Moving Day (2012 film)

Moving Day is a Canadian comedy film, released in 2012. Directed by Mike Clattenburg and written by Clattenburg and Mike O'Neill, the film centres on four men working for a moving company in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia whose personal lives are as messy as their professional ones.

The film's cast includes Gabriel Hogan, Bill Carr, Gerry Dee, Victor Garber, Jonny Harris, Charlie Murphy, Cathy Jones, Shauna MacDonald, Gabrielle Miller, Will Sasso, Don Bottomley, David Rossetti and Jordan Poole.

Plot
Clyde (Sasso), a mover, is unhappy with his job at Redmond's Furniture, and is dreaming of a career change.

Clyde, Cedric (Murphy), and AJ (Hogan) are movers who work for Redmond's Furniture and Moving, a moving company. Near the beginning of the film, while trying to move boxes out of a customers house, they drop several of them over the railing of a staircase. To makeup for the damages, they settle on a $7500 cash reimbursement with the distressed customers.

Soon after, Clyde has a nightmare whereby he lifts the seat of a chair off of its legs and sees dozens of mice. In the nightmare, he also gets a job offer to work at Redmond's for the rest of his life; however, he implies that he would rather be a street construction worker for the rest of his life.

In the next scene, Clyde starts crying because he believes he is going to be fired. In the meantime, AJ has an affair with one of the customers they had moved, who is an older woman.

Clyde has a meeting with Wilf (Garber), his manager, in which Wilf puts Clyde on probation for the incident that had taken place at their customer's house. Clyde then gets upset, and Wilf subsequently offers him a Turtle. Wilf also asks Clyde if AJ has been drinking on the job, to which Clyde nervously responds by saying: "No." Wilf thinks Clyde is trying to protect AJ, and tells Clyde to take another Turtle if AJ has been drinking while working. Clyde takes another Turtle.

The Redmond's workers then go to another customer's building, and Denis, another mover at Redmond's, begins hitting on the female receptionists. In an attempt to be humorous and impress the ladies, Dennis puts a sign on Clydes back, saying: "Call me donks." After the ladies inform Clyde of the sign on his back, he gets upset with Dennis and pins him to a wall, insisting that Dennis deletes the video he had taken of the situation. Cedric then informs Dennis that Clyde is on probation, encouraging him to refrain from attempting to get Clyde fired. Denis and Clyde makeup.

AJ is called into a meeting with Wilf, whereby he is put on probation for drinking while working. In the meantime, Clyde takes apart old cardboard boxes and writes several encouraging quotes on them, as well as quotes from people he works with. He puts these quotes up on the walls around his home. The next day, Clyde slept in for work; therefore, Cedric, AJ and Dennis show up at his house. Dennis sees the pieces of cardboard boxes all over Clyde's walls and takes pictures of the quotes which say: "'I need you' - Wilf," and "Dennis is mean to people because he's hurt inside. He thinks he should be famous but he is not. He's unhappy. Poor Dennis." While at Clyde's, AJ drinks again, despite insisting that he has stopped drinking. Wilf calls him, and AJ lies in two ways: He says he is not drinking, and says that they are at a customers home, not Clyde's.

Wilf goes out for dinner with Linda and tells her that Redmond's could not afford insurance even though they continued to collect insurance premiums from their customers. They kept doing it because no one had yet noticed.

Cedric tells Clyde he only works at Redmond's because he feels like it is his only option, explaining that he cannot get another job because of the 6 years he spent in the penitentiary for knocking a man out while drunk. Linda goes to see Cedric, Dennis and Clyde at the office and encourages them to attend Wilf's birthday party that night. Wilf then gets Linda an expensive pen and promotes her to a managerial position.

Cedric wife's grandma passes away, and so he quits his job at Redmond's because he and his wife have inherited property in South Carolina. Wilf was not pleased that Cedric gave him such a short notice, but Cedric points out that he is not on contract since he is being paid under the table, and so he should not be upset.

AJ gets angry with Dennis for ratting him out for drinking, despite that it was actually Clyde who told Wilf. While driving, AJ and Clyde get into an argument, and then crash the Redmond's truck into another vehicle. The company called the police and said the truck was stolen by AJ, so that they would not have to pay for damage.

Later on, Clyde easily confesses that it was him, not Dennis, who ratted AJ out for drinking. He did not know that AJ had already gotten angry at Dennis.

Near the end of the film, the Redmond's workers went out to see a band perform, and planned to go for drinks afterwards. Clyde was upset, because since Dennis wanted to bring ladies with them to the bar after, there was not enough room for him to also join. He felt excluded, and ended up going back to Redmond's office. There, he had a hallucination, where Wilf's dog, Little Buddy, levitates and flies away, and Wilf floats into the room looking for him. Wilf begins to weep because Little Buddy is gone, and Cedric shows up, telling Clyde not to trust Wilf.

At the end of the film, Clyde says goodbye to Cedric as he leaves for his new home in South Carolina.

Reception

Awards and nominations

Critical response
Moving Day has garnered criticism from the Canadian film critic community. Chris Knight of the National Post rated Moving Day 1.5 stars. He wrote: "Nothing ever gets too crazy in Moving Day, which seems so intent on showing how dull the life of a mover can be that it actually tips over into dullness itself." Pat Mullen, from Cinemablographer.com, rated the film 2 out of 5 stars, calling it "embarrassingly unfunny" and "a missed opportunity to create a decent comedy for mainstream Canadian audiences." Exclaim!'s Kevin Scott wrote: "The supporting roles are all well cast and considered but, because of this, the story has a tendency to meander and lose some momentum." He also pointed to the positive and claimed, "As a native of Nova Scotia, the film is sure to have special meaning for Clattenburg and he's managed to create a comedy with heart that approaches the holy grail of Apatow."


Lal Lal Wind Farm

Lal Lal Wind Farm is a wind farm under construction southeast of Ballarat in the Australian state of Victoria. the wind farm has two parts about  apart. There are 38 turbines two kilometres east of Yendon and a further 22 turbines two kilometres north of Elaine.

The project was developed by WestWind Energy. The proposal was bought by Macquarie Capital in 2017, and financing was completed by onselling 40% to each of Northleaf Capital Partners and InfraRed Capital with Macquarie retaining the other 20%. RES Australia is contracted to manage the build and first five years of operation. Construction is done by Zenviron and Vestas.

During the construction phase, one of the operating wind turbines was damaged on 15 September 2019 by a lightning strike during a storm. A direct hit resulted in one blade of a turbine being destroyed and falling to the ground. no other damage was reported.


CSL

CSL as an abbreviation may stand for:

Places
 Coordinated Science Laboratory, at the University of Illinois
 Liège Space Center (Centre spatial de Liège), at the University of Liege in Belgium
 Central Science Laboratory, a former UK DEFRA laboratory services agency

Languages
 Croatian Sign Language, a sign language for the deaf in Croatia
 Chinese Sign Language, a sign language for the deaf in China, Malaysia, and Taiwan
 Clay Sanskrit Library, a series of books in Sanskrit with English translations
 Context-sensitive language, a class of formal languages in computational linguistics

Sciences
 Crosshole sonic logging, method for testing a constructed material
 Calcium stearoyl-2-lactylate, a food additive used as an emulsifier
 Continuous spontaneous localization, a dynamical reduction theory in quantum mechanics
 Hartmann's solution, compound sodium lactate, used in intravenous transfusions

Military
 Cooperative Security Location, a US military facility
 CSL, the designation code for Royal Australian Navy Wattle-class crane stores lighters

Computing
 Citation Style Language, an open XML-based standard to format citations and bibliographies
 Current-steering logic, an alternative name for emitter-coupled logic in electronics
 Context-sensitive language, a language generated from a context-sensitive grammar

Companies
 CSL Mobile, subsidiary of Hong Kong Telecom
 CSL Limited, an Australian biotechnology company, formerly Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
 Canada Steamship Lines, a Canadian shipping company
 CSL Sofas, a furniture chain in the United Kingdom
 Cochin Shipyard Limited, a shipbuilding company in Kerala, India

Sports
 CAL Spora Luxembourg, amateur athletics club in Luxembourg
 Canadian Soccer League, a soccer league in Canada since 2006
 Canadian Soccer League (1987–92), a soccer league in Canada
 Chinese Super League, the premier league of association football in China
 Cosmopolitan Soccer League, a soccer league in United States

Politics
 Canadian Socialist League, a political party active from 1898 to 1904
 Czechoslovak People's Party (Československá strana lidová, ČSL), a political party

Others
 Centers for Spiritual Living, a religious denomination
 Charter seat license, name used by a few sports teams for a personal seat license


Memorial Park, Motueka

Memorial Park is a cricket ground in Motueka, Tasman, New Zealand.

Memorial Park is jointly owned by Tasman District Council and Wakatū Incorporation, a company representing 4,000 shareholders who are descendants of the original Te Tau Ihu Māori of the area.

The first recorded match held on the ground came in January 1950 when Nelson played Marlborough in the 1950/51 Hawke Cup.  The ground later held a single List A match when Central Districts played Otago in the 1987/88 Shell Cup, which Central Districts won by 52 runs. Senior cricket hasn't been played at the ground since.


Abulhassan Navab

Seyed Abulhassan Navab  (born 1958 in Shareza, Isfahan) is an Iranian professor and cleric who currently serves as chancellor of University of Religions and Denominations. He was one of the candidates for the 2008 parliamentary election, but his candidacy was withdrawn two months before the election.


Constituency PP-229 (Pakpattan-III)

Constituency PP-229 (Pakpattan-III) is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab.

General elections 2013

General elections 2008


Call Her Savage

Call Her Savage is a 1932 pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Clara Bow. The film was Bow's second-to-last film role. It is also one of the first portrayals of homosexuals on screen, including a scene in a gay bar.

