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Women in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

There have been 81 women in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since its establishment in 1856. Women have had the right to vote in the assembly since 1902 and the right to stand as a candidate since 1918.

The first successful candidate for the Legislative Assembly was Millicent Preston-Stanley, who was elected as a Nationalist representative for the multi-member electorate of Eastern Suburbs in 1925, but only lasted one term before being defeated. Fourteen years later, Mary Quirk held the seat of Balmain for Labor after the death of her husband, becoming the first Labor woman in the Assembly. However, successful women candidates in the Legislative Assembly remained few and far between until the 1980s.

In the early 1980s, women began to break through into senior positions in the state; Janice Crosio became the first woman to serve as a minister in state parliament, serving in the Wran Labor ministry, and she was followed on the conservative side of politics by Rosemary Foot, who served as the deputy leader of the Liberal Party for a time. In 1996, Liberal Kerry Chikarovski became the first woman to lead a major party in New South Wales, although she was deposed in 2003.

In 2009, Labor's Kristina Keneally became the first woman to serve as Premier of New South Wales. Both the offices of Premier and Deputy Premier were held by women from 2009 until 2011, the first in Australian history. In 2011, Shelley Hancock was elected as the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. In 2017, Gladys Berejiklian became the first Liberal woman to be elected as Premier of New South Wales and first female Liberal premier of any Australian state.

While there had been a number of women elected to the Legislative Council throughout the middle of the twentieth century, it was only at the 1988 state election that numbers began to grow in the Legislative Assembly. Seven women had been elected in the previous 132 years; six more joined them the 1988 election. Numbers have improved substantially in recent years, with women now occupying 27 Assembly seats in the current parliament. Linda Burney is the only Indigenous Australian woman to have been elected to the New South Wales Parliament.

List of women in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Names in bold indicate women who have been appointed as Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries during their time in Parliament. Names in italics indicate entry into Parliament through a by-election and * symbolises members that have sat as members in both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.

Timeline

Proportion of women in the Assembly
Numbers and proportions are as they were directly after the relevant election and do not take into account by-elections, defections or other changes in membership. The Liberal column also includes that party's predecessors, the Nationalist, United Australia and Democratic parties.

References

 
New South Wales
Palmolive Building

The Palmolive Building, formerly the Playboy Building, is a 37-story Art Deco building at 919 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

History
Designed by Holabird & Root, the Palmolive Building was completed in 1929 as the home of the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Company.

Playboy Enterprises purchased the leasehold in 1965 and the structure was renamed the Playboy Building.  It was home to the editorial and business offices of Playboy magazine until 1989, when Playboy moved its offices to 680 N Lake Shore Drive. Playboy had sold the leasehold in 1980 and signed a 10-year lease that expired in 1990.  The new leaseholder renamed the building 919 North Michigan Avenue.

During the time that Playboy was in the building, the word P-L-A-Y-B-O-Y was spelled out in  illuminated letters on the north and south roofline. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2000, and it was added to the federal National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

In 2001, the building was sold to developer Draper and Kramer who, with Booth Hansen Architects, converted it to residential use, with the first two floors dedicated to upscale office and retail space. High-end condos make up the rest of the building. The new owners restored the building's name to the Palmolive Building. The business address remains 919 North Michigan Avenue; however, the residential address is 159 East Walton Place. Notable residents of the building include Vince Vaughn, who bought a 12,000-square-foot triplex penthouse encompassing the 35th, 36th and 37th floors for $12 million.  In February 2013, Vaughn offered the penthouse for sale as a pocket listing for $24.9 million. However, after multiple price cuts he chose in May 2016 to divide the unit in two, offering one for $8.5 million, and the other smaller unit for $4.2 million.

Lindbergh Beacon

A beacon named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh was added to the building in 1930. It rotated a full 360 degrees and was intended to help guide airplanes safely to Midway Airport.  The beacon beamed for several decades, and ceased operation in 1981 following complaints from residents of nearby buildings. During the Palmolive Building's conversion to condominiums in the late 2000s, the beacon was modified to rotate back and forth, always pointing towards the waterfront, so as to avoid shining light into other buildings. Subsequently, the historic beacon resumed operation.

See also
 Chicago architecture
 List of tallest buildings in Chicago

References

External links

 Palmolive Building Landmark Residences 
 Palmolive Building
 Palmolive Building History on Chicagology

Art Deco architecture in Illinois
Art Deco skyscrapers
Commercial buildings completed in 1929
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago
Magazine headquarters
Mass media company headquarters in the United States
Skyscraper office buildings in Chicago
Playboy
Residential condominiums in Chicago
Residential skyscrapers in Chicago
Projects by Holabird & Root
Chicago Landmarks
Streeterville, Chicago
1929 establishments in Illinois
Beranang

Beranang (Chinese: 峇玲瓏) is a town and a mukim in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia.

Residential areas

 Eco Majestic
 Bandar Rinching
 Bandar Tasik Kesuma
 Bandar Bukit Mahkota

Transportation

Car 

Federal Route 1 (Kuala Lumpur-Johor Bahru road) runs through Beranang town.

Public transport 
Rapid Bus T450 to Kajang central business district (Stadium Kajang MRT).

