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Australian Amateur Football Council

The Australian Amateur Football Council (AAFC) is the governing body of amateur Australian football in the states of Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania in Australia.  The council was formed in 1933.

Overview 
The council organises amateur interstate and international representative matches, and is responsible for several amateur leagues, including the Victorian Amateur Football Association, South Australian Amateur Football League and Western Australian Amateur Football League.

Not all Australian amateur leagues are represented: the Northern Tasmanian Football Association has been a member in the past and a U23 All-Australian team played an open Tasmanian team in 2007. The Top End Australian Football Association, AFLQ State Association and Sydney AFL are not members of the AAFC, as these leagues do not follow as strict criteria of "amateur".

The AAFC was represented by a voting delegate on the Australian National Football Council from 1949 until the ANFC's dissolution in 1995. This gave the AAFC an equal voice in national administration of the game alongside major state leagues like the Victorian Football League and South Australian National Football League, and entitled the amateurs to send teams to compete in interstate carnivals.

Although its position on the ANFC nominally meant the amateurs were required to play under the national Laws of Australian Football, the amateurs have played with minor differences in the rules: most notably, the amateurs have had an order-off rule since the 1930s, and presently use a 25-metre penalty instead of the 50-metre penalty used in professional leagues. 

Player transfer rules also differ: while players are required to sign transfers when switching between professional leagues, they do not need to do so for amateur leagues affiliated with the AAFC; however, during player registration, most leagues affiliated with the AAFC request statements of a clean history (no major reports or lifetime bans) and that they are not being paid to play elsewhere.

The AAFC's international tours have included under 17 AAFC tours to Ireland to play International Rules Football against Gaelic Athletic Associations.

References

External links 
 

Australian rules football governing bodies
Sports organizations established in 1933
Avi Mograbi

Avi Mograbi (; born May 9, 1956) is an Israeli documentary filmmaker.

Life and career
Mograbi's grandfather founded The Mograbi Cinema (Kolnoa Mograbi), an Art Deco movie theatre in downtown Tel Aviv. Opened in 1930, it was probably Israel's most famous movie theater. It was the site of one of the largest celebrations following the 1948 partition and remained a vital national landmark until its demolition in the 1990s.

Avi Mograbi was born in Tel Aviv to migrant parents. His mother fled to Palestine from Germany (at that time German Reich) in the 1930s; his father was born in Beirut, Lebanon to an Arab-speaking Jewish family. Like all Israeli citizens over the age of 18, he was required to join the Israel Defence Forces for military service. He was a non-combatant He became a reservist, and when in 1982 Israel invaded Lebanon, he was recruited to serve as a combatant. He conscientiously objected and was jailed.

He studied philosophy at Tel Aviv University from 1979 to 1982, and art at HaMidrasha Art School, Ramat HaSharon.

After working as an assistant director in local and foreign films and commercials, he began making films in 1989. Since 1999 he has taught documentary and experimental filmmaking at the University of Tel Aviv, at Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel Film and Television School and art academy and at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem.

In 2004, he became one of the founding members of Breaking the Silence, an Israeli non-governmental organisation intended to give serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a means to confidentially recount their experiences in the Occupied Territories. Collections of such accounts have been published in order to educate the Israeli public about conditions in these areas.

His non-fiction films examine the Israel-Palestinian conflict using provocative and self-reflexive methods. His film, Avenge But One of My Two Eyes, which was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, investigates and critiques the paradoxes of Israeli society—which on one hand celebrates age old myths and tales of destruction and violence (for example The Siege of Masada and Samson) while condemning Palestinians for resorting to similar acts of violence.

In June 2014, Avi Mograbi was the first special guest invited by the Open City Docs Fest, who organised a retrospective of his work and also a new edition and live performance of The Details, initially presented at the University Rennes 2.

Filmography
Deportation (1989, short)
The Reconstruction (1994)
How I Learned to Overcome My Fear and Love Ariel Sharon (1997)
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mograbi (1999)
August: A Moment Before the Eruption (2002)
Wait it's the soldiers, I have to hang up now (2002, short)
Detail (2004, short)
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes (2005)
Mrs Goldstein (2006, short)
 Z32 (2008)
Once I Entered a Garden (2012)
 Between Fences (2016)
The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation (2021)

References

External links
 
 Interview with Avi Mograbi on his film Avenge But One of My Two Eyes

1956 births
Living people
Israeli documentary filmmakers
Israeli film directors
Saltwater (Chicane song)

"Saltwater" is a song by English musician Chicane featuring the vocals of Irish singer Máire Brennan. The track uses parts of Clannad's 1982 hit "Theme from Harry's Game" with both re-recorded and newly written lyrics.

It was released as a single in May 1999, reaching the number-six position on the UK Singles Chart and becoming a popular trance track in clubs across Europe. In 2003, the song was used in a national tourism campaign for Ireland and also by Belfast City Council in adverts promoting the city.

Music video
Filmed in February 1999, the music video for "Saltwater" juxtaposes calm surfing footage, which was shot in Woolacombe, North Devon, where many beaches that are popular surfer destinations are located, with frenzied nightclub footage, which was shot at a studio on Old Street in London as well as at the actual Gatecrasher One club in Sheffield (known as "The Republic" at the time).

