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Cybernetics Guardian

is an anime original video animation. The original Japanese version was released in 1989 by Anime International Company, and an English Language version in 1996, licensed by Central Park Media.  It is about John Stalker who is a research pilot for the fictional Central Guard Company. John was born in the city of Cyber-wood, in an area known as the Cancer Slums. The antagonist of the story, Adler, plans to attack the citizens of the Cancer Slums.

In this Japanese animated science fiction adventure, cities of the future are plagued by violence, and the Central Guard Company is commissioned to find a solution to urban crime. One designer creates a Guard Suit with special psychic powers, while another develops a robotic killing machine that will not only eliminate the bad guys, but also get rid of his romantic rivals in the process. But when John Stalker is given the assignment of testing the Guard Suit, it uncovers a dark and dangerous secret he has kept hidden from the world.

References

Further reading
 Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy, The anime encyclopedia, Stone Bridge Press, 2006
 Trish Ledoux, Doug Ranney, Fred Patten, The complete anime guide, Tiger Mountain Press, 1997
 Andy Mangels, Animation on DVD: The Ultimate Guide, Stone Bridge Press, 2003
 James M. Craddock, Video Source Book, Thomson Gale, 2006
 Video Watchdog, Issues 31–36, Tim & Donna Lucas, 1996
 The Video Librarian, Volumes 10–11, Randy Pitman, 1995

External links 
 

1989 anime OVAs
Anime International Company
Central Park Media
Cyberpunk anime and manga
Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque

The Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque () is Pahang's state mosque. It is located in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

History

It is named after the recorded Sultan Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Bendahara Sri Maharaja Tun Ali (23 May 1836 – 9 May 1914) who was the sixth Raja Bendahara of Pahang and the founder and first modern Sultan of Pahang that established Pahang's present regal family. On 28 August 1964 Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Abdullah Al-Mu’tassim Billah Shah officially inaugurated the mosque.

The space-age design of old Sultan Ahmad 1 Mosque consisted of a big dome and a rocket like minaret, was built in 1962 to replace the old wooden one in Wall Street (now Mahkota Road). The mosque was an elaborate of fifty metres dome in diameter rests on the continuous concrete ring held by the curved concrete wall and columns. It was the most prominent of rare geodesic dome house of worship built across Pahang. Unfortunately due to faulty design, this space-age design mosque suffered from irreparable leaking during heavy rains. It was finally demolished in 1992 and a more Islamic looking State Mosque was built in its place with new four minarets, a large dome and smaller dome and retaining the same name.

This new building was constructed between 1991 and 1993 by DZJ Architect and Associates. The great grandson of Sultan Ahmad al-Mu’azzam Shah, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah, accompanied by former Imam at The Great Mosque of Mecca; Syaikh Muhammad bin Abdullah as-Sabil, officially marked the grand reopening of the Sultan Ahmad 1 Mosque on Friday, 21 October 1994. Tuan Haji Mohd Rizzal Bin Mohd Ali Nafiah is the current Grand Imam of the Sultan Ahmad 1 State Mosque since February 2023 after former Grand Imam, Dato' Badli Shah Bin Alauddin become Vice Mufti of Pahang.

See also

 Islam in Malaysia

References

Mosques in Pahang
Kuantan
Mosques completed in 1993
Mosque buildings with domes
Zahir Mosque

The Zahir Mosque () is a mosque in Alor Setar, Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia, and the state mosque of Kedah. The Zahir Mosque is one of the grandest and oldest mosques in Malaysia, having been built in 1912. The Zahir Mosque is the world's fourth most beautiful mosque after Nabawi Mosque in Saudi Arabia.

History

The mosque was built upon the tomb and grave of fallen Kedah warrior that died during the Siamese invasion of Kedah.

The design was inspired by the vision of the late Sultan Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Abidin II, who was in turn inspired by the Azizi Mosque of the Langkat Sultanate in North Sumatra. The state's annual Qurʾān-reading competition is held within the premises of the mosque.

See also
 Islam in Malaysia

References

External links

 Masjid Zahir, Alor Setar

Mosques in Kedah
Mosques completed in 1912
1912 establishments in British Malaya
Mosque buildings with domes
Delaware Superior Court

The Delaware Superior Court, previously known as the Superior Court and Orphans' Court, is the state trial court of general jurisdiction in the state of Delaware. It has original jurisdiction over most criminal and civil cases (except for suits at equity, which are handled by the Delaware Court of Chancery).  It also serves as an intermediate appellate court, hearing appeals on the record from the Court of Common Pleas, Family Court, and most state administrative agencies. It is headed by Judge Jan R. Jurden.

