McGovern Park

McGovern Park (formerly known as Emerald GAA Grounds) is the current headquarters, and principal Gaelic games facility, of the London GAA. It is situated in South Ruislip, west London and the facilities are managed by Veritable Venue Management.

The stadium is the current venue for the finals of the London football and hurling championships, and the Nicky Rackard Cup (Level 2A), as well as British inter-provincial titles among Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Scotland, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire.

History
In 1999, the original grounds did not have any scoreboard, and dugouts were situated off the opposite ends of the pitch. The pitch itself was sponsored by Bank of Ireland, and featured their crest.
Since then, a modern electronic scoreboard has been added, and dugouts have been refurnished. The ground bar has full sports coverage, including Setanta for Live GAA.
In 2016, the stadium was closed while a new stand was built, at a cost of £4.17m.  On May 28th, 2017, the stadium was reopened, with the name changed from Emerald GAA Grounds to McGovern Park. It is named after local businessman Tony McGovern, who helped fund the redevelopment.

London GAA
The Pitch is the home ground of the London hurling team, hosting the Christy Ring Cup, and the NHL. The grounds is also the home of the London Football Team, and their Allianz NFL matches are held there. The female teams play in the Brendan Martin Cup (the ladies senior football cup), and the O'Duffy Cup (camogie).

Railway Cup Final 2009
Final Score:
Munster 1-08 ---- 0–15 Ulster

On the 125th anniversary of the GAA, it was decided that the Railway Cup final of 2009 would be held in England. GAA president Christy Cooney said that this was because of England's Gaelic Development:
"It's one way of acknowledging and supporting the games in Britain by having such a high profile final here with the quality players that we have.

"Secondly Britain were keen to organise a celebration for the 125th year. We’re thrilled to be staging the final here and the players will be thrilled to come and play here."

There was, on the night before the match, a gala ceremony, with tickets costing £50. The Irish ambassador to England was there, with numerous other Irish diplomatic and Gaelic games players present. The game was held the next day, with Ulster narrowly winning by three points, which upset predictions that it would be game belonging to Munster.

Other
The GAA holds annual refereeing courses and fitness tests in the grounds. Recently, Irish rock band Bagatelle played a music festival at the clubhouse. The clubhouse hosts numerous charity events on behalf of Hillingdon.

Facilities
The grounds features a 1,950-seat stand, a renovated clubhouse, with complete changing rooms and toilets for the home and away teams respectively. There is a balcony for trophy presentations and speeches, and a large scoreboard. The grounds features special function rooms for hire. The ground floor houses a bar and dressing room, whilst the first floor holds a multi-function room. Two full size car parks are also available. The Irish national Anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, is played through speakers surrounding the grounds. The pitch is not floodlit,
meaning most games are played in the afternoon.


31st Primetime Emmy Awards

The 31st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 9, 1979. The ceremony was broadcast on ABC. It was hosted by Henry Winkler and Cheryl Ladd.  This ceremony is remembered for problems with the Pasadena Civic Auditorium's air-conditioning, as well as for Taxi's Outstanding Comedy Series victory.

The top shows of the night were Taxi, which pulled an upset in the Outstanding Comedy Series field when it beat All in the Family's final season. Lou Grant received 12 major nominations, which, it won two awards including Outstanding Drama Series.

For the first time, most of the miniseries and Television movie categories were merged into one, this would become the standard for later ceremonies, culminating with the TV Movie and Miniseries program categories combining in 2011. For this year only, the comedy and variety categories were combined in acting, directing, and writing. This combination would not stick, and the traditional categories returned the next year.

Winners and nominees

Programs

Acting

Lead performances

Supporting performances

Directing

Writing

Most major nominations
By network
 CBS – 46
 ABC – 30
 NBC – 23

 By program
 Lou Grant (CBS) – 12
 M*A*S*H (CBS) – 9
 Backstairs at the White House (CBS) – 8
 All in the Family (CBS) / The Rockford Files (NBC) / Roots: The Next Generations (ABC) – 6

Most major awards
By network
 ABC – 11
 CBS – 9
 NBC – 3

 By program
 All in the Family (CBS) / Friendly Fire (ABC) / The Jericho Mile (ABC) / Lou Grant (CBS) / Roots: The Next Generations (ABC) / Taxi (ABC) – 2

Notes


Julian Besag

Julian Ernst Besag FRS (26 March 1945 – 6 August 2010) was a British statistician known chiefly for his work in spatial statistics (including its applications to epidemiology, image analysis and agricultural science), and Bayesian inference (including Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms).

Biography

Besag was born in Loughborough and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School. He began studying engineering at the University of Cambridge but moved to the University of Birmingham to study statistics, obtaining his BSc in 1968. He then spent a year as a research assistant to Maurice Bartlett at the University of Oxford before obtaining a lectureship at the University of Liverpool. He moved to the University of Durham in 1975, where he became a professor in 1986. He was a visiting professor at the University of Washington in Seattle during 1989–90 and, after a year at Newcastle University, returned to Seattle long-term. He officially retired in 2007 but remained an emeritus professor. At his death in 2010 he was also a visiting professor at the Universities of Bath and Bristol.

Besag was an ISI highly cited researcher; his 1986 paper "On the Statistical Analysis of Dirty Pictures" was the most cited paper by a UK mathematical scientist in the 1980s. The Royal Statistical Society awarded him its Guy Medal in Silver in 1983 for his contributions to spatial statistics, and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2004.

Notable publications
Besag, J. (1974) "Spatial Interaction and the Statistical Analysis of Lattice Systems", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 36 (2), 192–236.
Besag, J. (1975) "Statistical Analysis of Non-Lattice Data." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D, 24(3), 179–195.
Besag, J. (1977) "Comments on Ripley's paper." "Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B", 39(2), 193–195
Besag, J.E. (1986) "On the Statistical Analysis of Dirty Pictures," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 48, 259–302.


1159 papal election

The papal election of 1159 (held 4–7 September) followed the death of Pope Adrian IV. It resulted in a double papal election. A majority of the cardinals elected Cardinal Rolando of Siena as Pope Alexander III, but a minority refused to recognize him and elected their own candidate Ottaviano de Monticelli, who took the name Victor IV, creating a schism that lasted until 1178.

The schism was a result of the growing tensions inside the Sacred College of Cardinals concerning the foreign policy of the Holy See. The Papal States in the 12th century were a buffer between the Holy Roman Empire and the Norman Kingdom of Sicily. After the Concordat of Worms in 1122, the Papacy allied with the Empire rather than with the Normans, but during the pontificate of Adrian IV (1154–59) this alliance broke up because Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa did not fulfil the terms of the treaty of Constance (1153) that obliged him to help the Papacy to restore its authority in Rome and in other territories controlled by the king of Sicily. In these circumstances Adrian IV decided to break the alliance with the Emperor and to make peace with William I of Sicily by signing the Treaty of Benevento (1156). In the following years there were growing tensions between the papacy and Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (e.g. a dispute at the diet of Besançon in 1157). Frederick tried – with significant success – to strengthen his influence on the Church in Germany. The change of direction of the papal foreign policy resulted in the division of the Sacred College into supporters and opponents of the new policy, who were unable to achieve a compromise after the death of Adrian IV.

The election of 1159 had also significant legal consequences. Up to that time, the election of the new Pope required unanimity among the electors, which led to the schism when the existence of factions in the Sacred College made the unanimity impossible. To avoid the schism in the future, the Third Lateran Council in 1179 promulgated the decree Licet de evitanda discordia, which established the rule that the Pope is elected with a majority of two thirds of the cardinals participating in the election.

Death of Adrian IV
Pope Adrian IV died on 1 September 1159. Fearing a possible schism, shortly before his death he recommended to the cardinals the election of Cardinal Bernard of Porto as his successor.

List of participants
There were thirty one cardinals in September 1159. One of them seems not to have participated in the election, leaving the number of thirty electors:

Five electors were created by Pope Innocent II, two by Pope Celestine II, four by Pope Lucius II, eight by Pope Eugenius III and eleven by Pope Adrian IV.

Absentee

Divisions in the Sacred College

The College of Cardinals was divided into two factions: the so-called "Sicilian" party and the Imperial faction. The "Sicilian" party, led by chancellor Rolando of Siena and Camerlengo Boso, supported the pro-Sicilian policy of Adrian IV. The Imperial faction was led by Ottaviano of S. Cecilia.

It is known that the "Sicilian" party counted thirteen cardinals. They were chancellor Roland of S. Marco, camerlengo Boso of SS. Cosma e Damiano, cardinal-bishops Bernard of Porto, Ubaldo of Ostia, Walter of Albano and Gregorio of Sabina, as well as cardinals Odone of S. Giorgio, Ubaldo of S. Croce, Ottone of S. Nicola, Ardicio of S. Teodoro, Giovanni of S. Anastasia, Ildebrando of SS. Apostoli and Pietro of S. Eustachio.

The Imperial party may have counted as many as nine cardinals. but only six can be identified as its members: Ottaviano of S. Cecilia, Giovanni of SS. Silvestro e Martino, Guido of S. Maria in Trastevere, Imar of Tusculum, Raymond of S. Maria in Via Lata and Simeone of S. Maria in Domnica Guglielmo of S. Pietro in Vincoli was probably the seventh one. Perhaps Cardinal Cinzio of S. Adriano also belonged to this faction. The remaining ten cardinals were neutral.