Plot
A wild young woman, Nasa Springer (Clara Bow), born and raised in Texas by well-to-do parents, rebels against her father. She is sent to school in Chicago, where her disruptive behavior marks her as a troublemaker. She marries a rich playboy, who then declares the marriage a ploy and abandons her. She is renounced by her father, who tells her he never wishes to see her again. She discovers she is pregnant and bears a child. Reduced to poverty, she moves into a boardinghouse with her infant, and struggles to pay for the baby's basic needs. Unaware that her grandfather in Texas has died and left her a $100,000 fortune, a desperate Nasa dresses up as a prostitute and goes out in the neighborhood hoping to earn some quick cash to purchase medicine for her child. While she is out, a drunken lout at the boardinghouse drops a match and accidentally sets the building on fire. Nasa's infant is killed in the blaze.

Upon learning that her mother is dying, she hurries home to Texas.  There she learns that she is a "half-breed", half white and half Indian.  The assertion is made that this explains why she had always been "untameable and wild."  This knowledge of her lineage would supposedly allow her the possibility for happiness in the arms of a handsome young Indian named Moonglow (Gilbert Roland), a longtime friend who has secretly loved her.

Cast
 Clara Bow as Nasa Springer
 Gilbert Roland as Moonglow
 Thelma Todd as Sunny De Lane
 Monroe Owsley as Lawrence Crosby
 Estelle Taylor as Ruth Springer
 Weldon Heyburn as Ronasa
 Willard Robertson as Pete Springer
 Anthony Jowitt as Jay Randall
 Fred Kohler as Silas Jennings
 Russell Simpson as Old Man in Wagon Train
 Margaret Livingston as Molly
 Carl Stockdale as Mort
 Dorothy Peterson as Silas' Wife
 Marilyn Knowlden as Ruth (as a girl)
 Douglas Haig (uncredited) as Pete (as a boy)

Reception
The Film Daily praised Bow's performance, writing "Looking like a million dollars, acting better than she ever did, and playing a role that requires her to pretty near run the gamut of feminine moods and modes, Clara Bow makes a whirlwind comeback."

The film attracted an audience of over 900,000 when it was showcased in 42 first-run cities.

Preservation status
The film was restored in 2012 by the Museum of Modern Art and premiered at the third annual Turner Classic Movies Film Festival in Hollywood.


Klaus Lauer

Dr. Klaus Lauer (born 1950) is a German neuroepidemologist, mostly known for his work on multiple sclerosis (MS).

Early life
Klaus Joachim Lauer was born in 1950 and studied medicine in Frankfurt (Germany) from 1968 to 1975. He became a resident in the Department of Neurology of Klinikum Darmstadt, the Academic Teaching Hospital of Frankfurt University (Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universitäten Frankfurt/Main und Heidelberg-Mannheim, a major healthcare institution in South Hesse. Besides clinical work, K. Lauer devoted most of his research to epidemiology, with a special focus on MS etiology.

Career
Early on, he published a series of five articles on multiple sclerosis in the land of Hesse with Prof. Dr. med. Wolfgang Firnhaber, who had already been studying MS epidemiology in Göttingen and Darmstadt, with support from the Hertie Foundation, the German Research Foundation and the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. His lasting collaboration with Prof. Firnhaber, a longtime expert in MS prognostication and geomedical aspects of MS, provided K. Lauer with a solid background in geomedical investigation.

In the mid 80's, Dr. Lauer launched a series of specialized reports in Scandinavia, starting with a study of multiple sclerosis in Western Norway published in Neurology. He has been following Norvegian MS ever since  and has also coauthored epidemiological studies in Sweden with Anne-Marie Landtblom and Inger Boström.

Like John Kurtzke, Klaus J. Lauer has dedicated a large part of his work to the study of MS in the Faroe Islands, starting with a 1986 article in the Journal of Neurology entitled "Some comments on the occurrence of multiple sclerosis in the Faroe Islands", followed in 1988 by "Multiple sclerosis in relation to industrial and commercial activities in the Faroe Islands" in the journal Neuroepidemiology, followed one year later by "Dietary changes in temporal relation to multiple sclerosis in the Faroe Islands: an evaluation of literary sources" in the same journal.

MS is generally considered a multifactorial disease, in which genetic predispositions and environmental triggers combine to launch an autoimmune process. As an international expert on the environmental dimension of MS, Dr. Lauer compiled a review in Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics.

Since 1992, Dr Lauer has published a large number of epidemiological studies covering most west European countries, Russia, the USA, Canada, some countries in Asia and the Middle-East, with a special focus on dietary aspects of etiology. Most recently, Klaus Lauer has focused again on MS in the Faroes  and has been involved as an expert in the steering committee of the EnviMS study, a major multi-countries study investigating the impact of environmental exposures on MS. Dr Lauer is also one of the authors of a reference study of the cost of MS in Europe and of several publications dealing with technical and methodological considerations in neuroepidemiology applied to multiple sclerosis.


2009 in Macau

Events from the year 2009 in Macau, China.

Incumbents
 Chief Executive - Edmund Ho, Fernando Chui
 President of the Legislative Assembly - Susana Chou, Lau Cheok Vá

Events

June
 1 June - The opening of City of Dreams in Cotai.

July
 26 July - 2009 Macanese Chief Executive election

September
 20 September - The opening of L'Arc Casino in Sé.

December
 20 December - Fernando Chui took office as the second Chief Executive of Macau.
 26 December - The first showing of Macau International Movie Festival.


Stonebarrow

Stonebarrow is a coastal hill and sea cliff in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England. It is a well known fossil hunting location, close to the coastal village of Charmouth.

Geography

Stonebarrow is located about  east of Charmouth and  west of the hamlet of Seatown. Stonebarrow Hill reaches an elevation of about 155 metres. The cliff face, part of which is known as Cain's Folly, is about 140 metres high, which is about 50 metres lower than the neighbouring Golden Cap, the highest cliff on the South Coast of England. Rock falls occur on the cliff face very frequently, continually exposing new fossils. There are a couple of examples of biological weathering, especially on the sandy-soils on lower-lying cliffs.

Geology
The Stonebarrow cliffs are of Jurassic age, becoming geologically younger further east (the rocks of Golden Cap are early Cretaceous). The bottom of Stonebarrow is home to the Black Ven Marls a layer of rocks similar to those of Black Ven. Slightly higher are the Belemnite Marls, where a number of belemnites can be found. Slightly higher up is the Green Ammonite beds, where fossils of a species of ammonite exist. Higher still are Eype Clay, Upper Greensand and younger Cretaceous rocks.


Allegheny High School (disambiguation)

Allegheny High School is a former high school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Allegheny High School may also refer to:

 East Allegheny High School, North Versailles, Pennsylvania
 North Allegheny Intermediate High School, McCandless, Pennsylvania
 North Allegheny Senior High School, Wexford, Pennsylvania
 South Allegheny Middle/Senior High School, McKeesport, Pennsylvania
 West Allegheny Senior High School, North Fayette Township, Pennsylvania


Maccabi Haifa

Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports club in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightlifting, swimming, Tennis, Table tennis, Volleyball, Team handball, Water polo, Ice hockey, Artistic gymnastics, Chess, Boxing, Fencing and others. Maccabi Haifa is well known for its green uniforms.

Teams
Maccabi Haifa B.C. - basketball
Maccabi Haifa F.C. - football
Maccabi Haifa F.C. (women) - football
Maccabi Haifa W. - weightlifting

Notable members
Meiron Cheruti (born 1997), swimmer
Jonatan Kopelev (born 1991), swimmer
Eithan Urbach (born 1977), Olympic backstroke swimmer
 Tom Yaacobov (born 1992), triple jumper


Krarup

Krarup is a Danish surname. In 2004 it was Denmark's 332nd most common surname.

Notable people
Notable people with this surname include:
 Carl Emil Krarup (1872–1909), Danish telegraph engineer
 Kai Aage Krarup (born 1915), Danish equestrian
 Ole Krarup (1935–2017), Danish politician
 Søren Krarup (born 1937), Danish pastor

References


Echelons of Fury

Echelons of Fury is an out-of-print collectible card game by Medallion Simulations. It was released in May 1995 alongside Echelons of Fire. The First Edition set had at least 70 cards though some sources claim 57 cards. It had two other expansions, one released in October 1995, called Second Edition and it contained at least 95 cards; the second expansion was called Pacific Campaign and it contained at least 105 cards. The Second Edition was believed to have unannounced cards in the set as well and one card suspected as missing called U.S. M-26 Pershing. Both the First and Second editions had incomplete card lists supplied by the manufacturer. A future expansion called Echelons Freedom Fighters was scheduled for 2002 but never materialized. Other expansions were announced including a Russian front, as well as a modern-day war against North Korea, but they too were never released.

The game was based on the World War II between the Americans and the Germans. The game was considered "hard to pick up" due to the "dense rulebook" and its rules were compared to miniature wargaming. The Pacific Campaign expansion adapted the war versus Japan with cards geared toward island war. The Allied player had to land their craft onto shore, while the Japanese player had to respond with counters via bombers and booby traps.

Allen Varney reviewed the game as a "worse clone" of Magic: the Gathering.


Faster (George Harrison song)

"Faster" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his self-titled 1979 studio album. The song was inspired by Harrison's year away from music-making in 1977, during which he travelled with the Formula 1 World Championship, and by his friendship with racecar drivers such as Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda. Although equally applicable to other professions, the lyrics address the difficulties of achieving and maintaining success in the field of motorsport, particularly Formula 1.

In Britain, "Faster" was issued as the third single from George Harrison, and was available on a picture disc depicting the faces of several past world champion drivers. The single raised funds for a cancer fund set up following the death of Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson in 1978, and also commemorated Nilsson's countryman Ronnie Peterson, who died as a result of injuries sustained during the 1978 Italian Grand Prix. Harrison made a video of the song, during which he performs the track in the back of a car chauffeured by Jackie Stewart.

