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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany%20College%20%28Saskatchewan%29
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Bethany College (Saskatchewan)
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Bethany College (formerly Bethany Bible Institute) was a Christian Bible college in the town of Hepburn, Saskatchewan, Canada, until 2015.
History
It was established in 1927 by the Mennonite Brethren Churches of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the Saskatchewan Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference churches. The mission of Bethany College was to nurture disciples and train leaders to serve. It was named after the village of Bethany near Jerusalem, a location of several significant encounters with Jesus, as mentioned in the New Testament. It was announced by the board of directors on December 9, 2014, that Bethany's last year of operation "in its current iteration" would be academic year 2014–15.
The school reopened in 2017 as the Thrive Discipleship program. This is a one-year program with the theme of discipleship key to the program
Programs
Bethany College offered four programs of study:
The TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certificate (15 credits)
Diploma of Biblical Studies (2 years)
Bachelor of Christian Studies Degree (3 years)
Bachelor of Arts Degree (4 years)
Facilities
The Bethany College facilities included the Administration Building, which houses classrooms, the Learning Resource Centre (library), chapel, offices, faculty/staff offices, dining hall, and student lounge and mall area; Bethany Place, which houses the Gymnasium/Auditorium, and classrooms; and the Ministry Arts wing, housing music studios, and more teaching spaces. Residential facilities for men are named West and East Court, joined by a lounge; and for women are named North and Centre Court. There is a recreation area, Soccer Field and Courtyard.
References
External links
Bethany College at Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)
Colleges in Saskatchewan
Universities and colleges affiliated with the Mennonite Church
Mennonitism in Canada
Educational institutions established in 1927
1927 establishments in Saskatchewan
Educational institutions disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Saskatchewan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never%20Make%20It%20Home
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Never Make It Home
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Never Make It Home is the third studio album by the American Bluegrass band Split Lip Rayfield, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music).
Track listing
All songs written by Kirk Rundstrom except where noted.
"Movin' To Virginia" (Gottstine) – 2:49
"Record Shop" – 3:41
"Never Make It Home" (Gottstine) – 3:10
"Thief" – 3:12
"Love Please Come Home" (E. Jackson) – 1:30
"Used To Call Me Baby" (Gottstine) – 3:34
"PB24SS" – 2:49
"Kiss of Death" (Mardis) – 4:16
"Drink Lotsa Whiskey" – 3:58
"Mister" – 2:21
"River" (Gottstine) – 4:04
"It's No Good" (Gottstine) – 3:46
"Dime Store Cowboy" – 1:56
"Day the Train Jumped the Tracks" (M. Carmody) – 2:15
Personnel
Kirk Rundstrom - Guitar, Vocals
Wayne Gottstine - Mandolin, Vocals, Harmonica
Eric Mardis - Banjo, Vocals
Jeff Eaton - Gas Tank Bass, Vocals, Kazoo
References
2001 albums
Split Lip Rayfield albums
Bloodshot Records albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Fletcher%20%28rower%29
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William Fletcher (rower)
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William Alfred Littledale Fletcher, DSO (25 August 1869 – 14 February 1919) was both a successful English oarsman and coach, and soldier.
Fletcher was born at Holly Bank, Green Lane, Wavertree, near Liverpool, the eldest son of Alfred Fletcher, a Director of the London and North-Western Railway. He was educated at Cheam School and Eton. He went up to Christ Church, Oxford where he rowed to win the Ladies' Challenge Plate and the Thames Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1889. In 1890 he stroked the Oxford Eight in the Boat Race to end a Cambridge run of four victories. He rowed in the 1891, 1892 and 1893 Boat Races. With Vivian Nickalls he won the Silver Goblets at Henley in 1892 and 1893 and both the Pairs and the Fours at Oxford. He rowed in winning Leander Club crews at Henley. He was a member of the Oxford Varsity Water Polo team and was on the Committee of Vincent's Club.
Having access to considerable private wealth, Fletcher became a rowing coach. He had learned a technique at Oxford comprising a combination of swing and slide, together with a lightning entry, and he taught it to the Cambridge crews in 1898 and 1899, which led to the creation of a magnificent Cambridge crew in 1900. He missed coaching for the 1901 Boat Race as he was serving in the South African War. On return from South Africa he coached both the Oxford varsity crew and that of his old college, Christ Church, to great success and acclaim, reaching the peak of his fame as a coach. He afterwards coached many Oxford and House crews.
Fletcher was also a big game hunter and explorer. He went hunting and exploring in Siberia, Kenya, and Tibet.
He became part of the patriotic volunteer movement at the beginning of 1900, joining the 32nd Company Imperial Yeomanry on 7 February 1900. The Company was raised in Lancashire by the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Cavalry and The Lancashire Hussars. He was appointed Lieutenant and served with the 2nd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa. On return home he relinquished his commission and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant in the Army from 10 July 1901. He had proved to be a very successful officer and was Mentioned in Despatches (MID) twice. First on 7 May 1901 for valuable services rendered in connection with operations, and second on 10 September 1901 for special and meritorious service in South Africa. He was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 27 September 1901.
He enlisted again on the outbreak of the Great War, joining the Territorial Force Reserve as a captain on 23 September 1914. He was appointed adjutant of the 6th (Rifle) Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment) on 10 November 1914; a position he held until 27 April 1915. On 6 August 1915 he was promoted temporary lieutenant-colonel and appointed commanding officer of the 2nd/6th Battalion, which was in training. It deployed to France on 14 February 1917, and he was one of the 457 casualties suffered by the battalion during the second mustard gas attack of the war, at Armentières on 29 July 1917. He had recovered sufficiently to return to duty on 11 September 1917. His successful command was recognized on 1 January 1918 when, as a captain (temporary lieutenant-colonel) he was appointed brevet major for distinguished service in the field. On 2 May 1918 the French honoured his service by the award of the Légion d'honneur, Croix de Chevalier.
"On the 23rd of July [1918], to everyone's regret, Lieutenant-Colonel W A L Fletcher proceeded to England, broken in health."
He became acting chairman of the Henley Regatta, putting forward a motion which was carried unanimously, to hold a scaled-down Regatta in the following summer. However, he never saw it to fruition, dying in the 1918 flu pandemic from broncho-pneumonia which caught hold in his gas-weakened lungs. He is buried in a family grave in St Nicholas Church-yard Halewood.
See also
List of Oxford University Boat Race crews
References
1869 births
1919 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
English male rowers
British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
British Army personnel of World War I
People educated at Cheam School
British military personnel killed in World War I
Deaths from the Spanish flu pandemic in England
Deaths from pneumonia in England
Deaths from bronchopneumonia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Atkinson%20%28baseball%29
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Harry Atkinson (baseball)
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John Harry Atkinson (January 19, 1874 – January 2, 1953) was an American professional baseball player who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1895.
Atkinson was born in Fulton, Missouri and attended Westminster College.
External links
1874 births
1953 deaths
19th-century baseball players
Major League Baseball outfielders
St. Louis Browns (NL) players
Baseball players from Missouri
People from Fulton, Missouri
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Doozers
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The Doozers
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The Doozers is a computer animated television series created by The Jim Henson Company. It is a spin-off of Fraggle Rock.
The series originally premiered in Australia on Nick Jr. on October 7, 2013. The series began its US run as a Hulu exclusive on April 25, 2014.
On September 12, 2017, it was renewed for a second season. It premiered on May 25, 2018.
Premise
In the self-sustainable community of Doozer Creek located just beyond the view of humans, the show focuses on the Doozer Pod Squad (consisting of Daisy Wheel, Flex, Spike, and Mollybolt).
Characters
Main
Spike Doozer (voiced by Jacob Ewaniuk) – Spike is the member of the Pod Squad who pushes the other Pod Squad members into action. He is the son of Chief Doozer and the older brother of Daisy Wheel Doozer. He has a brown nose and brown hair and wears a blue hat, socks and wristbands.
Molly Bolt Doozer (voiced by Jenna Warren) – Molly Bolt Doozer is a Pod Squad member who enjoys organizing events. She can also make lists, maps, and graphs. She has a purple nose and purple hair and wears a pink hat, socks and shirt.
Flex Doozer (voiced by Trek Buccino in season 1 and Tyler Barish in season 2) – Flex lives on his grandparents farm and uses his room as his workshop. Flex pilots the Pod Squad's vehicles. He has a yellow nose and yellow hair and wears an orange hat, socks and wristbands.
Daisy Wheel Doozer (voiced by Millie Davis) – Daisy Wheel Doozer is the youngest and smallest of the Doozer Pod Squad. She is the younger sister of Spike Doozer and the daughter of Chief Doozer. She has a blue nose and blue hair and wears a purple hat, socks and shirt.
Chief's family
Chief Doozer (voiced by Heather Bambrick) – The Chief of Doozer Creek who is the mother of Spike Doozer and Daisy Wheel Doozer.
Architect's family
Chief Architect Doozer – the wife of Baker and mother of Molly.
Baker Timberbolt Doozer (voiced by David Berni) – The father of Molly Bolt Doozer and the husband of Chief Architect Doozer. He runs the bakery shop in Doozer Creek.
Peg Bolt Doozer (voiced by Lisa Norton)
Others
Doozer Doodad (voiced by David Berni) – Manager of the Doozer Creek supply depot, where the Pod Squad gets the supplies for their projects.
Pinball Gimbal (voiced by Lisa Norton) –
Professor Gimbal wears glasses and has a purplish-white color in his nose and hair, wearing a light blue helmet. He manages the Doozarium, where the Pod Squad meet. He issues challenges, and makes suggestions, for various projects for the Pod Squad to complete.
Baxter was advertised for the series but has not appeared yet. He had a brown nose and brown hair.
Voice cast
David Berni – Baker Timberbolt Doozer and Doozer Doodad
Trek Buccino – Flex Doozer
Tyler Barish - Flex Doozer
Jaxon Mercey - Spike Doozer
Millie Davis – Daisy Wheel Doozer
Jacob Ewaniuk – Spike Doozer
Lisa Norton as Peg Bolt and Pinball Gimbal
Jenna Warren – Molly Bolt Doozer
The voice director is Merle Ann Ridley.
Production
The series was produced by The Jim Henson Company with DHX Media (now WildBrain). The series was presented for sale at television industry conference MIPTV in 2009. A March 2009 press announcement stated that test animation was being made, with the series to comprise 52 eleven-minute episodes (or 26 half-hour broadcast episodes). Production was originally planned for fall of 2009 with release estimated for fall 2010; however production was delayed as the Henson Company continued to seek out broadcasters.
Episodes
Season 1
"Project Radish-A-Pult" – A gust of wind knocks a large branch onto a bridge in Doozer Creek, blocking the path and halting construction of a new wind turbine.
"Pod Squad Boogey" – The Pod Squad is performing in the Starlight Concert, but when they hear other Doozers singing, the group decides they need to do something to stand out.
"Jetpack Away" – When Daisy Wheel's jetpack goes on the fritz, Flex volunteers to fix it. But he makes it so fast that it flies out of her reach and all over Doozer Creek.
"Follow Your Nose" – After a huge order at the bakery is cancelled, Molly's Dad, Baker Timberbolt, is left with 100 extra Smackleberry muffins. The Pod Squad run all over town trying to get rid of the muffins.
"Bubbles" – The Pod Squad invents the Cleanamajigger, the ultimate cleaning machine that's a combination vacuum/floor polisher/bubble sprayer and scrubber.
"Mega Magnet Mover" – Flex is making a clock for his Grandpa's birthday. But as he goes to put the finishing touches on his design, he realizes he's lost his Doodriver.
"Zip It" – Spike is interrupted in the middle of finishing his new zip line outside the Doozerium when the Pod Squad needs to go help out at the Peach Harvest.
"Green Thumbs" – Inspired by Professor Gimbal, the Doozers learn to build a garden that goes up, instead of out, and now there's plenty of room for all the plants.
"Be Leaf It" – The Fall Foliage Festival was a success, but now the Pod Squad needs to figure out what to do with all the spare leaves they've collected.
"Spookypalooza" – It's Spookypalooza! The Pod Squad makes the spookiest pumpkin ever by stacking three pumpkins together.
"An Itch You Can't Scratch" – Professor Gimbal is getting rid of some of his old inventions, but he's bummed that he has to throw them out. That's when the Pod Squad decides to re-purpose them in a whole new way.
"Doozer Derby" – Doozer Creek is hosting the Doozer Derby, a design-your-own Doozer Derby Cart race. The Pod Squad want to enter but they can't settle on one design.
"Dancing Doodad" – There's a big dance tonight in Doozer Creek and every Doozer will be there....every Doozer but Doozer Doodad, that is.
"A Doozer of a Dippleplant" – With the help of Flex's grandpa, the Pod Squad is on track to grow the largest dippleplant in Doozer history!
"Home Tweet Home" – Molly's house has a new tenant....a bird! Working together, the Pod Squad designs the ultimate home for their new friend, but soon realize that maybe a 'Doozer' house isn't what the bird had in mind.
"Doozers Amusers" – The Pod Squad is thrilled when Professor Gimbal introduces them to his new baby nephew, Pinball. There's just one problem – the baby won't laugh or even smile!
"Safe from Sound" – At home, Spike and Daisy Wheel are startled by a horrible screeching sound – and it's coming from inside the house! It's their mom, learning a new instrument called the Doozeedoo!
"A Sticky Situation" – The Pod Squad is busy working away at a new playground in Doozer Creek when Professor Gimbal slips on the bridge and gets stuck in a termite mound fort!
"Gift for Gimbal" – The Pod Squad want to get Professor Gimbal a gift, but what do you give the Doozer that has everything? Playing detective, they follow him around Doozer Creek, collecting clues about what he might like.
"Catch a Ride" – Everyone in the Pod Squad has their own vehicle except Molly. After trying out her friends' rides, the group decide to create a custom vehicle made especially for her.
"Little Feats" – Being the smallest, Daisy Wheel has to make two trips to carry as much as the bigger kids, but she doesn't mind because that mean more time to explore the world around her.
"Flex Art" – There's an art festival in Doozer Creek and every Doozer is busy creating their own masterpiece....everyone except Flex. He's more of an inventor than an artist, and he's totally stumped. With a little help from Doozer Deidra, the town artist, Flex learns that art can be anything and gets busy building his own unique piece de resistance.
"Butterfly Away" – The monarch butterflies are making their annual migration through Doozer Creek when Daisy Wheel notices a single butterfly still lingering in town. The Pod Squad decides to help get the butterfly back to the others without scaring it away.
"The Legend of Doozer Creek" – It's a big Pod Squad sleepover at Molly's house! The gang wants to hear a spooky story! Baker Timber Bolt obliges, reading a classic: The Legend of Doozer Creek. It's how Spookypalooza came to be celebrated in Doozer Creek!
"Mystery Box" – Professor Gimbal gives the Pod Squad a curious present-a Mystery Box with a surprise inside. Now they just have to figure out how to open this strange-looking box!
"Detective Doozers" – Professor Gimbal is tired and frustrated. He can't figure out how to finish his latest invention. To make matters worse, his old inventions are going missing. The Pod Squad volunteer to figure out what happened to the missing items and become ...The Detective Squad! They soon discover Professor Gimbal has been stealing....in his sleep!
"Up, Up and Away"
"Hiccup-a-Majig"
"Cake Walk" – Molly and her Mom and Dad made a huge cake for a contest but the cake carrier is too small. So it's up to The Pod Squad to build a cake carrier that will be easy to carry to the contest.
"The Eggcellent"
"Pod Ball"
"Enter the Ditzies"
"Doozermahoozit"
"Trouble Below"
"Daisy Wheel on Ice" – Daisy Wheel is tired of falling on the ice when she's trying to learn how to skate. So The Pod Squad build Daisy a Doo-Step Skating Dress that will keep her from falling down.
"The Gingerbread House" – The Pod Squad want to build a giant gingerbread house that they can all fit inside. But how can they build it if it keeps falling to pieces?
"Mapping Quest"
"Dune Buddies"
"Big Stars"
"Light Where It's Dark"
"The Pod Squad Pavilion"
"Doozers on Parade"
"Doozers Re-Users"
"It's a Breeze"
"Three's a Team"
"Sky High Doozers"
"A Windy Wonder"
"Short Order Doozers" – After Molly's dad is having a hard time by giving every single Doozer a sandwich, She and The Pod Squad try to figure out a faster way to give everybody their sandwich.
"The Blue Beaker"
"Picture Perfect"
"In a Fog"
"Starry Night"
Season 2
"Dirty Driving Doozers"
"Gift-spiration"
"Key Ingredients"
"Doozers Unplugged"
"Blue Beaker Sneaker"
"Dandelion Dilemma"
"Get Creative"
"Crash Test Doozers"
"Danger in Doozer Creek"
"The Rainbow Connection"
"Cocoon Season"
"If It Falls"
"Stage Plight"
"Oh BeeHive"
"Doosquatch"
"Level Up"
"Holed Up"
"In a Jam"
"Doocathlon"
"Sand Sliders"
References
External links
The Doozers at Muppet Wiki
Fraggle Rock
2014 American television series debuts
2014 Canadian television series debuts
2018 American television series endings
2018 Canadian television series endings
2010s American animated television series
2010s American workplace comedy television series
2010s Canadian animated television series
2010s Canadian workplace comedy television series
American animated television spin-offs
American children's animated comedy television series
American children's animated fantasy television series
American computer-animated television series
Animated television series about children
Animated television series about families
Animated television series about siblings
Canadian animated television spin-offs
Canadian children's animated comedy television series
Canadian children's animated fantasy television series
Canadian computer-animated television series
English-language television shows
Fictional construction workers
Hulu children's programming
Hulu original programming
Television series by DHX Media
Television series by The Jim Henson Company
TVOntario original programming
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fording%20Canadian%20Coal%20Trust
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Fording Canadian Coal Trust
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Fording Canadian Coal Trust (NYSE: FDG; TSX:FDG) was a Canadian-based royalty trust which owned a 60% stake in the Elk Valley Coal Partnership (EVCP), which in turn produced hard-coking metallurgical coal, primarily for steel production, at its facility in Elk Valley, British Columbia. Through the EVCP it also owned a 46% interest in Neptune Bulk Terminals (Canada) Ltd., which operates a dedicated coal berth at the Port of Vancouver. Its market capitalization was $11-billion USD in 2008.
The trust was formed in 2003 to assemble various assets from Luscar Ltd./CONSOL Energy Canada Ltd. joint ventures, Teck Cominco Ltd., and the former Fording Coal Ltd. (which was originally a unit of Canadian Pacific Railway until October 2001).
On July 29, 2008, Teck Cominco announced an agreement with Fording to purchase 100% of its assets; Teck Cominco had been the minority owner of the Elk Valley Coal Partnership, with a 40% stake. The purchase was closed on October 30, 2008, with a final cost of $14-billion USD to Teck. Elk Valley Coal Corporation will be renamed Teck Coal Limited.
References
External links
Fording website (Feb. 2, 2008 snapshot from the Internet Archive)
Elk Valley Coal website (Jan. 13, 2008 snapshot from the Internet Archive)
Coal companies of Canada
Royalty trusts
Energy companies established in 2003
Non-renewable resource companies established in 2003
Teck Resources
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Should%20Have%20Seen%20It%20Coming
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Should Have Seen It Coming
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Should Have Seen It Coming is the fourth studio album by the American bluegrass band Split Lip Rayfield, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music).
Track listing
All songs written by Kirk Rundstrom except where noted.
"Hundred Dollar Bill" (Gottstine) – 2:21
"Truth & Lies" – 1:47
"Honestly" – 1:49
"Redneck Tailgate Dream" (Mardis) – 3:21
"Promise Not to Tell" (Gottstine) – 3:08
"A Little More Cocaine Please" (Gottstine) – 2:17
"C'mon Get Your Gun" – 1:49
"Used To Be" – 2:34
"Lonely Man Blues" – 1:46
"Don't Believe That You're Someone" (Gottstine) – 2:32
"Down South Sally" (Gottstine) – 2:29
"Should Have Seen it Coming" (Gottstine) – 3:02
"Out of Time" (Gottstine) – 3:49
"Union Man" – 1:53
"Lonesome Heart" – 1:55
"Just Like A Gillian Welch Song" (Gottstine) – 2:50
Personnel
Jeff Eaton - Gas Tank Bass, Vocals
Wayne Gottstine - Mandolin, Vocals
Kirk Rundstrom - Guitar, Vocals
Eric Mardis - Banjo, Vocals
2004 albums
Split Lip Rayfield albums
Bloodshot Records albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squatters%27%20riot
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Squatters' riot
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The Squatters' riot was an uprising and conflict that took place between squatting settlers and the government of Sacramento, California (then an unorganized territory annexed after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo) in August 1850 concerning the lands that John Sutter controlled in the region and the extremely high prices that speculators set for land that they had acquired from Sutter. The influx of squatters was a consequence of the 1848 California Gold Rush; when courts began to take legal action against squatters in the area, the squatters mobilized under Dr. Charles L. Robinson and Joseph Maloney and challenged mayor Hardin Bigelow and sheriff Joseph McKinney; the conflict was ultimately resolved, and the speculation in Sacramento ended as a result.
Background
The California Gold Rush, which began in 1848, attracted thousands of gold seekers to the Sacramento Valley region after flakes of gold were discovered at a sawmill owned by John Sutter, Sr. in Coloma. Founding an embarcadero on the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers to facilitate trade, the Gold Rush made Sutter disillusioned and he replaced himself with his son as tender of business affairs in Sutter's New Helvetia. Sutter's temporary succession by his son gave Sutter, Jr. the power and opportunity to develop the embarcadero into a settlement that he dubbed "Sacramento City" with his partner, Samuel Brannan from San Francisco in the south. However, even after the hype that accompanied the Gold Rush began to settle down, settlers continued to move into Sacramento City, attracted by the trade that continued to bustle along its location on the Sacramento and American.
Settlers who had recently arrived in California found that unclaimed land in key locations was difficult to find and possess. Of the of claimed land in California, eight hundred people held the deed to differing quantities of this land. With no convenient location in which they could stay, new arrivals who could not afford lodging in the city squatted on claimed land circling the settlement. Contentious squatters challenged the right of John Sutter's Mexican-era claim to the Sacramento Valley, as his possessions encompassed much of the Sacramento region.
Prelude to conflict
The squatters were roused initially by an October 1849 lawsuit filed against a logger named Z. M. Chapman, who had constructed a log cabin nearby Sutter's Fort on Priest, Lee, & Company-owned land. When the commercial institution could not pool sufficient evidence displaying their ownership of the land, Chapman extended his claim, challenging at first Sutter's grants and later on all city-owned land. Charles L. Robinson approved of Chapman's actions and built his own shack on another's private land. The squatting settlers organized the Sacramento City Settlers Organization; Robinson became the group's president.
Headed by Samuel Brannan, landowners in the area spoke against Robinson's actions and convinced the Sacramento City Council to issue a document that permitted the destruction of Robinson's property. However, a major January flood washed through and destroyed much of Sacramento City, scattering most of the squatters in the vicinity of the city center. This temporarily dealt with the problem. Many former squatters headed north to placer mines in search of gold, although after the floods had ended and the former squatters realized that there was little gold to be had, hundreds returned to the city.
The settlers who supported government recognition of squatters' rights began to host public meetings in the spring of 1850, at which they swore to defend their lands if confronted. A "Law and Order Association" was formed and an irregular militia was organized to challenge the speculators who charged high prices for the land they had purchased from Sutter, as well as Sutter himself. Tension in the city began to increase after a group of speculators had a squatter-built and squatter-owned fence demolished.
In May 1850, the newly elected judge of Sacramento County, named E. J. Willis, charged a squatter named John T. Madden with unlawful occupation. When the court ruled against Madden on August 8, squatter-sympathetic settlers charged the speculators with "brute force" in handbills distributed across the city. The squatters chose to rally under Dr. Charles L. Robinson, who became the movement's de facto leader; Robinson worked with future Sacramento Bee editor James McClatchy to found the Settlers and Miners Tribune, which attacked the land monopoly that stifled new immigration to the city. He also enlisted Joseph Maloney to head a company of squatters in case military action was required. Protracting peace for an additional day, mayor Hardin Bigelow promised that writs for arrest against those who joined Robinson would not be issued.
However, the next day on August 13, a writ of restitution was issued of the locale at which John T. Madden had stayed as a squatter prior to his trial; the writ of restitution called forth James McClatchy and another Free Soil advocate named Richard Moran. Along with others who had opposed the sheriff's decision to execute the writ, McClatchy and Moran were jailed aboard a ship that served as the city's prison brig, the La Grange. On August 14, Maloney and Robinson mobilized their military force of approximately forty or fifty and marched through downtown Sacramento, intent on freeing the Madden residence from government confiscation; however, Hardin Bigelow believed that they were marching towards the La Grange to free McClatchy and Moran, and mobilized a military force. Fearing a full-scale uprising, Bigelow marched with his fellow settlers and confronted Maloney and Robinson at the corner of streets Fourth and J.
Battles
The details of the following fight were not clear, although the local Placer Times worked to document the battle. At the confrontation in downtown Sacramento, Hardin Bigelow at first ordered the squatters to stand down and relinquish their arms; shooting began instead. Hardin Bigelow was severely injured and Charles Robinson was wounded. City assessor J. W. Woodland, Joseph Maloney, a squatter named Jesse Morgan, and two civilian bystanders were killed.
General Albert Maver Winn, who was the head of the Sacramento City Council at the time, ordered 500 militiamen towards the city and declared a state of martial law until the matter could be resolved. Meanwhile, as Bigelow recovered from his wounds, Joseph McKinney lead a party of twenty men and attacked a squatter camp at Brighton, a settlement to the east of Sacramento. Although McKinney and three of the squatters were killed, the conflict wound down and ended.
Aftermath
Hardin Bigelow was unable to resume his duties as mayor, and headed south to San Francisco to recuperate. He was replaced by Demas Strong, the president of the Common Council. Charles Robinson, although tried for murder, remained extremely popular with the populace of Sacramento, and was elected to the California State Legislature while still in prison, after supporters placed his name on the ballot. Robinson also became the first governor of the state of Kansas. McClatchy and Moran were released from the La Grange two days after the Squatters Riot ended, and the speculation that moved the squatters to action began to disappear, although the federal government agreed to uphold Sutter's pre-American grant and the squatters lost the legal battle.
