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# Billy Bennett (comedian)

William Robertson Russell Bennett DCM MM (21 November 1887 – 30 June 1942) was a British comedian who specialised in parodies of dramatic monologues and was billed as "Almost a Gentleman".

## Life

Bennett's father, John Bennett, and his performing partner, Robert Martell, formed a music hall slapstick comedy duo. Billy Bennett trained as an acrobat but was initially reluctant to follow his father on the stage, instead enlisting in the army. Bennett briefly left the army to become a comedian but soon re-enlisted at the start of World War I, where he enjoyed a distinguished career in the 16th Lancers and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the Military Medal and the Belgian Croix de Guerre.
In 1919, he began his stage career, appearing with Mark Lupino and in Fred Karno's army. Bennett's favourite act was to mock and parody the dramatic monologues of the turn of the century. Perhaps best known is The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog, his take on The Green Eye of the Yellow God. He wrote many of his own monologues, and performed others written for him by T. W. Connor. He also performed songs, many written for him by Bert Lee and R. P. Weston, such as "She Was Poor, But She Was Honest". In 1928, he appeared in a short film Almost a Gentleman, filmed in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film system.
According to Roger Wilmut, Bennett was "one of the most entertaining comics of the period..... [his] style bridged the gap between old-fashioned monologues and the later patter style..". He would end his jokes by saying "boom boom!" – a trick used by later comics and adopted by the puppet Basil Brush. James Agate wrote of Bennett:
   Nobody who saw him is ever likely to forget that rubicund, unaesthetic countenance, that black, plastered quiff, that sergeant-major's moustache, that dreadful dinner-jacket, that well-used dickey and seedy collar, the too-short trousers, the hob-nailed boots, the red silk handkerchief tucked into the waistcoat, the continual perspiration which was the outward and visible sign of a mind struggling for expression - these things will not be forgotten.
Off-stage, Agate noted that his manner was quiet almost to shyness, in keeping with his gentle and wholly nice mind.
He appeared at four Royal Variety Performances – in 1926, 1931, 1933 and 1934. In three of those, he gave his usual repertoire, but in 1931 he appeared in blackface. In 1930, when his contracts prevented him from broadcasting under his own name, he adapted his act to radio, appearing with, first, James Carew, and later Albert Whelan, as "two simple coons", the cross-talkers Alexander and Mose. They performed onstage as blackface minstrels in the early 1930s.
Bennett also had a role in Will Hay's 1934 comedy film Radio Parade of 1935. He gave his final performance in Blackpool, a few weeks before his death there in 1942 at the age of 54.

## Legacy

Bennett was an important influence on comedians George Formby, Tommy Cooper, Ron Moody, Eric Morecambe, Ken Dodd and Spike Milligan.

## Selected filmography

* Soft Lights and Sweet Music (1936)
* Young Man's Fancy (1939)
# Graham Withey

Graham Alfred Withey (born 11 June 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a forward.
He was sent on a 3-month loan to Seiko FC of Hong Kong in 1984.
# Jacques de Menasce

Jacques de Menasce (August 19, 1905 – January 28, 1960) was a composer, pianist, and critic of Austrian, and later American, nationality.
Jacques de Menasce was born in Bad Ischl, then in the German-speaking part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, into a Jewish family with roots in Egypt where they had amassed considerable wealth as merchants and bankers and played prominent roles in the Jewish community that centred in Alexandria. This was also the family from which sprang the Catholic writer Jean de Menasce, who was a first cousin of the composer's father, Henri de Menasce. As a boy Jacques de Menasce's portrait was painted by Oskar Kokoschka. He studied at the Vienna Music Academy as a young man under teachers who included Joseph Marx, Paul Pisk, and Emil von Sauer, and he was also much encouraged by Alban Berg, at whose instigation he composed his first piano concerto. His compositions include two piano concertos, the Sonata for Viola and Piano (championed by Lillian Fuchs), Hebrew Melodies for Violin and Piano, and the song cycles Quatre Chansons, Outrenuit, and Pour une Princesse.
There exist a few recordings of his works. The first, on Vanguard Classics, contains performances of the second piano concerto along with his Divertimento on a Children's Song and the Petite Suite pour le Piano. The conductor is the composer's friend Edmond Appia and the pianist is the composer himself. There is also a recording issued by Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) that contains performances of the viola sonata, the second sonatina for piano, the first violin sonata, and Instantanés, a collection of short piano pieces. His Deux Lettres d'Enfants appears on a Nimbus recording of Hugues Cuénod singing French song cycles. There also exists a recording of Jacques de Menasce participating (together with the violinist Ángel Reyes) in a performance of the Sonatine for violin and piano of Henry Barraud. The composer and Lillian Fuchs performed his Viola Sonata in One Movement for broadcast on WQXR new York on 12 May 1957 (with sonatas by Brahms and Milhaud. While this was not commercially released, a recording was made by Studio 70 New York on two 45-rpm lacquer discs, copies of which are held by Northern Vintage Recordings Archive (catalog not yet published).
# Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church

Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Coptic: ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲛⲓ⳥ ⲥⲉⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙ ⲃⲁⲭⲟⲥ ϧⲉⲛ ⲡⲓⲥⲡⲉⲗⲉⲱⲛ, The Church of Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in The Cave) (Arabic: كنيسة القديسين سرجيوس و باخوس (أبو سرجة)), also known as the Abu Serga Church, is one of the oldest Coptic Christian churches in Egypt, dating back to the 4th century.

## Importance

The church is of significant historical importance. It is where many patriarchs of the Coptic Church were elected. The first to be elected here was Patriarch Isaac (681-692). It is the episcopal church of Cairo, and it was the episcopal See of Masr (the district of Old Cairo) that replaced the former See of Babylon. Many bishops of the See were consecrated in the Church until the reign of Patriarch Christodulus (1047–1077).
Tradition holds that Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church was built on the spot where the Holy Family (Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus) rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. They may have lived here while Joseph worked at the Babylon Fortress.

## The church

The church is dedicated to Sergius and Bacchus, who were soldier-saints martyred during the 4th century in Syria by the Roman Emperor Maximian. The most interesting feature is the crypt where Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus are said to have rested. The crypt is 10 meters deep and, when Nile levels are high, is often flooded. The crypt is over the eastern wall of the canal in Old Cairo.
The Church was built in the 4th century and was probably finished during the 5th century. It was burned during the fire of Fustat during the reign of Marwan II around 750. It was then restored during the 8th century, and has been rebuilt and restored constantly since medieval times; however, it is still considered to be a model of the early Coptic churches. Again, the most precious and ancient of the icons are on the southern wall.

## Pope Christodolos

By the 11th century AD, the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria, which is historically based in Alexandria, Egypt was moved to Cairo as ruling powers moved away from Alexandria to Cairo after the Arab invasion of Egypt and during Pope Christodolos's tenure Cairo became the fixed and official residence of the Coptic Pope at the Hanging Church in Cairo in 1047.
Infighting between the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus and the Hanging Church broke out due to that patriarch's wish to be consecrated in the latter, a ceremony that traditionally took place at Saints Sergius and Bacchus.
# Israel Goldstein

Israel Goldstein (June 18, 1896 – April 11, 1986) was an American-born Israeli rabbi, author and Zionist leader. He was the primary founder of Brandeis University.

## Early life and education

Goldstein, born in Philadelphia, was a noteworthy graduate of South Philadelphia High School (SPHS) in 1911. At that time the school program was manual training, but his record showed to school administrators that there was more promise for academics servicing the immigrant population of South Philadelphia. He graduated the school at age 14. In 1911, while finishing his high school degree, he also completed a Bachelor of Hebrew Letters (B.H.L.) at Philadelphia's Gratz College, which is the oldest independent Jewish College in the United States. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 17. Later he attended the Jewish Theological Seminary where he was ordained in 1918 and received his Doctorate of Hebrew Letters (D.H.L.) in 1927 .

## Career and Zionist activity

From 1918 until his immigration to Israel in 1960, Israel Goldstein served as the rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New York, the second oldest synagogue in the city. He was head of the New York Board of Rabbis (1928–30), the Jewish National Fund of America (1934-1943), the Zionist Organization of America (1943-1946), and American Jewish Congress (1952-1959), and helped found the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
In 1945, he was a consultant to the U.S. delegation at the Founding Conference of the United Nations in San Francisco.
From 1961 to 1971, Goldstein was World Chairman of Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal. He led Keren Hayesod during a period of expansion and growth, particularly after the Six-Day War.

## Death

Israel Goldstein died on April 11, 1986, at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem after a long illness.

