title
stringlengths 15
169
| text
stringlengths 1
179k
⌀ | date
stringlengths 19
19
|
|---|---|---|
Henk Elzerman - Wikipedia |
Hendrik "Henk" Elzerman (born 18 September 1958) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 400 m and 1500 m freestyle. As a member of the Dutch Relay Team, he finished in sixth position (7:42.56) of the 4 × 200 m freestyle. Both his elder sister Josien and brother Hans were international competitive swimmers, who represented the Netherlands at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
Between 1975 and 1977 he set more than 20 national records in the 200–1500 m freestyle events.[2]
This biographical article related to a Dutch swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:56:53 |
Wang Shaoguang - Wikipedia |
Wang Shaoguang (born 1954;[2] Chinese: 王绍光; pinyin: Wáng Shàoguāng) is a Chinese political scientist. He is currently an emeritus professor at the Department of Government and Public Administration of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. A critic of Western representative democracy, his particular research interests include the history of the Cultural Revolution, sortition, the welfare state, and the comparative politics of East Asia.[3]
Born in Wuhan, Hubei, Wang worked as a high school teacher in Wuhan from 1972 to 1977. He then studied at Peking University, graduating in 1982, and moved to Cornell University in the U.S., where he received a doctorate in 1990. He taught at Yale University from 1990 to 2000 before moving to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he became a professor at the Department of Government and Public Administration.[3] In 1993, Wang co-authored the "Wang Shaoguang Proposal" with economist Hu Angang, a public policy report that argued that the taxation reforms of Deng Xiaoping had weakened the Chinese state, and advocated fiscal centralisation in response.[4]
Wang is a leading member of the Chinese New Left.[5][6]
He is a critic of Western representative democracy, which he believes has failed and degenerated into "electocracy",[7] and more generally of the focus on competitive elections as part of political reform. Wang argues that the view of democracy as primarily electoral democracy only became accepted in the postwar period, owing mainly to the work of Joseph Schumpeter and his book Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. Instead, he states, the "people should be involved in the whole process of decision-making, not only in choosing the decision-maker per se".[8]
He also distinguishes accountability from responsibility and political responsiveness, holding that genuine democracy must combine all three:[7] "democratic" governments are often accountable in that they may be removed in competitive elections, Wang posits, but they are still not responsive to popular needs and demands.[8]
| 2023-09-03 05:56:56 |
Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team - Wikipedia |
The Men's team at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the archery programme were held at the Panathinaiko Stadium.
The men's team competition was the last archery event to be held, on 21 August. The Korean team, after having been kept from winning any individual medals, won by successively larger margins as the rounds went by.
The team ranking round consisted merely of summing the scores of the team's three competitors from the individual ranking round.
The United States and the Netherlands both pulled off minor upsets in the first round of competition, the round of 16. The Korean, Italian, and Taiwanese teams sat out due to their high rankings.
Korea's margin of victory in the semifinals was somewhat larger than in the quarterfinals, though this was more due to a weaker performance by their opponent than anything else as Korea shot 8 points fewer than they had in the previous round. Chinese Taipei narrowly defeated the United States to avoid the upset.
Both teams in the bronze medal final shot their lowest score of the competition. The United States, who had outscored Ukraine in each of the previous rounds, was unable to do so in direct competition with the Ukrainians and fell to fourth place while the Ukrainians collected their first archery medal of the year.
The final turned out to be the easiest victory for the Korean team in the entire tournament, a 6-point win over Chinese Taipei.
Bronze Medal Match: Ukraine (UKR) def. United States (USA) 237-235
| 2023-09-03 05:57:00 |
Buppah Rahtree - Wikipedia | Buppah Rahtree (Thai: บุปผาราตรี also Rahtree: Flower of the Night and Buppah Rahtree: Scent of the Night Flower) is a 2003 Thai comedy-horror film written and directed by Yuthlert Sippapak. With its comic references to The Exorcist and Audition, Buppah Rahtree gained a cult following through screenings at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival[1] and the Fantasia Festival.[2] Its sequels are Buppah Rahtree Phase 2: Rahtree Returns (2005), Rahtree Reborn (Buppha Rahtree 3.1) (2009) and Rahtree Revenge (Buppha Rahtree 3.2) (2009).
Buppah Rahtree is a loner female student at a Bangkok university who becomes the object of a wager by a group of male students to see if she can be bedded. Ake, the son of a wealthy family, takes the bet and courts young Buppah. She resists him at first, but one day sees him feeding pigeons in a park and talks to him. After she expresses her desire to fly away, they go on a ride in Ake's convertible. They continue to have a relationship, which culminates in a three-day weekend at Bang Saen, during which Ake has sex with her; he stays in bed with her the whole time. Ake shows videotapes of their sex to his friends, and for his efforts wins a bottle of Johnnie Walker, which he reflects to himself seems like a trivial prize for messing up another person's life. Ake breaks off all contact with Buppah.
After her stepfather gives her a car ride, he takes her to a short-time hotel and sexually assaults her. She stabs him with a fountain pen he gaver her as a present and runs home to her apartment. Depressed, she contemplates suicide but is interrupted by a phone call from Ake, who wants to meet her. Ake tells her about the wager and apologizes. Though he plans to leave Thailand to study in England, he hopes to maintain their friendship. Buppah informs Ake she is two months' pregnant. Ake's mother tells him to convince Buppah to have an abortion. After the operation, he drives her back to her apartment, and it is obvious she is in pain. Ake leaves to get rice congee but does not return.
After unsuccessfully attempting to collect rent, Buppah's landlady breaks into the apartment, where she discovers Buppah's corpse; Buppah bled to death due to complications from the abortion. When the authorities arrive, Buppah revives, and her vengeful spirit refuses to be dislodged. Mrs. See calls upon Maew, a false shaman who hustles locals, to exorcise the spirit. When he fails, Maew convinces his teacher, Master Tong, to try. For his effort, Master Tong is left with a knife in his back. A pair of Roman Catholic priests perform an exorcism, only to end up curse at and vomited upon by the ghost. As Buppah haunts the building, residents leave in droves, ruining Mrs. See's finances.
In England, Ake grows homesick and has turned to drug use. He returns to Thailand and offers to bring Buppah rice congee. Ake catches the eye of Muay, a young woman at the congee stand. Muay seduces Ake and has him take her to an old cinema, where they have sex. When Ake returns to Buppah's apartment, he has forgotten the congee. Buppah knows that Ake has cheated on her, and for his transgression, she amputates his legs. Muay comes to the apartment to find Ake. Buppah takes possession of Muay's body and compels Muay to cut her own legs off.
Mrs. See recruits a genuine shaman from Cambodia. The shaman and his men come to the apartment just as Muay is being possessed. They put a spirit cloth over Ake and on Buppah's corpse. Through a prayer, the shaman puts Buppah's spirit back into the corpse. They plan to take Buppah to a temple to be cremated, but on the way, the spirit cloth blows off the body, which is in the back of a pickup truck. Buppah takes control of the vehicle and causes it to crash into another truck.
Muay, saddened by the turn of events, makes contact with Ake's father, who is angered and puzzled by the call. As it turns out, Ake has been dead for more than a month. Muay had sexual relations with Ake's ghost.
Buppah returns to her apartment, where she will likely stay for eternity. Ake's ghost, now legless, sits outside in the hallway and apologizes to Buppah for the rest of his ghost eternity.
A soundtrack album, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Buppah Rahtree, was released to accompany the film. It features a mix of Thai hip hop and pop music. Most of the tracks feature members of Joey Boy's rap collective Gancore Club, the heavyset duo BZ and Fukking Hero, who were also featured in the film as residents of a neighboring apartment to Rahtree's.
| 2023-09-03 05:57:05 |
Timeline of the Tri-Cities, Washington - Wikipedia |
The following is a timeline of the history of the Tri-Cities, an area of the U.S. state of Washington encompassing the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland.
| 2023-09-03 05:57:09 |
Onchogamasus - Wikipedia |
Onchogamasus is a genus of mites in the family Ologamasidae.[1][2][3]
This Ologamasidae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:57:12 |
Diceratias - Wikipedia |
Diceratias is a genus of double anglers with three recognized species as of 2012:[1]
This order Lophiiformes-related (anglerfish) article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:57:16 |
Greatest Hits Live (Yes album) - Wikipedia |
Greatest Hits Live is a bootleg live album of British progressive rock band Yes.
This article on a 2000s compilation album is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:57:19 |
Chalain-d'Uzore - Wikipedia |
Chalain-d'Uzore (French pronunciation: [ʃalɛ̃ dyzɔʁ]) is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
This Loire geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:57:24 |
National Archaeological Museum Aruba - Wikipedia | The National Archaeological Museum Aruba (Papiamento: Museo Arqueologico Nacional Aruba) is an archaeological museum in the city of Oranjestad in Aruba. The collections covers from 2500 BCE to the 19th century.[3]
In 1981, the Archaeological Museum of Aruba was opened. In 2009, the museum had moved to a new location and was reopened as the National Archaeological Museum Aruba.[2]
This Aruba-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article related to a museum in the Caribbean is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:57:29 |
Bruce Brooks - Wikipedia | Bruce Brooks (born September 23, 1950) is an American writer of young adult and children's literature.[1]
Brooks, born in Richmond, Virginia, lived most of his young life in North Carolina as a result of parental divorce. Brooks credits moving around multiple times between the two locations with making him a keen observer of social situations. Switching schools often and having to make new friends evolved his ability to tell good stories. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1980. Before earning a living as a writer, Brooks had worked as a letterpress operator and a journalist for magazines and newspapers. Brooks has reported a very diverse list of influences, like Charles Dickens, Henry James, P.G. Wodehouse and Raymond Chandler. Brooks has three sons: Alex, born 1984; Spencer, 1992; and Drake, 2006. He lives with Ginee Seo in Berkeley, California.
The Moves Make the Man was chosen best book of 1984 by School Library Journal (SLJ), ALA Notable Children's Book, notable book of the year The New York Times, and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and a Newbery Honor in 1985.[2]
Midnight Hour Encores was chosen best book of 1986 by SLJ, a best book for young adults by the ALA, Horn Book Fanfare Honor List book in 1987, teacher's choice by the National Council of Teachers of English that same year, a young adult choice by the International Reading Association in 1988, and an ALA Booklist "best of the 1980s" book for young adults.
No Kidding was cited as a Best Books for Young Adults by the ALA, ALA Booklist Young Adult Editor's Choice, a Best Book by SLJ, and a Notable Children's Trade Book in social studies.
Everywhere was a Notable Children's Book by the ALA, and a Best Book by SLJ.
| 2023-09-03 05:57:32 |
Martina Navratilova's 74-match winning streak in 1984 - Wikipedia | The list below details Martina Navratilova's Open Era record 74-match winning streak in 1984 on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tour (Women's Singles).[1][2][3]
Period: January 20 to December 6, 1984
| 2023-09-03 05:57:36 |
Paranda Tahsil - Wikipedia |
Paranda Tahsil is a tahsil (subdistrict) in Osmanabad district, Marathwada region in Maharashtra on Deccan Plateau of India. The town of Paranda is the administrative headquarters of the tahsil. There are seventy-two panchayat villages in Paranda Tahsil.[2]
In the 2001 Indian census, Paranda Tahsil had a population of 125,136, with 64,707 (51.7%) males and 60,429 (48.3%) females, for a gender ratio of 934 females per thousand males.[3]
In the 2011 census, Paranda Tahsil had 140,436 inhabitants[4] and a gender ratio of 898 females per thousand males.[5] The tahsil was 86.6% rural.[4] The literacy rate in 2011 was 72.25% overall in Paranda Tahsil, with a rate of 81.32% for males and 62.29% for females.[6] In 2011 in Paranda Tahsil, 11.8% of the population was 0 to 6 years of age.[4]
This Osmanabad district, Maharashtra, India location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:57:40 |
Fitness landscape - Wikipedia | In evolutionary biology, fitness landscapes or adaptive landscapes (types of evolutionary landscapes) are used to visualize the relationship between genotypes and reproductive success. It is assumed that every genotype has a well-defined replication rate (often referred to as fitness). This fitness is the "height" of the landscape. Genotypes which are similar are said to be "close" to each other, while those that are very different are "far" from each other. The set of all possible genotypes, their degree of similarity, and their related fitness values is then called a fitness landscape. The idea of a fitness landscape is a metaphor to help explain flawed forms in evolution by natural selection, including exploits and glitches in animals like their reactions to supernormal stimuli.
The idea of studying evolution by visualizing the distribution of fitness values as a kind of landscape was first introduced by Sewall Wright in 1932.[1]
In evolutionary optimization problems, fitness landscapes are evaluations of a fitness function for all candidate solutions (see below).
In all fitness landscapes, height represents and is a visual metaphor for fitness. There are three distinct ways of characterizing the other dimensions, though in each case distance represents and is a metaphor for degree of dissimilarity.[2]
Fitness landscapes are often conceived of as ranges of mountains. There exist local peaks (points from which all paths are downhill, i.e. to lower fitness) and valleys (regions from which many paths lead uphill). A fitness landscape with many local peaks surrounded by deep valleys is called rugged. If all genotypes have the same replication rate, on the other hand, a fitness landscape is said to be flat. An evolving population typically climbs uphill in the fitness landscape, by a series of small genetic changes, until – in the infinite time limit – a local optimum is reached.
Note that a local optimum cannot always be found even in evolutionary time: if the local optimum can be found in a reasonable amount of time then the fitness landscape is called "easy" and if the time required is exponential then the fitness landscape is called "hard".[3] Hard landscapes are characterized by the maze-like property by which an allele that was once beneficial becomes deleterious, forcing evolution to backtrack. However, the presence of the maze-like property in biophysically inspired fitness landscapes may not be sufficient to generate a hard landscape.[4]
Wright visualized a genotype space as a hypercube.[1] No continuous genotype "dimension" is defined. Instead, a network of genotypes are connected via mutational paths.
Stuart Kauffman's NK model falls into this category of fitness landscape. Newer network analysis techniques such as selection-weighted attraction graphing (SWAG) also use a dimensionless genotype space.[5]
Wright's mathematical work described fitness as a function of allele frequencies.[2] Here, each dimension describes an allele frequency at a different gene, and goes between 0 and 1.
In the third kind of fitness landscape, each dimension represents a different phenotypic trait.[2] Under the assumptions of quantitative genetics, these phenotypic dimensions can be mapped onto genotypes. See the visualizations below for examples of phenotype to fitness landscapes.
Apart from the field of evolutionary biology, the concept of a fitness landscape has also gained importance in evolutionary optimization methods such as genetic algorithms or evolution strategies. In evolutionary optimization, one tries to solve real-world problems (e.g., engineering or logistics problems) by imitating the dynamics of biological evolution. For example, a delivery truck with a number of destination addresses can take a large variety of different routes, but only very few will result in a short driving time.
In order to use many common forms of evolutionary optimization, one has to define for every possible solution s to the problem of interest (i.e., every possible route in the case of the delivery truck) how 'good' it is. This is done by introducing a scalar-valued function f(s) (scalar valued means that f(s) is a simple number, such as 0.3, while s can be a more complicated object, for example a list of destination addresses in the case of the delivery truck), which is called the fitness function.
A high f(s) implies that s is a good solution. In the case of the delivery truck, f(s) could be the number of deliveries per hour on route s. The best, or at least a very good, solution is then found in the following way: initially, a population of random solutions is created. Then, the solutions are mutated and selected for those with higher fitness, until a satisfying solution has been found.
Evolutionary optimization techniques are particularly useful in situations in which it is easy to determine the quality of a single solution, but hard to go through all possible solutions one by one (it is easy to determine the driving time for a particular route of the delivery truck, but it is almost impossible to check all possible routes once the number of destinations grows to more than a handful).
Even in cases where a fitness function is hard to define, the concept of a fitness landscape can be useful. For example, if fitness evaluation is by stochastic sampling, then sampling is from a (usually unknown) distribution at each point; nevertheless is can be useful to reason about the landscape formed by the expected fitness at each point. If fitness changes with time (dynamic optimisation) or with other species in the environment (co-evolution), it can still be useful to reason about the trajectories of the instantaneous fitness landscape. However, in some cases (for example, preference-based interactive evolutionary computation) the relevance is more limited, because there is no guarantee that human preferences are consistent with a single fitness assignment.
The concept of a scalar valued fitness function f(s) also corresponds to the concept of a potential or energy function in physics. The two concepts only differ in that physicists traditionally think in terms of minimizing the potential function, while biologists prefer the notion that fitness is being maximized. Therefore, taking the inverse of a potential function turns it into a fitness function, and vice versa.[6]
Several important caveats exist. Since the human mind struggles to think in greater than three dimensions, 3D topologies can mislead when discussing highly multi-dimensional fitness landscapes.[7][8] In particular it is not clear whether peaks in natural biological fitness landscapes are ever truly separated by fitness valleys in such multidimensional landscapes, or whether they are connected by vastly long neutral ridges.[9][10] Additionally, the fitness landscape is not static in time but dependent on the changing environment and evolution of other genes.[5] It is hence more of a seascape,[11] further affecting how separated adaptive peaks can actually be. Additionally, it is relevant to take into account that a landscape is in general not an absolute but a relative function.[12] Finally, since it is common to use function as a proxy for fitness when discussing enzymes, any promiscuous activities exist as overlapping landscapes that together will determine the ultimate fitness of the organism, implying a gap between different coexisting relative landscapes.[13]
With these limitations in mind, fitness landscapes can still be an instructive way of thinking about evolution. It is fundamentally possible to measure (even if not to visualise) some of the parameters of landscape ruggedness and of peak number, height, separation, and clustering. Simplified 3D landscapes can then be used relative to each other to visually represent the relevant features. Additionally, fitness landscapes of small subsets of evolutionary pathways may be experimentally constructed and visualized, potentially revealing features such as fitness peaks and valleys.[5] Fitness landscapes of evolutionary pathways indicate the probable evolutionary steps and endpoints among sets of individual mutations.
| 2023-09-03 05:57:48 |
McLaren GT - Wikipedia |
The McLaren GT is a grand tourer designed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer McLaren Automotive. It is the company's first dedicated grand tourer and is based on the same platform underpinning the 720S with the addition of a carbon fibre rear deck to house a glazed tailgate creating significantly greater storage capacity.[2]
The GT was first announced at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, but full details of the car were not released until May 15 of the same year.[3]
The GT features a new variation of the 3,994 cc (4.0 L; 243.7 cu in) twin-turbocharged M840T V8 engine found in the 720S.[4] Having a new dedicated codename of M840TE, the new engine has smaller turbochargers that deliver lower peak performance than its Super Series variant but greater low RPM-performance and responsiveness. The GT has a rated power output of 620 PS (456 kW; 612 hp) at 7,000 rpm, and the maximum torque is 465 lb⋅ft (630 N⋅m) at 5,500 rpm.[3]
The suspension system in the GT is also derived from the system in the 720S. The car utilises double wishbones at the front and rear axles, and a modified version of the ProActive Chassis Control II active damping system called Proactive Damping Control.[5]
The company claims that the GT has a top speed of 326.7 km/h (203 mph), it can accelerate from 0–97 km/h (0–60 mph) in 3.1 seconds, and 0–200 km/h (0–124 mph) in 9 seconds.
The McLaren GT features 150 litres of storage space at the front and 420 litres in the rear, accommodating a full-sized set of golf clubs.
Nappa leather is standard upholstery, but drivers can also choose from a softer hide made by Bridge of Weir Leather in Scotland or in the future, cashmere. The new comfort seats have increased shoulder padding and back support, with electrical adjustment and heating as standard on Pioneer and Luxe models. A 7 inch touchscreen mounted in the centre controls a revamped infotainment system and is supplemented by a 12.3 inch driver information display which changes in layout depending on whether Comfort, Sport or Track mode is selected.
| 2023-09-03 05:57:51 |
2015 Stjarnan season - Wikipedia |
The 2015 season was Stjarnan's 13th season in Úrvalsdeild and their 7th consecutive season.
Rúnar Páll Sigmundsson head coached the team for the second season running. He was assisted by Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson.
Stjarnan came into the season as league champions after winning their first league title in 2014, going unbeaten in the league.[1]
Along with Úrvalsdeild, Stjarnan competed in the Meistarakeppni KSÍ, the Lengjubikarinn, the Borgunarbikarinn and the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round for the first time in the club's history.
On 27 April Stjarnan won KR 1–0 in the Meistarakeppni KSÍ, an annual match between previous league winners and previous Icelandic cup winners.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Stjarnan took part in the 2015 Fótbolti.net Cup, a pre-season tournament for clubs outside of Reykjavík.
The team played in Group 2 along with ÍBV, Grindavík and Keflavík. Stjarnan topped the group with 6 points after wins against ÍBV and Grindavík.[24]
As winners of Group 2 Stjarnan went straight to the finals where they met Breiðablik. The game ended 2–1 for Breiðablik with Veigar Páll scoring Stjarnan's only goal.[25]
Stjarnan played in Group 3 in the Icelandic league cup, Lengjubikarinn along with ÍA, Valur, Grindavík, Keflavík, Fjarðabyggð, Haukar and Þór.[26]
After a draw against Valur and a defeat against ÍA in the first two rounds Stjarnan won their remaining five games and finished in 3rd place with 16 points. Stjarnan went through to the quarter-finals as the 3rd place team with the most points but they had already announced their withdrawal from the quarter-finals.[27]
Stjarnan played the 2014 Borgunarbikarinn winners KR in the Meistarakeppni KSÍ, an annual match contested between the champions of the previous Úrvalsdeild season and the holders of the Borgunarbikarinn on 27 April 2015.[28]
Stjarnan won the game 1–0 with Þórhallur Kári Knútsson scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute.[29]
Win
Draw
Loss
Upcoming fixture
Last updated: 26 September 2015.
Source: KSÍ
Stjarnan came into the Icelandic cup, Borgunarbikarinn, in the 32nd-finals and were drawn against Leiknir Reykjavík. Stjarnan won the game after penalties. The game had ended 1–1.[31] In the 16th-finals the team was drawn against Fylkir. Stjarnan played poorly and lost the game 3–0.[32]
Win
Draw
Loss
Upcoming fixture
Stjarnan came into the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round.
On 7 July it was confirmed that Stjarnan would play Celtic in the second qualifying round for the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League.[33]
Celtic F.C. won the first leg at home 2–0 after dominating for most of the game.[34] In the second leg Stjarnan started well and scored a goal in the 7th minute through Ólafur Karl giving them a glimmer of hope in the tie but Celtic equalised on the 33rd minute and scored three more goals in the game winning the tie 6–1.[35]
Win
Draw
Loss
Upcoming fixture
Includes all competitive matches.
Includes all competitive matches.
Numbers in parentheses are sub appearances
Includes all competitive matches.
Includes all competitive matches; Úrvalsdeild, Borgunarbikar, Lengjubikar, Meistarakeppni KSÍ and UEFA Champions League.
Last updated: 3 October 2015Source: KSÍ
| 2023-09-03 05:57:56 |
Greifensee–Storen/Wildsberg - Wikipedia | Greifensee–Storen–Wildsberg is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which are 56 located in Switzerland.[1][2]
The site is located on Greifensee lakeshore in Wildsberg, a locality of the municipality of Greifensee in the Canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Because the lake has grown in size over time, the original piles are now around 4 metres (13 ft) to 7 metres (23 ft) under the water level of 435 metres (1,427 ft). The settlement comprises 9.59 hectares (23.70 acres), and the buffer zone including the lake area comprises 11.70 hectares (28.91 acres) in all.
