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23571846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C2HCl2F3 | C2HCl2F3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C2HCl2F3}}
The molecular formula C2HCl2F3 (molar mass: 152.93 g/mol, exact mass: 151.9407 u) may refer to:
2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane
1,2-Dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane |
17329284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20NHK%20Trophy | 1994 NHK Trophy | The 1994 NHK Trophy was held at the Morioka Ice Arena in Morioka on December 8–11. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
External links
1994 NHK Trophy
Nhk Trophy, 1994
NHK Trophy |
17329288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick%20Moore | Roderick Moore | Roderick Moore may refer to:
Roderick W. Moore, American Ambassador to Montenegro
Roderick "Rod the Bod" Moore, former boxer |
23571850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom%20%28disambiguation%29 | Shalom (disambiguation) | Shalom is the Hebrew word for hello, goodbye, and peace, and is a Hebrew given name.
Shalom, Sholom, or Sholem may also refer to:
Media
Shalom (film), a 1973 film by director Yaky Yosha
Shalom (TV channel), an Indian religious channel
Shalom TV, an American Jewish television channel
Şalom, a Jewish weekly newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey
Shalom, the season premiere of NCIS (season 4)
Shabbat Shalom (NCIS), a season 10 episode of NCIS
Shalom (album), an album by The Rabbis' Sons
Shalom (band), a 1990s Czech synth-pop band
Shalom in the Home, an American reality tv show on TLC in 2006-07
People
As a surname
Silvan Shalom (born 1958), Israeli politician
Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes (born 1958), Israeli heiress and talk-show host, wife of Silvan Shalom
Stephen Shalom, American professor
As a given name
Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916), Yiddish author
Sholem Asch (1880–1957), Yiddish author
Shalom Auslander (born 1970), American author
Shalom Carmy (born 1948), American rabbi and scholar
Yosef Shalom Eliashiv (1910–2012), Israeli rabbi and posek
Shalom Hanoch (born 1946), Israeli rock musician
Shalom Harlow (born 1973), Canadian model and actress
Shalom Luani (born 1994), American football player
Sholom Schwadron (1912–1997), Israeli rabbi known as the "Maggid of Jerusalem"
Sholom Mordechai Schwadron (1835–1911), Ukrainian rabbi and posek known as the Maharsham
Sholom Schwartzbard (1886–1938), Bessarabian poet, assassin of Symon Petliura
Shalom Shachna (died 1558), rabbi and Talmudist
Shalom Charly "Papi" Turgeman (born 1970), Israeli basketball player
Organizations
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
Brit Shalom (political organization)
Gush Shalom
Hevel Shalom
Neve Shalom
Shalom Sesame
Neve Shalom Synagogue in İstanbul, Turkey
Shalom Park in Charlotte, North Carolina and Denver, Colorado
Shalom Meir Tower in Tel Aviv
Shalom International School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California
Shalom, a shipping company based in Peru
Space
SHALOM (satellite), a join satellite mission between the Israeli Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency
Other uses
SS Shalom, an ocean liner operated by Zim Lines, Israel 1964–1967
See also
Beth Shalom (disambiguation)
Jewish greetings
Salaam (disambiguation)
Scholem
Shalom aleichem (disambiguation) |
23571851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovesnice%20I | Radovesnice I | Radovesnice I is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
The Roman numeral in the name serves to distinguish it from the nearby municipality of the same name, Radovesnice II.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To%20Roosevelt | To Roosevelt | "A Roosevelt" (To Roosevelt) is a poem by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. The poem was written by Darío in January 1904 in Málaga, Spain. It is a reaction to the involvement of the United States during the Separation of Panama from Colombia.
References
External links
Nicaraguan literature
Cultural depictions of Theodore Roosevelt
1904 poems |
17329299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20Kansas%20State%20Wildcats%20football%20team | 1992 Kansas State Wildcats football team | The 1992 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. The 1992 season saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 5–6, and a 2–5 record in Big Eight Conference play. The season ended with a loss against Nebraska in the 1992 Coca-Cola Classic. This was not considered a post-season game.
The team played a Thursday night game on ESPN on November 5, 1992, against Iowa State. The Wildcats had their first undefeated home season (5–0) since 1934.
Schedule
Roster
References
Kansas State
Kansas State Wildcats football seasons
Kansas State Wildcats footbal |
23571854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Singleton | Martin Singleton | Martin David Singleton (born 2 August 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Born in Banbury, Singleton played for Banbury United, Coventry City, Bradford City, West Bromwich Albion, Northampton Town, Walsall, Worcester City and Aylesbury United.
He also played for England Youth.
References
1963 births
Living people
English footballers
Banbury United F.C. players
Coventry City F.C. players
Bradford City A.F.C. players
West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
Walsall F.C. players
Worcester City F.C. players
Aylesbury United F.C. players
English Football League players
Association football midfielders
Sportspeople from Banbury
England youth international footballers |
17329339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallcarca%20metro%20station | Vallcarca metro station | Vallcarca is a Barcelona Metro station in the Vallcarca i els Penitents neighbourhood, in the Gràcia district of Barcelona.The station is served by line L3.
The station opened in 1985 when the section of line L3 between Lesseps and Montbau stations was inaugurated.
The station is located underneath Avinguda de Vallcarca (formerly known as the Avinguda de l'Hospital Militar), between Carrer de l'Argentera and the Vallcarca bridge. It has three entrances and can be accessed from either side of Avinguda de Vallcarca, as well as from Avinguda de la República Argentina. It has twin side platforms that are long and which are accessed from the entrance lobby by stairs and escalators.
See also
List of Barcelona Metro stations
References
External links
Trenscat.com
Transportebcn.es
Barcelona Metro line 3 stations
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1985
Transport in Gràcia |
23571855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovesnice%20II | Radovesnice II | Radovesnice II is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The Roman numeral in the name serves to distinguish it from the nearby municipality of the same name, Radovesnice I.
Administrative parts
The village of Rozehnaly is an administrative part of Radovesnice II.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratbo%C5%99 | Ratboř | Ratboř is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Sedlov and Těšínky are administrative parts of Ratboř.
Notable people
Alfons von Czibulka (1888–1969), Czech-Austrian writer and painter
References
Villages in Kolín District |
17329360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paola%20Fantato | Paola Fantato | Paola Fantato (13 September 1959) is an Italian former archer, who won 8 medals (5 gold) at the Summer Paralympics.
She participated also in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Biography
At age 8 she contracted poliomyelitis, and has been a wheelchair user ever since. She competed in archery at five consecutive Summer Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2004 and won a total of five gold medals, one silver, and two bronzes. She participated in both the 1996 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, taking a bronze medal in women's individual and a gold in women's team at the Paralympic Games. She won gold medals in both the individual and team events for archery at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and took gold and silver at the 2004 Paralympics.
See also
List of athletes who have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics
Italian multiple medallists at the Summer Paralympics
Walk of Fame of Italian Sport
References
External links
1959 births
Living people
Italian female archers
Olympic archers of Italy
Paralympic archers of Italy
Paralympic gold medalists for Italy
Paralympic silver medalists for Italy
Paralympic bronze medalists for Italy
Paralympic medalists in archery
Archers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Archers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Archers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Archers at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Archers at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Archers at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics |
23571859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratenice | Ratenice | Ratenice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. It is located in the Polabí lowlands.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostoklaty | Rostoklaty | Rostoklaty is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Nová Ves II is an administrative part of Rostoklaty.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skvr%C5%88ov | Skvrňov | Skvrňov is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamsil%20Bridge | Jamsil Bridge | The Jamsil Bridge crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the districts of Songpa-gu and Gwangjin-gu. Completed in 1972, it is the 6th bridge to be constructed over the Han River.
References
Bridges in Seoul
Buildings and structures in Songpa District
Buildings and structures in Gwangjin District
Bridges completed in 1972 |
23571865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%C3%BD%20Kol%C3%ADn | Starý Kolín | Starý Kolín is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Bašta is an administrative part of Starý Kolín.
Etymology
The name Kolín probably comes from the Old Czech verb koliti, i.e. "to hammer poles", and is related to the location of Starý Kolín in the often flooded area at the confluence of Klejnárka and Elbe. The soil in the vicinity of the confluence was strengthened with the help of wooden poles.
Geography
Starý Kolín lies about east of Prague. It lies in a fertile landscape of the Central Elbe Table lowland. It is located on the left bank of the Elbe River, at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Klejnárka.
History
The first written mention of Starý Kolín is from 1267, when the Church of Saint Andrew was consecrated. Although it is documented later than Kolín, the adjective starý (i.e. "old") indicates that it is older than Kolín. Starý Kolín was owned by various burghers until 1547, when Emperor Ferdinand I confiscated it and joined it to the Kolín estate.
Sights
The landmark of Starý Kolín is the Church of Saint Andrew. The current church was built in 1731–1740, after the old church was destroyed by a fire.
Notable people
Josef Paleček (born 1949), ice hockey player and coach
References
External links
Villages in Kolín District |
23571867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svoj%C5%A1ice%20%28Kol%C3%ADn%20District%29 | Svojšice (Kolín District) | Svojšice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Bošice and Nová Ves III is an administrative part of Svojšice.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571869 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatce | Tatce | Tatce is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
It is located northwest of Kolín and east of Prague.
History
The first written mention of Tatce is from 1292.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20McFadyen | Andrew McFadyen | Andrew McFadyen (born 1977) is the Executive Director of The Isaac Foundation. He founded The Isaac Foundation, a non-profit organization, to fund viable and innovative research projects that aim to find a cure for MPS VI, a rare and progressive disease of which his eldest son, Isaac, was diagnosed. The Isaac Foundation has funded numerous international research grants since 2006, totalling well over $1 million. Isaac, the McFadyens, and The Isaac Foundation, have been featured in articles in newspapers throughout the United States and Canada, includingThe Globe and Mail, The Independent, Kingston Life Magazine, and Sun Media.
McFadyen has led numerous advocacy efforts throughout North America, succeeding in having government decisions reversed.
He is a member of the NYU Working Group on Compassionate Use and Preapproval Access (CUPA). He is an associate fellow of the GE2P2 Global Foundation and is a member of its Independent Bioethics Advisory Committee (IBAC). The Committee provides bioethics consultative services to commercial and other biopharma organizations on clinical trials, expanded access programs for investigational medicines and therapies, and in other areas. In 2016, McFadyen testified as an expert witness to the US Senate Committee of Homeland Security and Government Affairs regarding "Exploring A Right To Try For Terminally Ill Patients". He has written extensively on the subject and has been quoted in news articles regarding the legislation.
McFadyen has contributed to shaping public policy throughout Canada with respect to availability of million dollar per-year treatments for children dying from rare diseases, and continues to work and support families as they deal with the struggles of diagnosis and its ramifications. McFadyen and The Isaac Foundation were featured in the fall edition of GO Magazine and the Clinical Leader for their work with families dealing with MPS diseases throughout Canada. In 2014, He was featured on Global National's Everyday Heroes segment. The Isaac Foundation has found public support and advocacy in musicians (John Mayer, Ron Sexsmith, The Tragically Hip, and Danny Michel), and sports figures (Toronto Blue Jays' pitcher, Roy Halladay).
In 2013, McFadyen created a second non-profit corporation called Equal Access for Rare Disorders to work toward fair and equitable access to treatments for children affected by rare diseases throughout Canada and the United States.
McFadyen is a former educator and writer, having taught for 16 years as a 7/8 teacher for the Limestone District School Board. He received his Bachelor of Arts and his Bachelor of Education degrees from Queen's University. McFadyen is the author of the 2008 educational resource, The Educator's Guide to the Vinyl Cafe, planned and collaboratively written with Stuart McLean, host of CBC radio's The Vinyl Cafe. McFadyen has been a guest lecturer at Queen's University's Faculty of Education, lecturing to education students and to International Education Professors. He is a Teaching Excellence Fellow for Queen's University's Interactive Technology program.
References
External links
McFadyen's book at the CBC Store
The Isaac Foundation
1977 births
Living people
People from Northumberland County, Ontario
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
Canadian chief executives |
20464812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directors%20Guild%20of%20America%20Award%20for%20Outstanding%20Directing%20%E2%80%93%20Drama%20Series | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first presented at the 24th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1972. The current eligibility period is the calendar year.
Winners and nominees
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Programs with multiple awards
4 awards
Hill Street Blues (NBC)
3 awards
ER (NBC)
Lou Grant (CBS)
2 awards
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
Kojak (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)
Moonlighting (ABC)
NYPD Blue (ABC)
The Sopranos (HBO)
Succession (HBO)
thirtysomething (ABC)
The West Wing (NBC)
Programs with multiple nominations
16 nominations
The Sopranos (HBO)
11 nominations
ER (NBC)
10 nominations
Game of Thrones (HBO)
9 nominations
Homeland (Showtime)
Mad Men (AMC)
8 nominations
Hill Street Blues (NBC)
NYPD Blue (ABC)
The West Wing (NBC)
7 nominations
Succession (HBO)
6 nominations
Lost (ABC)
Six Feet Under (HBO)
5 nominations
Lou Grant (CBS)
St. Elsewhere (NBC)
thirtysomething (ABC)
4 nominations
Breaking Bad (AMC)
L.A. Law (NBC)
Northern Exposure (CBS)
3 nominations
24 (Fox)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC)
Kojak (CBS)
The X-Files (Fox)
2 nominations
American Crime Story (FX)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Cagney & Lacey (CBS)
Family (ABC)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
House of Cards (Netflix)
I'll Fly Away (NBC)
In Treatment (HBO)
Moonlighting (ABC)
Ozark (Netflix)
The Streets of San Francisco (ABC)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
The Waltons (CBS)
Watchmen (HBO)
Individuals with multiple awards
3 awards
Lesli Linka Glatter
2 awards
Robert Butler (consecutive)
Christopher Chulack (consecutive)
Marshall Herskovitz (consecutive)
Eric Laneuville
Will Mackenzie (consecutive)
Roger Young (consecutive)
Individuals with multiple nominations
8 nominations
Paris Barclay
Lesli Linka Glatter
7 nominations
Mark Tinker
5 nominations
Tim Van Patten
4 nominations
Dan Attias
Jack Bender
Christopher Chulack
Eric Laneuville
David Nutter
Thomas Schlamme
3 nominations
David Anspaugh
Alan Ball
Chris Carter
Allen Coulter
Jennifer Getzinger
Vince Gilligan
Charles Haid
Marshall Herskovitz
Mimi Leder
John Patterson
Gene Reynolds
Alan Taylor
Matthew Weiner
2 nominations
Félix Enríquez Alcalá
Corey Allen
Michael Apted
Jason Bateman
Henry J. Bronchtein
Steve Buscemi
Robert Butler
Jon Cassar
James Cellan Jones
David Chase
Michael Cuesta
Marc Daniels
Charles S. Dubin
The Duffer Brothers
David Friedkin
Alex Graves
Joseph Hardy
Gregory Hoblit
Peter Horton
Will Mackenzie
Miguel Sapochnik
Roger Young
Total awards by network
NBC – 13
HBO – 12
ABC – 9
CBS – 7
AMC – 5
Showtime – 2
Fox – 1
Hulu – 1
PBS – 1
References
External links
(official website)
Directors Guild of America Awards |
20464837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Reed%20Pond | Big Reed Pond | Big Reed Pond is a freshwater pond located in Montauk, New York on Long Island. A site including the pond, brackish marshland and natural sand dunes was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1973. The largely undeveloped pond is located within Theodore Roosevelt County Park.
The Montaukett tribe lived in the vicinity of the pond until the mid-19th century.
The pond and its associated wetlands are accessible via hiking trails that are open to the public.
See also
List of National Natural Landmarks in New York
References
East Hampton (town), New York
National Natural Landmarks in New York (state)
Ponds of New York (state)
Lakes of Suffolk County, New York |
23571889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudential%20Bank%20Limited | Prudential Bank Limited | Prudential Bank Limited (PBL), commonly known as Prudential Bank, is a private commercial bank in Ghana. It is licensed by the Bank of Ghana, the central bank and national banking regulator.
Location
The headquarters of the bank is located at 8 John Hammond Street, Ring Road Central, Kanda, Accra, Ghana's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the bank's headquarters are 5°34'24.0"N, 0°11'31.0"W (Latitude:5.573335; Longitude:-0.191949).
Overview
The bank was incorporated in 1993, and opened on 15 August 1996 with the first branch in Accra.
PBL is a medium-sized bank specializing in meeting the banking needs of small and medium-sized businesses and individuals.
As of 31 December 2012, the bank's total assets were GHS:676.61 million, with shareholders' equity of GHS:85.1 million.
Subsidiaries
As of April 2016, PBL maintained three wholly owned subsidiaries:
PBL Properties Limited - Accra, Ghana. Acquires, develops, and manages properties and auxiliary staff for the bank.
Prudential Securities Limited - Accra, Ghana. Wealth management, corporate finance, and business advisory services.
Prudential Stockbrokers Limited - Accra, Ghana. Stockbrokage, economic research, and advisory services.
Ownership
The bank's stock was owned by the following corporate entities and individuals as of 31 December 2012:
Branch network
As of June 2022, PBL had 43 branches and 2 agencies at the following locations:
Abeka Branch - Accra
Aboabo Branch - Kumasi
Abossey Okai Branch - Accra
Accra Branch - Accra
Adenta Branch - Accra
Afful Nkwanta Branch - Kumasi
Atonsu Branch - Kumasi
Cape Coast Branch - Cape Coast
East Legon Branch - East Legon, Accra
Gicel Branch - Accra
Kumasi Adum Branch - Kumasi
Kumasi Main Branch - Kumasi
Kwame Nkrumah Circle Branch - Accra
Madina Branch - Accra
Makola Branch - Accra
Mataheko Branch - Accra
Methodist University Agency Branch - Accra
North Industrial Area Branch - Accra
Odorkor Branch - Accra
Ring Road Central Branch - Accra
Spintex Road Branch - Accra
Suame Maakro Branch - Kumasi
Takoradi Harbour Branch - Takoradi
Takoradi Market Circle Branch - Takoradi
Tamale Branch - Tamale
Tema Community 1 Branch - Tema
Tema Fishing Harbour Branch - Tema
Tesano Branch - Accra
University of Cape Coast Branch - Cape Coast
Valley View Agency Branch - Accra
Weija Branch - Accra
Zongo Junction Branch - Accra
See also
List of banks in Ghana
Economy of Ghana
References
External links
Prudential Bank Limited Homepage
PBL launches "Susu" Financial Program for SME's
PBL opens new branch in Aboabo, Kumasi
Banks of Ghana
Companies based in Accra
Banks established in 1996
Ghanaian companies established in 1996 |
23571895 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tismice | Tismice | Tismice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Limuzy is an administrative part of Tismice.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tou%C5%A1ice | Toušice | Toušice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Mlékovice is an administrative part of Toušice.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
20464850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Greenlandic%20general%20election | 2009 Greenlandic general election | General elections were held in Greenland on 2 June 2009. Prime Minister Hans Enoksen announced the election date on 15 April 2009, stating that he would prefer for a newly elected parliament to administer Greenland when the self-government reform took effect on 21 June 2009. The reform gave more power to the Greenlandic parliament with decisions on most issues being devolved to the parliament but defence and foreign affairs remaining under the control of Denmark.
Results
The pro-independence, left-wing opposition party, Inuit Ataqatigiit led by Kuupik Kleist emerged as the largest party with 43.7% of the vote. Kleist set a new record for most votes in a Greenlandic election with 5,461 received. This compares with Akitsinnguaq Olsen who was elected with just 112 votes.
The governing Siumut led by Prime Minister Hans Enoksen received 26.5% of the vote and lost control of the government for the first time in 30 years. Former Siumut leader and Prime Minister Jonathan Motzfeldt failed to be re-elected for the first time since 1971, receiving just 91 votes . Enoksen stated that he would step down as party leader, a position he had held since 2002, if his colleagues wished him to. Siumut was believed to have lost votes over a series of scandals, including one over expenses, and concerns over its ability to manage with greater autonomy.
The newly formed Sorlaat Partiiat gained just 383 votes in the election and dissolved shortly afterwards. The party stood on a platform of huge spending reductions and opposed Greenland rejoining the EU.
Aftermath
Siumut was considered likely to be left out of government as both the Inuit Ataqatigiit and Demokraatit parties ruled out the possibility of working with them. Siumut's former coalition partner, Atassut, gained too few seats to make a new coalition powerful enough to challenge for the government.
On 7 June 2009, Inuit Ataqatigiit announced that it would form a coalition with the Democrats and the Association of Candidates.
References
Greenland
Elections in Greenland
2009 in Greenland
Greenland |
20464860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Brand%20New%20%28Italian%20TV%20channel%29 | MTV Brand New (Italian TV channel) | MTV Brand New was an Italian television channel which played mainly indie music videos with many music-related themed zones and some productions from MTV USA like Beavis and Butt-Head, subtitled in Italian.
It was broadcast only on SKY Italia channel 706 (available also on Italian IPTV services).
