Historic Strawberry Mansion

Historic Strawberry Mansion is a summer home originally named Summerville by Judge William Lewis who had it built sometime between 1783 and 1789. It is located in East Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

During the period from 1846 to 1867, when farmers renting the mansion served strawberries and cream to the public, Strawberry Mansion received its current name. The house was restored between 1927 and 1931 by a nonprofit called The Committee of 1926 for use as a historic house museum and place of hospitality.

William Lewis
William Lewis was born in 1751 in Edgmont, Pennsylvania to a Quaker family of Welsh ancestry. As a lawyer during revolutionary times, he consistently defended other Quakers against charges of treason after they refused to fight in battle or pay taxes. In doing so, he helped create the foundations of Conscientious Objection.

Lewis was appointed to federal judicial positions by George Washington and also advised Alexander Hamilton on the first national bank. His most important achievement was his role in the drafting and passage of An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in 1780. This legislation was the first legal action towards the abolition of slavery in the United States.

Lewis purchased land in what is now Fairmount Park, including some existing buildings, and proceeded to built the mansion—which he called Summerville—sometime between 1783 and 1789. Lewis lived there until his death in 1819 at the age of 68.

Joseph Hemphill
Joseph Hemphill was born in 1770 in Chester County, now Delaware County. He purchased Strawberry Mansion in 1821, two years after Lewis's death. His family was responsible for adding the Greek Revival wings to the Federal style structure erected by Lewis, ca. 1828. He served as a member of the House of Representatives, in addition to being a prominent lawyer and judge. Hemphill is, perhaps, more well known among antique collectors for his role in the limited manufacture of Hemphill and Tucker porcelain. His collaborative effort with Philadelphia porcelain maker William Ellis Tucker lasted only 6 years, from 1832 to 1838.

Property of Fairmount Park
In 1867 Strawberry Mansion was sold to the city by a landowner who had been in possession of it since Judge Hemphill's death in 1842. The purchase of the mansion, along with a great deal of the surrounding land, was part of an effort to protect the source of the city's drinking water, the Schuylkill River. The area was named East Fairmount Park, under the supervision of the Fairmount Park Commission.

Renovations
In 1926, several women's clubs combined efforts with Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick to create a Sesquicentennial Exposition in South Philadelphia in honor of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Several women from the event did not want to disband, and instead sought an area to move many of the antique furniture collections to another location. Under the supervision of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Fairmount Park Commission, the new Committee of 1926 renovated Strawberry Mansion to be used as a museum and place of hospitality. Funds for the renovation were donated by Joseph Horn, of Horn and Hardart's automats. Horn grew up in the Philadelphia area and was fond of playing in the park as a child. Decor and furnishings were the charge of various women's societies throughout the city who filled the rooms with exceptional period furnishings. The house officially reopened in 1931 with Mrs. J. Willis Martin (Elizabeth Price) as the first president of the Committee of 1926. Today the Committee of 1926 continues to preserve the historic house museum and the principles of hospitality on which it was founded.

Strawberry Mansion was renovated again in the early 21st century.

Tours
Historic Strawberry Mansion is open February–December. During February the house is open for tours 10am-4pm on Saturdays and Sundays by appointment only. During March the house is open 10am-4pm Thursday through Saturday and Sundays by appointment only. Mid-April through December the house is open Wednesday through Sunday 10am-4pm. The last tour leaves promptly at 3pm.


Albert L. Hopkins

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Albert L. Hopkins Jr. is a computer designer. He worked at the US MIT Instrumentation Laboratory (now known as the Draper Lab) during the development of the Apollo Guidance, Navigation, and Control System, or the GN&C.  The system was designed in two forms, one for the command module and one for the lunar module. The CM version included an optical system with an integrated scanning telescope and sextant for erecting and correcting the inertial platform. Albert Hopkins received a Ph.D. from Harvard University under Howard Aiken, he then joined the MIT Instrumentation Lab where he was Assistant Director; together with Ramon Alonso, and Hugh Blair-Smith he was a member of the group that designed the computer, designated AGC for Apollo Guidance Computer, identical in the CM and LM.

The AGC was a 15-bit plus parity machine with a 1 MHz clock.  It was about one cubic foot in volume and weighed about 80 pounds. It used integrated circuit NOR gates, two to a package, but integrated RAM and ROM devices had not been developed yet. It had 2,000 words of magnetic ferrite core read-write memory and maybe 24 thousand words of read-only memory in the form of magnetic core ropes. These cores used metal tape magnetic cores. With such limited computing resources, the software had to be extremely tightly written in assembly code. These computers were designed with extremely long mean times to failure. Fifty were built by Raytheon, and none failed during several years of life. The human interface was a keyboard with ten digit keys and a few auxiliary keys for such things as "+" and "–" and "enter", and a display with three numbers of 5 decimal/octal digits, a two-digit program number, and a two-digit verb and a two-digit noun. The astronauts used it for all phases of command.

After leaving Draper Labs, Albert Hopkins, with his wife Lynne Zaccaria, opened a pottery and antiques shop in South Danbury, New Hampshire. Lately they lived in Florida.  He died on May 17, 2016. http://www.chadwickfuneralservice.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=3724138&fh_id=12966


The Apartment Building at 27 and 31 Peru Street and 29 Johnson Street is a historic multiunit residential building in Burlington, Vermont.  Built about 1889, it is a good local example of vernacular Queen Anne Victorian architecture.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

Description and history
The building at the southwest corner of Peru and Johnson Streets is a 2-1/2 story wood frame building.  The Old North End neighborhood it stands in is just north of Burlington's central business district, and is densely built with residential buildings.  The building is basically rectangular in shape, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.  A rectangular gabled section projects from the long east side, facing Johnson Street, with a two-story porch extending to the building's northeast corner.  One entrance from the porch provides access to two of the building's three units, while the third is accessed from an entrance at the opposite end of the northern facade, sheltered by a metal hood.  The skirt of the second-floor porch is finished in scallop-cut shingles.  The interior finishes date primarily from the 1960s, although original staircase railings survive.

Eli Johnson built this house as part of his development of Johnson Street, begun in 1888. Johnson was a prominent local businessman, with a partnership interest in a printing firm and also in a retail pharmacy on College Street.  He began the development during a period when the city's economic growth had led to housing shortages for working-class families.  Early residents of Johnson Street were typically of English or Irish extraction.  Originally built as a duplex, it was converted to three units in the early 1960s.


Jayde Riviere

Jayde Riviere (born January 22, 2001) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays as a forward for Michigan Wolverines and the Canadian national team.

Club career

Early career
Riviere started playing for West Rogue SC at the age of four, and later represented Markham SC and the Ontario REX program.

Vancouver Whitecaps
In August 2017, Riviere joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Super REX program.

College career
Riviere has committed to the University of Michigan and will begin studying in 2019.

International career
In 2016, Riviere won a silver medal at the CONCACAF Under-15 Championships and represented Canada at the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan.

On November 12, 2017, she made her international debut in a 3–1 defeat to the United States.  On May 25, 2019 she was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.


Maithuna

Maithuna (Devanagari: मैथुन) is a Sanskrit term used in Tantra most often translated as "sexual union" in a ritual context. It is the most important of the five makara and constitutes the main part of the Grand Ritual of Tantra variously known as Panchamakara, Panchatattva, and Tattva Chakra.

Although some writers, sects and schools, e.g. Yogananda, consider this to be a purely mental and symbolic act, a look at different variations (and translations) of the word maithuna clearly shows that it refers to male-female couples and their union in the physical, sexual sense and is synonymous with kriya nishpatti (mature cleansing). Just as neither spirit nor matter by itself is effective but both working together bring harmony so is maithuna effective only then when the union is consecrated. The couple become for the time being divine: she is Shakti and he is Shiva, and they confront ultimate reality and experiences bliss through union. The scriptures warn that unless this spiritual transformation occurs the union is incomplete.

Yet it is possible to experience a form of maithuna not solely just through the physical union. The act can exist on a metaphysical plane with sexual energy penetration, in which the shakti and shakta transfer energy through their subtle bodies as well. It is when this transfer of energy occurs that the couple, incarnated as goddess and god via diminished egos, confronts ultimate reality and experiences bliss through sexual union of the subtle bodies.

Main significations
 Paired polarity
 Couple
 Loving couple
 The amorously entwined couples featured on Indian high-reliefs and statues found in temples such as Khajuraho and Konark Sun Temple.
 The zodiac sign of Gemini, which in India is not a figure of twins as in the West, but that of a man and woman representing Maithuna, derived from the Sanskrit word 'Mithuna', a couple.

Other spellings
mithunam: Sexual union, copulation, intercourse (Sanskrit)
Maithunam dravyam: the unrefined fluid from intercourse (D.G. White, p. 84)

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Vítonice (Kroměříž District)

Vítonice is a village and municipality (obec) in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 460 (as at 3 July 2006).

Vítonice lies approximately  north-east of Kroměříž,  north of Zlín, and  east of Prague.


Informatics India Ltd

Informatics is an Indian e-information company based in Bangalore, India. The company provides technology and content solutions to Libraries and publishers across India. It serves in education, research and information industry.

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History

Founded in 1980 by N V Sathyanarayana. It started as a firm providing information in the pre-internet era through a telex facility.

In the early years, the company mainly focused on providing services like library supplies, document delivery and information collection through manual searching.

Through 1984 to 1991, Informatics collaborated with Dialog Information Services for building information exchange systems.

In 1989, Informatics co-operated with Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) to set up the first online database service named Infotel.

In 1990, Informatics for the first time in India introduced CD-ROM technology. Through the end of 1992, working around database developments, they had tie ups with 6 international information companies. In 1993, a new company named Faxon Informatics emerged with a partnership from US based firm Faxon Inc. Alongside the CD publishing activity, they sold the first CD-ROM database in 2008.

In 1995, the company won it's largest contract from Reuters for indexing their news feed.

In 2013, as a digital transformation strategy the company created a subsidiary called Informatics Publishing Ltd to focus on library market.

Products and Services
Informatics owns a collection of subscription-based offerings focused mainly on scientific and academic research. Its principal products and services are database and content driven, catering solutions to research community in India.

In 2001, Informatics developed its flagship cloud-based database product J-Gate to deliver e-journal literature .
Around 2006, they started offering free version of J-Gate named Open J-Gate and also introduced a platform for business community named India Business Insight.

Along with the content management, digitization and publishing services, Informatics also offers Library solutions like: Koha implementation, EZproxy for remote authentication and RFID.


Ruth Cavin

Ruth Cavin (October 15, 1918 – January 9, 2011) was an American book editor who worked as an associate publisher of Thomas Dunne Books, where she started working at age 70 and oversaw the publication of 900 books. Mystery fiction was her specialty in her two decades in the business.