Formats and track listings

UK CD single
 "Saltwater" (original radio edit)
 "Saltwater" (original mix)
 "Saltwater" (Mothership mix)

UK 12-inch single
A. "Saltwater" (original mix) – 9:49
B. "Saltwater" (Tomski vs. Disco Citizens remix) – 8:45

UK cassette single
 "Saltwater" (original radio edit)
 "Saltwater" (Mothership mix)

European CD single
 "Saltwater" (original edit)
 "Saltwater" (original mix)

Australian CD single
 "Saltwater" (original edit)
 "Saltwater" (original mix)
 "Saltwater" (Mothership mix)
 "Saltwater" (Tomski vs. Disco Citizens remix)

US maxi-CD single
 "Saltwater" (original mix) – 9:48
 "Saltwater" (Tomski vs. Disco Citizens remix) – 9:08
 "Don't Give Up" (Peter Rauhofer Roxy Anthem) – 10:00
 "Don't Give Up" (Johnny Vicious club mix) – 9:31
 "Autumn Tactics" (Chicane's End of Summer remix) – 8:41

US 12-inch single
A1. "Saltwater" (original mix) – 9:48
A2. "Halcyon" (Airscape remix) – 7:00
B1. "Saltwater" (Tomski vs. Disco Citizens remix) – 9:08
B2. "Autumn Tactics" (Thrillseekers remix) – 8:07

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

1999 singles
1999 songs
Chicane (musician) songs
Songs written by Chicane (musician)
Songs written by Ciarán Brennan
Songs written by Pól Brennan
Trance songs
Undercurrent

Undercurrent is a flow of water below the surface:
In an ocean, a subsurface current, a water current which flows beneath and usually independently of surface currents.
In a river, a subsurface current (see whitewater)
It may also refer to:

Books
 Undercurrent (newspaper), a Canadian newspaper
 Undercurrent (manga), a 2005 manga by Tetsuya Toyoda
The Undercurrent (novel), by Robert Grant (writer)

Film and TV
 The Undercurrent (1919 film), a 1919 American drama film directed by Wilfrid North
 Undercurrent (1946 film), a film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Katharine Hepburn
 Undercurrent, an alternate title for the 1956 Japanese film Night River
 Undercurrent, a 1999 film starring Lorenzo Lamas
 Undercurrent (2010 film), an Icelandic film, starring Gísli Örn Garðarsson
 Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall, a 2022 HBO documentary on the Murder of Kim Wall, by Erin Lee Carr
 "Undercurrent", a 1976 episode of The Onedin Line

Music
 Undercurrent (Kenny Drew album), a 1960 album by pianist Kenny Drew
 Undercurrent (Bill Evans and Jim Hall album), a 1962 album by pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Jim Hall
 Undercurrent (Sarah Jarosz album), a 2016 album by Sarah Jarosz
 Undercurrent (Matisyahu album), a 2017 album by Matisyahu
 The Undercurrent (album), a 2008 album by French band Scarve
 UnderCurrent Entertainment, a record label whom hip hop artist Abhi the Nomad is signed to, among others

See also
 Undercurrents (disambiguation)
Aulne Abbey

Aulne Abbey () was a Cistercian monastery located between Thuin and Landelies on the river Sambre in the Bishopric of Liège, Belgium. It is now a Walloon Heritage Site.

History
Aulne Abbey was originally founded as a Benedictine monastery in 656, on the banks of the Sambre in the Vallée de la Paix ("Valley of Peace") in the Bishopric of Liège (modern-day Belgium), by Landelinus, abbot of Crespin Abbey. Sometime before 974 the Benedictines were replaced by secular clerics leading a common life, who, in 1144 adopted the Rule of St. Augustine.

At the instance of Henry of Leyen, Bishop of Liège, it came into the hands of Cistercian monks from Clairvaux in 1147, under Franco de Morvaux as its first Cistercian abbot. From that time onwards it flourished as a Cistercian monastery. The monks constructed an extensive irrigation system and six ponds that provided fish for the abbey. Building commenced on the abbey church in 1214 by Father Gilles de Beaumont.

French revolutionary troops burned the abbey in 1794, only a short time after it had been rebuilt on a larger scale. The library, which contained 40,000 books and 5,000 manuscripts, was also destroyed. In 1859 the last monk died; the Monastery was abandoned and the abbot's residence turned into a hospice.

Blessed Simon of Aulne
The son of a Belgian nobleman descended from the counts of Guelders, at the age of sixteen, Simon joined the Cistercians at Aulne as a lay-brother. He was assigned to work in the monastery granaries and tend the sheep. Simon was a mystic who experienced visions and was believed to have the gift of reading hearts. His reputation spread and in 1215 he was summoned to Rome by Pope Innocent III to advise the Pope during the Fourth Lateran Council. After the council, the pope wished to ordain Simon to the priesthood, but he declined and returned to Aulne. He died at the age of eighty-four on November 6, 1228. Never formally canonized he has been venerated for centuries and is commemorated on November 6.

Present day
In 2006, the abbey was acquired by the Walloon Region of Belgium as a historic monument. There is an onsite cafe for the convenience of visitors and an interpretive centre. An on-site brewery was revived in 1950.

