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Ralph Sultan

Ralph Sultan (born June 6, 1933) is a Canadian politician, who was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the community of West Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia from 2001 to 2020.

A member of the British Columbia Liberal Party, he was first elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005, 2009, 2013 and  2017.  In the election of 2017, he became the oldest person to be elected in the history of B.C. politics at age 83.

Sultan has served as Minister of State for Seniors (2012–13), Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism (2013), and Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology (2013). He was previously a member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts. He decided to retire rather than run in the 2020 British Columbia general election.

Electoral record

References

External links
 Official Biography, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

1933 births
BC United MLAs
Canadian Lutherans
Living people
Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia
Politicians from Vancouver
21st-century Canadian politicians
University of British Columbia alumni
Harvard Business School alumni
Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam

Headed by the Prosecutor General, the Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam () has functions such as acting as the prosecutor before the People's Courts. The Supreme People's Procuracy has local and military subdivisions that include the district, provincial, and city levels. In accordance with the Constitution of Vietnam, the role of the public prosecutor is to surveillance and supervise the rule of all the organs of the State, ministries and ministerial-level agencies, administrative agencies (from central to local institutions) and individuals. 

The People's Procuratorate has the tasks of contributing to the protection of Socialist legislation (as well as the protection of the Socialist regime) and the mastery of the people. The Procuratorate may also safeguard the assets of the State and the collective, and protect the life, health, property, freedom, honour and dignity of citizens—guaranteed to all acts violating the interests of the State, the collective, the legitimate rights and interests of the citizens are to be handled according to strict laws.

Operations

The Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam has the power of supervision of legal compliance by other Ministries within the government of Vietnam, ministerial and other governmental departments, local departments, economic bodies, social organizations, people’s and armed units and Vietnamese citizens.

It has the power to initiate public prosecution and ensures uniform implementation of the law.

The Offices of the Supreme People’s Procuracy has operations at the local levels of Vietnam.

References

Judiciary of Vietnam
Prosecution
Thomas Hyland

Thomas Hyland is an American professional blackjack player and a 2002 inductee to the Blackjack Hall of Fame. Hyland studied political science at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. 
Since 1979, he has been recognized for his role in forming and managing two blackjack teams. Hyland is also a card counting expert.

Blackjack Forum 2002 interview summary 
In a 2002 Blackjack Forum interview, Hyland reported that he started his blackjack career in 1979 after having been inspired by Lawrence Revere's book Playing Blackjack as a Business. His original blackjack team had four players who each put $4000 into the team bankroll. The team was launched when Atlantic City casinos offered blackjack with the early surrender rule, which gave knowledgeable players an edge. Within months, the Hyland team had built their bankroll to roughly $50,000.

When conditions worsened for card counters in Atlantic City, Hyland's original teammates began playing in Asia. Hyland stayed in Atlantic City and recruited golf buddies to form a new team. Hyland's blackjack team has used multiple advantage gambling techniques, including computer play, shuffle tracking, and ace sequencing. All these methods gain players a higher edge than card counting and are harder for casinos to detect.

In 1994, members of the Hyland blackjack team were arrested after an ace sequencing team play at Casino Windsor. A Blackjack Forum article documents how three Las Vegas casinos influenced authorities in Windsor to prosecute the players for cheating. The case was seen by professional gamblers as an attempt to establish a legal precedent finding blackjack team play and ace sequencing strategies illegal. The judge, referring repeatedly in his written decision to expert testimony from Arnold Snyder, ruled that the players' conduct was not cheating but merely the use of intelligent strategy.

The longevity of the Hyland team is unusual among blackjack teams, which often fall apart due to discouragement or suspicion among team members during losing streaks. Many former members attribute the Hyland team's success not only to Tommy Hyland's knowledge of gambling, but to his exceptional ability to engender loyalty and trust among team members. Tommy Hyland was elected by professional gamblers as one of the 7 original inductees into the Blackjack Hall of Fame.

Notes

External links
American Casino Guide interview
Blackjack Forum interview
Blackjack Hero – Thomas Hyland

American blackjack players
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Sesame Street Fever

Sesame Street Fever is a concept album made by the cast of Sesame Street in 1978. It follows the characters as a love of disco sweeps Sesame Street.

The album heavily parodies Saturday Night Fever, and the cover features Grover where John Travolta should be, and Ernie, Bert, and Cookie Monster in the place of the Bee Gees.

Bee Gee Robin Gibb also appears on the album, and according to the LP's liner notes, "appears courtesy of his children Melissa and Spencer Gibb".

The recording was released in the LP, cassette, and eight-track audio formats; it has never been commercially released on compact disc (except for a 1991 Japanese re-release) but is available to download on Amazon, iTunes and file sharing sites. Singles of "Sesame Street Fever"/"Trash" and "Doin' the Pigeon"/"Rubber Duckie" were released as promotional items.

A follow-up album, Sesame Disco! was released in 1979.

Track listing
 "Sesame Street Fever" by Robin Gibb, Bert, Count von Count, Big Bird, Ernie, Cookie Monster
 "Doin' The Pigeon" - Bert & The Girls (preceded by a short hidden track that features Bert and Ernie debating the dance craze)
 "Rubber Duckie" - Ernie & His Rubber Duckie
 "Trash" - Robin Gibb
 "C Is For Cookie" - Cookie Monster & The Girls (preceded by a conversation between Cookie Monster and Robin Gibb)
 "Has Anybody Seen My Dog?" - Marty & Grover (Cookie Monster makes a brief cameo.)
Both "Doin' The Pigeon" and "Has Anybody Seen My Dog?" have overextended instrumental outros (the former's is broken up with one more singing of the chorus by the girls), possibly to help pad the album's sides.

