id
stringlengths 3
8
| url
stringlengths 31
219
| title
stringlengths 1
139
| text
stringlengths 4
215k
|
|---|---|---|---|
6953049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Radford | Benjamin Radford | Benjamin Radford (born October 2, 1970) is an American writer, investigator, and skeptic. He has authored, coauthored or contributed to over twenty books and written over a thousand articles and columns on a wide variety of topics including urban legends, unexplained mysteries, the paranormal, critical thinking, mass hysteria, and media literacy. His book, Mysterious New Mexico: Miracles, Magic, and Monsters in the Land of Enchantment, was published in the summer of 2014 and is a scientific investigation of famous legends and folklore in the state of New Mexico. In 2016 Radford published Bad Clowns, a 2017 IPPY bronze award winner, and he is regarded as an expert on the bad clowns phenomenon.
Radford has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, The History Channel, the National Geographic Channel, the Learning Channel, CBC, BBC, ABC News, The New York Times, and many other outlets.
Radford characterizes himself as one of the world's few science-based paranormal investigators, and has done first-hand research into psychics, ghosts, exorcisms, miracles, Bigfoot, stigmata, lake monsters, UFO sightings, reincarnation, crop circles, and other topics. "I'm open-minded. I never said I don't believe ghosts exist. But I can say I've looked at the research that's been done, and I've done personal investigations. In each particular case there either is or isn't good, compelling evidence, and so far I haven't seen it."
He regularly speaks at universities and conferences across the country about his research, and about science and skepticism. Radford's books and investigations have been incorporated into several college and university courses on critical thinking, including at Western Washington University and the University of New Mexico.
Radford is also a contributor to the website Snopes.com, where he has researched and written articles debunking fakelore and a variety of popular myths including The Amityville Horror, and the claim that humans only use 10% of their brains.
Early life
Radford became interested in "the mysterious and the unexplained" as a child from reading books about, "monsters and dragons, the Bermuda Triangle, psychics in Russia that could move automobiles with their mind", etc. He also became interested through television shows such as That's Incredible and Ripley's Believe It or Not. He grew disenchanted with the lack of scientific rigor in the books and television shows because there seemed to be little or no investigation or proper references.
Radford's first encounter with formal skepticism came as a result of a fruitless search for beer in a "dry" county in Utah. Winning a regional essay contest while at the University of New Mexico, he was flown to present his paper at a college town in Utah. He and his colleagues came across a tiny used bookstore where he acquired an old issue of Skeptical Inquirer featuring an article on the prophesies of Nostradamus penned by none other than James Randi. He relates that this was the first article he'd read criticizing Nostradamus and offered "skeptical, logical, and reasonable explanations for the prophecies apparent accuracy".
Radford holds a bachelor's degree in psychology (graduating magna cum laude) with a minor in professional writing from the University of New Mexico where he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society in 1993. He also has a master's degree in education from the University at Buffalo, New York where his focus was on Science and the Public, and his masters thesis was titled Misinformation in Eating Disorder Communications: Implications for Science Communication Policy. Radford stated that he chose this topic because it "involved several of my longstanding interests such as myths and misinformation ... eating disorders (a subject I first became involved with when helping an ex-girlfriend struggle with bulimia); and the news media".
He graduated from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2022, earning a Masters degree in Public Health. He was inducted into the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, and was the recipient of a 2022 Social Justice Award from the Dartmouth Institute.
Career
Journalism
Radford served as managing editor of the science magazine Skeptical Inquirer from 1997 until early 2011, when he was promoted to deputy editor. He is also a regular columnist at the magazine. Until it suspended publication in 2009, he was editor-in-chief of the Spanish-language magazine Pensar, published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Radford is also a regular columnist for Discovery News, LiveScience.com, and the Skeptical Briefs newsletter.
Radford is a co-founder and former co-host of MonsterTalk, a podcast, which critically examines the science and folklore behind cryptozoological (and legendary) creatures such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and werewolves. MonsterTalk won the 2012 Parsec podcast award for the “Best Fact Behind the Fiction” category.
Radford is a Research Fellow with the non-profit educational organization Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and presented at the American Folklore Society's 2011 annual conference on Folklore of the Chupacabra.
Radford's writings also focus on topics related to women and minorities, particularly in South America and Africa. Through his books, articles, blogs, and podcasts he has raised awareness of many social problems that disproportionately affect women, including modern witchcraft in India, Nepal, and Pakistan; the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping in 2014; acid attack victims in Pakistan; and sex trafficking.
Guy P. Harrison reviews Radford's 2016 book Bad Clowns saying, "Who knew naughty clowns could be so interesting?" Radford spends time on the "unfounded hype and hysteria" of stories of clowns in journalism including John Wayne Gacy and the Aurora Colorado shooter James Holmes.
Scientific paranormal investigator
Described as a "professional skeptic", Radford works at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry investigating all manner of unusual claims and events. His work includes investigation, reporting, journalism, science literacy education, and public speaking.
Radford explains his approach by saying "I am not paid to doubt things; I am paid to promote science and investigate unusual claims. Our approach is empirical, evidence- and science-based. Science has proven itself incredibly successful in explaining and finding out about the world. If we wish to know why a certain disease strikes one person and not another, we turn to medicine instead of a witch doctor. If we wish to know how to build a bridge that can span a river, we turn to physics instead of psychics. Paranormal or “unexplained” topics are testable by science: either a psychic's prediction comes true or it doesn't; either ghosts exist in the real world or they don't. My job is not to doubt, nor debunk; it is to investigate. I have no vested interest in proving or disproving any unexplained phenomena; I get paid the same either way. But the cardinal rule is that an investigator must eliminate all the natural explanations before accepting supernatural ones, and must use sound science."
When asked "Have you ever been stumped by a mysterious claim?" Radford responded, "No". He responded more fully that there are times with some claims there isn't enough information or the information given to him wasn't correct. Radford compares these investigations to a crime scene investigating where there exists "a positive correlation between the quality of the available evidence and solving the mystery". Radford states he has a "high bar for what I am willing to concede is 'unexplained' or truly mysterious".
Paranormal researcher Brian D. Parsons in a review for Investigating Ghosts, praised the book, stating, "Radford is not saying ghosts do not exist. He's merely explaining and demonstrating that ghost researchers have been going about things wrong for a very long time".
Awards
As of 2019 Radford has been a finalist or winner of six book awards. His book Scientific Paranormal Investigation was a finalist for the 2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards; his book Tracking the Chupacabra was a finalist for the 2011 New Mexico Book Award and the 2011 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year award. His book Bad Clowns won the Bronze at the 2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards, and in November 2018 Radford's book Investigating Ghosts: The Scientific Search for Spirits won the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards in the science category.
Squaring the Strange
In April 2017 Radford and Pascual Romero launched the Squaring the Strange podcast with evidence-based analysis and commentary on a variety of topics ranging from the paranormal to the political. Frequent contributor and content producer Celestia Ward was later added as a cohost. The podcast features discussions on a wide variety of subjects including psychology, myths, hoaxes, folklore, and science. It has featured Radford's detailed analysis of the Blue Whale Challenge scare and his passionate criticism of the History Channel's Amelia Earhart documentary and its discredited photographic evidence.
Investigations
Radford has conducted numerous investigations into "unexplained" phenomena. These are some of his best-known cases:
Pokémon panic (1997)
In 2001, Radford investigated the mysterious 1997 incident in which thousands of Japanese children seemingly suffered seizures while watching "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Pokémon anime. Though many doctors advanced theories including photosensitive epilepsy, Radford proffered evidence that the incident was rooted in mass hysteria. The resulting article, co-authored by Robert Bartholomew, was published in the February 2001 Southern Medical Journal.
"We studied a reported illness outbreak occurring on December 16, 1997, involving more than 12,000 Japanese children who had various signs and symptoms of illness after watching an episode of a popular animated cartoon, Pokémon. While photosensitive epilepsy was diagnosed in a minuscule fraction of those affected, this explanation cannot account for the breadth and pattern of the events. The characteristic features of the episode are consistent with the diagnosis of epidemic hysteria, triggered by sudden anxiety after dramatic mass media reports describing a relatively small number of genuine photosensitive-epilepsy seizures. The importance of the mass media in precipitating outbreaks of mass psychogenic illness is discussed."
Santa Fe courthouse ghost (2007)
In 2007, Radford solved the mystery of the "Santa Fe Courthouse Ghost", a mysterious, glowing, white blob that was captured on videotape June 15, by a security camera at a courthouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While the court personnel who first saw the image could not explain it, others soon offered their own explanations, and a ghost was among the most popular. Radford conducted several days of on-site field investigations at the courthouse, and after several experiments duplicated the "ghost" effect by placing insects on the video camera that recorded the original event.
The Los Angeles UFO / mystery missile (2010)
In November 2010, a UFO was sighted and recorded in the sky over Los Angeles by a news helicopter cameraman.
In a column for Discovery News, Radford was one of the first journalists to critically analyze the video and correctly identify the UFO or “mystery missile” as an airplane contrail.
The White Witch of Rose Hall (2007)
In Fortean Times magazine and his book Scientific Paranormal Investigation, Radford published his re-creations of the "ghost photos" taken at Rose Hall, a mansion near Montego Bay in Jamaica, showing that alleged paranormal phenomena caught on film at that location were camera artifacts and reflected flashes, not ghosts.
Kansas City gym ghost video (2008)
Radford investigated and solved the mystery of an alleged "ghost video" taken at Anytime Fitness, an all-night fitness club in Overland Park, Kansas in 2008. Surveillance cameras caught the glowing, fuzzy light in a workout area, wandering over the weight benches and fitness machines. The video was circulated on YouTube, generating more than 100,000 views.
Radford concluded the actual culprit to be merely an insect on the camera lens. His conclusions were based on the several facts: 1) the image only showed up on one of several cameras covering the area, 2) the fuzzy and out-of-focus image indicated that the object was closer rather than farther to the security camera which is designed to focus at longer distances, 3) the image appears to reflecting rather than emitting light, and 4) the image appeared to go over objects in the room rather than going around them.
The "Champ" photo (1977)
The photo, taken by Sandra Mansi in 1977, sparked investigations and national interest into the creature allegedly living in Lake Champlain. John Kirk, in his book In the Domain of the Lake Monsters, writes that "The monster of Lake Champlain... has the distinction of being the only lake monster of whom there is a reasonably clear photograph. It... is extremely good evidence of an unidentified lake-dwelling animal". After investigating claims of a monster in Lake Champlain that has been nicknamed "Champ", Radford, along with Joe Nickell concluded that the object in the famous photo was almost certainly a floating log or tree-trunk. Joe Zarzynski, author of Champ: Beyond the Legend (1984), calls the photo "the best single piece of evidence on Champ."
The results of the Champ and Mansi photo investigation were published in the book Lake Monster Mysteries, as well as in Skeptical Inquirer magazine and Fortean Times magazine. Radford and Nickell re-enacted their experiments and investigation for the Discovery Channel in 1995.
Chupacabra (2010)
Radford spent five years investigating the mysterious monster el chupacabra, and came to the conclusion that the monster sightings were inspired by the 1995 film Species, and were aided and abetted by faulty eyewitness accounts, lack of forensic knowledge, and mass hysteria. His account of the investigation is detailed in his 2011 book Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore. The investigation included eyewitness interviews, forensic and folkloric research, and "a field expedition to the jungles of Nicaragua" in search of the legendary monster.
Similar media-inspired monster sightings have been offered to explain for Loch Ness Monster (inspired by scenes depicting a Plesiosaur-like monster in the 1933 King Kong movie) and of the fictional bogey-man Slender Man reported on the talk-radio show Coast to Coast.
Tracking the Chupacabra was a Finalist for two books awards including Book of the Year. According to Outside Magazine, Radford came to the conclusion that the chupacabra "was nothing but a cinematic fever dream."
Dyatlov Pass Deaths (2014)
The 2014 Discovery Channel special Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives explored claims that the Dyatlov group was killed by an enraged Russian yeti. Radford wrote an in-depth review of the show for the Doubtful News website on June 1. He noted that "Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives begins with the premise that the injuries sustained by the skiers were so grave and extraordinary that could only have been inflicted by an inhumanly strong creature." Radford pointed out that the evidence believers in the idea point to is present in many other types of pseudoscientific claims, such as the chupacabra and cattle mutilations, and can be accounted for by the predation of convention animals, or in the case of the Dyatlov group, by avalanche. Radford points out that producers of the program, and host Mike Libecki, despite encountering such a creature, never mentioned anything else about that being, and never mentioned it in their journals.
Films
Radford has appeared in films that address his investigatory work. In Wrinkles the Clown he discussed the historical roots of deviant clowns, and in Science Friction he was interviewed about his experience with documentaries which misrepresent the interviews with experts in their field.
In addition to his scientific skepticism work, Radford has written and directed several animated short films. In Sirens (2009), "A young boy in a small-town library avoids his math homework and is instead drawn into the world of the mythological Sirens, beautiful women who lured sailors to their doom."
Both films screened at film festivals around the world, and Clicker Clatter won the “Best Traditional Animation” award at the 2007 California International Animation Festival. Clicker Clatter has an online distributor and can be seen at SnagFilms.com.
Board games
Playing Gods
In 2008 Radford released Playing Gods: The Board Game of Divine Domination, a satirical board game he created based on theme of gods warring over the control of believers. The game is described as a "theological version of Risk" and contains figures based on Jesus, Moses, Buddha and many other religions including satirical religions like the Flying Spaghetti Monster and J. R. Bob Dobbs. The game made its world premiere at the New York Toy Fair in March 2009 and debuted at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia. Playing Gods is produced through Radford's company, Balls Out Entertainment.
Australia's Synergy Magazine reported Playing Gods has "some of the nicest pawns I have ever seen in a board game... has great game play and comes with a smart, cynical and satirical tone. Playing Gods is blasphemy with style and offers a great board game with a good dose of insight and a great load of fun!”. Other players have praised the game as "one of the coolest and most important things to happen to parlor games", and "awesome, and damned funny.. it's Candyland for people who want the express train to hell". Carl Raschke, professor of religious studies at University of Denver, criticized Radford's board game telling USA Today that the game "sounds too stupid to go far".
Undead Apocalypse
In 2013, Radford released plans for a followup to the Playing Gods board game, entitled Undead Apocalypse: War of the Damned. It would have integrated genuine lore concerning werewolves, vampires and zombies into the board game. A Kickstarter campaign to fund the game was launched in June 2013, but was cancelled when it became clear it would not fully fund.
Selected bibliography
References
External links
Benjamin Radford's Website
Scenes from Clicker Clatter
1970 births
Living people
American folklorists
American magazine editors
Place of birth missing (living people)
American podcasters
American skeptics
Critics of alternative medicine
Critics of parapsychology
Paranormal investigators
UFO skeptics
University at Buffalo alumni
University of New Mexico alumni |
7657724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon%20Runyon%20Stakes | Damon Runyon Stakes | The Damon Runyon Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race operated by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) at its Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, Queens. First run in 1979, the annual event is currently contested on dirt over a distance of 7 furlongs. Restricted to horses bred in New York State, it was usually run in the late fall or early winter and open for two-year-olds only until 2020. With no race in 2019, those two-year-olds who turned three in 2020 competed when it was run on March 15th.
One of a series of NYRA races for New York-bred horses, it is an important part of maintaining the significant breeding industry in that state.
The race is named for Damon Runyon, a famous sports reporter and short story writer who created a Broadway all his own during the Twenties and Thirties. From these stories came the musical Guys and Dolls. Runyon loved horse racing and campaigned a small string of his own horses.
Historical notes
The Damon Runyon Stakes was raced on the turf course in 1990, 1991 and 1993. It was hosted by the NYRA's Belmont Park in 1979 and again in 1983-84.
The Inaugural running of the Damon Runyon took place at Belmont Park on October 15, 1979. The feature race of the day, it was won by the Assunta Louis Farm's colt Restrainor under jockey Ruben Hernandez.
Leo O'Brien won this race three times but his 1990 win would come with the best horse he would ever train, Fourstars Allstar. The following year the horse made history when owner Richard Bomze and his Irish-born trainer took the colt to Ireland where he won the May 18, 1991 Irish 2000 Guineas. Although a number of horses bred in the United States and owned by Americans had won top level races in Europe, no horse trained in the United States had ever won a European classic race.
Records
Speed record:
1:22.40 @ 7 furlongs: Notebook (1987)
1:42.78 @ 1 mile, 70 yards: Ibboye (2009)
Most wins by a jockey:
4 - Mike E. Smith (1990, 1992, 1993, 2006)
4 - Aaron Gryder (1998, 2000, 2002, 2015)
Most wins by a trainer:
3 - Leo O'Brien (1990, 1993, 1994)
3 - Gary Contessa (1997, 2002, 2015)
3 - Rudy R. Rodriguez (2014, 2018, 2020)
Most wins by an owner:
2 - Assunta Louis Farm (Dominick J. Deluke) (1979, 1980)
2 - Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. (1992, 1998)
2 - Michael Dubb (2014, 2021)
Winners
References
Horse races in New York (state)
Turf races in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 1979
1979 establishments in New York City
Restricted stakes races in the United States |
58046079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Jordan%20%28rower%29 | Walter Jordan (rower) | Walter Jordan (16 May 1904 – 27 June 1997) was an Australian rower. He was a three-time Australian national champion who competed in the men's eight event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Jordan rowed for the New South Wales Police club in Sydney. He first made state selection for New South Wales in the men's eight which contested and won the 1933 King's Cup. The following year he rowed in the 1934 New South Wales eight to another King's Cup victory. In 1935 along with three other Police rowers Jordan rowed in the New South Wales state eight which contested and won the 1935 King's Cup. In 1936 the Police Club's eight dominated the Sydney racing season, the New South Wales state titles and won the Henley-on-Yarra event. They were selected in toto as Australia's men's eight to compete at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with their attendance funded by the NSW Police Federation. The Australian eight with Jordan seated at six finished fourth in its heat, behind Hungary, Italy and Canada. It failed to qualify through the repechage to the final.
References
External links
1904 births
1997 deaths
Australian male rowers
Olympic rowers of Australia
Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing
People from Grafton, New South Wales
Sportsmen from New South Wales |
40720379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricia%20Walker | Tricia Walker | Patricia Margaret Walker (8 February 1964 – 8 January 2018), better known as Tricia Walker, was a contemporary British author, best known for her debut novel Benedict's Brother, which was voted 'Book of the Year' by Publishing News and was the best-selling launch by an unknown debut author for Borders UK in 2007.
The book follows the journey of a young woman, Benedict, who inherits money from her uncle, a deceased Japanese prisoner of war who was posted in Thailand. Like the protagonist in the book, Walker used the money she inherited from her own POW uncle, Ernest Taylor, to discover what happened to him and also visit her brother who is a Buddhist monk in Thailand.
Walker was the daughter of author Peter Walker, who wrote more than 130 books (under six pseudonyms). Under the pseudonym Nicholas Rhea he wrote the popular Constable series, which was the inspiration behind the successful British TV police drama, Heartbeat, which was broadcast on ITV in 18 series from 1992–2010.
Benedict's Brother launched as an eBook on all major platforms on 18 November 2013. A motion picture based on the book was in development.
Early life and education
Tricia Walker was born in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, to author Peter Walker and his wife Rhoda (née Smith). She was the third of four children. Walker had a rural upbringing in a small village.
Growing up in a Roman Catholic household, she chose the name Benedict (after St.Benedict of Nursia) as her confirmation name. She went to secondary school at Bar Convent in York, and was a weekly boarder. After completing her BA Honours in Humanities from Middlesex University (formerly Middlesex Polytechnic) in London, she worked for a brief while in marketing.
Benedict's Brother
Inspiration behind the book
In her early thirties, Walker went to visit her brother who is a Buddhist monk in Thailand. The seed of the story came from her quest to find out what happened to her uncle, who left her £5000, which she used to make the trip. In similar vein, the opening line of Benedict's Brother reads: "Today, my great uncle left me one hundred and thirty-nine thousand pounds. I've no idea what to do with it".
In hindsight, Walker realised the journey to Thailand was her own way of coping with the death of a close childhood friend at the time. The physical setting and scenario of her journey is captured through the book but the story has been fictionalised for impact. She did not find out what eventually happened to her uncle, a prisoner of war held hostage on the River Kwai, in Thailand. Through research, she found out that his regiment were captured in Singapore, some of whom were sent to Thailand, while her uncle and others were sent to Taiwan.
Scottish crime writer, Val McDermid, a friend of Walker's father, mentored Walker on the draft of Benedict's Brother. After two years, the initial manuscript was rejected in 1999. Her agent suggested she get started on her next book, which she did.
Seven years later (in 2006) while housesitting for her sister who was away on holiday, Tricia decided to post the first 10 pages of the book on her newly created Blogger account. She had only just heard of blogging and decided to use the platform as a means for promoting her story.
Publishing Benedict's Brother
It was 16 August when Walker published the first post – the month that coincides with the opening chapter of the book that begins in August and finishes in January. Her only means of promoting her blog was an email sent to 30 friends. While she kept adding new posts, she steadily gained a stream of dedicated worldwide Blogger followers. Her mother was proofreading the content and her sister was editing it.
The entire book was published on Walker's blog between August 2006 to January 2007. Readers of the blog encouraged her to publish a book version.
She decided to apply to the Arts Council England which gave her £5000 to launch the paperback of Benedict's Brother. The book was published by Coppice Publishing in Yorkshire. The first print run of 1000 copies sold out in six months.
In December 2007, the year it was first released, Benedict's Brother was awarded a Book of the Year selection by Publishing News. The book was also the biggest-selling launch for an unknown debut author for Borders UK in 2007.
The eBook of Benedict's Brother was launched on 18 November 2013 on all major online platforms and a special commemorative edition launched in 2015 in partnership with The Royal British Legion charity.
Benedict's Brother – The film
Benedict's Brother was a project being developed as a feature film in 2018 with Walker taking a key role as executive producer and script consultant. Filming was scheduled to start in York and Thailand in 2018. As of June 2021, there have not been any updates on the film.
Death
In 2009, Walker was diagnosed with breast cancer for which she had surgery and radiotherapy. In December 2017 she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of sarcoma and died, aged 53, on 8 January 2018.
References
1964 births
2018 deaths
British women novelists
English Roman Catholics
Deaths from breast cancer
Deaths from cancer in England
21st-century British novelists
21st-century British women writers
People from Northallerton |
1995876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Mackenzie | Billy Mackenzie | William MacArthur Mackenzie (27 March 1957 – 22 January 1997) was a Scottish singer and songwriter, known for his distinctive high tenor voice. He was the co-founder and lead vocalist of post-punk and new wave band the Associates. He also had a brief solo career releasing his debut studio album, Outernational, in 1992, his only solo album released during his lifetime.
Biography
William MacArthur Mackenzie was born on 27 March 1957 in Dundee, Scotland. As a youngster, he lived on Park Avenue in the Stobswell area of the city. He attended St Mary's Forebank Primary School and St Michael's Secondary School. He led a peripatetic lifestyle, decamping to New Zealand at the age of 16, and travelling across America aged 17. Here he married Chloe Dummar, the sister-in-law of his Aunt Veronica. While MacKenzie was quoted as saying the marriage was made to stave off deportation so that he could sing with the New Orleans Gospel Choir – calling his wife a 'Dolly Parton type' – Dummar still believes the pair were in love. He left her after three months of marriage and returned to Dundee, and the two never had contact again. Chloe Dummar filed for divorce in 1980, and MacKenzie did not contest the filing. (Chloe's brother was Melvin Dummar, who claimed to be the "one sixteenth" beneficiary of the estate of Howard Hughes until the case was thrown out in 1978.)
MacKenzie returned to Scotland where he met Alan Rankine and in 1976 formed the Ascorbic Ones. They changed the name to Mental Torture and finally the Associates in 1979. Rankine left the Associates in 1982, but MacKenzie continued to work under the name for several years until he began releasing material under his own name in the 1990s.
Collaborations
Mackenzie also collaborated with many other artists during his career. Mackenzie had a fruitful partnership with Paul Haig, the result being low key dates in Glasgow and Edinburgh during the mid-1980s, which mixed their own best known songs with covers of songs such as Sly and the Family Stone's "Runnin' Away" and Yoko Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice". Later the pair united to perform "Amazing Grace" on a Scots Hogmanay television programme, and each donated a song to the other's forthcoming album. "Chained" proved a highlight on the next Haig album, although Mackenzie's version of "Reach the Top" remained unreleased after the Associates' The Glamour Chase project was shelved by WEA. Following Mackenzie's untimely death in 1997 an entire album of Haig and Mackenzie material, Memory Palace, appeared on Haig's own label Rhythm of Life.
In 1987, he wrote lyrics for two tracks on Yello's fifth studio album One Second: "Moon on Ice", which he sang himself, and "The Rhythm Divine", which was sung by Shirley Bassey and was released as a single. A version sung by MacKenzie was released on the cassette and CD versions of Associates' Popera compilation). MacKenzie also collaborated with B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) for their two albums Music of Quality and Distinction Volume I (1982) & Volume II (1991). His final recording was the song "Pain in Any Language", with electronic music group Apollo 440. The band made a dedication to MacKenzie in the album notes to the album Electro Glide in Blue.
Death and legacy
On 22 January 1997, Mackenzie took his own life by overdosing on a combination of paracetamol and prescription medication in the garden shed of his father's house in Auchterhouse, Angus. He was 39 years old. Depression and the death of his mother are believed to have contributed to his suicide.
He was the subject of a biography by Tom Doyle, The Glamour Chase, in 1998.
Siouxsie Sioux, a friend of Mackenzie, wrote the song "Say", revealing in the lyrics that they were going to meet just before his death. The song was released as a single by the Creatures in 1999, peaking at No. 72 on the UK Singles Chart. The Cure song "Cut Here" in 2001, written by Robert Smith, a friend of Mackenzie, is about the regret Smith felt about seeing Mackenzie a few weeks before his death backstage at a Cure concert, and not giving him any of his "precious time" and fobbing him off. For her Medúlla album, Icelandic singer Björk considered singing a beyond the grave duet with Mackenzie using recordings given to her by his father, but eventually decided against it. In 2006, Norwegian singer Jenny Hval, under the name Rockettothesky, released her debut single "Barrie for Billy Mackenzie" as a tribute.
Between 9 and 27 June 2009, a play entitled Balgay Hill about the story of Mackenzie's life was showing at Dundee Repertory Theatre, in Mackenzie's home town. It tells the story of his life through the eyes of four fictional characters, and the title of the play derives from the name of the Dundee cemetery where the singer was buried.
The novel Spying on Strange Men by Carole Morin, contains the following section:
"I checked my face in the mirror, opened the book about Billy Mackenzie.
One day at Billy's house his dad brought in a cake and Billy said, 'That cake is like your aunty's hat.'
'That image kept replaying in my mind, another memory of something I didn't witness, as James came out of the bathroom.
'What are you reading?' he asked.
'A book,' I said, flicking to the end where Billy kills himself and goes to sleep for ever in the dog basket."
Morin said in an interview:I was devastated by his death which is odd because I didn't know him. My husband did. Mackenzie's death affected me in a way that Ian Curtis's didn't. Curtis seemed born to die. Mackenzie should have outgrown his gloom and become an eccentric old man. I think our work is similar. It's the duality of glamour and spirituality in his voice that attracts me. His toughness and fragility; darkness and laughter. He could be a character from one of my books. I always meant to send him a copy of Dead Glamorous.
Discography
With the Associates
The Affectionate Punch (1980)
Fourth Drawer Down (1981)
Sulk (1982)
Perhaps (1985)
Wild and Lonely (1990)
The Glamour Chase (2002)
Solo
Albums
Outernational (1992), Circa
Beyond the Sun (1997), Nude – UK No. 64
Memory Palace (credited with Paul Haig) (1999), Rhythm of Life
Eurocentric (credited with Steve Aungle) (2001), Rhythm of Life
Auchtermatic (2005), One Little Indian
Transmission Impossible (2005), One Little Indian
Singles
"Baby" (1992), Circa
"Colours Will Come" (1992), Circa
"Pastime Paradise" (1992), Circa – promotional release only
Guest vocals
Lead vocals
BEF's Music of Quality & Distinction Volume 1 album: "Secret Life of Arabia" and "It's Over" (1982)
Stephen Emmer's Vogue Estate album: duet with Martha Ladly on "Wish On" (1982)
Annie Lennox: duet on "The Best of You"; the original Perhaps sessions version, the re-recorded album featured Eddi Reader (1985) †
Sweden Through The Ages EP: It Helps To Cry (1986)
Yello's Snowball and the Sound of Yello: "Life Is A Snowball" (1987); unreleased promo CD
Yello's One Second album: "Moon On Ice" (1987) †
Yello "The Rhythm Divine" (version 2): special limited edition 12" single (MERXR253) featuring MacKenzie's lead vocals in place of Shirley Bassey's (1987); the same recording later appeared on the Popera album (1990). "Norma Jean", a variation of the "The Rhythm Divine" song with different lyrics originally recorded for an unfinished project by Yello's Dieter Meier about Marilyn Monroe, was released as track 9 from his "Auchtermatic" CD compilation (One Little Indian - TPLP442CD, 2004)
Uno's self-titled album: "Cinemas Of The World" (1987)
Holger Hiller's Oben Im Eck album: title track and version, "We Don't Write Anything On Paper Or So", and "Whippets" single (1987)
Yello's Baby album: "Capri Calling" (1991)
BEF's Music of Quality & Distinction Volume 2 album: "Free". (1991) "Free" also appears on the 1998 BEF 'Best Of' album, later reissued by Disky in 2001
Loom's "Anacostia Bay" single (1996) † ‡
Barry Adamson's Oedipus Schmoedipus album: "Achieved In The Valley Of The Dolls" (1996) ‡
Apollo 440's Electro Glide in Blue album: "Pain In Any Language" (1997) † ‡
"Put This Right" - Co-written by Laurence Jay Cedar & Billy MacKenzie. (1996)
"Deamanda" - Co-written by Laurence Jay Cedar & Billy MacKenzie. (1996)
† lyrics by Mackenzie
‡ also appear on Auchtermatic
Unreleased tracks "Sinking Deeper" and "The Hungry Look" recorded 1980 under the name Strange News. Billy, Steve Reid and rhythm section Andy and Gavin. Only copies of tracks exist.