References
Notes
Bibliography
1850 in American politics
Riots and civil disorder in California
History of Sacramento, California
Law enforcement operations in the United States
1850 in California
Squatting in the United States
Political riots in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%20Grand%20Prix%20SAR%20La%20Princesse%20Lalla%20Meryem
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2015 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
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The 2015 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech in Marrakesh, Morocco, between 26 April and 2 May 2015.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings as of April 20, 2015
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Rita Atik
Daria Kasatkina
Garbiñe Muguruza
The following players received entry as qualifiers:
María Irigoyen
Teliana Pereira
Laura Siegemund
Alison Van Uytvanck
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Urszula Radwańska
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Kiki Bertens → replaced by Lara Arruabarrena
Zarina Diyas → replaced by Tímea Babos
Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Donna Vekić
Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
Johanna Larsson → replaced by Tatjana Maria
Francesca Schiavone (illness) → replaced by Urszula Radwańska
Peng Shuai → replaced by Marina Erakovic
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings as of April 20, 2015
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Rita Atik / Zaineb El Houari
Ghita Benhadi / Ilze Hattingh
Champions
Singles
Elina Svitolina def. Tímea Babos, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Doubles
Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic def. Laura Siegemund / Maryna Zanevska, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
References
External links
Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Morocco Open
2015 in Moroccan tennis
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior%20Pursglove%20and%20Stockton%20Sixth%20Form%20College
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Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College
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Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College is a sixth form college with sites in Guisborough and Stockton-on-Tees. The college is a result of a merger between Prior Pursglove College and Stockton Sixth Form College in May 2016. The college is led by the Principal (Asma Shaffi) who is accountable to the board of governors.
The college educates around 1,600 students on the Guisborough campus, and 700 students on the Stockton campus.
History
In 1561, Robert Pursglove set up a free school on the site which would later come to house Prior Pursglove College. The school existed to enable local boys to learn Latin and also served as an Almshouse for twelve local elderly residents. The school and almshouse was reformed in the 1880s to become Guisborough Grammar School, which lasted until 1971 before becoming Prior Pursglove College. Prior Pursglove merged with South Park Sixth Form College in 1997, eventually consolidating the provision of education on to the Guisborough campus.
Prior Pursglove College
Buildings
The oldest building on site was built by architect Alfred Waterhouse in 1887 for Guisborough Grammar School, and is Grade II listed. A tablet over the archway reads: "Founded in the reign of Queen Elizabeth AD 1561 Guisborough Grammar School re-erected in the reign of Queen Victoria AD 1887". The Waterhouse Building was refurbished in 2013 and now houses Foundation Learning provision. The Coverdale building is named after the creator of the English translated bible and houses humanity and language education.
Construction of a specialist arts & media building was completed in October 2012. The building was named after Guisborough-born Olympic gold medalist Willie Applegarth and was opened by his descendants and Jade Jones, a then-current Prior Pursglove College student who competed at the London Paralympics in 2012.
Other buildings include the Southpark Centre which houses the music, English and drama department and the Priory Centre which houses science, geography, geology, maths, ICT, business studies and psychology. The Prior Centre also contains a Resource Centre where students can spend private study time.
The site is also home to a campus of Askham Bryan College.
Educational provision
The college mainly specializes in full-time courses for the 16-19 age group, with a wide choice of Advanced level and intermediate courses.
Approximately 1,700 full-time students are enrolled at the college studying a range of courses including AS/A level, BTEC National Diploma and GCSEs.
The college also offers Foundation Learning courses, the Elite Project or Pathways Programme which are designed for 16- to 19-year-olds to help them get back into education, training or employment as well as a number of adult courses.
Students' Union
The college also has a students' union which is a member of the National Union of Students. The Union is led by a President and Vice President - elected by all students - and who also serve as student members of the Governing Body. The college has received two awards from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service relating to its student voice provision. In 2011, the college received a Leading the Learner Voice Award in 'Most improved Provider’, for progress in raising the profile of student voice within the college. In 2013 the then-Students' Union President, Darren Melroy, was recognised with a 'Student Governor of the Year' award .
Stockton Sixth Form College
Stockton Sixth Form College is the sixth form college in Stockton-on-Tees providing a range of A-level, BTEC and GCSE courses to 16-19 students in Stockton and the surrounding area.
The college was established in 1973 after a reorganisation of post-16 education in the Teesside area and is based on one site at Bishopton Road West, two miles from the town centre.
Notable alumni
Prior Pursglove College
Abi Alton - X Factor Contestant
Sarah Borwell - Tennis Player
Jonny Cocker - Racing Driver
Brad Halliday - Professional Footballer
Johanna Jackson - Commonwealth Champion Race Walker
Rod Liddle - Journalist
Katy Livingston - Modern Pentathlete
Faye Marsay - Actress known for The White Queen (miniseries) and Game of Thrones
Richard Milward - Author
Chris Tomlinson - Long Jumper
David Sharp - Mountaineer whose death on Everest in 2006 sparked controversy
Jade Jones - Paralympic athlete, wheelchair racing
Guisborough Grammar School
Alan Appleton - Physicist - Author of "Thermodynamic & Mechancial Properties of Matter" & "The Whitby Timeline"
Eric Garrett - Opera Singer (1931-2009)
Robert Holman - Dramatist
Dave Nellist - Politician
Derek Thompson - Sports Commentator
Keith Williams - former British Airways chairman and CEO
Stockton Sixth Form College
Bethany Bryan - Junior Team GB Athlete, Rowing
Paul Smith - Musician, Maximo Park
Dave Robson - Race Engineer, Williams F1
Callum Woodhouse - Actor known for The Durrells
Helen Hammill - Musician, Cattle & Cane
Allison Curbishley - BBC Five Live
References
External links
Official site
College Virtual Learning Environment
Education in Redcar and Cleveland
Sixth form colleges in North Yorkshire
Guisborough
Sixth form colleges in County Durham
Education in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Educational institutions established in 1971
1971 establishments in England
Educational institutions established in 1973
1973 establishments in England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crihana
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Crihana
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Crihana is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Crihana, Cucuruzenii de Sus and Sirota.
References
Communes of Orhei District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetlova
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Ghetlova
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Ghetlova is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Ghetlova, Hulboaca and Noroceni.
References
Communes of Orhei District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusume%20Rumal%202
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Kusume Rumal 2
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Kusume Rumal 2 (, translation: Pink Handkerchief 2) is a 2009 Nepali romantic film directed by Nirak Poudel, son of veteran Nepali Producer Uddab Poudel. This is not technically a sequel to the 1985 film Kusume Rumal but it pays homage to the old film and it shows the next generation where the lead actress is Suniti (Tripti)'s daughter. This was the first film for Niraj Baral, Usha Rajak, and Rubi Bhattarai.
Cast
Niraj Baral
Usha Rajak
Rubi Bhattarai
Tripti Nadakar
Laxmi Giri
Nikhil Upreti (special appearance)
References
Nepalese romantic drama films
Nepali-language films
2009 romantic drama films
2009 films
Nepalese sequel films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20in%20Paraguayan%20football
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2008 in Paraguayan football
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The following article presents a summary of the 2008 association football season in Paraguay. One of the most noticeable changes in the 2008 season is that the first division tournament will not longer have a single champion for the year; instead there will be two champions in the season, one being the winner of the Apertura tournament and the other being the winner of the Clausura tournament.
First division results
The first division tournament was divided in two sections: the Apertura and the Clausura and had 12 teams participating in a two round all-play-all system. The team with the most points at the end of the two rounds was crowned as the champion.
Torneo Apertura
Torneo Clausura
Aggregate table
Qualification to international competitions
Libertad qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores (by winning the Torneo Apertura and Clausura) and the 2009 Copa Sudamericana.
Club Guaraní qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the second best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Nacional qualified to the 2009 Copa Libertadores as the third best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Cerro Porteño qualified to the 2009 Copa Sudamericana as the fourth best finisher in the aggregate points table.
Relegation
The team with the worst average points over the last three years is automatically relegated to the second division league, and the second-worst team plays a playoff match against the second division runner-up.
The winner of the playoff match plays in the first division the following year.
Last Updated: December 24, 2008. * League Stats
Promotion game
The promotion was played between 3 de Febrero and the second division runner-up General Caballero ZC. The first game ended with a 3-0 score favorable to 3 de Febrero, while the second finished 2-1 in favor of General Caballero. Since the aggregate score was 4-2 for 3 de Febrero, they remain in the first division.
Paraguayan teams in international competitions
Paraguay national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Paraguay national football team in official competitions during 2008.
KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
References
External links
Paraguay 2008 by Eli Schmerler and Juan Pablo Andrés at RSSSF
Diario ABC Color
Seasons in Paraguayan football
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivancea
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Ivancea
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Ivancea is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Brănești, Furceni and Ivancea.
Notable people
Matei Donici
References
Communes of Orhei District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athgo
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Athgo
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Athgo International is an apolitical, not-for-profit organization that seeks to bring together people from ages 18 to 32 to take action in one of three focus areas: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and High Tech, Environment and Energy, and Governance. Athgo was established in 1999 as an acronym for "Alliance Toward Harnessing Global Opportunities." In April 2008, the organization dropped the acronym, and became known simply as Athgo.
Focus Areas
The ICTs and High Tech focus area emphasizes that a rigorous academic syllabus is a prerequisite for technological advancements in the world’s developing economies. Past events that focused on this area are: “Bridging the Development Gap: Sustainable Growth in Information and Communication Technologies and Hi-tech through Education ” and “Information and Communication Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges in Landlocked Developing Countries,” both of which were held at the American University of Armenia. The 2007 Global Leadership and Innovation Summit, on the other hand, was held in Geneva, Switzerland.
Environment and Energy focus area is aimed at promoting environmental awareness and encouraging participants to consider alternative forms of power. In the past, two events that are related to this focus area have been held. The first: “Global Warming: Change Your Attitude! Not the Weather,” was hosted by the University of California, Los Angeles, CA; while “Global Third Way: Becoming One with the Environment” was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, NY
Scholar Network
Apart from the three focus areas covered by Athgo, the organization also encourages its outstanding alumni to keep close contact, by joining a distinguished group of people in the Scholar Network.
Meanwhile, in order to be recognized as an alumnus/a of Athgo, participants in any event of the three focus areas will have to complete a written assignment that relates to theme of the event attended. Momentarily, Athgo selects the top ten participants based on the quality of his/her peer evaluations, group participation, and writing sample.
Thenceforth, scholarship winners are invited to join other distinguished alumni and associates of Athgo at the Scholar Network, a distinction that prequalifies its holder to attend the most valued convention organized by Athgo, The Global Leadership and Innovation Summit. More so, members of the Scholar Network are provided with full funding to work at the Innovation and Capacity Building Centers, a state-of-the-art research facility that is suitable for conducting research on entrepreneurship, and developing actable public policies.
Affiliations
Athgo draws its support from international bodies, academia, private organizations, businesses, and its alumni. Below is a compacted list of some of the organizations that ATHGO has partnered with and/or have received funding from.
International Bodies
World Bank Group
World Intellectual Property Organization
UN Global Compact
UN’s Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID)
UN Permanent Missions and Embassies
Academia
American University of Armenia
Boston College
Centre of International Studies, Cambridge, UK
Columbia University
Concordia University, Canada
Cornell University
Georgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
London School of Economics, UK
McGill University, Canada
Royal Military College of Canada
Seton Hall University
Stanford University
Sydney University, Australia
Tambov Technical University, Russia
United Nations University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Bergamo, Italy
University of Bradford, UK
University of California, Berkeley
University of Edinburgh, UK
University of Genoa, Italy
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
University of Southern California
University of Vienna, Austria
University of Waterloo, Canada
University of York, UK
United States Naval Academy, Maryland
Yerevan State University, Armenia
Private Organizations
Campus Climate Challenge
The Climate Project
Development Gateway Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Businesses
AECOM
British Petroleum (BP)
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Electronics Recycler
MWH
Nestlé USA
Northrop Grumman Corporation
VivaCell
Waste Management
Fortune 500
Enterprise Incubator Foundation
References
Organizations based in California
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed%20Big%20Dipper
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Lockheed Big Dipper
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The Lockheed Model 34 Big Dipper was an American two-seat monoplane, designed and built by Lockheed at Burbank for research into the company's potential entry into the civil lightplane and military light utility aircraft market. Only one was built, and following its loss in an accident the program was abandoned.
Design and development
Developed by John Thorp and based on his work on Lockheed's Little Dipper lightplane project, the Lockheed Model 34, named "Big Dipper", was intended as a prototype for a lightplane to sell on the postwar market - Lockheed hoping to sell the aircraft at a price of $1500 - and as a potential 'flying jeep' for the United States Army. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a fixed tricycle landing gear and a conventional empennage; the cabin was enclosed, seating two in side-by-side positions. Unusually the Continental C100 piston engine was fitted in the center fuselage behind the cabin, driving a two-bladed pusher propeller mounted at the rear of the aircraft.
Operational history
The Model 34 was built at Burbank from July 1945. To keep the project secret the aircraft was moved to Palmdale by road when completed, flight testing being conducted at Muroc Dry Lake. It first flew on 10 December 1945, and after 40 hours of flight testing was returned to Burbank for modifications, intended to correct a wing-root stall issue that had been identified. It was decided not to complete the modification, and the aircraft was to be flown back to Palmdale on 6 February 1946. To try to keep the Big Dipper secret, it was decided to use a shorter upward sloping runway nearer the factory; in the steep climb needed during takeoff from the shorter runway, the aircraft stalled and crashed. With the loss of the prototype, and the fact the expected rush of buyers for new lightplanes was failing to materialize amidst a glut of war-surplus aircraft, the project, and a proposed high-wing four-seat "Super Dipper" derivative, was abandoned;
Specifications
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
Big Dipper
1940s United States civil utility aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Mid-engined aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1945
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalan%20Imbi
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Jalan Imbi
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Jalan Imbi is a major road in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Route
It runs in a southwest-northeast direction, from the intersection with Jalan Pudu (near the former site of Pudu Jail), through Berjaya Times Square, the Imbi Monorail station and Parkroyal hotel and terminates at the junction with Jalan Bukit Bintang, in front of the Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera headquarters.
List of junctions
Roads in Kuala Lumpur
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20films%20shot%20in%20Oregon
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List of films shot in Oregon
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Throughout film history, the U.S. state of Oregon has been a popular shooting location for filmmakers due to its wide range of landscapes, as well as its proximity to California, specifically Hollywood. The first documented commercial film made in Oregon was a short silent film titled The Fisherman's Bride, shot in Astoria by the Selig Polyscope Company, and released in 1909. Another documentary short, Fast Mail, Northern Pacific Railroad, was shot in Portland in 1897.
Since then, numerous major motion pictures have been shot in the state, including F.W. Murnau's City Girl (1930), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Animal House (1978), Stand by Me (1986), Free Willy (1993), and Wild (2014). Portland—Oregon's largest city—has been a major shooting location for filmmakers, and has been featured prominently in the films of Gus Van Sant, namely Mala Noche (1985), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), My Own Private Idaho (1991), and Elephant (2003).
This list of films shot is organized first by region, and then chronologically by year. Some films may appear more than once if they were shot in more than one region.
Northeast
Southeast
Southwest
Northwest
Central
Coastal
Other
According to a list provided by the Oregon Film Council, the following films were shot in Oregon; however, specific locations and cities were not documented.
Notes
References
External links
Oregon Film, a catalogue of films shot in Oregon by the Oregon Governor's Office of Film & Television
The Oregon Film Museum, an online database of films shot in Oregon
Oregon
Films
Films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim%20Lutheran%20School%2C%20Chicago
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Pilgrim Lutheran School, Chicago
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Pilgrim Lutheran School, Chicago, is a Lutheran private school affiliated with Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Chicago, Illinois. Collectively, the church and school are referred to as Pilgrim Lutheran Church and School.
About the school
Pilgrim Lutheran School is a private preschool and elementary school located at 4300 North Winchester on Chicago's North Side. Students begin at age three and continue through 8th grade.
The school was founded as a summer school in 1920. In 1921, it became a year-round school. Today, headed by Principal Chris Comella, Pilgrim's enrollment averages about 160 students.
The school is fully accredited by the Evangelical Lutheran Education Association and has earned recognition by the Illinois State Board of Education.
About the church
Pilgrim Lutheran Church is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
School philosophy
The stated philosophy of Pilgrim Lutheran School is:
Admissions policy
Pilgrim admits students of any race, color or national and ethnic origin.
Pilgrim Kids Care
Pilgrim Kids Care is a program at Pilgrim Lutheran School that teaches social responsibility through action. Students participate in year-round projects to unite the community in awareness of the prevalence of youth hunger and homelessness.
References
External links
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America schools
Private elementary schools in Chicago
Lutheran schools in Illinois
Private middle schools in Chicago
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea%20Cork%20ferry
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Swansea Cork ferry
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The Swansea Cork ferry was a 10-hour ferry crossing that linked Swansea in Wales with the Port of Cork in Ireland. The ferry route was last operated by Fastnet Line from 2010 to 2012, although no commercial passenger sailings took place after 2011. Between 1987 and 2006 the service was operated by Swansea Cork Car Ferries Ltd. Prior to the revival of the Cork–Swansea route by Swansea Cork Car Ferries Ltd. the former Irish semi-state owned ferry company, British & Irish Steam Packet Company which became known simply as the B+I Line which had operated the route from 1969 until 1979. In 1979 the B+I Line decided to switch the Cork–Swansea service over to a Cork–Pembroke Dock service instead. Prior to B+I Line's Cork Swansea ferry, they had a previous ferry service that sailed from Cork to Fishguard in Wales. Over the years numerous ships had different departure points from Cork. Originally, the ferry came right up into Cork city centre and would have docked across from Penrose House (original Headquarter premises of The City of Cork Steam Packet Company) at Penrose Quay and in the 1970s ferries departed Cork from a new Ferry Terminal based down stream at Tivoli Docks alongside a large container terminal. From around the early 1980s onwards ferries would later depart from yet another new passenger car Ferry Terminal based at Ringaskiddy Deepwater Berth in the lower part of Cork Harbour.
Swansea Cork Ferries (1987–2006)
From 1987 to 2006, the Swansea Cork ferry was operated by Swansea Cork Car Ferries Ltd., an Ireland-based company. The ferry operated year-round. The ten-hour journey across the Celtic Sea was usually covered by an overnight sailing arriving in Ringaskiddy early in the morning, sailing back to Swansea during daytime in months July and August, and at night the rest of the year. The service was operated by one passenger ferry which could accommodate automobiles, camper vans, and goods vehicles, and had on-board cabins.
Cessation in 2006
The service ceased operating after the 2006 season. After disposing of their most recent vessel, the MV Superferry, and failing to find a suitable replacement, Swansea Cork Ferries Ltd announced that they would not be operating the service during the 2007 summer season. There was also no service during 2008 or 2009.
Thirty staff in Swansea, 45 in Ireland and 120 ship staff were laid off when the company ceased operations after 2006. Press reports show that the loss of the passenger ferry service dealt a blow to the economies of both South West Wales and the Cork area in Ireland. Since Swansea Cork Ferries started operating the ferry service in 1987, the company brought 2,850,000 passengers and 700,000 cars into Cork. Tourism sources in West Cork said that the ferry's loss resulted in a 30% drop in tourists coming into the region from Britain, particularly hurting hotels, B&Bs, restaurants and camping centres. The loss cost Ireland's Cork and Kerry region an estimate £24.4m (€35 million) based on a study by University College Cork in 2007, with the west of Cork being particularly badly hit because its out-of-the-way pubs, restaurants and hotels not served by buses or trains relied heavily on car ferry users. In Swansea and South West Wales the hotel, pub, restaurant and B&B trade has been hit by the loss of Irish visitors—an influx that in 2006 brought £65m to the Welsh economy. The route was also heavily used by English and European tourists as a "relatively close to London" route to the Republic of Ireland, with many travellers stopping overnight in Swansea.
Campaign for reinstatement
Two local businessmen in West Cork started a campaign and website in April 2008 to highlight the impact of the continuing lack of the Ferry service, www.bringbacktheswanseacorkferry.com; this was superseded by a new site at www.peoplesferry.com. The old site featured an e-petition where people affected by the suspension of the ferry could make their views known, and the new site carried news of the new ferry service, plus a history of the campaign.
Following a year of campaigning, including work by some local politicians and organisations including the bringbacktheswanseacorkferry campaign and West Cork Tourism, a passenger and freight ferry service between Cork and Swansea was established. It began March 2010 and run by a new company, Fastnet Line, financed by a 3 million euro co-op 'Pledge' system, a bank loan and other investment capital.
Fastnet Line (2010–2012)
After a long process of negotiation, including approval by the Finnish courts, it was announced in mid-September 2009 that the ship to run the new service, MS Julia, had been purchased for Fastnet Line. She was built in 1982 and had previously served routes in the Scandinavian peninsula. The Julia has 10 decks with a capacity for approximately 440 cars and 30 freight vehicles, and 1,860 passengers. Passenger facilities include 300 passenger cabins, a cinema, a children's play area, restaurants and bars. MV Julia left Finland en route for Cork on 17 September 2009, calling at the Port of Swansea for berthing trials along the way. She wintered in the Port of Cork before leaving in January 2010 for dry-docking, safety certification, and some minor modifications for compliance with Irish regulations in Swansea. The first voyage departed from Swansea to Ringaskiddy at 21:50 on Wednesday 10 March 2010.
On 3 November 2011, it was announced all services would be cancelled until April 2012, due to "higher than expected fuel prices". On 2 February 2012, it was revealed that the ferry service would be closed permanently. The owners, West Cork Tourism Co-operative Society, stated that aid rules and "red tape" prevented them relaunching the Fastnet Line service despite pledges of financial support.
References
Notes
Sources
External links
Bring Back the Swansea Cork Ferry (campaign to reinstate the Ferry service)
Fastnet Line
irish-ferries-enthusiasts.com: Swansea Cork Ferries
Transport in Swansea
Transport in Cork (city)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Ludwig%20von%20Phull
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Karl Ludwig von Phull
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Karl Ludwig August Friedrich von Phull (or Pfuel) (6 November 1757 – 25 April 1826) was a German general in the service of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire. Phull served as Chief of the General Staff of King Frederick William III of Prussia in the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. While in Russian service, he successfully advocated for a scorched earth policy during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Family
Phull was born in Ludwigsburg to the Württemberg-line of the Pfuel family of Brandenburg. He was the son of the Swabian general Carl Ludwig Wilhelm August von Phull (1723–1793) and Auguste Wilhelmine von Keßlau (1734–1768).
Phull's first marriage was in Potsdam on 2 May 1790 to Henriette Luise Charlotte von Beguelin (1763–1810), but they divorced in 1800. They had one daughter, Emilie Hernriette (1792–1864). Phull remarried on 18 September 1801 to Charlotte Poths (1766–1808), but this second marriage ended in 1803. Phull and Poths had one son, Eugen (1801–1857). Phull married for a third time in Berlin on 4 October 1810 to Sabine Henriette von Wedel (ca. 1773–1840), but this marriage also ended in separation.
Career
Phull entered the Prussian Army in 1777, serving near King Frederick II and becoming a member of the Prussian General Staff in 1781. Having participated in the Rhine campaign of 1793 in the First Coalition, he was promoted to Oberst in 1798 and Generalmajor in 1805. As the Departementschef of the General Staff since 1804, he was Frederick William III's chief of staff during the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt in 1806.
As a result of the Prussian collapse in the Fourth Coalition, Frederick William sent Phull to serve Tsar Alexander I of Russia. Phull won the confidence of the Russian emperor, was promoted to major general in the Russian Army, and instructed Alexander in military strategy. In 1809, Phull was promoted to lieutenant general.
It is disputed how involved Phull was in the Russian decision to adopt a scorched earth policy during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. After Napoleon took Moscow on 14 September 1812, Phull was denounced by many Russian officers. He had
to flee through Sweden to Britain. But the merits of his advice were later recognized. In a letter to Phull on 12 December 1813, Tsar Alexander wrote "C'est vous qui avez conçu le plan qui, avec l'aide de la providence, a eu pour suite le salut de la Russie et celui de l'Europe." ("It is you who conceived the plan which, with the help of Providence, had as a result the salvation of Russia and that of Europe").
In 1813, Phull advised Prince Frederik of the Netherlands in The Hague. After the fall of Paris in 1814, Phull was named Russian ambassador in The Hague and Brussels; his witty third wife, Sabine Henriette von Wedel, headed a popular household in Brussels. After Sabine became emotionally unstable, Phull retired to Stuttgart in 1821, where he died five years later.
Phull's involvement with the Russian campaign in 1812 is included in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, in which the general is known as Pfuel.
Notes
ReferencesAllgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB). Bd. 26, Leipzig 1888
1757 births
1826 deaths
Prussian nobility
Prussian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
Russian people of German descent
People from Ludwigsburg
People from the Duchy of Württemberg
Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
German military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars
French invasion of Russia
Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart%20Day%20Leavitt
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Hart Day Leavitt
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Hart Day Leavitt (1909–2008) was a longtime English teacher at Phillips Andover Academy, amateur jazz musician, the author of a bestselling book on grammar and writing, and the professor of many notable Andover graduates, including Jack Lemmon, H. G. Bissinger and President George H. W. Bush.
A native of Concord, New Hampshire, where his father, Congregational minister Ashley Day Leavitt, was pastor of a church, Leavitt was born December 29, 1909. Ironically, he attended Andover's archrival, nearby Phillips Exeter Academy, and subsequently graduated from Yale University, his father's alma mater, in 1934. Following his Yale graduation, Leavitt studied at the Bread Loaf school at Middlebury College.
Soon afterwards, Leavitt took a $22-a-week job as a cub reporter on a New Hampshire newspaper. During his time as a reporter, the mother of Leavitt's fiancée suggested that he read And Gladly Teach, a book by Perry Bliss, brother of Phillips Exeter's principal. The book so captivated Leavitt that he immediately presented himself at the office of the Exeter principal, where he asked for a job. But with no graduate degrees, he was rejected.
Leavitt next turned to the competition: Phillips Andover in Andover, Massachusetts, where headmaster Claude M. Fuess was intrigued by the thought of hiring a graduate of his archrival. "I was a bit disappointed not to go back to my old school," Leavitt said years later, "but not for long." Leavitt joined the Massachusetts preparatory school's English department, where he taught for nearly 40 years.
During his time at Andover, Leavitt authored three books about creative writing, including Stop, Look, and Write, which became a bestseller with over a million copies in print. He also indulged his first love, jazz, by playing sax and clarinet in several jazz ensembles. At age 14 Leavitt received a saxophone from his father, and he played through Exeter and Yale, and at one time considered a career as a musician. "At one point," the teacher recalled, "I thought I'd make jazz my profession."