References

Sources
 Endnotes:

Ruined Christian monasteries in Belgium
Christian monasteries in Hainaut (province)
Wallonia's Major Heritage
Canons regular
Augustinian monasteries in Belgium
Cistercian monasteries in Belgium
Benedictine monasteries in Belgium
7th-century establishments in Francia
18th-century disestablishments in the Southern Netherlands
Christian monasteries established in the 7th century
Monasteries destroyed during the French Revolution
Thuin
630s establishments
Christian monasteries disestablished in the 18th century
7th-century churches in Belgium
Izenberge

Izenberge is a Belgian village in the province of West Flanders. Since a fusion in the seventies it belongs now to the larger agglomeration of Alveringem.  It's the home of the open-air museum Bachten De Kupe and a local museum of curiosities. Besides a picturesque Romanesque church, it also has a very beautiful baroque chapel, which is still a place of pilgrimage.

Events: in August there is the annual funfair with a flea market (15 August).

External links
  Open Air Museum Bachten De Kupe

Populated places in West Flanders
Alveringem
God Is a DJ (Faithless song)

"God Is a DJ" is a song by British group Faithless, written by Maxi Jazz, Rollo, Sister Bliss, and Jamie Catto. It was released on 24 August 1998 as the lead single from their second studio album, Sunday 8PM (1998). The single reached number six in the United Kingdom and also reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in September 1998. The title and core lyric originated from words on a T-shirt worn to rehearsal by the band guitarist Dave Randall.

Faithless won a Brit Award for Best British Act in 1999 for their work on the song and other tracks on Sunday 8PM. Billboard claimed in an article in early 1999 that many people involved with dance music thought that "God Is a DJ" should have been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording of 1998. The song re-entered the UK chart in 2005 following the release of Forever Faithless and reached number 66.  After Maxi Jazz died in December 2022, the song charted at number 40 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.

Critical reception
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that Faithless are "melding electronic elements into a trance-disco beat." He noted further that vocalist Maxi Jazz "strides atop the track with a hypnotic chant that boldly declares the club a church. As he rants "this is my church," organ lines swoop and surround him as the beat pumps with intense authority." Daily Record described it as a "pumping, hypnotic track".

Track listings

UK CD release
 "God Is a DJ" (radio edit) – 03:34
 "God Is a DJ" (Monster mix) [edit] – 06:52
 "God Is a DJ" (Serious Danger remix) [edit] – 05:09
 "God Is a DJ" (Sharp remix) [edit] – 04:27

European CD release
 "God Is a DJ" (radio edit) – 03:33
 "God Is a DJ" (Monster mix) [edit] – 06:53
 "God Is a DJ" (Serious Danger remix) [edit] – 05:09
 "God Is a DJ" (Sharp remix) [edit] – 04:26

French CD release
 "God Is a DJ" (radio mix) – 03:32
 "God Is a DJ" (Sharp remix) – 04:26

Greek CD release
 "God Is a DJ" (radio edit) – 03:33
 "God Is a DJ" (Monster mix) – 06:53
 "God Is a DJ" (Serious Danger remix) – 05:09
 "God Is a DJ" (Sharp remix) – 04:26

12-inch release
 "God Is a DJ" (Monster mix) – 08:01
 "God Is a DJ" (Sharp remix) – 09:21

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

See also
 List of number-one dance singles of 1998 (U.S.)

References

External links
 FaithlessWeb.com
 Faithless / Rollo / Sister Bliss & related artists - Unofficial Discography

1998 songs
1998 singles
Arista Records singles
Cheeky Records singles
Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
Faithless songs
Songs written by Maxi Jazz
Songs written by Rollo Armstrong
Songs written by Sister Bliss
Irish anniversary festivals

In the 1980s and 1990s, a number of areas in the Republic of Ireland held year-long festivals commemorating historic anniversaries.  The country was in an economic depression at the time and these were excuses for some civic pride; the anniversaries chosen were often rather arbitrary and were chosen by the relevant local authority to promote tourism.

The "Dublin millennium" was proposed by city manager Frank Feely to be held in 1988, commemorating Gaelic King Mael Seachlainn II's conquest of the Viking city of Dublin. The corporation agreed in December 1985, prompting a historian to point out that the conquest had actually occurred in 989 and to suggest the year "was chosen quite arbitrarily for the 'millennium' because it is coming up soon, not long after the Galway 500 and the Cork 800".

Festivals

 Galway 500, the first such commemoration held in Galway in 1984, the 500th anniversary of the granting of a town charter in 1484
 Cork 800 in 1985, the 800th anniversary of its charter of 1185
 Dublin Millennium in 1988, commemorating the submission of the King of Dublin to Mael Seachlainn II in 988 (though in fact this occurred in 989). A commemorative 50 pence piece was minted for general circulation nationally.
 Dundalk 1200 in 1989, for the Battle of Clóitech which effected the separation of Dundalk from Ulaid in 789.
 Ennis 750 in 1990, commemorating the foundation of Ennis Friary in 1240.
 Limerick 300 in 1991, for the Treaty of Limerick of 1691
 Mayo 5000 in 1993, based on archeological evidence that the Céide Fields were approximately that age

References

Festivals in Ireland
Historiography of Ireland
Christ the Word Catholic School

Christ the Word Catholic School is a Catholic co-educational voluntary aided secondary school situated on Cefndy Road, in Rhyl, Denbighshire. It opened in September 2019 and is an English-medium school. It replaced both a secondary school, Blessed Edward Jones Catholic School and primary school, Ysgol Mair, meaning that it teaches pupils from ages 3 to 16.

