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William Michael Cocke

William Michael Cocke (July 16, 1815 – February 6, 1896) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's second district in the United States House of Representatives.

Biography
Cocke was born in Rutledge, Tennessee on July 16, 1815. He pursued classical studies and graduated from East Tennessee College at Knoxville, Tennessee. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Rutledge and Nashville. Cocke was Clerk of Grainger County Circuit Court from 1840-1845. He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.

On January 15, 1835, he married his first cousin, Sarah Frances Cocke, daughter of Willis and Margaret E. Rogers Cocke. They had seven children. There were no children by his second marriage to Amanda Grigsby, nor his third to Noel.

Career
Cocke was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849.  During the Thirtieth Congress, he was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1848.

Elected to the State Senate, Cocke served from 1855 to 1857.  Cocke served in the 31st General Assembly in the second session of 1855-1896, replacing Christopher Hitch, who had resigned; representing Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, and Grainger counties as a Democrat. His uncle, John Cocke, also served as a member of the Tennessee general Assembly. From 1859 to 1865, he resided in Asheville, North Carolina. in about 1872, he moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and from there to Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee.

Death
Cocke died in Nashville on February 6, 1896 (age 80 years, 205 days). He is interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery. He was the grandson of William Cocke and the nephew of John Alexander Cocke.

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1815 births
1896 deaths
Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
People from Rutledge, Tennessee
19th-century American politicians
Simon Lenski

Simon Lenski is a cello player from Antwerp, Belgium. His main activity lies within the band DAAU which he co-founded in 1992.

As a cello player, he is a highly sought guest musician for other artists and music groups, often together with his brother Buni Lenski. In 2004 he set up a collaboration with Swiss avant-garde cello player Bo Wiget. Together they released an album Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde.

In 2008 Simon Lenski composed the soundtrack for the movie Left Bank Linkeroever by Pieter Van Hees.

Simon Lenski composed the music for several theater plays.

In 2011 Simon Lenski composed and recorded the soundtrack for the short movie Motor of Dutch movie maker Simone Bennett. For this musical piece a special electric twelve string violin was built for him by experimental luthier Yuri Landman.

Since 2017 Simon Lenski is a member of the Needcompany ensemble.

2018-19 he toured Europe with Selah Sue as member of an acoustic trio formation (guitar / vocal, keyboards & cello).

In 2019 he created, in collaboration with George van Dam a dance performance based on the Goldberg Variations in which George van Dam played the entire Variations and Simon Lenski danced to them. The piece premièred at the December Dance festival in Bruges on december 6th 2019.

Discography 
For Simon Lenski's discography with DAAU, please see DAAU.
 Simon Lenski / Bo Wiget - Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde (2007)
 Laïs Lenski - Laïs Lenski (2009), together with Laïs
 Simon Lenski: Oh City (solo EP 2016) Simon Lenski

Collaborations 
Kiss My Jazz
Bettie Serveert
Ez3Kiel
Think of One
Flowers for Breakfast
Mintzkov Luna
Donkey Diesel
Mauro - Songs from a Bad Hat
Gitbox
Zita Swoon
Maxon Blewitt
Cinérex
An Pierlé
Millionaire
Soul Sucker
I Hate Camera
Paramount Styles
Ellen Schoenaerts Kwartet
Magnus
Gorki / Luk De Vos
Needcompany
Selah Sue

Film and theatre scores
 / Venlo, Theatre Score
 / The Haunted House of History, Theatre Score and performer
 / Meg Stuart : Revisited, performer
Eisbär / Collateral Damage, Theatre Score
Andcompany & Co / Der (kommende) Aufstand, performer
Andcompany & Co / Orpheus in der Oberwelt, Theatre Score / performer
"Theater Froefroe / Macbeth, Theatre Score and performer
Left Bank Linkeroever, soundtrack
Waste Land, soundtrack
Needcompany /  O, Or The Challenge of This Particular Show Was To Have Words Ending in O, Performer / Theatre Score
Benny Claessens & CAMPO/ Hello Useless, for W and friends, Theatre Score
 / The Future of Sex , Theatre Score / Performer

Needcompany 

 O, Or The Challenge Of This Show Was To Have Words Ending In O
 War And Turpentine
 All The Good
 The House Of Our Fathers / Mothers Of Invention
 Probabilities Of Independent Events

References

External links
 Simon Lenski

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Belgian musicians
People from Antwerp
21st-century Belgian musicians
20th-century Belgian male musicians
Women's Development Bank

The Women's Development Bank (Spanish: Banco Nacional de la Mujer or Banmujer), was established in Venezuela in 2001 to remedy the political, economic, and social disadvantages faced by women. The Bank offers both financial and non-financial services to women. The first President was Nora Castañeda.