The channel was replaced by MTV Rocks on 10 January 2011.
References
External links
Official site
MTV channels
Telecom Italia Media
Music television channels
Defunct television channels in Italy
Television channels and stations established in 2003
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
2003 establishments in Italy
2011 disestablishments in Italy
Italian-language television stations
Music organisations based in Italy |
23571899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius%20Coolidge | Cornelius Coolidge | Cornelius Coolidge (August 30, 1778 - September 4, 1843) was a real estate developer in early 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, who constructed buildings in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, and elsewhere. As a young man he had been involved in maritime trade, and not always within the prescribed laws. During the War of 1812, the brig Dispatch owned by Coolidge and Francis Oliver was captured outside Boston Harbor by the Salem privateer Castigator on suspicion of having been trading with the enemy. Coolidge and Oliver manned two boats with 45 armed men, rowed down the harbor, and regained their brig after an exchange of gunfire. However, the brig was restored to the privateers by the district court.
Described variously as an architect, housewright, builder, designer, and real estate broker, Harvard-educated Coolidge brought many buildings into being. Clients of Coolidge & Co. included some of Boston's more prominent residents, such as David Sears and Charles Francis Adams. He conducted business with John Hubbard, Joseph Morton (brother of Perez Morton) and others. He was also a proprietor of the Boston Mill Corporation.
Around 1825, Coolidge and Nathaniel Amory began developing property in Nahant, Massachusetts, for construction of summer homes. The first homes sold in 1827. Clients included David Sears and others. On Beacon Hill, Coolidge built houses on Chestnut, Mount Vernon, Acorn, Joy and Beacon Streets, including Louisburg Square. Several remain in existence, including:
33 Beacon Street (George Parkman house), 1825.
50 Chestnut Street (Francis Parkman house), 1830s.
Coolidge led an active social life. He was one of the first subscribers the Boston Athenaeum. He attended the gala opening dinner party for the newly built Tremont House hotel on October 16, 1829, along with mayor Josiah Quincy, Daniel Webster, Edward Everett, Harrison Gray Otis, and others.
References
Further reading
Andrew Preston Peabody. A sermon preached in commemoration of the founders of the Nahant Church: at the dedication of a tablet erected to their memory, July 22, 1877. Press of John Wilson and Son, 1877.
Businesspeople from Boston
Architects from Boston
Harvard University alumni
19th-century American people
1778 births
1843 deaths
Place of birth unknown
Date of birth unknown
19th century in Boston |
23571900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%99ebovle | Třebovle | Třebovle is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Borek, Království and Miškovice are administrative parts of Třebovle.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
20464880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Hindmarsh | Robert Hindmarsh | Robert Hindmarsh (1759–1835) was an English printer and one of the original founders of Swedenborgianism.
Life
He was born at Alnwick, Northumberland, on 8 November 1759. His father, James Hindmarsh, was one of John Wesley's preachers, and was in 1777 under training by Wesley in London; Robert, however, was never a Methodist. At 14 he got an apprenticeship as a printer in London, and he later opened his own print shop, setting up for himself at 32 Clerkenwell Close.
About 1781 he met with one of Anthoinette Bourignon's works, and afterwards with those of ; a Methodist preacher complained of his lending about works of this class. He first discovered Emanuel Swedenborg's theology when he read Heaven and Hell and Intercourse between the Soul and the Body in 1782. He was instantly converted.
In December 1783 he formed a society (originally consisting of five members) for the purpose of studying Swedenborg's works. Hindmarsh found first three other readers of Swedenborg: Peter Prow, William Bonington, and John August Tulk. They organized a public meeting of readers of Swedenborg with an advertisement in the newspaper. The meeting took place on 5 December 1783 at the "London Coffee House" on Ludgate Hill. They were joined by one other member, William Spence. They met again on 12 December and were joined by Henry Pickitt and James Glen. A group of readers of Swedenborg slowly grew.
In January 1784 they formed "The Theosophical Society", for translating, printing and distributing the writings of Swedenborg. Rooms were taken for the society in New Court, Middle Temple. Among the members were John Flaxman, William Sharp, two clergymen, and Hindmarsh's father, who left Methodism in 1785. Hindmarsh printed for this society Swedenborg's Apocalypsis Explicata (1785–1789), and in 1786 he issued his own abridgment of Bourignon's Light of the World. A proposal made on 19 April 1787 to open a place of worship was defeated by John Clowes, who came from Manchester to oppose it. However, on 31 July sixteen worshippers met at the house of Thomas Wright, a watchmaker, in the Poultry. James Hindmarsh, his father, was chosen by lot to administer the sacraments; ten communicated, and five, including Robert Hindmarsh, were baptised into the ‘new church’.
On 27 January 1788 a chapel in Great Eastcheap (bearing over its entrance the words ‘Now it is allowable’) was opened with a sermon by Hindmarsh's father. On 1 June two priests, the elder Hindmarsh and Samuel Smith, another ex-Methodist preacher, were ordained by twelve members, of whom Robert Hindmarsh was one selected by lot. In 1789 Hindmarsh was expelled (with five others) on the ground of lax views of the conjugial relation, perhaps only theoretical. He therefore vowed never again to be a member of any society; but he became sole tenant of the premises in Eastcheap, the majority seceding to Store Street, Tottenham Court Road.
Hindmarsh fell into controversy with Joseph Priestley, to whom he had lent (1791) Swedenborg's works, and attended annual conferences of believers in Swedenborg's doctrine, advocating in 1792 the autocracy of the priesthood. Hindmarsh held a conference (of seven members) in 1793, at which a hierarchy of three orders was agreed on, and Great Britain parcelled into twenty-four dioceses; but for want of funds the Eastcheap chapel was closed within the year. A few years later he got his friends to build a ‘temple’ in Cross Street, Hatton Garden. It was opened on 30 July 1797 by Joseph Proud, who had moved from Birmingham. Proud left in 1799 owing to disputes with the proprietors, and the chapel subsequently became the scene of Edward Irving's labours.
Meanwhile, Hindmarsh tried stockbroking, with only temporary success. In 1811 William Cowherd invited him to Salford to superintend a printing office for cheap editions of Swedenborg's works. He soon broke with Cowherd, but some of the hearers of Clowes and of Cowherd persuaded him to stay. He preached in Clarence Street, Manchester, from 7 July 1811, holding on Thursdays in 1812 a debating society, which he called the ‘new school of theology.’ His friends built for him (1813) a ‘New Jerusalem temple’ in Salford.
He was the founder of The New Magazine of Knowledge and the head of the Society for Promoting the Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem. At the conference held in Derby, 1818, over which Hindmarsh presided, it was resolved that he had been ‘virtually ordained by the divine auspices.’ Hindmarsh preached at Salford till 1824. After his retirement he wrote a history, from 1824 to 1834 working on the manuscript for Rise and Progress of the New Jerusalem Church in England, America and Other Parts. He passed the work on to others (including the Rev. Edward Madeley) to edit and complete. It was published in London in 1861.
He died on 2 January 1835 in his daughter's house at Gravesend, and was buried at Milton-next-Gravesend. He married on 7 May 1782, and had five children; his wife died on 2 March 1833.
References
Odhner, Carl Theophilus, Robert Hindmarsh: A Biography, Academy Book Room 1821 Wallace Street, Philadelphia, 1895.
External links
Attribution
British printers
English Swedenborgians
1759 births
1835 deaths
People from Alnwick
Burials in Kent |
23571905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%99i%20Dvory | Tři Dvory | Tři Dvory is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuchoraz | Tuchoraz | Tuchoraz is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuklaty | Tuklaty | Tuklaty is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Tlustovousy is an administrative part of Tuklaty.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhl%C3%AD%C5%99sk%C3%A1%20Lhota | Uhlířská Lhota | Uhlířská Lhota is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Rasochy is an administrative part of Uhlířská Lhota.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veletov | Veletov | Veletov is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571921 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velk%C3%BD%20Osek | Velký Osek | Velký Osek is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.
Transport
Velký Osek is both road and railway hub. There is only one rail line leading off the main station: to Choceň and Prague.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitice | Vitice | Vitice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Chotýš, Dobré Pole, Hřiby, Lipany and Močedník are administrative parts of Vitice.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vol%C3%A1rna | Volárna | Volárna is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
20464890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%20Mozambican%20general%20election | 2009 Mozambican general election | General elections to elect the president, Assembly of the Republic, and Provincial Assemblies was held in Mozambique on 28 October 2009. Incumbent President Armando Guebuza ran for re-election as the FRELIMO candidate; he was challenged by opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama, who had stood as the RENAMO candidate in every presidential election since 1994. Also standing were Daviz Simango, the Mayor of Beira, who was a RENAMO member before founding his own party, the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), earlier in 2009.
Campaign
Campaigning for the election began on 13 September 2009. There were 17 parties and two coalitions competing in the parliamentary election. Provincial assemblies were also at stake in the election. Citing problems in the papers submitted by the MDM when it filed to run, the National Elections Commission barred it from contesting the parliamentary election in nine out of 13 regions. Simango, who insisted there were no problems with the papers, was allowed to stand as a presidential candidate.
Prior to the election, Guebuza was heavily favored to win another term, and RENAMO, mired in a bitter feud with Simango and the MDM, was thought to have been seriously weakened since the previous election, held in 2004. On 14 October 2009, 20 minor parties backed Simango's candidacy. The Independent Party of Mozambique (PIMO), another minor party, chose to support Guebuza.
On the last day of campaigning, 25 October, each of the three main candidates held major rallies. At FRELIMO's rally in Nampula, Guebuza stressed a commitment to fighting poverty and working for "national unity, peace and development". Dhlakama concluded his campaign with rallies in Maputo, and he criticized the predominant role of FRELIMO in society: "Everything is mixed together today in Mozambique. The party, the police, schools, roads, journalists—everything has to be through FRELIMO. This has to stop." Simango, meanwhile, held his last rally in Beira, declaring that it was time to "end the games, end the abuses"; he pointed to the problems of unemployment and lack of medicine in hospitals when urging his supporters to turn out for the vote.
Voting at central Maputo's Polana secondary school on election day, Dklahama said that if he lost the election he would not run for president again. He also called for a high turnout, while stressing the importance of respecting the results and avoiding a post-election dispute.
Results
According to provisional results announced on 2 November, incumbent president Guebuza won a landslide victory with about 75% of the vote. Turnout was estimated at about 42%. SADC observers said the election result was "a true reflection of the will of the people of Mozambique". Opposition party RENAMO was less content with the electoral conduct, demanding that the election be annulled. According to RENAMO spokesperson Ivone Soares, FRELIMO supporters stuffed ballot boxes with multiple votes and were assisted in doing so by the electoral commission, which provided them with additional ballot papers. A FRELIMO spokesperson, Edson Macuacua, dismissed the allegations, asserting that the election was free and fair and characterizing RENAMO as "lost and desperate".
On 11 November, the National Elections Commission officially announced that Guebuza had won the election with 75% of the vote; Dhlakama and Simango trailed with 16.5% and 8.6% respectively. Results for the parliamentary election were also announced, showing that FRELIMO had won 191 seats, followed by RENAMO with 51 seats and eight for the MDM. The Constitutional Council confirmed the results on 28 December. Continuing to allege fraud, Dhlakama said that RENAMO would boycott the opening of parliament.
After the newly elected deputies were sworn in, they elected Veronica Macamo, a FRELIMO Deputy, as president of the Assembly of the Republic in January 2010. Macamo was the only candidate for the position.
President
Assembly
Provincial elections
References
Presidential elections in Mozambique
Elections in Mozambique
Mozambique
2009 in Mozambique
October 2009 events in Africa |
17329364 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primera%20Divisi%C3%B3n%20de%20M%C3%A9xico%20Apertura%202008 | Primera División de México Apertura 2008 | The 2008 Primera División Apertura is the first football tournament of the Mexican Primera División 2008−09 season. The tournament began in August 2008 and was contested by the league's 18 teams.
Reigning champion Santos Laguna failed to advance to the final losing 2-1 on a two-leg aggregate (0-0 in the first leg) to eventual champions Toluca in the semifinals, and were unable to defend their title. The team of Toluca would beat Cruz Azul 7-6 in penalties after tying 2-2 on a two-leg aggregate (2-0 in the first leg). This was Toluca's 9th championship, placing them as the third most successful club behind América and Guadalajara.
Teams and Stadia
Managerial changes
This is a list of managerial changes made during the tournament.
Regular season
Standings
Group standings
Results
Playoffs
If the two teams are tied after both legs, the higher seeded team advances.
Both finalist qualify to the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. The champion qualifies directly to the Group Stage, while the runner-up qualifies to the Preliminary Round.
Top goalscorers
Source: MedioTiempo
See also
List of Transfers of Torneo Clausura 2008 (Mexico)
References
External links
Official Website
Aper
Mexico |
23571930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vr%C3%A1tkov | Vrátkov | Vrátkov is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
17329365 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold%20Callin | Arnold Callin | Alured Arnold Callin (25 August 1924 – 29 June 2015) was a Manx politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.
He was born in August 1924 and educated at Peel Clothworkers' School. He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and then became a businessman and auctioneer on the Isle of Man. Between 1956 and 1976 he served on Onchan Commissioners, twice being Chairman.
In 1976 he was elected MHK for Middle. He was elevated to the Legislative Council in 1985 and served until standing down in 1995. He held many positions with Government including Minister of Home Affairs. He died in June 2015 at the age of 90.
Governmental positions
Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, 1976–1981
Chairman of the Health Services Board, 1981–1986
Minister of Highways, Ports & Properties, 1986–1991
Minister of Home Affairs, 1991–1995
References
1924 births
2015 deaths
Royal Navy personnel of World War II
Manx politicians |
20464898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Forde%20%28Clare%20hurler%29 | David Forde (Clare hurler) | David Forde (born 5 July 1976 in Ogonnelloe, County Clare) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Ogonnelloe and was a member of the Clare senior inter-county team in the 1990s and 2000s. He played as a forward.
References
1976 births
Living people
Ogonnelloe hurlers
Clare inter-county hurlers |
23571932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrb%C4%8Dany | Vrbčany | Vrbčany is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
17329380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sorrows%20of%20an%20American | The Sorrows of an American | The Sorrows of an American is Siri Hustvedt's fourth novel. It was first published in 2008 and is about a Norwegian American family and their troubles. The novel is partly autobiographical in that Hustvedt herself is of Norwegian descent and in that passages from her own deceased father's journal about the Depression in America and the Pacific theatre of war during World War II are scattered through the book.
The Sorrows of an American operates on several time levels and depicts the difficult times of four generations of the fictional Davidsen family. At the core of the novel lies a long-kept family secret which the first person narrator, a middle-aged psychiatrist called Erik Davidsen who lives and works in New York, sets out to unearth together with his sister. However, the novel abounds in subplots which focus on the present rather than the past.
Plot summary
On the death of their father Lars, a retired Professor of History, Erik Davidsen and his sister Inga, a philosopher, clean out his home office in rural Minnesota and, while going through his copious papers, find a cryptic note written and signed by someone they do not know called Lisa which suggests to them that as a boy back in the 1930s their father was involved in some illicit act and that he has kept his promise never to tell anyone about it. The siblings decide to investigate the matter further, if only half-heartedly at first. For the time being, Erik Davidsen is preoccupied reading his father's journals, which the latter completed only shortly before his demise. For Erik, all this will mean that in the months to come he will not only be haunted by the ghosts of the present but also of the past.
It has been pointed out that none of the characters in The Sorrows of an American leads a carefree, untroubled existence. The narrator himself suffers from a slight form of depression triggered by his recent divorce, childless state, and subsequent feeling of loneliness but still finds satisfaction in attempting to cure his patients of the complaints he occasionally recognizes in himself. His sister Inga has had absence seizures from childhood and migraines all her adult life. What is more, when the novel opens she is being harassed by a female journalist who states her intention to publicize hitherto unknown facts about Inga's deceased husband, a cult author and filmmaker, and who demands that she be co-operative without telling her what exactly she is aiming at or planning to do. Inga's 18-year-old daughter Sonia suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder, having witnessed, from the windows of her Manhattan school, the September 11, 2001 attacks and the collapse of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Lars Davidsen, the long-term patriarch of the family, was a fugueur.
But also the characters outside the family show neurological symptoms. Whereas the journalist who is harassing Inga only bears an age-old personal grudge against her (of which the latter is unaware) and is out for straightforward revenge, Erik's friend and colleague Bernard Burton, apart from sweating excessively, has not been able to cope with the fact that Inga is not in love with him and, without her realizing it, has kept a watchful eye on her over the years in a way which might be construed as stalking. Edie Bly, a former actress who is now impoverished, is a recovering substance abuser who has an illegitimate son by Inga's deceased husband and appears to be in an unstable psychological condition. Finally, the real stalker in the novel, a photographer and installation artist called Jeffrey Lane, displays various signs of compulsive behaviour, for example the urge to document virtually everything in his life by taking photos. He crosses the psychiatrist's path while pursuing his former girlfriend, a Jamaican-born beauty who has recently rented, and moved into, the downstairs apartment of Erik's now too large Brooklyn brownstone.
Erik Davidsen is immediately drawn towards Miranda, the young woman from Jamaica, and Eglantine, her pre-school daughter by Jeffrey Lane. He soon falls head over heels in love with the dark-skinned woman while at the same time watching what he perceives to be the slow but steady deterioration of his own self. Gently rejected by Miranda, he has enough willpower left to go on a date with a sexy colleague and, for purely physical reasons, starts an affair with her. As the story progresses, however, he is more and more pulled into the quagmire of events surrounding Miranda, Inga, and himself. At one point he catches a burglar in his empty house at night, is surprised to see it is Lane, confused when the escaping Lane takes a photo of him wearing nothing much but wielding a hammer, and shocked when, months later, he recognizes the image at one of Lane's exhibitions with a caption saying, Head Doctor Goes Insane.
Most of the mysteries are cleared up in the end. Erik and Inga succeed in tracking down the mysterious — and now dying — Lisa, and it turns out that all those years ago a young Lars Davidsen helped her bury her illegitimate, stillborn child, in all secrecy, somewhere on his family's farm. The reputation of Inga's deceased husband is not smeared either when the existence of a batch of letters to Edie Bly can be established without doubt but when it turns out at the same time that they have no sensational value because they belong to the realm of fiction—they are addressed to the character Bly played in one of the author's films rather than Bly the actress and mother of his child. Bernard Burton proves instrumental in procuring the letters without succumbing to the temptation to actually read them, in a chivalric act in which he dresses up as a frightful bag lady in order not to reveal his identity, a scene which also provides some comic relief. The conclusion of the novel is a four-page stream-of-consciousness-like recapitulation of the story's images racing through Erik's mind, and the assurance that the characters' fragmented lives will remain that way.
Reviews
The Sorrows of an American was published to almost unanimously positive reviews. Ron Charles calls it "a radically postmodern novel that wears its po-mo credentials with unusual grace; even at its strangest moments, it never radiates the chilly alienation that marks, say, the work of Hustvedt's husband, Paul Auster." For Sylvia Brownrigg, "the erudite Hustvedt" explores "larger questions of art and madness, mind and spirit, and the construction of the self" through the dialogues of her intellectually minded characters and the interior monologues of her narrator. True, little use is made of the vernacular, which prompts Haley Edwards to state that "Hustvedt writes very well, but her prose has all the flair of your Aunt Olga's dinner rolls. Sometimes Erik says things about the human condition that are wonderfully perceptive and incredibly poignant, but he seems to say them as if he's observing the human condition, rather than experiencing it himself."
What some critics found disappointing is that "the secrets Inga and Erik pursue don't yield the drama or meaning they have hoped for, suffusing the scenes of revelation with an air of anticlimax. This may be intentional—Hustvedt may be warning us of the folly of hoping for neat resolutions in our explorations of past pains—but it means the narrative slackens somewhat toward the end."
External links
A video of Siri Hustvedt's "Meet the Author" session (whose focus was The Sorrows of an American), hosted by J. M. Coetzee, at Adelaide Writers' Week (March 2–7, 2008).
Footnotes
2008 American novels
Novels set in Minnesota
Novels set in New York City
Psychotherapy in fiction |
23571934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zale%C5%A1any | Zalešany | Zalešany is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Přebozy is an administrative part of Zalešany.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571938 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDabonosy | Žabonosy | Žabonosy is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
17329396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant%20View%20School%20for%20the%20Arts | Pleasant View School for the Arts | Pleasant View School for the Arts, frequently referred to as PVSA or simply PV, was a co-educational public magnet school dedicated to the arts in the Plain Local School District in Canton, Ohio. Students from the district's 5 elementary schools were invited to "identify" for the school in the 3rd grade. This "identification" process had students demonstrate their abilities in the four designated Arts: Dance, Music, Drama, and Visual Art. The school accepted an average of 80 students per year, and spanned the 4th-8th grade, though it was technically identified as a middle school.
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope was the school's gifted education program. It accepted an initial class of about 15 students per year, based on district-wide scores on the California Achievement Test. The program would accept 2-3 more students per year, based on test scores and vacancies. Students accepted were in the 99th percentile of test takers.
