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Bath Half Marathon

The Bath Half Marathon (also known as the "BATHALF") is an annual road running half marathon held in Bath, England, normally on the second or third Sunday in March. It has been held almost every year since 1982. The race was first run in the year after the first London Marathon and has remained a popular race for runners preparing for that event. The next race is scheduled for Sunday 16 October 2022.

It is the largest one-day charity fundraising event in South West England, raising over £2.2 million for charity in 2016. Since 2000 the race has been organised by Bath-based Running High Events Ltd.

Course 

The Bath Half is a fast flat course, straddling both sides of the River Avon. The race starts and finishes in Great Pulteney Street, which with its roadway spanning  is one of the widest Georgian boulevards in Europe. The first mile is gently downhill on Pulteney Road to Churchill Bridge, then the route follows two identical laps from Churchill Bridge, rising up past Green Park station, round Queen Square, then down Charlotte Street and westbound out of the city centre along the A4 road (Upper Bristol Road and Newbridge Road) to Newbridge and crossing the 'New Bridge' at the 'Twerton Fork' at the beginning of the dual carriageway. From here the race heads eastbound on the A36 back towards the city centre, along Lower Bristol Road, before crossing over Churchill Bridge and up Green Park again for the beginning of the second lap. At the end of the second lap the runners pass across Churchill Bridge, then up Pulteney Road to the finish back in Great Pulteney Street.

The course route is unchanged since minor modifications in 2006. It was remeasured in 2006 by IAAF official course measurer Hugh Jones, describing the course as 'officially flat, with three undulations'. The assembly area for the race is the Bath Recreation Ground.

Results

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic 
The 2020 event faced criticism after it went ahead despite the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. A number of organisations pulled out, and local MP Wera Hobhouse called for it to be cancelled, saying "protecting the most vulnerable in our city from a further spread of the infection must be the priority." Organisers denied accusations they were irresponsible, and the event took place with half the usual number of participants.  Bath MP Wera Hobhouse later said lives probably would have been saved had the event been cancelled, but the "organiser had no guidance from Government to stop the event." Bath Half race director said "We are not aware of any data or evidence linking outdoor participation events such as the Bath Half with the spread of COVID-19, or with any fatalities from COVID-19 ... In the absence of any such data this type of discussion could be regarded as speculation, even scaremongering."

The 2021 event was first postponed to September, and then cancelled in April 2021 owing to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 restrictions, combined with planned road closures for improvement works.

References

External links 

 Bath Half Marathon on the ARRS website

Half marathons in the United Kingdom
Half Marathon
Athletics competitions in England
Half Marathon
Charles Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross

Charles John Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross,  (23 November 1818 – 1 July 1903), known as The Lord Colville of Culross between 1849 and 1902, was a British nobleman, Conservative politician and courtier.

Background and education
Colville was the son of General the Honourable Sir Charles Colville and the grandson of John Colville, 8th Lord Colville of Culross. He was educated at Harrow.

Career
Colville served as a captain in the 11th Hussars. He succeeded his uncle in the lordship of Colville of Culross 1849 and was elected a Scottish Representative Peer in 1851. He served under Lord Derby as Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal from February to December 1852 and again from 1858 to 1859 and under Derby and subsequently Benjamin Disraeli as Master of the Buckhounds from 1866 to 1868. In 1866 he was sworn of the Privy Council. He was later Lord Chamberlain to the Princess of Wales from 1873 to 1901 and was appointed in the same capacity to her as Queen Alexandra from 1901 to 1903.

Colville was also Chairman of the Great Northern Railway Company from 1872 to 1895, a director of the Central London Railway at its opening in 1900 and President of the Honourable Artillery Company. He was made a Knight of the Thistle in 1874 and created Baron Colville of Culross, in the County of Perth, in 1885, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In 1902 he was further honoured with a Viscountcy in the Coronation Honours list, when he was made Viscount Colville of Culross, in the County of Perth, on 15 July 1902.

Family
Lord Colville of Culross married the Honourable Cecile Catherine Mary Carrington, eldest daughter of Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington, in 1853. Their second son was Sir Stanley Colville, who rose to prominence as a Navy officer. Another son, George, was the father of Sir Jock Colville, civil servant and memoirist. Lord Colville of Culross died in July 1903, aged 84, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles.

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Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria
Peers created by Edward VII
People educated at Harrow School
Alexandra of Denmark
Daniel Anthony

Daniel Anthony may refer to:
Daniel Anthony (actor) (born 1987), British actor
Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. (1870–1931), American Republican politician
Daniel Read Anthony (1824–1904), American publisher and abolitionist; father to Daniel Read Anthony, Jr

See also
Dan Anthony, American recording artist, songwriter and musician
TER Midi-Pyrénées

TER Midi Pyrénées was the regional rail network serving the Midi-Pyrénées region in southwest France. The centre of the network was Toulouse-Matabiau station. In 2017 it was merged into the new TER Occitanie.

