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Andy Hodgson

Andrew Simon Hodgson (born ) is primarily known as an auctioneer/presenter, first on the British television shopping channel bid tv, and since then as a presenter on TJC.

Bid TV 
Hodgson used to be seen presenting bid tv on Sunday between 3.00 pm and 6.30 pm, as well as being a stand-in presenter at other times of the week. He presented on the channel since its inception in the year 2000. He also provided the voice-over for the majority of their advertising, as well as appearing in-vision for several of them.

His sales technique differed to the other styles of his fellow presenters, and he has been compared with fictional Norwich chat show host Alan Partridge. He often joked with the production staff and assistants whilst presenting. One such assistant was the unseen warehouse assistant called "Bob the Warehouse".

When bidders phoned the channel to bid for an item, Hodgson's voice greeted them with a pre-recorded message detailing the item they were purchasing. Behind the scenes, he was also the Controller of Channels.

Hodgson announced in 2010, after a decade at the channel, that he would be leaving his permanent role as Controller of Channels and TV Revenue.

Other television appearances
Hodgson provided a running commentary over an episode of The Day Today on the DVD of the series. Writer and Alan Partridge co-creator Armando Iannucci (of The Friday Night Armistice fame) hired Andy to play a brutally murdered interior designer in his BBC Three show 2004: The Stupid Version as well as a Home Shopping TV presenter in his 2006 BBC Two production Time Trumpet. In 2003 he appeared on Channel 4 reality show The Salon to conduct a charity auction.

Additionally, Hodgson has been seen in 2008 on ITV1's daytime programme This Morning as a gadget expert.

In 2015 Hodgson presented Win Cash Live, an interactive gambling programme shown on STV.

In 2016 Hodgson appeared as a presenter on Create and Craft USA broadcasting across America. He also appeared on Channel 5 as a reporter for The Championship show, London Live as a football journo, and FanTV with Justin Lee Collins.

Since 2020, Hodgson has presented on shopping channel TJC.

Radio
Hodgson has been heard on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio 4, Talksport, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio York, Century Radio, Star FM and LBC, and currently presents on Fix Radio with The Friday Sports Kick Off.

Personal life
Although born in Salford, Hodgson is an ardent supporter of Burnley F.C., having grown up in Burnley, Lancashire. He has hosted numerous pointless events at the club's Turf Moor ground.

References

External links
 AndyHodgson.com – official website
 Bid.tv – Meet The Hosts: Andy Hodgson
 
 MySpace Page

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
English television presenters
People from Burnley
Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine

The Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine is a local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2016 Canadian census, it had a population of 37,367 living on a land area of . Its administrative offices are in the city of Terrace. The next-largest municipality in the regional district is the District Municipality of Kitimat. The other incorporated municipalities in the regional district are the Village of Hazelton, the District of New Hazelton and the District of Stewart. Unincorporated communities are many, most of them Indian Reserves which are not part of the governmental system of the regional district, which has limited powers relating mostly to municipal-type services. The remote settlement of Dease Lake, formerly in the Stikine Region, was added to the regional district on December 1, 2007. Thornhill is the largest unincorporated community in the regional District with a population of 5000+ residents.

Municipalities
Thornhill unincorporated municipality population 5123

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Notes

References

Community Profile: Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada

External links

 
Kitimat-Stikine
Kurdish Wikipedia

Kurdish Wikipedia (, ) refers to two Wikipedia editions which are written in two forms of Kurdish language; Kurmanji and Sorani.

The original one was founded in January 2004. As of  , the Kurmanji Wikipedia has  articles and Sorani Wikipedia has  articles. There are also  two other Wikipedia editions for Zazaki and Southern Kurdish with the latter still in the test phase.

History 
The Kurdish Wikipedia established on January 7, 2004, designed to contain articles in Kurmanji and Sorani at the same time. On August 12, 2009, Kurdish Wikipedia separated into two versions due to technical and linguistic issues. The old version (ku.) remained as Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia and a new version (ckb.) created for Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia.

See also 
 Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia
 Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia
 Zazaki Wikipedia

Gallery

References

External links 

Kurdish (Kurmanji)
 Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia
 Kurmanji Kurdish Wikipedia mobile version
Kurdish (Sorani)
 Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia
 Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia mobile version
Wikimedia
 Kurdish Wikimedians User Group

Kurdish-language encyclopedias
Kurdish-language websites
Wikipedias by language
Internet properties established in 2004
Machi (video game)

is a visual novel and the third entry in the "Sound Novel Evolution" series published by Chunsoft. It was ported to PlayStation (retitled ), and for PlayStation Portable as .

Gameplay
The game features a branching narrative.

