Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria

Duke Albert IV of Bavaria-Munich (15 December 1447, Munich – 18 March 1508, Munich; ), was Duke of Bavaria-Munich from 1467, and Duke of the reunited Bavaria from 1503.

Biography
Albert was a son of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria and Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck. After the death of his older brother John IV, Duke of Bavaria he gave up his spiritual career and returned from Pavia to Munich. When his brothers Christoph and Wolfgang had resigned Albert became sole duke, but a new duchy Bavaria-Dachau was created from Bavaria-Munich for his brother Duke Sigismund in 1467. After Sigismund's death in 1501, it reverted to Bavaria-Munich.

The marriage of Kunigunde of Austria to Albert IV, was a result of intrigues and deception, but must be counted as a defeat for Emperor Frederick III. Albert illegally took control of some imperial fiefs and then asked to marry Kunigunde (who lived in Innsbruck, far from her father), offering to give her the fiefs as a dowry. The Emperor agreed at first, but after Albert took over yet another fief, Regensburg, Emperor Frederick III withdrew his consent. On January 2, 1487, however, before the Emperor's change of heart could be communicated to his daughter, Kunigunde married Albert. A war was prevented only by intermediation by the Emperor's son, Maximilian I. For Albert's wedding, Grünwald Castle was extended in 1486/87 under the direction of Jörg von Weikertshausen. Albert finally decided to return territorial acquisitions in Swabia in 1492 to avoid a war with the Habsburg and the Swabian League. He then also had to release Regensburg, which had been reunited with Bavaria in 1486, and had to reluctantly renounce Further Austria when Archduke Sigismund of Austria tried to make it over to Albert.

After the death of the last duke of Bavaria-Landshut, George in 1503, Albert managed to reunite the whole of Bavaria in a dreadful war against George's heirs, the Palatinate line of his Wittelsbach family but had to transfer the most southern districts of Bavaria-Landshut to his brother-in-law Emperor Maximilian as compensation for his support: Kufstein, Kitzbühel and Rattenberg passed to Maximilian in 1506 and were united with Tyrol. For the Palatinate branch a new duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg was created.

To avoid any future division of Bavaria, Albert decreed the everlasting succession of the firstborn prince in 1506. Nevertheless, his oldest son and successor William IV, Duke of Bavaria had to share his power from 1516 onwards with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria. After the death of Louis X in 1545, the edict became effective until the end of Bavarian monarchy in 1918.

Albert is buried in the Frauenkirche in Munich.

Family and children
On 3 January 1487 he married Archduchess Kunigunde of Austria, daughter of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Eleonor of Portugal.

They had eight children:
 Sidonie (1 May 1488 – 27 March 1505)
 Sibylle (16 June 1489 – 18 April 1519), married in 1511 to Louis V, Elector Palatine
 Sabina (24 April 1492 – 30 April 1564), married in 1511 to Duke Ulrich I of Württemberg
 William IV, Duke of Bavaria (13 November 1493 – 7 March 1550)
 Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (18 September 1495 – 22 April 1545)
 Susanne (1499–1500)
 Ernest of Bavaria (13 June 1500 – 1560), an eclassiastical official in Passau (1517–1540), Cologne, Archbishop in Salzburg (1540–1554) and Eichstädt, also administrator and owner of the County of Kladsko (1549–1560)
 Susanne (2 April 1502 – 23 April 1543), married:
 in 1518 to Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
 in 1529 to Otto Henry, Elector Palatine

Ancestors


Markas

Markas is a male Lithuanian given name that is derived from Marcus.

Its derivations are Markauskas and Markevičius (family name).

People
 Markas Beneta (born 1993), footballer
 Markas Luckis (1905–1973), Argentine chess player of Lithuanian descent
  (born 1960), politician, member of Seimas
  (born 1966), liberal politician, engineer, member of Seimas
  (born 1954), politician, member of Seimas
 Gvidonas Markevičius (born 1969), basketball player and coach
  (born 1962), lawyer, politician, and former Interior Minister of Lithuania (2001–2004)
 Rory Markas (1955–2010), American sportscaster


Pangburn School District

Pangburn School District is a small school district based in rural north-central White County, Arkansas, with portions in southeastern Cleburne County. Enrollment is less than 1,000 students. The school serves students in Pangburn and the surrounding area. The district is currently separated into four schools: preschool, elementary (kindergarten through fourth grade), middle school (grades five through eight), and high school (grades nine through twelve). All schools are located on the same campus, located in the town of Pangburn.

The district's mission statement is "All students are expected to learn, create, achieve, and succeed in education, community, and life. As educators, we should strive to motivate, encourage, and inspire young people to overcome obstacles and achieve lifelong goals."

Elementary school
The Pangburn Elementary School consists of students from kindergarten to fourth grade with at least three classes per grade.

The elementary principal is Mary Rieck.

Elementary students take part in science labs, gifted and talented programs, music classes, art classes, and physical education classes. They have access to books and other resources contained within the Elementary Media Center.

Middle school
The Pangburn Middle School is made up of students in grades five through eight. At this level, students begin switching classrooms for different subjects. Grades five and six have language arts classes in their homeroom, then switch to other teachers for history, science, and mathematics classes. Grades seven and eight have a modified form of the high school class changing, with no homerooms and specialized classrooms.

The middle school principal is Suzanne Louks. Classes are held in the newly constructed middle school building. Construction was completed on the facility in the summer of 2009, with students moving into the facility for the 2010 school year.

Students in middle school may participate in basketball, baseball, softball, and cheerleading at either the middle school or junior high level. Middle schoolers also have the opportunity to perform as part of both the band and the choir. Many clubs, such as FCA and the junior level of Beta Club. The middle school is the only school in the district to have an archery team.

High school

The high school serves students in grades nine through twelve.

Principal of the high school is Chris Collett.

Students at Pangburn High School have the opportunity to take a wide variety of courses. The high school offers courses in English, science, mathematics, history, art, music, Spanish, drama and oral communications, business, law, sociology, family and consumer sciences and agriculture. In addition, many courses are offered via the school's two distance learning labs. The distance learning courses include many AP courses, as well as specialized courses in medicine and other fields. In addition, the school works with ASU-Heber Springs to allow students to take concurrent mechanical classes at the college and concurrent college classes.
Most classes are held in the newly constructed high school surrounding the arena. Construction on phase one, including classrooms for family and consumer sciences, art, and science, as well as an arena was completed in early 2011. Classes and basketball games were held in the building beginning in school year 2012. Phase two, including classrooms for most other disciplines, was completed in the summer of 2013. The completed building began hosting students in school year 2014.

Clubs at Pangburn High School
 Bible Club
 Chess Club
 FCCLA
 FCA
 FBLA
 FFA
 National Beta Club
 Quiz Bowl
 Spanish Club
 Student Council

The Pangburn High School quiz bowl team often competes on the state level, enjoying a moderate success on the regional level.

The National Beta Club has had successes at the state level and the national level several times. Students compete in academic, art, talent, robotics, technology, and community service events.

Pangburn's FCA chapter is one of the most active chapters in the area. Holding events such as 5th Quarter, Ultimate Weekend, Character Camp, and Huddle Time, their focus is to bring glory to God.

FBLA enjoys tremendous success on the state level, often competing on the national level. The FBLA community service team is often ranked among the top ten in the nation, even bringing home the national title at least once.

FBLA's projects have included building a house with Habitat for Humanity, establishing a museum detailing the history of Pangburn, and building a veterans' memorial, among many others.

Pangburn High School Band
The Pangburn High School Band is consistently rated among the top small school bands in the state of Arkansas. Under the direction of Bill Mitchell, the band has been invited to perform at locations throughout the United States.

In 2006, the Pangburn School Band was invited as one of two school bands to represent the state of Arkansas at the National Anthem Project in Washington, D.C. The band performed a short concert in front of the U.S. Capitol building. Later, the band performed as part of a mass choir for the opening ceremony of DCI at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

In 2009, the Band performed a short concert at a venue in Universal City Walk at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and later at Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida.

Athletics
Pangburn High School fields teams in the following sports:
 Boys' basketball
 Girls' basketball
 Baseball
 Softball
 Cross country
 Shooting sports
 Cheer

Basketball is the most attended sporting event at Pangburn. In recent years, both basketball teams have enjoyed success on the district level and moderate success on the regional level. The softball team also is competitive at a district, and in recent years, state level.

Cross country and golf are sports that only appear when enough students express an interest. Both teams compete in various meets and tournaments across the area.

Shooting sports also enjoys success at a regional level, advancing to state almost every year since the team's creation. This team is not affiliated with the Arkansas Athletics Association, instead being affiliated with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

External links


Huampuni (mountain)

Huampuni (possibly from Aymara wampu boat,  -ni a suffix, "the one with a boat") is a  mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District. Huampuni lies southwest of Sibinacocha. It is situated at the bank of the Yanamayo, a left tributary of the Chillcamayu whose waters flow to the Vilcanota River.

Huampuni is also the name of a little lake near the mountain at .


Yohan: The Child Wanderer

Yohan: The Child Wanderer () is a 2010 family film directed by Grete Salomonsen. The film is based on true stories about child wanderers in Norway.

The film was made simultaneously in two languages, English and Norwegian. It was scheduled to be distributed to 30 countries. It premiered in Norway on March 26, 2010. As of August 2011, it still has not been released in the United States.
Yohan is the most expensive children's film ever made in Norway. The film features 100 specific roles, 400 to 500 extras and around 200 animals.
Yohan was filmed in Norway and also California, US in order to shoot scenes with wolves. These scenes were directed by Hollywood animal trainer Steve Martin.

Production
Penelopefilm in Kristiansand, Norway started to work on the film in 1990, researching historical facts regarding the child wanderings. In 1991, the company interviewed two remaining child wanderers, living in the United States. They were then 99 and 100 years old.

Cast

Music
The film's theme song is performed by Carola Häggkvist.


Hymenocallis durangoensis

Hymenocallis durangoensis  is a plant species endemic to the Mexican state of Durango. It is a bulb-forming herb with white flowers.


Woorut, New South Wales

Woorut, New South Wales is  a bounded rural locality of Warrumbungle Shire and a civil parish of Gowen County, New South Wales.

The parish is on the Castlereagh River.