History

During 1977 Harrison attended many of the races on the Formula 1 calendar as a break from songwriting and recording. Over the course of that season, he befriended racing drivers such as Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody Scheckter, as well as retired triple world champion Jackie Stewart, who continued to be associated with the sport as a commentator. After the United States Grand Prix in October 1977, a conversation with Lauda encouraged Harrison to resume songwriting; he wrote "Blow Away" as a song "that Niki-Jody-Emerson and the gang could enjoy". In addition to attracting further media attention to Formula 1, Harrison's presence at the grands prix led to constant questions about whether he intended to write a song about the sport. He subsequently wrote "Faster" – the original lyrics of which are dated 20 November 1977 – drawing inspiration from Lauda's successful comeback from his near-fatal crash at the Nürburgring the previous year. He titled the new composition after Stewart's autobiography.

Harrison wrote the majority of the lyrics in such a way that the message is not limited solely to motor racing, the only car-related word being "machinery". In the view of author Robert Rodriguez, the lyrics to "Faster" are as applicable to a Formula 1 driver as they are to "anyone embarking on a career in the limelight, say, a rock star". Harrison acknowledged, however, that the inclusion of sound effects on the recording, taken from the 1978 British Grand Prix, provide an obvious link to motor racing. He also stated: "I have a lot of fun with many of the Formula One drivers and their crews – and they have enabled me to see things from a very different angle than the music business I am normally involved with."

Release

George Harrison was released on the artist's Dark Horse record label on 14 February 1979, with "Faster" sequenced as the opening track on side two of the LP.
In the album credits, Harrison dedicated "Faster" to "the Entire Formula One Circus" and to the memory of Ronnie Peterson, who had died in September 1978 following his opening-lap crash in the Italian Grand Prix. Harrison continued to be associated with Formula 1 through much of the 1979 season. While attending the Brazilian Grand Prix in February, he corrected journalists who assumed that the whole album was inspired by Formula 1, and correctly predicted that Jody Scheckter would win the 1979 drivers title for Ferrari.

Backed by "Your Love Is Forever", the song was released as a single in the UK on 13 July, to assist in the fundraising for the Gunnar Nilsson Cancer Fund. This fund was started after the death of the Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson in 1978, caused by cancer. The single was also available as a limited-edition picture disc, marking the first time that a Beatles-related release had been issued in this new format. The A-side of the disc depicted the faces of former drivers Stewart, Jochen Rindt, Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio, and contemporary competitors Lauda, Fittipaldi and Scheckter.

In his album review for the NME, Harry George recognised "Faster" as a song that "breaks new ground for Harrison, focussing on the twin pressures of motor racing: danger and public acclaim". George admired the track as "compassionate yet unpretentious, cruising chunkily in third gear". AllMusic critic Lindsay Planer praises Harrison's acoustic and electric guitar playing on "Faster". He describes the song as an "upbeat and driving" rocker.

Music video
Harrison made a promotional film for the single, which includes footage he had shot at the Brazilian Grand Prix in São Paulo in February 1979. The film alternates between these and other racing scenes and clips of Harrison miming to the song while seated in the back of a limousine, with Stewart acting as his chauffeur. The latter scenes were filmed on 28 May, following the weekend of the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix, which Harrison attended with Ringo Starr. In 2004, the "Faster" video was included on the DVD accompanying Harrison's Dark Horse Years reissues.

Personnel
According to author Simon Leng:

George Harrison – vocals, 12-string acoustic guitars, slide guitars, electric guitar, bass, backing vocals
 Neil Larsen – piano
 Andy Newmark – drums
 Ray Cooper – tambourine
 Del Newman – string arrangement


São José das Matas

São José das Matas  is a town and commune in the municipality of Dembos, province of Bengo, Angola.


Frank Pettitt

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Frank Pettitt (16 October 1899 – 27 March 1964) was an English stage, film and television actor. He played Albert Finney's father in the film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960).

 Filmography
 Night and the City  (1950) - Cabby (uncredited)
 Face the Music (1954) - Constable (uncredited)
 The Heart Within (1957) - 3rd Constable
 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) - Mr. Seaton
 The Kitchen (1961) - Frank
 Victim (1961) - Barman
 The Pot Carriers (1962) - Van Driver
 Serena (1962) - Fred
 Impact (1963) - Sid the foreman
 A Matter of Choice'' (1963) - Police Sergeant


Prionoptera socorrensis

Prionoptera socorrensis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Paul Dognin in 1912. It is found in Colombia.


Billy Bilsland

Billy Bilsland (born 9 November 1945) is a former British cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics.


Edith Soppe

Edith Soppe (10 August 1961 – 22 November 2005) was an Argentine chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1978). She is a three-times winner the Argentine Women's Chess Championship (1979, 1980, 1981).

Biography
From the late 1970s to the early 1980s Edith Soppe was one of the leading Argentine women's chess players. She three time in row won Argentine Women's Chess Championships: 1979, 1980 and 1981. In 1978, she shared the first place with Berna Carrasco in FIDE South America Zonal Tournament and was awarded the FIDE Women International Master (WIM) title. In 1979, in Rio de Janeiro Edith Soppe participated at Interzonal Tournament and ranked 15th place.

Edith Soppe played for Argentina in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
 In 1976, at second board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+3, =3, -3),
 In 1978, at first board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires (+6, =1, -6),
 In 1980, at first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+4, =9, -0),
 In 1982, at first board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+6, =4, -3).

She left the tournaments to dedicate himself to his family and had two children. She also stood out as a teacher and leader. In the Luz y Fuerza School she formed a large number of chess players (among them two champions of Córdoba). She had an outstanding participation in the creation of the Chess Association of the Córdoba Province (AACC).

After her death since 2012 in Córdoba chess tournaments played to Edith Soppe memory.


EUBINGO

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EUBINGO is the Federation of European Bingo Associations''. It is a Brussels-based umbrella group for associations representing the bingo industry. It has active members in four European countries.

History
The Federation of European Bingo Associations EUBINGO was established in early 2006. The official EUBINGO launch took place on 31 January 2006 at the European Parliament in Brussels, hosted by MEP Bill Newton Dunn. The original membership consisted of the British and Spanish participants, but by the end of the year EUBINGO had grown to four members.

Activities
Much of EUBINGO's work consists of monitoring EU developments and keeping member associations informed on upcoming legislation which may affect them. The organisation also collates and distributes information on the bingo industry. On occasion, EUBINGO will make representations to lawmakers.

Member Organisations
The following are member organisations of EUBINGO:
The Bingo Association - United Kingdom
Star Bingo Group - Ireland
Federbingo - Italy
CEJ - Spain


Agnus

Agnus (Latin for lamb) can be used to refer to :

People with the surname
 Felix Agnus (1839-1925), American military officer and newspaper publisher

Religion
 Agnus Dei (Latin: "Lamb of God")
 referring to Jesus Christ as divine sacrificial lamb
 an early prayer of the breviary

Places and jurisdictions
 Agnus (Egypt), an Ancient city and former bishopric in Aegyptus Primus, now a Latin Catholic titular see
 Agnus (Attica), a deme of ancient Attica

Biology
 Agnus scythicus, Latin for Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, a mythologic lamb-plant
 Agnus (beetle), a stag beetle genus

Technology
 MOS Technology Agnus, an integrated circuit in the OCS chipset of the Commodore Amiga computer


James Niehues

James Niehues (born  1946) is an American landscape artist and cartographer best known for painting ski trail maps for ski resorts. He has painted 255 maps for 175 ski resorts around the world.

Early life
Niehues was raised on a farm in Loma, Colorado, and attended Fruita Monument High School. He began painting at the age of 15, when he fell ill with nephritis and his mother gave him an oil painting set to keep him occupied while he was bedridden for three months.

Career
After serving in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1969, Niehues worked in advertising, printing and graphic design. In 1987, while working at a Denver print shop, he met Bill Brown, a painter of ski resort maps who was nearing retirement. Brown gave him his first assignment as a map painter: a small inset map commissioned by Winter Park Resort in Colorado. After his map was accepted by Winter Park, Niehues printed copies of his illustration and sent them to the marketing managers of ski resorts across the U.S. to advertise his map-painting services. The first resort to respond was Vail Ski Resort, which hired him to paint a new trail map. The first ski map that he designed and painted by himself was Boreal Mountain Resort in California; as of 2016, Niehues' map was still in use, 29 years after it was created.

Niehues' method of painting ski trails begins with aerial photographs of the mountain that he either takes himself or obtains from Google Earth. He then sketches the mountain based on the photographs and adds color and detail with watercolor paints and an airbrush.

By 2016, Niehues had painted 255 maps for 175 ski resorts around the world. The largest resorts he has painted for include Aspen in Colorado, Big Sky Resort in Montana, Boyne Mountain Resort in Michigan, Killington Ski Resort in Vermont, Sugarloaf in Maine, and Mont Tremblant Resort and Whistler Blackcomb in Canada. He estimates that he has created trail maps for 75% of the large ski resorts in the U.S. In 2011, his work was displayed in an exhibition at Apexart in New York City. He semi-retired in 2014, and lives in Loveland, Colorado.

Niehues' work has drawn numerous comparisons to famous artists: he has been called "the Michelangelo of snow", "Rembrandt of the ski trail", "Monet of the mountain", and the "Norman Rockwell of ski resorts".

Niehues paints in vellum.


Durgachak railway station

Durgachak railway station is a railway station on the Panskura-Haldia branch line in South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The railway station is situated at Durgachak in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This railway station serves Durgachak area.

History
The Howrah-Kharagpur line was opened in 1865 and Panskura-Durgachak line was opened in 1968, at a time when Haldia Port was being constructed. It was subsequently extended to Haldia. The Panskura-Haldia line including Durgachak railway station was electrified in 1974-76.


Enrique Gil Gilbert

Enrique Gil Gilbert (July 8, 1912 – February 21, 1973) was an Ecuadorian novelist, journalist, poet, and a high-ranking member of the Communist Party of Ecuador.

Gil Gilbert was born and died in the coastal city of Guayaquil, and was the youngest member of the Guayaquil Group, which was one of the most renowned literary and intellectual groups in Ecuador in 1930–40.