Characteristics 
The network has 173 train stations and rail stops, as well as 241 road stops.
There is 1500 km of tracks, carrying 330 trains per day and about 30,000 passengers a day. Annual revenue in 2009 was €47.3 million.

Network

Rail

Road
 Rodez – Millau
 Millau – Saint-Affrique
 Villefranche-de-Rouergue – Decazeville
 Capdenac – Decazeville
 Souillac – Saint-Denis-lès-Martel
 Montauban – Albi
 Cahors – Figeac – Capdenac
 Cahors – Fumel – Monsempron-Libos
 Mazamet – Saint-Pons-de-Thomières
 Castelnaudary – Revel – Sorèze
 Boussens – Saint-Girons – Aulus-les-Bains – Guzet
 Lourdes – Argelès-Gazost – Pierrefitte-Nestalas – Cauterets
 Pierrefitte-Nestalas – Luz-Saint-Sauveur – Barèges
 Tarbes – Lannemezan – Arreau – Saint-Lary-Soulan – Piau-Engaly
 Tarbes – Bagnères-de-Bigorre – La Mongie
 Tarbes – Mont-de-Marsan – Dax
 Tarbes – Miélan – Auch
 Auch – Fleurance – Lectoure – Agen
 Muret – Longages – Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze

Rolling stock

Multiple units
 SNCF Class Z 7300
 SNCF Class Z 21500
 SNCF Class X 2100
 SNCF Class X 72500
 SNCF Class X 73500
 SNCF Class B 81500  Also called BGC B 81500

Locomotives
 SNCF Class BB 7200
 SNCF Class BB 8500
 SNCF Class BB 9300
 SNCF Class BB 67400

Structures 

 Viaduc du Viaur

See also 
SNCF
Transport express régional
Réseau Ferré de France
List of SNCF stations in Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées

External links
 Official Website
 Transports in Midi-Pyrénées
George Anthony

George Anthony may refer to:

 George T. Anthony (1824–1896), seventh governor of Kansas
 George Anthony (cricketer) (1875–1907), English cricketer
 George Anthony (footballer) (1904–1971), Australian rules footballer for Footscray
 George Anthony (journalist) (born 1940), Canadian entertainment journalist
 George Wilfred Anthony (1810–1859), English landscape painter, art teacher and art critic
 George Anthony, grandfather of Caylee Anthony
Danny Adcock

Danny Adcock (born 29 June 1948) is an Australian actor, known for his work in television and theatre.

His television acting roles include 7 different roles in Crawford Production series Matlock Police as the killer of Michael Pate's character, Division 4, Homicide, Patrol Boat, Sons and Daughters as Joe Parker, Prisoner as Deputy Governor Geoff Carlson of fictional prison Woodridge, A Country Practice, E Street, Fire as "Nugget", Blue Heelers, All Saints, Stingers, and Home and Away as Bishop Pitt.

He was a regular cast member of short-lived soap opera Arcade (1980) as Duncan Adams. In Farscape he played T'raltixx in the second-season episode "Crackers Don't Matter", and Co-Kura Strappa, a recurring character throughout the third season.

His first film role was in The Cars That Ate Paris. He played small parts in the films Quigley Down Under starring Tom Selleck, and The Earthling with William Holden. He played Terry "Mr Asia" Clark in the film Greed.

Theatre

In 1998 Adcock acted in the O'Punksky's production of Brian Friel's the Faith Healer.

In 2008 Adcock acted in The Pig Iron People for Sydney Theatre Company, written by John Doyle.

In 2009, Adcock acted in the Sydney Theatre Company production of The Removalists,

In 2012 Danny Adcock played the lead role, Pablo Picasso in the Ensemble Theatre's production A Picasso.

Danny Adcock appeared in two shows for the Kirribilli Pub Theatre between 1979-80 (http://kirribillipubtheatre.tripod.com). These included The 1984 Show, The Western Show and the remount of The Vampire Show performed at the Bronte Inn.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

External links
 

1948 births
Living people
Australian male television actors
Male actors from Sydney
Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia

The Transitional Federal Parliament of the Somali Republic (TFP) (; often Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya) was the national parliament of Somalia from 2004 until 2012.

In a 2008 report called 'So Much to Fear' Human Rights Watch accused the Transitional Federal Government of human rights abuses and war crimes which include murder, rape, assault, and looting. The report also states that the TFG police force had also been implicated in arbitrary arrests of ordinary civilians in order to extort ransoms from their families. The TFP was succeeded by the Federal Parliament of Somalia.

Overview

The Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) were the key foundations of the national government of Somalia. Created in 2004, they included the Transitional Federal Charter (TFC), the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP).

The TFP was the parliament of Somalia. It constituted the legislative branch of government, with the Transitional Federal Government representing the executive division. The Transitional Federal Parliament elected the President and Prime Minister, and had the authority to propose and pass laws. It was also in charged of governance and administration of Mogadishu, which was then the seat of the TFG. Members of Parliament (MP) were selected through traditional clan leaders or shura councils.

The Federal Parliament of Somalia was established on August 20, 2012, following the end of the Transitional Federal Government's mandate.