Cavin was born Ruth Brodie in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jewish immigrants who taught her how to read as a young child. She attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, earning her undergraduate degree there in 1939 and married Bram Cavin, a journalist with BusinessWeek whom she met after moving to New York City. She lived the life of a typical suburban housewife, raising her twin daughters in suburban Westchester County, New York, and didn't begin her publishing career until 1979, when she started editing books for Walker & Company.

Hired by St. Martin's Press to work at its Thomas Dunne Books unit when she was already in her 70s, Cavin helped develop first novels by such mystery fiction authors as Donna Andrews, Steve Hamilton, Julia Spencer-Fleming and Laurie R. King. The Malice Domestic Contest, a yearly competition honoring best first mystery novels, was begun by St. Martin's Press based on Cavin's suggestion. Earning the nickname "First Lady of Mysteries" that adorned a plaque in her office, author Sue Grafton called Cavin "soul mother to mystery writers for years". She helped edit and publish 900 books in a broad range of genres during her tenure there, continuing to work as an editor until 2010 when she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Cavin wrote a number of her own books, including Trolleys and Complete Party Dinners for the Novice Cook, a book that she had originally conceived of as Dinners for Beginners.

Cavin died at the age of 92 at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York on January 9, 2011, due to lung cancer. She was survived by her twin daughters, a son and two grandchildren. Her husband had died in 2009.


Kazi Yunus Ahmed

Kazi Yunus Ahmed () (born 2 January 1980) is a Bangladeshi kabaddi player who was part of the team that won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games.


Taipei City Constituency II

Taipei City Constituency II () includes all of Datong and most of Shilin in northern Taipei. The district acquired its present boundaries since 2008, when all local constituencies of the Legislative Yuan were reorganized to become single-member districts.

Current district
 Datong
 Shilin: 5 sub-districts
 Shizi: 10 urban villages
 Fushun, Fuguang, Hulu, Hudong, Shezi, Shexin, Sheyuan, Yonglun, Fu'an, Fuzhou
 Hougang: 7 urban villages
 Hougang, Fuzhong, Giangang, Bailing, Chengde, Fuhua, Mingsheng
 Jieshang: 7 urban villages
 Renyong, Yixin, Fude, Fulin, Fuzhi, Jiujia, Fujia
 Zhishanyan: 4 urban villages
 Yanshan, Mingshan, Shengshan, Zhishan
 Yangmingshan: 10 urban villages
 Dangshan, Yangfu, Gangguan, Xin'an, Yangming, Jingshan, Pingdeng, Xishan, Cuishan, Linxi

Legislators

Election results

2008

2012

2016


Seth M. Gates House

Seth M. Gates House is a historic home located at Warsaw in Wyoming County, New York. It is a two-story, wood frame dwelling built in 1824 and expanded in about 1843.  It started as a two-story, five-bay dwelling and the expansion added two bays on the north end.  It features a Federal style cornice.  Its owner from about 1843 until his death was Seth M. Gates (ca. 1800-ca. 1877), who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1838 to 1842. From the time of his purchase, for the next 15 years the house was a station on the Underground Railroad, Gates concealing the fugitives in the cellar and attic. From 1893 to 1924, it was home to the Society of Village Works, a local charitable organization.  In 1924, it was sold to the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who owned it until turning it over to the Warsaw Historical Society in 1977 for $1.00.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.


Gorodetsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast

Gorodetsk () is a rural locality (a village) in Surskoye Rural Settlement of Pinezhsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The population was 313 as of 2010. There are 6 streets.


Brandon Renkart

Brandon Renkart (born December 29, 1984) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Rutgers.

Renkart has also been a member of the Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts.

Early years
Renkart grew up in Piscataway, New Jersey and played at Piscataway Township High School, where he quarterbacked the football team to a 12-0 record and the Group IV State title as a senior.

Professional career

New York Jets
Renkart was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent after the 2008 NFL Draft. He spent most of the  season on their Practice Squad before being cut during final roster cuts before the  season.

Arizona Cardinals
After being released by the Jets, Renkart signed for the Arizona Cardinals. He spent most of the 2009 season on their Practice Squad before being signed off the Cardinals' Practice Squad by the Indianapolis Colts.

Indianapolis Colts
Renkart signed with the Indianapolis Colts on 30 December 2009; he was waived on 17 June 2010 to make room for kicker Garrett Lindholm, whom they signed off waivers from the Atlanta Falcons.

Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers signed Renkart on August 12, 2010, after linebacker Andre Frazier was placed on injured reserve.


Perfect Night In

Perfect Night In is a British three-part comedy-based clip show that was broadcast between 6 and 27 May 2007 on Channel 4. The shows evolve around comedy acts talking about and discussing their favourite television material during their childhood, ranging from children's television to Saturday evening entertainment. Each show lasted for 130 minutes, and were followed by shows briefly relating to the marathon that has just been broadcast, either relating to the act's previous work, or favourite material from the act. The first two editions featured established double acts; the final edition was presented solely by Lenny Henry (although his brother did make an appearance), and also notably featured an entirely different set from the first two editions (possibly indicating that, with these changes, it may have been the original pilot for the series).

The shows that were broadcast are:

 Lucas and Walliams' Perfect Night In (Broadcast 6 May 2007) followed by Stand By Me
 Frost and Pegg's Perfect Night In (Broadcast 13 May 2007) followed by a double bill of Spaced
 Lenny Henry's Perfect Night In (Broadcast 20 May 2007) followed by High Anxiety


The Plucker

The Plucker is a 160 page novel both written and illustrated by Brom. There are three parts to the story, in 22 chapters, and over 100 illustrations in full color.

This story takes place in the shadowy land of make-believe, where Jack and his box are stuck beneath the bed with the other castaway toys. When Plucker, a malevolent spirit, is set loose upon the world of make-believe, Jack is thrust into the unlikely role of defending Thomas, the very child who abandoned him.

Adaptations

The Movie

Channing Tatum brought the book to producers over at New Line Cinema. The movie was slated for a 2010 release date. However, in early 2008 Warner Bros. absorbed New Line Cinema, and all progress seems to have stopped on the picture.

The Plucker on stage

There were rumors that a student organization at the University of Hawaii was adapting the book for a stage play. This was confirmed by a YouTube video. The Plucker opened on Valentine's weekend 2009 for one weekend only. The production was directed by Tristan Mathers and starred Aya Itoh (Jack), Hillary Low (Angel) and Luke Koehn (The Plucker). The production was attended by the author and his family.
Another stage adaptation was performed at Rowlett High School, directed by Brandon Tijerina and Travis Ross, starring Ismael Vallejo (Jack), Meghan Riley (Angel), and Zack Taylor (The Plucker). What was interesting about this version is that part of the show is on stage, and part of the show was filmed and played on screens during the play itself.


Kristofer Siimar

Kristofer Siimar (born 3 February 1998) is an Estonian tennis player.

Siimar has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1,276 achieved on 13 August 2018.

Siimar represents Estonia at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 0–1. His twin brother Mattias Siimar is also a tennis player.

Davis Cup

Participations: (0–1)

   indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

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Cadaver Synod

The Cadaver Synod (also called the Cadaver Trial; ) is the name commonly given to the posthumous ecclesiastical trial of Pope Formosus, who himself had been deceased for about 7 months, in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during January 897.  The trial was conducted by Pope Stephen VI, the successor to Formosus' successor, Pope Boniface VI. Stephen had Formosus' corpse exhumed and brought to the papal court for judgment. He accused Formosus of perjury and of having acceded to the papacy illegally. At the end of the trial, Formosus was pronounced guilty and his papacy retroactively declared null.

Remote context
The Cadaver Synod and related events took place during a period of political instability in Italy.  This period, which lasted from the middle of the 9th century to the middle of the 10th century, was marked by a rapid succession of pontiffs.  Often, these brief papal reigns were the result of the political machinations of local Roman factions, about which few sources survive.

Formosus became bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina in 864 during the pontificate of Pope Nicholas I. He carried out missionary activity among the Bulgarians, and was so successful that they requested him for their bishop.  Nicholas refused his permission, because an appointment in Bulgaria would require Formosus to leave his see in Porto, and the fifteenth canon of the Second Council of Nicaea forbade a bishop to leave his own see to administer another.

In 875, shortly after Charles the Bald's imperial coronation, Formosus fled Rome in fear of then-pope John VIII.  A few months later in 876, at a synod in Santa Maria Rotunda, John VIII issued a series of accusations against Formosus and some of his associates.  He asserted that Formosus had corrupted the mind of the Bulgarians "so that, so long as [Formosus] was alive, [they] would not accept any other bishop from the apostolic see," that he and his fellow conspirators had attempted to usurp the papacy from John, and finally that he had deserted his see in Porto and was conspiring "against the salvation of the state and of our beloved Charles [the Bald]." Formosus and his associates were excommunicated.

In 879, at another council held at Troyes, John may have confirmed the excommunications.  He also legislated more generally against those who "plunder" ecclesiastical goods. According to the tenth-century author Auxilius of Naples, Formosus was also present at this council.  Auxilius says he begged the bishops for their forgiveness, and in return for the lifting of the excommunication, swore an oath to remain a layman for the rest of his life, to never again enter Rome, and to make no attempts to resume his former see at Porto.<ref>Auxilius,Auxilius, In defensionem sacrae ordinationis papae Formosi, I.4, ed. Dümmler, Auxilius und Vulgarius (Leipzig, 1866), p. 64</ref> This story is doubtful: another description of the synod does not mention Formosus’s presence and says instead that John confirmed his excommunication.

After the death of John VIII in December 882, Formosus' troubles ended.  He resumed his bishopric at Porto, where he remained until elected pope on 6 October 891.  Yet this earlier quarrel with John VIII formed the basis of the accusations made at the Cadaver Synod.  According to the tenth-century historian Liutprand of Cremona, Stephen VI asked Formosus' corpse why he "usurped the universal Roman See in such a spirit of ambition" after the death of John VIII, echoing John VIII's own assertion that Formosus had tried to seize the papal throne while he was alive. Two further accusations were also made against Formosus at the Cadaver Synod: that he had committed perjury and that he had attempted to exercise the office of bishop as a layman. These are related to the oath Formosus is said to have sworn before the council at Troyes in 878.

Immediate context
The Cadaver Synod is generally presumed to have been politically motivated. Formosus crowned Lambert of Spoleto co-ruler of the Holy Roman Empire in 892; Lambert's father, Guy III of Spoleto, had earlier been crowned by John VIII.  In 893 Formosus, apparently nervous about Guy's aggression, invited the Carolingian Arnulf of Carinthia to invade Italy and receive the imperial crown.  Arnulf's invasion failed, and Guy III died shortly afterwards.  Yet Formosus renewed his invitation to Arnulf in 895, and early the next year Arnulf crossed the Alps and entered Rome, where Formosus crowned him as Holy Roman Emperor.  Afterwards the Frankish army departed, and Arnulf and Formosus died within months of each other in 896. Formosus was succeeded by Pope Boniface VI, who himself died two weeks later.  Lambert and his mother, the empress Angiltrude, entered Rome around the time that Stephen VI became pope, and the Cadaver Synod was conducted directly afterwards, at the beginning of 897.

