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Alister Pearson

Alister Pearson is an English artist and illustrator.  He is best known for his work on the covers of Doctor Who novels, novelisations and videos.

Career

Doctor Who
Pearson was born on the Isle of Wight.  While still a student, he sent sample covers to Target Books, the publishers of Doctor Who novelisations.  His first published work (an illustration for 1984's Doctor Who: The Key to Time by Peter Haining) was commissioned while he was still at school.

Pearson went to art college, left after only one term, and spent the next three years submitting Doctor Who covers to then Target editor Nigel Robinson and art director Mike Brett.  His first cover commission was for the novelisation of The Underwater Menace.  Pearson went on to produce many more novelisation covers, including first edition covers for all of the seventh Doctor adaptations (excluding Time and the Rani for which he later supplied a reprint cover) and a number of first and second Doctor covers such as the first edition of The Edge of Destruction.

Pearson continued to create covers for Target, including new covers for reprints of Doctor Who novels - some using artwork originally painted for the BBC Video releases - including An Unearthly Child and The War Games.  When the novelisation line ended, Pearson was commissioned to create covers for the Doctor Who Missing Adventures; Pearson provided 22 of 33 covers for this novel line, working from the series' inception until Virgin lost the Doctor Who publishing licence in 1997.

Pearson's Doctor Who work was not limited to books.  From 1986 to 1993, he provided covers and fold-out posters for Doctor Who Magazine and Doctor Who Classic Comics.  He also produced sixteen covers for BBC Video VHS releases of Doctor Who serials.

In 2005, Pearson provided a frontispiece for Panini Books' Doctor Who Annual 2006.  The next year, he created a cover for the same publisher's Doctor Who Storybook 2007, and other covers the following years for Doctor Who Storybook 2008 and Doctor Who Storybook 2009.

Other work
Between 1993 and 1995, Pearson also provided twelve covers for Titan Books' "Star Trek Adventures" line.  There were reprints of Star Trek novels originally released by Bantam Books.

In 2007 Alister Pearson illustrated the cover for The England Quiz Book which was compiled by his old friend and fellow Doctor Who buff, Adam David Pearson (no relation) who also lives on the Isle of Wight.

Initials
Pearson is known for inserting initials into his artwork; his own ("AP" or "AJP") as well as those of his friends and colleagues in fandom.

References

External links
 Profile at On Target

American speculative fiction artists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
English illustrators
Science fiction artists
Daisetsuzan

Daisetsuzan may refer to:

 Daisetsuzan National Park, located in the mountainous center of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō.
 Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, volcanic group in Hokkaidō, Japan.
Mount Asahi

Mount Asahi can refer to:

 Asahidake, the tallest mountain of Hokkaidō
 Mount Asahi (Ishikari), a hill outside Asahikawa, Hokkaidō
 Mount Asahi (Yamagata)
Godless Savage Garden

Godless Savage Garden is the first compilation album by Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was released in 1998 by Nuclear Blast and re-released on 3 October 2006 with 2 bonus tracks.

The first four tracks were recorded during the Enthrone Darkness Triumphant sessions which "Raabjørn Speiler Draugheimens Skodde" also appeared on.

This is the last release to feature former keyboardist Stian Aarstad and first to include guitarist Astennu.

Track listing

Credits

Dimmu Borgir
Shagrath – lead vocals (1, 3, 5–8); lead guitar (2, 4)
Silenoz – rhythm guitar; lead vocals (2, 4)
Nagash – bass guitar, backing vocals
Tjodalv – drums

Other Personnel
Astennu – lead guitar (1, 3, 5–8)
Stian Aarstad - keyboards (1–5)
Mustis - keyboards (6–8)

References 

Dimmu Borgir albums
1998 compilation albums
Nuclear Blast compilation albums
Albums produced by Peter Tägtgren
HMS Broke

Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Broke, (pronounced brook) after Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke of :

 Broke was a cutter hired by the Royal Navy in 1814.
 , a  launched in May 1914 at J. Samuel White, Cowes. Originally ordered by the Chilean Navy as Almirante Uribe, the vessel was transferred to the Royal Navy on the outbreak of the First World War before completion. She was returned to the Chilean Navy in 1920.
 , a Thornycroft type leader built by J I Thornycroft, Woolston. She saw service in World War II and was sunk by gunfire on 8 November 1942 during Operation Terminal after cutting the boom and landing troops directly onto the pier at Algiers.

References

Royal Navy ship names
Irenaeus of Sirmium

Saint Irenaeus of Sirmium (died 304 AD) was an Illyrian bishop of Sirmium in Pannonia, which is now Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia. He was bishop during the reign of Diocletian. He refused to offer pagan sacrifices, even at the behest of his family. He was condemned by the governor of Pannonia, and then beheaded on 24 March 304.

External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20070205223359/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainti66.htm
 See pages 78ff in "Victories of the Martyrs" by St. Alphonsus de Liguori

References

Walsh, Michael, ed. Butler's Lives of the Saints.

3rd-century births
304 deaths
Illyrian people
4th-century Christian martyrs
3rd-century bishops in Pannonia
People from Sirmium
4th-century bishops in Pannonia
High Crompton

High Crompton is a locality in the west of the Shaw and Crompton parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is formed around High Crompton Park and Rochdale Road.

The area mainly comprises residential housing, but also contains Crompton House Church of England Academy, St Mary's Church of England church and its accompanying primary school of the same name.

