Datasets:

somewheresystems

/

dataclysm-wikipedia

like 6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Exel

Van Exel

Van Exel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Nick Van Exel (born 1971), American basketball player and coach Anousjka van Exel (born 1974), Dutch tennis player Surnames of Dutch origin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyaksandr%20Klimenka

Alyaksandr Klimenka

Alyaksandr Klimenka (; ; born 28 March 1983) is a retired Belarusian footballer (forward). Since 2013 he is a youth squad coach for his last club Slavia Mozyr. He has been called up to Belarus national football team. Honours Gomel Belarusian Cup winner: 2010–11 Individual Belarusian Premier League top scorer: 2006 External links 1983 births Living people Belarusian footballers Belarus international footballers Belarus under-21 international footballers Belarusian expatriate footballers Belarusian Premier League players FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players FC Baltika Kaliningrad players FC Gomel players FC Slavia Mozyr players Expatriate footballers in Russia Association football forwards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elistanzhi%20cluster%20bomb%20attack

Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack

Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack occurred on October 7, 1999, in Chechnya, when two Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter bombers dropped several cluster bombs on the apparently undefended mountain village of Elistanzhi. The bombing killed at least 34 (48 according to some reports) and injured some 20 to over 100 people in the small village, mostly women and children; at least nine children were reportedly killed when one bomb hit the local school. Witnesses and victims stated that there were no military objectives in the village prior to or at the time of the attack. Representatives of the Russian human rights group Memorial visited Elistanzhi shortly after the bombing and found no evidence of any Chechen separatist military presence in the village. References External links VOA Report, Voice of America, 10/9/1999 CARPET BOMBARDMENT OF THE ELISTANJI VILLAGE, OCTOBER 7, 1999, Memorial, 26.10.1999 The attack on the village of Elistanzhi (7 October), Amnesty International, 1 December 1999 Russian Warcrimes in Chechnya, 1, YouTube See also 1995 Shali cluster bomb attack Conflicts in 1999 1999 in Russia Cluster bomb attacks Massacres in Russia Second Chechen War Russian war crimes Mass murder in Russia Mass murder in 1999 October 1999 events in Russia Russian war crimes in Chechnya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keizan

Keizan

Keizan Jōkin (, 1268–1325), also known as Taiso Jōsai Daishi, is considered to be the second great founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. While Dōgen, as founder of Japanese Sōtō, is known as , Keizan is often referred to as . Keizan and his disciples are credited with beginning the spread of Sōtō Zen throughout Japan, away from the cloistered monastic practice characteristic of Dōgen's Eihei-ji and towards a more popular religion that appealed to all levels of Japanese society. Keizan founded several temples during his lifetime, most notably Yōkō-ji and Daihonzan Sōji-ji (founded on the Noto Peninsula and moved to Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama in 1911). Today Sōji-ji and Eihei-ji stand together as the two principal Sōtō Zen training centers in Japan. Biography Youth and Zen-training Keizan spent the first eight years growing up under the care of his grandmother, Myōchi, who was one of Great Master Dōgen's first supporters on his return from China. Keizan always acknowledged a great debt to this grandmother by dedicating the Kannon shrine at the temple of Yōkō-ji to her memory. Keizan also praised his mother very highly in his autobiography, and even said that his mother's wishes and her constant prayers to Kannon had enabled him to become a monk, receive the Dharma transmission, and become one of the Sōtō Zen Ancestors. His mother had become abbess of a Sōtō monastery, Jōju-ji and was a teacher in her own right. It seems that his mother had a huge influence on him, both as an example of someone who encouraged the teaching of Buddhism to women and through her emphasis on the power of Kannon, the bodhisattva of compassion. Keizan first became a novice, at the age of eight, at Eihei-ji, under the tutelage of Gikai, and he was formally ordained at age thirteen by Koun Ejō. He reached the stage of "non-backsliding" while training with Jakuen, and received dharma transmission from Tettsū Gikai at the age of thirty-two. All of this was recorded in his autobiography; he was the first Japanese Zen monk to describe his own life. Sōji-ji While Keizan is often spoken of as the fourth-generation Dharma heir of Dōgen, many English sources erroneously assume that Keizan held the abbacy of Eihei-ji—but he never did so: the fourth-generation abbot of Eihei-ji was Giun, who replaced Gikai after the latter was forced out of Eihei-ji in what is known as the sandai sōron. Keizan did succeed Gikai as the second abbot of Daijō-ji, in present-day Kanazawa. However, Keizan's major accomplishment, which gave rise to his status as "second patriarch" of Sōtō Zen, was the founding of Sōji-ji, which soon overshadowed Eihei-ji as the principal Sōtō temple. Sōji-ji eventually became the institutional head of four regional networks with several thousand temples under them. By 1589, the imperial court recognized Sōji-ji as the head temple of the Sōtō school, above Eihei-ji; the two temples remained rivals for imperial support, but by the time of the Meiji Restoration in 1872, they had arrived at a truce, acknowledged in the characterization that the Sōtō school followed “the maxims of the founding Patriarch, Dōgen, and the aspirations of the late teacher, Keizan.” Death Keizan died at Yōkō-ji on the twenty-ninth day of the ninth month of 1325, at the age of fifty-eight years. Meihō Sotetsu (1277–1350) became abbot of Yōkō-ji, and Gasan Jōseki abbot of Sōji-ji; both of those lines of Dharma Transmission remain important in Japanese Sōtō Zen. (Jiyu-Kennett 2002: 97) Support for training women Apart from extending the appeal of Sōtō Zen to the rural population, Keizan made efforts to encourage the training of women in Buddhism. Keizan, in his autobiography, gave much credit to his grandmother and mother; he regarded their support as vital to his own training, and this must have influenced him. His mother, Ekan, founded two temples, Hōō-ji and Jōju-ji, the latter as a convent of which she was abbess. Keizan's veneration of the bodhisattva Guanyin (Kannon, in Japanese)—who is customarily represented as female in East Asian Buddhism—stemmed from or was enhanced by his mother's devotion to her. Around 1323 or 1324, Keizan named Myōshō, his cousin (his mother's niece), abbess of Hōō-ji. Following his mother's example of teaching Buddhism to women, Keizan gave the first dharma transmission to a Sōtō nun to his student, Ekyū; Keizan had helped Ekyū by giving her copies of Dōgen's writings translated into Japanese, making them easier for her to follow than Chinese. Keizan had a nunnery constructed near Yōkō-ji (eventually making Sonin the abbess) and ensured that funds were allocated for its continuing survival (Faure 2000: 42). It is believed that five monasteries for female monks (nuns) were established by Keizan (Matsuo 2010: 143). He also named Sonin, the wife of the original donor of Yōkō-ji, as a Dharma Heir (Faure 2000: 44); Keizan claimed that Sonin was the reincarnation of Myōchi, his grandmother. Writings Keizan was the author of a number of works, including "Zazen Yōjinki" and, most famously, the Denkōroku (Transmission of the Light), which is a series of fifty-one sermons detailing the Sōtō lineage from Gautama Buddha through the Indian Ancestors from Bodhidharma and the Chinese Ancestors, and finally to the Japanese Ancestors Dōgen and his immediate successor at Eihei-ji, Ejō. Legacy Keidō Chisan Kohō Zenji, abbot of Sōji-ji in the 1960s, wrote in Sōtō Zen: Notes References Zen is Eternal Life, P. T. N. Jiyu Kennett, Shasta Abbey Press, 4th edition, 2000, The Wild White Goose, P. T. N. Jiyu Kennett, Shasta Abbey Press, 2nd edition, 2002, Nearman, Hubert, trans. (2001). Keizan Zenji, Denkoroku, , Shasta Abbey Press, 2001, Visions of Power, Bernard Faure, Phyllis Brooks, Published by Princeton University Press, 2000 , Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan, William M. Bodiford, University of Hawaii Press, 1993, Sōtō Zen, Keidō Chisan Kohō Zenji, originally published 1960 Sōji-ji Temple, Yokohama Japan, . Available from Shasta Abbey Press, www.shastaabbey.org. History of Japanese Buddhism, Matsuo Kenji, Global Oriental, 2010, McRae, John; Tokiwa, Gishin; Yoshida, Osamu; Heine, Steven, trans. (2005). Zen texts, Berkeley, Calif.: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research (Advice on the practice of Zazen by Keizan) Soto Zen Buddhists Zen Buddhist abbots Japanese Zen Buddhists 1268 births 1325 deaths Kamakura period Buddhist clergy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Penn%20%28architect%29

John Penn (architect)

John Penn (11 March 1921 – 14 February 2007) was a British architect. He was born in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire, and died in Ipswich, Suffolk. Penn was educated at Eton, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge. He studied History at Cambridge, and his studies were interrupted when he served in the Second World War. During his time in the military, he won the Military Cross for bravery. He spent some time in the United States with Richard Neutra and his buildings were influenced by the Case Study Houses. His work includes a factory, and a pavilion for Trinity College, Cambridge, and several private houses in Suffolk. References 1921 births 2007 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Architects from Northamptonshire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rab%20Shannon

Rab Shannon

Robert 'Rab' Shannon (born 20 April 1966 in Bellshill) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender. Playing career Shannon, who played for a number of Scottish clubs but spent around half his career with Dundee. He also spent a season with the Newcastle Breakers in the Australian National Soccer League. Management career He managed East Fife between 1999 and 2000. See also Dundee United FC Season 1995-96 Dundee United FC Season 1996-97 References External links 1966 births Living people Footballers from Bellshill Scottish footballers Association football defenders Dundee F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players Hibernian F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Scottish football managers East Fife F.C. managers National Soccer League (Australia) players Scotland under-21 international footballers Scottish Football League managers Newcastle Breakers FC players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Scottish expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Gothic%20architecture

List of Gothic architecture

This is a list of buildings which are representatives of Gothic architecture. Note: Building in bold have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Austria Bummerlhaus in Steyr Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Feldkirch Franciscan Church (Franziskanerkirche) in Salzburg Göss Abbey in Leoben Graz Cathedral Heiligenkreuz Abbey Maria am Gestade Minoritenkirche in Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna Belarus Mir Castle Church of St. Michael in Synkavichy Belgium Antwerp Cathedral Belfry of Ghent Belfry of Bruges Bruges City Hall, 1376–1420 Church of Our Lady of Bruges Brussels Cathedral Brussels Town Hall in the Grand Place Leuven Town Hall, 1448–1469 Ghent Cathedral St. Nicholas of Ghent St. Peter's Church, Leuven St. Rumbold's Cathedral, Mechelen Tournai Cathedral Church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-ter-Zavel, Brussels Church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe-ter-Kapelle, Brussels Magdalen Church, Brussels Church St Peter and St Guido, Anderlecht, Brussels Church of St Denis, Vorst (Forêt), Brussels Croatia Rector's Palace, Dubrovnik St. Mark's Church in Zagreb Zagreb Cathedral Cyprus Saint Sofia Cathedral, Nicosia St. Catherine's, Nicosia Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Famagusta Kolossi Castle, Limassol District Kouklia Royal Manor House, Pafos District Czech Republic St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague St. Barbara's Church in Kutná Hora Church of the Assumption of Our Lady and Saint John the Baptist in Kutná Hora Cathedral of St. Bartholomew (Plzeň) Charles Bridge in Prague Powder Tower Old Town Hall (Prague) Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Hradec Králové Church of Our Lady before Týn in Prague Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia in Prague Old New Synagogue in Prague Prague Castle St. Bartholomeus Church in Kolín St. Nicolas Church in Louny St. Nicholas’ Deanery Church in Znojmo Vyšší Brod Monastery in Vyšší Brod Saint Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc Teplá Abbey Zvíkov Castle Karlštejn Castle in Central Bohemia Denmark Aarhus Cathedral Roskilde Cathedral Saint Canute's Cathedral Dominican Republic Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in Santo Domingo Church of the Convent of the Dominicos in Santo Domingo England All of the following Gothic buildings are Grade I listed Bath Abbey Beverley Minster Bristol Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral Chester Cathedral Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick Ely Cathedral Eton College Chapel Exeter Cathedral Glastonbury Abbey Gloucester Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford John Rylands Library King's College Chapel, Cambridge Lincoln Cathedral Magdalen College, Oxford Manchester Cathedral Merton College, Oxford New College, Oxford Oxford Cathedral Peterborough Cathedral Ripon Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral Sheffield Cathedral Sheffield Town Hall Sherborne Abbey Southwark Cathedral Southwell Cathedral St Giles' Church, Wrexham Syon Abbey Wells Cathedral Westminster Abbey Westminster Hall Whitby Abbey Winchester Cathedral Worcester Cathedral York Minster Estonia Church of the Holy Ghost, Tallinn Haapsalu Castle Hermann Castle, Narva Karja Church Kihelkonna Church Koluvere Castle Kuressaare Castle Muhu Church Pirita monastery, Tallinn Pöide Church Saha Chapel St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn St Michael's Church, Tallinn St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn St. Olaf's church, Tallinn St. John's Church, Tartu Tallinn City Wall Tallinn Town Hall Tartu Cathedral Toompea Castle, Tallinn Valjala Church Faroe Islands Magnus Cathedral (Unfinished) Finland Espoo Cathedral Holy Cross Church, Hattula Naantali Church Porvoo Cathedral St Catherine's Church, Turku St. Clement's Church, Sauvo St. Henry's Church, Pyhtää St. Lawrence's Church, Lohja St. Mary's Church, Hollola St Mary's Church, Turku St. Sigfrid's Church, Sipoo Turku Cathedral France Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés Abbey of Saint-Remi Albi Cathedral Amiens Cathedral Angers Cathedral Arras town hall Auxerre Cathedral Basilica of St. Nazaire and St. Celsus, Carcassonne Bayeux Cathedral Beauvais Cathedral Blois Cathedral Bordeaux Cathedral Bourges Cathedral Châlons Cathedral Château de Vincennes Church of St. Ouen, Rouen Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral Colmar Cathedral Coutances Cathedral Chartres Cathedral Dijon Cathedral Évreux Cathedral Le Mans Cathedral Limoges Cathedral Lisieux Cathedral Lyon Cathedral Metz Cathedral Moulins Cathedral Mont Saint-Michel Nantes Cathedral Niederhaslach Church Notre-Dame de Laon Notre Dame de Paris in Paris (the Notre-Dame for many) Notre-Dame de Reims (where all the kings of France were crowned) Noyon Cathedral Orléans Cathedral Palace of Poitiers Palais des Papes Poitiers Cathedral Pontigny Abbey Quimper Cathedral Rodez Cathedral Saint Denis Basilica (considered by many, the first Gothic building) Sainte-Chapelle in Paris (famous for its colorful stained glass windows) Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Saint-Flour Cathedral Saint-Germer-de-Fly Abbey Saint-Omer Cathedral Abbey of Saint-Remi Sées Cathedral Rouen Cathedral Parlement de Normandie, Rouen Saint-Brieuc Cathedral St. George's Church, Sélestat Senlis Cathedral Sens Cathedral Soissons Cathedral Strasbourg Cathedral (with its famous pink stone West front and high north tower) Thann Church Toul Cathedral Tours Cathedral Troyes Cathedral Vannes Cathedral Vézelay Abbey Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, Wissembourg Germany Aachen Cathedral Albrechtsburg Bamberg Cathedral Bremen Cathedral Brunswick Cathedral Burg Lichtenberg (Palatinate) Cologne Cathedral Doberan Abbey Frankfurt Cathedral Frauenkirche, Nuremberg Freiburg Münster Liebfrauenkirche, Trier (the earliest Gothic church in Germany) Lübeck Marienkirche Magdeburg Cathedral – First Gothic cathedral in Germany Marburg Elisabethkirche (the earliest Gothic church in Germany) Munich Frauenkirche Neubrandenburg Regensburg Cathedral St. Lorenz (Nürnberg) St. Andrew's Church, Hildesheim St. Martin's Church, Landshut St. Mary's church, Stralsund and the historic centre of Stralsund and Wismar St. Mary church in Trier St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, late Gothic with later additions Ulm Minster (features the highest church tower) Greece Daphni Monastery Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes Hungary Castle of Diósgyőr, Miskolc Gothic Protestant Church of Avas, Miskolc Matthias Church, Budapest Nyírbátor the Calvinist church and the Catholic Minorite church Ireland St Colman's Cathedral in Cobh Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin St Columb's Cathedral in Derry St Mary's Cathedral in Limerick St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork Isle of Man Ruins of the original Peel Cathedral Israel The Cenacle Italy Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence Basilica of Santa Maria Novella Ca' d'Oro, Venice Casamari Abbey Castel del Monte (Apulia) Castello Maniace Castello Ursino Certosa di Pavia Church of Madonna dell'Orto Doge's Palace, Venice Duomo, Palazzo Pubblico and Piazza del Campo in Siena Fénis Castle Florence Cathedral Fossanova Abbey Giotto's Bell Tower Historic Centre of Pienza Milan Cathedral Orvieto Cathedral Palazzo dei Papi di Viterbo Palazzo Pubblico, Siena Palazzo Vecchio, Florence San Francesco (Bologna) San Lorenzo Maggiore (Naples) San Petronio Basilica Santa Maria della Spina Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice Santa Maria sopra Minerva (only Gothic church in Rome) Scaliger Castle, Sirmione Siena Cathedral Jersey St Brelade's Church Church of St. Helier in Saint Helier Latvia Saint Peter's Church, Riga Riga Cathedral St. John's Church, Riga St. James's Cathedral, Riga Lithuania Kaunas Castle Kaunas Cathedral Basilica St. Anne's Church in Vilnius Trakai Island Castle Vytautas' the Great Church in Kaunas Zapyškis Church Luxembourg Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg The Netherlands Hooglandse Kerk in Leiden Church of Our Lady of Breda New Church in Delft Old Church (Oude Kerk) in Amsterdam Sint Jan's Cathedral in 's-Hertogenbosch St. Martin's Cathedral in Utrecht City Hall of Gouda Grote Kerk in Haarlem Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort Norway Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim Stavanger Cathedral Poland Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Poznań City Hall in Toruń Gothic House in Stargard Szczeciński Malbork Castle Młynówka Bridge in Kłodzko Pelplin Abbey church, now Pelplin Cathedral St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków (with the famous Veit Stoss altar carved in wood) St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk (the largest brick church in the world) St. Mary's Church in Stargard Szczeciński Wawel Cathedral in Kraków Gniezno Cathedral in Gniezno Frombork Cathedral in Frombork Portugal Belém Tower, Lisbon Carmo Convent (Lisbon) Cathedral of Évora Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon Lisbon Cathedral (ambulatory, cloisters) Monastery of Alcobaça Monastery of Batalha Ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha in Coimbra Santa Clara church in Santarém Church of São Francisco (Porto) São Francisco convent in Santarém São Domingod church in Elvas São Francisco church in Oporto Almoster convent, nearby Santarém Graça church in Santarém Puerto Rico San José Church in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Romania Biertan fortified church Black Church in Braşov Dârjiu fortified church Hărman Hunyad Castle in Hunedoara (strong Neo-Gothic influence) Mălâncrav Prejmer fortified church Putna Monastery Rugăneşti Sibiu Lutheran Cathedral in Sibiu Sighişoara two Saxon churches Saint Michael's Church in Cluj-Napoca St. Nicholas Church, Braşov Viscri fortified church Russia Chamber of Facets in Novgorod, the only known gothic structure in Russian proper Preussisch Eylau Castle, Bagrationovsk Balga Castle, Balga Insterburg Castle, Chernyakhovsk Königsberg Cathedral, Kaliningrad Labiau Castle, Polessk Lochstedt Castle Neuhausen Castle, Guryevsk, Kaliningrad Oblast Ragnit Castle, Neman, Russia Tapiau Castle, Gvardeysk Vyborg Castle Scotland Melrose Abbey Rosslyn Chapel Dunblane Cathedral in Dunblane Dunfermline Abbey St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh St Machar's Cathedral in Aberdeen St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall St. Mungo's Cathedral, Glasgow Slovakia St. Elisabeth Cathedral in Košice St. Martin's Concathedral in Bratislava St. Michael Chapel in Košice Zvolen Castle in Zvolen Slovenia Loggia Palace in Koper Praetorian Palace in Koper St. George's Church in Ptuj Spain Cathedral of Burgos, in Burgos. 13th century Capilla Real, Granada Cathedral of Ávila, in Ávila Cathedral of Girona, in Girona, Catalonia. With the widest gothic nave in the world. Cathedral of León, in León. 13th century. (Famous for its colorful stained glass windows) Cathedral of Murcia, in Murcia Cathedral of San Salvador, in Oviedo Cathedral of San Salvador, in Zaragoza. In Gothic-Mudéjar style. Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, in Barcelona, Catalonia Cathedral of Seville, 15th and 16th centuries, the largest Gothic temple in the world. Cathedral of Toledo, in Toledo. 13th century La Seu, in Palma (Majorca) Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange), in Valencia Llotja de Palma, in Palma de Mallorca. Monastery of Saint John of the Kings, in Toledo. Isabelino style, 15th century Palau Reial Major in Barcelona, Catalonia. Santa María del Mar, built entirely in the 14th century in Barcelona, Catalonia. Santa Maria de Manresa, province of Barcelona in Catalonia. Barcelona Royal Shipyard built between 13th and 18th centuries, Barcelona, Catalonia. Poblet Monastery built basically between 12th and 15th centuries, province of Tarragona, Catalonia. Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona built between 12th and 14th centuries, province of Lleida, Catalonia. Santes Creus built between 12th and 13th centuries, province of Tarragona, Catalonia. Colegio de San Gregorio, Valladolid. San Pablo Church, Valladolid. Sweden Church of St. Nicholas German Church of Stockholm Linköping Cathedral St. Peter's Church, Malmö Skara Cathedral Strängnäs Cathedral Uppsala Cathedral Vadstena Abbey Church Visby Cathedral Switzerland Basel Münster Bern Munster Lausanne Cathedral Syria Krak des Chevaliers Ukraine Drohobycz, Holy Cross Church Jazłowiec Castle Kulików, St. Nicolaus Church Latin Cathedral, Lviv Lubart's Castle Międzyrzecz Monastery Olesko Castle Ostroh Castle Church of the Epiphany of the Lord - (:uk:Церква Богоявлення Господнього (Острог)) Halicz Castle Zymne Monastery Wales Bangor Cathedral Brecon Cathedral Llandaff Cathedral Newport Cathedral St Asaph Cathedral See also Gothicmed List of Brick Gothic buildings List of Gothic Revival buildings Medieval architecture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringwood%20and%20District%20Cricket%20Association

Ringwood and District Cricket Association

The Ringwood and District Cricket Association (or, better known as the RDCA) is a club cricket competition based in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. The competition consists of 31 clubs based around the Ringwood area of Melbourne and has been running seasonally since its induction in 1920/21 season. In the 2006/07 season, the Association consisted of 32 grades ranging from Under 12's through to Veteran and Master classes. In addition, the RDCA also operate non-competitive grades in both Under 10 and Under 12 levels to assist in the development of the game. In senior competition, Division 1 is known as the Lindsay Trollope Shield, Division 2 as the Wilkins Cup and Division 3 as the Newey Plate. These three divisions are composed predominantly of the first eleven of each club. Lower sides compete in a grading system from A Grade to M grade. Prior to the 2010/11 season, Division 1 was known as the Chandler Shield. The name was changed to the Lindsay Trollope Shield between seasons at the RDCA AGM in August 2010 in recognition of his contributions to the RDCA for many years. Clubs Current clubs Ainslie Park Cricket Club Bayswater Park Cricket Club Boronia Cricket Club Chirnside Park Cricket Club Croydon Cricket Club Croydon North Cricket Club Croydon Ranges Cricket Club East Ringwood Cricket Club Eastfield Cricket Club Heathwood Cricket Club Kilsyth Cricket Club Lilydale Cricket Club Montrose Cricket Club Mooroolbark Cricket Club Mount Evelyn Cricket Club North Ringwood Cricket Club Norwood Cricket Club Ringwood Cricket Club Scoresby Cricket Club Seville Cricket Club South Croydon Cricket Club South Warrandyte Cricket Club St Andrews Cricket Club Templeton Cricket Club Wantirna Cricket Club Wantirna South Cricket Club Warrandyte Cricket Club Warranwood Cricket Club Wonga Park Cricket Club Former clubs Academy Cricket Club Aquinas Cricket Club Bayswater Cricket Club Bayswater North Cricket Club Boronia Churches Cricket Club Boronia United Cricket Club Croydon High School Cricket Club Croydon Hockeyers Cricket Club Croydon United Cricket Club East Ringwood United Churches Cricket Club Eley Park Cricket Club Ferntree Gully Cricket Club Glen Park Cricket Club Heathmont Uniting Cricket Club Johnson Park Cricket Club Knox Churches Cricket Club Knox City Cricket Club Knox Gardens Cricket Club Knoxfield Cricket Club Mooroolbark Baptists Cricket Club Olinda Cricket Club Park Orchards Cricket Club Parkwood Cricket Club Ringwood Footballers Cricket Club Ringwood RSL Cricket Club Ringwood Uniting Cricket Club Riversdale Cricket Club Ruskin Park Cricket Club South Ringwood Cricket Club St Stephens Cricket Club The Basin Salvation Army Cricket Club Valley Cricket Club Vermont Cricket Club Westwood Cricket Club Yarra Valley Cricket Club External links Official Ringwood And District Cricket Association website Australian domestic cricket competitions Cricket in Victoria (Australia) 1920 establishments in Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Aim

Greg Aim

Gregory Martyn Aim (4 September 1933 – 1 April 2005) was a New Zealand cricketer who played nine first-class cricket matches for Otago and Wellington between 1955/56 and 1962/63. Aim was born in Wellington, and attended Nelson College from 1946 to 1947, and Otago Boys' High School from 1948 to 1951. He played in four first-class cricket matches for Otago in 1955/56 and five for Wellington, four in 1960/61 and a single match in 1962/63. As well as being a cricketer, Aim was active in sports and arts administration. He was at various times the CEO of the Hillary Commission, executive chairman of the Wellington City Opera Company, deputy chair of the New Zealand Opera Company, a member of the management committee of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, and patron of the Victoria University Cricket Club. He was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. Aim died in Wellington in 2005 aged 71. References 1933 births 2005 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Wellington cricketers People educated at Nelson College People educated at Otago Boys' High School

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrokenoelsmoreite

Hydrokenoelsmoreite

Hydrokenoelsmoreite is a hydrous tungsten oxide mineral with formula □2W2O6(H2O). Hydrokenoelsmoreite is a colorless to white, translucent isometric mineral. It has a Mohs hardness of 3, exhibits no cleavage and has a splintery fracture. It has a vitreous to adamantine luster. It is optically isotropic with an index of refraction of n = 2.24. It forms from the oxidation of ferberite within granitic pegmatite dykes and in pegmatitic greisen veins. It has a structure based on a defect pyrochlore lattice (A2B2O6O’). It was first described for an occurrence in Elsmore Hill, New South Wales, Australia from where it takes its name. References Williams, P.A., Leverett, P., Sharpe, J.L., Colchester, D.M. (2005): Elsmoreite, cubic WO3•0.5H2O, a new mineral species from Elsmore, New South Wales, Australia. Canadian Mineralogist, 43, 1061-1064 American Mineralogist, volume 91, pages 216-224, 2006. Oxide minerals Tungsten minerals Cubic minerals Minerals in space group 227 Atencio, D., Andrade, M. B., Christy, A. G., Gieré, R., & Kartashov, P. M. (2010). The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48(3), 673-698.doi: 10.3749/canmin.48.3.673

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Greenough

Louis Greenough

Louis Greenough was a pioneer who was one of the first residents of Pierre, South Dakota in what was then the Dakota Territory. With Harry Adams, he is credited with building the first automobile in South Dakota. He worked in the hardware business most of his life and was involved in civics. He served on the city commission and the School Board. He was a member of the Democratic Party and a Roman Catholic. He was born in Richmond, Vermont, on November 15, 1853. He died in 1932 of a stroke. In 1897 Louis Greenough saw an electric powered horseless carriage at the Yanktown State Fair, which inspired him to build an internal-combustion powered automobile. With the help of Harry Adams, he added a two-cylinder Wolverine engine to a traditional wagon and built the area's first internal combustion engine driven vehicle. References Pringle, Ruane. "Pierre’s First Horseless Carriage". Hughes County History-1964. . Online. March 19, 2008. History Of Crash Safety at Inner Auto Parts at www.innerauto.com Statewide County, SD History - Books .....Automobiles 1925 1853 births 1932 deaths Hardware merchants People from Richmond, Vermont People from Pierre, South Dakota

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En%20with%20hook

En with hook

En with hook (Ӈ ӈ; italics: Ӈ ӈ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter En (Н н) by adding a hook to the right leg. En with hook commonly represents the velar nasal , like the pronunciation of in "sing". Usage En with hook is used in the alphabets of a number of languages of Russia, including all the Chukotko-Kamchatkan and Samoyedic languages: Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages Chukchi Koryak Kerek Alyutor Itelmen Uralic languages Samoyedic languages Enets Tundra Nenets Forest Nenets Nganasan Selkup Other Uralic languages Kildin Sami Khanty Mansi Tungusic languages Even Evenki Nanai Negidal Oroch Orok Udege Ulch Eskimo–Aleut languages Aleut Chaplino dialect Other languages Ket Nivkh Computing codes See also Ң ң : Cyrillic letter En with descender Ӊ ӊ : Cyrillic letter En with tail Ҥ ҥ : Cyrillic ligature En Ge Ԩ ԩ : Cyrillic letter En with left hook Ŋ ŋ : Latin letter Eng Ꜧ ꜧ : Latin letter Heng Cyrillic characters in Unicode Cyrillic letters with diacritics Letters with hook

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe%20Theatre%20%28Newcastle%20Street%29

Globe Theatre (Newcastle Street)

The Globe was a Victorian theatre built in 1868 and demolished in 1902. It was the third of five London theatres to bear the name, following Shakespeare’s Bankside house, which closed in 1642, and the former Rotunda Theatre in Blackfriars Road, which for a few years from 1833 was renamed the Globe. The new theatre was also known at various times as the Royal Globe Theatre or Globe Theatre Royal. Its repertoire consisted mainly of comedies and musical shows. The theatre's most famous production was Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas, which enjoyed a record-setting run there, having transferred from the Royalty Theatre. Other long-running pieces included the opéra-comique The Chimes of Normandy (1878) and the farce The Private Secretary (1884). History Background and first years In the 16th century Lyon's Inn, one of the Inns of Chancery attached to London's Inner Temple, stood on the site. By the 1860s the area had deteriorated greatly and the old inn had been converted into what the historians Mander and Mitchenson describe as "dwellings of a dubious nature". In 1864 part of the area was cleared to make way for a new hotel, which failed, and the Globe Theatre, which was built to the commission of its proprietor, Sefton Parry. He designed the theatre himself; the builder was G. Simpson. The Globe stood on the corner of Wych and Newcastle Streets. Parry built the theatre cheaply, hoping to make handsome profits from compensation when the area was demolished, which was even then in contemplation. It remained in contemplation for more than thirty years. From 1870 the Globe backed on to another theatre owned by Parry, the even more jerry-built Opera Comique. The two theatres were known as "the rickety twins": both were of such flimsy construction that performers could hear each other through the common wall. Nevertheless, the auditorium of the Globe was richly decorated, and much praised by contemporary reviewers. The Era, reporting on the new theatre in November 1868, quoted the capacity as 1,800, including standing room; the seating capacity was 1,510 plus eight private boxes. Acknowledging the history of the title "Globe Theatre", the new house featured an act-drop representing a view of Stratford-Upon-Avon. That act-drop was destroyed in a fire before the opening night, and replaced by another with a view of Anne Hathaway's cottage. Parry's first production, a five-act comedy called Cyril's Success, by H. J. Byron, was well received, and ran for 100 performances – considered a very good run for that period. Later productions staged by Parry were unsuccessful, and he gave up the management of the Globe in 1870. 1870s The Globe was taken over and partially rebuilt only two years after its opening. The architect was Walter Emden, whose surviving London theatres are the Duke of York's, and (in collaboration) the Garrick and Royal Court theatres. Old and New London described the theatre thus: The "sunlight" referred to above was a glass roof giving the auditorium natural light, day and night, and allowing ventilation at all times: in an age of gas lighting, the latter would have been a marked advantage. By contrast, at the adjoining Opera Comique audiences "perspired and gasped." The rebuilt theatre came under a succession of managements through the 1870s, with few successes. For a season of opéra bouffe in 1871, for which "Royal" was added to the theatre's name, standards were not high enough to attract the public, and a new management took over. H. J. Montague opened with a strong company, headed by himself, Carlotta Addison and Henry Compton, but could not make the theatre pay. He was succeeded by Alexander Henderson, who presented his wife, Lydia Thompson, in a long-running burlesque, Blue Beard. A substantial success in the 1870s was the opéra comique Les cloches de Corneville by Robert Planquette, given in an English version by H. B. Farnie and Robert Reece under the title The Chimes of Normandy. It transferred from the smaller Folly Theatre, and ran for a total of 705 performances, setting a new world record for a musical theatre run, which was not overtaken until Dorothy, ten years later. 1880s The early years of the decade brought the Globe little success. A comic opera in an attempted Gilbert and Sullivan vein, The Vicar of Bray, by Sydney Grundy and Edward Solomon (1882) ran for only 69 performances, and The Promise of May, a "Rustic Drama in Prose" by the Poet Laureate, Lord Tennyson, lasted only a few nights. In 1884 the theatre (temporarily called the Royal Globe) had a solid success with The Private Secretary, a farce by and starring Charles Hawtrey (transferred from The Prince of Wales's Theatre in 1884; it ran for 785 performances. Hawtrey then presented other plays at the Globe with varying degrees of success. In the later years of the decade the house saw two Shakespeare seasons, the first led by Richard Mansfield and the second by Frank Benson. 1890–1902 Success on an even greater scale than that of The Private Secretary came to the Globe in 1892, when the farce Charley's Aunt transferred there after a few initial weeks in the smaller Royalty Theatre. It ran for a total of 1,466 performances. John Hare took over the theatre after the end of that run. He brought Kate Terry out of retirement to support the stage debut of her daughter Mabel Terry-Lewis in The Master by Stuart Ogilvie, presented revivals of Tom Robertson's Caste, School and Ours, and premiered Arthur Pinero's comedy The Gay Lord Quex, which ran for 300 performances. By the time Hare gave up the management of the Globe in 1900 the long-envisaged Strand Improvement Scheme was finally under way, and the demolition of "the rickety twins" was scheduled by the London County Council. The last company to occupy the theatre was headed by Fred Terry and Julia Neilson, with William Greet as lessee and Frank Curzon managing the house. They presented a melodrama about Russian politics, which failed completely, and for the final production at the Globe they revived a popular costume drama, Sweet Nell of Old Drury. The theatre closed in 1902 and was then demolished to make way for the construction of Aldwych. Bush House now stands on the site. Other "Globe" theatres This Globe was the third of five London theatres to bear the name, following Shakespeare’s Bankside house, which closed in 1642, and the former Rotunda Theatre in Blackfriars Road, which for a few years from 1833 was renamed the Globe. Two later London theatres were given the name. The Hicks Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, opened in 1906, was renamed the Globe in 1909 and continued under that name until 1994, when it was renamed the Gielgud Theatre. A recreation of Shakespeare's theatre opened in Southwark in 1997 and was given the name Shakespeare's Globe. Notes, references and sources Notes References Sources External links Globe Playbills: in the Templeman Collection of the University of Kent 1868 establishments in England Buildings and structures demolished in 1902 Former buildings and structures in the City of Westminster Former theatres in London Theatres completed in 1868

