Early life and family.

Dodington was the eldest son of John Dodington of Dodington, Somerset and his wife Hester Temple, daughter of Sir Peter Temple, 2nd Baronet of Stowe, Buckinghamshire. His grandfather Sir Francis Dodington had been granted in trust the profits of a commissionership of appeals in excise which fell to his son. When Dodington's father died in 1673, Sir Francis' second wife tried to claim these but Dodington's mother counter-claimed and as a result Dodington was appointed to a post on the commission.

Business activities.

Dodington prospered and by 1688 was part owner of four ships. In 1690 he and his partners secured lucrative contracts for supplying clothing to the army. Also, by 1687 he had started to undertake occasional work for the Treasurer of the Navy - and was finally in the service of Admiral Edward Russell. In 1695, Russell appointed him his paymaster and office manager, as a result of which Russell, who became Earl of Orford in 1697, became a powerful patron throughout his career. Dodington was a commissioner for Greenwich Hospital in 1695, commissioner for taking subscriptions to the land bank in 1696 and was appointed trustee for Exchequer bills in 1697. His increasing wealth allowed him to become a significant subscriber under both posts. He married by licence dated 12 February 1697 Eleanor Bull, daughter of Henry Bull MP.

Political career.

In the late 1690s, Dodington became a target of Lord Orford's enemies who smeared him with financial impropriety in his offices, as an indirect attack on his patron. Although he could argue in his own defence and was supported by the Whigs, he lost his offices as paymaster and trustee for exchequer bills, and spent five years sorting out Orford's accounts. At the 1705 general election, he was returned unopposed as Whig Member of Parliament for Winchelsea. Although his father on his death told him to sell the Winchelsea estate, he did not, and so maintained an electoral interest there. In 1706, he was appointed secretary to the English commissioners for the Union with Scotland and became a trustee for a loan to the Emperor. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1707 to 1708 and represented Charlemont in the Irish House of Commons from 1707 to 1713. At the 1708 general election, he was returned again for Winchelsea and also for Bridgwater and chose to sit for Bridgwater. From 1708 to 1710 he was one of the Lords of the Admiralty. He was returned again at Bridgwater in 1710. In 1711 he became a commissioner for taking subscriptions to the South Sea Company. However he was threatened with strong opposition at Bridgwater at the 1713 general election and had himself returned for Winchelsea instead. He became an Irish Privy Councillor in 1714 and Clerk of the Pells for Ireland in 1715.  At the 1715 general election, Dodington was returned unopposed as MP for Bridgwater. Also from 1715 he was Lord Lieutenant of Somerset. He became very rich and commissioned Sir John Vanbrugh to design a large mansion to be built on his estate in Eastbury.

Death and legacy.

Dodington died on 28 March 1720 and left his estate to his nephew George Bubb, who assumed the surname of Dodington and commissioned the building of Eastbury Park.

George Dodington (c. 1662 – 28 March 1720) of Eastbury Park, Dorset was a merchant, office holder and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1705 to 1720, under the patronage of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford.

George Dodington (c. 1662 - ) d’ Eastbury Park, Dorset était un commerçant et homme politique whig qui siégea à la Chambre des communes britannique de 1705 à 1720, sous le patronage d’Edward Russell (1er comte d'Orford).


History.

The venue opened on Monday 26 November 1900 as "The New Grand Theatre of Varieties", with a music hall production featuring many well-known artistes of the time. When the theatre opened it had a capacity of 3,000 and a stage.  The Grand continued to be a successful Music Hall and Variety venue for 40 years. In 1927, the theatre was fitted for cinema use and was known as The Grand Theatre, as it still mainly staged variety shows. From 8 May 1950, The Grand went on to become a full-time cinema after it was purchased by the Essoldo Cinema chain and was renamed Essoldo Cinema. The Essoldo Cinema closed on 31 August 1963 and became the Essoldo Bingo Club on 11 October 1963 which was later taken over by Classic Cinemas who renamed it Vogue Bingo Club. During this time, they built a false ceiling, cutting off the upper parts of the theatre. From 1972 until 1979, Mecca Bingo took over as the final bingo operator. The building remained closed until 1989 when it was bought by The Mean Fiddler group to be transformed into a live music venue. Due to licensing issues the venue did not open until 17 December 1991. During the 10-year closure, the false ceiling was removed and the building was restored and redecorated. Mean Fiddler closed on 20 July 1997 after being mostly unsuccessful as a music venue and was then purchased by pub chain J.D.Wetherspoon. J.D.Wetherspoon were refused a license after a public enquiry but refused to sell the property when actors Corin Redgrave and Vanessa Redgrave put forward plans to restore the building back to its original use.  The Grand is now an independently run venue which functions as a nightclub, live music venue, theatre and event space. Some of the acts to have performed at The Grand in recent years include; The Kinks, Chuck Berry, The Temptations, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo and the Bunnymen, Madness, Public Enemy, Jamiroquai, Chipmunk, Paul Weller, Oasis, Muse, Hole, The Verve and Jamie Cullum, The Jam and Brian May.  It was also used as the studio location for the first series of the television show Taskmaster, with subsequent series using a studio set replicating the venue's interior.

The Grand (previously The Grand Theatre) is a Grade II listed building on St Johns Hill, Clapham Junction. It was designed by Earnest Woodrow and was first opened in 1900 as The New Grand Theatre of Varieties.

The Grand (anciennement The Grand Theatre) est un bâtiment classé au grade II à St Johns Hill, sur Clapham Junction, à Londres. Il a été conçu par Earnest Woodrow et a été inauguré en 1900 en tant que Nouveau Grand Théâtre de Variétés.


Academic career.

Ambrazevičius studied literature at the University of Lithuania in Kaunas and the University of Bonn. From 1927 he lectured on Lithuanian literature and folklore in Kaunas. By the end of the 1930s he got involved in numerous organizations for literature teachers and scientists. His major works include "Theory of Literature" ("Literatūros teorija" in 1930), two-volume "A History of World Literature" ("Visoutinė literatūros istorija" in 1931-1932), "Vaižgantas" (in 1936), three-volume "New Readings" ("Naujieji skaitymai"), "Lithuanian Writers" ("Lietuvių rašytojai" in 1938). He also worked on the editorial staff of national daily "Lietuva" ("Lithuania") and Catholic daily "XX amžius" ("The 20th Century"). He would sometimes use pseudonym Servus to write for these newspapers. During World War II he edited an underground periodical "Į laisvę" ("Towards Freedom") which he later revived in Germany and in the United States.

Biography after the 1941 uprising in Lithuania.

It is known that in the summer of 1944 Ambrazevičius left for Germany, and in 1948 for the United States, where he edited a Catholic daily, "Darbininkas", and continued his work in the Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania in exile. He published a number of leaflets illustrating German and Soviet crimes in Lithuania and the Lithuanian resistance, for example, "In the Name of the Lithuanian People" (1946) and "Appeal to the United Nations on Genocide" (1951). In 1964 he published a book "Alone, all alone" about the Lithuanian armed resistance. The Kremlin actively opposed his activities. In the 1970s he became a subject of interest for the Soviet media and American hunters of Nazi colloborators, who accused him of having worked for the Third Reich. In reply, he published an extensive dossier of his World War II activities.

Grave.

In 2012, Ambrazevičius' remains were transported from the United States to Lithuania and were reburied in the churchyard of Christ's Resurrection Church in Kaunas. During the reburial ceremony of the Juozas Ambrazevičius remains in Kaunas, adviser to Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius claimed that a 1975 investigation by US Immigration found no evidence of Brazaitis being involved in anti-Semitic or pro-Nazi activities. However, according to a subsequent clarification issued in 2019 by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress, the investigation was not conclusive and did not amount to a "rehabilitation" of Ambrazevičius/Brazaitis. The investigation into his wartime activities was discontinued after Ambrazevičius/Brazaitis passed away in 1974.

Juozas Ambrazevičius or Juozas Brazaitis (December 9, 1903 in Trakiškiai, Marijampolė parish – November 28, 1974 in South Orange, New Jersey), was a Lithuanian literary historian, better known for his political career and nationalistic views. He was the acting Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Lithuania from June 23, 1941 to August 5, 1941.

