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Christleton

Christleton is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Chester, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The Shropshire Union Canal (originally Chester Canal) passes through the village.

The 2001 census recorded a population for the entire civil parish of 2,112, reducing to 2,053 in the 2011 census.

History
The likely meaning of the name Christleton is "Christians' farm or settlement", derived from the Old English cristen (a Christian) - tūn (a settlement, enclosure or farmstead).

Its history can be traced with certainty to the Domesday Book, which contains an entry for Christetone, though there is evidence of earlier occupation. 
By 1086, the land was under the ownership of Robert FitzHugh (son of Hugh Lupus) and comprised 23 households: twelve villagers, five smallholders, two female slaves (maidservants), two "reeves" (officials) and two "radmen" (riders or roadmen).

During the English Civil War it was a Royalist outpost.

Governance
Christleton is part of the City of Chester parliamentary constituency.

The unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester replaced Chester City Council and Cheshire County Council on 1 April 2009. The village is within the electoral ward of Christleton and Huntington.

Christleton is represented locally by its own parish council.

Landmarks
Christleton Old Hall dates from the early 17th century and is a former country house and rectory. It was built for a member of the Egerton family of Tatton Park. 
In 1952 it was designated a Grade II* listed building.

Christleton Hall was built circa 1750. It is another former country house that has also been used as a boarding school and a college campus. Part of the building has Grade II listed status.

Religion

The Anglican church is dedicated to St James and the current building was designed by William Butterfield and was consecrated in 1877. The church's continuous list of clergy dates back to 1215. The village also has a Methodist church.

Education

Secondary education is provided by Christleton High School, a large academy school that also caters for other suburban areas of Chester. Christleton also has a primary school.

A branch of The College of Law was based in Christleton Hall until 2021.

Community

The village's amenities include a sports centre and swimming pool, a newsagent shop, parish hall and local pubs the Ring O Bells, the Cheshire Cat and The Plough. There is also a large pond situated by the village widely known as "Christleton Pit", which attracts children from the village and surrounding areas due to the abundance of wildlife.

It has been the best kept village in Cheshire in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.

Christleton FC play in West Cheshire League.

Notable people
 Lt. Colonel John Dolphin CBE, born in Christleton in 
Billy Matthews (1882–1921), former Wales international footballer, lived latterly in Christleton and is buried in the churchyard under a CWGC headstone as Shoeing Smith William Mathews, Royal Field Artillery.

See also

Listed buildings in Christleton

References

External links

Villages in Cheshire
Civil parishes in Cheshire
Composite application

In computing, a composite application is a software application built by combining multiple existing functions into a new application. The technical concept can be compared to mashups. However, composite applications use business sources (e.g., existing modules or even Web services ) of information, while mashups usually rely on web-based, and often free, sources. 

It is wrong to assume that composite applications are by definition part of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Composite applications can be built using any technology or architecture.

A composite application consists of functionality drawn from several different sources. The components may be individual selected functions from within other applications, or entire systems whose outputs have been packaged as business functions, modules, or web services.

Composite applications often incorporate orchestration of "local" application logic to control how the composed functions interact with each other to produce the new, derived functionality. For composite applications that are based on SOA, WS-CAF is a Web services standard for composite applications.

See also
Web 2.0
Composite Application Service Assembly (CASA)
Enterprise service bus (ESB)
Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Service component architecture (SCA)
Mashup (web application hybrid)

External links
 Composite application guidance from patterns & practices
 NetBeans SOA Composite Application Project Home
 camelse
 Running Apache Camel in OpenESB
 eclipse sirius - Free and GPL eclipse tool to build your own arbitrary complex military grade modeling tools on one hour
 eclipse SCA Tools - Gnu free composite tool
 Free GPL obeodesigner made with eclipse sirius

References

Web services
Service-oriented (business computing)
Kang Wook-soon

Kang Wook-soon (; born 2 June 1966) is a South Korean professional golfer.

Professional career
Kang has played on the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He topped the Order of Merit in 1996 and 1998 and was the first man to reach career earnings of US$500,000 on the tour. In 2002 he was the top player on the Korean Tour. In 2003 he missed out on a PGA Tour card by one shot after three-putting the last hole of Final Qualifying to make bogey. He still qualified to play the Nationwide Tour in 2004, but despite recording a top ten finish in his third outing he left after six events. He has seven career wins on the Asian Tour and a ten wins on the Korean Tour; including three Order of Merits wins in 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Professional wins (18)

Asian PGA Tour wins (7)

1Co-sanctioned by the Korean Tour

Asian PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

Korean Tour wins (12)
1995 Daily Sports Pocari Open, Champion Series
1999 Bookyung Open, Lance Field KPGA Championship
2000 Maekyung LG Fashion Open (co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour), Leading Investment and Securities Open, Daekyung Open Championship
2001 SBS Open
2002 Pocari Sweat Open
2003 Lancelot Cup Bookyung Open
2008 SBS Johnnie Walker Blue Label Open
2009 SBS Tomato Savings Bank Open

Team appearances
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing South Korea): 1997, 1998
Asian Nations Cup (representing South Korea): 1999 (with Kim Wan-tae, winners)
World Cup (representing South Korea): 1999
Dynasty Cup (representing Asia): 2003 (winners)

See also
List of golfers with most Asian Tour wins

References

External links

South Korean male golfers
Asian Tour golfers
PGA Tour golfers
Sportspeople from North Gyeongsang Province
Golfers from Seoul
1966 births
Living people
Shibata clan (Echigo province)

The Shibata clan (新発田氏, Shibata shi) was a Japanese clan that originated during the Heian period (12th century) of Japan. The Shibata clan of Echigo were descended from Sasaki Moritsuna, a supporter of Minamoto no Yoritomo and a son of Sasaki Hideyoshi. The Shibata later became retainers of the Nagao clan, which was under control by the famed Uesugi Kenshin. After Shibata Shigeie died during the year of 1587, the Shibata clan attempted to break away from the Uesugi. After this, the clan of Echigo became extinct, never to be seen again.

