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# The Cricket on the Hearth (1909 film)

The Cricket on the Hearth is a 1909 silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith. It is based on the 1845 novella of the same name by Charles Dickens.

## Plot

Opening in the home of Caleb Plummer, an old toymaker, we see his son, Edward, departing for the sea. A tender farewell to father and blind sister, Bertha, takes him to the road where he bids adieu to his sweetheart, Mary Fielding. There is then a lapse of three years and we find honest John Pereyhingle the husband of Dot. Mrs. Fielding has gotten into moderate straits and consents to the marriage of Old Tackleton, the grouch, to May. This is repugnant to May, whose heart is set on Edward. Edward returns, stopping on the way at the King George Inn where he learns of the approaching nuptials of Tackleton and May. Borrowing a disguise from a strolling Merry Andrew, he goes in the garb of an old wayfarer on John’s cart to see Dot and find out the truth. John, prompted by Tackleton, watches the pair. Not recognising Edward, John assumes he is a lover. Edward upon learning from Dot how inimical the match is to May resolves to carry her away, which he does with the assistance of Dot. They are married in the roadway just as the much perturbed Tackleton appears. John discovers what a fool he has been in doubting Dot, Tackleton realises what an unpopular grouch he has been and decides to change, while Bertha and Old Caleb are overjoyed at the return of Edward.

## Cast

* Owen Moore - Edward Plummer
* Violet Mersereau - May Fielding
* Linda Arvidson - Sister Dorothy
* Dorothy West - Sister Bertha (unconfirmed)
* David Miles - Caleb Plummer
* George Nichols - Mr. Fielding
* Anita Hendrie - Mrs. Fielding
* Herbert Prior - John Peerybingle
* Mack Sennett - Merry Andrew
* Harry Solter - Tackleton
* John R. Cumpson - Innkeeper
* Arthur V. Johnson - The Minister
# Siege of Alcácer do Sal (1191)

In 1191, the Almohads besieged the city of Alcácer do Sal which the Portuguese held. The siege was part of the Almohad campaign against Portugal in 1191. The Almohads succeeded in capturing the city.

## Background

In April 1158, Afonso I of Portugal launched a campaign against the Muslims in Alcácer do Sal. His attack on the city was the fourth. After a siege of four months and hard fighting, the city was captured by the Portuguese on 24 June. In 1190, the Almohad Caliph, Yaqub al-Mansur, returned to Seville after a failed campaign against Silves. The Caliph made preparations to resume his campaign, recruited many, and gathered many siege weapons.

## Siege

The Caliph decided to resume his campaign against Portugal and on 28 April 1191, he left Seville and crossed the Guadiana River. The Caliph's first target was Alcácer do Sal, located east-south of Lisbon and close to Sado River. It was chosen as the access from the sea that could reinforce the Almohads with necessary supplies. When the Almohads reached there, the Caliph began dividing his forces, and the servants and slaves began filling the city's trenches from four sides. After this, the Almohads launched an assault against the walls, however, the Portuguese garrison bombarded the Almohads with a heavy barrage of stones and arrows, wounding many Almohad soldiers. When the Caliph saw this, he ordered the fighting to stop for three days and resume the attack with another strong attack.
During the siege, a part of the Almohad navy entered the river next to the city, carrying strong siege weapons. For instance, the Almohads erected fourteen trebuchets around the city. On June 10, the order was given to the troops to assault the walls. The Muslims assaulted the walls from every section while the trebuchets were heavily bombarding the walls. The attack peaked, and when things worsened, the Portuguese garrison quickly called to surrender. The garrison was allowed safe departure through the sea. The Caliph began repairing the city, garrisoned with strong men, and supplied them.
# Danylo Kaydalov

Danylo Oleksandrovych Kaidalov (Ukrainian: Данило Олександрович Кайдалов; born 2 February 2006) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian First League.

## Club career

Born in Kharkiv, Kaydalov began his career in the local Youth Sportive School Kharkiv and Metalist Kharkiv before transferring to the academy of Vostok Kharkiv, returning to Metalist two years later.
He made his debut as a second-half substitute for Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League against Chornomorets Odesa on 25 November 2022.

## International career

In February 2023, Kaydalov was called up to the final squad of the Ukraine under-17 team to play in the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification elite round matches.
# Pegasoferae

Pegasoferae ("winged beast") is a proposed clade of mammals based on genomic research in molecular systematics by Nishihara, Hasegawa and Okada (2006).
To the surprise of the authors, their data led them to propose a clade that includes bats (order Chiroptera), carnivores such as cats and dogs (order Carnivora), horses and other odd-toed ungulates (order Perissodactyla) and pangolins (order Pholidota) as springing from a single evolutionary origin within the mammals.
The name Pegasoferae was coined from the name of the mythological flying horse Pegasus to refer to bats and horses, and the term Ferae, encompassing carnivorans and pangolins. According to this, the odd-toed ungulates' closest living relatives are the carnivorans. Earlier theories of mammalian evolution would, for example, have aligned bats with the insectivores (order Eulipotyphla) and horses with the even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla).
Some subsequent molecular studies published shortly afterwards have failed to support it. In particular, two recent studies, each combining genome-wide analyses of multiple taxa with testing of competing alternative phylogenetic hypotheses, concluded that Pegasoferae is not a natural grouping.

