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11663875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Whitehouse | William Whitehouse | William Edward Whitehouse (20 May 1859 – 12 January 1935) was an English cellist.
Career
He studied for one year with Alfredo Piatti, for whom he deputised (taking his place in concerts when called upon), and was his favourite pupil. He went on to teach at the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music and King's College, Cambridge; his students included Felix Salmond and Beatrice Harrison, who both became closely associated with Edward Elgar. He played with violinist Joseph Joachim, and formed The London Trio with violinist Achille Simonetti and pianist Amina Goodwin. He edited Piatti's Caprices, with suggestions as to how his former teacher preferred them to be played.
External links
William Whitehouse
The Violoncello and the Romantic Era: 1820-1920: Part II — A Survey of Current Cello Teachers on Romantic Repertoire and Aesthetics
1859 births
1935 deaths
20th-century classical musicians
Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
Academics of the Royal College of Music
English cellists |
46716205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl%20S.%20McWatters | Cheryl S. McWatters | Cheryl S. McWatters is professor and Father Edgar Thivierge Chair in Business History at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa.
Education and career
She was previously a professor at the University of Alberta and associate professor at McGill University. McWatters is a qualified accountant and earned her B.A., M.B.A. and Ph.D. all from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Her work relates primarily to seventeenth and eighteenth century international trading networks. She is a trustee and former president of the Academy of Accounting Historians. McWatters established the Geraldine Grace and Maurice Alvin McWatters Visiting Fellowship at Queen's University in memory of her parents.
Editing
McWatters is editor of Accounting History Review and associate editor of the Journal of Operations Management and Accounting Perspectives. She serves on the editorial boards of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal and Accounting Historians Journal.
Awards
Shingo Research Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research.
Selected publications
Histoire des entreprises du transport: Évolutions comptables et managériales. Paris, France: L'Harmattan - Presses Universitaires de Sceaux, 2010. (Editor with H. Zimnovitch)
Management Accounting: Analysis and Interpretation. Pearson Education, Harlow, 2008. (Editor with J.L. Zimmerman and D.C. Morse)
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Ottawa faculty
McGill University faculty
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
Canadian accountants
Living people |
67936752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian%20Lands%20Militia | Lithuanian Lands Militia | The Lithuanian Lands Militia () was a military unit of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
History
The unit was stationed in Grodno.
Uniform
The militia was dressed in a bright poppy red uniform with blue facings and gold buttons.
Commanders
Bibliography
Citations
References
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Military units and formations disestablished in 1794 |
21243283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram%E2%80%93Manipur%E2%80%93Kachin%20rain%20forests | Mizoram–Manipur–Kachin rain forests | The Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion which occupies the lower hillsides of the mountainous border region joining India, Bangladesh, and Burma (Myanmar). The ecoregion covers an area of . Located where the biotas of the Indian Subcontinent and Indochina meet, and in the transition between subtropical and tropical regions of Asia, the Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests are home to great biodiversity. The WWF rates the ecoregion as "Globally Outstanding" in biological distinctiveness.
Geography and neighbouring ecoregions
The ecoregion is characterised by semi-evergreen rain forest, covering the lower elevations of the Chin Hills and Arakan Mountains in Myanmar's Arakan State, India's Manipur state, the adjacent Chittagong Hills of Bangladesh, and then extending northwards along the Naga Hills and Mizo Hills to cover most of India's Nagaland and Mizoram states, and also eastwards across Myanmar's Sagaing Division and Kachin State to the China-Myanmar border.
The Myanmar coastal rain forests occupy the coastal lowlands of Myanmar south and southwest of this ecoregion. To the west, the ecoregion borders the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion in the Khasi and Garo Hills, and the Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests in the Brahmaputra lowlands. The Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests extends up to the elevation of the Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma range, and the Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests occupy the portion of the range above . As the Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin forests extend east across Myanmar, they are bounded by the Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests of the Irrawaddy River basin in the south, the higher-elevation Northern Triangle subtropical forests in the north, and the Northern Indochina subtropical forests in the east. The Northeast India-Burma pine forests occupy the higher elevations of the Naga Hills along the Nagaland-Burma border, and are surrounded by the Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rain forests west, south and east.
Climate
The climate of the ecoregion is tropical and humid, although somewhat cooler than the adjacent lowlands. Rainfall comes mostly from the monsoon winds from the Bay of Bengal, and parts of the ecoregion can receive up to of rain per year.
Flora
In the Mizoram-Manipur-Kachin rainforest, the predominant plant community is semi-evergreen rain forest, which covers the vast majority of the ecoregion's intact area, a total of 36% of the ecoregion. Other plant communities include tropical wet evergreen forest (5% of the ecoregion's total area), tropical moist deciduous forest (2%), montane wet temperate forest (2%), and subtropical montane forest (1%). 19% of the ecoregion's area has been cleared, primarily for agriculture and grazing, and 34% of the ecoregion consists of degraded areas.
The semi-evergreen rain forest is dominated by trees of the dipterocarp family, including Dipterocarpus alatus, D. turbinatus, D. griffithii, Parashorea stellata, Hopea odorata, Shorea burmanica, and Anisoptera scaphula. Trees of other families include Swintonia floribunda, Eugenia grandis, Xylia xylocarpa, Gmelina arborea, Bombax insignis, Bombax ceiba, Albizia procera, and Castanopsis spp.
Fauna
The ecoregion is home to 149 known species of mammals. This includes two near-endemic species, a bat Pipistrellus joffrei, and a murid rodent Hadromys humei. The ecoregion is home to several endangered and threatened mammal species, including the tiger (Panthera tigris), clouded leopard (Pardofelis nebulosa), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), Eld's deer (Cervus eldii), gaur (Bos gaurus), Himalayan goral (Nemorhaedus goral), red panda (Ailurus fulgens), smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata), Indian civet (Viverra zibetha), back-striped weasel (Mustela strigidorsa), Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis), bear macaque (Macaca arctoides), southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), capped leaf monkey (Semnopithecus pileatus), and hoolock gibbon (Hylobates hoolock).
The ecoregion harbours 580 bird species, of which 6 are near-endemics: Manipur bush quail (Perdicula manipurensis), striped laughingthrush (Garrulax virgatus), brown-capped laughingthrush (Garrulax austeni), marsh babbler (Pellorneum palustre), tawny-breasted wren-babbler (Spelaeornis longicaudatus), and wedge-billed wren-babbler (Sphenocichla humei).
See also
List of ecoregions in India
References
External links
Geographical ecoregion maps and basic info.
Indomalayan ecoregions
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Ecoregions of Asia
Ecoregions of Bangladesh
Ecoregions of India
Ecoregions of Myanmar
Rainforests of Southeast Asia
Tropical rainforests of India
Forests of Bangladesh
Forests of Myanmar
Environment of Manipur
Geography of Mizoram
Geography of Manipur
Geography of Kachin State |
14717133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesbury | Salesbury | Salesbury is a village and civil parish in Ribble Valley, located centrally in the county of Lancashire, England. The B6245 road runs straight through the village providing transport links to towns such as Blackburn, Preston and Burnley. Salesbury lies less than 5 miles north of Blackburn and approximately 2 miles south of the River Ribble.
Copster Green is an area of houses a little north of Salesbury.
History
Salesbury is first recorded as a chapelry in the ancient parish of Blackburn but in 1866 it became a civil parish. The Old English name of the village is 'Salebyry', dating from 1246 AD and 'Salewelle' dating from 1296 AD. This means 'burh by Sale Wheel' (burh is an Old English word meaning fortress). Sale Wheel is the name of a pool in the River Ribble where the river winds, contracts and foams over huge rocks and boulders within the channel and means "pool where willows grow". Wheel comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "weal" meaning a whirlpool.
The church
Initially there was no church in Salesbury, so devout landowners of the village often had private chapels. It is known that Salesbury Old Hall and Showley Hall are two of the places that housed chapels. These could be attended by tenants and servants, but for baptisms, marriages and burials people went to nearby churches in Blackburn and Ribchester. These were the Parish Church of St. Mary in Blackburn and St Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester.
As the population of Salesbury grew towards the end of the 18th Century as a result in a boom in weaving, Viscount Bulkeley and other landowners raised the money to build a Chapelry. St. Peter's Chapelry was built and consisted of a rectangular room with a bell, a chimney and a porch. It was consecrated on 8 September 1807 by the Lord Bishop of Chester. The Chapelry served its purpose for many years until 1848, when a report by the Rural Dean of Blackburn described the old church as 'having been originally very ill-built, and, in its present condition, inconvenient, uncouth, unchurchlike and ruinous.'. The building was propped up, and church life went on as usual.
In 1873 a new vicar Rev. Peter Hopwood Hart arrived and set up a committee to raise money for a new church. The old chapelry was removed and a church was re-built in the same position. The church was finally consecrated on 29 June 1887. It was known as the Jubilee Church as it was built in the year of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It was built in a 'late 14th-century Gothic' design by the architects Stones & Gradwell.
The church is one of the main features in Salesbury. It boasts stained glass windows, an organ and a regular choir. The church has a graveyard which surrounds the church and includes spaces for both gravestones and cremation plaques. The current incumbent is the Reverend Elizabeth M. McLean.
Population
1881–1961 census
The population of Salesbury has fluctuated throughout time. The 1881 census records the population to be 184 people. This was spread over 1,150 acres of land and there were thought to be 58 houses. The chapelry was so small that the residents post was sent to the local town of Blackburn where it needed to be collected. As time went on the population reached a peak in the 1930s at 350 people and begun to plateau at around an average population of 300 around 1950. This did not follow the general trend of the UK as the 1930s mostly saw a low rate of population increase. Similarly as World War II ended and marriages boomed the population also increased in to peak in the 1960s. This can be seen to a small extent on the graph but there was not a significant population change in Salesbury.
2001–2011 census
Much of the modern village of Salesbury lies within Clayton-le-Dale parish, the main centre of population in Salesbury being Copster Green. At the 2001 UK census, the parish had a population of 391, with 1,142 in Clayton-le-Dale, whereas the 2011 UK census recorded populations of 403 and 1,128 respectively. Clayton-le-Dale is situated further down the same road and is approximately the same size if a little bigger than Salesbury, so it could be interpreted that by halving the figure a rough estimate of the population could be achieved. In the same area there were 624 houses recorded which by the same logic still shows a significant increase from the early figures of 58 houses. This increase could be due to the people who are tempted away from big towns and cities as a result of the 'rural idyll'
Employment
1881 census
In the census carried out in 1881 55% of men were employed either in agriculture (29%) or working with mineral substances (26%). These high levels of manual labour are typical of the time. At the other end of the scale the least popular forms of employment were as professionals (2%), as workers in food and lodging (3%) or in transport and communication (3%). As it could be expected the majority of women worked in domestic services or offices (22%) or in textiles and fabrics (22%). Many women were employed by the weaving trade, this was also responsible for a boom in the population towards the end of the 18th century as the craft became more popular.
2001 census
The United Kingdom Census 2001 shows a change in the types on employment in the village. The two main forms of employment are manufacturing (17%) and wholesale and retail trade (18%). It is clear that manufacturing can still be seen as a form of manual labour suggesting little change. But the increase in employment in retail and trade follows with the retail trends of the 21st century. In contrast, previously popular employment such as Fishing, Mining and quarrying all currently employ no one in the village. This shows a shift from primary employment to secondary and tertiary forms of employment.
Amenities
There are few local amenities in the village of Salesbury as the small size of the settlement and the proximity to Blackburn means that residents can easily access services elsewhere. The village's amenities include; a public house, a memorial hall, a primary school, a cricket club and of course the church.
The Bonny Inn
The Bonny Inn pub is situated in the southern part of the village on Ribchester road. It is described as a 'traditional family pub' according to The Good Pub Guide. The bar is home to 5 real ales and wines from all over the world. The pub also has a patio which boasts panoramic views of Ribble Valley.
The Memorial Hall
Salesbury Memorial Hall is located on Ribchester Road in Salesbury. It is intended for the use of the inhabitants of the village, This includes meetings, classes and leisure activities. Last years income was £13,552 whilst the expenditure was £10,941 leaving a profit of £2.611 for the hall. The grounds surrounding and near to the Memorial Hall belong to the Wilpshire Wanderers under 5 to under 10 football teams. The ground opened in 2002 by former Blackburn and England favourite Ronnie Clayton (footballer). Ronnie was also the Honorary President of Wilpshire Wanderers Football Club until he died in 2010.
Salesbury School
Salesbury school is a mixed primary school which caters for children from ages 3–11. The school has 9 classes in total not including the nursery, this adds up to a total of 275 full-time pupils and 45 part-time pupils.
Salesbury Cricket Club
The cricket club (Salesbury CC) was founded in 1906, and the team initially played in the Blackburn Sunday school league. It boasts both junior and adult sections. The junior section consists of U9, U11, U13, U15 and U18 teams, and is credited with E.C.B. Clubmark Status, This shows the high quality and standard of the club. There are three adult teams, 1st, 2nd and 3rd's.
See also
Listed buildings in Salesbury
References
External links
Google Earth view: Salesbury & Copster Green
Villages in Lancashire
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Geography of Ribble Valley |
30728425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Eustace%20%28Lord%20Chancellor%29 | Maurice Eustace (Lord Chancellor) | Sir Maurice Eustace (c. 1590 – 22 June 1665) was an Irish landowner, politician, barrister and judge of the seventeenth century who spent the last years of his career as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. This was an office for which he felt himself to be entirely unfit, and in which he was universally agreed to be a failure.
Family background
Eustace was born in about 1590, at Castlemartin, County Kildare, eldest of the three sons of John FitzWilliam Eustace, Constable of Naas (died 1623). Little is known of his mother, whose name is thought to be Catherine d'Arcy. Of his sisters, one sister, whose name is variously given as Elizabeth or Elinor, married Edmund Keating and had two sons, Oliver and John Keating, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, while another, Alice, married Robert Cusack of Rathgar Castle, but was apparently not the mother of his son Adam Cusack.
The Eustaces of Castlemartin were a branch of the prominent "Old English" FitzEustace family who held the title Viscount Baltinglass, but unlike their Baltinglass cousins, the Castlemartin branch of the Eustace family played no part in the Desmond Rebellions of the 1580s, most of them being noted for their loyalty to the English Crown. Maurice in time was to recover much of the property forfeited by his Baltinglass cousins, which remained in the family into the eighteenth century. In matters of religion the family was deeply divided in sympathy; the judge's granduncle, also named Maurice Eustace, was denounced to the authorities as a Jesuit in 1581, tried for high treason, found guilty and executed. The judge himself, though a Protestant, was exceptionally tolerant in matters of religion, to the point of lobbying for increased civil rights for Catholics.
A later Sir Maurice Eustace, 1st Baronet, first and last of the Eustace baronets of Castle Martin, belonged to the same branch of the family, being a grandson of one of the Chancellor's uncles: he should not be confused with a third Sir Maurice Eustace who was the Lord Chancellor's nephew, nor with the Lord Chancellor's natural son, who was yet another Maurice.
Early career
Eustace attended the University of Dublin, and after graduating he became a fellow of the University, and its lecturer in Hebrew. In his will, he left a legacy to maintain a Hebrew lecture at Trinity. However he had set his heart on a legal career, and after two years he resigned from the fellowship and entered Lincoln's Inn. He was also determined on a career in politics, and he had made a number of useful political contacts through his father, who knew the Lord Deputy of Ireland, Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison, and other senior officials.
He spent some time in England after he was called to the Bar, but he was back in Dublin by 1630. He quickly built up an extremely lucrative legal practice; it was said he could "earn forty gold pieces in a morning". From quite early in his career he aimed at the office of Prime Serjeant.
He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1634 as the member for Athy. Unlike some of the "Old English", he was a whole-hearted supporter of the powerful and formidable Lord Deputy of Ireland, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, who in return praised Eustace as a man of integrity and ability, and knighted him. Their friendship led to a rift between Eustace and Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus, the Lord Chancellor, who had befriended him and frequently employed his legal services, but who became an implacable opponent of Strafford. Eustace became Prime Serjeant, then the senior Crown legal adviser, a position he had lobbied for over several years. As Serjeant he acted as an extra justice of assize in 1637, at the request of Wentworth, who wished to curb the ambition of the rising barrister Jerome Alexander, who had hoped to gain preferment by acting as an assize judge, but whom Wentworth detested. In 1640 Maurice was re-elected to the Commons as the member for County Kildare and became Speaker of the House. His formal speech of welcome to Wentworth at the opening of the 1640 Parliament is a good example of his ornate style of oratory, which was much admired at the time:
"Welcome, most worthy Lord, to the new birth of this our Parliament; this is the voice of the House of Commons, and I am sure it is the voice of the whole assembly; it is beside Vox Populi abroad, and I am sure it is Vox Dei".
The Speaker also received a generous salary, which appears to have amounted to a single payment of £3000. In the 1660s and 1670s Dame Dorothy Ryves, widow and executrix of Sir William Ryves, who had been acting Speaker of the Irish House of Lords during the later sessions of the same Parliament, petitioned the Crown repeatedly for payment of the same amount, complaining that her husband had not received his salary of £3000, whereas Eustace had.
Unlike many of Strafford's political allies, he did not suffer politically as a result of Strafford's impeachment and execution in 1641. Although the "Old English" gentry had come to detest Strafford as much as the "New English" settlers did, Eustace was one of their own, and, though he had quarrelled with Lord Loftus, was generally liked and respected. He remained Speaker of the Commons until 1647; at its final meeting the House voiced its thanks for "the many good services performed by Sir Maurice Eustace their Speaker", and spoke ominously of the "inveterate hatred and malice of the detestable rebels" against him.
Civil War
So long as Dublin remained under Royalist control, Eustace prospered, despite his frequent complaints about the invasion of his property, the despoiling of his woods and the theft of his cattle. There was also a bitter private feud between the
Eustace and Meredyth families, in which there were undoubtedly faults on both sides. The feud no doubt
explains the bitter animosity between Eustace and Sir Robert Meredyth, the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, which reached its height after the Restoration.
He recovered the old family manor of Palmerstown, which had passed, after the Baltinglass branch of the Eustace family suffered forfeiture of their estates, to the Allen family. In 1643, being known as a man who had some sympathy for the plight of Irish Roman Catholics, most of whom he thought would lay down their weapons if promised a pardon, he was sent to negotiate with the Irish Confederacy at Kilkenny. He obtained the reversion to the office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and acquired land at Athy and Cong (he was dispossessed of his lands at Cong after the Restoration, much to the amusement of his political opponents). In 1647, however, the Marquis of Ormonde surrendered Dublin to the Parliamentary forces. Eustace was arrested soon afterwards and sent to Chester Castle where he remained for seven years. His confinement cannot have been very strict, as he formed an extra-marital relationship with a lady (whose name is not known) which produced two children. He and his children's mother, who is said to have been a person of a good family, were still on friendly terms in the 1660s.
On his release, he returned to Dublin. He was re-arrested, and briefly imprisoned, on suspicion of corresponding with Charles II, but was quickly released and allowed to resume practice at the Bar. His loyalty to the Stuart dynasty was never in serious doubt, and it is likely that he was kept under some degree of surveillance. At the same time, he enjoyed the goodwill of Henry Cromwell, who spoke of him as an eminent lawyer "to whom I am beholden and owe a kindness". Precisely what service Eustace had performed for Cromwell is unclear.