But when Leavitt joined the Andover faculty, jazz was somewhat outré. "Back in the 1940s the school was run by old conservatives, most of whom thought jazz was evil music", Leavitt later told musician and Andover graduate Thomas Chapin, recalling an invitation by some of his students to play with their band. "So I decided to go in and ask the headmaster who hired me if it would be all right to perform with the boys and their band. The boss looked at me disapprovingly. 'Well, Hart if you want to do that kind of thing!''' So I had to refuse."
In his faculty role on the Andover campus, Leavitt wore several hats, including five years coaching the varsity hockey team (1945–50). The team normally played on Rabbit Pond as an ice hockey rink had not yet been built. Following his stint as a coach, Leavitt switched gears, and embracing his love of carpentry and theater, headed up the stage crew at the old George Washington Hall theater. In his one on-stage performance, the English teacher appeared as one of the gangsters in Kiss Me, Kate, crooning "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" in a thick gangster accent.
Leavitt often joked with colleagues about his education at rival Exeter. A handful of other Andover faculty were also Exeter graduates, and the group referred to themselves as "the red cell" among the blue. (Exeter's school colors are maroon and white; Andover's blue and white.) "For this teenager it all began," said Andover alum and fellow teacher of English Thomas Regan, "with the mystery of how an Exonian could develop such lifelong loyalty to Andover."
Former President George H. W. Bush told Time magazine in an interview that he recalled writing several book reviews for Leavitt's English class, including one for Moby Dick. Bush received a grade of 67 in the class. (A grade of 60 was a failing grade).
About his former student Leavitt was circumspect, recalling that "his grades in my course were not very good. He was in my eleventh-grade English class, but my remaining impression is that he just sat in the class and handed in his papers." Leavitt recalled having "very little respect for George's mentality." But, Leavitt allowed, "I have to go back and say that when he was in my class maybe he was an underdeveloped young man like a lot of them."
"He showed no imagination or originality", Leavitt told Time, although he added that Bush was pleasant and had good manners. Leavitt also taught George's brother, Prescott Bush Jr., and noted that the Bush brothers' Senator father was too self-possessed to engage in small talk.
Nearing the end of his Andover career, a former student recalled Leavitt as "on the verge of retirement and still playing regular saxophone gigs with a big band." Following his retirement from Phillips Andover at age 65, Leavitt was appointed to the faculty of Harvard University, where he taught expository writing to freshmen for five years. At the end of his Harvard stint, and again facing retirement, Leavitt got himself appointed to a job teaching English at Tufts University.
Leavitt was married to Carol for 63 years. Among their shared interests were music – she loved classical, and he loved jazz. His wife encouraged Leavitt to take up the clarinet, and he dragged her to smoky jazz clubs to listen to his favorite jazz artists, including Ella Fitzgerald. Together they were instrumental in bringing the Andover Chamber Music Series to the town.
Hart Day Leavitt died October 10, 2008, in North Andover, Massachusetts. A memorial service was held at Kemper Auditorium at Phillips Andover on November 15.
See also
Ashley Day Leavitt
References
Further reading
Stop, Look, and Write, Hart Day Leavitt, Bantam Books, New York, 1967
The Writer's Eye: Effective Writing Through Pictures, Hart Day Leavitt, Bantam Books, New York, 1969
The Looking Glass Book of Stories, Hart Day Leavitt (editor), Random House, New York, 1960
An Eye for People: A Writer's Guide to Character, Hart Day Leavitt, Bantam Books,
Look, Think, and Write: Using Pictures to Stimulate Thinking and Improve Your Writing'', Hart Day Leavitt, David A. Sohn, National Textbook Co., Lincolnwood, Ill., 1985,
External links
Obituary for Hart Day Leavitt, The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass., November 2, 2008
1909 births
2008 deaths
People from Concord, New Hampshire
Leavitt family
Yale University alumni
Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
20th-century American educators
Harvard University faculty
Tufts University faculty
People from Southport, Maine
20th-century American male writers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boniface%20Ambani
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Boniface Ambani
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Boniface Ngairah Ambani (born 4 November 1982 in Naivasha) is a retired Kenyan professional footballer, who last played for Young Africans and Kenya national football team.
Career
The topscorer of the Kenyan Premier League 2006 with 20 goals for Tusker, signed for Indian club East Bengal Club in the early 2006.
He spent his last season with Tanzanian club Young Africans, where he scored 18 goals in 22 matches. After an Achilles tendon retired in the Spring 2010.
Notes
External links
1982 births
Living people
People from Nakuru County
Kenyan footballers
Kenya international footballers
Kenyan expatriate sportspeople in India
Expatriate footballers in India
Young Africans S.C. players
Expatriate footballers in Tanzania
East Bengal Club players
Tusker F.C. players
Oserian F.C. players
Association football forwards
Tanzanian Premier League players
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohrebeni
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Pohrebeni
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Pohrebeni is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Izvoare, Pohrebeni and Șercani.
Notable people
Anton Caraiman
References
Communes of Orhei District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldeburgh%20branch%20line
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Aldeburgh branch line
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The Aldeburgh branch line was a railway branch line linking the town of on the East Suffolk line and the seaside resort of . There were intermediate stops at and . Part of the line remains in use for nuclear flask trains servicing Sizewell nuclear power station.
Early history
The line opened as far as Leiston on 1 June 1859 and was extended by four miles to Aldeburgh on 12 April 1860.
The line was proposed by Samuel Morton Peto and supported by local agricultural machine manufacturer Richard Garrett. The Leiston Works Railway operated to link the line to Garrett's Leiston works. Operated initially by the Eastern Counties Railway, it was taken over by the Great Eastern Railway in 1862.
Route
Most trains started their journey at Saxmundham railway station and travelled half a mile northwards along the East Suffolk line to Saxmundham Junction where the Aldeburgh branch diverged eastwards across fields towards Leiston. The line climbs sharply over a ridge of higher ground before falling gently towards the coast. The first station is Leiston ( miles) which, in addition to having goods sidings, also had the branch line to the south serving the Richard Garrett & Sons works. Part of that line is still extant as Leiston Works Railway. 16 chains east of the station was a siding on the north side of the line, to the south of Carr Avenue, east of what is now the Jehovah's Witnesses Hall. It originally served the town gasworks, but was later in service as a coal siding until the 1960s.
There was another industrial siding at Sizewell which was originally provided for cattle traffic from the local marshes, and this location (to the east of Sizewell Sports Club, south of King George's Avenue) is the present day terminus of the line. It is believed this siding was opened in 1860. Thorpeness station ( miles) was a single platform affair, and in latter years its station buildings consisted of three former carriage bodies supported at the back by concrete sleepers.
The three carriages were recorded as:
GER No. 51 into service May 1883 – 5-compartment third class 6-wheeler withdrawn 23 September 1920
GER No. 1480 into service September 1880 – 5-compartment second class 6-wheeler withdrawn 17 July 1914
GER No. 435 into service March 1897 – first class 4-wheeler withdrawn 19 September 1926
There was a siding provided here from 1921 for goods traffic.
The terminus of the line at Aldeburgh consisted of a single platform with an attractive overall roof – quite an unusual feature for the Great Eastern. The station building was a two storey affair. There was a small goods shed as well as a small engine shed at this location. A hotel (The Railway Hotel) was built at the same time next to the station; it later became The Railway Tavern and exists today as The Railway Inn.
Historical timeline
1859 – Line completed as far as Leiston. Garrett’s branch to brickworks and engineering works opened at same time (1 June).
1860 – Line opened Leiston to Aldeburgh
1912 – Leiston East siding opened to serve gasworks
1914 – Thorpeness station opens
1920 – Goods siding at Thorpeness opens
1923 – The London and North Eastern Railway take over operation of services
1929 – Locomotive Sirapite starts operating Garrett’s branch previously worked by horse, gravity and cable
1944 – Leiston east siding takes delivery of 1,383 wagon loads in 4 months
1948 – Railways nationalised – branch operated by British Railways (Eastern Region)
1959 – goods traffic withdrawn from Thorpeness and Aldeburgh (November)
1962 – Sirapite is retired and replaced by a battery locomotive
1963 – The Beeching Report recommends closure of the branch but there is significant local opposition
1965 – Overall roof at Aldeburgh demolished (August)
1966 – Passenger services withdrawn (12 September). Operations cease south of Sizewell.
1968 – Garrett's Leiston branch is closed and battery locomotive scrapped.
1972 – Saxmundham Junction signal box demolished and replaced by ground frame.
1975 – Aldeburgh station building demolished and houses built on site
1987–1990 – Operation of construction trains for building of Sizewell B nuclear power station
2004 – Sirapite returns to Leiston's Long Shop Museum
2009 – Sirapite returned to working order at Long Shop Museum in Leiston
Passenger train services
In April 1860 there were 5 trains each way between Aldeburgh and Saxmundham.
In October 1921 there were 8 services each way, two of which were shown as mixed.
In 1922 there were direct services to Aldeburgh from London Liverpool Street Station (journey time 3 hours 33 minutes). These consisted of a carriage(s) dropped off the Lowestoft express services and operated between 1906 and 1939.
In the Winter 1951/52 timetable there were six trains per day each way.
In the September 1964 timetable there were seven trains each way with three through trains to Ipswich one of which continued to Colchester (Mondays to Fridays only). In the opposite direction only one service originated at Ipswich. No Sunday services.
The final 1965/66 timetable showed seven trains each way.
The final passenger train was worked over the branch by British Rail Metro-Cammell diesel multiple units numbers 79066 and 79282. Driver Skeels from Ipswich engine shed was at the controls. The event was filmed.
In September 2011, Suffolk County Council investigated the possibility of running train services between Saxmundham and Leiston Stations using a Parry People Mover light railcar.
In connection with the construction of Sizewell C train operator DRS were in June 2012 considering passenger services to serve the power station. Whether this will mean the re-opening of Leiston station or a new station is unclear.
Freight train services
Initial freight services would have included agricultural produce and coal. Up until 1914 there was a good trade in fish but when Aldeburgh harbour became blocked by shingle banks this traffic ceased.
From the line's opening, Garrett's establishment was responsible for significant freight traffic; that lasted until the 1960s. Indeed, the goods yard there was still open in 1972 when it was recorded as handling military traffic.
During the 1920s a concrete factory existed at Thorpeness and was served by the siding.
Building material for both Sizewell A in the 1960s and Sizewell B power stations between 1987 and 1990 was bought in by rail.
Nuclear trains are the only regular source of traffic on the branch today and these are operated by Direct Rail Services who have a depot at nearby Stowmarket.
On 18 October 2010 the British government announced that Sizewell was one of the eight sites it considered suitable for future nuclear power stations. If so the Aldeburgh branch may see construction traffic return.
Locomotives
Locomotives known to have worked the branch include:
GER Class Y14 0-6-0 LNE classification J15
GER Class T26 2-4-0 LNE classification E4 'Intermediates'
GER Class S69 4-6-0 LNE classification B12
GER Class G69 2-4-2T LNE classification F6 'Gobblers'
LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T
These locomotives would have most likely been allocated to Ipswich engine shed and it is possible that other smaller classes of engine from that depot would have worked the line. As mentioned Aldeburgh had a small engine shed which was a sub-shed of Ipswich and used to stable the branch locomotive overnight.
In the diesel era the following locomotive classes worked freight services:
Class 15
Class 20
Class 21
Class 24
Class 31
Class 37
Ipswich shed was one of the first depots to convert to diesel only power and as a result operation of passenger services passed to Diesel Multiple Units based at Norwich. DMU types that are known to have worked the branch include:
British Rail Class 105
Derby Lightweight
British Rail Metro-Cammell
References
External links
Aldeburgh line on 1946 O. S. map
Pictures of branch at local museum website
Sub Brit Aldeburgh station page
1957 Saxmundham to Aldeburgh Railway line with Flanders and Swann, the slow train.
Rail transport in Suffolk
Railway lines in the East of England
Railway lines opened in 1859
Great Eastern Railway
1859 establishments in England
Aldeburgh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971%20ICF%20Canoe%20Slalom%20World%20Championships
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1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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The 1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Meran, Italy under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time. It was the 12th edition. The mixed C2 team event was discontinued following the 1969 championships. Meran hosted the championships previously in 1953, tying a record set both by Geneva, Switzerland (1949, 1959) and by Spittal, Austria (1963, 1965).
Medal summary
Men's
Canoe
Kayak
Mixed
Canoe
Women's
Kayak
Medals table
References
Results
International Canoe Federation
Icf Canoe Slalom World Championships, 1971
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
International sports competitions hosted by Italy
Icf Canoe Slalom World Championships, 1971
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu%C8%9Bintei
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Puțintei
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Puțintei is a commune in Orhei District of Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Dișcova, Puțintei and Vîprova.
References
Communes of Orhei District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebujeni
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Trebujeni
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Trebujeni is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Butuceni, Morovaia and Trebujeni.
Situated at 30 km from Orhei and 60 km from Chisinau, the commune is situated on the banks of Raut river on the gorges formed by the withdrawal of the Sarmatian Sea.
History
The oldest traces of human habitation on the commune's territory dates back to the 14th century. Numerous archaeological remains were discovered on the foundation of what is today Old Orhei.
In the early fourteenth century, when southern and central Moldova was occupied by the Golden Horde, peasants in search of new lands sought refuge on the land that is Trebujeni today. Tatar-Mongols shortly conquered the territory and called it Șehr al-Djedid (New City). Skilled craftsmen were brought to the area which resulted in the construction of many public buildings, two inns, a mosque, three public baths of oriental style and a new stone fortress. Occupation of Old Orhei by Mongolians lasted until the early 60s, 14th century. After the defeat of the Tatar-Mongol army in 1362, the city was destroyed and left in ruins. In 1499 the city was plundered by Crimean Tatars and in 1508 the town was burned down by the Tatars. Later, near the former city's foundation, three villages were established: Trebujeni, Butuceni and Morovaia.
Geographic Location
The village is surrounded by a picturesque landscape, suitable for touristic activity. The climate is continental temperate with warm and long summers, colorful autumns and mild winters.
Economy
The local economy is based on agriculture and tourism. Most residents are involved in farming activities, of which 98% work in a peasant households. The services sector is represented by four commercial units and four boarding houses (Casa de sub stâncă, Casa din Luncă, Casa Verde, Vila Roz). Most people belong to the Christian Orthodox Church.
References
Communes of Orhei District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip%20Barua
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Dilip Barua
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Dilip Barua (born 28 February 1949) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the general secretary of the Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (Marksbadi-Leninbadi) ('Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist)'). In January 2009, Barua was named Minister of Industries in the cabinet of Sheikh Hasina.
Early life and education
Barua was born on 28 February 1949. He completed his BSc (honours) in physics, MSc from the Dhaka University. He obtained MA, Diploma in journalism and LLB from the same university.
Career
Barua was a leader of the East Pakistan Students Union from 1966 to 1970. He was a member of the Communist Party since 1969 and elected member of the Dhaka City Committee of the Party in 1972. He was the President of the Jubo Federation during 1977–1979.
Barua is one of the architects of 14-party alliance. He played a vital role in the formulation of 31-point reforms of caretaker government and 23-points programs.
During his long political career, he was imprisoned in 1969 as the student leader, in 1983 as a member of the Political Bureau. He led an underground life for several times due to political reasons.
References
Living people
1949 births
Bangladeshi communists
Bangladeshi Buddhists
University of Dhaka alumni
Industries ministers of Bangladesh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adria%20Arjona
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Adria Arjona
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Adria Arjona Torres (born April 25, 1992) is an actress based in the United States. She played Dorothy Gale in the Oz book adaptation Emerald City (2017), Anathema Device in the TV adaptation of Good Omens (2019), and Bix Caleen in Andor (2022). She has had supporting roles in the films Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Life of the Party (2018), Triple Frontier (2019), 6 Underground (2019) and Morbius (2022).
Early life
Arjona was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and lived in Mexico City until she was twelve. Her mother, Leslie Torres, is Puerto Rican, and her father, Ricardo Arjona, is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter. When she was a child, her father took her along on his tours, and she traveled often. At age 12, she moved to Miami and lived there until she was 18, when she moved to New York City on her own. There she worked as a waitress and hostess while studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Career
Arjona's early TV roles include Emily in season two of the anthology television series True Detective (2015) and Dani Silva in two episodes of the television series Person of Interest (in 2014 and 2015). She later starred in Emerald City as Dorothy Gale and played Anathema Device in the mini-series Good Omens.
She appeared as a minor character in the film Triple Frontier, released in March 2019, and later in a starring role in the movie 6 Underground, released in December 2019.
In 2021 she starred in Netflix's Sweet Girl alongside Jason Momoa.
In December 2018, she entered negotiations in the Sony spinoff Morbius to portray the film's female lead Martine Bancroft; her involvement was confirmed at the end of January.
In 2020, she starred in the advertising campaign for Giorgio Armani's fragrance My Way.
In April 2021, Arjona was confirmed as the lead with Andy Garcia in the Warner Bros. remake of Father of the Bride. The latest take is told through the relationships in a sprawling Cuban American family.
In August 2020, Variety confirmed that Arjona had been cast in the Star Wars series Andor on Disney+. She joined previously announced series lead Diego Luna, who reprises his role from the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Upcoming projects
In October 2021, Arjona was set to star in and executive-produce the drama film Los Frikis, written and directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz. She will also star in Pussy Island, the directorial debut of Zoë Kravitz.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
1992 births
Living people
Actresses from Mexico City
Actresses from Miami
Actresses from New York City
Actresses from San Juan, Puerto Rico
American people of Guatemalan descent
American people of Spanish descent
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni
Puerto Rican film actresses
Puerto Rican television actresses
21st-century American actresses
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butuceni
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Butuceni
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Butuceni (Moldovan Cyrillic: Бутучень, , Butuchany, , previously Ботушаны, Botushany, ) is a village in the Rîbnița District of Transnistria, Moldova. It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR).
References
Villages of Transnistria
Bratslav Voivodeship
Baltsky Uyezd
Rîbnița District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth%20Bartlett%20%28British%20poet%29
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Elizabeth Bartlett (British poet)
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Elizabeth Bartlett (1924–2008) was a British poet.
Life
She grew up in Deal, Kent. She won a grammar school scholarship. At nineteen, she married Denis Perkins. She was stepmother to his two sons, Benedick and Adrian, and they had a son, Alex. She lived in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, for 60 years.
She worked for 16 years in the health service.
Awards
1996 Cholmondeley Award
References
External links
"Elizabeth Bartlett Reading", Poetry Archive
1924 births
2008 deaths
British women poets
People from Deal, Kent
People from Burgess Hill
20th-century British poets
20th-century British women writers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalyvia%2C%20Larissa
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Kalyvia, Larissa
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Kalyvia (, ) is an Aromanian (Vlach) village of the Elassona municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Olympos. The 2011 census recorded 467 inhabitants in the village. Kalyvia is a part of the community of Kokkinopilos. Kalyvia is a village in Elassona, in Larissa, in the Central Greece Region of Greece.
Population
According to the 2011 census, the population of the settlement of Kalyvia was 467 people, a decrease of almost 4% compared with the population of the previous census of 2001.
History
Kalyvia was founded during the Ottoman rule of Greece by Vlachs from Kokkinopilos. After World War II and the burning of Kokkinopilos Kalyvia was made a permanent settlement in 1950's.
See also
List of settlements in the Larissa regional unit
References
Aromanian settlements in Greece
Populated places in Larissa (regional unit)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukhraj%20Bafna
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Pukhraj Bafna
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Pukhraj Bafna is an Indian pediatrician and adolescent health consultant, known for his contributions towards tribal child and adolescent health. The Government of India honored Bafna in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.
Biography
Pukhraj Bafna was born on 14 November 1946 at Rajnandgaon, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. He graduated in medicine (MBBS) in 1969 from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur and continued his studies there to obtain the medical degrees of DCh (1972) and MD (1973) in pediatrics. He has also obtained a doctoral degree from Jain Vishva Bharati University, Ladnun.
Bafna is credited with a book, Status of Tribal Child Health in India. He has also been writing health column for over 40 years (since 1973) in Sabera Sanket, a Hindi language newspaper. He has also attended several seminars and has chaired many conferences.
Pukhraj Bafna has conducted over 500 child health camps and has supported 149 orphaned children in Bastar whose parents lost their lives due to militancy in the area. He lives in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh.
Awards and recognitions
Pukhraj Bafna is a recipient of the National C. T. Thakkar Award of the Indian Medical Association in 1978 and the Becon International Award in 1986. He has also received the Mahaveer Mahatma Award from the Times of India group and the Academic Excellence Award from the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, both in 2004. Jain Vishva Bharati University Rajasthan and the Government of Kerala have honored Bafna with citations. In 2011, The Government of India included him in the list of Republic day honours for the award of Padma Shri.
See also
References
External links
1946 births
Living people
Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine
People from Rajnandgaon
Indian paediatricians
20th-century Indian medical doctors
Medical doctors from Chhattisgarh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southfields%20Academy
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Southfields Academy
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Southfields Academy (formerly Southfields Community College) is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Southfields (Wandsworth), south west London. It has about 1300 students.
Southfields Academy has been rated by Ofsted as either Outstanding or Good since 2001. British Prime Minister Theresa May visited school in 2019 to promote her plan to improve mental health care. Southfields Academy provides the education for AFC Wimbledon’s academy players.
Former Education Secretary and local MP, Justine Greening is a regular visitor and supporter of the school.
Facilities
The Academy has a hearing support center for deaf young people.
The International Group at the Academy admits students from abroad; some the children of diplomats or economic migrants. Each year the International Group enrols a number of young people who are unaccompanied refugees.
The Academy also has a resource base for students who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs or Education Health and Care Plan for:
Speech, Language Communication Needs
Autistic Spectrum Disorders
In popular culture
About a Boy starring Hugh Grant was filmed inside the school (the interior shots).
Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, used to teach at the school.
Southfields Multi-Academy Trust
On 5 April 2017 Southfields Academy created the "Southfields Multi-Academy Trust" Linden Lodge School joined the trust on 1 September 2018.
Notable alumni
Aspire at Southfields
Aspire @ Southfields is the umbrella under which it operates all its community services, including Adult Learning, Extended Services and Community Sport and Leisure provision. There are classes and courses for the public during the day, in the evenings and at weekends. Individuals and clubs can also book to use the sports facilities. Membership of the Aspire Centre gives people access to the Fitness Suite and gives them subsidised rates on all courses and classes plus facility hire.
Nursery @ Aspire is based at the Academy. It is a nursery for pre-school children.
References
External links
Southfields Academy
www.wandsworth.gov.uk
Secondary schools in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Academies in the London Borough of Wandsworth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-kinetic%20road%20ramp
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Electro-kinetic road ramp
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The electro-kinetic road ramp is a method of generating electricity by harnessing the kinetic energy of automobiles that drive over the ramp. In June 2009, one of the devices was installed in the car park at a Sainsbury's supermarket in Gloucester, United Kingdom, where it provides enough electricity to run all of the store's cash registers. The ramp was invented by Peter Hughes, an electrical and mechanical engineer who is employed by Highway Energy Systems Ltd. The company says that under normal traffic conditions, the apparatus will produce 30 kW of electricity. Other proposed applications for the road ramps include powering street and traffic lights, heating roads in the winter to prevent ice from forming, and ventilating tunnels to reduce pollution.
The idea was dismissed as Talk of 'kinetic energy plates' is a total waste of energy in the Guardian by David MacKay, the professor of natural philosophy in the department of Physics at the University of Cambridge. MacKay wrote, "The savings from parking at the green car park thus amount to one four-thousandth of the energy used by the trip to the supermarket."
References
Sustainable energy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moacyrz%C3%A3o
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Moacyrzão
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Estádio Cláudio Moacir de Azevedo, also known as Moacyrzão, is a stadium in Macaé. It has a maximum capacity of 16,000 spectators. belonging to Macae Prefecture. It is the home of Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube and Serra Macaense FC.
References
Football venues in Rio de Janeiro (state)
Sports venues in Rio de Janeiro (state)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatici
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Vatici
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Vatici is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Curchi, Tabăra and Vatici.
The Orthodox Curchi Monastery is located in the commune.
References
Communes of Orhei District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastnet%20Line
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Fastnet Line
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Fastnet Line operated a ferry service carrying cars, freight and passengers between Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland and Swansea, Wales on MS Julia.
History
From 1987 to 2006, the Swansea Cork ferry was operated by Swansea Cork Ferries Limited, an Irish-based company. The service ceased operating after the 2006 season. After disposing of their most recent vessel (the MV Superferry) and failing to find a suitable replacement, Swansea Cork Ferries Limited announced that they would not be operating the service during the 2007 summer season. In fact, there was no service during the whole of 2008 or 2009.
A two-year campaign, started in April 2008 by concerned local businesses and individuals in the south-west of Ireland and South Wales, resulted in the forming of a co-operative which raised funds to enable the purchase of a new vessel and set up Fastnet Line.
After a long process of negotiation, including approval by the Finnish courts, it was announced in mid-September 2009 that the ship to run the new service, MS Julia, had been purchased for Fastnet Line. She was built in 1982 and had previously served routes in Scandinavia. MS Julia left Finland en route for Cork on 17 September 2009, calling at the Port of Swansea for berthing trials along the way. She wintered in the Port of Cork before leaving in January 2010, for dry-docking, safety certification, and for some minor modifications in compliance with safety regulations at both Cork and Swansea.
Fastnet Line services started from Swansea on 10 March 2010, and from Cork on 11 March 2010, with three services a week in each direction from September to June, and four between July and August. On 24 March 2011 a dissertation on the impact of the period of closure on tourism was published.
End of service
The company suddenly cancelled sailings on 1 November 2011, and entered into examinership, an Irish process supplying protection against bankruptcy akin to the US Chapter 11 procedure. In January 2012 its business plan was to become a seasonal ferry service from April 2012. The company was seeking sponsorship, with the vessel to be named by the sponsor and used as "Britain's largest Billboard". Details of the situation were posted and updated on the company website.
The following month the company said it would cease operations, with the loss of 78 jobs, as it had failed to fund a €1.6 million rescue package. It hoped the service would be resurrected. On 2 February 2012 (incorrectly headed 2 February 2011) the company said on its Web site: "Swansea ferry service loses fight for survival".
References
External links
Campaign website
Ferry companies of the Republic of Ireland
Ferry companies of Wales
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Zorile is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Inculeț, Ocnița-Țărani and Zorile.
As of 2014, Zorile has a population of 899 people.
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Communes of Orhei District
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Swansea Cork Ferries was a company that operated a RoRo service between Swansea and Cork (Ringaskiddy) from 1987 till 2006. The company no longer offers a ferry service but provides consultancy services. Its former owners Strintzis Lines are now part of the Attica Group, and Briarstar Ltd was dissolved in 2012. The company remains in the ownership of Thomas Hunter Mc Gowan.