## Phylogeny

The following cladogram shows the phylogenetic relationships of laurasiatherian mammals following Nishihara et al. (2006).
# Pengornithidae

Pengornithidae is a group of early enantiornithines from the early Cretaceous Period of China, with the putative member Falcatakely possibly extending this clade's range into the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar, and several putative pengornithids also hail from this formation. Specimens of these animals have been found both in the Huajiying Formation and Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning and Hebei provinces, dating from the Hauterivian age (130.7 million years ago) to the Aptian age (120 million years ago).

## Description

Pengornithids were basal enantiornithes. They had many small teeth in their jaws, and stout legs. Their internal anatomy was characterized by a hooked outgrowth of the shoulder blade and a pygostyle (the tail bone to which long feathers attach) which was short and rounded, instead of long and blade-shaped as in other enantiornithes. While most enantiornithes had four long backward projections growing from their breastbones, pengornithids only had two.
Assuming Falcatakely is a pengornithid, it exhibits a rather novel cranial morphology compared to other enantiornitheans, having a toucan-like snout ending on small teeth.

## Ecology

The unique, rounded pygostyle and long, stiff tail feathers of pengornithids would have made their tail overall similar to that of woodpeckers. The feet of pengornithids were also particularly adapted for grasping branches. These features indicate that while pengornithids may not have been as adept at climbing as many modern birds, they were better climbers than many other enantiornithes.
Falcatakely has been compared to toucans due to similar snout morphology.

## Classification

The cladogram below was found in the phylogenetic analysis of Hu et al. 2014.
The cladogram below was found by an analysis by Wang et al. in 2015, updated from a previous data set created by Jingmai O'Connor.
# Richard Abingdon (MP)

Richard Abingdon (by 1491 – 1545), of Bristol, was an English politician.
He was elected Sheriff of Bristol for 1515–16 and mayor of Bristol for 1525–26 and 1536–37. He was constable of the staple for 1526–27 and 1543–44 and an alderman by 1538 until his death. He was elected a Member of Parliament for Bristol in 1529.
He was married to Isabel and had at least 3 sons.
# The Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi

The Frank Anthony Public School (often abbreviated as 'FAPS') is a public day-school in New Delhi, India, for students ranging from 3–18 years. The school is coeducational and has more than 3600 boys and girls on the rolls from classes Nursery, Preparatory up to Class XII.

## History

The school was founded in 1959 by Frank Anthony, who was a member of the Indian constituent assembly and represented the Anglo-Indian community. He was also the Founder-Chairman of the All India Anglo-Indian Educational Trust which, today, owns and administers five schools named after him, including The Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi, The Frank Anthony Public School, Bengaluru, The Frank Anthony Public School, Kolkata and three Frank Anthony Junior Schools in the cities of Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi. The four school buildings in Delhi were designed by the German architect Mr. Heinz, are located at Lajpat Nagar - 4, adjacent to the Lady Shri Ram College.
The school is established, owned and administered by the All-India Anglo-Indian Education Institution, New Delhi, registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. It is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE) (the only one in New Delhi), which was established by Frank Anthony in 1958 in liaison with the Cambridge Syndicate and he served as its elected chairman until his death in December 1993.
The school is divided into four sections: the Nursery Section, the Junior Section, the Middle Section and the Senior Section. Students of classes 11 and 12 are divided into three sections: Science (English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Computer, Biology/Computer Science/Economics), Commerce (English, Commerce, Accounts, Economics, Sociology/Second Language) and Humanities (English, Literature in English, second language, History, Sociology, Political Science).