Backing vocals
The track "Fields" on the Joy album by fellow Scottish band Skids: "Fields" single (7" and 12" mixes) (Virgin, 1981) also released on Skids' Dunfermline CD (1987)
Yello's One Second album: the singles "Call It Love", "The Rhythm Divine", and 'Goldrush' (1987)
Yello's Flag album:, the single "Of Course I'm Lying", and "Otto Di Catania" (1988)
Jih's Take Me To The Girl single >, title track plus "Come Summer Come Winter" and "Wake Up" (1988)
Boris Grebenshchikov's Radio Silence album/single: "That Voice Again" (1989)
Yello's Baby album: "Drive/Driven" and the single "Rubberbandman" (1991)
(6 of MacKenzie's Yello tracks later released on the Essential Yello album) (1992)
Siobhan Fahey: "Do I Scare You" (1996) unreleased until 2004 when it first appeared on Shakespears Sister's 'Best Of' double CD, and then on the "3" album in 2005
Peach – Audiopeach album: "Deep Down Together" and "Give Me Tomorrow" credited as The MacArthurettes with Caragh McKay (1998)
Paul Haig "Listen to Me" single (1997)> = lyrics by MacKenzie
Other credits
Orbidöig's "Nocturnal Operations" single: Mackenzie played tubular bells (1981) - this single was reissued in 1984, credited as The Sensational Creed
Sweden Thru The Ages "It Helps To Cry" single, produced by Mackenzie (1986)
Paul Haig Chain album: "Chained", lyrics by Mackenzie, performed by Haig (1989)
References
External links
Details of 28 March 2007 London tribute concert
Beggars Banquet Records artists
British synth-pop new wave musicians
Scottish new wave musicians
Scottish tenors
20th-century Scottish male singers
Scottish singer-songwriters
Bisexual musicians
British post-punk musicians
Male new wave singers
LGBT singers from the United Kingdom
LGBT musicians from Scotland
Drug-related suicides in Scotland
People with mood disorders
Musicians from Dundee
The Associates (band) members
Warner Music Group artists
1957 births
20th-century Scottish musicians
1997 suicides
20th-century LGBT people |
18867791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C9%99milli | Cəmilli | Cəmilli or Cemilli or Dzhamily or Dzhamilli or Dzhamillu may refer to:
Cəmilli, Kalbajar, Azerbaijan
Cəmilli, Khojali, Azerbaijan
Cəmilli, Tartar, Azerbaijan
Cemilli, Mersin, Turkey |
413983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20executed%20in%20Montana | List of people executed in Montana | The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Montana since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.
A total of 3 people convicted of murder have been executed since the Gregg v. Georgia decision. They were all executed by lethal injection. Terry Langford and David Dawson waived their appeals and asked that their executions be carried out.
See also
Capital punishment in Montana
Capital punishment in the United States
Barry Beach
References
Montana
People executed |
15688351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20Piards | Les Piards | Les Piards () is a former commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Nanchez.
Population
See also
Communes of the Jura department
References
Former communes of Jura (department) |
64060748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysen%20Bytyqi | Hysen Bytyqi | Hysen Bytyqi (* 5. October 1968 in Prishtina) is a Kosovo agricultural scientist who introduced animal breeding to Kosovo. He is professor of animal science and pro-rector of education and student matters at the University of Pristina
Biography
After studying agriculture Bytyqi was in 1994 chairman of the regional Agricultural Society Malisheva which encompassed 45 communities and continued in this position until 1999. In parallel he studied at the Agricultural Faculty of Pristina University and obtained, in 1991, the Agricultural Diploma in animal science.
In 1999 and 2000 Bytyqi was the national representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as Kosovan consultant. He was responsible for the project „Agriculture 1998“, and was involved in the planning and distribution of seed supplies and agricultural goods for 1400 farmers in Kosovo. From 2000 to 2003 Bytyqi was responsible for the project „“Farm Reconstruction“ (EFRP) in the same organisation (FAO), a million dollar project with the goal of providing farmers with livestock and machines, together with modern veterinary services, and to build up the administrative organisation after the war in Kosovo. In parallel Bytygi studied at the Agricultural University of Tirana and in 2003 obtained his Master's Degree in Animal Breeding there.
From 2003 to 2004 Bytyqi was national consultant for the improvement of social development and education in Kosovo. From 2004 to 2007 he was responsible for the economic development of Kosovo, including practical presentations of a project on sheep farming and breeding. In 2006 he obtained the degree Doctor of Science (Dr. Sc.) from Pristina University for his thesis entitled „Livestock farming and breeding in Kosovo“.
In 2007 he joined Pristina University as a lecturer with the goal of introducing animal sciences as a subject on the curriculum. This was achieved in cooperation with an Austrian agency and support from Prof. Reinhard Stockmann of the University of the Saarland. Concurrently he was, in 2010 and 2011, National Consultant for the Development of University Corricula in Kosovo and from 2007 also responsible for the coordination of research and development at Prishtina University.
In 2012 Bytyqi was appointed assistant professor and since February 2017 he has been full Professor of Animal Farming and Breeding. From 2017 he has also been Vice-Rector for Quality Control at this university and since 2018 Vice-Rector for education and student matters.
Research areas
2002 – 2006: National contact person for project: Unification and Improving of Selection of Domestic Animals in South Eastern Europe. Norway, Noragric, SEE Programme in Agriculture;
2002 – 2006: National contact person for project: Identification and Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources in South Eastern Europe Norway, Noragric, SEE Programme in Agriculture;
2003 – on going. National contact person. Regional network about animal genetic resources in the Balkan, coordinated by “Save the foundation”, Switzerland.
2007. Implementation of research project about “Lacaune” sheep breed in Kosovo. Cooperation project between the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary and USAID.
2010 - 2011: Hysen Bytyqi – National project coordinator: „Cooperation in academic, scientific and professional fields between Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary in Prishtina and University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna”, specifically Project No. 4: Project Title: "Breeding program for sheep farmers in Kosovo".
2011 – on going: Hysen Bytyqi – National project coordinator: Mineral improved food and feed crops for human and animal health. Programme in Higher Education, Research and Development in the Western Balkans 2010–2013 the Agriculture Sector (HERD/Agriculture) Project Application Form (Project contact person for Faculty of Agriculture and veterinary).
2011 – on going : Hysen Bytyqi – National project coordinator: Study of autochthon cattle “BUSHA” in Kosovo. Application for special research funds from the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MEST) - Project submitted.
2011 – on going: Hysen Bytyqi – National project coordinator: Kosovo Milk Safety and Quality Assessment - Risks Associated with Smallholder Farms. Project is in cooperation with University of Prishtina – Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary and University of Wisconsin and University of Minnesota, USA. 2014. Hysen Bytyqi – Project Coordinator: Study of Buffalo Milk in Kosova. Application for special research funds from the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MEST).
Research engagements
Regional Network for the Animal Genetic Resources in the Balcans, Foundation Switzerland
Animal Breeding and Farm management, Swiss College of Agriculture – Bern
Regional Meeting: Branding of the Products and Regions. International Conference Center in Leipzig-Zschortau, Germany
Animal Breeding and statistic modeling of survival, productive and reproductive traits of dual-purpose cattle, milk test day model. Animal Science and Aquaculture, University of Life Sciences, Norway
Training about the “Mary Carry” programs
Training about research and development initiatives (Leoben-Austria; Sapienza-Italy; Oxford-UK)
Publications (selection)
Bytyqi. H., G. Klemetsdal, J. Ødegård, H. Mehmeti, and M. Vegara. A comparison of the productive, reproductive and body condition score traits of the Simmental, Brown Swiss and Tyrol Grey breeds in smallholder herds in Kosovo. Anim. Genet. Res. Inf. 37: 9-20. 2005
Bytyqi. H., J. Ødegård, M. Vegara, H. Mehmeti, and G. Klemetsdal. Short Communication: Lactation Curves and production efficiency for Simmental, Brown Swiss and Tyrol Grey in Kosovo. Section – B, Volume 56, Issue 3 & 4, pages 161–164. 2006
Bytyqi. H., J. Ødegård, H. Mehmeti, M. Vegara, and G. Klemetsdal. Environmental Sensitivity of Milk Production in Extensive Environments: A comparison of Simmental, Brown Swiss and Tyrol Grey using Random Regression Models. J. Dairy. Sci, 90: 3883–3888, 2007
M. Cinkulov, Z. Popovski, K. Porco, B. Tanaskovska, A. Hodjic, H. Bytyqi, H. Mehmeti, V. Margeta, R. Djedovic, A. Hoda, R. Trailovic, M. Brka, B. Markovic, B. Vasic, M. Vegara, I. Olsaker, and J. Kantanen. Genetic diversity and structure of the West Balkan Pramenka sheep types as revealed by microsatellite and mitochondriale DNA analysis. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Volume 125, Issue 6, 417 – 426. 2008
Bytyqi Hysen, Vegara Mensur, Gjonbalaj Muje, Mehmeti Hajrip, Gjergjizi Halim, Miftari Iliriana and Bytyqi Njazi*. Analysis of Consumer Behavior in Regard to Dairy Products in Kosovo. J. Agric. Res., 46(3).2008
Gjonbalaj M1, Miftari I1 2, Pllana, M1, Bytyqi, H1, Fetahu, S1, Gjergjzi, H1, Dragusha, B1. Costumer Behavior in Kosovo Wine Market.Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, Croatia Agriculturae Conspectus Scientifi cus | Vol. 74 (2009) No. 4 (333–338), 2009
Sali Aliu, Shukri Fetahu, Skender Kaciu, Hysen Bytyci. Variation on wild sunflower (Helianthus ruderalis L.) for quantitative and qualitative parameters. Journal of Agriculture science and Technology. USA. Vol. 4.2010
Hysen Bytyqi;, Urs. Zaugg;. Kurtesh. Sherifi;, Afrim Hamidi;. Mujë Gjonbalaj;, Skender Muji and Hajrip Mehmeti. 2010. Influence of management and physiological factors on somatic cell count in raw cow milk in Kosova. Veterinarski arhiv 80 (2), 173–183. Zagreb, Kroatien 2010
H Bytyqi, M Rrustemi, H Mehmeti, A Kryeziu, V Gjinovci, M Gjonbalaj. Milk Production in Commercial Cattle Dairy Farms in Kosova Stočarstvo, Zagreb 2010
Hysen Bytyqi, Stefan Bigler, Skender Muji, Ardita Jahja and Urs Zaugg. Survey on Raw Milk Qualityin Kosovo. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2011
Ivica Medugorac, Claudia E. Veit-Kensch, Jelena Ramljak, Muhamed Brka, Božidarka Markovič, Srđan Stojanović, Hysen Bytyqi, Kristaq Kume, Hans-Peter Grünenfelder, Jörn Bennewitz, and Martin Förster. Conservation of genetic diversity in a metapopulation: A study in traditional unselected cattle breeds. Ecology and Evolution (Ecol Evol. 2011 November; 1(3): 408–420. doi: 10.1002/ece3.39. 2011
Bytyqi, H1*, P. Ruegg2, F. Rrusetmaj3. P. Kastrati1, S. Wells4. A Study of the Somatic Cell Count of Kosovo Bulk Milk Farm Management and Perspective. Albanian j. agric. sci. 2014 (Special edition). pp. 317 - 323. Publ. Date: 20 June 2014
Hysen Bytyqi, Roswitha Baumung, Hajrip Mehmeti, Birgit Fuerst-Waltl. Phenotypic characterization and description of production systems of autochthonous of sheep breeds in Kosovo. Animal Genetic Resources, 2014, 54, 163–170. © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2014 doi:10.1017/S20786336140 00034. 2014
A Ademi, E Govasmark, A Bernhoft, H Bytyqi, M Djikic, M Manojlović, Z Loncaric, M Drinic, A Filipovic, BR Singh; Title: Status of selenium in sheep and dairy cow blood in Western Balkan countries. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A— Animal Science, 1–8. DOI:10.1080/09064702.201 5.1048712. 2015
Bytyqi Hysen, Birgit Fuerst-Waltl, Hajrip Mehmeti, Roswitha Baumung; Title: "Economic values for production traits for different sheep breeds in Kosovo". Italian Journal Of Animal Science 2015; volume 14: 3808. 2015
Hysen Bytyqi* ; Kaltrina Berisha; Afrim Hamidi; Driton Sylejmani; Mentor Thaqi: A Survey on Traditional Cheese Production and Diversity in Kosovo. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 23 (No 1) 2017, 42–4. 2017
A. Ademi 2*, A. Bernhoft†, E. Govasmark, H. Bytyqi§, Sivertsen# and B. R. Singh. Selenium and other mineral concentrations in feed and sheep's blood in Kosovo. Transl. Anim. Sci. 2017.1:97–107 doi:10.2527/tas2016.0010. 2017
Mehmeti, I.,Bytyqi, H.,Muji, S.,Nes, I.F.,Diep, D.B.. The prevalence of listeria monocytogenes and staphylococcus aureus and their virulence genes in bulk tank milk in Kosovo. J Infect Dev Ctries 2017; 11(3):247-254. 2017
Anila Hoda, Hysen Bytyqi: Genetic diversity of sheep breeds from Albania and Kosova by microsatellite markers. Albanian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 6-10 . 2017
Jelena Ramljak, Gjoko Bunevski, Hysen Bytyqi, Božidarka Marković,¶ Muhamed Brka, Ante Ivanković, Kristaq Kume, Srđan Stojanović, Vasil Nikolov, Mojca Simčič, Johann Solkner, Elisabeth Kunz, Sophie Rothammer, Doris Seichter, HansPeter Grunenfelder, Elli T. Broxham, Waltraud Kugler, and Ivica Medugorac Conservation of a domestic metapopulation structured into related and partly admixed strains. Molecular Ecology: 27 (7), 1633–1650. 2018
Kaltrina Berisha; Hysen Bytyqi, Driton Sylejmani; Hajrip Mehmeti; Afrim Hamidi:Technological Process of Preparation of Meat Sheep in Traditional Way in Kosovo. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science 24 (3), 515–520. 2018
K Berisha, M Thaqi, H Bytyqi: Traditional Cottage Cheese production in Kosovo. Food Science and Applied Biotechnology 1 (2), 125130. 2018
Literature
Manfred G. Raupp Hrsg: The fight against malaria and other related mosquito-born diseases : results and proposed next steps of the Rotary Seminar at the University Prishtina (Kosovo), ICC Deutschland Türkei, Rotary International 2019
External links
Hasen Byryqi on Google Scholar
Hysen Bytyqi on researchgate
Hysen Bytyqi in the University Wisconsin-Madison USA
References
Living people
People from Pristina
Kosovan scientists
University of Pristina alumni
University of Pristina faculty
1968 births |
49474906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20St%20John%20the%20Baptist%2C%20Samodre%C5%BEa | Church of St John the Baptist, Samodreža | The Church of St John the Baptist () also known as the Church of St. Lazar (, Crkva Sv. Lazara, ) in Samodreža, six kilometers east of Vučitrn, Kosovo, is a Serbian Orthodox Church dedicated to the Beheading of St John the Baptist. The church mentioned in the Serbian tradition as the location where the army of Prince Lazar gathered for the Battle of Kosovo (1389). The current building was built in 1932 and was heavily damaged during the Kosovo War and 2004 unrest.
History
According to tradition (included in the Tronoša Chronicle), before the famous Battle of Kosovo (1389), the troops of Prince Lazar gathered and held a holy communion in the Samodreža Church. Tradition further holds that Miloš Obilić, the assassin of the Murad I, was buried in the church after the battle.
The Church was desecrated and destroyed many times throughout its long history. In year of 1932, the church was rebuilt under the joint project of famous Serbian architects Petar Popović and Aleksandar Deroko. It was made of white marble hewn stone with purified forms and clear lines, with almost complete absence of decorations. During the works on the renovation of the church, nearby were found skeletons which were presumed to belong to the victims of the Battle of Kosovo.
At the end of June 1999, after the withdrawal of Yugoslav security forces and the arrival of French KFOR forces in the area, the church in Samodreža was vandalized and burned by Albanians. The church was targeted again during the 2004 unrest. The church's roof was destroyed, over the apse there is a large hole, glass windows and doors are broken, the bell tower and the wall around the church were destroyed (only the bell has been preserved and it is located in Zvečan). The interior has been turned into a rubbish dump and a toilet for people and livestock.
See also
Destroyed Serbian heritage in Kosovo
Notes
References
Sources
External links
Picture of the Church in Samodreža
Crkvu u kojoj se pričestio knez Lazar Albanci pretvorili u tolaet i deponiju
The list of destroyed and desecrated churches in Kosovo and Metohija June-October 1999 (Списак уништених и оскрнављених цркава на Косову и Метохији јун-октобар 1999)
Serbian Orthodox church buildings in Kosovo
Medieval Serbian sites in Kosovo
Destroyed churches in Kosovo
Former Serbian Orthodox churches
14th-century Serbian Orthodox church buildings
1300 establishments in Europe
Cultural heritage of Kosovo
Cultural heritage monuments in Kosovska Mitrovica District
Protected Monuments of Culture
Cultural heritage monuments in Vushtrri
Churches in Vushtrri |
20012986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrava%20Hydroelectric%20Power%20Plant | Dubrava Hydroelectric Power Plant | Dubrava Hydro Power Plant is a large power plant in Croatia that has four turbines with a nominal capacity of 21 MW each having a total capacity of 84 MW.
The power plant uses Lake Dubrava as its reservoir and was completed in 1989. It is located near the village of Sveta Marija in Međimurje County, not far from Donja Dubrava municipality seat, on the county's border with Varaždin County. The reservoir is also divided between the two counties.
It is operated by Hrvatska elektroprivreda.
External links
Hydroelectric power stations in Croatia
Buildings and structures in Varaždin County
Energy infrastructure completed in 1989
Buildings and structures in Međimurje County |
50553115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipoh%20Timor%20%28federal%20constituency%29 | Ipoh Timor (federal constituency) | Ipoh Timor is a federal constituency in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.
The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. This is only one of two constituencies naming in same city. The other one is Ipoh Barat.
Demographics
History
Polling districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Ipoh Timor constituency is divided into 26 polling districts.
Representation history
State constituency
Current state assembly members
Local governments
Election results
References
Perak federal constituencies |
69933625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomaderris%20cotoneaster | Pomaderris cotoneaster | Pomaderris cotoneaster, commonly known as cotoneaster pomaderris, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with woolly-hairy stems, elliptic leaves, and leafy panicles of cream-coloured flowers.
Description
Pomaderris cotoneaster is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of , its branchlets densely covered with woolly, white, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, long and wide, the upper surface with bristly hairs and the lower surface densely covered with soft, star-shaped, white and rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are cream-coloured and borne in leafy, more or less pyramid-shaped panicles long, each flower on a pedicel long. The floral cup is long, the sepals long but fall off as the flowers open, and there are no petals. Flowering occurs in October and November.
Taxonomy
Pomaderris cotoneaster was first formally described in 1951 by Norman Arthur Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens he collected near the Upper Genoa River in 1950. The specific epithet (cotoneaster) means "quince-likeness".
Distribution and habitat
This pomaderris grows in forest and woodland, often along rivers or on cliffs and is found from near Mittagong in New South Wales to the upper Genoa River in far north-east Victoria, but is rare in both states.
Conservation status
Cotoneaster pomaderris is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, the Victorian Government Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. The main threats to the species include climate change, grazing by herbivores, and weed invasion.
References
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Victoria (Australia)
cotoneaster
Taxa named by Norman Arthur Wakefield
Plants described in 1951 |
55583012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Henry%20Ourry | Paul Henry Ourry | Captain Paul Henry Ourry (1719–1783) was a Royal Navy officer and British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1763 to 1775.
Early life
Ourry was the second son of Louis Ourry, a Huguenot of Blois and his wife Anne Louise Beauvais, daughter of Louis Beauvais and was born on 3 October 1719.
Naval career
Ourry joined the Royal Navy and was Lieutenant in 1742 serving on HMS Elizabeth from 1742 to 1744 and saw action at the Battle of Toulon. From 1746 to 1748 he served on HMS Salisbury. He married Charity Treby, daughter of George Treby MP former secretary at war on 26 August 1749. From 1751 to 1752 he served on HMS Monmouth and from 1752 to 1756 on HMS Deptford He was promoted to Master and Commander in 1756 and awarded command of the fireship , then at anchor at Port Mahon. War with France broke out in May 1756, while Ourry was en route to Port Mahon to assume command of his vessel. The French seized Proserpine before Ourry arrived, and he was forced to return to England and petition the Navy Board for an alternative command.
After some delays Ourry was appointed to command the newly built sixth-rate frigate HMS Success from early 1757. However, family matters had since arisen that required him to seek a leave of absence for travel to Halifax, West Yorkshire. The Navy was reluctant to grant the request, and Ourry only obtained leave after the intervention of John Clevland, the Secretary to the Admiralty and a friend of Ourry's family. A subsequent request for additional leave was flatly refused with advice from Admiralty that "his service is wanted and is so pressing that the Lords will not permit any other action that can occasion a moments delay."
In June 1758 Ourry took part in the landing at Cancale Bay. He commanded HMS Actaeon from 1759 to 1763 and took part in the Expedition against Belle Île in June 1761 and in operations in Martinique in February 1762. In 1763 he became a Member of Parliament but continued in service for several years. From 1763 to 1767 he commanded HMS Hero. His last three commands were HMS Firm between 1770 and 1771 HMS Dublin from 1771 to 1773 and also HMS Fame between 1770 and 1772.
Political career
The Treby family had an interest at Plympton Erle where his brother in law George Hele Treby was MP until his death in 1763. Ourry was returned in succession to him as MP for Plympton Erle at a by-election on 25 November 1763. He was returned for Plymton Erle unopposed in 1768 and 1774. In Parliament he supported every Administration but does not appear to have spoken in the House. He was appointed Commissioner for Plymouth Dockyard in January 1775 and vacated his seat.
Later life
Ourry died on 31 January 1783. His son Paul Treby Ourry was also MP for Plympton Erle. His daughter Charity was married to Montagu Edmund Parker and his daughter Catherine to Sir William Molesworth, 6th Baronet.
References
Bibliography
T Egerton Naval Chronology: Or, An Historical Summary of Naval & Maritime Events, from the Time of the Romans, to the Treaty of Peace, 1802, Volume 4
.
1719 births
1783 deaths
British MPs 1761–1768
British MPs 1768–1774
British MPs 1774–1780
Royal Navy officers
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Plympton Erle |
56800249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319%20Scottish%20Championship | 2018–19 Scottish Championship | The 2018–19 Scottish Championship (known as the Ladbrokes Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season in the current format of 10 teams in the second tier of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 15 June 2018, with the league starting on 4 August 2018.
Ten teams contested the league: Alloa Athletic, Ayr United, Dundee United, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Inverness CT, Partick Thistle, Queen of the South and Ross County.
Ross County won the league following a 4–0 win over Queen of the South on 26 April 2019 to return to the Premiership after only one season's absence.
Teams
The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season:
To Championship
Ayr United secured promotion to the Championship on 28 April 2018 after a 2–0 victory over Albion Rovers. Ross County were relegated to the Championship on 12 May 2018 after a 1–1 draw with St Johnstone. Alloa Athletic won promotion following a 2–1 aggregate victory in the play-off final. Partick Thistle were also relegated to the Championship following a 3–1 aggregate defeat to Livingston in the play-off final.
From Championship
Brechin City were relegated to League One on 24 March 2018 after a 2–0 defeat to Greenock Morton. St Mirren secured promotion to the Premiership on 14 April 2018 after a goalless draw with Livingston, who were also promoted after winning the Premiership play-off final. Dumbarton were relegated after losing the Championship play-off final.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League summary
League table
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Source: BBC Sport
Updated: 4 May 2019
Results
Teams play each other four times, twice in the first half of the season (home and away) and twice in the second half of the season (home and away), making a total of 180 games, with each team playing 36.
First half of season (Matches 1-18)
Second half of season (Matches 19-36)
Season statistics
Scoring
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
Note
4 Player scored four goals; (H) = Home, (A) = Away
Attendances
Awards
Monthly awards
Championship play-offs
The second bottom team (Queen of the South) entered into a 4-team playoff with the 2nd-4th placed teams in 2018–19 Scottish League One (Forfar Athletic, Raith Rovers and Montrose). Queen of the South secured their place in the Championship after defeating Raith 3–1 on aggregate in the final.
Semi-final
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
References
Scottish Championship seasons
2
2
Scot |
24586489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavakachcheri | Chavakachcheri | Chavakachcheri ( Cāvakaccēri, Jāvakachchēri) is a large town in the Jaffna peninsula of Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It may have Javanese origins, as the name "Chaavaka+cheari" literally means Javanese settlement (there are also some references to a Javanese fort in northern Sri Lanka). The town may date back to the Southeast Asian occupation of Yalpanam, where certain settlements and forts were established by Chandrabhanu to maintain hegemony over the overseas colony. The town is governed by an Urban Council. Chavakachcheri was badly devastated in the Sri Lankan Civil War. Today, the government and the people of Chavakachcheri have rebuilt the town, but the population remains drastically lower than the pre-war years.
The 111-year-old Chavakachcheri Hindu College, a high school, is a leading centre of education in the town.
References
External links
Javanese History, Spread of Javanese Rule from Madagascar to South Pacific
The Civil Wars of Sri Lanka during 13th to 15th Century
Wars waged for the Possession of the Tooth Relic
Chaavakachcheari Etymology
Towns in Jaffna District
Thenmarachchi DS Division |
62685889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes%20%28Eddy%20Raven%20album%29 | Eyes (Eddy Raven album) | Eyes is the third studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in 1980 on Dimension Records.
Content
Dimension Records was a label founded by Raven's then-manager. Ray Pennington produced the album, with further production from Ronnie Gant on "Dealin' with the Devil", "Sweet Mother Texas", and "Another Texas Song".
Five songs from the album reached the Hot Country Singles chart between 1979 and 1980: "Sweet Mother Texas" at number 44, "Dealin' with the Devil" at number 25, "You've Got Those Eyes" at number 30, "Another Texas Song" at number 34, and "Peace of Mind" at number 23. Dimension promoted "Dealin' with the Devil" by shipping videocassettes of Raven performing the song to various radio stations surveyed by Billboard. Record World published positive reviews of "Another Texas Song" and "Peace of Mind", calling the former a "plucky, self-penned tune that displays more of his writer-artist talents", while calling him "one of the smoothest country singers around" in a review of the latter.
Merle Haggard covered "Dealin' with the Devil" on his 1981 live album Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium, and Waylon Jennings covered "Sweet Mother Texas" on his 1986 album Sweet Mother Texas.
Track listing
Side 1
"Dealin' with the Devil" (Eddy Raven, Sanger D. Shafer) - 2:33
"First Few Days of Love" (Raven, Shafer) - 2:45
"Sweet Mother Texas" (Raven, Shafer) - 2:38
"Day After Day" (Raven) - 2:30
"Just Leave Me Alone" (Raven, Shafer) - 2:27
Side 2
"You've Got Those Eyes" (Raven, David Powelson) - 3:10
"Peace of Mind" (Raven) - 2:43
"Fais Do Do" (Raven) - 2:24
"It Takes a Long Long Time to Say Goodbye" (Raven, Powelson) - 2:52
"Another Texas Song" (Raven) - 2:41
Weekly charts
References
1980 albums
Eddy Raven albums |
71652360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantvik | Kantvik | Kantvik is a village in Kirkkonummi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It is located about south of the municipal center towards Upinniemi. Nearby services include a primary school and a Sale grocery store. There is a bus connection from Kantvik to the center of Kirkkonummi, such as lines 172, 173 and 904.
There is industry in Kantvik, such as the Suomen Sokeri sugar factory, and Mildola, which manufactures vegetable oil products. Kantvik has also two harbour areas, one of which, with an area of about five hectares, the Port of Helsinki manages.
See also
Upinniemi
References
External links
Kantvik.fi – Official Site (in Finnish)
Kirkkonummi
Villages in Finland |
19220553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai%2C%20Nakhon%20Ratchasima | Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima | Mai (เทศบาลตำบลใหม่) is a subdistrict municipality in Non Sung District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. It was created as a Tambon Administrative Organization (TAO) was in 1996, and upgraded to a municipality in 2008. It covers the complete subdistrict Mai, an area of in 16 villages with 12,746 citizens.
External links
http://www.mai.go.th/ Website of Mai municipality (Thai)
References
Populated places in Nakhon Ratchasima province |
43350760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thammil%20Thammil | Thammil Thammil | Thammil Thammil is a 1985 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Sajan and produced by Thomas Mathew. The film stars Mammootty, Rahman, Shobhana and Thilakan. The film has musical score by Ravindran.
Cast
Mammootty as Dr. Rajagopal
Archana (actress) as Gayathri
Rahman as Vivek Menon
Shobhana as Kavitha
Jose as Dr. Prasad
Raveendran as Thampy
Kannor Sreelatha as Sunitha Menon
Jagathy Sreekumar as Const. Fransis
Kunchan as Const. Chettiyar
Thilakan as Menon
Sukumari as Saraswathy Menon
Lalu Alex
Sankaradi
Adoor Bhavani
Meena
Lissy in a cameo appearance
Plot
Vivek, a talented dancer and singer, meets Kavitha during one of his performances and takes a liking to her. She is the sister of Dr Rajagopal. When Vivek's sister marries a police inspector and Vivek learns that they are searching for a house for rent, he manages to get the house opposite Rajagopal's in order to meet Kavitha. After several meetings their love blossoms.
