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Southport Central

Southport Central is an 18,130 m² mixed Use, multi-purpose development at the corner of Scarborough and Lawson Streets in Southport, Queensland, Australia. It comprises three towers with integrated shopping and commercial precincts with a total value of $700 million. The towers are constructed with concrete in a modern style.  The building was developed by Raptis Group.  The architectural work was conducted by Archidiom Design.

Tower A
Southport Central's 40 level Tower A was completed in August 2006 and has 268 apartments with one, two or three bedroom configurations. The building was opened in 2007.

Tower B
The 39 level Tower B has 262 apartments consisting of one bed plus study, two bedroom or two bedroom plus study. This tower was opened in April 2008.

Tower C
The third and final tower, completed in early 2009 has 39 levels and a total of 258 apartments including one bed plus study, two bedroom or two bedroom plus study. This building was constructed by Landaning Pty Ltd.

On 10 September 2008 the ASX placed a trading halt on the company when receivers took control of the company's Southport Central development. Sub-contractors walked off the site, afraid that they were not going to be paid for their work.  Receivers to the Jim Raptis development, Capital Finance, took control of the development later that month.

In April 2009 construction on the project was complete.

See also

 List of tallest buildings in Australia
 List of tallest buildings on the Gold Coast, Queensland

References

External links
 Southport Central Official website

Skyscrapers on the Gold Coast, Queensland
Residential skyscrapers in Australia
Skyscraper office buildings in Australia
Retail buildings in Queensland
2007 establishments in Australia
Aberdeen Research Consortium

The Aberdeen Research Consortium (ARC) is an alliance of Universities, Research Institutes and other institutions carrying out research-centred organisations in Aberdeen, Scotland.

The fundamental role of ARC is:

to co-ordinate the research activities of its members
to exploit and optimise research potential and
to add value to that provided by individual institutions.

These objectives are achieved by identifying new collaborative research opportunities and ensuring that there is a co-ordinated, strategic approach to utilisation and development of research facilities and equipment. In addition, ARC facilitates the co-ordination of research administration, including commercial exploitation of research, human resources and staff development and training.

They are:

University of Aberdeen
The Rowett Research Institute
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Fisheries Research Services
The Robert Gordon University
NHS Grampian
Scottish Agricultural College
Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland

Torry Food Science Laboratory Taskforce 
In June 1995, the ARC set up a taskforce to prevent the Torry Food Science Laboratory being relocated from Aberdeen to York. In July of that year, the taskforce (headed by Hugh Pennington) presented its proposals to Douglas Hogg, the Secretary of State for Agriculture. Hogg confirmed that the laboratory would close in 1996, but an announcement "on the consequential changes for the work currently undertaken by the laboratory" would be made shortly thereafter. The following October, it was announced that the ARC's argument that "[The Torry site's] work could be retained in Aberdeen without the need for extra funds" was accepted in part by Hogg, and that the scientific posts will be distributed equally between York and Aberdeen.

References

External links 

Research institutes in Scotland
Organisations based in Aberdeen
Nature and Youth Sweden

Nature and Youth Sweden (, literally "the field biologists") is a Swedish organisation for youth interested in nature studies and environmental protection founded in 1947 associated with the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.

The association works with issues related to environment, sustainability, and nature's rights, and carries out various types of activities such as excursions, inventories, discussion forums, actions and meetings. The organization operates all over Sweden, the largest district being Fältbiologerna Stockholm-Uppland-Gotland. The association is run by and aimed at young people aged 6 to 25.

Activities 
The members have a mixed range of activities, ranging from birdwatching and lichen classes to environmental campaigns, climate and fairness actions and forest inventory. A significant aspect of the organization is that the members themselves select and organize the activities. One of the traditional annual highlights is the National Annual Meeting (Swedish: Riksårsmöte) arranged during the first week of January, and the Öland-camp which is held in Grönhögen in southern Öland during one of the long weekends in May.

In several locations, youths also run Minifältis-operations. The operations are led by a group of organization members. The members start a club for children aged 6–12 and organize activities for them.

The magazine Fältbiologen 
Nature and Youth Sweden's magazine, Fältbiologen, focuses on topics regarding nature, research, and environmental issues, and has published several important texts on topics such as forestry preservation. Fältbiologen is published with 3-4 issues a year. All members of Nature and Youth Sweden receive an issue; schools and other interested parties are also able to subscribe to the magazine, and it is available at almost every library throughout Sweden. The magazine is produced by a non-profit editorial group.

References

External links 
The Fältbiologen magazine available online

Environmental organizations based in Sweden
Youth organizations based in Sweden
Youth organizations established in 1947
Environmental and climate youth organizations
Commonwealth College

Commonwealth College may refer to the following American schools:

 Commonwealth College (Arkansas)
 The Commonwealth Medical College in Pennsylvania
 Commonwealth Honors College, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

See also 
 Commonwealth (disambiguation)
Barrington Tops

Barrington Tops is part of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales, Australia, between Gloucester and Scone.

In 1934, the area was difficult to access and was described as being "not traceable to any man-made feature".

Part of the area has been conserved as the Barrington Tops National Park and as the Barrington Tops State Conservation Area.