It is believed that both factions made some preparations to the election in the last months of the pontificate of Adrian IV, although these attempts are known only from the hostile accounts produced for the polemical purposes during the subsequent schism and it is impossible to verify their accuracy. Both sides accused each other of illegal conspiracies. The adherents of Victor IV accused "Sicilians" of receiving the bribes from the king William I of Sicily and the anti-Imperial cities of Brescia, Milan and Piacenza. They ostensibly made an oath not to vote for any candidate outside their circle. On the other hand, "Sicilians" accused imperialists of hatching a plot with the imperial envoy Otto von Wittelsbach, who was present at Rome at the time of the election and gave the significant support to Victor IV in taking control over the Patrimony of St. Peter. It is known that the secular adherents of Cardinal Ottaviano de Monticelli, who was related to the powerful family of the counts of Tusculum, were prepared for the armed confrontation in Rome. Evidently, neither party was prepared for compromise.

Proceedings

Election of Alexander III

The cardinals assembled in the Vatican Basilica on 4 September, three days after the death of Adrian IV. They had decided that, according to the custom, the election should be unanimous to be valid. It seems that the candidature of Bernard of Porto, recommended by Adrian as acceptable for both factions, had never been even advanced. Both parties put forward candidates mutually unacceptable: the imperial party proposed Ottaviano de Monticelli, while "Sicilians" proposed chancellor Rolando. The cardinals discussed for three days without achieving a compromise. However, the "Sicilian" party was able to join all the neutral cardinals and probably detached also some members of the imperial faction. On the fourth day (7 September), Cardinal Rolando of Siena was proclaimed pope by them and took the name Alexander III, although the unanimity had not been achieved and some cardinals still opposed his candidature. According to the manifest of Alexandrine party of October 1159 and an account of Cardinal Boso, on that day Rolando received the votes of all cardinals assembled except three: those of Ottaviano of S. Cecilia, Giovanni of SS. Silvestro e Martino and Guido of S. Maria in Trastevere. Then supporters of Rolando recognized that “It seemed inappropriate that ... the apostolic see ... should remain any longer without a ruler because of the contentiousness of the aforesaid [three] men”. On the other hand, the opposite party claimed that Ottaviano had still nine votes, and that the "Sicilian" party, having majority, simply broke the rule that required unanimity for the valid election. However, the version of the imperial cardinals is believed to be less reliable than the version of the Alexandrine party, even if the latter may be also not fully accurate; based on the subscriptions of the manifests of both parties issued shortly after the election, it is possible to assume that at least twenty-three electors voted for Rolando, and no more than six opposed him.

Election of Victor IV

The electors of Cardinal Rolando, immediately after proclaiming him Pope, attempted to place upon him the purple mantle which symbolized the assumption of the papal office, but then the election entered the tumultuous stage. Cardinal Ottaviano Monticelli snatched the mantle from Alexander’s back and his armed bands burst into the basilica. Alexander III and his supporters fled to the citadel of St. Peter, which was in the hands of Cardinal Boso. In their absence, the few cardinals who remained in basilica elected Ottaviano of S. Cecilia to the papacy and enthroned him as Victor IV. The exact number of his electors is not known, but there are good reasons to believe that it was six, including Ottaviano himself, since only five cardinals signed the manifest in his favour in the following month. However, it is possible that some additional cardinals participated in the election of Victor IV but very quickly joined the obedience of Alexander III.

Consecration of Alexander III

Pope Alexander III remained in the citadel for a week until he was rescued and escorted from Rome by Odo Frangipane, and on September 18 he was eventually bestowed with the purple mantle. On 20 September at the small village of Ninfa, south-east of Velletri, he was consecrated bishop of Rome by Cardinal Ubaldo Allucingoli, bishop of Ostia e Velletri, and crowned by Cardinal Odone Bonecase, protodeacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro. On 27 September he excommunicated Victor IV and his adherents.

Consecration of Victor IV

Victor IV was consecrated on 4 October in the abbey of Farfa by Cardinal-Bishop Imar of Tusculum, dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, assisted by the bishops Ubaldo of Ferentino and Riccardo of Melfi. With the armed assistance of Otto von Wittelsbach and his own armed groups in relatively short time he took control over the City of Rome and the Patrimony of St. Peter, while Alexander III took refuge in the territory of the Kingdom of Sicily, and later in France.

Manifests of both factions in October 1159

Both rivals together with their adherents defended the legality of their elections. In October 1159 cardinals of both obediences produced the manifests to the Emperor Frederick in favour of their elects. The “Alexandrine” manifest was subscribed by twenty three cardinals, while that of Victorine faction only by five. Supporters of Victor IV, admitting that they were in minority, justified their action by the fact that the opposite faction broke the rule of unanimity and – in consequence – the election of Rolando was invalid. The opposite party claimed that the principle of unanimity had been breached by the obstructive conduct of merely three cardinals of the Imperial faction, who stubbornly refused to recognize the candidate desired by the rest of the Sacred College.

Final division of the Sacred College of Cardinals in October 1159

Simeone Borelli joined the obedience of Alexander III already at the end of 1159. Raymond of S. Maria in Vi Lata did the same between February and April 1160. Besides, at the end of 1159 Victor IV created at least three new cardinal-deacons: Bernard of SS. Sergio e Bacco, Giovanni of S Maria in Aquiro and Lando of S. Angelo, while Alexander III appointed on February 18, 1160 cardinal-deacon Milo of S. Maria in Aquiro.

Schism
Both popes sent their legates to the Catholic kingdoms in order to secure their recognition. At the council of Pavia in February 1160 Emperor Frederick I declared himself in favour of Victor IV, and the episcopate of the Empire followed him, with the significant exception of archbishop of Salzburg Eberhard I von Hilpolstein-Biburg and his suffragans. King Valdemar I of Denmark also gave his support to Victor IV, but the primate of Denmark archbishop Eskil of Lund became partisan of Alexander III. It seems that Poland also supported Victor IV. The rest of Europe, namely France, England, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Scotland, Hungary, Sicily and the Latin territories in Outremer, recognized Alexander III as true Pope, even if in some of these countries there were a significant Victorine minorities in episcopates or among feudal rulers. The papal schism in Europe was now a fact.

The unity of the Church had been restored only after eighteen years, when Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and Pope Alexander III signed a Treaty of Venice (1 August 1177); shortly thereafter the pro-imperial pope Callistus III (successor of Victor IV) abandoned his claims to the papacy and submitted to Alexander III (29 August 1178). Victor IV and his successors Paschal III (1164–68) and Callistus III (1168–78) are now regarded as antipopes by the Catholic Church, while Alexander III is recognized as legitimate successor of St. Peter the Apostle.

Aftermath
The election of 1159 and the subsequent schism showed the necessity of amending the rules concerning papal elections. The decree Licet de evitanda discordia issued by the Third Lateran Council in 1179 abolished the rule of unanimity in favour of the rule of the majority of two thirds. The decree confirmed also that all three orders of the College of Cardinals (bishops, priests and deacons) are equal in the papal elections. Although the practice allowing the participation of cardinal-priests and cardinal-deacons on equal rights with cardinal-bishops had been introduced no later than in the papal election, 1118, the decree In Nomine Domini (1059) conferring the special electoral rights on the cardinal-bishops had never been formally revoked up to that time.


D. A. Clarke-Smith

D. A. Clarke-Smith (2 August 1888 – 12 March 1959) was a British actor.

He was born on 2 August 1888 at Montrose, Scotland. He was educated at the University of Oxford, studying law and voice culture, and while there joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society. His stage career was interrupted by the First World War. After the Armistice, he joined the Birmingham Repertory Company and later came to the London stage.

He died on 12 March 1959, at Withyham in Sussex, England.

Partial filmography

 Atlantic (1929) - Freddie Tate-Hughes
 Bracelets (1931) - Joe le Sage
 Michael and Mary (1931) - Harry Price
 The Old Man (1931) - John Lorney
 Shadows (1931) - Gruhn
 The Frightened Lady (1932) - Dr. Amersham
 Help Yourself (1932) - Maj. Fred Harris
 A Voice Said Goodnight (1932, Short) - Philip Gaylor
 White Face (1932) - Dr. Rudd
 Illegal (1932) - Franklyn Dean
 The Good Companions (1933) - Ridvers
 Waltz Time (1933) - Meyer
 The Ghoul (1933) - Mahmoud
 Head of the Family (1933) - Welsh
 I Was a Spy (1933) - President of Investigation Board (uncredited)
 Mayfair Girl (1933) - Captain Merrow
 Smithy (1933) - Boyd
 Friday the Thirteenth (1933) - Max
 Turkey Time (1933) - Westbourne
 The Thirteenth Candle (1933) - Blades
 The Laughter of Fools (1933) - Plunket
 I'm an Explosive (1933) - Lord Ferndale
 High Finance (1933) - Dodman
 Follow the Lady (1933) - Flash Bob
 The Perfect Flaw (1934) - Louis Maddox
 Flat Number Three (1934) - Kettler
 Designing Women (1934) - Bowsfield
 Keep It Quiet (1934) - Vendervell
 Warn London (1934) - Dr. Nicoletti
 A Cup of Kindness (1934) - Mr. Jim Finch
 Passing Shadows (1934) - Stranger
 Money Mad (1934) - Phillips
 The Feathered Serpent (1934) - Joe Farmer
 Menace (1934) - Sir Robert Conway
 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) - Binstead
 Lorna Doone (1934) - Counsellor Doone
 Key to Harmony (1935) - Rupert Golder
 Regal Cavalcade (1935) - Narrator (voice)
 Murder by Rope (1936) - Hanson
 Southern Roses (1936) - Senor Estrello
 The Happy Family (1936) - Mr. Harrison
 Cafe Colette (1937)
 Splinters in the Air (1937) - Warrant Officer
 Little Miss Somebody (1937) - Mr. Borden
 I've Got a Horse (1938) - Fowler, Kings Counsel
 Wanted by Scotland Yard (1939) - Inspector Williams
 Flying Fifty-Five (1939) - Jacques Gregory
 Frieda (1947) - Herriot
 Quo Vadis (1951) - Phaon
 Something Money Can't Buy (1952) - Critic
 The Pickwick Papers (1952) - Dodson
 The Sword and the Rose (1953) - Consul Laurence (uncredited)
 Beau Brummell (1954) - Sir John Wyatt (uncredited)
 The Man Who Never Was (1956) - Consul Laurence (uncredited)
 The Baby and the Battleship (1956) - The Admiral

He also did some television work from 1937 onwards.

