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Roger de Kirkpatrick

Sir Roger de Kirkpatrick of Closeburn (fl. 14th century) was a Scottish gentleman, a 3rd cousin and associate of Robert the Bruce, a 1st cousin of Sir William Wallace. He was born  at the Kirkpatrick stronghold of Closeburn Castle.

Kirkpatrick was appointed one of the deputy justiciars of Scotland, given responsibility for Galloway in partnership with the English justiciar Walter de Burghdon. This appointment is recorded in the Ordinances of 1305, by which Edward I attempted to order the administration of a Scotland reduced to the status of a "land" instead of a realm. An ally of Robert Bruce, Kirkpatrick was present in the Chapel of Greyfriars Monastery in Dumfries on 10 February 1306 when Bruce quarrelled with John "the Red" Comyn and killed him.

The exact sequence of events is disputed by historians but some traditions suggest that Bruce had earlier proposed that he and Comyn unite against Edward I, a plan which Comyn subsequently betrayed to the English king, a betrayal which led to the conflict at Dumfries and Comyn's death. Kirkpatrick's actions are well-known but attested to be a tale (according to Geoffrey Barrow). Bruce, having wounded Comyn with his dagger, rushed from the church and encountered his attendants outside. Bruce told them what had happened and said, "I must be off, for I doubt I have slain the Red Comyn," "Doubt?" Kirkpatrick of Closeburn answered, "I mak sikker," ("I'll make sure," or "I make sure") and rushing into the church, finishing Comyn.

Less than seven weeks after the killing in Dumfries, Bruce was crowned King of Scotland; he granted their  armorial to the Kirkpatricks. "I mak sikker" became the family motto.

See also
Clan Kirkpatrick

References

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Plumbosolvency

Plumbosolvency is the ability of a solvent, notably water, to dissolve lead. In the public supply of water this is an undesirable property. In (usually older) consumers' premises plumbosolvent water can attack lead pipes, lead service lines, and any lead in solder used to join copper. 
Plumbosolvency of water can be countered by achieving a pH of 7.5 by increasing the pH with lime or sodium hydroxide (lye), or by providing a protective coating to the inside of lead pipes by the addition of phosphate at the water treatment works.

While optimal pH for prevention of plumbosolvency is 7.5, performance remains very good in the range pH 7.2-7.6.
Achieving this pH has been shown to decrease population blood lead concentrations.(3, 4)

Chlorinating water also reduces dissolved lead. It causes the interiors of lead pipes to become coated with lead chloride, which is very insoluble in cold water. However, lead chloride is fairly soluble in hot water. For this reason, water that is to be used for drinking or the preparation of food should never be taken from a hot-water tap, if the water may have been in contact with lead. Water should be taken from a cold-water tap, and heated in a pan or kettle that does not contain lead or lead solder.

See also
 Drinking water quality standards
 Lead service line
 2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents

References 
 Rónan Daly, Martin Kimber. "Lead piping and plumbosolvency."  Engineers Journal Volume 63, Issue 1: January/February 2009
 Moore, M.R.   Plumbosolvency of waters.  Nature (1973) 243  222 223  
 Moore, M.R., Goldberg, A., Fyfe, W.M., and Richards, W.N.  Maternal lead levels after alteration to water supply. Lancet (1981) ii:  203 204  .
 Moore, M.R., Robertson, S.J., Gilmour, W.H., Murray, G.D., Britton, A., Low,R.A. Watt, G.C.M.  Decline of blood lead concentrations in Glasgow.  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (1998) 52 672-673
 Troesken E. "The great lead water pipe disaster" MIT Press (2006)
 Higher secondary chemistry textbook (volume 2) for stateboard students

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Oldman Formation

The Oldman Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Cretaceous (Campanian stage) age that underlies much of southern Alberta, Canada. It consists primarily of sandstones that were deposited in fluvial channel and floodplain environments.  It was named for exposures along the Oldman River between its confluence with the St. Mary River and the city of Lethbridge, and it is known primarily for its dinosaur remains and other fossils.

Lithology 
The Oldman Formation is composed primarily of light-colored, fine-grained sandstones.  They are upward-fining, lenticular to sheet-like bodies that are yellowish, steep-faced and blocky in outcrop.  The formation also includes lesser amounts of siltstone and mudstone.

Depositional environments 
 
The sediments of the Oldman Formation were deposited in fluvial channels (the sandstones) and a variety of channel margin, overbank and floodplain environments (the siltstones and mudstones).  The formation is about  thick at Dinosaur Provincial Park in southeastern Alberta.  It thickens toward the southwest, and northwestern Montana appears to have been the primary source of the sediments.

Relationship to other units 
The Oldman Formation is a member of the Belly River Group (also known as the Judith River Group).  It conformably overlies the Foremost Formation, and is separated from the overlying Dinosaur Park Formation by a regional disconformity. The sediments of the Oldman are superficially similar to those of the Dinosaur Park, which was included in the Oldman Formation prior to the recognition of the disconformity. The two formations can also be distinguished by petrographic and sedimentologic differences.