## Published works

* Century of Judaism in New York (1930)
* Towards a Solution (1940)
* Shanah b’Yisrael (Next Year in Israel; 1950)
* American Jewry Comes of Age (1955)
* Brandeis University - Chapter of its Founding
* Transition Years, New York-Jerusalem, 1960-1962 (1966)
* Israel at Home and Abroad (1977)
* My World as a Jew: The Memoirs of Israel Goldstein (1984)

## Honors and commemoration

Dr. Goldstein has been inducted into the SPHS Alumni Cultural Hall of Fame.
In 1947, more than 1,000 acres of Jewish National Fund land situated between Gaza and Lachish were named "Chevel Goldstein" (lit. "Goldstein's region") in his honor.
The Israel Goldstein Youth Village, whose director he was, is named after him. Established in 1949, it is a Zionist youth village in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem.
On his eightieth birthday, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and other government and Zionist movement officials gathered at his home to pay him tribute.
The Rabbi Dr. I. Goldstein Synagogue on the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was built in his honor.
The Israel Goldstein Prize for Distinguished Leadership is the highest honor bestowed by Keren Hayesod. The prize has been awarded annually since 1980, the 60th anniversary of Keren Hayesod.
# The Prince of Han Dynasty

The Prince of Han Dynasty is a three-season Chinese television series featuring a fictionalised life story of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty. Season 1 was first broadcast on Beijing Television in 2001 in mainland China, followed by the second and third seasons in 2003 and 2005 respectively. Except for Huang Xiaoming, who played Emperor Wu in all three seasons, the cast members in each season are almost different from its preceding one.

## Titles

The Chinese titles for each season are as follows:
* Season 1: 大汉天子 (The Prince of Han Dynasty)
* Season 2: 大汉天子第二部:汉武雄风 (The Prince of Han Dynasty Part 2: The Majesty of Emperor Wu of Han)
* Season 3: 大汉天子第三部:铁血汗青 (The Prince of Han Dynasty Part 3: Iron Blood and the Pages of History)

## Cast
### Season 1

* Huang Xiaoming as Liu Che
* Chen Daoming as Dongfang Shuo
* Alyssa Chia as Niannujiao
* Sally Chen as Empress Dowager Dou
* Wang Ling as Wei Zifu
* Chen Zihan as Princess Pingyang
* He Jiayi as Chen Jiao
* Liu Guanxiang as Li Ling
* Liu Yijun as Qiuchan
* Zhang Mingjian as Zhang Tang
* Sun Feihu as Liu An
* Shang Rong as Liu Ling
* Xiu Zongdi as Marquis
* Zhou Zheng as Sima Tan
* Song Xiaochuan as Dou Ying
* Yi Yang as Sima Xiangru
* Jia Hongwei as Guan Fu
* Liu Xiaoxiao as Guo Deren
* Sun Hao as Cao Shou
* Li Daxin as Liu Yi
* Zhang Han as Lei Bei
* Yao Gang as Liu Wu
* Lu Yi as Dong Yan
* Li Wei as Guo Mama
* Song Daguang as Wei Qing
* Ma Jie as Tingwei
* Xu Liang as Huo Qubing
* Sun Jiaolong as Dou Wei
* Xu Lin as Empress Wang Zhi
* Jin Tian as Princess Guantao
* Zhao Zhengyang as Zhang Qian
* Qiao Jie as Li Gan
* Li Shengyu as Sima Qian
* Peng Bo as Zhuo Wenjun
* Sun Wanqing as Emperor Jing of Han
* Zhao Dongbo as Mysterious man
* Chi Guodong as Li Guang
* Hao Yang as Zhang Tang's wife
* Ya Bing as Yanzhi
* Chang Hong as Laobao

### Season 2

* Huang Xiaoming as Emperor Wu of Han
* Ning Jing as Empress Wei Zifu
* He Jiayi as Li Wa / Empress Chen Jiao
* Dong Yong as Wei Qing
* Wang Gang as Zhu Fuyan
* Du Chun as Li Ling
* Liu Yun as Qiuchan
* Li Li as Huo Qubing
* Liu Xiaohu as Ji Anshi
* Yang Hongwu as Ji An
* Zhao Xiaorui as King of Hunxie
* Hu Guangzi as Li Guangli
* Guan Shaozeng as Tian Fen
* Zhu Yana as Yanshi Malan

