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Sommarøy

Sommarøy is an old fishing village in the western part of Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about  west of the city of Tromsø and is a popular tourist destination due to its white sand beaches and scenery. The  village has a population (2017) of 321 which gives the village a population density of .

The fishing village of Sommarøy covers the island of Store Sommarøya as well as part of the neighboring island of Hillesøya and many smaller surrounding islands. The village is a typical fishing village with great local fishing fleets and substantial fish processing and other industries. Tourism is also important in Sommarøy. There is a hotel and rental cabins are available.

History
The original settlement site was on the neighboring island of Hillesøya where the old Hillesøy Church was located.  This site was where successive churches have stood from the Middle Ages until the late 1800s when the church was moved to Brensholmen on the island of Kvaløya. The main centre of the village moved to Store Sommarøya island around 1900.

Time
On the island of Sommarøy, the sun does not set from 18 May to 26 July, a full 69 days. This is then followed by long polar nights from November to January, when the sun does not rise at all due to the location north of the Arctic Circle.

In June 2019, Innovation Norway conducted a marketing campaigncalled fake news by some claiming that local inhabitants wanted Sommarøy to declare itself as the world's first time-free zone and had petitioned the Norwegian government to abolish civil time on the island. The story was covered in more than 1650 articles which potentially reached up to 1.2 billion people. The value of this coverage was estimated at 11.4 million USD, whereas Innovation Norway spent less than 60,000 USD on the campaign.

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Villages in Troms
Tromsø
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Movik

Movik is a village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located along the Tromsøysundet strait on the mainland part of the municipality.  The village sits about  northeast of the city of Tromsø and about  north of the village of Kroken.  The  village has a population (2017) of 381 which gives the village a population density of .

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Villages in Troms
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Tromsø
Ersfjordbotn

Ersfjordbotn is a village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway.  The village is located on an isthmus between the Ersfjorden  and the Kaldfjorden on the island of Kvaløya.  It is about  west of the city of Tromsø.  The villages of Kjosen and Kvaløysletta are located just to the east of Ersfjordbotn.

Ersfjordbotn is slowly moving from a traditional rural settlement to a suburb of Tromsø, and most people work in Tromsø, half an hour's drive away.  The  village has a population (2017) of 499 which gives the village a population density of .

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Tromsø
Villages in Troms
Rypefjord

Rypefjord is a village in Hammerfest Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway.  The village is located just south of the town of Hammerfest on the western side of the large island of Kvaløya.  Rypefjord was the main population centre of the former municipality of Sørøysund.  Today, Rypefjord is considered a suburb of the town of Hammerfest.  Fjordtun primary school is located in Rypefjord.  The  village has a population (2017) of 1,838 which gives the village a population density of .

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See also
List of villages in Finnmark

References

Hammerfest
Villages in Finnmark
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Omnipol

Omnipol is a company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specialising in the trading of defence and aerospace equipment.

International sales
Omnipol acts as the intermediary in government-to-government sales of defence equipment, supplying air and ground forces in more than 60 countries.

Possible connections to Lockerbie bombing
From 1975-1981, roughly 700 tons of Semtex plastic explosive were purchased and exported to Libya by Omnipol. As such, implications have been drawn that Semtex usage on the part of militant factions, such as the Irish Republican Army and the Palestine Liberation Organization, may have been originally sourced from Omnipol, given Libyan ties to such groups. Notably, it has been alleged that the Semtex utilized to carry out the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland was indirectly sourced from Omnipol via Libya, which, though not entirely substantiated or corroborated, is consistent with verifiable records of Omnipol's arms sale connections to Libya.

Acquisitions 
In April 2022, it was announced that Omnipol had acquired the Russian-owned aerospace company, Aircraft Industries.

References

External links
Omnipol website

Defence companies of the Czech Republic
Pan Am Flight 103
Czech companies established in 1996
Czechoslovak companies established in 1934
Islam in Belize

Islam is one of the smallest minority faiths in Belize, which is a predominantly Christian country. The statistics for Islam in Belize estimate a total Muslim population of 577, representing 0.2 percent of the total population. There is an Islamic Mission of Belize (IMB) headquartered in Belize City. There is also presence of fast growing dynamic worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat since 2013. They have a membership of about 200 from all over Belize.They have three mosques in Belize. Masjid Noor in Belize City is situated on 1.5 Miles George Price Highway. They have mosques in Belmopan and Orange Walk. . 
The Muslim Community Primary School (MCPS) was recognised by the government in 1978 and offers Islamic as well as elementary level academic courses to Muslim and non-Muslim children.

Mosques
 Al-Falah Mosque

References

 
Belize
Havøysund

Havøysund () is the administrative centre of the Måsøy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway.  The village is located on the small island of Havøya, but is connected to the mainland by the Havøysund Bridge.  The  village has a population (2017) of 976 which gives the village a population density of .

Havøysund is a fishing village which offers a generally wide range of common services.  There are fish processing factories, a boat yard, a petrol station, doctors, Havøysund Church, various shops, a sports hall, and museums. Havøysund also has a varied and lovely architecture; all the way along the beach one finds post-war houses, the so-called  (the houses built after World War II all had the same design). Up in the valley, there are more houses that were built in later decades after the war.