Gil Gilbert’s most famous novel is Nuestro Pan (Our Daily Bread) (1942), which was translated into English (1943), German, Japanese, and Czech.  The novel won Honourable Mention in the Latin-American Prize Novel Competition.

The Guayaquil Group

Critics and historians agree that the Guayaquil Group emerged with the publication of Los que se van, cuentos del cholo y del motuvio (The Vanishing Ones. Stories about the Cholo and the Montuvio) (1930), a social realist book of 34 short stories by Demetrio Aguilera Malta, Joaquín Gallegos Lara, and Enrique Gil Gilbert, that dealt with the lives of the coastal peasant of Ecuador. It marked a whole new type of literature in Ecuador, which until then had been characterized by Romanticism and Modernism.

The group's other members include:
 Demetrio Aguilera Malta
 Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
 Joaquín Gallegos Lara
 José de la Cuadra

Their writing featured: a socialist-inspired expose of social-economic abuses; a literature rooted in popular culture; Freudianism; a grotesque vision of the world; and a concern with anthropology and indigenous culture. The Guayaquil Group is considered a forerunner of magical realism.

Communist Life

Gil Gilberto was a registered member of the Communist Party of Ecuador. In 1944 he traveled to Moscow in his capacity as Secretary General of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ecuador. He was persecuted for his socialist and militant ideas, and in 1935, under the dictatorship of Federico Paez, he lost his teaching job at the Rocafuerte School in Guayaquil.

Gil Gilberto spent fifteen months in prison under the government of the military junta of 1963. While in prison, law enforcement ransacked his home, and his wife had to flee into exile in Chile, while his children went into hiding. They burned many of his papers and books, including a completed but unpublished book, manuscripts of unfinished works, thus many of his writings were lost forever.

When he was released from prison he was without a home, family, or any money.

Personal life

Gil Gilbert was married to Alba Calderón, a painter, feminist, and revolutionary, who founded the movement for the recognition of women in Ecuador.

Gil Gilbert and Calderon had two sons: Enrique Gil Calderón, a choral director, and Antonio Gil Calderon, a doctor and businessman.

Books

Novels
 Nuestro pan (Guayaquil, 1942), (English translation: Our Daily Bread, 1943, by Dudley Poore. New York: Farrar & Rinehart).

Short Stories
 Los que se van (Guayaquil, 1930)
 Yunga (Guayaquil, 1933)
 Relatos de Emanuel (Guayaquil, 1939)
 La cabeza de un niño en un tacho de basura (Guayaquil, 1967).

Anthologies
 El nuevo relato ecuatoriano (Quito, 1951)
 Antología del cuento hispanoamericano contenporáneo (1958)
 El cuento hispanoamericano (México, 1964)
 Antología del relato ecuatoriano (Quito, 1973)
 Cuento de la generación de los 30 (Guayaquil, s.f)
 Así en la tierra como en los sueños (Quito, 1991)
 Cuento contigo (Guayaquil, 1993)
 Antología básica del cuento ecuatoriano (Quito, 1998).


Józef Klukowski (swimmer)

Józef Klukowski (born 5 February 1946) is a Polish former swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.


2015 NBL Canada draft

The 2015 NBL Canada draft was held on November 28, 2015 at the Athlete Institute in Mono, Ontario. During the event, National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players. The new expansion team, the Niagara River Lions, were awarded the first overall pick and selected Erik Copes, a power forward from George Mason in the NCAA Division I. The eighth overall pick in the draft was defunct, due to the folding of the Mississauga Power team during the offseason. Both the River Lions and the Halifax Hurricanes made their first draft picks in franchise history. Matt McLean, out of Bishop's University, was the sole Canadian to be selected. The rest of the field was made up of Americans.

Draft selections


London High School (Texas)

London High School is a public high school located in an unincorporated area south of Corpus Christi, Texas, United States and classified as a 3A school by the UIL. It is a part of the London Independent School District located in south central Nueces County. The district added high school grades in 2011 after being a K-8 district for years. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

Athletics
The London Pirates compete in these sports

Soccer
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Softball
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball


Strength (Tarot card)

Strength is a Major Arcana Tarot card, and is numbered either XI or VIII, depending on the deck. Historically it was called Fortitude, and in the Thoth Tarot deck it is called Lust. This card is used in game playing as well as in divination.

Description

The design of this card is fairly constant across tarot decks. The key characters are that of a woman and a lion, with the woman leaning over the lion. Many cards, including that of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, have the woman clasping the lion's jaws. Some feature an Infinity symbol hovering over the woman's head. Other decks have the woman sitting upon the lion, or merely with one hand upon it. Some decks feature just one of the characters; flowers are often presented on this card.

According to Eden Gray, the lemniscate above her represents enlightenment and spiritual powers, whereas the lion represents animal passions and earthly cravings.

History
The Strength card was originally named Fortitude, and accompanies two of the other cardinal virtues in the Major Arcana: Temperance and Justice.

The older decks had two competing symbolisms: one featured a woman holding or breaking a stone pillar, and the other featured a person, either male or female, subduing a lion. This Tarocchi del Mantegna card (image, above), made in Ferrara around 1470, illustrates both. The modern woman-and-lion symbolism most likely evolved from a merging of the two earlier ones.

Numbering
Strength is traditionally the eleventh card and Justice the eighth, but the influential Rider-Waite-Smith deck switched the position of these two cards in order to make them a better fit with the astrological correspondences worked out by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, under which the eighth card is associated with Leo and the eleventh with Libra. Today many decks use this numbering, particularly in the English-speaking world. Both placements are considered valid.

Interpretation

According to A.E. Waite's Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Strength card carries several divinatory associations:

10.STRENGTH.--Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; also complete success and honors. Reversed: Despotisim, abuse of power, weakness, discord, sometimes even disgrace.

Alternative decks
 The Darkana tarot deck refers to Strength as "Fortitude", and depicts a woman getting the words 'Nil desperandum' (never despair) tattooed on her side.
 The "Flemish Deck" by Vandendorre (c.1750 – 1760) renumbers La Force ("Strength") as XI and La Justice ("Justice") as VIII.
 In the X/1999 Tarot version made by CLAMP, The Strength is Yuzuriha Nekoi and her Inugami, Inuki.
 In the Thoth Tarot, Strength is renamed "Lust".


Temirlan Yerlanov

Temirlan Erlanuly Erlanov (; born 9 July 1993) is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a defender for Tobol and the Kazakhstan national team.

Career

Club
On 5 January 2020, FC Tobol announced the signing of Erlanov on a contract until the end of 2020.

International
Erlanov made his debut for Kazakhstan on 21 February 2019, starting in a friendly against Moldova before being substituted off at half-time, with the match finishing as a 1–0 win.

Career statistics

Club

International

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


Methylophaga

The genus Methylophaga consists of halophilic methylotrophic members of the Gammaproteobacteria, all of which were isolated from marine or otherwise low water activity environments, such as the surface of marble or hypersaline lakes. The cells are rod-shaped. and are motile by a single polar flagellum.

When Methylophaga was defined originally as a genus in 1985, all species known at that time were auxotrophic for vitamin B12, however, many species were found to be non-auxotrophic and so this is no longer a defining characteristic. Methylophaga spp. are the dominant methylotrophs in the upper layers of the oceans, and have key roles in the biogeochemical cycling of methanol, monomethylamine, dimethylsulfide and methyl bromide.

All known species are methylotrophic and grow on methanol and usually other one-carbon compounds as well as fructose, Methylophaga thiooxydans has been shown to grow on substituted thiophenes. Chemolithoheterotrophy has been observed in both Methylophaga thiooxydans and Methylophaga sulfidovorans, at the expense of thiosulfate and sulfide, respectively  and may be a wider property in the genus as a whole.


Kingdom of Lingtsang

Lingtsang  () was formerly one of the Kham region's five independent kingdoms of Tibet and is now administered by the CCP since occupation & invasion of Tibet by China in 1950.

Geography

The Kingdom of Lingtsang was centred around the eponymous region of Ling or Lingtsang, in the Tibetan region of Kham, though its exact extent is unknown. The region of Lingtsang is located north of Derge, along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (known as "Dri Chu" in Tibetan); it makes up the southern portion of today's Sêrxü County.

History

The region of Lingtsang first rose to prominence during the era of the  Tibetan Empire, where the capital at that time, Denkok () was the centre of Kham's population and cultural activity. After the collapse of the Tibetan Empire, Lingtsang next rose to prominence under the Sakya domination of Tibet; however, the semi-legendaey King Gesar is also supposed to have been a ruler of Ling (an alternative name for Lingtsang), and in 1216, forces of the kingdom apparently looted the monastery of Tshurbu, which was located near Lhasa. Additionally, the later ruling family of Lingtsang claimed descent from Gesar's half-brother.

At this point, a monk and head of the local dynasty was given overlordship over the district of Domé (modern Amdo), and Sakya administrators were located at Lingtsang.  After the end of Sakya dominion in Tibet, Lingtsang became an independent kingdom. The Ming Dynasty opened diplomatic relations with the kingdom of Lingtsang in the early 15th century to ensure the safety of caravans entering Tibet through Kham; as part of this move, the ruler was granted the honors of "State Master of Consecration" () and "Religious King of Promoting Goodness" ().

By the 1600s, Lingtsang had become powerful enough to exercise control over the rival kingdom of Derge; however Derge became increasingly powerful starting from around 1630. This was at Lingtsang 's expense, which meant that from 1700 onwards, Lingtsang was a small and unimportant state on the border of Derge. During the Qing rule of Tibet, Lingtsang's leaders (who were no longer monks) were assigned the status of tusi. The kingdom came to an end when the province of Sichuan instituted Chinese rule in 1909; it became part of Derge. Along with the rest of Tibet, it gained independence in the chaos following Qing collapse, and came under Communist rule following the Chinese invasion of Tibet.


Peoga, Indiana

Peoga is an unincorporated community in Brown and Johnson counties, Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Peoga in 1898, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1903. According to one source, Peoga is believed to be derived from an Indian word meaning "village".

Geography
Peoga is located at .