Financial services
The bank provides small, low-interest loans, known as micro-credit loans, ranging from 500,000 to 1,000,000 bolívares (500 to 1000 bolívares fuertes, US$260 to $520) per woman, for the establishment of business ventures.  Loans are not granted to individuals, but rather to groups of five to ten women.  In this manner, the bank is ideologically aligned with President Hugo Chávez, by promoting community solidarity over individualism, which is associated with capitalism.  The bank has provided over 40,000 such loans since its establishment. The bank also offers financial advice to women, and serves as a consultant in the formation and development of business projects.

Non-financial services

The Women's Development Bank also offers a number of non-financial services.  The bank provides administrative training for aspiring female entrepreneurs, as well as workshops on personal development, self-esteem, family planning and health. The workshops encourage dialogue within the community and stimulate a greater involvement of women in politics.

The Bank is distinct from other banks in that it does not have branch offices; rather, it consists of a network of supporters who visit 149 impoverished and over-populated areas on a weekly basis, and offer the bank's services to women who otherwise would not have access to banking services. Bank members also make house calls.

The Bank attempts to promote self-sufficiency, by minimizing the requirements to receive a loans. The bank offers direction to encourage the success of women's projects, but does not dictate how their businesses should be run. This presents a challenge to many marginalized women who are illiterate. In instances where women are illiterate or otherwise have difficulty in overseeing a business venture, a female family member or friend will oversee the project until the woman becomes literate. The Bank also directs women to Mission Robinson, a literacy campaign launched by Chávez's government.

See also
Bolivarian Revolution
Economic policy of the Hugo Chávez government

References

External links 

Interview with Nora Castaneda, President of the Women’s Development Bank, In Motion magazine, April 30, 2005

Economy of Venezuela
Microfinance organizations
Organizations established in 2001
Banks of Venezuela
Organizations for women in business
2001 establishments in Venezuela
Venezuelan companies established in 2001
Banks established in 2001
Volgar Sports Palace

Volgar Sports Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Tolyatti, Russia.  The capacity of the arena is 2,900.  It was the home arena of the HC Lada Togliatti ice hockey until being replaced by Lada Arena.  Two other examples of this rare Soviet Modernism design style is the Hala Olivia in Gdansk Poland, and the Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports in Vilnius, Lithuania.

References

Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Sport in Tolyatti
HC Lada Togliatti
Buildings and structures in Samara Oblast
Romazan Ice Sports Palace

Romazan Ice Sports Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Magnitogorsk, Russia.  The capacity of the arena is 3,700 and was built in 1992.  It was the home arena of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk ice hockey team from its opening until it was replaced by Magnitogorsk Arena in late 2006.

Evgeni Malkin played his youth ice hockey at the arena.

References

Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Buildings and structures in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Félix Díaz

Félix Díaz may refer to:

 Félix Díaz (politician) (1868–1945), Mexican revolutionary, nephew of President Porfirio Díaz
 Félix Díaz (baseball) (born 1980), Major League Baseball player
 Félix Díaz (footballer) (born 1927), former footballer
 Manuel Félix Díaz (born 1983), Dominican Olympic boxer
 Félix Díaz (cacique) (born 1959), qarashé of the aboriginal community Potae Napocna Navogoh
Kuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace

Kuznetsk Metallurgists Sports Palace () is an indoor sporting arena located in Novokuznetsk, Russia.  The capacity of the arena is 8,000.  It is the home arena of the Metallurg Novokuznetsk ice hockey team.

References 
Arena Information 

Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Sport in Novokuznetsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Buildings and structures in Kemerovo Oblast
Kontinental Hockey League venues
Universal Sports Palace Molot

Universal Sports Palace Molot () is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Perm, Russia.  It has a seating capacity of 7,000 spectators for basketball, and 6,000 spectators for ice hockey.

History
Universal Sports Palace Molot was originally built in 1966, and it was reconstructed in 1989. It is the home arena of the Molot-Prikamye Perm ice hockey team, and was also the home of the Ural Great basketball team. Parma Basket basketball team also uses the arena.

External links
Sports Palace Molot on Ural Great Official site

Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Sport in Perm, Russia
Indoor arenas built in the Soviet Union
Indoor arenas in Russia
Basketball venues in Russia
Buildings and structures in Perm Krai
Vityaz Ice Palace

Vityaz Ice Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Podolsk, Russia.  The capacity of the arena is 5,500 and was built in 2000. The home games of Vityaz Podolsk and its junior team : Russkie Vityazi are played in the arena. Until 2006 it was the home arena of the HC MVD ice hockey team.

Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
HC MVD
HC Vityaz
Fenghuang (disambiguation)

The Fenghuang is a mythological bird of East Asia similar to the Phoenix.

Fenghuang may also refer to:

 Fenghuang, Miluo (凤凰乡), a township in Miluo City, Hunan province, China
 Fenghuang Airport (disambiguation)
 Fenghuang County, in Hunan, China
 Fenghuang Mountain (disambiguation), several mountains in China
 Shanghai SH760, a 1958 car originally called 'Fenghuang'
 Fenghuang, a villain in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

See also
 Fenghuangcheng Subdistrict, a subdistrict of Fengcheng, Liaoning, China
Neftekhimik Ice Palace

Neftekhimik Ice Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Nizhnekamsk, Russia.  The capacity of the arena is 5,500 and was built in 2005.  It is the home arena of the Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk ice hockey team.

Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Sport in Tatarstan
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Buildings and structures in Tatarstan
Kontinental Hockey League venues
Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev

Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev () is an indoor sporting arena located in Ufa, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 4,043.  It was the home arena of the Salavat Yulaev Ufa ice hockey team. It was replaced by Ufa Arena in 2007.

Along with Ufa Arena, Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev played host to games in the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships taking place between December 26, 2012 and January 5, 2013.

References

Buildings and structures completed in 1967
Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Buildings and structures in Ufa
Sports venues in Bashkortostan
Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Bashkortostan
Portal de Sant Antoni (Tarragona)

The Portal de Sant Antoni is a monumental gate on the wall of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

As attested by an inscription, it was built in 1737, in Baroque style. Over the arch is the coat of arms of King Philip V of Spain, flanked by two lions. Under it, is the coat of arms of Tarragona.

Notes

Buildings and structures completed in 1737
Buildings and structures in Tarragona
Lord Rees

Lord Rees may refer to:
Peter Rees, Baron Rees (1926–2008), British politician and barrister
Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow (born 1942), British cosmologist and astrophysicist

See also 
William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg (1928–2012), British journalist
From the Vaults (Nazareth album)

From the Vaults is a compilation album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1993.

Track listing

1993 compilation albums
Nazareth (band) albums
Sports-Concert Hall Almaz

Sports-Concert Hall Almaz is an indoor sporting arena located in Cherepovets, Russia.  The capacity of the arena is 3,500.  It is the former home arena of the Severstal Cherepovets ice hockey team, which has since moved to the Ice Palace.

Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Severstal Cherepovets
Buildings and structures in Vologda Oblast
SLRP

SLRP may refer to:

Soluble low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein
Small leucine-rich repeat protein
Small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan
1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship

The 1988 World Men's Curling Championship took place at the Icehalle in Lausanne, Switzerland from April 11–17. The gold medal was won by Team Norway, who also won the Curling competition in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Canada took the silver medal, and Scotland the bronze.

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

Draw 4

Draw 5

Draw 6

Draw 7

Draw 8

Draw 9

Tiebreakers

Playoffs

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

References
General

Specific

World Men's Curling Championship
W
C
C
International curling competitions hosted by Switzerland
20th century in Lausanne
Sports competitions in Lausanne
Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship
Ice Sports Palace Sibir

Ice Sports Palace Sibir is an indoor sporting arena located in Novosibirsk, Russia.  The capacity of the arena is 7,400. It is the home arena of the HC Sibir Novosibirsk ice hockey team.

References 

Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Kontinental Hockey League venues
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
Sokolniki Arena

Sokolniki Arena or Sokolniki Sports Palace is a former indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia. It is located in the Sokolniki District of the city. Initially it was an outdoor skating rink, roofed in 1973 during the preparations for the 1973 Summer Universiade. The capacity of the arena is 5,000.

The Sokolniki Sports Palace was a venue of handball tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics. It is the home arena of the HK Lokomotiv Moscow ice hockey team.

The Sokolniki Arena was demolished in December 2021.

Tragedy 

On March 10, 1975, at a friendly match between Soviet and Canadian youth hockey teams at the Sokolniki Arena, at least 20 people were killed in a stampede after the lights went out.

Notes

References
1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 114–7.

External links
Official website of the Sokolniki Sports Palace

Kontinental Hockey League venues
Indoor arenas built in the Soviet Union
Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia
Indoor arenas in Russia
Handball venues in Russia
HC Spartak Moscow
Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball venues
Demolished buildings and structures in Moscow
Sports venues demolished in 2021
Markus Kaarlonen

Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen (born 16 November 1973) is a Finnish musician/songwriter/producer, and the keyboardist of the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. Kaarlonen first became known in the underground with his Amiga MOD music in the early 1990s. His first commercial album was released as Dance Nation's album Dawn in 1994. After that he worked as producer for pop group Aikakone.

Kaarlonen also worked for the software company Futuremark as a Senior Web Developer and Audio Designer. He has also composed and/or produced music for video games, including Rochard, Max Payne 2, Alan Wake, and Shattered Horizon.