Måsøy Museum is located in Havøysund. The museum was established in a building that was originally built as a rectory. The collection of items consists of tools and technical equipment as used by fishermen through the 1900s. Additionally, several fixed exhibitions such as a kitchen, living room, schoolhouse, and line baiting booth.

The local supermarket is part of the Coop Prix chain, a subsidiary of the Coop company (similar to the Tesco Extra of Tesco in the United Kingdom).

Transportation
Havøysund Bridge is part of Norwegian County Road 889 which connects Havøysund to the mainland.  The bridge was opened in 1986 by the late King Olav. This road is a national tourist route. The closest airport to Havøysund is Lakselv Airport which is situated about  southeast in Lakselv.  That airport has flights to Tromsø with connecting flights to Oslo. Havøysund is also a stop on the Hurtigruten coastal express, between the towns of Hammerfest and Honningsvåg.

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Villages in Finnmark
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Måsøy
Caresana, Piedmont

Caresana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about  northeast of Turin and about  southeast of Vercelli. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,083 and an area of .

Caresana borders the following municipalities: Langosco, Motta de' Conti, Pezzana, Rosasco, Stroppiana, Villanova Monferrato.

Demographic evolution

External links

References

Cities and towns in Piedmont
Øksfjord

Øksfjord () is a village in Norway.

Øksfjord is visited by the coastal service Hurtigruten boat daily, stopping here between stops at Skjervøy and Hammerfest. Since most of Loppa municipality is inaccessible by car, Øksfjord is a major transportation hub with regular car ferry connections to the Nuvsvåg, Bergsfjord, and Sør-Tverrfjord areas. There is also a regular ferry connection from Øksfjord to the village of Hasvik on the neighboring island of Sørøya in Hasvik municipality.

History
On 12 April 1941, the Royal Norwegian Navy — exiled to the United Kingdom — moored the destroyer  at the pier at one o'clock in the night, with two objectives: To show the people of occupied Norway that the Navy was operating on the coast of Norway; and to blow up a fish oil factory. The warship departed after two hours, while inhabitants stood on the pier singing the national anthem.

Notable person
Hans E. Kinck (1865–1926), novelist, dramatist and essayist, was born and raised in Øksfjord.

Commerce
The village has one café and one pub, as of 2015.

Popular culture
Øksfjord is the setting of the 2009 film Dead Snow
Hallgeir Pedersen, jazz guitarist, lives in Øksfjord

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Climate
Øksfjord's climate type is dominated by the winter season, a long, bitterly cold period with short, clear days, relatively little precipitation mostly in the form of snow, and low humidity. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Dfc". (Continental Subarctic Climate).

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Villages in Finnmark
Loppa
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Bjørnevatn

Bjørnevatn is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about  south of the town of Kirkenes and about  west of the Norway-Russia border. The village has a couple of suburbs including Hesseng to the north and Sandnes to the west. The Bjørnevatn IL is the local sports team.

The  village has a population (2018) of 2,540 which gives the village a population density of .

Mine
The bedrock below Bjørnevatn is located  in the East Finnmark mountain formation  (Øst-Finnmarks grunnfjellsområde). Iron ore deposits were originally discovered in the area during 1868 with commercial production of iron ore by 1910. The Sydvaranger iron ore mines are located just south of Bjørnevatn. The Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line is a short railway line that runs from the mines to the town and port at Kirkenes to the north.

History
The village used to be located near the shores of the lake Bjørnevatnet, but the lake was drained in 1958 so that the iron ore under the lake could be mined.
During the liberation in 1944 at the end of World War II, a large number of people lived inside the mines during the fighting; estimates vary between 1,000 and 3,500. Their story is portrayed in the 1974 film Under a Stone Sky.

References

Other sources
Henriksen, Gudbrand  (1904) On the Iron Ore Deposits in Sydvaranger, Finmarken-Norway  (Grøndahl & Søn)

External links
Sydvaranger Iron Project (Northern Iron)

Villages in Finnmark
Sør-Varanger
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Hesseng

Hesseng is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway.  The village lies about  south of the town of Kirkenes.  The village of Hesseng lies at the intersection of the European route E105 and European route E6 highways.  The other suburbs of Sandnes and Bjørnevatn lie just to the south of Hesseng.  The  village has a population (2019) of 1,766; which gives the village a population density of .

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Sør-Varanger
Villages in Finnmark
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Bleik

Bleik is a fishing village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.  The village is located on the northwestern part of the island of Andøya, about  southwest of the village of Andenes.

The  village has a population (2018) of 461 which gives the village a population density of .

The triangle-shaped island off the coast is called Bleiksøya. This island is the biggest resort of puffins in all of Norway. The lake Bleiksvatnet lies just south of the village.

Bleik has one of the longest beaches in Norway, and it is said that the beach is the reason for the village's name. The beach is white, and bleik is a word for white/pale in the Norwegian language. In the village, there is a horse barn, an elementary school, and a grocery store. Tourist information, puffin safari, campsite and a local pub are also present.
Bleik is also known for naming the Bleik Canyon, which starts about 15 km offshore from the beach of Bleik in the Norwegian Sea. Bleik Canyon is a very deep canyon with depths up to 3.000 m and is the residence of whales and Giant squid.  It is a popular hotspot for whale safaris because of the presence of Sperm whales.

