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6588486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters%20of%20Formula%203 | Masters of Formula 3 | The Masters of Formula 3 was a Formula Three race held annually, usually at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Due to noise restrictions in the Zandvoort area, the 2007 and 2008 races were held in the Belgian circuit of Zolder. However, it returned to Zandvoort for the 2009 race.
The Masters was first started in 1991, as an international meeting between drivers from various national championships across Europe. As the FIA European Formula Three Cup had been cancelled after the 1990 season, the Masters became the unofficial European F3 championship. Many of Formula One's future stars raced and won in the Masters, including David Coulthard, who was crowned champion in the first event.
In 1999, the FIA nominated the Pau round of French Formula Three Championship as the new European Cup, but the Masters retained its status as the de facto international meeting between up-and-coming superstars all across Europe, as drivers from the British, French, German and Italian championships continued to flock to the Dutch track. When the French and German series were merged into the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2003, the Masters was not included in the calendar at the time, but its position as the premier international F3 meeting in Europe was not threatened.
The event was sponsored by Marlboro from 1991 to 2005. When tobacco advertising was banned in the European Union after 31 July 2005, the Masters lost its sponsorship. The race was sponsored by BP Ultimate took from 2006 to 2007, RTL in 2008, Tango in 2009 and RTL again in 2010.
For the first time since its creation the series took a one-year break in 2017 due to calendar changes on the circuit and FIA Formula 3 European Championship regulations which prohibits any racing activity prior the round on the same circuit. But the race did not return in 2018, which made the 2016 race the final race of the event thus far.
Results
References
External links
Circuit Zandvoort
Formula Three races
Recurring sporting events established in 1991
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2016
Sports competitions in Zandvoort
1991 establishments in the Netherlands
2016 disestablishments in the Netherlands |
6588491 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desulfurization | Desulfurization | Desulfurization or desulphurisation is a chemical process for the removal of sulfur from a material. This involves either the removal of sulfur from a molecule (e.g. A=S → A:) or the removal of sulfur compounds from a mixture such as oil refinery streams.
These processes are of great industrial and environmental importance as they provide the bulk of sulfur used in industry (Claus process and Contact process), sulfur-free compounds that could otherwise not be used in a great number of catalytic processes, and also reduce the release of harmful sulfur compounds into the environment, particularly sulfur dioxide (SO2) which leads to acid rain.
Processes used for desulfurization include hydrodesulfurization, the SNOX process and the wet sulfuric acid process (WSA process).
See also
Shell–Paques process
Flue-gas desulfurization
Biodesulfurization
References
Chemical processes
Sulfur |
6588521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20American%20Le%20Mans%20Series | 2006 American Le Mans Series | The 2006 American Le Mans Series season was the 36th season for the IMSA GT Championship, with the eighth as the American Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototypes (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) race cars divided into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It began March 18, 2006, and ended October 21, 2006 after 10 races.
Pre-season
Among the biggest announcements prior to the start of the 2006 season was that Audi would continue their involvement in the ALMS with their new R10 TDI diesel engined LMP1 with the car making its international racing debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring in preparation for Le Mans. Audi followed up this announcement with plans for a single Audi R8 to go on a farewell tour for the first few races after Sebring, and then be replaced by two new R10 TDI after Le Mans for the rest of the ALMS season.
Fellow LMP1 competitors Dyson Racing also announced an upgrade from their troublesome Lola EX257s to brand new B06/10s with the new AER Turbo V8 engine unit. As part of their purchase, Dyson in turn sold off their EX257s. Occasional ALMS entrant Autocon Motorsports bought one chassis, while former Intersport partner Highcroft Racing bought the other, leading to an enlarged LMP1 field for 2006.
In LMP2 the teams of Miracle Motorsports, B-K Motorsports, Intersport Racing, and Penske Racing all planned to make a return to the series. Penske's initial one-car effort towards the end of 2005 was expanded to two cars for 2006, while the four other teams kept their efforts the same.
In GT1, the field appeared to be shrinking. Corvette Racing's commitment was certain, but Aston Martin Racing, now running Pirelli tyres instead of Michelin, was only able to promise Sebring in the beginning, later stating they'd also run Houston and Mid-Ohio in preparation for Le Mans. Their involvement for the rest of the season was left as merely a rumor. ACEMCO Motorsports's future in ALMS was also uncertain, with the team scrounging for cash to be able to continue racing. Former GT1 team Carsport America finally folded following the 2005 season, with their Dodge Viper GTS-R greatly outdated. The involvement of Maserati in the series was also pulled due to the cancelling of the project by the corporate heads since it never reached its initial plans, and the continued restrictions put in place by IMSA.
The GT2 class was also more of the same, with returning favorites Flying Lizard Motorsports, J3 Racing, Petersen/White Lightning, Panoz Motorsports, and Alex Job, although Alex Job's effort was now brought down to a single entry due to his expanded involvement in Grand-Am. Risi Competizione, who had run the Maserati in 2005, promised to return to GT2 with Ferrari's upcoming replacement to the Ferrari 360, the new F430.
The ALMS also created a new class of competitors, known as GT2S, designed to allow racing cars based on production vehicles which had seats for four in a coupe or sedan body style. Cars of this type were now allowed by ACO rules, but IMSA agreed that these cars would not be eligible for Le Mans entry even if they won Petit Le Mans or the season championship. These cars however would be competitively equal to the GT2 class and would compete accordingly with them. The long time BMW factory supported effort of Team PTG announced their return of the BMW M3 to the series, while Lexus announced their intentions to bring a new purpose built racing car built off of the IS. Rumors also speculated that Cadillac could bring their CTS-V SpeedGT program to the series. However, come the beginning of the season, neither Lexus nor Cadillac showed, leaving the BMW M3 as the only true GT2S competitor. The GT2S notion was shelved midseason.
From the standpoint of the 2006 schedule, two major changes were made. First, to replace the earlier round at Road Atlanta held soon after Sebring, a new temporary street circuit near Houston's Reliant Park was announced in cooperation with Champ Car. The round at Infineon Raceway was replaced with Miller Motorsports Park, a new racing facility near Salt Lake City.
Schedule
All races are 2 Hours and 45 Minutes except for Sebring (12 Hours), Petit Le Mans (10 Hours or 1000 Miles), and Laguna Seca (4 Hours).
Season results
Overall winner in bold.
Teams championship
Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:
20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1
Exceptions were for the 4 Hour Monterey Sports Car Championships was scored in the following order:
23-19-16-13-11-9-7-6-5-4
And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:
26-22-19-16-14-12-10-9-8-7
Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Teams only score the points of their highest finishing entry in each race.
LMP1 standings
LMP2 standings
GT1 standings
GT2 standings
Drivers championship
Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following order:
20-16-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1
Exceptions were for the 4 Hour Monterey Sports Car Championships was scored in the following order:
23-19-16-13-11-9-7-6-5-4
And for the 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans, which award the top 10 finishers in the following order:
26-22-19-16-14-12-10-9-8-7
Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance are not awarded points. Drivers failing to drive for at least 45 minutes in the race are not awarded points.
LMP1 standings
LMP2 standings
GT1 standings
GT2 standings
External links
American Le Mans Series homepage
IMSA ALMS Results and Standings
American Le Mans Series seasons
American Le Mans
American Le Mans Series |
6588523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Jean | Joseph Jean | Joseph-Arthur Jean, (February 7, 1890 – July 18, 1973) was a Canadian politician.
Born in St-Philippe-de-Néri, Quebec, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the Quebec riding of Maisonneuve in a 1932 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1935, 1940, 1945, and 1949 representing the riding of Mercier. From 1943 to 1945, he was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. From 1945 to 1949, he was the Solicitor General of Canada.
References
1890 births
1973 deaths
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Solicitors General of Canada
Canadian King's Counsel |
6588524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Best%20of%20Depeche%20Mode%20Volume%201 | The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 | The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 is a greatest hits album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 8 November 2006 by Mute Records. The album consists of select Depeche Mode singles from their then-25-year career, as well as the previously unreleased track "Martyr"—recorded during the Playing the Angel sessions—which was released as a single in late October 2006.
The album has sold over one million copies in Europe alone and has been awarded the IFPI Platinum Europe Award.
Track listing
iTunes Store bonus tracks
"Personal Jesus" (Boys Noize Rework) – 6:55
"Never Let Me Down Again" (Digitalism Remix) – 4:40
"Everything Counts" (Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Dub) – 6:55
"People Are People" (Underground Resistance Assault DJ 3000 Remix) – 7:24
"Personal Jesus" (Heartthrob Rework 2) – 5:15
Special edition bonus DVD
Limited edition copies of The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 (LCDMUTEL15) include a bonus DVD of music videos. A few of the videos feature songs that were not on The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1 and a few of the songs on the album are not on the DVD. The cover art has a pink flower rather than the white flower depicted on the cover of the regular CD.
The electronic press kit (EPK) contains commentary on all the singles that made it onto the CD release of The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1.
On 16 March 2007, the DVD was released on its own as The Best of Videos Volume 1.
Track listing
"Just Can't Get Enough" – Directed by Clive Richardson*
"Everything Counts" – (Directed by Clive Richardson)*
"People Are People" – (Directed by Clive Richardson)**
"Master & Servant – (Directed by Clive Richardson)*
"Shake the Disease" – (Directed by Peter Care)*
"Stripped" – (Directed by Peter Care)
"A Question of Time" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"Strangelove" (1987 version) – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"Never Let Me Down Again" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"Behind the Wheel" (Remix) – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"Personal Jesus" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"Enjoy the Silence" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"I Feel You" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"Walking in My Shoes" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"In Your Room" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"Barrel of a Gun" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"It's No Good" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
"Only When I Lose Myself" – (Directed by Brian Griffin)
"Dream On" – (Directed by Stéphane Sednaoui)**
"I Feel Loved" – (Directed by John Hillcoat)**
"Enjoy the Silence '04 – (Directed by Uwe Flade)**
"Precious" – (Directed by Uwe Flade)
"Suffer Well" – (Directed by Anton Corbijn)
The Best of: Volume 1: A short film
* First official release on DVD
** First official release period ("People Are People"'s regular video was not used in the original Some Great Videos release. None of the Exciter videos (or "Enjoy the Silence 04") were publicly released prior to Best of)
Personnel
Depeche Mode
Dave Gahan – lead vocals, sampler
Martin Gore – guitar, keyboard, acoustic guitar ("Personal Jesus", "Dream On", "People Are People"), bass ("Suffer Well"), melodica ("Everything Counts"), backing vocals, sampler, co-lead vocals ("Everything Counts", "Shake the Disease", "People Are People", "Never Let Me Down Again")
Andy Fletcher – keyboard, sampler, backing vocals, bass guitar
Alan Wilder – keyboard, drum machine and backing vocals, electronic drums ("Personal Jesus"), drums ("Walking in My Shoes", "I Feel You"), sampler, bass guitar ("Walking in My Shoes")
Vince Clarke – keyboard, drum machine, and backing vocals ("Just Can't Get Enough" and "New Life")
Other Musicians
Victor Indrizzo – percussion ("It's No Good")
Mark Bell – keyboard and drum machine ("Dream On")
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
External links
Album information from the official Depeche Mode website
Depeche Mode: The Best of, Volume 1 – official album microsite
2006 greatest hits albums
2006 video albums
Albums produced by Daniel Miller (music producer)
Albums produced by Flood (producer)
Albums produced by Mark Bell (British musician)
Albums produced by Tim Simenon
Depeche Mode compilation albums
Depeche Mode video albums
Music video compilation albums
Mute Records compilation albums
Mute Records video albums
Reprise Records compilation albums
Reprise Records video albums
Sire Records compilation albums
Sire Records video albums |
6588540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take%20This%20Ring | Take This Ring | "Take This Ring" is a song by American singer Toni Braxton. It was written and produced by Rich Harrison for her fifth studio album, Libra (2005). A subdued go go track, it features an uncredited sample from the song "Here Comes the Meter Man" (1969) by The Meters. Lyrically, it has Braxton singing about her plans to be free from a night of matrimonial responsibilities. "Take This Ring was released as the album's third and final stateside single but failed to enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, though it peaked at number 12 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Critical reception
Critics compared "Take This Ring" to singer Amerie's "1 Thing" (2005). Miami New Times critic Rich Juzwiak found that "Harrison gives Toni Braxton exactly what she needs to get her groove back on "Take This Ring," which counts as her best track since 2000's "He Wasn't Man Enough." Against subdued go-go that would befuddle Amerie, Brax takes off her wedding ring and approaches her inner hoochie with finesse." Doug Rule from Metro Weekly called the song "a party band jam, featuring festive live percussion. But it earns distinction as the album’s wildest track even more because of its lyrics."
Chart performance
Similarly to Braxton's two previous singles from Libra, "Take This Ring" was shadowed by lack of promotion from her record company, Blackground Records, causing the single to miss the US Billboard Hot 100. It debuted at number 23 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart in November 2005 based on radio airplay only, peaking at number 12 three months later.
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes of Libra.
Tamar Braxton – background vocals
Toni Braxton – vocals
Paul Foley – engineer
Rich Harrison – instrumentation, producer, writer
Dave "Natural Love" Russell – mixing
Charts
References
2005 singles
2005 songs
Blackground Records singles
Funk songs
Song recordings produced by Rich Harrison
Songs written by Rich Harrison
Toni Braxton songs |
6588544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek%20Ujlaky%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201974%29 | Marek Ujlaky (footballer, born 1974) | Marek Ujlaky (born 26 March 1974) is a Slovak former footballer who played as a midfielder and spent most of his career with Spartak Trnava.
External links
Living people
1974 births
Slovak men's footballers
Slovak expatriate men's footballers
People from Trnava District
Footballers from the Trnava Region
Men's association football midfielders
Slovakia men's international footballers
Slovak First Football League players
FC Spartak Trnava players
ŠK Slovan Bratislava players
1. FK Drnovice players
FC Senec players
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria |
6588551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerini | Jerini | Jerini AG was a pharmaceutical company based in Berlin, Germany, which focused on the discovery and development of novel peptide-based drugs. Using a proprietary technology platform, Peptides-to-Drugs (P2D), Jerini pursued disease indications for which limited, inadequate, or no treatment options exist. As a result, Jerini established a drug pipeline composed of its own programs as well as others in collaboration with partners. Jerini's commercialization strategy was to market new drugs in niche indications independently and in larger indications with partners. Jerini was acquired by Shire plc in 2008.
Jerini started operations in 1994. Jerini's subsidiaries Jerini US Inc. and JPT Peptide Technologies GmbH, provider of peptides and peptide microarrays, were acquired by Theracode GmbH, Mainz in 2009. Jerini was financed with venture capital provided by TVM and HealthCap. It went public on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (JI4), and had raised a total of over 130 million Euro in public and private financing to date.
Firazyr (icatibant)
Jerini's lead compound Firazyr (icatibant), is an inhibitor of the action of the hormone bradykinin on its B2 receptor. This compound was in-licensed from Aventis in 2001. It has been approved for hereditary angioedema in all member states of the European Union in July 2008. The drug was granted FDA approval on August 25, 2011.
Peptides-to-Drugs (P2D) platform
Based on its P2D platform, Jerini established several in-house development programs, to address indications within the ophthalmology, oncology, and inflammatory therapeutic areas. The most advanced of these programs targeted age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in people over the age of 55 in developed countries. Jerini's compound (JSM 6427) has shown significant efficacy in combating disease progression in preclinical models.
Jerini's proprietary Peptides-to-Drugs (P2D) technology was used to identify peptide drug lead structures and systematically transform them into peptidomimetic (injectable) and small-molecule (oral) drugs, depending on the indication. This enabled Jerini to develop novel drug candidates for diseases that were difficult to access using traditional drug discovery methods. The ability to produce both peptidomimetics and small molecule drugs as drug candidates has enabled the simultaneous development of drugs for acute and chronic treatments against the same target molecule (target).