It was one of three Catholic secondary schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham, the others being St Joseph's Catholic & Anglican High School, Wrexham, and St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School, Flint.

History

Blessed Edward Jones Catholic High School
In September 1965, Blessed Edward Jones School was founded to provide education for children of Catholic families in Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, and Llandudno. It is situated next to a feeder primary school, Ysgol Mair.

It was named after Blessed Edward Jones, who was a Welsh Catholic martyr in the 16th century, who baptised an Anglican, before becoming a Catholic priest.

In October 2012, it was inspected by Estyn who reported that its performance was Good. In 2019, it was replaced by Christ the Word School.

Christ the Word Catholic School
In 2013, plans were made by Denbighshire County Council, the local education authority, to build a new dual faith school for Anglicans and replace the existing Catholic schools in the county. Originally, the plan was to merge Blessed Edward Jones, Ysgol Mair in Rhyl and St Brigid's School in Denbigh, and include the Anglican Diocese of St Asaph. Later, the Diocese of St Asaph pulled out of the plans as did St Brigid's School.

The name of the new school became Christ the Word Catholic School. It opened in 2019 and is built on the site of Blessed Edward Jones and Ysgol Mair, replacing the two schools. It teaches pupils aged 3 to 16 years old. The cost of the building was £23 million and was being built by Kier Construction. It has capacity for 920 pupils, 420 pupils for 3 to 11 and 500 pupils for ages 11 to 16.

The facilities in the school include a theatre, assembly hall, domestic science room, four-court sports hall, a chapel, small hall and an external dining area. Outdoors there is a sports pitch and an all weather pitch.

Notable former pupils

 Carol Vorderman, television personality/presenter
 Chris Ruane, Labour MP for the Vale of Clwyd constituency (1997-2015)
 David Harrison, jockey, who was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1992.
 Barry Hilton, South African Comedian

References

External links
 

Secondary schools in Denbighshire
Catholic secondary schools in the Diocese of Wrexham
Rhyl
Educational institutions established in 1965
1965 establishments in Wales
Long plantar ligament

The long plantar ligament  (long calcaneocuboid ligament; superficial long plantar ligament) is a long ligament on the underside of the foot that connects the calcaneus with the 2nd to 5th metatarsal.

Structure
The long plantar ligament is the longest of all the ligaments of the tarsus. It is attached behind to the plantar surface of the calcaneus in front of the tuberosity, and in front to the tuberosity on the plantar surface of the cuboid bone, the more superficial fibers being continued forward to the bases of the second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones.

This ligament converts the groove on the plantar surface of the cuboid into a canal for the tendon of the fibularis longus.

Deep to this ligament is the short plantar ligament.

The long plantar ligament separates the two heads of the quadratus plantae muscle.

See also
 Plantar calcaneonavicular ligament
 Short plantar ligament

References

External links
  ()
 Image at gla.ac.uk

Ligaments of the lower limb
Bajpe

Bajpe is a locality in Mangalore city of Dakshina Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, now also known as Bajpe Town, India. It is around  from the city of Mangalore. The Mangalore International Airport is located at Bajpe and was previously known as the Bajpe Aerodrome.
City bus number 47 connects Bajpe to State Bank. There are a number of villages surrounding Bajpe, for which it serves as a hub. The nearby villages to which Bajpe serves as hub are Permude, Hosabettu, Kinnigoli, Kalamundkur and Kateel. Bajpe is derived from the Tulu word, Bija da Appe (Mother of Seeds) since it was famous for its agricultural market in olden days.

Bajpe now its declared as a Town and official Known as Bajpe Town by Municipal Administration of Dakshina Kannada District

Demographics
, India census, Bajpe had a population of 17,032. Males constitute 48 per cent of the population and females 52 per cent. Bajpe has an average literacy rate of 92 per cent, higher than the national average of 74.04;
The male and female literacy rate are equal. 11 per cent of the population is under 6 years of age.

Notable People

B. A. Mohiddin-Ex - Minister for Higher Education
Ranjith Bajpe Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work in Tulu cinema

References

Cities and towns in Dakshina Kannada district
Localities in Mangalore
Mandeni

Mandeni (also Mandini) is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

The town is roughly 22 km north-east of Stanger.

The town has four shopping centres, namely;  Mandeni shopping centre, where most residents go, Sundumbili plaza, Gcaleka Shopping centre  (also known as KwaGcaleka) and seven townships. The town has many factories and attracts workers from afar.  The biggest employer is Sappi, the largest paper manufacturer in South Africa.

The Tugela River flows through Mandeni and the mouth of the river is 10 km from the town center.  Mandeni is located 22 km from Stanger and 96 km from Durban.

On December 28 and 27, 2020, a rather high maximum temperature of  was registered.

