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Alphonse Kotiga

Colonel Alphonse Kotiga, also known as Kotiga Guérina, was a Chadian military officer and politician. He was one of the leaders of the coup d'etat which overthrew and killed Chadian President François Tombalbaye on 15 April 1975, and then became a minister in the government of the new president, Félix Malloum.

A native of Moyen-Chari, he moved to southern Chad after Malloum's government collapsed in 1979. There he became the leader of an armed opposition group, the Red Codos, but was reconciled with the government of Hissène Habré in 1986.

External links
"Chad Factionalism"

Chadian politicians
Year of birth missing
Possibly living people
People from Moyen-Chari Region
Chadian military personnel
Heizhu Valley

Heizhu Valley (, literally "The Black Bamboo Valley") is a popular tourist attraction, located in Sichuan Province in southwest China. It occupies about 180 km2, bridging the Sichuan Basin and West Sichuan Plateau. The tourist business is maintained by Sichuan Heizhu Group Tourist Development Co., Ltd.

External links
Official site of Heizhu Group Tourist Development Co., Ltd. 
Heizhu Valley - China's Bermuda

Valleys of China
Landforms of Sichuan
American Idol Season 5: Encores

American Idol Season 5: Encores is compilation album released on May 23, 2006 and contains one cover song from each of the top 12 finalists during season 5 of the television show American Idol. It is the only American Idol album that does not feature an ensemble track by all the contestants, and is the first year in which several individual finalists made the popular music charts. The album sold over 154,000 units in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, behind the Disney Channel Original Movie's High School Musical Soundtrack and the Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way, thus becoming the best-selling debut any American Idol compilation disk. It was also number two on Top Soundtracks, number four on Top Digital Albums and number six on Top Internet.

With five albums in the Top 10, American Idol became the most successful soundtrack franchise of any motion picture or television program, beating out Star Wars.  This Season 5 album sold 381,075 copies by September 2, 2006.

Track listing

 "What About Love" (Heart) – 3:45 Melissa McGhee
 "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:54 Bucky Covington
 "I'm Every Woman" (Chaka Khan) – 3:44 Mandisa
 "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi) – 4:33 Chris Daughtry
 "Father Figure" (George Michael) – 5:46 Ace Young
 "Takin' It to the Streets" (Doobie Brothers) – 3:39 Taylor Hicks
 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:55 Lisa Tucker
 "Walkin' After Midnight" (Patsy Cline) – 2:59 Kellie Pickler
 "Moody's Mood for Love" (James Moody) – 3:13 Elliott Yamin
 "Think" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:45 Katharine McPhee
 "Midnight Train to Georgia" (Gladys Knight & the Pips) – 3:33 Paris Bennett
 "When I Fall in Love" (Doris Day) – 3:07 Kevin Covais

Personnel
 Cheche Alara – keyboards
 Loren Gold – keyboards
 Tommy Barbarella – organ, keyboards
 Derek Bramble – organ, bass, organ, producer, engineer
 Johnny Britt – trumpet, horn arrangements
 Tom Ralls – trombone
 Derrick Edmondson – saxophone
 Michael Fell – harmonica
 Rob "Fonksta" Bacon – guitar
 Michael Herring – acoustic guitar
 Eamon Ryland – pedal steel, bottleneck guitar
 Greg Suran – guitar
 Eric Gorfain – violin
 Daphne Chen – violin
 Leah Katz – viola
 Richard Dodd – cello
 Dorian Crozier – percussion, drums, engineer, associate producer, drum programming
 Ramon Yslas – percussion
 Mabvuto Carpenter – backing vocals
 Belle Johnson – backing vocals
 Mika Lett – backing vocals
Abraham McDonald- backing vocals
 Michael Anderson – bass, backing vocals, engineer, associate producer, production coordination
 Stephen Lu – orchestration
 Craig Burbidge – engineer, mixing
 Colin Miller – mixing
 David Kutch – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

American Idol compilation series
2006 compilation albums
2006 soundtrack albums
Exit consent

Exit consent is a formal agreement that allows a majority group of creditors holding sovereign bonds to change the non-financial terms of the bonds in a way that makes the bonds effectively worthless for the minority holdouts, motivating them to accept a restructuring offer.   Thus creditors willing to restructure can outmaneuver holdouts by using the supermajority voting features of existing bonds to secure changes, which reduce their value as they are tendered in exchange for restructured debt.

Reason
Government bond issued by sovereign nations are often perceived as safe investments.  But over time, countries in difficult economic situations have needed to restructure their debt structure, or see their national economy collapse.  During that process, the country must restructure the outstanding debt by offering its old bonds holders new instruments that reflect new financial terms.  It is a process that sees the emergence of holdout creditors who refuse the proposed restructuring, posing a problem to the reorganization process the holdout problem. Therefore, the threat of an exit consent is used to encourage (or coerce) minority creditors to accept the exchange offer so they are not left with diminished bonds.

See also
Debt restructuring
Refinancing
Troubled Debt Restructuring
Vulture fund

References

Bonds (finance)
Mattias Timander

Mattias Erik Timander (born April 16, 1974) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers between 1996 and 2004. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2013, was mainly spent in Sweden playing for Modo Hockey and Leksands IF.

