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Duffey Lake Provincial Park

Duffey Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the lake of the same name, which lies along BC Highway 99 just east of the summit of Cayoosh Pass. The lake's inflow and outflow are Cayoosh Creek. The park's highest point is Mount Rohr at the westernmost boundary.

See also

 Geography of British Columbia

References

External links

 BC Parks: Duffey Lake Provincial Park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Lillooet Country
Lillooet Ranges
1993 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1993
Dry Gulch Provincial Park

Dry Gulch Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Parks in the Regional District of East Kootenay
Year of establishment missing
Drumbeg Provincial Park

Drumbeg Provincial Park is a provincial park on Gabriola Island in British Columbia, Canada.

References

Regional District of Nanaimo
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Year of establishment missing
Drewry Point Provincial Park

Drewry Point Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, on the west side of Kootenay Lake, southeast of the city of Nelson.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
West Kootenay
1970 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1970
Downing Provincial Park

Downing Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, created when Mr. and Mrs. Clair Downing donated their half-mile of lake frontage property on Kelly Lake. The park's size, including the  donated by the Downings, is 156 hectares. It is located adjacent to the British Columbia Railway line and the Pavilion Mountain Road about 30 km west of Clinton, at the junction with the road to Jesmond and Kostering.

See also
Edge Hills Provincial Park

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Year of establishment missing
Dixie Cove Marine Provincial Park

Dixie Cove Marine Provincial Park, originally Dixie Cove Provincial Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of Hohoae Island, which is just west of Fair Harbour in Kyuquot Sound on the West Coast of Vancouver Island.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Kyuquot Sound region
1996 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1996
Marine parks of Canada
Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park

Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park is a provincial park located about  east of Oak Bay on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is about  long and  wide and looks out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park is only accessible by boat and is popular with kayakers. The nearest marina and official anchorage is located in Oak Bay and the nearest launching ramp is located at Cattle Point. On the east side of the island on Pandora Hill there is a lighthouse which has been automated for the past several years. Pandora Hill is also one of the turning points for the Canada–United States border. The northern portion of Discovery Island is a First Nations reserve.

Camping is allowed in the area southwest of Pandora Hill. Campers can set up a tent ( per person per night). There is a pit toilet, and there are picnic tables, however, there is no drinking water on the island and it is a pack-in-pack-out campsite. Rudlin Bay is the main access to the campground which is filled with dangerous rocks as well as being exposed to the southeast. It is possible for a small boat to temporarily anchor there, but there is no safe overnight anchorage. Campfires are not permitted.

History 
The provincial park on Discovery Island was first established in 1972. The park land had previously been owned by Captain E.G. Beaumont, who had purchased the land in 1918 and had left it to the province of British Columbia in his will.

Prior to 1918, the land had passed through the hands of several owners. It was purchased from the Crown in 1867 by George Jay and James Chestney Bales. In 1871, the partnership between Jay and Bales dissolved, and Bales took possession of the land. In 1901, Bales sold the land to William James Palmer, who then sold the land to Warburton Pike in 1912. After Pike's death in 1917, the property was taken over by Pike's bank and subsequently sold to Captain Beaumont.

Images

See also
Discovery Island
Discovery Island Lighthouse
Captain E.G. Beaumont

References

External links
Discovery Island - BC Parks
discoveryisland.ca

Coast of British Columbia
Islands of British Columbia
Greater Victoria
Provincial Parks of the Gulf Islands
Year of establishment missing
Marine parks of Canada
Dionisio Point Provincial Park

Dionisio Point Provincial Park is a provincial park campground in the southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the northwestern tip of Galiano Island, across Porlier Pass from Valdes Island.

External links

A day hike in the Park
Dionisio Point Park
Quelus - a Place of Serenity (video)

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Galiano Island
Year of establishment missing
Diana Lake Provincial Park

Diana Lake Provincial Park is a  provincial park located 16 kilometres east of the city of Prince Rupert in the North Coast Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. The park was established by BC Parks in 1980.

Description
The park provides lake, lakeshore and forest recreation opportunities for local residents and travelers along the Highway 16 corridor. Diana Lake is the primary freshwater recreation site in the region. 

Diana Creek nature trail winds along Diana Creek through coastal temperate rainforest. The MacDonald Trail starts in the park, steps through several blanket bogs, and runs up to MacDonald peak.

All five species of pacific salmon, as well as steelhead, rainbow and Dolly Varden trout can be found in the lakes and creeks around this park.

From May 15 to September 15, the day-use area is accessible. This park does not have access to drinkable water.

Images

See also
Prudhomme Lake Provincial Park

References

External links
Diana Lake Provincial Park

Provincial parks of British Columbia
North Coast of British Columbia
1980 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1980
GT Legends

GT Legends is a sports car racing simulator for the PC developed by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios) and published by 10tacle Publishing. It is based on the 2005 FIA Historic Racing Championships
for GTC and TC cars of the 1960s and 1970s. This is a modern-day championship for historic cars, and so the circuit designs in GT Legends are those of the modern era, contrasting with games such as Grand Prix Legends which are actually set in historic times.