Composition

The Transitional Federal Parliament, officially referred to as the Transitional Federal Assembly (TFA), was a unicameral national assembly.

It was formed in 2004 and originally included 275 members. Following the creation of a unity government in 2008–2009 between the Transitional Federal Government and moderate members of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS), the TFP's seats were increased to 550.

Of those, 475 Members of Parliament were appointed following the 4.5 formula: 1 apportionment went to each of the four major Somali clans, while a coalition of minority clans received a quota of 0.5.

The remaining 75 seats were reserved for business people and civil society representatives. Article 29 of the Transitional Federal Charter also stipulated that at least 12% of all parliamentary members had to be women.

Speaker of Parliament
The first Speaker of the Transitional Federal Parliament was Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden. He held the position from September 15, 2004 to January 17, 2007, and was succeeded by Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe.

On May 25, 2010, Sharif Hassan was re-elected parliamentary Speaker.

See also
Judiciary of Somalia

Notes

External links
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments – Somalia

2004 establishments in Somalia
2012 disestablishments in Somalia
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Elections in Somalia
Factions in the Somali Civil War
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Somalia
Political history of Somalia
Somalia War (2006–2009)
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National Parliament of Solomon Islands

The National Parliament of Solomon Islands has 50 members, elected for a four-year term in 50 single-seat constituencies.

It is presided by a Speaker, currently Patterson Oti.

Latest elections

Members
The official website of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands maintains a list of current members of parliament, with biographical indications, categorised by name, constituency and party.

See:
 8th Parliament of Solomon Islands (2006–2010)
 9th Parliament of Solomon Islands (2010–2014)
 10th Parliament of Solomon Islands (2014–2019)
 1976 Solomon Islands general election
 1980 Solomon Islands general election
 1984 Solomon Islands general election
 1989 Solomon Islands general election
 1993 Solomon Islands general election
 1997 Solomon Islands general election
 2001 Solomon Islands general election
 2006 Solomon Islands general election
 2010 Solomon Islands general election
 2014 Solomon Islands general election
 2019 Solomon Islands general election

See also
Legislative Council of the Solomon Islands
Governing Council of the Solomon Islands
List of members of the Solomon Islands Parliament who died in office

References

External links
 

Solomon Islands
Politics of the Solomon Islands
Government of the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Hurdle

A hurdle (UK English, limited US English) is a moveable section of light fence. In the United States, terms such as "panel", "pipe panel" or simply "fence section" are used to describe moveable sections of fencing intended for agricultural use and crowd control; "hurdle" refers primarily to fences used as jumping obstacles for steeplechasing with horses or human track and field competition.

Traditional hurdles were made from wattle, but modern designs for fencing are often made of metal. They are used for handling livestock, as decorative fencing, for steeplechasing and in the track and field event of hurdling and shuttle hurdle relay.

Types

Traditional hurdles are made from wattle, usually of hazel or willow. Hurdle-making is a traditional woodland craft, made by placing upright sticks in holes in a log and weaving split branches between them. Historically they were used to pen livestock or to separate land in open field systems, but they are now popular as decorative fencing for gardens. In medieval England such a hurdle was sometimes used as a makeshift sledge, to which a prisoner was tied to be dragged behind a horse to a place of execution.

Hurdles were also used for crossing rivers at fording points. Dublin's name in the Irish language, namely Baile Átha Cliath, means "town of the hurdled ford".

Modern livestock hurdles, known as panels or "pipe panels" in the USA, are used for sorting, handling or loading animals where permanent fencing is impractical or uneconomic. They are made of steel or aluminium, and vary in size. For sheep, they are usually  long and  high, while for cattle they are commonly  or more long and  high. They are usually joined by pins or hooks, both to each other and to handling facilities such as a cattle crush. While individual hurdles are easily knocked over by animals, when joined in a ring or to solid objects they make a secure fence. Single hurdles are often used as a temporary gate or to block a gap in a hedge. Hurdles are often supplied in a set together with a mobile cattle crush and a trailer for easy transport.

Wattle hurdles are also used in hedges and river restoration. They are an environmentally friendly way of adding strength to river banks to stop erosion and create a living space for wild plants and animals. Hurdles are also used to aid the growth of new hedges. They protect the young hedge plants and will slowly rot away as the hedge grows making a stronger hedge when it is time for laying a mature hedge.

Hurdles used as jumps in hunt racing are similar to traditional hurdles.

The barriers used in human track and field hurdling vary. A bar firmly attached to two posts is used for long distances, while a light metal frame on a stand is used for sprint hurdling.

See also
Wattle and daub
National hunt racing

References

Fences
Hunt racing
Margaret Laurence (actress)

Margaret Laurence is an Australian actress, best known for several soap opera roles.

She trained in Britain, and then worked in America on stage and in several daytime soap operas.

When she moved to Australia, her first high-profile role was in Number 96 as Liz Chalmers for six months from late 1975 to early 1976. Sweet Liz became key character Arnold Feather's second wife, but was ultimately revealed as a deceitful schemer who tried to poison Arnold.