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T-Bone Slim

Matti Valentin Huhta (1880–1942), better known by his pen name T-Bone Slim, was a humorist, poet, songwriter, hobo, and labor activist, who played a prominent role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

Life
Huhta was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, to Matti and Johanna Huhta, Finnish immigrants from Kälviä, Finland. As a young man he married Rosa Kotila of Ashtabula, with whom he had four children. The marriage ended when the children were young, and he left Ohio, having no further contact with Rosa or the children.

He worked briefly as a reporter for the daily News-Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota but resigned after an editor "misquoted him and balled up his article" about an IWW mass meeting.  According to one account, this was when he joined the Industrial Workers of the World or "Wobblies", as they are sometimes called. Over a period of twenty years Huhta contributed numerous articles and songs to  IWW publications and was widely regarded as one of the union's finest writers.
He was a regular columnist for Industrial Solidarity and later wrote for the Industrial Worker and Industrialisti.

In addition to his writing, he supported himself in various ways. His experience working on docks and barges around the country had by the mid-1930s garnered him a position as barge captain in New York City.   On May 15, 1942 Huhta's body was found floating in the Hudson River, where it appeared to have been for several days. The death was ruled an accidental drowning although the exact circumstances were unclear. There was no funeral, and in the end Huhta was buried in a potter's field on Hart Island.

Legacy
Following his death, T-Bone Slim became a source of inspiration for the emerging American surrealist movement, and during the 1960s there was renewed interest in his songs when they were sung by activists during the Civil Rights Movement. In an interview Noam Chomsky cited T-Bone Slim as one of his favorite Wobbly singers.

A number of T-Bone Slim's songs can be found in the Little Red Songbook. Among the best known are The Popular Wobbly, Mysteries Of A Hobo's Life, and The Lumberjack's Prayer. First published by the IWW in 1909, the songbook has never gone out of print. The IWW brought out the 38th edition in 2010  and the Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company has other works by T-Bone Slim in its catalog. For a long time, there were no known photographs of T-Bone Slim, but the cartoon sketch at the head of his column was said to have been a good likeness. However, in 2019 photos of him resurfaced

The first Finnish translation of T-Bone Slim's writings was published in 2013.

Selected works
IWW Songbook 1920
Power of These Two Hands 1922
Starving Amidst Too Much 1923

Quotes
"Wherever you find injustice, the proper form of politeness is attack."
"Always keep yourself fit to serve mankind. Watch yourself, do not watch the boss. Never exhaust yourself — there is nothing more disgusting than a man staggering home from work 'dog-tired', helplessly falling into a chair to have his child remove his shoes; then grabbing a hasty feverish supper; saying good-night to his family and rolling into bed half-washed, to repeat the same thing three hundred and twelve times per year, or until sickness puts a stop to his mad career."
"Tear Gas: the most effective agent used by employers to persuade their employees that the interests of capital and labor are identical."
Only the poor break laws—the rich evade them.


Haslach

Haslach (also spelled Haßlach) is a German word derived from Old High German hasala ("hazel") and aha ("running water"). It may refer to:
 Places
 Haslach, a former town in Alsace, France, consisting of modern Niederhaslach and Oberhaslach
 Haslach (Freiburg), part of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
 Haslach an der Mühl, a municipality in the Rohrbach district in Austria
 Haslach im Kinzigtal, a municipality in the district Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
 Rivers
 Haslach (Rot), an eastern tributary to the river Rot in Upper Swabia, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
 Hasslach, a river in Bavaria, Germany
 People
 Patricia M. Haslach (born before 1988), U.S. diplomat
 Other uses
 Battle of Haslach-Jungingen, fought 1805 at Ulm-Jungingen near the Danube between French and Austrian forces during the War of the Third Coalition
 Gunz-Haslach interglacial, a warm period of the Pleistocene epoch preceding the Haslach glaciation
 Haslach glaciation, a cold period of the Pleistocene epoch
 Haslach-Mindel interglacial, a warm period of the Pleistocene epoch following the Haslach glaciation


Kazuma Okamoto

is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

He was played at the . On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.

On February 27, 2019, he was selected for Japan national baseball team at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.


Charles H. Beeson

Charles Henry Beeson (1870–1949) was an American classical scholar. His book  A Primer of Medieval Latin: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry (1925) has remained one of the leading texts for learning post-classical Latin. In addition, he was an active researcher and reviewer, especially for the journal Classical Philology. In 1935, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Beeson was born in Columbia City, Indiana. In 1893, he received his A.B. in classics from Indiana University. In 1895, he received his A.M. from Indiana. In 1907, he received his Ph.D. from Munich University.

During World War I, he worked in the Military Intelligence Division (MID) Cryptography Department (MI-8).

Publications

Books
 A Primer of Medieval Latin: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Chicago, 1925.

Articles
 The Vocabulary of the Annales Fuldenses, Speculum Vol. 1 (1), Jan. 1926: 31-37
 Isidore's Institutionum Disciplinae and Pliny the Younger, Classical Philology Vol. 8 (1), Jan. 1913: 93-98
 The Text Tradition of Donatus' Commentary on Terence, Classical Philology  Vol. 17 (4), Oct. 1922: 283-305
 The Archetype of the Roman Agrimensores, Classical Philology  Vol. 23 (1), Jan. 1928: 1-14
 The Manuscript Problem of Vitruvius, Classical Philology Vol. 30 (4) Oct. 1935: 342-347
 The Text History of the Corpus Caesarianum, Classical Philology Vol. 35 (2), Apr. 1940: 113-125
 The Collectaneum of Hadoard, Classical Philology Vol. 40 (4), Oct. 1945: 201-222
 The Manuscripts of Bede, Classical Philology Vol. 42 (2), Apr. 1947: 73-87
 Lupus of Ferrières and Hadoard, Classical Philology Vol. 43 (3) Jul. 1948: 190-191


Principality of Upper Hungary

The Principality of Upper Hungary (; , "Middle Hungary") was a short lived Ottoman vassal state ruled by Imre Thököly.

Background

The region of Upper Hungary was considered to be an appanage principality, and it was usually managed by the heir of Hungarian throne, or by a brother of the reigning king. This territory would be administrated from the city of Pozsony (, today's Bratislava). After peace treaty of Vasvár was signed in 1664, loyalty felt by Hungarians towards Habsburg dynasty was in decline. Imperial administration acted against interests of the Hungarian estates. In 1671 a rebellion was successfully thwarted. However, a year later Mihály Teleki led a more successful rebellion. In 1680 Imre Thököly became the leading figure of the rebellion. These rebellions were supported and sustained by the Ottoman state and the Principality of Transylvania.

Establishment and later history
The principality was established on 19 November 1682. The polity agreed to pay 20,000 gold to the Ottomans annually. In 1685 Thököly was defeated at Eperjes (present-day Prešov) and the Turks imprisoned him because of his previous negotiations with Leopold therefore his realm ceased to exist.


Act Relative to Incorporations for Manufacturing Purposes of 1811

The Act relative to incorporations for manufacturing purposes passed by the 34th New York State Legislature on March 22, 1811, was the first law in the US giving a general authorization for formation of corporations. Whereas previously all corporations had to be formed by legislative charter, the 1811 act created a procedure for incorporation of manufacturing firms capitalized at $100,000 or less.

Background
Following the Embargo Act of 1807 and Non-Intercourse Act (1809), the United States found itself on a war footing and facing a shortage of textiles and other manufactured goods. New York Governor Daniel D. Tompkins announced the need for economic independence, and the state legislature approved a rising number of manufacturing charters. The need for domestic thread production sufficed as political justification for the groundbreaking law.

General incorporation laws had already been issued for religious organizations (1784), colleges (1787), municipalities (1788), libraries (1792), medical groups (1806), and turnpikes (1807), providing models for the legislation, and ensuring public familiarity with the concept.

Content

The law authorized groups of five or more to form a manufacturing corporation with lifespan of twenty years. It applied to various types of fabric production and metalworking. The corporation so formed was to be governed by no more than nine trustees, and have capital stock of no more than $100,000.

The law extended incomplete limited liability for the shareholders of the corporations, stipulating in Section 7 that "for all debts which shall be due and owing by the company at the time of its dissolution, the persons then composing such company shall be individually responsible to the extent of their respective shares of stock in the said company, and no further...".

Upon depositing a certificate with the New York Secretary of State,

the persons who shall have signed and acknowledged the said certificate, and their successors, shall, for the term of twenty years next after the day of filing such certificate, be a body politics and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name stated in such certificate, and by that name they and their successors shall and may have succession, and shall be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, pleasing and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever; and they and their successors may have a common seal, and the same may make, alter, and change at their pleasure; and that they and their successors, by their corporate name, shall in law be capable of buying, purchasing, holding and conveying, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, wares, and merchandise, whatsoever, necessary to enable the said company to carry on their manufacturing operations mentioned in such certificate.