Personnel
Robin Gibb – vocals
Frank Oz – vocals
Jerry Nelson – vocals
Caroll Spinney – vocals
Jim Henson – vocals
Maeretha Stewart – vocals
Ullanda McCullough – vocals
Yvonne Lewis – vocals
Jack Cavari – guitar
Jeff Layton – guitar
Cliff Morris – guitar
Herb Bushler – bass guitar
Richard Crooks – drums
David Horowitz – keyboards
Pat Rebillot – keyboards
George Devons – percussion
Jimmy Maelen – conga
Joe Shepley – trumpet
Alan Raph – trombone
Lou Marini – single-reed instruments
Dave Tofani – baritone saxophone
Paul Gershman – strings
Harold Kohon – strings
Joe Malin – strings
Gene Orloff – strings
Matt Raimondi – strings
Gerald Tarack – strings
Jesse Levy – cello
Kermit Moore – cello
Michael DeLugg - engineer

Chart performance
The album ended up being a surprise commercial success both in terms of chart performance and sales. It peaked at #75 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA.

See also
Sesame Street discography

References

Disco soundtracks
Sesame Street albums
1978 albums
Concept albums
Disco albums by American artists
Eduardo Serrano (actor)

Andrés Eduardo Serrano Acevedo (born 30 November 1942) is an actor, best known as the evil patron Rogelio Vivas in Coral International telenovela Juana la virgen. He has also participated in many other events. For example, in 1979 he co-presented the eighth edition of the OTI Festival, which was held in Caracas.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he has been married three times. From his first marriage with , he has one child. He was also married with Carmen Julia Álvarez from 1968 to 1975 and Haidy Velásquez from 1995 to the present. He has two children with Haidy. His children's names are Magaly Andreina, Miguel Eduardo, and Leonardo Andrés.

Filmography

TV series 
 La suerte de Loli (2021)
 La Fan (2017)
 Milagros De Navidad (2017)
 Tomame o Dejame ( 2015)
 Demente Criminal ( 2015) as Andrew Yepez.
 Escandalos: Todo es real, excepto sus nombres (2014-2015)
 El Rostro de la Venganza (2012–2013)
 Natalia del mar (2011)
 La Mujer Perfecta (2010–2011)
 Si me miran tus ojos (2010)
 Dame Chocolate (2007)
 Ferrando, de pura sangre (2006 miniseries)
 El Desprecio (2006)
 Decisiones (2005)
 El cuerpo del deseo (2005)
 ¡Anita, no te rajes! (2004)
 Juana la virgen (2002)
 Viva la Pepa (2001)
 Soledad (2001)
 Muñeca de trapo (2000)
 Mujercitas (1999)
 Cambio de Piel (1998)
 La Inolvidable (1996)
 Volver a Vivir (1996)
 Piel (1992)
 Emperatriz (1990)
 La Sombra de Piera (1989)
 Amor de Abril (1988)
 Y la luna también (1987)
 Las Amazonas (1985)
 El sol sale para todos (1985)
 Sorangel (1981)
 Andreina (1981)
 Emilia (1980)
 La Zulianita (1977)
 Cumbres borrascosas (1976)
 Mily (1973)

Movies 
 The Celibacy / The Celibacy (2011)
 Tosca, la verdadera historia / Tosca, the True Story (2001)
 Juegos bajo la luna (2000)
 Cangrejo II (1984)

References

External links 
 

1942 births
Living people
OTI Festival presenters
Actors from Caracas
Venezuelan male telenovela actors
Organ crawl

An organ crawl is a tour of several pipe organs at different locations in an area, usually taken by a group of enthusiasts. It may include short concerts or opportunities to play the instruments at each location, commentary from their organists or other experts, and so on.

References

Pipe organ
Sesame Disco

Sesame Disco is an album made by the cast of Sesame Street in 1979. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children.

Track listing 
 "What Makes Music?" – The Entire Cast
 "Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco" – Cookie Monster & the Girls
 "The Happiest Street in the World" – Big Bird, the Kids & the Girls "Sing" – The Girls
 "Disco Frog" – Kermit the Frog & the Girls
 "Doin' the Trash" - Oscar the Grouch & the Girls
 "Bein' Green" – Kermit the Frog & the Girls
 "The Happiest Street in the World (Reprise)" - The Kids & the Girls

See also 
 Sesame Street discography

Sesame Street albums
1979 albums
Disco albums by American artists
Gia Lam Train Company

Gia Lam Train Company () is a Vietnamese railcar manufacturer. The company supplies cars to Vietnam Railways. Gia Lam is also the name of the main station in Hanoi, and also an airport.

Products
 Air suspension bogie for coach
 Bogie for coach
 Air-conditioned double-deck car
 Air-conditioned buffet car
 Would be used coaches

See also 
 Transport in Vietnam
 Gia Lâm (disambiguation)

References

 

Rail vehicle manufacturers of Vietnam
Willi Gutmann

Willi Gutmann was a notable Swiss sculptor. Gutmann was born in 1927 in the town of Dielsdorf, Switzerland, near Zurich. He died on February 21, 2013. He began his career as an architect and designer but moved on to sculpture in the early 1960s. The majority of his sculptures employ metals and alloys that he transformed in various ways. Gutmann specialized in monumental sculptures based on disjointed, movable bodies. Gutmann's sculptures can be found throughout the world, including the United States, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and across Europe. 