A Swansea–Cork ferry service was restarted by Fastnet Line in March 2010, but services were suspended in November 2011 due to the economic situation.
History
1987 - Swansea Cork Ferries formed following B&I Line's withdrawal from the route four years earlier.
1992 - Sold to Greek shipping company Strintzis Lines.
1999 - Swansea Cork Ferries sold to an Irish business consortium.
2006 - Superferry operates last sailing on 7 October.
Fleet
Swansea Cork Ferries operated four ships during its 20 years in operation.
References
Defunct shipping companies of the United Kingdom
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Donici is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Donici, Camencea and Pocșești.
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Communes of Orhei District
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Norton Knatchbull is the name of:
Sir Norton Knatchbull (MP for Hythe) (1569–1636), MP for Hythe, 1609
Sir Norton Knatchbull, 1st Baronet (1602–1685), English MP for Kent and New Romney
Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (1922–1943), British peer and soldier
Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born 1947), British peer
See also
The Norton Knatchbull School, English secondary school in Kent
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Dance India Dance (also called by the acronym DID; tagline: Dance Ka Asli ID D.I.D.) is an Indian Hindi-language dance competition reality television series that airs on Zee TV, created and produced by Essel Vision Productions. It premiered on 30 January 2009. Here the judges are called Masters and Mithun Chakraborty was called Grand Master (until season 6). Season 7 premiered with a different concept.
The show features a format where dancers from a variety of styles enter open auditions held in Indian metropolitan cities to showcase their unique style and talents and, if allowed to move forward, are then put through mega-audition rounds of auditions to test their ability to adapt to different styles. At the end of mega audition, the top 18 dancers are chosen as finalists who move on to compete in the competition's main phase where they will perform solo, duet and group dance numbers in a variety of styles in competition for the votes of the broadcast viewing audience which, combined with the input of a panel of judges, determine which dancers will advance to the next stage from week to week.
The show features a variety of Indian cultural and international dance styles ranging across a broad spectrum of classical, Contemporary, Bollywood, Hip-hop, Jazz, Kalaripayattu, Salsa, and Musical theatre styles, among others, with many sub-genres within these categories represented. Competitors attempt to master these styles in an attempt to survive successive weeks of elimination and win a cash prize and often other awards, as well as the title of India's Best Dancer - CJ. The show is choreographed by Indian choreographers, such as Mudassar Khan, Marzi Pestonji, Tanuj Jaggi and Mini Pradhan. The show has won several television awards for Most Popular Dance Reality Show.
Format
Selection process
The selection process can be further broken down into two distinct stages: the Open Auditions and the second phase referred to as the Mega Auditions.
The Open Auditions take place in 5–6 major Indian cities and are typically open to anyone aged 15–30 at the time of their audition. The cities in which auditions are held vary from season to season but some, such as New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata have featured in almost every season. During this stage, dancers perform a brief routine (typically individually) before three masters. The masters will then make an on-the-spot decision as to whether the dancer demonstrated enough ability. If the dancer impressed the masters with his/her dancing abilities, masters will award a Hat called Taqdeer Ki Topi (Hat of Destiny), moving them instantly one step forward in the competition.
The second stage of the selection process, the Mega Auditions, is a several-day-long process in which the 100 hopefuls are tested for overall well-rounded dance, stamina, and their ability to perform under pressure. The dancers are put through a battery of rounds which test their ability to pick up various dance styles (typically some of the more well-represented genres that will later be prominent in the competition phase, such as Hip hop, Bollywood, Jazz, Bharat Natyam, Kathak, Mohiniyattam, Odissi and Contemporary). At the end of this process, only the top 36 competitors will be chosen. The top 36 are then again asked to give solo performances, after which 18 are chosen in the final auditions. Then, those top 18 get divided into 3 teams which are named according to the 3 masters of the show such as, Mudassar Ki Mandali, Marzi Ke Mastane and Mini Ke Masterblasters. Each team containing 6 dancers then competes in the show, learning new skills throughout the journey.
Judges
Grand Master Mithun Chakraborty has been being the head judge of the series. When any contestant performs an extraordinary performance, Grand Master gives him/her a salute. It's called Grand Salute and it is the highest respect for any contestant here. Every season, 3 Indian choreographers (who are called Coaches) choreograph the contestants and judge them too with Grand Master. The first three seasons were judged by 3 regular judges Master Geeta Kapoor, Master Terence Lewis & Master Remo D'Souza with Grand Master. Then the judges were changed season by season from season 4. When any contestant performs a perfect act, the judges give him/her a special speech which is as respect for the contestant.
List of the judges:
Adaptations
Dance Bangla Dance (Zee Bangla)
Dance Karnataka Dance (Zee Kannada)
Dance Kerala Dance (Zee Keralam)
Dance Maharashtra Dance (Zee Marathi)
Dance Odisha Dance (Zee Sarthak)
Dance Tamizha Dance (Zee Tamil)
Dance Punjab Dance (Zee Punjabi)
Dance India Dance Telugu (Zee Telugu)
Seasons
Season 1
First season was started on 30 January 2009. This season was hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Saumya Tandon. The grand finale was aired on 30 May 2009 and winner was Salman Yusuff Khan.
Masters:
Remo D'Souza, his team was named Remo Ke Rangeelay.
Terence Lewis, his team was named Terence Ki Toli.
Geeta Kapoor, her team was named Geeta Ki Gang.
Top 18 Contestants:
Remo Ke Rangeelay:
Salman Yusuff Khan
Prince R. Gupta
Khushboo Purohit
Mangesh Mondal
Bhavana Purohit
Rakhee Sharma
Terence Ki Toli:
Alisha Singh
Jai Kumar Nair
Mayuresh Wadkar
Vrushali Chavan
Kiran Sutavne
Shubho Das
Geeta Ki Gang:
Siddhesh Pai
Sunita Gogoi
Paulson
Mandakini Jena
Nonie Sachdeva
Jigar Ghatge
Finalists:
Salman Yusuff Khan (from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was the winner.
Alisha Singh (from Terence Ki Toli) was 1st runner-up.
Siddhesh Pai (from Geeta Ki Gang) was 2nd runner-up.
Jai Kumar Nair (from Terence Ki Toli) was 3rd runner-up.
Season 2
Second season was started on 18 December 2009. This season was also hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Saumya Tandon. The grand finale was aired on 23 April 2010 and winner was Shakti Mohan.
Masters:
Remo D'Souza, his team was named Remo Ke Rangeelay.
Terence Lewis, his team was named Terence Ki Toli.
Geeta Kapoor, her team was named Geeta Ki Gang.
Top 21 Contestants:
Remo Ke Rangeelay:
Punit Pathak
Bhavna Khanduja
Nikkitasha Marwaha
Shashank Dogra
Meenu Panchal
Naresh Mondal
Terence Ki Toli:
Shakti Mohan
Kunwar Amar
Kruti Mahesh
Parvez Rehmani
Vandana
Ameet
Jack Gill (Wildcard)
Geeta Ki Gang:
Dharmesh Yelande
Binny Sharma
Amrita Mitra (wildcard)
Kishore Aman
Tina Pradkar
Altaf
Shruti
Finalists:
Shakti Mohan (from Terence Ki Toli) was the winner.
Dharmesh Yelande (from Geeta Ki Gang) was 1st runner-up.
Punit Pathak (from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was 2nd runner-up.
Binny Sharma (from Geeta Ki Gang) was 3rd runner-up.
Season 3
Third season was started on 24 December 2011. This season was also hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Saumya Tandon. The grand finale was aired on 21 April 2012 and winner was Rajasmita Kar.
Masters:
Remo D'Souza, his team was named Remo Ke Rangeelay.
Terence Lewis, his team was named Terence Ki Toli.
Geeta Kapoor, her team was named Geeta Ki Gang.
Top 18 Contestants:
Remo Ke Rangeelay:
Sanam Johar
Mohena Singh
Vaibhav Ghuge
Lipsa Acharya
Hardik Raval
Manju Sharma
Terence Ki Toli:
Pradeep Gurung
Raghav Juyal (wildcard)
Neerav Balvecha (wildcard)
Sneha Gupta
Piyali Saha
Varoon Kumar
Sneha Kapoor
Chotu Lohar
Geeta Ki Gang:
Rajasmita Kar
Abheek Banerjee
Paul Marshal
Urvashi Gandhi
Riddhika Singh
Shafeer
Finalists:
Rajasmita Kar (from Geeta Ki Gang) was the winner.
Pradeep Gurung (from Terence Ki Toli) was 1st runner-up.
Raghav Juyal (from Terence Ki Toli) was 2nd runner-up.
Sanam Johar (from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was 3rd runner-up.
Mohena Singh (from Remo Ke Rangeelay) was 4th runner-up.
Season 4
Fourth season was started on 26 October 2013. This season was hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Ishita Sharma. The grand finale was aired on 22 February 2014 and winner was Shyam Yadav from Mudassar ki Mandli.
Masters:
Mudassar Khan, his team was named Mudassar Ki Mandali.
Shruti Merchant, her team was named Shruti Ke Shandar.
Feroz Khan, his team was named Feroz Ki Fauj.
Karan Dhar, his team was named Karan Ke Kekde.
Top 11 Contestants:
Mudassar Ki Mandali:
Shyam Yadav
Swarali Karulkar
Dhiraj Bakshi
Shruti Ke Shandar:
Manan Sachdeva
Sumedh Mudgalkar
Shrishti Jain
Suniketa Bore
Feroz Ki Fauj:
Biki Das
Arundhati Garnaik
Ashutosh Pawar
Sapna Suryawanshi
Finalists:
Shyam Yadav (from Mudassar Ki Mandali) was the winner.
Manan Sachdeva (from Shruti Ke Shandar) was 1st runner-up.
Biki Das (from Firoz Ki Fauj) was 2nd runner-up.
Sumedh Mudgalkar (from Shruti Ke Shandar) was 3rd runner-up.
Season 5
Fifth season was started on 27 June 2015. This season was hosted by Jay Bhanushali. The grand finale was aired on 10 October 2015 and winner was Proneeta Swargiary.
Masters:
Mudassar Khan, his team was named Mudassar Ki Mandali.
Punit Pathak, his team was named Punit Ke Panthers.
Gaiti Siddiqui, her team was named Gaiti Ke Gangsters.
Top 11 Contestants:
Mudassar Ki Mandali:
Kaushik Mandal
Saddam Hussain Sheikh
Anuradha Iyengar
Vicky Alhat
Punit Ke Panthers:
Proneeta Swargiary
Ashish Vashistha
Sally Sheikh
Pankaj Thapa
Gaiti Ke Gangsters:
Nirmal Tamang
Sahil Adanaya
Anila Rajan
Finalists:
Proneeta Swargiary (from Punit Ke Panthers) was the winner.
Nirmal Tamang (from Gaiti Ke Gangsters) was 1st runner-up.
Sahil Adanaya (from Gaiti Ke Gangsters) was 2nd runner-up.
Kaushik Mandal (from Mudassar Ki Mandali) was 3rd runner-up.
Ashish Vashistha (from Punit Ke Panthers) was 4th runner-up.
Season 6
Sixth season is being aired from 4 November 2017. This season is being hosted by Amruta Khanvilkar and Sahil Khattar.
Masters:
Mudassar Khan, his team is named Mudassar Ki Mandali.
Marzi Pestonji, his team is named Marzi Ke Mastane.
Mini Pradhan, her team is named Mini Ke Masterblasters.
Top Contestants:
Mudassar Ki Mandali:
Shivam Wankhede
Paramdeep Singh
Alphons Chetty
Daphisha Kharbani
Ria Chatterjee
Deepak
Marzi Ke Mastane:
Sachin Sharma
Kalpita Kachroo
Punyakar Upadhyay
Shweta Warrier
Shweta Sharda
Rahul Burman
Mini Ke Masterblasters:
Sanket Gaonkar
Piyush Gurbhele
Nainika Anasuru
Sujan Marpa
Deepak Hulsure (Wildcard Entry)
Sonal Vichare
Mitesh Roy
Sarang Roy
Top 5 Finalists:
Sanket Gaonkar
Piyush Gurbhele
Nainika Anasuru (Wildcard Entry)
Sachin Sharma
Shivam Wankhede
Sanket Gaonkar (from Mini Ke Masterblasters) is the winner
Sachin Sharma (from Marzi Ke Mastane) is the first runner up
Piyush Gurbhele (from Mini Ke Masterblasters) is the second runner up
Nainika Anasuru (from Mini Ke Masterblasters) is the third runner up
Shivam Wankhede (from Mudassar Ki Mandali) is fourth runner up
Season 7
Season 7 - "Battle Of The Champions" being aired from 22 June 2019. This season is being hosted by Karan Wahi.
Judges
Bosco Martis
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Raftaar
Zones Coaches
Paul Marshal (West Ke Singhams)
Pranshu & Kuldeep (Lyrical) (2nd Runner-Up)Akshay Pal (Popping) (4th Runner-Up)Saakshi & Shambhavi (Freestyle) (Eliminated on 11 August 2019)Akash & Suraj (Freestyle) (Eliminated on 18 August 2018)Kings Squad (Hip-Hop) (Eliminated on 1 September 2019)Mansi Dhruv (Bollywood) (Eliminated on 22 September 2019)
Palden Lama Mawroh/Nirmal Tamang (East Ke Tigers)
Mukul Gain (Contemporary) (3rd Runner-Up)Nrutya Naivedya (Odissi) (Eliminated on 7 July 2019)Pop & Flex (Popping) (Eliminated on 14 July 2019)M.D. Hasan (B-Boying) (Eliminated on 28 July 2019)Richika Sinha (Contemporary) (Eliminated on 8 September 2019)
Bhawna Khanduja (North Ke Nawabs)
Unreal Crew (Tuttmation - Tutting and Animation) (Winner)Malka Praveen (Hip-Hop and Freestyle) (Eliminated on 21 July 2019)Hardik Rawat (Contemporary and Hip-Hop) (Withdrew Due to Injury on 28 July 2019) N-House Crew (Freestyle) (Eliminated on 22 September 2019)
Sneha Kapoor (South Ke Thalaiwa)
I Am Hip-Hop (Hip-Hop) (Runner-Up)Ramya & Bhaskar (Freestyle) (Eliminated on 7 July 2019)Loyala Dream Team (Hip-Hop and Urban Choreography) (Eliminated on 14 July 2019)Anil & Tejas (Freestyle) (Eliminated on 21 July 2019)The Soul Queens (Bollywood and Hip-Hop) (Eliminated on 25 August 2019)
Li'l Masters
li'l Master season 1
The first season of DID L'il Masters was judged by Farah Khan and Sandip Soparrkar. It was hosted by Manish Paul.
The four skippers were Jai (DID 1), Vrushali and Mayuresh (DID 1), Amrutha (DID 2), and Dharmesh (DID 2). Their teams were:
Dharmesh ke Dhinchak: Jeetumoni Kalita, Vaishnavi Patil, Ruturaj Mahalim, Khyati Patel
Jai ke Jhatang-Fatang: Vatsal Vithlani, Papiya Sarkar, Atul Banmoria, Divyam Viajyvergia
Vrushali aur Mayuresh ke Dhum-Dhadake: Manoj Rathod, Hansika Singh, Avneet Kaur, Neel Shah
Amritha ke Aflatoon: Anurag Sarmah, Khushabu Kargutkar, Shubham Maheshwari, Shivani Baranwal
Top 4 Finalists
Jeetumoni Kalita (winner)
Atul Banmoria (1st Runner Up)
Vaishnavi Patil (2nd Runner Up)
Manoj Rathod (3rd Runner Up)
li'l Master season 2
DID L'il Masters 2 was judged by Geeta Kapoor and Marzi Pestonji. It was hosted by Jay Bhanushali.
The four skippers were Prince (DID 1), Raghav (DID 3), Kruti (DID 2), Neerav (DID 3)
Prince ke Paltan: Faisal, Shalini, Deep, Shreya
Raghav ke Rockstars: Saummya, Rohan, Yash, Susanket
Kruti ke Kracters: Om, Uday, Rimsha, Jnana
Neerav ke Ninjas: Shreya, Tanay (WC), Jeet (WC), Rishi, Shivam
Top Finalists
Faisal Khan (Winner)
Om Chetry (1st Runner Up)
Rohan Parkale (2nd Runner Up)
Saumya Rai (3rd Runner Up)
li'l Master season 3
The third season began broadcasting on 1 March 2014. Geeta Kapoor, Ahmad Khan, and Mudassar Khan were judges, along with Sanam Johar (did3), Raghav Crockroaz Juyal(did3),(Lil M2)/ Omkar Shinde, Rahul Shetty and Paul Marshal Cardoz(did3) and Swarali Karulkar(did1), as skippers. The teams were Raghav/Omkar ke Rockstar, Sanam ke Superheroes, Rahul and Paul ke Rapchik Punters and Swarali ke Sparklers. Teriya Magar from Nepal was declared the winner, and Anushka Chetry became the 1st runner-up. Sadhwin Shetty was the 2nd runner-up. Hardik Ruparel was declared the 3rd runner-up
li'l Master season 4
DID Li'l Masters returned with its 4th season after 4 years. It began broadcasting on 3 March 2018. Marzi Pestonji, Chitrangnda Singh and Siddharth Anand are the judges along with Vaishnavi Patil (li'l M1),(JDJ5),(JDJ6),(JDJ7),(JDJ8),(JDJ9),(DC1),(DD3) Jitumoni Kalita (li'l M1), Tanay Malhara (Li'l M2),(D+2,) and Bir Radha Sherpa (li'l M2),(D+3),(DC1) as the skippers. The teams are Vaishnavi Ke Veer, Jitumoni ke Janbaaz, Tanay ke Tigers and Bir ke Baahubali. Jiya Thakur from Vaishnavi ke Veer wins the title. Urva Bhavsar from Jitumoni ke Janbaaz is the first runner up followed by Tamman Gamnu from Bir ke Baahubali. The season was hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Vighnesh Pande.
li'l Master season 5
DID Li'l Masters returned with its 5th season. It began broadcasting on 12 March 2022 with Remo D'Souza, Sonali Bendre and Mouni Roy as the judges with Jay Bhanushali as the host. The skippers for the season are Paul Marshal (DID3),(DID7),(Li'l M2),(SD1),(SD2),(SD3),(SD4),(IBD1),(IBD2), Vartika Jha (DD1),(D+4),(IBD1), (SD4), (IBD2) and Vaibhav Ghuge (DID3),(SD1),(SD2),(SD3),(SD4),(IBD1),(IBD2)
Contestant Status
Guest
Jackie Shroff,
Shahid Kapoor,
Aruna Irani,
Tiger Shroff,
Akshay Kumar,
Kartik Aryan,
Ranveer Singh,
Geeta Kapoor,
Terence Lewis,
Dharmesh Sir,
Salman Yusuff khan,
Shilpa Shetty,
Bosco Martis,
Varun Dhawan,
Anil Kapoor,
Kiara Advani,
Maneish Paul,
Ajay Devgn
Rakul Preet Singh
Bharti Singh for finale episode
Dancing with the stars
Dipali with adheshry,
Rupesh,
Sumya with sadia,
Rupesh bane,
Rohan,
Sanket,
Pankaj thapa,
Rutuja,
Shayam yadav,
Sadwi
Dance India Dance L'il Masters North America Edition
Auditions were conducted in April 2014 with over 10,000 contestants auditioning from all across the US, Canada and Europe. Out of them 10 contestants were chosen and were flown to Mumbai, India to compete in the finals. The winner was Akhil and the second winner was Avantika Vandanapu.
Doubles
The shows consisted of 12 finalist couples. The Grand Finale was scheduled for filming 7 April 2011 at the Andheri Sports Complex for broadcast on 9 April 2011. Amit and Falon were voted the winners of the season.
Super Moms
Super Moms Season 1
The first season started on 1 June 2013, where, Mithu Chowdhury from Kolkata was declared the winner of Dance India Dance Super Moms 2013 Season, and Cecille Rodrigues from Goa was the 1st runner-up, and Shraddha Shah Raj from Surat was the 2nd runner-up. Skiper raguv (DID3), (Lil M1), (Li'l M2), skiper jay (DID1),
Farah khan and master marzi judge
Super Moms Season 2
The second season started on 28 March 2015.
Harpreet Khatri who hails from Mumbai was announced the winner of Dance India Dance Super Moms Season 2 in 2015. Season 2 was anchored by popular TV actor Karan Wahi. Skiper sanam johar (DID3), skiper sidesh (DID2),skiper mayuresh (DID1). Season 2 was judged by Geeta Kapoor, Govinda, and Terence Lewis.
Super Moms Season 3
Season 3 will be judged by Remo D'Souza, Bhagyashree & Urmila Matondkar and hosted by Jay Bhanushali.It started on 2 July 2022. This season was won Varsha Bumra and her choreographer Vartika Jha.
Special shows
Dance Ke Superstars
Dance Ke Superstars featured contestants from the first two seasons to compete against each other. The show was judged by choreographers Remo D'Souza and Shiamak Davar, and featured a guest judge every week. Team Jalwa, the Season 2 DID contestants, won the series.
Dance Ke Superkids
Dance ke Superkids- Battle of the Baaps! featured contestants from the first two seasons of DID L'iL Masters. It was judged by Geeta Kapoor, Farah Khan and Marzi Pestonji and hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Shreya Acharya. Team Yahoo, also known as DID L'il Masters Season 2, was led by Captain Raghav Juyal and choreographers: Kruti Mahesh and Prince Gupta. They won the competition with Faisal Khan, Soumya Rai, Rohan Parkale, Om Chetri, Jeet Das, Shalini Moitra and Tanay Malhara dancing their way to victory. Team Wakao, also known as DID L'il Masters Season 1, was led by Captain Dharmesh Yelande and choreographers: Mayuresh Vadkar and Vrushali Chavan; with dancing contestants: Jeetumoni Kalita, Vatsal Vithlani, Ruturaj Mahalim, Vaishnavi Patil, Atul Banmoria, Anurag Sarmah and Khyati Patel. The team fell just short of victory but thoroughly celebrated their time on the show all the same.
Dance Ka Tashan
DID Dance Ka Tashan featured contestants from Dance India Dance Super Moms competing against contestants from Dance India Dance L'il Masters 2. The show aired in November 2013 and was judged by choreographer Ahmed Khan and Geeta Kapoor and hosted by TV actor Rithvik Dhanjani and India's Best Dramebaaz, Nihar. The show was won by Team Todu, the DID L'il Masters Season 2 contestants, Faisal, Soumya, Rohan, Om, Shalini, Deep, Tanay, Jeet and Shreya.
Notes
References
External links
ZEE TV Official Channel
Dance India Dance Streaming on ZEE5
Dance India Dance
2009 Indian television series debuts
Zee TV original programming
Frames Production series
Indian reality television series
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Incontinence ("a want of continence or self-restraint") is often used by philosophers to translate the Greek term Akrasia (ἀκρασία). Used to refer to a lacking in moderation or self-control, especially related to sexual desire, incontinence may also be called wantonness.
Aristotle
Aristotle devoted book VII of the Nicomachean Ethics to the discussion of continence and incontinence, having previously linked the latter both to prodigality in its effects, and to those dominated by irrational feeling in its failure to obey knowledge of the good: a case of knowing virtue, but not having habituated it to control passion.
Aristotle considered one could be incontinent with respect to money or temper or glory, but that its core relation was to bodily enjoyment. Its causes could be weakness of will, or an impetuous refusal to think. At the same time, he did not consider it a vice, because it is not so much a product of moral choice, but instead, a failure to act on one's better knowledge.
Later developments
For Augustine, incontinence was not so much a problem of knowledge (knowing but not acting) but of the will: he considered it a matter of everyday experience that men incontinently choose lesser over greater goods.
In the structural division of Dante's Inferno, incontinence is the sin punished in the second through fifth circles. The mutual incontinence of lust was for Dante the lightest of the deadly sins, even if its lack of self-control would open the road to deeper layers of Hell.
Akrasia appeared later as a character in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, representing the incontinence of lust, followed in the next canto by a study of that of anger; and as late as Jane Austen the sensibility of such figures as Marianne Dashwood would be treated as a form of (spiritual) incontinence.
With the triumph of Romanticism, however, the incontinent choice of feeling over reason became increasingly valorised in Western culture. Blake wrote that "those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained". Encouraged by Rousseau, there was a rise of what Arnold J. Toynbee would describe as "an abandon (ακρατεια)...a state of mind in which antinomianism is accepted – consciously or unconsciously, in theory or in practice – as a substitute for creativeness".
A peak of such acrasia was perhaps reached in the 1960s cult of letting it all hang out – of breakdown, acting out and emotional self-indulgence and drama. Partly in reaction, the proponents of emotional intelligence would look back to Aristotle in the search for impulse control and delayed gratification – to his dictum that "a person is called continent or incontinent according as his reason is or is not in control".
See also
Akrasia
Seven deadly sins
References
Further reading
Dahl, N.O. 1984. Practical Reason, Aristotle, and the Weakness of Will. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Wedin, M. 1988. Mind and Imagination in Aristotle. New Haven: Yale University Press.
External links
Aristotle: Ethics and the Virtues (Weakness of the Will)
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII
Concepts in ethics
Philosophy of love
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Cyprus–Greece relations are the bilateral relations between the Republic of Cyprus and the Hellenic Republic. Cyprus has an embassy in Athens and a consulate-general in Thessaloniki. Greece has an embassy in Nicosia. Both countries are full members of the United Nations, European Union, Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Relations between the two countries have been exceptionally close since the ROC was formed in 1960. The Greek populations in Cyprus and Greece share a common ethnicity, heritage, language, and religion, leading to an exceptionally close relationship between the two countries.
Economic relations
Traditionally, Greece has been the major export and import partner of Cyprus. In 2019, Greece produced $257,165.64 US Dollars in exports $1,855,624.30 US Dollars in imports for Cyprus, being Cyprus's first ranking import partner.
Similarity of Anthems
Greece and Cyprus have the same anthem. Greece adopted the anthem in 1865, while Cyprus adopted it in 1966.
Diplomacy
Republic of Cyprus
Athens (Embassy)
Thessaloniki (Consulate-General)
Republic of Greece
Nicosia (Embassy)
Embassies
The Embassy of Cyprus is located in Athens, Greece. The Embassy of Greece is located in Nicosia, Cyprus.
See also
Foreign relations of Cyprus
Foreign relations of Greece
Energy Triangle
Greek Cypriots
Cypriot Greek
Enosis
1981 enlargement of the European Communities
2004 enlargement of the European Union
Foreign Relations of Cyprus
Politics of Cyprus
References
External links
Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Greece
Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Cyprus
Greek Embassy in Nicosia
Greece
Cyprus
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Alessandro Armenise
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Alessandro Armenise (born 23 October 1984 in Pisa) is an Italian footballer. He plays as a defender.