The area also boasts a public park with Green Flag status, appropriately named High Crompton Park.

High Crompton is an area of hilly terrain, attaining a high point of around 213 metres (700 ft) above sea level.

High Crompton is located very close to the M62 motorway and the southern boundary of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. It is connected by road to the neighbouring large towns of Oldham and Rochdale.

Pencil Brook flows through the area towards the River Beal at Goats.

High Crompton is served by three buses in the area. First Greater Manchester's 408 service runs from Buckstones to Stalybridge, via Shaw, Royton and Oldham. The service runs hourly throughout the day, every day until approx 11pm with additional journeys between Buckstones and Oldham during weekdays provided by First's 428 service, which runs via Thornham. Rosso's 435 services also serves Buckstones and Shaw. From High Crompton, the service runs to Rochdale via Turf Hill. The service runs every 30 mins, Monday-Saturday daytime. The other service is First's 403/404 Shaw circular service, linking various parts of Shaw and Crompton. All services link High Crompton with Shaw & Crompton tram stop.

References

External links

Pictures of High Crompton
Map of the High Crompton area

Areas of Greater Manchester
Shaw and Crompton
Council of States (Sudan)

The Council of States (مجلس الولايات السوداني, Maǧlis al-Wilāyāt) was the upper house of the parliament of Sudan from 2005 to 2019. It was established as part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which aimed to end the long-standing civil war between the Sudanese government and rebel groups in southern Sudan. The CPA provided for the creation of a bicameral National Legislature, consisting of the Council of States and the National Assembly.

The National Legislature, which includes the Council of States, was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir and his National Congress Party in a military coup.

However, following the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir and his National Congress Party in a military coup on 11 April 2019, the National Legislature, including the Council of States, was dissolved. The coup was followed by months of protests and a power struggle between the military and civilian groups, which ultimately resulted in the formation of a transitional government in August 2019.

As part of the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed which will function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022.

In August 2020, a power-sharing agreement was reached between Sudan's military and civilian leaders, which paved the way for the formation of a transitional government with a joint military-civilian ruling council. The agreement also provided for the formation of a new legislative body, the Sovereign Council, which would serve as the country's interim legislative authority until elections could be held.

Presidents of the Council of States

References

External links 

Politics of Sudan
Sudan
National Legislature (Sudan)
2005 establishments in Sudan
National Assembly of Sudan

The National Assembly (, Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy) is the lower house of the National Legislature of Sudan. The Legislature was unicameral until 2005. The upper house is the Council of States (Majlis Welayat).

The National Assembly was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following a military coup which overthrew Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and Assembly's ruling National Congress Party.

As part of the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed which will function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022.

Speakers
Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi was the speaker from 1996 until he stripped of the post in December 1999, and placed under arrest after a falling out with President Omar al-Bashir.

2015-2019 session

The most recent session was elected in 2015.

2010-2015 session

Sudan was previously in a transitional period following the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on 9 January 2005 that officially ended the civil war between the Sudanese Government (based in Khartoum) and the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) rebel group. The National Assembly consisted of 450 appointed members who represent the government, former rebels, and other opposition political parties. The National Assembly, whose members were appointed in mid-2005 replaced the latest elected parliament. All members of the National Legislature serve six-year terms. Article 117 of the Interim Constitution called for the 450 members of the National Assembly to be appointed according to the following power-sharing formula:

National Congress Party (52%)
 49% to northerners

Other Arab political parties (14%)
Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma)
Democratic Unionist Party 
Sudanese Communist Party
Sudanese Ba'ath Party

Sudan People's Liberation Movement (28%)
 28% to southerners

Other Black political parties (6%)
United Democratic Sudan Forum
Union of Sudan African Parties 1
Union of Sudan African Parties 2
United Democratic Front
South Sudan Democratic Forum/ Democratic Forum for South Sudan
Sudan African National Union

Composition of the National Assembly following the 2010 election and the independence of South Sudan.

Parliament building 
The seat of the National Assembly is Omdurman, immediately north-west of the country's capital Khartoum. The building was designed in the style of brutalist architecture by the Romanian architect Cezar Lăzărescu and completed in 1978. It is located on the banks of the White Nile at the confluence with the Blue Nile near the old Omdurman bridge.

References

External links 

Politics of Sudan
Sudan
National Legislature (Sudan)
1948 establishments in Sudan
Brutalist architecture in Africa
Provision

Provision(s) may refer to:

 Provision (accounting), a term for liability in accounting
 Provision (contracting), a term for a procurement condition
 Provision (album), an album by Scritti Politti
 A term for the distribution, storing and/or rationing of supplies typically food or drink: 
 Ground provisions, root vegetables used in Caribbean cuisine

See also
 Provisioning (disambiguation)
 Proviso (disambiguation)
1774 in art

Events from the year 1774 in art.

Events
 Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun becomes a member of the Académie.