Characters
Keima Amemiya: a detective
Jintarō Umabe: an actor
Masami Ushio: a gangster
Yoshiko Hosoi: a part-time worker
Masashi Shinoda: a university student
Ryūji Takamine: a legion deserter
Fumiyasu Ichikawa: a screenwriter
Yōhei Tobisawa: an idol
Atsushi Takamine: Ryuji's father
Norio Aoi: a pariah
Isamu Sagiyama: an assistant director
Patrick Dandy: a marriage swindler
Shōjirō Kaizuka: a politician

Reception
The game sold 164,866 copies in Japan. Famitsu scored the game 33 out of 40. It ranked fifth at the top 100 reader poll of their favorite games of all time. A proposed sequel to Machi was cancelled, but a chapter of it was adapted as a 1998 television miniseries Tōmei Shōjo Ea (Invisible Girl Ea). 428: Shibuya Scramble is set in the same location with many references. In 2017, Famitsu readers voted it one of the top five adventure games of all time.

References

External links
Machi at GameFAQs

1998 video games
Chunsoft games
Japan-exclusive video games
PlayStation (console) games
PlayStation Portable games
Sega Saturn games
Video games about police officers
Video games developed in Japan
Video games featuring female protagonists
Video games set in Tokyo
Visual novels
Ranskill

Ranskill is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, with its nearest town being Retford approximately  south. The Ranskill parish according to the 2001 census has 2,226 residents, falling to 1,362 at the 2011 census. There is also a Bassetlaw ward called Ranskill. This ward had a population of 2,417 at the 2011 census.

Ranskill dates back to the Danish invasions of the 9th century where the name 'Ravenskelf' meant 'shelving knoll/ridge of the raven'.

The village features St. Barnabas Church, built in 1878 and a Methodist chapel first built in 1868 and expanded in the 1930s. The Methodist chapel also features a schoolroom, where today the local newspaper, the STAR (Scrooby, Torworth and Ranskill) is printed. Ranskill also has a reading room, built in 1891 by the Gillott family as a library and reading room, where in 1909 the room was changed to include billiard tables. Today the room is still in use and features two billiard tables, two pool tables and a darts board.

The East Coast Main Line railway passes to the east of the village, which was the site of a Royal Ordnance Factory from 1940 until 1975. Ranskill also had a railway station which opened in 1852 where there was a half-hourly service between Retford and Doncaster. The station closed in 1958.

See also
 Listed buildings in Ranskill
 Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Ranskill

References

External links

 Ranskill parish website

Villages in Nottinghamshire
Civil parishes in Nottinghamshire
Bassetlaw District
Regional District of Fraser–Fort George

The Regional District of Fraser–Fort George (RDFFG) is a regional district located in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by the Alberta border to the east, the Columbia–Shuswap and Thompson–Nicola regional districts to the south and southeast, Cariboo Regional District to the southwest, the Regional District of Bulkley–Nechako to the west, and the Peace River Regional District to the north and northeast. As of the Canada 2011 Census, Fraser–Fort George had a population of 91,879 and a land area of 51,083.73 km2 (19,723.54 sq mi). The offices of the regional district are located at Prince George.

Communities

Cities
Prince George

District Municipality
Mackenzie

Villages
McBride
Valemount

Regional District Electoral Areas
Fraser–Fort George A - Salmon River–Lakes
Fraser–Fort George C - Chilako River–Nechako
Fraser–Fort George D - Tabor Lake–Stone Creek
Fraser–Fort George E - Woodpecker–Hixon
Fraser–Fort George F - Willow River–Upper Fraser
Fraser–Fort George G - Crooked River–Parsnip
Fraser–Fort George H - Robson Valley–Canoe

Indian Reserves
NB Indian Reserves are not part of municipal or regional district governance and are outside the regional district's jurisdiction, and also counted separately in the census figures. 
Fort George (Shelley) Indian Reserve No. 2
McLeod Lake Indian Reserve No. 1
Parsnip Indian Reserve No. 5

Designated Places
Bear Lake
Salmon Valley
Summit Lake
Willow River

Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Notes

References

Statistics Canada 2006 Community Profile: Fraser–Fort George (Regional district)

External links

 
Fraser-Fort George
List of 7th Heaven episodes

7th Heaven is an American television drama series created by executive producer Brenda Hampton, and co-executive produced by Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent through Spelling Television. The series revolves around a family headed by parents Eric Camden (Stephen Collins), a Protestant Reverend, and Annie Camden (Catherine Hicks), a homemaker. Their seven children are Matt (Barry Watson), Mary (Jessica Biel), Lucy (Beverley Mitchell), Simon (David Gallagher), Ruthie (Mackenzie Rosman) and twins Sam and David (Nikolas and Lorenzo Brino).

Hampton, in addition to creating the show and serving as its executive producer, wrote multiple 7th Heaven episodes each season.  Hampton received writing credits on 114 of the shows 243 episodes.