External links
Profile at Lega-Calcio.it
Living people
1984 births
Sportspeople from the Province of Foggia
Italian footballers
S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928 players
S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 players
U.S. Catanzaro 1929 players
A.S.D. Martina Calcio 1947 players
S.S.D. Varese Calcio players
A.S. Noicattaro Calcio players
Association football defenders
Footballers from Apulia
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The men's 500 metres races of the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup 2, arranged in the Taereung International Ice Rink, in Seoul, South Korea, were held on the weekend of 21–23 November 2014.
Race one was won by Pavel Kulizhnikov of Russia, while Mo Tae-bum of South Korea came second, and Ruslan Murashov of Russia came third. Dai Dai Ntab of the Netherlands won Division B of race one, and was thus, under the rules, automatically promoted to Division A for race two.
In race two, the top two were the same as in race one, Kulizhnikov and Mo, while Laurent Dubreuil of Canada took the bronze. Pim Schipper of the Netherlands won Division B of race two.
Race 1
Race one took place on Friday, 21 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 12:09, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 16:35.
Division A
Division B
Race 2
Race two took place on Sunday, 23 November, with Division B scheduled in the morning session, at 10:58, and Division A scheduled in the afternoon session, at 13:45.
Division A
Division B
References
Men 00500
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John P. Roberts
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John P. Roberts (1945 – October 27, 2001) was an American businessman who bankrolled the Woodstock Festival. He was the heir to the Polident/Poli-Grip denture adhesive fortune.
Biography
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Roberts and his friend Joel Rosenman tried to pitch a story for a television series about entrepreneurs who had more money than ideas. Each week their antics would get them into a new series of problems.
Roberts and Rosenman had met at a golf course in 1966 and shared an apartment in 1967.
To do research they placed an advertisement in The Wall Street Journal identifying themselves as "young men with unlimited capital" who were looking for business ideas. Among the 5,000 responding were Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld who proposed building a recording studio in Woodstock, New York to encourage recordings by local residents Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and The Band. Eventually this idea was dropped in favor of staging an outdoor music festival.
As they developed a plan, once it became clear there was no area around Woodstock that would meet their requirements, they moved the proposed location to Wallkill, New York. But protests from local residents prompted another move in turn to its eventual site in Bethel, New York.
The concert cost between $2.4 million and $3.1 million to produce and brought in $1.8 million from gate receipts. While the producers would make money on the movie and soundtrack of the events, Roberts said he did not get out of debt from the event until 1980.
After the concert they produced subsequent events of the same type and operated a leveraged buyout firm in Manhattan.
Roberts lived in Manhattan, where he died of cancer on October 27, 2001, at the age of 56.
Portrayals
In the 2009 film Taking Woodstock he is portrayed by Skylar Astin.
References
1945 births
2001 deaths
20th-century American businesspeople
University of Pennsylvania alumni
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Pachikapalam
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Pachikapalam or Pachikapallam is a village and a Subdivisions of India in Chittoor district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Geography
Pachikapalam is located at . It has an average elevation of 266 meters (875 feet).
References
Villages in Chittoor district
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L. Michael White
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L. Michael White is an American Biblical scholar. He is Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Classics and Christian Origins, and director of the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins, at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author or co-author of seven books, editor of four volumes and collected essays, and author of twenty-six articles. In 2011, White won the University of Texas' Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, a $10,000 prize, for his newest book Scripting Jesus (2010). White also won the same award in 2006 for his book From Jesus to Christianity. In addition, White is Project Director of the Ostia Synagogue Area Excavations, "Ostia Synagogue Masonry Analysis Project" or OSMAP, an archaeological field project to reevaluate the area around the ancient synagogue of Ostia Antica, the port city of ancient Rome. The Ostia Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in Europe, and is thought to be one of the oldest in the world.
White has served as consultant and co-writer, as well as being featured in, two PBS/Frontline documentaries: From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians and Apocalypse! Time, History, and Revelation.
Published works
Books
The Tabula of Cebes: Text and Translation, Chico, California: Scholars Press, 1983
The HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible, San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1991
From Jesus to Christianity, San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2004.
Scripting Jesus, San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2010.
Notes
Further reading
Houston Chronicle interview (2004)
External links
Biography at PBS.org
Homepage at the University of Texas at Austin
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American biblical scholars
American religion academics
University of Texas at Austin faculty
Place of birth missing (living people)
Members of the Jesus Seminar
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Chester Wickwire
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Chester "Chet" L. Wickwire (December 11, 1913 – August 31, 2008) was the American chaplain emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University. He was a prominent fighter for civil rights and an international peace activist. Reverend Wickwire was remembered as a "consummate humanist" after his death.
Personal life and education
Wickwire was born in Nebraska but was raised in rural Colorado where he received a religious upbringing as a Seventh-day Adventist. He received his B.A. from Union College in Lincoln, Neb. During the 1940s he earned the first of two degrees (B.D and Ph.D) from the Yale Divinity School. While at Yale, he contracted poliomyelitis, which resulted in a thirteen-month stay in a local pauper's hospital; "an experience which he credited as providing him with a broader perspective on the world." Despite his need for crutches afterwards, "Chet the Jet" earned his moniker with his boundless energy. He was ordained in the United Church of Christ. He was married to Mary Ann Wickwire for 71 years until his death. Dr. Wickwire was also an avid poet with two published collections.
His memorial service was attended by numerous community leaders and former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes. Sen. Barbara Mikulski wrote a remembrance for the occasion.
Activities at the Johns Hopkins University
In 1953, after graduating from the Yale Divinity School, Dr. Wickwire was hired as the Executive Secretary of the Levering Hall YMCA, located at the Johns Hopkins University. He later became the University chaplain until his retirement in 1984. He became involved in activities both on campus and in Baltimore. In 1958 he started the Tutorial Project, in which Hopkins students volunteered to help tutor Baltimore's underprivileged, largely black urban youth. This community program is still in operation. The University created the Chester Wickwire Diversity Award to honor an "undergraduate student of any race or ethnic background who promotes multicultural harmony on the Homewood Campus."
Civil rights endeavors
Dr. Wickwire organized the first integrated concert to happen in Baltimore. It was held in 1959 at the 5th regiment armory and included Maynard Ferguson and Dave Brubeck. He worked with Baltimore's community leaders, including Walter P. Carter, and ministers in the 1960s to integrate Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. Through his work with community organizations, Dr. Wickwire came to occupy a place of high respect amongst community leaders. Upon the death of its president, Rev. Wickwire was elected the first and only white leader of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, an organization of mostly African-American ministers in Baltimore. In the spring of 1970, when police were searching for members of the Baltimore Black Panthers, they agreed to surrender only to Dr. Wickwire. He was at one time the chairman of the Maryland Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
Peace and labor activism
He was often at odds with the Johns Hopkins University administration as he pursued peace initiatives. He regularly invited speakers such as Philip Berrigan to speak on campus. In 1962, he was detained in Moscow along with Johns Hopkins exchange students for allegedly distributing anti-Soviet literature. He supported a labor boycott of J.P. Stevens & Co. for its anti-union actions in 1977 as co-chairman of a citizens committee. He pushed for better rights and conditions in 1982 for migrant workers in Maryland as chairman of a panel advising the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Later, with the same panel, he worked to improve rights of Korean-American storeowners. During the 1990s, Dr. Wickwire made a series of trips to Central America to oppose political oppression as member of Ecumenical Program in Central America (EPICA). For his work, his was given an honorary doctorate from the University of El Salvador.
References
External links
CURRICULUM VITAE: Chester L. Wickwire (Archived from University of Baltimore Langsdale Library Special Collections)
Chester Wickwire. Longs Peak. Chestnut Hill Press, Baltimore. 1998.
Chester Wickwire. The Wonder Horse. Chestnut Hill Press, Baltimore. 2000.
Harold Mcdougall. Black Baltimore. Temple University Press. 1993.
1913 births
2008 deaths
Activists for African-American civil rights
Anti-racism in the United States
American Christian pacifists
American humanists
Johns Hopkins University faculty
Nonviolence advocates
Yale Divinity School alumni
Union College (Nebraska) alumni
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Pakistan men's national field hockey team
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The Pakistan national field hockey team () represents Pakistan in international field hockey. Having played its first match in 1948, it is administered by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), the governing body for hockey in Pakistan. It has been a member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) since 1948 and was founding member of the Asian Hockey Federation (ASHF), which was formed in 1958.
Pakistan is one of the most successful national field hockey teams in the world with a record four Hockey World Cup wins (in 1971, 1978, 1982, and 1994).
Pakistan has the best overall performance in World Cup history in both proportional and absolute terms with 53 victories in 84 matches played, seven time draws, six appearances in the finals, and only 24 losses. Pakistan national team has played in all FIH World Cup editions with the only absence coming in 2014. The Green Shirts are also most successful national team in the Asian Games, with eight gold medals: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, and 2010, the highest number of times a country has come first, and the only Asian team to have won the prestigious Champions Trophy, with three championships: 1978, 1980 and 1994. Pakistan has won a total of 29 official international titles to professional and grassroots level selections, with three gold medals in the Olympic Games field hockey tournaments: in Rome 1960, Mexico City 1968, and Los Angeles 1984.
Field hockey is the national sport of the country. The Pakistan national team has been ranked as the #1 team in the world in both 2000 and 2001 by the FIH. Former captain Sohail Abbas holds the unconfirmed world record for the most international goals scored by a player in the history of international field hockey. Waseem Ahmad is the most-capped player for the team, having played 410 times between 1996 and 2013.
Pakistan is known for having fierce rivalry with India, having a record of playing each other in South Asian Games and Asian Games finals. They have competed against one another in twenty major tournaments finals so far, out of which Pakistan has won thirteen titles in total. Pakistan have a record of winning the first three championships of Hockey Asia Cup in 1982, 1985 and 1989 against India in row. Apart from that, Pakistan has notable competitive rivalries with Netherlands and Australia.
Pakistan's home ground is National Hockey Stadium in Lahore. The current team head coach is Siegfried Aikman and the team manager is Syed Sameer Hussain.
History
Early history (1948–1955)
Originally, the game had been brought by British servicemen to British India, and like cricket it soon became a popular sport with the local population. Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947, soon after the Pakistan Hockey Federation came into being in 1948. Prior to the partition of India, players playing for Pakistan competed for the Indian side. The Federation soon established and organized the Provincial Hockey/Sports Associations of West Punjab, East Bengal, Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Bahawalpur & Services Sports Board. Despite the limited resources available on 2 August 1948, Pakistan national team, led by Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara, officially went on to play their first international game against Belgium winning the game 2–1 at the 1948 London Olympics. Pakistan remained unbeaten defeating the Netherlands, Denmark and France during the group stage round and ended up placing fourth. During the group stages Pakistan defeat of Netherlands by 6–1 was the highlight for the team. Following the Olympics Pakistan went on a tour of Europe where the played Belgium, Netherlands and Italy and remained undefeated during the tour.
The next international outing of the team came after a gap of two years when Pakistan participated in an invitational competition in Spain in 1950. Pakistan were declared joined winners with Netherlands after the final ended in a draw and organizers decided to end the game rather than going for a deciding period of play, this was Pakistan's first international tournament victory. Again there was a gap of two years before Pakistan again appeared in an international event and this time it was the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Pakistan won the first knock-out game against France 6–0 but lost to Netherlands and Great Britain to again finish fourth at the event. Over the four years Pakistan made tours to European teams and also hosted them in their own country and in Asia Pakistan particularly made regular tours to Malaysia and Singapore with whom they played quite a few times.
Rise in Olympics and Asian honors (1956–1970)
Pakistan won their first Olympic medal in 1956 at Melbourne when they reached the final but lost to India 1–0 to earn a silver medal, first podium finish this was also Pakistan's first medal at the Olympics. Field hockey was included in the Asian Games for the first time in 1958 at Tokyo. Pakistan were drawn against Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and archrivals India. They beat Japan 5–0 in their first match, then followed two consecutive victories over South Korea (8–0) and Malaysia (6–0). In the last match Pakistan drew 0–0 with India finishing top of the table in the round-robin format and clinched its first gold medal in an international competition.
In 1960 Rome Olympics where Pakistan played against in a group with Australia, Poland and Japan, winning all the matches. Pakistan then played the quarter-final round with Germany, winning the match 2–1 and advanced to the semi-final round where they defeated Spain. Pakistan eventually won the gold medal, defeating India 1–0 with a goal by Naseer Bunda in the final round held at the Olympic Velodrome and ended India's run of six successive gold medals at the Summer Olympic Games.
In the 1962 Asian Games, Pakistan earned its second gold medal with Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool as the captain leading the team to another successive award. However, during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics the national team ended up as runners-up for the second time after losing 1–0 to India in the final as well as finishing runners-up in the 1966 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Pakistan won its second Olympic Games gold medal in Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It fielded what has since then often been considered the best hockey squad ever led by captain Tariq Aziz with Saeed Anwar, Khalid Mahmood, Gulraiz Akhtar and Tariq Niazi. Even though Rasool had retired, this team was still a force to be reckoned with. They won all six of their games—against Kenya, Great Britain, Malaysia, Australia, France and the Netherlands during group play, and against West Germany in the knockout round. Pakistan made the final for the fourth straight Olympics, and won the gold medal, as they had in 1960, this time by defeating Australia, 2–1 with goals from Muhammad Asad Malik and Abdul Rashid. Rashid was the top scorer for Pakistan with seven goals; Tanvir Dar finished with six goals.
The Golden Era (1970–1984)
In the group stage of the 1970 Asian Games, Pakistan was competing with tournament hosts Thailand and contenders Japan for top spot and a place in the finals. In their first match of the group, Pakistan scored thrice against Japan to clinch their first win, followed by defeating Hong Kong 10–0 to go to the top of the group. The team then draw 0–0 with Thailand and progressed to the knock-out round, where they won 5–0 over Malaysia. In the final, Pakistan faced India, winning 1–0 and sealing their third Asian Games gold medal.
In 1971, the first-ever Hockey World Cup was to be hosted by Pakistan. However, political issues would prevent that first competition from being played in Pakistan. The FIH had inadvertently scheduled the first World Cup to be played in Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War. Furthermore, Pakistan and India had been at war with each other only six years earlier. When Pakistan invited India to compete in the tournament, a crisis arose. Pakistanis, led by cricketer Abdul Hafeez Kardar, protested against India's participation in the Hockey World Cup. Given the intense political climate between Pakistan and India, the FIH decided to move the tournament elsewhere. In March 1971, coincidentally in the same month Bangladesh declared independence from Pakistan, the FIH decided to move the first Hockey World Cup to the Real Club de Polo grounds in Barcelona, Spain, which was considered a neutral and peaceful European site. On 27 March 1971, in Brussels, the trophy was formally handed to FIH President Rene Frank by H.E Masood, the Pakistani Ambassador to Belgium. A total number of 10 teams qualified for the event and were broken up into two groups.
The Pakistani team was drawn in a group with hosts Spain, Australia, Japan and the Netherlands. The group was topped by Spain and Pakistan respectively, and both the teams advanced into the semi-finals. In the first semi-final of the tournament Pakistan ousted India 2–1 in a tense and closely contested game and in the second semi-final Spain played safe and defeated a spirited Kenya 1–0 to enter the finals against Pakistan. In the final Pakistan scored early but then strengthened its defense to hold out a 1–0 victory and win the first hockey World Cup, retaining its number one position in the world hockey rankings, closely followed by India and the Netherlands. Tanvir Dar finished as the top goal scorer at the tournament with eight goals.
The 1972 Munich Olympics, Pakistan lost the final to hosts West Germany losing the game 1–0 with a goal by Michael Krause and finished at fourth place, the following year, in the 1973 Hockey World Cup. The national team made a comeback in the international competition, by winning and retaining their title at the 1974 Asian Games but lost to their rivals India in the finals of the third hockey World Cup in 1975. 1976 Montreal Olympics saw the team secure their first bronze medal in the competition.
The year 1978 saw Pakistan national team win three major international tournaments: the third Hockey World Cup held at Buenos Aires, Argentina along with 1978 Asian Games and the first Champions Trophy. This was the first time a national team won three major titles in the history of international field hockey. In 1980, Pakistan Olympic Association, along with 65 countries, boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. This resulted in Pakistan hockey team not participating at the field hockey competition at the tournament. Pakistan hosted the 1980 and 1981 Champions Trophy tournaments, winning the title against West Germany in the final round in 1980 and finishing at fourth position a year later, held at the Hockey Club of Pakistan, Karachi. In the 1980s Pakistan won every international tournament it participated in including the 1982 World Cup in Mumbai and the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles where Pakistan won the gold medal defeating West Germany in the final. Pakistan also won the Asian Games and Asia Cup consecutively in this period.
Surface change crisis and resurgence (1986–1996)
Although hockey was being played at synthetic surfaces from the 1970s but it was only until the 1986 World Cup in London the FIH completely moved on from grass pitches to AstroTurf, synthetic turf made from plastic fibers to give a grass like look. The change of surface made the game much more fasted paced and to align the game with the new conditions the governing body vastly changed the rules of the game which focused more on strength and pace rather than stick work and technique which was the hallmark of Asian style of hockey. This negatively effected Pakistan since they couldn't replace all of the grass pitches with more expensive synthetic surfaces compared to more affluent European nations. This resulted in Pakistan performing very poorly at the World Cup in London where they won just one pool game and finished second last at 11th place. Pakistan however managed to cope up with the new changes in the game in the following years and started to regain some of its past dominance. Pakistan first finished runner-up at the 1990 World Cup at home in Lahore after losing the final to Netherlands and won a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. The most glorious highlight of the decade came in 1994 when Pakistan first won the 1994 Champions Trophy at home ground, their first title in the competition after 14 years and later in the year Pakistan won the Hockey World Cup in Sydney after winning a penalty shootout against Netherlands.
Post-Atlanta Olympics (1998–2006)
After Atlanta 1996 the first major competition was the 1998 Hockey World Cup in Utrecht Pakistan finished 5th at the tournament. The following year Pakistan won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup for the first time in 1999. Pakistan finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney after losing the bronze medal match to Australia, this was the last time Pakistan played for a medal at the Olympics. Pakistan finished 5th at 2002 World Cup and Kuala Lumpur and won bronze medal at the Champions Trophy the same year. At the 2002 Asian Games Pakistan finished fourth, the first time the team didn't won a medal at the competition. In 2003 Pakistan lost the Hockey Asia Cup final to India and in 2004 Pakistan had a busy schedule where they played in many tournaments in lead up to the Olympics but Pakistan finished 5th at the 2004 Athens Olympics later in December Pakistan finished third at the 2004 Champions Trophy in Lahore, the third consecutive bronze medal. In 2005 Pakistan had a highlight when they defeated Olympic champion Australia to win the 2005 Hockey RaboTrophy in Netherlands. Pakistan finished 6th the 2006 World Cup and failed even to progress from the pool stages of the 2007 Asia Cup.
Beijing Olympics and competitive decline (2008–2012)
The 2008 Beijing Olympics proved to be the worst performance of the team at the event where they finished 8th. The year 2010 started with another record worst performance at the 2010 World Cup in New Delhi where the team finished last at 12th place but later in the same year Pakistan had a major success by winning the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games in China. In 2011 Pakistan played in many minor tournaments in lead up to the 2012 Olympics where they finished 7th. Later in the year 2012 Pakistan won bronze medal at the 2012 Champions Trophy in Melbourne after upsetting tournaments favorites like Germany. The Pakistani national team most successful tournament, in this period, was the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy winning the trophy first in 2012 against India and finishing as runners-up in the first edition of Asian Hockey Champions Trophy in 2011. During this period despite not any major team honor won the Pakistan team had world renowned individual players in world hockey in the likes of Sohail Abbas who remained top scorer at the 2002 World Cup and 2004 Olympics, he later broke the record of highest goalscorer in international hockey with a total of 348 goals and Rehan Butt who was twice voted as the Best Asian Player by Asian Hockey Federation, Shakeel Abbasi, Salman Akbar and Muhammad Saqlain.
World Cup and Olympic absentee (2013–2020)
Pakistan, after having failed to get a direct entrance for the 2014 World Cup, were handed a last chance to qualify for the event by winning the 2013 Asia Cup, but they finished third and failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in their history. Pakistan failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time at Rio 2016 after failing a qualification berth at the 2014–15 FIH Hockey World League. From 2016 to 2017, Pakistan performed poorly in different competitions even featuring a record 9–1 defeat against Australia in 2017. In 2018, Roelant Oltmans of Netherlands was brought in as coach and the team showed some improvement, but still performed poorly at the 2018 World Cup, failing to win a single match. Pakistan again failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, losing the Olympic Qualifiers against Netherlands over a two-legged tie in 2019.
Present era (2021–present)
PHF announced Pakistan's participation for the 2021 Asian Champions Trophy, the team's first appearance in an international competition after a gap of two years. A 20-man squad was announced with Siegfried Aikman as head coach prior to the tournament.
Logo and stadium
The motif of the Pakistan national field hockey team has a star and crescent on a dark green field; with a vertical white stripe at the hoist, usually in green, white color, as represented in the flag of Pakistan.
Pakistan played at a number of different venues across the country, though by 1978, this had largely settled down to having National Hockey Stadium (also known as Gaddafi Hockey Stadium, named after former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi) in Lahore as the primary venue, with Faisalabad Hockey Stadium and the Hockey Club of Pakistan used on occasions where the National Hockey Stadium was unavailable for home matches. The stadium is considered to be the biggest international field hockey stadium in the world, and holds a capacity of 45,000 spectators.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has its headquarters at the stadium. Pakistan has hosted many international matches and competitions such as the Hockey Asia Cup of 1982 and Champions Trophy tournament in 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2004 along with the 1990 Hockey World Cup, where Pakistan lost 3–1 to the Netherlands in the final.
Honors and recognition
Since its breakthrough in the 1948 Summer Olympics, Pakistan has won more than 20 official titles, which are detailed below:
Summer Olympics:
Gold medal: 1960 Rome, 1968 Mexico City, 1984 Los Angeles
Silver medal: 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo, 1972 Munich
Bronze medal: 1976 Montreal, 1992 Barcelona
World Cup:
Gold medal: 1971, 1978, 1982, 1994
Silver medal: 1975, 1990
Champions Trophy:
Gold medal: 1978, 1980, 1994
Silver medal: 1983, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2014
Bronze medal: 1986, 1992, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012,
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup:
Gold medal: 1998, 2000, 2003
Silver medal: 1983, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2004, 2011
Bronze medal: 1985, 2005, 2022
Asian Champions Trophy:
Gold medal: 2012, 2013, 2018
Silver medal: 2011, 2016
Asia Cup:
Gold medal: 1982, 1985, 1989
Silver medal: 1999, 2003, 2009
Bronze medal: 1994, 2013, 2017
Asian Games:
Gold medal: 1958, 1962, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 2010
Silver medal: 1966, 1986, 2014
Bronze medal: 1994, 1998, 2006
Commonwealth Games:
Silver medal: 2006
Bronze medal: 2002
South Asian Games:
Gold medal: 2006, 2010, 2016
Silver medal: 1995
Afro-Asian Games:
Silver medal: 2003
Hockey Champions Challenge:
Silver medal: 2009
Competitive record
Team performance
TBD (to be determined), DNQ (did not qualify), DNP (did not participate)
Records
As of 27 October 2019
Players in bold text are still active with Pakistan
Top goal scorers
Most-capped players
Players
Officials
Current players
Squad as of 22 Jul 2022 for 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham.
Results and fixtures
2021
Asian Hockey Champions Trophy
2022
2022 Hockey Asia Cup2022 Commonwealth Games
Head-to-head record
Record last updated as of the following matches:
Pakistan vs Bangladesh at Jakarta, 2022 Hockey Asia Cup, 1 June 2022
See also
Pakistan Hockey League
India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry
References
External links
FIH profile
National team
Asian men's national field hockey teams
Field hockey
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(Now that the daylight fills the sky), WAB 18, is a motet composed by Anton Bruckner in 1868. The work is also known as In S. Angelum custodem (In the custody of the holy angel). Bruckner revised the composition in 1886.
History
Bruckner composed this motet in the summer of 1868 for the ("Guardian angel confraternity") of Wilhering Abbey. Bruckner dedicated it to Adolf Dorfer, the abbot of the abbey. Bruckner set the music on the text written by Robert Riepl, one of the priests working at the abbey. The motet was performed in the same year in the abbey.
Riepl's text is an adaptation of the text used by Orlande de Lassus. Bruckner's original manuscript, which was stored in the abbey, is lost. A copy of it is stored in the archive of the Kremsmünster Abbey and two other copies are found in the Austrian National Library. The motet was published in 1868 by the Wilhering Abbey.
In 1886, Bruckner made a new version of the motet for men's choir, which was published in the journal , volume 1, no. 8, p. 240, F. Mamroth, Vienna.
The includes two settings of the 1868 version in volume XXI/24, and the 1886 setting in volume XXI/35.
Music
The first version in Phrygian mode, which Bruckner composed in 1868, is 24-bar long. Two settings are extant: a first with all eight verses of Riepl's text for choir a cappella, and a second with only one verse of a different text for choir and organ. The motet is a simple, modally inspired piece and homophonic throughout.
A new version of the motet in G minor, which Bruckner composed in 1886, is one bar shorter (23-bar long). It uses verses 1, 2, 7 and 8 of Riepl's text and is set for choir a cappella.
Text of the first setting (Robert Riepl)
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Let it, O Guardian Angel,
Banish unclear minds
And bring the nourishing light!
Teach me prudently the correct order
And admonish me to reach it!
Reliably you come from Heaven
And return as a messenger to it.
Bring the offers, pains and tears
To the King's court;
Provide the Giver of talents
With a small gift from the servant!
Foster me, the unfortunate, embracing
With the sweetest consolation!
Prompt me, the dormant,
To the works of salvation!
Blame me, when I hesitate,
Give me the strength, when I fall!
Radiant of the pure light,
Which floods out from God,
I am in search of holiness.
Deliver me from stain,
So that the white lilies of chastity
Be not sullied.
By your powerful right repel
The powers of the Devil to Hell;
Destroy the pleasure of the flesh,
Which arises from pride,
So that, protected by your arms,
I may be victorious.
Break the inflexible obstinacy
Of the merciless heart;
I am oppressed by the burden of sin,
Relieve it by your powerful hand
And spare me the punishment of the guilty
By your prayers.