Notable members
Shibata Nagaatsu (1538–1580), Japanese military commander
Shibata Shigeie (1547–1587), Japanese military commander

 
Shibata clan
James Woolley

James Joseph Woolley (September 26, 1966 – August 14, 2016) was an American keyboard and synthesizer player, best known for performing with industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails during the 1991 Lollapalooza Tour, Downward Spiral and the beginning part of the 1994 Self Destruct Tour. Woolley also appeared in the videos for "Wish" and "March of the Pigs", as well as parts of the Nine Inch Nails release Closure (1997). Woolley won a Grammy Award in 1995 for "Best Metal Performance" for the Woodstock performance of "Happiness in Slavery".

Prior to Nine Inch Nails, Woolley was a major collaborator along with former NIN drummer Chris Vrenna to Chicago band Die Warzau. In 1994, just before NIN hit the road, Woolley contributed to Sister Machine Gun's album, The Torture Technique.

Subsequent to Nine Inch Nails, Woolley made contributions to Die Warzau albums again, particularly 2005's Convenience. In 1998, Woolley toured with Rob Halford's band 2wo, which also included John 5 of Marilyn Manson. After 2wo, Woolley did some studio audio work in Los Angeles. After 2006, he was involved with V.O.I.D., whose debut album was released in 2009, after his relocation to Chicago in June 2008. The band was led by Woolley and featured Jon Roberts, Mark Pearlman, and DJ Aaron Chase.

Woolley last resided in Round Lake Beach, Illinois, and had a studio near Lake Forest, Illinois. Woolley died on August 14, 2016, at the age of 49. His ex-wife Kate Van Buren revealed that Woolley had been living with "significant neck and spine injuries" which later contributed to his death from neck-related injuries after falling off a ladder while retrieving music equipment in his studio.

References

1966 births
2016 deaths
American industrial musicians
20th-century American keyboardists
Nine Inch Nails members
Grammy Award winners
Seychelles at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The Seychelles was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 32-member strong contingent comprising 22 sportspersons and 10 officials. The 2006 event was the fifth time the nation has entered the Commonwealth Games, previously having won three medals – two silver and one bronze. The Seychelles team competed in seven of the 16 sporting disciplines at the Games, including athletics, boxing, weightlifting, badminton, table tennis, swimming and cycling. Reigning Seychelles Sportslady of the Year, javelin specialist Lindy Leveau-Agricole was chosen to be the team's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

Weightlifter Janet Thelermont became the Seychelles' first medal winner of the Games, taking a bronze in the Women's 69 kg class after lifting 205 kg (95 kg snatch, 110 kg clean and jerk). This result made her only the fourth Seychellois to win a Commonwealth Games medal, and the first outside of boxing. Four days later, France-based athlete Céline Laporte became the nation's second medallist, taking bronze in the women's long jump with a 6.57 metre leap, 25 centimetres further than her personal best before the Games, and was equal to that of Australian silver medallist Kerrie Taurima.

Medals

Gold

Silver

Bronze
 Janet Marie Thelermont, Weightlifting, Women's 69 kg
 Céline Laporte, Women's long jump

References
  
  
  
  
 

2006
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Kart Racer

Kart Racer is a 2003 Canadian-German sports drama film directed by Stuart Gillard, and starring Will Rothhaar, David Gallagher and Randy Quaid. In the United States, it premiered on television on ABC Family in 2005.

The film centers on a boy named Watts "Lightbulb" Davies (Will Rothhaar) who likes to race go-karts. Unable to come up with enough funds to purchase his own kart, Watts convinces his father, Vic Davies (Randy Quaid) (a former kart racer himself), to help him build a cart and teach him how to drive. As he follows his dream, he then has to race against karting champion Scott McKenna and local bully Rodney Wells.

Footage of the racing simulator NASCAR Racing 2002 Season by Papyrus Design Group can be seen as they are playing it at the arcade.

Plot
Watts Davies (Will Rothhaar) is a 14-year-old kid who decides to take up go-kart racing, he finds a new pursuit and begins to reconnect with his father, Vic (Randy Quaid), whom he has been clashing with since the death of his mother. Watts has an intense rivalry with Rodney Wells (Joe Dinicol), his enemy and local bully. Rodney stops at nothing to make Watts look bad; and he and his crew are not above getting Watts arrested. A little later, after more trouble, Watts sadly watches as Rodney and his dad buys the kart that he had originally set his eyes upon.