The Superior Court includes a Complex Commercial Litigation Division (CCLD), which has been operating as a Business Court since 2010. The CCLD focuses on commercial disputes for money damages between businesses, complementing the Court of Chancery which focuses on internal business disputes.

See also
Courts of Delaware

References

External links

Superior Court
Delaware
Courts and tribunals with year of establishment missing
Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days

Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days is a 1991 documentary film of American Western artist Frederic Remington made for the PBS series American Masters. It was produced and directed by Tom Neff and written by Neff and Louise LeQuire.  Actor Gregory Peck narrated the film and Ned Beatty was the voice of Remington when reading his correspondence.

The documentary was produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; NHK Corporation (Japan); and Polaris Entertainment, Nashville, Tennessee.  It was the first documentary to be filmed in High Definition Television (HDTV), but at the time it was years away from high-definition television broadcasting.

Synopsis
This documentary of Frederic Remington reviews how the artist popularized the myths, legends, and images of the "Old West".

The film was filmed on location where Remington spent time, uses archival film and photographs, and has interviews with art scholars that create a framework to understand his artwork.

Interviews
 Gregory Peck as narrator
 Ned Beatty as voice of Frederic Remington
 William Howze
 Lewis Sharp
 Brian W. Dippie
 Peter Hassrick

Reception

Critical response
When the film was shown on PBS, Walter Goodman, television critic for The New York Times, liked the film, and wrote, "In these multi-cultural times, it may not come as unadulterated praise to credit someone with defining America's vision of the Old West, but Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days illuminates the artist's achievement without subjecting it to a test for political correctness. Setting Remington's paintings and sculptures against his own words, crisply delivered by Ned Beatty, the hourlong American Masters documentary, tonight at 9 on Channel 13, shows and tells how the Easterner helped create a Western myth that has not yet lost its power...Attention is drawn especially to the way the massed figures move on both canvas and screen, from upper right to lower left. Big men in a landscape of big nature was a steady theme of both the movie maker and the painter."

Awards
Wins
 CINE: CINE Golden Eagle, 1990.

References

External links
 Tom Neff official web site (see Films for film clip)
 
 

1991 films
1991 documentary films
American documentary films
American Masters films
American independent films
Documentary films about painters
Films directed by Tom Neff
Frederic Remington
1991 independent films
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
George Vaillant

George Vaillant is the name of:
 George Clapp Vaillant (1901–1945), American anthropologist
 George Eman Vaillant (born 1934), American psychiatrist
Rena Tanaka

is a Japanese actress and TV personality. In 1999, she won the Japanese Academy Award for "Best Newcomer" for her performance in Give It All; in 2001, she received a "Best Actress" nomination for First Love.

Selected filmography

Films
 Give It All (1998)
 GTO (1999)
 First Love (2000) 
 Ekiden (2000)
 Suki (2001)
 Tokyo Marigold (2001)
 Gangushurisha (2002)
 Thirteen Steps (2002)
 Drugstore Girl (2003)
 A Day on the Planet (2004)
 Legend of Nin Nin Ninga Hattori (2004)
 Ubume no Natsu (2005)
 The Suspect: Muroi Shinji (2005)
 Tripping (2006)
 Waiting in the Dark (2006)
 Gegege no Kitaro (2007)
 Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2007)
 The Silver Season (2008)
 10 Promises to My Dog (2008)
 Mōryō no Hako (2008)
 Yamazakura (2008)
 The Taste of Fish (2008)
 Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008)
 Flowers (2010)
 Genji Monogatari: Sennen no Nazo (2011)
 The Wings of the Kirin (2012), Tokiko Kanamori
 Desperate Sunflowers (2016)
 The Katsuragi Murder Case (2016), Junko Hoshino
 Dear Etranger (2017)
 The Crimes That Bind (2018), Tokiko Kanamori
 Inubu: The Dog Club (2021), Mitsuko Kadowaki
 September 1923 (2023), Shizuko Sawada
 Where Love Goes (2023)
 Dare to Stop Us 2 (2024)

Television
 Taira no Kiyomori (2012), Yura Gozen
 Burning Flower (2015), Mōri Yasuko
 Akira and Akira (2017), Ai Kitamura
 North Light (2020)
 The Grand Family (2021)
 Kami no Ko wa Tsubuyaku (2023)

References

External links
  
 

1980 births
Living people
Japanese actresses
People from Kurume
Labour Administration Convention, 1978

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 is  an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1978, with the preamble stating:

Ratifications
As of 2023, the convention has been ratified by 78 states.

External links 
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Ratifications.

