Floor with Chris Shiflett. 215 episodes of the show were produced in total. In June 2023, Shiflett announced a new guitar-based podcast entitled Shred With Shifty.
Equipment
Guitars
Shiflett uses various Gibsons and Gretschs, but over the past few years has been using mostly Fender Telecasters, Fender Telecaster Deluxes, and Fender Telecaster Thinlines. Shiflett also assembled some Telecaster Deluxes and Telecaster Thinlines out of Warmoth guitar parts with his tech. On the headstock of the Warmoth Telecasters, Shiflett's nickname "Shifty" replaces the Fender logo that would appear on a Telecaster created by Fender. He also has a signature Fender Telecaster Deluxe based on the Warmoth Telecasters, that is now his main guitar.
Gretsch Brian Setzer Black Phoenix
Gretsch ’59 Nashville reissue
Gibson ES-135
Gibson ES-347
Gibson ES-335
Gibson SG Custom
Gibson Les Paul Traditional (Heritage Cherry Sunburst)
Gibson Les Paul Custom
Gibson Les Paul Goldtop
Gibson Les Paul Junior
Gibson Les Paul Standard
Gibson Firebird
Gibson Flying V
Gibson Explorer
Fender Chris Shiflett Telecaster Deluxe
Fender Telecaster
Fender Blacktop Telecaster
Fender Telecaster Deluxe
Duesenberg Fullerton TV
Martin Acoustic guitar
Effects
Strymon Timeline
EHX Micro POG
BOSS TU-3 Chromatic Tuner / Power Supply
Dunlop DVP1 Volume pedal
Whirlwind A/B Selector
Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler (Wasting Light Tour)
Boss DS-1 Distortion
ProCo Rat Pedal
Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
Voodoo Labs Amp Selector
Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler
Menatone Red Snapper
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Pedal
Fulltone Fulldrive 2 MOSFET
Vox Input Selector/Jumper Switch
Heptode Virtuoso Phase Shifter
Amplifiers
Handwired Vox AC30
Fender Bassman
Fender Super Reverb
Friedman BE-100
Mesa/Boogie Road King
Discography
Solo
2010: Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants (with The Dead Peasants)
2013: All Hat and No Cattle (with The Dead Peasants)
2017: West Coast Town
2019: Hard Lessons
2023: Lost at Sea
No Use for a Name
1997: Making Friends
1999: More Betterness!
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
1997: Have a Ball
1998: Are a Drag
2001: Blow in the Wind
2001: Turn Japanese
2003: Take a Break
2004: Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah
2006: Love Their Country
2008: Have Another Ball
2011: Go Down Under
2011: Sing in Japanese
2014: Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!
Foo Fighters
2002: One by One
2005: In Your Honor
2007: Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
2011: Wasting Light
2014: Sonic Highways
2015: Saint Cecilia (EP)
2017: Concrete and Gold
2021: Medicine at Midnight
2023: But Here We Are
Jackson United
2004: Western Ballads
2008: Harmony and Dissidence
Guest appearances
1997: Ten Foot Pole – Unleashed (additional guitar on "Denial", "What You Want" and "Pride and Shame")
1998: Swingin' Utters – Five Lessons Learned (lead guitar on "I Need Feedback" and "Untitled 21")
2001: Sugarcult - "Bouncing off the Walls" (guitar solo)
2006: Viva Death – One Percent Panic
2007: Jesse Malin – Glitter In The Gutter (additional guitar on "Prisoners Of Paradise")
2023: Appeared as a secret act on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury festival in the UK
References
External links
Official website
American rock guitarists
American male guitarists
Foo Fighters members
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes members
Living people
1971 births
Grammy Award winners
No Use for a Name members
Viva Death members
Jackson United members
American Youth Soccer Organization players
Men's association football players not categorized by position
Association football players not categorized by nationality
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Adventure of Sundarbans
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Adventure of Sundarbans is a 2023 Bangladeshi children's film directed by Abu Raihan Jewel. It is the first film direction for Abu Raihan Jewel. This film an adaptation of Muhammed Zafar Iqbal's 2012 novel Ratuler Raat Ratuler Din. Siam Ahmed and Pori Moni have starred as the leads. The cast also includes Shahidul Alam Shacchu, Azad Abul Kalam, Kachi Khandakar, Abu Huraira Tanveer, and a group of child actors. The film is produced by Shot By Shot and co-produced by Stellar Digital Limited (Bongo).
Cast
Siam Ahmed as Ratul
Pori Moni as Trisha
Shahidul Alam Shacchu
Azad Abul Kalam
Kochi Khondokar
Abu Hurayra Tanvir
Monira Mithu
Ashish Khandokar
Plot
The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest worldwide. It is located in Southern Bangladesh and known for its species rich wildlife. This includes the Royal Bengal Tiger, Crocodiles and Dolphins. For almost half a decade, pirates have been predominantly plaguing the region with abductions and poaching.
A group of children from the “Children’s Film Society” embark on a journey to the mangroves of Sundarbans in Bangladesh. The children are accompanied by renowned poets, writers, and filmmakers as well as volunteers Ratul and Trisha on the journey. Travelers can visit Sundarban only in high tides. However, things do not go as planned, and eventually, the group's ship gets stuck due to low tide. Things get even worse once the group spots local pirates approaching. Once the pirates board their ship, everyone is taken hostage. Fortunately, the ship's hidden passenger comes up with a plan, and he needs the children's help to execute it. The movie “Adventure of Sundarbans” is thrilling and adrenaline-fueled. If the children manage to escape the pirates through the help of the hidden passenger is to be revealed at the end of the movie. [3]
Production
Adventure of Sundarbans is directed by Abu Raihan Jewel while popular artists Pori Moni and Siam Ahmed were signed as main cast.‘ Zakaria Soukhin's screenplay is based on the novel by Muhammad Zafar Iqbal titled ‘Ratuler Raat Ratuler Din’. The manuscript of the film received a government grant in the financial year 2018-19 under the title of ‘Nosu Dakat Kupokat’. Later, the name was changed to ‘Adventure of Sundarban’. Muhammad Zafar Iqbal has written one of the songs for the film.
Locations
The primary shooting took place on a launch between Sadarghat and Mangla. Other outdoor shootings took place at Khulna, Sherpur (Garo Pahar), Narayanganj (Panam City) and Dhaka (Uttara).
Release
The film got postponed due to the pandemic. However, Adventure of Sundarban was released in theatres on January 20, 2023.
The official trailer was released on December 20, 2022. The film received clearance from the Bangladesh Film Censor Board on August 10, 2022. It premiered in Star Cineplex, Bashundhara City on January 20, 2023. The film was scheduled to release in 35 cinemas and internationally.
Music
The movie features four songs – 'Tui Ki Amay Bhalobashish', 'Aay Aay Shob Taratari', 'Ashol Chhaira Nokol Premey', and 'Shareng Chara Jahaj Choley'. These tracks are sung by Imran, Emon-Joyita, Shamim Hasan, and Shofi Mondal. The first song was released on Pori Moni's birthday on October 24, 2022.
References
External links
2023 films
2020s Bengali-language films
Bengali-language Bangladeshi films
Sundarbans
Bangladeshi children’s films
Law enforcement in fiction
Bangladeshi action thriller films
Films shot in Khulna
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Purple and Brown is a British stop-motion animated short series made in collaboration with Nickelodeon and Aardman Animations, the creators of Wallace and Gromit. The series was devised and directed by Rich Webber and edited by Mike Percival, who also offered the voices of the characters, and first aired in February 2006, on Nickelodeon's UK and Ireland channel, and then later became a staple on the US Nickelodeon network as part of its former Nick Extra short program.
Background
The series was devised and was directed by Webber and edited by Percival, who also offer the voices of the characters. The series was originally set to launch on 13 February 2006, on Nickelodeon's channel in the United Kingdom. Despite the series conclusion in 2007, its 7-minute special, titled Space was made back in 2009 but left unaired.
Purple and Brown is a creation of Aardman, who animated Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Angry Kid and Morph.
Storyline
The storyline is led by the characters of two clay blob friends, one is purple and the other brown, who get caught in ridiculous situations. Purple and Brown never speak, but they understand everything. Despite any given predicament, the duo can never help but giggle with a low, recognisable laugh.
Reception
In 2007, Cartoon Brew offered a mild criticism of Aardman's recent work, but wrote that Purple and Brown marked "a wonderful return to their roots", and that the concept is "beautifully animated and hilariously executed".
Episodes
Snowman (2006) - 15 seconds
Spaghetti (2006) - 19 seconds
Weewee (2006) - 21 seconds
Irish Jig (2006) - 54 seconds (shortened version), 2 minutes and 8 seconds (extended version)
Seagull (2006) - 22 seconds
Christmas (2006) - 59 seconds
Speedy (2006) - 1 minute and 2 seconds
Big Green Thing (2006) - 1 minute and 2 seconds
Alien 2 (2006) – 11 seconds
Magic Ball (2006)
Beardly (2006) - 11 seconds
Sleep (2006) - 1 minute and 2 seconds
Balloon (2006) - 22 seconds
Hammer (2007) - 11 seconds
Beach Ball (2007) - 12 seconds
Colour (2007) - 7 seconds
Sun Screen (2007) - 9 seconds
Paint (2007) - 11 seconds
Unused
Mix Together
Cheese Heads
Fire Against Water
Space
Awards
2006, Won BAFTA award for best Children's Short
References
External links
Purple and Brown at the Internet Movie Database
Television series by Aardman Animations
Fictional amorphous creatures
2005 British television series debuts
2008 British television series endings
British children's animated comedy television series
Clay animation television series
2000s British animated television series
Interstitial television shows
Animated television series without speech
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FC Järfälla
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FC Järfälla is a Swedish football club located in Järfälla.
Background
FC Järfälla currently plays in Division 2 Norra Svealand which is the third tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Järfällavallen in Järfälla.
The club is affiliated to Stockholms Fotbollförbund.
Season to season
Footnotes
External links
FC Järfälla – Official website
Football clubs in Stockholm
1993 establishments in Sweden
Association football clubs established in 1993
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%2C%20North%20Carolina
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Wade, North Carolina
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Wade is a town in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 556 at the 2010 census.
History
The Old Bluff Presbyterian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Geography
Wade is located in northeastern Cumberland County. U.S. Route 301 passes through the town, leading southwest to Fayetteville, the county seat, and northeast to Dunn. Interstate 95 passes to the southeast of the town, with access from Exit 61.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.54%, is water. The Cape Fear River runs just north of the town limits.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 480 people, 196 households, and 131 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 220 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 72.29% White, 22.71% African American, 1.46% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.62% Pacific Islander, 2.50% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.71% of the population.
There were 196 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $25,000, and the median income for a family was $33,750. Males had a median income of $25,972 versus $17,344 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,933. About 12.7% of families and 20.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 39.0% of those age 65 or over.
Gallery
References
External links
Town of Wade official website
Towns in Cumberland County, North Carolina
Towns in North Carolina
Fayetteville, North Carolina metropolitan area
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Mansell
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William Mansell
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William Mansell may refer to:
William Mansell, gamekeeper, see Clumber Spaniel
William Clifford (priest), alias Mansell
William Mansell, owner of James Hayday bookbinders
See also
William Mansel (disambiguation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Voice%20Kids%20Indonesia%20%28season%201%29
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The Voice Kids Indonesia (season 1)
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The first season of the Indonesian reality talent show The Voice Kids Indonesia premiered in 2016 on Global TV (currently GTV).
Coaches & Host
Coach
Agnez Mo
Bebi Romeo
Muhammad Tulus
Host
Ananda Omesh
Ersa Mayori
Format
Blind Auditions
Each contestant is sing on stage where the coach (the jury) sits back to the contestant. In blind audition, the coach only judges the contestants of the contestant's voice quality. If coach likes the contestant's voice, then coach will hit the I WANT YOU button which makes the chair rotate towards the stage. Contestants elected by more than one coach must choose a coach to accompany them to the next round.
Battle Rounds
Any contestant who has been selected by the same coach will be pitted by singing the same song. The coach then will choose a contestant between other contestants who pitted to be able to continue the next round.
Live Shows
Each contestant will sing 'live' in front of the coach and viewers. In the live shows the entire Indonesian audience will determine which contestants will proceed to the next round through the voting system.
Grand Final
This round is the final round that will determine the champion of The Voice Kids Indonesia season 1.
Teams
Colour key
Blind auditions
Color key:
Episode 1 (August 26)
Episode 2 (September 2)
Episode 3 (September 9)
Episode 4 (September 16)
Episode 5 (23 September)
Episode 6 (30 September)
Episode 7 (7 October)
Episode 8 (14 October)
Battle Rounds
Colour key
Live Shows
Color key
Live Show 1
Live Show 2
Semifinals
Finals (December 2)
Final
Grand Final
Elimination Chart
Overall
Color key
Artist's info
Result details
Team
Color key
Artist's info
Result details
Contestants who appeared on previous shows
Jane was on the first season of Indonesian Idol Junior in 2014, but failed to come into spectacular shows
Moriet was on the first season of Indonesian Idol Junior in 2014, but was eliminated in Amnesti rounds
Vavel was on the first season of Indonesian Idol Junior in 2014, but was eliminated in Amnesti rounds
Sherina was on the first season of La Academia Junior Indonesia in 2014, and was eliminated in Semifinals
Keshya was on the first season of La Academia Junior Indonesia in 2014, and was eliminated in top 7
Shakira was on the first season of La Academia Junior Indonesia in 2014, and was eliminated in top 10
Alde was on the fifth season of Idola Cilik in 2016 and was eliminated in top 15
Raja Giannuca was on the fourth season of Indonesia Mencari Bakat 4 in 2014 and was eliminated in top 4
References
The Voice Indonesia
2016 Indonesian television seasons
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28-%29-Endo-fenchol%20dehydrogenase
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(-)-Endo-fenchol dehydrogenase
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(−)-endo-fenchol dehydrogenase (, l-endo-fenchol dehydrogenase, FDH) is an enzyme with systematic name (−)-endo-fenchol:NAD(P)+ oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
(−)-endo-fenchol + NAD(P)+ (+)-fenchone + NAD(P)H + H+
This enzyme is from the plant Foeniculum vulgare.
References
EC 1.1.1
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20four%20woes%20of%20Jesus
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The four woes of Jesus
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In the Gospel of Luke alone, Jesus follows the beatitudes with a set of woes. Thus He starts by saying that poverty for the sake of God is the cause of all good, and that hunger and weeping will not be without the reward. Next He denounces the opposite to these as the source of condemnation and punishment. These woes are universal and differ from the woes of the Pharisees.
Scripture
Commentary
The sense of the word woe (Greek: Ου̉̀αὶ, Latin: væ) is commented on by a number of church fathers.
John Chrysostom states that it is, "always said in the Scriptures to those who cannot escape from future punishment."
St. Gregory likewise notes that it "oftentimes in Scripture denotes the wrath of God and everlasting punishment."
The woe of the rich, echoes the words from the Magnificat in Luke 1:53, "He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away." So also in the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus Jesus states that the rich, having received their consolation in this world, will have none in the next. Paul also speaks ill of wealth in 1 Timothy 6:9, "for the love of money is the root of all evil."
In terms of being full, St. Basil writes, "to live for pleasure alone is to make a god of one’s stomach" (Phil. 3:19). St. Gregory writes that from the single vice of gluttony come innumerable others which fight against the soul. "Subdue this one vice, and you shall tame many others, because innumerable desires from lust, which follow gluttony. Even though they hold out the promise of enjoyment, they lead to everlasting misery."
Because of the woe of laughter, it was forbidden by St. Basil in his long rules, since "this is a life of penitence and sorrow, but the future one of joy and gladness." St. Augustine notes that "Christ is never said to have laughed, although He often wept." Cornelius a Lapide cites the Book of Sirach, writing, "mirth in moderation, however, is not forbidden to the followers of Christ. 'A fool lifteth up his voice with laughter; but a wise man doth scarce smile a little.' (Ecclus. 21:20, KJV), 'Laughter, I said, is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?'" (Eccles. 2:2, NIV).
The final woe against being well spoken of, is against the former blessing promised to true prophets, who for the sake of the gospel suffer persecution (Luke 6:22). Likewise St. Paul writes, "For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." (Gal 1:10, KJV) Cornelius a Lapide notes, "he who preaches false doctrine and things pleasing to the carnal mind, causes his hearers to continue in wickedness and commit many sins, and therefore will receive greater damnation."
See also
The Law of Christ
Woes of the Pharisees
Sermon on the Mount
Woes to the unrepentant cities
References
4 (number)
Gospel of Luke
Christian terminology
Doctrines and teachings of Jesus
Judaism in the New Testament
Sayings of Jesus
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Xylota setigera
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Xylota setigera is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.
Distribution
Borneo.
References
Milesiini
Insects described in 1982
Diptera of Asia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Drozdov
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Alexander Drozdov
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Alexander Drozdov (; born 1 November 1970, Krasnoyarsk) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.
From 1993 to 2016, Alexander Drozdov served in law enforcement. From 2016 to 2021, he served as deputy director for Government Relations and Special Projects of the aluminum division of the Rusal company. On 14 November 2017 he became a member of the United Russia. In 2018 he was elected deputy of the Krasnoyarsk City Council of Deputies. Drozdov left the post in 2021 as he was elected deputy of the 8th State Duma from the Krasnoyarsk constituency. He ran with the United Russia.
Alexander Drozdov is married and has three children.
Sanctions
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.
References
1970 births
Living people
United Russia politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koenigs%20function
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Koenigs function
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In mathematics, the Koenigs function is a function arising in complex analysis and dynamical systems. Introduced in 1884 by the French mathematician Gabriel Koenigs, it gives a canonical representation as dilations of a univalent holomorphic mapping, or a semigroup of mappings, of the unit disk in the complex numbers into itself.
Existence and uniqueness of Koenigs function
Let D be the unit disk in the complex numbers. Let be a holomorphic function mapping D into itself, fixing the point 0, with not identically 0 and not an automorphism of D, i.e. a Möbius transformation defined by a matrix in SU(1,1).
By the Denjoy-Wolff theorem, leaves invariant each disk |z | < r and the iterates of converge uniformly on compacta to 0: in fact for 0 < < 1,
for |z | ≤ r with M(r ) < 1. Moreover '(0) = with 0 < || < 1.
proved that there is a unique holomorphic function h defined on D, called the Koenigs function,
such that (0) = 0, '(0) = 1 and Schröder's equation is satisfied,
The function h is the uniform limit on compacta of the normalized iterates, .
Moreover, if is univalent, so is .
As a consequence, when (and hence ) are univalent, can be identified with the open domain . Under this conformal identification, the mapping becomes multiplication by , a dilation on .
Proof
Uniqueness. If is another solution then, by analyticity, it suffices to show that k = h near 0. Let
near 0. Thus H(0) =0, H'''(0)=1 and, for |z | small,
Substituting into the power series for , it follows that near 0. Hence near 0.Existence. If then by the Schwarz lemma
On the other hand,
Hence gn converges uniformly for |z| ≤ r by the Weierstrass M-test sinceUnivalence. By Hurwitz's theorem, since each gn is univalent and normalized, i.e. fixes 0 and has derivative 1 there , their limit is also univalent.
Koenigs function of a semigroup
Let be a semigroup of holomorphic univalent mappings of into itself fixing 0 defined
for such that
is not an automorphism for > 0
is jointly continuous in and
Each with > 0 has the same Koenigs function, cf. iterated function. In fact, if h is the Koenigs function of
, then satisfies Schroeder's equation and hence is proportion to h.
Taking derivatives gives
Hence is the Koenigs function of .
Structure of univalent semigroups
On the domain , the maps become multiplication by , a continuous semigroup.
So where is a uniquely determined solution of with Re < 0. It follows that the semigroup is differentiable at 0. Let
a holomorphic function on with v(0) = 0 and {{math|v'(0)}} = .
Then
so that
and
the flow equation for a vector field.
Restricting to the case with 0 < λ < 1, the h(D'') must be starlike so that
Since the same result holds for the reciprocal,
so that satisfies the conditions of
Conversely, reversing the above steps, any holomorphic vector field satisfying these conditions is associated to a semigroup , with
Notes
References
ASIN: B0006BTAC2
Complex analysis
Dynamical systems
Types of functions
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Church of Notre Dame (New York City)
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The Church of Notre Dame is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The church is located at 40 Morningside Drive and the rectory at 405 West 114th Street in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. In 2022, the parish merged with nearby Corpus Christi.
History
Fathers of Mercy, a French community of priests, established the Church of Notre Dame in 1910 as a mission of the St. Vincent de Paul Parish on West 23rd Street. The church had been established after Geraldyn Redmond donated funds to the Father of Mercy, requesting they build a chapel to propagate devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes. The first administrator of the parish was the Rev. Maurice Reynauld, S.P.M., who died in France during World War I. While in France in 1913, he affiliated Notre Dame Church with the Sanctuary of Our Lady in Lourdes, thus enabling worshipers at the Church of Notre Dame in New York City to obtain the spiritual benefits of worshipers at Lourdes. From the beginning of the parish, a special arrangement was made with the ecclesiastical authorities in Lourdes that water from the miraculous spring there would be sent directly to the Church of Notre Dame. Since that time Lourdes water has been continuously available at the church.
The sanctuary completed in 1910 was the work of Daus and Otto. Cross & Cross designed the nave, facade, and rectory completed in 1914. A planned dome was never completed. The expansion continued intermittently until completed 50 years later.
The chapel was officially dedicated on October 2, 1910, by Archbishop John Farley. Cardinal Farley dedicated the enlarged structure on February 11, 1915, the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Notre Dame became an independent parish in 1919 and grew from a small chapel to the present church in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It was still a center for New York's French community when Cardinal Charost of Rennes visited the church in June 1926 and when Bishop Alfred Baudrillart of the Institut Catholique de Paris presided at a ceremony in April 1927.
In 1936, an organization of lay parishioners, the Notre Dame Study Club, was the first group of its type to call upon every Catholic parish to support the Catholic Church in efforts to provide for social justice for black people.
In 1960, charge of Notre Dame was transferred from the Fathers of Mercy to the Archdiocese of New York.
In January 1967, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the Church and the Rectory of Notre Dame as official city landmarks. The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1980.
In 1988, some parishioners sued under canon law to prevent the remodeling of the sanctuary, specifically relocating the altar in accordance with liturgical reforms established by Second Vatican Council.
Notre Dame today
Over the years, the French community was integrated with other ethnic groups. Calling Notre Dame home are many people of Irish, German, Italian, Black, Hispanic and Filipino descent. Today Notre Dame is still just as ethnically diverse as its neighborhood.
In 2003, the Archdiocese of New York entrusted the Polish Province of the Dominican Order with the responsibility of taking care of Notre Dame Parish and all its ministries. Control returned to the archdiocese in the fall of 2011.