Gutmann's largest sculpture, "Two Columns with Wedge" (1971), is 84 feet tall and is located at the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, California. 

He was the artist representing Switzerland at the 1968 Summer Olympics Route of Friendship in Mexico City. His work, "Twin Circles Geared Together" is located in Mervis Hall at the University of Pittsburgh.

External links
 www.willigutmann.ch
 www.galerieartint.com/rep/gutmann.asp
 info.lib.uh.edu/sca/digital/time/people_large.html?ID=14
 www.umc.pitt.edu:591/u/FMPro?-db=ustory&-lay=a&-format=d.html&storyid=4242&-Find

References 

1927 births
2013 deaths
Swiss sculptors
Haiphong Carriage Company

Haiphong Carriage Company is a Vietnamese railcar manufacturer. The company supplies cars to Vietnam Railways.

Products

 Air-conditioned soft seat coach
 Hard berth coach  
 Berth coach 
 Double-deck car 
 Dining car 
 Civil service and generator car 
 Wagon G-G
 Container car 
 Composite car P 
 Covered car  
 Air suspension bogie
 Window car 
 Soft seat 
 Other spare parts

References

 

Rail vehicle manufacturers of Vietnam
John Zarb

John Zarb was an Australian conscientious objector to military service (conscription) during the Vietnam War. Objecting to the principle of forced drafting for military purposes under the National Service Act (1964), Zarb refused to nominate for conscription. Zarb is of Maltese heritage.

On 14 October 1968, John Zarb, 21, was the first person to be found guilty of having failed to comply with his call-up notice during the Vietnam War. He was convicted in Melbourne and sentenced to two years' jail. He lost his appeal to the full High Court on 25 November 1968 but was released on compassionate grounds in August 1969 after serving 10 months and 7 days in Pentridge Prison.

Zarb's gaoling created a great deal of public opposition to conscription. As a postman, Zarb received support from his trade union, the Amalgamated Postal Workers Union (APWU). General Secretary George Slater, stated:

Thirty-four Victorian union officials demanded Zarb's immediate release and protests against his gaoling were often in the newspaper headlines of the time.

References

General references
 Leaflet: Australia's political prisoner : John Zarb, State Library of South Australia
 Trade unions and the Vietnam war by Tony Duras
  Trial by Jury paper prepared for Australian Parliamentary Library comments on High Court appeal

Australian conscientious objectors
Australian people of Maltese descent
William Perault

William Perault, (c. 1190 – 1271), also spelled Perauld; Latinized Peraldus or Peraltus, was a Dominican writer and preacher.

Life
He was born at Peyraud, France. He studied at the Sorbonne University of Paris, and there, being drawn to the religious life by the preaching perhaps of Jordan of Saxony, he was received into the Dominican Order.

It is thought that Perault was somewhat advanced in years when he embraced the religious state, although the precise date of his entrance into it is also unknown. He entered the order at Paris, but was destined, according to a custom then existing, for the convent at Lyons. At Lyons, where he passed his life, at once contemplative and active, he rendered service to the Church by the brilliancy of his writings and preaching and by the charm and splendour of his virtues.

His part in ecclesiastical affairs was for a time also very important. For fully ten years he performed all the episcopal functions of the Church of Lyons, having been chosen for this work during the vacancy of the see by Philip I, Count of Savoy who, although not in Holy orders, bore the title of Archbishop of Lyon from 1245 to 1267. Because of Perault's long labours in ministering to the needs of the diocese, he himself came to be known as the Bishop or Archbishop of Lyon. This error was further emphasized by the title of bishop which a later hand added to many of his writings. Authors such as Gerson, Père Alexandre, Jacques Échard, and Hurter say that William Perault was never Archbishop of Lyons, as the Gallia christiana asserts, Dupin is not justified in saying that he was never more than a religious of the Order of Preachers (cf. Antoine Touron, Hist. des hommes illust., 1, l.2, 184).

Known and reverenced far and wide for singular gifts of nature and grace, he was a man truly powerful in word and work-well deserving the triple title given him by all, of monk, doctor, and apostle. He died at Lyons.

Writings
His most important works are: 
Summa de virtutibus et vitiis (Cologne, 1497, 1618, 1629; Venice, 1492, 1497; Rome, 1557; Lyons, 1668)
Sermones de tempore et de sanctis, which appeared under the name of William III of Paris (Paris, 1494; Cologne, 1629)
De eruditione seu de institutione religiosorum (Paris, 1512; Louvain, 1575; Lyons, 1585)
De regimine principum, which, as in the Roman edition of 1570, was attributed to Saint Thomas Aquinas and of which, in fact, St. Thomas wrote a part: "Speculum religiosorum seu institutionum vitae spiritualis", which appeared under the name of Humbert de Romans, Master-General of the Order of Preachers.