Restoration
At the Restoration, Eustace's unquestioned loyalty to the Crown, combined with his legal and political experience, made him on the face of it a man who was ideally suited to high office; in addition, he was personally close to the Duke of Ormonde, who would do anything to help a friend. Accordingly, he was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland and a Lord Justice of Ireland, exercising the powers of the Lord Lieutenant in his absence, jointly with Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath and Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery. He accepted a peerage but later changed his mind, presumably because he had no legitimate son to inherit it.
Ironically the only serious objection to his appointment came from Eustace himself. He was increasingly drawn to country life and had looked forward to his retirement to his beloved country seat Harristown Castle, which he was rebuilding after the damage it had suffered during the Civil War, and which by the time of his death was considered to be one of the finest houses in Ireland. Also he honestly doubted if his age and ill-health fitted him for high office. He wrote pathetically to the Secretary of State:
"I... am now grown too old to perform any public service. I desire no such post nor any favour except to remain in his Majesty's good opinion. I hope I shall not now be put beyond my strength with any public employment ".
Lord Justice of Ireland
As Lord Justice, Eustace was embroiled in the bitter disputes (which led to the passing of the Act of Settlement 1662) between the mainly Roman Catholic Royalists who had been dispossessed in the Cromwellian Settlement of 1652, and the Parliamentarian newcomers who had bought their estates. Eustace by birth was a member of the dispossessed class and identified himself entirely with its interests; and though he was himself a Protestant he believed firmly in equal rights for Roman Catholics. This put him at odds with his fellow Lords Justices, Mountrath (until his death at the end of 1661) and Orrery: they were firm supporters of the Cromwellians, whom Eustace regarded as criminals, and in his view, they were both implacably hostile to the Catholics. In his private correspondence with Ormonde, he denounced his fellow Lords Justices with such venom that Ormonde in reply urged him to show more discretion. He suffered a personal
defeat when he failed, despite strenuous efforts, to prevent his old enemy Sir Robert Meredyth from being reappointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, though he came very close to success.
Eustace did obtain some concessions for the Royalists in the Act of Settlement, but the struggle exhausted him and he was thankful when Ormonde's arrival in Dublin in 1662 allowed him to resign as Lord Justice. Always a shrewd man of business, Eustace was careful to get a private Act of the Irish Parliament passed to confirm his right to his estates, except Cong, which the Court of Claims returned to its original Catholic owners, much to the amusement of his enemies, who gleefully pointed to his constant lectures on the rights of Catholic landowners.
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Eustace's prediction that he would be a failure as Lord Chancellor was by general agreement amply fulfilled: political struggles, physical illness, frequent bouts of depression and family troubles almost incapacitated him in the last years of his life. He was also discouraged by the failure of his well-meant efforts to ensure religious toleration for Roman Catholics: Ormonde, though he was personally tolerant enough in matters of religion, would give him no support in this, having settled on a policy of simply turning a blind eye to the practice of the Catholic faith in so far as this was possible. He refused to let Eustace permit Catholic barristers to plead in his Court or to be appointed to Commissions for the Peace, and gave him the sensible advice that he should not worry about what he could not change.
In 1663 Eustace appears to have had a nervous breakdown, which left him completely unable to perform his duties for a time. By this time, a number of complaints about Eustace's unfitness for office had reached the English Lord Chancellor, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, who had not been consulted about Eustace's appointment, since Ormonde had been given full powers to appoint the Irish judges. Clarendon, who had an extremely low opinion of Eustace's abilities, wrote to Ormonde that he should either do the honourable thing by resigning or be dismissed. Ormonde was always loyal, perhaps to a fault, to his old friends: Elrington Ball remarks that those whom he had ever loved, he would love to the end. He did not defend Eustace's conduct as a judge, but pointed to his long record of loyalty to the English Crown and suggested that dismissal would be a poor reward for it. In the event, it proved very difficult to find a suitable replacement as Chancellor and the question of Eustace's dismissal was still pending when he died. His death did not resolve the problem of finding a suitable replacement, and for the last time it was decided to appoint a senior cleric, Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh, as Lord Chancellor. Ironically Boyle, a non-lawyer, was generally considered to be a better Chancellor than Eustace, as his conscientious devotion to duty made up for his lack of legal training.
Heirs
Eustace had always been an acute man of business, and despite his professional troubles he continued to prosper financially, recovering most of the Eustace estates forfeited by the Baltinglass branch of the family (some of which he returned to dispossessed Catholic cousins), and amassing a fortune which was reckoned to be between sixty and eighty thousand pounds (making him a multi-millionaire by modern standards). He owned lands in several counties and did much to improve the town of Baltinglass. He regained the family's Palmerstown estate, and bought lands at Chapelizod, which later became part of Phoenix Park.
How to dispose of his fortune was a problem which greatly pre-occupied him during his last years. His marriage in 1633 to Cicely (or Charity) Dixon (1606–1678), daughter of Sir Robert Dixon, Lord Mayor of Dublin, was childless. During his years in Chester he had entered a relationship which produced a son (also called Maurice) and a daughter Mary, both of whom he was anxious to provide for, especially as he was still on friendly terms with their mother, who pressed her son's claim to the inheritance. Ball, who does not name her, suggests that she was a person of some social standing. Eustace had evidently made a promise to her to leave his lands to their son, which conflicted with his public promise to leave them to his nephew Maurice, the son of his brother William by Anne Netterville, daughter of Sir Robert Netterville of County Meath. He consulted the renowned preacher Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, on the ethical question as to whether his pledge to his children's mother was binding: Taylor advised that it was not, but Eustace still wavered. How to balance the claims of his son and his two nephews, Maurice and John (another son of William), became almost an obsession with him, to the point where even his loyal friend Ormonde was forced to rebuke him for neglecting official business in favour of his private concerns. His last will divided the property between his nephews, a decision which led to ill-feeling and much further litigation (which was probably
connected with a determined effort by one Captain Anglesey to seize possession of Eustace's townhouse).
The younger Sir Maurice ultimately gained possession of both Harristown and the Dublin townhouse on Eustace Street. He sat in the House of Commons for many years but was expelled for non-attendance in 1695. He returned to Ireland from exile, his brother John having died abroad, in 1697, and he, in turn, died in 1703 without surviving male issue. He had married firstly Anne Colville and secondly Clotilda Parsons. His estate was divided between his three surviving daughters, of whom the best-known is the younger Clotilda (1700–1792), "a clever and excellent woman", who married the poet Thomas Tickell, and was the grandmother of the playwright Richard Tickell. Her half-sister Penelope married firstly Robert Echlin (1674-1706)MP, eldest son of Sir Henry Echlin, and secondly Edward Stratford, while her half-sister Anne (died 1713) married the Irish MP Benjamin Chetwood, by whom she had several children.
Title
Elrington Ball states that Eustace was offered a peerage shortly after the Restoration. With that habit of dithering which was so marked a feature of his character in his last years, he at first accepted the title Baron Portlester (commemorating a renowned fifteenth-century member of the Eustace family), and then changed his mind, on the ground that there was little point in creating a title which would not pass to either his natural son or his nephews.
Death and memorials
In 1665 Eustace, though by then he was over seventy years old, appeared to have recovered his physical and mental health. At his niece Mary's wedding to Richard Dixon (who was apparently a relative of Maurice's wife) in the summer, he was "as brisk as a bee". He gave the couple his estate at Calverstown, County Kildare as a wedding gift; it later passed by inheritance to the Borrowes family. Shortly afterwards however he had a stroke and died. He was buried in a private ceremony the morning after his death at Castlemartin and the Government commemorated his services to the Crown with an official memorial in St. Patrick's Cathedral three weeks later, with a wax effigy taking the place of his corpse. It was rumoured that the official service was designed to counter a story that the private ceremony had been a Catholic one. His widow survived until 1678.
His name was given to Eustace Street in Dublin city centre, where his townhouse, Damask, stood. No trace of Damask survives today, but it is known to have been one of the largest houses in Dublin, and both the house and the gardens were much admired by Jonathan Swift. Eustace's death led to a dispute in which his heirs had to fight off a determined effort by one "Captain Anglesey", of whom little else is known, to take possession of Damask by force.
References
1665 deaths
1590s births
Politicians from County Kildare
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
People of the Irish Confederate Wars
Irish MPs 1634–1635
Irish MPs 1639–1649
Speakers of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
Fellows of Trinity College Dublin
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kildare constituencies
Serjeants-at-law (Ireland) |
22130865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heleen%20Mees | Heleen Mees | Heleen Mees (born Heleen Nijkamp, 1968) is a Dutch opinion writer, economist, and lawyer. Involved with politics and public policy in the Netherlands and the US, she has also taught at universities in both countries.
Biography
Mees graduated in Economy and Law at University of Groningen. From 1992 to 1998, she worked for the Dutch Treasury in The Hague, for two years as spokeswoman for former State Secretary Willem Vermeend. She then worked for the European Commission in Brussels from 1998 to 2000. In 2000 she emigrated to the US, where she changed her surname from Nijkamp to Mees.
In New York Mees was initially employed as a European affairs consultant for Ernst & Young. When her contract was not renewed, Mees stayed in New York and worked as an independent consultant on European affairs. Mees also started writing opinion pieces for several Dutch newspapers.
Mees' breakthrough as an opinion writer (she is credited as a third wave feminist) in the Netherlands came in 2006 when she wrote "The time is long overdue that women should go to work", her first feminist opinion piece in NRC Handelsblad. The same year, she co-founded Women on Top, an organization that until 2011 advocated more women in top jobs. As a firm advocate of female ambition and a promoter of more women in the supervisory and executive boards of big companies, Mees has been described as a "power feminist".
From 2006 to 2010 she wrote a bi-weekly column in NRC Handelsblad, and from 2012 to 2013 a weekly column for Het Financieele Dagblad. She has written for publications such as Foreign Policy and for Project Syndicate In September 2015 she was a guest columnist for de Volkskrant, and in 2016 began a biweekly column for that same paper.
She was vice-president of the chapter of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) in New York. From 2005 to 2008 she worked as volunteer-fundraiser for the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. In July 2013, Mees was arrested in New York on charges of stalking her former lover, the chief economist of Citigroup, Willem Buiter. In March 2014, the court decided that the case against Mees was to be dismissed in one year provided that she complies with two conditions. Later that year, in September 2014, Mees responded by filing for damages against Buiter. In November 2016, Mees simultaneously lost both lawsuits in Amsterdam and New York.
In August 2012, Mees completed a doctoral thesis at the Erasmus School of Economics, in which she argued that the primary cause of the 2008 global financial crisis was the flourishing economy in China and resulting savings and government investments by the Chinese. While completing her research, she worked as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Tilburg University. From September 2012 until July 2013, Mees was employed as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration at New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Publications
The Chinese Birdcage - How China's Rise Almost Toppled the West (2016).
Changing Fortunes. How China's Boom Caused the Financial Crisis, 2012 (Dissertation).
"NY Service Economy - A Template for a Future Suburbia" in Here, There, Everywhere 2014. DroogLab Amsterdam.
Tussen hebzucht en verlangen - de wereld en het grote geld [Between Greed And Desire - Big Money and the World] (2009).
Weg met het deeltijdfeminisme! - over vrouwen, ambitie en carrière [No More Part-Time Feminism! - On Women, Ambition and Career] (2006).
Compendium van het Europees belastingrecht [Compendium of EU Law] (2002) (coauthor).
References
External links
1968 births
Living people
Dutch columnists
Dutch economists
Dutch women economists
Dutch expatriates in the United States
Dutch feminists
Dutch lawyers
People from Hengelo
Erasmus University Rotterdam alumni
University of Groningen alumni
Feminist writers
Dutch women lawyers
New York University faculty
Tilburg University faculty
Women columnists |
53041449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogo%20Dalot | Diogo Dalot | José Diogo Dalot Teixeira (; born 18 March 1999), known as Diogo Dalot, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Manchester United and the Portugal national team.
Dalot is a product of the Porto youth system and made his professional debut for the club's B team in January 2017. He made his first-team debut in a Taça de Portugal game in October 2017. After making eight appearances for Porto, he joined Manchester United in June 2018 for a reported fee of €22 million (£19 million). From October 2020 to June 2021, Dalot was loaned to Italian Serie A club Milan.
Dalot was a youth international and represented Portugal from under-15 to under-21 level. He was a member of the under-17 squad that won the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. He made his senior international debut for Portugal at UEFA Euro 2020.
Club career
Porto
Born in Braga, Dalot joined Porto's youth system in 2008, aged nine. On 28 January 2017, he made his senior debut with the B team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 home loss against Leixões for the LigaPro championship.
Dalot first appeared with the first-team in a competitive game on 13 October 2017, starting in a 6–0 away win over Lusitano de Évora for the season's Taça de Portugal. He first played in the Primeira Liga on 18 February 2018, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute in a 5–0 home routing of Rio Ave.
Manchester United
Dalot signed for Premier League club Manchester United on 6 June 2018 on a five-year contract for a fee of £19 million. Upon his arrival in Manchester, coach José Mourinho said that, considering his young age, he was one of the best right-backs around. He made his debut on 19 September 2018 in an away UEFA Champions League group stage match against Swiss side Young Boys, but was unable to have continuity in the team due to an injury sustained in the previous season. His debut in the Premier League happened on December 1 against Southampton in a 2–2 draw On 26 January 2020. Despite Mourinho's sacking and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer being appointed as the new manager, Dalot remained a valuable option: at the end of the season, he had had 23 appearances, 16 of which in the Premier League. During that season, he had a memorable match in Paris, in the Champions League quarter-finals 2 nd leg against PSG, where Manchester United completed a remarkable comeback thanks to a late penalty, won after a shot by Dalot. He scored the second goal in a 6–0 FA Cup win against Tranmere Rovers; it was his first goal for United.
During his first seasons for the club, Dalot struggled with various injuries and following the arrival of Aaron Wan-Bissaka, his performances were severely limited under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Loan to AC Milan
Following sporadic use by Manchester United, Dalot was loaned to Italian Serie A side AC Milan for the 2020–21 season. He made his debut for Milan on 22 October, starting in a 3–1 win against Celtic in a UEFA Europa League group stage match. Seven days later, Dalot scored his first goal for Milan and provided an assist for compatriot Rafael Leão in a 3–0 home group stage victory in the UEFA Europa League against Sparta Prague. He made his Serie A debut on 1 November, replacing Davide Calabria in the 71st-minute of a 2–1 away win against Udinese. He made his first start in the league in a 2–2 away draw against Genoa. On 7 March 2021, Dalot score his first Serie A goa in a 2–0 away in at Hellas Verona.
During the season, Dalot's versatility enabled him to play either as a right back and left back. This made him an integral part of Stefano Pioli's team, helping Milan secure second place in the 2020–21 Serie A and qualification for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League after an eight-year absence. During his spell as a Rossonero, he was able to play regularly, making 33 appearances, scoring two goals and provinding three assists. As often said by Dalot himself, in Italy he was able to improve defensively, without losing his ability to attack.
Return to Manchester United
During the summer of 2021, Manchester United were interested in signing another right-back. Meanwhile, Milan, who were impressed with Dalot during his loan move with the club, began negotiations with Manchester United to sign him on permanent basis. After returning to Manchester United, he impressed coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with his performances during pre-season. Borussia Dortmund were also interested in signing him on a loan deal, but he decided to remain at United to compete with Aaron Wan-Bissaka for a starting position. On 22 September, Dalot was given his first start of the season, featuring in a 1–0 home loss to West Ham United in the third round of the EFL Cup. Since then, he has had limited opportunities with two starts and three substitute appearances. He played against Villarreal in a Champions League group stage match after Wan-Bissaka was suspended for two games.
On 2 December, Dalot was given his first start in the league under interim manager Michael Carrick, putting an impressive performance and creating the second goal in a 3–2 home win over United's rivals Arsenal at Old Trafford. Following the arrival of interim manager Ralf Rangnick, Dalot cemented his place as starter for the club, following his solid performances in the club's next two matches against Crystal Palace and Norwich City.
International career
Youth
Dalot helped Portugal win the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, scoring twice in five games in Azerbaijan including once in the final against Spain. The same year, he helped the under-19 team reach the quarter-finals of the same competition.
With the under-19s, Dalot participated in the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, helping finishing as runner-up, after losing in the final to England. For his performances throughout the competition, he was named in the "Team of the Tournament". Dalot played for Portugal at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, starting in all the matches in an eventual quarter-final exit.
On 10 November 2017, he won his first cap for the Portugal under-21s, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Romania for the 2019 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. In March 2021, Dalot took part in the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Portugal finished as runners-up after losing in the final 1–0 to Germany.
Senior
On 13 June 2021, Dalot was included in Portugal's squad for UEFA Euro 2020 as a replacement for João Cancelo, who withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19. He made his debut ten days later in the final group game – a 2–2 draw with France in Budapest – in which he replaced Nélson Semedo for the final 11 minutes. On 27 June, Dalot made his first start with the senior national team, in a 1–0 loss to Belgium in the round 16.
In October 2021, he was called up by Portugal and on October 9, he provided two assists, with the first being converted by Cristiano Ronaldo in a 3–0 home win against Qatar.
Style of play
Dalot is a physically strong defender known for his speed, technique and offensive capabilities. He can play as a full-back or winger on either flank, although he usually plays on the right. He is usually deployed as a wing-back on the right but in a more conventional full-back role on the left. As a left-back, he has been praised for his work ethic and defensive awareness. He has good dribbling skill and is noted for his involvement in counter-attacks by making crosses or long passes. His physique enables him to perform well in aerial duels.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Porto
Primeira Liga: 2017–18
Portugal
UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2016
Individual
UEFA European Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016
UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017
References
External links
Portuguese League profile
National team data
1999 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Braga
Portuguese footballers
Association football defenders
FC Porto B players
FC Porto players
Manchester United F.C. players
A.C. Milan players
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Premier League players
Serie A players
Portugal youth international footballers
Portugal under-21 international footballers
Portugal international footballers
UEFA Euro 2020 players
Portuguese expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in England
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy |
29833594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBCM | CBCM | CBCM may refer to:
CBCM-FM, the rebroadcaster of the radio station CBLA-FM in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada
Clear Body, Clear Mind, a book published by the Church of Scientology |
18405814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okka%20Rau | Okka Rau | Okka Rau (born January 5, 1977 in Leer, Lower Saxony) is a female beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the gold medal at the 2003 European Championships in Alanya, partnering Stephanie Pohl. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Rau is playing for the volleyball department of the multi sport club Hamburger SV in Hamburg.
Playing partners
Stephanie Pohl
Mireya Kaup
References
External links
Beijing 2008 Olympics Profile
1977 births
Living people
People from Leer
German women's beach volleyball players
Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic beach volleyball players of Germany
Sportspeople from Hamburg |
54352107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus%20figurines%20of%20Gagarino | Venus figurines of Gagarino | The Venus figurines of Gagarino are eight Palaeolithic Venus figurines made from ivory. The statuettes belong to the Gravettian industry and are about 21,000–20,000 years old. They were discovered near to the village of Gagarino in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, and are now held in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.