Closing
When the district restructured in 2006, Pleasant View officially closed its doors. The district claims to be integrating the programs offered through PV into the new middle schools, Glenwood and Oakwood.
The building, which was in notorious disrepair during its later years, was bulldozed in 2007, and the former location, 3000 Columbus Ave. is now an empty lot.
References
External links
Pleasant View Website c.2001 cached by the Internet Archive.
Canton, Ohio
Demolished buildings and structures in Ohio
Educational institutions disestablished in 2006
Educational institutions established in 1987
Defunct schools in Ohio
1987 establishments in Ohio |
23571939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carvers%20Bay%20High%20School | Carvers Bay High School | Carvers Bay High School is a public high school in Hemingway, South Carolina serving students from parts of Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States. It is in the Georgetown County School District and has grades 9 to 12 . The school was established from a merger between Choppee High School and Pleasant Hill High School, and opened in 2000. In 2000 it enrolled nearly 800 students. It serves students from the towns of Pleasant Hill, Plantersville, Hemingway, Lanes Creek, Dunbar, Oatland, St. Luke, Pee Dee, Choppee and Browns Ferry.
Middle school
Carvers Bay Middle School is located on the same campus, in a separate building.
Timekeeping
There are no bells to mark the beginning or ending of class periods. Students and staff use watches and clocks.
Notable alumni
Clifton Geathers - National Football League (NFL) player, Philadelphia Eagles.
Kwame Geathers - NFL player, San Diego Chargers
Robert Geathers - NFL player, Cincinnati Bengals
References
Public high schools in South Carolina
Schools in Georgetown County, South Carolina |
20464903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vianna%20da%20Motta%20International%20Music%20Competition | Vianna da Motta International Music Competition | The Vianna da Motta International Music Competition was first constituted in 1957 in Lisbon in honor of José Vianna da Motta by his disciple Sequeira Costa, who remains its president; this inaugural edition was won by Naum Shtarkman. The competition, a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions, has been held regularly since 1964.
Awards
While mainly a piano competition, two violin editions have been held. In 1973 Ida Kavafian and Gerardo Ribeiro shared the 1st prize. In 1991 it was declared void; Graf Mourja and Rachel Varga were awarded, respectively, the 2nd and 3rd prizes.
References
http://www.fmcim.org/comp/comp.php?lang=en&comp_id=765&menu=1 World Federation of International Music Competitions
http://www.alink-argerich.org/ Argerich Foundation
External links
Official webpage
Piano competitions
Violin competitions |
23571940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDd%C3%A1nice%20%28Kol%C3%ADn%20District%29 | Ždánice (Kolín District) | Ždánice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Gallery
References
Villages in Kolín District |
17329400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie%20Cronin | Maggie Cronin | Maggie Cronin is an Irish actress and playwright.
The short film The Shore directed by Terry George, in which she appears with Ciarán Hinds, Conleth Hill and Kerry Condon, won the Academy award in the Short Film, Live Action category at 84th Academy Awards in February 2012.
She appeared in Doctors (BBC1 TV) from 2000–2004 playing the role of Kate McGuire for over 600 episodes. In 2006 she briefly returned when Christopher Timothy's character Brendan "Mac" McGuire left the series. She appeared in My Mother and Other Strangers and The Frankenstein Chronicles.
Background
She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, which was absorbed into the Central School of Speech and Drama in 2006.
Writing
Her first one-woman show, A Most Notorious Woman directed by Paddy Scully, premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1989 and subsequently toured, over a number of years, through the UK, Ireland and the US, garnering much critical acclaim:
"Cronin is clearly a writer. Her play is intelligent, inventive, playful and blessed with the Irish gift for vividly descriptive language."- Damien Jaques, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 1999;
"A brave, bold, free spirited show of enormous dramatic power."- Lyn Gardner, City Limits;
"Cronin has fashioned a play that is delicate, funny and richly textured…With a few simple props – a battered suitcase, a white silk sheet which doubles as a table cloth, a wedding dress and a billowing ship’s sail – Grace’s free spirit is evoked."
– Helen Meany,
Irish Times September 1998
The script won The Stewart Parker Trust/BBC Radio Drama Award for 1995 and was published by Lagan Press in 2004.
Her second one-woman show Greenstick Boy directed by Sarah Tipple, previewed at the Brian Friel Theatre in Belfast in March 2008, and the Assembly Rooms, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in August 2008. It has been performed at Belfast’s Black Box Theatre (in the Out to Lunch Festival 2010) and Bewley’s Cafe Theatre in Dublin in 2010 in the ABSOLUT Fringe festival.
"Lyrical brilliance... Maggie Cronin paints a deeply poignant picture of a wild love and the throbbing nostalgic pains that survive it.… a lesson in storytelling" **** Junta Sekimori – Fest magazine, Edinburgh.
"Beautifully written and wonderfully performed, this one-woman show was very, very good...This well structured play is funny, fresh, sad and a real delight to watch." THREE WEEKS review Edinburgh
"Maggie Cronin's monologue gets right under the skin of what it was like to be young in London in the days of punk and its aftermath." Thom Dibdin, THE STAGE
She co -wrote, with actress Carol Moore, a dramatised history of the Ulster Suffragettes entitled "Shrieking Sisters"
Maggie has been performing the show, with Carol Moore and Laura Hughes, since February 2013.
Theatre and radio/audio
Selected stage credits
Ma, "The Gift" CahootsNI Theatre Company. Dir: Paul McEneany
Martha "The Kitchen the Bedroom And The Grave" by Donal O'Hagan. Accidental Theatre, Belfast. Dir: Richard Lavery
M, Greenstick Boy, Bozar Theatre Brussels, Bewley's Cafe Theatre Dublin for ABSOLUT Fringe 2010, Dir: Sarah Tipple
Various roles: "Shrieking Sisters" – Belfast City Hall, Island Arts Centre Lisburn, and numerous venues.
Winnie, Happy Days, Dir: Joel Beddows
Nora Ryan, Bruised, Tinderbox, Dir: Anna Newell
Vadoma, Carnival, Kabosh, Dir: Paula McFetridge
M, Greenstick Boy, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Greenstick Productions, Dir: Sarah Tipple
Gin, The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, Prime Cut Productions, Dir: Patrick O'Kane
Marie, "1974– The End Of The Year Show", The Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Dir: Carol Moore
Reta, Unless, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, Dir: Tim Sheader
Daisy, Give Me Your Answer Do!, Belfast Lyric Theatre, Dir: Ben Twist
Joy Gresham, Shadowlands, Belfast Lyric Theatre, Dir: Zoe Seaton
Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Belfast Lyric Theatre, Dir: Robin Midgley
Widow Quin, Playboy of the Western World, Belfast Lyric Theatre, Dir: David Grant
Radio
Maire Nic Shiublaigh, THE WOMEN WHO STAGED THE RISING, BBC Radio 3, Dir: Conor Garrett
Therapist, DEAR BABY MINE, BBC radio 4 Dir: Heather Larmour
Rosamond Lehmann, BOWEN AND BETJEMAN, BBC Radio 4, Dir: Gemma McMullan
Narration, THE BOOK PROGRAMME- BANNED IRISH BOOKS, Radio 4, Dir: Regina Gallen
Narrator/ Helen Waddell, ULSTER'S FORGOTTEN DARLING, BBC Radio 4, Dir: Regina Gallen
Bridget, LOVE'S WORST DAY, BBC Radio 4, Dir: Gemma McMullan
Black/Judge, "Kicking The Air" BBC Radio 4 Dir: Heather Larmour (Zebbie award Winner)
Bertha Mulvihill, Titanic Letters, BBC Northern Ireland/Radio 4, Dir: Ian Dougan
Narrator, The Book Programme, BBC Radio Ulster
Megan/Susan, Some Secluded Glade, BBC Radio 4, Dir: Eoin O'Callaghan
Reader, The Fairy's Curse, BBC Radio 3, Dir: Marie-Claire Doris
Judith, Girl from Mars, BBC Radio 4, Dir: Heather Larmour (Zebbie award winner)
Reader, One by One In the Darkness, BBC Radio 4, Dir: Sara Johnson
Audio/voiceover work
Narrator, Talking to Billy, BBC NI TV, Dir: Clare Delargy
Narrator, Atlantis: The Evidence, BBC Worldwide, Dir: Detlef Siebert
Narrator, Quitting Crime, Crawford McCann for BBC NI, Dir: Kelda Crawford McCann
Narrator, The House on The Hill, Doubleband for BBC Northern Ireland, Dir: Laura Doherty
Series Narrator, The Choirboys, BBC Northern Ireland, Dir: Natalie Maynes
Series Narrator, The Last Resort, Tern TV for BBC NI, Dir: Matt Marsters
Narrator, When the Pope Came to Ireland, BBC1 NI, Dir: Tony Curry
Narrator, Show me the Mummy, BBC1 NI, Dir: Ian Dougan
Series Narrator, Life Inside, BBC1 NI, Dir: Denise O'Connor
Amelia, The Crown Jewel, BBC1 NI, Dir: Clare Delargy
Audio, Narrator, All For You by Sheila O'Flanagan, RNIB Talking Books
Audio, Narrator, Ellis Island by Kate Kerrigan, RNIB Talking Books
Audio, Narrator, Always with you by Gloria Hunniford, RNIB Talking Books
Audio, Narrator, Close to you by Gloria Hunniford, RNIB Talking Books
Audio, Narrator, Veronica Guerin: The Life and Death of a Crime Reporter, by Emily O'Reilly, RNIB Talking Books
Film
Landlady (Mrs Thompson), SHOOTING FOR SOCRATES, New Black, James Erskine
Sinead in A Belfast Story Director: Nathan Todd
Susan in To Lose Control; Directed by Marty Stalker
Alice Weller in 2011's Whole Lotta Sole known as Stand Off in USA Directed by Terry George
Mary in The Shore, directed by Terry George. It won the Academy Award in the 'Short Film, Live Action' Category at 84th Academy Awards in February 2012.
Television
Doctors (2000–2004 and 2006)
She is perhaps best known for her role as Practice Manager Kate McGuire in BBC One's flagship daytime serial, Doctors, produced by Mal Young.
She was a member of the original cast at the 2000 launch of the programme, and remained as a main character until her leaving on 26 May 2006. As the wife of Mac (played by Christopher Timothy, of the TV seriesAll Creatures Great and Small fame), the character was partly responsible for setting up the original practice around which the drama revolved – Riverside Surgery. As Practice Manager, she was involved regularly with the storylines of both patients and the other doctors, and is featured in the majority of the early episodes. During her time in Letherbridge, Kate endured countless trials including a miscarriage, Mac's trial for a patient's murder, an affair with a priest (played by Richard Standing), and the abduction of her and Mac's son, Ciaran.
Other work
Sandra, A Year of Greater Love, BBC Northern Ireland, Dir: Michael McDowell, to be shown 2012
Laura Cross, Marú, Stirling Films for TG4, Dir: Lawrence Gough
Doris Curran, Scapegoat, Waddell Media/BBC NI, Dir: Michael McDowell
Emer O'Callaghan, The Clinic, RTÉ, Dir:Liam Cunningham
Bel Ferris, Holby City, BBC1 TV, Dir: James Strong
Sarah, That's Not Me, BBC NI, Dir: Peter Lawrence
Mrs McGinley, United, BBC NI, Dir: Michael McGowan (Children's BAFTA winner)
The Bill, Dir: David Attwood
References
External links
Welcome
Terry George celebrates Oscar
Spotlight
Irish television actresses
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) |
23571943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDehu%C5%88 | Žehuň | Žehuň is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
20464907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laigh%20Kirk%2C%20Paisley | Laigh Kirk, Paisley | The Laigh Kirk, Paisley was a congregation of the Church of Scotland and the original Burgh church of Paisley.
History
The Laigh Kirk was founded in August 1738 by the Burgh of Paisley and by the Presbytery of Paisley as the parish church for the whole burgh, in response to the burgeoning population of Paisley and the dilapidated state of Paisley Abbey which, at that time, was outside of the Burgh limits on the opposite (western) bank of the River Cart.
The Burgh and town of Paisley were formally disjoined as a parish from the old Parish of Paisley, which had served a large geographic area, at the August 1738 meeting of Paisley Presbytery, with the cover page of the first minute book of the church declaring it to be a "record of the Parish of the Burgh of Paisley".
In 1756 and again in 1781, as a result of Paisley's continued expansion, the parish was sub-divided with the creation of the High Kirk and the Middle Kirk, respectively. These three worked together under the auspices of the "Paisley Joint Session."
The original Laigh Kirk building was located in New Street. In 1820, due to the ever growing size of its congregation, the Laigh Kirk moved to a new, much larger building on George Street.
The Laigh Kirk continued to grow and expand, as did Paisley; and to meet these demands a new congregation was seeded by the Laigh Kirk on Neilston Road, the South Church. Beginning its life as a Chapel of Ease under the Kirk Session of the Laigh Kirk, the events of the Disruption of 1843 saw this sister congregation leave the Church of Scotland and join the new Free Church of Scotland, as the Free South Church. It would be over 140 years before these two halves became whole again, with the reunion of the two congregations (by this time known as St George's Low and St Andrew's) in 1985. The name Laigh Kirk was re-established in Paisley and served the Parish from its Causeyside Street base, the building originally built as the Free South Church of Scotland.
On Thursday 6 January 2011, The Laigh Kirk united with the congregation of the former Castlehead Church of Scotland. The new congregation is called Stow Brae Kirk, and meets for worship in the former Laigh Kirk buildings on Causeyside Street.
Laigh Kirk and the formation of the Scottish Poor Laws
In the early 19th century, following a collapse in the Paisley cotton trade, the Kirk Session of the Laigh and the burgh clashed over the right to poor relief under the existing Scottish Poor Laws. In particular, over the classification of those who were traditionally eligible - the church found it could only fund those physically unable to work and not the able-bodied unemployed. The financial crisis that followed for the church and the burgh, and the need for government intervention, was to play a large part in the redrawing of the existing Poor Laws.
The then minister, Rev Robert Burns, was to become an influential figure in the campaign for alleviation of the suffering of the urban poor. Most notably, his ‘Historical Dissertations on the Law and Practice of
Great Britain, and particularly of Scotland with regard to the Poor’, would be much cited by those who took up the cause. He would even be part of four deputations that visited London to petition Parliament on the subject.
Buildings
The original New Street building was converted to an Arts centre in the 1980s and is still in use as the Paisley Arts Centre. In the late 1980s, the St George's (Low) building was converted into the St George's Court flats, with the facade being completely retained and the interior completely remodelled.
Ministers
A notable minister was the Rev John Witherspoon, (15 February 1723 – 15 November 1794). He later emigrated to the America and was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey.
Rev Robert Burns, social reformer and activist.
The last minister of the Laigh Kirk was the Rev David Thom (Mr Thom is the minister of the united congregation of Stow Brae Kirk )
References
Notes
Sources
Clark, Sylvia (1988). Paisley: A History. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. .
Moisley, H. A. and Thain, A.G. (1962). The Third Statistical Account of Scotland: The Counties of Renfrew and Bute. Glasgow: William Collins Sons & Co., Chapter 23: "The Parish and Burgh of Paisley".
Laigh Kirk, Paisley. Kirk Session Minute books. (Historical record)
External links
Paisley Art Centre
Website of Stow Brae Kirk
Churches completed in 1738
Paisley
Churches in Paisley, Renfrewshire
1738 establishments in Scotland
Scottish Poor Laws |
23571947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDi%C5%BEelice%20%28Kol%C3%ADn%20District%29 | Žiželice (Kolín District) | Žiželice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. It is located on the Cidlina River.
Administrative parts
Villages of Hradišťko II, Končice, Kundratice, Loukonosy, Pod Vinicí and Zbraň are administrative parts of Žiželice.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1smuky | Zásmuky | Zásmuky is a town in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Doubravčany, Nesměň, Sobočice and Vršice are administrative parts of Zásmuky.
Notable people
František Kmoch (1848–1912), composer and conductor
References
Cities and towns in the Czech Republic |
17329414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy%20Vear | Percy Vear | Hermann "Percy" Vear (12 July 1911 – 16 March 1983), born in Crossflatts, Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was a British professional boxer during the 1920s and 1930s.
Brought up in Crossflatts during the First World War, Vear lived in Keighley all his adult life.
Boxers are among the most colourful athletes in all of sports, with names like "Hitman", "Bomber" and "Gentleman Jim", so it should come as no surprise that Vear was known as "Percy Vear". It is not known how or who gave Vear his fight name, but in this case it seems likely that "Percy Vear" is a play on the word to "Persevere" (Per·se·vere), which means,
1. to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.
2. to persist in speech, interrogation, argument, etc.; insist.
–verb (used with object)
3. to bolster, sustain, or uphold: unflagging faith that had persevered him.
Boxing career
Vear was one of the most colourful characters in Keighley's professional boxing scene in the 1920s and 1930s. Vear was one of three fighters under the management of Keighley boxing promoter Sam Scaife during those boxing boom years, who also managed locally based fighters Freddie Irving and Johnny Barrett. Perhaps overshadowed by the other two locally, Vear proved to be a bill topper in his own right in many boxing halls up and down the country.
Boxing first as a flyweight, then bantamweight and later as a featherweight the demand of the boxing boom proved so hectic that going on for 30 fights a year were common (more that a lot of boxers today have in a lifetime).
Vear had 131 bouts (many as a substitute) during his professional career, spanning from February 1929 to November 1934.
Professional debut
His first professional fight aged 17 saw flyweight Vear lose a six round contest on points to (Bradford born) Young Broadley at a packed Drill Hall, Keighley on Monday 11 February 1929.
His second and third professional fights were against Silsden fighter Maurice Emmott, both of which ended in respectful draws for both boxers. The local newspaper, the Keighley News reported "Vear took a lot of punishment in the first two rounds, and had his opponent not been more accurate with his blows Vear would most certainly have been knocked out. As it was, Emmott's methods were very crude, but he did the greater part of attacking. As the fight progressed Vear showed improvement, and the decision of a draw was well received".
His bout with Barrett in Workington was hailed by the local press as the best fight ever seen in the area.
The Big Fight: Vear -v- Irving
Two professional boxers from the same stable (run by Mr Sam Scaife) were both making names for themselves, Percy Vear and Freddie Irving.
In just three weeks during 1932 they both took on a formidable opponent called Young Tucker of Nelson. 17-year-old Irving forced him to a draw at Colne, while Vear brought off a points win in Keighley Drill Hall. These creditable performances by these two stable mates aroused the interest of the boxing public, and this inevitably led to a money-match being staged in the Drill Hall on 11 April 1932.
It was reported at the time "The contest was one of ten 2 minute rounds at 9st, under forfeit. There were side-stakes of £25, plus a substantial purse offered by the promoter".
The match was one of the biggest local attractions Keighley fight fans had even seen for many years. They responded well and there was a capacity crowd of 1,400. The cost per ticket was 2s. 4d. for reserved seats and 1s. 2d for the remainder. Mr Harry Jennings of Bradford refereed the match and held the purse. The local newspaper, the Keighley News, which gave considerable space to boxing, reported, "that it was not until the final two rounds that Vear really came into contention".
Vear had obviously been saving himself, but by the time he had reached the point of wearing down Irving's defence it was too late. Irving took the match and the purse on a points verdict and it was a fitting climax to the 1931–32 fight season.
Other sporting activities outside boxing
Following his boxing career, Vear was involved with his local association football club, Keighley Town.
He offered his services as fitness and exercise coach to the team. He helped structure the training and exercises on training nights and assisted in giving the embrocation muscle rubs before a game and at half-time.
The club played in the Old Yorkshire League for two seasons between 1946–47 and 1947–48 before folding.
The club was subsequently reformed in 1981 by ex-Wales and Bradford City footballer Trevor Hockey.
Personal life
Vear was born 12 July 1911 to parents Frederick Henry Vear & Eliza Vear (nee Heath).
He married Doreen Vear (Nee Grayston) on 16 July 1932 at Holy Trinity Church, Lawkholme, Keighley, West Yorkshire and they had three children, 2 sons, Terence & Leslie & a daughter, Yvonne.
Vear worked as a store keeper in a Bakehouse and later in life as a shot blaster for a local firm in Keighley the "Rustless Iron Company Ltd" now known under the acronym Trico Vitreous Enamel, and moved to the nearby town of Bingley. He worked there until his retirement in the mid 1970s. The sole activity of the company was the vitreous enamelling of metal products and components with the ability to enamel anything from a bath to a cap badge. On 3 January 1974, Vear was presented by the "Rustless Iron Company Ltd" with an analogue "Gold Watch" for 25 years loyal service to the company.
Vear's wife died of cancer in March 1968, and in September 1971 Vear remarried. He lived with his second wife Florence May Vear (Nee Parkin) at Broomfield Road, Keighley. Vear became ill in his late 60s and spent the last year of his life being cared for at Holmewood Residential Home, Fell Lane, Keighley.