Works

 Thomas Gainsborough – Portrait of Sir William Blackstone
 Anton Graff – Johann Georg Sulzer 
 Thomas Jones – The Bard
 Angelica Kauffman – Portrait of Lady Georgiana, Lady Henrietta Frances and George John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
 Sir Joshua Reynolds – Portrait of Charles Coote, Earl of Bellamont, in robes of the Order of the Bath
 Richard Wilson – Pembroke Town and Castle

Births
 January 5 – George Chinnery, English painter working in Asia (died 1852)
 February 17 – Raphaelle Peale, considered the first professional American painter of still-life (died 1825)
 April 18 – Antonio Basoli, Italian painter, interior designer, engraver and professor (died 1848)
 May 13 – Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, French painter (died 1833)
 June 10 – Carl Haller von Hallerstein, German art historian (died 1817)
 August 30 – Henri Van Assche, Belgian painter (died 1841)
 September 5 – Caspar David Friedrich, German Romantic painter (died 1840)
 date unknown
 Giovanni Balestra, Italian engraver (died 1842)
 William Barnard, English mezzotint engraver (died 1849)
 Lisa Erlandsdotter, Swedish artist (died 1854)
 Jean-Pierre Franque, French historical subjects and portraiture painter (died 1860)
 Gai Qi, poet and painter born in the west of China under the Qing dynasty (died 1829)
 William Jennys, American naïve art portrait painter (died 1859)
 Archer James Oliver, British portrait painter (died 1842)
 Johann Georg Primavesi, German etcher and painter, primarily of landscapes (died 1855)
 Richard Sass, English landscape painter, etcher, and drawing master to royalty (died 1849)
 Charles Henry Schwanfelder, English animal, landscape and portrait painter (died 1837)
 Marie-Denise Villers, French painter specializing in portraits (died 1821)

Deaths
 January 1 – Jan Jerzy Plersch, Polish sculptor of German origin (born 1704/1705)
 January 13 – Shem Drowne, American coppersmith and tinplate worker (born 1683)
 January 28 – Antonio Galli Bibiena, Italian architect, also at Vienna Hofburg (born 1700)
 April 11 – Elias Gottlob Haussmann, German painter (born 1695)
 April 23 – Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter (born 1712)
 May 17 – Jeremiah Theus, Swiss-born American painter, primarily of portraits (born 1716)
 July 9 – Anna Morandi Manzolini, Italian sculptor in wax (born 1714)
 August 26 – Philipp Jakob Straub, Austrian sculptor (born 1706)
 September 10 – Pierre-Jean Mariette, French art collector (born 1694)
 October 27 – Gerolamo Mengozzi Colonna, Italian quadratura painter (born 1688)
 December 31 – Johann Christoph Handke, Moravian Baroque painter (born 1694)
 date unknown
 Marie-Elisabeth Simons, Belgian painter (born 1754)
 Philippe Caffieri, French sculptor (born 1714)
 Simon François Ravenet, French engraver (born 1706)
 probable – Anton Čebej, Slovenian baroque painter (born 1722)

 
Years of the 18th century in art
1770s in art
Sam Costa

Samuel Gabriel Costa (17 June 1910 – 23 September 1981) was an English singer, entertainer and broadcaster.  Initially a popular singer in the dance band era and a comic actor on the show Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, he was later a disc jockey for Radio Luxembourg and the BBC.

Life and career
Costa was born in Stoke Newington, London, the son of journalist Gabriel Costa and Annie (née Sawer), and was of Sephardic Jewish-Portuguese ancestry – Costa is a Jewish Portuguese surname.

Sam Costa began his career as a pianist with Bert Firman's band.  He later became a popular British dance band singer in the 1930s making many records with bands such as Jack Jackson, Lew Stone, Harry Leader, Maurice Winnick and Jay Wilbur. After his crooning days, his BBC radio career began in 1939 with the It's That Man Again (ITMA) shows with Tommy Handley, in which he took the part of Lemuel the office boy. He then worked with Kenneth Horne, Richard Murdoch and Maurice Denham in Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh.

In 1950, he started hosting Record Rendezvous on the BBC, and also hosted The Sam Costa Show on Radio Luxembourg. On Sundays he did both Breakfast Time and Glamorous Nights and he also presented  Housewives' Choice  and Midday Spin, transitioning to BBC Radio 2 from 1967. On BBC Radio 2 he had various shows; morning, lunchtime, afternoon, early evening, and late night.   Costa would sign off saying "Thank you for the pleasure of your company".

On Radio Luxembourg in the early 1960s, he hosted an hour-long show sponsored by Guards Cigarettes.   Along with Kenneth Horne, Costa also appeared in an episode of The Men from the Ministry which co-starred Richard Murdoch.   While he generally disliked TV work, Costa did appear on several Juke Box Jury shows. In 1964 he linked a musical short film, Just for You which featured some prominent "pop" bands of the day, including The Applejacks and Freddie and the Dreamers. Costa was also a regular on David Frost's Frost on Sunday in 1970.

He married Esther Comer in 1938; they were married for over 40 years.  Sam Costa died in London in 1981.

Filmography
 A Piece of Cake (1948)
 Trouble in the Air (1948)
 One Wild Oat (1951)
 The Pickwick Papers (1952)
 Just For You (1964)

References

Further reading
 Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, 2 October 1981
R2OK! Radio 2 Preservation Society and Radio 2 Timeline Project (2007)
This England's Second Book of British Dance Bands (2001).
British Dance Bands on Record 2nd Ed. (1989) by Brian Rust and Sandy Forbes.

External links 

1910 births
1981 deaths
British male television actors
British male radio actors
British Sephardi Jews
British people of Portuguese-Jewish descent
British radio people
20th-century English male actors
20th-century British male singers
BBC Radio 2 presenters
Sofia Muratova

Sofia Ivanovna Muratova (, 13 July 1929 – 27 September 2006) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won eight medals.