Invasive species are a problem in parts of Barrington Tops. Feral animals, including feral horses, goats, dogs, cats, pigs, foxes and deer occur in the area, and control measures are undertaken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) infests  of the National Park and biological control agents including the broom gall mite (Aceria genistae) are being tested for their effectiveness.

Tasmanian devils have been introduced by Aussie Ark to enclosures near Barrington Tops in a project to save the endangered species that is at serious risk of extinction. Its  Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary was officially opened in November 2021, with the aim of  protecting the natural habitat by removing noxious weeds and augmentation with native plants, and returning extirpated species. In late 2020, 26 adult devils were released into the  wildlife sanctuary, and by late April 2021, seven joeys had been born, with up to 20 expected by the end of the year. Other breeding programs include the eastern quoll.

References

Geography of New South Wales
Polanów

Polanów  () is a town in northern Poland, located in the Koszalin County of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. It has 2,949 inhabitants (2017).

History 
The settlement was first mentioned in 13th century, and was granted town rights in 1313 under Lübeck law.

The town was almost completely destroyed during WW2.

Points of interest 
 Gołogóra transmitter, a facility for FM-/TV-broadcasting with 2 guyed masts, which are 271 respectively 115 metres tall
 Historic churches: Church of the Assumption, Exaltation of the Holy Cross church
 Zalew Polanowski (artificial lake)
 Historical watermill complex

Town twinning
Polanów is twinned with:
  Gedern, Germany
  Rothenklempenow, Germany

Notable people 
 Julius Leopold Pagel (1851–1912) a German physician and historian of medicine.

References

External links

 Official town webpage

Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Koszalin County
Aleksey Trubetskoy

Prince Aleksey Nikitich Trubetskoy (; c. 17 March 1600 – 1680) was the last voivode of the Trubetskoy family and a diplomat who was active in negotiations with Poland and Sweden in 1647 and with the ambassadors of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1654. He was the godfather of Peter I of Russia.

Under Tsar Michael's rule Aleksey Trubetskoy was in disfavour with the powerful Patriarch Filaret and was appointed to govern distant towns of Tobolsk and Astrakhan. But the situation changed after Michael's death in 1645 and Alexis I's succession to the throne, when Trubetskoy's close friend Boris Morozov became a head of government. In 1646, Trubetskoy was appointed a commander of the Tsar's personal Guard regiment.

In 1654, Prince Aleksey Trubetskoy on the side of Alexis I of Russia led the southern flank of the Russian army from Bryansk to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The territory between the Dniepr and Berezyna rivers was overrun quickly, with Aleksey Trubetskoy taking Mścisław and Rosławl. He defeated both Lithuanian Hetmans Janusz Radziwiłł and Korwin Gosiewski in the Battle of Shepeleviche.  In 1654, the former Principality of Trubetsk was conquered by Aleksey Trubetskoy, Prince of Trubetsk himself, as a result of the Russo-Polish War (1654-1667).

In 1656, the second Russian army under the command of Trubetskoy  advanced in the north of Swedish Livonia, besieged and captured Tartu. In 1659, a Russian army led by Aleksey Trubetskoy and Ukrainian cossacks under the command of Ivan Bezpaly crossed into Ukraine and were partly defeated in a surprise attack by a large Polish-Tatar-Cossack army led by Mehmed IV Giray and Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop. The same year, he negotiated the Second Treaty of Pereiaslav with Yurii Khmelnytsky.

Trubetskoy was married to Ekaterina Pushkina (died in 1669), a sister of Boyar Boris Pushkin, a prominent statesman. The mother of Aleksey was Eudokia Trubetskaya and his father was Nikita Trubetskoy (16th century – January 1608). He had brothers Wigund-Jeronym Trubetsky and Fyodor Trubetskoy. He had no children and died in 1680, having previously accepted a monastic vow. Thus the Principality of Trubetsk returned to the possession of the Tsar.

References

External links 
 Владимир Волков, кандидат исторических наук. В воинстве счастлив и недругам страшен // Родина № 11, 2006

1600s births
1680 deaths
Russian people of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)
Nobility from the Russian Empire
Aleksey
People from the Tsardom of Russia
Quitline

Quitline is a telephone helpline offering treatment for addiction and behavior change/issues. Presently most quitlines treat tobacco or alcohol addiction. Quitlines are treatment centres that offer advanced treatment and should not be confused with call centres.

Smoking cessation quitlines
Tobacco quitlines have proven to be comparable to cessation clinics in terms of proportion of smokers smoke-free at follow-up but are more cost effective. A 2008 meta-analysis by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, found that quitline counseling increased the estimated long-run (>6 months) abstinence rate to 12.7% compared to 8.5% of smokers attempting to quit on their own; when combined with medication, the estimated long-run abstinence rate increased to 28.1% compared to 23.2% for just medication alone, a "robust effect". 

The treatment protocol in most tobacco cessation quitlines is a mixture of motivational interviewing, behaviour therapy, and pharmacological consultation. Quitline numbers are printed on cigarette packages in several countries as a part of the health warning labels. Tobacco quitlines may offer a reactive service, meaning that counselors initiate no contact but clients signing up for support are encouraged to call the service whenever they need, or a proactive service where clients signing up for treatment are offered a call up service. Many quitlines offer both reactive and proactive treatments and leave it up to the client to choose.