Soundtrack
Music: Raveendran, Lyrics: Poovachal Khader
"Hridayam Oru Veenayaay" - K. J. Yesudas
"Ithiri Naanam" - K. J. Yesudas, Lathika
"Kadanam Oru Saagaram" - K. J. Yesudas
"Nishayude Chirakil" - K. J. Yesudas
References
External links
1985 films
1980s Malayalam-language films
Films directed by Sajan |
21843542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallenstein%20%28trilogy%20of%20plays%29 | Wallenstein (trilogy of plays) | Wallenstein is the popular designation of a trilogy of dramas by German author Friedrich Schiller. It consists of the plays Wallenstein's Camp (Wallensteins Lager), a lengthy prologue, The Piccolomini (Die Piccolomini), and Wallenstein's Death (Wallensteins Tod). Schiller himself also structured the trilogy into two parts, with Wallenstein I including Wallenstein's Camp and The Piccolomini, and Wallenstein II consisting of Wallenstein's Death. He completed the trilogy in 1799.
In this drama Schiller addresses the decline of the famous general Albrecht von Wallenstein, basing it loosely on actual historical events during the Thirty Years' War. Wallenstein fails at the height of his power as successful commander-in-chief of the imperial army when he begins to rebel against his emperor, Ferdinand II. The action is set some 16 years after the start of the war, in the winter of 1633/1634, and begins in the Bohemian city of Pilsen, where Wallenstein is based with his troops. In the second and third acts of the third play the action moves to Eger, where Wallenstein has fled and where he was assassinated on 26 February 1634.
Content summary
Wallenstein's Camp
Serving as an introduction to the second and third parts, Wallenstein's Camp is by far the shortest of the three. Whilst the main action takes place among the higher ranks of the troops and nobility, Wallenstein's Camp reflects popular opinion, particularly that of the soldiers in Wallenstein's camp. They are enthusiastic about their commander, who to all appearances has managed to bring together mercenaries from a wide variety of locations. They praise the great freedom he allows them—to plunder, for instance—whenever they are not engaged in fighting, and his efforts on their behalf in negotiations with the Holy Roman Emperor, of whom some of the troops are critical. They also praise the war for improving their own lives despite its toll on the civilian population. Still, we hear a peasant complain that the troops steal from him, and a monk criticize their wicked life. At the end of this part, the soldiers find out that the emperor intends to place a section of the army under the command of Spanish Habsburgs. Unhappy, they agree to ask Max Piccolomini, one of their commanders, to urge Wallenstein not to fulfill the emperor's wishes.
The Capuchin's sermon in Wallenstein's Camp is based on the Discalced Augustinian Abraham a Sancta Clara's 1683 book, Auf, auf, ihr Christen. Schiller, who like Abraham was from Swabia, wrote to Goethe, "This Father Abraham is a man of wonderful originality, whom we must respect, and it would be an interesting, though not at all an easy, task to approach or surpass him in mad wit and cleverness."
Some scenes in Giuseppe Verdi's opera La forza del destino are based on the play.
The Piccolomini
The main action of the trilogy begins with the second play. The viewpoint changes from that of the ordinary soldiers to that of the commanders who, awaiting orders, meet in an encampment near Pilsen. Most of them prefer Prince Wallenstein to the emperor. The former has repeatedly ignored the latter's orders, which is why he has ordered the prince to cede part of his huge army. Unwilling, Wallenstein considers resignation and, to pressure the emperor into making peace, is secretly negotiating with the Swedish enemy. Spurring him on are his closest comrades, his brother-in-law Terzky and Illo, who scheme to get all the commanders to sign a document pledging their loyalty to Wallenstein. This document purports to have a proviso making the signatories' loyalty to Wallenstein subsidiary to their loyalty to the emperor, but Terzky and Illo secretly remove that proviso from the copy the signatories actually sign.
Wallenstein lets his comrades in on his plans but – unknown to him – one of them, Octavio Piccolomini, remains loyal to the emperor, for whom he is spying. The emperor has authorised Piccolomini to replace Wallenstein as commander-in-chief, but Piccolomini decides to do so only if Wallenstein takes an open stand against the emperor. Imperial informers having managed to capture one of Wallenstein's negotiators en route to the Swedes, his removal becomes imminent. The situation comes to a head because Octavio's son Max Piccolomini (a fictional creation by Schiller) and Wallenstein's daughter Thekla (an historical character) are in love. A devotee of Wallenstein, who treats him well, Max can't believe his father's claim that Wallenstein intends to betray the emperor. "Piccolomini" ends with Max's decision to challenge Wallenstein directly about his plans.
Wallenstein's Death
In the last part of the Wallenstein trilogy the conflict anticipated in the second play erupts and leads to a tragic conclusion. Having learned that the negotiators he has sent to bargain with the Swedes have been intercepted by imperial troops, Wallenstein supposes that the emperor now has damning evidence of his treason. After some hesitation and intense pressure exerted by Illo, Terzky and especially the latter's spouse, Countess Terzky, Wallenstein decides to burn his bridges: he will enter into official alliance with the Swedes.
But there is opposition. Octavio Piccolomini, the emperor's spy, manages to persuade almost all the important leaders in Wallenstein's army—especially Butler—to abandon him. Convinced that Wallenstein has thwarted his ambitions, Butler hangs on for the sake of revenge. Max Piccolomini, for his part, is torn between his loyalty to the emperor, his admiration for Wallenstein, and his love for Thekla. He finally decides to leave Wallenstein, hoping there will be no hard feelings, but for the prince it's the final straw. He then flees with his remaining supporters to Eger; Max Piccolomini throws himself into a doomed battle with the Swedes, which costs him his life. When Thekla learns of this, she secretly sets out for his grave, there to die. Wallenstein also grieves about the loss of Max Piccolomini, but believes that the fates have taken him away in compensation for future good fortune.
In the night, Butler's henchmen, Macdonald and Deveroux, murder Illo and Terzky during a banquet, then kill Wallenstein himself in his bedroom. The drama ends with a final dialogue between Octavio and his chief antagonist, Countess Terzky, who dies of the poison she has taken. Finally, Octavio hears that the emperor, in gratitude, has promoted him to the rank of prince.
Productions
The plays' premieres occurred at the Weimarer Hoftheater (now the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar) from 1798 to 1799, in productions directed by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
Wallensteins Lager, 12 October 1798 (under the title Das Lager, for the re-opening of the rebuilt Weimarer Hoftheater)
Die Piccolomini, 30 January 1799
Wallensteins Tod, 20 April 1799 (under the title Wallenstein)
Often reduced into a single play that could be played in one evening, the trilogy entered the German classical theatrical repertoire. Among its recent nationally acclaimed productions have been:
1959: Deutsches Theater Berlin, Director: Karl Paryla
1959: Burgtheater, Director: Leopold Lindtberg. – Recorded for radio in 1960 by NDR and ORF for broadcast over 7 hours on two evenings and released by Verlag Mnemosyne, in an abbreviated version on 4 CDs in 2004 (Wallenstein. Ein dramatisches Gedicht. – ). The CDs include Die Piccolomini (100 minutes) and Wallensteins Tod (around 130 minutes)
1961 Ruhr Festival, Recklinghausen. – 1961 recording by WDR, released on 20 CDs as part of a comprehensive Schiller-Edition in 2005: Friedrich Schiller, Werke. A selection on 20 CDs. Random House Audio,
from 1973: Since 1864 a Wallenstein Festival has been held in Altdorf bei Nürnberg in the summer. It was originally put on as a 'spectacle drama' by students and local amateur actors directed by Franz Dittmar. Since 1973 it has only consisted of the Wallenstein trilogy.
2005: Wallenstein. Eine dokumentarische Inszenierung by Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel (Rimini Protokoll). Production: Nationaltheater Mannheim / Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar. Toured to (for example) Theatertreffen Berlin, Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Hamburger Autorentheater-Tagen at Thalia-Theater.
In 2007 Peter Stein staged almost the complete text, with all 11 acts of the trilogy, at the Berliner Ensemble with Klaus Maria Brandauer in the title role, staged in the Kindlhalle, a former brewery in Berlin-Neukölln. Other nationally acclaimed productions that year were that directed by Wolfgang Engel at the Schauspiel Leipzig and Thomas Langhoff's production at the Wiener Burgtheater (with Gert Voss as Wallenstein).
English-language productions
A single-play condensed translation by Mike Poulton, directed by Angus Jackson and with Iain Glen in the title role, was staged at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester from 22 May to 13 June 2009.
A single-play condensed translation by Robert Pinsky, directed by Michael Kahn and with Steve Pickering in the title role, was staged at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. from 28 March to 2 June 2013.
References
Sources
Barthold Pelzer, Tragische Nemesis und historischer Sinn in Schillers Wallenstein-Trilogie. Eine rekonstruierende Lektüre; (=Forschungen zur Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte 60); Diss. (TU Berlin), Frankfurt am Main u.a. (Peter Lang) 1997 ()
Bernhardt, Rüdiger: Friedrich Schiller: Wallenstein. Königs Erläuterungen und Materialien (vol. 440). Hollfeld: C. Bange Verlag 2005.
Fritz Heuer und Werner Keller (ed.): Schillers Wallenstein (Wege der Forschung, volume 420), Darmstadt, 1977
Elfriede Neubuhr (ed.): Geschichtsdrama. (=Wege der Forschung, volume 485) Darmstadt, 1980
External links
The Camp of Wallenstein English from Librivox
Project Gutenberg text of
Wallensteins Lager
Die Piccolomini
Wallensteins Tod
Audio-feature on the content and history of Wallenstein on Bayern2 Radiowissen Mediathek
Wallenstein at the Berliner Ensemble 2007 (Director: Peter Stein)
Productions of 'Wallenstein' in German-speaking theatres
1630: Wallenstein-Festpiele in Memmingen
Wallenstein-Festspiele Altdorf in Nürnberg
Freely accessible at www.wissen-im-netz.info
Wallenstein at the Schauspiel Leipzig
1799 plays
Plays by Friedrich Schiller
Plays set in Germany
Plays set in the 17th century
Thirty Years' War in popular culture
Literary trilogies
Cultural depictions of Albrecht von Wallenstein |
59395589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Harvey%20Taylor | Samuel Harvey Taylor | Samuel Harvey Taylor (October 3, 1807 – January 29, 1871) was an American educator and 6th Principal of Phillips Academy Andover from 1837 to 1871, the longest to hold the office to date.
Early life
Taylor was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire on October 3, 1807 to Captain James Taylor and Persis Hemphill, one of seven siblings. His ancestors trace back to the founding of Londonderry, New Hampshire when sixteen families immigrated from Scotland, one of them Matthew Taylor. Taylor is named after a young hero during the siege of Londonderry, Ireland in 1688 and 1689.
From an early age he worked on his father's farm, but when he permanently injured himself after falling off a wagon, he began to grow an interest in books and pursuing an academic career. He began his study at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire where he prepared for Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1832 with high honors. During the winter months at Dartmouth he taught at local district schools. He believed at the time he wanted to go into the ministry, so he entered the Andover Theological Seminary immediately after graduation. For brief periods of time Taylor would return to Dartmouth as a tutor. Taylor graduated from the Seminary in 1837, only months before he would accept the role as Principal of Phillips Academy.
Phillips Academy
While at the Andover Theological Seminary, Taylor met the current principal of the neighboring Phillips Academy, Osgood Johnson. Johnson had heard good things of Taylor from his Dartmouth professors and consequently urged him to accept a one-year assistant role at Phillips Academy in 1834, which he did. He was well liked, and unanimously asked to continue another year, which he also did. He was so well liked that upon Johnson's death in 1837, he requested Taylor succeed him. He received an enticing offer of $1000 a year with housing and could not decline. On July 25, 1837, he officially became the 6th Principal of Phillips Academy.
Taylor settled in the south half of Double Brick House while engaged to Caroline Parker, whom he would marry December 8, 1837. He was very busy his first years as he had no clerks or assistants to help him. He considered candidates for admission, assessed and made decisions on disciplinary cases, and taught classes, all while managing other administrative duties. He described himself in his first annual report:
"My time has been almost exclusively employed in the discharge of my duties in the Academy. I have spent between four and five hours of each day in the schoolroom. I have conducted the morning devotions, at which one-half hour is spent, and most of those in the evening. In addition to giving instruction to my regular classes, I have attended from time to time the recitations of the other classes, and have frequently heard these classes at my recitation room. This course has been taken that I might become better acquainted with the progress which each student was making in his studies. The examination of the different classes from time to time has given me an opportunity to point out to individuals in private any faults that might need correcting, as well as to apply the spur when it seemed to be necessary. Such a course requires much time, but I think it is attended with the happiest results."
Although perhaps overly hectic, he fulfilled his many tasks while still managing to make reforms to the school early in his career. He worked for three years after his appointment to update the curriculum, his solution in 1841 being in part a split of the student body into three classes: Senior, Middle, and Junior. He established a three-year course of study, focusing on Latin, Greek, and mathematics. He received criticism from colleagues because the curriculum failed to prepare students for college entrance exams, but chose to ignore their demands. He fought resistance from Harvard College, refusing to allow Andover students to attend Harvard if the college did not accept his graduation requirements. He highly encouraged students to attend Yale.
Taylor was known as a strict teacher. His style consisted of calling students at random to recite passages or an entire reading while questioning the student's understanding. He took on the nickname "Uncle Sam" and gained a reputation for being "dedicated to the classics" and "dictatorial in manner." According to one student in writing in 1850, he had no tolerance for tardiness and not knowing where to begin reading. Another former student Dr. Alexander McKenzie wrote, "If I have ever seen anywhere any semblance of despotism and absolute monarchy, it was at Phillips Academy under Dr. Taylor." In a lot ways, his teaching style and philosophy closely resembled that of Phillips Academy's first Principal, Eliphalet Pearson.
Taylor is credited with growing the school in both size and breadth. The student body grew from 120 in 1837 to 228 in 1871 as well as the percent of those coming from outside New England from 15% (18 students) to 53% (123 students) respectively. During this time Phillips Academy also began having its first international and African American graduates, those being Joseph Hardy Neesima, Class of 1867, and Richard T. Greener, Class of 1865.
Death
Taylor's death was sudden and tragic to his students and those who knew him. On January 29, 1871, while preparing to teach a biblical exercise as students filed in, he fell when failing to grasp the stair railing and died about ten minutes thereafter in the arms of his son as students gathered around him. The cause of his sudden death was disputed by physicians at the time. Some believe he died of apoplexy, while others believe rheumatic heart disease was the culprit.
A funeral service took place on February 2 in the large hall of the main school building and was buried in the Phillips Academy Cemetery. The rear side of his tombstone reads:
On February 27, the senior class voted unanimously to publish a memorial of their late Principal, assigning a committee of five to conduct research and compile the volume: H. S. Van Duzer, C. F. Cutter, Charles Isham, C. F. Thwing, and F. C. S. Bartlett. Included in the memorial is an address by Edwards Amasa Park, a selection of scriptures read by John L. Taylor, and a Sermon by John Wesley Churchill as well as an account of Taylor's death and funeral service.
Publications
Taylor authored several works during his teaching career, some co-authored with colleagues and/or translated from other editions. The majority of them served as textbooks for his students. The following is a complete list:
Guide for Writing Latin (1843), translated from the German edition by John Phillip Krebs.
Grammar of the Greek Language (1844), co-authored with Professor Bela B. Edwards of the Andover Theological Seminary, based on the manual of Dr. Raphael Kühner.
Elementary Greek Grammar (1846), also based on one of Kühner's manuals.
Methods of Classical Study (1861)
A Memorial of Joseph P. Fairbanks (1865)
Classical Study; Its Value Illustrated by Extracts from the Writings of Eminent Scholars (1870)
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links
A Memorial of Samuel Harvey Taylor
Phillips Academy: official website
1807 births
1871 deaths
19th-century American educators
People from Andover, Massachusetts
People from Londonderry, New Hampshire
Educators from Massachusetts
Educators from New Hampshire
Phillips Academy
Dartmouth College alumni
Andover Theological Seminary alumni
Heads of Phillips Academy Andover
Pinkerton Academy alumni |
56869500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora%20Ariffin | Nora Ariffin | Nora Ariffin is a Singaporean fashion model and real estate broker.
Career
Ariffin was discovered in her native Singapore in 1985 while attending St. Margaret's Secondary School. She has appeared in campaigns for CoverGirl, alongside models including Rachel Hunter and Nikki Taylor, Lacoste, L'Oréal, and Chanel's Allure fragrance. Ariffin has also been featured in editorials for Vogue Paris and Italian Harper's Bazaar and graced the cover of Italian Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire (Singapore, Malaysia). Ariffin has worked with photographers including Guy Bourdin, Herb Ritts, and Gilles Bensimon. She has been a real estate broker since 2004.
Personal life
Since 2011, Ariffin has been in a relationship with singer Duncan Sheik, having previously dated in 1999.
Filmography
References
External links
Living people
Singaporean female models
Year of birth missing (living people) |
37079344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattie%20Wilson | Wattie Wilson | Walter "Wattie" Wilson (4 November 1879 – 1926) was a Scottish footballer who played in the English Football League for Lincoln City.
References
1879 births
1926 deaths
Scottish footballers
Lincoln City F.C. players
English Football League players
People from Armadale, West Lothian
Association football defenders |
44456616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acleris%20conchyloides | Acleris conchyloides | Acleris conchyloides is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Ussuri, the Kuriles) and Japan.
The wingspan is 16–19 mm.
The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica.
References
Moths described in 1900
conchyloides
Moths of Asia |
32181061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Henshaw | Lake Henshaw | Lake Henshaw is a reservoir in San Diego County, California
at the southeast base of Palomar Mountain, approximately northeast of San Diego, California and southeast of Los Angeles.
The lake covers approximately and holds of water when full (lowered in 1978 from its original capacity of out of earthquake concerns), in addition to groundwater stored in its local basin. It drains an area of square miles at the source of the San Luis Rey River.
The lake was constructed in 1923 with the building of Henshaw Dam, an earth dam tall and long. It is owned by the Vista Irrigation District and used primarily for agricultural irrigation.
The lake features opportunities for catfish and carp fishing. Boats and cabins are available for rental. It hosts The Carp Throwdown fly fishing tournament organized by The Fly Stop.
See also
List of dams and reservoirs in California
List of lakes in California
References
External links
Dams in California
United States local public utility dams
Henshaw, Lake
Henshaw, Lake
Henshaw |
19164368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villainaire | Villainaire | Villainaire is the third full length album from The Dead Science, released in 2008 on Constellation Records.
Track listing
"Throne Of Blood (The Jump Off)" – 3:40
"The Dancing Destroyer" – 2:50
"Make Mine Marvel" – 3:36
"Monster Island Czars" – 3:41
"Lamentable" – 2:40
"Death Duel Productions" – 3:15
"Wife You" – 4:38
"Holliston" – 3:46
"Black Lane" – 3:31
"Sword Cane" – 4:57
"Clemency" – 3:31
Guest musicians
(in order of appearance)
Monica Schleyv – Harp
Morgan Henderson – Synth
Katrina Ford – Voice
Paris Hurley – Violin
Alex Guy – Viola
Lori Goldston – Cello
The Horns of Orkestar Zirkonium:
Stephen Lohrentz – Trumpet
Sam Boshnack – Trumpet
Ivan Molton – Alto Saxophone
Jeff Walker – Trombone
Kate Ryan – Voice
Craig Wedren – Voice
References
External links
An article on the album
Constellation Records (record label)
Band Website
2008 albums
The Dead Science albums
Constellation Records (Canada) albums |
43194991 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornstedtia | Hornstedtia | Hornstedtia is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China, New Guinea, Melanesia and Queensland.
species
References
Zingiberaceae genera |
55567113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari%20Ram%20Gupta | Hari Ram Gupta | Hari Ram Gupta (5 February 1902 – 28 March 1992) was an Indian historian. The main focus of his work was the Sikh history of 18th century. During 1957 to 1963, he was head of Panjab University's History department. Following his retirement, he was an honorary professor in the History department of University of Delhi from 1964 to 1967.
Early life and career
Gupta was born on 5 February 1902 in Bhurewal village, which is in the present-day's Naraingarh subdistrict of Ambala district, Haryana, India. After completing his higher education at Lahore, he became University of the Punjab's first Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree holder and the first Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) holder in History discipline in 1937 and 1944 respectively. His Ph.D. thesis examiner was Jadunath Sarkar, who states:
Gupta's teaching career began as a History lecturer in Lahore's Forman Christian College, after which he became head of Aitchison College's History department. He also temporarily served as a principal of Vaish College, Bhiwani. After the partition of India, he authored Narratives of Persian and Iraq Force and Burma Campaigns of World War II during his stint with the Ministry of Defence's historical section. Starting with 1957, he was Panjab University's professor and its History department's head till 1963, along with being its dean of instruction for more than one year. Following his retirement, he was an honorary professor in University of Delhi's History department from 1964 to 1967. Later on, he taught at Firozpur's Dev Samaj College for Women. He was the honorary head of the History department for 14 years there, after which he shifted to Delhi.
Publications and honours
According to Khushwant Singh, post-World War I, research work by Indian scholars like Gupta, Ganda Singh, Indubhusan Banerjee, and Sita Ram Kohli "gave a new and national orientation to Sikh history." Before that period, works of Indian Sikh Scholars were limited to Punjabi language, while English works on Sikhism were done by Englishmen.
The main focus of Gupta's work was the Sikh history of 18th century. He planned to give a comprehensive account of multiple aspects of Sikhs via his multi-volume History of the Sikhs. According to Gurmukh Singh, he planned six volumes for that purpose, while according Shiv Kumar Gupta, he intended to author seven volumes in that regard. But he completed four volumes and the fifth one was in print at the point of his death. His decade-long work on the then little-known period of Sikh history from 1708 to 1799 resulted in the Studies in Later Mughal history of the Panjab and three other volumes. First published in 1944, the Studies in the Later Mughal History of the Panjab (1707–1793) was reprinted in 1976 under the title of Later Mughal History of the Panjab (1707–1793) by Sang-e-Meel Publications of Lahore.
Edited by Gupta, Sir Jadunath Sarkar Commemoration Volume is a two-volume work in commemoration of the historian Jadunath Sarkar. When Gupta presented his idea to Sarkar regarding the commemoration volume in 1954, he rejected it by stating that he neither wanted any publicity nor endorsed any idea involving fundraising for him, although Gupta was able to persuade him. The Life and Letters of Sir Jadunath Sarkar is the first volume of the work. It dedicates considerable space to excerpts from Sarkar's fifty-plus years of correspondence with his friend Govind Sakharam Sardesai, who was a Marathi historian. It also contains write-ups and stories about Sarkar by Sardesai, Quanungo, and his other friends. The second volume titled Essays Presented to Sir Jadunath Sarkar has around thirty essays authored by various scholars on the topics of their expertise. These volumes were published some weeks after the death of Sarkar in 1958. According to K. A. Nilakanta Sastri, this work is "a worthy memorial to him from his pupils, friends, and admirers." According to by S.K. Gupta, these two volumes "are not only examples of his deep regard for historical scholarship but also reflect his qualities of keen observation, deep penetration and acute selection."
Panjab on the eve of first Sikh war is described by William T. Walker as "a noteworthy collection of essays on the prewar conditions in Punjab that contributed to the outbreak of hostilities." His writings on the current events of his time include his multi-volume book titled India-Pakistan War, 1965.
Gupta's Marathas and Panipat describes the Third Battle of Panipat. It is divided in three parts. According to Shiv Kumar Gupta, this work is an attempt by the author to cover Maratha history from the perspective of overall Indian history at that point in time, with appropriate Central Asian history references, although its main focus lies on Marathas. Its first part consists of thirteen chapters and covers the battle's background. The second part consists of six chapters, which describes the battle. The third part deals with the battle's future impacts and the factors which led to Maratha defeat. This part also has a chapter which describes the Ala Singh's help to Marathas during the campaign.
The Asiatic Society acknowledged Gupta's work for the Punjab history by awarded him Sir Jadunath Sarkar Gold Medal in 1949. He was honoured at the 23rd session of Punjab History Conference in 1989. The Hari Ram Gupta Memorial Lecture is annually organised in his commemoration by the History department of Panjab University.
Selected works
References
Citations
Sources
1902 births
1992 deaths
20th-century Indian historians
Scholars of Sikhism
Delhi University faculty
University of the Punjab alumni
Forman Christian College faculty
Aitchison College faculty
People from Ambala district
Panjab University faculty |
58390111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t%20Look%20Now%20%28It%20Ain%27t%20You%20or%20Me%29 | Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me) | "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" is a song written by John Fogerty that was first released on Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1969 album Willy and the Poor Boys. It has also appeared on several of the group's live and compilation albums. It was covered by Minutemen on their 1984 album Double Nickels on the Dime.
Lyrics and music
"Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" follows "Fortunate Son" on Willy and the Poor Boys and it follows up the latter's political theme of class disparities. "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" supports common laborers at the expense of rock stars and hippies. It critiques the fact that hippies get to enjoy their idealism and their music, but while they are having fun and ignoring responsibilities the less fortunate have to do the hard work such as farming, mining and making clothing. It is structured as a series of questions, such as "Who will work the field with his hands?" "Who takes the coal from the mines?" "Who takes the salt from the earth?" and "Who will keep the promises that you don't have to keep?" It answers the questions by stating, "Don't look now, it ain't you or me". In a manner reminiscent of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind", the first two questions in each verse are practical ones, such as the ones about working the field or mining for coal or salt, while the third and last question of each verse is more metaphysical, such as the one about keeping promises.
Fogerty stated that while like many in his generation he was concerned about what was happening in America at the time, he was also concerned about issues with his hippie generation itself. Fogerty stated:
We're all so ethnic now, with our long hair and shit. But, when it comes to doing the real crap that civilization needs to keep it going ... who's going to be the garbage collector? None of us will. Most of us will say, "That's beneath me, I ain't gonna do that job".
Fogerty also stated that "It was a challenge really to take a look at yourself. Most of us refuse to get involved with the dirty work of humanity". Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford later explained:
That's a song that will slap you right in the face...It's a sobering tune, if you listen to the lyrics. It's a period of time when everyone was pointing the finger at our generation saying "This isn't right, this isn't right". But how many people were really going to do something about it? It's real easy to point your finger and knock something, but to get in there and roll up your sleeves and change it for the better these are the real leaders in the world. That song can really ring a chord of truth about a lot of people's basic laws. That's one of my favorite songs, quite frankly. It has everything in it: Great message, nice little beat. Stu has a nice little lick in there. Stu was really an underrated bass player.
Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote that the song "manages to encapsulate the class system in two minutes and eight seconds."
"Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" has a rockabilly melody. Band biographer Craig Hansen Werner calls it "a country-tinged variation on the straight ahead rock and roll of 'Fortunate Son.'" Fogerty biographer Thomas Kitts describes the song as having an "echoey vocal, straightforward backbeat, simple bass line and acoustic guitar" which come together to give it the sound of pre-World War II country music, which Kitts finds consistent with the song's "support of traditional values". Werner points out that in contrast to the hard rocking "Fortunate Son," when Fogerty sings the crucial lines of "Don't Look Now"—Don't look now, someone's done your starvin'/Don't look now, someone's done your prayin' too—he does so quietly, virtually in a whisper.
Reception
Rolling Stone critic Alec Dubro credits "Don't Look Now" for attempting to deal with its difficult issue and for displaying a broader vision than that of most rock lyricists. Timothy Gray stated that, like "Fortunate Son," this song rocks so hard you hardly notice the bald political rhetoric. AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls it "a great rockabilly spiritual," an "overlooked gem" and "an album favorite." The New Rolling Stone Album Guide critic Rob Sheffield highlighted the "sharp working class anger" of "Don't Look Now" in regarding the song as part of "Fogerty's songwriting peak." In an earlier edition of that book, reviewer Paul Evans stated that "'Fortunate Son' and 'Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)' was the most convincing political rock & roll before the Clash." Village Voice critic Robert Christgau called it a "hidden treasure."
"Don't Look Now (It Ain't You or Me)" was included on several Creedence Clearwater Revival compilation albums, including Chronicle, Vol. 2 in 1986, Keep On Chooglin' in 1999 and Creedence Clearwater Revival: Box Set in 2001. It was also included on the 1980 live album The Concert.
Minutemen version
Punk band Minutemen covered "Don't Look Now" on their 1984 album Double Nickels on the Dime. It is the only song on the album that was not recorded at Radio Tokyo. Although a studio version was recorded, the band decided to accept a suggestion by Joe Carducci to include on the album a live version recorded on a cassette tape at Club Lingerie in Hollywood. Although the recording is imperfect, the fact that audience members can be heard talking during the song enhances the message of the song. The song asks who is going to take care of providing necessities such as food, clothing and shelter. If the audience is gossiping during the song, apparently it will not be them who takes care of it, which throws the question to the listener of the album whether he or she is even paying attention, let alone willing to take responsibility.
References
Creedence Clearwater Revival songs
Songs written by John Fogerty
Song recordings produced by John Fogerty
Minutemen (band) songs
1969 songs |
8796912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartermaster%20Harbor | Quartermaster Harbor | Quartermaster Harbor is a small harbor located in southern Puget Sound, in Vashon Island, Washington state.
Geographic description
Quartermaster Harbor is formed by Vashon Island on the west and Maury Island on the east. It opens about east of the Tahlequah, Washington ferry landing at the south end of Vashon Island, with the entrance between Neill Point on Vashon Island and Piner Point on Maury Island. It is a nearly five-mile-long inlet, about a half-mile wide, that extends about north between the islands. It then turns east into the bay at Dockton, swings north around Burton Peninsula, past Portage and turns west, ending in the "inner harbor" at Burton.
The harbor is sheltered and has no commercial marine traffic. The harbor itself is shallow, with a maximum depth of about ten meters at high tide. The bottom is sand and mud with abundant shellfish. Evergreen trees line the shores and climb the hills above Quartermaster Harbor, with heights rising to over on both islands. There are good anchorages as well as several places to moor in the north end of the harbor.