GT Legends has the same graphics engine as rFactor (developed by Image Space Incorporated), a similar physics engine but different multiplayer code.

Reception 

GT Legends received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Eurogamer praised the game's graphics, setting, handling, car selection, options, and difficulty. GameSpot praised the car models, physics modeling, sophisticated audio, options, and vintage cars, while criticizing some technical issues, lack of rain races, the requirement of high-end computing power, progression, and reduced damage.

References

External links
 Official website
 Gamespot GTL Review

2005 video games
Racing simulators
Racing video games
SimBin Studios games
Video games developed in Sweden
Video games scored by Stephen Baysted
Video games set in Belgium
Video games set in England
Sports video games set in France
Sports video games set in Germany
Sports video games set in Italy
Video games set in Sweden
Windows games
Windows-only games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
10tacle Studios games
Denetiah Provincial Park and Protected Area

Denetiah Provincial Park and Protected Area is a provincial park and protected area located in the northern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It was established on June 29, 1999 to protect a large area of pristine wilderness at the headwaters of the Denetiah and Dahl Rivers.

Geography
Denetiah Provincial Park is composed of a 97,908 hectare Class A Park unit and a 7,441 hectare protected area unit. The provincial park is part of the larger Muskwa-Kechika Management Area, which aims to coordinate the management of Denetiah Provincial Park with 14 other provincial parks and protected areas located in the region.

See also
Dall River Old Growth Provincial Park

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Liard Country
Cassiar Mountains
1999 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1999
Dawley Passage Provincial Park

Dawley Passage Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the south end of Fortune Channel, which lies between Meares Island and the mainland of Vancouver Island just south.  The park is to the north of the resort town of Tofino and is accessible by boat only.  It was created on July 13, 1995 as part of the Clayoquot Land-Use Decision and contains , ( of upland and  of foreshore).

The park's name comes from Dawley Passage which is a tidal narrows with strong currents and abundant marine life, which makes it popular for scuba diving.  Dawley Passage was named for Walter P. Dawley, a trader from Victoria who salvaged lumber from shipwrecks and at one time operated a store and hotel at Clayoquot and eventually owned stores at Ahousat, Nootka and Neuchatlitz Inlet.

See also
Epper Passage Provincial Park
Flores Island Marine Provincial Park
Gibson Marine Provincial Park
Vargas Island Provincial Park

References

BC Parks infopage

Clayoquot Sound region
Provincial parks of British Columbia
1995 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1995
Davis Lake Provincial Park

Davis Lake Provincial Park is a  park in British Columbia, Canada, established as a protected provincial park in October 1963. It is located east of the southern end of Stave Lake, northeast of Mission, British Columbia, approximately 18 km north on Sylvester Rd from BC Highway 7. There are campgrounds and beaches at the south end of the lake, access is walk-in only via a 1 km unmaintained gravel road.  

The park features bird habitat for sapsuckers, woodpeckers and spotted owls as well as a relatively untouched stand of old growth Western Hemlock.

Davis Lake Provincial Park attractions include:
 canoeing and kayaking, although there are no campsites accessible via kayak or canoe,
 fishing - requiring a fishing permit, 
 hiking - in particular to McDonald Falls,  on Murdo Creek, accessed downhill from the Lost Creek Forest Service Road (continuation of Sylvester Road) just east of the lake. 
 swimming 

A 2018 report by the Vancouver Sun indicated that the province had some way to go with urgent need for better park management, in particular in the case of Davis Lake Provincial Park.

See also
Cascade Falls Regional Park
Hatzic Valley

References

External links

Lower Mainland
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Douglas Ranges
1963 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1963
Darke Lake Provincial Park

Darke Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada located west of Okanagan Lake, southwest of the town of Peachland in that province's Okanagan region.  The park is approximately  in size and was established in 1968 as a provincial park  Darke Lake, also mapped historically as Fish Lake, is northwest of Summerland and is named after Silas Robert Darke, an early settler in the 1890s. In 1941 Howard Clark bought Fish Lake from Clyde Stewart. He was a hunting and fishing guide that ran the camp, as well as raised four children with his wife Hazel. The children were Betty, Roger, Dale & Audrey. In 1959  he sold it to Jake and Betty Enns.

Images

References

External links
BC Parks information page

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Provincial parks in the Okanagan
1968 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1968
Dall River Old Growth Provincial Park

Dall River Old Growth Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the larger Muskwa-Kechika Management Area and is located immediately northwest of Denetiah Provincial Park, northwest of the junction of the Gataga and Kechika Rivers.  Established in 1999, the park is 642 ha. in area.  The park protects areas of white spruce old growth.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Liard Country
Cassiar Mountains
1999 establishments in British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1999
Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Provincial Park

Dala-Kildala Rivers Estuaries Provincial Park is a provincial park of 452 ha. in British Columbia, Canada. It protects the mouth of the Dala River in Kildala Arm.