Notable residents
Lasse Nilsen, footballer for Tromsø

References

Villages in Nordland
Populated places in Nordland
Andøy
Populated places of Arctic Norway
Beaches of Norway
Mee Pok Man

Mee Pok Man is a 1995 Singaporean film directed by Eric Khoo. The film is Eric Khoo's debut feature, released under his film production company, Zhao Wei Films, after making award-winning short films for years. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival and showed at more than 30 film festivals worldwide, winning the FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) Award.

The film stars Joe Ng as the male protagonist Johnny, a Chinese seller of noodles (mee pok), and Michelle Goh, who plays a prostitute. The film was given an "R(A)" rating in Singapore, restricting the movie audience to adults aged 21 and above, but after the change in film ratings in 2004, it was re-rated "M18" (aged 18 and above).

The film's story was inspired by a story by Damien Sin, "One Last Cold Kiss", that appeared in Classic Singapore Horror Stories: Book 2 (1994). Khoo was supposed to illustrate the story about a mortuary attendant who falls in love with a fresh corpse, brings it back home, and has a relationship with it.

The soundtrack album was released under BMG and featured the film score by Kevin Mathews and music by Singaporean acts including The Padres (a band fronted by Joe Ng, the film's male lead actor), Opposition Party, Livonia, Etc and Sugarflies.

In November 2015, the film was restored by the Asian Film Archive and presented at the 26th Singapore International Film Festival. The restored film also enjoyed a run at independent cinema The Projector, which also celebrated its legacy with talks.

In 2019, the film was presented at the inaugural New York Asian Film Festival winter showcase.

References

External links
Official site

1990s English-language films
1990s Cantonese-language films
1990s Mandarin-language films
Hokkien-language films
1995 romantic comedy films
1995 films
Films directed by Eric Khoo
Singaporean romantic comedy films
1995 multilingual films
Singaporean multilingual films
The Abyss (recording studio)

The Abyss is a recording studio in Pärlby outside Ludvika, Sweden. It is owned and operated by record producer and musician Peter Tägtgren.

Recordings
The following list consists of releases recorded, produced or mixed by Peter Tägtgren at The Abyss studios (meaning Studio A run by Peter himself)

Recording studios in Sweden
Songs from the Ocean Floor

Songs from the Ocean Floor is the third solo studio album by American rock artist Kip Winger. The album was released in 2001. According to Kip, the lead track "Cross" is an extremely personal song and he opens every solo show with it.

Track listing
 "Cross" (Kip Winger) – 4:51
 "Crash The Wall" (Winger, Noble Kime) – 3:31
 "Sure Was A Wildflower" (Winger) – 4:52
 "Two Lovers Stand" (Winger) – 4:22
 "Landslide" (Winger, Kime) – 5:14
 "Faster (Winger, Kime) – 2:50
 "Song Of Midnight" (Winger, Kime) – 4:49
 "Free" (Winger) – 3:47
 "Only One Word" (Winger) – 5:09
 "Broken Open" (Winger, Kime) – 5:39
 "Resurrection" (Winger, Kime) – 5:16
 "Everything You Need" (Winger) – 4:15
 "Headed For A Heartbreak" (Live) – 5:53 (Japanese Bonus Track)

Musicians
 Kip Winger – vocals, Steel-string guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
 Andy Timmons – guitars, ebow
 John Roth – guitars
 Rod Morgenstein – drums
 Ken Mary – drums
 Pat Mastelotto – drums
 Robby Rothschild – Percussion
 Mark Clark – Percussion
 Paula De Tuillio – backing vocals
 Frank Medina – backing vocals
 Moon Zappa – vocals on "Sure Was A Wildflower"
 Dweezil Zappa – Guitar
 Jonathan Arthur – vocals on "Landslide"
 Reb Beach – guitar solo on "Resurrection"
 David Felberg – violin
 Elena Sopoci – violin
 Joe Zoeckler – violin
 Anne Martin – viola
 Joan Zucker – cello
 Mark Tatum – double bass

Album credits
 Produced, engineered, arranged and mixed by Kip Winger
 Recorded at Rising Sun Studios, Santa Fe, 1998–1999
 Editing by Phil Jackson and Greg DeAngelo
 Mastered by Paul Blakemore
 Photography by Chris Corey
 Cover design by Pete Cotutsca

See also
Winger

References

External links
 Kip Winger official website

2001 albums
Albums produced by Kip Winger
Lazuli

Lazuli are a French progressive rock band, formed in Southern France in 1998 by Claude and Dominique Leonetti.

History 
After their formation in 1998, their first album, the self-titled Lazuli, was released in 1999 and struggled in popularity. However, over many years the band have changed and refined their sound finding increased popularity and appreciation.

Their second album, Amnésie, in 2004, helped Lazuli to sign with the Night & Day distribution group.

On 2 and 3 July 2005, Lazuli attended the Montreux Jazz Festival and received an award for "Under the sky".

Key dates 
 1999 : Concert at FIMU in Belfort, France)
 2004 : Second album "Amnésie"
 2 & 3 July 2005 : Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland)
 11 March 2006 : Baja Prog Festival in Mexicali (Mexico)
 12 April 2006 : Concert at Colos-Saal in Aschaffenburg (Germany)
 5 August 2006 : KOMMZ-Festival in Aschaffenburg (Germany)
 12 August 2006: Concert in Bergerac, Dordogne (France), invited by Ange.
 18 January 2007 : Colos-Saal à Aschaffenburg (Germany)
 2 May 2009 : Rites of Spring festival (United States)
 29 November 2009 : Lazuli announce split http://www.progforums.com/punforum/viewtopic.php?pid=1127#p1127
 7 October 2011 : Headlined the Summers End festival in Lydney United Kingdom
 2015 : Lazuli supported Fish on his entire "Farewell To Childhood" European tour in November and December 2015.