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity%20in%20Egypt

Christianity in Egypt

Christianity is the second largest religion in Egypt. The history of Egyptian Christianity dates to the Roman era as Alexandria was an early center of Christianity. Demographics The vast majority of Egyptian Christians are Copts who belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, an Oriental Orthodox Church. As of 2019, Copts in Egypt "are generally understood to make up approximately 10 percent" of the nation's population, with an estimated population of 9.5 million (figure cited in the Wall Street Journal, 2017) or 10 million (figure cited in the Associated Press, 2019). Smaller or larger figures have also been cited, in the range of "somewhere between 6% and 18% of the population," with the Egyptian government estimating lower numbers and the Coptic Orthodox Church estimating much higher numbers. A lack of definite, reliable demographic data renders all estimates uncertain. Outside of Egypt, there are roughly 1 million members of the Coptic Orthodox abroad. Estimates of the percentage of Egyptian Christians who are Coptic Orthodox range from approximately 90% to approximately 95%. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is headed by the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy See of Saint Mark, currently Pope Tawadros II. Other than the Coptic Orthodox Church, two other Oriental Orthodox churches have members in Egypt: the Armenian Apostolic and Syriac Orthodox churches. A minority of Egyptian Christians belong to the Coptic Catholic Church. Approximately 2.5% of Egyptian Christians belong to the Coptic Catholic Church. In 2007, the Annuario Pontificio estimated the total membership of the Coptic Catholic Church to be 161,327, divided into seven eparchies, with nine bishops and 164 parishes. Other particular churches of the worldwide Catholic Church with members in Egypt include the Melkites, Maronites, Syriac Catholics, Armenian Catholics, and Chaldean Catholics. Most Latin rite Catholics in Egypt are expatriates. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa is the presence of Eastern Orthodoxy in Egypt. Its membership has steadily declined, and was approximately 110,000 in 1980. There are a small number of Protestants among Egypt's Christian populations. This includes the Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile), Anglicans (about half expatriates), and the Armenian Evangelical Church. There are smaller numbers of adherents of the Assemblies of God, Christian Brethren, Free Methodist, Pentecostals, Seventh-Day Adventist, and Churches of Christ, among others. Between 1,000 and 1,500 Jehovah's Witnesses live in Egypt. The Adventist Atlas estimated 852 members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Egypt as of 2008. Scattered among the various churches are a number of converts from Islam to Christianity. A 2015 study estimated that there were 14,000 such believers in Egypt. In Egypt, Copts have relatively higher educational attainment, relatively higher wealth index, and a stronger representation in white collar job types, but limited representation in security agencies. The majority of demographic, socioeconomic, and health indicators are similar among Copts and Muslims. Socio-economic In Egypt, Copts have relatively higher educational attainment, relatively higher wealth index, and a stronger representation in white collar job types, but limited representation in security agencies. The majority of demographic, socioeconomic and health indicators are similar among Copts and Muslims. Historically; many Copts were accountants, and in 1961 Coptic Christians owned 51% of the Egyptian banks. A Pew Center study about religion and education around the world in 2016, found that around 26% of Egyptian Christians obtain a university degree in institutions of higher education. According to the scholar Andrea Rugh Copts tend to belong to the educated middle and upper-middle class, and according to scholar Lois Farag "The Copts still played the major role in managing Egypt's state finances. They held 20% of total state capital, 45% of government employment, and 45% of government salarie". According to scholar J. D. Pennington 45% of the medical doctors, 60% of the pharmacists of Egypt were Christians. A number of Coptic business and land-owning families became very wealthy and influential such as the Egyptian Coptic Christian Sawiris family that owns the Orascom conglomerate, spanning telecommunications, construction, tourism, industries and technology. In 2008, Forbes estimated the family's net worth at $36 billion. According to scholars Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein argue that Copts have relatively higher educational attainment and relatively higher wealth index, due to Coptic Christianity emphasis on literacy and that Coptic Christianity encouraged the accumulation of human capital. History Egyptian Christians believe that the Patriarchate of Alexandria was founded by Mark the Evangelist around AD 33, and Christianity entered Egypt because of The Apostle Mark. By AD 300 it is clear that Alexandria was one of the great Christian centres. The Christian apologists Clement of Alexandria and Origen both lived part or all of their lives in that city, where they wrote, taught and debated. With the Edict of Milan in 313, Constantine I ended the persecution of Christians. Over the course of the 4th century, paganism was suppressed and lost its following, as the poet Palladas bitterly noted. Graffiti at Philae in Upper Egypt proves worship of Isis persisted at its temples into the 5th century. Alexandria became the centre of the first great schism in the Christian world, between the Arians, named for the Alexandrian priest Arius, and their opponents, represented by Athanasius, who became Archbishop of Alexandria in 326 after the First Council of Nicaea rejected Arius's views. The Arian controversy caused years of riots and rebellions throughout most of the 4th century. In the course of one of these, the great temple of Serapis, the stronghold of paganism, was destroyed. Athanasius was alternately expelled from Alexandria and reinstated as its Archbishop between five and seven times. Another religious development in Egypt was the monasticism of the Desert Fathers, who renounced the material world in order to live a life of poverty in devotion to God. Under Muslim rule, the Copts were cut off from the mainstream of Christianity and were compelled to adhere to the Pact of Umar covenant. They were assigned to Dhimmi status. Their position improved dramatically under the rule of Muhammad Ali in the early 19th century. He abolished the Jizya (a tax on non-Muslims) and allowed Copts to enroll in the army. Pope Cyril IV, 1854–61, reformed the church and encouraged broader Coptic participation in Egyptian affairs. Khedive Isma'il Pasha, in power 1863–79, further promoted the Copts. He appointed them judges to Egyptian courts and awarded them political rights and representation in government. They flourished in business affairs. Some Copts participated in the Egyptian national movement for independence and occupied many influential positions. Two significant cultural achievements include the founding of the Coptic Museum in 1910 and the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies in 1954. Some prominent Coptic thinkers from this period are Salama Moussa, Louis Awad and Secretary-General of the Wafd Party Makram Ebeid. In 1952, Gamal Abdel Nasser led some army officers in a coup d'état against King Farouk, which overthrew the Kingdom of Egypt and established a republic. Nasser's mainstream policy was pan-Arab nationalism and socialism. The Copts were severely affected by Nasser's nationalization policies, though they represented about 10–20% of the population. In addition, Nasser's pan-Arab policies undermined the Copts' strong attachment to and sense of identity about their Egyptian pre-Arab, and certainly non-Arab identity which resulted in permits to construct churches to be delayed along with Christian religious courts to be closed. Pharaonism Many Coptic intellectuals hold to "Pharaonism," which states that Coptic culture is largely derived from pre-Christian, Pharaonic culture, and is not indebted to Greece. It gives the Copts a claim to a deep heritage in Egyptian history and culture. Pharaonism was widely held by Coptic scholars in the early 20th century. Most scholars today see Pharaonism as a late development shaped primarily by western Orientalism, and doubt its validity. Persecution and discrimination Religious freedom in Egypt is hampered to varying degrees by discriminatory and restrictive government policies. Coptic Christians, being the largest religious minority in Egypt, are also negatively affected. Copts have faced increasing marginalization after the 1952 coup d'état led by the Free Officers Movement, a group of army officers led by Mohammed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser. Until recently, Christians were required to obtain presidential approval for even minor repairs in churches. Although the law was eased in 2005 by handing down the authority of approval to the governors, Copts continue to face many obstacles and restrictions in building new churches. These restrictions do not apply for building mosques, although in August 2017, the Parliament of Egypt removed the legal restrictions that limited the construction of new churches. In 2006, one person attacked three churches in Alexandria, killing one person and injuring 5–16. The attacker was not linked to any organisation and described as "psychologically disturbed" by the Ministry of Interior. In May 2010, The Wall Street Journal reported increasing waves of mob attacks by Muslims against ethnic Copts. Despite frantic calls for help, the police typically arrived after the violence was over. The police also coerced the Copts to accept "reconciliation" with their attackers to avoid prosecuting them, with no Muslims convicted for any of the attacks. In Marsa Matrouh, a Bedouin mob of 3,000 Muslims tried to attack the city's Coptic population, with 400 Copts having to barricade themselves in their church while the mob destroyed 18 homes, 23 shops, and 16 cars. Members of U.S. Congress have expressed concern about "human trafficking" of Coptic women and girls who are victims of abductions, forced conversion to Islam, sexual exploitation, and forced marriage to Muslim men. Boutros Boutros-Ghali is a Copt who served as Egypt's foreign minister under President Anwar Sadat. Today, only two Copts are on Egypt's governmental cabinet: Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali and Environment Minister Magued George. There is also currently one Coptic governor out of 25, that of the upper Egyptian governorate of Qena, and the first Coptic governor in a few decades. In addition, Naguib Sawiris, an extremely successful businessman and one of the world's 100 wealthiest people, is a Copt. In 2002, under the Mubarak government, Coptic Christmas (January 7) was recognized as an official holiday. However, many Copts continue to complain of being minimally represented in law enforcement, state security, and public office, and of being discriminated against in the workforce on the basis of their religion. Most Copts do not support independence or separation movement from other Egyptians. While freedom of religion is guaranteed by the Egyptian constitution, according to Human Rights Watch, "Egyptians are able to convert to Islam generally without difficulty, but Muslims who convert to Christianity face difficulties in getting new identity papers and some have been arrested for allegedly forging such documents." The Coptic community, however, takes pains to prevent conversions from Christianity to Islam due to the ease with which Christians can often become Muslim. Public officials, being conservative themselves, intensify the complexity of the legal procedures required to recognize the religion change as required by law. Security agencies will sometimes claim that such conversions from Islam to Christianity (or occasionally vice versa) may stir social unrest, and thereby justify themselves in wrongfully detaining the subjects, insisting that they are simply taking steps to prevent likely social troubles from happening. In 2007, a Cairo administrative court denied 45 citizens the right to obtain identity papers documenting their reversion to Christianity after converting to Islam. However, in February 2008 the Supreme Administrative Court overturned the decision, allowing 12 citizens who had reverted to Christianity to re-list their religion on identity cards, but they will specify that they had adopted Islam for a brief period of time. In August 2013, following the 3 July 2013 Coup and clashes between the military and Morsi supporters, there were widespread attacks on Coptic churches and institutions in Egypt by Sunni Muslims. According to at least one Egyptian scholar (Samuel Tadros), the attacks are the worst violence against the Coptic Church since the 14th century. USA Today reported that "forty churches have been looted and torched, while 23 others have been attacked and heavily damaged". The Facebook page of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party was "rife with false accusations meant to foment hatred against Copts", according to journalist Kirsten Powers. The Party's page claimed that the Coptic Church had declared "war against Islam and Muslims" and that "The Pope of the Church is involved in the removal of the first elected Islamist president. The Pope of the Church alleges Islamic Sharia is backwards, stubborn, and reactionary." On August 15, nine Egyptian human rights groups under the umbrella group "Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights", released a statement saying, In December … Brotherhood leaders began fomenting anti-Christian sectarian incitement. The anti-Coptic incitement and threats continued unabated up to the demonstrations of June 30 and, with the removal of President Morsi … morphed into sectarian violence, which was sanctioned by … the continued anti-Coptic rhetoric heard from the group's leaders on the stage … throughout the sit-in. On February 25, 2016 an Egyptian court convicted four Coptic Christian teenagers for contempt of Islam, after they appeared in a video mocking Muslim prayers. See also Religion in Egypt Coptic Orthodox Church Catholic Church in Egypt Protestantism in Egypt List of Coptic Orthodox churches in Egypt Copts Christianity in Sohag Governorate Notes References Sources External links European Centre for Law and Justice (2011): The Persecution of Oriental Christians, what answer from Europe?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Maul%20and%20the%20Pear%20Tree

The Maul and the Pear Tree

The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811 is a true crime book by the British historian T. A. Critchley and the mystery writer P. D. James about the Ratcliff Highway murders, published in 1971. According to the publisher's blurb, it is "one of the most elegant exercises in literary historical detection since Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time". James and Critchley worked together as civil servants at the Home Office and were able to draw upon original sources when writing the book. References 1971 non-fiction books Books by P. D. James Non-fiction crime books Constable & Co. books 1811 in England 1811 crimes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessed%20by%20a%20Broken%20Heart

Blessed by a Broken Heart

Blessed by a Broken Heart was a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 2003, the band's last lineup consisted of vocalist/rhythm guitarist Sam Ryder, lead guitarist "Shred" Sean Maier, bassist Tyler Hoare, and drummer and keyboardist Slater. They have released three albums, the most recent of which, Feel the Power, was released by Tooth & Nail Records and made Billboards Christian Albums and Heatseekers Albums charts. The band endured many line-up changes throughout its existence, leaving bassist Hoare as the only original member. In July 2012, Tony Gambino announced he was stepping down as lead vocalist with Sam Ryder taking his place. History The band was formed as a concept band in 2003 by Tyler Hoare. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Hugh Charron, bassist Joel Sauvé, guitarists Robbie Hart and Hoare, drummer Frank Shooflar, and keyboardist Simon Foxx. Their first album, All Is Fair in Love and War, was released on Blood and Ink Records in 2004. Joel Sauvé and Hugh Charron departed in 2005. Hoare switched to bass and shred-style guitarist, "Shred" Sean Maier, from Long Island, New York, joined. The band then began to change to a more 80s glam metal sound. The next year, they toured in the United Kingdom on a sold-out headlining tour with Enter Shikari. In January 2007, after the addition of vocalist Tony Gambino, they signed with Century Media Records. They recorded their second studio album, Pedal to the Metal, at The Farm in Vancouver, British Columbia with producer Garth Richardson and engineer Ben Kaplan in April. The rest of 2007 was spent touring the US with The Devil Wears Prada, A Day to Remember and Mychildren Mybride; before joining Kittie, It Dies Today, Silent Civilian, and Bring Me the Horizon for another US tour. In mid-January 2008, they returned to Europe, again touring with Bring Me the Horizon, as well as Maroon and Architects. They finished that tour with a string of headlining dates in the UK with Azriel and Dividing The Line. After that tour, rhythm guitarist, Robbie Hart and keyboardist Simon Foxx, both original members, were kicked out of the band. In mid-2008 they were joined by rhythm guitarist Casey Jones and keyboardist Slater, and took part in on the first annual Scream the Prayer Tour, with Sleeping Giant, Impending Doom, and War of Ages. Pedal to the Metal was released by Century Media in Europe in August 2008 and the US in September 2008. A headline tour in Europe and the UK was booked for November and December 2008 with support from I Am Ghost and Devil's Gift. After the European tour, original drummer Frank Shooflar left to pursue his career as a record producer and songwriter, Slater then moved to drums and former Still Remains keyboardist Ben Schauland was added, under the moniker "Rex Krueger". In 2009, the band announced their relationship with Century Media Records had come to a mutually-agreed end. In mid-2010, the band again took part in Scream the Prayer, this time with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, For Today, A Plea for Purging, The Color Morale, and several others. However, they had to cut the tour short due to bus problems and the death of Hoare's grandmother. They played their last show of the tour at Christian rock festival HeavenFest. Keyboardist Ben "Rex Krueger" Schauland left the band. Sam Ryder, then a member of the Morning After, played rhythm guitar on the band's European tour while Casey Jones stayed home to be present for the birth of his first child. On June 24, 2011, Tooth & Nail Records released a video officially welcoming Blessed by a Broken Heart to the label's roster, in which the band announced that they were recording a new album. On September 30, the band announced that a song called "Deathwish" would be released on October 17, 2011 for the cost of a tweet, and would be the first single from the new album, Feel the Power, which was at the time planned for release on January 24, 2012. A second single, "Forever", was released on December 6, 2011, with an accompanying video premiering on January 17, 2012. In July 2012, Gambino, announced his departure and rhythm guitarist Sam Ryder was announced as new vocalist. Ryder appeared on a third single, "Out of Control", released July 24, 2012. Guitarist Sean Maier announced that the band was breaking up due to repeated legal struggles with record companies and lack of support from booking agencies on September 7, 2013. The post also stated that singer Sam Ryder would continue working as the frontman for Close Your Eyes and Maier would continue to work on his new project Shred Starz. Ryder has recently left the band Close Your Eyes. The band reunited for a farewell show on October 31, 2014. Members Final line-up Tyler Hoare – bass (2005–2013, 2014), backing vocals (2003–2013); rhythm guitar (2003–2005) "Shred" Sean Maier – lead guitar (2005–2013, 2014) Tony Gambino – lead vocals (2007–2012, 2014) Ian "Slater" Evans – drums (2009–2013, 2014), backing vocals (2008–2013, 2014), keyboards (2008–2009, 2010–2013, 2014) Joel "Casey" Jones – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2008–2010, 2014) Former members Hugh Charron – lead vocals (2003–2005) Joel Sauvé – bass (2003–2005) Nathan – rhythm guitar (2005) Robbie Hart – lead guitar (2003–2005), rhythm guitar, (2005–2008) backing vocals (2003–2008) Frank "The Bird" Shooflar – drums (2003–2008) Simon Foxx – keyboards, additional guitar (2003–2008) Matt Kirk – lead vocals (2005–2006) Jon Cline – lead vocals (2006–2007) Ben Schauland "Rex Krueger" – keyboards (2009–2010) Sam Ryder – lead vocals (2012–2013), rhythm guitar (2010–2013) Ian "Captain Morgain" Scott – rhythm guitar (2012–2013 touring) Timeline Discography References Blood and Ink Records artists Canadian Christian metal musical groups Canadian glam metal musical groups Canadian metalcore musical groups Century Media Records artists Musical groups established in 2003 Musical groups disestablished in 2013 Musical groups from Montreal Musical quintets Tooth & Nail Records artists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20Upper%20School

County Upper School

Bury St Edmunds County Upper School is a 13 to 19 co-educational comprehensive high-performing academy part of the Bury St Edmunds All-Through Trust, comprising County Upper School, Horringer Court School, Westley School and Barrow CEVC and Tollgate Primaries. It is one of three 13-18 schools serving the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England and its surrounding villages. Pupils enter Year 9 primarily from three catchment middle schools in Bury St Edmunds but pupils are drawn widely from across the villages and towns of West Suffolk. The school is often over-subscribed with 266 first-choice applicants in 2009/10, 287 in 2010/11, 282 for 2011/12, 279 for 2012/13 and 268 for 2014/15 against a LEA Planned Admission Number of 260. In September 2013 the number of pupils on roll was 992 and it is expected that will remain relatively unchanged for the foreseeable future. Attached to the main school is a Sixth Form, which at present stands at around 209 students spread between Years 12 and 13. The school is located on Beetons Way, on the outskirts of town, next to St Benedict's Roman Catholic Upper School, with which it used to collaborate in the sixth form. County Upper School has specialisms in science and languages with an Able and Talented Focus, and is also accredited as a "Consultant School" by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust Together with Westley School, part of the Bury St Edmunds All-Through Trust, it is the Area Hub for West Suffolk and East Cambridgeshire for the Computing at School Network of Excellence as part of the joint effort by the BCS, Chartered Institute for IT and the Computing Industry to provide leadership and strategic guidance to all those involved in Computing education in schools. The school is accredited with the National College for School Leadership as a Teaching School and is part of the West Suffolk All-Through Teaching School Alliance, to train and develop teachers from September 2013 and it is also the lead Suffolk school in the Suffolk and Norfolk Initial Teacher Training (SNITT) initiative, in partnership with Suffolk County Council and University College Suffolk, which is part of the Department for Education's School Direct Training Programme. In 2019, the school received an 'inadequate' inspection from Ofsted. Organisation As a school rated by Ofsted as "Outstanding" (1999, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013), under the Academies Act 2010 County Upper School applied to become a High-Performing Academy – a publicly funded independent school. Together with Horringer Court School, Westley School, Tollgate Primary School and Barrow Primary School, and working closely with Howard Middle School, it forms the 4-18 Bury St Edmunds All-Through Trust with the potential for students to move flexibly through the pyramid in accordance with their ability and aptitude allowing the six schools to work together strategically to drive up even further their standards and results. The All-Through Academy Trust received the go-ahead from the Department of Education in September 2015 to create a Technical Academy alongside its traditional academic pathway offering 14-18-year-old students vocational education in Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering (STEM) working alongside industry to allowing a work-place based study. The Technical Academy plans to open in September 2017. Current industry and University partners include Microsoft, ARM, Bosch, British Sugar, Claas UK, BT, EDF, Marshall Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, Redgate Software, Treatt, UK Power Networks, Vitec, Suffolk Education Business Partnership and the University of East Anglia. The Trust, in this instance led by County Upper, has become an Early Adopter of the World Class Schools Quality Mark. Origins County Upper School traces its origins back to the Education Act 1902 that gave county councils the status of local education authorities, greatly expanding their powers and their expenditure. Within a few years it was normal for half a county's budget to be devoted to education and the West Suffolk County School was opened in Northgate Street in Bury St Edmunds. A large red brick building, the former Falconbury School and site of the original Northgate House, had been purchased for the purpose in 1904, then altered and improved. This original building was then extended in 1907. At this time it was co-educational (for both girls and boys), with separate playgrounds. In the early 1950s the school became the County Grammar School for Girls with eligible boys from Bury and its surrounding villages attending the King Edward VI Grammar School. In 1964 the County Grammar School for Girls moved from its Northgate Street site to brand new premises at the end of Tollgate Lane (now known as Beetons Way) in north west Bury St Edmunds. For many years the girls had walked to this new site to make use of the playing fields that the local education authority had acquired there. These long walks now became unnecessary. The school premises in Northgate Street gradually became used as an annex to the West Suffolk College until 1988. Today, the old red brick building forms part of the Northgate Street Business Park, housing, amongst other enterprises, a dance school, a chiropractic clinic, the headquarters of the East of England Ambulance Service and the East of England Museums Libraries and Archives. In 1972 the County Grammar School for Girls became the co-educational and comprehensive County Upper School. The old single-sex state grammar school system, which separated children by gender and ability in Suffolk no longer exists. The original West Suffolk County School coat of arms, seen above the old Northgate Street building entrance, consist of a gold cross fleury between five martlets on a blue shield and were the arms of Edward the Confessor, who in the 11th century granted land to the abbey of St Edmund, and those of the old West Suffolk County Council. The contemporary County Upper School coat of arms has four birds around a cross surmounted by the Saxon Crown of St Edmund, the last King of East Anglia. The blue sweaters with an all gold crest worn by today's pupils echo the colours of Edward the Confessor and are used by the school sports teams and on the school flag. Facilities The original girls' grammar school building, opened in 1964, provides the main teaching and administrative area. There are additional specialist facilities, built in the 1970s, to support the teaching of science, art and design technology. New facilities for humanities were built in the 1990s. In 2004 the school kitchens were refitted, and a new block containing a secondary eating area was created alongside a gym; above the eating area two classrooms were constructed, which are now the Sixth Form common rooms. This was extended in 2014. A new library opened in October 2006, and a completely refurbished Performing Arts Centre opened Easter 2007 which contains facilities for dance, drama and music. This was dedicated to the memory of Michael Woodhouse, a wheelchair bound pupil, who unexpectedly died during Easter 2007. Work on new facilities for food technology and art were completed in summer 2008 which forms part of a visual arts centre, a business studies centre was completed during summer 2010, the science block was refurbished in summer 2011 and the main sports hall in summer 2012. Staff Since 2021 the headmistress has been Sally Kennedy. Between 2005 and 2021, the school was led by Mrs Vicky Neale, following the retirement of Adrian Williams, who obtained a CBE for Services to Education after many years at the school. As of 2014, there are around 90 teaching staff. The most recent workforce statistics from the Department for Education indicates the Academy's pupil-teacher ratio of 14.4:1 is lower than both the Suffolk LEA average of 16:1 in Secondary Schools and 15.7:1 for England as a whole. Ofsted inspections The Ofsted inspection on 18–19 September 2013 rated County Upper School as Grade 1 - Outstanding for overall effectiveness and Grade 1 - Outstanding in all 4 inspection categories: Achievement of pupils; Quality of teaching; Behaviour and safety of pupils and leadership and management for both the main school and Sixth Form; its 8th successive "Outstanding" rating from Ofsted since 1998 The June 2013 Ofsted Report into the achievement of the top 30% most able pupils in non-selective comprehensive schools in England visited County Upper School and gave a Grade 1 "Outstanding" rating for all five categories it inspected: Transfer, transition and induction; Most able achievement; Teaching, learning and assessment; Curriculum; Support and guidance The Education Act 2011 proposed that schools assessed as being Grade 1 "Outstanding" on their last inspection will not be subject to routine inspection unless concerns are raised with Ofsted about their performance. As with similar schools Ofsted wrote to County Upper School on 28 March 2011 with an "Interim Assessment" stating that based upon pupils' academic performance, very low rates of absence and having taken into account the results of survey visits carried out since the last routine inspection. they considered that the Outstanding performance had been sustained. Ofsted stated they would continue to undertake annual assessments of County Upper Schools' performance. Following the most recent inspection in March 2019, County Upper School was downgraded to 'inadequate' by Ofsted following the failure of leaders to "ensure pupils' safety". It criticised the exposure of pupils to drug dealing and gang related activity; with reference to the criminal activity of students - absent at the time - being marked as present. Pupils were quoted as saying they do not feel safe on the school site, with concern raised for the perceived ease of access of unauthorised visitors to gain access to the site. Academic achievements and attendance County Upper achieved a 92% A*-C pass rate in the summer 2015 and 88% A*-C pass rate in the summer 2014 A-level examinations versus a national percentage of 76.5%. These both were the best state school A-level results in Suffolk topped only by Ipswich School. County Upper Sixth Form students regularly achieve entry to Oxbridge colleges with an average of 6% of Sixth Form Pupils achieving entry to Oxford or Cambridge making it the 7th most successful non-selective school in England. Research by the Sutton Trust shows around three-quarters of students leaving Year 13 attend university after leaving County Upper, with one third attending the 30 most selective universities and colleges. The 2015 and 2014 GCSE results showed similar success with 86% A*-C pass rates and 70% of students gained 5 or more A*-C passes including English and Mathematics compared with 55.5% for England nationally. The 2014 result was the joint second highest percentage awarded for a state school in Suffolk and joint highest in the Western Area together with neighbouring St Benedicts Roman Catholic Upper school. 42% of students achieved an A*-C pass rate in 2014 (compared with 22.9% nationally) for the GCSE subjects required to gain them the English Baccalaureate qualification, (English, Mathematics, 2 Sciences, History/Geography and a Modern Foreign Language) surpassing the 35% government target for that year. Attendance in 2013 was recorded at 96.8% (2011 and 2012 were both 96.6%) compared with a national figure of 94.1% placing it in the first quintile of all schools in England and Wales and which is the highest attendance figure in Suffolk of any secondary school. The 2014/15 Schools Guide rated County Upper as the best performing State Secondary school in the Bury St Edmunds area with the Westley and Horringer Court campuses of the All Through-Trust following close behind. Curriculum Science County Upper has a specialism in science with an Able and Talented focus. An Ofsted subject inspection in May 2009 judged the overall effectiveness of science to be outstanding with no areas for improvement. It is the lead school in the Norfolk & Suffolk Science Learning Partnership promoting professional development amongst science education and learning professionals. County Upper runs a Science and Engineering outreach programme including visits to universities and other science centres as well as workshops for able and talented pupils from feeder Middle Schools in West Suffolk. Year 9 Science pupils also participate in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) days run by the Smallpeice Trust promoting engineering careers for young people and lower school pupils participate in the new Go4Set STEM residential courses run by the Engineering Development Trust. In summer 2010 the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) designated County Upper as a Consultant School in recognition of its assistance in helping other schools in Suffolk raise standards and achievement. Languages The school also has a specialism in languages with an Able and Talented focus. The school offers Latin, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish for all pupils with Italian in the Sixth Form. It runs an overseas exchange programme to Kyoto in Japan, the Ancona region of Italy, Guadalajara, Spain and the Rhineland area of Germany. The German exchange with the Amos Comenius School in Bonn is the longest running German exchange programme by a state school having started in 1967. The Japanese programme, one of the longest running in the Country, having started in 1970's with the exchange starting in 1985, involves annual language and scientific exchanges, summer camps and extensive cultural activities between Japan and Bury St Edmunds. The school runs a Modern Foreign Language outreach programme with its feeder Middle Schools in West Suffolk where able and talented pupils take part in workshops and activity days hosted at County Upper during the course of the academic year. Sport and physical activities The school over 30 weekly extra-curricular sports clubs and activities, its facilities include a sports hall, gymnasium, a mini-sports hall, a fitness suite, a PE lab, six tennis and netball courts, two full-sized football pitches, cricket nets and a floodlit all-weather hockey/five-a-side football pitch all on site. County Upper School won the 2011 BBC Look East School of the Year for Sport, was selected the Suffolk Sport "Secondary School of the Year" Award sponsored by Ipswich Town FC Community Trust in 2011, won the St Edmundsbury "School of the Year Award" for sport in both 2008 and 2011, gained the Association for Physical Education (afPE) Quality Mark with Distinction in autumn 2012 after being asked by the Association to help pilot the new scheme nationally, is partner school of both Sport England and the Youth Sport Trust via the Sportsmark Scheme and offers a wide variety of sport and team games. It has achieved the Football Association Charter Standard Secondary Development School status in recognition for the quality of its coaching. The school works with the East of England coach for British cycling and also fields an equestrian team. School teams were the Suffolk U15 cricket and U16 netball champions for the 2010–11 season, the U17 rounders team reached the semi-finals of the English National Schools Championships in July 2011, and won the English National Golf Championships in July 2014. The captain of Suffolk County Cricket team, Mr Justin Bishop, is a PE teacher and cricket coach for the school and Miss Heather Lymburn, also on the PE staff, is a member of the England Senior Korfball Squad. County Upper Basketball Academy In addition to the main school sports activities County Upper also hosts a dedicated Basketball Academy. The academy has its own Sports Director with pupils from across East Anglia attending the County Upper Sixth Form. Pupils are accommodated locally, attend the school and regularly enter regional and national-level competitions, tour the US and have achieved scholarships to US Basketball Colleges. The U17 Basketball Team were finalists and eventual runners-up in the English National School Championships in 2012. Music, drama and visual arts County Upper has achieved an Artsmark Gold award for its wide range of musical, dance and theatrical groups and events. The school is an accredited Arts Award Centre for the Trinity College London and Arts Council England scheme and an Examinations Centre for the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music and Rockschool. It also, together with Westley School from the Bury St Edmunds All-Through Trust, participates in the annual BBC School Report project run collaboratively between BBC News and BBC Learning giving young people an opportunity to make their own news reports for a real audience. The school ensembles regularly perform in public holding numerous plays, concerts and choral events in and around Bury St Edmunds including performances at the town's Apex Venue. The school staged one of the first amateur productions of the Phantom of the Opera in 2012 and other recent productions have included Les Miserables, West Side Story, Anything Goes, The Pyjama Game and "South Pacific". There are over 20 music ensembles including two orchestras, several choirs, string & jazz ensembles and wind bands. There have been three Swing Band tours of Suffolk Virginia USA together with music tours of Venice, Somerset and the Channel Islands. The school holds an annual Art Exhibition for the community displaying pupils' work. Paintings, textiles, pottery and visual arts installations are shown to the public each summer with some of the very best going on display in public buildings in and around Bury St Edmunds. West Suffolk Music Centre County Upper School hosts most of the Suffolk Youth Music activities in the Bury St Edmunds area on behalf of the Suffolk County Music Service. These consist of The Bury St Edmunds County Music School; the West Suffolk Youth Jazz Orchestra, Big Band, Ceilidh Band, Wind Band, Youth Orchestra and various instrumental classes. Awards and achievements County Upper is recognised by Healthy Schools Suffolk and is accredited as an Investor in People. The English, Music and History Departments participate in the Prince of Wales' Prince's Teaching Institute Schools Programme to enhance the quality and breadth of the curricula including visits to Stratford, Berlin, Rome, the Somme battlefields and Auschwitz. The school received an International School Award in 2007, 2010 and 2013 from the British Council both for its strength in foreign language teaching and its scientific and cultural links with Europe, Japan and the USA. It earned a "Distinction" designation from Education Extra for its extensive range of extra-curricular activities consisting of more than weekly 60 clubs and activities, its musical, drama & dance productions, the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme (Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards) and its frequent sports, music and expeditionary tours abroad to countries including Malta, Jersey, Spain, Germany, Turkey, South Africa, Madagascar, Borneo and the USA. The school's annual Charity Fortnight, organised by the Sixth Form, raises funds for local, national and international good causes. The 2013 total of £14,718 took the overall total raised to over £250,000. The school recognises exceptional service by pupils to the school and the wider community each year by presenting the Princess Diana Award at its annual Prize Giving. St Edmundsbury Borough Council awarded the school catering department a maximum 5 star rating in October 2010. Notable former pupils and staff West Suffolk County School Norah Lofts (1904-1983), best-selling British author. Richard Sidney Sayers (1908-1989), economist and historian specialising in the history of banking. Dora Holzhandler (1928-2015), French-born British painter specialising in the naive style. Bury St Edmunds County Upper School Nicholas Frankau (b. 1952), actor best known for playing the role of Flt. Lt. Carstairs in the British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! Alex Deane (b. 1979), writer, political commentator and consultant Justin Bishop (b. 1982), cricketer and PE teacher at the school Robin Kemp (b. 1984), cricketer and history teacher, and deputy head at the school Notes External links County Upper School Website County Upper School Ofsted Reports County Upper School Ofsted Parent View County Upper School Brochure 2013-14 County Upper School Prospectus 2013-14 Ofsted Data Dashboard Bury St Edmunds All-Through Trust website West Suffolk All-Through Teaching School Alliance Website County Upper Basketball Academy web page County Upper School Overview in Department for Education website County Upper School Web Page on Suffolk County Council Website County Upper School Profile on DirectGov website Academies in Suffolk Upper schools in Suffolk Bury St Edmunds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damage%20%28Kosheen%20album%29

Damage (Kosheen album)

Damage is Kosheen's third studio album, released on 23 March 2007. The album was originally due to be released in 2006, however it was pushed back to 2007. The first single released was "Overkill". Track listing European edition Released on 23 March 2007 (All songs by Sian Evans, Darren Beale, Mark Morrison) "Damage" – 6:30 "Overkill" – 3:38 "Like a Book" – 3:35 "Same Ground Again" – 4:40 "Guilty" – 3:30 "Chances" – 3:35 "Out of This World" – 4:51 "Wish You Were Here" – 4:57 "Thief" – 4:36 "Under Fire" – 3:58 "Not Enough Love" – 5:17 "Cruel Heart" – 4:14 "Marching Orders" – 5:01 "Your Life" – 4:03 UK edition Released on 10 September 2007 (All songs by Sian Evans, Darren Beale, Mark Morrison) "Damage" – 6:30 "Overkill" – 3:38 "Like a Book" – 3:35 "Same Ground Again" – 4:40 "Guilty" (original) – 3:33 "Chances" – 3:35 "Out of This World" – 4:51 "Wish You Were Here" – 4:57 "Thief" – 4:36 "Under Fire" – 3:58 "Not Enough Love" – 5:17 "Cruel Heart" – 4:14 "Professional Friend" – 3:20 "Analogue Street Dub" – 5:52 "Marching Orders" – 5:01 "Your Life" – 4:03 Charts References Kosheen albums 2007 albums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karapitiya