In an effort to bond with Watts, Vic (who is a former racer himself) helps him build a kart together and begins to train him in the fine art of kart racing, in which Watts proves to be a natural. With Vic's help and training, and a newly built kart, Watts enters the race. Throughout the film as Vic teaches Watts how to compete, the young driver begins to fall for Dahlia (Amanda De Martinis), an attractive and rebellious local girl and a graffiti artist. The final race ends up being between Watts, Rodney and driver Scott McKenna. Rodney tries to take out Watts but ends up crashing with 2 laps to go. The final lap is between Watts and Scott, and in a photo finish, Watts edges Scott to take the checkered flag.

Cast
 Randy Quaid – Vic Davies
 Will Rothhaar – Watts Davies
 Jennifer Wigmore – Deputy Jenna West
 David Gallagher – Scott McKenna
 Amanda de Martinis – Dahlia Stone
 Joe Dinicol – Rodney Wells
 Jordan Conti – Bink
 Johnny Griffin – Toomey
 Steve Adams – Clint Meyers
 Philip Spensley – Father Patrick Ramsey
 Leif Bristow – Rodney's Dad
 Harland Williams – Zee

Accolades 
The film won a Crystal Heart Award at the Heartland Film Festival and was nominated for a DGC Craft Award by the Directors Guild of Canada.

References

External links 
 
 
 

2003 films
Canadian auto racing films
English-language Canadian films
German auto racing films
English-language German films
ABC Family original films
2003 comedy-drama films
Kart racing films
Films about dysfunctional families
Films directed by Stuart Gillard
Films scored by Jeff Danna
Canadian comedy-drama films
2000s English-language films
German comedy-drama films
2000s Canadian films
2000s German films
Lateef and the Chief

Lateef and the Chief (sometimes stylized as Lateef & the Chief) is an American hip hop group from California. Originally known as Maroons, it consists of rapper Lateef the Truthspeaker (of Latyrx) and producer Chief Xcel (of Blackalicious). In 2004, the duo released their debut album, Maroons: Ambush.

Members
 Lateef the Truthspeaker (Lateef Daumont) – rapper
 Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) – producer

Discography
Albums
 Maroons: Ambush (2004)

Singles
 "Lester Hayes" (2002)
 "Best of Me" (2004)

References

External links
 
 

Hip hop groups from California
Musical duos from California
Musical groups established in 1997
Hip hop duos
Quannum Projects artists
1997 establishments in California
Bruhatpalayana

The Bruhat Palayanas were an ancient Indian dynasty based in the modern state of Andhra Pradesh. They ruled Northern Andhra with Pithunda, near Machilipatnam as the capital after the Ikshvakus around the third century. Jaya Varma was the only known Bruhatpalayana ruler.  A princess of his family was married to the Andhra Ikshvaku king. His Kingdom included Musala Taluk as far as Gudivada, Kolleru and northern parts of Guntur.  He gave the village of Patur in Tenali Taluk to eight Brahmins. After his death the Ananda Gotrikas occupied his territory to the south of the Krishna river and the Salankayanas took his territory north of the river.

The name of the dynasty is derived from the words Bruhat (Vastness) and Palayana (Moving).

The Hathigumpha inscription mentioned that Pithunda was destroyed by Kharavela (180 BCE) of Kalinga. The city of Pithunda is referred to as a metropolis in one of Ptolemy's works. Jayavarma, the only king known of the dynasty, ruled Krishna district with Pithunda as his capital between A.D. 270–285. A copper plate grant in the form of an order issued by Jayavarma to the governor of Kuduru  (district) was discovered at Kondamudi, near Tenali at around A.D.280 which describes his victorious camp at Kudura (Guduru near Machilipatnam). He has granted this land in favour of a number of Brahmins. A charter in Prakrit language he issued describes that he is a devotee of Maheswara and he called himself as Raja. They had been subdued by Pallavas.

References

Bibliography

 

People from Guntur district
Turks and Caicos Islands at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The Turks and Caicos Islands is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising 6 sportspersons and xx officials. Twice as many athletes represented the Turks and Caicos Islands than in Manchester in 2002. The athletes competed in only two sports, athletics and shooting.

Medals

Gold

Silver

Bronze

2006
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Borgund

Borgund may refer to the following places in Norway:

Møre og Romsdal county
Borgund, Møre og Romsdal, a former municipality now part of Ålesund municipality
Borgund Church, a church in Ålesund municipality

Vestland (Sogn og Fjordane) county
Borgund, Lærdal, a village in Lærdal municipality
Borgund, Sogn og Fjordane, a former municipality now part of Lærdal municipality
Borgund Stave Church, a stave church in Lærdal municipality
Borgund Tunnel, a tunnel in Lærdal municipality
Borgund (also known as Borgundvåg), a village in Selje municipality
OJW

OJW can refer to:
 Outstanding judgment warrant - legal jargon for an unpaid ticket or citation
 ISO 639 language designation for the Saulteaux dialect of the Anishinaabe language, also known as Nakawēmowin
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is an independent, not-for-profit research institute dedicated to plant science located in the Creve Coeur community of Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States. It was founded in 1998 by William Henry Danforth, chancellor emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis and named after his father, and established through a $60 million gift from the Danforth Foundation, a $50 million gift from the Monsanto Fund, the donation of 40 acres of land from Monsanto, and $25 million in tax credits from the State of Missouri.

