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Ben Tee - Wikipedia

Ben Tee (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn an t-Sìthidh) is a Scottish mountain situated in the Lochaber area of the Highland council area, some 15 kilometres north of Spean Bridge. It is rated as one of the best of Scotland's smaller mountains with Hamish Brown saying: Ben Tee is such a shapely cone that it is instantly recognisable from anywhere around the Great Glen or along the Garry. Its isolated situation makes it one of Scotland’s finest summit viewpoints.[1] Ben Tee forms part of the Loch Lochy hills along with the Munros of Sròn a' Choire Ghairbh and Meall na Teanga which lie to the south west. It has a height of 904 metres (2966 feet) and qualifies as a Corbett and a Marilyn. It is just 10 metres (33 feet) short of being a Munro and it is one of the most recognisable hills in the area with its symmetrical cone making it conspicuous in views for many miles around. The hill lies to the north of Loch Lochy where Glen Garry intersects with the Great Glen. The origins of the name Ben Tee is not entirely clear. The most widely accepted translation is "Fairy Hill" from Gaelic Beinn an t-Sìthidh. Ben Tee's conical shape is very similar to that of Schiehallion, also a conical "fairy hill", which gives extra credibility to that translation.[2][3] More fanciful suggestions include a derivation from Beinn an Taighe meaning "mountain of the house" or Beinn Dhè, meaning "mountain of God", a number of years ago leading someone to paint the word GOD on the summit rocks.[citation needed] An informal local name for Ben Tee is “Glengarry’s Bowling Green”,[4] a rather sardonic name because there is hardly any grass on the rocky summit. Local legend says that nearby Invergarry Castle on the northern shores of Loch Oich was built from stone from Ben Tee's summit, with workers passing stone hand to hand down the mountain.[5] This story is possibly true as the hill would have great symbolic value to local inhabitants. There is an annual Ben Tee Hill Race, a 14.5 km event starting and finishing at the Glengarry Shinty Club pitch with 900 metres of ascent.[6] The winning runner usually takes about 80 minutes to complete the course to the summit and back. Ben Tee is a hill with few outstanding geographical features, it has a broad grassy eastern ridge which sweeps down to the northern end of Loch Lochy and the Laggan lochs and gives one of the most popular approaches to the mountain. The southern slopes of the mountain drop very steeply to the valley of the Allt a’ Choire Ghlais, a stream which drains eastwards entering a steeply wooded gorge where it changes its name to the Kilfinnan Burn. The gorge contains the Kilfillan Falls, a series of waterfalls, as the burn drains to the Great Glen at the north end of Loch Lochy. To the north, the mountain descends to Glen Garry with the trees of the Glengarry forest appearing on the slopes below the 350 metre contour. There are steep slopes to the east which go down to the Bealach Easain, a col with a height of 548 metres which connects to the adjacent Munro of Sròn a' Choire Ghairbh, the col contains a small lochan at its highest point. All drainage from Ben Tee reaches the Great Glen but goes to both the west and east coast of Scotland. Rainfall on the northern part of the hill goes via Glen Garry and the River Garry to reach Loch Oich from where it flows north east through Loch Ness to reach the east coast at the Moray Firth. Rainfall on the southern slopes goes via the Kilfinnan Burn to reach Loch Lochy where it flows south west to reach the sea loch of Loch Linnhe on the west coast. The most popular ascent of Ben Tee starts at the Laggan locks on the Caledonian Canal at grid reference  WikiMiniAtlasNN287963 where there is a car park. The minor road to Kilfinnan on the north side of Loch Lochy is taken and left about 200 metres before the Kilfinnan Burn is reached to strike north west up the steep slopes of Ben Tee. Do not take the path to the Kilfinnan Falls as it is not possible to exit the gorge further up, however the falls are worth visiting but steps will have to be retraced. The route continues across moorland which steepens to reach the broad eastern ridge and then the summit. Approaches are possible from the north and the east, one starts at the bridge over Loch Garry (grid reference  WikiMiniAtlasNH195022), while another starts at the Forestry Commission's Alt na Cailliche car park near Invergarry (grid reference  WikiMiniAtlasNH282006). Both these routes are longer than the Kilfinnan approach.[7]  WikiMiniAtlas57°01′57″N 4°53′57″W / 57.032511°N 4.899216°W / 57.032511; -4.899216

2023-09-03 05:30:55

USS Tacoma (CL-20) - Wikipedia

USS Tacoma (C-18/PG-32/CL-20) was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second Navy ship named after the city of Tacoma, Washington. Tacoma was laid down on 27 September 1900 at Mare Island, California, by the Union Iron Works. She was launched on 2 June 1903, sponsored by Miss Julia M. Harris, and commissioned on 30 January 1904, Commander Reginald Fairfax Nicholson in command.[4] Following a post-commissioning visit to her namesake city, Tacoma, Washington, the protected cruiser voyaged to Hawaii in April and May. She returned to San Francisco on 2 June and, a month later, sailed for Cape Horn. During the voyage, she participated in the search for merchant ship SS Conemaugh, which had departed from Valparaíso, Chile, and vanished. After rounding the Horn and steaming up the Atlantic coast of South and North America, Tacoma entered New York Harbor on 5 November and remained there until joining the North Atlantic Fleet on 1 January 1905.[4] Following the completion of maneuvers off Culebra Island on 25 January, Tacoma sailed for Hispaniola where she performed special duty protecting American interests during one of the many periods of turmoil that have troubled that island. Following that assignment, Tacoma conducted target practice off the Florida coast between 27 March and 25 April. She returned to New York on 19 May to prepare for a voyage to Europe.[4] On 18 June, she sailed for France and arrived at Cherbourg on 30 June. She remained there while a battalion of sailors went to Paris to participate in ceremonies honoring the remains of John Paul Jones which were being returned to the United States. On 8 July, Tacoma departed Cherbourg to escort the remains to their final resting place at Annapolis, Maryland. After the ceremony at the United States Naval Academy on 24 July, the warship proceeded to Tompkinsville, New York. On 5 August, she embarked Japanese diplomats at New York and transported them to Sagamore Hill, President Theodore Roosevelt's summer home at Oyster Bay, New York. There, they first met the Russian commissioners for the peace negotiations which were later held at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and resulted in the termination of the Russo-Japanese War. Tacoma returned to Philadelphia on the 8th and conducted training for the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts naval militias before rejoining the North Atlantic Fleet for operations in the Caribbean Sea.[4] Deployed to the Mediterranean for the first five months of 1906, the ship visited Tangier, Algiers, Ville-Franche, Naples, and Genoa. After a trip to Grand Canary Island, she returned to the Mediterranean and visited Alexandria and Port Said before returning to the U.S. in June.[4] For the next ten years, except for an eight-month period in reserve at Philadelphia in 1911 and 1912, Tacoma alternated service along the east coast with cruises to the Caribbean and West Indies protecting American citizens and interests there during this turbulent period.[4] In late 1906 and early 1907, Cuba was the major trouble spot; and the cruiser operated along her coasts from late September until mid-November and again from late December until June, visiting Havana, Tunas, Manzanilla, Santiago de Cuba, Cienfuegos, and Guantanamo Bay. She returned to the West Indies again in the spring of 1908 for stops at St. Thomas, St. Christopher, Martinique, Margarita Island, Port Mochima, Cunamá, La Guaira, and Curaçao. During the second half of 1908 and the first half of 1909, she observed political conditions in Haiti and Honduras. From July to September 1909, the cruiser operated of Nicaragua. Later, her itinerary included a visit to Costa Rica and a return to Honduras, all in an effort to bring the steadying influence of American military power to the volatile Latin American republics.[4] Between January and March 1910, Tacoma cruised off the coast of Nicaragua and visited the Canal Zone and Costa Rica. After a spring voyage to the east coast of the United States, the ship headed back to Central America to protect United States interests there. During the following nine months, she visited Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. In January 1911, pursuant to the orders of the senior naval officer present embarked in the gunboat Marietta, Tacoma prevented the converted yacht Hornet from participating in an insurrection against the government financed by U.S. banana baron Samuel Zemurray. Later that month, she landed a force of marines at Puerto Cortés, Honduras, to protect American banana companies. Negotiations were held aboard which resulted in Francisco Bertrand being named interim President of Honduras. In February, her deck was the scene of a peace conference conducted by special commissioner T. C. Dawson. The negotiations brought the revolution to a close and established a new provisional government in Honduras. That summer, Tacoma steamed — via Puerto Mexico and Galveston — to New York. She remained at the New York Navy Yard until mid-November when she went into reserve at Philadelphia.[4] In July 1912, Tacoma came out of reserve and was soon on her way back to the troubled waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Late that month, a revolution broke out in Nicaragua and lasted until November. The cruiser patrolled almost incessantly off the Nicaraguan coast at Bluefields and at Great Corn Island from 3 August to 25 October. In November, she headed — via Tampico, Mexico, and Galveston, Texas — for the Navy Yard at Boston where she remained through mid-February 1913. By the 22nd, she was back patrolling and observing, this time along the coasts of Honduras and Guatemala. The ship returned to New York in July; then operated off the Mexican coast. She cruised off Tampico and Vera Cruz until January 1914 when she returned to the east coast of the U.S. for repairs.[4] Tacoma resumed operations in Mexican waters early in May in the wake of the Tampico Incident and the resultant seizure of the customs house at Vera Cruz. The warship cruised the Mexican coast through September during the latter stages of the Huerta-Carranza struggle and while the new Carranza government consolidated its power against former allies, notably Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.[4] Late in September 1914, Tacoma departed the Mexican coast; steamed, via Jamaica and Cuba, to Haiti, and patrolled off Cape Haitien until early December. After a visit to the Canal Zone, the cruiser returned to Haiti in February; then moved to Santo Domingo in March. On 21 March, she entered the Portsmouth (N.H.) Navy Yard for repairs.[4] While at Portsmouth, Tacoma was placed in reserve. On 19 May 1916, she shifted to Boston, Massachusetts, where she served as receiving ship. On 1 December, she again was placed in full commission. She made another voyage to Mexican waters for patrol duty from January to April 1917.[4] Upon U.S. entry into World War I, Tacoma returned to the Atlantic seaboard to prepare for convoy duty. During the war, she made five round trips to Europe protecting troop and supply convoys. While returning to the U.S. from her third voyage to Europe, she stopped at Halifax, Nova Scotia, just after the French munitions ship, SS Mont-Blanc exploded on 6 December 1917 and severely damaged the city in the Halifax Explosion. Tacoma assisted in relief work; and, for eight days, the cruiser's officers and men worked diligently to help the devastated port community.[4] At the end of the war, the cruiser joined the Pacific Squadron and served with it until 1920. Early that year, she returned to her old duty of encouraging stability in the perennially volatile Caribbean. As a unit of the Special Service Squadron, which was ordered to observe events in Latin America and the Caribbean and to protect American interests in those areas, Tacoma patrolled the isthmian coast until January 1924. During that time, she was redesignated a light cruiser, CL-20.[4] During a heavy storm on 16 January, the warship ran aground on Blanquilla Reef near Veracruz. For almost a week, her crew tried without success to free her, her captain and three crewmen–Captain Herbert G. Sparrow, Radioman Second Class Edward Thaxter Herrick, Radioman First Class Homer Harry Lussier, and Radioman Third Class Solomon Sivin–drowning in those attempts. After a board of inquiry, the Navy struck her name from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 February 1924. She was sold to R. Sebastian of the American Consulate at Veracruz on 5 September 1924.[4] The original ship's bell from the Tacoma, is currently on display at the War Memorial Park in Tacoma, Washington. This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

2023-09-03 05:30:59

International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium - Wikipedia

The International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) is an international research initiative based in Oxford, England. It is hosted at the Nuffield Department of Medicine within the University of Oxford and led by the Epidemic diseases Research Group Oxford (ERGO).[1] ISARIC is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Wellcome Trust.[2][3] ISARIC was founded in 2011.[4] In 2012, ISARIC joined with the World Health Organization to launch the Clinical Characterisation Protocol (CCP) program.[5] Its founders cited the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak, 2009 swine flu outbreak and later 2012 MERS outbreak as inciting incidents for the creation of an open source platform for sharing clinical research on emerging infectious diseases. In 2019, ISARIC launched a Career Development Professional Scheme funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[6] ISARIC participated in launching standardized data collection programs worldwide in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,[7] including its COVID-19 Clinical Characterisation Protocol (CCP) in January 2020.[3] The first COVID-19 patient record was uploaded to the CCP database on February 13, 2020, growing to over 10,000 reports within a month.[8] Through its CCP collaboration with the World Health Organization, ISARIC has analyzed patient data in the United Kingdom to understand the clinical presentation and outcomes of COVID-19 patients.[9][4] ISARIC leads the Comprehensive Clinical Characterisation Collaboration (ISARIC4C), a United Kingdom-wide collaborative study funded by UK Research and Innovation and the National Institute for Health Research.[10][11] ISARIC's membership includes:[2]

2023-09-03 05:31:03

Orosay - Wikipedia

Orosay (Scottish Gaelic: Orasaigh) is a small uninhabited tidal island in the Sound of Barra lying at the north end of Traigh Mhòr, the "big beach" on the north east coast of Barra. It is one of ten islands in the Sound of Barra, a Site of Community Importance for conservation in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It is about 30 hectares (74 acres) in extent and the highest point is 38 metres (125 ft). Inland, the nearest settlement is Eoligarry, separated from the island by the strait of Caolas Orasaigh (English: "Sound of Orosay").[4] The smaller beach of Tràigh Cille-bharra ("the beach of the church of Barra") lies to the north. The islands of Fuday, Greanamul, Gighay and Hellisay lie further offshore in the Sound of Barra.[3] The name "Orosay" is a variant of "Oronsay", from the Old Norse for "tidal" or "ebb island",[1] found commonly in the Hebrides. For example, there are two other small Orosay/Orosaighs surrounding Barra alone. One is at grid reference  WikiMiniAtlasNL665970 at the south eastern approaches to Castle Bay and the second at grid reference  WikiMiniAtlasNL641971 in Caolas Bhatarsaigh east of the causeway.[3] The writer Compton Mackenzie lived on Barra nearby and is buried at Cille Bharra, opposite the island.[5][6] There is no record of Orosay itself ever having been permanently inhabited. Barra's airport uses Traigh Mhòr ("big beach"), also known as Cockle Strand, as a runway.[4] Planes can only land and take off at low tide, and the timetable varies with the tides. Reputedly, this is the only airport in the world to have scheduled flights landing on a beach. The aircraft currently in operation on Barra is the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, flown by Loganair on services to Glasgow and Benbecula. Traigh Mhòr also provides commercial cockle harvesting.[7] In the 1970s concern was expressed about the progressive deepening of Caolas Orasaigh as a possible cause of increased ponding of water on the beach runway at low tide. The problem does not, however, appear to have been serious and apparently no action was taken.[8] Julian Barnes's short story "Marriage Lines" (collected in Pulse (2011)) is set entirely on Orosay.  WikiMiniAtlas57°1′41″N 7°25′14″W / 57.02806°N 7.42056°W / 57.02806; -7.42056

2023-09-03 05:31:07

PAAZ (gene) - Wikipedia

PAAZ (gene) may refer to:

2023-09-03 05:31:10

More FM - Wikipedia

More FM is a New Zealand radio network that plays hot adult contemporary music. It is operated by MediaWorks New Zealand. More FM broadcasts in 25 centres throughout New Zealand on 81 transmitters with a mix of local and network programming. The station targets a 25 to 49-year-old audience and has the most local shows of any radio network in New Zealand. Currently there are 11 different breakfast shows and 14 day shows. The More FM network has grown from a local Wellington station to a large Network brand developed through expansion, acquisitions and re-branding of local stations already owned by MediaWorks. More FM had the 3rd[1] or 4th[2] largest audience of New Zealand's commercial radio stations in 2021. More FM, with the on air position of "Not to Heavy, Not too Soft", first began in Wellington on 6 May 1991 as a local radio station. The very first station was started by Doug Gold and Craig Thompson; previously Doug Gold was the managing director of Wellington radio station Radio Windy. Gold and Thompson were joined by fellow investors Chris Muirhead, Simon "Swampy" Marsh, Lyn Chung and Bill Mathieson.The very first song to play on the first More FM station by Breakfast Show hosts Simon "Swampy" Marsh and Anemarie Gold was Rhythm of My Heart by Rod Stewart.[3] In the early nineties More FM began broadcasting in Christchurch and Auckland, both as local stations separate from the Wellington station. In the late nineties More FM's parent company The More FM Group was sold to CanWest Mediaworks who at the time were the owners of TV3 New Zealand; the sale also included The Breeze in Wellington and Channel Z. Programming was extended to Dunedin in 1997 as a local station but networked from Christchurch during breakfast and evenings. A fifth More FM station was started in the Waikato in 1999 as a totally local station. In 2000 CanWest Mediaworks purchased RadioWorks which at that stage was operating 4 network brands across New Zealand and a local station in most markets across New Zealand. RadioWorks later became known as MediaWorks. In December 2004 MediaWorks nationalised and networked all of their local stations previously marketed as LocalWorks stations. Regions with just one local station had their station rebranded as More FM, regions with more than one local station typically had the station considered to be the flagship station in that area rebranded as More FM and secondary stations rebranded as The Breeze. Some markets had secondary local stations replaced with a network station run by MediaWorks. The changes saw More FM extended to more than 15 markets with all stations initially retaining their local announcers up to 7pm. The number of stations was later expanded to 24 after further station re-branding as well as MediaWorks purchasing other independent stations. Network programming on More FM began with the Evening and overnight shows in January 2005. The 'More FM Most Wanted' Night show was originally hosted by Dominic Bowden until the middle of 2005 and then by Tarsha Tolson until the middle of 2007 when Tarsha moved to Wellington to co-host the More FM breakfast show. The overnight show was originally hosted by Asher Bastion until he left to go to Life FM in June 2006. From 2015, the show was hosted by Joe Cotton. Since 2022, the night show has been hosted by Tyler McDonald. In August 2009 the first Network Drive show was created. The Wellington weekday Drive show team, 'Josh & Tom' Josh van Berkel and Tom McKenzie (ex-Classic Hits South Canterbury) were re-located to Auckland and their show was networked into 19 of the 22 More FM markets over the following months. In March 2011 Josh & Tom announced they were leaving More FM. The structure of the day was reworked ending the traditional Breakfast/Day/Drive line up. From 4 April 2011 the More FM stations were local in all markets with the network programming starting at 1pm, an hour earlier. The afternoon lineup consisted of a 1pm-4pm Afternoon show hosted by former More FM Waikato breakfast host Stu Tolan and a 4-7pm Drive show hosted by media personality Clarke Gayford. Christchurch, Manawatū and Nelson were the exceptions to the change in format as these stations continued to broadcast locally up to 7pm until 2015. Networked programming during the daytime began in 2013 with the introduction of a show presented by Geoff Stagg from Wellington and networked to selected regions. In 2015 More FM reverted to the traditional Breakfast/Day/Drive line up and local programming was extended in some markets to run between 6am - 3pm or 10am - 3pm for those markets taking the networked breakfast show. From 2014, Jason Gunn and Lana Searle hosted the 3pm - 7pm show, before Lana was replaced by Jay-Jay Feeney in 2018. Paul 'Flynny' Flynn joined the show in 2019, as Jason Gunn moved to co-host the show part-time. Since April 2020, the drive show is hosted by Jay-Jay and Flynny, along with producers Matthew "Pledge" Pledger and Dave Rybinski.[4] In 2007, the More FM Christchurch breakfast show, then presented by Si and Gary, was networked into the Nelson region. In October 2011, More FM Auckland breakfast presenter Jeremy Corbett resigned from his long-standing breakfast show. Marc Ellis was announced as his replacement along with Amber Peebles & Stu Tolan. In November 2011 an announcement was made that new Auckland based breakfast show would be networked into the Waikato and Wellington region. The 'local' daytime host read out local news and weather in their respective region as part of the networked breakfast show from 6am to 10am. In December 2012 Amber Peebles left the show to pursue a television project. Her replacement was Hayley Holt. Marc Ellis left the show in October 2013. Stu and Hayley continued to present the network breakfast for the remainder of 2013, along with Joe Cotton. In 2014 the Christchurch breakfast, then presented by Si and Gary, became the new network breakfast show and continued to be presented from Christchurch. In April 2015 the networked breakfast was extended to Dunedin and Hawkes Bay with the local presenters in those markets moved to the local The Breeze station in their respective markets. The show is now presented by Lana Searle, Adam Percival and Paul Ego. In July 2017, Pauline (Polly) Gillespie and Grant Kereama launched a Wellington-based breakfast show, which also airs in Kapiti/Horowhenua. In January 2018 this show was networked into five other markets, but in early 2020 the show reverted to a local Wellington breakfast show until June 2020. Originally weekend programming on all More FM stations remained local after the expansion and rebranding in 2005 including during Saturday and Sunday evenings and overnight. A networked evening show for weekends was introduced in late 2005. More FM began replacing local programming at the weekends with networked programming from 2007 onwards initially networking stations after 2pm. From 2014 all More FM stations were local on Saturday morning from 6am to 10am, with Auckland and Christchurch local to 7pm. Networked shows on the More FM stations either originate from the Auckland or Christchurch studios. Breakfast There are 10 local shows nationwide and one network show. Lana Searle, Adam Percival and Paul Ego present a networked breakfast show called "The Breakfast Club" from the More FM Christchurch studios to listeners in Auckland, Waikato, Tauranga, Rotorua, Hawkes Bay, Whanganui, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, Christchurch, South Canterbury, Dunedin and Clutha. Workday "Workplace Social Club" programming runs from 10am to 3pm and some markets have a local show during this time. A networked workday show presented by Alisha from the Auckland studios can be heard in Auckland, Waikato, Tauranga, Taupō, Gisborne/Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, Manawatū, Wairarapa, Central Otago, Queenstown and Clutha. Drive & Nights The network drive show is hosted by Jay-Jay Feeney and Paul (Flynny) Flynn, followed by an evening show Sunday to Thursday with host Tyler McDonald. All More FM stations are networked between 3pm and 5am. Weekends Most More FMs run a local Saturday breakfast show. On Sunday a "Best of the Breakfast Club" show airs between 6am and 9am across 20 markets. 91-6 More FM Northland is a radio station serving the Whangarei urban area and the entire Northland Region on 91.6FM, Kerikeri on 107.3FM, Russell on 95.2FM and Tutukaka on 94.4FM. Before the re-branding to More FM in 2005 this station was known famously as KCC FM. Local programming: Northland Breakfast is presented by John Markby, Angela "Flash" Gordon and Toast (Tauha Vallely-Tekani). John also hosts the local workday show from 10am-3pm. 88-9 & 97-8 More FM Rodney is a radio station serving the Rodney District and the Hibiscus Coast, to the north and north-west of Auckland. A recent addition to the More FM network, this station was originally known as Times FM and was taken over by MediaWorks in 2002. The station was not affected MediaWorks rebranding of local stations to More FM in 2004 but was rebranded in 2015. Local programming: Breakfast 91-8 More FM Auckland is a radio station serving the Auckland urban area and can be heard in parts of Waikato, such as Paeroa. More FM Auckland came to be in August 1993 and featured Kim (Kim Adamson) & Corbett (Jeremy Corbett) in the morning for 16 years. Its sole transmitter is at the top of the Sky Tower in central Auckland. The Auckland studios are used to present the network day, drive, night and weekend shows, the network news, and is the headquarters of the network. Local programming: A local workday show with Alisha for Auckland is broadcast between 10am - 3pm. It is also heard in some areas as a network workday show. Coromandel's More FM, formerly Coromandel FM, is the most recent addition to the More FM Network, serving the Coromandel Peninsula, Hauraki Plains, Western Bay of Plenty, Matamata-Piako, Auckland, Huntly and Raglan across 17 separate frequencies. The station boasts the biggest local coverage. The station is effectively over 30 years old including the Coromandel FM era, and was rebranded by Mediaworks in 2015. Local programming: A local breakfast show is presented by Matt Hobbs from 5.30am - 10am. Liam Rassie hosts 10am - 3pm. Alan Beagle is the weekend announcer. 92-2 More FM Waikato is a radio station based in central Hamilton. More FM was started in 1999 in the Waikato region when K-M and Darren left the breakfast show on Classic Hits to help start up More FM and the station was totally local through until midnight. The station no longer has local programming. The sole transmitter for More FM Waikato is at Ruru, approximately 25 km east of Hamilton. 93-4 More FM Bay of Plenty is a local radio station based in central Tauranga broadcasting across the Bay of Plenty Region. The transmitter is on Kopukairua. Before the re-branding to More FM, this local station was known as 93.4 Coastline FM. During part of 2015 and the start of 2016 the station also broadcast its programming into Rotorua to provide Bay of Plenty wide shows however this decision was later reversed in February 2016. Lauren White presented the local workday show between 10am - 3pm until the end of 2018 when she moved to host the breakfast show in Queenstown. The station no longer has local programming. 95-9 89-2 More FM Rotorua is a local radio station based on Ranolf Street in central Rotorua, broadcasting across the Rotorua region. The main transmitter is at Pukepoto, 9 km east of central Rotorua. A second transmitter in the Paeroa Range broadcasts to Reporoa, Broadlands, Ngakuru, Waikite Valley and Tokoroa on 89.2, and can also be picked up across most parts of the Northern side of Taupō. This station was formerly Lakes 96FM. During part of 2015 and the start of 2016 the station received its local programming from Tauranga however this decision was later reversed in February 2016. Maxwell Goodman presented the local workday show from 10am - 3pm until it was dropped and replaced by a network workday show. A local workday show was reinstated in January 2022. Local programming: Liam presents a local workday show between 10am - 3pm. 98-9 More FM Gisborne & Wairoa is a local radio station broadcasting from the heart of Gisborne City. The station was originally branded as 89FM and owned by Gisborne Media Centre, RadioWorks purchased the assets of Gisborne Media Centre in February 2005 and in May 2005 rebranded the station as More FM. Originally on 89.3, More FM Gisborne moved to 89.9 (rural coverage) and 98.9 (city coverage) in early 2007. Another repeater (also on 98.9) was set up to service the northern Hawkes Bay town of Wairoa in April 2007. The 89.9 frequency was adjusted to 90.1 in late 2010. Local programming: Breakfast presented by Bevan Chapman from 5:30am. 93-6 More FM Taupō is a radio station based in Taupō, broadcasting across the Central Plateau. The More FM brand replaced the previous local branded 93.5 KIS FM. More FM Taupō takes great pride in putting a tremendous amount of focus on their surrounding community and play an extremely active role in local events such as The New Zealand Ironman & The Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge. The station has regularly made the finals at the New Zealand Radio Awards in a variety of different categories including winning Best Provincial Breakfast Show in 2010, 2012, 2014 & 2015 plus being named Provincial Station of The Year in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015. Local programming: Breakfast presented by Andrew Leiataua. 93-2 More FM Taranaki, was formerly 93.2 Energy FM, named after the energy province. Broadcasts from central New Plymouth and broadcasts to all of Taranaki and can be heard in North Wanganui. Local programming: Breakfast presented by Ken Swan and Anna Richardson along with Saturday breakfast. Will Johnston is a relief announcer on Saturdays and public holidays. 88-7 More FM Hawke's Bay is a local radio station based in Hastings, New Zealand, broadcasting across Hawke's Bay. The More FM brand replaced the previous local station HOT 93FM, which began broadcasting in December 1983 as Radio Hawke's Bay 93FM, the frequency was always 92.7FM, and in April 2015 More FM relaunched and moved to 88.7FM. Along with the frequency change, the station also switched to the networked breakfast with the local breakfast announcers moving from More FM to a newly created local show on The Breeze Hawkes Bay. Local programming on Hawke's Bays 88-7 More FM no longer exists, with the exception of a Local Saturday Breakfast Show. 92-8 More FM Whanganui (formerly Star FM) is a local radio station based in central Whanganui. The station became completely networked 24/7 in 2015 receiving the networked breakfast show, then the network day show. Local programming returned in 2016 with a local 10am - 3pm workday show. Local programming: Sue Miller presents the local workday show from 10am - 3pm and Saturday Mornings 6am-10am. 92-2 More FM Manawatū is a local radio station based in the Hub Mall in central Palmerston North broadcasting across the Manawatū region. Before the More FM re-branding in 2005, this station was a very famous heritage station known as 2XS FM. The station's transmitter is located atop Wharite Peak in the Ruahine Range, approximately 20 km northeast of Palmerston North. Local programming: "Mike West in the Morning" presented by Mike West and Gareth Pringle, and Saturday Breakfast hosted by Gareth Pringle. 90-3 More FM Kapiti/Horowhenua is a local radio station based on the Kāpiti Coast and Horowhenua regions. Before the More FM re-branding in 2005 the Horowhenua station was named Horowhenua's 95FM with the Kapiti station named 2XX. Dave Key presented a local breakfast show up until 2015. In 2016 there was no local programming on the station. From July 2017 until June 2020, Pauline Gillespie and Grant Kereama's Wellington based breakfast show was broadcast to Kapiti / Horowhenua. Since June 2020 there is again no local programming. 89-5 More FM Wairarapa is a radio station based in Masterton broadcasting to the Wairarapa province. The station was founded by Paul Henry in 1991 as "89.3 TODAY FM. In 1992 Paul Henry sold the station to PORT FM in Timaru and was later rebranded as HITZ 89FM Wairarapa's Best Music. XS Corporation in Manawatū purchased the station in the mid-1990s. The station broadcasts on 89.5 MHz from the Popoiti transmitter, 25 km south of Masterton, and since 2010 to the Castlepoint Beach region on 105.9 MHz. Local programming: Brent Gare hosts the local weekday breakfast show. 95-3 99-7 More FM Wellington is based in Wellington which is the birthplace of the More FM brand, with the first broadcast of a More FM station occurring there on 6 May 1991 as 99/100 More FM. "Not Too Heavy Not Too Soft". The station went to air with award-winning Breakfast Host Simon "Swampy" Marsh and Anemarie Gold. The station later became known as 94.7/100 More FM following a change in frequency. Today the station is known as 95-3 99-7 More FM Wellington, again following a change in frequency. In 2004 the 98.9 MHz frequency originally used by More FM Wellington was relocated to 94.7 MHz (formerly used by Channel Z) and provided coverage to the Hutt Valley area of Wellington. The more powerful 100 MHz frequency provided coverage to the majority of the Wellington urban area, and could often be heard at the top of the South Island and into the southern Wairarapa. In 2010, the station frequencies were moved to 95.3 and 99.7 respectively after a nationwide reorganisation of the FM band. The main transmitter is located atop Mount Kaukau in Khandallah, 6 km north of central Wellington, and broadcasts on 99.7. Two secondary transmitters are located at Haywards on 99.7, to infill much of the Hutt Valley, and at Fitzherbert (between Naenae and Wainuiomata) on 95.3, to infill Lower Hutt and Wainuiomata. The previous network weekday show was presented by Geoff Stagg from the Wellington studios until 2015. After Geoff's departure the network weekday show began being presented from Auckland leaving no local programming from Wellington. In June 2017 local weekday programming returned to the Wellington studio with the workday programme now presented locally between 10am and 3pm. From July 2017 until June 2020, Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama did breakfast. Local programming: Geoff Stagg presents the local workday show from 10am - 3pm. 92-8 More FM Nelson is a local radio station broadcasting from the heart of Nelson city to the Tasman District; including Motueka and Tākaka on 92 MHz and Murchison on 94.1 MHz. Before the More FM re-branding in 2005 this station was known famously as Fifeshire FM. To this day the station broadcasts from the historic Fifeshire House. Local programming: Max Goodman presents the local workday show from 10am to 3pm. More FM Marlborough is based in Blenheim. At the end of 2007 MediaWorks purchased Marlborough Media which included two local stations, Sounds FM and Easy FM. Easy FM was rebranded as The Breeze earlier in 2008 and in August 2008 Sounds FM was rebranded as More FM. More FM Marlborough broadcasts on 92.9 MHz in Blenheim where the station is based, on 94.7 in Picton and also on 89.9 MHz in Kaikōura. Until 2015 the station had a local breakfast show presented by Josh Fogden and Natasha Knox. Local programming: Max Goodman presents the workday show for both Nelson and Marlborough from 10am to 3pm (from the Nelson studios). 92-1 More FM Canterbury is a radio station broadcasting across Canterbury. The station was one of the original More FM stations. The station broadcasts on 92.1 across Canterbury and on 94.9 in Sumner/Redcliffs, 99.1 in Akaroa and 104.5 in Lyttelton. The station was started as an adult contemporary (AC) format station and continues with that format to this day. More FM Christchurch was operated by the Frader Group Limited. The first hosts of the morning show were James Daniels and Ken Ellis who had moved from 91ZM. From 1 April 1997 Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford became the new More FM Christchurch breakfast hosts after moving from Christchurch's then local 91ZM station.[5] Si and Phil's show was networked into Dunedin from 1996 when The Radio Network started a networked ZM station in Dunedin. After Si and Phil moved to More FM Christchurch a new More FM station was established in Dunedin taking the Si and Phil breakfast show and running their own local programming during the day. In April 2003 Gary McCormick joined the breakfast show in preparation for Phil Gifford's departure later in 2003. Networking of Si and Gary's breakfast show to Dunedin was discontinued at the end of 2004 following the changes made to the network at the time. The show was then networked to Nelson since 2007 and in 2014 became the new More FM network breakfast show, networked to various More FM stations across the country. Lana Searle, Gary McCormick (later replaced by Paul Ego) and Adam Percival are the current breakfast show that is networked around New Zealand's main centres. In 2015 the Christchurch Afternoon show was networked nationwide presented by Lana Searle and Jason Gunn. In late April 2018, Lana moved to Breakfast and Jay-Jay Feeney joined Jason Gunn on drive. Local programming: More FM network breakfast show with Lana Searle, Adam Percival and Paul Ego. Amber Russell presents the local workday show from 10am - 3pm. Saturday breakfast presented by Bondy from 6am - 10am. After 10am, local weekend shows are presented by various announcers. 97.9 More FM Timaru is a radio station broadcasting across South Canterbury. The station broadcasts on 97.9 across Timaru, 94.9 & 98.9 in Ashburton, 100.8 in Oamaru & various frequencies through the Mackenzie country. A recent addition to the More FM network, this station was originally known as Port FM and was taken over by MediaWorks in 2018 and was rebranded in 2018. Local programming: Jacob presents the local workday show from 10am - 3pm as well as weekend breakfast shows. 97-4 & 100.6 More FM Dunedin is a radio station broadcasting across Dunedin. More FM was originally broadcast in Dunedin on 98.2 and was locally presented, except for the Christchurch 'Si & Gary' breakfast show which was networked. In 2004 as part of the More FM brand roll out across the country, it moved to the 97.4 MHz frequency, and replaced Dunedin radio station 4XO, creating 97.4 More FM Dunedin. An integration of the former presenters of 4XO & 98 More FM could be heard on the station. The 98.2 MHz frequency is now Dunedin's The Breeze 98.2 MHz – another of MediaWorks networked stations. In April 2015 breakfast presenters Damian and Kellie were moved from More FM to Dunedin's The Breeze and the networked breakfast show presented by Si & Gary returned to the Dunedin market after a 10-year absence. From January 2018 Mediaworks allocated 100.6FM as an additional frequency for the station. 100.6FM was used to broadcast dual programming into the market with Polly & Grant for breakfast followed by a workday show however as of the start of 2020, Polly & Grant were removed and replaced with the network breakfast show. 97.4 FM exclusive programming: Breakfast presented from Christchurch by Lana Searle, Adam Percival and Paul Ego between 5:30am - 10 am. Amber Russell presents the local workday show from 10am - 3pm, also from Christchurch. 100.6 FM exclusive programming: Workday show playing More FM High School Hits from 10am-3pm plus overnights and weekends. 92-9 93-7 More FM Clutha is a radio station based in Balclutha the station transmits on 93.7 MHz and 92.9 MHz. The station was previously known as Big River Radio with limited local programming and a simulcast of More FM Dunedin outside of local hours, the history of this simulcast goes back to 1992 when Big River Radio ran 4XO programming outside of local programming hours. In recent years the station was branded as More FM's Big River Radio during local programming. Local programming was removed in 2017 with local announcer Brad Jeffrey moved to Dunedin to present a local daytime show for Dunedin and Balclutha. Today More FM Clutha runs network programming at all times with local station ids and adverts. More FM Queenstown, Wanaka and Central Otago broadcasts on 92.0, 99.4 90.3 and 94.3 MHz and covers Queenstown, Wānaka, Alexandra, Cromwell and other parts of Central Otago. Initially Queenstown and Central Otago had separate More FM stations. More FM Queenstown began broadcasting in Queenstown on 99.2 MHz after local station Resort Radio was rebranded as More FM. In 2009 More FM traded places with Q92 The Breeze on the FM dial. Previously the Central Otago frequencies operated as More FM Central Otago following a rebrand from Radio Central. Following the rebrand to More FM the station remained local between 6am and 7pm however the station operations were gradually integrated with More FM Queenstown and the More FM network. Advertising and Station ID's remain localised to both the Queenstown and Central Otago Markets. Local programming: Breakfast presented by Joel Palmer 6am-10am weekdays. 89-2 More FM Southland broadcasts to the Southland region. The location of transmission is the Kordia (formerly BCL) site at Hedgehope. The station was originally started by a group of local investors as Foveaux Radio (4XF, 1224 kHz) in 1982, the station was bought by Radio Otago in the late 1980s and started broadcasting as "89.2 Foveaux FM" in the early 1990s. Foveaux FM became Southland's 89.2 More FM in January 2005 as part of RadioWorks' move to rebrand all 'heritage' stations as More FM. Announcers were James McRobie, Gretchen Blomfield, Carl Mills and Daryl Shuttleworth. More FM also continued to broadcast on 1224 AM until October 2007 when BSport launched on this frequency. The 91.6 MHz frequency that Radio Pacific (BSport's predecessor) broadcast on was used to launch The Breeze into Southland. In December 2007 Southland's More FM began broadcasting in the Te Anau area on 96.0 MHz. Local programming: Joe & Steve 6am-10am, Simon 10am-3pm News and sports bulletins are broadcast on all More FM stations seven days a week. The news is supplied by the MediaWorks newsroom and is sub-edited by More FM on weekdays. During weekday breakfast until midday (6am - 11.30am), the bulletins are on the half hour, presented by Glen Stuart. From 12pm - 6pm weekdays, the bulletins are read at the top of each hour by Tyler McDonald. From 6am - 6pm weekends the bulletins are at the top of the hour only, provided by the MediaWorks newsroom. Hawke's Bay's 92 More FM was New Zealand's first franchised More FM radio station and began transmission from its Napier studios in 1994 and continued until the mid to late 1990s when the More FM name was dropped to become 'Hawke's Bay's 92FM'. The station broadcast on 91.9 MHz from studios in Hastings Street and featured Peter Mac (McIlwaine) and Nicki Sunderland on breakfast. Other announcers included Kyllee Higgins (now Kyllee King-Turner), Scotty Mac, Nik Menzies, Cath White, James Milner, Grant Magrath (pre-recorded mid-dawns) Kev Stanton and Greg Wattam. The station's slogan was 'More Music, More Variety' which was in line with the other More FM stations around the country at that time. The station was operated as a franchise by Radio Otago. In 1996, 92 More FM was relocated to Hastings where it joined fellow Radio Otago station Hot 93 in the BNZ Building. Live content was reduced around this time with the night show being fully automated. In 1997 Radio Otago sold their 7 North Island stations to Energy Enterprises, at this point the More FM branding was dropped and later the station was replaced with network station Solid Gold FM. Solid Gold has since been rebranded as The Sound. Kapiti's 99.6 More FM began transmission across the Kāpiti Coast and Horowhenua regions around 1994 and remained on air until 2004 when it was replaced by The Breeze. The station's programming was generated from More FM in Wellington, although it ran an entirely separate program to the Wellington station outside of breakfast. Voicebreaks were recorded in advance by the announcer in the Wellington studio. Localised weather forecasts, station IDs and jingles also helped create a local sound. 99.6 More FM played a slightly different music mix to the Wellington station where its programming originated from, although they both shared the 'More Music, More Variety' and later 'Today's Best Music Mix' slogans. Dunedin's 98 More FM began broadcasting in Dunedin around 1997. The breakfast show, originally presented by Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford was a simulcast from Christchurch's 92 More FM. Other shows were a mixture of locally produced shows and shows prerecorded also from More FM in Christchurch. 98 More FM was replaced with a simulcast of The Breeze Christchurch when local station 4XO was rebranded as 97.4 More FM.