She followed this by playing Marilyn Mason in the television series Prisoner. Laurence was one of the programme's original cast in 1979, but appeared in only the first 16 episodes – the original planned duration of the series. After she left the show she returned to America where she did a lot of promotional work for the show. She stated she did not like the role, and being compared to Farrah Fawcett and Bridgette Bardot, although co-star Val Lehman, said the role should not reflect the quality of the series

She also played troublesome nurse Yvonne Davies in The Young Doctors in 1979.

Her ex-husband is American-born actor Brandon Smith, who had short-term roles in both Number 96 and Prisoner; in the case of Prisoner, appearing in some scenes with Laurence. They have a daughter, Camille.

FILMOGRAPHY

FILM

TELEVISION

References

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Australian soap opera actresses
Living people
1950 births
20th-century Australian actresses
21st-century Australian women
21st-century Australian people
Les Huckfield

Leslie John Huckfield (born 7 April 1942) is a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Nuneaton from 1967 to 1983 and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1984 to 1989.

Early life
From 1960 to 1963, Huckfield studied at Keble College, Oxford, graduating with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, subsequently promoted to MA.  From 1963 to 1966, he worked as a lecturer in economics at Birmingham City University (then the City of Birmingham College of Commerce) whilst studying for a Master of Commerce degree, specialising in Econometrics and Statistics.

Parliamentary career
Huckfield first stood for Parliament at Warwick and Leamington in 1966, but he was defeated by the Conservative incumbent John Hobson.

In 1967, at the age of 24, Huckfield was elected to parliament for the constituency of Nuneaton in a by-election following the resignation of Frank Cousins, becoming the youngest MP (the "Baby of the House").  He was Under-Secretary of State for Industry from 1976 to 1979, serving under Industry Secretary Eric Varley in the government of James Callaghan. For a time he was a member of Labour's National Executive Committee, holding the Socialist Societies seat.   When Labour returned to opposition in 1979, he was opposition spokesperson on industry from 1979 to 1981. He was a founding member of the Socialist Campaign Group in 1982.

After being re-elected in four general elections, Huckfield did not stand when the constituency boundaries were changed for the 1983 general election. The Nuneaton seat was gained by the Conservative Lewis Stevens, who held it until 1992. Huckfield had been expected to contest the recreated Sedgefield seat for the 1983 general election, but instead Labour selected Tony Blair as their candidate, who was elected.

After Parliament

Huckfield was then appointed as Director of the Capital Transport Campaign for the Greater London Council. In the 1984 elections for the European Parliament, he was returned as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Merseyside East constituency.  He was Vice Chair of Parliament's Transport Committee, and stood down in 1989.

He is now based in Auchterarder, Scotland, where he runs a funding consultancy called Leslie Huckfield Research International. He quit as a Labour member in 2003 and now supports Scottish independence.

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1942 births
Living people
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen-sponsored MPs
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1966–1970
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Labour Party (UK) MEPs
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Academics of the University of Birmingham
National Assembly (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

The National Assembly and the King of Saint Christopher and Nevis jointly make up the legislature of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Composition of the National Assembly

The assembly has 14 or 15 members (depending upon circumstances), 11 of whom are elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies and are known as Representatives. The remaining four are called Senators; three are appointed by the governor-general and the fourth is the attorney-general (i.e. an ex officio member).

The 1983 constitution mandates at least three senators, or four if the attorney-general is not one of these three appointed senators. The number can be increased by the parliament as long as it doesn't exceed two thirds of the number of representatives. Except for the attorney-general, the senators are appointed by the governor-general, acting on the advice of the prime minister in two of the appointments and the leader of the opposition for the third one.

Legislative authority
Parliament is empowered by the 1983 constitution to make laws for the Peace, order, and good government of the federation, excepting those areas in the exclusive competence of the Nevis Island Legislature. Following passage by the National Assembly, Royal Assent is required to be given by the Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Amendments to the constitution require a two-thirds supermajority in the Assembly.

Latest election

Speaker of the National Assembly
The Assembly has a speaker and deputy speaker elected by the members of the parliament during its first meeting following a general election. They  do not have to be members of it; but if they are then they cannot also be in the  cabinet or parliamentary secretaries.

The current speaker of the National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis is Lanien Blanchette, who has been in office since October 2022. She succeeded Anthony Michael Perkins.

Previous speakers
Speakers of the Legislative Council of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla

Speakers of the National Assembly of St Kitts and Nevis

See also

Politics of Saint Kitts and Nevis
List of legislatures by country

References

1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitution

Saint Kitts
Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Government agencies established in 1983
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Colin Fry

Colin Fry (19 May 1962 – 25 August 2015) was a British spiritualist medium and television personality. He was one of the best known mediums in Britain.

Biography 
Colin Fry was born on 19 May 1962 in Haywards Heath, Sussex. He claimed to have discovered psychic ability from the age of four  when he told his grandfather that his mother had “died and gone to heaven”. The next day his grandfather received a telegram that said his mother had died. 