Development

The Act expired after five years and lapsed for a week before a one-year renewal in 1816; it lapsed again and was renewed for five years in 1818. In 1821 it was made permanent and remained law until 1890. Its scope was progressively broadened to include clay, then pinmakers and beer brewers, then leather makers, then salt makers.

The law was followed in other states by similar laws. In October 1814, New York passed  "An act to encourage privateering associations", a general incorporation law for privateers.

Results

By 1818, one hundred and twenty-nine manufacturing firms had incorporated in New York. By 1848, 362 firms had incorporated under the Act (compared to 150 manufacturing firms and 1220 companies total incorporated by legislative charter). Of the 362 corporations created under the new law, 226 dealt with textiles, 62 with metal, and 15 with glassware.


Wrestle-1 Grand Prix

Wrestle-1 Grand Prix is a professional wrestling tournament run by the Wrestle-1 promotion in Japan. It was inaugurated in 2015.

The tournament takes its name from a similar tournament done by the Wrestle-1 joint venture cards in 2005; however that tournament never finished, as the promotion broke up in October 2 of that year, before the semifinals could take place.

Results

List of winners
2015: Manabu Soya
2016: Manabu Soya
2017: Jiro Kuroshio
2018: Shotaro Ashino
2019: Daiki Inaba

2015
The 2015 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix, was held from held from August 2 to August 30. The tournament featured 21-man single-elimination tournament The first two rounds were held on individual nights, with round one and The winner of the tournament get a shot for The Wrestle-1 Championship

2016
The 2016 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix is scheduled to take place between June 15 and July 1.

2017
The 2017 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix took place on July 12.

2018
The 2018 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix took place on July 1 and July 18.

2019
The 2019 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix took place on June 2 and July 2.


Esfanjan, Fars

Esfanjan (, also Romanized as Esfanjān) is a village in Posht Par Rural District, Simakan District, Jahrom County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 365, in 101 families.


Lake Casa Blanca

Lake Casa Blanca is a reservoir on the Chacon Creek, 5 miles (8 km) northeast of downtown Laredo, Texas, United States.  The reservoir was formed in 1951 by the construction of a dam to provide recreational opportunities for the residents of Webb County. The current dam is the second built across the creek - a previous dam built in 1946 failed the following year during the initial attempted impounding of a reservoir.  There are residential properties along the lake as well as a Texas state park. 525 acres surrounding the lake is a park that was operated jointly by the City of Laredo and Webb County before it was leased by the state in 1990 and opened in March 1991 as the Lake Casa Blanca International State Park. Lake Casa Blanca is fed by the Chacon Creek and San Ygnacio Creek.

Fish and plant life
Lake Casa Blanca has been stocked with species of fish intended to improve the utility of the reservoir for recreational fishing.  Fish present in Lake Casa Blanca include carp, hybrid striped bass, catfish, and largemouth bass.

Recreational uses
Recreational uses of the park include
cooking out, camping, picnicking,
swimming, skiing boating,
mountain biking, and the most popular recreational
use of the lake is fishing. Boat ramps are
available throughout the lake. Lake Casa Blanca
formerly supplied water to the Casa Blanca Golf
Course nearby until drought conditions forced
alternative means to be explored.

External links
Lake Casa Blanca - Texas Parks & Wildlife
Casa Blanca lake - Handbook of Texas Online

Casa Blanca


Artur Martin Schwarz

Artur Martin Schwarz (1887–1963) was an Austrian orthodontist who is credited for developing Schwarz double plates in 1956. His appliance later served as a basis for the development of the Twin Block Appliance, which promotes growth of the lower jaw, for example to treat overbite.

Life
Schwarz received his medical degree from Medical University of Vienna in 1913. He served as a military surgeon in World War I. After the war, he studied and practiced otorhinolaryngology under Neumann until 1924. In 1928, Schwarz became the leader of the School Dental Service of Vienna Dental Society after he was introduced to the practice by Gottlieb. Schwarz then became Director of Kieferorthopaedia of Vienna Polyclinic in 1939. At the same time, Schwarz worked with Hans Peter Bimler whom he taught until 1941. Under Schwarz, the orthodontic service was expanded to cover 3000 patients at that place and in 1951, he received the Professor Extraordinary award from the Polyclinic.

Orthodontics
Artur Schwarz wrote more than 160 scientific papers on the genesis of anomalies, tissue changes related to tooth movement, and orthodontic diagnosis and treatment. He wrote Lehrgang der Gebiss-Regelung, a two volume periodic literature. (A third edition was published in 1961 by Urban and Schwarzenberg).

His double active plate tried to combine the effect of an activator appliance and dental plates by creating two separate plates for each arch. These double plates resembled activators in two pieces.


Los Premios 40 Principales for Best Spanish Festival, Tour or Concert

The Premio 40 Principales for Best Spanish Festival, Tour or Concert (often shortened to Best Tour), is an honor presented annually at Los Premios 40 Principales. Although it is regarded as a Spanish award, international stars such as Maná or U2 have won it.


Rashed Al Hajri

Rashed Al Hajri (Arabic:راشد الهاجري) (born 25 April 1995) is a Emirati footballer. He currently plays for Ajman as a forward .

External links


Brems, Indiana

Brems is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

History
A post office was established at Brems in 1911, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1924.

Geography
Brems is located at .


Graphium idaeoides

Graphium idaeoides (Philippine butterfly) is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is a perfect mimic of Idea leuconoe.


Kim Kang-min

Kim Kang-min (Hangul: 김강민, Hanja: 金江珉) (born September 13, 1982 in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean center fielder who plays for the SK Wyverns in the Korea Baseball Organization. He bats and throws right-handed.

External links
 Career statistics and player information from the KBO official website

Professional career

Awards and honors
2010 Golden Glove Award (Outfielder)


Solariella luteola

Solariella luteola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.

Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Three Kings Islands at a depth of 260 m.


Magdalena Zyzak

Magdalena Zyzak (born 1983) is a Polish filmmaker and novelist. Her directorial debut, Maya Dardel, premiered in the Narrative Competition at the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival and was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Orion Pictures. She went on to direct The Wall of Mexico, which premiered at South by Southwest in 2019, and then When I'm a Moth. Zyzak's novel, The Ballad of Barnabas Pierkiel was published by Henry Holt in 2014.

Early life and education
Zyzak was born in 1983 in Zabrze, Poland. In 2002, she moved to the US to study film production and literature at the University of Southern California. After producing the feature film Redland, Magdalena attended Columbia University’s graduate program in creative writing and received an MFA.

Career
Zyzak's first feature film, produced and co-written with director Asiel Norton, Redland, a wilderness drama, was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and was picked as one of the Top Fourteen Films of the Year by Hammer to Nail.
She went on to produce a second feature film directed by Asiel Norton, Orion, a post-apocalyptic fable, shot in the ruins of Detroit, starring David Arquette, Lily Cole and Goran Kostic. In 2016, she shifted from producing to directing and teamed up with Zachary Cotler to found The Winter Film Company. Zyzak's first film as a director, Maya Dardel, starring Lena Olin, Jordan Gavaris, Alexander Koch, Nathan Keyes, and Rosanna Arquette, was released in 2017. Zyzak and filmmaking partner Zachary Cotler received Best Screenplay for Maya Dardel at the Prague Independent Film Festival  and Best Director for Maya Dardel at the 2017 Raindance Film Festival. Zyzak has been honored by the national foundation Teraz Polska as an outstanding cultural figure of the Polish community abroad. Her most recent film stars Addison Timlin as the young Hillary Clinton.

Filmography
Maya Dardel (2017)
The Wall of Mexico (2019)
When I'm a Moth (2019)

Bibliography
The Ballad of Barnabas Pierkiel (2014)


Farhadgerd

Farhadgerd (; also Romanized as Farhādgerd; also known as Farāgerd, Farāh Gird, and Farājerd) is a city in the Central District, in Fariman County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,620, in 1,607 families.


Ella Donovan

Ella Donovan was a prominent figure and a full time organiser in the Stepney Tenants Defence League, a communist led grassroots organisation that organised Rent Strikes in the 1930s. She taught tenants how to organise, determine their legal rights and collectively fight landlords.

Biography
The Stepney Tenants’ Defence League was organised by the Communist Front and women chaired most of the tenants’ committees formed in tenement blocks, organised opposition to attempted evictions attempts, and even demonstrated in the West End of London to highlight the plight of east London slum-dwellers.
In 1938 the decontrol of much housing in the area and proposed rent increases of up to 40% led to STDL becoming even more active, and Ella Donovan, the wife of an unemployed hall porter, became a full-time organizer. This was a time when women who previously had not been engaged in activism, ‘lost their fear of the landlord and learnt their own organized power’ in Ella’s own words.

By the end of January 1939, the STDL had four central officers and 10 local committees, and could count on nearly 5000 affiliated members. By the end of February, the STDL had recovered £10,000 in overcharged rents and had won rent reductions totalling £18,000. It had also forced landlords to carry out numerous repairs.

The historian Sarah Glynn highlights the importance of these strikes which: “proved the determination of the women, who bore the brunt of these struggles and sometimes found themselves picketing through weeks of winter cold.”

Noreen Branson notes "It was the women who did the picketing, women who often dominated the committees making up the Stepney Tenants’ Defence League, women who came out on demonstrations. It was, of course, partly because the men were at work, and the women were at home where the action was taking place." Despite their impressive political credentials as activists, the women prominent in the Stepney rent strikes did not reach the same heights of political office as the men.


