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The Lauriergracht (; literally "Laurel Canal") is one of the canals of Amsterdam, located in the Jordaan, west of the Grachtengordel.

History and inhabitants

It was painted and photographed by George Hendrik Breitner who set up a studio on the canal, at number 8, in 1893 and stayed there until 1898.
His De Lauriergracht bij de Tweede Laurierdwarsstraat (painted in 1917–1918) is in the Rijksmuseum.
Prints of his paintings of Lauriergracht 1-15 are in the Stedelijk Museum.

At the end of the 17th century, the Lauriergracht had been the residence of several artists and their relatives.

Karel du Jardin's aunt Jaqueline lived there in 1661.

Govaert Flinck moved to the Lauriergracht in 1644, where his nephew Dirck already lived, and lived there until his death. He bought two adjacent houses, numbers 76 and 78. He initially worked at, and later took over from Rembrandt the management of, Hendrick Uylenburgh's workshop that was located on the canal.

One of the famous residents of the Lauriergracht is the fictional Batavus Droogstoppel, the unreliable narrator in Max Havelaar who is introduced in the first line of the book "Ik ben makelaar in koffie, en woon op de Lauriergracht nº 37". ("I am a coffee broker and I live at Number 37 Lauriergracht") which the character repeats over and over. In Dutch literature the address Lauriergracht 37 is as well known as James Joyce's 7 Eccles Street; in reality, it was an alley in the time of the author Dekker. From 1897 to 1984 it was the address of a Catholic instuttion for girls and women named "De Voorzienigheid" run by the Sisters of Providence ; and then a block of flats, a gable stone by the main door of the flats proclaiming it to be the address of Last & Co., Makelaars in Koffie, Droogstoppel's fictional company.

The house on number 122 was built in 1889 by architect Herman Hendrik Baanders, the first of a series of successful and impressive designs by his hand.

Numbers 130 and 132 used to be a Christian Reformed Church; originally opened on 14 November 1900 and reopened on 21 December 1927 after an extension, the church was finally closed on 14 November 1985 and turned into apartments.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church built an orphanage at numbers 112–118 in 1757.

Numbers 103 and 105 are another orphanage, a Roman Catholic one for boys that was built in the 17th century, run by the Brothers of Maastricht from 1845 to 1900, and by the aforementioned Sisters of Providence from then onwards.

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Canals in Amsterdam
Christian Morin (born 2 March 1945) is a French television and radio presenter, musician (clarinetist) and comedian.

Early life 
Christian Morin was born in Bordeaux in the department of Gironde. He graduated at the Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and then became a cartoonist for the newspaper Sud-Ouest and a graphist for the channel FR3 from 1964 to 1970. After his military service, he moved to Paris in 1971 and became a cartoonist for many newspapers like Lui and a graphist for many advertisement agencies.

Radio career 
In 1972, he met Pierre Delanoë, who was the director of the programs for Europe 1. He debuted on the radio station on 9 January 1972 as a game show host. He hosted programs on weekend like Hit-Parade, and became among the most famous presenters of the radio station in the 1980s. After his departure of Europe 1 in 1987, he joined the same year the station RMC where he hosted morning programs until 1992.

Television career 
He debuted on television on FR3 in the program Altitude 10000 in 1975 and then in Rires et sourires in 1978 for two years. In 1980, he presented Les Descendants on Antenne 2 and many other programs through the 1980s on the TSR such as La Grande Roue, Studio 4 and Trèfle d'or. He also hosted the second season of the show Les Paris de TF1 on channel TF1 first hosted by Pierre Bellemare in 1981 and then Histoire d'en rire in 1982. He was on 20 February 1986 the presenter who introduced the channel La Cinq with Voilà la Cinq. He presented on the same channel the French version of a successful Italian game show titled Cherchez la femme with Amanda Lear.

He then joined TF1 in 1987 to host the game show La Roue de la fortune with Annie Pujol. He also hosted many other successful programs like Succès fous with Philippe Risoli and Patrick Roy. The success of La Roue de la fortune let the appearance of a parody with Le Grand Bluff, in which Patrick Sébastien attempts a provocation in 1992. He also hosted a special program in 1989 to celebrate the centenary of the Eiffel Tower. He later left the channel to let the place for younger presenters.