Early life

Muratova grew up in Leningrad and lost her mother during its siege. Muratova herself was evacuated from the city in 1941. During the war she could not regularly attend school, but tried to train every day. She took up artistic gymnastics in 1943, entering a children's sports school, and just three months later competed in the Russian Championships for girls. In 1944 she moved to Moscow, where she trained under Ivan Zhuravlyov.

First successes
In 1945 Muratova won her first major competition, the USSR Junior Championships. She soon became one of the strongest Soviet gymnasts, the only one to win five Soviet all-around titles, yet she was often unlucky at major international events.

World championships and Olympics

Muratova missed the 1952 Summer Olympics due to injury. Two years later, at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she won a gold medal in the team competition and led the all-around contest, but broke her arm during a warm-up and had to withdraw from the championship. Her husband Valentin Muratov swore to win a gold medal for her and became the all-around champion. She debuted at the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning the team gold and two bronze medals, all-around and on the uneven bars. At the rather unsuccessful 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow Muratova won the team gold and two bronzes on vault and balance beam. Injuries haunted her on the way to the 1960 Summer Olympics, but with the help from Zoya Mironova, who operated Muratova just three months before the Olympics, she managed to recover and even win three medals — the team gold, all-around silver and bronze on the balance beam. She presented her gold medal to Mironova as a token of gratitude. Her two Olympic all-around medals (1956, 1960) were a rare feat accomplished by only eight other women gymnasts.

Muratova won seven all-around national titles, including the inaugural 1955 USSR Cup. She retired in 1965 and worked as a coach for 34 years. She was the head coach of the Soviet women's gymnastics team at the 1968 Olympics. Earlier in 1957 she was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Muratova died on 27 September 2006. Her husband Valentin Muratov died on 6 October of the same year.

Achievements (non-Olympic)

See also
List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists

References

1929 births
2006 deaths
Gymnasts from Saint Petersburg
Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Gymnasts at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic gymnasts for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Russian female artistic gymnasts
Soviet female artistic gymnasts
Jan August

Jan August (born Jan Augustoff; September 24, 1904 – January 9, 1976) was an American pianist and xylophonist. He had a hit with his version of "Misirlou" in 1947 with Carl Frederick Tandberg.

August was born in New York City, United States. He was self-taught and began his career at age 17 in Greenwich Village, had hits with several other songs that blended classical styles and Latin beats. He was discovered in 1946 in a New York City nightclub by an executive for Diamond Records.  The executive was so eager to have August with his label, he wrote the recording contract on one of the club's tablecloths.  Early in his career August recorded on the Diamond label ("Misirlou" is on his album Piano Magic for Diamond). He played his hit for the Press Photographers' Ball in Washington, D.C., in 1947, and in turn, Harry Truman responded by playing the "Missouri Waltz" for August.

In the early 1950s, he was recording on Mercury; one notable Mercury side is a swinging and thoughtful arrangement of "Hot Lips".  Later LP albums demonstrated a shift away from August's distinctive earlier style, toward the semi-satirical "honky-tonk" style of the late 1950s personified by such artists as Joe "Fingers" Carr.

In 1974, a musician calling himself Jan August played an extended engagement at St. Petersburg's La Ronda restaurant.  When a newspaper reporter for the St. Petersburg Times went to see him perform, she realized he did not look like Jan August and had a different musical style.  She became suspicious and traced August through the musicians' union in New York City. August declined pressing charges, but indicated that his name could no longer be used by the other musician.

August died in New York City of heart disease at age 71, and was survived by his wife, Bette, three daughters and six grandchildren.

References

External links 
 Jan August Papers  at the Great American Songbook Foundation
 Jan August's "Misirlou" at the Internet Archive

1904 births
1976 deaths
Mercury Records artists
20th-century American pianists
American male pianists
20th-century American male musicians
Luigi Fabbri

Luigi Fabbri (1877–1935) was an Italian anarchist, writer, and educator, who was charged with defeatism during World War I. He was the father of Luce Fabbri.

Selected works 
Life of Malatesta, translated by Adam Wight (originally published 1936). This book was published again with expanded content in 1945.
Malatesta: L'Uomo e il Pensiero
Letters to a Woman on Anarchy, 1905
Workers' Organisation and Anarchy, 1906 pamphlet
Anarchist Organisation, 1907 pamphlet
The School and the Revolution, 1912
Letters to a Socialist, 1913
The Aware Generation, 1913
Bourgeois Influences on Anarchism, 1914
Dictatorship and Revolution, 1921
Preventive Counter-revolution, 1922

Further reading

External links 
 
 Luigi Fabbri Papers at the International Institute of Social History

1877 births
1935 deaths
Anarchist writers
Anarcho-communists
Italian anarchists
Italian anti-fascists
Italian anti-capitalists
Italian libertarians
Non-interventionism
People from Fabriano
Congress of Colima

The Congress of the State of Colima (aka Congress of Colima) is the legislative branch of  the government of the State of Colima.   The Congress of Colima is a unicameral legislature.

The Congress consist of 25 local deputies (16 elected by the first-past-the-post system and 9 by proportional representation). Deputies are elected to serve for a three-year term.  

Since its installation the congress has been renewed 55 times, hence the current session of the Congress of Colima (whose term lasts from 2009 to 2012) is known as the LVI Legislature.