The Center has a $30 million annual operating budget, a $300 million endowment, and 242 employees, including 30 principal investigators. It is home to the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels and the International Institute for Crop Improvement.

The Danforth Center Core Facilities include bioinformatics, integrated microscopy, phenotyping, plant growth, proteomics and mass spectrometry, and tissue culture and transformation. Services are offered to both internal and external clients, and training/access is available to scientists interested in developing knowledge and skills.

History 

Founded in 1998 through the efforts of William Henry Danforth, chancellor emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis, the Center was established with a $60 million gift from the Danforth Foundation, a $50 million gift from the Monsanto Fund, the donation of 40 acres of land from Monsanto, and $25 million in tax credits from the State of Missouri.

The founding chairman was William Henry Danforth with Ernest G. Jaworski as director. Roger N. Beachy became the first president in 1999.

The Danforth Center building was sustainably designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and opened in October 2001.

On September 24, 2009, Beachy was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama to be the first director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

James C. Carrington is the current president and chief executive officer. He joined the Center in 2011.

In June 2009 the first building of the new Bio-Research & Development Growth (BRDG) Park biotechnology incubator opened on the Danforth Center campus.

In April 2016, the William Henry Danforth Wing opened. Surrounding the buildings are six acres of reconstructed native Missouri prairie.

Programs
The VIRCA Plus (Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus) research program, formerly just VIRCA, is coordinated with Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and Uganda's National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI).

References

External links

Independent research institutes
Buildings and structures in St. Louis County, Missouri
1998 establishments in Missouri
Non-profit organizations based in Missouri
Zambia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Zambia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Athletics 

Men
Track & road events

Women
Track & road events

Cycling

Road 
 Men

Lawn bowls

Men

Women

Weightlifting

Men

References

Sport in Zambia
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Zambia at the Commonwealth Games
Salankayana dynasty

The Salankayana (IAST: Śālaṇkāyana) dynasty of ancient India ruled a part of Andhra region in India from 300 to 440 CE. Their territory was located between the Godavari and the Krishna rivers. Their capital was located at Vengi, modern Pedavegi near Eluru in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

Salankayana is a Brahmin Sage. 
Their name is derived from their symbol and gotra name, which stood for Nandi (the bull of Shiva).

The Salankayanas succeeded the Andhra Ikshvaku dynasty and were vassals of the Pallava kings of southern India. During their time the script for Telugu began to clearly separate from that of the other South Indian and North Indian languages. Hastivarman, the first king, was one of the many kings who were defeated by Samudragupta, but were later released and paid him tribute.

The verse from the Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta which mentions Hastivarma:
 (Lines 19–20) Whose magnanimity blended with valour was caused by (his) first capturing, and thereafter showing the favour of releasing, all the kings of Dakshiṇāpatha such as Mahēndra of Kōsala, Vyāghrarāja of Mahākāntāra, Maṇṭarāja of Kurāḷa, Mahēndragiri of Pishṭapura, Svāmidatta of Kōṭṭūra, Damana of Ēraṇḍapalla, Vishṇugōpa of Kāñchī, Nīlarāja of Avamukta, Hastivarman of Vēṅgī, Ugrasēna of Pālakka, Kubēra of Dēvarāshṭra, and Dhanañjaya of Kusthalapura.

In the late 5th century, the Salankayanas were conquered by Madhava Varma II of the Vishnukundinas.

List of kings
Devavarma
Hastiverma
Nandi Verma
Vijayadeva Verma
Vijayanandi Verma

See also
Telugu Brahmins
Telugu-Kannada script
Kadamba script
Bhattiprolu script

References

Dynasties of India
History of Andhra Pradesh
Vila Nova de Paiva

Vila Nova de Paiva () is a municipality in the district Viseu in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 5,176, in an area of 175.53 km2.

The present mayor is Manuel Marques Custódio, elected by the Social Democratic Party. The municipal holiday is March 2.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes (freguesias):
 Pendilhe
 Queiriga
 Touro
 Vila Cova à Coelheira
 Vila Nova de Paiva, Alhais e Fráguas

Notable people 
 Cláudio Ramos (born 1991 in Vila Nova de Paiva) a football goalkeeper for FC Porto; spent most of his career with Tondela with 267 club caps

References

External links
Municipality official website
Photos from Vila Nova de Paiva

Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
George Browne, 8th Viscount Montagu

George Samuel Browne, 8th Viscount Montagu (26 June 1769 – October 1793) was an English nobleman.

While traveling in Europe with his friend Charles Sedley Burdett (second son of Francis Burdett), the two became obstinately determined to ride a fishing boat over the rapids of the Rhine at Laufenburg, despite the warnings of the local inhabitants, none of whom could be hired or persuaded to help them. They died in the attempt, and he was succeeded in the viscountcy by a distant cousin, a clergyman.

In the same week that the unfortunate Viscount met his death, the family home of Cowdray House was destroyed by fire; a circumstance which provided the foundation for a factitious legend of a "curse of fire and water" upon the Browne family for having received Battle Abbey at the dissolution of the monasteries. His sister, Elizabeth Mary, who was the eventual Browne heir in 1797, married, on 1 September 1794, William Stephen Poyntz. They lived at Midgham House in Berkshire and at Cowdray; as per the myth both their sons drowned at nearby Bognor Regis on 7 July 1815. As a result, the estate a generation later was sold by the surviving daughters mostly to George Perceval, 6th Earl of Egmont, and perhaps to Lord Leconfield, with Cowdray passing in 1908 to Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray.

