Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 800 metres

The Men's 800 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Hampden Park between 29 and 31 July 2014. The event was won by Olympic silver-medallist, Nijel Amos, who beat Olympic champion and World record holder, David Rudisha.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Final


Charlach Mackintosh

Charlach Mackintosh (born 1 June 1935) is a British alpine skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics and the 1960 Winter Olympics.


Pat Smythe

Patricia Rosemary Smythe (22 November 1928 – 27 February 1996), most commonly known as Pat Smythe, was one of Britain's premier female showjumpers. She also wrote many books on equestrian themes, largely for children.

Early years
Pat Smythe was the last of three children, the other two being Dicky and Ronald Smythe. Dicky died from pneumonia at the age of 4.  Her parents were Eric Hamilton Smythe and Frances Monica Curtoys, who were born in the early 1900s.  She lived in London, on the outskirts of Richmond Park.  Later she was a boarder at Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth.

Pat nearly died when she was nearly 5 from diphtheria.  Although she recovered fully, it meant that she had to learn to walk again. Hardship and suffering were to feature predominantly throughout her professional and personal life. Her father died when she was in her late teens, and her mother when she was 23.

War years
World War II brought times of separation for the family. In early 1940 her father was sent to Biskra in Algeria in search of a respite from his arthritis. Her mother remained in London working for the Red Cross.

During her father's return from North Africa via France, her mother set out to find him. She eventually found him in the town of Aix-les-Bains. Together they managed to get out of France, under enemy fire, on the very last boat leaving Bordeaux just before the Germans occupied the city and the majority of the rest of France.

Pat herself was sent to the Cotswolds (Ferne) for her safety, along with her pony, Pixie. Her brother had been evacuated to Newquay in Devon, where his school had relocated.

It was during that time, whilst getting into an entanglement with several horses, that Pat met the King in the middle of the road. Unaware of who he was, she said to the driver of the car he was travelling in Shut up! Can't you see I'm trying to get these horses out of the road!

In early 1941, Pat and her parents relocated to a house in the Cotswolds.  Her parents still had to work hard, and things were never easy. The house had to serve as a guesthouse, as well as a family home.

In 1949, after her father's death, Pat and her mother moved again, to Miserden in the Cotswolds.

Ponies and horses
Smythe's first ride was on a small pony known as Bubbles.  Although he was her brother's pony, she learned to ride on him but outgrew him eventually.  After that, her parents bought her a Dartmoor/Arab-cross pony named Pixie.  Pixie was later mated and gave birth to a filly called Vicky.

Pat's mother used to be sent polo ponies by a friend of the family, Johnny Traill, to break and be schooled for polo playing.  Although they were not hers, when she was older, Pat also helped school and break them.

It was not until Pat's relocation to the Cotswolds that her first taste of showjumping came with Finality. After varied success at gymkhanas and numerous injuries which Finality suffered, Pat was able to compete in her first International Show. Eventually she was asked to join the British team with Colonel Harry Llewellyn, Ruby Holland-Martin, Toby Robeson and Brian Butler in 1947.  But the partnership with Finality was not to last. She had been lent to the family by Johnny Traill and, due to financial pressure, had to be sold.

Pat's next horse, the grey mare Carmena, came after the parting with Finality. Although Carmena was a talented and successful horse, Pat admitted that she could never feel the same closeness she had had with Finality.

Shortly after Carmena came another mare, Leona. Leona served Pat well until the death of her mother meant that finances became tight. Being the most valuable horse (at the time), Leona had to be sold.

In 1949, Pat acquired her cheapest horse, Prince Hal.  Bought as an ex-racehorse, he was initially named Fourtowns.

Tosca was Pat's next purchase.  She was born in 1945. It was her most successful partnership after Finality, winning many medals and major showjumping prizes of the day.  Tosca was one of the ones she most often competed abroad.  After Tosca's retirement from showjumping in the mid 1950s, she bred several foals, including Lucia (by Gay Scot, born 1957), Favourita (by Blue Duster, born 1958), Flamenca (by Tambourin, born 1959), Laurella (by Schapiro, born 1960), Prince Igor (by Shapiro born 1961), Chocolate Soldier (her sixth, by either Bitter Sweet or Cortachy, born 1962), Melba (by Pincola, born 1963), Sir John (by Shapiro, born 1964) and a final foal (name unknown, by Three Card Trick).  It may have been the case that after 1965, she produced several more foals.

Lucia herself produced a few foals herself which include Titania (by Schapiro, born 1962), Caruso (by Pinicola, born 1963) and Queen of Hearts (by Three Card Trick, born 1965)

Later showjumping horses included Flanagan (on which she won the Bronze medal in the Team Jumping event at the 1956 Olympic games in Stockholm), Brigadoon, Scorchin, Mr Pollard, Ocean Foam and Telebrae.

She married after the Summer Olympics in 1960 to childhood friend Sam Koechlin and became Patricia Koechlin-Smythe.  This meant a move to Switzerland (as he was Swiss) and it was there that many of her books, including several pony books for children, were written.  Sam died in 1986 and Pat moved back to the Cotswolds.

Pat's death came due to heart disease when she was 67.

Books

Biographies
Flanagan My Friend
Jump For Joy
Jumping Around the World
Leaping Life's Fences
One Jump Ahead
Tosca and Lucia
Florian's Farmyard

Non fictional books
A Pony For Pleasure (co-author)
Bred to Jump
Horses And Places
Pat Smythe's Book of Horses
Pony Problems
Salute the Horse (co-author)Show JumpingThe Field Book of the HorseYouth in the Saddle (co-author)

(It is worth noting that although the above books were primarily aimed as an instruction manual, they are biographical to a certain extent, as they contain anecdotes about her horses.)

Fictional books

Three Jays SeriesJacqueline Rides for a Fall  (Cassel, 1957)Three Jays Against The Clock (Cassel, 1958)Three Jays on Holiday (Cassel, 1958)Three Jays Go To Town (Cassel, 1959)Three Jays Over The Border (Cassel, 1960)Three Jays Go To Rome (Cassel, 1960)Three Jays Lend A Hand (Cassel, 1961)

(Note: The 'Three Jays' series of books featured herself in the story. The Jays family were completely fictional however.)

Adventure SeriesA Swiss Adventure  (Cassell, 1970)A Spanish Adventure  (Cassell, 1971)A Cotswold Adventure '' (Cassell, 1973)

External links
A useful article about collecting old pony books, featuring her fictional work
An website with cover scans of her books, including information about her literary work and her life
A website with cover scans of her fictional work
An article about her career and background on family
A picture of her receiving her bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics


Hutchinson Patent Stopper

Charles G. Hutchinson invented and patented the Hutchinson Patent Stopper in 1879 as a replacement for cork bottle stoppers which were commonly being used as stoppers on soda water or pop bottles. His invention employed a wire spring attached to a rubber seal. Production of these stoppers was discontinued after 1912.

External links
 Hutchinson Patent Stopper Guide
 Patent number 213992
 HBDHistoryAndPop


Olgasolaris

Olgasolaris is a genus of small, limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Phenacolepadidae.

Species
Species within the genus Olgasolaris include:
 Olgasolaris tollmanni L. Beck, 1992


Henry Augustus DuBois

Henry Augustus DuBois (26 June 1840–1897) was a surgeon who founded the Mount Tamalpais Cemetery (Temaulpas).

Family
Henry A. DuBois is the great-grandson of John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the son of Henry Augustus DuBois, who served in the American Civil War and in the American Indian Wars of New Mexico.

Biography
After serving in the American Civil War and in the American Indian Wars of New Mexico where he contracted the Chickahominy fever, Henry A. DuBois settled in San Rafael, a place he qualified as a "sanitarium for chronic diseases" when publishing in the California Medical Society’s journal. He resided with Alfred Taliaferro, the first physician in the area. He purchased a wide land west of San Rafael, and opened the Mount Tamalpais Cemetery in August 1879

In 1874, he launched the development program of Denver's San Rafael district.

In 1887, Henry A. Dubois created the Pacific Coast Vaccine Farm, the first vaccine farm on the west coast.

Henry A. Dubois died May 27, 1897 of the typhoid fever he contracted in Virginia.


Na Golici

Na Golici () is a Slovenian polka instrumental composed by Slavko Avsenik and arranged by his brother Vilko Ovsenik. The song was written in 1954 and first recorded in January 1955 in the studio of Radio Kärnten. It is considered the most played instrumental tune in the world. At this time, the band was renamed to Gorenjski kvintet (Original Oberkrainer Quintett). This song has been covered more than 600 times all over the world.

Golica (), the  high Slovenian mountain from which the song takes its name, is a peak in the Western Karawanks, on the border between Slovenia and Austria, above the Slovene town of Jesenice. It is known mainly for its fields of wild white narcissi, swathes of which cover Golica and surrounding pastures in late April and early May. Despite having given the song this title, Slavko Avsenik was never in his life on Golica. Today the band is known as Ansambel bratov Avsenik (Slavko Avsenik Und Seine Original Oberkrainer), even though the band no longers exists.


Juhan Mihkel Ainson

Juhan Mihkel Ainson (1 July 1873 – 1962), also known as Johan Mihkel Ainson, was an Estonian politician.

Born in the village of Holstre on 1 July 1873, Ainson was a doctor and practised as a veterinary scientist. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly which governed the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia between 1917 and 1919. After the Estonian War of Independence allowed Estonia to set up its own constitution, he sat on the Constituent Assembly which drafted it. He was a member from the start of the session on 23 April 1919 until he stepped down on 18 December 1919; Juhan Ostrat replaced him. Ainson sat in the Constituent Assembly as a member of the Estonian People's Party.

Ainson died in 1962 in West Germany.


Yeylaq Rural District (Isfahan Province)

Yeylaq Rural District () is a rural district (dehestan) in the Central District of Buin va Miandasht County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,012, in 787 families.  The rural district has 12 villages.