Climate

References

External links
Homepage

North Coast of British Columbia
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Year of establishment missing
Dahl Lake Provincial Park

Dahl Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on October 22, 1981, and is currently  in size.

References

External links
 BC Parks

Provincial parks of British Columbia
William de Mohun, 1st Earl of Somerset

William de Mohun of Dunster, Earl of Somerset (c. 1090 – c. 1155), 2nd feudal baron of Dunster, was a favourite of Empress Matilda and a loyal supporter of her in the war against King Stephen, during which he earned the epithet of the "Scourge of the West".

Life
William was the son of William de Moion, who was seigneur of Moyon which is close to Saint-Lô. The elder William was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1084.

During the war between Matilda and Stephen, Stephen marched against Mohun's castle at Dunster, but finding it too hard to take, he left Henry de Tracy to keep Mohun under siege.

Empress Matilda conferred upon him the title Earl of Somerset, in 1141. In the foundation charter of the priory at Bruton
, he describes himself as "Willielmus de Moyne, comes Somersetensis". 
Unlike Baldwin de Redvers who was created Earl of Devon by Matilda at around the same time, William's title was not recognised by Stephen or Henry II, Matilda's son, and his descendants did not use the title.

Family
William de Mohun, Earl of Somerset, married Agnes de Gaunt, daughter of Walter de Gaunt and Maud of Brittany, daughter of Stephen, Count of Tréguier, 3rd Lord of Richmond (born btw. 1058/62died 21 April 1136), (he is sometimes misidentified as "Stephen, Count of Brittany").

References

Sources

Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis; Line 143-24
G. E. C., ed. Geoffrey F. White. The Complete Peerage. (London: St. Chaterine Press, 1953) Vol. XII, Part 1, p. 36-38.
 

1090s births
1155 deaths
Earls of Somerset
Peers created by Empress Matilda
Sallie Robinson

Sallie Robinson (born March 17 1851, date of death unknown), a 19th-century African-American civil rights activist.

On the evening of May 22, 1879, Sallie Robinson, a 28-year-old black woman, bought two first-class tickets at Grand Junction, Tennessee, for a train trip to Lynchburg, Virginia. Shortly after midnight she and her nephew, Joseph Robinson, described as a young black man "of light complexion, light hair and light blue eyes," boarded the train and started into the parlor car. The conductor held Robinson back ("bruising her arm and jerking her roughly around," she alleged) and pushed her into the smoking car.

A few minutes later, when Joseph informed the conductor that he was Robinson's nephew and was an African American, the conductor looked surprised. In that case, he said, they could go into the parlor car at the next stop.

The Robinsons finished the ride in the parlor car but filed complaints with the railroad about their treatment and then sued for $500 under the federal Civil Rights Act of 1875. At trial, the conductor testified that he had thought Joseph to be a white man with a black woman and his experience was that such associations were "for illicit purposes." The jury found for the railroad and the Robinsons appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where they lost.

See also
 List of 19th-century African-American civil rights activists

External links
 Westin, Alan F. Ride-in!: Ride-ins and sit-ins are not new tactics of the Negro. They were first tried back in the 1870s, and with great success. But that time High Court decisions were very different. American Heritage Magazine. August 1962, Volume 13, Issue 5. Retrieved September 23, 2006.

1851 births
Activists for African-American civil rights
Year of death missing
African-American activists
19th-century American women
Women civil rights activists
19th-century African-American women
19th-century African-American people
Hans Riddervold

Hans Riddervold (7 November 1795 – 20 July 1876) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

Personal life
He was born at Teien in Åsgårdstrand as a son of shipmaster Adolf Kvernheim Riddervold (1760–1817) and Bredine Bolette Nielsen (1773–1811). He was the father of Julius Riddervold, who in turn was a grandfather of Hans Julius Riddervold. Hans Riddervold's daughter Bodil Mathea married Cato Guldberg and the daughter Mette Marie Riddervold married Peter Andreas Jensen.

Hans Riddervold married Anna Maria Bull (1803–1870) in June 1822. She was a younger sister of Cato Guldberg's mother Hanna Sophie Theresia Bull, making Cato and Bodil Mathea first cousins.

Career
He received his Cand.theol. degree in 1819.  He was the bishop of Nidaros from 1843 until 1849.  In 1827, he was elected to the Parliament of Norway and while in office, he was elected as the president of the Storting.

He was the minister of church affairs and education for several periods between 1848 and 1872, as well as minister of auditing in 1852 and minister of finance in 1853, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1849 to 1850 and 1854–1855.

Riddervold was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1859 and the Gold Medal for Outstanding Civic Service in 1869.

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1795 births
1876 deaths
People from Vestfold
Presidents of the Storting
Government ministers of Norway
19th-century Norwegian politicians
Ministers of Finance of Norway
Bishops of Nidaros
Ministers of Education of Norway
Demonheart

"Demonheart" is a symphonic power metal song by Italian songwriter Luca Turilli which appeared on his solo album Prophet of the Last Eclipse. It was released as a single shortly after the album's release.