Age 
The Oldman Formation was deposited during the middle Campanian, between about 77.5 and 76.5 million years ago. It lies fully within magnetic polarity Chron 33n.

Fossil content 
List of dinosaurs found in the formation:

Theropods

Ornithischians

See also 
 List of fossil sites (with link directory)
 List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

Bibliography 
 D.A. Eberth. 1996. Origin and significance of mud-filled incised valleys (Upper Cretaceous) in southern Alberta, Canada. Sedimentology 43:459–477
 Ryan, M. J., and Russell, A. P., 2001. Dinosaurs of Alberta (exclusive of Aves): In: Mesozoic Vertebrate Life, edited by Tanke, D. H., and Carpenter, K., Indiana University Press, pp. 279–297

Geologic formations of Alberta
Upper Cretaceous Series of North America
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Campanian Stage
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Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Dennis Haley

Dennis Haley (born February 18, 1982) is a former gridiron football linebacker. He most recently played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was originally signed by the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Virginia.

Haley has also played for the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers.

On March 15, 2010, Haley was acquired by the BC Lions from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in exchange for DB Jerome Dennis. He was later released before the start of the 2010 CFL season.

Early years
Haley was a standout player at Salem High School. He joined the varsity team at running back during his freshman season.  Haley rushed for 3,762 yards and 63 touchdowns during his 4-year career.  He also started at linebacker during his senior season.  Haley helped lead Salem to three state championships (1996, 1998, 1999) and an overall record of 48–6.  He also played on Salem's state championship basketball team in 1999. Dated former American Idol Kelly Clarkson

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Sportspeople from Roanoke, Virginia
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Ramón Iglesias i Navarri

Ramón Iglesias i Navarri (28 January 1889 in Vall de Boí – 31 March 1972) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop. He was the Bishop of Urgell and  Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra from 4 April 1943, until 29 April 1969. During World War II, he helped to keep Andorra neutral and strongly promoted a Spanish influence in the principality. It is during his time that tourism was developed. Navarri was ordained priest on 14 July 1912, at the age of 23.

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Alpha Pyxidis

Alpha Pyxidis, Latinised from α Pyxidis, is a giant star in the constellation Pyxis. It has a stellar classification of B1.5III and is a Beta Cephei variable. This star has more than ten times the mass of the Sun and is more than six times the Sun's radius. The surface temperature is  and the star is about 10,000 times as luminous as the Sun. Stars such as this with more than 10 solar masses are expected to end their life by exploding as a supernova.

Naming
In Chinese,  (), meaning Celestial Dog, refers to an asterism consisting of α Pyxidis, e Velorum, f Velorum, β Pyxidis, γ Pyxidis and δ Pyxidis. Consequently, α Pyxidis itself is known as  (, ).

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Boral

Boral Limited is an Australia-based integrated construction materials company. The Company is engaged in producing and selling a broad range of construction materials including quarry products, cement, concrete, asphalt and recycled materials. The Company's segments include Construction Materials and Property. The Company's Construction Materials segment operates across Australia and offers quarries, concrete, asphalt, landfill, cement, recycling, transport and placing. Its Property segment is engaged in the development or divestment of surplus properties. The Company's products are offered to end-use markets, which include residential and non-residential construction and the engineering and infrastructure markets. With revenue for total operations of A$3.46 billion (2023), Boral has about 7,500 employees and contractors working across 360 operating and distribution sites. Its headquarters are located in Sydney, Australia.

History
Boral was founded by David Craig on 4 March 1946 as Bitumen and Oil Refineries (Australia) Limited with Caltex having a 40% shareholding. In March 1947, it opened Matraville Refinery, Australia's first bitumen and oil refinery. In 1963, the company was renamed Boral Limited having been commonly referred to by its acronym since it commenced trading. In 1964, it purchased the Gas Supply Company with 28 coal gas companies in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. In 1968 Boral sold a 50% stake in its refining business to Total, before selling it the remainder in January 1972. In 1969, it entered the building materials industry through a number of acquisitions.

In 1979, Boral entered the United States market, purchasing a 55% shareholding in California Tile from Amalco. In February 1987 Boral purchased cement manufacturer Blue Circle Southern Cement from BHP and Blue Circle Industries. In 1990, Midland Brick was purchased.

In January 2000, Boral sold its tyre business to Bridgestone. In February 2000, Boral's energy assets were spun off into a separate listed entity, Origin Energy.

In December 2020, Boral sold Midland Brick to the Buckeridge Group of Companies. This followed Boral selling its bricks business on Australia's east coast in 2016.

In April 2021, Boral divested its plasterboard business, completing the process with the sale of its 50 per cent interest in the USG Boral joint venture to Knauf group for US$1.015 billion. In May 2021, Seven Group Holdings launched a takeover bid. In June 2021, Boral sold its United States operations to Westlake Chemical. In July 2021, Seven gained control of Boral with a 70% shareholding.

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Butterfly graph

In the mathematical field of graph theory, the butterfly graph (also called the bowtie graph and the hourglass graph) is a planar, undirected graph with 5 vertices and 6 edges. It can be constructed by joining 2 copies of the cycle graph  with a common vertex and is therefore isomorphic to the friendship graph .