Playing career
Drafted 208th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins, Timander came over to North America prior to the 1996–97 season and split his first three seasons between Boston and the Bruins primary affiliate, the Providence Bruins. After spending the entire 1999–2000 season with Boston, Timander was taken by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft. He spent the next two seasons with Columbus and was traded to the New York Islanders for a 4th round draft pick (Jekabs Redlihs) prior to the 2002–03 season.

After playing in a career high 80 games in 2002–03, Timander was shifted between the Islanders and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, in 2003–04. This led to him being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for a 7th round draft pick (Chris Campoli) on January 22, 2004. He spent the rest of the season with the Flyers, playing in 34 regular season games and adding to what turned out to be a career high plus/minus rating (+13 w/Flyers, +2 w/Islanders, +15 overall). He also took part in all of his new team's 18 playoff games, coming one win short of a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals.

He returned to Sweden in the off-season to play for Modo Hockey in the Elitserien where he left after the 2010–11 season.

On July 25, 2011, Timander signed a one-year contract (with an optional one-year extension) with the Leksands IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan. In May 2013, Timander officially announced his retirement.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links
 

1974 births
Living people
Boston Bruins draft picks
Boston Bruins players
Bridgeport Sound Tigers players
Columbus Blue Jackets players
Leksands IF players
Modo Hockey players
New York Islanders players
People from Sollefteå Municipality
Philadelphia Flyers players
Providence Bruins players
Swedish ice hockey defencemen
Ice hockey people from Västernorrland County
National Board of Review Awards 1939

11th National Board of Review Awards
December 24, 1939
The 11th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 24 December 1939.

Best American Films
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Wuthering Heights
Stagecoach
Ninotchka
Young Mr. Lincoln
Crisis
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Roaring Twenties
U-Boat 29

Top Foreign Films 
Port of Shadows
Harvest
Alexander Nevsky
The End of the Day
Robert Koch

Winners
Best American Film: Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Best Foreign Film: Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows), France
Best Acting:
James Cagney - The Roaring Twenties
Bette Davis - Dark Victory and The Old Maid
Geraldine Fitzgerald - Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights
Henry Fonda - Young Mr. Lincoln
Jean Gabin - Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows)
Greta Garbo - Ninotchka
Francis Lederer - Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Paul Lukas - Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Thomas Mitchell - Stagecoach
Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights
Flora Robson - We Are Not Alone
Michel Simon - Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows) and The End of the Day

Notes

External links
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1939

1939
1939 film awards
1939 in American cinema
Docklands Buses

Docklands Buses Limited, trading as Go-Ahead London, is a bus company operating in East London. The Docklands Buses brand is a subsidiary of Go-Ahead London and operates services under contract to Transport for London.

History
Docklands Buses was formed by Harry Blundred's Transit Holdings in 1988 as Docklands Transit. It initially operated local commercial routes using Ford Transit minibuses, but these proved not to be viable so it switched to operating tendered Transport for London services. Stagecoach purchased the bus side of the company in 1997, and Docklands Transit continued operating private hire vehicles. In 2002, Docklands Buses commenced operating route 167, soon winning other contracts.

In September 2006 the company was purchased by the Go-Ahead Group. In August 2008, Go-Ahead's London bus operations all adopted the Go-Ahead London trading name, although the individual company names are still applied beneath the logo.

Garages

Silvertown (SI)
As of September 2023, Silvertown garage operates routes 300, 376 and D7.

Fleet
As at May 2015, Docklands Buses had a peak vehicle requirement of 76 buses.

References

External links

Docklands Buses website

Go-Ahead Group London bus operators
Transport in Epping Forest District
1988 establishments in England
Symbolic Sound Corporation

Symbolic Sound Corporation was founded by Carla Scaletti and Kurt J. Hebel in 1989 as a spinoff of the CERL Sound Group at the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Originally named Kymatics, the company was incorporated as Symbolic Sound Corporation in March 1990. Symbolic Sound's products are being used in sound design for music, film, advertising, television, speech and hearing research, computer games, and other virtual environments. The company is based in Bozeman, Montana.

Kyma, Symbolic Sound's main product, was one of the earliest commercially available examples of a graphical signal flow language for real time digital audio signal processing. The Kyma Sound design language, based on Smalltalk, continues to evolve and runs on several generations of DSP processing units.

The company has developed and commercialized several audio processing and synthesis techniques, including real time spectral analysis and additive resynthesis, audio morphing, aggregate synthesis, granular synthesis, and Tau synthesis. They have also developed algorithms for partitioning a signal flow graph to run on multiple parallel processors and multiple devices in real time.

External links
 Symbolic Sound Corporation

References

Music equipment manufacturers
Acoustics software
Computer-based Education Research Laboratory
American companies established in 1989
Companies based in Montana
National Board of Review Awards 1940

12th National Board of Review Awards
December 22, 1940
The 12th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 22 December 1940.

