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Bruce Fitch

Ralph Bruce Fitch is a Canadian politician, He represents Riverview in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.

Early life
Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, he is the son of Dr. Ralph Fitch. In 1980, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Mount Allison University. His career in the private sector was in the insurance and financial industries. He worked with Scotiabank and its brokerage firm ScotiaMcLeod for many years prior to his election to the legislature.

Political career
He was first involved in politics when he was elected in 1989 to the municipal council of the Town of Riverview. He was re-elected to that position in 1992 and 1995 before successfully running for mayor in 1998. He was re-elected mayor in 2001 and served in that capacity until his election to the legislature in the 2003 provincial election. Fitch was the only non-incumbent Progressive Conservative to win a seat in that election and was immediately named to cabinet as Minister of Energy.  He was shuffled to the new Justice and Consumer Affairs portfolio on February 14, 2006 despite having no legal training; this was made possible by disassociating the functions of the Office of the Attorney General from the Justice Department.

He is a member of the First Baptist Church. His hobbies include sailboarding and golf. An ardent fan and supporter of minor sports, he is frequently seen on the sidelines of his children’s games. He also coached minor soccer and football in the past.

He has been involved in the community for many years. He has been a member of many boards and committees, including Codiac Regional Police Board, Lakeview Manor Senior Citizens Home, and the Atlantic Baptist University.

On October 18, 2014 after the Progressive Conservative Party under David Alward failed to form government, Fitch was made interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition of New Brunswick.

Fitch was re-elected in the 2018 and 2020 provincial elections.

References

External links
 MLA Bios, Government of New Brunswick

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Politicians from Moncton
21st-century Canadian politicians
Leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
Grijalva River

Grijalva River, formerly known as Tabasco River, (, known locally also as Río Grande de Chiapas, Río Grande and Mezcalapa River) is a  long river in southeastern Mexico. It is named after Juan de Grijalva who visited the area in 1518. This river is born in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes in the department of Huehuetenango in Guatemala, there it is known as Río Seleguá and is one of the most important rivers in that country. 

The river rises from Río Grande de Chiapas in southeastern Chiapas and flows from Chiapas to the state of Tabasco through the Sumidero Canyon into the Bay of Campeche. Beginning as "Río Grande de Chiapas" or "Río Mezcalapa", later, Río Grande is stopped at the Angostura Dam (Mexico), one of the largest reservoirs in Mexico, and then its course is now named "Grijalva River". The river's drainage basin is  in size. Because of the close connection to the Usumacinta River (the two combine, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico in a single delta), they are often regarded as a single river basin, the Grijalva-Usumacinta River. Río Grande de Chiapas rises into Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Huehuetenango; in Guatemala receives the name "Selegua River" and also is a large river.

After flowing from Nezahualcoyotl Lake, an artificial lake created by the hydroelectric Malpaso Dam, Grijalva River turns northward and eastward, roughly paralleling the Chiapas-Tabasco state border. It flows through Villahermosa (where, in 2001, a new cable-stayed bridge was constructed to cross the river) and empties into the Gulf of Mexico, approximately  northwest of Frontera. The river is navigable by shallow-draft boats for approximately  upstream.

Gallery

See also
Chiapas bridge
List of longest rivers of Mexico

References

Rivers of Chiapas
Rivers of Tabasco
 
Petén–Veracruz moist forests
Breezand

Breezand is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, which is known for its flower bulbs, and lies about 7 km southeast of Den Helder.

Overview
The village was first mentioned in 1665 as Breesant, and means "wide sand" which refers to a former shoal to the north-east of Wieringen. The polder in which Breezand was built, was created in 1847. In 1931, the Catholic St John Evangelist Church was inaugurated. In 1914, a railway station opened on the Amsterdam to Den Helder railway line. It closed in 1938.

Gallery

References

Populated places in North Holland
Hollands Kroon
MV Argo Merchant

MV Argo Merchant  was a Liberian-flagged oil tanker built by Howaldtswerke in Hamburg, Germany, in 1953, most noted for running aground and subsequently sinking southeast of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, causing one of the largest marine oil spills in history. Throughout the vessel's troubled past, she was involved in more than a dozen major shipping incidents including two other groundings; once in Indonesia while named Permina Samudra III, and again in Sicily while named Vari; and a collision in Japan.

Because of her checkered career and sinking, Argo Merchant was featured in the "worst ship" category in the 1979 publication, The Book of Heroic Failures.

1976 shipwreck

In December 1976, Argo Merchant loaded with  of No. 6 fuel oil at Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, sailing for Boston under Captain Georgios Papadopoulos. It was later established that the ship carried two unqualified crew as helmsmen, a broken gyrocompass, inadequate charts, and an inaccurate radio direction finder. At 6 p.m. on 15 December in high winds and  seas, the tanker ran aground on Middle Rip Shoal about  southeast of Nantucket and more than  off her intended course. The thirty-eight members of the crew were evacuated, but the shallow waters and weather conditions made it impossible to offload the oil or salvage the ship. On 21 December 1976, Argo Merchant broke apart and emptied its entire cargo of fuel oil, enough to heat 18,000 homes for a year. Northwesterly winds blew the  oil slick offshore, and coastal fisheries and beaches were spared the worst.