The butterfly graph has diameter 2 and girth 3, radius 1, chromatic number 3, chromatic index 4 and is both Eulerian and a penny graph (this implies that it is unit distance and planar). It is also a 1-vertex-connected graph and a 2-edge-connected graph.

There are only three non-graceful simple graphs with five vertices. One of them is the butterfly graph. The two others are cycle graph  and the complete graph .

It often can serve as a simple counterexample to many seemingly intuitive ideas in graph theory.

Bowtie-free graphs
A graph is bowtie-free if it has no butterfly as an induced subgraph. The triangle-free graphs are bowtie-free graphs, since every butterfly contains a triangle.

In a k-vertex-connected graph, an edge is said to be k-contractible if the contraction of the edge results in a k-connected graph. Ando, Kaneko, Kawarabayashi and Yoshimoto proved that every k-vertex-connected bowtie-free graph has a k-contractible edge.

Algebraic properties
The full automorphism group of the butterfly graph is a group of order 8 isomorphic to the dihedral group D4, the group of symmetries of a square, including both rotations and reflections.

The characteristic polynomial of the butterfly graph is .

References 

Individual graphs
Planar graphs
The Conquest of Space

The Conquest of Space is a 1949 speculative science book written by Willy Ley and illustrated by Chesley Bonestell. The book contains a portfolio of paintings by Bonestell depicting the possible future exploration of the Solar System, with explanatory text by Ley. Most of the 58 illustrations by Bonestell in Conquest, were previously published in color, in popular magazines.

Influences on fiction
 Some of Bonestell's designs inspired the look of George Pal's 1955 science fiction movie Conquest of Space, which also takes its title from the book, but uses it as a framework on which to hang a melodramatic plot. 
 Bonestell's illustrations of the Moon in The Conquest of Space were used by Hergé as a basis for his illustrations of the lunar surface in his 1952–53 The Adventures of Tintin comic, Explorers on the Moon. 
 Arthur C. Clarke was also an admirer of The Conquest of Space; in his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke refers to Saturn's moon Iapetus as "Japetus" due to that being the spelling used by Ley in The Conquest of Space.
 Larry Niven's 1967 short story "The Soft Weapon" is set on a planet around Beta Lyrae; Niven's description of Beta Lyrae is actually a meticulous retelling of the details of Bonestell's painting rather than any kind of portrayal of the Beta Lyrae system itself, which is now understood to look quite different.

References

Notes

Bibliography

 Ley, Willy. The Conquest of Space. New York: Viking, 1949. Pre-ISBN era.

Astronomy books
Spaceflight books
Waltz in E minor (Chopin)

The Waltz in E minor is a waltz for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin. It was composed circa 1830 and published in May 1851.

It was the first of Chopin's posthumously published waltzes not to be given an opus number. It appears in Brown's catalogue as B. 56, in Kobylańska's catalogue as KK IVa/15, in Chomiński's as P1/15, and in the Chopin National Edition as WN 29. It was composed shortly before Chopin left Poland at the age of 20. Although this is the final (fourteenth) waltz in the older editions of Chopin (other waltzes being included in more recent editions), it is believed to have been composed before any of the waltzes published in Chopin's lifetime.

In a typical performance, this waltz lasts just under three minutes.

In 1956, Jerome Robbins choreographed his ballet The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody) which uses, among other works by Chopin, the Waltz in E minor for the portion known as the "Mistake Waltz".

Structure 
This E minor waltz is in a modified rondo form as "Introduction–A–B–A–B–A–C–A'–coda". The "C" is in E major with temporary modulations to G-sharp minor.

References

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Waltzes by Frédéric Chopin
1830 compositions
Compositions in E minor
Compositions by Frédéric Chopin published posthumously
James Jackson (American football)

James Shurrade Jackson (born August 4, 1976) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played for the Cleveland Browns, the Green Bay Packers, and the Arizona Cardinals.

Jackson played collegiate football at the University of Miami. James has two younger siblings, Terrence and Daelynn Hicks.

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Players of American football from Belle Glade, Florida
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The Lovely Feathers

The Lovely Feathers are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They have played the South by Southwest, Pop Montreal and North by Northeast festivals several times. Their albums reached the top of Canadian and American college radio charts. They play eccentric indie pop with quirky lyrics.

History
The Lovely Feathers formed in 2004.  Their first album was an independent release titled My Best Friend Daniel.  Their second album (first official LP), Hind Hind Legs, was released on April 18, 2006 by EMI and Equator Records, followed by a North American tour with Metric.  It was produced by Jimmy Shaw of Metric and Drew Malamud.  Their third record, Fantasy of the Lot, was released on June 2, 2009 by EMI and Sparks Music.

In June 2009 their album Fantasy of the Lot was released. The album showed the band's more developed and consistent style.

The Lovely Feathers made two music videos. "Frantic", their single from Hind Hind Legs, was a playful, semi-animated video directed by artist Jon Rafman.  "Lowiza", off of Fantasy of the Lot, was a more traditional narrative about aging sexual impulses, directed by Alan Compton in 2009.