References
External links
Official website
JPT Peptide Technologies
European HAE information portal
Pharmaceutical companies disestablished in 2008
Manufacturing companies based in Berlin
Pharmaceutical companies of Germany
Pharmaceutical companies established in 1994
Medical and health organisations based in Berlin
2008 mergers and acquisitions |
6588554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasmannia | Wasmannia | Wasmannia is a genus of ants. Wasmannia auropunctata is known as the electric ant or little fire ant and are considered by many countries to be a destructive, highly invasive species.
Species
Wasmannia affinis Santschi, 1929
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863)
Wasmannia iheringi Forel, 1908
Wasmannia lutzi Forel, 1908
Wasmannia rochai Forel, 1912
Wasmannia scrobifera Kempf, 1961
Wasmannia sigmoidea (Mayr, 1884)
Wasmannia sulcaticeps Emery, 1894
Wasmannia villosa Emery, 1894
Wasmannia williamsoni Kusnezov, 1952
References
External links
Little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Myrmicinae
Ant genera |
6588560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street%20Heath | Street Heath | Street Heath () is a 12.5 hectare (31.0 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest 4 km west of Glastonbury in Somerset, notified in 1966. It next to the Glastonbury Canal and Ham Wall nature reserve. Street Heath has itself been designated as a Local Nature Reserve.
Street Heath is a nature reserve, managed by Somerset Wildlife Trust, which has outstanding examples of communities that were once common on the Somerset Levels. It possesses a vegetation consisting of wet and dry heath, species-rich bog and carr woodland, with transitions between all these habitats. Rare ferns present include marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris) and royal fern (Osmunda regalis). Old peat workings and rhynes have a wetland community which includes bulrush (Typha latifolia), yellow flag iris (pseudacorus), cyperus-like sedge (Carex pseudocyperus) and lesser bur-reed (Sparganium minimum). Insects recorded include 33 species of butterflies, 200 moths and 12 grasshoppers and crickets, with several notable rarities. Birds breeding in the carr woodland include the local willow tit
References
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
Somerset Levels
Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1966
Local Nature Reserves in Somerset |
6588562 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stowell%20Meadow | Stowell Meadow | Stowell Meadow () is a 2.8 hectare (6.9 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Tatworth in Somerset, notified in 1987.
Stowell Meadow supports a nationally rare type of traditionally managed wet neutral grassland. Alder woodland and plant communities typical of marshy grassland are also present. 90 species of plant have been recorded to date, several of which have a local distribution in Somerset. A number of nationally scarce species of beetle have already
been recorded.
References
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1987
Meadows in Somerset |
6588567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio%2058 | Studio 58 | Studio 58 is the professional theatre training school at Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia. The school offers a three-year diploma program for acting students and a three-year diploma program for production students. It is regarded as one of the top theatre schools in Canada and the only conservatory-style theatre training program in Western Canada.
The school auditions hundreds of people across Canada but only sixteen students are accepted per semester (there are intakes in both fall and spring). Studio 58 operates a small theatre and presents 4 full-length productions annually as well as a smaller presentation of a student devised show, called Risky Nights. Professional directors and designers are hired to work on each production, and occasionally guest performing artists. Studio 58 productions are open to the public and reviewed by the Vancouver media.
History
The school was founded in 1965 as a small theatre arts course first held on the King Edward Campus of Vancouver City College, now Vancouver Community College. Led under the direction of Antony Holland, the course grew into a full program. In 1970, the program moved to new facilities on the Langara Campus and became known as Studio 58, named after the room number of the original theatre space.
In 1985, Holland stepped down as the Artistic Director and Kathryn Shaw stepped into the role. Shaw held the role until her retirement in 2020. The school is now under the guidance of Artistic Director Courtenay Dobbie.
Studio 58's 2015/2016 season celebrated their 50th anniversary.
Notable staff
Aaron Bushkowsky - Playwriting
Andrew McNee - Acting
Kathryn Shaw - Former Artistic Director; Acting
Notable alumni
Scott Bellis - Actor, Director
Brian Drummond - Actor
Bob Frazer - Actor
Carmen Aguirre - Actor, Director, Writer
Lara Gilchrist - Actress
Kevin Kerr - Playwright
Jonathan Lachlan-Stewart - Actor
Kevin Loring - Actor, Playwright
John Mann - actor, musician
Kevin McNulty - Actor
Scott McNeil - Actor
Colin Mochrie - Actor, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Ty Olsson - Actor
David Richmond-Peck - Actor
Craig Veroni - Actor
Jonathon Young - Actor
Daniel Doheny - Actor
Josh Epstein - Actor, Producer, Writer
Juno Rinaldi - Actor
Sonja Bennett - Actor, Writer
Jane Perry - Actor
References
External links
Studio 58 Website Langara College
Education in Vancouver
Drama schools in Canada
Theatre companies in British Columbia
Theatre in Vancouver
Langara College |
6588572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suddenly%20%28Toni%20Braxton%20song%29 | Suddenly (Toni Braxton song) | "Suddenly" is a song by American R&B singer–songwriter Toni Braxton, released internationally in February 2006 as the lead single from the European edition of her fifth studio album, Libra (2005). Written and produced by Richard Marx, it failed to make the charts anywhere. The track features Chris Botti on the trumpet, and was originally planned to appear on his 2005 album To Love Again: The Duets. Marx recorded this song as a duet with Braxton for his 2008 studio release Sundown and would later release it as a solo track on Now And Forever: The Ballads (2014) and yet as a different version on Beautiful Goodbye (2014).
Track listing
All tracks written and produced by Richard Marx.
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes of Libra.
Performers and musicians
Toni Braxton – vocals
Richard Marx – bass, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Heitor Pereira – acoustic guitar
Bruce Gaitsch – guitar solo
Chris Botti – trumpet
Technical
Richard Marx – producer, arranger, drum programming
David Cole – engineer
Mat Prock – engineer
Chip Matthews – engineer, mixing
Al Schmidt – engineer
Brian Gill – assistant engineer
Charts
References
2005 songs
2006 singles
Richard Marx songs
Songs written by Richard Marx
Toni Braxton songs
Smooth jazz songs |
6588595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Time%20of%20Our%20Lives%20%28Il%20Divo%20and%20Toni%20Braxton%20song%29 | The Time of Our Lives (Il Divo and Toni Braxton song) | "The Time of Our Lives" is a song recorded by multinational operatic pop quartet Il Divo and American singer Toni Braxton to serve as the official song of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany. Written by Jörgen Elofsson and produced by Steve Mac, the song appears on the compilation album Voices from the FIFA World Cup (2006) and on the 2006 European reissue of Braxton's fifth studio album, Libra.
Il Divo and Braxton performed "The Time of Our Lives" during the 2006 FIFA World Cup opening festivities at Allianz Arena in Munich on 9 June 2006. That same day it was released as a single in continental Europe, reaching the top 10 in Switzerland, the top 20 in Germany and Norway, and the top 30 in Italy and Austria, as well as number 52 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart.
Music video
The single's music video, directed by Nigel Dick, takes place on a football field at night; the Il Divo members are standing on the turf while Braxton is seen on a screen. It is intercut with scenes from FIFA World Cup matches over the years.
Track listings
European CD single
"The Time of Our Lives" (radio edit) – 3:17
"Isabel" – 4:14
European CD maxi single
"The Time of Our Lives" (radio edit) – 3:17
"Isabel" – 4:14
"The Time of Our Lives" (original version) – 4:39
"Heroe" – 4:17
"The Time of Our Lives" (video) - 5:07
Personnel
Musicians
Il Divo – vocals
Toni Braxton – vocals
Steve Mac – keyboards
Dave Arch – piano
Friðrik "Frissy" Karlsson – guitar
Chris Laws – drums
Isobel Griffiths – orchestra fixer
Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
John Baker – copyist
Technical
Steve Mac – producer, arranger
Chris Laws – engineer, Pro Tools operator
Dan Pursey – assistant engineer
Ren Swan – mix engineer
Dave Arch – string arrangements
Geoff Foster – string engineer
Jake Jackson – assistant
Braddon Williams – engineer
Keri Lewis – vocal producer for Toni Braxton
Dave Russell – vocal engineer for Toni Braxton
Dick Beetham – mastering
Charts
References
2000s ballads
2006 singles
2006 songs
2006 FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup official songs and anthems
Il Divo songs
Music videos directed by Nigel Dick
Pop ballads
Song recordings produced by Steve Mac
Songs written by Jörgen Elofsson
Sony BMG singles
Syco Music singles
Toni Braxton songs |
6588598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackadder%3A%20The%20Cavalier%20Years | Blackadder: The Cavalier Years | Blackadder: The Cavalier Years is a 15-minute one-off edition of Blackadder set during the English Civil War, shown as part of the first Comic Relief Red Nose Day on BBC1, broadcast on Friday 5 February 1988. The show featured Warren Clarke as a guest star.
Plot
The episode begins in November 1648. King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (Stephen Fry) has already lost the Civil War. Only two men remain loyal to him: Sir Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson), the sole descendant of the Blackadder dynasty at the time, and his servant Baldrick Esq. (Tony Robinson). They have given refuge to the King in Blackadder Hall, where he is hiding in a thorn bush, having assured him that he is as likely to be caught "as a fox being chased by a pack of one-legged hunting tortoises". Sir Edmund remains loyal because, as a known royalist, he sees the King's survival as his only hope of survival. He also fears the spread of Puritanism, full of moral prohibitions (as he describes it, the Puritans will "close all the theatres, lace handkerchiefs for men will be illegal, and I won't have a friendly face to sit on this side of Boulogne!"). During Sir Edmund's short absence, Oliver Cromwell (Warren Clarke) himself suddenly arrives at Blackadder Hall, accompanied by a number of his Roundheads – supporters of the Parliament of England. Baldrick attempts to deny knowing the King's whereabouts, but blows the gaff when he asks Cromwell later to put down a purple cup, because "that's the King's".
The second scene takes place in the Tower of London, two weeks later. King Charles's prayers are interrupted by two subsequent visits. The first is from Cromwell, who warns him of his doom; and the second is by Sir Edmund, disguised as a priest, who informs the King (Stephen Fry) that he is planning to aid him in his escape. While Sir Edmund is still there, the King receives a notice that he has been sentenced to death. (This occurs in late November or early December 1648 within the context of this episode, though historically the death sentence came on 27 January 1649.)
As 29 January 1649 arrives and his execution approaches, King Charles is again visited by Sir Edmund. Though his plans for an escape have not materialised, he informs the King that there is still some hope. The Parliament has yet to find a man willing to be the King's executioner. Charles, rather philosophically, proclaims that he is not looking forward to his execution but "It's a question of balance, isn't it? Like so many other things." (Charles is very much a pastiche of his modern day namesake the Prince of Wales). Sir Edmund proceeds to assure Charles that no one would dare to become the King's executioner. Just as he says that, the King receives a notice that they have found his executioner.
Back at Blackadder Hall, Baldrick is singing happily as Sir Edmund proclaims his life to be in ruins. While Baldrick informs him that he has accepted a job, Sir Edmund wonders who could be so utterly without heart and soul, so low and degraded, as to behead the King of England. As his own words sink in, he questions Baldrick, who admits that it was he who accepted the position. (Historically, King Charles' executioner was suspected to be Richard Brandon.) Baldrick explains to the understandably enraged Blackadder that he has a cunning plan to save the King. He presents Sir Edmund with a huge pumpkin, poorly painted to represent a human face. He plans to place it on the King's head and chop it instead. Sir Edmund dismisses the plan, as Baldrick will have to hold the monarch's head in front of the crowd and proclaim "This is the head of a traitor", to which Sir Edmund predicts the response "No, it's not! It's a large pumpkin with a pathetic moustache drawn on it!" He then criticises Baldrick's stupidity ("Your head is as empty as a eunuch's underpants"). Baldrick, though saddened, says that at least the money, £1000, is good. At this, Sir Edmund's greed awakens, and he proceeds to take the money from Baldrick, announcing that he will replace him as the executioner, saying it needs somebody who actually has an axe. (From this point, Sir Edmund – who has hitherto shown uncharacteristic touches of conscience – behaves like a typical Blackadder.)
30 January 1649 arrives, and with it King Charles' day of execution. He is left alone for a few minutes with his executioner (Sir Edmund, in a hood and with a false voice). Sir Edmund takes advantage of these minutes to relieve the King of his remaining wealth: however, the King eventually recognises him, but mistakes Blackadder's intentions and congratulates him for trying to save him even at the last minute, before giving him custody of his infant son, the later King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland. (Historically, he was 19 years old at the time of his father's death.) As he cannot explain his betrayal to the King, Sir Edmund panics and uses the plan that Baldrick had suggested earlier. The camera then focuses on Baldrick, who is listening to the sounds of the execution. Sir Edmund chops the pumpkin and proclaims "This is the head of a traitor." Predictably enough, the crowd answers him, "No, it's not! It's a huge pumpkin with a pathetic moustache drawn on it!" Sir Edmund apologises and says he will try again. Baldrick continues to listen as Sir Edmund beheads the King and the crowd cheers.
As the last scene begins, Sir Edmund and Baldrick have returned to Blackadder Hall. A disgusted Blackadder cradles the infant Charles in his hands. Baldrick tries to console him by saying that at least he tried, and that now the future of the British monarchy lies fast asleep in his arms in the person of this infant prince. He suggests to his master that he should be ready to escape to France, because as a known Royalist, he is in danger of being arrested by the Roundheads and beheaded. Sir Edmund, who apparently had forgotten that he is in danger, immediately rises from his seat, ready to take action. But it is too late; Roundheads are already at the Hall's doors, demanding his surrender. Sir Edmund explains to Baldrick that there is no choice for a man of honour but to stand and fight, and die in defence of his future sovereign. However, as a Blackadder, he was never a man of honour. Passing the prince to Baldrick, he proceeds to remove his long black hair (which was apparently a wig), his false moustache and beard, to reveal a Roundhead appearance – short blond hair and a clean-shaven face. Thus unrecognisable, when Cromwell enters the room, he denounces Baldrick as "royalist scum". The episode ends with a hapless Baldrick, still holding the Prince in his arms, being approached by Cromwell, sword drawn.
Cast
Rowan Atkinson as Sir Edmund Blackadder
Tony Robinson as Baldrick, Esquire
Stephen Fry as King Charles I
Warren Clarke as Oliver Cromwell
Harry Enfield as the narrator
Production
"Blackadder: The Cavalier Years" was recorded, on 10th January 1988.
Fry based his interpretation of King Charles on the then Prince of Wales, but now King Charles III. In series chronology, this episode takes place between the second and third series of the show, although it was produced after the third series had aired. The kitchen set is a redress of the servants' quarters from the third series. A behind the scenes studio tape was found in 2019 and was released by Kaleidoscope on their YouTube channel.
References
External links
Transcript and information at Blackadderhall.com
Blackadder episodes
British television specials
Comic Relief
1988 British television episodes
Fiction set in 1648
Fiction set in 1649
Television shows written by Ben Elton
1988 television specials
Television episodes about the English Civil War
Television shows written by Richard Curtis
Cultural depictions of Charles I of England
Cultural depictions of Oliver Cromwell |
6588624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20American%20Presbyterian%20and%20Reformed%20Council | North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council | The North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC) is an association of several Presbyterian and Reformed churches in the United States and Canada. The Council meets annually.
It lists biblical inerrancy as its basis, along with the Six Forms of Unity: the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Belgic Confession, the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of Dordt.
The purpose of NAPARC is to "facilitate cross-denominational conversation and co-operation."
History and basis
The first NAPARC meeting was held in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in the fall of 1975, and had the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), the Christian Reformed Church of North America (CRCNA), the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod as its founding members. In time, NAPARC would grow to include 12 Continental Reformed and Presbyterian denominations.
In 1997, the membership of the Christian Reformed Church was suspended, largely on the basis of its 1995 decision to open the offices of elder and minister of word and sacrament to women.
The Constitution of NAPARC states that the Basis of the Council is "Confessing Jesus Christ as only Savior and Sovereign Lord over all of life, we affirm the basis of the fellowship of Presbyterian and Reformed Churches to be full commitment to the Bible in its entirety as the Word of God written, without error in all its parts and to its teaching as set forth in the Heidelberg Catechism, the Belgic Confession, the Canons of Dordt, the Westminster Confession of Faith, and the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms. That the adopted basis of fellowship be regarded as warrant for the establishment of a formal relationship of the nature of a council, that is, a fellowship that enables the constituent churches to advise, counsel, and cooperate in various matters with one another and hold out before each other the desirability and need for organic union of churches that are of like faith and practice."