Bobby Clarke (footballer)

Bobby Clarke (13 October 1941 – August 2008) was an English footballer, who played as an inside forward for Chester and Witton Albion.


Paul Derbyshire

Paul Derbyshire (born 3 November 1986) is an Italian rugby union player. Derbyshire, who is a flanker, plays club rugby for Zebre Rugby. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009.
Derbyshire joined Benetton Treviso from Petrarca in June 2010 for their first season in the Celtic League.


Qeshlaq-e Gablu

Qeshlaq-e Gablu (, also Romanized as Qeshlāq-e Gablū) is a village in Aslan Duz Rural District, Aslan Duz District, Parsabad County, Ardabil Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 49, in 13 families.


1981 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles

First-seeded Bill Scanlon defeated Tim Wilkison 6–7, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–0 to win the 1981 Heineken Open singles competition. John Sadri was the champion but did not defend his title.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  Bill Scanlon (Champion)
  Rod Frawley (First Round)
  Russell Simpson (Quarterfinals)
  Ferdi Taygan (Quarterfinals)
  Tim Wilkison (Final)
  Onny Parun (Semifinals)
  Billy Martin (Semifinals)
  Chris Mayotte (Quarterfinals)

Draw

 NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

Final

Section 1

Section 2

External links
 Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) – 1981 Men's Singles draw

Singles


25th Golden Raspberry Awards

The 25th Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, were held on February 26, 2005 at the Ivar Theatre in Hollywood, California to honor the worst films the film industry had to offer in 2004. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Golden Raspberry Awards, four special categories—Worst Razzie Loser of Our First 25 Years, Worst "Comedy" of Our First 25 Years, Worst "Drama" of Our First 25 Years, and Worst "Musical" of Our First 25 Years—were created.

This edition of the Razzies was the first to give nominations to a movie that was neither a critical nor a box-office bomb: the Palme d'Or winner Fahrenheit 9/11. It received nominations not because the movie itself was of poor quality, but because the film depicted political figures' mishandling of the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War. The Razzies, which had previously steered clear of politics, received criticism from some quarters for nominating the performances of George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, and Condoleezza Rice. (The former two won their awards while Britney Spears won the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress over Rice; her role in Fahrenheit 9/11 is just fifteen seconds long.)

Leading the pack was a tie between the late summer film Catwoman and Fahrenheit 9/11, each of which won four Razzies, even though the latter was not nominated for Worst Picture. Catwoman received the greatest number of nominations (seven), followed by Alexander with six nominations.

The Ivar Theatre was rented using proceeds from an auction of Ben Affleck's broken trophy from the previous year, which Affleck smashed during an appearance on Larry King Live.

Halle Berry collected her award in person. She was the first to do so since 2001, when Tom Green arrived to receive his five Razzies for Freddy Got Fingered. Berry was quoted as saying "If you aren't able to be a good loser you're not able to be a good winner." Berry mocked her 2002 Oscar acceptance speech, acting tearful and saying, "I never thought this would happen to me." She then responded to some critics by holding up her Oscar and saying, "They can't take it away, my name's on it!" Screenwriter Michael Ferris also appeared to pick his Worst Screenplay award.

Winners and nominees

Special "Worst of Our First 25 Years" Awards


Silk Route (band)

Silk Route was an Indian band consisting of Mohit Chauhan (lead vocals, backing guitars), Atul Mittal (lead guitars, clarinet and backing vocals), Kem Trivedi (keyboards), and Kenny Puri (percussion and drums). The band is much endeared for the song Dooba-Dooba from their acclaimed debut album in 1998, Boondein. As a result, it gained acclaim in the Indian film industry, and was then furnished opportunities to score and perform songs for movies such as Kalpana Lajmi's "Kyon", "Lets Enjoy" and "Urf Professor".They confess to such diverse influences as Sting, Simon & Garfunkel and Dire Straits, all of which find their way into the Silk Route sounds. The band always added a distinct touch to their music by using acoustic guitars, talking drums and harmonica and primarily by of the use of Recorder, a 17th-century European folk musical instrument played by Kem Trivedi.The band dissolved in the early 2000s.

When asked about his plans regarding forming a band in a recent interview with The Express Tribune, Chauhan replied:

Discography
 Boondein (1998)

 Pehchaan (2000)


Pittsboro, North Carolina

Pittsboro is a town in Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,743 at the 2010 census and estimated to 4,287 at the 2018 Population Estimates Program (PEP) of the U.S. Census Bureau. It is the county seat of Chatham County.

History

Foundation and early years
Pittsboro was established as a town in 1785. The Chatham County Court House was built on land belonging to Mial Scurlock, but in 1787 the legislature declared that a town could not be established on Scurlock's land. The town's trustees instead purchased adjacent land belonging to William Petty and laid out the town. That same year, Pittsboro was officially named the county seat. Although Chatham County is named for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Pittsboro is named for his son, William Pitt the Younger.

Pittsboro was once considered as a site for both the University of North Carolina and the state capital. The university was established in Chapel Hill, beginning in 1789. The state capital is Raleigh,  east of Pittsboro.

As the county seat, Pittsboro has been a center of trade and local government, including the courts. Many farmers would come into town on the weekend for trade. In 1881 a new county courthouse and jail were built in Pittsboro.

Slavery and racial segregation
The area did not have large plantations, but farmers also depended on slave labor. In 1860 nearly one-third of the county population was made up of enslaved African Americans. After the Civil War and emancipation, whites used violence and other means to enforce white supremacy and suppress the freedmen's vote. The Ku Klux Klan and other supremacist groups were active in the county.

In 1885 Pittsboro was the scene of a notorious mass lynching of four African Americans, including a woman, that earned statewide condemnation. They were tenant farmers. A masked mob took Jerry Finch, his wife Harriet, and Lee Tyson from jail, where they were being held after arrest as suspects in a robbery/murder case. Harriet Finch was one of four black women to be lynched in the state. They also took and hanged John Pattishall, who was awaiting trial for two other unrelated robbery/murders.

Violence continued during the stress of economic hard times at the end of the century and into the early 20th century, when the state disenfranchised most blacks. This political exclusion lasted until after 1965 and passage of the Voting Rights Act.  In 2019, a statue erected in 1907 of a Confederate soldier outside the Chatham County Courthouse in Pittsboro was taken down.

Early industrialization
During the previous decade, textile mills in the north central area of the county along the Haw River, Rocky River and Deep River provided new manufacturing jobs to workers who had lost farmholdings due to economic depressions of the 1870s and early 1880s. It was the beginning of industrialization around Pittsboro.

Chatham County Courthouse fire

On March 25, 2010, the Chatham County Courthouse (pictured below), while undergoing a $415,000 exterior renovation, caught fire. Smoke was first reported in the area around 4:15 p.m.; the fire was dispatched to the Pittsboro Fire Department around 4:45 p.m. By 5 p.m., smoke was reported to be rising from out of the clock tower, which was surrounded by scaffolds. The building was evacuated safely.

The building suffered severe damage to the clock tower and the third floor. It was reported that the fire had destroyed all the computers and records, but there were offsite copies and the information was recoverable.

On March 26, 2010, at approximately 1:30 a.m., the clock tower collapsed onto the main building, but the building as whole was damaged only on the second floor. Damage in the rest of the building was from water and smoke effects. Overall 11 fire departments participated in the fire efforts.

The fire marshal's investigation into the fire determined that it was caused by a soldering torch that ignited wood near the soffit. Workers attempted to extinguish the blaze, but were unsuccessful. On March 31, 2010, the Chatham County Commissioners voted to rebuild the courthouse. It reopened on April 20, 2013.

City government
The mayor of Pittsboro is elected at-large. The current one is Cindy S. Perry. The town's five members of the Board of Commissioners are elected from single-member districts. They are Pamela Baldwin, J.A. (Jay) Farrell, Bett Wilson Foley, John Bonitz, and Michael A. Fiocco. The Board of Commissioners hires a town manager to administer daily operations of the city; the current one is Bryan Gruesbeck.

Pittsboro Police is directed by Chief Percy Crutchfield. Serving Pittsboro's 3,000 residents, the department comprises 8 patrolmen, 1 community police officer, 1 lead investigator and 1 lieutenant.

Educational facilities
The town is served by four local schools and a Central Carolina Community College campus:
Pittsboro Elementary School
Horton Middle School
Margaret B. Pollard Middle School
Northwood High School
Central Carolina Community College (CCCC), Chatham County Campus

Media outlets
Newspapers
 Chatham Journal

Network television
 WTVD (ABC affiliate)
 WRAL-TV (NBC affiliate)
 WRAZ (TV) (FOX affiliate)
 WNCN (CBS affiliate)

County Resource for Life in Chatham
 Chatham County Events

Geography
Pittsboro is located east of the center of Chatham County at  (35.720332, -79.176393).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which  is land and , or 0.86%, is water.

U.S. Highways 15 and 501 run concurrently through the center of the town as Hillsboro Street and Sanford Road, leading north  to the center of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina, and south  to Sanford. U.S. Route 64 bypasses Pittsboro to the north and leads east  to Raleigh and west  to Siler City. U.S. Route 64 Business passes through the town as West Street and East Street, crossing US 15/501 at the traffic circle that surrounds the historic Chatham County Courthouse in the center of town. North Carolina Highway 87 leads northwest from Pittsboro  to Burlington.

Near the geographic center of the state, Pittsboro is  from Wilmington at the coast and the same from Boone in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Jordan Lake is  east, providing recreation, fishing, boating and scenic panoramas. The lake is  of surface and provides water for Raleigh and the town of Cary.

Demographics

2010 Census
The Census of 2010 shows a population of 3,743, 68% growth since 2000. The racial makeup of the town was: 72% White, 19% African American, 4% some other race alone, 2% two or more races. Almost 9% of the population was Hispanic or Latino. 54% of the population is female and 46% male.