See also
 List of oil spills

References

Further reading
 
 
 

1953 ships
1976 in Massachusetts
Maritime incidents in 1976
History of Nantucket, Massachusetts
Oil spills in the United States
Oil tankers
Shipwrecks of the Massachusetts coast
Allan Rosas

Allan Viktor Johnsson Rosas (born 1948) is a Finnish jurist who served as a judge of the European Court of Justice from 2002 until 2019.

Career
Rosas is Doctor of Laws (1977) of the University of Turku (Finland); and he was professor of Law at the University of Turku (1978–81) and at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku (1981–96), also Director of the latter's Institute for Human Rights (1985–95). He has held various international and national academic positions of responsibility and memberships of learned societies, and coordinated several international and national research projects and programmes, including in the fields of EU law, international law, humanitarian and human rights law, constitutional law and comparative public administration.

Rosas has represented the Finnish Government as member of, or adviser to, Finnish delegations at various international conferences and meetings; expert functions in relation to Finnish legal life, including in governmental law commissions and committees of the Finnish Parliament, as well as the UN, UNESCO, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) and the Council of Europe. From 1995 he has been Principal Legal Adviser at the Legal Service of the European Commission, in charge of external relations; and from March 2001, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission Legal Service.

In 2019, Rosas was appointed to the European Commission's Independent Ethical Committee

Principal publications by Rosas include: The Legal Status of Prisoners of War (1976, reprint 2005 by Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, Turku); Förvaltningsklagan [Citizens' Complaints] (Turku, Acta Academiae Aboensis, Ser. A:59, 1980); Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Textbook (ed. together with Asbjorn Eide and Catarina Crause; 2nd rev. ed., Dordrecht, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2001).

Publications

 The Court of Justice and the Construction of Europe: Analyses and Perspectives on Sixty Years of Case-Law (edited by Allan Rosas, Egil Levits and Yves Bot. The Hague: Asser Press, 2013.)
 Constitutionalising the EU Judicial System: Essays in Honour of Pernilla Lindh. (Edited by Pascal Cardonnel, Allan Rosas and Nils Wahl. Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, Oregon, 2012.)
 EU Constitutional Law: An Introduction. (Allan Rosas and Lorna Armati. Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, Oregon, 2010. Second, revised edition 2012.)
 EU Competition Law in Context: Essays in Honour of Virpi Tiili. (Edited by Heikki Kanninen, Nina Korjus and Allan Rosas. Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, Oregon, 2009.)
 The Legal Status of Prisoners of War: A Study in International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts (Allan Rosas. Helsinki: Suomalainen tiedeakatemia, 1976. Dissertation.)

See also
 List of members of the European Court of Justice

External links
 Allan Rosas

References 

1948 births
Living people
20th-century Finnish lawyers
European Court of Justice judges
Finnish judges of international courts and tribunals
University of Turku alumni
Academic staff of the University of Turku
Academic staff of Åbo Akademi University
21st-century Finnish judges
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site at 1538 9th Street NW, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., preserves the home of Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950). Woodson, the founder of Black History Month, was an African-American historian, author, and journalist.

History
The property served as Dr. Woodson's home from 1922 until his death in 1950. From this three-story Victorian rowhouse, Woodson managed the operations of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, published the Negro History Bulletin and the Journal of Negro History, operated Associated Publishers, and pursued his own research
and writing about African-American history. The home continued to serve as the national headquarters of the Association until the early 1970s.

The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976 but became vacant in the 1990s. In 2001, the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed the site on its annual "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic
Places" list. With advocacy by the NTHP, the DC Preservation League, community activists, and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the National Historic Site was authorized by Public Law 108-192 on December 19, 2003, and established by Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton on February 27, 2006.

In 2005, the property was acquired by the National Park Service which opened it to the public in 2017. It is operated in conjunction with the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site.

As of January 2023, the site has been closed due to a "full renovation project" and is expected to be reopened in the fall of 2023.

References

External links
 
 Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
 Public Law 108-192 authorizing Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
 Federal Register: February 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 38), p. 9834 establishing National Historic Site
 Announcement of site establishment
 National Historic Landmark information

National Historic Sites in Washington, D.C.
National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C.
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Protected areas established in 2006
National Capital Parks-East
Victorian architecture in Washington, D.C.
African-American history of Washington, D.C.
2006 establishments in Washington, D.C.
François Vaillant de Gueslis

François Vaillant de Gueslis (20 July 1646 – 24 September 1718) was a Jesuit missionary, born in Orléans. He entered the Society of Jesus, on 10 November 1665, and went to Canada in 1670; and was ordained priest at Quebec, on 1 December 1675.

He attempted to convert the Mohawks to Christianity between 1679 and 1684. In the beginning of 1688 he was chosen by the Canadian authorities as ambassador to Thomas Dongan, the Governor of New York, that Dongan might facilitate peace between the French and the Iroquois, but negotiations were not fruitful due to Dongan's conditions and the opposition of the Huron chief Kondiaronk.