Their song 'Wrong Choice' was featured on the TV show One Tree Hill, and their song 'Frantic' was placed in an episode of Vice Guide to Travel. They have also performed live on MTV Live (Canada) twice.

After 2010, the band went into hiatus, but began performing again in 2014.

Discography

Albums
 My Best Friend Daniel (2005)
 Hind Hind Legs (2006)
 Fantasy of the Lot - June 2009 (Canadian release), August 2009 (US release)

Videography
 Frantic (2006) directed by Jon Rafman
 Lowiza (2009) directed by Alan Compton

See also

Music of Quebec
Canadian rock
List of bands from Canada

References

External links

Musical groups established in 2004
Canadian indie rock groups
Musical groups from Montreal
English-language musical groups from Quebec
Justí Guitart i Vilardebó

Justí Guitart i Vilardebó (December 16, 1875 – January 30, 1940) was the Bishop of Urgell and Episcopal Co-Prince of Andorra from 1920 until his death in 1940.

Born in Barcelona, Guitart was ordained as a priest in 1901, and was consecrated as Bishop of Urgell on May 23, 1920. He took the oath as Prince on July 27 of the same year. During his reign, numerous improvements, such as the introduction of electricity, the construction of roads, and establishment of Spanish post offices, came to Andorra.

Guitart died in Barcelona on 30 January 1940.

There is a street named after him in La Seu d'Urgell called the Carrer del Bisbe Guitart. On September 9, 2009 a monument dedicated to his memory was established in Andorra.

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Albertino Essers

Albertino Essers (born 30 May 1969) is a Dutch former professional darts player. Nicknamed The Sensation, he competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.

Career

In the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship, Essers defeated the number 2 seed, Scotland's Gary Anderson, in the first round, but lost to Scotsman Paul Hanvidge in the second round. Paul Hogan beat Essers in the second round in 2006, after Essers had defeated Ted Hankey 3–1 in the first round. At one point Essers suffered from dartitis, an inability to release the dart while throwing.

World Championship performances

BDO

 2003: 1st Round (lost to Richie Davies 1–3)
 2004: 1st Round (lost to Steve Duke 1–3)
 2006: 2nd Round (lost to Paul Hogan 2–4)
 2007: 2nd Round (lost to Paul Hanvidge 1–4)

Performance timeline

Notes

External links
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Hageman Farm

The Hageman Farm is a historic house located at 209 South Middlebush Road in Somerset, New Jersey. It is a registered historic place of New Jersey.

Hageman family
The progenitors of the Hageman family were Catherine and Adrian Hegeman, who emigrated from the Netherlands around 1650 or 1651. They first settled in Flatbush, New York, then in 1702, four grandsons of Adrian and Catherine moved to Six Mile Run, New Jersey.

Benjamin B. Hageman
Adrian's great-grandson was Benjamin B. Hageman (1812–1890). In 1845, Benjamin married Jane Van Wickle (1823–1901), and they moved to Somerville, New Jersey and farmed there for the next sixteen years. Jane Van Wickle was a descendant of Symen Van Wickle. In 1861, Benjamin moved to the Garretson-Hageman farm, and in 1868, he renovated and expanded the existing house. Benjamin had two sons: Samuel Hageman (c1845-1876); and Garretson Hageman (1846–1915).

Garretson Hageman
Garretson Hageman was the next owner of the house. He graduated from Rutgers College in 1868, and he became the area's land surveyor, civil engineer, and notary.  He married Caroline Gano Staats had FOUR children: Jane Ann Van Wickle Hageman (1888–1978) who married Frederick Locke Bascom (1887-?); Peter Hageman, Magdeline Gano Hageman who married Tunis Davis(1890-1965) and Benjamin Hegeman.

Peter Hageman
The house passed to Peter Hageman (c1890-1943) in 1933, after the death of his grandmother. Peter was the Franklin Township Tax Collector from 1928 until his death in 1943; his wife assumed his duties, continuing for another 24 years from the house. For nearly 40 years, the large room off the south porch served as the Tax Collector's office. Peter's son, Garretson Hageman continued to live on the farm with his family until 1972, when the land was condemned for the proposed Six Mile Run Reservoir.

Meadows Foundation
The Hageman Farm remained deserted for over five years, damaged by weather, neglect and vandalism. Abandonment of the Six-Mile Run Reservoir allowed the house to avoid being demolished. On July 13, 1978, the Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey authorizing the purchase of the farm and out-buildings for $100 by the Meadows Foundation. The annual lease of the surrounding  to be returned to the Township in lieu of taxes.

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Red mangrove

Red mangrove may refer to at least three plant species:
 Rhizophora mangle
 Rhizophora mucronata
 Rhizophora stylosa
13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition

The 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition was the Soviet Antarctic Expedition that ran from 1967 to 1969.

The leader of the expedition was Aleksei Treshnikov. American scientists on the expedition researched the accessible ice-free locations on the west coast of Enderby Land.