7th Heaven debuted on August 26, 1996, on The WB, a network which had launched only a year earlier. In November 2005, Variety Magazine announced The WB's decision to cancel the series at the end of the tenth season due to rising production costs. The final episode was intended to air on May 8, 2006, in the final year of The WB's operation before it merged with UPN to form The CW in the fall; however, the episode achieved 7 million viewers, and The CW revived the show, bringing it back to the schedules for its eleventh season on September 25, 2006. The return did not last long; due to flagging viewing figures, The CW made a schedule change midway through the eleventh season, switching 7th Heaven from the Monday 8:00 p.m. timeslot it had occupied since the first episode with Everybody Hates Chris in the Sunday 8:00 p.m. timeslot, and on April 2, 2007, The CW announced its decision to end the series, airing the final episode on May 13, 2007. In all, 243 episodes were produced over eleven seasons.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (1996–97)

Season 2 (1997–98)

Season 3 (1998–99)

Season 4 (1999–2000)

Season 5 (2000–01)

Season 6 (2001–02)

Season 7 (2002–03)

Season 8 (2003–04)

Season 9 (2004–05)

Season 10 (2005–06)

Season 11 (2006–07)

References

General

Specific

External links
 

Lists of American teen drama television series episodes
Castro Daire

Castro Daire () is a municipality in Viseu District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 15,339, in an area of 379.04 km2.

The present mayor is Paulo Almeida , elected by a coalition CDS-PP, PSD. The municipal holiday is June 29 (St Peter's Day).

Climate

Demographics

Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 12 civil parishes (freguesias):

 Almofala
 Cabril
 Castro Daire
 Cujó
 Gosende
 Mamouros, Alva e Ribolhos
 Mezio e Moura Morta
 Mões
 Moledo
 Monteiras
 Parada de Ester e Ester
 Pepim
 Picão e Ermida
 Pinheiro
 Reriz e Gafanhão
 São Joaninho

Notable people 
 Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693) a rabbi, scholar, kabbalist and writer.

Sport 
 Vítor Manuel da Silva Marques (born 1969), known as Vitinha a futsal player and captain of the Portugal national futsal team 
 Luís Carlos (born 1972) a former footballer with 140 club caps
 Ricardo Ferreira (born 1982) a footballer with 124 caps with Académico de Viseu
 Luís Carlos Pereira Carneiro (born 1988), known as Licá, a footballer with over 330 club caps

References

External links
Town Hall official website
Photos from Castro Daire

Populated places in Viseu District
Municipalities of Viseu District
Alpha Centauri (disambiguation)

Alpha Centauri (or α Cen) is a star system and the collective name of three stars in that system. The individual stars are named Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Proxima Centauri.

It may also refer to:

 Alpha Centauri (Doctor Who), an alien in Doctor Who
 Alpha Centauri (horse) (foaled 2015), Irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse
 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, a 1999 strategy computer game
 Alpha Centauri (album), an album by Tangerine Dream
 "Alpha Centauri", a song by At the Drive-In from In/Casino/Out 
 "Alpha Centauri", a song by Peter Ivers from Terminal Love
 The Alpha Centaurids, a meteor shower

See also

 A Centauri (disambiguation)
 Alpha Centauri b (disambiguation)
 Alpha Centauri in fiction
 
 Centauri (disambiguation)
 Alpha (disambiguation)
Central Coast Regional District

Central Coast Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. It has a total land area of 24,559.5 km2 (9,482.5 sq mi). When it was created in 1968, it was known as the Ocean Falls Regional District, named for the then-largest town in the region, the company town of Ocean Falls, which has since become a ghost town. The district name was confirmed in 1974, but changed to Central Coast Regional District in 1976.

Demographics 
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Central Coast Regional District had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.

Government 
The Central Coast Regional District (CCRD) is unique in the province in that it has no incorporated municipalities within its borders. The Regional District has five Electoral Areas, each of which elect a single director to the District's Board of Directors. According to the 2001 Census, the populations of the electoral areas are:

Notes

References

Community Profile: Central Coast Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada

External links

 
Regional districts of British Columbia
Kitto

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

 Ernest Kitto (1871–1897), Scottish cricketer
 Frank Kitto (1903–1994), Australian high court justice
 H. D. F. Kitto (1897–1982), British classical Greek scholar
 John Kitto (1804–1854), British Bible scholar
John Fenwick Kitto (1837–1903), English Anglican clergyman
Ryan Kitto (born 1994), Australian professional footballer
 Stanislav Kitto (born 1972), Estonian professional footballer

See also
 Kitto Line, Japanese railway line
Pylaemenes

In Greek mythology, Pylaemenes (Ancient Greek: Πυλαιμένης) may refer to two distinct characters:

 Pylaemenes, king of the Eneti tribe of Paphlagonia. He claimed to be related to Priam through Phineus, as the latter's daughter Olizone was married to Dardanus. Pylaemenes led his Paphlagonian forces to the Trojan War, as a Trojan ally.  He was killed in battle by Menelaus of Sparta.  His son named Harpalion was killed by the Cretan warrior Meriones, son of Molus. Homer provided no parentage for Pylaemenes, but other mythographers named his father as Bilsates or Melius.
 Pylaemenes, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.

Notes

References 

 Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Livy - Book 1

Kings in Greek mythology
Trojan Leaders
Suitors of Penelope
Wallace's Cave

Wallace's Cave is situated in Roslin Glen, in Midlothian, Scotland beside the River Avon. It is also known as Hawthornden Castle Cave, after Hawthornden Castle which is nearby.  It takes its name from William Wallace, the Scottish national hero, who participated in the Battle of Roslin, which took place close to the cave on 24 February 1303. The cave is made up of Limestone and would have formed between 363 and 325 million years ago under water.