He was also the first missionary to work among the Native Americans in Detroit; but he remained only a few months, not entering into the plans of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac. After the conclusion of peace between the French and the Iroquois he attempted to convert the Senecas from 1702 to 1707. There he contributed not a little to defeat the efforts of Colonel Schuyler at Onondaga who was trying to induce the Five Nations to drive out the French missionaries. The two principal scenes of his missionary zeal in Canada were Quebec and Montreal. At Quebec (1685–91; 1697–1702), he filled the important posts of minister; procurator of the mission, and preacher, and at Montreal (1692–96; 1709–15), he was the first superior of the residence established by the Jesuits in 1693. He returned to France in 1715.

He died in Moulins in 1718.

References

Sources
 
 

1646 births
1718 deaths
17th-century French Jesuits
18th-century French Jesuits
French Roman Catholic missionaries
Roman Catholic missionaries in Canada
Jesuit missionaries in New France
Van Ewijcksluis

Van Ewijcksluis is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, and lies about  southeast of Den Helder.

Van Ewijcksluis is considered a part of Anna Paulowna. It is named after Daniël Jacob van Ewijck, the King's commissioner of North Holland.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Hollands Kroon
André Bellessort

André Bellessort (19 March 1866 in Laval, Mayenne – 22 January 1942 in Paris) was a French writer.

Biography
Bellessort was a not only a poet and essayist but also a traveller who went to Chile, Bolivia and Japan. He is known for his influence on his pupils as a teacher in hypokhâgne in the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, notably related in Robert Brasillach's memories, Notre avant-guerre.

1866 births
1942 deaths
People from Laval, Mayenne
Lycée Janson-de-Sailly alumni
Members of the Académie Française
20th-century French non-fiction writers
19th-century French poets
French male essayists
French male poets
Members of the Ligue de la patrie française
19th-century French male writers
19th-century French essayists
20th-century French male writers
Lycée Louis-le-Grand teachers
Reinecke's salt

Reinecke's salt is a chemical compound with the formula NH4[Cr(NCS)4(NH3)2]·H2O. The dark-red crystalline compound is soluble in boiling water, acetone, and ethanol. The chromium atom is surrounded by six nitrogen atoms in an octahedral geometry. The NH3 ligands are mutually trans and the Cr–NCS groups are linear. The salt crystallizes with one molecule of water.

Structure
It was first reported in 1863. NH4[Cr(NCS)4(NH3)2] is prepared by treatment of molten NH4SCN (melting point around 145–150 °C) with (NH4)2Cr2O7.

Use
This salt was once widely used to precipitate primary and secondary amines as their ammonium salts. Included in the amines that effectively form crystalline precipitates are those derived from the amino acids, including proline and hydroxyproline. It also reacts with Hg2+ compounds, giving a red color or a red precipitate.

References

Chromium complexes
Reagents for organic chemistry
Ammine complexes
Thiocyanates
Chromium(III) compounds
Ammonium compounds
Beeckerwerth

Beeckerwerth is a part of the German city of Duisburg and located right of the Rhine. It has a population of 3,807 and an area of 7.62 km2.

History

Until the Middle Ages, Beeckerwerth was surrounded by water on all sides: on the west and northwest by the Rhine, on the east and northeast by the Emscher and on the south by a branch of the Emscher called the Monnarde. This is the origin of the name of Beeckerwerth which means "Island of Beeck" in Old German.

The house of Beeck ruled over Beeckerwerth since the 13th century. Their castle, Haus Knipp, was first mentioned in 1292. It served as their court until its destruction in 1571. It was rebuilt further inland in 1620.

Beeckerwerth became a borough of Duisburg on 1 October 1905, together with Beeck, Laar and Ruhrort.

The industrialist August Thyssen purchased most of Beeckerwerth, including Haus Knipp, in the early 20th century.
 
Haus Knipp was destroyed in 1939 when the dam was extended. The Haus-Knipp-Railroad-Bridge, which was constructed next to it in 1912, still bears its name. The bridge was destroyed during the Second World War and repaired by British army engineers in 1946.

Public transport
The DVG operates two bus lines in Beeckerwerth: the 922 to Rheinhausen and the 907 to Walsum

Sights
Europe's largest solar power project is located in Beeckerwerth. It marks the facade of the ThyssenKrupp steel slitting facility, and is visible from the A42 Autobahn.

Notable people
Hermann Oestrich (1903 - 1973), engineer, known for his work on the BWM 003 and Atar 101 engines.

Duisburg
Nieuwesluis, North Holland

Nieuwesluis is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Hollands Kroon, and lies about  southeast of Den Helder.

Nieuwesluis is considered part of Wieringerwaard. It has place name signs.

References

Populated places in North Holland
Hollands Kroon
McCarthy Beach State Park

McCarthy Beach State Park is a state park of  Minnesota, USA, on the Sturgeon Lake chain near Hibbing. It is located in French Township, Saint Louis County.

Ecosystem
Thirty-three species of wildlife inhabit the park including white-tailed deer, black bears, timber wolves, chipmunks, red squirrels, raccoons, and several species of reptiles and amphibians. More than 175 species of birds also visit the area.

