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The couple's second child, Isabella Alexandra May, was born on 16 January 2016 at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. She was baptised at Kensington Palace in June 2016 with Jamie Oliver, a close friend of her mother, serving as one of the godparents.
6 April 1979-present Lord Frederick Windsor
Global66
It currently operates in 6 countries (Chile, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Argentina, and Ecuador) and supports money transfers to more than 80 countries. The platform also has a financial services segment for companies.
During 2021, Global66 transferred more than 1 trillion dollars in volume, and since its creation it has registered more than 700 thousand users. The company has raised investments totaling more than US$20 million from Angels, Family Offices and venture capital firms in Latin America, the United States and the United Kingdom.
During this time, they tried to partner with major fintech companies in Europe, but many turned them down. With a small team, they started their first project, transferenciaperu.com,12 a single-broker money transfer service from Chile to Peru.
Eventually the project grew and consequently, they increased their team to build infrastructure in Latam. Finally, by the end of 2018, they managed to open more routes and launched Global66.com.In 2021, they closed their Series A and raised $12 million there in a round led by Quona Capital. Magma Partners, Venrex Investment Management and Clocktower Ventures.
Duncan Penn
Duncan M W Penn is an entrepreneur, executive producer, angel investor, and #1 NYT bestselling author, Duncan is an early investor in SpaceX, Tesla, , Neuralink, and The Boring Company. His brother Jonathan Penn is an A.I. professor and researcher at the University of Cambridge.
In 2024 Duncan was voted a Top 100 Influential People.
Duncan is the creator and executive producer of 5 television shows, including on and , Movie Night With Karlie Kloss on , Dare to Live on , and on . He is also the creator, executive producer, and star of the documentary series , named after the poem by , written in 1852. The Buried Life follows four friends as they go after a bucket list of dreams and ask the world the question, "What do you want to do before you die?" For everything they accomplished on their list, they helped a stranger do something on theirs. He is also the co-author of the No. 1 New York Times Best Selling book "What Do You Want To Do Before You Die?".
In 2024, announced the production of a new documentary series sharing the story of . The series will be executive produced by singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes and YouTube creators The . The documentary will star David Dobrik, Taylor Swift, Barak Obama, Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Shawn Mendes, The Yes Theory, as well as The Buried Life cast, Duncan, Dave, Ben, and Jonnie.
Duncan does primary private capital placements into pre-ipo tech companies. Duncan is an early investor in , , , and .
Duncan is the co-creator of the gag gift Burnt Hair Perfume with Elon Musk, and was released as a joke by The Boring Company in 2023.
Duncan is a Major Gift Officer for , a charity that deploys Tesla, solar, and desalination technology to help solve electricity and freshwater problems around the world. currently operates in Kenya, Haiti, the Philippines, Guatemala, and Columbia. Duncan has helped provide fresh water and electricity to over 2 million people worldwide.
In 2011, Duncan, with the Buried Life cast, made a $300,000 donation to The Keep America Beautiful foundation.
After high school, Duncan founded with his brother Jonnie Penn and two childhood friends, Ben Nemtin and Dave Lingwood. The Buried Life asks the world the question, ""What do you want to do before you die?""
Together, The Buried Life cast accomplished 86 items on the list out of 100, including Play Ball Against Obama, Deliver a Baby, Crash the Playboy Mansion, Reunite a Family, Tell a Joke on Late Night Television, Survive on Deserted Island, Streak a Professional Sports Game, Make a Million Dollars, Ride a Bull, Get Married in Vegas, Ask out Megan Fox.
In 2011, Duncan and cast appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" "to announce a new season of The Buried Life and to discuss crossing off #95: Play Ball with President Barack Obama.""."
In 2012, Duncan swam from Alcatraz in SF to the mainland in the winter wearing only a speedo.
In 2011, The Buried Life successfully organized the biggest speed dating event in history with the University of South Florida.
In July 2011, Duncan asked out Taylor Swift at the Country Music Awards and went on a date later that year after the VMAs in Los Angeles.
It has been rumored Duncan is the NYT's best selling anonymous poet, .
Carlton Gebbia
Carlton Elizabeth (formerly Gebbia, born 17 October 1967) is an English-African actress, and interior designer. Gebbia is best known for her role as a main housewife on the fourth installment of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills".
Gebbia, an only child, is from the Guernsey Islands but mostly grew up in South Africa and Wales, London but finally located Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Gebbia was raised Wicca, a religion that practices a form of witchcraft.
Gebbia started her career in 1994 as an actress, first starring in the fantasy movie, "Eyes of the Serpent", playing the role of Raven. Over the years, she continued to push her career by appearing in "The Young and the Restless" in the twenty-seventh season as Janina. She had her first lead role in the 2001 drama "Pretty When You Cry", alongside Jamie Kennedy.
Gebbia designed multiple homes in the Beverly Hills area along with her then-husband David Gebbia, including their own in 2009.