Alcohol quitlines
Telephone based advice (call centres) for alcoholics and their relatives are relatively common and some are gradually developing into telephone based treatment centres. However, alcohol quitlines are still in their infancy. In Sweden where telephone-based treatment for tobacco addiction is well established, an advanced alcohol treatment quitline (first of its kind) opened in January 2007. The service is run in close collaboration with the Swedish national tobacco quitline. The primary aim of the Swedish alcohol quitline is to support people who are starting to lose control over their alcohol consumption to regain control. The treatment protocol is based on motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy offering support to excessive consumers of alcohol and relatives alike.

See also

References

External links
 Quitline New South Wales, Australia
 Quitline Victoria, Australia
 North American Quitline Consortium.
 European Network of Quitlines
 Mississippi Tobacco Quitline
 Alabama Tobacco Quitline
 Quitline New Zealand 
 Quitline Sweden

Health education
Smoking cessation
Crisis hotlines
Look to Norway

The "Look to Norway" speech by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was given during the handover ceremony of the Royal Norwegian Navy ship HNoMS King Haakon VII at the Washington Navy Yard on 16 September 1942. The speech served as an important source of inspiration to Norwegians fighting the German occupation of Norway and the rest of Europe as well as for the resistance fighters of other small countries during World War II.

In the speech the President said:    If there is anyone who still wonders why this war is being fought, let him look to Norway. If there is anyone who has any delusions that this war could have been averted, let him look to Norway; and if there is anyone who doubts the democratic will to win, again I say, let him look to Norway.       The speech also made an impact on Norwegian-Americans and the rest of the American public's opinion on the struggle in Europe. The impression of the Norwegian's situation had been severely damaged by an article by the American reporter, Leland Stowe, who happened to be in Oslo on the day the Germans marched into the city. He witnessed shocked Norwegian civilians standing around watching the Germans march down the parade street Karl Johans gate. He misinterpreted the shock as indifference and acceptance on the part of the Norwegian population and wrote a stinging article in Time and several newspapers which severely damaged the American public's opinion of the Norwegian resistance and therefore their motivation to help Norway and Europe. The speech corrected that impression.

In a speech on 13 April 1940, the President had already praised the Norwegian resistance movement. Roosevelt's interest in Norway was in part due to the good relations established by Norwegian Crown Prince  Olav and his wife, Princess Märtha, and the Norwegian ambassador to the U.S., Wilhelm Thorleif von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1887-1963).

In 2005, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway visited the Washington Navy Yard to view events including a reenactment of President Roosevelt's "Look to Norway" speech, honoring the United States and Norway's long-term alliance. The ceremony was  to mark the centenary of diplomatic relations between the nations of Norway and the United States.

In popular culture
The 1943 Hollywood-film Edge of Darkness starring Errol Flynn told the story of a fictional fishing village in Norway starting an armed uprising against their German occupiers. It ends in a massive battle in the town centre, where even the priest starts machine-gunning enemy soldiers. The "Look to Norway" speech is then read through the end credits by a Roosevelt voice impersonator.

References

External links
An article in the Duluth Superior
Mentioned in a speech by President Clinton
Article on the reenactment

1942 in international relations
1942 in the United States
1942 speeches
Norway in World War II
Norway–United States relations
Speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt
World War II speeches
September 1942 events
Vincent Square

Vincent Square is a grass-covered square in Westminster, London, England, covering 13 acres, lined with mature trees including London Planes. In among a network of backstreets, it chiefly provides playing fields for Westminster School, who own it absolutely; otherwise, it functions as a green lung and a view for the homes, hotel and other organisations adjoining. Nine of its adjoining buildings have been given strict statutory architectural recognition and protection.

History and use
It was appropriated in the 18th century on land originally known as Tothill Fields, by William Vincent, a former Dean of Westminster and headmaster of Westminster School who simply paid a man with a horse and plough to enclose the square with a mound and ditch. Previous uses include a death camp and cemetery for 1,200 Scottish prisoners starved to death after the Battle of Worcester in 1651, a large burial pit for victims of the Great Plague of London in 1665/6, a jail named Tothill Fields Bridewell, and a well-known bear-baiting den recorded in the reign of Queen Anne. The space, facing buildings and certain others surrounding form the Vincent Square Conservation Area.

The square contains a cricket pavilion, four football pitches, about 10 tennis courts, and the groundsman's house, and is used on school weekdays by Westminster Under School. Other buildings fronting the square include the headquarters of the Royal Horticultural Society. Outside of school bookings the courts host many fixtures of the Lords and Commons Tennis Club.

Notable buildings
Numbering is from the east corner, clockwise (3 to 87) and applies to fewer than 87 buildings, from great mergers and additional road openings.  Those listed in the initial, mainstream category of statutory recognition and protection ("Grade II listed") are:
№s 3 and 4.
№s 7 and 8.
Royal Horticultural Society Old Hall (designed in 1904 by Edwin James Stubbs)
№s 84 and 85. (terraced buildings of circa (about) 1800)
№s 86 (a corner house of about 1800)
At rarer, Grade II* is:
the former Westminster College

In 1981, Westminster Under School opened in the building of the former Grosvenor Hospital for Women which had closed in 1976.