The park protects a northern boreal forest with stands of red and white pine and leatherleaf-black spruce lowlands.

Geology
The glaciers that moved through the area gouged and tore at the bedrock, the cooled lava of ancient volcanoes. During that period, glaciers flowed south, retreated north, and flowed south again. The first glacier stopped where McCarthy Beach is now located. It left low rolling hills with steep sides called moraines. Between the hills, the glaciers gouged valleys and in the larger valleys, lakes were formed.

History 
In 1895, the Swan River Logging Company built a railroad to Sturgeon Lake. The railroad hauled logs to the Swan River where they were floated down the Mississippi River to Minneapolis sawmills. Over the years, the area became a popular picnic and tenting ground for people from the Iron Range. When the property owner John A. McCarthy died in 1943, his daughter sold the land to a lumberman. Local citizens became concerned about the fate of the timber and were able to persuade the new owner to sell the land. Locals raised some of the money to finance the sale. By matching local money with state money the land was purchased and became a state park in 1945.

Statistics 
 
 115,842 annual visits

References

External links
McCarthy Beach State Park

1945 establishments in Minnesota
Beaches of Minnesota
Protected areas established in 1945
Protected areas of St. Louis County, Minnesota
State parks of Minnesota
Landforms of St. Louis County, Minnesota
Clinton Adams

Clinton Adams (December 11, 1918 – May 13, 2002) was an American artist and art historian. He was known for his contributions to the field of lithography.

Biography
Adams was born in Glendale, California. He worked in the art department of the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) but eventually left to serve in the military. He returned to UCLA in 1946. From 1961 to 1976, he was the Dean of the University of New Mexico.

As a painter, Adams worked in several mediums, including oil, acrylic, watercolor painting, and egg tempera. He also produced lithographs, and was the co-author of The Tamarind Book of Lithography (1971), an important description of the process. Among his other writings is American Lithographers (1987), a history of the art in the United States from 1900 to 1960.

Adams received the Governor's Award for "Outstanding Contributions to the Arts of New Mexico" in 1985, and in 1992 he became a member of the National Academy of Design. He died of liver cancer on May 13, 2002, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

References

External links
Clinton Adams papers, 1934-2002 from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Clinton Adams, 1974 Mar. 29 from the Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Clinton Adams, 1995 Aug. 2-3 a second interview from the Archives of American Art

1918 births
2002 deaths
American art historians
American lithographers
Deaths from liver cancer
Writers from Glendale, California
20th-century American historians
American male non-fiction writers
UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture faculty
University of New Mexico faculty
Deaths from cancer in New Mexico
American military personnel of World War II
20th-century American male writers
Historians from California
20th-century lithographers
Pegah Ahangarani

Pegah Ahangarani (; born 24 July 1984) is an Iranian actress and  director. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.

Filmography
 The Singing Cat (1990 – Directed by Kambuzia Partovi)
 The Girl in the Sneakers (1999 – Directed by Rasul Sadr Ameli)
 Women's Prison (2002 – Directed by Manijeh Hekmat)
 Our Days (2002 – Directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad)
 Maxx (2005 – Directed by Saman Moghadam)
 Sweet Jam (2006 – Directed by Arezoo Petrossian)
 Three Women (2008 – Directed by Manijeh Hekmat)
 Shirin (2008 – Directed by Abbas Kiarostami)
 Maritime silk road (2010 – Directed by Mohammad Bozorgnia)
 No Men Allowed (2011 – Directed by Rambod Javan)
 Trapped (2013 – Directed by Parviz Shahbazi)
 Atom Heart Mother (2013 – Directed by Ali Ahmadzadeh)
 A Persian Melody (2015 - Directed by Hamid Reza Ghotbi)
 Bandar Band (2020)

Awards and nominations 
 Best Actress Award, for The Girl in Sneakers, 23rd Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, December 1999
 Best Performance Award, for The Girl in Sneakers, Dokhtari ba Kafshhaye Katani (original title), 14th Isfahan International Film and Video Festival for Children and Young Adults, Iran, October 1999
 Best Actress Award, for Women’s Prison, "Zendan-e zanan" (original title),  a movie that is directed by her mother wherein Pegah played three different roles, Locarno Film Festival 
 Best Supporting Actress for Trapped, 31st International Fajr Film Festival 2013

Arrests 
Ahangarani was arrested on 27 July 2009 in the wake of the turmoil after the 2009 presidential election, allegedly for her work in support of opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi. She was later released but arrested again on 10 July 2011 prior to her planned trip to Germany to report on the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup for the Persian service of the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle. She was released from Evin Prison two weeks later on the equivalent of $84,000 bail after expressions of "outrage among foreign governments and human rights organizations".

References

External links 

Pegah Ahangarani at Namnakh
 A review of The Girl in the Sneakers
 Farhangsara Awards
 Mini-biography in Persian

1984 births
Living people
People from Arak, Iran
Iranian film actresses
Iranian stage actresses
Iranian child actresses
Iranian women film directors
Iranian documentary filmmakers
Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actress winners
Joshua Braff

Joshua Braff (born October 11, 1967) is an American writer.