References

External links
 Guillelmus Peraldus in Bibliotheca Augustana
 Lewis E 166 Summa de virtutibus (Treatise on the virtues); Summa vitiorum (Treatise on the vices) at OPenn

French Dominicans
University of Paris alumni
1190 births
1271 deaths
13th-century writers in Latin
13th-century French writers
Aren't You Glad You're You? (album)

Aren't You Glad You're You? is an album made by the cast of Sesame Street in 1977.

Track listing

References 

Sesame Street albums
1977 albums
International Day for Biological Diversity

The International Day for Biological Diversity (or World Biodiversity Day) is a United Nations–sanctioned international day for the promotion of biodiversity issues.  It is currently held on May 22.

The International Day for Biological Diversity falls within the scope of the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals. In this larger initiative of international cooperation, the topic of biodiversity concerns stakeholders in sustainable agriculture; desertification, land degradation and drought; water and sanitation; health and sustainable development; energy; science, technology and innovation, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building; urban resilience and adaptation; sustainable transport; climate change and disaster risk reduction; oceans and seas; forests; vulnerable groups including indigenous peoples; and food security. The critical role of biodiversity in sustainable development was recognized in a Rio+20 outcome document, "The World We Want: A Future for All".

From its creation by the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly in 1993 until 2000, it was held on December 29 to celebrate the day the Convention on Biological Diversity went into effect. On December 20, 2000, the date was shifted to commemorate the adoption of the Convention on May 22, 1992, at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, and partly to avoid the many other holidays that occur in late December.

Theme

See also
 United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (2011–2020)
 International Year of Biodiversity (2010)

References

External links
 Post-2015 Development Agenda
 Considering Man's Place in the World," May 22, 2014
 Sustainable Development Goals
 "The World We Want: A Future for All"

Biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity
Biological
May observances
Recurring events established in 1993
Biological Diversity, International Day for
John Levi Sheppard

John Levi Sheppard (April 13, 1852 – October 11, 1902) was an American lawyer, judge, and legislator.

Biography
Sheppard was born in Bluffton, Alabama on April 13, 1852.  As a child he moved with his mother to Morris County, Texas, where he attended the local schools.  Sheppard then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1879, and began to practice in Daingerfield.

A Democrat, Sheppard served as district attorney of the fifth judicial district from 1882 to 1888, and district judge from 1888 to 1896.  He was temporary chairman of the state Democratic convention in 1892, and a delegate to the 1893 Bimettalist convention.  He was also a delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention.

In 1898 Sheppard was elected to the United States House of Representatives from the Fourth Congressional District of Texas.  He served in the 56th and 57th Congresses, and held office from March 4, 1899 until his death.

Sheppard died in Texarkana, Texas on October 11, 1902.  He was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery in Texarkana.

Family
Sheppard was married to Margaret Alice Eddins (1854-1905).  Their children included Morris Sheppard, an attorney who was in practice with his father. He was elected to Congress in the seat his father had filled, and later elected by the state legislature as United States Senator from Texas, serving for decades.

Sheppard was the great-grandfather of Senator Connie Mack III and great-great-grandfather of Representative Connie Mack IV, both of Florida.

See also
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)

External links

 Memorial addresses on the life and character of John Levi Sheppard late a representative from Texas delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1903

1852 births
1902 deaths
Texas lawyers
People from Cherokee County, Alabama
People from Texarkana, Texas
Texas state court judges
County district attorneys in Texas
Burials in Texas
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
19th-century American politicians
People from Daingerfield, Texas
19th-century American judges
People from Morris County, Texas
Coming on Strong (album)

Coming on Strong is the debut studio album by English electronic band Hot Chip. It was released in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2004 by Moshi Moshi Records and in the United States and Canada on 29 November 2005 by Astralwerks, as an extended version with three additional bonus tracks. The album was re-released by Moshi Moshi Records in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2009, as a digital download with four additional bonus tracks. In 2014, it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.

Critical reception

Coming on Strong received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Sean Fennessey of Pitchfork referred to the album as "a successful but safe entrée to the British electro-soul outfit" and said that the album had "kitschy yet deeply affecting lyrics." Rob Theakston of AllMusic described the sound of the album as "quirky electro-pop", whilst Ron Hart wrote for Billboard that the "utilization of American hip-hop scenarios in the context of the English slang is exactly what makes Coming on Strong such a unique listen."

Track listing
All songs written by Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard.

2005 US and Canadian bonus tracks
"A-B-C" – 4:34
"Hittin' Skittles" – 4:31
"From Drummer to Driver" – 4:24

2009 UK Digital Download bonus tracks
"From Drummer to Driver" – 4:24
"I Don't Know the Half of How to Have a Hope of Holding Back" – 3:04
"Hittin' Skittles" – 4:30
"The Ass Attack (Four Tet Remix)" – 3:01

Personnel
 Owen Clarke – guitar, bass, additional noises, illustration
 Al Doyle – guitar, synthesizer, percussion
 Joe Goddard – vocals, synthesizer, percussion, producer, engineer
 Felix Martin – drum machine, additional noises
 Alexis Taylor – vocals, synthesizer, guitar, percussion, piano, producer, engineer
 Frank Arkwright – mastering
 Scott Bennett – kalimba (track 10)
 Emma Smith – saxophone (track 5)
 Darren Wall – design

References

2004 debut albums
Astralwerks albums
Hot Chip albums
Moshi Moshi Records albums
Baritone violin

A Baritone violin is a member of the violin family and has two specific meanings:

 a  violin tuned an octave below conventional violin tuning (G2–D3–A3–E4). This is commonly accomplished by stringing a standard violin with heavy gauge strings, sometimes specially manufactured for this purpose. Oversize instruments with the same range and tuning also exist and are known as tenor violins.
 the third largest member of the violin octet family of instruments, with the same tuning as a cello (C2–G2–D3–A3) but larger in size.