The northern part of the Parish in Warrumbungle National Park.  Woorut Parish is near the Siding Spring Observatory.


Morsa Bay

Morsa Bay () is a small bay  east of Weddell Point, indenting the north side of Ice Fjord along the south coast of South Georgia. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the catcher Morsa, which was built in 1929, and later owned by the Compañía Argentina de Pesca, Grytviken.


Marantz 2600

The Model 2600 was the most powerful stereo receiver ever made by Marantz, and one of the most powerful receivers of the "monster receiver" era of the 1970s, among the Technics SA-1000, rated at 330 watts per channel, tied with the Sansui G-33000, and the Pioneer SX-1980 rated at 270 watts per channel,. The 2600 was rated at 300 watts RMS per channel x2 channels at 8 ohms and 400 W.P.C. at 4 ohms. This model was produced from 1978 to 1980 and is considered especially rare.

Physical
The Model 2600 is 49 cm wide 18 cm high and 43 cm deep and weighs 27.4 kg (19" wide 7" high and 17" deep and weighs 60.3 pounds). It consumes 920 watts at its rated power output.


Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal

The Pearl Harbor Commemorative Medal, also known as the Pearl Harbor Survivor’s Medal, is a bronze commemorative medal which was established by the United States Congress on November 5, 1990 (P.L. 101-510, 104 Stat. 1721).

To have been eligible for the award, "a person must have been a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was present in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, and who participated in combat operations that day against Imperial Japanese military forces attacking Hawaii. A person who was killed or wounded in that attack shall be deemed to have participated in the combat operations." The presentation of the medals was to be as "close as feasible to the fiftieth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor."

On September 23, 1996, Congress authorized (P.L. 104-201, 110 Stat. 2654) anyone who would have qualified for the medal other than the requirement for membership in the Armed Forces to receive the award. (i.e. civilians who were not killed or injured but can show that they were present in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, and participated in combat operations against the attack.)

In both instances, there was a 12-month certification window, therefore, the award is no longer issued. In both instances the next-of-kin of deceased persons eligible for the award were authorized to apply for the medal (one medal per eligible person).

The medal is 1.5" in diameter and is non-portable (not designed to be worn on clothing).


The 1990 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours were officially announced in the London Gazette of 21 December 1990 and marked the resignation of the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who had stepped down from the role in November that year after more than 11 years in office and nearly 16 years as Leader of the Conservative Party.

Life Peers
Dame Joan Seccombe, DBE, Vice Chairman, Conservative Party.
Professor Brian Griffiths, formerly Special Advisor to Margaret Thatcher, and Head of Policy Unit.
Sir Hector Laing, Life President, United Biscuits (Holdings) plc.
Peter Garth Palumbo, Chairman, Arts Council of Great Britain.
Sir Jeffrey Maurice Sterling, CBE, Chairman, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Executive, Motability.
Sir (Vincent) Gordon Lindsay White, KBE, Chairman, Hanson Industries.
Sir David Wolfson, Chairman, Haigside Ltd.

Knights Bachelor
Timothy John Leigh Bell, Deputy Chairman, Lowe Bell Communications.
George Arthur Gardiner, MP, Member of Parliament for Reigate.
Bernard Ingham, formerly Chief Press Secretary, 10 Downing Street.
Geoffrey Norman Leigh, Chairman, Allied London Properties plc.
Nicholas Markley Lloyd, Editor, Daily Express.
The Rt. Hon. Peter Hugh Morrison, MP, Member of Parliament for the City of Chester. Deputy Chairman, Conservative Party 1986–1989. Lately Parliamentary Private Secretary, 10 Downing Street.
Gerrard Anthony Neale, MP, Member of Parliament for North Cornwall.
Michael Jon Neubert, MP, Member of Parliament for Romford. Formerly Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Armed Forces.

Order of the Bath

Companions (CB)
Andrew Turnbull, Principal Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.

Order of St Michael and St George

Knights Commander (KCMG)
Charles David Powell, Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander (DBE)
Jane Elizabeth Gow, for political and public service.
Sue Tinson, Associate Editor, Independent Television News.

Commanders (CBE)
John Robin Catford, Secretary for Appointments, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Joan Valerie Hall, Member Council, University College of Buckingham. Formerly Member of Parliament for Keighley 1970–1974.
Dr. John Henderson, Personal Physician to Margaret Thatcher
Brian Hitchen, Editor, Daily Star.
Olga Polizzi, Member, Westminster City Council.
(John) Harvey Noake Thomas, International Public Relations Consultant: Consultant Director of Presentation and Promotion, Conservative Party.

Officers (OBE)
Marjorie Sherman. For charitable services.
Christine Margaret Wall, Head of News Department, Conservative Central Office.
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, formerly Political Secretary; Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.

Members (MBE)
Jean Dibblin, Senior Personal Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Susan Irene Goodchild, Invitations Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Dorothy Haynes, Curator/Housekeeper at Chequers.
Margaret King, Fashion Director, Aquascutum Ltd.
Robert Kingston, Personal Detective to Margaret Thatcher
Amanda Ponsonby, formerly Personal Assistant to Margaret Thatcher
Janice Kay Richards, Head of Garden Rooms, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Sherry Dorelia Warner, Senior Cook, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.

British Empire Medal (BEM)
Edwina Mary Booker, Cleaner, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Alma Dew, Telephonist, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Sergeant Theresa Maria Duda, Women's Royal Air Force. Assistant House Manager at Chequers.
Peter Paul D'Emanuele, Messenger, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Alfred George Frederick Heath, Custody Guard Supervisor, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Doris Agnes King, Messenger. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
Anthony James Robert Yandle, Deputy House Manager, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.


Once Love Was Lost

Once Love Was Lost is the first full length studio album by Russian hardcore/metal band Vorvaň. The album was released on October 14, 2016 through German labels Wooaaargh and Darkened Days Records.

Background
After the release of two EPs and a split Vorvaň started to work on the material for a full-length album. It took more than a year to finish recording, the band wanted to make “Once Love Was Lost” sound differently and stand up to the works of the bands that had influenced Vorvaň.

Recording
The album was recorded at Pentagram House, studio run by the band members. Famous sound producer Kurt Ballou mixed the record at Godcity Studio, Brad Boatright mastered it. Double LP edition includes a bonus cover on the song Struck a Nerve originally performed by Machine Head and includes a 32-page booklet with illustrations and lyrics.

Track listing
All music composed and produced by Vorvaň, all lyrics written by Eli Mavrychev

Personnel
Album personnel and recording history as listed in LP liner notes.

Vorvaň
 Eli Mavrychev – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars
 Eugene Cherevkov – guitars
 Igor Butz – bass
 Zakk Hemma – drums, backing vocals

Guest musicians
 Meghan O'Neil Pennie (Punch, Super Unison) – vocals on "Sirens"
 Armin Schweiger (Afgrund, Distaste) – vocals on "The Black Kaleidoscope"

Art and design
 Hal Rotter – artwork
 Eli Mavrychev – concept, design, layout
 Eva Ivanova – photography

Production and recording
 Vorvaň – production
 Igor Butz – engineering at Pentagram House Studio
 Kurt Ballou – mixing at Godcity Studios
 Brad Boatright – mastering at Audiosiege
 Jack Shirley – additional recording at The Atomic Garden Recording Studio
 Lukas Haidinger – additional recording at Ddf Studios
 Timur Mukhametzyanov – additional engineering


Dietersheim

Dietersheim is a municipality in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Mayor
Robert Christensen is the mayor since 2010. He is the successor of Wolfgang Breyer, who died unexpected.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the community
 Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Hagen (1810-1868), historian and deputy of the National Assembly in the Paulskirche
 Friedrich Wilhelm Hagen (1814-1888), representative of the human psychiatry and one of the responsible persons for the desecration of Ludwig II of Bavaria

Other personalities associated with the community
 Günter Schwanhäußer (1928-2014), entrepreneur ("Schwan-Stabilo", marker-pen) lived for a long time in the district of Altheim


Barefoot to Herat

Barefoot to Herat  (, Pa Berahneh ta Herat) is a 2002 Iranian film by Majid Majidi. It is a documentary about the plight of Afghan refugees just after the 2001 military offensive against the Taliban.

Background
The film was shot primarily at two refugee camps in Western Afghanistan, one called Makaki in a territory controlled by the Northern Alliance. The rest of the film was shot at another camp called Maslakh, in the city of Herat. The camps are makeshift and conditions are inhumane, making them ill-suited for families whose lives have been torn apart by war. Through interviews with peasants, soldiers, children, and the elderly, Majidi finds the human spirit intact, and still in need of joy and memories and dreams.

Awards
2004 FIPRESCI Prize, Greece

Sources
 Synopsis from Cinemajidi.com

External links


Helicoverpa atacamae

Helicoverpa atacamae, the Chilean corn earworm,  is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

It is endemic to Chile, including the Atacama Region.

atacamae


Dornick Hills Group

The Dornick Hills Group is a geologic group in Oklahoma. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.


Bem bom

"Bem bom" (Very good) was the Portuguese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, performed in Portuguese by Doce.

The song is an up-tempo number inspired by Portuguese folk music, describing the beginning of a relationship from the perspective of a woman. They sing about how they feel at 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am, 5am, 6am, 7am and 8am as the relationship develops from the initial flirting ("a touch, a sparkle in your glance") through to "Breakfast for two" at the start of the new day.

Somewhat strikingly, the four female vocalists were dressed in musketeer outfits during their performance.

The song was performed first on the night, preceding Luxembourg's Svetlana with "Cours après le temps". At the close of voting, it had received 32 points, placing 13th in a field of 18.

It was succeeded as Portuguese representative at the 1983 Contest by Armando Gama with "Esta balada que te dou".


Béla Balázs

Béla Balázs (; 4 August 1884 in Szeged – 17 May 1949 in Budapest), born Herbert Béla Bauer, was a Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet of Jewish heritage. He was a proponent of formalist film theory.

Career
Balázs was the son of Simon Bauer and Eugénia Léwy, adopting his nom de plume in newspaper articles written before his 1902 move to Budapest, where he studied Hungarian and German at the Eötvös Collegium.