2023-09-03 05:31:14

Show Me Show Me - Wikipedia

Show Me Show Me is a pre-school television series that aired on CBeebies from 6 July 2009 to 30 October 2015 and is presented by Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee. The series teaches and shows children to read stories about their toys. The show features five toys: Mo Mo, Tom, Stuffy, Miss Mouse, and Teddington, each of which appears in their own song as well as in a storybook adventure. In Series 1, a cartoon series produced by TV-Loonland AG called Penelope featuring a blue koala appeared in episodes, and was later split off on its own show.[1] In Series 2, another cartoon series called Uki was featured, about an eponymous little yellow character who conveys emotions through laughter and smiles. As with Penelope, this was eventually split off onto its own series.[2] The show takes place on the top floor of a tower and each episode begins by climbing the ten-storey tower block lift where a child's voice counts from one to ten. On reaching ten we enter Chris and Pui's play room where a magical world of fun and games is explored.[3] Each show centres on two items that form the title of the episode (for example "Granddads and Glasses"), each of which is introduced by a child requesting "Show me show me granddads". Chris and Pui then explore the items via videos, songs and activities, as well as a piece in which children talk about their experiences with that item. Shows often feature one of the characters' songs, or a story read by one of the presenters about the exploits of the toys. Most episodes contain a sequence of a shop. If Chris runs it, Pui comes as different nursery rhyme characters such as the Grand Old Duke of York, Little Bo Peep, Incy Wincy Spider, Little Miss Muffet, Old MacDonald, Granny Humpty and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. If Pui runs it, Chris enters as one of Humpty Dumpty, the Hey Diddle cow, Jack from "Jack and Jill", Pat the Baker, or Wee Willie Winkie. The format of the show is similar to that of Play School – the BBC programme from the '60s, '70s and '80s. On 7 September 2016, cast member Chris Jarvis was alleged to have used profanity during a song about kites, sparking outrage among parents and resulting in the CBeebies Facebook page releasing a statement saying "It's kite everyone, kite! We make shows for your little ones so it's always going to be kite."[4]

2023-09-03 05:31:17

Measure of America - Wikipedia

Measure of America is a non-partisan, non-profit initiative of the Social Science Research Council in Brooklyn, New York. It conducts research and analysis primarily on human development data from the United States at the national, state, and county levels. Measure of America aims to stimulate fact-based dialogue about human development issues in the United States by “[breathing] life into numbers, [and] using data to create compelling narratives that foster greater understanding of our shared challenges and greater support for people-centered policies.” Measure of America’s seminal work is the American Human Development Index. Its U.S. specific index is based on human development concepts introduced by Mahbub ul Haq and Amartya Sen. In partnership with foundations, non-profit organizations, government offices, and corporations, Measure of America has produced reports, interactive tools, and services focused on data analysis and data visualization. The American Human Development Report is a biennial report on human well-being in the United States produced by Measure of America. It follows the human development concept, which is the process of expanding the well-being of individuals to develop their full potential, by increasing opportunities in the arenas of health, education, and income. Similar to the global Human Development Report, published annually by the United Nations Development Programme, and the National Human Development Reports (NHDRs), the American Human Development Reports serve as advocacy tools to spur lively debates and mobilize support for action and change.[1] The Measure of America, 2013–2014 was co-authored by Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis. It is the third in the American Human Development Reports series and, like its predecessors, includes updated Index rankings while examining changes in well-being since 2000, as well as before and after the Great Recession. The report provides information for the country as a whole, the 50 U.S. states, the 25 largest metropolitan areas, and racial and ethnic groups within those regions. The report was funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.[2] The Measure of America, 2010–2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience was co-authored by Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, and includes a foreword by Jeffrey Sachs. The second in the American Human Development Reports series, the 2010–2011 edition features updated Index rankings of the 50 states and 435 congressional districts; reveals huge disparities in the health, education, and the standard of living of different racial and ethnic groups from state to state; and shines a spotlight on disparities within the ten largest metropolitan areas in the country. The report was funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and The Lincy Foundation, and is a joint publication of the Social Science Research Council and New York University Press.[3] The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008–2009 was written, compiled, and edited by Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, and Eduardo Borges Martins, and includes forewords by Amartya Sen and William H. Draper III. The book is the first-ever human development report for a wealthy, developed nation. It introduced the American HD Index disaggregated by state, by congressional district, by racial/ethnic group, and by gender, creating ranked lists for each. Funding was provided by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Oxfam America, the Social Science Research Council, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Annenberg Foundation. It was jointly published by the Social Science Research Council and Columbia University Press.[citation needed] Released in May 2011, the California report provides an in-depth look at the well-being of people living in the most populous and the most diverse state in America.[citation needed] The report presents Human Development Index values for the five largest metro areas in the state as well as for eight economic regions and 233 neighborhood and county groups covering the entire state. American HD Index values for each major racial/ethnic group, for women and men, and for both native and foreign-born Californians were calculated using mortality data from the California Department of Public Health and earnings and education data from the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau. Following in the mold of state-level reports on Mississippi and Louisiana, the report makes extensive use of Census Bureau-designated Public Use Microdata Areas (referred to as "neighborhood and county groups"), in order to highlight disparities in well-being at the local level.[4] Preliminary findings provide evidence that some groups in California experience some of the highest levels of well-being and access to opportunity in the nation—indeed, in the world—while others are facing distressing challenges when it comes to the basic building blocks of opportunity.[5] For instance: The California state report is supported by the California Community Foundation, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Draper Foundation, the California Endowment, The Lincy Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, United Way of California, and the Weingart Foundation.[8] Louisiana ranked near the bottom of the American Human Development Index, and has gained attention in recent years[when?] in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. On September 17, 2009, Measure of America released A Portrait of Louisiana: Louisiana Human Development Report 2009, the first major research effort into health, education, and income in the state to use post-Katrina data. Among the findings, the report concludes that acute human vulnerability persists, as do profound disparities between certain groups, especially between blacks and whites. The report was commissioned by Oxfam America and the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, with funding from Oxfam America and the Foundation for the Mid South.[9] Mississippi ranked last among U.S. states on the American Human Development Index in 2008–2009. The Mississippi State Conference NAACP commissioned Measure of America to apply the methodology of the national report to the state level. A Portrait of Mississippi: Mississippi Human Development Report 2009 was released on January 26, 2009. The report revealed that some groups[which?] in the state enjoy well-being levels similar to those in top-ranked Connecticut, while others[which?] experience levels of human development typical of the average American nearly a half century ago. The report contains policy recommendations to address disparities by geography, race, and gender.[10] Released on January 18, 2012, A Portrait of Marin provides an investigation of well-being in Marin County, California, and highlights actions that Marinites can take to lock in human development successes today while setting the stage for significant budget savings and improved well-being tomorrow.[11] Some residents of Marin are enjoying extraordinarily high levels of well-being and access to opportunity, while others are experiencing levels of health, education, and standard of living that prevailed in the nation three decades ago. At the top of the rankings is Ross (HDI: 9.70), with the Canal area of San Rafael scoring the lowest (HDI: 3.18), below that of West Virginia, the lowest ranked state. Rankings are provided for the major racial and ethnic groups, men and women, native- and foreign-born residents, and Marin’s fifty-one census tracts for which there are reliable U.S Census data.[citation needed] Select findings from the report illustrate these disparities: The Marin County report was commissioned by the Marin Community Foundation (MCF).[citation needed] Released May 20, 2014, A Portrait of Sonoma County provides an in-depth look at how residents of Sonoma County are faring in three fundamental areas of life: health, access to knowledge, and living standards. Select findings from the report include: The Sonoma County report was commissioned by Sonoma County Department of Health Services (DHS). Highway to Health presents life expectancy calculations for cities and unincorporated areas in Los Angeles County as well as for planning areas and city council districts within the City of Los Angeles. These place-based life expectancy calculations are the most up-to-date figures available; calculating life expectancy by place is a complicated exercise, and updated estimates had not been released for over a decade. Highway to Health was released as a health-focused preview to A Portrait of Los Angeles County. Key findings from the brief include: Who Graduates? uses a dataset obtained by special agreement from the NYC Department of Education to look at high school graduation through the lens of types of high school programs students are admitted to. The mandatory high school choice system is a complex, high-stakes process that New York City eighth graders must navigate every year in order to gain admission to high school. The original research informed a New York Times feature story that asked and answered important questions about school choice and how to ensure every student has access to the best education the city has to offer. Key findings from the brief include: This is the second Measure of America report on on-time high school graduation in NYC. The first report, High School Graduation in New York City: Is Neighborhood Still Destiny? (2016), analyzed on-time high school graduation rates for high school students not by the schools they attend, but rather by the neighborhoods they call home. In the lead-up to the financial crisis, economic opportunity remained unequal across racial lines, but economic trends suggested that America was on a path toward narrowing the yawning wealth disparities between white and black families. Deeply rooted economic inequality, however, fueled some of the most harmful lending practices in the housing market, allowing financial institutions to engage in discriminatory and predatory lending that accelerated the financial collapse. Commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union and drawing on a unique dataset, this report examines the likely effect of the financial crisis on the racial wealth gap for the next generation. What it uncovers is a tale of two recoveries: among families that owned homes, white households have started to rebound from the worst effects of the Great Recession while black households are still struggling to make up lost ground. The racial wealth gap is now on track to compound over time, a trend with urgent implications for the future of racial justice in America, and one that should inform policymaking strategies aimed at guaranteeing fair economic opportunities in the coming years.

2023-09-03 05:31:22

Topiwala National Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai - Wikipedia

Topiwala National Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai is a full-fledged tertiary Government medical college in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The college imparts the degree Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). It is recognised by the Medical Council of India. This is one of the oldest medical colleges in Mumbai. It is located near Mumbai Central railway station [1] Selection to the college is done on the basis of merit through the National Eligibility and Entrance Test. Yearly undergraduate student intake is 150. It was established in 1921. Through donations from the Tilak Swaraj Funds, on the 4th of September 1921, the National Medical College was established. This college started functioning at the Victoria Cross Lane, Byculla. As, in those days, even the Universities were controlled by the British the founders affiliated the institution to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bombay and the first batch of students was admitted for its Licentiate Medical Practitioner (LMP) course. The People's Free Hospital was therefore set up close to the present campus and near where the YMCA stands today. Dr AL Nair, the person after whom the road, on which hospital is situated today, is also named came into the picture. who was the proprietor of the Powell and Co. dealing in medical supplies and equipments donated two acres of his land for the hospital campus. In 1925, Dr Nair also helped set up a well-equipped hospital which he named after his mother Bai Yamunabai Laxman Nair. He also donated funds to run the hospital. Much later, Mr. MN Desai, popularly known as Topiwala Desai, made a generous contribution of Rs. 5 lacs to the college – which was then named after him as the Topiwala National Medical College. In 1946, the municipal corporation of the city of Bombay passed a resolution taking over the college and the hospital and acknowledging the strong support from the Municipal Corporation, the Bombay University also affiliated the twin institutions. The campus has expanded from the two acres donated by Mr. Nair in 1946 to twenty acres in 2006 and the number of buildings in the campus has increased manifold. It provides training courses in more than 25 different medical and allied branches, including 9 superspeciality courses During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Nair hospital served for 4 months as a dedicated hospital for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. It successfully treated 6000 patients and delivered 500 COVID-19 positive mother's babies, before returning to serve as a tertiary care hospital after the number of COVID-19 cases in the city came under control.[2] This article about a hospital in India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a university or college in Maharashtra, India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:31:24

Khoday Group - Wikipedia

The Khoday Group, also known as the House of Khodays, is an Indian multi-service business group based in Bangalore, Karnataka. It was founded in 1906 by Khoday Eshwarsa.[2] Khoday Group companies include Khoday Engineering, Khoday Contact Center, Ram Mohan Travels, Khoday Biotech, Khoday Agro, Khoday Technologies, Khoday Glass, Khodays Silks and L K Power.[3] Khoday India Ltd. is the Group's listed company on the Bombay Stock Exchange.[4] The Khoday Group was founded by Khoday Eshwarsa in 1906 as a manufacturer of silk. The company was inherited by his sons Khoday Venkusa, Khoday Lakshmansa and Khoday Krishnasa. Venkusa and Lakshmansa expanded the Group's business activities by creating distillery and stationery divisions.[5] Today, the Group employs over 6,000 people and has expanded its operations into further enterprises.[6] Khoday Distilleries Ltd was incorporated as a private limited company, under the Companies Act, 1956, on 28 September 1965. It later became a deemed public limited company under Section 43A of the Act, on 22 October 1980. The company was promoted by the House of Khodays.[7][8] Khoday Distilleries launched Red Knight whisky in 1967,[7][8] and began producing Peter Scot whisky in May 1968.[9] Both whiskies are manufactured at the company's Bangalore facility.[10] In July 1986, the company went public to part-finance its modernization programme.[11] The company issued 2.4 million equity shares at a premium of ₹ 10 per share linked to 480,000 - 15% non-convertible debentures of ₹ 100 each, out of which some shares and debentures were reserved and allotted on a preferential basis.[7][8] The company was renamed Khoday India Ltd. on 14 February 1992. Manaylux Papers and Boards Pvt Ltd were amalgamated with the company in 2000, giving it an in-house capacity to manufacture paper products.[11] Khodays Systems was merged with the Khoday India Ltd. in 2003.[7][8] Khoday began exporting Peter Scot and Red Knight to Italy in October 2007.[12] In November 2007, the Khoday Group announced that it was transferring ownership of all of its bottling plants to the parent company "to synergise their operations and manage them better".[13] Red Knight, which was initially available only in North India,[14] launched in the South Indian market on 23 November 2007.[15] Khoday began exporting Red Knight to Canada in 2008.[16] Khoday India entered into a strategic bottling alliance with Cobra Breweries in April 2008, under which Cobra would source 50,000 cases from Khoday to cater to the South Indian market.[17] The Khoday Group set up the Khoday Stem Cell Research & Medical Centre (KSRMC) at Anjanapura near Bangalore, with an investment of ₹150 million (US$1.9 million), as part of its diversification strategy in the healthcare. They also provide medicines and everyday essentials to the underprivileged of their community to give back to the world and do their bit to help them. This also includes providing them with healthcare necessities. The facility, spread over 49 acres with a built-up area of over 45,000 sq. ft, was commissioned in April 2011 and caters to therapies in diabetes, critical limb ischemia, neurology, orthopaedics and cardiology. It has 32 beds, three operation theatres, 2 cGMP clean rooms, a training centre and an advanced research lab.[18] Khoday Engineering contains two divisions - Construction and Engineering.[19] The Engineering Division has 2000 employees and is involved in the manufacture of product engineering items and fabrication of plant and machinery for distilleries, breweries, hotels, food processing, pharmaceuticals and dairies, and also civil construction activity.[19] The Electronics Division is engaged in the manufacture of equipment for geo-physical investigations.[7][8] Khoday Contact Centre is a 1,000-seater voice-based call centre located on Kanakapura Road, Bangalore.[2] Khoday Agro runs Khoday estates and farmland.[20] Khoday manufactures whisky, brandy, rum, and beer.[21]

2023-09-03 05:31:28

Southern Guilford High School - Wikipedia

Southern Guilford High School was founded in 1970 in the Sumner area of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. For the 2014–2015 school year, Southern had an enrollment of 1220 in grades 9–12, and 70 teachers. The school's current principal is Brian Muller. The school operates on a block, college-styled schedule (with four classes each semester), as opposed to the traditional bell schedule that has six periods year-long. Southern Guilford's colors are maroon and gold. Its mascot is the Storm. In 2004 the Guilford County Board of Education voted to retire the school's former mascot, the Indian.[2] In 2005 Southern Guilford was turned into a magnet school for the study of agriscience, education, and medicine. Students are able to explore the fields of pre-medicine, sports medicine, nursing, biotechnology, and agriscience research, botany and horticulture science, veterinary technology and elementary, middle, and upper grades education. Preset course schedules not only reflect state graduation standards, but also incorporate honors and AP courses in the student-selected specialized area of the Advanced Sciences or Education strand. Fifteen credits of the total coursework are academy-designated classes required to graduate Southern Guilford's Academy. The students in the Academy also get priority, in regards to class registration, over the students who actually attend their own district school. Some students actively switch to Southern in an attempt at a higher class ranking, due to the small size of the original student body population. Currently, the academy is one of the biggest in the county, and enrolls students from high schools all over the county. The Agriscience program consists of studies in botany, horticulture, biotechnology and animal science. Academy courses include agriscience applications, animal science I and II, horticulture I and II, agriscience advanced studies and horticulture landscape construction. Th Education has the smallest number of students out of the three strands. Academy courses include teacher cadet I and II, and advanced placement psychology. The Medicine strand concentrates on sports medicine, nursing and pre-medicine. Academy courses include health team relations, sports medicine I and II, medical careers I and II, anatomy/physiology, biomedicine and pharmacy tech.