The single featured the full song, as well as an edit of one of the songs from Prophet of the Last Eclipse and an edit of one of the songs from King of the Nordic Twilight, two original songs, and a cover of the Helloween track "I'm Alive".

Track listing
"Demonheart" (5:02)
"Prophet of the Last Eclipse (Edit)" (4:23)
"Rondeau in C Minor" (1:24)
"Black Realms' Majesty" (4:33)
"Kings of the Nordic Twilight (Edit)" (4:56)
"I'm Alive" (3:43)

Charts

References

2002 singles
Luca Turilli songs
2002 songs
Abhayagiri

Abhayagiri may refer to:

 Abhayagiri vihāra a ruined monastic complex of great historical significance in Sri Lanka
 Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, a Theravadin Buddhist monastery in Redwood Valley, California

See also
Abhaya (disambiguation)
Giri (disambiguation)
Terje Riis-Johansen

Terje Riis-Johansen (born 15 March 1968) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party who is serving as county mayor of Vestfold og Telemark since 2020.

Riis-Johansen was born in Skien. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1993, but was not re-elected in 1997. From 1997 to 1999, during the first cabinet Bondevik, he was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Finance. In 2005, during the second cabinet Stoltenberg, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Food, but changed department in 2008 and served as Minister of Petroleum and Energy. On 4 March 2011 he was succeeded by fellow Centre Party politician Ola Borten Moe.

On the local level he was a member of Skien municipality council from 1991 to 1995. During the same term he was also a member of Telemark county council.

After the 2011 Norwegian local elections the local centre-right alliance was dissolved, and Riis-Johansen became Telemark's county mayor of a new centre-left coalition.

Riis-Johansen was a member of the board of Nei til EU from 1995 to 1997, of Telemark University College from 2000 to 2003 and of the Norwegian Farmers' Union from 2000 to 2005.

As county mayor, Riis-Johansen has launched a programme to attract more foreign investment to Telemark county, Invest in Telemark.

References

1968 births
Living people
Politicians from Skien
Centre Party (Norway) politicians
Members of the Storting
Ministers of Agriculture and Food of Norway
Petroleum and energy ministers of Norway
Chairmen of County Councils of Norway
20th-century Norwegian politicians
Soisson-Rapacz-Clason Field

Soisson-Rapacz-Clason Field, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is a 2,200 seat multipurpose stadium.  Its primary tenants are Kalamazoo Christian High School, Hackett Catholic Central High School and Kalamazoo FC of USL League Two. They also hosted the Kalamazoo Outrage, a soccer team playing in the USL Premier Development League from 2007 to 2010.

Soisson-Rapacz Field was also home to the Kalamazoo Lassies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1950-1954. The Lassies were one of the more popular teams in the AAGPBL, routinely drawing crowds of over 1,000 spectators. They won the League championship in 1954, the last year of the AAGPBL. [3]

References 

Soccer venues in Michigan
National Premier Soccer League stadiums
Sports in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Buildings and structures in Kalamazoo, Michigan

3. Kalamazoo Public Library, kpl.gov
Emerald Music

Emerald Music is an independent record label that specializes in Irish, Scottish, and Celtic music. It is based in Roughfort, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Background
Emerald Music was founded in 1964 by Mervyn Solomon, the first person to record Rory Gallagher and Van Morrison of the group Them. The label specialises in Irish traditional music and compilation albums. It also covers Scottish music, including pipe bands. The company has an extensive back catalogue and claims to be one of the most comprehensive Irish and Scottish record labels.

George Doherty started working with Mervyn Solomon in Emerald's Hydepark Studios in September 1975. Doherty and Solomon had two UK Top Twenty albums with Scottish singer Ann Williamson. During 1989 Doherty teamed up with John Anderson and produced what proved to be the backbone for the first four Jive Bunny hits.  The Jive Bunny album was number 1 in the UK and went triple platinum with over 900,000 sales. Jive Bunny was also a top ten hit in many countries around the world including the US.

Doherty and Anderson then bought the studios and label from Mervyn Solomon in 1992. In 2000 Anderson left to pursue his dream of writing a musical for stage. Doherty ran the business with Martin McBurney until September 2012, when Doherty bought McBurney's interest in Emerald and become sole owner of the company.

Artists
Artists on Emerald have included Jim Armstrong and John Wilson, who both played with Them, and the John Anderson Big Band, who played on the Jive Bunny hit records. The catalogue includes 1980s Irish rock band Bagatelle, 1950s singer Bridie Gallagher, Scottish singers Andy Stewart, Sydney Devine, techno duo Celtic Pride, Irish folk groups Cu Chulainn and Usnagh, singer Malachi Cush, Ulster comedy group Clubsound, and dance DJ Micky Modelle.

