Michael Wernick

Michael Wernick (born September 1957) is a Canadian public servant and formerly the 23rd Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada. Wernick was previously the deputy minister for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development from May 2006 to July 11, 2014. Before being the clerk for the Privy Council office, Wernick was the deputy clerk under predecessor Janice Charette. He has held several other positions in the Privy Council office and as Associate Deputy Minister for the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Wernick worked at the constitutional affairs unit of the Federal Provincial Relations Office from 1991 to 1993 and in its successor unit when the Office was merged into the Privy Council Office in 1993, leaving in the summer of 1996. Wernick was deeply involved in the process leading up the Charlottetown Accord of August 1992, supporting the Cabinet Committee chaired by the Right Honourable Joe Clark and chairing the multi-jurisdiction committee that drafted the political accord. He was the Assistant Secretary, Constitutional Affairs at Privy Council Office in the period leading to and including the Quebec referendum on secession in October 1995.

From 1996 to 2002 Wernick held Assistant Deputy Minister positions at the Department of Canadian Heritage. He worked on cultural policy issues including film policy, copyright, the entry of Amazon into the Canadian book market, music policy as the internet disrupted traditional industry practices, and the trade dispute with the United States regarding split run magazines. In 2002 his first appointment at the Deputy Minister level was as Associate Deputy Minister at Canadian Heritage.

In 2003 he moved back to Privy Council Office as Deputy Secretary - Plans and Consultations where he supported the transition from Prime Minister Chrétien to Martin and later from Martin to Harper in 2006. Wernick attended the last meeting of the Chrétien Cabinet, the first and last meetings of the Martin Cabinet and the first meeting of the Harper Cabinet.

In May 2006 Wernick appointed Deputy Minister at the then Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, where he remained for eight years, serving Ministers Jim Prentice, Chuck Strahl, John Duncan and Bernard Valcourt.

On October 1, 2014, the Public Policy Forum held a reception to recognize Wernick's eight-year tenure at Aboriginal and Northern Affairs.

As Clerk of the Privy Council he was automatically a member of the Advisory Council to the Order of Canada.

On March 18, 2019, Wernick announced that he would be retiring from his position as the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to Cabinet and unable to serve during the upcoming election. The SNC-Lavalin affair influenced his early retirement and he had informed Prime Minister Trudeau of his decision on Monday morning. Wernick retired from the federal public service on April 18, 2019.

Personal life
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Wernick attended Nelson High School in Burlington, Ontario, graduating in 1975. Wernick graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1979 and a Master of Arts in economics in 1980 from the University of Toronto. He has been a member of the board of governors for Carleton University in Ottawa. He is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Wernick is a cancer survivor, overcoming a September 1988 diagnosis of Ewing's sarcoma followed by surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy over a nine-month medical leave.

Wernick's parents immigrated from the United Kingdom in August 1956, landing in Montreal and moving on to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in 1959.  Wernick attended Queen Elizabeth Public School and Alexander Muir Public School in Sault Ste.Marie in the 1960s and John T. Tuck Public School and Nelson High School in Burlington in the 1970s.

University tuition protest email exchange
Wernick was criticized for his comments made in an email among Carleton University board of Governors members regarding a university student tuition protest that disrupted and prevented the March 30, 2015 meeting of the Board from continuing. In the private email exchange which was leaked to the media by one of the Board members, he deplored the tactics as authoritarian, similar to those used by brown shirts and Maoists to intimidate their political opponents by disrupting gatherings and physically preventing the meeting from proceeding. This was reported in social media as labelling the protesting students as Nazis. The New Democratic Party called for Wernick to apologize for the comments, and the school's graduate student association called for Wernick to resign.  Wernick was later elected to serve as Vice Chair of the Board of Governors for the 2016-17 term and the Board of Governors defeated a motion tabled in September 2016 to revisit the controversy.

SNC-Lavalin Affair

On February 7, 2019, The Globe and Mail published an article that spurred investigation into the SNC-Lavalin Affair. The article claimed that the Prime Minister's Office had pressured Jody Wilson-Raybould while she was Attorney General of Canada into pursuing a deferred prosecution agreement for SNC Lavalin. The article also claimed that Wernick had rebuked Wilson-Raybould for having suggested that politicians had engaged in doublespeak on Indigenous issues. Wilson-Raybould resigned her current post as Minister of Veterans Affairs on February 12, 2019.

On February 21, 2019, Wernick appeared before the House of Commons Justice Committee. He disputed the allegations of undue pressure on Wilson-Raybould and stated that The Globe and Mail article contained errors and unfounded speculation.

On February 27, 2019, Wilson-Raybould testified that Wernick was among those who had placed undue pressure on her and that Wernick had made "veiled threats" to her. This led to calls by opposition parties for Wernick's resignation.

On March 6, 2019 Wernick appeared at the Justice Committee for a second time and stated in his testimony that he had made no threats and had raised public interest considerations.  He also stated that the Minister was always able to take new context into account as public interest considerations evolve over time.

On March 18, Wernick announced his retirement in a letter to the Prime Minister. On March 29, a secretly recorded telephone call between Wernick and Wilson-Raybould was released wherein Wernick told Wilson-Raybould that Prime Minister Trudeau wanted a deferred prosecution agreement for SNC-Lavalin "one way or another"..  Wernick retired on April 19, 2019 and was succeeded by Ian Shugart, Deputy Minister of Global Affairs Canada, who became the 24th Clerk of the Privy Council.

Post Retirement
Wernick gave a lengthy interview on public service issues to the UK based Global Government Forum in June, 2019, as a follow up to one he gave the same publication in 2016.  In November, 2019 he gave a speech to Canada 2020"s Indigenous Economic Forum and was interviewed by the CBC.  In January, 2020 he was the featured guest at an event hosted by the Institute of Public Administration's Nova Scotia chapter - the 90 minute interview is available on the IPAC Nova Scotia website.


Jec

JEC may refer to:

 Jabalpur Engineering College, located in Madhya Pradesh, India
 Jaipur Engineering College, located in Jaipur, Rajasthan
 James E. Cornette, a stage name for American professional wrestling manager Jim Cornette
 James Earl Carter (born 1924), 39th President of the United States
 Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC), an engineering corporation in Hong Kong, a member of Jardine Matheson Group
 Jersey Electricity Company, in Jersey, Channel Islands
 Jeunesse Etudiante Chrétienne, a worldwide group of young Christian students
 Jewish Educational Center, in New Jersey
 Joinville Esporte Clube, football club in Brazil
 Jonsson Engineering Center, in New York State
 Jorhat Engineering College, in India
 Junta Electoral Central, the Spanish election overseer


Daniel Morden

Daniel Morden (born 1964 in Cwmbran) is a Welsh storyteller in the oral tradition and a children's writer. Morden retells traditional stories from various cultures, in particular the Celtic and the ancient Greek. He has performed all over the world, in schools and theatres, at festivals and on the radio, for example. His published books include collections of stories and legends and retellings of Greek myths, the latter in joint work with Hugh Lupton.

Morden has twice won the English-language section of the Welsh Books Council's Tir na n-Og Awards, first in 2007 for Dark Tales from the Woods, based on Welsh folktales, and then in 2013 for Tree of Leaf and Flame, a collection of stories retelling the Mabinogion.

Books
 Weird Tales from the Storyteller (2003), illustrated by Jac Jones
 So Hungry (2004), ill. Suzanne Carpenter
 Dark Tales from the Woods (2005), ill. Brett Breckon
 The Other Eye (2006), ill. Jac Jones
 Tuck Your Vest In (2008), ill. Suzanne Carpenter
 Fearless (2009)
 Tree of Leaf and Flame (2012), ill. Brett Breckon
With Hugh Lupton
Hugh Lupton and Morden have written several volumes retelling ancient Greek stories.
 The Adventures of Odysseus (2006), illustrated by Christina Balit
 The Adventures of Achilles (2012), ill. Carole Hénaff
 Theseus and the Minotaur (2013), ill. Carole Hénaff
 Orpheus and Eurydice (2013), ill. Carole Hénaff
 Demeter and Persephone (2013), ill. Carole Hénaff


Piletocera analytodes

Piletocera analytodes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from Rook Island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.


Felix Kandel

Feliks Solomonovich Kandel (; born 21 October 1932) is a Russian Jewish writer, residing in Jerusalem, Israel.

Early life
He was born in 1932 in Moscow, Soviet Union to a Jewish family. In 1941 his mother and he were evacuated to Ural mountains, where they remained till 1944. In 1950 he was admitted to the Moscow Aeronautic Institute, and graduated with an engineering degree in 1955. During his studies he and a classmate started writing sketches and directing institute amateur performances. They quickly assembled a group of students around them, and continued to write for them after graduation.

Between 1955 and 1962 Kandel was designing missile engines for the Soviet military. At the same time he continued writing, under the pseudonym "Felix Kamov", mostly short stories and sketches for stand-up comedy.

In 1958 he married Tamara Abrina, also a graduate of the same institute. In 1959 their first child, Eugene, was born. Their younger son, Leonid Kandel, was born in 1967.

Professional writer
In 1963 Kandel quit his military job and became a professional freelance writer. He wrote plays, scripts for motion pictures, and published (with co-authors Eduard Uspensky, Grigory  Gorin, and Arkady Arkanov) two books of short stories. His works were published by Literaturnaya Gazeta, Yunost', Novi Mir and other prestigious literary journals in Moscow. In 1965-66 he worked as an editor in the short documentaries almanac "Fitil'!", but then became a free-lance writer again.

The Nu, pogodi! years
In 1967, Felix Kamov, Arkadiy Khait, and Alexander Kurlandsky began writing scripts for the animated series Nu, pogodi!, directed by Vyacheslav Kotenochkin of the Soyuzmultfilm studio. From the very beginning, this became the most recognized animated series in the former Soviet Union, and later in the Eastern European countries. Today, it is hard to find a person in these countries, who would not recognize the wolf character from the series.

Rediscovery of Jewish roots
In the late 1960s Kandel started writing prose, which was never published in the Soviet Union, since it was not politically correct enough for the times. Following the Six-Day War of Israel in 1967, he became more interested in his Jewish roots, and in 1970 started studying Hebrew. By September 1973, Kandel's family had decided to emigrate to Israel, and applied for an emigration visa. The Soviet authorities refused to let them leave. In the following four years, Kandel was very active in the Jewish movement. He was one of the editors of the underground journal on Jewish culture, “Tarbut”, participated in numerous demonstrations, and prolonged hunger strikes, and was jailed for 15 days following one of those demonstrations. He continued writing prose, some of which was published in the West while he was still in the Soviet Union.