Marine Life
Quartermaster Harbor hosts the largest spawning population of Pacific herring in south Puget Sound, and is also a major spawning area for surf smelt. The narrow strip of land between the two islands contains a small saltwater marsh. It is part of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources Maury Island Environmental Aquatic Reserve.
Due to the high concentration of forage fish and shellfish, the harbor is a major wintering area for 35 bird species. The most abundant bird is the Western Grebe, which totals eight percent of Washington's wintering population. There are hundreds of scoters and other diving sea ducks that feed on the shellfish during the winter. The grebes, loons, mergansers, diving sea ducks, gulls, and dabbling ducks, in addition to other species, make a total of about 3,000 individual birds wintering there annually.
Boating activity
The harbor is home to Quartermaster Yacht Club and Quartermaster Marina, both of which house many different private motor and sailing yachts and smaller boats. This harbor is also the location of the main practice areas of Vashon Island Junior Crew.
History
Source of name
Quartermaster Harbor was named by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842. Wilkes chose the name because he had named a great number of other features in the vicinity for quartermasters and other petty officers of the expedition. Places in the area named for quartermasters include Piner, Neill, Dalco, Sanford, Southworth, Williams, Henry, Pully, Robinson, and Henderson.
Drydock and marine construction
Quartermaster Harbor once held one of the largest drydocks in Puget Sound. In 1892, the structure, originally built to be installed at Port Townsend, was installed at Quartermaster Harbor instead. Measuring long and wide, the drydock could lift several large ships at a time. The dock remained in place until 1909.
Over the years a number of vessels were also built at the nearby shipyard of John Martinolich, at Dockton on Maury Island. These included the propeller steamers Vashon (1905), Verona (1910), Nisqually (later renamed Astorian) and Calista, both built in 1911, Florence J. (1914), F.G. Reeves, (1916), Vashona (later renamed Sightseer) (1921), and the ferry Whidby (1923).
Launchings did not always go well. Florence J. rolled over and sank on the first launching attempt. Shipyard operations eventually ceased in the 1912.
See also
SS Charles W. Wetmore (an unusual vessel that used the drydock at least once)
References
External links
Historic Photographs
Drydock
drydock at Quartermaster Harbor, Vashon Island
closer view of Quartermaster drydock, with different vessels
Quartermaster Harbor drydock, showing large four-masted ship in drydock
view from inside Dockton drydock at Quartermaster harbor, 1892. (ship in drydock is the SS Charles W. Wetmore, an unusual mostly-Great Lakes type of vessel called a "whaleback.")
wharf at Dockton, showing drydock and several ships
Shipyard at Dockton
steam propeller Florence J.. on marine railway at Dockton, Washington, probably 1914 just before failed launch One source describes the Florence J. as a gasoline powered vessel. Newell, Gordon, ed. H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, at page 244, Superior Publishing, Seattle, WA 1966. Clearly the vessel in the image is steam-powered, possibly there was a later conversion to gasoline
Florence J. capsized in water, shortly after launch
another view of capsized Florence J., apparently with initial salvage efforts underway
Other
once speedy steamer Fleetwood, abandoned and rotting on beach at Dockton, 1908
Websites
Quartermaster Marina
Vashon Island Rowing Club
Inlets of Washington (state)
Landforms of Puget Sound
Bodies of water of King County, Washington
Ports and harbors of Washington (state) |
32445302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hraschina%20meteorite | Hraschina meteorite | Hraschina is the official name of an iron meteorite that fell in 1751 near the Hrašćina village in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia. This meteorite is important because it was the first fall of an iron meteorite viewed and reported by a significant number of witnesses, despite its low remaining total known weight. The Hraschina meteorite also proved that rocks really can "fall from the skies".
History
On 26 May 1751, at 18:00, a fireball was seen over Hrašćina and sounds like detonations were heard as far away as Varaždin, giving an estimate of nearly of area over which the meteorite's sound was audible. Many people taking their Sunday evening walk witnessed the event. Baltazar Adam Krčelić, a clergyman, historian, and a noted chronicler of daily events, who was spending time in the village of Biškupec, recorded the following:
"In Biškupec near Varaždin an unusual phenomenon like a small cloud was seen — although it was not a cloud — which became paler and paler, produced an explosive sound and then dispersed. In their ignorance, the common folk thought that the heavens had opened."
Iron masses of and fell to the east of Hrašćina and were later recovered. The larger mass penetrated into the ground. But there are reports that it went much deeper. The smaller mass was split at the place of the fall and partly used by the local villagers for making nails, while the rest of it was split further in Bratislava and subsequently lost.
The Zagreb Catholic chapter sent the meteorites and an official report (the "Protocol of Bishop Klobuczezky and Curate-General Wolfgang Kukuljevic") to the Empress Maria Theresa. The meteorites were deposited in the Treasury in Vienna and then to the Court museum, now the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Museum of Natural History in Vienna).
On the basis of the Protocol of Bishop Baron Klobuczezky and the fact that these fresh fallen meteorites presented a molten metal crust, in 1794 Ernst Chladni proposed that meteorites have their origins in outer space. Since meteorites were thought to be of volcanic origin, this was a very controversial statement at the time, but in
1803 was confirmed by Jean Baptiste Biot and was then accepted.
In 1808 Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten discovered the Widmanstätten patterns by heating a slab of this meteorite. "Though another scientist, G. Thomson, had also discovered the texture, Widmanstätten's work was recognized by Carl von Schreibers (then Director of the Vienna Natural History Cabinet) and the term Widmanstätten has been used to describe the texture ever since."
Composition and classification
Hraschina is an iron meteorite chemical type IID, structural class medium octahedrite.
Composition: Fe 89%, Ni 10.5%, Ge 89.4 ppm, Ga 74.5 ppm, Ir 13 ppm.
Samples distribution
The main mass () is conserved at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. The second largest mass is a piece of recently discovered within an old collection. Other pieces are: at MiN of Berlin, at the Natural History Museum of London, and a few smaller pieces in other institutions. The largest mass shows evidence of a spirited attack with a hammer-like object.
See also
Glossary of meteoritics
Notes
External links
The meteorite collection of the Natural History Museum, Vienna
Proslava obljetnice pada metorita u Hrašćini
Meteorites found in Croatia
1751 in Europe
18th century in Croatia |
172543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20bloc | Black bloc | A black bloc is a tactic used by protesters who wear black clothing, ski masks, scarves, sunglasses, motorcycle helmets with padding or other face-concealing and face-protecting items. The clothing is used to conceal wearers' identities and hinder criminal prosecution by making it difficult to distinguish between participants. It is also used to protect their faces and eyes from pepper spray, which is used by police during protests or civil unrest. The tactic allows the group to appear as one large unified mass. Black bloc participants are often associated with anarchism, anarcho-communism, and communism .
The tactic was developed in the 1980s in the European autonomist movement's protests against squatter evictions, nuclear power, and restrictions on abortion, as well as other influences. Black blocs gained broader media attention outside Europe during the 1999 Seattle WTO protests, when a black bloc damaged property of Gap, Starbucks, Old Navy, and other multinational retail locations in downtown Seattle.
History
Precursors
In February 1967, the anarchist group Black Mask marched on Wall Street in New York City wearing black clothes and balaclavas. This was the first instance of a social movement in the western world utilizing masks and black dress, which were used not for purposes of disguise but to signify a militant identity. In this regard, Black Mask anticipated and may have indirectly influenced the black bloc tactic.
West German origins
This tactic was developed in response to increased use of police force following the 1977 Brokdorf demonstration.
On 1 May 1987, demonstrators in Berlin-Kreuzberg were confronted by West Berlin police. After this, thousands of people attacked the police with rocks, bottles and Molotov cocktails. The riots at the May Day in Kreuzberg became famous after the police had to completely pull out of the "SO 36" neighborhood in Kreuzberg for several hours, and rioters looted shops together with residents.
When Ronald Reagan came to Berlin in June 1987, he was met by around 50,000 demonstrators protesting against his Cold War policies. This included a black bloc of 3,000 people. In November 1987, the residents were joined by thousands of other protesters and fortified their squat, built barricades in the streets and defended themselves against the police for nearly 24 hours. After this the city authorities legalised the squatters residence.
Since the late 1980s, Berlin's Kreuzberg district has hosted May Day clashes between anarchists and police. When the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund met in Berlin in 1988, autonomous groups hosted an international gathering of anti-capitalist activists. Numbering around 80,000, the protesters greatly outnumbered the police. Officials tried to maintain control by banning all demonstrations and attacking public assemblies. Nevertheless, there were riots and upmarket shopping areas were destroyed.
Unified Germany
In the period after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German black bloc movement continued traditional riots such as May Day in Berlin-Kreuzberg, but with decreasing intensity. Their main focus became the struggle against the recurring popularity of Neo-Nazism in Germany. The "turn" came in June 2007, during the 33rd G8 summit. A black bloc of 2,000 people built barricades, set cars alight and attacked the police during a mass demonstration in Rostock. 400 police officers were injured, as well as about 500 demonstrators and activists. According to the German Verfassungsschutz, the weeks of organisation before the demonstration and the riots themselves amounted to a revival for the militant left in Germany. Since the "Battle of Rostock", traditional "May Day Riots" after demonstrations every 1 May in Berlin, and since 2008 also in Hamburg, became more intense.
International development
North America
The first prominent use of the tactic in United States of America occurred at the Pentagon, in Washington, D.C. on 17 October 1988, although anarchists had been using similar tactics in small numbers in preceding years in places like San Francisco, culminating with several hundred anarchists in black smashing glass store fronts and attacking vehicles in the Berkeley Anarchist Riot of 1989. In D.C., over one thousand demonstrators—a small number consisting of a black bloc—called for the end to U.S. support for the right wing death squads in El Salvador. A black bloc caused damage to property of GAP, Starbucks, Old Navy, and other retail locations in downtown Seattle during the 1999 anti-WTO demonstrations. They were a common feature of subsequent anti-globalization protests.
In the years after the end of the Vietnam War, protest in the US came to assume more legalistic, orderly forms, and was increasingly dominated by the middle-class. This corresponded with the rise of a highly effective police strategy of crowd control called "negotiated management." Many social scientists have noted the "institutionalization of movements" in this period. These currents largely constrained disruptive protest until 1999. In an unprecedented success for post-Vietnam era civil disobedience, the WTO Ministerial Conference opening ceremonies were shut down completely, host city Seattle declared a state of emergency for nearly a week, multilateral trade negotiations between the wealthy and developing nations collapsed, and all of this was done without fatalities. This occurred in the midst of mass rioting which had been set off by militant anarchists, some of them in a black bloc formation.
The call for the Seattle protest had originally come from Peoples' Global Action (a network co-founded by the Zapatistas) which supported diversity of tactics and a highly flexible definition of nonviolence. In the aftermath of the shutdown, however, various NGO spokespeople associated with Seattle DAN claimed that the riotous aspect of the WTO protests was counterproductive and undemocratic. They also asserted that it was only an insignificantly small group from Eugene, Oregon that engaged in property destruction. Medea Benjamin told The New York Times that "These anarchists should have been arrested," while Lori Wallach of Public Citizen stated that she had instructed Teamsters to assault black bloc participants. Barbara Ehrenreich decried the NGO leaders as "hypocrites," and wrote that nonviolent activists ought to be "treating the young rock-throwers like sisters and brothers in the struggle." She also criticized the dominant nonviolent paradigm as "absurdly ritualized." The solution to Ehrenreich's impasse was the growing acceptance of black bloc tactics in the anti-globalization movement.
During protests against the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto, a black bloc riot damaged a number of retail locations including an Urban Outfitters, American Apparel, Adidas Store, Starbucks and many banking establishments.
On the day of President Donald Trump's inauguration, black bloc groups were present among other protests in Washington, D.C. and other places. The groups engaged in vandalism, rioting, and violence. At least 217 were arrested and six police officers sustained minor injuries, and at least one other person was injured.
In February 2017, an event at the University of California, Berkeley by commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was cancelled by college administrators after protestors of a black bloc broke windows, shot fireworks, and caused a light fixture to catch fire. The cancellation of the event brought mainstream attention to anarchism and black bloc tactics.
In May 2021, Portland protesters in black bloc turned out at multiple rallies and marches that marked the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. At one event the protesters wheeled a dumpster into the street and set its contents on fire, drawing police out. The rally was declared a riot by police.
Brazil
During the June–July 2013 mass public demonstrations, groups of people using Black Bloc tactics started attending demonstrations, especially those held across the street from governor of Rio de Janeiro State Sérgio Cabral's residence and the state government palace. Police face accusations of infiltrating the movement and, at times, acting as agents provocateurs by starting confrontations. Many leftists claim that video footage shows an infiltrated police officer throwing a molotov cocktail that wounded a riot policeman, although this has been denied by the police and hasn't been proven until today (2017). Protester violence occurred regularly during the Brazilian protests (particularly the week of 17 to 21 June) even when not linked with the black bloc, or with police infiltration.
Despite the denunciations by media, police, and even some activists, the black bloc tactic persisted in the movement. By October 2013, "The mask-wearers were welcomed by the protesters who wanted to wreak havoc during manifestations... Indeed, this sense of solidarity amidst the demonstrations, this shared manning of barricades, inspires a common determination to fight against the fear of repression." According to a report by two Brazilian leftists published in Al Jazeera, this coincided with a revival in the breadth of the street protests that had not been seen since its early days in June. On 10 October, the Rio teacher's union (Sepe) officially declared support for the recent black bloc actions, stating that the bloc were "welcome" at their demonstrations. Postings on teacher Facebook groups praised bloc participants as "fearless."
Europe
On 1 May 2018, over 1,200 black bloc took part in demonstrations in Paris, France. Public infrastructures and stores were damaged. During the demonstrations of the Yellow vests movement (autumn 2018-spring 2019) major damage was done by black bloc in Paris, Toulouse and Bordeaux. The protest resulting in the most significant amount of property damage took place in Paris when protestors took to the streets on the Champs-Élysées on 16 March 2019.
A group of about 400 black bloc demonstrators took part in the 2011 London anti-cuts protest where they targeted various high end retail outlets; according to journalist Paul Mason this may have been the largest ever black bloc assembly in the UK. Mason says some of the participants were anarchists from Europe, others were British students who joined the demonstrations after participating in the 2010 UK student protests. A black bloc protested the opening of the universal exposition Expo 2015 in Milan.
Amongst hundreds of thousands of protesters protesting the G20 Summit in Hamburg Germany were thousands of black clad rioters who clashed with police in a 3-day standoff resulting in millions of euros in property damage. At least 500 protestors were injured and more than 200 were arrested.
Egypt
On 25 January 2013, on the second anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution, black blocs made an appearance in the Egyptian political scenes where they have reportedly attacked various Muslim Brotherhood headquarters and government buildings and stopped traffic and metro lines in more than 8 cities. A group of young protesters, who identified themselves as the "Black Bloc", have marked the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution by blocking the tramway tracks in Alexandria on Friday. Egyptian Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah ordered the police and armed forces to arrest any participant in the Black Bloc, pointing out that the group was carrying out "terrorist activities" and was considered by the government and under the new constitution a violent radical outlaw group.
Police infiltration
On occasion, police and security services have infiltrated black blocs, for purposes of investigation. Allegations first surfaced after several demonstrations. At the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, among the many complaints about the police there was mention of video footage which "suggests that men in black were seen getting out of police vans near protest marches." In August 2007, Quebec police admitted that "their officers disguised themselves as demonstrators" in Montebello. However, the officers purportedly did not engage in violence, and claimed that they were carrying rocks because other protesters were doing so. They were identified by genuine protesters because of their police-issue footwear. According to veteran activist Harsha Walia, it was other participants in the black bloc who identified and exposed the undercover police.
There is no evidence that the black bloc tactic is particularly vulnerable to infiltration, however, as investigatory – and even agent provocateur – activity has taken place regularly among completely nonviolent, non-"black bloc" campaigns. In 2003, the Oakland, California Police Department infiltrated a group of demonstrators protesting police brutality and the war in Iraq at the port; subpoenaed private comments by Captain Howard Jordan indicate that his plan was to steer the march away from the police station in order to avoid confrontation. In internal documents, Jordan mentioned this strategy was common in other police departments, including San Francisco and Seattle.
Tactics
Tactics of a black bloc primarily include vandalism of private property, rioting, and demonstrating without a permit. Tactics can also include use of defensive measures such as misleading the authorities, assisting in the escape of people arrested by the police ("un-arrests" or "de-arrests"), administering first aid to persons affected by tear gas, rubber bullets and other riot control measures in areas where protesters are barred from entering, building barricades, resisting the police, and practicing jail solidarity. Property destruction carried out by black blocs tends to have symbolic significance: common targets include banks, institutional buildings, outlets for multinational corporations, gasoline stations, and video-surveillance cameras.
There may be several blocs within a particular protest, with different aims and tactics. As an ad hoc group, blocs often share no universally common set of principles or beliefs apart from an adherence to—usually—leftist or autonomist values, although some anarchist groups have called for the Saint Paul Principles to be adapted as a framework in which diverse tactics can be deployed. A few radical right-wing groups, like some of the "autonomous nationalists" of Europe or the Australian so-called "National-Anarchists" have adopted "black bloc" tactics and dress. The political scientist Nicholas Apoifis, in his ethnography of anarchism in Athens, Greece, argues that black bloc action can constitute a form of prefigurative politics, due to its "flat and horizontal organisational structure, alongside its focus on solidarity."
See also
Anti-Nazi League
Antifa (Germany)
Antifa (United States)
Battle of Cable Street
Green Mountain Anarchist Collective
Primera Línea
Rebecca Riots
Rock Against Racism
Unite Against Fascism
Anonymous (hacker group)
References
Further reading
Gee, Teoman (2001) "Militancy Beyond Black Blocs". Alpine Anarchist Productions.
Katsiaficas, George. The Subversion of Politics: European Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life. Oakland and Edinburgh: AK Press, 2006.
Mohandesi, Salar (2012) "On the Black Bloc." Viewpoint Magazine.
Shantz, Jeff. Active Anarchy: Political Practice in Contemporary Movements. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011.
Black Blocs and Contemporary Propaganda of the Deed, by Jeff Shantz
Green Mountain Anarchist Collective (NEFAC-VT) & Columbus Anti-Racist Action; A Communiqué on Tactics and Organization to the Black Bloc, from within the Black Bloc, Black Clover Press, 2001.
Van Deusen, David; West, Sean; Green Mountain Anarchist Collective; Neither Washington Nor Stowe: Common Sense For The Working Vermonter, Catamount Tavern Press, this pamphlet shows a genesis of focus from organizing Bloc Blocs to organizing towards a libertarian-socialist society in northern New England.
Van Deusen, David; On Anarchism: Dispatches From The People's Republic of Vermont, foreword by Jeff Jones of the Weather Underground, Algora Publishing, 2017, .
Van Deusen, David; Van Deusen On North American Black Blocs 1996-2001, The Anarchist Library, 2017.
Van Deusen, David; Green Mountain Anarchist Collective; On The Question of Violence and Nonviolence As a Tactic and Strategy Within The Social Protest Movement: An Anarchist Perspective, Black Clover Press, 2001.
Van Deusen, David; Massot, Xavier; Green Mountain Anarchist Collective; The Black Bloc Papers: An Anthology of Primary Texts From The North American Anarchist Black Bloc 1988–2005, Breaking Glass Press, Shawnee Mission, KS, 2010.
Van Deusen, David; The Rise and Fall of The Green Mountain Anarchist Collective, 2015, this article looks at the Green Mountain Anarchist Collective, why they came to take part in Black Blocs, and how they moved beyond the Black Bloc.
External links
Infoshop: Black Blocs for Dummies
"Blocs, Black and Otherwise" by CrimethInc.
Anarchist theory
Anarcho-communism
Anarcho-punk
Anti-fascism
Anti-capitalism
Anonymity
DIY culture
Protest tactics
Political masks
Collectivist anarchism
Clothing by function
Clothing controversies
Clothing in politics
Black symbols |
2070486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Ubian | South Ubian | South Ubian, officially the Municipality of South Ubian, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,583 people.
Geography
Barangays
South Ubian is politically subdivided into 31 barangays.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
South Ubian Profile at PhilAtlas.com
[ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
South Ubian Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
Philippine Census Information
Municipalities of Tawi-Tawi
Island municipalities in the Philippines |
561879 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denishawn%20school | Denishawn school | The Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, founded in 1915 by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles, California, helped many perfect their dancing talents and became the first dance academy in the United States to produce a professional dance company. Some of the school's more notable pupils include Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Lillian Powell, Charles Weidman, Jack Cole, and silent film star Louise Brooks. The school was especially renowned for its influence on ballet and experimental modern dance. In time, Denishawn teachings reached another school location as well - Studio 61 at the Carnegie Hall Studios.
Beginnings
Initially solo artists, Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn began collaborating on work in 1914. St. Denis was preparing for a tour of the southeastern region of the United States, and needed a male partner to help present new ballroom dances. Shawn, who had admired St. Denis since seeing her perform in 1911, auditioned for and was awarded the role. The resulting tour featured the partnered pieces along with individual works from St. Denis and Shawn respectively.
The working relationship between Shawn and St. Denis soon turned romantic. The two artists fell in love and were married on August 13, 1914. Denis, reticent about marriage, had the word "obey" deleted from their wedding vows and declined to wear a wedding ring. Their "honeymoon" consisted of a second joint tour - accompanied by a small company of dancers - from Saratoga Springs, New York to San Francisco, California. A new collection of dances, including more ballroom variations, St. Denis' solos and Shawn's famous Dagger Dance, was showcased. For promotional purposes, the dancing group was referred to as the St. Denis-Shawn Company. During the summer of 1915 in Los Angeles, the two established their first official school, the Ruth St. Denis School of Dancing and Its Related Arts.
On February 6, 1915, on yet another tour, the term "Denishawn" surfaced. At a performance in Portland, Oregon, a theater manager promised eight box seats to whoever could dream up the most creative name for the latest St. Denis-Shawn ballroom exhibition. The unchallenged, winning title was "The Denishawn Rose Mazurka." While the full name did not warrant much popularity, the "Denishawn" portion attracted audience members and the press - to such an extent that the namesake couple officially changed their company name from the St. Denis-Shawn Company to Denishawn Dancers.
Ruth Austin (1898-1994), a graduate of Hollywood High School in California, enrolled in the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts. She was one of the original dancers of the Denishawn Dancers in 1919 and later as a dance instructor in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California beginning in 1924 at the Golden Bough established by Edward G. Kuster.
With the new name and their own school, Shawn and St. Denis began brainstorming ways to expand their contributions to the dance world. St. Denis and Shawn renamed the school 'The Denishawn School', and they soon began developing those movements, techniques, and innovations that became known as the Denishawn style of dancing. The two developed a guide for their pedagogy and choreography, an excerpt of which is:"The art of dance is too big to be encompassed by any one system. On the contrary, the dance includes all systems or schools of dance. Every way that any human being of any race or nationality, at any period of human history, has moved rhythmically to express himself, belongs to the dance. We endeavor to recognize and use all contributions of the past to the dance and will continue to use all new contributions in the future".
Later years
Denishawn disintegrated in 1931 after Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis separated, though the pair never divorced and continued to promote dance education through their respective endeavors. Shawn went on to purchase the property used for the Jacob's Pillow Dance center in Becket, Massachusetts, which continues to operate. In her teachings after Denishawn, St. Denis focused on spiritual and Asian influences in dance. After roughly a decade working apart, Shawn and St. Denis reunited briefly in 1941 at the Jacob's Pillow Dance festival, where they performed several works together.
Technique and classes
Over the years that the school grew more widely renown, the teaching system was constantly being evolved. According to St. Denis, Shawn attributed the most to this. He addressed incoming students with a 'diagnosis lesson', which would assess their current skills in order to assign them to a specific learning/class structure for their time at the Denishawn school. Shawn also was firm on his ideas of what was necessary for the learning curriculum. He addressed that ballet was an overall necessity for any dancer to move forward or thrive in their studies, which is a big reason why the Denishawn curriculum was largely based on ballet fundamentals.
When taking technique classes, students danced in bare feet and wore identical one-piece black wool bathing suits. Classes lasted three hours every morning. Shawn typically taught during the first block of time, leading students through stretches, limbering exercises, ballet barre and floor progressions and free-form center combinations. St. Denis then took over with instruction in Oriental and yoga techniques. Author and former Denishawn pupil Jane Sherman recalls an everyday class, laden with ballet terminology:"A typical Denishawn class began at the barre; first came stretching, petits and grands battements, a series of plies in the five positions, sixteen measures of grande rondes de jambes, and thirty-two measures of petites rondes de jambes. These might be followed by slow releves in arabesque, fast changes, entrechats, and exercises to prepare for fouettes. In short, the works! After ballet arm exercises out on the floor, we next worked to perfect our develops en tournant, out attitudes, out renverses, and our grande jetes".Each pupil danced alone a series of pas de basques: the Denishawn version, the ballet, the Spanish, and the Hungarian. The Denishawn pas de basque was distinguished by arms held high and parallel overhead as the body made an extreme arch sideways toward the leading foot.
Next usually came a free, open exercise affectionately nicknamed "arms and body," done to a waltz from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty. A forerunner of the technical warmups now used in many modern dance schools, it started with feet placed far apart and pressed flat on the floor. After a slow swinging of the body into ever-increasing circles, came head, shoulder, and torso rolls, with the arms sweeping from the floor to the ceiling followed by a relaxed run around the circumference of the studio, ending in a back fall. Other exercises included Javanese arm movements, and hand stretches to train the dancers Western fingers into going backward into some semblance of Cambodian dance flexibility.
Class always closed with the learning of another part of a dance. Based on the theory that one learns to perform by performing, dance exercises were essential elements in Denishawn training, and some of them were so professionally interesting that they became part of the concert repertory.
Any pupil attending classes at a Denishawn school had a wide array of classes to choose from outside of the consistent technique classes. Ted felt it important that the technique was not all too rigid, like classical ballet, and contained some less-structured forms, which brought classes on Dalcroze eurythmics as well as Delsarte laws of expressionism into the curricula. Ruth, on the other hand, emphasized the origins of dance from the foreign countries of the East, the history behind these techniques, and the method of what she called "music visualization", and added to the curricula based on these standards. The couple also offered a Hawaiian Hula class taught by the dance instructor Kulamanu, as well as a class taught by Misha Ito that emphasized specificities of the technique to Japanese sword dancing. Outside of movement classes, the school had lectures, music classes, the art of dyeing and the treatment of fabrics, and libraries to study for these courses.
Schools opened
The first school that St. Denis and Shawn opened as partners was an older Spanish-style mansion in the hills of Los Angeles on St. Paul Street. It had an indoor room that was perfectly sized to fit smaller classes, a swimming pool and a tennis court for additional endurance training and/or leisure time, and the estate was filled with eucalyptus trees. Once they settled in, they built their own dancing platform over the tennis court. They also strategically built canopies over the outside space so that they could use it year-round.
There were two spaces in the St. Paul school reserved for technique classes: an indoor studio where St. Denis primarily taught, and an outdoor ballroom for yoga meditations and Shawn's various classes (ballet, ballroom and what would later be called "Denishawn" technique). $500 covered the cost of a 12-week program that included daily technique classes, room and board, arts and crafts and guided reading lessons. Regular classes and a lunch at the school would cost one dollar for the students. The fees would be collected in an old cigar box by one of Shawn's friends, Mary Jane Sizemore.
During the second summer that the school was opened St. Denis and Shawn decided to hire a manager. Mrs. Edwina Hamilton was brought on staff at the school and was praised by Ruth for her kindness. That winter St. Denis and Shawn went on tour and left the school open and in the hands of Mrs. Hamilton and the assistant teachers. While they were on tour, the registration for upcoming classes looked promising and Mrs. Hamilton suggested that the Denishawn School find a bigger home.
Their second school location in Los Angeles was in an old house in West Lake Park and shared similar characteristics to the St. Paul Street estate. This location had a garden and a tennis court, like the previous school had. Another dance platform was built over the tennis court, a tent was placed over that, and an auditorium was positioned on one side of the area and a dressing room on the opposite side. Eventually, the school went on to spreading farther than just California as Shawn and St. Denis spread their repertory and style through performing. In 1927 they opened a school on Stevenson Place in The Bronx, New York.
Repertory and performance
The Denishawn Dancers took advantage of many performance opportunities – in colleges, concert halls, vaudeville theaters, convention centers and outdoor stadiums. Besides being invited to performance venues like New York's Palace Theater (1916), Denishawn was the first American company to present "serious Western dance" in Japan, Burma, China, India, Ceylon, Java, Malaya and the Philippines (1925–26) In some ways, the presented work resembled ballet – each piece was a full-company story with elaborate costumes, sets and lighting. In terms of movement, however, the differences were obvious – no pointe shoes, no pas de deux lifts, no exact format for patterning solos and ensemble pieces.
Most Denishawn works fall into one of four categories:
Orientalia: Chronologically, these were the first true Denishawn works. St. Denis was responsible for the majority of these pieces, though Shawn did put together a small number of Oriental solos and group dances. As their title suggests, these pieces incorporate aspects of East Indian movement, dress and environment (in the form of set design). A particularly famous work from this period is St. Denis's Radha, a mini-ballet set in a Hindu temple in which an exotic woman dances to honor the five senses.
Americana: While St. Denis found her most powerful inspiration in the Far East, Shawn seemed to find his in the cultures of America. His works dominate the Americana series, complete with musical scores by American composers and portrayals of "American" characters like cowboys, Indians and ballplayers. Shawn's comic pantomime Danse Americaine, for example, centers on a soft-shoe dancer acting as a baseball player.