In storms let hurry the times
The temporal life will assault!
Let me disdain the ephemeral
And always seek the eternal,
So that my noble soul
Would remain in Heaven.
When mortal struggle is imminent,
Assist me, quavering, firmly!
Guide me through the shades of death,
Advocate me in front of the Judge
And on grounds of the acquittal
Might I enjoy the eternal splendour! Amen.
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Text of the second setting
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|style="padding-left:2em;"|Now that the daylight fills the sky,
My holy angel,
By your brightness
Draw the darkness from my soul;
Teach me the right way
And advise me to follow it.
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Selected discography
The first recording occurred in 1976:
Mathias Breitschaft, Limburger Domsingknaben, Bruckner: 9 Motets/Palestrina: 8 Motets – LP: Carus FSM 53118 (1st verse of the 1st setting)
1868 version
First setting
A few other recordings, all with deviations from the score:
Balduin Sulzer, Chor des Musikgymnasiums Linz, Musik aus der Stifterstraße – LP: Extempore AD-80.01/2, 1980 (verses 1, 2 & 3)
Robert Jones, Choir of St. Bride's Church, Bruckner: Motets – CD: Naxos 8.550956, 1994 (all 8 verses)
Lionel Sow, Choeur de Filles Caecilia & Maîtrise des Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Christophe de Javel, Johannes Brahms – Anton Bruckner Jardins secrets – CD: Studio SM Collection Blanche D3029, 2004 (verses 1, 2 & 3)
Second setting
Only one recording :
Balduin Sulzer, Mozart Chor Linz, Bruckner – CD: AtemMusik Records ATMU 97001, 1997 (with brass accompaniment)
1886 version
There are two recordings of this version:
Duncan Ferguson, Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral of Edinburgh, Bruckner: Motets – CD: Delphian Records DCD34071, 2010
Matthias Giesen, Schola Floriana, Kirchenmusik im Bruckner-Ort Ansfelden – CD: Weinberg Records SW 010497-2, 2016 (strophes 1 & 2)
References
Sources
Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XXI: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Editor), Vienna, 1984/2001
Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012.
Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner – A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
- 2nd setting
In S. Angelum custodem, WAB 18 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs
Iam lucis, a live performance of the third setting of the motet by Der junge Chor der Liederblüte of Oberweyer (2015), on YouTube
Motets by Anton Bruckner
1868 compositions
1886 compositions
Compositions in G minor
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade%20Municipal%2C%20Schifflange
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Stade Municipal, Schifflange
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Stade Municipal is a football stadium in Schifflange, in south-western Luxembourg and is currently the home stadium of FC Schifflange 95. The stadium has a capacity of 3,500.
References
World Stadiums - Luxembourg
Municipal, Schifflange
Schifflange
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidya%20Sagar%20Pandya
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Vidya Sagar Pandya
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Vidya Sagar Pandya was an Indian banker and politician.
Personal life
He was born at Multan in 1876. His father was Pandit Basant Ram, an auditor. His ancestors included Accountants, Dealers and Bankers financing Governments and the aristocracy. He was educated at Hindu College, Vizagapatam, Christian College, Lahore and Government College, Lahore.
Career
He began working at his father's firm 'Basant Ram and Sons'.
In 1903 he joined the Peoples' Bank of India at Karachi as a Manager. In 1905 he became Manager of the Banks Head Office at Lahore. In 1907 he joined the Indian Bank, Madras as Secretary. He was one of the founders of the Southern India Chamber of Commerce, Madras.
In 1930 he became a member of the Central Legislative Assembly, nominated by Madras Indian Commerce.
References
Politicians from Lahore
1876 births
Year of death missing
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert%20I%20of%20Spoleto
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Lambert I of Spoleto
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Lambert I (died 880) was the duke and margrave (dux et marchio) of Spoleto on two occasions, first from 859 to 871 and then from 876 to his death.
Lambert was the eldest son of Guy I of Spoleto and Itta, daughter of Sico of Benevento. He married Judith, daughter of Eberhard of Friuli.
In his first year of rule, he joined Gerard, count of the Marsi; Maielpoto, gastald of Telese; and Wandelbert, gastald of Boiano, to prevent Sawdan, the Saracen emir of Bari, from reentering his city after a campaign against Capua and the Lavorno. Despite a bloody battle, he successfully entered Bari.
In April 860, Lambert joined with Hildebert, count of Camerino, in rebelling against the Emperor Louis II. Chased by an imperial army into the Marsi, from there they fled to Benevento and took refuge under Prince Adelchis. Louis surrounded the city and pardoned both Lambert and his protector in return for their loyalty. Hildebert, however, fled further to Bari.
In 866, Louis unsuccessfully besieged Landulf II, the count-bishop of Capua. He even granted Lambert the county of Capua to continue the siege. At that moment, the duchy of Spoleto had reached its greatest extent.
Lambert left the siege of Capua and went Rome after the election of Adrian II on 13 November 867. On 13 December, Lambert plundered Rome during the papal coronation ceremony. He was promptly excommunicated and, as the emperor supported Adrian's pontificate, lost the patronage of Louis. It was three years before he rebelled a second time, though. In 871, after the emperor greatly increased his power and prestige by capturing Bari, Lambert allied with Guaifer of Salerno, Sergius II of Naples, and Adelchis of Benevento and entered into open revolt against the emperor. The Saracens, however, landed new forces and attacked Salerno. Adelchis, who had imprisoned the emperor while Lambert was staying in Benevento, released his captive to lead the forces against the infidels. The free emperor immediately deposed Lambert from his imperial position and replaced him with Suppo III, a cousin of his wife Engelberga.
Louis returned to the Mezzogiorno in 873, the pope having absolved him from the oaths he had sworn to Adelchis in return for liberty. He besieged Benevento, but failed to take Lambert. After his death, he was replaced as emperor by his uncle Charles the Bald, who reappointed Lambert to his old post in Spoleto (February or June 876). He also appointed Lambert's younger brother Guy as margrave of Camerino with the job of protecting the pope. On 16 July, at Ponthion, Charles confirmed the donation of a large part of Spoletan territory to the papacy, but Lambert was still the most powerful lord in the central peninsula and a practically independent prince.
In 877, Charles died and Lambert supported Carloman of Bavaria over Charles' heir, Louis the Stammerer, for the kingship of Italy and the emperorship. Lambert himself entered Rome with the intent of making himself king, but was dissuaded by Pope John VIII. In March 878, Lambert and Adalbert I of Tuscany forced the populace to acknowledge Carloman as king. The two then besieged the pope in the Leonine City for thirty days and John fled Rome for Troyes. At Troyes, he held a synod in which he offered to crown Louis the Stammerer emperor, adopted Boso of Arles as his son, and excommunicated his Italian enemies (Lambert and Adalbert). The pope even accused Lambert of desiring the imperial crown for himself, which is probable considering the subsequent history of his dynasty.
Lambert returned his sights to Capua after this Roman episode. He died besieging that city in 880. He was succeeded by his son Guy II. His brother Guy became king and emperor, as did his nephew and namesake Lambert II. The Archbishop of Rheims Fulk the Venerable, cautioned Lambert II against following his eponymous uncle's example.
Notes
Sources
Caravale, Mario (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: LXIII Labroca – Laterza. Rome, 2004.
9th-century dukes of Spoleto
Marquesses of Spoleto
Guideschi dynasty
People excommunicated by the Catholic Church
9th-century births
880 deaths
Year of birth unknown
9th-century Lombard people
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radoslav%20%C5%A0koln%C3%ADk
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Radoslav Školník
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Radoslav Školník (born 14 November 1979 in Košice) is a professional Slovak football defender who currently plays for FK Turkon Vyšné Opátske.
Career statistics
Last updated: 28 December 2009
External links
Player profile at official club website
Living people
1979 births
Slovak footballers
FC VSS Košice players
Slovak Super Liga players
Sportspeople from Košice
Association football central defenders
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951%20UCLA%20Bruins%20football%20team
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1951 UCLA Bruins football team
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The 1951 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1951 college football season.
Schedule
Game summaries
USC
For the first time, the Bruins defeated the Trojans in consecutive seasons. UCLA won the previous season's game 39–0. Scoring for the Bruins were Don Stalwick, Ike Jones, and Donn Moomaw. Late in the fourth quarter, Jim Sears scored for USC to avoid another shutout.
References
UCLA
UCLA Bruins football seasons
UCLA Bruins football
UCLA Bruins football
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6904541
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Single%20Woman%20%28play%29
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A Single Woman (play)
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A Single Woman is a play based on the life of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman in the United States Congress. First drafted as a one-woman show by Nevada Shakespeare Company founding Artistic Director, Jeanmarie Simpson, it developed into a "duet performance work" by the time it premiered at the Oats Park Art Center in Fallon, Nevada on February 7, 2004.
The play subsequently toured internationally with hundreds of grassroots including a 4-week run at The Culture Project Off-Broadway in the summer of 2005. The play closed at the Invisible Theatre in Tucson, Arizona on November 5, 2006.
Artists
In addition to being a theatre artist, Simpson, the author and performer of the title role, is a peace activist. Many performances of the play have been fundraisers for individual branches and the national office of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), in addition to hundreds of other peace and justice organizations including United Methodist Church's Social Justice and Global Ministries, Jews for Peace, Planned Parenthood, American Civil Liberties Union, Veterans for Peace, American Friends Service Committee and many others. A Single Woman was also produced by the Tennessee Women's Theater Project as their inaugural production.
Cameron Crain, who created the role of 'Everyman' in the play, also directed the production that toured the United States. Simpson directed the production in New York, initially with Claudia Schneider and Les Misérables veteran, Neal Mayer, in the roles. Midway through, Simpson stepped in and completed the run as Rankin.
See also
Jeannette Rankin
Jane Addams
Raging Grannies
A Single Woman (film)
References
External links
Sacramento News and Review Hudson Review
Sacramento News and Review Feature 1
Reno News and Review Feature
Reno News and Review Jesch Review
Interview for PR Log
American plays adapted into films
Plays based on actual events
2004 plays
Jeannette Rankin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dondo%20Dam
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Dondo Dam
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is a dam in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Catching the waters of the Sijimi and Yamada rivers, the catchment becomes known as Tsukuhara Lake.
Uses
Other than just creating hydro electricity the catchment area of 328.8km2 provides drinking water supply and industrial supply to nearby Kobe; as well as irrigation, flood control, removal of melting snow and recreational uses.
References
Dams in Hyogo Prefecture
Dams completed in 1989
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Krug
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Barbara Krug
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Barbara Krug (born 6 May 1956, in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
At the 1978 European Championships she won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, together with teammates Christiane Marquardt, Christina Lathan and Marita Koch. Krug then finished fourth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships.
Krug, Lathan and Koch remained on the relay team for the 1980 Summer Olympics, with Gabriele Löwe replacing Christiane Marquardt. The team won the Olympic silver medal in 4 × 400 m relay.
Krug competed for the club SC DHfK Leipzig during her active career.
References
Sources
Dictionary of Women Worldwide. 25,000 women through the ages. Three volumes. Edited by Anne Commire. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications, 2007.
1956 births
Living people
East German female sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of East Germany
Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
Athletes from Leipzig
European Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Olympic female sprinters
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosstrees
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Crosstrees
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Crosstrees are the two horizontal spars at the upper ends of the topmasts of sailing ships, used to anchor the shrouds from the topgallant mast. Similarly, they may be mounted at the upper end of the topgallant to anchor the shrouds from the royal mast (if fitted). Similar transverse spars remain on steam ship and motor vessel masts to secure wire antennae or signal flag halyards.
Explanation
Any vertical structure like a mast is subject to dynamic swaying stress from wind, which levers immense force at the base of the mast. Such stress is countered through guy ropes which are diagonally supporting ropes from mast top to its base. These ropes share the load on the mast tops and communicate that force to the base structure.
The taller the mast, the wider a base is required for the guy wires so as to form an appropriate angular support against the sway the mast is exposed to. Yet, ships are fixed in their beam (width) and hence only a limited angle is possible for the guy-ropes to support very high masts. Thereby, the taller the ship's mast, the more narrow and unfeasible would be the angle between its support wires and its top. This is where a simple innovation like the crosstree helps to overcome such limitation.
The Crosstree serves as a fresh base to spread the next level of supporting guy ropes, thereby providing a stable height extension to the masts. Without the crosstree, the ship's mast would have been severely limited in height, in relation to the width (beam) of the ship.
Each crosstree serves to spread another level of holding ropes on a fresh wider spar so as to provide support to the next mast top section. Effectively, the crosstree allows to extend the height, mount yet another layer of sail shrouds and option more wind power to the ships. The crosstree also serves to spread the shroud tops.
See tops for the description of their purpose. On modern rigs the same function is provided by spreaders.
Sources
External links
Sailing rigs and rigging
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Jerome%20Perlow
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Gilbert Jerome Perlow
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Gilbert Jerome Perlow (10 February 1916 – 17 February 2007), was an American physicist famous for his work related to the Mössbauer effect, and an editor of the Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters.
Life
Perlow was born in New York City in 1916, and attended Townsend Harris Hall. At 16, he went to study medicine at Cornell University. However, he later switched to physics, as he said his talents did not lie in medicine. He obtained his bachelor's degree in 1936 at Cornell University. His graduate thesis On measurements of Lα satellite x rays was supervised by Floyd K. Richtmyer. He obtained his Ph.D from University of Chicago in 1940, where researched nuclear reactions of lithium-6. There he met his wife Mina Rea Jones, a chemist, when looking for assistance in building lithium targets.
After his Ph.D thesis, he left Chicago to work for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory and the US Naval Research Laboratory, on the detection of submarine using ultrasounds as part of the war effort. After the war, he used and modified captured V-2 rockets to make measurements on atmospheric cosmic rays, leading him to propose that most gamma rays in the atmosphere were not the cosmic rays themselves, but were rather due to Compton backscattering.
In 1952, he became a faculty member at University of Minnesota. In 1954, he moved to Illinois to work at the Argonne National Laboratory, until he retired in 1981. In 1970, he became editor of the Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters.
In the words of John Schiffer and Charles Johnson, Perlow was a "...witty and cultured man, he enjoyed reading, sketching, listening to music, and sailing his yacht on Lake Michigan."
Work
Other than his work on cosmic rays, and on the Mössbauer effect, Perlow worked on the hyperfine structure of iron-57 and other properties of iron atoms, such as their internal magnetic field.
References
1916 births
2007 deaths
Townsend Harris High School alumni
Cornell University alumni
University of Chicago alumni
20th-century American physicists
American nuclear physicists
Particle physicists
Scientists from New York (state)
Fellows of the American Physical Society
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Lansing%20Public%20Schools
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East Lansing Public Schools
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East Lansing Public Schools is the school district for East Lansing, Michigan, USA. The district is governed by a seven-person Board of Education. Since 1973, the Board has included a student-elected, non-voting student representative from East Lansing High School. The superintendent is Dori Leyko.
Schools
East Lansing High School - Grades 9-12
MacDonald Middle School - Grades 6-8, mascot is Trojan, colors are blue and white.
Glencairn Elementary School - Grades K-5, mascot is the Glencairn Terrier, colors are red and black.
Whitehills Elementary School - Grades K-5, mascot is the Wolfie the wolf, colors are blue and white
Donley Elementary School - Grades K-5, mascot is Don the dolphin
Marble Elementary School - Grades K-5, mascot is the Muskie the muskrat, colors are blue and white
Robert L Green Elementary School - Grades K-5, mascot is a gator, colors are green and black
Red Cedar Elementary School K-3, mascot is a raccoon, its color is red
Parent Organizations:
District Parent Council
ELHS Parent Council
Glencairn School Association
MacDonald Parent Council
Marble Parent Council
Pinecrest Parent Council
Whitehills School Association
William Donley School Association
Red Cedar Parent Council
Black Parent Union (BPU)
East Lansing Band & Orchestra Parents Association (ELBOPA)
ELHS Boosters
References
External links
Whitehills Elementary School
Donley Elementary School
School districts in Michigan
East Lansing, Michigan
Education in Ingham County, Michigan
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6904568
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peaceful%20World%20%28album%29
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Peaceful World (album)
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Peaceful World is the eighth studio album (a double-LP) by rock band The Rascals, released on May 5, 1971. It peaked at number 122 on the Billboard 200 chart. In Canada, the album reached number 50. The single "Love Me" reached number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.
History
Vocalist Eddie Brigati left the Rascals in August 1970, with guitarist Gene Cornish leaving the following month. By October, a new lineup of the Rascals was assembled featuring original members Felix Cavaliere (vocals/keyboards) and Dino Danelli (drums), and several new players, including ex-Paul Butterfield Blues Band guitarist Buzz Feiten and vocalist Annie Sutton. Peaceful World was the first album featuring this new version of the band. It was also the Rascals' first album for the CBS/Columbia label, after almost six years with Atlantic Records.
Many of the songs on Peaceful World were jazz-influenced, as opposed to the "blue-eyed soul" style of the Rascals' heyday; the title track, in particular, was a long piece featuring improvisation and multiple extended solos.
Peaceful World was reissued along with The Island of Real on the BGO label in 2008.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, critic Jim Newsom praised the album and wrote Peaceful World was "a wonderful blend of soul, jazz, and funk that never found an audience.. Despite its lack of commercial success, this was an artistic triumph for Felix Cavaliere... his ambitious album took the Rascals to the place Cavaliere had been headed over the course of the last couple of albums—but, sadly, the fans didn't follow." Robert Christgau admired the change of direction the album took to jazz, but also wrote; "Yet in the end the jazz musicians he's signed on—Fathead Newman, Joe Farrell, Pepper Adams, Ron Carter—aren't especially well-suited to popularize Coltrane and Pharoah and Sun Ra. And even if Felix were singing enough, he wouldn't be singing very good stuff—composition has never been his strength..."
In his review for the reissue of Peaceful World/The Island of Real, critic Thom Jurek wrote of the album " Peaceful World is a sprawling yet very focused collection of songs... The remarkable aspect of this gorgeous record is that it sounds vintage but not dated. The production is clean, the funk is in the cut, and the communication between musicians in the charts is tight."
Track listing
All songs by Felix Cavaliere; except "In and Out of Love" & "Icy Water" by Buzzy Feiten
Side 1
"Sky Trane" – 5:47
"In and Out of Love" – 3:13
"Bit of Heaven" – 3:30
"Love Me" – 3:48
Side 2
"Mother Nature Land" – 3:31
"Icy Water" – 4:31
"Happy Song" – 3:42
"Love Letter" – 5:27
Side 3
"Little Dove" – 6:30
"Visit to Mother Nature Land" – 5:04
"Getting Nearer" – 8:57
Side 4
"Peaceful World" – 21:25
Personnel
Felix Cavaliere – vocals, keyboards, marimba, organ, piano
Dino Danelli – drums
Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar, bass, background vocals
Annie Sutton – vocals
Linc Chamberland – guitar, horn arrangements
Gerald Jemmott – bass
Robert Popwell – bass
Chuck Rainey – bass
William Salter – bass
Hubert Laws – flute
Alice Coltrane – harp
Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
Garnett Brown – horn, trombone
Ron Carter – bass
Joe Farrell – flute, soprano sax, tenor sax
Molly Holt – background vocals
Buddy Buono – background vocals
Cynthia Webb – background vocals
Ralph MacDonald – bells, conga, percussion, shaker, talking drum
Joe Newman – trumpet
Ernie Royal – trumpet
Jon Robert Smith (born 1946) – saxophone
Ernie Wilkins – saxophone
James Green, Jerry Lee Smith - recording engineer
Bob Irwin - mastering engineer
References
1971 albums
The Rascals albums
Albums produced by Felix Cavaliere
Columbia Records albums
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciro%20De%20Franco
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Ciro De Franco
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Ciro De Franco (born 8 October 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie C team Picerno.
Monopoli
On 31 May 2018 after 5 years spent Matera, it was announced that he signed a contract with Monopoli.
On 14 August 2020 he joined Cavese on a 2-year contract. Following Cavese's relegation to Serie D at the end of the 2020–21 season, on 6 August 2021 he moved to Picerno.
References
External links
Career statistics
Italian footballers
U.S. Catanzaro 1929 players
Living people
1988 births
A.S.G. Nocerina players
Matera Calcio players
S.S. Monopoli 1966 players
Cavese 1919 players
AZ Picerno players
Footballers from Naples
Association football defenders
Serie C players
Universiade silver medalists for Italy
Universiade medalists in football
Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd%20Fellows%20Hall%20%28Covington%2C%20Kentucky%29
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Odd Fellows Hall (Covington, Kentucky)
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The Odd Fellows Hall in Covington, Kentucky is located at the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Madison Avenue. It was constructed in 1856 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge, and was the center of Covington's civic and political life for most of the Victorian era. When the American Civil War ended, victorious Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was honored with a reception there.
In 1900, the body of William Goebel, the only U.S. governor to be assassinated in office, lay in state there, as an estimated 10,000 people filed past.
In the 1950s, a roller skating rink filled the second-floor ballroom, famous for its -high ceiling suspended by a truss system.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was deemed notable as "one of the city's earliest commercial structures." The building was assessed to be "especially noteworthy in the method of construction. In order to accommodate large, unbroken interior spaces, iron tie rods were employed to support the floors. In addition to its architectural distinction, the structure is a well-known local landmark having served as the center for both civic and social activities in downtown Covington."
In May 2002, a major fire almost destroyed the entire building. It was reduced to its front facade, back wall, and a three-story column of smoke and charred debris. A new team has restored the hall, with its first tenant taking occupancy in March 2006.
References
External links
The Grand Banquet Hall
Photos of the interior of the restored building
Odd Fellows Hall rises from the ashes
Odd Fellows fire a profound loss
National Register of Historic Places in Kenton County, Kentucky
Odd Fellows buildings in Kentucky
Buildings and structures in Covington, Kentucky
Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Cultural infrastructure completed in 1856
1856 establishments in Kentucky
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arboretum%20municipal%20de%20Verri%C3%A8res-le-Buisson
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Arboretum municipal de Verrières-le-Buisson
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The Arboretum municipal de Verrières-le-Buisson (1.5 hectares), more formally the Arboretum municipal de Verrières-le-Buisson, Réserve naturelle volontaire Roger de Vilmorin, Maison des Arbres et des Oiseaux, is a municipal arboretum located at 1, voie de l'Aulne, Verrières-le-Buisson, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. It is open weekends without charge.
The arboretum was established in 1910 as part of the Arboretum Vilmorin, acquired in 1975 by the municipality, and is now tended by young people 14–25 years in age. It contains more than 200 species of trees from the northern hemisphere, as well as several from the southern hemisphere. The arboretum is organized as a wooded area, orchard, prairie, pond, and nursery.
See also
List of botanical gardens in France
References
Arboretum municipal de Verrières-le-Buisson
Arboretum municipal de Verrières-le-Buisson
BaLaDO.fr entry (French)
Gardens in Essonne
Verrières le Buisson
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitokura%20Dam
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Hitokura Dam
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is a dam in Kawanishi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
References
Dams in Hyogo Prefecture
Dams completed in 1983
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illana%20Katz
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Illana Katz
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Illana Katz (born 1946) is an author, lecturer, and founder of Real Life Storybooks, a publisher of special needs storybooks for children. Motivated by the late 1980s news that her son Seth had autism, Katz began to educate herself about autism, including researching into the life of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein. After writing Joey and Sam: A Heartwarming Storybook About Autism, a Family, and a Brother's Love in 1993, circumstances led Katz to write Sarah, a 1994 book about child molestation. By 1995 Katz and her collaborator, UCLA professor Edward Ritvo, had gathered enough material to write their 1995 book, In a World of His Own: A Storybook About Albert Einstein, in which they concluded that Einstein did have autism. Katz continues to work in the special needs profession.
History
In the late 1980s, Katz's son Seth (b. 1986) was diagnosed with autism. Katz equated the autism diagnosis with death, "You suffer the death of your expectations for your child." After overcoming her devastation and finding little written material on autism, Katz began speaking with others in the field and going to meetings. This gave her the details to write books about children, autism, and their vulnerability as a way to become more involved, more in control, and to make decisions for her son.
In 1992, Katz lived in West Hills, California and began collaborating on a book about autism with Dr. Edward Ritvo, a professor of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles. The book, entitled "Joey and Sam: A Heartwarming Storybook About Autism, a Family, and a Brother's Love" and published in 1993, was focused on explaining autism to 4- to 8-year-olds. Later that year, Katz founded Real Life Storybooks, a publisher of special needs storybooks for children.
Misdialed calls
In September 1993, Katz installed a nationwide 800 number at Real Life Storybooks, where people could ask questions and directly order storybooks about real-life situations. The 800 number was one number off from another that led to a nationwide hot line designed to prevent child abuse. Katz often received misdialed child abuse calls. Despite her informing the callers that they had dialed a wrong number, the callers often continued, relating stories such as a father who wanted Katz's input on the potential harm "if he were to rape his 4-month-old daughter lying naked next to him" and a "mother of a 9-month-old who was convinced the child was trying to "get her goat" by crying." Eventually, Katz changed the 800 number per the request of the purveyors of the child abuse hotline, reasoning that "I changed my 800 number because I was asked to do so, so the callers could get the help they needed."
The misdialed phone calls had a profound effect on Katz. She began writing Sarah, a 1994 fictional book that details efforts of a girl who received the help of Doctor Good to find the strength to tell about her molestation by her Uncle Jack. During this time, she also was influenced by a January 1994 award of $2 million to a girl who was molested.
Additional autism efforts
While addressing issues of child abuse, Katz continued in her efforts to address child disabilities. In March 1994, Katz explained the motivation behind her efforts:"With my books, I'm trying to prevent kids from making fun of children with disabilities, being cruel because they don't know any better. That's why I'm writing. Not only to teach children about the disabilities or the diseases, but to help them grow up to be better, more caring people. Lord knows, we could use all we can get. Is it naive on my part? Probably. Am I going to try anyway? Of course."
By this time, Katz had spent six years researching the life of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, the last two years being a collaboration with Dr. Edward Ritvo. In their research, Katz and Ritvo discovered that Einstein's parents had been very worried about him when he was a baby. Born with an unusually large head similarly to many children with autism, Einstein's grandparents thought he was a dolt, in part because he was a late talker and did poorly in school. Einstein additionally "was a loner, solitary, suffered from major tantrums, had no friends and didn't like being in crowds." In 1995, Katz and Ritvo published their 1995 book, In a World of His Own: A Storybook About Albert Einstein. In In a World of His Own, Katz and Ritvo review the life of Albert Einstein in view of the features of the autistic spectrum to conclude that Einstein did have autism.