2023-09-03 05:31:32

Nihal Mansoor - Wikipedia

Nihal Mansoor (born 14 November 1993) is a Pakistani cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Pakistan Television in the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 26 September 2017.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut for Rawalpindi in the 2018–19 National T20 Cup on 23 December 2018.[3] In March 2019, he was named in Federal Areas' squad for the 2019 Pakistan Cup.[4][5] This biographical article related to a Pakistani cricket person born in the 1990s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:31:35

Chivukula Anjaneya Murthy - Wikipedia

C. A. Murthy (Chivukula Anjaneya Murthy) (1958–2018) was a senior scientist and higher academic grade Professor of the Indian Statistical Institute, whose primary research contributions were to the fields of pattern recognition, image processing, machine learning, neural networks, fractals, genetic algorithms, wavelets and data mining.[1] He was the head (2005-2010) of the Machine Intelligence Unit and professor-in-charge (2012-2014) of the Computer and Communication Sciences Division at the Indian Statistical Institute. Murthy received his B. Stat., M. Stat. and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute.[1] He was a visiting researcher at Michigan State University in 1991-92, and Pennsylvania State University in 1996-97.[2] Murthy was a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering Fellow (2001), National Academy of Sciences Fellow (2007)[1] and VASVIK Fellow (1999).[3] Murthy's “An efficient method of hard and fuzzy clustering of multidimensional data” was awarded Computer Engineering Division Medal by the Institution of Engineers (India) in 1996-97. According to Google Scholar, Murthy's work has been cited more than 5,000 times.[4] Murthy's NPTEL[5][6] lecture series on pattern recognition has been reached more than 1 million views. Murthy's invention can be noted by his several research patents.[7] 1. S. K. Pal and C. A. Murthy (Guest Editors), Image Processing, Vision and Pattern Recognition, Special issue of Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, Part-A, vol. 67, A, no. 2, March 2001. 2. B. B. Bhattacharya, C. A. Murthy, B. Chanda and B. B. Chaudhury (Eds), Proceedings of international conference on Computing: Theory and Applications, IEEE Press, pages 749, 2007. 3. B. Chanda and C. A. Murthy (Editors), Advances in intelligent information processing, Platinum Jubilee Series, Indian Statistical Institute, World Scientific, 2008. Series Editor is S.K. Pal. [8] 4. S. Choudhury, S. Mitra, C. A. Murthy, P. S. Sastry and S. K. Pal (eds), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on -Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PReMI), Vol. LNCS 5909, ISBN 978-3-642-11163-1, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2009. Murthy died in a road accident in front of the Indian Statistical Institute.[9][10]

2023-09-03 05:31:39

Ashinoko Skyline - Wikipedia

Ashinoko Skyline (Japanese: 芦ノ湖スカイライン) or Lake Ashi Skyline, is a 10.75 km toll road in Kanagawa, Japan, connecting National Route 1 near Hakone Pass, with Kojiri on the northern shores of Lake Ashi.[1][2] The entire length of Ashinoko Skyline opened in 1972, and goes over the scenic route of the outer volcanic ridge of Mount Hakone, with the views of Mount Fuji in the west, and Lake Ashi in the east. It is one of the first of the 50 or so scenic "Skyline" roads that followed in Japan, named after Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park over the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, U.S.  WikiMiniAtlas35°10′55″N 139°00′50″E / 35.181944°N 139.013889°E / 35.181944; 139.013889

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Peter Kreeft - Wikipedia

Peter John Kreeft (/kreɪft/;[3] born March 16, 1937) is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is the author of over eighty books[4] on Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. He also formulated, together with Ronald K. Tacelli, Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God in their Handbook of Christian Apologetics.[5][6] Kreeft was born March 16, 1937, in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of John and Lucy Kreeft. He took his AB at Calvin College (1959) and an MA at Fordham University (1961). He completed his doctoral studies in 1965, also at Fordham where he completed a dissertation under the direction of W. Norris Clarke. He subsequently completed his post-graduate studies at Yale University.[1] Kreeft joined the philosophy faculty of the Department of Philosophy of Boston College in 1965.[7] He has debated several academics in issues related to God's existence. Shortly after he began teaching at Boston College he was challenged to a debate on the existence of God between himself and Paul Breines, an atheist and history professor, which was attended by a majority of undergraduate students. Kreeft later used many of the arguments in this debate to create the Handbook of Christian Apologetics with then undergraduate student Ronald K. Tacelli. In 1971, Kreeft published an article titled "Zen In Heidegger's 'Gelassenheit'" in the peer-reviewed journal International Philosophical Quarterly, of Fordham University. In 1994, he was an endorser of the document "Evangelicals and Catholics Together".[8] He also formulated, with R. Tacelli, "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God".[9] Kreeft converted to Catholicism during his college years.[10] A key turning point came when he was asked by a Calvinist professor to investigate the claims of the Catholic Church that it traced itself to the early Church. He said that, on his own, he "discovered in the early Church such Catholic elements as the centrality of the Eucharist, the Real Presence, prayers to saints, devotion to Mary, an insistence on visible unity, and apostolic succession."[11] The "central and deciding" factor for his conversion was "the Church's claim to be the one Church historically founded by Christ."[11] He reportedly applied C. S. Lewis's trilemma (either Jesus is Lunatic, Liar, or Lord): "I thought, just as Jesus made a claim about His identity that forces us into one of only two camps ... so the Catholic Church’s claim to be the one true Church, the Church Christ founded, forces us to say either that this is the most arrogant, blasphemous and wicked claim imaginable, if it is not true, or else that she is just what she claims to be."[12] According to Kreeft's personal account, his conversion to Catholic Christianity was influenced by, among other things, Gothic architecture and Thomistic philosophy, the writings of St. John of the Cross, the logic of asking saints to pray for us, and a visit to St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City when he was twelve years old, "feeling like I was in heaven ... and wondering why, if Catholics got everything else wrong, as I had been taught, they got beauty so right..."[13] Although a Catholic, he places central emphasis on the unity between Catholics and Protestants.[14]

2023-09-03 05:31:46

Colross - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 38°48′37.72″N 77°3′3.13″W / 38.8104778°N 77.0508694°W / 38.8104778; -77.0508694 (Original location of Colross) Current location: Current location: Current location: Colross (also historically known as Belle Air and Grasshopper Hall) is a Georgian style mansion built around 1800 as the center of a large plantation in what is now the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, and moved circa 1930 to Princeton, New Jersey, where it is currently the administration building of Princeton Day School. The Colross property originally occupied the entire 1100 block of Oronoco Street; Alexandria merchant John Potts developed it as a plantation and began building the mansion in 1799–1800. In 1803, Jonathan Swift—also an Alexandria merchant and a city councilman—purchased the property and during his ownership continued constructing the mansion. After Swift died in 1824, Colross was purchased by Thomson Francis Mason (1785–1838), son of Thomson Mason (1759–1820) and grandson of Founding Father George Mason (1725–1792) of Gunston Hall. Mason served as a judge of the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia and as mayor of Alexandria. Mason, who made Colross his chief homestead, modified and enlarged the mansion. After successive ownerships, the area around Colross became heavily industrialized. The mansion was bought by John Munn in 1929; between that year and 1932, it was transported brick-by-brick to Princeton, where in 1958 it was sold to Princeton Day School, which uses it as a school administration building housing its admission and advancement offices. The Colross mansion is a two-story, brick, Georgian-style structure that features an architectural plan similar to that of Mount Vernon and Woodlawn, and it was originally flanked by two wings. The front entrance is covered by a spacious Neoclassical portico that is supported by wooden Doric columns. The roof is topped by a balustraded deck and is further embellished by three dormer windows. In 2005, after the original Colross site was purchased by a real estate development company, the city of Alexandria requested an excavation by archaeologists, who uncovered an underground domed brick cistern, evidence of slave outbuildings, the foundations of the estate's peripheral walls, and several ancillary structures. Colross served as the venue for several significant Mason family events, including the wedding ceremonies of Thomson Francis Mason's daughters Sarah Elizabeth Mason (1819–1907) and Virginia Mason (1830–1919). According to local tradition, two children in the Mason family died on the property and were interred in the estate's burial vault. Successive owners of the Colross estate claimed it was haunted by the deceased Mason children. The land on which Colross was first located was originally part of the Northern Neck Proprietary, a land grant that the exiled Charles II awarded to seven of his supporters in 1649 during the English Interregnum.[1][2][3] Following the Restoration in 1660, Charles II finally ascended to the English throne.[4] Charles II renewed the Northern Neck Proprietary grant in 1662, revised it in 1669, and again renewed the original grant favoring original grantee Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper and Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington in 1672.[5] In 1681, Bennet sold his share to Lord Colepeper, and Lord Colepeper received a new charter for the entire land grant from James II in 1688.[1][6] Following the deaths of Lord Colepeper, his wife Margaret, and his daughter Katherine, the Northern Neck Proprietary passed to Katherine's son Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron in 1719.[1][7][8] John Potts, a prominent Alexandria merchant, developed the Colross property as a forced-labor cash-crop farm.[9][10][11] He began building a brick mansion on the property between 1799 and 1800.[9][10][12][13] Potts encountered financial difficulties and placed the unfinished mansion on the market in 1801.[9][10][11] In December 1803, Jonathan Swift, a merchant and Freemason, bought the property for $9,000.[9][10] Swift purchased Colross for his bride, Anne Roberdeau, daughter of Brigadier General Daniel Roberdeau (1727–1795).[14] Some sources say Swift's wife reportedly named the estate Belle Air;[14] according to other sources, Swift referred to his estate as both "Belle Air" and "Grasshopper Hall".[10] Swift presided over Alexandria City Council from 1822 through 1823.[9] His wife, two daughters, and three sons lived with him at the mansion.[10] As Alexandria expanded, Colross evolved from a rural plantation into an urban estate.[9] Between 1791 and 1847, the city of Alexandria was a part of Alexandria County within the District of Columbia.[15][16] Swift continued to construct the mansion.[12] After his death in 1824, the estate transferred to the ownership of Lee Massey Alexander and his sister, Mrs. Chapman. The Alexander family owned the estate for a brief period; they renamed it "Colross".[14] Colross was then purchased by Thomson Francis Mason (1785–1838), a prominent jurist, lawyer, councilman, judge of the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, and mayor of Alexandria between 1827 and 1830.[9][10] Mason was the eldest son of Thomson Mason (1759–1820), and was the grandson of U.S. Founding Father George Mason (1725–1792) of Gunston Hall.[14] According to Mason's daughter Virginia Mason Davidge, her father won Colross "at a game of cards" from Lee Massey Alexander.[14][17] Mason used Colross as his chief homestead and made substantial modifications and additions to it.[9][10][18][19][20] Mason built a 10 ft (3.0 m) high brick wall around the exterior of the Colross property.[14][17] Around the same time Mason acquired Colross, he built Huntley in Fairfax County, Virginia as a rural retreat and summer villa.[18][19][20] Mason's son, Arthur "Pen" Pendleton Mason (1835–1893), later inherited the Colross estate. Pen Mason was married to Mary Ellen Campbell, a daughter of John Archibald Campbell (1811–1889), an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.[21] Orlando B. Willcox, who later served as a Union Army general, visited Colross on several occasions around 1851; he described it as a "fine house and ground and the chief residence of the Masons of Alexandria, much frequented by officers of the army". Willcox also remarked on the "hospitality and civility of the head of the house", Pen Mason's mother, Elizabeth "Betsey" Clapham Price (1802–1873).[22] During the American Civil War, Colross was seized by Union authorities.[10][13] According to local tradition and to Alexandria resident Julian Taylor, at least two Union deserters were executed with their backs against the estate's high brick exterior wall.[10][14][17] In addition, a "famous 'bounty jumper'" by the name of Downey was also shot and killed against the wall after being captured by his own soldiers.[14][17] Local traditions also tell of the ghost of a soldier who haunts the former location of the estate's brick perimeter wall.[17] William Albert Smoot, a lumber merchant and coal businessman, purchased Colross from the Mason family and lived there with his family between 1885 and 1917.[9][10][13][23] Smoot's wife was a member of the Alexander family, and was therefore a descendant of the estate's former owners.[17][23][24] While there, the Smoots' daughter Betty wrote, "the grounds included a whole square block and were enclosed with an ancient brick wall ten feet in height".[17] The Smoots' son William Albert later served as mayor of Alexandria from 1922 to 1930.[23] The parents of Cornell University professor and activist Alice Cook (1903–1998) lived at the then-dilapidated Colross with her father's superior from the Southern Railway. Her father worked for the railroad's bookkeeping department. Cook spent her early childhood at the house. In c. 1913, when Cook was about ten, her mother took her to Colross for a visit. She remarked that Colross "had no gaslights, and running water only in the kitchen", and that the house "stood in the midst of railroad tracks". Cook also said the house's adjacent stables still had horses, the "elegant plaster ceilings" remained intact, and "great oak doors" still stood within the house's main doorway behind the white columns of the front portico.[25] In 1917, another lumber merchant, William Hoge, acquired the mansion. Under similar circumstances to those of nearby Abingdon, properties surrounding Colross underwent industrialization with the construction of a warehouse complex and ancillary industrial buildings associated with Alexandria Hay & Grain.[9][10] The mansion at Colross became a storage facility within a lumber yard operated by another planing mill owner.[11] In 1927, the mansion and the adjacent warehouses were substantially damaged by a tornado, making the mansion uninhabitable.[9][10][13][24] Between 1929 and 1932, John Munn purchased the mansion, dismantled it, and shipped the structure brick-by-brick to Princeton, New Jersey, where it was restored.[9][10][11][13] Following Munn's death in 1956, Colross was purchased by Dr. Geoffrey W. Rake. After Rake died in 1958, Colross was sold to Princeton Day School.[9][10][11] The mansion became the school's administrative building, which it remains to this day.[9][10][11] As of 2015[update], Colross houses the admission and advancement offices of Princeton Day School, and serves as a venue for the institution's events.[26] In Alexandria, the mansion's remaining brick foundation was buried beneath a slab of reinforced concrete for over 50 years.[9] Structures on the site have since included a large 50-truck garage, Andy's Car Wash, a Dominion Virginia Power substation, and the Hennage Creative Printers facility.[9][10] The mansion at Colross was built in the Georgian architectural style[26] between 1799 and 1800. It is a two-story brick house featuring a rectangular architectural plan, which was originally flanked by two wings.[12][17][27] Colross features wide halls and spacious rooms.[17][23] One wing housed facilities for the estate's service staff; the other wing served as a carriage shed.[12] Colross' architectural plan is similar to that of nearby estates Mount Vernon and Woodlawn, and is an example of the country house style of American colonial architecture common in Maryland and Virginia.[12] It has been described as the "largest and most beautiful mansion ever erected in Alexandria".[28] The Colross property originally occupied the entire 1100 block of Oronoco Street.[29] The grounds of the estate also contained ancillary outbuildings.[17] The exterior brick walls of the mansion are laid in a Flemish bond pattern, exhibiting a "well proportioned width" of mortar joint between the bricks.[12] Two sets of double inside chimneys extend above the roofline on each side of the mansion's main structure.[12][27] The front façade of the mansion's main structure, which originally faced Oronoco Street in Alexandria, is five bays wide and contains the house's front entrance at the first floor's center bay.[12][27] The front entrance is covered by a spacious Neoclassical architecture style portico, which is supported by two sets of double wooden doric columns at the front and engaged columns on the brick façade.[12][27] The portico's frieze is subordinated to the architrave.[12] The mansion's front door is topped by a leaded fanlight in the shape of a segmented arch.[12][27] Leaded sidelights flank both sides of the main doorway.[12][27] All of the mansion's windows feature colonial-style lintels.[12] The mansion's roof is covered by gray slate and is further embellished with three dormer windows facing from the home's front façade.[12][27] The roof is topped by a balustraded deck.[12] Similar moulding contours were used at varying scales throughout the mansion's exterior construction.[12] The mansion's cornice is composed of ornamented moldings.[12] To the north of the mansion was a garden, which was purportedly well known for its boxwoods, lilacs, and roses.[23] The garden remained through the ownership of the Smoot family.[17] A winding path led from the mansion to a large burial vault, which was closed by a great iron lock.[23] According to members of the Smoot family, the lock to the burial vault would "never stay locked more than three days" at a time.[17][23] A vase of urn stood in the front lawn of the mansion; according to tradition this marked the location where Pocahontas was baptized.[24] The urn remained in its location throughout the American Civil War and was later acquired by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.[24] The former Colross land tract on the 1100 block of Oronoco Street, which is bounded by North Fayette, Oronoco, Henry, and Pendleton streets,[9][10][11][29] was purchased in 2003 by Diamond Properties, a real estate development company with plans to build a mixed-use mid-rise luxury condominium project called Monarch Condominium.[9][10][30] In 2005, Alexandria's Archaeological Protection Code requirement forced Diamond Properties to halt its construction to allow for an archaeological excavation of the Colross site.[9][10][30] The excavation occurred between March and June 2005, as mandated by the city of Alexandria.[9][10] Diamond Properties paid R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates Inc., a cultural resource management firm, about $100,000 to explore the site for historical artifacts and to ensure all burial plots had been removed.[9][10] While only a few artifacts were recovered, historians said the dig offered a clearer view of early 19th-century life at Colross.[9] Discoveries included an underground domed brick cistern that served as a water purification system and evidence that enslaved people lived in outbuildings on the Colross estate.[9][10] Archaeologists also discovered the mansion's original basement floor, which was laid in a herringbone bond.[9][10] Evidence of the estate's exterior walls, the foundations of the smokehouse, stables, and a burial vault were also unearthed.[9][10] In the northwestern portion of the property, what is thought to have been the foundation of a rectangular burial vault was found.[10] No burial remains were discovered.[10] All interments were presumably removed in the early 20th century.[10] Thomson Francis Mason was originally interred at the Colross graveyard in 1838, as were two of his daughters. Subsequent residents had their remains reinterred at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery in Alexandria.[10] According to the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, the delay in construction caused 79 condominium buyers to abandon their purchases.[30] The Colross estate was the location for several significant events involving the Mason family. Sarah Elizabeth Mason (1819–1907), a daughter of Thomson Francis Mason and his wife Elizabeth Clapham Price, married St. George Tucker Campbell at Colross on November 17, 1841.[31] Virginia Mason (1830–1919), another daughter of Thomson and Elizabeth married William Hathorn Stewart Davidge at Colross on February 1, 1853.[32] Colross was also the venue for the funeral of Mrs. Virginia King, wife of Dr. Benjamin King, on December 31, 1850.[33] Mrs. King was a sister of Mrs. Judge Mason.[33] According to local tradition, two small Mason children, William and Ann, were playing in the estate's yard when a storm arrived.[17][23] William took shelter in the estate's chicken coop but the wind toppled the structure, killing him.[17][23] Soon after William's death, his sister Ann drowned in a bathtub at Colross.[17][23] Both children were interred in the estate's burial vault in the garden.[17][23] Successive residents at Colross, including members of the Smoot family, claimed the estate was haunted by the deceased Mason children; they reported hearing children "giggling, singing, and talking", and witnessed apparitions of children in pre-Civil War attire.[17]

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Largest municipalities in Ohio - Wikipedia

The following is a list of the 50 most populous incorporated cities in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population is according to the 2018 census estimates from the United States Census Bureau.[1]   County seat†   State capital and county seat‡

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Don't Think I'm Not - Wikipedia

"Don't Think I'm Not" is the debut solo single of American R&B singer Kandi from her debut album, Hey Kandi... (2000). Kandi co-wrote the song with Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Katrina Willis, and Bernard Edwards, Jr. and produced it alongside Briggs. Released on July 11, 2000, "Don't Think I'm Not" reached number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 32 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Outside the US, the song reached the top 20 in Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. "Don't Think I'm Not" debuted at number 66 on the Hot 100 the week ending August 5, 2000. The single then peaked at number 24, the week ending October 7, 2000. The single soon dropped off the chart the week ending January 20, 2001. Kandi released a video for "Don't Think I'm Not" in 2000, directed by Bille Woodruff.[2] Kandi filmed the video with a broken right leg after it was crushed between two cars shortly before filming began.[3] Credits are lifted from the US maxi-CD single liner notes.[4] Studios Personnel * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

2023-09-03 05:31:58

Lautaro Díaz - Wikipedia

Lautaro Ariel Díaz (born 21 May 1998) is an Argentine footballer who plays as either a winger or a forward for Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle, on loan from Estudiantes de Buenos Aires. Born in Buenos Aires, Díaz was a youth exponent of hometown side Estudiantes de Buenos Aires, making his first team debut on 8 May 2019 in a 2–1 Primera B Metropolitana home loss against All Boys. He featured in another two matches during the season as his side achieved promotion to Primera Nacional, and scored his first goal on 10 January 2021, netting the winner in a 2–1 away success over Ferro Carril Oeste. On 21 July 2021, Díaz moved to fellow second division team Villa Dálmine on loan until December 2022.[1] After only one goal in the 2021 season, he scored six times during the first half of the 2022 campaign before leaving in June 2022.[2] On 14 June 2022, Díaz moved abroad and agreed to a one-year loan deal with Ecuadorian Serie A side Independiente del Valle.[3] He impressed with the club in the 2022 Copa Sudamericana, scoring five goals (one of them in the Final against São Paulo, where he was named man-of-the-match) and helping the side to lift their second trophy in the competition.[4] Díaz's father Roberto was also a footballer and a forward. He was a part of the Argentina squad in the 1979 Copa América. After his proeminence at Independiente del Valle, he was often compared to Jack Grealish due to his looks.[5] Independiente del Valle

2023-09-03 05:32:02

Ynhanfu - Wikipedia

"Ynhanfu" is an organization, working in researching and promoting traditional Chinese clothing Hanfu, which was founded in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China in 2002. The goal of Ynhanfu is to promote Chinese traditional clothing hanfu to the society. Ynhanfu only had eight members at the very beginning. Ynhanfu's initial concern was introduce Hanfu to the community of China and university students. Over the years, Ynhanfu has developed education, social welfare, Han Chinese clothing production, Festive celebrations and many other social undertakings. Strategies to recover Chinese traditional culture were also developed. Ynhanfu promotes Chinese culture, traditional clothing to the community,[1] also held a lot of major Chinese traditional festivals celebrations in Kunming: the traditional Dragon Boat Festival,[2] Tanabata Festival,[3] and Mid-Autumn Festival. At the same time the traditional Chinese ritual activities: Worship of Confucius,[4] weddings, mitzvahs and the beginning ceremony. And Yunnan also gives lectures of Chinese culture, Hanfu in many University. Ynhanfu donations clothing [5] and medicines to children in China earthquake, also transports a large number of drinking water in arid regions, Funding student groups to do the traditional cultural activities. Feb. 2010 Ynhanfu shot a historical drama "Seoul Xue Wang"。[6]

2023-09-03 05:32:06

Cymindis laferi - Wikipedia

Cymindis laferi is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae.[1] It was described by Sundukov in 1999.[1] This Cymindis-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:32:10

Walter Hauck - Wikipedia

Walter Hauck (4 June 1918 – 6 November 2006)[1] was a German SS officer infamous for the atrocities committed under his command during the Second World War. Before the war, he worked in the German police.[2] By 1944, he had the rank of SS-Obersturmführer in the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend and led the 2nd company of the 12th SS Reconnaissance Battalion. In April 1944, he was responsible for the Ascq massacre in which 86 civilians were shot and the population brutalized after a railway sabotage. In May 1945, accompanied by Hildegarde Mende, previously a guard in the Theresienstadt Ghetto,[3][4] he was responsible for another massacre in Leskovice, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, leading to the death of 25 civilians, including a 13-year-old boy, and the destruction of 31 houses.[5] In 1949, Hauck was judged in Lille, France, for the Ascq massacre and was sentenced to death. After requests from some widows of the Ascq massacre, his sentence was converted to life imprisonment. In 1957, he was freed after a further reduction and returned to Germany, where he lived until his death in 2006. In 1969 and 1977, Czechoslovakia asked Germany to extradite him for punishment for the second massacre, but these requests were rejected by the Stuttgart court.[6] In 2005, the Czech Republic again asked for his extradition.[7][6]

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William U. Richardson - Wikipedia

William U. Richardson was a lawyer and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.[1] He represented Bienville from 1896 until 1900 and 1908 until 1912.[2][3] He succeeded Rush Wimberly in office. William U. Richardson co-authored an 1885 pamphlet 9n Bienville Parish.[4] In 1902 he was Parish School Superintendent.[5]

2023-09-03 05:32:17

Hartwick, Iowa - Wikipedia

Hartwick is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 92 at the time of the 2020 census.[2] Hartwick is located at  WikiMiniAtlas41°47′7″N 92°20′39″W / 41.78528°N 92.34417°W / 41.78528; -92.34417 (41.785264, -92.344290).[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2), all land.[4] As of the census[6] of 2010, there were 86 people, 38 households, and 25 families living in the city. The population density was 661.5 inhabitants per square mile (255.4/km2). There were 40 housing units at an average density of 307.7 per square mile (118.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.7% White and 2.3% from two or more races. There were 38 households, of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 10.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.2% were non-families. 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% 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 2.68. The median age in the city was 35 years. 22.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.9% were from 25 to 44; 24.5% were from 45 to 64; and 17.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 83 people, 36 households, and 24 families living in the city. The population density was 640.7 inhabitants per square mile (247.4/km2). There were 40 housing units at an average density of 308.8 per square mile (119.2/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White. There were 36 households, out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 2.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.84. In the city, the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,830. There were no families and 2.7% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64. H-L-V Community School District operates area public schools.[8]

2023-09-03 05:32:21

The Dumping Ground (series 1) - Wikipedia

The first series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 4 January 2013 on CBBC and ended on 15 March 2013. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Elm Tree House, nicknamed by them "The Dumping Ground". It consists of thirteen, thirty-minute episodes.[1] It is the ninth series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise. Everyone from Series 3 of Tracy Beaker Returns return for this series except Sapphire Fox, Liam O'Donovan and Tracy Beaker. It also sees new characters Faith, Floss (from episode 6) and Mo (from episode 10). Gus leaves after episode 5 and Elektra and Gina leave after the series finale. The opening 2 episodes have the YP being home alone after Mike goes on holiday and Gina goes to hospital. After that, Lily's Dad's girlfriend (Shannay) moves into their flat causing chaos for Lily, Jody lives with her Mum for a while before Carmen and Tyler realise that she's being abused by her older brother (Kingsley), Gus goes through turmoil when he gets the chance to get fostered and does eventually agree to, Faith's history is revealed, new girl Floss bargains Jeff off Harry, Frank gets a job in a cafe after failing his exams and Rick meets his Dad who has been in prison. Towards the end of the series, the DG go on a day trip to a Edwardian mansion and roleplay as Edwardians for the day, new resident Mo causes trouble for some residents, Carmen, Tee and Lily fall out on a sleepover, Tyler does a big practical joke on Elektra, Carmen meets an exotic girl (Esme), and in the finale, Faith's brother suddenly arrives at Elm Tree House, when she believes he's dead. Screenterrier announced the casting of characters Mo, Floss and Faith in September 2012.[2][3] Without adult supervision, the residents of Elm Tree House seize the opportunity to be free and wreak havoc. With Mike enjoying a well-deserved holiday and Gina hospitalized following the recovery of an unexploded grenade, the young people become obstreperous, driving Gus to breaking point. Faith and Elektra act as if they are actual care workers. When Shannay, the pregnant girlfriend of Lily's dad, Steve, moves into the flat, Lily feels jealous and thus commits rebellious acts. Shannay accidentally breaks the frame of Lily's picture, which is the last straw for Lily, so, with Mike's permission, she temporarily moves back into The Dumping Ground. However, after some reassuring advice from those closest to her, Lily eventually returns to the flat and meets her new half-sibling, Jonah. Meanwhile Tyler and Rick are looking for ways to remove Tyler's tooth. The Dumping Ground is divided when a same-sex couple show an interest in fostering Gus. As Johnny and Elektra debate about whether gay couples should be allowed to adopt, Gus is in turmoil about leaving the Dumping Ground and father figure Mike behind. But through a series of phases Gus eventually decides to be fostered. Wicked whispers fly when the police come to see Faith, who will not say why. Meanwhile new girl Floss arrives and wonders where on Earth she has been dumped when Harry informs her of the Dumping Ground's past. Rick's father, Gerry, turns up for start a fresh start with him. But are Rick and Gerry really ready? Meanwhile, Gina's mum, Hattie, turns up and Tee thinks that Mike wants Hattie in a home. Absent: Jessie Williams as Lily Kettle It is the day of the Dumping Ground's annual day out and the Young People decide to be Edwardians for the day. However, the day is not fun when Johnny is in charge and he ruins the day for everyone when humiliates Elektra making fun of Carmen’s schoolwork and making comments about Lilly and her dad and he accidentally throws food over a painting that gets him and the rest of the gang kicked out and everyone tells him he ruined it for them all. Mo is the Dumping Ground's new eccentric resident and everyone thinks he is a bit strange. especially Tyler. Tee takes pity on Mo but Mo has not had a real friend before and Tee is soon annoyed with him. First Appearance: Reece Buttery as Mo Michaels When a big practical joke on Elektra backfires, Tyler decides it is time that he grew up. Meanwhile, Lily, Carmen and Tee fall out at an unsupervised sleepover at Lily's flat. A face from the past comes back to haunt Faith and brings danger to the Dumping Ground. And Mo buys a 'magic' egg which unexpectedly hatches into what Johnny and Elektra believe is a venomous snake!