Depiction of Venus figurine No. 1
The Figurine No. 1 (by Abramova 1962) is sculpted similar to the Venus of Willendorf: The depicted female body is naked and obese, which is not necessarily interpreted as pregnant. The small arms are at the side with no hands. The face is not depicted, but a headgear or a hairstyle is indicated. The breasts are heavy. The mons veneris is indicated.
See also
Paleolithic Art
Venus figurines of Mal'ta
References
Further reading
Abramova, Z. (1962). Paleolitičeskoe iskusstvo na territorii SSSR. Moskva: Akad. Nauk SSSR, Inst. Archeologii.
Abramova, Z. (1995). L'Art paléolithique d'Europe orientale et de Sibérie. Grenoble: Jérôme Millon.
Cohen, C. (2003). La femme des origines. Images de la femme dans la préhistoire occidentale. Paris: Belin-Herscher.
Delporte, H. (1979). L’image de la femme dans l’art préhistorique. Paris: Ed. Picard.
External links
Gagarino Venus Figures – Don's Maps
Mal'ta
Prehistoric sites in Russia
Archaeology of Siberia
Ivory works of art
Archaeological collections of the Hermitage Museum
Irkutsk Oblast
Archaeological discoveries in Russia
Gravettian |
45394873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyodes%20fergussoni | Ichthyodes fergussoni | Ichthyodes fergussoni is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1970.
References
Ichthyodes
Beetles described in 1970 |
6041341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Balletto | Gary Balletto | Gary Balletto (born May 21, 1975) is a world champion boxer. He has won 3 lightweight titles since 1996 [The International Boxing Union |IBU], [The Eastern Boxing Association|EBA] and The United States Boxing Federation |USBF] belts). Outside the ring, in his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, Balletto is the New England representative for the Joint Association of Boxers (JAB), owns a boxing gym- Balletto’s Boxing Gym, a realty company- Balletto Realty, and a construction company- Balletto Construction. He has 3 children, Gary, Hailey, and Aiden.
Balletto turned pro just 10 days before his 21st birthday, amassing a 30–3–2 record in a 10-year career of boxing, 26 by way of knock out. One of his three losses came to Michael Clark (a unanimous decision in 10 rounds at Foxwoods), who would later appear on the ESPN reality show "Contender Season 2" as a team-mate of Balletto, where they both were on the Gold Team. Another loss came to Gregorio Vargas, a former WBC Featherweight champion and IBA Super-Featherweight champion, to whom Balletto lost his IBU title.
On the show, Balletto won his first-round fight, where Aaron Torres chose him as an opponent, by split decision. In his second fight, Norberto Bravo beat him, by unanimous decision.
In 2008, he appeared at IFC Theater in New York City to promote a feature verite documentary "Sweet Dreams", which told the story of his life and efforts to unionize the sport through JAB.
Balletto has since continued his boxing career, winning by technical knockout on against a young light welterweight prospect Matthew Strode.
In June 2013, Balletto sustained a spinal cord injury in his backyard playing with his son, spinning around on a pull up bar that gave way. He broke 6 vertebrae in his neck, leaving him with a C5 spinal cord injury. He is now a paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down. Determined to fight this battle as he has all of his bouts in the ring, he has not let the injury slow him down. In 2017, Balletto founded “The Gary Tiger Balletto Foundation” to bring awareness to and provide resources and assistance to those with paralysis injuries.
His current efforts include the creation of the very first affordable adaptive gym in the state of Rhode Island, in conjunction with the Cranston YMCA. He has already raised funds and donated two Functional Electric Stimulation bikes which are booked and used around the clock, by Balletto himself and others with paralysis injuries to maintain muscle health and prevent atrophy.
There is additional equipment being added to complete a full, comprehensive adaptive gym. The gym was set to open to members of the local community with like injuries and other conditions such as stroke, MS, etc. to come and work out alongside their family members by spring 2019.
Balletto resides in Cranston, Rhode Island, with his girlfriend and children.
Professional boxing record
References
External links
Gary "Tiger" Balletto's Official Website
Sweet Dreams Movie
1975 births
Living people
American boxers of Italian descent
Boxers from Rhode Island
The Contender (TV series) participants
American male boxers
Lightweight boxers |
4949799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%20On%20Shan%20Road | Ma On Shan Road | Ma On Shan Road () is a major road in the new town of Ma On Shan in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The road extends northward from Tate's Cairn Highway near Tai Shui Hang along the eastern bank of the Shing Mun River. It ends in the north when it joins Sai Sha Road near Wu Kai Sha. Its branch road, the Ma On Shan Bypass, redirects traffic between Sha Tin and Sai Kung North away from the town centre near the Heng On Estate. It is the primary thoroughfare to Ma On Shan. A short section of the road north of Tate's Cairn Highway is an expressway.
See also
Ma On Shan
Sai Sha Road
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
Ma On Shan
Roads in Hong Kong
Sha Tin District |
60340360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20Louisiana%E2%80%93Lafayette%20Ragin%27%20Cajuns%20baseball%20team | 2014 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team | The 2014 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at M. L. Tigue Moore Field and were led by twentieth year head coach Tony Robichaux.
Preseason
Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 10, 2014. Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to finish first in the Sun Belt with 98 votes and 8 first-place votes.
Preseason All-Sun Belt team
Austin Robichaux (ULL, JR, Pitcher)
Matt Bell (USA, SR, Pitcher)
Shane McCain (TROY, SR, Pitcher)
Ian Tompkins (WKU, JR, Pitcher)
Michael Strentz (ULL, RS-JR, Catcher)
Zach George (ARST, RS-JR, 1st Base)
Caden Bailey (GSU, JR, 2nd Base)
Blake Trahan (ULL, SO, Shortstop)
Tyler Girouard (ULL, JR, 3rd Base)
Seth Harrison (ULL, SR, Outfield)
Matt Shortall (UTA, SR, Outfield)
Regan Flaherty (WKU, SR, Outfield)
Caleb Adams (ULL, JR, Designated Hitter)
Scott Wilcox (WKU, SR, Utility)
2015 Sun Belt Preseason Player of the Year
Caleb Adams (ULL, JR, Designated Hitter)
2015 Sun Belt Preseason Pitcher of the Year
Austin Robichaux (ULL, JR, Pitcher)
Roster
Coaching staff
Schedule and results
Lafayette Regional
Lafayette Super Regional
References
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball seasons
Louisiana-Lafayette baseball
2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament participants
Sun Belt Conference baseball champion seasons |
33131137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Washington%20Carroll | George Washington Carroll | George Washington Carroll (April 11, 1855 – December 14, 1935) was an American politician and businessman. During the 1904 presidential election he was given the vice presidential nomination of the Prohibition Party and ran alongside Silas C. Swallow.
Life
George Washington Carroll was born on April 11, 1855, to Francis Lafayette Carroll and Sarah Long in Mansfield, Louisiana. In 1868, his family moved to Beaumont, Texas where his father created the Long Shingle and Saw Mill and later moved to Waco, Texas in 1887. On November 20, 1877, he married Underhill Mixson which was the first church wedding conducted in Beaumont and later had three children with her.
He worked as a foreman at his father's company and in 1877, his father, John Gilbert, and him created the Beaumont Lumber Company and by 1892 he had risen to become president and general manager of the company. In 1900, they sold the company to John Henry Kirby. In 1892, he invested $1,000 into Pattillo Higgins's Gladys City Oil Company and was elected as its president due to him being the only investor to give capital instead of land. Carroll became rich after the company discovered oil at Spindletop. In 1901, he and his father both gave Baylor University $75,000.
On December 14, 1935, Carroll died from pneumonia in a YMCA building that he had helped to create in the 1920s.
References
External links
1855 births
1935 deaths
19th-century American politicians
20th-century American politicians
1904 United States vice-presidential candidates
American temperance activists
Texas Prohibitionists |
12384049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20Coach | College Coach | College Coach (UK title Football Coach) is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak. The film features John Wayne in his last bit-part role.
Plot
Calvert College begins taking football more seriously, over the objections of Dr. Sargeant, the president of the school. Coach Gore is brought in and given a free rein, which he uses to pay money to standout players. He is so obsessed with winning that he ignores his wife, Claire.
The president's son, Phil Sargeant, is also an outstanding athlete, but is far more interested in studying chemistry. He is persuaded to join the team, however, and becomes the fourth of the "Four Aces" who begin leading Calvert to victories.
Football stars begin feeling entitled to things, including favoritism in the classroom. One of them, Weaver, even makes a pass at the coach's wife. Phil Sargeant is offended when given a passing grade for a chemistry test he didn't even complete. He quarrels with the coach and quits the team.
Gore catches his wife having dinner with a player and kicks Weaver off the squad. Soon the team is losing games and funds, which even threatens the future of the science department. Phil decides to play again for that reason, and Claire explains to her husband that the dinner was innocent. Weaver is reinstated as well, Calvert wins the big game and the coach offers to quit, but is given a second chance by his wife and the college.
Cast
Dick Powell as Phil Sargeant
Ann Dvorak as Claire Gore
Pat O'Brien as Coach James Gore
Arthur Byron as Dr. Phillip Sargeant
Lyle Talbot as Buck Weaver
Hugh Herbert as Barnett
Arthur Hohl as Seymour Young
Charles C. Wilson as Hauser
Guinn Williams as Matthews
Nat Pendleton as Petrowski
Phillip Reed as "Wes" Westerman, student who flunks the chemistry exam
Donald Meek as Professor Trask, chemistry instructor
Berton Churchill as Otis, chairman of the college's board of directors
Harry Beresford as Faculty advisor who helps students in choice of major
Herman Bing as German-accented professor who tries to tutor Buck Weaver
Joe Sauers as Holcomb, football player assigned to botany
John Wayne (uncredited cameo appearance)
Ward Bond (uncredited cameo appearance)
John Wayne's unbilled cameo role
At Dick Powell's initial appearance (11:40 into the film), he is standing in line at the college bursar's office, when a fellow student (seen only from the back) approaches and greets him, "Hello, Phil, how does it feel to be back?" "Great, great", replies Powell, "have a good vacation?" "Yes, s'long", answers the student and quickly walks forward, joining other students. A voice is heard, "Hi, boy". "Hi, Kim", replies Powell to an unseen student and, immediately spotting someone else, extends both arms and says enthusiastically, "Well, if it isn't the old boy, himself!". The camera moves to the left, as John Wayne comes into view, extending his hand to shake Powell's and saying, "Hear you broke the rules, Phil — studied during vacation." "Huh-huh", answers Powell, "don't give me away. See you later, huh?" "You bet", says Wayne, turning left and out of camera frame. Later (15:10 into the film, followed by other scenes), in the brief role of assistant coach to Pat O'Brien's title character, is another unbilled player — Ward Bond — who, between 1929 and 1959, appeared with Wayne in 24 films.
See also
John Wayne filmography
References
External links
College Coach at TV Guide (shortened and revised version of 1987 write-up originally published in The Motion Picture Guide)
1933 drama films
1933 films
American films
American football films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by William A. Wellman
Warner Bros. films
English-language films
Films set in universities and colleges
American drama films |
3362090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey%20I%20of%20Villehardouin | Geoffrey I of Villehardouin | Geoffrey I of Villehardouin () (c. 1169 – c. 1229) was a French knight from the County of Champagne who joined the Fourth Crusade. He participated in the conquest of the Peloponnese and became the second prince of Achaea (1209/1210–c. 1229).
Under his reign, the Principality of Achaea became the direct vassal of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. He extended the borders of his principality, but the closing years of his rule were marked by his conflict with the church.
Early years and the Fourth Crusade
Geoffrey was the eldest son of John of Villehardouin and his wife, Céline of Briel. He married one Elisabeth, traditionally identified with Elisabeth of Chappes, a scion of a fellow crusader family, an identification rejected by Longnon.
He took the cross with his uncle, Geoffrey of Villehardouin, the future chronicler of the Fourth Crusade, at a tournament of Écry-sur-Aisne in late November 1199. Geoffrey were among the crusaders who went directly to Syria. Thus he was not present at the occupation of Constantinople by the crusaders on 13 April 1204.
But hearing of the capture of the great city on the Bosporus, he decided to sail west in the summer of 1204. But the weather became bad, and adverse winds drove him westward. He landed at Modon (now Methoni, Greece) in the southern Peloponnese where he spent the winter of 1204–1205.
Conquest of the Peloponnese
At Modon, Geoffrey entered into an alliance with a Greek archon (nobleman) from Messenia to conquer as much of the western Peloponnese as they could. Almost immediately afterward, however, the Greek died, and his son broke off the alliance. It was at this point that Geoffrey learned of the appearance of King Boniface I of Thessalonica (1204–1207) with his army before Nauplia (now Nafplion, Greece). He determined to seek aid and rode up early in 1205 to join the king. He was well received by Boniface I who would have retained Geoffrey in his service. But in the camp at Nauplia, Geoffrey found his good friend William of Champlitte and offered to the latter to share the conquest of the Peloponnese. His friend accepted the offer and the two also received royal permission for their expedition.
They set out with 100 knights and 400 mounted men-at-arms upon their campaign in the spring of 1205. They took Patras and Pondikos by assault, and Andravida opened its gates. The people of the countryside came to make their submission and were confirmed in their property and local customs. Only in Arcadia (now Kyparissia) were the crusaders resisted. This opposition was led by landlords from Arcadia and Laconia, particularly the Chamaretos family, allied to the Slavic Melingoi tribe. The resistance was soon joined by a certain Michael, identified by many scholars with Michael I Komnenos Doukas (1204–1215) who was then creating his own principality in Epiros. Michael advanced into the Peloponnese with 5,000 men, but the little crusader army defeated him at Kountouras in northeast Messenia. Then the crusaders completed the conquest of the region and advanced into the interior of the country, occupying the entire peninsula with the exception of Arcadia and Laconia.
William of Champlitte thus became master of the Peloponnese with the title prince of Achaea (1205–1209) under the suzerainty of the king of Thessalonica. Geoffrey received Kalamata and Messenia as a fief from the new prince. However, the Republic of Venice proceeded to make good her claims that the leaders of the Fourth Crusade had guaranteed it by the partition treaty of 1204 to the important way stations along the sea route to Constantinople. Thus the Venetians armed a fleet which took Modon and Coron (Koroni) in 1206, but William of Champlitte compensated Geoffrey by assigning Arcadia to him.
Reign in Achaea
In 1208 William I of Achaea departed for France in order to claim an inheritance his brother had left to him. William I appointed Geoffrey to administer the principality as bailiff until the prince’s nephew, Hugh should arrive. However, both the first prince of Achaea and his nephew died very shortly.
In May 1209, Geoffrey went to the Parliament of Ravennika that the Latin Emperor Henry I (1206–1216) had convoked at Ravennika to assure the emperor of his loyalty. The emperor confirmed Geoffrey as prince of Achaea and made him immediate imperial vassal. Moreover, Henry I also appointed Geoffrey seneschal of the Latin Empire.
The Chronicle of the Morea narrates that Geoffrey only became prince of Achaea some time later, because the late William I’s nephew, Robert had a year and a day to travel to the Peloponnese and claim his inheritance. According to the story, all sorts of ruses were used to cause delays in Robert’s trip east, and when he finally arrived in the Peloponnese Geoffrey kept moving from place to place with the leading knights until the time had elapsed. Geoffrey then held an assembly that declared that the heir had forfeited his rights and elected Geoffrey hereditary prince of Achaea.
Nevertheless, already in June 1209 Geoffrey made a pact with the Venetians on the island of Sapientza, whereby he acknowledged himself to be the vassal of the Republic of Venice for all the lands extending from Corinth to the roadstead of Navarino (now Pylos, Greece). Geoffrey I also gave Venice the right to free trade throughout his principality.
Afterward Geoffrey I devoted himself to enlarging his possessions. With the aid of Otto I, the lord of Athens (1204–1225), he seized, in 1209 or 1210, the fortress of Acrocorinth where first Leo Sgouros, and then Theodore Komnenos Doukas, brother of Michael I of Epirus had resisted the attacks of the crusaders. In the months that followed, Nauplia was also taken, and early in 1212 the stronghold of Argos, where Theodore Komnenos Doukas had stored the treasure of the Church of Corinth, likewise fell into the hands of Geoffrey I and Otto I. When Albertino and Rolandino of Canossa, the lords of Thebes had left their town, the lordship of Thebes was divided equally between Geoffrey I and the lord of Athens.
Geoffrey I sent to France, mainly to Champagne, for young knights to occupy the newly conquered lands and the fiefs of those who had returned to the west. Under Geoffrey I the assignment of fiefs and the obligations which went with them were reviewed before the barons assembled in a great parliament at Andravida. Thus a dozen or so great baronies came into being in the principality, and those who received the titles to them made up with their many vassals the High Court of Achaea.
At the time of the conquest much ecclesiastical property had been secularized and, despite the demands of the clergy, this had not been returned to the churches. The Chronicle of the Morea reports that when the churches refused to provide their fair share of military aid, Geoffrey I seized their property and devoted the income from it to the construction of the powerful castle of Clermont. Furthermore, Geoffrey I was also accused of treating the Greek priests as serfs because their numbers had considerably increased, since the Greek prelates showed no hesitation in conferring orders on peasants to permit them to escape the burdens of serfdom. These events resulted in a prolonged conflict with the church.
First the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, Gervasius promulgated a decree of excommunication against Geoffrey I and laid an interdict upon Achaea. Upon the request of Geoffrey I, however, on 11 February 1217 Pope Honorius III (1216–1227) declared that the patriarch was to relax the sentence within a week after the receipt of the papal letter. Then the patriarch sent out a legate who laid a new interdict upon the Principality of Achaea. But his act was again qualified by the pope as usurpation of the power of the Holy See.
Next the papal legate Cardinal Giovanni Colonna who was travelling through the Peloponnese in 1218 excommunicated Geoffrey I because of the prince's contumacious retention of certain abbeys, churches, rural parishes, and ecclesiastical goods. Upon the request of the local high clergy, the pope confirmed Geoffrey I's excommunication on 21 January 1219. The pope even declared Geoffrey I to be an enemy of God “more inhuman than Pharaoh”.
The conflict lasted some five years, until 1223 when Geoffrey I decided to negotiate and sent one of his knights to Rome. Finally on September 4, 1223 Pope Honorius III confirmed the accord that had been drawn up between the prince and the church of Achaea. According to the treaty, Geoffrey I restored the church lands, but he kept the treasures and furnishings of the churches in exchange for an annual indemnity and the number of Greek priests enjoying liberty and immunity was also to be limited in proportion to the size of the community.
In the meantime, Theodore Komnenos Doukas, now ruler of Epirus (1215–1224), had attacked the kingdom of Thessalonica and laid siege the kingdom's capital. William I, despite the urgent appeals of the pope, did not appear to have assisted the threatened city that finally surrendered near the end of 1224.
Geoffrey died sometime between 1228 and 1230 at the age of about sixty. He was buried in the Church of St James in Andravida.