References

1769 births
1793 deaths
English Christians
George
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The Van (novel)

The Van is a 1991 novel by Roddy Doyle and the third novel in The Barrytown Trilogy. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize (1991).

Premise
The basis of the story is that Jimmy Rabbitte Sr. has been laid off from his job and has no money. His friend, Brendan "Bimbo" Reeves, also is laid off and receives a redundancy cheque. With this cheque, the two friends decide to purchase a 'chipper' (fish and chips van). Jimmy and Bimbo's friendship becomes strained, because Jimmy starts to believe that Bimbo and his wife Maggie are planning the work behind his back.

The story continues themes found in the other two novels of The Barrytown Trilogy and focuses on the elder Jimmy Rabbitte and his efforts at going into business with friends.

Film adaptation

Stephen Frears turned it into a film in 1996 starring Colm Meaney as Larry (renamed from Jimmy Rabbitte) and Donal O'Kelly as Brendan 'Bimbo' Reeves who he goes into business with.

References 

1991 Irish novels
Novels by Roddy Doyle
Sequel novels
Novels set in Dublin (city)
Irish novels adapted into films
Secker & Warburg books
Novels set in the 1980s
Novels set in the 1990s
Ananda Gotrika

Ananda Gotrikas, also referred to as Anandas ruled coastal Andhra with Kandarapura as the capital from 335-425 AD. Their capital is located in present day Chejerla mandal of Guntur District. The Ananda Gotrikas ruled after the fall of the Andhra Ikshvakus and claimed descent from the Ananda gotra.

The Anandas appear to have flourished between second half of the 4th century and the first half of the 5th century. There are only three records of the Ananda Gotrikas, which include two copper- plate grants and one stone inscription. Only three kings of the kingdom, Kandara, Attivarman, and Damadoravarman, are known. The founder of the Ananda Gotrikas was Kandara, who also founded the capital city of Kanadarapura. King Kandara also won battles against the Pallavas and drove them out of the Amaravati Region. King Attivarman is one of the three known kings of this dynasty. He performed the costly Hiranyagarbha mahadana (donation) and was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. King Damadoravarman was the successor and son of King Attivarman, and Damadoravarman was a Buddhist.

The Ananda Gotrikas appear to have been overthrown by the Salankayanas.

References 

History of Andhra Pradesh
4th-century Indian monarchs
People from Guntur district
3rd-century Indian monarchs
Lake Carlos State Park

Lake Carlos State Park is a state park about 10 miles north of Alexandria, Minnesota, USA. The park was established in 1937 to provide a public recreational facility in one of Minnesota's summer resort centers, and attracts tourists from Minnesota and bordering states.

Visitors often view fauna such as beaver, deer, loons, grebes, various ducks and herons.

Five buildings in the park, constructed by the Works Progress Administration in the Rustic Style, are included within the National Register of Historic Places. These include the Mess Hall and Crafts Building within the group camp area, as well as the water tower, sanitation building, and bath house within the public use area.

The namesake lake, Lake Carlos, was named for the friend of an early settler.

References

 Rustic Style Resources in Minnesota State Parks: Lake Carlos State Park

External links

Lake Carlos State Park

1937 establishments in Minnesota
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Protected areas established in 1937
Protected areas of Douglas County, Minnesota
Rustic architecture in Minnesota
State parks of Minnesota
Works Progress Administration in Minnesota
National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County, Minnesota
For the Beauty of Wynona

For the Beauty of Wynona is the second album by Canadian songwriter and record producer Daniel Lanois. It was released on March 23, 1993.

The album cover photograph, titled "The Knife", was taken in 1987 by Czech artist Jan Saudek. The image was censored upon release in the United States.

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times called the album "a work of considerable imagination and force." Trouser Press wrote that it trades "increased accessibility for diminished depth."

Track listing
All songs written by Daniel Lanois; unless otherwise noted.

"The Messenger" and "Lotta Love to Give" were released as singles. "Sleeping in the Devil's Bed" had been previously released on the soundtrack Until the End of the World (released December 10, 1991).

Personnel 
Daniel Lanois – guitar, bass, vocals
Malcolm Burn – guitar, keyboards
Bill Dillon – guitar, mandolin, Guitorgan M300
Daryl Johnson– bass, percussion, drums, vocals
Ronald Jones – drums
Nicholas Payton – trumpet
Emmanuel del Casal - bass on "Brother L. A."
Sean Devitt - percussion on "For the Beauty of Wynona"

References

External links 
Lyrics

Daniel Lanois albums
1993 albums
Albums produced by Daniel Lanois
Warner Records albums
Experimental rock albums by Canadian artists
James William Cook

James William Cook (January 11, 1820 – May 21, 1875) was a lumber merchant and political figure in Canada West.

He was born in Williamsburgh Township in Upper Canada in 1820. His family operated a timber business along the South Nation and Castor Rivers in the eastern part of the province. The firm's main office was situated in Morrisburg. The business expanded to include operations near Quebec City, Toronto and Barrie. In 1857, he was elected to the 6th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing Dundas.