References

Hulu Langat District
Towns in Selangor
Mukims of Selangor
Jericho Beach Music

Jericho Beach Music is a record label in Vancouver, British Columbia that specializes in world music, folk, and jazz. It was named after Jericho Beach in Vancouver. The label was formed in 1997 and released its first album, Compadres by James Keelaghan and Oscar Lopez. It is an imprint of Festival Distribution.

Roster
 Kim Barlow
 Geoff Berner
 Eric Bibb
 Lache Cerce
 Alpha Yaya Diallo
 Digging Roots
 e.S.L.
 David Francey
 Martyn Joseph
 James Keelaghan
 Khac Chi Ensemble
 Ndidi Onukwulu
 Po' Girl
 Silk Road Music
 Tanya Tagaq
 The Wailin' Jennys

See also 
 List of record labels

References

External links
 Catalog at Maple Music

Canadian independent record labels
Record labels established in 1997
Folk record labels
Jazz record labels
World music record labels
Bluegrass record labels
Lorissa McComas

Lorissa McComas (November 26, 1970 – November 3, 2009) was an American actress and glamour model.

Early life
McComas graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio in 1988. She was an education major at Miami University before she started stripping and modeling.

Early career and acting
In 1990, McComas was arrested, along with another stripper, on charges of prostitution by Hamilton County, Ohio police. She had allowed a guest at a bachelor party to tuck a dollar bill into a garter just above her knee; this was treated as a form of prostitution under the very strict Cincinnati ordinances of that time.

By 1994, she was the owner of Extasy Entertainment, a company that provided strippers to clients in the Cincinnati area. Cincinnati had no strip bars during this time period.

Death
McComas died on November 3, 2009.

Filmography
Project Viper (2003)
Raptor (2001) - Lola Tanner, Sheriff Jim Tanner's daughter
The Bare Wench Project (2000) - Lori
Hot Boyz (1999) - Roxanne
Piranha (1995) remake of the 1978 film 
Stormswept (1995) - Kelly
Lap Dancing (1995) - Angie Parker

References

External links 
 
 
 

1970 births
2009 deaths
American female adult models
Glamour models
Actresses from Columbus, Ohio
Miami University alumni
American film actresses
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
People from Waverly, Virginia
1979 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

The IX World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in London, Great Britain on 4 and 5 July 1979.

Medal table

Individuals

Rope

Ball

Clubs

Ribbon

All-around

Groups

References 

Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
International gymnastics competitions hosted by the United Kingdom
Saab 60

The Saab 60 was a 'special'.  It was a limited edition modification of the 1962 Saab 96, peculiar to the UK. Modifications were carried out at Saab (GB) Ltd, in Slough.

In the early 1960s, Erik Carlsson and his Saab 96 two-stroke achieved a legendary series of victories in the RAC Rally and Monte Carlo Rally (among others). In honour of these successes "against the odds" and in view of the high demand in the UK for a 'sport' model (the Saab Sport), which was not yet available in right-hand drive form, the UK importers of Saab cars in Slough, England created a special series of approximately 56 modified Saab 96 cars, between June 1962 and April 1963.  Thus was the Saab 60 born.

The standard  was increased to  by engine modification. The crankshaft was changed, the inlet ports were lowered and the exhaust ports raised. The carburettor and ignition settings were modified. A Saab Sport exhaust system was fitted. The suspension was lowered, by removing one 'turn' from each coil spring and Koni shock absorbers and Pirelli Cinturato radial-ply tyres were fitted. The three-speed gearbox was swapped for a four-speed box (but the original speedometer was left in situ, with its three-speed markings). A Smith's tachometer was also fitted. The engine modifications were executed by Mike Langton and the blocks were initialled and numbered by him. A Porsche "60" badge was requisitioned for the boot lid motif, in order to denote the car's special status and upgraded power output. An Oleopress fire extinguisher was fitted. 

The only known survivor of this series is number 49; the engine being stamped 'ML49'. The registration plate, with which this car was purchased by the present owner, may or may not be the original registration but it is very apt.

The basic specification, apart from the above-listed items, was of a standard Saab 96.

References
 

60
Cars introduced in 1962
Vaibhavwadi train crash

The Vaibhavwadi train crash was a fatal train derailment near the village of Vaibhavwadi in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra in India on 23 June 2003.

Overview 

The accident occurred at 10.30pm, when the train, bound for Mumbai from Karwar derailed suddenly as it travelled through a ravine outside the town. The train was a Central Railway's Holiday Special, and had numerous families aboard at the time of the crash. The track had been covered by several large boulders earlier in the day from a landslide down the ravine's side, which had not been noticed due to the remote location. When the train struck the boulders, the engine and first three carriages were thrown in the air by the force of the derailment, and crumpled upon impact.

The rescue operation was difficult, because unlike with most Indian train accidents, local people did not see or hear the crash, and thus it was hours before the emergency services were notified, and even longer before they arrived, travelling on bad roads in bad weather. Special emergency trains could not be used either, because of the dangers of further landslides. Thus it was the morning before many of the survivors were freed by soldiers and emergency services.

52 people were killed in the crash and over 100 injured, including 26 in a critical state. Many of those injured in the crash had died in the night because of the difficulties inherent in reaching them in the darkness. The customary one lakh compensation was presented to the families of those killed.