2000 Census
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,226 people, 855 households, and 535 families residing in the town. The population density was 663.1 people per square mile (255.8/km²). There were 939 housing units at an average density of 279.7 per square mile (107.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 64.38 percent White, 27.54 percent African American, 0.49 percent Native American, 0.67 percent Asian, 0.04 percent Pacific Islander, 4.99 percent from other races, and 1.89 percent from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.81 percent of the population.

There were 855 households out of which 29.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9 percent were married couples living together, 18.7 percent had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4 percent were non-families. 32.3 percent of all households were made up of individuals and 12.7 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 7.3 percent from 18 to 24, 28.7 percent from 25 to 44, 19.6 percent from 45 to 64, and 21.5 percent who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,800, and the median income for a family was $42,391. Males had a median income of $29,500 versus $26,719 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,863. About 19.2 percent of families and 18.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.3 percent of those under age 18 and 13.7 percent of those age 65 or over.

Economy
Once home to textiles, the largest clothing label mill in the world, and poultry, the town now depends on commuter income, retail stores and a developing business in genetics. Housing developments provide relief from loss of industry as the town adjusts to a new economy.

The water supply is abundant, derived from the Haw River. In the future, Jordan Lake will provide much of the water supply. In 2010, the wastewater allotment was expanded. The town is  and  from major power plants. Major corridor highways, US 15-501 and US 64, a four-lane divided highway, intersect there.

Pittsboro is home to the Chatham County Government, the Chatham County Justice Center, and many non-profit agencies and other social service organizations. Pittsboro is also a Certified Retirement Community.

National Register of Historic Places listings
A. P. Terry House
Alston-DeGraffenried House
Aspen Hall
Baldwin's Mill
Chatham County Courthouse
Hadley House and Grist Mill
Hall-London HouseLuther Clegg House
Henry Adolphus London House
James A. Thomas Farm
Lewis Freeman House
London Cottage
Kelvin
McClenahan House
Moore-Manning House
Patrick St. Lawrence House
Pittsboro Historic District
Pittsboro Masonic Lodge
Pittsboro Presbyterian Church
Reid House
Sheriff Stephen Wiley Brewer Farmstead

Notable people
William Joseph Franks (1830-1880), United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the American Civil War
Anne Taylor Nash (1884-1968), painter
Tobais Palmer (b. 1990), football wide receiver
Charles M. Stedman (1841-1930), the last Civil War veteran to serve in Congress
James Iredell Waddell (1824-1886), officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy
Ursula Vernon (b. 1977), children's author, artist


Estarrona

Estarrona is a town located in the municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the province of Álava (Araba), in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

External links
 ESTARRONA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
    http://www.estarrona.blogspot.com/  Some pics and other stupid things done by Estarrona


Lupinus padre-crowleyi

Lupinus padre-crowleyi is a rare species of lupine known by the common names DeDecker's lupine and Father Crowley's lupine. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada and the high plateau below along the western border of Inyo County. It grows in the granite soils of the mountain forests and scrub. It has been noted at fewer than 20 locations. This is a perennial herb growing an erect inflorescence from a mat of silvery, woolly-haired herbage, reaching maximum heights over half a meter. Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 to 9 leaflets up to 7.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a raceme of whorled flowers each just over a centimeter long. The flower is cream to pale brownish yellow in color. The fruit is a silky-haired legume pod containing black-mottled white seeds.

This lupine was described to science twice and today goes by its first official name, which honors local writer Father John J. Crowley. Its synonym, Lupinus dedeckerae, honors plant collector Mary DeDecker.


Your Favorite Gene

Your Favorite Gene is a dynamic web-based research tool provided by Sigma-Aldrich Corp and powered by Ingenuity Systems' Knowledge Base, a repository of biological and chemical networks that is the largest database of its kind. Biological pathways, metabolic pathways, and gene interaction networks are available. The tool was initially released in 2007.

The tool allows users to search for genes, protein, function, disease, species, tissue, or pathway and match them with 150,000 shRNAs, 725,000 siRNAs, 8,000 antibodies, proteins and kits, and 1,000 bioactive small molecules  within the context of their research. Using a dynamic interface, the user is then able to model and evaluate experimental procedures based on previously published findings.

In 2009, Your Favorite Gene received the CIO 100 Award for Innovative Web Research Tool.


Henry Twynam

Henry Twynam was  a rugby union international who represented England from 1879 to 1884.

Early life
Henry Twynam was born on 1853 at Bishopstoke, near Winchester.

Rugby union career
Twynam made his international debut on 24 March 1879 at The Oval in the England vs Ireland match. Of the 8 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 7 occasions. Twynam, played five times for England v. Ireland, and twice v. Wales, but was only involved in one match v. Scotland, and that in his last year, 1884, when he was said to have been playing in finer form than on
any previous occasion. Known for his attacking, rather than defensive play he was described as a brilliant halfback, "a fine runner with a very difficult dodge, but was a trifle uncertain, and had no powers of dropping."  He played his final match for England on 1 March 1884  at Rectory Field, Blackheath in the England vs Scotland match.


Croghan, County Roscommon

Croghan (), is a townland and a Village in the County Roscommon, Ireland.

Geography

It is  situated centrally between the Towns of  Boyle, Elphin & Carrick on Shannon. It has population of 300. The Village dates from the late 1700s and was set up by then local Landlord  Lloyd. The Lloyd  family were granted the lands of Croghan which originally were owned  by the Mcdermott,s in 1680. Lloyd built first house in the 1700s where GAA Club Rooms now stand, and in 1830 built a larger mansion nearby. Croghan village  consisted of 30 houses all facing east towards  big house in a North south direction the only  building on the other side of street was Donnellan's shop 1765, which in 1796 became the Roman Catholic Church. Croghan is now  the Parish name for this area incorporating the old parishes of Killukin Killumod Tumna Kilcola & Estersnow. These being monastic sites dating back up to 1500 years. Croghan was a progressive agriculture area and under encouragement of Guy Lloyd fairs were set up after Trinity Sunday and 28 October, which were famous throughout west of Ireland for Croghan Shorthorn  and  continued till 1970. In 1898, the Croghan Co Operative Creamery was set up, being the second in Connacht and it  flourished for 90  years. Currently, Croghan is still flourishing with a 6 teacher National school, three new estates, and a very active community tidy towns etc. In 1861, the imposing Church of Ireland was opened and the Creamery is now lovely centre for the community. The  Shannon Gaels GAA Club have fine developed facility with sports ground and meeting rooms that caters for the sporting needs of the Community. They have won titles at every grade in men's and ladies in County Roscommon and were Co senior champions of Roscommon in 1964.

Famous people
 John Beirne Jnr TD 1943–1961.
 Bishop Fulton Sheen 1896–1979 grandson of Bridget Fulton Croghan.
 William Trevor (Cox) 1928–2016 Author, son of Croghan man.
 President Mary McAleese, daughter of Croghan man.

Reference Books: History Shannon Gaels GAA 1985 -Chronicle 19th Century by Thomas Mullaney. Parish Survey 1816 WS Mason by Archbishop Digby.


Education & Training evaluation commission

ETEC is the organization in the KSA to evaluate, assess and accredit education and training systems to support their quality and contribution to the national economy and development
Council of Ministers Decision No. 94 dated 7-2-1438H: merging four main bodies representing ETEC – reported to the Prime Minister.
Its goal is to support and promote the quality and adequacy of education and training, and strengthen the role of education and training in the national economy and development.

The Education and training evaluation commission was established in 1438 AH in accordance with the council of ministers’ decree no. 94, as a governmental entity that is independent both legally and financially. Organizationally, the commission reports directly to the prime minister. The organization of the commission in its new entity was issued in 1440 AH in consistence with the council of ministers resolution no. 108 for the purpose of strengthening its mission as a specialized authority to evaluate, measure, and accredit qualifications in the field of education and training for public and private sectors as well as to raise their quality, efficiency, and their contribution to the service of the economy and national development in coherence with the kingdom's vision 2030.

Key Tasks

1.Setting national standards in evaluating education,  training, and the general education curricula.

2.Elevating the measurement services, and assessments in the education and training system.

3.Implementing evaluation, program, and institutional accreditation in the education and training system.

4.Licensing professionals and workers in education and training field.

5.Registering qualifications and the awarding bodies.

6.Evaluating the performance of the educational and training institutions and its qualification programs.

7.Employing evaluation results in raising the quality of education and training as well as their contribution; to service the kingdom’s national economy and development.

8.Composing, measuring, and developing indicators, as well as sharing consultancy, knowledge, research and supporting innovation

VISION AND VALUES

VISION
“To be a catalyst in raising the quality and efficiency of education and training in the Kingdom to the highest international standards”.

VALUES
Core business:
Impact driven
Innovation
Efficiency.
Stakeholder engagement:
Collaboration
Integrity
Transparency


Nadia Barentin

Nadia Barentin (17 October 1936 – 22 March 2011) was a French actress, known for her theatre and film roles, including Les Blessures assassines in 2000.

She was nominated for the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress for Monsieur Klebs et Rosalie in 1993.

Selected filmography
 1979 : Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears, directed by Charles Nemes
 1994 : Coming to Terms with the Dead, directed by Pascale Ferran
 1998 : Un grand cri d'amour, directed by Josiane Balasko

Death
Barentin died on 22 March 2011, aged 74, from undisclosed causes.


Paparazzi: Eye in the Dark

Paparazzi: Eye in the Dark is a 2011 romantic mystery film directed by Bayo Akinfemi and starring Van Vicker, Koby Maxwell, Tchidi Chikere, Syr Law, JJ Bunny and Chet Anekwe. The film depicts the adventures of an aspiring photographer whose accidental picture exposes an infamous murder mystery. The film was initially slated for a direct-to-video release but as of February, 2011 was scheduled for a multiple-city limited theatrical release. Made for a low six-figure budget and filmed over the course of 19 days, the film has been known in the Nollywood USA market as the film that has changed the look and sound of Nollywood by introducing a more western approach to production quality. Notably the filmmakers employed the experience of an American filmmaker (Tim "Black Magic Tim" Wilson) to serve as cinematographer and editor.