Balázs was a moving force in the Sonntagskreis or Sunday Circle, the intellectual discussion group which he founded in the autumn of 1915 together with Lajos Fülep, Arnold Hauser, György Lukács and Károly (Karl) Mannheim. Meetings were held at his flat on Sunday afternoons; already in December 1915 Balázs wrote in his diary of the success of the group.

He is perhaps best remembered as the librettist of Bluebeard's Castle which he originally wrote for his roommate Zoltán Kodály, who in turn introduced him to the eventual composer of the opera, Béla Bartók. This collaboration continued with the scenario for the ballet The Wooden Prince.

The collapse of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic under Béla Kun in 1919 began a long period of exile in Vienna and Germany and, from 1933 until 1945, the Soviet Union.

In Vienna he became a prolific writer of film reviews. His first book on film, Der Sichtbare Mensch (The Visible Man) (1924), helped found the German "film as a language" theory, which also exerted an influence on Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevolod Pudovkin. A popular consultant, he wrote the screenplay for G. W. Pabst's film of Die Dreigroschenoper (1931), which became the object of a scandal and lawsuit by Brecht (who admitted to not reading the script) during production.

Later, he co-wrote (with Carl Mayer) and helped Leni Riefenstahl direct the film Das Blaue Licht (1932). Riefenstahl later removed Balázs's and Mayer's names from the credits because they were Jewish. One of his best known films is Somewhere in Europe (It Happened in Europe, 1947), directed by Géza von Radványi.

His last years were marked by petty vexations at home and ever increasing recognition in the German-speaking world. In 1949, he received the most distinguished prize in Hungary, the Kossuth Prize. Also in 1949, he finished Theory of the Film, published posthumously in English (London: Denis Dobson, 1952). In 1958, the Béla Balázs Prize was founded and named for him as an award to recognize achievements in  cinematography.

Selected filmography
 Modern Marriages (1924)
 Madame Wants No Children (1926)
 One Plus One Equals Three (1927)
 The Girl with the Five Zeros (1927)
 Grand Hotel (1927)
 Doña Juana (1927)
 Sunday of Life (1931)


Jack Chambers (linguist)

J. K. "Jack" Chambers (born 12 July 1938 in Grimsby, Ontario) is a Canadian linguist, and a well-known expert on language variation and change, who has played an important role in research on Canadian English since the 1980s; he has coined the terms "Canadian Raising" and "Canadian Dainty", the latter used for Canadian speech that mimics the British, popular till the mid-20th century. He has been a professor of linguistics at the University of Toronto since receiving his a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 1970. He has also been a visiting professor at many universities worldwide, including Hong Kong University, University of Szeged, Hungary, University of Kiel in Germany,  Canterbury University in New Zealand, the University of Reading and the University of York in the UK. He is  the author of the website Dialect Topography, which compiles information about dialectal variation in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada.

Chambers has also written extensively on jazz, including such figures as Miles Davis and Duke Ellington.

Bibliography
His works include:

 1975 Canadian English: Origins and Structures
 1979 The Languages of Canada
 1983 Milestones I: The Music and Times of Miles Davis to 1960
 1985 Milestones II: The Music and Times of Miles Davis since 1960
 1991 Dialects of English: Studies in Grammatical Variation (with Peter Trudgill)
 1998 Dialects and Accents (with David Britain)
 1998 Dialectology (with Peter Trudgill)
 2002 The Handbook of Language Variation and Change (with Peter Trudgill and Natalie Schilling-Estes)
 2003 Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and Its Social Significance. Third, revised edition (first ed. published in 1995)


Dichomeris phaeosarca

Dichomeris phaeosarca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Cameroon.


Jesionka railway station

Jesionka railway station is a railway station in Jesionka, Żyrardów, Masovian, Poland. It is served by Koleje Mazowieckie.


Kattem IL

Kattem IL is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Kattem in Heimdal borough, Trondheim. It has sections for football, handball, ice hockey and skiing.

The women's football team has been in Toppserien, the highest tier of women's football in Norway. It gained promotion after the 2006 season after one year in the First Division (second tier), having been relegated in 2005.

The men's team won played in the Third Division (fourth tier) in from 2007 to 2010.

Recent history
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External links
 Official site


2009–10 Iraklis F.C. season

The 2009–10 season is Iraklis 29th consecutive (and 50th in total) season in the Super League Greece.

Transfers

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Other information

Results and fixtures
Note: Scores are written Iraklis first

Friendlies

Greek Super League

Greek Cup

Player statistics
¹ Denotes player has left the club in the January transfer window. ² Denotes player joined in the January transfer window.

Competitions

Super League Greece

Classification

Results summary

Results by round


Botwulf of Thorney

St Botolph of Thorney  (also called Botwulf, Botulph or Botulf; died around 680) was an English abbot and saint. He is the patron saint of travellers and the various aspects of farming. His feast day is celebrated either on 17 June (England) or 25 June (Scotland), and his translation falls on 1 December.

Life and works

Little is known about Botolph's life, other than doubtful details in an account written four hundred years after his death by the 11th-century monk Folcard. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records for the year 6531: "The Middle Angles, under earldorman Peada, received the true faith. King Anna was killed and Botolph began to build the church at Ikanho". Botolph founded the monastery of Icanho in Suffolk. Icanho, which means 'ox hill', has been identified as Iken, located by the estuary of the River Alde in Suffolk; a church still remains on top of an isolated hill in the parish.2 The Life of St Ceolfrith, written around the time of Bede by an unknown author, mentions an abbot named Botolphus in East Anglia, "a man of remarkable life and learning, full of the grace of the Holy Spirit".3

Botolph is supposed to have been buried originally at his foundation of Icanho, but in 970 Edgar I of England gave permission for Botolph's remains to be transferred to Burgh, near Woodbridge, where they remained for some fifty years before being transferred to their own tomb at Bury St Edmunds Abbey on the instructions of Cnut. The saint's relics were later transferred again, along with those of his brother Adulph, to Thorney Abbey, although his head was transferred to Ely Abbey and various body parts to other houses, including Westminster Abbey.

Church dedications

Many English churches are dedicated to Botolph. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Saints, 64 ancient English churches were dedicated to him, but later research has suggested the true number may have been as high as 71, with a high concentration of dedications in East Anglia. St Botolph's Church in Boston, Lincolnshire, known locally as "The Stump", is one of the most famous. Boston, or 'Botolph's town' also gave Boston, Massachusetts its name. St Botolph's Priory in Colchester, Essex, the first Augustinian monastery in England, was built on an earlier Saxon church dedicated to Botolph. St Botolph's Church in Hardham, West Sussex, houses some of the most ancient surviving wall paintings in Britain, including the earliest known depiction of St George in England.

In his role as a patron saint of travellers, four City of London churches were dedicated to him, all of which were close to gates in the City walls: St Botolph Billingsgate, which was destroyed in the Great Fire and never rebuilt; St Botolph's, Aldersgate, St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, where the poet John Keats was baptised, and St Botolph's Aldgate. It is believed that these dedications were made because the churches provided places for incoming travellers to give thanks for their safe arrival and for outgoing travellers to pray for a safe journey. An alternative possibility is that the churches were dedicated to the saint because his relics came through the four gates when Edgar moved them from Iken to Westminster Abbey.

Beyond the North Sea, Budolfi Church (Sankt Budolfi kirke) in Aalborg, Denmark, originally a smallish building, grew to be the major church of the town by the late Middle Ages and is now the cathedral church of the diocese of Aalborg.

Secular connections
He is remembered in the names of both the market town of Boston, Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom and Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. Boston was originally Botolphston (from "Botolph's stone" or "Botolph's town").

In Boston, Massachusetts, St Botolph gives his name to the St Botolph Club, a private club, a street in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, and the President's House at Boston College. There is also a St Botolph Street in London.

The University of Cambridge's poetry journal in the 1950s, to which Ted Hughes contributed, was called St Botolph's Review. It was named for St Botolph's Church, Cambridge as one of its founders, Lucas Myers, lived at the rectory of St Botolph's Church in Cambridge. A second edition of the journal was published in 2006. "St Botolph's College" has been used as a hypothetical college in Cambridge University communications and Tripos examinations.

The parish of Buttsbury in Essex was initially called Botolfvespirie, meaning Botolph's or Botwulf's Pear Tree. It is sometimes surmised that the name refers to a tree under which St Botolph preached.


Pynchon Park

Pynchon Park, also known as Hampden Park and League Park, was a sports venue in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1853 by the Hampden Agricultural Society. It has been host for horse racing, bicycle racing, college football games between Harvard and Yale, and lastly baseball. In 1966, it was destroyed by fire.

In 1885 and 1896, cycling's hour record was unofficially broken multiple times at Hampden Park.

College football


Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle lightweight

The lightweight was the third heaviest freestyle wrestling weight class held as part of the Wrestling at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme.  It was the first time the event, like all other freestyle wrestling events, was held in Olympic competition.  Ten wrestlers competed.

Results


Andy Gross

Andy Gross (born Andrew Gross on May 10, 1968) is an American former professional racquetball player, now a touring comedian, ventriloquist, magician, and illusionist.  He is known for his television and film appearances, and for his live touring show called Andy Gross's MindBoggling Variety Show.

Life and career
Gross was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Marshall and Joan Gross, where he attended Parkway Central High School.  At 15, Gross became the youngest professional racquetball player in the history of the sport, winning a record number of Southern California tournaments in the years leading up to his retirement at the age of 26.

Following his athletic career, Gross established himself as an entertainer, creating a live act that combines comedy, ventriloquism, and magic.  His talent as a ventriloquist has been put to use in television series such as Beverly Hills, 90210 and Las Vegas, as well as in the sci-fi Web series After Judgment.

Since 2000, Gross has toured the United States with his MindBoggling Variety Show, which combines his comedy, magic, and ventriloquism with large-scale stage illusions.  Among the more notable ventriloquist's dummy characters in the stage act is Steve, The Customer Service Guy, a soft puppet who dispenses computer repair support by telephone.

In 2013, Gross created a video depicting a unique spin on the classic cut-in-half illusion that he dubs the "Split Man" trick, which makes it appear as though the entertainer has been severed in two but is still able to walk about.  The video, shot guerrilla-style in various public places in which unsuspecting passersby are jarred by the sudden appearance of his 'Split Man,' premiered on the Web before being showcased on a variety of national platforms such as The Huffington Post, FOX, CNN, AOL, Yahoo!, Google, and Showbiz Tonight with A.J. Hammer.