Catholic Campus Ministry at Columbia University became a part of the parish mission of Notre Dame in 1988. Notre Dame's community includes ministry at St. Luke's Hospital and the nearby Amsterdam Nursing Home, part of NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System.
The Church is also home to Columbia's Thomas Merton Institute for Catholic Life, which opened in 2023.
References
Notes
External links
Notre Dame
Roman Catholic churches in Manhattan
Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan
Christian organizations established in 1910
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1910
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
1910 establishments in New York City
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
New York State Register of Historic Places in New York County
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David Cloke
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David Cloke (born 28 January 1955) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
A tough and skilled footballer with an imposing physique and trademark moustache, Cloke spent most of his career either in the ruck or as a key forward. His three sons also played football at AFL level.
VFL/AFL Career
Cloke began his senior football career with VFA club Oakleigh where he played alongside his brother Peter, and in 1974 he went to Richmond. Cloke was a premiership player in his debut season with the Tigers and went on to play 219 VFL games from 1974 to 1982 (including another winning Grand Final in 1980) and in 1990–1991. In between, he played with Collingwood, where he added another 114 league games.
Cloke kicked a total of 323 goals during his eighteen season VFL career, before retiring in 1991. Cloke came second in the Brownlow Medal in 1984, 3 votes behind winner Peter Moore. He achieved All Australian selection after representing Victoria at the Perth state of origin carnival of 1979.
Post-AFL Career
In 1992, post his VFL/AFL career, he joined Ainslie Football Club in the ACT as captain-coach, and guided them to a flag, a success repeated the following year when he won the Alex Jesaulenko Trophy for best afield in the grand final. Cloke's only club best and fairest award came in 1992 with Ainslie. He did, however, achieve All Australian selection after representing Victoria at the 1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival. He joined Victorian Football Association club Port Melbourne as non-playing coach in 1994, although did come out of retirement to play a handful of games during the season due to his team's long injury list.
David was inducted into Richmond's Hall of Fame in 2007.
Family
David's three sons, Jason, Cameron and Travis were all originally recruited in the AFL for Collingwood. However, Jason has since been cut by the club before returning to play for Collingwood's VFL side, Williamstown and Cameron was recruited by Carlton in 2006 and then joined Port Adelaide for one season in 2010.
Cloke is married to Julie and they have five adult children, Jason, Cameron, Travis, Jodie and Teigan.
References
Bibliography
Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
External Links
Richmond Football Club players
Richmond Football Club premiership players
Collingwood Football Club players
1955 births
Living people
All-Australians (1953–1988)
Victorian State of Origin players
Port Melbourne Football Club coaches
Port Melbourne Football Club players
Ainslie Football Club players
Ainslie Football Club coaches
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
VFL/AFL premiership players
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Bill Hempel
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William M. Hempel (February 10, 1920 – January 19, 2001) was a player in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears.
References
1920 births
2001 deaths
American football tackles
Carroll Pioneers football players
Chicago Bears players
Players of American football from Lincoln, Nebraska
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J. W. Sutherland
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John Waters Sutherland (16 August 1870 – 27 September 1946) was a mining engineer and metallurgist in Western Australia.
History
Sutherland was born in Scotchmans Lead, Victoria, a son of miner John Sutherland and his wife Wilhelmina Sutherland, née Waters.
Sutherland was living at Allendale, Victoria when he went to Ballarat to study mining chemistry at the School of Mines where Andrew Berry was Registrar. On graduation as an assayer and metallurgist left for Broken Hill, where he served the Broken Hill Proprietary as assayer from 1889 to 1894 and metallurgist from 1894 to 1896.
He then worked in Western Australia as metallurgist for Lake View Consols under General Manager H. G. Callahan, from 1896 to 1899, devoting much of his attention to the problem of "slimes", clayey ores that resisted the usual processes of jigging (agitation with water), vanning and froth flotation that concentrated the ore by removing much of the gangue, and resisting the percolation through the mixture of cyanide, as used to remove the gold content.
From 1899 to 1929 he worked as metallurgist and General Manager at the Golden Horseshoe Estates, Ltd mine, producing between £300,000 and £400,000 worth of gold annually.
Sutherland lost that job in 1929 when the leases passed to Lake View and Star, Ltd, and the huge tailings dump was taken over by Golden Horse Shoe (New), Ltd. He worked as a consulting mining engineer in Perth from 1929 to 1938, then from 1938 to 1946 was assayer for the Phoenix Gold Mine in Coolgardie.
Sutherland, like captains Hancock, Warren and Greenway at Moonta and Broken Hill, addressed the "sulphide problem", refractory ores such as galena (zinc sulphide) that unlike the associated silver and lead compounds, resisted reduction to the base metal by roasting.
The outcome was that mine sites were littered with great mounds of tailings, potentially valuable but unsightly and dangerous, and the airborne dust invasive and poisonous; difficult to smelt and too contaminated to ship economically to Europe.
While at the Lake View Consols, Sutherland revolutionized the washing of "slimes", and incidentally saved a great deal of valuable water, when he developed the filter-pressing process using a Dehne filter press, already in use in Queensland in the extraction of sugar from macerated cane.
The filter press was adopted by other mines, and continued to be used until supplanted around 1930 by the less labor-intensive Oliver filter.
While manager of Golden Horseshoe Estates Ltd. he was mentor to up-and-coming metallurgists at the Kalgoorlie School of Mines, with whom he developed techniques for treating gold tellurides.
Sutherland never married. He died in a private hospital at the age of 76 years; his remains were buried at the Karrakatta cemetery, Western Australia.
Other interests
He was a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers and its president in 1918
In 1901 Sutherland was elected to the executive, Chamber of Mines of Western Australia and a vice-president in 1902. He was made an honorary member in 1930.
He was a member of the Hannan's Club and a Freemason.
References
External links
Dehne filter press (Getty Images)
1880 births
1936 deaths
Australian mine managers
Australian metallurgists
Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery
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Gniewkówiec
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Gniewkówiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Złotniki Kujawskie, within Inowrocław County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
References
Villages in Inowrocław County
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Pin Point is an unincorporated community in Chatham County, Georgia, United States; it is located southeast of Savannah and is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pin Point is wide and long, and lies 13 feet above sea level. The town is best known for its longstanding Gullah-speaking community, and being the birth place of U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas .
A rural settlement founded by freed people after the abolishment of slavery post-Civil War, it was settled in the 1890s by people from nearby Ossabaw, Green, and Skidaway Islands. In 1897, they founded Sweetfield of Eden Baptist Church. In 1926, as part of a school-building initiative for African American children in the South—who at the time only had access to underfunded, segregated schools—a Rosenwald school was built in the Pin Point community.
The town lies on the edge of Shipyard Creek, a branch of the Moon River. The surrounding land has large oak trees and coastal marshes, as well as crab and oyster habitats. The main employer in the community was crab and oyster canning from the 1920s through the 1980s.
Pin Point remains a small, predominantly African American community that has a well-established Gullah community. The Gullah people have been able to preserve many cultural connections to their origins in West Africa, where many of their ancestors were captured and then enslaved in the United States.
Gullah, the only English-based, Afro-Indigenous creole language in the United States, is spoken in Pin Point. It is unknown how many native speakers there are in the town, but along the Southeastern seaboard there are about 5,000 semi-speakers and 300 native speakers. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a native speaker of Gullah (then called Geechee). He has attributed his silence on the Supreme Court to his self-consciousness speaking in an all-white school as a teenager, where classmates made fun of him for not speaking “standard English.” Pin Point Heritage Museum, once the Varn and Sons Oyster and Crab Canning Factory, is devoted to the Gullah/Geechee culture and community.
References
External links
Pin Point Community historical marker
Pin Point Heritage Museum official website.]
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
Populated coastal places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Unincorporated communities in Chatham County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Savannah metropolitan area
Populated places in Georgia established by African Americans
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The Senator Ken Maddy Stakes is a Listed American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, two years old and older over a distance of about furlongs on the Downhill turf course scheduled in early November at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California
History
The event was inaugurated on 8 October 1969, opening day of the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park as the Autumn Days Stakes, an allowance stakes for age three and older of either sex over the Downhill turf course at a distance of about furlongs. The event was the first stakes race and first turf race ever run by the Oak Tree Racing Association and was won by Elizabeth Keck's entry Tell who was ridden by US Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker defeating his stablemate Pinjara by one length in a time of 1:13. The following year, in 1970 the event was run as a handicap, Autumn Days Handicap and was won by the US Hall of Fame Champion Ack Ack who carried an imposing weight of 128 pounds as top weight to victory by lengths over Fleet Surprise.
In 1971 the conditions of the event were changed to a fillies and mares race. When the grading of races began as a Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association project in 1973 the event was classified as Grade III. The event would hold Grade III status for one more year before being downgrade to Listed until 1998 when it again was classified as Grade III.
In 1999 the race was renamed to honor the long-serving California State Senator Kenneth L. Maddy for his support of thoroughbred racing. Senator Kenneth L. Maddy was elected into the California Racing Hall of Fame in 2007.
In 2010, Oak Tree's meeting was moved to Hollywood Park and the race was shortened to six furlongs due to Hollywood Park's course configuration. In 2017 the event was held at Del Mar Racetrack over the five furlongs distance.
The event has been run in split divisions eight times with the last such occurrence in 1986.
In 2021 the event was downgraded to a Listed event. Also the event was moved from Santa Anita and scheduled as an undercard event on the Breeders' Cup program at Del Mar Racetrack.
Records
Speed record:
furlongs: 1:02.03 – Biddy Duke (2020)
about furlongs: 1:11.56 – Elusive Diva (2005)
Margins:
lengths - Palmistry (1979)
Most wins:
2 – Bel's Starlet (1991, 1992)
2 – Belleski (2003, 2004)
2 – Broken Dreams (2011, 2012)
Most wins by an owner:
7 – Ann & Jerry Moss (1984, 1985, 1987, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004)
Most wins by a jockey:
6 – Kent Desormeaux (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000)
Most wins by a trainer:
6 – Richard E. Mandella (1982, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2015)
Winners
Legend:
Notes:
§ Ran as an entry
† In the 1978 running of the Second Division of the event, Sweet Little Lady was first past the post but was disqualified for interference in the straight and Country Queen was declared the winner.
See also
List of American and Canadian Graded races
References
Turf races in the United States
Horse races in California
Graded stakes races in the United States
Grade 3 stakes races in the United States
Open sprint category horse races
Recurring sporting events established in 1969
Santa Anita Park
1969 establishments in California
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Master Sergeant Ralph Lee Bowerman (US Army, retired; August 14, 1934 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada – October 19, 2015), was a composer, songwriter, musician and entertainer. A saxophone player since childhood, Ralph Bowerman is best known for winning the US Army Bicentennial Army hymn competition on June 14, 1975, and for the memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery, during which SFC Ralph Lee Bowerman's composition "Mighty Is Our Army,"
the winning selection from over 1,200 entries in the Army Chaplains' Bicentennial Army Hymn Composers Competition, was presented. Ralph has also performed in a honky tonk band with country singer Loretta Lynn during the early 60's.
A prolific composer, Ralph Bowerman was credited with numerous marches and songs, including the "TDY Blues", the US Army V Corps March "It Will Be Done"
, and the US 3rd Armored Division's "Spearhead March". Ralph had also written poetry, which he shared with his family and close friends. On October 19, 2015, Ralph died at home, following a period of declining health. He was buried with full military honors, including a U.S. Army flag and honor guard detail, at the Albert E. Horton Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk, Virginia.
Education
He received a bachelor's degree in music from St Leo College under the US Army College Program and a master's in Music from Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Childhood and Early Adulthood
Ralph grew up in Alberta, Canada. The son of John and Thelma Bowerman (née Weaver), Ralph helped raise his younger brother John during the Second World War, while his father fought with the Canadian Army's decorated Calgary Highlanders and Black Watch regiments in Europe. Ralph served briefly with the Royal Canadian Navy at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. After working as a telegraph operator with the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, Ralph immigrated to the United States.
US Army career
In 1957, Ralph was drafted into the US Army, where he decided to make his career. While assigned to the 2nd Armored Division Band at Fort Hood, Texas, he was a member of a jazz quartet that won 1st place in an Army-wide competition. His quartet then performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, Episode #580 on August 30, 1959. Later, while assigned to the US Army in West Germany, Ralph met and married his wife, Rosemarie Schwenk. Ralph Bowerman also served with the US Army Transportation Corps in Vietnam during the 1969 Tet Offensive, and briefly worked as a personal assistant to US Army General William Westmoreland. After returning from Vietnam, Ralph was assigned to a series of posts in CONUS and Europe, including 3 years in West Germany (1972–74), where SFC Bowerman's responsibilities included establishing emergency deployment march tables for the US Army V Corps in event of a Warsaw Pact offensive.
Ralph's final deployment back to the US took him to the US Armed Forces School of Music, located at the US Naval Amphibious Base (Little Creek), Norfolk, VA. Promoted to Master Sergeant, MSG Bowerman was assigned to the joint services school as Senior Enlisted Director, Training Development, US Army Element. Ralph retired in 1980 after 23-year's service, a decorated veteran and recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal and Bronze Star Medal.
Following a period of declining health, Ralph died at home in Norfolk, VA on October 19, 2015.
References
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Canadian male songwriters
American male songwriters
American male composers
American composers
American male saxophonists
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Saint Leo University alumni
Norfolk State University alumni
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Jack's Mountain is a hill on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. It is high, making it one of the tallest in East Falkland after Mount Usborne.
References
Mountains of East Falkland
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Sergey Kasnauskas (; born 20 April 1961) is a Belarusian former track and field athlete who competed in the shot put for the Soviet Union. As of 2016, he places within the world top 25 all-time for the event.
He was a bronze medallist at the 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships behind future world medallist Remigius Machura.
Kasnauskas's foremost achievements came in the 1984 season. He won at the Soviet Indoor Athletics Championships that year with a championship record throw of – a mark which went unsurpassed. This moved him to fourth on the all-time indoor lists at that point, behind Americans George Woods, Brian Oldfield, Terry Albritton and Kevin Akins.
Outdoors, he achieved a lifetime best of . This was a Soviet record and brought him to third on the all-time lists behind Oldfield and Udo Beyer. He ranked second in the world for 1984 behind Oldfield. He was the gold medallist in the shot put at the Friendship Games – an Olympic alternative to boycotting nations.
His outdoor mark is still the Belarusian national record until 2011, when it was beaten by one centimetre by Andrey Mikhnevich, but his record was then reinstated because of Mikhnevich doping.
International competitions
References
External links
All-Athletics profile
Living people
1961 births
Soviet male shot putters
Belarusian male shot putters
Friendship Games medalists in athletics
People from Rechitsky Uyezd
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The Hôtel de Sens () or Hôtel des archevêques de Sens is a 16th-century hôtel particulier, or private mansion, in the Marais, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It nowadays houses the .
History
The hôtel was built to serve as a residence for the archbishops of Sens. Before 1622, Paris was not an archdiocese, but rather a diocese suffragan to the Archdiocese of Sens. The archbishop was a prominent figure of power, his residence reflecting his influence within the urban landscape.
A first hôtel, at this location, was built for the archbishops of Sens in 1345, which was later used by Charles V, King of France, as a part of his royal residence, the hôtel Saint-Pol. When the Kings settled in the newly built Louvre palace, the building was destroyed, only to be replaced by the current hôtel, built between 1475 and 1519 by Tristian de Salazar and reinstalled as the residence of the archbishops of Sens. As such, it served as the house of many renowned prelates, such as Antoine Duprat, Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme, Louis de Lorraine, Nicolas de Pellevé (who died in the hôtel) or Jacques Davy Duperron. Margaret of Valois also lived there in 1605 and 1606, and her decision to cut down a fig tree (figuier) in front of the building that was impeding her carriage, is said to have inspired the name of the street, rue du Figuier.
In 1622, Paris became an archdiocese. The archbishops of Sens lost the major part of their power in the city, and their sojourns in Paris became progressively less frequent. The hôtel, transferred during the 17th century to the archdiocese of Paris, entered a lasting period of progressive decay. During the French Revolution it was confiscated as a bien national, sold in 1797 and privately owned throughout the 19th century, housing, like many hôtels particulier in the Marais at the time, shops, workshops or factories. During the Trois Glorieuses street fights of 1830, a cannonball hit the facade and lodged deep within the wall ; it is visible nowadays above the main entrance, the date engraved beneath.
Protected as a heritage site in 1862, the building was acquired by the city of Paris, and thoroughly restored in 1930. The Forney art library was installed in it in 1961.
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Houses completed in 1507
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1507
Sens
Houses in Paris
Le Marais
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Kazem Ismail al-Khalil (born 1901 in the Lebanese port town of Tyre/Sour, then part of the Ottoman Empire; died on 22 April 1990 in Paris at the age of 89) - commonly known as Kazem al-Khalil or Kazem el-Khalil, also transliterated Kazim from the Arabic (كاظم إسماعيل الخليل) - was a lawyer, doyen member of the Lebanese parliament, seven-time minister of the Lebanese government and right-wing militia-leader from a Shiite feudal dynasty in Southern Lebanon.
Life
Family background
When the 1858 Ottoman Land reforms led to the accumulated ownership of large tracts of land by a few families upon the expense of the peasants, the al-Khalil family of grain merchants rose from the urban class of the mercantilist notables ("Wujaha''' ") to the rank of Zu'ama (feudal landlords) in Tyre. The clan would go on to play a dominant role in the city for more than a century. It was reportedly a branch of the Zayn family in Nabatieh, which has been one of the main dynasties in Jabal Amel (modern-day Southern Lebanon), and connected to another feudal clan, the Sidon-based Osseirans, by marriage. Their arrival in Tyre was apparently welcomed at first:"According to one source, they were supported by the ulama in their climb to prominence in an effort to undermine the unpopular dominance of the Sunni al-Mamluk family of that city."However, it is undisputed that the uneducated population of Jabal Amal lived in "a 'dark age' of ignorance and feudalism; it was a time when the masses, al ama, were terrified of their masters and landlords, of the Ottoman Officialdom, a time when the flock [..] took life as 'slavery and obedience."
The 1908 Young Turk Revolution and its call for elections to an Ottoman parliament triggered a power-struggle in Jabal Amel: on the one hand side Rida al-Sulh of a Sunni dynasty from Sidon, which had sidelined the Shia Al-As'ad clan of the Ali al-Saghir dynasty (see above) in the coastal region with support from leading Shiite families like the al-Khalil clan in Tyre. His opponent was Kamil Al-As'ad from the Ali al-Saghir dynasty that still dominated the hinterland. The latter won that round of the power-struggle, but the political rivalry between al-Khalil and Al-As'ad would go on to be a main feature of Lebanese Shia politics for the next sixty years.
in 1915, Abdel Karim al-Khalil – the leader of the al-Khalil clan – was executed by the Ottoman regime "at the instigation" of Kamil al-As'ad from the rival Ali al-Saghir dynasty, some believed.
After the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman rule started in 1916 and the Sharifian Army conquered the Levant in 1918 with support from the British Empire, the Jamal Amil feudal leader Kamil al-As'ad of the Ali al-Saghir dynasty, who had been an Ottomanist before, declared the area – including Tyre – part of the Arab Kingdom of Syria on 5 October 1918. However, the pro-Damascus regime in Beirut appointed Riad al-Sulh as governor of Sidon who in turn appointed Kazem's uncle Abdullah Yahya al-Khalil in Tyre as the head of the provisional Arab government of Tyre to represent Faisal I.
When the French colonial rulers proclaimed the new State of Greater Lebanon under the guardianship of the League of Nations represented by France on the first of September 1920, the first municipality in Tyre was founded and headed by Ismail Yahia al-Khalil, Kazem al-Khalil's father. In the following years, the Mandatory regime gave Shiite feudal families like al-As'ad and al-Khalil "a free hand in enlarging their personal fortunes and reinforcing their clannish powers."Altogether, even compared to other clans"The Khalils, with their age-old ways, [..] were known for being particularly rough and hard."Within this competitive context, Kazem al-Khalil earned himself a reputation as a "tough" power player.
Education
Al-Khalil received his primary education at the elementary Marist Brothers School in Sidon and his secondary education in Beirut. He subsequently attended the American University of Beirut and finally studied law at the Damascus University from where he graduated in 1931.
Professional career
Still in 1931, al-Khalil started practicing as a lawyer. Two years later, he was appointed as a judge in Damour. In 1936 he was appointed as a judge in Tripoli.
Political career
First phase of parliamentary and ministerial positions (1937-1960)
After the death of his father Ismail Al-Khalil, Kazem entered the political arena and was elected as deputy (member of the Lebanese parliament) for the first time in 1937. He was re-elected in the general election of 1943, shortly before Lebanese independence on 22 November of that year, and became "very active in the plenary sessions. His political activity was linked to his family ties, as he was married to the daughter of Ibrahim Haydar, the Shi'te Za'im from the Biqa' and father-in-law of 'Adil Osseyran. When Al-Khalil ran in the election of 1937, he conditioned his pro-French stance on the agreement of the Mandatory government to add Ibrahim Haydar to his list."
In the following one and a half decades the tensions in the fight for the political domination in Southern Lebanon between the inter-married Osseirans and al-Khalils - Kazem's sister Nashura was married to Kamil Osseiran - on the one hand side and Ahmed al-Asaad on the other side steadily escalated. While Asaad rose to the position of Speaker of the Parliament from 1951 until 1953, al-Khalil became secretary-general of the National Liberal Party led by Camille Chamoun, the second President of the Republic.
In the 1953 elections, al-Khalil was elected as deputy again and joined the cabinet of Prime Minister Abdallah Yafi. He served first as Minister of Agriculture and then Minister of Health for one year. From October 1955 to March 1956 he served under Prime Minister Rashid Karami first as Minister for Social Affairs and then as Minister of Telephone, Post and Telegraph. From August 1957 until September 1958 he was at first the Minister of Agriculture and then the Minister of Finance and Planning in the government of Prime Minister Sami al-Sulh, as the only Shiite representative in the cabinet.
While al-Khalil's activities as Minister of Agriculture were overshadowed by a scandal over the importation of diseased cattle from Sudan, his political decline started with his re-election in the 1957 polls: after President Camille Chamoun had introduced a new electoral system, al-Khalil's rival Ahmed al-Asaad for the first time lost his seat, since he had to run in al-Khalil's stronghold of Tyre rather than in his traditional home base of Bint-Jbeil. As a consequence, al-Asaad became a "major instigator of events against Chamoun" and his allies, primarily al-Khalil."Kazim's followers had a free hand in Tyre; they could carry Guns on the streets".