Biography
Braff's first novel, The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green, described as a Jewish coming of age tale, was published in 2004 by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green was an ALA Notable Book, named to Booklist's Top 10 1st Novels List, and chosen for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program. His second novel Peep Show was published by Algonquin in 2010. In a four-star review of Peep Show, People said, “Braff skillfully illuminates the failures and charms of a broken family. That teen longing for adults to act their age haunts long after the final page.”

Braff's third novel, The Daddy Diaries, was published on May 5, 2015. Novelist Adam Langer praised the novel: “Honest and heartfelt, Joshua Braff’s novel about the perils of 21st century fatherhood contains more moments of truth than several hundred bestselling memoirs or self-help books. The wry humor and compulsive readability may remind readers of Jonathan Tropper or Nick Hornby, but the hard-won wisdom and disarming vulnerability in “The Daddy Diaries” is all Braff's own.”

Braff grew up in South Orange, New Jersey and attended Columbia High School. He graduated from New York University in 1991 with a BS in Education. In 1995 Braff entered Saint Mary's College of California where he earned an MFA in creative writing/fiction. He contributed a short work titled "Exit 15W" to the collection of shorts about New Jersey entitled Living on the Edge of the World after his hometown of South Orange.

Joshua is the older brother of actor-director Zach Braff. His father was born Jewish and his mother, originally Protestant, converted to Judaism.

References

External links 
 
 

1967 births
21st-century American novelists
Jewish American novelists
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male novelists
21st-century American male writers
Columbia High School (New Jersey) alumni
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni
Writers from South Orange, New Jersey
Saint Mary's College of California alumni
21st-century American Jews
Mesopotamian marriage law

In Mesopotamian marriage law, marriage was regarded as a legal contract, and divorce as its breakup were similarly affected by official procedures.

References

Marriage
Marriage law
Walton Arts Center

The Walton Arts Center is a performing arts center located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It opened in 1992 and is currently Arkansas' largest and busiest arts presenter.

The center is estimated to have cost about $13 million, which was made possible by a collaboration of the Walton Family Foundation, the university, the city, and the private sector.

The facility currently houses three resident companies: Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Trike Theatre for Youth, and Community Creative Center. In 2016, the facility was renovated and expanded with an additional  square feet.

History 

The idea for the Walton Arts Center started in the 1980s with a donation from Sam Walton to the University of Arkansas for the creation of a performance space. After talking with the city of Fayetteville, which was also looking for a multi-purpose space for conferences and special events, the corner of Dickson Street and North School Avenue was chosen for its location approximately halfway between downtown and the University. In 1986 the Walton Arts Center Council was formed with the task of the construction of the facility.

In 2009 Peter B. Lane was appointed the Center's third President/CEO.
In 2013 the Arkansas Music Pavilion was relocated to the city of Rogers, AR
In 2014 construction of Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion was completed.

Art facilities

Baum Walker Hall is the main facility of Walton Arts Center. It is a proscenium stage seating . This venue is used for recitals, lectures, musical performances, ceremonies, and concerts.

Starr Theater is a black box theater that seats up to 250 people. Its  square feet are used for small shows and events.

Studio Theater is located at the Nadine Baum Studios on West Street across from Walton Arts Center. The capacity is 300 people and the space is  square feet.

McBride Studio has a capacity of 100 people and the venue is used for business meetings, pre and post-performance receptions, and classes.

Cynthia H. Coughlin Gallery/Main Lobby is used for receptions and dinners when there is not a performance and it serves as the gathering space before a performance. The area can hold up to 400 people at a time.

Bradberry Amphitheater/Rosen Memorial Rose Garden is located on Dickson Street, outside of Walton Arts Center. It is used for weddings, receptions and dinners and has a capacity of 200 people.

Joy Pratt Markham Gallery is a visual arts space located inside of Walton Arts Center.

References

External links
Walton Arts Center Homepage

Performing arts centers in Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Tourist attractions in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Event venues established in 1992
Culture of Fayetteville, Arkansas
David Martin Mennonites

The David Martin Mennonites, officially called Independent Old Order Mennonite Church or Independent Old Order Mennonites, are a horse and buggy group of Canadian Old Order Mennonites that is moderate concerning the use of modern technologies and that emerged in 1917. They numbered about 3,500 people in 2010 and live in Wellington County, Ontario and the Waterloo Region. In 2020 they now also live in The Municipality of Grey Highlands, Simcoe County, and Township of Southgate. They do not cooperate with other Old Order groups.

History 

In 1917 the David Martin Mennonites emerged under the leadership of Minister David B. Martin (1838-1920) from the Old Order Mennonite Conference in Ontario, mainly concerning issues of discipline. In the next decades the young church was not without troubles and struggled to maintain its members. They used the ban on several occasions and growth was slow.

In 1954, a group of about 25 people separated from the David Martin Mennonites and in 1956 Elam S. Martin, their minister, was excommunicated from the David Martin Mennonites. This Elam Martin group with others formed the Orthodox Mennonites in 1958. Since then the David Martins adopted a policy not to talk to outsiders about their faith. "We have lost too many people", bishop David W. Martin stated. The David Martins have grown rapidly through natural increase since 1958.