Gross owns a sizeable and significant collection of ventriloquist dummies and memorabilia, which frequently supplies props for television, film, and stage productions.  Additionally, since 1997, he has designed a line of toys, prank novelties, and magic tricks for LA Magic & Toy that are sold in toy and gift stores globally, having won the Top 10 Duracell Kids Choice Award for one of his designs.

At the end of August 2018, Andy Gross sparked controversy at Purdue University. Andy Gross was asked to perform at Purdue's orientation closing ceremony for the class of 2022. He made a joke about being sexually aroused by a female college student touching his thigh,"but at least I got a feel." As well as making continual sexual harassment jokes. prompting a great deal of backlash from students. Andy Gross decided to no longer perform on college campuses.

Filmography


DragThing

DragThing is a shareware Dock application for Mac OS X. Intended for organization and as an application switcher, DragThing allows for multiple docks with user-specified settings such as color, texture and shape. Dock contents can be organized into tabs and paying the shareware fee enables the user to assign a keyboard shortcut to any dock item.

DragThing has won many awards, and in 2010 MacWorld gave it 4.5 mice, highlighting its utility for users who preferred using the mouse over keyboard-oriented launchers such as LaunchBar or QuickSilver.

History
In its early versions, DragThing brought many features useful in a multitasking environment to Classic Mac OS such as alt-tab application switching and an onscreen representation of running processes. These features were not implemented by Apple until Mac OS 8.5.

DragThing was one of the first applications to adopt the Platinum appearance on Mac OS 8 and ran in the Blue Box on Apple's aborted Rhapsody project.

The DragThing release schedule slowed between 1998 and 2000, as its developer James Thomson was then employed at Apple Inc as part of the team working on Mac OS X's Finder and Dock. He surmised that the built-in Dock of OS X would soon make DragThing obsolete. Thomson left Apple shortly after Mac OS X was released and resumed work on DragThing, releasing version 4.0 on 24 March 2001, skipping version 3. None of Thomson's code survives in the current shipping version of Apple's Dock.

DragThing was first released on 1 May 1995 and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2005. It was praised in a 2004 article by Bruce Tognazzini, who said "...if I could have taken all the lessons learned in Systems 1 through 9 and applied them to System X, I certainly wouldn’t have ended up with the Dock. No, I would have ended up with DragThing..."

In late 2018, the software developer  warned of probable end-of-life. This decision is confirmed in 2019, with its  website updated to say:


Porte, Piedmont

Porte is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about  southwest of Turin.

Porte borders the following municipalities: Pinerolo, San Pietro Val Lemina, Villar Perosa, San Germano Chisone, and San Secondo di Pinerolo.


ACT Proof of Identity Card

The Australian Capital Territory Proof of Identity Card is a voluntary identity photo card available to all residents of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia The purpose is mainly to access restricted services for people over the age of 18 or to prove identity for those without a driver's licence.


Chau / I Need You

"Chau#/我 I Need You" is a single by Hey! Say! JUMP. It was released on April 29, 2015.

"Chau#" was used in the CM for Bourbon's Almond Caramel Popcorn which stars the members themselves. Meanwhile, "我 I Need You" was the ending theme for TV Tokyo's variety program Little Tokyo Live that the members appear on as regulars every other week. This number delivers a love message in an enthusiastic way.

The regular edition included Hey! Say! BEST's "Through", and Hey! Say! 7's "KAZEKAORU". The limited edition DVD contained the PV and making footage for "Chau#", while the Regular First Press Edition DVD contained other special footage.

Regular Edition
CD
 "Chau#"
 "我 I Need You"
 "Through" - Hey! Say! BEST
 "KAZEKAORU" - Hey! Say! 7
 "Chau#" (Original Karaoke）
 "我 I Need You" (Original Karaoke)
 "Through" (Original Karaoke) - Hey! Say! BEST
 "KAZEKAORU" (Original Karaoke) - Hey! Say! 7

Regular First Press Edition
DVD
 Special Footage "Jyan Jyan Kotaete!! Jyan! Jyan! JUMQ"

Limited Edition
CD
 "Chau#"
 "我 I Need You"

DVD
 "Chau#" (PV & Making of)


Apache Creek Wilderness

Apache Creek Wilderness is a 5,666-acre (2,293 ha) wilderness area under the jurisdiction of the Chino Valley District of the Prescott National Forest in the U.S. state of Arizona.  Established in 1984, the Wilderness contains rolling hills of juniper and pinyon pine, outcroppings of granite, three natural springs, and several important riparian areas including Apache Creek.  Elevations range from 5,280 feet (1,609 m) to 6,970 feet (2,124 m), and the area provides excellent habitat for mountain lion and numerous bird species.

The wilderness is located in the southeast half of the Santa Maria Mountains; the Juniper Mesa Wilderness is located just north on Juniper Mesa, in the southeast Juniper Mountains, and across North Fork Creek.


Isshin Tasuke

is a fictional Japanese person. He has appeared in novels and plays, kōdan, television and film jidaigeki and other media. The earliest known appearance was in the work Ōkubo Musashi Abumi.

Brimming with the Japanese values of giri and ninjō, the fishmonger Tasuke is the epitome of the Edokko, the son of Edo. A stock character in works set during the time of the third Tokugawa shogun Iemitsu (who ruled from 1623 to 1651), he collaborates with the veteran samurai Ōkubo Hikozaemon.

Tasuke is so beloved that although fictional, he has a grave at a temple in Minato, Tokyo.

Appearances
Isshin Tasuke has appeared in many works of fiction.

Kabuki
In kabuki, Tasuke is a character in Medashi Yanagi Midori no Matsumae (芽出柳翠緑松前).

Film
The dozen works with Tasuke's name in the title include the 1930 Chiezō Kataoka portrayal in the Nikkatsu film Isshin Tasuke, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. Akira Kurosawa wrote the screenplay for the 1945 Appare Isshin Taskue starring Kenichi Enomoto (directed by Kiyoshi Saeki for Toho). Kabuki actor Kinnosuke Nakamura (Yorozuya) starred in five of a series of six movies for Toei (Katsuo Nakamura portrayed the hero in the other).

Television
Three series and two specials have featured Tasuke in their titles. These aired on TBS (1969, 52 episodes starring Tarō Yamada), Fuji (1971, 25 episodes, starring Ryōtarō Sugi), Asahi (ANB) (1989, a New Year special starring Tōru Nakamura), Nippon Television (1990, a special with Morio Kazama), and NHK (1999, 24 episodes on Friday evening prime time) with Naoto Ogata as Tasuke.

Song
Isshin Tasuke is in the titles of three enka. Ichirō Toba sang Bungo no Isshin Tasuke. Mitsuko Nakamura recorded Mitsuko no Isshin Tasuke. Tarō Yamada (who starred in the television series) released Otoko! Isshin Tasuke.

External links
IMDB lists several works:
Appare Isshin Tasuke 1945
Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji 1958
Iyemitsu to Hikoza to isshin yasuke (sic) 1961
Sarariman Isshin Tasuke 1962
Shogun Iemitsu, Hikosa and Tasuke Issin (television) 1989


Jagdale

Jagdale is an Indian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Madhavsinh Jagdale (1914–1990), Indian cricketer
Ashok Jagdale (born 1945), Indian cricketer, son of Madhavsinh
Sanjay Jagdale (born 1950), Indian cricketer, son of Madhavsinh


1920–21 Southampton F.C. season

The 1920–21 season was the 26th season of competitive football by Southampton, and the club's first in the Football League. At the end of the previous season, Southampton were one of a host of Southern League clubs elected to make up the new Third Division, finishing second in the inaugural season behind champions Crystal Palace. The Saints began the season strongly, winning seven of their first ten games to begin a lengthy run at the top of the league table until the end of the year. The club began to lose against several teams lower in the table in December, dropping a position as Palace continued to win the majority of their games. Southampton finished the season in second place with 19 wins, 16 draws and seven losses, four points behind the champions and one point ahead of third-placed Queens Park Rangers.

In the 1920–21 FA Cup, Southampton beat fellow Third Division sides Northampton Town (after a replay) and Grimsby Town to reach the third round, before being knocked out by eventual semi-finalists Cardiff City. The club ended the season at Fratton Park with the annual Hampshire Benevolent Cup charity match against local rivals Portsmouth, which the hosts won 1–0 through a goal from Harold Buddery. The game was notable for featuring right-back Tom Parker in goal, who was forced to fill in for the injured Tommy Allen. Southampton also played three friendly matches during the campaign, beating newly formed Welsh club Bridgend Town 3–1 in October, losing 1–0 to former Southern League rivals Aberdare Athletic in March, and drawing 1–1 with Third Division opponents Reading in the Berkshire Charity Cup in May.

Southampton used 21 different players during the 1920–21 season and had ten different goalscorers. Their top scorer was centre-forward Bill Rawlings, who scored 18 goals in the Third Division and four in the FA Cup. Inside-forwards Arthur Dominy and James Moore each scored 12 goals in the league, with the former also netting three in the FA Cup. Seven new players were signed by the club during the campaign, with four released and sold to other clubs. The average attendance at The Dell during the 1920–21 season was 12,599. The highest attendance was 21,363 for the FA Cup third round match against Cardiff City; the lowest was around 7,000 for matches against Reading on 1 January, Northampton Town on 9 March and Newport County on 2 May 1921 (the latter of which was the final home fixture of the season).

Background and transfers
At the end of the 1919–20 season, manager Jimmy McIntyre made several changes to the Southampton squad in preparation for their first season in the Football League. Scottish goalkeeper George Wilcock, who had joined the club just a year earlier, was sold to struggling First Division side Preston North End in May 1920, where he made seven appearances in the top flight before dropping out of league football at the end of the season. He was replaced by former Sunderland goalkeeper Tommy Allen, who was brought to The Dell for free after his former club "had forgotten to include [him] on their end-of-season retained list". Centre-forward George Jones, another recent signing who had scored five goals in seven appearances in the club's last Southern League campaign, joined Yorkshire non-league side Goole Town. Arthur Andrews, who had established his place at right-half the previous year, was forced to retire from professional football following a broken leg in January, with Southampton releasing him at the end of the season.