Karapitiya

Karapitiya () is a suburb of Galle in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. It is located within the limits of Galle Four Gravets. Local facilities Karapitiya has the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, a notable tertiary care hospital in the country, which serves as the main clinical training institute Faculty of Medicine of University of Ruhuna. There are a number of roads in Karapitiya, including the Hirimbura Cross Road, Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha (Browns Road), Peter Kiringoda Mawatha, Maitipe First, Second and Third lanes, Hirimbura Road, H. K. Edmand Road (Morris Road) and Labuduwa Road. Recently It has achieved a fast development with newly established branches of all of the famous banks in Sri Lanka; Bank of Ceylon People's Bank Sampath Bank Hatton National Bank Nations Trust Bank Commercial Bank of Ceylon Sanasa Development Bank Regional Development Bank Seylan Bank Supermarkets; Cargills Food City Abeywickrama Food City [AFC] Keells Super Lifestyle Showroom ; Electro Enterprises Religious places and History The temple which is known as Purana Sunandaramaya is situated in front of the hospital. Sri Sudharmaramaya is a famous ancient temple located at Maitipe, Karapitiya. Sri Dheerananada Dhamma School located there serves the society. Public Transport Bus Services There are several routes heading to/from Galle to/from Karapitiya and also via Karapitiya. References External links Galle Four Gravets Divisional Secretariat Populated places in Sri Lanka Suburbs of Galle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last%20of%20the%20Time%20Lords

Last of the Time Lords

"Last of the Time Lords" is the thirteenth and final episode of the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 30 June 2007. It is the last of three episodes that form a linked narrative, following "Utopia" and "The Sound of Drums". The episode is set on Earth one year after the events of "The Sound of Drums". In the episode, the alien time traveller the Master (John Simm) has conquered the Earth and enslaved its population to prepare warships for him to conquer the rest of the universe. The medical student Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) has spent the previous year travelling the planet as part of a plan to stop the Master. Plot A year after the Toclafane attacked Earth and the Master took over the planet, humanity is on the verge of extinction. After her escape from the Valiant, Martha has been travelling around the world and avoiding detection. Arriving back in Great Britain, Martha meets up with medic Thomas Milligan and Professor Docherty, both part of the underground working against the Master. Martha tells them she's been looking for four components to a gun the Master is vulnerable to. Martha, Docherty and Thomas capture a Toclafane. Upon examination they discover the Toclafane are descendants of the humans who took the rocket to Utopia in the future. They cannibalised their bodies into metal spheres and their minds regressed into those of children. The Master created the Paradox Machine to allow them to return to the past and kill their ancestors while avoiding the grandfather paradox. Martha and Thomas leave to find the last component of the gun, and Docherty provides the Master with Martha's location in exchange for information on her own son. After cornering Martha, the Master destroys the gun and takes her back to the Valiant so he can kill her in front of the artificially aged Tenth Doctor. Martha reveals that her story of the four-component gun was a cover designed to have Professor Docherty lead her back to the Master. She actually has been preparing the surviving humans to concentrate their thoughts on the word "Doctor" at the moment of completion of the countdown to the launch of a fleet of rockets the Master is readying to wage war. The Doctor meanwhile has been spending the year psychically integrating himself into the Master's Archangel network of satellites. The network channels the collective psychic energy of the world's people to the Doctor which rejuvenates him, allowing him to overcome his captivity and forcing the Master to cower in defeat. Jack sets off to destroy the Paradox Machine, which causes time to snap back to right before the Toclafane appeared. As the Doctor and his allies consider the Master's fate, the Master is shot by his wife Lucy. Despite the Doctor urging him to regenerate, the Master refuses and subsequently dies in the Doctor's arms. The Doctor, once more the last of his species, cremates the Master's body on a funeral pyre. The Doctor returns Jack to Torchwood. Martha decides to leave the Doctor to care for her family, who can still remember their year of captivity on the Valiant. She gives him her mobile phone in case she needs to contact him. A female hand is seen picking up The Master's ring from the ashes of his funeral pyre and laughter is heard. The bow of a ship called the Titanic bursts through a wall of the TARDIS control room. Continuity In the episode's commentary, writer Russell T Davies called the implication of Jack's nickname ("the Face of Boe") "a theory" as to the Face of Boe's origins, prompting Executive Producer Julie Gardner to urge him to "stop back-pedalling" about the two characters being the same. Davies then mentioned the addition of a line in "Gridlock" in which the Face of Boe calls the Doctor an "old friend", suggesting a strong connection between him and the Doctor. Davies also jokingly termed the hand seen removing the Master's ring from the ashes of his funeral pyre "the hand of the Rani". The hand seen picking up the Master's ring was included in order to leave open the possibility of reintroducing the character at a later date. In part one of "The End of Time" (2009), the hand is revealed to be that of Miss Trefusis, a disciple of Harold Saxon. The Master makes reference to the Sea Devils (which the Third Doctor and the Master encountered together in the 1972 serial The Sea Devils) and the Axons (which they met in 1971's The Claws of Axos). Earth is referred to as Sol 3, the third planet from the star Sol, as it was in The Deadly Assassin (1976). The Master's laser screwdriver is said to have isomorphic controls, a property the Doctor attributed to the TARDIS controls in Pyramids of Mars (1975). Clips from "Smith and Jones", "Utopia" and "The Sound of Drums" are used in this episode. Martha mentions that both UNIT and Torchwood have been studying Time Lords for several decades. Torchwood was set up in "Tooth and Claw" for the specific purpose of tracking the Doctor, while the Doctor worked for UNIT in the mid-20th century. During the Doctor's tenure with UNIT, a full season of stories revolved around the Master, ending in his capture by UNIT in The Dæmons (1971). The 2007 Children in Need mini-episode "Time Crash" takes place within the last few minutes of this episode. The Story of Martha, a new series novel, chronicles the journey and tales of Martha Jones during her year on Earth. In the series 4 episode "The Sontaran Stratagem", Martha is engaged to Thomas Milligan, the paediatrician she travels with during this episode. However, by "The End of Time", she has instead married Mickey Smith. Outside references The Master refers to the aged version of the Doctor as "Gandalf" from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Whilst attempting to mend a television to pick up the broadcast from the Master, Professor Docherty remarks on a fondness for Countdown and states that "it's never been the same since Des took over. Both Deses", referring to Des Lynam and Des O'Connor's hosting of the show after the death of Richard Whiteley in 2005. While working on a troublesome computer to access the data from the one Toclafane struck down by lightning, Professor Docherty says, "Who ever thought that we would miss Bill Gates?" Production and publicity "Last of the Time Lords", along with "Utopia" and "The Sound of Drums", are treated in several sources as a three-part story, the first such story in the revived series of Doctor Who. However, Russell T Davies has said that he regards "Utopia" as a separate story, but notes that the determination is arbitrary. "Last of the Time Lords" was a subtitle proposed at one stage for a film version of Doctor Who that was in development from 1987 to 1994. This episode was planned to be broadcast live to the crowds attending Pride London in Trafalgar Square via a giant screen. However, a local curfew after the nearby attempted terrorist bombing the previous day prevented the screening. Freema Agyeman and John Barrowman attended the event. In order to keep the episode's details secret, access to preview copies of this episode was restricted. There was a similar moratorium on copies of "Doomsday" the previous year and on the series four finale "Journey's End" the following year. The episode was allocated a 50-minute timeslot for its initial broadcast, as with "Daleks in Manhattan" previously, and 55-minute timeslots for the BBC Three repeats. According to Russell T Davies in Doctor Who Magazine 384, this is because it ran over-length but they did not wish to lose the material. The final episode of The Trial of a Time Lord was also extended by five minutes in 1986. In the audio commentary, the producers reveal that Graeme Harper filled in to direct some scenes after director Colin Teague was injured. At the start of this episode, The Master enters the bridge of the Valiant as "I Can't Decide" by the Scissor Sisters plays in the background. He refers to it as "track 3", its place on the Scissor Sisters' second album, Ta-Dah. Two sets of audio commentaries were recorded for the episode: one with producers Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, and Phil Collinson, which was intended for podcast broadcast to coincide with the episode's initial UK telecast, and the other featuring actors David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, and John Barrowman, which was included on the UK DVD release of the episode as part of the Series 3 box set. However, the Region 1 (North America) release of the DVD saw the actor commentary replaced by the earlier podcast version, although a production error resulted in the set's booklet not indicating this substitution (and the booklet also omits Tennant's name). This episode marked the last regular-episode use of the Doctor Who theme music arrangement by Murray Gold that had been introduced in 2005 and used (notwithstanding minor modifications and an extension of the closing theme in 2006) thereafter. The opening theme would be heard once more in its 2005 arrangement in the Time Crash short episode, before both opening and closing themes would be revised beginning with Voyage of the Damned and continuing into Series 4 in 2008. Cast notes Reggie Yates is credited as playing Leo Jones; however, the character Leo only appears in this episode as background. The audio commentary for the episode mentions that Leo was originally scheduled to appear in the sequence showing Martha's return to Britain, but Yates was double-booked. Zoe Thorne also voiced the Gelth in "The Unquiet Dead". Uncredited as the hand that picks up the Master's ring was production manager Tracie Simpson. Broadcast and reception Overnight ratings showed that "Last of the Time Lords" was watched by 8 million viewers with a 39% audience share. When finale ratings were calculated, figures rose to 8.61 million viewers. It received an Audience Appreciation Index of 88, considered "excellent" for a drama. Stephen Brook, writing on The Guardian blog, said the episode was "certainly an epic conclusion... but not a satisfying one." He felt it was too epic and too rushed, and "the resurrection of the Doctor... left me cold." SFX reviewer Dave Golder gave the episode three and a half out of five stars, concluding that it was "Good solid fun, with some great performances and memorable visuals but possibly the least satisfying New Who finale so far". Though he thought there was "loads to enjoy" such as John Simm as the Master, Freema Agyeman's performance, and the effects, he wished to explore more of the dystopian world and said of the conclusion, "I liked the message it was trying to get across, but the shots of a ghostly Tennant floating down the steps did unfortunately look like something out of a panto." IGN's Travis Fickett rated "Last of the Time Lords" 8.4 out of 10, believing it the "weakest entry" of the three-part finale, though it had some "fine stuff", especially the final confrontation between the Doctor and Master and Martha's departure. However, he thought the biggest "misstep" was sidelining the Doctor and the "logically muddy" conclusion. Mark Wright of The Stage called it the "weakest of the season finales for Doctor Who to date", with much of the plot being "lazy" or not making sense and "[played] out as silly and lacks substance". While he praised Martha and the emotional climax, he found Jack "criminally underused" and criticised the representation of the aged Doctor. Stephen James Walker, in his book Third Dimension: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who 2007, summed up the episode as "bleak and depressing", and listed the ill treatment of the Doctor, the use of a reset button and the underuse of Captain Jack as among the problems he had with the story. References External links "Last of the Time Lords": episode trailer Reviews The Stage review of Last of the Time Lords: Last of the Time Lords reviewed at OFF THE TELLY Tenth Doctor episodes The Master (Doctor Who) television stories 2007 British television episodes Television shows written by Russell T Davies Doctor Who stories set on Earth Doctor Who crossovers UNIT serials Mariticide in fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Berglas

David Berglas

David Berglas (born 30 July 1926) is a British magician and mentalist of German-Jewish descent. His secret technique of locating a particular card within a pack has been described as the Holy Grail of card magic. He was one of the first magicians to appear on UK television. Early life David Berglas was educated in several different European countries. He is German-Jewish, and escaped to Britain from Nazi Germany, aged 11. Keen to be part of the war, he discovered that the American Army was urgently looking for suitable recruits for an important role in the denazification of Germany. The requirements were quite stringent. They had to have some previous military training, and to be able to pass strict physical and mental tests. Most importantly they had to speak two languages besides English, one of which had to be fluent German. The required minimum age was 21. Berglas explained that he was only 19 but could meet all the other qualifications. He was accepted into the Intelligence Service of the US Army, serving an 'adventure filled' 18 months at the end of WWII. He then attended Bradford Technical College to study textiles with a view of joining his family business based in Wyke, a village in Bradford. He first became interested in magic in 1947, through a chance meeting with magician Ken Brooke. Magic became an all-absorbing hobby for about 5 years, during which time he studied psychotherapy, specialising in medical hypnosis. Career In his 2009 Enigma show brochure, Derren Brown describes David Berglas as "One of our greatest living magical performers" and thanks him "for his constant inspiration and generosity. Each show is indebted to his artistry and astonishing body of work. Thank you David". In the 1950s, Berglas created what is now referred to as the "Holy Grail" of card magic, known as "The Berglas Effect", in which a magician appears to allow someone to freely name any playing card and freely select any position in a deck ("any card at any number"), and the specified card is found at the specified position in a random deck. The effect was first named "The Berglas Effect" by Jon Racherbaumer in his 1984 book At The Table. The British Magical Society is the oldest magic club in the UK. It presents 'The David Berglas Trophy' annually (since 1988) to leading British magicians. In 1999 he established a non-profit organisation called the Foundation for Promoting the Art of Magic (FP-AM). The Foundation presents "The David Berglas International Magic Award" annually at the International Magic Convention in London. It was first awarded to the organisers of the convention, The MacMillan family, then in 2008 to Uri Geller (Israel), in 2009 to David Copperfield (USA), in 2010 to Juan Tamariz (Spain), in 2011 to Derren Brown (UK) in 2012 to Jeff McBride (USA), and in 2013 Lu Chen (Taiwan) was the recipient. In 2014 the award was given to Berglas himself. The Award Committee had led Berglas to believe that the award was being presented to Dynamo, who after receiving it used sleight-of-hand to change the engraved name on the award to Berglas', and present it to him instead. Film David Berglas has been involved with numerous major films, acting as a creative consultant and technical advisor, including: The 1967 version of Casino Royale, with Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, David Niven and Woody Allen. Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon with Ryan O'Neal in 1975 Albert R. Broccoli's Octopussy with Roger Moore in 1981 George Lucas's Willow with Warwick Davis in 1988 Tim Burton's Batman with Jack Nicholson in 1989 Radio Berglas first became a household name in Britain through his regular performances on BBC radio, an unusual role for a magician. He conducted what he called "Nationwide Psychological Experiments", involving millions of listeners in their homes. This part of the show required listeners to write in to confirm their reaction. To this day the BBC's archives have recorded this as being the largest collection of fan mail ever received. During the show's run it was not unusual for David to receive 3000 – 4000 postcards or letters per week. His weekly broadcasts included sensational stunts, including hanging a box over Regent Street, London for a whole week. It had been officially sealed by the Diplomatic Corps of the Admiralty, and when opened, it contained the passport of a randomly selected member of the studio audience, sitting in the Playhouse Theatre by the Embankment. The passport had disappeared just moments before. He appeared on sound radio, on and off, for about 17 years and when commercial radio first started he had a regular phone-in programme, late at night on LBC (London Broadcasting Company), which started in 1973. Television He was one of the first magicians to appear on British television with his own show Meet David Berglas in 1954, which regularly attracted audiences of over 19 million viewers. Numerous other television series followed and were highly acclaimed in the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Germany. Commercial television started in the UK in September 1955 and the first ever series was presented by Berglas on Associated Rediffusion called Focus on Hocus. In the 1970s he presented a one-hour television special from Las Vegas and in the UK he presented his Channel 4 series The Mind of David Berglas (1985–1986) where he interviewed and entertained celebrity guests including Omar Sharif, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Peter Cook, Graham Chapman and Max Bygraves. Honours In 1967, after his popular Dutch television series 'OPUS 13', he was named "Television Personality of the Year", the first time it had ever been awarded to a foreign celebrity. President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians (British Ring) 1976/1977. He has appeared on the covers of leading magic magazines including The Linking Ring (1977), Abra (1992), Magic (1998), The Genii (2007), and The Magic Circular (1957, 1975, 1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2006). In 1979 he was voted "King Rat" of the Grand Order of Water Rats, the world's leading show business charity organisation. He is a past President of The Magic Circle (1989–1998) The Magic Circle presented him with the coveted "Gold Medal" in the year 2000 (which at the time had only been presented six times before, since 1926). In 1995 he received The "Maskelyne Award" for outstanding contribution to British magic and in October 2011, received The Magic Circle's highest international award, The David Devant. He has also been honoured internationally including the "Gold Plaque" in Sweden, 1980 and the prestigious gold "Grolla" in Italy, 2008. The Academy of Magical Arts, Hollywood, awarded David with a "Special Fellowship" in 2000, and the "Masters Fellowship" in 2004. In 2008 he was bestowed the "Griffin Award" and named "Grand Master of Mystery" by PSYCRETS (The British Society of Mystery Entertainers). He was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Session Convention in Gloucester, January 2011 At the Edinburgh International Magic Festival in 2013, he was the recipient of The Great Lafayette Award In 2014, he was awarded The International Magic Award, at the International Magic Convention, London He was awarded an MBE in the 2019 New Year Honours List. Books In 1967 he released his best-selling Dutch book David Berglas onthult...bijna alles (David Berglas reveals...nearly everything), published by H.J.W. Becht's Uitgeversmaatschappij N.V. and in 1988 A Question of Memory (with Guy Lyon Playfair), published by Jonathan Cape Ltd. (). He has written a substantial number of articles and lecture notes for the magical fraternity, including The David Berglas File No.1 (1976) and the much sought-after tome, now out of print, The Mind and Magic of David Berglas – As Revealed to David Britland, 2002, published by Jim Steinmeyer through Hahne Publications. This has become a collector's item and is selling for several times its original price. 2011 – He released a book with Richard J. Kaufman entitled The Berglas Effects – this is the book named after his famed "Any Card at Any Number" plot. The book has a foreword by Juan Tamariz, an afterword by Max Maven, contains 3 DVDs and also includes a pair of 3D glasses. 2012 – He provided both a contribution and foreword to the PSYCRETS book Liber Mentis (). A mysterium of effects essays and routines, edited and authored by Steve Drury. 2012 – Berglas provided the foreword to Dunninger Knows, by Joe Atmore References External links 1926 births Mentalists Living people English Jews Members of the Order of the British Empire German emigrants to the United Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Hardy

William Hardy

William Hardy may refer to: Billy Hardy (born 1964), English bantamweight and featherweight boxer Billy Hardy (footballer) (1891–1981), English footballer W. G. Hardy (1895–1979), Canadian professor, writer, ice hockey administrator William Hardy (actor) (1933–2008), American actor and theatre director William Hardy (archivist) (1807–1887), British archivist and Deputy Keeper of the Public Record Office William Hardy (Australian politician) (fl. 1861), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council William Bate Hardy (1864–1934), British biologist William H. Hardy (1837–1917), American founder of Hattiesburg William Henry Hardy (1831–?), Democratic politician Willie Hardy (1922–2007), Democratic politician William John Hardy (1857–1919), English archivist and antiquarian William Le Hardy (1889–1961), English archivist See also William Hardie (disambiguation)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore%20Sigritsa

Theodore Sigritsa

Theodore Sigritsa () or Sigritzes (died 924) was a Bulgarian military commander and noble, kavkhan (first minister) of Emperor Simeon I (r. 893–927). In 895 he headed a delegation in Constantinople for exchange of prisoners and captives between Bulgaria and Byzantium during the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 894–896. In the first year of the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927 Theodore worked out the prearrangement for peace after arduous and prolonged negotiations, which included the coronation of Simeon as Emperor of the Bulgarians. He participated in a successful campaign against the Principality of Serbia in 917, but in 924 he and Marmais, leading a small army, were ambushed by the Serbs and killed. Their deaths were followed by the Bulgarian annexation in the same year. References Sources Иречек, К. История на българите, 119-129. Божилов, Ив. Цар Симеон Велики, с. 126,142 Fine (1991) 9th-century births 924 deaths 9th-century Bulgarian people 10th-century Bulgarian people Medieval Bulgarian nobility Bulgarian people of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars Medieval Bulgarian military personnel Military personnel killed in action People of the Bulgarian–Serbian Wars 10th century in Serbia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral%20snipe

Austral snipe

The austral snipes, also known as the New Zealand snipes or tutukiwi, are a genus, Coenocorypha, of tiny birds in the sandpiper family, which are now only found on New Zealand's outlying islands. There are currently three living species and six known extinct species, with the Subantarctic snipe having three subspecies, including the Campbell Island snipe discovered as recently as 1997. The genus was once distributed from Fiji, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island, across New Zealand and southwards into New Zealand's subantarctic islands, but predation by introduced species, especially rats, has drastically reduced their range. Taxonomy and range The relationship between Coenocorypha snipe and the snipes of the genus Gallinago is uncertain. Coenocorypha is sometimes thought to be a relict taxon of an ancient lineage; however, insufficient research has been done to prove this. The first specimen was collected from the Auckland Islands during the voyage of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror and was described by George Gray in 1845. Ten years later he assigned the species to its own genus. With the exception of the Chatham snipe and the Forbes's snipe (described from fossils found in the Chatham Islands) all subsequent New Zealand snipe collected were assigned as subspecies to the original species, known as the New Zealand snipe. Subspecific forms have been described from the Snares, Little Barrier Island, Stewart Island, the Antipodes Islands and Campbell Island. A morphological study and comparisons of plumage and behaviour led some authors to accept that the Snares Islands, Little Barrier Island and Stewart Island forms were all species instead of subspecies of the Auckland Island snipe, also raising the possibility that the Antipodes Island snipe might be a separate species. In 1997, a previously unknown form of snipe was discovered on Jacquemart Island off Campbell Island. The Campbell snipe was described as another subspecies in the radiation of New Zealand snipes. Fossil remains of Coenocorypha have also now been discovered on the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji and Norfolk Island. Fossil evidence has also shown that the Little Barrier Island form was once widespread across North Island and the Stewart Island form across South Island; both are now extinct. Species and subspecies Chatham snipe C. pusilla (Buller, 1869) – Chatham Islands Subantarctic snipe C. aucklandica (G.R.Gray, 1845) Auckland snipe C. a. aucklandica (G.R.Gray, 1845) – Auckland Islands Antipodes snipe C. a. meinertzhagenae Rothschild, 1927 – Antipodes Islands Campbell snipe C. a. perseverance Miskelly & Baker, 2010 – Campbell Island Snares snipe C. huegeli (Tristram, 1893) – Snares Islands † North Island snipe C. barrierensis Oliver, 1955, also known as the Little Barrier Snipe † South Island snipe C. iredalei Rothschild, 1921, also known as the Stewart Island Snipe † Forbes's snipe C. chathamica (Forbes, 1893) – Chatham Islands † Viti Levu snipe C. miratropica Worthy, 2003 – Fiji † New Caledonian snipe Coenocorypha neocaledonica Worthy et al., 2013 – New Caledonia † Norfolk snipe Coenocorypha sp. – Norfolk Island Description The austral snipes have long bills and short necks, wings, and tails. Overall they resemble Gallinago snipes, although smaller, stockier, and with relatively shorter bills. They measure from 19–24 cm long, with wingspans of 28–35 cm, and weigh 75–120 g. The smallest species is the Chatham Island snipe. Their plumage is overall brown; most species have a dark eye stripe. The scapulars on the wings are mottled, with some species having white tips. Behaviour Diet The austral snipes are carnivorous, feeding on invertebrates found by probing in the soil and in compacted vegetation. Feeding is both diurnal and nocturnal, with most hunting occurring at night and in the early morning. Bouts of feeding are characterised by continuous probing the soil with the full length of the bill. The ground is covered systematically, with about 18 holes for every 100 cm2 of soil. Prey is presumably detected by touch and possibly by Herbst's corpuscles, clusters of cells that can detect changes in pressure and have been shown to be used by other shorebirds to detect prey. Smaller prey is swallowed with the bill still probed, as the mandibles are flexible and the prey can be manipulated in the soil. Larger prey items are removed from the soil for easier manipulating and swallowing. The most common prey items taken include earthworms, amphipods, beetle adults and larvae and the pupae of other insects. Breeding The breeding biology of some of the austral snipes has been studied in some detail. They are mostly monogamous (although occasionally some males attempt polygamy) and defend territories from other breeding pairs, although non-breeders are tolerated inside territories. Pair formation occurs some months before breeding, and males feed females as part of the courting rituals. Before breeding the male snipe also perform nocturnal aerial "hakawai" displays with calls followed by a non-vocal roar created by diving birds driving fast moving air across the rectrices of the tail. This display is thought to be the origin of the Māori legends about the Hakawai, a term which has been extended to refer to the aerial displays. Both sexes choose the nesting site, although only the female builds the nest. The usual clutch size is two eggs, laid three days apart. Incubation duties are shared between the sexes, incubation taking 22 days. Where a male has two females in its territory it will incubate at just one nest, the female at the other has to incubate alone, taking 38 days to hatch chicks. After hatching the pair splits, with each member of the pair taking one chick and raising it. Chicks are fed for around 41 days, and stay with the parent for another 20 days after that. The chick of the Chatham Island snipe matures faster than the other species, is only fed for thirty days and becomes independent at 41 days. Parental care in the extinct South Island snipe is also thought to have been different, with studies conducted in 1923 and 1930 showing that both parents cared for a single chick. Nothing is known about the parental care of the North Island snipe, the Forbes's snipe or the snipes of Fiji, New Caledonia or Norfolk Island. Threats and conservation The austral snipes evolved on oceanic islands without land mammals and were ecologically naive with regard to mammalian predators. When humans arrived on the islands they lived on they brought with them Polynesian rats and later larger more aggressive predators such as black rats, stoats and feral cats. With the arrival of these predators austral snipes quickly became extinct, with the species in Fiji, New Caledonia and Norfolk Island becoming extinct in prehistory. Around New Zealand snipes survived on rarely visited offshore islands and on the sub-Antarctic islands. The North Island snipe survived until the arrival of European settlers, and the last South Island snipe survived off Stewart Island until 1964, when rats reached Big South Cape Island. The island had also been the last refuge of the bush wren and the New Zealand greater short-tailed bat. Attempts were made to capture some snipe (and wrens) for translocation to a safe island, but only two snipe were caught and both died two days later. Today the remaining species are a conservation priority. Techniques to translocate snipe without killing them have been developed, and a small group of Snares Island snipe have been established off Stewart Island. Campbell Island snipe have benefited from the removal of rats from Campbell Island in 2001; they have recolonised the main island from Jacquemart Island and begun breeding there again. References External links Austral snipe discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week, 14 October 2016 Sandpipers Taxa named by George Robert Gray

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biaka

Biaka

Biaka may refer to: Aka people, also known as BiAka, a nomadic Mbenga pygmy people of central Africa Biaka language, a language of Papua New Guinea Biaka (butterfly), a genus of butterflies Lalbiakhlua Jongte, commonly known as Biaka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Plummer

Andrew Plummer

Andrew Plummer FRCP (1697–1756) was a Scottish physician and chemist. He was professor of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1726 to 1755. He developed ideas on the attractive and repulsive forces involved in chemical affinity, which later had influence on his successors William Cullen and Joseph Black. He compounded "Plummer's pills", a mixture of calomel and antimony sulfide with guaiacum; the pills were originally compounded to treat psoriasis but were used for more than a century as an antisyphilitic. References 1697 births 1756 deaths Members of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh 18th-century Scottish medical doctors Scottish physicists Academics of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Leiden University alumni

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Foster%20Brown

Jamie Foster Brown

Jamie Foster Brown (ca. June 26, 1946) is the former owner and publisher of Sister 2 Sister magazine, which ran from 1988 to 2014. Newsweek called it the "African-American version of People magazine." As an entertainment journalist, Brown wrote a regular column in her magazine, called "Meow", and through it and her interviews with celebrities, she became the first nationally known black female gossip columnist. Personal Jamie Foster Brown's hometown is Chicago, Illinois. Brown and her sister Stella Foster were raised in an Englewood, Chicago neighborhood. Her parents were Peter James and Mamie Lee Foster and they were neighborhood storekeepers. She was educated at Calumet High School, started college in Chicago, and later transferred and then graduated with a B.A. from Stockholm University. Her sister Stella Foster also wrote for Sister 2 Sister magazine, worked with Irv Kupcinet, an entertainment journalist at the Chicago Sun-Times, and after his death wrote her own column and retired in 2012. She was married to Dr. Lorenzo Brown, a former economist, from 1970 until his death in 2015. The family made Stockholm, Sweden their home for nine years while the couple had two sons, Randy and Russell, and Foster attended university. Her son Randy was wounded by gunfire in 1992 when he was 17 years old, and Foster appeared on NBC's America the Violent with Tom Brokaw to discuss the issue of violence from a parent's perspective. Her husband and two sons worked for the magazine. Career Jamie Foster Brown once worked with the Chicago-based Zenith Radio Company. In 1979, Brown started a ticket company, Washington Theater Group. She then worked for Robert Johnson's Black Entertainment Television (BET), first in advertising as a secretary and then later was promoted to a TV producer for Video Soul and Video LP programs until leaving in 1987. As a TV producer, Brown had met musical talent, such as Whitney Houston and others, and would later use her contacts for her entertainment reporting. Brown has said in interviews that she is not a writer but an interviewer and storyteller, and she wanted to write stories about how celebrities were made. Brown formed the idea for her own magazine while writing for Impact magazine and other publications. Jamie Foster Brown has owned and published Sister 2 Sister magazine since its launch in 1988. Her magazine was published from Lanham, Maryland and later from Takoma Park, Maryland. Expanding on the brand, Brown created and serves as an entertainment journalist for the syndicated radio program Sister 2 Sister Celebrity Update While at Sister 2 Sister, Brown was a regular guest on the Joan Rivers Show and on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Notable works of journalism Jamie Foster Brown is known for interviewing her subjects in-depth and not presenting black celebrities as superficial. Interview with Marion Barry She is known for her interview that appeared Sister 2 Sister magazine with former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion S. Barry. In the interview, Barry discusses how he has handled the mix of power and women., a Highbeam source, Milli Vanilli She is known for her reporting about the musical group Milli Vanilli's lip syncing recordings and performances. DMX interview In 2008, a judge ordered rap artist DMX to pay 1.5 million to Monique Wayne because of a comment he had made to Jamie Foster Brown in a 2006 interview for Sister 2 Sister magazine alleging that a woman had raped him and given birth to his child. Her original suit was for "defamation, false statements and 'unreasonable publicity' about her private life". Michael Jackson Jamie Foster Brown was interviewed about Michael Jackson and she said that his children were well adjusted and that Jackson seemed like a good father to her. In popular culture Jamie Foster Brown appeared on the cover of the November 2013 issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine as it celebrated its 25th anniversary, and was interviewed. Awards Midwest Radio and Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, 1998 National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment, Shero Hall of Fame, 2002 inductee Golden Scissors (black hair style), Lifetime Achievement Award, 2002 Association for Women in Communications, Matrix Award for Professional Achievement, 2004 Bennett College, honorary doctorate, 2008 Ford Motor Co., Freedom Sisters Award, 2009 Selected writings Shabazz, Betty, and Jamie Foster Brown. 1998. Betty Shabazz: a sisterfriends' tribute in words and pictures. New York: Simon & Schuster. References External links Sister 2 Sister magazine Meet Jamie Foster Brown (Sister 2 Sister channel) 1946 births Living people African-American journalists African-American publishers (people) American publishers (people) American gossip columnists American women columnists Businesspeople from Chicago Writers from Chicago Stockholm University alumni 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobutsuna%20Sasaki

Nobutsuna Sasaki

was a tanka poet and scholar of the Nara and Heian periods of Japanese literature. He was active during the Shōwa period of Japan. Early life Sasaki was born in what is now part of Suzuka city, Mie prefecture. He was considered a child prodigy, and his father, Sasaki Hirotsuna, taught him the basics of poetry composition and encouraged him to memorize classical tanka verses. After graduation from the Classics Department of Tokyo Imperial University, he followed his father's wish and decided to devote his life to waka poetry, both by researching old verses and by composing new verses himself. Literary career In 1894 Sasaki published a lengthy patriotic poem Shina seibatsu no Uta (“The Song of the Conquest of China”), on the occasion of the start of the First Sino-Japanese War. The poem was extremely popular, and one of its lyrics comparing falling cherry blossoms to Japanese soldiers falling in battle for the emperor became a common symbolic phrase through the end of World War II. Sasaki founded a literary society called the Chikuhakukai (from his father's pen-name), which published a literary journal, Kokoro no Hana (“Flower of the Heart”) from 1898. Using the journal as a medium, he was able to popularize his own philosophy of waka, publish his research on the history and development of Japanese poetry, and to nurturing a next generation of poets. Among his many disciples were Kawada Jun, Kinoshita Rigen and Katayama Hiroko. The magazine is still in existence today as Japan's oldest poetry monthly. In 1902, Sasaki made a visit to China, travelling up the Yangtze River and visiting Hangzhou and Suzhou. Although some of his earliest works were influenced by Mori Ōgai, together with Masaoka Shiki and Yosano Tekkan, Sasaki took part in a movement to revolutionize tanka and brought out his first tanka anthology, Omoigusa (“Grasses of Thoughts”), in 1903. He eventually published an additional eleven collections of tanka, which included Shingetsu (“New Moon”, 1912), Toyohata gumo (“Clouds Streaming in the Wind”, 1929), and Yama to mizu to (“Mountains and Water”, 1951). In recognition of these efforts, Sasaki was offered the post of lecturer at Tokyo Imperial University in 1905, and was officially commissioned by the Ministry of Education to work on a modern commentary to the Man'yōshū . Sasaki worked together with his father on these efforts, and published a comprehensive survey of medieval waka (Wakashi no kenkyu, “Studies in Japanese Poetry”, 1915). He later led a team of scholars which published a concordance of the Man'yōshū (“Kohan Man'yōshū”, 1924–1925), which is the accepted basis for modern Man'yōshū studies. In 1934, Sasaki was made a member of the prestigious Imperial Academy. He was the first person to be awarded the Order of Culture by the Japanese government in 1937 and also became a member of the Japan Art Academy that year. He was subsequently appointed purveyor of poetry to the Imperial Family, and a judge at the annual Utakai Hajime poetry reading contests. He was also a tutor to Empress Teimei and other members of the imperial household on the composition of poetry. Sasaki relocated from Tokyo to Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture in 1921, where he lived to his death in 1963. He also maintained a residence at Atami, Shizuoka, a hot spring resort further down the coast. Sasaki's grave is at the Yanaka Cemetery, in Tokyo. Following his death, a memorial museum containing some of his manuscripts was built on the site of his former home in Suzuka city, Mie prefecture, and the summer home he maintained in Atami, Shizuoka has also been preserved by the local governments. See also Japanese literature Japanese poetry List of Japanese authors References Kato, Shuichi. A History of Japanese Literature: The First Thousand Years . Kodansha (2003). . External links Sasaki Nobutsuna Memorial Museum, Suzuka city, Mie prefecture (Japanese site) Sasaki, Nobutsuna | Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures (National Diet Library) Sasaki Nobutsuna Memorial Museum, Atami Notes 1872 births 1963 deaths Japanese literature academics People from Mie Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni Recipients of the Order of Culture Laureates of the Imperial Prize 19th-century Japanese poets 20th-century Japanese poets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%20Rural%20Fire%20Service%20brigades