The most commonly available strings for converting a standard violin to the baritone range are manufactured by Thomastik under the brand "Octavgeige." Performers on the baritone violin commonly use amplification to overcome the limited projection and sonority inherent with a lower range on a relatively small bodied instrument. In modern playing, it is more common to find the baritone violin in a jazz, newgrass, or experimental ensemble than in a classical setting. Some well known performers on the baritone violin include Jean-Luc Ponty, Svend Asmussen, and Darol Anger.

References

Violin family instruments
Bierut

Bierut is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Bolesław Bierut (1892–1956), Polish politician, communist activist and leader of the Polish People's Republic between 1947 and 1956
 Michael Bierut (born 1957), a graphic designer, design critic and educator

See also

Beirut

Polish-language surnames
Hägerstensåsen

Hägerstensåsen is a district of the Hägersten-Liljeholmen borough in Söderort, the southern suburban part of Stockholm. It is located 7 km southwest of the capital and has a population of approximately 7,800 inhabitants.

See also
Hägerstensåsen metro station

References

Populated places established in 1964
Districts of Stockholm
Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation and Public Works

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transportation and Public Works () is a city department responsible for transportation and public works projects in Ho Chi Minh City.

The department also operates public bus system in a city of cars and motorcycles and service is inferior compared to Saigon Passenger Transportation Company.

Fleet
The fleet consists of green air-conditioned buses made by Saigon Automobile Transportation Engineering Corporation and based on South Korean design (Daewoo).

 Isuzu Samco Egra Mio medium-duty buses
The department aims to purchase electric buses for the Saigon BRT.

See also
 Saigon Passenger Transportation Company

References 

Transport in Ho Chi Minh City
Bus companies of Vietnam
Road transport in Ho Chi Minh City
Public transport in Ho Chi Minh City
Sound Transit Express

Sound Transit Express (ST Express) is a network of regional express buses, operated by the multi-county transit agency, Sound Transit. The routes connect major regional hubs throughout 53 cities in three counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish) in the Puget Sound region. Sound Transit Express ranks first in the nation in the number of commuter bus passengers carried and in vehicle miles driven. The first nine routes and 114 buses began carrying passengers on September 19, 1999. In , the system had a ridership of , or about  per weekday as of .

Unlike a typical transit bus, Sound Transit Express routes typically make limited stops as they travel longer distances on the freeways. Most routes operate seven days a week, with runs throughout the day. Where available, buses use transit-only lanes, high-occupancy vehicle lanes, high-occupancy toll lanes, express lanes, bus bypass shoulders, and direct access ramps to speed travel times.

While Sound Transit oversees, plans, and funds the service, operation and maintenance of the buses is contracted out to Community Transit (who subcontracts with First Transit), King County Metro and Pierce Transit.

Fares
ST Express uses a flat fare system, where each ride costs the same regardless of distance.

The fares are as follows:

Paper transfers are not accepted or issued on Sound Transit routes. Passengers who use ORCA may transfer between ST routes or routes operated by most other agencies within two hours of initial payment. If the fare for the second route is higher, the difference will be charged.

Routes

27 Sound Transit Express bus routes are overseen by the agency. Buses are operated under contract by King County Metro, Pierce Transit and Community Transit (who subcontracts with First Transit). When Sound Transit implements a new bus route, changes are frequently made to existing routes that serve the area to avoid overlapping.

The ST Express routes and operators  are:

Fleet
Sound Transit owns a fleet of 360 buses operated by three different local transit agencies. Sound Transit buses are painted white with aqua, turquoise, and blue waves along the sides, representing the Puget Sound region ST Express serves, and most feature a freely-adapted representation of the Sound Transit bus and train system map on the seating fabric.

Occasionally, vehicles that are not in Sound Transit livery are used on Sound Transit routes by the operating agencies. Also, Sound Transit vehicles may also be used by the local agencies for other commuter routes. This is due to vehicles having mechanical problems, vehicle allocation issues, and assignment errors.

Retired fleet

References

External links

ST Express Rider Guide

 
 
1999 establishments in Washington (state)
Bus transportation in Washington (state)
Intermodal transportation authorities in Washington (state)
Transit authorities with natural gas buses
Transportation in King County, Washington
Transportation in Pierce County, Washington
Transportation in Snohomish County, Washington
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes

Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes is a 2006 made-for-television supernatural slasher horror film and the third installment in the Pumpkinhead film series of horror films. The film is directed by Jake West (Evil Aliens), who co-wrote the screenplay with Barbara Werner.

Plot 
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes plotline follows more closely to the first film, with townspeople angered over the local mortician stealing and selling the organs of their loved ones and then dumping the corpses in a swamp, rather than cremating them. When the townspeople find out, they have the old witch Haggis summon Pumpkinhead through the mummified body of Ed Harley (played by Lance Henriksen, who reprises his role from the first film). Pumpkinhead then proceeds to go on his killing rampage murdering all those responsible for the desecration, while Doc Frasier (Doug Bradley) hurries to murder those who summoned Pumpkinhead, which will effectively kill the demon in the process.