The cause of the crash was determined to have been rocks and earth, which tumbled onto the tracks ahead following a series of earth tremors, to which this area is especially prone. These then caused the engine to leave the rails when it collided with them. There was controversy about the accident though, because the company which runs the service, the Konkan Railway Corporation, has just developed a new type of Anti Collision Device which would have prevented the crash. The device had been sold to other Indian and foreign companies, but had not yet been installed on their own vehicles.

Similar accidents 

Landslides can be classed with washaways.

  – Tangiwai disaster
  – Veligonda train disaster
  – Karanjadi train crash
  – Bethrungra – 1885 – 7 killed when train derails at culvert washaway.

External links 
 Calcutta Telegraph News Report
 expressindia.com News Report
 Deccan Herald News Report

2003 disasters in India
Derailments in India
Railway accidents in 2003
History of Maharashtra (1947–present)
Railway accidents and incidents in Maharashtra
2003 in India
Sindhudurg district
June 2003 events in India
Abu'l-Qásim Faizi

Abu'l-Qásim Faizi or Fayḍí (1906–1980) was a Persian Baháʼí. He studied at the American University of Beirut where he was good friends with Munib Shahid.

He married Gloria ʻAláʼí in 1939. Together they pioneered to Iraq and Bahrain. Shoghi Effendi called him the 'sprititual conqueror' of Arabia, and appointed him Hand of the Cause of God in 1957.

In 1960, when the National Spiritual Assembly of France accepted Mason Remey's claim to be the Guardian after the death of Shoghi Effendi, the Custodians (who were the nine Hands of the Cause of God assigned specifically to work at the Baháʼí World Centre) sent Abu'l-Qásim Faizi to meet with them.  Through his reports, the Hands of the Cause disbanded the Assembly, declaring its members Covenant-breakers.

Bibliography

Biography: "Faizi" published by George Ronald - also available on Amazon

References

External links
Author introduced Faith to a generation, about the passing of Gloria Faizi.
, talking about the Ridván Garden near 'Akká

Iranian Bahá'ís
Hands of the Cause
1906 births
1980 deaths
Sindhi people
20th-century Bahá'ís
Jeff Woywitka

Jeffrey Woywitka (born September 1, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, and New York Rangers.

Playing career
Woywitka was drafted from the Red Deer Rebels in the first round, 27th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. After reporting to Philadelphia's AHL affiliate for his first professional season in 03–04, he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers midway through the season along with a first round pick (Rob Schremp) in 2004 and a third round pick (Danny Syvret) in 2005 in exchange for Mike Comrie.

In 2005, he was traded by the Edmonton Oilers along with Eric Brewer and Doug Lynch to the St. Louis Blues for 2000 league MVP, Chris Pronger.
On July 7, 2009, Woywitka signed a two-year contract with the Dallas Stars, which ended when Woywitka entered the free agency on July 1, 2011.

On August 15, 2011, Woywitka signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens. At the commencement of the 2011–12 season, Woywitka failed to make the opening night roster for the Canadiens, and was placed on waivers with the intent to be reassigned to their AHL affiliate. The following day on October 6, 2011, Woywitka was claimed off waivers by the New York Rangers, where he was subsequently used primarily as a depth defenseman appearing in 27 games for 6 points.

On July 2, 2012, he returned to the St. Louis Blues as an unrestricted free agent on a one-year contract.

Woywitka played for Augsburger Panther of the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons before retiring.

Career statistics

International

Awards and honours

References

External links
 

1983 births
Living people
Augsburger Panther players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Connecticut Whale (AHL) players
Dallas Stars players
Edmonton Road Runners players
Ice hockey people from Alberta
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
New York Rangers players
People from the County of Vermilion River
Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players
Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
Philadelphia Phantoms players
Red Deer Rebels players
St. Louis Blues players
Toronto Roadrunners players
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
Stutz 8-Cylinder

The new Stutz 8 was advertised as having its body "designed by Brewster & Company" in their 1925 catalogue, when they were actually engineered by Brewster instead.

8 cylinder
Santosh Yadav

Santosh Yadav (born 10 October 1967) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice and the first woman to successfully climb Mount Everest from Kangshung Face. She climbed the peak first in May 1992 and then again in May 1993 with an Indo-Nepalese Team.

During her Everest mission in 1992, she saved the life of a climber, Mohan Singh, by sharing oxygen with him. She also tried to help a mountaineer who lay dying at the South Col but was unsuccessful in saving him.

Early life and education
She was born in Joniyawas village in Rewari district of Haryana state, India as the sixth child in a family of five boys. She earlier attended a local village school and then moved to Delhi and got enrolled in a school there. She attended Maharani College in Jaipur, where she was able to see mountaineers climbing Aravalli Range from her room. She was inspired by this to join Uttarkashi's Nehru Institute of Mountaineering while successfully continuing her studies for the Indian Administrative Service  (IAS)  exams in a hostel provided by the Amity University at Noida.