References
 MacNamara, E. E. (1970) "Some Limnological Observations from Enderby Land, Antarctica" in Limnology and Oceanography pp. 768–75

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Rebel Never Gets Old

"Rebel Never Gets Old" is a mash-up of the songs "Rebel Rebel" and "Never Get Old", where the two songs are mixed into each other, produced by producer Mark Vidler, also known as Go Home Productions. It was released as a rare single, following some copies of Reality in Europe in 2004. The "Radio Mix" had already been available as an iTunes download before a promo single was released. The single eventually officially appeared as a CD-single, a 12" vinyl version and a 12" vinyl picture disc, but for some reason the first two were very difficult to obtain. The single nevertheless peaked at #47 in the UK charts in June 2004.

Track listing

CD: ISO-Columbia / COL 674971 (EU) 

 "Rebel Never Gets Old" (Radio Mix) 3:25
 "Rebel Never Gets Old" (7th Heaven Edit) 4:19
 "Rebel Never Gets Old" (7th Heaven Mix)
 "Days" (Album version)

Other releases
 The "7th Heaven Edit", which was labelled "Extended Edit" on the promo, is also available on the Digital Beauties.001 compilation.

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Patrick Bedard

Patrick Bedard (born August 20, 1941, in La Porte City, Iowa) is an American automobile racing driver and journalist.

In the early 1970s, Car and Driver magazine challenged its readers to a series of Sports Car Club of America (SCCA)-sanctioned, 25-lap "showroom stock sedan" races. In the Car and Driver SS/Sedan Challenge II, Bedard finished first, driving Car & Driver's own Opel 1900 sedan. In the Car and Driver SS/Sedan Challenge III in 1974, Bedard drove a 1973 Chevy Vega GT No. 0, winning the tie-breaker race. This lone Vega beat 31 other well-driven showroom stocks.

The first racing victory by a Wankel-engined car in the United States was in 1973, when Bedard won an IMSA RS race at Lime Rock Park in a Mazda RX-2. In the 1984 Indianapolis 500 Bedard's car slammed the inside wall and then flipped multiple times in the grass. He remarkably survived the crash.

Bedard drove for Jaguar Cars in endurance racing, and later drove in the Indianapolis 500 in 1983 and 1984. He finished 30th both times, the second time retiring through a colossal accident where his car flipped several times. Bedard then retired from motor racing but continued to write for Car and Driver magazine, where he had been employed since March, 1968.

After nearly 42 consecutive years of employment with Car and Driver, Bedard announced he was leaving the magazine in his regular column after the August 2009 issue.

Racing record

USAC Mini-Indy Series results

Indianapolis 500 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

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Balthazar Alvarez

Balthazar Alvarez (April 1534 – July 25, 1580) was a Spanish Catholic mystic and was the spiritual director of St. Teresa.

Life
Alvarez was born in Cervera del Río Alhama, Spain, in April 1534 to a noble family. He studied philosophy and theology in the University of Alcalá. His inclination was first towards the Carthusians because of their life of contemplation, but finally he entered the Society of Jesus at Alcalá in 1555, fifteen years after its foundation. In the novitiate of Simancas he met St. Francis Borgia and a strong affection was established between them. He resumed his philosophical and theological studies at Alcalá and Ávila, under the guidance of the Dominicans, for as yet in Spain the Society of Jesus had no College for theological studies of its own.

Although continual interruptions of his studies impeded his progress in scholastic theology, he did advance in the field of mystical theology. He became confessor, master of novices, rector, provincial, and visitor. Alvarez was drawn to asceticism and mortification, and recommended this approach to those under his supervision.

He was ordained a priest in 1558, and, at the age of twenty-six was appointed minister in Avila. There he became the spiritual director for a number of individuals, including St. Teresa, with whom he was rather severe, charging her with being frivolous. He was at first skeptical of her accounts of mystical experience until he later experienced something similar himself. Because of his connection with the Carmelite nun, some of the opposition she encountered in her efforts of reform was directed at him, as well.

Alvarez not only guided her in matters of the spirit, but defended her from her critics, encouraged her in her work of reform, and had much to do with framing the rules of the new Order.

Alvarez's direction of Teresa continued for seven years. She said that it was revealed to her that there was no one in the world who surpassed him in sanctity. They maintained correspondence when he was away.

In March 1567 he reportedly received the gift of infused contemplation. One result was that he became less disturbed by his own failings, and more tolerant of others. In 1574 he was made rector of Salamanca and visitor of the Province of Aragon and, in 1579, was about to be sent as provincial to Peru but that project was never carried out. He was well on in life when his method of prayer was questioned. By some it was looked upon as a delusion of the devil. Alvarez was compelled to write an account of it to the General of the Society of Jesus, Everard Mercurian, who approved of it, but discountenanced it as a general practice. At the same time, he expressed his esteem for Alvarez and employed him in the most responsible offices. He died at Belmonte in 1580.

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Christian Gottlob Neefe

Christian Gottlob Neefe (; 5 February 1748 – 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. He was known as one of the first teachers of Ludwig van Beethoven.

Life and career
Neefe was born in Chemnitz, Saxony. He received a musical education and started to compose at the age of 12. He studied law at Leipzig University, but subsequently returned to music to become a pupil of the composer Johann Adam Hiller under whose guidance he wrote his first comic operas.