### Season 3

* Huang Xiaoming as Emperor Wu of Han
* Ruping as Empress Wei Zifu
* Sun Haiying as Jiang Chong
* Li Fei as Qiuchan
* Gao Hao as Li Han
* Wu Qianqian as Empress Dowager Wang
* Zhao Yiyang as Liu Ju
* Bo Yan'an as Zhao Nizi
* An Yixuan as Huo Qilian
* Xiong Naijin as Princess Weichang
* Liu Guanlin as Ji Qinhu
* Dong Yong as Wei Qing
* Zhou Ying as Liu Xijun
* Chen Lili as Ziwei
* Norman Chui as King of Yelang
# Weird Portland United

Weird Portland United is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Brian Kidd, who is known as the Unipiper, founded the collective in 2018 in an effort to "Keep Portland Weird".

## History and activities

The nonprofit organization Weird Portland United (WPU) was founded by Brian Kidd (known as the Unipiper) in 2018 in an effort to "Keep Portland Weird". According to Willamette Week, WPU's mission "includes everything from awarding grants to emerging talent with an eye for eccentricity to acting as a clearinghouse for events and places with a flair for the bizarre". The newspaper said the organization also "aims to make our time stuck in traffic spiked with quirk by purchasing billboard space throughout the city and reserving them for weird-use only." The Oregonian has said WPU was established to "[raise] and [distribute] money to keep Portland's unique creative spirit alive and kicking". "Weirdo Memberships" cost $10 per month, or $100 per year, and the group also accepts donations from businesses and individuals.
WPU distributed $500 grants in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Keep Weird Alive grant program offered assistance to artists. WPU and the Portland Street Art Alliance have collaborated on a series of murals.

### Beer collaborations

WPU collaborated with Portland Brewing in 2019 to help with the organization's launch; proceeds from Unipiper Hazy IPA sales benefitted WPU.
The organization has collaborated with Gigantic Brewing several times. In 2023, WPU and Gigantic collaborated on the Darcelle Blonde IPA, a beer commemorating drag performer Darcelle XV. A release party hosted by Poison Waters was held at Darcelle XV Showplace. In 2024, a beer commemorating Mill Ends Park was released with "Portland's shortest parade" for "the world's smallest park". Proceed from sales of the Portland Elvis Gold Lager benefited local Elvis impersonator John "Elvis" Schroder after his home eviction. WPU and Gigantic also partnered on the Santa Clones Winter Warmer beer in 2024. The beer commemorates Santa Clones, an annual Christmas display by Chris Willis.

### Events

Among the organization's fundraising events is the Weird Portland Gala. The first Weird Portland Gala and Costume Party was held at Polaris Hall in North Portland in 2019. Hundreds of people attended, including former mayor Bud Clark and Darcelle XV. WPU's first major public event, called Portland Weird Fest, was held at Oaks Amusement Park in 2024. The festival had activities for children, a beer garden, a costume contest, performance art, and vendors.
Gigantic has also hosted WPU socials.

### Leadership

Kidd was the president of WPU in 2019. He has described the group as "the only 501-c-3 dedicated to keeping Portland weird". Christine Lassiter is the president as of 2024.
# Darmstadt D-22

The Darmstadt D-22 was a sports-plane of Germany, designed and built by Akaflieg of Technische Universität Darmstadt.

## Design and development

The aircraft was designed by F. Fecher in the Akaflieg (academic group of flyers) of Technische Universität Darmstadt. It was a development of Darmstadt D-18, slightly enlarged, more streamlined and fitted with an inline engine. Thanks to strengthening it was better fit to aerobatics. Two were built in 1931.
Just like the D-18, the D-22 was a cantilever biplane, with an upper wing placed low above a fuselage and ahead of a lower wing. Aerodynamic cleanliness and low weight were emphasised in the design, resulting in a small aircraft with clean lines.

### Description

The D-22 was of wooden construction with cantilever biplane and oval cross-section fuselage skinned with plywood and fabric on parts of the single-spar wings, which could be dismounted and folded rearwards. The two crew sat in open cockpits in tandem, with windshields. The landing gear was fixed with a rear fuselage skid. The engine was mounted in the fuselage nose and drove a two-bladed fixed-pitch propeller. Fuel was supplied from a 100 L (26 US gal; 22 imp gal) tank in the fuselage.