Settlements in Greifensee date back to 4000 BC. In 1975, the Neolithic stilt house village located on the northern lakeshore area called Böschen was discovered by recreational divers. Initially, they found ceramics, lavishly decorated pots and bowls, and simple, large food tanks. In scientific dives, the remains of a village with 24 huts have been revealed. The excellent condition of the timber relicts allows dendrochronological dating to the year 1051 BC. Weaving spindles made of clay, tools, needles and fishing hooks from bronze, charred wild apples and cereals have been conserved. Ten years after its construction, the settlement was destroyed by a fire and not rebuilt.
Characterized is the settlement Storen–Wildsberg, around 1.1 kilometres (1 mi) in the east of Böschen by a large settlement area on a very steep slope on Greifensee lakeshore. From a scientific point of view and besides the location, a particularly interesting aspect is a phase of occupation dating from the Late Horgen culture. Furthermore, a copper spiral coil and a copper dagger from the Pfyn culture bear early witness to the processing of metal in this region. The settlement is largely undisturbed and thus holds great scientific potential for future research.[3]
As well as being part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, the settlement is also listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class A object of national importance.[4] Hence, the area is provided as a historical site under federal protection, within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Act on the nature and cultural heritage (German: Bundesgesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz NHG) of 1 July 1966. Unauthorised researching and purposeful gathering of findings represent a criminal offense according to Art. 24.[5]
Path to the observation platform
Observation platform
Information board
Neolithic findings #1
Neolithic findings #2
| 2023-09-03 05:58:00 |
Ihor Zhabchenko - Wikipedia |
Ihor Zhabchenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Валентинович Жабченко; born 1 July 1968) is a Ukrainian former professional football player and current manager of Nyva Buzova.
He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Dynamo Bila Tserkva.[1] He played 7 games in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup for FC Rotor Volgograd.
Since 2013 till 2016, he was a manager of Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk.
This biographical article related to a Ukrainian association football defender born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This biographical article related to a Ukrainian association football midfielder born in the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:58:03 |
Maria Carla Alvarez - Wikipedia |
Maria Carla Alvarez (born 17 September 1984) is an Argentine former professional racing cyclist. In 2009 and 2016, she was the winner of the Argentine National Road Race Championships.[1]
This biographical article relating to Argentine cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:58:07 |
Liliana Corbu - Wikipedia | Liliana Corbu (born (1975-05-17)17 May 1975) is a retired Romanian female volleyball player.
She was part of the Romania women's national volleyball team.
She participated in the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[1] On club level she played with Dacia Pitesti.
This biographical article relating to volleyball in Romania is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:58:11 |
Ketugram II - Wikipedia | Ketugram II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Gangatikuri, a gram panchayat in Ketugram II CD Block, is located at WikiMiniAtlas23°42′41″N 88°05′55″E / 23.7115°N 88.0985°E / 23.7115; 88.0985.
Ketugram II CD Block is part of the Kanksa Ketugram plain and the Bhagirathi basin. The Ajay forms the southern boundary of the CD Block before joining the Bhagirathi. The soil is alluvial of recent origin.[1]
Ketugram II CD Block is bounded by Bharatpur II CD Block, in Murshidabad district, on the north, Kaliganj CD Block, in Nadia district across the Bhagirathi, on the east, Katwa I and Mangolkote CD Blocks on the south and Ketugram I CD Block on the west.[2]
Ketugram II CD Block has an area of 160.03 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 7 gram panchayats, 90 gram sansads (village councils), 56 mouzas and 55 inhabited villages. Ketugram police station serves this block.[3] Headquarters of this CD Block is at Gangatikuri.[4]
Gram panchayats of Ketugram II block/panchayat samiti are: Billeswar, Gangatikuri, Ketugram, Mougram, Nabagram, Nirole and Sitahati.[5]
As per the 2011 Census of India Ketugram II CD Block had a total population of 118,567, all of which were rural. There were 61,413 (52%) males and 57,154 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 13,443. Scheduled Castes numbered 43,442 (36.64%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 692 (0.58%).[6]
As per 2001 census, Ketugram II block had a total population of 107,011, out of which 55,278 were males and 51,733 were females. Ketugram II block registered a population growth of 12.82 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Bardhaman district was 14.36 per cent.[7] Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.[8] Scheduled castes at 39,197 formed around one-third the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 872.[9]
Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Ketugram II CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Ketugram (9,990), Nirol (7,031), Srirampur (4,043), Gangatikuri (4,053), Baharan (4,562), Keuguri (4,682), Maugram (6,927) and Char Sujapur (4,696).[6]
Other villages in Ketugram II CD Block included (2011 census figures in brackets): Uddharanpur (3,437), Sitahati (1,262), Nabagram (1,683), Billeswar (3,625) and Jhamatpur (1,543).[6]
As per the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Ketugram II CD Block was 69,335 (65.96% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 39,072 (71.65% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 30,263 (59.82% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 11.83%.[6]
As per the 2001 census, Ketugram II block had a total literacy of 61.06 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 68.75 per cent female literacy was 52.88 per cent. Bardhaman district had a total literacy of 70.18 per cent, male literacy being 78.63 per cent and female literacy being 60.95 per cent.[10]
See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate
Primary Census Abstract Data
In the 2011 census, Hindus numbered 94,555 and formed 79.75% of the population in Ketugram II CD Block. Muslims numbered 23,895 and formed 20.15% of the population. Christians numbered 38 and formed 0.03% of the population. Others numbered 79 and formed 0.07% of the population.[11]
In Bardhaman district, the percentage of Hindu population has been declining from 84.3% in 1961 to 77.9% in 2011 and the percentage of Muslim population has increased from 15.2% in 1961 to 20.7% in 2011.[12]
Bengali is the predominant language, spoken by 99.85% of the population.[13]
As per poverty estimates obtained from household survey for families living below poverty line in 2005, rural poverty in Ketugram II CD Block was 36.07%.[14]
In Ketugram II CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 26.46%, agricultural labourers 44.05%, household industry workers 6.27% and other workers 23.21%.[3]
In Ketugram II CD Block, cultivators or agricultural labourers formed a large portion of the workforce, comparatively less workers were engaged in the secondary and tertiary sectors. In the decade 1991-2001 cultivators decreased and the secondary and tertiary sectors increased.[15]
There are 55 inhabited villages in Ketugram II CD block. All 55 villages (100%) have power supply. All 55 villages (100%) have drinking water supply. 18 villages (32.73%) have post offices. 49 villages (89.09%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 36 villages (65.45%) have a pucca (paved) approach road and 34 villages (61.82%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 6 villages (10.91%) have agricultural credit societies. 6 villages (10.91%) have banks.[16]
In 2013-14, there were 53 fertiliser depots and 37 fair price shops in the CD Block.[3]
Persons engaged in agriculturein Ketugram II CD Block
Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of bargadars to a higher share of crops from the land that they tilled, it was not implemented fully. Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords. From 1977 onwards major land reforms took place in West Bengal. Land in excess of land ceiling was acquired and distributed amongst the peasants.[17] Following land reforms land ownership pattern has undergone transformation. In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Ketugram II CD Block could be classified as follows: bargadars 5.60%, patta (document) holders 9.64%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 7.31%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 24.40% and agricultural labourers 53.06%.[3]
In 2003-04 net cropped area in Ketugram II CD Block was 11,502 hectares and the area in which more than one crop was grown was 8,790 hectares.[18]
In 2013-14, Ketugram II CD Block produced 25,318 tonnes of Aman paddy, the main winter crop from 8,431 hectares, 31,645 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 7,696 hectares, 394 tonnes of wheat from 145 hectare, 4,383 tonnes of jute from 202 hectares, 5,465 tonnes of potatoes from 301 hectares and 72,111 tonnes of sugar cane from 1,178 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.[3]
In Bardhaman district as a whole Aman paddy constituted 64.32% of the total area under paddy cultivation, while the area under Boro and Aus paddy constituted 32.87% and 2.81% respectively. The expansion of Boro paddy cultivation, with higher yield rates, was the result of expansion of irrigation system and intensive cropping.[19] In 2013-14, the total area irrigated in Ketugram II CD Block was 1,437.31 hectares, out of which 1,141.14 hectares were irrigated by river lift irrigation and 296.17 hectares by deep tube wells.[3]
In 2013-14, Ketugram II CD Block had offices of 5 commercial banks and 1 gramin bank.[3]
The Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa loop passes through this block and there are stations at Shiblun and Gangatikuri.[20]
Ketugram II CD Block has 5 ferry services and 3 originating/ terminating bus routes.[3]
SH 6, running from Rajnagar (in Birbhum district) to Alampur (in Howrah district) passes through this CD Block.[21]
In 2013-14, Ketugram II CD Block had 83 primary schools with 5,302 students, 2 middle schools with 310 students, 11 high school with 6,427 students and 5 higher secondary schools with 3,950 students. Ketugram II CD Block had 201 institutions for special and non-formal education with 9,956 students[3]
As per the 2011 census, in Ketugram II CD block, amongst the 55 inhabited villages, all villages had schools, 35 villages had two or more primary schools, 20 villages had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 12 villages had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school.[22]
More than 6,000 schools (in erstwhile Bardhaman district) serve cooked midday meal to more than 900,000 students.[23]
In 2014, Ketugram II CD Block had 1 block primary health centre and 2 primary health centres with total 25 beds and 3 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 18 family welfare subcentres. 1,098 patients were treated indoor and 142,364 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.[3]
Ketugram block primary health centre at Ketugram (with 15 beds) is the main medical facility in Ketugram II CD block. There are primary health centres at Sibloon (with 10 beds) and Sitahati (with 4 beds).[24]
Ketugram II CD Block is one of the areas of Bardhaman district which is affected by a low level of arsenic contamination of ground water.[25]
| 2023-09-03 05:58:16 |
Samoan United Independents Political Party - Wikipedia | The Samoan United Independents Political Party (SUIPP) was a political party in Samoa. The party was formed in the wake of the 2001 election, when 12 independent MPs grouped together. The party later combined with the Samoan National Development Party to form the Samoan Democratic United Party.[1]
The party was led by Asiata Sale'imoa Va'ai.[2]
This article about a Samoan political party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:58:19 |
Bernardica Juretić - Wikipedia |
Bernardica Juretić (born 18 August 1963) is a former Croatian Catholic nun and psychologist who served as the Minister of Social Policy and Youth in the Cabinet of Tihomir Orešković from 22 January 2016 until its dissolution and appointment of the new government in September 2016.[2]
Bernardica Juretić was born on 18 August 1963 in small village of Srijane near Omiš. She finished "23 Maj" elementary school in her hometown in 1978, after which she enrolled in Dubrovnik Nursing high school from which she graduated in 1982. In 1984, at the age of 21, she became a nun by joining the Italian Ancelle Della Carita' order. She eventually left order in 1990 at the age of 27 due to many other obligations that she had around taking care of drug addicts.[3] Juretić continued her education at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome from which she graduated in 1988 in psychology with thesis The purpose of human suffering in the wake of [Viktor] Frankl's logotherapy. She gained her masters degree in 1990 with thesis AIDS patients from a psychological point of view at the same University. She enrolled in a doctoral studies in 1995.[4][5]
Bernardica Juretić worked as a nurse in Caritas Elderly People's Home in Freyung, Germany (1984–1986). In 1990 she founded Zajednica susret, first non-governmental humanitarian organization for the prevention of drug abuse and treatment of drug addicts in the former SFR Yugoslavia.[6] From 1992 until 1996, Juretić opened three therapeutic communities in Paučje, Ivanovac, and Čiovo, as well as three advisory centers. In 1991, Juretić was appointed as a member of the National Committee for the fight against drug addiction of the Croatian Government. In 1994, she became National Coordinator of NGOs in the field of prevention and treatment of drug addictions. In 2000, Juretić opened therapeutic community for the treatment of drug addicts in Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 2001 until 2003, Juretić served as a Head of the Therapeutic Center Čiovo that she founded. In 2002, she became President of the Expert Council of the Croatian Government for combating narcotic drug abuse, and in 2003 Head of the Office of the Croatian Government for combating drug abuse. She served on this position until 2008. In 2004, she became lecturer in the Department of Occupational Therapy of the School of Health Studies. From 2008 until 2011, Juretić served as assistant director and Head of the Human Resources Management of Institut IGH. In 2012, she was named external member of the Board of Health and Social Affairs of the Croatian Parliament, and director of "Zajednica susret". On 22 January 2016, Juretić become Minister of Social Policy and Youth.[7][8]
When confronted with allegations of the conflict of interest in June 2016, after it surfaced that she had allotted a significant portion of state budget funds to NGO "Susret", an organisation which she personally founded and operated prior to her appointment as minister in Orešković's cabinet, Juretić infamously retorted to gathered press reporters "Let them drop dead", apparently alluding at her critics and whistle-blowers.[9]
Juretić married Croatian entrepreneur Vlado Rožman in April 2016.[10][11] Couple doesn't have children. Juretić stated that she once thought about adopting a child, but that she eventually gave up because she believes that "every child needs mother and father, even if they eventually get divorced".[12]
Juretić is a devoted Roman Catholic. Day before becoming a minister, Juretić wrote post on Facebook in which she thanked her friends for their congratulations, and urged those who are believers to pray for her and the whole Government for the Holy Spirit to enlighten them so they could work only for the glory of God.[13] On 5 February 2016, Juretić gave an interview for RTL Televizija in which she stated, among other, that "only the power of God and His help can get us out [of these problems]. Of course, with our effort, but surely we cannot do that alone." She refuses to talk about abortion, artificial insemination and the Life Partnership Act for same-sex couples because she considers those questions to be ideological.[14]
She speaks Croatian, German, Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese fluently.[citation needed]
| 2023-09-03 05:58:24 |
126th meridian west - Wikipedia | Download coordinates as:
The meridian 126° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 126th meridian west forms a great circle with the 54th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 126th meridian west passes through:
| 2023-09-03 05:58:27 |
Merle Ginsberg - Wikipedia | Merle Ginsberg is a fashion editor, blogger and television personality. She served as a judge on the first and second seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race (2009/2010) and also appeared on Bravo's Launch My Line (2009) as a contestant, finishing as the runner-up.[1][2]
Furthermore, Ginsberg is known for co-writing Paris Hilton's New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose, which was published in May 2004.[3]
| 2023-09-03 05:58:31 |
Namorona River - Wikipedia | Namorona is a river in Vatovavy, eastern Madagascar. It flows down from the central highlands, runs along the Ranomafana National Park, forms the Andriamamovoka Falls, to flow into the Indian Ocean. It empties near Namorona.
Media related to Namorona River at Wikimedia Commons
This article related to a river in Madagascar is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:58:35 |
David Jenkins (British Army officer) - Wikipedia |
Major-General David John Malcolm Jenkins CB CBE (born 2 January 1945) is a retired British Army officer and a former Master-General of the Ordnance.
Jenkins was commissioned into the Queen's Own Hussars in 1965.[2]
In 1994, he became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.[3] Then in 1996 he was appointed Director-General for Land Systems[4] and in 1998 he became an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance.[5] He retired in 2000.[6]
He was appointed colonel of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1997[7] He was then briefly Colonel Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps[8] in 1999, before becoming Colonel of the Queen's Royal Hussars later in the year.[9]
In retirement, he became Under-Treasurer at Gray's Inn.[10]
| 2023-09-03 05:58:38 |
Paper Monkeys - Wikipedia |
Paper Monkeys is the thirteenth studio album by English psychedelic rock band Ozric Tentacles, released on 10 October 2011 by Snapper Music.
All tracks are written by Ed Wynne[1]
This 2010s rock album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:58:42 |
Museo Canario - Wikipedia | El Museo Canario (English: the Canarian Museum) is an archeological museum in Las Palmas, the capital city of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. It is dedicated to the pre-colonial history of the Canary Islands.
The museum was founded after a group of intellectuals led by Dr Gregorio Chil y Naranjo and Agustín Millares Torres met in 1879 to set up a historical society. In 1880 they opened a small museum and library on the second floor of Las Palmas City Hall with the aim of promoting the study of Canarian history. There were no higher educational institutions in Gran Canaria at the time, and the museum became the main driving force behind historical research on the island. Archaeologists from the museum organised field trips into the island interior to gather artefacts from ancient settlements of the Guanches, the original indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands prior to European settlement.[1]
Scholarly interest in anthropology had been fuelled in the late 19th century by the discovery of Cro-Magnon man in France in 1868, and the first Canarian archaeologists founded the museum as part of their programme to promote the mistaken idea that there was a link between the European paleolithic populations and the ancient Canarian Guanches (it is now known that Guanches were North African in origin). A number of the museum's founders had close scientific links with some of the leading French archaeologists of the day, including René Verneau, Paul Broca, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau and Ernest Hamy.[2]
Dr Chil died in 1901, and after the death of his widow in 1913, their home in the Vegueta district of Las Palmas was bequeathed to the museum society. The museum collection relocated there in 1923, but its opening was delayed until 1930 by the economic crisis that followed World War I. The museum continues to operate today in the former Chil residence.[2]
The museum's archaeological collection mainly consists of prehistoric remains and historic artefacts originating from the early human populations on Gran Canaria, as well as artefacts originating from other islands in the Canarian Archipelago. Items on display include ceramic vessels, religious idols, pintaderas, tooled implements made of bone or wood, animal skins and other remains.[3]
As the largest archaeological collection in the Canary Islands, El Museo Canario is an important resource in the study of prehispanic society in the archipelago. It has been described by El Mundo newspaper as "one of the best archaeological museums in Spain".[4]
The museum today is a popular tourist attraction in Las Palmas, and its displays include Canarian ceramics, mummies and a reproduction of the Painted Cave, Galdar.[5]
| 2023-09-03 05:58:46 |
documenta 14 - Wikipedia |
documenta 14 was the fourteenth edition of the art exhibition documenta and took place in 2017 in both Kassel, Germany, its traditional home, and Athens, Greece. It was held first in Athens from 8 April to 16 July,[1] and in Kassel from 10 June to 17 September 2017. As part of the concept of the artistic director Adam Szymczyk, the exhibition proceeded in both countries with most featured artists working at both locations.[2]
The documenta is a series of contemporary art exhibitions. It takes place every five years (originally every four years) and lasts 100 days each; It is therefore also referred to as a museum of 100 days. The first documenta was organized in 1955 and went back to the initiative of Arnold Bode. The location of the Documenta is normally Kassel.
| 2023-09-03 05:58:52 |
380s BC - Wikipedia | This article concerns the period 389 BC – 380 BC.
389 BC
386 BC
385 BC
384 BC
383 BC
Aristotle
382 BC
380 BC
388 BC
387 BC
386 BC
385 BC
382 BC
381 BC
380 BC
| 2023-09-03 05:58:56 |
Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School - Wikipedia |
Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School is a high school in Jekegram, Thane, India, close to the city of Mumbai. The school was founded in 1968 by Gopalkrishna Singhania and named after his wife. The school started operating in 1969 and has expanded from 400 students then to more than 6500 now,[when?] under principals Dr S.R.N. Rao, Dr M.D. Jani, Dr Vijayam Ravi and Mrs Revathi Srinivasan.[when?][1]
Awarded the prestigious INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AWARD by British Council for 5 times in a row.
In 2020, The school was ranked as the best Co-educational day school in Maharashtra and 5th in India by Education World.
[2][3][4]
This article about a school in Maharashtra, India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:58:59 |
Richard Franks - Wikipedia |
Richard Franks (11 April 1870 – 3 July 1938) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Beckington in Somerset. His Father was James Franks[a] and mother Esther Dainton.[b] In 1922 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Country Party member for Darwin. He retired in 1925. Franks died in Elliott in 1938.[1]
This article about a National Party of Australia politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:59:02 |
Justin Anderson (basketball) - Wikipedia |
Justin Lamar Anderson (born November 19, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers before being selected with the 21st overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks.[1][2]
Anderson attended Montrose Christian School where he averaged 17.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.6 blocks per game as a senior and won several awards, among them, the Gatorade Maryland Boys Basketball Player of the Year. He was a Top 100 Recruit by ESPN and Rivals.com.[3]
Sources:
Anderson originally verbally committed to Maryland, but later changed his commitment following Gary Williams’ retirement.[4] On November 12, 2011, Anderson signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Virginia.[5]
Anderson primarily played off the bench his first two seasons at Virginia. His play during his sophomore year garnered him Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Sixth Man of the Year honors.
Following the graduation of Joe Harris, Anderson was inserted into the starting lineup. A fractured finger against Louisville and an appendectomy forced Anderson to miss the last eight games of the regular season, but he returned in time for Virginia's first game of the ACC tournament. After putting up career-high numbers in scoring and other offensive categories, Anderson was named second-team All-ACC and third-team All-American by the NABC. On April 13, 2015, Anderson declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his senior year.[6]
On June 25, 2015, Anderson was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the 21st overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft.[1][2] He joined the Mavericks for the 2015 NBA Summer League, where he averaged 17.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.2 steals in six games. On August 1, 2015, he signed a 2-year, $3 million rookie scale contract with the Mavericks.[7] He made his debut for the Mavericks in their season opener on October 28, 2015, recording two points and one rebound in a 111–95 win over the Phoenix Suns.[8] On November 10, 2015, he scored a then season-high 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting in a 120–105 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.[9] On February 5, 2016, he set a new season high with 13 points in a 116–90 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.[10] On April 8, 2016, he recorded his first career double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds (both career highs) in a 103–93 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.[11] During his rookie season, he received multiple assignments to the Texas Legends, the Mavericks' D-League affiliate.[12]
In July 2016, Anderson re-joined the Mavericks for the 2016 NBA Summer League, where he averaged 16.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.6 assists in five games. On November 9, 2016, he had a season-best game with 16 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in a 116–95 loss to the Golden State Warriors.[13] On January 22, 2017, he scored a season-high 19 points in a 122–73 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.[14]
On February 23, 2017, Anderson was traded, along with Andrew Bogut and a protected first-round pick, to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Nerlens Noel.[15] On March 3, 2017, he made the go-ahead basket with 24.3 seconds left and matched his career high with 19 points in the 76ers' 105–102 victory over the New York Knicks.[16] Three days later, he had another 19-point effort in a 112–98 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.[17] On March 17, 2017, he had his fifth career 19-point game (fourth time in 2016–17) in a 116–74 win over his former team, the Dallas Mavericks.[18] In the 76ers' season finale on April 12, 2017, Anderson had a 26-point effort in a 114–113 loss to the Knicks.[19]
In a win over the Milwaukee Bucks on April 11, 2018, Anderson scored a season-high 25 points and had six rebounds.[20]
On July 25, 2018, Anderson was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team deal involving the 76ers and the Oklahoma City Thunder.[21] On March 31, 2019, he set season highs with 24 points and 12 rebounds in a 136–135 overtime win over the Milwaukee Bucks.[22] On June 29, 2019, the Hawks declined Anderson's contract extension, making him an unrestricted free agent.[23]
On September 26, 2019, Anderson signed with the Washington Wizards for training camp.[24] On October 16, 2019, Anderson was waived by the Wizards after appearing in the team's four preseason games.[25] On November 25, 2019, the Raptors 905 announced that they had claimed Anderson off waivers.[26]
On January 6, 2020, Anderson signed a ten-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets.[27] On January 15, he was released by the Nets.[28]
Anderson rejoined the Raptors 905 after the expiration of his 10-day contract with the Nets.