List of New South Wales Rural Fire Service brigades

This is a list of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service brigades. Listing by Rural Fire Service district Greater Sydney metropolitan area Blue Mountains district Located in the Blue Mountains, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district with 23 brigades (plus 1 Support Brigade), covering an area of , with the following vehicles: Cumberland Zone Located in the Cumberland region of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this zone that incorporate the Blacktown, Fairfield, and Penrith local government areas, with the following vehicles: Hawkesbury District Located in the Hawkesbury region of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district that incorporate the Hawkesbury local government area, with the following vehicles: The Hills District Located in the Hills District, or north-west region, of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district that incorporates The Hills local government area, with the following vehicles: Hornsby / Ku-Ring-Gai District Located in the upper north shore and northern suburban region of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district located within the Hornsby Shire and Ku-ring-gai Council local government areas, with the following vehicles: Macarthur Zone Located in the Macarthur region in south-western Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this zone located within the Camden, Campbelltown, and Liverpool local government areas, with the following vehicles: State Mitigation Sutherland District Located in the Sutherland region of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this stand-alone district, with the following vehicles: Northern Beaches District Located in the Northern Beaches of Sydney, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the stand-alone Warringah Pittwater district, with the following vehicles: Rural and regional New South Wales Bland Temora Zone Located in part of the South West Slopes and centred on the regional town of West Wyalong, spanning the Bland and Temora local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Bland Temora Zone, and with the following vehicles: Canobolas Zone Located in the area surrounding Mount Canobolas and centred on the major city of , spanning the Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, and Orange City local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Canobolas Zone within an area of , and with the following vehicles: Castlereagh Zone The Castlereagh zone incorporates the council areas of the Warrumbungles and Gilgandra. The NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Castlereagh Zone with the following vehicles: Central Coast district Located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, within the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Central Coast district, covering an area of , with the following vehicles: Clarence Valley district The Clarence Valley district incorporates the council area of the Clarence Valley. The NSW RFS has the following brigades in the district with the following vehicles: Cudgegong district Located in the district surrounding and within the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area and covering an area of , the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Cudgegong district, with the following vehicles: Far North Coast district The Far North Coast district incorporates the council areas of Ballina, Byron and Tweed. The NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Far North Coast district with the following vehicles: Far South Coast district Located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, spanning the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades in the Far South Coast Team, and with the following vehicles: Far West District Illawarra zone Located in the Illawarra district surrounding the greater area and within the Kiama, Shellharbour and Wollongong local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Illawarra zone, with the following vehicles: Lake George zone Located in the zone surrounding Lake George and within the Queanbeyan–Palerang local government area, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Lake George zone, with the following vehicles: Chifley Lithgow District Located in the district surrounding the Bathurst, Oberon and Lithgow local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in this district, with the following vehicles: Lower Hunter Zone Located in part of the Hunter Region and within the Cessnock, Dungog, Maitland, and Port Stephens local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Lower Hunter zone, with the following vehicles: MIA district Located in the Riverina region in southern New South Wales, spanning the Carrathool, Griffith, Hay, Leeton, Murrumbidgee, and Narrandera local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area or MIA district, with the following vehicles: Mid Lachlan Valley Team Located in the central west region of New South Wales, spanning the Forbes, Lachlan, Parkes, and Weddin local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Mid Lachlan Valley Team, comprising , with the following vehicles: Mid Murray Zone Located in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, spanning the Edward River, Murray River, and parts of the Murrumbidgee local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Mid Murray Zone, comprising , with the following vehicles: Monaro Team Located in the Monaro region of New South Wales, spanning the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro, and Snowy River local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Monaro Team, with the following vehicles: Snowy River district Adaminaby Anglers Reach Berridale Brothers Dalgety Dry Plain Ingebyra Jindabyne Jindabyne East Wollondibby Orana Team Located in the central west and Orana regions of New South Wales, spanning the Dubbo, Narromine, and Wellington local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Orana Team, comprising , with the following vehicles: Riverina Zone Located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, spanning the Coolamon, Junee, Lockhart, Urana, and the Wagga Wagga local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Riverina Zone, with the following vehicles: Shoalhaven district Located in the district surrounding , within the Shoalhaven local government area and the Jervis Bay Territory, the NSW RFS has the following brigades situated in the Shoalhaven stand-alone district with an area of , with the following vehicles: Southern Highlands team Located in the Southern Highlands district, spanning the Wingecarribee and Wollondilly local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades comprised in the Southern Highlands team with an area of , with the following vehicles: Southern Tablelands Zone Located in the Southern Highlands district, spanning the Goulburn Mulwaree, Upper Lachlan and Yass Valley local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades comprised in the Southern Tablelands Zone, with the following vehicles: South West Slopes Located in the South West Slopes district, spanning the Boorowa, Cootamundra, Harden, and Young local government areas, the NSW RFS has the following brigades, with the following vehicles: Notes References New South Wales New South Wales Rural Fire Service

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Fletcher%20Hance

Henry Fletcher Hance

Henry Fletcher Hance (4 Aug 1827 – 22 June 1886) was a British diplomat who devoted his spare time to the study of Chinese plants. Born in London, his first appointment was to Hong Kong in 1844. He later became vice-consul to Whampoa, consul to Canton, and finally consul to Xiamen, where he died in 1886. In 1873, Hance published a supplement to George Bentham's 1861 . He graduated as Philosophiae Doctor from the University of Giessen on 24 November 1849, during which time he was in China. He found, named and described (in Latin) Iris speculatrix in 1875. He was the taxonomic author of many plants. In 1857 Berthold Carl Seemann named the genus Hancea (family Euphorbiaceae) in his honour. Hance is buried with his wife Charlotte in Hong Kong Cemetery. References Fan, Fa-ti. British Naturalists in Qing China: Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounter (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004), pp.68-72. 1827 births 1886 deaths British botanists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadiyam

Kadiyam

Kadiyam is a locality in Rajamahendravaram City. Geography Kadiyam is located at . It has an average elevation (29 feet). Assembly constituency Kadiyam is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 2,43,229 registered voters in Kadiyam constituency in 1999 elections. List of Elected Members: 1978 - Patamsetti Ammiraju 1983, 1998 - Girajala Venkataswamy Naidu (Ex MLA & Ex MP) 1985 and 1994 - Vaddi Veerabhadra Rao 1989, 1999 and 2004 - Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao 2009- Chandana Ramesh 2014 to 2019 - gorantla bucchayya chowdary References Villages in Kadiam mandal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo%20%28gastropod%29

Vertigo (gastropod)

Vertigo is a genus of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. Distribution The distribution of the genus Vertigo includes Europe, northern Asia, eastern Asia, Japan, Central and North America, Caribbean and the Bermudas. Shell description In this genus, the shell is deeply rimate and ovate. The apex is acuminate and obtuse. The shell has 5–6 whorls. The last whorl is rounded. The aperture is semioval with 4 to 7 folds. The peristome is scarcely expanded and white-lipped. Anatomy Snails in the genus Vertigo have no oral tentacles, thus they have only one pair of tentacles. The jaw is arched; the ends squarely truncated; the anterior surface striate; the cutting edge with a median projection. The radula has a central tooth that is almost square, tricuspid, as large as or larger than the lateral teeth, which are similar, narrower, and bi- or tricuspid. The marginal teeth are low, wide and serrated. Synonyms Alaea Jeffreys, 1830 Angustella Steklov, 1967 (invalid: junior homonym of Angustella Waagen, 1907 [Bivalvia]) Dexiogyra Stabile, 1864 Glacivertigo Balashov, 2016 Haplopupa Pilsbry, 1898 Helix (Isthmia) Gray, 1821 (original name) Isthmia Gray, 1821 Ptychalaea O. Boettger, 1889 (junior synonym) Pupa (Isthmia) Gray, 1821 Pupa (Vertigo) O.F. Müller, 1773 (considered a separate genus) Ungulidenta Popova & Schileyko, 1981 (junior synonym) Vertigo (Alaea) Jeffreys, 1830· accepted, alternate representation Vertigo (Alloptyx) Pilsbry, 1953 (junior synonym) Vertigo (Angustula) Sterki, 1888 (junior synonym) Vertigo (Boreovertigo) Nekola, Chiba, Coles, Drost, Proschwitz & Horsák, 2018· accepted, alternate representation Vertigo (Isthmia) Gray, 1821· accepted, alternate representation Vertigo (Nearctula) Sterki, 1892· accepted, alternate representation Vertigo (Ptychalaea) O. Boettger, 1889 (junior synonym) Vertigo (Vertigo) O. F. Müller, 1773· accepted, alternate representation Vertigo (Vertilla) Moquin-Tandon, 1856· accepted, alternate representation Vertigo (Vertillaria) Pilsbry, 1919 Species Species in the genus Vertigo include: subgenus Vertigo O. F. Müller, 1774 Vertigo alpestris Alder, 1838 – tundra vertigo Vertigo antipygmaea Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2018 Vertigo antivertigo (Draparnaud, 1801) Vertigo arctica (Wallenberg, 1858) Vertigo arthuri Von Martens, 1882 Vertigo beringia Nekola, Chiba, Coles, Drost, Proschwitz & Horsák, 2018 Vertigo bicolumellata Steklov in Steklov & Tsytovich, 1967 Vertigo bollesiana (Morse, 1865) – Delicate vertigo snail Vertigo callosa Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849 Vertigo chytryi Nekola, Chiba, Coles, Drost, Proschwitz & Horsák, 2018 Vertigo clementina (Sterki, 1890) Vertigo concinnula (Roscoe and Roscoe, 1955) – Mitered vertigo Vertigo consteniusi Pierce in Pierce & Constenius, 2001 Vertigo diversidens (Sandberger, 1872) Vertigo doliara Pierce in Pierce & Constenius, 2001 Vertigo elatior (Brooks, 1936) – tapered vertigo Vertigo extima (Westerlund, 1877) Vertigo flexidens (Reuss, 1861) Vertigo genesii (Gredler, 1856) – Round-mouthed Whorl Snail Vertigo geyeri Lindholm, 1925 Vertigo gouldii (Binney, 1843) Vertigo hauchecornei Klebs, 1886 Vertigo heldi Clessin, 1877 Vertigo interferens (Deshayes, 1863) Vertigo kodamai Nekola, Chiba, Coles, Drost, Proschwitz & Horsák, 2018 Vertigo kroloppi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 Vertigo kuenowii Klebs, 1886 Vertigo lilljeborgi (Westerlund, 1871) Vertigo micra Pierce in Pierce & Constenius, 2001 Vertigo milium (Gould, 1840) – Blade Vertigo Vertigo milleri Gottschick & Wenz, 1919 Vertigo minor O. Boettger, 1870 Vertigo modesta (Say, 1824) – cross vertigo Vertigo moedlingensis Wenz & Edlauer, 1942 Vertigo moulinsiana (Dupuy, 1849) – Desmoulin's whorl snail Vertigo mystica (Stworzewicz & Pokryszko, 2015) Vertigo nangaparbatensis Pokryszko & Hlaváč, 2009 Vertigo nitidula (Mousson, 1876) Vertigo nouleti Michaud, 1862 Vertigo nylanderi Sterki, 1909 Vertigo ocsensis (Halaváts, 1903) Vertigo oecsensis (Halaváts, 1903) Vertigo oscariana Sterki, 1890 Vertigo ovata (Say, 1822) – ovate vertigo Vertigo ovatula (Sandberger, 1875) Vertigo pageti Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 Vertigo palangula (De Boissy, 1848) Vertigo paradoxa Sterki in Pilsbry, 1900 Vertigo praecoquis Russell, 1956 Vertigo protracta (Sandberger, 1875) Vertigo pseudosubstriata Ložek, 1954 Vertigo pusilla O. F. Müller, 1774 – type species Vertigo pygmaea (Draparnaud, 1801) – crested vertigo Vertigo ronnebyensis (Westerlund, 1871) Vertigo shimochii Kuroda & Amano, 1960 Vertigo sieversi (O. Boettger, 1879) Vertigo substriata (Jeffreys, 1833) Vertigo superstriata Pokryszko & Auffenberg, 2009 Vertigo tembrockae Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 Vertigo trolli Wenz in K. Fischer & Wenz, 1914 Vertigo tuchoricensis Pilsbry in Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1919 Vertigo ventricosa (E. S. Morse, 1865) Vertigo vracevicensis Neubauer & Harzhauser in Neubauer et al., 2017 Vertigo whitei Pierce in Pierce & Rasmussen, 1992 subgenus Vertilla Moquin-Tandon, 1856 Vertigo angustior Jeffreys, 1830 – Narrow-mouthed Whorl Snail subgenus ? Vertigo alabamensis G. Clapp, 1915 – Alabama Vertigo Vertigo conecuhensis G. Clapp, 1915 Vertigo cubana Crosse, 1890 Vertigo eogea Vertigo eogea stagnalis Vertigo hachijoensis Vertigo hebardi Vanetta, 1912 Vertigo hirasei Vertigo hubrichti Pilsbry, 1934 Vertigo japonica Vertigo kushiroensis Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1905 Vertigo kushiroensis botanicorum Horsak & Pokryszko, 2010 Vertigo marciae Nekola & Rosenberg, 2013 Vertigo meramecensis Van Devender, 1979 Vertigo neglecta Arango in Poey, 1856 Vertigo oralis Sterki, 1890 – Palmetto Vertigo Vertigo oscariana Sterki, 1890 – Capital Vertigo Vertigo occulta Vanetta, 1912 Vertigo parcedentata (Braun, 1847) Vertigo rugosula Sterki, 1890 – Striate Vertigo Vertigo teskeyae Hubricht, 1961 – Swamp Vertigo Vertigo torrei Aguayo & Jaume, 1934 Vertigo ultimathule Proschwitz, 2007 References This article incorporates public domain text from reference. Further reading Speight M. C. D., Moorkens E. A. & Falkner G. (2003). Proceedings of the workshop on conservation biology of European Vertigo species. Myzyk S. (2005). "Egg structure of some vertiginid species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Vertiginidae)". Folia Malacologica 13: 169. (open access with registration required) External links gallery of selected Vertigo species https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id2689

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire%20of%20Cunderdin

Shire of Cunderdin

The Shire of Cunderdin is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about west of Merredin and about east of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of , and its seat of government is the town of Cunderdin. History On 14 December 1894, the Meckering Road District was created, changing its name to the Cunderdin Road District on 3 November 1944. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following the passage of the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. Wards All wards in the shire were abolished before the 3 May 2003 election. Prior to this, it had 8 councillors representing two wards - West Ward (3 councillors) and Central Ward (5 councillors). Towns and localities Cunderdin Meckering Warding East Wyola West Youndegin Cunderdin Museum The Shire owned Cunderdin Museum is situated in the former No 3 Steam Pumping Station in Forrest Street with its tall chimney visible for miles. It has the largest local collection of memorabilia, information and photographs of the history of the Cunderdin-Meckering area, including one of the best displays of farm equipment, original steam driven water pumping machinery, railway carriages, and even includes a Tiger Moth. The interactive Earthquake House, gives visitors a real appreciation of what the 1968 Meckering earthquake felt like. The Museum is open 10am to 4pm daily (except Christmas Day and Good Friday). The Museum is also the home of the Cunderdin Men's Shed. Population Heritage-listed places As of 2021, 29 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Cunderdin, of which four are on the State Register of Heritage Places. References External links Cunderdin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandoned%20Language

Abandoned Language

Abandoned Language is an album by Dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in 2007. Track listing Personnel MC Dälek – lead vocals, producer Oktopus – producer References Ipecac Recordings albums 2007 albums Dälek albums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20Training%20Application%20Service

Medical Training Application Service

The Medical Training Application Service (MTAS, pronounced em-tass) was an on-line application system set up under the auspices of Modernising Medical Careers in 2007 and used for the selection of Foundation House Officers and Specialty Registrars, and allocating them to jobs in the UK. Its implementation was heavily criticised both in the press and within the medical profession, and its operation was marked by the resignation of key staff and serious security breaches. The system affected junior doctors, and so every qualified doctor in the UK who had not yet attained Consultant status. Overview of the system prior to MMC Prior to the introduction of Modernising Medical Careers (MMC), junior doctors who had completed their initial training after medical school (formerly the Pre-registration house officer or PRHO grade) could apply for posts as a Senior House Officer (SHO). They could apply for as many posts as they wished, and would be selected by their future employers based on their CV / application form and interview. They could devise their own training programme or apply to be part of a training rotation – usually entailing changing jobs every six months, but staying within the same speciality and hospital. Whilst training, an SHO would be encouraged to take professional exams to enable them to become a member of one of the medical royal colleges. Once this was achieved, they could apply for jobs as a specialist registrar. The lack of formal structure between the PRHO grade and the specialist registrar grade led to SHOs being labelled as a "lost tribe". During the MTAS crisis, however, "The Lost Tribe" was used to refer to doctors who were not able to proceed using the new computer system and as a result were left with no career at all, and so in a worse situation that the original "Lost Tribe" the system had been intended to help. MTAS application process Under MTAS, junior doctors who had completed the PRHO grade, and more recently the Foundation House Officer grades, along with those who already had up to several years of experience working at the old SHO (next grade up) level, were invited to submit an electronic application form on the MTAS website. Applications could be made to one speciality in four geographic areas (called 'Units of Application' or UoAs), or to two specialties in two UoAs, or four specialties in one UoA. There were twelve geographical areas: one each for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; one covering the whole of London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex; and eight others. The completed application forms were used for selection for interviews. Candidates who were not eligible (for example, not having practised medicine for a number of years, or not being registered with the UK General Medical Council) were rejected at the 'longlisting' stage, with the 'shortlisting' stage designed to pick out the best applicants. Scoring of applicants The application form consisted of shortlisting questions with space for 150-word answers. One of the changes promoted by the new system was that little (25%) importance was given to past experience, achievements, or examinations passed in the specialties, while the majority of the weighting for selection was based on the 150-word answers in the electronic application form (75% weighting). This was in sharp contrast to the previous CV-led process where past experience, achievements and examinations passed in the specialties were used to shortlist candidates for interview. The questions on which the majority of the score was based were heavily criticised both at the time by the medical professionals obliged to answer them and subsequently in the independent review of MMC led by Professor John Tooke. The report commented: "Free-text boxes encouraged plagiarism and commercial websites sold responses. Plagiarism was common but the promised plagiarism software did not function initially. Even when it did, plagiarism detection was relatively unhelpful as it could identify similar responses but could not identify whether the applicant composed or copied the text and thus could not be used to exclude applicants. In addition, the word limit was felt to be too restrictive by many. Shortlisting was widely regarded as uneven and unfair, with the Tooke Report noting: "Some excellent candidates not shortlisted. Many very poor candidates were shortlisted." A number of local schools withdrew from the process in protest, with the North Central London School of Anaesthesia noting "It is our professional duty as shortlisters to make sure that the appointment process is carried out correctly and that all candidates are considered equally and fairly. There have been a series of serious procedural errors during the process[...]There has been a general recognition that round 1 of MTAS has been unfair and ineffective." Interviews The interviews were again designed to be unbiased, in that, once selected for interview, the application form would be ignored, and CVs would not be allowed at interview. Instead, defined questions with explicit marking schemes gave scores to the candidate's answers by looking for certain phrases and keywords. Again, the emphasis here was on removing possible bias due to a candidate's past achievements and experience, and focusing only on the performance at the standardised interview. As with other areas of the scheme, the interview process attracted several criticisms at independent review as they were "felt by many to be too formulaic and politically correct rather than sufficiently probing to demonstrate differences in competencies and abilities", they were frequently too short ("In many cases the time allocated to interviews was the minimum of 30 minutes which some interviewers felt was insufficient"), and they failed to reward those with high academic achievements, who "were particularly disadvantaged by a non-CV based process." After the first round of interviews, there was a plan for a second round of applications. Candidates who were unsuccessful in both rounds would have no further opportunity to gain access to a training job in the UK for the year ahead, as MMC meant it was impossible to recruit junior doctors after the single specified start date. Application forms were released in February 2007, with two weeks to complete and submit. The first round of interviews were due to be carried out in February, March, and April 2007 with applicants finding out whether they were successful in May. The second round was to take place after this, finishing in late June 2007. Theoretical benefits of MTAS In theory, the new application system centralised the application process, reducing the workload for consultants in shortlisting candidates for interview, and the workload of candidates applying multiple times for different posts. Unfortunately in practice the centralised system failed, with MTAS withdrawn after the matching process, and the workload for consultants was hugely increased, as evidenced in several of the resignation letters prompted by the procedure: "The Consultants involved in shortlisting have all worked long hours, often at weekends or during half term holidays, and have done their utmost to cooperate[...]Most of us had 48 hours in which to carry out shortlisting of up to 650 applications.". Problems with MTAS Theoretical problems Theoretical concerns behind the process include: The MTAS system was based on five academic papers all produced by Fiona Patterson. The papers were based on a very small sample size and made clear that the correlation between successful completion of the MTAS form and having the competencies required to be a successful doctor was 0.35, or poor. It was decided to make a 'clean break' with the old system of Senior House Officer training by making all SHOs currently in training apply through the system. These doctors were between six months and six years into their training in a particular speciality. Many had higher qualifications such as membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) or had taken part in research in their chosen speciality. It was a common misconception amongst more senior colleagues that SHOs would essentially be reapplying for their old jobs. Given the centralised nature of the selection process, this was not the case. Tabulation of the number of jobs at each level revealed that there were far fewer posts in the upper ranks of training than there were doctors already at that stage, which left many doctors partially trained and without a career under the new system. Since geographical units of application were so large, candidates had to be prepared to work in a huge area of the country, or to compromise on their speciality since they were warned that making fewer than four choices would place them at a disadvantage. This was extremely hard for those who had family or financial ties. Because interview and selection took place centrally, rather than at the employing institution or hospital, specialist institutions had no input into the particular skills and attributes needed to work in particular posts. An application via MTAS was seen as an endorsement for Modernising Medical Careers, leading to a moral dilemma for those disagreeing with the system but obliged to apply in order to have a chance of a job. Implementation problems The system used horizontal marking, whereby each of a single candidate's responses were marked by a different set of markers. Unfortunately, candidates were not informed that this would occur, and many had assumed the entire form would have been marked by the same markers. Consequently, candidates that cross referenced their answers across the form (e.g., by writing "as detailed in my answer above") failed to score marks compared to candidates who did not do this. The online application system frequently became overloaded which meant that potential applicants were unable to log into the site, complete or submit their forms. The application deadline was extended by 48 hours to enable candidates to submit their forms Some forms were "lost" in the online system, and parts of other forms were not visible to markers. The "double-blind" system for marking failed. Each form should have been marked independently by two consultants to ensure mistakes by one marker are covered by the second marker. Unfortunately, some forms were only marked by one consultant. Not all forms were marked by consultants. Many deaneries asked non-medical staff to help them meet their deadlines. It is unclear whether these non-medical staff were appropriately trained to mark the papers, and whether applicants were disadvantaged or advantaged if their forms were marked by non-medical staff. Exceptional candidates received no interviews. A large proportion of candidates who had already passed professional exams, had PhDs or research experience in the relevant speciality and many with considerable clinical experience were not shortlisted for interviews. This was largely due to the weighting of questionnaire responses over academic and clinical achievements. Security concerns The security of the system failed, with personal details including phone numbers, home addresses and sexual orientation of junior doctors publicly available for several hours to anyone with the right URL. The following day it was reported that applicants had been able to see each other's files by changing two digits in the personalised web address given to each individual, and the system was suspended. Attempts to repair interview process The allegations of widespread execution problems led to a review and a rolling program of sweeping changes, leaving the junior doctors in the system unsure of where they stood for long periods. The review stated that everyone should be entitled to keep any previous interviews in hand and also have an interview for their first choice if this was in England, with Wales and Scotland deciding to interview all applicants for all posts. Applicants for English programmes were able to make any of their four initial choices into their new first choice if they wished, in order to maximise the number of interviews they would have. This extra round of interviews was called Round 1B. Estimates are that there were 30,000 extra interviews requiring at least 15,000 consultant hours of interview time. The initial offers from Rounds 1 & 1B were made by 10 June 2007. Round 2 started on 22 June and was organised locally as the MTAS system was offline. Round 2 continued until 31 October 2007, three months after the process should have been completed. The guidance from MMC indicated that any junior doctor in substantive employment on 31 July, and taking part in Round 2 will be guaranteed employment until the end of Round 2 in October, "Please note that all applicants who applied to MTAS who are in substantive NHS employment on 31 July will continue to have employment while they progress through Round 2". There was, however, a general feeling amongst those involved in the system that it was beyond repair and further efforts to do so constituted an example of 'irrational escalation'. Repercussions The British Medical Association (the largest trade union body representing doctors) pulled out of the review panel after their announcement that each doctor would only be given one interview. Organisations like the Royal College of Surgeons stated that they had lost confidence in the system. The BMA later rejoined the review and have since lent their support to the proposed changes ("Round 1B"). However, following an outcry by members and a controversial letter to The Times newspaper, Mr James Johnson, Chairman of the BMA resigned on 20 May 2007, citing his reasons for leaving as the contents of the letter. On 30 March 2007 Professor Alan Crockard resigned as National Director of Modernising Medical Careers. In his resignation letter he stated that he has "responsibility but less and less authority" and that "the overriding message coming back from the profession is that it has lost confidence in the current recruitment system". On 3 April 2007, during an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt apologised to junior doctors over the crisis, saying that the application scheme had caused "needless anxiety and distress". The British Medical Association welcomed the government's acknowledgement of the problem but stated that "an apology isn't enough". Patricia Hewitt's apology was repeated to parliament on 16 April 2007, however she stated that, "the problems that have arisen relate in the main to the implementation process and not to the underlying principles of Modernising Medical Careers." Later that month Ms Hewitt was accused by the opposition of failing to express genuine regret over the fiasco. The MTAS website was suspended on 26 April 2007 after a Channel 4 News report stated that applicants had been able to see each other's files by changing two digits in the personalised web address given to each individual. At that point the Department of Health announced that this was a temporary suspension. Ms Hewitt made another apology on 1 May 2007 in the House of Commons after the suspension of the MTAS website due to security breaches that she described as "utterly deplorable". On 3 May, Hewitt appeared on BBC Question Time where she faced hostile questioning from a junior doctor over MTAS failures. On 15 May 2007 MTAS was shelved by ministers due to security breaches. Patricia Hewitt said that after the first round of recruitment, the system would only fulfil a monitoring role. A judicial review of MTAS was successfully called for by pressure group Remedy UK, who demanded that the appointments process should be scrapped altogether. The case was heard in the High Court from 16 to 17 May 2007, where the BMA sided with the government despite an overwhelming majority of their own membership opposing MTAS. On Wednesday 23 May 2007 Mr Justice Goldring ruled against Remedy UK, stating that "although far from ideal", the Review Group's decision on amending the appointments process after the first round of interviews was "within the range of reasonable responses", and that the Review Group was "entitled to reach the decision it did given the circumstances facing it at the time". Although he ruled against invalidating the interviews that had already taken place, Mr Justice Goldring added that this judgement did not imply that junior doctors were not entitled to feel aggrieved, as "the premature introduction of MTAS has had disastrous consequences". Remedy UK have said they will not appeal the verdict, in order to avoid further uncertainty for junior doctors. Cost The estimated cost of MTAS was £6.3m. Notes and references Medical education in the United Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20district%20of%20Kembla

Electoral district of Kembla

Kembla was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales for a single term from 1968 to 1971, named after the Mount Kembla or Port Kembla. It replaced part of Wollongong-Kembla and Illawarra and was replaced by Illawarra. Its only member was George Petersen. Members for Kembla Election results References Kembla 1968 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1968 1971 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies disestablished in 1971

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggsville%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Biggsville Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Biggsville Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 552 and it contained 266 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.81%) is land and (or 0.16%) is water. Cities, towns, villages Biggsville Cemeteries The township contains these four cemeteries: Biggsville, Cumberland Presbyterian, Huss and Salter's Grove. Major highways U.S. Route 34 Illinois Route 94 Airports and landing strips Corzatt Airport Seymour Landing Strip Demographics School districts West Central Community Unit School District 235 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois 1906 establishments in Illinois Populated places established in 1906 Townships in Illinois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring%20Ridge%20Academy

Spring Ridge Academy

Spring Ridge Academy is a behavioral health residential facility for teenage girls ages 13 to 19 in Spring Valley, Arizona, US. Background Jean Courtney founded Spring Ridge Academy in or around 1996. Jean Courtney was previously involved with the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs (WWASP), wherein she and her husband at the time, David Gilcrease contracted with WWASP schools to conduct indoctrination workshops with students and parents. WWASP and its schools have been the subject of lawsuits alleging serious physical, mental, and psychological abuse and torture of students. The campus was originally a house with a barn attached and only had one student. It is now capable of housing up to 76 girls with a facility that includes classrooms, medical areas, labs, and athletic fields and courts. Spring Ridge Academy is currently owned and operated by Jeannie Courtney's son and daughter-in-law, Brandon and Suzanne Courtney. Programming Spring Ridge Academy is a clinical therapeutic program with a college preparatory academic curriculum. The program includes four phases that each student is expected to complete at their own pace. The program's average length of stay is 14 to 18 months. As a girl progresses in the phase system, she accrues certain privileges as well as shifts her focus in the program. Phase One, known as Orientation, focuses are getting the girl compliant and submissive to the program's ideology. Phase Two, consistency, has a large focus on showing consistency in following SRA rules. Phase Three, integration, has a large family focus as the girls may now start attending visits at home. Phase Four, transition, adds in friends and social media. Upon graduation from the SRA program, parents are advised to continue their child's education in another structured setting, usually another boarding school, private school, or college, depending on the child's education level at that time. Spring Ridge Academy's program “addresses” five areas: emotional, relational, spiritual, intellectual, and physical. Spring Ridge works closely with the student's family. Parents are required to participate in family therapy with their daughter, attend occasional workshops, have monthly visits (after an initial period of restricted access so they can gain control of the girls and scare them from revealing abuse), and have communication through letters and phone calls. These letters and phone calls are typically monitored so that the kids cannot complain about treatment and abuse from the staff. Additionally, in the SRA parent handbook, parents are preemptively instructed not to acknowledge their child's concern about “any of the horrendous circumstances and events that she will undoubtedly describe”. Parents or guardians who have their child admitted to Spring Ridge pay tuition and fees. Medical insurance may cover part of the costs. Controversy In 2021, the parent of a former resident filed a lawsuit against Spring Ridge Academy, alleging causes of action for negligence and fraud, amongst other things. The mother claims that the troubled teen program used non-evidence-based treatment practices on her daughter and misrepresented the tactics the program used before she enrolled her child there. In a workshop, for example, girls at Spring Ridge Academy were allegedly instructed to beat their chair with rolled up towels containing their anger while other students screamed at them. Spring Ridge Academy has also been accused of using conversion therapy. According to a former resident, students at Spring Ridge Academy who do not identify as females are given femininity assignments, where they are forced to wear dresses and makeup and curl their hair as therapy. The trans teen reported that students were coerced to dress up as assigned characters during seminars, and he was made to wear a red lace dress and “a ton of makeup,” and to curl his hair. Other alumni have come forward alleging abuse as part of the Breaking Code Silence movement, describing the academy as a cult and as being exploitative of families. The Arizona Department of Health Services has given Spring Ridge Academy fourteen documented citations that include: 2 administration violations; 2 medication service violations; 2 emergency and safety standards violations; 1 opioid prescribing and treatment violation 2 quality management violations; 1 admissions/assessment violation; 2 environmental standards violations;and 2 behavioral health services violations. References External links Schools in Yavapai County, Arizona Boarding schools in Arizona Girls' schools in Arizona Alternative schools in the United States 1997 establishments in Arizona Private high schools in Arizona Residential treatment centers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carman%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Carman Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Carman Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 309 and it contained 287 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 83.48%) is land and (or 16.52%) is water. Cities, towns, villages Gulf Port (south portion) Unincorporated towns Carman at Carthage Lake at Heapsville at Shokokon at Yellow Banks at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Extinct towns Silver Lake at (These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.) Cemeteries The township contains Carman Cemetery. Airports and landing strips Johnson Farm Airport Rivers Mississippi River Lakes Brush Lake Carthage Lake Fish Lake Goose Lake Lily Lake Long Lake Millman Lake Orchard City Lake Rhodes Lake Silver Lake Demographics School districts West Central Community Unit School District 235 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois 1906 establishments in Illinois Populated places established in 1906 Townships in Illinois Illinois populated places on the Mississippi River

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebuyau

Sebuyau

Sebuyau is a small Sarawakian coastal town. It borders Sri Aman and Simunjan in the island of Borneo. Most of its inhabitants are made up of the Malay and the Iban people. Education Primary school SK Tuanku Bagus Sebuyau SJK (C) Chung Hua Sebuyau Secondary school SMK Sebuyau External links Sebuyau.Net Community Portal Towns in Sarawak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Gladstone Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Gladstone Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 962 and it contained 536 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 95.32%) is land and (or 4.68%) is water. Cities, towns, villages Gladstone Gulf Port (north half) Unincorporated towns Lone Tree at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Cemeteries The township contains these two cemeteries: Kemp and South Henderson. Major highways U.S. Route 34 Illinois Route 164 Lakes Crystal Lake Dutton Lake Gladstone Lake Pogue Lake Stony Point Lake Landmarks Lock and Dam No. 18 Oquawka State Wildlife Refuge Demographics School districts West Central Community Unit School District 235 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois 1906 establishments in Illinois Populated places established in 1906 Townships in Illinois Illinois populated places on the Mississippi River

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomax%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Lomax Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Lomax Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 850 and it contained 399 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 86.42%) is land and (or 13.58%) is water. Cities, towns, villages Dallas City (north half) Lomax Unincorporated towns Iowa Junction at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Cemeteries The township contains these four cemeteries: Clover, Crane, Freeland and Shaw. Major highways Illinois Route 96 Demographics School districts West Central Community Unit School District 235 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois 1906 establishments in Illinois Populated places established in 1906 Townships in Illinois Illinois populated places on the Mississippi River