Current composition by party
The LIV Legislature of the Congress of Colima consists of 25 deputies.

The LX Legislature of the Congress of Colima consists of 25 deputies.

See also
List of Mexican state congresses

External links
Congress of Colima website

Colima, Congress of
Congress
Colima
Talbots

The Talbots, Inc. (doing business as Talbots and stylized as TALBOTS) is an American specialty retailer and direct marketer of women's clothing, shoes and fashion accessories.

As of 2018, the company operated 495 Talbots stores in the United States: 425 core Talbots stores (412 U.S), 65 Talbots Factory Outlets (U.S.) and five Talbots Clearance stores (4 U.S.). The company's retail operation comprises approximately 80% of its overall business, with the other 20% conducted via catalog and internet.

History
The first shop, located in Hingham, Massachusetts, was opened in 1947 by Rudolf and Nancy Talbot. In 1948, the Talbots launched a direct mail business by distributing 3,000 fliers to names obtained from The New Yorker magazine. In 1973, they sold the company, consisting of a growing catalog enterprise and five stores, to General Mills.

The chain was expanded along the U.S. east coast. When General Mills divested its Specialty Retail Division in 1988, Talbots was acquired by JUSCO Co. Ltd. (now ÆON Co., Ltd.).

Talbots became a public company in 1993 and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TLB. The New York City-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners acquired Talbots in August 2012 for $391 million (including debt).

References

External links 

Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Privately held companies based in Massachusetts
American companies established in 1947
Clothing companies established in 1947
Retail companies established in 1947
2012 mergers and acquisitions
Clothing retailers of the United States
1947 establishments in Massachusetts
Private equity portfolio companies
Companies based in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Hingham, Massachusetts
1993 initial public offerings
Tjodalv

Tjodalv (born Ian Kenneth Åkesson in 1976) is a Norwegian drummer. He is a founding member of both Dimmu Borgir and Old Man's Child. He now plays in Black Comedy and Susperia. Tjodalv played guitar on the first Dimmu Borgir albums Inn i evighetens mørke and For all tid. He then switched to drumming for them on Stormblåst and continued with this until 1999. Due to his family and musical differences he left Dimmu Borgir on amicable terms. He was replaced by Nicholas Barker, former drummer of Cradle of Filth.

Shortly before leaving Dimmu Borgir, he founded the group Susperia, with whom he remains active to date.

Discography 
With Dimmu Borgir
Inn i evighetens mørke (1994)
For all tid (1995)
Stormblåst (1996)
Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (1997)
Godless Savage Garden (1998)
Spiritual Black Dimensions (1999)

With Gromth
 The Immortal (2011)
 Alone (Single, 2012)

With Susperia
 Illusions of Evil (Demo, 2000)
 Predominance (2001)
Vindication (2002)
Unlimited (2004)
 Devil May Care (EP, 2005)
 Cut from Stone (2007)
 Attitude  (2009)
 Nothing Remains (Single, 2011)

References 

Dimmu Borgir members
Living people
Norwegian black metal musicians
Norwegian heavy metal drummers
Male drummers
Norwegian rock keyboardists
Norwegian rock guitarists
Norwegian heavy metal guitarists
Norwegian multi-instrumentalists
Place of birth missing (living people)
1976 births
21st-century Norwegian drummers
Susperia members
Old Man's Child members
Albert Mazibuko

Mdletshe Albert Mazibuko is a member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a South African choral group founded in 1960 by his cousin Joseph.

Albert was born in Ladysmith, South Africa, and was the eldest of six sons; the others being Milton, Funokwakhe, Mehlo, Abednego, and Ngali Mazibuko]].  He grew up on a farm. Although his father Gaphu Densa believed in the importance of education it was necessary for Albert to leave school early and he worked full-time on the farm between the ages of eight and fifteen.  He worked as a manual labourer in a number of jobs including working in an asbestos-making factory prior to joining Mambazo. Albert joined Mambazo in 1969 as a tenor voice, with his brother Milton as an alto voice. Aside from Joseph Shabalala, Albert is the only original member left in the group and has seen many changes; whereas the early line-ups were formed of a few Shabalalas and two Mazibukos, the group largely included members unrelated to Joseph.

After the killing of his brother Milton on the 26th of March in 1984 after the Ibhayibheli Liyindlela album  (by which time his brothers Funokwakhe Mazibuko retired from mambazo in 1985  after the Ulwandle Olungcwele album and Ngali Mazibuko had retired from mambazo in 1974 after the Umama lo album whilst his youngest brother Abednego had joined), Albert remained in the line-up and has been a full-time member of the group since 1973.

References

1946 births
Ladysmith Black Mambazo members
20th-century South African male singers
Living people
21st-century South African male singers
St. George's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. George's is a Canadian community in the St. George's Bay on the southwest coast of Newfoundland of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The community, originally known as South Side or Little Bay has its origins in the French fishery of the seventeenth century when the good natural harbour would attract fishermen to spend the summer in the area and return to France for the winter months. Permanently settled in the eighteenth century, the community remained a fishing village for nearly 200 years until the advent of the railroad.

Mi'kmaq

Mi'kmaq villages in St. Georges Bay and Placentia existed in 1594.
 Jeannot Pequidalouet - the eastern Mi'kmaq chief of Cape Breton, who had previously overwintered in Newfoundland - began to create permanent settlements in St. George's Bay and Miawpukek in the 1760s. In May 1767 when James Cook was mapping Newfoundland coast, he met a tribe of Mi'kmaq in St. George's Bay.