In 1976 he was one of the organizers of the International Conference on Jewish Culture, that was supposed to be held in Moscow in late December. Most organizers were put under house arrest by the KGB, and their houses were searched. Kandel was warned by two KGB agents to stop his activities, but he refused. Two days later his older son was severely beaten by two well-dressed young men not far from his house. Several Jewish organizations in Europe and in the US took a particular interest in the Kandel family and started a vigorous campaign for their release. They were successful, and in November 1977, the family emigrated to Israel. Within a few months Kandel started working as a journalist at the Voice of Israel radio station. He specialized in programs on Jewish history and culture. At the same time he continued writing prose.

Published work

Felix Kandel is a very well known author among Russian-language readers, especially in the West. His work was published in the leading Russian-language journals in the West, such as “Continent” (Paris), “Grani” (Munich), and “22” (Tel Aviv).  Apart from Russian-language publications by Slovo (Moscow), Aliya Library (Jerusalem), Gesharim (Jerusalem) and others, several of his novels were published in French, German and Hebrew. While in Israel, Kandel has received four prestigious literary awards. The following novels by him were published in the West and in Russia since 1991 (also indicates the languages of translation):

The Zone of Rest - Hebrew (HaKibutz HaMeuhad), and French (Gallimard, France);
The Gates of Our Exodus - Hebrew (HaKibutz HaMeuhad);
First Floor -  German (Herder, Germany) and French (Noir sur Blanc, Switzerland);
Into the Night;
Corridor	;
People Passing By - French (Gallimard, France);
Word by Word - Hebrew (Am  Oved), French (Editions du Griot, France);
Not a Life Passed By ... - French (Noir sur Blanc, Geneva);
From That Day On;
Death of the Gerontologist.

Since 1987 Kandel initiated an ambitious project of writing a popular history of the Jews that lived on the territories comprising the Russian Empire. The resulting volumes titled, Books of Times and Events, appeared over the next 20 years in Russian and were well received by the public and the critics. All six volumes were published in Russia since 1994. Moscow and St. Petersburg Universities’ courses on Jewish History use it as reference source, and it is widely used in Jewish schools throughout the former Soviet Union. During the same period Kandel also published a popular history book on the Jewish emigration to Israel in the last 200 years, The Land Under our Feet.

Kandel received numerous literary awards, and is a member of the Israeli PEN Club since 1990.


Lake Kalibari

Lake Kalibari () is a Kali temple located in Southern Avenue, Kolkata. The official name of the temple is Sree Sree 108 Karunamoyee Kalimata Mandir after the name presiding deity Karunamoyee. The temple is managed by the Sree Sri Karunamoyee Kalimata Trust. The temple is undergoing reconstruction since 2002 and is due to be completed by 2013 but due to financial issues it has still not completed.

History
The Lake Kalibari was founded by Haripada Chakraborty in 1949.


Outbound

Outbound refers to a direction of trains, other transport, or roads that travel away from the city center. Outbound may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Outbound (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones album), 2000
Outbound (Christian Bautista album)
Outbound (Keldian album), an album by symphonic power metal band Keldian
Outbound (Stuart Hamm album)
Other arts, entertainment, and media
Outbound (film), a Romanian film

Brands and enterprises
Outbound Systems, manufacturer of the Outbound Laptop, an early Apple Macintosh compatible laptop computer
Rans S-21 Outbound, an American kit aircraft design


Ed Morrison (rugby union)

Edward Francis Morrison  (born 6 September 1951) is a former English rugby union referee. He refereed the 1995 Rugby World Cup Final. In 1998 he became England's first full-time professional referee. He was given an award by the International Rugby Board for distinguished service in 2001.

Morrison first retired from refereeing in 2003. He was involved with the Bristol Referees' Society, then the RFU and PRO12. He was appointed as manager of England's elite referees in 2008. He stepped down as head of the elite referees in 2013 just before the Aviva Premiership season started.

He was appointed as PRO12's Referee Commissioner in 2014, and he was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours list "For services to rugby union".


Ružena

Ružena is a feminine given name, meaning Rose. Other forms are Růžena, Rosa, Rosalie, Rosita, or Rosalia. Nicknames are Růže, Růženka, or Ružička. The name days are 13 March (Czech: Růžena, Rosalie), 30 August (Slovak: Ružena), and 4 September (Czech: Rozalia). The ecclesiastical name day is in August 23. It may refer to:

People
Růžena Jesenská, Czech teacher, poet and writer
Ružena Bajcsy, specialist in robotics
Růžena Košťálová, Czechoslovak sprint canoeist
Růžena Maturová
Růžena Novotná, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
Růžena Svobodová, Czech writer
Růžena Nasková, Czech actress
Růžena Vacková, Czech theoretist and stage critique
Růžena Šlemrová, Czech actress

Other
 1856 Růžena, an asteroid


Lipponen

Lipponen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Paavo Lipponen (born 1941), Finnish politician and former reporter
 Mika Lipponen (born 1964), Finnish football player
 Jari Lipponen (born 1979), Finnish archer


XtremeAir Sbach 342

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The XtremeAir Sbach 342 (XA42) is a German high performance two-seat aerobatic and touring monoplane designed by Philipp Steinbach with Albert Mylius and built by XtremeAir GmbH of Hecklingen.

The Sbach 342 (a marketing name for the XA42) is a composite structure low-wing monoplane with a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and carbon fiber fuselage. It is powered by a  Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A piston engine driving a three-bladed propeller. It is the tandem version of the single-seater XA 41 (XtremeAir Sbach 300) which was designed by the same team in Speyer in 2004. The XA42 received a type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency in March 2011. In November 2012 it received its type certification through the FAA.

Specifications (acrobatic)


Ari-Pekka Nikkola

Ari-Pekka Nikkola (born 16 May 1969) is a Finnish former ski jumper.

Career
He won two gold medals in the Team large hill competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. His best individual finish was a 15th place in the Individual normal hill at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won seven medals. This included four golds (Team large hill: 1987, 1989, 1995, and 1997), two silver (Individual normal hill: 1989, Team large hill: 1991), and one bronze (Individual normal hill: 1991).

World Cup

Standings

Wins

External links


2016 Chengdu Challenger – Doubles

This was the first edition of the tournament.

Gong Maoxin and Zhang Ze won the title after defeating Gao Xin and Li Zhe 6–3, 4–6, [13–11] in the final.

Seeds

Draw


Kostromskaya (rural locality)

Kostromskaya () is a rural locality (a stanitsa) in Mostovsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located at the footsteps of the Caucasus Mountains on the Psefir River (Fars' tributary, Kuban basin),  southwest of the town of Labinsk.

With a population estimated in the hundreds, it is very agrarian and rural in nature and has many mulberry trees.  The roads in the village are mostly dirt or rocky.  The landscape is very mountainous.

The stanitsa is also home to the ancient Scythian kurgan or burial mound of the 7th century BC where a Scythian gold stag was found, next to the iron shield it decorated. It is one of the most famous pieces of Scythian art, and is now in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersberg.  Apart from the principal male body with his accoutrements, the burial included thirteen humans with no adornment above him, and around the edges of the burial twenty-two horses were buried in pairs. The kurgan was excavated by the Russian archaeologist N. I. Veselovski in 1897.

Notes


Frederick Falkiner (judge)

Sir Frederick Richard Falkiner PC, QC (1831 – 23 March 1908) was an Irish lawyer, judge and author.

Life
Falkiner was the third son of Richard Falkiner, of Mount Falcon, County Tipperary, Ireland, and was educated at the University of Dublin, from which he graduated in 1852, the same year that he was called to the Irish Bar. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1867 and was appointed as Law Adviser to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1875.

The following year he was appointed Recorder of Dublin, a judicial position he held for almost three decades. He became a bencher of King's Inns in 1880 and was knighted in 1896.

Falkiner held briefs in many important cases. In 1876 he was appointed recorder of Dublin, on the death of Sir Frederick Shaw, and earned a reputation for humanity. During his early years as recorder he was called upon to decide intricate points in the licensing laws; Maurice Healy remarked that he was reluctant to add to Dublin's licensed premises. He took an interest in the subject of workmen's compensation, and when Joseph Chamberlain was engaged in drafting the Workmen's Compensation Act 1897 he adopted several of Falkiner's suggestions. He retired from his office on 22 Jan 1905, when he was made a privy councillor. Falkiner was one of the most prominent members of the general synod of the Church of Ireland, and in the debates of that body, especially on financial questions, he frequently intervened with much effect. He was chancellor to the bishops of Tuam, Clogher, Kilmore, and Derry and Raphoe. He was also chairman of the board of King's Hospital, better known as tho Blue Coat School. Of this school he published in 1906 a history, which is in effect a history of Dublin from the Restoration to the Victorian era. Falkiner pursued literary interests; he wrote on Jonathan Swift's portraits (Swift's Prose Works, 1908, vol. xii.), and a collection of his 'Literary Miscellanies' was published posthumously in 1909.

 Falkiner was notoriously anti-Jewish in his judgements, which was most visible, when he was a judge in a case against Henry Kahn (a Jewish ancestor of the Irish Actress Dervla Kirwan) in 1902. While this caused a public outrage, he ultimately retained his position. In his capacity as Recorder of Dublin (as of 16 June 1904) he is both mentioned and directly appears in James Joyce's Ulysses — in Chapter 8 (Lestrygonians), Chapter 12 (Cyclops) and Chapter 15 (Circe). In a hallucination he sentences Leopold Bloom to the same punishment as Kahn - Mountjoy Prison.

Following his retirement as Recorder of Dublin in June 1905 he was made a member of the Irish Privy Council. He was also a governor of the King's Hospital school in Dublin.

He died in retirement at Funchal, Madeira, on 23 March 1908.

Family
He married twice: (1) in 1861 Adelaide Matilda (died 1877), third daughter of Thomas Sadleir of Ballinderry Park, county Tipperary ; and (2) Robina Hall (died 1895), third daughter of N. B. M'Intire of Cloverhill, county Dublin. By his first wife he had issue three sons, including Caesar Litton Falkiner, and four daughters.
His second son, Caesar Litton Falkiner (1863–1908), was a distinguished lawyer and scholar.