Juozas Ambrazevičius ou Juozas Brazaitis, né le à Trakiškiai (Marijampolė), dans l'Apskritis de Marijampolė et décédé le à South Orange, dans le New Jersey, est un historien littéraire lituanien, plus connu pour sa carrière politique et ses opinions nationalistes. Il a été premier ministre par intérim du gouvernement provisoire de Lituanie du au.


Élection partielle de Glasgow Central de 1980

Candidates.

This was the last parliamentary by-election in England, Scotland or Wales not contested by an official candidate of either the Liberal Party, the SDP, or their successor party the Liberal Democrats; until the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election. The Social Democrat candidate had no connection to the SDP (which wasn't created until 1981) and achieved the lowest vote for any candidate in a Parliamentary election under universal suffrage, a record later surpassed by the five votes obtained by independent campaigner Bill Boaks in the Glasgow Hillhead by-election of March 1982.  Because there was no official candidate, Liberal Party member Graham Watson offered himself as a candidate sponsored by the Scottish Young Liberals. He later became a Member of the European Parliament and leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group in the European Parliament.  As a seat considered safe for Labour, there was little surprise when its candidate Bob McTaggart was declared victor, with 60.8% of the votes cast. Both of his closest rivals were later elected to sit in British parliaments: Gil Paterson, representing the Scottish National Party, was elected as a delegate for Central Scotland in the first sitting of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, while Conservative Anna McCurley won the Renfrew West and Inverclyde seat in the general election of 1983. McCurley was at the time a member of Strathclyde Regional Council, to which she had been elected in 1978, and had unsuccessfully contested West Stirlingshire for the Conservatives at the previous general election.

The 1980 Glasgow Central by-election was a by-election held on 26 June 1980 for the British House of Commons constituency of Glasgow Central, following the death of its sitting MP, Thomas McMillan.

L'élection partielle de Glasgow Central se déroule le. Elle vise à remplacer le député travailliste, représentant la circonscription électorale écossaise de Glasgow Central à la Chambre des communes, qui est mort le 30 avril.


Early life and priesthood.

On July 27, 1945, Roger Joseph Foys was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began his religious studies for the Diocese of Steubenville at St. John Vianney Seminary in Bloomingdale, Ohio, part of the Franciscan University of Steubenville. He completed his graduate studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.  Bishop Anthony John King Mussio ordained Foys a priest on May 16, 1973, in Holy Name Cathedral of Steubenville, Ohio. Throughout his years with the Diocese of Steubenville, Foys served as Diocesan Treasurer, Chairman of the Diocesan Presbyteral Council, and Moderator of the Curia. He was appointed Vicar General in 1982 and made a monsignor in 1987. He also taught Canon Law for one year at St. John Vianney Seminary. Pope John Paul II made him a Prelate of Honor in 1986 and a Protonotary Apostolic in 2001.

Episcopal career.

Bishop of Covington.

Foys was appointed Bishop of Covington on May 31, 2002 by Pope John Paul II and was consecrated at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption on July 15, 2002.

Sex abuse scandal.

Foys came to the Diocese of Covington as it was in the midst of a class action lawsuit concerning the sexual abuse of minors by over 80 diocesan employees including priests. The lawsuit was filed one day before Foys was appointed by the pope to the See of Covington. The claim was originally for $50 million, but eventually grew to be much more over the years of litigation.  Foys vowed to meet with every victim of abuse who was willing to meet saying, "Those harmed by these shameful, despicable deeds now need the institutional Church and, more importantly, the pastoral Church to provide as much comfort and peace as possible. Our hearts must remain open, like Christ's". He eventually met with over 70 victims of abuse personally and agree to create a system of payment where victims who were abused between 1948 and 1998 could receive compensation while not having to undergo the process of a trial.  The settlement eventually cost the diocese $120 million; $80 million of which came from insurance while $40 million came from the mortgage of diocesan properties (most notably Catholic Center/Marydale property in Erlanger). No parish properties were affected by the settlement. Each victim received between $5,000 and $450,000 depending on the severity of their case. Foys said "While no amount of money can compensate for the atrocities that were committed here, I pray that this settlement will bring victims some measure of peace and healing to victims and their loved ones".

Vocations.

The number of priestly vocations in the Diocese dramatically increased under his tenure. This can possibly be attributed to the fact that the Bishop was a vocation director in Diocese of Steubenville and devotes significant diocesan resources to vocation promotion, including the hiring of a full-time Vocation Promoter (Father Greg Bach) for the Diocese. As of 2013, the diocese had 28 seminarians studying for the priesthood.

"Pater Noster" controversy.

In anticipation of the release of the Third Edition of the Roman Missal and General Instruction of the Roman Missal, Foys issued a decree that discourages the laity from holding hands during the "Pater Noster" (or "Our Father") at the celebration of Mass. The decree states, "Special note should also be made concerning the gesture for the Our Father. Only the priest is given the instruction to "extend" his hands. Neither the deacon nor the lay faithful are instructed to do this. No gesture is prescribed for the lay faithful in the Roman Missal; nor the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, therefore the extending or holding of hands by the faithful should not be performed." The decree caused controversy in the diocese.

Roger Joseph Foys is the tenth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington, in Kentucky, United States. Foys was ordained a priest in 1973 in the Diocese of Steubenville; he served there until he was installed as Bishop of Covington on July 15, 2002.

Roger Joseph Foys, né le 27 juillet 1945 à Chicago, est un évêque catholique américain, évêque de Covington (dans le Kentucky) depuis 2002. Sa devise est "Luceat lux vestra" (Matt. 5: 16.)


History.

2014–2019: First years.

The club was founded on 12 September 2014, with the aim to be a completely professional women's football team. The name Tacón (which translates to heel) is an acronym: Trabajo (work/graft) Atrevimiento (dare/bravery) Conocimiento (knowledge/wisdom) Organización (organisation/club) Notoriedad (visibility/renown).  In their first competitive season, 2015–16, the club only registered an under-14 team. On 24 June 2016, Tacón announced the merge with CD Canillas for incorporating their women's senior and under-19 teams.  After only three seasons in Segunda División, on 19 May 2019, Tacón achieved promotion for the first time ever to Primera División.  On 25 June 2019, the Real Madrid board of directors announced a proposal of integrating Tacón as their women's football section to be presented to their "socios" (members). As part of the agreement, Tacón will play their 2019–20 season matches at Ciudad Real Madrid during the transition, and the merger officially completed on 1 July 2020. On 15 September 2019, The Extraordinary General Assembly of Real Madrid approved the absorption of the club. The absorption marked a victorious end to a journey that Ana Rossell, a socio at Real Madrid, begun a decade ago; bearing similarities with the role Lola Romero played in the rebirth of Atlético Madrid's women's football section.

2019–2020: Transition year.

Having been promoted, the club went on to lose a large majority of its playing squad in the summer of 2019. Argentine midfielder Ruth Bravo moved to Rayo Vallecano, while others like Lixy, Marbel Okoye and Yamilla Badell didn't have their contracts not renewed. In order to strengthen for the coming season, the club saw the arrival of Swedish duo Kosovare Asllani and Sofia Jakobsson; French midfielder Aurélie Kaci from Atlético Madrid, Ainoa Campo from crosstown rivals Madrid CFF, English forward Chioma Ubogagu, goalkeeper Ana Valles, Nigerian defender Osinachi Ohale, as well as the Brazilian pair Daiane and Thaisa Moreno, who was nominated for best midfielder in her lone year at A.C. Milan Women. The last signing of the summer was versatile defender Babett Peter from VFL Wolfsburg.  Despite the wealth of talent and experience at their disposal, CD Tacón's start to the season was nothing short of abysmal, with heavy losses against Barcelona, in its debut match, and EDF Logroño particularly standing out. After a poor run with just one win in nine games, the team started to gain a sense of stability in November 2019, going on a five match unbeaten run.  Spurred by the growing interest in Women's football; more so in the United States after the World Cup Triumph in 2019, Los Angeles based film and TV production company EXILE Content and Spanish media company Newtral announced a documentary series about the genesis of the first-ever women's football team at Real Madrid.

Homeground.