Early fisheries

In the seventeenth century the French fishermen spent the summer months in St. Georges harbour and returned to France for the winter. They began to overwinter in the eighteenth century and St. Georges continued to be a fishing village "for nearly 200 years until the advent of the railroad."

After the railroad
The railroad came to Western Newfoundland in 1898, and because of the work that the railway created, as well as access to many different types of goods, many people from outlying communities flocked to St. George's. The town quickly became a major centre in Western Newfoundland.  The town became a distributor of goods to the surrounding area and the Port au Port Peninsula. Lumbering, fishing and farming were the primary occupations and lobster plants also opened there.  A brewery/distillery also operated there for a short time at the turn of the century.  The community also became the seat of the magistrate in the area and a courthouse was constructed.

Demographics 
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. George's had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

Attractions
St. Georges once hosted an Annual Blueberry Festival every August at Blueberry Hill which ran for 25 consecutive years .

Sandy Point, located 3.5 kilometres south of Stephenville, is an uninhabited 2,471-acre (1,000-hectare) island of natural wealth in St. Georges Bay.

Black bank is a black sand beach with beautiful tree lined embankments.

See also
 List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

Populated coastal places in Canada
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
American Samoa House of Representatives

The American Samoa House of Representatives is the lower house of the American Samoa Fono. The House consists of 21 members serving two-year terms, with 20 popularly elected representatives, and one delegate from Swains Island elected in a public meeting.

History
American Samoa became a United States territory in 1900 and was initially administered by the Navy. From 1905, annual meetings were held with delegates sent from the local communities, as an advisory council to the naval governor.

In 1948, a bicameral legislature was established, still in advisory capacity. The lower house, named the House of Representatives, was composed of 54 members: 52 (one from each village) were elected in open meetings according to Samoan custom, and two were elected by secret ballot by residents not living under the matai system. The first session of the legislature was called to order by Attorney General John D. Maroney at 9:30 am on 26 October 1948, and high orator Mariota Tiumalu Tuiasosopo was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The legislature was reformed in 1952, after administration of American Samoa had been transferred to the Department of the Interior. The number of representatives was reduced to 18, all elected by secret ballot: five from each of the three districts of American Samoa (Western, Eastern and Manu‘a), one from Swains Island, and two elected by residents not living under the matai system.

In 1960, the first constitution of American Samoa was adopted. The House of Representatives remained with 18 members, but under a slightly different composition: one from each of three districts in Ma‘oputasi county, one from each of two districts in Lealataua/Fofo county, and one from each of the then remaining 12 counties, all elected by secret ballot for two-year terms; and one non-voting delegate from Swains Island, elected in an open meeting, also for a two-year term.

In 1967, the revised constitution modified the composition to 21 members: two from the combined counties of Ta‘ū island, one from the combined counties of Ofu-Olosega, one from each of five districts in Ma‘oputasi county, one from each of two districts in Sua county, two each from Itu‘au and Tualauta counties, and one from each of the six remaining counties, all elected by secret ballot for two-year terms; and one non-voting delegate from Swains Island, elected in an open meeting, also for a two-year term.

List of members

Past composition of the House of Representatives

See also
 List of speakers of the American Samoa House of Representatives
Members of the American Samoa House of Representatives

References

House of Representatives
Territorial lower houses in the United States
American Samoa Senate

The American Samoa Senate is the upper house of the American Samoa Fono. The Senate, like the lower House of Representatives, is a nonpartisan body. It is composed of 18 senators, serving a four-year term.

History
American Samoa became a United States territory in 1900 and was initially administered by the Navy. From 1905, annual meetings were held with delegates sent from the local communities, as an advisory council to the naval governor.

In 1948, a bicameral legislature was established, still in advisory capacity. The upper house, named the House of Ali‘i, was composed of 12 members, being the seven high chiefs of Tutuila and the five high chiefs of Manu‘a. This legislature was reformed in 1952, after administration of American Samoa had been transferred to the Department of the Interior. Members of the House of Ali‘i became advisors to the governor, while a new upper house, named the Senate, was established. There were 15 senators, five from each of the three districts of American Samoa (Western, Eastern and Manu‘a). Senators were elected in open meetings, according to Samoan custom, and had to be holders of a matai title.

In 1960, the first constitution of American Samoa was adopted. The Senate became composed of 15 members: one from each of the then 14 counties, elected for four-year terms, and an additional senator rotating from the then four counties of the Western District, elected for two-year terms. In 1967, the revised constitution modified the Senate to 18 members, all elected for four-year terms: two from the combined counties of Ta‘ū island; one from the combined counties of Ofu-Olosega; three from Ma‘oputasi county; two each from Sua, Itu‘au and Tualauta counties; and one from each of the six remaining counties. Under both constitutions, senators are elected according to Samoan custom by the county councils and must be holders of a matai title.

Fano Solinuu Shimasaki was the first woman to serve in the American Samoa Senate.

List of senators
As of 2021, the members of the American Samoa Senate are:

Voting
The American Samoa Senate is the only legislature of its kind in the entire United States, both state and territorial, that is not directly elected by the voting population. Instead, the Senate's voting franchise is strictly limited to the various chiefs of the islands.

