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Operation Terminal

Operation Terminal was an Allied operation during World War II. Part of Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of French North Africa, 8 November 1942) it involved a direct landing of infantry into the Vichy French port of Algiers with the intention of capturing the port facilities before they could be destroyed.

Background
The attacking forces were two Royal Navy destroyers,  and  (commanded by Henry Fancourt) carrying 600 troops of the 3d Battalion, 135th Infantry, (commanded by Colonel Edwin Swenson), part of the US 34th Infantry Division. The plan was to land the troops directly into the port. It was hoped that either complete surprise would be achieved or that the defenders would support the invasion to the extent at least of refusing to fire on the attackers. However the Vichy forces opened fire on the ships, damaging them heavily.

Action
At 4.00 am on the morning of 8 November 1942 Malcolm and Broke approached Algiers Harbour. They were regarded as hostile by the defending Vichy troops, who opened fire at 4.06 am.
Malcolm tried to break through the boom but was hit and severely damaged by a shell fired from the shore.  Ten of her crew were dead, many more were injured and three of her four boilers were extinguished, cutting her speed to 4 knots.  She was forced to retreat and played no further part in the operation.
Initially, Broke had better luck.  On her third attempt, she sliced through the boom and deposited her troops under fire on the Quai de Fécamp, and then retreated. This was four hours after the operation had started.
Broke'''s luck ran out as she withdrew; she was hit by shore batteries which compounded on earlier damage and after being taken in tow, she sank on 10 November.  

The landed infantry were surrounded and forced to surrender seven hours later. However they succeeded in preventing the destruction of the port before the defenders in turn surrendered to the larger invading forces.

Aftermath
A similar operation was carried out at Oran (Operation Reservist), but with even less success; however the Torch landings as a whole were successful, the Terminal and Reservist segments being the only setbacks in the entire operation.

See also
HMS Malcolm (D19)
HMS Broke (D83)
List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II

List of French military equipment of World War II
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

Notes

References
Stephen Roskill The War at Sea'' Vol II (1956)

Terminal
Terminal
Kezia of Buganda

Princess Kezia Rukidi of Toro (1906–1998), later The Queen of Toro, was the wife of King George Rukidi III of Toro (1904–1965). As Batebe (Queen-Sister), she served as the king’s chief advisor from 1965–1998.
She was the mother of Princess Elizabeth of Toro. She later became known as the Queen Mother Kezia Byanjeru Rukidi Abwooli.

1906 births
1998 deaths
Kezia, Princess of Buganda
Kezia, Queen of Buganda
Senate (Jordan)

The Senate of Jordan is the upper house of the Jordanian Parliament which, along with the House of Representatives forms the legislature of Jordan. The Senate consists of 65 members all of whom are chosen by the king of Jordan by royal decree, but must follow the terms of Constitution of Jordan. 

The presiding officer is the President of the Senate, who serves a two-year term, which can be renewed. Regular members of the Senate serve four-year terms, which can also be renewed. Meetings of the Senate are valid only if everyone is present at the meeting. Decisions are determined by the number of votes, not including the President; but if the votes are tied, the President may vote.

References	

Jordan
Politics of Jordan
Political organisations based in Jordan
 
1952 establishments in Jordan
HMS Malcolm

HMS Malcolm could refer to any of the following Royal Navy ships:
 HMS Malcolm was the original name for the Admiralty V-class destroyer leader , launched in 1917 and broken up in 1936
  was an Admiralty type flotilla leader, commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1945
  was a , commissioned in 1957 and decommissioned in 1978

Royal Navy ship names
Chamber of Deputies (Haiti)

The Chamber of Deputies (; ) is the lower house of Haiti's bicameral legislature, the Haitian Parliament. The upper house of the Haitian Parliament is the Senate of Haiti. The Chamber has 119 members (previously 99) who are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. There are no term limits for Deputies; they may be re-elected indefinitely.

In March 2015 a new electoral decree stated that the new Chamber of Deputies have 118 members, and the Senate will retain the 30 members. On 13 March, President Michel Martelly issued a decree that split the Cerca La Source into two constituencies, and therefore increasing the number of deputies up to 119.

Elections history 
The first bicameral legislature, created under Alexandre Pétion's 1816 revision to the 1806 constitution, formed the Senate as the upper house and the Chamber of Representatives of the Communes as the lower house. The Chamber, which was first elected on 10 February 1817 and held its first session on 22 April 1817, elected Pierre André as its first president of the chamber. Pétion gave his final public speech in front of the newly-seated chamber, but then suspended the legislature the following year.

Candidates from Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party took 73 of the then 83 seats in the 2000 elections. Following the overthrow of the government in February 2004, an interim government was established. The terms of the Deputies expired during the rule of the interim government and the Chamber remained empty. It was re-established along with the Senate, and elections were scheduled for November 2005. After many delays and missed deadlines, elections were finally held on 21 April 2006. The Deputies commenced meeting in June 2006. The exact makeup of the Chamber remains unknown as the Provisional Electoral Committee (CEP) has not posted the results. The next Chamber elections were scheduled for 2010. There were new parliamentary elections in 2015–16.