Notable people
 Vusi Ximba, musician
Zamakhetheka Ntshulane, sneaker designer

References

Populated places in the Mandeni Local Municipality
Mazraa

Mazraa or Mazra'a may refer to:

Places

Syria
Al-Mazraa, a town in southern Syria in the Al-Suwayda Governorate

Lebanon
Corniche el Mazraa,  Street in Beirut 
Mazraa, a town in Lebanon
Mazraat El Chouf, a town and area in Chouf District, Lebanon
Mazraa, a commercial district in Beirut, Lebanon
Mazraat Al Toufah, a village in Zgharta District, Lebanon
Mazraat En Nahr, a village in Zgharta District, Lebanon

Israel
Mazra'a, a local council in the western Galilee 
el-Mazra'a, or Mizra, ancient site in the Jezreel Valley also called Hirbat el Mizra 
Khirbet el Mazra'a, locality in the Upper Galilee now Zar'it

Palestine
Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, a Palestinian town near Ramallah 
Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, a Palestinian village, now part of Al-Zaitounah town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
Al-Muzayri'a, a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict

Other
 Battle of al-Mazraa
Chevalier Alfredo Duprat

Chevalier Alfredo Duprat was born in Lisbon on 21 July 1816 and was a member for Portugal on the Combined Anglo-Portuguese Commission dealing with captured slavers. Major Duprat was the first Commanding Officer of Cape Town Volunteer Artillery (CVA) when the unit was raised in Cape Town on 26 August 1857.

South African military personnel
1816 births
Year of death missing
Military personnel from Lisbon
Cape Colony army officers
Richard Garrett (author)

Richard Garrett (15 January 1920 – 29 July 2008) is an English author and an ex-prisoner of war.

Biography

Richard Garrett joined up in 1939 and was made a second lieutenant in the Notts and Derby Regiment (the Sherwood Foresters) at the outbreak of war.  In 1940 he formed part of the ill-fated Allied campaign in Norway. After an abortive action near Lillehammer, in which unprepared British troops underwent a determined aerial attack by the Germans, he found himself, with fifteen other men, separated from the main British force. It was decided to make for the North Sea coast, a 300-mile trek across the highest mountain range in Scandinavia. Travelling only at night the men reached the Sognefjord on Whit Sunday 1940. Since the Germans were already there, it was decided to continue to Eikfjord where a fishing boat was acquired on the strength of a £100 iou (which was honoured at the end of the war). From there they crossed the North Sea back to the Shetland Islands.

During his time stationed back in Britain he suffered a fall from a horse leaving him with severe concussion, but was finally passed as fit for service and took part in Operation Torch, the invasion of Tunisia. On 28 February 1943, whilst attempting to help one of his men who had been wounded, he was taken prisoner. Initially handed over to the Italians, he was held prisoner in Capua, Italy and near Modena. With the fall of Mussolini, prisoners of war were transported to Germany and Garrett spent most of the remainder of the war in Oflag Va, Weinsberg (see List of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany) near Stuttgart. In late spring 1945 the prisoners were moved to Moosburg, near Munich, where they were Liberated by American troops. His return to England was featured in the documentary "The Day the War Ended" on BBC television.

His postwar career included founding and running a company producing house magazines for large corporations and an involvement in the British motor racing scene of the sixties and seventies. He has written forty-five books. He died on 29 July 2008.

Publications

Great Sea Mysteries (1971)
True Tales of Detection (1972)
Narrow Squeaks: Real Life Stories of Miraculous Escapes (1973)
Famous Characters of the Wild West (1975)
Stories of Famous Natural Disasters (1976)
Famous Rescues at Sea (1977)
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: The Elusive Sisters (1978)
Hoaxes and Swindles (1979)
Aliens from Outer Space (1983)
Atlantic Disaster: Man's War Against the North Atlantic (1986)
Flight into Mystery: Reports from the Dark Side of the Sky (1986)
Great Escapes of World War II (1989) 
Voyage into Mystery: Reports from the Sinister Side of the Sea (1991)

British Army personnel of World War II
World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
English non-fiction writers
1920 births
2008 deaths
English male non-fiction writers
20th-century English male writers
Mediterranean Social Forum

The Mediterranean Social Forum is the first interregional Social Forum, created between movements from Europe, Maghreb and Mediterranean Middle East

See also
 World social forum
 European Social Forum

External links

 Official website

Social forums
Tardi Beg

Tardi Beg, born Muhammad Beg Zulfiqar Khan, was a military commander in the 16th century in Mughal Empire. He served under the Mughal Emperors Humayun and Akbar. Beg was part of Humayun's forces when they retreated from India after the siege by Sher Shah. He remained with his leader throughout his exile in Persia.

It is reported that he was disliked by both the troops and generals and was eventually killed for cowardice by Bairam Khan.

Beg is said to have refused to give up his horse for the heavily pregnant Hamida, wife of Humayun, when she was eight months pregnant with her son Akbar. He is also said to have charged Humayun 20% interest on a loan.  Beg was further accused of deserting the city of Agra as soon as Hemu's forces approached.

The truth of these allegations is difficult to gauge as most were written after his death and following the great successes of Bairam Khan, his executor. The allegations therefore may have been created to justify the action taken by Bairam.

References
 Akbar-Nama Vol. 2 Chap. 9

Mughal generals
Fibular retinacula

The fibular retinacula (also known as peroneal retinacula) are fibrous retaining bands that bind down the tendons of the fibularis longus and fibularis brevis muscles as they run across the side of the ankle. (Retinaculum is Latin for "retainer.")