Best American Films
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Dictator
Of Mice and Men
Our Town
Fantasia
The Long Voyage Home
Foreign Correspondent
The Biscuit Eater
Gone with the Wind
Rebecca

Winners
Best American Film: The Grapes of Wrath
Best Foreign Film: La femme du boulanger (The Baker's Wife), France
Best Documentary: The Fight for Life
Best Acting:
Jane Bryan - We Are Not Alone
Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator
Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath
Betty Field - Of Mice and Men
Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath and The Return of Frank James
Joan Fontaine - Rebecca
Greer Garson - Pride and Prejudice
William Holden - Our Town
Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind and Waterloo Bridge
Thomas Mitchell - The Long Voyage Home
Raimu - The Baker's Wife
Ralph Richardson - On the Night of the Fire
Flora Robson - We Are Not Alone
Ginger Rogers - Primrose Path
George Sanders - Rebecca
Martha Scott - Our Town
James Stewart - The Shop Around the Corner
Conrad Veidt - Escape

Notes

External links
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1940

1940
1940 film awards
1940 in American cinema
Wivenhoe (disambiguation)

Wivenhoe is a town in England.

Wivenhoe may also refer to:

Australia 
 Wivenhoe Pocket, a rural district in the Somerset Region of Queensland (sometimes simply known as Wivenhoe)
 Lake Wivenhoe, a lake in Queensland formed by Wivehoe Dam on the Brisbane River
 Wivenhoe Dam, the dam on the Brisbane River, Queensland that creates Lake Wivenhoe
 Wivenhoe Power Station, situated on Lake Wivenhoe
 Wivenhoe, Narellan, historic house in New South Wales
 Wivenhoe, Tasmania, a locality in Tasmania

Canada 
Wivenhoe station (Manitoba), a railway station in Wivenhoe, Manitoba

United Kingdom 
 Wivenhoe railway station, on the Colchester to Clacton Line
 Wivenhoe Park, located in Colchester, East of England
 Wivenhoe Town F.C., a football club from Wivenhoe, Essex, England
Gang of Balhae

Gang of Balhae (died 809) was the sixth king of Balhae, ascending to the throne in 794 and ruling until his death. He was the son of King Mun, who was Balhae's third king. He chose the era name Jeongnyeok (正曆, "upright policy"). During his reign, there was active trade with Japan and Tang China, and missions passed frequently among the three states.

Family
Father: Dae Heummu, King Mun (문왕 대흠무, 文王 大欽茂)
Grandfather: Dae Muye, King Mu (무왕 대무예, 武王 大武藝)
Unnamed wife
Son?: Dae Cheongyun (대청윤, 大淸允)
Son?: Dae Neungsin (대능신, 大能信)
1st son: Dae Wonyu, King Jeong (정왕 대원유, 定王 大元瑜)
2nd son: Dae Eonui, King Hui (희왕 대언의, 僖王 大言義)
3rd son: Dae Myeongchung, King Gan (간왕 대명충, 簡王 大明忠)

See also
List of Korean monarchs
History of Korea

References

809 deaths
Balhae monarchs
Mohe peoples
9th-century monarchs in Asia
8th-century monarchs in Asia
Year of birth unknown
Fung

Fung may refer to:

Feng (surname), a Chinese surname that is Fung in Cantonese
Funj people, also spelled Fung

See also
Phung (disambiguation)
Rockwell Green

Rockwell Green is a village near Wellington, in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. It lies just east of the Somerset-Devon border and is overlooked by the Blackdown Hills.

The Wellington Monument is visible from almost anywhere in the village. The monument is on the verge of collapsing but is to be substantially rebuilt at the cost of up to £4 million by the National Trust.

Rockwell Green has a railway bridge, under which a steam train, the City of Truro, was first recorded travelling at over 100 mph (160 km/h) in 1904.  Although this has been the subject of much debate since then, recent research supports the claim. There have been numerous requests for a plaque or monument to be placed at the Beam Bridge hotel or Westford rail bridge: however very little has come of this so far.

Two large water towers, both disused, bring a small number of visitors to the village. The older  (redbrick) tower was built in the late 19th century and includes a circular steel tank. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. The more recent concrete tower was built in the 1930s.

A number of houses in the original village are council-owned. In 1991 the population was estimated at 1,618. Since then more houses have been built and the population estimate from the 2001 census was 2,246. The population estimate in 2016 was 2,945.

The village has a butcher's shop, one pub, a fish and chip shop, a post office, a general store, a church, a beauty salon/hairdressers, a primary school and pre-school, a village hall, and a post office; before moving to Exeter Road the post office was on the east side of Rockwell Green, in a 19th-century building that has been demolished.

References

Villages in Taunton Deane
Wellington, Somerset
Michael Patrick Driscoll

Michael Patrick Driscoll (August 8, 1939 – October 24, 2017) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the seventh Bishop of Boise. He retired on August 8, 2014.

Early life and ministry
Michael Driscoll was born in Long Beach, California. As a child, he would pretend to celebrate Mass, giving Necco candy wafers as communion to his younger siblings. He attended St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, and was ordained to the priesthood by James Cardinal McIntyre on May 1, 1965.

He did pastoral work in Los Angeles and Burbank, and earned a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California in 1973. He served as Chancellor (1976–1987), Vicar for Religious and for Charities, and Vicar General in the Diocese of Orange.

Episcopal career
On December 19, 1989, Driscoll was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Orange and Titular Bishop of Maxita by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on March 6, 1990, from Bishop Norman McFarland, with Bishops John Steinbock and Thomas Connolly serving as co-consecrators.