On January 21, 2020, the Raptors 905 traded Anderson to the Long Island Nets in exchange for Henry Ellenson.[29]
On July 18, 2020, the Nets announced that they had signed Anderson for the remainder of the 2019–20 NBA season.[30]
On December 3, Anderson signed a partially guaranteed 2-year, $4 million contract to return to the Philadelphia 76ers.[31][32] He was waived at the conclusion of training camp.
On September 23, 2021, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants acquired the rights to Anderson in a trade with the Long Island Nets.[33]
On October 15, Anderson signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Indiana Pacers. He was waived the next day and subsequently joined the Mad Ants.[34] In 11 games, he averaged 14.3 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.0 steals in 33.8 minutes per contest.[35]
On December 21, 2021, Anderson signed a 10-day contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[35]
On January 1, 2022, Anderson signed a 10-day contract with the Indiana Pacers[36] and on January 11, Anderson was reacquired by the Fort Wayne Mad Ants after his 10-day contract expired.[37]
On March 17, 2022, Anderson signed a second 10-day contract with the Pacers[38] and on March 28, he signed another one.[39]
On October 24, 2022, Anderson rejoined the Fort Wayne Mad Ants roster for training camp.[40]
Anderson is the son of Kim and Edward Anderson II. He has an older sister, Eurisha, and an older brother, Edward III, who played basketball for the University of Mary Washington.[3]
Anderson is a member of the "Starting Five", along with Malcolm Brogdon, Joe Harris, Anthony Tolliver, and Garrett Temple. Their goal was to raise $225,000 through Hoops2O, founded by Brogdon, to fund five wells in East Africa by the end of the 2018–19 season.[41] Anderson traveled with Brogdon and Harris to Tanzania to witness the opening of the first well they funded in July 2019, and by November Hoops2O had raised nearly $400,000.[42][43] By February 2020, the charity had funded the construction of ten wells in Tanzania and Kenya, bringing water to over 52,000 citizens.[44]
| 2023-09-03 05:59:06 |
Alfonso Vallicella - Wikipedia | Alfonso Vallicella (born 6 September 1956) is a former Italian male mountain runner, seven times world champion (three at individual level and four with the national team), at the World Mountain Running Championships.[2]
| 2023-09-03 05:59:09 |
Azharuddin Mallick - Wikipedia |
Azharuddin Mallick (born 11 July 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for I-League club Delhi.
Azharuddin made his debut for United S.C. as a young striker. He played for their under 19 team and showed his talent when United Sports Club's under 19 team defeated Pune F.C. under 19 team to reach IFA shield final.[1]
He made his debut for Mohun Bagan A.C. during Calcutta Football League 2015 (also known as KFL or Kolkata Football League). He got his first goal wearing Mohun Bagan's jersey against Kalighat M.S.[2]
On 8 February 2021, Mallick was roped in by Mohammedan along with Nigerian striker John Chidi.[3][4] On 14 January 2021, he made his debut for the club, against Indian Arrows in a 1–0 loss, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute.[5][6]
He scored his first goal for the club, on 10 March 2021, against RoundGlass Punjab, in a thrilling 3–3 draw.[7][8]
Mohun Bagan
Mohammedan Sporting
| 2023-09-03 05:59:13 |
Artipic - Wikipedia | Artipic is a graphics editor developed for Microsoft Windows and macOS.
Artipic features drawing, editing, retouching, transforming and composing images including color corrections, effects and layer-based operations. It converts all common image formats and imports camera raw formats.
In the global image editing ecosystem Artipic can be positioned somewhere in the middle. It differs from simple free photo editors by more advanced capabilities, however it does not cover the complete professional-level functionality pack provided by industry leaders like Adobe Photoshop.
Artipic developed by Swedish company Artipic AB. Artipic 1.0 was released in March 2014 as a free version. The first commercial version on Microsoft Windows was released in November 2014, on macOS – in October 2015.
on June 11, 2014
on September 10, 2015
OS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra
OS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra
OS X El Capitan, macOS Sierra
[1]
[2]
[3]
| 2023-09-03 05:59:17 |
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - Wikipedia |
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis[a] is a 1999 survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom originally for the PlayStation. It is the third game in the Resident Evil series and takes place almost concurrently with the events of Resident Evil 2. The player must control former elite agent Jill Valentine as she escapes from a city that has been infected by a virus. The game uses the same engine as its predecessors and features 3D models over pre-rendered backgrounds with fixed camera angles. Choices through the game affect how the story unfolds and which ending is achieved.
Resident Evil 3 was developed concurrently with Resident Evil – Code: Veronica and was conceived as a spin-off featuring a different protagonist. It was designed to have a more action-oriented gameplay than its predecessors and features a larger number of enemies for the player to defeat. It also introduces Nemesis, a creature that periodically pursues the player throughout the game and that was inspired by the T-1000 Terminator from the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Resident Evil 3 received positive reviews and sold more than three million copies worldwide. Critics praised the detailed graphics and Nemesis as an intimidating villain, but some criticized its short length. Shortly after its release on the PlayStation, Resident Evil 3 was ported to Windows, Dreamcast, and GameCube with varying degrees of critical success. In particular, the GameCube version was criticized for its relatively high retail price and outdated graphics. A remake, entitled Resident Evil 3, was released in 2020.
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a survival horror game where the player controls the protagonist, Jill Valentine, from a third-person perspective to interact with the environment and enemies. The player takes control of another character for a brief portion of the game.[4] To advance, the player explores a city while avoiding, outsmarting and defeating enemies. The player can interact with the environment in several ways, such as opening doors, pushing objects or climbing obstacles. Scattered throughout the city are weapons, ammunition and other items, which can be collected and put in the player's inventory. Items can be examined, used, or combined with others.[4] The inventory is limited to a certain number of slots, and the player must often move items from the inventory to a storage box located in special rooms to manage space.[4]
The player can use a variety of firearms to defeat enemies, ranging from pistols to a rocket launcher. Aside from enemies, parts of the environment, such as explosive barrels, can be shot at, causing them to explode and damage nearby enemies. The game also introduces the ability for players to dodge attacks or perform a quick 180-degree turn to evade enemies.[5] The player has a certain amount of health which decreases when attacked by enemies. Health is regained with first aid sprays, as well as herbs, which can be used separately or mixed together to increase their healing effect. The game also features an ammunition creation system that allows players to create new ammunition from different varieties of gunpowder.[4] In addition to engaging in combat, the player must often solve puzzles that focus on logical and conceptual challenges.[5]
During certain situations, the player will be put in a perilous situation, where they will be prompted to choose between two possible actions or suffer a certain penalty, if not instant death. These choices affect how the story unfolds and which ending is achieved.[4] Additionally, a creature called Nemesis is encountered multiple times throughout the game as a recurring boss. Nemesis is considerably more powerful than the player and has the ability to use a rocket launcher as a weapon, dodge incoming fire, and pursue the player from one area to the next. During one of these encounters, the player can choose to either fight Nemesis or run until he is evaded.[5] A variety of encounters are possible, with some being mandatory, and some varying in nature and location based on certain choices made by the player. Even if evaded or defeated during one of these encounters, Nemesis will inevitably continue to pursue the player until the end of the game.[4]
Once the player completes the game, a mode called The Mercenaries - Operation: Mad Jackal is unlocked.[4] In this mode, the player must control mercenaries that Jill encounters during the main game and run from one side of the city to the other within a limited amount of time and resources. However, the starting time limit given is insufficient to actually perform this task directly, and the player must continuously receive time extensions by performing certain actions such as defeating enemies, rescuing civilians and exploring hidden areas. Depending on the rank received and difficulty chosen, completing the main game may unlock alternate costumes for Jill and epilogue files that detail the activities of different characters following the events of the game.[4] The Mercenaries mode and alternate costumes for Jill do not need to be unlocked in the Windows and Dreamcast versions of the game.[6][7]
On September 28, 1998, 24 hours prior to the events of Resident Evil 2, former Special Tactics And Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) member Jill Valentine attempts to escape from Raccoon City. Most of the population has been transformed into zombies by an outbreak of the T-virus, a new type of biological weapon secretly developed by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella. On her way to the Raccoon City Police Department, Jill runs into fellow team member Brad Vickers, who is later killed by a new enemy. This creature, Nemesis-T Type, is a bio-organic weapon programmed to target the remaining surviving S.T.A.R.S. members, who had knowledge of Umbrella's experiments. As she evades Nemesis, Jill encounters three surviving members of the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service (U.B.C.S.): Carlos Oliveira, Mikhail Victor, and Nikolai Zinoviev. Nikolai explains to Jill and Carlos that a rescue helicopter can be contacted if they manage to reach the city's Clock Tower to ring the bell.
As they make their way to the clock tower, Nikolai was presumed dead, but Nemesis corners the remaining members of the group onto the cable car as they headed to the tower. as Mikhail would sacrifice himself with a grenade, causing the car to crash into the tower's central courtyard and separating Jill and Carlos briefly. At the Clock Tower, Jill summons the helicopter by ringing the Clock Tower's bell before being confronted by Nemesis, which destroys the helicopter and infects Jill with the T-virus. Jill manages to temporarily defeat Nemesis but she would fall unconscious due to the T-virus infection given by Nemesis. as Carlos finds Jill and takes her to safety within the Clock Tower. Three days later, he finds a vaccine for Jill's T-virus infection in a nearby hospital. He then returns and administers it to Jill, saving her.
After she regains consciousness, Jill proceeds towards the Raccoon Park and enters the park caretaker's cabin. There, she runs into Nikolai, who reveals that he is a "supervisor" sent into Raccoon City to gather combat data on Umbrella's bioweapons. Nikolai retreats, and Jill later is confronted by Gravedigger which is a massive worm-like creature. as Jill defeats the monster and escapes to an abandoned factory at the rear of the park. Inside the factory, Jill meets up with Carlos, who tells her that the U.S. government is planning to launch a nuclear missile into Raccoon City to eradicate the T-virus infestation. After confronting Nemesis and grabbing a keycard needed to escape, Jill learns from the factory's control tower that the missile attack on Raccoon City has begun, with only a short time left before the city is destroyed.
Depending on the path taken by the player, Jill's final encounter with Nikolai will differ. In one version of the events, Nikolai will attempt to start a gunfight with Jill, only to be taken by surprise by Nemesis and killed. In another event, Nikolai will hijack Jill's intended escape chopper, and the player must either reason with Nikolai or destroy the helicopter. If Jill negotiates with Nikolai, he reveals that he has killed the other supervisors and boasts about collecting the bounty placed on Jill by Umbrella before escaping. Regardless of Nikolai's fate, Jill makes her way to the rear yard and confronts Nemesis one last time. After an intense battle, Jill defeats Nemesis with the help of a large prototype railgun before meeting up with Carlos and escaping the city via a helicopter. If the previous escape chopper was stolen by Nikolai, Jill, and Carlos will instead meet up with S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team's weapons specialist Barry Burton, who helps them escape in his helicopter. The nuclear missile vaporizes Raccoon City, and Jill swears revenge on Umbrella. A newscast then briefly details the destruction and offers condolences for the lost lives.
Resident Evil 3 was developed by Capcom and produced by Shinji Mikami, who had directed the original Resident Evil and produced Resident Evil 2.[8] After Resident Evil 2 was released, Capcom was working on multiple Resident Evil projects, with Hideki Kamiya directing what was planned to be the next main installment.[9] This game would take place on a cruise ship and would involve HUNK attempting to bring back a sample of the G-Virus.[9] However, Capcom cancelled the project after Sony announced the PlayStation 2, claiming that its development would not be completed before the PlayStation 2's launch.[9] Because Capcom did not want fans to wait years for a new Resident Evil on PlayStation, it promoted one of its side projects as the third main game while Kamiya's team moved onto Resident Evil 4.[9]
The selected project was a spin-off developed by an inexperienced team led by director Kazuhiro Aoyama.[9] It was intended to introduce a new character who would escape from an infected Raccoon City. However, after the promotion, Capcom made Resident Evil protagonist Jill Valentine the main character and decided that Raccoon City would be destroyed.[9] Unlike the majority of the early scripts in the series, the story was not created by Capcom's Flagship studio but by internal Capcom writer Yasuhisa Kawamura, who had little experience with Resident Evil.[10][11] Kawamura played the original game to familiarize himself with its fictional universe.[11] The story was proofread and sanctioned by Flagship to avoid continuity errors with other games, an issue that was also given attention in monthly meetings between all directors and producers.[10]
Resident Evil 3 uses the same game engine as its predecessors.[12] The environments consist of 2D pre-rendered backgrounds while moving objects, such as enemies and some interactive elements, consist of 3D polygon graphics.[13] The developers chose this technique because having full 3D graphics would not allow them to create graphically rich and detailed environments.[10] According to project supervisor Yoshiki Okamoto, "the number of polygons allocated for the enemies would not be sufficient. We did not want to have blocky, pixelated zombies."[10] Interaction with the environment was improved so that the player could shoot objects such as explosive barrels to damage enemies.[13] The developers also added more zombie varieties, which can take the form of policemen, doctors, and ordinary citizens, among others.[10]
Unlike previous Resident Evil games, which normally take place inside buildings, Resident Evil 3 takes place largely in the streets of Raccoon City. This allowed the developers to create more varied environments.[14] Capcom introduced more action mechanics, which resulted in the addition of the 180-degree turn and a dodge feature to avoid attacks.[12] Additionally, the developers designed the game so that up to nine enemies can appear at the same time, and improved their artificial intelligence to hunt the player up and down stairs.[12][15] The Nemesis creature was inspired by the liquid-metal T-1000 from the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.[12] According to Mikami, "I wanted to introduce a new kind of fear into the game, a persistent feeling of paranoia. The Nemesis brings that on in spades. When it disappears after the first confrontation, you live in constant dread of the next attack. The idea is to make you feel like you're being stalked."[16]
The game was developed concurrently with the Dreamcast version of Resident Evil – Code: Veronica. It was originally referred to as Biohazard 1.9 or Biohazard 1.5 because it takes place between the first two Resident Evil games.[10][11][17] Although Code: Veronica is set after Resident Evil 2, Capcom wanted Nemesis to be the third numbered game to keep the PlayStation games consistent.[10] Development began with a team of 20 people, but the size gradually increased to between 40 and 50 staff members.[18][19] Unlike Resident Evil 2, which features two discs with two different protagonists, Resident Evil 3 is a single-CD game that centers on Jill Valentine.[10] Capcom chose her as the only protagonist because she was "the only suitable character remaining", noting that Claire Redfield and Chris Redfield had already been chosen for Code: Veronica.[12]
Resident Evil 3 was featured at the Tokyo Game Show in March 1999.[20] A playable version was available at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 1999. At the time, the dodging feature had not been completed and was absent from the demo.[21] To promote the game, Capcom included a brief demo of Resident Evil 3 in the US shipments of their earlier game, Dino Crisis, which had a successful launch in Japan.[22] Prior to the release of the game, Capcom spent US$20 million on advertisement campaigns for Resident Evil 3 and Dino Crisis, as well as the Nintendo 64 version of Resident Evil 2.[23][24] The marketing campaign included dedicated television advertising, print advertising, and incentives to the consumer.[23] A double soundtrack album, composed by Masami Ueda, Saori Maeda and Shusaku Uchiyama, was released on September 22, 1999.[25] A novelization, Nemesis, written by S. D. Perry, was published in 2000.[26]
Resident Evil 3 was released for the PlayStation video game console on September 22, 1999 in Japan and November 11, 1999 in North America. The first 500,000 units of the game included additional demo discs of Dino Crisis.[27] The game was a commercial hit, selling more than 1 million units worldwide by early October.[28] According to NPD, Resident Evil 3 was the top-selling game for the PlayStation in the US during the first two weeks of November 1999.[29] In Europe, the game was released on February 21, 2000 and became a bestseller in the UK,[30] where it received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association,[31] indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies.[32] As of May 2008, a total of 3.5 million copies of the PlayStation version had been sold.[33]
Upon its release on the PlayStation console, Resident Evil 3 received "universal acclaim", according to Metacritic.[34] GameSpot editor James Mielke considered it the most sophisticated and accomplished Resident Evil game in terms of graphics and gameplay.[40] Official UK PlayStation Magazine called Resident Evil 3 "a modern-day classic", concluding that the game "creates a believable environment, populates it with a host of evil adversaries and uses Raccoon City's urban sprawl to enhance the fiendish puzzles."[43] Computer and Video Games (CVG) remarked that the game preserves the best features of its predecessors and adds "some exciting new elements".[36] Similarly, Edge described it as "engrossing", despite its similarity to its predecessors, and found the Mercenaries mode a valuable addition.[37]
The pre-rendered backgrounds were credited for their rich details and dark art style. According to IGN editor Doug Perry, "Crashed cars, rubbish and rubble, totally destroyed city streets, and scattered broken glass and debris, all are housed in a suburban area that truly looks devastated in the worst possible way."[5] GameSpot felt that the 3D modeling of Jill Valentine was greatly improved compared to the "blocky" models in the original game.[40] The music and sound effects received similar praise, with GamePro remarking that the game "keeps the action hot by hiding what you shouldn't see, but telling you about it through the audio".[38] The introduction of the Nemesis creature was praised. Official UK PlayStation Magazine described the first encounter as shocking, while CVG said that the creature increases the tension level "to an insane degree" because the player never knows when he will appear.[36][43]
GameSpot praised the prompted choices during certain points in the game as they encourage replay value, but felt the game was too short compared to Resident Evil 2, with only one disc and one protagonist.[40] Perry praised the live-action-choice feature, stating that it "speeds up the pace, increases the tension, and forces a decision that varies the following scene".[5] He found the 180-degree turn and dodge moves as welcome and necessary additions.[5] In contrast, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine criticized the dodge feature as impractical and for relying too much on timing, resulting in doing more harm to the player.[42] GameRevolution and Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine criticized the simple premise and voice acting,[39][42] while Next Generation said that the game might be a bit tiresome for players familiar with its predecessors.[41] Resident Evil 3 was nominated for GameSpot's 1999 Adventure Game of the Year.[44]
Resident Evil 3 was ported to the Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast platforms in 2000, featuring enhanced 3D character models and higher resolution graphics.[45][46] The Dreamcast version includes more alternate costumes than in the PlayStation version.[47] Critical reception for these ports was not as positive.[48][49] The Microsoft Windows version was criticized for not being optimized for keyboard and mouse and for not letting players save their progress at any time.[6][45] Critics noted that some of the pre-rendered backgrounds in the Dreamcast version of the game were not improved, resulting in them looking not as good as the PlayStation version's due to the Dreamcast's higher graphic fidelity.[46][50] CVG generally praised the Dreamcast version, but admitted that the difference in graphical quality between Resident Evil 3 and Code: Veronica was very large.[51]
A GameCube version of the game was released in 2003 as part of an exclusivity agreement between Capcom and Nintendo.[52] The GameCube version received mixed reviews from critics and was mainly criticized for its relatively high retail price and outdated graphics.[53][54][55] AllGame noted that the fact that the game was not priced as a budget title could mislead buyers into thinking that it was an enhanced update similar to the 2002 Resident Evil on the GameCube.[56] GamePro remarked that, while the game's graphics on the GameCube were not like those of the 2002 Resident Evil or Resident Evil Zero, they were better-looking than previous versions of the game.[57] As of November 2003, 41,395 copies of the GameCube version had been sold in the U.S.[58] Resident Evil 3 was digitally released on the PlayStation Network in Japan in 2008 and North America in 2009, allowing PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable users to play the PlayStation version of the game via emulation.[59]
A remake, entitled Resident Evil 3, was released in 2020.[60] The game is played from an over-the-shoulder, third-person perspective and runs on Capcom's proprietary RE Engine.[61][62] Although it features the same premise as the original game, many parts were rearranged in favor of a more focused story. Some features such as the original game's multiple endings, several locations and The Mercenaries - Operation: Mad Jackal mode were removed.[62][63] The game received generally positive reviews from critics.[60]
| 2023-09-03 05:59:21 |
Axwell House - Wikipedia |
WikiMiniAtlas54°57′10″N 1°42′11″W / 54.95278°N 1.70306°W / 54.95278; -1.70306
Axwell House (also Axwell Hall or Axwell Park) is a mansion house and Grade II* listed building, situated at Axwell Park, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, England.[1]
The house and surrounding estate were developed in 1758 and owned by the Clavering baronets until 1920 when it became a Ragged School. Then from 2005 it went under general development as new houses and apartments, however the development plan was not completed. In 2018, after the previous unsuccess, the hall was bought by a local businessman, owner of Trojan Scaffolding and Trojan Skips (Trojan North East), Steven Parker, and has since been under constructional development.
An early manor house on the site was acquired by James Clavering, a merchant adventurer of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1629 for £1,700.[2] In 1758 his descendant Sir Thomas Clavering of the Clavering baronets replaced the house with a substantial mansion and assisted architect James Paine (1712–1789) in the Palladian design of the new house.[3] The grounds were laid out in the style of Capability Brown.[4] Alterations were around 1818 by John Dobson.[5]
The hall and its surrounding 60 acres (24 ha) was converted for use as the Newcastle Ragged School in 1920.[6] It was initially an Industrial School and then an Approved school.[7] It had spaces for 153 children and closed in 1981.[8][9]
Having stood empty, neglected and deteriorating the property was acquired in 2005 by property developers, Eight Property Ltd, for restoration and conversion to residential apartments.[10][8][11] The company built 27 apartments and houses around the old stable block and are developing the main house.[9]
The three-storey stone building has a slate roof. The south front has a three-bay with a pediment. It was designated as a listed building in 1985.[1]
Some of the walls and balustrades are also listed,[12] as is the late 18th or early 19th century sandstone bridge 280 metres (920 ft) south of the house.[13]
The attached farm has a late 18th or early 19th century dovecote.[14] The grounds also included a dairy, walled kitchen garden and stables.[8]
| 2023-09-03 05:59:25 |
Pete Caringi Jr. - Wikipedia | Pete Caringi (born March 27, 1955) is an American soccer coach who is the head coach for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County men's soccer team. He was named the 2014 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division I Coach of the Year.
A former All-American and Three time captain, He played college soccer for the University of Baltimore.A four time first team all conference and two time All-South All-American In 1973 they lost in the final four to Cal Fullerton. In 1975 the Baltimore team won the NCAA National Championship in Seattle defeating Seattle-Pacific 3–1 in front of over 7,500 fans. Caringi's 2 Goals led the Bees in the final He still holds the All-Time Record for goals with 70.[He signed for the Washington Diplomats in 1978. He is a member of the University of Baltimore athletic hall of fame. Caringi is also a member of the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame, CCBC Athletic Hall of Fame, Region XX Hall of Fame, NJCAA National Soccer Hall of Fame and just recently was inducted into the UMBC Athletics Hall of Fame [1]
Coaching career Head Coach : Highlight of his coaching career was American Professional Soccer League Champions in 1990 with the Maryland Bays. The Bays finished 20–5 sweeping thru the play-offs and winning the Finals against a very good San Francisco Black Hawks team.