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1978 in labor relations
Schuss

Schuss (, German for 'shot') was the first (then unofficial) mascot of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, featuring a stylized cartoon character wearing skis.  Schuss was seen on pins and small toys. Afterwards, every Olympic Games has had a mascot (excluding the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan)

In alpine skiing, a schuss or schussboom is a straight downhill run at high speed, contrasting with a slalom, mogul, or ski jumping.

References

External links
HickokSports-Olympic Mascots
Olympic.org Mascots

Olympic mascots
1968 Winter Olympics
Fictional French people
French mascots
Culture of France
Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978

Labour Relations (Public Service) Convention, 1978 is  an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1978, with the preamble stating:

Ratifications
As of March 2023, the convention has been ratified by 58 states:

References

External links 
Text.
Ratifications.

Civil services
International Labour Organization conventions
Treaties concluded in 1978
Treaties entered into force in 1981
Treaties of Albania
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1978 in labor relations
Collective Bargaining Convention, 1981

The Collective Bargaining Convention is  an International Labour Organization Convention.

Ratifications 
As of 2022, the convention is ratified by 50 states.

See also

Freedom of association
Freedom of assembly
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention

References

External links 
 Text of the convention.
 Ratifications.

International Labour Organization conventions
Treaties concluded in 1981
Treaties entered into force in 1983
Freedom of association
Treaties of Antigua and Barbuda
Treaties of Albania
Treaties of Argentina
Treaties of Armenia
Treaties of Azerbaijan
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Treaties of Belize
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Treaties of Lithuania
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South Dakota Public Universities and Research Center

South Dakota Public Universities and Research Center, also known as University Center, is a cooperative higher education delivery system in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Six universities offer classes at this site: University of South Dakota, Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, Black Hills State University, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and Northern State University. The site, until recently known as "USDSU," has become popular with non-traditional students living in or around Sioux Falls.

In 2006, the South Dakota Board of Regents received authorization to obtain a large area in Sioux Falls to construct a new campus for its Sioux Falls offerings.

University Center will become a college of the University of South Dakota named "The Community College for Sioux Falls, a branch of USD", a change approved by the Board of Regents in April 2019.

References

External links 
 

 
Education in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
David Straitjacket

David Straitjacket (born July 1977), is a British escape artist most notable for his television appearances, and world record attempts.

Biography and history
He was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, but grew up in nearby Ashton-under-Lyne, and began performing in the circus as a juggler at the age of 16. Following that he founded his own circus in which he performed as an acrobat, tightrope walker and trapeze artist. In 1999 he returned to his first love of escapology and sideshow performance, developing his own daredevil escapology style, for which he is now well known; this both amongst other escapologists, and by the public as a whole. He is the featured artist in this year's "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" book, and is currently filming his own one-hour television special. He is also notable as one of the few sword swallowers in the world. The current number of real life sword swallowers is estimated to be around 75.

He recently appeared on the hit British television series The New Paul O'Grady Show where he set a new Guinness world record. He also trained TV personalities Ant & Dec in the art of rope escapes, and worked as a technical advisor for the reality TV show Big Brother 7. He appeared as a teacher in the CBBC reality TV show, The Sorcerers Apprentice, on 25 October 2009.

David Straitjacket is a vegan, and in 2008 was shortlisted for the 'Best Vegan Entertainer' award.

World record achievements

World's Fastest Straitjacket Escape
World's Fastest Underwater Handcuff Escape
World's Fastest Handcuff Escape
World's Fastest Straitjacket Escape Whilst Balanced On Stilts
World's Fastest Suspended Straitjacket & Chains Escape
Having The Heaviest Person Stand On His Chest, While Lying On Broken Glass

References

1977 births
English artists
English entertainers
People from Oldham
Living people
Escapologists
British circus performers
People from Ashton-under-Lyne
Scanned synthesis

Scanned synthesis represents a powerful and efficient technique for animating wave tables and controlling them in real-time . Developed by Bill Verplank, Rob Shaw, and Max Mathews between 1998 and 1999 at Interval Research, Inc., it is based on the psychoacoustics of how we hear and appreciate timbres and on our motor control (haptic) abilities to manipulate timbres during live performance 

Scanned synthesis involves a slow dynamic system whose frequencies of vibration are below about 15 Hz . The ear cannot hear the low frequencies of the dynamic system. So, to make audible frequencies, the "shape" of the dynamic system, along a closed path, is scanned periodically. The "shape" is converted to a sound wave whose pitch is determined by the speed of the scanning function. Pitch control is completely separate from the dynamic system control. Thus timbre and pitch are independent. This system can be looked upon as a dynamic wave table. The model can be compared to a slowly vibrating string, or a two dimensional surface obeying the wave equation.