Pratap Narayan Mishra

Pratap Narayan Mishra (24 September 1856 – 6 July 1894) was a Hindi essayist in British India. He is famous for exhorting all Indians to chant and believe in "Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan".

His famous literary works were Bharat Durdasha, Lokokti Shatak, Shriprem Puran, Prarthana Shatak, Kali Kautuk, Trupantam, Hathi Hammir, Braidala Swagat and Kanpur Mahamatya.


Atalanta (1915 automobile)

The Atalanta was an English automobile manufactured in Greenwich, southeast London (then part of Kent until 1941) from 1915 to 1917. One of a number of light car companies to start business during the First World War, the Atalanta was one of the latest startups. The 9 hp light car sold for £195 with a non-proprietary four-cylinder 1097 cc engine.

The wartime economy was not good to them, and the business closed their doors by February 1917.

The company had no connection with the better known Atalanta of Staines, Middlesex made between 1937 and 1939.


Beekman Native Plant Arboretum

The Beekman Native Plant Arboretum is a three-acre (12,000 m²) arboretum in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, that features trees, shrubs and herbs from eight zones of the Siskiyou and Cascade mountains in Southern Oregon. It is located behind the historic Beekman House at 352 East California Street in Jacksonville and is named for Jacksonville pioneer Cornelius C. Beekman.

The Arboretum contains more than 175 species from the high deserts of Eastern Oregon, high-altitude subalpine slopes around Crater Lake, and serpentine soils of the Siskiyou Mountains. It features species from the chaparral, low-elevation forest and riparian zones, including grassland plants, lodgepole pine and sagebrush, buckwheat, penstemon and balsam root, and a bog with skunk cabbage and wild ginger. Most plants are labeled with name and habitat. Two footbridges cross a seasonal stream.

The arboretum was designed by Alan Horobin, in collaboration with the Jacksonville Woodlands Association, organized in 1989 to preserve the woodlands behind the Beekman House.

In March, 2000, John and Joyce Jackson, of Kingwood, Texas, concluded their nationwide project to plant trees in each state at a location containing the name of Jackson by planting five trees at the arboretum. The occasion of planting in their 50th state was marked with a ceremony hosted by the chamber of commerce and attended by many in the community.


Aechmea 'Hellfire'

'Hellfire' is a hybrid cultivar of the genus Aechmea in the Bromeliad family.


Open golf tournament

The descriptor "open" is used in a number of sports, and especially in golf, to describe a tournament that is "open" — in theory to all — rather than being closed, i.e., one that is restricted to a particular group. Thus, an amateur tournament, e.g., the U.S. Amateur, is not open, because it is, by definition, closed to professional golfers.  The first precise usage of the adjective “open” in golf was in 1861 when the Prestwick Golf Club opened its Medal competition (launched the previous year for professionals only) to amateurs as well; ever since, The Open Championship has been open to all. Any golfer can, in theory, play in The Open either by invitation or by various forms of qualification. In practice, the event is a professional tournament in which a small number of the world’s leading amateurs also play, by invitation or qualification.

Over time the descriptor "open" has been extended to include the premier national tournaments of many countries (starting with the U.S. Open in 1895) and also (mainly in the United States) to some other tournaments, e.g., the Buick Open.

Principal national "Opens"

PGA Tour
United Kingdom – The Open Championship
United States – U.S. Open
Canada – Canadian Open

PGA European Tour
United Kingdom The Open Championship
Austrian Open
China Open
Hong Kong Open
South African Open
Malaysian Open
Indian Open
Indonesia Open
Turkish Open
Madeira Island Open
Portuguese Open
Asian Open
Spanish Open
Italian Open
Irish Open
Wales Open
French Open
European Open
Scottish Open
Dutch Open
Russian Open

Asian Tour
Bangladesh Open
Brunei Open
Mauritius Open
Korea Open
Myanmar Open
Pakistan Open
Philippine Open
Singapore Open
Thailand Open (golf)

Sunshine Tour
Africa Open
South African Open
Zambia Open
Zimbabwe Open

PGA Tour Latinoamérica
Argentine Open
Colombian Open
Dominican Republic Open
Ecuador Open
Guatemala Open
Mexican Open
Peru Open

LPGA Tour
Women's Australian Open
Women's British Open
Canadian Women's Open
New Zealand Women's Open
Ladies Scottish Open
United States Women's Open Championship

Ladies European Tour
Open de España Femenino
Open de France Dames
Women's Indian Open
Qatar Ladies Open

Others
Australian Open
Japan Open
Kazakhstan Open
Kenya Open
New Zealand Open


Gale S. McLaughlin

Gale Sherwood McLaughlin (March 2, 1933 - June 12, 2018) was a Canadian politician. Born at Seal Cove on the island of Grand Manan, he was the son of Gerald and Doris (Wilcox) McLaughlin. Previous to being elected, he worked as a merchant, lobster buyer and weir fisherman on the island. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1957 to 1960 as member of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick from the constituency of Charlotte.


Mads Berven

Mads Falck Berven (born 23 May 1977 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and law graduate from University of Bergen, known from a series of albums and cooperations with the like of Øystein Moen, Eirik Hegdal, Magne Thormodsæter, Ole Marius Sandberg, Kåre Opheim, Gard Nilssen, Per Jørgensen, Olav Dale and Helén Eriksen.

Career
Berven received lessons in piano and violin at a young age, and started playing classical guitar with Stein-Erik Olsen in 1992.  He is educated on the Jazz programme at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium (2003–07), and has played with a wide variety of artists and has many band projects. He was among other things for a number of years regular guitarist in Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band.

Berven play in bands like "Dawn", "Robaat", "Duoz" for "Derreck" with John Hegre, "No får det vere rock", with Ole Thomsen and Ola Høyer and "Kniv og Taffel SwingJazz Orkester". He debuted as a solo artist with the album Mountains & the Sea (2011), an album with Kåre Opheim (drums) and Anders Bitustøyl (bass).

Honors
Winner of "Kronstadfestivalen" within the Rock band "BLY" 1994
This years Live Band within Kniv og Taffel" 2002
Bergen Kommunes Etableringsstipend 2008
Vossajazzprisen 2008

Discography (in selection)

As band leader
2011: Mountains & the Sea (Komanche), within his M.B. Trio

Collaborative works
With Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band
2004: Your New Best Friends (Emperor Norton)
2006: Sharp Knives And Loaded Guns (EMI Music (Norway)/Virgin)

With others
2002: Kevin Keegan (Bergen), with the band "Logikal"
2003: Superworldunknown (Waterfall, Norway), with Karin Park
2003: Hush Hush (EMI Music, Norway), with Nathalie Nordnes
2003: Tafler Julen Inn (PS!), with "Kniv og Taffel"


Shūko Honami

is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 10th Yokohama Film Festival for Ureshi Hazukashi Monogatari.

Filmography
 Ureshi Hazukashi Monogatari (1988)


Callinicus (exarch)

Callinicus (or Kallinikos) ( in Greek) was the  exarch of Ravenna (597 – 602 or 603). He is called Gallicinus, or Gallicini patricii, by the Lombard historian Paul the Deacon (Latin text, English patrician Gallicinus).

The first few years of his administration were marked by relatively good fortune. In 598 an armistice between the Byzantines and the Lombards had been concluded in which the Lombards were acknowledged as sovereign rulers of the lands in their possession, and which was observed by both parties over the following years. However around 601, Callinicus took advantage of a rebellion by the duces of Tridentum and Forum Julii and broke the peace by kidnapping the Lombard king Agilulf's daughter and her husband from Parma. In response, Agilulf invaded the Exarchate, destroying Padua, pillaging Istria, then defeating Callinicus outside the walls of Ravenna.

Shortly afterwards Callinicus was replaced by Smaragdus; Richards states Callinicus was recalled.


Ibekwe

Ibekwe is a family name (surname) originating in Nigeria. It is a prevalent surname among the Igbo people.

Ibekwe may also refer to:
Kelechi Francis Ibekwe, professional footballer
Ekene Ibekwe, American-born Nigerian basketball player
Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
Chinweizu Ibekwe


Captain Ultra

Captain Ultra (Griffin Gogol) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

He first appeared in Fantastic Four #177 (December 1976) and was created by Roy Thomas, George Pérez and Joe Sinnott.

Fictional character biography
When an elderly psychologist could not afford to pay plumber Griffin Gogol, he offers to cure Gogol's smoking habit via hypnosis. However, as Gogol later learned, the psychologist was an extraterrestrial and the hypnosis unlocks Gogol's innate superhuman potential. Donning a clashing, colorful costume, Gogol became the superhero Captain Ultra. However, it is revealed he suffers from severe pyrophobia (fear of fire) as a side-effect.

Captain Ultra's first appearance is as an applicant to the supervillain team called the Frightful Four. He is at first enthusiastically accepted by the other three villains, ecstatic at his large array of powers. However, when one of them began to light a cigarette in celebration, Captain Ultra faints in the presence of the match. He is promptly rejected.

An unauthorized television program informs Gogol of the super-hero team the Defenders. Captain Ultra is one of a large group to investigate by traveling to the Richmond Riding Academy on Long Island. There he works with a small group to stop a crime spree back in New York. Like most of the other applicants, he is not pleased with the Defenders and never really petitions the core group for membership.

Soon after, he moves to Chicago. He has since had a minor career as a solo superhero, often teaming up with heroes like Thor to battle minor villains.