After his departure of TF1 in 1993 and after the program Rires sur la ville with Amanda Lear, he joined France Télévisions to present a number of game shows, including Combien tu paries ? on France 2 and an adaptation of the game Cluedo on France 3 in 1994. He presents that same year the Victoires de la Musique on France 2. He then left the television field except for presenting Shopping à la une on TF1 from 1999 to 2000.

Musical career 
Christian Morin has recorded a few records in which he plays the clarinet. He also participated at the musical comedy Envoyez la musique with Annie Cordy at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in 1982 and 1983.

Filmography 
 2006 : A City Is Beautiful at Night
 2015 : Valentin Valentin

External links 

Official website 

1945 births
French television presenters
French radio presenters
French jazz clarinetists
Mass media people from Bordeaux
Living people
21st-century clarinetists
Black & Blue Records artists
Mountain River Films (MRF) is an independent film production and sales company headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal. Founded by film enthusiasts Chandra K. Jha and Dhurba Maharjan in 2010, the objective of the company has been stated as "Bridging the gap between independent filmmakers of South Asian and the international market". One of its main objectives is to make unique and meaningful Nepalese films for all audiences, especially foreign film enthusiasts all over the world. As a production house, the company is associated with almost all aspects of filmmaking ranging from story development, story-script conversion and script development to pre-production, shooting and post-production work. As far as sales, the company is involved in packaging, marketing, branding, product endorsement and the sales of South Asian films to international outlets. Some prominent companies to have done business with MRF are Channel 4 (UK), Gong TV (France), DU Mobile (UAE), Mobi-Pictures (Poland), Visonteam (Serbia) and Zee TV (India). In November 2015, Mountain River Films was awarded the Best Buyer of the Year Award (Nepal region) at the Indywood Film Market held in Kochi, India.

Films distributed
Anaagat
Teen Ghumti
Taandro
Salt Bridge
Talakjung vs Tulke
Saanghuro
Rough Book
Leopard Do Not Bite
Sedmero
Kolka Cool
Chittagong

Films produced
Anaagat
Taandro
Paper

References

External links
 

Entertainment companies based in Nepal
2010 establishments in Nepal
Film distributors of Nepal
Zeven jongens en een oude schuit  is a 1942 Dutch adventure film directed by G. Gerritsen, based on the eponymous novel by A.C.C. de Vletter.

Cast
Frans Beukenkamp	... 	Toon
L. van Dijk	... 	Kapitein Trappers

External links 
 

1942 films
Dutch black-and-white films
1940s children's adventure films
Dutch children's films
Films based on Dutch novels
Dutch adventure films
1940s Dutch-language films
Maniwa Nen-ryū (馬庭念流) is a traditional school (koryū) of Japanese martial arts founded in 1591 by Higuchi Matashichirō Sadatsugu (c. 16th century). Matashichirō was a student of Nen-ryū (a style taught by Jion Nennami), and founded Maniwa Nen-ryū after receiving inka (stamp or seal) from Akamatsu Gion.  It is currently headed by the 25th headmaster, Higuchi Sadahito.

Maniwa Nen-ryū is significant in that it is one of the oldest surviving Japanese battlefield traditions today and is unusual in that throughout its history it has been promoted and preserved by the members of a particular village.

Said to have been brought to Maniwa by Higuchi Kaneshige in 1494, during its history this sword style earned a reputation for creating strong exponents as many engaged in bouts against members of other noted sword schools.

The style is characterized by its use of fukuro shinai, or mock bamboo swords, quilted gloves and headgear to engage in what it calls kiriwara jiai, which are competitions in which exponents can test their skills without suffering serious injury. It is not historically verified when this tradition became an intrinsic part of this school's training but along with the Shinkage and Yagyū Shinkage schools it was of the first schools of Japanese bujutsu to have employed the use of the bamboo training weapon. This training device was further developed by Nakanishi Chuto of the Nakanishi-ha Ittō-ryū and later became an important element in the establishing of the modern sport of kendo.