A former coach at Essex Community College (81–90)He led Essex to seven JuCo championships and five Region XX Titles. His 84 and 89 teams played in the NJCAA National Finals. He was named NJCAA National Coach of the Year in 84 and 89. He has been the head coach of UMBC Retrievers soccer since 1991. He led UMBC to the NCAA Tournament in 99 and the 2nd Round in 2010,12,13 His 2014 College Cup semifinals, Caringi was named the NSCAA Division I Coach of the Year and the Soccer America Coach of the Year.[2][3][4][5][6] H
This biographical article related to an American soccer forward is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:59:28 |
Maria Riddell - Wikipedia |
Maria Banks Riddell (née Woodley; 1772–1808) was a West Indies-born poet, anthologist, naturalist, editor and travel writer, who was resident in Scotland and Wales. Robert Burns paid tribute to her as "a votary of the Muses".[1]
Riddel was born Maria Woodley, daughter of a Governor of the Leeward Islands. In 1791, she married her first husband Walter Riddell. The couple settled in an estate in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Her husband was the brother to a patron of Robert Burns. Burns became a close friend of Maria, and wrote love songs for her. From 1794 to 1795, she and Burns quarrelled over his behavior towards her when drunk.
Following the death of her first husband, Riddell married the Welsh landowner Phillips Lloyd Fletcher. She was buried in a family vault located in Chester.
Maria Woodley was the daughter of William Woodley, Governor of the Leeward Islands for the terms 1768–1771 and 1791–1793). She accompanied him on a visit to the islands in 1788 and wrote an account of it. The book also included a natural history of the Leeward Islands written by her. [2]
In 1791 she married Walter Riddell of Glenriddell, Dumfriesshire, younger brother of Robert Burns's patron Robert Riddell, and the pair set up house at an estate called Woodley Park (now known as Goldielea) in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Burns, a guest at literary parties there, became a close friend and critic of Maria Riddell, writing several love songs for her. In early 1794, he made a drunken overture to her, which resulted in them quarrelling and Burns losing the support of his patron, who died that year. Maria and her husband were reconciled with Burns in 1795, when she sent a poem of appeasement.[3]
When Burns died in 1796, Maria wrote an admired account of him for the Dumfries Journal.[1] She was also a friend of the novelist and poet Helen Craik, another admirer of Burns. She included some poems by Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and Mary Darwall in her 1802 anthology, The Metrical Miscellany.[3]
Her husband lost Woodley Park and another property and died at the end of the century. Maria Riddell and her two children moved to Hampton Court as pensioners.[3] In 1807, she married a Welsh landowner, Phillips Lloyd Fletcher, and is buried in the Fletcher family vault at Chester.[1]
| 2023-09-03 05:59:32 |
Erwin Matelski - Wikipedia |
Erwin Matelski (born 3 February 1936) is a Polish sports shooter. He competed in the mixed 50 metre free pistol event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]
This biographical article relating to sport shooting in Poland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:59:36 |
X With U - Wikipedia | "X With U" is a song recorded, co-written, and produced by Australian house musician/producer/DJ Tom Budin featuring British singer and co-writer Luciana. The drum-influenced electro house single reached number one on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart in its 6 January 2018 issue, giving Budin his first American chart topper and Luciana her seventh.[1][2]
In a November 9, 2017 interview with Billboard, Budin explained how he came up with this song and his involvement with Luciana: "Within only a few days of being in contact with Luciana, we were throwing ideas at one another and I came across the topline for 'X With U.' It was at that exact moment that I knew exactly what I wanted to do with the soundtrack. It took some time to get the song sounding the way it is now. I actually wrote five different versions of it! But I'm glad it ended up the way it did because it's an absolute corker."
Luciana adds that the song was based on a true story, telling Billboard, "I wrote 'X with U' after I'd heard a girl at a club say to her friend in the toilet that she should have spent the night with a guy she had met earlier, she should have gone with her instincts and just hung out with him so that they could've enjoyed each other. I loved the way it sounded and it made think of all of the regrets we accumulate in life. It's so much better to regret the things you have done rather than the things you didn't. 'X' can stand for anything, wherever your imagination and inclination take you."[3]
Digital download[4]
| 2023-09-03 05:59:39 |
Italy at the Olympics - Wikipedia |
Italy has sent athletes to most of the modern Olympic Games held since 1896, outside of not having "officially" participated (as a national delegation) in the 1904 Summer Olympics.[1]
Italy has taken part in all the Winter Olympic Games, winning 141 medals, and 618 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. Italy has won a total of 259 gold medals which makes them the 6th most successful country in Olympic history, after the USA, the Soviet Union, Germany, Great Britain and France. Italy has the sixth highest medal total of all time with 759. Italy has the third longest medaling streak after Sweden and Finland. Italy has medaled in 40 straight Olympic games, starting with the 1936 Summer Olympics.
The Italian National Olympic Committee was created in 1914 and recognised in 1915. As of 2020, Italy is the most successful nation at fencing in Olympic history.
Italy has hosted the Games on three occasions, with a fourth occasion is planning for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
According to the official count of the International Olympic Committee, Italy has won 618 medals at Summer Olympics.[2]
In the Summer Olympic Games, Italy has finished 2nd in 1932, 3rd in 1960, 4th in 1936, and 5th in 1924, 1928, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980 and 1984. In the Winter Olympic Games, Italy has finished 4th in 1968 and 1994, and 6th in 1952 and 1992.
Italy ranks 1st all-time in fencing, 2nd in cycling, 3rd in luge, 4th in boxing and shooting, 5th in alpine skiing, and 6th in bobsled, cross-country skiing and short track speed skating.
Host country
Notes: the names highlighted in pink indicate that they are female athletes.
Notes: the names in bold indicate that they are still active.
The Italian athlete who won the most medals in the history of the Olympic Games, is the fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti.[5]
In this table (sorted by individual totals gold medals), the men who have won gold individual medals at the Olympics (but also at the World Championships).
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity. For cycling was considered for world championships, only professional events.
In this table, the women who have won gold individual medals at the Olympics and also at the World Championships.
Updated to 16 February 2023.
Italy first competed in swimming at the 1900 Games, with two swimmers in three events winning no medals.
Italy first competed in athletics in 1900. After 121 years from first participation, Marcell Jacobs became the very first Italian athlete to win a gold medal in Men's 100 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics on 1 August 2021, with a time of 9"80.
Italy first competed in cycling at the 1900 Games, with Enrico Brusoni winning a gold medal in the points race that year. Italy has the second-most gold medals (behind France) and third-most total medals (behind France and Great Britain) in the sport (as of the 2016 Games).
Italy competed in equestrian at the first Games in which the sport was held, in Paris 1900. Six riders competed, including Italy's first female Olympian (Elvira Guerra). Gian Giorgio Trissino won a gold medal in the high jump and a silver in the long jump.
Overall, Italy has won the eighth-most gold medals and eighth-most total medals in the sport.
Italy first competed in fencing at the second edition of the Games in 1900. Italy has won more gold medals (49) and total medals (125) in the sport than any other nation. The nation's first medals were in its first appearance, as Italy's men's master sabreurs took gold and silver in that one-time-only event in 1900. Italy won six consecutive gold medals in the men's individual épée from 1932 to 1960 (including medal sweeps in 1936 and 1956), with a 7th in 2008; no other nation has more than 5 total gold medals (France) in the event.
Italy's first gymnastics appearance was when the nation sent one gymnast to the second Games in 1900; Camillo Pavanello finished 28th in the men's all-around, the only event held that Games.
Italy's presence at the first Olympics in 1896 consisted of a single shooter, Giuseppe Rivabella, who entered one event and whose score and rank are unknown. The sport has remained a relatively strong one for Italy, which (after the 2016 Games) ranks fourth on the list of most gold medals in shooting with 16.
| 2023-09-03 05:59:45 |
Susie Wood - Wikipedia |
Susanna Wood is a New Zealand scientist whose research focuses on understanding, protecting and restoring New Zealand's freshwater environments. One of her particular areas of expertise is the ecology, toxin production, and impacts of toxic freshwater cyanobacteria in lakes and rivers. Wood is active in advocating for the incorporation of DNA-based tools such as metabarcoding, genomics and metagenomics for characterising and understanding aquatic ecosystems and investigating the climate and anthropogenic drivers of water quality change in New Zealand lakes. She has consulted for government departments and regional authorities and co-leads a nationwide programme Lakes380 that aims to obtain an overview of the health of New Zealand's lakes using paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Wood is a senior scientist at the Cawthron Institute. She has represented New Zealand in cycling.
Wood has a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, with a thesis on microcystins in New Zealand freshwater organisms.[1] From 2006 to 2009, Wood worked as a Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST) Post-Doctoral Researcher (Cawthron and Waikato University).[2][3] She has held honorary positions as a lecturer as Waikato University (2007–2011), and as honorary research associate, biological sciences, Victoria University (2010). Wood was senior research fellow, biological sciences, at Waikato University from 2011 to 2017, and since 2018 has been a senior adjunct fellow, Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management, University of Canterbury.[4] Wood was employed at Cawthron Institute as a scientist in 2005 as scientist, Freshwater & Biotechnology groups in 2005, and from 2014 has been a senior scientist, Coastal & Freshwater group, Cawthon.[2]
A report co-authored by Wood on the survey of cyanotoxins in New Zealand water bodies between 2001 and 2004, notes that "contamination of drinking and recreational water bodies by toxic cyanobacteria is a significant water management issue in many countries...[with]...potential for a significant threat to human and animal health."[5]
Earlier research by Wood while she was a PhD student had identified microcystin toxins from more than 80 water bodies in New Zealand and in 2003, this was published in a newsletter with a focus on the issue of cyanobacterial bloom in several New Zealand lakes. In the newsletter, Wood explains the difficulties of detecting and monitoring cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins and because algal blooms can appear or disappear very quickly, stressed the importance of continuous monitoring of bodies of water with known problems.[6]
In November 2005 the stomach contents of one of five dogs that had died rapidly after contact with water from the Hutt River were examined. Wood participated in research that provided evidence, for the first time, that homoanatoxin-a and anatoxin-a, two toxic cyanobacteria, are likely to have caused the sudden death of the dog. The report concludes that further detection of these cyanotoxins in other rivers in the Wellington region and incidences[spelling?] of the unexpected death of stock give reason for concern about the health risk to animals and humans.[7] Wood explained in a later news article that finding the contents in the stomach of dogs had confirmed the need for research to inform people that Cyanobacteria is often present in rivers and while it should always be treated as potentially toxic, it is when it forms mats that it is most dangerous.
Wood noted that there may be "tens of kilometres of New Zealand rivers covered with cyanobacteria mats producing the potentially lethal neurotoxin...[and]...in certain regions it poses a huge health risk."[8]
Wood has been a strong advocate for the use of DNA-based tools to analyse samples and is a member of the Environmental Metagenomics team.[9]
Further research focused on the value of these tools, and in 2015 Wood co-authored a journal article which concludes that genomics "provides an exciting new avenue to explore the genetic basis of toxin synthesis in complex environmental samples."[10]
Wood participated in a 2016 case study that evaluates two high-throughput sequencing methods of biomonitoring using DNA techniques on samples collected from 12 New Zealand rivers.[11]
In 2017, research led by Wood notes the importance of developing molecular techniques – such as quantitative polymerase chain reaction – to identify blue-green algal cyanobacterial cells (Phormidium) in water and distinguish toxic from nontoxic genotypes in microbial mat communities.[12]
A 2020 paper, co-authored by Wood, summarises the work done since 2013 on toxic freshwater benthic cyanobacteria. It covers areas such as knowledge about the identification and distribution of toxin-producing benthic freshwater cyanobacteria and how to build an understanding of the factors that affect this; the effects of toxic benthic cyanobacteria on the ecosystem and animal health; and studies on toxic benthic cyanobacteria which have used -omics techniques such as metabarcoding, genomics and metagenomics.[13]
Because of the uneven distribution of cyanobacterial cells and toxins on lake sediment, Wood and her team in 2020, made the case for employing molecular techniques – such as metabarcoding – to reconstruct historical cyanobacteria communities, as opposed to taking one sample which may not be representative of the whole lake. The paper holds that this would provide long term data that relates historical change with the prevalence of cyanobacterial bloom.[14]
A 2021 study looked at the use of HSP-based metabarcoding and metagenomics, to characterize and assess the effects of fish farming on benthic ecosystems. The paper, co-authored by Wood, concludes that both approaches – although providing different functional profiles – are effective tools for providing data on the effects of fish farming on benthic ecosystems.[15]
Wood was involved in a 2014 investigation into the nature of microcystins in New Zealand waterways that considered the likelihood of anthropogenic eutrophication of lakes, ponds and oceans creating favourable conditions for the rapid growth of some cyanobacterial species, including microcystin.[16] She also contributed to the publication Impacts of Climate Change for New Zealand (2017), a document that contained a summary of how climate change can impact the potential harm from algal blooms.[17]
A review of the impact of climate change on New Zealand lakes, co-authored by Wood, identifies that New Zealand freshwater ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change impacts and increased levels of CO2 can alter the biogeochemical processes that affect the dynamics of cyanobacteria specifically blooms.[18]
In 2014, Wood noted that studies have looked at variables such as water quality, temperature, oxygen content, and pH values, yet she concludes it is not contaminated waterways due to dairying that caused blooms of cyanobacterial mats in rivers, but more likely to be the felling of trees close to a river which causes a runoff resulting in high amounts of sediments. Wood has suggested that leaving uncut forest buffer zones of 100 metres beside rivers could make "a huge difference" to the amount of sediment washed in by rain.[8]
Another study in which Wood was involved, looked into the potential effects of climate change on cyanobacterial communities. The study found "a positive relationship was identified between microcystin quotas and surface water temperature...[and]...these results highlight the complex successional interplay of cyanobacteria species and demonstrated the importance of climate through its effect on nutrient concentrations, water temperature, and stratification."[19] Wood co-authored a paper in 2019 that reviews research on understanding cyanobacteria within global changes resulting from climate change. The review notes cyanobacteria do play an important part in environmental cycles and food webs but stresses that this anthropogenic eutrophication plays a major role in the increased production of toxins that have adverse effects on water quality and fish and "whole-system and multiple-system studies are needed to improve confidence in models predicting impacts of climate change and anthropogenic over-enrichment and hydrological modifications."[20]
In a media interview on 17 January 2022, Wood made the case that rising water temperatures within New Zealand waterways could result in an increase of Cynobacteria containing cynatoxins, causing possible long-term health issues for people. She noted the danger of these toxins building up in food such as fish, crayfish and shellfish which if eaten, according to Wood, "could cause irreversible liver damage in humans, and even promote liver damage."[21] Wood said that recreational water users in New Zealand are at risk because of the algal blooms on riverbanks or in water which could be accidentally swallowed. Wood concludes that "algal blooms are a symptom of human impact on the landscape...[and]...the flow-on effects from cleaning up our waterways would be important in managing the risks long-term."[21] In the same article it was explained that New Zealand Councils had monitoring systems in place which informed people about which swimming spots were safe for swimming,[22] and in a later interview on the same topic, Wood said that while councils are doing a good job with the monitoring, people must bring any areas of concern about local swimming areas to their regional council.[23]
Wood contributed to a 2007 paper that identifies risks associated with toxic planktonic cyanobacteria in drinking water, and highlights the need for national guidance and policies for tackling the complex issues associated with benthic cyanobacteria which were not covered by the official government guidelines at the time,' Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 2005' and 'Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality Management for New Zealand 2005'. The document stresses that "further research is required in New Zealand to establish the extent and latent risks posed by benthic cyanobacteria, particularly in drinking water supplies."[7] In 2009, Wood co-authored the New Zealand Guidelines for Cyanobacteria in Recreational Fresh Waters – Interim Guidelines for the New Zealand government. The document aimed to provide a "monitoring framework for establishing the public health risk from cyanobacteria associated with contact recreation in lakes (mainly planktonic cyanobacteria) and rivers (mainly benthic cyanobacteria)."[24]
In an international publication, Current approaches to Cyanotoxin risk assessment, risk management and regulations in different countries (2012), Wood summarised the documents that were guiding the regulation and management of cyanobacteria in New Zealand at the time. The summary notes that research has shown planktonic cyanobacteria in New Zealand produces a range of cyanotoxins, including anatoxin-a which had been shown to cause the death of animals, and saxitoxins in benthic mats that are likely to have contributed to humans becoming sick using the water recreationally. These concerns, as well as those around the safety of drinking water, are addressed in the government guidelines revised in 2008.[25]
Wood co-authored a 2018 study commissioned by the NZ Ministry of the Environment to inform the development of a National Objectives Framework for the management of anatoxins in waters affected by Phormidium blooms. The report notes this study shows data would provide valuable information for the development of human health risk assessment models related to toxic blooms in rivers.[26] Another study for the Ministry of the Environment (2018), makes recommendations to a review of the 'Interim New Zealand Guidelines for Cyanobacteria in Recreational Fresh Waters', including updating the cyanobacteria alert-level framework, conducting further research to identify the health risks of benthic cyanobacteria in lakes and addressing the knowledge gaps to determine the risk posed by anatoxin in rivers.[27]
Wood was invited to be a member of the NZ Ministry of Health, Drinking-water Advisory Committee (2018) which conducted a review of the regulations, leading to a reviewed set of Standards with a section on cyanotoxin compliance criteria.[28]
In 2017 Wood became joint programme leader for Our Lakes Health; past, present and future (Lakes380), a MBIE funded five-year research project that aimed to improve water quality in New Zealand lakes by using scientific tools to collect and analyse water samples, lake bottom sediment samples and cores which are natural archives of the environmental history of aquatic communities and water quality. The project is co-lead by the Cawthron Institute and GNS Science.[29] Wood commented that the project would provide information to understand what was driving environmental change and to inform initiatives to restore the ecological vitality of New Zealand lakes.[30] On RNZ, Wood explained that the sediment cores would be analysed using DNA techniques to understand how and why the biological communities have changed, and gave an example of eDNA revealing the coinciding of cyanobacterial blooms in one lake with the introduction of introduced species of fish such as trout and European perch in the 1870s. This knowledge informed a restoration plan for the lake.[31]
Wood has acknowledged that the lakes in the project had cultural importance to the local iwi, because they were often "important sites for mahinga kai (traditional food gathering)." She said that working with Ngāti Kuri using environmental DNA and scanning techniques to measure the current and past biodiversity of past biodiversity of lakes in the far north of New Zealand, [was] "a unique opportunity to learn from their long association with these lakes and further enrich our knowledge of these precious places."[32]
In 2020, it was announced that the Lakes380 Research Project would undertake the largest sampling of lakes ever undertaken in the Waikato area. Wood noted that during the sampling, there would be considerable engagement with local Iwi, [who are] "important partners in this project because one of our major goals is to ensure our lakes are valued and protected – now and for generations to come and our ability to do so is greatly enhanced by incorporating mātauranga Māori and indigenous knowledge into the research."[33]
While researching lakes in the Rotorua area, the Lakes380 Team worked with Partnership Through Collaboration to offer an educational opportunity for students to take part in the extraction and analysis of lake sediment.[34]
A collaboration between Lakes380 and researchers at the University of Windsor was confirmed in 2020 and Wood acknowledged it was an important opportunity to learn about their "metagenetic techniques" and how they could be used in New Zealand environments.[35]
2020: Keynote Speaker, as part of the Lakes380 team, at Weathering the Storm, a joint conference organised by the NZ Hydrological Society, Rivers Group and Freshwater Science Society, with papers covering all aspects of Hydrology, River System Management and Freshwater Science.[40]
2019: Keynote speaker, 11th International Toxic Cyanobacteria Conference, Poland.[41]
2019: Presented "Toxic Cyanobacteria: Ancient Organisms Thriving in the Anthropocene" at the Urbanization, Water and Food Security Gordon Research Conference.[42]
2018: Presented at the 6th Australian and New Zealand Cyanobacteria Workshop, 25 September 2018, UNSW Sydney.[43]
2016: Presented on the topic 'Risky rivers: identifying river susceptibility and factors that promote benthic Phormidium proliferations', at the Fifth National Cyanobacterial Workshop Brisbane, 29–30 September 2016.[44]
In 2019, Wood was the winner of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society Medal, "For her outstanding contribution to freshwater science and management, and her leadership of women in science."[45]
Wood has represented New Zealand as a cyclist at the Commonwealth Games and World Cup in 2006.[46][47] In 2009 she was second in the XTERRA New Zealand event,[48] and prior to taking part in a triathlon in Nelson in 2012, this success was acknowledged, with a local news article noting Wood was "strong on the road bike and can run pretty quickly on the flat."[49] Speaking at the Nelson Mail and Network Tasman Top Student Awards in 2012, Wood said that passion, making the most of opportunities and learning from experience were what had driven her as a cyclist. She noted in her talk [that] "opportunity is a bird that never perches...[and]...learn backwards from experiences, but live forwards."[50] Wood was a winner of the Reg Davies Memorial Trophy in 2014.[51]
| 2023-09-03 05:59:49 |
This Time's for Real - Wikipedia | "This Time's for Real" is a song by American metal band Ill Niño. The song was released as the second single from the band's second studio album Confession.
The song's music video shows a boxer training intercut with footage of the band performing the song.[1]
This 2000s rock song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 05:59:53 |
K. D. Santhanam - Wikipedia |
K. D. Santhanam was an Indian actor, writer and lyricist who worked mainly in Tamil films.[1][2]
He was a teacher at Madurai Sri Mangala Bala Gana Sabha training young boys in dramatics. He was known as a strict disciplinarian. He punished erring boys beating them with a cane, sometimes chasing the running boys. One of his students became a renowned actor later who acknowledged to his friends that it was due to the discipline of his tutor he was able to reach heights. The actor is Sivaji Ganesan. Later Santhanam has done minor character roles in which Sivaji Ganesan featured as the hero. This information has been recorded by writer Aroordas in his biography.
He is a character artiste and has featured in more than 100 films.
In Pasamalar, he featured as Rajaratnam, a village senior who arranges the marriage of Sivaji Ganesan with M. N. Rajam.
"Ahaa Enna Porutham" is a hit song from the film Ragasiya Police 115. In between the verses one can hear a commanding voice asking "Ange ennamma saththam?" (What is the noise there?). The voice is of Santhanam, who featured as Dhanapal Muthaliar (a filmmaker), father of Neela (Jayalalithaa) in the film.
He featured as the father of M. G. Ramachandran in the film Aasai Mugam.
During the 1950s, Tamil Cinema had a number of classic lyricists who enriched the films with their variety of songs. Udumalai Narayana Kavi and Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram wrote leftist oriented songs. A. Maruthakasi specialised in agricultural songs. Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam wrote melodious songs. Kannadasan wrote on life and philosophy. Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass wrote songs that appealed to the common man. Santhanam made his mark by writing songs with rhythmic flow known in Tamil as Santham.
A classic example of his "santham" song is "Thamizh Maalai Thanai Chooduvaal" from the film Ambikapathy. The sequence is: a poet takes up a challenge thrown by the King to sing 100 songs without referring to earthly pleasures, in order to win his daughter, the princess. Practically, in a film, it is impossible to sing 100 songs at a stretch. Santhanam wrote five songs for this scene. It was shown on screen using the running notation method. The fifth song becomes the 99th song. The poet gets excited. He sings the last five lines of the last verse in one breath. The word flow was such that it made the audience spellbound. This song is said to be the stamp song of Santhanam.