## Notable alumni

* Hardeep Singh Puri, Indian politician and former Indian diplomat who is currently serving as the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs.
* Kshama Metre, National Director, Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD) and a Padma Shri awardee
* Lieutenant General Vinod G. Khandare, Military Advisor to the National Security Council Secretariat of India
* Nicolette Bird, actress, model
* Rana Kapoor, CEO, YES Bank
* Shimon Sharif, International Shooter, Limca Book Record Holder
* Siddhartha Basu, an Indian television producer-director and quiz show host, widely regarded as the "Father of Indian television quizzing".
* Tarun Kumar Aich, PVSM, AVSM, Deputy Chief of Army Staff.
# Hexhamshire Moors

Hexhamshire Moors is a Site of Special Scientific Interest covering an extensive area of moorland in the Wear Valley district of north-west County Durham and the Tynedale district of south-west Northumberland, England.
It is a broadly rectangular area, occupying most of the upland between the valleys of the River East Allen to the west and Devil's Water to the east. The southern part of the site shares boundaries with the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor SSSI to the east and is separated from the Allendale Moors SSSI only by a very narrow strip of the East Allen valley.
The area has one of the largest expanses of blanket bog and heathland in northern England. Acid bogs occur in the vicinity of the numerous flushes that drain the moorland plateau, and localised patches of acid grassland have developed in areas that are regularly grazed by sheep.
Floristically, much of the area is species-poor, but there are small populations of some nationally scarce species, including bog orchid, Hammarbya paludosa, which is found on the blanket peat, and forked spleenwort, Asplenium septentrionale, whose presence at one locality in the Northumberland part of the site is, to date, the only known record for that county.
The site's principal importance lies in its nationally important breeding populations of birds: three species—merlin, Eurasian golden plover and short-eared owl—are listed in Annex 1 of the European Commission's Birds Directive as requiring special protection and several others, including red grouse, Eurasian curlew, common redshank, Eurasian oystercatcher and dunlin, are listed in the United Kingdom's Red Data Book (Birds).
Much of the moorland heath also supports a rich assemblage of invertebrates, including several scarce species of ground beetle, Carabidae.
The site is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
# Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics

The Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics (FOBL) is the federal office responsible for central procurement and for the construction, operation and management of the real estate of the Swiss Federal Administration including embassies overseas. It is also responsible for federal publications, and for the production of Swiss identity documents. It is subordinated to the Federal Department of Finance.

## History

The FOBL was founded in 1999 through the merger of the civilian units of the Federal Construction Office (with Armasuisse taking responsibility for the military units, and the ETH board taking responsibility for the buildings of the polytechnic schools), and the Federal Central Office for Printing and Materials, which were previously managed by the Federal Department of Home Affairs.
# Shay Locomotive (Cadillac, Michigan)

The Shay Logging Locomotive is a standard gauge Shay locomotive engine located on Cass Street in City Park in Cadillac, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

## History

Ephraim Shay was a logger from Haring, Michigan, near Cadillac. Shay was in the logging industry, and realized that a method of moving logs when the ground was muddy and damp would increase productivity immensely. He experimented with horse-drawn trams with limited success, then hit on the idea of building temporary rail lines. In 1879, Shay invented a type of steam powered locomotive specifically for use in the logging industry. This Shay locomotive was small and powerful, and was geared to operate on tracks with steep grades and articulated to handle sharp curves. Shay patented the locomotive in 1881.
This Shay locomotive was constructed in 1898 by the Lima Locomotive Works for the Boyne City Southeastern Railroad Company. In 1918, it was sold to Michigan Forest Products in Strongs, Michigan, and then, in 1924, to William L. Saunders, President of the Cadillac Lumber & Chemical Company, later called the Cadillac-Soo Lumber Company, for service in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. It was used there until 1954, when T. Walter Kelly, Mayor of Cadillac and Saunders' son-in-law, obtained it from the Cadillac-Soo Lumber Company and donated the locomotive to the city of Cadillac. It was partially restored in 1964, and further restored in 1985. It now serves as a tourist attraction in Cadillac's City Park.

## Description

The Shay Logging Locomotive is a Class B steam-powered Shay locomotive designated number 549. It is powered by three 10 inches (250 mm) bore, 12 inches (300 mm) stroke cylinders. It is 35 feet (11 m) in length and weighs 45 tons
# Battle of Calatrava

The Battle of Calatrava was a military engagement between the Castilian and the Almohad army near Calatrava. The Almohads achieved a resounding victory against their enemy.

## Battle

In March 1173, a Castilian army led by Count Sancho Jiminez left the city of Ávila and crossed the River of Guadalquivir. The Castilians attacked the suburbs of Écija then Cordoba. He ravaged the area and captured 50,000 sheep, 200 cows, and more than 150 Muslim prisoners. News of this raid reached Seville and an Almohad army was dispatched to face the Castilians led by Abu Zakariya Yahya alongside his brother, Abu Ibrahim Ismail, and Arab knights. The Almohads decided to chase and fight the Castilians even on their territory.
The Almohads dispatched scouts to watch the Castilian movements. The Castilians stopped at Caracuel close to Calatrava. The Castilians realized that if they did not abandon their loot, they would be overtaken by their enemy. However, the Castilians decided to fight and keep their loot. The Castilains were positioned on a wide plain but took refuge in a rugged mountain at the end of the plain. The Almohads rushed after them to the mountain and clashed with them in a fierce battle. Meanwhile, Sancho was watching from his tent the battle at the top of the mountain, encouraging his soldiers to fight.
It wasn't until noon that the Castilian ranks were decimated, resulting in a massacre of their troops. The Almohads reached the tent of Sancho, killing and decapitating him. The majority of the Castilian army was wiped out except for 200 men who managed to escape the massacre. The Muslims managed to recapture the lost loot and freed the prisoners. They also captured their weaponry and horses. The head of Sancho alongside many fallen comrades was sent to the Caliph in Seville on April 5.