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagi%20Shrine

Kagi Shrine

was a Shinto shrine located in previously Soa-a-teng (), Kagi City, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Chiayi Park, Chiayi City, Taiwan). The shrine was built on 28 October 1915 (Taishō 4) facing south but later altered in 1942 (Shōwa 17) to face west. The shrine was originally categorized as a prefectural shrine in 1917 (Taishō 6) but elevated to rank of in 1944 (Shōwa 19). Prince Yoshihisa, , Ōnamuchi no Mikoto, and Amaterasu were enshrined as deities. The honden (main hall) was turned into a Martyrs' Shrine by the Republic of China government after World War II but was destroyed in a fire on 24 April 1994. The main office and purification hall now serve as the Chiayi City Historical Relics Museum. In 1998 the Chiayi Tower was built in place of the main hall, the design was inspired by an indigenous mythological tale about the creator of the world. In Chinese the tower is called Sun-Shooting Tower and houses an observation deck. The existing and are wooden structures built in the classical Japanese Shoin-zukuri architectural style and underwent repair work before being opened to the general public on 5 January 2001 as the Chiayi City Historical Relics Museum. The area became part of Chiayi Park and the temizuya (purification pavilion), sandō (pathway), stone tōrō lantern, and Koma inu statues amongst other things still exist today. Gallery See also Chiayi Cheng Huang Temple Chiayi Confucian Temple Chiayi Jen Wu Temple List of Shinto shrines in Taiwan External links 射日傳說 Legend of Sun Shooting 嘉義市史蹟資料館 Chiayi City Historical Relics Museum 1915 establishments in Taiwan Shinto shrines in Taiwan Historic sites in Taiwan Buildings and structures in Chiayi Museums in Chiayi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Media Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Media Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 392 and it contained 186 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Cities, towns, villages Media Stronghurst (east quarter) Cemeteries The township contains these three cemeteries: Adair, Davidson and Walnut Grove. Major highways Illinois Route 94 Illinois Route 116 Airports and landing strips Neff Airport Demographics School districts West Central Community Unit School District 235 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois 1906 establishments in Illinois Populated places established in 1906 Townships in Illinois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t%20Make%20a%20Beggar%20of%20Me

Don't Make a Beggar of Me

"Don't Make a Beggar of Me" is a popular song recorded by Frank Sinatra on 2 April 1953, at his first recording session for Capitol Records, but not released until the CD reissue of his 1962 album, Point of No Return. The song was written by the former Tin Pan Alley tunesmith Al Sherman and arranged by Axel Stordahl. References Frank Sinatra songs Songs written by Al Sherman 1953 songs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C111

C111

C111 may refer to Acer TravelMate C111, an Acer TravelMate model Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 Mercedes-Benz C111 Roche's cobas c111, a compact clinical chemistry laboratory analyzer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From%20Here%20We%20Go%20Sublime

From Here We Go Sublime

From Here We Go Sublime is the debut studio album by Swedish electronic music producer Axel Willner under his alias The Field, released by Kompakt on 26 March 2007. Production From Here We Go Sublime consists primarily of tracks recorded by Willner as the Field between 2004 and 2006, though the album also includes tracks produced before this period, one of which was originally recorded under a different alias. Willner's production style is sample-based, employing cut-up and resequenced manipulations of snippets of other artists' music, including Kate Bush's "Under Ice" on "Over the Ice", Lionel Richie's "Hello" on "A Paw in My Face", Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere" on "Everyday", and The Flamingos' "I Only Have Eyes for You" on "From Here We Go Sublime". Style and themes Despite From Here We Go Sublime being released on the Kompakt label, known primarily for German techno, the album's sound has been described as "less techno than it is trance". Jess Harvell of Pitchfork also noted the style's similarity due to an "anthemic bigness to Willner's little sounds, a certain shameless bombastic quality to the way he deploys his loops and builds his arpeggio" and the "elementary drum tracks, often just a deflated machine thump flecked with hi-hat hiss". The themes of the music on From Here We Go Sublime has been noted for its "unabashed emotionalism" with songs suggesting "bliss", "melancholy" and "loss". From Here We Go Sublime'''s song titles have been described as vague, and the songs themselves having no intelligible lyrics beyond sampled vocals which have been edited and chopped up. Willner dislikes lyrical content and chose to treat sampled vocals as instruments rather than as voices, as "it gives (the music) a special feeling." Release and receptionFrom Here We Go Sublime was released on compact disc and vinyl record by Kompakt. The album was released to great critical acclaim from various publications, and, along with Burial's Untrue, was the best-received album of 2007 on the music critic aggregators site Metacritic. It was named the 29th best album of the decade by Resident Advisor''. Willner was surprised by the positive reception to the album, stating that "since it is a bit different than (most) other techno, I thought that people wouldn't like it." Track listing References External links 2007 debut albums The Field (musician) albums Kompakt albums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oquawka%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Oquawka Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Oquawka Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,997 and it contained 1,117 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 84.98%) is land and (or 15.02%) is water. Cities, towns, villages Oquawka Unincorporated towns Milroy at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Cemeteries The township contains these two cemeteries: County Farm and Oquawka. Major highways Illinois Route 164 Lakes Island Lake White House Lake Landmarks Benton Island Delabar State Park Mill Island Demographics School districts West Central Community Unit School District 235 Westmer Community Unit School District 203 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois 1906 establishments in Illinois Populated places established in 1906 Townships in Illinois Illinois populated places on the Mississippi River

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Katasyrtai

Battle of Katasyrtai

The battle of Katasyrtai (Kατασυρται) occurred in the fall of 917, shortly after the striking Bulgarian triumph at Achelous near the village of the same name close to the Byzantine capital Constantinople, (now Istanbul). The result was a Bulgarian victory. Origins of the conflict From the beginning of 917 both sides prepared for decisive actions. The Byzantines tried to forge a coalition against Bulgaria but their attempts failed due to the fast reaction of the Bulgarian ruler Simeon I. Nonetheless, the Byzantines gathered an enormous army, but they were decisively defeated at Achelous. The battle While the victorious Bulgarian army was marching southwards, the Byzantine commander Leo Phokas, who survived at Achelous, reached Constantinople by sea and gathered the last Byzantine troops to intercept his enemy before reaching the capital. The two armies clashed near the village of Katasyrtai just outside the city and after a night fight, the Byzantines were completely routed from the battlefield. Aftermath The last Byzantine military forces were literally destroyed and the way to Constantinople was opened, but the Serbs rebelled to the west and the Bulgarians decided to secure their rear before the final assault of the Byzantine capital which gave the enemy precious time to recover. References Sources Ioannes Scylitzes. Historia. 2, p. 88 910s conflicts 917 10th century in Bulgaria 910s in the Byzantine Empire Battles involving the First Bulgarian Empire Battles of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars in Thrace Night battles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raritan%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Raritan Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Raritan Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 286 and it contained 134 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , entirely land. Cities, towns, villages Raritan Cemeteries The township contains two cemeteries: Raritan and Saint Patrick's. Demographics School districts West Central Community Unit School District 235 West Prairie Community Unit School District 103 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois Townships in Illinois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20Secrets%20Doctrine

State Secrets Doctrine

The state secrets doctrine may refer to: State secrets privilege in the United States Official Secrets Act elsewhere

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozetta%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Rozetta Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Rozetta Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 271 and it contained 121 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.97%) is land and (or 0.03%) is water. Unincorporated towns Reeds at Rozetta at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Cemeteries The township contains these six cemeteries: Coghill, Cumberland, Reed, Rozetta, Smith Creek and Stockton. Major highways Illinois Route 164 Airports and landing strips Carner Landing Strip (currently unusable) Demographics School districts United Community School District 304 West Central Community Unit School District 235 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois Townships in Illinois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg-Peter%20Eder

Georg-Peter Eder

Georg-Peter "Schorsch" Eder (8 March 1921 – 11 March 1986) was a German fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Eder flew 572 combat missions claiming 78 enemy aircraft shot down in total. He was the leading day scorer against four-engined bombers, and with 56 air victories the leading ace against the USAAF. Early life and career Eder was born on 8 March 1921 in Oberdachstetten in Bavaria. After he attended the Grundschule, an elementary school, and Oberrealschule, a secondary school, he joined the military service of the Luftwaffe on 15 November 1939. Posted to the 4. Kompanie (4th company) of Fliegerausbildungsregiment 62 (62nd Flight Training Regiment) in Quedlinburg in the Harz region, he then attended the Luftkriegsschule 2 (LKS 2—2nd air war school) at Berlin-Gatow. On 1 April 1940, he was accepted as a Fahnenjunker (candidate). During his flight training, he was promoted to Fähnrich (officer cadet) on 1 September 1940. World War II World War II in Europe began on Friday 1 September 1939 when German forces invaded Poland. Eder was posted to 4. Staffel (4th squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51—51st Fighter Wing), a squadron of II. Gruppe, on 1 December 1940. At the time, II. Gruppe of JG 51 was undergoing a period of rest and replenishment at Mannheim-Sandhofen Airfield following the Battle of Britain. There, the Gruppe received the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7. The Gruppe returned to France on 14 February 1941 and was commanded by Hauptmann Josef Fözö while Eder's 4. Staffel was headed by Oberleutnant Erich Hohagen. Operation Barbarossa II. Gruppe of JG 51 was withdrawn from the Channel Front in early June 1941 and ordered to Dortmund where the unit was reequipped with the Bf 109 F series. On 10 June, II. Gruppe began transferring east and was located at Siedlce. On 22 June, German forces launched Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. JG 51, under the command of Oberstleutnant Werner Mölders, was subordinated to II. Fliegerkorps (2nd Air Corps), which as part of Luftflotte 2 (Air Fleet 2). JG 51 area of operation during Operation Barbarossa was over the right flank of Army Group Center in the combat area of the 2nd Panzer Group as well as the 4th Army. On the first day of the invasion, Eder claimed his first two aerial victories, a Polikarpov I-16 fighter and a Tupolev SB bomber shot down 09:23 and 09:35 respectively. For this feat, Eder received the Iron Cross 2nd Class () on 26 June. Eight days later, he shot down an Ilyushin DB-3 bomber for his third aerial victory in combat in the area of Babruysk. The German Army crossed the Berezina River on 4 July, and II. Gruppe was moved forward to an airfield at Babruysk, fighting on the Stalin Line in the area of Vitebsk-Orsha-Mogilev. On 11 July, Eder was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class (). German forces breached the Stalin Line and II. Gruppe was moved to an airfield at Stara Bychow, approximately south of Mogilev on the Dnieper on 12 July. That day, the Gruppe flew multiple combat air patrols in support of the German beachhead on the eastern bank of the Dnieper in the area between Mogilev and Smolensk. That day, Eder claimed a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber shot down. On 13 July, he claimed two aerial victories, a DB-3 bomber shot down at 10:07 and an I-16 fighter at 10:23, followed by another DB-3 bomber on 14 July. Eder was credited with another Pe-2 bomber shot down on 26 July and an I-16 fighter destroyed on 31 July. On 5 August, II. Gruppe was moved to an airfield at Schatalowka, approximately northeast of Stara Bychow, between Smolensk in the north and Roslavl in the south. On 9 August, Eder was credited with his tenth and last aerial victory on the Eastern Front when he claimed an I-18 shot down at 16:50. The German designation I-18 refers to the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 fighter. On 10 August, Eder's Bf 109 F-2 (Werknummer 9184—factory number) collided with a Junkers Ju 52 on the ground at Ponjatowka. Eder suffered a skull fracture and following convalescence, he was posted to the Jagdfliegerschule 2 (fighter pilot school) at Zerbst on 1 November 1941. Western Front On 1 November 1942, Eder was posted to 7. Staffel (7th squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" (JG 2—2nd Fighter Wing), a squadron of III. Gruppe of JG 2 named after the World War I fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen. That day, Oberleutnant Egon Mayer was appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of III. Gruppe while command of 7. Staffel was given to Hohagen who also joined the Geschwader that day. JG 2 was based in northern France and fought against the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) under the leadership of Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander) Major Walter Oesau. At the time, III. Gruppe was equipped with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-4 and some older A-3s. The Gruppe operated from various airfields in Brittany, France, providing fighter protection for the German U-boat bases along the Atlantic coast. Eder claimed his first aerial victory on the Western Front on 30 December when he shot down a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber on a mission to bomb Lorient. Together with Mayer, Eder developed the head-on attack as the most effective tactic against the Allied daylight heavy combat box formations of B-17s and Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers. The concept was based on a Kette (chain), three aircraft flying in a "V" formation, attacking from ahead and to the left. When in range, the attackers opened fire with a deflection burst, aiming in front of the enemy aircraft. Following the attack, the pilots would pull up sharply to the left or right. This gave the attacking fighters the best chance of avoiding the massed firepower of the bombers' guns. On 3 January 1943, the USAAF VIII Bomber Command attacked the U-boat base at Saint-Nazaire. III. Gruppe managed to fend off some of the bombers, claiming sixteen B-17 bombers shot down over sea, including one by Eder. The USAAF reported the loss of seven bombers during the attack. The U-boat base at Lorient was the target of the VIII Bomber Command on 23 January. III. Gruppe, supported by 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" (JG 26—26th Fighter Wing), claimed seven aerial victories, of which one B-17 was claimed shot down by Eder. On 9 February, the Gruppenstab (headquarters unit) of III. Gruppe, 7. Staffel and 9. Staffel were ordered to Berck-sur-Mer where they were placed under the command of JG 26. On 13 February, the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command targeted the west coast of Pas-de-Calais with three "Rodeos" and one "Circus". In defense of this attack, Eder claimed a RAF Supermarine Spitfire fighter shot down northwest of Boulogne. Squadron leader In February, a new 12. Staffel of JG 2 was created at the airfield at Beaumont-le-Roger. On 15 February, Eder was appointed its Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of this newly created Staffel and tasked with bringing it to operational readiness. The plan was to equip this Staffel with a full complement of 16 pilots and Bf 109 Gs. Initially, Eder was given eight Fw 190 A-2 and A-3s, as well as two Bf 109 G-1 aircraft, and subordinated and accountable to the Stab of JG 2. On 8 March, Eder claimed the first aerial victory credited to the 12. Staffel when he shot down a Spitfire near Le Petit-Quevilly. That day, VIII Bomber Command sent 54 B-17 bombers to Rennes and 16 B-24 bombers to the Rouen railroad yards. The attack on Rouen was protected by 16 RAF Spitfire squadrons, supported by a Spitfire sweep of the 4th Fighter Group. On 12 March, he shot down another Spitfire northwest of Fécamp. On 28 March, VIII Bomber Command dispatched 70 B-17 bombers on a mission to bomb the Rouen railroad yards again. The escorting Spitfire fighters missed their rendezvous point with the bombers, leaving the bombers unprotected. II. Gruppe of JG 26 and Eder's 12. Staffel of JG 2 intercepted the bombers, damaging nine and one was shot down by Eder. Following combat with a B-17, he was injured by the return fire but managed to make a forced landing of his Bf 109 G-4 (Werknummer 14988) at Beaumont-le-Roger airfield. By end of April, 12. Staffel had received their full complement of 16 Bf 109 G-6 fighters. Recovered from his injuries, Eder led his Staffel against a USAAF attack on the Potez aircraft plant at Albert. 12. Staffel operated autonomously from other Luftwaffe units and claimed a B-17 bomber and a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter shot down for the loss of three aircraft and two pilots killed in action. Eder was credited with the destruction of the P-47, shot down west of Étaples. On 29 May, the USAAF targeted Rennes, Saint-Nazaire and La Pallice. Defending against this attack, 12. Staffel claimed three B-17 bombers shot down in combat over sea off Paimpol, including one claim by Eder. He was awarded the Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe () on 25 June. The next day, he was credited with the destruction of a Spitfire north of Fécamp. On 29 June, Eder led his Staffel against USAAF bombers, losing two aircraft, one pilot killed in action and two further were wounded, while Eder claimed a B-17 shot down north of Saint-Valery. Eder shot down a Hawker Typhoon west of Hesdin on 29 August. Two days later, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold (). On 5 September 1943, he was transferred to 5. Staffel of JG 2, taking command of the Staffel after its former commander Leutnant Kurt Goltzsch was wounded the day before. On 5 November, Eder was forced to bail out of his Bf 109 G-6 (Werknummer 20733) after engine failure near Mons, Belgium and was again injured. Defense of the Reich Following his recovery from injuries sustained on 5 November 1943, Eder was posted to the II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1—1st Fighter Wing) under the command of Hauptmann Hermann Segatz in February 1944. The Gruppe, which was fighting in Defense of the Reich, was based in Wunstorf in northern Germany. Following the death of Segatz, Major Heinrich Bär was given command of the Gruppe on 9 March. Bär, who had previously commanded 6. Staffel, was then in consequence succeeded by Eder. Eder claimed his first aerial victory with JG 1 on 8 April when the USAAF Eighth Air Force, formerly known as VIII Bomber Command, attacked German airfields in northwestern Germany as well as the German aircraft industry in Braunschweig. II. Gruppe attacked the bombers in the vicinity of Salzwedel where Eder shot down one of the B-24 bombers. He bailed out of his Fw 190 A-7 (Werknummer 430645) during combat with P-47 fighters over Göttingen on 19 April. On 8 May, he claimed a B-24 shot down but made a forced landing at Vechta in his Fw 190 A-8 (Werknummer 170071). Group commander On 11 November, the Geschwaderkommodore of JG 1, Oberst Oesau, who had commanded JG 1 since November 1943, was killed in action. The following day, Bär was temporarily appointed as his successor. In consequence, Eder was given the position Gruppenkommandeur of II. Gruppe. In preparation of the Normandy landings, Eighth Air Force targeted the German fuel industry on 12 May. That day, 886 heavy-bombers escorted by 980 fighter aircraft, targeted the hydrogenation factories at Leuna, Merseburg, Böhlen, Zeitz and Brüx, present-day Most in the Czech Republic. Eder vectored his Gruppe in a consolidated attack on the bombers. The Gruppe claimed five bombers shot down plus a further P-47 destroyed, for the price of five pilots killed in action. Eder accounted for one of the bombers destroyed when he shot down a B-24 in the area of the Eifel. Following the attack, his Fw 190 had engine problems resulting in an emergency landing at Mannheim-Sandhofen Airfield. The USAAF targeted the German aircraft industry on 29 May. The Eighth Air Force sent 993 heavy bombers, escorted by 1,265 fighters, to factories in Leipzig, Sorau, and Posen, to the airfield at Tutow, as well as the hydrogenation factory at Pölitz. At the same time, the Fifteenth Air Force attacked similar targets in southern Germany and Austria. JG 1 was scrambled shortly after 11:00 and met up near Dessau. In frontal attack, pilots of I. and II. Gruppe claimed nine B-17 bombers shot down. While I. Gruppe came away unscathed, II. Gruppe lost one pilot killed in action and two further were wounded. Eder, who hat shot down a B-17 in the vicinity of Görlitz, crashed his Fw 190 A-8 (Werknummer 730386) during the landing at Cottbus. The airfield was under attack at the time of the landing and Eder collided with a parked Siebel aircraft. The Western Allies of World War II launched the invasion of Normandy in the early morning o 6 June 1944. At 16:25, II. Gruppe of JG 1, with a strength of 32 Fw 190 fighters under the leadership of Eder, relocated from Störmede to an airfield at Montdidier, France. That evening, II. Gruppe was then ordered to Le Mans Airfield. The following day, the Gruppe flew its first combat missions during the Normandy campaign, losing two aircraft without claiming any aerial victories. On 8 June, Eder headed II. Gruppe in an anti shipping mission against the Allied landing fleet near Deauville and Trouville on southern bank of the Baie de la Seine. On 24 June, Eder received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (). On 11 August 1944, Eder temporarily took command of 6. Staffel of JG 26, replacing Leutnant Adolf Glunz who was off operations at the time. Attacking Allied armour near Dreux on 17 August Eder shot down a Spitfire at low level; it crashed between two M4 Sherman tanks, destroying them. Shortly after that he shot down another Spitfire, which crashed on another tank, setting it on fire. On 4 September, Eder was appointed Gruppenkommandeur II. Gruppe of JG 26 after the unit's former Gruppenkommandeur Hauptmann Emil Lang was killed in action against USAAF Thunderbolts over St Trond. On 8 October, Eder was transferred to Kommando Nowotny, the first operational Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter unit named after its commander Major Walter Nowotny. He was replaced by Major Anton Hackl as commander of II. Gruppe of JG 26. Flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 Kommando Nowotny was made up of three Staffeln and based at Achmer Airfield. 1. Staffel was headed by Oberleutnant Paul Bley, 2. Staffel by Oberleutnant Alfred Teumer, and Eder was given command of 3. Staffel. By late September 1944, Kommando Nowotny had approximately 30 Me 262s. As a unit, the Kommando flew three combat missions between 3 October and 24 October. It is difficult to establish the exact number of aerial victories claimed by Eder while flying the Me 262 as various sources provide contradicting information. According to Harvey, Eder claimed his first aerial victory on the Me 262 on 6 October when he shot down a Lockheed P-38 Lightning F-5 reconnaissance aircraft from the 7th Photographic Group. Authors Morgan and Weal, credit Eder with his first victory on the Me 262 on 13 November 1944. In this account, Eder flew a mission from Achmer Airfield and encountered a P-38. Misjudging the closing speed, he collided with the P-38. The damage to his Me 262 was minimal while the P-38 crashed near Schleißheim. Without an exact date, Boehme indicates that Eder was credited with eleven aerial victories flying the Me 262 in the timeframe 1 October 1944 until 1 January 1945, including the claim over a P-38, bringing his total to 64 claims. Nowotny was killed in action on 8 November which marked the end of Kommando Nowotny. Following Nowotny's death, Eder then briefly led the Kommando until it was renamed to III. Gruppe of Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader 2 and withdrawn from combat. Harvey states that on 11 November, leading five Me 262s, Eder claimed two B-17 bombers and a North American P-51 Mustang escort fighter in combat near Frankfurt. On 19 November, the pilots of Kommando Nowotny formed the nucleus of III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 7 (JG 7—7th Fighter Wing), the first operational jet fighter wing. Now based at Lechfeld Airfield, III. Gruppe was placed on the command of Major Hohagen, Eder's former Staffelkapitän with JG 51. The three Staffeln of Kommando Nowotny were redesignated to 9., 10., and 11. Staffel of JG 7, with Eder in command of the 11. Staffel. Eder was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves () on 25 November 1944 for some 60 victories. He was the 663rd member of the German armed forces to be so honored. On 17 January 1945, Eder claimed a B-17 shot down. This B-17 may have been from the 351st Bombardment Group on mission to Paderborn. Eder may have shot down two P-47 fighters on 3 February. On 9 February, during an attack of the Eighth Air Force on synthetic oil plants and transportation, Eder shot down a B-17 bomber. On 17 February, Eder, together with Oberfeldwebel Helmut Zander and Oberfeldwebel Hermann Buchner took off from Parchim to intercept a bomber formation. They intercepted the bomber formation south of Bremen when his Me 262 was hit by the defensive gunfire in the left engine, setting the engine and wing on fire. Forced to bail out, Eder struck his head and leg on the aircraft. He was picked up and taken to a hospital with a broken leg and head injuries. Following convalescence, Eder was back with III. Gruppe of JG 7 and claimed a B-17 shot down near Berlin on 17 April 1945. The B-17 was named The Towering Titan and belonged to the 305th Bombardment Group. According to Harvey, this was his 25th claim flying the Me 262. Later life After World War II, Eder became a businessman in Wiesbaden. Summary of career Aerial victory claims According to Obermaier, Eder flew 572 combat missions of which 150 were with the Messerschmitt Me 262. On the Eastern Front, he claimed 10 victories and on the Western Front 68, of which 36 were four-engined bombers. Matthews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and state that he claimed 75 aerial victories. The authors list 48 aerial victories plus further ten unconfirmed claims. This figure includes ten claims on the Eastern Front, more than 41 claims on the Western Front, including more than 23 four-engined bombers. It is possible that Eder claimed more than 21 victories flying the Me 262. Accordind to Boehme, Eder was credited with eleven aerial victories flying the Me 262 in the timeframe 1 October 1944 until 1 January 1945, bringing his total to 64 claims. Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 14 West 4857". The Luftwaffe grid map () covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 × 4 km in size. Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 June 1941) 1st Class (11 July 1941) Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 25 June 1943 as Leutnant and pilot German Cross in Gold on 31 August 1943 as Oberleutnant in the 12./Jagdgeschwader 2 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 24 June 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 1 663rd Oak Leaves on 25 November 1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 6./Jagdgeschwader 1 Promotions Notes References Citations Bibliography 1921 births 1986 deaths People from Ansbach (district) Luftwaffe pilots German World War II flying aces Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ouch.%20The%20Touch.

The Ouch. The Touch.

The Ouch. The Touch. is an extended play released by the Grates. It contains alternate versions of "Sukkafish" and "Trampoline" to the one released with their debut album, Gravity Won't Get You High. Track listing "Message" – 1:54 "Sukkafish" – 4:00 "Wash Me" – 2:11 "Trampoline" – 2:04 2005 EPs The Grates albums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stronghurst%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Stronghurst Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Stronghurst Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,115 and it contained 500 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Cities, towns, villages Stronghurst (west three-quarters) Unincorporated towns Decorra at Hopper at Olena at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Cemeteries The township contains these five cemeteries: Best, Hopper, Maple Grove, Olena and Watson. Major highways Illinois Route 94 Demographics School districts West Central Community Unit School District 235 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois Townships in Illinois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel%20Austin

Ethel Austin

Ethel Austin was an English clothing retailer. At its commercial peak it operated around three hundred stores. The company was purchased from the founding family in June 2002, the company ceased operation in January 2013, after numerous times entering administration. History The company was founded in 1934 by Ethel Austin, in the front room of her terraced house in Liverpool, helping neighbours with their knitting. This proved so successful, that within five years of going into business, she had opened three shops. The business became a well known and established chain in the North West and North Wales throughout the mid to late twentieth century. Ethel Austin herself died in January 1989, at the age of 88. In June 2002, the Austin family sold the business to a management team backed by Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) for £55 million. In June 2004, two years later, ABN-AMRO Capital bought the business for £122.5 million. In May 2007, it was announced that the company had won the contract to supply uniforms for the event of Liverpool - European City of Culture 2008. In November 2007, the company ran new adverts on television, which used the BodyRockers song "I Like the Way (You Move)". At this point, the company had over three hundred stores. Difficulties and administration On 15 April 2008, Ethel Austin Ltd entered administration, managed by Menzies Corporate Restructuring. The following day, it was announced that thirty three stores would be closed within three weeks, with job losses totalling 275, with an additional 181 employees made redundant at the company head office and distribution centre at Knowsley, Merseyside. On 19 May 2008, it was reported that Elaine McPherson, former boss of clothing chain MK One, had bought the company for an undisclosed sum, promising to return it to its 'former glory'. On 8 February 2010, it was reported that the chain had gone into administration again. On 10 February 2010, administrators announced that there would be job cuts over 496 in the company's head office and distribution depot. It was anticipated that there would also be store closures totalling 196, resulting in further job losses. On 19 August 2011, it was revealed that Ashloch Ltd, founded by the London based former Blackwell's director Sue Townsend, had purchased the company and the sixty two remaining stores of Ethel Austin, saving over four hundred jobs. However, Ashloch was forced into administration managed by Duff & Phelps on 11 July 2012, after a landlord of a store in Manchester called in bailiffs after an unpaid rent bill, jeopardising the future of the company. Also in July, the brand was bought by Ricli Limited, owned by Liric owner Mike Basso. The restructuring specialist GA Europe, a subsidiary of Great American Group, acquired the debt of Ashloch and operated the stores while the company was in administration. On 30 July 2012, Liric, a firm controlled by the clothing entrepreneur Mike Basso, acquired 32 of the Ethel Austin stores from GA Europe. On 11 January 2013, the company declared insolvency, and closed all of the remaining stores closed with immediate effect. Relaunch In May 2015, a new store in Runcorn was announced. A clearance store also opened in Units 15 to 16a in Liverpool City Centre L1 1QE in 2016. References Retail companies established in 1934 Defunct companies based in Liverpool Defunct retail companies of the United Kingdom Retail companies disestablished in 2013 British companies established in 1934 British companies disestablished in 2013 1934 establishments in England 2013 disestablishments in England Clothing retailers of England Clothing companies of England

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Allarmet%20de%20Brogny

Jean-Allarmet de Brogny

Jean-Allarmet de Brogny (1342 – 16 February 1426) was a French Cardinal. Biography He was born in the hamlet of Brogny, now part of Annecy-le-Vieux in Savoy. Biographers are not agreed as to his parentage and real name. According to some, he belonged to a peasant family of Brogny, called Allarmet; others say he was descended from the d'Alouzier, a noble house in Comtat Venaissin. It is certain, however, that the future cardinal was a swineherd, when two monks, struck by his open disposition and thoughtful answers, took him with them to Geneva, and procured for him an education which was completed at the University of Avignon. Despite the friendship and the inducement of Marcossay, Bishop of Geneva, young Allarmet retired to the Chartreuse of Dijon, where his merits soon became widely known. When Robert of Geneva was elected pope by the faction hostile to Pope Urban VI, Allarmet joined him at Avignon, either having been sent by the Duke of Burgundy or called by Robert himself. At Avignon favors were bestowed upon him in quick succession by the Avignon Pope Clement VII; the Bishopric of Viviers, in 1380, the dignity of Cardinal, in 1385, and shortly after, the exalted office of Chancellor of the Holy See. Robert's successor, Peter of Luna, who called himself Benedict XIII, sanctioned all these preferments and even promoted Allarmet from Viviers to Bishop of Ostia-Velletri, one of the suburbican dioceses. There is no doubt that at that time Cardinal de Brogny, like Peter of Luxemburg and Vincent Ferrer, considered the French obedience as legitimate. However, as early as 1398, he had left Avignon. The elusive tactics of Gregory XII and Benedict XIII were met by him with more than a silent protest. He inaugurated the neutral party and brought about the Council of Pisa which resulted in the election of Pope Alexander V (1409). The new pope confirmed de Brogny in his double dignity of Bishop of Ostia and Chancellor of the Church. In the latter capacity he presided over Alexander's funeral and also over the conclave which elected Antipope John XXIII (1410). John held de Brogny in the highest esteem. The Metropolitan See of Arles having become vacant, he disregarded the candidate elected by the Arlesian chapter and appointed Cardinal de Brogny perpetual administrator of that see. This appointment was intended as a means of recovering the rights of the Church of Arles usurped by the Counts of Provence during the confusion consequent on the schism. The new metropolitan did not disappoint his patron. With the might of right he fought the usurpers till the last claim of the venerable see was secured. Cardinal de Brogny then left his diocese in care of the two Fabri and proceeded on a still more delicate mission. Owing to the obstinacy of the contestants, the Council of Pisa had really left the Church with three popes instead of one. Moreover, John Hus was adding the issue of heresy. The Council of Constance was convened to meet this double difficulty, and after the withdrawal of John XXIII, de Brogny, in virtue of his title of Chancellor, presided over the sessions of the Council. For unity, he voted for the deposition of the three popes, two of whom had been his personal friends. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, he could have secured the election for himself, had he so desired; but he threw the weight of his influence in favor of Colonna, who took the name of Pope Martin V. He died at Rome in 1426. In his old age de Brogny asked to be translated from Ostia to Geneva, but only his remains reached the beloved place of his youth; they were laid to rest in the chapel of the Machabees which had been added to the old cathedral by the cardinal himself. De Brogny is variously known in history as Cardinal of Viviers, Cardinal of Ostia, sometimes Cardinal of Arles, and Cardinal de Saluces. He founded the Dominican convents of Tivoli and Annecy; the maladrerie or lepers' hospital, of Brogny; part of the Celestines' monastery of Avignon; and the College of St. Nicholas, affiliated to the University of Avignon, and endowed with twenty scholarships for destitute students. Soulavie, president of St. Nicholas College, published (1774) a Histoire de Jean d'Alouzier de Brogny of which only fifty copies were printed. References Sources Acknowledgment 1342 births 1426 deaths 14th-century people from Savoy 15th-century French cardinals Cardinal-bishops of Ostia Deans of the College of Cardinals 14th-century French cardinals Archbishops of Arles Bishops of Viviers 15th-century people from Savoy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire%20of%20Tammin

Shire of Tammin

The Shire of Tammin is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Its seat of government is the town of Tammin, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Merredin and about 180 kilometres (112 mi) east of Perth, the state capital. History Originally the area was governed by the Meckering Road Board (now the neighbouring Shire of Cunderdin). The Tammin Road District was gazetted on 18 June 1948. On 1 July 1961, it became a shire under the Local Government Act 1960, which reformed all remaining road districts into shires. Wards The Shire has never had wards, and all six councillors sit at large. The Shire President is elected from amongst the councillors. Towns and localities Tammin Bungulla Wyola Yorkrakine Population Heritage-listed places As of 2021, 18 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Tammin, of which none are on the State Register of Heritage Places. References External links Tammin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre%20Haute%20Township%2C%20Henderson%20County%2C%20Illinois

Terre Haute Township, Henderson County, Illinois

Terre Haute Township is one of eleven townships in Henderson County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 263 and it contained 122 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.94%) is land and (or 0.06%) is water. Unincorporated towns Terre Haute at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Cemeteries The township contains these two cemeteries: Peasley and Terre Haute. Major highways Illinois Route 94 Illinois Route 96 Airports and landing strips Clover Landing Strip Demographics School districts West Central Community Unit School District 235 Political districts Illinois's 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Townships in Henderson County, Illinois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pethia%20tiantian

Pethia tiantian

Pethia tiantian is a species of cyprinid fish that has only been recorded from streams in the vicinity of Putao in the far north of Myanmar. It grows to a length of SL. It is generally brownish with a dark vertical bar just behind the operculum and a round dark blotch on the caudal peduncle. Other Pethia species are similarly marked but P. tiantian can be distinguished by its longer lateral line, reaching all the way back to the base of the caudal fin. P. didi, a similarly marked species found in the same drainage basin, differs from P. tiantian in having a deeper body and a longer dorsal fin with two rows of dark markings rather than one. References Pethia Fish described in 2005 Barbs (fish)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southside%20%28Lloyd%20song%29

Southside (Lloyd song)

"Southside" is the debut single from American R&B singer Lloyd and features Ashanti. It was written by T. Hale, W. Morris, Tab and by producer Jimi Kendrix for his debut studio album, Southside (2004). It peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart, and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. The remix featured rapper Scarface and Ashanti. The remix was released as the third and final single from the album. Music video The video was released in June 2004. The standard version was filmed in a narrative fashion, with Irv Gotti playing Lloyd's fancy-car-driving father figure and Ashanti as his love interest whom he courts cellularly. The theme of the video is based on the movie A Bronx Tale. Rapper Ja Rule also makes an appearance in the video. The remix version intercuts a street scene, with a shirtless Lloyd, a slightly gangsta-looking Ashanti, and a gruff-looking Scarface. It was located outside of a barber shop. It features clips from the original version also. "Southside" also peaked at number one on BET's 106 & Park. Lloyd and Ashanti performed the song together on its third straight day at number one. Chart position Weekly charts Year-end charts References 2004 debut singles Lloyd (singer) songs Ashanti (singer) songs 2004 songs Def Jam Recordings singles Vocal duets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Hamilton%20Gault