Fry hosted a number of television programmes dealing with the supernatural, including: Most Haunted, Psychic Private Eyes and 6ixth Sense with Colin Fry, produced by Living TV. Fry, who at one time performed under the stage name of "Lincoln", was exposed in 1992 when during a séance the lights were unexpectedly turned on and he was seen holding a spirit trumpet in the air, which the audience had been led to believe was being levitated by spiritual energy.

In April 2015, Fry was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. He died in Sussex on 25 August 2015, at the age of 53.

References

External links 
 
 Colin Fry Interview
 Obituary in The Independent by Marcus Williamson

1962 births
2015 deaths
English psychics
English spiritual mediums
English television personalities
Gay entertainers
20th-century English LGBT people
21st-century English LGBT people
Black Hills Ammunition

Black Hills Ammunition is an American ammunition and reloading supplies manufacturing company based in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Description
Black Hills is popular among Cowboy Action Shooters (see SASS, the Single Action Shooting Society) because they produce ammunition in a number of obsolete calibers, such as .44 Russian, .38 Long Colt, .44-40 and others.

The exclusive distributor for Black Hills Ammunition in the United Kingdom is Edgar Brothers.

References

External links
Black Hills Ammunition

Companies based in South Dakota
Rapid City, South Dakota
Ammunition manufacturers
American companies established in 1981
1981 establishments in South Dakota
Kardi

Kardi may refer to:

Kardi, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran
Kardi, another name for safflower
Kardinal Offishall, a hip-hop musician

See also
Cardi
Cardie (disambiguation)
Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)

The Assembly of the Republic () is the parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It has 50 members, elected for a five-year term by mitigated proportional representation. A party must cross the electoral threshold (5% of the total vote) to be awarded any seats. The parliament is composed of 50 MPs, chosen from six electoral districts, which are coterminous with the districts of Northern Cyprus: Lefkoşa, Gazimağusa, Girne, Güzelyurt, Lefke and İskele.

In Northern Cyprus parliamentary elections, voters vote for individual candidates. There are two ways of voting. 
 Voters can vote for a party, which in effect is voting for every MP candidate from that party in that district once. The voter can further prioritize the MPs in this kind of voting.
 Alternatively, the voter may not choose a party, but vote for candidates from different parties. In this kind of mixed voting, the voter cannot choose more than the number of MPs the district is allotted.

Current composition

 
Parliamentary elections were last held on 23 January 2022. 

Note: Each voter may cast multiple votes, one for each seat in the parliament. Hence, the vote totals may exceed the number of registered voters.

Location
The parliament building is located on Osmanpaşa Caddesi, opposite the Turkish embassy in North Nicosia. The building is a two-storey colonial structure.

Council of Europe assembly representation
In 2004, the Turkish Cypriot community was awarded "observer status" in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Since then, the two Turkish Cypriot representatives to PACE are elected by the Assembly of Northern Cyprus.
 
 2005–2007: CTP Özdil Nami; UBP Huseyin Ozgurgun
 27 January 2011: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Ahmet Eti
 4 December 2013: CTP Mehmet Caglar; UBP Tahsin Ertugruloglu

See also
 List of speakers of the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)

References

External links

 

 

Politics of Northern Cyprus
Government of Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus
Slyne-with-Hest

Slyne-with-Hest is a civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England.  It had a population of 3,163 recorded in the 2001 census, decreasing to 3,126 at the 2011 Census. The parish is north of Lancaster and consists of two villages; Slyne, on the A6 road, and Hest Bank on the coast.

History
Hest Bank (
) is a village in north-western Lancashire, England, the boundaries of which include the coastline, from a western shoreline of salt-flats that adjoin the northern extremities of Morecambe's Victorian era Promenade, to a less clearly defined boundary in the east with the village of Slyne, which dates from Anglo-Saxon times.

Notable buildings and roads
Hest Bank's best-known building, 'The Hest Bank Hotel' (previously named the Sands Inn), is itself hundreds of years old, and once served as a coaching station for traffic crossing the sands of what is now called Morecambe Bay.  Ordnance Survey Maps still show the right-of-way across Morecambe Bay from Hest Bank to Grange-over-Sands, and many walkers enjoy guided walks across the bay, which take place from Spring to Autumn, normally every other weekend, tides allowing.  The right-of-way is not suitable for normal motor vehicles, there being water at around knee-height to cross at the outflow from the River Kent.

Governance
An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward extends beyond the confines of the parish and has a population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,119.

Before Brexit for the European Parliament residents in Slyne-with-Hest voted to elect MEPs for the North West England constituency.

Railway line
In 1965 this originally coastal village was the scene of a rail accident on 20 May, when a sleeper train from London Euston bound for Glasgow Central left the rails at 70 mph and collided with the Hest Bank station buildings.  No one was seriously injured, although from that time Hest Bank has ceased to serve as a passenger station, its railside platform consequently now lying buried in undergrowth.