## Operational history

The second aircraft, D-2222, a D-22a, took part in the Challenge 1932 international tourist aircraft contest, piloted by Walter Marienfeld. It was handicapped in technical trials, especially the short landing trial, not having flaps or slats, being relegated to 35th place, from 43 participants, after this section. It improved its score after a rally around Europe, where it took the 4th place, with a cruise speed of 205 km/h (127 mph; 111 kn). In the maximum speed trial it was beaten only by the five Heinkel He 64s, reaching 230.7 km/h (143.4 mph; 124.6 kn). As a result, it completed the contest in 17th place. Re-registered as D-EQIN from 1933, it was in use for several years after the Challenges.

## Specifications (D-22)

Data from
General characteristics
* Crew: 1
* Capacity: 1 / 255 kg (562 lb) payload
* Length: 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
* Wingspan: 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
* Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
* Wing area: 13 m$^2$ (140 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 345 kg (761 lb)
* Gross weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
* Fuel capacity: 100 L (26 US gal; 22 imp gal)
* Powerplant: 1 × Argus As 8 4-cylinder inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine, 75.7 kW (101.5 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
* Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
* Cruise speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
* Stall speed: 82 km/h (51 mph, 44 kn) ~
* Range: 800 km (500 mi, 430 nmi)
* Service ceiling: 6,200 m (20,300 ft)
# Arthur Elrod

Arthur Dea Elrod, Jr. (August 8, 1924 – February 18, 1974) was an American interior designer, perhaps best known for the Elrod House his home in Palm Springs, California, which he designed in collaboration with architect John Lautner in 1968.

## Early life

Elrod was born in Anderson, South Carolina, grew up on a farm, and studied design at South Carolina's Clemson University, before attending the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles.

## Career

In 1954, Elrod and Harold "Hal" Broderick started Arthur Elrod and Associates, an interior design firm on Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs, and went on to hire William C. Raiser, Steve Chase, and others. According to the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism, Elrod's innovative midcentury modern style "became a hallmark of the Palm Springs aesthetic" and helped solidify the city's reputation as a center of modernist design.
In 1968, Elrod designed his Palm Springs home, now known as Elrod House, built by architect John Lautner.

## Personal life

Elrod was openly gay.
The parties he held at the Elrod House were "legendary", Bill Blass held a fashion show, Playboy did a November 1971 feature, Pleasure on the Rocks, and the house was used as Willard Whyte's mansion in the 1971 James Bond film, Diamonds Are Forever. The house has been described as the "ultimate bachelor pad", and it has been noted that increasing numbers of the "pads" in Playboy in the 1970s belonged to out gay men like Elrod.
Elrod was a close friend of Bob Hope and his wife Dolores.
Elrod and his associate, William Raiser, died in a traffic accident on February 18, 1974, when their Fiat sportscar was hit by a drunk teenage driver. Elrod was 49 years old.
# 1893 USC Methodists football team

The 1893 USC Methodists football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern California during the 1893 college football season. The team competed as an independent without a head coach, compiling a 3–1 record.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
| January 14 | Chaw-sir Club | Los Angeles, CA | W 14–2 | 200 |
| November 18 | at Throop | Pasadena, CA | W 22–12 | |
| December 11 | at Chaffey College | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | L 6–32 | |
| December 22 | Throop | Los Angeles, CA | W 14–4 | 100 |
# Basut

Basut or Besut (Persian: بسوت), also rendered as Basot or Bast, may refer to:
* Basut-e Bala
* Basut-e Hajji Hasan
# Akanni

AkanniAkanni is a Nigerian masculine given name and oriki of Yoruba origin meaning "One that is special to have." The name is morphologically structured as à-kàn-ní, with “à” (one who), “kàn” (specially), and “ní” (have).

## Notable people with the name

* Niji Akanni, Nigerian dramatist, screenwriter, director, producer and filmmaker
* Waidi Akanni (born 1968), Nigerian football defender, former head of the Lagos State Football Association
* Akanni Hislop (born 1998), Trinidad and Tobago athlete
* Abdul-Lateef Adeniran Akanni Ojikutujoye I (1958–2022), Nigerian monarch
* Kazeem Akanni Jimoh, Nigerian agricultural economist and a research scientist
* Akanni-Sunday Wasiu (born 1984), Nigerian former professional footballer