While many speculated that they would share the Estadio Alfredo di Stéfano with Real Madrid Castilla, Tacón have so far played all their home games at Campo 11 in Valdebebas. Unofficial rumours after the Extraordinary General Assembly on September 15 suggest the women's team will be expected to move into the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano at the start of the 2020-21 season. In the meantime, CD Tacón matches are not open to the general public, with only club members, or those possessing a membership card, allowed to attend.

Current squad.

"As of 17 September 2019."

Club Deportivo Tacón is a Spanish women's football club in Madrid. Founded in 2014, it currently plays in Primera División.

Le Club Deportivo TACON est un club de football féminin espagnol situé à Madrid, fondé en 2014, et sera à partir de juillet 2020, la section football féminin du club omnisports Real Madrid. L'équipe joue en Primera División depuis 2019.


Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (Bismarck, North Dakota)

History.

The cathedral was the dream of the first bishop of Bismarck, Vincent Wehrle, O.S.B., who had a special devotion to the Holy Spirit and wanted the church to also serve as a shrine to the Holy Spirit. He brought the property in 1917 and hired Milwaukee architect Anton Dohman in 1921 to design the cathedral. He provided two different designs, the first was similar to the church at Assumption Abbey in Richardton, North Dakota. The Great Depression prevented the construction of the cathedral until 1941.  Bismarck's second bishop, Vincent Ryan, hired Fargo architect William F. Kurke, who had helped design the North Dakota Capitol building, to design the new cathedral. His design was similar to Dohman's second design. The groundbreaking for the Art Deco style building was begun in September 1941. The building is composed of monolithic concrete, and is believed to be the only Art Deco-style cathedral in the United States. The church opened in August 1945, but its interior decoration and some of its furnishings were added in later years. A renovation from 1992 to 1993 added a gathering space, which reflects the cathedral's Art Deco style. The cathedral's tall bell tower is a local landmark that is visible from a distance.

Attendant buildings.

In addition to the cathedral, Kurke also designed the nearby Bishop's Residence. The two-story, concrete, Art Deco structure was built at the same time as the cathedral. The grade school was completed in 1951. The two-story building features a flat roof, precast concrete panels, and two horizontal window bands that run about two-thirds of the width of the facade. A school building between the cathedral and the residence was originally part of Kurke's plan, but the long and low building features a more contemporary style that differs from the original plans. The two-story brick convent was completed in 1965, and the two-story rectory in 1969. The rectory's exterior is composed of brick on the first floor and vertical siding on the second floor. The convent now houses the Center for Pastoral Ministry of the Diocese of Bismarck.

The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is a cathedral and parish church of the Catholic Church located in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Bismarck. Since 1980 the cathedral and the nearby Bishop's Residence have been contributing properties in the Bismarck Cathedral Area Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.

La cathédrale du Saint-Esprit ("Cathedral of the Holy Spirit") est la cathédrale, ou église-mère, du diocèse catholique de Bismarck (États-Unis) dans le Dakota du Nord. Depuis 1980, la cathédrale est l'évêché sont inscrits comme contributing properties du district historique de l'aire de la cathédrale de Bismarck au registre national des lieux historiques.


Plot.

Faced with mortgage debts, Professor Nathaniel Billings (Boris Karloff) sells his 18th-century tavern to Winnie Layden (Jeff Donnell), who plans to turn it into a hotel. Billings stipulates as a condition of sale that he is able to continue working in a laboratory in the basement. His housekeeper Amelia Jones (Maude Eburne) and hired hand Ebenezer (George McKay) also continue to work in the inn. Layden is initially unaware of the nature of Billings's experiments in the basement laboratory: he is attempting to use electricity to create a race of superhumans to help the war effort. Layden's ex-husband Bill (Larry Parks) is against the sale, but is too late to stop it, and decides to stay on at the inn for a few days.  One night at dinner, the residents hear the sounds of a ghost. Bill suspects that this is part of a plan to scare the new owner away. While investigating, Bill discovers in the basement the dead body of travelling salesman Johnson (Eddie Laughton), an experiment subject who died shortly after the sale. He reports this discovery to the local sheriff Dr Arthur Lorentz (Peter Lorre). After making inquiries, Lorentz realises the potential for profit and decides to work with Billings on a subsequent experiment. Their initial plan is to use Bill as a test subject, but this proves unsuccessful, so they turn their attention to Maxie, a visiting powder puff salesman (Maxie Rosenbloom).  Before the experiments can begin, one of the inn's guests is murdered. Billings and Lorentz see the primary suspect as another guest, J. Gilbert Brampton (Don Beddoe), but the police officers who set out to investigate are intercepted on the way. Maxie scares away an intruder known as "Jo-Jo" (Frank Puglia), who is intending to steal Billings's equipment. Billings and Lorentz decide to begin their experiment on Maxie so that they can use him to stop "Jo-Jo" from blowing up a nearby munitions plant. Meanwhile, Brampton informs Winnie and Bill that he is visiting as a representative of the Historical Society of America, who are interested in buying the inn.  When the police officers eventually arrive, they arrest the housekeeper and Ebenezer for the murders. The dead bodies come back to life, having apparently been in a state of suspended animation. The police officers decide to send the rest of the house's inhabitants to the Idlewild Sanatorium, a local psychiatric institution.

Production.

"The Boogie Man Will Get You" was the final film that Boris Karloff made under his contract with Columbia, and the studio were hoping to build on the success of the Broadway play "Arsenic and Old Lace", which Karloff was appearing in at the time. Production of the film took place while the play was on hiatus in summer 1942. There are many similarities between the film and "Arsenic and Old Lace", including the presence of eccentric characters and the premise of dead bodies in the basement. As previously with the films he made with Columbia, Karloff was cast in the role of a "mad scientist", as he had been in "The Man They Could Not Hang" (1939), "Before I Hang" (1940), "The Man With Nine Lives" (1940) and "The Devil Commands" (1941). The screenplay was written by Edwin Blum in four weeks, based on a story by Hal Fimberg and Robert B. Hunt, adapted by Paul Gangelin. Although the film is a comedy-horror, Blum described the studio's aims as creating a "goose pimple" film; Blum explained that he "was and still [is] incapable of writing a straight horror film". Before filming began, Jack Fier had been named as the producer, but Colbert Clark took over from him.  Columbia planned a publicity campaign to promote the film, polling film critics to compile a list of the ten best on-screen villains. The studio assumed that Karloff and Lorre would come high on the list, but the top three were all "Disney" characters: the witch from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", the wolf from "Three Little Pigs" and the cat from "Pinocchio". The studio consequently abandoned this publicity idea.

Release and reception.

"The Boogie Man Will Get You" was released in October 1942 to a mixed critical reception. A "Variety" reviewer commented positively on the film, describing it as a "screwball comedy" offering "hearty laughs". According to a reviewer in "Kinematograph Weekly", however, the madness of the characters was "a little too studio to promote spontaneous thrills or laughter". Writing in the "New York Daily News", Kate Cameron stated that "frightening people in theatres takes more ingenuity and adroitness than the authors of this screenplay put into it". The "Monthly Film Bulletin" found the film was "ably produced and directed" and that Karloff and Lorre "manage to sustain the appearance of mental unbalance well" while stating that the film was "a lot of nonsense with a certain amount of humor, bur rather too long-drawn-out."

The Boogie Man Will Get You is a 1942 American comedy horror film directed by Lew Landers and starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. It was the final film Karloff made under his contract with Columbia Pictures, and it was filmed in the wake of his success in the 1941 Broadway production "Arsenic and Old Lace". As he had done several times previously, Karloff played the part of a "mad scientist", Professor Billings, who is using the basement of his inn to conduct experiments into using electricity to create a race of superhumans. The inn is bought by a new owner, who is initially unaware of the work Billings is conducting.

Le Château des loufoques ("The Boogie Man Will Get You") est un film américain réalisé par Lew Landers, sorti en 1942.


East Penn Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Geography.