Music visualizations: Inspired by Isadora Duncan's approach to music, St. Denis developed the music visualization, which she defined as "...the scientific translation into bodily action of the rhythmic, melodic and harmonious structure of a musical composition without intention to in any way 'interpret' or reveal any hidden meaning apprehended by the dancer". Meaning, movement was set strictly to music without reading into anything emotionally. If the music swells, the body swells: if the music grows quiet, the body comes to rest. St. Denis's Soaring, set on five female dancers, is arguably her most well-known music visualization.
Miscellanea: Also known as "Denishawn divertissements", these shorter works included those that cannot fit neatly into the pigeonholes of "Oriental", "Americana" and "Music Visualization". These works were reserved for performances that did not require presentations of full-length ballets.
Many Denishawn solo works remain in the active repertoire of many companies. Their solos are of special interest to many for their exotic qualities. Several of their solos were included in "The Art of the Solo" presented at the Baltimore Museum of Art on September 29, 2006. These included three revival premieres, namely, Shawn's "Invocation to the Thunderbird"(1916), last danced by Denishawn dancer John Dougherty and "Death of Adonis" (1922). Both were recreated by Mino Nicolas, programme curator, with the aid of film, written accounts and photographs. Also featured were the revival premiere of Ruth St. Denis' "The Peacock/A Legend of India" (1906) which was recreated using the same methods. Her signature solo, "The Incense", will also be performed by Cynthia Word of Washington, D.C.
Pupils
During its developmental years, the first pupils to join the Denishawn school played a large role in building it up from the ground, and have even been described as "foundation stones of the system that was to spread over the country". This group included Margaret Loomis, Addie Munn, Helen Eisner, Florine Goodman, Aileen Flaven, Florence Andrews (who danced under the name Florence O'Denishawn, Sadie Vanderhoff, Carol Dempster, Ada Forman, Claire Niles, Chula Monzon, and Yvonne Sinnard. The majority of these original dancers were related to close acquaintances of St.Denis and Shawn. Another well known student and employee of the Denishawn school was Pearl Wheeler. She was primarily the costumer for the school but also took classes and appeared in performances alongside the other dancers.
Several notable movie stars of the early 20th century studied under the Denishawn school in their lifetimes. The Gish sisters, Dorothy and Lillian Gish, took classes from St. Denis and Shawn for some time. Lillian even worked separately with St. Denis and Ruth when she and Rosie Dolly learned a dance from the two that was to be featured in their upcoming movie, The Lily and the Rose (1915). Other notable movie stars of the time include: Louise Brooks, Ina Claire, Ruth Chatterton, Lenore Ulric, Mabel Normand, Florence Vidor, Colleen Moore, and Myrna Loy.
Some pupils who had their beginnings in the Denishawn school went on to make names for themselves , and their presence at the school is sometimes overlooked in their history. For instance, 'Mother of Modern Dance' Martha Graham joined the school during its second summer. She remained there for over a half decade, learning the technique and eventually becoming a regular instructor. Ruth claimed that during her time there, she was "quiet but asked intelligent questions." Another two pupils who came to Denishawn in their early careers were Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Humphrey moved out to California from Evanston, Illinois so that she could have the opportunity to study at the Denishawn school. St. Denis eventually told Humphrey that she should reconsider her plans to become a teacher and pursue a career in performing first. After some time studying at the school's West Lake Park, Humphrey and Weidman migrated to New York where they managed Denishawn's NY-based Denishawn house to develop their own styles and, eventually, open their own school: the Humphrey-Weidman Dance Company.
See also
Modern dance
20th century concert dance
Martha Graham
Charles Weidman
Doris Humphrey
Marion Rice Denishawn Dancers
Marion Rice
Music Visualization
References
Further reading
Suzanne Shelton, Divine Dancer: A Biography of Ruth St. Denis (New York: Doubleday, 1981)
Jane Sherman, Denishawn: The Enduring Influence (Boston, MA: Twayne Publishers, 1983)
Jane Sherman, The Drama of Denishawn Dance (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1979)
External links
Denishawn photographs and scrapbooks, 1875-1960s, held by the Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Dance schools in the United States
Dance in California
Modern dance
Martha Graham
1915 establishments in California
Educational institutions established in 1915 |
10711849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladoblanco | Saladoblanco | Saladoblanco () is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia.
References
Municipalities of Huila Department |
62166661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balcomba%2C%20Queensland | Balcomba, Queensland | Balcomba is a rural locality split between the Central Highlands Region and the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda, Queensland, Australia. In the , Balcomba had a population of 16 people.
Geography
Local government boundaries splits Balcomba into three parts:
the larger northern part in Central Highlands Region ()
the smaller middle part in the Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda ()
smaller southern part in Central Highlands Region ()
References
Central Highlands Region
Aboriginal Shire of Woorabinda
Localities in Queensland |
24037521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%20Feldman | Harvey Feldman | Harvey Julien Feldman (June 25, 1931 – February 24, 2009) was a diplomat of the United States, best known for planning the 1972 Nixon visit to China.
Personal life
Feldman was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the University of Chicago as both an undergraduate and a master's student in Chinese studies, receiving his M.A. in 1954. While still a student in 1952, he married his first wife, Carolina (Carol) Borja Feldman, a classmate at the University of Chicago. Their marriage ended in divorce. After their divorce, she died in 1981. He married his second wife Laura Sherman in 1976.
Career
Feldman served in Hong Kong for eight years, Taiwan for six, and Japan for four years. As a member of the Policy Planning Staff of the State Department, he helped plan U.S. president Richard Nixon's first visit to China in 1972. He continued involvement with the process of relations with China when he became the Director of the Office of Republic of China Affairs in September 1977. In that capacity, he and Lee Marks began to draft the Taiwan Relations Act at the request of Richard Holbrooke; the act would be passed into law in 1979. He also created the American Institute in Taiwan which replaced the U.S. embassy in Taipei after relations were shifted to Beijing. On August 2, 1979, he was appointed to the position of U.S. ambassador to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, resident in Port Moresby, the capital of PNG; he held that position until May 25, 1981. He later served as an alternative U.S. representative to the United Nations, an ambassadorial-rank position and his final role in the State Department. He retired in 1986.
Retirement and death
After his retirement, Feldman continued his involvement with China affairs. In 1989, he met with then-ROC president Lee Teng-hui and advised him on potential strategies for helping the ROC to regain membership in the United Nations. In 1994, he became a fellow in China Policy of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. In 2007, he spoke out against remarks by United States National Security Council Senior Director for Asian Affairs Dennis Wilder stating that "Taiwan, or the Republic of China, is not at this point a state in the international community"; Feldman responded that U.S. government had no basis under law to oppose ROC membership in international bodies.
Outside of his China-related activities, Feldman was also a board member of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs and a partner in consultancy firm Global Business Access. He died on February 24, 2009, at the age of 77 due to complications from aortic dissection. He was survived by two sons from his marriage to Carol Borja Feldman (Chris Feldman and Peter Feldman), as well as his second wife Laura Sherman and their son Alex Feldman, as well as a sister, three grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters.
Works
References
External links
1931 births
2009 deaths
China–United States relations
Deaths from aortic dissection
The Heritage Foundation
People from Brooklyn
20th-century American Jews
Ambassadors of the United States to Papua New Guinea
Ambassadors of the United States to the Solomon Islands
21st-century American Jews
20th-century American diplomats |
65201020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uromastyx%20ocellata | Uromastyx ocellata | Uromastyx ocellata is a species of agamid lizard native to northeastern Africa. It is known as the ocellated spinytail, eyed dabb lizard, and ocellated uromastyx.
Description
Uromastyx ocellata is a medium-small species of Uromastyx, usually weighing and reaching an average length of around . Males usually have a bright blue coloration with yellow and orange spots down their backs while females are usually lighter in coloration, but are typically larger than males.
Distribution
Uromastyx ocellata is native to northeastern Africa, where it can be found in southern Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia (near the Somali border), and northwestern Somalia.
References
ocellata
Agamid lizards of Africa
Reptiles of North Africa
Fauna of Djibouti
Vertebrates of Egypt
Vertebrates of Eritrea
Reptiles of Ethiopia
Reptiles of Somalia
Vertebrates of Sudan
Reptiles described in 1823
Taxa named by Hinrich Lichtenstein |
18895945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brejoeira%20Palace | Brejoeira Palace | The Brejoeira Palace (Portuguese: Palácio da Brejoeira) is a palace in Monção, Portugal.
The Palace was constructed in the 18th century according to a project from the architect Carlos Amarante.
It has been classified by IPPAR since 1910.
The palace opened for the public in 2010.
References
Palaces in Portugal
Buildings and structures in Monção |
9903148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Wright%20%28basketball%29 | Michael Wright (basketball) | Michael Wright (January 7, 1980 – November 10, 2015) was an American-Turkish professional basketball player. He also held Turkish citizenship. His Turkish name was Ali Karadeniz. He played professional basketball in Poland, Spain, Israel, South Korea, France, Germany, and Turkey. He was murdered in 2015.
High school career
Wright played his high school basketball at Farragut Academy, where, as a freshman, he was part of one of the best teams in the country, which boasted future professionals Willie Farley and Ronnie Fields, as well as Minnesota Timberwolves superstar Kevin Garnett. At 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in), Wright played center after Garnett's departure, and moved to power forward in college.
College career
At the University of Arizona, Wright started for the Wildcats in the 2001 NCAA Division I championship against the Duke Blue Devils. However, undersized for that position at the pro level, and too slow to be a small forward,he dropped to the second round of the 2001 NBA draft where he was drafted by the New York Knicks.
Professional career
Wright was drafted as the 39th pick in the 2001 NBA draft by the New York Knicks. After not joining the Knicks or any other NBA team, Wright moved overseas and switched teams almost every season. He was one of 8 players selected in the 2001 NBA Draft who never played in a single NBA game.
Wright started with Polish league champions Śląsk Wrocław, that also participated in the Euroleague, moving to Spain's CB Granada the following year.
After the team was relegated to the LEB (Spain's second division), Wright moved to Israel and signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv. A year later he signed with ALBA Berlin.
In 2005, he moved to Beşiktaş Cola Turka of the Turkish Basketball League. He started the 2006–07 season in South Korea with Jeonju KCC Egis; in October signed with French and Euroleague's EB Pau Orthez.
In May 2007, he moved back to Turkey and signed for Türk Telekom B.K. In September 2009 he has signed a contract with Turów Zgorzelec from Poland for the 2009–10 season.
In July 2011, he returned to Türk Telekom B.K. for one season with an option for a second one. In the summer of 2012, he signed a contract with Mersin BB.
On February 3, 2015, he signed with Cholet Basket of the French LNB Pro A. After averaging 1.7 points and 2 rebounds in 3 contests, Wright and Cholet parted ways.
Murder
On November 10, 2015, Wright was found dead in his car in Brooklyn, New York, covered in trash bags in the vehicle's back seat. The medical examiner determined that his death was a homicide. Two men were charged in his death.
According to a family member interviewed after his death, Wright intended to return to Europe to play another two seasons before retirement.
Two men were charged on November 1, 2016 – Mark A. Holdbrooks, 59, and alleged accomplice David Victor, 35, were charged with murder and other offenses after a yearlong investigation. Holdbrooks, Wright's longtime roommate, allegedly reported him missing on November 8, 2015. Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal did not specify a motive or mention how Wright was killed but said he had suffered "head trauma." Later, authorities said Victor and Holdbrooks drugged Wright with gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), a date rape drug, and killed him with an ax in Closter, New Jersey, and that Victor then drove Wright's Lexus SUV to Brooklyn, leaving it with his body in it parked on East 16th Street near Avenue J in Midwood.
References
External links
College stats
NBA Draft profile
Eurobasket.com profile
ACB profile
TBLStat.net Profile
Euroleague & Eurocup Profile
1980 births
2015 deaths
African-American basketball players
Alba Berlin players
All-American college men's basketball players
American emigrants to Turkey
American expatriate basketball people in France
American expatriate basketball people in Germany
American expatriate basketball people in Israel
American expatriate basketball people in Poland
American expatriate basketball people in South Korea
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
American men's basketball players
Arizona Wildcats men's basketball players
Basketball players from Chicago
Beşiktaş men's basketball players
CB Granada players
Cholet Basket players
Élan Béarnais players
Farragut Career Academy alumni
Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players
Israeli Basketball Premier League players
Jeonju KCC Egis players
Liga ACB players
Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. players
Naturalized citizens of Turkey
New York Knicks draft picks
Power forwards (basketball)
Śląsk Wrocław basketball players
Türk Telekom B.K. players
Turkish men's basketball players
Turkish people of African-American descent
Turów Zgorzelec players
People murdered in New York City
Male murder victims
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American sportspeople |
1183610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Sharperson | Mike Sharperson | Michael Tyrone Sharperson (October 4, 1961 – May 26, 1996) was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Toronto Blue Jays (1987), Los Angeles Dodgers (1987–1993) and Atlanta Braves (1995). Sharperson batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
In an eight-season career, Sharperson posted a .280 batting average with 10 home runs and 123 RBI in 557 games.
Career
Sharperson was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round (11th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. He made his debut with Toronto in 1987 and was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in midseason.
A member of the Dodgers' 1988 World Series championship team, Sharperson was part of the group of utility players known as "The Stunt Men", for their ability to play many different positions and roles. While mostly used at third base and second, Sharperson also played shortstop, first base and right field.
In 1990, Sharperson hit .297 with career-highs in hits (106) and games (129). His most productive season came in 1992, when he hit .300 with 21 doubles and 48 runs (all career-highs), and made the National League All-Star team.
Released by the Dodgers before the 1994 season, Sharperson signed with the Red Sox, then with the Cubs, but did not play for them. He appeared in seven games with the Atlanta Braves in 1995 and became a free agent at the end of the season. He then signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.
Death
In 1996, Sharperson was playing for the Triple-A Las Vegas Stars. He was driving to McCarran International Airport to join the Padres in Montreal against the Expos after being recalled when he died in a one-car crash at the junction of I-15 and I-215 just south of the Las Vegas Strip. He was southbound on I-15 at about 2:45 a.m. when he apparently realized he missed his turn onto I-215. A witness said that Sharperson tried to make a right turn onto I-215, but lost control in the rain and went into a dirt median. Local law enforcement who arrived at the scene of the accident stated that Sharperson had been ejected through his car's sunroof during the accident. He was 34 years old.
See also
List of baseball players who died during their careers
References
External links
Baseball Almanac
Retrosheet
The Baseball Gauge
Venezuela Winter League
1961 births
1996 deaths
African-American baseball players
Albuquerque Dukes players
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Atlanta Braves players
Baseball players from South Carolina
Florence Blue Jays players
Georgia Perimeter Jaguars baseball players
Iowa Cubs players
Kinston Blue Jays players
Knoxville Blue Jays players
Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players
Los Angeles Dodgers players
Leones del Caracas players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Major League Baseball infielders
National League All-Stars
Pawtucket Red Sox players
People from Orangeburg, South Carolina
Richmond Braves players
Road incident deaths in Nevada
Syracuse Chiefs players
Toronto Blue Jays players
20th-century African-American sportspeople |
20734598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short%20story%20cycle | Short story cycle | A short story cycle (sometimes referred to as a story sequence or composite novel) is a collection of short stories in which the narratives are specifically composed and arranged with the goal of creating an enhanced or different experience when reading the group as a whole as opposed to its individual parts. Short story cycles are different from novels because the parts that would make up the chapters can all stand alone as short stories, each individually containing a beginning, middle and conclusion. When read as a group there is a tension created between the ideas of the individual stories, often showing changes that have occurred over time or highlighting the conflict between two opposing concepts or thoughts. Because of this dynamic, the stories need to have an awareness of what the other stories accomplish; therefore, cycles are usually written with the express purpose of creating a cycle as opposed to being gathered and arranged later.
Definitional debates
Scholars have pointed out that there is a wide range of possibilities that fall between simple collections and novels in their most-commonly understood form. One question is how well the stories stand up individually: chapters of a novel usually cannot stand alone, whereas stories in collections are meant to be fully independent. But many books have combined stories in such a way that the stories have varying degrees of interdependence, and it is these variations that cause problems in definition. Maggie Dunn and Ann Morris, for instance, claim that the stories in a story cycle are more independent than those in a composite novel, and James Nagel points out that both cycle and sequence are misleading, since cycle implies circularity and sequence implies temporal linearity, neither of which he finds to be essential to most such collections. Rolf Lundén has suggested four types of cycles, in order of decreasing unity: the cycle, in which the ending resolves the conflicts brought up at the beginning (e.g., The Bridge of San Luis Rey); the sequence, in which each story is linked to the ones before it but without a cumulative story that ties everything together (e.g., The Unvanquished); the cluster, in which the links between stories are not always made obvious and in which the discontinuity between them is more significant than their unity (e.g., Go Down, Moses); and the novella, in the classical sense of a collection of unrelated stories brought together by a frame story and a narrator(s) (e.g., Winesburg, Ohio). [All examples are Lundén's.] Robert M. Luscher compares and contrasts the short story cycle and science fiction short stories combined into longer fixups.
History
In their study of the genre, Maggie Dunn and Ann Morris note that the form descends from two different traditions: There are texts that are themselves assembled from other texts, such as the way the tales from the Arthurian cycle are compiled in books by Chretien de Troyes, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Thomas Malory and the Mabinogion. Then there are the classic serialized novellas, many of them with frame stories; this genre includes One Thousand and One Nights, The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, etc. Dunn and Morris show how in the nineteenth century, the genre appeared in such forms as the village sketch collection (e.g., Our Village) and the patchwork collection (e.g., Louisa May Alcott's Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag).
J. Gerald Kennedy describes the proliferation of the genre in the twentieth century, attributing it in part to the desire "to renounce the organizing authority of an omniscient narrator, asserting instead a variety of voices or perspectives reflective of the radical subjectivity of modern experience. Kennedy finds this proliferation in keeping with modernism and its use of fragmentation, juxtaposition and simultaneism to reflect the "multiplicity" that he believed to characterize that century. Scholars such as James Nagel and Rocío G. Davis have pointed out that the story cycle has been very popular among ethnic U.S. authors. Davis argues that ethnic writers find the format useful "as a metaphor for the fragmentation and multiplicity of ethnic lives" insofar as it highlights "the subjectivity of experience and understanding" by allowing "multiple impressionistic perspectives and fragmentation of simple linear history".
The composite novel
Dunn and Morris list several methods that authors use to provide unity to the collection as a whole. It has to be noted that these organising principles pertain to their theory of the composite novel as a short story collection where the focus lies on the coherent whole. (the examples are theirs):
The organising principles
a geographical area: The Country of the Pointed Firs, Dubliners, The Women of Brewster Place
a central protagonist, which has the option of also being the narrator: Cosmicomics, Winesburg, Ohio, The Woman Warrior, A Certain Lucas
a collective protagonist: In Our Time, Go Down, Moses, Love Medicine, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
patterns to create coherence: Three Lives, Exile and the Kingdom, The Golden Apples, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
focus on storytelling itself: The Way to Rainy Mountain, Pricksongs & Descants, How to Make an American Quilt
Multiple of these organizing principles may be used in order to create a composite novel.
Titles using cycle technique
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
A Hero of Our Time
A Sportsman's Sketches
A Visit From the Goon Squad
A Young Doctor's Notebook
Annie John
Cane
Cathedral
The Conjure Woman
The Country of the Pointed Firs
Dark Avenues
Dubliners
The Finer Grain
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Go Down, Moses
The Golovlyov Family
Hearts in Atlantis
The House on Mango Street
The Housebreaker of Shady Hill and Other Stories
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
I, Robot
In Our Time
The Joy Luck Club
The Last of the Menu Girls
Legends of the Province House
Linmill Stories
Lives of Girls and Women
Love Medicine
The Martian Chronicles
Monkeys (novel)
Mrs. Spring Fragrance
Old Creole Days
Olinger Stories
Olive, Again
Olive Kitteridge
The Piazza Tales
Pictures of Fidelman
Pulp Fiction
Red Cavalry
Sinbad the Sailor
The Seven Wonders
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
The Things They Carried
Three Lives
Three Tales
Uncle Tom's Children
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
The Wide Net
Winesburg, Ohio
The Women of Brewster Place
References
Literary genres
Fiction forms |
44609017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Convention%20for%20the%20Progress%20of%20Burkina | National Convention for the Progress of Burkina | The National Convention for the Progress of Burkina (, CNPB) was a political party in Burkina Faso led by Jourouboundou René Lompo.
History
The party received 0.5% of the vote in the 2012 parliamentary elections, winning a single seat in the National Assembly.
References
Defunct political parties in Burkina Faso |
59583325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gates%20of%20Creation | The Gates of Creation | The Gates of Creation (1966) is a science fiction novel by American author Philip José Farmer. It is the second in his World of Tiers series.
Plot summary
A demigod disguised as an Earthman and Lord of the Planet of Many Levels, Wolff-Jadawin must enter the many-leveled universe constructed for his torment and destruction in order to save his bride from the satanic Master Lord Urizen.
External links
The Gates of Creation, worldcat.org
See also
Simulated reality in fiction
1966 American novels
American science fiction novels
Novels by Philip José Farmer
Ace Books books |
207035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropa%20belladonna | Atropa belladonna | Atropa belladonna, commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a toxic perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, which also includes tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplant (aubergine). It is native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. Its distribution extends from Great Britain in the west to western Ukraine and the Iranian province of Gilan in the east. It is also naturalised or introduced in some parts of Canada and the United States.
The foliage and berries are extremely toxic when ingested, containing tropane alkaloids. These toxins include atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine, which cause delirium and hallucinations, and are also used as pharmaceutical anticholinergics. Tropane alkaloids are of common occurrence not only in the Old World tribes Hyoscyameae (to which the genus Atropa belongs) and Mandragoreae, but also in the New World tribe Datureae - all of which belong to the subfamily Solanoideae of the plant family Solanaceae.
Atropa belladonna has unpredictable effects. The antidote for belladonna poisoning is physostigmine or pilocarpine, the same as for atropine.
History
Atropa belladonna has a long history of use as a medicine, cosmetic, and poison. Known originally under various folk names (such as "deadly nightshade" in English), the plant was baptized Atropa belladonna by Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) when he devised his classification system. Linnaeus chose the genus name Atropa because of the poisonous properties of these plants. Atropos (lit. "unturning one"), one of the Three Fates in Greek mythology, is said to have cut a person's thread of life after her sisters had spun and measured it. Linnaeus chose the species name belladonna ("beautiful woman" in Italian) in reference to the cosmetic use of the plant during the Renaissance, when women used the juice of the berries in eyedrops intended to dilate the pupils and make the eyes appear more seductive.
Extracts of plants in the deadly nightshade family have been in use since at least the 4th century BC, when Mandragora (mandrake) was recommended by Theophrastus for treatment of wounds, gout, and sleeplessness, and as a love potion. In the first century BC, Cleopatra used Atropine-rich extracts from the Egyptian henbane plant (another nightshade) for the above-mentioned purpose of dilating the pupils of her eyes.
The use of deadly nightshades as a poison was known in ancient Rome, as attested by the rumor that the Roman empress Livia Drusilla used the juice of Atropa belladonna berries to murder her husband, the emperor Augustus.
In the first century AD, Dioscorides recognized wine of mandrake as an anaesthetic for treatment of pain or sleeplessness, to be given prior to surgery or cautery.
The use of nightshade preparations for anesthesia, often in combination with opium, persisted throughout the Roman and Islamic Empires and continued in Europe until superseded in the 19th century by modern anesthetics.
The modern pharmacological study of Atropa belladonna extracts was begun by the German chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795–1867). In 1831, the German pharmacist Heinrich F. G. Mein (1799–1864) succeeded in preparing a pure crystalline form of the active substance, baptized atropine.
Description
Atropa belladonna is a branching herbaceous perennial rhizomatous hemicryptophyte, often growing as a subshrub from a fleshy rootstock. Plants can reach a height of (more commonly ), and have ovate leaves up to long. The bell-shaped flowers are dull purple tinged yellow-green toward the base and are faintly scented. The fruits are berries, which are green, ripening to a shiny black, and approximately in diameter. The berries are sweet and are consumed by animals that disperse the seeds in their droppings, even though they contain toxic alkaloids (see Toxicity). There is a pale-yellow flowering form called Atropa belladonna var. lutea with pale yellow fruit.
A. belladonna is sometimes confused with the much less poisonous black nightshade, Solanum nigrum, belonging to a different genus within Solanaceae. A comparison of the fruit shows that black nightshade berries are spherical, have a dull lustre and grow in clusters, whereas the berries of deadly nightshade are much glossier, twice as large, somewhat flattened and are borne singly. Another distinction is that black nightshade flowers are not tubular but white and star-shaped, bearing a central cone of yellow anthers.
Distribution
Atropa belladonna is native to temperate southern, Central and Eastern Europe; North Africa, Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus, but has been cultivated and introduced outside its native range. In southern Sweden it was recorded in Flora of Skåne in 1870 as grown in apothecary gardens near Malmö.
In Britain it is native only on calcareous soils, on disturbed ground, field margins, hedgerows and open woodland. More widespread as an alien, it is often a relic of cultivation as a medicinal herb. Seed is spread mainly by birds.
It is naturalized in parts of North America, where it is often found in shady, moist locations with limestone-rich soils. It is considered a weed species in parts of the world, where it colonizes areas with disturbed soils.
Cultivation
Atropa belladonna is rarely used in gardens, but, when grown, it is usually for its large upright habit and showy berries.
Germination of the small seeds is often difficult, due to hard seed coats that cause seed dormancy. Germination takes several weeks under alternating temperature conditions, but can be sped up with the use of gibberellic acid. The seedlings need sterile soil to prevent damping off and resent root disturbance during transplanting.
Taxonomy
Atropa belladonna is in the nightshade family (Solanaceae), which it shares with potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, jimsonweed, tobacco, wolfberry, and chili peppers. The common names for this species include belladonna, deadly nightshade, divale, dwale, banewort, devil's berries, death cherries, beautiful death, devil's herb, great morel, and dwayberry.
Etymology
The name Atropa belladonna was published by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753. Atropa is derived from the name of the Greek goddess Atropos ('she who may not be turned aside' i.e. 'the inflexible' or 'the implacable')—one of the three Greek fates or destinies who would determine the course of a man's life by the weaving of threads that symbolized his birth, the events in his life, and finally his death, with Atropos cutting these threads to mark the last of these. The name "belladonna" comes from the Italian language, meaning 'beautiful lady'; originating either from its usage as a cosmetic to beautify pallid skin, or more probably, from its usage to increase the pupil size in women.
Toxicity
Belladonna is one of the most toxic plants known, and its use by mouth increases risk in numerous clinical conditions, such as complications of pregnancy, cardiovascular diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, and psychiatric disorders, among others. All parts of the plant contain tropane alkaloids. Roots have up to 1.3%, leaves 1.2%, stalks 0.65%, flowers 0.6%, ripe berries 0.7%, and seeds 0.4% tropane alkaloids; leaves reach maximal alkaloid content when the plant is budding and flowering, roots are most poisonous in the end of the plant's vegetation period. Belladonna nectar is transformed by bees into honey that also contains tropane alkaloids. The berries pose the greatest danger to children because they look attractive and have a somewhat sweet taste. The root of the plant is generally the most toxic part, though this can vary from one specimen to another.
The active agents in belladonna, atropine, hyoscine (scopolamine), and hyoscyamine, have anticholinergic properties. The symptoms of belladonna poisoning include dilated pupils, sensitivity to light, blurred vision, tachycardia, loss of balance, staggering, headache, rash, flushing, severely dry mouth and throat, slurred speech, urinary retention, constipation, confusion, hallucinations, delirium, and convulsions. In 2009, A. belladonna berries were mistaken for blueberries by an adult woman; the six berries she ate were documented to result in severe anticholinergic syndrome. The plant's deadly symptoms are caused by atropine's disruption of the parasympathetic nervous system's ability to regulate involuntary activities, such as sweating, breathing, and heart rate. The antidote for belladonna poisoning is an anticholinesterase (such as physostigmine) or a cholinomimetic (such as pilocarpine), the same as for atropine.
Atropa belladonna is also toxic to many domestic animals, causing narcosis and paralysis. However, cattle and rabbits eat the plant seemingly without suffering harmful effects. In humans, its anticholinergic properties will cause the disruption of cognitive capacities, such as memory and learning.
Legal status
Belladonna cultivation is legal in Southern and Eastern Europe, Pakistan, North America, and Brazil. Belladonna leaves and roots can be bought with a medical prescription in pharmacies throughout Germany. In the United States, there is only one approved prescription drug containing belladonna alkaloids such as atropine, and the FDA regards any over-the-counter products claiming efficacy and safety as an anticholinergic drug, to be illegal.
Uses
Cosmetics
The common name belladonna originates from its historic use by women, as bella donna is Italian for "beautiful woman". Drops prepared from the belladonna plant were used to dilate women's pupils, an effect considered to be attractive and seductive. Belladonna drops act as a muscarinic antagonist, blocking receptors in the muscles of the eye that constrict pupil size. Belladonna is currently rarely used cosmetically, as it carries the adverse effects of causing minor visual distortions, inability to focus on near objects, and increased heart rate. Prolonged usage was reputed to cause blindness.
Dietary supplements
In the United States, belladonna is marketed as a dietary supplement, typically as an atropine ingredient in over-the-counter cold medicine products. Although such cold medicine products are probably safe for oral use at typical atropine dosages (0.2 milligram), there is inadequate scientific evidence to assure their effectiveness. By FDA guidelines for supplements, there are no regulated manufacturing standards for cold medicines containing atropine, with some belladona supplements found to contain contaminants.
Medicinal uses
Scientific evidence to recommend the use of A. belladonna in its natural form for any condition is insufficient, although some of its components, in particular l-atropine, which was purified from belladonna in the 1830s, have accepted medical uses. Donnatal is a prescription pharmaceutical, that combines natural belladonna alkaloids in a specific, fixed ratio with phenobarbital to provide peripheral anticholinergic or antispasmodic action and mild sedation. Donnatal contains 0.0194 mg of atropine. According to the FDA and Donnatal labeling, it is possibly effective for use as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (irritable colon, spastic colon, mucous colitis) and acute enterocolitis. Donnatal is not approved by the FDA as being either safe or effective. According to the FDA, Donnatal use has significant risks: it can cause harm to a fetus if administered to a pregnant woman, can lead to heat prostration if used in hot climates, may cause constipation, and may produce drowsiness or blurred vision.