In execution, the techniques of this school sometimes appear to be awkward and lacking the stylistic polish which characterize other schools of classical Japanese sword. However the Maniwa Nen-ryū system is said to be deceptively subtle in its technique and has proved its effectiveness in both battlefield and duels throughout its long history.

References and further reading 
 Draeger, Donn (1973. Classical Budo. The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan, 2. New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill.
 Skoss, Diane, ed. (1997). Koryu Bujutsu. Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, Volume 1. New Jersey, Koryu Books.
 Skoss, Diane, ed. (2002). Keiko Shokon. Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, Volume 3. Koryu Books. .

Japanese martial arts
Ko-ryū bujutsu
Methven is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Charlie Methven, former editor of The Daily Telegraph's Spy column and part owner of Sunderland AFC
 Colin Methven, Scottish footballer
 Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven, third husband of Margaret Tudor
 Jessie C. Methven, Scottish suffragette
 Jimmy Methven, Scottish footballer
 Mildred Methvin, American judge
 Myrtis Methvin, Louisiana politician
 Robert Methven Petrie, Canadian astronomer
 Tom Methven, New Zealand footballer

See also
 Methuen (surname)
Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi is an 1886 pastel portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini, now in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, in Rome.

History

In March 1886, Verdi was in Paris to hear on stage Victor Maurel, the baritone approached for the role of Iago in Verdi's opera Otello. Boldini was one of Emanuele Muzio's best friends, who had long dreamed of seeing his master pose for the painter. This was done during a visit by Verdi accompanied by Muzio and Giuseppina Strepponi to the Pigalle workshop during which Boldini made a first portrait after a series of long poses. The oil on canvas, hung on the wall of the living room of the Doria Palace, the Winter residence of the Verdi couple in Genoa, is now kept in the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti in Milan.

Dissatisfied with the result, Boldini remade the portrait of Verdi on 9 April 1886, using the pastel technique, in just five hours. The painter first kept this portrait to present it at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in Paris, in Brussels in 1897, and at the first Venice Biennale in 1895, to finally give it to the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome in 1918.

See also
 List of works by Giovanni Boldini

References

Portraits of men
19th-century portraits
1886 paintings
Paintings in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
Paintings by Giovanni Boldini
Cultural depictions of Giuseppe Verdi
Crotalaria mentiens is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

mentiens
Flora of Cameroon
Endangered plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Zero Waste SA was an agency of the Government of South Australia, charged with oversight of waste management within South Australia, including the promotion of waste recycling and waste minimisation. It had the goal of reducing waste to zero.

References

External links
Zero Waste SA

Waste organizations
Former government agencies of South Australia
Waste management in Australia
Nevado Aguas Blancas is a mountain in the Andes of Argentina. It has a height of 5761 metres.

See also
List of mountains in the Andes

Mountains of Argentina
Zynhary is a hamlet in the Halaç District of the Lebap Province of Turkmenistan.

Etymology 
The place is named after a local Turkmen poet, Abdirahim Zynhary (1791–1880).

Site 
The Aly Isha Madrasah—where Zynhary had studied—is a tourist attraction.

References 

Populated places in Lebap Region
Glipostenoda pseudexcisa is a species of beetle belonging to the genus Glipostenoda. This particular species was first described in the year 1975.

References

pseudexcisa
Beetles described in 1975
Ryan Gunderson (born September 22, 1984) is an American football coach who is currently the quarterbacks coach at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was previously the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at San Jose State University.

Playing career 
Gunderson played quarterback at Oregon State from 2003 to 2007, spending most of his career as a backup quarterback. The only start of his career was the annual Civil War matchup against Oregon in 2005, where he threw four interceptions and lost a fumble in a 56–14 loss. He was named a team captain his senior year at OSU in 2007.

Coaching career

Oregon State 
After graduating with a degree in construction engineering management in 2007, Gunderson chose to pursue a career in football rather than a job in engineering and joined the coaching staff at Oregon State as a graduate assistant. He lived with Oregon State offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf and his wife during his time as a graduate assistant, with the Langsdorfs calling him "their first child". He was named the assistant director of player personnel in 2010, a tailor-made position for Gunderson that was created by head coach Mike Riley.