On 12 July 2007, 96 years to the day of Vear's birth, his great-grandson, from his youngest son Leslie's line of descendants, was born. He is aptly named Jenson Percy Leslie Vear.
In 2009, Christopher Dunn (illustrator) staged an exhibition of his watercolours entitled "Bingley Secrets". One of his pieces was of boxer Vear sitting on top of Damart UK Headquarters factory chimney overlooking Bingley.
In 2012, a 'Traditional Real Ale' public house was named after Vear in his home town of Keighley in Aireworth Street in honour of his achievements. There is a Pint of real ale beer named after Vear aptly named "Percy’s Pint", which may be found and consumed on the premise. This beer is specially brewed by Empire Brewery in Huddersfield. There is another pub in Leymoor road, Golcar, Huddersfield called Percy Vear.
Career record
|-
|align="center" colspan=8|43 Wins (3 knockouts, 38 decisions, 1 retired, 1 disqualifications), 28 Losses (1 knockouts, 23 decisions, 3 retired, 1 disqualifications), 14 Draws
|-
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location, UK
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes
|-align=center
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Young Broadley (Bradford)
|Decision
|6 (6)
|1929-02-11
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|Handbill misspelt as "Veer"
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Maurice Emmott (Silsden)
|x
|6 (6)
|1929-03-18
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|Handbill misspelt as "Veer"
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Maurice Emmott (Silsden)
|x
|6 (6)
|1929-04-08
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|Handbill misspelt as "Veer"
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Dusty Young (Harrogate)
|x
|6 (6)
|1929-08-21
|align=left|In the Woodlands Hotel Gardens, Harrogate
|
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Young Mack (Harrogate)
|x
|6 (6)
|1929-09-11
|align=left|In the Woodlands Hotel Gardens, Harrogate
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Mick Walsh (Harrogate)
|Decision
|6 (6)
|1929-10-21
|align=left|Starbeck Physical Culture Room, Starbeck
|Handbill misspelt as "Vere"
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Young Hargreaves (Dewsbury)
|x
|6 (6)
|1929-10-27
|align=left|Batley Physical Culture Club, Batley
|
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Young Broadley (Bradford)
|x
|6 (6)
|1929-10-28
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|2nd Fight in two days
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Danny Wakelam (Castleford)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1929-11-29
|align=left|Gaiety Skating Rink, Castleford
|Handbill misspelt as "Veare"
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Maurice Emmott (Silsden)
|Decision
|6 (6)
|1929-12-09
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Teddy Talbot (Warrington)
|Stopped
|8 (8)
|1929-12-25
|align=left|The Rink, Knaresborough
|Handbill marked as A.N.Other
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Danny Wakelam (Castleford)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-01-15
|align=left|The Rink, Batley Carr, Dewsbury
|Handbill misspelt as "Veare"
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Tommy Boylan (Barrow)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-02-17
|align=left|Drill Hall, Workington
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Maurice Emmott (Silsden)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-02-24
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jack Inwood (Birstall)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-03-03
|align=left|Birstall Physical Culture Club, Birstall
|Handbill misspelt as "Veare"
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Dod Lockland (Bradford)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-03-10
|align=left|Horton Green Social Club, Bradford
|Handbill misspelt as "Veare"
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Mick Walsh (Harrogate)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-03-17
|align=left|Ideal Skating Rink, Harrogate
|Handbill misspelt as "Vere"
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Danny Wakelam (Castleford)
|x
|8 (8)
|1930-03-24
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Danny Wakelam (Castleford)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-04-06
|align=left|Horton Green Social Club, Bradford
|Handbill misspelt as "Veare"
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Young Broadley (Bradford)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-04-07
|align=left|Birstall Physical Culture Club, Birstall
|Handbill misspelt as "Veare"
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| John Barrett (Keighley)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-05-05
|align=left|Drill Hall, Workington
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jack White (Bradford)
|Decision
|6 (6)
|1930-06-02
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Boy Gibson (Bradford)
|KO
|4 (8)
|1930-06-30
|align=left|The Black Swan, Harrogate
|Vear substitute for Alfred Buck
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Joe Speight
|KO
|8 (8)
|1930-07-15
|align=left|Gomersal
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jack Smith (Shipley)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-09-01
|align=left|Victoria Hall, Saltaire
|Handbill misspelt as "Veare"
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Tommy Gallagher (Huddersfield)
|Decision
|6 (6)
|1930-09-28
|align=left|Vulcan Athletic Club, Dewsbury
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Freddie Irving (Keighley)
|Decision
|6 (6)
|1930-09-29
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|Vear substitute for Young Haggas
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Young Kirkley (Leeds)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-11-10
|align=left|The Baths, Normanton
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Young Dudley (Wakefield)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1930-11-16
|align=left|The Premier School of Boxing, Liversedge
|
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Harry Johnson (Macclesfield)
|x
|8 (8)
|1930-11-24
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Joe Speight (Birstall)
|Stopped
|4 (6)
|1930-12-08
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|Vear substitute for Young Ogden
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Eric (Kid) Lawton (Goole)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1930-12-14
|align=left|The Premier School of Boxing, Liversedge
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Kid Close (Holbeck, Leeds)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1930-12-21
|align=left|The Windsor Stadium, Leeds
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Johnny Parker (Doncaster)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-01-18
|align=left|The Premier School of Boxing, Liversedge
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jim Burrows (Barnsley)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1931-01-23
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Mickey Ryan (Leeds)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-03-09
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|Ryan stand-in for Young Stafford
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Johnny Nolan (Bradford)
|x
|10 (10)
|1931-03-23
|align=left|The New Stadium, Bradford
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Kid Eccles (Leeds)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-04-06
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jackie Quinn (Bradford)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-05-04
|align=left|The Windsor Stadium, Leeds
|
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Mick Howard (Liverpool)
|x
|10 (10)
|1931-06-03
|align=left|Wigan
|controversial draw, Vear appeared to be easy Winner
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Dickie Inckles (Sheffield)
|Decision
|12 (12)
|1931-06-15
|align=left|Don Road Stadium, Sheffield
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Billy Sullivan (Silsden)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-07-05
|align=left|The Picture House, Streethouse, Pontefract
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jacky Skelly (Barnsley)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-07-11
|align=left|The Plant Hotel, Mexborough
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Dickie Inckles (Sheffield)
|Decision
|12 (12)
|1931-07-15
|align=left|Don Road Stadium, Sheffield
|Inckles had verdicts over Jackie Brown (British Champion) & Bert Kirby (Ex-Champion)
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Jackie Webster (Normanton)
|Decision
|12 (12)
|1931-07-29
|align=left|Newhall Sports Ground, Attercliffe, Sheffield
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Billy Gritt (Doncaster)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-08-01
|align=left|Open-air boxing at The Plant Hotel, Mexborough
|
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Joe Goodall (Castleford)
|x
|12 (12)
|1931-08-15
|align=left|Newhall Sports Ground, Attercliffe, Sheffield
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Steve Firman (Swinton, Mexborough)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-08-23
|align=left|The Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
|
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Steve Firman (Swinton, Mexborough)
|x
|10 (10)
|1931-08-28
|align=left|Denaby, Doncaster
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Young Dandy (Scunthorpe)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-09-20
|align=left|The Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| George Aldred (Bolton)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-10-12
|align=left|Olympia Skating Ring, Wakefield
|Aldred substitute for Joe Speakman
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Dyke Archer (Salford)
|Decision
|12 (12)
|1931-10-22
|align=left|Colne
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Mickey Callaghan (Leeds)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-10-25
|align=left|The Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
|Callaghan substitute for Jacky Barber
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Willie Walsh (Oldham)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-11-03
|align=left|British Legion Club, Huddersfield
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Seaman Dobson (Leeds)
|Decision
|12 (12)
|1931-11-27
|align=left|Imperial Boxing Hall, Barnsley
|Vear Substitute for Johnny Regan
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Young Creasy (Newark)
|X
|10 (10)
|1931-12-03
|align=left|Victoria Baths, Nottingham
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| George Aldred (Bolton)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1931-12-13
|align=left|The Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
|Handbill misspelt as "Veir"
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Tiny Smith (Sheffield)
|Disqualification
|6 (10
|1931-12-13
|align=left|Rotherham
|
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| Young Kilbride (Leeds)
|X
|10 (10)
|1932-01-11
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Bob Healey (Bolton)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-02-08
|align=left|Skipton
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jackie Quinn (Bradford)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-02-15
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Kid Cassidy (Stockton)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-02-21
|align=left|The Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
|Handbill misspelt as "Veir"
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Young Tucker (Nelson)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-03-21
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|Tucker substitute for George Taylor
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Tom Goodall (Castleford)
|Decision
|12 (12)
|1932-03-29
|align=left|Drill Hall, Workington
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Freddie Irving (Keighley)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-04-11
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Billy Shaw (Leeds)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-05-14
|align=left|Goit Stock Pleasure Grounds, Bingley
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Tom Cowley (Thurnscoe)
|Decision
|12 (12)
|1932-05-16
|align=left|The Racing Track, Goldthorpe
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Young Kennedy (Maltby)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-06-04
|align=left|Drill Hall, Workington
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Billy Smith (Huddersfield)
|Disqualification
|5 (6)
|1932-06-18
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Jackie Quinn (Bradford)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-07-01
|align=left|The Plant Hotel, Mexborough
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Sid Ellis (Manchester)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-07-22
|align=left|Nelson Football Ground, Nelson
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Billy Shaw (Leeds)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-08-08
|align=left|Keighley RL Football Ground (Cougar Park), Keighley
|Vear substitute for Freddie Irving
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Billy Shaw (Leeds)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1932-xx-xx
|align=left|Leeds
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jackie Quinn (Bradford)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-11-07
|align=left|Windsor Hall, Bradford
|Vear substitute for Freddy Irving
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Dick Greaves (Salford)
|Retired
|10 (12)
|1932-11-10
|align=left|Alexandra Stadium, Colne
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Tommy Barber (Bradford)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-11-14
|align=left|Olympia, Bradford
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Tommy Barber (Bradford)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1932-11-27
|align=left|Leeds National Sporting Club
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Hyman Gordon (Manchester)
|Retired hurt – burst ear
|9 (10)
|1932-12-01
|align=left|Alexandra Stadium, Colne
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Young Monk (Dinnington)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1933-01-16
|align=left|Drill Hall, Halifax
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Bobby Thackray (Leeds)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1933-02-06
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Darkie Carr (Glasgow)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1933-02-10
|align=left|Wakefield Boxing Stadium, Wakefield
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Danny Wakelam (Castleford)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1933-02-24
|align=left|The Gaiety, Castleford
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Charlie Barlow (Manchester)
|Stopped by referee
|1 (10)
|1933-03-03
|align=left|Blackpool Tower Circus, Blackpool
|Barlow current contender for Lightweight Champion of Great Britain
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Mattie Hinds (Durham)
|Decision
|12 (12)
|1933-03-11
|align=left|Theatre Royal, Sunderland
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jackie Webster (Normanton)
|Stopped by Knockout
|7 (10)
|1933-03-17
|align=left|Drill Hall, Normanton
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Owen Moran (Leeds)
|Decision
|15 (15)
|1933-03-22
|align=left|Winter Gardens, Morecambe
|
|-align=center
|Draw
|align=left| George Stead (Manchester)
|x
|15 (15)
|1933-04-12
|align=left|Winter Gardens,Morecambe
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Jack Clayton (Bradford)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1933-05-01
|align=left|Olympia, Bradford
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Walter (Kid Chocolate) Melgram (Otley)
|Stopped
|x (8)
|1933-05-14
|align=left|Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Jack Clayton (Bradford)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1933-06-07
|align=left|Goit Stock, Bingley
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Danny Veitch (Sunderland)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1933-06-24
|align=left|West Hartlepool
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Spud Murphy (Manchester)
|Stopped
|3 (15)
|1933-07-19
|align=left|Winter Gardens,Morecambe
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Jim Driscoll (North Shields)
|Stopped
|7 (xx)
|1933-10-20
|align=left|North Shields Stadium, North Shields
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Bob Caulfield (Manchester)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1933-10-22
|align=left|Brunswick Stadium, Leeds
|
|-align=center
|Win
|align=left| Jim Holding (Leeds)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1933-11-03
|align=left|The Picture House, Streethouse, Pontefract
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Walt Jacques (Keighley)
|Decision
|8 (8)
|1933-11-13
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|Vear & Jacques replaced Williams & Lee on the boxing card
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Jack Crow (Halifax)
|Decision
|6 (6)
|1933-12-08
|align=left|Drill Hall, Halifax
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Bill Lambert (Burnley)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1934-01-11
|align=left|Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Young Tucker (Nelson)
|Decision
|10 (10)
|1934-02-08
|align=left|Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Jack Carrick (Hull)
|Stopped
|3 (10)
|1934-02-26
|align=left|Hull
|
|-align=center
|Loss
|align=left| Stan Hughes (Huddersfield)
|Stopped
|6 (10)
|1934-11-12
|align=left|Drill Hall, Keighley
|Vear Substitute for Jacques
|
References
Sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20110928165232/http://www.britishboxing.net/boxers_15178-Percy-Vear.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20030929083016/http://www.prewarboxing.co.uk/boxer%20lists/V%20list.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20050216070434/http://www.prewarboxing.co.uk/records/danny%20wakelam.htm
http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=318137&cat=boxer
http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/2001/12/14/132340.html
http://archive.cravenherald.co.uk/2001/12/14/132340.html
1911 births
English male boxers
Flyweight boxers
Bantamweight boxers
Featherweight boxers
People from Bingley
Sportspeople from Keighley
1983 deaths
Sport in the City of Bradford |
23571960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva%20%28Russian%20Circles%20album%29 | Geneva (Russian Circles album) | Geneva is the third full-length album by the instrumental rock band Russian Circles, and was released on October 20, 2009. The album was recorded in May 2009 with Brandon Curtis of The Secret Machines. The vinyl version of the album was released by Sargent House and was available on both a black 2x12" 45 rpm edition and a more limited clear 2x12" 45 rpm edition.
Tracks
Personnel
Mike Sullivan − guitar
Dave Turncrantz − drums
Brian Cook − bass guitar
Alison Chesley − cello
Susan Voelz − violin
Greg Norman − engineering, trumpet, trombone
Brandon Curtis − production, additional piano
Joe Lambert − mastering
Chris Strong − album photo
Sasha Barr − album layout
Charts
References
2009 albums
Russian Circles albums
Suicide Squeeze Records albums |
20464914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly%20address%20of%20the%20president%20of%20the%20United%20States | Weekly address of the president of the United States | The weekly address of the president of the United States (also known as the Weekly (Radio) Address or Your Weekly Address) is the weekly speech by the president of the United States to the nation. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to deliver such radio addresses. Ronald Reagan revived the practice of delivering a weekly Saturday radio broadcast in 1982, and his successors all continued the practice until Donald Trump ceased doing so seventeen months into his term.
As the Internet became mainstream during the 1990s, the weekly address was made available on other media. George W. Bush introduced an audio podcast feed and Barack Obama introduced a weekly video address during his presidential transition period. Donald Trump continued the weekly video address for the first nine months of his administration, after which he ended the practice. He later released occasional "weekly" addresses before ceasing the tradition in June 2018.
Joe Biden revived the practice of making a weekly address in February 2021 in the form of “Weekly Conversations”, answering prepared questions or concerns from citizens. As vice president, Biden made weekly addresses on behalf of Barack Obama during the Obama administration.
History
Franklin D. Roosevelt first used what would become known as fireside chats in 1929 as Governor of New York. His third gubernatorial address—April 3, 1929, on WGY radio—is cited by Roosevelt biographer Frank Freidel as being the first fireside chat. As president he continued the tradition, which he called his fireside chats. The success of these presidential addresses encouraged their continuation by future presidents.
The practice of regularly scheduled addresses began in 1982 when President Ronald Reagan started delivering a radio broadcast every Saturday. Conservative journalist William A. Rusher, who publicly urged Reagan to begin the series of broadcasts, explicitly referred to the "fireside chats" and compared Reagan's communications skills to those of Roosevelt. During a sound check in preparation for his radio address of August 11, 1984, Reagan made the following comments in jest, which were later leaked to the general public: "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
George H. W. Bush did not regularly record a weekly radio address; he recorded only a total of 18 addresses during his term in office, most toward the latter part. Bill Clinton regularly recorded a weekly radio address, often going over ten minutes with some speeches early in his term. George W. Bush was the first president to deliver the weekly radio address in English and Spanish, which he continued to throughout his presidency. Later, George W. Bush began to have his addresses posted as an audio podcast once that technology became popular.
Barack Obama used YouTube for regular video addresses as President-elect and since his inauguration the weekly addresses have continued on the White House website, the official White House YouTube channel, and networks such as C-SPAN, with the 24-hour cable news channels and network morning shows usually airing the full address only if the topic involves a breaking news event; short summaries of the address and the talking points within are otherwise edited and presented within regular news reports throughout each Saturday.
Until his final broadcast, Donald Trump continued to use the video address as his predecessor did. His weekly address also webcast on Facebook as a live stream, releasing the address on Fridays instead of Saturdays.
It has long become customary for the president's Weekly Radio Address to be followed by a response from the opposition party. When the president is a Democrat, the opposition's response is given by a Republican and vice versa. This response is not limited to only responding by the subject of the president's address, but may address other topics of political or social interest, a tribute to a figure who has died in the last week, a general patriotic message on holiday weekends (the latter two of which can also be part of the presidential address), or other concerns working through the Senate or House which have not yet been addressed by the executive branch. Despite the discontinuation of the president's weekly addresses, the Democrats still continued their weekly address through the remainder of the Trump administration.
A common complaint about the president's Weekly Radio Address pre-digital age (but remaining in the mainstream) is that only a few radio stations (mainly public radio and all-news radio outlets, a format very rare outside of major metropolitan areas) cover the very short broadcasts, they are not advertised publicly, and very few Americans are able to find address coverage on their local radio dial; Saturday mornings usually have brokered or paid programming carried on most commercial radio stations.
See also
Oval Office address
State of the Union
Weekly Democratic Address, the opposition response during a Republican presidency
Weekly Republican Address, the current opposition response during a Democratic presidency
References
External links
President Obama's Weekly Addresses
Transcripts of President G.W. Bush's Radio Addresses by date and topic
President G.W. Bush's Radio Address podcasts
Ronald Reagan's Presidential Radio Addresses from 1982 to 1989
George H.W. Bush's Presidential Radio Addresses from 1990 to 1992
Bill Clinton's Presidential Radio Addresses from 1993 to 2001
George W. Bush's Presidential Radio Addresses from 2001 to 2009
Barack Obama's Presidential Weekly Addresses from 2008 to 2017
Donald Trump's Presidential Weekly Addresses from 2017 to 2021
Corpus of Political Speeches Free access to political speeches by American and other politicians, developed by Hong Kong Baptist University Library
American radio programs
1929 radio programme debuts
United States presidential speeches |
23571963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerhenice | Cerhenice | Cerhenice is a market town in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Cerhýnky is an administrative part of Cerhenice.
References
Market towns in the Czech Republic
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17329428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conanicut%20Battery | Conanicut Battery | The Conanicut Battery is a colonial and 20th century military battery in Jamestown, Rhode Island, west of Beaver Tail Road. The site offers a commanding view of the West Passage of Narragansett Bay.
During the American Revolutionary War, local militia constructed an earthen battery on the site. The British occupied Jamestown later that year and took over the site, occupying the space until August 1778 when the French fleet arrived. Its principal surviving feature is an earthworks measuring about long and wide. The site is marked by a plaque placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1931. During the early 20th century, the U.S. military built large partially underground defensive batteries in the area, notably Fort Getty and Fort Burnside.
The 22-acre site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is now owned by the town and operated as Conanicut Battery National Historic Park. The Friends of Conanicut Battery and the Jamestown Historical Society are active in preserving the fort.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References and external links
Conanicut Battery information Spring 2012 (PDF)
Conanicut Battery information Spring 2017 (PDF)
Conanicut Battery at Jamestown Historical Society
Conanicut Battery at American Forts Network
Conanicut Battery at FortWiki.com
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Jamestown, Rhode Island
Parks in Rhode Island
Conanicut
Conanicut
Conanicut
Protected areas of Newport County, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island
American Revolution on the National Register of Historic Places |
23571964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femi | Femi | Fẹ́mi is a common Nigerian given unisex name of Yoruba origin which means "love Me".
Femi is most commonly a diminutive form of "Olufemi" (or Olúfẹ́mi) which means "The Lord loves me" ("Olú" means Lord, Leader, or the "Prominent one," in the Yoruba language). "Olufemi" can also be diminutive of "Olúwafẹ́mi". Other full forms of the name include Olorunfemi (God loves me), Jesufemi (Jesus loves me), Nifemi (Have my love), Babafemi (Father loves me), Obafemi (The King loves me), Adefemi (Royalty loves me), Ifafemi (Ifa loves me) etc.