The dominant interpretation of these events until the early twentieth century was straightforward: Formosus had always been a pro-Carolingian, and his crowning of Lambert in 892 was coerced. After the death of Arnulf and the collapse of Carolingian authority in Rome, Lambert entered the city and forced Stephen to convene the Cadaver Synod, both to re-assert his claim to the imperial crown and perhaps also to exact posthumous revenge upon Formosus.

This view is now considered obsolete, following the arguments put forth by Joseph Duhr in 1932.  Duhr pointed out that Lambert was in attendance at the Ravenna Council of 898, convened under Pope John IX.  It was at this proceeding that the decrees of the Cadaver Synod were revoked.  According to the written acta of the council, Lambert actively approved of the nullification.  If Lambert and Angiltrude had been the architects of Formosus’s degradation, Duhr asked, “how [...] was John IX able to submit to the canons which condemned the odious synod for approbation of the emperor [i.e., Lambert] and his bishops?  How could John IX have dared to broach the matter [...] before the guilty parties, without even making the least allusion to the emperor’s participation?”  This position has been accepted by another scholar: Girolamo Arnaldi argued that Formosus did not pursue an exclusively pro-Carolingian policy, and that he even had friendly relations with Lambert as late as 895.  Their relations only soured when Lambert's cousin, Guy IV of Spoleto, marched on Benevento and expelled the Byzantines there.  Formosus panicked at the aggression and sent emissaries into Bavaria seeking Arnulf's help.  Arnaldi argues that it was Guy IV, who had entered Rome along with Lambert and his mother Angiltrude in January 897, who provided the impetus for the synod.

The synod

Probably around January 897, Stephen VI ordered that the corpse of his predecessor Formosus be removed from its tomb and brought to the papal court for judgment. With the corpse propped up on a throne, a deacon was appointed to answer for the deceased pontiff.

Formosus was accused of transmigrating sees in violation of canon law, of perjury, and of serving as a bishop while actually a layman. Eventually, the corpse was found guilty.  Liutprand and other sources say that, after having the corpse stripped of its papal vestments, Stephen then cut off the three fingers of the right hand that it had used in life for blessings, next formally invalidating all of Formosus' acts and ordinations (including his ordination of Stephen VI as bishop of Anagni). The body was finally interred in a graveyard for foreigners, only to be dug up once again, tied to weights, and cast into the Tiber River.

According to Liutprand’s version of the story, Stephen VI said: "When you were bishop of Porto, why did you usurp the universal Roman See in such a spirit of ambition?”

Aftermath

The macabre spectacle turned public opinion in Rome against Stephen. Rumors circulated that Formosus' body, after washing up on the banks of the Tiber, had begun to perform miracles. A public uprising led to Stephen being deposed and imprisoned. While in prison, in July or August 897, he was strangled.

In December 897, Pope Theodore II (897) convened a synod that annulled the Cadaver Synod, rehabilitated Formosus, and ordered that his body, which had been recovered from the Tiber, be reburied in Saint Peter's Basilica in pontifical vestments. In 898, John IX (898—900) also nullified the Cadaver Synod, convening two synods (one in Rome, one in Ravenna) which confirmed the findings of Theodore II's synod, ordered the acta of the Cadaver Synod destroyed, excommunicated seven cardinals who were involved in the Cadaver Synod, and prohibited any future trial of a dead person.

However, Pope Sergius III (904–911), who as bishop had taken part in the Cadaver Synod as a co-judge, overturned the rulings of Theodore II and John IX, reaffirming Formosus's conviction, and had a laudatory epitaph inscribed on the tomb of Stephen VI.


Massimo Serato

Massimo Serato, born Giuseppe Segato, (31 May 1916 – 22 December 1989) was an Italian film actor with a career spanning over 40 years.

Serato was born in Oderzo, Veneto, Italy and started appearing in films in 1938. He played leading roles in several historical dramas and sword and sandal epics, mainly Italian, as well as roles in major international films. His notable appearances include Piccolo mondo antico (1941),The Naked Maja (1958), David and Goliath (1960), The Loves of Hercules (1960),  El Cid (1961),  55 Days at Peking (1963) Camille 2000 (1969) and Don't Look Now (1973). In 1947 he won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the neorealist war-drama film Il sole sorge ancora.

He had an affair with the actress Anna Magnani who bore him a son, Cellino, whom she affectionately called Luca.  Luca contracted polio at an early age; - " In time he was able to walk with steel braces but [he] spent much of his time in a wheelchair."

Serato died in Rome in 1989.

Selected filmography

 Inventiamo l'amore (1938) - Un altro giocatore nella sala da biliardo
 Le Père Lebonnard (1939) - Un giovanetto al ballo (uncredited)
 L'ispettore Vargas (1940)
 Piccolo mondo antico (1941) - Franco Maironi
 Due cuori sotto sequestro (1941) - Il compositore
 L'amore canta (1941) - Alberto
 L'uomo venuto dal mare (1942) - Il marinaio
 I sette peccati (1942) - Mario Venier
 Luisa Sanfelice (1942) - Ferdinando Ferri
 Giacomo the Idealist (1943) - Giacomo Lanzavecchia
 The Materassi Sisters (1944) - Remo, il nipote
 In High Places (1945) - Giorgio Zanetti
 Il sole sorge ancora (1946) - Major Heinrich
 Sangue a Ca' Foscari (1946) - cavaliere della Rosa
 L'apocalisse (1947)
 The Courier of the King (1947) - Maurice Croisenois
 La revanche de Baccarat (1947)
 La signora delle camelie (1947) - Alexandre Dumas fils (prologue)
 Rocambole (1947)
 Il principe ribelle (1947) - Francesco di Sant'Agata
 I cavalieri dalle maschere nere (1948) - Il contino de la Motte
 The Dance of Death (1948) - Stéphane / Stefano
 Monastero di Santa Chiara (1949) - Rudolf, ufficiale delle SS
 Il mondo vuole così (1949) - Alberto
 The Pirates of Capri (1949) - Baron Holstein
 Marechiaro (1949) - Luca Salvatori
 Flying Squadron (1949) - Ufficiale D'aviazione
 Sunday in August (1950) - Roberto
 Fugitive Lady (1950) - Jim West
 The Thief of Venice (1950) - Il grande inquisitore Garbia
 The Rival of the Empress (1951) - Orloff - Italian language version (voice)
 Love and Blood (1951) - Peppuccio detto Peppe
 Shadows Over Naples (1951) - Peppuccio
 Tragic Spell (1951) - Berto
 Without a Flag (1951) - Leutnant Morassi
 I due derelitti (1951) - Ramon
 Anita Garibaldi (1952) - (uncredited)
 Milady and the Musketeers (1952) - Comte de Rochefort
 La figlia del diavolo (1952) - Adolfo Santagata
 Amore rosso (Marianna Sirca) (1952) - Simone Sole
 The Merchant of Venice (1953) - Antonio
 I Piombi di Venezia (1953) - Orsenigo
 Gioventù alla sbarra (1953) - Gigi
 Eager to Live (1953) - Massimo Fontana
 The Man from Cairo (1953) - Basil Constantine
 Lucrèce Borgia (1953) - Alfonso of Aragon
 Il Conte di Sant'Elmo (1953) - Conte di Sant'Elmo
 Public Opinion (1954) - Massimo Gorini
 Pietà per chi cade (1954) - Livio Vanini
 Madame du Barry (1954) - Choiseul
 Loves of Three Queens (1954) - Paride (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
 L'eterna femmina (1954)
 Foglio di via (1954) - Andrea
 Cartouche (1955) - Henri de Vauboranche
 The Widow (1955) - Vittorio
 Il falco d'oro (1955) - Massimo Montefalco
 Il piccolo vetraio (1955) - barone de la Motte
 Mermaid of Naples (1956) - Salvatore Aiello
 Tormento d'amore (1956) - Pietro Martínez
 Supreme Confession (1956) - Marco Neri
 La trovatella di Milano (1956)
 Peppino, le modelle e chella là (1957) - Carlo Rosani
 La grande ombra (1957) - Franco Donati
 The Silent Enemy (1958) - Forzellini
 Slave Women of Corinth (1958) - Quinto Rufo
 The Naked Maja (1958) - Conte Rodrigo Sanchez
 Captain Falcon (1958) - Baron Oddo di Serra
 The Sword and the Cross (1958) - Anan
 Cavalier in Devil's Castle (1959) - Capitano Ugone di Collefeltro
 Tunis Top Secret (1959) - Nikos
 The Magistrate (1959) - Ugo
 The Pirate and the Slave Girl  (1959) - Roberto Diego
 David and Goliath (1960) - Abner
 The Loves of Hercules (1960) - Licos
 Queen of the Pirates (1960) - Cesare di Santacroce
  (1960) - Al
 Femmine di lusso (1960) - Sicilian Nobleman
 Constantine and the Cross (1961) - Maxentius
 El Cid (1961) - Fanez
 Pontius Pilate (1962) -Nicodemus
 Venus Against the Son of Hercules (1962) - Antarus
 The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1962) - Cardinal Richelieu
 Hypnosis (1962) - Georg von Cramer
 The Invincible Masked Rider (1963) - Don Rodrigo
 55 Days at Peking (1963) - Menotti Garibaldi
 Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) - Garcia de Higuera
 Goliath and the Rebel Slave (1963) - Marcius
 Gli invincibili sette (1963) - Axel
 Brennus, Enemy of Rome (1963) - Marcus Furius Camillus
 Jacob and Esau (1963) - Ismaele - Ishmael
  (1964) - Chefredakteur
 Samson vs. the Giant King (1964) - Czar Nicola Nicolajevic
 Hero of Rome (1964) - Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
 The Lion of Thebes (1964) - Tutmes
 Desafío en Río Bravo (1964) - Leo
 Gladiators Seven (1964) - Baxo
 La Celestina P... R... (1965) - Marcello
 Challenge of the Gladiator (1965) - Senator Lucio Quintilio
 100.000 dollari per Ringo (1965) - Guy
 The 10th Victim (1965) - Lawyer Rossi
 Super Seven Calling Cairo (1965) - Alex
 Im Nest der gelben Viper - Das FBI schlägt zu (1966)
 The Almost Perfect Crime (1966) - Preston
 Wild, Wild Planet (1966) - Mr. Nurmi
 The Lost Woman (1966) - D. Rafael Valcálcer
 00/ciak operazione mondo (1966)
 The Honey Pot (1967) - The Pretender (scenes deleted)
 The Strange Night (1967) - ing. Pariante
 Il magnifico texano (1967) - Blackie Stark
 È stato bello amarti (1968) - Luca
 Catch as Catch Can (1968) - Agent
 Camille 2000 (1969) - Armand's father
 Lo stato d'assedio (1969) - Crusich
 The Naughty Cheerleader (1970) - Capitano di Montecucculi
 The Gamblers (1970) - Del Isolla
 Il divorzio (1970) - Mario Gherardi
 Cloud of Dust... Cry of Death... Sartana Is Coming (1970) - Sheriff Jim Manassas
 Edipeon (1970)
 La califfa (1970) - L'industriale fallito
 Historia de una traición (1971) - Hugo
 Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo (1971) - Caio Appio Quintilliano
 Dead Men Ride (1971) - Emiliano
 Il sergente Klems (1971) - French General
 Who Killed the Prosecutor and Why? (1972) - Uncle Fifi
 Un apprezzato professionista di sicuro avvenire (1972) - Bishop
 Beau Masque (1972) - Valério
 Number one (1973)
 Women in Cell Block 7 (1973) - Prison Director
 Don't Look Now (1973) - Bishop Barbarrigo
 Salvo D'Acquisto (1974) - Halder
 Autopsy (1975) - Gianni Sanna
 Cattivi pensieri (1976) - Carlo Bocconi
 Il ginecologo della mutua (1977) - Doctor Guido Lo Bianco
 Convoy Busters (1978) - Degan
 The Bloodstained Shadow (1978) - Count Pedrazzi
 The Humanoid (1979) - Great Brother
 Killer Nun (1979) - Dr. Poirret
 Eden no sono (1980) - Alessandra's Father
 Estigma (1980)
 Pin il monello (1982)
 Via degli specchi (1983) - Councillor Bianchi
 Nana (1983) - Faucherie
 Il ragazzo di campagna (1984) - Rower
 Saving Grace (1986) - Monsignor Betti
 Le lunghe ombre (1987)
 32 dicembre (1988) - Ferruccio, il fidanzato (segment "La gialla farfalla")
 Singolo (1989)
 Fratelli d'Italia (1989)
 Viaggio di nozze in giallo (1990)
 L'avvoltoio può attendere (1991) - Prince (final film role)