1958 Lebanese Civil War
Then, after the formation of the United Arab Republic (UAR) under Gamal Abdel Nasser in February 1958, tensions escalated in Tyre between the forces of Chamoun and supporters of Pan-Arabism. Demonstrations took place – as in Beirut and other cities – that promoted pro-union slogans and protested against US foreign policy. The Jafariya school became the base of the opposition. Still in February, five of its students were arrested and "sent to jail for trampling on the Lebanese flag and replacing it with that of the UAR." Hussein Sharafeddin, a nephew of Imam Sayed Abdul Hussein Sharafeddin and as the director of Jafariya a leader in the protests, was imprisoned, too:"The issue caused violent parliamentary wrangling between [..] Kazem al-Khalil, and the Greek-Catholic twin brothers Nicolas and Joseph Slam, who were accused by him of fanning riots."On 28 March, soldiers and followers of Kazem al-Khalil opened fire on demonstrators and – according to some reports – killed three. On the second of April, four or five protestors were killed and about a dozen injured. Al-Khalil alleged "that some of the demonstrators had thrown sticks of dynamite before the gendarmes fired", but this was not corroborated.
Subsequently, opposition leaders like Rashid Karami expressed support for the people of Tyre, and the neighbouring city of Sidon/Saida joined the strike. A US-Diplomat, who travelled the region shortly afterwards, reported though that the clashes were more related to the personal feud between al-Asaad and al-Khalil than to national politics.
In May, the insurgents in Tyre gained the upper hand. Ahmad al-As'ad and his son Kamil al-Asaad supported them, also with weapons. According to a general delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who visited in late July, "heavy fighting went on for 16 days".
The 1958 Lebanon crisis dissolved in September, when Chamoun stepped down. Al-Khalil returned still in 1958, but was attacked several times by gunmen. Despite the victory of the al-As'ad dynasty, who had played a dominant role in Tyre and Jabal Amel for almost three centuries, its power began to crumble at the same time as al-Khalil's with the arrival of a newcomer:
Exit from parliament (1960-1972)
After Imam Sharafeddin's death in 1957, his son Sayed Jafar Sharafeddin and other representatives of the Shia community of Southern Lebanon asked his relative Sayed Musa Sadr to be his successor as Imam. In 1959, Sadr moved to Tyre and at first encountered not only suspicion, but also opposition. Yet, within just a few years he managed to create a broad following.
In the 1960 general election, al-Khalil lost his seat as deputy in parliament in the national election despite his alliance with wealthy expatriates in West Africa, allegedly also due to intrigues of the Lebanese Deuxième Bureau intelligence agency. "His political activity became anti-establishment until he was suspected of being involved in a coup attempt in late December 1961, for which the Syrian Nationalist Party was responsible."In the 1964 general election, al-Khalil lost again to his rival, likewise in the 1968 election, when he came in at a close fourth place. Hence, the former minister complained about "armed demonstrations, bribery, and arrests". While the extent of apparent irregularities could not be determined, there is evidence that Khalil himself had sought financial assistance from the US Embassy in Beirut.
In 1968, al-Khalil played a key role as vice-president of Chamoun's National Liberal Party when it joined the Tripartite Alliance with the two other main rightwing parties: Pierre Gemayel's Kataeb and the National Bloc of Raymond Eddé.
Thus, al-Khalil did keep considerable influence not only on the national stage, but also in foreign relations, since one of his three sons - Khalil al-Khalil - became Lebanon's Ambassador to the Imperial State of Iran in 1971. He kept that position until 1978.
Meanwhile, in 1972 Maha al-Khalil Chalabi - one of Kazem's two daughters - founded the commercial "Festivals de Tyr".
Second phase of parliamentary and ministerial positions (after 1972)
It was only in the 1972 general election - the last electoral contest for the following two decades - that al-Khalil regained his seat, thanks to support from a rich expatriate in Nigeria. He subsequently became one of the fiercest opponents of the Palestinian fighters who were building up a strong presence in the Tyre area.
Still in 1972, al-Khalil became once again a minister in the government after some fourteen years. At first, he was appointed as Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in the cabinet of prime minister Saeb Salam and then from 1973 to 1974 as Minister of Justice in the government of Takieddin el-Solh.
Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)
PLO-takeover of Tyre
In January 1975, a unit of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) attacked the Tyre barracks of the Lebanese Army. One of the residences of al-Khalil "was dynamited" and another one of his homes "was seized by Palestinian guerrillas". The PFLP-operation was at first denounced though by the mainstream Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), but a year later local commanders of the PLO took over the municipal government of Tyre with support from their allies of the Lebanese Arab Army (LAA). They declared the founding of the "People's Republic of Tyre", occupied the army barracks, set up roadblocks and started collecting customs at the port. Parts of Kazem al-Khalil's estate were confiscated as well. He subsequently live in Christian-dominated east Beirut "in a sprawling villa in the suburb of Hazmieh."Al-Khalil did not return to Tyre for seven years:
1982 Israeli invasion
Shortly after the invasion of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Lebanon war of June 1982 - which according to the Lebanese government killed some 1,200 civilians and injured more than 2,000 non-combatants in the Tyre area alone - the IDF set up a military post in the city and sponsored the return of al-Khalil. When his attempts to reconcile with the Amal Movement failed, he formed his own militia of some 40 men with Israeli support, recruiting mainly young Shiites from a poor background. However, al-Khalil's collaboration not only "discredited" and "delegitimised him in the eyes of the Shi'a, but also earned him the anger of the Syrians. This simple miscalculation was an act from which he was never able to fully recover politically".
End of the Civil War and Death
On 5 November 1989 the 88-year-old warlord had one more spectacular appearance on the political stage: two weeks after the signing of the Taif Agreement to end the civil war, as the doyen of the Lebanese Parliament he presided over the election of René Moawad as president. However, Moawad was assassinated by unknown assailants less than three weeks later. Al-Khalil himself died peacefully on Sunday, 22 April 1990, of a heart attack in Paris. "He had been in excellent health and on Saturday presided over a meeting of Lebanese deputies living in Paris, the family said."In accordance with his wishes he was buried in Damascus at the shrine of Sayeda Zeinab, which in Twelver Shia Muslim tradition contains the grave of Zaynab, the daughter of the first Shia Imam ‘Alī and Fātimah, the daughter of the prophet Muhammad.
Legacy
In the 1992 general election, one of Kazem's sons - Nasir Khalil - failed with a bid to succeed his father as MP. Likewise, the traditional rival Kamil al-As'ad from the feudal dynasty of Ali al-Saghir lost with his candidacy against Amal politicians. Nasir failed gain in the 1996 general election. However, a decade later another scion of this "neo-feudal" clan - Ali Hassan Khalil - joined Amal and thus won a parliamentary seat against Ahmed al-As'ad from the arch-rival Ali al-Saghir dynasty in Marjayoun Hasbaiya. His son, Khalil Khalil, served as ambassador of Lebanon in various countries.
In 2013, Kazem's daughter Maha, who frequently invokes her father as the main source of inspiration for her cultural activities, made international headlines as founder and president of the International Association to Save Tyre (Association Internationale pour la Sauvegarde de Tyr - AIST): it launched an online raffle in association with Sotheby's to fund the artisans’ village "Les Ateliers de Tyr" at the outskirts of the city. Participants could purchase tickets for 100 Euros to win the 1914 ‘Man with Opera Hat’ painting by Pablo Picasso. The event was created by Maha's daughter Périhane Chalabi Cochin, a French TV host, who is more commonly known as Péri Cochi. The proceeds totaled US$5.26 million. The painting was won by a 25-year-old fire-safety official from Pennsylvania.
In February 2016, Maha al-Khalil Chalabi was designated UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador - a celebrity advocate of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, not diplomatic ambassador - in recognition of her commitment to the "League of Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic Cities", which she founded in 2009. It includes the AIST and al-Khalil Chalabi's Fondation Tyr'', which is based in the prestigious Avenue Foch in Paris, one of the most expensive addresses in the world.
References
Members of the Parliament of Lebanon
Lebanese Shia Muslims
Lebanese expatriates in France
1901 births
People from Tyre, Lebanon
1990 deaths
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Kheeston Randall (born May 7, 1990) is a former American football defensive tackle who played professionally for the Miami Dolphins, Cincinnati Bengals and Minnesota Vikings. Prior to that he played college football for the Texas Longhorns.
Early life
Randall was born in Beaumont, Texas and played high school football at Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School under assistant coach Frank Middleton, former NFL offensive guard. Randall was two-time all-state and led the team to a 9-1 record and a berth in the regional finals. He also played basketball and threw the shot put.
College career
Randall attended the University of Texas at Austin from 2008 to 2011. During his career he started 35 of 47 games, recording 98 tackles and four sacks. During his freshman year, he saw play in eight games, but by his sophomore year he'd emerged as a starter, starting 10 games including the BCS Championship game against #1 Alabama. He started all 25 games during the 2010-2011 seasons. In 2010, he recorded five tackles for losses, 34 tackles, eight quarterback hurries and one sack and was named honorable mention All-Big 12. In 2011, he recorded 21 tackles for losses, 98 tackles (49 solo) and four sacks and was named first-team All-Big 12.
Professional career
Miami Dolphins
Randall was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Randall played 12 games in 2012 but Miami released him before the start of the 2013 season.
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals signed Randall on November 5, 2013 to shore up depth following Geno Atkins' injury, but remained on the roster for only two weeks before being released.
Minnesota Vikings
In January 2014, Randall was signed by his former Defensive Coordinator, Mike Zimmer, to play for the Minnesota Vikings just one week after Zimmer took over as the head coach. He was released on August 25, 2014 before the start of the season.
References
External links
Texas Longhorns bio
The Daily Texas: Kheeston Randall is ready for next level
1990 births
Living people
American football defensive ends
American football defensive tackles
Cincinnati Bengals players
Miami Dolphins players
Minnesota Vikings players
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Taylor Mackenzie Dickens Hale (born December 31, 1994) is an American reality television personality and former beauty pageant titleholder. She is the winner of the 24th season of the American reality television series Big Brother, becoming the first African American woman to win the series. She is also the first houseguest to win both the game and the America's Favorite Houseguest prize.
Prior to Big Brother, she was crowned Miss Michigan USA 2021 and won Miss Congeniality at the Miss USA 2021 pageant.
Personal life
Hale was born on December 31, 1994, in Detroit, Michigan. She attended Detroit Country Day School from kindergarten through grade 12, graduating in 2013. She graduated from George Washington University in 2017, where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority. Hale resides in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
On November 9, 2022, she confirmed her relationship with fellow Big Brother 24 contestant Joseph Abdin. They announced their breakup on April 19, 2023.
Miss Michigan USA
Hale won the Miss Michigan USA 2021 pageant in August 2021 after nearly a year-long postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She did not place in the Miss USA 2021 Pageant, but she was awarded Miss Congeniality.
Big Brother
CBS announced Hale as a Big Brother 24 houseguest on July 5, 2022. Hale's fellow housemates ostracized her upon entering the house, making her an early target in the game and leading to her being nominated for eviction in each of the first two weeks. Hale was also the target of comments deemed microaggressive by some viewers of the show, and disparaging remarks about her appearance and personality. During the third week, Hale joined "The Leftovers" alliance, securing her safety for the remainder of the season. Hale won two Head of Household competitions; during weeks six and eleven.
Hale was awarded the $750,000 grand prize by the season's jury, winning by a vote of 8–1 over Monte Taylor, and she became the first African American woman to win a regular season of Big Brother. She is also the first houseguest to win both the game and the America's Favorite Houseguest prize, awarding her an additional $50,000. With total cash winnings of $800,000, Hale has won the most money of any houseguest in the history of the series.
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1994 births
African-American beauty pageant winners
African-American female models
Big Brother (American TV series) winners
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Detroit Country Day School alumni
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Barts and The London Rugby Football Club, also known as the Royal Hospitals Rugby Football Club, is the rugby club of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
History
The history of Barts and the London Rugby Club or Royal Hospitals RFC is the combined history of two older sides, and their joint history from the point of merger:
Royal London Hospital Rugby
The London Hospital Football Club formed in 1865. Using the Morpeth Lodge as their headquarters they played their first home matches on Victoria Park in East London. They adopted the first of their three strips, that of black jerseys with a cross on a red shield on the breast. This was quickly changed to blue and white hoops. Their first success in the United Hospitals Cup came at the expense of St Bartholomew's in 1884 when they won by two goals and two touchdowns to one goal and one touchdown. This occurred three years after the latter had utterly outplayed them in the same fixture. The London was a highly regarded team on the metropolitan club circuit, playing, outside of the other hospitals, such opposition as London Welsh, Old Leysians, Saracens F.C. and Wasps amongst others by 1894. Soon after this they changed their strip to the once famous blue and white chequered pattern for which they were known for close to a century. The London made the final of the Hospitals Cup fourteen times in sixteen years leading up to World War I and even more illustrious opposition was added to their fixture list including Rosslyn Park and the Royal Indian Engineering College. So good were the London during this period that from their ranks they could boast four internationals. Like many teams of the period, the London was deeply affected by losses sustained in the Great War but recovered reasonably quickly such that by the 1930s they were taking a number of notable scalps once again. The period after World War 2 saw the arrival of Mike Floyer whose incredible devotion to the club, for which he played for many years and also served as president. In his honour an annual fixture between current students of the medical school and old boys is played, known as the Mike Floyer Memorial Day match. When the league system was introduced in the 1987/88 season, London were placed in the Eastern Counties 5, despite a fixture list that included the likes of London Welsh, Rosslyn Park and Wasps.
Barts Hospital Rugby
St Bartholomew's Hospital team formed in 1866. They won the first of their nine Hospital's Cups in 1881 against the team they would later merge with. They won by a very large margin. They were quickly established as a London club and provided international representation as early as 1881 in the form of Welsh forward Edward Treharne. When the league system was introduced, Barts were placed slightly higher than the London, into the Middlesex 2.
1995 onwards – post-merger
The teams from Royal London Hospital and St Bartholomew's Hospital merged in 1995 following the union of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College with Queen Mary and Westfield College, now known as Queen Mary, University of London to form St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry. The two Medical Schools who were once arch rivals were to come together to try to provide the highest quality Medical Education. Likewise, Barts and the London Rugby Club or Royal Hospitals RFC was formed. BLRFC until 2001 played their matches at Hale End (The London's Old Ground) and have since played at Chislehurst (Bart's Old Ground) which is now known as The Queen Mary University of London ground.
In 2012, Royal Hospitals RFC won the United Hospitals Cup, the oldest cup competition in rugby, and defended their title in 2013. In the 2013–14 season, with a record of only one loss, they were promoted to the Southern Premiership 1b league of BUCS for the first time.
In 2017, Royal Hospitals RFC won the United Hospitals Cup again with a tense 14–10 victory against Imperial Medicals at Ealing Trailfinders RFC. That season, they went undefeated to gain promotion to BUCS South Western 1a.
Despite making the United Hospitals Cup final a further two times over the next three years, Royal Hospitals were unable to regain the Cup, until a spirited performance in 2022 saw them take the Cup home with a 22–12 victory over GKT. The victory was all the more impressive given Royal Hospitals had been trailing for 72 minutes of the match, before two tries in the dying minutes ensured a comeback win.
Team Colours
The current colours are an amalgamation of the two clubs. Barts used to play in black and white hoops (their second strip) whereas the London had settled on blue and white chequers at the beginning of the twentieth century. The club's 1st XV therefore play in black and white chequers, one of a few in the country to play in such chequered shirts. The 2nd XV play in blue and black hoops.
Competition
The team competes every year in the United Hospitals Cup with the other London Medical Schools, RUMS, Imperial Medics RFC, GKT & St Georges as well as Royal Veterinary College. The cup is the oldest rugby cup competition in the world. The trophy has been won by The Royal London on 11 occasions (the last in 1986) and by Barts 9 times (the last in 1977). Royal Hospitals RFC are the current UH cup champions for the second year in a row. This season they beat St. Georges Hospital Medical School RFC in the final and Imperial College Medical School RFC the previous year. Club's Official site – History of BLRFC
In 2008 they won the UH 7-a-side tournament, beating Imperial Medics in the final. They also compete in the British University and College Sports (BUCS) Leagues. They finished in 1st place of the BUCS Southeastern 2B Division at the end of the 2009–10 season followed by third in BUCS Southeastern 1A in 2010. As well as this they compete in the National Association of Medics' Sports 7-a-side tournament and placed 2nd, narrowly losing to Nottingham Medics in the final in 2009.
Since the merge of Barts and the London Medical School with Queen Mary, University of London, the rugby club has also participated in the Merger Cup.
Internationals
Over the years the club and its predecessor clubs have fostered in total seven international players who have played for their countries whilst being members of the hospital sides.(source for below)
The London
Hugh Monteith (1905)
Alexander Palmer (1909)
Alan Adams (1910)
Bill Stewart (1913–14)
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Leonard Tosswill (1902) Beriah Melbourne Gwynne Thomas(1919–24) Andy Dun (1984)former players capped whilst playing for other clubs Edward Treharne (1881–83)
Howard Marshall (1891–93)
Barts & The London RFC
Laurence Gardner (2015)
HonoursLondon HospitalEastern Counties 5 champions: 1988–89
Eastern Counties 4 champions: 1989–90Royal Hospitals'''
Middlesex 4 champions: 1995–96
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Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS (18 November 1871 – 19 October 1914) was an English Catholic priest and writer. First an Anglican priest, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1903 and ordained therein the next year. He was also a prolific writer of fiction, writing the notable dystopian novel Lord of the World, as well as Come Rack! Come Rope!.
His output encompassed historical, horror and science fiction, contemporary fiction, children's stories, plays, apologetics, devotional works and articles. He continued his writing career at the same time as he progressed through the hierarchy to become a Chamberlain to Pope Pius X in 1911, and gain the title of Monsignor before his death a few years later.
Early life
Benson was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, the Archbishop of Canterbury and his wife, Mary; Benson was the younger brother of E. F. Benson, A. C. Benson and Margaret Benson.
Benson was educated at Eton College and then studied classics and theology at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1890 to 1893.
In 1895, Benson was ordained a priest in the Church of England by his father, who was the then Archbishop of Canterbury.
Career
After his father died suddenly in 1896, Benson was sent on a trip to the Middle East to recover his own health. While there he began to question the status of the Church of England and to consider the claims of the Catholic Church. His own piety began to tend toward the High Church tradition, and he started exploring religious life in various Anglican communities, eventually obtaining permission to join the Community of the Resurrection.
Benson made his profession as a member of the community in 1901, at which time he had no thoughts of leaving the Church of England. As he continued his studies and began writing, however, he became more and more uneasy with his own doctrinal position and, on 11 September 1903, he was received into the Catholic Church. Benson was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1904. As the son of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, his conversion, and his subsequent ordination, caused a sensation.
His first assignment was as a college chaplain. He had a stutter and is said to have had a 'reedy' voice. Benson was a popular preacher, attracting large audiences wherever he spoke. In 1914, he visited the University of Notre Dame and gave an address on the papacy. Both Confessions of a Convert (1913) and Lourdes (1914) were serialized in Notre Dame's Ave Maria magazine, before appearing as books.
He was awarded the Dignitary of Honour of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
Novelist
Benson continued his writing career along with his ministry as a priest. Like both his brothers, Edward Frederic Benson ("Fred") and Arthur Christopher Benson, Robert wrote many ghost and horror stories, as well as children's stories and historical fiction. His horror and ghost fiction are collected in The Light Invisible (1903) and A Mirror of Shallott (1907).
His novel, Lord of the World (1907), is generally regarded as one of the first modern dystopian novels. In the speculative 2007 he predicted there, the Anglican Church and other Protestant denominations have crumbled and disappeared under a rising tide of secularism and atheism, leaving an embattled Catholic Church as the sole champion of Christian truth. Nations are armed with weapons which can destroy a whole city from the air within minutes, and euthanasia is widely practiced and considered as a moral advance. The Antichrist is depicted as a charismatic secular liberal who organizes an international body devoted to world peace and love under his direction.
In his next novel The Dawn of All (1911), Benson imagined an opposite future 1973 in which the Catholic Church has emerged victorious in England and worldwide after Germany and Austria won the "Emperor War" of 1914; this book is also notable in its fairly accurate prediction of a global network of a passenger air travel. Come Rack! Come Rope! (1912) is a historical novel describing the persecution of English Catholics during the Elizabethan era. The bibliography below reveals a prodigious output.
Among his historical novels is the Reformation Trilogy: By What Authority (1905), The King’s Achievement (1905), and The Queen’s Tragedy (1907).
Vatican chaplaincy
Benson was appointed a supernumerary private chamberlain to the Pope (Pius X) in 1911 and consequently styled as Monsignor.
Private life
As a young man, Benson recalled, he had rejected the idea of marriage as "quite inconceivable". He had a close friendship with "Baron Corvo," the alias of the novelist Frederick Rolfe, with whom he had hoped to write a book on St Thomas Becket, until Benson decided that he should not be associated (according to writer Brian Masters) "with a Venetian pimp and procurer of boys". Nevertheless, he maintained his friendship with Lord Alfred Douglas, the friend and lover of Oscar Wilde, and when an acquaintance protested that the connection with Douglas was inappropriate for him, he replied: "Lord Alfred Douglas is my friend, and he'll come down when he likes!"
Death and legacy
Benson died of pneumonia in 1914 in Salford, where he had been preaching a mission; he was 42. As he had requested, he was buried in the orchard of Hare Street House, his house in the Hertfordshire village of Hare Street. A chapel, dedicated to St Hugh, was built over the site. Benson bequeathed the house to the Catholic Church as a country retreat for the Archbishop of Westminster. The Catholic church in the nearby town of Buntingford, which he helped finance, is dedicated to St Richard of Chichester, but also known as the Benson Memorial Church.
In 2019, the house was put up for sale. Benson's body was exhumed and moved to the crypt of St Edmund's College in Old Hall Green.
The Benson Club is a Catholic reading group named in his honour at Fisher House, Cambridge.
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Works
Science fiction
A Mirror of Shalott, Benziger Brothers, 1907.
Lord of the World, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1908 [1st Pub. 1907].
The Dawn of All, B. Herder, 1911.
Historical fiction
By What Authority?, Isbister, 1904. Republished in 2022 by The Cenacle Press with a foreword by Joseph Pearce and new illustrations by Jerzy Ozga.
Come Rack! Come Rope!, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1913 [1st Pub. 1912].
Oddsfish!, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1914.
The King's Achievement, Burns Oates & Washbourne, Lrd., 1905. Republished in 2022 by The Cenacle Press with a foreword by Joseph Pearce and new illustrations by Jerzy Ozga.
The Queen's Tragedy, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1907.
The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1912.
Initiation, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1914.
Contemporary fiction
The Light Invisible, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1906.