The following implementations of scanned synthesis are freely available:

 Csound features the scanu and scans opcodes developed by Paris Smaragdis. This was the first publicly available implementation of scanned synthesis.
 Pure Data features the 'pdp_scan~' and 'pdp_scanxy~' objects of the PDP extension.
 Common Lisp Music in circular-scanned.clm
 Scanned Synth VST from Humanoid Sound Systems was the first VST implementation of scanned synthesis, first released in March 2006 and still being actively developed. It is available from the Humanoid Sound Systems web site.
 ScanSynthGL is another VST implementation of scanned synthesis by mdsp of Smartelectronix, also first released in March 2006. It is available from the KVRAudio forum. There is an unreleased beta version, some audio samples and a screenshot but no public version has been released yet.

References

Digital audio
Sound synthesis types
Astafjord

Astafjord is a former municipality in the old Troms county, Norway.  The  municipality existed from 1926 until its dissolution in 1964.  It was located in the eastern part of the present-day municipality of Tjeldsund in Troms og Finnmark county.  The municipality surrounded the Grovfjorden.  The administrative center of the former municipality was the village of Grov where Astafjord Church is located.  The Astafjorden (strait) flowed along the northern part of the municipality and it was the namesake for the municipality.

History
Historically, Astafjord was a prestegjeld that encompassed a large part of southern Troms county, including the present-day municipalities of Bardu, Gratangen, Ibestad, Lavangen, Salangen, and most of Skånland. When municipalities were created in Norway in 1838, the old parish was created as Ibestad Municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt).

The municipality of Astafjord was established on 1 July 1926 when the large Ibestad Municipality was separated into four municipalities: Ibestad (population: 1,768), Andørja (population: 1,420), Astafjord (population: 1,018), and Gratangen (population: 1,967). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Astafjord (population: 1,120) was merged with the part of Skånland municipality on the mainland (population: 2,246) to create a new larger Skånland Municipality (the rest of the old Skånland on the island of Rolla joined Ibestad Municipality).

Name
The municipality was named after the Astafjorden strait which was named after the old Ånstad farm (). The first element of the old name comes from the male name Arna or "Arne", the second element  means "home" or "farm", and the last element  is identical with the word for "fjord". Thus, the name literally means the "fjord by Arne's farm".

Government
While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.

Municipal council
The municipal council  of Astafjord was made up of 15 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the council was as follows:

Mayors
The mayors of Astafjord:

1926-1929: Martin Rasmussen
1929-1932: Viggo Tande
1933-1942: Hartvik Nilsen
1945-1945: Viggo Tande
1945-1945: Peder Dyrstad
1946-1963: Peder Ellefsen

See also
List of former municipalities of Norway

References

External links

Former municipalities of Norway
Skånland
Populated places established in 1926
Populated places disestablished in 1964
1926 establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway
Polar fleece

Polar fleece is a soft napped insulating fabric made from  polyester.

Uses
Polar fleece is used in jackets, hats, sweaters, sweatpants, cloth diapers (nappies), gym clothes, hoodies, pajamas, blankets, and high-performance outdoor clothing. The produced fleece can be used to create clothes that are very light, soft, and easy to wash. Polar fleece can stretch more easily in one direction than in others.

History
Polar fleece originated in Massachusetts in 1979 when Malden Mills (now Polartec LLC), and Patagonia developed Synchilla (synthetic chinchilla). It was a new, light, strong pile fabric meant to mimic, and in some ways surpass, wool. Malden Mills CEO Aaron Feuerstein intentionally declined to patent polar fleece, allowing the material to be produced cheaply and widely by many vendors, leading to the material's quick and wide acceptance.  Malden Mills registered PolarFleece as a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on October 6, 1981.

Characteristics
A lightweight, warm and soft fabric, fleece has some of wool's good qualities. Fleece is categorised by weight – in gsm, or grams per square metre. Polar fleece garments traditionally come in different thicknesses: micro, 100, 200, and 300, with 300 being the thickest. 

It is hydrophobic, holding less than 1% of its weight in water. It retains much of its insulating quality even when wet. It is machine washable and dries quickly. It is a good alternative to wool for those who are allergic or sensitive to wool. It can also be made out of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, or even recycled fleece. 

Regular polar fleece is not windproof and does not absorb moisture (although this is often seen as a benefit, per above). Fleece readily generates static electricity, which causes the accumulation of lint, dust, and pet hair. It is also susceptible to damage from high temperature washing, tumble drying, or ironing under unusual conditions. Lower-quality polyester fleece material is also prone to pilling.

Microfiber pollution
Washing synthetic textiles like fleece releases microfibers, a type of microplastic. The release of these microfibers into the wastewater is proportional to the microplastic pollution in soil, marine, and freshwater habitats. Studies also show that tumble drying of polyester releases airborne microplastics.