Matthew Hamilton Gault

The Hon. Matthew Hamilton Gault M.P., J.P. (18 July 1822 – 1 June 1887) was an Irish-Canadian financier and politician. In 1865, he founded Sun Life Financial at Montreal, Canada East. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1878 election for the riding of Montreal West. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1882 and served until his death in 1887. During the winter he lived with his family at Braehead in Montreal's Golden Square Mile. He was the brother of Andrew Frederick Gault and the uncle of Brigadier-General Andrew Hamilton Gault. Early years Born 1822 at Strabane, County Tyrone, he was the eldest son of Leslie Gault (1787-1843) and his wife Mary Hamilton (1798-1874), daughter of Matthew Hamilton (1750-1814), of Fintra House, near Killybegs, Co. Donegal. Gault was privately educated by Rev. Charles Allen, considered to be one of the best Classical scholars in Ireland. At the age of fifteen, a fall from a horse severely injured his spine and gave a shock to his nervous system from which he never completely recovered. After having been confined to bed for a year, he returned to school but found himself so far behind his classmates that he became discouraged and dropped out. Until the family left for Montreal and it became clear he would have to earn his own living, he passed his time in the countryside, fishing, shooting and hunting rabbits with his ferrets. His popular father had been the most prosperous merchant at Strabane, controlling a large proportion of the general business of two or three Northern Irish counties. As a ship-owner, for many years he sent emigrants across to New Brunswick and the United States. But, by the 1840s, Leslie Gault's finances were hit by severe losses in the Grain trade and by the removal of duty on Baltic timber. On top of these difficulties, three of his ships were lost at sea while the cargoes of his five remaining ships were being thrown on a depressed market, draining him of a lifetime's savings. In 1842, his father decided to make a new start and sailed with his family to Montreal, Quebec. On arriving, his mother fell ill and was advised to return to Ireland, and only nine months later his father died of cholera. Business life For the first few years Gault and his younger siblings were sustained by the sale of family properties in Ireland, although further heavy losses were incurred when the savings bank where they kept the most part of their money failed. Gault and his two brothers attempted farming but abandoned it after losing about $7,000 in three years. From 1844 to 1848, Gault entered the grocery business at Montreal before finally getting the break he needed in the insurance business. In 1851, he was appointed agent to the Mutual Life Assurance Company of New York and the Western Assurance Company of Toronto, Ontario. By the early 1860s he was the secretary-treasurer of the Montreal Permanent Building Society, which became the Montreal Loan and Mortgage Company in 1875. He was named its president a couple of years later, a position he held until his death. Many of the investors in the syndicate which controlled the society were to remain associated with Gault in other enterprises; they comprised a cross-section of Montreal merchants, bankers, and industrialists. From 1866 to 1870 he was the manager in Montreal of the Royal Canadian Bank of Toronto and from 1879 he was a director of the Royal Insurance Company of England. He became President of the Exchange Bank of Canada; director of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company; director of the Windsor Hotel and trustee and treasurer of the Mount Royal Cemetery. Private life and family In England, Gault was made a Freeman of the City of London. In Montreal, he was for many years a volunteer in the Garrison Artillery, and the first Captain to uniform his company at the request of Francis de Rottenburg. He founded the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, the first of its kind in Canada. He was warden of Christ Church Cathedral for four years, and played a significant role in collecting the $44,000 to wipe off the debt on the building subscription. He was senior warden during the transfer of the building to Bishop Francis Fulford in the Consecration. In 1854, at St. George's Church, Montreal, Matthew Hamilton Gault married Elizabeth Joanna Bourne, daughter of George Bourne. They were the parents of sixteen children, eleven of whom lived to adulthood: Leslie Hamilton Gault (1855-1922). He married Marion Anderson (1857-1939). They were the parents of five children, including Brigadier Sir James Frederick Gault K.C.M.G., who married Elizabeth ex-Marchioness of Townshend. Adelaide Stuart Gault (1857-1937), married John Smith Allan, son of Andrew Allan. They were the parents of six children. Emily Mary Gault (1860-1927), died unmarried. Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Charles Ernest Gault. In 1890, he married Florence, daughter of Rufus Fairbanks, nephew of The Hon. Charles Rufus Fairbanks and The Hon. Samuel Prescott Fairbanks. Margaretta Florence Gault (1864-1941). She married William Allport. Fanny Louisa Gault (1865-1942), married Colonel Edward Benjamin Ibbotson, J.P., of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. They were the parents of nine children. Rosa Lizzie Gault (1867-1907), married Charles Heber Blackader (1852-1913), son of Francis Blackader and Margaret Drummond. They were the parents of four children. Perceval Ridout Gault (1869-1951), married Frances Hilda Herchmer (1873-1944), daughter of George Field Herchmer and niece of Lawrence Herchmer. They were the parents of five children. Mathew Henry Gault (1871-1960), married Edith Henderson (1883-1970). They were the parents of three children, Matthew Henry Gault, Leslie Henderson Gault and Patricia. Edythe Gault (b. 1875), married Sir Samuel Hardman Lever, 1st Bt. Colonel Arthur Fitzroy Gault (b. 1876), married Georgina Beemer. The Belfast banking letter In 1881, Matthew Hamilton Gault, then a prosperous businessman and Member of Parliament, remitted to the Belfast Banking Company (Ireland) the sum of £156.5.0. With this payment, he discharged the balance of his father's debt which, in 1842, had compelled the financially distressed Gault family to emigrate. In response, a director of the overseas bank wrote Matthew Gault a letter expressing the directorship's admiration for this "act so honourable and unusual" in the elimination of a debt that had long ago been formally written off: The Belfast Banking Company Belfast, 16th August 1881 Dear Sir, The Directors of this Bank have received from their Strabane Branch your cheque for £156.5.0, the amount of debt due to this company by your father Mr. Leslie Gault so long ago as 1839 and which having been written off very many years ago, as a loss, had disappeared from our accounts and even from our memories. The Directors consider an act so honourable and unusual deserves more than a formal acknowledgement of the receipt of the money and have much pleasure in assuring you that they appreciate your action in the highest degree as an evidence that there exists in your community a principle of honesty which is not satisfied by the discharge of one's own obligations but embraces also those of others which only in exceptional circumstances continue to be even morally binding. The Directors beg to thank you and to wish you the prosperous career which this conduct on your part leads them to look forward to with confidence. Yours Faithfully, For Self & Other Directors A. JOHNS References Sources 1822 births 1887 deaths Canadian Anglicans Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Strabane Immigrants to the Province of Canada Burials at Mount Royal Cemetery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria%20Township%2C%20Fulton%20County%2C%20Illinois

Astoria Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Astoria Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,464 and it contained 665 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.82%) is land and (or 1.18%) is water. Cities, towns, villages Astoria Washington (no longer exists due to another town in the state with the name). The village contained 48 lots. It was laid out in 1836 & it had a small general store, a few cabins, blacksmith shop and a school house nearby which was also used to hold church services. The village never grew & ceased to exist. Vienna was laid out by Zach Gilbert, Benjamin Clark & a Mr Bacon on June 9, 1837. Due to there being another town in the state with this name it was changed to Astoria. Cemeteries The township contains these five cemeteries: Astoria, Oak Grove, Salem, South Fulton and Union Chapel. Major highways US Route 24 Airports and landing strips Campbell Landing Strip Lakes Emmanuel Lake Demographics School districts Astoria Community Unit School District 1 V I T Community Unit School District 2 Political districts Illinois' 17th congressional district State House District 94 State Senate District 47 References United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas External links City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Townships in Fulton County, Illinois Townships in Illinois

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditherington%20Flax%20Mill

Ditherington Flax Mill

Ditherington Flax Mill (promoted as the Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings), a flax mill located in Ditherington, a suburb of Shrewsbury, England, is the first iron-framed building in the world, and described as "the grandfather of skyscrapers", despite its five-storey height. Its importance was officially recognised in the 1950s, resulting in it becoming a Grade I listed building. It is also locally known as the "Maltings" from its later use. The site is under restoration and is in the hands of Historic England with restricted public access. History The Flax Mill's architect was Charles Bage, who designed the mill using an iron-framed structure, inspired by the work of William Strutt. The columns and cross-beams were made by William Hazledine at his foundry in Shrewsbury. The construction of the mill ran from 1796 to 1797, at a cost (including equipment) of £17,000. The mill was built for John Marshall of Leeds, Thomas Benyon, and Benjamin Benyon. The architect, Bage, was also a partner in the venture. This partnership was dissolved in 1804, the mill being retained by John Marshall, who paid off his partners on the basis that it was worth £64,000. Castlefields Mill was built by the other partners nearby. These two flax mills provided the 'chief manufacture' of Shrewsbury (according to an 1851 directory). The mill closed in 1886, and was sold, together with a bleach yard at Hanwood, for £3,000. The building was then converted to a maltings (hence its more commonly used local name), and as a consequence many windows were bricked up. Its design effectively overcame much of the problem of fire damage from flammable atmosphere, due to the air containing many fibres, by using a fireproof combination of cast iron columns and cast iron beams, a system which later developed into the modern steel frame which made skyscrapers possible. The maltings closed in 1987, suffering competition with modern production methods, with the complex left derelict until its purchase by English Heritage with support from the Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council and Advantage West Midlands in 2005. Plans to transform the site into offices and shops were given approval in October 2010. Following the split of English Heritage in 2015 responsibility for statutory functions and protection of the site was inherited by Historic England with the visitor attractions managed by local charity Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings. Following delays to restoration amid the Great Recession, a new visitor centre, partly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the European Regional Development Fund, opened in November 2015 in the former office and stables block. Phase Two of the restoration works started in June 2017, involving the Main Mill and the Kiln with an extra grant of £7.9 million on top of the previous £12.1 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for conversion into a mixed-use venue. This phase involves the restoration of the larger windows from the flax mill era to improve natural lighting, although the existing smaller windows from the maltings era have been retained but with the frames replaced. Buildings in the group Along with the main Flax Mill, a number of other buildings in the group are listed for their architectural and historic value: the apprentice house (Grade II*); the dye house (Grade II*); the flax dressing building or Cross Mill (Grade I); the flax warehouse (Grade I); the stables (Grade II); the malting kiln (Grade II) and the workshops and offices (Grade II). The mill and buildings are on the Heritage at Risk Register. Public access The visitor centre, in the former office and stables block, opens to the public on Saturdays from November to March and also on Fridays and Sunday from April to October with limited access to the site given the current restoration works. Free guided tours of the mill are conducted by Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings on Heritage Open Days in early to mid September. Gallery See also Listed buildings in Shrewsbury (outer areas) Notes References https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-23495105 External links Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings website Textile mills in England Buildings and structures in Shrewsbury Former textile mills in the United Kingdom History of Shropshire Linen industry Industrial buildings completed in 1797 Textile mills completed in the 18th century Grade I listed buildings in Shropshire Grade II listed buildings in Shropshire Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Grade I listed industrial buildings Grade II listed industrial buildings Grade II* listed industrial buildings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Edward%20Story

William Edward Story

William Edward Story (April 29, 1850 – April 10, 1930) was an American mathematician who taught at Johns Hopkins University and Clark University. William was born in Boston to Isaac Marion Story (1818-1901) and Elizabeth Bowen Woodberry (1817-1888). He attended high school in Somerville, Massachusetts, and entered Harvard University in the fall of 1867. He graduated with honors in mathematics and began graduate study in Germany in September 1871. In Berlin he attended lectures of Weierstrass, Ernst Kummer, Helmholtz and Dove. In Leipzig he heard Karl Neumann, Bruhns, Mayer, Van der Müll, and Engelmann. He earned a Ph.D. in Leipzig in 1875 with a dissertation "On the algebraic relations existing between the polars of a binary quantic." W.E. Story began his teaching career at Harvard as a tutor. With the establishment of Johns Hopkins University in 1876, Story was recruited by Daniel Coit Gilman as an Associate. J. J. Sylvester led the program in mathematics. Until 1879, Story was the only other instructor in mathematics besides Sylvester. Story was instrumental in starting two publication projects: The Johns Hopkins University Circulars was a student paper detailing classes and attendees. American Journal of Mathematics was also started as a joint effort of Sylvester and Story, but soon Story was replaced by Thomas Craig as managing editor. In 1893 Story became an associate professor; he taught courses on quaternions, elliptic functions, invariant theory, mathematical astronomy and mathematical elasticity. Story also introduced introductory courses for graduate students, surveying the entire field. The monthly Mathematical Seminary became a weekly mathematical society, divided into three parts; Story oversaw the section on geometry and quaternions. When Clark University was established in 1889, President G. Stanley Hall hired Oskar Bolza and Story to lead the mathematics department. Henry Taber was hired as docent, he had studied with Story at Johns Hopkins. Solomon Lefschetz and other mathematicians contributed to making Clark the leading site for mathematics in the USA until 1892 when University of Chicago eclipsed it. Clark University ceased its graduate program in 1919 and Story retired in 1921. Notes References Cooke, Roger and Rickey, V. Frederick (1989) "W.E. Story of Hopkins and Clark" in A Century of Mathematics in America, Part III, Peter Duren and others, editors, American Mathematical Society pages 29–76, W. E. Story (1899) Clark University 1889–1899, a decennial celebration from Internet Archive. External links MacTutor biography 1850 births 1930 deaths People from Boston 19th-century American mathematicians 20th-century American mathematicians Leipzig University alumni Clark University faculty Harvard University alumni Johns Hopkins University faculty American expatriates in Germany

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Pegae

Battle of Pegae

The Battle of Pegae () was fought between 11 and 18 March 921 in the outskirts of Constantinople between the forces of the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire during the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927. The battle took place in a locality called Pegae (i.e. "the spring"), named after the nearby Church of St. Mary of the Spring. The Byzantine lines collapsed at the very first Bulgarian attack and their commanders fled the battlefield. In the subsequent rout most Byzantine soldiers were killed by the sword, drowned or were captured. In 922 the Bulgarians continued their successful campaigns in Byzantine Thrace, capturing a number of towns and fortresses, including Adrianople, Thrace's most important city, and Bizye. In June 922 they engaged and defeated yet another Byzantine army at Constantinople, confirming the Bulgarian domination of the Balkans. However, Constantinople itself remained outside their reach, because Bulgaria lacked the naval power to launch a successful siege. The attempts of the Bulgarian emperor Simeon I to negotiate a joint Bulgarian–Arab assault on the city with the Fatimids were uncovered by the Byzantine and countered. The primary sources for the battle are Theophanes Continuatus, Leo the Grammarian's Chronicle, the continuation of George Hamartolos' Chronicle and John Skylitzes' Synopsis of Histories. Origins of the conflict Although the Byzantine–Bulgarian conflict that began in 913 was provoked by the Byzantines, it was the Bulgarian monarch Simeon I (r. 893–927) who was seeking pretext to wage war and fulfil his ambitions to claim an imperial title for himself and to assume the throne of Constantinople. Unable to confront the Bulgarians, the Byzantines reluctantly recognized Simeon I as Emperor of Bulgaria (in Bulgarian, Tsar) as early as July 913 but the decision was revoked after a palace coup in Constantinople in 914. Three years later, in 917, the main Byzantine forces were routed in the Battle of Achelous and the Bulgarians took the military initiative. In the four year that followed they launched a number of successful campaigns, reaching the walls of Constantinople and the Isthmus of Corinth. Simeon I planned to secure his position in Constantinople through a marriage between his daughter and the infant Emperor Constantine VII (r. 913–959), thus becoming basileopator (father-in-law) and guardian of Constantine VII. However, in 919 Admiral Romanos Lekapenos married his daughter to Constantine VII and in 920 proclaimed himself senior emperor, ruining Simeon I's ambitions to ascend the throne by diplomatic means. Until his death, the Bulgarian monarch never recognized the legitimacy of Romanos' accession to the throne. Thus, in the beginning of 921 Simeon I did not reply to a proposal of the Ecumenical Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos to betroth one of his daughters or sons to a progeny of Romanos I and sent his army into Byzantine Thrace, reaching Katasyrtai in the outskirts of Constantinople. Romanos I retaliated with a campaign under Pothos Argyros, who reached the town of Aquae Calidae, near modern Burgas, but part of his army was ambushed and destroyed by the Bulgarians. The battle The Byzantine campaign to Aquae Calidae and the threat in a letter by Nicholas Mystikos that numerous Byzantine troops were preparing to invade Bulgaria caused Simeon I to act quickly. He ordered a large army under Kaukanos and Menikos to head for Constantinople while Simeon I himself prepared another host to besiege the capital of the Theme of Thrace, Adrianople. They marched swiftly through the Strandzha Mountains and reached the locality Pegae (i.e. "the spring") at the outskirts of Constantinople in the beginning of March 921. Romanos I was concerned that the Bulgarians would burn the palaces in Pegae and sent "sufficient troops" under the Domestic of the Schools Pothos Argyros, his brother Leo Argyros, the admiral Alexios Mosele and John the Rhaiktor. The Byzantine army was composed of troops of the tagmata, the Hetaireia (i.e. the imperial guard) and the navy. The two armies clashed at Pegae in the fifth week of the Great Lent, between 11 and 18 March 921. The Byzantine commanders formed their battle lines in the lowlands near the springs, while the Bulgarians occupied the higher ground. The Bulgarians charged with dreadful battle cry. Their initial blow was irresistible and the Byzantine lines broke. John the Rhaiktor immediately fled and a certain Photinus, son of Platipodos, was killed along with many others while trying to protect him. John the Rhaiktor barely escaped aboard of a dromon. Alexios Mosele, who fled in full armour, drowned with his protomandator while attempting to board a ship. The brothers Pothos and Leo Argyros managed to find shelter in a nearby fortress. In the subsequent rout most of the Byzantine soldiers were killed by the sword, drowned or were captured by the Bulgarians. After the battle the Bulgarians burned the palaces in Pegae and looted the area north of the Golden Horn waterway on the opposite shore of the walls of Constantinople. Aftermath While the Bulgarian army operated successfully in the vicinity of Constantinople, Simeon I was preparing another major campaign in Thrace. Before leaving the capital, Preslav, Simeon I sent a letter to Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos in which he rebuffed the proposal for a dynastic marriage with the family of Romanos I. He insisted that peace was only possible on condition that Romanos I renounce the Byzantine throne in favour of himself. The Bulgarian monarch denied the accusations of Mystikos that he was responsible for the terrible war and instead blamed the eunuchs of Empress Zoe Karbonopsina, who had rebuffed his proposal to betroth his daughter to Constantine VII in 914 and had attacked Bulgaria in 917. At the head of his army, Simeon I marched from Preslav through the Balkan Mountains and the valley of the river Tundzha and besieged Adrianople. While the bulk of the Bulgarian forces were concentrated in Thrace, the Byzantines bribed the Serbian prince Pavle Branović, who was a Bulgarian protégé, to switch sides. The Bulgarians answered with a successful intervention in Serbia, easily gained control of the country and placed in power another Bulgarian candidate, Zaharija Pribisavljević. The conflict in Serbia distracted the Bulgarian military operations against the Byzantine Empire for the rest of 921. In 922 the Bulgarians renewed their offensive in Thrace to divert the Byzantines from the clandestine negotiations with the Fatimid Caliphate to form a Bulgarian–Arab alliance for a joint assault of Constantinople. Simeon I remained at the siege of Adrianople while another army was sent to the Byzantine capital. In June 922 the Bulgarians engaged and defeated yet another Byzantine army. A few weeks later Adrianople surrendered. In the meantime, the Byzantines captured the ship with the Bulgarian and Fatimid envoys on its way back to Bulgaria. Romanos I thus learned about the negotiations and outbid the Bulgarians. Citations Sources 920s conflicts 921 10th century in Bulgaria 920s in the Byzantine Empire Battles involving the First Bulgarian Empire Pigae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pethia%20didi

Pethia didi

Pethia didi is a species of cyprinid fish which has only been recorded in the vicinity of Myitkyina and Indawgyi Lake in the north of Myanmar. This is a small fish which can reach a length of SL. It is generally brownish with a dark vertical bar just behind the operculum and a round dark blotch on the caudal peduncle. The species P. tiantian – with a range close to P. didi – is similarly marked, but P. didi can be distinguished by its truncated lateral line, deeper body and longer dorsal fin, with two rows of dark markings rather than one. References Pethia Fish described in 2005 Barbs (fish)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr%20Shirko

Aleksandr Shirko

Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko (; born 24 November 1976) is a Russian football scout and a former player. He works as a scout of FC Khimki. Playing career Shirko started his professional career with Spartak Moscow, with whom he won six Russian Premier League titles, from 1996 to 2001, and become one of the top scorers of the UEFA Cup in the 1997/1998 season, before leaving for city-rivals Torpedo. In 2004 Shirko joined Shinnik Yaroslavl as part of a loan deal from Torpedo, but then extended his stay at the club by two years. In 2006 Aleksandr Shirko was involved in a fight with Shinnik fans, after a disappointing 1–6 defeat to Rostov. That accident earned him a ten-match ban. At the start of 2007, Shirko signed with Tom Tomsk, in club's attempt to replace Pavel Pogrebnyak, who left for Zenit Saint Petersburg. During his professional career, Shirko earned six caps for Russia national football team from 1999 to 2001, scoring one goal in a 3–0 win over Faroe Islands in 2001. International goals External links Player profile 1976 births Footballers from Moscow Living people Russian footballers Russia international footballers FC Spartak Moscow players Russian Premier League players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players FC Tom Tomsk players FC Akhmat Grozny players Association football forwards FC MVD Rossii Moscow players

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanita

Wanita

"Wanita" is a song made popular by Al Jolson in 1923. Written by Tin Pan Alley songwriters, Al Sherman and Sam Coslow, it was their first hit song. The song is about a man who is love with a girl (Juanita) who only wants nothing to do with him so he wrote this song to win her back. The song is alternatively titled "Juanita" or "Wanita (Wanna Eat, Wanna Eat)". External links Internet Archive's downloadable copy of Al Jolson's 1923 recording American jazz songs Songs written by Sam Coslow Songs written by Al Sherman Al Jolson songs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granemore%20GFC

Granemore GFC

St Mary's Gaelic Football Club, Granemore, usually known as Granemore GFC, is a Gaelic Athletic Association club situated about seven miles south of Armagh, in County Armagh, Ireland. The club, a member of Armagh GAA, fields Gaelic football teams at Under 10, 12, 14, 16 and Minor levels as well as Senior and 'B'. The senior team currently participates in the Armagh Senior Football Championship and the Division 1A League. Granemore belongs to the Parish of Cill Chluana, along with their neighbours Ballymacnab and Clady. History Football has been played in the Granemore area since 1884 and Granemore GFC was established in 1949 at the initiative of Paddy Conroy and Mickey O'Neill, who remained involved with the club over several decades. Granemore first won the Armagh Junior Championship in 1971, and won it again in 1990 and 1998. The Granemore senior team won the Intermediate Championship in 1991, and again in 2005, defeating Whitecross. The club also won the U-16 County Championship in 2002. In the early 2000s Granemore Minors won the mid-Armagh Championship, the all County Minor championship and the Division 1 league. In 2004 the Under 14s won the Mid Armagh Championship, and in 2005 the club had six representatives on the Armagh Minor team which won the Ulster Minor Football Championship. Achievements Armagh Intermediate Football Championship: (2) 1991, 2005 Armagh Junior Football Championship: (3) 1971, 1990, 1998 Notable players Charlie Doyle Kieran Toner Tony Mc Clelland Caolan Rafferty Ryan Rafferty Padraig Hollywood Anthony “Bomber” Mullen External links Granemore page on Armagh GAA website Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Armagh Gaelic football clubs in County Armagh 1949 establishments in Northern Ireland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles%20Monarch

Miles Monarch

The Miles M.17 Monarch was a British, light, touring aeroplane of the 1930s. It was a single-engine, three-seat, cabin monoplane with a fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. Development The last civil type produced by Phillips and Powis before the war, the Monarch was a development of their earlier Whitney Straight. Compared to its sibling. the Monarch had an enlarged fuselage, allowing provision of a third seat in part of what had been the luggage space. Operational history Eleven aircraft were built between 1938 and 1939, six of these to British customers, the rest going to export. On the outbreak of war five of the British-registered machines were impressed by the Air Ministry; one machine belonging to Rolls-Royce acquired camouflage paint but remained in its owner's service. All but one of these survived the war, though a Dutch-registered aeroplane (PH-ATP) was destroyed in the Luftwaffe raid on Schiphol on 10 May 1940. One aircraft, OY-DIO, was on the Danish register until 9 Sept. 1939 and owned by a Dane named Hagedorn. In the 1950s, one Monarch (G-AIDE) enjoyed some success as a racer in the hands of W.P. Bowles For the most part, the remaining Monarchs led uneventful but useful careers; a number survived into the Sixties. G-AFJU is displayed at the National Museum of Flight at RAF East Fortune near East Linton, Scotland. Sporting successes (G-AIDE) 1st - Goodyear Trophy (1957) 3rd - King's Cup Race (1957) 1st - Norton Griffiths Trophy (1958) 2nd - Osram Cup Race (1958) Operators Belgian Air Force - One aircraft only. Royal Air Force Specifications (M.17) See also References Notes Bibliography Amos, Peter. and Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925, Volume 1. London: Putnam Aeronautical, 2000. . Brown, Don Lambert. Miles Aircraft Since 1925. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1970. . Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1974. ISBN Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft 1919–1972: Volume III. London: Putnam, 1988. . 1930s British civil utility aircraft 1930s British military utility aircraft Monarch Aircraft first flown in 1938

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absence%20%28D%C3%A4lek%20album%29

Absence (Dälek album)

Absence is the third album by alternative hip hop group Dälek, released by Ipecac Recordings in 2005. The album, according to the group, was recorded during a very dark and pessimistic time period for the group, which in turn resulted in the recording's dark, bleak sound. Track listing Reception Upon its initial release in 2005, Absence received praise from many publications. Critics praised the album for its brooding sound and thought provoking lyrics. Treble magazine included the album in its list of '10 Essential Industrial Hip Hop Albums'. Drowned in Sound magazine ranked the album at #53 on their "DiS is 6: Our 66" list, published in 2006 (which covers its favorite albums from the six years since its creation). Italian underground music magazine OndaRock also rated the album the 26th best of the decade. Personnel Dalek Dälek – lead vocals, writing and production Oktopus – production and writing Still – turntables, producer Additional musicians Oddateee – additional vocals on "Culture for Dollars" Other personnel Joshua Booth – writing and mixing Will Brooks – engineering, mixing and layout design Marco Burbano – "absence" tag Jesse Cannon – mixing Alan Douches – mastering Hsi-Chang Lin – layout design Alex Lyach – photography Mike Mare – photography Alan Momin – engineering and mixing Scott Shields – layout design References Ipecac Recordings albums 2005 albums Dälek albums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assuerio%20Silva

Assuerio Silva

Assuério Silva (born June 18, 1974) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer, having competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pancrase. He became the Heavyweight King of Pancrase on May 30, 2007, defeating Tatsuya Mizuno. Mixed martial arts career Silva holds a professional fight record of 15–8–01, the majority of his wins coming via submission. He fought three times in Pride FC in 2001, winning twice. However, after signing a three-fight contract with UFC, he was less successful, losing all his fights to Tim Sylvia, Brandon Vera and Cheick Kongo. His height is 6 ft 1 in and he weighs 241 pounds. In addition to training Muay Thai, he holds a black belt in karate. Silva is also a Black Belt in Jiu Jitsu under Cristiano Marcello. He fights out of Curitiba, Brazil with Total Punch Mixed Martial Arts Academy. Silva bounced back from a loss to Cheick Kongo by becoming the King of Pancrase after a 2nd-round TKO win over Tatsuya Mizuno. He won this vacated title at Pancrase Rising 6 last 30 May 2007. He was scheduled to defend the championship against the former champion, Kestutis "Tiger" Arbocius, on 14 October 2007 at the Differ Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, but Arbocius no-showed at the event. Shortly thereafter, Silva vacated the Championship to pursue a contract with the newly formed Hardcore Fighting Championships in Canada. However, the organization folded before he was able to fight once under their banner. Silva made his professional boxing debut on June 21, 2008 in his native Curitiba, Brazil, knocking out Adriano Vicente in 38 seconds of the 1st round. Shooting incident Silva was shot on the evening of January 29, 2013 outside his gym in Curitiba, Brazil, according to a report from Brazilian news outlet Parana Online. Silva was allegedly shot five times by a former associate, whom Silva reportedly identified as Robson Freitas. Silva was reportedly taken to a local hospital and was in serious condition for a period of time. Championships and accomplishments Mixed martial arts Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling Pancrase Heavyweight Championship (One time; Last) Mixed martial arts record |- | Loss | align=center| 16–8 (1) | Geronimo dos Santos | KO (punches) | Jungle Fight 16 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:01 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 16–7 (1) | Dave Anderton | Submission (guillotine choke) | Boa Vista Combat Show | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:53 | Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil | |- | Loss | align=center| 15–7 (1) | Todd Duffee | TKO (punches) | Jungle Fight 11 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:17 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 15–6 (1) | Terroll Dees | Submission (kneebar) | Jungle Fight 10 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:42 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 14–6 (1) | Tatsuya Mizuno | TKO (punches) | Pancrase: Rising 5 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:08 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 13–6 (1) | Cheick Kongo | Decision (majority) | UFC 70 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Manchester, England | |- | Win | align=center| 13–5 (1) | Igor Pokrajac | Decision (split) | Jungle Fight Europe | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | |- | Win | align=center| 12–5 (1) | Eduardo Maiorino | TKO (punches) | Show Fight 5 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| N/A | Sao Paulo, Brazil | |- | Loss | align=center| 11–5 (1) | Brandon Vera | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:39 | Los Angeles, California, United States | |- | Loss | align=center| 11–4 (1) | Tim Sylvia | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night 3 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Win | align=center| 11–3 (1) | Alessio Sakara | Decision (unanimous) | Jungle Fight 3 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 10–3 (1) | Fabiano Scherner | Submission (guillotine choke) | Jungle Fight 2 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 1:00 | Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil | |- | Loss | align=center| 9–3 (1) | Alexander Emelianenko | Decision (split) | Pride Bushido 1 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | |- | NC | align=center| 9–2 (1) | Fabiano Scherner | No Contest (injury) | Meca World Vale Tudo 9 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 1:24 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 9–2 | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | TKO (punches) | Pride 16 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:11 | Osaka, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 8–2 | Valentijn Overeem | Submission (heel hook) | Pride 15 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:50 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 7–2 | Walter Farias | KO (head kick) | Meca World Vale Tudo 5 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 5:00 | Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 6–2 | Pedro Otavio | Submission (strikes) | Meca World Vale Tudo 4 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 2:00 | Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 5–2 | Rodrigo Mamute | Submission (punches and stomp) | Meca World Vale Tudo 2 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:27 | Curitiba, Parana, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 4–2 | Luis Alberto | Submission | Desafio: BadBoy de ValeTudo 2 | | align=center| N/A | align=center| N/A | Ceara, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 3–2 | Leopoldo Serao | KO | Desafio: BadBoy de ValeTudo 2 | | align=center| N/A | align=center| N/A | Ceara, Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 2–2 | Romildo Romialdo | Submission (rear-naked choke) | MOVT 2: Mossoro Open de Vale Tudo 2 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| N/A | Mossoro, Brazil | |- | Loss | align=center| 1–2 | Mikhail Avetisyan | TKO (cut) | World Vale Tudo Championship 7 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 8:58 | Brazil | |- | Win | align=center| 1–1 | Waldir dos Anjos | Submission (rear naked choke) | BVF 12: Circuito Brasileiro de Vale Tudo 4 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 11:07 | Brazil | |- | Loss | align=center| 0–1 | Charles Gracie | Submission (triangle choke) | Extremo Combate Bahia Open | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:01 | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | References External links 1974 births Living people Brazilian male mixed martial artists Heavyweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai Mixed martial artists utilizing Shotokan Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Heavyweight boxers Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian male karateka People from Rio Grande do Norte Brazilian male boxers Brazilian Muay Thai practitioners Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%20Power%20discography

Cat Power discography

The discography of singer-songwriter Cat Power consists of ten studio albums, four EPs, eleven commercial singles, twelve promotional singles, two singles as a featured artist, and numerous music videos. Albums EPs Singles Promotional singles As featured artist Collaborations and guest appearances "Pocketful of Sugar", "Pretty Spoiled", "Numbness & Tingling" and "Teenage Boyfriend" on Puss 02 by God Is My Co-Pilot (1995, Dark Beloved Cloud/The Making of Americans) "Sad, Sad Song" on Transfiguration of Vincent by M. Ward (2003, Merge Records) "Haiku Ten" on Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories by Sigmatropic (2003, Thirsty Ear Recordings) "My Hoo Haa" on Still Lookin' Good to Me by The Band of Blacky Ranchette (2003, Thrill Jockey) "I've Been Thinking" on White People by Handsome Boy Modeling School (2004, Elektra) "Do the Romp" on Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough (2005, Fat Possum Records) "Great Waves" on Cinder by Dirty Three (2005, Touch and Go Records) "I Love You (Me Either)" on Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited (2006, Barclay Records/Virgin) "Disown, Delete" on Ensemble's self-titled album (2006, Fat Cat Records) "A Kind of Peace" on To All New Arrivals by Faithless (2006, Cheeky Records/Columbia) "Revelations" on Yes, I'm a Witch by Yoko Ono (2007, Apple Records/Astralwerks) "Poisenville Kids No Wins / Reprise (This Must Be Our Time)" on I'll Sleep When You're Dead by El-P (2007, Definitive Jux) "Orphans" and "Walls" on Modern Guilt by Beck (2008, Interscope) "Hold On, Hold On" on Easy Come, Easy Go by Marianne Faithfull (2008, Naïve Records) "Coming Through" on Nobody Knows. by Willis Earl Beal (2013, Hot Charity) "A Little Help" on The Westerner by John Doe (2016, Cool Rock) Soundtrack appearances "Metal Heart" from Moon Pix was featured on the soundtrack Desert Blue: Music from the Motion Picture (1999, Razor & Tie) "Naked, If I Want To" from The Covers Record was featured on Jackpot: Original Soundtrack Album (2001, Milan Records) "Paths of Victory" from The Covers Record was featured on Music from the Motion Picture North Country (2005, Sony Music) "Cross Bones Style" from Moon Pix was featured on Jim White Presents: Music from Searching For the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005, Luaka Bop) "I Found a Reason" from The Covers Record was featured on V for Vendetta: Music from the Motion Picture (2006, Astralwerks) "Sea of Love" from The Covers Record was featured on Juno: Music from the Motion Picture (2007, Rhino Entertainment) "It's Alright to Fail" appeared on The Hottest State: Music from the Motion Picture (2007, Hickory Records) "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" appeared on I'm Not There: Original Soundtrack (2007, Columbia) Exclusive song "Anthem" appeared in the 2015 short film Skateboarding in Pine Ridge. Miscellaneous Album versions of "Nude As The News" and "Back of Your Head" appeared on the 1997 compilation What's Up Matador A live version of "We Dance" appeared on the 1999 Kill Rock Stars compilation Drinking from Puddles: A Radio History The songs "Cross Bones Style" and "Sea of Love", and music videos for "Cross Bones Style" and "Nude as the News", featured on the 1999 compilation Everything Is Nice - The Matador Records 10th Anniversary Anthology Samples of "In This Hole", "Fate of the Human Carbine" and "American Flag" were incorporated into "Archive Fever" by Matmos; a sample of "Back of Your Head" featured on the "Matador Megamix" created by DJ Eclipse, both of which were released on This CD Is Not Nice (1999, Matador Records) The Covers Record out-take "Come On in My Kitchen" (Robert Johnson) appeared on All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1: Sonic Youth Curated (2001, ATP Recordings) Live versions of "Good Woman" (as "To Be A Good Woman") and "Troubled Waters" (recorded for Sydney radio station 2SER) appeared on Live & Direct (2001, Spunk) You Are Free out-take "The Party" appeared on 2003's Comes with a Smile Vol. 8 - Like Others Need Oxygen and 2004's Matador at Fifteen The song "Cross Bones Style" was featured on the podcast "In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson" from ABC News (2021) Videos DVDs Speaking for Trees (2004) Films Speaking for Trees: A Film by Mark Borthwick (2004, Mark Borthwick) In addition, she appears in two documentary films: The Fearless Freaks (2005, Bradley Beesley) and Two Headed Cow (2006, Tony Gayton); a video installation: Sleepwalkers (2007, Doug Aitken); and two feature films My Blueberry Nights (2007, Wong Kar-wai) and American Widow (2008, C.S. Leigh). Music videos "Nude As The News" (1997, Brett Vapnek) "Cross Bones Style" (1998, Brett Vapnek) "He War" (2003, Brett Vapnek) "From Fur City" (2003, Jem Cohen) "Maybe Not" (2004, Mark Borthwick) "Free" (2004, Mark Borthwick) "Half of You" (2004, Mark Borthwick) w/ Dirty Three - "Great Waves" (2005, Braden King) "Maybe Not" (2005, Oliver Pietsch) (spec) "Living Proof" (2006, Harmony Korine) "Lived in Bars" (2006, Robert Gordon) w/ Ensemble - "Disown, Delete" (2006, Karina Garcia Casanova) "Where Is My Love?" (version 1) (2006, Anne-Laure Keib) "Where Is My Love?" (version 2) (2007, Josh & Xander) Television Austin City Limits, December 30, 2006 "The Greatest" "Living Proof" "Lived in Bars" "Could We" "I Don't Blame You" "Cross Bones Style" "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" "Morning Surprise", De Beers commercial, 2006 Christmas "How Can I Tell You" (Adapted cover of Cat Stevens song; not formally released as a single since only 30 seconds were recorded specifically for the commercial) Rescue Me 5x13 Unforgettable "New York" Songs used in movies "Maybe Not" The Quiet (2005, Jamie Babbit); "Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)" (2008, Yves Christian Fournier) "Naked, If I Want To" (Jerry A. Miller Jr.) Jackpot (2001, Michael Polish) (as "Naked If I Want To Be") "Metal Heart" Desert Blue (1998, Morgan J. Freeman) "Rockets" Trance (1998, Michael Almereyda) "I Found a Reason" (Lou Reed) Habibti min elskede (2002, Pernille Fischer Christensen); The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002, Alan Rudolph); Saving Face (2004, Alice Wu); Dandelion (2004, Mark Milgard); V for Vendetta (2005, James McTeigue) "Sea of Love" (John Phillip Baptiste & George Khoury) Subrosa (2000, Helen Lee); Juno (2007, Jason Reitman) "In This Hole" New Rose Hotel (1998, Abel Ferrara); Under Heaven (1998, Meg Richman); Jackpot (2001, Michael Polish) "Paths of Victory" (Bob Dylan) North Country (2005, Niki Caro) "Cross Bones Style" Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005, Andrew Douglas) "Nude as the News" Winter Passing (2005, Adam Rapp) "Troubled Waters" (Sam Coslow & Arthur Johnston) Perfect Stranger (2007, James Foley); "Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)" (2008, Yves Christian Fournier) "The Greatest" My Blueberry Nights (2007); 17 Again (2009); Mammoth (2009); "The Family (2013 film)" "Living Proof" My Blueberry Nights (2007) "Werewolf" Powder Blue (2009, Timothy Linh Bui); Los abrazos rotos (2009, Pedro Almodóvar) Unknown which song(s) Vern (2004, Suzi Yoonessi) Notes References Discographies of American artists Folk music discographies Rock music group discographies Pop music group discographies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%20district%20of%20Corrimal