Works

 Falkiner, Frederick Richard Essay on the portraits of Swift in Vol xii,

Notes

Attribution


Akim Oda (Ghana parliament constituency)

Yaw Owusu-Boateng is the member of parliament for the constituency. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
and won a majority of 12,845 votes to become the MP. He succeeded Yaw Osafo-Maafo who had represented the constituency in the 4th Republic parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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Barbara Buttrick

"Battling" Barbara Buttrick (born 1930) was a world champion in women's boxing in the 1940s and 1950s.

Originally from England, Buttrick is considered a pioneer of women's professional boxing.

Professional career
Buttrick was born in Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England in 1930.

Known as "The Mighty Atom of the Ring", Buttrick, at 4′ 11″, fought from 98 lbs. to being the World’s unbeaten flyweight (112) and bantamweight (118) champion from 1950 to 1960.

Buttrick started her boxing career in 1948, touring Europe with carnivals as a bantamweight in the boxing booth. She went to the United States in the mid-1950s, joined the carnival circuit, but left because the American carnivals were rougher than the European ones. She then fought professionally in Canada, Chicago, and southern Florida. One of the Canadian matches became the first women's bout to be broadcast on radio.

Buttrick allegedly fought many exhibition bouts against male opposition.

Buttrick reportedly had one career loss, to Joann Hagen, in 31 pro bouts before retiring in 1960 at 30–1–1.

After an absence of 15 years, she briefly returned to the ring in 1977.

Career after boxing
In the mid-1990s, she founded and became the president of the Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) which is a major sanctioning body of women's boxing.

Buttrick's last known residence was Miami Beach, Florida, United States. In 2014, Buttrick was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Legacy
In 2016, it was announced that a stage play based on Buttrick's life, Mighty Atoms by Amanda Whittington, would be premiered in Hull as part of the city's  UK City of Culture celebrations in 2017.


Kosmos 2404

Kosmos 2404 ( meaning Cosmos 2404) is one of a set of three Russian military satellites launched in 2003 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system. It was launched with Kosmos 2402 and Kosmos 2403.

This satellite is the first GLONASS-M satellite, also known as Uragan-M.  It was assigned GLONASS-M №11L number by the manufacturer and 701 by the Ground Control.

Kosmos 2402/3/4 were launched from Site 81/24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A Proton-K carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 17:42 UTC on 10 December 2003. The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit. It subsequently received its Kosmos designation, and the international designator 2003-056A. The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 28112.

It was in the first orbital plane in orbital slot 6. It is no longer part of the GLONASS constellation.


Schöfweg

Schöfweg is a municipality in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Bavaria in Germany.


Hydnellum papuanum

Hydnellum papuanum is a tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Found in Papua New Guinea, it was described as new to science in 1971 by Dutch mycologist Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus.


Mette Filskov

Mette Filskov is a Danish orienteering competitor. She received a bronze medal in the relay event at the 1983 World Orienteering Championships in Zalaegerszeg, together with Hanne Birke, Karin Jexner and Dorthe Hansen.


Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary

Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary is  a bird sanctuary, located in Kumasi, Ghana. It is home to many butterflies, over 140 species of birds, monkeys and the more reclusive bushpig, bushbuck and antelope.

The region is  rich with indigenous birds and some migrants. There are about 161 kinds of birds. The sanctuary is also the only inland Ramsar Convention site in the country of Ghana. Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary, Kumasi can also be suitable for arranging picnics and bird watching.


Just Not Married

Just not Married is a 2016 Nigerian heist drama film starring Stan Nze, Rotimi Salami, Roland Obutu, Judith Audu, and Brutus Richards. The film was written by Lani Aisida and directed by Uduak-Obong Patrick. The film was shot within Lagos State.

Plot
Joyce Nyamma (Perpetua Adefemi), the matriarch of the Nyamma family is terminally ill and struggling financially. Unlike Joyce, Duke Nyamma (Stan Nze), her son, is excited to welcome home his brother, Victor Nyamma (Roland Obutu) who just got out from prison.  Joyce still blames Victor, her first son, for abandoning the family as the man of the house when he went to jail and is fearful that he will be a negative influence on Duke and she warns him to stay away from her son Duke.

Duke realises that there will never be enough money to buy the drugs his mum needs and pay for his tuition fees. He decides to become a car thief and comes up with a gimmick to steal cars. He enlists the help of his friend from the hood, Lati Asunmo (Rotimi Salami) and Lati's ex-girlfriend Keji Anuola, (Judith Audu) completes the team. The idea is that they would steal cars under the guise of being a newly wedded couple returning from their wedding ceremony in a decorated car.

Their very first operation is very successful. Lati who is a mechanic breaks into the vehicles and hot-wires them. They decorate the car and change into their costumes.  Keji acts as the Bride, while Duke is the Groom and Lati is the Driver.

Victor is totally unaware of his brother's new found life and is struggling to find a job and trying to win back his mother's love which is totally futile. Keji and Victor begin a relationship that is kept quiet.

As the months go by and Duke is able to buy drugs for his mum and he is able to stay in school though his grades are affected. But the new found life gets the better of him and he eventually drops out of school.

The team realise that they are being cheated by their buyer Ekun (Gregory Ojefua) who pays a flat amount for every car stolen. They want more and he isn't willing to pay more. Lati tell the team that he heard of a new buyer who would be willing to pay more. They decide to go see him.  They meet with YJ (Brutus Richard), an ex-convict and former cellmate of Victor. They strike a deal and begin stealing cars for YJ.

Victor finally gets a job as a delivery boy. He still tries to make peace with his mother but she is unforgiving. Consistently working with Keji, Duke is also beginning to feel something for her. Duke asks Lati if he should proceed, Lati encourages him to go on.

On one of their deliveries to YJ, Duke meets his brother at YJ's place, and Duke is introduced as one of his “boys”. Victor tries to warn Duke to leave the life of crime he's begun to lead but Duke is very strong-headed and determined to see it through. His words “I can’t be poor”.

Duke and Keji finally go out on a date.  Duke wants out and he tells Keji he wants to stop stealing cars and start something legitimate. But she's not ready to give it up yet. According to her, they all just got started. The  new guy pays way better and life is really good. Just when he is about to tell Keji how he feels about her,  Lati comes in with news that his mum has passed on. This brings Duke and Victor's world tumbling down. He goes underground for a while. Duke decides to go back into robbery but this time with an exit strategy. He wants to go to Malaysia to continue his education.

They go on a spree and exceed their deliverable. YJ is happy, but a wrong move on Duke's part causes YJ to send his men to find out their Mode of Operation.

During one of their operations, Duke sees ZEB (L.A.S.E) one of YJ's thugs following them. He confronts YJ about this and ends up getting a serious beating. Duke decides that it is time to cut ties with YJ. On their way to tell Keji, they meet Victor.

They decide to call it quits but Lati has been mismanaging his funds and begs them to do one last run.

YJ who has been spying on Duke the whole time tries stealing the money from Duke but Victor comes looking for his brother. YJ tells him that his brother has been nabbed by the police. They get into a fight and Victor ends up killing YJ.

The team go on their last trip but end up in a car chase with the police as YJ had tipped the police off. They try to run off on foot. Lati gets caught. An ambush has been laid for Keji at her home. Duke gets to the hotel where he has been staying only to find his brother being carted away by the police. Again his brother has taken the fall for Duke.

Duke leaves town.

Cast

Stan Nze as Duke
Rotimi Salami as Lati
Obutu Roland as Victor
Judith Audu as Keji
Perpetua Adefemi as Joyce
Brutus Richard as YJ
Ijeoma Grace Agu as Hauwa
Gregory Ojefua as Ekun
Sambasa Nzeribe as Bako
Adedayo Davies as Akanji
L.A.S.E as Zeb
Tomiwa Kukoyi as Musa
Eric Nwanso as Sule
Adeniyi Johnson as Philip
Bucci Franklin as Papi
Seun Afolabi as Rasaki
Jordan Igbinoba as Chuka
Oriyomi ‘16’ Oniru as Gowon
Nneka Pattrick as Ufuoma
Morten Foght as John Stone
Chris Biyibi as Uncle Patrick
Vanessa Kanu as Sharon
Ubong David as Receptionist
Omoniyi Sunday as Prison Warden
Attoh Joseph as Policeman
Iboro Ntiokiet as Policeman
Damilola Richards as Policeman
Oluwadamilare Adegeye as Policeman
Larry Homs Ahmed as Policeman
Emem Ekpenyong-Oniru as Salon Customer
Gladys Tivkaa as Salon Customer
Adekunle Ademola as Tricycle Driver
Mudasiru Danjuma as Tricycle Driver

Production and release
Principal Photography began on the 23 August 2015, the trailer was released online on the 4 February 2016. The film was screened at the Lagos Yacht Club on the 13 April 2016 and premiered at the Genesis Deluxe Cinema, Lekki on 6 May 2016. The film was released across Nigeria on 13 May 2016. It was distributed by Metro Classic Pictures in Nigeria, and by Cellarmade Nigeria in foreign markets.

The film was selected to be screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The Film's official release poster, which was designed by Femi Morakinyo, has been put up for sale by the Art Nigeria website.

Critical reception
Movie review website www.cinemaguide.com.ng giving it a rating of 7/10, commenting: "Just Not Married is one movie that proves popularity doesn't make a movie superb. We have our eyes set on Judith Audu".

Awards and accolades
Just Not Married was nominated at the 2016 City People Entertainment Awards for Best Movie Producer of the Year (English).

Winner, Outstanding Actress, Abuja international Film Festival 2016
Winner, Best Nigerian Film, Eko International Film Festival 2016
Nominee, Best Producer, City People Entertainment Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Producer, ZAFAA Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Lead Actor, ZAFAA Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Cinematographer, ZAFAA Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Lead Actor, Best of Nollywood Awards 2016
Winner, Best Lead Actress, Best of Nollywood Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Best of Nollywood Awards 2016
Winner, Most Promising Actor, Best of Nollywood Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Comedy, Best of Nollywood Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Screenplay, Best of Nollywood Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Editing, Best of Nollywood Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best of Nollywood Awards 2016
Nominee, Best Director, Best of Nollywood Awards 2016
Winner, Best Supporting Actor, Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (2017)
Winner, Nollywood Viewers Choice Awards, MAYA Awards (2017)
TIFF. Toronto International Film Festival 2016, Official Selection
Official Selection, STARS ON THE HORIZON, 7th Jagran Film Festival 2016
Official Selection, The Australian Festival of African Film 2016
Abuja International Film Festival 2016, Official Selection
Official Selection, Africa International Film Festival 2016
Official Selection, Eko International Film Festival 2016
Official Selection, Nile Diaspora International Film Festival 2016
Official Selection, Pan African Film Festival, LA 2017
Official Selection, The African Film Festival, Dallas, 2017


Nine (Shankar Mahadevan album)

Nine is Shankar Mahadevan's second album, in which he explores nine "moods", one in each song.