Malaya and British Borneo dollar

The Malaya and British Borneo dollar (known as the ringgit in Malay, Jawi: رڠڬيت) was the currency of Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, North Borneo, Brunei and Riau archipelago from 1953 to 1967 and was the successor of the Malayan dollar and Sarawak dollar, replacing them at par. The currency was issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo. Prior to 1952, the board was known as the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya.

The Malaya and British Borneo dollar was used in Malaya after independence in 1957, and in Malaysia after its formation in 1963, as well as in Singapore after its independence in 1965. After 1967, the two countries and Brunei ended the common currency arrangement and began issuing their own currencies. However, the Malaya and British Borneo dollar continued to be legal tender until 16 January 1969. The currency was also being used in the Riau Archipelago in Indonesia prior to 1963.

History

Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya and British Borneo

The Currency Ordinance No. 44 of 1952 of the Crown Colony of Singapore, No. 33 of 1951 of the Federation of Malaya, No. 10 of 1951 of North Borneo and No. 1 of 1951 of Sarawak implemented an agreement between those governments and the State of Brunei for the establishment of a Board of Commissioners of Currency to be the sole issuing authority in British Malaya and British Borneo.

This agreement became effective on 1 January 1952. The Board consisted of five members:
 Financial Secretary of Singapore who was also the Chairman of the Board
 Minister of Finance for the Federation of Malaya
 Governor of Sarawak
 Governor of North Borneo
 British Resident of Brunei
 and two further appointed by agreement of the participating governments.

End of common currency

On 12 June 1967, the currency union came to an end and Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei each began issuing their own currencies: the Malaysian ringgit, Singapore dollar and Brunei dollar. The currencies of the three countries were interchangeable at par value under the Interchangeability Agreement until 8 May 1973 when the Malaysian government decided to terminate it. Brunei and Singapore continue with the Agreement until the present day.

The Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya and British Borneo was officially wound up on 30 November 1979.

Coins
Coins were issued in bronze 1 cent square shaped coins issued between 1953 and 1961, and circular coins of similar composition from 1962, and cupro-nickel 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents. These all shared a similar basic design depicting Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and denomination on the reverse. However, the Queen was replaced with two daggers on the smaller round cent of 1962. These coins carried the same design features and sizes from the coins of the previous Commissioner's Currency and Straits series, making them relatively unchanged in appearance except for the depictions of the British monarchs. The older coins also continued to circulate alongside these bearing the new title.

Banknotes

1953 series
All notes bear the date 21 March 1953, and signed by W.C. Taylor, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioner of Currency. The 1, 5 and 10 dollar notes were printed by Waterlow and Sons, the 50 and 100 dollar notes were printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. and the 1,000 and 10,000 dollar notes were printed by Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd.. As a safeguard against forgery, a broken security thread and the watermark of a lion's head were incorporated in the paper before printing.

1959 series


Yarrowitch River

Yarrowitch River, a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features
Yarrowitch River rises within Mummel Gulf National Park on the northern slopes of the Great Dividing Range southwest of Yarrowitch, and flows generally north northeast, joined by the Warnes River before reaching its confluence with the Apsley River, southwest of Tia. The river descends  over its  course; spilling over the Yarrowitch Falls in the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.

In its middle reaches, the Yarrowitch River passes through rich grazing country used for rearing livestock, principally beef cattle.


Laval Le Mistral

Laval Le Mistral (1998–2001) was a women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The team played its home games in Colisée de Laval in Laval, Quebec, Canada.

History

Season-by-season

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.

1998–99 NWHL Season and playoffs
Le Mistral started at the end of the 1997–98 college and university year with a group of players limited experience at the elite Senior AAA level. Le Mistral enter to the NWHL but the team has a difficult first season: In 34 games 9 wins and 21 defeats. For the playoffs, Laval Le mistral was elimined in Eastern first round: April 10, 1999– Bonaventure Wingstar 4 at Laval Le Mistral 2 and
April 11, 1999– Laval Le Mistral 3 at Bonaventure Wingstar 8. The Bonaventure Wingstar wins 2 games and pass to Eastern Division Finals

1999–2000 NWHL season
Laval Le Mistral's Annie Desrosiers was second leader in the league in goals with 29. Her 45 points ranked eleventh in the league. She was an assistant captain despite being a 20-year-old. For the 2000–01 season, the team captain was 21-year-old Anik Bouchard. Two members of the Japanese National Team competed for Le Mistral: Masako Sato was second leader in Laval Le Mistral for scoring and her sister the defender Rie Sato . During the season, Le Mistral allowed an average of five goals per game, second last in the NWHL. Goaltender Marieve Dyotte was 5–10–1 with a 6.44 goals against average, while Vania Goeury was 2–14–3 with 4.08 GAA. During the season, Laval received 605 penalty minutes. The result was allowing 44 goals in 35 games. Anik Bouchard had 91 minutes, Isabelle Chartrand (88 minutes) and Valerie Levesque had 60 minutes.

2000–2001 NWHL Eastern Division Playoffs
Round 1: Laval Le Mistral vs Sainte-Julie Pantheres
Saturday February 26 and Sunday February 27, the Sainte-Julie Pantheres eliminated the Laval Le Mistral, winning their two-game series 2–0.

Season standing

Last roster 2000–01

Notable former players
 Masako Sato, forward (Japan)
 Rie Sato, defender (Japan)
 Maren Valenti (Germany)
 Isabelle Chartrand, defender, a member of Canada's 1999 National Women's Team.
 Charline Labonte, Goaltender, a member of Canada National Team.

Award and honour
1998/99 Eastern Division 1st All Star Team: Annie Desrosiers (forward) and Isabelle Chartrand(defender)
1998/99 Eastern Division 2sd All Star Team: Vania Goeury (goalie), Anik Bouchard (defender) and Julie Pelletier (forward)
1999/2000 Eastern Division 1st All Star Team: Annie Desrosiers (forward) and Isabelle Chartrand(defender)

Former Staff
    General Manager: Michel Dyotte
    Head Coach:  Marcel Dube
    Assistant Coach:  Benoit Constantineau
    Assistant Coach:  Christian Dugel


Nan Blair

Nan Blair (born Clyte Cosper; 1895–1944) was an American screenwriter active primarily during Hollywood's silent era.

Around the time her first husband, Joseph Elizalde, died in Santa Barbara in 1917, she began writing screenplays in Hollywood.

By 1918, Blair headed up the script-reading department at Triangle Pictures, where she worked on shorts like A Dream of Egypt and A Prince for a Day. She later headed Palmer Photoplays' manuscript sales department.

Her last known credit was on 1935's This Is the Life; she died in Los Angeles in 1944.

Selected filmography

 This Is the Life (1935)
 The Love Trap (1923)
 Beach of Dreams (1921)
 The Fatal Wallop (1920)
 The Hawk's Trail (1919)
 Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919)
 Trail of No Return (1918) (short)
 Little Mariana's Triumph (1917) (short)
 A Prince for a Day (1917) (short)
 A Dream of Egypt (1917) (short)


Vicenzi

Vicenzi is an Italian food company based in San Giovanni Lupatoto. It was founded in 1905 by Matilde Vicenzi.

Vicenzi produces a range of biscuits and cakes. With four production facilities in Europe, the company exports products to about 70 countries and offers private-label production services.

In 2005 Vicenzi bought from Parmalat the bakery plant of Nusco, opened in 1984.


Houston Solution

"Houston Solution" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap.  It was released in April 1989 as the second single from the album Stranger Things Have Happened.  The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Chart performance

Year-end charts


The 1904 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1904 college football season.	Dave Cropp led the team to a mark of 3–1 in the CFA and 6–2–1 overall in his second and final season.


Results of the 1973 South Australian state election (Legislative Council)

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This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1973 South Australian state election.

Results by District

Central No. 1

Central No. 2

Midland

Northern

Southern


John Mavor (Australia)

Reverend John Mavor  is an Australian minister of religion. He was the 8th president of the  Uniting Church in Australia, serving in that role from 1997 to 2000.

He was accepted as a candidate for the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1954. Mavor worked for the Queensland Synod as director of Mission and Parish Services, then as the Moderator of the Synod from 1988 to 1989. He was President of the Assembly for a three-year term from 1998 to 2000. He later worked as a project officer for Uniting International Mission then acting National Director for 15 months. He retired in April 2007.

He was conferred membership of the Order of Australia in the 1999 Australia Day Honours.


Newcomb Power Football Club

The Newcomb Power Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the suburb of Moolap, Victoria. The teams currently play in the Bellarine Football League.