Purpose and function
Facilitate discussion and consultation between member bodies on those issues and problems which divide them as well as on those which they face in common and by the sharing of insights "communicate advantages to one another" (Institutes IV, 2,1).
Promote the appointment of joint committees to study matters of common interest and concern.
Exercise mutual concern in the perpetuation, retention, and propagation of the Reformed faith.
Promote co-operation wherever possible and feasible on the local and denominational level in such areas as missions, relief efforts, Christian schools, and church education.
Member denominations
References
External links
North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council
Google Map of NAPARC churches
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Presbyterianism in the United States
Presbyterianism in Canada
Regional councils of churches |
6588670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrypina | Agrypina | Agrypina (14th century) was a Lithuanian noblewoman from the Gediminids dynasty. She was a daughter of Grand Duke of Lithuania Algirdas and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk. In 1354, she married Duke of Suzdal Boris, son of Konstantin and brother of Dmitry. This is only mentioned in Suprasl Chronicle, a transcription of the first Lithuanian Chronicle. One Russian Chronicle confirms the marriage, but does not record the bride's name. That is the only reliable information available about Agrypina. Her husband attempted to take control over Nizhny Novgorod, but failed when he was opposed by Dmitri Donskoi, Prince of Moscow.
Sources
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Gediminids
14th-century Lithuanian women
14th-century Lithuanian people
Medieval Lithuanian nobility |
6588671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidyaranyapura | Vidyaranyapura | Vidyaranyapura is situated in the northern part of Bangalore city in the state of Karnataka, India. Vidyaranyapura, along with several other extensions of the city, comes under a constituency called Byatarayanapura. It comes under the Greater Bangalore jurisdiction of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
History
Vidyaranyapura is a colony that was formed in the late 1970s. It was formerly owned by a rich landlord, who still owns a large mango garden called Dinshaw Estate. Legends suggest that it may have been a battlefield. This is supported by the name of a nearby place called Dandina Kodigehalli ('Dandu' in Kannada means a cantonment or military camp). The township is named after the great Kannada poet, saint, and priest, Vidyaranya.
Geography
Vidyaranyapura is situated in the north-west part of Bangalore, about above sea level, at 13°05' N and 77°33' E. Nearby areas include Yelahanka, Thindlu, Kodigehalli, Doddabommasandra, Jalahalli, MS Palya and Sahakara Nagar.
It is a composite locality comprising multiple sub-blocks and layouts: AMS Layout, Ganesha Layout, Balaji Layout, Defence Colony, Nanjappa Layout, Chamundeshwari Layout, Srinidhi layout, BEL Layout (Bharat Electronics Ltd.), Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) layout, and National Tuberculosis Institute NTI layout.
Vidyaranyapura is located close to government sector factories like BEL [Bharat Electronics Limited] and HMT [Hindustan Machine Tools]. Premier educational institution such as the Centre for Liquid Crystal Research, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Indian Institute of Science, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, and TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics are within few minutes drive and are also well connected by Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation bus services. Thindlu is one of the oldest areas in Bengaluru and is one kilometer to the east of Vidyaranyapura post office and has an ancient temple of the lord Virabhadra (a form of the lord Shiva).
Agriculture
Vidyaranyapura is west of the University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, and Thindlu. The area has a variety of trees and plants, which were planted by the Forest Department while converting it into a residential area. The native tree is predominantly the eucalyptus. The soil is very rich in nutrients and has a distinct red color.
Biodiversity
Vidyaranyapura is known for the existence of a varied number of species. It also houses some beautiful lakes. The location is surrounded by ample greenery. Agricultural landforms a major part. There is a mango grove (earlier Dinshaw Estate) at the center of the locality. Soil humus content is high in the area, and red soil is found majorly. Almost all diversity of plants can be found or grown here, including those of medicinal value. The area does also has some animal diversity. The locality has a huge flock of pigeons. Rare birds in Bangalore like the Greater coucal are seen at silent places, sparrows can be found near to the Last Bus Stop. Cobra snakes are very common here and can be found in groups. Narasipura lake is home for a few turtles and mongooses. Common Indian toad and bullfrog are the various others traced in the area. Even a pangolin was found in the area in 2002.
Birds which occasionally dwell in Vidyaranyapura are lesser whistling teal, black headed ibis, purple swamphen, red wattled lapwing, white-cheeked barbet, small green barbet, pied wagtail (Motacilla alba), egret, little grebe, little cormorant, purple heron, oriental darter, spotted dove, bulbul, night heron, Indian spot-billed duck, sandpiper and whistling duck.
Notable residents
Obaid Siddiqi - scientist and Padma Vibushan awardee
Sreesanth - former Indian cricketer, cine artiste
Rajesh - Kannada actor and theater artist
Abhijeeth - Kannada actor in Yajamana and a few other celebrated movies
K Chandrasekhar - a former Indian scientist and aerospace engineer, was one of the seven accused in the 1994 Isro spy case
Location
See also
Yelahanka
Thindlu
Jalahalli
References
External links
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/will-kere-clean-up-see-partial-success/article5197901.ece
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Today-innocence-is-out-malice-is-in/2013/11/04/article1871115.ece
Neighbourhoods in Bangalore |
6588680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Fornara | Tim Fornara | Timothy William Fornara is a British producer/director now based in New York.
Biography
Fornara has credits on several albums including debut artist Laura Critchley. In 2005 he was Colin Farrell's photo double for the Oliver Stone film Alexander and has also appeared in the teen movie What a Girl Wants and children's TV series The One.
In 1997, he was chosen to succeed Schelim Hannan in the British boyband Worlds Apart. In July 2000, Fornara left the band to create another, Withmey and Fornara, later renamed as The Blue Print before becoming The Setup Productions. He enjoyed success writing songs for country artist Laura Critchley and the band Kojo.
In 2006 Fornara began a successful hosting Career in the U.K working for Sky TV, BBC and becoming the face of Film 24, before stepping behind the camera to produce and direct content.
He later founded a television and film production company, Kobiyoshi and in 2010 made his first commission for Film24 FilmXtra Uncut made a hugely successful web series Finding Pelé which followed 2 street ballers on a voyage of discovery around South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. The players did meet Pelé. After that Fornara relocated to New York and has since made shows including for Would You Rather starring Graham Norton for BBC America, a brand new series for MTV out this winter and the Film insider series for Plum TV, which he also hosted. He also produced the official YouTube Channel Spacelab which has 58 million views worldwide and 100,000 subscribers. Fornara is currently developing a new comedy web series and will make a second season of Style setters for Tresemmé in the fall.
References
Notes
Sources
Danny Harris – Generate
Jim Biederman – Jimco Productions
Kathleen Grace – YouTube
1977 births
British television producers
British expatriates in the United States
Living people
Worlds Apart (band) members
British television presenters |
6588682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horowhenua-Kapiti%20Rugby%20Football%20Union | Horowhenua-Kapiti Rugby Football Union | The Horowhenua-Kapiti Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in the Horowhenua and Kāpiti Coast districts in the Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington regions. The union was established in 1893 as the Horowhenua Rugby Football Union and was changed to its current name of Horowhenua-Kapiti in 1997, in order to reflect the full extent of the union's districts.
Heartland Championship
Horowhenua-Kapiti currently compete in the Heartland Championship, an annual competition organised by the New Zealand Rugby Union for New Zealand's amateur unions. The team play out of Levin Domain in Horowhenua. Previously, Horowhenua-Kapiti competed in the lower divisions of the National Provincial Championship. The union won the National Provincial Championship (NPC) Third Division in 1993. In 2018 the union won their second major honour to date, winning the 2018 Lochore Cup Final against Wairarapa Bush 26–23. 2018 was also the union's 125th anniversary, 25 years after their previous title in their centenary year in 1993.
Heartland Championship Placings
A summary of Horowhenua-Kapiti's placings in the Heartland Championship is shown below:
Ranfurly Shield History
Horowhenua-Kapiti have never held the Ranfurly Shield but had two successful challenges in 1927 when the union was amalgamated with Manawatu as Manawhenua. In 2007 Horowhenua-Kapiti recently had a challenge against North Harbour, but were outclassed throughout the match, losing 99–6. Their following matches would come in 2013 when they suffered an 85–0 loss against Waikato and in 2015 when they lost to Hawke's Bay by a margin of 50–16.
Other teams
In addition to the Heartland Championship side, the union fields a number of age-grade and women's representative teams, including a High-Performance Unit for local club and school players.
Horowhenua-Kapiti in Super Rugby
Along with Wellington, Wairarapa Bush, Wanganui, Manawatu, Hawke's Bay, Poverty Bay and East Coast, Horowhenua-Kapiti fall within the (formerly Wellington Hurricanes) catchment. In 2013, the union purchased a three percent stake in the company which operates the team, Hurricanes' Investment Ltd, with a $100,000 contribution.
Clubs
The union currently has nine member clubs, listed below. Foxton is the oldest club in the union, having been established in 1880, however it was not a permanent affiliate of the union until 1911.
Athletic RFC
College Old Boys RFC
Foxton RFC
Levin Wanderers RFC
Paraparaumu RFC
Rahui RFC
Shannon RFC
Toa RFC
Waikanae RFC
All Blacks
There have only been 2 players selected for the All Blacks whilst playing for Horowhenua-Kapiti: H. Jacob and J.F Karam. However, Carlos Spencer played for the union between 1992 and 1993 before moving to Auckland, and Christian Cullen played for the union in 1994 before moving to Manawatu. Dane Coles and Codie Taylor played their junior rugby in Horowhenua Kapiti making the age grade teams, while Codie Taylor also represented the Horowhenua Kapiti sevens team.
References
External links
Official Website
Rugby union teams in New Zealand
New Zealand rugby union governing bodies
Levin, New Zealand
Sports organizations established in 1893
1893 establishments in New Zealand |
6588686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20Feces | Small Feces | Small Feces is a two-part compilation album by the Norwegian rock band Turbonegro, released in 2005 on Bitzcore Records. It features 42 songs and documents the first steps from the beginning in 1989 until the Ass Cobra times ca. 1997. It contains a lot of unreleased/unheard material, 7-inches, compilation tracks and other gems. Most of the songs have never been available on CD format before, are re-mixed and re-mastered.
The first edition was released in April 2005, limited to 1,000 copies. It is a three-CD box set with a cardboard box. The three digi-packed CDs consist of:
Disc 1: 19 tracks (with more of the later stuff)
Disc 2: 23 tracks (the early period)
Disc 3: CD ROM with assorted press stuff/articles.
Plus detailed booklet with a chronological song guide, liner notes, discography, illustrations.
A 12-inch vinyl version was released in December 2005. These were 300 hand numbered mail-order-only copies on lime green wax w/ traces of white swirl. It contains a four-page folder with many pictures, a song guide and the band's history.
Small Feces includes basically all the exclusive songs from Turbonegro's many vinyl-only releases starting with their debut single Route Zero and the Turboloid EP on Straitjacket Records, the Vaya Con Satan single on Sympathy, continuing with several bonus tracks and b-sides from their records for Sympathy, Munster, Big Ball, Hit Me! and Bad Afro plus a handful of songs released solely on compilations. We also get 8 never released outtakes from recording sessions between 1989 and 1994, and also included are four songs from a 1995 live show in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the two songs of Turbonegro's Computech cassette which were recorded at their first ever rehearsal in January 1989.
There are misspellings of the band name on the covers of Vol. 1 and 2 in the three-CD box set. The error reads 'TBRNGR' when in fact it should read 'TRBNGR'.
Track listing (CD version)
Volume 1: Feces
"The Party Starts Now" (Manitoba's Wild Kingdom cover)
"Toodlepip Fuck" (Prince Of The Rodeo 7-inch b-side)
"Prince of the Rodeo" (7-inch Single version)
"Hush, Earthling" (unreleased & much rougher alt. take)
"Suffragette City" (David Bowie cover – 7-inch Single)
"I Don't Care About You" (Fear cover – unreleased, outtake 1994)
"Sailor Man" (re-mix with boosted bass guitar)
"(I Fucked) Betty Page" (Denim Demon 7-inch b-side)
"Gimme Shelter" (The Rolling Stones cover – unreleased, outtake 1994)
"Flabby Sagging Flesh" (Anal Babes cover – split 7-inch w/ Anal Babes)
"Kærlighetens Børn" (Suffragette City 7-inch b-side)
"Kick It Out" (unreleased, outtake 1993)
"Let It Burn" (unreleased, outtake 1993)
"My Hometown" (unreleased, outtake 1994)
"Staten Och Kapitalet" (Ebba Grön cover, outtake 1993)
"I Got Erection" (St. Pauli version)
"Screwed & Tattooed"
"Young Boys' Feet" (The Dicks cover)
"War on the Terraces" (Cockney Rejects cover)
The song material on disc 1 presents the studio recordings of the Turbonegro line-up with Hank on vocals, most of this material was mastered from the original tapes handed over to Bitzcore by Turbonegro's long-time recording engineer Christian Calmeyer.
Volume 2: Small
"Six Pack" (Black Flag cover – He's a Grungewhore EP)
"Cop Kennel" (unreleased, outtake 1992)
"No Rule" (Leather Nun cover)
"Jeg Will Bly Som Jesus" (Kjøtt cover)
"Starship" (MC5 cover, unreleased, outtake 1989)
"Just to Get Away" (Poison Idea cover – unreleased, live 1995)
"I'm In Love with the Destructive Girl" (live 1995)
"Hot Cars" (live 1995)
"I Walked with a Zombie" (Roky Erickson cover / uncredited "Du er en dritt" (Rough Trade cover – unreleased, live 1995)
"Vaya Con Satan" (7-inch version)
"Zonked Out (On Hashish)" (7-inch version)
"Hand of Love" (7-inch version)
"Flower Box"
"Search & Destroy" (Iggy and the Stooges cover, live 1992)
"Route Zero"
"Let's Go to Mars"
"You Had It Coming"
"Cockwork"
"Love in My Veins"
"I Want You Right Now" (MC5 cover)
"Booth Theme"
"Killer Penis" (Computech cassette)
"1970 (I Feel Alright)" (The Stooges cover, Computech cassette)
Disc 2 has studio material that dates before 1993 with former vocalists Harald Fossberg and Pål Erik Carlin.
Track listing (vinyl version)
Volume 1
Side A
"The Party Starts Now" – 2:38
"Toodlepip Fuck" – 2:34
"Prince of the Rodeo" – 3:41
"Hush Earthling" – 3:18
"Suffragette City" – 2:52
"I Don't Care About You" – 1:12
"(I Fucked) Betty Page" – 2:33
"Gimme Shelter" – 3:57
Total running time – 22:07 mins
Side B
"Flabby Sagging Flesh" – 1:59
"Kick It Out" – 2:22
"Let It Burn" – 2:14
"My Hometown" – 1:35
"Staten Och Kapitalet" – 5:26
"Screwed & Tattooed" – 3:22
"Young Boys Feet" – 1:11
"War on the Terraces" – 3:17
Total running time – 21:04 mins
Volume 2
Side A
"Six Pack" – 2:39
"Sailor Man" – 1:57
"I Got Erection" (St. Pauli version) – 2:22
"Kærlighetens Børn" – 4:10
"Cop Kennel" – 2:32
"No Rule" – 2:33
"Jeg Will Bly Som Jesus" – 4:29
Total running time – 20:07 mins
Side B
"Starship" – 5:01
"I'm in Love with the Destructive Girl" – 1:57
"Hot Cars" – 2:29
"Zonked Out (On Hashish)" – 2:20
"Hand of Love" – 2:02
"Flower Box" – 2:15
"Let's Go to Mars" – 2:07
"Cockwork" – 2:50
Total running time – 21 mins
The song "Staten Och Kapitalet" was included as a hidden track on Never Is Forever but was made an a cappella piece by dropping out the instrumentation. Singing is bass player at the time Bengt 'Bingo' Calmeyer.