These bands consist of the superior fibular retinaculum and the inferior fibular retinaculum. The superior fibers are attached above to the lateral malleolus and below to the lateral surface of the calcaneus. The inferior fibers are continuous in front with those of the inferior extensor retinaculum of the foot; behind they are attached to the lateral surface of the calcaneus; some of the fibers are fixed to the calcaneal tubercle, forming a septum between the tendons of the fibularis longus and fibularis brevis.

See also
 Fibularis longus
 Fibularis brevis

References

External links
 
 

Lower limb anatomy
Otley, Suffolk

Otley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is around  north-east of Ipswich in the East Suffolk district. The parish, which covers an area of about , had a population of 676 at the 2011 United Kingdom census. The B1079 road runs through the village, meeting the B1078 to the south of the parish at Otley Green.

The village has a number of amenities, including a shop, public house, village hall, doctors surgery and two churches. The village primary school is small and educates around 50 pupils. In the south of the parish, Suffolk Rural College delivers a range of agricultural and other vocational courses. The college originally opened in 1970 as Otley College of Agriculture and Horticulture and became part of Ipswich-based Suffolk New College in 2020.

Otley Hall, a 15th-century Grade I listed house which was historically the seat of the family of Bartholomew Gosnold, is to the north of the village. To the south of the village is a motte and bailey castle site and a Roman road crossed the parish towards its southern boundary. The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and dates from the 15th century. It has what is believed to be one of the oldest total immersion baptismal font in any English Anglican church. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

Otley Baptist Chapel is situated on Chapel Road and dates from 1800. The building was significantly enlarged in the 1830s, at which point it became a Strict Baptist chapel. On the morning of 30 March 1851 it had a congregation of 462, over four times that of the Anglican church, with another congregation, of 562, in the afternoon. The modern chapel seats 500.

Otley is the birthplace of Roger Osborne who scored the only goal of the game in the 1978 FA Cup Final for Ipswich Town. It was also for many years, the home of Percy Edwards, famous for his impressions of birds and other animal noises.

Notes

References

External links

Otley Village website
Otley Hall website

Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
Inferior extensor retinaculum of foot

The inferior extensor retinaculum of the foot (cruciate crural ligament, lower part of anterior annular ligament) is a Y-shaped band placed in front of the ankle-joint, the stem of the Y being attached laterally to the upper surface of the calcaneus, in front of the depression for the interosseous talocalcaneal ligament; it is directed medialward as a double layer, one lamina passing in front of, and the other behind, the tendons of the peroneus tertius and extensor digitorum longus.

At the medial border of the latter tendon, these two layers join, forming a compartment in which the tendons are enclosed.

From the medial extremity of this sheath, the two limbs of the Y diverge: one is directed upward and medialward, to be attached to the tibial malleolus, passing over the extensor hallucis longus and the vessels and nerves but enclosing the tibialis anterior by a splitting of its fibers.

The other limb extends downward and medialward, to be attached to the border of the plantar aponeurosis, and passes over the tendons of the extensor hallucis longus and tibialis anterior and also the vessels and nerves.

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See also
Cruciate ligament

References 

Lower limb anatomy
Hallé Choir

The Hallé Choir is a large symphonic chorus of around 170 singers based in Manchester, England. It was founded as Manchester Choral Society alongside the Hallé Orchestra in 1858 by Sir Charles Hallé. The choir gives around ten concerts a year with The Hallé at The Bridgewater Hall and other venues across the UK. Appearing with international conductors and soloists in concert and recordings, the choir performs a repertoire of major choral and operatic works ranging from mainstream pieces to more esoteric pieces and commissions.

Recent Hallé Choir Directors have included James Burton, Frances Cooke and Madeleine Venner. The current Hallé Choir Director is Matthew Hamilton.

Conductors 

 2015 to present - Matthew Hamilton
 2012 to 2015 - Madeline Venner
 2002 to 2009 - James Burton

Notable recordings 
Since the launch of the Hallé record label in 2003 the choir has appeared on a number of recordings including Holst's Hymn of Jesus (Hallé, 2013), Delius' Sea Drift (Hallé, 2013), Matthews' Aftertones (Hallé, 2014), Vaughan-Williams' A Sea Symphony (Hallé, 2015) and Elgar's Spirit of England (Hallé, 2017). The Hallé have also won a number of awards for recordings featuring the Hallé Choir:

References 

British choirs
Madamon

Madamon is a village located in Ranni-Perunad Panchayat of Ranni Taluk, Pathanamthitta District of Kerala. It is situated in the Western Ghats and has undulating terrain. The place is blessed with Pamba, a holy river which flows through it. River Pampa divides Madamon into two as Madamon Vadakkekkara and Thekkekkara. Sabharimala road is going through Thekkekkara and a boat service by PWD connects together.

Hrishikesha Temple
The village boasts of the "Hrishikesha Temple" which is a stop over for many pilgrims who pass through this village to the holy shrine Sabarimala, 60 km away. The main festival of this temple is that of Pathamudayam, meaning the 'tenth sunrise'. This occurs generally on 23 or 24 April, when the sun is exactly over this latitude. This is a 10-day festival which is the main attraction for the folks around this village. Similarly the temple celebrates the Sabarimala festive season during mid November to mid January.