In 1776 Neefe joined the Seyler theatrical company of Abel Seyler (then) in Dresden, and inherited the position of musical director from his mentor, Hiller. He later became court organist in Bonn and was the principal piano teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven. He helped Beethoven produce some of his first works. His best known work was a Singspiel called Adelheit von Veltheim (1780). In Bonn, Neefe became prefect of the local chapter of the Illuminati, the . He died in Dessau.

Works

Operas

Other works
Oden von Klopstock: Serenade for piano and voice. Flensburg 1776
Variations on the Priestermarsch aus der Zauberflöte
Twelve piano sonatas
Rondo in C major

References

External links

Operone Neefe page, accessed 13 November 2009

1748 births
1798 deaths
German opera composers
Male opera composers
German male classical composers
Musicians from Chemnitz
Seyler theatrical company
18th-century classical composers
18th-century German composers
18th-century male musicians
Da Capo Chamber Players

The Da Capo Chamber Players are an American contemporary music "Pierrot ensemble," founded in 1970. Winners of the Naumburg Award in 1973, its founding members included composer/pianist Joan Tower, violinist Joel Lester (former dean of Mannes College of Music), and flutist Patricia Spencer. The current members are Curtis Macomber, violin; Chris Gross, cello; Steve Beck, piano; Patricia Spencer, flute; and Meighan Stoops, clarinet. 

The Da Capo Chamber Players have commissioned over 100 works from composers such as Joan Tower, John Harbison, Chinary Ung, George Perle, Shulamit Ran, Philip Glass, Mohammed Fairouz, Kyle Gann, Roberto Carnevale, Milton Babbitt, Martin Bresnick, and David Lang among others. In recent years, Da Capo has established active creative relationships with prominent Russian contemporary composers, and the ensemble regularly visits Russia for performances and master classes. 

Da Capo has been in residence at Bard College since 1982, and since 2006 have been the ensemble-in-residence with the Bard Conservatory. The ensemble has released recordings on labels such as Bridge, New World, CRI, and Innova.

Recordings
Dreamtigers: Chamber Music by Judith Shatin (2004)
Chamber Music of Shulamit Ran (1995)
Joan Tower: Chamber & Solo Works (1994)
Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire (1992)

External links
 Official site
 Art of the States: Da Capo Chamber Players
 The Database of Recorded American Music: Da Capo Chamber Players
 Bard Conservatory: Faculty

Chamber music groups
Contemporary classical music ensembles
Musical groups established in 1970
Musicians from New York (state)
Geneviève Ward

Lucy Geneviève Teresa Ward, Countess de Guerbel, DBE (27 March 1837 – 18 August 1922), also known, albeit inaccurately, as Dame Geneviève Ward, was a United Kingdom-based American-born Russian soprano and actress. She was appointed Honorary Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire on her 84th birthday in 1921.

Life and career
Ward was born in New York City to Colonel Samuel Ward, and his wife, Lucy. She was the granddaughter of Gideon Lee, a former mayor of New York City. At the age of three she accompanied her parents to Europe. She began to display a preference for the arts, and devoted herself by turns to the study of painting, sculpture, and music. By degrees, music absorbed her entirely, and her proficiency on the piano attracted attention. 

On 10 November 1856, at age 19, she married a Russian count, Constantine de Guerbel. After a few years' stay in Europe, the family returned to New York, and soon afterward made the acquaintance of Henriette Sontag, who encouraged Ward to study singing. When the Ward family returned to Europe, Sontag gave Geneviève a letter of introduction to the composer Rossini. In 1862, after Ward's last role in La Traviata, she retired due to vocal difficulties. Ward later became a stage actress, noted for dramatic roles. She toured Australia as an actress.

Later years
She published a volume of reminiscences, Before and Behind the Curtain in 1918.

Death
Geneviève Ward, Countess de Guerbel, died of heart disease at her home in Hampstead on 18 August 1922, aged 85.

References

External links
The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News Saturday April 10, 1880

1837 births
1922 deaths
Former United States citizens
Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Russian people of American descent
Russian stage actresses
Russian women opera singers
Singers awarded knighthoods
Singers from New York City
Honorary Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Actresses awarded damehoods
19th-century American singers
19th-century American women singers
David Plowright

David Ernest Plowright  (11 December 1930 – 24 August 2006) was a British television executive and producer.

Life
Plowright was educated at Scunthorpe Grammar School. He began his career in journalism as a reporter on the Scunthorpe Star, and was, briefly, the equestrian correspondent of the Yorkshire Post. He joined Granada Television as news editor in 1957.

Plowright rose to become Controller of Programmes from 1969 to 1979, and he succeeded Denis Forman first as managing director, and then Chairman of Granada Television in 1987. The outlook of Granada TV, under the leadership of Foreman and Plowright was described as "non-conformist, alternative, non-London". He easily steered Granada through 1991 ITV franchise auctions by threatening to sell Coronation Street, Granada's signature show and one of the channel's biggest assets, to satellite television if their bid was rejected. Plowright was forced out in 1992 by Gerry Robinson, the new chief executive, which led to John Cleese describing Robinson as an "upstart caterer". Plowright's exit was regarded as a turning point in the process whereby ITV gave profits a bigger priority than programme quality.