The Towns-Lambert or Bella Donna Cure was a regimen for treating alcohol use disorder in the early 20th century.
Alternative medicine and toxicity risk
Belladonna has been used in herbal medicine for centuries as a pain reliever, muscle relaxer, and anti-inflammatory, and to treat menstrual problems, peptic ulcer disease, histaminic reaction, and motion sickness.
At least one 19th-century eclectic medicine journal explained how to prepare a belladonna tincture for direct administration. In homeopathic practices, belladonna was prescribed by German physician Samuel Hahnemann as a topical medication for inflammation and pain. In the form of Doktor Koster's Antigaspills, belladonna was a homeopathic medication for upset stomach and excessive flatulence. There is insufficient scientific evidence justifying the use of belladonna for these or any other clinical disorders.
In 2010 and 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration warned consumers against the use of homeopathic teething tablets and gels containing belladonna as used for infants and children, stating that the products may be toxic, causing "seizures, difficulty breathing, lethargy, excessive sleepiness, muscle weakness, skin flushing, constipation, difficulty urinating, or agitation".
Recreational drug
Atropa belladonna and related plants, such as Datura stramonium (commonly known as jimson weed), have occasionally been used as recreational drugs because of the vivid hallucinations and delirium they produce. These hallucinations are most commonly described as very unpleasant, and recreational use is considered extremely dangerous because of the high risk of unintentional fatal overdose. The main psychoactive ingredients are the alkaloids scopolamine and, to a lesser extent, hyoscyamine. The effects of atropine on the central nervous system include memory disruption, which may lead to severe confusion. The major effects of belladonna consumption last for three to four hours; visual hallucinations can last for three to four days, and some negative aftereffects are preserved for several days.
Poison
The tropane alkaloids of A. belladonna were used as poisons, and early humans made poisonous arrows from the plant. In Ancient Rome, it was used as a poison by Agrippina the Younger, wife of Emperor Claudius, on the advice of Locusta, a woman who specialized in poisons, and Livia, who is rumored to have used it to kill her husband Emperor Augustus.
Macbeth of Scotland, when he was still one of the lieutenants of King Duncan I of Scotland, used it during a truce to poison the troops of the invading Harold Harefoot, King of England, to the point that the English troops were unable to stand their ground and had to retreat to their ships.
Medical historians also suspect that Solomon Northup, a free black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841, was poisoned using a combination of Atropa belladonna and laudanum.
Folklore
Flying ointment
In the past, witches were believed to use a mixture of belladonna, opium poppy and other plants, typically poisonous (such as monkshood and hemlock), in flying ointment, which they allegedly applied to help them fly to gatherings with other witches or to experience bacchanalian carousal. Carlo Ginzburg and others have argued that flying ointments were preparations meant to encourage hallucinatory dreaming; a possible explanation for the inclusion of belladonna and opium poppy in flying ointments concerns the known antagonism between tropane alkaloids of belladonna (scopolamine) and opiate alkaloids in the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum (to be specific, morphine), which produces a dream-like waking state (hypnagogia) or potentiated dreams while the user is asleep. This antagonism was known in folk medicine and discussed in traditional medicine formularies. Belladonna is also notable for the unpredictability of its toxic effects.
Female attractiveness
Among the ancient folk traditions of the Romanian (Moldavian) / Ukrainian region of Bukovina in the Carpathians is the ritual for a Bukovinian girl to enhance her attractiveness by making an offering to deadly nightshade. She entered the fields on a Sunday in Shrovetide, clad in her Sunday best, accompanied by her mother and bringing a bag of bread, salt, and brandy. She would dig up a deadly nightshade root and leave the three offerings in its place. As she returned home, she carried the root on the top of her head. On the way both to and from home, she avoided all quarrels and arguments. If asked by anyone on the way back what she was taking home, she would not divulge the truth or the spell would break.
Gallery
See also
List of poisonous plants
List of plants poisonous to equines
Donnatal, a pharmaceutical containing the active alkaloids in belladonna: scopolamine, hyoscyamine, and atropine, as a medication.
References
External links
Deliriants
Entheogens
Flora of North Africa
Flora of Western Asia
Herbal and fungal hallucinogens
Medicinal plants of Africa
Medicinal plants of Asia
Medicinal plants of Europe
Oneirogens
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Atropa
Poisonous plants |
47744979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit%20Aagard-Svendsen | Birgit Aagard-Svendsen | Birgit Aagard-Svendsen (born 1956) is a Danish business executive who as of September 2015, became the executive vice-president and chief financial officer of the J. Lauritzen shipping company in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Aagard-Svendsen graduated in engineering from Danmarks Ingeniørakademi (1980) and in business administration at Copenhagen's Handelshøjskolen (1985). Before joining J. Lauritzen in 1998, she held management positions at Tele Danmark (1996–98) and Nordisk Film (1996–98). She has previously been chairman of the Infrastructure Commission and also headed the Committee on Corporate Governance.
Aagard-Svendsen is married to Rolf Aagaard-Svendsen, a former mayor of Lyngby-Taarbæk, and has two daughters. In 2008, she was named businesswoman of the year by the Danish newspaper Berlingske.
References
1956 births
Living people
Danish business executives
Danish women business executives
Chief financial officers
Technical University of Denmark alumni |
4736932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne%20Free | Bourne Free | Bourne Free is an annual pride festival in Bournemouth, England.
History
The festival was established in 2004 when a far right organisation was due to come to Bournemouth to demonstrate against homosexuality. Many prominent figures and active members of the LGBT community in the area came together to organise an event in the Lower Gardens to defend LGBT people from the event and create a day of celebration rather than hostility.
The event included entertainment at The Bandstand, a balloon release with a two-minute silence for victims of hate crime, and Bournemouth's first Gay Pride march. The Bourne Free committee that had organised the event continued organising Bourne Free as an annual charity event. In 2006, event was renamed as the Bourne Free Pride Festival.
In 2008 the Pride Parade moved onto the streets of Bournemouth.
External links
Official Bourne Free Pride Festival website
Pride parades in England
Tourist attractions in Bournemouth
Festivals in Dorset
Recurring events established in 2004
2004 establishments in England |
70404330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefkonas%2C%20Florina | Lefkonas, Florina | Lefkonas (, before 1926: Πόπλη - Popli) is a village in the Florina Regional Unit in West Macedonia, Greece.
Name
Macedonian speaking locals of Prespa call this village Попли, Popli. The forms of the toponym rendered with о, а and ъ indicate they emerged from a *o sound and would have originally been either Poplje or Pop'li from the Slavic *pop- pupak meaning navel, centre. Pianka Włodzimierz writes that Poplje would be unlikely as the retention of l in this instance would not occur per the sound change norms of the Macedonian language. Włodzimierz instead states that the toponym might have originally been *Po̧pъlje. The toponym ending would have been replaced with a Turkish suffix lu, due to the importance of the village as a centre for Ottoman administration. In Albanian, the village is called Pëpli.
History
In the late 19th century, the village was the Ottoman administrative centre and seat of the müdir (district administrator) in the Lower Prespa area. Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, the village mosque was demolished and the church of Michael the Archangel was built in its place. The village in the modern period is renowned for its landscaped gardens.
Demographics
In the 1860s, Popli had 50 Christian houses. In the early 1900s, 180 Slavonic speaking Christians and 210 Muslim Albanians lived in the village. The Greek census (1920) recorded 492 people in the village and in 1923 there were 270 inhabitants (or 40 families) who were Muslim. The Albanian village population was present until 1926 when they went to Turkey and were replaced with prosfiges (Greek refugees), due to the Greek-Turkish population exchange. In 1926 within Popli there were 41 refugee families from Asia Minor. The Greek census (1928) recorded 310 village inhabitants. There were 41 refugee families (129 people) in 1928. After the Greek Civil War, the Macedonian speaking population became a minority in the village.
Lefkonas had 127 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Lefkonas was populated by a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the Greek-Turkish population exchange, and Slavophones.
References
External links
Prespes website
Populated places in Florina (regional unit) |
45552071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%20Hockey%20East%20men%27s%20ice%20hockey%20tournament | 2015 Hockey East men's ice hockey tournament | The 2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 6 and March 21, 2015 at campus locations and at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Boston University Terriers defeated the UMass Lowell River Hawks by a score of 5–3 to earn their 8th Hockey East championship in school history and earn Hockey East's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. Jack Eichel was named tournament MVP.
The tournament is the 31st in league history.
Format
With the addition of the UConn Huskies to Hockey East, the tournament was reformatted to include all twelve teams in the conference. Seeds 1–4 earned a first-round bye, and seeds 5–12 played a best-of-three Opening Round played on campus locations. Winners advanced to play the 1–4 seeds in the best-of-three Quarterfinals on campus locations. Winners of those series played in a single-game Semifinal, and those winners faced off in a single-game Championship Final, both at the TD Garden.
Regular season standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Bracket
Teams are reseeded after the Opening Round and Quarterfinals
Note: * denotes overtime period(s)
Results
Opening Round
(5) Notre Dame vs. (12) Massachusetts
(6) Northeastern vs. (11) Merrimack
(7) Vermont vs. (10) Maine
(8) New Hampshire vs. (9) Connecticut
Quarterfinals
(1) Boston University vs. (11) Merrimack
(2) Providence vs. (8) New Hampshire
(3) Boston College vs. (7) Vermont
(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (5) Notre Dame
Semifinals
(1) Boston University vs. (8) New Hampshire
(4) Massachusetts–Lowell vs. (7) Vermont
Championship
(1) Boston University vs. (4) Massachusetts–Lowell
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
F Jack Eichel* (Boston University)
F Grayson Downing (New Hampshire)
F Evan Rodrigues (Boston University)
D Matt Grzelcyk (Boston University)
D Robbie Russo (Notre Dame)
G Matt O'Connor (Boston University)
* Tournament MVP(s)
References
External links
2015 Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Hockey East Men's Ice Hockey Tournament |
61485857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20No-Gun%20Man | The No-Gun Man | The No-Gun Man is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Harry Garson and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, William Quinn, and Gloria Grey.
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine, following the robbery of a suburban bank, the small town of Red Rock is terrorized by the appearance of a gang led by Bill Kilgore (Quinn). After failing to impress Carmen Harroway (Grey), who runs a small store, he will not allow the townspeople to trade with her. Bob Vincent (Flynn), a stranger to town, wins the friendship of Carmen and shows that he does not fear Bill. The populace is mystified when Bob becomes friendly with Bill and joins the Kilgore gang. Bill plans the robbery of the train and kidnapping of Carmen. Bob saves her, but she does not trust him, which makes his job more difficult. The townspeople finally arise and defeat the Kilgore gang, and Bob, who is knocked out and left on the railroad track, saves himself and the train. It is revealed that Bob is the president of the bank that was robbed, and now has secured the evidence to arrest Bill Kilgore and his gang. Carmen accepts his invitation to become a banker's wife.
Cast
Preservation
With no copies of The No-Gun Man located in any film archives, it is a lost film.
References
Bibliography
Langman, Larry. A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992.
External links
1924 films
1924 Western (genre) films
Films directed by Harry Garson
American black-and-white films
Film Booking Offices of America films
Silent American Western (genre) films
1920s English-language films
1920s American films |
13752339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daviesia%20cordata | Daviesia cordata | Daviesia cordata, commonly known as bookleaf, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with scattered egg-shaped phyllodes, and yellow-orange and pinkish-purple flowers.
Description
Daviesia cordata is a slender, erect, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are reduced to scattered, spreading, egg-shaped phyllodes long and wide, with a heart-shaped, stem-clasping base. The flowers are arranged in groups of ten to fifteen in leaf axils on a peduncle long, each flower on a pedicel long with two circular bracts wide at the base. The sepals are long and joined at the base, the upper lobes joined for most of their length and the lower three triangular and about long. The standard is yellow with orange at the base and tip, circular to elliptic, long and wide. The wings are pinkish-red to purple and long and the keel pinkish purple and long. Flowering occurs from July to December and the fruit is a flattened, triangular pod long.
Taxonomy
Davieia cordata was first formally described in 1808 by James Edward Smith in The Cyclopaedia based on specimens collected from King George Sound. The specific epithet (cordata) mean "heart-shaped".
Distribution and habitat
Bookleaf grows in open forest and mallee-heath and is common from near Perth to Albany in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.
References
cordata
Rosids of Western Australia
Plants described in 1808
Taxa named by James Edward Smith |
40368480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudabad-e%20Sofla%2C%20Fars | Mahmudabad-e Sofla, Fars | Mahmudabad-e Sofla (, also Romanized as Maḩmūdābād-e Soflá) is a village in Jangal Rural District, in the Central District of Fasa County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 485, in 105 families.
References
Populated places in Fasa County |
22585601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie%20Finkelstein | Bernie Finkelstein | Bernard Finkelstein (born August 12, 1944 in Toronto) is a Canadian music executive and talent manager.
Finkelstein began his career in music as the manager of The Paupers from 1966 to 1967 and Kensington Market from 1967 to 1969.
In 1969, Finkelstein founded True North Records. The first artist signed to the label in 1969 was Bruce Cockburn. Through 1972–1981, in partnership with Bernie Fiedler, he managed the careers of Ronney Abramson, Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan and Dan Hill. In 1970, he and Cockburn became partners in the music publishing firm Golden Mountain Music.
By the time Finkelstein sold True North, the label had released over 550 albums, including records from such Canadian notables as Rough Trade, Randy Bachman, The Rheostatics, Lynn Miles, Cowboy Junkies, Colin Linden, Catherine MacLellan, Tom Wilson, Moxy Früvous, and Lighthouse, among others. True North continued to also release records for acts that Finkelstein managed including Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Murray McLauchlan, Stephen Fearing, Barney Bentall and Bruce Cockburn. During the period from 1969 to 2007 True North received over 40 Gold and Platinum records and over 40 Juno Awards.
In December 2007, True North was acquired by an investment group led by Linus Entertainment. Finkelstein remained as chairman and long-term consultant. He continued as Cockburn's manager and also managed The Golden Dogs.
Until 2011, Finkelstein was the Chairman of MUCHFACT for 26 years, an organization he co-founded with Moses Znaimer in 1984 when it was known as VideoFACT. Finkelstein was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2006, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (CARAS) awarded Finkelstein the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award, which is only given to "individuals who have contributed to the growth of the Canadian music industry".
Finkelstein received the Order of Canada in 2007.
On April 16, 2012, Finkelstein's autobiography, "True North: A Life Inside The Music Business" was published.
On October 10, 2012, he received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from York University in Toronto.
In 2012, Finkelstein co-produced the Bruce Cockburn documentary Pacing The Cage with director Joel Goldberg. The doc was well received and later was released as a DVD and has been a best seller on the DVD charts.
On June 22, 2015, Finkelstein was honoured by SOCAN at the 2015 SOCAN Awards in Toronto, where he received the prestigious Special Achievement Award.
References
External links
Finkelstein Management
True North Records
Members of the Order of Canada
1944 births
Living people
Canadian record producers
Canadian music industry executives
People from Toronto
True North Records |
8451023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Phillips%20%28playwright%29 | James Phillips (playwright) | James Phillips (born 29 April 1977) is a British playwright, director and photographer.
Educated at St Catherine's College, Oxford, Phillips' first play, The Rubenstein Kiss, won both the John Whiting Award (2006) and the TMA Award for Best Play. As a director he has worked extensively and was a recipient of the National Arts Endowment Award for his first professional production, Frank McGuinness's Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme at the Pleasance, London.
Plays
The Little Fir Tree (2004) premiered at Sheffield Theatres, directed by James Phillips
The Rubenstein Kiss (2005) premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, directed by James Phillips
Wind in the Willows (2010) adapted for Latitude Festival, directed by Alan Lane
Time and the City (2011) premiered in Hull for Slung Low Theatre Company, directed by Alan Lane
Hidden in the Sand (2013) premiered at Trafalgar Studios, directed by James Phillips
City Stories (2013-ongoing) resident at St James Theatre, London, transferred to 59E59 Theaters, New York in May 2016, directed by James Phillips
The White Whale (2014) premiered in Leeds for Slung Low Theatre Company, directed by Alan Lane
Camelot: The Shining City (2015) premiering at Sheffield Theatres, directed by Alan Lane
McQueen (2015) premiering at St James Theatre, London, transferred to Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London in August 2015, directed by John Caird
Flood (2017) premiering as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, directed by Alan Lane
Other work
If We Dead Awaken (2012), TV drama for Coming Up, Channel 4, directed by Luke McManus
Nicosia: The Last Dividing Line (2013), book of documentary photography, published by En Tipis (Nicosia, Cyprus)
References
External links
The Stage article about James Phillips winning John Whiting Award
City Stories website
Photography
Bloomsbury Publishing author page
21st-century British dramatists and playwrights
1977 births
Living people
British male dramatists and playwrights
Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford
21st-century British male writers |
25176229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film%20%C3%A0%20clef | Film à clef | A film à clef (or cinéma à clef, movie à clef, film à clé (), French for "film with a key"), is a film describing real life, behind a façade of fiction. "Key" in this context means a table one can use to swap out the names.
Film à clef is the film equivalent of the literary roman à clef, and the two share the same techniques.
Many films à clef are biopics of Hollywood personalities.
Selected notable films à clef
8½ (1963) is based on Federico Fellini's experience suffering from "director's block."
21 (2008)
Adaptation (2002); while parts of the film are adapted from Susan Orlean's non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, most of the film is a heavily fictionalized account of Charlie Kaufman's difficulty in adapting the book into a screenplay.
All About Eve (1950)
All Good Things (2010) is inspired by the life of Robert Durst.
All the King's Men (1949), is based on the life of Huey Long.
All That Jazz (1979) musical film by Bob Fosse loosely based on his struggle with life and health during post production of his 1974 film Lenny and his 1975 Broadway musical Chicago.
Almost Famous (2000), is based on writer, director Cameron Crowe's experience as a teenaged writer for Rolling Stone magazine.
Alpha Dog (2006), based on the story of Jesse James Hollywood and the murder of Nicholas Markowitz.
Annie Hall (1977), believed to be a version of Woody Allen's own relationship with Diane Keaton (whose birth name is Diane Hall). Allen has denied this in interviews, however.
The Birth of a Nation (1915), Austin Stoneman is based on Thaddeus Stevens.
The Carpetbaggers (1964), based on the book by Harold Robbins, whose main character, Jonas Cord, is influenced by Howard Hughes
Casino (1995) is based on Frank Rosenthal and the Stardust casino.
Citizen Kane (1941), is partially based on the life of William Randolph Hearst.
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) is based on Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour.
Diva (1981) is based on the early European career of soprano Jessye Norman.
Dreamgirls (2006), the musical film based on the career of The Supremes.
The Celebration (1998) was based on an alleged real-life story that director Thomas Vinterberg heard on Danish radio.
The Five Heartbeats (1991) inspired loosely by the lives of The Temptations, The Dells, The Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Frankie Lymon and others.
The Goddess (1958) said to be based on Marilyn Monroe.
The Greek Tycoon (1978), influenced by Aristotle Onassis.
The Great Dictator (1940), Adenoid Hynkel is based on Adolf Hitler.
The Mechanism (TV series): about Brazilian political corruption.
Guru (2007), based on the rise and business practices of Dhirubhai Ambani.
I'm Not There (2007), a series of stories loosely inspired by the life of Bob Dylan. While some segments are more literal interpretations of parts of Dylan's life (such as the segment featuring Cate Blanchett), others are heavily fictionalized accounts inspired by Dylan's music (such as the segment featuring Richard Gere).
Imitation of Life (1934)
Last Days (2005), a barely concealed dramatization of Kurt Cobain's final days.
The Last Samurai (2003), inspired by the 1876 Satsuma Rebellion and also on the story of Jules Brunet, a French army captain who fought in the Boshin War.
The Last Tycoon (1976)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), which features a protagonist based loosely on Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
Lost in Translation (2003); Charlotte and John are believed to be based loosely on writer-director Sofia Coppola and her ex-husband, Spike Jonze.
Magnolia (1999), is loosely inspired by Paul Thomas Anderson's experience in dealing with his father's death from cancer.
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Henri Verdoux is based on Henri Désiré Landru.
Network (1976)
The Power and the Glory (1933) is loosely based on the life of C.W. Post.
Primary Colors (1998) is a thinly veiled depiction of Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign.
The killers in Psycho (1960), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991) are all modeled closely after Ed Gein, who murdered two women, robbed many graves, and made clothing and furniture out of human skin and bones.
Saving Private Ryan (1998), based loosely on the Niland brothers.
Scarface (1932), is largely based on the life of Al Capone.
The Sea Hawk (1940), Geoffrey Thorpe is based on Sir Francis Drake.
The Shootist (1976)
Stagecoach (1939), Doc Boone is based on Doc Holliday.
A Star Is Born (1937)
Stillwater (2021) is based on the experiences of Curt and Amanda Knox, although the film hinges on the prosecution's disproven version of the incident.
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) is based on the life of Walter Winchell.
Talk Radio (1988)
Velvet Goldmine (1998) is largely based on the career of David Bowie.
White Hunter Black Heart (1990) based on film director John Huston
Withnail & I (1987) is based on the experiences of writer/director Bruce Robinson, represented in the film by "I" (Paul McGann), and his friend Vivian MacKerrell, represented in the film by Withnail (Richard E. Grant), as struggling actors living in Camden Town in the late 1960s. The character of Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) is based on Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli, who Robinson claims made amorous advances during the filming of Romeo and Juliet.
Z (1969) is a thinly veiled account of the events surrounding the 1963 assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis, which was part of the series of events that led to the country's 1967 military coup.
Iruvar (1997), Tamil movie based on true events surrounding the tenuous friendship and later intense political rivalry between Karunanidhi and M.G. Ramachandran.
See also
Metafilm
Nomen à clef
Roman à clef
Postmodernist film
References
Works cited
Further reading
Biographical films
Fiction
Film genres |
51883104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Kingdom%20in%20the%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%202017 | United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Never Give Up on You" written by Daniel Salcedo, Emmelie de Forest and Lawrie Martin. The song was performed by Lucie Jones. Songwriter Emmelie de Forest represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Only Teardrops" where she won the competition. The British entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine was selected via the national final Eurovision: You Decide, organised by the British broadcaster BBC. Six acts competed in the national final and the winner was selected through the combination of a public vote and the votes of an eight-member professional jury.
As a member of the "Big Five", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Performing in position 18, the United Kingdom placed 15th out of the 26 participating countries with 111 points.
Background
Prior to the 2017 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-nine times. Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song "Making Your Mind Up" performed by Bucks Fizz and in 1997 with the song "Love Shine a Light" performed by Katrina and the Waves. To this point, the nation is noted for having finished as the runner-up in a record fifteen contests. Up to and including 1998, the UK had only twice finished outside the top 10, in 1978 and 1987. Since 1999, the year in which the rule was abandoned that songs must be performed in one of the official languages of the country participating, the UK has had less success, thus far only finishing within the top ten twice: in 2002 with the song "Come Back" performed by Jessica Garlick and in 2009 with the song "It's My Time" performed by Jade Ewen. For the 2016 contest, the United Kingdom finished in twenty-fourth place out of twenty-six competing entries with the song "You're Not Alone" performed by Joe and Jake.
The British national broadcaster, BBC, broadcasts the event within the United Kingdom and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. BBC announced that the United Kingdom would participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 6 October 2016. Between 2011 and 2015, BBC opted to internally select the British entry, while the broadcaster organised a national final featuring a competition among several artists and songs in 2016. For their 2017 entry, BBC announced that a national final involving a public vote would be held to select United Kingdom's entry.
Before Eurovision
Eurovision: You Decide
Eurovision: You Decide was the national final developed by the BBC in order to select the British entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Six acts competed in a televised show on 27 January 2017 held at the Eventim Apollo venue in Hammersmith, London and hosted by Mel Giedroyc. The winner was selected through the combination of the votes of a professional jury and a public vote. The show was broadcast on BBC Two as well as streamed online via the BBC iPlayer. The national final was watched by 1.26 million viewers in the United Kingdom with a market share of 6.6%.
Competing entries
On 6 October 2016, BBC announced an open submission for interested artists to submit their songs in the form of a video recording. The submission period lasted until 1 November 2016. The received submissions from the open call were reviewed and a shortlist was compiled by the UK branch of the international OGAE fan club. Additional entries were provided to the BBC by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) which ran a songwriting competition amongst its members. The BBC also held multiple songwriting camps and collaborated with the former music director of RCA Records and founder of Innocent Records, Hugh Goldsmith, to consult with music industry experts including writers, producers, artist managers and members of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in order to encourage entry submissions and involvement in the national final. Songs from all entry methods were included in a final shortlist which was presented to a professional panel that ultimately selected six finalists to compete in the national final. The six competing songs were premiered during The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2 on 23 January 2017.
Final
Six acts competed in the televised final on 27 January 2017. In addition to their performances, guest performers included previous Eurovision Song Contest winner Alexander Rybak, who won the contest for Norway in 2009 with the song "Fairytale", and The Vamps performing their song "All Night".
A combination of the votes from an eight-member professional jury and a public vote consisting of televoting and online voting selected the winner, "Never Give Up on You" performed by Lucie Jones. Three of the jury members also provided feedback regarding the songs during the show. The members were Bruno Tonioli (choreographer, dancer and television personality), Sophie Ellis-Bextor (singer-songwriter) and CeCe Sammy (vocal and performance coach and television personality).
Preparation
Following the national final, Lucie Jones revealed during an interview on BBC Breakfast that she and the BBC would be seeking to make changes to "Never Give Up on You", stating they had listened to feedback from viewers on social media and would look at ideas at how to make it better. The new version of the song was recorded at Tileyard Studios in late February 2017 and presented to the public on 11 March 2017 through the release of the official music video via the official Eurovision Song Contest's YouTube channel.
Promotion
Lucie Jones specifically promoted "Never Give Up on You" as the British Eurovision entry on 8 April by performing during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Selma Björnsdóttir. In addition to her international appearances, on 2 April, Jones performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London and hosted by Nicki French and Paddy O'Connell. On 28 April, Jones was part of the guest line-up for the BBC One programme The Graham Norton Show where she performed "Never Give Up on You" live and was interviewed by host Graham Norton.
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to compete in one of two semi-finals, and qualify in order to participate in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final on 13 May 2017. In addition to their participation in the final, the United Kingdom is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. During the semi-final allocation draw on 31 January 2017, the United Kingdom was assigned to broadcast and vote in the first semi-final on 9 May 2017.
In the United Kingdom, the semi-finals were broadcast on BBC Four with commentary by Scott Mills and Mel Giedroyc, while the final was televised on BBC One with commentary by Graham Norton and broadcast on BBC Radio 2 with commentary by Ken Bruce. The British spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the British jury during the final, was Katrina Leskanich who won the contest for the United Kingdom in 1997 as part of the band Katrina and the Waves.
Final
Lucie Jones took part in technical rehearsals on 5 and 7 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 8, 12 and 13 May. This included the semi-final jury show on 8 May where an extended clip of the British performance was filmed for broadcast during the live show on 9 May and the jury final on 12 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. After technical rehearsals were held on 7 May, the "Big Five" countries and host country Ukraine held a press conference. As part of this press conference, the artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. The United Kingdom was drawn to compete in the second half. Following the conclusion of the second semi-final, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final. The running order for the semi-finals and final was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. The United Kingdom was subsequently placed to perform in position 18, following the entry from Norway and before the entry from Cyprus.
The British performance featured Lucie Jones performing on a predominately yellow and gold coloured stage which featured a perspex shell prop that showed reflection of Jones, with the LED screens transitioning from golden circular shapes that exploded along with the shell and stage arch to a volcanic fire. The performance also featured pyrotechnic effects. The United Kingdom placed fifteenth in the final, scoring 111 points: 12 points from the televoting and 99 points from the juries.
Voting
Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to the United Kingdom and awarded by United Kingdom in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:
Points awarded to the United Kingdom
Points awarded by the United Kingdom
Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the British jury:
Mary Hammond (jury chairperson)singing teacher, singer
Emma Stevenssinger, songwriter
Rokhsan Heydarisongwriter
Mark Eldridge (Kipper)producer, musician
Jay Londonradio DJ
References
External links
BBC's official Eurovision website
2017
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Eurovision
Eurovision |
54041971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunwar%20Viyogi | Kunwar Viyogi | Kunwar Viyogi (4 September 1940 – 2015), born Randhir Singh Jamwal, is the only Indian Air Force officer to have received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his long Dogri language poem titled "Ghar" in 1980. He used "Ghar" [Home] as a peg and strung together 238 four-lines verses embracing a wide variety of subjects and ideas and feelings into a long poem. He is also the youngest poet in the history of Sahitya Akademi to have received this honour. Viyogi is noted for introducing the sonnet, a relatively new and unexplored genre for Dogri writers, into Dogri literature.
Early life
Kunwar Viyogi was born on 4 September 1940 in the Samba district to Poorakh Singh Jamwal, who served as an inspector in the Jammu and Kashmir Police department. His mother, Pushpa Devi, was a home maker, and mother to five brothers and three sisters. Viyogi was the eldest. Most of Viyogi's siblings served the country by either joining the army or the air force. All his sisters were married to defence officers.
Viyogi's childhood was not tied to one place owing to his father's occupation. He grew up in Gaur Bajorian, Rajouri, Buddal, Kotli (presently in Pakistan), Jammu and Udhampur. He spent a major part of his life in Jammu's Fattu Chogan area and was inspired by poetry at the age of 13. He achieved acclaim for his work published in the magazines Khilona and Shamaa, contributing short stories.