Previous composition

Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies 
Le Président de la Chambre / Prezidan Chanm Depite

See also 
 List of current members of the National Assembly of Haiti

References 

 
 

Haiti
Government of Haiti
Kldekari (mountain)

Kldekari () is a mountain (2000 m.) and a rocky pass in the Trialeti range, southeastern Georgia. In the vicinity are the ruins of a medieval Kldekari Fortress.

Mountains of Shida Kartli
Mountains of Kvemo Kartli
Senate of Gabon

The Senate (Sénat) is the upper house of the Parliament of Gabon. It has 67 members, elected in single-seat constituencies by local and départemental councillors (52 seats) or appointed by the president (15 seats) for a six-year term. Beginning with the 2009 election, some constituencies elect two senators.

The status of the Parliament is unclear following the coup d'état four days after the 2023 general election.

History 
The 1991 Constitution provided for the establishment of the Senate; previously the legislature had consisted of a unicameral National Assembly. The creation of Senate was approved on 18 March 1994. The Senate was not created until 1997, when an election was held to fill the seats in the upper house.

The first Senate president was Georges Rawiri (1932-2006), a long-time national political figure and close ally of Omar Bongo. He served in this position until his death in 2006.

He was replaced by René Radembino Coniquet, also a member of the Myéné ethnic group.

A Senate election was held on 18 January 2009. The ruling Gabonese Democratic Party won a large majority of seats. On this occasion, the number of senators was increased from 91 to 102. Following the election, Rose Francine Rogombé was elected as President of the Senate.

Elections

See also
 List of presidents of the Senate of Gabon

References

External links
Website of the Senate of Gabon

Gabon
Government of Gabon
1997 establishments in Gabon
National Assembly of Gabon

The National Assembly () is the lower house of the Parliament of Gabon. It has 143 members, elected by Two round system

The status of the Parliament is unclear following the coup d'état four days after the 2023 general election.

Legislative history
National Assembly was established in 1960 by the Constitution of Gabon as an unicameral legislature. The members were elected by direct universal suffrage for a seven-year term. During the single-party rule from 1967 to 1990, all members were from Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), the sole legal party. In 1979 the mandate of the members was reduced from seven years to five years. Single-party system was dropped in 1990. Bicameral system was introduced, and Senate of Gabon was established in 1997.

Latest results

Members (since 1990)
List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 1990–1996
List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 2001–2006
List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon, 2006–2011
List of members of the National Assembly of Gabon (current)

See also
List of presidents of the National Assembly of Gabon

External links
Website of the National Assembly

References

Gabon
Government of Gabon
1960 establishments in Gabon
Pigs on the Wing

"Pigs on the Wing" is a two-part song by English rock band Pink Floyd from their 1977 concept album Animals, opening and closing the album. According to various interviews, it was written by Roger Waters as a declaration of love to his new wife Carolyne Christie. The song is significantly different from the other three songs on the album, "Dogs," "Pigs" and "Sheep," in that the other songs are dark, whereas this one is lighter-themed, as well as also being much shorter in duration, with each part at under a minute and a half while the others are all at least 10 minutes in length.

The title comes from an expression used by British pilots during World War II to describe enemy fighters in a plane's blindspot.

Composition
The song is divided into two parts, which are the first and last tracks of the album. Both are in stark contrast to the album's middle three songs. Without the inclusion of this track on Animals, Waters thought the album "would have just been a kind of scream of rage."

According to Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, and confirmed by Waters, it is a love song directed towards Waters' new wife at the time, Carolyne. She was really the only one of Waters' friends Mason had ever met who could hold her own in an argument with Waters. According to Mason, someone had to be very good with semantics to win an argument against Waters. Waters wrote the song because that is what he had been looking for all along: someone who could stand up to him, an equal.

The songs are constructed simply and feature no instrumentation besides a strummed acoustic guitar played by Waters.

A special version of the song was made for the 8-track cartridge release. This version of the song links Part 1 and Part 2 with a guitar solo, performed by Snowy White, who would later play the guitar solo in live performances on the 1977 In the Flesh Tour. The complete version of the song, including the instrumental bridge, was re-released on White's Goldtop compilation album in 1995.

Reception
In a review for Animals, Brice Ezell of Consequence of Sound described "Pigs on the Wing (Part One)" as "a brief acoustic framing device. Its major key signature is a clear contrast to the frequently sinister riffs that form the landscape of 'Dogs,' 'Pigs (Three Different Ones)' and 'Sheep.'" He described "Part Two" as "a reminder that humans find ways to stick together even amidst the turmoil of a cravenly capitalist world."