References

Landforms of Midlothian
Caves of Scotland
Mamedov

Mamedov or Mammadov  (Azerbaijani: Məmmədov, Russian: Мамедов) is a surname of Soviet Azerbaijan origin; its feminine counterpart is Mamedova. Notable people with the surname include:

Mamedov 
 Enver Mamedov (1923–2023), Soviet broadcasting official
 Georgiy Mamedov (born 1947), Soviet and Russian diplomat
 Gyunduz Mamedov (born 1974), Ukrainian jurist, Prosecutor of Odessa, Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea
 Rauf Mamedov (born 1988), Azerbaijani chess Grandmaster

Mamedova 
 Farida Mamedova (1936–2021), Azerbaijani historian
 Sakina Mamedova (born 1985), Uzbekistani sports shooter

Surnames
Surnames of Georgian origin
Surnames of Azerbaijani origin
Azerbaijani-language surnames
Surnames of Uzbekistani origin

ru:Мамедов
Wychert

Wychert or witchert (with a number of variant spellings existing and meaning "white earth") is a natural blend of white chalk and clay which is mixed with straw to make walls and buildings, usually then thatched or topped with red clay tiles.  This historic method of building construction is localised to Haddenham and the surrounding local area in Buckinghamshire.  One of the largest known wychert structures is Haddenham Methodist Church.

The method of building with wychert is similar to that of a cob building.  To maintain the rigid nature of wychert it must not become too dry for risk of crumbling, nor too wet for risk of turning to a slime.  Keeping wychert well ventilated and not subject to excess condensation is therefore highly recommended.  Any render applied to a wychert wall must therefore be of a breathable material — rendering wychert walls with a lime based render is therefore common practice.

A wychert house has been constructed at Chiltern Open Air Museum in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire.

See also
 Vernacular architecture

References

External links
Earth Buildings and their Repair - by Dirk Bouwens
Haddenham Museum with opening hours
The Witchert Buildings of Buckinghamshire, England:Learning Sustainable Construction from our Ancestors(Google cached version accessed 10 March 2006)

Soil-based building materials
A Season with Verona

A Season with Verona is the title of a 2002 book by Verona-based British author Tim Parks. It tells the story of a single season following the fortunes of Italian football club Hellas Verona and deals especially with Parks' relationship with the infamous hard core Brigate Gialloblù, who make up Verona's travelling support. All the matches are detailed as well as many off-field dealings. Aside from detailing Hellas Verona's on-the-pitch exploits, Parks provides a commentary of political events in Italy at the time (namely the national election held in 2001 that brought Silvio Berlusconi into power). Parks also describes the way in which the city of Verona is viewed by other parts of the country, with particular emphasis on the reputation of the football club and the city of Verona for xenophobia.

See also
 2000–01 Serie A

References

External links
 Tim Parks Official Website
 Amazon listing

2002 non-fiction books
Association football books
Roslin Glen Country Park

Roslin Glen Country Park is a wooded glen in the North Esk Valley, near the village of Roslin in Scotland. It contains walks with several places of interest along the way, including Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin Castle, Wallace's Cave and Hawthornden Castle.

References

Country parks in Scotland
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
Parks in Midlothian
Markus Wasmeier

Markus Wasmeier (; born 9 September 1963  is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany. He was World champion and two times Olympic champion.

Career 
At the 1985 World Championships at Bormio, Italy, he won the giant slalom at age 21, before recording a World Cup victory.

Born in Schliersee, Bavaria, West Germany, Wasmeier's first World Cup Race was on 5 February 1983, when he finished 49th in the downhill Race at St. Anton am Arlberg. He gained his first World Cup points in January 1984 by capturing 10th place in the Alpine Combined at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and that December, he achieved his first podium in (Giant slalom at Sestiere, Italy). In a downhill race on February 1987 at Furano, Japan, he broke two vertebrae and missed the rest of the season.

Wasmeier won a total of nine World Cup races, starting with two victories on 9 February 1986, in the Combined and Super-G events at Morzine, France.

The surprising result of double Olympic gold for Wasmeier at age thirty gained him the title of 1994 "Sportsman of the Year" in Germany,

World Cup results

Season standings

Season titles

Individual races
9 wins (2 DH, 6 SG, 1 K)

World championship results

Olympic results

After racing
After retiring from competitive skiing, Wasmeier founded the farm and winter sport museum Bauernhof- und Wintersportmuseum Schliersee on 1 May 2007, and he has remained its curator and patron ever since. The museum provides insight into traditional Bavarian peasant life and aims to preserve old traditions by communicating them to coming generations.

In 2009, Wasmeier shared his passion for building restoration and preserving tradition with an international group of young people through his involvement with the D&F Academy (now The DO School). Wasmeier worked with an international group of young people to restore a 17th-century farmhouse in the German Alps utilizing original materials, traditional tools, wood-crafting and handicraft techniques.  He remains involved with the DO School as an advisor and supporter.

From 1993 to 1994, he was a commentator for the German Television Broadcaster ARD until 2007 and from 2008 until 2014. He is a consultant in the German Skiing Federation since 2000. Married since 1991, his wife Brigitte is a South Tyrolian.