The township is located in the southern corner of Carbon County and is bordered by Lehigh County to the south and Schuylkill County to the west. Older USGS topographic maps show the township in a region known as the Mahoning Hills, a geologically chaotic series of hilltops surmounting a long upland more cyclic in altitude than nearby valley bottoms. The township is drained by the Lehigh River, which flows along its northeastern boundary, with the largest tributary in the township being Lizard Creek. The southern boundary of the township follows the crest of Blue Mountain, a prominent ridge that runs across the eastern half of the state and reaches an elevation of in this area. The northern boundary runs near the broader and lower crest of Mahoning Mountain, elevation. The valley floor of the township varies in elevation from. Villages in the township include Ashfield, Germans, and West Bowmans.  According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of, of which is land and, or 0.59%, is water.  Pennsylvania Route 895 crosses the township from southwest to northeast after crossing the southern tier of Schuylkill County and ends at an interchange with Route 248 across the Lehigh River in Bowmanstown.

Climate.

East Penn has a humid continental climate ("Dfa"/"Dfb") and the hardiness zone is mainly 6a with 6b along the river and in the Lizard Valley along 895. Average monthly temperatures in Ashfield range from 27.6 °F in January to 72.4 °F in July.

Demographics.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,461 people, 947 households, and 733 families residing in the township. The population density was 109.8 people per square mile (42.4/km2). There were 996 housing units at an average density of 44.4/sq mi (17.2/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 98.82% White, 0.20% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.45% from other races, and 0.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.69% of the population.  There were 947 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.1% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.5% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.93.  In the township the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males.  The median income for a household in the township was $42,147, and the median income for a family was $47,446. Males had a median income of $32,297 versus $20,459 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,545. About 1.0% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

East Penn Township is a rural township in the rough uplands terrain of the eastern Mahoning Hills area of Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States; it has a complementary or sister township, West Penn Township, directly to the west in Schuylkill County. The township sits between two ridgelines of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, but with multiple hilltops, its terrain is unlike many nearby valley floors between similar ridgelines. The population was 2,881 at the 2010 United States Census, up from 2,461 at the 2000 census.

East Penn Township est un township, situé au sud du comté de Carbon, aux États-Unis. En 2010, il comptait une population de.


St. Mary's Catholic Church (Guttenberg, Iowa)

History.

The parish was established in 1851. The parish's first church building was a frame structure built in 1851 on the north side of town. A brick church was constructed two years later and the original frame church was converted into a school. Plans to replace it began in 1865, but disagreements about where to build it doomed the effort. Eventually, it was decided to relocate the parish property and a new stone church was completed in 1874.  The Rev. Joseph Brinkman became the pastor in 1889. He had been instrumental in the construction of the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville, Iowa. Brinkman designed a new school (1894), rectory (1899), and the present church (1904). Parishioners had determined that the school building was too small. The Colonial Revival structure was completed for $8,000, and the old school building was converted into a convent. Soon after the roof of the frame rectory started to deteriorate and it had other problems. A building committee of parishioners decided not to waste money on the old house. The new residence was completed for $3,500. It is a two-story, brick Colonial Revival structure with Italianate influences. The old rectory was moved to a different lot in town.  Complaints about lack of space in church went back as far as 1892. Brinkman suggested adding a side wing onto the 1874 structure, but the parishioners decided a new church was feasible. Groundbreaking took place in 1902 and the church was completed in 1904. The lack of architect fees was a huge savings to the parish in their desire to expand their parish plant. In 1921 a wing was added to the south side of the school building to house, not only increased enrollment, but an expansion to ten grades. Brinkman had planned to build a new convent to replace the aging former school building the Franciscan Sisters continued to occupy, but he died unexpectedly on October 11, 1925. His successor, the Rev. Joseph A. Dupont, set to work immediately to provide an adequate home for the Sisters. This time a trained architect, Carimir Ignatius Krajewski from Dubuque, was chosen to design the new $13,545 Tudor Revival residence that was completed in 1926. The old convent was torn down.  In 1961 a new school building, used in addition to the old school building, was built on the site of the old convent. The high school department was discontinued in 1968, and the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration ended their 98 years of service to the parish that same year. The grade school was consolidated with Immaculate Conception School in North Buena Vista, also in 1968.

Architecture.

The church is a Gothic Revival, cross-shaped structure that features twin spires, which flank a tripartite entrance portal. It was originally designed to be built of sandstone. After the stone foundation was completed it was decided to build the structure with bricks that were manufactured in St. Louis, Missouri. The church's dimensions are: long, wide, and at the transept. The church can seat 800 people. The bell towers are high and rise well above any other structure in town.

School.

The church hosts the St. Mary's Catholic School. The school opened in 1853, and it received a two story facility in 1860. In 1894 the current building was constructed at a cost of $5000. Initially a grade school, it received a high school section which had its building constructed in 1921 and in 1925 received accreditation. In 1968, Immaculate Conception School in North Buena Vista merged into St. Mary's and the high school closed.

St. Mary's Catholic Church is a parish of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. The church is located in Guttenberg, Iowa, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Mary's Catholic Church Historic District. In addition to the church, the historic district includes the parish rectory, convent, and school building.

L'église Sainte-Marie (St. Mary's Church) est l'église paroissiale catholique de la ville de Guttenberg dans l'État de l'Iowa, aux États-Unis. Elle dépend de l'archidiocèse de Dubuque et elle est inscrite en 2004 au registre national des lieux historiques, ainsi que son presbytère, l'école paroissiale et le couvent.


Personal life.

Background.

Nina Evans was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1873 in Auburn, Kansas. Her father, David Evans was from Oneida County, New York and moved to Kansas, where he served as a teacher before becoming superintendent of schools. Her mother, Eva Moore, was a teacher at a prairie school. The Evanses lived in Washington, D.C. by September 1881 when Eva Evans was working at the Department of the Interior as a clerk in the Land Office. She worked there until August 1902, and she was one of the first women to be employed by the federal government. David Evans worked at the United States Department of the Navy as a clerk and was a poet and short story writer. He died on December 13, 1906 and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Marriage.

In 1893, at the age of 19 Nina Evans married Charles H. Allender. Some years later Charles Allender reportedly took a sum of money from the bank where he worked and ran off with another woman. Abandoned by her husband, Nina sued Charles for divorce in January 1905, alleging infidelity. Their divorce was granted that year.

Middle and later years.

About 1906 her portrait was painted with fellow artist Charles Sheeler by Morton Livingston Schamberg. It was formerly in the collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., but when that museum closed it was transferred to the National Gallery of Art. Following her years abroad studying art, Allender worked at the Treasury Department and the Government Land Office in Washington, D.C. She lived in Washington, D.C. in 1916 and maintained an art studio in New York City by 1917.  In 1942, Allender moved to Chicago, Illinois where she remained for over a decade. In 1955 she moved to Plainfield, New Jersey, where a niece, Mrs. Frank Detweiler (Joan) resided. She died at her niece's Plainfield house on April 2, 1957.

Art and suffrage.

Education and style.

Allender enrolled in classes at the Corcoran Museum of Art and then studied under Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from the spring of 1903 through 1907. She spent the summer of 1903 on a summer painting tour directed by Chase. Allender joined Robert Henri's summer painting tour of Italy in 1905. Allender considered William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri as her mentors. During one European study trip she became good friends with modernist painters Charles Sheeler and Morton Schamberg. In London, she was a student of Frank Brangwyn. Allender's works in a Washington Society of Artists exhibit in 1909 were described as "some excellent little snow pictures".

Women's suffrage.