Academic life
Viyogi received his primary education from primary schools in Gaur, Sarore and Pacca Danga. His middle level education was from the princely school Partap Memorial Rajput School in Jammu. He later joined the G.G.M. Science College for higher studies. His interest in studies led him to pursue BSc, PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma of Management), PGDMC (Post Graduate Diploma of Mass Communication), MBA (Master of Business Administration) and post graduation in journalism. Kunwar Viyogi was proficient in Dogri, Urdu, Hindi, English and Punjabi. His hobbies included playing football and hockey and he actively participated in the events of the student union.
Profession
While pursuing his graduation, Viyogi applied for the Defense ForcesArmy, Navy, and the Air Forceand was selected for all three. He opted for the Air Force and joined the Air Force Flying College for training as a pilot. The nature of his job took him across India and he served as a squadron leader in New York for about one and a half years. Though Viyogi excelled as an Air Force officer, he took premature retirement due to the demise of his wife who lost her life to breast cancer. He withdrew from the life that he had known with her, moved to Bhilwara, Rajasthan, and gave up all his literary musings. He then devoted his time in training students pursuing IAS and MBA. In 1992, Viyogi returned to Jammu and joined the Kashmir Times as the editor of its Dogri edition. He wrote editorials, essays and poems. He again retreated to Rajasthan. In 2001, Viyogi was conferred the Sahitya Ratan Award by the Nami Dogri Sanstha for his invaluable contribution to Dogri. From 2012-15, he worked to publish and reprint his work.
Major works
Dogri-Ghar – a long poem, 1979 in Rubaiyat
Viyogi wrote "Ghar" [Home] in 1980. He used ghar as a peg and strung together 238 four lines verse embracing a wide variety of subjects and ideas and feelings into a long poem.
Dogri-Pehliyaan Banga – A sonnet sequence of 200 sonnets, 1987
Viyogi created his original masterpiece, Pehliyaan Banga, a book of 200 Dogri sonnets at a time when this form of poetry was unheard of in Dogri and was considered specific to European literature.
A stream that attempted to introduce new and uninhibited form of literature, Pehliyaan Banga was the poet's attempt to rid the language of its claustrophobic garb.
English—Vol. 1-- Rosary of Sonnets (collections of 365 sonnets)
The year 2018 saw publication of Viyogi's work in English, Rosary of Sonnets, a two-volume anthology of more than 300 sonnets. He writes of wringing life's worth living out of the dismal bounties he was bestowed.
English- River Sage- A sonnet sequence
River Sage is a curated anthology of select 45 sonnets.
Other works
English Vol. 2 -- Rosary of Sonnets (collections of 365 sonnets)
English Vol. 3 ---Now I Know---(1 Poems & 2 Gazalen)
English Vol. 5 ---BANJARAN (1. Features & 2. Book review )
Unpublished work
English Vol. 4 -- The Ante Room (1 Stories & 2 RandomThoughts)
Dogri Vol. 6-7 -- Poems--- Poorne (collection of ~491 poems)
Dogri Vol. 11-14-- Sonnets- Sanneten De mala (A collection of 650 sonnets+200)
Dogri Vol. 15 -- Rubaian- Sabak (Collection of ~755 rubaian)
Dogri Vol. 16----Rubaian-- Ghar-A Alna
Dogri Vol. 17 --- Geet—TOSHI (collection of ~125 Geet)
Dogri Vol. 18 -- Sher- Chutkian, Urdu
Dogri Vol. 19 ---- Stories-
Dogri Vol. 20 --- Novels
Dogri Vol. 21 --- Patte Di Gall
Awards and recognition
Sahitya Akademi Award for his long poem "Ghar" in 1980
Sahitya Ratan Award by the Nami Dogri Sanstha in 2001
A Gold Medal for best fighter controller in 1966.
Commendation of Chief of Air Force in 1985.
History in Indian music was created in 2017, when Jammu's largest literary organisation, Dogri Sanstha, adapted Viyogi's sonnets into soulful compositions and presented them at the first ever sonnet concert in any Indian language, Sonnet Sandhya.
Kunwar Viyogi Memorial Trust
The Kunwar Viyogi Memorial Trust was established in commemoration of Viyogi. Education, literary, art innovation, technological advancements in language and literature and entertainment are the key areas through which the Trust has been working towards the revival, preservation and promotion of Dogri language.
To encourage youth to embrace the Dogri language, Kunwar Viyogi Memorial Trust awards scholarships, literary awards, art innovation awards at university, college and school level for the young and talented.
The Trust has also introduced innovation in entertainment, whereby Dogri couplets, sonnets, verses, ghazals etc. written by renowned Dogri writers are being converted into modern-day Dogri music to attract youth towards the language.
References
External links
1940 births
2015 deaths
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Dogri
20th-century Indian poets
People from Samba district
Indian male poets
20th-century Indian male writers |
5767841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%3A43%20scale | 1:43 scale | 1:43 scale is a popular size of die-cast model cars in Europe, Asia and the US. It has its origins in the British / European O scale for model trains and the rise of certain accessories made for that scale which since have become popular in their own right. Models in this scale are 10–13 cm length (3.93–5.11 inches).
Variations in the scale
There are many manufacturers in 1:43 scale producing everything from customized and accurate race cars to emergency vehicles, family sedans and SUVs. Trucks and tractor trailers can also be found in this scale, but they are comparatively larger and 1:50 or 1:64 scales are more common for these types of vehicles.
Related train scales are 1:42, 1:48 (American O scale), and also 1:45 scale (NEM European 0 scale), which is only slightly larger than 1:50 scale. Items in all these scales are similar enough in size that they are commonly used together in O layouts.
European history
The first model car made exactly to 1:43 scale seems to be French Dinky Toys No. 24R Peugeot 203, released in 1951, but many diecast iron or plaster toys in the 1920s and 1930s were also made about the same size, though not as precision 'blueprint' reproductions. As a representative example, a Volkswagen Beetle in 1:43 scale measures about 3.5 inches (90 millimeter) in length. Larger cars might measure 4 to 4.5 inches (100 to 115 millimeter) if reproduced to 1:43 scale.
Countries to first produce this scale were mainly France and the United Kingdom, but Germany and Italy were also homes for the common producers. From the 1950s through the 1980s, 1:43 was primarily used in European toy offerings such as Corgi Toys, Dinky Toys, Schuco, Tekno, Solido, Mercury, Polistil, and Mebetoys.
Metosul of Portugal in the mid-1960s was one of the first diecast toy companies to use tooling (or at least precisely similar designs) from a larger, more well-known company – Dinky in this case. This was the beginning of a trend that would spread across southern Europe to other manufacturers like the wonderfully done Spanish Pilen (dies from many manufacturers) or the less successful Turkish Meboto Otomobil (tooling from Italian Ediltoys). Some traditional tooling was also shipped to Mexico (Politoys), Brazil (Solido), or Argentina (Mattel Hot Wheels) by the late 1970s. Venezuelan Juguinsa even used third tier dies with Spanish Pilen borrowings (French Dinky and others had created them previously).
Later, many other manufacturers ranging from Portugal all the way through the former Soviet Union also entered the 1:43 fray. Minichamps from Germany and Trofeu and Vitesse from Portugal began to produce 1:43 diecast from the early 1990s, along with several other brands, shortly before most diecast production moved to China and other countries of Southeast Asia.
1:43 scale electric slot cars are also on the market, though these are a relatively recent development compared with the established slot car scales of 1:24, 1:32, and traditional HO or 'Matchbox' sizes (1:87 and 1:64). 1:43 scale has little organized racing competition of the kind that is common in the larger scales, and currently 1:43 is largely used for toy or starter sets.
Collectibles
This scale is still popular, with many models now being made in China, but as time has passed, many new scales for diecast cars, both smaller (1:87, 1:64, and somewhere around 1:55), and larger (1:24, 1:18, and 1:12) have also competed, often more successfully in the toy and diecast market.
Originally meant as toys and accessories for rail layouts, more specialized and expensive limited edition hand-built collectibles made in white metal or resin produced in more limited numbers have become available. This has occurred as more and more adults have entered the collector market, starting perhaps in the late 1970s, but coming on strong since, say, 1990. Such companies are Brooklin Models, Western Models, or Conquest / Madison, but many brands are available, usually manufactured in lower quantities in white metal. Some collectible diecast companies have also appeared that usually make their models in greater quantities in China, like Trax Models or Spark. For examples of such collectible editions and companies, see any of Randall Olson's books on GM or Ford products in miniature.
References
Works cited
Schellekens, Jona. 2009. The history behind 1:43, Model Collector 24 (12): 54-55.
Olson, Randall. 2007. GM in Miniature. Dorchester, England, UK: Veloce Publishing.
External links
Diecast Car Collectors Zone
Turkish Diecast Car Collectors Forum
Scale model scales
Toy cars and trucks |
21823539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krusze%2C%20Warmian-Masurian%20Voivodeship | Krusze, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship | Krusze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janowiec Kościelny, within Nidzica County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Janowiec Kościelny, south-east of Nidzica, and south of the regional capital Olsztyn.
The village has a population of 70.
References
Krusze |
37863583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergipe%20%28disambiguation%29 | Sergipe (disambiguation) | Sergipe is the smallest state of the Brazilian Federation.
Sergipe may also refer to:
Sergipe Province, a former province of the Empire of Brazil
Sergipe River, a river in Sergipe state
Club Sportivo Sergipe, a Brazilian association football team |
26891853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w%20Grand%20Prix | Lwów Grand Prix | Lwów Grand Prix () was a Grand Prix event held in Lwów, Second Polish Republic (now Lviv, Ukraine) between 1930 and 1933.
History
Pre-war Grand Prix
Event was set up by Małopolski Klub Automobilowy (Lesser Poland Automobilclub). The street circuit had length, it was planned in 1927, two years before the first Monaco Grand Prix. Track was named Lwów Triangle for its shape and was unique due to tram rails going through it.
First race was held in 1930 and received a good feedback from spectators. The race became international in 1931 and got a Grand Prix status in 1932, it was a rare case for a race to be named after the city and not the country. The circuit was known as one of the best European racetracks.
The 1934 race was cancelled due to financial difficulties, and any attempt to renew the racing were failing, as the World War II was coming closer and closer.
Return of the racing in the independent Ukraine
In 1991 Soviet Union, which Lviv was part of, dissolved and Lviv became a part of Ukraine. The next year Federation Automobile de l'Ukraine was founded to organize motorsport events in the country. 1994 was the first year of Ukrainian Circuit Racing Championship (since 2018 known internationally as Ukrainian Touring Championship) and Galician Automobile Club decided to continue the tradition of the Grand Prix in the city.
The series had a different format, it was consisting of several classes, several for touring cars and several for open-wheeled cars, each group had own championship and winners. The Grand Prix could no longer be hosted on tiled road of classic Lviv, so club found an asphalt ring road to organize races at and called the track "Galring".
In 1995 the track held its first race, called "I (V) Camel Lviv City Grand Prix". It was hosting races every year until 2001.
There was an attempt to bring back the race to calendar in 2011. At the time the championship wasn't as popular as before, so there was a very small number of competitors and spectators.
The retro cars festival
In 2011 it was an 80 years anniversary of first races in Lviv, so it was decided to organize the Leopolis Grand Prix festival with a big retro cars exhibition and race on the original forgotten circuit, after that it was decided to organize such festival every year. In 2012 on such festival Federation Automobile de l'Ukraine installed the memorial sign dedicated to original races of 30's.
Results
References
Reports: 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933
Pre-World Championship Grands Prix
Motorsport competitions in Poland
Sport in Lviv
Second Polish Republic
Recurring sporting events established in 1930 |
26859025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Sierra%20Madre%20forest%20monitor | Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor | The Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (Varanus bitatawa), also known by the local names bitatawa, baritatawa, and butikaw, is a large, arboreal, frugivorous lizard of the genus Varanus. The lizard is a distinctive food of the Aeta and Ilongot indigenous people of the Philippines.
Description
The forest monitor lizard can grow to more than in length, but weighs only about . Its scaly body and legs are a blue-black mottled with pale yellow-green dots, while its tail is marked in alternating segments of black and green. Dorsal ground coloration is black, accentuated with bright golden yellow in life, while the dorsum is golden yellow spots and flecks.
News reports emphasized that males have hemipenes, paired penis-like organs. However, all male lizards and snakes have hemipenes.
Behavior
Varanus bitatawa is one of only three frugivorous lizards in the Varanidae family along with V. olivaceus and V. mabitang.
The Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor specializes in eating the fruit of Pandan palm trees. They spend most of their time in trees, more than 20 meters above the ground; similar species spend less than 20 minutes on the ground per week.
Taxonomy and distributionVaranus bitatawa was described as a new species in April 2010 by biologists from the University of Kansas. DNA analysis has revealed genetic divergence between this species and its closest relative, Gray's Monitor (Varanus olivaceus), which is also a fruit-eater, but lives on the southern end of Luzon, rather than the northern end where the forest monitor lizard lives.
The known range of Varanus bitatawa is currently limited to the Sierra Madre Forest on the northeastern coast of the island of Luzon, Philippines.Varanus bitatawa is most closely related to another species of fruit-eating monitor from the Philippines, V. olivaceus. The relationship of these two species to the third known species of fruit-eating monitor, V. mabitang, is unknown due to a lack of genetic data on V. mabitang, but similar genital morphology suggests that these three species are each others' closest relatives (sometimes referred to as subgenus Philippinosaurus).
Fruit-eating monitor lizards are most closely related to a larger Indo-Asian clade of small monitor lizards that includes the arboreal V. prasinus complex and the mangrove monitors (V. indicus complex). They are more distantly related to other Indo-Asian monitor lizards, such as V. salvator'', and still more distantly related to Indo-Australian monitors, including the well-known Komodo dragon of Indonesia.
References
External links
Images of Varanus bitatawa from Reuters
Background and images of Varanus bitatawa
Giant Frugivorous Monitor Lizards in the Philippines
Fauna of Luzon
Reptiles of the Philippines
Reptiles described in 2010
Varanus |
56570364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20in%20a%20Cold%20Climate%20%281980%20TV%20series%29 | Love in a Cold Climate (1980 TV series) | </noinclude>
Love in a Cold Climate is a 1980 British television series produced by Thames Television. It is an adaptation of the Nancy Mitford novels The Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love in a Cold Climate (1949), set between 1924 and 1940, with a screenplay adaptation by Simon Raven. It was originally broadcast on the ITV network in eight episodes. The series starred Lucy Gutteridge, Rosalyn Landor, Michael Aldridge, Judi Dench, Vivian Pickles, and Jean-Pierre Cassel.
Production
The filming of the serial has been described as "most uncharacteristically relaxed" for the actors, as it had been scheduled during what proved to be a long-running dispute between ITV and the Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians union. At first, there was a work-to-rule, and the actors were not called until 11 am, with filming ending at about 4 pm. The dispute then escalated into a full strike, and filming was abandoned, with the actors being paid a retainer until it could be resumed.
Cast
Judi Dench as Aunt Sadie (Lady Alconleigh)
Michael Aldridge as Uncle Matt (Matthew Radlett, Lord Alconleigh)
Michael Williams as Davey Warbeck
Lucy Gutteridge as Linda
John Moffatt as Lord Merlin
Isabelle Amyes as Fanny
Vivian Pickles as Lady Montdore
Job Stewart as Boy Dougdale
Rosalyn Landor as Lady Polly Hampton
Rebecca Saire as Victoria
Christopher Scoular as Alfred
Richard Hurndall as Lord Montdore
Michael Cochrane as Cedric Hampton
Yolande Palfrey as Jassy
Selena Carey-Jones as Louisa
Max Harris as Little Matt
Jean-Pierre Cassel as Fabrice, duc de Sauveterre
Patience Collier as duchesse de Sauveterre
Anthony Head as Tony Kroesig
Peter Howell as Duke of Paddington
Joshua Le Touzel as Bob
David Parfitt as Little Matt
Leon Eagles as Sir Leicester Kroesig
Daphne Neville as Lady Kroesig
Diana Fairfax as Emily Warbeck
Adrienne Corri as Veronica Chaddesley-Corbett
Noel Johnson as Lord Stromboli
Ralph Lawson as Christian Talbot
Ann Queensberry as Lady Patricia
Richard Beale as Josh
Michael Lees as Lord Fort-William
Amanda Boxer as Young Baroness
Sheila Brennan as The Bolter
Anthony Higgins as Juan
Suzanne Burden as Lavender Davis
Michael Elwyn as Roly
Tamzin Neville as Linda
Kate Valentine as Fanny
Katherine Kath as Old Countess
Simon Lack as Doctor
Emma Higginson as Victoria
Geoffrey Lumsden as Sir Archibald Curtly
Pamela Pitchford as Mrs Hunt
Michael Jayes as Robert Parker
Gillian Maude as Germaine
Gérard Falconetti as Barman
Notes
External links
The Nancy Mitford web site
1980 British television series debuts
1980 British television series endings
1980s British drama television series
1980s British television miniseries
Television shows based on British novels
ITV television dramas
Period television series
Television series by Fremantle (company)
Television shows produced by Thames Television
English-language television shows
Television shows set in England |
68225964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCri%20K%C3%A4rner | Jüri Kärner | Jüri Kärner (15 April 1940 – 25 September 2010) was an Estonian biologist.
1988-1993 he was the rector of Tartu University.
Awards:
1997: Order of the National Coat of Arms, III class.
References
1940 births
2010 deaths
Estonian biologists
University of Tartu alumni
University of Tartu faculty
Rectors of the University of Tartu
Recipients of the Order of the National Coat of Arms, 3rd Class
Scientists from Tallinn |
19413179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippo%20%28given%20name%29 | Lippo (given name) | Lippo is an Italian historical male name and it represents a diminutive of Filippo (usually Pippo in Italy nowadays). It may refer to:
Lippo I Alidosi (14th century), Lord of Imola
Lippo II Alidosi (died 1350), Lord of Imola
Lippo Hertzka (1904–1951), Hungarian footballer
Lippo Lippi (1406–1469), Italian painter
Lippo Memmi (c. 1291–1356), Italian painter
Lippo Vanni (14th century), Italian painter
Masculine given names |
16697383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannele%20Klemettil%C3%A4 | Hannele Klemettilä | Hannele Klemettilä (Hannele Klemettilä-McHale; born 1966 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish historian, medievalist, and author living in Manhattan, New York, and the medieval village of Sonning-on-Thames in the county of Berkshire. She studied cultural history at the University of Turku, earned a Ph.D. in medieval history from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, and was a Postdoctoral Researcher of the Academy of Finland in 2008–2010. She is an adjunct professor of cultural history at the University of Turku, and a Life Member at the Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. She published Epitomes of Evil (Brepols 2006), and other books on late medieval cultural history. Her research interests include late medieval penal culture, representations of the executioner, Gilles de Rais, cooking and cookery books, conceptions of cruelty, medieval symbolism, attitudes to animals and nature.
Selected bibliography
The Executioner in Late Medieval French Culture. University of Turku 2003. .
Keskiajan pyövelit (Medieval Executioners). Atena 2004. .
Ritari Siniparta: Gilles de Rais’n tarina. (Story of Gilles de Rais) Atena 2005. .
Epitomes of Evil: Representations of Executioners in Northern France and the Low Countries in the Late Middle Ages. Brepols 2006. .
Keskiajan keittiö (Medieval Cuisine). Atena 2007. .
Keskiajan julmuus (Cruelty in the Middle Ages). Atena 2008. .
Keskaja köök. Varrak 2008. .
Mansimarjasta punapuolaan. Marjakasvien kulttuurihistoriaa (Cultural History of Berries). Maahenki 2011. .
The Medieval Kitchen. A Social History with Recipes. London: Reaktion Books 2012. .
Federigon haukka ja muita keskiajan eläimiä. (Federigo's Falcon and Other Medieval Animals). Atena 2013. .
Das Mittelalter-Kochbuch. Köln: Anaconda 2013. .
Animals and Hunters in the Late Middle Ages. Evidence from the BnF MS fr. 616 of the Livre de chasse by Gaston Fébus. New York: Routledge 2015. .
中世纪厨房. Shanghai: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, 2021. .
References
External links
Hannele Klemettilä's official website
David Bremmer's interview on the Epitomes of Evil
Daniel Thiery's review on the Epitomes of Evil
Sinikka Koskinen's review on the Keskiajan julmuus (Medieval cruelty) by Hannele Klemettilä
Excerpt of Cruelty in the Middle Ages in English
21st-century Finnish historians
Living people
1966 births
Finnish expatriates in England
Finnish expatriates in the United States
Academic personnel of the University of Turku |
4278860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%20Highway%2038 | Alberta Highway 38 | Alberta Provincial Highway No. 38, commonly referred to as Highway 38, is a east–west highway in central Alberta, Canada. It extends from Highway 28 in Redwater to a 'T' junction with Highway 45 north of Bruderheim.
Major intersections
From west to east:
References
038 |
67256880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa%20Pilar%20S%C3%A1nchez%20Alayeto | María Pilar Sánchez Alayeto | María Pilar Sánchez Alayeto (born 20 June 1984) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and a current professional padel player.
Career
She is the twin sister of María José Sánchez Alayeto, a former professional tennis player and current professional padel player. She won one doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and retired from professional tennis in 2003.
Since 2013, she has been a professional padel player. She has attained a world No. 1 ranking as of 2019, alongside her partner twin sister.
References
External links
1984 births
Living people
Spanish female tennis players
Female tennis players playing padel
Sportspeople from Zaragoza
Twin sportspeople
Spanish twins |
12696436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior%20radiation%20control%20coating | Interior radiation control coating | Interior Radiation Control Coating Systems (IRCCS), sometimes referred to as radiant barrier coatings, are paints designed to provide thermal insulation to buildings.
Standards
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Reflective Insulation Manufacturer's Association (RIMA) have established an industry standard for evaluating paints claiming to have insulating characteristics. The energy conserving property has been defined as thermal emittance (the ability of a surface to release radiant energy that it has absorbed). Those coatings qualified as Interior Radiation Control Coatings must show a thermal emittance of 0.25 or less. This means that an IRCCS will block 75% or more of the radiant heat transfer.
These low "E" coatings were originally developed in 1978 at the Solar Energy Corporation (SOLEC) in Princeton, New Jersey for use in tubular evacuated solar collectors. The developer, Robert Aresty, designed them to be used as low emissivity surfaces
on glass to replace vacuum deposited surfaces. While SOLEC was doing collaborative work with the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), Phillip Fairey, research director at FSEC and world-renowned researcher in radiant barriers discovered the availability of these coatings in the SOLEC labs. He immediately grasped that they might be used as a replacement for foil radiant barriers, and proceeded to perform experiments verifying their viability for this use. In 1986 these coatings were applied for the first commercial application in homes built by Centex Corporation.
Uses
Uses of IRCCS includes residential and commercial building insulation, as well as industrial and automotive applications.
References
ASTM C1321-04 "Standard Practice for Installation and Use of Interior Radiation Control Coating Systems (IRCCS) in Building Construction"
RIMA has recently made a survey of coatings that claim to have insulating characteristics. To view this study go to http://www.rima.net, click on "Technical Info - Coatings Study"
Triangle Radiant Barrier
Radiation |
1033846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Gilbert%20%28Australian%20academic%29 | Alan Gilbert (Australian academic) | Alan David Gilbert AO (11 September 1944 – 27 July 2010) was an Australian historian and academic administrator who was until June 2010 the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester.
During his tenure (1996–2004) as vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, he pushed for and established Melbourne University Private, a private university offshoot which ultimately failed. This, and his well-known controversial views on private funding of universities, led to Richard Davis in 2002 dubbing him the "doyen of economically rationalist vice-chancellors".
Early academic career
Gilbert graduated with a first class BA at the Australian National University in 1965, then took an MA in history and took a post as lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea in 1967. He gained a scholarship at Nuffield College, Oxford and he was awarded a DPhil in 1973.
He returned to Australia as a lecturer at the University of New South Wales, where he established an academic reputation as an historian working in the social, socio-economic and religious history of modern Britain and Australia.
He was appointed professor of history in the Faculty of Military Studies in 1981. He was elected as a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia in 1990. He became chair of the Faculty of Military Studies in 1982, and later pro-vice chancellor of the University of New South Wales (1988–1990). In 1991 he became vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Tasmania at the time of the merger of the university with the Launceston CAE.
University of Melbourne
In 1996, Gilbert was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne. He played the key role in establishing and subsequently developing Melbourne University Private Limited (MUP), a private university established to work alongside the University of Melbourne, so as to circumvent regulations strictly limiting the money-making educational ventures of Australian universities. This was pursued despite numerous buildings on campus in serious states of disrepair and inadequate funding to allow lecture theatres to be heated.
The venture was a financial disaster and was widely criticised by academics, politicians and the media. To rescue MUP, the University Council borrowed $150 million from the National Australia Bank and agreed to provide additional money from its investment reserves. The present University of Melbourne VC, Glyn Davis, announced the closure of MUP on 7 May 2005, citing no need for such a venture now that market ventures are permitted in the public university sector, and their plans to integrate most of MUP back into the public university. Gilbert declined to comment on the actions of his successor. The building originally intended for MUP, and now a part of the public university, has been named the Alan Gilbert Building.
Gilbert attracted the ire of both students and staff. A staff strike took place on 22 October 1999 over lack of clarity over pay and conditions; administrative offices were occupied by students protesting the introduction of fee-paying places in 1997, and again in April 2001 when there were 70 arrests.
In the book Off Course: From Public Place to Market Place at Melbourne University, Gilbert was accused of making the university a "quasi-privatised institution in the corporate mould".
University of Manchester
Gilbert left the University of Melbourne to be appointed president and vice chancellor of the new University of Manchester in England, an institution established in October 2004 by the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester and UMIST. He was quoted as saying he had "no plans for a private university of Manchester", although he is said to advocate performance-related pay, a position thought likely to put him in conflict with the university lecturers union, the UCU.
Gilbert's plans for the new university were ambitious:
Our aim is to make the University of Manchester one of the top 25 research-led universities in the world. It will be an educational and research powerhouse that is at home in England's North-West and committed to regional as well as national and international agendas. Without seeking to emulate the social cachet of Oxbridge or America's Ivy League, it will take its place confidently alongside those virtuoso institutions in its research capability and performance, in the quality of the students and staff that it attracts and in the reputation for scholarly excellence that it secures.
According to the university's strategic plan (largely a copy of his earlier and now abandoned Melbourne Agenda (2002)) the university aims to have five Nobel Laureates on its staff by 2015, at least two of whom will have full-time appointments, and three of which it is intended to secure by 2007. During Gilbert's tenure as vice chancellor, a Nobel Prize winner in economics, Joseph Stiglitz, was appointed the head of the Brooks World Poverty Institute at Manchester, and Sir John Sulston was appointed to a chair in the Faculty of Life Sciences. After Gilbert's death Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both of whom were appointed before Gilbert moved to Manchester, were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010.
Gilbert continued:
By investing heavily in world class people and offering them state-of-the-art facilities, we aim to make the University of Manchester a destination of preference for many of the best students, teachers, researchers and scholars in the world. More than anything else, the success of the Manchester 2015 Agenda will be driven by the impact of internationally pre-eminent researchers and research clusters on the scholarly culture of the University generally.
Central to Project Unity, the name given to the plan to merge, was the idea of extending the Golden Triangle of Oxford Cambridge and the London universities UCL and Imperial to a Golden Quadrilateral. "With this work much progress has been made" by the results for 2008.
Gilbert's address to the university during the inauguration ceremony in the Whitworth Hall on 22 October 2004 made it very clear that he believed the plan was achievable and listed five key elements in the transition from "good to great". quoting the book of that title by Jim Collins.
One of the intentions of Gilbert's 2015 agenda was an improvement in Manchester's position in international league tables. In 2004 the university ranked 78th in the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities, which rose to 53rd in 2005 following the merger with UMIST. Progress continued over the next few years, with the university being ranked 50th in 2006, 48th in 2007, and 40th in 2008, before falling back to 41st in 2009. This ranking measures indicators such as Nobel Prize winners and highly cited authors 154 are listed on ISI HighlyCited.com, for Manchester, and has improved partly as a result of the appointment of such people. Gilbert has been quoted in an interview as saying that "there is only one ranking that matters-–the world ranking of global universities produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University".
Up to 2007 £388.5m had been spent on new buildings, funded in part by government grants and sale of other assets. However, Gilbert announced that due to increases in salary costs, energy bills and lower than expected revenue the university was about £30m (5% of its annual turnover) in deficit. Gilbert announced plans for 400 redundancies and he and the university management were criticised by the University and College Union. However Gilbert had as of 2007 honoured his pledge to achieve the staff reductions without compulsory redundancies, and in October 2007 announced that the university's budget had been brought in to "a modest surplus" as a result mainly of a voluntary redundancy scheme.
In 2008 Gilbert announced a "root-and-branch review" of Manchester's teaching quality that the university's 'strategy to join the world's elite universities will be worthless unless staff can be 're-invented' to interact more with students".
In the aftermath of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise Gilbert is quoted by Prof. Dame Nancy Rothwell as saying to the Senate of the university
It is vital for the University to be strengthening its research profile through research selectivity (in the sense of investing in quality and divesting in [sic] mediocrity) and research concentration (in the sense of investing to develop and/or sustain world leading clusters of supreme excellence). If we do not make major progress on that research re-profiling agenda over the next year or so we will have lost a priceless opportunity.
On 14 January 2010, the University of Manchester announced Alan Gilbert would be retiring from his position as president and vice chancellor of the university. Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell was then appointed acting vice chancellor. Her appointment as the new vice chancellor was announced on 21 June 2010.
October 2012 saw the opening of the Alan Gilbert "Learning Commons", named in honour of the former president. This building provides a variety of state of the art individual and group study facilities, and is managed by the University of Manchester Library.
Personal life and death
Gilbert was married to Ingrid, whom he married in 1967. They had two daughters, Michelle and Fiona.
Gilbert died on 27 July 2010 in hospital in Manchester following a serious illness for the last few months of his life.