Track listing
 "O Sahibaa"  (Joy)
 "Dil Nange Pair Jaise"  (Sadness)
 "Hum Khoye Khoye Hain"  (Love)
 "Tezab Ugalta Hai"  (Jealousy)
 "Maine Ek Khwab Dekha Hai"  (Hope)
 "Sain Sain Chale Hawa"  (Fear)
 "Aye Fiza"  (Peace)
 "Jism Mein Kaise Jaadu"  (Passion)
 "Jazbaat Ke Sau Rang Hain"  (Jazbaat)


Aspergillus savannensis

Aspergillus savannensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 2016. It has been isolated from soil in Namibia.

Growth and morphology

A. savannensis has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.


The 1902 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1902 college football season. The team competed as an independent under head coach James Whipple and compiled a record of 8–0.

Schedule


Thomas Plunket (disambiguation)

Thomas Plunket (1785–1839) was an Irish soldier in the British Army.

Thomas Plunket or Plunkett may also refer to:

 Thomas Plunkett (1841–1885), color bearer during the American Civil War
 Thomas Plunket (Chief Justice) (died 1519), Irish landowner, lawyer and judge
 Thomas Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket (1792–1866), bishop of Tuam, Killaly and Achonry
 Thomas Fitz-Christopher Plunket (died 1471), Irish lawyer and judge
 Tom Plunkett (1878–1957), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 Thomas Plunkett, senior (1840–1913), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly


Mordellistena luteora

Mordellistena luteora is a species of beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae, which is part of the superfamily Tenebrionoidea. It was discovered in 1932.


Isabella Gilmore

Isabella Gilmore (née Morris; 1842–1923) was an English churchwoman who oversaw the revival of the Deaconess Order in the Anglican Communion. Isabella served actively in the poorest parishes in South London for almost two decades  and she is remembered with a commemoration in the Calendar of saints in some parts of the Anglican Communion on 16 April. She was the sister of William Morris.

Life
Isabella Gilmore was born in London in 1842. Her mother was Emma Morris née Shelton, daughter of Joseph Shelton, a teacher of music in Worcester. Her father was William Morris, a partner in the firm of Sanderson & Co., bill brokers in the City of London; he died when she was 5 years old. She did have five brothers to whom she was close; one of the older ones was William Morris. In adulthood, she had a happy marriage to a naval officer, Arthur Gilmore. Her middle class life took a turn when she was widowed at the age of 40. Childless, she began training as a nurse at Guy's Hospital in London. Two years later in 1884, she took on as her own eight orphaned nieces and nephews from her late brother Rendall.

Female diaconate
In 1886, she was recruited by Anthony Thorold, the Bishop of Rochester, to revive the female diaconate in his diocese. Her initial reluctance, based on her lack of theological training and her lack of knowledge of the Deaconess Order, was worn down by the bishop. At the end of October 1886, she felt she received a calling during Morning Prayer. She later wrote, "it was just as if God’s voice had called me, and the intense rest and joy were beyond words." Gilmore and the Bishop of Rochester proceeded to plan for an Order of Deaconesses for the Church of England where the women were to be “a curiously effective combination of nurse, social worker and amateur policemen”. In 1887, she was ordained a deaconess and a training house for other woman was put in place, later to be named Gilmore House in her honor. Isabella served actively in the poorest parishes in South London until her retirement in 1906.

Legacy
In her nearly 20 years of service, she reestablished the female diaconate in the Anglican Communion. She had personally trained at least seven other head deaconesses for other dioceses before she died in 1923. At her memorial service, Randall Davidson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, foretold, "Some day, those who know best will be able to trace much of the origin and root of the revival of the Deaconess Order to the life, work, example and words of Isabella Gilmore. For this let us give thanks: I feel sure it is most meet and right so to do."  Isabella Gilmore is remembered with a commemoration in the Calendar of saints in some parts of  the Anglican Communion on 16 April.


Constantin Stamati

Constantin Stamati (1786 – 12 September 1869) was a Romanian/Moldovan writer and translator. Born in Romania, he settled in Chişinău, Bessarabia (presently in Moldova) after the 1812 partition of Moldavia at the end of the Russo-Turkish War.

Stamati became a civil servant and official translator under the first Russian administration of the region. He was rewarded by the Russian Emperor with the Medal of Saint Anne and became a knight of that order.

He made the acquaintance of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin at the time of latter's exile to Chişinău in 1820-1823. Stamati's most important work, Povestea poveştilor ("The Tale of Tales"), an idealized description of Moldavia's beginnings in verse, was published in Iaşi in 1843. His other works include contemporary satires and glorifications of Moldavia's past.

In 1866, he became one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy.


Darlaston James Bridge railway station

Darlaston James Bridge railway station was a station built on the Grand Junction Railway in 1837, serving the James Bridge area in the east of the town centre of Darlaston, near the junction of Walsall Road and Bentley Mill Way.

Darlaston Loop Line

It was also known simply as Darlaston, which can be confused with the LNWR station located in the town centre on the Darlaston Loop off the South Staffordshire Line. It ran to the now disused Wednesbury Town railway station via the former Wood Green railway station. The station closed in the late 1800's to passengers and the line in the late 1960s to freight traffic and diverted services.

Closure
The station closed in 1965, and there is little evidence of the existence at the site. The lines through the station are in use today as part of the Walsall to Wolverhampton Line.

Reopening
Andy Street pledged in his mayoral campaign to reopen the station, however there is still no timeline.

In September 2017, the West Midlands Combined Authority proposed that the station along with  would reopen by 2027 as part of a £4 billion transport plan.

Willenhall was awarded backing for a reopening of a railway station on the Walsall-Wolverhampton Line in March 2018.. In August 2018, Darlaston was also awarded a new station near Cemetery Road which proposed to be located north of Kendricks Road directly adjacent to the old station site. It is currently planned that the station will reopen to passengers in December 2021.


Leo Gauriloff

Leo Gauriloff (5 October 1956 – 23 August 2019) (original Russian surname: Gavrilov, ) was a Skolt Sámi singer, guitarist and composer. He was known mainly for playing acoustic steel string guitars, but he also played other acoustic string instruments, such the sambur, the mandola, the buzuki, as well as synthesizers.

Gauriloff grew up in Mustola, Inari, in the vicinity of Nellim. He lost his mother in an act of murder, which upset the whole village. He was then raised by his grandmother, from whom he learnt the Skolt Sámi language. Gauriloff built his first guitar from particle board, and he would amplify the sound by pressing it against the boiling pot of the sauna.

There were others, too, in the family who had an active interest in cultural matters. Music became the choice of career for Leo Gauriloff and his older brother Jaakko (b. 1939). Their niece Katja Gauriloff became a well-known film director.

Hopes were placed in Leo Gauriloff that he would become the first Skolt Sámi teacher and that we would take up teaching the language at Sevettijärvi. After he had completed his high school studies in the Kuopio Senior High of Music and Dance,
he began his studies at Oulu University. However, he never completed them, and he ended up in Tampere and the local music circles. He never forgot his Skolt Sámi roots and he would sometimes sing in Skolt Sámi, along with Finnish. He would borrow the musical form from various forms of popular music, e.g. the blues, but his scale in singing was wide, and included ditties and ethic music.

Leo Gauriloff toured with Nils-Aslak Valkeapää ja Paroni Paakkunainen. He played the guitar on Valkeapää's records entitled Sámi eatnan duoddariid (1978) and Davas ja Geassai (1982). Gauriloff was known especially for performing together with Mikko Perkoila. He played on seven of Perkoila's album releases. But he also played with Heikki Lund and Kiti Neuvonen and had a short stint with Piirpauke in 1984.

Gauriloff also played with Jukka Tervo in the guitar duo Tervo & Gauriloff in the 1970s and 1980s, both in clubs and on major festivals in Finland, such as Provinssirock in Seinäjoki in 1980 and in the Suistomaan soittopäivät in Pori in 1981.

Gauriloff also played second guitar in the documentary film called Kurki josta ei tullut lintua (‘The crane that never became a bird’, 1981).

Juice Leskinen Grand Slam released a single with the pseudonym of Trio Jyrkkäkallio, a single with the title “Kissa ja korttipakka” (‘The cat and a pack of cards’) (1985).

Gauriloff composed the music to the play Skoavdnji, which told about the fate of the Skolt Sámi in World War II and which was premiered in the Sámi theatre Beaivváš in 1994. During 1992–1993 Gauriloff worked with Ahaa Teatteri, which is specialized in children's and youth theater.

Around the turn of the millennia Gauriloff moved to Stockholm, where he worked as a musician as well as in day care centers. He died of cancer at the age of 62.


1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was a Gaelic football match played at Croke Park on 16 September 1990 to determine the winners of the 1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the 104th season of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champions of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Cork of Munster and Meath of Leinster, with Cork winning by 0-11 to 0-9.

For the third time in four years Cork faced Meath in the All-Ireland decider, as the reigning champions did battle with the champions of 1987 and 1988. In the first half Cork had built up a nice lead before there plans were derailed somewhat. A pumped-up Colm O'Neill hit Meath's Mick Lyons and was dismissed from the field of play. In spite of this Cork still held a one-point lead at half-time.

The second half was a dour struggle. Cork's strategy of isolating Meath's extra player worked well as Shay Fahy dominated midfield. The final score of 0-11 to 0-9 gave Cork the title.

Cork's All-Ireland victory was their second in succession, the first and only time in their history that they retained the title. The win gave them their sixth All-Ireland title over all and put them fourth in their own right on the all-time roll of honour.

Meath were appearing in their first All-Ireland final since they triumphed in 1988. Defeat at the hands of Cork was the first of back-to-back All-Ireland defeats for the Royal County.

1990 is regarded as the greatest year in the history of the GAA in Cork. In winning the All-Ireland against Meath, Cork achieved a rare double as the Cork senior hurling team had earlier claimed the All-Ireland title against Galway. It also marked the 100th anniversary of Cork achieving their previous double.

Cork's Denis Walsh, as a substitute, and Teddy McCarthy became dual All-Ireland medallists once again; however, McCarthy's achievement was the most spectacular of all. As a member of the starting fifteen in both codes he became the first player in the history of the Gaelic Athletic Association to win All-Ireland medals in both codes in the same season. It is a record which still stands.