Driscoll was later named Bishop of Boise, Idaho, on January 18, 1999. Replacing Bishop Tod Brown, he was formally installed on the following March 17. After 15 years with the Diocese of Boise, Bishop Driscoll retired on August 8, 2014, and Bishop Peter Christensen was named his successor.

Diocese of Boise Bishop Michael Driscoll apologized for his role in Orange County, California's Roman Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal. Driscoll, who was in charge of priest personnel affairs for the Diocese of Orange County from its 1976 inception until leaving for Idaho in 1999, made the stunning admission in a letter printed in the Idaho Catholic Register, stating he was "deeply sorry for the way we handled cases [in Orange County] allowed children to be victimized by permitting some priests to remain in ministry, for not disclosing their behavior to those who might be at risk, and for not monitoring their actions more closely."
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge was expected to release priest personnel files that were supposed to become public as part of a $100-million settlement reached in 2005 between the Orange diocese and sex-abuse victims, the largest in the history of the Catholic Church. Church sources say Driscoll's name is all over the documents, which molestation survivors claim will show the various cover-ups Orange County diocesan officials executed while Driscoll served as chancellor and auxiliary bishop.

References

External links
Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise

1939 births
2017 deaths
People from Long Beach, California
St. John's Seminary (California) alumni
USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work alumni
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange
Roman Catholic bishops of Boise
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Catholics from California
Progressive Unionist

Progressive Unionist may refer to:
Progressive Unionist Party, a Northern Irish party
Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, a Northern Irish party
Ulster Progressive Unionist Association, a Northern Irish political group
Récord

Récord is a Mexican daily sports newspaper. It follows a similar format as the Spanish newspaper Marca. Récord is owned by Notmusa.

See also
 List of newspapers in Mexico

References

External links
 Récord

Spanish-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Mexico
Sports mass media in Mexico
Sports newspapers
Publications with year of establishment missing
Vehicle register

The Vehicle  register in the United Kingdom is a database of motor vehicles. It is a legal requirement in the UK for most types of motor vehicle to be registered if they are to be used on the public road.

All new and imported vehicles are required to be entered onto the register, which is administered by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Great Britain and by Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) in  Northern Ireland.

Registered vehicles are not provided with tax certificates anymore in the United Kingdom.

On the register, along with the vehicle details (make, model, engine capacity, colour, VIN, etc.) are recorded the details of the current keeper of the vehicle (name, address).  The current keeper is issued with a registration document known as a V5C, which displays the registration details of the vehicle.  Each time any of the registration details change, if the vehicle keeper is changed, or any of the vehicle details are changed, for example, the DVLA/DVLNI has to be notified, and a new document is issued.

A vehicle first registration fee has to be paid to enter a vehicle onto the register for the first time.

Database uses
The database is available to the law enforcement authorities for activities such as:
 Vehicle legality checks such as: current safety certification, motor insurance and vehicle licence
 Police traffic law enforcement
 Automated camera enforcement of certain traffic laws

Details from the database are also available, for £2.50, to anyone having a good reason to require them. Between 2004 and 2009 the service sold more than 18 million names and addresses charging £44 million. The DVLA stated that they did not make a profit from the service. Commercial vehicle check companies incorporate database details Car check for consumer protection and anti-fraud purposes. In 2009, Castrol used information from the database to create personalised advertisements to drivers. Five billboards in London automatically recognised the numberplate and then advised drivers what type of engine oil to use based on the make and age of their car. The DVLA said that such use of the database was "inappropriate" and it was "urgently investigating".

See also
 Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) - the UK duty, or tax, payable to be allowed to use a motor vehicle on a public road
 Vehicle licence - the UK licence issued for a motor vehicle in return for the appropriate VED having been paid
 Vehicle registration plate
 U.S. and Canadian license plates

References

External links
 Vehicle Licensing - DVLA
 Northern Ireland - DVLNI
 Quebec (SAAQ)
 Parkplatzbeschilderung (in German)

Government databases in the United Kingdom
Vehicle law
Sütlü Nuriye

Sütlü Nuriye (Milky Nuriye) is a Turkish dessert similar to  baklava, but instead of syrup it contains milk, which gives a whitish look to the dessert. The name means Nuriye (Turkish female name) with milk. It is considered a speciality of Diyarbakir.

History

The dessert is said to have origins in Ottoman cuisine. According to Süheyl Ünver who authored the foundational book of post-Ottoman Turkish cuisine called Tarihte 50 Türk Yemeği (50 historical Turkish foods), an 18th century recipe was recorded by a judge from the Ottoman city of Izmir. The dough for this dessert is made with egg whites and usually contains some acidic ingredient like lemon juice or vinegar and the finish dessert is layered various ways.

The modern form of the dessert was created during the 1980 Turkish coup d'état during which a military officer purchased baklava and found the price to be too high. The officer complained to İsmail Hakki Akansel, who had been appointed Mayor of Istanbul in the aftermath of the coup. Akansel responded by setting a price ceiling on baklava, which was announced during Ramadan. The pastry shop was unable to make the traditional baklava recipe profitable under the new pricing rules. To lower the cost of making baklava, pastry chefs substituted hazelnuts for pistachios and added milk to increase the weight of each tray of baklava. The new recipe became known as Sütlü Nuriye.