See also
 List of record labels

External links
Official site

Record labels from Northern Ireland
British independent record labels
Record labels established in 1964
Irish country music record labels
Folk record labels
Techno record labels
Clare Tomlinson

Clare Louise Tomlinson (born 6 September 1968) is a presenter for the British satellite broadcast sports network Sky Sports. She was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

Early life
Tomlinson was born at Barrowby in 1968. She was educated at the Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.

Career
Tomlinson started her career in public relations, including a period as the receptionist for Max Clifford & Associates. In the early 1990s Tomlinson worked at the Football Association as a media officer. Later in the decade she was appointed as the head of the communications department at Arsenal Football Club, where she helped the then new manager Arsène Wenger with media relations.

Tomlinson joined BSkyB's UEFA Champions League coverage alongside Richard Keys. She then became touchline reporter on Sky Sports' Ford Super Sunday, and co-presented Goals On Sunday, Sky Sports' Sunday morning football highlights programme. Tomlinson was placed on leave from Goals on Sunday for two months, from October 2007.

Tomlinson is a presenter on Sky Sports News, usually on their late show Through the Night. In April 2007 she became the first woman to present the Professional Footballers' Association Awards Ceremony at the Grosvenor Hotel in London.

Personal life
Tomlinson is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur.

In 2000, it was revealed that she had a relationship with the married footballer Bryan Robson.

Tomlinson currently lives in Matlock Bath in Derbyshire.

References

External links 
 Clare Tomlinson at TV Newsroom

1968 births
Living people
People from Grantham
People educated at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
English television presenters
Sky Sports presenters and reporters
Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer

The Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer Award is given by Indian film magazine Filmfare as a part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a male playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song.

Although the Filmfare Awards started in 1954, awards for the best playback singer category started in 1959. From inception of the category through 1967, both the female and male singers used to compete for a single award, after which separate categories were created for female and male singers respectively.

Superlatives

 Kishore Kumar won the award the maximum number of times (8) in this category, Arijit Singh has won it 7 times, whereas Mohammad Rafi has won it 6 times. Kumar Sanu & Udit Narayan have won the award 5 times each. Mukesh has won this award four times. Mahendra Kapoor has won it thrice.
 Mohammad Rafi dominated the 60's with 5 wins. Kishore Kumar, Mukesh had the highest win during 70's winning the award 3 times each. Kishore Kumar continued domination during 80's with 5 wins. Kumar Sanu with most 5 consecutive wins from 1990 to 1995. Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam and Shaan sharing 2 awards among each other in 2000s. Arijit Singh dominated 2010's with 5 wins.
 Kishore Kumar has the most nominations (28), followed by Mohammad Rafi (21) and Arijit Singh (21). Udit Narayan (20), Sonu Nigam (18), Mukesh (14) & Kumar Sanu (14) among others.
 Udit Narayan holds a unique record of receiving nominations in this category in 3 different decades (1980s, 1990s and 2000s) and getting award in all 3 different decades also the only singer of different origin (Nepali) to win 5 times till date. Arijit Singh (2016-2020) & Kumar Sanu (1991-1995) holds the record for most consecutive wins, five times in a row. Coincidentally, the songs for which Kumar Sanu won the awards, their music also won the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. Kishore Kumar won the award four times in a row from 1983 to 1986.
 Mukesh is the only playback singer who won this award posthumously (1977).
 Himesh Reshammiya became the first music director to win this award in 2006.
 Two singers have achieved the feat of receiving all the nominations of this category in a particular year: Mohammed Rafi was the single nominee in 1969, having all the three nominations to his credit, while Kishore Kumar was the single nominee in 1985, having all the four nominations to his credit. Incidentally, Kishore Kumar's all nominated songs were from a single movie, Sharaabi.

Most wins

Most consecutive wins

Multiple nominees

Winners and nominees

1950s
Note: The category for Best Playback Singer was established in 1959, and until 1967 both male and female singers used to compete for a single award.

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also
 Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
 Filmfare Awards
 Bollywood
 Cinema of India

External links
 Filmfare Nominees and Winners
Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer

Male Playback
Indian music awards
At the Soundless Dawn

At the Soundless Dawn is Red Sparowes' 2005 debut release. It had a mixed reception upon release, enthusiastically welcomed by fans of the genre and of related bands such as Isis and Neurosis. Belgian record label Hypertension Records released it on double LP.

The album includes no vocals, instead focusing on extended instrumentation evolving slowly, usually into a crescendo. This would make the album best described as post rock. Throughout the album, the motifs of urban decay and human extinction are expressed via samples, and the poetic nature of the song titles.

Theme 
According to the band, "There is an underlying theme to this record. The literature on the subject is almost limitless, but it basically breaks down to this: There have previously been five “mass extinction events” on earth that have been scientifically realized, dating back from 440 million years ago. These events have resulted in the extinction of 19% - 54% of all species on earth at each specific time period. The first five events have been caused by natural elements, including the known impacts with meteors and the like. We are currently experiencing the sixth extinction event, which is the first one to be caused by a single species on our planet, which happens to be humanity."