Footnotes
See also
Fourth Crusade
Principality of Achaea
Chronicle of Morea
References
Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press. .
Further reading
Bratu, Cristian. “Clerc, Chevalier, Aucteur: The Authorial Personae of French Medieval Historians from the 12th to the 15th centuries.” In Authority and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles. Juliana Dresvina and Nicholas Sparks, eds. (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012): 231-259.
Finley Jr, John H. "Corinth in the Middle Ages." Speculum, Vol. 7, No. 4. (Oct., 1932), pp. 477–499.
Tozer, H. F. "The Franks in the Peloponnese." The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 4. (1883), pp. 165–236.
12th-century births
1220s deaths
Medieval French knights
Christians of the Fourth Crusade
Villehardouin family
Princes of Achaea
Burials at the Church and Hospice of St. James (Andravida)
13th-century people of the Principality of Achaea |
48649475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven%20Davis | Raven Davis | Raven Davis (born 1975) is a multimedia Indigenous artist, curator, activist, and community organizer of the Anishinaabe (Ojibway) Nation in Manitoba. Their work centers themes of culture, colonization, sexuality, and gender and racial justice. Davis currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia and works between Halifax and Toronto, Ontario. Davis is also a traditional dancer, singer, and drummer.
Career
In 2010, Davis joined the Friends United initiative as an artist and associate and currently sits on the advisory board.
In 2017, Raven Davis was hired as co-artistic director of Halifax's Queer Acts Theatre Festival.
Awards, honours, and residencies
Art and Activism Resident, NSCAD University (2016)
Cape Breton Partnership, Aboriginal Women of Distinction in Business, nomination (2010)
Cape Breton Industry Award, Sydney Ports Authority (2009)
Curatorial
Nocturne, Halifax, Nova Scotia (2018)
Bonnie Devine | Circles and Lines: Michi Saagiig. Art Gallery of Mississauga. Mississauga, Ontario (2018)
Wsitqamu | Nunak | Ktahkomiq | Land, co-curated with Aidan Gillis, PETAPAN: First Light Indigenous Arts Symposium, Dieppe, New Brunswick (2016)
Filmography
"I Still Believe" (2015) Director and Producer.
"Spooning" (2015) Co-Produced with Elisha Lim.
"Love Never Felt so Good" (2014) Collaboration with Elisha Lim.
Selected exhibitions
Friends United Art Exhibit. Halifax City Hall. (2012)
This is My Song: Perspectives from Contemporary Native Women. Huntsville. (2012)
Friends United. Casino Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia. (2013)
Indiginesse. Aurora Cultural Centre. Aurora, Ontario. (2014)
Wagmatcook Arts & Culture festival. Wagmatcook, Nova Scotia. (2014)
Assembly of First Nations Conference. Halifax, N.S. (2014)
Basquiat Idea Bar: Justice. Art Gallery of Ontario. (2015)
Map of the New Art. Cini Foundation. Venice. (2015)
Duality. Kennedy Gallery. North Bay, Ontario. (2017)
The De-Celebration of Canada 150. Khyber Center for the Arts. Halifax, Nova Scotia. (2017)
níchiwamiskwém | nimidet | ma soeur | my sister. The Biennale of Contemporary Aboriginal Art (BACA). Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec. (2018)
In Dialogue. Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba. Brandon, Manitoba. (2018)
Personal
Raven Davis is a parent of three sons. Having a mother who is also an Anishinaabe artist has influenced Davis in their life and career. Davis was born and raised in Toronto and attended Ryerson University and George Brown College.
The artist is two-spirited and uses gender-neutral pronouns. Davis speaks at schools, art venues, and community events, raising awareness around issues of gender, sexuality, and race.
See also
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas
References
External links
Canada Cultural Center Gallery
Canada Cultural Center Interview
CBC Nova Scotia. Sharing the View
Two-spirit people
Ojibwe people
First Nations performance artists
LGBT artists from Canada
Living people
1975 births |
18625051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juryzdyka | Juryzdyka | Juryzdyka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowinka, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Nowinka, north of Augustów, and north of the regional capital Białystok.
References
Juryzdyka |
18827670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20awards%20and%20nominations%20received%20by%20Tilda%20Swinton | List of awards and nominations received by Tilda Swinton | The following is a list of awards and nominations received by British actress Tilda Swinton. Throughout her career, Swinton has received several accolades, including one Academy Award, one BAFTA Award and a European Film Award, among others. Swinton began her career in several experimental films in the late 1980s. In 1991 she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her work in the romantic drama Edward II. She next starred as the titular role in Sally Potter's Orlando for which she was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress.
In 2001, she starred in the thriller film The Deep End, role that many consider her "breakout role" for American audiences, for her performance in the film she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She was highly praised for her performance as the ruthless general counsel Karen Crowder in Michael Clayton (2007), role that earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, alongside Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. In 2011, she received several awards and nominations for her performance as Eva Khatchadourian in Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin, including a third Golden Globe nomination and winning the European Film Award for Best Actress.
For her influential career, she has received several special awards and honours, including the Richard Harris Award from the British Independent Film Awards in 2005, the British Film Institute Fellowship in 2020 and the Mary Pickford Award from the International Press Academy in 2020. Also, she has been honoured in prestigious film festivals, like the Venice Film Festival, where she received the Golden Lion Honorary Award in 2021 and the Berlin International Film Festival, where she has been honoured with two Teddy Awards, one as an individual Jury Prize in 1988 and a second one in 2008 as a Special Award shared with Keith Collins, Simon Fisher Turner, Isaac Julien and James Mackay for their contributions in keeping the legacy of English director Derek Jarman.
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
BAFTA Awards
British Independent Film Awards
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
European Film Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
Satellite Awards
Saturn Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Venice Film Festival
Critic awards
Miscellaneous awards
References
External links
Swinton, Tilda |
3554753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius%20Anthony | Cornelius Anthony | Cornelius Anthony (born July 3, 1978) is a former American football linebacker. He was originally signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played college football at Texas A&M.
Anthony also played for the Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
High school
Starred at Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas where he earned District 16-5A Defensive MVP honors after posting 163 total tackles (25 for a loss), three interceptions and three fumble recoveries in addition to playing running back on offense. Also earned All-Greater Houston honors, was a finalist for the Houston Touchdown Club Defensive Player of the Year, and was an honorable mention all-state selection.
College
Anthony attended Texas A&M University, where he was a three-year starter. He finished his career with six sacks, 288 tackles, and a forced fumble. In a game against Nebraska during his senior year, he posted 18 tackles.
Professional
NFL
Anthony was signed as a free agent to the Washington Redskins, but did not appear in a game with the club. He was assigned to NFL Europe, where he played for the Barcelona Dragons. He finished the year with two sacks, a team-leading 50 tackles, a forced fumble, and an interception. He then returned to the U.S., where he played in 17 games over the 2003 and 2004 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers. After being released by the 49ers, he was signed and subsequently released by the Denver Broncos.
CFL
Signed as a free agent on May 10, 2005 with the Calgary Stampeders. Appeared in 5 games during the 2005 season and recorded 3 special teams tackles. Became a starter during the 2006 season for Calgary. Finished the season with 40 defensive tackles, six quarterback sacks, two special team tackles, two tackles for a loss, one fumble recovery and one interception. Had his best professional season in 2007, making 56 tackles, recording 8 sacks, and recovering a fumble.
External links
Just Sports Stats
Cornelius Anthony at SI.com
Calgary Stampeders bio
A&M Bio
1978 births
Living people
People from Pineville, Louisiana
American football linebackers
Calgary Stampeders players
Canadian football linebackers
San Francisco 49ers players
Barcelona Dragons players
Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
Texas A&M Aggies football players |
45344488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-rated%20United%20States%20television%20programs%20of%201990%E2%80%9391 | Top-rated United States television programs of 1990–91 | This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1990–91 season as measured by Nielsen Media Research.
References
Lists of American television series |
50723092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa%20de%20Portugal%20in%20S%C3%A3o%20Paulo | Casa de Portugal in São Paulo | The Casa de Portugal is an association of Portuguese immigrants in São Paulo created in 1935.
History
The Casa de Portugal was founded on 13 July 1935 with the aim of representing all Portuguese immigrants and their descendants in São Paulo. There were many Portuguese associations in the city, representing immigrants from specific regions of Portugal, and the original idea of the founders was to bring these organizations under one roof. The foundation of the Casa de Portugal saw representatives of União Transmontana, Casa do Minho, União Portuguesa, Centro Beirão and Centro do Douro. Other organizations were subsequently invited, but preferred to maintain their regional character and refused. The first president was the philologist Francisco da Luz Rebelo Gonçalves, a professor at the newly founded University of São Paulo, but he remained in office for only 10 months and was succeeded for the interim by Aurélio Martins Arrobas and in 1936 by Fernando Ribeiro Bacellar.
Initially the Casa de Portugal worked at the headquarters of the Casa do Minho and then in rented properties. Through donations from members and bank loans land and buildings were purchased on the Avenida da Liberdade, in the city center in 1943. The inauguration of the headquarters took place on December 27, 1955.
Features
The headquarters of the Casa de Portugal is a neocolonial building of five floors designed by Portuguese architect Ricardo Severo. The lobby is decorated with paintings depicting Afonso I, the first king of Portugal, and Manuel da Nobrega, a Portuguese Jesuit priest very influential in the early History of Brazil, and who participated in the founding of several cities, such as Recife, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and many Jesuit Colleges and seminaries. The building also has meeting rooms, a restaurant, theater, gallery exhibition and a ballroom with a capacity for 1,000 people.
The Casa de Portugal also serves as headquarters for the Council of the Luso-Brazilian Community of São Paulo, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and the Ombudsman of the Portuguese Community. It was also headquarters for the Consulate of Portugal in São Paulo and the Camões Institute, but these institutions have moved to a building in the Jardim América area in 2004.
Library
The creation of a library for the Casa de Portugal had been planned since its foundation, when the partners began to donate books to the collection. In 1957 the library was opened, and in 1991 it was extended with an auditorium and reading room. Currently it has 12,000 volumes, of which almost half are dedicated to history and Luso-Brazilian literature.
References
External links
Facebook page of Casa de Portugal
Portuguese emigrants to Brazil
Portuguese diaspora
Organisations based in São Paulo
1935 establishments in Brazil |
57354340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto%20Redondo | Alberto Redondo | Alberto Redondo Guijarro (born 22 May 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Elche CF Ilicitano as a right back.
Club career
Born in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Redondo finished his formation with Getafe CF. On 1 November 2015 he his senior debut with the reserves, starting in a 2–0 Segunda División B home win against Real Madrid Castilla.
Redondo appeared in two further matches during the campaign, as his side suffered relegation. He scored his first senior goal on 5 February 2017, netting the opener in a 4–0 home routing of SR Villaverde-Boetticher CF.
Redondo made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 6 May 2018, starting in a 1–0 away win against UD Las Palmas. However, he resumed his spell with the B-team before leaving in 2019.
In January 2020, Redondo moved to another reserve team, RCD Mallorca B also in the fourth division.
References
External links
1997 births
Living people
People from Cuenca, Spain
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Castilla–La Mancha
Association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Getafe CF B players
Getafe CF footballers
RCD Mallorca B players
Elche CF Ilicitano footballers |
42707913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA%20Women%27s%20Euro%202017 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 | The 2017 UEFA European Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2017, was the 12th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women's national teams of Europe. The competition was expanded to 16 teams (from 12 teams in the previous edition).
The Netherlands were declared as hosts by the UEFA Executive Committee on 4 December 2014.
Germany's 22-year reign as champions of Europe was ended after losing 1–2 to Denmark in the quarter-finals. In addition it was only Germany's second loss in the finals since 1993. Another former winner, Norway, lost to both finalists, the Netherlands and Denmark, and ended without goals or points.
The Netherlands won their first ever title by beating fellow first time finalists, Denmark, 4–2 in the final.
Host selection
Expressions of interest in hosting the tournament were received from seven associations.
On 4 December 2014 The Netherlands were chosen as hosts for the first time having never previously staged the tournament.
Qualification
A total of 47 UEFA nations entered the competition (including Andorra which entered for the first time at senior women's level), and with the hosts Netherlands qualifying automatically, the other 46 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining 15 spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition, which took place from April 2015 to October 2016, consisted of three rounds:
Preliminary round: The eight lowest-ranked teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each group was played in single round-robin format at one of the pre-selected hosts. The two group winners advanced to the qualifying group stage.
Qualifying group stage: The 40 teams (38 highest-ranked teams and two preliminary round qualifiers) were drawn into eight groups of five teams. Each group was played in home-and-away round-robin format. The eight group winners and the six best runners-up (not counting results against the fifth-placed team) qualified directly for the final tournament, while the two remaining runners-up advanced to the play-offs.
Play-offs: The two teams played home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last qualified team.
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Five teams made their Women's Euro debuts. The only team that qualified in 2013 but did not qualify in 2017 was Finland.
Notes
Final draw
The final draw was held on 8 November 2016, 17:30 CET (UTC+1), at the Luxor Theatre in Rotterdam. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their coefficient ranking following the end of the qualifying group stage (excluding the play-offs), with the hosts Netherlands assigned to position A1 in the draw. Each group contained one team from each of the four seeding pots.
H Hosts (assigned to position A1 in the draw)
TH Title holders
Venues
Seven venues in seven different towns were used in the tournament.
Match officials
A total of 11 referees, 21 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.
Referees
Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)
Stéphanie Frappart (France)
Riem Hussein (Germany)
Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)
Carina Vitulano (Italy)
Monika Mularczyk (Poland)
Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)
Esther Staubli (Switzerland)
Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
Assistant referees
Sanja Rođak Karšić (Croatia)
Angela Kyriakou (Cyprus)
Lucie Ratajova (Czech Republic)
Sian Massey (England)
Manuela Nicolosi (France)
Christina Biehl (Germany)
Katrin Rafalski (Germany)
Chrysoula Kourompylia (Greece)
Judit Kulcsár (Hungary)
Lucia Abruzzese (Italy)
Nicolet Bakker (Netherlands)
Anna Dabrowska (Poland)
Michelle O’Neill (Republic of Ireland)
Petruta Iugulescu (Romania)
Mihaela Tepusa (Romania)
Ekaterina Kurochkina (Russia)
Svetlana Bilić (Serbia)
Maria Sukenikova (Slovakia)
Belinda Brem (Switzerland)
Oleksandra Ardesheva (Ukraine)
Maryna Striletska (Ukraine)
Fourth officials
Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
Lorraine Clark (Scotland)
Squads
Each national team have to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers. If a player is injured or ill severely enough to prevent her participation in the tournament before her team's first match, she can be replaced by another player. The squad list must be published no later than 10 days before the tournaments opening match.
Group stage
The schedule of the competition was announced on 23 September 2015. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 19.01 and 19.02):
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams have the same number of points, and they met in the last round of the group and are tied after applying all criteria above (not used if more than two teams have the same number of points, or if their rankings are not relevant for qualification for the next stage);
Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
UEFA coefficient for the final draw.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
On 1 June 2017, the UEFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board (IFAB)'s trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
5 goals
Jodie Taylor
4 goals
Vivianne Miedema
3 goals
Lieke Martens
Sherida Spitse
2 goals
Nina Burger
Nadia Nadim
Toni Duggan
Babett Peter
Ilaria Mauro
Daniela Sabatino
Carolina
Stina Blackstenius
Lotta Schelin
1 goal
Stefanie Enzinger
Lisa Makas
Sarah Zadrazil
Janice Cayman
Elke Van Gorp
Tessa Wullaert
Pernille Harder
Theresa Nielsen
Sanne Troelsgaard Nielsen
Katrine Veje
Fran Kirby
Jordan Nobbs
Nikita Parris
Ellen White
Camille Abily
Amandine Henry
Eugénie Le Sommer
Josephine Henning
Isabel Kerschowski
Dzsenifer Marozsán
Fanndís Friðriksdóttir
Cristiana Girelli
Daniëlle van de Donk
Shanice van de Sanden
Ana Leite
Elena Danilova
Elena Morozova
Erin Cuthbert
Caroline Weir
Vicky Losada
Amanda Sampedro
Ramona Bachmann
Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
Lara Dickenmann
Own goal
Millie Bright (playing against Netherlands)
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament by UEFA.
Prize money
A total prize money of €8,000,000 were available, an increase from €2,200,000 in 2013, with the following breakdown:
Broadcasting rights
Matches were streamed on UEFA.com and UEFA.tv (YouTube) in territories where no partner had been appointed.
– TVE, France Télévisions
– ORF
– RTBF / VRT
– Globosat
– Telecanal
– DR / TV 2
– RedTeleSistema
– Yle
– France Télévisions
– ARD / ZDF
– iCable
– RÚV
– MNC / RCTI
– Nuvola61 / RAI
– Astro
– France Télévisions
– NOS
– NRK / TV 2
– RTP
– Match TV
– TVE
– TV4 / SVT
– SRG SSR
– Channel 4 More4
– ESPN / Univision
Caribbean – ESPN
Middle East / North Africa – Eurosport / beIN Sports
Sub-Saharan Africa – Econet (Kwesé Sports)
Europe – Eurosport
Notes
References
External links
UEFA Women's Euro history: 2015/17
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 finals: Netherlands, UEFA.com
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 The Netherlands tournament website
2017
Women's Euro 2017
2017 Uefa Women's Euro
2017 in women's association football
2016–17 in Dutch women's football
August 2017 sports events in Europe
July 2017 sports events in Europe |
27357601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gela21 | Gela21 | gela21 is a non-profit organization located in Talence in the campus of the École nationale supérieure d'architecture et de paysage de Bordeaux, France. Created in 2009, this student association works on pedagogical studies in consulting and planning in domains linked to the space design : architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, environmental planning
...
All the projects are selected for a high environmental quality.
Activities
Association gela21 works on these kinds of projects:
Consulting and Planning of residential architecture,
Consulting and Planning of gardens, parks, private and public open spaces...
Computer Assisted Design and Presentation of technical plans, elevations and documents,
Consulting and Analysis of regional and big-scaled landscapes
This organization participates to international competitions of architecture, design and urban planning.
gela21 publishes a zine, called gelaZINE, gathering articles about green architecture, sustainable landscape planning, interviews of architects and planners, discussions with other student associations in Europe...
Thanks to the international Erasmus system, gela21 develops a student network.
This organization became famous in March 2010 by coordinating a stand in a professional meeting where the students from different associations created a "speed-design".
Sources
Student organizations in France |
61804487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para%C3%ADso%20metro%20station | Paraíso metro station | Paraíso is a Panama Metro station on Line 2. It was opened on 25 April 2019 as part of the inaugural section of Line 2 between San Miguelito and Nuevo Tocumen. This is an elevated station built above Avenida Domingo Díaz, with an exit to Calle Altamira. The station is located between San Miguelito and Cincuentenario.
References
Panama Metro stations
2019 establishments in Panama
Railway stations opened in 2019
San Miguelito District |
4431522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Brito | Max Brito | Max Brito (born 8 April 1971 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is a former rugby union player on the Ivory Coast rugby team. As a result of injuries sustained at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, he was paralysed. As of 2007 he could only move his head, torso, and an arm.