Discography

Mod era 
 Spacemuzaxx
 Space Debris (Horizon Party 1990, Vårby school, Stockholm, Sweden)
 Beyond Music (The Gathering 1991, Parikkala, Finland)
 Broken Dreams (Assembly 1993)
 Mickus (Assembly 1994)

Commercial productions 
 Dance Nation: Dawn (1994)
 Poets of the Fall: Signs of Life (2005)
 Poets of the Fall: Carnival of Rust (2006)
 Poets of the Fall: Revolution Roulette (2008)
 Shattered Horizon Original Soundtrack (2009)
 Poets of the Fall: Twilight Theater (2010)
 Rochard: Original Soundtrack (2011)
 Poets of the Fall: Temple of Thought (2012)
 Poets of the Fall: Jealous Gods (2014)
 Poets of the Fall: Clearview (2016)
 Poets of the Fall: Ultraviolet (2018)

References

Finnish male musicians
Living people
Demosceners
Tracker musicians
1973 births
Video game composers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Vitaz

Vitaz may refer to:

Víťaz - village in eastern Slovakia
Vityaz Ice Palace Ice rink
Memphis (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Memphis () was the female eponym of Memphis in Egypt. The name was attributed to several distinct characters, namely:

 Memphis, daughter of Nilus and wife of Epaphus.
 Memphis, one of the many consorts of King Danaus of Libya and mother by him of the three Danaïdes: Chrysippe, Sthenele and Cleite. These daughters wed and slayed their cousin-husbands, sons of King Aegyptus of Egypt and Tyria during their wedding night. According to Hippostratus, Danaus had all of his progeny by a single woman, Europe, daughter of the river-god Nilus. In some accounts, he married his cousin Melia, daughter of Agenor, king of Tyre.
 Memphis, daughter of the Egyptian king Uchoreus, who was said to have founded the city and named it after her, and mother by Neilus of Aegyptus, the eponym of Egypt (apparently distinct from Aegyptus, brother of Danaus).

Notes

References 

 Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
 Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
 Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com

Egyptian characters in Greek mythology
Women in Greek mythology
Shane Simpson

Shane Lee Simpson (born 1954 or 1955) is a Canadian politician, who served as MLA for Vancouver-Hastings in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election.

He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party and served as the official opposition critic for the environment from 2005 to 2009. He served as critic for Housing, ICBC, the BC Lottery Corporation and the BC Liquor Distribution Branch from 2009 until 2012.  In addition Simpson was the NDP Caucus Chair.

Early life and career
Born and raised in East Vancouver, Shane Simpson has been active in his community for over 30 years. He led the fight to stop Lafarge from building a concrete batch plant beside New Brighton Park, a popular and historically significant park facing Burrard Inlet.

In his professional career, Simpson has worked as the Director of Policy and Communications for Smart Growth BC, Chair of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, Instructor in the Community Economic Development program at Simon Fraser University, Executive Director of the Worker Ownership Resource Center, Legislative Coordinator for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, coordinator and fundraiser for the Ray Cam Cooperative Center, executive assistant to former Vancouver East MP Margaret Mitchell, and as a self-employed consultant on business and economic development for labour, co-operative and non-profit groups.

Simpson was the recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal for his contribution to community in 2002. In 1992, he was awarded the Governor General's 125th Anniversary Commemorative Medal for Community Service.

He lives in East Vancouver with his wife and daughter.

Politics
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 British Columbia general election. He was re-elected in 2009, 2013, and 2017.

On September 4, 2020, Simpson announced that he wouldn't run for re-election in the next general election.

Election results

References

External links
 Shane Simpson
 Profile with British Columbia New Democratic Party Caucus page
 Profile at Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs
1950s births
Living people
Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia
Politicians from Vancouver
21st-century Canadian politicians
Patricia Kara

Patricia Kara (Greek: Panayiota Karamouzis-Παναγιώτα Καραμούζη; born February 25, 1972) is an American model, TV personality and former actress.

Career
She began her career in Chicago, before moving to Miami, New York City, then to Los Angeles. , she had done segments for the TV Guide Channel's coverage of the Golden Globes, the Catherine Zeta-Jones benefit for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and the E! Network's Wild On! series (the Kentucky Derby episode). She was also a Spring Break VJ in Lake Havasu and Panama City Beach.

Prior to 2011, she appeared in television commercials for Coors Light, Old Navy, Bally Total Fitness, Kohl's, Ericsson and V8.

From 2000 to 2009, Kara worked as an actor, making 14 credited and minor uncredited appearances in feature films, short films, television series, music videos or video games. These include her first appearance in 2000 in a skit on an episode of MADtv, a 2005 role as 'Sexy Shopper' on an episode of Las Vegas, a recurring role (seven appearances over 2002–2003) as the nameless 'Alistair's Assistant' on the daytime soap opera Passions, and ending with a 2009 episode of the soap opera Days of Our Lives.

Kara's modeling career includes print advertisements for AT&T, FedEx, Venus Swimwear, Disney, Suave, Swiffer, 24 Hour Fitness and Snickers. She has appeared in magazines, including Stuff, Maxim, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Redbook, Shape and Fitness.

In 2005, she was chosen to be a model on NBC's game show Deal or No Deal (DOND). She and Tameka Jacobs were the assistants for the syndicated version of the show from 2008 until its cancellation in 2010.

Kara appeared on a Celebrity Edition of the GSN gameshow Catch 21, playing for charity alongside fellow DOND models Leyla Milani and Marisa Petroro. Kara won the main game, earning $1,500 (with a $500 bonus for getting the show's first "21") and an additional $1,000 in the Bonus Game, for a total of $2,500.