Personnel
 Roger Waters – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
 Snowy White – electric guitar solo (8-track version only)
 Richard Wright – Hammond organ (8-track version only)

References

Footnotes

Bibliography 

Pink Floyd songs
1977 songs
Folk rock songs
Songs written by Roger Waters
Song recordings produced by David Gilmour
Song recordings produced by Roger Waters
Song recordings produced by Richard Wright (musician)
Song recordings produced by Nick Mason
Harvest Records singles
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General People's Congress (Libya)

The General People's Congress (, Mu'tammar al-sha'ab al 'âmm), often abbreviated as the GPC, was the national legislature of Libya, during the existence of Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. It consisted of 2,700 representatives of the Basic People's Congresses (BPC). The GPC was the legislative forum that interacted with the General People's Committee (GPCO), whose members are secretaries of Libyan ministries. It notionally served as the intermediary between the masses and the leadership and was composed of the secretariats of some 600 local "basic popular congresses."

The GPC secretariat and the cabinet secretaries were appointed by the GPC secretary general and confirmed by the annual GPC session. These cabinet secretaries were responsible for the routine operation of their ministries.

The body was established in 1977, upon the adoption of the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People". It was headed by the Secretary-General of the General People's Congress.

The People's Hall in Tripoli, where the Congress met, was set on fire in February 2011, during the First Libyan Civil War.

See also 
 Basic People's Congress (administrative division)
 Direct democracy

References

External links 
 

Government of Libya
Political history of Libya
Libya
Libya
History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
1977 establishments in Libya
2011 disestablishments in Libya
National Assembly of Laos

The National Assembly () is the unicameral parliament of Laos. The National Assembly meets in Vientiane.

Laos is a one-party state, with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party as the sole legal party in the country. Most of the National Assembly's actions simply rubber stamp the party's decisions. Efforts have been made to increase the capacity of its members, aiming to strengthen their legislative, oversight, and representational capacities.

History 
The National Assembly was established in its current form by the Lao Constitution of 1991, replacing the Supreme People's Assembly (the latter also formerly known as the Supreme People's Council). After the December 1997 elections, the number of seats were increased to 99, a new structure was announced and Samane Vignaket was elected as its president.

The last elections were held on 21 February 2021. The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) took 158 seats in the enlarged 164-member National Assembly while the six remaining seats went to independents.

In 2017, construction started on a new National Assembly building, gifted by Vietnam. The construction was completed in 2021.

Committees
Parliamentary committees of the National Assembly currently include:
Law Committee
Economic, Technology and Environment Committee
Planning, Finance and Audit Committee
Cultural and Social Committee
Ethnic Affairs Committee
National Defence and Security Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee

Latest election

See also
List of presidents of the National Assembly of Laos
Parliament of the Kingdom of Laos
Politics of Laos

References

External links
Constitution of the State of Guanajuato

The Constitution of the State of Guanajuato () is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of the State of Guanajuato.   The 1917 constitution, which took effect in September, 1917, is the current constitution of Guanajuato.

Guanajuato
Amadou Gakou

Amadou Gakou (born 25 March 1940) is a retired Senegalese sprinter. He competed in the 400 m event at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics with the best achievement of fourth place in 1968, setting a national record at 45.01 seconds. He won a silver medal at the 1965 All-Africa Games.

His sister is the grandmother of 400 metres runner Fatou Bintou Fall.

References

External links
 

1940 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Dakar
Senegalese male sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Senegal
African Games bronze medalists for Senegal
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1965 All-Africa Games
Mandarin Daily News Language Center

The Mandarin Daily News Language Center is a Chinese language school for native English speakers in Taipei, Taiwan.

The school is sponsored by the Mandarin Daily News, a major Taiwanese newspaper.  .  The school is non-accredited, but foreign students at either school are eligible for student visa extensions.

External links
Mandarin Daily News
Mandarin Daily News language Center
ROC Ministry of Education

Language schools in Taiwan
Schools in Taipei
Schools of Chinese as a second or foreign language
Cachoeira de Goiás

Cachoeira de Goiás is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Location
Distance to the state capital:  172 km.
Distance to regional center (Iporá):  77 km.
Highway connections:  state highway GO-060 west from Goiânia, through Trindade, São Luís de Montes Belos, and then GO-417 for 44 kilometers southwest to Cachoeira de Goiás. For all highway connections see Seplan.  Neighboring municipalities are Ivolândia, Moiporá, Aurilândia,  and  Paraúna.

Demographics
The population growth rate from 1996 to 2007 was  0.25%.  Out of the total population of 1,410, 1,106 were considered urban while 304 were considered rural.  The population has increased by about 200 persons since the census of 1980 with the urban population doubling and the rural population decreasing by half.

The economy
The economy is based on cattle raising (24,000 head in 2006), agriculture, retail establishments, and several modest transformation industries.

Agricultural data 2006
Farms:  109
Total area:  28,823 ha.
Area of permanent crops: not available
Area of perennial crops: not available
Area of natural pasture:  22,025 ha.
Area of woodland and forests:  5,812 ha.
Persons dependent on farming:  300
Farms with tractors: 13
Number of tractors:  20
Cattle herd:  24,000 head

Health and education
Infant mortality in 2000: 35.47
Literacy rate in 2000: 82.4
Schools: 02
Total number of students: 425
Municipal Human Development Index:  0.704

History
The settlement of Cachoeira de Goiás began in 1892 when Manoel Fernandes Pereira and other families built a chapel honoring the Divine Spirit.  The  growth was slow until Coronel Francisco Seabra de Guimarães worked to make it a district of the capital Goiás with the name of Cachoeira da Fumaça.  In 1938 it became a district of the municipality of Paraúna with the name Moitu, of unknown origin.  In 1948 it became a district in the municipality of Aurilândia, finally becoming independent in 1953.