He eventually overcomes his pathological fear of fire thanks to years of extensive therapy under the super-powered psychiatrist Doc Samson. Gogol began a new career as a stand-up comedian and battled Ekl'r: Demon Without Humor. His comedy career takes him across the country. Superheroics interfere with this, such as when the underground dirt creature 'Mud Pi', kidnaps his entire potential audience, the citizenry of 'Wash Basin', Texas. Captain Ultra manages to safely rescue them all.

Doorman begged him to join the Great Lakes Avengers, but Captain Ultra angrily rejects him.

Griffin then became the leader for the Nebraska team of the Initiative program, part of a government controlled superhero program. After two of his teammates, Paragon and Gadget are killed, Griffin briefly fights Iron Man to protect the rest of his group. He is seen investigating the circumstances of Paragon and Gadget's tragic deaths with Doc Samson and Iron Man. During the course of their investigation it is revealed that there are two new Initiative recruits in the process of being fast-tracked to the Nebraska team, although Captain Ultra expressed irritation at the prospect of having to "babysit the punks".

Captain Ultra is recruited by Wonder Man (whose ionic energy leaking problem was affecting his judgement) to join his Revengers. During the Revengers' attack on Avengers Mansion, he is scared off when Doctor Strange uses an illusion spell to make him believe he is on fire. He and the rest of the Revengers were defeated by all three Avengers teams and were remanded to the Raft. Captain Ultra's reason for joining the Revengers is that despite the fact that he was on the Initiative, he resents being disrespected despite having as much power as an Avenger.

During the Avengers: Standoff! storyline, Captain Ultra was an inmate of Pleasant Hill, a gated community established by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Powers and abilities
Captain Ultra's powers were released through hypnosis by an alien, giving him the power of flight and superhuman strength, durability, reflexes and endurance. He also gained the psionic ability to become intangible at will, see through substances (X-ray vision), and the ability to project his breath forward with great concussive force — among others. He can apparently tap his "ultra-potential", enabling him to manifest a wide variety of mental and physical "ultra-feats", and even once told an "ultra-joke".

In other media

Television
 Captain Ultra made a cameo appearance in the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "The Cure," voiced by Paul Dobson. After Ben Grimm's "condition" had been cured, the team was auditioning possible replacements and Captain Ultra was among the candidates alongside Flatman, Frog-Man, She-Hulk, Squirrel Girl, and Texas Twister. In a scene reminiscent of his introduction with the Frightful Four, Captain Ultra was considered a top candidate because of his powers until Human Torch "lit up" his thumb while giving a thumbs-up gesture, causing Captain Ultra to faint and be summarily rejected for his pyrophobia. In an interview with Marvel Animation Age, at the comment "There are lots of cameos in the FF's 'audition' scene, including the Fabulous Frog-Man and the Texas Twister...", the writer Dan Slott declared "And Captain Ultra! Don't forget Captain Ultra! What a kick, right? I can't believe that I had a hand in bringing Texas Twister to the small screen. Now I can die happy.".
 Captain Ultra makes a cameo appearance in the Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Damage Control", voiced by Cam Clarke. He appears as a spokesperson for Damage Control.


Poorakkali

Poorakkali ,Which means in English (Festival Performance), is a traditional dance ritual performed by men during the nine-day Pooram festival in Bhagavathy temples across North Malabar in Kerala State of south India.

The Pooram festival begins with the Karthika asterism and concludes with the Pooram asterism of the month of Meenam according to the Malayalam calendar (corresponding to the sun sign Pisces according to the Julian Calendar) to honour Kamadeva, the god of love.

The Poorakkali dance itself is performed by a troop of young men decked in lion costumes around a huge, multi-tiered, lit lamp, also known as a "nilavilukku." The dance involves masculine movements and acrobatic, martial art steps. No singers or musicians accompany the dance; instead, the dancers themselves keep rhythm by singing, clapping and executing synchronised foot-thumping movements. The dancers usually observe a month of abstinence and undergo strenuous practice before the performance. Most of the songs sung are hymns from The Ramayana or The Bhagavata.

The performers come from different sects of society like Theeyya, Maniyani, Chaliyan, Aasari, Moosari, Thattan, Kollan, etc. The basis of Poorakkali essentially is the memories of Vasanthapooja performed by inmates of different worlds like heaven, earth etc. Poorakkali spreads knowledge and entertainment. The show steals the hearts of audience with melodious songs and befitting body movements.

 The Panikkars are well-known names in the world of Poorakkali and have contributed much to the survival and expansion of this art form.

Variants of Poorakkali
Marathukali is a variant of Poorakkali. This is a form performed by two parties competently. The ordinary play lacks the competent mood displayed in Marathukali. Big disputes ensue between two parties while performance is on and learned people dissuade both parties from further confrontation.


William Westley Richards

William Westley Richards (24 November 1789 – 11 September 1865) was a British firearms manufacturer and founder of Westley Richards.

Richards was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England to Theophilus Richards and Mary Bingham.

He married his first wife, Ann Barlow in 1813.  They had six children: Westley, Emma, Caroline, Edward Harding, Ellen, and Mary Anne.  William and Ann divorced before 1823.  He married his second wife, Harriett Seale (1793–1865) on 18 January 1823 at St Pancras Old Church, London.  He had three children by his second marriage, Charles, George Seale, and William.

William died 11 September 1865 at Hall Hill, Edgbaston, Warwickshire.

In 1812, at the age of 22, he established the Westley Richards gunmaking business in Birmingham, which still bears his name.  His family background had been in fine jewellery, cutlery and the gun trade. He coined the motto, "to be the maker of as good a gun as can be made" which is still used.

Richards was an innovator, creating a number of gun-related patents. The  most significant were the patent relating to the use of a new waterproof primer for the ignition of percussion guns and also the first flip-up sight, which went on to be used by the British Army.  Richards opened a gun store in London in 1815 on New Bond Street. The store was owned and managed by William Bishop, known as the Bishop of Bond Street.

Control of the gunsmith company was inherited by Westley Richards,  eldest son of the founder. Richards carried on in a similar vein to his father, innovating various guns and registering patents.


Vernais

Vernais is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography
A forestry and farming village and a hamlet situated on the banks of the canal de Berry, about  southeast of Bourges at the junction of the D76 and the D175 road.
The Auron River forms part of the commune’s northern boundary and the Marmande a small part of its southern boundary.

Population

Sights
 The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the twelfth century.


Michele Koppes

Michele Koppes is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia who uses glaciology and geomorphology to study climate and changing landscapes.

Education
Koppes attended Williams College and received a BA in Geology with honors. She continued her education at the University of Washington, earning her Masters of Science in Geological sciences, a Certificate in Environmental Geology and Doctor of Philosophy in Earth and Space Sciences in 2007. At the University of Washington, Koppes worked with advisor Brenard Hallet writing her dissertation on the “Influence of rapid glacial retreat on erosion rates for tide-water glaciers”.

Career and research
Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus in the department of geography. Koppes studies glaciers and climatology. Through various methods, her and her team are able to quantify the effects of climate change on landscapes and people. Her research is interdisciplinary; bringing together geomorphology, glaciology, climate, and human adaptation and resilience. As of 2017, she also serves on the Executive Board of the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group.

One of Koppes most cited articles is "The relative efficacy of fluvial and glacial erosion over modern to orogenic timescales". She and her co-author, David Montgomery, present that there has been much contention about glaciers or rivers being more effective at eroding. Looking at erosion rates, they have found that both vary significantly; the main driver of erosion is tectonics. In addition, they found that volcanic activity, changes in climate, and agriculture have led to the largest erosion rates.

Awards and honors
Michele Koppes is a TED senior fellow and Canada Research Chair. As a TED senior fellow, she has written and published the article "Why what's happening in Antarctica won't stay in Antarctica". Discussing the collapse of ice shelves to the lay public, Koppes explains that scientists are not sure when its effects will be felt. Part of the Canadian government program in which "chairholders aim to achieve research excellence", Koppes is a Canada Research Chair in Landscapes of Climate Change, Tier II. Working with TED, she also acted as the educator for the animation Why is Mount Everest so tall? In 2011, she received the Ross Mackay Award from the Caadian Geomorphology Resesarch Group. In 2009, Koppes was nomianted by the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists to attend the International Council for Science's Science Visioning Meeting.

Publications
Koppes has published numerous articles, many funded by grants from the National Science Foundation. Here are some of her most cited articles:
 King, L., Mackenzie, L., Tadaki, M., Macfarlane, K., Cannon, S., Reid, D., and Koppes, M. (2018). Diversity in geoscience: participation, behaviour, and the scientific division of labour at a Canadian geoscience conference. FACETS. http://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2017-0111
 Beaud, F., Venditti, J., Flowers, G., and Koppes, M. (2018) Excavation of tunnel valleys and inner gorges by seasonally-produced meltwater. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. doi: 10.1002/esp.4367.
 McDowell, G. and Koppes, M. (2017). Robust adaptation research in high mountains: Integrating the scientific, social, and ecological dimensions of glacio-hydrological change. Water, special issue on Global Warming Impacts on Mountain Glaciers and Communities, 9(10):739. doi: 10.3390/w9100739
 Dufresne, A., Geertsma, M., Shugar, D., Koppes, M., Higman, B., Haeussler, P., Stark, C., Venditti, J. (2017). Sedimentology and geomorphology of a large tsunamigenic landslide, Taan Fiord, Alaska. Sedimentary Geology, special issue on Geohazards. doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.10.004
 Moyer, A.*, Moore, D. and Koppes, M. (2016). Streamflow response to the rapid retreat of a lake-calving glacier. Hydrological Processes, doi: 10.1002/hyp.10890
 Chernos, M*, Koppes, M. and Moore, R.D., (2016). Ablation from calving and surface melt at lake-terminating Bridge Glacier, British Columbia, 1984-2013. The Cryosphere, 10, 87–102. doi:10.5194/tc-10-87-2016.
 Koppes, M., Hallet, B., Rignot, E., Mouginot, J., Wellner, J.S., Boldt, K.B*. (2015). Observed latitudinal variations in erosion as a function of glacier dynamics. Nature 526, 100-103. doi:10.1038/nature15385

Public engagement
As a science policy fellow for US Congress, Koppes worked to help to bring policymakers, media, and the scientific community together. As a legislative consultant on climate change policy, she worked with Congressman Jay Inslee of 1st district Washington State.