In 2018, Kara returned to Deal or No Deal, once again as the model for case #9. She and Megan Abrigo were the only models to appear in all five seasons of the show and also appear in the CNBC 2018 revival.

References

External links 

 
 Patricia's NBC Bio
Patricia Kara - Interview

1972 births
Living people
American people of Greek descent
Columbia College Chicago alumni
Game show models
Coop Norrbotten Arena

Coop Norrbotten Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Luleå, Sweden. The seating capacity of the arena is 6,150, and it is the home arena of the Luleå HF ice hockey team.

History

It was opened on 13 September 1970, and was called Delfinen ("The Dolphin") until 2002 when it was refurbished and the naming rights were sold to the local division of the Swedish retail company Kooperativa Förbundet, who renamed it Coop Arena. In 2010, it was renamed Coop Norrbotten Arena, although it's still occasionally referred to as "Coop Arena".

The arena hosted the first semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2011 on 5 February 2011, and hosted the third semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2020 on 15 February 2020.

See also
 List of indoor arenas in Sweden
 List of indoor arenas in Nordic countries

References

External links

 Coop Norrbotten Arena at Luleå HF's website
 Coop Norrbotten Arena at Luleå Municipality's website
 Hockeyarenas.net entry

Indoor ice hockey venues in Sweden
Ice hockey venues in Sweden
Sport in Luleå
Buildings and structures in Norrbotten County
1970 establishments in Sweden
Sports venues completed in 1970
Kempehallen

Kempehallen was an indoor sporting arena located in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, built in 1964. The capacity of the arena was 5,114 during the last years. It was however opened already in 1939 as an outdoor rink, and in 1958 artificial ice was installed. It was later rebuilt into an indoor arena, inaugurated on 4 October 1964 with the ice hockey game Modo AIK–Brynäs IF, 0–2. It originally had a capacity of 10,000 (standing only). About 2,000 seats were installed in 1969, and the capacity was lowered to 6,700. In 1995 the arena got an overhaul, with a few luxury boxes added among other improvements.

It was the home arena of the Modo Hockey ice hockey team, replaced in 2006 by the new downtown Swedbank Arena. Kempehallen then remained in use by the club's younger teams and other clubs in the area.

The all-time record attendance for Kempehallen was roughly 9,900 for a Sweden vs. Canada game in February 1965. Record attendances for Modo games stands at 9,153 for the outdoor rink (vs. AIK, 1964) and 8,778 for the indoor version of Kempehallen (vs. Brynäs IF, 1965).

Kempehallen hosted the 2004 Sledge Hockey World Championships, and some notable music acts include Motörhead and Europe.

On 15 June 2012, Örnsköldsvik Municipality condemned the arena due to dome structural failure. In August 2012, the arena was demolished.

References

External links

Indoor ice hockey venues in Sweden
Indoor arenas in Sweden
Defunct indoor arenas
Former ice hockey venues in Sweden
Buildings and structures in Västernorrland County
Sport in Örnsköldsvik
Sports venues demolished in 2012
Demolished buildings and structures in Sweden
1964 establishments in Sweden
2012 disestablishments in Sweden
Sports venues completed in 1964
Gauge factor

Gauge factor (GF) or strain factor of a strain gauge is the ratio of relative change in electrical resistance R, to the mechanical strain ε. The gauge factor is defined as:

 

where
 ε = strain = 
 = absolute change in length
  = original length
 ν = Poisson's ratio
 ρ = resistivity
 ΔR = change in strain gauge resistance due axial strain and lateral strain
 R  = unstrained resistance of strain gauge

Piezoresistive effect
It is a common misconception that the change in resistance of a strain gauge is based solely, or most heavily, on the geometric terms. This is true for some materials (), and the gauge factor is simply:

However, most commercial strain gauges utilise resistors made from materials that demonstrate a strong piezoresistive effect. The resistivity of these materials changes with strain, accounting for the  term of the defining equation above. In constantan strain gauges (the most commercially popular), the effect accounts for 20% of the gauge factor, but in silicon gauges, the contribution of the piezoresistive term is much larger than the geometric terms. This can be seen in the general examples of strain gauges below:

Effect of temperature

The definition of the gauge factor does not rely on temperature, however the gauge factor only relates resistance to strain if there are no temperature effects. In practice, where changes in temperature or temperature gradients exist, the equation to derive resistance will have a temperature term. The total effect is:

where
 α = temperature coefficient 
 θ = temperature change

References

Equations
Hägglunds Arena

Hägglunds Arena (formerly Swedbank Arena and Fjällräven Center) is an indoor sporting arena located in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The capacity of the arena is 7,265 for ice hockey games and 9,800 for concerts. The arena was opened on 26 August 2006.