Musical style 

Lazuli combine progressive rock with world and electro music.
Besides guitar, keyboards and drums the band plays also léode, vibraphone and horn; until 2009, split chapman stick, marimba and warr guitar were used as well.

Claude Leonetti invented and plays the léode, because he cannot use his left arm after a motorcycle accident.

Their lyrics are entirely in French.

Band members 

Current members
Claude Leonetti – léode (1998–present)
Dominique Leonetti – vocals, guitar (1998–present)
Arnaud Beyney – guitar, bass guitar  (2020–present)
Vincent Barnavol – drums (2010–present)
Romain Thorel – keyboards (2010–present)

Former members
Gédéric Byar – Guitar (2007–2020)
Fred Juan – marimba, percussion (1998–2009)
Sylvain Bayol – chapman stick, warr guitar (1998–2009)
Yohan Simeon – percussion (1998–2009)

Discography 
Studio albums
 Lazuli (1999)
 Amnésie (2004)
 En avant doute... (2007)
 Réponse incongrue à l'inéluctable (2009)
 4603 battements (2011)
 Tant que l'herbe est grasse (2014)
 Nos âmes saoules (2016)
 Saison 8 (2018)
 Le Fantastique Envol de Dieter Böhm (2020)
 Dénudé (2021)
 11 (2023)
Video albums
 6 frenchmen in Amsterdam – Live at Paradiso DVD (2009)
 Live @ l'Abeille Rôde DVD (2013)
 Nos âmes saoules Live 2016 DVD (2016)

References

External links 

 Official web site 

French progressive rock groups
Musea artists
Colombian grebe

The Colombian grebe (Podiceps andinus), was a grebe found in the Bogotá wetlands on the Bogotá savanna in the Eastern Ranges of the Andes of Colombia. The species was still abundant in Lake Tota in 1945. The species has occasionally been considered a subspecies of black-necked grebe (P. nigricollis). It was flightless.

The decline of the Colombian grebe is attributed to wetland drainage, siltation, pesticide pollution, disruption by reed harvesting, hunting, competition, and predation of chicks by rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The primary reason was loss of habitat: drainage of wetlands and siltation resulted in higher concentrations of pollutants, causing eutrophication across Lake Tota. This destroyed the open, submergent pondweed (Potamogeton) vegetation and resulted in the formation of a dense monoculture of water weed (Elodea).

By 1968, the species had declined to approximately 300 birds. Only two records of this bird were made in the 1970s; one seen 1972, and the last confirmed record from 1977 when three birds were seen. Intensive studies in 1981 and 1982 failed to find the species and it is now considered extinct.

References

External links 

 BirdLife Species Factsheet

Podiceps
Podicipedidae
Bird extinctions since 1500
Birds described in 1959
Taxa named by Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee
Extinct birds of South America
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Species made extinct by human activities
International Year of the Child

UNESCO proclaimed 1979 as the International Year of the Child.  The proclamation was signed on January 1, 1979, by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. A follow-up to the 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the proclamation was intended to draw attention to problems that affected children throughout the world, including malnutrition and lack of access to education. Many of these efforts resulted in the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.

History
Numerous events took place within the UN and in member countries to mark the event, including the Music for UNICEF Concert, held at the UN General Assembly on January 9. WBZ-TV 4 in Boston, Massachusetts, along with the four other Group W stations, hosted and broadcast a celebratory festival, "Kidsfair" (usually held around Labor Day ever since) from Boston Common. A film festival showcasing international cartoon and film shorts focusing on children was held at the United Nations building in New York City on December 1, 1979.  Canadian animator/director Eugene Fedorenko created a film for the National Film Board of Canada, called Every Child, which centered on a nameless baby who nobody wants because they are too busy with their own concerns. This was used to explain how every child is entitled to a home. Sound effects were created with the voices of Les Mimes Electriques.

See also
Elizabeth Bodine
International observance
International Youth Year
Children's rights

References

External links
International Year of the Child at the United Nations Digital Library

Child, International Year of the
Childhood
1979 in the United Nations
Mendoub's Residence

The Mendoub's Residence or Dar al-Mandub (, ), formerly known as the Forbes Museum of Tangier, is a cultural monument and  property located on Mohammed Tazi Street in the Marshan neighborhood of Tangier, Morocco.

History

Residence of the Mendoub

The governance of the Tangier International Zone was entrusted to an administrator appointed by the colonial powers and a personal representative of the Sultan of Morocco, who from 1923 was known as the Mendoub. The main office of the Mendoub was in the former German consulate, or Mendoubia. The Mendoub Palace was built as a residence in 1929 by Mendoub Mohammed Tazi.

Forbes Museum

The property was purchased in 1970 by Malcolm Forbes, the American publisher of Forbes magazine, who converted it into a museum. 