His uncle John Cook had earlier represented Dundas in the Legislative Assembly. His brother Hermon Henry served in the federal and provincial legislatures and his brother Simon served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Both his father George, and uncle John, had served in the Dundas Militia during the War of 1812, receiving the Military General Service Medal with clasp for Crysler's Farm. 

He died at Morrisburg in 1875.

His daughter Ella later married Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain, a land surveyor and politician from Quebec.

External links
Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

James William Cook
1820 births
1875 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West
Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople
Baby family (Canada)
Beaubien-Casgrain family
Miss Montana USA

The Miss Montana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Montana in the Miss USA pageant. From 1994 to 2007, it was directed by Carol Hirata and the Carlton Group, based in Bellvue, Colorado. In 2012, it was taken by Pageants NW Productions based in Puyallup, Washington until 2021.

Sharon D. Tietjen placed in the Top 15 in 1958, having the longest streak failing to place in the finals. Miss Montana USA 2005 Amanda Kimmel was chosen to represent the United States in the 2005 Miss Earth pageant. Although she did not place at Miss USA, Kimmel finished in the Top 8 at Miss Earth and was later selected to participate in Survivor: China, Survivor: Micronesia and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.

Heather Lee O'Keefe, a native of Wheeling, West Virginia who resides in Bozeman was crowned Miss Montana USA 2022 on September 12, 2021, at Red Lion Hotel Templin's on the River in Post Falls, Idaho. O'Keefe represented Montana for the title of Miss USA 2022.

Gallery of winners

Results summary

Placements
Top 10: Valerie Jackson (1952)
Top 15/20: Dawn Oney (1954), Sharon D. Tietjen (1958)

Montana holds a record of 3 placements at Miss USA.

Awards
Miss Congeniality: Robbin English (1980), Meredith McCannel (2002), Stephanie Trudeau (2007)

Winners 
Color key

1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

External links

Official Website

Montana
Montana culture
Women in Montana
Recurring events established in 1952
1952 establishments in Montana
Kool and the Gang (album)

Kool and the Gang is the debut studio album by funk band Kool & the Gang. The album was released in December 1969, and reached No. 43 on the Billboard R&B albums chart.

Singles
The singles, "Kool and the Gang" and "Let the Music Take Your Mind", both peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Best-Selling Soul Singles chart.

Track listing
De-Lite Records – DE-2003:

Personnel
 Robert "Kool" Bell – bass, vocals
 Khalis Bayyan – tenor and soprano saxophones, alto flute, vocals
 George "Funky" Brown – drums, percussion, vocals
 Robert "Spike" Mickens – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
 Claydes Smith – guitars
 Woody Sparrow – guitars
 Dennis "D.T." Thomas – alto saxophone, flute, percussion, vocals
 Ricky West – keyboards, piano, vocals

Technical
 Malcom Addey - Sound engineer

design
 Robert Golden - album design

Singles
"Kool & The Gang"/"Raw Hamburger" (#19 R&B/#59 pop) (1969)
"The Gang's Back Again"/"Kool's Back Again" (#37/#85) (1969) 
"Let the Music Take Your Mind"/"Chocolate Buttermilk" (#19/#78) (1970)

References

1969 debut albums
Kool & the Gang albums
De-Lite Records albums
Howth railway station

Howth station ( ; ), is a railway station in Fingal, Ireland that serves Howth village and one side of Howth Head.

History
The station opened on 30 May 1847. The Howth tram ran between here and Sutton railway station (all the way around Howth Head) until 1959. Within the station buildings (although not accessible from the platforms) are a bar and restaurant and a convenience store.

Operations
Howth is a two-platform terminal station.  Due to the lack of a run-round or turntable facility, on the rare occasion that a locomotive-hauled train arrives (such as on a railtour), a second locomotive must follow the train light engine from Dublin to haul the train back from Howth.

The ticket office is open from 05:45-00:30 AM, Monday to Sunday.

Gallery

See also
 List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links
  Irish Rail Howth Station website
 Eiretrains - Howth Station

1847 establishments in Ireland
Railway Station
Iarnród Éireann stations in Fingal
Railway stations in Fingal
Buildings listed on the Fingal Record of Protected Structures
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1847
List of gothic metal bands

This is a list of gothic metal bands. Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music. It is characterized as a combination of the dark atmosphere of gothic rock with the aggression of heavy metal music. The genre originated during the early 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of death/doom, a fusion of death metal, doom metal, and gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music. Lyrics are generally melodramatic and dark with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences.

Members of metal bands such as After Forever, HIM and Nightwish have downplayed or dismissed the gothic label from their music. The issue is obscured further by bands that have since moved away from gothic metal or even heavy metal music altogether, as is the case for Anathema and The Gathering.

List of bands

See also
Gothic metal
List of gothic rock bands
List of heavy metal bands

References

Notes

External links
List of gothic metal bands on About.com

 
Gothic metal
Rettenstein

Rettenstein is a part of the town St. Johann im Pongau in Salzburg (state), Austria.

See also
 Salzburgerland
 St. Johann im Pongau
 Salzburg

Cities and towns in St. Johann im Pongau District
Tanja Kolbe

Tanja Kolbe (born 7 September 1990) is a German former competitive ice dancer. With Stefano Caruso, she won seven international medals and two German national silver medals. They placed eighth at the 2013 European Championships and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics, finishing 19th.