See also
 Bülbül yuvası
 Şöbiyet

References

Turkish pastries
Turkish words and phrases
National Board of Review Awards 1942

14th National Board of Review Awards
December 24, 1942
The 14th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 24 December 1942.

Best English Language Films
In Which We Serve
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Mrs. Miniver
Journey for Margaret
Wake Island
The Male Animal
The Major and the Minor
Sullivan's Travels
The Moon and Sixpence
The Pied Piper

Winners
Best English Language Films: In Which We Serve
Best Documentary: Moscow Strikes Back
Best Acting:
Ernest Anderson - In This Our Life
Florence Bates - The Moon and Sixpence
James Cagney - Yankee Doodle Dandy
Jack Carson - The Male Animal
Charles Coburn - In This Our Life, Kings Row and H. M. Pulham, Esq.
Greer Garson - Mrs. Miniver and Random Harvest
Sydney Greenstreet - Across the Pacific
William Holden - The Remarkable Andrew
Tim Holt - The Magnificent Ambersons
Glynis Johns - The Invaders
Gene Kelly - For Me and My Gal
Ida Lupino - Moontide
Diana Lynn - The Major and the Minor
Hattie McDaniel - In This Our Life
Bernard Miles - In Which We Serve
John Mills - In Which We Serve
Thomas Mitchell - Moontide
Agnes Moorehead - The Magnificent Ambersons
Margaret O'Brien - Journey for Margaret
Susan Peters - Random Harvest
Edward G. Robinson - Tales of Manhattan
Ginger Rogers - Roxie Hart and The Major and the Minor
George Sanders - The Moon and Sixpence
William Severn - Journey for Margaret
Ann Sheridan - Kings Row
Rudy Vallée - The Palm Beach Story
Anton Walbrook - The Invaders
Googie Withers - One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Monty Woolley - The Pied Piper
Teresa Wright - Mrs. Miniver
Robert Young - H. M. Pulham, Esq., Journey for Margaret and Joe Smith, American

Notes

External links
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1942

1942
1942 film awards
1942 in American cinema
Adrian Cruft

Adrian Francis Cruft (10 February 1921 – 20 February 1987) was a British composer.

Cruft, the son of the double-bassist Eugene Cruft was educated at Westminster Abbey Choir School, Westminster School, and as a Boult conducting scholar at the Royal College of Music from 1938, completing his studies there briefly in 1946-1947 after service in World War II. He was a composition student of Gordon Jacob and Edmund Rubbra but also studied double bass with his father. Cruft became chairman of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain 1966.

Cruft, called a "performers' composer" by Roderick Swanston in an article in The Musical Times a couple of years after his death was, as a young chorister at Westminster Abbey, influenced by the revival of Tudor music and later by the counterpoint of Bach. Grove's music dictionary calls his music "diatonic, firmly based in tradition and generally straightforward in idiom". He composed church music as well as orchestral works and chamber music.

Notes

References
Cole, Hugh & Cruft, John, "Cruft, Adrian (Francis)", Grove Music Online , ed. L. Macy (Accessed 3 May 2006).
Rubbra, Edmund, "The music of Adrian Cruft", The Musical Times, 1969, p. 822-825.
Swanston, Roderick, "The music of Adrian Cruft", The Musical Times, 1991, p. 119-123.

External links
Adrian Cruft's papers are held in the archives of the Royal College of Music: Adrian Cruft's papers in the AIM25 database (Archives in London and the M25 area).

1921 births
1987 deaths
Alumni of the Royal College of Music
People educated at Westminster Abbey Choir School
Choristers at Westminster Abbey
20th-century classical musicians
20th-century English composers
British military personnel of World War II
Eugene Cruft

Eugene John Cruft   (8 June 1887 – 4 June 1976) was a British double bass player. He has been called the "leading double-bass player of his generation".

Eugene Cruft was born in London, son of John Cruft (1857-1937), principal viola in the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Eugene Cruft started in the London Symphony Orchestra in 1912, and was principal double-bass player in the BBC Symphony Orchestra 1929-1947, as well as in several other orchestras such as the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) and the Bath Festival Orchestra.
 
Cruft, whose great influence as a teacher of his instrument is pointed out by Grove's music dictionary, taught as professor of double-bass at the Royal College of Music and at the National Youth Orchestra. He also published The Eugene Cruft School of Double-Bass Playing, in the introduction of which he wrote: 'We never hear anyone say "I like music, so I think I'll learn the double-bass" but there is really no reason why they should not.'

Cruft chaired the company running the Pro Arte Orchestra (and played in it) when it was founded in 1955. He was also responsible for the organization of the orchestras at the coronations of both George VI and Elizabeth II. He was made a MVO and an OBE.

Eugene Cruft's son Adrian Cruft was a notable composer, and another son, John Cruft, was an oboist who became the Secretary of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1949. John went on from running the LSO to become Music Director of the British Council from 1959 - 1964 when he joined the Arts Council of Great Britain as the Music Director, a position he retained until his retirement in 1981. A grandson, Benedict Cruft, is a violinist and was the Dean of the School of Music of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, whose tenure ended in July, 2013.