The museum had a collection of a total of 115,000 models of toy soldiers. These figures re-enacted the major battles of history; from Waterloo to Dien Bien Phû, realistically recreated with lighting and sound effects. Entire armies stood on guard in the showcases, while in the garden, 600 statuettes bear silent homage to the Battle of Three Kings. The collection contained pieces from the figurine manufacturers Britains, C.B.G. Mignot, George Heyde, Elastolin and Lineol, Barclay and Manoil. Among the many battles reenacted, the collection also contained historic events such as the funeral cortege of JFK. The toy soldiers collection was curated and built by Peter and Ann Johnson.

After the museum closed in the 1990s, 60,000 pieces of the toy soldiers collection were auctioned in December 1997 by Christie's in New York and South Kensington. Auctions went from $150 to $12,000 a set.  Total sales from the auction amounted to $700,000. The Forbes Galleries in New York City today has parts of the Tangier toy soldiers collection on display.

Official guests residence

After Forbes' death in 1990, the property was put up for sale by his children and purchased by the government of Morocco, which uses it as a dependence of the Marshan Palace across the street and as a residence for official guests. For example, French President François Hollande stayed there when visiting Tangier in September 2015. It is no longer open to the public.

In popular culture

The Forbes Museum was chosen for the villain's lair for the 1987 James Bond Film The Living Daylights starring Timothy Dalton.

See also
 Mendoubia

References

Further reading
 Hugo Marsh, Daniel Agnew, Toy Soldiers From The Forbes Museum of Military Miniatures. Christie's South Kensington. 18 December 1997.

External links
Description on Morocco.com

Buildings and structures in Tangier
Military and war museums in Morocco
Palaces in Morocco
Raymond-Roger, Count of Foix

Raimond Roger (; Occitan: Ramon Roger) (died 27 March 1223) was the sixth Count of Foix from the House of Foix. He was the son and successor of Roger Bernard I and his wife Cécilia Trencavel.

When Raimond Roger and Arnaud, viscount of Castelbon, wished to join their possessions, the Count Ermengol VIII of Urgell and Bernard de Villemur, bishop of Urgell, saw in this a threat and declared war. Overcome and captured, the count of Foix and Arnaud were imprisoned from February to September 1203. King Peter II of Aragón intervened, however, wishing to spare them for his fight to conquer Languedoc. Moreover, Peter II gave as a fief the castles of Trenton and Quérigut (1209) to Raimond Roger, after having already given various other Catalan seigniories (1208).

Raimond Roger was a close relative and staunch ally of Raymond VI of Toulouse. He was famed for his generalship, chivalry, fidelity, and affection for haute couture. He was also a patron of troubadours and an author of verse himself. Though not a Cathar himself, several of his relatives were. His wife, Philippa of Montcada, even became a parfaite. His sister, Esclarmonde de Foix, was also a parfaite, receiving the Consolamentum at Fanjeaux in 1204. Raimond Roger was a gifted orator, and attended the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215 to defend Raymond of Toulouse before Pope Innocent III and the council. He was accused of having murdered priests and did not deny it; instead he informed the pope that he regretted not having murdered more.

He had two children with Philippa of Montcada:
Roger-Bernard who became his heir.
Cécile de Foix, who married Count Bernard V of Comminges c. 1224.

He also had two illegitimate children.

Notes

References
 

1223 deaths
House of Foix
Counts of Foix
Christians of the Third Crusade
People of the Albigensian Crusade
Occitan nobility
Year of birth unknown
South Australian Lotteries

South Australian Lotteries (SA Lotteries), is a lottery company that operates in the Australian state of South Australia. While the license to operate lotteries in South Australia is owned by the South Australian Government they in turn appointed Tatts Group Pty Ltd as the Master Agent and license holder. SA Lotteries operates under Tatts Group's master brand the Lott.

SA Lotteries syndicates national games (including X-Lotto (Mon/Wed/Sat), Powerball, Oz Lotto, The Soccer Pools). SA Lotteries also has its own version of Keno.

In November 1965, a referendum was passed in South Australia which allowed for the establishment of a state owned lottery company. The first tickets went on sale on 15 March 1967.

On 10 December 2012 after a direct tender process the government of South Australia appointed Tatts Group Pty Ltd as the holder of South Australian Lottery Licenses and administrator of all of SA Lotteries games. The license was granted to Tatts Group for a period of 40 years. The government continues to have oversight of the newly appointed SA Lotteries (Tatts group Pty Ltd) through the retention of the Lotteries Commission of SA (Also known as SA Lotteries).

See also

Lotteries in Australia

External links
South Australian Lotteries (Tatts Group) Website
Lotteries Commission of South Australia Website

Culture of South Australia
Lotteries in Australia
1967 establishments in Australia
Entertainment companies established in 1967
Norwegian Mapping Authority

The Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA) () is Norway's national mapping agency, dealing with land surveying, geodesy, hydrographic surveying, cadastre and cartography. The current director is Johnny Welle. Its headquarters are in Hønefoss and it is a public agency under the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. NMA was founded in 1773.

The Norwegian Mapping Authority participates in R&D and cooperates with Norwegian industry and other government agencies in areas such as export-oriented measures.