2023-09-03 05:32:25

Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi-Shenyang Campaign - Wikipedia

Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi-Shenyang Campaign (Chinese: 大决战之辽沈战役) is a 1991 Chinese epic war film directed by Li Jun, Yang Guangyuan, Wei Lian, Cai Jiwei, Zhao Jilie, Zhai Junjie and Jing Mukui, written by Li Pingfen, Shi Chao and Wang Jun, and starring Gu Yue, Su Lin, Ma Shaoxin, Lu Jixian, Zhao Hengduo, and Wu Zhiyuan.[1] The film premiered in China on January 1, 1992. The film is about the Liaoshen Campaign of the Chinese Civil War.[2] In the spring of 1948, during the Chinese Civil War, the Central Military Commission commands the Fourth Field Army control Jinzhou, a communication hub in northeast China and even a vital importance of military strategists. The Liaoshen Campaign broke out, the People's Liberation Army fight against the Nationalist forces in northeastern China, then the land was occupied by the Communists.[3] In 1950s, the August First Film Studio was planning films about the three major campaigns: Liaoshen Campaign, Huaihai Campaign and Pingjin Campaign. But because of the limits of conditions, the project had been put on hold. In January 1986, the then General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Hu Yaobang ordered the relevant organizations to turn the three major campaigns into a feature. The Central Military Commission began to negotiate with the August First Film Studio to produce a film. In February 1986, Li Pingfen (李平分), Shi Chao (史超) and Wang Jun (王军) signed on to write the script for the film. They consulted a lot of data, including the memoirs of veterans, interviewed more than 300 campaign participants, and also surveyed the old battlefields. The then vice-chairman of Central Military Commission Yang Shangkun and the then director of the General Political Department Yang Baibing had repeatedly summoned the producers to discuss the film. At the end of 1987, the film finally finished writing. Li Jun (李俊) was signed to direct the film and Yang Qingwei (杨庆卫) served as general producer. At the end of 1989, the directors visited Nie Rongzhen, a commander in the Pingjin Campaign. The title of the film was written by Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. After seeing the film, Deng Xiaoping said, "The film is very good. I watch it every year."[4][5] Gu Yue, Lu Qi and Ma Shaoxin (马绍信) were cast in respective lead roles of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Lin Biao for the film. Zhao Hengduo (赵恒多) was selected to cast as Chiang Kai-shek and Su Lin (苏林) was selected to cast as Zhou Enlai.[4][5] Filming took place in Heilongjiang, Zhejiang, Ningxia, Shandong. Nearly 800 of the 1000 workers in the August First Film Studio participated in the shooting. PLA soldiers from Shenyang Military Region, Beijing Military Region, Jinan Military Region, Nanjing Military Region and Lanzhou Military Region participated in the film.[6] The scenes of Mao Zedong labours up the hillside and the Yellow River of ice is thawing were filmed in north Shaanxi. The camera crew worked hard in the Yellow River for two years to get the scenes.[4][5] Decisive Engagement: The Liaoxi-Shenyang Campaign premiered in the Great Hall of the People on August 1, 1991, with wide-release in China on January 1, 1992.[4][5]

2023-09-03 05:32:29

Killer Sounds - Wikipedia

Killer Sounds is the third studio album by English indie rock band Hard-Fi. It was released on 19 August 2011 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The iTunes bonus track "Like a Drug" was featured on the deluxe edition of the soundtrack of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. In 2022, frontman Richard Archer told The Independent that the band were not in a great place when Killer Sounds came out: "[W]e probably got frustrated with each other. There was a point when it got really difficult towards the end. Everyone lost a bit of love for it, but we always stayed friends. Certainly for Steve [Kemp, drummer] and I, we'd been in bands that hadn't worked out and we were super focused on 'we can't fuck this up'. And I think at some point, that became to the detriment of the project and to us, our mental health, because we should have just enjoyed it. Everything had to be 'we've got to get this right'. Instead of just rolling with it we were worried about everything."[1] Upon its release, the album received mostly positive reviews from critics. The Metro gave it four out of five stars, saying: "Hard-Fi’s Killer Sounds features a collection of punchy potential hits on which a real sense of fun (and, dare we say it, camp) abounds."[2] A negative review came from James Lachno in The Daily Telegraph who awarded the album one star out of five. He called it "moody" and "humourless" and said that the "sexualised lyrics sound seedy - or worse, menacing".[8] All songs written by Richard Archer. [9]

2023-09-03 05:32:33

More baronets - Wikipedia

There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname More, both in the Baronetage of England. Both creations are extinct. The More Baronetcy, of Loseley in the County of Surrey, was created in the Baronetage of England on 18 May 1642 for Poynings More, Member of Parliament for Haslemere and Guildford.[1] The second Baronet was Member of Parliament for Haslemere. The title became extinct on his death in 1684. The More family descended from Sir Christopher More (d. 1549), King's Remembrancer in the Exchequer and High Sheriff of Surrey and of Sussex during the reign of Henry VIII. His son Sir William More (d. 1660) represented Guildford in Parliament. Sir William's son Sir George More was a Member of Parliament and courtier. Sir George's son Sir Robert More (1581–1626) represented Surrey in Parliament. The first Baronet was the son of the latter. The seat of the More family was Loseley Park, near Guildford, Surrey. After the death of the second Baronet the family estate passed to the late Baronet's uncle, Reverend Nicholas More. Nicholas More devised the estates to his daughter Margaret More, wife of Sir Thomas Molyneux. Loseley Park has been in the hands of the More-Molyneux family since. The More Baronetcy, of More Hall in the County of Lancaster, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 November 1675 for Edward More.[2] He was to have been created a baronet already in 1660 but the patent did not pass the Great Seal until 1675. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Bramber. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1810. The More family descended from Sir William de la More, who was made a knight banneret by the Black Prince at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.

2023-09-03 05:32:36

Clive Ruggles - Wikipedia

Clive L. N. Ruggles (born 1952)[1] is a British astronomer, archaeologist and academic. He is the author of academic and popular works on the subject. In 1999, he was appointed professor of archaeoastronomy at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, when it is believed to have been the only appointed chair for archaeoastronomy among the world's universities. As of 2023[update], he was Emeritus Professor at this university. Ruggles was the president of the Prehistoric Society from 2006 to 2010[2] and the president of the IAU Commission for the History of Astronomy from 2009 to 2012.[3] He is the Chair for the IAU World Heritage and Astronomy Working Group,[4] and was formerly the President of the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture.[5]

2023-09-03 05:32:40

Sara Khan (actress, born 1989) - Wikipedia

Sara Khan (born 6 August 1989) is an Indian model and actress.[1] She won the Miss Bhopal title in 2007.[2] She is recognised for her role in Star Plus's show Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai as Sadhna.[3][4] Khan was born on 6 August 1989[5] in Bhopal, India.[2][6] Khan is a Sunni Muslim.[7] She has a sister, Ayra Khan.[8] Khan started her career as a model. She made her acting debut with the popular Star Plus show Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai (2007-2010) as Sadhna opposite Angad Hasija. She quit the show in June 2010 which remarked the end of her character. Khan then appeared in the Zee TV show Preet Se Bandhi Ye Dori Ram Milaayi Jodi (2010-2012) as Mona where she replaced Priyal Gor. In 2013, Khan made her entry in the Life OK serial Junoon - Aisi Nafrat Toh Kaisa Ishq as Shaalu Pandey. She then played the role of Maya, an Icchhadhari Naagin in the popular Colors TV show Sasural Simar Ka (2014-2015). She was also seen in shows like V The Serial, Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, Encounter and Tujhse Hi Rabta. In 2015, Sara played Pavitra in &TV's Bhagyalaxmi. In 2016, she played Kuhu in &TV's Saubhagyalakshmi. In 2017, Khan did a cameo role in Star Plus's Dil Boley Oberoi as Mohini. She was then seen in the Star Plus show Jaana Na Dil Se Door as Kangana. In 2008, Khan appeared as a guest contestant on the show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?, along with Parul Chauhan who plays her onscreen sister in Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai. The two of them played the game and then donated the winnings to the charity Help Age India. She also appeared in Amul Star Voice of India 2 alongside Angad Hasija, Parul Chauhan, and Kinshuk Mahajan on 20 September 2008 as a celebrity guest. She appeared on the popular TV show 10 Ka Dum, hosted by Salman Khan in August 2009[9] and hosted Dance Premier League, a dancing reality show that aired on Sony TV. In 2010, Khan was a contestant on Bigg Boss 4, the Indian version of the reality TV show Big Brother and stayed in the show for 10 weeks until she got evicted on Day 69.[10] In 2013, Khan appeared in Life OK's Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan-Nawaazi Ki as a contestant and later went on to host the show BIG Fame Star. She also appeared in Nach Baliye 6 along with Paras Chhabra as a wildcard contestant but couldn't get selected. In 2014, Khan was seen in Ekta Kapoor's Box Cricket League. She also appeared in two comedy shows Comedy Classes and Comedy Nights Bachao. In 2018, Khan appeared in the music video Tere Jism with Angad Hasija.[11] In July 2022, she entered Colors TV's Spy Bahu as Ahana.[12] Since November 2022, she portrayed Tanya Rastogi in Dangal TV's Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein 2.[13] Khan was married to TV actor Ali Merchant,[14] a Shia Muslim in an Islamic wedding ceremony at Bigg Boss 4 in 2010, but divorced him after two months in 2011.[15] Close friends of the couple stated that the couple was paid ₹5 million (US$63,000) for the marriage. The Colors channel denied that it had paid them for the marriage and called it their personal wish.[16] After the divorce she called the marriage a nightmare.[17] Merchant said in an episode of the reality show Sach Ka Saamna that he had married for publicity and that marrying Khan was the biggest mistake of his life.[18]

2023-09-03 05:32:43

Little rockfish - Wikipedia

Taumakoides rua Hardy, 1985 The little rockfish, Acanthoclinus rua, is a longfin of the family Plesiopidae, found only in New Zealand's subtidal zone and in rock pools at low tide. They are up to 11 cm (4.3 in) in length. This class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:32:46

Hugh Proudfoot - Wikipedia

John Hugh Proudfoot (18 May 1912 – 30 November 1980) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a breeder and lumberman by career. The son of A.G. Proudfoot and Esther M. Creighton, [1] Hugh Proudfoot was born in Fort-Coulonge, Quebec where he served as mayor from 1945 to 1950.[2] In 1937, he married Iva Winifred Langford.[1] In the 1949 federal election, he won a Parliamentary seat at the Pontiac—Témiscamingue riding. Proudfoot was re-elected for successive terms in 1953 and 1957, then in 1958 was defeated by Paul Martineau of the Progressive Conservative party. Proudfoot died in 1980, aged 68.[3] This article about a Quebec Member of Parliament from the Liberal Party of Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a mayor in Quebec is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:32:50

Adaina parainvida - Wikipedia

Adaina parainvida is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica[1] and on Jamaica.[2] The wingspan is 11–13 mm. The head is scaled and ochreous-white. The antennae are ochreous-white. The thorax, tegulae and mesothorax are ochreous-white with a distinct brown margin along the abdominal junction. The abdomen is ochreous-white, with a distinct dark dorsal blackish spot on the fifth segment. The forewings are ochreous-white, with a diffuse brown scaling and grey-brown fringes with dark brown patches at the anal regions. The underside is grey-brown with faint brown scales. The hindwings are greyish with grey-brown fringes. The underside is grey-brown. Adults have been recorded in July. The species is called parainvida because of the resemblance in the male genitalia to Adaina invida. This article on a moth of tribe Oidaematophorini is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:32:54

Brahms-Institut - Wikipedia

Brahms-Institut acquired the largest private collection of Johannes Brahms engravings, manuscripts and first and early prints in 1990. In addition to Brahms, the focus is on Robert and Clara Schumann, Theodor Kirchner, Joseph Joachim, and some lesser known performers and composers of the era. In addition to music manuscripts, the collection also includes correspondence, photos, and drawings.[1]  WikiMiniAtlas53°52′48″N 10°41′46″E / 53.880°N 10.696°E / 53.880; 10.696 This article relating to library science or information science is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a music organization is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:32:58

William Valk - Wikipedia

William Weightman Valk (October 12, 1806 – September 20, 1879) was a soldier in the American Civil War and a U.S. Congressman. In 1830, Valk earned a degree in medicine, graduating from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1830. He opened a practice in Connecticut. He joined the Navy during the Mexican–American War and became chief surgeon on the USS Constellation. Valk joined the California Gold Rush in 1849 and, upon failure, opened a practice on Long Island. From March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1857, Valk served in New York's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives. Finally settled in Flushing, New York, and continued the practice of medicine until elected to Congress. He was elected as a candidate serving in New York's 1st District, as a member of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. Upon the breakout of Civil War, he volunteered as chief surgeon of the 2nd Maryland (USA) Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army. He later became a pension office clerk in Washington, D.C. He was interred in Flushing Cemetery.  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. This biographical article related to a physician in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a person of the American Civil War is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:33:02

Joachim Kupke - Wikipedia

Joachim Kupke (born 21 May 1947, in Sindelfingen) is a German painter and graphic artist. Since the 1970s, he has also worked as a musician, and singer/ songwriter in the band, "If you wanted to".[1] From 1965 to 1967 Joachim Kupke attended the Art School A.L. Merz in Stuttgart. Following this, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart with Rudolf Haegele (1967–1972). His studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart were followed by a prolonged period of study in the United States. There he worked on a series of photographs showing people in everyday situations. These became material for later work. Working since 1972 as a freelance painter and graphic artist, Kupke became a Member of the [Association of Baden-Württemberg Artists] in 1980. At this time he also produced cartoons, which were published in magazines and newspapers including Playboy, Il Mago[2] der Stuttgarter Zeitung and Pardon. On the publication of his first cartoon strip "Horror Sapiens " in 1977 Joachim Kupke was described as "Höllenfürst der Zeichenfeder" (The Prince of Darkness of the quill).[3] During this period Kupke produced drawings and oil paintings, which grappled with paintings and art forms in unfamiliar and unusual ways. After a series of solo and group exhibitions, in 1981 Kupke received a grant from the Arts Foundation of Baden-Württemberg. This was followed by a stipend from the city Sindelfingen in 1986. In 1995 Joachim Kupke married Sarah Webb (born 1960 in Bedford, UK), the educationalist and actress. Sarah Kupke has lived in Sindelfingen since 1990, where she is the Head of the International School of Stuttgart, Sindelfingen Campus.[4][5] "To begin with, Joachim Kupke’s work is near to photorealism, with a penchant for ludicrous, interconnected motives, seemingly surreal and yet representing the artist’s intrinsic questioning behind the concept of "original". Also, his constant exploration into the nature of modern 20th century art itself. (...) The paradox of "original and reproduction" is part of life and art for Joachim Kupke, and prompts his playful exploration of the concept of "originality". "[6] "Joachim Kupke’s works are created in an old master, realistic painting style. They use well-known works of art history, to which the artist feels an intimate relationship; a kind of kinship. They are not ironic re-creations or new creations. Rather, they have much more to do with the authenticity in what is represented and how it has been devaluated though mass media reproduction. Derived from our knowledge of the exponentially fragmentary nature of our perceptions and their connection with the widespread flood of pictures in all their reproduced manifestations, Kupke posits his technically brilliant commentary on art and art as art, about art. This is also true for the nascent years of the series "Room in Delft ". In these paintings Joachim Kupke transformed into the present, in his own inimitable way, one of the most important painters of European art, Jan Vermeer."[7] Columbus- Ohio, Joachim Kupke, 1971 Horror sapiens, 1977, Joachim Kupke Geschlossene Gesellschaft, Cartoon, Joachim Kupke, 1983 Landschaft mit Seiltänzer, Öl auf Leinwand, 1979 Für Kläuschen ein schöner Hintergrund von Canaletto, Joachim Kupke, Bleistift, Buntstift auf Papier, 1982 Pour Robert Lebel, Joachim Kupke, Acryl- Öl auf Leinwand, 2003 Zimmer in Delft(3), Joachim Kupke Öl auf Leinwand, 2006 Zimmer in Delft (Mistress and Maid), Joachim Kupke, Öl auf Leinwand, 2007 Zimmer in New York, Joachim Kupke, Öl auf Leinwand, 2009 Zimmer in Delft Passepartout, Joachim Kupke 2010 Kate Moss in Delft, Joachim Kupke 2010–2011 Allegory of Faith (Geertruyt Soup), Joachim Kupke 2012 Silence of Songbirds, Joachim Kupke 2013- 2014 Dutch Interior No.1 (corrected Banksy) Joachim Kupke 2014 2015

2023-09-03 05:33:06

10th South Carolina Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

The 10th South Carolina Infantry Regiment was a Confederate volunteer infantry unit from the state of South Carolina during the American Civil War. It fought with the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater for the duration of the war. Originally organized to serve for twelve months it was reorganized for the war in 1862. Sent east to fight in the Carolinas Campaign in 1865 it was consolidated with the 19th South Carolina Infantry Regiment and formed Walker's Battalion, South Carolina Infantry. The unit surrendered with General Joseph E. Johnston and the Army of Tennessee at Bennett Place on April 26, 1865. Out of 2189 men listed on the regimental muster rolls throughout the conflict only 55 enlisted men remained to be paroled. The bill to organize a force for State defence passed by the Legislature of South Carolina in December, 1860, and divided the State into ten districts in each of which one regiment was to be formed. The district from which the 10th Regiment was to be formed embraced Horry, Marion, Georgetown, Williamsburg, and part of Charleston District. Assembling at Camp Marion, near Georgetown, on May 19; its organization was completed on May 31, 1861: By election the field officers were: The original 10 companies assembled on July 19, 1861, at Camp Marion near Georgetown were: When companies D and G were refused for service they were replaced until September 1861 with: In November 1861 the regiment could muster 2 more companies: Before the official formation of the regiment some of its companies were already active. The Georgetown Rifle Guards were stationed on South Island Redoubt while the Brooks Guards were stationed on North Island. The government issued uniforms to 8 of the companies, while companies A, B, E, and K uniformed themselves. Tenting and camp equipment was furnished by the government according to army regulations. Initially there were four kinds of arms in the regiment. Company A was armed with English Enfield rifles, a contribution from its captain. Company B used the M1841 Mississippi rifle. Company E sported Harper's Ferry rifled muskets and the other companies used smoothbore muskets. Over the course of war the regiment partially adopted the Austrian Lorenz rifle, and after the Battle of Franklin in November 1864 it finally unified in the use of the Enfield rifle. In August the Regiment was transferred to the Confederate Government. Colonel Manigault, a veteran of the Mexican–American War, had trained, drilled and shaped his 12 companies with the assistance of the cadets from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina; and the regiment soon gained a reputation for its disciplined appearance. The regiment moved to the coast and was stationed at Cat Island Redoubt, located between Winyah Bay and Santee River; and went into garrison and winter quarters. While there the training continued, even with many of the men suffering from typhoid fever, measles and mumps. In March 1862 it marched to Charleston where it was reorganized and enlisted for the duration of the war. On April 12 it was sent west to join the forces of General P.G.T. Beauregard in Mississippi. Passing through Augusta, Atlanta, Montgomery and Mobile they arrived at Corinth on April 25 and 26. Initially put in a brigade under command of Gen. Donelson the regiment was soon brigaded with the 24th, 28th, and 34th Alabama Infantry, as well as with the 19th South Carolina Regiment. Under command of Brig. Gen. James H. Trapier it was part of Withers' Division of the II Corps in the Army of Mississippi. In April and May it participated in the Siege of Corinth and was used on picket and fatigue duty until the army retreated to Tupelo, Mississippi. Recuperating and reorganizing in Tupelo Col. Manigault commenced his drill and fostered his regiment's reputation. On one occasion, at Tupelo, Miss., General Bragg having stopped, as he frequently did, to witness the drill of the regiment, sent a staff officer to compliment it and give thanks for the pleasure the drill had given him; the only instance of the kind occurring in that army to the knowledge of the writer. When Gen. Trapier was relieved of his command by Gen. Bragg the command of the brigade developed to Col. Manigault, and the regiment was led by its Lieutenant Colonel, James Pressley. In late July the brigade was transferred to Chattanooga by train as part of the army renamed to Army of Tennessee under command of Gen. Braxton Bragg; the II Corps now being Polk's. In November Col. Manigault was recommended to be promoted to brigadier general by Gen. Withers.[2] The 10th took part in the Confederate Heartland Offensive, including the Battle of Munfordville, and afterwards in the Stones River Campaign and the Battle of Murfreesboro. On December 28, 1862, Manigault's brigade moved into position for the battle. On December 29, Union cavalry, including the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, probed the skirmishers composed of companies A, B and C, but were repulsed.[3][4] On December 31 the brigade was in the left center of the line, being part of the first line and laying opposite of Brig. Gen. Sheridan's Division (brigaded of Sill, Schaefer and Roberts) as left of McCook's wing. The 10th South Carolina formed the brigade's right, having the 19th South Carolina on the left, Anderson's brigade on the right and Maney's brigade in support as second line while Coltart's brigade was on the left of Manigault's brigade.[5] Around 7 a.m. at the appointed time the brigade was part of the general advance. Repulsed by Sill's brigade it hold out against the Union's counterattack and mounted a counterattacked themselves; repulsing Sill, who lost his life. Then Robert's Illinois brigade fell on the advancing brigade's right—which was made of the 10th and 19th South Carolina, supported by Union artillery of Bush's and Houghtaling's batteries. With support from the neighboring Tennessee brigade the counterattacks were stopped, and in the following advance around 9 a.m. the Carolina regiments captured two 6-pounders from Bush's battery when Sheridan's division was completely driven back. Manigault's brigade stayed in reserve on this position for the rest of the battle [6][7] The 10th South Carolina lost 16 dead, 91 wounded and 2 missed, making 109 total casualties.[8] Retiring with the army the 10th South Carolina took its winter quarters near Shelbyville. In January 1863, as result of the high losses taken during the campaigns, the 10th was consolidated with the 19th South Carolina Infantry. Merging their 12 companies into 6, their commander stayed Lt. Col. Pressley. During the summer the consolidated 10th-19th South Carolina Infantry participated in the Tullahoma Campaign and the Middle Tennessee Operations. Retreating towards Georgia with the rest of the army, the 10th arrived at Chattanooga on July 8, 1863. When on the same day Manigault finally received his promotion to brigadier general, Pressley was promoted to colonel of the regiment. Major J.T. Porcher took his place as lieutenant colonel, himself being followed by Maj. R.G. White of the 19th. As the Regimental Adjutant Capt. C.I. Walker was officially appointed as Adjutant to the General his place was taken by L.R. Stark.[9] Spending the August with marches on September 18 Manigault's brigade, a part of Hindman's division in Polk's corps, was positioned at the left of the Confederate lines near Chickamauga guarding the river crossing near the Lee & Gordon's Mill. On the next day the whole corps shifted north and took the positions previously held by Hood's corps. During the night the army was reorganized for the battle. As Gen. Polk was appointed to command the right wing of the army, his corps was split and Hindman's division was attached to the wing of Gen. James Longstreet, who just arrived from the Army of Northern Virginia. A general assault by the whole army on the morning of the 20th was planned, and the brigade formed the left of the division, now commanded by Gen. J. Patton Anderson. It was now the extreme left of the assault column; and faced elements of the Union XX Corps.[10] Starting its advance between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. it strayed left, dividing the division front. In this split the 10th South Carolina was split, too. Several companies of under Col. Pressley attached themselves to the brigade on the right, commanded by Brig. Gen. Zachariah Deas. This brigade drove back two brigades of Davis's division and defeated Col. Bernard Laiboldt's brigade of Sheridan's division. Sheridan's two remaining brigades finally checked the Confederate advance west of the Dyer field near the Widow Glenn House. The greater portion of the regiment stayed with Manigault. The brigade crossed the field east of the Widow Glenn's house when Union Col. Wilder's mounted infantry brigade launched a strong counterattack. Armed with Spencer repeating rifles it drove Manigault's brigade around and through what became known as "Bloody Pond".[11] Later on that day, when the Union army took its defensive position on Horseshoe Ridge, the exhausted division was on the Confederate left again; Manigault's brigade now being the division's right. Facing Gordon Granger's Reserve Corps, supported by artillery Hindman's and Johnson's divisions tried to break the Union's lines, but the federals, partially armed with Colt revolving rifles, repulsed the assaulting Confederates. Fading daylight ended all hostilities, and the nightly retreat of Rosecrans' army ended the battle.[12] When the Army of Tennessee advanced in the wake of its victory at Chickamauga it took position on Missionary Ridge and lay siege on Chattanooga, surrounding the Union army. Manigault's brigade was positioned in the center of the front Confederate line. In the ensuing Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, the 10th South Carolina and the brigade were attacked on the front and the left flank by the brigades of Willich and Beatty.

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Kazo Station - Wikipedia

Kazo Station (加須駅, Kazo-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kazo, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tōbu Railway. Kazo Station is served by the Tōbu Isesaki Line, and is located 58.5 km from the Tokyo terminus at Asakusa.[1] Section Express, Section Semi Express, and Local all-stations services stop at this station. Some limited express Ryomo services also stop here.[2] This station has an elevated station building, with one island platform and one side platform serving three tracks located on the ground level. Kazo Station opened on 6 September 1902.[1] A new elevated station building was completed on 22 November 1985. From 17 March 2012, station numbering was introduced on all Tōbu lines, with Kazo Station becoming "TI-05".[3] In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 13,569 passengers daily.[4] Media related to Kazo Station at Wikimedia Commons

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MMR06 - Wikipedia

The MMR06 is a Russian rocket for meteorological experiments, with a length of 3.48 metres and a total weight of 130 kg. The MMR06 rocket was built in two versions: One version had a conical top, the second one, named MMR06-M, had a detachable free flying top, also called dart. The maximum flight height was about 60 - 80 kilometres. Between 1988 and 1992 62 rockets of the type MMR06-M were launched from the former NVA exercise area Zingst, in order to accomplish wind and temperature measurements in the upper atmosphere.

2023-09-03 05:33:18

Ummachu - Wikipedia

Ummachu (Beloved) is a Malayalam novel written by Uroob in 1954. Ummachu along with Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum are considered the best works by Uroob and are ranked among the finest novels in Malayalam.[1] In Ummachu, Uroob explores the ramifications of human relationships in a village.[2] Ummachu is a saga of love and longing, loss and suffering. It narrates the ups and downs in the eventful life of a handful of characters.[1] Ummachu is in love with Mayan, her childhood friend. But much to her dislike, she is married to a rich, but timid Beeran making her marriage unhappy. Mayan manhandles the old man, the ‘village historian,’ who is supposed to have been instrumental in conducting Ummachu’s marriage with Beeran. The old man becomes unconscious and Mayan leaves the village believing that he is dead. Mayan goes to Wayanad and becomes a rich spice merchant. He returns to the village when he learns that the old man was not dead, but had later died of illness. Ummachu lived an unhappy life with her husband and son. Mayan murders Beeran and the police arrest an innocent man for the crime. Mayan marries Ummachu. Years roll by. Abdu, Ummachu’s son is in love with their Manager’s daughter Chinnammu, a Hindu. Abdu learns that his stepfather Mayan is the murderer of his father and dislikes Ummachu because she was aware of his father's murder by Mayan. Mayan commits suicide. Ummachu divides her property between Abdu and her two sons by Mayan. In the elections, Abdu contests as the Congress candidate against Hydros, the younger son of Ummachu by Mayan, a candidate of the ‘League’ and Hydros wins. Ignoring the strong protests from the communities, Abdu marries Chinnammu. In 1971, a film adaptation of the novel was released, starring Sheela as Ummachu, Madhu as Mayan, Nellikode Bhaskaran as Beeran, and directed by P. Bhaskaran. Uroob himself scripted the film.[3] Its music is scored by Raghunath with lyrics by P. Bhaskaran.