In 1987, the majority of the Anson Hoover group, a subgroup of Orthodox Mennonites consisting of some 70 members, went back to the David Martin Mennonites. In 1979 the David Martins, as a group, unanimously accepted the telephone.

Practice  

David Martin Mennonites do not talk about their personal lives or church life, but they are open for business. They do not own automobiles but do utilize certain aspects of modern technology, such as cellphones and computers, primarily for business. Fields are tilled with horses and tractors. while stationary belt-drive diesel engines for threshing and other farm works are allowed. In their homes they have electric light, freezers, refrigerators and propane stoves are accepted. David Martin Mennonites send their children to public schools which their children attend until they are 14 years old.

Demographics 

In 1925 there were 55 adult members in the group. In 1942 there were 72 adult members and 92 children. In 1952 there were 89 adult members and 183 children. In the 1990s they had more than 400 adult members. Around the year 2000 the David Martin Mennonites counted about 350 households, which would mean about 2100 people. In 2010 there were about 3,500 people in the group.

Literature

External links 
 David Martin Mennonites (Ontario, Canada) at Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online

"Old Order Mennonite Groups in Ontario" at Anabaptistwiki.org

"Moderate Old Order Mennonite Groups" at Anabaptistwiki.org

References 

Anabaptism
Mennonitism
Mennonite denominations
Mennonitism in Canada
Old Order Mennonites
Anabaptist denominations established in the 20th century
1917 establishments in Ontario
Dominic Vallarsi

Dominic Vallarsi (13 November 1702 – 14 August 1771) was an Italian priest, born in Verona.

He studied with the Jesuits at Verona and after his elevation to the priesthood occupied himself chiefly in archæological and Patristic studies. In his searches for manuscripts and other antiquities he was aided financially by the City of Verona and its bishop, as well as by Benedict XIV, who gave him a benefice in the Diocese of Vicenza and appointed him reviser for the Oriental languages at the Holy Office. He was also highly respected for his archæological learning by such men as Muratori, Apostolo Zeno, Giammaria Mazzucchelli, and others.

Literary works
An edition of St. Jerome; "S. Hieronymi opera omnia post monachorum e congregatione S. Mauri recensionem quibusdam ineditis monumentis aliisque lucubrationibus aucta, notis et observationibus illustrata," (11 vols., Verona, 1734–42; revised and enlarged, Venice, 1766–72, reprinted in Patrologia Latina, XII-XXX).

The title refers to the Maurist edition by Jean Martianay and Antoine Pouget (Paris, 1693–1706).

Vallarsi also assisted Scipio Maffei in his revision of the Maurist edition of St. Hilary (Verona, 1730) and brought out an incomplete edition of the works of Rufinus (Verona, 1745). The second volume, which was to contain the Latin translations of Rufinus, did not appear.

Notes

References

18th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests
1702 births
1771 deaths
Strachkvas

Strachkvas (Kristián) (28 September 929 or 935, Prague – 996, Prague) was a prince of Bohemia, son of Boleslav I and brother of Boleslav II, all members of the Přemyslid dynasty. A clergyman, Strachkvas was finally to become Bishop of Prague but died during his consecration.

Life
Strachkvas was born on a feast day on which his father killed his own brother or half-brother, Wenceslaus, in order to replace Wenceslaus as Duke of the Bohemians. Feeling remorse, Boleslav gave his newborn son the strange name of "Strachkvas", "a dreadful feast". Boleslav promised to devote his son to religion and to educate him as a clergyman, and he kept his word.

According to Chronica Boemorum of Cosmas of Prague, Saint Adalbert of Prague in 994 offered his episcopal see to Strachkvas, explaining that Strachkvas came from the Přemyslids, and it would be easy for him to bend people to his will; but Strachkvas refused the episcopacy. When Adalbert's family was massacred the next year and he left Prague, however, Strachkvas was appointed to succeed him. Then, just as Strachkvas was about to assume the episcopate, he died without warning during the installation ceremony itself. The circumstances of his death still are unclear.

10th-century births
996 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
10th-century bishops in Bohemia
Roman Catholic bishops of Prague
Přemyslid dynasty
Bohemian princes
Nobility from Prague
Ennio de Concini

Ennio De Concini (9 December 1923, Rome – 17 November 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and film director, winning the Academy Award in 1962 for the "Best Original Screenplay" for Divorce Italian Style.

Life and career
He was the co-screenwriter of The Red Tent a 1969 film starring Sean Connery which was based on Umberto Nobile's disastrous 1928 expedition to the North Pole in the airship Italia.  Among the 60 films to his credit are The Twist (1976), Four of the Apocalypse (1975), Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973), Battle of the Worlds (1961), Black Sunday (1960), Long Night in 1943 (1960), Il Grido (1957), War and Peace (1956), and Mambo (1954).

With his wife, Ninni, he had a son, Corrado de Concini, who is a noted mathematician.