References

External links
 
 Markus Wasmeier World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
 
 
  

1963 births
Living people
People from Miesbach (district)
Skiers from Upper Bavaria
German male alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for West Germany
Olympic alpine skiers for Germany
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Moane

Moane is a village in Øystre Slidre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the east side of the river Volbuelve, on a hillside between the lakes Heggefjorden and Volbufjorden. The village of Heggenes lies about  to the northwest, the village of Volbu lies about  to the west, and the village of Rogne lies about  to the southeast. The Norwegian County Road 51 runs through the village.

The  village has a population (2021) of 341 and a population density of .

References

Øystre Slidre
Villages in Innlandet
University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science

The Faculty of Arts & Science is a division of the University of Toronto (U of T) which offers arts and science teaching and research institutions. With almost 27,000 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students, Arts & Science represents over half the student population on the downtown campus.

Overview
The Faculty of Arts & Science hosts 73 per cent of the university's undergraduates and one third of graduates who pursue degrees in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. The faculty has 800 professors who teach some 2,000 courses arranged in 300 undergraduate and 70 graduate programs hosted by 29 departments, 16 centres and institutes, and seven colleges.

The Department of Economics has been previously ranked as one of the top 25 worldwide economics faculty rankings, placing 23rd and 18th during the years (1995–99) and (2004–08) respectively. The Department of Philosophy ranked 15th overall in the English-speaking world and 1st in Canada in the Philosophical Gourmet Report. The Department of Sociology ranks among the top 10 in North America. In the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Department of Computer Science placed first overall in Canada, and ranked 10th worldwide.

For the 2012–2013 entrance year, Arts had an entry average of 86.6% and Science had an entry average of 88.8%. Commerce had an entry average of 91.7%. For professional and graduate studies, admission is competitive. For 2011–2012, programs such as public policy and global affairs accept about one-tenth of applicants, though they do not have standardized admissions test requirements. Doctoral-stream master's programs had an acceptance rate of 29.6%, while doctoral programs admitted 21.5% of applicants.

Academic units

The Faculty includes 29 departments, 7 colleges, and 45 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs. Notable departments include:
Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chemistry
Computer Science
Mathematics
Munk School of Global Affairs
School of the Environment

References

External links
Faculty of Arts and Science
University of Toronto Arts and Science Students' Union (ASSU) archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
Sidney Earle Smith archival papers held at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services

Arts and science, Faculty of
Mood music (disambiguation)

Mood music is easy listening music.

Mood music may also refer to:

 Beautiful music
 Exotica
 Light music 
 Lounge music
 Elevator music
 Music provided by Mood Media, Corporation
 Mood Music (play), a 2018 play by Joe Penhall

See also 
 Mood Muzik (disambiguation)
 Background music
 Production music
Abila (Peraea)

Abila () was an ancient city east of the Jordan River in the Plains of Moab, later Peraea, near Livias, about twelve km northeast of the north shore of the Dead Sea. The site is identified with modern Khirbet el-Kafrayn, Jordan and identified on the Madaba Map as an unnamed icon. There is a widely supported theory that in the Hebrew Bible, it is referred to as Abel-Shittim, as well as in the shorter forms Shittim and Ha-Shittim.

Biblical Abel-Shittim
Abel-Shittim, Hebrew meaning "Meadow of the Acacias", is found only in the Book of Numbers (); but Ha-Shittim (Hebrew meaning "The Acacias"), evidently the same place, is mentioned in Numbers, Joshua, and Micah (, , ). It was the forty-second and last encampment of the Israelites, associated with infamous Baal-peor incident with the Midianites (). It was also the final headquarters of Joshua before he crossed the Jordan ().

The location is transliterated as Shittim in the English Standard Version, Geneva Bible, Jerusalem Bible, King James Version, New International Version and New Revised Standard Version. The Complete Jewish Bible and Orthodox Jewish Bible both translate as Sheetim. The Good News Translation has Acacia Valley and the New King James Version has Acacia Grove.

The place is mentioned as a-bi-il-šiṭ-ṭi along with Gilead and described as "the border of the land Bīt Ḫumria (Israel)" in the royal annals of Tiglath-Pileser III.

Identification
Abel-Shittim is identified with the area around Tall el-Hammam, in the Late Bronze Age.

Josephus' Abila (1st century CE)

Josephus stated that there was in his time a town, Abila, "full of palm trees", at a distance of sixty stadia () from the Jordan, and described it as the spot where Moses delivered the exhortations of Deuteronomy. In 1906 there was still an acacia grove not far from the place, although palms as mentioned by Josephus were not to be found.

Pliny commented on how the dates of Livias were of high quality both juicy and sweet. Theodosius also praised the dates of Livias stating "it has there some great Nicolas dates" (ibi habet dactalum Nicolaum maiorem). The Madaba Map also depicts the date palms still growing in the area of Livias-Betharamtha in the sixth century AD.

During the First Jewish-Roman War, Abila was captured by the Roman Imperial army, and was used by them to resettle deserters who had joined the Roman ranks.

Identification
The archaeological site of Tell el-Hammam near Abila is identified by some as Livias. Date palms still grow at the edge of Tell el-Hammam.