Personal life 
Tanja Kolbe was born 7 September 1990 in Berlin, Germany. She studied business communication in Berlin and has worked for the Bundeswehr's sports group. She and her partner, Alexander Nissen, have a son named Moritz, born on 11 October 2015.

Career

Early career 
From 2003 to 2006, Kolbe competed with Paul Boll. They won the 2006 German national junior title and were sent to the 2006 World Junior Championships where they placed 16th.

In 2006, Kolbe teamed up with Sascha Rabe. In their first season together, they competed on the junior level. They appeared at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and took the silver medal at the German Junior Championships. The next three season, Kolbe/Rabe competed on the senior level. They took bronze at the 2009 German Championships. After Rabe decided to retire in 2010, she had a tryout with Deividas Stagniūnas of Lithuania.

Partnership with Caruso 
Kolbe teamed up with Italian ice dancer Stefano Caruso in 2010. In their first season together, they took bronze at the 2010 Ice Challenge and at the 2011 German Championships.

In their second season together, Kolbe/Caruso won two international medals, gold at the 2011 NRW Trophy and bronze at the Istanbul Cup. They took the silver medal at the German Championships and were assigned to the 2012 European Championships where they finished 12th. The duo split up after the event but teamed up again in July 2012.

In the 2012–13 season, Kolbe/Caruso took silver again at the German Championships and earned another trip to the European Championships where they finished 8th. They won two international medals – bronze at both the New Year's Cup and Volvo Open Cup.

In the 2013–14 season, Kolbe/Caruso were invited to their first Grand Prix event, the 2013 Trophee Eric Bompard where they placed 7th. They added two more international medals to their collection – bronze at the 2013 Ondrej Nepela Trophy and Ice Challenge. In February 2014, Kolbe/Caruso competed at the Winter Olympics in Sochi and finished 19th. They announced the end of their partnership in June 2014.

Programs

With Caruso

With Rabe

With Boll

Competitive highlights 
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix

With Caruso

With Rabe

With Boll

References

External links 

 
 
 
 Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso official website

1990 births
Living people
German female ice dancers
Figure skaters from Berlin
Figure skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic figure skaters for Germany
21st-century German women
21st-century German people
Mark Marissen

Mark Allan Marissen (born 1966 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian political strategist and principal of Burrard Strategy Inc., a communications company he founded in 1998. Marissen is also a senior advisor to McMillan Vantage Policy Group, affiliated with McMillan LLP, a Canadian business law firm.

Marissen graduated from Carleton University with a bachelor's degree in political science, and also attended Simon Fraser University. Marissen resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has one child (Hamish Marissen-Clark) by his ex-wife, the 35th British Columbia Premier Christy Clark. Marissen's older brother is professor of music Michael Marissen.

Politics 
Following Stephane Dion's resignation, Marissen supported Michael Ignatieff for Liberal Party leader. Ignatieff was confirmed as Leader at a national convention in Vancouver in late April 2009. In the most recent federal Liberal leadership contest, Marissen was campaign manager for George Takach for Liberal Party leader. After Takach withdrew from the contest, Marissen joined him in supporting Justin Trudeau.

In 2017-2018, Marissen served as strategist for Michael Lee's campaign for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party, where Lee was 30 points short from being on the final ballot.

Marissen was a candidate for mayor of Vancouver in the 2022 election, nominated by Progress Vancouver. He placed fourth with 3.47% of the vote. In July 2023, he and all other Progress Vancouver candidates were disqualified from running in a local election until after the 2026 general local elections for failing to meet campaign financing disclosure requirements.

References

External links
"Politics 'in the Blood' for Liberal insider", National Post, October 6, 2008 
"Can party's shrewd B.C. strategist save Dion?" Vancouver Sun, October 4, 2007
BC Business: "On the Mark", June, 2007
"A West Coast Power Player", Vancouver Sun, January 6, 2007 
"Drug Raids Highlight Political Links", Globe and Mail, December 31, 2003

1966 births
Living people
Canadian political consultants
Carleton University alumni
People from St. Thomas, Ontario
Liberal Party of Canada
Times Square (disambiguation)

Times Square is an entertainment and business district in New York City, United States.

Times Square may also refer to:

Places

Canada
 Times Square, a Chinese theme mall in Richmond Hill, Ontario

China
 Harmony Times Square
 Times Square station (Suzhou Rail Transit)

Hong Kong
 Times Square (Hong Kong), a shopping, entertainment and office complex in Causeway Bay

Malaysia
 Berjaya Times Square, a 2003 office and shopping center in Kuala Lumpur
 Penang Times Square, a complex of residential and commercial properties in George Town, Penang

South Korea
 Times Square (shopping mall), a shopping mall in Seoul

United Kingdom
 Times Square, a shopping centre in Sutton, London
 Times Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, the location of the Centre for Life complex

United States
Times Square (Detroit), a street in downtown Detroit, Michigan
 Times Square (Detroit People Mover), a Detroit People Mover station
Times Square – 42nd Street (New York City Subway), a New York City Subway station complex
Times Square – 42nd Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)
Times Square – 42nd Street (BMT Broadway Line)
Times Square (IRT Flushing Line)
Times Square (IRT 42nd Street Shuttle)
Times Square Church, a church near Times Square, New York City

Vietnam
 Saigon Times Square in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)

Other uses
 Times Square (1929 film)
 Times Square (1980 film)
 Times Square (soundtrack), 1980 soundtrack album for the film
 Times Square (Gary Burton album), a 1978 album
 Times Square (The Undead EP), an album by Bobby Steele
 Times Square, an unreleased album by Neil Young
 Times Square (Neuhaus), a sound art installation

See also
One Times Square, the location of The New York Times former headquarters building
Manchester South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester South West was one of six single-member Parliamentary constituencies created in 1885 by the division of the existing three-member Parliamentary Borough of Manchester.  It was abolished in 1918.