Later in the summer, former Saints left-half Len Butt returned to the club from Thornycrofts, while Northern Irish centre-half George Moorhead joined from Sunnyside as cover for Alec Campbell. In September, centre-forward George Reader joined from Exeter City for a fee of £50. However, due to the form of Bill Rawlings, Reader's opportunities in the side were limited – after only three league appearances, he left at the end of the season to focus on a teaching career, playing part-time for Harland and Wolff. The following month, the club signed outside-right Frank Wright from Hamstead Colliery, who made just one appearance (described by club historians as "a poor showing") before being released at the end of the season. In November, forward-turned-half-back Percy Prince was also released by Southampton, returning to his former club Boscombe. Towards the end of the campaign, Southampton signed centre-forward John Cooper and inside-right Henry Johnson from Birmingham & District League side Darlaston.

Players transferred in

Players transferred out

Third Division

Southampton's first Football League campaign began on 28 August 1920 with an away fixture against Gillingham, who had finished bottom of the Southern League Premier Division the previous year. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Arthur Dominy scoring the club's first goal of the season (and in the division) with a shot "from an oblique angle". Dominy scored another two goals two days later in a 4–0 home win over Swindon Town, with the other two goals coming from Joe Barratt and Bill Rawlings. In their first ten games of the campaign, Southampton dropped only three points from a possible 20 (one in the opening day draw, and two in a 3–2 return loss at Swindon Town), securing the top spot in the Third Division table in early October following consecutive pairs of victories over Portsmouth (last season's Southern League Premier Division champions) and Norwich City. Rawlings took over from Dominy as the season's top scorer on 18 September, when he scored the only goal in the away fixture against Portsmouth, his fourth of the season.

The club continued their unbeaten run until their 17th game of the season on 4 December, when they were beaten at home for the first time in almost a year at the hands of Grimsby Town, who picked up an unlikely 1–0 win after the Saints saw Tom Parker miss a penalty and James Moore sent off. The Mariners also won the return fixture at Blundell Park a week later 3–0, as the only side to win both matches against Southampton during the season. Despite holding on to the top spot in the league into the new year, a winless run of four games saw the club drop below Crystal Palace, who had continued to pick up wins over the Christmas period. Losses at Northampton Town and Southend United helped Palace to extend their lead at the top of the table, with Southampton dropping down to third for a few weeks in February.

On 19 March 1921, Southampton picked up their biggest win of the season when they beat Merthyr Town 5–0 at home, with Bill Rawlings becoming only the club's third player to score four goals in a league match (after John Fraser and Fred Harrison, the latter of whom scored five in two games, both in the 1902–03 season). Two 1–1 draws in two days against the league leaders at the end of the month left Southampton with too much ground to make up in the final period of the season. In the first game, at The Dell, the visitors equalised in "the very last seconds" which "caused such excitement that several barriers at the Milton Road end [of the ground] collapsed, injuring several spectators". In their last nine games of the season the Saints picked up just ten points, from two wins and six draws, which left them trailing five points behind Crystal Palace, who secured the only Second Division promotion place in the division. They finished just one point ahead of third-placed Queens Park Rangers and two ahead of Swindon Town in fourth place.

List of match results

Final league table

Results by matchday

FA Cup

Southampton entered the 1920–21 FA Cup in the first round against fellow Third Division side Northampton Town. The Cobblers held the Saints to a goalless draw in a "gruelling first round match" at the County Ground on 7 January 1921, although by the end of the game Southampton were "well on top". This form carried over into the replay four days later at The Dell, which the hosts won comfortably 4–1 thanks to two goals each from on-form forwards Arthur Dominy and Bill Rawlings. Receipts for the fixtures were £1,017 and £1,118, respectively, which set a new record for each ground. Grimsby Town, another Third Division club, were Southampton's opponents in the second round on 28 January, having beaten Norwich City in the previous round. Despite losing both fixtures against the side the previous month, Jimmy McIntyre's side picked up a 3–1 away win over the Mariners thanks to two goals from Rawlings and another from Dominy, who described his team as "faster [and] more together as a side" following the result.

In the third round of the tournament, Southampton faced their first higher-league opponents of the season in Cardiff City, who were then placed third in the Second Division. The fixture was described by club historians as "a game of missed chances", which the Welsh side won with the only goal of the game after approximately 20 minutes following a "rare defensive mistake" by the Saints. The match against Cardiff City marked the highest attendance at The Dell during the season, exceeding 21,000 for the only time that year, as well as the second time the ground's receipts record had been broken as the club brought in £1,708 from attendees. The club played the same lineup in all four matches in the tournament. Cardiff City ultimately made it to the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time in their history later that year, beating First Division side Chelsea 1–0 in the fourth round after eliminating Southampton, before being knocked out by fellow second-tier club Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 in a replay on 23 March.

Other matches
Outside of the league and the FA Cup, Southampton played four additional first-team matches. The first was a friendly match against newly-formed Welsh side Bridgend Town on 18 October 1920, which the Saints won 3–1 thanks to goals from Arthur Dominy, Fred Foxall and James Moore. The next took place the following March and saw the club facing another Welsh side, Aberdare Athletic, which they lost by a single goal. On 11 May 1921, they travelled to face local rivals Portsmouth at Fratton Park for the annual Hampshire Benevolent Cup charity match. The game – which drew a record crowd for the competition of 6,740 – saw the visitors forced to play right-back Tom Parker in goal in place of Tommy Allen, who had been injured, in the absence of a suitable replacement. Portsmouth won the game 1–0 thanks to a headed goal from Harold Buddery around 15 minutes into the second half, marking their eighth win of the competition (to date, the Saints had only won three times, with one match ending in a draw). On 14 May, a week after the last game of the league campaign, Southampton ended their season at fellow Third Division side Reading in the Berkshire Charity Cup, drawing 1–1 with a goal from Dominy.

Player details
Southampton manager Jimmy McIntyre used 21 different players during the 1920–21 season, ten of whom scored during the campaign. The team played in a 2–3–5 formation throughout the campaign, with two full-backs, three half-backs, two outside forwards, two inside forwards and a centre-forward. Three players appeared in all 46 league and FA Cup matches: outside-left Fred Foxall, inside-left James Moore and left-half Bill Turner. Left-back Fred Titmuss played all but one league match during the season, and goalkeeper Tommy Allen appeared in all except two. Bill Rawlings finished as the club's top scorer for the season, with 18 goals in the league and four in the cup. Arthur Dominy scored 15 times across both competitions, while James Moore matched his league tally of 12 goals. Centre-half Alec Campbell and right-half Bert Shelley were the club's highest-scoring half-backs of the season with three league goals a piece, and right-back Tom Parker was the highest-scoring defender with two goals.

Squad statistics

Most appearances

Top goalscorers


Peter Mundy

Peter Mundy (fl. 1597 – 1667) was a seventeenth-century British merchant trader, traveller and writer. He was the first Briton to record, in his Itinerarium Mundi ('Itinerary of the World'), tasting Chaa (tea) in China and travelled extensively in Asia, Russia and Europe.

Life
Mundy came from Penryn in south Cornwall. In 1609 he accompanied his father, a pilchard trader  to Rouen across the Channel in Normandy, and was then sent to Gascony to learn French. In May 1611 he went as a cabin-boy in a merchant ship, and gradually rose in life until he became of independent circumstances.

He visited Constantinople, returning to London  and overland via Bulgaria, Sarajevo, Split, Venice, Chambéry and Paris with the English Ambassador Paul Pindar, and afterwards made a journey to Spain as a clerk in the employ of Richard Wyche. Following Wyche's death and a brief spell in the family Pilchard business, he returned to London and obtained employment on account of his language skills, travelling experience and reference from Pindar, with the East India Company on a salary of 25 pounds. On 6 March 1628 he left Blackwall for Surat (India), where he arrived on 30 September 1628. In November 1630 he travelled to Agra and remained there until 17 December 1631, when he proceeded to Puttana on the borders of Bengal. He returned to Agra and Surat, and leaving the latter in February 1634, arrived off Dover on 9 September 1634. This portion of his travels is contained in the Harleian MS. 2286, and in the Addit. MSS. 19278-80.

As a fisherman and sailor it is likely that he spoke at least some Cornish of which he makes some account of its relation to Welsh, visiting Wales (and climbing Ysgyryd Fawr) in 1639 where he noted "few of the common or poorer sort understand any English at all".

He went on further voyages to India, China, and Japan, when he started from the Downs on 14 April 1636. His journals record his being served "Chaa" or tea by the Chinese and tasting chocolate aboard a Spanish merchant vessel. The fleet of four ships and two pinnaces were sent out by Sir William Courten, and Mundy seems to have been employed as a factor. His journals end somewhat abruptly, but a manuscript in the Rawlinson collection at the Bodleian Library continues the narrative of his life, spending many years living in the Hansa free city of Dantzig  - modern Gdansk - including journeys to Denmark, Prussia, and Russia, which lasted from 1639 to 1648. Mundy himself made the drawings for the volume and traced his routes in red on the maps of Hondius.
In 1663 he declared his travelling days over and retired to Falmouth, his journals record his own calculation of the distance he had travelled in his many voyages as 100,833 and 5/8th miles. His manuscripts were lost for nearly 300 years and then published by the Hakluyt Society.

Philip Marsden's history of Falmouth, The Levelling Sea, published in 2011, provides a brief account of Peter Mundy's life on pages 131–137.

He also left the earliest description of the Musaeum Tradescantianum.

Character
"It is rare to find a man so representative of his period as was Peter Mundy. In an age when curiosity was the outstanding characteristic of intelligent Englishmen, curiosity was the ruling passion of this life. ... His insatiable appetite for information, his eye for detail, his desire for accuracy, would have made him in modern times a first-rate scientist. ... True to his period, also, was his heartlessness ... he was more interested in the appearances of things than their implications in the lives of human beings. ... But if he was unfeeling, he was by no means insensitive; each strange item in the surprising world he had inherited is described with a spontaneous brilliance seldom to be found in modern writing."