Tasks
• Define frameworks, methodologies and specifications for the Norwegian Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Administrator and driving force for Norway digital
• Survey and map both at land and sea
• Produce, manage and make available the geographical information defined as a government responsibility
• Geodetic network and services for accurate GNSS-positioning
• Primary data series, digital and printed map series (land and sea)
• Cadastre information
• Land registration
• Develop and manage electronic services for distribution of data (wms- and wmf-services)
• International co-operation and projects

Organization

Geodetic Institute
The Geodetic institute is the national authority for geodesy, determining the geodetic reference frame and other geodetic products such as the geoid and height reference. The institute operates a service for accurate GNSS-positioning.

Mapping and Cadastre
The Mapping and Cadastre establish and manage spatial data covering Norwegian land areas, in cooperation with municipalities and different public agencies. The division produce national map data series in different scales and the national printed map series Norway 1:50 000. Mapping and Cadastre operate The National Place Name Register and The New Cadastre (matrikkelen) with physical and ownership information including digital cadastre maps about properties.

Land Registry
The Land Registry is responsible for and manages The National Land Registry, which includes a registry of leasing rights to flats in housing co-operatives.

Hydrographic Service
The Hydrographic Service is responsible for surveying the Norwegian coast, including polar waters and for preparing and updating nautical charts and descriptions of these waters. The activities also include studies of tides and currents and publishing tide tables. 
The Hydrographic Service has the operational responsibility for the international electronic navigational chart centre Primar, based in Stavanger.

Distribution Service
The Distribution Service is responsible for publishing analog and digital maps, and to provide mapping services to the public and partners of the Norway Digital consortium. In 2004 some commercial activity of the Authority was divested to the then Ugland IT group, later renamed Nordeca.

References

External links
 Official website
Norway ENC Charts Viewer

Mapping Authority
Geography of Norway
Government agencies established in 1773
1773 establishments in Norway
Organisations based in Ringerike (municipality)
National mapping agencies
Henry Graham (poet)

Henry Graham (born 1 December 1930 in Liverpool) - 20 March 2019) A British poet. Educated at the Liverpool College of Art in the early 1950s, he was part of the Liverpool poetry scene in the 1960s, and was one of the poetry editors of the British literary magazine Ambit. Graham was a lecturer in Art at The John Moores University for many years and his most recent book of poems was published in 2002 by Driftwood Publications on Merseyside. His achievements were noted by the award of Arts Council Literature Awards in 1969, 1971 and 1975.

Publications
. Kafka in Liverpool (2002)
Bar Room Ballads (1999)
. The Eye of the Beholder (1997)
The Very Fragrant Death of Paul Gauguin (1987)
. Bomb (1985)
Europe After Rain (1981)
. Poker in Paradise Lost (with Jim Mangnall) (1977)
Passport to Earth (1971)
Good Luck to You, Kafka/You Need It, Boss (1969)
. Soup City Zoo (with Jim Mangnall) (1968)

References

1930 births
2019 deaths
Poets from Liverpool
Alumni of Liverpool College of Art
Academics of Liverpool John Moores University
English male poets
Harry Guest

Harry Guest (born Henry Bayly Guest; 6 October 1932 – 20 March 2021) was a British poet born in Wales.

Life and career 
Harry Guest was educated at Malvern College and read Modern Languages at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He wrote a thesis on Mallarmé at the Sorbonne. At Trinity Hall he co-edited the poetry magazine Chequer, which continued for eleven issues and published poems by Thom Gunn, Anne Stevenson, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath, though there is no evidence to suggest he met Plath or Hughes. From 1955-66, he taught at Felsted School and Lancing College, and then moved to Japan, becoming a lecturer in English at Yokohama National University. He returned to England in 1972 and was Head of French at Exeter School until his retirement in 1991. A selection of his poetry was included in Penguin Modern Poets 16. He was an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and was awarded an honorary doctorate (LittD) by Plymouth University in 1998. Apart from his many collections of poetry, he is well known as a translator from the French and Japanese, and has published several novels and non-fiction books including the Traveller's Literary Companion to Japan (1994) and The Artist on the Artist (2000). His translations include a selected poems of Victor Hugo, The Distance, The Shadows (2002) and Post-War Japanese Poetry (with Lynn Guest and Kajima Shôzô, 1972). He lived in Exeter, and was married to the historical novelist Lynn Guest, they have two children.

Works
A Different Darkness, London: Outposts, 1964
Arrangements, Northwood, UK: Anvil, 1968
The Cutting-Room, London: Anvil, 1970
The Place, Northamptonshire, UK: Sceptre, 1971
Mountain Journal, Sheffield, UK: Rivelin, 1975
A House Against the Night, London: Anvil, 1976
English Poems, London: Words, 1976
Days, London: Anvil, 1978
Elegies, Durham, UK: Pig, 1980
Lost and Found, London: Anvil, 1983
The Emperor of Outer Space, Durham, UK: Pig, 1983
Lost Pictures, Exeter, UK: Albertine, 1991
Coming to Terms, London: Anvil, 1994
So Far, Exeter, UK: Stride, 1998
Versions, Nether Stowey, UK: Odyssey, 1999
A Puzzling Harvest, Collected Poems 1955-2000, London: Anvil, 2002
Time After Time, Exeter, UK: Albertine, 2005
Comparisons & Conversions,  Exeter, UK: Shearsman, 2009
Some Times, London: Anvil, 2010

References

External links
The Writers of Wales Database
Harry Guest Anvil Press
Harry Guest Shearsman Titles 
Translated Penguin Book - at  Penguin First Editions reference site of early first edition Penguin Books.