Career
In 1992, Yadav scaled Mount Everest , when she was barely 25, becoming the youngest woman in the world to achieve this feat, a record which was broken by 13-year-old  Purna, in 2014. Within twelve months, she became a member of an Indo-Nepalese Women's expedition and scaled Everest the second time, thus setting the record as the first woman to have scaled Everest twice.  She also remained as an officer in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. She was a part of the nine-nation international climbing camp-cum-expedition to Nun Kun in 1989. Also, her being a fervent environmentalist, she collected 500 kg of dumped wastes from the Himalayas.

Santosh Yadav was awarded the National Adventure Award 1994 and Padma Shri in 2000.

Expeditions
In 1999, Santosh Yadav led an Indian mountaineering expedition to Kangshung Face, Everest.
In 2001, she led a mountaineering team to East Face, Mount Everest.

See also
Indian summiters of Mount Everest - Year wise
List of Mount Everest summiters by number of times to the summit
List of Mount Everest records of India
List of Mount Everest records
List of 20th-century summiters of Mount Everest
Dicky Dolma
Malavath Purna

References 

1967 births
Living people
Indian female mountain climbers
Indian mountain climbers
Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
Recipients of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
People from Rewari
Sportswomen from Haryana
Indian summiters of Mount Everest
University of Rajasthan alumni
20th-century Indian women
20th-century Indian people
Mountain climbers from Haryana
Manny Martinez

Manny Martinez may refer to:

Manny Martínez (musician), drummer, formerly for The Misfits
Manny Martínez (baseball) (born 1970), former Major League Baseball outfielder

See also
Manuel Martinez (disambiguation)
Los Shakers

Los Shakers were a popular rock band in the 1960s and was a part of the Uruguayan Invasion in Latin America.  They were heavily influenced by the look and sound of The Beatles. In the late 1960s they would broaden and expand their musical direction before breaking up in 1969.

History 
The band was formed in 1964 in Montevideo, Uruguay by brothers Hugo (lead guitar and keyboards) and Osvaldo Fattoruso (rhythm guitar), after watching the movie A Hard Day's Night starring The Beatles. They were modeled after The Beatles and even adopted similar haircuts and clothing. The band sang many songs in English, despite their location, and gained their greatest popularity in Argentina, but also had popularity in other Latin American countries.

They signed with the Odeon label of EMI in Argentina. The first single recorded as The Shakers was "Break it All" in late 1964, which reached number 9 on Argentine charts. A self-titled album was released later in 1965. Though the band focused their attentions almost exclusively on Latin America, they did take one crack at the English-speaking market when they released the album Break It All, on the US-based Audio Fidelity Records in 1966. The record (which featured re-recorded versions of many of the songs on their original LP and even a Spanish-language version of The Beatles' "Ticket to Ride") was little more than a curiosity in the United States and was not a hit, but became a collector's item decades later, as would their second album, Shakers for You (released in 1966). Both albums were re-issued, with bonus tracks, on CD in 2007. In 2020, the Spanish/Catalonian label Guerssen Records remastered and reissued their first four albums on vinyl.

Reflecting the move towards psychedelia, their music went in a new direction. Their last studio album with the original line up, La conferencia secreta del Toto's Bar, released in 1968, mixed psychedelic influences with candombe and some tango sounds; the album has been described as a Latin American Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. However, their recording label (EMI) did not approve of this new sound, and left them without any promotion or support; it led to the band's split up. In 2005, the original lineup re-united, and recorded a CD Bonus Tracks and played in Argentina and Uruguay. Los Shakers would break up shortly thereafter.

Osvaldo Fattoruso, guitarist and drummer, died on July 29, 2012, due to cancer at the age of 64.

Members
Hugo Fattoruso - lead vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Osvaldo Fattoruso - guitar, vocals
Roberto "Pelín" Capobianco - bass guitar, bandoneon, backing vocals
Carlos "Caio" Vila - drums, backing vocals

Discography

Albums

Singles

Compilations

See also
 Los Mockers

References

External links
Official site
Los Shakers biography and discography at AllMusic.com
Los Shakers discography at Discogs.com
Review of La Conferencia Secreta Del Toto's Bar 
Video of Los Shakers "Break it All"
Miscellaneous color/B&W Videos of Los Shakers at Youtube
Los Shakers 
Info on Los Shakers

Uruguayan rock music groups
Beat groups
Musical groups established in 1963
1963 establishments in Uruguay
You Know So Well

You Know So Well is the debut EP of Norwegian artist Sondre Lerche. The EP was only released in Norway.

Lerche released his debut EP You Know So Well in February 2001. His debut single "You Know So Well" was released to the media in Norway in December 2000. In early 2001, the single entered #3 on the National Airplay Chart in Norway, and #2 on the sales chart.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links
You Know So Well EP at SondreLerche.com

2001 debut EPs
Los Mockers

Los Mockers were a popular 1960s rock band in Latin America that was part of the Uruguayan Invasion. They were heavily influenced by Rolling Stones and covered many of their songs (in English). The band was formed in 1963 on Montevideo, Uruguay but moved to Argentina in 1966 after winning a contract with EMI Argentina. The original lineup disbanded in 1967.  They briefly re-united in 2006.

History
The band formed in 1963. They were originally called The Notorious before being renamed The Mockers.