People
Acting
Femi Taylor, British dancer and actress
Femi Emiola, American actress
Femi Oyeniran, British actor
Art
Femi Ford, American Artist
Politics
Femi Fani-Kayode (born 1960), Nigerian politician
Femi Gbaja Biamila (born 1962), Nigerian politician
Femi Oluwole (born 1990), British political activist
Femi Pedro (born 1955), Nigerian politician
Femi Okurounmu, Nigerian politician, Senator for Ogun Central
Femi Adesina, Nigerian journalist and government official
Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian politician, statesman, and nationalist who played a key role in Nigeria's independence movement.
Sport
Femi, nickname of Oluwafemi Ajilore (born 1985), footballer now playing for FC Groningen
Femi Babatunde (born 1986), Nigerian footballer now playing for Kwara United F.C.
Femi Ilesanmi (born 1991), English professional footballer
Femi Joseph (born 1990), Nigerian footballer now playing for Liberty Professionals F.C.
Femi Opabunmi (born 1985), footballer now playing for Shooting Stars FC
Femi Orenuga (born 1993), English footballer now playing for Everton
Writing and journalism
Femi Osofisan (born 1946), Nigerian writer
Femi Euba, Nigerian actor and playwright
Femi Oguns, British playwright
Femi Oke (born 1966), British TV journalist, now in New York
Caleb Femi, British poet and former young people’s laureate for London.
Femi Johnson, Nigerian TV journalist with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
Law
Femi Falana, Nigerian Lawyer and human rights activist.
Health
Femi Oshagbemi, Nigerian born Pharmacist, Epidemiologist and Public health expert
Femi Ojo, Nigeria born Psychiatric Registered Nurse, and Public Health Expert, in California
Other
Femi Otedola (born 1967), Nigerian billionaire businessman
Femi Kuti (born 1962), Nigerian musician and the eldest son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti
Femi John Femi (born 1945), Chief of Air Staff of the Nigerian Air Force
Femi Temowo, British jazz musician
See also
La Fémis the École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son
References
Yoruba given names
Unisex given names |
17329434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Gent%20from%20Bear%20Creek | A Gent from Bear Creek | A Gent from Bear Creek is a collection of Western short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1937 by Herbert Jenkins. The first United States edition was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1966. The stories continue on from each other, like chapters in a book.
Overview
The stories are humorously written as if told by Breckinridge Elkins, a hillbilly with no schooling. He and his kin live in the Humboldts in Nevada. Elkins is six feet six inches tall, is as strong as a grizzly bear, and he can be just as bad tempered if riled. And there is a lot to rile him, especially his relatives.
Though a dead shot, he prefers to use his fists, feet, teeth, etc. In numerous fights he attacks whole groups of armed men and commits mayhem. No one actually dies but limbs are broken, jaws shattered, faces are trod on, skulls fractured, ribs broken, and so on. Even buildings do not always survive such an attack. He picks up many injuries himself, but being shot, getting many cuts with Bowie knives, head bashed with numerous objects, having his ear chewed, scratched up by a mountain lion he then threw into a room full of feuding men and such are just minor nuisances to him.
He previously rode an old mule called Alexander, the only animal that could carry him till he came across Cap'n Kidd, his equine equivalent, and tamed him. Elkins is the only man tough enough to ride the giant, pugnacious horse. Glory McGraw (a local girl) is his sometimes love interest but he is often too dumb to see it.
Contents
"Striped Shirts and Busted Hearts"
"Mountain Man"
"Meet Cap'n Kidd"
"Guns of the Mountains"
"A Gent from Bear Creek"
"The Feud Buster"
"The Road to Bear Creek"
"The Scalp Hunter"
"Cupid From Bear Creek"
"The Haunted Mountain"
"Educate or Bust"
"War on Bear Creek"
"When Bear Creek Came to Chawed Ear"
References
1937 short story collections
Short story collections by Robert E. Howard |
23571965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cerven%C3%A9%20Pe%C4%8Dky | Červené Pečky | Červené Pečky is a market town in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Bohouňovice I, Bojiště, Bořetice, Dolany and Opatovice are administrative parts of Červené Pečky.
References
Market towns in the Czech Republic |
17329437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovene%20Society | Slovene Society | The Slovene Society (, also ) is the second-oldest publishing house in Slovenia, founded on February 4, 1864 as an institution for the scholarly and cultural progress of Slovenes.
History
The Slovene Society was founded upon the proposal of several Slovene patriotic associations and individuals from Maribor, who urged the establishment of an institution that would publish advanced scholarly literature in Slovene, foster the expansion of culture among Slovenes, and development of scientific terminology in Slovene. In 1864, the consortium Slovenska matica was founded in Ljubljana. Its work was based on the examples of similar institutions in other Slavic countries, such as the Matica hrvatska in Croatia, Matica srpska in Vojvodina, Matice česká in the Czech Lands, and Matica slovenská in Slovakia. The consortium was established with private capital, as well as with capital of the Duchy of Carniola and several cultural associations. The Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph I also gave a substantial financial contribution for its founding.
The institution reached its peak at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, it functioned as a regular publishing house on a free market, publishing books for a general public, many of which became bestsellers; at the same time, it also performed the role of an Academy of Sciences, fostering high culture and maintaining close contacts with the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade, as well as similar institutions in Prague, Krakow, London and Sankt Peterburg.
During World War I, the SM was closed and its properties confiscated by the Austro-Hungarian authorities. The alleged cause was the publication of the book Gospodin Franjo ("Mister Franjo") by the Slovene author and officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army Fran Maselj (pen name: Podlimbarski), which was a strong satirical critique of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
During the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Slovene Society expanded its publishing work and in 1938 it was one of the co-founders of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. During the Italian occupation in World War II, the leadership of the Slovene Society collaborated with the Liberation Front of the Slovene People. In 1944, it was shut down by the Nazi German authorities. In the late 1945, the communist authorities of the People's Republic of Slovenia allowed the society to be re-established, although its editorial policies were considered "too conservative" by the new regime. Most of its properties were nationalized by the state, but the institution was allowed to continue functioning and later received substantial subsidies.
The work of the institution was reinvigorated again in the 1980s, when it started systemically publishing translations of major Western philosophers and political theorists, including authors regarded as subversive of the official Socialist ideology, such as Heidegger, Machiavelli, Jan Patočka, Unamuno, José Ortega y Gasset, Aurelius Augustinus, and the complete works of Nietzsche.
Chairmen
Since its establishment, the Slovene Society has been headed by important figures from Slovene cultural and public life.
1865: Anton Zois, politician and philanthropist
1865–1869: Lovro Toman, lawyer, author and politician
1869–1875: Etbin Henrik Costa, lawyer and politician
1875–1881: Janez Bleiweis, politician
1881–1882: Josip Marn, literary historian
1882–1885: Peter Grasselli, politician, mayor of Ljubljana
1885–1886: Josip Poklukar, editor
1886–1893: Josip Marn
1893–1907: Fran Levec, literary historian
1907–1914: Fran Ilešič, literary historian
1917: Peter Grasselli
1918–1920: Ivan Tavčar, author and politician, mayor of Ljubljana
1920–1947: Dragotin Lončar, historian and political theorist
1947–1949: Oton Župančič, poet
1950–1966: Anton Melik, geographer
1966–1975: France Koblar, art historian
1975–1978: Fran Zwitter, historian
1978–1987: Bogo Grafenauer, historian
1987–1994: Primož Simoniti, classical philologist, historian and translator
1994–2008: Joža Mahnič, literary historian
since 2008: Milček Komelj, art historian and critic
Editors and chancellors
Many prominent individuals served as editors and chancellors (chief secretaries) of the institution. The most prominent of these were Fran Levstik, Josip Vidmar, Juš Kozak, France Bernik, and Drago Jančar. Several others have collaborated with the institution, including philosophers Ivo Urbančič and Tine Hribar, historian Vasilij Melik and political theorist Albin Prepeluh.
Notes and references
External links
Official site
Learned societies of Slovenia
Organizations established in 1864
Organizations based in Ljubljana
Cultural history of Slovenia
Slovenian culture
Publishing companies of Slovenia
Scientific organizations in Ljubljana |
23571969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pla%C5%88any | Plaňany | Plaňany () is a market town in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Blinka, Hradenín and Poboří are administrative parts of Plaňany.
History
The first written mention of Plaňany is from 1222, under its old name Plaňasy. Probably in 1572, during the rule of the Mírek of Solopysky family, the village was promoted to a market town.
Notable people
Wilhelm Würfel (1790–1832), composer
Bedřich Bernau (1849–1904), archaeologist and ethnographist, lived and died here
Josef Nádvorník (1906–1977), lichenologist
References
Market towns in the Czech Republic |
20464942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahsatch%2C%20Utah | Wahsatch, Utah | Wahsatch ( ) is a ghost town in Summit County, Utah, United States. It lies along I-80 at the northeastern end of Echo Canyon some east of Echo, and west of Evanston, Wyoming. Wahsatch was established as a railroad camp, later achieving local prominence in sheep ranching. It was inhabited from 1868 until the 1930s.
History
Wahsatch was established in 1868 as a railroad construction camp, the first of many such camps set up in Utah by the Union Pacific Railroad in the process of building the First Transcontinental Railroad. From 1868 to 1869 a population of hundreds dug the Echo tunnel through the Wasatch Mountains west of town. Wahsatch soon became a major supply station and railhead, with its own roundhouse, workshops, boarding houses, and warehouses. When the transcontinental railroad was finished in May 1869, a meal station for waiting passengers was constructed.
During the tunnel construction in 1868–1869, Wahsatch was known as a wild and lawless place. Laborers spent their wages immediately in tent saloons. Shootings were common, and there is even record of a lynching. Lacking a formal cemetery, the town buried its dead in makeshift hillside graves. This violent period was short-lived; in the early 1870s Wahsatch's development was outpaced by that of nearby Evanston, Wyoming, and the railroad moved most operations to Evanston. The population sharply dropped, and most of the buildings were demolished. Wahsatch became little more than a point for loading livestock.
Toward the end of the 19th century, Wahsatch enjoyed a minor rebirth as a location central to the area's growing sheep ranches. A number of new dwellings were built as ranchers and laborers began to gather here annually for sheep shearing season. In the spring of 1899 alone, an estimated of wool was sheared. In June 1903 it was reported that 489 carloads of sheep had arrived at Wahsatch from their winter range. The town grew enough to justify the building of a new school in 1910. In 1916 Wahsatch became the headquarters for the construction of a second railroad tunnel, bringing another temporary surge in population. The railroad built a new depot and section houses in the 1930s, but Wahsatch soon declined, along with the sheep industry. The town was abandoned in the 1930s.
The townsite on the north side of the highway is on railroad property, but the ruins on the south side are on a public road and can be accessed. Most visitors see little more than an old wooden sign reading Wahsatch alongside the tracks, but there are some remnants of railroad buildings and equipment.
See also
List of ghost towns in Utah
References
External links
Wahsatch at GhostTowns.com
Ghost towns in Utah
Ghost towns in Summit County, Utah
Populated places established in 1868
1868 establishments in Utah Territory |
23571986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paldang%20Bridge | Paldang Bridge | The Paldang Bridge () crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the cities of Hanam and Namyangju. Excluding the single-lane bridge built on top of the Paldang Dam, it is the easternmost bridge on the Han River.
Construction on the bridge began in May 1986 as the second concrete bridge over the Han River after Olympic Bridge. Construction was halted in March 1991, however, when a portion of the bridge collapsed due to strong winds and killed one construction worker on site. Inspections revealed structural damage, prompting a change in construction methods. Construction resumed in October 1991, but was halted again in May 1992 after further structural damage was discovered. Initial designs were scrapped, and the bridge was opened as a girder bridge on April 25, 1995.
References
Buildings and structures in Hanam
Buildings and structures in Namyangju
Bridges in Gyeonggi Province
Bridges completed in 1995 |
23571990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina%20Ricco | Carina Ricco | Carina Ricco (born November 27, 1968, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, singer, musician, producer and composer. In 2007 she opened her own music record company. She is the widow of Eduardo Palomo, father of her two kids, Fiona and Luca.
Biography
Born in the port city of Veracruz, Mexico of Spanish and Italian origin, Carina spent her childhood in Argentina, where she began exploring the world of music as a very young child. She started her professional musical career, in earnest, once back in Mexico as a teenager.
In 1993 she released her first solo album, Del Cabello a los Pies (Head to Toe), and toured Central and South America. She is most proud of her performances at the “Viña del Mar Festival”, where she was her country’s representative.
In 1997 she released Sueños Urbanos (Urban Dreams), the album in which we discover more about Carina as songwriter with themes composed by her. Her single Solo Quiero reached the pinnacle of popularity.
Despite interest from major record labels Carina chose to start her own record company. In 2007 Damselfly Records gives birth to Viaje Personal.
Carina is a singer, musician and composer with versatile talent who has also explored film, theatre and television, both as an actress and as a producer.
External links
http://www.carinaricco.com
1969 births
Living people
Mexican women singers
Mexican musicians
Mexican people of Italian descent
Mexican people of Spanish descent
Actresses from Veracruz
Singers from Veracruz |
17329441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas%20Jacobsson | Jonas Jacobsson | Jonas Jacobsson (born 22 June 1965) is a Swedish sport shooter who has won several gold medals at the Paralympic Games. He participated in ten consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1980 to 2016, winning a total of seventeen gold, two silver, and nine bronze medals. In 1996, he won two gold medals in the air rifle 3×40 and English match events and a bronze in the air rifle prone at the Atlanta Paralympics. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, he took two gold medals in the free rifle 3×40 and free rifle prone events and two bronzes in air rifle standing and air rifle prone events. Four years later, at the Athens Games, he competed in the same four events and won the gold medal in all of them.
On 10 September 2008 Jacobsson won his 16th gold medal in the Paralympic Games making him the best performing male Paralympics contestant so far. Later that year, he became the first athlete with a physical disability to receive the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal, Sweden's most significant sports award.
See also
Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Paralympic Games
References
External links
1965 births
Living people
Swedish male sport shooters
Paralympic shooters of Sweden
Paralympic gold medalists for Sweden
Paralympic silver medalists for Sweden
Paralympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Paralympic medalists in shooting
Shooters at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Shooters at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Shooters at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Shooters at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Shooters at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Shooters at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Shooters at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Shooters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Shooters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
People from Norrköping
Sportspeople from Östergötland County
20th-century Swedish people
21st-century Swedish people |
17329459 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960%20United%20States%20presidential%20election%20in%20California | 1960 United States presidential election in California | The 1960 United States presidential election in California took place on November 8, 1960 as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose 32 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. Although California was Nixon's home state, which he represented in the House and Senate, and initial political base, his margin of victory over Kennedy turned out to be extremely narrow; in fact, it was the closest of the states that Nixon won and the fourth closest state in the election after Hawaii, Illinois and Missouri. On the morning of November 9, the NBC victory desk erroneously projected California to Kennedy.
Nixon would later win California again against Hubert Humphrey in 1968 and then against George McGovern in 1972.
Primaries
Democratic primary
Running unopposed, California governor Pat Brown won the state's Democratic primary as a favorite son.
While the primary itself was straightforward, the developments surrounding the primary were far more complex.
Kennedy had not come easily to his decision not to compete in the California primary, and had at one point tentatively filed to run in the primary.
Kennedy had begun to contemplate the state's primary at an early stage in the development of his campaign.
By early 1958 Kennedy's team had recognized the state to be a Democratic target for the midterm elections, since economic woes had weakened the Republican Party's strength in the state. This meant that the 1958 midterm election would serve to gauge the prospect of Democrats winning the state in the 1960 presidential election. In February 1958, Ted Sorensen spent $1,500 in order to commission a survey in California that would be conducted that March, coinciding with a two-day visit by Kennedy to the state. The survey showed Kennedy winning 55 to 45% in a then-hypothetical general election race against Nixon. The survey also demonstrated Kennedy to have a strong lead in California among Catholics, who constituted one-fifth of the state's populace.
Kennedy, however, remained undecided as to whether or not he would compete in the state's primary.
In November 1958, the midterm elections delivered encouraging signs for Democratic prospects of carrying the state in 1960. Pat Brown had defeated the Nixon-backed Republican candidate, outgoing U.S. Senate Minority Leader William Knowland, in the state's gubernatorial election and Democrat Clair Engle defeated the Nixon-backed Republican candidate, outgoing governor Goodwin Knight, in the race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Knowland.
California was one of several large state delegations to the Democratic National convention whose support the Kennedy campaign came to believe was integral when they mapped-out his path to secure the nomination.
The Kennedy campaign was concerned that Brown might run against Kennedy as a favorite son in the primary. Brown saw himself as a potential running mate on the Democratic ticket. However, he recognized that his chances of being selected would disappear if Kennedy were the presidential nominee, as Brown and Kennedy were both Catholics and a ticket composed of two Catholics was improbable. Thus. Brown recognized that he would need for Kennedy to lose the nomination if he were to stand a chance at securing the vice-presidential nomination for himself.
California's Democratic Party landscape at the time, stood largely divided between Brown loyalists and Adlai Stevenson supporters (many of whom had hopes of nominating Stevenson a third consecutive time).
Kennedy's campaign began to consider the possibility of pursuing a compromise with Brown in which he would run as a favorite candidate committed to Kennedy. Such a compromise would have granted Brown the profile and ego boost of winning the state's primary. It would have allowed Kennedy to eschew a scenario in which he could underperform or be defeated in one of the last primaries, which would weaken the momentum he needed to have heading into the convention. It would also have avoided the risk of dividing the state party, which was important since a divided state party would have decimated any chance Kennedy stood of carrying the state in the general election. At the same time, such a compromise would still have secured the support of California's delegation for Kennedy. Kennedy's campaign decided that, so long as their candidate still had momentum from having won primaries in other key states, there would be no problem in having Brown run as a surrogate candidate in California. To help persuade Brown to be inclined towards such an agreement, Larry O'Brien met with Brown on behalf of the campaign and showed him polling that Louis Harris had conducted for them which showed Kennedy winning the state 60% to 40% in a two-way race against Brown and was also beating him in a three-way matchup featuring Humphrey, polling 47% against Brown's 33% and Humphrey's 20%. The campaign ultimately reached an informal agreement with Brown to have him run, pledged to Kennedy, as a favorite son.
Despite their informal agreement with Brown, Kennedy's campaign continued to possess worries about the state's primary. They were uncertain as to what degree Brown was intent on honoring their agreement. They also recognized that there was a potential that Stevenson might run in the state's primary. Another concern involved the candidacy of Hubert Humphrey. Kennedy's team believed that there was a possibility that Humphrey might file to run in the state. While Kennedy's campaign strategy aimed to have killed Humphrey's candidacy well in advance of the California primary by dealing him critical defeats in earlier primaries, they were still somewhat concerned about a potential scenario in which Kennedy would have failed to knock Humphrey out of the race and Humphrey ran in the California primary. They were worried that, in such an instance, Brown might prove to be a much less effective an opponent to Humphrey than Kennedy himself would be.
To precautionarily leave open the campaign's options, on the March 9 deadline to file for the primary, Kennedy filed his own slate of prospective delegates which would be, at least tentatively, registered to run against Brown's slate. Humphrey filed a slate of his own later that day. This blindsided Brown, who believed that he had secured promises from both candidates that neither of them would run against him in the California primary.
By the time of the California primary, Humphrey had already ended his campaign. Since he had only filed as a precaution for the possibility of Humphrey competing in California, Kennedy attempted to make peace. Kennedy withdrew, granting Brown the opportunity to run unopposed.
Feeling betrayed by Kennedy, Brown did not publicly endorse him, much to the chagrin of the Kennedy campaign. Brown, ultimately, held weak control over a fractious state delegation, whose ranks included a number of Stevenson loyalists, and Stevenson had left open the possibility of being drafted as a candidate at the convention. After failing to secure a public endorsement from Brown ahead of the convention, Kennedy and his team ultimately resorted to courting individual members of its delegation for their support.
Republican primary
Nixon won California's Republican primary, in which he was unopposed.
General election
Results
Results by county
References
California
1960
1960 California elections |
17329484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Democratic%20Association | Central Democratic Association | The Central Democratic Association, also known as the Democratic Association or the Democrats, was a political party of Chartists which was prominent in Sheffield, England in the mid-nineteenth century.
Establishment
Sheffield Town Council was constituted in 1843. While the town had one of the less restrictive electoral franchises, only ratepayers of three years standing were permitted to vote. Tenants of cottages, including many workers in the city, typically paid their rates indirectly through their landlords and were therefore not permitted to vote. This set-up had been unproblematic until the Council was founded, but was now of concern, as the registered voters were generally the wealthier residents. In 1843, only 5,584 people were registered to vote, and this had risen to 8,000 in 1845.
In 1846, a committee of Chartists in the city met to discuss the problem of voter registration. They decided to focus their campaign for registration by putting up two candidates in the November elections: Thomas Briggs, a farmer, in Brightside in the annual election, and Isaac Ironside, an accountant and former support of Robert Owen, in Ecclesall in a by-election held soon afterwards. Briggs was easily elected, while Ironside won narrowly on a record turnout: 397 votes to 317 for his Liberal rival. Voter registration was also up, reaching 11,500 people.