It has been also postulated that a major inspiration of the album is T. S. Eliot's Preludes, as "the original idea of using the word 'sparrows' came from the words of T. S. Eliot", and it is within Preludes that the sparrow is referenced, as a symbol of mankind's abuse of nature. "Sunlight Through the Shutters", from the final song, is a recurring image in Eliot's work; notably "And the light crept up between the shutters, And you heard the sparrows in the gutters" from "Preludes" part III, line 31. The theme of mankind's destruction of nature is concordant with the concept pressing forward the album also.

Track listing 

 

The eighth track, "I Saw the Sky in the North Open to the Ground and Fire Poured Out", was initially only available on Japanese releases of the album. It was later released in the United States on a split EP with Gregor Samsa.

Personnel 

Band members
 Dana Berkowitz – drums
 Greg Burns – bass, pedal steel
 Jeff Caxide – guitar, bass guitar
 Josh Graham – guitar, piano, album artwork
 Bryant Clifford Meyer – guitar, organ

Other personnel
 Bill Dooley – mastering
 Desmond Shea – recording

References 

Concept albums
2005 albums
Post-metal albums
Red Sparowes albums
Hypertension Records albums
Miami Tango

The Miami Tango Soccer Club is an American soccer team from Miami, Florida. Founded in 1980.

Miami Tango SC played  Florida Soccer League since 1980.

They joined the USISL PDSL in 1996, in 1998 1998 PDSL seasonUSISL PDSL replacing the Miami Breakers, who had been promoted to the D-3 Pro League. For the 1999 season, USISL PDSL the team played simultaneously with the Breakers, who had been relegated after one season.  (2000) When it became apparent that there was not a market for two PDL teams in the area and the Breakers were going to stay, in 2001 the Miami Tango SC returned to Miami Soccer League.

Since 2001 the team continues to play in the Miami Soccer League, a Florida State Soccer Association member. In 2004 Miami Tango SC won the Florida States Soccer Association Cup.

Year-by-year

References

Tango
1998 establishments in Florida
Soccer clubs in Florida
UCAS Teacher Training

UCAS Teacher Training, formerly the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR), is the subsidiary of UCAS responsible for student applications from graduates (and those about to graduate) to providers of Initial Teacher Training in the United Kingdom. Applications are filled out online via the UCAS website.

The Registry was founded in 1960 and was run in close association with the Central Register and Clearing House.  Although the number of students on relevant courses did not exceed a few hundred at the time, rapid expansion was envisaged in view of both the likely increase in graduate numbers in general and the expectation that training would soon be made compulsory for graduates entering teaching.

Officials at the Ministry of Education feared that the need to spend time training would deter graduates in shortage subjects and age ranges from entering teaching, while teachers' organisations argued that training was required more urgently than ever, and, further, that the rate of graduates leaving teaching was in fact higher among the untrained than the trained.  The National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers unanimously advised the Secretary of State in 1963 that compulsory professional training should be introduced.  Finally, in 1969 the decision was made that training would be required for those graduating after 31 December 1969 who wished to teach in state primary schools, and for those graduating after 31 December 1973 who wished to teach in state secondary schools.

The name of the GTTR as the application route had already appeared in careers material, for example in an article in "The Times" advising aspiring Drama teachers to apply to the Registry at 151 Gower Street, London WC1.  The GTTR was a valuable statistical source, and Parliament was informed that in 1968-9 5269 graduate applications were processed, resulting in 4239 acceptances.

The GTTR moved to 3 Crawford Place, London W1 and again was closely integrated with the CRCH.  The latter admissions body was wound up and merged with UCAS in 1992.  The GTTR came under the umbrella of this new body, and moved to its premises in Cheltenham.  Annual statistics are published on its website.

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Gerard Johnson (musician)

Gerard Mark Johnson (born 1963) is a British keyboard player. He is best known for his work with Saint Etienne, The Syn and Yes.

Early years
Johnson was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.  He was educated at Presentation College, Reading, Berkshire, England. He was a member of the Progress Theatre Student Group (1976–1981) and studied as a Tonmeister at the University of Surrey, Guildford.

Career
Johnson originally trained and worked as a recording engineer at London's Music Works studio (1985–87) and then as Chief Engineer at Orinoco Studios (now called Miloco Studios) (1987–91). During this time he recorded and mixed records by Enya, Ian McCulloch (of Echo & the Bunnymen), The Sugarcubes and the Pet Shop Boys.

In 1991, he became a freelance engineer/producer, working with Timo Blunk (of Palais Schaumburg), Freaky Realistic, TV Smith (of The Adverts) and Denim. Through Denim he met Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell of Saint Etienne. Since Saint Etienne re-united in the mid 1990s, Johnson has worked with the band at various times as engineer, arranger, producer and live keyboard player.