In 1966, they won a recording contract with EMI of Argentina, so they recorded their first single in April, and in September, recorded "I want to go" and "Baby Mine", which were not included in the LP that would be published later.  A month later they released their next single, entitled "Empty Harem" / "Let me try again."

Their third single, "Captain Grey" / "Confusion" was released in mid- 1967, to boost sales of the album.  Although keyboardist Stephen Hirshfield, had already left the training, he traveled from Montevideo to participate in the recording. The original lineup would disbanded in 1967.
They returned to Buenos Aires, for a series of programs on Channel 9. The record company proposed to re-record them on the condition that change their original name, but the group refused as there was no contract signed.  With little work and economic issues, plus internal conflicts among its members,  vocalist Polo Pereira left and was quickly replaced by pianist and singer Carlos Franzeti.

On September 23 of 2006, forty years on from first recording, Mockers met in Valencia (Spain), with all their original members, except Freigeda Beto, who died in a traffic accident early in 1972 in Montevideo.  Over the years there were several edited collections of their whole discography; among them are "The Original Recordings 1965-1967" and "Complete Recordings".

Band members
Polo Pereira (guitar, vocals)
Jorge Fernández (guitar, backing vocals)
Esteban Hirschfield (organ, backing vocals, harmonica)
Julio Montero (bass, vocals)
Beto Freigeda (drums)

Discography

Singles
Quiero irme/Nena mía (1966)
Empty Harem/Let me try again (1966)
Captain Grey/Confusion (1967)

Albums
Los Mockers (1966)
Los Mockers II (1968)

See also
 Los Shakers

References

External links
Facebook page 
Los Mockers Info 
Official Web Site 

Uruguayan rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1963
1963 establishments in Uruguay
Subcinctorium

The subcinctorium is an ornamental vestment reserved for the pope, and the Patriarch of Lisbon which is worn at a solemn pontifical Mass, it is very similar to, but somewhat broader than, the maniple in form and nature.

The vestment is approximately 55 centimeters (22 inches) in length and is attached on the cincture, on the right side. It was originally made of red or white fabric, but later came to follow the standard liturgical colours. It is decorated with gold embroidery on one end with a small Agnus Dei and on the other with a cross.

The subcinctorium is mentioned under the name of balteus as early as the end of the tenth century in a "Sacramentarium" of this date preserved in the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris (f. lat. 12052). It is mentioned under the name proecinctorium about 1030 in what is known as the "Missa Illyrica". Later it was generally called subcinctorium.

The original object of the subcinctorium was, as Thomas Aquinas explicitly says, to secure the stole to the cincture. But as early as about the close of the thirteenth century, it was merely an ornamental vestment. According to the inventories, even in the eleventh century much thought was given to its ornamentation. Most probably the subcinctorium was first used in France, whence the custom may possibly have spread to Italy about the close of the first millennium.

In the Middle Ages, it was worn not only by the pope but also by bishops, and even in a few places by priests. However, it gradually ceased to be a customary vestment of bishops and priests, and in the sixteenth century only the popes and the bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Milan wore it.

Numerous symbolic meanings have been attached to the vestment over the centuries. One tradition says it is a remnant of the almspurse the popes would customarily wear on their belts to give to the poor and needy. It was also said to be a sign of humility, reminiscent of the towel worn by Jesus Christ at the washing of feet on Holy Thursday. Augustine of Hippo claims it is a remnant of the apparel of the Jewish High Priest. The subcinctorium is related to the epigonation worn to this day by Eastern Orthodox bishops.

See also 
 Epigonation

Notes

References 
 
 

Papal vestments
P. K. Sethi

Pramod Karan Sethi (28 November 1927 – 6 January 2008) was an Indian orthopaedic surgeon. With Ram Chandra Sharma, he co-invented the  "Jaipur foot", an inexpensive and flexible artificial limb, in 1969.

He was awarded the Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1981 and the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1981.

Personal life and career 
Sethi was born at Varanasi (then Banaras), where his father Nihal Karan Sethi, himself a renowned scientist, was a physics professor at Banaras Hindu University. Sethi trained as a general surgeon at Agra under G. N. Vyas. In 1958, he specialised in orthopaedics, when the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur where he worked needed an orthopaedics department because of a Medical Council of India inspection. He later cited his lack of qualifications in orthopaedics as an advantage in developing the Jaipur foot. Much of his practice was in physiotherapy, including the rehabilitation of amputees. He retired in 1981. He was the founder of MVSS.

He was married to Sulochana, and the couple had a son and three daughters. Sethi died of cardiac arrest in Jaipur, India.

Jaipur foot 
The Jaipur foot is made of rubber and wood and is probably the lowest cost prosthetic limb available in the world. The International Red Cross Committee has used it extensively in Afghanistan and other places to help amputees. Several injured soldiers in the Kargil war were benefited due to the Jaipur foot. Sethi was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for helping a large number of amputees in obtaining mobility again. The Indian dancer and actor Sudha Chandran was one of his patients.

Ram Chandra Sharma, an illiterate craftsman, is the co-inventor of the foot. The original idea of the Jaipur foot is supposed to have come to him serendipitously while he was riding a bicycle and had a flat tire.

Awards 
Sethi was awarded the Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1981, the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1981   and he also won a major Rotary International award. He was elected a fellow of the British Royal College of Surgeons.