Newcomb Power's home ground is Grinter Reserve, Moolap.

History
The club was established in 1975 as "Newcomb Football Club" until 2000 when a name change it became the "Newcomb Power Football Club". Originally nicknamed the Dinosaurs, the club is now known as the Power.

Originally the club wore a maroon guernsey with light blue yolk and distinctive light blue shorts with maroon stripes. A dinosaur badge with yellow 'stegasauraus' was worn left of the jumper, the badge also adorned the caps of the Newcomb and District Cricket Club. The football club officially came under the banner of Newcomb and District Sports Club however as the club lost its lacrosse, baseball and tennis clubs to name a few and today the Power are known as Newcomb Football Club.

Newcomb have won (1) Reserves Premiership being 1980, (8) U/18's Flags 1978, 81–84, 86, 90-91 four being as Champions (undefeated) and Grand Finalists in 2015, U/15's won (5) Flags 1978–80, 82, 84 four as Champions.

Premierships

Senior
 Bellarine Football League (6): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2005, 2007

Individual honours
 Tony Sudale won the Leagues Goalkicking Award with (85) in 1979 and (77) in 1981
 League Best and Fairest Winners are John Fagan 1981, Paul Hudson 1993, 1996, 1997, Ricky O'Toole in 2007

Notable VFL/AFL players
David O'Keeffe with Geelong and Brisbane Bears
Shaun McNamara with Gold Coast Suns
Norbit O'Connor with Collingwood

Bibliography
 Cat Country: History of Football in the Geelong Region by John Stoward – Aussie Footy Books, 2008

External links
 Twitter page
 Team app


Lin Chien-hsun

Lin Chien-hsun (; born 10 January 1993) is a Taiwanese footballer who currently plays as a attacking midfielder for the national and club level.

International career

International goals
Scores and results list Chinese Taipei's goal tally first.


Charles III, Duke of Savoy

Charles III of Savoy (10 October 1486 – 17 August 1553), often called Charles the Good, was Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553, although most of his lands were ruled by the French between 1536 and his death.

Biography
He was a younger son of Philip (Filippo) the Landless, an aged younger son of the ducal family, and his second wife Claudine de Brosse of the family that unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Brittany. His grandparents were Duke Louis of Savoy and Anne of Cyprus. As a child, there were next to no expectations for him to succeed to any monarchy. He was christened as a namesake of the then-reigning Duke, Charles I of Savoy, the Warrior, his first cousin.

However, when he was ten years old, his father unexpectedly succeeded his grandnephew Charles II of Savoy as duke and head of the Savoy dynasty, which had now also received the titles of the kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia. However, Charles's father was not the heir general of the deceased duke, only the male heir. Jerusalem, Cyprus and certain other claims and possessions could go to a different heir, and they did, in principle, going to Charles II's sister Yolande Louise. Charles's father was not ready to relinquish those, and he took such titles to his own titulary, staking a claim. He also had Yolande marry his son, Philibert the Handsome, in 1496, to ensure the male line of succession.

In 1497, Charles's half-brother Philibert succeeded their father as Duke of Savoy, etc. Philibert however died childless in 1504, surprisingly, and now Charles succeeded, at age eighteen.

Charles faced down challenges to his authority, including from Philibert Berthelier.

After Yolande's death in 1499, the de jure rights of Jerusalem and Cyprus were lost to the Savoy family. Charles however, as some sort of heir-male, took those titles, which his successors also used. In 1713, Charles's great-great-great-grandson Victor Amadeus II of Savoy received confirmation to that title from the Kings of Spain and France, who also claimed it. The rights, according to succession of heirs general, i.e. not excluding female lines, had gone, until Charles's death, to the House of La Trémoille, the French lords of La Tremoille, Princes of Talmond and Taranto.

In response to the riots between Catholic and Protestants within Geneva, Charles launched a surprise attack in July 1534, but his army was beaten back. A second siege in October 1535 was attempted, and again Charles' army was defeated when forces from Berne arrived to assist Geneva. Charles was allied with the Habsburg camp in Western European politics, where Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V battled for ascendancy.  France invaded Savoy in 1536, and held almost all of Charles' possessions. He spent the rest of his life practically in exile, at the mercy of relatives. He died in 1553 and was succeeded by his only surviving child, Emanuele Filiberto.

He was the duke who imprisoned François Bonivard, the "prisoner of Chillon" in 1530.

Issue

Charles married Beatrice of Portugal (1504–1538), daughter of Manuel I of Portugal and Maria of Aragon. Beatrice was both first cousin and sister-in-law of the Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. They had nine children, but only one child, Emmanuel Philibert, would reach adulthood:

 Adriano Giovanni Amadeo, Prince of Piedmont (19 November 1522 – 10 January 1523)
 Ludovico, Prince of Piedmont (4 December 1523 – 25 November 1536)
 Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (8 July 1528 – 30 August 1580), married Marguerite, Duchess of Berry, sister of Henri II, King of France
 Caterina (25 November 1529-May 1536)
 Maria (12 June 1530 – 1531)
 Isabella (May 1532 – 24 September 1533)
 Emanuele (May 1533; died young)
 Emanuele (May 1534; died young)
 Giovanni (3 December 1537 – 8 January 1538)

Ancestors


Megachile kyotensis

Megachile kyotensis is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Alfken in 1931.


Jaroslav Pollert (canoeist born 1943)

Jaroslav Pollert (born August 16, 1943) is a former Czechoslovak slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C-2: 1973, C-1 team: 1961, C-2 team: 1965) and a silver (C-2 team: 1973).


Ghimpu

Ghimpu is a Romanian surname that may refer to one of three brothers from Moldova:

Gheorghe Ghimpu
Mihai Ghimpu
Simion Ghimpu


Vollenhove

Vollenhove is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland, southwest of Steenwijk. Until the Noordoostpolder was drained, it was located on the coast of the Zuiderzee.

Vollenhove received city rights in 1354.
Later it was the main city in this region, that was formerly called Land van Vollenhove. Vollenhove was the summer residence of the bishop of Utrecht, the ruler of these parts. He lived in the castle Toutenburg, of which only some small ruins are left now. To be near their lord, quite some nobility moved to Vollenhove. They built their estates (Dutch: havezates) in the town, which was unique. Therefore, Vollenhove was called the city of palaces. Like Blokzijl, peat transport to Holland by ship caused the small city to flourish during the 17th century.

Vollenhove was a separate municipality until 1973, when it became a part of Brederwiede. Between 1818 and 1942, the municipality was divided into two parts, Stad Vollenhove (the city) and Ambt Vollenhove (the countryside).

History
Vollenhove is already listed (as Fulnaho) in 944. The area was once a forest owned by Otto the Great. He gave Bishop of Utrecht Balderik permission to hunt there. In 1010 Emperor Henry II gave the area Sillva Fulnaho (Forest Vollenhove) to the bishop of Utrecht. In the 12th century, Bishop Godfried van Rhenen built a castle in the Almere, the Olde Huys, with a keep and a chapel. In the 14th century, the castle was repeatedly attacked by the Frisians from Stellingwerven. The village Op ten Camph was built around the castle. On 12 July 1354 it was given a city charter. After 1380 the city was designated as Vollenho.

The heyday of the city Vollenhove was in the first half of the 15th century. Vollenhove was important because of the sturgeon fishing and was a bijstad of the League. Earthen walls and gates were also constructed to defend the city. In the first half of the 16th century the city flourished. Joris Schenck van Toutenburg became sheriff and later became governor of Overijssel for Karel the Fifth. Just outside the city Schenck built a castle called Toutenburg. This residence was the administrative center for the three northern provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Overijssel. Drenthe did not count because it was considered to poor. At the outbreak of the Eighty Years' War Vollenhove lost the role of administrative center, and in the following centuries, the town withered away.

In 1818 was divided into Vollenhove City and Vollenhove office, the country that Vollenhove heard. In the second half of the 19th century Vollenhove flourished again briefly. The moat of the Olde Huys was fishing port and the castle was demolished. When in 1859 the island was evacuated Schokland, drew the most Schokkers in the midst of the remains of the castle. At the end of the 19th century, a new port was built and a specific fishing boat, the Vollenhovense sphere. The construction of the Dam (1932) came to an end the Zuiderzee fishing. Vollenhove was the beginning of World War II as a major port for the reclamation work of the northeast.

Pictures

Events

The most well-known event of the city is the annual flower parade. Corso Vollenhove takes place on the last Saturday of August. The parade has always thousands of visitors.

There are about 12 floats with different subjects and roughly 100,000–200,000 flowers per float. Several quality marching bands from in and outside the Netherlands are contracted to play in the parade.

Trivia
The celebration of the 650-year anniversary as a city on 12 July 2004 was attended by Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven, he is the husband of Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands.
He was named an honorary citizen of the town. Incidentally, his surname has nothing to do with the town Vollenhove.


Ella Del Rosario

Maria Angela Rafaela Manzano del Rosario (born 1962), known as Ella Del Rosario, is a Filipina who was a singer who collaborated with the band Hotdog from 1974–1976.

Discography

LPs
 Mr. Disco (1979)

Singles
 Pabulong (1977)
 Mr. Disco (1979)
 Hahabol-Habol (1979)
 Sabik Na Sabik (1979)


1997 Ürümqi bus bombings

On February 25, 1997, three bombs exploded on three buses (line 10, line 44, and line 2) in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. Nine people were killed, including at least three children, and a further 74 were injured. Another bomb in the south railway station (the main station in Ürümqi) failed to explode. Steel balls, screws, and nails were found in the bombs.

Uyghur separatists had committed the bombings. Responsibility for the attacks was claimed and acknowledged by factions of certain diaspora Uyghurs.

Background
Continuing tensions in Xinjiang have been a source of terrorism in China. Conflicts over Uyghur cultural aspirations resurfaced during the 1960s. In early February 1997 the execution of 30 suspected separatists who had been involved in the organisation of Meshrep during Ramadan resulted in large demonstrations, which culminated in the Gulja incident on 5 February, in which at least nine protesters were killed.

External reference
新疆遭遇的暴力恐怖事件(cn)
新疆曾遭遇暴力恐怖高峰(cn)


Albert sustainable production certification

albert sustainable production certification is a certification for a television production's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. As a result, they can display the albert sustainable production logo at the end of their credits.

In 2010, the BAFTA albert Consortium created a carbon footprint calculator for TV programmes, called albert. The impact of productions on the environment was recorded but the findings could not help to reduce the impact. Therefore, albert certification was created, as a way to encourage productions to divert waste from landfill, engage senior leaders and address energy efficiency.

Productions with this certification
Productions that meet the criteria for sustainability are awarded one, two or three stars.

Three stars

Two stars

One star


Mayfair

Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in London and the world.