See also
Plains of Moab

Notes

References

Sources
Talbert, Richard (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, Princeton University Press, p. 71, ().

Bibliography

 
 Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, iv.8, § 1; v.1, § 1 (see here at Perseus Project).
 Josephus, De Bello Judaico (The Jewish War) (4.437) (see 4.7.6 at Perseus Project).

Sources

Hellenistic colonies
Torah cities
Former populated places in Jordan
Bryan Barker

Bryan Christopher Barker (born June 28, 1964) is a former American football punter in the National Football League (NFL).

Barker last played for the St. Louis Rams in 2005.  Barker has previously played with the Kansas City Chiefs, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Washington Redskins, and the Green Bay Packers.

On November 28, 2002, during week 13 of the NFL season against the Dallas Cowboys, Barker experienced a severely broken nose, a subdural hematoma, while playing in a nationally televised game.

Aaron Schatz of statistics site Football Outsiders noted a punt Barker kicked "in 1999 that was just ridiculous, far past any baseline I had ever created. In Week 5, on the road against the Jets, [Barker] punted the ball from the Jaguars' own 5-yard line to the Jets' 12-yard line, an 83-yard punt

References

External links
St. Louis Rams bio (2005)

1964 births
Living people
American Conference Pro Bowl players
American football punters
Green Bay Packers players
Jacksonville Jaguars players
Kansas City Chiefs players
Miramonte High School alumni
Philadelphia Eagles players
Players of American football from Jacksonville, Florida
People from Jacksonville Beach, Florida
People from Orinda, California
Players of American football from Contra Costa County, California
Santa Clara Broncos football players
St. Louis Rams players
Washington Redskins players
His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons

His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons is the head of HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the senior inspector of prisons, young offender institutions and immigration service detention and removal centres in England and Wales. The current chief inspector is Charlie Taylor.

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons is appointed by the Justice Secretary from outside the prison service for a period of five years. The post was created by royal sign-manual on 1 January 1981 and established by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 on the recommendation of a committee of inquiry into the UK prison service under Justice May.

The chief inspector provides independent scrutiny of detention in England and Wales through carrying out announced and unannounced inspections of detention facilities. Their remit includes prisons, young offenders institutions, police cells and immigration service detention centres. They are also called upon to inspect prison facilities in Commonwealth dependencies and to assist with the monitoring of Northern Ireland prison facilities.

The chief inspector is not operationally part of His Majesty's Prison Service or the Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom), and both have been criticised at times in the reports issued by the chief inspector after prison visits, or in their annual report, delivered to the Justice Secretary and presented to Parliament. The inspectorate's independence has been interpreted differently by the different holders of the post. From the inspectorate of Stephen Tumim onwards, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has been more willing to speak critically in public of government penal policy.

There is also a separate post of His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland, and a HM Inspectorate of Probation.

The Prisons Act 1835 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that introduced five paid prison inspectors.

HM Chief Inspectors of Prisons

 1981–1982: Philip Barry
 1982–1987: Sir James Hennessy
 1987–1995: Judge Stephen Tumim
 1995–2001: General Sir David Ramsbotham
 2001–2010: Dame Anne Owers
 2010–2016: Nick Hardwick
 2016–2020: Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke
 2020–present: Charlie Taylor

External links
 HM Inspectorate of Prisons independent website

See also
Prison Act 1877

Notes

 
Penal system in England
Penal system in Wales
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1835
1835 in law
WSFX

WSFX may refer to:

 WSFX-TV, a television station (channel 29, virtual 26) licensed to Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
 WSFX (FM), a radio station (89.1 FM) licensed to Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, United States
The Silver Lining (Soul Asylum album)

The Silver Lining is Soul Asylum's 9th studio album. It was released on July 11, 2006, eight years after Candy from a Stranger.

It is the last studio album with original bassist Karl Mueller, who died of cancer on June 17, 2005. Mueller was able to play on most of the tracks, while the band brought in Tommy Stinson for the remaining ones.

The single "Stand Up And Be Strong" was chosen by ABC and ESPN for their college football coverage for the 2006–2007 season.

Fellow Minneapolis musician Prince recorded a cover of "Stand Up And Be Strong" in 2010, and it was eventually released in his 2021 posthumous record Welcome 2 America.

Track listing
All songs written by Dave Pirner.
"Stand Up And Be Strong" – 4:22
"Lately" – 3:27
"Crazy Mixed Up World" – 3:55
"All Is Well" – 3:13
"Bus Named Desire" – 3:04
"Whatcha Need" – 3:50
"Standing Water" – 4:38
"Success Is Not So Sweet" – 4:56
"The Great Exaggerator" – 4:06
"Oxygen" – 4:01
"Good For You" – 3:52
"Slowly Rising" – 3:55"Fearless Leader" (hidden track) – 3:32

Singles

"All is Well"
"Stand Up and Be Strong"
"Standing Water"
"Good For You"

Charts

Band members
 Dave Pirner – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 Dan Murphy – lead guitar, backing vocals
 Karl Mueller – bass
 Michael Bland – drums

Additional Personnel
 Tommy Stinson – bass
 John Fields – bass
 Jeff Victor – keyboards

References

External links

Soul Asylum albums
2006 albums
Columbia Records albums
Monte Estância

Monte Estância is a mountain in the southeastern part of the island Boa Vista in Cape Verde. At 387 m elevation, it is the island's highest point. It is located 4 km from the Atlantic coast and 23 km southeast of the island capital Sal Rei. It is part of a protected natural space under the statute of natural monument, which covers 739 ha.