At the age of 38, Nina Allender became actively involved in the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). In 1912, Ohio held a referendum on woman suffrage, and Allender traveled there and enjoyed canvassing door to door and demonstrating with other suffragettes. Allender had volunteered to assist NAWSA's Congressional Committee in planning their March 3, 1912 suffrage pageant in Washington. Allender was appointed chair of the committee on "outdoor meetings" as well as on "posters, post cards and colors." Within the year she became president of the District of Columbia Woman Suffrage Association and was a featured speaker at numerous local gatherings. In spring 1913, she was president of the Stanton Suffrage Club, which held "Suffrage as Relating to Business Women". Allender shared the speaker's platform with future congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, one of about 14 women representing multiple states to meet with President Woodrow Wilson in a suffrage deputation.  In 1913, Eva and Nina were recruited into the Congressional Union of NAWSA, later the National Woman's Party by Alice Paul when she was in Washington D.C. to lead the Congressional Committee of NAWSA. Inez Haynes Irwin stated that both Eva and Nina had readily agreed to make monthly financial donations and volunteer their time for the organization.  In April 1914, Allender relocated temporarily to Wilmington, Delaware to head the Delaware Congressional Union for Equal Suffrage and to coordinate a parade on May 2. A year later she was on the advisory council of the national Congressional Union for Woman's Suffrage and became chairman of the newly organized local branch of the Congressional Union. In a press release on suffrage, Allender was identified as one of six "crack street orators" of the suffrage campaign. On December 9, 1915, she was slated to preside over a meeting of the state chairs and officers.  In 1916, Allender was an official delegate at the Chicago convention of the newly launched National Woman's Party. That fall, she was sent by the National Woman's Party to lobby in Wyoming for the federal amendment. When the National Woman's Party began picketing the White House to pressure President Wilson, Allender joined the picket line and served as a delegate to a large suffrage parade. The National Woman's Party sent valentines, designed by Allender, on February 14, 1917 to President Wilson and legislators as a softer appeal in the campaign to attain women's right to vote.

National Woman's Party cartoonist.

Integral to the women's rights and suffrage campaigns were its newspapers. The Congressional Union under Alice Paul founded its own periodical, "The Suffragist," in 1913. Allender was the key artist for the publication which featured political cartoons. The writers were Alice Paul and Rheta Childe Dorr, the founding editor, who came to Washington at the urging of Paul and Lucy Burns, another suffrage leader. Allender, having been coaxed by Paul, found she had a talent for drawing cartoons and became "The Suffragist's" "official cartoonist". Her first political cartoon, which portrayed the campaign and women's need for the ballot, was published in the June 6, 1914 issue on heavy 10" x 13" paper. The entire front page was subsequently occupied by a cartoon by Nina Allender. A 1918 review of her work conceded that her early period "dealt with old suffrage texts, still trying to prove that woman's place was no longer in the home."  Early 20th-century American cartoons had enjoyed the Gibson Girl from Charles Dana Gibson and the Brinkley Girl from Nell Brinkley. Allender was credited with producing 287 political cartoons regarding suffrage. Her depiction of the "Allender girl," captured the image of a young, capable American woman, embodying "the new spirit that came into the suffrage movement when Alice Paul and Lucy Burns came to the National Capital in 1913."  Public image of a women's rights advocates changed through Allender's representation of the stylish, attractive, and dedicated young woman, like the educated, modern, and freer New Woman. Other subjects in her cartoons were Congressmen, Uncle Sam, and symbols for the woman suffrage amendment were used in the publication to promote the efforts of the National Women's Party and communicate women's rights movement events. Allender designed the "Jailed for Freedom" pin, which was bestowed on women who were jailed beginning July 1917 for their campaigning and picketing activities. It was named Amelia Himes Walker's "Jailed for Freedom" pin in acknowledge the two-month period when the woman's rights activist was imprisoned in the Occoquan Workhouse and the incarceration and abuse that had been suffered by other suffragettes.  The cover of September 1, 1920 issue of "The Suffragist" had Allender's "Victory" to symbolize the attainment of the right to vote. The publication was produced weekly until 1921, was then succeeded in 1923 by "Equal Rights", for which Allender also created political cartoons. She continued to work for equal rights after women won the right to vote, including sitting on the NWP's council. She retired due to poor health in 1946.

Art organizations.

Nina Allender was a member of the following art organizations.

Exhibits.

Works by Nina Allender have been exhibited at the following:

Legacy.

Following the culmination of the suffrage crusade, Nina Allender remained active in the National Woman's Party in its work for gender equality, and remained on its council for another two decades. Her original drawings were initially housed in the Library of Congress, until reclaimed by the Sewall–Belmont House and Museum (now the Belmont–Paul Women's Equality National Monument), which was the headquarters for the National Woman's Party. Some were reprinted in collections.  To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1995, the National Museum of Women in the Arts hosted an exhibition, "Artful Advocacy: Cartoons of the Woman Suffrage Movement." Featured artists were Allender, Lou Rogers, and Blanche Ames.

Nina Evans Allender (December 25, 1873 – April 2, 1957) was an American artist, cartoonist, and women's rights activist. She studied art in the United States and Europe with William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri. Allender worked as an organizer, speaker, and campaigner for women's suffrage and was the "official cartoonist" for the National Woman's Party's publications, creating what became known as the "Allender Girl."

Nina Evans Allender ( - ) est une artiste, caricaturiste et militante des droits des femmes américaine. Elle étudie l'art aux États-Unis et en Europe avec William Merritt Chase et Robert Henri. Allender travaille en tant qu'organisatrice, conférencière et militante pour le suffrage féminin. Elle est la « caricaturiste officielle » des publications du National Woman's Party, créant ce que l'on appelle maintenant la « Allender Girl ».


Mahoning Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Mahoning Township (comté de Carbon, Pennsylvanie)

Geography.

The township is in southwestern Carbon County in the valley of Mahoning Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River. The township is bordered by the borough of Lehighton to the northeast and by Schuylkill County to the southwest. It is situated near the northeastern end of the Mahoning Hills, the mountainous foothills region to the west of the Lehigh River.  According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of, of which is land and, or 0.48%, is water. It is drained by Mahoning Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River, which forms parts of the township's eastern boundary. The natural northern boundary with Jim Thorpe and Summit Hill is on the south slope of Mauch Chunk Ridge. Its villages include Dry Tavern, Jamestown, Mahoning Valley (also in West Penn Township, Schuylkill County), New Mahoning, Normal Square, and Packerton.  Mahoning's numbered routes include Pennsylvania Route 443, which crosses from U.S. Route 209 on Lehighton's south side west to Route 309 in South Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, and PA 902, which comes southeast over Mauch Chunk Ridge from US 209 in Lansford and Summit Hill to New Mahoning, then turns east to PA 443 in Lehighton with access to US 209 in downtown via Mahoning Street. 209 proceeds north through the township between Lehighton and Jim Thorpe, although this segment is signed southbound.  The township has varied elevations from in the valleys along Route 443 and 902 and rising to on the top of Mahoning Mountain in the south and on Oriole Hill. The terrain causes the local weather to vary in the winter time from that of the surrounding region. Mahoning Mountain Road is a mile-long hill-climb to a road junction called "Dry Tavern" along a summit of the Mahoning Hills that has many sharp curves and is known throughout the greater Lehighton area as a notorious road in winter time. At the bottom of the mountain it has an elevation of, and at the top it has an elevation of, so it is quite possible for it to be raining at the bottom while having a few inches of snow at the top.

Climate.

Mahoning Township has a humid continental climate ("Dfa"/"Dfb") and the hardiness zone is mainly 6a with 6b found along the river south of Lehighton and in the eastern half of the township near the Mahoning Creek. Average monthly temperatures at Jake Arner Memorial Airport range from 27.8 °F in January to 72.5 °F in July.

Demographics.

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,978 people, 1,543 households, and 1,131 families residing in the township. The population density was 168.5 people per square mile (65.1/km2). There were 1,693 housing units at an average density of 71.7/sq mi (27.7/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 98.27% White, 0.23% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.40% of the population.  There were 1,543 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.87.  In the township the population was spread out, with 19.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.  The median income for a household in the township was $35,212, and the median income for a family was $43,897. Males had a median income of $29,016 versus $20,943 for females. The per capita income for the township was $17,330. About 8.6% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.3% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.

Government.

Supervisors:

Commercial activity.

Mahoning Township contains the retail hub of Carbon County. Along a one-mile stretch of Route 443 southwest of Lehighton are located the Carbon Plaza Mall, Walmart, Lowe's, and Aldi. The township also hosts Mahoning Speedway and the private-aviation Jake Arner Memorial Airport.

Mahoning Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,305 at the 2010 census, up from 3,978 at the 2000 census.

Mahoning Township est un township, situé au sud-ouest du comté de Carbon, aux États-Unis. En 2010, il comptait une population de.


Biography.