See also
List of municipalities in Goiás
Microregions of Goiás

References

Frigoletto

Municipalities in Goiás
Lopevi

Lopevi (or Lopévi) is an uninhabited island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu. It lies to the southeast of Ambrym and east of Paama.

Geography
Lopevi consists of the 7-km-wide cone of the active stratovolcano by the same name. It reaches a peak of 1413 m above sea level, the tallest point in central Vanuatu. It has erupted at least 22 times since 1862. The island was formerly inhabited, but in 1960 the population moved to nearby Paama or Epi because of the recurrent danger.

Lopevi is on the New Hebrides Plate, where it lies above the subducted Australian Plate to the west. Because there are no earthquakes between 50 and 200 km below the Earth's surface, it is thought that the subducted plate has fractured, and does not appear between these depths.

References

External links

 John Seach site, with photographs
 Settlement history of Lopevi

Uninhabited islands of Vanuatu
Malampa Province
Volcanoes of Vanuatu
Holocene stratovolcanoes
Active volcanoes
HMS Malcolm (F88)

HMS Malcolm was a , one of a dozen second-rate anti-submarine frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s. She was commissioned on 12 December 1957 and decommissioned in 1978.  She was the second Royal Navy ship to be bear the name, and was named after Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

The Cod Wars
Just after she was commissioned, a dispute started in the North Atlantic.  Relations between the United Kingdom and Iceland deteriorated and there was concern that the Landhelgisgæsla (the Icelandic Coast Guard) might threaten British fishermen.

Malcolm joined the Fishery Patrol Squadron in April 1959, continuing on these duties until 1965. Malcolm was part of a five-ship group that was deployed to Iceland for fishery protection duties in what became known as the Cod Wars.  She operated out of Edinburgh during the first Cod War, and from Rosyth after that.

Malcolm was refitted at Rosyth from February 1965 until March 1966, when she rejoined the Fishery Patrol Squadron. In 1967 Malcolm joined the 20th Frigate Squadron based at Londonderry. Duties included training with submarines while continuing to carry out fishery protection patrols.

In December 1970, Kevin McNamara MP raised concerns that Malcolm would not be replaced by another frigate after its return to home waters, stressing that Malcolms medical support was essential to fishing operations off Iceland. The Ministry of Defence decided not to replace Malcolm immediately, probably because the situation had calmed somewhat (1970 was between the first and second Cod Wars).  Responsibility for supporting the fishing fleet was henceforth the Department of Trade and Industry's.

The dispute ended in 1976. Two years later, Malcolm was decommissioned.  She was considered too small to act as a modern frigate and therefore unable to continue service into the 1980s.

Notes

References

Publications

 

Blackwood-class frigates
1955 ships
Ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron of the United Kingdom
Welcommittee

A welcommittee is usually a group of volunteers of an organization with the goal of reaching out to new members in a sort of Welcome Wagon-approach. The word "welcommittee" is a portmanteau combining the words, "welcome" and "committee." Among some United Kingdom residents, the word is sometimes shortened to "welco" or "WelCom."

The term originated in the 1950s in science fiction fandom with the National Fantasy Fan Federation which still has an active welcommittee. Other notable fandom-based welcommitees include the Star Trek Welcommittee started by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and the British Science Fiction Association. The concept also has been adopted by many host committees of various science fiction conventions as an outreach to those new to fandom.

Although the welcommittee concept has a long history in fandom, with the advent of the Internet culture, term has evolved beyond the fandom subculture. A recent trend is for the term to be adopted by various wiki communities. In fact, Wikipedia's sister project, Wikinews has an active welcommittee.

External links
StarTrekFans.net transcript of a chat with Jacqueline Lichtenberg about the origins of welcommittees
Wikinews Welcommittee

References 

Science fiction fandom
Book of Prophecies

See Book of prophecies for the literary genre.

The Book of Prophecies (in Spanish, El Libro de las Profecías) is a compilation of apocalyptical religious revelations written by Christopher Columbus towards the end of his life, probably with the assistance of his friend, the Carthusian monk Gaspar Gorricio. It was written between September 1501 and March 1502, with additions until about 1505.

This journal of sorts conveys the medieval notion that in order for the end of the world or the second coming of Jesus Christ to occur, certain events must first be enacted:

 Christianity must be spread throughout the world.
 The Garden of Eden must be found - It was the common belief in the Middle Ages that the biblical Garden of Eden must have been on the top of a crag or mountaintop so that it would not have been affected by the first destruction of the world by flood. Upon arriving in Venezuela in 1498, Columbus may have thought that the verdant crags of Venezuela bore the garden of the Old Testament of the Bible.
 A Last Crusade must take back the Holy Land from the Muslims, and that when Christ comes, he will come back in the place he lived and died: Jerusalem.
 A Last World Emperor must be chosen - Columbus had chosen, at least in his mind, that the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, would fulfill this position due to the vast imperial power and religious conviction the Spanish monarchs claimed. A last world emperor would be necessary to lead the aforementioned crusade against the Muslims and to greet Christ at Jerusalem once the previous steps had been completed.