Music director Ilaiyaraaja once said that he got the inspiration for his song "Vaa Vennilla" from the film Mella Thirandhathu Kadhavu (1986) was a song written by Santhanam – "Vaan Meedhile Inba Thaen Maari Peyudhe" from the film Chandirani (1953).
His dance song "Laalu Laalu", written for the film Vijayakumari (1950) was rendered by Vyjayanthimala and became popular.[3]
There are many noteworthy songs written by K. D. Santhanam.
Actor and Lyricist
| 2023-09-03 05:59:57 |
Dougie MacLean - Wikipedia |
Dougie MacLean, OBE (born 27 September 1954)[1] is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Described by AllMusic as "one of Scotland's premier singer-songwriters", MacLean has performed both under his own name, and as part of multiple folk bands, since the mid 1970s. His most famous pieces include "Caledonia", which is often dubbed Scotland's "unofficial national anthem"; and "The Gael", which became the main theme to the 1992 film The Last of the Mohicans.
MacLean's songs have been covered by numerous popular artists. Aside from his career as a touring singer-songwriter, MacLean founded the Dunkeld Records label and recording studio with his wife Jennifer in 1983.
MacLean grew up in the Perthshire countryside, where his father was a gardener. His mother played melodeon, and his father played the fiddle.[2]
To support himself in the 1970s, MacLean was a driver for Doc Watson and Merle Watson during their tour around Europe.[3] He maintained a friendship afterward and has appeared at Merlefest.[4]
In 1976, MacLean began touring with Scottish folk band The Tannahill Weavers, with whom he also participated in a studio recording. In the late 1970s, he spent six months touring with Scottish band Silly Wizard.[5] "Caledonia", from MacLean's first album with Alan Roberts (1978), is often dubbed Scotland's "unofficial national anthem".[6][7][8]
MacLean is described by AllMusic as "one of Scotland's premier singer-songwriters".[9] His solo career started in 1981 and since then he has recorded numerous albums. He plays multiple instruments, including guitar, violin, mandola, viola, bouzouki, banjo and bass as well as being a singer and composer.[10]
MacLean composed "The Gael" (1990), which became the main theme to the 1992 film The Last of the Mohicans. He also served as music director for TAG Theatre Company's 1993 production of A Scots Quair,[9] releasing his contributions on the Sunset Song LP (1994). MacLean's songs have been recorded by many artists including Dolores Keane,[11] Rich Mullins, Ronan Keating, Paolo Nutini, Amy Macdonald, Kathy Mattea, Frankie Miller, Cara Dillon, and Mary Black,[12] who covered "Turning Away" (1991) for the soundtrack of the 2001 film Angel Eyes.
MacLean was the subject of the 1993 BBC documentary film The Land: The Songs of Dougie MacLean.[9] He has organised and performed in the Perthshire Amber festival, Birnam & Dunkeld, alongside multiple performances at Celtic Connections, Glasgow.
MacLean founded the Dunkeld Records label and recording studio with his wife Jennifer in 1983.[9]
MacLean owned the Taybank Hotel in Dunkeld around 2015.[13][14]
In 2011, MacLean was invested as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE).[15]
In 2013, MacLean was awarded the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Lifetime Achievement for Contribution to Songwriting. The award was presented by First Minister Alex Salmond at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.[16][17][18][19]
| 2023-09-03 06:00:01 |
Jack Dale (cricketer) - Wikipedia |
Jack Hillen Dale (1901-1965) was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1922 and 1928. He was born in Northampton on 29 October 1901 and died in Battle, Sussex on 28 April 1965. He appeared in nine first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm slow. He scored 323 runs with a highest score of 76 and took two wickets with a best performance of one for 19.[1]
This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1900s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:00:05 |
P.S. I Love You (Robin Daggers song) - Wikipedia |
"P.S. I Love You" is a song written by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother. The song was performed by Canadian actress Cobie Smulders in the role of Robin Scherbatsky, who has a secret past as a teenage Canadian pop star with the stage name Robin Sparkles. It appeared in an episode of the same name which aired on February 4, 2013.
The song, inspired by Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" (1995), marks the last appearance of Robin Sparkles on the show. It was released as a single on the TV-premiere date, and appeared on the soundtrack album How I Met Your Music: Deluxe (2014). Smulders' persona was renamed "Robin Daggers", and lyrically "P.S. I Love You" depicts Daggers' obsession with a former lover. Its music video featured Daggers with a new look, inspired by Courtney Love. Television and music critics praised its humor and Smulders' performance.
Cobie Smulders played Robin Scherbatsky, a dedicated broadcast journalist who moves from Canada to New York for a job, in the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother.[1] In season 2's "Slap Bet" (2006), the character was revealed to have been a Canadian teen pop star with the stage name of Robin Sparkles.[2] Her songs "Let's Go to the Mall" (2007) and "Sandcastles in the Sand" (2008) pay homage to 1980s American pop music, and the former was inspired by Alanis Morissette's "cheesy" material before Jagged Little Pill.[3][4] The songs had 4,000 and 1,000 digital downloads, respectively, in the United States by August 2008.[5]
Before Sparkles' appearance in season 6's "Glitter", series creators and executive producers Craig Thomas and Carter Bays came up with several ideas (including a story about a rivalry between her and Morissette).[6] The episode (which aired on November 15, 2010) ended with Sparkles appearing in the Canadian children's show Space Teens with Alan Thicke and her friend, Jessica Glitter (Nicole Scherzinger), in which Sparkles and Glitter sing "The Beaver Song".[7] Alyssa Fikse of Uproxx suggested that it referred to Morissette's appearance on the Canadian television show You Can't Do That on Television (1986).[8]
Smulders tweeted a photo of herself dressed as Sparkles in October 2012 with the caption, "Guess who's back ..."[9][10] Bays confirmed with TVLine two months later that there would be an episode featuring Sparkles in season 8, exposing a "darker and edgier" side of the character.[11][12] Shortly after the series was announced as renewed for its ninth and final season,[13] a number of celebrities (including James Van Der Beek, Alan Thicke, Jason Priestley, and Paul Shaffer) confirmed to be appearing in the episode on January 7.[14][15][16] Although Brad Roberts and Morissette were contacted, they did not appear in the episode.[17]
In an early February 2013 conference call, Thomas and Smulders spoke about the episode.[18][17] Sparkles' new look and her song, "P.S. I Love You", were influenced by Morissette's "You Oughta Know" (1995).[17] Thomas discussed lost footage from Underneath the Tunes (a parody of the documentary series Behind the Music), which showed a controversial side of Sparkles resembling "the Milli Vanilli skipping-CD-record moment".[17] The creators wanted viewers to observe her progression over the years, with Thomas saying that this "may be the craziest Robin Sparkles yet".[11][17] It was Sparkles' last appearance on the show, although Smulders and Thomas expressed interest in reprising the character in the future.[17][18]
Lost footage of MuchMusic's Underneath the Tunes in the episode reveals that after "Let's Go to the Mall" and "Sandcastles in the Sand" went maple, Sparkles reached a breaking point; she changed her stage name to Robin Daggers, and recorded "P.S. I Love You" about her obsession with Paul Shaffer.[19] Her record company, Dominant Records, refused to release it because of its dark theme.[19] Her career ended in 1996, when she performed the song and revealed her new persona at the 84th Grey Cup halftime show (when Alex Trebek and Geddy Lee claimed that grunge began).[19]
Similar to the previous songs, Smulders recorded "P.S. I Love You" with Thomas,[20] who said that she found the new voice of Sparkles in about the third take at nine in the morning. He described the experience as "different from all of the other ones we've done ... like learning a whole other language", and considered it his favorite moment.[20] Unlike the previous output, Smulders felt "more in tune" with the grunge-influenced song: "It's just fun to go and create something from words on a page and make a song out of it. And then choose the silly actions involved and the story lines that are happening within the song".[21][20]
The 2:34 grunge song was written by Thomas and Bays.[22][23][24] Lyrically, "P.S. I Love You" describes Daggers' obsession with a former lover.[25] The song begins with "You, you're beautiful / On your pedestal / I see you, you don't see me".[26] Daggers insists that she would "never move on": "Even if I get married, he'll always be second to you".[26] The song refers to a restraining order, and contains a legal disclaimer from her record company: "The views expressed in this song do not necessarily reflect the views of Dominant Records or any of its subsidiaries".[26] Daggers reminiscences about wearing flannel, lacing her boots, reading fanzines and watching Reality Bites while she misses her lover.[26] Although she prays to God, "she doesn't reply".[26][27] In the song, a robot says "Move on"; she replies, "I'm trying!".[26] Daggers performs the song in an angst-ridden manner,[28][25] creepily whispering "P.S. I love you" during the bridge.[26]
Smulders said that the song is a breaking point for the character: "I feel like this is sort of at the tail end of her [music] career ... She's sort of breaking away from all that and she does that by becoming this character of Robin Daggers, which has a lot of similarities to Alanis Morissette."[21] Mark Graham of VH1 described it as a song "about being scorned",[28] and Ethan Alter of Television Without Pity called it an "amusingly anti-love song".[29] Kate Stanhope and Joyce Eng of TV Guide said that Daggers "lost it when she started obsessing over a mystery man" with the "Morissette-esque" song.[30] Alyssa Fikse wrote that the track demonstrates the evolution of Daggers from a "bubbly pop star ... into [a] 90s grunge riot grrrrrl": "Any song that name-checks Reality Bites is bound to be overdramatic."[8] Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald wrote that the song brings out Daggers' goth side,[31] and Sarah Freymiller of Bustle described it as a "grunge-infused stalk-fest".[25]
The music video for "P.S. I Love You" was directed by Pamela Fryman.[19] According to series costume designer Reiko Kurumada, the crew researched the "Courtney Love-ish era" to create Daggers' look.[32] Her costume includes slip dresses with fishnets, "Kurt Cobain-ish" silk nightgowns from vintage stores, ripped-up leggings, and Dr. Martens motorcycle boots with flannel and chokers.[32][33] "It was very grunge. It was a little mix of grunge with a tiny bit of femininity in it," Kurumada recalled.[32]
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Daggers (in "grunge mode") wears dark flannel, cutoff jeans, black tights and boots, and heavy eye liner.[34] Liat Kornowski of HuffPost wrote that she "went goth/grunge '90s. Like, Black Hole Sun '90s".[35] Daggers is seen undressing and performing onstage (with a sign reading "Consider Questioning Authority, Please" in the background)[36] before a crowd full of slamdancing Mounties,[28] with interspersed shots of a shirtless old man and random words written in chalk.[28] Fikse and Graham noted many influences of "angsty 90s music videos", including Fiona Apple's "Criminal" (1997), Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991), Metallica's "Enter Sandman" (1991), Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" (1992) and Morissette's "You Oughta Know".[8][28] Phoebe Reilly of Vulture wrote that the video also parodies Hole's "Miss World" (1994).[37]
"P.S. I Love You" appeared in an episode of the same name which aired on February 4, 2013.[19] A digital single was released by 20th Century Fox Records that day.[23] It was later included on the compilation album, How I Met Your Music: Deluxe (2014).[38] Portions of the music video were shown in the episode; the full video became available in a press release the following day.[26][39][40] The video was included in the series' season-eight DVD release.[41] The "P.S. I Love You" episode received a 4/11 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic and attracted 10.30 million American viewers,[42] up eight percent from the previous episode.[43] It was the night's top-rated show, and the most-watched of the series' season.[43]
"P.S. I Love You" received generally-positive reviews from television and music critics. Fikse enjoyed the song, which "perfectly mirrored the outsized emotion and angst that characterized the 90s".[8] Caryn Ganz of Spin called Daggers a "Grunge Goddess" and her transformation "angsty badass" and "historically accurate".[24] Max Nicholson of IGN liked Smulders' "angst-ridden" performance, saying that it "was a satisfying redemption" for the season.[44] Margaret Lyons of Vulture wrote that her comeback was "terrific ... maybe the best thing HIMYM has ever done".[10]
Maggie Panos of PopSugar called the video "torrid" and "ominous".[45] Vlada Gelman of TVLine praised Smulders' "anti-conformist" performance in the "hilariously twisted" music video. Gelman also liked the song: "It's damn catchy".[36] According to Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald, the song "gave you all the hints you needed" in a "middling episode". Perigard wrote that it was time to retire the character, and the show could not let go of a good idea.[31] A Yahoo! reviewer said that the song was impossible to "get out of your head".[40] Tom Eames of Digital Spy called "P.S. I Love You" "grunge-tastic", and called Daggers' storyline one of the series' best running gags.[46] Fox News rated it as the series' ninth-best musical moment.[47]
| 2023-09-03 06:00:10 |
Linhenykus - Wikipedia |
Linhenykus is an extinct genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. It is the most basal known member of the Parvicursorinae. The genus gets its name from Linhe, a city near the site where the fossil was first found and Greek nykus, "claw". The specific name is derived from Greek monos, "single", and daktylos, "finger", a reference to the fact that it is the only known non-avian dinosaur to have had but a single digit.
Linhenykus was a small dinosaur, measuring 50 cm (1.6 ft) long and weighing 500 g (18 oz).[1] Its femur length is 7 centimetres (2.8 in).[2]
Alvarezsauroids are known for their short forelimbs, each with a single greatly enlarged second digit. Although alvarezsaurids were once thought to have only a single digit on each forelimb, more recent evidence has shown that most species have reduced third and fourth digits. Linhenykus is the first known alvarezsaurid to have only a single, second digit.[2] Although a reduced third metacarpal is present, the phalanges or finger bones of the third digit was entirely lost. The fourth metacarpal is not preserved in the Linhenykus holotype, but given that digit III is a reduced structure lacking phalanges, it is probable that this metacarpal is entirely absent in Linhenykus. Despite having the most reduced digits of any alvarezsauroid, Linhenykus was shown by cladistic analysis to have been a basal form as is indicated by the fact that its enlarged digit is not as large or robust as with more advanced forms.[3]
Some scientists have suggested Linhenykus, like other alvarezsaurids, was insectivorous, using its claws to dig into ant and termite nests, similar to modern anteaters.[4]
The fossil of Linhenykus was collected by Jonah N. Choiniere and Michael Pittman from the Late Cretaceous Wulansuhai Formation of Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), China. Biostratigraphic and lithographic correlations suggest that the formation dates to the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages, 75-71 Ma. Linhenykus is currently known from a partial skeleton, holotype IVPP V17608, including cervical, dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae, forelimb, hindlimbs, and pelvis, and a referred complete pes (anatomy).[5] The genus was first described and named in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Xu Xing, Corwin Sullivan, Pittman, Choiniere, David Hone, Paul Upchurch, Tan Qingwei, Xiao Dong, Lin Tan and Han Fenglu in 2011.[2] In 2013, an osteological monograph of the genus was published which included a quantitative analysis of alvarezsauroid biogeography.[6] The latter found statistically significant biogeographic reconstructions suggesting a dominant role for sympatric (or ‘within area’) events, combined with a mix of vicariance, dispersal and regional extinction.
It has been suggested that Linhenykus may be a junior synonym of Parvicursor,[7] but this interpretation was rejected by the original authors [8] and has not been adopted in subsequent research on alvarezsauroids.[9]
The cladogram below shows the phylogenetic position among alvarezsaurids following Makovicky, Apesteguía and Gianechini (2012).[9]
Alvarezsaurus calvoi
Alnashetri cerropoliciensis
Bonapartenykus ultimus
Patagonykus puertai
Linhenykus monodactylus
Albinykus baatar
Xixianykus zhangi
Mononykus olecranus
Shuvuuia deserti
| 2023-09-03 06:00:14 |
John Morrison and the Miz - Wikipedia |
John Morrison and The Miz were an American professional wrestling tag team in WWE.
The duo originally performed on the ECW brand, but also appeared on the Raw and SmackDown brands due to ECW's talent exchanges with those brands during their tenure as a team. The team had no official name, although they had been referred to as "the In Crowd" or "the Dirt Sheet Duo", after the name of their Slammy Award-winning online webshow, The Dirt Sheet. Both were former WWE Tough Enough contestants, with Morrison winning the show's third season and Miz being the runner-up of its fourth season.
They first began teaming together in November 2007. Originally rivals, John Morrison and the Miz became partners as a result of winning the WWE Tag Team Championship and making the title exclusive to the ECW brand, for a brief time. They held the championship for 250 days, before eventually dropping the title in July 2008. During their title reign, Morrison and Miz developed a gimmick that resulted in the duo being given their own webshow, The Dirt Sheet, and their own in-ring interview segment of the same name on ECW. In December 2008, they won the Slammy Award in the category for Tag Team of the Year and won the World Tag Team Championship. The team split in April 2009, after Miz was drafted to the Raw brand and Morrison was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 WWE draft.
After the team disbanded, Morrison and Miz sporadically feuded with each other until Morrison's departure from WWE in November 2011. They reunited in January 2020 after Morrison returned to WWE. They won the SmackDown Tag Team Championships shortly thereafter, becoming only the second team (after the Hardys) to win WWE's original World Tag Team, the 2002 established WWE (now Raw) Tag Team, and SmackDown Tag Team Championships, making them overall three-time tag team champions in WWE.
The team of Morrison and Miz was critically acclaimed, especially during their first run when they were recognized as Tag Team of the Year by WWE, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, and The Baltimore Sun in 2008.
Before they formed a partnership, John Morrison and the Miz were enemies, competing for the ECW Championship in October 2007.[1][2][3][4] On the November 16, 2007, episode of SmackDown, then-rivals Morrison and Miz were paired together to face Matt Hardy and MVP in a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship, which they subsequently won after MVP turned on Hardy.[5][6] After winning the title, Morrison and the Miz brought the title to the ECW brand. Soon after winning the WWE Tag Team Championship, the two were no longer portrayed as enemies, but rather as trusting friends. They would defend the title on numerous occasions on both ECW and SmackDown as well as multiple pay-per-views against opponents like Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang,[7][8] Jesse and Festus,[9] and Tommy Dreamer and Colin Delaney.[10][11] In February 2008, Morrison and Miz were given a streaming segment on WWE.com named The Dirt Sheet in which they mocked other wrestlers and facets of pop culture. Morrison and Miz co-wrote each episode of The Dirt Sheet each week, and Morrison credits his time in college studying film with contributing to the success of the show.[12] After being forced to vs. Miz (in a Money in the Bank qualifying match) in which he subsequently beat him in, Morrison competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match, which was won by CM Punk, at WrestleMania XXIV. Despite being unsuccessful, Morrison had a standout performance in the match, in which he performed a moonsault from the top rope to the outside of the ring while holding onto a ladder.[13]
During the sixth annual WWE Draft on June 23, 2008, on Raw, the duo defeated SmackDown's the Hardys (Matt and Jeff) which earned ECW its only draft pick, which turned out to be Matt Hardy, bringing his WWE United States Championship to the brand.[14] At The Great American Bash in July, Morrison and Miz lost the tag team titles in a four team tag match to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, ending their reign at 250 days; however, neither Miz nor Morrison were pinned during the match.[15][16]
After losing the titles, Morrison and Miz entered a feud with ECW newcomers Evan Bourne and Ricky Ortiz, who they had previously mocked (and continued to do so) on the Dirt Sheet.[17][18] They also had an Internet-centered feud with Raw's Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG) based on which WWE.com online show was better: the Dirt Sheet or Cryme Tyme's Word Up.[19][20][21][22] Morrison and Miz won a match between the two teams at Cyber Sunday, which was voted for by fans over a World Tag Team Championship match.[23]
Throughout October, the team mocked D-Generation X (DX) (Triple H and Shawn Michaels), using phrases such as "Are you 50?" instead of DX's usual catchphrase "Are you Ready?" to mock their ages due to DX being formed in 1997, when both Morrison and Miz were in high school.[24][25][26][27] On the October 28 episode of ECW, their feud with DX continued as they mocked them after a live Dirt Sheet and then proceeded to attack two impostors playing Michaels and Triple H.[26] On the 800th episode celebration of Raw, Morrison and the Miz competed in a match against DX, and were defeated.[27] During the match, they mocked DX's signature moves, with Morrison successfully performing a superkick (mocking Michaels' Sweet Chin Music) on Triple H as well as the Miz attempting a Pedigree on Triple H.[27] Following their feud with DX, they continued to feud with Cryme Tyme.[28] Morrison and the Miz were part of John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL)'s team at the annual Survivor Series but they lost to a team led by Shawn Michaels.[29][30]
On the December 8 episode of Raw, Morrison and the Miz won the 2008 Slammy Award for Tag Team of the Year and also for the Best WWE.com exclusive, for their show, The Dirt Sheet.[31][32] On December 13, at a house show in Hamilton, Ontario, Morrison and the Miz won the World Tag Team Championship for the first time, defeating Kofi Kingston and CM Punk. The duo then engaged themselves in a feud with the WWE Tag Team Champions the Colóns (Carlito and Primo). They later defended the World Tag Team Championship against the Colóns but lost in a match for the Colóns' WWE Tag Team Championship. On the pre-show of WrestleMania 25, Morrison and the Miz lost the World Tag Team Championship to the Colóns (Carlito and Primo) in a Lumberjack match to unify the World Tag Team and the WWE Tag Team Championships.[33]
On the April 13 episode of Raw, the Miz lost a match to Raw's Kofi Kingston after John Morrison accidentally got him disqualified, which gave Raw a draft pick in the 2009 WWE draft. The pick was then revealed to be Miz, and he subsequently attacked Morrison, ending their partnership.[34] Two days later on April 15, Morrison was drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft.[35]
In October 2009, WWE premiered a new pay-per-view event based around inter-brand matches. At the time, the Miz was the second-tier champion on Raw after winning the United States Championship and was subsequently booked against SmackDown's Intercontinental Champion, John Morrison.[36] In the build up to their first match since splitting, the two hosted a one-off edition of The Dirt Sheet on the October 16 episode of SmackDown where the two compared themselves to '80s tag team the Rockers, debating over which is more comparable to the successful Shawn Michaels and which was the less successful Marty Jannetty.[37] At Bragging Rights, Miz pinned Morrison to become the only member of the Raw roster to win an interpromotional match.[38] The following month at Survivor Series, Miz captained a team of five wrestlers against Team Morrison in a five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match and once again bested his former partner.[39] At the Tribute to the Troops in December, Miz rolled up Morrison for the win in a singles match. The two had another match the following March, when John Morrison and his new partner R-Truth challenged for the Unified Tag Team Championships held by the Miz and the Big Show. Morrison was finally able to defeat the Miz in a singles match, however Morrison could not pick up the victory for the titles at WrestleMania XXVI.[40]
In 2011, after the Miz won the WWE Championship, he retained the title against Morrison in a Falls Count Anywhere match on the January 3, 2011, episode of Raw. At May's Extreme Rules, Cena won the title in a triple threat steel cage match against the Miz and Morrison.[41] Later that year in November, the Miz and Morrison had another Falls Count Anywhere match, in which the Miz caused Morrison a scripted injury; this was used to write Morrison off WWE television as he decided not to renew his contract.[42][43]
On September 26, 2019, it was reported by Mike Johnson of Pro Wrestling Insider that Morrison had re-signed with WWE, being confirmed on December 3 on WWE Backstage.[44][45][46] He made his return on the January 3, 2020 episode of SmackDown and was paired with the Miz.[47][48] On the January 31 episode of SmackDown, the duo teamed together for the first time in nearly 11 years, defeating Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker), Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado), and the Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) in a fatal four-way tag team match, thus earning an opportunity to face the New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at Super ShowDown, winning the titles on February 27.[49]
On March 8, the duo had their first title defense against five other teams in the second-ever tag team Elimination Chamber match at the Elimination Chamber event, eliminating the New Day and the Usos themselves at the end of the match to retain the title.[50] At WrestleMania 36, after the Miz's absence due to illness, Morrison defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championships by himself in a ladder match against Kofi Kingston and Jimmy Uso, in which he was successful.[51][52] On the April 17 episode of SmackDown, the duo lost the titles back to the New Day after Miz unsuccessfully defended the titles by himself in a triple threat match against Big E and Jey Uso, ending their reign at 50 days.[53] At Money in the Bank the following month, Morrison and Miz unsuccessfully attempted to regain the championship in a fatal four-way tag team match.[54]
Both participated in a handicap match against the Universal Champion Braun Strowman at Backlash for the title, but they were defeated.[55] Then, they started a storyline with the Money in the Bank contract holder Otis and Tucker of Heavy Machinery, culminating with a match at Hell in a Cell where Miz won the briefcase.[56][57]
Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank contract at the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event during a TLC match between Drew McIntyre and AJ Styles, but was unsuccessful as McIntyre retained his title.[58] On the December 28 episode of Raw, Miz had the contract returned to him as the cash-in at TLC was ruled invalid due to Morrison cashing in the contract on his behalf (as only the contract holder himself can cash it in).[59] At Elimination Chamber, Miz would successfully cash in on McIntyre and win the WWE Championship for the second time in his career but lost it eight days later against Bobby Lashley.[60] Miz and Morrison started a feud against Bad Bunny and Damian Priest at the end of January which led them to a match at WrestleMania 37, in a tag team match, in which they lost.