At a young age, Gebbia found a passion for dance. Mostly in the ballet and jazz category, but gave up her passion when she returned from South Africa. Gebbia married movie producer David Gebbia in September 1997. The two had three children together. Gebbia filed for divorce in 2018 after 21 years of marriage.
Fight Like a Brave
"Fight Like a Brave" is a song by Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was a single from their third album, "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan". The single also had a cover version of "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix on it. This cover was later on "The Abbey Road E.P." and "Mother's Milk". The song was put on these albums for Hillel Slovak, the guitar player for the band who died in 1988.
Most of the words in the song are about Anthony Kiedis' addiction to heroin. Kiedis used drugs many times. When this was worst, Flea made him leave the band. He was not going to let him join again unless he stopped using drugs. Kiedis went to Michigan to stop using drugs. He went to a treatment place owned by The Salvation Army. When he stopped using drugs, he went back to Los Angeles to join the band again. He wrote "Fight Like a Brave" on the plane going to Los Angeles.
The single has been released on many different things. It has been released on 7" and 12" vinyl.
7" single (1987)
12" single (1987)
12" picture disc/12" promo (1987)
12" Japanese split promo/DJ copy (1987)
Daniel Aminati
Daniel Aminati (9 September 1973 in Aachen) is a German television presenter, singer and actor. He was also known as a former footballer playing for German-football club FC Bayern Munich.
Aminati joined Bed & Breakfast (a German band) in 1995. After that, he released solo singles like "Turn Me Up" (in 1996) and "I Want You Back" (in 1998).
Until the Time Is Through
"Until the Time Is Through" is a 1998 song by British boy band Five and is the sixth single from their debut studio album "Five". It went to number 2 in the United Kingdom and Spain, number 3 in Ireland and Scotland, number 8 in Australia, number 11 in Sweden, number 14 in New Zealand, number 16 in the Netherlands and number 19 in Poland.
UK and Irish CD1
UK and Irish CD2
Memphis Redbirds
The Memphis Redbirds are a Minor League Baseball team from Memphis, Tennessee. They play baseball at the Triple-A (AAA) level, the most difficult level before Major League Baseball, against other baseball teams in the International League (a group of 20 baseball teams at the same level). The Redbirds are partnered with the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball team. When a player shows that he plays well at this level, he may be moved up to play for the Cardinals.
The Redbirds played at a stadium called Tim McCarver Stadium from 1998 to 1999. In 2000, the Redbirds began to play at a new stadium called AutoZone Park.
Middleware is a computing component that sits between other components and can usually be described as 'software glue', mediating between pieces of software.
There is a lot of ambiguity around the specifics of what middleware is. The term is used differently in different sub fields of computing and even ambiguously within some of those sub fields. It's one of those terms which should probably be agreed upon by actors involved, before it is used in any consequential situation.
One of the latter uses of the term might be qualified as Messaging Middleware - message brokers and queues - and can be part of:
Platymantis megabotoniviti
The Giant Fiji ground frog ("Platymantis megabotoniviti") is a frog. This frog is not alive now. It lived long ago. Scientists found its bones in Fiji, in caves in Viti Levu.
This frog was larger than other frogs in "Platymantis". Scientists say they all died after humans came to Fiji. The humans brought rodents with them.
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (born Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, ; 27 August 1968) was a Greek princess by birth and a British princess by marriage. She was a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, and a granddaughter of King George I and Queen Olga of Greece. Princess Marina married Prince George, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, in 1934. They had three children: Prince Edward, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Michael.
Princess Isabella of Denmark
Princess Isabella of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat (Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe; born 21 April 2007) is a member of the Danish royal family. She is the second child and elder daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark.
She is the fourth grandchild and oldest granddaughter of Queen Margrethe II and the late Prince Henrik. She was the first girl born into the Danish royal family since the birth of her great aunt, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, in 1946. Isabella is third in the line of succession to the Danish throne, after her father and her older brother, Prince Christian.
Princess Isabella was born at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen, to Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary.
She was christened on 1 July 2007, at the Royal Chapel of Fredensborg Palace as Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe, after the Danish queen consort and ancestress Isabella of Austria, the princess's maternal grandmother, paternal great-grandmother, and paternal grandmother respectively. Her godparents were her father's first cousin, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark; Queen Mathilde of Belgium (then Duchess of Brabant), Nadine Johnston, Christian Buchwald, Peter Heering and Marie Louise Skeel. Isabella was confirmed in the Lutheran church in the same chapel on 30 April 2022.
-Knight of the Order of the Elephant (R.E.) (14 January 2024)
-Prince Henrik's 75th Birthday Medal (11 June 2009)
-Queen Margrethe II's 70th Birthday Medal (16 April 2010)
-Queen Margrethe II's Ruby Jubilee Medal (14 January 2012)
-Queen Margrethe II's 75th Birthday (16 April 2015)
-Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik's Golden Wedding Anniversary Medal (10 June 2017)
-Prince Henrik's Memorial Medal (11 June 2018)
-Queen Margrethe II's 80th Birthday Medal (16 April 2020)
-Queen Margrethe II's Golden Jubilee Medal (14 January 2022)
Princess Josephine of Denmark
Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat (Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda; born 8 January 2011) is a member of the Danish royal family. She is the fourth and youngest child of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark, and the seventh grandchild of Queen Margrethe II and the late Prince Henrik. She is the twin sister of Prince Vincent.