Such notions were not new to the period in which Columbus lived.  Medieval monastic writers, such as Joachim of Fiore, had made similar claims, which strongly influenced Columbus' apocalyptic writings and beliefs.

The manuscript was written by Columbus following his third voyage to the New World. The original manuscript is mostly in Spanish with some Latin. The manuscript was translated into English with commentary by Delno C. West and August Kling and published by the University of Florida Press, Gainesville, in 1991.

See also 
 Book of Privileges

References 

16th-century Christian texts
Works by Christopher Columbus
Christian apocalyptic writings
1505 books
University Press of Florida books
Edsel Pacer

The Edsel Pacer is an automobile that was produced and sold by Edsel in 1958. The Pacer was based on the shorter narrower Edsel platform, shared with Ford and the Ranger.

Pacer is one of two Edsel model names reused by manufacturers other than Ford, as was Citation.  The Corsair, a 1958-only Edsel model, used a name previously applied to the Henry J by the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation.

The Pacer represented a step up from the basic Ranger model. In addition to the Ranger's base trim appoints, the Pacer received contoured seat backs, nylon upholstery cloth, color-keyed rubber floor mats, and extra stainless steel exterior and interior trim pieces and window moldings. A basic heater (as a US$92 option) and radio (at $95) were available, and air conditioning was optional, as well (at $417). A tachometer was optional.

All Pacers rode on Ford's 118 in (2997 mm) wheelbase and shared the Ranger’s engine choices, with a 303 hp (226 kW)  FE V8 (with four-barrel carburetor) as standard. (The 345 hp (257 kW)  MEL V8, standard in the Corsair and Citation, was not available.) A three-speed manual transmission was also standard.  Buyers also could upgrade to a three-speed automatic transmission with a standard column-mounted gear selector, or choose Edsel’s highly promoted but trouble-prone Teletouch automatic, which placed its drive-selection buttons in the steering wheel hub, as a US$231 option.

While their roll-out was highly publicized in the fall of 1957, Edsels were a marketing disaster for Ford and for Ford's corporate strategy for meeting General Motors product line for product line. Total Pacer output in U.S. and Canada for the model stood at 20,988 units, of which 1,876 were U.S.-built convertibles, 7,141 four-door sedans (6,083 U.S./1,058 Canada), 6,717 hardtop coupes (6,139 U.S./578 Canada), and 5,254 four-door hardtops (4,959 U.S./295 Canada).  Prices for the Pacer ranged from $2,700 to $2,993. Despite being among the best-selling 1958 Edsel models, the Pacer was discontinued at the end of the 1958 model year.  The premium Citation model was also dropped, as was the trouble-prone Teletouch system.

Production figures

Gallery

Different platforms
The model year of Edsel's introduction was a post-WW II high point of sorts for the Ford Motor Company. Three full-size platforms of distinctly different interior widths were in use each by Lincoln, Mercury, and Ford, a situation that lasted until Ford received a much wider platform in 1960. Edsel shared both Mercury's and Ford's platform in 1958, so offers an insight into their differing interior dimensions.

References
 
 
 
 
 Flory,  J. "Kelly", Jr. American Cars 1946-1959. Jefferson, NC:  McFarland & Coy, 2008.
 

Notes

External links

Edsel.com History, specifications, resources for owners.
Smith Motor Company Virtual Edsel Dealer
The International Edsel Club
Edsel.US Restorer's discussion group

Pacer
Coupés
Sedans
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States
Cars introduced in 1958
Cars discontinued in 1958
Hi-n-Dry

Hi-N-Dry was a Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA-based independent record label and recording studio. Founded by Morphine singer and bassist Mark Sandman, the studio and label became managed by former Morphine bandmates Dana Colley and Billy Conway along with Laurie Sargent and Andrew Mazzone (now deceased).  Once located in Sandman's former loft apartment (now the Industry Lab in Cambridge), the studio moved to the Center for the Arts at the Armory in Somerville, Massachusetts in December 2007. In 2008, Hi-N-Dry started the "Mark Sandman Music Project", whereby local musicians and volunteers work with children to help teach them, and develop their interest in, music. The label folded some time before the move to the Armory. A few years after the move, Hi-N-Dry was officially ended and the studio and lease were handed over to others to run for several years as "Armory Sound," still retaining some of the original Hi-N-Dry equipment.