References

External links 

 Time Magazine article on PK Sethi and Jaipur Foot
 The 1981 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership: Biography of Pramod Karan Sethi
 New York Times: P. K. Sethi, Inventor of the Low-Tech Limb, Is Dead at 80 
 News item about Dr. Sethi's death

1927 births
2008 deaths
Rajasthani people
Scientists from Varanasi
Ramon Magsaysay Award winners
Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine
Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Indian orthopedic surgeons
20th-century Indian medical doctors
Medical doctors from Uttar Pradesh
20th-century surgeons
People from Varanasi
Hermissenda crassicornis

Hermissenda crassicornis, also known as the opalescent nudibranch or thick-horned nudibranch, is a species of brightly coloured, sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.

Distribution
This nudibranch lives from Kodiak Island, Alaska, to Northern California. It is replaced by Hermissenda opalescens to the south of Northern California.

Description
The species grows to be about 50 mm, or about 2 inches. The colour of this nudibranch varies from one locality to another, but it is always easily recognizable by the orange stripe along its head area as well as the white stripes on the cerata and those running down the mantle.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=C. |date=4 April 2007 |url=http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19786 |title=Colour variation in Hermissenda crassicornis |work=Sea Slug Forum |publisher=Australian Museum |location=Sydney}}</ref>

Ecology

 Diet 
This nudibranch prefers to feed on tunicates (such as the sessile ascidians), but overall has a diverse diet, also consuming hydroids, anthozoans, crustaceans, other nudibranchs, dead animals, and the polyps of jellyfish (theoretically, they may also consume stranded adult jellyfish too, if accessible). One study theorizes that H. crassicornis prefers tunicates and feeds only minimally on cnidarians (such as hydroids) either just to obtain defensive nematocysts in complement'' to their main diet, because cnidarians are simply too toxic to consume in large quantities, or simply because tunicates are nutritionally superior. It sometimes attacks other nudibranchs, and will even cannibalize smaller specimens of its own species.

Habitat 
This species is found in various habitats, including the intertidal zone of rocky shores, but also in bays and estuaries.

References

Facelinidae
Western North American coastal fauna
Molluscs of North America
Gastropods described in 1831
Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
Tung Chung Battery

Tung Chung Battery is a former artillery battery located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong.  Named after the eponymous district it is situated in, it was built in 1817, twenty-four years before the British took possession of Hong Kong.  It was rediscovered in 1980 and is a declared monument of Hong Kong.

History
Construction of the Tung Chung Battery was completed in 1817.  Located a kilometre north of the Tung Chung Fort, its purpose was to protect Tung Chung Bay from pirates that threatened the coasts and seas of southern China.  At the time, China did not have a large navy, and thus, relied on the development of forts as an alternative way to defend its coast.

The coastal fortification consisted of two coastal artillery cannon emplacements that guarded the Bay, along with seven guard houses.  The site of the battery was chosen because it was located on a cliff that overlooked the water.  This provided excellent views of the sea and a clear vantage point in case of a potential naval attack.

The construction of the battery was recorded in the Guangdong Annals, which recounted how two forts were built at the base of the "Rocky Lion Hill"—the literal translation of Shek She ().

Rediscovery

After having been buried underneath thick foliage for approximately a century, the battery was rediscovered in 1980.  All that remained was an L-shaped wall that contained a corner platform; according to the Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO), this was most likely utilized as a gun emplacement.  After the discovery, the government undertook restoration work on the historic site.  The battery was declared a monument on 11 November 1983.  In November 1997, the site was included in the AMO's celebration tour of historic sites in North Lantau as part of the Year of Heritage.  The festivities culminated in a traditional Cantonese opera performed at the Tung Chung Fort.  Due to the amount of development that has taken place, the battery now faces towards Hong Kong International Airport, instead of Chek Lap Kok island and an open Tung Chung Bay as it used to.

See also
Military of Hong Kong
Tung Chung Fort

References

External links

 March 2009 picture of Tung Chung Battery Environmental Protection Department (scroll down)

Archaeological sites in Hong Kong
Declared monuments of Hong Kong
Tung Chung
Forts in Hong Kong
Artillery batteries
Cyclic/collective pitch mixing

Cyclic/collective pitch mixing (CCPM) is a control concept employed in collective pitch radio-controlled helicopters. CCPM reduces mechanical complexity and increases precision of control of the helicopter rotor's swashplate. Unlike conventional systems in which a single actuator is responsible for a single axis, CCPM mechanisms allow multiple actuators to work together to manipulate all axis of control.

Conventional operation 
Older model helicopters use three independent servos to manipulate the swashplate. The elevator servo is used to tilt the swashplate forward and aft (longitudinal cyclic), varying the aircraft's pitch. The aileron servo is used to tilt the swashplate left and right (lateral cyclic), varying the aircraft's roll. The collective pitch servo raises and lowers the entire swashplate, varying the collective, and hence the pitch of all the rotor blades collectively. An intermediate mechanical mixing system is used to transfer the control inputs from the servos to the swashplate, therefore the name of mechanical CCPM (mCCPM). This requires an elaborate system of control rods and levers, which often contains many ball bearings.