The Sentimentalists, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1906.
The Conventionalists, Hutchinson & Co., 1908.
The Necromancers, Hutchinson & Co., 1909.
A Winnowing, B. Herder, 1910.
None other gods, B. Herder, 1911. Republished by Cluny Media.
The Coward, B. Herder, 1912.
An Average Man, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1913.
Loneliness?, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1915.
Children's books
Alphabet of Saints, with Reginald Balfour and Charles Ritchie, illustraded by L. D. Symington, Oates & Washbourne, 1905.
A Child's Rule of Life, illustrated by Gabriel Pippet, digitized by Richard Mammana.
Old Testament Rhymes, illustrated by Gabriel Pippet.
Devotional works
Vexilla Regis: A Book of Devotions and Intercessions, Longmans, Green & Co., 1915 [1st Pub. 1914].
A Book of the Love of Jesus: A Collection of Ancient English Devotions in Prose and Verse, Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1915.
The Friendship of Christ, Longmans, Green & Co., 1914 [1st Pub. 1912]. Republished in 2022 by The Cenacle Press.
Apologetic works
The Religion of the Plain Man, Burns & Oates, 1906.
Papers of a Pariah, Longmans, Green & Co., 1907. Republished 2022 by the Cenacle Press.
Non-Catholic Denominations, Longmans, Green & Co., 1910.
Christ in the Church: A Volume of Religious Essays, Longmans, Green & Co., 1911. Republished 2022 by The Cenacle Press.
Confessions of a Convert, Longmans, Green & Co., 1913. Republished 2022 by The Cenacle Press.
Paradoxes of Catholicism, Longmans, Green & Co., 1913.
Lourdes, The Manresa Press, 1914.
Spiritual Letters of Monsignor R. Hugh Benson: to One of his Converts, Longmans, Green & Co., 1915.
A Book of Essays, Catholic Truth Society, 1916.
Sermon Notes, First Series: Anglican, Second Series: Catholic, Longmans, Green & Co., 1917.
Plays
The Cost of a Crown, a Story of Douay & Durham; a Sacred Drama in Three Acts, Longmans, Green & Co., 1910.
A Mystery Play in Honour of the Nativity of Our Lord, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908.
The Maid of Orleans, a Drama of the Life of Joan of Arc, Longmans, Green & Co., 1911.
The Upper Room, a Drama of Christ's Passion, Longmans, Green & Co., 1914.
Selected articles
"The Conversion of England," The American Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. XXXIV, 1906.
"The State of Religion in England," The Catholic World, Vol. LXXXIV, October 1906/March 1907.
"A Modern Theory of Human Personality," The Dublin Review, Vol. CXLI, 1907.
"The Dissolution of the Religious Houses." In: Renascence and Reformation (From The Cambridge History of English Literature, 15 Vols.), 1908.
"Letters of Queen Victoria, 1837-1861," The Dublin Review, Vol. CXLII, January/April 1908.
"Christian Science," The Dublin Review, Vol. CXLIII, No. 286, October 1908.
"Spiritualism," The Dublin Review, Vol. CXLV, No. 290-291, July/October, 1909.
"A Catholic Colony," The Dublin Review, Vol. CXLVI, January/April, 1910.
"Catholicism and the Future," The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. CVI, 1910.
"Phantasms of the Dead," The Dublin Review, Vol. CL, No. 300-301, January/April, 1912.
"Cosmopolitanism and Catholicism," The North American Review, September 1912.
"Cardinal Gasquet," The Dublin Review, Vol. CLV, July/October, 1914.
Other
The Holy Blissful Martyr Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Benziger Brothers, 1910.
The Life of Saint Teresa, Herbert & Daniel, 1912. (Preface only (20 pages), author is Alice Lady Lovat)
Poems, Burns & Oates, 1914.
Maxims from the Writings of Mgr. Benson, By the compiler of "Thoughts from Augustine Birrell," R. & T. Washbourne Ltd., 1915.
See also
G.K. Chesterton
Gerard Manley Hopkins
John Henry Newman
List of dystopian literature
Bibliography
Beesley, Thomas Quinn (1916). "The Poetry of Robert Hugh Benson," The Catholic Educational Review, Vol. XII, pp. 122–134.
Benson, Arthur C. (1915). Hugh: Memoirs of a Brother. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers.
Bour'his, Jean Morris le (1980). Robert Hugh Benson, Homme de Foi et Artiste. Atelier Reproduction de Thèses, Université de Lille III.
Braybrooke, Patrick (1931). "Robert Hugh Benson; Novelist and Philosopher." In: Some Catholic Novelists. London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne.
Brown, Stephen J.M. & Thomas McDermott (1945). A Survey of Catholic Literature. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company.
Concannon, Helena (1914). "Robert Hugh Benson, Novelist," Part II, The Catholic World, Vol. XCIX, pp. 487–498, 635–645.
Gorce, Agnès de La (1928). Robert Hugh Benson: Prêtre et Romancier, 1871-1914. Paris: Plon.
Grayson, Janet (1998). Robert Hugh Benson: Life and Works. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America.
Marshall, George. "Two Autobiographical Narratives of Conversion: Robert Hugh Benson and Ronald Knox." British Catholic History 24.2 (1998): 237–253.
Martindale, C.C. (1916). The Life of Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, Vol. 2. London: Longmans, Green & Co.
McMahon, Joseph H. (1915). "The Late Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson," Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XXVI, pp. 55–63.
McMahon, Joseph H. (1915). "Robert Hugh Benson: A Personal Memory," The Bookman, Vol. XLI, pp. 160–169.
Monaghan, Sister Mary Saint Rita (1985). Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson: His Apostolate and Its Message for Our Time. Brisbane, Qld.: Boolarong Publications.
Parr, Olive Katherine (1915). Robert Hugh Benson: An Appreciation. London: Hutchinson & Co.
Ross, Allan (1915). Monsignor Hugh Benson (1871-1914). The Catholic Truth Society.
Shadurski, Maxim (2020). The Nationality of Utopia: H. G. Wells, England, and the World State. London; New York: Routledge. . (Chapter 3 features an in-depth discussion of The Dawn of All.)
Shuster, Norman (1922). "Robert Hugh Benson and the Aging Novel." In: The Catholic Spirit in Modern English Literature. New York: The Macmillan Company, pp. 208–228.
Warre Cornish, Blanche (1914). Memorials of Robert Hugh Benson. New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons.
Watt, Reginald J.J. (1918). Robert Hugh Benson: Captain in God's Army. London: Burns & Oates Ltd.
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Ignatz Bubis (12 January 1927 – 13 August 1999), German Jewish leader, was the influential chairman (and later president) of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland) from 1992 to 1999. In this capacity he led a public campaign against German antisemitism. Bubis's high profile both in Frankfurt and nationwide involved him in a number of public controversies.
Life
Born in the formerly German city of Breslau (today Wrocław, Poland), Bubis moved with his family to Dęblin, Poland in 1935. During the Nazi occupation of Dęblin, Bubis lived in the Dęblin–Irena Ghetto before deportation to the HASAG labor camp in Częstochowa in 1944. After liberation, he moved to Dresden and later West Germany as the political situation in the Soviet zone of occupation deteriorated. He established himself in the precious metal industry, and in 1956 he moved permanently to Frankfurt am Main, where he entered the real estate business. In Frankfurt, Bubis also became active in Jewish communal politics. In 1965, he joined the executive board of the Frankfurt Jewish community and served as chairman from 1978 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1999. In 1977, he joined the executive board of the Central Council of Jews, becoming deputy chairman in 1989 and chairman in 1992, a position he held until his death.
As a real estate speculator, he drew the ire of many on the political left in the late 1960s and 1970s. Particular opponents were radical members of the students' movement and squatters' rights movement. In his posthumously produced play Der Müll, die Stadt und der Tod (Trash, the City, and Death, 1985), German playwright and director Rainer Werner Fassbinder satirized a 'rich Jew' who took advantage of his Jewishness for business and political purposes. Many considered this characterization to be an oblique attack on Bubis. In response, Bubis and other members of the Frankfurt Jewish community occupied the stage of the Schaubühne Theater, preventing the play's debut.
The Neo-Nazi band Landser has produced a song by the name of Deutsche Wut (German Wrath), which targets Ignatz Bubis.
As the outspoken leader of the Jewish community in Germany, Bubis gradually became a presence in German public life and intellectual discourse over the Nazi past. In early 1994, Bubis served on the jury for an international architectural competition for the design of the controversial Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, although he felt that a museum and learning center, rather than a monument, was more appropriate. Also in that year, the weekly newspaper Die Woche (The Week) proposed that Bubis run for German president on behalf of the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party, or FDP). Bubis did not pursue the nomination. In February 1998, after construction on the monument remained unfinished, he expressed outrage about the delay on behalf of all Germans. Bubis was active in Frankfurt municipal and Hessian state politics. From 1987 to 1991, he served on the board of the Hessian state FDP, and in 1997 Bubis led the FDP in a successful bid to gain representation in the Frankfurt city council. He also served on the board of Hessian state radio throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Shortly before his death, Bubis became embroiled in two controversies. In 1998, German author Martin Walser won the Peace Prize of the German Bookdealers Association. At the award ceremony Walser's remarks regarding the instrumentalization of Auschwitz and Holocaust memory enraged Bubis, who left the auditorium and attacked Walser in the press. After a series of well-publicized comments, Walser and Bubis met and reconciled. A few weeks before his death, Bubis, already seriously ill, claimed that Jews could not live freely in Germany. Additionally, noting the desecration of the grave of his Central Council predecessor Heinz Galinski in Berlin, Bubis requested that he be buried in Israel. At his funeral, his grave was desecrated by Israeli artist Meir Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn claimed that Bubis had "exploited his Jewishness".
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Kentucky is a village in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. It is about south of Uralla and north-west of Walcha and about off the New England Highway. Kentucky is located by rail from Sydney in Sandon County on the Northern Tablelands. It is at an altitude of 1066m and is within Uralla Shire. At the 2016 census, Kentucky had a population of 158.
History
On 25 May 1870 Alexander Binning Walker, a rural lock-up keeper, chased, confronted and killed the infamous bushranger Fred Ward, alias Captain Thunderbolt, at Kentucky Creek, Uralla.
The Kentucky railway station, on the Main North Line, was opened on 2 August 1882. It was closed many years ago, though daily Sydney/Armidale trains still pass through the village.
The area was a former soldier settlement region with many orchards and other agricultural properties. The development of the Kentucky Returned Soldiers Settlement along the railway between Kentucky and Wollun commenced in July 1918. This settlement covered , mostly of a light sandy granite type soil. The area was divided into eighty holdings of 40 to each depending on the location of the farm. The total orchard area which was planted with apples, pears, prunes, plums and cherries was .
The Kentucky Memorial Hall, in 2008, installed a memorial plaque at the Noalimba Avenue of Honour dedicated to the original soldier settlers and those servicemen and women from the district who enlisted in subsequent conflicts.
About 4 km south of Kentucky is Kentucky South which was a rail siding that opened on 18 October 1926 and closed on 20 February 1975. Some of the old rail sheds remain there along with several houses.
Kentucky today
The district now has several well-known Merino sheep studs and produces some top super fine wool, as well as quality beef cattle. Apples, cherries, pears and other stone fruit are available from the orchards during the season. The Kentucky Tree Nursery produces many low cost trees and shrubs for farm planting. A boutique distillery and brewery (Dobson's), a fine-dining restaurant (Pinot) and a sophisticated nightclub (The Speakeasy) together comprise Eastview Estate, developed since 2009 immediately to the north-east of the village. Kentucky also has two churches, a community hall, general store and a progressive public school. Some of the country gardens are opened to the public through the open gardens scheme and community fund raising schemes. The current population is about 60 persons.
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Uralla: http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/NSWUralla.shtml
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The McDuffie County School District is a public school district in McDuffie County, Georgia, United States, based in Thomson. It serves the communities of Dearing and Thomson.
Schools
The McDuffie County School District has four elementary schools, one middle schools, and one high school.
Elementary schools
Dearing Elementary School
Maxwell Elementary School
Norris Elementary School
Thomson Elementary School
Middle schools
Thomson-McDuffie Middle School
High school
Thomson High School
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Leonardo's crossbow designs are a series of shooting weapon schematics designed by Leonardo da Vinci that are in the Codex Atlanticus. One version, a self-spanning infantry weapon called the Rapid Fire Crossbow (Balestra Veloce in Italian), is found on sheets 143r, 153r, and 155r. The other is the Giant Crossbow (Balestra Gigante in Italian) design intended to be a mounted siege weapon found on sheet 149a in the Codex.
The creation of the large design is linked to Ludovico Sforza, an Italian prince in the Renaissance era. Given the constant warfare in the Italian Peninsula at this time, he wanted to expand and advance both his military and the territory he governed in the Milan region. To do so, he wanted to update the current treatise on military engineering by Roberto Valturio. Leonardo responded by writing Sforza a letter that included a number of innovative machine designs with one of them being the Giant Crossbow. Leonardo also highlighted in the letter his expertise in engineering; most likely having known that Sforza was wanting to hire military engineers at the time.
While there is no exact date for the illustrations of Leonardo's crossbows, they are generally believed to be drafted between 1483 and the early 1490s. Many scholars generally agree that Leonardo completed the drawings in the manuscript in Milan, but there is debate as to why he originally went there. Some believe he came to Milan in search of work as a painter and then he got news of Sforza's military desires upon arriving. Others suggest that the initial reason he came directly to Milan was to work for Sforza.
Design
The crossbow as a weapon had been around long before Leonardo's designs. However, his designs made the weapon more advanced and why Leonardo's crossbows stands out. If a crossbow is designed with a narrower shaft and a tapered bolt, which adjusts the nocking of arrows, it greatly improves the airflow of the bow and the drag on arrows. This allows the crossbow to operate much more efficiently and have a more precise aim. These ideas were present in Leonardo's designs and were developed independently of any other influences.
The mathematics that Leonardo utilized to construct his crossbow designs were far advanced despite having some now known inaccuracies with today's current knowledge of geometrics and design. Nonetheless, Leonardo was "the first modern engineer to attempt to apply the geometrical mathematics of the laws of motion to the design of machines." The other mathematical marvel that is noted in Leonardo's designs of the crossbows is the proportional techniques that he utilized in every aspect of the designs.
Mechanically, the Rapid Fire Crossbow's tiller was split into two stacked wooden pieces held together at the front by a hinge and held in place at the back by a spring-loaded latch. Sandwiched inside the tiller, a pair of interconnected folding levers attach the lower half of the tiller to a sliding plank sitting on the top half of the tiller between the two metal prods, similar in mechanical concept to the Gastraphetes, that contained the rolling nut and spring-loaded sear at the back of the plank. Meanwhile, the bottom half of the tiller contained the trigger. Upon pressing a switch on the side of the tiller to release the latch, the user can then fold the bottom half of the tiller down. At the same time, the interconnected levers then push the sliding plank forward until the drawstring is caught by the rolling nut, which is held secure by the sear's spring tension. Upon pushing the bottom half of the tiller back into place, the latch locks the upper and lower halves of the tiller back together. After a bolt is loaded on the crossbow and aimed, the trigger is then pulled to compress the sear's spring and enable the rolling nut to release the drawstring to propel the bolt. Such a design removed the need for external spanning tools that an arbalist had to carry and simplified the arming process of the crossbow.
With regards to the Giant Crossbow, the original idea of Leonardo, as described in the drawings of the Codex Atlanticus (1488–1489), was to build a large crossbow in order to increase the range and power of its ammunition. The Giant Crossbow was used to fire rocks and bombs; it was mostly intended to be an intimidation-based weapon for deterring foes from attacking. The Giant Crossbow was made up of thin wood, on 6 wheels, 27 yards across, and made up of 39 separate parts. While some believe that Leonardo designed the Giant Crossbow for his own amusement, the context around this design suggests the Giant Crossbow truly was intended to be a dangerous weapon that would greatly appeal to his employer, Ludovico Sforza. Inspiration for such a weapon most likely stemmed from the fact that Leonardo grew up in Italy during the 15th century. This meant he was a witness to the constant warfare between the many city-states in his area. Thus, Leonardo put extensive time and effort into designs that could both protect his fellow citizens and greatly harm the enemy. The Giant Crossbow supports this theory in that the intended enormous size of the weapon was meant to invoke fear and panic in its enemies to keep them away, but it would still have the capability to cause great damage and injury had it been actually constructed and used.
Working replicas
After a prototype of the Rapid Fire Crossbow built in 2013, the first working model was released on 24 June 2015 during a demonstration at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan. The working replica of the infantry weapon was the culmination of a study conducted by Edoardo Zanon of the Leonardo3 study center in respect of the processing and assembly techniques available at the time of Leonardo.
The model allows precision shooting and is equipped with a fast internal spanning mechanism, non-existent even in most modern handheld crossbows. The working model built is on display at the Leonardo3 – The World of Leonardo museum at the Piazza della Scala in Milan, Italy.
As for the Giant Crossbow, it was never constructed by its designer; either as scaled model or as a fully fledged siege weapon. However, a working model was built to a scale of 1:1. It was shown in the ITN documentary Leonardo's Dream Machines, which was aired for the first time in February 2003 by Channel 4.
See also
List of works by Leonardo da Vinci
Codex Atlanticus
Cheiroballistra
Lever action firearms
Polybolos
Repeating crossbow
Science and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
References
External links
Balestra gigante
Giant Crossbow
Leonardo da Vinci projects
Crossbows
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Denos Adjima Beche (born 30 November 1943) is an Ivorian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1943 births
Living people
Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Ivorian male middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes for Ivory Coast
Place of birth missing (living people)
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Richard Cherry Crayne (April 24, 1913 – August 14, 1985) was an American football fullback for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the first round with the fourth overall pick in the 1936 NFL Draft. He played in 1936, rushing for 203 yards, and completed 1 of 2 passes for 52 yards. Then in 1937, rushing for 135 yards, and completed 2 of 4 passes for 20 yards. In 1935, he was selected as a third-team All-American by both the United Press and the Associated Press while playing for the University of Iowa. Crayne served as the head football coach at Westmar University in Le Mars, Iowa from 1939 to 1951. He died on August 14, 1985, at a hospital in Sioux City, Iowa.
NFL career statistics
Head coaching record
References
External links
1913 births
1985 deaths
American football fullbacks
Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players
Iowa Hawkeyes football players
Kansas Jayhawks football coaches
Westmar Eagles football coaches
People from Fairfield, Iowa
People from Washington County, Iowa
Players of American football from Iowa
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A Poet in New York
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A Poet in New York is a British drama television film that was first broadcast, in a 60-minute version, by BBC One Wales on 30 April 2014. A longer 75-minute version was later broadcast by BBC Two on 18 May 2014. The film, written by Andrew Davies and directed by Aisling Walsh, explores how Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at the age of 39. The film was made to mark the centenary of Thomas' birth on 27 October 1914.
Cast
Tom Hollander as Dylan Thomas
Essie Davis as Caitlin Thomas
Ewen Bremner as John Malcolm Brinnin
Phoebe Fox as Liz Reitell
Samantha Coughlan as Sylvie
Stuart Matthews as Theatre Stagehand
Shane Hart as Audience
Morfydd Clark as Nancy Wickwire
Lucinda O'Donnell as Brazell
Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Marianne
Nansi Rhys Adams as Aeronwy Thomas
Production
A Poet in New York was commissioned for the BBC by Janice Hadlow, Ben Stephenson, Adrian Davies and Faith Penhale. The executive producers were Griff Rhys Jones, Rob Warr, Faith Penhale and Bethan Jones. Filming took place in Cardiff and Laugharne over 18 days. Tom Hollander put on two stone in weight to play the role.
Reception
Thomas expert George Tremlett did not understand why the BBC had chosen to commemorate the centenary the poet's birth by making a film about his death.
In The Guardian Stuart Jeffries wrote: "Hollander and Essie Davis as Caitlin performed well youthful concupiscence gone sour." Ceri Radford, in The Daily Telegraph said: "[Hollander] made a startlingly good Thomas, while the script came from one of the few writers who could hope to do the poet justice." and "This was tragedy in the Shakespearean sense: a great man undone by one fatal weakness. ... The production was lush, lyrical and very, very funny." In Financial Times, Antonia Quirke wrote: "We see so many performances based on real people ... actors faced with the gnarled question of whether to impersonate or interpret. ... Tom Hollander gives a performance finely balanced between the two approaches: terrific mimicry, but unpredictable and subtle.".
References
External links
A Poet in New York at Modern Television
Films shot in Wales
Cultural depictions of Dylan Thomas
2014 films
2010s English-language films
Films with screenplays by Andrew Davies
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The men's normal hill individual competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 5–6 February, at the Snow Ruyi hill in Zhangjiakou. The event was won by Ryōyū Kobayashi of Japan became the Olympic champion. Manuel Fettner of Austria won the silver medal, and Dawid Kubacki of Poland the bronze medal. For Kobayashi and Fettner this was the first ever Olympic medal, and for Kubacki the first individual Olympic medal.
Summary
The 2018 champion, Andreas Wellinger, did not qualify for the Olympics. The silver medalist, Johann André Forfang, and the bronze medalist, Robert Johansson, qualified, but Forfang did not participate in this event. Piotr Żyła is the 2021 World champion. Karl Geiger and Anže Lanišek are the silver and bronze medalists, respectively. Geiger was leading the 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup at the start of the Olympics, followed by Ryōyū Kobayashi, Halvor Egner Granerud, and Marius Lindvik.
Kobayashi won the first spring, six points ahead of Peter Prevc. Kamil Stoch, the 2014 champion, was in the third position. In the second jump, Dawid Kubacki, wo was eight in the first round, jumped at 103 m and took the lead. Manuel Fettner, who was fifth, jumped at 104 m, and took the lead as well. Evgenii Klimov, Stoch, and Prevc all demonstrated jumps insufficient for a medal, but Kobayashi with a 99.5 m jump won gold. Kobayashi became the first Japanese athlete to win the ski jumping event after the 1998 games in Nagano, Japan, and second Japanese athlete to win the individual normal hill event after Yukio Kasaya in 1972. This was also the first time that a Japanese athlete won a gold medal in a ski jumping event outside of Japan.
Schedule
Official training
Qualifying
Competition
Qualification
Results
Qualifying
50 ski jumpers qualified for the finals.
Final
The final was held on 6 February at 19:00.
References
Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Men's events at the 2022 Winter Olympics
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Mercurio's Menu is an Australian television cooking show hosted by Paul Mercurio. The series follows Paul as he travels to different regions of Australia and highlights the region's local cuisines, as well as talk to local chefs. It is produced by WTFN and airs on Channel Seven and a number of other stations in Australia and New Zealand. It is also shown on the Australian Network which beams out to more than 44 countries across Asia, the Pacific and Indian subcontinent. It has also been sold to various countries including Israel, Spain and others.