Josephine is fourth in line to the Danish throne, after her father and older siblings, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, and her elder twin brother.
Josephine was born at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen, 26 minutes after her twin brother.
Josephine and Vincent were christened on 14 April 2011, at the chapel of the Church of Holmen. The Princess's name was announced as Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda. Her godparents are her paternal aunt, Princess Marie of Denmark; her maternal aunt, Patricia Bailey; as well as her parents' friends Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, Count Bendt Wedell, Birgitte Handwerk and Josephine Rechner.
8 January 2011 Her Royal Highness Princess Josephine of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat.
-Queen Margrethe II's 75th Birthday Medal (16 April 2015)
Rhizodeposition
What is Rhizodeposition:
Rhizodeposition refers to the chemical process that happens in the , a small area of the soil that is directly changed by the release of plant root products and the . Rhizodeposition refers to the process that happens in small gaps within the soil that can contain many types of bacteria, fungi and nematodes (worm-like parasites) that can feed off the products released by the plant roots. Products released from the plant roots can be elements such as Nitrogen, Carbon, and other different proteins and sugars, these feed the plant root's microbiome. This is a form of symbiosis (mutualism) between the microorganisms and the plant that benefits from products produced by the microbes in the soil. An example of this is antibiotics that will kill harmful bacteria in the plant. The microorganisms will also provide the plant with enzymes, plant hormones and phosphates as well.
Why is Rhizodeposition important:
Rhizodeposition plays a very important role in connection with the carbon cycle. Out of all the carbon that the plant absorbs through photosynthesis around 25% of the carbon will be released through the roots of the soil, this carbon is what many of the microorganisms feed on in regards to rhizodeposition. Without this exchange of carbon, the microorganisms would not have one of the most important building blocks to life and would likely die. Similarly, the plants would significantly lack the antibiotics, hormones, enzymes and phosphates required to survive and would either die or be very weak.
Examples of Rhizodeposition:
In a study conducted on "Triticum Sp." () it was found that the Spelt Wheat was more productive in the presence of microorganisms that make up the rhizosphere than the Spelt Wheat that contained minimal microorganisms (the study notes that it is hard to maintain sterile soil). Specifically, wheat benefiting from rhizodeposition was able to grow higher faster and develop a root system that went wider and deeper. Harvest size from wheat with microorganisms was also much larger compared to wheat without/lacking microorganisms.
Bicharanloo, B., Bagheri Shirvan, M., Keitel, C., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2020). Rhizodeposition mediates the effect of nitrogen and phosphorous availability on microbial carbon use efficiency and turnover rate. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 142, 107705. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107705
Prince Vincent of Denmark
Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat (Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander; born 8 January 2011) is a member of the Danish royal family. He is the third child and younger son of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark, the sixth grandchild and youngest grandson of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik, and the older twin brother of Princess Josephine.
Vincent is third in line to the Danish throne, after his father, older brother Prince Christian, and older sister Princess Isabella.
Prince Vincent was born at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, in Copenhagen, at 10:30 am local time, 26 minutes before his twin sister.
Vincent and Josephine were christened on 14 April 2011, at the chapel of the Church of Holmen. His name was announced as Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander. His godparents are his maternal uncle, John Stuart Donaldson; his father's first cousin, the Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (then the Hereditary Prince); his mother's lady-in-waiting, Caroline Heering; and friends of his parents, the King of Spain (then the Prince of Asturias), Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille and Baroness Helle Reedtz-Thott.
8 January 2011 His Royal Highness Prince Vincent of Denmark, Count of Monpezat.
The 1986-87 Austrian Cup was the national cup competition in Austrian football. FK Austria Wien were the defending champions.
First Horizon Park
First Horizon Park is a baseball park in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. It is the home stadium of the Nashville Sounds, who are a Minor League Baseball team. It opened on April 17, 2015, and has room for up to 10,000 people. It was named First Tennessee Park from 2015 to 2019. Before playing there, the Sounds played at a stadium called Herschel Greer Stadium from 1978 to 2014.
The ballpark was built for the the Nashville Sounds, but other sports teams have also played at the stadium. Nashville SC, a soccer team of the USL Championship, played its games there from 2018 to 2019.
The Rochdale Canal runs between Manchester and Sowerby Bridge. It runs through the town of Rochdale. It is a broad canal because its locks are wide enough to allow boats of 14 feet (4.3 m) width. It runs for 32 miles (51 km) across the Pennines from the Bridgewater Canal at Castlefield Basin in Manchester to join the Calder and Hebble Navigation in West Yorkshire.