Education
Koppes is a co-founder of Girls on Ice, a program for high school girls about wilderness science, glaciology, ecology, and mountaineering. She also acts as an adviser for a summer exploration and field research program, the Juneau Ice Field Research Program, for high school to graduate students interested in studying glaciology. In addition, she has worked with the Student Conservation Association to help coordinate high school students build and restore trails.

Media
Acting as a scientific consultant, Koppes has been involved with various media from organizations such as the Discovery Chanel, BBC, and NPR. She has been featured on BBC's documentary Operation Iceberg; as one of five team scientists, Koppes looked to observe and study the formation of icebergs on Greenland's west coast. She also presented about ice tsunami's on BBC's Nature's Weirdest Events series. She's also helped to explain the impacts of climate change on Alaska on Discover Channel's Expedition Alaska. Appearing on Spacepod, she spoke about her research on glaciers and how they are powerful agents of change; mentioning a large landslide triggered by melting glaciers. Along with 11 other women TED fellows, she has been working to change the way that society views women in the scientific community, stating “Doing science properly is rife with failed attempts — on top of this, women must stand up for their legitimate seat at the table. The time has come for both women and men to discard the cultural stereotypes of what a ‘proper scientist’ should be — we can all be curious, creative, brainy, rational, driven, successful, and loving partners and parents, playful and engaged teammates and citizens.”


The Pirates of Blood River

The Pirates of Blood River is a 1962 British action film directed by John Gilling and starring Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed.

Plot
While in a penal colony, Huguenot Jonathan Standish (Kerwin Mathews) is captured by pirates led by Capt. LaRoche (Christopher Lee) who force him to lead them back to his home village to retrieve a treasure supposedly hidden there.

Cast
 Kerwin Mathews ...  Jonathon Standing
 Glenn Corbett ...  Henry
 Christopher Lee ...  Captain LaRoche
 Peter Arne ...  Hench, a pirate
 Marla Landi ...  Bess Standing
 Desmond Llewelyn ... Tom Blackthorne
 Oliver Reed ...  Brocaire, a pirate
 Andrew Keir ...  Jason Standing
 Michael Ripper ...  Mack, a pirate
 David Lodge ...  Smith
 Dennis Waterman ...  Timothy Blackthorne
 Jack Stewart ...  Godfrey Mason
 Marie Devereux as Maggie
 Lorraine Clewes ...  Martha Blackthorne
 Jerold Wells ...  Penal Colony Master
 Diane Aubrey ... Maggie (uncredited)

Reception
The film was issued on a double bill with Mysterious Island - which was Britain's biggest grossing double bill of the year.


Printing and the Mind of Man

Printing and the Mind of Man is a book first published in 1967 and based on an exhibition in 1963.

PMM, as it is usually abbreviated, is regarded as a standard bibliographical reference, and offers a survey of the impact of printed books on the development of western civilization.

The book developed from an exhibition put on at two locations to coincide with the 1963 International Printing Machinery and Allied Trades Exhibition (IPEX). At the behest of typographer Stanley Morison it was decided to put together an exhibition of the contribution printing had made to the enlargement of human knowledge. A display at Earls Court concentrated on the technical side of printing, while a display at the British Museum looked more at fine printing. However, both displays had the quite novel intention of promoting the study of books for their role in advancing factual knowledge, rather than for their aesthetics. Ian Fleming, who lent 40 books from his library, was among the private collectors who contributed to the exhibition.

The catalogue, (which might be considered the pre-first edition of PMM) was printed by Oxford University Press, edited by John Carter, Stanley Morison, Percy H. Muir and others and entitled: Catalogue of a display of printing mechanisms and printed materials arranged to illustrate the history of Western civilization and the means of the multiplication of literary texts since the 15th century, organised in connection with the eleventh International Printing Machinery and Allied Trades Exhibition, under the title Printing and the Mind of Man, assembled at the British Museum and at Earls Court, London, 16–27 July 1963.

A book-length edition, revised and enlarged, was printed at Cambridge University Press and published in 1967 by Cassell in London and Holt, Rinehart & Winston in New York. This first book edition was entitled Printing and the Mind of Man, a descriptive catalogue illustrating the impact of print on the evolution of Western civilization during five centuries. It was edited by John Carter and Percy H. Muir and expanded upon the theme of the impact of printing on human thought.

A second revised edition was published in 1983 by Karl Pressler in Munich ().

Further reading
 Sebastian Carter - "Printing and the mind of man" in Matrix Volume 20 (2000)


Cameron MacPherson

Cameron MacPherson (born 29 December 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for St Mirren.

Career
MacPherson started out in the youth system of St Mirren, prior to appearing for the first-team. He made his career debut on 21 January 2017 during a Scottish Cup fixture with Dundee, while his Championship bow arrived ten months later against Falkirk on 21 October. In total, MacPherson featured six times for St Mirren throughout 2017–18. On 30 January 2018, Stranraer of League One loaned MacPherson. One goal, versus Arbroath on 20 February, in nine matches followed as the club finished 5th. He returned to his parent club in August 2018, before netting his first goal for them in December against Aberdeen at St Mirren Park.

In October 2019, MacPherson signed a two-year contract extension with Saints, keeping him at the club until 2022.

Career statistics
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Honours
St Mirren
Championship: 2017–18


Vibe CT 105.1 FM

Vibe CT 105.1 FM is a radio station in Trinidad and Tobago.


Juan Valdivieso

Juan Humberto Valdivieso Padilla (May 6, 1910 – May 2, 2007) was a Peruvian football goalkeeper and manager.

Playing career

Club
During his career, he played club football for Alianza Lima.

International
He made 10 appearances for the Peru national football team, participating at the 1930 FIFA World Cup and 1936 Summer Olympics.

Managerial career
After retiring as a player, Valdivieso went on to manage a number of clubs in Peru and the Peru national team.

Personal life
His youngest son, Luis Valdivieso Montano, is the current Minister of the Economy and Finance of Peru. His grandson, Juan Pablo Valdivieso, represented Peru in swimming during the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

He died in 2007 at 96 years old.


Parties in the European Council during 2009

This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2009. The list below gives the political party that each head of government, or head of state, belongs to at the national level, as well as the European political alliance to which that national party belongs. The states are listed from most to least populous. More populous states have greater influence in the council, in accordance with the system of Qualified Majority Voting.

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Summary

List of leaders (1 January 2009)

 Supported by PD-L
 AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.

Changes

Affiliation

 – Fianna Fáil, which held office under Brian Cowen, left the AEN and became an ELDR member.

Office-holder only

National party changes
On 27 March, Berlusconi's Forza Italia merged with other parties to form The People of Freedom. The successor party continued Forza Italia's EPP membership.


Mick Waters (education)

Professor Michael Waters (born 1949, Northamptonshire) was the Director of Curriculum at the (British) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), based in London, from 2005-9. He was responsible for what British children are legally obliged to study at school via the National Curriculum.

Early life
His father was a plasterer and his mother was a school cook. He attended Magdalen College School, Brackley, then a grammar school. At school he was particularly good at cricket and wanted to become a professional cricketer. His careers advisor at school persuaded him to choose teaching as a career. He attended Sheffield City College of Education (the City of Sheffield Training College on Collegiate Crescent, now part of Sheffield Hallam University) for his teacher's certificate.

Career

Teaching
He began as a primary school teacher in Nottingham. He was headmaster at two schools at Barrow-in-Furness and Kendal, then worked in teacher training at Charlotte Mason College, later part of Lancaster University, then the Ambleside campus of St Martin's College, then part of University of Cumbria, who closed the teacher training courses in 2008.

LEAs
He worked at Birmingham LEA, then the (Labour-controlled) City of Manchester LEA at the end of 2002 where he was Chief Education Officer. Manchester LEA is in the bottom five for GCSE results in the country.

QCA
He moved to the QCA in May 2005, leaving in 2009.

His role at the QCA was to give children a meaningful foundation of education, specifically to provide them with knowledge that will give them help in later life, and not just generic academic knowledge for the sake of it. This obligatory curriculum would prepare them for the future.

In September 2010, he described the English, Welsh and Northern Irish exams system (GCSE) as diseased and almost corrupt in the book Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching.

Personal life
He lives in Worcester in Worcestershire.


C. P. Rajendran

Chittenipattu Puthenveettil Rajendran, also known among his peers as CP () (born 29 May 1955, Ottapalam, Palakkad Kerala India) is an Indian geologist who has worked mainly in paleoseismology and Indian geology.

Education
Rajendran did his schooling in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) and Chennai and did his BSc (1976) in Geology from University College, Kerala University and MSc (1978) from Cochin University of Science and Technology. He joined Centre for Earth Science Studies as a research scientist. After obtaining PhD from the Cochin University of Science and Technology in 1988, he moved to the University of South Carolina (USA) for postdoctoral studies, till 1993.