Notes

References
Anon., "Mr Eugene Cruft", The Times, Tuesday, Jun 08, 1976; pg. 16; Issue 59724; col F. Letters from readers supplementing this obituary were published in The Times on Tuesday, June 15, 1976; pg. 16; Issue 59730; col F, and Thursday, June 17, 1976; pg. 20; Issue 59732; col F.
Firbes, Watson & Slatford, Rodney, "Cruft, Eugene (John)", Grove Music Online , ed. L. Macy (Accessed 3 May 2006).
Steer, John, "Cruft's School" (review of The Eugene Cruft School of Double-Bass Playing), The Musical Times 1967, p. 43.
Swanston, Roderick, "The music of Adrian Cruft", The Musical Times, 1991, p. 119. (On his son Adrian Cruft.)

1887 births
1976 deaths
British classical double-bassists
Male double-bassists
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Academics of the Royal College of Music
Members of the Royal Victorian Order
20th-century double-bassists
20th-century British male musicians
20th-century classical musicians
Yancey Arias

Yancey Arias (born June 27, 1971) is an American actor. He played Miguel Cadena in the NBC series Kingpin and Gabriel Williams in the FX series Thief.

Life and career
Born and raised in New York City to a Puerto Rican mother, Miriam, and a Colombian father, Tony, Arias attended Moore Catholic High School and St. John's Preparatory School before studying theater at Carnegie Mellon University.

His first big break came in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon in 1992, which he worked on in different capacities for several years. In addition to television roles, he also continued to work on stage, including a starring role in The Wild Party in 2000.

In 2001, he moved to Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife,  actress Anna Alvim. He was  on the show Knight Rider for the first half season. In 2004, he played little DeeDee's (actress Essence Atkins) love interest on the sitcom Half & Half.

In July 2013, it was announced that Arias would play Carl Villante, the head of an elite investigative unit, in the ABC series Castle. He appears in the film Cesar Chavez.

In 2017, Arias plays Colonel Cortez in USA's hit series Queen of the South.

Filmography

See also

List of Puerto Ricans

References

External links

Official website

1971 births
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
Hispanic and Latino American male actors
Moore Catholic High School alumni
Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni
American people of Colombian descent
Living people
Male actors from Staten Island
American actors of Puerto Rican descent
Colombian actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Happy Baby

Happy Baby is a 2004 novel by Stephen Elliott. The book was a finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award.

Plot
Theo is addicted to sadomasochism.  He insists on being hurt - whether by one he loves or by a professional dominatrix. Theo is a victim of the child welfare system.  Told in reverse chronological order, Happy Baby begins when 36-year-old Theo returns to Chicago after six years away, to visit an ex-girlfriend called Maria. He knows Maria from their years growing up together in a state institution, where Theo was sent aged thirteen after his abusive father was killed and his mother died from multiple sclerosis. Theo then drifts into relationships with women who are willing to abuse him.

His need for pain stems from the brutal treatment he received as a child in state custody.  He recalls the memory of Mr. Gracie, a pedophile caseworker who regularly raped him when he was aged twelve but also protected him from the other boys. Elliott explores the psychology of child sexual abuse and physical abuse.

References

External links
Official website
New York Times Review
Salon.com Review
Book Excerpt

2004 novels
Novels set in Chicago
Novels about child abuse
BDSM literature
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code

IMDG Code or International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code is accepted by MSC (Maritime Safety Committee) as an international guideline to the safe transportation or shipment of dangerous goods or hazardous materials by water on vessel. IMDG Code is intended to protect crew members and to prevent marine pollution in the safe transportation of hazardous materials by vessel.

Basis for national regulations
It is recommended to governments for adoption or for use as the basis for national regulations and is mandatory in conjunction with the obligations of the members of United Nations under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78).
It is intended for use not only by the mariner but also by all those involved in industries and services connected with shipping. Contains advice on terminology, packaging, labeling, placarding, markings, stowage, segregation, handling, and emergency response.  The HNS Convention covers hazardous and noxious substances that are included in the IMDG code.

Updates
The code is updated and maintained by the CCC (formerly DSC) Sub-Committee of the International Maritime Organization every 2 years.

Code in 2023
IMDG Code in calendar year 2023 is either the 2020 Edition; Incorporating Amendment 40-20 or 2022 Edition; Incorporating Amendment 41–22.  Both the 2020 Edition and the 2022 Edition can be used in 2023.

References

External links
IMO Website: IMDG Code
US Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
IMO:Carriage of chemicals by ship 
IMO:Preamble:IMDG Code 2006 Edition 
IMDG CODE in French version
The codes as an Open Knowledge foundation dataset
Free IMDG Code resources including free introduction and summary of recent changes

Water transport
Chemical safety
International Maritime Organization
Law of the sea
Hui of Balhae

Hui of Balhae (died 817) (r. 812?–817) was the eighth king of Balhae.  He was the son of King Gang, and the younger brother of King Jeong. He actively cultivated relations with Tang China, and imported many aspects of Tang culture and governmental systems, and sent buddhist statues to  Tang China in 814.He married and had a son named Dae Yeon-jun. The king used jujak(朱雀)  as his yeonho.

See also
List of Korean monarchs
History of Korea

References

817 deaths
Balhae monarchs
Mohe peoples
9th-century monarchs in Asia
Year of birth uncertain
Robert Helps

Robert Eugene Helps (b. Passaic, New Jersey, United States, September 23, 1928; d. Tampa, Florida, United States, November 24, 2001) was an American pianist and composer.