35th Japan Academy Film Prize

The  is the 35th edition of the Japan Academy Film Prize, an award presented by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association to award excellence in filmmaking. It awarded the best films of 2011 and it took place on March 2, 2012 at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan.

Nominees

Awards


Huntingdon Rural District

Huntingdon was a rural district in Huntingdonshire from 1894 to 1974, lying to the north and west of urban Huntingdon. It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 from the earlier Huntingdon rural sanitary district.

It was expanded in 1935 by taking in most of the disbanded Thrapston Rural District and part of the Huntingdonshire segment of Oundle Rural District.

In 1965 Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough merged to form Huntingdon and Peterborough.

In 1974 the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and became part of the non-metropolitan district of Huntingdon, subsequently renamed Huntingdonshire.

Parishes


Breeders' Cup Challenge

The Breeders' Cup Challenge is a series of Thoroughbred horse races in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia, South Africa and South America, in which the winner earns an automatic spot in a specified Breeders' Cup race. The challenge races change somewhat each year.

The Challenge series began in 2007 with 24 "Win and You're In" races from 2 countries. By 2014, the series had grown to 71 races across 13 countries. During that period, 24 winners of Breeders' Cup races had qualified via the challenge series.

Starting in 2011, the Breeders' Cup also pays the entry fee and provides a travel allowance for the connections of the challenge race winners. For 2018, NBC Sports Group will both broadcast and live stream eleven shows, from June to October, covering many of the "Win and You're In" challenge races.

Current challenge series

The 2019 Breeders' Cup Challenge series consisted of 86 races, 64 of which were Grade/Group One, from across 11 countries. There were 7 new races: the Gran Premio International Carlos Pellegrini (Turf), Prix Morny (Juvenile Turf Sprint), Fourstardave (Mile), Jockey Club Derby (Turf), the Kentucky Downs Turf Sprint (Turf Sprint), Cotillion (Distaff), Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (Turf Sprint) and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Turf). The following races were removed from the series: Doncaster Mile, Legacy Stakes, Gran Premio 25 de Mayo, Highlander, Forego, Spinaway, and Joe Hirsch Turf Classic. The International Stakes, formerly a qualifier for the Turf, became the first ever European qualifier for the Classic.

Five automatic qualifiers won their respective division of the Breeders' Cup:
 Four Wheel Drive, who qualified by winning the Belmont Futurity, won the Juvenile Turf Sprint
 British Idiom, winner of the Alcibiades, also won the Juvenile Fillies
 Iridessa, who qualified by winning the Matron Stakes, won the Filly and Mare Turf
 Blue Prize won the Distaff after qualifying in the Spinster
 Bricks and Mortar qualified by winning the Arlington Million and then won the Turf

Mitole, who qualified for the Dirt Mile by winning the Metropolitan Handicap, won the Sprint. Uni won the Mile after qualifying in the First Lady Stakes for the Filly and Mare Turf.

Past challenge series
The 2007 series consisted of 24 races held at 6 different racetracks in the United States and Canada. Fourteen of the series winners later raced in the Breeders' Cup, with four of them winning: War Pass in the Juvenile, Ginger Punch in the Distaff, English Channel in the Turf and Curlin in the Classic.

2012

For 2012, the series consisted of 73 races in 10 countries, 52 of which were Grade / Group One events. Thirteen races were added to the series: the (South African) Queen’s Plate, Gran Premio 25 de Mayo, Stephen Foster Handicap, Personal Ensign, Grosser Preis von Baden, Gallant Bloom, Pilgrim, Miss Grillo, Bourbon, Royal Lodge, Middle Park, Beresford, and the Prix de la Foret.

Forty-five horses entered in the 2012 Breeders' Cup races qualified via the challenge series, including seven of the winners. These were:
 Fort Larned, who qualified for the Classic by winning the Whitney
 Royal Delta, who won both the Delaware Handicap and Beldame to qualify for the Ladies' Classic
 Little Mike, who qualified for the Turf by winning the Arlington Million
 Wise Dan, who won both the Woodbine Mile and Shadwell Turf Mile to quality for the Breeders' Cup Mile
 Groupie Doll, who qualified for the Filly & Mare Sprint by winning the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes
 Shanghai Bobby, who earned his berth in the Juvenile by winning both the Hopeful and Champagne
 Calidoscopio, who qualified for the Marathon by winning the Clasico Belgrano

2013

For 2013, nine races were added to the series: the Triple Bend Handicap, Bing Crosby, Yorkshire Oaks, Lowther Stakes, Pat O’Brien, Juvenile Trial, Pocahontas, Iroquois and Canadian Stakes. A number of races that had previously been part of the series were dropped.

Thirty-six horses entered in the 2013 Breeders' Cup races qualified via the challenge series, including four of the winners. These were:
 Mucho Macho Man, who qualified for the Classic by winning the Awesome Again Stakes
 Beholder, who won the Zenyatta Stakes to qualify for the Distaff
 Dank, who earned her berth in the Filly & Mare Turf by winning the Beverly D. Stakes
 Wise Dan, who won the Woodbine Mile to qualify for the Mile

2014

For 2014, seven new races were added to the series: the Paddock Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Grande Premio Brasil, Clasico Cesar del Rio, Copa De Oro Vinas De Chile, The Gold Cup at Santa Anita, Haskell Invitational, Belmont Oaks, Matron Stakes, Juddmonte International and Rockfel Stakes. NBC broadcast 18 of the races.

Thirty-seven horses entered in the 2014 Breeders' Cup races qualified via the challenge series, including four of the winners. These were:
 Bayern, who qualified for the Classic by winning the Haskell Invitational
 Main Sequence, who won the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic to qualify for the Turf
 Work All Week, who earned his berth in the Sprint by winning the Phoenix Stakes
 Goldencents, who won the Pat O'Brien Handicap to qualify for the Dirt Mile

2015

For 2015, eight new races were added to the series: the Gran Premio Criadores, Fleur de Lis Handicap, Sussex Stakes, Sword Dancer Invitational, Spinaway, Princess Rooney Handicap, Smile Sprint Handicap, and T. Von Zastrow Stutenpreis. Eighteen races in the series were telecast by NBC.

Thirty-seven entrants in the 2015 Breeders' Cup qualified via the Challenge series with six winning their respective divisions, including American Pharoah.

2016

For 2016, a total of seven races were added to the Challenge series. Four were added in April when the initial announcement was made: the Queen of the Turf (which replaced the Queen Elizabeth Stakes), the Gran Premio Club Hipico Falabella, the Gran Premio Pamplona and the Flying Five Stakes. Three more races from Japan were added in June: the February Stakes, the Yasuda Kinen and the Sprinter Stakes.

Forty-five entrants in the 2016 Breeders' Cup qualified via the Challenge series. Two Challenge series winners went on to win their respective division at the Breeders' Cup: Highland Reel and Classic Empire.

2017

On April 12, 2017, the Breeders Cup organization announced that the 2017 Breeders' Cup Challenge would consist of 81 races from 13 countries. Three races were added to the series: the Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes, the Highlander Stakes and the First Lady Stakes. The Gold Cup at Santa Anita, Belmont Oaks and Canadian Stakes were excluded from the series.

Five winners of Challenge series races went on to win their respective division at the Breeders' Cup:
 Gun Runner, who won the Classic, automatically qualified by winning both the Stephen Foster and Whitney Handicap
 Forever Unbridled won the Distaff after automatically qualifying with victories in both the Fleur de Lis and Personal Ensign
 Rushing Fall qualified in the Jessamine Stakes then went on to win the Juvenile Turf
 Roy H won the Santa Anita Sprint Championship and the Sprint
World Approval won both the Woodbine Mile and Breeders' Cup Mile

2018

The main change for the 2018 series was the addition of four "win and you're in" races from Royal Ascot: the Queen Anne Stakes providing a berth in the Mile division; the Prince of Wales's Stakes (G1) in the Turf; the Norfolk Stakes in the new Juvenile Turf Sprint; and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes in the Turf Sprint. The Jaipur Invitational was also added as a qualifier for the Turf Sprint. The following races were removed from the series: the TJ Smith (Turf Sprint), the Smile Sprint (Sprint), the T. Von Zastrow Stutenpreis (Filly & Mare Turf) and the Grosser Preis von Baden (Turf). On June 25, three more races were added to the challenge series as qualifiers for the Juvenile Turf Sprint. These were the Futurity at Belmont Park, the Indian Summer Stakes at Keeneland and a new race at Santa Anita, subsequently named the Speakeasy Stakes.

Five automatic qualifiers also won their division of the Breeders' Cup: Sistercharlie (Filly & Mare Turf), Accelerate (Classic),  Game Winner, Roy H (Sprint) and Jaywalk (Juvenile Fillies).

See Also
Road to the Kentucky Derby


Nederweerterdijk

Nederweerterdijk is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Peel en Maas, about 3 km west of the center of that village.

Together with the neighbouring hamlet Berg and the surrounding countryside, Nederweerterdijk has a population of about 150.


Coudekerque-Branche

Coudekerque-Branche () is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.

It is the largest suburb of the city of Dunkerque, and is adjacent to it on the southeast. In the 1999 census, Coudekerque-Branche had a population of 24,152. The commune has a land area of 9.14 km² (3.529 sq mi).

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Heraldry


Strużka, Chojnice County

Strużka  is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Chojnice, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately  north of Chojnice and  south-west of the regional capital Gdańsk.

For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania.


BI 253

BI 253 is an O2V star in the Large Magellanic Cloud and is a primary standard of the O2 type.  It is one of the hottest main-sequence stars known and one of the most-massive and most-luminous stars known.

Discovery

BI 253 was first catalogued in 1975 as the 253rd of 272 likely O and early B stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud.  In 1995, the spectral type was analysed to be O3 V, the earliest type defined at that time.

When the classification of the earliest type O stars was refined in 2002, the complete lack of neutral helium or doubly ionised nitrogen lines in the spectrum led to BI 253 being placed in a new O2 V class.  It was given a ((f*)) qualifier because of the very weak emission lines of helium and nitrogen.  The most recent published data gives a spectral type of O2V-III(n)((f*)), although it is unclear whether this is due to higher quality spectra or an actual change in the spectrum.