Church of God
The main attraction of Vadekkekkara is the Church of God Madamon a Christian church started in 1960 and having meeting every Sunday in Church Hall.

Madamon Hindu convention
Also there is an yearly convention conducted in Pampa River sand bed by Ezhava Community.

Schools
The village has a government-run upper primary school (classes till Seventh Standard) and a post office. The village also has co-operative bank as well as a private bank. There is a library (Granthasala)also that exist in the village.

Economy
Agriculture is the mainstay of the population. The area has extensive rubber plantation. The villagers also tend cows and produce milk which is collected by the Milma Co-operative outlet in the village. Many young people have started plying auto-rickshas and taxis as a source of employment and livelihood.

Tourism
The village has attained prominence amongst the Sabarimala pilgrims as a stopover place. They take a break for a holy bath in Pamba river as well as for refreshments. The local temple also forms an added attraction.

Agriculture
The village folks are generally farmers growing food items like tapioca, bananas, vegetables, and cash crops like coconut and rubber. They produce Betel nut as well as black pepper. As with most other villages, a large number of the locals work outside the state, even abroad and support the families back in this village.

Transportation
Madamon is divided into Madamon Vadekkekkara and Madamon Thekkekkara. The main Sabarimala Road is going through Vadekkekkara on the other hand Thekkekkara connected to Ranni and Vadasserikkara.

References 

Villages in Pathanamthitta district
Japan National Route 3

is a major highway on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. It connects the prefectural capital cities of Kagoshima (Kagoshima Prefecture), Kumamoto (Kumamoto Prefecture), and Fukuoka (Fukuoka Prefecture), passing through Kurume as well.

Its northern terminus is Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, where it meets National Route 2.

The total length of National Route 3 is 392.1 km.

Route data
Length: 392.1 km (243.7 mi)
Origin: Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū (originates at the terminus of Route 2)
Terminus: Kagoshima (ends at the terminus of Routes 10, 224, 225 and 226 and the origins of Route 58) 
Major cities: Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Kurume, Kumamoto, Kagoshima

History
4 December 1952 - First Class National Highway 3 (from Kitakyūshū to Kagoshima)
1 April 1965 - General National Highway 3 (from Kitakyushu to Kagoshima)

Overlapping sections
From Moji-ku, Kitakyushu (Oimatsu-Park intersection) to Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū (Mihagino intersection): Route 10
From Kurume to Yamaga (Chuo Street intersection): Route 325
From Yamaga (Nishiue-machi intersection) to Yamaga (Chuo Street intersection): Route 443
From Kita-ku, Kumamoto (Ueki-machi Mouno intersection) to Chūō-ku, Kumamoto (Suido-cho intersection): Route 208
From Minami-ku, Kumamoto (Chikami-machi intersection) to Uto (Matsuwara intersection): Route 57
From Chūō-ku, Kumamoto (Suido-cho intersection) to Uki (Matsubase-machi Kugu): Route 218
From Chūō-ku, Kumamoto (Suido-cho intersection) to Yatsushiro (Hagiwara-machi intersection): Route 219
From Kagoshima Koyamada-chō (Koyamada-chō intersection) to Kagoshima Shiroyama-chō (Terukuni Shrine intersection): Route 328

Municipalities passed through
Fukuoka Prefecture
Kitakyūshū - Mizumaki - Onga - Okagaki - Munakata - Fukutsu - Koga - Shingu - Fukuoka - Onojō - Dazaifu - Chikushino - (via Saga Prefecture) - Kurume - Hirokawa - Yame
Saga Prefecture
Kiyama - Tosu
Kumamoto Prefecture
Yamaga - Kumamoto - Uto - Uki - Hikawa - Yatsushiro - Ashikita - Tsunagi - Minamata
Kagoshima Prefecture
Izumi - Akune - Satsumasendai - Ichikikushikino - Hioki - Kagoshima

References

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Roads in Fukuoka Prefecture
Roads in Kagoshima Prefecture
Roads in Kumamoto Prefecture
Roads in Saga Prefecture
Askar Camp

Askar () is a Palestinian refugee camp. It is located on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus and was established in 1950 on 119 dunums of land. Residents of the camp refer to this as “New Askar”.

History

Ancient period 
Askar is identified with Ein Sukkar, an ancient settlement featured in the Mishnah and Talmud, as well as in the New Testament. Thanks to its fertility, the Ein Sukkar Valley is mentioned in Rabbinic literature as a place from which the grain was brought as a wave offering to the Temple when no barley was found in a place closer to Jerusalem. In later years, a Samaritan settlement was established on the site; according to ancient Samaritan writings, the town was inhabited by Samaritan High Priests. A Samaritan mausoleum, still in use during the fourth century CE, was found at the site.

The name Askar preserves the ancient name of Ein Sukkar.

Schenke believed that Askar was first settled during the early Iron Age. However, Campbell dated the settlement to the Hellenistic period.

Modern history 
During the Second Intifada and 2002 Operation Defensive Shield, camps such as Askar were a source of considerable resistance from Palestinian militants. IDF incursions are still common in Askar refugee camp and are generally conducted for the purposes of interrogating individuals or arresting suspected militants who Israeli authorities consider to be affiliated with listed terrorist organisations.