Selected filmography
 Vacation with a Gangster (1951)
 The Angels of the District (1952)
 Brothers of Italy (1952)
 Sunday Heroes (1952)
 The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)
 The Facts of Murder (1959)
 The Warrior Empress (1960)
 Taras Bulba, the Cossack (1962)

References

External links
 

Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners
21st-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in Italy
Italian film directors
20th-century Italian screenwriters
1923 births
2008 deaths
Italian male screenwriters
Infectious disease deaths in Lazio
20th-century Italian male writers
List of administrative divisions of Guangxi

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following three levels of administrative division.

Administrative divisions
All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at administrative divisions of China. This chart lists only prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Guangxi.

Recent changes in administrative divisions

Population composition

Prefectures

Counties

References

 
Guangxi
Platanthera bifolia

Platanthera bifolia, commonly known as the lesser butterfly-orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus Platanthera, having certain relations with the genus Orchis, where it was previously included and also with the genus Habenaria. It is a Palaearctic species occurring from Ireland in the west, across Europe and Asia to Korea and Japan. It is also found in North Africa. The name Platanthera is derived from Greek, meaning "broad anthers", while the species name, bifolia, means "two leaves".

Identification 

Lesser butterfly-orchids are not to be confused with the greater butterfly-orchid, which are about the same size. Lesser butterfly-orchids are distinguished by their two shining green basal leaves, especially of the hill form, which are shorter and broader and by the angle of the pollinia. The upper sepal and petals form a loose triangular hood above the pollinia, which lie parallel and close together, obscuring the opening into the spur, which is long and almost straight. There are usually around 25 white flowers tinged with yellow-green in a slim flower spike. The flowers are night-scented, but the chemical components of the scent are different from those of greater butterfly-orchid and attract different pollinators.

Hybrids 
Hybrids of the two butterfly-orchids are rare, as are those between lesser butterfly-orchid and other species. However, hybrids have been recorded with frog orchid in South Uist (1949) and with the common spotted-orchid and the heath spotted-orchid.

Habitat 
The lesser butterfly-orchid occupies a wide range of habitats, being far more tolerant of acid conditions than the greater butterfly-orchid. They are found in grasslands, woodlands (especially beech woods in southern England), in hill pastures up to 400m, on heaths and moorland, and in tussocky marshy ground.

Pollination 
Sphingid moths are attracted by the scent of this orchid, and tend to hover in front of the flowers, resting their forelegs on the lip. As the proboscis enters the spur it pushes between the pollinia, dislodging the sticky discs which adhere to it. Pollinators include pine, small elephant and, to a lesser extent, elephant hawk-moths.

Conservation 
This species has suffered a serious decline, especially in central and southern England, as a result of woodland clearance. Upland populations in the north and west have suffered from overgrazing.

References

External links 
 
 
 
  Den virtuella floran - Distribution

bifolia
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Orchids of Europe
Orchids of Asia
Orchids of Korea
Orchids of Japan
Current ratio

The current ratio is a  liquidity ratio that measures whether a firm has enough resources to meet its short-term obligations. It compares a firm's current assets  to its current liabilities, and is expressed as follows:-

The current ratio is an indication of a firm's liquidity.  Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry.  In many cases, a creditor would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio indicates that the company is more likely to pay the creditor back. Large current ratios are not always a good sign for investors. If the company's current ratio is too high it may indicate that the company is not efficiently using its current assets or its short-term financing facilities.

If current liabilities exceed current assets the current ratio will be less than 1. A current ratio of less than 1 indicates that the company may have problems meeting its short-term obligations. Some types of businesses can operate with a current ratio of less than one, however.  If inventory turns into cash much more rapidly than the accounts payable become due, then the firm's current ratio can comfortably remain less than one. Inventory is valued at the cost of acquiring it and the firm intends to sell the inventory for more than this cost. The sale will therefore generate substantially more cash than the value of inventory on the balance sheet. Low current ratios can also be justified for businesses that can collect cash from customers long before they need to pay their suppliers.

Limitations 
 The ratio is only useful when two companies are compared within industry because inter industry business operations differ substantially.
 To determine liquidity, the current ratio is not as helpful as the quick ratio, because it includes all those assets that may not be easily liquidated, like prepaid expenses and inventory.

See also
Debt ratio
Quick ratio
Ratio

References

Financial ratios
Working capital management
Heralds' Museum

The Heralds' Museum was a museum of heraldry run by the College of Arms Trust at the Tower of London during the 1980s. It was situated in the old Waterloo Barracks within the Tower.

The original idea came from Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms.  Wagner hoped to establish a museum in which to display the treasures of the College of Arms. A plan for a building adjacent to the college was commissioned from Raymond Erith, but not taken forward due to the increasing financial demands of repairs to the college building.

In 1980, the Heralds' Museum was opened by the Duke of Kent as part of the Tower of London. The museum was open during the summer season and admission was included in admission to the Tower. Exhibits included items from the collection of College of Arms and artifacts borrowed from other sources. Peter Spurrier served as its curator, and John Brooke-Little as its director. Sybil Burnaby was its press officer.

The museum closed later in the 1980s following the reorganization of the Royal Palaces.