References

External links
Polartec, once Malden Mills, the original manufacturer of Polartec and Polarfleece

American inventions
Pile fabrics
Technical fabrics
1990s fashion
Ankenes

Ankenes is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The  municipality existed from 1884 until 1974.  It encompassed most of the present-day Narvik Municipality, surrounding of the town of Narvik which was once its own municipality. The administrative centre of Ankenes was the village of Ankenesstrand, situated along the west side of the Beisfjorden, where the Ankenes Church is located.  

Today, the name Ankenes is often used to refer to the suburban Ankenesstrand area, just outside the town of Narvik.  The European route E6 highway is the main thoroughfare through Ankenes and it follows the shoreline of the Ofotfjorden and Beisfjorden and it then crosses the fjord over the  long Beisfjord Bridge where it then reaches the town of Narvik.

History
The old municipality of Ofoten was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). Ofoten Municipality included all of the land surrounding the inner part of the Ofotfjorden, including the Ankenes area. On 1 January 1884, Ofoten Municipality was dissolved and split into two municipalities: Ankenes (population: 1,734) and Evindnæs (population: 2,397). In 1901, the Narvik (population: 3,705) received town status as a kjøpstad. Soon after, on 1 January 1902, the new town of Narvik was separated from Ankenes to form a separate municipality. The split left Ankenes with a population of 3,023. On 1 January 1974, the municipality of Ankenes was merged with the town of Narvik to form a new, larger Narvik Municipality. Prior to the merger, Ankenes had 7,022 inhabitants and Narvik had 12,758.

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Ankenes farm since the first Ankenes Church was built there. The first element is derived from the diminutive form of the old male name  which is short for Arnkell. The last element is  which means "headland".

Government
While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.

Municipal council
The municipal council  of Ankenes was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms.  The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors
The mayors of Ankenes:

 1884–1916: Bertheus Normann
 1917–1922: Peter Leiros (V)
 1923–1928: Hans Peder Seinæs 
 1929–1934: Peter Leiros (V)
 1935–1940: Magnus Edvardsen (Ap)
 1941–1945: Harder Kristiansen (NS)
 1945–1945: Magnus Edvardsen (Ap)
 1946–1967: Ole Andreassen (Ap)
 1967-1971: Henning Eidissen (Ap)
 1972–1973: Edgar Sneve (Ap)

Notable people
Gunnar Emil Garfors (1900–1979), a Norwegian poet
Ola Teigen (1937–1970), a politician for the Norwegian Labour Party
Toralv Kollin Markussen (1895–1973), a politician for the Norwegian Communist Party

See also
List of former municipalities of Norway

References

Narvik
Former municipalities of Norway
1884 establishments in Norway
1974 disestablishments in Norway
Hougang Central Bus Interchange

Hougang Central Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving the town of Hougang. It is located directly above Hougang MRT station. This bus interchange was planned to be an integrated transport hub.

History
Plans to build a bus interchange in Hougang North were first announced in Parliament in January 1992. Intended to connect Hougang with adjacent new towns and the Central Area, the bus interchange was built in response to requests made by the Member of Parliament for the area to improve bus services. Having cost  to build, Hougang Central Bus Interchange was subsequently opened by Minister of State (Trade and Industry and Communications) Goh Chee Wee on 18 December 1994.

From 1998 to 2001, the interchange was closed to facilitate the construction of Hougang MRT station, and six bus services were diverted to a temporary bus interchange along Upper Serangoon Road. In February 2004, bus operations at the Hougang South bus interchange were shifted to this interchange.

In 2015, the interchange was expanded by , to provide additional bus parking space for more bus services.

By 2030, Hougang Central Bus Interchange would be majorly renovated to accommodate the Cross Island line section, and would become an Integrated Transport Hub in 2030.

Bus Contracting Model
Under the new bus contracting model, with the exception of services 74 and 147 under Clementi, the rest of the services are under Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package.

References

External links
 Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit)

Bus stations in Singapore
Buildings and structures in Hougang
Transport in North-East Region, Singapore
Kebab Connection

Kebab Connection is a 2004 German-Turkish comedy film with some slapstick that is set in Hamburg and directed by Anno Saul.

Plot
Ibo (Denis Moschitto) is a young Turkish-German man who is an aspiring filmmaker. A clash of cultures and pre-parental anxiety ensues after Ibo's German girlfriend, Titzi (Nora Tschirner), announces that she's pregnant. Ibo's father (Güven Kıraç) is upset at his son for wanting to start a family with a non-Turkish German woman while Titzi is upset at Ibo over his hesitance in taking on fatherly responsibilities. Other themes are the competition of a Turkish kebab restaurant and a Greek taverna, a gang trying to extort the owner of the kebab restaurant, Ibo's quest to make the first German Kung-Fu movie and the pursuit of both Titzi and her roommate at a prestigious drama academy.