James Brindley was paid to survey possible routes between Sowerby Bridge and Manchester in 1776. John Rennie made a new survey in 1791. In April 1794 the Act of Parliament was made to fix the route. The first part was opened in 1798 and it was finished in 1814. There were 92 locks.
The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was started by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to carry coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester. Later it went from Manchester to Runcorn, and then from Worsley to Leigh. It is connected to the Manchester Ship Canal by a lock at Cornbrook; to the Rochdale Canal in Manchester; to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Preston Brook, southeast of Runcorn; and to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Leigh.
The Sankey Canal was built first, but the Bridgewater Canal became more famous and set a lot more canals going. It has an aqueduct to cross the River Irwell, and a tunnel at Worsley.
D. J. Moore
Denniston Oliver "D. J." Moore Jr. (born April 14, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL).
He attended the University of Maryland and played for the Terrapins from 2015 to 2017.
He was selected by the Carolina Panthers as the 24th overall pick in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft, making him the first wide receiver chosen in that draft. He later signed a 4-year contract with a signing bonus of $6.2 million.
In his second week against the Atlanta Falcons, he scored his first touchdown on his very first NFL reception. However, in the final seconds of the game, he missed catching a pass from his quarterback Cam Newton that could have sent the game into overtime. He finished his rookie season with 788 yards on 55 receptions and 2 touchdowns, earning a spot on the league's All-Rookie Team selected by the Pro Football Writers Association.
The following season, he became one of the main targets among the team's wide receivers, ending the season as the Panthers' top receiver with 1,175 receiving yards.
In March 2022, he signed a new 3-year contract worth $61.9 million with the Panthers.
In March 2023, the Panthers traded Moore, the 9th overall pick in the 2023 draft, and three other draft picks to the Chicago Bears in exchange for the first overall pick in the 2023 draft.
"Virtual Insanity" is a 1996 song by English funk band Jamiroquai and is the second single from their third studio album "Travelling Without Moving". It went to number 1 in Iceland, number 3 in United Kingdom, number 4 in Scotland, number 5 in Italy, number 7 in Ireland, the Netherlands and Finland, number 16 in France, number 19 in Switzerland and number 15 in Belgium. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1998.
San Raffaele Cimena is a "comune" in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont.
San Sebastiano da Po is a "comune" in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont.
Nicholas David Pope (born 19 April 1992) is an English footballer. He plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.
Pope started his career in Ipswich Town's youth teams. He joined Bury Town after being released at age 16. He signed for League One club Charlton Athletic in 2011, before being loaned to Harrow Borough, Welling United, Cambridge United, Aldershot Town, York City, and Bury. Pope joined Premier League club Burnley in 2016 and made his English debut two years later. He joined Newcastle United in 2022.
Who's Holding Donna Now
"Who's Holding Donna Now" is a 1985 song by DeBarge and is the second single from their fourth studio album "Rhythm of the Night". It went to number 6 in the United States, number 9 in Canada, number 29 in Ireland, number 44 in New Zealand, number 57 in Australia and number 83 in the United Kingdom.
Walter Heitz
Walter Heitz was a German general served in World War Two. He took part in Battle of Stalingrad commanding the German Army. He was born in Berlin, German Empire on 8 Decemeber 1878.
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Brigada Mass Media Corporation
Brigada Mass Media Corporation (BMMC) is a newspaper company and media network in the Philippines. It is the first-ever local Tri-media organization to have emerged from the Soccsksargen area as a national network with its array of Brigada News FM stations. BMMC is part of Brigada Group of Companies of Entrepreneur Elmer Catulpos which also maintains eight newspaper editions in the Philippines, four TV Stations, distribution of food supplements, medicines, cosmetics and engine care, a drug pharmacy a garden resort and two public security agencies.
In April 2014, Brigada News FM National Offices in Makati was inagurated and relocated Brigada News FM Batangas to became Brigada News FM National, which later moved to Mareco-owned 105.1 in July 1, 2023, and completing the three broadcast centers of the network, Manila, Cebu and General Santos.
As of 2022, BMMC has now 60 owned and operated stations in the country, larger than its main all-news and talk radio competitor Radyo5 News FM, but is ahead of another news and talk radio competitor of Bandera News Philippines and another one ahead of news and talk radio competitor of XFM Philippines.
Brigada News FM Stations are collectively known as Brigada News FM with its current taglines The Music and News Authority and In the Heart of Changing Lives. Currently, Brigada News FM has more than 60 owned and operated FM stations across the country, the most number of stations for a news-formatted radio network compared to their other networks in AM radio and more are planned to be opened.
Majority of BMMC's stations are acquired from Baycomms (prior to the merger in 2013), hence becoming Brigada's official broadcast licensee, except the following stations that are either acquired or operated under airtime lease agreement:
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs from Leeds to Liverpool. It is 127 miles (204 km) long. It goes over the Pennines. There are 91 locks on the main line and several small branches. It is the longest continuous canal in the United Kingdom.