The area was originally part of the manor of Eia and remained largely rural until the early 18th century. It became well known for the annual "May Fair" that took place from 1686 to 1764 in what is now Shepherd Market. Over the years, the fair grew increasingly downmarket and unpleasant, and it became a public nuisance. The Grosvenor family (who became Dukes of Westminster) acquired the land through marriage and began to develop it under the direction of Thomas Barlow. The work included Hanover Square, Berkeley Square and Grosvenor Square, which were surrounded by high-quality houses, and St George's Hanover Square Church.

By the end of the 18th century, most of Mayfair was built on with upper-class housing; unlike some nearby areas of London, it has never lost its affluent status. The decline of the British aristocracy in the early 20th century led to the area becoming more commercial, with many houses converted into offices for corporate headquarters and various embassies. Mayfair retains a substantial quantity of high-end residential property, upmarket shops and restaurants, and luxury hotels along Piccadilly and Park Lane. Its prestigious status has been commemorated by being the most expensive property square on the London Monopoly board.

Geography

Mayfair is in the City of Westminster, and mainly consists of the historical Grosvenor estate and the Albemarle, Berkeley, Burlington, and Curzon estates. It is bordered on the west by Park Lane, north by Oxford Street, east by Regent Street, and the south by Piccadilly. Beyond the bounding roads, to the north is Marylebone, to the east Soho, and to the southwest Knightsbridge and Belgravia.

Mayfair is surrounded by parkland; Hyde Park and Green Park run along its boundary. The  Grosvenor Square is roughly in the centre of Mayfair, and its centrepiece, containing numerous expensive and desirable properties.

History

Early history
Following analysis of the alignment of Roman roads, it has been speculated that the Romans settled in the area before establishing Londinium. Whitaker's Almanack suggested that Aulus Plautius built a fort here during the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43 while waiting for Claudius. The theory was developed in 1993, with a proposal that a town grew outside the fort but was later abandoned as being too far from the Thames. The proposal has been disputed because of lack of archaeological evidence. If there was a fort, it is believed the perimeter would have been where the modern Green Street, North Audley Street, Upper Grosvenor Street and Park Lane now are, and that Park Street would have been the main road through the centre. This area was the manor of Eia in the Domesday Book, and owned by Geoffrey de Mandeville after the Norman Conquest. It was subsequently given to the Abbey of Westminster, who owned it until 1536 when it was taken over by Henry VIII.

Mayfair was mainly open fields until development started in the Shepherd Market area around 1686–88 to accommodate the May Fair that had moved from Haymarket in St James's because of overcrowding. There were some buildings before 1686 – a cottage in Stanhope Row, dating from 1618 was destroyed in the Blitz in late 1940. A 17th-century English Civil War fortification established in what is now Mount Street was known as Oliver's Mount by the 18th century.

The May Fair
The May Fair was held every year at Great Brookfield (which is now part of Curzon Street and Shepherd Market) from 1–14 May. It was established during the reign of Edward I in open fields beyond St. James. The fair was recorded as "Saint James's fayer by Westminster" in 1560. It was postponed in 1603 because of plague, but otherwise continued throughout the 17th century. In 1686, the fair moved to what is now Mayfair. By the 18th century, it had attracted showmen, jugglers and fencers and numerous fairground attractions. Popular attractions included bare-knuckle fighting, semolina eating contests and women's foot racing.

By the reign of George I, the May Fair had fallen into disrepute and was regarded as a public scandal. The 6th Earl of Coventry, who lived on Piccadilly, considered the fair to be a nuisance and, with local residents, led a public campaign against it. It was abolished in 1764. One reason for Mayfair's subsequent boom in property development was it was able to keep out lower class activities.

Grosvenor family and estates

Building on Mayfair began in the 1660s on the corner of Piccadilly, and progressed along the north side of that street. Burlington House was started between 1664–5 by John Denham and sold two years later to Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington who asked Hugh May to complete it. The house was extensively modified through the 18th century, and is the only one of this era to survive into the 21st century.

The origins of major development began when Sir Thomas Grosvenor, 3rd Baronet married Mary Davis, heiress to part of the Manor of Ebury, in 1677. The Grosvenor family gained  of land, of which around  lay south of Oxford Street and east of Park Lane. The land was referred to as "The Hundred Acres" in early deeds.

In 1721, the London Journal reported "the ground upon which the May Fair formerly was held is marked out for a large square, and several fine streets and houses are to be built upon it". Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th Baronet asked the surveyor Thomas Barlow to design the street layout which has survived mostly intact to the present day despite most of the properties being rebuilt. Barlow proposed a grid of wide, straight streets, with a large park (now Grosvenor Square) as a centrepiece.

Buildings were constructed in quick succession, and by the mid-18th century the area was covered in houses. Much of the land was owned by seven estates – Burlington, Millfield, Conduit Mead, Albemarle Ground, the Berkeley, the Curzon and, most importantly, the Grosvenor. Of the original properties constructed in Mayfair, only the Grosvenor estate survives intact and owned by the same family, who became the Dukes of Westminster in 1874. Chesterfield Street is one of the few streets that has 18th-century properties on both sides, with a single exception, and is probably the least altered road in the area.

Hanover Square was the first of three great squares to be constructed. It was named after King George I, the Elector of Hanover, soon after his ascension to the throne in 1714. The original houses were inhabited by "persons of distinction" such as retired generals. Although most have been demolished, a small number have survived to the present day. The Hanover Square Rooms became a popular place for classical music concerts, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Niccolò Paganini and Franz Liszt. A large statue of William Pitt the Younger is sited at the southern end of the square.

In 1725, Mayfair became part of the new parish of St George Hanover Square, which stretched as far east as Bond Street and to Regent Street north of Conduit Street. It ran as far north as Oxford Street and south near to Piccadilly. The parish continued into Hyde Park to the west and extended southwest to St George's Hospital. Most of the area belonged to (and continues to be owned by) the Grosvenor family, though the freehold of some parts belongs to the Crown Estate.

A water supply to the area was built by the Chelsea Water Works, and a royal warrant was issued in 1725 for a reservoir in Hyde Park that could supply water at what is now Grosvenor Gate. In 1835, the reservoir was decorated with an ornamental basin and a fountain in its centre. In 1963, following the widening of Park Lane, it was rebuilt as the Joy of Life Fountain.

Grosvenor Square was planned as the centrepiece of the Mayfair estate. It was laid out around 1725–31 with 51 individual plots for development. It is the second-largest square in London (after Lincoln's Inn Fields) and housed numerous members of the aristocracy until the mid-20th century. By the end of the 19th century, the Grosvenor family were described as "the wealthiest family in Europe" and annual rents for their Mayfair properties reached around £135,000 (now £). The square has never declined in popularity and continues to be a prestigious London address into the 21st century. Only two original houses have survived; No. 9, once the home of John Adams, and No. 38 which is now the Indonesian Embassy.

Berkeley House on Piccadilly was named after John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton who had purchased its land, and that surrounding it, shortly after the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660. In 1696, the Berkeley family sold the house and grounds to the 1st Duke of Devonshire (who renamed it Devonshire House) on condition that the view from the rear of the house should not be spoiled. Berkeley Square was laid out to the rear of the house in the 1730s; because of the conditions of sale, houses were only built on the east and west sides. The west side still has various mid-18th-century buildings and the east side now contains offices including Berkeley Square House.

The expansion of Mayfair moved upper class Londoners away from areas such as Covent Garden and Soho, which were already in decline by the 18th century. Part of its success was its proximity to the Court of St James and the parks, and the well-designed layout. This led to it sustaining its popularity into the 21st century. The requirements of the aristocracy led to stables, coach houses and servants' accommodation being established along the mews running parallel to the streets. Some of the stables have since been converted into garages and offices.

The Rothschild family owned several Mayfair properties in the 19th century. Alfred de Rothschild lived at No. 1 Seamore Place and held numerous "adoration dinners" where the only guest was a female companion. The marriage of his brother Leopold to Marie Perugia took place here in 1881. The house was demolished after World War I when Curzon Street was extended through the site to meet Park Lane. The future Prime Minister Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery was born in Charles Street, Mayfair in 1847, and grew up in the area.

Mayfair has had a long association with the United States. Pocahontas is believed to have visited in the early 17th century. In 1786, John Adams established the US Embassy on Grosvenor Square. Theodore Roosevelt was married in Hanover Square  and Franklin D. Roosevelt honeymooned in Berkeley Square. A small memorial park in Mount Street Gardens has benches engraved with the names of former American residents and visitors to Mayfair.

Modern history

The death of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster in 1899 was a pivotal point in the development of Mayfair, following which all redevelopment schemes not already in operation were cancelled. In the following years, Government budget proposals such as David Lloyd George's establishment of the welfare state in 1909, greatly reduced the power of the Lords. Land value fell around Mayfair, and some leases were not renewed.

Following World War I, the British upper class was in decline as the reduced workforce meant servants were less in supply and demanded higher salaries. The grandest houses in Mayfair became more expensive to service and consequently many were converted to foreign embassies. The 2nd Duke of Westminster decided to demolish Grosvenor House and build Bourdon House in its place. Mayfair attracted commercial development after much of the City of London was destroyed during the Blitz, and many corporate headquarters were established in the area. Several historically important houses were demolished, including Aldford House, Londonderry House and Chesterfield House.

The Canadian High Commission was established at Macdonald House at No. 1 Grosvenor Square in 1961. It is named after the first Canadian Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. The Italian Embassy is at No. 4 Grosvenor Square.

The district has become increasingly commercial, with many offices in converted houses and new buildings, though the trend has been reverted in places. The United States embassy announced in 2008 it would move from its long established location at Grosvenor Square to Nine Elms, Wandsworth owing to security concerns, despite constructing an £8m security upgrading after the September 11 attacks including  high blast walls. Since the 1990s, residential properties have become available again, though the rents are among the highest in London. Mayfair remains one of the most expensive places to live in London and the world and there remains some exclusive shopping and London's largest concentration of luxury hotels and many restaurants, particularly around Park Lane and Grosvenor Square.

Properties

Churches

St George's, Hanover Square, constructed between 1721–24 by John James, was one of 50 churches built following the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches Act in 1711. It has a portico, the first to be constructed for a British church. Emma, Lady Hamilton in 1791, poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1814, and Prime Ministers Benjamin Disraeli and H. H. Asquith in 1839 and 1894 respectively were all married in the church. The porch houses two cast-iron dogs rescued from a shop in Conduit Street that was bombed during the Blitz.

Grosvenor Chapel on South Audley Street was built by Benjamin Timbrell in 1730 for the Grosvenor Estate. It was used by American armed forces during World War II. The parents of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington are buried in the churchyard.

The Mayfair Chapel on Curzon Street was a popular place for illegal marriages, including over 700 in 1742. James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton married Elizabeth Gunning here in 1752. The Marriage Act 1753 stopped the practice of unlicensed marriages. The chapel was demolished in 1899.