Nebraska 
When Riley departed Oregon State to accept the head coaching position at Nebraska in December 2014, Gunderson joined him as his director of player personnel.

San Jose State 
Gunderson was named the quarterbacks coach at San Jose State in 2017. He added the title of passing game coordinator in 2018.

Gunderson was a nominee for the Broyles Award in 2019, given to the best assistant coach in college football.

UCLA 
Gunderson was named the quarterbacks coach at UCLA on February 19, 2021.

References

External links 
 San Jose State bio
 Oregon State bio

1984 births
Living people
Players of American football from Portland, Oregon
Coaches of American football from Oregon
American football quarterbacks
Oregon State Beavers football players
Oregon State Beavers football coaches
Nebraska Cornhuskers football coaches
San Jose State Spartans football coaches
UCLA Bruins football coaches
In the Nick of Time was the second album by Nicolette Larson. It features a duet with Michael McDonald, keyboards from Bill Payne, backing vocals from Bobby LaKind and Rosemary Butler, Ronnie Montrose on guitar and other collaborators. Larson had a minor hit with her McDonald duet, "Let Me Go, Love".

Track listing
"Dancin' Jones" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, John Sembello, Ralph Dino) - 3:18
"Just in the Nick of Time" (Nicolette Larson, Ted Templeman, Lauren Wood) - 3:24
"Let Me Go, Love" (Michael McDonald, B.J. Cook Foster) - 3:49
"Rio de Janeiro Blue" (Richard Torrance, John Haeny) - 3:50
"Breaking Too Many Hearts" (Lauren Wood) - 3:33
"Back in My Arms" (Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier) - 3:51
"Fallen" (Lauren Wood) - 3:23
"Daddy" (Bobby Troup) - 3:23
"Isn't It Always Love" (Karla Bonoff) - 3:06
"Trouble" (Lowell George) - 2:31

Charts

Personnel
Nicolette Larson - lead and backing vocals
Paul Barrere – guitar (tracks 1-9)
Bob Glaub – bass guitar (tracks 1-9)
Rick Shlosser – drums (tracks 1-9)
Bill Payne - keyboards (tracks 2-5, 9)
Ted Templeman - percussion (tracks 1-9), keyboards (track 6), backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8)
Bobby LaKind - congas (tracks 1-9), backing vocals (track 6)

Additional musicians
The Memphis Horns - horns (tracks 1, 4)
Ronnie Montrose – guitar solo (track 2)
Michael McDonald - lead vocals (track 3)
Jerry Hey, Ben Cauley - flugelhorns (track 4)
Jim Horn - saxophone solo (tracks 5, 6)
Lee Thornburg - trumpet solo (track 8)
Van Dyke Parks - keyboards (track 10)
Tom Johnston - backing vocals (track 1)
Rosemary Butler – backing vocals (tracks 5, 6)
Jimmie Haskell - string arrangements (tracks 3-7, 9), horn arrangements (tracks 3, 6, 9)
Jerry Jumonville - horn arrangements (tracks 5, 8)

Production
Ted Templeman - producer
Donn Landee, Ken Deane - engineer
Peter Whorf - art direction, design
Joel Bernstein - photography

References

Nicolette Larson; In the Nick of Time liner notes; Warner Bros. Records 1979
All Music Guide []

1979 albums
Nicolette Larson albums
Albums produced by Ted Templeman
albums arranged by Jimmie Haskell
Warner Records albums
Little Mountain Pictograph Site is a historic archaeological site located near Blackstone, Nottoway County, Virginia. It is a winter solstice observation site that probably dates post-1400 AD and is Mississippian. It was recorded and published by the Virginia Rockart Survey. The three glyphs are located inside a cave or shallow shelter. They are a track glyph, hand glyph, and undefined glyph that appears to be a sun.  The glyphs are in shadow all year except during the winter solstice, when the sun travels far enough south to illuminate the inside of the wall containing the glyphs.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Nottoway County, Virginia
Rock art in North America
Sematopoda is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.