On the August 23, 2021 episode of Raw, the Miz was defeated by Xavier Woods after an unintentional distraction from Morrison. After the match, the Miz attacked Morrison, disbanding the team and setting up a feud between the pair.[61] However, the feud would abruptly end after the Miz took time off to compete on the Dancing with the Stars.[62] On November 18, as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, Morrison was released from his WWE contract before the Miz would return to WWE programming.[63]
| 2023-09-03 06:00:18 |
Robert S. Maloney - Wikipedia |
Robert Sarsfield Maloney (February 3, 1881 – November 8, 1934) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Maloney was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He attended public schools and learned the printer's trade.
Maloney was a fraternal delegate of the American Federation of Labor to the 1907 Canadian Trades and Labor Congress in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was New England organizer for the International Typographical Union 1908–1912.
He was elected a member of the Lawrence, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen in 1909 and he served as the Board's president.
In the November 7, 1911 city election the voters enacted a new city charter that enacted a City Commission form of government in Lawrence. The new charter took effect on January 1, 1912.[1] Maloney was member of the city commission in 1912, and from 1916 to 1920 and served as president. Maloney was elected to the city commission to serve as the director of the Department of Public Health and Charities, Maoney served in this capacity in 1912 and 1915–1920.
Maloney was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress from (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923), but was not a candidate for renomination. As of 2023, he was the last Republican to represent the 7th congressional district. He again served as director of the Department of Public Health and Charities, from 1924 until 1928, published a weekly newspaper and, later, engaged in the restaurant business until his death.
Maloney died in Lawrence on November 8, 1934. His interment was in Immaculate Conception Cemetery.
| 2023-09-03 06:00:22 |
1984 1000 km of Silverstone - Wikipedia |
The 1984 Grand Prix International 1000 km was the second round of the 1984 World Endurance Championship. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain on 13 May 1984.
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).
† - The #74 Scorpion Racing Services Arundel-Ford was disqualified during the race for receiving technical assistance while still on the track.
| 2023-09-03 06:00:26 |
Dungeon Tiles (Task Force Games) - Wikipedia | Dungeon Tiles is a supplement published by Task Force Games in 1980 for fantasy role-playing games.
Dungeon Tiles is a set of cardboard tiles meant to be used as a play aid in conjunction with 25 mm miniature figures for fantasy role-playing games. The tiles, which are illustrated, can be set on a table to represent the paths and rooms that characters can pass through during a role-playing game.[1] It was a set of terrain tiles intended to combine together to form various locations.[2]
The set consists of
In the July 1981 edition of The Space Gamer (Issue No. 41), Steve Jackson criticized the relatively high price of the set, saying, "In all, a moderately good product, and useful for GMs. But I have to say that I think it's selling for about twice what it ought to. There was no need whatsoever to put it in a box! If only the tiles, and possibly the counters, had been supplied, along with a bag to hold them, this set would have retained 95% of its worth, and could have been marketed at a more reasonable price."[1]
In the August 1981 edition of Dragon (Issue #52), Tony Watson called the tiles "nicely executed" but noted the lack of "curved walls and corridor sections." Despite this, Watson concluded that "Dungeon Tiles should be useful to those groups who desire more precision in the conduct of their encounters, or to the DM who feels the need for a little help in presenting the situation to his players."[3]
| 2023-09-03 06:00:30 |
Bakum - Wikipedia | Bakum is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Vechta district in western Lower Saxony. Bakum lies on the A1 freeway between Bremen and Osnabrück.
This Vechta (district) location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:00:34 |
Ray, Ohio - Wikipedia |
Ray is an unincorporated community in southeastern Harrison Township, Vinton County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 45672.[1] It is located along State Route 327 in western Vinton County.
Ray was originally called Raysville, and under the latter name was platted in 1853 by Moses Ray, and named for his family.[2] Another former variant name was Rays.[3] A post office was established under the name Rays in 1856, and the name was changed to Ray in 1893.[4]
WikiMiniAtlas39°12′13″N 82°41′01″W / 39.20361°N 82.68361°W / 39.20361; -82.68361
This Vinton County, Ohio state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:00:38 |
Handball at the Pan American Games - Wikipedia | Handball at the Pan American Games began at the 1987 edition in Indianapolis, United States for both men and women. The 1991 edition of the Pan American Games, however, held only a men's handball competition.
| 2023-09-03 06:00:42 |
Golden Road (Maine) - Wikipedia | The Golden Road is a 96-mile (154 km) private road built by the Great Northern Paper Company that stretches from the St. Zacharie Border Crossing to its former mill at Millinocket, Maine.
The road, which parallels the West Branch of the Penobscot River, was built between 1969 and 1972 to bring raw wood to the mill from the company's 2.1 million acres (8,500 km2) of woodland in the Maine North Woods. Before the road was built logs were floated down the river to the mill.[1]
The 32 miles (51 km) of the road from the Millinocket mill to Ripogenus Dam is partly
paved and the remaining 65 miles (105 km) is stone.
Great Northern had always allowed private drivers access to the road (except for the portion next to the mill) and it is a major thoroughfare into the North Woods for sportsmen and white water paddlers on the Penobscot.[1]
The road's name is often believed to have been because of its cost (Great Northern said in the 1980s the cost of maintaining its road network was $6.8 million/year) but company officials said the road was actually considered a big cost savings—noting the shipping timber down the river took about 18 months and there would be loss of logs in the process and the road shortened the process to a few days.[1] Others believe that the road was named after its appearance; the color of the dirt was so yellow that the road appeared to be the color gold.[citation needed]
Great Northern's economic hold on the road has been greatly diminished, and it has announced plans to tear down almost all of the buildings at the Millinocket mill. The road is now owned by four companies. A proposal in 2007 for the state of Maine to investigate acquiring the road was defeated.[2]
| 2023-09-03 06:00:46 |
Muñecas (song) - Wikipedia |
"Muñecas" (English: "Dolls") is a song by Argentine singer Tini, Argentine rapper la Joaqui and American music producer Steve Aoki. The song was released on 12 January 2023, through Hollywood Records and 5020 Records as the ninth single from Tini's fourth studio album, Cupido (2023).[1]
On 29 December 2022, Tini posted on her Instagram reel, a video with a snippet of the song, revealing the name and how it is a collaboration with Joaqui and Aoki. On 9 January 2023, she shared some pictures from the shoot and revealed how the song is coming out on 12 January 2023.[2][3] A few days before the song's release, Tini shared a #MuñecasChallenge, which quickly went viral on the video sharing platform TikTok.[4] In interview with Rolling Stone, Tini shared that Aoki sent her the song during the pandemic and they decided to save it. Once the track was finalized, she thought her compatriot La Joaqui would be the best person to sing the track with.[5] She also added: “Ever since I heard ‘Muñecas’ for the first time, I always imagined singing it next to a woman. I started listening to music by La Joaqui and instantly thought of her for it.” [...] “She is a woman with so much strength and values, a great artist and person. I hope life unites us many more times for collaborations.”[5] Aoki also spoke up about the collaboration, saying: “It was a great experience working with Tini and La Joaqui because we were able to merge our individual musical styles, and come together for this track.”[5]
The lyrics fort the song were written by the three singers, alongside Andrés Torres, Mauricio Rengifo, Osman Escobar, Elena Rose, Rafael Rodríguez, Steve Salazar, David Orea, Juan José Arias, Santiago Naranjo Lopez, Juan David Correa Cardona and Donny Flores, while Aoki, Torres and Rengifo, also served as producers of the song along with The Best Soundz.[6] Musically, the song blended the cumbia beats that Tini is known for with an electronic edge.[1][7] Aoki also describes “Muñecas” as a song “bursting with flavor and rhythm, mixing tradition with innovation.”[5] The lyrics contain references how girls living their best lives on the dance floor, while also doubles as a fierce club banger and a girl power anthem.[7] The song lasts for a duration of two minutes thirty-six seconds. It is written in the key of A Minor, with a moderately fast tempo of 150 beats per minute.[8]
The video for "Muñecas" was directed by Tini's long-time collaborator Diego Peskins and has featured an unparalleled celebration that includes a shower of champagne.[9] In the music video, Tini brings the “Muñecas” fantasy to life. The two artists are shown living large inside a lavish dollhouse where they are serving fierce looks in every room, and singing from inside different rooms of what seems to be the pair’s dollhouse.[1][5] Tini translates the sensuality of her song into moves. Aoki also appears in the briefly in Tini’s extravagant, vibrant video.[7]
Adapted from Tidal.[6]
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
| 2023-09-03 06:00:50 |
Echo candens - Wikipedia |
Echo candens is a species of broad-winged damselfly in the family Calopterygidae.
[1][2]
This article related to Calopterygoidea is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:00:54 |
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy - Wikipedia | The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy is a Golden Globe Award that has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA).
Eligible films must be at least 70 minutes in length,be commercially released for at least seven days in the "greater Los Angeles area" ,and screened for the HFPA membership.[1] The commercial release must begin during the calendar year prior to the awards ceremony, and the screening can occur no later than one week after commercial release.[1] For purposes of the award, a "musical" is "a comedy or a drama in which songs are used in addition to spoken dialogue to further the plot."[1] In addition, the film must have its principal dialogue in English.[2]
Under the 2007 revised rules of the HFPA, animated pictures are no longer eligible in this or the category of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, instead competing exclusively in the new category of Best Animated Feature Film.
| 2023-09-03 06:00:57 |
Xonxa Dam - Wikipedia |
Xonxa Dam, is a composite zoned earthfill/rockfill dam situated on the White Kei River in Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1972 and has a capacity of 158,500,000 cubic metres (5.60×109 cu ft). The wall is 48 metres (157 ft) high. The dam serves mainly for irrigation purposes and its hazard potential has been ranked high (3).
This article about a dam or floodgate in South Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:01 |
Oenomaus brulei - Wikipedia |
Oenomaus brulei is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the lowlands of French Guiana.[1]
This Eumaeini-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:06 |
Bertrand Robert - Wikipedia | Bertrand Robert (born 16 November 1983 in Saint-Benoît) is a French footballer who plays for AS Excelsior.[1] He is the younger brother of Laurent Robert.
Retiring in the summer 2018, one year later it was announced that Robert had come out of retirement to return the Réunion Island and play for AS Excelsior.[2]
Career statistics[3][4]
Statistics accurate as of 4 October 2012
This biographical article related to association football in France, about a midfielder born in the 1980s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This biographical article related to association football in France, about a forward born in the 1980s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:10 |
April 1923 Bulgarian parliamentary election - Wikipedia | Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 April 1923.[1] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 212 of the 245 seats. Voter turnout was 86%.[2]
| 2023-09-03 06:01:14 |
Eric Lawrence - Wikipedia |
Eric Sinclair Maxwell Lawrence (15 July 1924 – 13 July 1978) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.
A South Grafton junior, Lawrence was in the St. George District during 1942 and turned out for the St. George club for a few games in that season. He replaced the first grade half-back Alf Cox due to a broken collarbone, in the 1942 Grand Final. He played a total of three first grade games during 1942, and did not appear in first grade again due to war duties.[2] He later returned to his local area after the war and went on to star for the South Grafton Rugby League club between 1946-1956 and represented Upper Clarence during his playing career.
Note: His surname was often spelt incorrectly in the press as 'Laurence'.[3]
South Grafton Rugby League Club named Eric Lawrence in their team of the Century in 2014. [4]
This rugby league football biography relating to an Australian born in the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:17 |
Abeille Liberté - Wikipedia | The Abeille Liberté is an emergency tow vessel (salvage tug) based in Cherbourg Harbour, France. It is a sister ship of Abeille Bourbon.
It was built at the Myklebust Verft shipyard in Gursken, Norway, which is part of the Kleven Maritime group. It was delivered in October 2005 and officially inaugurated on 17 November 2005.
Abeille Liberté is owned by Abeilles International, a unit of Groupe Bourbon. The crew is made up of sailors of the merchant marine. It is chartered to the French government and can be called upon by the Maritime Prefect of the English Channel and North Sea at any time.
It was one of two French tugs called upon to tow the damaged container ship MSC Napoli in January 2007.[5]
In March 2018 the Abeille Liberté was one of several vessels which towed the cargo ship Britannica Hav to the Port of Le Havre after it collided with a Belgian fishing vessel.[6]
This article about a specific civilian ship or boat is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:21 |
Jazz à Juan (album) - Wikipedia | Jazz à Juan is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz recorded in Antibes in 1974 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1977.[1][2][3]
Scott Yanow of Allmusic said "The quartet performs unpredictable and sometimes eccentric versions of five standards and a previously unissued rendition of Konitz's "Antibes." Solal, whose chord voicings and use of space are quite original, acts as an equal partner with Konitz and the music is often magical and never overly safe. Worth investigating".[4]
| 2023-09-03 06:01:24 |
Tom Lynagh - Wikipedia | Tom Lynagh (born 14 April 2003) is an Australian rugby union player, currently playing for the Reds. His preferred position is fly-half.[1]
Lynagh is the son of Australian international Michael Lynagh, and was born in Italy.[2] He is qualified to represent Australia, England or Italy internationally, while his brother Louis is also a professional rugby player.[3] Lynagh attended Epsom College in Surrey.
Lynagh was originally a member of the FC Harlequins. [4] He returned to Australia in 2021, signing for the Queensland Reds.[5] He was first announced in a Super Rugby squad in 2022, when he was announced in the Reds squad for the 2022 season, although he didn't make an appearance, before again being announced in the squad for 2023.[6] He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season against the Hurricanes.[7]
He was named in the Junior Wallabies squad for 2023.[8]
This biographical article relating to Australian rugby union is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:28 |
Fish Island (Wisconsin) - Wikipedia | Fish Island is an island on the western shore of Lake Michigan in the eastern part of the town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin.[1] It is two miles (3.2 km) southeast of Rock Island and is under the administration of the U.S. Government. It was named Fish Island because of the abundance of trout in the area.[2]
Two miles south west of Fish Island, is Fisherman Shoal.[3] It is a small sand bar that surfaces when the water level is low. It is not much more than a few acres in size, but is a navigation hazard.
Fish Island on July 28, 2020, taken from the air. During July 2020, Lake Michigan's waters were high, with an average of 177.45 meters above sea level.[4]
Fisherman Shoal on July 28, 2020
Fish Island (left) and Fisherman Shoal (to the right) on February 22, 2014 with ice stringers; north is oriented to the left. During February 2014, Lake Michigan's waters were lower at 175.95 meters above sea level.[4] Photo taken during Expedition 38 of the International Space Station.[5]
This article about a location in Door County, Wisconsin is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:33 |
Horizon (Sun Ra album) - Wikipedia | Horizon is a recording by the jazz musician Sun Ra and his Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity Arkestra, forming part of the documentation of their first visit to Egypt.
It was recorded at the Ballon Theatre, Cairo.[1]
In various editions, the record has sometimes been known by the other title of "Starwatchers" [2]
Original LP:
CD reissue:
| 2023-09-03 06:01:37 |
List of medieval stone bridges in Germany - Wikipedia |
This list of medieval stone bridges in Germany includes bridges that were built during the Middle Ages (between c. 500 and 1500 AD) on the territory of the present Federal Republic of Germany.
| 2023-09-03 06:01:41 |
Harper Ranch Formation - Wikipedia | The Harper Ranch Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period.
This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article related to the Permian period is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This British Columbia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:44 |
Werewolf Woman - Wikipedia | Werewolf Woman (Italian: La lupa mannara) is a 1976 Italian horror film directed by Rino Di Silvestro.[2][3]
When Daniella Neseri was a child, she was raped. The trauma from this has stunted her emotional growth and sexuality, so much so that she cannot have normal romantic relationships with men. One day she discovers that one of her female ancestors was killed for purportedly being a werewolf and that she strongly resembles this woman. This causes her to have nightmares where she transforms into a werewolf and is chased by angry villagers. Eventually, this delusion surfaces in her daily life, and as a result, she murders her sister Elena's lover after watching the two make love. Daniella hides the murder by throwing the body over a cliff, meant to give the impression that he was attacked by a dog and accidentally fell.
Daniella is discovered unresponsive near the cliff and is institutionalized. Her family and physicians believe that she merely discovered the body, and the shock was too much for her. Her personality flickers between calm and violent, and eventually, Daniella manages to escape the institution after murdering a fellow patient who made sexual advances to her. While on the run, she murders a man who tried to rape her, and she is found by Luca, a handsome stuntman living in a movie set for Western films. Meanwhile, both detectives and her family are searching for her, as they now believe that she is responsible for all of the murders that have happened thus far.
Daniella falls in love with Luca due to his care and gentleness, even managing to overcome her urge to murder. Believing herself cured of her mental illness, Daniella spends a happy month with Luca and is able to have a seemingly stable sexual relationship with him. This ends after another person living in the same movie set breaks into Luca's home with two of his friends and take turns violently raping Daniella. They also murder Luca when he returns home, shattering what is left of Daniella's sanity. She follows them to their homes and jobs, murdering them out of revenge. The police discover her living in the forest where her ancestor was killed, fully believing herself to be a werewolf. She is captured and institutionalized, where she dies. Her father also commits suicide, leaving her sister as the only living Neseri.
Filming for Werewolf Woman began in September 1975 in Rome.[1][4] Initially, the film was known as La licantropa.[4] Director Di Silvestro emphasized in interview that he was trying to make a "serious" film about lycanthropy.[4] Di Silvestro also claimed the film to be the first focused on a werewolf woman, which is untrue as the theme had been explored as early as The Werewolf in 1913.[4]
Annik Borel was cast as the werewolf, Daniella Neseri.[5] Di Silvestro recalled seeing hundred of photos from international agents and when seeing Borel he realized "something was exploding within her, in her psychic and cultural background"[5] Di Silvestro stated he gave her several screen tests which he described as "almost devastating" before casting her.[5]
Werewolf Woman was distributed theatrically in Italy by Agorà on 18 March 1976.[1] The film grossed a total of 389,164,094 Italian lire domestically.[1]
The film was distributed abroad in the United States, Canada and Australia.[5] The director believed his films had an "international feel about them–they were understandable even without dialogue or music, just by watching the images"[5]
The film was released in the United States in June 1977 where it was distributed by Dimension Pictures.[1] It has been released in the United States as Daughter of a Werewolf, Naked Werewolf Woman, She-Wolf and Terror of the She Wolf.[1] It was released in Australia as Legend of the Wolf Woman.[1]
Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti described the film's reception in Italy as being "predictably ridiculed by critics".[5] Tom Milne of the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed a 98-minute dubbed version of the film in 1980.[6] Milne described the film as a "random concoction of horror, exploitation, policier and psychological trash-bucket incredibly stilted in all departments."[6] Milne specifically noted the romance in the film, finding it "all soft-focus, rompings on the beach, which heralds the 'cure' for lycanthropy".
In a retrospective review, Curti described the film as an "over-the-top sexploitation potboiler" and that the film was "not technically poor as those by some of his peers" and Di Silvestro's work as naive and with heavy-handed symbolism with too many close-ups, zooms and camera angles resulting in the film looking "unintentionally ridiculous"[4][7]
| 2023-09-03 06:01:48 |
Vitėnai - Wikipedia | Vitėnai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 41 people.[1] It is located 1 km from Kalnaberžė, on the right bank of the Nevėžis river. The regional road Kėdainiai-Krekenava-Panevėžys runs through the village.
This Kaunas County, Lithuania location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:52 |
From the Cliffs - Wikipedia |
From the Cliffs is an EP by multinational indie rock band Guillemots, released on 14 March 2006. It compiles their previous releases, the I Saw Such Things in My Sleep EP and the first "Trains to Brazil" single, to form a mini-album in itself (along with the new opening track, "Sake", and, for the Japanese release, two additional tracks: "Moonlight" and "Pa Moila").
All tracks are written by Fyfe Dangerfield, except where noted
This 2000s indie pop album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:01:57 |
Kinga Kozak - Wikipedia |
Kinga Kozak (born 15 October 2002) is a Polish professional footballer who plays for Glasgow City.[2] Before moving to Scotland in 2022 she previously played for Polish club Czarni Sosnowiec.[3] She made her debut for Poland in October 2020 at the age of 18.[4]
Kozak was inspired to play football by watching her older brother Miłosz play. She came to notice playing for her primary school team UKS Biskupianka Stara Krobia, and was scouted by Medyk Konin.[5] In 2017–18 she was the national top scorer for Medyk at under-16 level,[6] but transferred to GKS Katowice that summer because she wanted to play at first team level in the Ekstraliga.[7]
She was successful in three years at GKS Katowice, scoring 29 goals in 71 games across all competitions.[8] In June 2021 she signed a one-year contract with the national champions Czarni Sosnowiec.[9] With Czarni Sosnowiec she won the Polish Cup and played in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League first round defeat by Ferencváros.[10]
Kozak made her senior international debut for Poland aged 18 years and eight days old in a 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying Group D win over Azerbaijan, played behind closed doors in Warsaw on 23 October 2020.[11] She scored her first goal in Poland's 7–0 win over Kosovo in the final game of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F series on 6 September 2022.[12]
Kozak's older brother Miłosz is also a professional footballer.[5] In 2022 she appeared on the Turbokozak reality television show, screened on Canal+ Premium.[13]
Czarni Sosnowiec
This biographical article related to women's association football in Poland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:02:01 |
Pierre d'Ailly - Wikipedia |
Pierre d'Ailly (French: [d‿aji]; Latin Petrus Aliacensis, Petrus de Alliaco; 1351 – 9 August 1420) was a French theologian, astrologer and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
D'Ailly was born in Compiègne in 1350 or 1351 of a prosperous bourgeois family. He studied in Paris at the Collège de Navarre,[1] receiving the licentiate in arts in 1367 and the master’s a year later,[2] and was active in university affairs by 1372.[3] D'Ailly taught the Bible in 1375 and the Sentences of Peter Lombard in 1376–1377, and received the licentiate and doctorate in theology in 1381. He was affiliated with the university, serving as rector in 1384; among his pupils were Jean Gerson and Nicholas of Clémanges.