History
The program first premiered in February 2008, and aired in most regions of Australia at 5:30 pm on Sundays. The second season premiered on 14 February 2009 at 5:30 pm on Channel Seven. The third season began on 11 April 2010. The fourth series started in NSW in May 2011. A special one-hour episode filmed in Kenya and featuring the Koricho Tea fields was screened nationally on Saturday 28 May 2011.
Dishes
Mercurio's Menu has led to the development of a number of original dishes, many of them evidently masterminded by Mercurio himself. These include "Pasodoble Pizza Pockets", "Strictly Stroganoff", "Mercurio Muffins" and "Failure Pie With 90s Throwback Sauce".
None of the recipes in Mercurio's Menu cook book have names such as those suggested above. The recipes from series 1, 2 and 3 can be found on Lifestyle network.
Availability
Mercurio's Menu can be seen on various television stations. In Australia, it airs at 5.30 pm every Sunday on Channel Seven and most of its regional affiliate stations, such as Prime and Southern Cross. Some stations air the show at a different times due to sports coverage commitments – for instance the show is aired in Victoria at 5.30pm on a Saturday. The show also airs on 7Two every Saturday at 9pm.
In New Zealand, the show airs on weekday afternoons on subscription channel Food Television.
Series one, two and three aired on Foxtel in Australia in August 2011.
Episodes
Series One – 2008
Episode 1 – Gold Coast
Episode 2 – Townsville
First airing on 17 May 2008, this episode featured stories from Townsville and Magnetic Island. Paul visited The Watermark and Aquarius on the Beach in Townsville before boarding SunFerries to travel to Magnetic Island. Whilst on Magnetic Island, Paul visited Moke Magnetic and Barefoot Art Food Wine. With the help of executive chef Sean Calliste, Paul created a prawn, avocado and boccocini pizza. Also featured in this episode is Meg Coffey. Other features of this episode include barramundi, ice cream, prawns, beer, sugarcane and Paul's Great Walk for Cancer.
Series Two – 2009
Series Three – 2010
Series Four – 2011
References
Mercurio's Menu the cook book was released in November 2009 and is still available to purchase through bookshops and on line. It is published by Murdoch Books. The book features the recipes from series one and two.
External links
WTFN Entertainment
Seven Network original programming
2008 Australian television series debuts
Australian non-fiction television series
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Cricket World Cup qualification is the process national cricket teams go through to qualify for the Cricket World Cup. The Cricket World Cup is a global event, and qualification is used to reduce the large field of participants from about 100 to 10–14. The qualification process has started as early as almost 7 years before the World Cup.
History
From the first World Cup in 1975 up to the 2019 World Cup, the majority of teams taking part qualified automatically. Until the 2015 World Cup this was mostly through having Full Membership of the ICC, and for the 2019 World Cup this was mostly through ranking position in the ICC ODI Championship.
Since the second World Cup in 1979 up to the 2019 World Cup, the teams that qualified automatically have been joined by a small number of others who qualified for the World Cup through the qualification process. The number of teams qualifying for the World Cup changed from event to event. The first qualifying tournament being the ICC Trophy; later the process expanding with pre-qualifying tournaments. Pre-qualifying tournaments were held within the five ICC regional bodies (Africa, Americas, Asia, East Asia-Pacific, Europe), and organized by their respective councils.
For the 2011 World Cup onwards, the past pre-qualifying processes were replaced by the World Cricket League, administered by the ICC; and the ICC Trophy became known as the ICC World Cup Qualifier, and this remained the culmination of the qualification process and became the final stage of the World Cricket League competition. The World Cricket League was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status. All Associate members of the ICC were able to qualify for the World Cup.
While 12 teams participated in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier and the top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, at the ICC Chief Executives' Committee meeting in September 2011, the ICC decided on a new qualifying format for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Two teams from the top tier of the pre-qualifying tournament, the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship, qualified directly and did not compete in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, which decided the remaining two places.
For the 2019 World Cup, the host and the seven highest-ranked sides on the MRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings as on 30 September 2017 qualified directly for the event proper. The four bottom-ranked sides were joined by six teams from the ICC World Cricket League in the 10-team ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018, and the top two sides completed the 10-team World Cup line-up.
For the 2023 World Cup, only the host nation qualified automatically. 32 teams were divided into three leagues—Super League, League 2 and Challenge League—each with different paths to World Cup qualification. The leagues and supplementary qualifier and play-off tournaments also determined promotion and relegation between the leagues from one World Cup cycle to the next. The fourth World Cricket League competition was used for the initial placement of teams into the leagues for the 2023 World Cup qualifying, and has now been abolished.
Team performances
The teams that qualified automatically each time, and the performances of the other teams in the final qualifying tournament, are as follows.
Key:
See also
World Cricket League
References
qualification
Qualification for cricket competitions
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is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 73,805 in 29,362 households and a population density of 307 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 32.2%. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kasama is located in the central Ibaraki Prefecture, bordering on Tochigi Prefecture to its extreme northwest. Kasama is surrounded by mountains on all sides.
Surrounding municipalities
Ibaraki Prefecture
Mito
Ishioka
Sakuragawa
Omitama
Ibaraki
Shirosato
Tochigi Prefecture
Motegi
Climate
Kasama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by hot summers and mild winters with rare snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kasama is . The average annual rainfall is with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around .
Demographics
Per Japanese census data, the population of Kasama peaked around the year 2000 and has declined slightly since.
History
Kasama was once a castle town for Kasama Domain and post-station during the Edo period Tokugawa Shogunate. It continued to prosper as a shrine town of Kasama Inari Shrine in the Meiji period (1868–1912). Stone quarrying was its main activity. Utensils for the Japanese tea ceremony, flower vases, and sake containers made from the Kasama ware pottery continued to the economy.
After the Meiji Restoration, the town of Kasama was established with the creation of the modern municipalities system on April 1, 1889, within Nishiibaraki District. The town of Shishido, a former castle town of Shishido Domain, was likewise established within Nishiibaraki District on the same day. In 1955, Shishido merged with the neighboring villages of Kitakawane and Ohara to form the town of Tomobe. Kasama was elevated to city status on August 1, 1958.
On March 19, 2006, Kasama absorbed the towns of Tomobe and Iwama (both from Nishiibaraki District), and the new city hall was located at the former Tomobe Town Hall. Tomobe became the new city's administrative center, since it was more populous than the former Kasama town.
The former town of Iwama is known for having been the residence of Ueshiba Morihei, founder of Aikido, from 1942 until his death. Popular singer and songwriter Sakamoto Kyu also lived in Kasama as a child. Twice daily, chimes announce the time of day to the tune of his songs. His song "Ue o muite arukō" also plays at Tomobe train station to announce departures.
Government
Kasama has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 22 members. Kasama contributes two members to the Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is split between the Ibaraki 1st district and the Ibaraki 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan.
Economy
Kasama has a mixed industrial base of light manufacturing and food processing. The main agricultural crops are rice and chestnuts. The area is also famous for stone quarrying of a form of granite called mikage-ishi, widely used in construction and for grave stones.
Education
Kasama has ten public elementary schools and five public middle schools operated by the city government, and two public high schools operated by the Ibaraki Prefectural Board of Education.
Transportation
Railway
JR East – Jōban Line
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Highway
– Iwama Interchange, Tomobe Junction
– Kasama-Nishi Interchange, Kasama Parking Area, Tomobe Interchange, Tomobe Junction
Local attractions
Ruins of Kasama Castle
Kasama Inari Shrine, one of the main Inari shrines in Japan
Shofuku-ji, one of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho temples
Shishido Jin’ya
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art (笠間日動美術館) which opened on November 11, 1972 houses a collection which includes Degas, Van Gogh, and Warhol.
Ibaraki Prefectural Ceramics Museum
Kasama-yaki ceramics
The house of calligrapher and ceramicist Kitaoji Rosanjin (北大路魯山人) is located in Kasama, and it has become a museum.
Notable people from Kasama
Morihiro Saito, aikido teacher
Kimura Buzan, Nihonga painter
Nasa Hataoka, professional golfer
Yamashita Rin, female icon painter
Zatoichi, fictional blind masseuse swordsman
References
External links
Official website
Cities in Ibaraki Prefecture
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Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada is a citizen of Yemen, who was formerly held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.
His detainee ID number is 178.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimated that Baada was born in 1978 in Shebwa, Yemen.
Baada arrived at Guantanamo on February 9, 2002, and was held at Guantanamo for fourteen years.
Baada was cleared for release by the Guantanamo Joint Task Force initiated by President Barack Obama when he first took office in January 2009.
Baada has been a long term hunger striker, and, by June 2015, his weight had dropped to 56 percent of his ideal weight. In September 2015, his lawyer warned that Baada's life is in danger.
In September, an unspecific country offered to accept him into their country on the condition of being able to review his medical records. However, the Pentagon refused to release the records, citing privacy concerns.
Inconsistent spelling and naming in various documents
Baada's name was spelled inconsistently on official Department of Defense documents:
Tarek Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada on the second official list, released on May 15, 2006.
Tareq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada on the Summary of Evidence memo prepared for his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on October 13, 2004, on the Summary of Evidence memos prepared for his first two annual Administrative Review Boards, on June 21, 2005, and March 3, 2006, and on four other official lists of captives.
Tariq Ali Abdullah Ba Odah on a renewed habeas corpus petition filed on July 18, 2008.
Tariq Ali Abdallah Ahmad Ba’Awadha on his JTF-GTMO detainee assessment.
Official status reviews
Originally, the Bush Presidency asserted that captives apprehended in the "war on terror" were not covered by the Geneva Conventions, and could be held indefinitely, without charge, and without an open and transparent review of the justifications for their detention.
In 2004, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Rasul v. Bush, that Guantanamo captives were entitled to being informed of the allegations justifying their detention, and were entitled to try to refute them.
Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants
Following the Supreme Court's ruling the Department of Defense set up the Office for the Administrative Review of Detained Enemy Combatants.
Scholars at the Brookings Institution, led by Benjamin Wittes, listed the captives still
held in Guantanamo in December 2008, according to whether their detention was justified by certain
common allegations:
Tareq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... traveled to Afghanistan for jihad."
Tareq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... took military or terrorist training in Afghanistan."
Tareq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada was listed as one of the captives who "The military alleges ... were at Tora Bora."
Tareq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada was listed as one of the captives who was an "al Qaeda operative".
Tareq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada was listed as one of the "82 detainees made no statement to CSRT or ARB tribunals or made statements that do not bear materially on the military’s allegations against them."
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Tareq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada's Combatant Status Review Tribunal, on October 13, 2004.
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Tareq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada's first annual Administrative Review Board, on June 21, 2005.
A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Tareq Ali Abdullah Ahmed Baada's second annual Administrative Review Board, on March 22, 2006.
Habeas corpus petition
A habeas corpus was filed on this captive's behalf. In September 2007, the Department of Justice published dossiers of unclassified documents arising from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of 179 captives.
This habeas was not among those published.
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 mandated that Guantanamo captives were no longer entitled to access the US civil justice system, so all outstanding habeas corpus petitions were stayed.
On June 12, 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. Bush, that the Military Commissions Act could not remove the right for Guantanamo captives to access the US Federal Court system. And all previous Guantanamo captives' habeas petitions were eligible to be re-instated.
The judges considering the captives' habeas petitions would be considering whether the evidence used to compile the allegations the men and boys were enemy combatants justified a classification of "enemy combatant".
On July 16, 2008, Julia Symon filed a "UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXPEDITED ENTRY OF PROTECTIVE ORDER" on behalf of Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Ba Odah, Tariq Ali Abdullah Ba Odah, Nasser Ali Abdullah Odah in Civil Action No. 06-cv-1668 (HHK).
On June 26, 2015, Courthouse News reported that Baada's lawyer, Omar Farah, filed requests for his rapid transfer from Guantanamo because his weight had fallen dangerously low.
His weight was so low his lawyers found him barely recognizable. Medical experts tell them his health is now so fragile that he could die from a simple infection. They said that, even if he escaped accidental death, death would be an inevitable consequence of weight so low.
His lawyers quoted policy on repatriating those with a "chronic disease", and argued he met the criteria for repatriation under this policy.
Formerly secret Joint Task Force Guantanamo assessment
On April 25, 2011, whistleblower organization WikiLeaks published formerly secret assessments drafted by Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts.
A Joint Task Force Guantanamo detainee assessment was drafted on January 13, 2008.
It was ten pages long, and was signed by camp commandant Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby. He recommended continued detention.
Guantanamo Review Task Force
On January 21, 2009, the day he was inaugurated, United States President Barack Obama issued three Executive orders related to the detention of individuals in Guantanamo.
He established a task force to re-review the status of all the remaining captives. Where the OARDEC officials reviewing the status of the captives were all "field grade" officers in the US military (Commanders, naval Captains, Lieutenant Colonels and Colonels) the officials seconded to the task force were drawn from not only the Department of Defense, but also from five other agencies, including the Departments of State, Justice, Homeland Security. President Obama gave the task force a year, and it recommended the release of Baada and 54 other individuals.
2016-04-16 transfer
On Saturday April 16, 2016, Baada and eight other individuals from Yemen were transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia. The transfer came a week before President Obama was scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia.
References
Living people
Detainees of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Yemeni extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
1978 births
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Ernesto Pimentel Yesquén (born September 20, 1970), also known by his stage name La Chola Chabuca, is a popular Peruvian television personality. He has had a show on América Televisión for the past 15 years.
Pimentel takes his stage name "La Chola" from the Peruvian term for women who live in the mountains of Peru. He fashions his costumes based on their traditional dress. Unlike other Peruvian entertainers, though, he aims to glamorize these women with beautiful dresses. As a result, he is particularly popular with the rural population of Peru.
Pimentel's career until the early 1990s was as his La Chola persona. He currently produces and stars in the La Chola Chabuca Circo (Circus), a popular annual event in July and August. Pimental is also a real estate entrepreneur involved in residential real estate construction.
TV shows
Risas y salsa (1996-1997)
Aló Chabuca (1996-1997)
Risas de América (1998, 2012-2013)
Chola de Miércoles (1997-1999)
Más Chola que Nunca (2000-2001)
Hola Chola (2001)
Más Chola Latina (2001-2002)
Sabadazo (2002)
Recargados de risa (2005-2011)
Gud nay Chabuca (2014)
Esta noche (2013-2014).
El reventonazo de la chola (since 2015).
References
LGBT in Peru
1970 births
Peruvian drag queens
Peruvian television personalities
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Amesbury railway station was a station in the county of Wiltshire in southern England. It was located on the Bulford Camp branch line, which diverged from what is now known as the West of England Main Line at a triangular junction between Grateley and Idmiston Halt. When it was open, Amesbury was the nearest station to Stonehenge and carried a lot of traffic to the military areas in and around Salisbury Plain, particularly during the Second World War in the preparations for D-Day.
History
Opened on 2 June 1902 by the Amesbury and Military Camp Light Railway, and becoming part of the London and South Western Railway, the station was absorbed by the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. It then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1952 but goods trains and occasional military special trains used the station until 1963.
References
External links
Pictures of the station
First World War picture of the station
Station on navigable O.S. map
Disused railway stations in Wiltshire
Former London and South Western Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1902
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1952
Amesbury
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Armeria welwitschii is a species of flowering plant in the thrift family (Plumbaginaceae), endemic to central coastal Portugal. It is often cultivated as an ornamental in rock gardens.
Description
Armeria welwitschii is a perennial evergreen subshrub up to in height. It has numerous aerial branches, covered with dry leaves. It has lanceolate leaves that reach up to long by wide. Its pods are reddish, scapes are long and sometimes pubescent. The flower calyx is and has pink to white, sometimes purple flower petals. 2n=18; n=9. It flowers between February and May.
Distribution and habitat
Armeria welwitschii grows in sand dunes and coastal cliffs on sandy or rocky soils from Cabo Mondego south to Cascais in central coastal Portugal. It lives in frost-free Mediterranean climates in its native habitat but can tolerate USDA hardiness zone 6.
References
welwitschii
Endemic flora of Portugal
Endemic flora of the Iberian Peninsula
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Maud Howe Elliott
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Maud Howe Elliott (November 9, 1854 – March 19, 1948) was an American novelist, most notable for her Pulitzer prize-winning collaboration with her sisters, Laura E. Richards and Florence Hall, on their mother's biography The Life of Julia Ward Howe (1916). Her other works included A Newport Aquarelle (1883); Phillida (1891); Mammon, later published as Honor: A Novel (1893); Roma Beata, Letters from the Eternal City (1903); The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward Howe (1911); Three Generations (1923); Lord Byron's Helmet (1927); John Elliott, The Story of an Artist (1930); My Cousin, F. Marion Crawford (1934); and This Was My Newport (1944).
Biography
Maud Howe was born on November 9, 1854, at the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston, founded by her father, Samuel Gridley Howe. Her mother was the author and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe. In 1887, she married English artist John Elliott. A socialite, Elliott was one of the founding members of the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida She was the honorary president of the organization until her death.
After her marriage, she lived in Chicago (1892–93) and Italy (1894-1900/1906-1910), before moving to Newport, where she spent the rest of her life. She was a founding member of the Newport Art Association, and served as its secretary from 1912 to 1942. Howe was also a founder of the Progressive Party and took part in the suffrage movement.
She died in 1948 in Newport, Rhode Island.
References
Bibliography
Boyer, Paul S. "Howe, Julia Ward" in Notable American Women 1607–1950. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. 2:225-229.
Grinnell, Nancy Whipple, Carrying the Torch. Maud Howe Elliott and the American Renaissance. University Press of New England, 2014.
Elliott, Maud Howe, Three Generations. Boston, Little, Brown, and Co. 1923. (Full text available in the Internet Archive)
External links
Maud Howe Elliott. Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame web page. 2014-05-21.
Maud Howe Elliott Papers, 1882-1948 Finding Aid, John Hay Library, Brown University. 2014-05-21. The collection includes unpublished manuscripts for Elliott's memoirs "Afternoon Tea" and "Memories of Eighty Years."
1854 births
1948 deaths
Writers from Boston
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winners
Suffragists from Rhode Island
American women non-fiction writers
Women autobiographers
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Alan Janes
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Alan Janes (born 16 May 1951) is an English writer and producer who has worked in TV, film, radio and theatre. His musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story (widely credited with being the first of the so-called 'jukebox musicals'),ran for over 14 years and almost 6,000 performances in London's West End, and has been on tour in the UK for 17 years. Buddy has also played Broadway, five US national tours, eight years in Germany, three years in Australia and New Zealand, and other productions around the world, leading to the show being billed as "The World's Most Successful Rock 'n' Roll Musical".
Career
Following his first Z-Cars episode, "Two Wise Monkeys", Janes contributed further episodes to the series, "Bit Of Business", and "Fat Freddy B.A.". He then moved with producer Ron Craddock to write the first episodes of the ground-breaking and hard-hitting hospital drama Angels.
Janes continued to write while working at the BBC Television Script Unit, and contributed many further episodes for Angels. He also wrote original plays and classic series adaptations for BBC Radio, including Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence, Our Man In Havana and Brighton Rock by Graham Greene, Plain Murder by CS Forester and Lord Raingo by Arnold Bennett.
In the latter half of the 1970s, Janes joined the writing team for the soap opera Emmerdale, and in 1979 was invited by BBC head of children's programmes Anna Home to work with writer Phil Redmond and producer Colin Cant on the expansion of Grange Hill from its initial run to an 18 episode continuing series. He stayed writing for Grange Hill for a total of four series.
In the early 1980s, Janes devised and wrote the children's series Jockey School for BBC1 and wrote three films under the generic title of Prisoners Of Conscience for BBC2, about Vladimir Bukovsky, William Beausire, and Nelson Mandela.
This period saw Janes write for the TV series Minder and pen a film for David Putnam, Winter Flight, directed by Roy Battersby, and a film adaptation with Jim Henson's Creature Shop of George Orwell's Animal Farm, directed by John Stephenson.
Buddy
A late-night fan based conversation in a London bar in 1988 with the theatrical agent Laurie Mansfield about the rock 'n' roller Buddy Holly, led Janes to develop and write Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story, which opened at London's Victoria Palace Theatre on 12 October 1989. Referred to as the first of the "jukebox musicals", Buddy ran in London's West End for over 14 years, playing for 5,822 performances.
Janes took over the producing of the show himself in 2004, and Buddy has toured in the UK for 17 years. It has also played on Broadway, five national US tours, Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Holland, Singapore, Finland, Austria and Denmark. Janes was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Musical, and internationally, Buddy has received 29 nominations and awards.
Janes co-wrote and produced the soul musical 125th Street, which played at the Shaftesbury Theatre during 2002-03. He also co-wrote and produced the hit West End musical Jailhouse Rock (based on the songs of Elvis Presley), at the Piccadilly Theatre during 2004 to 2005.
Channel 4
1980-81 saw the planning of Britain's newest channel, Channel 4, and Janes became one of the first of the new breed of independent producers when he was commissioned by Mike Bolland, Commissioning Editor for Entertainment, and Jeremy Isaacs, Chief Executive, to develop, write and produce a new hard hitting comedy/drama reflecting the effects of Thatcher's Britain on young people in the East End of London; it became the 12 episode series Prospects, which was filmed during 1984-85 in London's docklands, aired on Channel 4 in 1986 and repeated on ITV in 1987.
Further producer credits for Janes at Channel 4 included 14 episodes over two series of the sitcom Rude Health starring John Wells and the television films Rotten Apples, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, The End and Positively Negative.