Species
S. elata Collin, 1928

References

Empidoidea genera
Empididae
Baselios Geevarghese I of the East (born Vaakathanam Karuchira Geevarghese, consecrated bishop as Mar Philoxenos) (11 January 1870 – 17 December 1928) popularly known as Vallikkattu Bava, he was the second Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. He was installed in the Apostolic Throne of St. Thomas in 1925, and died after a short tenure of three years on 17 December 1928.

Early life
Bava was born in the ancient orthodox Vallikkattu Karuchira family in Vakathanam, Kottayam district on 11 January 1870. After basic education at his native place, Vakathanam, at Kottayam he mastered in Syriac, the liturgical language of the church. He opted to become a sanyasi priest and at a very young age of sixteen, he was ordained as a deacon. The bishop Kadavil Paulose Mar Athanasius (Aluva) was his spiritual teacher with whom he spent years as secretary. He was ordained as a priest and remban by Kadavil Mar Athanasius in 1896.

After the demise of his teacher in 1907, he moved from Aluva to Vallikkattu dayara at Vakathanam, where he spent the rest of his life. He was consecrated bishop at the historical Niranam Church in February 1913 by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Abdul Masih II assisted by the Catholicos Baseliose Paulose I. The new bishop assumed the name Geevarghese Mar Phelexinose (or Philoxenos) and was given charges of Kottayam and Angamaly dioceses.

As Catholicos
On 30 April 1925, he was elevated to the supreme ecclesiastical position in Malankara Orthodox Church. He was ordained the Catholicos of the East and assumed the title, Baselios Geevarghese I. Following an operation for appendicitis, he died on 17 December 1928.

Work and Reputation
Vallikkattu Bava was considered a saint even during his lifetime. His life style was noted for simplicity, austerity, and punctuality. Bava used to keep a personal diary, which has become an authentic source of history of his times. Bava translated parts of gospels, and many liturgical works from Syriac to Malayalam. Publication of the first Sabha Panchangam (calendar) goes to his credit. He had evinced a keen interest in church architecture and many churches and buildings built during his times bear testimonies to his architectural skills. An account of his sea trip to Ceylon as a part of a church delegation is considered a beautiful piece of Malayalam travelogues written at that time.

Death
His mortal remains are interred in the tomb at Vallikkattu dayara, where he spent most of his life. The dayara was renovated in 1982 by the then Baselios Marthoma Mathews I and has emerged as one of the very important spiritual and pilgrimage centres of the Malankara Church. He was succeeded by Baselios Geevarghese II

References

Indian Oriental Orthodox Christians
Catholicoi of the East and Malankara Metropolitans
Indian Christian religious leaders
People from Kottayam district
1870 births
1928 deaths
Marc Schneider (born 23 July 1980) is a Swiss professional football manager and former player, who played as defender.

Playing career
Schneider was captain of the Swiss title-winning team of 2005–06 and part of the 2006–07 Swiss Championship winning team of FC Zürich. During his last spell at Zürich, he normally played at left back, with players such as Steve von Bergen and Hannu Tihinen preferred in the middle. After leaving the club, however, he moved back to his original position in the centre of defence.

Managerial career
After his active career, Schneider stepped into the coaching profession and replaced Ciriaco Sforza as Thun's caretaker manager on 1 July 2015. He was in turn succeeded by Luxembourger Jeff Saibene. In 2017, he was reappointed as head coach of Thun. In December 2020, the club decided to dismiss him from his duties.

In June 2021, recently relegated Belgian First Division B club Waasland-Beveren announced that they had appointed Schneider as their new head coach, succeeding Nicky Hayen, who had not been able to keep the club at the highest level. He moved to manage Greuther Fürth in May 2022. He was sacked in October 2022.

Honours
FC Zürich
Swiss Cup: 2004–05
Super League/Nationalliga A: 2005–06, 2006–07

References

External links

1980 births
Living people
People from Thun
Men's association football defenders
Swiss men's footballers
FC Zürich players
BSC Young Boys players
FC St. Gallen players
FC Thun players
S.K. Beveren managers
SpVgg Greuther Fürth managers
Swiss Super League players
Belgian First Division B managers
2. Bundesliga managers
Expatriate football managers in Belgium
Swiss expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Germany
Footballers from the canton of Bern