The church's Great Schism, between two popes, arose in 1378. In the spring of 1379, d'Ailly, in anticipation even of the decision of the University of Paris, had carried to the pope of Avignon, Clement VII, the "role" of the French nation. Notwithstanding this prompt adhesion, he was firm in his desire to put an end to the schism, and when, on 20 May 1381, the university decreed that the best means to this end was to gather together a general council, d'Ailly supported this motion before the king's council in the presence of the Duke of Anjou. The dissatisfaction displayed shortly after by the government obliged the university to give up this scheme, and this was probably the cause of Pierre d'Ailly's temporary retirement to Noyon, where he held a canonry. There he continued the struggle for his side in a humorous work, in which the partisans of the council are amusingly taken to task by the demon Leviathan.[1]
D'Ailly returned to prominence by leading the university's effort to secure removal of John Blanchard as chancellor, in which Blanchard was accused by d'Ailly before the Avignon antipope Clement VII of abuse of office.[4] Subsequently, d'Ailly was twice entrusted with a mission to Clement VII in 1388 to defend the doctrines of the university, and especially those concerning the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, against the preaching friar Jean de Montson, and in 1389 to petition in the name of the king for the canonization of the young cardinal Pierre de Luxembourg. The success which attended his efforts on these two occasions, and the eloquence which he displayed, perhaps contributed to his choice as the king's almoner and confessor. At the same time, by means of an exchange, he obtained to the highest dignity in the university, becoming chancellor of Notre Dame de Paris.[1] This acceptability to many interests helps explain his advancement.[5]
D'Ailly served as chancellor of the University from 1389 to 1395, and Gerson succeeded him. Both were involved in expelling the Dominican Order from the university for refusing to embrace the idea of the Immaculate Conception and in the effort mentioned above to end the Great Schism by means of an ecumenical council.
When Antipope Benedict XIII succeeded Clement VII at Avignon in 1394, d'Ailly was entrusted by the king with a mission of congratulation to the new pontiff. His obsequious language on this occasion, and the favours with which it was rewarded, formed a too violent contrast to the determined attitude of the university of Paris, which, tired of the schism, was even then demanding the resignation of the two pontiffs. D'Ailly himself had not long before taken part in the drawing up of a letter to the king in which the advantages of this double abdication were set forth, but since then his zeal had seemed to cool a little. Nevertheless, on his return from Avignon, he again in the presence of the king enlarged upon the advantages offered by the way which the university commended.[1]
The suspicions aroused by his conduct found further confirmation when he caused himself—or allowed himself—to be nominated bishop of Le Puy by Benedict on 2 April 1395. The great number of benefices which he held left room for some doubt as to his disinterestedness. Henceforward he was under suspicion at the university, and was excluded from the assemblies where the union was discussed.[1]
D'Ailly's ecclesiastical career prospered, however. After Le Puy, he was appointed Bishop of Noyon, and Bishop of Cambrai (1397).[6] By virtue of this position, he became also a prince of the Holy Roman Empire. In order to take possession of his new episcopal see, he had to brave the wrath of Philip, Duke of Burgundy, override the resistance of the clergy and bourgeoisie, and even withstand an armed attack on the part of several lords; but his protector, the duke of Orleans, had his investiture performed by Wenceslaus, king of the Romans. The latter, though a partisan of the pope of Rome, took the opportunity of enjoining on d'Ailly to go in his name and argue with the pope of Avignon, a move which had as its object to persuade Benedict to an abdication, the necessity of which was becoming more and more evident. However, the language of d'Ailly seems on this occasion to have been lacking in decision; however that may be, it led to no felicitous result.[1] From this point on, he spent most of his energy to addressing the schism. Although he was slow at first to embrace the conciliar solution to the Schism, he was participating in councils by 1409.
France next tried to bring violent pressure to bear to conquer the obstinacy of Benedict XIII by threatening a formal withdrawal from his obedience. D'Ailly, who, in spite of his attachment to the pope, had been carried away by the example of the kingdom, was among the first who, in 1403, after experience of what had happened, counselled and celebrated the restoration of obedience. He was sent by Charles VI on an embassy to Benedict and seized this opportunity of lavishing on the pontiff friendly congratulations mingled with useful advice. Two years later, before the same pontiff, he preached in the city of Genoa a sermon which led to the general institution, in the countries of the obedience of Avignon, of the festival of the Holy Trinity.[1]
At the ecclesiastical council which took place at Paris in 1406, d'Ailly made every effort to avert a new withdrawal from the obedience and, by order of the king, took the part of defender of Benedict XIII, a course which yet again exposed him to attacks from the university party. The following year he and his disciple Gerson formed part of the great embassy sent by the princes to the two pontiffs, and while in Italy he was occupied in praiseworthy but vain efforts to induce the pope of Rome to remove himself to a town on the Italian coast, in the neighbourhood of his rival, where it was hoped that the double abdication would take place. Discouraged by his failure to effect this, he returned to his diocese of Cambrai at the beginning of 1408. At this time he was still faithful to Benedict, and the disinclination he felt to joining the members of the French clergy who were on the point of ratifying the royal declaration of neutrality excited the anger of Charles VI's government, and a mandate, which was however not executed, ordered the arrest of the bishop.[1]
It was not until after the cardinals of the two colleges had led to the convocation of the Council of Pisa (1409) that d'Ailly renounced his support of Benedict XIII, and, for want of a better policy, again allied himself with the cause which he had championed in his youth. In the council lay now, to judge from his words, the only chance of salvation; and, in view of the requirements of the case, he began to argue that, in case of schism, a council could be convoked by any one of the faithful, and would have the right to judge and even to depose the rival pontiffs. This was, in fact, the procedure of the council of Pisa, in which d'Ailly took part. After the declaration of the deposition of the Roman pope Gregory XII and Benedict XIII, the council went on to elect Alexander V (26 June 1409). This pope reigned only ten months; his successor, John XXIII, raised d'Ailly to the rank of cardinal (6 June 1411), and further, to indemnify him for the loss of the bishopric of Cambrai, conferred upon him the administration of that of Limoges (3 November 1412), which was shortly after exchanged for the bishopric of Orange. He also nominated d'Ailly as his legate in Germany (18 March 1413).[1]
Forgetting these benefits, d'Ailly was one of the most formidable adversaries of John XXIII at the Council of Constance (1414–1418); with Gerson, d'Ailly was one of the leading theologians at the council.[7] Convinced as he was of the necessity for union and reform, he contributed more than anyone to the adoption of the principle that, since the schism had survived the Council of Pisa, it was necessary again to take up the work for a fundamental union, without considering the rights of John XXIII any more than they had those of Gregory XII and Benedict XIII. From this point of view d'Ailly, together with his compatriot Cardinal Fillastre, took the preponderating part during the first few months. Afterwards, seeing the trend of events, he showed some uneasiness and hesitation. He refused, however, to undertake the defence of John XXIII, and only appeared in the trial of this pope to make depositions against him, which were sometimes of an overwhelming character.[1]
Other matters which claimed his attention at Constance included the condemnation of John Wycliffe and the trial of Jan Hus. The reading in public of his two treatises De Potestate ecclesiastica and De Reformatione Ecclesiae revealed, besides ideas very peculiar to himself on the reform and constitution of the church, his design of reducing the power of the English in the council by denying them the right of forming a separate nation (1 October – 1 November 1416). By this campaign, which exposed him to the worst retaliation of the English, he inaugurated his role of "procurator and defender of the king of France."[8][better source needed]
When at last the question arose of giving the Christian world a new pope, this time sole and uncontested, d'Ailly defended the right of the cardinals, if not to keep the election entirely in their own hands, at any rate to share in the election, and he brought forward a system for reconciling the pretensions of the council with the rights of the College of Cardinals. In this way was elected Pope Martin V (11 November 1417), and the task of d'Ailly was at last finished.[9]
After the council, d'Ailly returned to Paris. When in France's civil discord the Burgundian faction seized Paris in 1419, killing some professors in the process, he fled south and retired to Avignon.[10] His former pupil Gerson settled nearby at a house of the Celestine Order. D'Ailly, known as the Cardinal of Cambrai, died in 1420 in Avignon.
D'Ailly wrote extensively on the Schism, reform, astrology and other topics. His ideas on the powers of the college of cardinals and the infallibility of the general council were very influential.[11] D'Ailly's Imago Mundi (1410), a work of cosmography, influenced Christopher Columbus in his estimates of the size of the world. Many questions in science and astrology, such as calendar reform, attracted his attention.[9] His views on astrology, expressed in several works, attempted to balance divine omniscience and human free will.[12] D'Ailly's writings on the Schism put the crisis and the need for reform into an apocalyptic context.[13] His astrology also was tied to the Schism, attempting to determine whether the division of the church was a sign of the coming of the Antichrist.[14] His works began appearing in print before the end of the fifteenth century.[15]
In The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, Karl Marx wrote that d'Ailly had told advocates of ethical reform at the Council of Constance, "Only the devil in person can still save the Catholic Church, and you ask for angels."[16]
The crater Aliacensis on the Moon is named after him.
| 2023-09-03 06:02:04 |
Sackville House - Wikipedia |
The Sackville House was an historic, American building that was located at 309 East Wheeling Street in East Washington, Pennsylvania before it was demolished in 1980.[3]
The seventeen-room building was constructed in 1884 by John Vester.[3] Ownership of the building passed to Vester's nephew Leo Sackville in 1943.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1976.[1] By the late 1970s, the building had been converted to three apartments.[3] Sackville's widow later sold the building to the Washington & Jefferson College.[3]
As the college's plans for the building's demolition progressed, the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation and the college discussed the possibility of preserving the building;[3] however, zoning issues with East Washington, the projected $40,000 costs of moving, and the additional cost to restore the building after being converted to apartments halted that effort.[3] By 1982, the Olin Fine Arts Center was completed.[4][5]
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's Bureau for Historic Preservation was notified of the building's demolition on June 1, 2010.[6] It was formally de-listed from the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2010, roughly 20 years after its demolition.[2]
It continues to be designated as a historic residential landmark/farmstead by the Washington County History & Landmarks Foundation.[7]
Media related to Sackville House at Wikimedia Commons
| 2023-09-03 06:02:08 |
Chris Wormald - Wikipedia | Sir Christopher Stephen Wormald KCB (born 30 October 1968) is a British civil servant serving as Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care since 2016, having previously served as Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education from 2012 to 2016.
Educated at Rutlish School in Merton and then St John's College, Oxford, Wormald joined the Civil Service in 1991 into the Department for Education (later the Department for Education and Employment). Rising to Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 until 2004, he then worked on the Academies programme.[1]
Wormald transferred in 2006 to the newly formed Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), promoted to be Director-General of Local Government and Regeneration. In 2009, he moved to the Cabinet Office as the Head of the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, taking over from Paul Britton. Following the general election in 2010 and the consequent change of the position of deputy prime minister, he additionally became Head of the Deputy Prime Minister's Office.[1][2]
In March 2012, Wormald left the Cabinet Office to return to the Department for Education as its Permanent Secretary, replacing Sir David Bell who had retired to be the vice-chancellor of the University of Reading.[3] As of 2015, Wormald was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999 by DCLG, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[4] In January 2016 it was announced that Wormald would move to the Department of Health and Social Care later in 2016, to replace Dame Una O'Brien after her retirement as the permanent secretary there.[5]
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2017 Birthday Honours.[6]
| 2023-09-03 06:02:12 |
Günter Hirsch - Wikipedia |
Günter Hirsch (born 30 January 1943) is a German legal scholar who served as the seventh President of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany from 2000 to 2008.
Günter Erhard Hirsch was born in Neuburg an der Donau, the second child of Erhard and Anni Hirsch. After primary school, he attended gymnasium in Neuburg, graduating with his abitur in 1964.[1] From 1964 to 1969, he studied jurisprudence at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He took his first state exam in 1969, followed by the second one in 1973. During this period, he also worked as a research assistant for the chair of criminal law at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He also completed his doctorate there.
In 1973, Hirsch started working in the Bavarian judicial service,[1] first as a public prosecutor from 1975 to 1976, then from 1976 until 1980 as a judge at an Amtsgericht (local district court). After attending a 15-month course on administrative management at the state chancellery of Bavaria, he became a presiding judge at a Landgericht (regional court), serving from 1982 to 1984. Later, he worked at the Bavarian state ministry of justice, where he became an assistant director and the head of the division for legislative planning, constitutional law and European law between 1989 and 1992.
He then became the president of diverse courts. From 1 September 1992 to 31 December 1992 he was president of the Bezirksgericht (district court) of Dresden; from 1993 until 6 October 1994 he was president of the Higher Regional Court of Dresden. From 6 June 1993 to 31 March 1995 he was also president of the Constitutional Court of Saxony. From 1994 to 2000, he was an appointed judge at the European Court of Justice, as well.
From 2000 to January 2008, he was president of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany. He is the vice president of the association of the presidents of the highest courts of justice of the European Union as well as president of the academy for management and commerce Baden in Karlsruhe. He is a member of the disciplinary commission of the FIFA, a member of academy ethics in medicine, a member of the society for comparative law and a member of the society for public international law. From 1984 to 1994, he was also the secretary-general and vice president of the German society for medical law.
Hirsch is an honorary professor for European and medical law at the Saarland University. He has to his credit numerous publications in the fields of criminal law, medical law, public law and European law. Hirsch is married to Marta Hirsch-Ziembiñska, a jurist and diplomat.[1]
| 2023-09-03 06:02:15 |
Thelyschista - Wikipedia |
Odontorrhynchus ghillanyi Pabst
Thelyschista is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is Thelyschista ghillanyi, endemic to the Bahia region of Brazil.[1][2][3][4][5]
Data related to Thelyschista at Wikispecies
This Orchidoideae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:02:19 |
Ted Harston - Wikipedia |
Edwin Harston (27 February 1907 – 1971) was an English footballer who played in The Football League for six different clubs and notably scored 55 league goals in a single season for Mansfield Town.
A native of Monk Bretton near Barnsley, Harston began his professional career at Sheffield Wednesday, whom he joined in 1928 from amateur team Cudworth Village. He remained a reserve at Wednesday, and he joined Barnsley in May 1930. He then spent three years at Reading, where he despite an excellent goalscoring record only played sporadically.[1]
In 1934, he joined Bristol City where he spent just over one season, before Mansfield Town paid £250 for his services in October 1935.[1] He made his debut for the Stags against Southport on 19 October 1935, and scored a hat-trick on his debut. In his first season with Mansfield, he scored 26 goals in 29 league games and also scored once in the FA Cup, easily topping the club's goalscoring chart.
The following season, he was even more prolific, scoring 55 goals in 41 league games and finished top scorer in Division Three North,[2] also scoring three goals in two FA Cup games. In all, he scored three or more goals eight times during the 1936–37 season, including an astonishing seven goals in Mansfield's 8–2 win against Hartlepools United on 23 January 1937.[3][4]
In the summer of 1937, Harston moved to Liverpool for a £3,000 transfer fee.[3] He scored three goals in five games for the Reds, but then suffered a broken leg which effectively ended his career.
He died in 1971, in Rochester, Kent.[3]
(N) Football League Third Division North; (S) Football League Third Division South
This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1900s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:02:22 |
Libera me (1993 film) - Wikipedia |
Libera me is a 1993 French experimental film directed by Alain Cavalier. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
This article related to a French film of the 1990s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article related to an avant-garde or experimental film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:02:26 |
National Rural Education Association - Wikipedia | The National Rural Education Association (NREA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the interests of schools and educators in rural and sparsely-populated areas of the United States. The NREA is a membership organization that operates as a tax-exempt, non-profit entity.[1] It is directed by an elected executive committee consisting of national representatives of rural school administrators, rural school teachers, state education agencies, educational service agencies, higher education, rural district school boards, and at-large constituencies.[1] The NREA has approximately 8,000 voting and non-voting members from all 50 states.
Article III, Section 1 of the NREA bylaws states, "The purpose of the Association shall be the improvement and the expansion of educational opportunities for children in rural communities throughout the United States and the world." To this end, the NREA lists the following as its stated objectives:[2][3]
The history of the organization can be divided into several sections.[nb 1]
The NREA was founded in 1907 by 28 individuals who petitioned the board of directors of the National Education Association for approval as a new department within the organization. Its title for the next ten years was the Department of Rural and Agricultural Education. The first president of the new organization was elected in 1908 at the NEA meeting in Cleveland, Ohio. For the next ten years, with one exception, the presidents of the new department were presidents or deans of agricultural or normal schools or land grant colleges. The one exception was a superintendent of schools.
In 1918 three professional groups, the National Association of State Supervisors and Inspectors of Rural Schools, the County Superintendent section of the NEA, and the National Association of Personnel Engaged in Preparation of Rural Educators joined the Department of Rural Education. For the first time, agricultural education was no longer included in the title of the organization and there was an evident change in the leadership of the organization in the succeeding ten years. During that period, only six of the presidents were from colleges or universities and only one of those six was associated with an agricultural school. The other presidents of the Department of Rural Education were school administrators.
The group representing rural educators continued as a viable organization through two world wars and a devastating depression. There was a national meeting every year and the group annually elected presidents to lead the organization. In 1946 at the annual meeting of the rural educators in Des Moines, Iowa, the first meeting of the Division of County and Intermediate Unit Superintendents (CIUS) was held and the group elected a president. The two groups continued as separate organizations; however, by 1957 the business meetings of the rural education group were held at the County and Intermediate Unit Superintendents (CUIS) annual meeting which always preceded the annual meeting of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). During these years the presidents of the Department of Rural Education were local and county superintendents and education professors.
In 1968 the association became the Rural Education Association, and in the following year CUIS elected its last president. It appears that the two groups that had been meeting together apparently merged their meeting dates, their leaders, and their goals. The growth of the adversary relationship between teachers’ organizations and administrators must have resulted in an uncomfortable relationship between the Rural Education Association and its sponsoring organization, the National Rural Education Association. The rural department had expanded over the years to include county and intermediate superintendents and the leadership of the organization most often was from the ranks of administrators or representatives of higher education. Therefore, in 1975, the Rural Education Association was listed for the first time as a non-governance affiliate of the NEA. And the very next year the group voted to rename itself the Rural/Regional Education Association.
The years between 1975 and 1980 were difficult ones for the organization. The relationship with the sponsoring organization NEA had become stressful as NEA's mission changed and appeared to be in conflict with the majority of membership of REA. At the same time, serious questions arose about the quality of services being provided to REA by the NEA staff. Most of the members of REA were rural school administrators, administrators of intermediate units, and college or university personnel. The administrators from the intermediate units were concerned about the issues facing rural schools, because in many cases, these schools were their predominate clients. These superintendents felt more comfortable in association with other administrators. During these five years R/REA members were occupied with issues concerning affiliation such as whether the organization should continue its affiliation with NEA or become an independent organization and employ an executive director whose first allegiance would be to REA.
Each option had it proponents. A small group of the members representative of each of the groups within the membership worked for several months considering the options. By the 1980 annual meeting in Portland, OR, this group, chaired by Anita Lohr, Superintendent of Pima County, AZ, presented the membership with the first set of bylaws. The membership voted to institute several controversial changes during this meeting including:
Some members felt that the dues issue would be the end of the organization because people would not be willing to pay $50 to belong to REA. Others were upset because affiliation with AASA had been rejected. After 1980 the organization was different. Some members chose not to renew their membership. AASA created an affiliate for educational service agencies (AAESA), and some of the intermediate unit superintendents dropped from REA, but many chose to hold dual membership. Several of the people responsible for the development of the AAESA had been leaders in REA, and today there exists a common bond between the memberships of the two organizations.
As the organization worked to define its mission, two charges surfaced from it – resolutions, and from the program – budget decisions. These changes were (1) to be the national voice for rural education, and (2) to sponsor the research that would provide validity to that “voice.” So important was the concept of being a national voice, the organization once again changed its name in 1986 to the National Rural Education Association.
In addition to the Executive Committee, the NREA has two governing bodies: the Membership Meeting and the Delegate Assembly, made up of two representatives (and two alternates) from each of the fifty states. Affiliate organizations also have one delegate to represent them at the Annual Delegate Assembly. This group meets annually at the Annual Convention. The Delegate Assembly hears reports from standing committees and passes on resolutions, policy matters, and other policies of the Association.[1]
Membership to the NREA is open to any and all who have an interest in issues related to rural education. Membership dues vary depending on the type of membership, for instance, membership for students may be obtained at a discounted rate.
The Rural Educator[4] is the official journal of the NREA. It is a peer-reviewed journal published three times per year.
The NREA Update[5] is an electronic newsletter which is distributed to the NREA membership each week.
| 2023-09-03 06:02:30 |
Kim Thomas - Wikipedia |
Kim Susannah Thomas (born 10 October 1967) is a former competitive rower from Great Britain.
Thomas was born in 1967 in Wandsworth, Great Britain. She is a member of the Leander Club at Henley-on-Thames.[1] She received her education at Surbiton High School in Surbiton, and then studied engineering at Durham University. She then trained as a teacher concentrating on physics, but later focussed on mathematics.[3]
She competed at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 1983, 1984, and 1985. In 1983 in Vichy, France, she came fifth with the junior women's eight.[4] In 1984 in Jönköping, Sweden, she came sixth in the junior women's coxed four.[5] A year later in the same boat class but with a different team, she came fifth.[6]
In 1987, Thomas competed at senior level and was part of the coxless pairs with Alison Bonner that won the national title rowing for a Kingston and Weybridge Ladies composite, at the 1987 National Championships[7] and at that year's World Rowing Championships, she competed in the women's pair with Alison Bonner and they came seventh.[8] Thomas and Bonner competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the coxless pair and came eighths.[9] At the 1989 World Rowing Championships at Lake Bled near Bled in SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia, she teamed up with Catherine Miller in the women's pair and they came in eleventh (and last) place.[10]
At the 1992 Summer Olympics, she was a member of Great Britain's coxless four, and the team came eighths in the competition.[11] She was a member of the Durham University Boat Club from 1989 to 1991.[2]
In 1989, Thomas was the second recipient of The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year award.[12]
Thomas' first teaching role was at Kingston Grammar School, where she joined their mathematics department. After two years in that role, she went to Pangbourne College as head of mathematics.[3]
At present, she is a teacher at Albyn School in Aberdeen, Scotland, and coaches rowing as part of her job.[13][14]
| 2023-09-03 06:02:34 |
Beyhanlı, Akçakoca - Wikipedia |
Beyhanlı (also: Bayhanlı) is a village in the Akçakoca District of Düzce Province in Turkey.[1] Its population is 201 (2022).[2]
This geographical article about a location in Düzce Province, Turkey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:02:38 |
Peter Benedict - Wikipedia | Peter Benedict (born Christian Riss;[1] 13 July 1963) is an Austrian actor, director and writer.