Matthew A. Harkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Patrick Harkins, an Irish immigrant, and his wife, Margaret. He received his early education at a primary school on Tremont Street and a grammar school in Quincy.  He attended Boston Latin School from 1859–62, when he entered Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts. After a year at Holy Cross, he went abroad to France and furthered his studies at the English College, Douai and at Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris.  While in Paris, Harkins was ordained to the priesthood on May 22, 1869. After studying theology and canon law at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he returned to Massachusetts in 1870 and was named curate at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Salem (now part of the parish of Mary, Queen of apostles).  He served as pastor of St. Malachi Church, Arlington, Massachusetts from 1876–84, and then as pastor of St. James Church in Boston (then the largest parish in New England) from 1884-87. In 1884 he accompanied Archbishop John Joseph Williams to the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore as a theologian.  On February 11, 1887, Harkins was appointed the second Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on the following April 14 from Archbishop Williams, with Bishops Patrick O'Reilly and Lawrence McMahon serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul. During his tenure, the diocese grew to be among the largest in the country and to have one of the highest percentage of Catholics.  In 1904 the Holy See formed the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, out of Providence, which was then left 190,000 Catholics and which later increased to 275,180 by 1920. He increased the number of parishes from 39 to 95; most of these new parishes were erected in the cities and growing suburbs, and designated for various ethnic groups. He established numerous charitable organizations and parochial schools as well. He was responsible for creating the first Roman Catholic college in the diocese, Providence College, in 1917. Its main building, Bishop Harkins Hall, is named for him.

Last years.

Due to his advancing age and declining health, Harkins received two auxiliary bishops between May 1914 and October 1917, and a coadjutor bishop in April 1919. He later died at age 75.

Matthew A. Harkins (November 17, 1845 – May 25, 1921) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second Bishop of Providence from 1887 until his death in 1921.

Matthew Harkins, né le à Boston et mort le à Providence, est un évêque catholique américain qui fut évêque de Providence de 1887 à sa mort.


Football career.

After attending Brazosport High School in Freeport, Texas, Hill went to Rice Institute in Houston, splitting time as quarterback of the Owls with Frank Ryan, who also later played in the NFL. Hill was an AP All-American in 1957, led the Owls to the Southwest Conference title, and played in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day.  Hill was the first player selected in the 1958 NFL draft and spent over thirty-five years in professional football as a player, coach, and scout, and also as a key figure in the NFL Players Association. Hill served nine years as the players representative and Vice President of the Players Association in 1968 going through the strike and signing the first collective bargaining contract in pro football.  Hill's accomplishments in the football community include:

Golf and charities.

Always a skilled golfer, Hill never gave up his amateur status and through the years has participated in hundreds of tournaments, as well as being an active participant in the promotion of charitable golf tournaments in Texas and Louisiana. He also assisted in the founding and working of the Ronald McDonald Houses in Texas and Louisiana. Hill also helped with Big Brothers and other children causes in Texas, including the Special Olympics. His golf team won first place in the NFL Alumni Tournament in 1995 and 2001. He placed second in the tournament in 1996.

Death.

Hill died at age 75 in 2012 after a long illness. He is buried at Forest Park Cemetery at The Woodlands.

Stuart King Hill (November 8, 1936 – July 14, 2012) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Chicago / St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Eagles, and Minnesota Vikings.

Stuart King Hill, né le et mort le est un américain, joueur professionnel de football américain, au poste de quarterback, dans la National Football League. Il a joué pour les Cardinals de Chicago / St. Louis, les Eagles de Philadelphie et les Vikings du Minnesota.


Writing.

"Octopus" directly quotes a section from the poem "Rilloby-Rill" by Sir Henry Newbolt. The song features a variety of other influences as well.

Recording.

After Barrett left Pink Floyd in April 1968, Peter Jenner from the band's management followed suit. Jenner led Barrett into EMI Studios to record some tracks in May, that would later be released on Barrett's first solo album. During the May sessions, Jenner failed to record, properly, any vocals at all, for several tracks one of them, "Clown and Jugglers". Sessions stopped once Barrett was in psychiatric care, apparently after a drive around Britain in his Mini.  After New Year 1969, a somewhat recovered Barrett decided upon returning to a musical career; Barrett contacted EMI, and was passed on to Malcolm Jones, the then-head of EMI's new prog rock label, Harvest. Barrett wanted to recover the Jenner-produced sessions recordings; several tracks, including "Clowns and Jugglers", were improved upon.  An early version of the song was released on the Barrett rarities album "Opel" (1988) under the title "Clowns and Jugglers", which was recorded with the band Soft Machine. The 1993 re-releases of "The Madcap Laughs" and "Opel" contain alternate versions of "Octopus" and "Clowns and Jugglers" respectively, as bonus tracks.

Release.

The album's title came about as a result of co-producer David Gilmour mishearing a line from this song (""Well, the mad cat laughed at the man on the border..."" - although the word "madcap" does figure in another of the song's lyrics, ""To a madcap galloping chase""). "Octopus" is known for being Barrett's only single as a solo artist. It was released on 14 November 1969, two months before the release of "The Madcap Laughs". In France, the single gained a picture sleeve, which had the drawing of an octopus on it. A very scarce exemplar of this single has been auctioned for 10,500 euros on 19 June 2016 (Lot 284) during an 8000 vinyl records sale organized by the "Discothèque de Radio France"  It was included on the multi-artist Harvest compilation "A Breath of Fresh Air – A Harvest Records Anthology 1969–1974" in 2007. For later release in 2010, on "An Introduction to Syd Barrett", David Gilmour added bass to one track, "Here I Go". In 2011, as part of Record Store Day Black Friday, a limited edition tin-set featuring a replica of the "Octopus" single yellow vinyl, with a 120-page book of photos of Barrett by photographer, Mick Rock, was released in the US.

"Octopus" (originally recorded as "Clowns and Jugglers" and also known as "The Madcap Laughs",) is a song by Syd Barrett. It appeared on his first solo album, "The Madcap Laughs".

Octopus est une chanson de Syd Barrett sortie en en disque 45 tours, puis sur l'album "The Madcap Laughs" en.


Location.

The neighborhood is in the South Bronx in the southwestern part of the borough, centered on the intersection of Grand Concourse and 161st Street. It is bordered to the west by Highbridge and the Harlem River; to the north by Mount Eden; to the east by Claremont Village, Melrose, and Morrisania; and to the south by Mott Haven.  The neighborhoods follows a street grid with avenues crossing east/west streets. Retail is located on streets, and with the exception of Morris Avenue, the avenues are largely residential above 153rd Street. The neighborhood character is more industrialized along the river with the exception of park space and the Bronx Terminal Market. Other large retail nodes are located on 161st Street and adjacent blocks, at Concourse Plaza. Smaller retail nodes are located on 165th Street and on 167th Street.  The elevation varies from sea level at the Harlem River short to its highest point of elevation of in Franz Sigel Park. In fact, George Washington and his troops utilized some of these elevations during the American Revolutionary War as vantage points to monitor activity along the Harlem River. Elevation can vary quickly with the Grand Concourse 20 feet higher than adjacent avenues in some instances.

History.

Early history.

From European settlement through the late 1800s, the Concourse area occupied wooded lands and rocky formations within and on the periphery of the estate of the prominent Morris family who farmed in what is now Southwest Bronx. Until 1845, the area was part of the Town of Westchester within Westchester County. After the subdivision of the Town of Westchester in 1845, the Concourse area became part of the Town of West Farms. In 1855, West Farms was further subdivided and the Town of Morrisania was created.  With the promise of city services, the Morrisania along with the Towns of West Farms and Kingsbridge seceded from Westchester County to join Manhattan as part of New York County. The three towns were referred to as the "Annexed District". In 1896, the vast majority of what is now the Bronx joined New York County. In 1898 the City of Greater New York and Borough of the Bronx were formed, and all former Westchester County annexations within New York County were reconstituted into the independent County of the Bronx in 1914.

20th century.