Career
Brito played as a winger, and spent his career playing for Biscarrosse Olympique in the Fédérale 3 division of French rugby. An electrician by trade, he was noticeable on the field for his long dreadlocks as well as his brave play. Brito was called into the Ivorian national team squad for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Brito came on as a substitute in the opening game against Scotland which the Ivory Coast lost by 89 points to nil, a result which led many to question the inclusion of "minor" teams in the tournament. He played again in the second game for Les Elephants, who put in a vastly improved performance against France, despite losing 54–18.
Injury
Brito started Ivory Coast's third match against Tonga on 3 June. He caught a high ball that had been kicked up the field, and set off on a counter-attack. He was tackled by Inoke Afeaki, the Tonga flanker, before a ruck formed over him. The ruck collapsed and several players fell on top of Brito, leaving him prone and motionless on the ground. Brito was taken to the intensive care unit of the Unitas Hospital in Pretoria with broken vertebrae. Operations were carried out to stabilize the fourth and fifth vertebrae, but Brito was left paralysed below the neck.
After the accident, Brito was given treatment and compensation, which was funded by all sides competing at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Nevertheless, in 2007, it was reported that Brito was still largely unable to move, being bedridden most of the time, with only some limited movement in his chest and arms. He and his wife have separated, whilst he has little contact with his sons, and he now lives with his parents in Bordeaux. There has been some criticism of how his case was handled, after the initial support: Damian Hopley, Head of the Professional Rugby Players' Association, said in 2003, "We became involved in money-raising events for Max ... but there was very little support for him from Rugby World Cup."
In his 2007 interview, Brito was portrayed as living an unhappy life. He was quoted as saying: "It is now 12 years since I have been in this state. I have come to the end of my tether... If one day I fall seriously ill, and if I have the strength and courage to take my own life, then I will do it...This bloody handicap - it's my curse. It kills me and I will never accept it. I can't live with it and it's going to be with me for the rest of my life."
But in 2020, in an interview with i, he revealed he had undergone a spiritual transformation that had helped him cope with his disability.
"I would say there were 13 or 14 years of fog where I didn't know where I was. The accident was very violent. But after that I had a spiritual enlightenment and I understood that it was necessary to accept my handicap. And from that moment on, all the doors were open."
References
1971 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Abidjan
People with tetraplegia
Ivorian rugby union players
Rugby union wings
Ivorian expatriate rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in France
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France |
19234751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Land%20and%20Resources%20of%20the%20People%27s%20Republic%20of%20China | Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China | The Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) of the People's Republic of China is a dissolved ministry under the jurisdiction of the State Council of China. It was formally responsible for the regulation, management, preservation and exploitation of natural resources, such as land, mines and oceans.
On March 10, 1998, the 9th National People's Congress passed the "Reform Plan of the Ministries of the State Council". According to the plan, , State Administration of National Land, State Oceanic Administration, and State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping merged to form the Ministry of Land and Resources. The State Administration of National Oceans and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping have remained existing as departments under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Ministry.
In March 2018, the 13th National People's Congress announced that the newly formed Ministry of Natural Resources shall replace the functions of the Ministry of Land & Resources, State Oceanic Administration and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.
List of ministers
See also
Geography of China
Geology of China
Archeology of China
Geographic Information Systems in China
Ministries of China
References
Further reading
China Land and Resources Statistical Yearbook 2015
Land And Resources
China
China
China, Land And Resources
China, Land And Resources
1998 establishments in China
2018 disestablishments in China |
39648833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhur-e%20Namdar-e%20Abdi | Sukhur-e Namdar-e Abdi | Sukhvor-e Namdar-e Abdi (, also Romanized as Sūkhvor-e Nāmdār-e ‘Abdī and Sūkhvor Nāmdār ‘Abdī; also known as Sūkhar-e Nāmdār, Sūkhūr-e ‘Abdī, Sūkhūr-e Nāmdār-e ‘Ebadī, and Sūkhūr-e Nāmdār-e Elāhī) is a village in Heydariyeh Rural District, Govar District, Gilan-e Gharb County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 315, in 66 families.
References
Populated places in Gilan-e Gharb County |
26085510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Piece%20Film%3A%20Strong%20World | One Piece Film: Strong World | One Piece Film: Strong World or simply Strong World is a 2009 Japanese animated fantasy action adventure film directed by Munehisa Sakai. It is the tenth feature film based on the shōnen manga series One Piece by Eiichiro Oda.
The film features Naoto Takenaka (in Japanese) and Scott McNeil (in English) as Shiki, the evil captain of his crew who kidnaps Nami to force her to join his crew and intends to conquer the East Blue. Monkey D. Luffy and his crew must stop Shiki from carrying out his plans.
Plot
uses his Devil Fruit powers to destroy marine ships and warn Monkey D. Garp and Fleet Admiral Sengoku. On a floating island, Monkey D. Luffy is chased by a genetically-enhanced animal. The monster is overpowered by the other monsters before Luffy defeats the fourth monster. The Straw Hats have been separated into three groups: Sanji with Usopp, Roronoa Zoro with Tony Tony Chopper, and Nico Robin with Franky and Brook. Shiki tells Nami that she has been taken to the island against her will and a brief flashback is shown: several days earlier, the Straw Hats read news of an attack on East Blue. Luffy vows to protect the East Blue before witnessing Shiki's ship overhead. After escaping a storm, Shiki meets Nami and reveals his powers to make any inanimate object he touches float. After learning it was Nami that delivered the warning, Shiki offers to take them there before abducting Nami. The others try to rescue her, but Shiki makes the pirates scatter on the island.
Shiki asks Nami to become his navigator but she refuses. His minion demonstrates an evolved bird called , who can produce electricity, but Shiki rejects it after Dr. Indigo is electrocuted. He reveals that a plant, called IQ, can cause animals to evolve instantly and to increase strength along the way. Nami protects Billy, and the bird is left with her as Shiki and his men leave. Meanwhile, Sanji and Usopp battle various animals while Sanji searches for Robin and Nami. Meanwhile, Zoro and Chopper rescue a young girl, , and are led to her village and are told about the large poisonous plants around the village. However, long term exposure to the plants is poisonous to humans, and the girl's grandmother has become ill by it. Xiao was looking for the cure which is the IQ plant, but Shiki has stolen the IQ plants for his experiments. Sanji and Usopp learn that Shiki also takes all the men and young women to his royal palace, leaving the village with only the very young and old, before meeting up with Zoro and Chopper.
Nami flees with the help of Billy, and finds the Thousand Sunny along with Luffy. Robin's group discovers that Shiki is planning to release the animals on the island into East Blue to force the World Government's surrender and that he is planning a demonstration against a village on the floating island to show their power. The two join the others at the village, and they also learn of the plan from the village residents. Shiki confronts and defeats the Straw Hats and offers Nami to rejoin him on the condition that the Cocoyashi Village will be spared. Robin's group arrives and rejoin the rest of the crew. Xiao gives them a tone dial and they replay Nami's farewell message to Luffy, but he angrily leaves before the end.
Meanwhile, Nami attempts to destroy the plants protecting his palace, but gets poisoned herself. Shiki traps her near the plants and heads off to meet the pirate captains gathering. While greeting them, the Straw Hats launch a preemptive strike against Shiki and his henchmen. The group manages to defeat them while Chopper and Usopp are ordered to search for Nami. Nami is found by Billy who helps destroy the plants just as Usopp and Chopper arrive. Chopper soon realizes the only way to save Nami is to find the IQ medicine, but Shiki attempts to stop them. Luffy engages Shiki in a duel. The two find the IQ plant, but find the medicine is being held by Dr. Indigo. Zoro manages to defeat Dr. Indigo and Nami recovers. Sanji and Brook, meanwhile, witness another of Shiki's henchmen, , attempting to kiss Robin, but Sanji defeats Scarlet.
Nami, Usopp and Chopper trick Shiki into redirecting his ship to the island, forcing his crew to flee. The Straw Hats rig the palace with explosives. Shiki refocuses his attention on the Straw Hats, but Luffy uses an electric charge and knocks Shiki to the ground, leaving Luffy victorious. The other Straw Hats escape with the Thousand Sunny, using Shiki's pirate sail as a parachute. Luffy is recovered by Billy while the villagers are shown flying away using the wings on their arms. The Marines capture the retreating pirates, including Shiki. As the Marines witness the islands crash into the sea, now free of Shiki's power, they spot the Thousand Sunny. However, the Straw Hats escape. Luffy later learns that Nami's message was actually a coded SOS directed at him that the crew took as a love confession; he tries to listen to the end, but Nami throws it overboard in embarrassment.
Voice cast
Production
Oda personally supervised the production of Strong World, created the film's original story and over 120 pages of rough drawings. Furthermore, he placed his own name on the film's credits to indicate his desire for a film that is different from its nine predecessors. The actual director of the film is Munehisa Sakai, who is also a former director of the One Piece anime television series. The Japanese rock band Mr. Children performed the film's theme song, "Fanfare". Oda had personally offered them the opportunity.
Promotion
An English-language teaser trailer of 45 seconds length was shown on the Tokyo International Anime Fair in March 2009 and later placed on the official website of the One Piece franchise's anime films, when it was relaunched around July 2009. The website began streaming a 96 seconds long trailer on August 8, 2009. Yet more footage from the film was shown on the 2009 Jump Super Anime Tour and later posted on the website of Weekly Shōnen Jump.
In the 49th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, the manga anthology that has been publishing One Piece ever since the series' premiere, the magazine announced that it would publish the prequel to the film's story, depicting a confrontation between the Pirate King Gol D. Roger and Shiki the Golden Lion, which the first 1.5 million Japanese moviegoers where promised to receive in form of a One Piece manga "Volume 0", in its 53rd issue and that it will eventually be animated. The One Piece anime television series' episodes 426 through 429 formed a sub-series of special episodes depicting a prelude to the events in the film.
Commemorating the release of the 56th volume of One Piece, on November 4, 2009, almost within a week to Strong World'''s premiere, the Friday morning issue of the major Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun contained nine full-page spreads, showing One Piece characters and advertisements for Weekly Shōnen Jump. On December 10, 2009, only two days before the film's premiere, Shueisha's fashion magazine Men's Non-No released its January issue, its cover adorned by an Oda-drawn Luffy in a look by stylist Shinichi "Miter" Mita, which not only marked the first time that Oda drew the cover for a non-manga magazine, but also the first time that a manga character has been on the cover in the magazine's 24-year history. The first eight pages of the issue are occupied by photographs of models, resembling Luffy, Robin, Nami, Zoro, and Sanji, dressed in sea and pirates themed clothes. Furthermore, the issue contains interviews with Oda and Kōsuke Kitajima.
The promotions surrounding Strong World boosted the sales of the One Piece manga during the week of December 7 through 13, causing all 56 then published volumes to be listed in Oricon's Top 200 chart of weekly Japanese manga sales.
Release
On December 12, 2009, Strong World opened on 188 screens throughout Japan. For comparison, Ponyo set the record of screens for a domestic film to 481 in July 2008 and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiered in Japan in July 2009 on 844 screens.
The first 1.5 million moviegoers received the "0th volume" of the One Piece manga series, containing a prequel story that depicts events from 20 years into the past of the One Piece world, as well as the materials Oda created for Strong World's production. After the film's success on its first weekend of showing, Toei decided to extend the offer by another million copies of the manga.
The Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack release of the film was released on August 27, 2010.
The film has been licensed, along with Season 5 of One Piece, in North America by Funimation. Funimation announced on July 3, 2013, at Anime Expo that Strong World would be released in the United States on November 19, 2013. The Region 1 release omits the ending theme, "Fanfare" by Mr. Children, due to rights issues, though it is mentioned to be the ending in both the English and Japanese credits at the end of the film. Both Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack and the single DVD begin with a disclaimer explaining the removal of the song.
One Piece Strong World was released in France on August 24, 2011. It was the first One Piece film to be released in cinemas in France. Selecta Visión released the film in Spain on DVD and Blu-ray on November 30, 2016, featuring Japanese and Spanish audio, as well as subtitles in Spanish.
Related media
Hamazaki Tatsuya adapted the film's story into a 208 pages light novel, released on December 14, 2009. An art book to the film of 120 A4 pages, published on December 18, 2009, entered to weekly Japanese comic sales ranking on place 21 with 42,076 copies sold.
Reception
Box office
On its first weekend of showing, Strong World was seen 820,000 times on 188 screens throughout Japan, 103 of which had sold out over the entire weekend, resulting in a per-screen average of 5,520,000 Japanese yen (approx. 62,200 United States dollars), which is the record for a nationwide-released film in Japan, and a gross revenue of ¥1,038,000,000 (approx. $11.7 million), ¥553,000,000 (approx. $6.24 million) on the first and ¥485,000,000 (approx. $5.47M) on the second day, thus topping both Ponyo, which took in ¥1,025,000,000 (approx. $11.55 M), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which made ¥990,000,000 (approx. $11.2 M), on their first weekends of showing, as well as earning more than the ¥920,000,000 (approx. $11 M) its predecessor, One Piece: Episode of Chopper + Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura, made in its whole time of showing. Anime News Network attributes part of this success, which includes a 1st place on the Japanese and a fourth place on the international box office over the time frame December 11 through 14, to Toei's giving-away of the "One Piece Volume 0" manga.
Over the weekend of December 19 and 20, Strong World topped the Japanese box office for a second time in a row and, with $22,500,000 earned in its first eight days of showing, set a new company record for Toei, beating Aibo, the record holder from 2008, which needed two more days to reach the same amount and eventually finished with a total gross revenue of $50,000,000, a sum Toei expects Strong World to exceed by $7,000,000.
In its third week, Strong World fell to the 3rd place on Kogyo Tsushinsha's Japanese box office chart and to the 4th place on the charts of Variety and Rentrak Theatrical. Shown on 193 screens, it increased its total gross revenue by $2,576,258 to a new total of $32,238,129. In its fourth week, it fell to fourth place. Shown on 194 screens, it grossed another $2,611,102, creating a new total of
$39,439,879. The film remained in fourth place during its fifth week, earning another $1,753,517 on 194 screens to a new total of $44,506,849. Falling to the 6th place on its sixth weekend, Strong World'' still grossed an additional $1,063,584 on 193 screens, increasing its total to $47,918,186, before falling off the Top 10 in the following week. The worldwide total box office is about .
Reviews
Strong World received largely positive reviews from critics, praising the film's story and character designs, as well as Oda's involvement in the film. Chris Beveridge of The Fandom post described the film as "a very streamlined Oda story that would have gone on for twenty or thirty episodes if it was done as a regular arc with the TV series", adding that the storyline was "predictable" but also "well polished". Beveridge also praised the film for having a stronger connection to the One Piece TV series than the franchises previous films. Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network awarded the film a 'B' rating, praising the storyline and character design. Silverman commented that "no one can come up with weird laughs or monsters quite like Oda", although unfavorably comparing some of the animation to "stop-motion animation". Silverman also commented on the English dubbing of the film, saying that Ian Sinclair's debut as Brook "does a very good job with the loopy skeleton", although she found Scott McNeil's "pseudo-Caribbean" accent as Shiki "a little off-putting". Despite being largely unfamiliar with the franchise, Kyle Mills of DVD Talk called FUNimations release "Highly Recommended", praising the "terrific cast of characters" and "giant kick ass final fight". Jeffrey Kauffman of Blu-ray.com also recommended Strong World, describing it as "loud, frenetic and frequently nonsensical," but also "kind of crazily entertaining at the same time" Kauffman also added that "while Strong World won't necessarily be incomprehensible to newcomers", "those with a solid grounding in the background of the story and its many characters will reap the most rewards from this particular outing".
Strong World also currently has a rating of 7.1 out of 10 collated from both film critics and users on IMDb.
Awards and nominations
It won the award for Excellent Animation of the Year at the 34th Japan Academy Prize and is nominated for Animation of the Year.
See also
List of One Piece films
List of One Piece media
List of 2009 box office number-one films in Japan
Notes
References
External links
Official website of Toei Animation
2009 films
Japanese films
2009 anime films
Funimation
Toei Animation films
Strong World
Films scored by Kohei Tanaka |
47301283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrawal | Bahrawal | Bahrawal is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the Berasia tehsil.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Bahrawal has 199 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 73.19%.
References
Villages in Berasia tehsil |
15214513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Meson%20Sandwiches | El Meson Sandwiches | El Meson Sandwiches (marketed in Florida as Meson Sandwiches) is a fast-casual restaurant chain that primarily sells sandwiches, salads and breakfast items, which it serves all day long. Based in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, El Meson Sandwiches is Puerto Rico's largest restaurant chain. In 2012 it was named one of the world's top fast food chains by Travel & Leisure magazine.
El Meson Sandwiches is family-owned and operated. It has 37 locations in Puerto Rico and three in Florida, at the Florida Mall, in Kissimmee and Lee Vista Promenade.
El Meson began franchising in 2018. El Meson Sandwiches units average $2 million in sales per year. System-wide sales in 2015 were just under $80 million.
History
The first El Meson Sandwiches opened in 1972 in the beach town of Aguadilla on Puerto Rico's northwestern tip. The restaurant was started by Felipe Perez Sr., father of the current CEO, Felipe Pérez Grajales. The original restaurant was known primarily for two things: home-style sandwiches and a familial atmosphere.
Many of El Meson's early customers were American surfers who came early in the day asking for big, healthy breakfasts. Their requests prompted Perez Sr. to create a sandwich dubbed The Surfer, which comes stuffed with fresh vegetables and soy-based protein. The second Puerto Rico location opened in 1987, shortly after the younger Perez returned from college in Jacksonville, Florida. Rapid growth followed.
Products
El Meson sandwiches are mostly served on criollo bread, a sweet, French-style bread with a Caribbean flavor. Most are pressed on a hot grill and served with cabbage, tomatoes, and mayo. The Delicioso sandwich comes with turkey and bacon. The White House is grilled with roast beef, turkey and mushrooms. El Meson also serves sandwiches on baked potatoes.
Current leadership
Felipe Pérez Grajales is the current CEO of El Meson Sandwiches. He was born in 1965, the eldest of three brothers. From the early 1970s through his high school years, Grajales worked in the original El Meson restaurant in Aguadilla. In 1983 he left Puerto Rico to attend Jacksonville University. Though he received several offers from companies in the U.S., he returned to Puerto Rico in 1986 to help expand the family business.
Grajales has been recognized as an outstanding businessman by Ernst & Young, the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce, the Sales & Marketing Executives (SME) Association, and the House of Representatives and Senate of Puerto Rico.
He was president of the Organizing Committee for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayagüez in 2010 and is president of the Mayagüez 2010 Foundation.
References
External links
Meson Sandwiches Official Website
Puerto Rican El Meson Sandwiches Website (In Spanish)
1972 establishments in Puerto Rico
Restaurants in Puerto Rico
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Privately held companies of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican brands
Restaurants established in 1972 |
38484427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handmade%20Arcade | Handmade Arcade | Handmade Arcade is an annual independent craft fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The fair focuses on sustainable, upcycled, recycled, and eco-friendly materials and techniques. Vendors come from multiple states; in 2012, participants came from 15 different states. For example, some pieces include purses made from recycled books, camera straps constructed from vintage fabrics, jewelry made from found objects, pillows constructed from vintage T-shirts, and organic bath and body products. Attendance has reached 10,000. In 2007 and 2009, it won the People’s Choice Award for Best Arts Event from the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council.