Plot
Aspiring photographer Rich Amarah (Van Vicker) dreams of making his fortune through his art but finds the life of being a sneaky paparazzi spy more lucrative. By selling pictures to the national newspapers, he has the opportunity to rub shoulders with the rich and famous. Superstar Ghanaian recording artist Mr. Maxx (Koby Maxwell) is at the top of the paparazzi food chain, and Rich's appetite for success leads him into a whirlwind of chaos when he accidentally films the "scoop of the century". This event not only becomes the paper's biggest exclusive but threatens his very survival as he alone holds the images to the city's biggest murder mystery.

Cast
 Van Vicker as Rich Amarah
 Koby Maxwell as Mr Maxx
 Tchidi Chikere as Jimmy
 Syr Law as Pearl
 Chet Anekwe as Davis
 Bayo Akinfemi as Pat
 JJ Bunny as Jackie
 Princess Pursia as Donna

Production

Music
The soundtrack contains numerous tracks from artists of Nigeria, Ghana and the United States. Koby Maxwell introduces his song "Do It" as well as "Facebook Girl". Paul G has several tracks as well which include "Let It Flow" and "These Girls". Paul G has notably released a music video with recording artist Akon; called "Bang It All". New artist Irina also debuts her tracks "So Free" and "Cega".

Nominations
 2011 WMIFF: Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
 2011 WMIFF: Best Cinematography DMV
 2011 WMIFF: Best Screenplay in a Feature Film
 2011 WMIFF: Best Original Sound
 2011 WMIFF: Best Actor in a Feature Film
 2011 WMIFF: Best Actress in a Feature Film
 2011 NAFC Awards: Best Film in the Diaspora
 2011 NAFC Awards: Best Film
 2011 NAFC Awards: Best Soundtrack
 2011 NAFC Awards: Best Drama in the Diaspora
 2011 NAFC Awards: Best Director in the Diaspora
 2011 NAFC Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 2011 NAFC Awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 2011 GHANA MOVIE Awards: Best Visual Effects
 2011 GHANA MOVIE Awards: Best Sound Editing and Mixing
 2011 GHANA MOVIE Awards: Best Original Music
 2012 Pan African Film Festival: Official Selection
 2012 AFRICAN MOVIE Academy Awards: Best Film By An African Living Aboard

Awards
 2011 WMIFF: Best Cinematography
 2011 NAFCA: Best Film in the Diaspora
 2011 NAFCA: Best Director in the Diaspora
 2011 NAFCA: Best Cinematography in the Diaspora
 2011 NAFCA: Best Actress in Leading Role
 2011 NAFCA: Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Chato, Ghana

Chato (Challo) is a village in Sissala West District in the Upper West Region of Ghana, West Africa.

Notes


Johnny Smith (album)

Johnny Smith is an album by Jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, which was released in 1967 through Verve Records. A limited edition compact disc, with extra material, was released in 1997.

Track listing

Personnel
Johnny Smith - guitar
George Duvivier - bass
Hank Jones - piano
Don Lamond - drums
Stanley Dance - liner notes
Bob Arnold - Engineering
Teddy Reig - Production


Phyllopetalia excrescens

Phyllopetalia excrescens is a species of dragonfly in the family Austropetaliidae. It is endemic to Chile. Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Sources
 Von Ellenrieder, N. & Paulson, D. 2005.  Phyllopetalia excrescens.   2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.   Downloaded on 10 August 2007.


Assassination of John the Fearless

John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, was assassinated on the bridge at Montereau on 10 September 1419 during a parley with the French dauphin (the future Charles VII of France), by Tanneguy du Chastel and Jean Louvet, the dauphin's close counsellors.

Context

The assassination took place during the Hundred Years War. Two rival factions, the Armagnacs and the Burgundians, vied for power within the regency council headed by the queen Isabeau of Bavaria. The duke of Orléans and leader of the Armagnacs, Louis I of Orléans,  is said to have gained an advantage by becoming the queen's lover, with the subsequent allegation that Charles VII was the duke of Orléans' illegitimate son. John the Fearless, sensing that he was losing power, had Louis of Orléans assassinated in Paris in 1407. This event led to a civil war between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians. When the English invaded Normandy, John the Fearless maneuvered to deal with them carefully, because the Low Countries, which belonged to him, were dependent on the supply of English wool for the production of draperies. Therefore, he only sent a few troops to fight them. He profited from the war by taking power in Paris, supported by the academics and artisans. However, since the English crushed the French knights at Agincourt in 1415, putting an end to the civil war was urgent.

John the Fearless and the dauphin Charles met on July 8, 1419, at Pouilly-le-Fort, then again on July 11. On July 19, their forthcoming reconciliation was celebrated in Paris with a Te Deum. That, however, was delayed by an English attack which, progressing along the course of the Seine, seized Poissy on July 31 and threatened Paris. The Duke of Burgundy had the royal family evacuated to Troyes, in the East.

Finally, John and Charles agreed to seal their alliance on the bridge across the Seine at Montereau on September 10, 1419.

Motives

 The Armagnacs couldn't tolerate a rapprochement between the dauphin and the Burgundians, which would diminish their influence.
 They wanted to avenge the assassination of Louis of Orléans (1407), their former leader.
 It was suspected but not proven that John the Fearless was also behind the deaths of two of Charles' brothers, Louis and John.

Course

On September 10, 1419, the dauphin and John the Fearless, with their men-at-arms, arrived on the two banks of the Seine, on either side of the bridge of Montereau. John the Fearless was informed that his life was in danger, and his entourage increased its watch in order to protect the duke. The same was done for the dauphin. In the middle of the bridge, carpenters had put up two barriers with a door on each side, creating an enclosure for the meeting. It had been agreed that the two rivals would enter the enclosure, each with an escort of ten people, and that the doors would be closed during the meeting. Each of the ten men had taken an oath. Despite the arrangements that had been made, the Duke of Burgundy had second thoughts about the meeting.

The atmosphere was tense. The Duke knelt with respect before the Dauphin, who feigned indifference. Rising, John looked for support by putting his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"You put your hand on your épée in the presence of His Highness the Dauphin?" one of the Dauphin's companions, Lord Robert of Loire, asked him. Tanneguy du Chastel didn't wait for this pretext to deliver an axe blow to the Duke's face, crying "Kill, kill!" There was then a scramble, according to a narrative given afterwards by John Séguinat, the Duke's secretary, to the commission of inquiry appointed by the Burgundians. Men-at-arms rushed into the enclosure through the door on the Dauphin's side, which had been kept open. The Duke was stabbed repeatedly, while the Dauphin, at a distance, remained impassive.

According to some accounts, the corpse of the Duke of Burgundy had the right hand cut off as the Duke himself had done several years earlier to his cousin, the Dauphin's uncle Louis I of Orléans (November 23, 1407). The Dauphin was pointed out as the principal instigator of the assassination of the Duke of Burgundy. Despite his refutations and excuses, he could not clear himself.

Consequences

This act would have catastrophic consequences for France, already greatly weakened by struggles for power and the French defeat at Agincourt. The new Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, made an alliance with the English; John the Fearless had always avoided this, though he had observed a benevolent neutrality towards them and promptly benefited from their aid, e.g., in order to gain power in Paris. This led to the Treaty of Troyes a year later, which gave the crown of France temporarily to Henry V of England. The Armagnacs contested this treaty, but at the time controlled only the south-east of the country.

John's skull seen by Francis I
In 1521, during a visit by Francis I of France to the Burgundian capital, a monk presented the skull of John the Fearless to the King of France, saying to him, "Sire, this is the hole through which the English entered France."

Notes

Bibliography
Françoise Autrand Charles VI , Fayard, 1986.
Paul Bonenfant, Du meurtre de Montereau au traité de Troyes, Coll. Mémoires de la classe des Lettres et Sciences morales et politiques, tome LII, fasc. 4, Bruxelles, Académie Royale de Belgique, 1958.

Sources
 Le Meurtre de Jean Sans Peur sur le pont de Monterau (Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, 15th century, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris)
 Philippe de Commines The assassination of John the Fearless (15th century)

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Lodovico Pogliaghi

Lodovico Pogliaghi (Milan, 1857 – S. Maria del Monte, Varese, 1950) was an Italian painter, sculptor and decorator.

Biography
Lodovico Pogliaghi was born to an upper middle class Milanese family. He was enrolled at the Brera Academy at a very young age; and by 1889, he completed his studies. Among his strongest influences there was Giuseppe Bertini, who taught painting.

During the 1880s, he obtained important commissions for the artistic decoration of palazzi belonging to the Milan aristocracy. He also executed religious works, and launched on his career as an illustrator of historical subjects for the Treves publishing house in Milan. He was appointed teacher of decoration at the Brera Academy in 1890, and in 1895, he had won a prestigious competition to design the bronze doors of the Duomo of Milan. One of his works is the Pieta above the entrance to the Expiatory Chapel of Monza.

As a leading exponent of an eclectic academicism orientated towards a restoring to earlier classical styles, he devoted himself to an intense activity that saw him involved in all the major official works of the time, including as consultant for the Department for Antiquities and Fine Arts, and as a restorer. During the 1920s, while continuing to carry out his official duties, he gradually distanced himself from the art world, devoting himself mainly to church commissions. In his maturity, from the mid-1880s onwards, he withdrew to the house-museum on the Sacro Monte di Varese, where he built up his collection of ancient art, shown alongside models of his own works in a striking arrangement with a historical slant.


Wally Chalmers

Wally Chalmers (16 September 1890 – 17 November 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Recruited from Carlton District, Chalmers was a wingman and debuted for Essendon in the 1911 season. He played in that year's premiership side and in another premiership side the following year. His career was interrupted by the First World War but he returned to Essendon in 1918 for one final season.

VFL career
Wally Chalmers came to  from the  seconds, and commenced his career in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1911. Under the captaincy of David Smith and coaching tenure of Jack Worrall, Chalmers played on the wing, and within the space of his first season, he came to be recognised as the best wingman in the entire league. Essendon finished the season as minor premiers and met  in the 1911 VFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Chalmers retained his position as a wingman for the game as Essendon defeated Collingwood by a goal, making Chalmers a premiership player in his first ever season at the senior level.