Personal information
Katz presently works with Yellen & Associates, a provider of psychological, educational, speech and language services for children of special needs. Katz is married to David Katz and together, they have four children, the youngest of whom has autism.
Achievements and honours
She is the recipient of the Authors' and Celebrities' "Award of Excellence" and Irwin Award.
See also
I Am Albert Einstein, 2014 children's book
References
1948 births
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American women writers
American children's writers
American women novelists
Autism researchers
Jewish American novelists
Living people
People from West Hills, Los Angeles
American women children's writers
21st-century American Jews
21st-century American women
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellaby
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Jellaby
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Jellaby is a webcomic by Kean Soo, featuring a character of the same name. Jellaby has appeared in several volumes of the comics anthology Flight, as well as in its own self-titled webcomic. A full-length graphic novel, Jellaby, was published in 2008. The success of the first book led to a sequel, Jellaby: Monster in the City, which was published in 2009.
Awards
Nomination for an Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic 2006
Winner of a Shuster Award for Best Comic for Kids 2009
References
Volumes
Flight Volume Three:
Flight Volume Five:
Flight Volume Six:
Flight Explorer Volume One:
External links
Jellaby webcomic homepage
Canadian graphic novels
Webcomic characters
Joe Shuster Award winners for Comics for Kids
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20municipalities%20of%20the%20Province%20of%20Potenza
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List of municipalities of the Province of Potenza
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The following is a list of the 100 municipalities (comuni) of the Province of Potenza, Basilicata, Italy.
List
References
Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)
External links
Potenza
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310%20Panathinaikos%20F.C.%20season
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2009–10 Panathinaikos F.C. season
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The 2009–10 season was Panathinaikos' 51st consecutive season in Super League Greece. The 2009–10 season was very successful for Panathinaikos. At the summer transfer window the club bought Djibril Cissé from Marseille, Kostas Katsouranis from Benfica, Sebastian Leto from Liverpool and various other players spending more than €35 million. The team managed to enter the final 16 of Europa League and win the Greek Championship. Panathinaikos completed the domestic double by winning the Greek Cup final.
Current squad
''As of 9 September 2009.
Squad changes for 2009–10
In
on a free transfer
for €8 million
for €4 million
for €0.45 million
for €0.2 million
on a free transfer
for €3 million
total spending : 15,650,000 €
Out
on a free transfer
on a free transfer
on a free transfer
Out on loan
Club
Management
Competitions
Super League Greece
Regular season
League table
Matches
Greek Cup
Fourth round
Fifth round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying phase
Third qualifying round
Play-off round
UEFA Europa League
Group F
Knockout stage
Round of 32
Round of 16
References
Panathinaikos F.C. seasons
Panathinaikos
Greek football championship-winning seasons
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seli%C8%99te%2C%20Orhei
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Seliște, Orhei
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Seliște is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Lucășeuca, Mana, and Seliște.
Notable people
Paul Goma (1935–2020), Romanian writer and dissident.
References
Communes of Orhei District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maumee%20High%20School%20%28Ohio%29
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Maumee High School (Ohio)
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Maumee High School is a public high school in Maumee, Ohio, southwest of Toledo. It is the only high school in the Maumee City School District. Their mascot and sports teams are known as the "Maumee Panthers". They are members of the Northern Lakes League and their rivals are Perrysburg Yellow Jackets and Anthony Wayne Generals.
Maumee High School is one of only four high schools that have a Heisman Trophy on display, donated by alum Richard Kazmaier, who won it while at Princeton University.
Maumee High School was accused of assigning students videos by PragerU, a right-wing propaganda website, on October 20, 2020.
Notable alumni
Michael Graves (fighter), professional MMA fighter currently with Titan Fc
Robert Knepper, actor (who was on Prison Break on Fox)
Richard Kazmaier, football player (1951 Heisman winner who gifted trophy to high school); namesake of school stadium
Steve Mason, Southern California radio broadcaster
Bellal Joseph, trauma surgeon for Gabby Giffords after her assassination attempt
Richard Kazmaier Stadium
Richard Kazmaier Stadium is on the north side of the Maumee High School campus. In addition to football, track, and soccer, it hosts marching band, drum, and drumline competitions.
Maumee Performing Arts Center at Maumee High School
Thanks to donations from local businesses (Ed Schmidt Auto Group, Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, the Andersons, the Buehrer Group, Fifth Third Bank, St. Luke's Hospital, and the Maumee Rotary Foundation), a long-awaited theater was completed on the school campus. Prior to its construction, Maumee High was one of few in the region without a theater. Instead, productions commenced at other venues or Gateway Middle School, one mile away. They have recently performed such plays as Take Her, She's Mine, My Fair Lady, The Servant of Two Masters, Guys and Dolls, Alice in Wonderland, and The Wizard of Oz.
The Maumee Performing Arts Center at Maumee High School also served as temporary host to the Toledo Opera, Toledo Ballet, and others from late November 2007 through March 2008, after a fire closed the Valentine Theater.
References
External links
District Website
High schools in Lucas County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCann%20brothers
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McCann brothers
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The McCann brothers were three Irishmen who migrated from Ohio to Wisconsin in the mid-nineteenth century. They played an important role in the early phases of Wisconsin's lumber industry, and in the political and social organization of Chippewa County.
Their parents, Arthur McCann, who was of Irish descent, and Barbary Smith were born in Pennsylvania. In 1810, they married in Scioto County, Ohio, where the two oldest brothers, Stephen Smith McCann and Arthur J. McCann, were born in 1811 and 1814, respectively. In 1816, the youngest of the three, Daniel McCann, was born in Adams County, Ohio. A fourth brother, Thomas McCann, was born in 1824, but he stayed in Ohio.
The elder Arthur and his brother, Thomas, came to Clinton County, Ohio, in 1811, shortly after it was founded in 1810. They were among the earliest Catholics to locate here. These McCanns built and operated a pottery in Wilmington, Ohio, where they manufactured a dark colored, finely polished ware.
Stephen Smith McCann
(October 4, 1811 - November 1, 1880) On January 16, 1831, after making his way down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to Tazewell County, Illinois, Stephen McCann married his first wife, Sarah Hughs, with whom he had four children. Shortly thereafter, he served, from June 1831 to May 27, 1832, in the Black Hawk War. He was a member of the "mounted volunteers" from Pekin, under Captain John Giles Adams. Abraham Lincoln was a famous participant in this conflict, which marked the end of native armed resistance to U.S. expansion in the Northwest Territory.
After the war, he lived with Sarah in Dubuque, before it became Incorporated into the Iowa Territory. Because of its location on the Mississippi River, near forests in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Dubuque had become a center for the lumber industry. Consequently, after the 1837 Treaty of St. Peters opened northern Wisconsin to settlement, Stephen went to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, to work in this industry. Because this town is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers, it had developed as a major center of the North American fur trade, where French Canadian voyageurs coming from Lake Michigan along the Fox–Wisconsin Waterway met Americans coming up the Mississippi, and Métis coming down the river from the Red River Colony in Canada.
In Prairie du Chien, on November 22, 1842, Stephen McCann married his second wife, Wilhelmina Rachel Johnston, with whom he had seven children. By this time, his brothers, Arthur and Daniel, had joined him near Menomonie, Wisconsin. Here, in 1841, he had bought a sawmill from Hiram S. Allen, on the west side of the Red Cedar River. Two years later, the mill burned down. While continuing to live near Menomonie, the three brothers soon joined with Jeremiah C. Thomas to build the Blue Mill, near Lake Hallie, between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. Later, after several changes of ownership and many improvements, this mill was acquired by the Badger State Lumber Company and became known as Badger Mills. Its operations were discontinued in the 1890s due to a shortage of logs.
During the summer of 1845, Stephan McCann, in partnership with J. C. Thomas, put up three buildings within the present day city of Eau Claire. These structures were erected to establish a claim to the land they stood on, but Stephen moved his family into one of them. Consequently, his family, whose home was located near the corner of Eau Claire and Farwell streets, became the first permanent settlers in Eau Claire.
In 1846, at Stephen's home, the first religious services were conducted in Eau Claire by Thomas Randall, and that fall, the first wedding took place, when George Randall married Mary LaPointe. She was the sister of Daniel McCann's wife, Margaret.
In the following year, George Randall and his brother, Simon, secured a half interest in the claim of McCann and Thomas at the mouth of the Eau Claire River and became part of a firm McCann, Randall & Thomas, which immediately began to construct a dam and sawmill. The dam was completed in October 1846.
On June 5, 1847, a terrible flood caused the Chippewa River to rise twelve feet:
( By noon,) every log, pier and boom on the Eau Claire was swept away by the fast swelling flood. In another hour the new double sawmill that had just been erected and was ready to be operated was borne almost bodily away by the resistless current.
After this destruction, the firm went bankrupt, the partnership dissolved, and J. C. Thomas went back to the Blue Mill.
On September 21, 1847, Stephan McCann moved to Chippewa Falls and became a farmer. When Chippewa County was organized on December 29, 1854, George P. Warren was Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Stephen S. McCann was the other Supervisor, and Samuel H. Allison was the Clerk. In 1856, Stephen became the first justice of the peace in the new county and held court in his home, which had been built in 1849. In the spring of 1857, he moved to his upper farm near Eagle Point.
In September 1861, at the age of 45, Stephen enlisted in the Wisconsin Infantry, along with three of his sons and two of his sons in law. He was assigned to be Brigade Wagoner, but in March 1862, he became ill and was discharged the following month.
In 1876, Stephen Smith McCann moved to the Eau Claire home of his daughter Wilmetta McDonald, where he lived until his death of dropsy in 1880. Funeral services were held in the First Congregational Church, and he was buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Eau Claire.
Arthur McCann
(1814 - 1844) In 1840, Arthur McCann joined his brothers in Menomonie. That year, he married Rosalie Demarie, a daughter of the well-known Métis fur trader Louis Demarie. In 1832-1833, the Demarie family had been the first settlers to live in Eau Claire over the winter months. Rosalie's half-sister, Mary, had married Hiram S. Allen in 1836, and another sister, Margaret, was married to Samuel Lamb, who built the first house in Dunnville, on the bank of the Red Cedar River, 12 miles south of Menomonie. Rosalie's mother, Angeline Collins, who was also Metis, was a well known healer, physician and medicine woman. Lamb's house became a popular tavern, but he lacked business acumen, the enterprise failed, and he sold the place to Arthur.
During Arthur's partnership with his brothers and J. C. Thomas, he hired an employee named Sawyer to work at the Blue Mill. One evening, Sawyer came to the tavern, where:
McCann offered him a drink. The first drink led to another and another. The two men sat down and began to play cards. "Art figured he'd get those wages back," brother Daniel McCann said, shaking his head. The cards led to an argument. McCann stood up and dropped Sawyer with his fists. Sawyer pulled himself to the door, swearing to get revenge. He went to the cabin of Philo Stone nearby, pulling a loaded rifle off the pegs above the door, and returned to McCann's place. Knocking on the door, Sawyer waited until McCann stood in the opening and he pressed the trigger. McCann fell, mortally wounded, on his own doorstep. The waters of Spring Creek (now located in what is Eau Claire County) ran red for days, but the murderer of Arthur McCann was never apprehended.
Consequently, Arthur McCann became known as the first white man to die at the hands of another white man in the Chippewa Valley. Shortly after Arthur died his widow remarried, and in 1862, she was married for a third time to George P. Warren
Daniel McCann
(January 26, 1816 - October 2, 1890). Daniel McCann's wife was Margaret LaPointe. Her father, Louis Sulpice Desautels LaPointe, was a French Canadian employee of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was in the thick of its conflict with the North West Company, before the two companies were forced to merge in 1820. His duties took him to the Red River Colony, where he married Emilie Bottineau in 1819. She was Métis, for her French Canadian father was also a Hudson's Bay employee, and her mother was a "Chippewa woman from the Hair Hills", which refers to a district 50 miles southwest of present day Winnipeg. Her daughter Margaret's Indian name was Mahjequa.
After he married Emily, Sulpice LaPointe moved his family from the Red River Colony to St. Anthony, Minnesota, traveling by canoe. Because the falls here prevent navigation further up the Mississippi, nearby Saint Paul, became a trading center, where goods carried by ox carts along the Red River Trails were transferred to and from steamboats. In 1830, Sulpice, taking advantage of this convenient transportation, moved down the Mississippi to Prairie du Chien, where Daniel married Margaret on December 21, 1838.
The next year, Daniel and Margaret joined his brothers in Menomonie. Soon he moved his family to Eau Claire, where they lived until Hiram Allen sold him an 88 acre parcel on April 30, 1854, for $110. This was the first transaction entered at the Register of Deeds Office, in Chippewa Falls. Its record shows that the parcel is located in Cornell, Wisconsin, near the Old Abe State Trail, 2.5 miles northeast of the dam in Jim Falls, Wisconsin. Here, Daniel built a log home, and in January 1856, was issued a tavern license, permitting him to cater to travelers on the nearby Chippewa river. By this time, he was residing in Eagle Point, where his brother Stephen owned land and would soon join him.
During the first meeting of the county Board of Supervisors, they appointed James Ermatinger, Henry O'Neil, and Daniel McCann to lay out a road to Vermillion Falls. These falls were eventually renamed "Jim Falls" in honor of Ermatinger. O'Neil was a pioneer trader and lumberman. In 1851, he built a sawmill at the mouth of a stream that flows through Eagle Point township, which became known as O'Neil Creek.
Although Daniel McCann could not read music, he could play countless marches and cotillions on his fiddle. His services were in demand at numerous balls and parties.
In 1861, a group of Indians on a trading expedition stopped at Daniel's tavern near Jim Falls. One of them, Ahgamahwegezhig or "Chief Sky", brought a pet eaglet he had captured a few months earlier. He sold the bird to McCann in exchange for a bushel of corn. That year, many of Daniel's neighbors and relatives left to fight in the American Civil War. Because of a childhood leg injury, he was not able to join them, but took the eagle to Eau Claire, where he offered the bird as a mascot to a newly recruited company, which was called the "Eau Claire Badgers". The soldiers laughed at the offer, but:
(when Daniel) cuddled the fiddle under his chin, closed his eyes for a moment and began to play Bonaparte's Retreat from Moscow, the soldiers were amazed to see the eagle dance back and forth to the music.
They bought the eagle for $2.50, named it "Old Abe", and departed for Madison, Wisconsin, where they were mustered into service as Company C of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment and given the new name "Eagle Company". The regiment became the famous "Wisconsin Eagle Regiment". With Old Abe as its mascot, it played an important role in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
in 1890, Daniel McCann died from stomach cancer at the age of 74. Funeral services were held by the Methodist church, and he is buried in O'Neill Creek Cemetery in Eagleton.
References
Chippewa County, Wisconsin
People from Wisconsin
Sibling trios
American families of Irish ancestry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama%20Wildlife%20Center
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Alabama Wildlife Center
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The Alabama Wildlife Center is a wildlife rehabilitation and education center located in Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, Alabama, United States. It is the largest such center in the state.
The center treats injured or orphaned native birds from across the state of Alabama from over 100 different species. Every year, AWC receives almost 2,000 avian patients.
The Alabama Wildlife Center's education program focuses on conservation education and the preservation of Alabama's biodiversity and avian resources. AWC's programming reaches over 30,000 people annually from Alabama and beyond.
History
The center was founded in Birmingham in 1977 by Anne Miller as an all-volunteer organization to meet the need for the rescue and rehabilitation of native Alabama wildlife. By 1981, Miller left her job as a zookeeper with the Birmingham Zoo to run the center full-time. In 1987, the state of Alabama, in recognition of the center's service, donated the use of a closed restaurant inside Oak Mountain State Park. Currently the state covers the cost of the building maintenance and most utilities, while the center is responsible for capital improvements and operating expenses.
The center was recognized as a "Best of the Road" destination in the 2006 edition of the Rand McNally road atlas.
Exhibits
While not all of the animals being treated at the center will be on display at once, visitors have the opportunity to observe many of the patients through one-way windows. The nursery, solarium and Backyard Wildlife Demonstration Garden are located inside the building. Adjacent to the main building are the Raptor Wing and Freedom Flight, where large birds on the cusp of release are housed. Nearby is the Treetop Nature Trail, where otherwise-healthy birds unable to be released into the wild may be observed in a natural setting along an elevated boardwalk.
External links
Official website
Slideshow from the Shelby County Reporter
Landmarks in Alabama
1977 establishments in Alabama
Wildlife rehabilitation and conservation centers
Animal welfare organizations based in the United States
Buildings and structures in Shelby County, Alabama
Tourist attractions in Shelby County, Alabama
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Adams%20%28diplomat%29
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James Adams (diplomat)
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Sir William James Adams, KCMG (30 April 1932 – 24 April 2020) was a British diplomat.
Born in Wolverhampton, England, he was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Shrewsbury School. He served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Tunisia (1984–1987) and Egypt (1987–1992).
References
General
Footnotes
1932 births
2020 deaths
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Tunisia
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Egypt
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
People educated at Shrewsbury School
People educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School
People from Wolverhampton
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herdsmen%20of%20the%20Sun
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Herdsmen of the Sun
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Herdsmen of the Sun () is a 1989 documentary film by Werner Herzog.
The film explores the social rituals and cultural celebrations of the Saharan nomadic Wodaabe tribe. Particular focus is given to the Gerewol celebration, which features an elaborate male beauty contest to win wives.
Although the film may be considered to be ethnographic, Herzog commented that: "[My films] are anthropological only in as much as they try to explore the human condition at this particular time on this planet. I do not make films using images only of clouds and trees, I work with human beings because the way they function in different cultural groups interests me. If that makes me an anthropologist then so be it."
References
External links
1989 films
West German films
1980s German-language films
1989 documentary films
German documentary films
1980s German films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus%20%26%20Geronimo
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Fergus & Geronimo
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Fergus & Geronimo are an experimental rock band from Denton, Texas. The duo has a multi-genre approach to songwriting, with influences including soul, pop, proto-punk, garage rock and psychedelic pop.
The band started in late 2008 when Jason Kelly and Andrew Savage were working on the Teenage Cool Kids album Foreign Lands, which Kelly was recording/mixing. The initial idea was to draw from such influences as Mothers of Invention and The Four Tops. Praise for recordings leaked on the internet helped garner attention early in the band's career. In July 2009 Woodsist released the first single, "Harder Than It's Ever Been". On recording, Savage and Kelly are the main performers, but are joined live by a rotating personnel of musicians.
Discography
Albums
Unlearn (2011) Hardly Art
Funky Was the State Of Affairs (2012) Hardly Art
Singles
"Never Satisfied", 2010, Hardly Art
"Harder Than It's Ever Been", 2009, Woodsist
"Blind Muslim Girl, 2009", Tic Tac Totally
"Tell It (In My Ear)", 2009, Transparent
References
External links
Fergus & Geronimo on Myspace
Fergus & Geronimo on Last.fm
Interview
Fergus & Geronimo on Five Tunes
Indie rock musical groups from Texas
Musical groups from Denton, Texas
Noise pop musical groups
Hardly Art artists
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static%20discharger
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Static discharger
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Static dischargers, also called static wicks or static discharge wicks, are devices used to remove static electricity from aircraft in flight. They take the form of small sticks pointing backwards from the wings, and are fitted on almost all civilian aircraft.
Function
Precipitation static is an electrical charge on an airplane caused by flying through rain, snow, ice, or dust particles. Charge also accumulates through friction between the aircraft hull and the air. When the aircraft charge is great enough, it discharges into the surrounding air. Without static dischargers, the charge discharges in large batches through pointed aircraft extremities, such as antennas, wing tips, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, and other protrusions. The discharge creates a broad-band radio frequency noise from DC to 1000 MHz, which can affect aircraft communication.
To control this discharge, so as to allow the continuous operation of navigation and radio communication systems, static dischargers are installed on the trailing edges of aircraft. These include (electrically grounded) ailerons, elevators, rudder, wing, horizontal and vertical stabilizer tips. Static dischargers are high electrical resistance (6-200 megaohm) devices with a lower corona voltage and sharper points than the surrounding aircraft structure. This means that the corona discharge into the atmosphere flows through them, and occurs gradually.
Static dischargers are not lightning arrestors and do not affect the likelihood of an aircraft being struck by lightning. They will not function if they are not properly bonded to the aircraft. There must be a conductive path from all parts of the airplane to the dischargers, otherwise they will be useless. Access panels, doors, cowls, navigation lights, antenna mounting hardware, control surfaces, etc., can create static noise if they cannot discharge through the static wick.
History
The first static dischargers were developed by a joint Army-Navy team led by Dr. Ross Gunn of the Naval Research Laboratory and fitted onto military aircraft during World War II. They were shown to be effective even in extreme weather conditions in 1946 by a United States Army Air Corps team led by Capt. Ernest Lynn Cleveland.
Dayton Granger, an inventor from Florida, received a patent on static wicks in 1950.
See also
Pan Am Flight 214
Precipitation (meteorology)
Electrostatic discharge
Triboelectric effect
Ground loop (electricity)
References
Electrical engineering
Electrodes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Sager
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Bobby Sager
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Robert Sager is an American philanthropist and photographer, best known for founding the Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Roadshow, a charitable organization. Sager also was a partner and the president of Gordon Brothers Group from 1985 to 2000.
Early life
Sager was raised in Malden, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. His father owned a small jewelry business, while his mother was a homemaker who sometimes worked as a small-time activist for local African-American couples having issues renting apartments. Mrs. Sager would rent the apartments on behalf of the couples and later take the landlords to court.
Despite aspiring to become an actor, Sager pursued business, graduating from Brandeis University in 1976 with a degree in economics, then going on to obtain a Masters of Management from Yale University.
In 1985, Sager joined Gordon Brothers Group as a partner and served as their president. Between 1985 and his departure from Gordon Brothers in 2000, Sager helped the company grow from a $10 million a year business to a multi-billion dollar business with 20 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Sager still serves on the board of advisors for Gordon Brothers.
Sager is also a member of the Young Presidents' Organization. In 2013, Sager was awarded the YPO Hickok Award, its highest honor for a member. In 2002, he was awarded the YPO Global Humanitarian Award.
Philanthropy
In 1999, Sager met the musician and activist Sting at a bar in Brazil. Sager was looking for a tour of the interior of the rainforest and asked Sting for contacts. The two kept in touch after that point. In the words of Sting, Sager's frequent travelmate, he is "a big brash guy from Boston...an old Nepal hand, flamboyant eccentric, inexhaustible world traveler, and practical philanthropist."
In 2000, Sager resigned his position at Gordon Brothers and founded the Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Roadshow, a charitable organization. He, along with his wife Elaine, daughter Tess, and son Shane, packed up their things and ventured out into some of the most dangerous places on the planet to make a difference. Through the foundation, Sager and his family live in villages and cities in developing countries using hands-on perspective and eyeball-to-eyeball connection to conceive, develop and operate economic opportunity training and leadership programs. These programs include teacher training, leadership training, micro-enterprise, and peace and reconciliation efforts. On any given day you might find Sager living in a tent in Karachi, sharing a toilet with 40 monks in the Himalayas, working alongside President Kagame in Rwanda, or discussing science education with the Dalai Lama in India. He would later tell The Chronicle of Philanthropy, "It wasn't like I had this moment of awareness or I said, I've been fortunate and now I want to give back. It was about me in my quest for fullness in my life, looking at my situation and saying, more money isn't going to give me more return on investment because I already have all that I want that money can buy."
Sager convenes groups of international entrepreneurs from different parts of the world through the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) so that they can use their networks to collaborate and gain insights that help them connect the dots. He is a founding chairman of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Peace Action Network, which convenes business leaders from different sides of conflicts. Together they strategize and implement innovative approaches to cross-border understanding and shared opportunity. Sager is also the founder of YPO's Presidents’ Action Net (PAN), a philanthropic search engine that connects presidents from over 100 countries in order to leverage their efforts around the world. PAN draws from a community of approximately 20,000 presidents whose businesses have aggregate sales that are the equivalent of the world's third largest GNP. Sager is a moderator of both the Indo-Pak Action Forum and the U.S. Arab Action Forum.
In addition to his philanthropic and business endeavors Sager was an Executive Producer for “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints,” (2006) winner of the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize, inspiration for the NBC primetime show “The Philanthropist” (2009), and author of “The Power of the Invisible Sun,” released by Chronicle Books (2009), which was featured on NBC's the TODAY show and ABC World News’ “Person of the Week.” Throughout his travels Sager has been an active photographer and has had his work featured in Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, and philanthropic publications. From 2007–2008, 49 of Sager's photos were featured on the reunion tour of The Police during the song, “Invisible Sun.” The photos were displayed at over 100 concerts in 40 countries to a collective audience of over 4 million people. The Power of the Invisible Sun is a collection of his photographs of children in the most desperate and worn-town places in the world and a call to action and activism. It was produced by Sager and Sting and published in August 2009. Chronicle wrote about Sager's book: “In war-torn countries around the world, philanthropist and photographer Bobby Sager has discovered the transcendent power of hope through the eyes of children. Despite unthinkable violence and destruction, his portraits reveal joy, innocence, and strength.” Sager has also been an active public speaker, speaking at such venues as the United Nations General Assembly Hall, Sydney Opera House, Grand Mosque in Oman, and Aiwan-e-Sadr, residence of the President of Pakistan. He was also the executive producer of “Saints” (2006), winner at the Sundance and Venice Film Festivals.
The Philanthropist Television Show
The Minot's Ledge Light
In 2009 the federal government put up the Minot's Ledge Light as surplus, and it was purchased and is currently maintained by Sager.
References
Brandeis University alumni
American philanthropists
People from Malden, Massachusetts
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Yale School of Management alumni
20th-century American photographers
21st-century American photographers
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra%20Douglas
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Sandra Douglas
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Sandra Marie Douglas (born 22 April 1967) is a female English former athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Career
Douglas was born in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. She competed for Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain, where she ran her lifetime best of 51.41 secs to reach the semifinals of the 400 metres, before going on to win a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay, with her teammates Phyllis Smith, Jennifer Stoute and Sally Gunnell. Douglas also competed for England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
International competitions
National titles
UK Championships 400 metres (1992)
AAA Indoor Championships 400 metres (1991)
References
1967 births
Living people
People from Chipping Campden
Sportspeople from Gloucestershire
English female sprinters
Olympic athletes of Great Britain
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Olympic female sprinters
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyottoko
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Hyottoko
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is a comical Japanese character, portrayed through the use of a mask. His mouth is puckered and skewed to one side. Some masks have different eye sizes between the left and right eyes. He is often wearing a scarf around his head (usually white with blue dots). There is a similar character for women called or .