Expansion of the subway system enabled rapid development of the Concourse. The first subway crossed under 149th Street into the area in 1906 and is now the IRT White Plains Road Line (). The IRT Jerome Avenue Line opened a decade later in 1917 and spurred enormous development in the area. Concurrent with subway development and inspired by the City Beautiful movement, the New York City built the Grand Boulevard and Concourse (shortened to the Grand Concourse). Modeled after Paris’ Champs-Élysées, the original boulevard stretched from the Bronx Courthouse to near Van Cortlandt Park, but was later extended south to 138th Street by supplanting the existing Mott Avenue. The Grand Concourse was further improved by the extension of the IND Concourse Line () under most of its length in 1933.  Yankee Stadium was built 1923 when Jacob Ruppert moved the team from the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, where the Yankees shared space with the New York Giants, to the Bronx. With the exception of a brief period in the 1970s, the Yankees have been in Concourse for almost 100 years.  Infrastructure and services brought residents. Some of the 500,000 people who moved to the borough in the 1920s lived in the Concourse. The new construction to accommodate those residents was inspired by the City Beautiful movement and the 1901 Tenement House Act, which mandated light, air, and fire protection. This yielded 5- and 6- story multifamily residential buildings throughout the neighborhood built in a variety of styles from Tudor, Renaissance, and Colonial Revival to Art Deco and Art Moderne.  In the late 1930s the Works Progress Administration dubbed the area “the Park Avenue for the Middle Class”, and the area maintained that reputation through the 1950s. The Concourse inspired visits by presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and John F. Kennedy. However, after 1960, the area began to decline quickly due to white flight, incentives to move to the suburbs, redlining, the development of Co-Op City, disinvestment by New York City, and arson. While no buildings burned down in the Concourse during the period, the population of the area declined until the 1990s when the population started to rebound.

21st century.

Recent developments in the Concourse include construction and neighborhood improvements, and the neighborhood is gentrifying. The Yankees built a new stadium in 2009. The former stadium was demolished; a large public park—Heritage Field—was established in its place. The Bronx Museum of the Arts undertook a major expansion in 2006, and is currently exploring another addition. The Bronx Hall of Justice opened in 2007. The Bronx Terminal Market opened in 2009 as did the adjacent Mill Pond Park, which includes a Stadium Tennis Center.  In the 2000s, the New York City Department of Transportation started making capital, aesthetic, and safety improvements to the Grand Concourse with much of the work completed within the Concourse neighborhood. A redesign of 161st Street during the 2000 reconstruction of the Grand Concourse brought additional pedestrian space to the neighborhood. In 2011, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated a large portion of the neighborhood as the Grand Concourse Historic District.  In 2016, the New York City Economic Development Corporation issued requests for proposals for a new redevelopment project in the Concourse, along the Harlem River shore. A $300 million proposal, announced in September 2017, includes 1,045 affordable housing units as well as a new Universal Hip Hop Museum that is to open in 2020. The first of two phases will have 600 affordable unites, a waterfront promenade, a public plaza, a performance space, a movie theater, and the hip hop museum.

Demographics.

Concourse is divided into two neighborhood tabulation areas, East Concourse/Concourse Village and West Concourse, which collectively comprise the population of Concourse. Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the combined population of Concourse was 101,566, a change of 3,048 (3%) from the 98,518 counted in 2000. Covering an area of, the neighborhood had a population density of.  The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 1.6% (1,635) White, 32.7% (33,176) African American, 0.2% (219) Native American, 1.8% (1,836) Asian, 0% (24) Pacific Islander, 0.4% (447) from other races, and 1% (1,064) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 62.2% (63,165) of the population.  The area has become more middle class starting in the 2000s. In the 2010 census, there were 3,055 non-Hispanic White residents in the area around Concourse, having increased from 2,600 in the 2000 census. The 2010 census also marked the first time in 40 years where the Concourse neighborhood had seen a net increase in population.  The entirety of Community District 4, which comprises Concourse and Highbridge, had 155,835 inhabitants as of NYC Health's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 78.6 years. This is lower than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 27% are between the ages of between 0–17, 29% between 25–44, and 23% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 11% and 10% respectively.  As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 4 was $30,900. In 2018, an estimated 32% of Concourse and Highbridge residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in eight residents (13%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in the Bronx and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 61% in Concourse and Highbridge, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation,, Concourse and Highbridge are considered low-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.

Police and crime.

Concourse and Highbridge are patrolled by the 44th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 2 East 169th Street. The 44th Precinct ranked 39th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010. With a non-fatal assault rate of 123 per 100,000 people, Concourse and Highbridge's rate of violent crimes per capita is greater than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 813 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole.  The 44th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 74.1% between 1990 and 2019. The precinct reported 8 murders, 42 rapes, 430 robberies, 793 felony assaults, 173 burglaries, 729 grand larcenies, and 111 grand larcenies auto in 2019.

Fire safety.

Concourse is located near two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations. Engine Co. 71/Ladder Co. 55/Division 6 is located at 720 Melrose Avenue, while Engine Co. 68/Ladder Co. 49 is located at 1160 Ogden Avenue.  In addition, FDNY EMS Station 17 is located at 1080 Ogden Avenue.

Health.

Preterm and teenage births are more common in Concourse and Highbridge than in other places citywide. In Concourse and Highbridge, there were 93 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 34 teenage births per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Concourse and Highbridge has a relatively average population of residents who are uninsured. In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 13%, slightly higher than the citywide rate of 12%.  The concentration of fine particulate matter, the deadliest type of air pollutant, in Concourse and Highbridge is, more than the city average. Fifteen percent of Concourse and Highbridge residents are smokers, which is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Concourse and Highbridge, 34% of residents are obese, 17% are diabetic, and 42% have high blood pressure—compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 23% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%.  Eighty-three percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which is less than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 72% of residents described their health as "good," "very good," or "excellent," lower than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Concourse and Highbridge, there are 18 bodegas.  The nearest hospitals are NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in Melrose and Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in Claremont.

Incidents.

In 2017, several residents were sickened or killed due to a rare outbreak of leptospirosis. The cases were reported at 750 Grand Concourse, a building that had reported hundreds of health violations. In March 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, a doorman at nearby 860 Grand Concourse was among the first people in New York City to die of COVID-19.

Post offices and ZIP Codes.

Concourse is covered by multiple ZIP Codes. While the area south of 161st Street is covered by 10451, the area to the north falls within 10452 (west of the Grand Concourse) and 10456 (east of the Grand Concourse). The United States Postal Service operates two post offices near Concourse: the Stadium Station at 901 Gerard Avenue, and the Highbridge Station at 1315 Inwood Avenue.

Parks.

Concourse contains five separate parks and a plaza. At the center of the neighborhood and to the north of Bronx Courthouse, Joyce Kilmer Park and Lou Gehrig Plaza border the intersection of the Grand Concourse and 161st Street. Originally called Concourse Plaza, Joyce Kilmer Park was named for the author of the poem "Tree" in 1926. Joyce Kilmer Park contains the Lorelei Fountain which celebrates the German poet Heinrich Heine. The park is flat with many walking paths. To the south is Lou Gehrig Plaza, which bridges 161st Street between the Bronx Courthouse and Joyce Kilmer Park.  To the south of Bronx Courthouse, Franz Sigel Park offers a more rustic park space. Named for Franz Sigel, a patriot and educator in his native Germany and the United States who lived in the area until his death in 1902, the park is characterized by variations in elevation and bedrock. Formerly part of a Native American trail, a visitor can view Manhattan and surrounding rooftops from the terrace within the park. The park was extended in the 1960s to include a ball fields on the south side. A comfort area was added in 1993.  Mullaly Park, named for reporter and park advocate John Mullaly, is an active-use recreational space with a pool and a skate park.  Expanded in 2009, Macombs Dam Park includes the 400-meter Joseph Yancy Track and Field, all weather turf, a soccer field, a baseball field, and grandstand seating for 600 people. The park, on the site of the original Yankee Stadium south of 161st Street and west of River Avenue, connects to the Yankees–East 153rd Street station on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line.  Construction started on Mill Pond Park in 2006 and ended in 2009. Located between the Harlem River and River Avenue adjacent to Bronx Terminal Market, the Park features Stadium Tennis Center, walking paths, picnic areas, and views of the waterfront. The second floor of the Power house in Mill Pond Park is the future home of the Bronx Children's Museum.

Education.

Concourse and Highbridge generally have a lower rate of college-educated residents than the rest of the city. While 36% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 43% have less than a high school education and 21% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Concourse and Highbridge students excelling in math rose from 17% in 2000 to 40% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 21% to 25% during the same time period.  Concourse and Highbridge's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is more than the rest of New York City. In Concourse and Highbridge, 28% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, higher than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 67% of high school students in Concourse and Highbridge graduate on time, lower than the citywide average of 75%.