Electronic mixing 
To reduce the mechanical complexity, newer model helicopters use a software system (usually running on the transmitter) to mix the control inputs of three interdependent servos to control the swashplate. The three servo linkages are arranged around the swashplate at 120° intervals (there is a variation that uses 140° + 140° + 80° intervals). In addition to lower mechanical complexity, the interdependent servos share the workload.

An evolution of electronic mixing is the advent of flight controllers, otherwise known as "flybarless systems". Flybarless systems provide two key benefits to model helicopters. By removing the mechanical flybar from the rotorhead, there is less mass and lower aerodynamic drag resulting in improved efficiency. The accelerometers in the flybarless system also provide electronic stabilisation, allowing for finer levels of tuning and greater flight characteristics.

See also 
 Anatomy of a helicopter
 Helicopter flight controls
 Aeronautical engineering

References

External links 
 RC Heli Flight School

Miniature helicopters
The Deathray Davies

The Deathray Davies are an indie rock band from Dallas, Texas. The band's name is a reference to Ray Davies, the lead vocalist of The Kinks.

History
The band was formed as a solo side project for the Dallas musician John Dufilho, who sent in a demo tape to the 1999 SXSW performance. He recruited friends from other local Dallas bands in order to perform. Originally from San Antonio, Dufilho and Jason Garner played together in a band called Thirteen (with Chris Smart and Chris Brinkley) and together as a three-piece fuzz-pop band called Bedwetter (with Colin Jones from Big Drag). Dufilho and Garner also perform acoustically as I Love Math, which has included a number of other musicians.

The band has released six albums. In 2004, following the release of Midnight at the Black Nail Polish Factory, they were profiled in Esquire and People magazines. They have toured with Starlight Mints, The Breeders, The Old 97's, Pete Yorn, Centro-matic, Superdrag, and Dressy Bessy.

Discography
Drink With the Grownups and Listen to Jazz (2000)
Return of the Drunk Ventriloquist (2001)
Day of the Ray (2002)
Midnight at the Black Nail Polish Factory (2003)
The Kick and the Snare (2005)
Time Well Wasted (2021)

Band Members

John Dufilho - lead vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys (1999–present)
Jason Garner - bass, drums (1999–present)
Kevin Ingle - tambo/shakers (1999–present)
Mike Middleton - guitar (2001–present)
Nick Earl - guitar (2014–present)
Rich Martin - keys (2014–present)

References

Indie rock musical groups from Texas
Musical groups from Dallas
Musical groups established in 1999
1999 establishments in Texas
Balteus

Balteus may refer to:

The girdle of a Biblical Jewish priest
A sword belt worn by the Roman legionary; see Baldric#Roman balteus
In Ionic architecture, an ornamental band
In Ionic architecture, an ornamental band that encircles the pulvinus, or bolster of the capital
The sub-cinctorium, a papal garment
Seiwa-en

Seiwa-en is a Japanese strolling garden located in the Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri, in the Midwestern United States. At 5 ha (14 acres), it is the largest such garden in North America. It features a large lake, modest traditional buildings, bridges, islands, carp, dry gravel landscaping, and other symbolic features. Planning for the garden began in 1972, and it was dedicated in May 1977.

Seiwa-en was designed by Dr. Koichi Kawana, a professor of Japanese architecture and landscape design at UCLA. He was originally from Hokkaido island in northern Japan and taught ikebana, a Japanese style of flower arangment in his spare time.
Dr. Kawana was a pioneer in the design of traditional Japanese gardens that integrate local or native plants into the garden's structure. He designed more than one dozen Japanese style gardens in America after becoming a US citizen in 1971; Seiwa-en is his largest work.

The garden contains a Japanese maple tree planted as a gift to the garden by the Emperor of Japan on a visit to St. Louis. There are also Japanese cherry trees planted near the garden's entrance that bloom in spring.

External links
The Japanese Garden

Asian-American culture in Missouri
Missouri Botanical Garden
Botanical gardens in Missouri
Japanese strolling gardens
Japanese gardens in the United States
For You I Will

For You I Will may refer to:

"For You I Will" (Aaron Tippin song)
"For You I Will" (Monica song)
"For You I Will (Confidence)" (Teddy Geiger song)
Zima Blue and Other Stories

Zima Blue and Other Stories (2006, , republished in 2009 as Zima Blue, ) is the first collection of short works by Alastair Reynolds. It was published in September 2006, by Night Shade Books. It includes ten stories, most of them long out of print. None of the stories in it are set in Reynolds's well-known Revelation Space universe, although Galactic North, a collection of most of Reynolds's Revelation Space short stories, was released soon after.

There is a limited edition (2006, ) with an extra story, "Digital to Analogue", and with Reynolds's signature. "Digital to Analogue" was originally published in the 1992 anthology In Dreams.

A new version of the collection was published in April 2009  and contained all the stories listed below as well as Minla's Flowers (currently available in The New Space Opera), Cardiff Afterlife (a sequel of sorts to Signal to Noise) and Everlasting (first published in Interzone, Summer 2005).