2023-09-03 05:33:21

1999 Football League Third Division play-off final - Wikipedia

The 1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 29 May 1999 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Scunthorpe United and Leyton Orient. It was to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Third Division to the Second Division. The top three teams of the 1998–99 Football League Third Division, Brentford, Cambridge United and Cardiff City, gained automatic promotion to the Second Division, while those placed from fourth to seventh place in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 1999–2000 season in the Second Division. The losing semi-finalists were Rotherham United and Swansea City who had been defeated by Leyton Orient and Scunthorpe United respectively. The referee for the final, which was played in front of 36,985 spectators, was Clive Wilkes. In the sixth minute, Gareth Sheldon took the ball round Dean Smith, the Leyton Orient captain, and played a chipped cross to the near post: Scunthorpe's Alejandro Calvo García scored with a header past Scott Barrett. Scunthorpe dominated the first half but Leyton Orient made two substitutions at half-time and started the second half with more pressure. Scunthorpe's goalkeeper Tom Evans made a number of saves and Martin Ling cleared Darryn Stamp's shot in the final minute of the game. The match ended 1–0 to Scunthorpe who were promoted to the Second Division. Scunthorpe United finished their following season in 23rd place in the Second Division, losing four of their last five matches, and were relegated back to the Third Division. Leyton Orient ended their following season in 19th position in the Third Division. Scunthorpe United finished the regular 1998–99 season in fourth position in the Third Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system, two places and two points ahead of Leyton Orient. Both therefore missed out on the three automatic places for promotion to the Second Division and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team. Scunthorpe United finished six points behind Cardiff City (who were promoted in third place), seven behind Cambridge United (who were promoted in second place) and eleven behind league winners Brentford.[1] Leyton Orient's opposition for their play-off semi-final were Rotherham United with the first match of the two-legged tie taking place at Brisbane Road in Leyton on 16 May 1999. Chris Brown, writing in The Guardian suggested that the pressure affected the players and that it resulted in "a scrappy goalless match".[2] Leyton Orient applied pressure on the Rotherham defence in the early stages with a series of corners and Amara Simba twice missed chances to score. The second half saw an unmarked Danny Hudson miss with a header from a John Varty cross and the match ended 0–0.[2] The second leg was played three days later at Millmoor in Rotherham. The game ended goalless in regular time and went into extra time where the deadlock remained, the tie ending 0–0 on aggregate so had to be decided by a penalty shootout. Leyton Orient's goalkeeper Scott Barrett saved penalties from both Andy Roscoe and Paul Hurst, and Matt Lockwood scored the decisive goal to give his side a 4–2 win.[3] Scunthorpe United faced Swansea City in the other semi-final and the first leg was held at the Vetch Field in Swansea on 16 May 1999. Matthew Bound went close on 20 minutes but his shot from a Nick Cusack free kick went over the Scunthorpe crossbar. A minute before half-time, Bound put Swansea City ahead: Tony Bird was fouled by Russ Wilcox and Bound headed in the resulting free kick from Michael Howard from around 20 yards (18 m). Despite applying more pressure in the second half, Scunthorpe failed to score and Bird missed two chances for Swansea, striking one shot high and another against the post, and the match finished 1–0 to Swansea.[4] The second leg took place at Glanford Park in Scunthorpe three days later. Andy Dawson put the home side ahead after two minutes to level the tie on aggregate. The goal was followed by a period of Scunthorpe pressure that included misses from both Jamie Forrester and Paul Harsley. With no further goals in regular time, the match went into extra time and Gareth Sheldon scored two minutes in to make it 2–0 to Scunthorpe. Bird then scored for Swansea City in the 98th minute before Sheldon increased Scunthorpe's lead in the 102nd minute. John Eyre then fouled Howard and was sent off after a 20-player fight erupted. The game ended 3–1 to Scunthorpe who progressed to the final 3–2 on aggregate.[5] This was Leyton Orient's second appearance in the play-offs having won the 1989 Football League Fourth Division play-off final 2–1 on aggregate against Wrexham over two legs. They had played in the Third Division since being relegated in the 1994–95 season.[6] Leyton Orient had twice played at Wembley Stadium in the 1930s as Clapton Orient when Lea Bridge Stadium, their home ground, was undergoing work.[7][8] Scunthorpe United were taking part in their fifth play-offs, having lost in the semi-finals three times and the 1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off final in a penalty shootout against Blackpool. They had played in the fourth tier of English football since suffering relegation in the 1983–84 season.[9] Both matches between the sides during the regular season ended in home wins: Leyton Orient won 1–0 at Brisbane Road in October 1998 while Scunthorpe United claimed a 2–0 victory at Glanford Park the following March.[10] Simba and Tony Richards were lead scorers for Leyton Orient with 11 goals each.[11] Forrester led the scoring for Scunthorpe United with 23 goals (20 in the league, 2 in the FA Cup and 1 in the League Cup) followed by Eyre on 17 (15 in the league, 2 in the FA Cup).[12] The referee for the final was Clive Wilkes. Leyton Orient adopted a 4–4–2 formation while Scunthorpe United played as a 3–4–3.[13] The match was broadcast live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports.[14] The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 29 May 1999 at Wembley Stadium in front of 36,985 spectators in warm conditions. In the sixth minute, Sheldon went round Dean Smith, the Leyton Orient captain, and played a chipped cross to the near post where Alejandro Calvo García headed the ball past Barrett to give Scunthorpe the lead. Forrester then crossed for Chris Hope whose header went over the Leyton Orient crossbar. Dawson sent a free kick wide of the post before Barrett made saves from both him and Sheldon. Leyton Orient made two substitutions at half-time, with Craig Maskell and Alex Inglethorpe coming on for Stuart Hicks and Richards and started the second half with more pressure. Maskell passed to Steve Watts but Scunthorpe's goalkeeper Tom Evans gathered the ball at his feet. Watts also saw his attempted shot go wide of the Scunthorpe goal. In the 86th minute, Simba passed to Inglethorpe but his shot was saved by Evans. In the last minute, Barrett then denied Harsley's attempt to score before Martin Ling cleared Darryn Stamp's shot from the rebound. The match ended 1–0 to Scunthorpe who were promoted to the Second Division.[7][15][16] The Scunthorpe manager Brian Laws said "it's a better achievement getting promotion here than winning trophies with Nottingham Forest ... I've had a few lows and this is one of the highs."[15] Spanish goalscorer Calvo García said he was unaware of Scunthorpe United before his move from Real Sociedad, but noted "the people there have made both me and my girlfriend very happy, and to clinch promotion at Wembley — you cannot ask for anything more than that."[13] His mother was in the crowd having made her first trip from Spain to England, despite a fear of flying.[13] Scunthorpe United finished their following season in 23rd place in the Second Division, losing four of their last five matches, and were relegated back to the Third Division.[17] Leyton Orient ended their following season in 19th position in the Third Division.[18]

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World Psychiatric Association - Wikipedia

The World Psychiatric Association is an international umbrella organisation of psychiatric societies. Originally created to produce world psychiatric congresses, it has evolved to hold regional meetings, to promote professional education and to set ethical, scientific and treatment standards for psychiatry. Jean Delay was the first president of the Association for the Organization of World Congresses of Psychiatry when it was started in 1950.[1] Donald Ewen Cameron became president of the World Psychiatric Association at its formal founding in 1961.[1][4] In February 1983, the Soviet All-Union Society of Neurologists and Psychiatrists resigned from the World Psychiatric Association. This resignation occurred as a preemptive action amid a movement to expel the Soviet body from the global organization due to political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union.[5][6] The Soviet body was conditionally readmitted into the World Psychiatric Association in 1989, following some improvements in human rights conditions,[7] and an intensive debate among the association's delegates, in which the acting secretary of the Soviet delegation issued a statement conceding that "previous political conditions in the U.S.S.R. created an environment in which psychiatric abuse occurred, including for nonmedical reasons."[8] As of 2017,[update] Helen Herrman is president, and Afzal Javed is president-elect.[3] As of 2016,[update] the institutional members of the World Psychiatric Association are 138 national psychiatric societies in 118 countries representing more than 200,000 psychiatrists worldwide.[2] The societies are clustered into 18 zones and four regions: the Americas, Europe, Africa & Middle East, and Asia & Australasia.[12] Representatives of the societies constitute the World Psychiatric Association General Assembly, the governing body of the organization.[12][13] The association also has individual members and there are provisions for affiliation of other associations (e.g., those dealing with a particular topic in psychiatry).[12][13] There are 72 scientific sections.[2] The official publication of the association is World Psychiatry.[14] World Psychiatry and the association's official books are published by Wiley-Blackwell.[15] WPA also self-publishes a quarterly newsletter on its website.[16] Several WPA scientific sections have their own official journals and newsletters: The association has helped establish a code of professional ethics for psychiatrists.[2][25] The association has also looked into charges regarding China's treatment of the Falun Gong.[26]

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Drew Christopher - Wikipedia

Drew Christopher (born September 16, 1984) is an American professional racing cyclist.[1] He rode in the men's team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.[2] This biographical article relating to American cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:33:32

Kirkdale, Liverpool - Wikipedia

Kirkdale is a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and a Liverpool City Council ward that covers both Kirkdale and Vauxhall. At the 2011 Census, the population was 16,115.[1] Kirkdale is a working class area with mainly Victorian terraced houses. From 1885 to 1983, it was part of the Liverpool Kirkdale constituency. Kirkdale is bordered by Bootle to the north, Walton and Everton to the east and Vauxhall to the south. Boundary Street was an ancient division between the township of Kirkdale and Liverpool before Liverpool's expansion took in Kirkdale in the 1860s. It thus separates Kirkdale and Vauxhall. Kirkdale is now undergoing a large amount of regeneration. The old Easby estate has been demolished to make way for new two-, three- and four-bedroom properties. They have been built for both local residents and incomers. There are three railway stations in the district, owing to its size and location near where the Merseyrail Northern Line branches diverge. The stations are: Bank Hall, near the boundary with Bootle on the branch to Southport; Kirkdale station itself, serving the main housing area and Sandhills, a busy station acting as the Northern Line junction station. St. Lawrence with St. Paul's, Kirkdale is the Church of England parish church. The parish boundary runs from the edge of Bootle to the north down until the edge of the Vauxhall area and to the edge of Walton in the east. St. Lawrence church joined with St. Paul's in 2002 when the parish of St. Paul with St. Mary's, Bootle, was split in two and brought into the Liverpool North Deanery, in Liverpool Diocese.[2] The Catholic community is served by the Parish of St John and St John the Evangelist's Church, a Grade II listed building. The affiliated primary school is located across Sessions Road. Kirkdale has a large cemetery containing 386 Commonwealth War Graves from the First World War and 115 from the Second World War. Over 100 of these graves from the former war are of Canadian servicemen who died at No 5 Canadian Hospital established at Kirkdale in July 1917. There are two War Graves plots (mostly of First World War dead) with the names of those buried in them listed on Screen Wall memorials. There were formerly large numbers of graves of German and American war dead from the First World War and Belgians from both world wars but these were nearly all removed to dedicated national cemeteries within the United Kingdom or repatriated to their home countries.[3] There are also buried some of the victims of the Liverpool Blitz including notably Francis William Lionel Collings Beaumont, son of the Dame of Sark,[4] and his actress wife Mary Lawson.[5]

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Sugar (trio) - Wikipedia

Sugar (Japanese: シュガー) were a Japanese idol trio formed in 1981 by Miki Kasamatsu, Kumiko Nagasawa, and Kimiko Mohri. Originally formed as a band with all three members playing instruments, the group slowly shifted away from use of their instruments an becoming a vocal group by the latter half of their career. They attracted attention with their debut single "Wedding Bell," which charted at No. 2 on the Oricon charts. Kumiko Nagasawa and Kimiko Mohri were junior high classmates at Yokohama City Terao Junior High School and previously formed the band Karinto (かりんとう) at Kanagawa Prefectural Tsurumi High School, where Mohri attended. The duo also participated in the 14th Yamaha Popular Song Contest in 1977[1] before joining the band Cutie Panchos when it was formed in December 1978.[2][3] After Cutie Panchos lost the Popcon Grand Prix in 1980, the pair left the band and created Sugar with Miki Kasamatsu, who had met them after, in 1981.[4] They named themselves Sugar as it was the opposite of salt as well as to show their "sweet voices."[5] On November 21, 1981, they released their debut single, "Wedding Bell" on For Life Music.[6] That same year, they released their debut album, Sugar Dream.[7] In 1982, they participated in the 33rd Kōhaku Uta Gassen with the Red Group.[8][9] In 1987, the group disbanded.[10] Miki Kasamatsu (born July 15, 1960) attended Kanagawa Prefectural Tsurumi High School before graduating at Nihon University Tsurugaoka High School. She was the keyboardist of the band.[11] Kasamatsu is now a freelance composer, creating songs for video games and anime.[12] Kumiko Nagasawa (born July 15, 1960) was the guitarist of the group. After the disbandment of the band, she began working as a designer at Being Inc.[13] She restarted her music career as a solo musician and now also leads a band called Kumi's Band since 2015, which includes members of Cutie Panchos.[14] Nagasawa also runs the Sugar Project, which aims to protect dogs.[15] Kimiko Tokumoto (née Mohri, September 29, 1960 – April 7, 1990)[16] was the leader and bassist of the group. On April 6, 1990, Tokumoto felt labor pains and went to the doctor with her sister, Mamoru Mohri, as her husband was abroad on a business trip.[17] When they got there, the heartbeat of the child could no longer be confirmed and was she told that she suffered from stillbirth.[18] They decided to stay at the hospital overnight and leave the next day, but during their stay, her sister noticed that Tokumoto was not breathing and was taken immediately by another paramedic.[19] Tokumoto died while being transferred, with the cause being unknown.[20][21]

2023-09-03 05:33:39

Hum Dono (1961 film) - Wikipedia

Hum Dono (Both of Us) is a 1961 Hindi film produced by Dev Anand and Navketan films. Amarjeet is credited as the film's director, but producer and star Dev Anand claimed that it was his brother Vijay Anand, who directed the film, based on his own script.[1] The film stars Dev Anand in a double role, and also has Sadhana, Nanda and Leela Chitnis. It was relaunched in colour after exactly 50 years on 4 February 2011.[2] The film is also known for its music by Jaidev and became a box office hit.[3] The movie was later made in Telugu as Ramuni Minchina Ramudu with N. T. Rama Rao. Also, a Bengali movie Uttarayan was made starring Uttam Kumar in the lead based on the novel by Tarashankar Bandopadhyay. Hum Dono's story is loosely based on Uttarayan. The movie is fondly remembered for its memorable lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi and music by Jaidev.[4] The film is set in India during the period of World War II. Anand is an unemployed but happy-go-lucky guy who is in love with a rich girl, Mita. Mita tells her father about Anand, and the next day Anand comes to meet him although he had to face an interview for a job. Mita's father insults Anand saying that on the one hand, he doesn't have enough money to feed Mita but he looks to be so irresponsible that instead of first facing an interview for getting an employment, he has come with a marriage proposal. Anand takes it personally and walks out. On the way back home he sees an Indian Army poster. Eager as he is to get a job, he quickly enrolls, much to the displeasure of his mother. Mita, not knowing what has happened between her father and Anand, visits his home and learns that Anand has left to serve in the Army. She tells his mother that, being her future daughter-in-law, she will stay with Anand's mother. Mita makes sure that Anand does not learn about her presence at his home and takes care of his mother. Meanwhile, Anand gets trained and is posted in a war zone. At his camp, Anand befriends Major Verma, a man who looks just like him (except that he has a moustache). With time, a bond develops between the two. The Major tells Anand about his personal life, his wife Ruma and his mother. As fate would have it, Major Verma goes missing in the war, and is presumed dead. A telegram is sent to his family saying that they are unable to trace him. On the other hand, Anand is promoted for his heroic acts. He returns home to find Mita there and learns of his mother's death. Anand envisions what Verma's family must be going through in his absence. He decides to break the news of the Major's death personally and visits their home. Upon seeing him, the Major's mother mistakes him for her son and hugs him. Ruma too is overjoyed. Anand tells the family doctor of his true identity, but the doctor advises Anand against telling Ruma the truth since Ruma suffers from heart disease and cannot bear emotional stress. To keep Ruma happy and stress-free, Anand has no choice but to play the part of Major Verma, and starts spending more and more time at Verma's home. Mita grows unhappy about Anand's continuous absence from home. Once, when she sees him at a temple with Ruma, she concludes that he is having an affair and leaves him. At the same time, Anand is not comfortable with being close to Ruma. This pains Ruma and she asks him why he is so distant from her, and when they would have a child. Anand replies that the war has changed him, and he would never have a child with her. However, Ruma starts to think that Major Verma no longer loves her and is having an extra-marital affair. It is now revealed that the Major is alive, though he has lost a leg. He reaches home and finds Anand in his place. He misjudges him and believes that he is taking sexual advantage of Ruma. Major Verma ambushes Anand on a secluded street and tries to kill him. A scuffle ensues, and the attempt to shoot Anand fails. Anand explains that he is merely playing his part to keep Verma's family happy and his wife healthy. To convince the Major, Anand tells him to come to the temple the next day. He also communicates the same to Mita. The next day, Anand comes to the temple with Ruma. As Major Verma and Mita secretly listen on, Ruma again complains to Anand about the lack of physical intimacy between them. Anand then asks her whether she would leave her husband if he were to become handicapped. Ruma's answer is an emphatic no. At this point, the real Major Verma reveals himself and Ruma hugs him. Mita too understands the situation and reconciles with Anand. The two couples leave the temple and the film ends on a happy note. Music composed by Jaidev and lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi.[5] Through the story of the two couples (Meeta and Anand, and Ruma and Major Verma), the movie depicts how insecurity can affect romantic relationships. Another theme touched upon is war,[6] and its impact on the people's lives. The film has two superhit songs "Mai Zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya" and "kabhi khud pe, kabhi halat pe" by Mohammed Rafi and the Lata solo "Allah tero naam". It also has the evergreen duet "Abhi na jaao chhodkar" by Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle. A colourised version of the film was released theatrically in 2011.

2023-09-03 05:33:42

2013 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season - Wikipedia

The 2013 Lehigh Valley Steelhawks season was the third season as a professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). One of 7 teams competing in the PIFL for the 2013 season. The team played their home games under head coach Chris Thompson at the Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Steelhawks earned a 7-5 record, placing tied for 2nd in the league, qualifying for the playoffs. They were defeated in the Semifinals, 40-44 by the Richmond Raiders. Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye All start times are local to home team Running backs Wide receivers Defensive linemen Defensive backs Kickers Exempt List Practice squad Roster updated July 1, 2013 18 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS → More rosters

2023-09-03 05:33:46

Council of Meaux–Paris - Wikipedia

The Council of Meaux–Paris was a church council that first met on 17 June 845 in Meaux and finished its work at Paris on 2 February 846.[1] It had intended to meet in Paris from the first, but a Viking siege forced it to convene at Meaux before relocating to Paris when the siege was lifted.[2] The council issued 83 canons (acts).[1] These included a "program for destroying the Jews" in canons 73–75. The canons of Meaux–Paris were presented to King Charles the Bald at Épernay in June 846, but he refused to enact any of the anti-Jewish proposals, preferring to continue the pro-Jewish policy of his father, Louis the Pious. Archbishop Amulo of Lyon wrote a 'book against the Jews' (Liber contra Judaeos) defending the council's actions and accusing the Jews of numerous abuses.[3]

2023-09-03 05:33:49

Johnson Twinomujuni - Wikipedia

Johnson Twinomujuni[1] is an Anglican bishop in Uganda:[2] since 2017 he has served as the Bishop of West Ankole.[3] Twinomujuni was born in 1968 in Muko, Mbarara District. He was educated at the African Bible College in Malawi; the Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi; and Uganda Christian University. He was ordained a deacon in December 1998, and a priest in December 1999. Twinomujuni has served the church in Kibingo Parish, Ankole Diocese, as Diocesan Missions Coordinator of Ankole Diocese, Chaplain Maryhill High school, Chaplain of St. Luke's Chapel Mbarara University of Science and Technology, and as part time lecturer of Christian Ethics, Old Testament, New Testament and Worldviews at Bishop Stuart University. He also served as cofounder and Principal of Uganda Bible Institute in Mbarara, Uganda. Principal He was consecrated and enthroned Bishop on 28 May 2017 at St. Peter's Cathedral, Bweranyangi, Bushenyi.[4] This article about a Ugandan Anglican bishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:33:53

2009–10 WNBL season - Wikipedia

The 2009–10 WNBL season was the 30th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 10 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2009 and March 2010, followed by a post-season involving the top five in March 2010.[1] The Canberra Capitals were the defending champions and they successfully defended their title with a 75–70 win over the Bulleen Boomers in the Grand Final.[2] Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network ABC. ABC broadcast one game a week, at 1:00PM at every standard time in Australia. Molten provided equipment including the official game ball, with Hoop2Hoop supplying team apparel.

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Charles Meeker - Wikipedia

Charles Carpenter Meeker (born July 27, 1950) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 34th Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina. He was first elected in 2001 over Republican Paul Coble, and reelected for a fifth two-year term in 2009. A fifth term tied Meeker with Avery C. Upchurch as Raleigh's longest-serving mayor.[1][2] He is the son of Leonard C. Meeker who served as United States Ambassador to Romania from 1969 to 1973 and brother of architect Sarah Meeker Jensen Meeker is a Raleigh-based lawyer whose firm focuses on local government issues, including public transportation and development. In his five terms as mayor and during previous service on the Raleigh City Council (1985–89 and 1991–95), Meeker, living and raising his family in Boylan Heights, advocated downtown redevelopment and the creation of a light rail system connecting Raleigh to Durham, Research Triangle Park, and Chapel Hill under the auspices of the Triangle Transit Authority. He also successfully pushed for the construction of a new downtown convention center and hotel, as well as the reconstruction of Fayetteville Street, a $9.33 million project to convert the pedestrian mall to an urban "main street" with outdoor dining, art galleries, and open spaces. Meeker was a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition.[3] Meeker announced in April 2011 that he would not run for a sixth term.[4] He was a candidate for North Carolina Commissioner of Labor in the 2016 election, losing to Republican incumbent Cherie K. Berry.[5] Upon leaving office, he joined the Charlotte-based law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP as a partner in the firm’s Raleigh office. Charles Meeker received his BA in 1972 from Yale University and in 1975 received his JD from Columbia University. Meeker became a member of the North Carolina bar in 1975 and a member of the District of Columbia bar in 1984.

2023-09-03 05:34:00

The Razors - Wikipedia

The Razors is a punk rock band from Namur, Belgium formed in late 1977 and split in September 1978. Mainly influenced by The Ramones and the early British punk rock scene, the Razors quickly made theirs this new principle: "We don't know how to play music. Well, who cares? Let's do it anyway !" They played very short and fast 1-2-3-4 style punk rock songs. The lyrics, when not playing covers from The Stooges or Sham 69, were written by Chris Azoeuf alias Chris Toulouse (in very poor English) and were clearly politically (left-wing) oriented. Their concerts were characterized by "some" disruptance and some ended in a mess (the horse-mounted police charged the band and the crowd at an open-air concert). After the split, each went into other musical projects, playing again with one or another and from time to time. Pascal Gabriel alias Gaby Siclet, Bob and Chris set up the Bananas for a few months. Then Rudï and Chris along with Marcel Deroeck formed Acné Juvénile. Gaby, soon after, left for London and since then has pursued a productive musical career.

2023-09-03 05:34:03

Marian Filar (politician) - Wikipedia

Marian Filar (6 October 1942 – 1 June 2020) was a Polish lawyer, academic and politician who served as a member of the Sejm from 2007 to 2011.[1] This biographical article about a Polish politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:34:08

Gheorghe Huțan - Wikipedia

Gheorghe Huţan (born April 8, 1954) is a former Romanian ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Romania men's national ice hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.[1] This Romanian biographical article relating to ice hockey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:34:11

George Mather Richards - Wikipedia

George Mather Richards (1880-1958) was an illustrator and painter in the 1900s. Throughout his career, he illustrated many textbooks and children's books. Richards is the illustrator of the widely produced 1918 World War I poster titled, "Oh, Boy! That's the Girl!" Richards was born on September 3, 1880, in Darien, Connecticut, the son of Zalmon Richards and Mary Mather Richards.[1] He came from a line of scholars and educators.[2] His art education began at the Corcoran Art School in Washington, D.C. In 1904, Richards graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with honors[2] from Williams College, where he was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity, following in the footsteps of his father, who was one of the members who founded the organization at Williams in 1834. He then studied at The Chase School in New York City. Richards studied under Robert Henri, Edward Penfield, and D.J. Connah.[1][3] He also met his future wife, Gertrude Lundborg of Kansas, at the art school.[4] During this time, Richards illustrated college annuals and cover designs for magazines.[2] Richards was the art director at Everybody's Magazine in New York. He left the position in 1914. Afterwards, he worked as a freelance illustrator. Much of his work was done for MacMillan & Company. Throughout this period, Richards illustrated historical textbooks, children's books, books of poetry, and posters.[3] In 1918, Richards designed the World War I poster, "Oh, Boy! That's the Girl!" It was published by Sackett & Wihlems for The Salvation Army.[5] The poster features a woman holding plate of doughnuts and a "Doughboy" eating a donut. He urges viewers to keep the "Lassies" on the job by donating to The Salvation Army. Lassies were women of The Salvation Army who performed duties like writing letters home, praying over fallen soldiers, and making doughnuts for the soldiers.[6] Richards exhibited his work for the MacDowell Club Exhibitions in 1917.[7] In June 1919, Richards and Lundborg exhibited their artwork at the Paint Box Gallery. Richards' paintings, "Flame" and "Rain" were showcased at the Independent Artists show.[4] During his career, Richards was a part of various art societies including, the Salmagundi Club of New York, Society of Independent Artists, and the Silvermine Artists Guild.[1][8] He joined the latter guild in 1930.[9] As of 1919, Richards and Gertrude Lundborg were living at 112 West 11th Street in New York City.[10] Richards retired in Winter Park, Florida, and died in January 1958.[1][3] While he was a student at Chase School, Richards met poet Nicholas Vachel Lindsay. The two were roommates in New York and became lifelong friends. Vachel described Richards as looking, "cold, sleek,...panther-like" and like "Prince Regent of China." He was also described as being well-read and interested in the Middle Ages, often drawing pictures of ladies and knights. Later in life, Vachel would write to a friend that Richards was his "heart's best brother for [his] four years (1905-1908)."[2] Richards illustrated a few of Lindsay's poetry books including, Johnny Appleseed and Other Poems (1928), Every Soul is a Circus (1929), and the cover of The Golden Book of Springfield (1920). Richards' drawings even influenced Lindsay's poems, "The Queen of Butterflies" and "The Mysterious Cat." Vachel's "Art of the Moving Picture" is dedicated to Richards with the inscription, "Dedicated to George Mather Richards in memory of the art student days we spent together when the Metropolitan Museum was our picture-drama."[2] Vachel would go on to write a poem for Richards' daughter, Elisabet "Betsy," titled, "Some Balloons Grow on Trees."[2]

2023-09-03 05:34:16

Monte Bank - Wikipedia

Monte Bank, Mountebank, Spanish Monte and Mexican Monte, sometimes just Monte, is a Spanish gambling card game and was known in the 19th century as the national card game of Mexico.[1] It ultimately derives from basset, where the banker (dealer) pays on matching cards. The term "monte" has also been used for a variety of other gambling games, especially varieties of three-card poker,[2] and for the swindle three-card monte. The two-card version Mexican monte, and the four-card version Spanish monte, are card games played in Spain before coming to Mexico and then the American Southwest. They were originally played with Spanish playing cards and later with cards made expressly for the game, known as Monte cards, as well as modified standard decks. These games became popular in the United States, specially in Texas, after they were brought back by returning troops from the Mexican–American War in 1848.[3][4] They remained popular through the end of the century particularly in the American West,[5] and even among Native Americans.[6][7] Monte uses a deck of 40 playing cards (removing the 10s, 9s, and 8s from a standard 52-card deck). One or more people may play against the house, known as the "bank" or "banker", who is the dealer.[7][8] In some versions, the monte banker, or dealer, must have the whole of his bank, or money which he risks at the game, in sight upon the table.[1] The play begins with the dealer drawing one card from the bottom of the deck and placing it face up on the table, this card becomes the "bottom layout".[8] Similarly, another card is drawn from the top of the deck, known as the "top layout",[8] and placed face up on the table, usually closer to the dealer. The remaining stack of cards, called the "monte", is placed face-down in front of the dealer. Sometimes a monte box was used to hold the monte. The players, sometimes known as punters, place bets on the layout of their choice, or on both. Starting with the player to banker's right and proceeding counter-clockwise, each player has one chance to place his stake on the layouts. After the last player has placed his stake, the banker turns the monte face-up. The card now showing is known as the "gate". The banker pays, one for one, any bet on a matching suit. The banker takes all the bets from a layout if the "gate" did not match the suit in the layout.[8] The play in four-card monte is similar. Instead of one card in the bottom and top layouts, the dealer takes two cards from the top and two more from the bottom of the deck and place them all slightly apart upon the table to form the "bottom layout" and the "top layout", respectively.[9] The deal is valid whatever suit appears, even if all four cards are of the same suit. Except for the banker, each player may bet on either pair or both, by placing the bet between that pair. If the "gate" card's suit matches one or both of the cards in a layout, or even cards in both layouts, the players win any bets, but if no card is matched all bets are lost.[9] This decreases the house odds somewhat, as there are frequently two suits in a layout, increasing the possibility of a match. After the hand, known as "coup", the banker collects all losing bets and pays the winners one to one,[8] all players whose bets matched the "gate" card in the layout. He then takes both layouts off the table, placing them aside to form a discard pile. Turning the "monte" face down, he takes the used "gate" card from the bottom of the deck and also puts it on the discard pile. He then deals for the next layout without shuffling or cutting the cards. The bank and deal remain with one player up to a maximum of five "coups",[8] six, or any previously agreed number of hands,[9] when all of the cards are reshuffled together and in friendly play the bank (dealer) passes to the left. At least ten cards should remain unplayed to prevent players from calculating which suits still remain in the deck. If at any time the bank is emptied, bank and deal pass to the left. In casino play, the house retains the bank.