Notable artists

 Twinemen
 Rick Berlin
 Caged Heat
 The Downbeat 5
 The Family Jewels
 Jimmy Ryan
 Maybe Baby
 Scissormen
 Session Americana
 Three Day Threshold

See also
 List of record labels

References

External links
 Official site archive
 Twinemen MySpace
 Three Day Threshold

American independent record labels
Alternative rock record labels
Companies based in Massachusetts
Tarah Paige

Tarah Paige Chellevold (born July 8, 1982) is an American gymnast, dancer and actress.

Biography
Daughter of Duane Chellevold and wife Hertha Jane Farmer and sister of Devon ... Chellevold, paternal granddaughter of Norman Chellewold then Chellevold (b. Wisconsin, son of Ole Chellewold (b. Norway, Sweden-Norway) and wife Dorthea Tangedahl then Dorothea Tangadal (b. Norway, Sweden-Norway)) and wife Helen Brown and maternal granddaughter of Arvel Lewis Farmer (son of Noah Lewis Farmer and wife Lelah/Lela Mae Brown and paternal grandson of H. G. Farmer and wife Mary ...) and wife Hertha Fredericka Hedwig Steiner (b. Missouri, daughter of Otto Steiner (b. Germany, son of parents b. Switzerland) and wife Emma Heideman (b. Germany, daughter of parents b. Germany)).

She has played minor and supporting roles in various television shows and movies, including Malcolm in the Middle, A Cinderella Story, Stick It, Bring It On: All or Nothing, and The Summoning. As a gymnast, she won the bronze medal on the balance beam at 2001 Nationals.

On the ABC Family Channel show Make It or Break It (2009–2012) Tarah worked as the gymnastics coordinator.

Filmography

External links
 
 

1982 births
Living people
Actresses from Phoenix, Arizona
American child actresses
American female dancers
American dancers
American female artistic gymnasts
21st-century American women
National Assembly (Malawi)

The National Assembly of Malawi is the supreme legislative body of the nation. It is situated on Capital Hill, Lilongwe along Presidential Way. The National Assembly alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in Malawi. At its head is the Speaker of the House who is elected by his or her peers. Since June 19, 2019 the Speaker is Catherine Gotani Hara.

The 1994 Constitution provided for a Senate but Parliament repealed it. Malawi therefore has a unicameral legislature in practice. The National Assembly has 193 members of Parliament (MPs) who are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or first-past-the-post) system and serve five-year terms.

Current Parliament
The current parliament was inaugurated in June 2019 after the 2019 Malawian general election. No party managed to secure a majority in the house. Peter Mutharika won the presidential election, however, due to irregularities the constitutional court ordered a re-run of the presidential elections in 2020. Parliament passed the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Act (PPEA) Amendment Bill on 24 February 2020, extended the terms of MPs and local councillors by one year to allow for harmonised presidential, parliamentary and local elections in 2025.

See also
2007 Malawian political crisis
History of Malawi
List of legislatures by country
List of speakers of the National Assembly of Malawi

Notes

References

External links
 

Politics of Malawi
Malawi
Government of Malawi
Malawi
Government buildings in Malawi
Roberto Hernández (sprinter)

Roberto Hernández Prendes (6 March 1967 – 5 July 2021) was a Cuban track and field sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was born in Limonar, Matanzas. His personal best for the 400 metres is 44.14 seconds, set in Seville, Spain in May 1990.  Until September 2006, this was the fastest time by anyone not from the US. It remains the Cuban record for the event. He broke 44.5 seconds on four other occasions.

Hernandez finished fourth in the World Championship finals in 1987 and 1991. As a member of the Cuban 4 × 400 m relay squad he won a World Championship Bronze medal in 1987 and an Olympic silver medal in 1992. As of 1 October 2014, Hernandez holds the fastest non-winning time for the 300 metres.

International competitions

1Representing the Americas

References 

 

1967 births
2021 deaths
Sportspeople from Matanzas Province
Cuban male sprinters
Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
Olympic athletes for Cuba
Olympic silver medalists for Cuba
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Cuba
World Athletics Championships medalists
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
Competitors at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Cuba
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
20th-century Cuban people
Córrego do Ouro

Córrego do Ouro is a municipality in eastern Goiás state, Brazil.

Location and Highway Connections
Córrego do Ouro is located in the Iporá Microregion west of the state capital, Goiânia.  It is 45 km. northwest of São Luís de Montes Belos, the largest town in the region.  Goiânia lies at a distance of 171 km.  Highway connections from Goiânia were made by  GO-060 / Trindade / Claudinápolis (district) / GO-326 / Anicuns / GO-222 / GO-326 / Sanclerlândia / Buriti de Goiás / GO-518. Seplan.  Neighboring municipalities:  Moiporá, Israelândia, Fazenda Nova, Novo Brasil, Buriti de Goiás, and Adelândia

Demographics
Population in 1980: 4,367
Population in 2007: 2,633
Urban population: 1,571
Rural population: 1,062
Population growth rate:  -1.77%

The economy
The main economic activities were cattle raising (64,200 in 2006) and agriculture.  Main crops were rice, bananas, and corn.   There was one dairy:  Laticínios Farlat - Indústria e Comércio Ltda (2007)
GDP (R$1,000.00) in 2005:  18,252
Per capita GDP (R$1.00) in 2005:  6,577