Profession
CP moved back to Centre for Earth Science Studies, Trivandrum in 1994 where he continued till 2008. He accepted Ramanujan National Fellowship by the Government of India at the Indian Institute of Science in 2009 and now works at the new centre initiated on Earth Science there. He is married to Prof. Kusala Rajendran, currently in the faculty at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Dr. Rajendran is one of India's foremost expert in paleoseismology. He has contributed to the development of this field for the last three decades by his research contributions in seismo-tectonics, earthquake geology, paleoseismology, and tsunami geology in India. His efforts have provided insights into the earthquake recurrence and fault zone deformation in various seismotectonic provinces of India.

He initiated paleoseismological work at various parts of the country including Killari (Latur), Kerala, Rann of Kachchh, Saurashtra, Cambay, Panvel (Maharashtra), Assam, Central Himalaya and Andaman-Nicobar region. His work prior to 2001 Gujarat earthquake on the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake and the linear elevated tract of land called "Allahbund" in the low-lying Rann in the northwest India has led to basic understanding on earthquake processes in the north western part of India.

His search in the epicentral area of the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake led to the identification of another event between 800 and 1,000 years B.P. Based on the relative size and frequency of 2001 and older sandblows, he interpreted that the earlier earthquake may have also originated from the same source.

CP was ranked among the top ten young researchers in the country by the "Outlook" Magazine (dated 18 July 2005).

He is able to make original scientific contributions to earthquake studies and seismic hazard in India. Recent years he has also been working on the tsunami geology and hazard and worked in many globally important locations like the Chilean Coast and Makran Coast in Iran. He is also involved in the collaborative work and co-operation on tsunami hazard, among various researchers from many countries. He also writes articles for science popularisation.

Dr. Rajendran has served as a
 Member, Research Advisory Committee, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Govt. of India [2004–2006].
 Member, Council of the Geological Society of India [2004–2007]
 Member, Project Advisory and Management Committee on National Seismicity Programme, Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, [1998– 2002].
 Member, Natural Disaster Management Plan for the Kerala State, Science and Technology, and Environment Council, Government of Kerala (2005).
 Member, Expert Committee, Government of Kerala, Stability of Mullaperiyar dam in the light of recent earthquakes (2000–2001)

Awards
He was awarded the National Geoscience Award in 2009 by the Government of India for his contributions in the field of disaster management.

Notes and references

External links
 Dr. C.P. Rajendran CEAS IISC homepage
 On Sethusamudram Project
 CP on ancient canal and stone quarries near Halebidu, Hassan District,
 Call for studies on reservoir-induced seismicity in Idukki
 On Mullaperiyar in Malayalam


Ekene Igwe

Ekene Igwe-Onu (born December 31, 1988 in Adamawa, Nigeria) is a Nigerian footballer. He currently plays for Enugu Rangers.


Burnsfield, South Australia

Burnsfield (; postcode: 5520) is a locality in South Australia's Mid North. The locality is named for the Burnsfield railway station which in turn was named for the Burns family, owners of the land at the time of and prior to the Salisbury-Redhill railway construction in 1925. The Burns family first took up land at the site at the western foot of the Hummocks Range in about 1878.

In 2011, an eight-year mining lease was granted to mine salt from a  site in the north west of Burnsfield.


Nemyriv

Nemyriv (, , ) is a historic town in Vinnytsia Oblast (province) in Ukraine, located in the historical region of Podolia. It is the administrative center of Nemyriv Raion (district). Population:

Nemyriv is one of the oldest cities in Vinnytska oblast, Ukraine. It was founded by Prince Nemyr in 1390. It is a minor industrial center.

The distiller company that produces Ukrainian Nemiroff (Russian spelling) vodka is located in Nemyriv.

The town's tourist attractions include a late 19th-century palace (which belonged to the House of Potocki) and a park complex.

History

Nemyriv was built on the site of ancient Scythian settlement Myriv, destroyed during the Mongol invasion of Rus'. It was first mentioned under its modern name in 1506. It was a private town of Poland, owned by the families of Zbaraski and Potocki. Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski visited the Potocki Palace.

Notable events of Cossack wars took place in the town through 17th century and the city was captured by Andrii Abazyn between 1702 and 1704.

In 1737, an abortive congress was held in Nemyriv, aimed at the conclusion of peace between the emperors of Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Turkey, and bringing an end to the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–39.

Jewish history of the city
Before World War II, Nemyriv had a large Jewish community. The Hasidic Rabbi Jacob Joseph of Polonne was appointed as rabbi in Nemyriv after he left Rashkov, during the 3rd quarter of the 18th century. By the 19th century it had become one of the centers of Breslov Hasidism, being the birthplace and home of Nathan of Breslov ("Reb Noson"), the foremost disciple and scribe of rebbe Nachman of Breslov. After Nachman's death in 1810, Reb Noson moved to Bratslav to disseminate and publish his teachings from there. The city acted as a center of Jewish studies and linked with several Rabbi.Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller and Jehiel Michel ben Eliezer. Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller once chief Rabbi of Vienna and Prague was the Chief Rabbi of Nemyriv from 1631 to 1634.

By September 1941, the German kept the Jews of the city prisoners in a ghetto, where they were put to work, constructing the road from Nemyriv to Gaysin. On November 24, 1941, an Einsatzgruppen massacred 2,680 Jews in pits in the Polish cemetery. On June 26, 1942, the ghetto was liquidated. The Jews were driven into the synagogue, where 200 to 300 young and strong men and women were selected and sent to a labor camp. The rest, perhaps as many as 500, were shot behind the Polish cemetery in pits that had been dug in advance.

Gallery

Notable people
 Nathan of Breslov, rabbi
 Nikolay Nekrasov, poet
 Marko Vovchok, writer
 Theodosius Dobzhansky, geneticist
 Mordechai Namir, Israeli politician
 Ida Rhodes (birth name Hadassah Itzkowitz) was born in a Jewish village between Nemyriv and Tulchyn.


Dorcas society

A Dorcas society is a local group of people, usually based in a church, with a mission of providing clothing to the poor. Dorcas societies are named after Dorcas (also called Tabitha), a person described in the Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 9, v. 36).

One Dorcas society was founded in Douglas, Isle of Man in December 1834, as part of the community's thanksgiving for being spared from an outbreak of cholera. Other Dorcas societies were established by missionaries in the Americas in the early 1800s. Beatrice Clugston founded the Glasgow Royal Dorcas Society in 1864. One English Dorcas society in Sydenham met during five Tuesdays in Lent, producing 166 garments in one year. The Dorcas Society of Maine was founded in 1897 by Kate Douglas Wiggin as the Dorcas Society of Hollis & Buxton, Maine. The Dorcas Society of Maine is still active and provides academic scholarships and charitable contributions within its community.

Dorcas societies were at their height in the 1800s,  but there are still Dorcas societies around the world, providing clothing and other physical needs.


Paragini

The Paragini are a tribe of hoverflies.


Arbuckle railway station

Arbuckle railway station served the village of Arbuckle in the Scottish county of North Lanarkshire. The station was the meeting point of two early railway companies.

History

The station was the meeting point of the two pioneer railways, the Slamannan Railway and the Ballochney Railway, and joined the Monklands Railway when they amalgamated to form it in 1848. The Monklands railway was in 1865 absorbed by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, joining the North British Railway a day later. By the time of these events however the station had closed, in 1862.


Aspen Hall (Martinsburg, West Virginia)

Aspen Hall, also known as the Edward Beeson House, was built beginning in 1771 as a stone house in the Georgian style in what would become Martinsburg, West Virginia. The first portion of the house was a 20 by 20 foot "fortified stone home", 2½ stories tall., in coursed rubble limestone built in 1745 by Edward Beeson I. It is the oldest house in Martinsburg.

The Georgian block of the house was built by Edward Beeson II, a wealthy Quaker farmer and miller. Beeson died in 1817 and the house was sold to Mathew Ranson of Jefferson County in 1821, who then sold it to Union Colonel John W. Stewart in 1850.  The house remained in the Stewart family until 1926.

Aspen Hall is notable for its outstanding entrance hall, measuring  wide and  deep. The original interior was laid out in a side hall arrangement, two rooms deep. The principal interior rooms are paneled. About 1900 the house was altered to make what had been the rear entrance the front, and Victorian details were added.

The property includes the blockhouse of Mendenhall's Fort, built about 1755 by John Mendenhall, brother of Edward Beeson I's widow. There was a wooden stockade that extended from the blockhouse to surround Mendenhall's and Beeson's homes. Mendenhall's home was also built in 1755, making it the second oldest house in Martinsburg. The fort was built to defend the area against Native American attack during the French and Indian War. The fortification was noted by George Washington in a communication to Colonel William Fairfax in 1757. Col. Washington garrisoned troops at Mendenhall's several times. House of Burgesses candidate Washington attended a wedding at "Mendenhall's Mill" in 1761.

The property was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and is included in the Boyd Avenue Historic District.

Notes

External links
SAH Archipedia Building Entry


Music of Jiangxi

Jiangxi is a southeastern province of China.  The area's musical heritage includes the Hakka music of Jiangzi, Fujian and Guangdong.  Hakka music is literary and laid-back in tone, and consists entirely of five notes; many folk songs only use three notes.

Jiangxi's opera heritage is also important, having played a major role in the evolution of Beijing opera.

Jiangxi


Maryniów

Maryniów  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Milejów, within Łęczna County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately  east of Milejów-Osada,  south-east of Łęczna, and  east of the regional capital Lublin.

The village has a population of 255.