The Liberals dominated the council, and portrayed the Chartists as socialists, and Ironside as a demagogue. The Liberal press in the shape of the Sheffield Independent was initially supportive, but as the group gain success, became increasingly hostile.
In 1847, Ironside was re-elected in Ecclesall, along with another Chartist councillor. Other Chartists were elected in Brightside, St George's, St Philip's and Nether Hallam wards, and by the end of the year they formed a group of nine councillors. In addition, Richard Otley was elected in Ecclesall, but was unseated because he failed to meet the property qualification. This required councillors to have resources worth £1,000 or to occupy property with a rental value above £30 a year. As a result, the Chartist councillors were mostly shopkeepers and craftsmen, with a couple of surgeons and a farmer. This was not representative of their electorate.
The Chartists joined a campaign against Wilson Overend, a local magistrate accused of anti-trade union bias, and later in the year, initiated a campaign in support of former police constable George Bakewell who had been banished from the town by his superintendent after being accused of stealing a pair of trousers. This campaign was supported by Liberal members of the Watch Committee, annoyed that they had not been consulted.
Policies and organisation
Chartist candidates had to give their broad support to Chartist goals, and in particular had to support universal male suffrage. The group was lightly whipped, a situation much criticised by the Sheffield Independent. Its main planks of policy were opposition to high civic salaries, and opposition to the Sheffield City Police, criticising its organisation and calling for a lower police rate. This was supported by the group's efficient administration of the Ecclesall board of highway surveyors.
In 1848, the Chartists won four of the six wards they contested, and by the end of the year had fifteen councillors. This rose to 22 the following year. They still opted not to run in the Park ward as they lacked registered supporters, but as the voter registration drive gained successes, in 1851 they came a close second to the Liberal, and in 1852 the Liberal association decided to avoid a repeat by adopting the Democrat candidate as official.
By this time, Ironside had become recognised as the leader of the group, and had persuaded the council to set up a health committee and to set up a model farm at Hollow Meadows.
The Chartists set up ward committees which met regularly and were responsible for selecting candidates, canvassing for them and for encouraging supporters to vote. These committees, known as "wardmotes" and open to all "burghers" (loosely defined as the skilled working classes), were inspired by Joshua Toulmin Smith's ideas. In 1851, Ironside formalised the network by launching the Sheffield Free Press as a party newspaper, followed by the Central Democratic Ward Association to co-ordinate the ward committees and decide borough-wide strategy. The Liberals largely failed to imitate these structures.
The Association allowed the wardmotes to select any candidate they chose, and while many were active Democrats, other radicals and independent Chartists were sometimes elected on to their slate. Ironside also saw the wardmotes as a venue for the resolution of local grievances. For example, they took up complaints against pollution and inadequate street maintenance, and even petty crimes. On one occasion, Ironside found five youths disturbing the peace and a wardmote passed a resolution calling for their parents to bring them before the body. When one youth attended the next meeting, he was reprimanded, while the body pressed for summons for the others. Members of the police force and other relevant bodies were also free to attend the wardmotes to justify their actions, and the Democrats were not universally critical of their actions.
By the 1840s, there was a general consensus in the city that a new Act of Parliament was needed to replace the Sheffield Improvement Act 1818. The council opposed the Public Health Act 1848 as centralising, adding expense and placing local boards under central governmental rather than local democratic control. The Chartists also opposed the additional property qualifications it introduced for voters and members of local boards, noting this would disenfranchise many of their supporters.
In 1851, Ironside seconded a council motion to call a public meeting to decide whether a local bill should be applied for that year. The meeting was little-attended, but supported the proposal. The bill claimed for Sheffield a wide range of powers, which would include the absorption of the Church Burgesses and the Town Trustees. These two measures were later dropped in order to minimise Parliamentary opposition. A public meeting was held in December and was dominated by Chartists. They opposed it on the grounds that it did not introduce a universal male franchise for the council, and that it would for the first time impose rates on housing with a rateable value of £7 or less per year. The meeting rejected the bill. Ironside also moved to oppose it, but his change in position alienated both colleagues in favour of it and members who had opposed it from the start.
Later activities
By 1852, the group was sufficiently successful that six of their candidates were elected without opposition, and a further four in contests, giving the group a total of twenty-six councillors. However, not all councillors stuck to the party line, and as a result, a non-Democrat Mayor of Sheffield was elected.
During the 1850s, the Democrats were easily the main opposition on the council. Under their influence, from 1854 to 1857, the council annually voted a petition for parliamentary reform, and also petitioned the monarch on taxation, the Poor Law and county administration. Ironside was the chair of the city's Highways Board from 1852 to 1854, and led a campaign of street paving and laying deep sewers.
Ironside attempted to get Toulmin Smith to stand for the Parliamentary seat of Sheffield at the 1852 general election, but Smith refused. Ironside also became a shareholder in the Sheffield Consumers Gas Company, which engaged in a rivalry with the established Sheffield Gas-Light Company. Disputes over these actions led some former allies to turn against him. In 1853, two former allies organised a campaign against Ironside, and he lost his seat in Ecclesall. He subsequently took a seat in St George's, but in 1854, only two of the nine Democrat candidates were successful, and Ironside again lost his seat.
The Democrats lost influence on the council, but remained influential on the highway and vestry boards. In 1858, they opposed a new bill, sponsored by George Calvert Holland, essentially a more limited version of the 1851 proposal. Ironside's support for former diplomat David Urquhart lost him further support, and by the 1860s, the group was defunct.
References
See also
London Democratic Association
Political parties established in 1846
Politics of Sheffield
1846 establishments in England |
17329496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic%20Association | Democratic Association | Democratic Association may refer to:
Central Democratic Association
London Democratic Association |
17329502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallcarca%20i%20els%20Penitents | Vallcarca i els Penitents | Vallcarca i els Penitents is a neighbourhood in the northernmost part of Gràcia, a district of Barcelona. Locked between two hills, Putget and El Coll, it grew out of a few scattered settlements, namely L'Hostal de la Farigola, Can Falcó, Can Mas and Can Gomis.
The Parish Church, Virgen de Gracia y San José, popularly known as the “Josepets,” is the location of a Traditional Latin Mass, authorised by bishop Reig Casanova in 2021.
Transportation
Barcelona Metro stations Vallcarca and Penitents, both on L3.
See also
Urban planning of Barcelona
Gràcia
Neighbourhoods of Barcelona |
17329535 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook%E2%80%93Bateman%20Farm | Cook–Bateman Farm | The Cook–Bateman Farm is a colonial-era farmstead located at the intersection of Fogland, Puncatest Neck (or Neck) and Pond Bridge Roads in Tiverton, Rhode Island. The property was initially purchased in 1700 and reached its largest size, , in the last 25 years of the 18th century. It currently encompasses of rolling farmland.
The focal point of the farmstead is the 2 1/2 story house,, the oldest portion of which dates to c.1730–48, while the north kitchen was constructed or rebuilt c.1812-20. Both are now covered by the Second Empire high mansard rook, which was added c.1870. Also on the property is a gambrel-roofed frame barn dating from the late 19th or early 20th century; a two-story hip-roofed frame structure which might be the oldest building in the farmstead, possibly a heabily-altered original farm building from c.1700; a "farmers house"; and a number of other smaller outbuildings.
The property, which has evidence of earlier Native American occupation, including arrowheads and stone tools found in the fields, was purchased by John Cook in 1700, and remained in the hands of just two families for more than 200 years, until 1977.
The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
External links
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Houses in Newport County, Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Tiverton, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island |
17329548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holger%20Nikelis | Holger Nikelis | Holger Nikelis (born 15 January 1978) is a German table tennis player. He won a gold medal in the singles event and a bronze in the team event at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. He has also won other medals and championships in disabled table tennis. He was world number one in his category in September 2013.
References
External links
1978 births
Living people
German male table tennis players
Paralympic table tennis players of Germany
Paralympic gold medalists for Germany
Paralympic bronze medalists for Germany
Paralympic medalists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Sportspeople from Cologne |
17329552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20gunboat%20Marques%20del%20Duero | Spanish gunboat Marques del Duero | Marques del Duero was a of the Spanish Navy which fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.
Technical characteristics
Marques del Duero was a first-class gunboat, or "aviso", built by La Seyne in France. She was laid down on 20 January 1875, launched on 3 May 1875, and completed the same year. She was designed to fight against the Carlists in the Mediterranean and the Bay of Biscay during the Third Carlist War, patrolling off Carlist ports to intercept contraband and blockade the ports, and also providing despatch services between Spanish Navy forces operating off various ports, hence her Spanish designation of aviso, meaning "warning." She had an iron hull with a very prominent ram bow, was coal-fired, was rigged as a schooner, and could carry 89 tons of coal. She was reclassified as a third-class gunboat in 1895.
Operational history
The Spanish took delivery of Marques del Duero from her French builders at Marseilles, France. She set out on her first operational deployment from Marseilles on 27 July 1875, heading for San Sebastián Bay in northern Spain for blockade, patrol, and despatch duty. She served there beyond the end of the Third Carlist War on 27 February 1876, finally leaving after Spanish naval forces there began to leave for postwar duties after 5 April 1876.
On 29 July 1876, Marques del Duero departed Spain for the Philippines, where she was based at Zamboanga, assigned to the South Division of the Asiatic Squadron.
On 24 July 1880, Marques del Duero left Philippine waters for courtesy visits to the kings of Siam and Annam at Saigon and Singapore.
On 27 September 1895, Marques del Duero captured several pirate launches manned by Moros in Borneo. She later attacked a group of Moro and Tagalog pirates, killing 18 and wounding 30.
Marques del Duero was the oldest member of Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo de Pasaron's Pacific Squadron at Manila in the Philippine Islands when the Spanish–American War broke out in April 1898. She was anchored with the squadron in Cañacao Bay under the lee of the Cavite Peninsula east of Sangley Point, Luzon, eight miles southwest of Manila, when, early on the morning of 1 May 1898, the United States Navy's Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey, found Montojo's anchorage and attacked. In the resulting Battle of Manila Bay, the first major engagement of the Spanish–American War, Marques del Duero took one , one , and about three other shell hits, which wrecked her bow gun, a side gun, and an engine. Her crew scuttled her in shallow water; part of her upper works remained above water, and a boarding crew from the gunboat went aboard and set these on fire at the end of battle.
After the war, a U.S. Navy salvage team raised and repaired Marques del Duero. She served briefly in the U.S. Navy as USS P-17, but was decommissioned and scrapped in 1900.
Notes
References
Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Eds. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York, New York: Mayflower Books Inc., 1979. .
Nofi, Albert A. The Spanish–American War. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Combined Books Inc., 1996. .
External links
The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: Marques del Duero
Gunboats of Spain
Ships of the Spanish Navy
1875 ships
Ships built in France
Spanish–American War gunboats of Spain
Maritime incidents in 1898
Scuttled vessels
Shipwrecks of the Spanish–American War
Shipwrecks in the South China Sea
Shipwrecks of the Philippines |
17329566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20NHK%20Trophy | 1995 NHK Trophy | The 1995 NHK Trophy was the final event of five in the 1995–96 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. This was the inaugural year of that series. It was held in Nagoya on December 7–10. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1995–96 Champions Series Final.
Results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
External links
1995 NHK Trophy
Nhk Trophy, 1995
NHK Trophy |
17329587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleotide%20universal%20IDentifier | Nucleotide universal IDentifier | The nucleotide universal IDentifier (nuID) is designed to uniquely and globally identify oligonucleotide microarray probes.
Background
Oligonucleotide probes of microarrays that are sequence identical may have different identifiers between manufacturers and even between different versions of the same company's microarray; and sometimes the same identifier is reused and represents a completely different oligonucleotide, resulting in ambiguity and potentially mis-identification of the genes hybridizing to that probe. This also makes data interpretation and integration of different batches of data difficult. nuID was designed to solve these problems. It is a unique, non-degenerate encoding scheme that can be used as a universal representation to identify an oligonucleotide across manufacturers. The design of nuID was inspired by the fact that the raw sequence of the oligonucleotide is the true definition of identity for a probe, the encoding algorithm uniquely and non-degenerately transforms the sequence itself into a compact identifier (a lossless compression). In addition, a redundancy check (checksum) was added to validate the integrity of the identifier. These two steps, encoding plus checksum, result in an nuID, which is a unique, non-degenerate, permanent, robust and efficient representation of the probe sequence. For commercial applications that require the sequence identity to be confidential, encryption schema can also be added for nuID. The utility of nuIDs has been implemented for the annotation of Illumina microarrays, which can be downloaded from Bioconductor website . It also has universal applicability as a source-independent naming convention for oligomers.
The nuID schema has three significant advantages over using the oligo sequence directly as an identifier: first it is more compact due to the base-64 encoding; second, it has a built-in error detection and self-identification; and third, it can be encrypted in cases where the sequences are preferred not to be disclosed. For more details, please refer to the nuID paper. The implementation nuID encoding and decoding algorithms can be found in the lumi package or at
See also
Illumina Inc. and its beadArray technology
lumi Bioconductor package of processing Illumina expression microarray
References
External links
nuID annotation website
Official Lumi Website
Official Bioconductor Website
Microarrays |
23572002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20European%20Athletics%20Championships | 2014 European Athletics Championships | The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12–17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.
Great Britain headed the medal table, with 12 gold medals, comfortably their best return from a European championships, despite winning only one field event medal. France, second on gold medals won with 9, won the most medals, 25.
Event schedule
Results
Men
Track
(*) Heat only.
In the 3000m steeplechase, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France won the race, but he was later disqualified after he took off his shirt while running down the home straight. Yoann Kowal (France) was then awarded gold, Krystian Zalewski (Poland) silver and Angel Mullera (Spain) bronze.
Field
Women
Track
(*) Heat only.
Field
Medal table
Participating nations
Athletes from a total of 50 member federations of the European Athletics Association are competing at these Championships.
(host)
See also
List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals
2014 African Championships in Athletics
References
External links
Official website
European Athletics Championships
International athletics competitions hosted by Switzerland
Athletics Championships
European Athletics Championships
Sports competitions in Zürich
European
21st century in Zürich
August 2014 sports events in Europe |
23572008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclerocornea | Sclerocornea | Sclerocornea is a congenital anomaly of the eye in which the cornea blends with sclera, having no clear-cut boundary. The extent of the resulting opacity varies from peripheral to total (sclerocornea totalis). The severe form is thought to be inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, but there may be another, milder form that is expressed in a dominant fashion. In some cases the patients also have abnormalities beyond the eye (systemic), such as limb deformities and craniofacial and genitourinary defects.
According to one tissue analysis performed after corneal transplantation, the sulfation pattern of keratan sulfate proteoglycans in the affected area is typical for corneal rather than scleral tissue.
Sclerocornea may be concurrent with cornea plana.
References
External links
Congenital Clouding of the Cornea - eMedicine; by Noah S Scheinfeld, MD, JD, FAAD and Benjamin D Freilich, MD, FACS
Eye diseases |
23572015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C14H11Cl2NO2 | C14H11Cl2NO2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C14H11Cl2NO2}}
The molecular formula C14H11Cl2NO2 (molar mass: 296.15 g/mol, exact mass: 295.0167 u) may refer to:
Diclofenac
Meclofenamic acid
Molecular formulas |
23572016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz%20Curtis | Jazz Curtis | Jacinta "Jazz" Curtis is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Home and Away, played by Rachel Gordon. The character made her first screen appearance on 18 June 2007. Jazz is introduced as the mother of established character Drew Curtis (Bobby Morley). Jazz made her final appearance on 21 May 2008.
Character development
Characterisation
Gordon "really enjoyed" the opportunity to play Jazz, a role she called "a lot of fun and very glamorous because the role’s shiny on the outside but gritty underneath." Jazz is very feminine and likes fashion and high heel shoes. Gordon told a reporter from Yahoo! 7 that "it's good to play a character that’s feminine and has a bit of fun."
Jazz has a complex persona and writers played her as the show's "super-bitch" who wants to do the right thing but wreaks havoc in the process. Gordon believed that Jazz made an effort to change her ways as her time in the show progressed. She added "I really like Jazz, initially she was just a full on bitch but over a period of time, a lot more complexity has evolved in her and it’s interesting to play a character that's trying to do the right thing but always, kind of, getting it really wrong, it’s been fun.” On the show's official website Jazz has been described as having weak morals and a trouble maker. Gordon told a reporter from Inside Soap that she liked the role because Jazz is a "strong woman" who can be "bitchy" but also has a "vulnerable side".
Relationships
Jazz is introduced as the mother of established character Drew Curtis (Bobby Morley). Gordon found it "suitably humbling" when she discovered that she had secured "the role of a mother to a guy in his 20s." Despite the actors being close in age, Gordon believed it worked well on-screen. She added "it actually really works for the character that I’m playing, although the mother-son relationship is reversed. He’s more the parent and she’s the irresponsible one. They’re more like buddies than mother and son."
Jazz has not been a good mother to Drew and has often failed to support him. Gordon believed that "Jazz doesn’t really have many good qualities as a mother." She explained that it is important to be loving and consistent to children, but Jazz would often fail to be that type of mother. She concluded that "Jazz is very inconsistent with her behaviour towards Drew. And to make kids feel valued is important." When Jazz arrives in Summer Bay, it becomes apparent that Jazz is hiding a secret about Drew's friend Jules Munroe (Joel Phillips). She uses their secret to exert power over him. Writers created an inheritance scam story for Jazz in which she tries to steal the money her mother set aside for Drew in her will. Jazz does not expect to enjoy spending time with Drew and the pair develop a bond. She is shocked when Drew offers to share the inheritance money equally with Jazz. He later discovers the truth and is left "mortified" and "betrayed" by her scheming.
Jazz moves in with Leah Patterson-Baker (Ada Nicodemou) and the pair end up sharing many arguments. Gordon told an Inside Soap reporter that "I love the relationship between Leah and Jazz. They're both feisty, but in different ways. We had lots of great scenes when Jazz was living with Leah." Writers created feud story between Jazz and Amanda Vale (Holly Brisley), both characters assumed the role of the show's "femme fatales". When Jazz was introduced into the series, an article published on the show's official website revealed that Jazz would fill the role Amanda played in the show. It stated that she took on the "sexy but manipulative lady with penchant for cheeky afternoon chardys" left vacant by Amanda.
When Amanda returns, they are depicted as enemies which stems from Amanda sleeping with Drew, which Jazz does not approve of. When they both try to support Leah following the death of her husband Dan Baker (Tim Campbell), they clash. They trade insults followed by slapping each other across the face. Gordon and Brisley struggled to film the scenes because they found them comical. Gordon told a Yahoo! 7 reporter that "it was so ridiculous trying to keep a straight face doing those scenes. We had a really good time, she’s a lovely girl and we are both very different from the characters we play." The pair were later featured in more sparring scenes in which they mock each other's parental skills.
Jazz gets caught up in Johnny Cooper's (Callan Mulvey) revenge plan against residents of Summer Bay. He takes Jazz hostage and ties her up. Gordon said that enjoyed filming the scenes and praised Mulvey's villainous portrayal. She added that she was not afraid during filming and quipped that she enjoyed being tied up.
Derparture
In September 2007, Gordon announced that she was leaving the role and would film her final scenes as Jazz in October 2007. When she finished filming she and her husband went to pursue acting roles in the United States.
Storylines
Jazz arrives in the bay to try to make amends with her son Drew, who she had sent to boarding school when he was only young. He rejects her at first, but he moves in with her after he uses her cheque book to buy himself a car. She begins a brief relationship with Tony Holden (Jon Sivewright). During this time she exposes the fact that Drew's friend, Jules made a pass at her when he was younger, prompting Jules to leave.
Jazz contacts her solicitor Dane Jordans (Myles Pollard) and later tries to seduce Dane into withholding her mother's inheritance from Drew. Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances) discovers Jazz had seduced a member of staff from her mother's care home and Dane refuses to support her in this legal battle. Jazz is also involved in a divorce case with her husband Kevin Freeman, who wants to reconcile with her. However, this falls through when Drew exposes Jazz's affair with Tony to him, and Kevin leaves taking his daughters, Bree and Essie with him. Drew tries to drive Jazz away from town after faking a powercut at her home, but it backfires when a fire starts, nearly killing Jazz. Drew agrees to give Jazz his inheritance, on the condition she leaves Summer Bay. Jazz takes the money and departs.
Several months later, following the death of Drew's uncle Dan, Jazz returns for his funeral and begins arguing with Dan's ex-wife Amanda much to the chagrin of Dan's widow, Leah. She tries restart her relationship with Tony but he tells her he is now involved with Rachel Armstrong (Amy Mathews). Jazz then takes a job at Summer Bay High working for Martin Bartlett (Bob Baines) as his secretary and begins dating Miles Copeland (Josh Quong Tart). In order to keep her job, She blackmails Martin when she spots him an underground fight. However, Miles finds out and dumps her.