Publications
1973: The Growth and Decline of Nonconformity in England and Wales, with special reference to the period before 1850: an historical interpretation of statistics of religious practice. Thesis (D.Phil.)--University of Oxford (Nuffield College).
1976: Religion and Society in Industrial England: church, chapel and social change, 1740–1914. London: Longman
1977: Churches and Churchgoers: patterns of church growth in the British Isles since 1700. Oxford: Clarendon Press (with Robert Currie & Lee Horsley)
1980: The Making of Post-Christian Britain: a history of the secularization of modern society. London: Longman
2004: The Idea of a 21st Century University. (Audenshaw Papers; 208.) Torquay: Hinksey Network (8-page pamphlet)
References
Further reading
Markwell, Donald, "Alan Gilbert: the leader as story-teller and entrepreneur", in "Instincts to lead": on leadership, peace, and education, Connor Court, 2013.
1944 births
2010 deaths
Alumni of Nuffield College, Oxford
Australian National University alumni
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Melbourne
Academics of the University of Manchester
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Manchester
University of Tasmania faculty
University of Papua New Guinea faculty
Officers of the Order of Australia
Australian historians
Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia |
1967506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle%20Information%20and%20Communication%20System | Vehicle Information and Communication System | Vehicle Information and Communication System (VICS) is a technology used in Japan for delivering traffic and travel information to road vehicle drivers. It provides simple maps showing information about traffic jams, travel time, and road work - usually relevant to your location and usually incorporating infrared beacons.
It can be compared with the European TMC technology.
VICS is transmitted using:
FM multiplex broadcasting (uses DARC). With this method, you have to manually select road conditions on-screen.
Infrared beacons over Japan's highways and urban roads. With this method, road conditions automatically pop up.
Microwaves in the ISM band.
It is an application of ITS.
The VICS information can be displayed on the car navigation unit at 3 levels:
Level-1: Simple text data
Level-2: In form of simple diagrams
Level-3: Data superimposed on the map displayed on navigation unit (e.g., traffic congestion data)
Information transmitted generally includes traffic congestion data, data on availability of service areas (SA) and parking areas (PA), information on road works and traffic collisions.
Some advanced navigation units might utilize this data for route calculation (e.g., choosing a route to avoid congestion) or the driver might use his/her own discretion while using this information.
See also
G-Book
Internavi
CarWings
External links
VICS official website
Information systems
Warning systems
Road transport in Japan
Intelligent transportation systems
Japanese inventions |
71119761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard%20Meyer%20zu%20Bentrup | Reinhard Meyer zu Bentrup | Reinhard Meyer zu Bentrup (born 22 May 1939) is a German farmer and politician. He was born in Gadderbaum-Bielefeld.
Life
Meyer zu Bentrup is a farmer. He has a farm in Brönninghausen-Bielefeld. At the universities in Berlin and in Bonn he studied agriculture. He is a member of the party CDU. From 1976 to 1994 Meyer zu Bentrup was a member of the German Bundestag. He is married.
Awards
1988: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
References
External links
Official website of farm Meyer zu Bentrup
Bielefeld: Hof Meyer zu Bentrup
1939 births
Living people
People from Bielefeld
Politicians from Bielefeld
Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
Members of the Bundestag for the Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Members of the Bundestag 1976–1980
Members of the Bundestag 1980–1983
Members of the Bundestag 1983–1987
Members of the Bundestag 1987–1990
Members of the Bundestag 1990–1994
Members of the Bundestag 1994–1998
20th-century German politicians
German farmers |
67673663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis%20at%20the%202017%20European%20Youth%20Summer%20Olympic%20Festival | Tennis at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival | Tennis at the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held at Olympic Sports Park, Győr, Hungary from 24 to 29 July 2017.
Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women competition.
Medalists
Medal table
References
2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
2017
2017 European Youth |
51387412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonal%20wavenumber | Zonal wavenumber | In meteorological applications, a zonal wavenumber or hemispheric wavenumber is the dimensionless number of wavelengths fitting within a full circle around the globe at a given latitude.
where λ is the wavelength, r is the Earth's radius, and is the latitude.
Zonal wavenumbers are typically counted on the upper level (say 500-millibar) geopotential maps by identifying troughs and ridges of the waves. Wavenumber 1 has one trough and one ridge, i.e. one wavelength fits degrees. Wavenumber 2 has two ridges and two troughs around 360 degrees.
Wavenumber 0 corresponds to zonal (symmetric) flow. Wavenumbers 1–3 are called long waves and often synonymous in meteorological literature with the mid-latitude planetary Rossby waves, while wavenumbers 4-10 are often referred to as "synoptic" waves. In the Northern Hemisphere, wavenumbers 1 and 2 are important for the time-mean circulation due to topography (Tibetan Plateau and Rocky Mountains), whereas in the Southern Hemisphere, tropical convection is responsible for the presence of mainly zonal wavenumber 3.
See also
Wavenumber
References
Atmospheric dynamics
Rates |
30605484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925%20USC%20Trojans%20football%20team | 1925 USC Trojans football team | The 1925 USC Trojans football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern California (USC) as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1925 PCC football season. In its first year under head coach Howard Jones, the team compiled an 11–2 record (3–2 against PCC opponents), finished third in the PCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 456 to 55.
USC had only one road game during the 1925 season, its first (and only) trip to Moscow, Idaho, to play the 1925 Idaho Vandals.
Four USC players received first-team honors on the 1925 All-Pacific Coast football teams selected by the United Press (UP), Andy Smith (AS), Pop Warner (PW), and Norman E. Brown (NB): halfback Morley Drury (UP-1; AS-1; PW-1); end Hobbs Adams (UP-1; NB-1); guard Brice Taylor (UP-1; NB-1); and center Jeff Cravath (UP-1; PW-1).
Schedule
References
USC
USC Trojans football seasons
USC Trojans football |
56341920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20Stanley%20Ruse | Harold Stanley Ruse | Harold Stanley Ruse, MA, DSc, FRSE (12 February 1905 – 20 October 1974) was an English mathematician, noteworthy for the development of the concept of locally harmonic spaces. He was Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Leeds.
Early life and education
Ruse was born in Hastings, Sussex in 1905, the son of Frederick Ruse, a greengrocer and his wife, Lydia. He was educated at Hastings Grammar School and then studied Mathematics at Jesus College, Oxford, graduating with the degree of BA (later converted to MA). In 1927 he went to the University of Edinburgh as a Bruce of Grangehill research scholar. He was awarded the degree of DSc by Edinburgh five years later.
Academic career
Ruse remained at Edinburgh where he was appointed lecturer in mathematics in 1928. Additionally, he spent the academic year 1933–34 as a Rockefeller Research Fellow at Princeton University. He was to return to Princeton again in 1952–53.
Ruse became Professor of Mathematics at University College, Southampton (now the University of Southampton) in 1937 and in 1946 was appointed Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Leeds. At Leeds he was Head of the Department of Mathematics from 1948 to 1968 and then Chairman of the School of Mathematics from 1968 to 1970 when he retired as emeritus professor.
Ruse was a member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society from 1927, the Society's secretary from 1930 to 1933 and its president for one year from 1935 to 1936. He became a member of the London Mathematical Society in 1929, a member of its Council from 1938 to 1945 and its vice-president for one year from 1942 to 1943.
Honours
In 1931 Ruse was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE). His proposers were Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Sir Charles Galton Darwin, Edward Thomas Copson and Charles Glover Barkla.
The RSE awarded him the Keith Medal for an outstanding scientific paper published during 1935–1937 in the RSE's scientific journals.
He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1936 in Oslo.
Death
Ruse died suddenly in Leeds in 1974 at the age of 69. On the day before his death he had attended an algebra seminar at the university. He was unmarried and had no children.
References
1905 births
1974 deaths
20th-century British mathematicians
People educated at Hastings Grammar School
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Academics of the University of Southampton
Academics of the University of Leeds
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |
10477551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor%20%C5%BDof%C4%8D%C3%A1k | Igor Žofčák | Igor Žofčák (born 10 April 1983) is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for Zemplín Michalovce.
Honours
Ružomberok
Slovak Super Liga (1): 2005–06
Slovak Cup (1): 2005–06
Sparta Praha
Gambrinus liga (1): 2009–10
Slovan Bratislava
Slovak Super Liga (3): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14
Slovak Cup (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
Slovak Super Cup (1): 2014
Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC
Nemzeti Bajnokság III, Eastern Conference (1): 2016
International
UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship: Third place (2002)
External links
ŠK Slovan profile
1983 births
Living people
People from Michalovce
Association football wingers
Slovak footballers
Slovak expatriate footballers
Slovakia international footballers
Slovakia youth international footballers
MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
MFK Ružomberok players
AC Sparta Prague players
FK Jablonec players
ŠK Slovan Bratislava players
Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC players
Slovak Super Liga players
Czech First League players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Nemzeti Bajnokság III players
Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Expatriate footballers in Hungary
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary |
49064912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecithocera%20isomitra | Lecithocera isomitra | Lecithocera isomitra is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Malawi.
The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The forewings are dark violet slaty grey and the hindwings are grey.
References
Moths described in 1914
isomitra |
7972121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EZTV%20%28media%20company%29 | EZTV (media company) | EZTV is a production company and exhibition venue founded in Los Angeles in 1979 by film scholar, writer and video producer John Dorr, along with several filmmakers, actors, writers, musicians and artists.
EZTV is credited with creating one of the world's first video theaters, computer art gallery and independent media center. Dorr wrote, produced and directed some of the earliest feature-length narrative films on video, and through his advocacy and example, helped spawn the current independent media revolution, seen most typically today, online, through services such as YouTube.
Early history
After a series of public screenings of early EZTV videos at the West Hollywood Community Center, Dorr, with a group of EZTV co-founders that included Michael Masucci, Strawn Bovee, Mark Shepard, James Williams, Pat Miller, created in 1982 "EZTV Video Gallery", a 40-seat video theater, art gallery and media lab. The gallery's first premiere video was Dorr's Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place, making the gallery an instantaneous success, due in part to an article in the American Film Institute's American Film magazine, as well as in various local print and electronic press. Within two years, media attention had reached a national scale, and EZTV expanded to a 100-seat video theater, with two gallery spaces, a production studio, five video editing rooms, a music lab and a photography darkroom. EZTV continued to receive routine local press attention, through newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, the LA Weekly, and the LA Reader, as well as various magazine, TV and radio coverage.
Filmmakers who screened at EZTV included Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Chantal Ackerman, as well as artists ranging from David Hockney, Keith Haring, Yoko Ono, Bill Barminski, musicians ranging from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Flag and many of the pioneering digital artists exhibited, collaborated, or lectured at EZTV.
Through the efforts of EZTV's Michael Masucci, and ia Kamandalu (aka Kim McKillip), often working in collaboration with digital artist Victor Acevedo, and art historian Patric Prince, EZTV began to become a vital center for the exploration, exhibition and advocacy of the emerging new media arts. EZTV was often the meeting place for the LA chapter of SIGGRAPH, and through the efforts of LA-SIGGRAPHS Joan Collins and Coco Conn, was the first site for SIG-KIDZ, a pioneering experiment in digital art and education. Various other organizations, including the International Documentary Association, the Long Beach Museum of Art Video Annex, the Visual Music Alliance, the California Outside Music Association and the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies guest-curated numerous exhibitions at EZTV.
EZTV founder John Dorr died on January 1, 1993, from the complications of HIV/AIDS. The American Film Institute's International Film Festival was named that year in his memory, and he was eulogized in obituaries in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the LA Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and Documentary magazine. Following Dorr's death, EZTV moved into a series of art organization-in-residency, including in
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), from 1996–2000, and Santa Monica's 18th Street Arts Center (2000–present).
Recent history
EZTV continued, under the direction of Michael Masucci and Kate Johnson, and continued the curatorial as well as production methodologies, premiering various new EZTV projects at venues such as the Museum of Modern Art (New York) the Institute of Contemporary Art (London) and various galleries, conferences and festivals.
"Hacking the Timeline", an ongoing project concerned with the historical analysis of the new media revolution, was instituted in 2003 and has staged lectures, online screenings and gallery exhibitions of classic and emerging digital art.
EZTV continues today, producing original work which has screened at the Museum of Modern Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art, the American Film Institute, Bravo, the BBC, the History Channel and various galleries and festivals. EZTV is currently an artist organization-in-residency at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica.
References
External links
EZTV Media
Hacking the Timeline
Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
Mass media companies established in 1979
Film production companies of the United States
1979 establishments in California |
647896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glanis | Glanis | Glanis was a Gaulish god associated with a healing spring at the town of Glanum in the Alpilles mountains of Provence in southern France. There are cisterns at the site of the springs where pilgrims may have bathed. Near one of them an altar to Glanis and the Glanicae was set up. The Glanicae were a triad of local mother goddesses associated with the healing springs.
The town, where a shrine to Glanis was erected in the 4th century BC, was itself named after the god. When it became a colony of the Roman Empire, the Romans followed their usual practice by absorbing Glanis into their pantheon in the form of Valetudo. The worship of Glanis/Valetudo ended with the rise of Christianity and the destruction of Glanum in 270 AD.
See also
Celtic mythology
References
Green., Miranda. Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. Thames and Hudson Ltd. London. 1997.
Gaulish gods
Health gods
Water gods |
24780348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Els%20Prats%20de%20Rei | Els Prats de Rei | Els Prats de Rei is a municipality in the comarca of the Anoia in Catalonia, Spain.
References
External links
Government data pages
Municipalities in Anoia |
24127263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamayoshi%20Morisuke | Yamayoshi Morisuke | served as the governor of Fukushima Prefecture during the Meiji period. He was known in Japanese history as the last person who spoke to Ōkubo Toshimichi prior to the latter's assassination on May 14, 1878.
References
1835 births
1902 deaths
Samurai |
9109512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%20Fish%20%28video%20game%29 | Devil Fish (video game) | Devil Fish is a maze arcade game released by Taiwanese company Artic Electronics in 1982. It was not ported to any home systems.
Gameplay
The player uses a four-position joystick to maneuver a dog through a maze and avoid several wandering squid. The maze is filled with gates of varying sizes that slow the player's movement while passing through them. The player must pick up fish as they appear, then press a button to drop them and lure the squid toward the gates. Tunnels allow the player to move from the left side to the right and vice versa; some tunnels are permanently open, while others have barriers that periodically open and close.
When a squid eats a fish, it increases in size. If a squid comes to a gate that is too small for it to fit through, it becomes stuck for a short time, during which the player can destroy it by running into it. Doing so causes a small cabin to appear near the center of the maze. The player must then touch this cabin, causing it to disappear and revealing a portion of a picture in the large center square. Once the entire picture is revealed, the player moves on to the next level. One life is lost if the dog touches a squid not caught in a gate.
References
External links
1982 video games
Arcade video games
Arcade-only video games
Fictional squid
Maze games
Video games about dogs
Video games developed in Taiwan |
22618516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss%20Hollywood | Miss Hollywood | The Miss Hollywood competition is an official preliminary pageant to Miss California and Miss America.
The pageant has been held annually since 1997. In 13 years, two titleholders have won Miss California and all titleholders have earned a total of $123,575 in scholarships at the local, state and national level.
Winners
The following titleholders represented Hollywood at the Miss California pageant.
References
Hollywood
1997 establishments in California
American awards
Local Beauty pageants
History of women in California |
37415107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yubeh%2C%20Iran | Yubeh, Iran | Yubeh (, also Romanized as Yūbeh; also known as Yūbeh Sa‘dī) is a village in Abshar Rural District, in the Central District of Shadegan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 333, in 47 families.
References
Populated places in Shadegan County |
18663301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baciki%20Bli%C5%BCsze | Baciki Bliższe | Baciki Bliższe (, Batyky Peredni) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Siemiatycze, within Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Siemiatycze and south of the regional capital Białystok.
References
Villages in Siemiatycze County |
70799794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hardest%20Part%20Tour | The Hardest Part Tour | The Hardest Part Tour is the third concert tour by American singer Noah Cyrus, in support of her debut studio album, The Hardest Part (2022). The tour begins on October 4, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona and ends on November 14, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.
Development
Cyrus first announced on April 8, 2022, that her debut studio album The Hardest Part would be released on July 15, 2022, with the release of its lead single "I Burned LA Down". Later that week, she announced that she would embark on The Hardest Part Tour in support of it. European dates were announced first, which included her involvement on Justin Bieber's Justice World Tour in Helsinki, Finland and her performance in the Pukkelpop and Lowlands festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium, respectively. After the release of the second single of the album, "Mr. Percocet", dates for the North American leg were announced, including her performances in the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas.
On July 28, 2022, Cyrus announced all European dates were cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
Setlist
1. Noah (Stand Still)
2. Mr. Percocet
3. Unfinished
4. Liar
5. The Worst Of You
6. Ready To Go
7. All Three
8. My Side Of The Bed
9. Loretta's Song
10. I'll Fly Away (Alison Krauss cover)
11. I Got So High That I Saw Jesus
12. Again
13. I Just Want A Lover
14. Every Beginning Ends
15. I Burned LA Down
16. Hardest Part
Tour dates
Cancelled shows
References
Concert tours of North America
2022 concert tours |
9262514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Theta%20Chi%20members | List of Theta Chi members | This is a list of notable members of Theta Chi fraternity.
Armed services
Arts and entertainment
Business and industry
Education
Politics and government
Journalism
Research and space
Athletics
References
Theta Chi
members |
37594317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papps | Papps | Papps is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alex Papps (born 1969), Greek-Australian actor, television host, writer, and singer
Michael Papps (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
Peter Papps (born 1939), Australian sports shooter
Stephen Papps, New Zealand actor
See also
Papp (disambiguation) |
2729873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparent%20Network%20Substrate | Transparent Network Substrate | Transparent Network Substrate (TNS), a proprietary Oracle computer-networking technology, supports homogeneous peer-to-peer connectivity on top of other networking technologies such as TCP/IP, SDP and named pipes. TNS operates mainly for connection to Oracle databases.
Protocol
TNS uses a proprietary protocol. Some details have, however, been reverse engineered.
See also
Transparency (computing)
Oracle Net Services
Protocol stack
References
External links
Oracle 8 Architecture and Concepts
Oracle 9i Architecture of Oracle Net Services
Oracle Corporation
Network protocols
Oracle software |
52811435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do%20Not%20Disturb%20%282012%20film%29 | Do Not Disturb (2012 film) | Do Not Disturb is a 2012 French comedy film directed by Yvan Attal and starring Attal and François Cluzet. It is a remake of the 2009 American film Humpday.
Cast
François Cluzet - Jeff
Yvan Attal - Ben Azuelos
Laetitia Casta - Anna Azuelos
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Lilly
Asia Argento - Monica
Joeystarr - Mitch
Leon - Josh
Reception
Sarah Nicole Prickett of The Globe and Mail gave the film 2 1/12 out of 4 stars, writing that the adaptation's "absurdly sexy" nature undercut its comic premise: "In the original, the awkwardness of two straight guys doing it was heightened by America's morality and Shelton's realist style. In this more erotic French version, it feels like: who cares? Just do it."
References
External links
2012 comedy films
2012 films
Films directed by Yvan Attal
French remakes of American films
French comedy films
2010s French films |
59635575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beibut%20Atamkulov | Beibut Atamkulov | Beibut Atamkulov (, Beibıt Bäkırūly Atamqūlov; born 19 May 1964) is a Kazakh politician and diplomat currently serving as the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development. He served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 2018 to September 2019. Atamkulov has an economic and financial background. Previously, Atamkulov served as the head of the newly created Ministry of Defence and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan.
Early life and education
In 1986, Beibut Atamkulov graduated from the Satbayev University with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering. In 2000, he graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, and holds the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.
From 1986 to 1991, he worked as a smelter, a shift foreman, a senior foreman, a leading engineer, and a deputy head of the department at the Chimkent Lead Plant.
Career
Atamkulov has extensive career in international relations. From 2006 to 2007, he served as Counsellor and later Minister-Counselor of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Russia (Moscow). In 2007–08, he served as Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Kazakhstan in Iran (Tehran). In 2008–10, he served as Consul General of Kazakhstan in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. From 2010 to 2012, Atamkulov served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Malaysia with concurrent accreditation to the Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei.
On 8 August 2015, he was appointed an akim of South Kazakhstan Region. He served that position until he became the Minister of Defense and Aerospace Industry on 7 October 2016.
On 26 December 2018, Atamkulov was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He conducted his first visit to the United States as Foreign Minister under President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on 1–2 July 2019. On the second day of the visit, he met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The Secretary expressed strong support to strengthening bilateral relations and working with the newly elected Kazakh President.
Atamkulov participated in the 15th EU-Central Asia Ministerial Meeting in Kyrgyz capital Bishkek on 7 July 2019. The Conference was dedicated to the launch of the new EU strategy on Central Asia. On the sidelines of the event, Atamkulov presented the Order of Dostyk (Friendship) of the 1st degree to EU's High Representative for foreign policy Federica Mogherini on behalf of President Tokayev.
Atamkulov was released from the position of Foreign Minister and appointed as Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan in September 2019.
On October 31, 2022, was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Republic of Uzbekistan.
See also
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kazakhstan)
References
Living people
1964 births
Foreign ministers of Kazakhstan |
24467502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zool%C3%B3gico%20Los%20Coyotes | Zoológico Los Coyotes | The Zoológico Los Coyotes is the third zoo in Mexico City, Mexico. It was opened on 2 February 1999 to complement the other zoos of the City of Mexico. It is built on a site that was previously a centre for seized animals, which it fell into disrepair. It mainly exhibits endemic and native fauna of Mexico including two coyotes, the species that the zoo is named after.
External links
—
Parks in Mexico City
Tourist attractions in Mexico City
Zoos established in 1999
Coyotes |
25569733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o%20Jo%C3%A3o%20do%20Sabugi | São João do Sabugi | São João do Sabugi is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.
See also
List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte
References
Municipalities in Rio Grande do Norte |
70772528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime%20de%20Montesa | Jaime de Montesa | Jaime de Montesa (†August 20, 1487), was a Spanish jurist and the highest authority of Zaragoza until 1485.
Protest against the inquisition
A Jewish convert to Christianity, along with other influential conversos, including knights and other royal officials, he protested to King Ferdinand the Catholic against the growing influence and power of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in the city of Zaragoza, in a request that pointed out the discomfort caused by the presence of this institution in that kingdom. He argumented that because the kingdom was very Christian and there were very few heretics, anyone found suspicious should only be approached through warnings and advice. His protests did not obtain any result, the king's reply being limited: Being the kingdom of Aragon very Christian, the court should not cause any discomfort, since there was no reason for it to have the opportunity to repeatedly enter its functions.
Prosecution
On October 17, 1485, a month after the assassination of the inquisitor Pedro Arbués, Jaime de Montesa was accused of having been one of the conspirators by a man who frequented a maid in his residence, and he was arrested, being disqualified from the exercise of office. The court of the Inquisition questioned him two days later, and although he denied any guilt related to the act, he was confined in a prison cell where he remained for 22 months, awaiting trial.
He was interrogated for the second time on August 10, 1487, on which occasion he was subjected to the system of torture known as garrucha. Because of this he confessed, perhaps falsely, to having participated in instigating and planning the inquisitor's murder, and to having offered 600 gold florins to whoever murdered him.
He was tried and convicted on charges that had nothing to do with the reason for which he was imprisoned, these being those of following the Mosaic Law, attending Jewish weddings, eating their own food, being a Judaizer and having practiced Jewish ceremonies after converting to Christianity.
Sentence
Found guilty of the charges that were imputed to him, he was sentenced to death for the lateness of his confession.
Jaime de Montesa, as a septuagenarian, was beheaded in Zaragoza's Market Square on August 20, 1487, the same day that his aunt, Leonor de Montesa, was burned in one of the stakes of this square for having performed Jewish ceremonies and for having fasted for fifty years on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
Spanish Inquisition
15th-century Aragonese Jews
People from Zaragoza |
60615901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vach%20station | Vach station | Vach station is a railway station in the city of Fürth, located in Bavaria, Germany. The station is on the Nuremberg–Bamberg line of Deutsche Bahn.
References
Railway stations in Bavaria
Buildings and structures in Fürth |
56120058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo%20Heredia | Pablo Heredia | Pablo Nicolas Heredia (born 11 June 1990) is an Argentine-born Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for San Luis.
Career
Club
Heredia began with San Martin de Río Grande, prior to joining Belgrano in 2005. Six years later, he was an unused substitute for games against Ferro Carril Oeste and San Martín (SJ) in the 2010–11 Primera B Nacional season which ended with the club being promoted to the Argentine Primera División. Five further unused sub appearances followed in 2012–13 in all competitions, prior to him making his professional debut on 16 February 2014 in an away league win over Boca Juniors at La Bombonera. Heredia went onto make ten appearances, including two in the 2015 Copa Sudamericana, in the next three seasons.
In July 2016, Heredia joined Central Córdoba of Primera B Nacional on loan. He played twelve times throughout 2016–17, as Central Córdoba were relegated, before returning to Belgrano. He terminated his contract with Belgrano at the end of 2018. On 17 January 2019, Heredia completed a move to Chile's Unión La Calera.
International
Heredia played for the Argentina U20s.
Career statistics
.
References
External links
1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mendoza Province
Argentine sportspeople of Chilean descent
Argentine footballers
Argentina youth international footballers
Argentina under-20 international footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Argentine expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Chile
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Primera Nacional players
Argentine Primera División players
Club Atlético Belgrano footballers
Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers
Unión La Calera footballers
Citizens of Chile through descent
Naturalized citizens of Chile |
15329829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Galibardy | Joseph Galibardy | Joseph Deville Thomas Galibardy (10 January 1915 – 17 May 2011) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In 1936 he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He played five matches as halfback.
Galibardy was born in Madras and received his school education from Goethals Memorial School, Kurseong in India. He visited his alma-mater, when Goethals celebrated its centenary in the year 2007 at the age of 93. Goethals Memorial School is also the alma-mater of his teammate Cyril Michie. Galibardy moved to England in 1956 and lived in Walthamstow, London at the time of his death. He was the last surviving member of the 1936 Indian field hockey team that won the gold medal.
References
External links
August 2007 update
1915 births
2011 deaths
Field hockey players from Chennai
Olympic field hockey players of India
Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Indian male field hockey players
Olympic gold medalists for India
Anglo-Indian people
Olympic medalists in field hockey
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Indian emigrants to England
British people of Anglo-Indian descent |
69028740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Hough%20Dutton | George Hough Dutton | George Hough Dutton (August 20, 1825 – June 28, 1905) was an American merchant and pioneer who came out west during the time of the California gold rush. He was a veteran of the American Civil War who served as a lieutenant in the Union Army. In 1866, Dutton settled in Jolon, California where he purchased the Antonio Ramirez adobe Inn in 1876 and converted it into a two-story hotel and stagecoach station. The hotel is now a landmark, named the Dutton Hotel, Stagecoach Station, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1971.
Early life
George Dutton was born in Wallingford, Connecticut on August 20, 1825. He was the son of Charles Evelyn Dutton (1797-1867) and Almeria Hough (1797-1841). He had been in Melbourne, Australia and reached California in 1849 during the Gold Rush.
During the American Civil War, Dutton enlisted as a Second lieutenant in the Union Army, Indian Guard, Company K, 5th California Infantry Regiment, organized at Santa Cruz, California on October 21, 1861, by Captain Thomas Theodore Tidball. The unit saw action in the Casa Blanco, Arizona and New Mexico Territories. On November 27, 1864, he was discharged in Kit Carson's command in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Post-Civil War, Dutton married Deborah Winslow Dodge (1839-1896), of Watsonville, California, on July 2, 1866. She came with her family from Thomaston, Maine to San Francisco where she met Dutton. They had seven children. His son, Edwin Julian Dutton, became the Deputy Sheriff of Jolon.
Career
In 1866, George Dutton and his wife settled in Jolon, California. He came with his Civil War buddy, Captain Thomas T. Tidball. The Duttons were founding members of the St. Luke's Church Episcopal in Jolon. Dutton was one of the early settlers that took the Jolon land believing it was part of the public domain provided by the United States government. Faxon Atherton said that the settlers were squatting on his land and sent notice to evict them. The hotel changed owners several times before 1876, when Henry Clay Dodge, the brother of Dutton's wife, sold the land to Dutton and Captain Thomas T. Tidball for $1,000 and 100 acres. Dutton added a second adobe story, a merchandise store, saloon post office, and stagecoach stop, which started between Lowe's Station and Pleyto in Monterey County, California. Dutton's partnership with Captain Thomas T. Tidball was later dissolved and Tidball opened his own store and hotel called the Tidball Store.
On June 26, 1903, Dutton presented a collection or old Spanish relics and 500 Mission tales, from the Mission San Antonio de Padua, founded by Franciscan Fathers in 1771, to the Landmarks League, which is five miles to the west of Jolon.
Dutton's son, Edwin Julian Dutton (1870-1921), took over management of the hotel when he was 21. He died in 1921. In 1929, the hotel was sold to William Randolph Hearst by the Dutton's widow, to become part of Fort Hunter Liggett. Hearst removed the surrounding buildings and his hope was to restore the adobe in the old mission style and turn it into a museum, but never materialized.
In 1940, the United States Army acquired the property and the adobe was used as a recreation center and temporary camp. From 1950 to 1960, the building began to deteriorate. On August 16, 1969, the Monterey County surveyors and engineers surveyed the historic site. The roof had caved in the walls looked like they would not last the winter. On October 14, 1971, the Dutton Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Death
Dutton was in poor health when he was taken from his home in Jolon to King City, California for medical treatment. He died on June 28, 1905, when he 79 years old. He is buried next to his wife, as well as other Dutton family members, at the Jolon Cemetery.
See also
Dutton Hotel, Stagecoach Station
References
External links
Dutton Hotel, Stagecoach Station
The Monterey County Historical Society
1825 births
1905 deaths
People from Connecticut
People from Monterey County, California
19th-century American businesspeople |