## Aftermath

The news of this victory reached Sevilla and celebrations were held and the victors were well greeted. The victory encouraged the Almohads to launch a successful raid with a force of 4,000 cavalry into Castile. The Christian rulers asked for a truce in July. The first was Count Nuno de Lara, governor of Toldeo, then Alfonso VIII of Castile, and Afonso I of Portugal.
# Rodney Vandergert

Rodney Clement Austen Vandergert (11 May 1935 – 4 May 2009) was a prominent Sri Lankan diplomat and civil servant, who served as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka and Chairman of the Public Service Commission. He had served as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to People’s Republic of China & Soviet Union.

## Education

Vandergert was educated at the Royal College Colombo where he won the Governor-General's prize. He then pursued higher studies at the University of Ceylon graduating with LLB and qualified as an Advocate of the Supreme Court at the Colombo Law College. Later would gain a master's degree in Law from the New York University, specializing in International Public Law.

## Diplomatic career

In 1960 he was selected to the Ceylon Overseas Service. After joining the Foreign Service he served in several foreign countries that included United States, Pakistan. Within the foreign ministry he served in several capacities including that of Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director United Nations & Multi Lateral Affairs Division and Director-General Political Affairs. He served as Sri Lanka's High Commissioner in Canada, Ambassador in Moscow (Soviet Union) with concurrent accreditation in Prague, Warsaw, East Berlin and Ambassador in Beijing (People's Republic of China). Thereafter he was appointed to the post of Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (known as Foreign Secretary) as the country's most senior diplomat in 1994. At the time he was the second career diplomat to be appointed to this post till then.
After retiring from the foreign service, he served as Chairman of the Public Service Commission from 2002 to 2005 and was a visiting lecturer in International Law at the Law Faculty. He was honorary member of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon. He died in May 2009.

## References and external links

* Mr. Rodney Vandergert
* Rodney Clement Austen Vandergert
* Appreciation Rodney Vandergert - a gentleman who was held in high regard
* ↑ New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967
* ↑ Sri Lankan Ambassador to Poland
* ↑ East Berlin
* ↑ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/rcavandergert.htm
* ↑ "Gentle lawyer-diplomat was loved and respected here and abroad".
Diplomatic posts :
| Preceded byWilhelm Woutersz | Sri Lankan Ambassador to China November 12, 1997 – 2000 | Succeeded byKarunatilaka Amunugama |
| Preceded byOctober 19, 1983: Neville Kanakeratne | Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Soviet Union August 7, 1988–March 14, 1991 | Succeeded byNissanka Wijeyeratne |
| Preceded byVernon Mendis | Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada 1980 –1981 | Succeeded byErnest Corea |
# Newport Pagnell Urban District

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Newport Pagnell Urban District was a local government district in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England, from 1897 to 1974.

## Origins

When parish and district councils were established in December 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, the parish of Newport Pagnell was included in the Newport Pagnell Rural District, which was administered from the workhouse at 1 London Road in Newport Pagnell. Shortly after the new districts were established, the process began for making the parish of Newport Pagnell its own urban district, which came into effect on 1 October 1897.
The short-lived Newport Pagnell Parish Council was therefore replaced by Newport Pagnell Urban District Council (UDC). The UDC held its first meeting on 2 October 1897 at the town's Reading Room at 58 High Street, which had previously been the meeting place of the parish council. William Rogers Chantler was appointed the first chairman of the UDC.

## Premises

Within a couple of weeks of its creation, the new council decided to take a lease of the Reading Room at 58 High Street. The building was adapted to serve as office accommodation for the council's staff as well as being its meeting place. The building was formally re-opened as the council's offices on 3 May 1898.
In 1912 the council vacated 58 High Street, moving next door to a large house at 60 High Street, which was purchased for £1,000. The council remained at 60 High Street until 1969, when it moved to a house called Lovat Bank at 37 Silver Street, which had previously been used as a Territorial Army centre. The council remained at Lovat Bank until its abolition in 1974.

## Abolition

Newport Pagnell Urban District was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of the Borough of Milton Keynes on 1 April 1974. Initially, no successor parish was created for the former urban district, and it was instead governed directly by Milton Keynes Borough Council. The Newport Pagnell civil parish was re-established in 1985.