Cast

Production 
Initially announced as Pumpkinhead 3, it was filmed back-to-back with another sequel titled Pumpkinhead 4 in Bucharest, Romania. The films were renamed Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes and Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud, respectively, before their release.

Release 
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes premiered on SCI FI on October 28, 2006.

Reception 

Ian Jane of DVD Talk rated it 2/5 stars and criticized its "cheap, shoddy filmmaking". Dread Central rated it 2/5 stars and wrote: "Despite the cast and crew's obvious devotion to the original, Ashes to Ashes hits every pitfall in the low-budget realm". Virginia Heffernan of The New York Times called it unmemorable and "rote slasher stuff". In an interview with YouTuber Comic Book Girl 19, Lance Henriksen expressed his disappointment with the film.

References

External links 
 

2006 television films
Supernatural slasher films
2000s slasher films
American slasher films
Syfy original films
2006 horror films
English-language Romanian films
2000s monster movies
2000s dark fantasy films
Demons in film
American supernatural horror films
British supernatural horror films
Pumpkinhead (film series)
Television sequel films
American horror television films
Films directed by Jake West
Films shot in Romania
American monster movies
Romanian supernatural horror films
2006 films
Films about witchcraft
Films about organ trafficking
Films produced by Donald Kushner
Films set in swamps
2000s English-language films
Swiss horror films
2000s American films
2000s British films
Sony Pictures direct-to-video films
Battle of Cepeda

Battle of Cepeda may refer to:

Battle of Cepeda (1820), first major battle between Federals and Unitarians in Argentina
Battle of Cepeda (1859), in which Argentine Federals defeated the Unitarians
Do Raaste

Do Raaste (translation: Two Paths) is a 1969 Indian Hindi film directed by Raj Khosla. It stars Rajesh Khanna as the dutiful son and Mumtaz as his love interest. Balraj Sahni and Kamini Kaushal play the eldest son and his wife. Prem Chopra plays the wayward son with Bindu as his wife who creates disputes.

The story was based on the trials and tribulations of a lower-middle-class family.  It placed emphasis on respect for elders, the paramount status of the mother, the sanctity of the joint family and the supremacy of relations that are stronger than ties of blood.

Cast
 Rajesh Khanna as Satyen Gupta
 Mumtaz as Reena 
 Balraj Sahni as Navendra Prasad Gupta "Navendu"
 Prem Chopra as Birju Gupta
 Kamini Kaushal as Madhvi Gupta
 Veena as Mrs. Gupta (Satyen's mother)
 Asit Sen as Alopee Prasad
 Mehmood Jr. as Raju Gupta
 Bindu as Neela Alopee Prasad (Mrs. Birju Gupta)
 Jayant as Khan

Soundtrack

The music for all the songs were composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal and the lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi.  Three more revival tracks were added to the 1969 soundtrack album reviving old songs with newer music. The tracks are as follows:

Box office
The film became a blockbuster at the box office. This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971, by adding the two-hero films Marayada and Andaz to the 15 consecutive solo hits he gave from 1969 to 1971.

In India, the film grossed . This made it the second highest-grossing film of 1969 at the Indian box office, below Aradhana.

Overseas in the United Kingdom, the film was released in 1970. It became the first Indian film to gross £100,000 in the UK, equivalent to . Its UK box office record was broken a year later by Purab Aur Paschim, which released in the UK in 1970.

In total, the film grossed an estimated  in India and the United Kingdom.

Awards and nominations
18th Filmfare Awards:
Won

 Best Story – Chandrakant Kakodkar

Nominated

 Best Film – Raj Khosla
 Best Director – Raj Khosla
 Best Supporting Actress – Bindu
 Best Music Director – Laxmikant Pyarelal
 Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for "Bindiya Chamkegi"
 Best Female Playback Singer – Lata Mangeshkar for "Bindiya Chamkegi"

References

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1969 films
1960s Hindi-language films
Indian buddy films
Indian romance films
Films directed by Raj Khosla
Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal
1960s buddy films
1960s romance films
Hindi-language romance films
Provincial Municipal Courts of Vietnam

Provincial Municipal Courts of Vietnam are lower level courts in Vietnam's judicial system. These courts are essentially provincial courts and report directly to the central government in Hanoi.

Other courts in Vietnam:

 Supreme People's Court of Vietnam
 Local Courts of Vietnam
 Military Courts of Vietnam

External links
Law enforcement in Vietnam

Judiciary of Vietnam
Government of Vietnam
Courts
Tea bowl

Tea bowl may refer to:

 Chawan, an East Asian tea bowl
 Gaiwan, a Chinese tea bowl with a lid and a saucer
Chawan

A chawan (; literally "tea bowl") is a bowl used for preparing and drinking tea. Many types of chawan are used in East Asian tea ceremonies. The choice of their use depends upon many considerations.

History

The chawan originated in China. The earliest chawan in Japan were imported from China between the 13th and the 16th centuries.

The Jian chawan, a Chinese tea bowl known as Tenmoku chawan in Japan, was the preferred tea bowl for the Japanese tea ceremony until the 16th century. In Japan, tea was also mainly drunk from this Chinese variety of tea bowls until about the 15th century. The Japanese term tenmoku is derived from the name of the Tianmu Mountain, where Japanese priests acquired these tea bowls from Chinese temples to bring back to Japan, according to tradition.