Electoral district of Corrimal

Corrimal was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1968 to 1988, named after the suburb of Corrimal. It was replaced by Keira. Its only member was Laurie Kelly, representing the Labor Party. Members for Corrimal Election results References Former electoral districts of New South Wales 1968 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1968 1988 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies disestablished in 1988

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20secchia%20rapita

La secchia rapita

La Secchia Rapita (The stolen bucket) is a mock-heroic epic poem by Alessandro Tassoni, first published in 1622. Later successful mock-heroic works in French and English were written on the same plan. Background The invention of the heroi-comic poem in the Baroque period is usually ascribed to Alessandro Tassoni who, in 1622, published in Paris a poem entitled La Secchia Rapita. Written in ottava rima, his "poema eroicomico" consists of twelve substantial cantos and deals with the regional rivalry between Ghibbeline Modena and Guelph Bologna in the 14th century. To avoid giving offence in a still divided Italy, the book was first published from Paris under the name of Androvinci Melisone, but was soon afterwards reprinted in Venice with illustrations by Gasparo Salviani, and with the author’s real name. The subject of Tassoni's poem was the war which the inhabitants of Modena declared against those of Bologna, on the refusal of the latter to restore to them some towns which had been occupied ever since the time of the Emperor Frederick II. The author mischievously made use of a popular tradition, according to which it was believed that a certain wooden bucket, kept in the treasury of Modena cathedral, came from Bologna, and that it had been forcibly taken away by the Modenese. Every episode of the poem, though beginning in the epic manner, ends in some hilarious absurdity. The poem twice received operatic treatment under its original title. The first was Antonio Salieri's comic three-act La Secchia Rapita, first performed in Vienna in 1772. Then in 1910 the work was reinterpreted as an operetta by Giulio Ricordi under his musical pseudonym Jules Burgmein. The battle of the books Giovanni Mario Crescimbeni, in his Istoria della Volgar Poesia (1698), records his doubt whether the invention of the heroicomic poem ought to be ascribed to Tassoni, but instead to Francesco Bracciolini. Though the latter's Lo Scherno degli Dei (The Mockery of the Gods) was printed four years after La Secchia, he claimed in the epistle prefixed to it that he had written his some years earlier. Crescimbeni adds that, because Tassoni had severely ridiculed the Bolognese, Bartolomeo Bocchini (1604-1648/53), to revenge his countrymen, published from Venice in 1641 a poem in the same vein with the title Le Pazzie dei Savi (The Madness of the Wise), or alternatively the Lambertaccio, in which the Modenese are spoken of with contempt. Tassoni's mock-heroic manner was also found a fruitful model by Boileau, whose Le Lutrin (The Lectern, 1674-83) recounts a feud between the priest and the choirmaster of a French church. There the priest tries to position a reading-desk so as to obscure his rival from the sight of the congregation in a conflict that ends with champions of both sides gathering in a bookstore to pelt each other with books. Boileau's work has been seen as the model for Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. But the coincidence of a simultaneous translation of Tassoni's work by John Ozell has also led to the claim that La Secchia Rapita might have served Pope as a more direct model. Pope's poem originally appeared anonymously in 1712 and Ozell's translation of the first two cantos of La Secchia Rapita was published the following year as The Trophy Bucket: An heroi-comical poem. The first of the kind. Made English from the original Italian of Tassoni. Following the great success of Pope's expanded five-canto version of The Rape of the Lock in 1714, this time under his own name, Ozell's publisher seized the opportunity to profit from its popularity by retitling his translation The Rape of the Bucket in a "second edition" in 1715. In 1825 the linguist James Atkinson published an ottava rima translation of the whole of Tassoni's poem. In his introduction, while acknowledging the general assumption that the poem is known "as the model upon which the Rape of the Lock of Pope, and the Lutrin of Boileau are conceived", goes on to comment that "there is little of similarity among them. The Secchia Rapita indeed differs essentially from the Rape of the Lock, both in spirit, and execution. There is nothing in the latter that can be compared with the humour of the former, or with the admirably grotesque pictures with which it abounds". References Cambridge History of Italian Literature ed. Brand and Pertile (1996) p. 310 The Salieri Album booklet notes to the recording by Cecilia Bartoli (Decca, 2003) External links Full Italian text at Liber Liber Italian poems 1624 books Mock-heroic poems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennan%20Yapo

Mennan Yapo

Mennan Yapo (born 1966) is a German director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Born in Munich to Turkish parents, Yapo has been in the film business since 1988, working in various assistant jobs and as a publicist at first. From 1995, Yapo worked as a screenwriter and producer, as well as a supporting actor (in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, 1996, and Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye Lenin!, 2003). 1999 marked Yapo's first outing as a director. His directing debut, the short subject Framed, was nominated for the Deutscher Filmpreis and shown at numerous international festivals. In 2002, Yapo started working on his first full-length directing work, the thriller Soundless which became a German box-office success in 2004. It also won international critical acclaim. Yapo's Hollywood directing debut, the drama film Premonition, starring Sandra Bullock, was released to cinemas in March 2007 and grossed $85 million worldwide. Filmography Director 1999: Framed (short film) 2004: Soundless 2007: Premonition Producer 1996: After Hours 1999: Framed 2001: Birth:day 2013: Planet USA Actor 1996: The Pillow Book, as "Café Typo" Manager 2003: Good Bye, Lenin!, as Flea Market Vendor External links http://www.mennanyapo.com 1966 births Living people English-language film directors Film directors from Munich German people of Turkish descent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Lavergne

Gordon Lavergne

Gordon Lavergne (April 1910 – March 21, 1970) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1954 to 1963. Background He was born in Eastview, the son of Henry Lavergne. In 1935, he married Yvonne Goulet and they had four children. Lavergne was a merchant. Politics He served as mayor of Eastview (the name of Vanier, Ontario prior to 1969) from 1948 to 1960. He was elected to the Ontario assembly in a 1954 by-election held after the death of Joseph Daniel Nault. He was defeated for the PC nomination for the 1963 general election by Bert Lawrence, and Lavergne retired from politics after failing to get elected as an Independent Progressive Conservative. He died of an apparent heart attack in 1970. References Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell, L. Brault (1963) Normandin, Pierre G., ed. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa, Normandin(1963) Paquette, Léo. Vanier (Eastview) au temps des maires G.H.A. Collins 1928-1929-1930, David Langelier 1931–32. Ville de Vanier, 2001. Quesnel, Albert. Nécrologies des pierres tombales du cimetière Notre-Dame d’Ottawa. Vanier, Les Éditions Quesnel de Fomblanche,1981-, Volume 7. Sylvestre, Paul-François. Nos parlementaires. Ottawa, Les Éditions l’Interligne, second Edition, 1987. The Ottawa Citizen, 5 December 1950, page 19. Notes External links 1910 births 1970 deaths Franco-Ontarian people Mayors of Eastview and Vanier Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone%20%28novel%29

Stone (novel)

Stone, published in 2002, is a science fiction novel by the British writer Adam Roberts. Setting Stone is a story about a criminal, Ae, who lives in a utopian society, the 't'T', which is spread across a region of space where the density of interstellar objects is sufficiently low that faster-than-light travel is permitted. This society heavily uses nanotechnology, here called 'Dot-tech'. One of the primary uses of Dot-tech is to maintain peoples' health and safety, enabling citizens of the t'T to survive in extreme conditions and making them extremely difficult to kill. Due to the ubiquitous presence of advanced nanotechnology, the t'T has become something of a post-scarcity society, where every citizen's whims may be easily satisfied. Crime is also virtually non-existent, as all citizens are screened for psychological abnormalities and the Dot-tech satisfies everyone's needs. The few police forces that remain apparently spend more time investigating unusual stellar activity than actual crimes. Plot summary Ae has been imprisoned for a crime rarely committed in the society he lives in: murder (mainly due to the difficulty of killing a body protected by nano-tech). He is placed in a high-tech prison (a stone with an artificial environment inside held in the plasma of a sun). He is "executed" by having his Dot-tech purged from his body, which, while not immediately lethal, will eventually cause him to die of natural causes. He is broken out and picked up by a sub-light ship, where he recuperates before traveling onward, employed by a mysterious agency. During the escape, he is implanted with an artificial intelligence who relays his instructions. The AI reveals that Ae is to kill an entire planet, but does not explain who has ordered the murder, nor their motive for doing so. All Ae is told is that the nature of his mission will be revealed upon its completion. Ae travels to a planet where he learns the secret of creating black holes. Meanwhile, he meets and travels with a woman named Klabier, and forms something of a romantic connection to her (something uncommon in the t'T), until she reveals herself to be a policewoman. However, Ae escapes before she can detain him. Ae uses the stolen black hole technology to destroy the atmosphere of his target planet, wiping out its 60 million inhabitants. Upon completing the murder, his directors reveal themselves to be an intelligence that is distributed throughout Dot-tech. The connection involves quantum waveforms, which humans collapse every time they use the Dot-tech, inhibiting its processing power. The Dot-tech cleared the planet of its human inhabitants to create space where they can operate unimpeded (it was necessary to use an unaugmented human for this task, as the Dot-tech's inherent programming apparently prevents them from carrying out the operation themselves). Unable to cope with the enormity of his crimes, Ae makes no attempt to escape despite being given ample opportunity to do so. Eventually, the police locate him and return him to his prison. Some large-scale effects of the application of quantum theory are also explored in this novel. External links The Author's Website (2002, ) 2002 science fiction novels British science fiction novels 2002 British novels Works by Adam Roberts (British writer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanomah

Tanomah

Tanomah () is a city in south-west Saudi Arabia, population 40,000. And away from Abha, a distance of 120 kilometers north. It is one of the most important resorts in Saudi Arabia and there are waterfalls made up of natural water at the top of the mountain slopes. Mild to cold weather in most months of the year and very cold in winter, a concentration of natural forests, and is famous for abundant juniper pine trees, where it rains throughout the year. Covered by the fog, which often makes the vision for a distance of 1 meter is not possible, there are a number of parks, including Alsharaf, Mnaa, Mahfar, Alerbuah, Trges, waterfalls Dahna, alhafer and Alehifah . See also List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia Regions of Saudi Arabia References Tanomah City Populated places in 'Asir Province

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzesz%C3%B3w%20Abbey

Krzeszów Abbey

Krzeszów Abbey (, ) is a historical Baroque Cistercian monastery in Krzeszów, Lower Silesia, Poland. The name Grüssau Abbey refers to a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 1947 in the town of Bad Wimpfen in Baden-Württemberg, where the German Grüssau (Krzeszów) community moved, after Krzeszów became again part of Poland following World War II. The Abbey, a 1242 Benedictine foundation, from 1289 to 1810 was run by Cistercians, until it was secularized by the Prussian state. Since 1919, it was again run by Benedictines, exiles from Prague. The new location in post-war West Germany was referred to as Grüssau Abbey or Grüssau-Wimpfen. The site of the abbey in Krzeszów, Poland, is known as Krzeszów Abbey. The abbey's Basilica of the Assumption contains a mausoleum of dukes of the Świdnica line of the Polish Piast dynasty. The original abbey is now one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated May 1, 2004, and tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland. History Silesia On 8 May 1242, the monastery at Krzeszów in Lower Silesia in fragmented Poland was founded by Duchess Anna of Bohemia, widow of the High Duke of Poland Henry II the Pious, who had been killed at the Battle of Legnica during the first Mongol invasion of Poland. It was settled with Benedictine monks descending from the abbey of Opatovice in Bohemia. In 1289 Anna's grandson Duke Bolko I of Świdnica again acquired the abbey's lands and gave them to the Cistercians at Henryków, who consecrated the new Assumption of Mary Monastery Church in 1292. In 1392 the Silesian Duchy of Świdnica was incorporated into the Kingdom of Bohemia, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire. The Abbey was destroyed during the Hussite Wars and again during the Thirty Years' War, and rebuilt on both occasions. It was particularly connected with the Silesian mystic Angelus Silesius. From 1728 on the abbey church was rebuilt in a Baroque style, including several sculptures by Ferdinand Brokoff as well as paintings by Petr Brandl and Michael Willmann. With most of Silesia, Krzeszów, as Grüssau, was conquered by King Frederick II of Prussia in 1742 and finally secularised in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. The church became a parish church and the remaining premises were used for various governmental purposes within the Prussian Province of Silesia. When after World War I the German monks of the Prague Emaus Abbey in Czechoslovakia were obliged to leave the city, they resettled in 1919 in the empty monastery buildings at Grüssau, then part of Weimar Germany. It was again raised to an abbey by Pope Pius XI in 1924, the monastery was however suspended by the Nazi government in 1940 and the buildings seized as a detention camp. During the bombing of Berlin from 1942 on, large parts of the Berlin State Library collection were outhoused at the abbey. Those documents include some of the earliest known species illustrations by European naturalists including, among others, Georg Marcgrave (Marcgraf) and botanist Ferdinand Bauer. This collection was stored at the abbey during World War II, and remained missing for over 30 years. The territory became again part of Poland according to the 1945 Potsdam Agreement. Although the monastery was returned to the monks after the end of World War II, as ethnic Germans they were expelled in accordance to the Potsdam Agreement by the Soviet-installed Polish communist government shortly afterwards on 12 May 1946. In 1946 a mysterious convoy called at the monastery and loaded thousands of manuscripts — autographed scores of Mozart (¼ of his known music), Beethoven, Bach and other composers — and disappeared. Several volumes were restored to East Germany in 1965, the remaining Berlinka collection at the Cracow Jagiellonian University and its status as "looted art" is still a matter of dispute. In 1947 Krzeszów Abbey was resettled by Polish Benedictine nuns expelled from Lviv (Lwów) in pre-war eastern Poland annexed by the Soviet Union. Baden-Württemberg In 1947 the expelled community under Abbot Albert Schmitt purchased the former Ritterstift (collegiate foundation or canonry) around the Gothic monastery church of Saint Peter in Bad Wimpfen, that had been abandoned since its secularisation in 1803, and became known as Kloster Bad Wimpfen. The last abbot, Laurentius Hoheisel, resigned in 1997. As the membership of the community had declined too far for it to be legally independent, it has been directed since 2001 by the abbot of Neuburg Abbey near Heidelberg. By the autumn of 2006 no monks remained, the last having moved to Neuburg, although Kloster Bad Wimpfen still remains nominally a Benedictine monastery and is still a member of the Beuron Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation. A small community (consisting at the end of 2006 of a priest and a layman) maintain the facilities as a Benedictine guest house and venue for retreats, under the management of Neuburg Abbey. Gallery References External links Friends of Grüssau Abbey FotoKrzeszow View of the abbey from the drone Virtual Tour 1242 establishments in Europe 13th-century establishments in Poland Baroque architecture in Poland Burial sites of the Piast dynasty Christian monasteries established in the 13th century History of Silesia Cistercian monasteries in Poland Religious organizations established in the 1240s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalik

Maalik

In Islamic belief, Maalik ( / mālik) denotes an angel in Hell/Purgatory ( / jahannam) who administrates the Hellfire, assisted by 19 mysterious guards (Sura 74:30) known as Zabaniyya (az-zabānīya; ). In the Qur'an, Maalik is mentioned in Sura as the chief of angels of hell. The earliest codices offer various alternative spellings of this word including malak meaning "angel", instead of a proper name. In Qur'an In and the following, the Qur'an describes Maalik telling the people in hell that they must remain there: "Surely, the disbelievers will be in the torment of hell to abide therein forever. [The torment] will not be lightened for them, and they will be plunged into destruction with deep regrets, sorrows and in despair therein. We wronged them not, but they were the wrongdoers. And they will cry: 'O Malik! Let your Lord make an end of us!' He will say: 'Surely, you shall abide forever.' Indeed we have brought the truth to you, but most of you have a hatred for the truth." points out, that the punishments are carried out by God's command: "O you who believe! Save yourselves and your families from a fire [Jahannam] whose fuel is men and stones, over which are [appointed] angels stern and severe, who flinch not [from executing] the commands they receive from God, but do [precisely] what they are commanded". In Muhammad's Night Journey According to Islamic tradition, Muhammad met the angel Maalik during his heavenly journey. Therefore, Muhammad arrived in heaven and all the angels greeted him with a smile except Maalik. When Muhammad asked Jibra'il, why he remains taciturn therefore, he reveals Maalik as the guardian of Hell who never smiles. After that, Muhammad asked him to show Hell and Maalik opened its gates, showing him a glimpse of suffering for the inmates. See also Malik Moloch Ridwan Yama References Angels in Islam Individual angels Jahannam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo%20Karl%20Schneider

Camillo Karl Schneider

Camillo Karl Schneider (7 April 1876 – 5 January 1951) was a German botanist and landscape architect. A farmer's son, he was born at Gröppendorf, in the Kingdom of Saxony, and worked as a gardener at Zeitz, Dresden, Berlin and Greifswald. Returning to Berlin to work in the City Parks Department, he assisted in editorial work for the periodical Gartenwelt, which led to his employ as a landscape assistant in Darmstadt and Berlin. In 1900, he moved to Vienna, where he practiced as a freelance architect and writer, travelling extensively through Europe. In 1904 he published his first books, including the beginning of his tome Illustrated Handbook of Broad-leaved Trees, which he completed in 1912. However, the manuscript of what should have been his magnum opus, a study of the genus Berberis, was destroyed in a bombing raid on Berlin in 1943. In 1913, supported by the Austro-Hungarian Dendrological Society, he ventured to China to collect plants and seeds for the botanical garden at Pruhonitz. He left China via Shanghai in 1915, travelling to Boston where he worked at the Arnold Arboretum alongside Sargent, Rehder and Wilson until 1919, when he returned to Vienna. Two years later, he moved to Berlin to work on the new periodical Gartenschönheit, which survived until 1942. On its demise, he worked for its successor, Gartenbau im Reich, although he also continued to practice as a landscape architect, redesigning gardens and parks in the new reich. Impoverished by the consequences of the war, he was obliged to continue working in old age; Schneider's last book Hecken im Garten (Hedges in the Garden) was published in 1950, the year before his death in Berlin. His brother was Karl Camillo Schneider (born 28 August 1867 in Pomßen, Germany; † March 1943 in Oleśnica, Poland), who was a German-Austrian zoologist, philosopher, writer, parapsychologist and painter. He was in correspondence with Albert Einstein. Works Schneider, C. K. 1905. Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde. Charakteristik der in Mitteleuropa heimischen im Freien angepflanzten angiospermen Gehölz-Arten und Formen mit Ausschluss der Bambuseen und Kakteen. Verlag von Gustav Fischer, Jena. Volume 1, pp 493–494 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/5886 Schneider, C. K. 1905. Die Gattung "Berberis". Vorarbeiten für eine Monographie. // Bull.Herb.Boissier.Sér.2. Genève. Vol. v. p. 33 sq References Stearn, W. T. (1951). Gardeners Chronicle, 1951, 129, 32. 1876 births 1951 deaths People from Wermsdorf People from the Kingdom of Saxony 20th-century German botanists German landscape architects Botanists active in China Botanists with author abbreviations Arnold Arboretum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotelian%20physics

Aristotelian physics

Aristotelian physics is the form of natural science described in the works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC). In his work Physics, Aristotle intended to establish general principles of change that govern all natural bodies, both living and inanimate, celestial and terrestrialincluding all motion (change with respect to place), quantitative change (change with respect to size or number), qualitative change, and substantial change ("coming to be" [coming into existence, 'generation'] or "passing away" [no longer existing, 'corruption']). To Aristotle, 'physics' was a broad field that included subjects that would now be called the philosophy of mind, sensory experience, memory, anatomy and biology. It constitutes the foundation of the thought underlying many of his works. Key concepts of Aristotelian physics include the structuring of the cosmos into concentric spheres, with the Earth at the centre and celestial spheres around it. The terrestrial sphere was made of four elements, namely earth, air, fire, and water, subject to change and decay. The celestial spheres were made of a fifth element, an unchangeable aether. Objects made of these elements have natural motions: those of earth and water tend to fall; those of air and fire, to rise. The speed of such motion depends on their weights and the density of the medium. Aristotle argued that a vacuum could not exist as speeds would become infinite. Aristotle described four causes or explanations of change as seen on earth: the material, formal, efficient, and final causes of things. As regards living things, Aristotle's biology relied on observation of natural kinds, both the basic kinds and the groups to which these belonged. He did not conduct experiments in the modern sense, but relied on amassing data, observational procedures such as dissection, and making hypotheses about relationships between measurable quantities such as body size and lifespan. Methods While consistent with common human experience, Aristotle's principles were not based on controlled, quantitative experiments, so they do not describe our universe in the precise, quantitative way now expected of science. Contemporaries of Aristotle like Aristarchus rejected these principles in favor of heliocentrism, but their ideas were not widely accepted. Aristotle's principles were difficult to disprove merely through casual everyday observation, but later development of the scientific method challenged his views with experiments and careful measurement, using increasingly advanced technology such as the telescope and vacuum pump. There are clear differences between modern and Aristotelian physics, the main being the use of mathematics, largely absent in Aristotle. Some recent studies, however, have re-evaluated Aristotle's physics, stressing both its empirical validity and its continuity with modern physics. Concepts Elements and spheres Aristotle divided his universe into "terrestrial spheres" which were "corruptible" and where humans lived, and moving but otherwise unchanging celestial spheres. Aristotle believed that four classical elements make up everything in the terrestrial spheres: earth, air, fire and water. He also held that the heavens are made of a special weightless and incorruptible (i.e. unchangeable) fifth element called "aether". Aether also has the name "quintessence", meaning, literally, "fifth being". Aristotle considered heavy substances such as iron and other metals to consist primarily of the element earth, with a smaller amount of the other three terrestrial elements. Other, lighter objects, he believed, have less earth, relative to the other three elements in their composition. The four classical elements were not invented by Aristotle; they were originated by Empedocles. During the Scientific Revolution, the ancient theory of classical elements was found to be incorrect, and was replaced by the empirically tested concept of chemical elements. Celestial spheres According to Aristotle, the Sun, Moon, planets and starsare embedded in perfectly concentric "crystal spheres" that rotate eternally at fixed rates. Because the celestial spheres are incapable of any change except rotation, the terrestrial sphere of fire must account for the heat, starlight and occasional meteorites. The lowest, lunar sphere is the only celestial sphere that actually comes in contact with the sublunary orb's changeable, terrestrial matter, dragging the rarefied fire and air along underneath as it rotates. Like Homer's æthere (αἰθήρ)the "pure air" of Mount Olympuswas the divine counterpart of the air breathed by mortal beings (άήρ, aer). The celestial spheres are composed of the special element aether, eternal and unchanging, the sole capability of which is a uniform circular motion at a given rate (relative to the diurnal motion of the outermost sphere of fixed stars). The concentric, aetherial, cheek-by-jowl "crystal spheres" that carry the Sun, Moon and stars move eternally with unchanging circular motion. Spheres are embedded within spheres to account for the "wandering stars" (i.e. the planets, which, in comparison with the Sun, Moon and stars, appear to move erratically). Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are the only planets (including minor planets) which were visible before the invention of the telescope, which is why Neptune and Uranus are not included, nor are any asteroids. Later, the belief that all spheres are concentric was forsaken in favor of Ptolemy's deferent and epicycle model. Aristotle submits to the calculations of astronomers regarding the total number of spheres and various accounts give a number in the neighborhood of fifty spheres. An unmoved mover is assumed for each sphere, including a "prime mover" for the sphere of fixed stars. The unmoved movers do not push the spheres (nor could they, being immaterial and dimensionless) but are the final cause of the spheres' motion, i.e. they explain it in a way that's similar to the explanation "the soul is moved by beauty". Terrestrial change Unlike the eternal and unchanging celestial aether, each of the four terrestrial elements are capable of changing into either of the two elements they share a property with: e.g. the cold and wet (water) can transform into the hot and wet (air) or the cold and dry (earth) and any apparent change into the hot and dry (fire) is actually a two-step process. These properties are predicated of an actual substance relative to the work it is able to do; that of heating or chilling and of desiccating or moistening. The four elements exist only with regard to this capacity and relative to some potential work. The celestial element is eternal and unchanging, so only the four terrestrial elements account for "coming to be" and "passing away"or, in the terms of Aristotle's De Generatione et Corruptione (Περὶ γενέσεως καὶ φθορᾶς), "generation" and "corruption". Natural place The Aristotelian explanation of gravity is that all bodies move toward their natural place. For the elements earth and water, that place is the center of the (geocentric) universe; the natural place of water is a concentric shell around the earth because earth is heavier; it sinks in water. The natural place of air is likewise a concentric shell surrounding that of water; bubbles rise in water. Finally, the natural place of fire is higher than that of air but below the innermost celestial sphere (carrying the Moon). In Book Delta of his Physics (IV.5), Aristotle defines topos (place) in terms of two bodies, one of which contains the other: a "place" is where the inner surface of the former (the containing body) touches the outer surface of the other (the contained body). This definition remained dominant until the beginning of the 17th century, even though it had been questioned and debated by philosophers since antiquity. The most significant early critique was made in terms of geometry by the 11th-century Arab polymath al-Hasan Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) in his Discourse on Place. Natural motion Terrestrial objects rise or fall, to a greater or lesser extent, according to the ratio of the four elements of which they are composed. For example, earth, the heaviest element, and water, fall toward the center of the cosmos; hence the Earth and for the most part its oceans, will have already come to rest there. At the opposite extreme, the lightest elements, air and especially fire, rise up and away from the center. The elements are not proper substances in Aristotelian theory (or the modern sense of the word). Instead, they are abstractions used to explain the varying natures and behaviors of actual materials in terms of ratios between them. Motion and change are closely related in Aristotelian physics. Motion, according to Aristotle, involved a change from potentiality to actuality. He gave example of four types of change, namely change in substance, in quality, in quantity and in place. Aristotle proposed that the speed at which two identically shaped objects sink or fall is directly proportional to their weights and inversely proportional to the density of the medium through which they move. While describing their terminal velocity, Aristotle must stipulate that there would be no limit at which to compare the speed of atoms falling through a vacuum, (they could move indefinitely fast because there would be no particular place for them to come to rest in the void). Now however it is understood that at any time prior to achieving terminal velocity in a relatively resistance-free medium like air, two such objects are expected to have nearly identical speeds because both are experiencing a force of gravity proportional to their masses and have thus been accelerating at nearly the same rate. This became especially apparent from the eighteenth century when partial vacuum experiments began to be made, but some two hundred years earlier Galileo had already demonstrated that objects of different weights reach the ground in similar times. Unnatural motion Apart from the natural tendency of terrestrial exhalations to rise and objects to fall, unnatural or forced motion from side to side results from the turbulent collision and sliding of the objects as well as transmutation between the elements (On Generation and Corruption). Chance In his Physics Aristotle examines accidents (συμβεβηκός, symbebekòs) that have no cause but chance. "Nor is there any definite cause for an accident, but only chance (τύχη, týche), namely an indefinite (ἀόριστον, aóriston) cause" (Metaphysics V, 1025a25). It is obvious that there are principles and causes which are generable and destructible apart from the actual processes of generation and destruction; for if this is not true, everything will be of necessity: that is, if there must necessarily be some cause, other than accidental, of that which is generated and destroyed. Will this be, or not? Yes, if this happens; otherwise not (Metaphysics VI, 1027a29). Continuum and vacuum Aristotle argues against the indivisibles of Democritus (which differ considerably from the historical and the modern use of the term "atom"). As a place without anything existing at or within it, Aristotle argued against the possibility of a vacuum or void. Because he believed that the speed of an object's motion is proportional to the force being applied (or, in the case of natural motion, the object's weight) and inversely proportional to the density of the medium, he reasoned that objects moving in a void would move indefinitely fastand thus any and all objects surrounding the void would immediately fill it. The void, therefore, could never form. The "voids" of modern-day astronomy (such as the Local Void adjacent to our own galaxy) have the opposite effect: ultimately, bodies off-center are ejected from the void due to the gravity of the material outside. Four causes According to Aristotle, there are four ways to explain the aitia or causes of change. He writes that "we do not have knowledge of a thing until we have grasped its why, that is to say, its cause." Aristotle held that there were four kinds of causes. Material The material cause of a thing is that of which it is made. For a table, that might be wood; for a statue, that might be bronze or marble. Formal The formal cause of a thing is the essential property that makes it the kind of thing it is. In Metaphysics Book Α Aristotle emphasizes that form is closely related to essence and definition. He says for example that the ratio 2:1, and number in general, is the cause of the octave. Efficient The efficient cause of a thing is the primary agency by which its matter took its form. For example, the efficient cause of a baby is a parent of the same species and that of a table is a carpenter, who knows the form of the table. In his Physics II, 194b29—32, Aristotle writes: "there is that which is the primary originator of the change and of its cessation, such as the deliberator who is responsible [sc. for the action] and the father of the child, and in general the producer of the thing produced and the changer of the thing changed". Final The final cause is that for the sake of which something takes place, its aim or teleological purpose: for a germinating seed, it is the adult plant, for a ball at the top of a ramp, it is coming to rest at the bottom, for an eye, it is seeing, for a knife, it is cutting. Biology According to Aristotle, the science of living things proceeds by gathering observations about each natural kind of animal, organizing them into genera and species (the differentiae in History of Animals) and then going on to study the causes (in Parts of Animals and Generation of Animals, his three main biological works). Organism and mechanism The four elements make up the uniform materials such as blood, flesh and bone, which are themselves the matter out of which are created the non-uniform organs of the body (e.g. the heart, liver and hands) "which in turn, as parts, are matter for the functioning body as a whole (PA II. 1 646a 13—24)". See also Organic form. Psychology According to Aristotle, perception and thought are similar, though not exactly alike in that perception is concerned only with the external objects that are acting on our sense organs at any given time, whereas we can think about anything we choose. Thought is about universal forms, in so far as they have been successfully understood, based on our memory of having encountered instances of those forms directly. Medieval commentary The Aristotelian theory of motion came under criticism and modification during the Middle Ages. Modifications began with John Philoponus in the 6th century, who partly accepted Aristotle's theory that "continuation of motion depends on continued action of a force" but modified it to include his idea that a hurled body also acquires an inclination (or "motive power") for movement away from whatever caused it to move, an inclination that secures its continued motion. This impressed virtue would be temporary and self-expending, meaning that all motion would tend toward the form of Aristotle's natural motion. In The Book of Healing (1027), the 11th-century Persian polymath Avicenna developed Philoponean theory into the first coherent alternative to Aristotelian theory. Inclinations in the Avicennan theory of motion were not self-consuming but permanent forces whose effects were dissipated only as a result of external agents such as air resistance, making him "the first to conceive such a permanent type of impressed virtue for non-natural motion". Such a self-motion (mayl) is "almost the opposite of the Aristotelian conception of violent motion of the projectile type, and it is rather reminiscent of the principle of inertia, i.e. Newton's first law of motion." The eldest Banū Mūsā brother, Ja'far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (800-873), wrote the Astral Motion and The Force of Attraction. The Persian physicist, Ibn al-Haytham (965-1039) discussed the theory of attraction between bodies. It seems that he was aware of the magnitude of acceleration due to gravity and he discovered that the heavenly bodies "were accountable to the laws of physics". During his debate with Avicenna, al-Biruni also criticized the Aristotelian theory of gravity firstly for denying the existence of levity or gravity in the celestial spheres; and, secondly, for its notion of circular motion being an innate property of the heavenly bodies. Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi (1080–1165) wrote al-Mu'tabar, a critique of Aristotelian physics where he negated Aristotle's idea that a constant force produces uniform motion, as he realized that a force applied continuously produces acceleration, a fundamental law of classical mechanics and an early foreshadowing of Newton's second law of motion. Like Newton, he described acceleration as the rate of change of speed. In the 14th century, Jean Buridan developed the theory of impetus as an alternative to the Aristotelian theory of motion. The theory of impetus was a precursor to the concepts of inertia and momentum in classical mechanics. Buridan and Albert of Saxony also refer to Abu'l-Barakat in explaining that the acceleration of a falling body is a result of its increasing impetus. In the 16th century, Al-Birjandi discussed the possibility of the Earth's rotation and, in his analysis of what might occur if the Earth were rotating, developed a hypothesis similar to Galileo's notion of "circular inertia". He described it in terms of the following observational test: Life and death of Aristotelian physics The reign of Aristotelian physics, the earliest known speculative theory of physics, lasted almost two millennia. After the work of many pioneers such as Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Galileo, Descartes and Newton, it became generally accepted that Aristotelian physics was neither correct nor viable. Despite this, it survived as a scholastic pursuit well into the seventeenth century, until universities amended their curricula. In Europe, Aristotle's theory was first convincingly discredited by Galileo's studies. Using a telescope, Galileo observed that the Moon was not entirely smooth, but had craters and mountains, contradicting the Aristotelian idea of the incorruptibly perfect smooth Moon. Galileo also criticized this notion theoretically; a perfectly smooth Moon would reflect light unevenly like a shiny billiard ball, so that the edges of the moon's disk would have a different brightness than the point where a tangent plane reflects sunlight directly to the eye. A rough moon reflects in all directions equally, leading to a disk of approximately equal brightness which is what is observed. Galileo also observed that Jupiter has moons – i.e. objects revolving around a body other than the Earth – and noted the phases of Venus, which demonstrated that Venus (and, by implication, Mercury) traveled around the Sun, not the Earth. According to legend, Galileo dropped balls of various densities from the Tower of Pisa and found that lighter and heavier ones fell at almost the same speed. His experiments actually took place using balls rolling down inclined planes, a form of falling sufficiently slow to be measured without advanced instruments. In a relatively dense medium such as water, a heavier body falls faster than a lighter one. This led Aristotle to speculate that the rate of falling is proportional to the weight and inversely proportional to the density of the medium. From his experience with objects falling in water, he concluded that water is approximately ten times denser than air. By weighing a volume of compressed air, Galileo showed that this overestimates the density of air by a factor of forty. From his experiments with inclined planes, he concluded that if friction is neglected, all bodies fall at the same rate (which is also not true, since not only friction but also density of the medium relative to density of the bodies has to be negligible. Aristotle correctly noticed that medium density is a factor but focused on body weight instead of density. Galileo neglected medium density which led him to correct conclusion for vacuum). Galileo also advanced a theoretical argument to support his conclusion. He asked if two bodies of different weights and different rates of fall are tied by a string, does the combined system fall faster because it is now more massive, or does the lighter body in its slower fall hold back the heavier body? The only convincing answer is neither: all the systems fall at the same rate. Followers of Aristotle were aware that the motion of falling bodies was not uniform, but picked up speed with time. Since time is an abstract quantity, the peripatetics postulated that the speed was proportional to the distance. Galileo established experimentally that the speed is proportional to the time, but he also gave a theoretical argument that the speed could not possibly be proportional to the distance. In modern terms, if the rate of fall is proportional to the distance, the differential expression for the distance y travelled after time t is: with the condition that . Galileo demonstrated that this system would stay at for all time. If a perturbation set the system into motion somehow, the object would pick up speed exponentially in time, not quadratically. Standing on the surface of the Moon in 1971, David Scott famously repeated Galileo's experiment by dropping a feather and a hammer from each hand at the same time. In the absence of a substantial atmosphere, the two objects fell and hit the Moon's surface at the same time. The first convincing mathematical theory of gravity – in which two masses are attracted toward each other by a force whose effect decreases according to the inverse square of the distance between them – was Newton's law of universal gravitation. This, in turn, was replaced by the General theory of relativity due to Albert Einstein. Modern evaluations of Aristotle's physics Modern scholars differ in their opinions of whether Aristotle's physics were sufficiently based on empirical observations to qualify as science, or else whether they were derived primarily from philosophical speculation and thus fail to satisfy the scientific method. Carlo Rovelli has argued that Aristotle's physics are an accurate and non-intuitive representation of a particular domain (motion in fluids), and thus are just as scientific as Newton's laws of motion, which also are accurate in some domains while failing in others (i.e. special and general relativity). As listed in the Corpus Aristotelicum See also Minima naturalia, a hylomorphic concept suggested by Aristotle broadly analogous in Peripatetic and Scholastic physical speculation to the atoms of Epicureanism Notes a Here, the term "Earth" does not refer to planet Earth, known by modern science to be composed of a large number of chemical elements. Modern chemical elements are not conceptually similar to Aristotle's elements; the term "air", for instance, does not refer to breathable air. References Sources H. Carteron (1965) "Does Aristotle Have a Mechanics?" in Articles on Aristotle 1. Science eds. Jonathan Barnes, Malcolm Schofield, Richard Sorabji (London: General Duckworth and Company Limited), 161–174. Further reading Katalin Martinás, “Aristotelian Thermodynamics” in Thermodynamics: history and philosophy: facts, trends, debates (Veszprém, Hungary 23–28 July 1990), . Physics Natural philosophy Obsolete theories in physics pt:Teoria aristotélica da gravitação