Credits
Ron Firehouse – artwork
References
Turbonegro albums
2005 compilation albums |
6588691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch%20Creek%2C%20British%20Columbia | Scotch Creek, British Columbia | Scotch Creek (Shuswap: Cemetetkwe ) is a small community in British Columbia based on summer tourism located on the shores of Shuswap Lake at the mouth of the creek of the same name.
Traditionally, Cemetetkwe was important for hunting, berry picking, cedar roots and birch bark for baskets.
Scotch Creek is home to one of the most popular parks in the province of British Columbia called Shuswap Lake Provincial Park. The park operates at capacity from early July to Labour Day (early September). The park is situated on the old delta of Scotch Creek and has one kilometre of sandy, pebble beach. The park also offers a large grassy play area, an adventure playground, a large boat launch, and a self-guiding nature trail.
The park is situated directly across from Copper Island, which is located 1.3 kilometres offshore. Scotch Creek has different places that sell supplies, groceries, and many recreational opportunities including bumper boats, mini-golf driving range, go-carts, para-sailing, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, boat and jet-ski rentals are offered by near-by businesses.
References
""
Populated places in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Shuswap Country
Designated places in British Columbia |
6588696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCR%20Asia%20Challenge | TCR Asia Challenge | The Macau Guia Race, previously Guia Race of Macau, WTCC Guia Race of Macau , WTCR Macau Guia Race and Macau Guia Race - TCR Asia Challenge, is an international touring car race, and currently a round of the TCR World Tour. It is held on the temporary 6.2 km Guia Circuit on the streets of Macau, the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China as part of the Macau Grand Prix weekend. Before 2005 when the World Touring Car Championship began, the Guia race had been run annually as a one-off international touring car race.
History
Since its first running in 1972, the race has been won by international touring car greats such as Tom Walkinshaw, Johnny Cecotto, Roberto Ravaglia, Emanuele Pirro, Joachim Winkelhock and Andy Priaulx.
Historically it is also one of the most popular races of the weekend as it featured cars that are commonly seen on the Hong Kong and Macau roads.
TCR
Since 2018, it has been run under the TCR championship banner, first as World Touring Car, then China Touring Car from 2020 to 2022. In 2023, it will be part of the TCR World Tour, as the final round where the top 8 TCR Asia Challenge drivers will be part of the race.
Previous championship status
Prior to being a World Touring Car Championship round, the Guia Race had previously been an FIA Championship round. In 1994, it was a round of the Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship. The race also acted as a point scoring round for the Asian Touring Car Championship from 2000 to 2003. From 2005 to 2019, it was the final round of the World Touring Car Championship. It often attracts local drivers competing alongside the series regulars, such as André Couto and Ao Chi Hong.
Technical regulation changes
The race has run to different touring car rules as European touring car championships went through their own changes. The race was run to European Group 5 regulations in the early eighties, then adopted FIA Group A rules between 1983 and 1990. It then ran to DTM rules from 1991 to 1993 before changing to Super Touring rules in 1994. From 2000, it started using Super Production regulations until 2004, when it sampled Super 2000 machinery before being upgraded to a round of the FIA WTCC.
Since 2018, it has been run to TCR regulations.
Sporting regulation changes
The race has changed in format over the years, from the 30 lapper back in the Group A era to the current, double race format with each race lasting 9 laps. Prior to becoming a round of the WTCC in 2005, the race was staged over two legs, with the winner being declared as the driver with the best time aggregated from both legs.
Sponsors
The race has been sponsored by the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM) since 2004. STDM boss Stanley Ho has presented the trophies to the race winners on the podium since the sponsorship began.
Results
The car was in fact, a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 with 935 bodykit.
World Touring Car Championship years
TCR International Series years
World Touring Car Cup years
TCR China Touring Car Championship years
Notes
TCR Asia Series years
TCR Asia Challenge years
TCR World Tour years
Most wins
After the "official" inaugural race in 1972
By driver
By nationality of drivers
By manufacturer
See also
Guia Circuit
World Touring Car Championship
References
External links
Macau Grand Prix
FIA World Touring Car Championship
Macau Grand Prix
Macau
World Touring Car Cup races |
6588698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth%20Nyborg | Helmuth Nyborg | Helmuth Sørensen Nyborg (born 5 January 1937) is a Danish psychologist and former athlete. He is a former professor of developmental psychology at Aarhus University and Olympic canoeist. His main research topic is the connection between hormones and intelligence. Among other things, he has worked on increasing the intelligence of girls with Turner's syndrome by giving them estrogen.
Nyborg is a controversial figure among the Danish public for his research on topics such as the inheritance of intelligence and the relationship between sex and intelligence. In 2004, he wrote an article in Personality and Individual Differences which claimed a five-point average IQ difference in favour of men. This led to strong reactions, for example in an editorial by the Danish newspaper Politiken. In 2011, he argued in an article that migration from third world countries to Denmark would cause a dysgenic effect on the country's average IQ over time.
Nyborg has argued that white people tend to be more intelligent than black people, that immigration from non-Western countries leads to a decline in the average intelligence of the receiving Western country, and that atheists tend to be more intelligent than religious people. His papers have been criticized within and outside academia and in 2013, the Danish Committees for Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD) ruled that he committed scientific misconduct in his paper The Decay of Western Civilization: Double Relaxed Darwinian Selection. This decision was later overturned by a Danish court, clearing him of the charges.
Sex-related differences in general intelligence (2005)
Nyborg's 2005 paper Sex-related differences in general intelligence g, brain size, and social status was published in Personality and Individual Differences. Nyborg was suspended following criticism of his research. Aarhus University assembled a committee to investigate, and found him innocent of fraud, but guilty of "grossly negligent behavior" and gave him a severe reprimand. He was eventually acquitted by the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty of the charges of scientific misconduct and the university was forced to reinstall him to his chair. On 21 September 2006, the university gave Nyborg a "severe reprimand", revoked his suspension, and declared the case closed. According to a 2006 news story in Science: "Colleagues from around the world have rallied to his defense, accusing the university of having political motives, and claiming that the errors in his research were trivial."
The Decay of Western Civilization: Double Relaxed Darwinian Selection (2011)
In 2011 Nyborg published "The Decay of Western Civilization: Double Relaxed Darwinian Selection" in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, arguing that Denmark was likely to experience a dysgenic effect on intelligence due to immigration from the Middle East. Following publication he was indicted by the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD), accused of scientific misconduct and of plagiarism by a number of scholars from the University of Aarhus. They accused him of using a statistical model for the demographic prognoses that was based on the work of Jørn Ebbe Vig, without giving credit, and for using misleading statistics by assuming that Middle Eastern people in Denmark maintained the same reproduction rates as in their countries of origin. Vig had previously published similar demographic models in the journal of Den Danske Forening, a Danish nationalist organization. As a result on 31 October 2013 he was convicted of scientific misconduct by the Danish Council for Scientific Misconduct after a two-year investigation. They found him guilty on two charges out of six in total, of which the last was "various other complaints". The first was that he had published the paper without crediting as co-author Jørn Ebbe Vig, whose previously published texts were incorporated into the article without acknowledgement. The DCSD considered that Vig should have been credited, because of the substantial contribution, in terms of data, method and text. Nyborg stated that he had offered co-authorship to Vig, but that the offer was declined and Vig had requested not to be mentioned, making Nyborg choose to publish it himself. The second charge was that Nyborg had neglected to mention in the methodology section that he had converted a total fertility rate into a crude birth rate, a mistake which, because of its consequences, the DCSD considered to be equivalent to constructing data without acknowledging having done so, or substituting fictive data. When Nyborg learned that this was a problem, he sent an addendum to the journal, which is common practice when errors or omissions are found in published papers. However, the DCSD still considered it scientific misconduct, since they considered it an example of gross negligence. In 2015 the journal published an editorial commenting on the paper concluding that Nyborg had not committed fraud or plagiarism. This conclusion was based on the verdict of an ad hoc working group consisting of Ian Deary, Jelte Wicherts, John Loehlin and William Revelle.
Nyborg then sued the DCSD to get the verdict reversed, won his case in March 2016, and in addition was awarded costs of over 200,000 kr (approximately US$25,000).
Olympic kayaking
Nyborg competed as a sprint canoer in the early 1960s. He won a bronze medal for Denmark in the K-1 4×500 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Publications
Nyborg is the editor of a 2003 festschrift, The Scientific Study of General Intelligence: Tribute to Arthur Jensen, published by Pergamon Press (). In 2012, he was the editor of a special issue of Personality and Individual Differences dedicated to celebrating the 80th birthday of another controversial psychometrician, British psychologist Richard Lynn.
See also
Sex and intelligence
References
1937 births
Academic staff of Aarhus University
Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Danish male canoeists
Danish psychologists
Factors related to intelligence
Intelligence researchers
Living people
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
Olympic canoeists for Denmark
Olympic medalists in canoeing
Race and intelligence controversy
Proponents of scientific racism
Controversies in Denmark
White supremacists |
6588727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEL | CEL | A cel is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for animation purposes.
Cel may refer to:
Cel (goddess), Etruscan goddess of the earth
Cel Spellman (born 1995), English actor and presenter
Aaron Cel (born 1987), French-Polish basketball player
Cel Publishing, an imprint of VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content
cel, the ISO-639 code for Celtic languages
CEL may stand for:
Carboxyl ester lipase or bile salt dependent lipase, an enzyme used in digestion
Check engine light, a malfunction indicator lamp
Chemin de Fer de l'Etat Libanais, the national railway network of the Lebanon
China Energy Label
Central Electronics Limited, India
Communications and Entertainment Limited, a defunct Australian home video company
RTÉ CEL, the commercial arm of Ireland's public service broadcaster RTÉ
Comunidade do Escutismo Lusófono, the international community for scouting in Lusophone countries
Chronic eosinophilic leukemia, an extremely rare cancer of the white blood cells
Celsius Network, CEL token cryptocurrency
See also
Cell (disambiguation)
Cels (disambiguation) |
6588728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo%20G.%20Castellari | Enzo G. Castellari | Enzo Girolami Castellari (born 29 July 1938) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.
Early life
Castellari was born in Rome into a family of filmmakers. His father was a boxer turned film maker Marino Girolami. His uncle is filmmaker Romolo Guerrieri and his brother was actor Ennio Girolami. He initially was a boxer like his father and went to school to get a degree in architecture.
Career
Castellari began work on film assisting with various jobs on sets of his father's films. Among his early credits included uncredited roles in directing films such as Few Dollars for Django (1966) and A Ghentar si muore facile (1967). Many of Castellari's early works are Spaghetti Westerns. He received his official credited directorial debut with Renegade Riders (1967), a film shot in Spain and influenced by Sidney J. Furie's film The Appaloosa (1966). After releasing the Western Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968), Castellari did a Macaroni war film titled Eagles Over London.
By the early 1970s, Castellari began exploring other genres as well such as the thriller Cold Eyes of Fear (1971), the comedy Hector the Mighty (1972), and the comedic swashbuckler The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976). He directed his first poliziotteschi film with High Crime starring Franco Nero. Nero and Castellari formed a relationship with the film and work together for seven features.
Castellari later noted his work with Nero, stating "I think that to have an actor like Franco Nero is one of the best things that can happen to a director...if it had been possible, I would have made all my films with him" Nero would work with Castellari on the Western Keoma which was only a mild success in Italy on its release, but would later be praised as one of Castellari's best films. Castellari created further poliziotteschi films in the late 1970s as well as the war film The Inglorious Bastards. Castellari was offered to direct the film Zombi 2, but turned it down as he did not feel he would be the right director for a horror film.
In the 1980s the popularity of the poliziotteschi faltered and Castellari's film Day of the Cobra with Franco Nero was not popular in the box office. Castellari followed it up with The Last Shark, a film about a small beach town terrorized by a bloodthirsty great white shark. The film was withdrawn from theaters after Universal Studios sued the production for being too similar to the film Jaws. Castellari next film 1990: The Bronx Warriors was a surprise hit that created a small wave of films from Italy inspired by the John Carpenter film Escape from New York. The mid-to-late 1980s work for Castellari was work made for foreign markets such as Light Blast (1985), Striker and Sinbad of the Seven Seas.
In the 1990s, Castellari's work was mostly dedicated to made-for-television productions. Castellari made a comeback film in 2010 with Caribbean Basterds, a film which received a theatrical release in Italy which was a rarity for locally made genre films at the time. Castellari cameoed as a German mortar squad commander in The Inglorious Bastards, and Quentin Tarantino cast Castellari in the cameo role of a German general in his film Inglourious Basterds (2009), which was inspired by Castellari's 1978 film.
In October 2014 Castellari was awarded at the Almería Western Film Festival.
Filmography
References
Bibliography
External links
Enzo G.Castellari-biography on (re)Search my Trash
Castellari: Action Italian Style tribute publication dedicated to Enzo G. Castellari and his films
1938 births
German-language film directors
Living people
Film directors from Rome
Spaghetti Western directors
Giallo film directors
Poliziotteschi directors |
6588734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr%20Jir%C3%A1nek | Vladimír Jiránek | Vladimír Jiránek (June 6, 1938 – November 6, 2012) was a Czech illustrator, film director and cartoonist.
Information
Jiránek was born in Hradec Králové. In 1962 he graduated from the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, where he studied journalism, but he worked as a freelance illustrator and illustrator throughout his life. He closely cooperated with magazines (e.g. Mladý svět, Vesmír, Technický magazín). After the Velvet revolution he joined Lidové noviny. In 1993 he moved to Mladá fronta DNES and then back to Lidové noviny. His cartoons also appear in Reflex and several other magazines. He died, aged 74, in Prague.
Animated films (selection)
Pat & Mat (1976)
Co jsme udělali slepicím (1977) co-director, story, illustrations
Bob a Bobek, králíci z klobouku (1977)
Pozor, bonbon (1990) co-illustrations
Books
Anekdoty pro civilizaci (Anecdotes for civilization, 1977)
Běžte a milujte se (1987)
Bob a Bobek, králíci z klobouku (Bob and Bobek, 1988)
Knížka pro snílky (A book for dreamers, 1989)
Události (Events, 1990)
Doktorská knížka (1997)
(Ne)kuřácká knížka (Book for (non)smokers, 2000)
To byla léta devadesátá (2000)
References
External links
Official site
Czech animators
Czech animated film directors
Czech illustrators
Czech cartoonists
Stop motion animators
1938 births
2012 deaths
People from Hradec Králové
Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic)
Charles University alumni |
6588737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tealham%20and%20Tadham%20Moors | Tealham and Tadham Moors | Tealham and Tadham Moors () is a 917.6 hectare (2267.3 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Wedmore in Somerset, notified in 1985.
Land south of this site is included in Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors SSSI.
Tealham and Tadham Moors form part of the extensive grazing marsh and ditch systems of the Somerset Levels and Moors. The water table is high throughout the greater part of the year with winter flooding occurring annually, by over-topping of the River Brue. 113 aquatic and bankside vascular plant species have been recorded from the field ditches, rhynes and deep arterial watercourses. A diverse invertebrate fauna is associated in particular with ditches that have a good submerged plant community. The water beetle fauna is exceptionally rich, with the nationally rare species Hydrophilus piceus and Hydrochara caraboides together with the rare soldier flies Stratiomys furcata and Odontomyia ornata. Good numbers of dragonflies and damselflies occur including the Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense) and the Variable Damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum).
References
External links
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1985
Nature reserves in Somerset
Somerset Levels
Wetland Sites of Special Scientific Interest |
6588738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Consolidated%20Benevolent%20Association | Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association | The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) ( in the Western United States, Midwest, and Western Canada; 中華公所 (中华公所) zhōnghuá gōngsuǒ (Jyutping: zung1wa4 gung1so2) in the East) is a historical Chinese association established in various parts of the United States and Canada, with large Chinese communities. It is also known by other names, such as Chinese Six Companies (Chinese: 六大公司) in San Francisco, especially when it began, in the 19th century; Chong Wa Benevolent Association in Seattle, Washington; and United Chinese Society in Honolulu, Hawaii. The association's clientele were Chinese immigrants of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who came mainly from eight districts on the west side of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong, southern China, and their descendants. The latter wave of Chinese immigrants, after 1965, who came from a much wider area of China, did not experience the level of hostilities faced by the pioneers and did not join the CCBA, which greatly lessened its influence.