Jazz later gets into a fight with Christine Jones (Elizabeth Alexander) at Jack Holden (Paul O'Brien) and Martha MacKenzie's (Jodi Gordon) engagement party. She confides in Tony that she still loves him and wants to change. He suggests she leaves Summer Bay to start a new life in the city near Drew, which she does.
Reception
For her portrayal of Jazz, Gordon received a nomination for "Best Newcomer" at the first Digital Spy Soap Awards. A writer from Yahoo! 7 branded Jazz a "femme fatale" and a "stunning leggy brunette". Of Jazz and Amanda's feud they added that "while their looks are at the opposite ends of the spectrum, they have both reigned as super-bitches and were fighting for supremacy."
References
Home and Away characters
Television characters introduced in 2007
Female characters in television
Fictional secretaries |
23572024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Indian%20comedy%20films | List of Indian comedy films | This is a list of notable Indian comedy films.
Hindi films
Malayalam films
Tamil films
See also
List of Indian romance films
List of Indian horror films
*
Comedy films
Indian |
23572027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangqian%20metro%20station | Gangqian metro station | The Taipei Metro Gangqian station is located in the Neihu District in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on Wenhu line.
Station overview
This three-level, elevated station features two side platforms, two exits, and platform elevators located on the north and south sides of the concourse level.
Public art for the station is situated on the wall above the escalators. The piece, titled "The Paradise of Neihu", is a large-scale mixed media artwork consisting of needlepoint created with the help of 83 artists and volunteers.
History
22 February 2009: Gangqian station construction is completed.
4 July 2009: Begins service with the opening of Brown Line.
Station layout
Gallery
Nearby Places
Guanshan Riverside Park
Neihu Technology Park
Taipei Municipal Nei-Hu Vocational High School
Neihu Community College
Taipei Flower Market
Lishan Elementary School
Lishan Junior High School
Lishan High School
Neihu Sports Center
References
Wenhu line stations
Railway stations opened in 2009 |
23572029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppression%20of%20Heresy%20Act%201414 | Suppression of Heresy Act 1414 | The Suppression of Heresy Act 1414 (2 Hen. V St. 1, c. 7) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act made heresy an offence against the common law and temporal officers were to swear to help the spiritual officers in the suppression of heresy. Justices of the Peace were given the power of inquiry; to issue an order to arrest; and to hand over the suspected heretic to the ecclesiastical court for trial. It also enacted that
Notes
Acts of the Parliament of England concerning religion
1410s in law
1414 in England
Christianity and law in the 15th century |
23572054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandstand%20Busking | Bandstand Busking | Bandstand Busking is a project based in London, England showcasing musicians on some of the city's underused bandstands. The sessions are recorded and shown for viewing on the Bandstand Busking website and YouTube channel. The first session was recorded in March 2008 with the artist Stars of Sunday League; dozens of acts have since performed in bandstands for the project, including local bands such as Fanfarlo and Alessi's Ark and some from further afield such as Of Montreal and Black Lips.
Initially the performances were recorded without an audience, but at the beginning of 2009 the time and location of forthcoming gigs started to be announced on the website.
The event developed into a monthly show at the bandstand in the Northampton Square in Islington. It has not taken place since May 2018, and the project has not been active since August of that year.
Artists (partial list)
Stars of Sunday League
School of Language
The Week That Was
Wet Paint
Johnny Flynn
Wild Beasts
David Karsten Daniels
Laura Groves
Frightened Rabbit (solo)
The Wave Pictures
Broadcast 2000
The Acorn
We Were Promised Jetpacks
Of Montreal
The Barker Band
Tap Tap
Nat Johnson
Hatchie
Chris Bathgate
Paul Marshall
Left With Pictures
Tom Brosseau
The Twilight Sad
Asobi Seksu
Psapp
Loney Dear
The Leisure Society
Emmy the Great
Esser
Gregory and the Hawk
Speech Debelle
Black Lips
Alessi's Ark
The Hours
Hauschka
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Slow Club
Brakes
Theoretical Girl
Fanfarlo
Kill It Kid
Lulu and the Lampshades
References
External links
Culture in London |
23572066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Sutherland | Thomas Sutherland | Thomas Sutherland may refer to:
Thomas W. Sutherland (ca. 1817–1859), early settler and attorney in San Diego, California
Thomas Sutherland (banker) (1834–1922), Scottish banker in Hong Kong
Thomas Sutherland (British Army officer) (1888–1946), British Army officer
Thomas Sutherland (academic) (1931–2016), former Dean of Agriculture in Lebanon, kidnapped by Islamic Jihad
Thomas Sutherland (cricketer) (1880–?), English first-class cricketer
Thomas Sutherland (artist) (1785–1838), painter of maritime and naval subjects
See also
Tom Sutherland (disambiguation) |
17329600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronautalis | Astronautalis | Charles Andrew Bothwell (born December 13, 1981), better known by his stage name Astronautalis, is an American alternative hip hop artist currently based in Brooklyn, New York.
History
After gaining some recognition in local circles in Jacksonville, Florida and competing at Scribble Jam, Astronautalis self-released his debut album, You and Yer Good Ideas, in 2003. He eventually signed with Fighting Records and the record was re-released in 2005, followed by his second album, The Mighty Ocean and Nine Dark Theaters, in 2006. He released the third album, Pomegranate, on Eyeball Records in 2008. In winter 2009, he toured with the Canadian indie rock band Tegan and Sara through Europe, and supported them again through the spring of 2010 in Australia. His fourth album, This Is Our Science, was released on Fake Four Inc. in 2011. His latest release, Cut the Body Loose, was released in 2016.
Astronautalis is a descendant of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, which is one of the reasons why his lyrics often deal with historical fiction.
Style
Astronautalis has been described as "if Beck were a decade or so younger and had grown up more heavily immersed in hip-hop," with his rapping style noted for "blending styles of indie rock, electro, and talkin’ blues" with hip-hop. He has described himself as "historical fiction hip-hop."
During live performances, Astronautalis often performs a freestyle rap based on topics chosen by members of his audience.
Controversies
In June 2020 Astronautalis was accused of sexual assault and physical abuse by a number of accounts on Instagram and Twitter. Astronautalis released a response admitting to this abuse and has since deleted all of his tweets and made his account private.
Discography
Studio albums
You and Yer Good Ideas (self-released, 2003; Fighting, 2005)
The Mighty Ocean & Nine Dark Theaters (Fighting, 2006)
Pomegranate (Eyeball, 2008)
This Is Our Science (Fake Four Inc., 2011)
Cut the Body Loose (SideOneDummy, 2016)
Collaborative albums
6666 (with P.O.S, as Four Fists) (2018)
De Oro (Totally Gross National Product, 2014) (with S. Carey, Ryan Olson & Justin Vernon, as Jason Feathers)
Mixtapes
Dancehall Horn Sound!! (2010) (with DJ Fishr Pryce)
EPs
Meet Me Here (2004)
Texas Kinda Rhymes With Sexist (2005)
A Round Trip Ticket to China (2006)
Split EP (2006) (with Babel Fishh)
Gold Bones (2007)
Dang! Seven Freestyles in Seven Days (2008)
The Unfortunate Affairs of Mary and Earl (2008)
The Young Capitalist's Starter Kit (2008)
Daytrotter Sessions (2011)
This City Ain't Just a Skyline (2013)
SIKE! (2016)
Singles
"This Is the Place" (2013) (with Sims)
"The Rainmakers" b/w "Fallen Streets" (2013) (with Rickolus)
"MMMMMHMMMMM" b/w "Please Go" (2013) (with P.O.S, as Four Fists)
"The Dirt Bike" (2017)
"Sick" (2017)
"These Songs" (2017)
"Bella Ciao" (2020)
Vinyl releases
You and Yer Good Ideas (2003) [Dual 12' Vinyl: Black]
Split Series Vol. 2 (2006) (with BabelFishh]) [12' Vinyl: 500 Black]
Pomegranate (2008) [12' Vinyl: Black, Ltd: White]
This Is Our Science (2011) [12' Vinyl: Black]
Astronautalis & Rickolus (2013) (with Rickolus) [1st Pressing: 100 Mixed Color (Hand-Numbered), 150 Red, 150 White, 250 Black; 2nd Pressing: 175 Lavender, 175 Blue]
Four Fists (2013) (with P.O.S) [500 Clear, 500 Red, 500 White, 500 Blue]
Double Exposure Vol 3. (2013) (with Chuck Ragan) [100 Blue, 200 White, 300 Red, 400 Black]
The Mighty Ocean & Nine Dark Theaters (2015) [Dual 12' Vinyl: 500 Swirled blue/white/clear]
Guest appearances & production credits
Guest appearances
Scott Da Ros - "They Made Me Do It" (2005)
Brzowski - "Roll My Bones" from Maryshelleyoverdrive (2005)
Input - "Now and Never More" from Elusive Candor (2006)
Noah23 - "They Made Me Do It" from Cameo Therapy (2007)
P.O.S - "Hand Made Hand Gun" from Never Better (2009)
Otem Rellik - "Warm Pockets" from Chain Reaction Robot (2008)
Oskar Ohlson - "Sea of Grass" from Honk, Bang, Whistle and Crash (2008)
Sole and the Skyrider Band - "A Sad Day for Investors" from Sole and the Skyrider Band Remix LP (2009)
Sole - "Swagger Like Us" & "Juicy" from Nuclear Winter Volume 1 (2009)
Ceschi – "No New York" from The One Man Band Broke Up (2010)
Zoën - "Be Careful What You Wish For" from One Night Between (2010)
Mild Davis - "Prince of Mayport" from Bro-Sesh: Volume 1 (2010)
Andrre - "Learn to Listen" and "Keeping Memory Alive" from Learn to Love (2011)
The Hood Internet - "Our Finest China" from FEAT (2012)
Bleubird - "Hello Hollow" from Cannonball!!! (2012)
Marijuana Deathsquads - "Top Down" from Tamper Disable Destroy (2012)
P.O.S - "Wanted Wasted" from We Don't Even Live Here (2012)
Input & Broken - "When Darkness Looms" from Never Heard of Ya (2012)
Myka 9 & Factor - "Bask In These Rays" from Sovereign Soul (2012)
Culture Cry Wolf - "That's the Breaks" from The Sapient Sessions EP (2013)
Factor - "Let It Go" from Woke Up Alone (2013)
Sadistik - "Exit Theme" from Flowers for My Father (2013)
Giant Gorilla Dog Thing - "Bandaids Over Bulletholes" from Horse (2014)
Noize MC - "Hard Reboot" from Hard Reboot (2014)
P.O.S. - "Sleepdrone/Superposition" from "Chill, dummy" (2017)
Factor Chandelier - "Scratch-Off Lotto Tickets" from "Wisdom Teeth" (2018)
Ceschi - "Any War" from "Sad, Fat Luck" (2019)
Hurricane Party - "Kon@" from "Juice" (2019)
Production credits
Bleubird – Cannonball!!! (2012)
Videography
Trouble Hunters (2009)
The Wondersmith and His Sons (2010)
Contrails (2011)
This Is Our Science (2012)
Dimitri Mendeleev (2013)
SIKE! (2016)
Running Away From God (2016)
Kurt Cobain (2016)
Forest Fire (2017)
References
External links
Featured on MN Original Program from St. Paul, MN PBS Station: MN Original Video
21st-century American singers
1981 births
American hip hop record producers
American male rappers
Living people
Musicians from Jacksonville, Florida
Rappers from Florida
Rappers from Minneapolis
Underground rappers
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male singers |
23572086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20San%20Carlos%20%281813%29 | Battle of San Carlos (1813) | The battle of San Carlos occurred on 15 May 1813, during the War of Chilean Independence.
Background
In May 1813, the Royalist forces, under the command of Juan Francisco Sánchez were retreating to their stronghold of Chillán. The Royalist army's situation during the retreat was desperate; their baggage train had advanced significantly ahead of the main force to avoid being attacked, and the rearguard were almost without supplies. In these circumstances, the patriot commander, Jose Miguel Carrera could potentially have just avoided battle by instead advancing along the left bank of the Ñuble river and have occupied Chillán without a fight. Instead he chose to intercept the Royalist army directly on the outskirts of San Carlos, Chile.
The battle
Carrera placed his infantry in the centre of his force, using his cavalry to flank the enemy positions, avoiding the Royalist artillery. Unfortunately, the patriot infantry appear to have been ordered to mount a sudden bayonet charge; they received a full volley from the Royalist guns, broke formation and fled from the field. Unsupported, the cavalry attacks also dispersed. Juan Mackenna brought up a fresh division later in the day, but could not make much impact on the Royalist infantry. By nightfall, the patriots had dispersed completely, and on the following morning neither Carrera nor Mackenna had any units left to continue the attack.
Aftermath
Carrera's failure to achieve a decisive victory at San Carlos, Chile resulted in the Siege of Chillan later that year; the siege, held in mid-winter, was a disaster both for the patriots and for Carrera personally, ultimately leading to his dismissal from office.
Conflicts in 1813
Battles involving Chile
Battles involving Spain
Battles of the Spanish American wars of independence
Battles of the Chilean War of Independence
Battles of the Patria Vieja Campaign
Battle of San Carlos
May 1813 events
Battle of San Carlos |
17329612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Arbuthnot | Michael Arbuthnot | Michael Alexander Arbuthnot (born 9 June 1970) is an archaeologist, instructor and archaeological filmmaker.
Education and awards
Michael A. Arbuthnot received his bachelor's degree in Philosophy and minor in Anthropology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1996. He holds a master's degree in Anthropology from Florida State University. He specialized in underwater archaeology and graduated magna cum laude.
Arbuthnot is an active member in many professional organizations, including: the Registry of Professional Archaeologists (RPA); the Florida Archaeological Council (FAC); the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC); the Florida Anthropological Society (FAS); the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS); and the St. Augustine Archaeological Association (SAAA).
In addition to being the author of many published articles and papers, Arbuthnot is considered an authority on submerged prehistoric sites. He focused his thesis on paleo-environmental change and the impact it has on archaeological sites in the Gulf of Mexico.
Arbuthnot's research has been presented at many conferences, including the Society for American Archaeology, the Northeast Florida Symposium on Underwater Archaeology, the annual meeting of the Florida Anthropological Society, and the Southeastern Archaeological Conference. The results of his research in the Caribbean are now exhibited at the George Town Museum on Grand Cayman Island.
Titanic
Michael Arbuthnot is currently a faculty member at Flagler College, located in historic downtown St. Augustine, Florida. There, he teaches his students about the fascinating world of archaeology, which included a field expedition to the RMS Titanic. He hopes to set aside the boring impression people have of archaeology, saying, “People have this idea of archaeologists sitting there with a brush and a toothpick, but it can be exciting.”
Arbuthnot's trip to the Titanic took him 12,600 feet below the ocean's surface. James Cameron, the producer, writer, and director of the movie “Titanic” recruited Arbuthnot in 2005 to work on the first systematic archeological survey of Titanic's internal bow structure. Findings from this survey were shown in the Discovery Channel special “Last Mysteries of the Titanic” and will exhibited as part of the Titanic Legacy Database Project presently in development with the non-profit digital historic preservation organization, CyArk.
Team Atlantis
Arbuthnot founded Team Atlantis Productions in 1996. The name, of course, is a play on the mythical underwater city of Atlantis. Arbuthnot defines Team Atlantis, saying, “TA is a multi-disciplinary outfit whose mission is to explore archeological mysteries with an emphasis on those enigmas associated with underwater contexts.” Because underwater archeological sites usually have some connection with sites on land, Team Atlantis is not restricted to only underwater locations.
Team Atlantis has explored and surveyed many sites around the world, including:
Egypt (1996): Here, Arbuthnot and his team traveled extensively along the Giza Plateau. Arbuthnot developed his Orion Pyramid Theory while in Egypt.
Grand Cayman Island, Caribbean (1997): Arbuthnot participated in the mapping of the remains of the Geneva Kathleen, a schooner that sank in 1930.
Yonaguni, Japan (1998): In Japan, Arbuthnot organized an expedition that examined the Yonaguni Monument and created a film documentary of the experience.
Cat Island, Bahamas (2000): Team Atlantis journeyed to the Bahamas to explore the possibility of ancient shorelines submerged in the shallow water of the Great Bahama Bank.
The Gulf of Mexico (2000): Arbuthnot and other members of Florida State University's Program in Underwater Archaeology excavated submerged prehistoric sites and shipwrecks under the direction of Dr. Michael Faught.
Yucatán, Mexico (2000): Team Atlantis explored Mayan ruins at Tulum and Chichen Itza and digitally documented their trip.
La Jolla in San Diego, California (2005): Underwater artifacts were first discovered here in the early 1900s. Team Atlantis decided to make a trip to California to investigate. The team discovered a total of six artifacts, including a stone bowl, dated 4000 to 7000 years ago. This contributes to the already over 2000 artifacts recovered in this area of at least 34 submerged sites.
More about La Jolla
Team Atlantis Productions plan to open the eyes of the public to archaeological mysteries off the coast of San Diego through their show, “La Jolla’s Sunken City.” Michael Arbuthnot, the Writer/Producer of the show, paired with Director/Editor David Faires, to take underwater cinematography to new depths.
“Not only is Mike Arbuthnot the Writer/Producer, but he is rapidly becoming one of the most recognizable archaeologists in the United States. As a young professional archaeologist and former college professor, Arbuthnot has been featured on ABC, Discovery Channel and the Learning Channel. Most recently Arbuthnot conducted the first archaeological survey of the famous shipwreck R.M.S. Titanic with film maker and explorer James Cameron on Discovery Channel’s televised event, Last Mysteries of the Titanic. He continues to excite audiences and historians alike by blending ancient history and archaeology with filmmaking.”
As stated previously, artifacts were first found in the early 1900s. Children would return to the shore from playing in the shallow water with small stone bowls. Scuba diving became increasingly popular in the 1950s, leading to more exploring around La Jolla. Due to this exploration, more than 2000 artifacts have been recovered. Some date to more than 5000 years ago. At least 34 submerged sites have been discovered in places as deep as 30 meters. Some scientists believe that La Jolla is an entire sunken village. In “La Jolla’s Sunken City,” Arbuthnot and Faires explore several hypotheses concerning how these objects were originally deposited, and they reveal never before seen artifacts.
Arbuthnot had trouble at the beginning of the expedition, but was eventually successful in finding artifacts at La Jolla. According to the CineForm article on La Jolla:
Their success was aided by the help of a small octopus. A diver was tracking it, when the octopus stopped behind a round stone. This ‘stone’ turned out to be a beautiful stone bowl, which eventually led the team to discovering a total of six artifacts in 20 feet of water. Arbuthnot speculates that these ancient finds date to between 4,000 and 7,000 years ago!
Currently
Arbuthnot has worked on underwater archaeology projects in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, and the Caribbean since 1997. He has surveyed, mapped, excavated, interpreted and analyzed artifacts, and published reports on a variety of diverse archaeological sites. He continues his work, based mainly in Florida. He also functions as Newsletter Editor for the Florida Archaeological Council.
Arbuthnot presently serves as a Senior Project Manager for SEARCH, a leading cultural resource company based in Florida.
Arbuthnot is working with the Discovery Channel to create the television show "America's Lost Vikings", about the location of the mythical Viking Vinland, and where they may have settled along Canada and the United States.
Secret Worlds with Michael Arbuthnot
Arbuthnot's documentary Secret Worlds with Mike Arbuthnot began airing on the travel channel in 2010.
Family
Born in Oakland, California, son of Robert Murray Arbuthnot, Michael is married to Serena Lynn Conrad who had two sons by her first marriage. They live in St Augustine, Florida.
References
Family tree
1974 births
Living people
American archaeologists
American underwater divers
People from Oakland, California
Underwater archaeologists
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
Florida State University alumni |
17329625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monna%20Bell | Monna Bell | Ana Nora Escobar (January 5, 1938 – April 21, 2008), known professionally as Monna Bell, was a Chilean singer who enjoyed a successful career in Spain, Mexico and other parts of Latin America. She was reportedly one of Juan Gabriel's muses. Bell was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1938. In the mid-1950s, she was barely in her teens when she won a talent contest held at Radio Mineria in Santiago, one of the most popular radio stations, and became a regular at the station's live broadcasts. Her voice caught the attention of band leader Roberto Inglez who, in 1956, hired her as a vocalist for his group and took her on a three-week gig at New York's Waldorf Astoria. They went over so well that the band and its brand new singer stayed for a year. Next they toured Europe and in Madrid Monna had such a phenomenal reception that she decided to go solo becoming a big sensation at the Pasapoga, the city's most fashionable night club.
In 1959 she performed a jazzy novelty tune titled "Un Telegrama" at the First Benidorm International Song Festival. The song won all the top awards and became an international major hit when Monna recorded it for the Hispavox label. It was the first of many hits that made her a recording sensation both in Europe and Latin America. She toured the world and decided to settle down in Mexico where she branched out into films and married cinematographer Alex Phillips Jr. It was not an enduring marriage but it produced daughter Jennifer and son Alex III who is currently a rock musician.