The referee played 9 seconds of additional time.

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Lester Sterling

Lester Sterling OD (born 31 January 1936), also known as Lester "Ska" Sterling or Mr. Versatile, is a Jamaican trumpet and saxophone player.

Biography
Like many Jamaican musicians of his generation, Sterling attended the Alpha Boys School. Originally a trumpeter, he is predominantly known as a player of alto saxophone. He was a member of the Jamaica Military Band in the 1950s and played trumpet in Val Bennett's band in 1957. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Sterling played regularly as a studio musician, along with most of the future Skatalites members, in bands such as Clue J & His Blues Blasters.

Sterling is a founding member of The Skatalites (playing alto saxophone), one of only two (the other is Doreen Shaffer) still alive. After The Skatalites originally disbanded in 1965, Sterling played with Byron Lee & the Dragonaires and recorded several solo singles for the London-based producer "Sir" Clancy Collins. His debut solo album, Bangarang, was released on Pama Records in 1969. Sterling rejoined the Skatalites when they reformed in 1975. The band have continued on and off with a varying line-up since, and Sterling is the only founding member still with the band.
Sterling was awarded the Order of Distinction in 1998 in recognition of his contribution to Jamaican music.
Sterling's brother is keyboard player Keith Sterling.
Lester Sterling the only living foundation member of the original Skatalites band was honored by the USA chapter of JAVAA - "JAVAA USA.ORG" at their first awards ceremony held in Brooklyn New York in April 2013. That event was launched under the distinguished patronage of the consulate general of Jamaica Mr. LaMont, Mr Sterling was given a pioneers awards in the field of music for his contribution since nineteen sixty four and continues to doing it.

Discography

Albums
Bangarang (1969), Pama
Sterling Silver (2002)  Echo Records

as a featured artist
The Ska-Flames featuring Laurel Aitken, Roland Alphonso & Lester Sterling - Damn Good (1995), Sun Shot


Rehana Begum

Rehana Begum is a noted artisan of India. She is resident of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh in India and is an expert in Chikan (embroidery) work. She was born in 1952 and learnt the craft from her father Hasan Mirza. Her work is on display at Craft Museum of Uttar Pradesh. She has participated in many exhibitions.

She was conferred Shilp Guru award by Government of India for her outstanding work.

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Réseau des sports

Réseau des sports (RDS), is a Canadian specialty channel oriented towards sports and sport-related shows. It is available in 2.5 million homes, and is owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. (Bell Media 80% and ESPN 20%). Its full name (usually prefaced in speech by the French article "le") translates as "The Sports Network", the name of its English-language sister network, TSN.

History

September 1, 1989–1990s
RDS was launched on September 1, 1989 as a sister network to Labatt's highly successful English-language sports network TSN, but the new network initially was run on a low budget and struggled to obtain rights to major professional sporting events. Despite this, RDS became infamous in its early years for its program Défi Mini-Putt, a weekly miniature golf program best known for its energetic commentator Serge Vleminckx, and his enthusiastic cries of "Birdie!" when a hole in one was scored.

By the early 1990s, the network became more established, obtaining the rights to Montreal Expos, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and some Montreal Canadiens games. Rodger Brulotte became the network's second broadcasting star with his enthusiastic colour commentary of Expos games. RDS also covered some of Montreal's other professional sports teams, such as the Montreal Machine WLAF football team, the Montreal Impact soccer team, the Montreal Roadrunners roller hockey team, the Montreal Express lacrosse team, and the Montreal Alouettes Canadian football team. While the Machine, Roadrunners, and Express folded, the partnership between RDS and the Impact and Alouettes helped both the network and the teams to become popular. Much of the rise of popularity of Canadian football in Quebec can be attributed to RDS coverage of Canadian Football League and university games. Its small market (mainly limited to Quebec), however, has meant that its revenues are modest. It has had to offer proportionately modest fees for broadcast rights.

Due to CRTC regulations on the foreign ownership of broadcasters, Labatt was forced to sell both RDS and TSN upon its acquisition by Interbrew in 1995. Labatt's broadcasting assets were sold to a privately held consortium named NetStar Communications, the investors of which included a number of Canadian firms as well as ESPN Inc., which held an interest of about 30 percent. The same CRTC regulations had prevented ESPN from establishing its own separate Canadian sports networks outright, so acquiring a minority stake in RDS and TSN became ESPN's alternative plan to get into the Canadian market.

2000s
In 2000, majority ownership of RDS and TSN's parent company NetStar was acquired by Bell Globemedia. ESPN still kept minority ownership, and one year later both RDS and TSN adopted ESPN-style logos.

Also in 2000, the Montreal Expos severed their relationship with the network, complaining that they were not offering enough to broadcast games. The network resumed coverage from 2001 until the team moved to Washington, D.C. after the 2004 season, showing about 50 games a season.

In 2002, the Montreal Canadiens announced a deal to license its French-language broadcast rights for all of its preseason, season, and playoff games to RDS. This was controversial as it threatened the longest-running television show in Quebec, Radio-Canada's La Soirée du hockey. Days later, an agreement was reached whereby RDS and Radio-Canada would simultaneously broadcast Canadiens games on Saturday nights, saving the show. Within the province of Quebec, this arrangement stopped after the 2003–04 NHL season, and French-language Canadiens broadcasts now air exclusively on RDS. Simulcasted coverage continued in regions that do not receive RDS on analog TV (all of Canada south/west of the Ottawa region) on Radio-Canada until the 2006–07 NHL season. In June 2008, RDS's parent, CTV Inc., acquired the rights to The Hockey Theme after the CBC failed to renew its rights to the theme song. A re-orchestrated version of the tune, which has been the theme song of La Soirée du hockey and Hockey Night in Canada since 1968, has been used for hockey broadcasts on RDS and TSN beginning in the fall of 2008.

2010s
On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including its majority control of TSN. Under the deal, Woodbridge Company Limited, Torstar, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan would together receive $1.3 billion in either cash or equity in BCE, while BCE will also assume $1.7 billion in debt (BCE's existing equity interest is $200 million, for a total transaction value of $3.2 billion). Woodbridge has since simultaneously regained majority control of The Globe and Mail, with Bell retaining a 15% interest in December 2010. The deal closed on April 1, 2011, after the CRTC approved the sale on March 7, 2011—the new company became known as Bell Media.

In July 2012, Bell submitted a proposal to the CRTC, requesting permission to convert Montreal's TSN Radio station CKGM to a French-language station with an RDS-branded sports talk format, known as RDS Radio. The planned language and format change was intended to take advantage of CKAC's recent switch from French sports talk to traffic information, and to satisfy the CRTC's ownership caps for Bell's planned acquisition of Astral Media—since Astral already owned the maximum number of English-language stations that one company can own in the market. Bell's original proposal to acquire Astral, and in turn the CKGM proposal, were rejected by the CRTC; under a revised structure (which saw the company divest itself of certain Astral Media properties), Bell would be granted a waiver to maintain ownership of CKGM as an English-language station.

On November 26, 2013, Rogers announced that it had reached a 12-year, $5.2 billion deal to become the exclusive national rightsholder for the National Hockey League, beginning in the 2014–15 season, and would sub-license exclusive French-language rights to TVA Sports (which Rogers has previously partnered with to hold French-language rights to Sportsnet properties), replacing RDS. Previously, due to RDS's position as national French rightsholder, the Canadiens forwent a separate regional rights deal and allowed its games to be part of the national French package. Under the new contract, RDS maintained its broadcast rights to 60 Canadiens games per season under a 12-year deal, but Canadiens games are now subject to blackout outside of the Canadiens' home market region. In January 2014, as part of a wider media rights deal with Bell Media (which included English-language regional television and radio rights for TSN and CFGO), RDS obtained regional broadcast rights to the Ottawa Senators, with 50 regional games in French per season.

In December 2014, as part of deals with Bell, RDS acquired French-language rights to the UEFA Champions League and UFC mixed martial arts, both beginning in 2015.

Noted RDS programming
Sports 30 – Sports news show that provides news and updates regarding major sports in North America and elsewhere.

Canadien Express – Condensed version of the previous Montreal Canadiens hockey game in a 60-minute format.

F1 Express – Similar concept derived from the Canadien Express broadcast.

The Montreal Canadiens hockey game broadcasts formerly varied in name according to the day of the week. Saturday games were known as Le Hockey du Samedi Soir Coors Light. Tuesday games were known as Les Méchants Mardis Molson-Ex while all of the other day or night games were known as Le Hockey Subway des Canadiens. NHL telecasts not involving the Canadiens were simply titled LNH à RDS. Since 2014, games have been known as "Le hockey des Canadiens (Bell/Coca-Cola/McDonald's)." The sponsor affiliations change from time to time.

In January 2013, RDS and TSN announced a documentary series, 24H, following the team.

Dubbed programming
Because very few sporting events broadcast by RDS are carried by any other French-language broadcaster, exact simulcasts of other broadcasters on RDS are extremely rare. Even when another French-language broadcaster is carrying the event (e.g., the French Open or soccer matches involving teams from France), RDS will usually use its own commentators. However, for most events that do not either take place in Quebec or involve Quebec-based teams, RDS will rely on the applicable English-language broadcaster (Canadian or American), or some other international broadcast, for the video feed, including any graphics or game updates in the original feed.

The visuals are then dubbed live-to-air with commentators in the RDS studios, who (in most cases) call the game off monitors instead of being on-site. The commentary is not a translation of the English language audio, although the background audio typically remains intact, and relevant information from the English commentary (e.g. injury reports, or explanations of onscreen graphics) may or may not be relayed by the RDS announcers. Interviews aired during the broadcast are undubbed, though announcers will translate what is said after the interview ends.

The video is usually delayed by several seconds from the originating feed, in order to ensure that irrelevant items (such as U.S. network promos, apart from those for other events which will also air on RDS) are deleted from the RDS broadcast. These are usually replaced by other images of the venue, additional game statistics, or RDS promos.

Other affiliations
RDS's studios are also home to RDS Info, a 24-hour French-language sports news service which replaced RIS Info Sports in 2012. RDS's sister English-language sports service is The Sports Network (TSN). Many of the programming theme songs used on RDS are the same as on TSN, except if TSN takes from an American network.