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrnbach

Mehrnbach

Mehrnbach is a municipality in Upper Austria. It is situated in the district of Ried im Innkreis in the Innviertel. Geography Mehrnbach is situated 443 m above sea level in the Innviertel. Its dimensions are 6.2 km from the North to the South and 6.5 km from the West to the East. The complete area accounts for 22.2 km². 14.9% of the land is afforested, whilst 73.9% is used agriculturally. Parts of the municipality are Abstätten, Aich, Asenham, Atzing, Aubach, Aubachberg, Baching, Bubesting, Dopplhub, Fritzging, Gigling, Käfermühl, Langdorf, Mehrnbach, Probenzing, Renetsham, Riegerting, Sieber, Stötten, Steinbach, Thaling, and Zimetsberg. Coat of arms The official description of the coat of arms (translation): Split; to the right in black a golden church tower, which comes out of the shield bottom, with two square basements, one octagonal upper floor with abutments, and an octagonal pitched roof, crowned with bowl and cross, the floors separated by cornices, in the lowest floor two rectangular apertures, in the upper floor one lancet arched window; to the left in silver a blue wavy pile. The municipal colours are white and blue. History From the foundation of the Bavarian dukedom the city belonged to Bavaria until 1780. Together with the Innviertel (formerly known as "Innbaiern") it was ceded to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen. During the French Revolutionary Wars it became Bavarian again, in 1814 it became part of Upper Austria to whom it has belonged up to the present day. After the Anschluß to the German Reich on March 13, 1938 the city was part of the "Gau Oberdonau". After 1945 the restitution of Upper Austria took place. Population References Cities and towns in Ried im Innkreis District

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oe%20with%20diaeresis

Oe with diaeresis

Oe with diaeresis (Ӫ ӫ; italics: Ӫ ӫ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used in the Even and Khanty languages. Usage In the Even language, this letter represents the close-mid front rounded vowel or the near-close near-front rounded vowel . In the Khanty language, this letter represents the close-mid central rounded vowel or the open-mid central rounded vowel . Computing codes See also Ө ө : Cyrillic letter Oe Ö ö : Latin letter Ö Cyrillic letters with diacritics Letters with diaeresis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Daniel%20Nault

Joseph Daniel Nault

Joseph Daniel Nault (August 19, 1888 – March 18, 1954) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1948 to 1954. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1888, the son of Georges Nault. In 1912, he married Alice Charlebois; in 1924, he married Antonia Parisien after the death of his first wife. Nault died in office in 1954. References Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell, L. Brault (1963) External links 1888 births 1954 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Politicians from Ottawa Franco-Ontarian people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit%20scorecards

Credit scorecards

Credit scorecards are mathematical models which attempt to provide a quantitative estimate of the probability that a customer will display a defined behavior (e.g. loan default, bankruptcy or a lower level of delinquency) with respect to their current or proposed credit position with a lender. Scorecards are built and optimized to evaluate the credit file of a homogeneous population (e.g. files with delinquencies, files that are very young, files that have very little information). Most empirically derived credit scoring systems have between 10 and 20 variables. Application scores tend to be dominated by credit bureau data which typically amounts to over 80% of the predictive power from closer to 60% in the late 1980s for UK scorecards. Indeed there has been an increasing trend to minimize applicant or non-verifiable variables from scorecards which has increased the contribution of the credit bureau data. Credit scoring typically uses observations or data from clients who defaulted on their loans plus observations on a large number of clients who have not defaulted. Statistically, estimation techniques such as logistic regression or probit are used to create estimates of the probability of default for observations based on this historical data. This model can be used to predict probability of default for new clients using the same observation characteristics (e.g. age, income, house owner). The default probabilities are then scaled to a "credit score." This score ranks clients by riskiness without explicitly identifying their probability of default. There are a number of credit scoring techniques such as: hazard rate modeling, reduced form credit models, weight of evidence models, linear or logistic regression. The primary differences involve the assumptions required about the explanatory variables and the ability to model continuous versus binary outcomes. Some of these techniques are superior to others in directly estimating the probability of default. Despite much research from academics and industry, no single technique has been proven superior for predicting default in all circumstances. A typical mistaken belief about credit scoring is that the only trait that matters is whether you have actually made payments on time as well as satisfied your monetary obligations in a prompt way. While payment background is essential, however it still just composes just over one-third of the credit rating score. Furthermore, the repayment background is only shown in your credit history. See also Credit score Consumer credit risk Credit risk Credit bureaus: Major US Bureaus: Dun & BradstreetEquifaxExperianTransUnion Major Canadian Bureaus: EquifaxTransUnion Major UK Bureaus: EquifaxExperianTransUnion Major Indian Bureaus: CIBILEquifaxExperianHighmark References Credit scoring

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideas%20of%20Reference

Ideas of Reference

Ideas of Reference is the debut album by Psyopus, released on October 19, 2004. Track listing "Mork and Mindy (Daydream Lover)" – 3:56 "The White Light" – 3:22 "Death, I..." – 4:58 "The Long Road to the 4th Dimension" – 4:06 "Mannequin" – 2:43 "MirrorriM" – 2:51 "Imogen's Puzzle" – 1:59 "Anomaly" – 3:39 "Bones to Dust" (silence from 4:23 to 7:30, and then hidden track) – 15:39 Personnel Adam Frapolli - Vocals Christopher Arp - Guitar Greg Herman - Drums Fred DeCoste - Bass References 2004 debut albums Psyopus albums Black Market Activities albums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino%20L%C3%B3pez%20de%20Carvajal

Bernardino López de Carvajal

Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande (8 September 1456, Plasencia, Extremadura – Rome, 16 December 1523) was a Spanish Cardinal. He was a nephew of Cardinal Juan Carvajal, and advanced rapidly in the ecclesiastical career at Rome, whither he came during the pontificate of Pope Sixtus IV (1471–84). Under Pope Innocent VIII he held successively the Spanish sees of Astorga (1488), Badajoz (1489), and Cartagena, in which latter quality he was sent as nuncio to Spain. Their Catholic Majesties sent him back as Spanish ambassador to Pope Alexander VI, by whom he was made Cardinal of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus in 1493, which title he exchanged in 1495 for that of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. In the next following years he was sent twice as legate to the German imperial court, also to Naples, and acted as Governor of the Campagna. In 1503 he was made Bishop of Siguenza in Spain, and Administrator of the diocese of Avellino; from 1507 to 1509 he was in turn Cardinal-Bishop of Albano, Bishop of Frascati, Bishop of Palestrina and Bishop of Sabina. In spite of this rapid advancement and his numerous benefices he is best remembered as the leading spirit of the schismatical Council of Pisa (1511), which he organized with the aid of four other cardinals (Cardinal Briçonnet, Cardinal Francesco Borgia, Cardinal Federico Sanseverino, and Cardinal René de Prie). Dissatisfaction with his treatment by Pope Julius II, and subserviency to the excommunicate Louis XII of France, led Carvajal to this rebellious attitude. Moroni (Diz., X, 134) says that he went so far as to accept the office of Antipope Martin VI at Milan whither the Council was soon transferred. Von Reumont says that in Pisa he was known to the urchins of the street as "Papa Bernardino". It would seem, therefore, that ambition was his chief falling; otherwise he was reputed a good theologian and a friend of art and letters, virtuous, eloquent, and skilful in the business of the curia. Both Carvajal and his colleagues were excommunicated by Julius II, and deposed from their offices, which act of the pope was confirmed by the Fifth Lateran Council (1512). At the seventh session (1513) of this council the Italian cardinals, Carvajal and Sanseverino, separated from their two French colleagues, formally renounced the schism, and were restored by Pope Leo X to their offices. Carvajal was later made Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Dean of the Sacred College, with his uncle's former title of San Marcello, and as such welcomed to Rome Pope Adrian VI, whom he survived, and Pope Clement VII. He had lived at Rome under eight popes, and was buried in his titular church of Santa Croce, where a magnificent sepulchral monument perpetuates his memory. The noble but modernized frescoes (Pinturicchio school) in the tribuna of the apse, representing the Discovery of the Holy Cross, are owing to his generosity. References External links 1456 births 1523 deaths 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Castile 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain Bishops of Astorga Bishops of Avellino Bishops of Badajoz Bishops of Cartagena Bishops of Sigüenza Cardinal-bishops of Albano Cardinal-bishops of Frascati Cardinal-bishops of Ostia Cardinal-bishops of Palestrina Cardinal-bishops of Sabina Deans of the College of Cardinals People from Plasencia People temporarily excommunicated by the Catholic Church 16th-century Spanish cardinals University of Salamanca alumni University of Salamanca faculty Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieren%20Webster

Kieren Webster

Kieren Clark Webster (born 10 May 1986) is the bass guitarist and occasional lead vocalist for Scottish band The View; he is also the lead vocalist for band WEB. On 27 March 2020 WEB released their first single ‘Haze’. Along with frontman Kyle Falconer, he writes the majority of The View's material. In 2006, he was placed 6th in NME's Cool List. He and Falconer alternate roles on some songs such as "Skag Trendy", "Gran's for Tea", "One Off Pretender", "Realisation", "Fireworks and Flowers", "Hole In The Bed" and "Cracks", with Webster taking on guitar and lead vocals and Falconer replacing him as bass guitarist and backing vocalist. He and other band members are from the Dryburgh district of Dundee. References 1986 births Living people Scottish songwriters Musicians from Dundee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dambach-la-Ville

Dambach-la-Ville

Dambach-la-Ville () is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies northwest of Sélestat, on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. Dambach-la-Ville is known for its quality wines. History The village was first recorded in 1125 as Tambacum. In the thirteenth century, the Bishop of Strasbourg, , made Dambach annex two local villages, Altenwiller and Oberkirch. The is located in what used to be Oberkirch. Demography Twin towns Dambach-la-Ville is twinned with: Wemding, Germany - 1988 Wine Dambach-la-Ville is the largest wine-producing village in Alsace. Its vineyards produce one of the finest Alsacian wines: the Grand Cru . Notable residents Gédéon Geismar See also Communes of the Bas-Rhin department References INSEE commune file External links Town council website Wine producer J.HAULLER & Fils - Vins d'Alsace Communes of Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playalitical

Playalitical

Playalitical (born Dustin Robbins; March 7, 1982 – September 15, 2020) was an American rapper and producer and owner Illuminated Entertainment Group. He's done songs with Snoop Dogg, E-40, Rappin' 4-Tay, Young Joc, Lil' Flip and Chino XL as well as produced albums for Bizzy Bone, Young Droop, Lighter Shade of Brown and Zig Zag of NB Ridaz and Ryan Tru G Gaddy. Career Playalitical's debut album "Code Green" was released in 2006 and re-released in 2007, although he had previously released various mixtapes and tracks for compilations. In 2006, he also signed Bizzy Bone, member of the multi-platinum Grammy Award winning rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, to his label for a one album record deal. The album, Bizzy Bone's The Midwest Cowboy, was produced by Playalitical and released July 11, 2006 through Real Talk Ent. After this and the release of his Code Green album he moved on to produce the "King Me" album for rap artist Young Droop, which was later released February 12, 2008. He and moviestar/rapper Chino XL began working on a group album together entitled Something Sacred, which was released January 15, 2008. Playalitical has produced numerous other albums for artist's like Ala Wrek, Young Droop, Bizzy Bone, Duce Stabs, and Spoke-In-Wordz. In 2007 he signed a non-exclusive label deal with the major distribution company Select-O-Hits. The Code Green album was re-released by Select-O-Hits. In 2011 he produced the Lighter Shade of Brown album "It's A Wrap" released November 18, 2011. "Call Me Over" was the single and featured Playalitical and NB Ridaz. on Feb 12 2012 rap artist Young Droop and Playalitical released a group album entitled "Chosen Children" a digital only EP. He released 3 free digital mixtapes on Datpiff, Soundcloud, and similar sites before releasing his solo album "Wedding Band" in 2016. Death Playalitical died of natural causes at a group home in Arvada, Colorado, at the age of 38. Discography Solo Produced Compilations/Mixtapes Singles References Dave Herrera, Published: December 23, 2004...the beatdown. got glued into my subconscious the moment I heard it. Michael Roberts, Published: June 8, 2006 ...big-timers. He holds his own in the presence of the Game, who guests on "Fade Away Saturday, June 16, Published: June 14, 2007...Music had to choose one act to represent Denver. Street Hop Magazine, Published: January 14, 2008...Music Press Release for Something Sacred rapreviews.com, Published: April 15, 2008...Music Album Review External links Official Website Official Playalitical Myspace Official Playalitical Facebook Playalitical Interview w/ The Colorado Rap Report 1982 births American male rappers Record producers from Colorado Living people Rappers from Colorado 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians West Coast hip hop musicians

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodromus%20Florae%20Novae%20Hollandiae%20et%20Insulae%20Van%20Diemen

Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen

Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen (Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land) is a flora of Australia written by botanist Robert Brown and published in 1810. Often referred to as Prodromus Flora Novae Hollandiae, or by its standard botanical abbreviation Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland., it was the first attempt at a survey of the Australian flora. It described over 2040 species, over half of which were published for the first time. Brown's Prodromus was originally published as Volume One, and following the Praemonenda (Preface), page numbering commences on page 145. Sales of the Prodromus were so poor, however, that Brown withdrew it from sale. Due to the commercial failure of the first volume, pages 1 to 144 were never issued, and Brown never produced the additional volumes that he had planned. In 1813, a book of illustrations for the Prodromus was published separately by Ferdinand Bauer under the title Ferdinandi Bauer Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae sive icones generum quae in Prodromo florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen descripsit Robertus Brown, usually referred to as Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae. The Prodromus itself was eventually reprinted in 1819, and a slightly modified second edition released in 1821. In 1830, Brown published a short supplement to the Prodromus, entitled Supplementum Primum Prodromi Florae Novae Hollandiae. References Bibliography 1810 non-fiction books Books about Australian natural history Florae (publication) Botany in Australia 1810 in science 1810 in Australia Works by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) 19th-century Latin books

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khakassian%20Che

Khakassian Che

Khakassian Che (Ӌ ӌ; italics: Ӌ ӌ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script. Its form is derived from the Cyrillic letter Che (Ч ч Ч ч). Khakassian Che was derived with the letter but added the decsender at the left leg. Khakassian Che is used in the alphabet of the Khakas language, as its name suggests. It represents the voiced postalveolar affricate , like the pronunciation of in "jump". Khakassian Che corresponds in other Cyrillic alphabets to the digraphs or , or to the letters Che with descender (Ҷ ҷ), Che with vertical stroke (Ҹ ҹ), Dzhe (Џ џ), Zhe with breve (Ӂ ӂ), Zhe with diaeresis (Ӝ ӝ), or Zhje (Җ җ). Computing codes See also Cyrillic characters in Unicode References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Hermine%20%281998%29

Tropical Storm Hermine (1998)

Tropical Storm Hermine was the eighth tropical cyclone and named storm of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. Hermine developed from a tropical wave that emerged from the west coast of Africa on September 5. The wave moved westward across the Atlantic Ocean, and on entering the northwest Caribbean interacted with other weather systems. The resultant system was declared a tropical depression on September 17 in the central Gulf of Mexico. The storm meandered north slowly, and after being upgraded to a tropical storm made landfall on Louisiana, where it quickly deteriorated into a tropical depression again on September 20. Before the storm's arrival, residents of Grand Isle, Louisiana, were evacuated. As a weak tropical storm, damages from Hermine were light. Rainfall spread from Louisiana through Georgia, causing isolated flash flooding. In some areas, the storm tide prolonged the coastal flooding from a tropical cyclone. Gusty winds were reported. Associated tornadoes in Mississippi damaged mobile homes and vehicles, and inflicted one injury. While Hermine was not of itself a particularly damaging storm, its effects combined with those of other tropical cyclones, and resulted in agricultural damage. Meteorological history On September 5, 1998, a tropical wave emerged from the west coast of Africa and entered the Atlantic Ocean. The wave was not associated with any thunderstorm activity until it reached the Windward Islands, when cloud and shower activity began to increase. Continuing westward, the disturbance approached the South American coastline and turned into the northwest Caribbean. The wave interacted with an upper-level low-pressure system and another tropical wave that entered the region. At the time, a large monsoon-type flow prevailed over Central America, part of the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. An area of low pressure developed over the northwestern Caribbean, and at about 1200 UTC on September 17, the system was sufficiently organized to be declared a tropical depression in the central Gulf of Mexico. Initially, the cloud pattern associated with the system featured a tight and well-defined circulation, as well as clusters of deep convection south of the center. Due to the proximity of a large upper-level low-pressure area in the southern Gulf of Mexico, the surrounding environment did not favor intensification. Influenced by the low, the depression moved southward. The system completed a cyclonic loop in the central gulf, and by early on September 18 was drifting northward. As a result of wind shear, the center of circulation was separated from the deep convective activity. Early the next day, deep convection persisted in a small area northeast of the center. Forward motion was nearly stationary, with a gradual drift east-southeastward. Despite the wind shear, the depression attained tropical storm status at 1200 UTC on September 19; as such, it was named Hermine by the National Hurricane Center. Shortly after being upgraded to a tropical storm, Hermine reached its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h). The tropical storm-force winds were confined to the eastern semicircle of the cyclone. Hermine tracked northward and approached the coast, where it nearly stalled. A continually weakening storm, it moved ashore near Cocodrie, Louisiana at 0500 UTC on September 20 with winds of , and then deteriorated into a tropical depression. On its landfall, associated rain bands were deemed "not very impressive", although there was a rapid increase in thunderstorm activity east of the center. The thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall in parts of southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. The storm progressively weakened as the circulation moved northeastward, and dissipated at 1800 UTC. Initially, it was believed that Hermine's remnants contributed to the development of Hurricane Karl; however, this belief was not confirmed. Preparations On September 17, the National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch from Sargent, Texas to Grand Isle, Louisiana. The following day, the watch was extended southward from Sargent to Matagorda, Texas, and eastward to Pascagoula, Mississippi. A tropical storm warning was posted from Morgan City, Louisiana, eastward to Pensacola, Florida on September 19. The warning was promptly extended westward from Morgan City to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, and by 1200 UTC on September 20 all tropical cyclone watches and warnings were discontinued. As the storm moved inland, flood advisories were issued for southern Mississippi. On Grand Isle, a mandatory evacuation order was declared for the third time in three weeks, and residents in low-lying areas of Lafourche Parish were ordered to leave. Shelters were opened, but few people used them. Only fifteen people entered the American Red Cross shelter in Larose, Louisiana, which had been designed to hold 500. Workers were evacuated from oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, and energy futures rose substantially in anticipation of the storm, though when Hermine failed to cause significant damage, they retreated. The Coast Guard evacuated its Grand Isle station in preparation. Impact In southern Florida, the combination of rainbands from Hermine and a separate upper-level cyclone in its vicinity produced up to of rainfall. Hermine's remnants spread showers and thunderstorms across northern parts of the state. The heavy rainfall downed a tree Orlando, and led to several traffic accidents. A man died on U.S. Route 441 after losing control of his vehicle. Upon landfall in Louisiana, winds were primarily of minimal tropical storm-force and confined to squalls. Offshore, a wind gust of was reported near the mouth of the Mississippi River, and near New Orleans, wind gusts peaked at . Along the coast, storm tides generally ran above normal, which prolonged coastal flooding in some areas from previous Tropical Storm Frances. Winds on Grand Isle reached , and storm tides on the island averaged . Hermine brought of rainfall to the state, triggering isolated flash flooding. Near Thomas, part of Louisiana Highway 438 was submerged under flood waters. An oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico reported sustained winds of with gusts to . At around 8:30 AM on September 20, a man was presumed drowned in Lake Cataouatche, southwest of New Orleans. The man had been shrimping in the lake in choppy waters caused by the storm, and dove into the water without a life vest to untangle a net from his boat's propeller. After he freed the propeller, the boat was carried away by the current in the lake, and he was last seen swimming after the boat. After the disappearance, the Coast Guard launched a search with rescue boats and search dogs but could not locate him. His body was eventually found on the morning of September 22. Captain Pat Yoes, of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office, said that the storm "obviously ... played a part" in the man's death, but Lieutenant Commander William Brewer of the United States Coast Guard told the press that he did not "think it was directly storm-related." Hermine spawned two tornadoes in Mississippi. One destroyed two mobile homes, damaged seven cars, and resulted in one minor injury; the other caused only minor damage. Rainfall of caused localized flooding; in southern Walthall County, parts of Mississippi Highway 27 were under of water. Over of rainfall was reported in Alabama, resulting in the flooding of apartments and several roads and the closure of several highways. Numerous cars were damaged, and motorists were stranded on Bibb County Route 24. Floodwaters also covered U.S. Route 11 near Tuscaloosa, Alabama stranding several motorists and a milk truck. Flash flood warnings were issued in Bibb and Shelby counties as northern Alabama experienced its first rainfall in the month of September. The rainfall extended eastward into Georgia, where the rains led the state to lift a fire alert for three northern counties, South Carolina and North Carolina. The remnants of the storm dumped of rain on Charleston, South Carolina and rainfall of up to one foot was reported in other parts of the state. The rain in Charleston led to over five feet of standing water in some neighborhoods, forcing several families to evacuate their mobile homes and stranding a number of vehicles. As a result, the local police closed several roads, including sections of Interstate 526. Overall, damage totaled $85,000 (1998 USD); the effects were described as minor. Although the effects from Hermine were small, counties in Louisiana and Texas were declared disaster areas due to damage associated with the earlier Tropical Storm Frances and the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness extended these funds to cover damages from Hermine as well. Aftermath The heavy rains from Hermine combined with those from Frances caused major fish kills in southern Louisiana, the first since those caused by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The rain from the two storms flooded the swamps in south Louisiana, where it rapidly lost oxygen due to decaying plant matter. After the swamps began to drain, the low-oxygen water flowed into streams, canals, and bayous in the area, and testing in the days following the storm showed that the water was "almost devoid of oxygen." Without sufficient oxygen, local fish population died quickly, filling waterways, particularly in the area of Lake Charles and Lafayette, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. In total, the fish kills affected at least a dozen separate lakes and bayous in the state. The combined effects of Hermine and other storms caused significant damage to Louisiana agriculture. The standing water after Hermine provided ideal hatching conditions for mosquitoes, who formed swarms large enough to kill livestock in the days after the storm. At least twelve bulls and horses were killed by mosquito bites in the next week, including bulls who drowned after wading into deep water to escape the insects. The rains and standing water from the storm also prevented farmers from drying out soybeans for harvest and ruined sugar cane. According to Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, the combined effects of Hurricane Earl, Tropical Storm Frances, and Tropical Storm Hermine caused $420 million in direct and indirect losses for Louisiana farmers. See also Other storms of the same name Hurricane Georges List of Florida hurricanes List of North Carolina hurricanes (1980–1999) Notes References External links Preliminary Report on Hermine Tropical Storm Hermine advisory archive Hermine Hermine (1998) Hermine (1998) Hermine (1998) Hermine (1998) Hurricanes in Mississippi Hurricanes in Alabama Hurricanes in Georgia (U.S. state) 1998 in Alabama 1998 in Florida 1998 in Georgia (U.S. state) 1998 in Mississippi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santubong

Santubong

Santubong may refer to: Mount Santubong, Sarawak Santubong (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnie

Barnie

Barnie is a surname and nickname. Notable people with the name include: Billy Barnie (1853–1900), American Major League Baseball manager and catcher John Barnhill (American football) (1903-1973), American college football player, coach and athletics administrator Abraham Barnie Boonzaaier (born 1992), South African rugby union player See also Barney (disambiguation) Barnier Lists of people by nickname Nicknames

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPIP

SPIP

SPIP (Système de Publication pour l'Internet) is a free software content management system designed for web site publishing, oriented towards online collaborative editing. The software is designed for easy setup, use and maintenance, and is used in public and private institutions. The last P in the word SPIP stands for both Partagé (shared) and Participatif (participative), in the sense that the software is designed for collective online editing. Its mascot is a flying squirrel. It is used both by institutional sites, community portals, academic sites, personal webpages, and news sites. Technology The software is written in PHP, and relies on one or more SQL databases: MySQL / MariaDB, SQLite or PostgreSQL. The pages of the site are generated 'on the fly': the contents stored in the database are formatted through presentation 'skeletons' that merge HTML and SPIP's own markup language. A caching system avoids the generation of pages at each request: when a page is requested, SPIP checks if it doesn't exist in its cache and if it isn't too old, it will be displayed. The life-span of a page is adjustable in its presentation skeleton. History SPIP was originally conceived for the uzine.net site, after which its designers released it under GPL License. Since its launch 2001, it has also been used for Le Monde diplomatique newspaper and www.vacarme.eu.org; the webmaster of Le Monde diplomatique is one of the initiators of SPIP, SPIP integrates a cache mechanism, an authentication system, an automatic setup module and an interface for administration and input of articles. SPIP can create dynamic pages without any PHP knowledge, using a web template system known as 'skeletons''. In early 2003, the 1.6 version made it possible to display the private back-end interface in several languages. A space for translators is set up in order to multiply the number of available versions. In January 2004, the 1.7 version of SPIP enables the management of multilingual websites, and implements a search and content indexing module; It also enables syndication of other sites' contents. In April 2005, the private interface of version 1.8 was reworked in order to take into account an analysis of ergonomic processes. An important modification for developers is SPIP's core that now benefits from a new compiler. It then becomes possible to elaborate skeletons with more complex functionalities without requiring any coding work in PHP. Other re-workings are currently under way, such as the reworking of the private interface in the form of skeletons. The 1.9 version (1) introduced a plug-in system and numerous changes, notably in the organisation of component files (particularly the transition from '.php3' to '.php' files extensions. The 1.9.1 version introduced a template system, akin to Wikipedia. The 1.9.2 version modified the directory structure to allow a better mutualisation of sources. The 2.0 version supports multiple SQL databases, and introduces easy skeletons for web forms. The 2.1 version builds on the concept of modules, along with improved security and stability, a new interface for plugins management, and other features. The 3.0 major version was released on 19 May 2012:, completely redesigned towards a higher degree of modularity. All non-core functionalities are now implemented as plugins. The private area has been thoroughly rewritten in order to make the editorial objects as generic as possible. It's designed to be easier and quicker to create new editorial objects and to customize existing ones. The new DATA loop allows SPIP to connect to any kind of data (not only SQL tables). These data may be found locally (XML, CSV, YAML files, enumerations...) or directly on an URL (list of YouTube videos, Flickr photos, Google spreadsheets, online calendar...). So the web itself may be used as a database. The 3.1 version was released on 6 January 2016. It provides updates of JavaScript libraries, default CSS styles, enhances the editorial space, provides new tools for writing skeletons, performance and writing code improvements. The 3.2 version was released on 13 October 2017. It includes an update of embedded JavaScript libraries, better ergonomics of the private space as well as other improvements. See also Comparison of content management systems List of collaborative software List of applications with iCalendar support Article notes and references External links : presentation, download, documentation, etc. Detailed history of SPIP Translate SPIP Programming with SPIP 3.0 The SPIP galaxy Plugins-SPIP SPIP-Contrib spip-en Mailing list for English language users Free content management systems Free software programmed in PHP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Ruggles-Brise

John Ruggles-Brise

Colonel Sir John Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet (13 June 1908 – 20 February 2007) was Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1958 to 1978, and was the first pro-chancellor of Essex University from 1964 to 1979. He was also a president of the Country Landowners' Association (now the Country Land and Business Association) from 1957 to 1959, and was a co-founder of the CLA's annual Game Fair in 1958. Ruggles-Brise was born at Brent Hall in Finchingfield in Essex. His family have deep roots in Essex, having been based at Spains Hall in Finchingfield since the house was bought by Samuel Ruggles, a clothier, in 1760. His father, Sir Edward Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet, was MP for Maldon from 1922 to his death in 1942 (with a short intermission in 1923–4), and became a baronet in George V's Silver Jubilee honours list in 1935. Ruggles-Brise was educated at Wellesley House School, Broadstairs and Eton College, where he became captain of his house, and then worked on a family farm in Alberta in Canada. He worked at Employers Liability Assurance, rising to manage its branches in the City of London and the West End of London. He joined the Territorial Army in 1938 (his father commanded the 104th Essex Yeomanry Field Brigade R.A.). When the Second World War broke out, he enlisted as a gunner in the 54th Anti-Aircraft Regiment. He was commissioned, and commanded a Royal Artillery anti-aircraft battery near London during the Blitz. He inherited the baronetcy on his father's death in 1942. The same year, he took command of the 180th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment in 1942, based in Scotland. He took his unit to join the air defences of Plymouth before D-Day in 1944. He received a military OBE. He continued to serve with the Territorial Army after the war, being awarded the Territorial Decoration and the rank of honorary colonel. He continued to work in insurance for a short period after the war, but then returned to manage the neglected family estates in Essex, which he had inherited in 1942. He was president of the Country Landowners' Association from 1957 to 1959, and was a co-founder of the CLA's annual Game Fair in 1958. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Essex from 1945, vice-lieutenant from 1945, and then Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1958 to 1978. He became a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1958, and served as a Church Commissioner from 1959 to 1964, and as chairman of the Council of the Baronetage from 1958 to 1963. He was also a Knight of the Order of St John, and played a leading role in the foundation of Essex University at Wivenhoe Park in 1961. He was the university's first pro-chancellor from 1964 to 1979. He was a governor of Felsted School and Chigwell School from 1950 to 1975. He never married. He was succeeded by his nephew, Sir Timothy Edward Ruggles-Brise, 3rd Baronet. Honours He was awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Chelmsford in 1967. He served as a deputy lieutenant of Essex from 1945. This gave him the Post Nominal Letters "DL" for life. He served as the Vice Lord Lieutenant from 1948 to 1958. He served as the Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 6 September 1958 – 1978. At which time he reverted to a DL on the retired list. He served as a justice of the peace in Essex. This gave him the Post Nominal Letters "JP" for Life. References Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 24 March 2007 Obituary, The Times, 25 June 2007 External links 1908 births 2007 deaths Royal Artillery officers British Army personnel of World War II Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Companions of the Order of the Bath Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Eton College Knights of the Order of St John Lord-Lieutenants of Essex Deputy Lieutenants of Essex People associated with the University of Essex People from Finchingfield