Community
The village has a primary school: St Lukes Slyne-with-Hest; and tennis, football and bowling clubs.

Notable people
 Tyson Fury, boxer
 Dame Thora Hird, actress 
 Helen Pidd, journalist

See also

Listed buildings in Slyne-with-Hest

References

External links

 Cross Bay Run to Hest Bank by Keith Wilkinson (reporter)
ITV Local report on Cross Bay Run to Hest Bank

Civil parishes in Lancashire
Geography of the City of Lancaster
Populated coastal places in Lancashire
Parliament of Nauru

The Parliament of Nauru has 19 members, elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The President of Nauru is elected by the members of the Parliament. The number of seats was increased to 19 following elections in 2013.

The members of the Parliament of Nauru are elected by a positional voting system.

History
The Parliament of Nauru came into existence with the country's independence on 31 January 1968. The island was previously a United Nations Trust Territory administered by Australia. The Australian government's Nauru Act 1965 created the Legislative Council for the Territory of Nauru, consisting of 15 members – nine elected members, one ex officio member (the Administrator of Nauru), and five "official members" nominated by the Administrator.

On 22 March 2010, Radio New Zealand International reported that President Marcus Stephen had dissolved Parliament in readiness for elections on 24 April 2010. The election saw all 18 MPs returned, but by this stage, nine of them had formed the Opposition, resulting in a deadlocked Parliament. Another election was held in June 2010, as a result of the continuing deadlock. After weeks of uncertainty, the deadlock was resolved when the Opposition agreed to have one of its own MPs, Ludwig Scotty, elected as Speaker. President Stephen then suggested that the number of MPs should be expanded to 19, to prevent future deadlocks. In late 2012, Parliament, under the leadership of President Dabwido, acted on this suggestion and passed a law increasing the number of seats to 19 after election in 2013, it is expected to prevent future deadlocks like the one in 2010.

Current MPs

Speaker
The Speaker is the presiding officer of Parliament. The Speaker is an MP elected by the MPs. The Speaker has no vote in no-confidence votes and presidential elections.

Following the April 2008 election, Riddell Akua was appointed Speaker of the Parliament of Nauru. He replaced David Adeang.

Two weeks after the April 2010 election, Godfrey Thoma was elected Speaker. Due to the political deadlock fresh elections were held in June, after which Parliament continued to be deadlocked until the election of Ludwig Scotty to the chair in November 2010. Scotty resigned at the end of the 20th Parliament in March 2013. Godfrey Thoma was elected to replace him. Following the 2013 election, Scotty was re-elected to the speaker's post.

References

Sources
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-06-11/baron-waqa-named-as-new-nauru-president/1144022
http://www.naurugov.nr/government-information-office/media-release/honbaron-waqa-elected-president.aspx

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Nauru
Politics of Nauru
Political organisations based in Nauru
Yaren District
Nauru
Nauru
1968 establishments in Nauru
The Squares of the City

The Squares of the City is a science fiction novel  by British writer John Brunner, first published in 1965 (). It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1966.

It is a sociological story of urban class warfare and political intrigue, taking place in the fictional South American capital city of Vados. It explores the idea of subliminal messages as political tools, and it is notable for having the structure of a famous 1892 chess game between Wilhelm Steinitz and Mikhail Chigorin.  The structure is not coincidental, and plays an important part in the story.

Reception
Algis Budrys found the novel to be more artifice than fiction, saying "this is a confusing, overpopulated, almost-unidentifiable-with story set in a city which seems to have been created for the sole purpose of having Brunner set a 'human chess game' in motion upon it. . . . There is nothing in particular here to catch and hold the reader's involvement". Judith Merril, however, found Squares "an impressive piece of work" with "complexities [that] add richness rather than spread confusion." She noted, however, that the demands of the novel's "elaborate structure" weakened it by impelling Brunner to sacrifice character development in order to depict "interpersonal exchanges."

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The Steinitz-Chigorin game

Novels by John Brunner
1965 British novels
1965 science fiction novels
Novels set in South America
Novels about chess
Ballantine Books books
Matilde Zimmermann

Matilde Zimmermann (born September 6, 1943) is an American author and professor who ran as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for United States Vice President in 1980. The party had three different presidential candidates that year, Andrew Pulley, Richard H. Congress and Clifton DeBerry depending on the state. She was at the time a writer for the party newspaper The Militant. Zimmermann also ran as an alternate vice presidential candidate for Andrea Gonzales in some states in 1984; Melvin T. Mason was the presidential candidate.

Zimmermann (PhD History 1998) is the Residente Director of SLC (Sarah Lawrence College) in Cuba and is a faculty member in History and Global Studies at SLC. She has been based in Havana the last two fall semesters (2003 and 2004) as director of SLC in Cuba. Because of the U.S. restrictions on undergraduate academic programs in Cuba, Sarah Lawrence is now the only program of U.S. students at the University of Havana. She once said that the argument that Cubans were living under a dictatorship was an "American propaganda".