1932 births
2021 deaths
Academic staff of Yokohama National University
English male poets
Fučík

Fučík is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Julius Fučík (disambiguation), multiple people
Tomáš Fučík (born 1985), Czech swimmer
Renáta Fučíková (born 1964), Czech book illustrator, artist and author of children's books

See also
Mount Fučík, mountain of Antarctica
Bernhard Fucik (born 1990), Austrian footballer
2345 Fučik, main-belt asteroid

Czech-language surnames
Spike Hawkins

Spike Hawkins (1943-2017) was a British poet, best known for his "Three Pig Poems", included in his one book, the Fulcrum Press collection The Lost Fire-Brigade (1968). He was part of the poetry scene in Liverpool during the 1960s and much of his output upholds the values of that group; short, modernistic, humorous pieces of free verse. He was published in Encounter, International Times, The Guardian and in the 1972 anthology The Old Pals' Act, edited by Pete Brown.

He was a friend of Johnny Byrne; together, they formed the surreal act "Poisoned Bellows". He was a friend of Syd Barrett, a founder of Pink Floyd. Hawkins continued to be active, for example performing in the 2005 Poetry Olympics at the Royal Albert Hall, having originally performed there in the International Poetry Incarnation in 1965.

Also a mimic, he could imitate Harold Wilson very well.

See also

Liverpool poets

References 

 Lucie-Smith, Edward (1970), British Poetry since 1945.

1943 births
British poets
2017 deaths
British male poets
Aharon Davidi

Aharon Davidi (1927 – February 11, 2012)  was an Israeli general and founder of the Sar-El volunteer program of the IDF.

Biography
He was born in Mandatory Palestine as the youngest son of an immigrant family from Bender (Bessarabia). At the age of fifteen, he served in the Haganah and Palmach. In the 1947–1949 Palestine war  he fought on the southern front with the Negev Brigade, where he met his future wife, Hassida.

In 1953, Davidi volunteered for the new IDF Paratroopers Brigade as a company commander. The next year, the unit was very active in operations and other dangerous missions behind enemy lines. Davidi and his company supported Ariel Sharon's Unit 101 in the raid on Qibya, he and Sharon remained close friends. He was decorated for actions in the Gaza strip in 1955 with the Medal of Courage.

In the Sinai Campaign, Davidi, as Lieutenant-Colonel and regimental commander, played a decisive role in the battle of Mitla Pass. From 1965 to 1968, as a colonel, he was the first commander of the IDF Paratrooper and Infantry Corps. During the 1967 Six-Day War, Davidi commanded the decisive actions to capture Sharm-el-Sheik. When Raful Eitan was wounded in action, Davidi led his paratroopers to the Suez Canal.

In 1970 he retired as Brigadier from active military service and spent three years at the University of London earning his MA and PhD. He focused on the cultural problems of Chinese minorities.

Davidi began teaching geography at Tel Aviv University in 1974. Three years later, he moved to the Golan Heights as Director of Community and Cultural Activities of the Golan and Jordan Valley. In the summer of 1982, during the 1982 Lebanon War, Davidi founded the Sar-El IDF volunteer program which flourishes today with 5,000 world-wide volunteers a year. In 2010, Davidi won the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism.

Davidi, who lived in Ramat Gan, had three children, 11 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. His sister, Rivka Davidit, was a Hebrew children's author and theater critic.

Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dr. Aharon Davidi died on February 11, 2012.

References

1927 births
2012 deaths
Alumni of the University of London
Israeli generals
Israeli settlers
Palmach members
Moskowitz Prize for Zionism laureates
Robertas Žulpa

Robertas Žulpa (born 20 March 1960, in Vilnius) is a former Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union during his professional career.

Žulpa trained at VSS Žalgiris in Vilnius, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1980. He won a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:15.85 at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

In 1988, Žulpa emigrated to Italy where he started to coach swimming to 11-year-old boys. Later, he became Italian–Russian translator for various companies. Žulpa currently spends much of his time in his native Lithuania working as a Lithuanian–Italian translator.

References

External links
YouTube heat 200 m Breaststroke Olympic Games -80

1960 births
Living people
Lithuanian male breaststroke swimmers
Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
Soviet male breaststroke swimmers
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Sportspeople from Vilnius
Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in swimming
Universiade medalists in swimming
FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
David M. Scienceman

David M. Scienceman is an Australian scientist; he changed his name from David Slade by deed poll in 1972. McGhee (1990) wrote that his change of name from Slade to Scienceman was an experiment to create a movement of scientifically aware politicians. In a world dominated by scientific achievements and problems, Slade believed that there should be a political party that represented the scientific point of view (Cadzow 1984).

Scienceman has a mathematics and physics degree and a PhD in chemical engineering from Sydney University (Australia), on a scholarship from the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (Cadzow 1984).

At a meeting of the World Future Society in 1976, a group of American feminists told him his new name was unbearably sexist. He saw their point and decided that a better title for members of the Scientific Party would be "Sciencemate" (Cadzow 1984).