James Brindley made the plan, but he died in 1772. Work was started on both sides of the Pennines. This included some impressive engineering like the Bingley Five Rise Locks, Bingley Three Rise Locks and the seven-arch aqueduct over the River Aire. Work stopped in 1781 because the money ran out. It started again in in 1791, on a different route from the earlier plan, and the main line of the canal was finished in 1816. This included the Foulridge Tunnel, which was 1,640 yards (1,500 m) long and was very expensive, and the Burnley Embankment, which is 1,350 yards (1,234 m) long and up to 60 feet (18 m) high.
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the Rochdale Canal crossed the Pennines before it was finished.
The most important cargo was always coal, with over a million tons per year being delivered to Liverpool in the 1860s. Because it could have wide boats it competed successfully with the railways throughout the 19th century and stayed open through the 20th century.
In the Second World War a German bomb fell on it in Bootle.
In 2009 a new section was built, connecting it to the docks in the centre of Liverpool, which had become a centre of tourism.
Lord Street, Southport
Lord Street is the main shopping street of Southport, in Merseyside. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) long, with a roundabout at each end . There are many gardens and architectural listed buildings along it with a mix of residential, commercial and public buildings. It was built in the early 19th century.
Napoleon III stayed on holiday nearby in 1846. Lord Street is thought to be the inspiration for the tree-lined boulevards of Paris, built between 1854 and 1870.
Misskey
Misskey is open-source software for . It was originally developed by "syuilo", a Japanese software engineer. When it was first developed the main service was a bulletin board, but the open-source community added short "Notes" and a timeline function. Those key features allowed the program and community to grow to its current size.
A user's post is called a "Note". As with other distributed social networks, users can join or create servers. Each server is managed by different administrators, in different locations.
The origin of the Misskey name is from the lyrics of , a song released by the Japanese singer .
Misskey publishes its source code to GitHub. You can modify the code as long as you publish it based on AGPLv3. Since Misskey also publishes , you can create a personal application through the code. The translation is using .
Code is written with TypeScript and Node.js. is used as a database software. is used as Web client since February, 2018. Misskey users can interact with users on any other server that supports .
Misskey and Mastodon are both distributed social networks based on ActivityPub.
But their programming languages and library are different. Their APIs are not compatible.
Mastodon's ideology takes a critical attitude to centralized SNSs such as Twitter and Facebook.
When it began, Misskey was not designed as a distributed social network, so its ideology isn't based on an anti-centralized attitude.
Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale. It is named after the old bridge over the River Calder.
A boulevard is a type of broad avenue planted with rows of trees. In parts of North America, all urban highways are called boulevards.
In French, it originally meant the flat surface of a rampart, and later a promenade taking the place of a demolished fortification.
The Calder and Hebble Navigation is a broad waterway, with locks and bridges that are suitable for 14-foot-wide (4.3 m) boats, in West Yorkshire.
Improvements on the River Calder and the River Hebble began in 1759, The Rochdale Canal joined it in 1804. This let boats go from Sowerby Bridge to Manchester. It connects to the Aire and Calder Navigation at Wakefield. It joins the Huddersfield Broad Canal near Mirfield. There were many alterations over the years, so now it is mostly seperate from the river.
The locks were designed for Yorkshire Keels. They are among the shortest on the English connected waterways network, at 57 feet (17 m).
Since 1981 it has only been used by pleasure boats.
The River Calder is a river in West Yorkshire. It starts above Todmorden, and drains an area of 369 square miles (957 km). It joins the River Aire near Castleford
Only a few bits of the river can be used by boats but they are connected by the Calder and Hebble Navigation, a popular leisure waterway which is part of the connected inland waterway network of England and Wales.
Many woolen mills were built along its banks, particularly at Dewsbury and Wakefield, but also in the smaller towns of Brighouse, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden. It used to have salmon, but they were killed by pollution in the mid 19th century. In 2008 they were seen again.
At Wakefield's there is a nine-arched bridge, 320 feet (98 m) long, built in sandstone between 1342 and 1356.
Shendao shejiao
Shendao teaching () is a Chinese philosophy about religion. It originally meant following the natural way of things and setting up teaching to make people behave. Later on, it was used to educate people by talking about how good and bad things happen as a result of their actions. The idea of Shendao started in the early Western Zhou period and later became important in Confucianism as a way to teach character. Some people believe that it helped China understand and adopt the Western idea of religion.
During the Shang dynasty in China, people believed in many gods. The most important god was called "Shangdi," but some people thought of Shangdi as just a part of the natural order of things, which they called "Tiandao." They believed that the emperor did not have control over this natural order. During Shang sacrifices, people didn't offer sacrifices to the emperor, but they would ask for the emperor's help. The Shang people believed in ghosts and gods, which was similar to what people believed in prehistoric times. They didn't use religion as a way to control people like some later dynasties did..