Career

Helps studied at the universities of Columbia (1947–49) and Berkeley (1949–51) He was one of the most distinguished pupils of Abby Whiteside and perhaps the most well-known practitioner of her theories of rhythm and of a technique directed from the humerus rather than the fingers.  He studied composition with Roger Sessions, who exerted a strong influence on his career, and whose music he often performed and recorded. He cultivated a lifelong interest for Frédéric Chopin's Études as well as Leopold Godowsky's Studies on Chopin's Études which informed both his piano playing and his composition.

Helps taught piano at the New England Conservatory of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Princeton University, Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Manhattan School of Music, and the University of South Florida. At the end of his life he divided his time between the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of South Florida. When in California he resided in Berkeley, a city with which he felt a strong affinity.

Awards and recognition

Helps was a recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. In 1976 he received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His music has been released on the NAXOS, CRI, Desto, and Albany labels.

The University of South Florida's Special Collections  holds the Robert Helps Archive.  The university also sponsors a Robert Helps Festival and awards an annual Robert Helps Prize for young composers.

References

External links
Robert Helps Web Monument
Robert Helps CV
New York Times Obituary, December 2, 2001
Robert Helps Collection at the University of South Florida
Robert Helps interview, January 23, 1988

1928 births
2001 deaths
20th-century American composers
20th-century American male musicians
20th-century American pianists
20th-century classical composers
20th-century American LGBT people
American classical composers
American classical pianists
American male classical composers
American male classical pianists
Classical musicians from New Jersey
Columbia University alumni
LGBT classical composers
American LGBT composers
Manhattan School of Music faculty
Musicians from Passaic, New Jersey
Musicians from Tampa, Florida
New England Conservatory faculty
Princeton University faculty
Pupils of Roger Sessions
Stanford University Department of Music faculty
University of California, Berkeley faculty
University of South Florida faculty
Kensington Temple

Kensington Temple is a Pentecostal Church in the Notting Hill area of London, England. It is pastored by Reverend Mark Ryan, and is the largest church in its denomination, the Elim Pentecostal Church.

History
The present church building was founded as Horbury Chapel, and used by the Hornton Street Congregational church, Notting Hill, in 1849. The building was purchased in 1930 by George Jeffreys. This became the Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship, Elim's flagship church, becoming Kensington Temple, Church of the Foursquare Gospel in 1935.

The use of the building reverted to the Elim Church in the early 1960s, and the church as it is known today was founded in 1965 by the Elim minister Rev. Eldin Corsie. Under his ministry in the late 1960s–1970s the congregation grew to 600, and then to several thousand under Rev. Wynne Lewis (later to become the Elim Church's General Superintendent) during the 1980s.

Since the 1980s, nicknamed by members of the church as 'KT', Kensington Temple has planted 150 churches across London. Today, the wider Kensington Temple London City Church Network includes 26 Network Churches located across Greater London. Over the years, many churches KT has planted have opted to become independent churches or to have an official status as a self-standing Elim church.

In 2000, Kensington Temple began to transition into a cell church, and today it has hundreds of cell groups meeting weekly across London. The same year, KT moved its offices from Tabernacle, an ex-BBC warehouse in North Acton, to Monarch House in North Acton. In 2005, the church moved its offices to Summit House, Hanger Lane, London. Over the years, Kensington Temple has held some of their annual events in large premier venues and conference centres in London including; Royal Albert Hall, Westminster Central Hall, Wembley Conference Centre and Wembley Arena.

In 2020, Kensington Temple has 7,000 members. The church continues to hold services in Notting Hill, as well as running a Bible School, online learning, rooms to let, a bookshop and a publishing company; Dovewell Communications.

Theology and ministry
Kensington Temple's theology is Pentecostal, emphasizing the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church and individuals.

The emphasis of ministry at KT is to equip all Christians to follow Jesus Christ and to grow both individually and collectively to be like him. Much of this equipping happens through cells, small groups that gather throughout the city. During the week, cell groups provide pastoral care, support and training for church members.

The overarching mission is London and the World for Christ.

References

External links
Official website

Elim Pentecostal Church
Pentecostal churches in London
Churches in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Buildings and structures in Notting Hill
Evangelical megachurches in the United Kingdom
National Board of Review Awards 1943

15th National Board of Review Awards
December 23, 1943
The 15th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 23 December 1943.

Best English Language Films
The Ox-Bow Incident
Watch on the Rhine
Air Force
Holy Matrimony
The Hard Way
Casablanca
Lassie Come Home
Bataan
The Moon Is Down
Next of Kin

Winners
Best Actors:
Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine
Harry Morgan - Happy Land and The Ox-Bow Incident
Cedric Hardwicke - The Cross of Lorraine and The Moon Is Down 
Best Actresses:
Gracie Fields - Holy Matrimony
Katina Paxinou - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Teresa Wright - Shadow of a Doubt
Best Directors:
Michael Curtiz - Casablanca and This Is the Army
Tay Garnett - Bataan and The Cross of Lorraine
William Wellman - The Ox-Bow Incident
Best English Language Film: The Ox-Bow Incident

External links
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1943

1943
1943 film awards
1943 in American cinema
National Board of Review Awards 1944

16th National Board of Review Awards
December 23, 1944
The 16th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 23 December 1944.