Influence
Since its organization in the 1850s and formal establishment in 1882 in San Francisco's Chinatown, the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) has received a diverse range of publicity from American media. Much of the attention often overlooked inherent cultural differences, which ultimately led to misunderstanding by much of the American population. This factor, together with increasing anti-Chinese sentiment, hastened the need for an empowered Chinese organization in the US. Thus, the CCBA was formed out of the need for the Chinese to have organized social, political, and economic structures.
The CCBA was set up to help Chinese people relocate and travel to and from the US, including returning bodies of the deceased to China. With many families fragmented between China and across the US, the association also allowed for communal care of the sick or poor. When the association became more prominent and anti-Chinese sentiment increased, the organization also offered legal and physical protection. Physical abuse was not uncommon in Chinatown from racist Americans. Such incidents led to the rise of groups like the tongs, which were noted to have protected Chinese from abuse by white miners.
The CCBA also exerted political power, becoming authorized to speak on behalf of Chinatown throughout the US. Its board of directors became increasingly powerful, as it consisted of wealthy merchants and business people. The board had many dealings with local and federal governments, exerting influence in a variety of methods. One was the use of a Caucasian attorney, who was also the spokesperson of the organization, which likely helped reduce pushback.
Through the 1800s, a large portion of Chinese immigrants to California came for the promise of work in the gold mines, and their contribution was integral to the economic boom the state experienced as a result of the discovery of gold. When this industry declined, the Chinese found other opportunities, such as fishing, food service, farming, and railroad building. Many in the mid-to-late-19th century argued that the influx of Chinese immigrants decreased job availability for American citizens. However, the job competition theory is disputed due to the strong language barrier that forced many Chinese to create their own jobs.
San Francisco
History
Chinese immigrants felt that the US government did not protect their interests, so to protect them, Chinese businessmen from Guangdong formed the Kong Chow Association. When tensions arose between Cantonese people of different dialects and districts, the association split in two. Four more organizations appeared in the 1850s in prominent neighborhoods of San Francisco. The organizations consisted of the six most important Chinese district associations of California. The associations had some mutual coordination before the CCBA was established.
These immigrant organizations were rooted in the Chinese tradition of huiguan (), viz., support groups for merchants and workers originating from a given area. The vast majority of Chinese in California were from various districts on the west side of the Pearl River Delta, in Guangdong province. Thus, the first huiguan in San Francisco, the Kong Chow Company, emerged in 1851. In 1851, the Sam Yap Company formed. It was associated with Nanhai, Panyu, Shunde, Sanshui, and Xingyun districts. Towards the end of 1851, the Sze Yap Company of Xinhui, Kaiping, Xinning, and Enping districts was created. This was followed by the Yeong Wo Company of Heung-shan, Tung-kun, and Tsang-shing districts in 1852, the Hip Kat company, formed by Hakka immigrants from Bow On, Chak Tai, Tung Gwoon, and Chu Mui districts, in 1852, and after the Sze Yap company divided, the Ning Yeung company emerged.
The Six Companies served as ambassadors of the Qing government to Chinatown and provided services for Chinese workers in San Francisco. Their early efforts included deterring prostitution in the Chinese community, encouraging Chinese immigrants to lead moral lives, and discouraging excessive Chinese immigration, which was causing hostility towards them. The Six Companies also created a safety net for sick Chinese workers, by lending them money. They opened a Chinese-language school, settled disputes among members, maintained a Chinese census, and helped members send remittances to their home villages through district associations. In 1875, they endorsed the position that continued Chinese immigration caused a general lowering of wages for both whites and Chinese in America.
Immigration in the 1960s
Though the Six Companies discouraged the continuing immigration of Chinese to the US, the phenomenon persisted. In the 1960s, discrimination began to arise within these Chinese communities. Assimilation of Chinese communities increased through the years, causing a cultural clash between new arrivals and those who were American-born and had assimilated to the culture. Many new Chinese immigrants came to America without savings, as most of their money was spent on transportation to the US. Many immigrant children were also affected by these conditions, having to work when they were not in school, and struggling to learn English. This led to many of the children of new immigrants dropping out and joining gangs that engaged in violence in Chinatown. In 1968, during a human rights commission hearing held in San Francisco, the Wah Ching gang asked for a community clubhouse and a two-year program to help them gain vocational skills and earn high school diplomas. The CCBA advised the commission: "They have not shown that they are sorry or that they will change their ways. They have threatened the community. If you give in to this group, you are only going to have another hundred immigrants come in and have a whole new series of threats and demands."
New York City
In New York City, the CCBA was established in 1883. It acts as an umbrella organization for sixty member organizations representing a cross section of New York's Chinese community. They include professional and trade organizations, civic, religious, cultural, and women's groups, and organizations such as the Lin Sing Association.
The CCBA spearheaded the move to form the Chinese Voters Federation in May 2004 to encourage qualified Chinese American citizens to register and vote in the 2004 presidential election.
Immediately following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, the CCBA led an emergency community-wide campaign to raise funds for the victims, a drive that raised more than $500,000 for the American Red Cross Emergency Response Fund. In September 2005, right after the Hurricane Katrina disaster, the CCBA and Sing Tao Daily teamed up and raised $170,000 for the victims.
The CCBA also works with many mainstream organizations to provide services to the Chinese American community, such as the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and the American Cancer Society. In December 2006, the CCBA and the American Red Cross of Greater New York signed a memorandum of understanding to coordinate programs in Chinatown that will help prepare and train the Chinese community for any kind of emergency.
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England
The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England, popularly known as CCBA, is a tax-exempt organization established in 1923. Currently with 35 members consisting of family associations and community organizations, the CCBA serves as the umbrella organization for the Chinese communities of New England.
Besides sponsoring activities, the CCBA manages Tai Tung Village and Waterford Place, apartment complexes that provide affordable housing to the Chinese community. Partnering with Chinatown Main Street and other organizations, the CCBA coordinates activities such as the lion dance celebration for the Lunar New Year and the annual August Moon Festival, to attract visitors and to further economic growth in Chinatown; it also hosts dignitary visits to the Chinatown community.
Seattle
In Seattle, Washington, the Chong Wa Association was established around 1915.
Vancouver
Branches
The CCBA has several branches in the United States and Canada, including:
Augusta, Georgia
Bakersfield, California
Boston, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois
Cleveland, Ohio
Detroit, Michigan
Edmonton, Alberta
Fresno, California
Honolulu, Hawaii
Houston, Texas
Littleton, Colorado
Los Angeles, California
Marysville, California
Montreal, Quebec
New York City, New York
Oakland, California
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Portland, Oregon
Regina, Saskatchewan
Sacramento, California
Salinas, California
San Diego, California
San Francisco, California
Seattle, Washington
Stockton, California
Toronto, Ontario
Vancouver, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Washington, D.C.
Windsor, Ontario
See also
Chinese Clan Association
Kongsi
List of Chinese American Associations
Chinese Boycott of 1905
Chinese Cemetery of Los Angeles
References
Further reading
Delehanty, Randolph. Chinatown Introduction: a Tale of Four Cities, Chronicle Books, sfgate.com. Undated, accessed online October 17, 2007.
Lai, David Chuen-Yan. "The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in Victoria: Its Origins and Functions". BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly 15 (1972): 53–67. Online
Lai, Him Mark. "Historical development of the Chinese consolidated benevolent association/huiguan system". Chinese America: History and Perspectives 1 (1987): 13–51.
Liu, Ying, and Tina Bebbington. "The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and China: 1884–1922 – A Selective Guide of Primary Sources". (2012) online.
"Documents of the Chinese Six Companies Pertaining to Immigration", p. 17–25 (especially "A Memorial from Representative Chinamen in America", p. 18–23) in Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, and Him Mark Lai (compilers and editors), Chinese American Voices, University of California Press (2006). .
External links
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese Community Center, Inc (New York City), official site. Accessed online October 17, 2007.
Chong Wa Association (Seattle) on vrseattle.com. Accessed online October 17, 2007.
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of San Francisco (archived) (In Simplified Chinese)
1,000-foot dragon travels through Los Angeles' Chinatown, August 10, 1938, in the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Chinatown, San Francisco
Chinatown, Manhattan
Chinese-American organizations
Chinese-American history
History of San Francisco
History of New York City
Organizations based in San Francisco
Organizations based in New York City
Ethnic fraternal orders in the United States
Chinese diaspora |
6588739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20Out%20Run | Battle Out Run | Battle Out Run is a 1989 video game released by Sega on the Master System. Despite being part of the Out Run series, this game plays little like its namesake and more like Chase H.Q., where the objective is to ram the cars of specified criminals. A notable feature is to enhance the car's attributes by buying upgrades that are inside of a truck that passes at certain moments and must be entered from the rear.
Reception
Computer and Video Games reviewed the game in 1990, giving it an 80% score.
References
External links
1989 video games
Europe-exclusive video games
Arc System Works games
Sega video games
OutRun
Racing video games
Master System games
Master System-only games
Video games developed in Japan
Single-player video games |
6588748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20So-ra%20%28singer%29 | Lee So-ra (singer) | Lee So-ra (Hangul: 이소라; born December 29, 1969) is a South Korean ballad singer. She made her debut in 1993 as a member of the jazz group Strange People, and she released her first solo album in 1995. She has won multiple awards at the Korean Music Awards, and her sixth album, Nunsseopdal, was included on a list of the 100 greatest Korean albums.
Lee also hosted the music talk show, Lee Sora's Proposal on KBS from 1996 until 2002.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Digital singles
References
External links
Official website
1969 births
Living people
South Korean women singers
Korean Music Award winners
Incheon National University alumni
So-ra |
6588751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Basset%20%28writer%29 | John Basset (writer) | John Basset (17 November 1791 – 4 July 1843) was a writer on Cornish mining. He was deeply interested in Cornish mining, mining technology and economics.
Born at Illogan in Cornwall, he published an article in 1840 drawing attention to the devices called "Man Engines" for mechanically raising and lowering mine workers up and down the mine-shaft, replacing many yards of ladders. These devices were known to operate in the Harz Mountains in Germany. The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (which had published the paper), offered a prize for a version suitable for use in Cornish mines, which was won by Michael Loam.
Basset was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1837, and MP for Helston in 1840–41.
He died at Boppard am Rhein, Germany, on 4 July 1843 aged 51.
See also
Baron Basset
Great Cornish Families
Tehidy Country Park
References
External links
1791 births
1843 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Helston
UK MPs 1837–1841
People from Illogan
Writers from Cornwall
Politicians from Cornwall
High Sheriffs of Cornwall
English male writers
19th-century English politicians
19th-century English writers |
6588757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just%20Be%20a%20Man%20About%20It | Just Be a Man About It | "Just Be a Man About It" is a song by American singer Toni Braxton from her third studio album, The Heat (2000). It was released on June 20, 2000, as the album's second single.
Background
"Just Be a Man About It" is a telephone breakup song, where Braxton questions the status of a partner's manhood and Dr. Dre plays the wayward lover breaking the news to her. According to producer Teddy Bishop, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith were originally considered to perform the speaking parts of the song. However, due to scheduling conflicts, it never happened. Dr. Dre was asked to appear on the song due to being in the studio next door while the song was being recorded.
Critical reception
The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic called it "an instant classic" and picked it one of the best songs of the album, alongside "He Wasn't Man Enough" and "Spanish Guitar". CD Universe wrote that "[e]ven Dr. Dre's guest appearance on 'Just Be a Man About It' nods to the sensual recitatives and bedside manners of '70s love men like Barry White." Bog Roget wrote for Amazon that Braxton "delivers a tough take on reality with 'Just Be a Man About It,' which pits her against Dr. Dre in a breakup scenario that carries much more force than weightless trifles".
Music video
The music video for "Just Be a Man About It", directed by Bille Woodruff, opens with Braxton's boyfriend (played by rapper Dr. Dre, who also provides additional vocals to the track) leaving a Hawthorne, California, strip club named Bare Elegance, accompanied by a woman. He stops at a payphone to call up Braxton, who is in their apartment. She looks happy at first, but as he tells her not to wait up for him that night alleging he needs space, her facial expression suddenly changes. The following scenes show Braxton wandering about the apartment, talking on the phone, standing next to the balcony, lying on a couch, and throwing objects such as vases and a picture frame containing a photo of Dre. At one point, Dre hangs up on Braxton, which infuriates her. Toward the end of the video, a man (Q-Tip) shows up to visit Braxton; they hug each other and proceed to cuddle on the couch, much to Dre's annoyance by the time he arrives home. When Dre questions Braxton about the man, she remains indifferent, causing him to give her the finger and leave.
Track listing
DVD single
"Just Be a Man About It" (music video)
"Spanish Guitar" (music video)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
2000 singles
2000 songs
2000s ballads
Arista Records singles
Contemporary R&B ballads
LaFace Records singles
Music videos directed by Bille Woodruff
Songs written by Bryan-Michael Cox
Songs written by Johntá Austin
Songs written by Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton songs
Songs about telephone calls |
6588766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indirana%20semipalmata | Indirana semipalmata | Indirana semipalmata is a species of frog endemic to the Western Ghats region of southern India. They are small frogs, reaching lengths of about from snout to vent. The species breeds during the monsoons, laying their eggs on moist rocks and tree bark. Their tadpoles are terrestrial – hatching, feeding, and undergoing metamorphosis without ever entering any standing bodies of water.
Description
Indirana semipalmata is a small frog, with a snout-vent length (SVL) of . The snout is blunt with moderate canthal ridges. The space between the eyes is about the same width as each of the upper eyelids. The tympanum and the eyes are of the same diameter. It possesses vomerine teeth with two slightly oblique oval groups just behind the level of the rear edge of the choanae. The males of the species lack vocal sacs.
The first fingers of the forelimbs extend slightly beyond the second. At the ventral surface of each joint are well-developed tubercles and there is a single oval tubercle along the inner metatarsals. If the hind limbs are stretched forward the length of the body, the tibiotarsal ("ankle") articulation reaches the snout.
The skin of Indirana semipalmata has short longitudinal glandular folds on the back; while on the bottom surface, it is smooth . It is predominantly brown in coloration with the throat and chest mottled and lighter in color. The temples and the sides of the eyes (the temporal and loreal regions) are black. A dark band is also present between the eyes at the top of the head. The limbs possess dark stripes across.
Taxonomy
Indirana semipalmata was first described by the Belgian-British zoologist George Albert Boulenger in 1882 as Rana semipalmata. The exact location the type specimen was collected from is unknown, but it was recorded as "Malabar", South India. The specific name (Latin for "half palmed") is in reference to its half-webbed toes, in contrast to Indirana beddomii which had two-thirds of their toes webbed and Indirana leptodactyla which only had a third of their toes webbed. In 1918, Boulenger included it under the (then) subgenus Discodeles of the genus Rana. In 1986, the Belgian zoologist Raymond Ferdinand Laurent separated it, along with other closely related species from India, to the genus Indirana.
I. semipalmata does not have a widely used common name, but it has sometimes been referred to as the "brown leaping frog", "small-handed frog", and "South Indian frog".
Distribution
Indirana semipalmata is endemic to an area less than in the southern Western Ghats of India. It inhabits altitudes between above sea level. They have been recorded in at least ten localities – Malabar, Pulloorampara, Kodaikanal, Idukki, Parambikulam, Kalakkad, Siruvani, Shringeri, Agumbe, and Kudremukh.
Ecology and biology
The ecology and biology of Indirana semipalmata has not been extensively studied. It is a terrestrial species generally found on vegetation beside the banks of streams and rivers (riparian habitats). It can also be found in swamps and in the leaf litter in the floors of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and tropical rainforests.