RDS2

On June 15, 2011 Bell Media announced the launch of RDS2, a multiplex channel of RDS similar to TSN's equivalent TSN2, in the fall of 2011. The channel will be available in both standard and high definition. On September 19, 2011, Bell Media announced that RDS2's launch date will be October 7, 2011.

High-definition feed

RDS launched an HD edition of the channel on October 3, 2007, in time for the 2007–08 NHL season, making it the only channel to broadcast all games of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens in HD. Since then, most major sporting events have been broadcast in HD; including Formula One, NASCAR, Montreal Alouettes CFL Football, NFL, MLB, PGA Golf and the Euro 2008 soccer tournament amongst others. RDS currently broadcasts its HD signal in 1080i format.

Notable personalities

Current
Alain Crête – Montreal Canadiens studio host
Yanick Bouchard – Toronto Maple Leafs alternate play-by-play
Benoit Brunet – Montreal Canadiens analyst
Guy Carbonneau – Montreal Canadiens analyst
Patrick Carpentier – NASCAR analyst
Patrick Coté – UFC analyst
Mathieu Darche – Toronto Maple Leafs analyst
Jacques Demers – Hockey analyst
Marc Denis – Montreal Canadiens colour commentator
Claudine Douville – MLS play-by-play / Rugby play-by-play
Norman Flynn – Ottawa Senators analyst
Denis Gauthier – Hockey analyst
Pierre Houde – Montreal Canadiens play-by-play / Formula 1 lap-by-lap
Michel Y. Lacroix – Ottawa Senators play-by-play
Guillaume Latendresse – Montreal Canadiens analyst
Patrick Leduc – Soccer analyst
Jocelyn Lemieux – Hockey analyst
Yvon Michel – Boxing analyst
Dominique Perras – Cycling analyst
Yvan Ponton – Tennis play-by-play and 30 Images / Seconde host
Matthieu Proulx – CFL/NFL analyst
Gaston Therrien – Hockey analyst
Alexandre Tourigny – NBA analyst
Mario Tremblay – Montreal Canadiens analyst
Alain Usereau – Toronto Maple Leafs play-by-play
Pierre Vercheval – CFL/NFL analyst

Former
Michel Bergeron – Montreal Canadiens analyst
Joel Bouchard – Montreal Canadiens analyst
Rodger Brulotte – Baseball analyst
Robert Dawson – First President of RDS

Broadcasting contracts
At the end of July 2007, RDS and the Montreal Canadiens extended their exclusive broadcasting rights contract through 2013. The deal includes all of the Canadiens' 82 regular season games and all of their playoff games, if need be (none of this precludes CBC Sports from televising games in English as part of Hockey Night in Canada). Also, RDS has exclusive French broadcasting rights for the NHL All-Star Game and Skills Contest, as well as one NHL game per week that does not involve the Canadiens and a minimum of 40 playoff games for either RDS or RIS. The Canadiens also granted RDS exclusive rights to 'new media' coverage for the team (i.e., cell-phone TV, podcast and others).

Most other broadcast contracts are acquired through TSN and ESPN.

In 2013, RDS lost exclusive broadcasting rights over Montreal Canadiens Saturday night games, the playoffs, the NHL All-Star Game and Skills Contest as the NHL dealt those to Rogers Communications with TVA Sports providing French coverage. However, RDS managed secure the broadcasting rights for 60 regional games as those are still dealt by the Montreal Canadiens.

International distribution
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon – distributed on SPM Telecom systems.


Zdanowice

Zdanowice  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nagłowice, within Jędrzejów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately  east of Nagłowice,  north-west of Jędrzejów, and  south-west of the regional capital Kielce.

The village has a population of 280.


Andrew Querbes

Andrew C. Querbes, Sr. (July 10, 1864 – May 24, 1939), was a banker, planter, and civic figure who served as the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, from 1902 to 1906.

Biography
Querbes was born in New Orleans, the son of Antoine Querbes and the former Louise Alterieu. He was educated in New Orleans public schools and then the private Harvey School in Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish. In 1886, Querbes moved to Shreveport, where he entered the retail grocery business. He expanded into the wholesale grocery operation in 1896. Querbes' wholesale operation was among the largest in North Louisiana. By 1906, Querbes had left the grocery business to become vice president of the First National Bank of Shreveport. In 1909, he was elevated to the bank presidency.

As mayor, Querbes emphasized law enforcement and reform of municipal finances. Prior to his mayoralty service, which consisted of two two-year terms, Quebes was from 1896-1900 a member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury, now known as the Caddo Parish Commission, the parish governing body.

Querbes was a cotton planter and president of the interest group, the Louisiana Cotton Growers Association. He was also president of the Shreveport Ice Delivery Company. He was a director of Shreveport Mutual Building and Loan Association, the Louisiana State Fair, the City Savings Bank and Trust Company, the International Banking Corporation, the Continental Flat Glass Company, and the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Rotary International.

Querbes was a Roman Catholic. On February 12, 1889, he married the former Alexandrine Ricou. They had three sons: Andrew Querbes, Jr. (1889–1964), Justin R. Querbes, and Randolph A. Querbes.

Querbes Park, off Fern Avenue in Shreveport, is named in his honor.

In 1927, Querbes and Shreveport Times publisher John D. Ewing co-chaired a committee of prominent Shreveport citizens that began correspondence with the United States Department of War in Washington D. C. to sell Shreveport as the site for a planned Army airfield that would serve as an expansion of the Third Attack Group, then located in Galveston, Texas. The group originally proposed land adjacent to Cross Lake but this location was deemed unsuitable by the War Department. Instead, approval was given for unincorporated land located in nearby Bossier Parish, which the City of Shreveport annexed through a municipal bond and donated to the federal government for construction of the facility, now known as Barksdale Air Force Base.


Amadas (disambiguation)

Amadas is a medieval English chivalric romance.

Amadas may also refer to:

People
Elizabeth Amadas (died 1532), a lady at the royal court of King Henry VIII of England
John Amadas (by 1489 – 1554/55), an English politician
Philip Amadas (1565–?), a naval commander and explorer in Elizabethan England
Robert Amadas  (before 1490 – 1532), a London Goldsmith

Other uses
Amadas Coach, an American designer and builder of luxury motorhomes


Riyad Pasha

Riyad Pasha (1835 or 1836–1911) was an Egyptian statesman. His name can also be spelled Riaz Pasha and Riyāḍ Bāshā (). He served as Prime Minister of Egypt three times during his career. His first term was between September 21, 1879 and September 10, 1881. His second term was from June 9, 1888 to May 12, 1891. His final term lasted from January 17, 1893 to April 16, 1894.

Origin and ascension
Riyad was of a Circassian family, but was said to be of Jewish ancestry. Little is known of his early life, except that, until the accession of Isma'il Pasha to the Khedivate of Egypt in 1863, he occupied a humble position.

Ismail, recognizing in this obscure individual a capacity for hard work and a strong will, made him one of his ministers, to find, to his chagrin, that Riyad was also an honest man possessed of a remarkable independence of character. When Ismail's financial straits compelled him to agree to a commission of inquiry, Riyad was the only Egyptian of known honesty sufficiently intelligent and patriotic to be named as a vice-president of the commission. He filled this office with distinction, but not to the liking of Ismail.

Khedive Ismail, however, felt compelled to nominate Riyad as a member of the first Egyptian cabinet, when, as a sop to his European creditors, he assumed the position of a constitutional monarch in 1878. For the few months this government lasted (September 1878 - April 1879) Riyad was minister of the interior. When Ismail dismissed the cabinet and attempted to resume autocratic rule, Riyad fled the country.

Administration
Upon the deposition of Ismail, in June 1879, Riyad was sent for by the British and French controllers, and he formed the first ministry under Khedive Tawfiq. His administration, marked by much ability, lasted only two years, and was overthrown by the agitation which had Urabi Pasha as its figurehead. Riyad treated the beginnings of this movement as of no consequence. In reply to a warning of what might happen he said, "But this is Egypt; such things do not happen; you say they have happened elsewhere, perhaps, but this is Egypt." On the evening of 9 September 1881, after the military demonstration in Abdin Square, Riyad was dismissed; broken in health he went to Europe, remaining at Geneva until the fall of Urabi.

After Urabi's fall, Riyad accepted office as minister of the interior under Muhammad Sharif Pasha. Had Riyad had his way, Urabi and his associates would have been executed forthwith; so when the British insisted that clemency should be extended to the leaders of the revolt, Riyad refused to remain in office as interior minister, resigning in December 1882.

He took no further part in public affairs until 1888, when, on the dismissal of Nubar Pasha, he was summoned to form a government. He now understood that the only policy possible for an Egyptian statesman was to work in harmony with the British agent, Sir Evelyn Baring (later known as Lord Cromer). This he succeeded in doing to a large extent, witnessing if not initiating the practical abolition of the corvée and many other reforms. The appointment of an Anglo-Indian official as judicial adviser to the khedive was, however, opposed by Riyad, who resigned in May 1891.

In January 1893, he again became prime minister under Abbas II, being selected as comparatively acceptable both to the khedivial and British parties. In April 1894 Riyad finally resigned office on account of ill-health.

Personality
Superior, probably, both intellectually and morally to his great rival Nubar, he lacked the latter's broad statesmanship as well as his pliability. Riyad's standpoint was that of the benevolent autocrat; he believed that the Egyptians were not fitted for self-government and must be treated like children, protected from ill-treatment by others and prevented from injuring themselves. In 1889 he was made an honorary GCMG. A worthy tribute to Riyad was paid by Lord Cromer in his farewell speech at Cairo on 4 May 1907.

 Little or no courage is now required on the part of a young Egyptian who poses as a reformer, but it was not always so. Ismail Pasha had some very drastic methods of dealing with those who did not bow before him. Nevertheless, some thirty years ago Riaz Pasha stood forth boldly to protest against the maladministration that then prevailed in Egypt. He was not afraid to bell the cat.


Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 28 August.

Results


Pucara (Lari)

Pucara (possibly from Aymara and Quechua for fortress) is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts Caylloma, Lari and Tuti. Pucara lies north-east of the mountain Mismi and east of the mountain Chuaña.


Kasymguly Babaev

Kasymguly Babaev is a Turkmen politician. From 2013 to 2018 he was the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, the ruling party in Turkmenistan.


Gerhard Pfaffenbichler

Gerhard Pfaffenbichler (born 26 March 1961 in Salzburg) is an Austrian former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics.