History

Ground was broken for the arena on 14 September 2004. The arena is located in downtown Örnsköldsvik, by the harbor, and is surrounded by water on three sides. It contains three spectator levels: one suite level, and two general seating levels. Other features include a restaurant and six bars. The atrium features a light display called Active Light Field, which makes the atrium change colors.

A number of small capacity reductions were made between 2008 and 2015, including expanding the restaurant area and later also building a VIP bar on parts of the standing area, which lowered the original maximum capacity for ice hockey from 7,600 to at least 7,049 spectators. In October 2021, however, a new extended standing section was inaugurated, raising the capacity again to 7,115 spectators.

In November 2009, it was announced that Fjällräven acquired the naming rights, and from January 1, 2010 until August 31, 2021 the arena was called Fjällräven Center. The naming rights were then purchased by BAE Systems Hägglunds and the Swedish Bosch Rexroth subsidiary, who renamed the venue to Hägglunds Arena for a period of five or ten years, starting September 1, 2021.

Events

It replaced the older Kempehallen as the home arena of the Modo Hockey ice hockey team. It also hosted the 2008 European Curling Championships and the 2019 IIHF World U18 Championships.

The third heat of Melodifestivalen 2007, the first heat of Melodifestivalen 2010, the fourth heat of Melodifestivalen 2014 and of Melodifestivalen 2018, as well as the semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2023 were all hosted at the arena. Other notable music acts include Takida, Tomas Ledin, Alice Cooper, Thin Lizzy, Michael W. Smith and Kent. The arena also unsuccessfully applied to host the Eurovision Song Contest in  and .

See also
List of indoor arenas in Sweden
List of indoor arenas in Nordic countries

References

External links

MoDo Hockey och Hägglunds Arena — Official site 
Hockeyarenas.net entry for Fjällräven Center

Indoor arenas in Sweden
Indoor ice hockey venues in Sweden
Ice hockey venues in Sweden
Sports venues completed in 2006
Modo Hockey
Buildings and structures in Västernorrland County
Sport in Örnsköldsvik
2006 establishments in Sweden
Porkkaalam

Porkaalam () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Cheran. The film has Murali, Meena, Sanghavi, Rajeshwari and Vadivelu in key roles. It was later remade in Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Porkaalam was one among 1997 Deepavali releases and became a huge success.

Plot
The film deals with the social stigma associated with a disabled girl in a rural milieu. Manikkam (Murali) is a potter by profession. He has a sister, who is born dumb. Murali has to struggle a lot as the handicraft industry is a dying industry and a good amount of money is taken away by his father (Manivannan), who is a drunkard and a gambler. But, he tries to hide his sorrows by having fun with his sister and servant (Vadivelu), who is also his trusted friend. He is in love with his neighbour Maragatham (Meena), a weaver. He wants to get his sister married to a noble man. But many reject her as she is dumb. Finally, one man agrees to marry his sister but on condition that Manikkam must offer dowry. Manikkam then sells many things dearer to him to get money for the dowry. But, that money is taken away by his father and the marriage falls through. Yet (Vadivelu) offers to marry his sister without asking dowry and Murali goes home along with Vadivelu to convey this happy news to his sister. But it was too late as the sister commits suicide. Manikkam as a penance decides to marry a disabled girl.

Cast

Soundtrack
The soundtrack album and background score were composed by Deva. The lyrics were penned by Vairamuthu.

Track list

Reception 
Ji of Kalki said despite being an age old theme of brother and sister, Cheran handled it skillfully and appreciating the performances of Murali and the actress who portrayed his sister but called Vadivelu's character and his song as unnecessary. During the 100th day function of Arunachalam, Rajinikanth appreciated this film and gifted a gold chain to director Cheran.

Remakes

Awards 
Cheran won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director, and Meena won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress. Cheran also won the Dinakaran Cinema Award for Best Director.

References

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1997 films
Films directed by Cheran
Tamil films remade in other languages
1990s Tamil-language films
Films about disability in India
Films scored by Deva (composer)
Smidjegrav Arena

Smidjegrav Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Mora, Sweden.  The capacity of the arena is 4,500 and it was built in 1967.  It is the home arena of the Mora IK ice hockey team. It was one of two sites for the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, along with Ejendals Arena in Leksand.

The venue was renamed Smidjegrav Arena on 26 June 2015 following the expiration of FM Mattsson's naming rights deal.

References

External links
Hockeyarenas.net entry

Indoor ice hockey venues in Sweden
Buildings and structures in Dalarna County
Sports venues completed in 1967
1967 establishments in Sweden
Koeberg Alert

The Koeberg Alert alliance is an anti-nuclear activist organisation which emerged from an earlier pressure group in Cape Town called "Stop Koeberg" in 1983. Both were intended to halt construction of the first nuclear power station in South Africa at Duynefontein, 28 km NNW of Cape Town: the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.

After failing to influence the then ruling National Party it turned to the broader democratic and anti-apartheid movement, hoping to influence future policy.