The Zhou dynasty of ancient China believed in the divinity of Shangdi, the supreme god, and diminished the importance of other ancestral and natural gods that were worshipped during the previous dynasty. The king of Zhou set up an "imperial registry" to worship God, and built a god of the land with chestnut wood to inspire fear in the people. The Zhou also created an "imperial court" as the emperor's office. The Zhou believed that the emperor could send down a great Lu order to protect his house and people. The world of the gods, mainly the "emperor" and "heaven," became the foundation for the kingship of the Zhou Dynasty. They established the concept of rule with "Mandate of Heaven" as the core, and the king was referred to as "Son of Heaven." This practice of the Zhou was Shendao's establishment of religion, which became a tool for political rule and adapted to the needs of patriarchal kingship.Confucianism, on the other hand, believed in the fear of heaven, adults, and the words of the saints, but did not believe in gods.
Shendao is a religion that believes in ghosts and gods. It originated from the Tuan Chuan of the Zhou Yi. The ancient Chinese rulers used religious beliefs to strengthen their power, which is called the divine right of "Heaven and Man". This involved using practices like sacrifice and divination to gain support from the people. However, some thinkers did not believe in ghosts and gods, like Fan Zhen. He still believed in the importance of Shendao as a way to govern the country, bring peace to the people, and change traditions.
Tiandao
The Book of Rites, also called the Liji, is a group of writings that explain the customs, rules, and ceremonies of the Zhou dynasty during the Warring States and early Han periods. The Book of Rites, the Rites of Zhou, and the Ettiquette and Ceremonial are called the "Three Li," and together make up the ritual section of the Five Classics. These are important texts in Confucianism, which is a way of thinking that values ethics and education. Some people believe that the Book of Rites was originally called the Classic of Rites or Lijing, but its name was changed later by Dai Sheng.
Toyama Chukyoin
Chukyoin was a type of institution created to promote the teachings of the Taikyo Institute. There was one on each capital of a Prefecture of Japan..
The Taikyo Institute, literally had sub institutions across Japan called and . Every prefecture had its own Chukyoin in its capital and this was the one of Toyama Prefecture. Shokyoins were scattered all across the country. The size comparison resembles the words for University, Middle school, and Elementary school.
All of them however promoted the same Taikyo proclamation teachings.
In 1875 the Taikyo Institute was closed, and the building became an office of the Bureau of Shinto Affairs. Then in 1882 it became a Jingukyo office.
Around the Chukyoin site, there was a night market that became famous in 1904.
In 1925, the Chukyoin was relocated near Toyama Gokoku Shrine to make way for a new streetcar line. Only a small shrine remains at the original location, as the streetcar was later removed.
The Chukyoin (now affiliated with Jingukyo) was completely destroyed on August 2, 1945 during an air raid.
During World War II the night market was damaged and unused until its repair in 1950. It was still operational in 1999. and 2011
After the war people rebuilt the shrine on its original location. The shrine can be found next to the bus stop Chukyoin Mae. It is known as the smallest shrine in Japan.
The shrine building was rennovated in 2020.
Toyama Gokoku Shrine
Gokoku Shrines
Gokoko shrines are Japanese shinto shrines made to for people who died in wars. They are considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They used to be called Shokonsha but the name was changed in 1939.
Unity of Heaven and humanity
Unity of Heaven and humanity is an old philosophical concept in China that can be found in various Chinese religions and philosophies. The main idea is that things like human ethics, physiology, and politics reflect Tian, which means "heaven" or "nature".
The concept of unity of heaven and humanity has its roots in ancient Chinese religion, where people believed in spirits and experienced trances. This early shamanistic experience can still be observed in present-day Chinese folk religion. The idea was first mentioned in the Spring and Autumn Warring States period and was further developed in Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism.
Dong Zhongshu referenced the concept as "heaven and mankind induction" during the Han Dynasty, while the Cheng-Zhu school of Neo-Confucianism believed it was based on the theory of the Divine Principle.
In Daoism, the concept of Tian or "Heaven" is viewed as nature, and humans are considered to be a part of nature. The saying goes, "If there is man, there is also heaven; if there is heaven, there is also man." This belief reflects the idea that heaven and earth are interconnected and all things in the world are unified. As the philosopher Zhuangzi stated, "Heaven and earth were born with me, and all things are one with me."
The Huangdi Neijing is a traditional Chinese medicine text that supports the idea of the unity of Heaven and humanity. According to the text, humans are connected to nature and should be in harmony with the four seasons. The text emphasizes that humans participate in and are one with heaven and earth. It states that humans have a unified origin, properties, structure, and laws with heaven, which is considered an objective existence independent of human spiritual consciousness. The text also suggests that humans have spiritual consciousness and are a subject with it.