Indirect use
Vincent Square lends its name to a current electoral ward of the local authority, Westminster City Council. Its bounds are thus drawn up for approximately equal representation of the electorate. At the 2011 Census its population was 9,988.

Notable residents
Charles Hamilton Fasson
Robert Jenrick
Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart
Richard Crossman
James Watson
Harold Wilson
Duncan Sandys

See also
List of eponymous roads in London

References

External links 

 LondonTown.com information
 Cricket Pavilion, Vincent Square photograph on Flickr

Squares in the City of Westminster
Westminster School
Sianów

Sianów (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a town in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Koszalin County.  It has 6,606 inhabitants (2009).

Notable people 
 Edward Żentara (1956–2011) a Polish actor, appearing in more than 50 films and television shows between 1978 and 2010.

External links
Official town webpage

Cities and towns in West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Koszalin County
Sianow

Sianow may refer to:
Sianow, Iran (disambiguation)
Sianów, Poland
Shu-Hong Zhu

Dr. Shu-Hong Zhu is a Chinese scientist living in the United States. He is best known for his pioneering research on the effectiveness of telephone based treatment for tobacco cessation (quitline).

References
Zhu S-H, Anderson CM, Tedeschi GJ, et al. Evidence of real-world effectiveness of a telephone quitline for smokers. N Engl J Med 2002;347(14):1087-93.
California Smokers Helpline

Chinese scientists
Living people
American people of Chinese descent
University of California, San Diego faculty
American scientists
20th-century Chinese scientists
21st-century Chinese scientists
20th-century American scientists
21st-century American scientists
Year of birth missing (living people)
List of Martian canals

This is an incomplete list of Martian canals from the erroneous belief in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that "Martian canals" existed on the surface of the red planet.  These canals were named by Giovanni Schiaparelli and Percival Lowell, amongst others, after real and legendary rivers of various places on Earth or the mythological underworld.  A partial list of names are provided below with the regions that the canals were thought to connect.

A

B-D

E-F

G-H

I-M

N-O

P-R

S-X

Sources

References

External links
Mars and Its Canals by Percival Lowell (1906)
Mars by Percival Lowell

Albedo features on Mars
Mars
Bucks Burn

The Bucks Burn is a stream in Aberdeen which flows into the River Don.  It lends its name to the former town of Bucksburn which is now part of Aberdeen City council area.

Rivers of Aberdeen
Vescovato, Haute-Corse

Vescovato (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

Its name derives from the Italian term for "bishopric". () According to Lucien Auguste Letteron (a Corsican Historian), the name would originate from the Bishop of Mariana, Opizzu Cortincu (1218-1260 ?) who founded the new village.

Population

Personalities
French footballer Charles Orlanducci, born in Vescovato in 1951.
French industrialist and entrepreneur Michel Pierucci, born in Vescovato in 1966. Involved in the political stage, where he was Director of the Businenss Chamber of Northern Corsica, and the opposition to the mayor. He is a non-affiliated right-winged politician.
Joachim Murat, former Maréchal of France and once King of Naples, briefly hid out in Vescovato in August 1815 after Napoleon's ultimate defeat at Waterloo, before marching on Ajaccio.
Joachin Pierucci, former industrialist, turned philanthropist. He was part of the France national team of Pétanque{?}, from whom he received the Bronze Médaille des Sports and ran La Boule Dorée.

See also
Communes of the Haute-Corse department

References

External links
Official website 

Communes of Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
QFI

QFI may refer to:

QFI (supermarket), a former supermarket chain based in San Francisco
Qualified Flying Instructor, in the Armed Forces
Þóra Magnúsdóttir

Þóra Magnúsdóttir (born c. 1100; Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ; Modern Norwegian: ) was a daughter of King Magnus III of Norway (Magnus 3 Olavsson Berrføtt).

Þóra married an Icelandic man and moved to Iceland. Her husband, Loftur Sæmundsson was a chieftain of Oddi at Rangárvellir in the south part of Iceland. He was  a member of the Oddaverjar clan and son of Icelandic priest and scholar Sæmundur fróði Sigfússon. Their son Jón Loftsson was later chieftain at Oddi.  

Descendants of Loftur and Þóra included Þuríður Sturludóttir (born c. 1228), who married  Hrafn Oddsson (born c. 1225), a descendant of Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (Skalla-Grímr), the father of skald  Egill Skallagrímsson. With the birth of Jón korpur Hrafnsson, the feuding clans of the Fairhair  and Skalla-Grímr dynasties were united.

References

Other sources
 Islendingabók  (Book of Icelanders)
 Konungasögur (Kings' sagas) 
 Egils saga Skallagrímssonar (Egil's saga)

1100s births
12th-century deaths
12th-century Icelandic people
12th-century Norwegian nobility
Icelandic people of Norwegian descent
12th-century Icelandic women
12th-century Norwegian women
Daughters of kings
FCK Håndbold

F.C. Copenhagen Handball (or simply FCK Handball) was a Danish handball team, playing in Copenhagen. They had both a male and a female team, both playing in the best Danish leagues, the Danish Handball League (men) and Danish Women's Handball League (women). FCK Handball was owned by Parken Sport & Entertainment - the same company behind the football team, F.C. Copenhagen.