I. semipalmata breeds and lays clutches of eggs on wet rocks and the bark of fallen trees during the monsoon season. In a study in 2010 in the Agumbe Rainforest Research Station (ARRS), Karnataka, India, the eggs had an average diameter of . Each clutch had an average of 343 eggs. Adult males were also observed near the egg clutches, presumably guarding them. Like most of the other members of the subfamily Ranixalinae, the tadpoles are non-aquatic. Upon hatching, the tadpoles remain on the moist surfaces, undergoing metamorphosis without ever entering any standing bodies of water. In the 2010 study, all of the egg clutches and the tadpoles were found at least from the nearest pool of water. The eggs and tadpoles are instead kept moist by dripping water from leaves and rainfall.
The tadpoles have finless tails and strongly hooked beaks which enable them to skip along hard surfaces rather than swim. Partially metamorphosed tadpoles can leap with their hind limbs. Observations on the feeding behavior on the tadpoles also reveal that they feed on bark substrate, the first known instance of any tadpole doing so. It is presumed that they feed on the plankton growing on the bark.
The skin of the species has been found to produce a virucidal host-defense peptide against influenza A, which has been given the name urumin. This compound may have therapeutic potential against influenza A infection in humans.
Conservation
Indirana semipalmata is classified as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Conversion of their habitats to agricultural use and logging, mining, and tourism activities are considered to be their main threats, but they remain relatively common in their native habitats. I. semipalmata is a protected species under the laws of India.
References
External links
semipalmata
Frogs of India
Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Amphibians described in 1882 |
6588770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA%20Tennessee%20Heavyweight%20Championship | NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship | The NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship was the primary championship in the National Wrestling Alliance territory promotion NWA Top Rope, based in Lebanon, Tennessee. The Championship was created in 2005 and was active until 2013 when NWA Top Rope closed. That version of the championship was preceded by the original NWA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship that existed from the late 1950s into the 1960s, promoted by NWA Mid-America. Because the championship is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won or lost competitively but instead by the decision of the bookers of a wrestling promotion. The championship is awarded after the chosen wrestler "wins" a match to maintain the illusion that professional wrestling is a competitive sport.
Title history
NWA Mid-America
Continental Championship Wrestling / USA Championship Wrestling
NWA Top Rope
See also
List of National Wrestling Alliance championships
Footnotes
References
External links
Wrestling-Titles.com
NWA Top Rope
National Wrestling Alliance championships
National Wrestling Alliance state wrestling championships
NWA Mid-America championships
Professional wrestling in Tennessee |
6588774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indirana%20leithii | Indirana leithii | Indirana leithii (Leith's leaping frog, Leith's frog, Boulenger's brown frog, Matheran leaping frog, or Matheran Indian frog) is a species of frog in the family Ranixalidae. It is endemic to the northern Western Ghats of India. As currently defined, its range is restricted to the states of Maharashtra and southern Gujarat; earlier records elsewhere refer to other species.
Etymology
The specific name leithii honours Andrew Henderson Leith, a physician who worked as Sanitary Commissioner in Bombay.
Description
Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The tympanum is two-thirds of the eye diameter; a strong supra-tympanic fold runs from the eye to the shoulder. The fingers and toes bear enlarged discs; the toes are two-thirds webbed. Dorsal skin is rough with number of folds. Colouration is brownish with many, closely set black spots. The limbs are cross-barred. The venter is white while the throat is finely mottled with brown.
The following description is adopted from George Albert Boulenger's "Fauna of British India":
Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups are set just behind the level of the choanae. A free, pointed papilla sits on the middle of the tongue. The head is moderate; the snout is obtuse, with obtuse canthus rostralis and concave loreal region; the nostril is nearer to the end of the snout than to the eye; the interorbital space is a little narrower than the upper eyelid; the tympanum is distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. The fingers are moderate, the first extending not quite as for as second; the toes are two-thirds webbed, the web reaching the disks of the third and fifth toes; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small but well-developed disks; subarticular tubercles moderate; a single, small, oval inner metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal fold is present. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches halfway between the eye and the end of the snout. The skin of the back has small scattered longitudinal warts; a strong fold runs from the eye to the shoulder. It is brown above, with small dark spots; limbs with dark transverse bands; lower parts white, throat mottled with brown. From snout to vent 1.25 inches.
Habitat
Indirana leithii is a terrestrial species associated with leaf-litter of moist, tropical, semi-evergreen forest, including degraded forests. It occurs at elevations between above sea level. Breeding takes place on wet rocks. The tadpoles can be found on moist surfaces next to streams.
This species was included as "vulnerable" in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2004. It is primarily threatened by the conversion of forested land to intensive agricultural use, but also by harvesting of wood for subsistence, road construction, and tourism are threats.
References
leithii
Frogs of India
Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats
Amphibians described in 1888
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger |
6588788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20Guitar%20%28song%29 | Spanish Guitar (song) | "Spanish Guitar" is a song by American singer Toni Braxton from her third studio album, The Heat (2000). It was released on September 11, 2000, as the album's third single by LaFace Records and Arista Records. The song was written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster. It was never released as a commercial single in the United States, where the song reached number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Critical reception
The song received mixed reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic called it "an effective ballad" and picked it one of the best songs of the album, alongside "He Wasn't Man Enough" and "Just Be a Man About It". CD Universe was largely positive, writing that "the appropriately titled 'Spanish Guitar' marks an interruption of the other songs' predominantly electronic textures while remaining consistent with the sensuous, romantic mood." Barry Walters wrote favorably for Rolling Stone, stating that "Braxton's supple alto rests easily within mainstream R&B's smooove sonic furniture, her croons displaying husky quirks as the track goes through the multiplatinum motions on 'Spanish Guitar,' a Latin-conscious 'Un-Break My Heart' clone."
However, Colin Ross wrote a mixed review for PopMatters, writing that the song is "overly dramatic and fairly uninspiring." Amazon's Bob Roget agreed, calling it a "weightless trifle".
Music video
The music video for "Spanish Guitar" opens with Braxton floating on top of the water. The scene quickly changes to a crowded cafe and centers on a man (portrayed by Kamar de los Reyes) playing the guitar. The scene changes to a modern white and red room where Braxton, wearing a red dress, sings her longing to be in his arms. There are several shots of him playing the guitar with the guitar morphing into Braxton in his arms. Towards the end, he and Braxton have a dance scene together. The video was directed by Billie Woodruff, who also directed the videos for "Un-Break My Heart", "He Wasn't Man Enough", and "Just Be a Man About It".
Track listings
German and Australian CD maxi single
"Spanish Guitar" (radio mix) – 4:30
"Spanish Guitar" (Mousse T.'s radio mix) – 4:07
"Spanish Guitar" (HQ² radio edit) – 4:11
"Spanish Guitar" (Royal Garden Flamenco mix) – 4:35
"Spanish Guitar" (Eiffel 65 radio edit) – 4:30
German and Australian CD maxi single (The Remixes)
"Spanish Guitar" (radio mix) – 4:30
"Spanish Guitar" (Mousse T.'s extended mix) – 6:53
"Spanish Guitar" (HQ² Mix) – 8:54
"Spanish Guitar" (Mousse T.'s Deep Vocal mix) – 8:32
"Spanish Guitar" (Eiffel 65 extended mix) – 6:54
German CD single
"Spanish Guitar" (radio mix) – 4:20
"Spanish Guitar" (Royal Garden's Flamenco mix) – 4:35
US 12-inch single set
A1. "Spanish Guitar" (HQ² mix) – 8:54
A2. "Spanish Guitar" (HQ² radio edit) – 4:10
B3. "Spanish Guitar" (Mousse T.'s Deep Vocal mix) – 8:32
B4. "Spanish Guitar" (Mousse T.'s radio edit) – 4:02
C5. "Spanish Guitar" (Eiffel 65 extended mix) – 6:54
C6. "Spanish Guitar" (Eiffel 65 TV edit) – 6:53
D7. "Spanish Guitar" (Mousse T.'s extended mix) – 6:53
D8. "Spanish Guitar" (Royal Garden Flamenco mix) – 4:34
D9. "Spanish Guitar" (album version) – 4:25
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
Notes
References
2000 singles
2000 songs
2000s ballads
Contemporary R&B ballads
Arista Records singles
LaFace Records singles
Latin pop songs
Music videos directed by Bille Woodruff
Pop ballads
Song recordings produced by David Foster
Songs written by Diane Warren
Toni Braxton songs |
6588792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarity%20%28Sifow%20album%29 | Clarity (Sifow album) | CLAЯITY is the first album to be released by sifow. It includes the singles CLOVER and LOVE & PEACE. The DVD also contains the PV's for the singles, as well as Jewel.
Track listing
CLAЯITY
LOVE & PEACE
with you
image
Chain
Don't stop
CLOVER
tell me love!!
Rainbow's
My Dear
Bonus track：Jewel (Cyber NATION remix)
Bonus DVD:
Jewel music clip
CLOVER music clip
LOVE & PEACE music clip
Jewel TV SPOT
CLOVER TV SPOT
LOVE & PEACE TV SPOT
Sifow albums
2006 albums |
6588804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20Informix%20C-ISAM | IBM Informix C-ISAM | IBM Informix C-ISAM (also C-ISAM or cisam) is an X/Open standards-compliant Application programming interface (API) to an Indexed Sequential Access Method or ISAM.
Description
C-ISAM is an API (Application Programming Interface) of C Programming Language functions for managing data files
organised with a B+ tree index scheme. C-ISAM provides the underlying file storage mechanism of the Informix Standard Engine Relational Database Management System (RDBMS).
History
C-ISAM was first created by Informix Corporation in the 1980s. It provided the underlying file storage mechanism for the popular first generation Informix Relational Database Management System (RDBMS), which allows data manipulation by way of the Structured Query Language (SQL) protocol. This version later became known as the Standard Engine (SE), to distinguish it from Informix's later database engine which used Random Sequential Access Method (RSAM). Informix initially called this the "Turbo" engine, but that name was later abandoned in favour of the name "OnLine".
Many computer systems were written using C-ISAM, which was fast and efficient and flexible, while providing effective mechanisms for maintaining data integrity. C-ISAM was also licensed by other software suppliers, for example as the indexed file handler in early versions of Micro Focus COBOL.
C-ISAM was primarily used for business applications, which were at the time often written in the C language. For business purposes, development in a low level 3GL such as C could be too slow and error prone, requiring very high skill levels. Another significant limitation was in networked applications, since the use of C-ISAM on a client to access a remote file system resulted in heavy network traffic.
Both problems could be resolved by use of the SE to provide an SQL interface to C-ISAM, using Informix's embedded SQL (ESQL/C and ESQL/COBOL) or 4GL products for client development. The SE could be used on a server to support networked use without the performance penalty.
This allowed programmers to focus on business logic, while the compiler and RDBMS took care of error checking and data-type conversion and most importantly, memory management. Thus, the direct use of C-ISAM declined, while 4GL with embedded SQL, became the new darling of business programmers. Unfortunately, Informix made some strategic errors by not adapting to the next generation of "Visual" or "GUI based" programming
tools. Competitors like Microsoft and Oracle supplanted these products by vertically integrating theirs, while Informix focused mainly on developing their RDBMS. New use of these products went into decline with the company. As of 2006, they were still in wide use around the world and are also available and
supported.
Informix was acquired by IBM in April 2001. IBM still recommends the use of the Informix Standard Engine for embedded applications.
See also
Embedded system
Joint Inter-Domain Management
References
External links
Programmer's Manual, 368 pages PDF, for C-ISAM version 7.2, October 2001
Application programming interfaces
Computer file formats
Computing terminology
History of software
IBM software
Informix C-ISAM
Technology consortia |
6588809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yechezkel%20Levenstein | Yechezkel Levenstein | Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein (Rav Yechezkel HaLevi Levenstein), known as Reb Chatzkel, (1885 – 18 Adar 1974), was the mashgiach ruchani of the Mir Yeshiva, in Mir, Belarus and during the yeshiva's flight to Lithuania and on to Shanghai due to the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in World War II. He was a leader of several yeshivas in Europe, America, and Israel, and raised several generations of Torah-observant Jewry. He was a disciple of R' Nachum Zev Ziv son of R' Simcha Zissel Ziv.
Biography
Rabbi Levenstein was born in Warsaw (5656) His mother, Zlota, died when he was just five years old; his father, Reb Yehuda, subsequently remarried. He studied for years in the yeshiva in Łomża, where he was imbued with mussar, then in Raduń Yeshiva under the Chofetz Chaim and the famous mashgiach Rav Yeruchom Levovitz, and finally in Kelm.
His rebbetzin, Chaya, was an orphan. He had "rejected glowing offers made to him by wealthy men who wanted him for their daughters" saying they would "be unable to share a life of privation and restraint and of subsisting on the bare essentials."
From 5695 (1935), for about 2 years he served as mashgiach of Yeshivas Lomza in Petach Tikvah, "despite the very difficult, poverty stricken life he led in Petach Tikvah."
His impact was not only on the yeshiva but on some students who became "well known roshei yeshiva."
Shanghai
News reached Shanghai Adar 5703 (1943), where the Mir spent the war years, of the murders of so many of Lithuanian Jewry. The eulogy of the martyrs by the mashgiach was published in a book, Mimizrach Shemesh.
Yeshivos
The Yeshivos that he founded or strongly influenced include:
Before World War II
Mir Yeshiva (Poland), as Mashgiach Ruchani
After the War
Mir Yeshivah (Yerushalayim)
Ponovezh Yeshivah (B'nei Brak)
Works
Or Yechezkel, a seven volume work of musar
Bibliography
Kasnett, Yitzchak (2007) Reb Chatzkel. Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein - Guardian of Torah and Mussar, Artscroll Mesorah Publications,
External links
Matzav.com Article
chareidi.org Article
References
Haredi rabbis in Europe
Haredi rabbis in Israel
Mashgiach ruchani
1895 births
1974 deaths
Musar movement
Raduń Yeshiva alumni
Jews who emigrated to escape Nazism
Rabbis from Warsaw
Mir mashgiach ruchanis |
6588814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybe%20%28Toni%20Braxton%20song%29 | Maybe (Toni Braxton song) | "Maybe" is a song by American singer Toni Braxton from her third studio album, The Heat (2000). It was released to urban adult contemporary radio in the United States on February 6, 2001, as the album's fourth and final single.
Music video
The music video for "Maybe", directed by Chris Robinson, remained unreleased as Braxton felt it was too risqué. The treatment saw Braxton arriving home from the 2001 Grammy Awards ceremony after winning the award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "He Wasn't Man Enough". She enters in the infamous dress and begins to undress while a peeper (played by James C. Mathis III) looks in. Although the video was never released, Braxton shows a clip of the never-before-seen video on her DVD From Toni with Love: DVD Collection. A shortened clip featured in a television program was later uploaded onto YouTube with the unreleased video for "The Heat" following it.
Track listings
US promotional CD single
"Maybe" (Radio Edit) – 3:08
"Maybe" (Instrumental) – 3:08
"Maybe" (Call Out Research Hook) – 0:10
US promotional 12-inch single
A1. "Maybe" (HQ² Club Mix) – 8:30
A2. "Maybe" (HQ² Radio Mix) – 3:33
B. "Maybe" (Dynamix NYC Club Mix) – 8:07
Charts
References
2000 songs
2001 singles
Arista Records singles
LaFace Records singles
Music videos directed by Chris Robinson (director)
Songs written by Keith Crouch
Songs written by Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton songs |
6588824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint%20Evans%20%28rower%29 | Clint Evans (rower) | Clint Evans (born 9 April 1961) is an ocean rower and winner of the 2005 Atlantic Rowing Race with his partner Chris Andrews in their boat C2 – the first British crew to win the Atlantic Rowing Race..
Evans is a strategy and business performance consultant, mentor and coach. He is the former Chief Executive Officer of Barlow Lyde & Gilbert – an international law firm, Director of Brand and Talent at major law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, and a former Director at Henley Management College. He was educated at Emanuel School in Battersea, London and rowed for Great Britain at U23 Level and for Wales. He is the owner and Managing Director of SOS Consulting.
References
External links
Four months of rowing later. 7 December 2011. World Rowing.