Past composition of the Senate

References

Senate
Territorial upper houses in the United States
Bessatsu Margaret

, or  for short, is a shōjo manga magazine published monthly in Japan by Shueisha since 1964.

Serializations

Current
Fujishiro-san Kei – Yuki Nojin
My Special One – Momoko Kōda
Sakura, Saku – Io Sakisaka
Shitsuji no Ojou-sama – Mari Mimura
Vampire – Riya Sakurai
Yururi Yururi – Anna Tsuji

Past

1964–1979
 Choushoujo Asuka (1975-2002)
 Igano Kabamaru (1979–1981)

1980–1989

 Hot Road (1986–1987) by Taku Tsumugi
 Mabataki mo Sezu (1987–1990) by Taku Tsumugi

1990–1999

 Itazura na Kiss (1990–1999)
 Sensei! (1996–2003)
 Barairo no Ashita (1997–1999)
 The Devil Does Exist (1999–2002)

2000–2009

 Love Com (2001–2006)
 High School Debut (2003–2008)
 Crimson Hero (2003–2011)
 Cat Street (2004–2007)
 B.O.D.Y. (2004–2008)
 Yasuko to Kenji (2005–2006)
 Kimi ni Todoke (2006–2017)
 Dreamin' Sun (2007–2011)
 Strobe Edge (2007–2010)
 Aozora Yell (2008–2015)
 Berry Dynamite (2009–2010)

2010–2019

 No Longer Heroine (2010–2013)
 Ao Haru Ride (2011–2015)
 My Love Story!! (2011–2016)
 Wolf Girl and Black Prince (2011–2016)
 Rainbow Days (2012–2017)
 Orange (2012–2017)
 Honey So Sweet (2012–2015)
 ReRe Hello (2013–2016)
 Sono Omokage o Shitteru (2013)
 Sensei Kunshu (2013–2017)
 Machida-kun no Sekai (2015–2018)
 Love Me, Love Me Not (2015–2019)
 Suteki na Kareshi (2016–2020)
My Love Mix-Up! (2019–2022)
Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love (2019–2023)

References

External links
Official site 

1964 establishments in Japan
Magazines established in 1964
Magazines published in Tokyo
Monthly manga magazines published in Japan
Shōjo manga magazines
Shueisha magazines
Laurenzana

Laurenzana (Lucano: ) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the region of Basilicata (southern Italy). It rises on a spur between the torre Camastro and the wood surrounding the Serrapotamo valley.

History
Laurenzana's origins probably date from the 12th century when the Normans decided to build a fortified village in this area due to its strategic position.  In 1268 Laurenzana took part in the Ghibelline revolt against Pope Clement IV.  During the Aragonese domination, it was ruled by the Orsini del Balzo and then in the 15th century by the Loffredos followed by the Filangieris the De Ruggieros, the De Quartos and the Belgioiosos.

Main sights

The ruins of the 12th to 13th-century Laurenzana Castle are found on a crag atop the village. 

The Chiesa Madre dell'Assunta with a stone portal dating from 1780 is the main church. It has a polychrome marble main altar, and a 16th-century fresco along with 18th-century Neapolitan school altarpieces.

Near the Assunta there is a belvedere from which it is possible to view the surrounding valleys and mountains. Near town is a trail in the Abetina ("Fir-wood") of Laurenzana, covering an area of  on which silver firs and beech trees grow.  The Società Botanica Italiana has considered the Abetina as a biotope of extraordinary environmental interest and has designated it a "Riserva Naturale Regionale".

The Church of the Madonna del Carmine houses a 1611 canvas painted by Giovanni Battista Serra from Tricarico.

Economy
Up to a few years ago, Laurenzana was famous for the production of high quality liquors produced in four distilleries situated within the village.  Handicraft activities regarding the manufacture of wooden barrels, bagpipes and wrought-iron were also widespread.  The economy of the village is mainly based on agriculture; in fact, it is possible to find silviculture and animal breeding farms producing delicious dairy products.

Religious festivals
Beato Egidio da Laurenzana: January 10 (date of birth); Last Sunday in May or First Sunday in June
Sant'Antonio di Padova : June 13
San Vito : June 15
Madonna del Carmelo : July 16
San Rocco : August 16
Madonna Addolorata : Last Sunday in September

Typical local dishes
Calzone ripieno con salame. (Calzone filled with salame)
Gnocchi con le rape. (Gnocchi with turnips)
Pane di grano duro cotto al forno (Durum wheat bread cooked in an oven)
Sauzezz r laurnzn (Traditional sausages)
Patate chiene (Filled potatoes)
Nuglia (Lean sausages)

Demographic
Population census

Twin towns
 Barberino di Mugello, Italy

See also
Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona, princes of Piedimonte, and dukes of Laurenzana
Teresa de Francisci, born Maria "Mary" Teresa Cafarelli; is best known for being the model for the depiction of Liberty on the obverse of the Peace Dollar, which was designed by her husband Anthony de Francisci.

References

External links
Laurenzana Genealogy(Births, Marriage index 1809-1910, Deaths)(Archived)

Cities and towns in Basilicata
Parliament of Bermuda

The Parliament of Bermuda is the bicameral legislative body of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. Based on the Westminster system, one of the two chambers (lower house) is elected, the other (upper house), appointed.