An 11th-century resident of Fujian wrote about the Jian tea wares: 

By the end of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), as the custom of tea drinking spread throughout Japan and the Tenmoku chawan became desired by all ranks of society, the Japanese began to make their own copies in Seto (in present-day Aichi Prefecture). Although the Tenmoku chawan was derived from the original Chinese that came in various colors, shapes, and designs, the Japanese particularly liked the bowls with a tapered shape, so most Seto-made Tenmoku chawan had this shape.

With the rise of the wabi tea ceremony in the late Muromachi period (1336–1573), the Ido chawan, a variety of Korean bowls mainly used for rice in Korea, also became highly prized in Japan. Korean bowls were a favourite of tea master Sen no Rikyū because of their rough simplicity.

Over time and with the development of the Japanese tea ceremony as a distinct form, local ceramics became more highly priced and developed. Around the Edo period, the chawan was often made in Japan. 
The most esteemed pieces for a tea ceremony chawan are raku ware, Hagi ware, and Karatsu ware. A saying in the tea ceremony schools for the preferred types of chawan relates: "Raku first, Hagi second, Karatsu third."

Another chawan type that became slightly popular during the Edo period from abroad was the Annan ware from Vietnam (Annam), which were originally used there as rice bowls. Annan ware is blue and white, with a high foot.

Usage 
A cloth called chakin is used to wipe the bowl clean.

Types 
Japanese chawan have various shapes and types, many of which have specific names: 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
  – formerly imported from the Korean port of Komogai/ (now part of Jinhae)

See also
 List of Japanese tea ceremony utensils
 Yunomi, teacups used in Japan for everyday use

References

External links

 JNT, Joy of the Noble Teacup: International Chawan Exhibition 
 Official page of an international traveling chawan Exhibition 
A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chinese pottery
Food preparation utensils
Japanese tea utensils
Teaware
Pottery shapes
Local Courts of Vietnam

Local Courts of Vietnam or People's Courts deal with legal issues at the district precinct levels. These courts report to provincial or municipal governments.

Matters dealt by this court include:

 labour disputes
 individual disputes

Other courts in Vietnam:

 Supreme People's Court of Vietnam
 Provincial Municipal Courts of Vietnam
 Military Courts of Vietnam

External links
Law enforcement in Vietnam
Courts and Tribunals - Vietnam

Judiciary of Vietnam

Municipal courts
Military Courts of Vietnam

Military Courts of Vietnam () deal with criminal matters within the Vietnam People's Army. They are part of the court system in Vietnam:

 Supreme People's Court of Vietnam
 Local Courts of Vietnam
 Provincial Municipal Courts of Vietnam

Military courts operate at various levels in the VPA, with the highest being the Central Military Tribunal, an affiliated institution which is subordinate to the People's Court.

References

External links
Law enforcement in Vietnam

Judiciary of Vietnam
Vietnam
Military of Vietnam
Ikast FC

Ikast FC is an association football club based in the town of Ikast, Denmark, that competes in the Series 1, the seventh tier of the Danish football league system and the second tier of the regional DBU Jutland. Founded in 2018 as a superstructure of between the amateur departments of Ikast FS and Ikast KFUM, it is affiliated to FC Midtjylland, which is itself a superstructure established in 1999 between the professional departments of Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. The team plays its home matches at Wunderelf Arena where it has been based since its foundation.

Ikast FS, one part of the merger, were Danish Cup finalists three times, in 1986, 1989 and 1997.

Achievements

17 seasons in the Highest Danish League
21 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League
8 seasons in the Third Highest Danish League

References

External links
  
 

 
Football clubs in Denmark
Association football clubs established in 1935
Ikast-Brande Municipality
1935 establishments in Denmark
Law of Vietnam

Law of Vietnam is based on communist legal theory and French civil law. In 1981 major reforms were made to the judicial and legal system.

New laws introduced since:

 Penal Code 1912

History 
1946:
 September 2, 1945 President Ho announced Independence Declaration
 November 9, 1946  the first constitution was adopted by the National Assembly
 Includes 7 chapters, 70 articles
1954: Geneva Agreement has been signed thanks to Dien Bien Phu victory.

1959: Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, adopted on January 1, 1960. It consisted of X chapters, 112 articles

1975: The reunification of North and South Vietnam

1980: Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, adopted on December 19, 1980

Includes XII chapters, 147 articles. The consequence of the policy of economic liberalization “Doi Moi” started in 1986.

April 15, 1992: Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Vietnam includes XII chapters, 147 articles.

Law System of Socialist Republic of Vietnam

See also
 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
 Judiciary of Vietnam
 Legal systems of the world 
 Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam

References
 Law enforcement in Vietnam

External links
 28,000 Vietnamese laws translated into English - Search engine for laws translated into English.
 Guide to Law Online for Vietnam - US Library of Congress guide to Vietnamese legal system.
 1992 Constitution of Vietnam - Official translation into English
 ASEAN Law Association, Vietnam front page
  Vietnam Law & Legal Forum
Paul Johansson

Paul Johansson (born January 26, 1964) is an American-born Canadian actor and director in film and television, best known for playing Dan Scott on the WB/CW series, One Tree Hill, The Notebook and for his role as Nick Wolfe on the short lived Highlander: The Series  spin-off Highlander: The Raven. He directed the 2011 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged: Part I.