2023-09-03 05:34:19

Collar Bomb (film) - Wikipedia

Collar Bomb is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Dnyanesh Zoting and starring Jimmy Sheirgill.[1] It was released digitally on Disney+ Hotstar.[2] A glorified cop's life is thrown into chaos as he is forced to commit a series of crimes before a suicide bomber blows up a school. As he races against time, he's confronted by an evil that is hell-bent on striking raw, primal terror. Jyoti Kanyal of India Today gave the film a negative review and stated "Dnyanesh Zoting's Collar Bomb is a disappointing thriller, which is devoid of logic and depth. Watch it if you don't have much else to do."[3] Anna M.M. Vetticad of Firstpost gave the film 1.75 out of 5 stars and stated, "Will the Nikhil Nair who wrote her with such finesse and the Dnyanesh Zoting who directed her with such confidence please raise their hands and tell us what went wrong with the rest of Collar Bomb?"[4] Archika Khurana of Times of India gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "As Jimmy Sheirgill says in the end, “Life is a chain that is built from the decisions we make.” This perfectly summing up this 87-minute riveting drama. It will have you hooked to your seat the entire time."[5] Pankaj Shukla of Amar Ujala gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "The film is fine for passing the time on weekends but its director Dnyanesh Zoting has raised a hope that if given a chance, he will definitely do a big bang."[6] Russel D'Silva of BollywoodLife gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and stated, "Collar Bomb is a quite a taut, tight thriller for three quarters of the way until the final quarter ergo the climax almost brings everything crashing down. Thankfully, Jimmy Sheirgill and surprise package Asha Negi prevent the movie from ending with too sour an aftertaste."[7] Madhuri V of Filmibeat gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "The cop thriller keeps you majorly hooked until you foresee the climax from a distance. Later, when the big reveal is made, it simply fails to make a loud blast."[8]

2023-09-03 05:34:23

Tenmu period - Wikipedia

The Temmu period is a chronological timeframe during the Asuka period of Japanese history. The Temmu period describes a span of years which were considered to have begun in the 1333rd year of the Yamato dynasty.[1] This periodization is congruent with the reign of Emperor Tenmu, which is traditionally considered to have been from 673 through 686.[2] The adoption of the Sexagenary cycle calendar (Jikkan Jūnishi) in Japan is attributed to Empress Suiko in 604;[3] and this Chinese calendar continued in use throughout the Tenmu period. In 645, the system of Japanese era names (年号,, nengō,, "year name") was introduced.[4] However, after the reign of Emperor Kōtoku, this method of segmenting time was temporarily abandoned or allowed to lapse. This interval continues during the Tenmu period. Neither Emperor Tenmu's reign nor the Tenmu periodization are included in the list of nengō for this explicit duration of time. The Hakuhō period (白鳳時代, hakuhō jidai, lit. "white phoenix") was an unofficial nengō during the reign of Emperor Temmu[5] after Hakuchi[6] and before Suchō.[7] The duration of this discrete non-nengō timespan lasted for 15 years.[5] In the post-Taika or pre-Taihō chronology, the first year of Emperor Tenmu's reign (年号天皇元年 or 年号天皇1年) is also construed as the first year of the Temmu period (年号1年).[8] Non-nengō periods in the pre-Taihō calendar were published in 1880 by William Bramsen.[1] These were refined in 1952 by Paul Tsuchihashi in Japanese Chronological Tables from 601 to 1872.[8] The pre-Tahiō calendar included two non-nengō gaps or intervals in the chronological series: Nengō were not promulgated (or were allowed to lapse) during the gap years between Hakuchi and Shuchō, and in another gap between Shuchō and Taihō.

2023-09-03 05:34:27

Josh Shipp (basketball) - Wikipedia

Joshua Ian Shipp (born February 14, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Brose Baskets of the Basketball Bundesliga. Shipp played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He has played professionally in Turkey and Germany. Under coach Harvey Kitani, Shipp led the Fairfax Lions to the California Division I state title. As a junior, he helped lead his team to the City finals and received All-State underclassman and All-City second-team honors.[1] As a freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles, Shipp started 23 games for the Bruins and was named Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 Freshman. He averaged 9.3 points and 5.2 rebounds.[1] Shipp underwent surgery on his right hip on September 28, 2005, and missed the first 11 games. After playing four games, he missed the rest of the season with continual pain in his right hip.[1] In his third season, he started and played in 35 of the 36 games. In the Final Four loss to Florida, Shipp led the Bruins scoring (18 points), assists (5), and steals(4).[1] In his senior year with the Bruins, Shipp was the only player to start in all 39 games, playing in 1,269 minutes (32.5 mpg, 3rd all-time on UCLA's single-season list). Shipp was named the Bruins' co-Most Valuable Player (MVP) along with Darren Collison.[2] He ended his career at UCLA No. 32 on the career list with 1,254 points.[1] Shipp and fellow senior teammates Collison and Alfred Aboya finished their careers as the winningest class in UCLA history with 123 wins.[3][4][5] The distinction was relative, as John Wooden's legendary teams played shorter seasons and freshmen were ineligible.[4] Shipp was not selected in the 2009 NBA draft, and was picked to play on the Chicago Bulls summer league team. He signed a contract with Bornova Belediye of the Turkish Basketball League.[6] In July 2010, he transferred to Galatasaray Medical Park of the Turkish Basketball League.[7][8] On October 31, 2012, he signed a contract with Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball League.[9] In October 2014, he signed a try-out contract for three weeks with Brose Baskets in Germany. According to his team he won't play any league games, but will be tested in training only.[10] On November 10, 2014, after he passed the three-week tryout with the German powerhouse, he signed a contract for the rest of the 2014–15 season.[11] He replaced an injured Carlon Brown. On January 11, 2015, he was released by Brose Baskets after playing 10 games in Basketball Bundesliga and seven in Eurocup.[12] Shipp has one older brother, Joe, who also played at Fairfax and went on to play for the California Golden Bears at the University of California, Berkeley. Joe led the Pac-10 in scoring in 2003, averaging 20.4 points.[1] Shipp also has one younger brother, Jerren, who played at Arizona State.[1] His sister, Brittney, is a meteorologist on television and an author.[13]

2023-09-03 05:34:30

The Band and I - Wikipedia

The Band and I is an album by vocalist Irene Kral performing with Herb Pomeroy's Orchestra which was recorded in 1958 and originally released on the United Artists label.[1][2][3] The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeney stated "The Band and I pairs Irene Kral with Ernie Wilkins and Al Cohn, whose energetic, robust arrangements capture a dimension of the singer rarely glimpsed on record – upbeat and persuasive, with little of the spectral melancholy that hangs over her later, more familiar sessions. The titular backing unit in question, led by trumpeter Herb Pomeroy, expertly bridges the gap between traditional big band and modern-era jazz, creating a soulful, lightly swinging showcase that inspires Kral to deliver some of her most appealing performances".[4]

2023-09-03 05:34:34

Muhammad Aufi - Wikipedia

Sadīd ud-Dīn Muhammad Ibn Muhammad 'Aufī Bukhārī (1171-1242) (Persian: سدید الدین محمد عوفی), also known under the laqab Nour ud-Dīn, was a Persian[1] historian, philologist, and author. Born in Bukhara, Aufi claimed descent from Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf (d. 654) a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[1] He grew up during the apex of the Islamic Golden Age and spent many years traveling, exploring, and lecturing to the common folk and the royalty alike in Delhi, Khorasan, Khwarezm, Samarkand, Merv, Nishapur, Sistan and Ghaznin.[2] Apparently Aufi was for some time in the service of the Qarakhanid Uthman ibn Ibrahim who placed him in charge of his correspondence (dīvān-e ensha). Aufi left Samarkand before 1204.[3] Later he spent most of his time at the court of the Ghurids. He dedicated his first grand work Lubab ul-Albab, which consisted of poems by kings and poets of ancient times,[4] to Amir Nāsiruddīn Qobājeh (ناصرالدین قباجه) (d. 1227), who was then ruler of Multan. His second magnum opus Jawami ul-Hikayat was written under the name of the Vizier of the Ghurid Amir of Delhi. He lived during the reign of Shamsuddin Iltutmish (Altamash) (r. 1211–1236) who was the third Muslim Turkic sultan of the Sultanate of Delhi, and the book is dedicated to his minister, Nizām-ul-Mulk Muhammad, son of Abu Sa'id Junaidi.[5] These two are the only remaining works from him today. His works on The History of Turkistani Lords, and his book On the Properties of Matter, both referenced elsewhere, do not exist anymore. A small fragment of his Madāyih al-Sultān remains. This article about an Iranian scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This biographical article about an Iranian historian is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about an Iranian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:34:38

Caffrocrambus carneades - Wikipedia

Caffrocrambus carneades is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 2002.[1] It is found in Lesotho and South Africa.[2] This Crambinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:34:41

Nalbariya dialect - Wikipedia

Nalbariya dialect is a dialect of Assamese language spoken primarily in and around the Nalbari district of Assam.[1] It is one of three of the Kamrupi group of dialects—the others being Barpetia dialect and Palasbariya dialect. Nalbariya has seven vowels, identical to Barpetia dialect, and almost identical to Standard Assamese,[3] which has an additional vowel.

2023-09-03 05:34:45

Australia's Got Talent (season 3) - Wikipedia

Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. The third season premiered on the Seven Network on 4 February 2009 and ended on 22 April 2009. The Grand Finale followed the same format as the 2008 one: acts were eliminated in pairs, as well as each judge picking their favourite act to reappear on the show once more. Mark Vincent won the season, while Jal Joshua became the runner-up. On the grand finale, international opera singer and winner of Britain's Got Talent series one, Paul Potts performed live in the studio. The season was won by Opera Singer, Mark Vincent, who received $250,000. The "Order" columns lists the order of appearance each act made for every episode.

2023-09-03 05:34:49

Marmadesam - Wikipedia

Marmadesam (English: Land of Mystery) was a 1996-2001 Tamil mystery anthology television series telecasted between 1996 and 1998 on Sun TV and then on Raj TV between 1999 and 2001 lasting 5 seasons.[1] It has been re-telecasted on Vasanth TV since 3 August 2015, Monday through Friday at 7:30 PM and also in Sun TV from 27 July 2020, Monday through Friday at 10:30 PM.[2][3] From 2019, it started airing on YouTube from Monday to Saturday by Kavithalaya.[1][4] The series consisted of 5 stand-alone stories dealing with supernatural and mystery occurrences. While the stories are purely fictitious, they explore to some extent the beliefs and real-life traditions of Tamilnadu. Ragasiyam was set in both village and city. Vidathu Karupu had a complete village setting. Sorna Regai had a complete city setting. Iyandira Paravai had both village and city setting. Edhuvum Nadakkum was set in a forest. The seasons are named: Ragasiyam is the first season of Marmadesam series. The story-line is about the mysterious healing powers of Navabhashanam Lingams of Lord Shiva. The plot opens with a small fictional village named Chitharpatti, where a temple of Chitheswarar (also pronounced as Sitheshwarar) attracts a large number of devotees thanks to its legend as well as its purported power to heal any known or unknown disease. An ashram adjacent to the temple, headed by Oomaisaamy (Charuhasan) is also a popular name, as it cures literally any physically or mentally ill patient. The temple is closed from 6 pm every evening until 6 am the following morning. It is believed that Siddhars enter the temple past its closure for the day, and perform their rituals and prayers and leave before dawn, and anyone who disturbs the prayers of the Siddhars is done away with by the guardian of the temple, Kaalabhairavar, who is believed to guard the temple during the night in the form of a dog. This belief attracts a number of rationalists to the temple, who want to try and solve the mystery. One such rationalist, a journalist names Srikanth (Indra Soundar Rajan), hides in the temple when it is being closed for the day, in an attempt to find out what really happens in the temple in the dark. However, as if the villagers' fear is made true, Srikanth is killed by a dog while he is inside the temple. Hence, the entire village is convinced that the temple of Chitheshwarar is actually a den of heavenly Siddhas who pray during the night, leaving ordinary people to pray during the day. Srikanth's friend, Mani Sundaram (Ramji) is the young son of the temple's chief priest. He is a rationalist, who does not believe in myths and rituals. Instead, he chooses to rationalize his beliefs, and hence often ends up at odds with his father with regard to the temple's mysteries and rituals. One by one, four people are killed inside the temple, including a police inspector who is there to investigate the mystery. At this juncture, Dr. KR (Delhi Ganesh)—once a great psychiatrist, but now intellectually disabled—strays into the village, and is admitted to Oomaisaamy's ashram by Mani. Prasad (Prithviraj), Dr. KR's son, comes in search of him, and ends up being a guest to Mani and his sister Lalitha (Vasuki). As Mani and Prasad try to reveal the temple's mystery even more, they come to know that Dr. KR is actually acting as a retard, and he too is trying to do the same. But Dr. KR has personal intentions. He had been regarded as one of the best psychiatrists of India, and an Indian Central Minister admits his intellectually disabled son to his hospital for treatment. But Dr. KR is unable to cure the Minister's son even after giving his best for the patient. Enraged by this, the Minister ridicules Dr. KR and moves his son away to Oomaisaamy's ashram after hearing other people speak so highly about it. Dr. KR feels insulted and decides to find out how Oomaisaamy is able to cure patients so effortlessly in his ashram. To achieve this, he makes everyone believe he is retarded, and lands up in Oomaisaamy's ashram. What Dr. KR does not know, is that he was unable to cure the Minister's son not because of his incompetency, but because of a sinister scheme laid out by his junior, Dr. Vishwaram (Mohan V. Ram). As Dr. KR acts as a retard and tries to uncover Chitharpatti's mystery, he stumbles upon a greater truth about what might be going on inside the temple during the dark. Dr. KR and Mani then decide to work together to find out the truth. Mani finds out that there are actually one or more persons entering the temple at night through a secret entrance to the temple, and exiting at dawn. In an attempt to find out what they are actually doing inside the temple, Mani hides in the temple one night. He finds out that the two men enter the temple with trained dogs searching for Navabhashana lingams, of which, he learns, they have six already and are trying to locate the remaining three. Mani finds out that these dogs were the ones that killed the four, and it was just the work of thugs and not God, as the villagers believe. Also, the two men seem to get instructions from someone inside the village, who knows and is capitalizing on the superstitious nature of the villagers. Meanwhile, Prasad fall in love with lalitha (Vasuki), (sister of Sundaram) and they decide to marry. Mani is found hiding by these men, and a chase ensues where Mani, fighting for his life, kills the dogs, and forces the two men to leave the temple as stealthily as they arrived, and set the ball rolling for a police probe. Vaithiyar (Kavithalaya Krishnan), Mani's best friend in the village, turns out to be the man behind these killings inside the temple. As he is about to get caught, he escapes with the lingams he had already stolen, and sets off to Chennai with an accomplice. However, on the way, the accomplice is killed by a truck, which also chases Vaithiyar, but only manages to send him into a coma. The box containing the lingams is lost in the van Vaithiyar was driving, and finds its way to Chennai. The rest of the story is a nail-biting chase for these lingams. In between this hunt for the Lingams, people who are involved in this case gets killed by a moving lorry. A guy, known as Guruji, is the reason behind all these crimes and the police tries to crack the code, to find the man. Mani on his own, tries to find him, with the help of his girlfriend, Devi (Nithya), who unfortunately gets killed by the lorry. Angered, Mani goes and meets Vaithiyar, who is acting as a retard, asking him to disclose who Guruji is. From him, Mani gets to know about a book, which had stated all the current happenings, and it was written 400 years ago. He also learns that the box containing the Lingams would find its way to his sister Lalitha. Shocking truth about many people that Mani believes, come to light, making him not to trust anyone around him except his sister and Rudrapathi (Poovilangu Mohan). Rudrapathi also gets killed by the truck. Finally, Mani becomes the one to find the Guruji, by keeping a letter pad on one above another and it is shown that guruji is none other than mani's two neighbors govindaraj and rangaraj. Govindaraj dies of heart attack and rangaraj is arrested. Also in various stages of the plot, the significance of these lingams, values of ancient Hindu scriptures are brought out, which makes the viewer intrigued until the last scene. The last scene was made in a way to tell the viewers about human life and nature's significance. The people who died in the plot, by the lorry, comes to life to address the viewers. The actors declare that Marma Desam series would continue. Thus, telling the viewers about the second season of the series, Vidaathu Karuppu, which turned out to be the most successful of the whole Marma Desam series. The novel version of this season is ரகசியமாக ஒரு ரகசியம். The second season was titled Vidaathu Karuppu. Vidathu Karuppu was the most successful of the Marmadesam series. The story examines the psychological underpinnings of the concept of split personalities even while exploring in detail the rural cult of Karuppu Sami prevalent in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. Starring C. T. Rajakantham, Chetan, Devadarshini, Meenakumari, Vijaya Sarathy, Master Lokesh, Mohan V. Ram, Poovilangu Mohan, Ponvannan, Sureshwar, Kausalya, Muthusubramanian and Sivakavitha, the series was a huge commercial success and triggered imitations and supernatural thrillers by other television directors.[citation needed] Each episode was made of two parts—the first ten minutes of each 30-minute episode was set in the year 1970; the second part of each episode was set in 1995 and related to the events shown in the first part. While the first part revolved around the events of the Anaimudi Alampriyar household as seen through the eyes of the young Rajendran (played by Master Lokesh), the second part was mainly concerned with the customs, beliefs and traditions of the village and events unfolding in the Anaimudi Alampriyar household as seen through the eyes of the sceptical medical student Reena (Devadarshini) and her superstitious Chief Doctor, Nanda (Mohan V. Ram). The story begins with Reena's arrival in the village in the company of her colleague and best friend, Ratna, daughter of the village headman, Anaimudi Alampriyar, who seeks sanction from her village's guardian deity Karuppu Sami to marry her lover Aravind. In Ratna's village, Reena and her boss learn about the cult of Karuppu Sami, the guardian deity and how Karuppu Sami punishes people who transgress his rules. While Reena's Chief believes it, due to him getting hold of some mysterious notebook with weird stuff and a sword which draws blood, every time it is taken out, Reena is skeptical about it. Eventually, they witness some mysterious and gruesome deaths. Simultaneously, the story of the Anaimudi’s mother, the evil moneylender Pechi who indulges in usury is told in flashback through the eyes of Anaimudi’s son and Ratna's older brother, the extremely soft and timid Rajendran who is obsessed with legends of Karuppu Sami. Pechi murders one of her opponents and is eventually killed herself, the first in a string of mysterious deaths attributed to Karuppu Sami. A few days later, strange events and sightings take place in the Anaimudi household, prompting Anaimudi’s family to conclude that the house is haunted by Pechi's ghost and move out. Among the mysterious death (believed to be done by Karuppu Sami), is the hunt for some golden pot. Happened to be the jewels not only of Aanmai Udaiyar, but also the whole village. Every single one in the village had been looking for it, though some of the women try to avoid it extremely (thought that the gold is cursed due to the warth gained by Pechi). Aanmai Udaiyar and Ratna's Uncle, Brahmman are the two people in the whole village putting in the greatest effort to find the gold. Believing Pechi had hidden the gold and jewels in four golden pots and hid it in the village, they near it but miss them. Each time one of the pots is found, it is always empty. Taking it as a challenge and to win over Karuppu Sami, to prove to the villagers that no such deity is around, Reena starts to uncover it too. Reena, anxious to know the identity of Karuppu Sami, investigates the murders and discovers that the haunting was a sham perpetuated by the village schoolteacher (played by Poovilangu Mohan) who held a grudge against the Anaimudi’s family and orchestrated the haunting to drive them out of the house. But the schoolteacher vehemently denies that he had anything to do with the mysterious murders. Reena, then suspects the priest of the Karuppu Sami shrine in the village who frequently enters a state of trance during which he is possessed by Karuppu Sami and pronounces judgement. But Reena discovers that though the priest is genuinely possessed by the spirit of Karuppu Sami on occasion, he was not the killer. In her investigations, Reena is assisted by Rajendran who acts as her guide. Rajendran gradually falls in love with Reena. Eventually, Rajendran proposes to Reena who rebuffs him questioning his masculinity. Shamed, Rajendran rapes Reena and absconds. That night, Reena discovers the murderer. When Rajendran, in the form of karuppu comes in search of Reena’s rapist, Dr.Nandha points at his reflection in the water. Karuppu looks down into the reflection and realises that the sinner is within him and stabs himself. Reena later explains that Rajendran, due to a traumatic childhood experience, suffers from split personality disorder. The stories he was interested in turned him into the karuppu without him knowing. Reena then leaves for the city. Later, a man finds Nanda dead and picks up the book in Nanda’s hand. He finds his face on the book and takes it back to his hometown, implying that karuppu will return and will not rest until all evil is abolished in this town now. The novel version of this season is Vittu Vidu Karuppa. It is a crime story based on palmistry, story revolves between honest police, criminal and Astrologer. Anwar (Poovilangu Mohan) is a sincere police officer who lives with his bedridden Hindu father, Parthasarathy. He was adopted as a child by the Hindu Bhramin family. His adoptive parents had a girl a few years later and Anwar, jealous of the affection shown on his sister, intentionally loses her in a crowded street. His mother dies of grieve. Feeling guilty of his mistake, Anwar tries to find his sister though he knows that the chances are less. Anwar recently arrests a dangerous criminal, Muniratna (Thalaivasal Vijay) who did 16 murders and had hidden a box of gold somewhere. He is to be hanged in 2 days but Anwar gets to know from a Palmistry Astrologer, Bhaskar Das (Suresh Chakravarthy), that Muniratnam would not die and has a long life of 90 years. Anwar also occasionally gets dreams of meeting people and it ends with an exhaust fan. Anwar sees the people he saw in his dreams later that day or a few days later, with an exhaust fan nearby. He gets a vision of his friend dying in the jail as Muniratnam escapes and gets confused when the same happens. Muniratnam escapes with the help of his men, in disguise as a Church Father, and hides in a poor Theater Operator, Lingam's house. He holds Lingam and his pregnant wife Kamala in hostage in their own house. Anwar tracks down the clues to Lingam's house but Muniratnam is nowhere to be found. Muniratnam is waiting for a message from his men and girlfriend but there is no response. In the meantime, Muniratnam's girlfriend, Manga is kidnapped by his men. It turned out that the men have felt betrayed by Muniratnam and find the gold and kill him in the end. It turns out that Bhaskar Das is Lingam's younger brother and he is also held captive by Muniratnam. It is revealed in the end that Bhaskar Das is the one who initiated Muniratnam's escape and he was after the gold as well. Anwar finds out that Lingam's wife is his long lost sister, Thamarai. In the end, Muniratnam, his friend, Bhaskar Das, Lingam, his wife and Anwar's friend Ravi dies. The box of gold is safely stored in the theater where Lingam works, by Bhaskar Das as he earned Muniratnam's trust and Muniratnam told him the place where it is hidden. Anwar never gets to know about the gold. In the end, the gold finds its way to the hands of Meenakshi, the theater owner's daughter and her boyfriend, Thirunavukarasu, as they leave the city in order to get married, as Thirunavukarasu's mother asks high amount of dowry from Meenakshi's father. It is a crime story based on the Varma kalai, which is using to kill the people. The culprit also using the boomerang to kill the people and it will knock the varma point of the human body to kill the people. A lady doctor identifies the murder which was done by Varma Kalai and she informs CB-CID police officer / inspector Anwar (Poovilangu Mohan) about it. Anwar starts to find the culprit with the help of News Tv9 Channel Reporter Charu Latha, who also got aware about the murder before it happens. The Aasaan (varma kalai Teacher) runs a Varma Kalai School, generation by generation at the Aandavar vanam and he lives with his Wife and two sons Kasi (Chetan) and Valari (Gowtham Sundararajan). The Aandavar vanam shows some unbelievable mysteries and it has some hidden facts on behalf of the Varma Kalai. The whole murder is targeted to the people who are very close to S.V.S (Ravikumar) and Kumarasammy (Subalekha Sudhakar) in order to create shadow war between them. Unknowingly, the TV reporter reveal the Shadow war between the S.V.S and Kumarasammy and the Kumarasammy tries to hide the war between them. Kumarassammy and M.P Ponnampalam runs some illegal business connecting with the Information City. Meanwhile, Kumarasammy 's daughter gets killed by the culprit who object the information city project and S.V.S tries to calm down Kumarasammy and he says that he will not kill Kumarasammys' daughter. The TV9 Reporter also tries to find out the mysteries on the Aandavar Vanam and consequently she gets chased by the Aasan and his sons. Therefore, the reporter suspect Aasan and tells it to Anwar and Kumarasammy, who both neglect her statement. Due to the funeral rites of Kumarasammy's daughter, the TV9 reporter Charu telecasts all the evidences collected by her about the shadow war between the S.V.S and Kumarasammy and Aandavar vanam. Afterward she gets fired by Kumarasammy (TV9 Chairmen) and she joins in a new channel. However, S.V.S gets killed by Aasan and Kumarasammy came to the spot and they are arrested by police under the doubt, also M.P Ponnampalam (venu arvind) tries to give bail to them, which is rejected by Anwar. Meanwhile, both of them are released by Court and Charu suspects Anwar, too. Finally Anwer finds the culprit, the motive of the murders, culprits' scope and reveals the Aandevar vanams' Mysteries to charu too. Meanwhile, the right hand of culprit gets killed by Aasan using Varma Kalai along with a boomerang to save the Varma Kalai. 'Edhuvum Nadakkum' which explores the legend of the Kalpa vriksham tree and environment as a living entity. Thanumalayakkudi is a small tribal settlement (fictional) in a jungle in the interior of South India. Strict inter-clan codes and beliefs bind the members of the tribe. They do not accept money in exchange for their produce of chiefly honey and fruits; they are ready to barter them. In this tribal settlement, there exists a myth that the Kalpavriksham, the celestial tree that can grant any wish and desire of the person standing underneath it, is situated somewhere in the forest. Strangers to the area who go in search of this tree are lost in the forest. To this forest come Sivagurunathan, a divisional forest officer and his brother Natarajan, a wildlife filmmaker and a visiting lecturer of the film and TV institute. Witnesses to the miracles and mysteries of the forest, they are lost in the jungle in pursuit of the Kalpavriksham. It is believed that they are killed in the pursuit of this sacred tree. Siddharth, a student of Natarajan and an aspiring filmmaker, comes to the settlement along with Varsha a sound recordist to make a film on the forest and its wildlife. As the duo learn about the mysteries of the place, they smell something fishy in the alleged deaths of Sivagurunathan and Natarajan. This serial was stopped by the makers for unknown reasons. The plot does not continue. The secret is untold. There seems to be talks to revisit this season since it's left unfinished as per an interview (in 2019) by the director Naga.[5] The novel version of this season is Vaanathu Manithargal. An interesting fact is that the novel was published much later after this series ended. Because of that we can say that this novel is based on Edhuvum Nadakkum series. However the novel's story is slightly different (like characters, sub-plot endings) to that of the one telecasted. Kavithalaya Productions in 2021 released 22 series in Youtube. Naga, who earlier worked as cinematographer for serials directed by K. Balachander made his directorial debut with this series. Naga cited it was Balachander's son Kailasam who wanted him to direct when he initially assumed that he was roped in to handle cinematography.[6] Makers adapted the book Ragasiyamaga Oru Ragasiyam written by Indira for their first season Ragasiyam. Since the content was not enough for more than 26 episodes, Naga wrote additional 26 episodes with him writing urban part adding lorry as a main character.[6] For the characters, Naga cast many popular actors in different characters which according to him, "made the audience more aware of each character's presence in the show".[6] Delhi Ganesh who usually portrayed a cook in films appeared as high-profile psychiatrist while Subalekha Sudhakar who usually portrayed sacrificing brother was roped in to play a village gangster.[6] For Vidathu Karuppu, Naga adapted Indira's other book Vittu Vidu Karuppa which according to writer Indira was germinated from a real-life event where the dreaded gangster who was feared by everyone had the fear and respect for deity Karuppana Samy.[6] Naga cast different actors for Vidathu Karuppu since "the audience has to decipher everyone's character based on their background story."[6] Chetan was cast as Rajendran based on his "features and soft-spoken nature".[6] Devadarshini was chosen to play important character after Naga saw her anchoring in a television show.[6][7] Naga revealed that "each actor's first half of the face (from the forehead to the nose) or the second half (from the nose to the chin) would match that of the actor who would play their parent's role". For that Sureshwar was chosen to play Poovilangu Mohan's son to match his height.[6] From 1996 to 1998, The first 2 seasons of the series were aired in Sun TV.[2] From 1999 to 2001, The later 3 seasons of the series were later shifted to Raj TV.[3] In 2015, The series was later re-telecasted in Vasanth TV.[3] In 2020 during the corona virus pandemic,[3] it was re-telecasted in Sun TV. [2]. Marmadesam was an extremely successful tele-serial. It was ranked first in viewership among the television programmes telecast from Chennai in 1997.[8] Ranjanai Krishnakumar of Firstpost praised Vidathu Karuppu that it "has aged remarkably well, never once making me cringe so far. The mystery is just as riveting as I remember it. The foreboding is a delight to discover. For those of us who know the ending, re-watching the show makes the clues obvious".[1] The digital rights of the show was initially with Rajshri Tamil channel.[7] In 2019, Kavithalayaa announced that all the seasons of Marmadesam will be released in their own YouTube channel. The show became available on Kavithalayaa's own YouTube channel from August 2019.[1] The first part of the serial, Ragasiyam, was released on DVD as a 5-disc region-free set in 2011 by Swathi Soft Solutions, Chennai.[9] The first series of Marmadesam, Ragasiyam, was remade in Hindi with 2 seasons on Star Bharat under the name Kaal Bhairav Rahasya with significant changes in the storyline and was shot in Bhopal.[10]

2023-09-03 05:34:53

The Best of Franciscus Henri - Wikipedia

The Best of Franciscus Henri is a children's album released in 2002, under ABC Music's ABC For Kids label on compact disc.

