Fort Edward is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. The population was 10,205 at the 2011 census. It is the county seat of Washington County.
Parsa District
Parsa District (, a part of Province No. 2 in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birganj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2001) of 497,219. According to the locals, Parsa is named after Parsagadhi temple situated in the district.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Parsa District had a population of 601,017. Of these, 78.1% spoke Bhojpuri, 6.4% Nepali, 5.1% Maithili, 3.8% Tharu, 2.2% Urdu, 1.3% Tamang, 0.8% Rajasthani and 0.7% Newari as their first language.
30.4% of the population in the district spoke Nepali, 5.4% Bhojpuri and 4.9% Hindi as their second language.
VDC/s and Municipalities (blue) in Parsa District
The district consists of one metropolitan city, three urban municipalities and ten rural municipalities. These are as follows:
Torryburn
Torryburn is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland. It is on the north shore of the Firth of Forth.
City of Joy (movie)
City of Joy is a 1992 French-British drama movie. It was directed by Roland Joffé. The screenplay is by Mark Medoff.
It is based on the novel by Dominique Lapierre. The story looks at the life in Indian slums.
Hasari Pal (Om Puri) is a rural farmer. He moves to Calcutta with his wife Kamla (Shabana Azmi) and three children. They seek a better life. They are cheated out of their rent money and thrown out on the streets. It is difficult for Hasari to find a job. The family refuses to give up. They find their place in the poverty-stricken city.
At the same time, Max Lowe (Patrick Swayze) arrives in Calcutta. He is a US surgeon. He is upset after the loss of a young patient.
He seeks spiritual enlightenment. He encounters misfortune as soon as he arrives. He is tricked by a young prostitute. He is roughed up by thugs. He loses his documents and valuables.
Hasari comes to Max's aid. He takes the injured doctor to the "City of Joy". This is a slum area populated with lepers and poor people. This becomes their new home. Max spends a lot of time there. He does not want to become too involved with the residents because he is afraid of becoming emotionally attached to them. An Irish woman, Joan (Pauline Collins), runs the local clinic. She persuades Max to help.
Max begins to fit in with his fellow slum-dwellers. He becomes more optimistic. Ther people around him have much worse lives. Their hope give new strengths to the depressed doctor.
The movie was not a box office success. The film grossed $14.7 million in the United States.
The film received mixed reviews. It received a 56% 'rotten' rating on review site Rotten Tomatoes.
Butch Goring
Robert Thomas "Butch" Goring (born October 22, 1949) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player. He played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins. He is a four-time Stanley Cup winner with the Islanders. Since retiring as a player he has served as head coach of both the Bruins and Islanders. He currently serves as the Islanders TV color commentator alongside Islanders play by play announcer Brendan Burke.
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Jim Benzelock
James John Benzelock (born June 21, 1947) is a former professional ice hockey right winger. He was drafted in the first round, fifth overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft. He never played in the National Hockey League; however, he appeared in 166 World Hockey Association games with the Alberta Oilers, Chicago Cougars, and Quebec Nordiques.
Jouko Innanen
Jouko Innanen (29 October 1952 – 1 October 2019) was a Finnish cartoonist. Innanen's cartoons were published in the magazines "Iltalehti", "Turun Sanomat", "Länsi-Savo", "Itä-Savo" and "Länsiväylä". He died in Savonlinna.
Kranji MRT station
Kranji MRT station (NS7) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South Line in Sungei Kadut, Singapore.
Kranji station was not included in the North South Line Woodlands Extension when it was proposed in 1990. It was later included as a temporary station that will be built at a later stage.
Kranji station was eventually built to serve the Singapore Turf Club. This station also serves as a key transfer point for passengers that are going to Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Echocardiography
Echocardiography or Echocardiyogram is an ultrasound to view and hear the heart.
Echocardiography is able to view two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and Doppler ultrasound to create images and sounds of the heart.
The echocardiography machine's are mainly used in hospitals.
Echocardiography dates back to the 1950s and was invented by Carl Helmuth Hertz and Inge Edler.
Admiralty MRT station
Admiralty MRT station (NS10) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South Line in Woodlands, Singapore. The name of this station came from a former British naval base located on the northern coast of Singapore.
In 1990, the government proposed to build the North South Line Woodlands Extension to extend the existing North-South and East-West lines. The extension connects Choa Chu Kang with Yishun. Construction started in 1991 and the station was opened on 10 February 1996 along with the other five stations on the Woodlands Extension. Television screens were installed at Admiralty station, along with Woodlands, Marsiling and Yew Tee stations.
On 2 March 2007, 2,900 commuters were stranded as train services between the Admiralty and Kranji MRT stations were disrupted for about 45 minutes. Bridging bus services were deployed to ferry the passengers to Kranji.
On 7 June 2017, a 34 year-old man was arrested for leaving a luggage bag unattended at the bicycle bay of the station.
Divo, Ivory Coast
Divo is a city in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Divo Department. It is also the seat of Lôh-Djiboua Region in Gôh-Djiboua District and a commune. In the 2014 census, the population of Divo was 179,455, making it the tenth-most populated city in the country.
The city is served by Divo Airport.
Divo was the seat of the Sud-Bandama region from 1997 to 2011.
The Firm (1989 movie)
The Firm is a 1989 British made-for-television drama movie.
It was directed by Alan Clarke. It was written by Al Hunter Ashton for the BBC.
It stars Gary Oldman, Phil Davis, Charles Lawson and Steve McFadden.
The film is based on the activities of the Inter City Firm, a football firm of West Ham United during the 1970s and 1980s.
The film, courted controversy on release. It has come to be regarded among the best films on the subject of football hooliganism.
It is notable for having almost no background music. The only music is over the opening titles. It is Dean Martin's rendition of "That's Amore".
Oldman's performance has been hailed as one of the greatest of his career.
Clive Bissel (nicknamed "Bex", or "Bexy") is a married man with a baby son. He is the leader of a hooligan firm known as the ICC (Inter City Crew). His wife disapproves of his activities as a football hooligan. These contrast to his respectable job as an estate agent. He is unwilling to give up violence as it gives him a "buzz".
Bexy's father accepts his son's lifestyle. He takes a group photograph of the 'tooled up' gang. He boasts that he did similar activities when younger. He feels that Bex has gone soft because they now use weapons.
The film begins with a rival gang called "The Buccaneers" vandalising Bexy's Ford Sierra XR4x4. While Bexy is playing football, they spray graffiti in the dressing room. Yeti, the leader of the Bucaneeers drives a white Volkswagen Golf GTi cabriolet across the football pitch.