After the 2009–10 season, Parken Sport & Entertainment returned the license to Frederiksberg IF. The male team squad became a part of AG København.

Notable former players

Women's

  Matilda Boson 
  Madeleine Grundström 
  Johanna Wiberg 
  Katalin Pálinger 
  Anita Bulath 
  Eszter Siti 
  Emiliya Turey 
  Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth 
  Cecilie Leganger
  Chana Masson 
  Nadine Krause  
  Carmen Amariei 
  Steluța Luca
  Tanja Milanović 
  Maja Savić 
  Camilla Andersen 
  Sofie Bloch-Sørensen 
  Marianne Bonde 
  Christina Pedersen 
  Mia Rej 
  Mette Vestergaard 
  Josephine Touray 
  Mette Melgaard 
  Christina Krogshede

External links
 Official website

Handball clubs in Denmark
Defunct handball clubs in Denmark
Defunct sports clubs in Copenhagen
F.C. Copenhagen
2004 establishments in Denmark
2010 disestablishments in Denmark
Handball clubs established in 2004
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2010
Pigna, Haute-Corse

Pigna () is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

Population

See also
Communes of the Haute-Corse department

References

External links 

Communes of Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Medical University Pleven

Medical University - Pleven (, Meditsinski universitet — Pleven) is one of the four medical universities in Bulgaria. It is the only university in Pleven and was founded in 1974 on the basis of the former regional hospital established in 1865.

The university unifies a large modern preclinical base, a hospital with specialised clinics, and research sections. It has three faculties, the Faculty of Medicine covering the subjects of medicine and rehabilitation and occupational therapy, the Faculty of Pharmacy covering the subjects of pharmacy and drug development and the Faculty of Public Health covering health care, as well as a college. There are also two hostels with a total of 315 beds in two- and three-bed rooms.

In 1997 the university added an English language Medicine programme designed for international students. This was the first English language medicine programme in Bulgaria. As of the 2000s, Medical University Pleven has had 4081 Bulgarian and 582 foreign students from 45 countries, and has about 750 new students every year, of which 2/3 are Bulgarians and the rest foreigners, 50-60% of whom are from India. Since Bulgaria's accession to the European Union in 2007, most international students originate from other EU member states.

The instruction courses in the university are carried out in two faculties and one college:

 Faculty of Medicine with the speciality of Medicine;
 Faculty of Pharmacy with the speciality of Pharmacy;
 Faculty of Public Health with the following specialities:
 Management of Health Care;
 Medicinal Rehabilitation and occupational Therapy;
 Health Management;
 Nursing
 Midwifery.
 Medical College Pleven with the following specialities:
 Medical Laboratory Assistant;
 Radiology Laboratory Assistant;
 Social Worker.

See also 
 Dr. Georgi Stranski University Hospital

References

External links
Medical University Pleven Website 

Universities in Bulgaria
Medical
Educational institutions established in 1974
Medical
Medical schools in Bulgaria
1974 establishments in Bulgaria
Regal Musical Instrument Company

The Regal Musical Instrument Company is a former US musical instruments company and current brand owned by Saga Musical Instruments. Regal was one of the largest manufacturers in the 1930s and became known for a wide range of resonator stringed instruments, including guitars, mandolins, and ukuleles. Only resonator guitars are sold under the Regal brand today, with manufacturing in Korea and distribution in San Francisco, United States.

History 
Emil Wulschner, a retailer of Indianapolis, opened his first music instruments factory –"Emil Wulschner & Son" in 1896 to build guitars and mandolins. Products were sold under three brand names: Regal, University, and 20th Century. Wulschner died in 1900, and the new owners renamed the company the "Regal Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company" in 1901 and continued using the Regal name on instruments through 1904.

In 1904, Lyon & Healy purchased rights to the brand Regal. Four years later, the company officially re-introduced the Regal name in Chicago, establishing their factory there. Lyon & Healy set Regal up as an independent company in 1924.

During its first years of existence, Regal only marketed 4-string instruments such as ukuleles and tenor guitars. The production of 6-string guitars would begin later. The Regal brand was heavily involved in the production of resonator fretted instruments from their first development until 1941, manufacturing components and bodies for both the National and the Dobro companies (Dobro acquiring National in 1934), though the Dopyera brothers still produced the resonator cones for them. The bodies of their laminated bellied guitars were particularly suited to resonator conversion.

In the early 1930s, Regal had licensed the use of Dobro resonators. When National moved from California to Chicago, Regal acquired the rights to manufacture Dobro instruments. That made Regal become another producer of "house brand" guitars before World War II.

Production of resonator guitars ceased in 1941, followed by all fretted instruments in 1954. That same year, Regal closed down as a company, and its rights to the name and assets were sold to the Harmony Company. Harmony owned Regal for a brief period so Fender took over the brand in the late 1950s. In 1965, Fender distributed five models of banjo under the Regal name, as the "exclusive distributors". It is not clear when Fender ceased to commercialise Regal products.

In an effort to reintroduce the brand to global markets and focusing on overseas production sources, Saga Musical Instruments acquired the Regal name in 1987 and has steadily produced a complete line of metal and wood body resophonic instruments.