BI 253 has been proposed as a runaway star because of its relatively isolated position outside the main star-forming areas of 30 Doradus.  However, it does not exhibit a particularly high space velocity or any other indicators such as a bow shock. Astrometric data suggests it is moving a minimum of 600 km/s relative to the Large Magellanic Cloud, but considering its extreme distance, even highly accurate proper motions measurements can suggest a much different velocity.

Properties
BI 253 is one of the hottest, most massive, and most luminous known main sequence stars.  The temperature is around 50,000 K, the luminosity over , and the mass over , although it is less than .  The rotation rate of at least 200 km/s is high, but this is common in the youngest and hottest stars, either due to spin-up during stellar formation or merger of a close binary system.

Evolution
BI 253 is still burning hydrogen in its core, but shows enrichment of nitrogen and helium at the surface due to strong rotational and convectional mixing and because of its strong stellar wind.  It is very close to the expected ZAMS position for an  star.  It is expected that stars more massive than BI 253 would show a giant or supergiant luminosity class even on the main sequence.


Bocheń

Bocheń  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łowicz, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately  west of Łowicz and  northeast of the regional capital, Łódź.

The village has a population of 321.


Tennis at the 2015 African Games

Tennis at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville was held between September 11–18, 2015.

Medal summary

Medals table


Avoyelles Correctional Center

Avoyelles Correctional Center is a state prison of Louisiana, operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is located in unincorporated Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, near Cottonport and about  south of Alexandria.

History
In 1989 Frank Polozola, the U.S. district judge in the state, approved a plan for the state to send over 600 state prisoners who were incarcerated in parish jails to state prisons. Avoyelles and Angola were the two state prisons planned to receive most of these prisoners.

In 2011 there was a plan to sell Avoyelles to a private company. The bill failed while in a committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives. In 2012 House Bill 850, which called for the state to look for proposals in privatizing the prison, was launched. The budget under Governor Bobby Jindal called for closing J. Levy Dabadie Correctional Center, having its prisoners go to Avoyelles, and then sell Avoyelles.

The ecumenical chapel at the Avoyelles Correctional Center is a gift of the late Roy O. Martin, Jr., a timber businessman from Alexandria, and his second wife, the former Vinita Johnson (1918-2007), who were advocates of faith-based initiatives in penal institutions.


Joshua Kayode

Joshua Akinola Ogunfaolu-Kayode (born 14 December 2000) is an Irish-Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Carlisle United, on loan from Rotherham United.

Career
Kayode was born in Lagos, Nigeria and started his career in the youth team of Rotherham United. He made his professional debut in August 2017 in the EFL Trophy defeat to Manchester City U21. On 20 November 2017 he signed his first professional contract, a deal until the summer of 2020. On 19 September 2018, he joined National League side Chesterfield on a one-month youth loan. In early August 2019 he joined National League North side Gateshead on loan until January 2020, with conditions attached that meant he could still feature for Rotherham in the EFL Trophy. After returning from Gateshead he moved on loan to League Two side Carlisle United for the remainder of the 2019–20 season.

Career statistics

Club


Bobby (Bobby Brown album)

Bobby is the third studio album by American singer Bobby Brown, released in 1992 by MCA Records. The album continued the R&B/new-jack sound of its successful predecessor, Don't Be Cruel. Babyface, L.A. Reid, and Daryl Simmons returned as songwriters and producers, however Brown also worked with new producers, most notably Teddy Riley, who was considered a pioneer of the new jack swing genre. Riley also co-wrote and produced the majority of the album. Brown also had more creative input and control of the album, becoming an executive producer and co-writing seven of the album's thirteen tracks.

Bobby peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200, and spawned two top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles: "Humpin' Around" and "Good Enough". The album also reached number on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and reached the top 10 in Australia, New Zealand and Sweden. Bobby included Brown's first duet with wife Whitney Houston on "Something in Common", which was also released as a single.

Bobby generally received positive reviews from music critics. Brown received his second Grammy Award nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 35th Grammy Awards for "Humpin' Around". The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 19, 1993.

Track listing

Sample credits
"Humpin' Around" contains a chorus sample of "Dancing Days", written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and performed by Led Zeppelin; a sample riff of "Rock Steady", written and performed by Aretha Franklin; a sample riff of "Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go)", written by Full Force, Howard Thompson, Adelaida Martinez and U.T.F.O., and performed by The Real Roxanne featuring Howie Tee; and a bass sample of "The Grunt"; written and performed by The J.B.'s.
"Two Can Play That Game" contains a sample riff of "Sing a Simple Song", written by Sylvester Stewart, and performed by Sly & the Family Stone.
"Get Away" contains a chorus sample of "(Not Just) Knee Deep", written by George Clinton, and performed by Funkadelic; a sample riff of "Kool is Back", written by Gene Redd, Jimmy Crosby, Ronald Bell, Claydes C. Smith, George Brown, Donald Boyce, Robert Mickens, Dennis Thomas, Robert "Kool" Bell and Richard Westfield, and performed by Funk, Inc.; and a sample riff of "Spend the Night", written by Teddy Riley, Gene Griffin and Aaron Hall, and performed by Guy.
"One More Night" contains a sample riff of "School Boy Crush", written by Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Steven Ferrone, Alan Gorrie, Owen McIntyre and Hamish Stuart, and performed by Average White Band.
"Something in Common" contains a sample riff of "Want to Be With You", written by Gene Griffin and William Aquart, and performed by Zan.
"That's the Way Love Is" contains a sample riff of "I Get Lifted", written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, and performed by KC & the Sunshine Band.

Charts

Certifications

Personnel
 Keyboards: Teddy Riley, L.A. Reid, Babyface, Big Dave Repace, Huston Singletary, Dennis Austin, Cedric Caldwell, Robbie Buchanan
 Drum Programming: Teddy Riley, L.A. Reid, Babyface, Big Dave Repace, Huston Singletary, Dennis Austin, Donald Parks
 Drums: Derek "DOA" Allen, Ricky Lawson
 Percussion: Nate Hughes, Terry McMillan
 Saxophone: Daniel LeMelle
 Bass: Nathan East
 Guitar: Paul Jackson, Jr.
 Background Vocals: Bobby Brown, Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal, Levi Little, Joseph Stonestreet, Marsha McClurkin, Mary Brown, Bernard Belle, Omar Chandler, Babyface, Emanuel Officer, Debra Killings, Ricky Bell, Daryl Simmons, Chanté Moore, Derek "DOA" Allen, Big Dave Repace, Robert Gonzales, Trina Broussard, Dennis Austin, Sophia Bender, BeBe Winans, CeCe Winans, Angie Winans, Debra Winans
 Recording engineer: Jean-Marie Horvat, Barney Perkins, Jim Zumpano, John Rogers, Neal H. Pogue, George Pappas, Phil Tan, Billy Whittington, Jeff Balding, Ronnie Brookshire, Mike Poole, Mike McCarthy, Rick Will
 Mixing: Dave Way, Thom Russo, Teddy Riley, Jean-Marie Horvat, Barney Perkins, Dave Aron, Milton Chan, Keith "K.C." Cohen, Kimm James, Tony "TK" Kidd, Bobby Brown, Derek "DOA" Allen, Neal H. Pogue, Jeff Balding
 Mastering: Bernie Grundman
 Executive Producer: Louil Silas, Jr., Bobby Brown, Tommy Brown
 Photography: Albert Watson, Todd Gray
 Art direction: Vartan
 Design: John Coulter


The General Commission for Audiovisual Media  (GCAM; ) is a government organization in Saudi Arabia was founded in 2012 and responsible for the development, regulation, and supervision of audio-visual media transmission and content within the country. GCAM reports to the Ministry of Media and is independent in terms of finance and administration.

Responsibilities
GCAM conducts and regulation and policies audiovisual activities in accordance with Kingdom’s “media policy” as well as provides related services to facilitates the content broadcasting.  furthermore, it issues and manages licenses for audiovisual media transmission and content. GCAM is also responsible for technical issues and specifications related to the media such as providing the approval for the frequency spectrum, media transmission devices. In August 2016, GCAM introduced Saudi Arabia's official age rating system for video games.

Saudi Cinema
In December 2018, The General Commission of Audiovisual Media chaired by Ministry of Culture and Information (currently Ministry of Media) announced the re-opening the cinema in the Kingdom where the commission would be responsible for granting licenses to cinemas.


The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the Committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its associated public bodies.

Membership
On 12 July 2017, Neil Parish was elected as the Committee's Chair.  On 7 September 2017, the following members were appointed:

Changes
Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.


Leninsky District, Moscow Oblast

Leninsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast just south of the federal city of Moscow. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Vidnoye. Population:  145,251 (2002 Census);  The population of Vidnoye accounts for 33.0% of the district's total population.

History
A major part of Leninsky District was merged into the federal city of Moscow on July 1, 2012.

Culture

 St. Catherine's monastery
 Soviet Square and Leninskiy District Historical and Cultural Center (Vidnoye)


Bathytoma virgo

Bathytoma virgo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.

Description


Corone (Messenia)

Corone or Korone () was a town of ancient Messenia, situated upon the western side of the Messenian Gulf, which was sometimes called after it, the Coronaean. According to Pausanias, it was built on the site of the Homeric Aepeia, at the time of the restoration of the Messenians to their native country, by Epaminondas; and received the name of Coroneia because Epimelides, who founded the new town, was a native of Coroneia, in Boeotia. This name was changed by the Messenians into that of Corone. According to others, Corone corresponded to the Homeric Pedasus.

In the acropolis of the city was a brazen statue of Athena, who became the patron deity of Corone in consequence of her worship at Coroneia. In the agora there was a statue of Zeus Zoter, as at Messene; and there were likewise in the lower city temples of Artemis, of Dionysus, and of Asclepius. The harbour of Corone was called the port of the Achaeans, probably because the city belonged to the Achaean League.