Works
TV, Film, Radio, Theatre
1973 – "Two Wise Monkeys" (Z-Cars – BBC)
1974 – "Bit Of Business" (Z-Cars – BBC)
1974 – "Nights" (Angels – BBC)
1975 – "Accident" (Angels – BBC)
1975 – "Decisions" (Angels – BBC)
1975 – When The Ticking Stops (Original play – BBC)
1977 – Joseph Dreamer (Original play – BBC)
1977 – Twice Shy (Original play – BBC)
1977 – "Casualties" (Angels – BBC)
1978 – "Fat Freddie B.A." (Z Cars – BBC)
1979 – Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (six-part dramatisation – BBC)
1979 – Grange Hill (four episodes – BBC)
1979 – Angels (four episodes – BBC)
1979 – Emmerdale (six episodes – ITV)
1980 – Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence (four part dramatisation – BBC)
1980 – Lord Raingo by Arnold Bennett (four-part dramatisation – BBC)
1980 – Grange Hill (four episodes – BBC)
1980 – Emmerdale (six episodes – ITV)
1981 – Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene (four-part dramatisation – BBC)
1981 – Plain Murder by CS Forester (three part dramatisation – BBC)
1981 – Grange Hill (seven episodes – BBC)
1981 – Emmerdale (six episodes – ITV)
1981 – Prisoners Of Conscience: Vladimir Bukovsky (film - BBC)
1982 – Prisoners Of Conscience: William Beausire (film - BBC)
1982 – Prisoners Of Conscience: Nelson Mandela (film - BBC)
1982 – Grange Hill (five episodes – BBC)
1983 – Jockey School (six episode original series – BBC)
1983 – Emmerdale (six episodes – ITV)
1984 – Winter Flight (feature film – Enigma/Goldcrest/Film Four)
1984 – Minder: "Hypnotising Rita" (Euston Films/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "The P To S Day" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Partners In Brine" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Uncle Harry's System" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Dirty Weekend" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Rodent Engineers" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Standing On Your Own One Foot" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Subterranean Pig Sick Blues" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Frying Tonight" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Four Men In A Boat" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Follow The Yellow Brick Lane" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Running All The Way Part One" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1986 – Prospects: "Running All The Way Part Two" (Euston Films for Channel 4/ITV)
1987 – Rude Health (I) – producer (seven episode situation comedy for Channel 4)
1988 – Rude Health (II) – producer (seven episode situation comedy for Channel 4)
1989 – Rotten Apples – producer (original film for Channel 4)
1989 – It's Only Rock 'n' Roll; The End; Positively Negative. Producer (three short films for Channel 4)
1989 – Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Victoria Palace Theatre)
1999 – Animal Farm (adapted from the original novel by George Orwell for Hallmark Films)
2002 – 125th Street (co-writer/producer, Shaftesbury Theatre)
2004 – Jailhouse Rock The Musical (co-writer/producer, Piccadilly Theatre)
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References
1951 births
Living people
20th-century English writers
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Antonia Niedermaier
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Antonia Niedermaier (born 20 February 2003) is a German cyclist and ski mountaineer. She rides for UCI Women's World Tour team . Niedermaier won a stage of the 2023 Giro Donne, and competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.
Early life
Niedermaier was born in Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany. She later lived in Bad Aibling and Bruckmühl. At the age of 15, she started mountain running, but gave up the sport in 2019 due to injury.
Ski mountaineering career
Niedermaier started ski mountaineering in 2019. That year, she finished third at the Junior World Championships, her first major event. She competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, finishing sixth in the individual event and 17th in the sprint competition. She was part of the German team that finished third in the mixed relay. Niedermaier won the 2020–21 U-20 Ski Mountaineering World Cup in both the individual and vertical events. She won multiple races in the World Cup season. Niedermaier planned to compete at the 2023 Ski Mountaineering World Championships, but was unable to after requiring knee surgery.
Cycling career
Niedermaier started competing for the junior squad of local team Mangertseder Bayern. She won the 2021 German U-19 Road Championships time trial event, and came third in the road race. She also finished third at the World U-23 Road Championships, and second at the European U-23 Road Championships.
In 2022, Niedermaier started competing for Canyon-SRAM Generation. Niedermaier missed the first half of the 2022 season to focus on her studying. In 2022, she won two stages and the general classification at the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche. She took the leader's jersey at the Tour de l'Ardèche after winning from a solo breakaway ride. That year, she also won the Classica de l'Arros and finished third at the German U-23 Road Championships.
Ahead of the 2023 season, Niedermaier was promoted to the UCI Women's World Tour team Canyon–SRAM. Her first race for the team was the Thüringen Ladies Tour; she crashed out on the third stage of the event. She finished third on the second stage of the 2023 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées, and won the Queen of the Mountains and young rider classifications. She won the time trial at the German U-23 Road Championships, and came sixth in the road race.
Later in 2023, Niedermaier competed at the 2023 Giro Donne, her first UCI Women's World Tour event. She won the fifth stage of the Giro Donne, the queen stage of the race, after attacking on the penultimate climb, around from the finish. After the stage, she moved up to second in the race's general classification, and was leader of the young rider classification. She abandoned the race the following day following a crash with Urška Žigart.
Niedermaier won the women's under-23 time trial event at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships.
Major results
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2021
2nd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
3rd Time trial, UCI World Junior Road Championships
2022
1st Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 4 & 5
2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Road race, National Road Championships
8th Visegrad 4 Ladies Race Slovakia
2023
1st Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
1st Stage 5 Giro Donne
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Time trial, European Road Championships Under-23
3rd Overall Tour Féminin des Pyrénées
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
References
External links
Ski Mo Stats Profile
2003 births
Living people
German female cyclists
People from Bad Aibling
Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria
Sportspeople from Rosenheim
Skiers from Upper Bavaria
German female ski mountaineers
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Death Cab for Cutie
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Death Cab for Cutie (commonly abbreviated to DCFC or Death Cab) is an American rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington, in 1997. Death Cab for Cutie's music has been classified as indie rock, indie pop, and alternative rock. The band is currently composed of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Nick Harmer (bass), Dave Depper (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), Zac Rae (keyboards, guitar), and Jason McGerr (drums).
The band was originally a solo project by Gibbard, who expanded the project into a complete group upon getting a record deal. They released their debut album, Something About Airplanes, in 1998. The band's fourth album, 2003's Transatlanticism, broke into the mainstream both critically and commercially; its songs were featured in various TV series and films. The band's major label debut for Atlantic Records, 2005's Plans, went platinum. Founding guitarist Chris Walla left the band in 2014 after 17 years. The band's tenth and latest studio album, Asphalt Meadows, was released on September 16, 2022. Alongside their ten full-length studio albums, the band has released four EPs, two live EPs, one live album, and one demo album.
History
Early years (1997–2002)
Death Cab for Cutie, the name deriving from the Vivian Stanshall/Neil Innes song "Death Cab For Cutie", began in 1997 as a solo project by Ben Gibbard when he was a guitarist for the band Pinwheel. He recorded under the name All-Time Quarterback. As Death Cab for Cutie, he released a cassette, You Can Play These Songs with Chords, during the same year. The release was surprisingly successful, and he decided to expand the project into a band, hiring Chris Walla (who worked on the cassette) on guitar, Nick Harmer on bass guitar, and Nathan Good on drums. Death Cab for Cutie was formed at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. Lyrics from early songs include local references that were important to the band's development. Many of the early songs were recorded in the basement of a house on Ellis Street in which Gibbard lived with several roommates.
The four released their debut album, Something About Airplanes, on August 18, 1998. In 1998, the band met their manager, Jordan Kurland. Kurland had heard the band praised, and after a failed attempt to see them perform at South by Southwest he met them while touring with a client.
The band released We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes in March 2000. Nathan Good left the band during the making of the album and was replaced briefly by Jayson Tolzdorf-Larson. Gibbard played drums on the majority of the album, with Good's playing on "The Employment Pages" and "Company Calls Epilogue" kept on the final release. Although Tolzdorf-Larson did not contribute to the album, he did appear on the song "Spring Break Broke" from the "Death Cab for Fiver" 7-inch record. He also joined the band on two tours, including their first full tour of the United States. Tolzdorf-Larson was later replaced by Michael Schorr, who would first appear on The Forbidden Love EP, released on October 24, 2000.
In 2001, Death Cab for Cutie released their third album, The Photo Album. Limited editions of this album contained three bonus tracks, which were later released separately as The Stability EP. The album produced the band's first charting single, "A Movie Script Ending", which reached number 123 on the UK Singles Chart, and was the first of three songs by the band to be used on the television show The O.C. "I Was a Kaleidoscope" and "We Laugh Indoors" reached numbers 115 and 122 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.
Transatlanticism (2003)
In 2003 there was another change of drummer with Jason McGerr, who had previously played in the band Eureka Farm with Gibbard and Harmer, joining the band. McGerr's debut came with the band's next release, their fourth album Transatlanticism, which was released in October 2003. The album received critical acclaim and launched the band into mainstream commercial success, with the two singles "The Sound of Settling" and "Title and Registration", appearing in the soundtracks of the television shows The O.C., Six Feet Under, CSI: Miami and Californication, and the films Wedding Crashers, Easy A, and Mean Creek. A tenth-anniversary version containing demos and outtakes was released in 2013.
Signing to Atlantic and Plans (2004–2006)
In early 2004, the band recorded a live EP, entitled The John Byrd EP, named for their sound engineer. It was released on Barsuk Records in March.
Death Cab for Cutie had been contacted by major labels on-and-off for several years, but it was only after the proven success of Transatlanticism that they decided to start talking to labels about a potential deal. The fact that they had already achieved considerable success allowed the band to negotiate with a lot of creative freedom. According to their manager Jordan Kurland, the band had spoken to "pretty much all of them", and then decided they were most satisfied with their offer from Atlantic Records. In November 2004, the band signed a "long-term worldwide deal" with Atlantic, leaving their long-time label Barsuk Records. Gibbard stated on the band's official website that nothing would change, except that "next to the picture of Barsuk holding a 7", there will be the letter 'A' on both the spine and back of our upcoming albums." After signing to Atlantic, the band was still nervous about corporate economics, and encouraged fans to download its songs from the Internet.
The band released their fifth studio album and debut major-label release, Plans, on August 30, 2005, to critical and commercial success. Two singles from the album, "Soul Meets Body" and "Crooked Teeth", reached the top ten of the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart, while the single "I Will Follow You into the Dark" became the band's best-selling single to date. Death Cab for Cutie performed "Crooked Teeth" live on Saturday Night Live on January 14, 2006. Plans received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album of 2005, as well as achieving gold certification in 2006 after being featured on the Billboard Album chart for 47 consecutive weeks, and later was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in early May 2008.
The band released a touring DVD, Drive Well, Sleep Carefully, in 2005. Copies of the DVD were given away to promote animal rights, and the band are supporters of the activist group PETA. In early 2006, the band announced the upcoming release of Directions: The Plans Video Album, which features eleven short films inspired by songs from the Plans album, each directed by a different person. The videos were posted one at a time on the band's website, and the DVD went on sale April 11, 2006. The iTunes Store began selling the videos (formatted for iPod) early on March 28, 2006. Lance Bangs, P.R. Brown, Ace Norton, Jeffrey Brown, Lightborne, Autumn de Wilde, Rob Schrab, Laurent Briet and Monkmus, as well as Aaron Stewart-Ahn, are among directors that have contributed to the project. An episode of MTV2's Subterranean played these videos for the whole hour, plus discussion with members of the band. Death Cab for Cutie made their first appearance at Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit, and completed their lengthy 2006 tour of the United States on December 10, 2006, finishing with a show at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington.
Narrow Stairs and The Open Door EP (2007–2009)
Walla claimed on October 18, 2007, that a new album was "in full swing" and that they had six songs completed. He went on to call the new music "weird," "spectacular," and "creepy," saying that it contained "lots of blood." He noted that the album had a "Can jam" that lasted 10 minutes, which Walla said that he would have never imagined doing in 1998. In a Billboard piece in January 2008, the band promised the album to be a "curve ball" and said that although it would have slower songs, there would be some surprises. Walla said, "I'm really excited about it. It's really got some teeth. The landscape of the thing is way, way more lunar than the urban meadow sort of thing that has been happening for the last couple of records." Walla added that the album was "louder and more dissonant and ... abrasive." They claimed that they were influenced by "synth-punk band Brainiac."
Their sixth full-length album, Narrow Stairs, was released on May 12, 2008. The first single, "I Will Possess Your Heart", was released on March 18, 2008. The album version of the song is over eight minutes in length, leading radio and promotional edits to remove the extended intro to shorten the song to four minutes. The second single, "Cath...", was released on July 21, 2008, and the third single, "Grapevine Fires", was released on March 3, 2009. The two singles "I Will Possess Your Heart" and "Cath..." both reached the top ten of the Alternative Songs chart, while "Grapevine Fires" reached number 21. In an album review, MTV writer James Montgomery said "Narrow Stairs is a great album, one that could make them very famous, but could very well also kill their careers," and although "Death Cab for Cutie had gone insane," he believed the LP could be "an early contender for the best album of 2008." Indeed, Narrow Stairs was nominated for "Best Alternative Music Album" and "I Will Possess Your Heart" received a nomination for "Best Rock Song" at the 51st Grammy Awards. The band lost in both categories, but prompted debate after appearing at the ceremony sporting blue ribbons to protest against what they view as the excessive use of Auto-Tune in the music industry. Narrow Stairs was their first album to reach No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart on May 31, 2008. Though the album achieved strong success, Gibbard went on to call it the band's most "depressing record".
On March 31, 2009, the band released The Open Door EP, containing tracks left off Narrow Stairs as well as a demo for "Talking Bird". The Open Door EP was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards. In 2009 the band wrote the song, "Meet Me on the Equinox" for The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack. "Meet Me on the Equinox" was not the first song that Death Cab for Cutie contributed to a soundtrack, as they contributed "Soul Meets Body" to the soundtrack for Catch and Release in 2006.
Codes and Keys (2010–2012)
The band's seventh album, Codes and Keys, was released on May 31, 2011. Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer have both been quoted as saying that the album was "a much less guitar-centric album than we've ever made before". The 1983 album Dazzle Ships, by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), was a major influence on the record.
In March 2011, Ben Gibbard performed a new Death Cab for Cutie song at a solo concert in San Francisco, which would later be revealed as the title track from Codes and Keys. The track list for the album was released on Death Cab for Cutie's website on March 15, 2011.
The first single from the album, "You Are a Tourist", was released on March 29, 2011. The song's music video was their first ever live, scripted, one-take music video shoot: the group streamed a live performance of the music video as it was being recorded on April 5, 2011. The video was accomplished in a single take, using multiple cameras, and no edits or re-takes. The production employed dancers, actors, and projected images. "You Are a Tourist" was also Death Cab for Cutie's first (and to date, only) single to reach number one, topping the Billboard Alternative Songs, Adult Alternative Songs, and Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles charts, as well as reaching number three on the Rock Songs. The band released the video for the song "Home is a Fire" on May 9, 2011, featuring street artist Shepard Fairey plastering lyrics from the song around Los Angeles. "Stay Young, Go Dancing" was released as the second single on September 26, 2011, reaching number 31 on the Alternative Songs chart. "Underneath the Sycamore" was released as the third single on January 10, 2012, but did not chart. Codes and Keys was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012.
The band was due to play at the Ottawa Bluesfest on July 17, 2011, but the outdoor stage collapsed earlier in the evening after sudden severe weather hit the area. On their website, the band posted: "Our hearts go out to those that were injured and we are so thankful that no one was killed."
In 2012, the band toured across the globe, starting in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia. In April and May, the band toured in the United States with members of the Magik*Magik Orchestra, who collaborated on tracks on Codes and Keys. After headlining the inaugural Bunbury Music Festival in Cincinnati, the band played summer festivals in Europe.
Departure of Walla and Kintsugi (2013–2016)
On October 11, 2013, they began working on their eighth studio album, produced by Rich Costey. In an interview with Stereogum, Gibbard said of the new album, "I do think from start to finish it's a much better record than Codes And Keys. If that record turned anybody off, I feel pretty strongly that this one could win them back. There are threads in this one that connect back to our earliest stuff that people love."
As part of the 2014 Record Store Day, the band released its first live album, a vinyl-only double LP recorded during various 2012 tour dates with Magik*Magik Orchestra. Included within the packaging was a code for a digital download of the recording.
On August 13, 2014, after 17 years as a member of Death Cab for Cutie, guitarist and songwriter Chris Walla decided to part ways with the band, with his last performance occurring on September 13, 2014, at the Rifflandia Music Festival in Victoria, British Columbia. In a 2015 interview, Walla explained that he left the band because he found himself uninterested in the music they were working on for Kintsugi. He critiqued the songs as "flat," none of his ideas seemed to be sticking, and he felt the band needed an infusion of fresh blood; "I was really dissatisfied with where the Death Cab stuff had gotten to when I quit as producer, and that’s why I quit." Walla plans to "continue making music, producing records, and erring on the side of benevolence and beauty whenever possible." When asked in an interview about Walla's involvement in the eighth album, McGerr confirmed that Walla "played on everything and has been involved all the way through, even in the mixing. Even though he's played his last show with us, he's still been involved in everything involving this record."
On January 12, 2015, the band officially announced the album, titled Kintsugi, which was released on March 31, 2015. Kintsugi was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. The band toured Kintsugi across the world through September 2016, with new touring members Dave Depper (guitar/keyboards/backing vocals) and Zac Rae (keyboards/guitar) replacing Walla. The album was the first since Gibbard's highly publicized divorce from actress Zooey Deschanel, which is believed to have been a major influence on several of the album's songs.
In October 2016, the band announced the release of a new standalone single, entitled "Million Dollar Loan". The song, intended to be a protest song against Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump, was released as a part of a campaign entitled 30 Days, 30 Songs , in which a previously unreleased song by a different artist was put out each day. Other artists participating in the project included Aimee Mann, who sang on Gibbard's solo album, as well as My Morning Jacket's Jim James and R.E.M. In a Facebook post about the song, Gibbard mentioned both Depper and Rae as part of the band and contributors to the writing of the song's arrangement, indicating that the two had joined the band on a full-time basis.
Kintsugi, the name of the album, means "(Noun) To repair with gold; The art of repairing metal with gold or silver lacquer and understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken."
Thank You for Today and The Blue EP (2017–2020)
On November 17, 2017, the band announced via Instagram that they had begun work on a new studio album due in 2018. On May 1, 2018, the band published a teaser video indicating an August 2018 release date. On June 12, 2018, the band announced the title of the new album, Thank You for Today, and shared the lead single from the album, "Gold Rush". Following this, on July 19, 2018, "I Dreamt We Spoke Again" was released. "Autumn Love" was the last single to be released on August 1, 2018.
The album was released on August 17, 2018. It is the band's first album without Chris Walla, and the first album to feature Depper and Rae. Lauren Mayberry was also featured on the album, contributing vocals on "Northern Lights". On August 28, 2018, the album ranked No. 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts.
On July 29, 2019, the band announced a new EP, The Blue EP, would be released on September 6, 2019. On the same day, they also released the first single from the EP, "Kids in 99", whose lyrics are loosely based on the Olympic pipeline explosion. On 16 August 2019, the EP's second single, "To The Ground" was released.
On December 2, 2020, the band announced that a Bandcamp exclusive EP titled "The Georgia E.P." would be released for 24 hours only on December 4. The album is a collection of covers by artists from Georgia. The proceeds will go to Stacey Abrams organization Fair Fight Action in honor of Georgia voting for Joe Biden in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, as well as the 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia and the 2020–21 United States Senate special election in Georgia.
Asphalt Meadows (2021–present)
The band returned to in-person live performances after 18 months in September 2021, playing shows with Perfume Genius and Deep Sea Diver. On October 29, 2021, the band shared a commemorative 20-year anniversary reissue of The Photo Album which featured studio outtakes, demos and rare recordings.
In February 2022, the band shared their first new music since the release of The Georgia E.P.: A cover of Yoko Ono's "Waiting for the Sunrise", which was recorded as part of Gibbard's curated tribute album to Ono entitled Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono.
On May 5, 2022, the band confirmed that they had finished work on their tenth studio album, which was announced the following week on May 11 as being titled Asphalt Meadows, which was released on September 16. The album's lead single, "Roman Candles", was released on the same day, alongside the announcement of a North American tour with Low and Yo La Tengo.
In fall 2023, the band embarked on an arena tour with Gibbard's other project, The Postal Service, performing both Transatlanticism and Give Up in full to celebrate the albums' 20th anniversaries.
Musical style
Death Cab for Cutie's music has been labeled indie rock, indie pop, emo, and alternative rock. Death Cab for Cutie's early work on You Can Play These Songs with Chords was described by Rolling Stone as "emotion through its lack of emotion". Pitchfork also remarked that the work on the cassette was "ultra-lo-fi". On Something About Airplanes the band's style remained similar, with some new instrumental work introduced; "flute, synth, or cello" were noted by AllMusic's Nitsuh Abebe. On We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes the band again expanded their use of unorthodox instruments, including organ and glockenspiel. Pitchfork called them a "gentle niche" in the current rock climate, compared with bands such as Modest Mouse and Built to Spill.
Rolling Stone reviewed Transatlanticism and commented that it contained "melodic, melancholy songs about feeling both smart and confused, hopelessly romantic but wary of love." Gibbard's voice was described as "plaintive boy-next-door" Entertainment Weekly commented on the music on Plans, saying "The lush arrangements are long on hothouse organs and pianos, but short on the squirmy guitars and squirrelly beats that, on Gibbard's best work, offset his sweet voice and borderline-maudlin poetics with a sense of emotional danger." The band's music on Plans was described by the Dallas Morning News as "a literate, whispery style, the kind of stuff that normally sounds better in headphones than in large venues".
In an interview with Shave Magazine, Ben Gibbard commented on his song writing saying that he "never sit[s] down to write an album number one. I just kind of sit down and write songs and the theme kind of makes itself apparent. But I would never say I was writing about searching for something as much as just trying to document with every song where I am in that moment when I'm writing that song. If a theme kind of makes itself apparent in a record, it has more to do with the fact that just what's been on my mind recently. So I guess clearly I have been and was and am, but it was never a conscious decision."
Band name
Gibbard took the band name from the song "Death Cab for Cutie", which was written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and recorded by their group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The song is a track on the Bonzo's 1967 debut album, Gorilla, and was performed by them in the Beatles film Magical Mystery Tour. The title was originally that of a story in an old pulp fiction crime magazine that Innes came across in a street market. In a 2011 interview, Gibbard stated, "The name was never supposed to be something that someone was going to reference 15 years on. So yeah, I would absolutely go back and give it a more obvious name."
Members
Current members
Ben Gibbard – lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards (1997–present), bass (1997), drums, percussion (1997, 2000)
Nick Harmer – bass (1997–present), backing vocals (2008–present), keyboards, organ (2001–2003), guitar (2011–2012)
Jason McGerr – drums, percussion (2003–present)
Dave Depper – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2016–present; touring musician 2015–2016)
Zac Rae – keyboards, piano, guitar, backing vocals (2016–present; touring musician 2015–2016)
Former members
Chris Walla – guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals (1997–2014)
Nathan Good – drums, percussion (1997–1999)
Jayson Tolzdorf-Larson – drums, percussion (2000)
Michael Schorr – drums, percussion (2000–2003)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
Something About Airplanes (1998)
We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes (2000)
The Photo Album (2001)
Transatlanticism (2003)
Plans (2005)
Narrow Stairs (2008)
Codes and Keys (2011)
Kintsugi (2015)
Thank You for Today (2018)
Asphalt Meadows (2022)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Award
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| Directions
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| "I Will Possess Your Heart"
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| The Open Door EP
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| "Grapevine Fires"
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| "You Are a Tourist"
| Best Art Direction (Art Director: Nick Gould, Tim Nackashi and Anthony Maitz)
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Notes
References
External links
Death Cab for Cutie at the Internet Archive's Live Music Archive
Alternative rock groups from Washington (state)
Atlantic Records artists
Barsuk Records artists
Indie pop groups from Washington (state)
Indie rock musical groups from Washington (state)
Musical groups established in 1997
1997 establishments in Washington (state)
Fierce Panda Records artists
Sub Pop artists
American emo musical groups
Grand Hotel van Cleef Records artists
MTV Video Music Award winners
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Manzanera is a small town and municipality in the province of Teruel, part of the autonomous community of Aragón, Spain. It is in Gúdar-Javalambre comarca and it has 500 people. It is close to the ski area called Javalambre.