Boundaries 
The constituency, which was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, consisted of the civil parish of Hulme.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; 
Liberal: Christopher Needham
Unionist:

References 

South West
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
National Multicultural Greek Council

The National Multicultural Greek Council (NMGC) is an umbrella council for twelve multicultural fraternities and sororities (Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs)) in the United States. It was established in 1998.

Affiliate organizations
Organizations noted in alphabetical order. Chapter counts include graduate chapters and colonies.

Current Members

Former members

Chapter Advisor award
The Council gives the Chapter Advisor of the Year award to a selected fraternity or sorority chapter advisor. The 2014 award went to Xong Lor of the University of Arkansas.

See also
List of social fraternities and sororities
Racism in Greek life

References

External links
 Official website

 
Student societies in the United States
1998 establishments in the United States
Organizations established in 1998
Multiculturalism in the United States
Greek letter umbrella organizations
Grammatrain

Grammatrain is an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington who were active in the Christian rock industry in the 1990s. After disbanding in 1998, the group reunited as a mainstream act in 2009 and released their third full-length album entitled Imperium the following year.

History
Singer/guitarist Pete Stewart, bassist Dalton Roraback and his drummer brother Paul Roraback recorded a self-titled three-song demo tape in 1994. After hearing the demo, ForeFront Records label executive Eddie DeGarmo signed the band.  Before releasing their first major album, Grammatrain released a CD containing four studio recordings and five live acoustic numbers. In 1995 they released their first studio album, Lonely House, produced by Aaron Sprinkle. The album achieved success on Christian radio.

Their second full-length album, Flying, was released in 1997. Critics cited the album's "lighter, more polished feel" when compared to Lonely House. At the end of a tour promoting the album, Grammatrain officially broke up following their final live performance on December 7, 1998 in Germany. An announcement of the breakup can be heard on the band's live album.

Following the breakup, Stewart released a self-titled solo album and produced Michael Tait's band, Tait, performing on their first album. He also produced four tracks on the debut solo album for TobyMac, Momentum. In 2003 Stewart reemerged with The Accident Experiment.

Reunited
In early 2009, Grammatrain announced that they had reunited and were in the process of recording a new album.  Because frontman Pete Stewart had left the Christian faith, the new album was not directed at Christian audiences. Shortly after the announcement, the band played two reunion shows: one in Seattle and one in Germany. A limited-edition EP with songs from the forthcoming album was released at the shows and on the band's website.

In 2010, the single "The Last Sound" was released; the video was debuted at a Seattle Sounders FC match. The song has been played at Qwest Field before the kickoff of Sounders matches, and Sounders FC owner Drew Carey endorsed the song and promised to get a "proper video" made of it. The video was produced and directed by Nik Venet, who had previously done videos for U2, Jane's Addiction and The White Stripes. The song was also picked up by and released through Rock Band Network for the Xbox 360.

On October 10, 2010, they independently released their newest album, Imperium.

Discography
 Demo Tape - 1994
 Grammatrain - 1995
 Lonely House - 1995
 Flying - 1997
 Live 120798 - 1999, Review: HM Magazine
 Kneeling Between Shields (EP) - 2009
 The Last Sound (single) - 2010
 Imperium - 2010
 Spin Automatic (EP) - 2010

Grammatrain has also appeared on ForeFront Records' Ten, The Birthday Album compilation album, as well as tribute albums to Stryper, Petra, and Larry Norman.

References

External links
 
 
Artist profile on Cross Rhythms

American post-grunge musical groups
Grunge musical groups
Musical groups from Seattle
WEID-LD

WEID-LD, virtual channel 18 (UHF digital channel 16), is a low-powered Daystar owned-and-operated television station licensed to South Bend, Indiana, United States. The station is owned by Word of God Fellowship.

History
Originally licensed to Elkhart, on March 16, 2006, the station was granted a construction permit to begin converting operations to digital television.

TBN took W18CF silent on March 8, 2010, citing declining support, which has been attributed to the digital transition.  Eleven days later, on March 19, a deal was reached to sell W18CF to Word of God Fellowship, owner of the Daystar Television Network.

On October 13, 2010, the station changed its calls to WEID-LP. On November 8, it filed a displacement application to operate a digital signal on channel 16 (formerly occupied by the analog signal of WNDU-TV). The application was granted a construction permit on January 25, 2011. The digital signal was licensed to South Bend on December 1, 2014. The station changed its call sign to WEID-LD on November 9, 2015.

Digital television

Digital channel

References

External links

EID-LD
Daystar Television Network affiliates
Television channels and stations established in 1989
Low-power television stations in Indiana
1989 establishments in Indiana