2023-09-03 05:34:56

Andean coot - Wikipedia

The Andean coot (Fulica ardesiaca), also known as the slate-colored coot, is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[2][3][4] The Andean coot has two subspecies, the nominate F. a. ardesiaca and F. a. atrura. They have a somewhat tortuous taxonomic history. The nominate was at one time treated as a subspecies of the American coot (F. americana) and the other as a separate species. Later they were both included as subspecies of the American coot. The current treatment has been widely accepted since the 1980s, but there is some speculation that the subspecies might be full species.[5][6] The Andean coot is 40 to 43 cm (16 to 17 in) long. It has two color morphs that are present in both subspecies. Both morphs are mostly slaty gray that is blacker on the head and neck. Their secondaries usually have white tips. One morph has a chrome yellow bill that is paler yellow and sometimes green on the tip, a deep chesnut frontal shield, and green legs and feet. The other has a white bill, a white to orange-yellow frontal shield, and slaty legs and feet. Independent of the color morphs, the subspecies differ only in the color of their undertail coverts: The nominate's are white and those of F. a. atrura are almost black.[6] The nominate subspecies of Andean coot is found in the Andes from northern Peru south through western Bolivia into northern Chile as far as the Antofagasta Region and into northwestern Argentina as far as Catamarca Province. F. a. atrura is found from the Andes of southern Colombia through Ecuador into far northern Peru and also in coastal Peru.[2][6] Fossils tentatively assigned to this species are known from the Laguna de Tagua Tagua formation of Chile.[7] The Andean coot mostly inhabits large lakes with heavily vegetated shallows, though it also is found in sparsely vegetated lakes and in ponds, marshes, and rivers. Red-fronted birds tend to dominate in vegetated lakes and white-fronted ones in the less vegetated higher elevation ones. The nominate subspecies is found at elevations between 2,100 and 4,700 m (6,900 and 15,400 ft). F. a. atrura is found between 2,200 and 3,600 m (7,200 and 11,800 ft) in Colombia and at lower elevations in Ecuador and Peru.[6] Populations of Andean coots that live at high elevations have adapted physiologically to a low-oxygen environment. Those living higher have more capillaries per square millimeter of muscle compared to those living at sea level.[8] Andean coots make some seasonal movements but they have not been defined.[6] The Andean coot's diet is mostly aquatic vegetation. Chara is a main component, especially in higher elevation lakes, but others include Myriophyllum and Elodea. It feeds by diving as deep as 5 m (20 ft) and also by walking on floating vegetation. It is gregarious when not breeding and often feeds with other species of coots.[6] The Andean coot's breeding season varies geographically. It may breed at any time of year but most egg laying is in the July–August dry season. It is monogamous and when breeding it is aggressive and territorial. Mixed pairs of the two color morphs often occur. Nests are constructed among reeds or on floating vegetation. Most clutches are of four or five eggs.[6] The Andean coot's usual call is "a low 'churr' or harder 'hrrp'" that is often repeated. Females make a "low chitter".[6] The IUCN has assessed the Andean coot as being of Least Concern. It has a large range, but its population size and trend are not known. No immediate threats have been identified.[1] It is considered "locally common to abundant, sometimes assembling in thousands."[6] Red-fronted morph White-fronted morph Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1869

2023-09-03 05:35:00

Caroline Marks - Wikipedia

Caroline Marks (born February 14, 2002) is an American professional surfer. She is a multiple national champion and the youngest female to compete in a World Surf League event. She is the youngest surfer to qualify for the women’s Championship Tour.[1][2] She competed in the elite (top 16) of the World Surf League[3] and ended 2018 season in 7th place, becoming Rookie of the Year. She was born in Boca Raton, Florida on February 14, 2002[4][5] and lives in San Clemente, CA [6] On December 1, 2019, Caroline qualified as one of the two women of the USA’s first surfing team to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] Marks' grandmother was raised in Greece where she gave birth to Marks' mother who later moved to the United States and gave birth to Marks in Florida.[8] The third of six children, Marks grew up in Melbourne Beach, Florida. She has a younger sister and four brothers, two younger and two older than her.[9] The house she grew up in had a big backyard with a motorbike-track, halfpipe, and a surf break across the street.[10] She discovered her love of sports on horseback through barrel racing and began surfing competitively when she was 8 years old.[11] Marks and her siblings have all supported and encouraged each other in their individual passions.  When her older brother Zach was 12, he created the social media site Grom Social for kids, and Marks helped create images and characters for the site. She continues to post on the site as herself, updating users on her adventures and accomplishments. Likewise, her brother, other siblings and the rest of her family have been a constant presence at her competitions, cheering her on, giving her pointers and shouldering her when she takes home a win.[11][12][13] Marks attributes her success and how good she is to her brothers and her roots of trying to impress them when she was growing up.[9] In 2018, her first year on tour, she had three third-place finishes in 10 events, was named rookie of the year and finished the season ranked seventh in the world.[14] In April 2019, at the first event of the WSL Championship tour, Marks defeated seven-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore at the Australian's home break of Duranbah, New South Wales in the quarter-finals of the Boost Mobile Pro Gold Coast. She then continued through the semi-finals beating Malia Manuel from Kauai. In the finals, she defeated three-time world champion Carissa Moore from Oahu, to claim her first WSL event title (beginning the 2019 season as the world's top-ranked female surfer).[15][16] She is the first surfer to receive Team USA’s Best of April Award, which recognizes the outstanding achievements of prospective Team USA Olympic athletes. “Caroline is one of those rare athletes that from when she was 12 years old it was obvious that she was going to be world champion,” said USA Surfing head coach Chris Stone. “Not if, but when. To see what she’s doing at 17 years old must be frightening to all her competitors. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for her.”[17] In December 2019, she finished second on the WSL Championship tour to Carissa Moore.[18] By finishing second, Marks earned a spot on the team for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, along with Moore.[19] Marks tested positive for COVID-19 in advance of a World Surf League competition in Australia in early 2021 and later found out it was a false positive, which nullified her fears of not being able to compete.[20][21] Marks was the youngest surfer to qualify to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics postponed to July and August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and held in Tokyo, Japan.[22] In round one of shortboard competition, Marks scored a total of 13.40 points, won her heat, and advanced directly to round three of competition.[23] In the third round of competition, a head-to head elimination round where two surfers competed in each heat and only the highest scoring surfer advanced to the quarterfinals, Marks won her heat against Mahina Maeda with a score of 15.33 and advanced to the quarterfinals of competition.[24][25] Her score of 15.33 was the highest score of all the competitors, male or female, in the third round of competition for all surfing events at the 2020 Olympics.[26][27] In the quarterfinals, Marks won her head-to-head heat against Brisa Hennessy with a score of 12.50 points and qualified for the semifinals.[28] Marks did not advance to the final heat in her semifinal match against Bianca Buitendag, instead she advanced to the heat determining the winner of the bronze medal.[29] In her final match against Amuro Tsuzuki, Tsuzuki won the bronze medal and Marks ended competition ranked fourth overall.[30] Marks has a YouTube channel she started February 23, 2021 where she uploads videos related to her surfing.[32] Her first video featured her surfing with Lakey Peterson.[33] Marks is a feminist and an advocate for body image positivity in women aiming to reduce the sexualization of women's bodies when they are still going through puberty.[34][35]

2023-09-03 05:35:04

La Compagnie - Wikipedia

La Compagnie, legally incorporated as DreamJet SAS, is a French boutique airline founded by Frantz Yvelin and based at Orly Airport in Paris, with headquarters in Le Bourget in the Paris metropolitan area.[1] It offers all-business class flights between Europe and Newark Liberty International Airport. La Compagnie was founded as DreamJet in 2013. It was created and run by French airline entrepreneur Frantz Yvelin, with the support of Peter Luethi, Yann Poudoulec, Francois Ledreux, Nicolas Jurczyk, and Pierre-Hugues Schmit among a few others, in the hopes of making an all-business class airline with a true low-cost structure, offering business class fares significantly cheaper than those of legacy carriers. Frantz Yvelin served as the airline's CEO for its first four years, until the end of 2016. Prior to La Compagnie, Frantz Yvelin was also the founder of L'Avion, which was sold to British Airways and later became OpenSkies. Yvelin's deputy was Peter Luethi, the former COO of Indian airline Jet Airways.[2] The first scheduled revenue flight, already under the new name La Compagnie (English: The Company), operated from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport on 21 July 2014 using a Boeing 757-200.[3] On 24 April 2015, the airline started a second scheduled route from London Luton Airport to Newark.[4] In April 2016, Frantz Yvelin announced La Compagnie was considering a fleet renewal and expansion with Airbus A321neo aircraft,[5] which it had later confirmed with an order for two Airbus A321neos in September 2017.[6] In September 2016, the airline announced the suspension of its route from London Luton to Newark and its intention to instead launch a second daily frequency between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Newark, citing economic reasons linked to Brexit.[7] In December 2016, La Compagnie's sole holding, DreamJet Participations, which was also founded and run by Frantz Yvelin, acquired 100% of XL Group Ltd., the holding company of XL Airways France, and the two airlines joined forces with the transaction completed by 12 September 2018.[8][9] In September 2017, the airline announced that it was offering all-you-can-fly passes for its Newark to Paris route, costing $40,000 per year.[10] In April 2018, La Compagnie relocated its Paris operations from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Orly Airport.[11] On 5 December 2018, the airline announced a new seasonal service to Nice Côte d'Azur Airport from Newark to begin on 6 May 2019.[12] Also in May 2019, the airline took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo.[13][14] In September 2019, the airline took delivery of its second Airbus A321neo, and subsequently retired both of its Boeing 757 aircraft by the end of October 2019.[15][16] In March 2020, La Compagnie announced it would suspend its commercial operations as of the 18th of that month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commercial operations were initially expected to resume on 1 June 2020, but were subsequently postponed several times.[17] During the suspensions, the airline received a total of €20 million in governmental loans, provided some ad-hoc charter services, and operated a limited number of flights for the December 2020 holiday season.[18] After fifteen months of suspensions, the airline's regular commercial flights eventually resumed on 12 June 2021.[19] Following the resumption of service, the airline on 18 June 2021 announced two new destinations to its network, consisting of summer seasonal flights between Paris Orly and Tel Aviv to begin on 21 July 2021, and flights between Newark and Milan Malpensa to begin on 29 November 2021,[19] however both routes were subsequently postponed, with the Tel Aviv flights delayed from a summer to a winter launch, and the Milan flights delayed to summer 2022.[20][21][22][23] In July 2021, the airline was reported to be considering the operation of Airbus A321XLR aircraft.[24] On 9 December 2021, AfriJet announced it had partnered with La Compagnie to launch seasonal flights between Paris Orly and Libreville's Léon-Mba International Airport from 16 December 2021, in place of La Compagnie's services to Tel Aviv which were further postponed,[25] before eventually being cancelled. In February 2023, La Compagnie reported that it recorded its first profit in 2022, consisting of 1 million euros, and additionally announced that it planned to add two Airbus A321LR aircraft to its fleet, for delivery in 2024 and 2025.[26] La Compagnie serves or has previously served the following destinations as of July 2023[update]:[27][28] While La Compagnie does not have interlining or codeshare agreements, the airline partners with easyJet through its Worldwide by easyJet program.[30] As of February 2023[update], the La Compagnie fleet consists of the following aircraft:[31][32] La Compagnie's aircraft are equipped with an all-business class cabin arranged in a 2–2 configuration, consisting of 76 seats that convert to flat beds.[33] Inflight entertainment is provided on 15.7 inch (40 cm) seatback touchscreens, and inflight Wi-Fi access provided by Viasat is also available.[33] Food is served in a two-course meal. La Compagnie uses contracted lounges for its passengers. My Compagnie is La Compagnie's frequent-flyer program, through which passengers can earn points on flights, as well as by referring others to register for the program. Points accrued can be redeemed towards award flights on La Compagnie and towards itinerary changes for flights that have already been booked, avoiding the monetary fees for changes in the process.[34] Media related to La Compagnie at Wikimedia Commons

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Razzano - Wikipedia

Razzano is a surname that may refer to:

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Le Gallet - Wikipedia

Le Gallet (French pronunciation: ​[lə ɡalɛ]) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. This Oise geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:35:15

Thomas Courtenay, 6th/14th Earl of Devon - Wikipedia

Thomas Courtenay, 6th/14th Earl of Devon (1432 – 3 April 1461), was the eldest son of Thomas de Courtenay, 5th/13th Earl of Devon, by his wife Margaret Beaufort, the daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, and Margaret Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent. Through his mother, he was a great-great-grandson of King Edward III. The ordinal number given to the early Courtenay Earls of Devon depends on whether the earldom is deemed a new creation by the letters patent granted 22 February 1334/5 or whether it is deemed a restitution of the old dignity of the de Redvers family. Authorities differ in their opinions,[1] and thus alternative ordinal numbers exist, given here. Courtenay was born in 1432, the eldest son and heir of Thomas Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon, by Margaret Beaufort. He had two brothers and five sisters:[2] Thomas Courtenay was 26 years old when his father died on 3 February 1458.[4] The Courtenay family were among the greatest magnates of the south-west, particularly in Devon, where they had their greatest concentration of estates and dominated a tightly-knit affinity among the local gentry.[5] In the mid-fifteenth century their local supremacy had been challenged by William, Lord Bonville, leading to a violent feud which culminated in Bonville's defeat by Thomas's father at Clyst Heath in 1455. That Earl, frequently in trouble with the law for his violent behaviour, had been among the closest allies of the disaffected Richard of York in the early 1450s, but a wedge was driven between York and the Courtenays when Bonville became a client of the leading Yorkist magnate Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. When the first major phase of the Wars of the Roses broke out in 1459, Earl Thomas remained loyal to Henry VI. After the Yorkists seized power and captured King Henry in 1460, he joined other south-western aristocrats including Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset in raising a Lancastrian army, which went to join the forces being gathered by the queen, Margaret of Anjou, in northern England. The Bonville family, fighting on the Yorkist side, were wiped out during the ensuing fighting, but the Lancastrians were decisively defeated in the Battle of Towton on 29 March 1461. Courtenay was captured in the battle, and was beheaded at York on 3 April.[6] He was attainted by Parliament in November of that year, depriving his heirs of the earldom of Devon, the barony of Courtenay and his estates. Courtenay's younger brother, Henry, had been granted several manors by King Edward IV on 27 July 1461, including Topsham, and these manors were also forfeited by his elder brother's attainder. Henry himself was beheaded at Salisbury on 17 January 1469.[7] Courtenay married, at Coventry, Warwickshire, shortly after 9 September 1456, Mary of Anjou, illegitimate daughter of Charles, Count of Maine. There were no issue of the marriage. She is thought to have been the 'Countess of Devonshire' who was captured with Margaret of Anjou after the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471.[7]

2023-09-03 05:35:19

Bombing of Normandy - Wikipedia

The Bombing of Normandy during the Normandy invasion was meant to destroy the German communication lines in the Norman cities and towns. However, very few Germans occupied these municipalities. German troops were mostly located outside these areas. On 9 July 1944, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery demanded a massive air assault against Caen in hopes of clearing the way for an attack the following morning. Four hundred and fifty heavy aircraft participated, dropping 2,500 tons of bombs. The pilots however negated most of the effect by releasing their loads well back from the forward line to avoid hitting their own troops. As a result, the city incurred heavy damage but German defenses went largely unscathed.[1] Allied heavy bomber missions caused serious problems for both Allied ground forces and French civilians, during the early stages of the campaign. Sometimes friendly troops were victims of misplaced bomb strikes. In the early stages of the Normandy campaign, this often resulted from insufficient communication between air and land forces,[2] which had to get used to working together. US General Omar Bradley remarked after the war that We went into France almost totally untrained in air-ground cooperation." The first two strikes on Caen resulted in numerous casualties to French civilians. According to Antony Beevor in his book D-Day,[3] The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime. There was an assumption, I think, that Caen must have been evacuated beforehand. That was wishful thinking on the part of the British. There were more than 2,000 casualties there on the first two days and in a way it was miraculous that more people weren't killed when you think of the bombing and the shelling which carried on for days afterwards. French civilians, caught in the middle of these battlefields or under Allied bombing, endured terrible suffering. Even the joys of liberation had their darker side. The war in northern France marked not just a generation, but the whole of the postwar world, profoundly influencing relations between America and Europe. The bombings also destroyed 96% of Tilly-la-Campagne (Calvados), 95% of Vire (Calvados), 88% of Villers-Bocage (Calvados), 82% of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), 77% of Saint-Lô (Manche), 76% of Falaise (Calvados), 75% of Lisieux (Calvados), 75% of Caen (Calvados).[4] It is estimated that the bombings in Normandy before and after D-Day caused over 20,000 civilian deaths. The French historian Henri Amouroux in La Grande histoire des Français sous l’Occupation, says that 20,000 civilians were killed in Calvados department, 10,000 in Seine-Maritime, 14,800 in the Manche, 4,200 in the Orne, around 3,000 in the Eure. The most deadly allied bombings under the German occupation were these: Lisieux (6–7 June 1944, 700 dead), Vire (6–7 June 1944, 400 dead), Caen (6 June-19 July 1944, about 3,000 dead), Le Havre (5–11 September 1944, more than 5,000 dead)[5][6] Although liberation was well worth the cost, for some families who lived through the war, it was the arrival and passage of British and American forces that was the most traumatizing experience. According to Christophe Prime, "It was profoundly traumatic for the people of Normandy. Think of the hundreds of tons of bombs destroying entire cities and wiping out families. But the suffering of civilians was for many years masked by the over-riding image, that of the French welcoming the liberators with open arms."[7]

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Profondo Rosso (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

Profondo Rosso (or Deep Red) is a film soundtrack album for the film of the same name mainly composed and performed by the Italian progressive rock band Goblin, the band's first collaboration with director Dario Argento.[2][3] Argento had originally contacted jazz pianist and composer Giorgio Gaslini to score the film, but he was unhappy with his output, deeming it "awful". After failing to get Pink Floyd to write music for the film,[4] Argento turned back to Italy and found Goblin.[5] In the final score, only three of Gaslini's original themes were retained; however, in the film's original theatrical release, Gaslini was given full composer credit for the entire score, while Goblin were wrongly credited only as performers [i.e. "Music by Giorgio Gaslini, performed by Goblin"]. This was corrected in subsequent home video releases. Allmusic describes the score of Profondo Rosso as "an ambitious affair that blends jazz, prog rock, and heavy metal into an effective and totally distinctive style"[1] and "Deep Shadows" as "a frenetic slice of King Crimson-style jazz-rock".[1] The title track reached number one in Italy.[6] Tracks 1–3 are composed and performed by Goblin (Simonetti, Morante, Pignatelli, Martino); tracks 4 & 5 are composed by Giorgio Gaslini and performed by Goblin; tracks 6 & 7 are composed, orchestrated and conducted by Giorgio Gaslini. In 2005, for the film's 30th anniversary, the complete film soundtrack was re-released on CD by Cinevox, under the supervision of Claudio Simonetti. This release includes all the music featured in the film, as well as a remix of the main theme and two sound effects tracks from the film itself. The track list for this CD is as follows. Notes Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 and 26 on this release are composed, orchestrated and conducted by Giorgio Gaslini; all other tracks are composed and performed by Goblin (Simonetti, Morante, Pignatelli, Martino), conducted by Giorgio Gaslini on track 7. All tracks marked as "Album version" in the CD track list are identical to the tracks on the original album, except for the main theme "Profondo Rosso", the original album version of which is a montage of several music excerpts from the film. The original album version of "Mad Puppet", which was also a montage, is not included on the CD, which however features the uncut, longer recording of the piece. In the liner notes of the CD release, Claudio Simonetti states that the original album includes heavily edited versions of the pieces as originally recorded, because of time constraints (at the time, fully instrumental soundtrack albums issued by smaller labels could have a maximum duration of 25/30 minutes); therefore the album does not represent his or the band's intentions for the presentation of the soundtrack, while the CD does.[7]

2023-09-03 05:35:27

San Michele Bridge - Wikipedia

The San Michele Bridge (Italian: Ponte San Michele), also known as the Paderno Bridge (Italian: Ponte di Paderno), is a multi-level rail and road truss arch bridge across the Adda River in Lombardy, Italy. The bridge connects Paderno d'Adda, Lecco on the west bank with Calusco d'Adda, Bergamo on the east bank. The cast-iron bridge was designed by Swiss engineer Jules Röthlisberger [it] and completed in 1889.[1] Not weld, the bridge consists of riveted beams held together by over 100,000 nails.[2] The bridge crosses the upper Adda River gorge that divides the western and eastern parts of Lombardy. With a height of 85 m (279 ft) and a span length of 150 m (490 ft),[3] the San Michele Bridge was one of the largest arch bridges in the world at the time of its completion. The upper deck of the bridge is a traffic controlled single-lane vehicular roadway and the lower deck is a single-track section of the Seregno–Bergamo railway. Today the bridge also serves as a historical tourist attraction demonstrating late 19th-century engineering ingenuity.[1] The bridge was built between 1887 and 1889 to serve as a railway connection between the banks of the river Adda. After the Unification of Italy, the newborn kingdom began a coordination project within the railway routes managed by many private companies. These routes were mainly local, non-homogeneous regarding means and materials. Often these railroads weren't adequately connected.[4][5][6] Milan saw its first railways in August 1840, when the connection with Monza was opened: the presence of the river Adda, however, divided Milan from the emerging industrial regions that gravitated around Bergamo and Brescia (the latter being of particular strategic value thanks to its military production). Furthermore, along the Adda river were many textile factories and the existing communications routes were becoming increasingly inadequate compared to the needs of industrialization. This scenario brought to the decision of building a railway link between Carnate-Usmate and Ponte San Pietro, so as to efficiently connect the area's productive poles.[5] The first project was entrusted to the Società per le Strade Ferrate Meridionali (Southern Railways Society), which also was expected to build the railway track: this first project consisted of an iron beamed multi-masted bridge, with a rectilinear structure. This bridge would have had two levels: the upper level for the railway and the lower level for the vehicular roadway. The Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano (SNOS) was allowed to participate with its own project in March 1886, consisting of 12 technical drawings. The SNOS had already built other iron bridges; among them, the One on Po river in Casale Monferrato, the one on Tanaro river in Asti and also the first road bridge in Trezzo sull'Adda. The competition saw four participating projects in total and the Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici (technical body of the homonymous ministry) assigned the task to the SNOS. On 22 January 1887 the commendator Di Lena, General Inspector of Railways, signed the contract with the Piedmontese company represented by General Director Engineer Moreno. The agreed duration of the work was of only eighteen months. Small changes were made to the original project, making the bridge 42 metres longer and bringing it to its current size. The construction of the bridge would cost 1,850,000 italian lire, plus 128,717.50 lire for the preliminary works.[5] A first service bridge was built with 1,800 cubic metres of pine wood imported from Bavaria. This temporary structure was built in 11 months due to the complexity of the location; during this time the plinths and the foundations of Ponte San Michele were built thanks to the continuous flow of granite and stone that were shipped on barges on the Adda river. 2,515 tons of iron and 110 tons of cast iron were imported from German foundries and further processed in Savigliano to obtain the modules used to build the structure. Said modules were transported to Paderno by train and then brought into position using a funicular powered by a locomotive. SNOS provided the construction site with 470 workers: thanks to the efficiency of the logistics and the organization, the deadline for the completion of the bridge was respected, even though there were some victims among the workers. In March 1889 the construction was completed; the same year, in May, the first test was carried out in the pouring rain, consisting in the transit of a heavy train at first at a speed of 25 km/h, then at 35 km/h and finally – as reported in the local newspaper L'Eco di Bergamo – at the incredible speed of 45 km/h. The convoy was composed by 3 locomotives of 83 tons each, carrying 30 cars. It was longer than the entire bridge and had a total weight of 850 tons. In this day an urban legend began to spread, stating that the bridge's designer – Röthlisberger – committed suicide before the test, fearing a failure of the bridge. This would have led to the start of a series of suicides from the bridge (Röthlisberger actually didn't commit suicide in 1889 but died of pneumonia in his house in Chaumont-Neuchatel on 25 August 1911).[7] The blessing ceremony took place on 26 May 1889, attended by Archbishop of Milan Luigi Nazari di Calabiana and other members of the Milanese clergy. The opening of the bridge was celebrated on June 30 in Paderno d'Adda in the presence of the authorities. The ceremony was attended by many engineers, including Röthlisberger. A refreshment took place on a hill near the bridge, where the mayor of Robbiate gave a celebratory speech, inviting everybody to a collective hug between the Adda people. Senator Giuseppe Robecchi paid homage to the hundreds of workers involved in the construction of the bridge. The bridge officially entered service on 1 July 1889. In 1890, with a new painting, the bridge was fully concluded. Only three years after the first test, another one was carried out to understand if the bridge could carry new generation locomotives, which were more powerful but also heavier. Fast and stable connections were established between the two parts of Lombardy thanks to the opening of the bridge, reducing the travel time and making the opening of new trade routes viable, for example between the productive areas of eastern Piedmont (Novara and Vercelli) and the industries of eastern Lombardy (especially in the Bergamo and Brescia territories). At the time of its completion, the bridge was already considered an engineering masterpiece, to the point that he was mentioned as one of the greatest arched bridges in the world and was taken as an excellent example of civil engineering, both for its bold project and for the skills that made its construction possible. The bridge wasn't seriously damaged during the Second World War, even though bombings happened in the area and some shells fell in the Adda valley; the bridge nevertheless needed some consolidation work after the war, carried out by the military engineering corps. A restoration of the whole structure took place in the early 1950s. Important restoration work also took place in 1972 and in 1992;[8] in the 1980s the bridge was added to the list of the protected sites by the Soprintendenza per i Beni Ambientali e Architettonici della Regione Lombardia (Superintendency for Environmental and Architectural Heritage of Region Lombardy).[9][10] Despite all the restoration work, some limitations were applied to the traffic on the bridge, regarding both the motor vehicles and the speed of the trains. During the XX century the bridge was also used for bungee jumping with the installation of specific temporary structures, but they were removed because of their non-compliance with the existing regulations. On 15 September 2018 the bridge was urgently closed to all types of traffic, after the monitoring system run by RFI (the Italian railway infrastructure manager) found abnormal and worrying values about the bridge's conditions.[11] The maintenance work was estimated to last about two years.[12] Starting from 15 September, the trains only ran between Milan and Paderno and between Calusco and Bergamo; a shuttle service was activated at first between the stations of Paderno and Calusco (the two stations between which the bridge is located), then it was extended to Terno d'Isola. This shuttle service crossed the Adda river on another bridge in the town of Brivio. The bridge was reopened to pedestrians and bicycles on 29 March 2019, along with the activation of a coordinated shuttle service, this time between the stations of Paderno and Calusco and the bridge, allowing the passengers to cross it by foot. On 8 November 2019 the bridge was reopened to vehicular traffic. Another shuttle service was activated, directly crossing the bridge and linking the stations of Paderno and Calusco. The existing shuttle service that used the bridge in Brivio to cross the river was suppressed on 15 December. The restoration work went on during the COVID-19 pandemic, when a lockdown was imposed on the entire nation from 9 March to 18 May 2020. The bridge was finally reopened to trains on 14 September 2020, exactly two years after its closure. All shuttle services were consequently discontinued.[13]

2023-09-03 05:35:31

The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior - Wikipedia

The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior is a book by David Allen Sibley that shows readers "how birds live and what they do." It is different from most field-identification guides that birdwatchers carry around; rather than help identify birds, it helps watchers gain a deeper understanding of the birds they have already identified. Instead of concentrating on individual species, the book summarizes information for families of birds, presenting "broad patterns" to help readers interpret what they see.[1] The guide includes nearly 800 of Sibley's paintings. The book was first published by Knopfin 2001. In its first nine months, it sold 500,000 copies. A paper back version was released in 2009.