Bibliography
 Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution (Duke, 2001) 
 Carlos Fonseca y la revolución nicaragüense (Managua, 2003)
 Bajo las banderas del Che y de Sandino (Havana, 2004)
 A Revolução Nicaragüense (São Paulo, 2005) 
 Comandante Carlos: La vida de Carlos Fonseca Amador (Caracas, 2008)

References

1943 births
Living people
American women writers
Sarah Lawrence College faculty
Socialist Workers Party (United States) vice presidential nominees
1984 United States vice-presidential candidates
20th-century American politicians
Female candidates for Vice President of the United States
Socialist Workers Party (United States) politicians from New York (state)
20th-century American women politicians
American women academics
National Assembly (Artsakh)

The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (; often shortened: , ) is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Artsakh.

Plans were in place to move the National Assembly from Stepanakert to Shusha on 9 May 2022 to mark the 30th anniversary of the capture of Shusha, but the city came under the control of Azerbaijan in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Following an Azerbaijani assault on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024.

Electoral system 
The current constitution of Artsakh, amended in 2017, states that all members to National Assembly shall be elected for a five-year term through a proportional electoral system. The National Assembly shall be composed of no less than 27 and no more than 33 MPs. The number of the MPs shall be defined by the Electoral Code.

Prior to the passing of the 2017 constitutional referendum, the National Assembly had 33 members, 22 of whom (17 before 2015) were elected using party-list proportional representation, and the rest elected in single seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.

Latest election

Committees 
The National Assembly has 7 standing committees:
 Standing Committee on Defense, Security and Law Enforcement
 Standing Committee on Foreign Relations
 Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs
 Standing Committee on Social Affairs and Health
 Standing Committee on Production and Manufacturing Infrastructure
 Standing Committee on Budget, Financial and Economic Management
 Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sports,

See also

Elections in the Republic of Artsakh
List of legislatures by country
List of political parties in Artsakh
Members of the National Assembly of Artsakh
National Assembly (Armenia)
Politics of Artsakh
President of the National Assembly of Artsakh

References

Government of the Republic of Artsakh
Artsakh
Artsakh
Artsakh
Swami Dayananda

Swami Dayananda may refer to:
 Dayanand Saraswati (Swami Dayanand Saraswati, 1824–1883), founder of the Arya Samaj
 Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya) (Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati, 1930–2015), founder of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
 Bede Griffiths (1906-1993), also known as Swami Dayananda, English Roman Catholic monk who lived in India
Chausse

Chausse, Chaussé or Chausses may refer to:

 Chausses, a Medieval term for leggings, also used for leg armour
 Chausse (grape), or Béquignol noir
 Chaussé (heraldry), a method of division of the field in heraldry
 Alcide Chaussé (1868–1944), Canadian architect
 Chausse, Idaho, a place in Idaho, U.S.
Lenta

Lenta can refer to:
 Lenta (retail), a Russian hyper- and supermarket chain
 Lenta, Piedmont, a municipality in Italy
 Lenta.ru, a Russian online newspaper
 Lenta (лента), ribbon or tape in the Russian language
 Especially the ribbon of Saint George
 a barley cultivar

See also 
 Lentas, a coastal village in Crete
Megaversal system

The Megaversal system, sometimes known as the Palladium system, is a role-playing game system used in most of the role-playing games published by Palladium Books. It uses dice for roll-under percentile skill checks, roll-high combat checks and saving throws, and determination of damage sustained in melee encounters by which a character's hit points, Structural Damage Capacity (S.D.C.), or Mega-Damage Capacity (M.D.C.) is reduced accordingly.

Conception
Shannon Appelcline, in his book Designers & Dragons, states that the Megaversal system was an overhaul of the game system that Palladium had originally derived from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: "It was one part highly traditional – with its character classes, experience points and levels – and one part arcane – with its abbreviations like OCCs, RCCs, PCCs, PPE, SDC and MDC."

References

Role-playing game systems
Antonio Osorio de Acuña

Don Antonio Osorio de Acuña (1459 in Valladolid – 23 March 1526) was a Spanish bishop of Zamora, appointed 4 January 1507, during the reigns of Ferdinand II and Charles V. He filled that see in 1519, when the civil war broke out in Spain. Instead of espousing the interests of the throne, he joined the insurgent comuneros. According to his critics, his choice of allegiance was purely opportunistic and due to longstanding disputes with other members of the clergy.

When he appeared at Tordesillas, the general rendezvous of the discontented deputies, he was received with enthusiasm. Being entrusted with ammunition and men, he marched against the royal generals, and was for the most part successful. In the view of identifying religion with liberty, he raised a regiment of priests, whom he always conducted to battle; and though 60 years of age, he was sure to be right in the middle of the action. "Follow me, my parson!" was his usual exhortation, as he plunged into the dense ranks of the enemy. By the Conde de Haro, the rebels were at length defeated; but the priests stood firm; and dreadful was the carnage which they produced among the royalists. One of them slew eleven by himself. He was alleged to have given his benediction to foes on the field, making the sign of the cross with his musket before firing.