In the 1990s, Johnson also worked with guitarist Peter Banks, with Johnson appearing on Banks' albums and Banks guesting on Johnson's project with Mark Bown, Funky Monkey. In 2004, Johnson joined Banks in The Syn, appearing on recordings later released on Original Syn. Johnson stayed with the band after Banks left and original bass player Chris Squire of Yes rejoined. He co-produced the band's 2005 album, Syndestructible, with Lemon Trees guitarist Paul Stacey. He has also toured with The Syn in a line-up including guitarist Shane Theriot and drummer Alan White (of Yes), but left the band in 2006.

He then worked on two projects with Chris Squire: Chris Squire's Swiss Choir, an album of Christmas music on which he was producer and choral arranger, and as co-writer of songs for a planned Squire solo album. This project was not completed, but material from it went on to form part of the album A Life Within A Day album by Squire and former Genesis guitarist, Steve Hackett, working as Squackett. One song from these sessions, "The Man You Always Wanted Me to Be", was used on Yes's 2011 album Fly from Here, co-written and performed by Johnson. Another idea from the sessions was used in "The Game" on Yes's next album, 2014's Heaven & Earth.

Johnson returned to Saint Etienne as orchestral arranger and conductor of their June 2007 live film soundtrack performance This is Tomorrow, part of the celebrations which marked the re-opening of London's Royal Festival Hall after its closure for extensive refurbishment. He toured extensively with Saint Etienne during 2009 and continues to work with the band.

He has since formed The Electric Opera with long-term collaborator Mark Bown, and composed for and directed numerous shows at the South London Theatre.

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1963 births
Living people
British rock keyboardists
British pop musicians
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British record producers
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Charles Robertson (Norwegian politician)

Charles Robertson (1875–1958) was the Norwegian Minister of Trade 1926–1928 and part of Lykke's Cabinet.

He was the son of merchant Nicolai George Robertson and his wife Anna Albrethson. His father's family came from Scotland to Hammerfest with his grandfather Charles Robertson the Elder in 1827. The family business G. Robertson traded in salted fish, stockfish, shark fishing and seal hunting. They had a number of branches and fishing villages along the Finnmark coast.

On 24 May 1899 he married his cousin Gudrun Brandt-Rantzau, daughter of district physician Johannes Brandt-Rantzau and Nicoline Cecilie Mathea Robertson. His sister Anna Robertson married Attorney General and later Minister of State Andreas Urbye. His niece Gudrun Martius, married the diplomat Johan Georg Alexius Ræder.

Charles Robertson had four children: George Robertson (born 1900), Dorohea Robertson (born 1904), Ole Robertson (born 1905) and Charles Robertson (born 1911).

Charlesbreen, a glacier in Svalbard is named after him.

Ancestors
On his father's side Charles is a descendant of many Scottish clan chiefs, lairds, earls, (and other Scottish nobility) such as Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet of Duart and Morvern, Colin Cam Mackenzie, 11th Laird of Kintail and William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith. James II of Scotland is Charles' 13×-great-grandfather. On his mother's side he is a descendant of Jens Holmboe and a part of the Holmboe family.

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1875 births
1958 deaths
20th-century Norwegian politicians
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
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People from Hammerfest
Frank Cownie

Thomas Michael Franklin "Frank" Cownie (born 1948) is the current mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. He also owns and operates Cownie Furs, a store that has been in his family for generations.

Cownie is a Des Moines native. He grew up on the city's west side, attending Theodore Roosevelt High School and Iowa State University. He came from a political family; both of his parents served on the city's school board.

Prior to serving as mayor, he served for two years as an at-large member of the Des Moines City Council. He also served several terms on the Planning and Zoning Commission and was chairman of Downtown Des Moines, Inc.

While Iowa's city elections are non-partisan, Cownie is a Democrat. He narrowly finished second in a six-way primary in 2003, and later defeated Councilwoman Christine Hensley by a nine-point margin. He succeeded fellow Democrat Preston Daniels. In 2015 he was re-elected for a fourth term with 80 percent of the vote, 61 points ahead of Anthony Taylor. Cownie narrowly won re-election in 2019 in a runoff against challenger Jack Hatch. Having been elected to five terms, Cownie is the longest-serving mayor in Des Moines history. On September 21, 2023, Cownie announced he would not be seeking a sixth term, effectively ending his 20-year tenure as mayor.

See also
 2003 Des Moines mayoral election
 2007 Des Moines mayoral election
 2011 Des Moines mayoral election
 2015 Des Moines mayoral election
 2019 Des Moines mayoral election
 List of mayors of Des Moines, Iowa
 Timeline of Des Moines, Iowa#21st century

References

External links
Cownie statement made before a US House of Representative's subcommittee

1948 births
21st-century American politicians
Iowa Democrats
Iowa State University alumni
Living people
Mayors of Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines
Theodore Roosevelt High School (Iowa) alumni
Politicians from Des Moines, Iowa
Black Samson

Black Samson is a 1974 American blaxploitation film, starring Rockne Tarkington, Carol Speed, William Smith and Connie Strickland. The film was written by Daniel B. Cady (who also produced) and Warren Hamilton Jr., directed by Charles Bail and released by Warner Bros. It was the directorial debut for Bail, more commonly billed as Chuck Bail, a renowned stunt co-ordinator best known for playing himself in Richard Rush's The Stunt Man.