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Iranian House of Cartoon

Affiliated to Tehran Municipality, Iranian House of Cartoon (خانه کاریکاتور ایران) was founded in 1996. In addition to hosting temporary exhibitions & acting as an educational center of cartoon & animation, it has been the permanent secretariat of Tehran International Cartoon Biennial. Its Sponsor is Municipality of Tehran and the goals of this organization is the recognition, upgrading and propagation of cartoon and caricature in Iran and World, so as to encourage and support Iranian and Foreign cartoonists and fans and introduce their works both in Iran and the world.


M38 Wolfhound

The M38 Wolfhound was a 6×6 US armored car produced in 1944 by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. It was designed as a replacement for the M8 Greyhound series, but the end of the war in 1945 led to the cancellation of the project after the completion of a handful of prototype vehicles.

Specifications
The Wolfhound had a crew of four and was armed with a 37 mm gun in a rotating open-topped turret, with an ammunition load of 93 rounds. Its secondary armament consisted of two machine guns; one mounted co-axially with the main weapon, the other on an AA pintle mounting. It was powered by a Cadillac, eight-cylinder, water-cooled engine. Each side featured three large tires on symmetrically placed axles, with distinctive curved mudguards. The frontal glacis plate was sharply sloped to improve protection. A radio antenna was mounted on the front right of the glacis.

Development history

One M38 was modified to take the turret of an M24 Chaffee tank and went through a series of tests to check a possibility of upgunning the vehicle. The layout of the M38 had similarities with the Alvis Saladin, a post-war British armored car, but there was no link between them.

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WOGT

WOGT (107.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to East Ridge, Tennessee. It is owned by Cumulus Media and serves the Chattanooga metropolitan area.  WOGT airs a country music radio format known as "107.9 Nash Icon," part of Cumulus Media's Nash FM country music formats.

Studios and offices are on Pineville Road in Chattanooga.  The transmitter is off Pinehurst Avenue in Red Bank.

History
On November 9, 1990, the station first signed on as WJRX.  It broadcast at 3,000 watts and was owned by Virginia Sussex Settler.  It aired a Christian contemporary music format, calling itself "RX 107."

In 1993 the station switched its call sign to WOGT.  It had an oldies format known as "GT 108" which later changed to "Oldies 107.9" then back to GT 108.  On July 29, 2005, it became a country music station called "107.9 The Duke."  It was the home of one of America's few married morning show hosts with "Duane & Abby" hosted by Duane Shannon and Abby Summers, later at Country station WGKX in Memphis.

On November 24, 2010 at 12 noon, after playing Garth Brooks' The Dance, WOGT changed its format to classic hits, branded as "107.9 Big FM". The first song on Big FM was "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" by Chicago.

On October 31, 2014, WOGT flipped back to country, joining the Nash Icon network as 107.9 Nash Icon.


Finger knitting

Finger knitting is a form of knitting where a knitted cord is created using only hands and fingers, instead of knitting needles or other traditional tools.

Uses
Though finger knitting may be performed by people of all ages, it is cited as a teaching tool for children because of its comparative simplicity in contrast to traditional knitting. It effectively demonstrates that knitting involves a series of loops strung together. Finger knitting may also be safely practised on airplanes that prohibit knitting needles.

Records
Several world record attempts have been made with finger knitting. The current record, as acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records, is held by a German man who knitted a  strand in 2004. Ten days before the German record was set, 11-year-old Gemma Pouls of Hamilton, New Zealand, set the record with a , which weighed over .


Gogi Topadze

Gogi Topadze (b. April 18, 1940, Tbilisi) is the founder and head of the Industry Will Save Georgia party.

Biography
In 1957 he graduated from high school and continued his studies at the Polytechnic Institute of Food and chemical technologies. In 1962, the Institute After graduation from the food industry as a scientific - research institute of scientific - worker. In 1967 he was the Topadze of Moscow in organic chemistry on scientific Research Institute. in 1969 he defended his thesis, after which he was awarded the candidate of technical sciences.


Rudzienice

Rudzienice  () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Iława, within Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately  north-east of Iława and  west of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945, the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).


Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium, formerly Fox Cities Stadium (1995-2007), and Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium (2007-2013), is a baseball park in Grand Chute, Wisconsin (although the address is for Appleton, Wisconsin). It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, a Midwest League team which functions as the Class A minor league baseball affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. The stadium also hosts a few music concerts each year. From 2000 until 2018, it hosted the NCAA Division III College World Series; the contract to host the event ran out in 2018 and the stadium chose to not renew the contract due to the expanded D-III playoffs schedule conflcting with the Timber Rattlers' schedule. The stadium was built in 1995, and now holds 5,900 people. It is also the host of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association High School Spring Baseball Championship.

History
On March 9, 2007, Time Warner Cable, which provides TV and internet service to the local area and broadcasts Timber Rattlers games on their local cable sports channel, signed a 10-year naming rights deal. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In December 2013 Time Warner opted out of the final three years of the deal.  In January 2014 Neuroscience Group, a local neurology practice, reached a 10-year deal for naming rights.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Renovations
In November 2012 the stadium began a major renovation that was completed in 2013. This allows for functions such as weddings or large meetings on a year-round basis.


Pearl River Resort

Pearl River Resort is a gaming resort located in Choctaw, Neshoba County, Mississippi. It is owned and operated by the federally recognized Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The resort includes two casinos, Silver Star Hotel & Casino and Golden Moon Hotel & Casino; a Dancing Rabbit Inn near the casinos; Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, an award-winning golf course designed by Jerry Pate; Geyser Falls Water Theme Park; and a spa.

These casinos are the only Native American gaming facilities in the state of Mississippi, as the Mississippi Choctaw are the only federally recognized tribe in the state. When approved for opening in 2000, these were the only casinos in the state approved for land-based structures. At the time, by state law other gaming activity was limited to riverboats or floating structures on the rivers or Gulf Coast. In the aftermath of extensive damage to waterfront gaming on the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the state legislature changed some of its rules related to private gaming facilities.

History
The first casino, Silver Star, opened in 1994 on tribal lands near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The tribe had the Golden Moon constructed directly across the road in 2002. Golden Moon features a curving hotel structure that rises to a globe-shaped top. The Mississippi Choctaw are the only federally recognized tribe in the state and thus the only tribe authorized to operate a gaming facility on its reservation lands.

In reaction to a downturn in the economy, in January 2009 Tribal Chief Beasley Denson announced that the Golden Moon would reduce its hours, to operate on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only. The tribe laid off 570 workers, none of whom was a tribal member. In addition to the recession affecting its business, the facility had to compete with a new gaming facility in Alabama developed by the federally recognized Poarch Band of Creek Indians.

The Mississippi Choctaw invested some $71 million in renovations to the casino and hotel to increase its appeal. After reopening the Golden Moon in January 2015, the tribe said that it employed some 2400 to 3000 workers in total at its facilities, the majority of whom are tribal members. Their hiring increases to satisfy seasonal demand in the busy summer months. The number of visitors increases with people drawn to the resort water park and to play golf.


Athletics at the 2015 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held on 8 July at the Gwangju Universiade Main Stadium.

Results


Southern Patagonian Ice Field

The Southern Patagonian Ice Field ( or ), located at the Southern Patagonic Andes between Chile and Argentina, is the world's second largest contiguous extrapolar ice field. It is the bigger of two remnant parts of the Patagonian Ice Sheet, which covered all of southern Chile during the last glacial period, locally called the Llanquihue glaciation.

Geography

The Southern Patagonia Ice Field extends from parallels 48° 15′ S to 51° 30′ S for approximately , and has an area of , of which roughly  fall within Chile and  within Argentina.

The ice mass feeds dozens of glaciers in the area, among which are the Upsala (765 km2), Viedma (978 km2) and Perito Moreno (258 km2) in the Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina, and the Pío XI Glacier or Bruggen Glacier (1,265 km2, the largest in area and longest in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica), O'Higgins (820 km2), Grey (270 km2) and Tyndall (331 km2) in Chile. The glaciers going to the west flow into the fjords of the Patagonian channels of the Pacific Ocean; those going to the East flow into the Patagonian lakes Viedma and Argentino, and eventually, through the rivers de la Leona and Santa Cruz, to the Atlantic Ocean.

An important part of the ice field is protected under different national parks, such as the Bernardo O'Higgins and Torres del Paine in Chile, and the aforementioned Los Glaciares in Argentina.

There are two known volcanoes under the ice field; Lautaro and Viedma. Due to their inaccessibility they are among the least researched volcanoes in Chile and Argentina.

History

Exploration
Thorough explorations include the expeditions of Federico Reichert (1913–1914), Alberto de Agostini (1931), and Harold William Tilman and Jorge Quinteros (1955–1956); as well as Eric Shipton (1960–61). The first (North-South) crossing of the field was accomplished in 1998  by Pablo Besser, Mauricio Rojas, José Montt and  Rodrigo Fica. Nevertheless, some areas of the field remain largely unexplored

From the air, initial exploration was conducted in 1928–29 by Gunther Plüschow after whom a glacier is named. It was further studied in 1943 by aerial photographs made by the United States Air Force on request of the Chilean government.

Borderline

Fifty kilometers of the Chile–Argentina border, between Mount Fitz Roy and Cerro Murallón, remain undefined on the ice field.

This Southern Patagonian Ice Field section of the border is the last remaining border issue between Chile and Argentina. On 1 August 1991 the governments of Chile and Argentina agreed on a borderline, but the agreement was never ratified by the Argentine parliament. Later, in 1998, both governments agreed that the line would run along the high peaks and watershed (as specified in their 1941 treaty) northward from Cerro Murallón to a point on a line of latitude due west of "Section B" that was specified in the 1998 agreement a few km southwest of Mt. Fitz roy.  However, they also agreed that final demarcation and exact location of the line there would wait until completion of a detailed 1:50,000 scale map of the area and further negotiations.  To date, this one section remains the final non-concluded boundary section and an occasional irritant in Argentina-Chile relations.

Controversy

In 2006, the Argentine Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM) (today Instituto Geográfico Nacional)  edited a map without a note about the nondefined border but showed the Argentine claims as the official borderline. After Chilean diplomatic protests, the Argentine government withdrew the map and urged Chile to expedite the demarcation of the international border that had already been established by both countries in the 1881 treaty. However, many in Chile consider the border to have been established by the "Laudo of 1902," which was an agreement signed "to perpetuity" by both countries under British tutelage. The map published by the British Crown, as part of the documentation of the "Laudo of 1902", illustrates a clear demarcation line (from the Fitz Roy to the Stokes) to the east of the Southern Patagonian Ice Fields leaving most of the territory in question in the Chilean side (Santis, 1995:3–7). That is the cartography used by many international map publishers for many decades, but since 2007, some new international maps show the Argentine claim as the border line.