Brand owners 
 Emil Wulschner & Son (1896–1904)
 Lyon & Healy (1904–1954)
 Harmony Company (1954–late 1950s)
 Fender (1950s–?)
 Saga Musical Instruments (1987–present)

References

External links 

 Regal guitars on Saga Music 
 Banjo FAQ
 The Banjo Story
 Metal-bodied Regal Dobro, 1940, with historical background

Musical instrument manufacturing companies based in Chicago
Defunct companies based in Chicago
List of storms named Gretel

The name Gretel has been used for two tropical cyclones in the Australian region.

 Cyclone Gretel (1985) – passed over the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory.
 Cyclone Gretel (2020) – developed east of Queensland and soon crossed into the South Pacific cyclone region.

See also

 Cyclone Gretelle, a similar name used in the South-West Indian Ocean.

Australian region cyclone set index articles
Centuri, Haute-Corse

Centuri is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.

Population

Sights
Torra di Centuri

See also
Communes of the Haute-Corse department

References

Communes of Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
Paul March

Paul March (born 25 July 1979) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, and has coached in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 1114) (two spells), Huddersfield Giants, York City Knights, Hunslet Hawks and the Keighley Cougars as a  or , and coached at club level for York City Knights, Hunslet, Keighley Cougars and the Thornhill Trojans ARLFC.

Background
March was born in Thornhill, West Yorkshire, England.

Career
March played much of the 2006's Super League XI at  for the Huddersfield Giants, as the captain Chris Thorman was out injured with an arm injury.

In 2006's Super League XI during the Huddersfield Giants versus the Catalans Dragons match, Paul sustained a cruciate ligament knee injuryand was ruled out for the rest of the season. He was released from his contract at Huddersfield without playing another game, and later signed for Wakefield Trinity for the 2007 season.

Paul became player-coach for York in 2008, leaving Wakefield Trinity after just one season, and in July 2009 he joined Championship 1 club Hunslet as player-coach. He later moved to Keighley, again as player-coach, leaving the club at the end of the 2016 season. 

Paul became Featherstone Rovers Reserves Head Coach and Assistant First Coach working under new Rovers Boss Ryan Carr in 2019.

Genealogical information
Paul March is the twin brother of the rugby league footballer; David March.

References

External links
(archived by web.archive.org) Paul March Wildcats Profile
(archived by web.archive.org) Profile at yorkcityknights.co.uk

1979 births
Living people
Castleford Tigers players
English rugby league coaches
English rugby league players
Huddersfield Giants players
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Keighley Cougars coaches
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Rugby league five-eighths
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English twins
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York City Knights players
Tiina Rosenberg

Tiina Maria Pursiainen Rosenberg (born Tiina Maria Pursiainen; 7 July 1958) is a Finnish-born Swedish academic and feminist, who is Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Stockholm University. She has formerly been Professor of Gender Studies at Stockholm University and Lund University, and rector of the University of the Arts Helsinki. She was a founding member and board member of the Feminist Initiative political party.

Career
Rosenberg was born and raised in Finland, but made her academic career in Sweden. She studied theatre, film and literature studies at Stockholm University, and earned her PhD in 1993 with the dissertation En regissörs estetik: Ludvig Josephson och den tidigare teaterregin (A director's aesthetics). Her research areas include gender studies, theatre studies, performance studies, queer studies, feminist theory and cultural studies.

Rosenberg has previously been a Professor of Gender Studies at Stockholm University and at Lund University, and was the inspector of Småland Nation, Lund from 2006 to 2012. She served as rector of the University of the Arts Helsinki from 2013 to 2015. She frequently appears in the role of public intellectual in the areas of cultural policy, equality, gender, democracy, and human rights.

Rosenberg identifies as a queer feminist. She is a founding member of the feminist party Feminist Initiative and was formerly a member of the party's executive board.

Selected bibliography
Byxbegär (Anamma, 2000)
Queerfeministisk agenda (Atlas, 2002)
Besvärliga människor. Teatersamtal med Suzanne Osten (Atlas, 2004)
Teater i Sverige (with Lena Hammergren, Karin Helander and Willmar Sauter, Gidlunds, 2004)
Könet brinner! Judith Butlers texter i urval (Natur och Kultur 2005)
L-ordet: Vart tog alla lesbiska vägen?  (Normal förlag, 2007)
Bögarnas Zarah - diva, ikon och kult (Normal förlag, 2009)
Ilska, hop och solidaritet: Med feministisk scenkonst in i framtiden (Atlas, 2012)
Arvot mekin ansaitsemme. Kansakunta, demokratia ja tasa-arvo (Tammi 2014)
Don't Be Quiet, Start a Riot. Essays on Feminism and Performance (Stockholm University Press 2016)
Mästerregissören. När Ludvig Josephson tog Europa till Sverige (Atlantis, 2017)
HBTQ spelar roll – mellan garderob och kanon (Leopard 2018)
The Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance (Palgrave MacMillan 2021)
Berätta, överleva, inte drunkna: Antirasism, dekolonisering och migration i svensk teater (Atlas, 2022)

References 

1958 births
Feminist Initiative (Sweden) politicians
Swedish LGBT writers
Living people
Academic staff of Lund University
Queer theorists
Academic staff of Stockholm University
Swedish feminists
Swedish people of Finnish descent
21st-century Swedish women politicians
Swedish women academics
Queer feminists
Fight of the Year