The concept of "unity of God and humanity" in the Western world is similar to the Chinese idea of "unity of Heaven and humanity," but there are some differences. In ancient Greece, only a sorcerer with special powers could achieve the "unity of God and humanity." In Christianity, anyone who confesses their sins and accepts Jesus Christ as God's only Son can become a child of God and enter eternal life. The Islamic view emphasizes that believers should observe "good works."
In Indian culture, the central theme of the Upanishads, which are great classic texts, is the unity of Brahman (Moksha). This principle is practiced by profound yogis and is similar to the Chinese idea of the unity of heaven and humanity.
Shrine Parishioner Registration
The official name of the law is .
The law had seven parts. The first part said that when a baby was born, the parents had to tell the village head. Then, they had to take the baby to the local shrine to get a special amulet. This amulet had to stay with the baby. If someone did not have this amulet, they had to tell the village head their name, birthdate, where they were born, and their father's name. The village head would then get an amulet for them. The village head would check the amulets every six years when they did a registration exercise. If someone died, their amulet had to go back to the shrine priest.
Another set of rules was made at the same time called Regulations for Rural District Shrines. This set of rules said that each district had to have one rural district shrine responsible for overseeing registration. These rules were supposed to register all newborn babies. Some people think that these rules were also supposed to make shrines like temples from earlier times in Japan. These rules only lasted for two years, but the rules for district shrines lasted until after World War II. The Shrine Consolidation Policy merged shrines together for this purpose.
Friedrich Paulus
Friedrich Paulus was a German field marshal served the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Taikyo Institute
The was a Japanese Institution and part of the Ministry of Religion in the Empire of Japan.
On May 3, 1875, the Great Teaching Institute was disbanded by the Ministry of Religion and was replaced by the Bureau of Shinto Affairs and later Shinto Taikyo.
The "Great Teaching" and "Taikyo Proclamation" use the same word, as does "Taikyo" in "Shinto Taikyo".
Dewsbury is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire. It is on the River Calder. A bit of the Calder and Hebble Navigation waterway goes there. It is to the west of Wakefield, east of Huddersfield and south of Leeds.
It was an important centre for wool milling. They collected used woollen items, mixed them with new wool and made heavy blankets and uniforms.
Dewsbury Minster is near the River Calder. Some of it was built in the 13th century. The market was set up in the 14th century.
In 1770, a short branch of the Calder and Hebble Navigation reached the town. That helped the mills because the boats could get to to Manchester and Hull.
The town now has a large Muslim community.
Shrine Consolidation Policy
The Shrine Consolidation Policy was a plan by the Meiji Japanese government to get rid of many small Shinto shrines and combine their duties with bigger regional shrines.. In 1900, a government branch called the Bureau of Shrines (Jinja kyoku) was formed as part of the Home Ministry. This branch was in charge of carrying out the Shrine Consolidation Policy.
The Shrine Consolidation Policy was made to decrease the power of Shinto, and the government wanted to control the remaining shrines. The goal was to make the shrines easier to manage. Even though many people didn't like it, 77,899 Shinto shrines were closed in the first twenty years of the policy. The Shrine Consolidation Policy was in effect until the end of World War II, but it had the biggest impact in the first six years after it started in 1906. By 1912, the number of shrines that were closed decreased significantly.
To strengthen shrines, the government either moved the deities from smaller shrines to larger ones or combined multiple shrines' deities into one shrine. The result was fewer, larger shrines under government control.
During the Meiji and Taisho eras, the Japanese government merged smaller, unprofitable shrines in an effort to enhance the presence of shrines overall. The Bureau of Shrines in the Home Ministry was responsible for this reorganization, focusing on village shrines and unranked shrines. The government's goal was to organize existing shrines and limit the number of shrines receiving offerings. However, there were accusations of corruption and attempts to seize land for financial gain. In 1906, an imperial edict called "With Regard to the Provision of Offerings to Shrines of Prefectural Rank and Below" was issued to financially support thriving shrines only, leading to the merging of many shrines. Under the edict, merged shrines, temples, and other sacred sites were required to surrender their land without compensation. Local authorities in Wakayama and Mie prefectures in particular carried out mergers, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of shrines by 1914.
Some intellectuals and politicians resisted the merger policy, leading to its eventual eschewal by the Bureau of Shrines.
The "Shrine merger" policy aimed to decrease the number of shrines in Japan and focus resources on those remaining. This was done to ensure that the remaining shrines had facilities and properties that met a certain standard, and to maintain their dignity while establishing their continuous management. Additionally, the Meiji government recognized sect Shinto as a religion, but considered shrines as "national religious ceremonies" rather than religious. The policy of reducing the number of shrines was also implemented to make it financially possible for local governments to provide public funds to prefectural shrines and smaller shrines, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
The Ministry of Home Affairs' Bureau of Shrines was responsible for implementing this policy. However, it seems that the Ministry's Regional Bureaus also played a role. These local bureaus were not willing to let local governments use public funds to support shrines below the prefectural level, which was one of the goals of merging shrines. This was because it would increase the financial burden on the local governments. Nevertheless, this was still included in the policy.