The first Handmade Arcade was held in 2004 at Construction Junction in Point Breeze. The founder was Gloria Forouzan of Lawrenceville. The Sprout Fund provided critical funding for that first event. That year, attendance was 1,000, with 60 vendors. In 2005, attendance and the number of vendors had doubled. The 2006 version saw 5,000 attendees.
In 2008, it had moved into the Hunt Armory. By 2011, attendance had grown to 7,000, allowing for a move to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center
References
Culture of Pittsburgh
Do it yourself
Recurring events established in 2004 |
64682427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read%20Between%20the%20Lines%20%28Lynn%20Anderson%20song%29 | Read Between the Lines (Lynn Anderson song) | "Blue Baby Blue" is a song written by Kathie Baillie, Michael Bonagura and Don Schlitz. It was recorded by American country music artist Lynn Anderson and released as a single in 1987 via Mercury Records.
Background and release
"Read Between the Lines" was Anderson's second single release for Mercury Records. It was recorded in April 1987 in a session produced by Gary Scruggs. "Read Between the Lines" was released as a single in September 1987. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart before reaching the top 40 at number 38 in November 1987. It was Anderson's first top 40 hit since 1984's "You're Welcome to Tonight." It was among her final charting singles as well. "Read Between the Lines" was not included on an album release.
Track listings
7" vinyl single
"Read Between the Lines" – 3:21
"If This Ain't Love" – 2:40
Chart performance
References
1987 singles
1987 songs
Mercury Records singles
Lynn Anderson songs
Songs written by Don Schlitz |
52318274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Pijourlet | Louis Pijourlet | Louis Pijourlet (born ) is a French male track cyclist, representing France at international competitions. He participated at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships in the men's team pursuit. He won the bronze medal at the 2016-17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Round 2 in Apeldoorn in the team pursuit.
References
1995 births
Living people
French male cyclists
French track cyclists
Place of birth missing (living people) |
15980282 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Public%20Health%20Alliance | European Public Health Alliance | The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) is a European non-profit association registered in Belgium. Its members are non-profit organisations active in public health. The EPHA has 89 member organisations based in 21 European countries. Sascha Marschang is currently Acting Secretary General of EPHA. Its headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium.
Structure
EPHA is an international non-profit organisation (“AISBL” in French) under Belgian law. Its statutes are approved by its General Assembly composed of representatives of its members.
A Board of Trustees sets out the organisation's annual work programme, priorities and targets, and reviews the financial management of the EPHA. The EPHA Board is composed of 7 representatives elected by members of the EPHA for a 2-year mandate. Freek Spinnewijn is currently the president of the EPHA Board.
History
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) organisation was established in 1993 after the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 which for the first time gave the European Community responsibilities in health protection. The European Community Amsterdam Treaty Article 152 extended EU competence to promoting health of European citizens, in addition to protecting it as in Article 129 of the Maastricht Treaty.
See also
Health care
Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection
References
European Public Health Alliance
European Community Treaties: articles 152 and 95 EC
External links
Public health organizations
Organizations established in 1993
Medical and health organisations based in Belgium
European medical and health organizations
Health and the European Union |
11463915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin%20Hood%2C%20West%20Yorkshire | Robin Hood, West Yorkshire | Robin Hood is a village in West Yorkshire, England, within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, with Wakefield WF3, and Leeds LS26 postcodes. It is situated on the A61 and A654 between Leeds and Wakefield, close to Rothwell and Lofthouse.
It forms part of the Ardsley and Robin Hood ward of Leeds City Council and the Morley and Outwood parliamentary constituency.
The centre of Robin Hood is believed to be the Halfway House public house, situated at the main junction of the A61 and A654. The public house gained its name from its location being half-way between Leeds and Wakefield, located exactly 4 miles in either direction on the A61. It used to be known as "The Old Halfway House" and a public house or inn has been located on that site for centuries.
History
Robin Hood was originally part of nearby Carlton village, the original inhabitants were chiefly miners and quarrymen and as such it was built on its large mining history. Its mines at their peak, employing several hundred underground workers for the firm J&J Charlesworth, but the last mine closed in the 1960s. There has been considerable residential and commercial development in recent years, and has now grown to a population of around 3,573 according to the 2011 census.
Name
The name Robin Hood was first applied to a spring or well situated near the old quarries, it is believed the well-trough, had an iron ladle chained to it. The well no longer exists, and is believed to have been covered up with quarry refuse. It is believed that the well still runs underground and feeds the local streams in the area. There was local opinion that the ceremony of well-dressing, and a country dance called Robin Hood might have been performed there.
The folk hero connection
The area has a suspected link with the medieval folk hero Robin Hood, as some of the original legends do mention an "Outwoods" (quite possibly the Outwood of Wakefield nearby) and the original legends also mention a "Stane Lea" (potentially the nearby village of Stanley). Also, most of the original Robin Hood ballads have him operating in and around Barnsdale forest which is close to Wakefield and surrounding areas.
Mining history and Robin Hood Colliery
Mining has been performed at various locations in Robin Hood, dating all the way back to the late 1600s. The most notable mining operation was Robin Hood Colliery, which was located opposite the Halfway House pub, and on land located between the A61 and Thorpe Lower Lane A654. The mine opened in 1854 and was operated by J&J Charlesworth, who owned many large collieries in the area. Most of them named after his daughters, including the Robin Hood Colliery which was known as "Jane Pit". The pit closed in the 1960s after being nationalised by the National Coal Board in the early 1900s, it stood derelict on the site until the 1980s and used as a ventilation shaft for other main collieries in the area. It is now occupied by a large housing estate built in the 1990s.
Robin Hood Quarries and Brickworks
Robin Hood was also home to some large stone quarries and an associated brickworks. The main quarry site was located to the left of Thorpe Lower Lane where it meets Middleton Lane, and it was known as "Robin Hood Quarries". This operated from the late 1800s and closed in the 1950s. Associated with the quarry was Armitage Brickworks, their offices and stone yard was located at the back of the Robin Hood Colliery and extended up Thorpe Lower Lane towards the quarries. Most of this old site is now occupied by the M1 Motorway built in the 1960s. Their major Brickworks operation site was located next to the quarries and further along Middleton Lane where it meets Thorpe Lane.
Robin Hood station and railways
Robin Hood had its own passenger station, located between Leadwell Lane A654 and Matty Lane (now known as Hopefield Walk). It opened in 1904 and only lasted for 6 months, it continued to be used for excursions and coal traffic. Finally closed and further demolished in the 1960s. The station was part of a large network of railway lines that operated in the Robin Hood, Lofthouse and Rothwell areas known as the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway. The line was built mainly for colliery traffic and linked all the major collieries in the area, starting at Lofthouse and joining the Midland Main Line just past Stourton in Leeds. A large embankment carried the railway from the A61 near the Gardeners Arms Pub and through to Leadwell Lane A654 where a bridge crossed over and into the station, the embankment still stands today and is now part of the Rothwell Greenway. One half of the old Leadwell Lane bridge abutment still stands today at the end of the embankment.
There were numerous branches off this railway located all over the Robin Hood area, including a road crossing on the A61 at what is known as Robin Hood Bridge (where West Beck crosses underneath the road). There was also a further road crossing on Thorpe Lower Lane just before the present M1 underpass, and a large railway junction beyond Robin Hood Station towards Rothwell. It also had branches from Thorpe Lower Lane and up to Castle Pit located off Middleton Lane and the Armitage Brickworks and Robin Hood Quarries.
Not much remains of this line today, apart from a few rails buried just under the surface of Milner Lane and overgrown embankments and cuttings along the route to Rothwell.
Telegraph Repeater Station and RAF Bunker
There was a large GPO Telegraph Repeater Station located on the corner of Sharpe Lane where it meets the A61 Wakefield Road. It is believed that this was used to boost the strength of electric telephone signals. It also had an associated underground bunker and shelter known as "RAF Rothwell" located just behind the GPO building. It was a large concrete building with blast proof doors and was believed to be associated with RAF Menwith Hill. The GPO Repeater building was demolished around 2007, the concrete bunker still stands today and is now located on a private residence.
Football club
Robin Hood Athletic Football Club were crowned champions of the West Yorkshire Football League Division One in 2013–14 and have since played in its Premier Division.
The team play from the Coach Ground located just behind the Coach and Horses pub on the A61.
Notable former residents
Karl Davey
Mark Davey
Ernie Field
Sidney Parkinson
References
External links
The ancient parish of Rothwell at GENUKI: Robin Hood was in this parish
Robin Hood Athletic Football Club:
Places in Leeds
Rothwell, West Yorkshire |
41367451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silje | Silje | Silje is a Norwegian given female name. It is a short form of the Latin female name Caecilia / Cecilie from the family name Caecilius which is formed from the Latin adjective Caecus, "blind". Notable people with the name include:
Silje Bolset, Norwegian handball player
Silje Ekroll Jahren (born 1988), Norwegian orienteering competitor and junior world champion
Silje Jørgensen (born 1975), former Norwegian footballer and Olympic champion
Silje Lundberg (born 1988), Norwegian environmentalist and leader of Nature and Youth
Silje Nergaard (born 1966), Norwegian jazz vocalist and songwriter
Silje Nes (born 1980), Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
Silje Norendal (born 1993), Norwegian snowboarder
Silje Redergård (1989-1994), Norwegian murder victim
Silje Reinåmo (born 1982), Norwegian actress, dancer and musical performer
Silje Solberg (born 1990), Norwegian handball goalkeeper
Silje Schei Tveitdal (born 1974), Norwegian environmentalist and politician for the Socialist Left Party
Silje Vesterbekkmo (born 1983), Norwegian footballer
Silje Vige (born 1976), Norwegian singer
Silje Wergeland (born 1974), Norwegian singer-songwriter.
Norwegian feminine given names |
66655236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFC%20Shturmi | SFC Shturmi | SFC Sturmi is a Georgian football club based in Sartichala. Being one of the youngest domestic teams, they take part in Liga 4, the fourth tier of Georgian league system.
History
On 6 March 2020 some media outlets announced that newly formed FC Shturmi Sartichala would replace FC Sarti Sartichala, dissolved in 2018, and represent the town in Regional league. Tornike Chaduneli, the former Torpedo Kutaisi defender and Sarti manager, took charge of the team.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended until August, when a single-round competition between 14 clubs of Group D East began.
Being debutants in the Georgian league, the club from the very outset displayed an attacking football which greatly contributed to thrashing some rivals. By mid-season with the seven matches behind Shturmi had won five of them with a large margin and reached an astonishing 31:5 aggregate goal difference.
In mid-October the team was placed in a two-week COVID quarantine. Straight after the games were resumed, Shturmi set their own record by winning 12–0. Until the final game week the club kept beating all other opponents, although so did Dinamo-2 Tbilisi who, apart from the same winning run, had a better goal advantage. The decisive tie was supposed to determine a winner of the league group with promotion to Liga 4.
The match on 20 December in Sartichala drew a great interest among the cheering locals who, unable to get inside the ground, gathered around it. Shturmi took the lead after ten minutes with Dinamo equalizing five minutes later. Numerous attempts to break the well-defending rivals reached a dramatic end in stoppage time when the hosts were awarded a penalty kick. However, goalkeeper Omar Migineishvili saved it and with final score 1-1 Shturmi were denied a victory.
In late January 2021 Georgian Football Federation decided to enlarge Liga 4 at the expense of all four second-placed Regionuli Liga clubs from the previous season with Shturmi being among these promoted teams.
The start in the fourth tier was less impressive. However, the team drastically improved in the second stage, won ten games, including with 7-0 and 9-0, and prevailed in the final match of the season with a 12-0 victory.
Seasons
Players
As of April 2021
(C)
Stadium
Shturmi play home games at Central stadium in Sartichala, which is due to undergo major reconstruction works according to an electronic tender, announced in January 2021. For this reason the team hosted all their Liga 4 rivals at Sagarejo football ground.
Name
SFC stands for Sartichala Football Club while Georgian word shturmi can be translated as assault.
External links
Page on Facebook
References
Football clubs in Georgia (country)
2020 establishments in Georgia (country)
Association football clubs established in 2020 |
43831895 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonolobus%20arizonicus | Gonolobus arizonicus | Gonolobus arizonicus, common name Arizona milkvine, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Arizona, found in Pima, Santa Cruz, Pinal, and Graham Counties.
References
External links
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isolectotype of Lachnostoma arizonicum, collected in Santa Catalina Mountains of Pima County, Arizona
arizonicus
Flora of Arizona
Plants described in 1885 |
15975833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office%20de%20Radiodiffusion-T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision%20du%20Mali | Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Mali | The Office of Radio and Television of Mali (Office de radiodiffusion et de télévision du Mali, ORTM) is the national broadcaster of the West African state of Mali.
History
Malian broadcasting began in 1957 as a one kilowatt radio station called Radio Soudan in Bamako, then administrative center of the French colony of French Soudan. After independence in 1960, Radio Nationale du Mali (Radio-Mali) began broadcasting from la maison de la Radio in the Bozola neighbourhood of Bamako. Technical abilities were bolstered with Czech transmitters ranging from 18 to 30 kilowatts in 1962.
In 1970, the Chinese government constructed four 50 kW radio transmitters about 7 km from Bamako, towards Kati, enabling Radio Mali to reach much of West Africa. In 22 September 1983, a Libyan financed television broadcast centre was opened in Bamako, enabling RTM to broadcast one channel of colour television. French and German grant programmes between 1984 and 1990 enabled news and reporting to expand, with regional stations opening in Ségou (1986), Koulikoro (1989), Sikasso (1990) and Mopti (1993). In 1992, a second national broadcast radio network (Chiffre II) was added.
On 5 October 1992, the Malian government split off the RTM according to "Law 92-021", from direct government control, becoming a publicly financed, independently run entity (an "Établissement Public à Caractère Administratif (EPA)"). This was part of the national liberalisation process, moving the nation to the "Third Malian Republic". Private broadcasters were legalised, and RTM was reorganised as the ORTM on 1 January 1993.
ORTM was seized by National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR) forces on 21 March 2012 as part of the 2012 Malian coup d'état. A thousand-person protest was held on 26 March, chanting "Down with Sanogo" and "Liberate the ORTM".
Current output
In 2002, ORTM had 35 local radio and/or television broadcast points or repeaters, with TV/radio broadcast points in all eight Regions of Mali. From its headquarters in Bamako, ORTM produces two radio networks (RTM and Chiffre II), a national television network (RTM), and directs the work of a number of regional RTM radio stations.
Considered one of the freest news markets in Africa, although government office holders threaten (and sometimes resort to) prosecution of broadcasters under Mali's strict anti-libel laws. In 2001, the head of OTRM was threatened with jail after the government attempted to prosecute RTM for an interview in which the mayor of Bamako accused the Malian judiciary of corruption. Since 1992, broadcasting is no longer a state monopoly. There are two large private multi-channel television providers, and numerous private radio stations. Mali is also considered a world leader in community radio development, with ORTM helping to set up the Union des Radios et Televisions Libres (URTEL) , a network of over a hundred independently locally operated stations. OTRM also partners with other government and international organisations in education and development programs throughout Mali.
Programming
RTM Radio and television broadcast news and information programming, light entertainment (both foreign and domestic), music and sport. Most national broadcasts are in French, with several hours of Bambara language programming, as well as regional broadcasting in other languages. Emission Hebdomadaire d'Information, the weekly ORTM news magazine, has been broadcasting each Sunday at noon since 1998, and is anchored by Manga Dembélé and Youssouf Touré. A daily news program is broadcast twice daily. Chiffre II radio network is simulcast on the OTRM website, while television broadcasts are carried on regional satellite. ORTM television regularly broadcasts local sport, mostly Malien Première Division football matches, to an eager audience at least three days a week.
References
General
www.ortm.ml/ Office de radiodiffusion et de télévision du Mali.
Pascal James Imperato, Historical Dictionary Of Mali. Scarecrow Press, 1986.
The French language Wikipedia entry for the television network: ORTM Télévision nationale, retrieved 2008-02-26.
Xavier Crespin. KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE, COVERAGE Baseline Survey Report February 2006 CHILD SURVIVAL PROJECT 21 in Koulikoro (Mali): HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL/MALI. Discussed ORTM's work providing health information.
Peter Coles, Turn your radio on. New Scientist, 7 October 1995.
Mali (2007): Freedom House report.
Six radio station staff freed on completing sentences: Mali. Reporters Without Borders, 26 September 2006.
Silicon Mali. Silvia Sansoni, Forbes 02.04.02.
VOA Training African Affiliates: Broadcasters’ Fiscal Health Key ‘To Guarantee Pluralism’. Voice of America, 13 September 2005
Mali Market Information Study FOOD SECURITY II COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT between U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT and MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: IN-COUNTRY TIME PERIOD: JULY 1987 - DECEMBER 1994. statistical evidence is consistent with anecdotal reports from both farmers and traders that the SIM radio broadcasts have fundamentally changed bargaining relationships between traders and farmers, forcing traders to offer more competitive prices in isolated rural markets.
Cécile Leguy. Revitalizing the Oral Tradition: Stories Broadcast by Radio Parana (San, Mali). Research in African Literatures, Fall 2007, Vol. 38, No. 3, Pages 136-147.
Radio Bamakan - Mali. InteRadio, Vol. 5, No.2, June 1993.
See also
Communications in Mali
Television in Mali
Television stations in Mali
Publicly funded broadcasters
Broadcasting companies of Mali
Malian radio
Communications in Mali
French-language television networks
Multilingual broadcasters
Radio stations established in 1957
Television channels and stations established in 1983
1957 establishments in French Sudan
State media
1983 establishments in Africa |
14658701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaisdell | Blaisdell | Blaisdell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alfred Blaisdell, politician from North Dakota
Daniel Blaisdell, politician from New Hampshire
Frances Blaisdell, musician from New Jersey
Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell (1862–1946), American professor of surgery and entomologist
James A. Blaisdell, founder of the Claremont Colleges
John Blaisdell Corliss, politician from Michigan
Kealii Blaisdell, Kanaka Maoli activist and notable Hawaiian songwriter
Mike Blaisdell, Canadian ice hockey player
Neal Blaisdell, mayor of Honolulu
Neal S. Blaisdell Center, multi-purpose center in Honolulu named after the mayor
Paul Blaisdell, American artist and special effects creator
Richard Kekuni Blaisdell, professor of medicine in Honolulu
Tex Blaisdell, American comics creator
William Blaisdell, American actor
See also
Home Building & Loan Ass'n v. Blaisdell, a United States Supreme Court decision upholding a state's mortgage modification law
Blaisdell, Arizona |
1138296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Leopard | HMS Leopard | Eleven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Leopard after the leopard:
was a 34-gun ship launched in 1635 and captured by the Dutch in 1653.
was a 54-gun ship launched in 1659, hulked from 1686, and sunk as a breakwater in 1699. John Tyrrell was lieutenant on this ship in 1672.
was a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672 and expended the following year at the Battle of Texel.
was a 54-gun fourth rate launched in 1703, rebuilt 1721, and broken up 1739.
was a 50-gun fourth rate in service from 1741 to 1761.