Pausanias says that Corone was situated to the right of the Pamisus, close to the sea, and at the foot of a mountain called Temathia or Mathia (the reading is doubtful). The name of the mountain in the 19th century was Lykódimo, at the foot of which stands Petalidhi, on the site of Corone, in a small but fertile plain. The modern town of Koroni, named after the ancient one, however, is situated upon a promontory some distance south of Petalidhi, occupies the site of Asine. It is probable that the inhabitants of Corone migrated at some period to Asine, carrying with them their ancient name.

There are considerable remains of Corone. Part of a mole may still be traced jutting out into the sea, and in the plain have been found foundations of houses and walls, and some works of ancient art. There are likewise traces of the walls of the acropolis upon the heights above the plain.

Corone was supplied with water for drinking from the fountain Plataniston, which flowed from a hollow plane tree 20 stadia from the road, leading from the Pamisus. Eighty stadia south of Corone, near the coast, was the temple of Apollo Corynthus, the site of which is probably indicated by some ancient remains on the hill of St. Elias, near the sea, above the village of Kastélia.

Corone belonged to the Achaean League. According to Livy, it was on his march to relieve this city that Philopoemen was made prisoner, and put to death at Messene on the following day (183 BCE). Plutarch, however, relates that Philopoemen was captured on his march towards Colonis; but the statement of Livy is the more probable one. Corone is also mentioned by Ptolemy.

Its site is located near the modern Petalidhi.


Ettivayal

Ettivayal is a village in the Pattukkottai taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Ettivayal had a total population of 1305 with 609 males and 696 females. The sex ratio was 1143. The literacy rate was 65.95.


Hybrid (Spanish band)

Hybrid is an extreme metal band formed in 2004 by musicians from other Madrid acts.

Biography

Hybrid was formed in March 2004 when Chus Maestro (One Last Word, Supra and formerly in Another Kind Of Death) recruited members from Human Mincer and Wormed to set up an extreme music project that would break down the walls of mainstream music. With Kike and Unai García, they began to write songs they later recorded in June 2005 as the band’s debut EP: Beyond Undeniable Entropy, a 6-song MCD of avant-garde, eclectic math metal, which was released the following year by Deadwrong Records.

The band has been playing live with Tool and Deftones at the Festimad Sur'06, as well as with Napalm Death, Cephalic Carnage, Textures,  Misery Index Moho, Machetazo and Looking For An Answer between others.

In the beginning of 2007 Hybrid entered Sadman Studio to record their first full-length album: The 8th Plague, mastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan) with artwork by Seldon Hunt (Isis, Neurosis). The 8th Plague was released by English label Eyesofsound in August 2008.

Recently the band has been writing new material and is planning a new release scheduled for 2012. A live version of one of the songs to be released was added to YouTube on March 28, 2011.

Musical style
Hybrid’s music starts from a technical death metal and mathcore in which they merge a big bunch of influences and nuances from diverse styles such as mathcore, grindcore, black metal, doom, crust and also free jazz and Latin music. They normally use odd time signatures, dissonances, polyrhythms, staccato riffing, blast beats, cuts, changes and contrasts that increase the unpredictableness of their music. Their composing method is based on the improvisation and the creative freedom. The band is also known for using different vocal ranges.

Lyrical content

Hybrid lyrics cover philosophical, sociological and spiritual themes from an apocalyptic, misanthropic and nihilistic point of view. The lyrics are written using metaphors and including references to The Bible, mythology, religion, mysticism, occultism, and psychology.

Members
Chus Maestro - drums, vocals (2004-)
Iván Durán - guitar (2008-)
Antonio Sanchez - guitar (2008-)

Past members
Kike - bass (2004-2008)
J. Oliver - guitar, vocals (2004-2008)
Migueloud - guitar, vocals (2004-2008)
Unai García - vocals (2004-2007)
Albano Fortes - vocals (2007-2008)
Iago Fuentes - bass (2008-2009)
Rafa - vocals (2008-2010)
Alfonso Vicente - bass (2009-2011)
Óscar Martín - vocals (2010)

Discography

Studio albums
 The 8th Plague (album) (2008)
 Angst (2013)

EPs
 Beyond Undeniable Entropy (2006)

Compilations
 Antichristmass Fest 2005 - (Mondongo Caníbale, 2005)
 Xtreemities Vol. 6 - (Xtreem Music, 2006)
 Madtaste Vol. 3 - (Sur Music, 2006)
 22 Dósis de Psicoactivación - (Rompiendo Records, 2007)
 Fear Candy Vol. 58 - (Terrorizer, 2008)
 Spain Kills. Vol 8 - (Xtreem Music, 2007)
 Various Sampler 2008 - (Eyesofsound, 2008)


Lundberg

Lundberg is a surname of Swedish origin. Lundberg means "wooded hill" or "mountain grove".

Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 55.8% of all known bearers of the surname Lundberg were residents of Sweden, 29.5% of the United States, 4.4% of Denmark, 3.8% of Norway and 2.5% of Finland.

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:457) in the following counties:
 1. Norrbotten (1:143)
 2. Västerbotten (1:149)
 3. Västernorrland (1:301)
 4. Västmanland (1:419)
 5. Uppsala (1:425)
 6. Gävleborg (1:434)

People
Agneta Lundberg (born 1947), Swedish Social Democratic politician
Alfred Lundberg (1852–1935), Swedish silent film actor
Amadeus Lundberg (born 1989), Finnish singer
Arne Lundberg
Athena Lundberg (born 1986), American model
Brian Lundberg (born 1960), former National Hockey League player
Britt Lundberg (born 1963), Finnish politician in the Åland Islands
Ebbot Lundberg, lead singer of the Swedish rock band The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Emil Lundberg (born 1982), professional Swedish ice hockey Centre
Erik Lundberg (1907–1987), Swedish economist
Evelyn Lundberg Stratton (born 1953), American jurist
Ferdinand Lundberg (1905–1995), American economist and journalist
Filip Lundberg (1876–1965), Swedish actuary, founder of mathematical risk theory and managing director of several insurance companies
Fred Børre Lundberg (born 1969), former Nordic combined skier
Fredrik Lundberg (born 1952), Swedish businessman who runs publicly traded L E Lundbergföretagen AB
George A. Lundberg, (1895–1966) American sociologist, anti-racist, positivist and humanitarian
George D. Lundberg, American physician, board-certified pathologist and editor of Medscape
George G. Lundberg (1892–1981), American pilot in the United States Air Force
Godfrey Lundberg (1879–1933), American engraver in Spokane and Seattle
Gust E. Lundberg (1920–1977), American businessman, founder of the Sandy's fast-food restaurant chain
Gustaf Lundberg (1695–1786), Swedish rococo pastelist and portrait painter
 Henrik Lundberg (disambiguation), multiple people
Jennifer Palm Lundberg (born 1986), Miss World Sweden 2008
John Lundberg (born 1968), English artist and documentary filmmaker
Johnny Lundberg (born 1982), Swedish professional football defender
Jon Lundberg (born 1961), American politician
Kevin Lundberg, Republican member of the Colorado State Senate
Knud Lundberg (1920–2002), Danish sportsperson
Kristina Lundberg (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
Lisa Lundberg, Swedish sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s
Mark Lundberg (1958–2008), American opera singer
Martin Lundberg (born 1990), Swedish professional ice hockey player
Mikael Lundberg (born 1973), Swedish golfer
Odd Lundberg (1917–1983), Norwegian speed skater
Praya Lundberg (born 1989), Thai actress and model
Ragnar Lundberg (1924–2011), Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault
Sigfrid Lundberg (1895–1979), Swedish road racing cyclist
Stefan Lundberg (born 1989), American soccer player
Stina Lundberg Dabrowski, (born 1950), Swedish journalist, TV host, producer, writer and professor of TV production
Ulla-Lena Lundberg (born 1947), Finland-Swedish author living in Porvoo, Finland
Victor Lundberg (1923–1990), American radio personality
Viktor Lundberg (born 1991), Swedish footballer

Other
Charles Lundberg Three-Decker, historic triple decker in Worcester, Massachusetts
Lundberg Bakery (Austin, Texas), historic bakery building in downtown Austin, Texas
Lundberg Family Farms, based in Richvale, California, produces, packages, and markets organic foods
Lundberg lag, the lag between changes in the demand and response in output
Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, intellectual property law firm
Lundbergs, shortened form of the Swedish financial services company L E Lundbergföretagen


Cameroonian football league system

The Cameroonian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for football clubs in Cameroon.

Men

National leagues

Regional and Departmental leagues

Women

External links
 FECAFOOT official website
 Allez les Lions website

Cameroon


Eivindvik

Eivindvik is the administrative centre of the municipality of Gulen in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland, along the north shore of the Gulafjorden.  It is also located about  south of the village of Dingja (and the lake Dingevatn), about  northwest of the village of Dalsøyra, and about  northeast of the village of Byrknes.

Eivindvik is the commercial centre of the municipality as well as the seat of government for the municipality.  Gulen Church has been located in Eivindvik for centuries. The  village has a population (2019) of 315 and a population density of .

This area has an ancient history, since the Gulating met in this area in the years 900—1300, creating laws which governed most of Western Norway.

Name
The municipality of Gulen was originally named after this village. There have been many spelling variations throughout the past few centuries: Evindvig, Evenvig, or Evenvik.  The name of the municipality was officially changed to Gulen on 1 July 1890, but the village name remained as Eivindvik.

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God's Company (Israel)

God's Company is a nickname given to the C company in the 33rd battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade in the IDF, roughly 100 men, who were outflanked and destroyed (67 casualties) by the Egyptian forces during attempting to conquer Faluja pocket (operation Hisul). They were led by Ben Zion Helman who refused an order to retreat, saying "I will not leave, until the last of the wounded is evacuated".". An Egyptian officer, Gamal Abdel Nasser, described their stand as courageous and said he understood it after learning they took a tefillin with them into battle. They were buried with a military funeral by the Egyptian forces (firing three times from a cannon).