The "shrine-centered theory" is the belief that local communities in Japan should focus on their shrines as a way to promote self-governance. This led to a policy of enshrining one shrine per town or village, which was called "one town, one village, one shrine." By using the Ujiko area associated with the shrine to align with administrative divisions, the government aimed to make the shrine the central hub of local activities.
In 1906, the Japanese Minister of the Interior, Takashi Hara, created a policy called the "shrine ritual policy." This policy aimed to regulate how people used shrines in Japan. At first, it was not strictly enforced, but later, the Minister of Interior of the Second Katsura Cabinet, Tosuke Hirata, made it stronger. Consequently, many shrines were demolished, especially in Mie, Wakayama, and Ehime prefectures. However, the degree of implementation varied in different regions, and some areas, like Kyoto, did not see significant changes. By 1914, about 200,000 shrines were affected nationwide, as 70,000 of them were destroyed.
The shrine consolidation policy, which was based on bureaucratic rationalism, was not always implemented in accordance with the wishes of the shrine parishioners and worshippers. Settlements and administrative divisions did not always match, which resulted in some Ujigami being moved to places far from their worshippers due to the shrine mergers. As a result, some Ujigami were unable to be worshipped. Although some shrine parishioners refused to worship, in some places they were forced to worship.
The parishioners and worshippers of the affected shrines did sometimes hold meetings to voice their opposition, but for the most part, they couldn't fight against the policy. Their dissatisfaction was often expressed in the form of stories about how the deities of the abolished shrines caused supernatural occurrences or hauntings.
That said, intellectuals such as Kumagusu Minakata, a naturalist and folklore scholar known for his research on slime molds, strongly opposed this policy. In the south, the shrine merger movement was
The opposition movements against the Shrine Consolidation Policy eventually stopped, and the Imperial Diet responded by temporarily halting the sudden increase in shrine merging after 1910 (1910-1943). However, the policy had already caused significant damage, resulting in the loss of many rituals and customs, and harming religious beliefs. Although the policy was eventually halted, the damage caused by it was significant and long-lasting.
After World War II, the system of non-religious shrines that existed before the war was abolished, and all shrines became religious corporations. Many shrines that were previously merged were later restored. Even after a shrine was officially enshrined, some of its facilities were left behind, making it easier to restore them. It was generally easier to restore shrines in places where the traditional reverence for the shrine was maintained, but if the community that supported the shrine disappeared or changed due to changes in administrative boundaries or other circumstances, restoration was more difficult.
Herschel Greer Stadium
Herschel Greer Stadium was a baseball park in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the home stadium of the Nashville Sounds, who are a Minor League Baseball team. It opened on April 26, 1978. The Sounds played there for 37 years. Their last game was on August 27, 2014. In 2015, the Sounds began to play at a new stadium called First Horizon Park. Greer Stadium was demolished to become part of a park in 2019.
The ballpark was built for the the Nashville Sounds, but other sports teams have also played at the stadium. Another baseball team, the Nashville Xpress, played there in 1993 and 1994 at the same time as the Sounds. The stadium was famous for having a scoreboard shaped like a guitar.
Mosfilm is one of the largest and oldest movie studios in Russia and in Europe. It was started in 1924 in the USSR when there was a monopoly on movie production.
It was set up in Moscow in 1920 and rebuilt in 1927. By the end of the Soviet Union it had produced more than 3,000 films. It continues as a private company.
Earnings before interest and taxes
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is a measure of a firm's profit that includes all incomes and expenses except interest and income tax. It is used as a measure of the money a business really makes.
Oyagami
Some Shinto sects believe that the entire world or cosmos is a living entity, full of vitality and productive power that originates from the oyagami, which is the ultimate existence that gives birth to everything. According to this belief, humans are "offspring of the kami" and have been given life by them. This doctrine suggests that humans have the potential to become kami themselves, as they are originally made of the same substance as the divine beings.
The Imperial Household and Uji clans believe in ancestor gods from a long time ago. They are considered the god or person that started the family line. The clan is a group of people who feel like they are family because they have the same ancestor god. This idea used to be very important, but over time it became less important. The clan gods used to be based on family ties, but later became more connected to the land they lived on, and were like other local gods.
The word means "parent god".
It is the title God goes by in Tenrikyo.
Tutelary deity
A tutelary deity is a deity or spirit that serves as a guardian of a thing. That thing can range from a country to an occupation.
In ancient Greek and Roman religions, there were special gods called tutelary deities. One type of tutelary deity was called the genius. The genius was like a personal guardian spirit that was with a person from the time they were born until they died.
Another type of personal guardian spirit is called a familiar spirit. This type of spirit is found in European folklore.
United Team of Germany at the Olympics
The United Team of Germany was a combined team from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In the 1968 Winter Olympics, East and West Germany competed as separate teams but they both used the same compromise Olympic flag and Beethoven anthem. From the 1972 Winter Olympics the two teams competed separately with separate flags and anthems.
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