Notes


Polygonum aviculare

Polygonum aviculare or common knotgrass is a plant related to buckwheat and dock. It is also called prostrate knotweed, birdweed, pigweed and lowgrass. It is an annual found in fields and wasteland, with white flowers from June to October. It is widespread across many countries in temperate regions, apparently native to Eurasia and North America, naturalized in temperate parts of the Southern Hemisphere.

Description
Common knotgrass is an annual herb with a semi-erect stem that may grow from  high.  The leaves are hairless and short-stalked. They are longish-elliptical with short stalks and rounded bases; the upper ones are few and are linear and stalkless. The stipules are fused into a stem-enclosing, translucent sheath known as an ochrea that is membranous and silvery. The flowers are regular, green with white or pink margins. Each has five perianth segments, overlapping at the base, five to eight stamens and three fused carpels. The fruit is a dark brown, three-edged nut. The seeds need light to germinate which is why this plant appears in disturbed soil in locations where its seeds may have lain dormant for years.

Subspecies
Polygonum aviculare has a wide distribution as an arable weed and plant of fields, shingle, sand, roadsides, yards and waste places. There is much morphological variation among different populations and several different sub-species are recognized:
 Polygonum aviculare subsp. aviculare – very widespread
Polygonum aviculare subsp. boreale (Lange) Karlsson – Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland, Scandinavia
Polygonum aviculare subsp. buxiforme (Small) Costea & Tardif – North America
 Polygonum aviculare subsp. depressum (Meisn.) Arcang. – Europe, North America
Polygonum aviculare var. fusco-ochreatum (Kom.) A.J.Li – northeastern China, Russian Far East
Polygonum aviculare subsp. neglectum (Besser) Arcangeli – Europe, North America
 Polygonum aviculare subsp. rurivagum (Jord. ex Boreau) Berher  – Europe, North America

Distribution
Widespread and common in Great Britain, Ireland, and Scandinavia.

Habitat
Common on roadsides and arable ground in the British Isles.

Chemistry
Polygonum aviculare contains the flavonols avicularin, myricitrin, juglanin, astragalin, betmidin and the lignan aviculin.

Fossil record
One fossil fruit of Polygonum aviculare has been extracted from borehole samples of the Middle Miocene fresh water deposits in Nowy Sacz Basin, West Carpathians, Poland.

Cuisine

It formed a traditional ingredient in porridge consumed by Germanic peoples of western Europe, and has been found in numerous autopsies of peat bodies, including the Tollund Man.

In Vietnam, where it is called rau đắng, it is widely used to prepare soup and hot pot, particularly in the southern region.


Pietro Tagliavia

Pietro Tagliavia (born in 1978) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia. Despite his young age, he is considered to be one of the upcoming leading Mafiosi of Cosa Nostra in Palermo.

Mafia heritage
Pietro Tagliavia is a scion from a historical Mafia family in Palermo. His father Francesco Tagliavia (Palermo, 1954) – also known as "Ciccio Taglia" – and his grandfather and namesake Pietro Tagliavia were leading Mafiosi in the Corso dei Mille neighbourhood. The Tagliavia family owns two fish shops in the Corso dei Mille and the Piazza Sant'Erasmo in Palermo. They were involved in cigarette smuggling and drug trafficking.

His father was one of the members of a hit squad with Giuseppe Lucchese, Giovanni Drago, Filippo La Rosa, Giuseppe Graviano and Agostino Marino Mannoia that committed several murders, among others on relatives of Salvatore Contorno, a mafioso turned pentito (state witness). As an expert in explosives, Francesco Tagliavia was also involved in the bomb attack that killed Antimafia judge Paolo Borsellino on July 19, 1992. He was arrested on May 23, 1993. He received several life sentences and was submitted to the harsh Article 41-bis prison regime.

Mother aiding and abetting Cosa Nostra
His mother, Giuseppa Sansone, was the first woman to be charged with aiding and abetting Cosa Nostra in July 1997. After the arrest of her husband, she continued the family business with her son, collecting the pizzo (extortion money) and instructing drug runners. She acted as an intermediary between her husband in jail and the Graviano brothers, the Mafia bosses of Brancaccio, the mandamento of the Corso dei Mille Mafia family.

While she visited her husband in prison four times a month, he passed messages in the so-called "baccagghiu", the typical slang of the mafia. They were caught on tape and hidden cameras. Pietro and his grandfather were arrested on July 1, 1997, while his mother was arrested on July 19, 1997. On June 7, 2000, Giuseppa Sansone was sentenced to seven years in prison and her son Pietro and his grandfather were sentenced as well. She was later absolved.

Arrest
Pietro Tagliavia was arrested again on February 22, 2005, in Rome together with the reigning Mafia boss of Brancaccio, Benedetto Graviano, Cesare Lupo, and Tagliavia’s uncle Ludovico Sansone. Police described Tagliavia as one of the colonels of Graviano in charge with running protection rackets, drug dealing and public contracts in Palermo, while Graviano stayed in Rome to avoid police surveillance. Tagliavia was convicted for extortion and the sentence was confirmed in appeal to 8 years imprisonment on January 23, 2008.

After the arrest of an older generation bosses of Cosa Nostra – such as Bernardo Provenzano, Antonio Rotolo and Salvatore Lo Piccolo – in 2006 and 2007, Pietro Tagliavia, Gianni Nicchi and Salvo Riina – the second-born son of boss of bosses Totò Riina – were considered to be the upcoming young Mafia bosses. Their fate depends on the decisions of the older bosses, most of whom are in jail. According to Antonio Ingroia, one of the prosecutors of the Direzione Distrittuale Antimafia (DDA) of Palermo, the main leading figures in Cosa Nostra at the moment, Matteo Messina Denaro, Giovanni Riina, Domenico Raccuglia, Tagliavia and Nicchi, are still too young to be recognized as leading bosses of the organisation.

References and sources

 Cronologia dei fatti di mafia, Centro Siciliano di Documentazione "Giuseppe Impastato"


Cégep Garneau

The Cégep Garneau is a public French-language college in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

History
The college traces its origins to the merger of several institutions which became public ones in 1967, when the Quebec system of public colleges was created. It was established in 1969 by the merger of the Collège des Jésuites (Jesuit College) and  École normale Laval (Laval Normal school) and was until 2012 known as Collège François-Xavier-Garneau.

The college was named for François-Xavier Garneau, a nineteenth-century French Canadian notary, poet and historian.

Programs

The college offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical.

The pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matters which roughly correspond to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university.

The technical programs, which take three years to complete, apply to students who wish to be career-ready. However, many students choose to pursue a university degree. In addition, the Continuing Education Centre offers a wide variety of credit courses and programs with flexible scheduling.

Partnerships
The College of General and Vocational Education is affiliated with the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) and the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA).

Notable alumni
 Stéphane Dion
 Joseph Facal
 Philipe Vézina

Athletics

The François-Xavier-Garneau Élans are the athletic teams that represent Collège François-Xavier-Garneau in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. They compete with other schools in Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).

The college also participates in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association.


2013 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

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The Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve () is a sustainable development  reserve (RDS) in the state of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Brazil.

Location

Parts of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve lie in the municipalities of Manacapuru (3.78%), Iranduba (80.12%) and Novo Airão (16.1%), all in the state of Amazonas to the west of the city of Manaus.
It has an area of .
The reserve may be accessed from Manaus or Novo Airão by river, or by the paved AM-070 highway and the AM-352 Estrada do Manairão.

The reserve is covered in rain forest.
It extends along the right (south west) bank of the Rio Negro above the point where it joins the Solimões River to form the Amazon River.
It is surrounded on the south, west and north by the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area.
Most of the river and islands opposite the reserve are protected by the Anavilhanas National Park.
The reserve belongs to the Central Amazon Corridor and the Lower Rio Negro Mosaic.

History

The Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve was created by law 3355 of 26 December 2008 from part of the Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area.
The objective is to preserve nature and ensure the conditions needed to maintain the lifestyle of the traditional communities, and to conserve and improve the environmental management techniques developed by these communities.
It became part of the Central Amazon Ecological Corridor, established in 2002.
The deliberative council was created on 22 November 2010.
The conservation unit is supported by the Amazon Region Protected Areas Program.

Economic impact

The small farmers in the reserve are mainly engaged in agriculture, managing the timber in the forest and fishing.
At time of creation the reserve was thought to have great potential for tourism, with its lakes, beaches, creeks, flooded forests and endemic fauna.
Eco-tourism, community-based tourism and ornithological tourism were seen as being the most important.

In 2009 workshops on the Bolsa Floresta Program were given in 16 communities in the reserve.
Construction of the new bridge over the Rio Negro was expected to add pressure to the area of the reserve.
The Bolsa Floresta program, which provides monthly benefits to participants in the reserve, is designed to prevent further deforestation.
The Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform) recognised the reserve on 15 December 2009 as meeting the needs of 462 families of small rural farmers, who would qualify for PRONAF credits.

In November 2012 it was announced that the Fundação Amazonas Sustentável (FAS) and Coca-Cola Brasil would provide about R$23 million for community programs in the reserve to support income generation and forest conservation.
Coca-Cola has made large donations in the past, used for the Bolsa Floresta program where communities are paid for environmental services.
FAS is also supported by the government of the state of Amazonas and Banco Bradesco.

Notes

Sources


Sofiane Hanni

Sofiane Hanni (; born 29 December 1990) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari club Al-Gharafa and the Algeria national team.

After starting out at Nantes in France, he went on to compete professionally in Turkey, Belgium and Russia.

Hanni is an Algeria international, gaining his first cap for the full side in June 2016, aged 25, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Seychelles.

Club career

Nantes
Hanni made his professional debut on 1 December 2009 in a league match against Sedan. On 11 June 2010, he was slated to sign a one-year contract with hometown club Paris Saint-Germain. However, a week later, it was announced that he would not be joining the club due to a disagreement between the club and the player's father.

Kayseri Erciyesspor
It is tested in a second Turkish club division, Kayseri Erciyesspor. He stayed three years until the 2013 summer transfer window and despite his title of best passer and the rise of the club in the first division, it is sold at the club Ankaraspor A.Ş. 2 Turkish division.