At Granada, Plowright was a defender of the often controversial current affairs programme, World in Action. Under his leadership, dramas such as Brideshead Revisited and The Jewel In The Crown became successes for the company.

In 1993, Plowright, with the support and backing of the University of Salford established the Nations and Regions Media Conference (now Salford International Media Festival) to champion the cause of regional broadcasters and producers. He believed the nations and regions of the United Kingdom should have a bigger share in the production and decision-making processes of the major broadcasters.

Family
Plowright was the younger brother of actress Joan Plowright, who was married to Laurence Olivier. The connection led to Olivier appearing in several Granada drama productions, including Brideshead Revisited. Plowright married Brenda Key in 1953; they had a son and two daughters.

References

External links

David Plowright obituary from The Daily Telegraph

1930 births
2006 deaths
20th-century English businesspeople
BAFTA fellows
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
English television executives
ITV people
People from Scunthorpe
Richard Swedberg

Richard Swedberg (born 18 May 1948) is a Swedish sociologist. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the Department of Sociology at Cornell University.

Education 
He received a PhD in sociology from Boston College (1978); he also holds a law degree ("juris kandidat") from Stockholm University (1970).

Research 
Swedberg's two specialties are social theory and economic sociology. The focus in his work on social theory is currently on theorizing or how to learn to theorize.

Publications 
So far he has produced a monograph on theory, with practical instructions for how to theorize (The Art of Social Theory, Princeton University Press, 2014) and an anthology (Theorizing in the Social Sciences: The Context of Discovery, Stanford University Press, 2014). Swedberg is also the co-author, together with Peter Hedstrom, of Social Mechanisms (1998, Cambridge University Press). As to economic sociology, he has been a contributor to this field since its renewal in the mid-1980s ("new economic sociology"). Swedberg has written extensively on the works by Max Weber and Joseph Schumpeter and is currently working on the financial crisis. He is the author of e.g. Economics and Sociology (1990; Princeton University Press), Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology (1998, Princeton University Press) and Tocqueville's Political Economy (2009, Princeton University Press). His edited work includes The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism, Handbook of Economic Sociology (with Neil Smelser) (1994, 2005, Russell Sage Foundation & Princeton University Press) and Sociology of Economic Life (with Mark Granovetter (1992, 2001, 2011, Westview). His vitae as well as some of his writings are available at his webpage at Cornell University.

Honours 
On 29 January 2016 Swedberg received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Social Sciences at Uppsala University for his insights in "how useful the work of classical thinkers can be in understanding contemporary society".

References

External links 
 Cornell University Faculty Page
 Curriculum Vitae of Richard Swedberg
 Online papers of Richard Swedberg

Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences alumni
Cornell University faculty
Living people
Stockholm University alumni
Swedish sociologists
1948 births
Woodford Green Preparatory School

Woodford Green Preparatory School is a preparatory school in Woodford Green, London. It was founded in 1932 to provide a non-denominational Christian education for boys and girls. The first headmistress was Norah Kathleen Read. The current headmaster is Lisa McDonald.

Notable alumni
Tony Robinson (b. 1946), actor who played Baldrick in the Blackadder series

David Cracknell (b. 1968), journalist and former political editor of the Sunday Times

Paul Farmer (b. 1950), devised first public exam in pop music for schools

References

External links
 Woodford Green Preparatory School Website
 Profile on the Independent Schools Council website

Educational institutions established in 1932
1932 establishments in England
Private co-educational schools in London
Private schools in the London Borough of Redbridge
Preparatory schools in London
Rhizophora

Rhizophora is a genus of tropical mangrove trees, sometimes collectively called true mangroves. The most notable species is the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) but some other species and a few natural hybrids are known. Rhizophora species generally live in intertidal zones which are inundated daily by the ocean. They exhibit a number of adaptations to this environment, including pneutomatophores that elevate the plants above the water and allow them to respire oxygen even while their lower roots are submerged and a cytological molecular "pump" mechanism that allows them to remove excess salts from their cells. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ριζα (rhiza), meaning "root," and φορος (phoros), meaning "bearing," referring to the stilt-roots.

The beetle Poecilips fallax is a common pest of these trees, especially Rhizophora mucronata and Rhizophora apiculata. This beetle (related to carver beetles) lays its eggs in the hypocotyls. When they hatch, the larvae dig tunnels through the hypocotyl, distorting its shape, When the beetle pupates it leaves the plant, but the hypocotyl will no longer be able to develop normally.

The red mangrove is the state tree of Delta Amacuro in Venezuela; a dark brown dye can be produced from it, which is used in Tongan ngatu cloth production.

Species

Hybrids
 Rhizophora × annamalayana Kathiresan (R. apiculata × R. mucronata)
 Rhizophora × lamarckii Montrouz. (R. apiculata × R. stylosa)
 Rhizophora × selala (Salvoza) P.B.Tomlinson (R. mangle × R. stylosa)

Formerly placed here
 Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco (as R. corniculata L.)
 Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Savigny (as R. gymnorhiza L.)
 Bruguiera parviflora (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Griff. (as R. parviflora Roxb.)
 Bruguiera sexangula (Lour.) Poir. (as R. sexangula Lour.)
 Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B.Rob. (as R. tagal Perr.)