Peter Benedict was born Christian Riss in Chur, Switzerland.[2] He is the only son of actors Walter Riss and Christa Rossenbach. He grew up in Berlin, Paris and Salzburg. Benedict studied drama and film directing at Mozarteum University Salzburg and at Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg.[3]
Benedict began working in film and television productions under his birth name in the late 1980s. He wrote and directed the 1999 film Ende des Frühlings.[1] In 2000, he started his film career as an actor. His first role was in Dominik Graf's drama A Map of the Heart. Since then, Benedict has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Fay Grim (2006), Yella (2007), Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic (2007), Unschuldig (2008), Barbara (2012), The Team (2015), and The Young Karl Marx (2017).
From 2005 to 2016, he made regular appearances in the long-running crime drama Tatort. He was part of the main cast of the crime series Kommissarin Heller (2014–2019), where he portrayed the role of Burkhard Hinnrichs. From 2017 to 2020, Benedict appeared in the Netflix science fiction series Dark as Aleksander Tiedemann.[4] He played one of the lead roles, Robert von Bergen, in the 2018–2019 dramedy series Jenny – echt gerecht.
Benedict is married and lives in Berlin and France.[1]
| 2023-09-03 06:02:42 |
Ruth G. Shaw - Wikipedia | Ruth Gwynn Shaw[1] (born February 19, 1948, Danville, Virginia)[2] is a former President and CEO of Duke Energy Corporation. In addition to her career at Duke, she holds and has held many other civic and business positions.[3]
Shaw received her B.A. and M.A. Degrees in English from East Carolina University and a Ph.D. in Higher Educational Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.[3]
Shaw was President of El Centro College in Dallas, Texas (1984-1986).[3] She then became president of Central Piedmont Community College (1986 to 1992).[4]
In September 1992, Shaw joined the Duke Power Company (later Duke Energy) as Vice President of Corporate Communications. She held a variety of senior positions at Duke during her career. These included being President of Duke Nuclear in 2006, and CEO and President of Duke Power Company from 2003 to 2006. Shaw retired from Duke in April 2007, but served as an Executive Advisor until April 2009.[3][4]
In addition to past appointments, Shaw is currently an independent director at Wells Fargo (as of 1990),[3] Dow Chemical Company (2005),[3][5] the DTE Energy Company (2008), and the SPX Corporation (2015).[3] She is part of the Environment, Health, Safety and Technology Committee at Dow.[5]
She is also a chairwoman of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a director of the Foundation For The Carolinas.[3]
Shaw has a history of involvement at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has been a director of the Board of Trustees for UNC Charlotte, and a supporter of the Carolina Thread Trail. The Ruth G. Shaw Trail on Toby Creek Greenway, which the UNC Charlotte campus and the Mallard Creek Greenway, has been named in her honor.[6]
| 2023-09-03 06:02:45 |
Miroslaw Rzepa - Wikipedia | Miroslaw Rzepa (born 27 December 1968) is a Polish former professional footballer who last played for Zawisza Bydgoszcz as a defender.
Having started his career at the club, he went on to feature for Falcon Pniewy and Amica Wronki before his first return to Zawisca Bydgoszcz. Rzepa later represented Odra / Varta Opole, Oder Opole, Columbus Crew, Stomil Olsztyn, LKS Gomunice, Sparta Brodnica and Zawisza / Chemik Bydgoszcz. He returned to Zawisza Bydgoszcz to end his career.
He made a single appearance for the Poland national team in 1992.
In 1986, Rzepa joined Zawisza Bydgoszcz and spent eight years at the club. In 1994, he spent a season at Falcon Pniewy before joining Amica Wronki for a two year spell. In 1997, he returned to Zawisza Bydgoszcz before lining-up for Odra / Varta Opole and Oder Opole.[1]
In 2000, Rzepa signed for MLS club Columbus Crew. He made five appearances for the club.[2]
Rzepa returned to Poland and joined Stomil Olsztyn before the turn of the year. He played for both LKS Gomunice and Sparta Brodnica during the following season, before a move to Zawisza / Chemik Bydgoszcz in 2002. Rzepa spent the final two years of his career at his boyhood club, Zawisza Bydgoszcz.[3]
| 2023-09-03 06:02:50 |
Takako Matsu discography - Wikipedia | The discography of Japanese actress and singer-songwriter Takako Matsu includes ten studio, three compilation, two live, seven video albums, twenty-one singles, and twenty music videos. Born into a family of actors, Matsu made her debut as a stage performer before her roles in TV dramas (beginning with the 1994 NHK taiga drama series Hana no Ran) and films (beginning with 1997's Tokyo Biyori).[1][2] That year she released her first single, "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara", which peaked at number 8 on the Oricon Singles Chart[1] and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 400,000 copies. Matsu's debut album, Sora no Kagami (also released that year), peaked at number 4 on the Oricon Albums Chart. Selling over 300,000 copies, it earned a platinum certification from the RIAJ and Matsu was named Best New Artist of the Year at the 12th Japan Gold Disc Awards.[3]
In 1998 she starred in the Shunji Iwai short film April Story as Uzuki Nireno, a shy girl who leaves home to attend the University of Tokyo.[4] For the film's soundtrack, Matsu performed five piano songs.[5] Her second studio album, Ai no Tobira, was released on Arista Japan the same year; it peaked at number 3 on the Oricon chart, and was certified gold by the RIAJ. Moving to Universal Japan in 1999,[6] Matsu released "Yume no Shizuku"; it peaked at number 8 on the Oricon chart, her fourth top-ten hit on the Oricon Singles Chart. Her album Itsuka, Sakura no Ame ni... was also certified gold. About a year later, Matsu's fourth studio album (A Piece of Life) and first compilation album (Five Years: Singles) were released. Both peaked in the top five on the Oricon Albums Chart, and the latter was certified gold. A live album of her A Piece of Life concert tour, released in 2002, peaked at number 32 on the Oricon Albums Chart; the tour DVD reached number 8 on the Oricon DVD chart. Matsu's next two studio albums peaked at number 12 on the Oricon chart.
In 2004 "Toki no Fune", co-written by Matsu and Akeboshi and produced by the latter,[7] was released as the first single from her seventh studio album (Bokura ga Ita). The song, the theme for the TBS drama series Tōbōsha Runaway,[8] peaked at number 5 on the Oricon singles chart and the album peaked at number 14 on the albums chart. In 2006 Matsu released "Minna Hitori", another top-10 hit. Her parent studio album, Cherish You, peaked at the same position on the Oricon Albums Chart. After the disappointing performance of her ninth studio album (Time for Music) and its accompanying singles, Matsu's musical career saw a resurgence with "Let It Go" (which she performed for the Japanese version of the Disney animated film, Frozen);[9][10] the song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, and was certified million by the RIAJ.[11]
| 2023-09-03 06:02:54 |
Courland Viceroyalty - Wikipedia | The Courland Viceroyalty was one of the Baltic administrative regions of the Russian Empire.
In 1796, the Viceroyalty had its name changed to the Courland Governorate. The Viceroyalty was created in 1795 out of the territory of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia which was incorporated into the Russian Empire as the province of Courland following the Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The Viceroyalty had its capital at Mitau (now Jelgava).
| 2023-09-03 06:02:57 |
Philadelphia Pythians - Wikipedia | The Philadelphia Pythians (also Pythian Base Ball Club, Pythian Baseball Club, or the "Pyths")[1] was one of the earliest Negro league baseball clubs, founded in 1865.[2][3] African-American leaders Jacob C. White Jr. and Octavius V. Catto established the team. The Pythians were composed of primarily business and middle class professionals from the surrounding areas of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City. Just two years after the Civil War ended, in 1867, the Pennsylvania State Convention of Baseball, located in Harrisburg, denied the "Pythian Base Ball Club" out of Philadelphia.[4] The team dissolved after Catto's death in 1871 and a new team formed under the Pythian name in the National Colored Base Ball League in 1887. The new team's first season went 4–1.[5][6] However, due to financial troubles, the team folded after only one season.[7]
Octavius V. Catto and Jacob C. White, two graduates from the Institute for Colored Youth, believed baseball was another way in which African Americans could assert their skills and independence, and prove their right to full citizenship and equality.[8] Incidentally the two had originally played cricket at the institute, but switched to baseball for an unknown reason.[1] They had been childhood friends and they emerged as prominent figures in Philadelphia's African American community.[9] Catto injected himself into local politics with the hope of aiding black civil liberties and led efforts to gain equality and equal access to public programs. This continued until Catto's murder at the hands of Frank Kelly in 1871. Prior to the American Civil War, professional baseball has been denied to African Americans. Black leaders considered baseball a route to American cultural assimilation, and following the Civil War, Negro baseball grew exponentially. Octavius Catto pioneered the racial shift in baseball. Many of the players were also Institute for Colored Youth graduates. These men belonged to the Knights of Pythias fraternal organization, which helped pay for baseball supplies.[10] A third, lesser-known founding member was William Still. Still was a local coal dealer and civil rights activist; this played into the Pythians' idea of using the baseball to achieve equality.[11]
The team was originally known as the Independent Ball Club, a team of the Institute for Colored Youth. Due to the number members who belonged to the Knights of Pythias, the team was renamed the Pythians.[1] The first full season took place in 1867 under Catto's leadership. Their first game was played at Diamond Cottage Park in Camden, New Jersey, because the team could not gain access to the Parade Grounds at 11th and Wharton in Philadelphia. The team played their home games at Fairmount Park, but used Liberty Hall of the Institute for Colored Youth as their club house.[12] This is where the team met to socialize and plan game strategies.[13] The Pythians believed that credibility and acceptance could be promoted by competing against "our white brethren" on a baseball diamond.[14] In September 1869, the Pythians played against the all white Olympics; likely the first recorded instance of an interracial baseball game. Although the Pythians lost 44–23, the September 4th edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer covered the game inning for inning, noting the skill of the Pythians as well as the large size of the crowd. A few days later the Pythians played and beat the all-white Philadelphia City Items; a historic victory that Catto hoped would prove the capability of African Americans.[7] These game were successful in drawing large crowds and praise from news outlets for the Pythians' respectable play. In the years following the number of games per season was greatly reduced. This was in part due to raising racial tensions.[1] The passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 led to the assassination of Catto during the election of 1871. The team was unable to continue its efforts without its charismatic leader and folded shortly after.[14]
The 1868 season was the most notable for the Pythians. Records of the team's undefeated season show the player roster and the schedule. The team had three separate lineups, also known as a "nine". A handwritten copy of the 1868 roster reveals the players for each lineup. The schedule also shows their non-league games and scores.
First Nine: Jefferson Cavens (First Basemen), John Cannon (Pitcher), Frank J.R. Jones (Third Basemen), John Graham (Outfielder/Catcher), James Sparrow (Shortstop), Spencer Hanly (Outfielder/Catcher), Joshua Adkins (Third Basemen), Octavius V. Catto (Second Baseman/Shortstop/Captain)[15][1]
Second Nine: Raymond J. Burr, Andrew J. Jones, Frederick Walker, Richard E.F., David Knight, Edwin C. Vidal, Charles M. Thomas, James Ash, Henry Price, James Jenkins
Third Nine John H. Davis, Joseph J. Minton, William T. Jones, Jacob C. White, Jr., Harry Francis, Edward M. Bassett, William H. Minton, Henry Boyer, Thomas Jones, Jacob R. Ballard, Thaddeus Manning[16]
1868 Schedule
Note: The team names are as they appear on the handwritten schedule. Furthermore, baseball games at this time could also end in a tie.[17]
The Pythians were refused membership in the National Association of Base Ball Players based on their race. Although the Pythians were nominated for membership by the vice-president of the Athletics ball club, E. Hicks Hayhurst, the NABBP banned "the admission of any club which may be composed of one or more colored persons."[18] The association feared divisions among players if colored clubs were admitted. The ultimate reason the NABBP rejected Pythians has been debated by historians. Most scholars attribute it as racism on the part of the NABBP. Others have cited at this is an oversimplification and that the reason could have been a fear of controversy for admitting a negro team or for financial reasons.[15] Ultimately, this set the precedent for segregated Major Leagues and independent leagues which continued into the twentieth century. Therefore, the club was the first to attempt to integrate African American males into a segregated baseball league.[12] By 1871, the NABBP dissolved and the team was no longer restricted by its rules.[4] Ultimately the U.S. Supreme Court made the decision to sanction racial segregation in United States including baseball, through its 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
| 2023-09-03 06:03:00 |
John Bagni - Wikipedia | John Bagni (December 24, 1910 – February 13, 1954)[1] was an American actor and a writer for radio and television.
He often worked with his wife Gwen Bagni.[2] Their collaborations included scripts for Douglas Fairbanks Presents.[3]
This article about an American actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about an American screenwriter born in the 1910s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:03:04 |
Haja Hamounia - Wikipedia | Haja Hamounia (also known as Hajja Hamounia, Fatima Hamounia, Cheikha El Hammounia) (born 1937 in Douar Hammoun, Morocco; died 2013 in Safi, Morocco) was a Moroccan folk singer. She was called the Ambassador of Aïta, a traditional Bedouin genre of song, and known for her purist renditions of the Aïta Hasbaouia in its classical form.
Fatema El Kout was born in 1937 to a family of Sufis in Douar Hammoun, a village in the Essaouira region of Morocco. Her mother died when she was young, and she was married off at the age of 12. Upset, she managed to escape to her aunt in Essaouira and obtain a divorce. Here she met Sheikh Jilali, who began to train her in the Aita, and encouraged her to become a chanteuse.[1]
She faced family disapproval upon becoming a folk singer, with her father threatening to kill her. She fled to Safi with Jilali, whom she married in the 1970s.[1] She established a music troupe that would accompany her for nearly 25 years.[2][3]
Under the name Hamounia, she began to be known for her renditions of the Aita repertoire.[4] In the 1970s, she attained great popularity for her songs Mal hbibi malou and li bgha hbibi. In demand to perform at ceremonies of the Moroccan social elites, she was also invited to sing at the wedding of King Hassan II's daughter, Lalla Hasna, in 1994 at Fez.[3]
Hamounia was a great exponent of the Hasbaouia mode of Aita, which is in danger of extinction as the number of singers capable of interpreting it falls.[5] Under her tutelage, several talented musicians have emerged, such as Khadija Margoum, another doyenne of Aita, Hajib, a chaâbi performer, and Cheikha Tsunami.[1]
Hamounia died on 2 July 2013 from respiratory illness, and was interred at the Saada cemetery in Safi.[6]
| 2023-09-03 06:03:07 |
Sir John Newport, 1st Baronet - Wikipedia |
Sir John Newport, 1st Baronet (24 October 1756 – 9 February 1843) was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland.
Born on 24 October 1756, he was the son of Simon Newport, a banker at Waterford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of William Riall of Clonmel. After receiving his education at Eton College and Trinity College Dublin, he became a partner in his father's bank. He took part in the convention of volunteer delegates which met in Dublin under the presidency of James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont in November 1783, and was appointed a member of the committee of inquiry into the state of the borough representation in Ireland.[1]
Newport was created a baronet on 25 August 1789, with remainder to his brother, William Newport. At the 1802 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the Waterford City for the Whig interest against William Congreve Alcock. Newport, however, obtained the seat on petition in December 1803,[2]
and continued to represent Waterford until his retirement from parliamentary life at the dissolution in December 1832.[3]
On the formation of the Ministry of All the Talents, Newport was appointed Chancellor of the Irish exchequer (25 February 1806), and was sworn a member of the English privy council on 12 March 1806. He brought in his first Irish budget on 7 May 1806. In November of this year he was returned for St Mawes, as well as for the city of Waterford, but chose to sit for Waterford. He brought in his second budget on 25 March 1807, and shortly afterwards resigned office with the rest of his colleagues. Newport received a D.C.L. from the University of Oxford on 3 July 1810.[1]
Newport did not accept office in Lord Liverpool's administration, because the government was averse to measures of Catholic emancipation.
He was a leading critic of the Earl of Elgin's removal of the Elgin Marbles from Athens, commenting that "The Honourable Lord has taken advantage of the most unjustifiable means and has committed the most flagrant pillages. It was, it seems, fatal that a representative of our country loots those objects that the Turks and other barbarians had considered sacred".[4]
He spoke for the last time in the House of Commons on 25 June 1832, during the debate in committee on the Parliamentary Reform Bill for Ireland. On 11 October 1834 he was appointed Comptroller General of the Exchequer, a new office. He retired in 1839, with a pension, and died at Newpark, near Waterford, on 9 Feb. 1843. He was buried in Waterford Cathedral on 15 February following. His tenacity with inquiries in the House of Commons earned him the nickname of the "Political Ferret".[1]
Newport was the author of The State of the Borough Representation of Ireland in 1783 and 1800, London, 1832.[1]
Newport married Ellen, third daughter of Shapland Carew of Castle Boro, M.P. for Waterford city, by whom he had no issue. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew, the Rev. John Newport, on whose death, on 15 February 1859, the baronetcy became extinct.[1]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Newport, John". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 40. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
| 2023-09-03 06:03:11 |
Carnegie Medal (literary award) - Wikipedia |
The Carnegie Medal for Writing, established in 1936, is a British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new English-language book for children or young adults. It is conferred upon the author by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), who calls it "the UK's oldest and most prestigious book award for children's writing".[1] CILIP is currently partnered with the audio technology company Yoto in connection with the award.
Nominated books must be written in English and first published in the UK during the preceding school year (September to August).[2] Until 1969, the award was limited to books by British authors first published in England.[3] The first non-British medalist was Australian author Ivan Southall for Josh (1972). The original rules also prohibited winning authors from future consideration.[3] The first author to win a second Carnegie Medal was Peter Dickinson in 1981, who won consecutively for Tulku and City of Gold. As of 2018, eight authors had received the Medal more than once.
The winner is awarded a gold medal and £500 worth of books donated to the winner's chosen library. In addition, since 2016 the winner has received a £5,000 cash prize from the Colin Mears bequest.[4][5]
Manon Steffan Ros won the 2023 Carnegie Medal for The Blue Book of Nebo,[6] the first time a translation had won the award. The Blue Book of Nebo is a novel told in dual narrative by a boy and his mother navigating a post-apocalyptic world. Translated from Welsh, it depicts Welsh identity and culture.
There were seven books on the 2023 shortlist:[7]
Recommended ages have ranged from 8+ to 14+ for books on the shortlist since 2001.
The Medal is named after the Scottish-born American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), who founded more than 2,800 libraries in the English-speaking world, including at least one in more than half of British library authorities.[4] It was established in 1936 by the British Library Association, to celebrate the centenary of Carnegie's birth[4][8] and inaugurated in 1937 with the award to Arthur Ransome for Pigeon Post (1936) and the identification of two 'commended' books.[8] The first Medal was dated 1936, but since 2007, it has been dated by its year of presentation, which is now one or two years after publication.[9]
In 1955, the Kate Greenaway Medal was established as a companion to the Carnegie Medal. The Kate Greenaway Medal recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children".[10]
Both awards were established and administered by the Library Association, until it was succeeded by CILIP in 2002.[8] In 2022, the award was officially renamed to the Carnegie Medal for Illustration.[11]
As of 2023, the award is organized by CILIP and sponsored by Yoto, Scholastic, and the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society.[12]
CILIP members may nominate books each September and October, with the full list of valid nominations published in November.[13] The longlist, chosen by the judges from the nominated books, is published in February. The judging panel comprises 12 children's librarians, all of whom are members of CILIP's Youth Libraries Group (YLG). The shortlist is announced in March and the winner in June.[13]
Titles must be English-language works first published in the UK during the preceding year (1 September to 31 August). According to CILIP, "all categories of books, including poetry, non-fiction and graphic novels, in print or ebook format, for children and young people are eligible".[2] Multiple-author anthologies are excluded; however, co-authored single works are eligible.[2]
Young people from across the UK take part in shadowing groups organised by secondary schools and public libraries, to read and discuss the shortlisted books.[13]
CILIP instructs the judging panel to consider plot, characterisation, and style "where appropriate".[2] Furthermore, it states that "the book that wins the Carnegie Medal should be a book of outstanding literary quality. The whole work should provide pleasure, not merely from the surface enjoyment of a good read, but also the deeper subconscious satisfaction of having gone through a vicarious, but at the time of reading, a real experience that is retained afterwards".[2]
A diversity review in 2018 led to changes in the nomination and judging process to promote better representation of ethnic minority authors and books.[14]
As of 2022, 83 Medals have been awarded over 86 years, spanning the period from 1936 to 2021. No eligible book published in 1943, 1945, or 1966 was considered suitable by the judging panel.[9]
From 2007 onward, the medals are dated by the year of presentation. Prior to this, they were dated by the calendar year of their British publication.[9]
Forty-one winning books were illustrated in their first editions, including every one during the first three decades. Six from 1936 to 1953 were illustrated or co-illustrated by their authors; none since then.
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Carnegie Medal in 2007, CILIP created a 'Living Archive' on the Carnegie Medal website with information about each of the winning books and conducted a poll to identify the nation's favourite Carnegie Medal winner, to be named the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The winner, announced on 21 June 2007 at the British Library, was Northern Lights by Philip Pullman (1995). It was the expected winner, garnering 40% of the votes in the UK, and 36% worldwide.[31]
70th Anniversary Top Ten
Northern Lights, with 40% of the public vote, was followed by 16% for Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce and 8% for Skellig by David Almond. As those three books had won the 70-year-old Medal in its year 60, year 23, and year 63, some commentary observed that Tom's Midnight Garden had passed a test of time that the others had not yet faced.[32]
Prior to 2007, the award year matched books' year of publication with selection announced and medals presented early the following year.[33]
Beginning in 2003, commendations were not presented, only short and longlists; only the shortlists are presented below.
Eight authors have won two Carnegie Medals, which was prohibited for many years.[citation needed] Additionally, several authors have been shortlisted and/or commended multiple times.
The table below provides a list of authors who have been honoured, sorted first by number of honors and the rank of the honor (e.g., win is higher than commendation), then by the authors' last name. For the sake of ease, shortlists are considered of equal rank to commendations, though lower than high commendations. The table was last updated in June 2023.
Six books have won both the Carnegie Medal and the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, which was inaugurated 1967.(Dates are years of U.K. publication, and Carnegie award dates before 2006.)
Only A Monster Calls, written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, has won both the Carnegie and Greenaway Medals (2012).
Only The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2009) has won both the Carnegie Medal and the equivalent American award, the Newbery Medal.[74]
Sharon Creech, who won the Carnegie for Ruby Holler (2002), previously won the Newbery and two U.K. awards for Walk Two Moons (1994).[75]
Four writers have won both the Carnegie and the US Michael L. Printz Award. The Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognises the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". The four writers are David Almond, Aidan Chambers, Geraldine McCaughrean, and Meg Rosoff. Chambers alone has won both for the same book, the 1999 Carnegie and 2003 Printz for the novel Postcards from No Man's Land.[9][76][77]
In its scope, books for children or young adults, the British Carnegie corresponds to the American Newbery and Printz awards.
| 2023-09-03 06:03:15 |
Neumu - Wikipedia | Neumu is a music website that features news, reviews, columns and downloads. The website was founded by Emme Stone and Michael Goldberg, who currently serves as the Editor in Chief.[1] The site's album reviews are excerpted by Metacritic and used as part of that site's average album score from professional reviews.[2]
Neumu's rating system for albums is as follows:[3]
This World Wide Web–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. | 2023-09-03 06:03:18 |
List of lakes of Brazil - Wikipedia |
The following is a list of major lakes of Brazil.
| 2023-09-03 06:03:22 |