Ankaraspor

KV Mechelen

2014–15 season

2015–16 season
This is the season when Sofiane Hanni explodes in performance. He became the offensive leader of the club and form a good duo with Tim Matthys.
He knows a discreet beginning of season, not finding the net. This changes 17 October 2015 to face meeting in Sint-Truidense accounting for 11th round of Jupiler League. It is indeed involved in the 3 goals KV Mechelen (3-0). First causing a penalty which is converted by Milos Kosanovic in the first period, and then providing an assist to Tim Matthys before scoring his first goal of the season. He is elected by the press best player of the day.

On 24 October 2015, the 12th round, during a dramatic confrontation with the Zulte Waregem that his team lost on the score of (3-4), it marks 2 goals including the second on a direct free kick. Then a week later, he scored his fourth goal of the season against Waasland-Beveren on behalf of 14th round. KV Mechelen is required (2-0) allowing it to be 11th in the standings with 15 points. The game against Oostende, when 16th round he opened the scoring for his team winning the match (2-1). On 5 December 2015, the movement in Royal Excel Mouscron, it contributes again to the win (2-3) by scoring a headed goal. He returned from the next match against Lokeren in mark at the 8th minute with a superb strike from 30 meters. Lokeren still returns to score and the match ends (1-1).

At the 30th round face Standard Liege, Hanni scored twice and two assists to address Nicolas Verdier. The meeting ended with a score of (4-0) and is involved in all the goals for his team, 16 April 2016 in the game against Charleroi in Play-Offs 2, it can not prevent the defeat of his (2-3) despite another double (one penalty) he realizes late in the game, Following its full and regular season he first won 2 May 2016 the Belgian Lion (Best Arab Player of Belgian football championship)  and 9 May 2016, he succeeded Neeskens Kebano, winning the Ebony Boot in 2016 which rewards the best African player of African origin or the Belgian championship. It is the first Algerian football player to win this trophy, at the end of the season he is the author of 17 goals and 7 assists, which he calls " His best season at the professional level ".

For his performances in Mechelen colours, Hanni was named Belgian Footballer of the Year 2015-16, attracting the attention of Ànderlecht.

Anderlecht
On 20 May 2016, Anderlecht announced the signing of Hanni from Mechelen for a fee of €3 million on a four-year contract., Hanni played his first official game with his new club in the preliminary round of the UEFA Champions League against the Russian club Rostov scored his first goal with the team and after that missing a significant opportunity by not fit, delivers an assist to Tielemans which doubles the score  in the first Continental participation in its history.

Spartak Moscow
On 31 January 2018, Hanni signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Russian defending champions Spartak Moscow.

Al-Gharafa
On 22 July 2019, Al-Gharafa has signed Hanni for one season from Spartak Moscow.

International career
Having represented France youth teams, Hanni announced his intent to represent Algeria at international level in November 2009, though he was still eligible at that moment to play for France.

In 26 March 2016, he was called up for the Algeria national team against Ethiopia in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. Hanni made his debut for Algeria in a 2–0 win over the Seychelles on 2 May 2016.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.

Honours

Club
Kayseri Erciyesspor
TFF First League: 2012–13Anderlecht'''
Belgian First Division A: 2016–17
Belgian Super Cup: 2017

Individual
Ebony Shoe Award: 2015–16
Belgian League Professional Footballer of the Year: 2015–16
Belgian Lion Award: 2016


Khyah (legendary creature)

Khyāh (Devanagari: ख्याः) (alternative spellings Khyā, Khyāk) (ख्याक) is a mythical humanoid creature in Nepalese folklore. It is depicted as a fat, hairy and short ape-like creature.

Khyahs appear in children's stories popular in Newar society. A friendly Khyah fills the home with goodness while bad ones bring trouble. A white Khyah is believed to bring good luck while a black one can create problems. Encountering a Khyah can make one ill.

In Newar culture, Khyahs attend to Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, and pictures of the deity show them guarding overflowing bags of coins. Household Khyahs usually dwell in the attic and dark storerooms. They are said to fear electric lighting.

The antithesis of the Khyah is the Kawanchā, a skeleton. Khyahs and Kawanchas appear as supporting characters in sacred dance dramas of the Newars. Images of Khyahs and Kawanchas are also placed at temples as guardians of the shrine.

Khyah dance

During the Yenya festival in Kathmandu, dance performances are held at market squares and the Durbar Square where actors dressed in Khyah costumes give dance performances. The dances, known as Khyāh Pyākhan (ख्याः प्याखं), consist of antics and tumbling.

Types of Khyah

 Bārāy Khyāh (बाराय् ख्याः) appears in rooms where girls are kept in seclusion during their rite of passage.
 Bhakun Gwārā Khyāh (भकुं ग्वारा ख्याः), literally football, rolls on the ground to move around.
 Dhāpalān Khyāh (धापलां ख्याः) is a very hairy Khyah.
 Lanpan Khyāh (लँपं ख्याः) blocks people's way on dark streets.

In popular culture

This is a traditional children's song in Newar about Dhāpalān Khyāh used in a singing game:

Kune su wala?
Dhāpalān Khyāh.
Chhu yāh wala?
Bhoy nah wala.
Chhu bhoy?
Lākhāmari bhoy.
Ulin gāh lā?
Magāh.

कुने सु वल?
धापलां ख्या:
छु या: वल?
भोय न: वल
छु भोय्?
लाखामरि भोय
उलिं गा: ला?
मगा:

Who's there downstairs?
Dhāpalān Khyāh.
What has he come for?
To eat a feast.
What feast?
A sugar cookie feast.
Is that enough?
No.


Sandbagging

Sandbagging, hiding the strength, skill or difficulty of something or someone early in an engagement, may refer to:
  in billiards and other games, deliberately playing below one's actual ability in order to fool opponents into accepting higher stakes bets, or to lower one's competitive rating in order to play in a future event with a higher handicap and consequently have a better chance to win
 Sandbagging (grappling), competing in a skill-bracket or being ranked lower than one is deemed capable of
 Sandbagging (racing), deliberately qualifying slower than what the car can actually perform
 Slow play (poker), deceptive play in poker
 Sandbagging (law), suing for a breach of a contractual representation or warranty despite having known at the time of the contract that it was untrue.
 Sandbagging (professional wrestling), where a wrestler being lifted intentionally shifts his weight to feel heavier, making the other wrestler appear weak or clumsy.


King's Theatre, Glasgow

The King's Theatre is located in Glasgow, Scotland. It was built for Howard & Wyndham Ltd under its chairman Baillie Michael Simons as a sister theatre of their Theatre Royal in the city and was designed by Frank Matcham, opening in 1904. The theatre is primarily a receiving house for touring musicals, dance, comedy and circus-type performances. The theatre also provides a prominent stage for local amateur productions. The King's Theatre also stages an annual pantomime, produced by First Family Entertainment

The theatre is currently operated by the Ambassador Theatre Group, under a lease from Glasgow City Council who own the building.

Location
The theatre occupies the corner of Bath Street and Elmbank Street, in the Charing Cross area of the city. The longer Bath Street elevation houses both the main entrance, the scenery dock and stage door. The equally decorative but shorter Elmbank Street elevation has various fire exits and the entrance to the Gallery.

History
The King's Theatre was commissioned by the theatre company Howard & Wyndham at a cost of over £50,000
and opened on 12 September 1904.

In the 1930s like many city theatres, it had been policy to close during the summer while many city residents headed to the coast for their holidays, but this all changed in 1933 when the then managing director of Howard & Wyndham, A. Stewart Cruikshank, decided to experiment with a quality show, a cocktail of music, laughter and song, to outmatch the seaside-style summer shows. The show started at 8.30pm and was changed weekly, attracting huge crowds. The record run of 31 weeks under the top billing of Dave Willis remains unbroken in variety history. The first such show was on 5 June 1933, and was imaginatively titled the Half Past Eight Show. This successful summer tradition continued, with changes becoming fortnightly to allow as many people to see it as possible.

Howard and Wyndham Ltd acquired the larger Alhambra Theatre in Waterloo Street in 1954, in anticipation of  selling their Theatre Royal in Hope Street to Roy Thomson as studios for the launch of the commercial television station STV, and the summer shows were transferred there.

The King's concentrated upon musical plays and drama and in time introduced ballet, Pavlova being greatly popular. Film seasons were introduced before 1914. Pantomime started in the 1960s only after the Alhambra Theatre closed. These lavish shows, originally funded in a joint venture by Glasgow Corporation and Edinburgh Corporation included Stanley Baxter and others. The Christmas pantomime continued as an annual feature,  with comedians and actors such as Gerard Kelly and Elaine C. Smith. There is always a healthy rivalry with other Scottish theatres to put on the biggest and best Christmas pantomimes, with the main competition to the King's in Glasgow now being the Pavilion Theatre in Renfield Street.

Over the years many actors and actresses have graced the stage of The King's. These included Laurence Olivier, Sarah Bernhardt, Ray Walston, Katharine Hepburn and Tyrone Power. The Jackson Five appeared at a Royal Variety Performance in the late 1970s.

In 1967, Howard and Wyndham sold the King's Theatre to Glasgow Corporation in the face of competition from the civic theatre movement, which was attracting Arts Council money. This secured the theatre for the future, as television and colour films had led to the closure of the majority of them in Britain.  Around the same period, the theatre gained an extension to the rear as part of the Charing Cross Complex which was built to the west of the building in the early 1970s.

However, the King's has been most famous among locals for its annual pantomime  - which has starred variety greats such as Stanley Baxter, Jimmy Logan and Rikki Fulton. In 1990 when the City of Glasgow became the first European City of Culture in Britain, the theatre was a main venue, and underwent a programme of major refurbishment.

In 2002 the theatre's day-to-day management was transferred to the Ambassador Theatre Group, becoming their first venue in Scotland, although they have since also taken over the management of the Theatre Royal at the opposite end of the city centre as well as the Edinburgh Playhouse.

In 2004, the theatre celebrated its centenary, and a one-off documentary on the theatre was broadcast on BBC1 Scotland on 31 January 2003. The programme was presented by Elaine C Smith and featured interviews with Gerard Kelly, Stanley Baxter, Paul O'Grady, Tony Roper, Nicholas Parsons and Johnny Beattie, among others.

In 2005, responsibility for production of the pantomime was transferred to the Ambassador Theatre Group subsidiary First Family Entertainment.