Fight of the Year is an award given to the boxing match considered to be the best fight that year. It is awarded by a variety of different institutions. It may refer to:

 The Ring magazine Fight of the Year – awarded by The Ring magazine
 Ali–Frazier Award – the Boxing Writers Association of America's fight of the year

See also
 Sugar Ray Robinson Award (formerly known as the Edward J. Neil Trophy) – the Boxing Writers Association of America's Fighter of the Year
 The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year
 The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year
 Best Boxer ESPY Award
 Best Fighter ESPY Award

Boxing awards
Henry Fowle Durant

Henry Fowle Durant (born Henry Wells Smith; February 20, 1822 – October 3, 1881) was an American lawyer and philanthropist, as well as the co-founder, with his wife, Pauline Durant, of Wellesley Female Seminary, which became Wellesley College.

Early life and career
Durant was born in Hanover, New Hampshire as Henry Wells Smith on February 20, 1822. He changed his name to Henry Fowle Durant on November 25, 1851, to avoid confusion with a local businessman.

He completed his studies in Harvard Law School at Harvard University in 1841. He was admitted to the Middlesex bar in 1843, and worked with his father in business until 1847. He subsequently practiced in Boston.

Personal life
Durant married his cousin, Pauline Adeline Durant (née Fowle), in 1855. The couple went on to have two children, Henry "Harry" Fowle Durant and Pauline Cazenove Durant. Both children died in early childhood.

After the death of his son, Harry, Durant underwent a religious conversion and became a lay preacher in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, practicing from 1864 to 1875.

Henry Durant died from Bright's Disease at his home in Wellesley, Massachusetts on October 3, 1881, at the age of 59. He was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Legacy
In 1870, Henry and Pauline Durant contributed between one and two million dollars to found Wellesley Female Seminary in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Durant, a staunch believer in female education, famously said, "Women can do the work. I give them the chance."

References

American evangelists
Harvard Law School alumni
Massachusetts lawyers
Wellesley College people
1822 births
1881 deaths
People from Hanover, New Hampshire
People from Wellesley, Massachusetts
19th-century American philanthropists
19th-century American lawyers
Burials at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Kookaburra Musical Theatre

Peter Cousens' Kookaburra: The National Musical Theatre Company was an Australian not-for-profit theatre company dedicated to musical theatre.

History 
Kookaburra was founded by Australian musical theatre performer Peter Cousens in 2006 and received high-profile support from many luminaries of the Australian stage, the Australian Federal government and a variety of businesses. Throughout its short career it
produced seven musicals, two major concerts and fourteen cabaret events.

The company experienced financial challenges and cancelled productions, and caused controversy when Stephen Sondheim demanded an apology and threatened to remove rights after major cuts were made to Company when an actor with no understudy could not perform.  It officially closed in March 2009, reportedly with thousands of dollars owing to creative staff and $1.6 million in debt.  Although Cousens credited the company's downfall to the "global financial crisis", many people involved in the company and in the industry cited severe mismanagement.

Productions 
 Pippin (Sydney Theatre, 2007)
 Company (Theatre Royal, 2007) - nominated for Best Musical at the 2008 Helpmann Awards
 Tell Me on a Sunday (Seymour Centre and tour, 2008)
 Little Women (Seymour Centre, 2008)
 The Emperor's New Clothes (NSW Schools Tour)
 Songs for a New World (NSW Schools Tour)
 I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (NSW Tour)

References 

Theatre companies in Australia
Musical theatre companies
Theatre in Sydney
The Artist and Journal of Home Culture

The Artist and Journal of Home Culture, also The Artist, was a monthly art and design journal published in London by Archibald Constable & Co. from 1880 to 1902. From 1881 to 1894 the full title was The Artist and Journal of Home Culture. From 1896 the full title became The Artist: An Illustrated Monthly Record of Arts, Crafts and Industries. An American edition was published in New York by Truslove, Hanson & Comba.

Under the editorship of Charles Kains Jackson, 1888–94, The Artist and Journal of Home Culture contained a notable undercurrent of homoeroticism and had some importance in the homosexual subculture without being so overt as to alienate its mainstream readership. Described by scholar Thomas Waugh as a "closet pedophile" publication, it featured Uranian poetry and photographs of boys by Wilhelm von Gloeden.

Editors

References

1880 establishments in the United Kingdom
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Visual arts magazines published in the United Kingdom
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English-language magazines
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Design magazines
Dalfi d'Alvernha

Dalfi d'Alvernha () was the Count of Clermont and Montferrand, a troubadour and a patron of troubadours. He was born around 1150 and died in 1234 or 1235. He is sometimes called Robert IV, but there is no solid evidence for the name Robert, and the name can cause confusion, since his first cousin once removed was Robert IV, Count of Auvergne, who died in 1194.

Dalfi d'Alvernha was the son of William VII the Young of Auvergne, Count of Clermont, and of Jeanne de . He married Guillemette de Comborn, Countess of Montferrand, daughter of Archambaud, Viscount of Comborn, and Jourdaine of Périgord. Their children were Aélis, Guillaume (William, later Count of Clermont), Blanche, and Alix.