, famous for her role in the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1790, a troopship from 1812, and wrecked 1814.
was a 4-gun vessel formerly a Dutch hoy, purchased 1794 and sold 1808.
was a wooden-hulled paddle frigate, launched 1850 and sold 1867.
was a destroyer in service from 1897 to 1919.
Leopard, launched in 1927, was a French , seized in 1940, transferred to the Free French forces and wrecked off Benghazi on 27 May 1943.
, launched in 1955, was the lead ship of her class of frigates. She was broken up in 1977.
Royal Navy ship names |
39275647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basto%20%28horse%29 | Basto (horse) | Basto (1703 – c. 1723) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse, who was one of the most celebrated racehorses of the early 18th century. He was described as "remarkably strong... one of the most beautiful horses of his colour that ever appeared in this kingdom".
History
Basto was a brown horse, sired by the Byerley Turk, out of Bay Peg, a daughter of the Leedes Arabian. His breeder, Sir William Ramsden, sold the horse to the Duke of Devonshire while he was still young.
In his racing career at the home of British racing in Newmarket, he won at least five match races (possibly more, since he raced before records were reliably kept) against some of the leading horses of the time.
At the Duke of Devonshire's stud, he sired several important racemares and broodmares including the dams of Old Crab, Blacklegs and Snip. Other offspring included Brown Betty, Coquette and Soreheels.
Race record
Pedigree
Sire line tree
Basto
Soreheels
Grey Soreheels
Dimple
Little Scar
References
Bibliography
Thoroughbred family 6
Racehorses trained in the Kingdom of Great Britain
1703 racehorse births
1720s racehorse deaths |
65323692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia%20Ruggerini | Claudia Ruggerini | Claudia Ruggerini (and also known as "Marisa" 1 February 1922 Milan - 4 June 2016 Rome) was an Italian partisan, activist, doctor, and neuropsychiatrist. During World War II, she joined the Italian Communist Party to overthrow the government of Benito Mussolini in July 1943.
Early life and family
Claudia Ruggerini was an Italian neuropsychiatrist, partisan, activist, and physician born in Milan, the former Italian Kingdom, in 1922. Claudia was born into a poor family in Via Padova 36, which was a street of immigrants in the 1920s. Her family was from Brianza.
Her mother worked as a masseuse and later as a free trader, while her grandmother was a foundling. The women in Claudia’s childhood are what drove and inspired her. Later in life, Claudia always credited her mother’s work ethic and intelligence while looking back on her past academic and professional opportunities. Claudia’s father was a part of the Italian Communist Party.
Her father was beaten to death in 1934 by a fascists patrol in front of his house when Claudia was just twelve years old. Claudia watched her father from the window as he was horrifically beaten and left for dead.
She referred to herself as “a nerd,” as she was incredibly studious and had a love for the arts. This love for the arts is what precipitated her determination to bring awareness to anti-fascism. In Venice, where her Mother went to massage rich clients, Claudia went to churches, to the Biennale of art, and to see films of the film festival, which could not circulate in the fascist and provincial Italy. Claudia’s rebellious nature could be seen in her character since early childhood. In Kindergarten, Claudia’s teachers discovered that she was left-handed, a calamity that, at the time, needed to be “corrected.” While the teachers succeeded in retraining Claudia to use her right hand, this encounter seemed to awaken the “rebel” in her. Her rebellious, witty nature is what eventually propelled her to join the Milanese anti-fascist resistance against Benito Mussolini
Education
When Claudia started high school, a teacher directed her to the humanities, and in one session, she obtained her teaching diploma in classical studies. Afterwards, Claudia began her studies at University of Industrial Chemistry, then switching her focal point to medicine in 1942. When at the university, she met Hans, who was her "sweetheart", and (as she would only discover after the war) had emigrated from Vienna because he was a Jew. Claudia then joined the Garibaldi Brigade, the fifth column on behalf of the CLN inside San Vittore. Hans, in fact, had been locked up there, and through a fortuitous series of events, Claudia won the trust of the Germans who ran the prison. She stated "I was living in fear." Despite the fear, she did not give up, risking the worst.
Upon studying medicine, Claudia met several anti-fascist students. In July 1943, Claudia met the leader of the Neapolitan Communist Party Antonio D'Ambrosio, one of the most respected and popular leaders of the Milanese resistance, and alongside her fellow anti-fascist peers, Claudia diligently began to fight for the cause, clearly inspired by the horrific death of her father. She was the only woman in the initiative committee, among intellectuals that the Communist D'Ambrosio, a member of the CLN (Committee for National Liberation), had set up.
Contributions and Communist Party activism
Claudia joined the clandestine Communist Party of Naples. She surrounded herself with like minded young people, joining a group of artists, writers, and journalists, great architects, painters, sculptors, poets, and art critics who inspired one another through meetings to encourage passion and creativity, harbingers of new culture, and planning. Above all, the group pushed one another to never give up hope on fighting for the cause. Her peers played an important role as a source of training and cultural enrichment. Many of these great minds would become close friends of Claudia’s that stuck by her throughout her lifetime, as they met throughout the Resistance and continued to inspire each other. In 1953, Claudia went as part of a delegation to visit Picasso, to convince him, which she did successfully, to grant the first major exhibition of his work held in Milan. Claudia accepted the incredibly risky tasks of underground press distribution and the delivery of weapons to the partisans of Valdossola. She was a great risk taker and extremely proactive in the Resistance, acting fearlessly by distributing underground press materials, passing messages by bicycle, delivering weapons, and stealing valuable anti-fascist intelligence from the Prison of San Vittore.
Post-fascist regime
After the fascist regime ended in Italy on April 25, 1947, the resistance declared a long-awaited victory, while Claudia and friends entered Milan’s newsroom to memorialize the liberation of the major media. Claudia knew Vittorini well, became a friend of Alfonso Gatto, and with them she occupied the editorial office of Corriere della Sera on April 25, to bring out the first issue of the no longer fascist newspaper. "The last political mission," Claudia said, "I made it in '53. When we went to Picasso's Cote d'Azur with D'Ambrosio and Reale, to convince him to lend Guernica to Milan for the exhibition they were dedicating to him in the Palazzo Reale. At a certain moment, Jean Cocteau also arrived. It was a wonderful day"
This brand new, “free” edition of the Evening Courier was published that same day.
The main ideals of the Resistance were the conquest of liberty, the defeat of the fascists, and the expulsion of the Germans, which were achieved. With liberation and victory assured, Claudia continued her clinical schooling, concentrating on psychoanalytic treatment in children and neuropsychiatry, as she completed her thesis entitled “The Technique of Psychoanalytic Treatment in Childhood”(1949). Soon after, she met Professor Bruno Noll, who later became her husband. Afterwards, Claudia enrolled at the University of Pavia, with a specialty in Neuropsychiatry, then finishing her course of study in 1952. Claudia expressed wanting to make her contribution towards the renewal of society, as she engaged exclusively in the Public Institutions of Health. Working as a Consultant Neurologist in Milan, she worked her way up in neurology for 33 years, earning the title of Chief Neurologist at the hospital Passirana Rho in Milan.
Later academic accomplishments
Claudia became notable for her work with children, as she formulated and encouraged the revolutionary opinion that children with mental or neurological disorders could be integrated effectively into normal schools. In a 2016 interview, Claudia reflected on her experiences with children during that time. “In the clinic I was alone with the child and his relatives (even the nurse came out), I took off the white coat (always a source of fright), placed on the carpet a large box of toys and watched the child choose and play. Then I visited. Often such children were sent to ‘special schools’, which only enrolled patients with neurological or mental disorders. These were not appropriate schools for children who had an educational or cultural problem! We undertook great fights with some school principals to get the "non-pathological" children integrated into normal schools, yet we obtained excellent results.” Upon her retirement in 1987, Claudia was awarded the title of “Emeritus Chief of Neurology,” and continued her work at the hospital as a volunteer for ten years. She continuously stated her belief that the profession was to be a “service” to the community.
End of life contributions and activism
Claudia felt a personal commitment to serve her community, forever grateful for the opportunities afforded her and humbled by the experience of living under fascism. In 1988, Claudia and her friend Anna Mancini organized a non-profit known as the “Treviso Advar Foundation,” providing at-home care for terminally ill cancer patients, alongside nursing and medical teams, in addition to training of volunteers. The organization created a warm and welcoming “hospice” house with cultural activities for everyone, including the patients. Claudia knew how it felt to be oppressed and to lack freedom, hence why she continued her activism throughout generations. When asked, late in her life, about her role as a freedom fighter, she said, “I know very well what it means not to have freedom (of opinion, of the press, of religion, of movement, etc.), to conquer it and to respect it. It is different for the new generations, who often confuse freedom with license. It is up to adults, even the media, to educate!” Her life was truly one of great sacrifice, risk, determination, love, and kindness.
Claudia Ruggerini passed away peacefully from natural causes in Rome, Italy, on June 4, 2016.
References
1922 births
2016 deaths
Italian resistance movement members
Italian anti-fascists
Italian psychiatrists
Female anti-fascists |
2557719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teod%C3%B3sio%2C%20Prince%20of%20Brazil | Teodósio, Prince of Brazil | Dom Teodósio, Prince of Brazil, Duke of Braganza (Teodósio de Bragança; ; 8 February 1634 – 15 May 1653) was the heir-apparent son of John IV of Portugal (first king of the House of Braganza) and his wife Luisa de Guzmán (Luísa de Gusmão). In 1645 he was given the title of Prince of Brazil, a new crown-princely position thus created. Also, his father granted him the duchy as 10th Duke of Braganza, presumably after his uncle Duarte died in 1649.
Biography
He was born on 8 February, 1634 in Vila Viçosa and was the heir to the throne of Portugal from 1641 until his death at only 19 years of age.
When the prince was 13 years old he took part in the State Council's reunions.
Teodósio's death, on 15 May, 1653, due to tuberculosis, caused great unrest in the kingdom. His next brother, the medically and mentally problem-ridden Infante Afonso, succeeded him as Prince of Brazil, Duke of Braganza and heir-apparent of the kingdom. Due to mental incapacity and impotence, Afonso would eventually be deposed by Pedro, Duke of Beja and died childless.
Interests
Teodósio was a very gifted young man. He knew Greek and Latin, was keen on philosophy and well respected amongst the great intellectuals of the time.
The Prince had a great interest in Astrology. He had a collection of charts of his family and made predictions on several political subjects. His astrological interests were encouraged and aided by his tutor, the Jesuit priest António Vieira.
Under the tutelage of astrologers of the day, he composed many astrological charts.
See also
Prince of Brazil
Afonso VI of Portugal
Pedro II of Portugal
Ancestry
References
External links
Dom Theodosio the Astrologer Prince
Genealogy of Prince Teodósio
House of Braganza
1634 births
People from Vila Viçosa
1653 deaths
Teodosio 3
Princes of Brazil
Portuguese Baroque composers
Portuguese infantes
Portuguese royalty
Princes of Portugal
17th-century Portuguese people
17th-century astrologers
Burials at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
Heirs apparent who never acceded
17th-century classical composers
Portuguese male classical composers
17th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in Portugal |
14042530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius%20Dobo%C8%99 | Marius Doboș | Marius Iulian Doboș (born 29 December 1980) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga IV side Dinamo Bacău. In his career, Doboș also played for teams such as FCM Bacău, FC Vaslui or Aerostar Bacău, among others.
Career at FCM Bacau & SC Vaslui
External links
Official FCM Bacău website
FCM Bacău Facebook Page
Online Newspaper
BacauSport
Sports Blog
1981 births
Living people
Romanian footballers
Association football midfielders
Liga I players
Liga II players
FCM Bacău players
FC Vaslui players
CS Aerostar Bacău players |
21904047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Herrmann-Kaufmann | Maria Herrmann-Kaufmann | Maria Herrmann-Kaufmann (19 January 1921 - 16 January 2008 ) was a Swiss painter.
Life
Maria Herrmann-Kaufmann was born and raised in Escholzmatt in Entlebuch. Her second home was Emmenbrücke, a suburb of Lucerne. She created the bulk of her works in her studio in the Quartier Sprengi.
Herrmann-Kaufmann received her training at the School of Design, Lucerne and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris. She studied with Ronald Kocher, Otto Kuhn, Alfred Sidler, Fred Stauffer (Bern) and Adolf Weber (Menziken).
After 1956, she exhibited her works in numerous individual and group exhibitions in Bern, Lucerne, Emmenbrücke, Zug, Buchrain, Kriens, Flühli-Sörenberg, Schüpfheim, Porrentruy, Mendrisio, Escholzmatt and Osnabrück.
Her artworks are signed with the initials MHK. A large part of her works is in private or public ownership. The artistic estate is managed by a foundation.
She died on 16 January 2008 at the ALP ancillary center in Emmenbrücke.
References
This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia.
1921 births
2008 deaths
20th-century Swiss painters
21st-century Swiss painters
Swiss women painters
20th-century Swiss women artists
21st-century Swiss women artists |
30942109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-path%20distillation | Short-path distillation | Short-path distillation is a distillation technique that involves the distillate traveling a short distance, often only a few centimeters, and is normally done at reduced pressure. Short-path distillation systems often have a variety of names depending on the manufacturer of the system and what compounds are being distilled within them. A classic example would be a distillation involving the distillate traveling from one glass bulb to another, without the need for a condenser separating the two chambers. This technique is often used for compounds which are unstable at high temperatures or to purify small amounts of compound. The advantage is that the heating temperature can be considerably lower at reduced pressure than the boiling point of the liquid at standard pressure, and the distillate only has to travel a short distance before condensing. A short path ensures that little compound is lost on the sides of the apparatus. The Kugelrohr is a kind of a short path distillation apparatus which can contain multiple chambers to collect distillate fractions. To increase the evaporation rate without increasing temperature there are several modern techniques that increase the surface area of the liquid such as thin film, wiped film or 'wiper' film, and rolled film all of which involve mechanically spreading a film of the liquid over a large surface.
See also
Fragrance extraction
References
Distillation
Separation processes
Laboratory techniques |
43130156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20fossiliferous%20stratigraphic%20units%20in%20Nevada | List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada | This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Nevada, U.S.
Sites
See also
Paleontology in Nevada
References
Nevada
Stratigraphic units
Stratigraphy of Nevada
Nevada geography-related lists
United States geology-related lists |
57186751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle%20Norman%20Stadium | Merle Norman Stadium | Merle Norman Stadium is a beach volleyball facility located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The on-campus USC facility, built in 2013, serves as the home of the USC Trojans women's beach volleyball team. The facility has three sand courts where USC plays its home matches and holds practices.
History
Ground was broken to construct the venue in July 2012 from donations of several USC alumni, including Jack and Helen Nethercutt. The stadium opened on March 7, 2013, and was named after Merle Norman.
The Trojans went undefeated at the stadium in 2014, 2015, and 2017. As of July 2020, the Trojans are 34–4 at the stadium.
Events
The women's beach volleyball team played their first dual match in the stadium on March 10, 2013, versus Loyola Marymount.
The 2016 Pac-12 Conference beach volleyball championships were held at the stadium, which the USC Trojans won.
Gallery
See also
USC Trojans
Merle Norman
References
External links
Merle Norman Stadium at usctrojans.com
College beach volleyball venues in the United States
USC Trojans women's beach volleyball venues
USC Trojans sports venues
Volleyball venues in Los Angeles
Sports venues completed in 2013
2013 establishments in California
Nethercutt-Richards family |
9559769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absalon-class%20frigate | Absalon-class frigate | The Absalon class are frigates of the Royal Danish Navy, commissioned in 2005. The two ships in the class may be described as a hybrid between a frigate and military transport ship with multiple role capabilities, with the capacity to be transformed from a combat ship with the firepower of a traditional frigate to a hospital ship within a day.
Design
The class is based on a frigate-like design, but built with an internal multipurpose deck (flex deck) and a stern vehicle ramp. The ships can serve as command platforms for a staff of 75 persons (naval or joint staff) with a containerized command and control centre, transport and base of operations for a company-sized landing force of some 200 soldiers with vehicles. Alternatively, the flex deck can be used for mine-laying operations with a capacity of some 300 mines, or be fitted out for mine-clearing operations and launch and recover mine detecting and clearing equipment via a retractable gantry crane, adjacent to the stern vehicle ramp, which also is used for launching and recovering the fast landing craft. Furthermore, the flex deck can support a containerized hospital or simply transport a number of ISO standard containers or some 55 vehicles, including up to seven MBTs. The ships can carry two landing craft, personnel (LCPs) (Storebro SB90E), two rigid hull inflatable boats and two EH101 helicopters.
The ships have been designed by a joint team from The Royal Danish Navy (RDN), the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) and a group of contractors, primarily Odense Maritime Technology (OMT) to the Royal Danish Navy's requirements for a multi-mission frigate-like ship with an emphasis on flexibility.
The ships are built to the naval standards of Det Norske Veritas (DNV GL), an international certification body and classification society, heavily utilizing STANAG.
The design is built with the aim of a large margin for growth over life-cycle, to a relatively low cost of ownership, with open architecture for ease of upgrades, with a high degree of automation allowing smaller crews, and utilizing StanFlex modules that can be shared across several ship classes in service with the Royal Danish Navy.
The hulls were built in highly competitive commercial shipyards using the latest development in the industries shipbuilding technology and cost-effective production procedures and processes. The outfitting and integration of sensor, communication and weapons systems was primarily carried out "in-house" by the RDN and DALO.
The standard weapons of the Absalon class can be supplemented through the use of StanFlex mission modules. A special weapons deck (nicknamed the 'Bathtub') is designed with five StanFlex module slots. Because of the Bathtub's position, only missile-firing weapons modules can be installed.
History
The ships were named after two brothers, Esbern Snare and archbishop Absalon, who led the naval campaigns in the 12th century against the Wends, a group of pagan Slavs in northern Germany.
Production started at Odense Steel Shipyard on 30 April 2003, with the lead ship Absalon laid down on 28 November of that year. Esbern Snare followed on 24 March 2004; they were both launched later that year. They were delivered on 19 October 2004 and 17 April 2005 respectively, and commissioned on 10 January 2005 and 17 June 2005. At this point they had the StanFlex modules installed, but would have to wait until 2007 for full operational capability, with the installation of the 35mm CIWS, Mk32 torpedo launchers and Seagnat/SRBOC decoy systems.
Among other upgrades the two ships of the Absalon class were fitted with the newer Terma Scanter 6002 to replace the Scanter 2001 in 2020.
For political reasons, the ships were originally launched as "Flexible support ships" to avoid antagonising Russia after the end of the cold war. On the 16th of October 2020, both ships were reclassed as ASW-frigates. Both ships will be upgraded with towed array sonars in addition to the existing, hull-mounted sonar and the Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters will be equipped with dipping sonars, sonobuoys and torpedoes. This upgrade is expected to complete in 2026.