Etymology

One of the sources says that the company gained the nickname God's company when a high-ranking officer witnessed them praying before going to eat after returning from a day of a battle, another says it was nicknamed because they all survived many battles

Background

The company consisted of men from Bnei Brak, Ramat Gan, and Givatayim, and was one of the three religious platoons. The company included 20 Holocaust survivors with 5 being Netzer Aharon (last survivors).  During a week that they learned that there were no kosher dishes, they had been eating only brine fish and bread. Their actions and the Cooks affair (when the cooks had been order to make food on Shabbat) in July 1948 led to the order that IDF kitchens must be kosher

Battles

 The company was one of the companies that conquered what is today known as Tel HaShomer.
 Battle of Tantura.
 Attempt to conqueror Iraq al-Manshiyya in the Faluja pocket. The company orders had been to conqueror Tel Sheikh Ahmad Eirni (An Antiquities Tel), but during the battle an Egyptian force outflanked the company and destroyed it. The battle plan was for the company to take the Tel while the rest of the 33rd battalion would take over the village, while the 32nd battalion would provide support and a company from the 35th will close the path to the bridge. On the morning of the 28th the company charged the Tel while the Egyptian forces defended using machine guns and heavy artillery, The third company was not aware that due to muddy terrain (the previous two days had heavy rain) the 35th battalion was late in one hour and retreated back. An Egyptian armored machine with Bern machine guns had been able to pass and outflank the third company.

Bodies exhumation

Following the failure to conquer Tel Erani north of Iraq al-Manshiyya during operation Hisul the bodies of the fallen soldiers had been buried in four mass graves by the Egyptian forces. Rabbi Goren had been sent to identify the burial site and exhumation. According to a report by Davar, the Rabbi received honorable military treatment from the Egyptian forces and the Egyptian forces assisted in the exhumation process.

In popular culture
 During 2016, a Headstart project to fund a movie about the company had made. a Movie named "The story of the religious company" had been made.
 A memorial had been built in Kiryat Gat. A yearly ceremony is held in the city of Kiryat Gat to commemorate them.
 The Bnei Akiva youth movement designed a hiking trip to commemorate the fallen soldiers.
 Yehuda Amichai wrote a song about the battle in the Tel Gat song.


Canta (disambiguation)

Canta is a town in Peru.

Canta or Cantá may also refer to:

 Cantá, a municipality in Brazil
 Canta (magazine), a New Zealand magazine
 Canta (vehicle), a vehicle designed for disabled persons


Knappa, Oregon

Knappa is an unincorporated community located on the south bank of the Columbia River in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, approximately  directly east of Astoria. Knappa faces the Columbia River, where several islands comprise the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge.

The community is named after Aaron Knapp, Jr., an early settler. There was a post office in Knappa from 1872 to 1943. It is vulnerable to a Cascadia Subduction Zone tsunami.

Logging and fishing are the primary economic activities in Knappa. Knappa School District comprises Hilda Lahti Elementary School and Knappa High School.


Catherine Gallagher

Catherine Gallagher (born 16 February 1945) is an American historicist literary critic and Victorianist, and is Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include The Body Economic : Life, Death, and Sensation in Political Economy and the Victorian Novel (2005). She is married to Martin Jay, an Intellectual Historian in the History department at Berkeley.
She is a recipient of the 2010/2011 Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin.
 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History (2018)

Selected works
The Body Economic : Life, Death, and Sensation in Political Economy and the Victorian Novel. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005.
Practicing New Historicism. With Stephen Greenblatt. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Nobody's Story. The Vanishing Acts of Women Writers in the Marketplace, 1670-1820. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
The Industrial Reformation of English Fiction. Social Discourse and Narrative Form, 1832-67. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985
Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave, by Aphra Behn. Bedford Cultural Edition. Ed., intros, and headnotes. Bedford Books, 1999. With Simon Stern.
The Making of the Modern Body. Sexuality and Society in the Nineteenth Century. Ed. and intro. with Thomas Laqueur. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987.


The 2003–04 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso was the 37th season of the Second level in Honduran football and the second one under the name Liga Nacional de Ascenso.  Under the management of Carlos Padilla, F.C. Municipal Valencia won the tournament after defeating Hispano in the final series and obtained promotion to the 2004–05 Honduran Liga Nacional.

Postseason

Quarterfinals

 Municipal Valencia won 2–1 on aggregated.

 Atlético Independiente 2–2 América Marathón on aggregated.  Atlético Independiente won 4–3 on penalty shoot-outs.

 Atlético Esperanzano won 2–1 on aggregated.

 Hispano won 3–2 on aggregated.

Semifinals

 Atlético Esperanzano 2–2 Hispano on aggregated.  Hispano won 3–1 on penalty shoot-outs.

 Municipal Valencia won 3–1 on aggregated.

Final

 Municipal Valencia won 2–0 on aggregated.


Bilsam Sky Walker II

The Bilsam Sky Walker II is a Polish powered parachute designed and produced by Bilsam Aviation of Poznań. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

The manufacturer's website is non-functional and has been so since about 2008, so it is not clear if the company is still in business.

Design and development
The Sky Walker II is very different from the company's Sky Walker I and was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of . It features a  parachute-style wing, two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration, tricycle landing gear and a single  Bilsam TNA 625 four stroke engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft carriage is built from a combination of composite material and steel tubing. In flight steering is accomplished via foot pedals that actuate the canopy brakes, creating roll and yaw. Unusually for this class of aircraft, the Sky Walker II has an enclosed cockpit. A variety of wings can be fitted.

The aircraft has an empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of  the payload for crew and baggage is .

Specifications (Sky Walker II)


Hotel New Otani Tokyo

The Hotel New Otani Tokyo is a large hotel located in Tokyo, Japan operated by New Otani Hotels and opened in 1964. The hotel currently has 1,479 rooms and 39 restaurants. It has hosted numerous heads of state and is home to a 400-year-old garden.

History
Construction of the hotel was requested by the Japanese government in the early 1960s, in order to fill a perceived shortage of hotel space for foreign visitors to the upcoming 1964 Summer Olympics. Yonetaro Otani, a former sumo wrestler who founded and ran a small steel company, agreed to build the hotel on a site he owned. It had formerly been the site of the Fushimi-no-miya family residence in the Kioicho district of Tokyo (and before that, the residence of samurai lord Katō Kiyomasa). The 1,085-room hotel was built in seventeen months using a number of techniques that were revolutionary in Japan at the time, such as curtain walls and prefabricated unit bathrooms. The 400-year-old garden on the site was retained as part of the hotel. The hotel was first announced under a management contract with Sheraton Hotels as the Otani-Sheraton Hotel. However, by the time of its completion, the arrangement was no longer in place, and the hotel opened as The New Otani on 1 September 1964, to coincide with the Olympics the following month.

The New Otani was the tallest building in Tokyo from 1964 until 1968, when the Kasumigaseki Building was completed. It took on an iconic status during this period, particularly for its unique revolving restaurant on the highest floor. During this time, the building was a filming location for the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice, where it appeared as the headquarters of Osato Chemical & Engineering Co Ltd, the Japanese front for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's SPECTRE organization. The New Otani was greatly expanded in 1974, when the 40-storey Garden Tower opened. A third building, the 30-storey Garden Court office tower, opened in 1991. The original 1964 building, today referred to as "The Main", was extensively renovated and remodelled in 2007, when it was given a modern glass facade.

In a reference to the three Edo era branch houses of the Tokugawa clan, the Imperial Hotel, Hotel Okura Tokyo, and Hotel New Otani Tokyo are often referred to as one of the  of Tokyo.

Famous guests
The hotel assumed operation of the Akasaka Palace, the Japanese State Guest House, in 1976. The palace and the hotel were the main venues of the 5th G7 summit in 1979, the 12th G7 summit in 1986, and the 19th G7 summit in 1993. The New Otani also hosted the world leaders who attended the funeral of Emperor Hirohito in 1989, the enthronement of Emperor Akihito in 1990,  and the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito in 2019.

Among its other notable guests are Josip Broz Tito, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Hungarian President Árpád Göncz, King Harald V of Norway, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Vietnamese President Nguyễn Minh Triết, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Chinese President Hu Jintao, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper  and UK Prime Minister Theresa May.

Notes


Central Hancock, Maine

Central Hancock, also known as Fletchers Landing, is an unorganized territory (township) in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 117 at the 2010 census. The territory is designated as Township 8 Southern Division.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 16.1 square miles (41.6 km²), of which 15.2 square miles (39.4 km²) is land and 0.9 square mile (2.2 km²) (5.29%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 138 people, 61 households, and 35 families residing in the unorganized territory. The population density was 9.1 people per square mile (3.5/km²). There were 102 housing units at an average density of 6.7/sq mi (2.6/km²). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 94.93% White, 1.45% Native American, and 3.62% from two or more races.

There were 61 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.1% were married couples living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.6% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the unorganized territory the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 126.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.0 males.

The median income for a household in the unorganized territory was $25,750, and the median income for a family was $33,958. Males had a median income of $26,429 versus $21,591 for females. The per capita income for the unorganized territory was $12,286. There were 15.2% of families and 20.7% of the population living below the poverty line, including 14.3% of under eighteens and 33.3% of those over 64.


Thermal weapon sight

A thermographic weapon sight, thermal imagery scope or thermal weapon sight is a sighting device combining a compact thermographic camera and an aiming reticle. They can be mounted on a variety of small arms as well as some heavier weapons.

As with regular ultraviolet sensors, thermal weapon sights can operate in total darkness. The thermal scope can be quite useful in places with snow as the extreme difference in temperatures between the snow and any source of heat (such as a human) creates a high visual contrast between the two. This makes it easy to locate any source of heat against its low-temperature background.