See also
List of mountains in Cape Verde

References

Geography of Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Estancia
Estancia
Le Matin Bleu

Le Matin Bleu (literally: "The blue morning") was a Swiss French language free daily newspaper, published by Edipresse in Lausanne between 2005 and 2009.

History
A tabloid-format newspaper, Le Matin Bleu was first published on 31 October 2005, and had a circulation of about 100,000.  It was launched in anticipation of 20 minutes, the French-language edition of 20 Minuten, starting 8 March 2006, both of which are also free daily newspapers.

The newspaper was distributed in the most-populated areas of Romandy. While it shared its name with the daily newspaper Le Matin, also published by Edipresse, it was edited independently.

On 24 September 2009, the newspaper ceased publication because of the merger of Edipresse and Tamedia, which was already publishing 20 minutes.

See also
 List of free daily newspapers
 List of newspapers in Switzerland

References

External links
 lematinbleu.ch (in French), the newspaper's official website

2005 establishments in Switzerland
2009 disestablishments in Switzerland
Defunct free daily newspapers
Defunct newspapers published in Switzerland
French-language newspapers published in Switzerland
Publications disestablished in 2009
Newspapers established in 2005
Mass media in Lausanne
Skin discography

Skin is the lead singer of Skunk Anansie and a solo artist. She has released two albums as a solo artist and featured on several other artists albums. For Skunk Anansie's full discography see Skunk Anansie discography.

This discography features Skin's main releases across Europe.

Studio albums

Singles

Appearances

As a solo artist, Skin has worked with various other artists and provided her work for sound tracks.

Notes

References

Discographies of British artists
Pop music discographies
Far Far Away

Far Far Away  may refer to:

Songs
 "Far Far Away" (song), by Slade, 1974
 "Far Far Away", by Battle Beast from Unholy Savior, 2015
 "Far Far Away", by Blackmore's Night from Secret Voyage, 2008
 "Far, Far Away", by Five Iron Frenzy from Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo''' 2001
 "Far, Far Away", by Wilco from Being There, 1996
 "Far-Far-Away", composed by Ned Rorem, 1963

Other uses
 Far Far Away, a fictional place in the Shrek franchise
 Far Far Away, a Shrek-inspired zone at Universal Studios Singapore
 Far Far Away, a 2013 novel by Tom McNeal
 Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 7: Far, Far Away, a Star Wars comic book omnibus volume
 Far Far Away (film), a 2021 Hong Kong film

See also
 "Far Far Far Away", a song by Lisa Mitchell from Welcome to the Afternoon''
 Far Away (disambiguation)
Katorz

Katorz is the eleventh studio album and fourteenth release overall by the Canadian heavy metal band Voivod, released on July 25, 2006.

Demos for the album had been made, but before the band could properly begin recording it guitarist Denis D'Amour (a.k.a. Piggy) died on August 25, 2005, due to colon cancer. The guitar and bass tracks for Katorz had been recorded by D'Amour and bassist Jason Newsted (formerly of Metallica) on D'Amour's Mac at Newsted's house in California. When D'Amour would send the band a Pro Tools CD of the demos, he wrote "Katorz" on it, a phonetic spelling of "quatorze", the French word for fourteen. After D'Amour's death, Langevin and Bélanger recorded their drum and vocal tracks, respectively, to be added to those existing tracks. The song, "The X-Stream", is included in the videogame Guitar Hero II.

Track listing

Personnel
Voivod
Denis Bélanger a.k.a. Snake - vocals
Denis D'Amour a.k.a. Piggy - guitar, interludes
Jason Newsted a.k.a. Jasonic - bass guitar, backing vocals
Michel Langevin a.k.a. Away - drums, interludes, artwork

Additional musicians
Ramachandra Borcar - interludes

Production
Glen Robinson - producer, mixing with Voivod
Dominique Lejeune, Olivier Ouimet - assistant engineers
Howie Weinberg - mastering at Masterdisk, New York

References 

2006 albums
Voivod (band) albums
The End Records albums
Nuclear Blast albums
Victor Entertainment albums
Hemophiliac (band)

Hemophiliac is an experimental musical act. This group is billed as "improvisational music from the outer reaches of madness". Mike Patton does voice effects along with John Zorn on saxophone and Ikue Mori on laptop electronics.

Discography
2002 – Hemophiliac (limited two-disc set)
2004 – 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6

American experimental musical groups
Gwalleuk

Gwalleuk was a Korean Buddhist monk from the kingdom of Baekje who lived during the time of King Wideok. In 602, he travelled to Japan and is known for helping to spread the teachings of Taoism and Buddhism to Japan.  In particular, he brought over fangshu texts related to the likes of geomancy and onmyōdō (yinyang-based sorcery and divination), as well as a calendar, according to the Nihon Shoki. In 624, he was made a high priest (僧正 sōjō), possibly of Gangō-ji, for the rest of his life.