Cast
 Denis Moschitto - Ibo
 Nora Tschirner - Titzi
 Güven Kıraç - Ibo's father
 Hasan Ali Mete - Onkel Ahmet
 Adnan Maral - Kirianis
 Fahri Yardım - Lefty
 Adam Bousdoukos - Valid
 Cem Akın - Altan
 Nursel Köse - Hatice
 Tatjana Velimirov - Stella
 Romina Fütterer - Ayla
 Kida Khodr Ramadan - Özgür

See also
 Yasemin
 Terrorism and Kebab

External links

2004 films
2004 comedy films
German comedy films
Turkish comedy films
Films set in Hamburg
Films shot in Hamburg
Interfaith romance films
2000s German films
Theodor Döring

Theodor Döring (9 January 1803 – 17 August 1878) was a German actor.

Döring was born in Warsaw and settled with his family in 1807 in Prenzlau. He attended high school in Berlin. He found work as an actor, later working in Hamburg in 1834. He received a lifetime contract at the Berlin Hoftheater. He retired 15 June 1878 and died one month later in Berlin.

Honors
Döring received the Iffland-Ring in 1872. Döringstrasse in Friedrichshain in Berlin was named for him.

External links 
 Biography in the Allgemeinen Deutschen Biographie

1803 births
1878 deaths
Male actors from Warsaw
German male stage actors
Iffland-Ring
19th-century German male actors
19th-century comedians
Porpoise (scuba gear)

Porpoise is a tradename for scuba developed by Ted Eldred in Australia and made there from the late 1940s onwards. The first Porpoise was a closed circuit oxygen rebreather, and the following models were all single hose open circuit regulators.

Rebreather
The Porpoise oxygen rebreather was developed by Ted Eldred in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Some were made and used for sport diving, but they did not go into full production. It was worn on the back without a casing. The bag was between the canister and valve assembly and the diver's back. It had two wide breathing tubes running to a mouthpiece, which had a shutoff valve to keep water out when it was not in the mouth. It appeared in three versions: MK1, MK2, MK3. It had a special valve that both breathing tubes ran through that was activated by surrounding pressure; when the diver went deeper than was safe for pure oxygen it restricted (not stopped) the supply of breathing gas, to warn the diver to go to shallower depth. (Before open-circuit scuba was readily available in Australia, many Australian sport divers used war-surplus Siebe Gorman Salvus rebreathers.)

Single-hose open-circuit scuba regulator

This was the first single-hose open-circuit scuba made in the world. Ted Eldred in Melbourne in Australia started designing it in 1948 to "design around" the Cousteau-Gagnan aqua-lung patent, and to get rid of air supply restrictions that affected early Cousteau-Gagnan-type aqua-lungs. He started making it commercially in 1952. The Royal Australian Navy adopted it. It was the origin of single-hose scuba regulators. It was much used by Australian scuba divers. The picture shows the CA-1, a set with one cylinder with its valve at the bottom, strapped directly to the back with rucksack-type straps without backpack plate or buoyancy aid, with a single-hose regulator-mouthpiece which could be strapped in. The tank was inverted so that the diver could reach the regulator mounted reserve handle. The head strap was intended to keep the demand valve from falling well below the diver, if dropped from the mouth. The high-pressure regulator screwed into the side of the cylinder valve like welding equipment of today; there was no A-clamp. Versions of it were made for the Australian Navy until 1976, and the last one known to be sold to the public was sold in that year. About 12,000 Porpoise units of all models were produced. About 50 Porpoises still exist. Only a few of these early models are known today, the rarest being the CA-2, made for use with two tanks.

See also

References
Historical Diving Times No.36 Summer 2005
Historical Diving Times No.38 Winter 2006

External links
Link to page with images about Ted Eldred's oxygen rebreather

Underwater breathing apparatus
Rebreathers
Diving equipment manufacturers
Bjørnør

Bjørnør is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway.  The  municipality existed from 1838 until 1892 in what was at that time the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway.  It encompassed the area of what is now the municipality of Osen along with the Roan and Stoksund areas in the present day municipality of Åfjord, all in the western part of the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag county.  Bjørnør bordered the municipality of Aafjord to the south and Nordre Trondhjem county to the north and west.  The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Roan where the Roan Church is located.

History
The municipality of Bjørnør was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).  On 15 January 1892, the King approved a royal resolution to split up the municipality of Bjørør.  It went into effect on 1 June 1892 when Bjørnør ceased to exist, and it was split into three new municipalities: Osen (population: 1,575), Roan (population: 2,069), and Stoksund (population: 1,122).