For Cadzow, Scienceman:

Author of emergy nomenclature
Scienceman claimed to be the author of the nomenclature of "emergy". In a letter to the Ecological Engineering journal (1997, p. 209) he wrote:

H.T. Odum (1997, p. 215) wrote:

References
 J. Cadzow (1984) Dr Scienceman's brave new word, The Australian, Newspaper Article, Tuesday, 15 May, p. 7.
 H.T. Odum (1997) Letter to the Editor: Emergy terminology. Ecol. Engr. 9: 215–216. ISSN 0925-8574, .
 J. McGhee (1990), Super Scienceman, Extract from the Edinburgh EVENING NEWS, Scotland, 6 April, p. 1.
 D.M. Scienceman (1987) Energy and Emergy. In G. Pillet and T. Murota (eds), Environmental Economics: The Analysis of a Major Interface. Geneva: R. Leimgruber. pp. 257–276. (CFW-86-26)
 D.M. Scienceman (1989) The Emergence of Emonomics. In Proceedings of the International Society for General Systems Research Conference (2–7 July 1989), Edinburgh, Scotland, 7 pp. (CFW-89-02).
 D.M. Scienceman (1991) Emergy and Energy: The Form and Content of Ergon. Discussion paper. Gainesville: Center for Wetlands, University of Florida. 13 pp. (CFW-91-10)
 D.M. Scienceman (1995), The Emergy Synthesis of Religion and Science, Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida. 13pp.
 D.M. Scienceman (1997) Letters to the Editor: Emergy definition, Ecological Engineering, 9, pp. 209–212. ISSN 0925-8574, .
 D.M. Scienceman (1992), Emvalue and Lavalue, Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida.
  D.M. Scienceman and B.M. El-Youssef (1993) The System of Emergy Units, in Packham, R. ed. Ethical management of science as a system, International Society for the Systems Sciences, Proceedings of the thirty-seventh annual meeting, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 5–9 July, pp. 214–223.
 D.M. Scienceman and F. Ledoux (2000) Sublimation, in M.T.Brown (ed.) Emergy Synthesis:Theory and Applications of the Emergy Methodology, Proceedings of the 1st Biennial Emergy Analysis Research Conference, Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida, pp. 317–321.

20th-century Australian scientists
Systems ecologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century births
Dranem

Dranem (23 May 1869 – 13 October 1935) was a French comic singer, music hall, stage and film actor.

History
Born Armand Ménard, in Paris, he began working as an apprentice jeweler in a local shop before embarking on a career in entertainment. Adopting the singular stage name of Dranem, a palindromic anagram of "Menard," he made his debut performance in 1894. In 1895, he performed with fellow newcomers Félix Mayol and Max Dearly in the "Concert Parisien" from where he went on to become a leading music hall entertainer in his own comic absurdist genre. In 1899, he was signed to perform at the famous Eldorado Club, where he appeared regularly for the next twenty years.

Dranem's comedic singing routine brought a loyal following, and his work made him a very wealthy man. In 1910, he purchased the Château de Ris in the town of Ris-Orangis south of Paris and established a charitable foundation to operate the large building as a senior citizens home for retired performers. On the grounds, a bandstand and an open-air theatre provided entertainment. His "Dranem Foundation" continued to operate until the year 2000, and the property remains a government operated retirement home open to all members of the public. During World War I, Dranem continued his benevolence by performing for the troops at music halls and for wounded soldiers at military hospitals.

Active in variety shows, café-concerts, and as a performer in operettas, Dranem also acted and sang in live theatre and in film. He made his screen debut in the 1902 Gaumont silent film "Bonsoir m'sieurs dames" directed by Alice Guy. Although he appeared in two more silent films, as well as two 1905 Phonoscènes (an early Sound-on-disc system) the advent of synchronized sound film in the late 1920s made him much in demand for screen roles featuring his singing routines. In 1932 alone, he appeared in six films and another six over the next three years.

He appeared at the Paris Opéra-Comique as Buteux in La fille de Madame Angot in 1918 and as the caissier in Les brigands in 1931.

Dranem died in Paris in 1935 at the age of sixty-six and was buried at the Château de Ris.

Selected filmography
 King of the Hotel (1932)
 Monsieur Albert (1932)
 Miche (1932)
 He Is Charming (1932)
 Ciboulette (1933)
 Court Waltzes (1933)
 The Mascot (1935)

References

External links

1869 births
1935 deaths
French male singers
French male stage actors
French male silent film actors
French male film actors
Male actors from Paris
20th-century French male actors
Geprüfte Sicherheit

The Geprüfte Sicherheit ("Tested Safety") or GS mark is a voluntary certification mark for technical equipment. It indicates that the equipment meets German and, if available, European safety requirements for such devices. The main difference between GS and CE mark is that the compliance with the European safety requirements has been tested and certified by a state-approved independent body. CE marking, in contrast, is issued for the signing of a declaration that the product is in compliance with European legislation. The GS mark is based on the German Product Safety Act ("Produktsicherheitsgesetz", or "ProdSG").

Testing for the mark is available from many different laboratories, such as, DGUV Test the TÜV, Nemko and IMQ.

Although the GS mark was designed with the German market in mind, it appears on a large proportion of electronic products and machinery sold elsewhere in the world.

See also
 CE mark
 UL mark

References

External links
 UL GS

Certification marks
Product safety
Roger Fry: A Biography

Roger Fry: A Biography is a biography of Roger Fry written by Virginia Woolf.

External links
 

Books by Virginia Woolf
Hogarth Press books