He is mentioned several times in Buddhist records in Japan, where he was known as Kanroku, the Japanese reading of his name.

Asteroid 
The asteroid 4963 Kanroku discovered on 18 February 1977 by Hiroki Kosai and Kiichirō Furukawa of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory was named after him.

References

See also
List of Baekje-related topics
Korean Buddhism
Three Kingdoms of Korea

Baekje people
6th-century births
Baekje Buddhist monks
Asuka period Buddhist clergy
Korean Buddhist missionaries
7th-century deaths
Onmyōdō
South Stoa I (Athens)

The South Stoa I of Athens was located on the south side of the Agora, in Athens, Greece, between the Heliaia and the Enneakrounos, a southeastern fountain house. It was built around 425–400 BC (during the Classical Era). The stoa was in use until c. 150 BC, when it was replaced by South Stoa II (of Athens).

Archaeologists also theorize that the stoa may have had a second story. The two-aisled stoa opened north, with a Doric outer colonnade, an inner colonnade of unknown order and sixteen rooms which lined the southern wall. Of the sixteen rooms, one narrow room must have served as a vestibule, while the other fifteen square rooms were probably used for public dining. The rooms were outfitted for city magistrates fed at public expense.

References 

Buildings and structures completed in the 5th century BC
Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens
Former buildings and structures in Greece
Colonnades
Ancient Agora of Athens
Stoas in Greece

Classical Athens
Algoma Light

The Algoma Light or Algoma Pierhead Light is a lighthouse located near Algoma in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin.

The lighthouse was first established in 1893 as a set of range lights. It was rebuilt in 1908, at which time it was a conical tower built of  steel plate,  in diameter at the base and  in diameter at the parapet. It stood  high. In 1932, it was modified again and the entire structure was raised to a height of  by placing the older tower on a new steel base  in diameter, that increased the focal height to forty-two feet. The station was automated in 1973. It is listed as number 20975 in the USCG light lists.

History 
The lighthouse was first established in 1893 as a set of range lights. In 1895, a fifth-order lens replaced the original lantern; increasing the effective range of the light to 11 miles. In 1907, with the keeper's accommodations still unbuilt, the wooden tower was in a significant state of distress and the decision was made to replace the tower. It was rebuilt in 1908. It stood  high.

The Fresnel lens remained the source of illumination until June 5, 2019, when it was replaced with an LED light. The Fresnel lens was placed on display at the North Point Lighthouse museum in Milwaukee.

Keepers 
The Light has had several keepers throughout its long history even prior to the construction of the tower. Ole Hansen was the first to man the light from 1893 – 1895. Charles E. Young followed in 1895 and remained until 1899. The third keeper was Nelson Knudsen who manned it from 1899 to 1901. In 1901, Gustavus Umberham transferred to Algoma from the Cedar River Lighthouse; bringing his five children with him. Umberham drowned on February 3, 1913, during a boat trip with three acquaintances, he was swept overboard by a large wave. Eugene Kimball, a close friend of Umberham was transferred to the station in April 1913. Kimball was manned the light until 1923 when he was transferred. After Kimball left, Carl J. Graan manned the lighthouse from 1923 to 1944.

Images

References

Further reading

 Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
 Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) .
 
 Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001) Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present (Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books) ; .
 Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) .

External links
Anderson, Kraig, Lighthouse friends article
Seeing the light

National Park Service Maritime Heritage Project, Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin 

Lighthouses completed in 1908
Lighthouses completed in 1932
Buildings and structures in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Lighthouses in Wisconsin
Tourist attractions in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
1908 establishments in Wisconsin
Dadie Rylands

George Humphrey Wolferstan Rylands  (23 October 1902 – 16 January 1999), known as Dadie Rylands, was a British literary scholar and theatre director. 

Rylands was born at the Down House, Tockington, Gloucestershire, to Thomas Kirkland Rylands, a land agent, and Bertha Nisbet Wolferstan (née Thomas). His grandfather was the Liberal politician Peter Rylands. Educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, he was a Fellow of King's from 1927 until his death. While at Cambridge, he became a friend of John Maynard Keynes, also a student and Fellow at King’s. He also befriended Cecil Beaton there.

As well as studying Shakespeare, he was actively involved in the theatre. He directed and acted in many productions for The Marlowe Society, and was chairman of the Cambridge Arts Theatre from 1946 to 1982.

Rylands' 1939 Shakespeare anthology Ages of Man was the basis of John Gielgud's one-man show of the same title. Though Rylands specialised in directing university productions at Cambridge, he also directed Gielgud in professional productions of The Duchess of Malfi and Hamlet in London in 1945.

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1961 and a Companion of Honour (CH) in 1987.

References

External links
George Rylands at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

British theatre directors
1902 births
1999 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
English theatre directors
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour
People educated at Eton College
People from South Gloucestershire District
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Fellows of King's College, Cambridge