Contents

Introduction by Paul J. McAuley
"Angels of Ashes" (Originally published in Asimov's SF, July 1999; unavailable since then)
"Beyond the Aquila Rift" (Originally published in Constellations, edited by Peter Crowther, 2005)
"Enola" (Originally published in Interzone 54, December 1991; unavailable since then in English)
"Hideaway" (Originally published in Interzone 157, July 2000; unavailable since then)
"Merlin's Gun" (Originally published in Asimov's SF, May 2000; unavailable since then)
"The Real Story" (Originally published in Mars Probes, edited by Peter Crowther, 2002)
"Spirey and the Queen" (Originally published in Interzone 108, June 1996)
"Understanding Space and Time" (Originally published in a limited edition of 400 copies for the Novacon 35 Sci Fi convention)
"Zima Blue" (Originally published in Postscripts magazine, issue 4, edited by Peter Crowther)

There was also one brand new story included, "Signal to Noise", which Reynolds had recently finished and for which Reynolds was shortlisted for the 2006 British Science Fiction Association award for short fiction.

For each story in the collection, Reynolds provides a personal afterword in which he discusses the story's genesis, influences, and such, which might be of interest to the reader.

Adaptations
On March 10, 2019, Alastair Reynolds announced that his short story "Zima Blue" was adapted as part of Netflix's animated anthology Love, Death & Robots. This story, along with "Beyond the Aquila Rift" are the first Reynolds' works to be adapted for TV or film.

References

2006 short story collections
Science fiction short story collections
British short story collections
Night Shade Books books
Tim Pyznarski

Timothy Pyznarski (born February 4, 1960) is a former professional baseball player, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres in 1986. He was selected 15th in the first round of the 1981 MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics.

Pyznarski grew up on the South side of Chicago, attending Marist High School. Pyznarski led Marist to the IHSA Class AA State Championship in 1978. He then went on to attend Eastern Illinois University, where he set several offensive records with the Eastern Illinois Panthers baseball team. After a successful career in Minor League Baseball, highlighted by The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award and Topps Minor League Player of the Year Award in 1986, Pyznarski had a brief stint in the majors, appearing in 15 games for the 1986 San Diego Padres, where he compiled a .238 batting average (10-for-42).

Pyznarski is now an assistant coach at Marist, and has a daughter Mandy, who is a senior at Marist.

Career
He played in MLB for the San Diego Padres (1986) and the Modesto A's (1981), West Haven A's (1982), Albany A's (1983), Tacoma Tigers (1984), Las Vegas Stars (1985–86), and Denver Zephyrs, Rochester Red Wings and Omaha Royals. His 1987 Topps baseball card stated he was 6'2", weighed 195 pounds and batted and threw right handed.

External links

1960 births
Living people
San Diego Padres players
Major League Baseball first basemen
Baseball players from Chicago
Modesto A's players
West Haven A's players
Albany A's players
Tacoma Tigers players
Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players
Denver Zephyrs players
Rochester Red Wings players
Omaha Royals players
Eastern Illinois Panthers baseball players
Pacific Coast League MVP award winners
Avi Bortnick

Avi Bortnick is an American guitarist who became more widely known after his association with jazz guitarist John Scofield. Bortnick joined Scofield's jam-oriented band in 2000 and played rhythm guitar and samples on three albums: Überjam, Up All Night, and  Überjam Deux.

Biography 
Born in Israel, Bortnick was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was immersed in the sounds of funk, rock, and soul. After moving to California, he began to play with African and Caribbean bands. As a graduate student at the University of Florida in Gainesville, he started the band What It Is, which became popular in the southeast touring circuit.

Bortnick became known as a strong rhythm guitar player and came to John Scofield's attention when assembling a band for his album Bump. A five-month tour extended to four-and-a-half years. In 2003, Bortnick released his first solo album, Clean Slate.

Bortnick has played with the Avi B Three, Shitty Shitty Jam Band (with members of The Brazilian Girls), Rene Lopez, Jihae, Erik Deutsch, and Betty Black and the Ghost Train Orchestra.

Discography

As sideman
With Jihae
 Elvis Is Still Alive (Septem, 2008)
 Fire Burning Rain (Septem, 2010)
 Illusion of You (Septem, 2015)

With John Scofield
 Uberjam (Verve, 2002)
 Up All Night (Verve, 2003)
 Uberjam Deux (Verve, 2013)

With others
 Ghost Train Orchestra, Book of Rhapsodies (Accurate, 2013)
 Ghost Train Orchestra, Book of Rhapsodies Vol. II (Accurate, 2017)
 Rene Lopez, Let's Be Strangers Again (Liberation, 2013)

References

Ableton Live users
Living people
American jazz guitarists
Israeli emigrants to the United States
American male guitarists
20th-century American guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Ghost Train Orchestra members
Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian Hills High School

Indian Hills High School may refer to:

Indian Hills High School (Calabasas, California)
Indian Hills High School (New Jersey)
VGP

VGP may refer to:

 VGP JSC, a Ukrainian manufacturer of sanitary paper products
 VGP Universal Kingdom, an amusement park in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
 Vermont Green Party
 Vertebrate Genomes Project
 Verlagsgruppe Passau, a German publishing company; see Deník
 Vessels General Permit, related to ship pollution in the United States
 Virtual Geomagnetic Pole, see plate reconstruction