Troubadours who worked with Dalfi or sang at his court include Peirol, Perdigon, Peire de Maensac, Gaucelm Faidit, and Uc de Saint Circ; his cousin, bishop Robert of Clermont, exchanged satirical and erotic verses with him, as did Richard Coeur de Lion. One partimen between Dauphin and Perdigon marks a stage in the poetical debate, begun by Guilhem de Saint-Leidier and taken up by Azalais de Porcairagues and Raimbaut of Orange, as to whether a lady is dishonoured by taking a lover who is richer than herself. A tensó on the same subject was composed by Guiraut de Bornelh and king Alfonso II of Aragon.

Bibliography
Biographies des troubadours ed. J. Boutière, A.-H. Schutz (Paris: Nizet, 1964) pp. 284–298.

Patrons of literature
1150s births
1230s deaths
12th-century French troubadours
Dauphins of Auvergne
13th-century French troubadours
Beauty Queen (Roxy Music song)

"Beauty Queen" is the second song from Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure.

Musicians
 Andy MacKay - oboe, saxophone
 Bryan Ferry - vocals, keyboards
 Brian Eno - synthesizer, tapes
 Paul Thompson - drums
 Phil Manzanera - guitar
 John Porter - bass

References

Roxy Music songs
1973 songs
Songs written by Bryan Ferry
Song recordings produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)
Song recordings produced by John Anthony (record producer)
Saga Musical Instruments

Saga Musical Instruments is a manufacturer and wholesale distributor of stringed instruments, particularly fretted instruments and members of the violin family, and parts and accessories for them. They own twenty-two brands, fifteen are listed below.

Brands
Their brands include:
 Blueridge
 Gitane
 Appalachian
 J Navarro
 Rover
 Kentucky
 Anton Brenton
 Hamano
 Regal
 Durango
 Trinity College
 Gold Star
 Cremona
 H. Siegler
 Hamano
 Diamond Head
 Recital Instruments

Blueridge
The Blueridge brand are Chinese-built and have won praise from publications such as Guitarist Magazine, Total Guitar and Music Maker for quality and affordability. The company specializes in historic and pre-war reproductions that are used by folk and bluegrass players. Endorsed by UK bluesman Martin Harley, two Blueridge models were used to break the world record for the highest gig ever played.
Played by Sierra Ferrell, Melvin Goins, Ralph Stanley II, Larry Sparks and many more.

Families of instruments
 Guitar family brands include: Accent, Blueridge, Bristol, Burns, Catala, Cigano, J. Navarro, P. Saez, & Regal 
 Mandolin family brands include: Appalachian,  Kentucky, Rover, & Trinity College.
 Banjo family brands include: Appalachian, Flinthill, Gold Star, Rover, & Saga.
 Violin family brands include: Anton Breton, Appalachian, Cervina, Cremona, & Recital Instruments
 Ukulele family brands include: Hamano, & Diamond Head
 Folk instrument brands include: Appalachian, Cusco, Schwartz, & Trinity College

References

External links
 Company homepage.
 Blueridge Guitars on Fretbase Specs, photos and videos of Blueridge models

Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United States
String instrument manufacturing companies
Strictly Confidential

Strictly Confidential may refer to:

 Confidentiality, an ethical principle
 Strictly Confidential (1919 film), a 1919 American comedy film starring Madge Kennedy
 Strictly Confidential (1934 film) or Broadway Bill, a 1934 American comedy directed by Frank Capra
 Strictly Confidential (film), a 1959 British comedy
 Strictly Confidential (TV series), a 2006 British drama series
 "Strictly Confidential", a song by Bud Powell from Jazz Giant
 "Strictly Confidential", a song by Roxy Music from For Your Pleasure
 Strictly Confidential, a book by Murray Rothbard
 "Strictly Confidential", a short story by Gordon R. Dickson collected in The Man the Worlds Rejected
Brynmor Jones Library

The Brynmor Jones Library (BJL) is the main library at the University of Hull, England. In 1967 it was named after Sir Brynmor Jones (1903-1989) who initiated research in the field of Liquid Crystals (LCD) at Hull and became Head of the Department of Chemistry in 1947.  He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1956 to 1972.

The building consists of two main sections, the older Art Deco style entrance and front section, built in the 1950s, which is five floors high (originally three which were later subdivided by mezzanines) and the newer extension, completed in 1970, which consists of eight floors plus a basement. The older section has two exterior bas-relief sculptures by Willi Soukop, one is of an owl, the other shows a human figure representing the light of knowledge and is positioned directly over the main entrance. The new section has views over the Humber with three lifts for student use and a fourth lift for staff. It contains over a million books, plus other reference materials, mainly for use by students at the university. There are also a large number of open access computers within the library which are connected to the University network.

The poet Philip Larkin served as Librarian here for thirty years from 1955 until his death in 1985.

The library serves as home to the university's Art Collection, started in 1963 the collection's focus is British art from 1890 to 1940, including works by the Bloomsbury and Camden Town Groups.

References

External links 

Brynmor Jones Library website
Hull Uni Library on Twitter

Academic libraries in England
University of Hull
Art Deco architecture in England
Library buildings completed in 1969
Buildings and structures in Kingston upon Hull
Libraries in the East Riding of Yorkshire