Best English Language Films
None But the Lonely Heart
Going My Way
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Hail the Conquering Hero
The Song of Bernadette
Wilson
Meet Me in St. Louis
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
Thunder Rock
Lifeboat

Winners
Best English Language Film: None But the Lonely Heart
Best Documentary: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
Best Acting:
Ethel Barrymore - None But the Lonely Heart
Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight
Humphrey Bogart - To Have and Have Not
Eddie Bracken - Hail the Conquering Hero
Bing Crosby - Going My Way
June Duprez - None But the Lonely Heart
Betty Hutton - The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Margaret O'Brien - Meet Me In St. Louis
Franklin Pangborn - Hail the Conquering Hero

Notes

External links
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1944

1944
1944 film awards
1944 in American cinema
Atlas Vampire

The Atlas Vampire was an unknown assailant who committed the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden. On May 4, 1932, a 31-year-old prostitute, Lilly Lindeström, was found murdered in her small apartment in the Atlas area of Stockholm near Sankt Eriksplan. She had been dead for 2–3 days before police broke into her apartment; she had suffered blunt force trauma to her head. Lilly was found completely naked and face-down on her bed. According to reports, sexual activity had taken place, with a condom found to be protruding from her anus. The detectives noted that a gravy ladle was found at the scene and on further inspection of the body, they realized her body had been drained of all of her blood. Police suspected the implement was used by the perpetrator to drink Lilly's blood. Various clients fell under suspicion, but after a lengthy investigation, none were charged with her murder. The murder remains unsolved.

On the evening of April 30th, 1932, Lilly had a visit from her friend, Mimmi. Around 7:30pm, the phone rang and an unfamiliar voice asked if she was Lilly Lindeström.

See also
List of unsolved deaths

Notes

References

1930s in Stockholm
1932 murders in Sweden
Crime in Stockholm
Unidentified criminals
Year of birth unknown
Unsolved murders in Sweden
Vampirism (crime)
Gan of Balhae

Gan of Balhae (died 818) (r. 817–818) was the ninth king of Balhae. He was the son of the sixth king, King Gang, and the younger brother of King Hui and King Jeong. He chose the era name Taesi (太始, "majestic beginning").

Family
Father: Dae Sungrin, King Gang (강왕 대숭린, 康王 大嵩璘)
Grandfather: Dae Heummu, King Mun (문왕 대흠무, 文王 大欽茂)
Older brother: Dae Wonyu, King Jeong (정왕 대원유, 定王 大元瑜)
Older brother: Dae Eonui, King Hui (희왕 대언의, 僖王 大言義)
Wife: Empress Sunmok of the Tae clan (순목황후 태씨, 順穆皇后 泰氏) – No issue.

See also
List of Korean monarchs
History of Korea

References

818 deaths
Balhae monarchs
Mohe peoples
9th-century monarchs in Asia
Year of birth unknown
Bosworth Independent School

Bosworth Independent School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school), the school is co-educational and is developing to be a prime choice of school for domestic and international students. Located in Northampton, England. Bosworth is a member of the 12 Cats Colleges, all of which nationally recognised for being amongst the top performing grades at GCSE and A-Level in the UK. Students are often distinguished in the local area by the notorious navy jumpers. Previously known as Bosworth Independent College, the school's name was changed in February 2023.

Bosworth charges up to £40,890 a year making it one of the most expensive schools in the UK. The school offers scholarships, one being the ‘Scholarship Of Excellence’, awarded to those who go onto study at Oxbridge. This scholarship consists of the previous two years of course and accommodation fees being reimbursed upon attendance of the first semester. Although typically scholarships are  worth 30% of the course and/ or boarding fees. Yet places are exclusive in the school as is publicity due to a large number of UHNWI and celebrities children attending.

The ‘School Of Princes’ dominates the roads St. George’s Avenue and Barrack Road, with buildings for education and boarding being located on both. With the main building being the imposing Newton Building, Bosworth is provided with a magnificent aesthetic presence, unlike any other open campus school site. Opposite the Newton Building is the racecourse, an 118 acre open space which was historically a horse racing track up until 1904, now containing floodlit rugby pitches, football pitches, basketball courts, a field-athletics track in the summer, tennis courts, a cricket pitch and facilities for many more sports which the school use for training, fixtures and P.E lessons.

Organisation
The School is part of the CATS Global Schools. It was founded in 1915.

Academics
The School offers programmes for Year 7, Year 8, Year 9, 2-year GCSE, 1-year GCSE, 2-year A-level, 18-month A-level and A-level preparation.

Buildings
Aside from the main Newton Building, the School has several other buildings around the Barrack Road and St. Georges Avenue area.

Teaching Buildings
 The Newton Building

Recreational Buildings
 Bosworth Hall (formerly St. George's Hall)

Boarding Facilities
 St. George's
 Poplars
 Farthings
 Calderfield
 Lime Trees
 Victoria House

The School also operates a Senior House boarding system with some older students living in houses owned by the school in the surrounding area

References

External links
 

Boarding schools in Northamptonshire
Private schools in West Northamptonshire District
Educational institutions established in 1977
1977 establishments in England