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Web page about Manzanera
Municipalities in the Province of Teruel
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Michael Wagner (born 18 December 1975) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made ten appearances for the Austria national team.
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1975 births
Austrian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Austria men's international footballers
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Johanna Nordblad is a Finnish designer, ice diver and freediver.
Professional career
Prior to ice diving, Nordblad started her freediving career in 2000 and has since been competing in the World Championships with the world's best freedivers. In 2004, she broke the female record in freediving with fins (dynamic), swimming 158 metres in 6m 39s. Nordblad also was the Finnish team captain and coach for the men’s national freediving team, preparing them for the 2014 World cup in Italy. Her current record in dynamic freediving is 192 m from the 2013 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. She also achieved a static breath hold of 6 min 35 sec at the 2015 World Championships in Turku, Finland.
Nordblad had a cycling accident in 2010 in which she broke her leg. She started cold-water treatment (ice therapy) in 2013 upon the recommendation of her doctor. She began freediving under the Arctic ice in the 2000s. In 2015, she broke the Guinness World Record for females on March 14, 2015, diving for 50 metres under the ice in 2 °C cold water of Lake Päijänne, while only wearing a swimsuit and mask. On the 18th of March 2021 Nordblad set a new under ice swimming record by diving 103 metres in Lake Ollori under 60cm thick ice without fins or wetsuit which was certified by CMAS. Her journey leading up to her world record attempt, which was interrupted by the covid-19 pandemic, is documented in the Netflix film 'Hold Your Breath: the Ice Dive'.
Nordblad has a history in marketing. She has worked full-time in digital media, printing products, and graphic design. Johanna Nordblad and her sister Elina Manninen, a professional photographer, own the company Greenwater Production. The sisters have produced a variety of lifestyle, adventure and sports related picture books (‘I’m Ok –Freediving’, ‘Paris –Street’, ‘Underwater Picture Book’, ‘Freediving Serbia’, and ‘Helsinki Finland’), as well as short films that capture Johanna’s underwater experiences. Since 2017, Nordblad is the Art and Creative Director of the company.
Besides the documentaries from Greenwater Production, Nordblad’s diving adventures also appear in the short film Nowness that starred Johanna and Green Water Production co-produced, directed by Ian Derry. National Geographic shared the film on its Facebook page in 2015 and it has since then gone viral.
Personal life
Nordblad resides with her son Kasper on Lauttasaari Island, Helsinki, Finland.
References
Finnish sportswomen
Finnish designers
Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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The golden babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae. It occurs from the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia and inhabits subtropical lowland and montane forests. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide distribution.
It has olive-green wings and yellow underparts. Its crown and nape are golden-yellow with narrow stripes. It is long and weighs .
Stachyris chrysaea was the scientific name proposed by Edward Blyth in 1844 who described an olivaceous babbler with a yellow crown from Nepal.
Since 2016, it is recognised as a Cyanoderma species.
References
External links
Cyanoderma
Birds of Eastern Himalaya
Birds of Southeast Asia
Birds of Yunnan
golden babbler
golden babbler
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Birds of Myanmar
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Levoketoconazole, sold under the brand name Recorlev, is a steroidogenesis inhibitor that is used for the treatment of Cushing's syndrome. Levoketoconazole was approved for medical use in the United States in December 2021.
Levoketoconazole is the levorotatory or (2S,4R) enantiomer of ketoconazole, and it is an inhibitor of the enzymes CYP11B1 (11β-hydroxylase), CYP17A1 (17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase), and CYP21A2 (21-hydroxylase). It inhibits glucocorticoid biosynthesis and hence circulating levels of glucocorticoids, thereby treating Cushing's syndrome. In addition to its increased potency, the drug is 12-fold less potent than racemic ketoconazole in inhibiting CYP7A1 (cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase), theoretically resulting in further reduced interference with bile acid production and metabolite elimination and therefore less risk of hepatotoxicity. Levoketoconazole has also been found to inhibit CYP11A1 (cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme) and CYP51A1 (lanosterol-14α-demethylase), similarly but more potently relative to ketoconazole.
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11β-Hydroxylase inhibitors
21-Hydroxylase inhibitors
Acetamides
Antiglucocorticoids
Chloroarenes
Cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme inhibitors
CYP3A4 inhibitors
CYP17A1 inhibitors
Dioxolanes
Enantiopure drugs
Lanosterol 14α-demethylase inhibitors
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Phenylethanolamine ethers
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Brattleboro (), originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States, located about north of the Massachusetts state line at the confluence of Vermont's West River and Connecticut. With a 2022 Census population of 12,106, it is the most populous municipality abutting Vermont's eastern border with New Hampshire, which is the Connecticut River.
There are satellite campuses of two colleges in Brattleboro: Community College of Vermont, and Vermont Technical College. Located in Brattleboro are the New England Center for Circus Arts, Vermont Jazz Center, and the Brattleboro Retreat, a mental health and addictions hospital. Brattleboro was ranked first in the nation in the 2023 "strongest towns" contest run by the nonprofit Strong Towns.
History
Indigenous people
This place was called "Wantastiquet" by the Abenaki people, which meant "lost river", "river that leads to the west", or "river of the lonely way". The Abenaki would transit this area annually between their summer hunting grounds near Swanton, and their winter settlement near Northfield, Massachusetts. The specific Abenaki band who lived here and traversed this place were called "Sokoki", meaning "people who go their own way" or "people of the lonely way".
Frontier fort
To defend the Massachusetts Bay Colony against Chief Gray Lock and others during Dummer's War, the Massachusetts General Court voted on December 27, 1723, to build a blockhouse and stockade on the Connecticut River near the site of what would later become known as Brattleboro. Lieutenant-governor William Dummer signed the measure, and construction of Fort Dummer began on February 3, 1724. It was completed before summer. On October 11 of that year, the French attacked the fort and killed some soldiers. In 1725, Dummer's War ended.
By 1728, and in subsequent peaceful periods, the fort served as a trading post for commerce among the colonial settlers and the Indians. But violence flared up from time to time throughout the first half of the 18th century. In 1744, what became known as King George's War broke out, lasting until 1748. During this period a small body of British colonial troops were posted at the fort, but after 1750 this was considered unnecessary.
Although the area was originally part of the Equivalent Lands, the township became one of the New Hampshire grants, and was chartered (founded) as such on December 26, 1753, by Governor Benning Wentworth. It was named Brattleborough, after Colonel William Brattle, Jr. of Boston, a military officer, cleric, slaveholder as well as a principal proprietor. Ironically, there is no record that Brattle ever visited the locality, and settlement activities remained tentative until after the 1763 Treaty of Paris, when France abandoned their claims to Vermont, part of the region which they had called New France.
Hostilities having ceased, Brattleboro developed quickly in peacetime, and soon was second to no other settlement in the state for business and wealth. In 1771, Stephen Greenleaf opened Vermont's first store in the east village, and in 1784, a post office was established. A bridge was built across the Connecticut River to Hinsdale, New Hampshire, in 1804.
In 1834, the Brattleboro Retreat, then called the Vermont Asylum for the Insane, was established through a generous bequest by Anna Marsh of Hinsdale, New Hampshire. In 1844, the Brattleboro Hydropathic Establishment was opened by Robert Wesselhoeft; this was the third "water cure" establishment in the country, utilizing waters from a spring near the current downtown fire station. Until the water cure closed in 1871, the town was widely known as a curative health resort.
Other industries began to appear in the town under the initiation of the businessman John Holbrook, who initiated firms like the Brattleboro Typographic Company. These businesses initiated a decade of very successful printing industry in the town.
Mill town
Whetstone Falls, very close to where Brattleboro's Whetstone Brook flows into the Connecticut River, was a handy source of water power for watermills, initially a sawmill and a gristmill. By 1859, when the population had reached 3,816, Brattleboro had a woolen textile mill, a paper mill, a manufacturer of papermaking machinery, a factory making melodeons, two machine shops, a flour mill, a carriage factory, and four printing establishments. Connected by the Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad and the Vermont Valley Railroad, the town prospered as a regional center for trade in commodities including grain, lumber, turpentine, tallow and pork. In 1888, the spelling of the town's name was shortened to Brattleboro.
The Estey Organ company, the largest organ manufacturer in the United States, operated in Brattleboro for about a century beginning in 1852. The company's main factory was located southwest of downtown Brattleboro, on the south side of Whetstone Brook between Birge and Organ Streets. At its height, the complex had more than 20 buildings, many of which were interconnected by raised walkways and covered bridges. One of the buildings now houses the Estey Organ Museum. The entire surviving complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, both for its architecture, and for having been a major economic force in Brattleboro for many years.
In 1871, Thomas P. James, "The Spirit Pen of Dickens", a printer by trade, moved to Brattleboro, where he took a job at The Vermont Farmer and Record. James claimed that the departed spirit of Charles Dickens had given him a communication during at a seance on Oak Street. According to James, Dickens' spirit conveyed that he had chosen James to write down the end of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", which Dickens had not completed before he died. Dickens' spirit also supposedly told James that it was fine if James made a profit from the book. The book was printed by the same company that owned the Springfield Union, which was the paper that published the first news about James' claims, as well as excerpts from the new chapters of the novel. Newspaper editors from papers around New England who had employed James denounced the entire affair as a well-planned advertising hoax. The book became a sensation, being reviewed in the New York Times and widely promoted in spiritualist magazines of the day. James published the novel on October 31, 1873, and reported that he sold 30,000 copies of it. James left Brattleboro in 1879, abandoning his third wife, and moving to Watertown, Massachusetts, with his fourth wife Lizzie Plummer, a member of the wealthy Salisbury family with ties to Brattleboro's printing and paper making industries.
British author Rudyard Kipling settled in Brattleboro after marrying a young Brattleboro woman, Carrie Balestier, in 1892. The couple built a home called Naulakha, just over the town line to the north in neighboring Dummerston. Kipling wrote The Jungle Book and other works there. He also wrote about local life in the early 1890s: heavy snowfalls, ox-teams drawing sledges, and people in the small towns beset with what he called a "terrifying intimacy" about each other's lives. He recorded the death of men who had left, going to seek their fortunes in the cities or out west, and the consequent loneliness and depression in the lives of local women; the long length of the workday for farmers, even in winter, often for lack of help; and the abandonment of farms.
The first person ever to receive a U.S. Social Security benefit check, issued on January 31, 1940, was Ida May Fuller from Brattleboro.
On May 12, 1950, auctioneer Emma Bailey held her first auction in Brattleboro, selling a rocking chair for $2.50. She was the first American woman auctioneer, and later became the first woman admitted to the National Auctioneers Association.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 32.5 square miles (84.0 km2), of which 32.0 square miles (82.9 km2) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.2 km2, 1.42%) is water. Brattleboro is drained by the West River, Ames Hill Brook and Whetstone Brook. The town is in the Connecticut River Valley, and its eastern boundary (and the Vermont state line) is the western bank of the Connecticut River. Hills and mountains surround the town.
Climate
Brattleboro experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) with cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers. The town can experience snowfall as early as November and as late as April, and in the adjacent mountains and high country as late as May. Nor'easters often come with the potential of dumping a foot or more of snow on Brattleboro when they move through; such storms are not uncommon during the winter months. Summers are warm to hot and generally humid, with abundant sunshine and heavy showers and thunderstorms associated with passing cold fronts. Tornadoes are rare.
The record high is , set in 1955, and the record low is , set in 1958. In terms of average annual precipitation, May is typically the wettest month, and February is the driest. Brattleboro averages of snow annually.
Brattleboro lies in USDA plant hardiness zone 5a.
Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 12,046 people, 5,364 households, and 2,880 families residing in the town. Almost all of the population is concentrated in two census-designated places identified in the town: Brattleboro and West Brattleboro. The results of recent censuses indicate very little change in the overall number of people living in the town. Despite this, Brattleboro remains the most populous town along Vermont's eastern border.
The population density of the town was 375.3 people per square mile (144.9/km2). There were 5,686 housing units at an average density of 177.7 per square mile (68.6/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 92.1% White, 1.9% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 2.2% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.7% of the population.
There were 5,364 households, out of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.8% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.3% were non-families. 37.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.84.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.3% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $31,997, and the median income for a family was $44,267. Males had a median income of $31,001 versus $25,329 for females. The per capita income for the town was $19,554. About 9.2% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.0% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.
Economy
Both a commercial and touristic gateway for the state of Vermont, Brattleboro is the first major town one encounters crossing northward by automobile from Massachusetts on Interstate 91, and is accessed via Vermont exits 1, 2, and 3 from that thoroughfare. It offers a mix of a rural atmosphere and urban amenities including a number of lodging establishments. Brattleboro also hosts art galleries, stores, and performance spaces, mostly located in the downtown area.
In 2007, after meeting qualifying criteria, the local Selectboard passed a resolution designating Brattleboro a Fair Trade Town, becoming the second Fair Trade certified town in the nation after Media, Pennsylvania.
C&S Wholesale Grocers, the northeast's largest regional food distributor, made its headquarters here until 2005, when they moved their administrative offices to Keene, New Hampshire; however, because of close proximity to Interstate 91, C&S still operates a large shipping and warehouse facility in Brattleboro near I-91's Exit 3.
Ehrmann Commonwealth Dairy is headquartered in Brattleboro and operates a dairy processing facility in the town that opened in 2011.
New Chapter, an organic vitamin and supplement maker is headquartered in Brattleboro.
Development
The town's densely populated center is located near Vermont's lowest elevation point in the Connecticut river valley. Because of the surrounding steep hills there is very little flat land, and many of its buildings and houses are situated on steep hillsides, necessarily closely bunched together. This concentrated topography and population density have helped to create a semi-urban, cosmopolitan atmosphere in the downtown.
Since the 1950s, additional construction and development have expanded outside the concentrated downtown area; in the west, south, and north of the township. The southeast quarter of the town, near to and abutting the riverbank, is where its population has historically been the densest, and is composed largely of one- or two-family houses, with apartment buildings such as "triple deckers" interspersed among them. Commercial and industrial operations are concentrated along the north-south Canal Street (Route 5) artery. The town's high school and the Regional Career Center are also located in this section, as is Fort Dummer State Park, which is named after the first European settlers' 1724 stockade. The original Fort's site, however, was flooded in the early 20th century by a flood-control and hydro-electric dam built just downstream in Vernon, Vermont. An historical marker is located near the Fort's now-underwater site, on the west bank of the Connecticut River on Vernon Road (VT Route 142), at the corner of Cotton Mill Hill.
The western section of town, built up around Vermont's east-west Route 9, was formally designated a village in 2005. It is mostly lower-density residential in character, and features the state's largest mobile home park and several planned housing developments and subdivisions. Away from the Route 9 conduit, other parts of western Brattleboro and some areas north of the West River have a decidedly rural character, with dirt roads, sparse housing, wooded Green Mountains foothills, and the last few farms left in the town following the 1970s' decline of the dairy industry. At its peak, the immediate Brattleboro area had over 170 farms; there are now less than a dozen remaining.
The section of Brattleboro north of the West River, formerly farmland, was mostly subdivided and developed during the 1960s and 1970s following the construction of Interstate 91, which runs north-south through the town. The area has little residential development and is dominated by larger commercial and industrial establishments and suburban-style shopping areas along Putney Road, including seven chain hotels and motels located within a short distance of each other.
Brattleboro is also the headquarters of the Holstein/Friesian Cattle Association, which houses and maintains the worldwide registries for those two breeds.
Arts and culture
Brooks Memorial Library houses a town historical archive, fine art paintings, and sculptures.
Brattleboro has a thriving arts community. It was listed in John Villani's book The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America, in which it was ranked #9 among 'arts towns' with a population of 30,000 or less.
On the first Friday of every month, an event known as "Gallery Walk" is held, during which galleries, artists, arts organizations, and stores display new art works or hold performances. Included in the organizations that participate are the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, the Hooker-Dunham Theater and Gallery, the In-Sight Photography Project, River Gallery School, Through the Music, and the Windham Art Gallery. Gallery Walk is a mid-1990s creation of, and continues to be sponsored by, the Arts Council of Windham County.
Other arts organizations in Brattleboro include the Brattleboro Music Center, the Vermont Theatre Company, the New England Youth Theater, the Brattleboro Women's Chorus, the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA), the Vermont Performance Lab, and the Vermont Jazz Center.
Annual events
February's annual Winter Carnival
Alpine Ski Jumping's Fred Harris Memorial Tournament, each February at the Harris Hill Ski Jump
Brattleboro Women's Film Festival, each March
Maple Open House Weekend, each March
Annual Benefit Auction for River Gallery School each March
Winston Prouty Center's Taste of the Town fund raiser each May
Annual Slow Living Summit in May or June
Vermont Theatre Company's Shakespeare-in-the-Park in June and July
Brattleboro Free Folk Festival, founded in 2003
Brattleboro Literary Festival in October
Brattleboro Film Festival first two weeks of November
Parks and recreation
The town operates and maintains the Gibson-Aiken Center, a large recreation and community activities facility, located downtown on Main Street, along with a number of parks and outdoor recreation centers, including Living Memorial Park, whose features include an outdoor swimming pool and a municipal skiing facility. There are bicycle lanes on Putney Road in the northern portion of town, on Guilford Street near Living Memorial Park, and on a short segment of Western Avenue in West Brattleboro. Open during the summer months, Fort Dummer State Park is named for, and located near, the original site of a Dummer's War-era stockade. The state park consists of 218 acres of protected forest, featuring hiking trails and a State campground, just south of the population center on wooded hills overlooking the Connecticut River.
Brattleboro sees a substantial seasonal influx of recreational skiers and snowboarders, many of them bound for the resorts at nearby Mount Snow and Stratton, but it is also a winter sports destination in and of itself. The town played an important role in the development and popularization of the skiing industry as a winter sport, with pioneering Brattleboro native and Dartmouth College alumnus Fred Harris, founder of the Dartmouth Outing Club (1909–1910), also establishing the Brattleboro Outing Club (in 1922), contributing to the first North American use of motor-driven ski lifts, and building the Harris Hill olympic-scale ski jumping facility, the site of international competitions every February that still attract daring ski-jumping athletes from all over the world.
Government
Brattleboro employs a representative town meeting local government, wherein its citizens are represented at-large by a Selectboard of five members, and by several dozen town representatives elected from three municipal districts. The Selectboard, meeting on average every week or two, is considered part of the 'executive branch' of town government; its five members being elected to fill three one-year positions and two three-year positions. In turn, the Selectboard hires and supervises a full-time town manager. The town's three districts also each elect a representative to the Vermont State Legislature.
State and federal representation
Brattleboro is represented at the national level by U.S. senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, and by Congresswoman Becca Balint, who also represents Vermont's entire at-large federal congressional district.
At the state level in Montpelier:
Sen. Wendy Harrison (D)
Sen. Nader Hashim (D)
Rep. Mollie Burke (P/D)
Rep. Emilie Kornheiser (D)
Rep. Tristan Toleno (D)
Ballot initiatives
Brattleboro voted in support of a measure calling on the town's police force to arrest and indict President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in March 2008. The vote was 2012–1795.
In March 2017, Brattleboro voted in support of a ban on grocery store plastic bags by a 3 to 1 margin.
Education
Brattleboro has a diverse mix of public and private primary, secondary and post-secondary schools and career centers. Sub-campuses of the Community College of Vermont and Vermont Technical College are located in Brattleboro; in the downtown's newly renovated Brooks House. Brattleboro is also home to the New England Academic Center of Union Institute and University, housed in the Marlboro College Graduate Center building.
SIT Graduate Institute, formerly known as the School for International Training, is a private higher education institution in northern Brattleboro. An outgrowth of The Experiment in International Living, which was founded in 1932 in nearby Putney, Vermont, the Graduate Institute offers master's degrees in several internationally oriented concentrations. Its students and faculty hail from all regions of the globe, giving Brattleboro a decidedly eclectic and international flair, and its notable alumni include native Vermonter and 1997 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams.
Brattleboro currently has three public K–6 elementary schools. They are:
Green Street School
Oak Grove School
Academy School
There is one public middle school, the Brattleboro Area Middle School (BAMS), and one public high school, the Brattleboro Union High School (BUHS). The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union, which oversees the public school system in the southeastern corner of Windham County, also administers a dedicated vocational education unit, the Windham Regional Career Center. Oak Meadow, a K–12 homeschool curriculum provider and distance learning school is also based out of downtown Brattleboro.
Media
Print
The town is home to the Brattleboro Reformer (est. 1876 as the 'Windham County Democrat'), a daily newspaper with a weekday circulation of just over 10,000, and The Commons, a non-profit community weekly newspaper. The Parent Express, a community newspaper, circulates in Brattleboro; Keene, New Hampshire; and throughout Windham County, Vermont, and Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Local news is also carried in the Keene Sentinel and Rutland Herald.
Radio
There are several radio stations which broadcast from Brattleboro.
FM
WVBA 88.9 FM, Vermont Public Radio outlet
WKVT-FM 92.7 (classic hits)
WTSA-FM 96.7 (hot adult contemporary)
WVEW-LP 107.7 (community-supported low power station)
AM
WINQ 1490
WTSA 1450
Television
Brattleboro is not reached by terrestrial broadcast television due to the surrounding mountains, in addition to being just far enough away from major cities like Boston, Springfield, and Albany. However, as of October 2022, like the rest of Vermont except Bennington County, it is considered part of the Burlington / Plattsburgh television market. Comcast and Consolidated Communications are the major suppliers of cable television programming for Brattleboro. Local stations offered on Comcast include most major Burlington-area stations, as well as WMUR-TV (ABC) and WEKW-TV (NHPTV) from New Hampshire; and WGBY-TV from Springfield, Massachusetts.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Roads and highways
Brattleboro is crossed by six highways, including one Interstate highway. They are:
Interstate 91
U.S. Route 5 ("Connecticut River Byway")
Vermont Route 9 ("Molly Stark Trail")
Vermont Route 30
Vermont Route 119
Vermont Route 142
Vermont Route 9 runs from the New York border with Vermont, west of Bennington, traverses the southern backbone of the Green Mountains well west of Brattleboro, and eventually arrives in the heart of Brattleboro's downtown as High Street. Its other local names are The Molly Stark Trail, Marlboro Road, Western Avenue, Main Street, and Putney Road. It meets I-91 at a partial cloverleaf interchange (from where it is Exit 2 from the Interstate), then as it advances eastward into downtown, it overlaps U.S. Route 5 at the intersection of Main and High Streets. The road then runs north with Main Street into Putney Road then to the traffic circle at Interstate 91's Exit 3 (connected to that highway via a trumpet interchange westward from this roundabout), where it diverges from Route 5 and runs eastward into New Hampshire, becoming New Hampshire Route 9.