In 1911, Chalmers also represented the VFL in matches against sides from the Ballarat Football League and the Bendigo Football League.

In 1912, Chalmers, this time under the captaincy of Allan Belcher, became a dual premiership player when Essendon defeated  in the 1912 VFL Grand Final. Chalmers had once more played a premiership on the wing. He continued his career at Essendon through to 1915, after which Essendon withdrew from the competition due to World War I. When the club re-entered the VFL in 1918, Chalmers continued playing for Essendon, switching his No. 7 guernsey for No. 2, although he would only play a further 6 games before his career at the senior level concluded.

Statistics

Notes


Newlands Cross

Newlands Cross is a well-known junction in south-west Dublin in the county of South Dublin. It is the point where the N7 National Route to the South West and Mid West crosses an orbital local route, the R113. For many years this area roughly marked the place where Dublin City ended and the "country" began, though it is now inside the urban area.

The R113 (in the form of the Belgard Road dual-carriageway) joins Newlands to Tallaght in the South and to the Fonthill Road in Clondalkin village to the North; the cross itself is located at the southern end of Clondalkin.

In November 2014 the N7 flyover and exit slip roads to replace the at-grade signal controlled crossing were opened. This eliminated the last signal-controlled crossing on the N7/M7 route between the M50 and Limerick.

By 2007, the signal-controlled junction was suffering serious traffic congestion and the upgrade to a grade-separated interchange was planned. The upgraded N7 would pass over the R113. Construction went to tender in August 2008 and preparatory work started in September 2008. Following delays, construction proper started in June 2013 and was expected to be completed in May 2015. The new flyover opened to traffic ahead of schedule on 20 November 2014. Further works continued on the slip roads alongside the flyover until March 2015.

Crime journalist Veronica Guerin was shot and killed in 1996, while queuing in traffic at nearby Boot Road junction (now closed). A memorial to her is located at the site of the incident, the "Boot Road" slip approximately 300 metres west of the junction.


James C. Hanson

James C. Hanson (July 11, 1862 – February 1, 1946) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography
Hanson was born at Slysrup on the island of Lolland, Denmark on July 11, 1862. His family left Denmark for Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin when he was a child; his father, a brother, and a sister all died during a cholera epidemic during the voyage. He went to Albion Academy and Milton College. Later, he lived in Deerfield, Wisconsin. He died of a heart attack at his daughter's home in Christiana in 1946.

Career
Hanson was a member of the Assembly from 1917 to 1940. He was a member of the Republican Party and the Wisconsin Progressive Party.


Artem Khotsyanovskyi

Artem Khotsyanovskyi (; born 20 October 1998) is a professional Ukrainian football striker who plays for Veres Rivne.

Career
Born in Zhytomyr, Khotsyanovskyi is a product of the Polissya Zhytomyr, Dynamo Kyiv and UFK Lviv sportive schools.

In summer 2015 Khotsyanovskyi signed contract with FC Stal Kamianske and played in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves. He made his debut in the Ukrainian Premier League for Stal Kamianske on 5 August 2017, playing in a match against FC Karpaty Lviv.


2019 The Nationals

The 2019 The Nationals is the inaugural season of The Nationals, an electronic sports (Esports) league in the Philippines. The season features three titles, Dota 2, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, and NBA 2K19 with two conferences each.

Teams

Conferences

Dota 2

First Conference
After playing a total of 40 games in the group phase, the Cignal Ultra Warriors secured a bye to the best-of-five grand finals while PLDT-Smart Omega and Suha-XCTN Punishers played against each other in the best-of-three playoffs. Suha Execretion eliminated Omega in the playoffs to advance to the grand final where they were defeated by Cignal. Cignal clinched the first conference Dota 2 title with a 3-2 win in the grand final.

The Best Player of the final series is Fernando Mendoza (Nando) of Cignal who averaged 9.4 kills, 6 assists, and 650 GPM per game.

Group stage standing

Final round

Second Conference
The second conference will begin in May 1, 2019.

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

First Conference
The Mobile Legends First Conference marked the league debut of the STI eOlympians in The Nationals. After playing 31 games in the group stage (including tiebreaker), PLDT-Smart Omega became the top seed with the Cignal Ultra Warriors becoming second. PLDT-Smart Omega became the first ever The Nationals MLBB Champion after sweeping Cignal Ultra Warriors in the best-of-five finals series, 3 games to none.

Group stages (Standings)

Final round

Second Conference
A second conference will be held for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

NBA 2K19
Two conferences will be held for NBA 2K19.


2017 FIBA AmeriCup

The 2017 FIBA AmeriCup was the 18th edition of the FIBA AmeriCup, which is the main tournament for senior men's basketball national teams of the FIBA Americas. The tournament was held in Medellín, Colombia, Montevideo, Uruguay, and Bahía Blanca and Córdoba, in Argentina, from 25 August, to 3 September 2017.

Unlike previous editions, the tournament did not award spots for the FIBA World Cup or the Summer Olympic Games. However, the top seven teams qualified to the 2019 Pan American Games.

The United States, with a team of NBA G League players, won their seventh gold medal at the tournament, after defeating Argentina, by a score of 81–76, in the final, while Mexico took home the bronze, by beating the U.S. Virgin Islands, 79–65.

Qualified teams
The top five teams at the 2016 Centrobasket and 2016 South American Championship qualified to the tournament, plus Canada and United States.

 Host nations

 Central American and Caribbean Subzone:

 North American Subzone:

 South American Subzone:

Hosts selection
On 5 April 2017 FIBA Americas announced that Argentina, Colombia and Uruguay were chosen as the hosts of the AmeriCup.

Venues

Squads

Draw
The draw was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 20 April 2017.

 Suspended at the time of the draw.

First round

Group A

All times are local (UTC−5).

Group B

* Two qualifying spots were available from Group B as Argentina were guaranteed to progress, regardless of their performance, due to their status as the "main organiser" of the tournament.

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group C

All times are local (UTC−3).

Final round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Blocks

Steals

Awards

All-Tournament Team
 Facundo Campazzo
 Francisco Cruz
 Darrun Hilliard
 Nicolás Brussino
 Jameel Warney (MVP)


Floods in Xuzhou's history

The Yellow River has been recognized by Chinese as "the mother river". But in ancient times, people living by the Yellow River often suffered its floods. Xuzhou was one such city.

Located by the after-bay  of the Yellow River, Xuzhou suffered from Yellow River floods since the Han Dynasty until the Yellow River changed its course in 1855, the 5th Year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (清代咸丰五年).

During the years that the Yellow River passed Xuzhou, the city was flooded more than 400 times, ten times in the Qin and Han Dynasty, 19 times in the Wei and Jin (晋) Dynasty, 20 times in the Sui and Tang Dynasty, 50 times in the Liao, Song and Yuan Dynasty, 120 times, and two hundred and three times in the Qin Dynasty.

Five heaviest floods recorded
The earliest flood recorded happened in 132 B.C., the 3rd Year of Yuanguang (元光三年) in the West Han Dynasty (206–9 B.C.). One of the major dams built in Hu Zi, Puyang, He’nan (河南，濮阳，瓠子) was suddenly burst and the river flooded 16 cities by the after-bay. Due to the blocked watercourse in Hu Zi in the 2nd Year of Yuanfeng (元封二年), the Yellow River changed its course to flow through Xuzhou. The flood continued for 24 years. Worried about the terrible situation, Emperor Han Wudi (156–87 B.C.) wrote down "Huzi ge" (瓠子歌) to express his sorrow and deep concern for the people in the flooded areas.

In 1077 A.D., the 10th Year of Xining, Song Dynasty (宋熙宁十年), the river broke its banks in Tanzhou (檀州). The flood was just surrounding the city wall of Xuzhou and the depth of the water reached two Zhang and eight Chi (两丈八尺). Owing to the efforts of the official head Su Shi（苏轼), solidifying the dam and keeping the city in order, the water didn’t rise above the wall and flow into the city; no one was hurt.

The other heaviest floods all happened in the Ming Dynasty. The floods of the Ming Dynasty have been more severe than in other dynasties. In the 5th Year of Longqing (隆庆五年), the river broke and poured into the city from the west gate, which resulted in thousands of houses ruined and countless citizens killed.

In 1590 A.D., the 18th Year of Wanli (万历十八年), undulated by the pouring Autumn rain, Xuzhou city was flooded again. Houses were all submerged and the flood continued for two years. After that the city was advised to move somewhere else, but the central government did not approved of it.

The most serious flood in Xuzhou’s history happened on 16 July, 1624 A.D., the 4th Year of Tianqi (天启四年). Happening at midnight, the flood poured into the city and the southeast wall of the city collapsed. The depth of the water in the city reached more than four meters. Not being prepared for the sudden flood, citizens had to leave the flooded houses and move to Mountain Yunlong to escape the flood. Since the Yellow River is the river which has the greatest concentration of sediment in the world, Xuzhou was buried completely by the sand of the Yellow River after the flood went back down, with the height of the sand accumulation ranging from one to ten meters. The relocation of the city was proposed again but was still denied by the central government. People had to rebuild the city right above the buried one.

Influence of the floods
The loss of agricultural production and the loss of public and private possessions were inevitable.

The Abandoned Yellow River
The Yellow River changed its course in the 5th Year of Xianfeng, Qing Dynasty and never passed Xuzhou again, so the river course in Xuzhou was abandoned. Now the Abandoned Yellow River has become a famous tourist attraction in Xuzhou. In the Abandoned River park, there are five posts standing by the shore with the flood history recorded on them called Shui Jing Shi Zhu Ji (水经石柱记).

The underground city
After the flood in 1624, people in Xuzhou built a new city resembling to the buried one. In the 1950s, part of the buried one was found. The old city was gradually exposed in the following 50 years’ excavation. The underground city has an essential meaning to the origin, development and evolution of Xuzhou City.