English male rowers
Ocean rowers
Living people
People educated at Emanuel School
1961 births
Place of birth missing (living people) |
6588829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang%20Ji%20%28poet%20from%20Hubei%29 | Zhang Ji (poet from Hubei) | Zhang Ji (; 8th century), courtesy name Yisun (), was a Chinese poet born in Xiangyang during the Tang dynasty.
Little is known of his life; his approximate dates are 712–715 to 779; he is known to have passed the jinshi examination in 753. He rose to be a secretary in the Board of Revenue.
He is incorrectly credited under the name Chang Tsi as the author of the original Chinese text for the second movement of Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler. The actual author of the poem used by Mahler was Qian Qi.
Poetry
Zhang is correctly credited with one poem which was included in the classic anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems, which was translated by Witter Bynner as "A Night-mooring near Maple Bridge" () which references the Maple Bridge (), in Suzhou() near the Hanshan Temple and its bells, which became famous because of this poem.
Japanese poets used some of his poems for Japanese typical Shigin singing-style poetry.
Notes
References
Wang, Yunxi and Yang, Ming, "Zhang Ji". Encyclopedia of China (Chinese Literature Edition), 1st ed.
External links
Mahler Archives Website, with poem
Books of the Quan Tangshi that include collected poems of Zhang Ji at the Chinese Text Project:
Book 382
Book 383
Book 384
Book 385
Book 386
Three Hundred Tang Poems poets
People from Xiangyang
Poets from Hubei
8th-century Chinese poets |
6588841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflakes%20of%20Love | Snowflakes of Love | "Snowflakes of Love" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Toni Braxton. It was written by and produced by Braxton and her former husband Keri Lewis for her first Christmas album, Snowflakes (2001). The song samples the instrumental of Earl Klugh's "Now We're One", written by Isaac Hayes for the soundtrack to the 1974 film Truck Turner. Due to the inclusion of the sample, he is also credited as songwriters. The song was released as the album's lead single on November 10, 2001, by Arista Records. It failed to make impact on the Billboard Hot 100, however the single charted at number twenty-five on the component Adult Contemporary chart. There is no music video made for the song.
Commercial performance
On January 5, 2002, the song peaked at number twenty-five on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song spent a total of one week on the chart.
Formats and track listings
Credits and personnel
Album credits taken from Discogs.
Performers and musicians
Toni Braxton – vocals, background vocals
Technical personnel
Ashley Alexander - engineering assistant
Antonio "LA" Reid - executive producer
Craig Taylor - engineering mixing assistant
Darren Goodwin - engineering assistant
Dave Palmer - recording, mixing
Don Sebesky - arrangement, conductor
Keri Lewis - executive producer, mixing, producer
Randy Poole – engineering assistant
Toni Braxton - executive producer, producer
Charts
Release history
References
2000s ballads
2001 songs
2001 singles
American Christmas songs
Songs written by Isaac Hayes
Songs written by Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton songs
Arista Records singles |
6588856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred%20Heart%20College%2C%20Geelong | Sacred Heart College, Geelong | Sacred Heart College is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls, and is located in Retreat Road, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria in Australia. It is now one of the largest Catholic secondary girls schools in Victoria.
The current principal is Anna Negro, with three Deputy Principals: Gerard Raven, Tanya Malley and Acting Deputy Principal, Catherine Gulli.
History
In June 1859, the Archbishop of Melbourne, James Alipius Goold, petitioned the Sisters of Mercy in Dublin to establish a community in Geelong. Mother Mary Xavier Maguire, Mary Gabrielle Sherlock, Margaret Mullally, Joseph Manly, Rose Lynch and Novice Aloysius Ryan arrived on 3 December 1859. The sisters immediately set about providing Catholic education for all who desired it. The boarding school and day school that is now Sacred Heart College was opened for the beginning of the next school year (1860) with 12 pupils, 6 of whom were boarders. In 1861 an adjoining orphanage was opened and very soon there were 50 girls being cared for. The Sisters also staffed local parish primary schools in the area and after school hours were seen visiting the sick and aged in their homes and the hospital. Within a few years, a large convent including a chapel as well as school buildings such as classrooms and dormitories had been built. By the turn of the century the college was registered as "conducting" a junior school (kindergarten and primary) as well as a senior and boarding school.
Alumni Association
In 1924, a Past Pupils' Association was formed and this became predecessor of the Old Collegians' Association established in 1932. As well as the Geelong-based committee, a Melbourne Group was formed in the 1930s and in 1981 a Western District Group was set up to bring together former students from that area, many of whom had been boarders.
The association is now known as the Alumni Association. Today, each student automatically becomes a member of the Alumni Association upon her graduation from the College.
Notable alumni
Lucy McEvoy, AFLW player
Peta Credlin, political commentator
Olivia Purcell, AFLW player
Lily Mithen, AFLW player
Marisa Siketa, actress
Curriculum
The College offers subjects in the following areas:
Humanities
English
LOTE – Italian, French and Japanese
The Arts – Including theatre studies, music and visual art
Religious Education
Mathematics and science
Technology
Health and Physical Education
Some classes are also offered at nearby school St Joseph's College at VCE level, including Chinese.
Sacred Heart College the Victorian Certificate of Education, and has introduced the International Baccalaureate for middle years students. Year Eleven and Twelve pupils may also choose to undertake a Vocational Education and Training or Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning program.
See also
Sacred Heart College (disambiguation)
Sacred Heart
Sisters of Mercy
References
Educational institutions established in 1860
Girls' schools in Victoria (state)
International Baccalaureate schools in Australia
Rock Eisteddfod Challenge participants
Schools in Geelong
Sisters of Mercy schools
Catholic secondary schools in Victoria (state)
1860 establishments in Australia |
6588858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas%20in%20Jamaica | Christmas in Jamaica | "Christmas in Jamaica" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Toni Braxton. It was written by Braxton along with her former husband Keri Lewis, Donnie Scantz, Craig Love, Dave Kelly and Shaggy, for her first Christmas album, Snowflakes (2001), with Braxton, Lewis and Scantz producing the song and Shaggy co-producing and having featured vocals. The song was released as the album's second and final single on December 8, 2001, by Arista Records. Following the previous single "Snowflakes of Love", the island-flavored Christmas song charted at number three on the US Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, but failed to chart elsewhere. The song was issued without a music video.
Commercial performance
On January 5, 2002, the song peaked at number three on Billboards Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, In total the song spent a total of three weeks on the chart.
Formats and track listings
US Promo CD single
"Christmas in Jamaica" (Remix) - 3:39
"Christmas in Jamaica" (Radio Edit) - 4:01
"Christmas in Jamaica" (Remix Instrumental) - 3:38
"Christmas in Jamaica" (Radio Edit Instrumental) - 4:00
Europe CD Single
"Christmas In Jamaica" (feat. Shaggy)- 4:01
"Christmas In Jamaica" (Remix) (feat. Shaggy)- 3:39
"Snowflakes of Love" - 4:06
Charts
Release history
References
2001 singles
2001 songs
2000s ballads
Toni Braxton songs
Shaggy (musician) songs
Arista Records singles
American Christmas songs
Contemporary R&B ballads
Songs written by Toni Braxton
Songs written by Craig Love
Songs written by Donnie Scantz
Male–female vocal duets
Songs about Jamaica
Songs written by Shaggy (musician) |
6588868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwester%20Selma | Schwester Selma | Selma Mayer (3 February 1884 – 5 February 1984) known as Schwester Selma (German: Sister Selma or Nurse Selma) was an Israeli nurse who was the head nurse at the original Shaare Zedek Hospital on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem for nearly 50 years. For many years she was the right-hand assistant of the hospital's founding director, Dr. Moshe Wallach. Working long hours and with limited infrastructure, she trained and supervised all personnel at the hospital from 1916 to the 1930s, and founded the Shaare Zedek School of Nursing in 1934. She never married, and resided in a room in the hospital until her last day. In her later years she became known as the "Jewish Florence Nightingale" for her decades of selfless devotion to patient welfare.
Early life and education
Selma Mayer was born on 3 February 1884, in Hanover, Germany, to a poor Jewish family. Her mother died in childbirth when Selma was five years old, leaving five young orphans. Selma later wrote, "Because I lost my mother very early and therefore had a rather difficult youth, a strong need grew in me to give people that which I had missed so much: mother-love and love of human beings. Therefore I chose the profession of nursing".
In 1906 she began working as a nurse at the Salomon Heine Hospital in Hamburg. She received on-the-job training in the hospital's departments of internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and obstetrics. In 1913 she and another nurse passed the government's nursing licensing exams, becoming the first Jewish nurses to receive a German State Diploma.
Head nurse
In 1890 the Frankfurt-based Central Committee for the Construction of a Jewish Hospital in Jerusalem sent Dr. Moshe Wallach, a German-Jewish doctor, to Palestine to open a Jewish hospital. In 1902 he opened Shaare Zedek Hospital on Jaffa Road, the first Jewish hospital in the New City. Wallach began with two trained European nurses, Schwester Stybel and Schwester Van Gelder, but one quit due to the "primitive conditions" that existed at Shaare Zedek in those years and the other fled to Germany during World War I. In dire need of a head nurse, Wallach returned to Europe in 1916, during World War I. He was impressed with the similar organizational structure of the Salomon Heine Hospital in Hamburg, and asked the head nurse there if she could spare one of her staff. The 32-year-old Selma Mayer was recommended, and agreed to a three-year contract to fulfill her war service in Palestine.
Embarking on a four-week train journey through Central Europe, Turkey, and Damascus, Schwester Selma arrived at Shaare Zedek in December 1916. Several weeks later, Jerusalem was hit by a year-long typhoid epidemic, and typhus and meningitis also raged in the city. The 40-bed hospital, which added another 110 beds to accommodate patients, was inundated. The hospital recruited untrained workers, whom Schwester Selma outfitted in "overalls and hoods" to protect them from infection; she ordered all incoming patients washed and shaved over their entire bodies. Schwester Selma also introduced German standards of nursing to the wards, including white uniforms for all hospital personnel, changing of uniforms and bed sheets daily, and daily bathing of all patients.
While attempting to provide a high level of patient care for Jews, Christians, and Arabs, Shaare Zedek operated without electricity, indoor plumbing, central heating, or gas cooking stoves. Kerosene heaters were used to warm bathwater, and paraffin lamps were used in the operating room. It was difficult to retain staff due to the working conditions and to the exacting, temperamental nature of Dr. Wallach. Nevertheless, Schwester Selma worked 18-hour days, and expected her nurses and aides to display the same work ethic.
During that era, hospital nurses and midwives were trained on the job. Schwester Selma trained and supervised all the nurses, operating-room nurses, and midwives in the hospital, teaching the former how to make a hospital bed and the latter how to diaper newborns and swaddle infants. Sometimes she also substituted for the midwives, who did not live on the premises. For many years, Schwester Selma was Dr. Wallach's right-hand assistant in the areas of uterine curettages, tracheotomies, and ritual circumcisions, accompanied him on house calls, and stood in for him as hospital director when he was away. From 1916 to 1930 she was also in charge of supplies and building maintenance, and making sure the kashrut in the kitchen met Dr. Wallach's strict standards.
In the wards, she cultivated a spirit of warm, personalized patient care that continues to be the modus operandi for the hospital to this day. She would constantly remind her students, "Those who come to us need help". She wrote in her memoir, "Above all they should remember and never forget that one has to try everything when dealing with the patient to cause him as little pain as possible and to spare no effort".
Schwester Selma's contract included a three-month vacation in Germany every three years, but she took advantage of that clause only twice, in 1922 and 1925. In 1927 she was offered the position of head nurse at the Eidingen Stift Institution, a Jewish hospital in Leipzig. While she seriously considered the offer, the Frankfurt-based board of directors of Shaare Zedek convinced her not to leave, with a promise "to support her for the rest of her life".
Schwester Selma was the only operating-room nurse on duty during the 1929 Hebron massacre. A rescue team managed to evacuate the wounded from Hebron and rush them to the Shaare Zedek and Hadassah hospitals in Jerusalem. Specialists from throughout Jerusalem came to Shaare Zedek to operate on the wounded, and Schwester Selma assisted them for 23 hours without a break.
The November 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was announced during her annual two-week holiday, which she spent with friends in Naharia. Immediately after the adoption of the resolution by the UN General Assembly, 1947–48 Civil War broke out, leading to an Arab siege of Jerusalem. Desiring to return to her post at the hospital, Schwester Selma spent three weeks petitioning the offices of the British Mandatory government, the incoming Israeli government, and even the underground leaders, to assist her. Finally the army agreed to put her on one of its armed convoys supplying food and medicine to the besieged city.
During Israel's polio epidemic in the early 1950s, Shaare Zedek was the only hospital in Jerusalem with an isolation ward. Schwester Selma displayed unceasing devotion to the running of the iron lung machines, teaching and supervising the untrained personnel who were recruited to work in the ward.
Shaare Zedek School of Nursing
In 1934 Schwester Selma founded the Shaare Zedek Nursing School. The idea was initially opposed by Dr. Wallach, who worried that the school would emphasize theory over practical nursing, but Schwester Selma's curriculum proved him wrong. Examinations following the three-year course of study were administered by doctors from the British government hospital in Jerusalem. Schwester Selma taught all the practical nursing classes in the school's early years. After her death, the school instituted a Schwester Selma Award, which is bestowed on each year's outstanding graduate.
Personal life
A diminutive figure who stood less than tall, Schwester Selma was known for her kindness and her scrupulousness. She adopted as her personal motto a poem by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, which she kept on the wall in her room:
I slept and dreamt
that life was joy.
I awoke and saw
that life was duty.
I acted and behold,
duty was joy.
She never married. Both she and Dr. Wallach, who also never married, lived in separate rooms in the hospital. She often welcomed staff and patients for a chat in her sparsely furnished room, where she poured them cups of mint tea.
Schwester Selma and Dr. Wallach adopted three girls who had been abandoned in the hospital. One was Samoohah Calderon, whose mother had died and whose father had been drafted into the Turkish army; the infant's grandparents asked them to keep the baby. The second adoptee, Bolissa, was given to them by her father, who had carried her all the way from Syria; her mother had died en route. Bolissa was killed in the 1948 Ben Yehuda Street bombing. The third adoptee was named Sarina. The girls grew up on hospital grounds and were sent to school; one of the girls became a nurse; another a dental technician.
Awards and recognition
In 1974, at the age of 90, Schwester Selma was named a "Worthy of Jerusalem" by Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek. A Time cover story on 29 December 1975, named her as one of the world's "living saints" in a list that included Mother Teresa, Sister Annie, Dom Hélder Câmara, and Father Matta El Meskeen. Numerous publications called her the "Jewish Florence Nightingale" for her decades of selfless devotion to patient welfare.
Schwester Selma once received a diamond ring from a Holocaust survivor whose sister had given her the valuable item before she was deported, saying, "If I do not return, give it to a human being who has never married and has devoted her life to helping other people". When the survivor read about Schwester Selma in the European press, she gave the ring to her.
Later life and death
Schwester Selma continued to work into her eighties. Even at that age, she did not consider it beneath her dignity to pick up trash from the floors, reminding her students that "there is nothing humiliating in our work". In 1973, while recuperating from a cataract operation, she dictated a short memoir, "Mein Leben und Erlebnisse im Shaare Zedek Spital" ("My Life and Experiences at 'Shaare Zedek'").
When the hospital moved to new and more modern headquarters in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood in 1980, Schwester Selma moved along with it. She died on Sunday, 5 February 1984, two days after her hundredth birthday – the same day a special tribute event had been planned in her honor at the hospital.
References
Sources
External links
"Saints Among Us" TIME cover story, 29 December 1975 (subscription)
1884 births
1984 deaths
People from Hanover
People from Hamburg
People from Jerusalem
Jews from Ottoman Palestine
19th-century German Jews
Israeli centenarians
Israeli nurses
German women nurses
German nurses
Women centenarians
Burials at Har HaMenuchot |
6588879 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizodactylidae | Schizodactylidae | Schizodactylidae is a family of orthopteran insects found in Asia and southern Africa, known as dune crickets or splay-footed crickets. They are usually found in desert and sandy areas. Species are predatory, including Schizodactylus inexspectatus. T. B. Fletcher notes that one captive individual did not feed on any vegetable matter. Fossils are known since the Early Cretaceous.