Agricultural data 2006
Farms:  368
Total area:  40,656 ha.
Area of permanent crops: 299 ha.
Area of perennial crops: 496 ha.
Area of natural pasture: 29,174 ha.
Area of woodland and forests:  9,691 ha.
Persons dependent on farming:  900
Farms with tractors: 27
Number of tractors:  29
Cattle herd:  54,200 head

Health and education 
Literacy rate: 85.6% (2000)
Schools: 04 (2007)
Students: 728
Infant mortality rate: 27.14 in 1,000 live births (2000)
Hospitals: 01 with 16 beds
Municipal Human Development Index:  0.726

History 
The history of Córrego do Ouro began in 1934 with the dynamism of Padre Alexandre Pereira.   A bridge was built across the Rio Fartura and the population began to grow.  In 1948 it was raised to the status of district belonging to Goiás to be granted autonomy in 1953.

See also
 List of municipalities in Goiás
Microregions of Goiás

References

 Frigoletto

Municipalities in Goiás
Ruggedman

Michael Ugochukwu Stephens, known professionally as Ruggedman, is a Nigerian rapper from Ohafia, Abia State.

Career
A graduate of political science from Lagos State University, Ọ̀jọ́, Ruggedman started exploring music in 1999. He produced his own songs and released two tracks in 1999, both which were well-played on radio. Ruggedman launched himself into the music industry in 1999, eventually becoming the most featured rapper in Nigeria. His albums are all released on his personal label, Rugged Records. Ruggedman has performed worldwide alongside international acts such as Sean Paul, Wyclef Jean, Akon, Maxi Priest, Kanye West, LL Cool J, T-Pain, and Nas.

Ruggedman's record label, Rugged Records, signed its first act, singer MBRYO, in September 2012. MBRYO was featured on Ruggedman's "Ruggedy Baba pt 2″, produced by Blaize Beatz. Money Making Music, Ruggedman's 2012 album, is a collaboration with MBRYO as part of a promotion for the new artist, with guest appearances by Terry G and Funbi.

Ruggedman hosted the prestigious NB Plc sponsored Star Quest Reality TV Talent Show in 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Controversies 
In 2022, Ruggedman lost the Headies Humanitarian Award to Davido, another Nigerian Artist, and was notably stating that the Headies was “just a popularity contest and Davido was undeserving.”

In 2002, Ruggedman released the controversial song "Ehen" featuring Nomoreloss. The song which was a direct to diss to then established acts in the Nigeria music industry had him mentioning names of Eedris Abdulkareem, Black Reverendz, Maintain and Rasqui for their apparent lack of lyrical contents or originality in their songs.

Discography
Albums
Thy Album Come (2004)
Ruggedy Baba (2007)
Untouchable (2010)
Money Making Music (2012)

Singles

References

External links
 Profile, iroking.com
 Profile, thenetng.com
 Profile, thisdaylive.com 
 Profile, punchng.com

Nigerian male rappers
Igbo rappers
Living people
Nigerian hip hop singers
21st-century Nigerian musicians
The Headies winners
Musicians from Abia State
Lagos State University alumni
21st-century male musicians
1976 births
Margrethia obtusirostra

Margrethia obtusirostra, the Bighead portholefish, is a bristlemouth of the family Gonostomatidae, found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific and Atlantic oceans, at depths of between 100 and 600 m. Its length is between 5 and 8 cm.

References
 
 
 Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand,  (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) 

Gonostomatidae
Taxa named by Åge Vedel Tåning
Fish described in 1919
Legislature of the Marshall Islands

The Legislature of the Marshall Islands ( ) has 33 members, elected for a four-year term in single-seat and five multi-seat constituencies. The last election was November 18, 2019. Elections in the Marshall Islands are officially nonpartisan, but most members of the  are affiliated with one of the four active political parties in the Marshall Islands: Aelon Kein Ad (AKA), Kien Eo Am (KEA), United People's Party (UPP), and United Democratic Party (UDP).

History 
Bicameral Marshall Islands Congress was established in July 1950. The two chambers were the House of Iroij and the House of Assembly. Kabua Kabua was the president of the House of Iroij in 1953. Atlan Anien was the president of the House of Assembly in 1953.

The Congress was reformulated as unicameral in 1958. Members were elected for a 4-year term. The congress was chaired by Atlan Anien in 1959, Amata Kabua in 1962, and Dwight Heine in 1963 and 1964

The legislature, Nitijeļā, was established in its current form in 1979 by the Constitution of the Marshall Islands.

Speakers 
The salary of the speaker is set to 35,000 USD annually.

Members of 
The twenty-four electoral districts into which the country is divided correspond to the inhabited islands and atolls. There are four political parties in the Marshall Islands: Aelon Kein Ad (AKA), Kien Eo Am (KEA), United People's Party (UPP), and United Democratic Party (UDP). Control is shared by the AKA and the KEA.

Committees
The  has 7 permanent standing committees with oversight authority and legislative authority. All committees have 9 members.