The building

Frank Matcham made effective use of the prominent corner site in designing the two facades of the building. Originally, an  iron canopy, made by the Saracen Foundry in Possilpark, Glasgow, wrapped around the front of the building, although this appears to have been removed by the Second World War, possibly for munitions production. The facade on Bath Street is a mix of styles, with influences of Baroque and Art Nouveau in red Dumfriesshire sandstone. A pair of two storey pavilions stand near either end of the Bath Street elevation, one providing access to the main foyer whilst the other houses the scenery dock, and opens straight onto the stage. The pavilions are topped with ball finials. Originally a female statue stood on top of either pavilion, but these were removed during the war period, to prevent them becoming damaged, however were subsequently misplaced, and have never been rediscovered.

The theatre provides seating on four levels - Stalls, Grand Circle, Upper Circle and Gallery. Matcham was famous for his innovative style of cantilever construction of the individual seating tiers, which virtually eliminated the need for supporting pillars, and the King's was no exception, with reasonable sightlines from most seats. Victorian and Edwardian theatres were almost always built to segregate patrons at each level, although subsequent modernisations often eradicate this. This has thus far not been the case in the King's, which still has separate entrances, some of which have traces of former pay boxes, now disused. The standard of seating and decoration is also less luxurious as you get further up the house. The Stalls and Grand Circle are accessed via the small main foyer, which still  impresses with its barrel vaulted ceiling, horizontal bands of red and white marble, and decorative plasterwork on the ceilings, including caryatids. The Upper Circle is accessed via a door to a stairwell to the left of the main Bath Street entrance. The Gallery is accessed via a staircase at the back of the building with its own entrance on Elmbank Street.

The auditorium seats 1,785. The ceiling panelling fans out from a single centre ceiling rose - each panel originally contained painted scenes, although they are currently plain. The proscenium is surrounded by heavy marble and plasterwork borders. Above the proscenium an elegant design with cherubs flanking a crown and a K/T emblem provides a focal point to the theatre when the curtain is down. The red curtain has simple gilding, but often remains unseen as it is unused for many of today's productions. The seats and drapes are of a rich red material. The safety curtain features a painted design of drapes, and framed in the centre is a projection screen. At Grand Circle level two boxes on either side of the auditorium continue where the grand circle balcony finishes. A further box (now disused) is located at Upper Circle level above this, with an elaborate domed canopy. Three domed alcoves sit along either side of the upper circle. Comedian and actor Billy Connolly famously described it as "like performing inside a wedding cake".

Subsequent alterations to the theatre includes the unfortunate removal of a modern canopy, which ran along most of the Bath Street elevation. This dated from around the 1950s, and was removed in 2004 during a programme of external works, which also included some stone-cleaning and refurbishment.  To complement the newly revealed exterior architecture, the facades were floodlit with coloured lights. In 1986, an extension to the western side of the Bath Street elevation provided new dressing room and office accommodation, as well as a new wardrobe room and stage door.

Restoration

In early 2008, the management of the King's Theatre announced that a full programme of interior refurbishment was planned, to restore the theatre to its full former glory, in time for the Commonwealth Games that the city is to host in 2014. Work for this restoration is expected to commence in the Summer of 2009. The firm chosen as Architects for the work are Simpson & Brown.

The theatre had its Stalls & Grand Circle seating replaced during the autumn 2009, with an authentic style appropriate to the theatre. The stalls has improved legroom and no centre aisle, improving sightlines.  The theatre is offering patrons the opportunity to sponsor a seat, with the price including a membership to the Friends scheme that the theatre operates. Other restoration work includes new carpet within the auditorium, new orchestra pit railing, and preparations for the installation of air conditioning.

Sources
 Book - Smith, Graeme - The Theatre Royal: Entertaining a Nation -
 Book - Peter, Bruce - Scotland's Splendid Theatres -
 Book - Theatres Trust - Guide to British Theatres -
 Book - Smith, Graeme - Alhambra Glasgow  -

Other areas of interest

Webpages:

 King's Theatre Pantomime
 Theatre Royal, Glasgow
 Ambassador Theatre Group

Video:

The theatre has been used for a number of recorded live performances:-

 Francie & Josie - 1988 'King's High' - An 89-minute video. A 30-minute version was broadcast on BBC Scotland on some occasions. This is now available on DVD.
 Francie & Josie - Final 'Farewell' Performance. Available on VHS and DVD.
 Chewin' the Fat Live - Live performance of the hit BBC Scotland Sketch Show
 Rikki & Me - Live performance on DVD of the story about the life of Scottish theatre and television legend Rikki Fulton.
 Different Class - The second live DVD by stand-up comedian Ed Byrne.

External links
 Pictures of the King's Theatre and other Glasgow Theatres
 Full Photographic Survey of the Interior
 360° Images of the interior.
 Frank Matcham Society

 Kings Theatre Glasgow


Hockey Premier League

The Hockey Premier League (HPL) () is a proposed international professional ice hockey league that is due to launch in time for the 2016-17 season. The teams within the HPL will act as affiliate teams to those in the KHL, in much the same way that teams in the AHL are farm teams to those in the NHL.

Some KHL teams have already agreed to operate a farm team within the HPL in this league, Dinamo Riga amongst them, therefore those teams' affiliates should leave the VHL to join this new league. As the KHL playoffs are still underway, there have been no other official statements regarding this league, however, it is rumored that the new league will contain between 18 and 22 teams.

As of May 18, it seems that the proposed league will not take place after all. Dmitry Kurbatov Executive Director of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia stated that the league will not be held, and that the VHL be consist of between 24 and 26 teams for the upcoming season.

Teams

On April 7, it was announced that the KHL has received letters of intent from twelve teams who expressed their desire to join the HPL. Nine of these teams also announced which KHL team they would be affiliated with. In addition those listed below, the newly created Hockey Club Tallinn, as well as Kazzinc-Torpedo & Saryarka Karagandy, also pledged their intent to join the league, however, they did not mention which KHL team they would affiliated with.


Robert Robinson (cricketer, born 1924)

Robert Geoffrey Robinson was an English cricketer active from 1929 to 1948 who played for Northamptonshire (Northants). He was born in Wellingborough on 23 September 1924 and died there on 21 December 1973. He appeared in four first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled left-arm orthodox spin. He scored 85 runs with a highest score of 53 and took no wickets.

Notes


Wang Wenyi

Dr. Wang Wenyi (; born 26 October 1958 in Changchun, Jilin, China) is a pathologist who once worked as a journalist for The Epoch Times. She is known for having confronted Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China in 2001, and for heckling General Secretary Hu Jintao on 20 April 2006. According to press reports, she was protesting against human rights abuse in China.<ref name ="worldtribune">Lev Navrozov Chinese Dissidents Take On Beijing Via Media Empire  About that woman who made trouble for Hu Jintao when he visited the White House</ref>

Biography
Wang Wenyi is a Chinese national who graduated as a medical doctor from the Baiqiuen Medical School, now part of Jilin University, China in 1983; holds a PhD in pharmacology from the University of Chicago, and completed her residency as a pathologist at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital.

She is a mother of two, a naturalised U.S. citizen who has lived in the United States for 20 years of her life, and who worked as a journalist for the Epoch Times,Chen, Kathy Chinese Dissidents Take On Beijing Via Media Empire The Wall Street Journal 15 November 2007 where she specialised in medical issues since about 2000. Wang had helped researching Epoch Times articles on organ harvesting.

Protests
In 2001, she penetrated a security cordon in Malta during a visit of former General Secretary Jiang Zemin and accosted him. Again, in April 2006, during CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao's visit to the United States, she used her journalist pass to gain access to a White House lawn press briefing."China and Its President Greeted by a Host of Indignities", Dana Milbank, The Washington Post, Friday, 21 April 2006; Page A02  She unfurled protest banners and loudly shouted for over two minutes, by some accounts, during a speech given by Chinese leader.

She shouted comments such as "President Bush, stop him from killing" or "President Hu, your days are numbered". Secret Service ushered Wang away from the media platform. Wang's attorney stated that there was no evidence Hu heard the statements uttered, claiming that the scuffles to take away her banner and the attempt to silence her could have caused Hu to pause in his remarks. CNN and BBC feeds of Hu's visit were interrupted by state censors in China, blacking out the protester's action.The Epoch Times reported that Wang helped research articles on organ harvesting at Sujiatun Thrombosis Hospital. She was "very overstressed," Epoch Times said, "When she saw Bush shake the hand of the Chinese leader, she felt obligated to speak out". At the time of the protest, she was not a US citizen, and could have faced deportation.

After spending the night in jail, Wang was formally charged on 21 April 2006 with "knowingly and wilfully intimidating, coercing, threatening or harassing … a foreign official performing his duties," a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison and a fine of $5,000. Bush apologised to the Chinese for the protest incident; Epoch Times'' also made an apology to the US President. Outside diplomatic circles, there were also opposite reactions to the protest in some media.

Wang said to reporters: "What I did was say just a few words at a moment in history. It was an act of conscience and an act of civil disobedience." She was released in April 21, 2006, without bail pending further proceedings. She was charged with disorderly conduct; on 21 June 2006, the U.S. Court in Washington D.C. dropped all charges against Wang. Two weeks later on 16 May 2006, Wang attended a media conference at the National Press Club with two recently released Falun Gong prisoners by her side to once again accuse China of secret organ harvesting.

Wang Wenyi's protest was reported in many international media including CNN, ABC, New York Times, New York Post, Washington Post, and the Washington Times, among others. In an April 22 editorial, the Post reportedly opined, “There's no question that it … caused Mr. Bush to be embarrassed about a lapse of protocol for a visitor acutely sensitive to diplomatic niceties. OK, but the United States shouldn't indirectly apologize to the Chinese by means of an action that affronts American values.” Washington Times made a "Nobles and knaves" editorial article about her.

Three international Chinese dissidents and attorneys announced that they would like to come to the United States to defend her and support her. Those people included attorneys Gao Zhisheng, Zhang Jiankang, and Yang Zaixin. However their applications for passports were denied by Chinese authorities.

On December 6, 2006,  Wang Wenyi was among the ten Chinese dissidents awarded with the 2006 “Hero of Freedom” Award from the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Foundation for her work with the Chinese organ harvesting project in Auckland.