Taxonomy
One extinct and two extant genera in the subfamily Schizodactylinae are included:
†Brauckmannia Martins-Neto, 2007
monotypic †B. groeningae Martins-Neto, 2007 Crato Formation, Brazil, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
Comicus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 - type species
Schizodactylus
Authority: Brullé, 1835; distribution: mainland Asia
Schizodactylus brevinotus Ingrisch, 2002
Schizodactylus burmanus Uvarov, 1935
Schizodactylus hesperus Bei-Bienko, 1967
Schizodactylus inexspectatus (Werner, F., 1901)
Schizodactylus jimo He, 2021
Schizodactylus minor Ander, 1938
Schizodactylus monstrosus (Drury, 1773) - type species (as Gryllus monstrosus Drury)
Schizodactylus salweenensis Dawwrueng et al., 2018
Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938
References
External links
Family page with determination key
Ensifera
Orthoptera families
Permian first appearances
Orthoptera of Africa
Orthoptera of Asia |
6588890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturninus%20of%20Arles | Saturninus of Arles | Saturninus of Arles (bishop from 347 - 361) was a Gallo-Roman Arian bishop of Arles in the early 4th century who under Constantius II was Primate of Gaul. He is known for his opposition to Saint Hilary of Poitiers, bishop of Poitiers, at the Church Council of Arles of 353.
Council of Arles
Arianism had been condemned at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. However, there were still a number of Arian bishops in the empire protected by the Arian Roman Emperor Constantius II.
The Church Council of Arles of 353 was called by Pope Liberius to reconcile the remaining Arian bishops and it was in this setting that Saturninus came into opposition with Saint Hilary, bishop of Poitiers.
The acts of this council are lost, and nothing is known of what was said except what was reported about them by chroniclers who were hostile to Constantius. When the emperor threatened bishops who did not condemn the creed of Athanasius, all bishops in the Synod led by Saturninus acquiesced, except Paulinus of Trier, a friend of Athanasius who was then exiled to Phrygia in Asia Minor where he died in 358 of ill-treatment.
Council of Rimini
In 359 Saturninus, with the support of the bishops of the Viennoise and the Narbonnaise, called the Council of Rimini, which defined an Arian dogma in opposition to the Nicene Creed.
When Constantius II died and was replaced by the pagan emperor Julian the Apostate, Hilary, with the exiled bishops, was allowed to return, whereupon he held the Council of Paris.
First Council of Paris
The First Council of Paris was held in 361, under the presidency of Hilary of Poitiers, to condemn Arianism and its defenders, including Saturninus, whom Hilary deposed and excommunicated.
References
Bishops of Arles
4th-century Gallo-Roman people |
6588895 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica%20of%20the%20Visitation%20of%20the%20Blessed%20Virgin%20Mary%2C%20Levo%C4%8Da | Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Levoča | The Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Slovak: Bazilika navštívenia Panny Márie) in Levoča, Slovakia is located at the summit of Mariánska hora (English: Marian Hill), (; 781 m. above sea level), a hill above Levoča with views over the town and countryside. Built in its present form between 1906 and 1922, the church is the destination of an annual major pilgrimage.
First church
It is thought that the location of the chapel was used as a refuge by townsfolk of Levoča during the Mongol invasions of the 13th century; it may also have been attached to a hospital for sufferers from leprosy. A chapel has existed on the site since at least the 13th century, and is mentioned in chronicles of 1247. It attracted pilgrims and there are records of repairs made to the church in 1311 and 1322.
Second church
The chapel was enlarged and rebuilt in 1470, and is depicted in this form on the altar of Master Paul of Levoča in the Basilica of St. James in Levoča. In 1673 a group of shepherds allegedly witnessed an apparition of the Virgin Mary close to the church.
Third church
A Baroque building replaced the second church in 1766. When Emperor Joseph II banned pilgrimages throughout the Austrian Empire in 1787, the church on Mariánska hora went into decline. Repairs did not commence until 1820. During the 19th century the church was furnished with an organ (1844), and statues in honour of Mary were erected on the path up the hill.
The present church
The foundation stone for the present church was laid in 1903. Construction, to the design of the architect Anton Müller, was not completed until 1914, as a consequence of poor materials and the collapse of the new tower in 1908. Pope John Paul II, at the request of the local bishop, upgraded the church to a Basilica Minor in 1984, and visited the site himself on July 3, 1995, when about 650,000 pilgrims gathered for the occasion. The annual pilgrimage, on or around 2 July (Feast of the Visitation - still celebrated on the traditional date of 2 July in Slovakia), still draws a very large number of participants. On 3 October 2005, Levoča and Mariánska hora were selected to join the European Association of Marian Pilgrimage Sites.
Greek Orthodox chapel
A Greek Orthodox chapel, consecrated in 1858, stands adjacent to the Basilica.
References
Notes
Sources
Bobák, Ivan et al., tr. Darina Paveliková (2017). Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Marian Hill, Levoča. Spišska Nová Ves: Bambow.
Spiš
Basilica churches in Slovakia
Churches in Prešov Region
Catholic pilgrimage sites
Marian apparitions
1922 establishments in Czechoslovakia
1766 establishments in the Habsburg monarchy
18th-century establishments in Hungary
15th-century establishments in Hungary
Buildings and structures in Levoča |
6588907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%BFQui%C3%A9n%20Me%20Iba%20a%20Decir%3F | ¿Quién Me Iba a Decir? | "¿Quién Me Iba a Decir?" (), is the first official single released from David Bisbal's album Premonición. The single premiered on 25 August 2006. The remix of the song features popular reggaeton duo RKM & Ken-Y.
Charts
Spanish songs
Number-one singles in Spain
Spanish-language songs
David Bisbal songs
2006 singles
2006 songs
Universal Music Latino singles
Songs written by Kike Santander |
6588928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Seung-chul | Lee Seung-chul | Lee Seung-chul (; born December 5, 1966) is a South Korean singer best known for the hit songs, "My Love", "Never Ending Story", and "Girls' Generation". Currently an artist of Kakao Entertainment's label Flex M, he debuted in 1985 as the vocalist of the rock band Boohwal, which he left in 1989 to release his first solo album, Don't Say Good-Bye. He has released 12 Korean studio albums in total. He is also active in Japan, where he is known by the stage name Rui.
Lee has won several major awards, including the Album Bonsang at the 1989, 2004, and 2009 Golden Disc Awards; and Musician of the Year (Male) at the 2005 Korean Music Awards.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Best albums
Other albums
Video albums
Filmography
Movies
Television show
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Official website (Korean)
1966 births
K-pop singers
Living people
South Korean Christians
South Korean male film actors
South Korean male singers
South Korean pop rock singers
South Korean television personalities
Converts to Christianity from Buddhism
Universal Music Japan artists
Korean Music Award winners
Melon Music Award winners |
6588949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV%20Ocean%20Star%20Pacific | MV Ocean Star Pacific | MV Nordic Prince was a cruise ship. She was built in 1971 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and christened as MV Nordic Prince. She subsequently sailed under the monikers Carousel, Aquamarine, and Arielle, prior to being renamed Ocean Star Pacific.
History
Nordic Prince was the second ship to be built for Royal Caribbean, and one of the first modern purpose-built cruise ships. She was launched on 9 July 1970, and entered service for RCCL on 31 July 1971. Like her older sister, Song of Norway, she was used for cruising on the Caribbean with Miami as the starting port. In June 1980, the ship was lengthened at Wärtsilä Helsinki by 26 meters. When RCCL acquired new tonnage in the late 1980s, Nordic Prince was used for cruising around the world.
Nordic Prince became the first RCCL ship to be supplanted by larger tonnage in March 1995, when she was sold to Sun Cruises. Before the ship entered service for her new owners, the sky lounge around her funnel was removed. Renamed Carousel, the ship began cruising for Sun Cruises on 6 May 1995. During her time with Sun Cruises she spent summers cruising on the Mediterranean but during the winter seasons she returned to the Caribbean. In February 2000, Carousel was grounded near Cancún, Mexico, which led to cancellation of five cruises while she was being repaired. Toward the end of her service with Sun Cruises the ship received MyTravel funnel colours. In the early 2000s, Sun Cruises started pulling out of the cruise business. In July 2004, Carousel was sold to Louis Cruise Lines, Cyprus, but chartered back to Sun Cruises until May 2005. Carousel was the last Sun Cruises ship in service.
Louis Cruise Lines renamed the ship Aquamarine and starting from June 2005, she was used on 7-day cruises around the Mediterranean with Genoa as the starting port. In April 2006, the ship was chartered for five years to Transocean Tours who renamed her Arielle. However, the charter was apparently terminated by early 2008, when the ship returned to Louis fleet and reverted to the name Aquamarine.
In May 2008, Aquamarine was diverted to Milos, an island in the Aegean Sea, after a 1.5-meter gash was found on its hull at about 1.5 m above the water line. The ship's hull was damaged after it scraped against a pier during its departure from the port of Iraklio, in Crete, to the resort island of Santorini. The 872 passengers and the 407 crewmembers on board were safe.
In December 2010, Louis Cruises announced they would be continuing the renewal of their fleet by selling Aquamarine to Mexican operator Ocean Star Cruises, which renamed her Ocean Star Pacific. In March 2011, Ocean Star Pacific was moored at Caracas Bay, on Curaçao, for maintenance. She entered service for Ocean Star Cruises on 10 April 2011. On 15 April 2011 the Ocean Star Pacific was disabled at Huatulco, Mexico, due to a fire in the engine room.
She crossed the Mexican riviera after undergoing an extensive repair process in Salina Cruz, Mexico, but suffered another breakdown on 26 July 2011, in her cooling systems and air conditioning. She was planned to sail through 17 April 2012.
PV Enterprises International acquired the vessel in May 2012, and received seaworthiness certification in July 2012, changing the name to Pacific in November 2012. In December 2014, the vessel, sailing under the name Pacific Victory, ran aground in Sarangani Bay, Manila, while en route to Alang, India, for ship breaking. In February 2015, Pacific arrived in Alang for decommissioning.
Sister ships
Song of Norway
Sun Viking
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20150715044432/http://www.mb.com.ph/cruise-ship-runs-aground-in-sarangani-bay/
External links
Professional photographs from shipspotting.com
MS Nordic Prince at Fakta om Fartyg
Nordic Prince at Simplon Postcards
MS Carousel at Simplon Postcards
MV Arielle at Louis Cruise Lines
Deckplans and cabins' list of Aquamarine
Ships built in Helsinki
1970 ships
Ships of Royal Caribbean International
Ships of Celestyal Cruises |
6588953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SST%3A%20Salo-Salo%20Together | SST: Salo-Salo Together | SST: Together () is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on March 20, 1993 replacing Lunch Date. The show concluded on June 30, 1995 with a total of 684 episodes. It was replaced by Eat Bulaga! in its timeslot.
Hosts
Randy Santiago
Dennis Padilla
Smokey Manaloto
Liezl Martinez
Anjanette Abayari
Joy Ortega
Giselle Sanchez
Dale Villar
Ai-Ai delas Alas
Bayani Agbayani
Bernadette Allyson
Giovanni Calvo
Segments
Ano Ka Hello?
GMA Rainbow Princess
Grabe!
Kape Muna
Katok Mga Misis!
Knock Knock Hello
M.R.S.: Musika Ni Randy Santiago
Me & My Mom
SST Dream Girl Beauty Pageant
SST Music Videos
Sari-Sari Stories
Secret
References
1993 Philippine television series debuts
1995 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Philippine variety television shows |
6588955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l%20Lakatos | Pál Lakatos | Pál Lakatos (born 7 June 1968 in Vásárosnamény) is a retired boxer from Hungary, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) and 2000 (Sydney, Australia). He once won the silver medal at the European Championships, in 1993 (Bursa, Turkey), and thrice captured the bronze medal in the Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) at the European Championships, in 1991, 1998 and 2000.
Amateur Highlights
Silver medalist at the European Championships in Light Flyweights, in 1993, Bursa, Turkey
Three-times bronze medalist at the European Championships in 1991, 1998 and 2000
Member of the Hungarian Olympic Team of Barcelona in Light Flyweights
Member of the Hungarian Olympic Team of Sydney in Light Flyweights
13x Hungarian champion
1992 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Light Flyweights (48 kg)
1st Round - Defeated Vladimir Ganzcenko of Unified Team URS, RSC-2
Round of 16 - Defeated Dong-Bum Cho of South Korea, 20-15
Quarterfinals - Lost to Daniel Petrov of Bulgaria, 8-17
2000 Olympic Results - Boxed as a Light Flyweights (48 kg)
1st Round - bye
Round of 16 - Lost to Kim Un-Chol of North Korea, 8-20
Pro career
In 2001 Lakatos became a pro. A year later he fought for the TWBA Super Flyweight Title in Torredembarra, but was beaten by Algeria-born Lahcene Zemmouri from Spain. He ended his professional career in 2004, with a negative record: five wins (three knock-outs), eleven losses and two draws.
External links
sports-reference
1968 births
Living people
People from Vásárosnamény
Flyweight boxers
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Hungary
Hungarian male boxers
Sportspeople from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County |
6588958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agen%20Cathedral | Agen Cathedral | Agen Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France. It is dedicated to Saint Caprasius. It was built in the 12th century as a collegiate church and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The cathedral was listed as an historic monument in 1863. Situated on one of four pilgrims' ways toward Santiago de Compostela, Spain, its World Heritage Site status falls under the category of Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France.
History
Agen Cathedral's visible structure dates to the 12th century, when it was built as a collegiate church of canons dedicated to Saint Caprasius of Agen (), on the foundations of a basilica sacked by the Normans in 853 but thereafter restored. It was sacked again in December 1561 during the Wars of Religion.
At the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 the church lost its religious function and was used instead as a fodder store before being reopened in 1796. It was elevated to the status of the cathedral of the diocese of Agen in 1801, replacing the former cathedral dedicated to Saint Stephen (Saint Étienne), which was destroyed during the Revolution.
The cathedral appears in one of the earliest color photographs ever taken by Louis Arthur Ducos du Hauron in 1877.
In 1998 this monument along the World Heritage Site route was among the first 75 designated, with three following the year after.
Organs
The main organ built by Stoltz featured in the Universal Exposition of 1855 in Paris, according to legend, offered by the Empress Eugénie in 1858 to the cathedral of Agen that hitherto had no instrument. It is the largest instrument in the department of Lot-et-Garonne, with 45 registers spread over three manuals and a pedal-board. It is a nationally listed historical monument and so too is the choir organ built by the makers Magen in 1885, with 15 registers, two manuals and a pedal-board.
Architecture
As with many churches in southern France, its plan is the form of a Latin cross. The nave dates from the 13th century.
Interesting architectural features include the Romanesque apse which is extended by a Gothic frame along a single nave. Replacing an old wooden bell tower, the current tower was built in 1835 at the behest of Bishop Lévézou de Vezins and has the peculiarity of being composed of three Gothic styles, curiously presented in reverse chronological order, ascending.
The paintings on the walls and ceilings represent the history of the coming of Christianity to the region. A centrepiece is given to the first martyrs of Agen. Other paintings are by series: the Evangelists, the Apostles, the patriarchs (Abraham, Noah ...) and the great kings of Israel.
The cathedral's nave is much shorter than might be expected judging from the size of the chancel: this was the consequence of earlier political and financial difficulties.
Gallery
References
Additional sources
Pierre Dubourg-Noves, Guyenne romane, Éditions du Zodiaque, La Pierre-qui-Vire (France), 1969 ; pp. 254–256.
Stéphane Thouin, La restauration de la cathédrale Saint-Caprais, Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, in Monumental, Paris, Éditions du Patrimoine, 2004, semestriel 2, Chantiers/Actualités, pp. 20–25, .
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Location
Agen
Churches in Lot-et-Garonne
Monuments historiques of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
World Heritage Sites in France
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