List of ships
References
External links
Danish Naval History
Admiral Danish Fleet Headquarters
Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization
HDMS Absalon Command and Support Ship - Flexible Support Ship
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Amphibious warfare vessel classes
Ships of the Royal Danish Navy
2004 ships
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1841327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20E.%20Cober | Alan E. Cober | Alan E. Cober (May 18, 1935 – January 17, 1998), born in New York City was an American illustrator. His artwork appeared in The New York Times, Life,Time and numerous other publications. Cober was inducted into the Illustration Hall of Fame in 2011, thirteen years after his death in 1998. Cober was frequently cited as one of the most innovative illustrators America has ever produced.
Early life and education
Cober was born in New York City, grew up in the Bronx and attended public schools. In 1952 he attended a preparatory school in Riverdale, the Barnard School for Boys. His father, Sol Walter Cohen was a criminal lawyer for 48 years until his death in 1974. The young artist was close to his father and through him, gained firsthand knowledge of courtrooms, police work and the detention of criminals. This experience would later inform his own views and subsequent art on perceived social inequities. His mother, Molly, was president of the Sarah Starkman League for Retarded Children. During his teenage years, Cober would accompany her as she cared for many children in her care.
Cober would initially attend the University of Vermont, but later graduated in 1966 from the School of Visual Arts in New York City
where the young artist would learn the importance of drawing and seeing. Cober was drafted into the Army in April 1958, going through basic training at Fort Dix, he spent the remaining two years of service teaching officers and heading the graphics department at the Special Warfare School, at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Cober would spend those two years drawing and learning and that is where he felt he received his real education.
Career
Cober was one of a small group of American illustrators who initially brought aspects of modern art into commercial art. His magazine illustrations rejected the existing top-down approach of art direction and embraced a far more expressive and symbolic approach to the subject matter. He did not mimic a passage of text, as was the convention at the time in illustration, but instead embraced artistic interpretation. He was one of a few illustrators during the 1960s to make gritty graphic commentary flourish in the rigid world of American illustration. The credit for works such as Cober's being published goes to art directors who were to bring innovative illustrations to print, notably among them Cipe Pineles at Seventeen, Richard Gangel at Sports Illustrated, and Henry Wolf at Esquire.
Cober would be commissioned for work by publications such as LIFE, LOOK, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Newsweek, Science Digest, The Atlantic, The New York Times and covers for Time magazine. His corporate clients included Exxon, CBS, American Airlines, IBM, General Electric, IT and Texaco.
In addition to illustration, his mediums included painting, printmaking and clay and ceramic sculpture.
Visual journalism
Early in his career, Cober traveled the United States working on a commission received from the National Park Service. His drawings were made on site at Mount Rushmore, Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello, the Battle of Gettysburg and Colonial Williamsburg. Cober documented the locations by drawing in his sketchbook. As he would often do throughout his career, each drawing would document his journalistic views and personal feelings that he was experiencing at the given moment.
On assignment with The New York Times, Cober was provided access to the Willowbrook mental health facility in Staten Island. The assignment was to create two drawings for publication. Cober created fifty, many of which would end up being published in his 1975 book,The Forgotten Society which documented his reaction to conditions for the mentally handicapped, prisoners and the aged in New York state with 92 drawings and was published by Dover Press and featured in People magazine. The book would be reprinted in numerous editions up until 2012 with an introduction by his daughter, Leslie Cober-Gentry.
When Cober decided he wanted to do a series of work on circus life, he got in touch with Kenneth Feld, owner of Barnum and Bailey Circus. Agreeable to the idea of Cober drawing the circus, Feld provided him with the credentials necessary to enter backstage. When the circus came to Madison Square Garden,Cober came in to create portraits of the characters and performers he took an interest in. He would become friends with many of the performers as they sat for portraits between their acts. Lou Jacobs was a favorite model of Cober's. Other popular performers who modeled for Cober were Mishu, billed as the "smallest man on earth", Philippe Petit, the high-wire artist who would later become famous for his highwire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974, as well as lion trainer, Gunther Gebel-Williams. Cober drew their living conditions in their trailers, their families and pets, depicting a culture unknown to the audience who could only appreciate the circus from the bleachers.
In 1982, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned Cober to create a mural in celebration of George Washington's 250th birthday.
Among his many other notable journalistic assignments were his coverage of the shuttle liftoffs from Cape Canaveral for NASA, the 1980 presidential campaign of Jimmy Carter for TIME, and in 1987 Cober traveled on the press plane to cover Pope John Paul's visit to the United States for Rolling Stone.
His fascination with mental as well as physical decay and a compassion for social issues formed the foundation of his artistic themes throughout his career. Cober's aim as a visual journalist (which is what he called himself) was to effect change by graphically exposing what he determined as critically important to interpret at the time.
Museum exhibitions
In 1992, the Georgia Museum of Art displayed Cober's work in an exhibition titled Alan E. Cober: suite Georgia. The exhibition title refers to prints Cober completed during 1991 as the Lamar Dodd Professorial Chair at the University Of Georgia. The exhibition included etchings made of such folk artists as Howard Finster, R.A. Miller, Reverend John D. Ruth as well as Georgia tourist attractions such as the statue of Br'er Rabbit in downtown Eatonton, Georgia.
In 1992, the Katonah Museum of Art would display a thirty-year retrospective of Cober's visual reportage of news, culture and the environment. The exhibition would travel to Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and then to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in Alabama. The exhibition was curated by Steven Heller
Four years after his death, an exhibition of his work, titled Alan E. Cober: A Retrospective Afterlife, was organized by the Ringling School of Art and appeared at the University at Buffalo in 2002. The exhibit included over 100 drawings and was on display from February 15 through May 18 of 2002.
Bibliography
Cober would illustrate 25 books, two of which made The New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books: Winter's Eve (1969) and Mr. Corbett's Ghost (1968). Below is a partial list.
Eastward to India: Vasco Da Gama's Voyage, by George Sanderlin, HarperCollins Publishers, 1965
Nothingatall, Nothingatall, Nothingatall by Robert Paul Smith, Harper & Row, 1965
Tale of a Black Cat, by Carl A. Withers, Henry Holt & Company, 1966
The Gumdrop Necklace, by, Phyllis La Farge, Knopf, 1967
Viollet, by Julia Cunningham, Pantheon Books, 1966
Mister Corbett's Ghost by Leon Garfield, Pantheon Books. 1968
Beowulf:a new telling by Robert Nye, 1968
Your Friend, the Insect, by Florence M. White, Knopf, 1968
The Wild Ducks and the Goose, by Carl Withers, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968
Winter's eve by Natalia Maree Belting, Holt McDougal, 1969
Escape, by Ota Hofman, Knopf, 1970
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper, Atheneum Books, 1974
The Trial by Franz Kafka, The Limited Editions Club, 1975The Forgotten Society:92 drawgings, By Alan E. Cober,Dover Publications
Ulysses by James Joyce, The Franklin Library, 1976
Collected Poems, Essays on Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe, The Franklin Library, 1977
Aaron's Door by Miska Miles, Little Brown and Company, 1977Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., The Franklin Library, 1979The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer, The Franklin Library, 1979Cobers Choice, Dutton Books, 1979
Exile and the Kingdom, by Albert Camus, The Franklin Library, 1980
The Safety Net, by Heinrich Böll, The Franklin Library, 1981
The Tragedies of Sophocles, Franklin Mint, 1981
Giant Cold by Peter Dickenson, Kindle Edition, Reprint Edition, 2016 by Open Road Media
As an educator
Cober taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, the University of Georgia, and the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida.
While teaching in Buffalo, an assignment was given out on Thursday, sketches were due on Friday and the finished piece was due the following Thursday. Classes were only held on Thursday and Friday because he flew to Buffalo on Thursday from downstate New York to teach the class, then flew back home on Friday. He also required at least one sketch a day in a personal journal. The assignments were usually 'live', meaning that the whole class' final pieces were submitted to a publication, and they chose one to print. The class took field trips to Toronto to see Henrik Drescher, to Phillip Burke's studio, to the Buffalo Museum to draw, to the Anthropology Lab on Campus to draw (dead creatures, including a dead person). Everything Cober taught centered around drawing. In his life drawing classes he was never interested in having the figure look exactly the way it should in nature. An interesting drawing was more important to him as a teacher.
He said of his teaching: "My students call it 'traumatic drawing' because of where I take them to draw."
Awards and honors
In 2001, family and friends of Cober established the Alan E. Cober Memorial Fund at the University of Buffalo to honor his memory and body of work and to advance graphic illustration.
He was the youngest artist ever named Artist of the Year by the Artists Guild in New York City, in 1966
Illustration Hall of Fame, Society of Illustrators, 2011
Hamilton King Award, Society of Illustrators, 1969
Ten Gold and two Silver medals, Society of Illustrators
Distinguished Educator in the Arts Award, Society of Illustrators, 1998
President of the Illustrators Workshop (1974-1993)
References
1935 births
1998 deaths
Artists from New York City
American magazine illustrators
School of Visual Arts alumni |
28943756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeyo%20M%C3%A1rquez | Pompeyo Márquez | Pompeyo Ezequiel Márquez Millán (28 April 1922 – 21 June 2017) was a Venezuelan politician and former marxist guerrilla member in the 1960s. He was one of the founders of Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), and part of the opposition to the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. In the 1980s he was a member of the Comisión para la Reforma del Estado (COPRE). In 1989, he was appointed by Carlos Andrés Pérez as a member of the Presidential Committee for Colombian-Venezuelan Border Issues (COPAF) chaired by Ramón J. Velásquez. He was Minister of Borders of the Government of Rafael Caldera from 1994 through 1999.
He died on 21 June 2017, at the age of 95.
See also
List of Venezuelans
References
1922 births
2017 deaths
People from Ciudad Bolívar
Venezuelan journalists
Government ministers of Venezuela
Communist Party of Venezuela politicians
Movement for Socialism (Venezuela) politicians
Venezuelan guerrillas
Escapees from Venezuelan detention
Venezuelan escapees |
2955663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVO | AVO | Avo or AVO may refer to:
Companies and organizations
ÁVO, Hungarian secret police (1950–1956)
Avo Photonics, optical electronics firm
AVO Cigars, tobacco company founded by Avo Uvezian
Science
Alaska Volcano Observatory, a hazard monitoring program
Amplitude versus offset, a concept used in reflection seismology
Astrophysical Virtual Observatory, a European research project
Avometer, a brand of multimeter that measures amps–volts–ohms
Other
Agent–verb–object, a sentence structure in linguistics
Apprehended Violence Order, an injunction in Australia
Avon Park Executive Airport (IATA code), in Florida, U.S.
of a Macanese pataca
of a Portuguese Timorese pataca
"AVO", a song on Amor Vincit Omnia by Pure Reason Revolution
A character from Fable
Nom-de-guerre of Armenian-American revolutionary Monte Melkonian (1957–1993)
Short for avocado, the fruit
See also
Avos (disambiguation)
Avo (name)
de:AVO |
41031891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%201875%20West%20Suffolk%20by-election | October 1875 West Suffolk by-election | The West Suffolk by-election of 1875 was fought on 4 October 1875. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Fuller Maitland Wilson. It was won by the unopposed Conservative candidate Thomas Thornhill.
References
1875 elections in the United Kingdom
1875 in England
19th century in Suffolk
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Suffolk constituencies
Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (need citation)
October 1875 events |
24287562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypera%20Pharma | Hypera Pharma | Hypera Pharma (formerly known as Hypermarcas) is a Brazilian multinational pharmaceutical
company headquartered in São Paulo. It is the Brazilian largest pharmaceutical company by market capitalization. The company was formerly known as Hypermarcas, before a corporate name change that was announced in December 2017. The company was rebranded as Hypera in 2018.
Hypera Pharma's main market segments are Consumer Health, Branded Prescription and Branded Generics.
References
External links
Hypera Pharma
Conglomerate companies of Brazil
Manufacturing companies based in São Paulo
Pharmaceutical companies of Brazil
Companies listed on B3 (stock exchange)
Brazilian brands |
11467662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Garrard | Dick Garrard | Richard Edward Garrard, OBE (21 January 1911 – 3 March 2003) was an Australian Olympic wrestler.
Garrard was born on 21 January 1911 in Geelong, Victoria. In a thirty-year career, from 1926 to 1956, Garrard lost only nine of 525 bouts, making him Australia's most successful sport wrestler ever. Between 1930 and 1956, he won every Victorian wrestling title and ten national titles in the lightweight and light welterweight divisions. This included not being beaten in a match in Australia for 25 years between 1930 and 1956.
In 1934, he competed in the first of what was to be four consecutive Commonwealth Games (then called the British Empire Games, and in 1954, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games) – an achievement amplified by the twelve-year gap between games from 1938 and 1950, due to World War II. Garrard won the gold medal at the 1934, 1938 and 1950 games, and a bronze at the 1954 games (where he was flag-bearer for the Australian team at the opening ceremony). He also competed in three Olympic Games: 1936 in Berlin, 1948 in London (where he won the silver medal in the welterweight division), and 1952 in Helsinki. He was forced to withdraw from the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne because of a dislocated shoulder and retired shortly after. He became an international judge and referee as well as chairman of the Olympic Wrestling Technical Committee. He was involved with the every Olympics until the 2000 Sydney Olympics (except for the 1980 Moscow Games which he boycotted) as either a judge, referee, section manager, mat chairman, a delegate to the Congress or simply as a VIP. He was manager of the Australian wrestling team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
He was and still is the only Australian wrestler to ever contest an Olympic final.
Garrard was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1970, and was made an Officer of the Order (OBE) in 1976. He was awarded an Australian Sports Medal in 2000, and shortly afterwards took part in the Sydney Olympic torch relay, where he lit the community cauldron in Geelong.
Before his death on 3 March 2003 (aged 92), he was Australia's oldest living Olympic athlete.
Garrard was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame on 10 December 1985, and is the only wrestling inductee.
References
External links
Australian Olympic Committee Profile
1909 births
2003 deaths
Olympic wrestlers of Australia
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Australian male sport wrestlers
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Wrestlers at the 1934 British Empire Games
Wrestlers at the 1938 British Empire Games
Wrestlers at the 1950 British Empire Games
Wrestlers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Sportspeople from Geelong
People educated at Xavier College
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling |
37916557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah%20H.%20Workman | Elijah H. Workman | Elijah H. Workman (1835–1906) was a pioneer agriculturist in Los Angeles, California, and co-owner of a saddlery there. He also served on the Los Angeles Common Council, the legislative branch of city government in that era.
Personal
Family
Workman was born October 20, 1835, in Missouri, the son of David Workman of Clifton-Penrith, England, and Nancy Hook of Virginia. He had a brother, William H. Workman. Around 1854 the family crossed the Great Plains to settle in Los Angeles.
He was married three times—first, in Booneville, Missouri, shortly after the Civil War, to Julia C. Benedict (his childhood sweetheart), who died in 1876; then to Gilla Maria Corum of Boonville, in 1878 in Los Angeles; and finally, in 1884, to Anna K. Webb of Los Angeles; she died in 1900. He had two daughters, Gilleta M., and Laura (Mrs. Conrad Krebs).
Personality
His biography in the Los Angeles Public Library states that:
Elijah H. Workman was of the pioneer type of public figure: he wore boots to his dying day and lacked the more formal education of our times. With the conscientious fulfillment of his public duties[,] he combined the pioneer spirit of enterprise and development.
In politics he was a Democrat, and in religion a Protestant.
Death
Workman died July 17, 1906, at the age of 71 in his home at 1815 East Second Street, Boyle Heights.
Vocation
Workman was in the harness and saddlery business with his brother, William H. Workman, at 76 Main Street. They also dealt in hides, which were recognized as a medium of exchange throughout the Southwest.
Returning from his trip to Missouri, Workman brought back seeds for trees and plants that he propagated in his own yard, getting the reputation of a "pioneer agriculturalist." His property, surrounded by 10th and 11th streets, Hill and Main streets, was planted with orange trees and flowers. He sold that land and moved to Boyle Heights after the death of his third wife.
Public service
Workman was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, the legislative branch of city government, in 1866–67, 1869–70, 1871–72 and 1874–75. He was on the city Board of Education in 1879–80 and on the Board of Equalization in 1869–70.
In 1870 Workman was a member of a committee to establish a public park, which was accomplished between Fifth and Sixth streets, and Workman planted seedlings from his own garden and nursed them from water hauled in barrels from his property a few blocks away. He planted elms, maples and rubber trees on the park site, first known as Central Park and then as Pershing Square.
See also
Boyle-Workman family
Workman-Temple family
Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum
References
American agriculturalists
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Los Angeles Common Council (1850–1889) members
1906 deaths
1835 births
Politicians from Los Angeles
19th-century American politicians
19th century in Los Angeles
19th-century American businesspeople |
19117145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Slogan | Joseph Slogan | Joseph Slogan (born 15 February 1931 at Windsor, Ontario) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a dentist by career.
He was first elected at Manitoba's Springfield riding in the 1958 general election after an unsuccessful attempt to win the riding in 1953. Slogan was re-elected there in 1962 and 1963, then defeated in the 1965 election by Edward Schreyer of the New Democratic Party.
External links
1931 births
Canadian dentists
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba
Politicians from Windsor, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs |
4249669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower%20State%20Park | Eisenhower State Park | Eisenhower State Park is the name of two state parks in the United States:
Eisenhower State Park (Kansas), a state park in Kansas
Eisenhower State Park (Texas), a state park in Texas |
23133859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20J.%20Dowd | Bernard J. Dowd | Bernard J. Dowd (1891–1971) was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1946–1949. He was born in Buffalo's First Ward on December 5, 1891. He graduated from high school around 1915 and entered the University of Buffalo School of Pharmacy. He entered World War I in May 1918 as a sergeant in Company G, 309th Infantry, 78 Division. He was gassed in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and reported dead. In May 1919, Dowd returned to Buffalo honorably discharged from the service. He graduated from pharmacy school and opened Dowd's Pharmacy located after 1940 at 110 Potomac Avenue, at the corner of DeWitt Street. He married Grace J. Nolan on October 22, 1922.
He was elected mayor on November 6, 1945, as the Republican candidate. On May 9, 1946, Mayor Dowd was in Washington, D.C. where he met President Harry S. Truman and accepted the National Safety Council award for "safest large city in 1945." After his term ended, he worked as a pharmacist. He was defeated in the 1951 Republican primary for Common Council President. He died on November 1, 1971 in Veteran's Hospital after a long illness.
References
1891 births
1971 deaths
Mayors of Buffalo, New York
New York (state) Republicans
20th-century American politicians |
3148643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn%20Kotz%C3%A9 | Björn Kotzé | Björn Leo Kotzé (born 11 December 1978 in Windhoek) is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
He has appeared in the ICC Trophy since 1997 and made five One Day International appearances in the World Cup in 2003.
In 2007, Kotzé hit 163 not out against Canada in the ICC Trophy, beating his previous best innings in any fixture for the Namibian team by over 100 runs.
References
External links
1978 births
Living people
Cricketers from Windhoek
Namibian cricketers
Namibia One Day International cricketers
Namibian cricket captains |
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