2023-09-03 05:35:36

Mayo River State Park (Virginia) - Wikipedia

Mayo River State Park is a state park of Virginia located in Henry County, along the North and South Forks of the Mayo River. The entrance to the park is located in Spencer. The park is located along the Virginia-North Carolina state line, and it is adjacent to a similarly named park in North Carolina. In May 2003, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized a state park along the Mayo River, from the Virginia-North Carolina state line, to the river's confluence with the Dan River.[3] In 2007 the Virginia General Assembly commissioned a feasibility study for creation of a state park from its Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The study concluded that a park was feasible and proposed the North and South Mayo Rivers as candidates for inclusion in the state's scenic river system.[3] The North Mayo River, from Route 695 to the North Carolina line, and the South Mayo River, from the Patrick County line to the North Carolina line, were added to the Virginia Scenic Rivers Program in 2008.[4] In August 2009, DCR acquired a 332-acre (134 ha) tract, as its first land purchase for the park.[2] In 2013, North Carolina sold to Virginia portions of property it had acquired for its state park, which crossed the state line. In 2019, Virginia acquired 214 acres with the assistance of the Piedmont Land Conservancy.[5] Ground was broken for park facilities in October, 2021, with a planned opening in 2022.[6] On Earth Day, April 22, 2022, Virginia State Parks formally opened a trailhead off Pratt Road to the public, which provides access to three hiking and cycling trails.[1] The park's initial public facilities are limited to a trailhead and a 3.9-mile (6.3 km) multi-use trail system.[1] The 1.9-mile (3.1 km)[1] Mayo River Trail is the back bone of the trail system. It follows the park's main service road, which roughly runs along the ridge between the North and South Forks of the Mayo River, to their confluence in North Carolina. The 0.5-mile (0.80 km)[1] Byrd's Loop Trail creates a loop at the end of the Mayo River Trail, which runs alongside the North Mayo River. The loop passes Byrd's Ledge, a rock formation in the river at the North Carolina-Virginia state line. It is named after William Byrd II, who camped near it during the surveying of the line and wrote about the area. The 1.3-mile (2.1 km) Redbud Trail forms a loop in the northwest corner of the park.[1] This article related to a protected area in Virginia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:35:39

Pearls II - Wikipedia

Pearls II is an album by English singer Elkie Brooks, released in 1982. The sequel to Brooks' popular Pearls album, A&M decided to play it safe by keeping Gus Dudgeon as producer. Another set of songs, old and new, helped to maintain Brooks' popularity. The album reached number five in the UK Albums Chart and remained on the chart for 25 weeks,[1] where it joined its predecessor which was still riding high. Pearls II was later released on CD in 1993. Originally, the album had a more rock-orientated feel and included a version of Free's "Be My Friend". However, the label was concerned that this harder direction would alienate Brooks' fans and hurriedly recorded "Loving Arms" as a replacement.[citation needed] This 1980s pop album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This 1980s rock album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:35:43

Bromhall Priory - Wikipedia

Bromhall Priory was a nunnery of Benedictine nuns at Sunningdale in the English county of Berkshire. It was established in 1200 and when dissolved in 1524. An inquisition was held in 1522 into the lands of Bromhall Priory, where the prioress had resigned in September 1521 and left with two other nuns in December. The inquisition gave no explanation for the prioress's departure, but in 1524 Clement VII issued a bull suppressing the house, on account of the demerits of the nuns.[1] It was described as a 'profane place' and the property was transferred by the Crown to St John's College, Cambridge.[2]  WikiMiniAtlas51°23′26″N 0°37′53″W / 51.3905°N 0.6315°W / 51.3905; -0.6315 This article about a Berkshire building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a British Christian monastery, abbey, priory or other religious house is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:35:46

Théodore Tenaille-Saligny - Wikipedia

Théodore[a] Tenaille-Saligny (22 February 1830 – 24 March 1889) was a French lawyer, civil servant and politician. He came from a prosperous family, was a convinced republican, but was a strong opponent of the Paris Commune. During the French Third Republic he served several times as a departmental prefect. He made a number of attempts in national elections before finally becoming Senator for Nièvre from 1879 to 1888. Étienne Philippe Théodore Tenaille-Saligny was born on 22 February 1830 in Clamecy, Nièvre.[8] His parents were Jean-Baptiste Etienne Marie Tenaille de Saligny (1792–1872) and Aglaé Moret de Parzy (1804–1866).[9] He studied at the Paris Faculty of Law, and was licensed in 1850. He travelled in Italy, Germany and Scandinavia. On 11 November 1850 he became a lawyer at the Paris Court of Appeal.[10] On 24 June 1856 in Paris he married Sidonie Arguiot (1837–1925). They had two daughters, Séverine (1860–1935) and Aglaë (1865–1950). He became a Freemason of the Grand Orient de France.[9] He and his family later moved to the Château du parc Vauvert in Clamecy, former property of the Chabannes family.[10] On 24 July 1856 Tenaille-Saligny became a lawyer at the Council of State and the Court of Cassation, holding office until 1870. He was a convinced Republican and was involved in the "procès des 13" (trial of the thirteen) in August 1864.[b][10] From 5 June 1867 he contributed to the Impartial of Nièvre.[10] On 24 May 1869 he ran for election for the 3rd district of Nièvre as an independent candidate for the Corps législatif. He was defeated by M. Lepelletier d'Aunay.(fr) In 1870 he resigned from the Court of Cassation.[8] After the fall of the Second French Empire and declaration of the French Third Republic on 4 September 1870 Tenaille-Saligny was named mayor of the 1st arrondissement of Paris by Léon Gambetta, and was confirmed in this post in November 1870. He was a follower of the political views of Adolphe Thiers, and ran on his platform for election for Nièvre for the National Assembly on 8 February 1871, but was defeated.[8] On 26 February 1871 Tenaille-Saligny was named Prefect of Nièvre. During his administration there were many lawsuits against Republicans. He ordered the arrest of 18 citizens at Cosne, who were taken to the Loiret Assize Court on charges of conspiracy in favor of the Paris Commune and given sentences ranging from six months to fifteen years in prison. On 12 July 1871 Tenaille-Saligny was appointed Prefect of Charente-Inférieure.[8] When Thiers lost power on 24 May 1873 Tenaille-Saligny resigned from his position of prefect and returned to Paris.[8] He was elected Paris municipal councilor for St Germain l'Auxerrois on 29 November 1874 and held office until he resigned on 20 March 1876.[10] On 30 January 1876 he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in Nièvre. On 20 February 1876 he ran for the Chamber of Deputies for Clamecy, but was again defeated by M. Lepelletier d'Aunay.[8] On 21 March 1876 Tenaille-Saligny was appointed Prefect of Pas-de-Calais.[8] He appointed Gabriel Alapetite his chef de cabinet.[2] Gabriel Alapetite had started practice as a lawyer in 1873 with Tenaille-Saligny as his political mentor.[12][2] Tenaille-Saligny lost office in the 16 May 1877 crisis. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour on 14 August 1876.[8] He was prefect of Haute-Garonne from 18 December 1877 until his resignation on 16 February 1879.[10] Alapetite was again his chef de cabinet in Haute-Garonne.[13] On 5 January 1879 Tenaille-Saligny was elected Senator for Nièvre and joined the Republican Left group.[8] He was also elected Nièvre general councilor for the canton of Varzy, holding office from January 1881 to August 1886.[10] He participated in various debates in the Senate.[8] The Merchant Shipping Bill of 1880 proposed a bounty payable to shipowners in recognition of their contribution to training seamen for the navy, with the bounty reduced by half for foreign-built vessels purchased after the bill came into effect. Tenailly Saligny proposed that ships that had been ordered and were under construction in foreign shipyards should be exempt, but this was rejected.[4] In July 1883 he was rapporteur of the law for reform of the judiciary. In August 1885 he proposed an amendment to the voting list act. He voted for restoration of divorce, for credits for the Tonkin Campaign of 1883–86, and for the 22 June 1886 law exiling the princes(fr).[8] Tenaille-Saligny ran for reelection on 8 January 1888, refused to concede victory to the Radical list, but was eventually defeated in the third round.[8] Théodore Tenaille-Saligny died in Clamecy on 24 March 1889.[8] On 3 July 1889 Gabriel Alapetite married his daughter, Magdeleine Louise Etiennette Tenaille-Saligny (1867–1943).[14] Publications by Théodore Tenaille-Saligny include:[3]

2023-09-03 05:35:51

Oedemamedina - Wikipedia

Oedemamedina is a genus of parasitic flies in the family Tachinidae.[2] Peru. This article related to members of the fly family Tachinidae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:35:55

Mary Staunton - Wikipedia

Mary Staunton is an Irish singer and accordion player.[citation needed] A native of County Mayo,[1] Staunton released her first album in 1998.[citation needed] Her second, Circle of Friends, was launched in County Galway in July 2010. Circle of Friends was launched at Connolly's pub, Kinvara, by actor Brendan Gleeson, whose fiddle playing features on the CD. It was produced by Alec Finn of De Dannan, who also appears on the album. Other featured artists include John Prine, Rick Epping and Mary Shannon.[citation needed] As of 2010, Staunton lived in Maree, Oranmore.[2] She is married to Jerry Mulvihill, a banjo player. They have two children.[citation needed]

2023-09-03 05:36:00

Nathan Constance - Wikipedia

Nathan Constance (born 7 January 1979 in London) is an English actor and voice-over artist, best known for his work as a character performer in AAA Video Games, as handyman-turned-prison officer Josh Mitchell in prison drama series, Bad Girls, and as footballer Ian Walmsley in TV drama, Footballers Wives. Other films he is known for include Results (2013), Dog Eat Dog (2001), and Bonded by Blood (2010).[1] His top credits include the role of Gorgutz 'Ead'unter in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, Marcus Graves in Titanfall, and Adyr in Lords of the Fallen. This article about a British television actor born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:36:04

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users - Wikipedia

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or SAFETEA-LU /ˈseɪftiːˈluː/ was a funding and authorization bill that governed United States federal surface transportation spending. It was signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 10, 2005, as Pub. L. 109–59 (text) (PDF) and 119 Stat. 1144. The $244.1 billion measure contained a host of provisions and earmarks intended to improve and maintain the surface transportation infrastructure in the United States, including the Interstate Highway System, transit systems around the country, bicycling and pedestrian facilities, and freight rail operations.[1] The bill was named after Lu Young, the wife of Representative Don Young.[2] Congress renewed its funding formulas ten times after its expiration date in 2009, until replacing the bill with the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) in 2012. In 2006 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, championed a $207-million earmark inserted in the omnibus highway bill for the Prairie Parkway, a proposed expressway running through his district.[3][4][5] The Sunlight Foundation accused Hastert of failing to disclose that the construction of the highway would benefit a land investment that Hastert and his wife made in nearby land in 2004 and 2005. Hastert took an unusually active role advancing the bill, even though it was opposed by a majority of area residents and by the Illinois Department of Transportation.[6] The law garnered a large amount of bipartisan support, though support was not unanimous, particularly among those who believed it to be laden with too much pork barrel spending. Early versions of the bill budgeted over $300 billion, but President Bush promised to veto any surface transportation bill costing more than $256 billion. A compromise of $284 billion was reached, and signed into law by the President.[7] When the speaker became frustrated by negotiations with White House staff, Hastert began working on the bill directly with President Bush.[6] After passage the President even traveled to Hastert's district for the law's signing ceremony before thousands of workers in a Caterpillar Inc. factory.[3] Four months later Hastert sold the land for a 500% profit.[6] Hastert's net worth went from $300,000 to at least $6.2 million.[6] Hastert received five-eighths of the proceeds of the sale of the land, turning a $1.8 million profit in under two years.[4][5][8] Hastert's ownership interest in the tract was not a public record because the land was held by a blind land trust, Little Rock Trust No. 225.[3] There were three partners in the trust: Hastert, Thomas Klatt, and Dallas Ingemunson. However, public documents only named Ingemunson, who was the Kendall County Republican Party chairman and Hastert's personal attorney and longtime friend.[3][8] Hastert denied any wrongdoing.[4] In October 2006, Norman Ornstein and Scott Lilly wrote that the Prairie Parkway affair was "worse than FoleyGate" and called for Hastert's resignation.[6] In 2012, after Hastert had departed from Congress, the highway project was killed after federal regulators retracted the 2008 approval of an environmental impact statement for the project and agreed to an Illinois Department of Transportation request to redirect the funds for other projects.[9] Environmentalists, who opposed the project, celebrated its cancellation.[9] SAFETEA-LU was also the primary source of funding for other modes of surface transportation, including transit. Notably, the bill included funding for the New Starts program, which among other things helped to fund most of the new rail transit systems that opened in the United States during this time period, as well as extensions to existing systems.[citation needed] The New Freedom program was a new formula grant program authorized in SAFETEA-LU to support new public transportation services and public transportation alternatives beyond those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et. seq.). This program was codified at 49 U.S.C. §§ 5316–5317[10] The New Freedom Program grew out of the New Freedom Initiative introduced by the Bush Administration under Executive Order 13217, "Community-Based Alternatives for Individuals with Disabilities," on June 18, 2001. President Bush included funds for the New Freedom Program in the annual budget request to Congress since FY 2003; however, it was not until the enactment of SAFETEA–LU that funding was authorized by Congress. Funding was first appropriated for the transportation provision in Fiscal Year 2006.[11] The program was repealed when the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) bill was adopted in 2012. Among the many earmarks in the bill, one line item became particularly infamous. Over $200 million was apportioned for the construction of the Gravina Island Bridge in Alaska, which would connect sparsely populated regions at tremendous cost. The bridge came to be known in the national media as the "Bridge to Nowhere," and is considered a quintessential example of pork barrel politics. On March 2, 2011, when H.R. 662: Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011[12] was up for debate there was a proposed motion to recommit the bill, argued for by Jared Polis, D-Colorado, in order to add an amendment to strip funding for this project that has shown up in previous bills' earmarks. When put to a vote "On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 662 Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011" the vote "Failed 181-246, 5 not voting"[13] The votes in support and against broke along party lines with only 7 Democrats voting against the motion and no Republicans voting for the motion. In support Jared Polis (D)-Colorado (in part) argued @4:16:19:[14] "This motion rescinds all remaining funds, about $183 million, provided for the planning, design, and construction of the two bridges under SAFETEA-LU. ... This is a very simple choice, there's no politics in this, we're not changing other parts of the bill, we're not trying to catch people off, we're not trying to trap people for 30-second spots to say they're for pornography like as has been done in previous sessions while the bill is gutted elsewhere. What we're simply providing, is a clean vote on The Bridge to Nowhere. According to the CBO [(the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office)] this motion will reduce the deficit by $160 million by eliminating funding for these two bridges, nothing else." In opposition, Rep. John Mica (R)-Florida responded @4:18:42:[14] "I rise in opposition to the motion to recommit." "Well congratulations my colleagues welcome to the era of smoke and mirrors and that's exactly what this motion to recommit is and I urge its defeat. And you heard the gentleman describing bridges and he again is trying to mislead the entire house on this particular motion to recommit. It is smoke and mirrors, and I urge the defeat of the motion to recommit."

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Ludwig II (2012 film) - Wikipedia

Ludwig II is a 2012 German-Austrian historical film directed by Peter Sehr [de] and Marie Noëlle [fr], starring Sabin Tambrea [de] as the younger Bavarian King Ludwig II and Sebastian Schipper as the king in his later years.[1] Crown Prince Ludwig suffers under the authoritarian education of his father King Maximilian II and has no interest in his militaristic attitude. In addition, because of his love for music and the fine arts, Ludwig repeatedly incurs the displeasure of his father. For Ludwig, art is more important than daily bread. Maximilian II dies unexpectedly of erysipelas, so Ludwig, full of idealism, ascends the Bavarian throne at the age of 18. At a time when war and poverty are omnipresent, he believes in a better world and wants to use his power to ensure that his people can live in peace and happiness. He wants his kingdom to become a place where beauty, art and culture will flourish; instead of weapons, Ludwig wants to invest public money in theatre, music and education. He spends his free time with his young cousin, Sophie, the sister of the Austrian Empress Sissi. With her he can philosophise about music and the beauty of the world. Moreover, he has all of his rooms in the castle remodelled and designed according to his ideas. He loves Richard Wagner's operas, and his passion and admiration for the controversial composer's works and their legends are so great that he wants to bring Wagner to his court. To achieve this, he instructs the well-known music lover Johann von Lutz to track down Wagner and bring him to his court. He awaits the arrival of his idol impatiently and receives him with great respect. He settles Wagner's debts and obtains a pardon for the revolutionary and politically persecuted composer. However, his ministers rebel against his expensive sponsorship of the composer. At first, Ludwig throws himself into political business with enthusiasm. He initiates a school reform and distributes musical instruments instead of weapons to his young cadets. He is of the opinion that if Bavaria should ever be attacked, the sound of Wagner's music will immediately disarm them. Even a conversation with his cousin, Elisabeth of Austria, who wants to ask for help in preventing Prussia from waging war against Austria, fails because of his naive belief that music alone is capable of keeping people's hearts peaceful . Ludwig's ministers are not satisfied with the power that Wagner's ideas seem to have over the young king. Ludwig increasingly neglects the affairs of government. The news of an impending war reaches him while he is on the road with Wagner in the Bavarian mountains. The composer suggests that he replace the ministers who now want to go to war. They in turn threaten to resign from their positions if Ludwig does not part with Wagner and his influence. Since the king fears for his friend's life, he urges him to leave Bavaria. He realises that circumstances are against him, and his beloved kingdom gets involved in the war with Prussia against his will. Disheartened, and showing first signs of delusional illnesses, Ludwig withdraws from public life. The news of the defeat of his army hits him hard, since he has spent the money that was intended for modern rifles on musical instruments. His stable master, Richard Hornig, is at his side and is willing to support him, but Ludwig does not want to admit his affection for men. In order to deal with the war defeat, he travels his country and shows himself to his people. Moreover, he plans his wedding with Sophie because he is convinced that the people expect this from him. As part of the wedding preparations, Wagner arrives at court again to take over the musical design. As a result, Ludwig meets a young singer, Heinrich Vogel, whom he wants to hear singing as Lohengrin, which incurs Wagner's displeasure. Sophie demands proof of love in the form of a kiss from her future husband. This leads to a scandal, and Ludwig cancels his already planned and longed-for wedding because he realises that, due to his homosexuality, which he does not confess to her or to others, he cannot have more than friendship with his fiancée. In a letter, he asks Sophie's forgiveness and understanding. In his opinion, she has the right to be happy, which would not be possible at his side in the long run. In addition to those private problems, political events are catching up with him again. Bavaria's defeat by Prussia forces the country to enter the 1870-71 war against France as a compulsory ally of Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck's efforts to create an all-German empire, headed by an emperor, destroys the dream of a sovereign Bavarian kingdom continuing to exist. Ludwig's brother Otto suffers a nervous breakdown and has to be taken to a sanatorium. The attending physician assumes that Otto will not recover from his mental derangement. Ludwig promises to build his brother a castle where he can be who he is, just as he also longs himself to have a place where he can be who he is. With this in mind, he has Neuschwanstein Castle built. Nevertheless, Ludwig does not achieve peace: the abysses of his soul are too deep, tormenting him and making him despair. Disillusioned, he retires again from public life and takes refuge in the world of opera melodies. He does not want to admit the financial problems that the state budget has to suffer due to his excessive construction activities. But reality catches up with him, and Ludwig's opponents team up to depose him and the castles in his dream realm of fantasy. Even his long-standing devotee Johann von Lutz, whom he had made minister, comes to doubt Ludwig's common sense. After a fire breaks out in the castle, Richard Hornig is seriously injured. The sadness of never being allowed to stand by his love for the stable master drives him even further into madness, which his opponents are now increasingly aware of. One of his ministers has a medical report drawn up in order to justify deposing the king. Ludwig senses the plan and intends to blow himself up with his castles before he can be chased away from them, but the project fails due to the inappropriate explosives. Following that, the minister succeeds in taking the king into medical care against his will in Castle Berg. Desperate about the disregard for his royal privileges, and his treatment as a "poor lunatic", he decided to escape his treatment. While taking a walk with his doctor, he escapes him and runs into Lake Starnberg, where he drowns.

2023-09-03 05:36:12

Noah Rubin (music executive) - Wikipedia

Noah Rubin is an American-born artist/producer, music executive, media executive and author. He is the former Editor-In-Chief of both Merry Jane and Mass Appeal (media) and the author of How We Roll: The Art and Culture of Joints, Blunts, and Spliffs. Alongside Chris Coady, Rubin recorded Das Oath's 2006 Mini-LP[1] for Dim Mak Records. The album garnered favorable reviews including Vice Magazine's album of the month in August of that year.[2] In 2007 and 2008 Rubin produced several remixes under the moniker Ruby Beats for indie rock acts like Celebration,[3] Architecture in Helsinki,[4] and Rings.[5] He also sang backing vocals on Celebration's 4AD Records release The Modern Tribe alongside members of TV On The Radio, Antibalas and Dragons of Zynth.[6] Rubin's vocals appear as well on Suckers 2009 debut EP on IAMSOUND Records, produced by Yeasayer's Anand Wilder.[7] In 2009 Rubin produced, mixed, and engineered the majority of tracks on the album Wu Tang Chamber Music released by E1 Entertainment and Universal Records. Chamber Music paired Wu Tang MCs like Raekwon, Ghostface, RZA, and Inspectah Deck with Kool G Rap, Sadat X, Cormega, AZ, Masta Ace and M.O.P.[8] Rubin's voice is heard on the final track of the album. Later in the year, Rubin engineered and mixed tracks on the Historics debut record Strategies for Apprehension. Historics features Maroon 5 bassist Mickey Madden, VietNam guitarist Josh Grubb, Icarus Line/Ink & Dagger/ Amazing Baby’s Don Devore on guitar/vocals, keyboard player Dale Jiminez from Need New Body, and drummer Ryan Rapsys from Euphone and The Sea and Cake. The album features a guest appearance by Kool Keith.[9] In 2010 Rubin produced the track "Georgia" on the Bubba Sparxxx record Miracle on Gamble Road released on E1/New South.[10] Rubin also produced a remix of the Suckers track "Before Your Birthday Ends" that premiered on RCRD LBL late in the year. Early in 2011 RCRD LBL debuted Rubin's remix of The Entrance Band's "Still Be There." In July 2011, Rubin produced, recorded and mixed Legendary Weapons by Wu-Tang Clan, which was released July 26, 2011 on E1 Music.[11] It follows 2009's Wu-Tang Chamber Music. Legendary Weapons features performances by Wu-Tang members (GZA and Masta Killa are absent), and affiliates Trife Diesel, Killa Sin and Bronze Nazareth. Other guests include Sean Price, M.O.P., AZ, Action Bronson & Roc Marciano among others. In late 2011, Rubin began serving as VP of Music at Decon[12] (now Mass Appeal Records) where he oversaw releases by artists such as Pusha T, The Hood Internet, Roc Marciano, Gangrene, Alexander Spit, The Alchemist, Pimp C and more.[13] Rubin has also been noted for his work mixing Waterfall, the debut EP from Kanye West Yeezus contributor, Evian Christ,[14][15] as well as Suicideyear's debut record Remembrance.[16] In 2014, Rubin became Editor-In-Chief of Mass Appeal (media) where he oversaw covers including Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, the Creator, and Eric Andre. In 2016, Rubin became Editor-In-Chief of Snoop Dogg's media platform Merry Jane.[17] He also began hosting a twice-weekly podcast called About That Time. In 2022, Rubin announced his first book, How We Roll: The Art and Culture of Joints, Blunts, and Spliffs to be published by Chronicle Books. The book features notable personalities including Wiz Khalifa, Wayne Coyne, Tommy Chong, Dawn Richard, and Laganja Estranja.[18]

2023-09-03 05:36:15

Public Relations Journal - Wikipedia

The Public Relations Journal is an open-access peer-reviewed, electronic academic journal covering topics having to do with public relations and communication studies. It is published quarterly by the Public Relations Society of America. The editor-in-chief is Donald K. Wright (Boston University). The Public Relations Journal was established in 1945 by Rex F. Harlow (American Council on Public Relations).[1] After this council and the National Association of Public Relations Counsel merged to form the Public Relations Society of America in 1947, it became a monthly publication of the latter society.[2] It was published until 1994, after which it was superseded by two publications, the monthly PR Tactics and the quarterly The Strategist.[3] However, the original Public Relations Journal had an editorial focus towards news, trends, and how-to information about the practice of public relations. The new journal is dedicated to the online publishing of research articles that examine public relations in depth and/or create, test, or expand public relations theory.

2023-09-03 05:36:19

Fädernas kyrka - Wikipedia

Fädernas kyrka is a 1909 hymn with lyrics by Johan Alfred Eklund and music by Gustaf Aulén. The song appeared in a hymnal for the first time in 1921, in the "Nya psalmer" addition. The song was originally very popular, especially within "Ungkyrkorörelsen", and was added to 1937 års psalmbok.[1] During the early 1970s left-political movement, the lyrics were considered too nationalist, and discussions begun. The song was not appointed for Den svenska psalmboken 1986, since editing the lyrics was not allowed by the copyright holders.[2] However, a version with changed lyrics, are in Svensk psalmbok för den evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland 1986, as number 168. This 1900s song article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:36:23

The Wandering Jew (Heym novel) - Wikipedia

Ahasver is a 1981 German-language novel by Stefan Heym. It was published in English as The Wandering Jew in 1984.[1]

2023-09-03 05:36:26

1965 British League season - Wikipedia

The 1965 British League season was the 31st season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom.[2] It was also the first known as the new British League which was formed in 1965, along with the British Speedway Promoters Association (BSPA). The league was an amalgamation of the National League and the Provincial League.[3] Middlesbrough Bears did not join the new league and Norwich Stars had closed for good. Halifax Dukes were new entrants.1929-1977 [4] West Ham Hammers were the first ever British League winners. It was their first league success since 1937. The West Ham team included Scot Ken McKinlay who finished the season third in the averages at 10.72 and the Norwegian champion Sverre Harrfeldt who finished fifth in the averages. They were supported well by British internationals Norman Hunter and Malcolm Simmons. The West Ham team completed the double when winning the British League Knockout Cup. In the final they defeated Exeter Falcons 63-33.[5] The season was not a complete success because during a challenge match at West Ham Stadium a junior rider called David John Wills was killed in a race after crashing.[6] Wimbledon Dons headed by leading Swedish rider Olle Nygren fought West Ham throughout the season and only lost the league by a single point. M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points West Ham Hammers won the Knockout Cup and completed the double of league and cup. Barry Briggs won the British League Riders' Championship, held at Hyde Road on 16 October.[7] Belle Vue Coventry Cradley Heath Edinburgh Exeter Glasgow Hackney Halifax Long Eaton Newcastle Newport Oxford Poole Sheffield Swindon West Ham Wimbledon Wolverhampton

2023-09-03 05:36:32

Feuerpalven - Wikipedia

Feuerpalven is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the Gotzen Mountains [de], a sub-range in the Hagen Mountains of the Berchtesgaden Alps.  WikiMiniAtlas47°32′28″N 12°59′33″E / 47.54111°N 12.99250°E / 47.54111; 12.99250 This Bavaria location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:36:36

Burghelea - Wikipedia

Burghelea or Burghele is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

2023-09-03 05:36:40

Alma Scots men's basketball - Wikipedia

The Alma Scots men's basketball program represents Alma College in men's basketball at the NCAA Division III level. They compete in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Cole Kleiver - 20-21; 21-22. This college basketball-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:36:44

Qarayusifli - Wikipedia

Qarayusifli (Garayusifli) is a village and municipality in the Barda District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,138. This Barda Rayon location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:36:48

Diosvelis Guerra - Wikipedia

Diosvelis Alejandro Guerra Santiesteban (born 21 May 1989) is a Cuban international footballer who plays for Cienfuegos and the Cuba national football team.[2] Uncommon in Cuba, Guerra played for 6 different Cuban provincial teams, starting his senior career with Granma.[citation needed] He made his international debut for Cuba in an August 2014 friendly match against Panama and has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals. He represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match[3] and was called up to the Cuba team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He played in Cuba's opening game against Mexico, a 6–0 loss.[4] And reached the quarter finals but were eliminated by United States 6–0. This biographical article related to Cuban association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:36:52

Piero Italiani - Wikipedia

Piero Italiani (born 26 March 1962) is an Italian diver. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] This biographical article relating to Italian diving is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:36:56

Kimberley grunter - Wikipedia

The Kimberley grunter (Syncomistes kimberleyensis) is a species of fish in the family Terapontidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it lives in the coastal rivers of northern Western Australia. It is known from the Durack, Pentecost, and Bow Rivers of the Kimberley region.[2] It is a herbivorous fish that feeds in filamentous algae, and is found in rocky pools and on the edges of watercourses where there is aquatic vegetation over sandy and rocky substrates.[3] This Perciformes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:37:00

Vietnamese encyclopedias - Wikipedia

Vietnamese encyclopedias are encyclopedias which are written in Vietnamese or are focused on Vietnam-related topics. In Vietnamese, encyclopedia are known as Bách khoa toàn thư, literally meaning "complete book of a hundred subjects". The first work which was considered as an encyclopedia of Vietnam is an 18th-century book Vân đài loại ngữ by Lê Quý Đôn, a Lê dynasty Confucian scholar. Since then, many encyclopedic works were published before the first modern and official encyclopedia was published in Vietnam. The topics of modern Vietnamese encyclopedias vary and span from scientific topics to children's topics. Following the increasing of Internet usage in Vietnam, many online encyclopedias were published. The two largest online Vietnamese-language encyclopedias are Từ điển bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam, a state encyclopedia, and Vietnamese Wikipedia, a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Notable encyclopedic works and encyclopedias written in the Vietnamese language or focused on Vietnam-related topics include: Encyclopedic works and encyclopedias focused on Vietnam War-related topics.

2023-09-03 05:37:03

Harry Adams (sprinter) - Wikipedia

Harry Adams (born November 27, 1989) is an American sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He attended Auburn University. At the 2012 NCAA outdoor track championships in Des Moines, Iowa, Adams became the 81st sprinter to break the 10-second barrier over 100 metres. His 9.96 sec also broke Auburn's school record, previously held by Coby Miller.[1] A native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Adams attended Dillard High School, where he excelled in track and football. Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Adams was ranked as the No. 56 wide receiver prospect of his class.[2] As a sophomore, Adams was named to the 2006 USA Today All-USA boys high school track team.[3] Adams attended Auburn University, where he was also part of the football varsity in 2008 and 2009. Adams is currently a graduate assistant sprints coach at Concord University This biographical article about an American sprinter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

2023-09-03 05:37:07

50 Cassiopeiae - Wikipedia

50 Cassiopeiae is a white star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. In the past, it had been misidentified as a suspected nebula, and given the number NGC 771.[9] The star is visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +3.95.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 20.76 mas, it is located 157 light years away. It is moving closer, having a heliocentric radial velocity of −18 km/s,[4] and will approach to within 82 ly in 1.879 million years.[2] It is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A2 V.[3] It is a suspected variable star with a very small amplitude.[11] 50 Cas has an estimated 2.56 times the mass of the Sun,[3] and about 2.5 times the Sun's radius.[6] It is radiating 64 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of around 9,376 K.[3] The star was the brightest star in the occasionally used 1775 to 19th century constellation Custos Messium, typically drawn as a depiction of Charles Messier standing on top of the giraffe (Camelopardus), between Cepheus and Cassiopeia.[12]

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