Schools.

Public schools are operated by the New York City Department of Education.  The following elementary schools are located in Concourse:  The following middle schools serve grades 6-8:  The following middle and high schools serve grades 6-12:  The following high schools serve grades 9-12 unless otherwise indicated:

Libraries.

The New York Public Library (NYPL) operates three branches in the Concourse area:

Transportation.

The Harlem River separates the Bronx and Manhattan, with the Macombs Dam Bridge connecting the two boroughs within Concourse. Interstate 87, the Major Deegan Expressway, has exits that can access the neighborhood. The Grand Concourse terminates onto roads leading across the Triborough Bridge with connections to Queens and Manhattan.  New York City Subway routes include the IRT Jerome Avenue Line () at 161st Street and 167th Street, and the IND Concourse Line () at 161st Street and 167th Street. MTA Regional Bus Operations also operates routes in the area, comprising the Bx1, Bx2, Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13, and Bx35 local routes as well as the BxM4 express route.  The Metro-North Railroad has a commuter rail station at Melrose.

Points of interest.

The neighborhood hosts a variety of institutions including:

Concourse is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of the Bronx which includes the Bronx County Courthouse, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Yankee Stadium. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are East 169th Street to the north, Grand Concourse to the east, the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line to the south, and Jerome Avenue to the west. The neighborhood is divided into three subsections: West Concourse, East Concourse, and Concourse Village.

Concourse est un quartier de la section sud-ouest de l'arrondissement de New York dans le Bronx qui comprend le palais de justice du comté de Bronx, le Bronx Museum of the Arts et le Yankee Stadium. Le quartier est divisé en trois sous-sections, West Concourse, East Concourse et Concourse Village.


Union Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania

Union Township (comté de Centre, Pennsylvanie)

Geography.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of, all of it land.  Union Township is bordered by Snow Shoe Township to the northwest, Boggs Township to the northeast, Benner Township to the southeast, Huston Township to the southwest, and Rush Township to the west.

Demographics.

At the 2000 census there were 1,200 people in 448 households, including 361 families, in the township. The population density was 25.8 people per square mile (10.0/km2). There were 506 housing units at an average density of 10.9/sq mi (4.2/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 99.00% White, 0.33% African American, 0.17% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, and 0.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75%.  There were 448 households, 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.4% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. 16.1% of households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 2.99.  The age distribution was 24.4% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.3 males.  The median household income was $41,806 and the median family income was $45,568. Males had a median income of $31,172 versus $22,734 for females. The per capita income for the township was $18,468. About 6.3% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

Union Township is a township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,383 at the 2010 census, up from 1,200 at the 2000 census.

Union Township est un township, situé au centre du comté de Centre, aux États-Unis. En 2010, il comptait une population de.


Musical career.

Ladyva started playing the piano when she was 14. She was inspired by the music of the great masters of boogie woogie. Only two years later she began performing, together with her brother Pascal Silva. Various TV appearances in Switzerland followed: Heitere Festival Zofingen, ZDF Fernsehgarten, Glanz und Gloria and many others. She has also been successful in her second homeland, the Dominican Republic, where she appeared on over 30 popular TV shows. In 2009 Ladyva released her first album. The following year, 2010, she performed at the prestigious Blues Festival Basel (Switzerland) and in 2011 she signed with Universal Music.  In 2014, Ladyva appeared at several boogie woogie festivals in Germany. Ladyva was also invited to perform at Jerry Lee Lewis’ 80th Birthday/Farewell U.K. Tour at the London Palladium and the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow in September 2015. On 16 October 2015 she performed live on "The Late Late Show" on RTÉ One in Ireland. In November she toured through Europe, which includes TV Shows in Bulgaria, for example: Slavi's Show & the election of Miss Bulgaria. In London (Boisdale) she performed at the 'Cigar Awards' with guests like Burt Reynolds and Jonathan Ross  In May 2016, she was invited to perform at the Boogie Woogie Dinner hosted by Jools Holland with other famous boogie woogie pianists such as Axel Zwingenberger, Ben Waters and Stride pianist Neville Dickie. In July she played at the prestigious Jazz festival in Ascona. She was later nominated as "Best Boogie Woogie Pianist of the Year" at Boisdale, also hosted by Jools Holland. On 12 December she performed again at the Cigar Awards 2016 with guests including Charlie Sheen and Kelsey Grammer. In 2016 performances at festivals in Switzerland and abroad (France, Spain, Germany) followed together with Silvan Zingg. At the International Boogie Woogie Festival in Lugano, they presented their first joint four-handed CD "Beloved Boogie Woogie" on 22 April 2017.  In August 2017 she was invited to perform at the biggest Boogie Woogie Festival worldwide at La Roquebrou in France.  On 13 September 2017 in London, Ladyva received the award as 'Best Boogie Woogie Pianist 2017' at the Boisdale Music Awards hosted by Jools Holland. and she recently released her third Album '8 to the Bar'.

Ladyva (born Vanessa Sabrina Gnaegi; also known as Vanessa G), (8 December 1988 in Ipsach) is a Swiss boogie woogie, blues and jazz pianist.

, (née Vanessa Sabrina Gnaegi le à Ipsach, canton de Berne), est une pianiste et compositrice suisse. Elle joue et arrange des morceaux de boogie-woogie, blues et jazz.


Life.

Born in Bonn, Elisabeth Gerhardt, called Lisbeth, was the daughter of a family of merchants. Her father, Carl Gerhardt, owned a factory for pharmaceutical appliances. Her mother came from Erfurt. Elisabeth met August Macke in 1903, when he was 16. They kept their relationship secret, but he often visited her parents' house under the pretence of painting her brother. When her father was seriously ill in 1905, she was sent for education to Bern. She learned French, English, Italian, music, home economics, and gardening.  On 5 October 1909, she married Macke. The couple had two sons, Walter and Wolfgang. The Mackes were friends with Franz Marc and his wife whom they met at the Blauer Reiter group at the house of Gabriele Münter in Murnau.  On 1 August 1914, Macke was drafted into World War I and sent to the French Front. He died in battle on 26 September that year. Elisabeth received the information a month later. In 1915 she began to write about their love and marriage, episodes of family life, and travels and meetings with artists, mainly, as she put it, to "preserve an image of their father", or "ein Bild ihres Vaters zu bewahren", for her sons.  In 1916, she married Lothar Erdmann, a friend of her husband from school days, with whom she had two more children, Dietrich and Constanze. The family moved to Berlin-Tempelhof in 1925. Her oldest son died in 1927 of scarlet fever. Her husband was arrested in 1939 under the Nazi regime and died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.  Elisabeth saved Macke's paintings by moving them from the house in Berlin. Macke's original letters were almost completely lost when the house was bombed in 1943, but she had made copies of his letters, which were saved.  She returned to Bonn in 1948, where she lived in a small apartment in August Macke's atelier until 1976. Their home is now a museum, the August-Macke-Haus. She took part in the cultural life of the town and published her memoirs as a book in 1962. Erdmann-Macke wrote memoirs in the 1970s of meetings with artists, including Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Hindemith, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul and, the Marcs,, Herwarth Walden, and Mary Wigman. A collection based on 110 manuscripts, entitled "Begegnungen" (Encounters), was published in 2009.  Elisabeth spent her last two years with her children in Berlin, where she died in 1978 at the age of 89.

Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke (nee Gerhardt; 11 May 1888 – 17 March 1978) was a German writer who focused on memoirs of her time as the wife of the expressionist painter August Macke, who had portrayed her more than 200 times. He died in World War I. Later, she lived in Berlin with her second husband, Lothar Erdmann, who died in a concentration camp during World War II. She saved Macke's paintings and copies of his letters by moving them from her house in Berlin before it was bombed in 1943.

Elisabeth Erdmann-Macke, née le à Bonn et morte le à Berlin, est une écrivaine allemande de textes biographiques et de mémoires, dans lesquelles elle raconte sa vie avec le peintre expressionniste August Macke, qui la peint plus de deux cents fois.