References

Tower of London
Defunct museums in London
Heraldic sites
British heraldry
Times Like These (Friday Hill album)

Times Like These is a studio album released by British hip-hop trio Friday Hill, consisting of three members of the group Blazin' Squad. The album was released on 27 February 2006, peaking at #67 on the UK Albums Chart and selling less than 4,000 copies. The album spawned the singles "Baby Goodbye" and "One More Night Alone". The album features the radio mix of "One More Night Alone," despite a full-length version of the song appearing as part of the single release. The album covers a range of different genres of music, including pop, hip-hop and indie.

Track listing
 "One More Night Alone" (Perry / Thomas / Chinn / Murray / McKenzie / Omar) - 4:11
 "Baby Goodbye" (Wilkins / Hubert / Eyre) - 2:54
 "Fine"
 "Stand Up"
 "Over the Wall"
 "Back to You"
 "Shallow"
 "Down to Earth"
 "I Won't Walk Away (My Legs Are Broken)"
 "Times Like These"
 "I Want You"
 "Running Away"
 "Where it all Begins"
 "Apple of my Eye"
 "Lifeline"
 "Down to Earth (Mark Ronson "Uberfunk" Remix)"

 B-Sides
 "Back on Your Feet" (Wilkins / Hubert / Eyre / McKenzie / Omar / Murray)
 "Go" (McKenzie / Omar / Murray)
 "Running Away" (Demo) (McKenzie / Omar / Murray / Martin)

Chart performance

References

2006 albums
Blazin' Squad albums
Polydor Records albums
Rhein-Nahe

Rhein-Nahe is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district Mainz-Bingen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated along the left bank of the Rhine, north of Bingen. Bingen is the seat of the municipality, but not part of it.

The Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Nahe consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

Bacharach
Breitscheid
Manubach
Münster-Sarmsheim
Niederheimbach
Oberdiebach
Oberheimbach
Trechtingshausen
Waldalgesheim
Weiler bei Bingen

Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate
't Zand, Schagen

t Zand is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Schagen and lies about  south of Den Helder.

History 
The village was first mentioned in 1770 as "eene herberg, het zand genoemt", and is named after an inn which was colloquially called Zand (sand), but whose official name was 't Wapen van Alkmaar. 't Zand developed in the northern part of the Zijpe- and Hazepolder which were poldered between 1596 and 1597. The construction of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal between 1821 and 1824, resulted in a modest growth.

't Zand developed as a Catholic settlement, because clandestine churches were tolerated in the area. The Catholic O.L. Vrouwe Visitatie Church was built in 1863 and is a modest design. The church was deemed unstable in 1920, and large buttresses have been built to strengthen the construction.

Education
In 't Zand there are two primary schools; there are no secondary schools. Zandhope is a small village school with four classrooms catering for ages 4 to 12. St. Jozef (a Catholic school) has about 20 classrooms and caters for ages 4 to 14 years.

Transportation
't Zand is the site of one of the five operational vlotbruggen. The current was constructed in 1949 on the Noordhollandsche Kanaal.

References

Schagen
Populated places in North Holland
Oudesluis, Schagen

Oudesluis is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Schagen, and lies about 21 km south of Den Helder.

The village was first mentioned around 1660 as Duycker Sluys. The current name means "old sluice". Oude (old) has been added after the Wieringerwaard was poldered to distinguish from Nieuwesluis. Oude Sluis was located on the former Zuiderzee until 1845.

The former Dutch Reformed church was built in 1861, because the old church had been damaged in a storm in 1859. In 1982, the church was sold for ƒ to a foundation and is nowadays used for cultural activities.

In 1867, a railway station opened on the Amsterdam to Den Helder railway line. It closed in 1949.

Gallery

References

Schagen
Populated places in North Holland
Dark moon (disambiguation)

Dark moon describes the Moon during that time that it is invisible against the backdrop of the Sun in the sky.

Dark moon (or Dark Moon) may also refer to:
"Dark Moon" (song), a 1957 song written by Ned Miller
Dark moon, sometimes refers to Lilith (fictitious moon), Earth's hypothetical second moon
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, the sequel to Luigi's Mansion for the Nintendo 3DS and its titular object, the Dark Moon
Dark Moon: The Blood Altar, a South Korean manhwa series

See also
Dark Side of the Moon (disambiguation)
Authentic instrument

Authentic instrument may refer to:

 Historically informed performance
 Public instrument
2006 in Norwegian football

The 2006 season was the 101st season of competitive football in Norway.

Men's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

Tippeligaen

1. divisjon

2. divisjon

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

3. divisjon

Norwegian Cup

Final

Women's football

League season

Promotion and relegation

Toppserien

1. divisjon

Norwegian Women's Cup

Final
Røa 3–2 Asker

Men's UEFA competitions

Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

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UEFA Cup

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

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Second qualifying round

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First round

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Intertoto Cup

Second round

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Third round

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UEFA Women's Cup

Second qualifying round

Group 2

Matches
 Kolbotn 4–2 RCD Espanyol
 Lehenda-Cheksil Chernihiv 1–2 Kolbotn
 Kolbotn 1–2 Umeå IK

National teams

Norway men's national football team

UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Group C

Fixtures and results

Key
 H = Home match
 A = Away match
 N = Neutral site match

Norway women's national football team

Notes and references

 
Seasons in Norwegian football