In January 2008, technicians of both countries began the final demarcation of the border.

In 2018, Argentina made a National Ice Inventory in which are included some disputed glaciers.
From September 20 to October 4 of the same year, the Argentine army traveled to into the area that is pending to be demarcated.
This caused controversy mainly in Chile where the mayor of Villa O'Higgins denounced the fact as a "provocation" and made a call to the central government of Chile to reinforce the sovereignty in the zone.
The head of the Argentine expedition said: "This expedition marks a new precedent with the
presence of the Argentine Army in our Southern Ice Field in the middle of that immensity of
irregular ice, developing the integration between soldiers from different regions ".
The Chancellor Roberto Ampuero lowered the tone to the event and affirmed that neither of the two
countries "needs permission to enter that territory. Chile has done it and now it has just done
Argentina (...) we have an agreement signed in 1998, which establishes that we are setting
which are the borders in the southern zone, near the Ice Field ".

After the Argentine government published its inventory of glaciers including undefined territory the Chilean Foreign Ministry informed that a claim note had already been sent denying the Argentine inventory.

"Regarding the area of the Southern Ice Field, and the way in which it is represented in the National Glacier Inventory of Argentina, the Government of Chile wishes to clarify that, as can be seen from the sources of said Inventory, it has been based on internal cartography of Argentina prior to the “Agreement between the Republic of Chile and the Argentine Republic to specify the route of the limit from Mount Fitz Roy to Cerro Daudet”, 1998, in that sense, it is unenforceable to our country and it does not constitute the basis of the joint work that both countries have been carrying out in relation to the Agreement. Likewise, and precisely in view of the above, it does not call into question the validity of the 1998 Agreement ".

In  the demarcation is still pending.


The Best of Richard Marx

The Best of Richard Marx is the fourth compilation album of Richard Marx released by EMI. This album contains a variety of Marx's popular chart hits.

Track listing
 "Angelia" (Marx) - 5:18
 "Hazard" (Marx) - 5:17
 "Right Here Waiting" (Marx) - 4:23
 "Hold On To The Nights" (Marx) - 5:14
 "Satisfied" (Marx) - 4:14
 "Keep Coming Back" (Marx) - 6:49
 "Endless Summer Nights" (Marx) - 4:32
 "Now And Forever" (Marx) - 3:34
 "Should've Known Better" (Marx) - 4:12
 "Take This Heart" (Marx) - 4:11


Svetlana Shikshina

Svetlana Valeryevna Shikshina (Светлана Валерьевна Шикшина, born March 7, 1980) is a professional Go player from Russia, one of only four western women to date to reach professional status. She achieved this in 2002, affiliated to the Hanguk Kiwon (the Korean Baduk Association).

Biography
Svetlana Shikshina started playing go at the age of 10. She was trained by her father Valery Shikshin, who also tutored some of the best Russian players - Alexandre Dinerchtein, Andrei Kulkov and Ilya Shikshin (who is Svetlana's brother and a 3 dan professional.) She was Russian Female Champion from 1994 till 1996; in 1996 she won the European Female Championship.  In 2006 she won the overall European championship (her compatriot
Alexandre Dinerchtein placed second).

In 1997, Svetlana moved to South Korea to study go professionally. In 2002 she was promoted to professional status and received 1-dan professional status. In 2008 she was promoted to 3-dan professional level. In 2005, she started an annual Children's Go Tournament, the Svetlana Shikshina Cup.

Achievements

 One of the very few non-Asian players to reach professional playing strength.
 European Female Champion in 1996 and 2005.
 European Champion in 2006.
 1997 — 3rd place at the World female Championship.
 2001, 2011 — 1st place at the European Team Championship.
 2004 — winner of the European Ing Cup and a representative from Europe at the 17th Fujitsu Cup.
 2006 — 1st place at the European Masters Tournament.
 2007— European representative at the 21st Fujitsu Cup.
 2012-2016 — 1st place at the European Pair Go championship


Moderation theory

Moderation theory is a set of interrelated hypotheses that explain the process through which political groups eschew radical platforms in favour of more moderate policies and prefer electoral, compromising and non-confrontational strategies over non-electoral, exclusive, and confrontational strategies. Moderation can take place at both ideological and behavioural levels that mutually reinforce each other.

The origins of the theory go back to the work of Robert Michels who offers a classical study of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in his book Political Parties. The theory offers insights into the transformation of party politics in a great range of cultural and historical cases including socialist and Christian democratic parties in Western Europe and more recently Islamic political groups. In particular, the evolution of Islamic political parties in Turkey since the early 1970s that culminated in the rise of the Justice and Development Party in the 2002 parliamentary elections exemplifies the dynamics highlighted by moderation theory.

The theory is composed of three causal mechanisms. First, once radical political groups are organized as vote-seeking parties, electoral considerations prevail and these groups abandon revolutionary agendas in favour of vote-maximizing strategies. This expectation is based on the median voter theorem. A second mechanism concerns the vulnerability of radical political groups participating in electoral contest to state repression. The logic of political survival necessitates that these groups avoid openly confronting state elites. The final mechanism involves the effects of organizational resources on group behaviour and suggests that the maintenance of electoral organization is prioritized over original political goals. Once radicals are organized as electoral parties, their original projects of revolutionizing the
political system becomes unachievable simply because of the lack of organizational resources. While moderation of radicals is generally thought to be conducive to democratization, it can also hamper and even hinder democratic progress as radicals are co-opted into the ruling political system and lose their reformist characteristics.

In contemporary times, moderation theory is further developed and critically refined to understand the evolution of Islamic political parties in Muslim majority countries as diverse as Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Iran, and Turkey. The Center Party (Hizb al-Wasat) of Egypt is example of a moderate Islamic organization that was not given license by the ruling regime. Moreover, Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt has transformed into an organization that is responsive to the logic of political competition and survival in an authoritarian regime at the cost of its original ideological commitments. Similarly, the Islamic Action Front of Jordan shows that Islamists can be moderate as a result of participation in pluralistic political process as long as this participation can be justified in Islamic terms.
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Joan Jay

Joan Jay was a singer and dancer at the Windmill Theatre in London, from 1936–1947. She was seriously injured there during a World War II bombing raid in October 1940, but returned to dancing after receiving skin grafts during a four-month stay in hospital. Her costumes were adapted to hide her scars.

She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 19 March 1942, described as a "glamour girl".

She had two daughters, Vivien (named after the Windmill's manager, Vivian Van Damm), and Janet.


Chanu (surname)

Chanu is an Indian surname that may refer to
Bertrand Chanu, French Olympic Equestrian
Irom Chanu Sharmila (born 1972), Indian civil rights activist and poet
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu (born 1994), Indian weightlifter
Lily Chanu Paonam (born 1988), Indian archer
Ngangbam Soniya Chanu (born 1980), Indian weightlifter
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (born 1994), Indian weightlifter
Sanamacha Chanu (born 1978), Indian weightlifter
Sanggai Chanu (born 1981), Indian field hockey player
Sushila Chanu (born 1992), Indian field hockey player
Tingonleima Chanu (born 1976), Indian field hockey player
Yumnam Chanu (born 1986), Indian weightlifter


Goldfields-Esperance

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The Goldfields-Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia.  It is located in the south eastern corner of Western Australia, and comprises the local government areas of Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku and Ravensthorpe.

It also incorporates the area along the Great Australian Bight to the South Australian border known as the Nullarbor Plain.

Geography
The Goldfields-Esperance region is the largest of Western Australia's regions, with an area of ,  larger than the U.S. state of Texas. It is mostly a low and flat plateau of extremely ancient Precambrian rocks that have been stable since long before the Paleozoic Era. Because of the extreme geological stability and the absence of glaciation since the Carboniferous, the soils are extremely infertile and generally quite saline. Consequently, the region supports the lowest stocking rates in the world: it is considered that one sheep per square mile is the maximum sustainable rate except in the small wetter area near Esperance. There are no rivers; any rainfall that is not absorbed by the dense rooting systems of the native flora percolates to form extremely saline groundwater, which is very frequently too salty even for adult sheep.

Climate
The climate is mostly hot and dry. Annual rainfall is typically around  per year and can be very variable, except in the small area near Esperance and Cape Arid National Park where reliable winter rainfall can give annual totals as high as 635 mm (25 inches) falling mainly in the winter months. Most rainfall is produced by thunderstorms in spring or summer or by cloudbands from the northwest in autumn and winter, but sometimes cyclones from the Pilbara decay into rain depressions and produce heavy rainfall. Climate change has already had a major impact: in the Kalgoorlie – Eucla – Wiluna – Giles area annual rainfall has increased by over 40 percent since 1967 – probably due to lower frequencies of anticyclones located over the interior of Australia instead of the adjacent oceans.

The Little Sandy Desert and the Gibson Desert are found in the northern part of the region, with the Great Victoria Desert in the south east.

It has a population of just under 60,000 people, about half of whom live in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.  Another quarter live in the Shire of Esperance, and the remaining shires are very sparsely populated.  Nearly 10% of the region's population are of Aboriginal descent, which is substantially higher than the state as a whole.

Economy
The economy of the Goldfields sub-region is based on the extraction and processing of various mineral resources, primarily gold and nickel. In 2012 the mining of gold, nickel and platinum yielded just under 9 billion.

Pastoralism in the northern goldfields commenced in the early 1900s with Yundamindera Station being established by Dr. Laver. In 1923 Yundmindera was purchased along with Mount Celia Station with a combined area of over  by T. H. Pearse, who stocked the property with sheep. Between 1925 and 1928  were established, and over £1,500,000 was invested in properties in the northern and eastern goldfields. In three months of 1925 over 40,000 sheep were railed to the area and in one month of 1927 seven trains carrying sheep arrived. By 1934 the goldfields were stocked with over 500,000 sheep and 25,000 cattle. Shearing the same year produced approximately 11,667 bales of wool valued at £243,600.

Further south near Esperance, the economy is based on agriculture, with wheat, canola and barley widely grown and making up about 80% of the area's agricultural economy. These crops require huge inputs of fertilisers because of the sandy nature of the soils and are a major threat to the region's great plant diversity. Pastoralism is also common, with both sheep and cattle stations being common in the area. Along the coast fishing and aquaculture are common, with fisheries for abalone, pilchards and sharks.