Generations
Thermal weapon sights are often used by hunters to aid in the detection of game, such as feral hogs, coyotes, or rodents such as rats. The sight's ability to see unaided even in complete darkness allows the hunter to be undetected and aware of potential prey, facilitating a quick and precise takedown. The new generation of thermal weapon have sharing features and are compatible with video-sharing websites including Youtube. The whole shooting adventure is recorded by the thermal imaging device and forwarded by a mobile phone application. The file is transferred by a Wi-Fi connection and the video clips can be uploaded directly into a video-sharing website. Videos can also be stored in the SD card  and can subsequently be viewed on a personal computer or television. The new generation thermal weapon by companies including FLIR and Pulsar, where as the previous generation were primarily used by the military and hunters.


East Auckland

East Auckland is an area of Auckland, New Zealand, characterised in the popular mind as a socio-economically mixed urban area with a relatively large multi-cultural population. The name "East Auckland" is not an official placename, but is in popular use by New Zealanders. It is also used in the names of some organisations and companies. Coverage and connotations of the name are not precisely defined and vary somewhat with the user.

The East Auckland area includes some south-eastern suburbs within the boundaries of the old Manukau City and Auckland City, typified by Howick, and including Panmure, Pakuranga, Half Moon Bay, Mount Wellington, Botany Downs and Dannemora.

Extents

Broadly speaking, East Auckland is the urban area stretching from the Auckland City suburb of Mount Wellington moving south-east past Pakuranga, southwards through to Greenmount, just north of East Tamaki, and also including the more rural Manukau City townships such as Whitford, Beachlands, Maraetai, Brookby, Clevedon, Highland Park, and Bucklands Beach.

East Auckland does not include the more southern suburbs such as Ardmore, Flat Bush, Alfriston and Papakura.

Panmure forms the boundary and south of Panmure, Ellerslie and Greenlane is considered Auckland City, which have long been known as Auckland's "Eastern Suburbs" – although this term commonly refers to the more affluent suburbs north of Meadowbank and Glendowie.

What was known as the Howick-Pakuranga area greatly expanded from the 1990s, as many new residential subdivisions were developed, and it is this expanded area that is known as East Auckland. The northern boundary is now in the Mt Wellington area to the north of Pakuranga – where the more central Eastern Suburbs end – and essentially incorporates East Tamaki to the south-west.

Some of the suburbs, such as Dannemora, contain predominantly new housing. The area also contains the widely-recognized shopping area and mall Botany Town Centre.


William A. Millis

Dr. William Alfred Millis, LL. D., was an American educator and author. He was a native of Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Education
Millis received an A. B. degree at Indiana University in 1889, and an A. M. degree in 1890.

Career
Dr. Millis served on the faculties at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, and Indiana University. He was the author of many high school and college textbooks. From 1908 to 1929, he was the eleventh president of Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana.

In 1927, he authored a history of Hanover College on its centennial, History of Hanover College. 1827–1927. A book review in the December 1927 issue of the Indiana Magazine of History, states "The volume, aside from its mere historical value, is a fine commentary on education in Indiana. Dr. Millis writes well, the documents are at his elbow and the result is worthy of the centennial of our oldest living denominational college."

In 1934, he published As I Remember: Autobiography of W.A. Millis, a 98-page volume.

Death
Dr. Millis, husband of Laura Martha Millis, died at his home in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on Saturday night, May 23, 1942, age 72.


Bidarur

Bidarur  is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Somvarpet taluk of Kodagu district.

Demographics
 India census, Bidarur had a population of 5051 with 2515 males and 2536 females.


Andrea Millet

Andrea Millet was an Italian luger who competed in the late 1970s. A natural track luger, he won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1979 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Inzing, Austria.

Millet also won two medals at the 1979 FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships in Aosta, Italy with a silver in the doubles and a bronze in the singles.


48th New York State Legislature

The 48th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 4 to April 21, 1825, during the first year of DeWitt Clinton's second tenure as Governor of New York, in Albany.

Background
Under the provisions of the New York Constitution of 1821, 32 Senators were elected on general tickets in eight senatorial districts for four-year terms. They were divided into four classes, and every year eight Senate seats came up for election. Assemblymen were elected countywide on general tickets to a one-year term, the whole Assembly being renewed annually.

The previous session had been dominated by the controversy about the presidential succession, and the question how to choose presidential electors. Party lines broke down when Martin Van Buren tried to have the "Bucktails" faction of the Democratic-Republican Party support William H. Crawford for U.S. President. A large part of the Bucktails favored John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun as possible presidential candidates, and proposed to have the presidential electors elected by the people in districts, similar to the congressional elections. The Anti-Crawford factions became known as the "People's Party", and they joined forces with the "Clintonians" (supporters of DeWitt Clinton, opposed to the Bucktails). The rump Bucktail faction (which followed Van Buren) was called the "Regency Party" by their opponents, a reference to the Albany Regency.

On April 3, a caucus of Bucktail legislators, consisting of the Regency men and a minority of People's men, nominated Canal Commissioner Samuel Young for Governor; and Lt. Gov. Erastus Root for re-election.

On September 22, a State convention "in favor of a new electoral law", consisting of about 30 People's men and about 90 Clintonians, nominated Ex-Gov. DeWitt Clinton for Governor, and Assemblyman James Tallmadge, Jr. (PP) for Lieutenant Governor.

Elections
The State election was held from November 1 to 3, 1824. DeWitt Clinton and James Tallmadge Jr. were elected in a landslide.

Cadwallader D. Colden (1st D.), Wells Lake (2nd D.), Richard McMichael (3rd D.), George Brayton (5th D.), Stukely Ellsworth (6th D.), John C. Spencer (7th D.); and Assemblymen John Crary (4th D.) and Samuel Wilkeson (8th D.) were elected to the Senate. Lake and Ellsworth were Bucktails, the other six were Clintonians.

Sessions
The Legislature met for the regular session at the Old State Capitol in Albany on January 4, 1825, and adjourned on April 21.

Clarkson Crolius (PP) was elected Speaker with 109 votes out of 122.

In his message to the Legislature, Gov. Clinton recommended to enact that presidential electors be chosen by the people, by general ticket and a plurality of votes.

On February 1, the Legislature failed to elect a successor to U.S. Senator Rufus King, and the seat became vacant on March 4, 1825.

On February 16, the Legislature elected Gamaliel H. Barstow (Clint.) to succeed Abraham Keyser, Jr. (Buckt.) as New York State Treasurer.

State Senate

Districts
The First District (4 seats) consisted of Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond and Suffolk counties.
The Second District (4 seats) consisted of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties.
The Third District (4 seats) consisted of Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties.
The Fourth District (4 seats) consisted of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Montgomery, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties.
The Fifth District (4 seats) consisted of Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida and Oswego counties.
The Sixth District (4 seats) consisted of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins counties.
The Seventh District (4 seats) consisted of Cayuga, Onondaga, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties.
The Eighth District (4 seats) consisted of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara and Steuben counties.

Note: There are now 62 counties in the State of New York. The counties which are not mentioned in this list had not yet been established, or sufficiently organized, the area being included in one or more of the abovementioned counties.

Members
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued in office as members of this Legislature. John Crary and Samuel Wilkeson changed from the Assembly to the Senate.

The party affiliations follow the vote for a U.S. senator on February 1 which showed that there was no majority; and that Clintonians and People's men, although having combined for the election against the Bucktails, were opposed to each other.

Employees
Clerk: John F. Bacon

State Assembly

Districts

Albany County (3 seats)
Allegany County (1 seat)
Broome County (1 seat)
Cattaraugus County (1 seat)
Cayuga County (4 seats)
Chautauqua County (1 seat)
Chenango County (3 seats)
Clinton County (1 seat)
Columbia County (3 seats)
Cortland County (2 seats)
Delaware County (2 seats)
Dutchess County (4 seats)
Erie County (1 seat)
Essex County (1 seat)
Franklin County (1 seat)
Genesee County (4 seats)
Greene County (2 seats)
Hamilton and Montgomery counties (4 seats)
Herkimer County (3 seats)
Jefferson County (3 seats)
Kings County (1 seat)
Lewis County (1 seat)
Livingston County (2 seats)
Madison County (3 seats)
Monroe County (3 seats)
The City and County of New York (10 seats)
Niagara County (1 seat)
Oneida County (5 seats)
Onondaga County (4 seats)
Ontario County (3 seats)
Orange County (4 seats)
Oswego County (1 seat)
Otsego County (4 seats)
Putnam County (1 seat)
Queens County (2 seats)
Rensselaer County (4 seats)
Richmond County (1 seat)
Rockland County (1 seat)
St. Lawrence County (1 seat)
Saratoga County (3 seats)
Schenectady County (1 seat)
Schoharie County (2 seats)
Seneca County (2 seats)
Steuben County (2 seats)
Suffolk County (2 seats)
Sullivan County (1 seat)
Tioga County (2 seats)
Tompkins County (2 seats)
Ulster County (3 seats)
Warren County (1 seat)
Washington (4 seats)
Wayne County (2 seats)
Westchester County (3 seats)
Yates County (1 seat)

Note: There are now 62 counties in the State of New York. The counties which are not mentioned in this list had not yet been established, or sufficiently organized, the area being included in one or more of the abovementioned counties.

Assemblymen
The asterisk (*) denotes members of the previous Legislature who continued as members of this Legislature. Silas Bowker changed from the Senate to the Assembly.