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named Bjørnør after the historic name for the area (). The first element plural genitive case of the word  which means "bear". The last element is  which means "gravel" or "coarse sand".

Government
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elected a mayor.

Mayors
The mayors of Bjørnør:

 1838–1839: Tarald Eide
 1840–1841: Mathias Eide
 1842–1845: Christian Severin Houge
 1846–1851: Mathias Eide
 1852–1864: Peder Pedersen
 1864–1865: Ole Wilmann
 1866–1883: Fredrik Berg (H)
 1883-1883: Jakob Kristian Sørmelan (V)
 1884–1885: Johan Moses Møller (H)
 1886–1888: Harald Kjeldsberg 
 1888–1889: Jens Larsen Hopstad 
 1890–1891: Johan Moses Møller (H)
 1892-1892: John Hopstad (MV)

See also
List of former municipalities of Norway

References

Osen
Roan, Norway
Åfjord
Former municipalities of Norway
1838 establishments in Norway
1892 disestablishments in Norway
Giolitti

Giolitti is a well-known café and pastry shop, and reportedly the oldest ice cream parlor in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1890 by Giuseppe and Bernardina Giolitti and opened their first creamery in Salita del Grillo. Soon after, they became the supplier of the Italian royal family. It is still owned by the same family and operates at two locations: via Uffici del Vicario near the Pantheon and in E.U.R.

References

External links
Official website

1890 establishments in Italy
Shops in Rome
Ice cream parlors
Restaurants in Rome
Brandbu

Brandbu is a village in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in Hadeland, along the eastern shore of the large lake Randsfjorden, about  to the northwest of the capital city of Oslo.

Brandbu and its neighboring village of Jaren have grown together through conurbation and Statistics Norway has considered them as one, single urban settlement for many years. The  village of Brandbu/Jaren has a population (2021) of 4,848 and a population density of .

From the top of the  tall mountain Brandbukampen (originally a volcano from the Permian Period), there is a wide view of Brandbu and the villages surrounding it. The village of Egge lies at the base of the mountain, about  to the northwest of Brandbu.

Just by the center of Brandbu lies the Brandbu lower secondary school as well as the Brandbu campus of the Hadeland upper secondary school. The nearby Nes Church is the seat of the Brandbu parish within the Church of Norway. The church is located on the northern side of Røykenvik.

History

Historically, the village of Brandbu was known as "Augedalsbro" (meaning Augedal bridge) since there was a bridge over the small river Vigga at the site. Locals still commonly refer to the village as "Brua" (meaning the bridge). 

From 1897 until 1962, the village of Brandbu and its surrounding area were part of Brandbu Municipality.

The Røykenvikbanen railway line stopped at the Brandbu Station from 1900 to 1957 as it connected Røykenvik along the Randsfjorden to the main railway line. The station building has since been demolished.

Augedalsbro
The "Augedalsbro" or "Åvedalsbro" is an ancient place for a bridge that crossed the Augedalselva river (now known as the Vigga river). There was a lift station there in older times as well. This was where the old and new Bergensveien (Bergen road) met and Høgkorsveien (high cross road) went from here and over to Toten. Although the main bridge was moved to Rosendal, a little a bit further up river in the mid-1800s, Augedalsbro continued to be a lift station. The site was also the meeting place for the municipal council in the old municipality of Brandbu. The Old Molstad mill (Molstadkvern mølle) from 1915 which stood near the bridge is now a part of the Hadeland Folkemuseum.

Augedalsbro is also the motive for the painting Augedals bro  by Gerhard Munthe (1897).

Notable people

References

Gran, Norway
Villages in Innlandet
Yockleton

Yockleton is a village in Shropshire, England.

Yockleton is west of the county town of Shrewsbury, on the B4386 road to Montgomery and near the River Severn. The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Westbury.

Yockleton is near to Ford (to its north) and Westbury (to its west), and lies in the Westbury civil parish; the hamlets of Edge and Farley (both in Pontesbury parish) lie due south of the village, and Nox is to the east.

Amenities
There is one local pub, the Yockleton Arms (formerly the Pink Elephant), several miles west on the B4386, a 19th-century village church (C of E) dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and a village hall, as well as an old people's home called Yockleton Grange in the old Vicarage. There is a Motte and Bailey in a field not far from the church.

Previously Yockleton had a school, a garage, a post office and a pub in the heart of the village. These have closed as the village has developed into a commuter village for Shrewsbury. 

Previously served by Yockleton railway station on the Cambrian Line. The station closed in 1960.