Forging strong links with Earthlife Africa and the emerging Environmental Justice National Forum in the 1990s, it was revitalised in 2009 in opposition to President Thabo Mbeki's Pebble bed modular reactor programme and the emergence of "Nuclear-1" (a project to build additional nuclear reactors in South Africa) under President Jacob Zuma.

It currently organises various anti-nuclear campaigns, participates in the wider anti-nuclear and peace movements, and makes submissions and presentations to formal government processes relating to nuclear power.

Representatives have attended international nuclear power related conferences and events, including in Yokohama, Fukushima and Sweden.

In June 2021, Koeberg Alert's Peter Becker was appointed to the board of the National Nuclear Regulator. He was fired by the Minister of Minerals and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, in February 2022, citing Becker's opposition to nuclear power.

Notable people
Some notable people active in the organisation:
Mike Kantey – former secretary
Keith Gottschalk – long-standing member
Peter Becker – revived organisation in 2009
David Fig

See also

 Campaign Against Nuclear Energy
 List of anti-war organizations

References

External links
 Koeberg Alert website
 Koeberg Nuclear Power Station
 CANE

Anti-nuclear organizations
Nuclear energy in South Africa
Environmental organisations based in South Africa
Civic and political organisations of South Africa
Scaniarinken

Scaniarinken (formerly the AXA Sports Center) is an indoor sporting arena located in Södertälje, Sweden that was built and then opened on 2 October 1970 as Scaniarinken, with an ice hockey game where Södertälje SK defeated Djurgårdens IF, 5–2 The capacity of the arena is 6,200, but before it was renovated in 2005 it could host much larger numbers, with the record being 11,372 people. It is the home arena of the Södertälje SK ice hockey team and the Axa/Marlboro curling team.

The arena was reconstructed in 2005, and renamed from Scaniarinken to AXA Sports Center. In February 2016 the arena was re-named back to Scaniarinken as the 10-year title deal with Axa expired.

References

External links

Hockeyarenas.net entry

Indoor ice hockey venues in Sweden
Ice hockey venues in Sweden
Sport in Södertälje
Axa
Buildings and structures in Stockholm County
Sports venues completed in 1970
1970 establishments in Sweden
NHC Arena

NHC Arena, formerly NHK Arena, E.ON Arena, Sydkraft Arena and Timrå Isstadion, is an indoor sporting arena located in Timrå, Västernorrland County, Sweden. Construction began in 1964 and was inaugurated on 4 September 1966. Since then the venue has undergone several renovations and expansions. It is home arena of the SHL ice hockey team Timrå IK. Current capacity is 6 000.

History

The current building was constructed in 2003 on the grounds of, and re-using the roof from the old Timrå Isstadion. This predecessor dates back to 1966 and was inaugurated September 4, the same year, as the eighth ice hockey venue in Sweden. The old arena underwent a heavy refresh for the 1994/1995 season, resulting in a capacity of 5,500. When Timrå IK was promoted to the Swedish Hockey League in year 2000, the old Timrå Isstadion was timeworn and didn't met the requirement for a modern ice hockey venue so a second major reconstruction was made prior to season 2003/2004, resulting in today's capacity of 6 000, still far from the all-time high arena audience record from 20 January 1972 of 11 695 paying spectators when Timrå IK played against Brynäs IF.

Video cube
In Oktober 2018 a new video cube was installed in NHC Arena with a screen size of 170 square meters, among Europe's largest. It replaced the earlier one which was installed in 2005. The venture was jointly financed by Timrå IK and Northern Hall and Cover (NHC). The new video cube was inaugurated 18 Oktober 2018 in a SHL game against Rögle BK.

Lill-Strimma hallen

In the early 1990s, the need for a new ice hockeyrink grew. The youth teams often had late training sessions in NHC Arena or had to play on the field. With the help of Timrå Municipality and many non-profit forces, construction started of Lill-Strimmahallen, adjacent to NHC Arena. The hall was ready for the 1991/1992 season and was then Sweden's 251st ice rink.

The inauguration had to wait until Lill-Strimma's 50th birthday (if he lived on) on 16 Dec. 1994. The name became the logical "Lill-Strimmahallen". In total, the hall cost SEK 16 million. Lill-Strimmahallen has a capacity of 300 spectators.

Overview

See also
 List of indoor arenas in Sweden
 List of indoor arenas in Nordic countries

References

Books

Web pages

External links
Timrå IK homepage
Pictures and facts (unofficial)

Indoor ice hockey venues in Sweden
Ice hockey venues in Sweden
Sport in Timrå
Sports venues completed in 1966
1966 establishments in Sweden
Dorsal aorta

The dorsal aortae are paired (left and right) embryological vessels which progress to form the descending aorta. The paired dorsal aortae arise from aortic arches that in turn arise from the aortic sac.

The primary dorsal aorta is located deep to the lateral plate of mesoderm and move from lateral to medial position with development and eventually will fuse with the other dorsal aorta to form the descending aorta.