U.S. Route 5 enters Brattleboro at its border with the town of Guilford and runs north-south, through downtown, eventually exiting Brattleboro at its northern border with the town of Dummerston. Route 5's local names are Canal Street, Main Street, and Putney Road. Southbound, Route 5 detours along Park Place and part of Linden Street, as part of a one-way 'traffic triangle' at the north end of Main Street. Route 5, designated throughout Vermont as the Connecticut River Byway, is the only scenic byway in Vermont to receive national byway status.
Scenic Vermont Route 30 has its southern terminus in Brattleboro at the intersection of Park Place and Linden Street. From this point, it runs for about 12 miles on a very gently graded roadbed along the West River's southern bank, affording a stunning vista and connecting Brattleboro with picturesque New England towns and recreational areas elsewhere in Windham County and Vermont. Its wide riverside paved shoulder makes it a favorite cycling route. Route 30 exits Brattleboro at its border with Dummerston and continues northwest along the West River. Its local names within Brattleboro are Linden Street and West River Road.
Interstate 91, originating in Connecticut and terminating at the Canada–U.S. border, runs north-south through town, arcing westward around the town center. Its first three Vermont exits are in Brattleboro: Exit 1 serves the southern part of town, Exit 2 serves the western section of town connecting to local ski areas via Route 9, and Exit 3 serves the northern section of town and neighboring southwest New Hampshire. I-91's majestic twin-structure West River Bridge is, as of 2015, being rebuilt with a completely new design.
Vermont Route 119 begins at a 5-way intersection, four road directions and one parking lot entrance, with U.S. Route 5 and VT Route 142. Route 119's local name within Brattleboro is Bridge Street. It continues east with an at-grade crossing of the New England Central Railroad just before crossing into New Hampshire over the Connecticut River, whose border lies just from the road's western end.
Vermont Route 142 begins at the same junction with Route 5 and Route 119 mentioned above, continuing southward, closely paralleling the New England Central Railroad for much of its length within town. Its local names are Vernon Street and Vernon Road, as it continues southward into the town of Vernon and eventually into Massachusetts.
Rail
Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, operates its Vermonter service daily through Brattleboro, connecting the town by rail with Washington, D.C., and St. Albans, Vermont, and many stations in between. Brattleboro was recently part of a $70 million re-alignment of the Vermonters route to the old Montrealer route, restoring passenger rail service between Brattleboro and the western Massachusetts cities of Northampton and Greenfield. Recent upgrades to railroad tracks in Massachusetts and Connecticut, to the south, have significantly reduced rail travel time to New York and points south.
Bus
Southeast Vermont Transit, doing business as the MOOver and consisting of the former Current and Brattleboro BeeLine bus operations, operates 3 local bus routes around Brattleboro that also serve Guilford and Hinsdale, New Hampshire on weekdays and Saturday non-holidays. They also operated commuter bus routes between Brattleboro, Bellows Falls (weekdays) and Wilmington (everyday).Brattleboro to Bellows Falls 53 bus route, The MOOver. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
Greyhound also stops in Brattleboro.
Air
The closest small-craft airports to Brattleboro are the Deerfield Valley Regional Airport in West Dover to the west, and Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene, New Hampshire, to the east. The closest airports (both within north of the town) offering regularly-scheduled domestic commercial flights include Lebanon Municipal Airport in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, and the Rutland – Southern Vermont Regional Airport, close to Rutland. Both airports feature daily Cape Air flights to and from Boston and White Plains, New York. The closest airports with regularly-scheduled domestic and international flights are Bradley International Airport to the south, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport to the east, and Albany International Airport to the west, all of them less than two hours' driving distance from the town.
Fire department
The town of Brattleboro is protected by the Brattleboro Fire Department, founded in 1831 and located on Elliot Street in the downtown business district. There is also a sub-station in West Brattleboro. The Department's current Chief is Michael Bucossi.
Police
Brattleboro and West Brattleboro are serviced by the Brattleboro Police Department.
The Windham County Sheriff's Department provides prisoner transport and serves civil documents across Brattleboro and the rest of Windham County.
The Vermont State Police have a substation in Westminster and also serve the town.
Health care
Brattleboro is home to the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, a 61-bed community hospital serving southeastern Vermont since 1904. As of 2014, the hospital has 137 primary care and specialist physicians on its staff.Golden Cross Ambulance provides EMT and ambulance service for Brattleboro, as well as Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
Brattleboro is also home to the Brattleboro Retreat, a large private, non-profit psychiatric hospital founded in 1834. The Retreat, as it is known locally, was one of the first acute mental health care facilities founded in the United States. It is the third largest employer in the town, and 45th largest in Vermont, with a workforce of about 400 as of 2013.Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of Vermont (HCRS)' provides Brattleboro, and the rest of Windham and Windsor counties in Vermont, with outpatient services for mental health, substance abuse and developmental disabilities. The agency is headquartered in Springfield and also has other satellite offices elsewhere in Vermont in Bellows Falls, Windsor and White River Junction.
Utilities
Brattleboro's electricity is supplied by Green Mountain Power. Brattleboro's surface water supply is the Pleasant Valley Reservoir, which the Pleasant Valley Water Plant siphons through Brattleboro at a daily average of 1.0 to 1.5 million gallons per day. Also, backup water pumps are adjacent to West River Road just north of the Brattleboro Retreat.
Cable television in Brattleboro is provided by Comcast. Comcast and Consolidated Communications also provide the town with landline phone and high speed Internet service.
Notable people
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Vermont
Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
References
Further reading
External links
Town of Brattleboro official website
Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce
Artist colonies
Vermont populated places on the Connecticut River
Towns in Vermont
Towns in Windham County, Vermont
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Tsugaru Nobuhisa
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was the 5th daimyō of Hirosaki Domain in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, Japan (modern-day Aomori Prefecture). His courtesy title was Tosa-no-kami, and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.
Biography
Tsugaru Nobuhisa was the second son of Tsugaru Nobumasa, 4th daimyō of Hirosaki Domain. His childhood name was Takechiyo, and his original adult name was Tsugaru Nobushige. He resided in Edo during the first half of his life, and visited Hirosaki the first time only on his father's death. On his accession to the lordship at the age of 43, he proclaimed seven days of mourning, followed by elaborate ceremonies enshrining his father at the Shinto shrine of Takateru Jinja in Hirosaki. Nobuhisa was a noted swordsman, having studied under the Ono-ha Ittō-ryu school while residing in Edo. He also studied Japanese calligraphy and Japanese painting under masters of the Kanō school, and sponsored the lacquer artist Ogawa Haritsu to develop the craft as an industry for Tsugaru Domain. After becoming daimyō of Hirosaki, in addition to continuing development of new paddy fields and irrigation works as started by his father and grandfather, he also commissioned art works and a history of the Tsugaru clan. He also successfully prosecuted a boundary dispute with the Tsugaru clan’s arch-rivals, the Nanbu clan of Morioka Domain, with the Tokugawa shogunate ruling completely in the Tsugaru clan's favor. This issue would resurface again in 107 years with the attempt in 1821 by Nanbu samurai to assassinate the Tsugaru daimyō in the "Sōma Daisaku Incident.
Against this background, Hirosaki Domain had serious financial issues. Inclement weather and repeated eruptions of Mount Iwaki resulted in repeated crop failures. The Domain cut the stipends for its retainers and raised taxes repeatedly to unsustainable levels, imposed stringent sumptuary laws, and finally was forced to send many of its lower level retainers away. On the other hand, Nobuhisa surrounded himself with sycophants at his Edo residence and continued to live a life of profligate luxury. Word of this reached the ears of shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune, and influenced the sections of the Kyōhō Reforms emphasizing the need for frugality.
On May 16, 1731, Nobuhisa retired in favor of his grandson Nobuaki, then aged 13, and continued to rule behind-the-scenes. However, Nobuaki died in 1744, and Nobuhisa arranged to have his great-grandson Nobuyasu (age 6) appointed daimyō. Nobuhisa continued to rule behind-the-scenes until his death on March 10, 1746. Nobuhisa had 5 sons and 6 daughters. His grave is at the clan temple of Shinryō-in (a subsidiary of Kan'ei-ji) in Taitō-ku, Tokyo.
See also
Tsugaru clan
References
"Hirosaki-jō" (17 Feb. 2008)
"Tsugaru-han" on Edo 300 HTML (17 Feb. 2008)
The content of much of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.
Tozama daimyo
Tsugaru clan
1669 births
1746 deaths
People of Edo-period Japan
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List of electoral wards in Bedfordshire
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This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire in South East England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.
Unitary authority councils
Bedford
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 5 May 1983:
Wards from 5 May 1983 to 2 May 2002:
Wards from 2 May 2002 to 5 May 2011:
Wards from 5 May 2011 to 2023:
Wards from 2023:
Central Bedfordshire
Wards from 1 April 2009 (first election 4 June 2009) to 5 May 2011:
Wards from 5 May 2011 to 2023:
Wards from 2023:
Luton
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 6 May 1976:
Wards from 6 May 1976 to 1 May 2003:
Wards from 1 May 2003 to present:
Former county council
Bedfordshire
Electoral Divisions from 1 April 1974 (first election 12 April 1973) to 2 May 1985:
Electoral Divisions from 2 May 1985 to 5 May 2005:
Electoral Divisions from 5 May 2005 to 1 April 2009 (county council abolished):
Former district councils
Mid Bedfordshire
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:
Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 2003:
Wards from 1 May 2003 to 1 April 2009 (district abolished):
South Bedfordshire
Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 6 May 1976:
Wards from 6 May 1976 to 2 May 2002:
Wards from 2 May 2002 to 1 April 2009 (district abolished):
Electoral wards by constituency
Bedford
Brickhill, Castle, Cauldwell, De Parys, Goldington, Harpur, Kempston East, Kempston North, Kempston South, Kingsbrook, Newnham, Putnoe, Queen's Park.
Luton North
Barnfield, Bramingham, Challney, Icknield, Leagrave, Lewsey, Limbury, Northwell, Saints, Sundon Park.
Luton South
Biscot, Caddington, Crawley, Dallow, Farley, High Town, Hyde and Slip End, Round Green, South, Stopsley, Wigmore.
Mid Bedfordshire
Ampthill, Aspley Guise, Barton-le-Clay, Clifton and Meppershall, Cranfield, Flitton, Greenfield and Pulloxhill, Flitwick East, Flitwick West, Harlington, Houghton, Haynes, Southill and Old Warden, Marston, Maulden and Clophill, Shefford, Campton and Gravenhurst, Shillington, Stondon and Henlow Camp, Silsoe, Streatley, Toddington, Turvey, Wilshamstead, Wootton.
North East Bedfordshire
Arlesey, Biggleswade Holme, Biggleswade Ivel, Biggleswade Stratton, Bromham, Carlton, Clapham, Eastcotts, Great Barford, Harrold, Langford and Henlow Village, Northill and Blunham, Oakley, Potton and Wensley, Riseley, Roxton, Sandy Ivel, Sandy Pinnacle, Sharnbrook, Stotfold.
South West Bedfordshire
All Saints, Chiltern, Dunstable Central, Eaton Bray, Grovebury, Heath and Reach, Houghton Hall, Icknield, Kensworth and Totternhoe, Linslade, Manshead, Northfields, Parkside, Planets, Plantation, Southcott, Stanbridge, Tithe Farm, Watling.
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire
Sources
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20071681_en_1
Bedfordshire
Wards
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Stephen McNamara
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Stephen McNamara (born 1973) is an Irish former hurler and manager who played as a right corner-forward for the Clare senior team.
McNamara made his first appearance for the team during the 1995 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1999 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals and three Munster medals.
At club level McNamara played with Éire Óg.
In retirement from playing McNamara has become involved in coaching, most notably with Faughs and Ballinteer St. John's in Dublin.
McNamara is the third generation of his family to enjoy All-Ireland success. His grandfather Jackie Power won two All-Ireland medals with Limerick in 1936 and 1940, while his uncle, Ger Power, won eight All-Ireland football medals with Kerry between 1975 and 1986.
References
1973 births
Living people
Éire Óg, Inis hurlers
Clare inter-county hurlers
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners
Hurling managers
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African Music Machine
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The African Music Machine was a Shreveport funk band, led by Louis Villery, playing in the 1970s. It issued several singles which became collector's items. A compilation album Black Water Gold was issued in 2000. The band was re-formed by Villery in 2001, and issued an album on the Singular label.
They play mellow beats incorporating traditional African and Caribbean sounds.
References
African-American musical groups
American funk musical groups
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Melchiorre
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Melchiorre may refer to:
As first name
Melchiorre Cafà (1636–1667), Maltese sculptor
Melchiore Cesarotti (1730–1808), Italian poet
Melchiorre Delfico (caricaturist) (1825–1895), Italian caricaturist
Melchiorre Delfico (economist) (1744–1835), Italian economist
Melchiorre Gherardini (1607–1668), Italian painter
Melchiorre Gioia (1767–1829), Italian philosopher and economist
Melchiorre Grimaldi (died 1512), Italian Bishop
Melchiorre Luise (1896–1967), Italian opera singer
Melchiorre Martelli, regent of San Marino
Melchiorre da Montalbano, Italian architect and sculptor
Melchiorre Murenu (1803–1854), Sardinian poet
Melchiorre Zoppio (1544–1634), Italian doctor and scholar
As surname
Daniela Melchiorre (born 1970), Italian magistrate and politician
Gene Melchiorre (1927–2019), American college basketball player
Luigi Melchiorre (born 1859), Italian sculptor
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Federico Querín
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Federico Luis Querín (born 10 September 1966) is an Argentine rower. He competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
References
1966 births
Living people
Argentine male rowers
Olympic rowers for Argentina
Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing (living people)
Pan American Games medalists in rowing
Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
Rowers at the 1987 Pan American Games
Rowers at the 1991 Pan American Games
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Revolutionary Labour Bloc
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The Revolutionary Labour Bloc (Spanish: Bloque Laborista Revolucionario) was a grouping in the Senate of Córdoba in Argentina. It was formed after the 1946 election, by four dissident senators from the Peronist bloc; Federico de Uña (chairman of the Unión Obrera del Dulce y Anexos), Carlos Rossini, Godofredo Stauffer (land-owner from Unión Cívica Radical) and Antonio Llorens (who had belonged to UCR). The Revolutionary Labour Bloc emerged as a prominent force in the provincial legislature and spearheaded an impeachment trial against the incumbent state governor. These events led Juan Perón to dissolve the provincial legislature in 1947.
References
Political parties in Argentina
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Ecsenius nalolo
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Ecsenius nalolo, known commonly as the Nalolo in South Africa or the Nalolo blenny in Micronesia, is a species of combtooth blenny in the genus Ecsenius. It is found in coral reefs in the western Indian ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 6.5 centimetres. Blennies in this species feed primarily on plants, including benthic algae and weeds.
References
Smith, J. L. B. 1959 (May) Fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae of the western Indian Ocean. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology No. 14: 229-252, Pls. 14-18. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
nalolo
Fish described in 1959
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Dryobalanops lanceolata
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Dryobalanops lanceolata is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species name is derived from Latin ( = shaped like the head of a spear) and refers to the shape of the leaf. This species is endemic to Borneo. It is common in protected areas, although elsewhere it has suffered modest population decline due to logging and land conversion.
It is an immense emergent tree, up to 80 m tall, found in mixed dipterocarp forest on clay-rich soils. It is a heavy hardwood sold under the timber trade name kapur.
References
lanceolata
Endemic dipterocarps of Borneo
Taxa named by William Burck
Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests
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Destinus
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Destinus is a private European aerospace company specialising in aerospace, defence and energy founded in 2021 in Payerne, Switzerland. The company focuses on supersonic and hypersonic aviation, hydrogen, dual-use technologies, and power generation.
History
Founder
The company was founded in 2021 by Mikhail Kokorich, a physicist, inventor, and serial entrepreneur. In 2011, Kokorich founded Russia's first private space company, Dauria.
In 2012, Kokorich immigrated to the US. In California, he founded the space companies Astro Digital and Momentus. Astro Digital analyzes and distributes satellite data; its main customer was the US Department of Defense. Momentus has satellite shuttles to move them between different orbits, with a revolutionary propulsion system based solely on water and sunlight. Momentus raised more than $100 million in venture capital, and the company was valued at $4 billion. However, tensions with Russia escalated under the Trump administration.
Kokorich, as founder, CEO, and majority shareholder of companies important to national security, came under pressure from authorities. Permission to launch was denied. SEC securities regulator took legal action, and he eventually had to sell his shares at a token price.
In early 2021, Kokorich relocated to Europe and founded Destinus.
The company
Destinus’ first prototype, Jungfrau, conducted its maiden flight in November 2021 at an airport near Munich. The test flight was a success in verifying a hypersonic aero shape based on the waverider concept at low speeds.
In early 2022, the company raised 26.8 million Swiss francs (approximately US$29 million) for the development of hypersonic hydrogen flights and associated technologies. Throughout the year, Destinus planned and achieved many key milestones, including the successful maiden flight of their Eiger prototype and the testing of their hydrogen-powered afterburner technology
In June 2022 Destinus and Spanish engine manufacturer ITP Aero agreed to jointly develop a hydrogen engine test bed and demonstrate their hydrogen combustion research with the direct support and cooperation of Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA). The program agency of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico e Industrial (Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology), chose this project as a strategic initiative under its Plan de Tecnologías Aeronáuticas (PTA). The grant funds the construction of a test site near Madrid for air-breathing hydrogen engines, which Destinus will help design and carry out further tests. The second grant funds research into aspects of liquid hydrogen engines to test innovative propulsion solutions for future hydrogen-powered supersonic aircraft. The total investment in the second grant project is €15 million.
In November 2022, Michel Friedling, the first French Air Force general to head the French Space Command, joined the Destinus strategic committee as an advisor because he "cannot remain a spectator in front of the challenge of decarbonised hypersonic aviation".
In January 2023, Oleksandr Danylyuk, former Minister of Finance of Ukraine, joined Destinus as Senior Vice President of Defense. His extensive expertise in finance and strong background in managing government affairs bring a new dimension to the company's leadership.
In February 2023, Destinus was awarded grants for two projects worth about €27 million from the Spanish government to expand hydrogen propulsion capabilities. The projects involve multiple companies, technology centres, and Spanish universities and are part of Spain’s plan to make the country a world leader in producing renewable hydrogen and developing hydrogen-based mobility solutions.
Agreements and partnerships were established between Destinus and the Commune of Payerne in 2023, aligning with the company’s plans to build a hydrogen test site. The intention is to further support the development of their next-generation propulsion, combining jet engines with afterburners fuelled by hydrogen.
Its first two subsonic prototypes made successful test flights in 2022. The company states that the third prototype, Destinus 3, is on track to make the hydrogen-powered flight by early 2024.
At the Paris Air Show in June 2023, Destinus unveiled its third demonstrator, the Destinus 3. If successfully flown, the model would be the world's first liquid hydrogen-powered supersonic unmanned vehicle, aiming to achieve a speed of Mach 1.3. The 10-meter, 2-tonne prototype is equipped with Destinus's hydrogen afterburner and an autopilot system. Destinus 3 is scheduled to make its first subsonic flight in early 2024, with supersonic campaigns to follow in late 2024.
In October 2023, Destinus announced the construction of the "Destinus H2 Park" in partnership with the Swiss Aeropole technology park in Payerne and Innovaud, the innovation agency of the canton of Vaud. This marks the first private testing site for hydrogen-powered propulsion systems in Switzerland and the third of its kind in Europe.
Projects
Flight demonstrators
Destinus-1/Jungfrau (subsonic): A vehicle designed to verify the flight capabilities of a hypersonic aero shape based on a waverider concept at low speeds. The demonstrator was designed, built, and flight tested in 4 months with the first flight in November 2021. Multiple successful test flight campaigns were conducted in 2021 and 2022. Destinus’ first flight with hydrogen is scheduled to take place during Q2 of 2023; a new propulsion system designed by Destinus combining turbojets and afterburners was integrated into Destinus-1.
Destinus-2/Eiger (subsonic): A vehicle designed to advance the hypersonic aero shape studies of Destinus-1. The demonstrator was designed, built, and tested in 6 months with the first flight campaign in April 2022. Destinus-2 underwent additional upgrades and analysis months following. Its second flight campaign took place in October 2022.
Destinus-3 (supersonic). A vehicle designed to reach supersonic velocities with hydrogen afterburner technology and a novel autopilot system developed by Destinus. The demonstrator was designed between 2022–2023 and will conduct several flight campaigns between 2023–2024.
Hypothetical passenger aircraft
Destinus S: The Destinus S is a not-yet-built concept for an aircraft with four high-performance engines converted to run on liquid hydrogen. The company claims the aircraft will have a cruise speed of Mach 5 with a capacity of 25 passengers.
Destinus L: A not-yet-built concept for an aircraft capable of transporting up to 400 passengers to any destination in the world within two to three hours, according to the company's claims. This aircraft will have a cruise speed of Mach 6.
Energy
OP16 Gas Turbine: The Netherlands-based company OPRA was acquired by Destinus SA in April 2023, becoming Destinus Energy. The company continues to produce the OPRA OP16 gas turbine, designed to allow high fuel flexibility, a small footprint, long operating hours between major overhauls and high exhaust heat temperatures.
Other
Hydrogen Propulsion System: Destinus designed in-house a hydrogen afterburner. The propulsion approach was to develop a hybrid engine, combining conventional jet turbines using Jet A fuel and afterburners using hydrogen fuel. An afterburner is an additional combustion component used for generating more thrust. The intention is to conduct the world's first post combustion flight.
Partnerships and other
Memberships
Destinus Spain
PAE
AZEA
Grants
Destinus Spain
PTA 2022 – partners: ITP Aero, Auto Juntas, Aerotecnic Metallic
PERTE H2 2022 – partners: CiTD
See also
Concorde
Supersonic aircraft
Hypersonic flight
Hydrogen vehicle
References
Hypersonic aircraft
Aviation
Hydrogen-powered aircraft
Technology companies established in 2021
Aerospace companies of Europe
Companies based in the canton of Vaud
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