The UNRWA has several installations in Askar refugee camp including schools and health clinics. In addition to these, the camp has several of its own community centers including the Center of Peace and Development located in New Askar. International volunteer work camps are run at the center annually which are hosted by the An-Najah National University.

According to the PCBC, the population of the camp is 11,304.

References

External links
Welcome To 'Askar R.C.
 Askar,  UNWRA
Nablus City Profile, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
Development Priorities and Needs in Nablus, ARIJ

Populated places established in 1950
Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank
Nablus Governorate
Ancient Samaritan settlements
Gatoloaifaana Amataga Alesana-Gidlow

Gatoloaifaana Amataga Alesana-Gidlow is a Samoan politician and former Cabinet Minister. She is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Gatoloaifaana is the daughter of former Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa in the 2006 Samoan general election, and appointed Minister of Health. As health minister she advanced legislation banning the sale of tobacco to young people. and managed an outbreak of Swine Flu. She was re-elected at the 2011 election, but not reappointed to Cabinet. In 2012 she supported constitutional amendments requiring that women hold a minimum of 10% of the seats in parliament. In August 2014 she appeared in court charged with one count of issuing insulting words; the charges were ultimately dropped. She was re-elected again at the 2016 election. She lost her seat in the April 2021 Samoan general election.

Gatoloaifaana is married to Rodger Gidlow and they own and run the Savaiian Hotel in Lalomalava on the north coast of Savai'i. She has also been a Director on the Board of the Samoa Tourism Authority. In 2017 she was appointed a judge of the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant.

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Samoan businesspeople
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa
People from Fa'asaleleaga
Samoan chiefs
Human Rights Protection Party politicians
21st-century women politicians
Women government ministers of Samoa
Health ministers of Samoa
Samoan women in business
Queens Road, Leicester

Queens Road is the main shopping area for the Clarendon Park area in Leicester. Notably the road contains Leicester Friends Meeting House as well as several other Christian places of worship.  

Although house prices along this street are generally high, there are some very reasonably-priced terrace houses in the midsection.

Roads in Leicester
Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang

Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang (1953/1954 – 29 November 2022) was a Samoan politician and Cabinet Minister. He was a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Hang was an accountant by profession and a former Public Trustee. He was educated at Waikato University in New Zealand and the University of New England in Australia.  He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Samoa as one of two  parliamentary representatives reserved for Individual Voters in a by-election in December 2001. In January 2002 he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary to Minister of Justice. In 2004 he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary to minister of Revenue. He was re-elected at the 2006 election and appointed Minister of Finance. He was re-elected again in the 2011 election, but replaced as Finance Minister by Faumuina Tiatia Liuga. From 2012 to 2014 Hang opposed plans to replace the individual voter seats with two urban seats.

After serving a term as a backbencher, he was re-appointed to Cabinet following the 2016 election as Minister of Works Transport and Infrastructure. In September 2018 he claimed that the chief executive of the Ministry of Works, Afamasaga Su’a Pou Onesemo, had been fired for poor management. He retracted the claim two days later. 

Following the abolition of his urban voters seat he contested the new seat of Vaimauga No. 3  in the 2021 Samoan general election and was re-elected.

Tapunuu died at Tupua Tamasese Meaole National Hospital in Motoʻotua on 29 November 2022, at the age of 68.

References

1950s births
2022 deaths
Samoan people of Chinese descent
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa
Finance ministers of Samoa
Government ministers of Samoa
University of Waikato alumni
University of New England (Australia) alumni
Samoan civil servants
Year of birth missing
21st-century Samoan politicians
Bluestein

Bluestein is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Abe Bluestein (1909–1997), American anarchist and editor
 Barbara Simons (née Bluestein, born 1941), American computer scientist 
 Greg Bluestein (born 1982), American journalist 
 Howard B. Bluestein, American research meteorologist
 Susan Bluestein (born 1946), American casting director

Fictional characters include:
 Suzanna Bluestein, in the Japanese anime Divergence Eve

See also 
 Bluestein's FFT algorithm
 Blaustein (surname)

Germanic-language surnames
Mam people

The Mam are an indigenous people in the western highlands of Guatemala and in south-western Mexico who speak the Mam language.

Most Mam (617,171) live in Guatemala, in the departments of Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Quetzaltenango. The Mam people in Mexico (23,632) live principally in the Soconusco region of Chiapas.

In pre-Columbian times the Mam were part of the Maya civilization; the pre-Columbian capital of the Mam kingdom was Zaculeu.

Many Mam live in and around the nearby modern city of Huehuetenango. The city of Quetzaltenango or Xela was originally Mam. Many more Mam live in small hamlets in the mountains of northern Guatemala, keeping many of their native traditions. Many Mam are bilingual and speak both Spanish as well as the Mam language, part of the Maya language family, the latter typically as their first language.

See also
Mam (Maya mythology)
Kayb'il B'alam
Tecun Uman
Takalik Abaj

References

External links
A traditional Mayan horse race for the Todos Santos Mam Holiday
Two Crosses of Todos Santos An anthropological study of the village focusing on religious ritual

Maya peoples of Guatemala
Huehuetenango Department
Quetzaltenango Department
San Marcos Department
Maya peoples of Mexico
Mesoamerican cultures