Each primitive aorta anteriorly receives the vitelline vein from the yolk-sac, and is prolonged backward on the lateral aspect of the notochord under the name of the dorsal aorta.

The dorsal aortae give branches to the yolk-sac, and are continued backward through the body-stalk as the umbilical arteries to the villi of the chorion.

References

External links
 
 
 

Embryology of cardiovascular system
Aorta
Colin Ronan

Colin Alistair Ronan FRAS (4 June 1920, in London – 1 June 1995) was a British author and specialist in the history and philosophy of science.

Education
Colin Alistair Ronan was educated at Abingdon School in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire from 1934 to 1937.

Military service
He served in the British Army from 1940 to 1946, achieving the rank of major.

Career
After the war, he obtained a BSc in Astronomy and took an administrative post at the secretariat of The Royal Society. There, he did an MSc in the History and Philosophy of Science under Herbert Dingle at University College London.

After leaving the Royal Society he took up writing, and during a long career, he was an author produced over forty books, mainly on astronomy, and the history and philosophy of science. Later, he collaborated with Joseph Needham on an abridgement of Needham's great work on China, producing The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China in several volumes.

He was elected to the British Astronomical Association (BAA) on 26 January 1938. He went on to be Historical Section Director from 1953 to 1965, Journal Editor from 1965 to 1985, and President from 1989 to 1991, during which time the association celebrated its centenary. On the 12 February 1943 Ronan was elected to the fellowship of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In 1991, Ronan delivered a Presidential Address to the BAA in which he argued that Leonard Digges, father of Thomas Digges was the originator of the reflecting telescope sometime between 1540 and 1559, over a century before Isaac Newton, who is usually credited with having built the first such telescope around 1668.

For a considerable period in the 1980s and early 1990s, he collaborated with Sir Patrick Moore in lecture tours. They took the form of weekend residential symposia on single topics such as the return of Halley's Comet. Notable and hilarious, the interplay between Ronan's sober and intellectual analysis along with Moore's more extravagant character led frequent disagreements that were usually solved over several bottles of red wine. The weekends were an enormous success and made a valuable and irreplaceable contribution to the amateur astronomical scene.

With his second wife, Ann, he founded the Ronan Picture Library, which specialises in scientific and historical pictures. Among his many books on the history of science were studies of scientists such as Galileo, William Herschel and Edmond Halley. He also wrote scientific books for children, along with books such as The Practical Astronomer (1981), written for beginner amateur astronomers.

Ronan had an asteroid named in honour of his achievements: 4024 Ronan belongs to the Floras family, discovered by E. Bowell on 24 November 1981 at Anderson Mesa Station.

Bibliography

See also
 List of Old Abingdonians

References

1920 births
1995 deaths
20th-century British astronomers
British science writers
People educated at Abingdon School
Sener Aeronáutica

Sener Aeronáutica is the aerospace arm of the Spanish company Grupo SENER.  Since its formation in 1956, the group has developed expertise a number of fields including Marine, Power Systems, and Space.  The group has links with a number of Spanish universities.

Sener Aeronáutica has a major shareholding in Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP), which is helping to develop the Europrop TP400 engine for the Airbus A400M military transport.  It is also involved in the Eurojet EJ200 military turbofan which powers the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter.

Sener is also involved in the engineering of major Solar Power projects within Spain, such as the Andasol Solar Power Station and the Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant.

External links

Manufacturing companies of Spain
Valascia

Valascia was an indoor sporting arena located in Ambrì, Switzerland. The capacity of the arena was 6,500 and was built in 1959. It served as the home arena of the HC Ambri-Piotta ice hockey team of the National League (NL) from 1959 to 2021. The ends of the arena were open air, making hockey being played there partially outdoor.

The team moved into the newly built arena for the 2021/22 season. The Valascia was then demolished as it was located in a potential avalanche path.

Closure
Construction for the new arena was scheduled to begin in July 2017 before being postponed to a later date. Should construction not begin before the summer of 2018, Ambri-Piotta will no longer be allowed to play in the National League. Renovation isn't possible as it would bring the total capacity below the required 6,000 to compete in the National League and the arena would still face danger from potential avalanches. Therefore, the new Valascia must be ready to open in time for the 2020/21 NL season should Ambri-Piotta wishes to remain in Switzerland's top league.

On August 30, 2018, HC Ambri-Piotta announced that construction for the new Valascia is set to begin in October 2018 and should be ready to open by 2021.

After multiple delays, construction officially began in April 2019, with completion due for the start of the 2021/22 season.

On April 5, 2021, Ambri-Piotta played its final game in the Valascia, a 2–3 loss to HC Fribourg-Gottéron, behind closed doors.

See also
Piotta
Ambrì Airport
Ambrì-Piotta railway station

References

External links

Venue information

Indoor ice hockey venues in Switzerland
1959 establishments in Switzerland
Sports venues completed in 1959
2021 disestablishments in Switzerland
Sports venues demolished in 2021
20th-century architecture in Switzerland