When Toledo was besieged by the royalists, the bishop hastened to that city, not so much to assist Maria Pacheco in repelling the assailants, as to seize the vacant archbishopric. By the populace he was speedily proclaimed; and when the chapter refused to elect him, he and Maria committed the members to prison and the latter were compelled to live on bread and water until they had not only elected him, but given up their treasures for the use of the insurgents.

After Juan Lopez de Padilla was imprisoned on 24 April 1521, the royalist cause triumphed. The fortresses submitted, and the bishop fled towards France. In Navarre, however, he was recognized, seized, and sent to the dungeon of Simancas. There, in February 1526, he broke the skull of the alcalde with a brick, and was escaping, when the son of the officer discovered and secured him. This was his last act of violence. By a papal bull, he was degraded, and delivered over to the secular arm. He was tried, sentenced, and beheaded in prison.

References

External links and additional sources
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1459 births
1526 deaths
People from Valladolid
Executed revolutionaries
Spanish rebels
Bishops of Zamora
16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain
Executed Spanish people
People executed by Spain by decapitation
People of the Revolt of the Comuneros
Benet Hytner

Benet Alan Hytner  (29 December 1927 – 7 February 2023) was an English barrister and judge. He was Judge of Appeal of the Isle of Man. He was the Head of the Byrom Street Chambers in Manchester and 42 Bedford Row in London. He practiced principally in General Common Law.

Hytner was born on 29 December 1927 to Maurice and Sarah Hytner. Hytner was called to the Bar in 1952 by Middle Temple and became a Queen's Counsel in 1970. He was a Crown Court Recorder 1971–1996, Deputy High Court Judge 1974–1997, Judge of Appeal of the Isle of Man 1980–1997 and elected Leader of the Northern Circuit 1980–1984. He also served both on Bar Council and Senate of Inns of Court and Bar.

Personal life and death
Hytner married Joyce in 1954. Their children are Nicholas Hytner, Director of the National Theatre in London 2003–2015, Jenny Hytner-Marriott, Director of The Paw Seasons, Richard Hytner, worldwide deputy chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi and James Hytner.

Hytner died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 95.

References

External links
Byrom Street Chambers
42 Bedford Row

1927 births
2023 deaths
Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Law of the Isle of Man
English King's Counsel
20th-century King's Counsel
English Jews
Nicki Paull

Nicola Paull (born 1962 Queensland, Australia), is an Australian actress and a registered counsellor. Though predominantly known for her work on television, she has also appeared in films and on stage, as well as performing as a voice-over artist and narrator.

Career

Education and Film
Paull graduated with a Diploma in Arts (Drama) from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1983, aged 21. In 1988, she had a role in the Australian film Boulevard of Broken Dreams while in 2002, she had a small role in the horror film Queen of the Damned.

In mid-life, Paull earned a Master of Business (Human Resource Management) degree from Swinburne University in Melbourne. Separately, she holds a Diploma of Counselling. Paull has  appeared in guest roles on Australian television and film, and on the stage. For several years, she ran a series of workshops entitled "The Business of Being an Artist" based on her Master's thesis.

In 2008, Paull narrated the audiobook "The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet" by Colleen McCullough.

In August 2021, Paull enrolled in the Certificate IV in New Small Business at Holmesglen Institute of TAFE as part of the government funded NEIS program. This program provides individuals on government benefits access to further government assistance to start their own businesses. Paull applied to the program to develop her counselling services business.

Television
Paull made her acting debut in 1984, when she appeared as Doris Cruickshank in the Network Ten drama serial, Prisoner, before rising to prominence with her roles as Sarah Harper in Return to Eden (1986), and as Lisa Mullins, when she returned to Prisoner for its final season (1986). Initially intended to be a regular role on the show, Paull only appeared in six episodes, when she caught pneumonia, and was permanently replaced with Terrie Waddell for the remainder of the show's run. Other appearances include Miss Scarlett in Cluedo (1992), and in the mini-series Darlings of the Gods (1989), Paull played the role of June Kelly. She has also had roles in The Flying Doctors and Neighbours.

In the 1990s, Paull moved to the UK and began working as a producer of corporate events and audio programmes for several years before returning to Australia.

Filmography

Film

Television

Publications
Paull has published under the pen name Margot MacCallum with trauma-informed expertise in the niche field of recovery from narcissistic abuse.

 2018 MacCallum, Margot : Healing the Trauma of Psychological Abuse - A Lived Experience Roadmap to a Mindful Recovery (Balboa Press, AU)  | Subject: Family & Relationships › Divorce & Separation (Self-help)

Personal life
On 18 November 2006, Paull married Australian musician Keith Potger in front of six witnesses and a celebrant on the Mornington Peninsula. They divorced on 8 February 2014. Paull is a registered counsellor based in Melbourne, specialising in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Buddhist Psychology.

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Living people
Actresses from Queensland
Australian film actresses
Australian soap opera actresses
20th-century Australian actresses
21st-century Australian actresses
1962 births