Employees
Clerk: Horatio Merchant
Sergeant-at-Arms: Daniel Shields
Doorkeeper: Chester Stebbins
Assistant Doorkeeper: Conrad Moore

Notes

Sources
The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) [see pg. 109 for Senate districts; pg. 126 for senators; pg. 148f for Assembly districts; pg. 202f for assemblymen]
The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York, from the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to 1840 by Jabez D. Hammond (4th ed., Vol. 2, Phinney & Co., Buffalo, 1850; pg. 175 to 205)
Election result Assembly, Albany Co. at project "A New Nation Votes", compiled by Phil Lampi, hosted by Tufts University Digital Library
Election result Assembly, Cayuga Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Chautauqua Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Chenango Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Clinton Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Erie Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Greene Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Jefferson Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Kings Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Livingston Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Monroe Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Niagara Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Queens Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Richmond Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Rockland Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Schoharie Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Seneca Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Suffolk Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Ulster Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Wayne Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Election result Assembly, Westchester Co. at project "A New Nation Votes"
Partial election result Senate, First D. at project "A New Nation Votes" [gives only votes of Kings, Richmond and Suffolk Co.]
Partial election result Senate, Second D. at project "A New Nation Votes" [gives only votes of Rockland, Ulster and Westchester Co.]
Partial election result Senate, Third D. at project "A New Nation Votes" [gives only votes of Albany, Greene and Schoharie Co.]
Partial election result Senate, Fourth D. at project "A New Nation Votes" [gives only votes from Clinton Co.]
Partial election result Senate, Sixth D. at project "A New Nation Votes" [gives only votes of Chenango Co.]
Partial election result Senate, Seventh D. at project "A New Nation Votes" [gives only votes of Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne Co.]
Partial election result Senate, Eighth D. at project "A New Nation Votes" [gives only votes from Chautauqua, Erie, Livingston, Monroe and Niagara Co.]

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Edward Everett Hale

Edward Everett Hale (April 3, 1822 – June 10, 1909) was an American author, historian, and Unitarian minister, best known for his writings such as "The Man Without a Country", published in Atlantic Monthly, in support of the Union during the Civil War. He was the grand-nephew of Nathan Hale, the American spy during the Revolutionary War.

Biography
Hale was born on April 3, 1822, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Nathan Hale (1784–1863), proprietor and editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser, and Sarah Preston Everett; and the brother of Lucretia Peabody Hale, Susan Hale, and Charles Hale. Edward Hale was a nephew of Edward Everett, the orator and statesman, and grand-nephew of Nathan Hale (1755-1776), the Revolutionary War hero executed by the British for espionage. Edward Everett Hale was also a descendant of Richard Everett and related to Helen Keller.

Hale was a child prodigy who exhibited extraordinary literary skills. He graduated from Boston Latin School at age 13 and enrolled at Harvard College immediately after. There, he settled in with the literary set, won two Bowdoin prizes and was elected the Class Poet. He graduated second in his class in 1839 and then studied at Harvard Divinity School. Decades later, he reflected on the new liberal theology there:

Hale was licensed to preach as a Unitarian minister in 1842 by the Boston Association of Ministers. In 1846 he became pastor of the Church of the Unity in Worcester, Massachusetts. Hale married Emily Baldwin Perkins in 1852; she was the niece of Connecticut Governor and U.S. Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin and Emily Pitkin Perkins Baldwin on her father's side and Lyman Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher on her mother's side. They had nine children: Alexander, b & d 1853; Ellen Day, 1854–1939; Arthur, 1859–1939;Charles Alexander, 1861–1867;  Edward Everett, Jr., 1863–1932; Philip Leslie Hale, 1865–1931; Herbert Dudley, 1866–1908; Henry Kidder, 1868–1876; Robert Beverly, 1869–1895.

Hale left the Unity Church in 1856 to become pastor at the South Congregational Church, Boston, where he served until 1899.

In 1847 Hale was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society, and he would be involved with the society for the rest of his life, taking up various positions in the service of the society.  He served two non-consecutive terms on its board of councilors, from 1852 to 1854, and a lengthy term from 1858 to 1891, and as recording secretary from 1854 to 1858.  He served as vice-president of the society from 1891 to 1906, served a shorter term as president from 1906 to 1907, then again took up the position of vice-president from 1907 to 1909.

Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contributed the short story "My Double and How He Undid Me" to the Atlantic Monthly. He soon published other stories in the same periodical. His best known work was "The Man Without a Country", published in the Atlantic in 1863 and intended to strengthen support for the Union cause in the North. As in some of his other non-romantic tales, he employed a minute realism which led his readers to suppose the narrative a record of fact. These two stories and such others as "The Rag-Man and the Rag-Woman" and "The Skeleton in the Closet", gave him a prominent position among short-story writers of 19th century America. His short story "The Brick Moon", serialized in the Atlantic Monthly, is the first known fictional description of an artificial satellite. It was possibly an influence on the novel The Begum's Fortune by Jules Verne. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1865.

In recognition of his support for the Union during the American Civil War, Hale was elected as a Third Class Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Hale assisted in founding the Christian Examiner, Old and New in 1869 and became its editor. The story "Ten Times One is Ten" (1870), with its hero Harry Wadsworth, contained the motto, first enunciated in 1869 in his Lowell Institute lectures: "Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand."  This motto was the basis for the formation of Lend-a-Hand Clubs, Look-up Legions and Harry Wadsworth Clubs for young people. Out of the romantic Waldensian story "In His Name" (1873) there similarly grew several other organizations for religious work, such as King's Daughters, and King's Sons. In 1875, the Christian Examiner merged with Scribner's Magazine. In 1881, Hale published the story "Hands Off" in Harper's New Monthly Magazine. In the tale, a narrator goes through time to alter events in the past, thereby creating an alternate timeline. Paul J. Nahin writes that this story makes Hale a pioneer in emerging science fiction, time travel, and stories about changing the past.

In the early 1880s Harriet E. "Hattie" Freeman became one of Hale's volunteer secretaries. Her family had been connected with Hale's church since 1861. As Hattie and Hale worked together they grew closer and closer. According to historian Sara Day, their relationship became loving and intimate. Day came to this conclusion after studying 3,000 Hale-Freeman love letters (1884-1909) held by the Library of Congress. The letters, donated to the library in 1969, had held their secrets until 2006 when Day realized that the intimate passages were written in Towndrow's shorthand.

In 1886, Hale founded Lend a Hand, which merged with the Charities Review in 1897, and the Lend a Hand Record. Throughout his life he contributed many articles on a variety of subjects to the periodicals of his day including the North American Review, the Atlantic Monthly, the Christian Register, the Outlook, and many more. He was the author or editor of more than sixty books—fiction, travel, sermons, biography and history.

Hale retired as minister from the South Congregational Church in 1899 and chose as his successor Edward Cummings, father of E. E. Cummings. By the turn of the century, Hale was recognized as among the nation's most important men of letters. Bostonians asked him to help ring in the new century on December 31, 1900, by presenting a psalm on the balcony of the Massachusetts State House.

In 1903 he became Chaplain of the United States Senate, and joined the Literary Society of Washington. The next year, he was elected as a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Hale lived from 1869 to his death at the Edward Everett Hale House in Roxbury.
He maintained a summer home in South Kingstown, Rhode Island where he and his family often spent summer months.

Hale died in Roxbury, by then part of Boston, in 1909. He was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. A life-size likeness in bronze statue memorializing the man and his works stands in the Boston Public Garden.

Beliefs

Combining a forceful personality, organizing genius, and liberal practical theology, Hale was active in raising the tone of American life for half a century. He had a deep interest in the anti-slavery movement (especially in Kansas), as well as popular education (involving himself especially with the Chautauqua adult-education movement), and the working-man's home.

He published a wide variety of works in fiction, history and biography. He used his writings and the two magazines he founded, Old and New (1870–75) and Lend a Hand (1886–97), to advance a number of social reforms, including religious tolerance, the abolition of slavery and wider education. Writer-educator Mary Lowe Dickinson served as Hale's associate editor for Lend a Hand.

Hale supported Irish immigration in the mid-19th century, as he felt the new workers freed Americans from performing menial, hard labor. In a series of letters in the Boston Daily Advertiser, he noted the "inferiority" of immigrants: "[it] compels them to go the bottom; and the consequence is that we are, all of us, the higher lifted."

Edward Everett Hale's story “The Man Without a Country" (1863) opened with the sentence: “I was stranded at the old Mission House in Mackinaw, waiting for a Lake Superior steamer which did not choose to come.” In his 1893 and 1900 reminiscences, E.E. Hale states that ‘To write the story of “The Man Without a Country” and its sequel, “Philip Nolan’s Friends,” I had to make as careful a study as I could of the history of the acquisition of Louisiana by the United States.’


Squalidus

Squalidus is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in eastern Asia.  There are currently 14 described species in this genus.

Species
 Squalidus argentatus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
 Squalidus atromaculatus (Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927)
 Squalidus banarescui I. S. Chen & Y. C. Chang, 2007
 Squalidus chankaensis Dybowski, 1872 (Khanka gudgeon)
 Squalidus chankaensis biwae (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1900)
 Squalidus chankaensis chankaensis Dybowski, 1872
 Squalidus gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
 Squalidus gracilis gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
 Squalidus gracilis majimae (D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925)
 Squalidus homozonus (Günther, 1868)
 Squalidus iijimae (Ōshima, 1919)
 Squalidus intermedius (Nichols, 1929)
 Squalidus japonicus (Sauvage, 1883)
 Squalidus japonicus coreanus (L. S. Berg, 1906)
 Squalidus japonicus japonicus (Sauvage, 1883)
 Squalidus mantschuricus (T. Mori, 1927)
 Squalidus minor (Harada, 1943)
 Squalidus multimaculatus K. Hosoya & S. R. Jeon, 1984
 Squalidus nitens (Günther, 1873)
 Squalidus wolterstorffi (Regan, 1908)


Burrator and Sheepstor Halt railway station was located on the 10.5 mile long single track branch railway line in Devon, England, running from  to  with eventually four intermediate stations. The station was opened as Burrator Platform and became Burrator Halt when it was opened to the public, the name being changed again in 1929 to Burrator and Sheepstor Halt.

Opened as Burrator Platform on Monday 4 February 1924 the station at first only catered for workmen employed on the raising of the Burrator and Sheepstor Dams when Burrator Reservoir was enlarged. This service consisted of a morning train that left Princetown at 6.27am for  and  and then, after collecting workmen off the 6.20am from Millbay Station, left Yelverton Station at 6.58am, stopping at Burrator and Sheepstor Platform at 7.05am to set them down.  On Mondays to Fridays the 4.05pm from Princetown called at Burrator at 4.30pm to pick up workmen for the homeward journey. On Saturday mornings the 12.25pm from Princetown called at 12.50pm to collect workers and the later train would then not stop.