Hotels

Claridge's was founded in 1812 as Mivart's Hotel on Brook Street. It was acquired by William Claridge in 1855, who gave it its current name. The hotel was bought by the Savoy Company in 1895 and rebuilt in red brick. It was extended again in 1931. Several European royal families in exile stayed at the hotel during World War II. Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia was born there on 17 July 1945; the Prime Minister Winston Churchill is said to have declared the suite he was born in to be Yugoslav territory.

Flemings Mayfair on Half Moon Street was opened in 1851 by Robert Fleming, who worked for Henry Paget, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey. It is the second oldest independent hotel in London.

The London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square on the corner of Grosvenor Square and Duke Street was the first Marriott Hotel in Britain. It opened as the Europa Hotel in 1961 and was bought by Marriott in 1985. It was a popular place for visitors to the American Embassy.

The Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane is on the former site of Grosvenor House, the home of Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Earl Grosvenor (later Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster). It was built by Arthur Octavius Edwards in the 1920s and has over 450 bedrooms, with 150 luxury flats in the south wing. It was the first London hotel to have a swimming pool.

The Dorchester is named after Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester. The first building here was erected by Joseph Damer in 1751, and renamed Dorchester House following the Earl's succession in 1792. The property was purchased by Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons and Gordon Hotels Ltd in 1928 to be converted into a hotel, which opened on 18 April 1931. It was General Dwight Eisenhower's London headquarters in World War II. The Duke of Edinburgh held his stag night at the hotel prior to his marriage to Princess Elizabeth.

The May Fair Hotel opened in 1927 on the site of Devonshire House in Stratton Street. It also accommodates the May Fair Theatre, which opened in 1963.

The Ritz opened on Piccadilly on 24 May 1906. It was the first steel-framed building to be constructed in London, and it is one of the most prestigious and best-known hotels in the world.

Retail

Mayfair has had a range of exclusive shops, hotels, restaurants and clubs since the 19th century. The quarter—especially the Bond Street area—is also the home of numerous commercial art galleries and international auction houses such as Bonhams, Christie's and Sotheby's.

Gunter's Tea Shop was established in 1757 at Nos. 7–8 Berkeley Square by the Italian Domenico Negri. Robert Gunter took co-ownership of the shop in 1777, and full ownership in 1799. During the 19th century it became a fashionable place to buy cakes and ice cream, and was well known for its range of multi-tiered wedding cakes. The shop moved to Curzon Street in 1936 when the eastern side of Berkley Square was demolished, until closing in 1956. The business as a whole survived until the late 1970s.

Mount Street has been a popular shopping street since Mayfair was developed in the 18th century. It was largely rebuilt between 1880 and 1900 under the direction of the 1st Duke of Westminster, when the nearby workhouse was relocated to Pimlico. It now houses a number of shops dealing with luxury trades.

Shepherd Market has been called the "village centre" of Mayfair. The current buildings date from around 1860 and house food and antique shops, pubs and restaurants. The market had a reputation for high-class prostitution. In the 1980s, Jeffrey Archer was alleged to frequent the area and was accused of visiting Monica Coghlan, a call girl in Shepherd Market, which eventually led to a libel trial and his imprisonment for perverting the course of justice.

Alongside Burlington House is one of London's most luxurious shopping areas, the Burlington Arcade. It was designed by Samuel Ware for George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington in 1819. The arcade was designed with tall walls on either side to stop passers by throwing litter into the Earl's garden. Ownership of the arcade passed to the Chesham family. In 1911, another storey was added by Beresford Pite, who also added the Chesham arms. The family sold the arcade to the Prudential Assurance Company for £333,000 (now £) in 1926. It was bombed during World War II and subsequently restored.

Allens of Mayfair, one of the best-known butchers in London, was founded in a shop on Mount Street in 1830. It held a Royal warrant of appointment to supply meat to the Queen, as well as supplying several high-profile restaurants. After accruing spiralling debts, it was sold to Rare Butchers of Distinction in 2006. The Mayfair premises closed in 2015, but the company retains an online presence.

Scott's restaurant moved from Coventry Street to Nos. 20–22 Mount Street in 1967. In 1975, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bombed the restaurant twice, killing one and injuring 15 people.

South Audley Street is a major shopping street in Mayfair running from north to south from Grosvenor Square to Curzon Street. Originally a residential street, it was redeveloped between 1875 and 1900. Retailers include china and silverware specialists Thomas Goode and gunsmiths James Purdey & Sons.

Museums and galleries
Numerous galleries have given Mayfair a reputation as an international art hub. The Royal Academy of Arts based in Burlington House, was founded in 1768 by George III and is the oldest fine arts society in the world. Its founding president was Sir Joshua Reynolds. The academy holds classes and exhibitions, and students have included John Constable and J. M. W. Turner. It moved from Somerset House to Trafalgar Square in 1837, sharing with the National Gallery, before moving to Burlington House in 1868. The academy hosts an annual Summer Exhibition, showing over 1,000 contemporary works of art that can be submitted by anyone.

The Fine Art Society gallery was established at No. 148 New Bond Street in 1876. Other galleries in Mayfair include Maddox Gallery on Maddox Street and the Halcyon Gallery.

The Handel House Museum at No. 25 Brook Street opened in 2001. George Frideric Handel was the first resident from 1723 until his death in 1759. Most of his major works, including Messiah, and Music for the Royal Fireworks were composed here. The museum held an exhibition of Jimi Hendrix, who lived in an upper-floor flat in neighbouring No. 23 Brook Street in 1968–69.

The Faraday Museum in Albermarle Street occupies a basement laboratory used by Michael Faraday for his experiments with electromagnetic rotation and motors at the Royal Institution. It opened in 1973 and exhibits include the first electric generator designed by Faraday, along with various notes and medals.

Business
Lord Rothschild purchased GVO, an investment house in Mayfair, in 2014. The company's investment funds have been more successful than the FTSE All-Share Index and the FTSE Small Cap Index.

Cadbury's head office was formerly at No. 25 Berkeley Square in Mayfair. In 2007, Cadbury Schweppes announced that it was moving to Uxbridge in order to cut costs.

Other
Bourdon House, one of the oldest properties in Mayfair was constructed by Thomas Barlow between 1723–5 as part of the original development. An additional storey was added around 1864–5. In 1909, the 2nd Duke of Westminster ordered major refurbishments and the expansion of a three-storey wing. He moved out of Grosvenor House in 1916 into this, where he stayed until his death in 1953.

Crewe House was built in the late 18th century on the site of a house on Curzon Street owned by Edward Shepherd, a key builder and architect around Mayfair. It was bought by James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe in 1818 and became known as Wharncliffe House. In 1899, it was purchased by Robert Crewe-Milnes, Earl Crewe, giving it its current name. The house is part of the Saudi Arabian Embassy.

Mayfair has many blue plaques on buildings, due to the proliferation of important and recognised residents. Standing at the corner of Chesterfield Street and Charles Street, one can see plaques for William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (later King William IV), Prime Minister Lord Rosebery, the writer Somerset Maughan and Regency-era fashion icon Beau Brummell.

Transport
While there are no London Underground stations inside Mayfair, there are several on the boundaries. The Central Line stops at Marble Arch, Bond Street and Oxford Circus along Oxford Street along the northern edge, and Piccadilly Circus and Green Park are along the Piccadilly line on the southern side, along with Hyde Park Corner close by in Knightsbridge.

Down Street tube station opened in 1907 as "Down Street (Mayfair)". It closed in 1932 but was used during the Second World War by the Emergency Railway Committee, and briefly by Churchill and the war cabinet while waiting for the War Rooms to be ready. While there is only one bus route in Mayfair itself, the 24-hour route C2, there are many bus routes along the perimeter roads.

Cultural references

Mayfair has featured in a number of novels including P. G. Wodehouse's The Mating Season (1949) and Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust, (1934). It is a partial setting for Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Michael Arlen's The Green Hat (1924). Oscar Wilde lived in Grosvenor Square between 1883 and 1884 and referred to it in his works. He regularly socialised in the artistic quarter along Half Moon Street, which is mentioned in both The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Mayfair is the most expensive property on the standard British Monopoly board at £400, and is part of the dark blue set with Park Lane. It commands the highest rents out of all properties; landing on Mayfair with a hotel costs £2,000. The price is a reference to the property values in the area, which have remained consistently high, with real-life rent as much as £36,000 per week. At the time the board was being designed in the 1930s, Mayfair still had a significant upper-class residential population.

The department store Debenhams became one of the first companies in Britain to have a dedicated business telephone number, Mayfair 1, in 1903.


FAAIM

The Foundation for Asian American Independent Media is an arts education organization based in Chicago that focuses on Asian American art, history, and issues and hosts an annual Asian American Showcase.

History
The Foundation for Asian American Independent Media (FAAIM) was founded in 1995 by journalist Ben Kim, and musicians Sooyoung Park and William Shin. Known then as Fortune4, the organization’s first project was a New York Times- and MTV-lauded recording and subsequent tour of Asian American rock bands, entitled Ear of the Dragon. In 1996, the group created the Annual Chicago Asian American Showcase (the Showcase), the nation’s only film festival dedicated exclusively to Asian American film. Incorporated as a not-for-profit in 1999, FAAIM works with other cultural institutions in Chicago on Asian-American media and education.

Since 2001 Tim Hugh has been the Executive Director of FAAIM. Other members include Vincent Chung and Larry Lee.

Asian American Showcase
The Asian American Showcase is an annual film festival based in Chicago originally held at the Film Center at SAIC (now called the Gene Siskel Film Center). The Asian American Showcase exhibits independent films created by or about Asian Americans, as well as other media such as writing and music.

External links
 Interview with Tim Hugh http://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_series/51/
 Interview with Vincent Chung http://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_series/21/
 Interview with Vincent Pham http://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_series/22/
 Interview with Larry Lee http://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_series/14/
 Interview with Sam del Rosario http://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_series/18/
 http://www.faaim.org/


Ion Madan

Ion Madan is a Moldovan politician, who served as member of the Parliament of Moldova (1990 — 1994).

Ion Madan is one of the 278 signatories of the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova signed on August 27, 1991.

At the time of electing as a deputy, he was working as chief energetician at the "Moldsviazistroi" Trust in Durlești, the suburb of Chișinău. He was elected from the Chişinău constituency.

He is a member of the "National Council of the Union 1991",  member of the Council and deputy chairman of the "Parliament - 90" Public Association of the Republic of Moldova.

Awards and honours
 The "Meritul Civic" medal (1996)
 Order of the Republic Moldova (2012)


SIGCHI Bulletin

The  SIGCHI Bulletin  is one of the two membership publications of ACM SIGCHI, the Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction. The other publication is ACM interactions.