The two chambers are:
 House of Assembly (36 members; elected for a five-year term in single seat constituencies)
 Senate (11 appointed members)

Originally, the House of Assembly was the only house in the legislature. It held its first session in 1620, making Bermuda's Parliament amongst the world's oldest legislatures and the oldest extant legislature in the Americas. An appointed Privy Council originally performed roles similar to those of an upper house and of a cabinet.

A major constitutional change took place in 1968. The Legislative Council was replaced with an appointed Senate. Political parties were legalised, and universal adult suffrage adopted. The position of Premier was also introduced as leader of the ruling party, and an official opposition.

2020 election results

References

External links
 
 Bermuda Government website

Bermuda
Politics of Bermuda
Political organisations based in Bermuda
Bermuda
Butternut

Butternut may refer to:
 Butternut (tree), Juglans cinerea, a species of walnut tree commonly called a butternut tree
Butternut squash, Cucurbita moschata, an edible winter squash
USS Butternut (YAG-60), a 1941 ship of the United States Navy
 Butternut Breads, a regional brand marketed by Flowers Foods
 Butternut (people), a nineteenth century term for southern settlers of the American old Northwest

Places
Butternut, Wisconsin, a village
Butternuts, New York, a town
Butternut, Minnesota, an unincorporated community
Butternut Lake (Meeker County, Minnesota), a lake
Butternut Valley Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, a township
Ski Butternut, a ski resort in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

See also
 
 Butternut Creek (disambiguation)
 Butternut Valley (disambiguation)
Clandeboye Park

Clandeboye Park, known for commercial reasons as the Bangor Fuels Arena, is a football stadium in Bangor, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Bangor and Ards.

At one time, the pitch was the smallest in the Irish league, but it no longer holds this distinction since the pitch was enlarged after the stock-car racing track was removed in the later years of the twentieth century.

External links
Bangor Football Club – Gallery Irish Football Club Project
Bangor Ground Hopper

Association football venues in Northern Ireland
Sport in Bangor, County Down
Association football venues in County Down
Ards F.C.
Bangor F.C.
Jacob Brackman

Jacob Brackman (born 1943) is an American writer, journalist, and musical lyricist.

After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for Newsweek as a journalist. He remained there for six months and was then hired by The New Yorker. He subsequently worked as a film critic at Esquire magazine from 1969 until 1972.

He met Carly Simon in 1968 when they were both working as counselors at a summer camp in the Berkshires and the two became close friends. Most of Simon's albums include one or two songs co-written with Brackman; typically, Simon writes the music and Brackman writes the lyrics. Among the dozens of songs they have written together are the top ten hits, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (1971) and "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" (1974), both of which were sung by Simon.

The lyrics to the Broadway musical King of Hearts were written by Brackman, and so, too, were the screenplays for The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), and Times Square (1980). He has also collaborated musically with James Taylor, Steve Winwood, Dr. John, Fred Astaire, Michel Polnareff and Dionne Warwick. He was the executive producer for the acclaimed Terrence Malick film, Days of Heaven (1978).

He married the late Mindy Jostyn, and co-authored the lyrics on her CDs.

Brackman has been an influence on many other artists, including Welsh rock group the Manic Street Preachers, who included a cover version of his song "Damn Dog" from the film Times Square in their 1992 album Generation Terrorists.

References

External links

Harvard University alumni
American male songwriters
American male screenwriters
American male journalists
American film critics
1943 births
Living people
Rodło

The Rodło is a Polish emblem used since 1932 by the Union of Poles in Germany. It is a stylized representation of the Vistula River and Kraków as the wellsprings of Polish culture.

History

 
After Adolf Hitler had seized power in Germany, Nazi emblems were soon nationalized. The swastika became national emblem of the Third Reich and Poles from the Union of Poles in Germany could not use their national symbols anymore, because they were prohibited.  Dr. Jan Kaczmarek approached the supreme council with the following proposal: 

The Rodło was invented as a new symbol around which Poles in Germany could rally. The name "rodło" is a portmanteau of "ród" ("folk") and "godło" ("emblem").

The Rodło graphics was conceived in the 1930s by graphic designer Janina Kłopocka, who sketched the "emblem of the Vistula River, cradle of the Polish people, and royal Kraków, cradle of Polish culture". The white emblem was placed on a red background, the Polish national colors. It was adopted in August 1932 by the leadership of the Union of Poles in Germany.

Other uses

The Rodło has since been adopted by other organizations of Poles in Germany, notably the Scouts, who have used it alongside the fleur de lys. After the World War II it was also used by organizations working in Poland, on the territories gained from Germany as the result of war.

In 1985 the People's Republic of Poland introduced the . In 1992, after the fall of communism, it was discontinued.

Bibliography
  Helena Lehr, Edmund Osmańczyk. Polacy spod znaku Rodła. MON, Warszawa 1972
 Edmund Osmańczyk. Niezłomny proboszcz z Zakrzewa, rzecz o Księdzu Patronie Bolesławie Domańskim. Warszawa 1989, 
 Edmund Osmańczyk. Wisła i Kraków to Rodło. Nasza Księgarnia, Warszawa 1985, 
 W Wrzesiński. Polski ruch narodowy w Niemczech w latach 1922-1939. Ossolineum 1993
 Bogusław Czajkowski. Rodło. KAW, Warszawa 1975

See also
 History of Poland

References

National symbols of Poland
Scouting and Guiding in Poland