See also
Changes in global mangrove distributions
Ecological values of mangrove

References

External links

 
Malpighiales genera
Mangroves
Chad Hartman

Chad Hartman is an American radio talk show host on WCCO-AM.

Personal

Hartman is the son of longtime Minnesota sportswriter Sid Hartman.

Hartman graduated from Robbinsdale Armstrong High School. In 1988 he graduated from  Arizona State University.

History as KFAN radio host

Hartman's previous job was at KFAN, headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.  His show aired every weekday from 2 to 4 pm. Hartman interviewed so many guests on his show, he earned the nickname "The Barbara Walters of the Fan".

Hartman was terminated by KFAN management, Clear Channel Communications, in January 2009. He was the longest-tenured remaining member of KFAN's predecessor – WDGY.

Hartman was the primary radio voice for the Minnesota Timberwolves from 1997 to 2006.

References

American talk radio hosts
Arizona State University alumni
Radio personalities from Minneapolis
Minnesota Timberwolves announcers
Minnesota Twins announcers
Minnesota Vikings announcers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Major League Baseball broadcasters
National Basketball Association broadcasters
National Football League announcers
Adamo Abate

Saint Adamo Abate (c. 990 – 1060–1070) was an Italian medieval Benedictine abbot, who around the middle of the 11th century, became abbot of the monastery of Santa Maria delle Isole Tremiti,

Life
He was born in Petazio (today Petacciato) and was baptized in Guglionesi. He became abbot of the Abbey of Santa Maria a Mare on San Nicola in the Isole Tremiti, transforming it into a center of culture and civil and religious renewal.

At the Council of Melfi in 1059, Abbot Adamo authoritatively defended the autonomy of the Tremiti monastery from the  Abbey of Montecassino. He was a promoter of the unification of the Southern populations in Italy under Roger II of Sicily. He died on May 3 between the years 1060 and 1070.

Veneration
In June 1102, approximately thirty years after his death, the abbot's relics were stolen from the church of San Paolo in Petacciato and taken to Guglionesi where the Benedictine was proclaimed patron saint. His relics were housed in the Church of Saint Maria Maggiore in Guglionesi, but were lost when the building was burnt down by the Turks in the 16th. 

The residents of Guglionesi celebrate an annual three-day festival in his honor from June 2 through June 4.

Notes

990s births
11th-century deaths

Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
People from the Province of Campobasso
Christian hagiography
10th-century Italian clergy
11th-century Italian clergy
11th-century Christian saints
Benedictine saints
Medieval Italian saints
Lake Norman High School

Lake Norman High School is located in Mooresville, North Carolina. The school is a part of the Iredell-Statesville school system.  The name of the school comes from nearby Lake Norman. In 2009, Lake Norman High School had the highest graduation rate of North Carolina public non-charter schools, with 95% of the senior class receiving a diploma. In June 2012, Lake Norman High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon Schools Program School of Excellence.

Enrollment
As of August 2020, Lake Norman High has over 1,885 students. In 2006, a new wing was added on to the school as the Freshmen Academy.

Athletics
Lake Norman High has sports teams that compete in soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, swimming, cross-country, track and field, lacrosse, football, wrestling, baseball, volleyball, softball, and cheerleading.

The school has won state championships in cheerleading (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022), women's lacrosse (2015), men's lacrosse (2012, 2018), men's soccer (2006 and 2007), men's tennis (2009), baseball (2009), men's basketball (2010), and men's swimming (2009). Individual state champions have been crowned in wrestling, women's tennis, and men's and women's swimming.

The school competes in the I-Meck Conference which includes: Lake Norman, Mooreseville, North Meck, Hough, Hopewell, Mallard Creek, Vance, and West Charlotte. Lake Norman's biggest rivals include Mooreseville and South Iredell.

Arts
Lake Norman High School has multiple art shows a year, chorus concerts, and drama plays.  All the different arts at the school have competitions where their art can be auditioned and moved on or perform in certain groups such as District Competitions and All State. The school supports the multi-discipline Spring Musical. LNHS has a competitive show choir, "Showformance".

Notable alumni
Tyler Ankrum, stock car racing driver
Nick Drake, stock car racing driver
Brandon Jones, stock car racing driver
Richie Steamboat, former professional wrestler

References

External links
Lake Norman High School website
Iredell-Statesville Schools website

Educational institutions established in 2002
Public high schools in North Carolina
Schools in Iredell County, North Carolina
2002 establishments in North Carolina
Harold Morrow

Harold Morrow Jr. (born February 24, 1973) is a former National Football League fullback for the Minnesota Vikings, the Baltimore Ravens, and the Arizona Cardinals.

External links
ESPN Player Profile

1973 births
Living people
People from Chilton County, Alabama
Players of American football from Alabama
American football running backs
Auburn Tigers football players
Minnesota Vikings players
Baltimore Ravens players
Arizona Cardinals players