The Bulletin was first published in July 1982, though bearing the volume number 14, since it was a result of the renaming of the SIGSOC Bulletin, after SIGSOC (Special Interest Group on Social and Behavioral Computing) renamed itself to SIGCHI. It was published quarterly until 1999 when it became bi-monthly, but returned to quarterly in 2005.

The Bulletin was a paper publication until October 1995, after which it was published simultaneously on paper and on the Web, until July 2003, when it became online-only.

In 2000, SIGCHI made interactions its member publication. Up until then members had had to subscribe to it separately. From that point, the Bulletin was published as a supplement to interactions.

Editors
 Jul 1982 - Apr 85) Ann Janda
 Jul 1985 Lorraine Borman (acting)
 Oct 1985 - Jul 90 Peter Orbeton
 Oct 1990 - Oct 93 Bill Hefley
 Jan 1994 - Oct 1998 Steven Pemberton
 Jan 1999 - Jul 1999 Ayman Mukerji
 Oct 1999 -  2003 Joseph A. Konstan
 Jul 2003 - Nov 2004 Jonathan Arnowitz
 Jan 2005 - 2007 Brian Bailey
 2008 - Mark Apperley

External links
 ACM
 SIGCHI
 SIGCHI Bulletin
 interactions
 History of SIGCHI to 1996 includes interviews with past editors.


Stankovce

Stankovce () is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.


2000 Super 12 season

The 2000 Super 12 season was the fifth season of the Super 12, contested by teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The season ran from February to May 2000, with each team playing all the others once. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams entered the playoff semi finals, with the first placed team playing the fourth and the second placed team playing the third. The winner of each semi final qualified for the final, which was contested by the Crusaders and the Brumbies at Bruce Stadium, Canberra. The Crusaders won 20 – 19 to win their third consecutive Super 12 title.

Table

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Finals

Semi finals

Grand final

Individual records

Top point scorers

Top try scorers

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Super 12


Mitrodetus australis

Mitrodetus australis is a species of Brachycera from the Mydidae family. The scientific name of this species was first published in 1979 by Artigas & Palma.

This species is native to Argentina.


Pustary

Pustary  () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dygowo, within Kołobrzeg County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately  south-west of Dygowo,  south-east of Kołobrzeg, and  north-east of the regional capital Szczecin.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles. For the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.

The village has a population of 310.


Rafael Mercadante

Rafael Mercadante Mena (born Mexico Federal District, 15 May 1973) is an actor, television host, singer and radio DJ who has worked in both Mexico and the United States. In the 1990s he was cast in soap operas such as El Manantial and El Privilegio de Amar, as well performing in films and plays. He later went on to host several television programs, and in 2007, won an Emmy Award after hosting "El Desfile de las Rosas" (The Rose Parade) for Univision, in Los Angeles, California.

From 2000 –  2002, he presented a Mexican radio program. La Pijama and has also produced three albums, with songs in the Norteño and Duranguense genres. In 2003, he joined the U.S. Spanish-language television network as a host and producer where he was nominated for a "Revelacion Juvenil" (Young Revelation ) Award in the TVyNovelas Awards.

Early life
He first appeared on television aged ten on a local channel in Monterrey with a dancing team, "Rafael y su Ballet", and later was involved in another group, "Karma" which performed in Saltillo, Coahuila. In 1993 Mercadante received a scholarship from Mexican media company Televisa to study at the Centro de Educacion Artistica (Center for Artistic Education) in Mexico City from which he graduated in 1995.

Work

Theater

Television
Pioneer Host satellite TV ( SKY )
Canal Banda Max, programas: "La Ley del Top" "Y Sigue la Furia Dando" 97,98 ( SKY )
TV Host Ritmoson 98,99,00 ( Cablevision )
Programas "Top 5 Grupero", "Grito Norteno", "Reventados".(SKY)
TV Host "Premios Furia Musical" 98,99,00,01 (Televisa )
TV Host "Acapulco Fest" 99,00,01,02,04 ( Televisa )
TV Host "Fiesta Mexicana" 99,00,01,02,04 ( Televisa )
TV Host "Especial Los Tigres del Norte en el Zocalo"( Televisa )
TV Host "Temerarios en el Estadio Azteca" ( Televisa )
TV Host "Que Todo Mexico se Entere" TV Show  "HOY"
TV Host Programa "Todo Se Vale" (Televisa)
TV Host Programa "Reventon Musical" (Televisa)
TV Host Grito Mexicano 04,05, 06,07(Univision)
TV Host Red Carpet (Premios Juventud, Univision) 04,05,06,07,08
TV Host Programa "Accesso Total" (Premios Juventud) (Univision )04,05,06,07,08
TV Host "Festival del Mariachi" 04,05 (Univision)
TV Host Invitado Programa "Escandalo Tv "(Telefutura)04,05,06,07
TV Host "Premios Furia Musical" 04,05,06,07(Univision)
TV Host "Premios TV y Novelas" 05,07 (Univision)
TV Host "Noche de estrellas de Tv y novelas" (Univision)05,07
TV Host Co-TV Host "Fin de Año" 04,05,06 (Univision)
TV Host Invitado programa "Despierta America" 05,06,07 (Univision)
TV Host " Rumbo a Premio Lo nuestro" 06 (Galavision)
TV Host and Associate Producer Programa "Caliente" (Univision) 03,04,05,06
TV Host " Las Mananitas de Guadalupe " 06,07,08( Univision )
TV Host " Desfile de las Rosas 06 ,08" GANADOR DEL EMMY(Univision)
TV Host " El Juego Supremo " 08 (Univision )
 Anchor and Entertainment Reporter " Primer Impacto fin de semana " 06,07,08,09(Univision)

Soap Operas
Agujetas de Color de Rosa (1994)
Gente Bien
Retrato de Familia
El Privilegio de Amar
El Manantial

Radio
"La Pillama" (host) Cadena Firmesa Raza y Radio Cadena Nacional (2000–2002)

Other Works
¿Quién Tiene la Razón?, as a panelist
"En Familia con Chabelo"
"La Cuchufleta"
"Mujer Casos de la Vida Real"

Records
Mi Joven Corazon (2001 )
Rafael Mercadante Acompanado de Patrulla 81 y Control (2006)
Estas ganas que tengo (2008)


2010 Batangas local elections

Local elections was held in the Province of Batangas on May 10, 2010 as part of the 2010 general election.  Voters will select candidates for all local positions: a town mayor, vice mayor and town councilors, as well as members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the vice-governor, governor and representatives for the four districts of Batangas. The list below are the candidates as of May 2010.

Gubernatorial election

Vilma Santos Recto is the incumbent.

Notes
 A^ Arman Sanchez died of hypertension on April 27, 2010. His wife, incumbent Santo Tomas mayor Edna Sanchez, was named as his substitute.
 B^ Ermita is Sanchez's guest candidate.

Congressional elections

Each of Batangas's four legislative districts will elect each representative to the House of Representatives.

1st District
Incumbent Eileen Ermita-Buhain is in her third consecutive term and is ineligible to run; her father Eduardo is her party's nominee for the seat.

Eduardo Ermita placed the result of the election under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.

2nd District
Hermilando Mandanas is the incumbent.

3rd District
Victoria Hernandez-Reyes is in her third consecutive term and is ineligible to run; her husband Rodrigo is her party's nominee for the seat.

The result of the election is under protest in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal.

4th District
Mark L. Mendoza is the incumbent.

Sangguniang Panlalawigan elections
All 4 Districts of Batangas will elect Sangguniang Panlalawigan or provincial board members.

Summary

1st District
Municipality: Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Catigbian, Taal, Tuy, Nasugbu
Population (2007):  522,607
Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

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2nd District
City: Batangas City
Municipality: Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, Tuy
Population (2007):  558,882
Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies.

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3rd District
City: Tanauan City
Municipality: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataas na Kahoy, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, Santo Tomas, Talisay
Population (2007):  537,399
Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies

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4th District
City: Lipa City
Municipality: Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan
Population (2007):  626,981
Parties are as stated in their certificate of candidacies

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Mayoralty elections
All municipalities of Batangas, Batangas City, Lipa City and Tanauan City will elect mayor and vice-mayor this election. The candidates for mayor and vice mayor with the highest number of votes wins the seat; they are voted separately, therefore, they may be of different parties when elected. Below is the list of mayoralty candidates of each city and municipalities per district.

1st District, Candidates for Mayor
Municipality: Balayan, Calaca, Calatagan, Lemery, Lian, Nasugbu, Taal, Tuy

Balayan

Calaca

Calatagan

Lemery

Lian

Nasugbu

Taal

Tuy

2nd District, Candidates for Mayor
City: Batangas City
Municipality: Bauan, Lobo, Mabini, San Luis, San Pascual, Tingloy

Batangas City

Bauan

Lobo

Mabini

San Luis

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San Pascual

Tingloy

3rd District, Candidates for Mayor
City: Tanauan City
Municipality: Agoncillo, Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Laurel, Malvar, Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, Santo Tomas, Talisay

Tanauan City

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Agoncillo

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Alitagtag

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Balete

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Cuenca

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Laurel

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Malvar

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Mataas na Kahoy

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San Nicolas

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Santa Teresita

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Santo Tomas

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Talisay

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4th District, Candidates for MayorCity: Lipa CityMunicipality''': Ibaan, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan

Lipa City

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Ibaan

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Padre Garcia

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Rosario

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San Jose

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San Juan

Taysan

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Footnotes


Stade Jean Alric

Stade Jean Alric is a rugby union stadium, in Aurillac, France.

It is the home stadium of Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne. The stadium can hold 9,000 people (7,000 seated).

It has been named after Jean Alric, a player of the club shot by the SS on June 5, 1944.


Dance of the Yi People

Dance of the Yi People (simplified: 彝族舞曲; traditional: 彞族舞曲; pinyin: Yízú Wǔqǔ; sometimes also called Dance of the Yi Tribe or Yi Dance) is one of the most popular solo compositions for the pipa, a four-stringed pear-shaped fretted lute used as one of the primary traditional musical instruments of China. Unlike the martial-sounding Ambushed From All Sides (十面埋伏; pinyin: Shí Mìan Maí Fú), the other most widely performed solo pipa piece, Dance of the Yi People is predominantly lyrical in character.

Dance of the Yi People was composed in the 1960s by the Chinese composer Wang Huiran (王惠然; b. 1936), presumably based on traditional music of the Yi people of southern China.

As with many Chinese compositions for traditional instruments, in the late 20th century Dance of the Yi People was also remade into a Chinese popular song entitled "999 Roses" (九百九十九朵玫瑰), sung by Samuel Tai (邰正宵; pinyin: Tái Zhèngxiāo).videos

External links
Article about Wang Huiran

Video
Dance of the Yi People videos