Acting career 
Johansson landed his first role on the soap opera Santa Barbara. He played Greg Hughes from 1989 to 1990. Soon he made appearances in other television shows such as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Beverly Hills, 90210, and later recurred on Lonesome Dove: The Series and starred on Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years.

Johansson became well-known to fans of 90210 for playing John Sears, a fraternity brother who unsuccessfully vied for the affections of Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth) and set up Steve Sanders (Ian Ziering) to burglarize a professor's office. The character returned for the season 4 finale.

He also appeared in commercials, most notably as the delivery man in a Diet Coke commercial. He has appeared in the films Soapdish, John Q and Alpha Dog, and had a small uncredited role in The Notebook. He portrayed the role of Dan Scott in One Tree Hill beginning in 2003 until the show's end in 2012. He subsequently featured in Takashi Miike's 2003 film Gozu, appearing as a man with a cow's head. In 2003 Johansson wrote and directed the film The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie. He has also directed several episodes of One Tree Hill. In 2006 he starred in Emily Skopov's Novel Romance, alongside Traci Lords and Sherilyn Fenn. He appeared in the 7th season of The Drew Carey Show, playing a sportscaster.

He is the director of Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011), the first third of a trilogy based on the novel by Ayn Rand. The film received an approval rating of 12% on Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from 52 critics.

Personal life 
His mother, Joanne Leone Johansson, died on October 14, 2011, after a 20-year battle with breast cancer. The eleventh episode of the ninth season of the CW's One Tree Hill (titled "Danny Boy", in which Paul's character Dan Scott dies) was dedicated to her memory.

Filmography

Film

Television

As a director

References

External links
 
 

1964 births
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Spokane, Washington
Daytime Emmy Award winners
Living people
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian people of American descent
Male actors from British Columbia
People from Kelowna
University of British Columbia alumni
UBC Thunderbirds basketball players
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
L'Alcoran de Mahomet

("The Qur'an of Muhammad") was the third Western translation of the Qur'an, preceded by Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete ("[The] Law of the False Prophet Muhammad") and the translation by Mark of Toledo. The translation was made from Arabic into French by André du Ryer in 1647.

Two years later, in 1649, Alexander Ross translated it to English from French, and included the following title-page:

"The Alcoran of Mahomet, Translated out of Arabick into French. By sir Ryer, Lord of Malezair, and Resident for the French King, at ALEXANDRIA. And Newly Englished, for the satisfaction of all that desire to look into the Turkish Vanities. To which is prefixed, the Life of Mahomet, the Prophet of the Turks, and Author of the Alcoran. With a Needful Caveat, or Admonition, for them who desire to know what Use may be made of, or if there be danger in Reading the ALCORAN."

Gallery

See also
List of translations of the Qur'an

References

External links
The Nativity of Jesus, Blessed be He, in the Koran; Koran Index - Part !: André du Ryer
The full text of Ross's translation in PDF



French translations of the Quran
1647 books
Translations into French
Sibson, Leicestershire

Sibson (otherwise Sibstone or Sibston) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sheepy, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in western Leicestershire, England, close to the border with North Warwickshire. It is situated approximately midway between the towns of Hinckley and Measham, and slightly northeast of Atherstone. In 1931 the parish had a population of 264.

History 
The manor of Sibson, also called Sibetesdone or Sibbesdon, was part of John le Poter’s inheritance in the time of Henry I.  It changed hands several times over the centuries, passing to Thomas Corbett of Legh in 1420, and Keytes of Gloucestershire, in the early 17th century.
The ancient parish of Sibson included the chapelry of Upton.  In 1866 Sibson and Upton became separate civil parishes.  In 1935 the civil parish of Sibson merged with the civil parishes of Upton, Sheepy Magna and Sheepy Parva to form the new civil parish of Sheepy.

The Civil War 

During the English Civil War Sibson made a number of claims for losses and "free quarter" from the local parliamentary garrisons. In June 1646, William Mousley and William King claimed for lost horses taken by soldiers from the  Tamworth garrison. Colonel Purefoy from the Coventry garrison extorted money  and "provinder". As many as 44 soldiers under the command of Colonel Cheshire from the Warwick garrison were quartered here for nearly two weeks on one occasion. Sibson is also notable as the birthplace of Peter Temple, a regicide, born here 1599 and apprenticed to a linen draper.*

Population 

The national census of 1801 records that the village had a population of 45 families, comprising 220 people, mostly employed in agriculture. In 1803 about  in the parish was enclosed by Pendock Neale, the lord of the manor, leaving a proportion to the rector, Thomas Neale "equal to the value of his uninclosed glebe and right of common". In 1810 the manor of Sibson with  of freehold enclosed land and the advowson of the rectory, a newly erected rectory-house, coach-house, stables, and yards, altogether worth about a thousand pounds was offered for sale.

The parish Church 
An engraved illustration of the church from 1793 printed by John Nichols, shows the rectory and perhaps one of Pendock Neale’s tenants carting hay.

References

John Nichols, History and Antiquities of Leicestershire, Vol. IV, p. 954
A. Roberts, "The depredations of the Civil War in Southwest Leicestershire", Leicestershire Historian, Vol. 3 no. 4 (1985–86) pp. 3–13.

Villages in Leicestershire
Former civil parishes in Leicestershire
Hinckley and Bosworth