From Thursday 6 November 1924 the early morning trains ran only on Monday mornings. The 4.05pm from Princetown no longer called, but the return journey, the 4.55pm from Yelverton did.  For the remainder of the week the 7.38am from Princetown conveyed the workmen to Burrator. Burrator and Sheepstor Platform was opened to the general public as from Monday 18 May 1925 and was served by trains during daylight hours only.

Its later traffic was almost entirely walkers and like Ingra Tor Halt it was retained in an attempt to counter competition from local bus services and encourage tourist traffic.

History
The branch line was authorised in 1878 and opened on 11 August 1883.  was the junction for the line when the halt opened, three other stations had been added to the line in the 1920s,  in 1936. Much of the route followed the course of the old Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway. King Tor Halt was opened almost on the site of the old Royal Oak Sidings.

The freight traffic on the branch line included granite from the rail served quarries of Swelltor and Foggintor which were closed in 1906.

Owned by the Princetown Railway until 1 January 1922, the company then merged with the Great Western Railway (GWR). The line passed to British Railways (Western Region) in 1948 and closed on 3 March 1956. The track was lifted in December 1956.

Only the foundations of the station remain, together with the old steps up from the lane and a swing gate. Much of the old track formation now forms the route of the Dousland to Princetown Railway Track.

Services


Joe Kernan

Joe Kernan or Joseph Kernan may refer to:

 Joe Kernan (baseball), 19th-century American baseball player
 Joe Kernan (Gaelic footballer) (born 1954)
 Joseph D. Kernan (born 1955), United States Navy admiral
 Joe E. Kernan (born 1946), American politician


AScX index

The AScX index, derived from Amsterdam Small Cap Index, also known as Small Cap index or simply Small Cap, is a stock market index composed of Dutch companies that trade on Euronext Amsterdam, formerly known as the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. The index was started in 2005. It is composed of the 25 funds that trade on the exchange and that rank 51–75 in size. The funds that rank 1–25 in size are represented in the AEX index and the funds that rank 26–50 in size are represented in the AMX index. The composition is reviewed twice a year.

Composition
The AScX index has the following composition as of 14 June 2018.


The 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Netherlands was an A1 Grand Prix race, held at Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands. It was originally set to be the second race of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season, but a delay in the build schedule of the new chassis forced the race at Mugello to be moved from the season opener. The same build delay meant that only seventeen of the twenty-three A1 teams participated in the race.

This was the first race for  A1 Team Korea (Hwang Jin-Woo),  A1 Team Monaco (Clivio Piccione), and the new "Powered by Ferrari" A1GP car.

Drivers and teams
On 26 September, an article on the official A1GP website, detailed that a full grid of cars would not be on track at Zandvoort for the race weekend, due to the build schedule delay. It was subsequently confirmed that a maximum of eighteen teams will be racing –  Canada,  Germany (Michael Ammermüller),  Great Britain (Danny Watts),  India (Narain Karthikeyan) and  Mexico (Davíd Garza Pérez) will thus make their season debut at the second round in China.  Germany (Michael Ammermüller) did not, in fact, debut until round 5 in South Africa, while  Canada did not appear all season.

Subsequently,  Team Pakistan revealed that technical issues with their car were compromising the safety of their driver, Adam Khan – and thus, they too delayed the start of their season, leaving 17 teams to race. Like  Canada,  Pakistan did not appear all season.

As several teams were still arriving as of Saturday morning, and were unable to shake down their cars before the start of the planned sessions, rookie sessions were not held.

Qualifying
As some teams had only arrived on Saturday morning, the qualifying format was changed for Zandvoort. In place of the usual four fifteen-minute, single-lap sessions, teams were given a one-hour session in which they could complete as many laps as they wished. Those times would set the grid for the Sprint race, while the results from the Sprint race would determine the grid for the Feature race.

The pole position time, set by  the Netherlands (Jeroen Bleekemolen) was four seconds quicker than the fastest lap set the previous year in the Lola/Zytek cars.  Bleekemolen lined up on pole, 0.316s ahead of  Earl Bamber and 0.338s ahead of  Adam Carroll in third. Both  Felipe Guimarães and  Ho-Pin Tung failed to set a time.

Sprint Race
Owing to the treacherous conditions, the 12-lap Sprint Race was started behind the Safety Car. The newly introduced mandatory Sprint race pit-stop was removed for this race, to help the teams to conserve equipment.

On Lap 2, the Safety Car pulled in, and the cars were released.
On Lap 3,  Adam Carroll spun at the final corner and was hit by  Clivio Piccione, forcing both of their retirements.
On Lap 3,  Satrio Hermanto also retired after a spin.
On Lap 5,  Hwang Jin-Woo retired, after colliding with  John Martin heading into the first corner. Martin managed to continue.
On Lap 7,  Earl Bamber passed  Jeroen Bleekemolen for the lead, after a failed passing attempt led to Bleekemolen running wide and allowing Bamber to pass.
On Lap 9,  Fairuz Fauzy passed  Bamber for the lead, and then began to build up a lead over the New Zealander.
On Lap 11,  Ho-Pin Tung spun out of fifth place.
On Lap 11,  Felipe Guimarães also spun out.

The race was red-flagged on Lap 12, because of the treacherous conditions.  Fauzy won ahead of  Bamber, and  Loïc Duval.  Duval also set fastest lap.

Race stopped after 12 laps because of the terrible conditions

Feature Race
 Korea (Hwang Jin-Woo) were sent to the back of the grid for attempting to overtake under a yellow flag, and causing an avoidable collision in the Sprint race.

The second pit-stop window was set to be between Laps 24 and 32. As conditions hadn't improved since earlier, the race was started behind the Safety Car.

The Safety Car pulled in at the end of Lap 2, to get the race underway. On Lap 5,  Neel Jani pulled into the pits and retires, while  Adam Carroll spun out at Turn 6. On Lap 6,  Fabio Onidi spun and collected  Adrian Zaugg, putting both out of the race. After the first set of pit-stops,  France (Loïc Duval) led from  New Zealand (Earl Bamber) and  Portugal (Filipe Albuquerque).

A lot of action took place on Laps 16–17:  Jeroen Bleekemolen pulled into the pits with a steering wheel problem;  Indonesia (Satrio Hermanto) crashed out;  Korea (Hwang Jin-Woo) spun and rejoined; and  Portugal (Filipe Albuquerque) spun and crashed in the final turn. The Safety Car was deployed while the wrecks were cleared. At this point, all remaining cars in the race were guaranteed points-finishes, which means  Monaco (Clivio Piccione) and  Korea (Hwang Jin-Woo) would score on their debut, and  Lebanon (Daniel Morad) would score their first ever points.

On Lap 24,  Daniel Morad did a 360-spin and continues, losing a place to  John Martin. Meanwhile,  Netherlands (Jeroen Bleekemolen) were having gearshifting problems and lost a place to  USA (Charlie Kimball). On Lap 31,  Charlie Kimball retired after running off the track, but not before setting the fastest lap of the race.  France (Loïc Duval) still led after the second round of pit-stops.

On Lap 33, the Safety Car was deployed after  Morad lost control and spun into the back of  Ho-Pin Tung, sending both cars into the tyre wall at Tarzan corner. At this stage, the race had nearly reached the 69-minute time limit. Two laps later the time expired, and  France (Loïc Duval) took the chequered flag behind the safety car, ahead of  Malaysia (Fairuz Fauzy), and  New Zealand (Earl Bamber).

 Brazil (Felipe Guimarães) joined the race late on, after being unable to make the start, as they were unable to repair the damage from their accident in the Sprint race in time.

Scheduled for 45 laps but stopped earlier because of time limit

After race
At the first practice session,  Korea (Hwang Jin-Woo) was warned due to their political insistence which the team put on the car: Dokdo is a territory of Korea. However, they kept running the car with same insistence written in not English but Korean (Hangul) during the race weekend. As a result, the team received a penalty of fine after the race.

Notes
It was the 33rd race weekend (66 starts).
It was the 3rd race in the Netherlands, and the 3rd race at Circuit Park Zandvoort.
It was the first race weekend for  A1 Team Korea (Hwang Jin-Woo), and  A1 Team Monaco (Clivio Piccione).
It was the first race weekend as main driver for  Earl Bamber,  Felipe Guimarães,  Hwang Jin-Woo,  Charlie Kimball,  Daniel Morad,  Fabio Onidi and  Clivio Piccione.
Records:
In the Sprint race, it was the first win for  Malaysia and Fairuz Fauzy.
 Lebanon (Daniel Morad) had participated in 33 rounds (63 starts) before scoring their first points.
 Korea (Hwang Jin-Woo),  Lebanon (Daniel Morad) and  Monaco (Clivio Piccione) all scored their first ever points in the series, in the Feature race.


The Wounded Cuirassier

The Wounded Cuirassier () is an oil painting of a single anonymous soldier descending a slope with his horse by the French Romantic painter and lithographer Théodore Géricault (1791–1824). In this 1814 Salon entry, Géricault decided to depict a different view of battle than the generally done views of entire battles or of famous generals bravely fighting. On display just a few months after Napoleon's fall from power, this life-size painting symbolized the French defeats and Napoleon's failure. Though the painting is called The Wounded Cuirassier, there are no visible wounds on the soldier. Additionally, though Géricault generally created several drafts before settling on a final design, there do not seem to be any paintings of his that could be considered precursors to this painting. Only his Signboard of a Hoofsmith, which is currently in a private collection, bears any resemblance in form or function to this painting.

The two known copies of the painting are at the Musée du Louvre and at the Brooklyn Museum.

External links
 The Wounded Cuirassier at the Brooklyn Museum website.
 Cuirassier blessé quittant le feu at the Louvre official site (in French)