The origin of the name comes from and , because the character is blowing fire with a bamboo pipe, hence the shape of the mouth. Local dialects transformed it into Hyottoko (ひょっとこ), palatalizing hio to hyo and making the /t/ geminate.
History
Hyottoko seems to have been a legendary character in Japan in the past, and is now a stock character.
In Iwate Prefecture, there is a myth about the origin of Hyottoko. In the story, there was a boy with a bizarre face who could create gold out of his belly button, so when someone died in a house, you would put the mask of this boy at the top of the fireplace to bring good fortune to the house. The name of the boy was Hyoutokusu (ヒョウトクス). This is considered one of the possible names that lend plausibility to the origin of Hyottoko.
In some parts of north eastern Japan, Hyottoko is regarded as the god of fire. There is a well known folk story in the form of music, izumoyasugibushi (出雲安来節) where a fisherman dances with a bamboo basket, having the same visual expression as the mask of Hyottoko. During this dance, a person puts five yen coins on their nose. This is similar to myth of Iwate prefecture. Izumo is the old name of Iwate prefecture and Izumo was famous for its iron industry. The dance was part of a dedication for fire and steel.
Hyottoko also appears in traditional dance dengaku (田楽). He plays the role of a clown. Dancers wearing Hyottoko masks also appear in some Japanese local festivals. One of the most famous Hyottoko dances takes place in Miyazaki Prefecture - Hyuga Hyottoko Natsumatsuri (日向ひょっとこ夏祭り). The Hyotokko dance is believed to originate in the Edo period.
Otafuku
, also known as and , is a female character associated to Hyottoko, usually portrayed as a woman ugly and rotund but good-natured and humorous. Its origin might lie in a famous Uzume miko from the Muromachi period who was nicknamed Kamejo ("Turtle Woman") for resembling a traditional turtle mask or okame. She would have received also the nickname of otakufu ("much good fortune") for her goodness and virtue. In posterior centuries, she appears in theatre and literature as Hyottoko's wife.
Over time, the character got associated to ribald humor, and by the time of Zen master Hakuin Ekaku she was identified as a prostitute, ugly but captivating at the same time. This portrayal came probably from the popular stereotype of the meshimori onna, also known as okame, and was used in Zen poetry to reflect the doctrine of nondualism.
References
External links
Netsuke: masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains many representations of hyottoko.
Japanese legendary creatures
Japanese folk art
Masks in Asia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6teborgs%20IF
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Göteborgs IF
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Göteborgs IF (full name Göteborgs Idrottsförbund) is a now defunct Swedish football club which was located in Gothenburg. They won the Swedish Championship in 1903. The club was founded in 1900 when the three clubs Göteborgs Velocipedklubb, Skridskosällskapet Norden and Idrottssällskapet Lyckans Soldater merged.
Achievements
Swedish Champions
Winners (1): 1903
Cups
Svenska Mästerskapet:
Winners (1): 1903
Footnotes
A. The title of "Swedish Champions" has been awarded to the winner of four different competitions over the years. Between 1896 and 1925 the title was awarded to the winner of Svenska Mästerskapet, a stand-alone cup tournament. No club were given the title between 1926 and 1930 even though the first-tier league Allsvenskan was played. In 1931 the title was reinstated and awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan. Between 1982 and 1990 a play-off in cup format was held at the end of the league season to decide the champions. After the play-off format in 1991 and 1992 the title was decided by the winner of Mästerskapsserien, an additional league after the end of Allsvenskan. Since the 1993 season the title has once again been awarded to the winner of Allsvenskan.
References
Defunct football clubs in Sweden
Football clubs in Gothenburg
Association football clubs established in 1900
1900 establishments in Sweden
Football clubs in Västra Götaland County
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Knatchbull
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John Knatchbull
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John Knatchbull is the name of:
Sir John Knatchbull, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630–1696), English MP for Kent and New Romney
John Knatchbull (Royal Navy captain) (died 1844), British naval captain and convict found guilty of murder
John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924–2005), British peer, television producer and Academy Award nominated film producer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%20Jo%20in%20the%20Stars
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Jo Jo in the Stars
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Jo Jo in the Stars is a twelve-minute film that won the 2004 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Short Film. Created and directed by Marc Craste, it was indirectly inspired by "The Carny", a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Plot
Madame Pica is the cold-hearted mistress of a circus of "monsters and misfits", attended each night by thousands of curious spectators. Hero is among them every night, but he is there only to see Jo Jo, the winged trapeze artist. One night after the show, he steals the keys of the cell where Jo Jo is imprisoned, freeing her. The two escape and start to dance a romantic waltz in the stars. But soon the two lovers are discovered and as a last desperate act, hand-in-hand, they jump from the highest window in the tower. Jo Jo attempts to fly the two of them to safety, but Hero loses his grip and falls to the ground. Jo Jo is blown onto a window sill and re-captured by Madame Pica. A single feather from JoJo's wing floats to the ground, landing on Hero's apparently lifeless body.
Ten years pass, and Madame Pica is in search of some new attraction to draw in the crowds. She discovers that Hero is still alive but horribly disfigured, and takes him on as the new star of the show. He is taken to the cell next to JoJo's, and the reunited lovers embrace through the bars.
Production
Marc Craste's original aim was to make a short film based on "The Carny", a song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He began work on a storyboard, intending it to be a "straight visual interpretation of the text", featuring live action sequences combined with 3D animation. He received encouragement from Nick Cave, but was ultimately unable to secure funding for the project.
In the following years, Craste made three one-minute films for Studio AKA, starring Madame Pica in a circus setting. Studio AKA then asked Craste to make "a longer film using the same characters, but without any murders". JoJo in the Stars was the result.
Craste's influences include David Lynch's Eraserhead (1977) and Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire (1987).
Personnel
Marc Craste - Director, Writer
Sue Goffe - Producer, Executive producer
Oliver Miceli – voice
Andrew Stirk – voice
Mike Cachuela - Storyboard Artist (uncredited)
Dominic Griffiths - Animator
Boris Kossmehl - Animator
Fabienne Rivory - Animator
William Eagar - Editor
Melissa Lake – foley artist
Ben Meechan – sound editor
Barnaby Smith – foley editor
Michele Woods – sound mixer
Hilary Wyatt – supervising sound editor
Ren Pesci - Production Assistant
Lindsay Fraine - Production Assistant
Awards
Jo Jo in the Stars has won the following awards:
The film has been screened at more than 80 festivals to date, including: Melbourne International Film Festival Short Film Competition, Sydney Film Festival, Anima Mundi, Cinémathèque québécoise, Prend ça court! (Montreal), Zagreb Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, Annecy International Animated Film Festival (CICA), Festival Némo (Paris), Tübingen International Short Film Festival, Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, Holland Animation Film Festival, Holland Youth Film Festival, l0110 (India), Darklight Festival (Ireland), Cartoombria (Perugia), Castelli Animati (Genzano di Roma), Kraków Film Festival, IndieLisboa, Vila do Conde, Donostia Kultura, Sitges Film Festival, SWAMP (Switzerland), British Animation Awards (BAA), Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), Glastonbury Festival, onedotzero, Raindance Film Festival (London), Rêl Institiwt (Real Institute; Wales), Soho Shorts Film Festival, SAND, Independent Film Festival of Boston, Los Angeles Film Festival, Tallgrass Film Festival, and The World According to Shorts in 2004.
Adelaide Film Festival, Anima, Hong Kong InDPanda International Short Film Festival, Tehran International Animation Festival, Skopje Film Festival, Norwegian Film Institute, Future Shorts (South Africa), Fantoche Film Festival (Switzerland), Draken Film Festival (Sweden), Stockholm International Film Festival, Golden Horse Film Festival, Turkey British Council (tour of Turkey), Animated Encounters (UK), Animex (University of Teesside), Cambridge Film Festival, Cinemagic, Commonwealth Film Fest (Manchester), Hertfordshire International Film Festival (HIFF), London Institute's Arts Festival, Northern Film Network (UK), Norwich Film Festival, Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival, Brooklyn In Film Fest, Milwaukee International Film Festival, Portland International Film Festival, REDCAT, Red Stick International Animation Festival (Louisiana) in 2005.
Singapore RestFest, Bucharest Festival, Short bl Movifest (Russia), Kyiv IFF Molodist Festival, Animacor (Spain), Flip Animation Festival (UK), and Milwaukee International Film Festival in 2006. Ankara Uluslararasi Film Festivali (International Film Festival), Taiwan International Animation Festival, and CineGuernsey (Guernsey) in 2007. Berlin International Film Festival, Lucca Animation, Brussels Short Film Festival, Rooftop Films, Fresh Film Festival in 2008.
References
External links
2003 films
2000s animated short films
British animated short films
2003 drama films
Dark fantasy films
British black-and-white films
2003 computer-animated films
Computer-animated short films
Animated drama films
British drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s British films
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq%20football%20rivalry
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Iran–Iraq football rivalry
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The Iran and Iraq national football teams are sporting rivals since 1962.
According to The Malay Mail, "Emotions are always high when Iran and Iraq meet on the football pitch".
The most recent match between the two teams was in World Cup qualifier on 27 January 2022 hosted in Iran, where Iran won the game by 0–1.
Origins
The rivalry is not such a football-inspired ill-feeling between the two, but more of geography, religion and history.
Iran and Iraq are neighbouring countries, sharing a long history. In contemporary era, especially during the reign of Saddam Hussein, the two countries had bad relations and fought the Iran–Iraq War for 8 years.
In 2001, for the first time in decades, an Iran-Iraq match was not held at a neutral venue.
In recent years, Iranian intervention in Iraq has taken a grip among Iraqis as Iran has funded and supported numerous militants inside Iraq and interfered politically. This led to the heated 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers the second phase where a large number of Iraqi protestors were seen celebrating victory over Iran in a 2–1 match.
Major tournament matches
1972 AFC Asian Cup
1976 AFC Asian Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
1996 AFC Asian Cup
2000 AFC Asian Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2011 AFC Asian Cup
2015 AFC Asian Cup
2019 AFC Asian Cup
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
Matches
Source:
Statistics
Overall
Top scorers
See also
Iran–Saudi Arabia football rivalry
Iraq–Saudi Arabia football rivalry
References
International association football rivalries
Iran national football team rivalries
Iraq national football team
Iran–Iraq relations
1962 establishments in Asia
Politics and sports
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20and%20Unity
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Freedom and Unity
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"Freedom and Unity" is the official motto of the U.S. state of Vermont. The motto was first adopted in 1788 for use on the Great Seal of the Vermont Republic. Ira Allen designed the Vermont seal and is often credited as its author. Allen's 1798 book The Natural and Political History of the State of Vermont cites many contributions by him to Vermont's founding but does not claim credit for the motto. Following Vermont's admission to the federal union in 1791, the legislature once more approved the use of the motto for the new state seal. Vermont's first governor, Thomas Chittenden, cited the state motto in his epitaph: "Out of storm and manifold perils rose an enduring state, the home of freedom and unity."
Meaning
There is general agreement that Vermont's motto is about the idea of balancing two seemingly opposite ideals: the personal freedom and independence of the individual citizen, with the common good of the larger community. Writer and Vermont resident Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958) wrote the following about her adopted state: "the Vermont idea grapples energetically with the basic problem of human conduct – how to reconcile the needs of the group, of which every man or woman is a member, with the craving for individual freedom to be what he really is."
These two forces have mostly endured in Vermont's history, both freedom, and unity, expressing distinct parts of the Vermont identity. Vermont's motto is believed to have been the inspiration for Daniel Webster's famous Liberty and Union speech before the United States Senate. Use of the exact motto is found in two quite different political groups. The left-center Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) used the motto Freedom and Unity before World War II. In the United Kingdom, a right-center party, the English Democratic Party (not to be confused with the similarly named English Democrats Party) which seeks protection of English culture and opposing European unity, also uses the exact motto. The current national motto of Germany, adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany in 1952, is also quite similar Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit translating as Unity and Justice and Freedom. The coat of arms of the Swiss canton of Vaud reads "Liberté et Patrie" - freedom and fatherland.
Uses and applications
By Vermont statute the motto Freedom and Unity is applied to the Great Seal of Vermont, the coat of arms of Vermont, and the flag of Vermont. The motto can be found above the central doors of the Vermont Supreme Court, and above the rostrum in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House.
Tanzania
Tanzania's official motto is the Swahili phrase Uhuru na Umoja, which translates as "Freedom and Unity".
See also
"Stella quarta decima fulgeat", the state's official Latin motto
References
Crampton, William G. Webster's Concise Encyclopedia of Flags & Coats of Arms. Crescent Books: 1985. .
Duffy, John J., et al. Vermont: An Illustrated History. American Historical Press: 2000. .
Duffy, John J., et al. The Vermont Encyclopedia. University Press of New England: 2003. .
Potash, P. Jeffrey, et al. Freedom and Unity: A History of Vermont. Vermont Historical Society: 2004. .
Zieber, Eugene, Heraldry in America: The Civic Armorial Bearings of American States. Greenwich House: 1974.
External links
Vermont Historical Society exhibition ''Freedom and Unity: One ideal, Many Stories
Vermont State Statutes describing application of the state motto
State mottos of the United States
Symbols of Vermont
New England
1791 establishments in Vermont
National symbols of Tanzania
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jora%20de%20Mijloc
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Jora de Mijloc
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Jora de Mijloc is a commune in Orhei District, Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Jora de Jos, Jora de Mijloc, Jora de Sus and Lopatna.
References
Communes of Orhei District
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956%20French%20legislative%20election%20in%20Guinea
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1956 French legislative election in Guinea
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Elections to the French National Assembly were held Guinea on 2 January 1956, as part of the wider French elections. The Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally won two of the three seats (taken by Ahmed Sékou Touré and Saifoulaye Diallo) with the African Bloc of Guinea winning the other seat (Barry Diawadou).
Results
References
Elections in Guinea
Guinea
1956 in Guinea
1956 elections in France
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrift%20Drug
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Thrift Drug
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Thrift Drug was a U.S. pharmacy chain founded in 1935 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The company was purchased by JCPenney in 1968, and was expanded greatly thereafter, serving as the flagship chain of JCPenney's pharmacy group. The chain did not hide its affiliation with JCPenney, as it had JCPenney catalog merchandise pickup centers inside many of its locations, as well as signs advertising "JCPenney Catalog Center". Stores also accepted the JCPenney credit card for purchases.
In 1996, JCPenney purchased Eckerd, another pharmacy chain. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) objected to the purchase on antitrust grounds, stating that ownership of Eckerd would give JCPenney a dominant position in the drug store business in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina through its ownership of Thrift Drug, Rite Aids in the Carolinas, and Eckerd. The FTC ultimately approved the transaction, but as a condition of approval, in 1997 JCPenney and Thrift were required to divest 14 Thrift drug stores in Charlotte and 20 Thrift stores in Raleigh-Durham, as well as all 110 Rite Aid locations in the state of North Carolina and that chain's 17 locations in Charleston. As a result, JCPenney divested 164 stores in the Carolinas. The divested stores were purchased by an investment group led by former Thrift Drug executives who left JCPenney after the Eckerd transaction. These stores became the Kerr Drug chain, using the name of a former Carolinas chain acquired by JCPenney in 1995.
After acquiring Eckerd, in 1997 JCPenney merged Thrift Drug and all other pharmacy chains into the larger Eckerd chain (now CVS Pharmacy and Rite Aid).
One enduring legacy of Thrift Drug was in the 1977 movie Slap Shot, when a Thrift Drug located in downtown Johnstown, Pennsylvania was shown in the background during a shot of downtown Charlestown (the town that Johnstown portrayed in the film), alongside other now-defunct retailers such as Woolworth (which still exists today as Foot Locker but closed their namesake chain in 1997) and competitor Revco (which was later acquired by CVS Pharmacy). Also shown was a location of Thrift Drug's nominal successor (through Eckerd) and fellow Pennsylvania pharmacy, Rite Aid. Due to Rite Aid's connection to Thrift Drug through Eckerd, Rite Aid, as well as CVS which also purchased many Eckerd stores, accept JCPenney credit cards despite having otherwise had no corporate affiliation with JCPenney.
References
Defunct pharmacies of the United States
Retail companies disestablished in 1997
Rite Aid
JCPenney
Retail companies established in 1935
Health care companies based in Pennsylvania
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jajja%20Khurd
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Jajja Khurd
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Jajja Khurd is a village (Pind) 2 km from the market town of Apra and within close proximity of Phagwara, Phillaur, Goraya and Banga. Kalan is Persian language word which means Big and Khurd is Persian word which means small when two villages have same name then it is distinguished with Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small used with Village Name.
It is within the Doaba region of Punjab in India in the Jalandhar district, close to the boundary of Nawanshahr district. There is a majority of Garcha/Sandhu Jats residing in the village.
A large Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) is present as you enter Jajja from Apra.
The closest train station is situated 8 km away in the town of Goraya.
People of Jajja Khurd
The people of Jajja Khurd are considered by many as traditional Punjabis, they are known to be very conservative in their values and although a large percentage of the population has emigrated to Europe and North America; they tend not adopt western culture fully i.e. continue the tradition of arranged marriage, females tend not consume alcohol as per traditional Punjabi values.
References
Villages in Jalandhar district
Villages in Phillaur tehsil
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omealca%2C%20Veracruz
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Omealca, Veracruz
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Omealca Municipality is a municipality of the state of Veracruz in Mexico. The municipal seat is Omealca.
Etymology
Omealca means place between two rivers in nahuatl, due to it being next to Blanco river and above a subterranean one.
Climate
Omealca's has a very diverse range of climates, as it is next to the state of Puebla and Oaxaca, meaning that besides having Veracruz's tropical climate, it also has Puebla's mountainous climate and Oaxaca's arid climate.
Municipalities of Veracruz
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izvoare
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Izvoare
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Izvoare may refer to the following places:
Moldova
Izvoare, Fălești, a commune
Izvoare, Florești, a commune
, a village in Pohrebeni Commune
Izvoare, Sîngerei, a commune
Romania
Izvoare, a village in Bahna commune, Neamț County
Izvoare, Dolj, a commune
Izvoare, a village in Dumbrava Roșie commune, Neamț County
Izvoare, a village in Suharău commune, Botoșani County
Izvoare, a village in Zetea commune, Harghita County
Izvoare, a tributary of the Neamț in Neamț County
Izvoare, another name for the river Pârâul Băutor, Harghita County
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everts%20Air
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Everts Air
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Everts Air is an American airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It operates scheduled and charter airline cargo as well as passenger services within Alaska and Canada. Its main base is Fairbanks International Airport with its major hub at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. The company slogan is Legendary Aircraft. Extraordinary Service.
History
A family-owned business run by Robert W. Everts who created Tatonduk Flying Service in 1977 with a single Cessna 180 aircraft to provide air transportation for miners in the remote places of Alaska. Since 1980, his father, Clifford R. Everts, has owned and operated Everts Air Fuel Inc., which specializes in airlifting flammable and hazardous materials.
In 1993 the airline, originally Federal Aviation Regulations Part 135 certified (Commuter and On-Demand Operations), became FAR Part 121 certified (Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations) as Tatonduk Outfitters Limited purchased Everts Air. With the introduction of larger aircraft like the Douglas DC-6B and Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando the company split between Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo.
Operating the Douglas DC-6
Since Northern Air Cargo abandoned their regular service with the Douglas DC-6, Everts Air Cargo is the last airline in the United States to operate scheduled flights with a rather large fleet of 60-year-old piston-powered aircraft. In a 2007 video interview, the Anchorage Station Manager stated that the DC-6 was still considered to be a valuable aircraft for operations in the harsh conditions of Alaska, with excellent landing and takeoff performance on gravel runways. The downside is the difficulty to find Avgas and the maintenance labor cost. Everts Air Cargo estimates a ratio of 12 hours of maintenance for every single flying hour. Spare parts could also be a problem but Everts Air Cargo anticipates they will have enough in stock to keep the last DC-6 flying beyond 2020.
Zero Gravity Corporation Boeing 727
Since 2015 Everts Air has operated a Boeing 727-227F for the Zero Gravity Corporation (also known as ZERO-G), which previously operated with Amerijet International. The aircraft is based in the Contiguous United States and operates weightless flights. Unlike NASA, ZERO-G is governed under Part 121 of FAA regulations, enabling the company to cater to both tourists and researchers alike.
Destinations
Everts Air operates scheduled freight and passengers services to the following domestic destinations:
Allakaket (AET) - Allakaket Airport
Anaktuvuk Pass (AKP) - Anaktuvuk Pass Airport
Anchorage (ANC) - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (hub)
Aniak (ANI) - Aniak Airport
Arctic Village (ARC) - Arctic Village Airport
Barrow (BRW) - Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport
Beaver (WBQ) - Beaver Airport
Bethel (BET) -Bethel Airport
Bettles (BTT) - Bettles Airport
Dillingham (DLG) - Dillingham Airport
Eagle (EAA) - Eagle Airport
Emmonak (EMK) - Emmonak Airport
Fairbanks (FAI) - Fairbanks International Airport (hub)
Fort Yukon (FYU) - Fort Yukon Airport
Galena (GAL) - Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport
Iliamna (ILI) - Iliamna Airport
King Salmon (AKN) - King Salmon Airport (hub)
Kotzebue (OTZ) - Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
Lake Minchumina (MHM/LMA) - Minchumina Airport
Nome (OME) - Nome Airport
Prudhoe Bay (SCC) - Deadhorse Airport
St. Mary's (KSM) - St. Mary's Airport
Unalakleet (UNK) - Unalakleet Airport
Venetie (VEE) - Venetie Airport
Fleet
Everts Air fleet includes:
2 Air Tractor AT-802 configured to carry fuel for Everts Air Fuel operations
1 Boeing 727-227F operated for Zero Gravity Corporation
1 Cessna 180
1 Cessna 206H
1 Cessna C208B Grand Caravan
1 Curtiss-Wright C-46D
1 Curtiss-Wright C-46F
2 Curtiss-Wright C-46R
6 Douglas DC-6A
2 Douglas DC-6B
2 Douglas DC-9-32F
6 Douglas DC-9-33F
2 Douglas DC-9-41
7 Douglas C-118A
3 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
2 McDonnell Douglas MD-82
6 McDonnell Douglas MD-83
2 Pilatus PC-12/47
2 Piper PA-32R-300
Twelve of the above aircraft (two DC-9, two MD-80, seven DC-6 and one C-46) are inactive or in storage.
In July 2020 Everts Air Cargo acquired six Cessna 208 at Ravn Alaska's bankruptcy auction.
References
External links
Everts Air
Airlines based in Alaska
Cargo airlines of the United States
Airlines established in 1978
Regional airlines of the United States
Companies based in Fairbanks, Alaska
1978 establishments in Alaska
American companies established in 1978
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul%20Express%20Bus%20Terminal
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Seoul Express Bus Terminal
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The Seoul Express Bus Terminal is the key bus terminal located in Seocho-gu, Seoul.
It is connected underground to both the Gangnam branch of the Shinsaegae department store and the banpo underground market, as well as containing its own share of stores.
as of September 2021, the third floor is abandoned spare a single sewing shop.
Routes
Express Bus
Transportation
Subway
Express Bus Terminal Station (, and )
City Bus
Local Bus: Seocho 01, Seocho 10, Seocho 13, Seocho 14, Seocho 21
Branch Bus: 3012, 3414, 4212, 4318, 5413, 6411, 8541
Trunk Bus: 142, 143, 148, 351, 360, 362, 401, 406, 462, 540, 640, 642, 643, 740
Rapid Bus: 9408
Airport Bus: 6000, 6020
Incheon Rapid Bus: 9500, 9501, 9502, 9510, 9800, 9802
See also
Central City
External links
https://moovitapp.com/index/en/public_transit-line-148-%EC%84%9C%EC%9A%B8%EC%8B%9CSeoul-1802-853691-247332-0
Bus stations in South Korea
Transport in Seoul
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain%20Auderset
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Alain Auderset
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Alain Auderset is a Swiss Christian author of bandes dessinées (Franco-Belgian comics) and is best known for his comics albums Willy Grunch, Marcel, and ROBI.
Biography
Born on 27 October 1968 in Grenchen, Switzerland, Auderset was converted to Christianity after reading the French comic magazine Tournesol as a child. Later, passionate for drawing, he studied graphic arts and began to draw comic strips. In 2001 he released his first book, Conventional Wisdom, which has been translated into six additional languages (German, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and Danish) since it was originally published in French.
His books ROBI (2005) and Willy Grunch (2008) have both won the International Prize for French Language Christian Comics at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. Currently Auderset is self-publishing and claims he has sold approximately 110,000 copies of all his books.
Auderset is also a performance artist as well as a guitarist for the band Saahsal in which his wife Eliane is the lead singer. Since 2010 Auderset has been doing a stand-up comedy routine entitled "The Non-practicing Atheist," touring both in Europe and the Canadian province of Québec. During his last Québec tour in 2013 he was interviewed during a service at a church in Drummondville, QC, which was broadcast live through their website. He was also interviewed on CKZW radio in Montreal.
In 2012 Moondog Animation Studio in Charleston, South Carolina, raised US$117,534.00 through a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter to produce five pilot episodes of The life and trials of Willy Grunch, based on Auderset's stories and art. The five pilots were completed and released in early 2013, and further episodes are slated to begin production in late 2016 as part of an additional Kickstarter project.
Currently Auderset lives in Saint-Imier with his wife and their four children.
Bibliography
Alain Auderset, Idées reçues (Conventional Wisdom), Atelier Auderset, 2001
Alain Auderset, Marcel Book 1, Atelier Auderset, 2004
Alain Auderset, ROBI, Atelier Auderset, 2005
Alain Auderset, Idées reçues II (Conventional Wisdom 2), Atelier Auderset, 2006
Alain Auderset, Willy Grunch, Atelier Auderset, 2008
Alain Auderset, Les vacances de Marcel (Marcel’s vacations – Marcel Book 2), Atelier Auderset, 2010
Alain Auderset, Idées reçues III (Conventional Wisdom 3), Atelier Auderset, 2012
Alain Auderset, Marcel Book 3, Atelier Auderset, 2014
Prizes
Angoulême 2006: Special jury distinction for Idées reçues
Angoulême 2007: International Prize for French Language Christian Comics for ROBI pour les intimes
Albuquerque 2007 : ICCC2 People's Choice Awards – 1st, 3rd and 4th places
Angoulême 2009: International Prize for French Language Christian Comics for Willy Grunch
References
External links
Alain Auderset's website
Migros Magazine (Switzerland) Alain Auderset: la foi qui déplace les bulles
L'Est Républicain (France) La foi et l’optimisme
1968 births
Living people
Converts to Christianity
Swiss-French people
Swiss comics artists
Swiss Christians
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