In the late 1960s she continued recording highly successful albums for the Musart label and did a lot of television work in Mexico and abroad. In the 1970s she signed with Orfeon and her recordings began suffering due to mediocre material and backing, however she continued touring on the strength of her old hits. By the 1980s her career was over and she decided to retire. Singer-composer Juan Gabriel tried to remedy the situation by writing and producing Monna Bell Ahora, an album released in 1993 by Sony which went nowhere. Monna went back to retirement and in the 2000s moved next to her daughter in Tijuana, Baja California.
Diehard fans kept waiting for a successful return but their hopes where crushed when the singer died of cardiac arrest after a successful colon cancer surgery on April 21, 2008. After her death many of her old recordings were released in CD format and are the best witness of Monna Bell's greatness as one of the most creative Latin singers in history. Pedro Almodóvar used one of Bell's songs, "Estaba Escrito", in his 1980 film, Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap (Pepi, Luci, Bom Y Otras Chicas Del Monton).
Death
Monna Bell died of a stroke on April 21, 2008, in Tijuana, Mexico, at the age of 70.
References
External links
Chilean Singer Monna Bell, Dead at 70
El Economista: Monna Bell, muse of Juan Gabriel, dies
A Tribute to Monna Bell
1938 births
2008 deaths
People from Santiago
People from Tijuana
20th-century Chilean women singers |
17329694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck%20Sites%20of%20HMS%20Cerberus%20and%20HMS%20Lark | Wreck Sites of HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark | The Wreck Sites of HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark are located in the waters of Narragansett Bay on the west side of Aquidneck Island near South Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
History
HMS Cerberus was a frigate of the Royal Navy built in 1758 and carrying 28 guns. HMS Lark, also a frigate, was built in 1762 and carried 32 guns. Cerberus had been stationed off Rhode Island as part of a blockade of its ports since April 1776, and was joined by Lark in February 1777. Upon the arrival of a large French fleet off Narragansett Bay in late July 1778, the two ships were among the twenty British vessels in the bay which were then tasked to defend British-occupied Newport. Stationed in the northern stretch of the East Passage (separating Aquidneck and Conanicut Islands), the two ships were ordered to Newport, with instructions to not surrender to the enemy. While en route to Newport on August 5, the two ships were sighted by French ships of the line. On 8, the 64-gun Fantasque and the frigates Aimable, Chimère and Engageante, under Pierre André de Suffren, entered the Bay. Rather than engage on a lopsided battle that would have ended in their surrender, the two captains decided to scuttle their ships. Captain Symonds ran Cerberus aground, put the crew ashore, and set fire to the ship, while Captain White did the same with Lark. Two other British frigates, Orpheus and Juno, suffered the same fate. When Larks gunpowder magazine was reached by the flames, it exploded, sending debris flying for miles around.
The wrecks of all four ships lay essentially undisturbed until the 1970s, when an archaeological team located portions of Lark, Cerberus, and Orpheus. As of 2008, the full extent of the wreck sites has not been established, and only fragmentary evidence of the ships has been recovered.
The site of the wrecks of Cerberus and Lark was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
Other military sites associated with the 1778 French expedition to Newport:
Battle of Rhode Island Site
Conanicut Battery
Fort Barton
References
References
Bibliography
Shipwrecks of the Rhode Island coast
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Maritime incidents in 1778
Shipwrecks on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island |
23572092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore%20Street%2C%20Chard | Fore Street, Chard | Fore Street in Chard, Somerset, England was built in the late 16th and early 17th century, following a fire which destroyed much of the town in 1577.
Fore Street is a main shopping street and thoroughfare with open water channels on either side. Local folklore claims that one stream eventually flows into the Bristol Channel and the other reaches the English Channel. This situation changed when the tributary of the Axe was diverted into the Isle; the gutter in Holyrood Street, though, still flows into the River Axe and therefore it is still true it lies on the watershed and that two gutters eventually drain into the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
Numbers 7A,7B,9,11,13 & 13A Waterloo House and Manor Court House have been designated as Grade I listed buildings. They are now on the Heritage at Risk Register. The Hamstone Waterloo House and Manor Court House were built in the late 16th or early 17th century. The history of the buildings is complex and not fully understood, although it is known that it was used as a court house at various periods. Worries about the condition of the buildings, and others in the row from 7 to 13 Fore Street, and the need for their preservation. has been expressed throughout the 20th century.
In 2010 when the Manor Court House, where Charles I signed a peace declaration during the English Civil War, was added to the Heritage at Risk Register one local trader complained that not enough was being done to maintain and conserve the building. Waterloo Court was built in the 16th century as a house, it has since been converted into a shop with a flat above it.
In 1834 the Guildhall was built with a doric portico with a double row of Tuscan columns along the front. It was built to replace an earlier 16th century guildhall and now serves as the town hall.
Chard Museum is housed in a 16th-century thatched building which was originally four cottages. The building was converted and restored for use as a museum in 1970, and later incorporated the building next door which had been the New Inn public house. It houses collections of exhibits about local history and displays related to the lives of notable local residents.
The L shaped school building was built in 1583 as a private house and converted into Chard Grammar School in 1671. It was damaged in the fire if 1727. It is a Grade II* listed building. In 1890 it became a boarding school and then in 1972 a preparatory school. Monmouth House, which was built between 1770 and 1790, and the 16th century chapel, are also now part of the school.
Pubs include the Dolphin Inn, which was built in 1840 and the George Hotel which was constructed in the late 18th century. The Weslyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1895 from Flemish bond brick.
The branch of Lloyds Bank was built as a house on the site of the Chard Arms Hotel in 1849. The branch of National Westminster Bank was two houses when it was constructed around 1820. In 1938 a bomb proof bunker was built behind the branch of the Westminster Bank. During World War II it was used to hold duplicate copies of the bank records in case its headquarters in London was destroyed. It was also used to store the emergency bank note supply of the Bank of England. There has also been speculation that the Crown Jewels were also stored there, however this has never been confirmed.
In 1991 the town council commissioned bronze sculpture from Neville Gabie which were erected in Fore Street they are entitled Ball and Whirl. An album detailing the work and its commissioning is held by the Chard Museum.
See also
List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset
References
Houses completed in the 17th century
Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset
Chard, Somerset
Streets in Somerset
Roads in Somerset
Structures on the Heritage at Risk register in Somerset
Grade II* listed buildings in South Somerset
Grade II listed buildings in South Somerset |
17329709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%20Calder%20Cup%20playoffs | 1982 Calder Cup playoffs | The 1982 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 7, 1982. The eight teams that qualified played best-of-five series for Division Semifinals and best-of-seven series for Division Finals. The division champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup. The Calder Cup Final ended on May 10, 1982, with the New Brunswick Hawks defeating the Binghamton Whalers four games to one to win the Calder Cup for the only time in team history.
Playoff seeds
After the 1981–82 AHL regular season, the top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. However, since the fifth-placed team of the Southern division (Adirondack) earned more points than the fourth-placed team in the Northern division (Springfield), Adirondack played in the Northern division portion of the bracket in place of Springfield. The New Brunswick Hawks finished the regular season with the best overall record.
Northern Division
New Brunswick Hawks - 107 points
Maine Mariners - 101 points
Nova Scotia Voyageurs - 80 points
Southern Division
Binghamton Whalers - 98 points
Rochester Americans - 89 points
New Haven Nighthawks - 86 points
Hershey Bears - 78 points
Adirondack Red Wings - 77 points (Played in the Northern division part of the bracket in place of Springfield due to earning more points during the regular season.)
Bracket
In each round, the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.
Division Semifinals
Note 1: Home team is listed first.
Note 2: The number of overtime periods played (where applicable) is not indicated
Northern Division
(N1) New Brunswick Hawks vs. (S5) Adirondack Red Wings
(N2) Maine Mariners vs. (N3) Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Southern Division
(S1) Binghamton Whalers vs. (S4) Hershey Bears
(S2) Rochester Americans vs. (S3) New Haven Nighthawks
Division Finals
Northern Division
(N1) New Brunswick Hawks vs. (N3) Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Southern Division
(S1) Binghamton Whalers vs. (S2) Rochester Americans
Calder Cup Final
(N1) New Brunswick Hawks vs. (S1) Binghamton Whalers
See also
1981–82 AHL season
List of AHL seasons
References
Calder Cup
Calder Cup playoffs |
23572093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Mandler | George Mandler | George Mandler (June 11, 1924 – May 6, 2016) was an Austrian-born American psychologist, who became a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, San Diego.
Career
Mandler was born in Vienna, Austria in 1924. He received his B.S. from New York University, and his Ph.D. degree from Yale University in 1953 after serving in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service and Counter Intelligence Corps in World War II. Later he studied at the University of Basel and taught at Harvard University and the University of Toronto. In 1965 he became the founding chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California at San Diego and the founding Director of the Center for Human Information Processing (CHIP) the home of scientists such as Geoffrey Hinton, Donald A. Norman and David E. Rumelhart. His Festschrift was published in 1991. He retired in 1994 and also became a Visiting Professor at University College London. In 2004, UCSD named Mandler Hall in recognition of his contributions to the university. Mandler had emigrated from Vienna to England and eventually to the US after the German invasion in 1938. In 2009, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna.
Mandler was a leader and participant in the so-called cognitive revolution in mid-twentieth century. His contributions related the fields of cognition and emotion and the importance of autonomic feedback, the development and use of organization theory for an understanding of memory storage, recall, and recognition (see "Organization and memory" in Spence & Spence, and, the development of dual process recognition theory, and the revival of the role of consciousness in modern psychology. A consequence of the structural and organizational approach to human information processing (Mandler, 1967) was the postulation of a general limit on the structures of human thought (Mandler, 2013), following Miller's initial foray (1956). Mandler discussed the limit of 4 ± 1 to working memory, categorization, subitizing, and reasoning. In the 1950s, together with S. B. Sarason, he initiated research on test anxiety. Among his books are Mind and Emotion, Mind and Body, Human Nature Explored, Consciousness Recovered, and A History of Modern Experimental Psychology. He was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, received the William James Award from the American Psychological Association (APA), a Guggenheim Fellowship, and Fellowship status in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Society of Experimental Psychologists, and the Cognitive Science Society.
Mandler's professional contributions include the editorship of Psychological Review, Governing Board member and chair of the Psychonomic Society, president of two Divisions of APA (Experimental Psychology and General Psychology), chair of the Council of Editors of APA, chair of the Society for Experimental Psychologists, and founding president of the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological, and Cognitive Sciences.
He died in May 2016 at the age of 91.
Books by George Mandler
Mandler, G., and Kessen, W. (1959). The Language of Psychology. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Reprinted in Science Editions, 1964. Reprint edition: Huntington, N.Y.: Krieger, 1975.
Italian edition: Il linguaggio della psicologia. Bologna: Il Mulino, 1977.
Mandler, Jean M., and Mandler, G. (1964). Thinking: From Association to Gestalt. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Reprint edition: Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Mandler, G. (1975). Mind and Emotion. New York: Wiley. Reprint edition: Melbourne, Florida: Krieger, 1982.
German edition: Denken und Fühlen. Paderborn: Junfermann, 1980.
Mandler, G. (1984). Mind and body: Psychology of emotion and stress. New York: Norton.
Behavioral Sciences Book Club selection, 1985.
Japanese edition: Seishin Shobo Publishers, 1987.
Mandler, G. (1985). Cognitive psychology: An essay in cognitive science. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Mandler, G. (1997). Human nature explored. New York: Oxford University Press.
Mandler, G. (2002). Interesting times: An encounter with the 20th century. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Mandler, G. (2002). Consciousness recovered: Psychological functions and origins of conscious thought. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Mandler, G. (2007). A history of modern experimental psychology: From James and Wundt to cognitive science. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Reprint edition: Prentice-Hall.
References
Sources
Baars, B. J. (1986). The cognitive revolution in psychology. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press.
Kessen, W., Ortony, A., & Craik, F. (1991). Memories, thoughts, and emotions: Essays in honor of George Mandler. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Kintsch, W., Miller, J. R., & Polson, P. G. (1984). Method and tactics in cognitive science. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Mandler, G. (2001). Interesting times: An encounter with the 20th century, 1924-. Mahwah, NJ: Larry Erlbaum Associates.
External links
George Mandler's home page
Descriptions of Mandler's books
1924 births
2016 deaths
University of California, San Diego faculty
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
20th-century American psychologists
United States Army personnel of World War II
Austrian emigrants to the United States
Austrian Jews
United States Army soldiers
Emotion psychologists
Academics of University College London
Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences fellows
Ritchie Boys |
17329712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo%20Aguilar%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201987%29 | Pablo Aguilar (footballer, born 1987) | Pablo César Aguilar Benítez (born 2 April 1987) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
From March to July 2017, Aguilar served a ten-match suspension after head-butting a referee.
Club career
Early career
Aguilar won the Paraguayan Primera División title with his first club, Sportivo Luqueño, in 2007. He then transferred to Argentine Primera División side Colón de Santa Fe, where he played for one year. Subsequently, Aguilar played for San Luis of the Mexican Primera División, before joining Argentine Primera's side Arsenal de Sarandí.
Tijuana
In 2012, Aguilar was sent on loan to Club Tijuana. He started in 20 matches for the club during the Apertura tournament, which Tijuana won, defeating Toluca in the final, even scoring one of the goals himself.
América
On 18 December 2013, it was announced that Aguilar was transferred to Club América, with the announcement being made on the club's Twitter account.
On 8 March 2017, during the Copa MX round-of-16 match against Tijuana, Aguilar headbutted referee Fernando Hernández. Despite initially being given a ten-game suspension, a strike by the referee's association protesting the punishments of Aguilar and Enrique Triverio of Toluca ultimately led to a revised year-long ban for Aguilar from any official football activity. On 31 March, it was reported that both Aguilar and Triverio would appeal their bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Cruz Azul
In the summer of 2018, Aguilar officially became a player for Cruz Azul. On 21 July 2018, Aguilar debuted in a 3–0 victory against Puebla and played the 90 minutes.
International career
As of 3 June 2015, Aguilar has played in 22 games with the Paraguay national team, scoring four times. He scored his first goal on 17 October 2012 in the 1–0 victory against Peru.
International goals
Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.
Personal life
In 2015, Aguilar became a naturalized Mexican citizen.
Honours
Sportivo Luqueño
Primera División: Apertura 2007
Tijuana
Liga MX: Apertura 2012
América
Liga MX: Apertura 2014
CONCACAF Champions League: 2014–15, 2015–16
Cruz Azul
Liga MX: Guardianes 2021
Copa MX: Apertura 2018
Campeón de Campeones: 2021
Supercopa MX: 2019
Leagues Cup: 2019
Individual
Liga MX Defender of the Year: 2018–19
Liga MX Best XI: Guardianes 2021
Liga MX All-Star: 2021
See also
Players and Records in Paraguayan Football
References
External links
Pablo César Aguilar – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI
1987 births
Living people
Paraguayan footballers
Paraguayan expatriate footballers
Paraguay international footballers
Sportivo Luqueño players
Club Atlético Colón footballers
San Luis F.C. players
Club Tijuana footballers
Club América footballers
Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
Paraguayan Primera División players
Argentine Primera División players
Liga MX players
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
2015 Copa América players
Sportspeople from Luque
Association football central defenders
Naturalized citizens of Mexico
Cruz Azul footballers |
23572094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautam%20Singhania | Gautam Singhania | Gautam Vijaypat Singhania (born 9 September 1965) is an Indian industrialist. He is the chairman and managing director of the Raymond Group, the world's largest producer of suiting fabric.
Biography
Gautam Singhania was born in an Sindhi industrialist family, to Vijaypat Singhania and Ashabai Singhania.
He is an alumnus of St. Mary's School, Mumbai and Cathedral and John Connon School. He is also an alumnus of H.R. College in Churchgate, Mumbai
Gautam Singhania joined the Singhania family's JK Group of companies in 1986. He later joined the family's Raymond Group, becoming a director in 1990, the managing director in July 1999, and the chairman in September 2000. He restructured the group and sold Raymond's non-core businesses (synthetics, steel and cement). Under him, the group moved its focus to fabrics, apparel brands, prophylactics (KamaSutra condoms), and men's toiletries. He has also focused on international partnerships for Raymond, including joint ventures with UCO Textiles of Belgium (denim) and Gruppo Zambaiti of Italy (shirting). In 2005, Singhania opened a nightclub named Poison in Bandra, with DJ Aqeel.
As of 2012 Singhania's net worth is estimated to be around $1.4 Billion. Singhania is currently constructing a skyscraper ten stories taller than the Antilia constructed by Mukesh Ambani. The 30 story mansion, called JK House, will be a combination of a private residence and textile showroom.
Personal life
Gautam Singhania is married to Nawaz Modi Singhania, a Parsi. The couple has a daughter named Niharika (born December 2005)
He has suffered from vitiligo (loss of skin pigmentation) since a young age. Its progression accelerated when he was in his early 30s, as a side effect of medication.
Gautam Singhania's father gave him 27% of the company as per family understanding. After taking over the company a few years later he turned it around and turned it into a huge success.
Hobbies
Gautam Singhania is passionate about fast cars, boats, planes and nightclubs. He has driven a Formula 1 car in France, a Ferrari 360 Modena in a road and track rally across Europe, and a Lamborghini Gallardo for Cannonball Run. He has also formed the first-ever Super Car Club in India. He owns a Tesla Model X that had been imported from the USA, at a time when Tesla cars were not available in India. He owns the only Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera in India, and a pre-2008 Gallardo which has been modified to have over 1,600 horsepower. He also owns a Ferrari 458 Challenge racing car. He also owns a lot of drift cars, including an S15 Silvia, a 240SX, an E46 M3, a WRX STI, and a Lancer Evo VI. He also does drag racing in a heavily modified R33 Skyline GT-R with over 1,000 horsepower. He is very passionate about cars and has won many races in his sports cars. Singhania owns M Y Ashena, a tri-deck luxury yacht constructed entirely out of Burma Teak wood. The yacht was designed by traditional boat builders from a village in Gujarat. The Ashena was later used by Liz Hurley for her wedding. He also owns the luxury yacht Moonraker, which later sunk due to leaks caused by external damage However nobody aboard was harmed., launched 2014, his second of that name after the Moonraker launched 1992, as well as a traditional three-masted Arabian sailing dhow Shazma, four speedboats named after the James Bond movies Octopussy, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Golden Eye, and some other speedboats called Smokin Joe and Raymond. Singhania also owns a Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet (VT-NGS) and three helicopters.
References
Businesspeople from Mumbai
1965 births
Living people
Indian billionaires
Indian businesspeople in textiles
People with vitiligo |
23572095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy%20Act%201382 | Heresy Act 1382 | The Heresy Act 1382 (5 Ric. II, St. 2, c. 5) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act stated that the Chancellor should issue commissions for the arrest of heretical preachers by the authority of certificates from the bishops. The Act was repealed in a later Parliament of the same year as the knights of the shires claimed it had not passed the House of Commons.
Notes
Acts of the Parliament of England concerning religion
1380s in law
1382 in England
Heresy in Christianity in the Middle Ages
Christianity in medieval England |
23572104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Devlin%20%28fictional%20detective%29 | Harry Devlin (fictional detective) | Harry Devlin is a fictional detective created by the British crime writer Martin Edwards. He has appeared in eight novels and eight short stories, and was described by Marcel Berlins in ‘The Guardian’ as ‘a charming but down-at-heel Liverpool solicitor with bruised emotions, a nice line in self-deprecation, and a penchant for Mersey low life.’ The series has received consistently good reviews.
In All the Lonely People, the book which introduced Harry Devlin, his estranged wife Liz is murdered, and he is the prime suspect. Harry needs to clear his name and find who killed the woman he loved. The book was nominated for the John Creasey Memorial Dagger for the best first crime novel of 1991 (the winner being Walter Mosley).
The first seven novels appeared between 1991 and 1999. Harry Devlin returned in 2008 in Waterloo Sunset, a novel which reflects the changes in his life and in his native Liverpool during the intervening years.
Novels
All the Lonely People (1991)
Suspicious Minds (1992)
I Remember You (1993)
Yesterday’s Papers (1994)
Eve of Destruction (1996)
The Devil in Disguise (1998)
First Cut is the Deepest (1999)
Waterloo Sunset (2008)
Short stories
It's Impossible
The Boxer
When I'm Dead And Gone
Never Walk Alone
I Say A Little Prayer
My Ship Is Coming In
With A Little Help From my Friends
A House Is Not A Home
References
'Martin Edwards' in The Mammoth Encyclopaedia of Modern Crime Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (2002) (Robinson)
‘Martin Edwards’ in Whodunit?: a who’s who in crime & mystery writing ed. Rosemary Herbert (2003) (Oxford University Press)
‘Harry Devlin' in Great British Fictional Detectives by Russell James(2008) (Remember When)
External links
Martin Edwards Books.com – Official website
Fictional detectives
Fictional amateur detectives
Fictional lawyers |