Notable people
Lily Chitty (1893-1979), archaeologist, lived at Yockleton when her father was Rector there between 1920-1938.
General Sir Geoffrey Musson (1910-2008), senior British Army officer, was born here.

See also
Listed buildings in Westbury, Shropshire

References

External links

Villages in Shropshire
Breim

Breim is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Nordfjord in the eastern part of the present-day Gloppen Municipality which is now in Vestland county. The  municipality existed from 1886 until 1964. The administrative center was the village of Reed (sometimes called Re).

Breim municipality was located to the east of Gloppen, south of Stryn and the Utvik mountains, west of the Jostedalsbreen glacier, and north of Jølster.  The municipality was centered on the lake Breimsvatn. Many of the inhabitants lived on the shores of the lake or in the large river valley extending east from the lake. The main church for the municipality was Breim Church, located in Reed.

Schools
The area of Breim was divided into two school districts: Byrkjelo, with the Byrkjelo school and Reed with the Reed school. Both schools were primary schools. After 8th grade students had to travel to the Gloppen ungdomskule (secondary school) in Sandane.

History
On 1 January 1886, Gloppen Municipality was split into two municipalities: Gloppen (population: 2,970) and Breim (population: 1,823). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, the small Førde farm (population: 38) at the southern end of the lake Breimsvatnet was administratively transferred to Jølster Municipality to the south. On the same date, the rest of Breim (population: 1,731) was merged (back) into Gloppen Municipality.

Name
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old name for the area (). The first element is  which means "broad". The last element is  which means "state" or "condition". Throughout the centuries, the name changed through misunderstandings and corruptions of the word and it changed to Breiheim or Breidem, where the second element of the name became like the old word  meaning "home". The current spelling of the name was settled upon by the 1800s.

Government
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.

Mayors
The mayors of Breim:

 1886–1913: Jakob J. Myklebust, Sr. (V)
 1913–1920: Rasmus R. Bogstad
 1921–1931: Jakob J. Myklebust, Jr.
 1932–1937: Ivar J. Seime
 1938–1940: Jakob J. Myklebust, Jr.
 1942–1945: Ingebrikt Sandal 		
 1945–1947: Jakob J. Myklebust, Jr.
 1948–1956: Johnny Bakke (V)
 1956–1958: Rasmus Sandal
 1958–1960: Einar Strand
 1960–1964: Olav B. Bø

Municipal council
The municipal council  of Breim was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four-year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

See also
List of former municipalities of Norway

References

External links

Weather information for Breim 

Gloppen
Former municipalities of Norway
1886 establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway
List of songs recorded by the Beach Boys

This list contains virtually every officially released track by the Beach Boys, including cover versions, outtakes, B-sides, and non-album singles.

Singles are labelled as "non-album" if they were not included on an LP within 12 months of release.

This list excludes:
 solo recordings by the individual members, unless they have been released as a track on a Beach Boys record (such as Brian Wilson's first solo record, "Caroline, No")
 live performances, alternate mixes, or rerecordings of previously released songs, unless they are notably different from the original (such as the extended disco single edit of "Here Comes the Night")

For unreleased tracks, see List of unreleased songs recorded by the Beach Boys.

List

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links 
Extended Beach Boys Discography

Beach Boys
Dalsfjord, Møre og Romsdal

Dalsfjord is a former municipality in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.  The former municipality existed from 1924 until its dissolution in 1964.  The  municipality included the area around the Dalsfjorden between Vanylven Municipality in the west and almost all the way to the Kilsfjorden in the east.  The area is now a part of Volda Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Dravlaus. Other villages in the area included Ulvestadbygda (Ulvestad, Lauvstad, and Sætre), Åmelfot, Steinsvik, and Dalsbygda.

History
Originally, Dalsfjord was a part of Volda Municipality (see formannskapsdistrikt law), the parish of Dalsfjord was established as a separate municipality on 1 July 1924. Initially, Dalsfjord had a population of 960. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Dalsfjord (population: 1,151) ceased to exist as a municipality when it was merged back into Volda.

Name
The municipality is named after the Dalsfjorden since it is the central geographical feature of the municipality. The first element is  which means "valley" or "dale". The last element is  which means "fjord".

Government
During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.

Municipal council
The municipal council  of Dalsfjord was made up of 17 representatives that were elected to four year terms.  The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Mayors
The mayors of Dalsfjord:
1924-1940: Knut Steinsvik
1941-1945: S.P. Løvik
1946-1951: Knut Rødstøl 
1951-1958: Jakob K. Velsvik
1958-1960: Lars Velsvik
1960-1963: S.P. Løvik

See also
List of former municipalities of Norway

References

Volda
Sunnmøre
Former municipalities of Norway
1924 establishments in Norway
1964 disestablishments in Norway