Plot
Armed with a quarterstaff and his pet African lion named Hoodoo, noble nightclub owner Samson (Rockne Tarkington) does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Giovanni "Johnny" Nappa (William Smith) tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a stand against Nappa and his flunkies.

Cast
 Rockne Tarkington as Samson
 William Smith as Giovanni "Johnny" Nappa
 Connie Strickland as Tina
 Carol Speed as Leslie
 Michael Payne as Arthur
 Joe Tornatore as Harry
 Titos Vandis as Giuseppe "Joe" Nappa
 Napoleon Whiting as Henry "Old Henry"
 John Alderman as Michael Briggs
 Fred Scheiwiller as Charlie Frisco
 Ernest Robinson as "Ragamuffin"
 Kenneth Crowe as Vic
 Nick Dimitri as Milo
 Ken Bell as C.T.
 Junero Jennings as "Shine"
 Marvin Walters as Junkie
 Shelley St. Clair as Nappa's Secretary
 Gene Lebell as Nappa's Gang Member
 Bob Minor as Samson's Street People

See also
 List of American films of 1974

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1974 films
Blaxploitation films
American crime thriller films
1970s crime thriller films
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1970s English-language films
Films directed by Charles Bail
1970s American films
Helge Rognlien

Helge Rognlien (14 January 1920 – 15 July 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

He was born in Oslo. At the outbreak of World War II, Rognlien was a student at the University of Oslo. After the German occupation of Norway in 1940, he was a member of the new governing body of the Norwegian Students' Society, which included students from all political groups, except the National Socialists. Rognlien represented the Liberal Student Association. A troubled relationship with the Nazi regime ensued until 15 October 1943, when 63 prominent students were arrested, and Rognlien was one of them. After a time in Bredtveit and Berg concentration camps until 8 December 1943, he spent the rest of the war years in captivity in Sennheim in Alsace and Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

Having graduated as cand.jur. in 1945, his career began with a one-year tenure as civil servant in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. From 1946 to 1948 he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party.

On 29 August 1970 he was appointed Minister of Local Government during the centre-right cabinet Borten, replacing Helge Seip. Rognlien held the position until the cabinet Borten fell in 1971. In 1972 he again replaced Helge Seip, this time as party chairman of the Liberal Party. He held this position until 1974, when Eva Kolstad took over as the first female party leader in Norway.

Rognlien was a member of Bærum municipality council from 1955 to 1960 and 1967 to 1979, and also of Akershus county council from 1963 to 1975. He never served in the national parliament.

He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1966 to 1973.

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1920 births
2001 deaths
Liberal Party (Norway) politicians
Ministers of Local Government and Modernisation of Norway
Bærum politicians
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University of Oslo alumni
Bredtveit concentration camp survivors
Berg concentration camp survivors
Sennheim concentration camp survivors
Buchenwald concentration camp survivors
Christian Lange Rolfsen

Christian Lange Rolfsen (6 November 1864 – 21 January 1934) was a Norwegian politician and attorney of the Conservative Party. He served as Minister of Justice from 1923 to 1924.

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1934 deaths
Government ministers of Norway
Ministers of Justice of Norway
Old Oakland

Old Oakland is a historic district in downtown Oakland, California.  The area is located on the northwest side of Broadway, between the City Center complex and the Jack London Square district, and across Broadway from Chinatown.

The Old Oakland district was the original downtown Oakland during the 1860s after Central Pacific Railroad constructed a terminus on 7th Street.  By the 1870s, elegant brick Victorian hotels were being built in the blocks surrounding the railroad station to accommodate travelers.  The ground floor of the hotels were designed as series of narrow shops so that pedestrians would pass by many of them just walking down the block. The architectural styles of the time featured tall, cast-iron columns and large plate-glass windows.

The downtown began its decline after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, when the shopping district began moving to the blocks north of 14th.

In the 1970s and 1980s developers carefully rehabilitated and restored a block along 9th Street between Washington Street and Broadway, known as Victorian Row.  Notable structures on Victorian Row include the 1878 Nicholl Block building.

In its early days, the Oakland Tribune rented a small office on 9th Street.  A sign for the Tribune office can still be seen hanging outside the building today.  A farmer's market is also held every Friday on the same stretch of 9th Street.

As of 2008, the neighborhood continues to gentrify as a downtown lifestyle district, more bistros and boutiques have cropped up, as more market-rate condominiums have been constructed nearby, and as transit-oriented development retail and housing become more and more in demand. Swan's Market for example is an indoor-outdoor market and popular gather place for lunch.

See also

Oakland Chinatown
Jack London Square
Lakeside Apartments District
Oakland City Center
Oaksterdam
Uptown Oakland

References

External links
 Old Oakland Historic District Business Association
  SOBU - Sustainable Furniture & Design

Neighborhoods in Oakland, California
Historic districts in California