Staff
The  is supported by various staff.

Clerk of the 
The Clerk is the administrative head of the legislature, with authority to approve related matters. The Clerk prepares the 's business and serves as the legislature's secretary, keeping minutes and publishing them.

The current Clerk is Morean Watak, and Carl Alik is her Assistant Clerk.

Legislative Counsel
The Office of the Legislative Counsel was established in 1981. The office provides legal advice to MPs and the Speaker, as well as providing legislative drafting services. The Legislative Counsel also serves as the Commissioner of the Marshall Islands Revised Code if the Cabinet has not appointed a Commissioner.

The current Legislative Counsel is Joe Lomae.

See also

Government of the Marshall Islands
Politics of the Marshall Islands
Elections in the Marshall Islands
Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
List of legislatures by country

References

External links 

 

 
Marshall Islands
Politics of the Marshall Islands
Political organizations based in the Marshall Islands
Government of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
1979 establishments in the Marshall Islands
RMK Engineering College

R.M.K. Engineering College (RMKEC) is a private engineering college at Kavaraipettai, Gummidipoondi Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India, governed by the Lakshmikanthammal Educational Trust. It is affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, and accredited by All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) with A+ Grade (3.52/4.00). All the seven departments of the college are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation(NBA). RMKEC is among the top engineering colleges of Anna University in Tamil Nadu and a Tier-I institution among self-financing colleges. It is a minority institution under language category. The college got autonomous status for a period of 10 years from the session 2020-2021 to 2029-2030

History 
Opened in 1995 with three departments -- Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering, the college is located in Kavaraipettai - a town in Gummidipoondi Taluk of Thiruvallur district. In addition to offering Bachelor's and Master's degrees in most of the engineering departments, the college also offers a Master's degree in Computer Applications (MCA) and Business Administration (MBA). The campus is spread across 60 acres. The college has a fleet of 80 buses for transportation of students. The number of students per class is 40 till second year to maintain a healthy Student to Faculty ratio. From the second year onwards the students per class is 60.

Courses Offered

Bachelor's Degree
B.E. in Civil Engineering
B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering
B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering
B.E. in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
B.Tech. in Information Technology
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering.

Awards and recognitions
 The college is certified by DNV Netherlands as ISO 9001:2008 compliant.
 The college has been awarded "Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan National Award for an Engineering College having Best Overall Performance" by the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) for 2008.

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 155 among engineering colleges in 2020.

RMKy:

 RM

 RMKdu

References

External links
 RMK Engineering College Official Site

Private engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu
Colleges affiliated to Anna University
Education in Tiruvallur district
Educational institutions established in 1995
1995 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Ted Cullinan

Edward Horder Cullinan  HonFRIAS (17 July 1931 – 11 November 2019) was an English architect.

Life

Born in central London to Joy, an artist mother, and Edward, a doctor, Cullinan was educated at Ampleforth College, Queens' College, Cambridge, the Architectural Association, and the University of California, Berkeley before working for Denys Lasdun where he designed the student residences for the University of East Anglia. 

Cullinan founded his own practice in 1959. The employee-owned business, Cullinan Studio (formerly Edward Cullinan Architects), was founded in 1965. Notable projects include the Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton (completed in 1991), the Fountains Abbey Visitor Centre (completed 1992), the Centre for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge) (completed 2003), the Weald and Downland Gridshell (2002, nominated for the Stirling Prize) and the new library at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (opened 2010).

Cullinan was a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham, and was awarded four other professorships at The Bartlett (1978–9), Sheffield University (1985–87), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985), and the University of Edinburgh (1987–90).

In 2008, Cullinan was awarded the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. 

National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C467/93) with Edward Cullinan in 2010 for its Architects Lives' collection held by the British Library.

Cullinan married Rosalind Yeates in 1961, and the couple built their own house in Camden Mews, London, by hand. They had three children: Emma, Kate and Tom.

Family connections

His grandfather was Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder, who was a Royal Physician.

References

External links
Cullinan Studio

1931 births
2019 deaths
People educated at Ampleforth College
Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
Academics of the University of Sheffield
Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture
Architects from London
Chartered designers
UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design alumni
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
People associated with the University of East Anglia
Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal
Royal Academicians
Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia

The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia has 14 non-partisan members: ten members elected for a two-year term in ten single-seat constituencies and four members elected for a four-year term, one from each state at-large.

Qualifications
To become a member of the FSM Congress, either one elected on the basis of state equality (senator at-large) or one elected based on population, an individual must fulfil these following requirements according to Article 9 of the Constitution.

 Must be at least 30 years of age upon the day of election.
 Must be a resident of the state from which he or she is elected for at least 5 years.
 Must be a citizen of the FSM for at least 15 years.
 Must not be convicted of felony.

Speakers of the Congress
The Speaker of the Congress is elected for a term of two years.

Members
Members after the  2023 Micronesian parliamentary election.

See also
Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia
Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
List of legislatures by country

References

External links
 

Micronesia
Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia
Micronesia, Federated States
1979 establishments in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands