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17328074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Marr%20guest%20musician%20recordings | Johnny Marr guest musician recordings | Musician Johnny Marr, formerly with The Smiths, The The, Electronic, Modest Mouse and The Cribs and now playing solo, has appeared as a guest musician on the recordings of numerous other musicians. Sometimes he has appeared as a songwriter only and not a guest musician with some of the musicians listed below.
Everything But The Girl
Everything but the Girl (1984)
Billy Bragg
Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (1986)
Don't Try This at Home (1991)
Bloke on Bloke (1997)
Reaching to the Converted (1999)
Bryan Ferry
Bête Noire (1987)
Avonmore (2014)
Talking Heads
Naked (1988)
Sandie Shaw
Hello Angel (1988)
Kirsty MacColl
Kite (1989)
Electric Landlady (1991)
Titanic Days (1993)
The Pretenders
Packed! (1990)
Pet Shop Boys
Behaviour (1990)
Bilingual (1996)
Release (2002)
Yes (2009)
Banderas
Ripe (1991)
Moodswings
Moodfood (1992)
Horizontal (2002)
Stex
Spiritual Dance (1992)
K-Klass
Universal (1993)
Electrafixion
Burned (1995)
M People
Fresco (1997)
Marion
The Program (1998)
Beck
Midnite Vultures (1999)
Tom Jones
Reload (1999)
The Cult
Rare Cult (2000)
Bert Jansch
Crimson Moon (2000)
On The Edge Of A Dream (2017)
At The BBC (2022)
Twenty Four Hours
This Is Urbanite.Co.Uk (2001)
Oasis
Heathen Chemistry (2002)
Beth Orton
Daybreaker (2002)
The Charlatans
Live It Like You Love It (2002)
Different Days (2017)
Pearl Jam
Feb 23 03#10 Perth (2003)
Quando Quango
Pigs + Battleships (2003)
Lisa Germano
Lullaby for Liquid Pig (2003)
In the Maybe World (2006)
Tweaker
2 a.m. Wakeup Call (2004)
Haven
All for a Reason (2004)
Jane Birkin
Fictions (2006)
Transit Kings
Living in a Giant Candle Winking at God (2006)
Crowded House
Time On Earth (2007)
Girls Aloud
Out of Control (2008)
John Frusciante
The Empyrean (2009)
Robyn Hitchcock
Propellor Time (2010)
Shufflemania (2022)
Edwyn Collins
Losing Sleep (2010)
Hans Zimmer
Inception: Music from the Motion Picture (2010)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2014)
Freeheld Soundtrack (2015)
Live In Prague (2017)
No Time to Die: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021)
Pajama Club
Pajama Club (2011)
Malka Spigel
Every Day Is Like the First Day (2012)
Andrew Loog Oldham
Rolling Stones Songbook Vol. 2 (2013)
Tim Wheeler
Lost Domain (2014)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
Chasing Yesterday (2015)
Who Built the Moon? (2017)
Chris Spedding
Joyland (2015)
Blondie
Pollinator (2017)
A Certain Ratio
ACR:BOX (2019)
Drake
Care Package (2019)
The Avalanches
We Will Always Love You (2020)
Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg (2022)
Rock music discographies
Discographies of British artists |
6900300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland%20Corridor | Heartland Corridor | The Heartland Corridor is a public-private partnership between the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) and the Federal Highway Administration and three U.S. states to improve railroad freight operations.
The $150 million plan was developed to facilitate more efficient travel on NS rail lines between the Norfolk, Virginia port region and two Midwest destinations—Chicago, Illinois and Columbus, Ohio. One of the project goals was to increase clearances in tunnels to permit the operation of double-stack intermodal trains, increasing the capacity of rail lines, shortening rail journeys and reducing tractor-trailer traffic. New shipping terminals for intermodal connections are also planned for key locations.
Construction began in 2007, and the route opened for double stack service on September 9, 2010.
The project involved raising clearances in 28 tunnels and 24 other overhead obstacles. A total of around of tunnels were modified. When completed, the new routing was expected to reduce travel times from port facilities in Virginia to Chicago to three days, improving on the previous four-day travel time and to reduce the distance traveled by .
In June 2010, NS announced that it had reached an agreement with Ohio to extend a leg of the Heartland Corridor southwesterly from Columbus to Cincinnati, which is located on the Ohio River near the border where Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana converge. The $6.1 million cost will be funded with federal economic stimulus funds and the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments, plus money from NS.
See also
National Gateway – railroad improvement project by CSX Transportation
Norfolk Southern Crescent Corridor – proposed railroad project running between Louisiana and New Jersey
Virginia Port Authority operator of three major port terminals on the harbor of Hampton Roads
Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program (CREATE)
References
External links
NS Photos of Heartland Corridor Tunnel Expansion Projects
Norfolk Southern Railway
Rail freight transportation in the United States
Rail infrastructure in Illinois
Transportation planning
Rail infrastructure in Virginia |
6900303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-Big-Silence | No-Big-Silence | No-Big-Silence (often abbreviated as "NBS"), originally known as Aggressor, is an Industrial metal/rock band from Estonia.
History
Early years as Aggressor (1989–1995)
The beginnings of Aggressor date back to 1989 when Villem Tarvas, Marek Piliste, Kristo Kotkas and Marko Atso started playing together as an unnamed band. At the start of 1990 they released their first demo album named Indestructible – the music on this recording was influenced by German thrash metal band Kreator. Their first big performance was on 17 April 1990, and a year later they put together a 4 track demo which resulted in the recording of their first album, Procreate the Petrifactions at the end of 1992. Later on they played several shows in Moscow and in 1994 they released their second album Of Long Duration Anguish. The band was first introduced to a wider audience in the summer of 1995 at the Rock Summer festival in Estonia, where Aggressor headlined the B-stage – the crowd gave them a warm welcome.
Change of style and renaming to No-Big-Silence (1995–1996)
In 1994 bass guitarist Cram (Marek Piliste) sung a cover version of Corrosia Metalla's "Russian Vodka" for the album Of Long Duration Anguish. This later resulted in the idea of changing the band's name and style.
In 1995 the band went to studio (still as Aggressor) and were suggested a name-change. In 1995 they wrote lyrics to a song titled "No-Big-Silence 99" (a street in the USA where a mass murder was committed) – so the album was titled 99 and band renamed to "No-Big-Silence".
Success (1996–present)
After the 1995 Rock Summer festival, No-Big-Silence has successfully performed at larger festivals as well as at smaller clubs in Estonia, the Baltic States, Russia and Scandinavia. No-Big-Silence is valued as a live-act with an impressive show, esteemed by world class bands such as Metallica, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, HIM, Motörhead, Waltari, etc., who have chosen NBS to be their supporting act.
The chairman of the concert agency Baltic Development Group, Peeter Rebane, the local promoter for Metallica, Iron Maiden and Rammstein, comments: "In our opinion, No-Big-Silence is the most professional industrial band in the Baltics. Besides, they are a great live-act."
Their second release Successful, Bitch & Beautiful was already the album of current hit-songs such as "On the Hunt" and "Vamp-o-Drama". In 2001 the album was sold in Scandinavia, Germany, Italy and other European countries through the Finnish label Cyberware Productions. The homepage of Cyberware states that this album of No-Big-Silence is a magnificent masterpiece and regards it as one of the label's strongest releases today. According to Cyberware, the bonus video "Star DeLuxe" on the western version of the album gives a good overview of the band's glamorous live-show and enthusiastic fanbase. The Scandinavian music magazine Prospective Magazine thinks that Successful, Bitch & Beautiful is a "must listen to"-album. The review in the same magazines gives No-Big-Silence 8 out of 10 points. Johan Carlsson, a reviewer for the Swedish Release Magazine distinguishes the even and uniform quality of the album. "Metal riffs melded with electronic sounds on top of rock song structures make an interesting mixture, and the vocals fit perfectly." He continues: "It is nice to see an Estonian band, but don't buy it because of that. Buy it because it is good."
Musical style
The music of NBS has been variously described as sounding very much like Marilyn Manson and at times even Rammstein or Nine Inch Nails.
The band's style saw small changes throughout their albums apart from their first two, Procreate the Petrifactions and Of Long Duration Anguish, which are death metal. "99", recorded in 1995, featured a more thrash metal sound, but at the time of the album's release the band had taken on an industrial sound which was reflected in the supposed following album "new race" which was never released until 2003 under the compilation title Unreleased.
Successful, Bitch & Beautiful can be considered their softest album as it contains a mix of metal, rock and electronic. Unreleased is their heaviest and most electronic album and War in Wonderland is one of the darker and most "metal" of the band's albums.
Starstealer, released in 2009, shows the band turning darker and heavier. The artwork of the album shows a darker side of the band and the music bears much darker sound and a small hint of thrash metal from the old days.
"No-Big-Silence, unlike most of the hard rock bands, that get their inspiration from mysticism, concentrates on expressing the twists and turns of human psychology in the language of pop music. It is a great achievement in itself – to sound tough and delicate at the same time."
– Marko Mägi from Eesti Ekspress weekly
Band members
As Aggressor
Villem Tarvas – vocals, guitar (1989–1995)
Marek Piliste – bass (1989–1995)
Kristo Kotkas – guitar (1989–1995)
Marko Atso – drums (1989–1995)
As No-Big-Silence
Marek Piliste (a.k.a. Cram) – lead vocals (1995–present)
Villem Tarvas (a.k.a. Willem) – bass, guitar, backing vocals (1995–present)
Kristo Kotkas (a.k.a. Kristo K) – guitar, keyboards and programming (1995–present)
Rainer Mere – drums (2008–present)
Former members
Marko Atso – drums (1995–2000)
Kristo Rajasaare (a.k.a. Kristo R) – drums (2000–2008)
Raimo Jussila – bass (1994–1996)
Discography
As Aggressor
1990: Indestructible (demo)
1993: Procreate the Petrifactions
1994: Of Long Duration Anguish
2004: Procreate the Petrifactions 2004 (re-release with 4 bonus tracks)
Singles
1994: Path of the lost god
As No-Big-Silence
produced 1995 but released as late as 1997: 99
2000: Successful, Bitch & Beautiful
2003: Unreleased (late internet-only release of tracks recorded between 1996–1999)
2004: Kuidas kuningas kuu peale kippus (with Kosmikud)
2006: War in Wonderland
2007: Suurte Masinate Muusika (with Tiit Kikas) (live DVD of their concert at Leigo Järvemuusika in 2005)
2009: Starstealer
Singles
1996: Come
1997: New Race
1999: Vamp-O-Drama
2000: On The Hunt
2001: Star Deluxe
2001: The Fail
2006: Robot Super Lover Boy
2009: Chain Me
2011: Это не любовь (This Is Not Love) (Kino cover)
2011: üks imelik masin (A strange machine) (Gunnar Graps cover)
2013: The Falling
2013: Kõnetraat (Speaker cable) (Ummamuudu cover)
2014: Supersonic Night
2016: A Question of Time (Depeche Mode cover)
External links
No-Big-Silence at Estonian Metal
Aggressor at Estonian Metal
Official MySpace
Silencers – official fanclub
Silencers blog
Estonian industrial music groups
Techno music groups
Estonian musical groups
Musical groups established in 1989 |
6900304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baussenque%20Wars | Baussenque Wars | The Baussenque Wars (from French Guerres Baussenques, meaning "wars of Baux") were a series of armed conflicts (1144–1162) between the House of Barcelona, then ruling in Provence, and the House of Baux. They are held up in Provence as the idealistic resistance by one of her native families against Catalan "occupation." In reality, they were the first of many successful expansions of Catalan power and influence in the Mediterranean world.
Causes
Three major factors played into the eruption of this conflict: the competition between the counts of Toulouse and those of Barcelona for influence in the region of Provence, the succession crisis of the first ruling dynasty of the county of Provence, and the ambitions of the Baux family.
Due to a lack of success in the Reconquista on their southern frontier, the Catalans turned towards the Mediterranean littoral and northwards. They coveted the region between the Cévennes and the Rhône, then under the control of Toulouse. In 1112, the count of Barcelona, Ramon Berenguer III, married the heiress of Provence, Douce, who was the daughter of Countess Gerberga of Provence, Gévaudan, Carlat, and part of Rodez. The marriage was probably taken at the urging of the church, which was then in conflict with house of Toulouse. In 1076, its count, Raymond IV, was excommunicated but he still lent his support to Aicard, the deposed archbishop of Arles (since 1080). With the count away on the First Crusade, the church took the opportunity to seize the balance of power in the region. This marriage effectively put Provence under Catalan control.
In 1125, Raymond's heir, Alfonso Jordan, signed a treaty that recognized his family's traditional claim to the title of "Margrave of Provence" and defined the march of Provence as the region north of the lower Durance and on the right of the Rhône, including the castles of Beaucaire, Vallabrègues, and Argence. The region between the Durance, the Rhône, the Alps, and the sea was that of the county and belonged to the house of Barcelona. Avignon, Pont de Sorgues, Caumont, and Le Thor remained undivided.
Internally, Provence was racked by uncertainties over the rights of succession. Douce and Ramon Berenguer signed all charters jointly until her death in 1127, after which he alone appears as count in all charters until his death in 1131. At that time, Douce's younger sister Stephanie was married to Raymond of Baux, who promptly laid claim to the inheritance of her mother, even though Provence had peacefully passed into the hands of her nephew, Berenguer Ramon I.
Opening moves
As a result of these crises, le Midi was divided into two factions. Berenguer Ramon was supported by his elder brother, Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona, and the viscounts of Carcassonne, Béziers and Nîmes. The other supporters of Stephanie and Raymond included Toulouse, the county of Foix, Arles (until 1150), and even the Republic of Genoa, who carried out an attack on Melgueil in 1144 during which Berenguer Ramon died. He was succeeded in his claim by his young son Ramon Berenguer II.
According to the historian and Arles-native Louis Mathieu Anibert, his city appointed a consulate to prepare for war (1131):
At the opening of the conflict, Raymond of Baux made an appeal to Conrad III, who was technically the King of Burgundy, though this title meant more in theory than in practice, Provence being legally a fief of the Burgundian kingdom. Raymond begged for his sovereign's recognition of the rights of Stephanie as heir to the possessions of Gerberga. By an act of 4 August 1145, Conrad validated the right of Stephanie and Raymond to their titles and granted them the power of coining money at Arles and at Trinquetaille. The latter was a great aid to their aspirations.
War
The conflict itself, which had been ongoing since the succession of Berenguer Ramon, accelerated after his death. The rest of the war can be seen as three successive armed conflicts. The first began in 1144, with Berenguer Ramon's war with Genoa, and continued until an accord was signed in 1150. The second lasted a short while (1155 – 1156). The third and final war was most short-lived, lasting less than a year. It saw the house of Barcelona victorious in permanently laying to rest the claims of the House of Baux in spite of the latter having enjoyed the royal approval of Conrad and subsequently of his nephew.
Despite Conrad's proclamation, the war gained pace in 1147, generally in favour of Barcelona, for the count of Toulouse was away on the Second Crusade. In view of his impotence, with only the backing of Arles, Raymond of Baux entered into negotiations and made submission to the house of Barcelona. He left for Spain, where he died before the peace could be concluded. Stephanie's four sons — Hugh, William, Bertrand, and Gilbert — were recompensed for relinquishing their rights to the counties of Gerberga and a treaty was signed at Arles in 1150.
The truce did not last and Stephanie and her sons renewed the conflict in 1155 in alliance with the count of Toulouse. Hugh achieved a diplomatic victory with his confirmation by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, but like that of Conrad years earlier, it meant nothing to the Catalans. This second war, too, did not go well for the house of Baux. In 1156, they were forced to relinquish the castle of Castillon and other fortified places. They did retain Baux itself and its outer defences, like the castle of Trinquetaille.
In August 1161, Ramon Berenguer travelled to Turin with his uncle, the count of Barcelona, to obtain the confirmation of his countship in Provence from the emperor. There he met Richeza of Poland, the daughter of the exiled Polish high duke, Ladislaus II. He married her on 17 November and on the return journey, his uncle died. In 1162, open war erupted again. Baux was razed and its environs ravaged. Ramon Berenguer was recognised as victor by the chancelleries of the Empire, but Hugh made a last attempt to salvage victory by reminding the emperor of the two chrysobull-attended letters issued on his behalf, one of Conrad the other of Frederick himself. Barbarossa wisely kept silent about his reasons for a change of heart.
In 1166, Ramon Berenguer renewed the war with Genoa which his father had waged. He died besieging Nice in that year.
References
External links
Les guerres Baussenques.
There is a part in the movie "The Old Guard (2020)" in which there is a reference to this war
County of Barcelona
Medieval Occitania
Wars involving France
Civil wars involving the states and peoples of Europe
Civil wars of the Middle Ages
Wars of succession involving the states and peoples of Europe
12th century in Europe
1140s conflicts
1150s conflicts
1160s conflicts |
17328086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conimicut%20Light | Conimicut Light | Conimicut Light, built in 1883, is a historic sparkplug lighthouse in Warwick, Rhode Island. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The lighthouse is said to be in "relatively good condition."
The lighthouse was built in 1883 using pneumatic caisson engineering. The light replaced an earlier 1868 light. Conimicut Lighthouse was automated in the 1960s and was one of the last acetylene gas powered lights to switch to electricity. The City of Warwick acquired the light in 2004. Initially the city planned to restore the lighthouse, but a federal grant for this purpose failed to come through. Subsequently, the city is considering various plans, including leasing it to a tourism company to be converted into a bed-and-breakfast inn.
This location marks the mouth of the Providence River as it empties into Narragansett Bay.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island
Notes
References and links
Lighthouse pics and info
Conimicut Lighthouse Plans and Maps 1864 - 1938
America's Atlantic Coast Lighthouses, Kenneth Kochel, 1996
Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, 1989.
Gallery
Lighthouses completed in 1883
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Buildings and structures in Warwick, Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Rhode Island
Transportation buildings and structures in Kent County, Rhode Island |
17328098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Put%20a%20Girl%20in%20It | Put a Girl in It | "Put a Girl in It" is a song co-written by singer Rhett Akins along with Dallas Davidson and Ben Hayslip, who are collectively known as The Peach Pickers, and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in May 2008 as the third single from their album Cowboy Town. It reached number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Content
The song is an up-tempo accompanied by electric guitar. Its lyrics tell of various situations that, according to the narrator, are "nothing" until "you put a girl in it".
Critical reception
Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B rating. He said that it is "a pandering attempt to wrangle as much female adulation as possible from the predominantly female country music listening demographic." But he also added that "the song is ultimately fun and Ronnie Dunn’s vocal performance is admirably strong."
Chart performance
"Put a Girl in It" debuted at number 48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 10, 2008. Twenty-five of the radio stations monitored by Billboard added this song, boosting it to number 37 the next week, and it became the most added song of that week.
Year-end charts
References
2008 singles
Brooks & Dunn songs
Songs written by The Peach Pickers
Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer)
Arista Nashville singles
Music videos directed by Wes Edwards
2007 songs |
17328100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachie%20Munro | Lachie Munro | Lachlan Hamish Munro (born 27 November 1986) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player. Munro is a versatile player and he is capable of covering every position in the backline.
Munro attended Auckland Grammar School. In 2007 Munro played for the New Zealand 7s side and also the New Zealand under 21s side. He also played for Auckland in the National Provincial Championship. 2008, Munro moved north and notably played for the Northland union.
Munro was the leading points scorer for the 2010 ITM Cup with 172 points from 6 tries, 32 conversions and 26 penalties in 13 matches.
Munro appeared for the Blues in the 2009 and 2010 Super 14, travelling directly to many games despite not being selected in the initial Blues squads. Munro debuted against the Sharks in 2009. Munro was selected for the Blues full squad for the first time for 2011, and remained a squad member in 2012.
He then left New Zealand to join French Top 14 team CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde for the 2012–13 season where he played a few games. He decided to move to Pro D2 team LOU Rugby for the 2013–2014 season, where he was the team's main goal kicker.
For the 2015–2016 season, Munro joined French Rugby Pro D2 team Béziers. He joined Provence Rugby in 2018.
External links
Blues Profile
Auckland Rugby Union – Lachie Munro
Itsrugby profile
1986 births
People educated at Auckland Grammar School
Living people
New Zealand rugby union players
Rugby union players from Auckland
Auckland rugby union players
Blues (Super Rugby) players
Northland rugby union players
Lyon OU players
Union Bordeaux Bègles players
AS Béziers Hérault players
Rugby union fullbacks
New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate rugby union players in France |
20465096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20Canadian%20Tour | 2007 Canadian Tour | The 2007 Canadian Tour season ran from April to September and consisted of 14 tournaments. It was the 38th season of the Canadian Professional Golf Tour.
The season started with two events in the United States (in April), followed by four events in Mexico (in April and May), and finishing with eight events in Canada (in June through September). American Byron Smith won the Order of Merit.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2007 season.
References
External links
Official site
Canadian Tour
PGA Tour Canada |
17328104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabhol | Dabhol | Dabhol (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪aːbʱoɭ]), also known as Dabul, is a small seaport town in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra in India. It is located on the northern and southern sides of the Vashishthi river that later flows by Chiplun town. The Dabhol LNG power plant that had been set up by Enron is located on the southern side of Dabhol, between the villages of Veldur and Ranavi.
History
The Russian traveller Afanasy Nikitin/Athanasius Nikitin, who visited India (1468-1474) found Dabhol as a large town and extensive seaport. The horses from Mysore, Arabia, Khorasan and Nighostan were brought here for trade. This was the place which had links with all major ports from India to Ethiopia.
In the 15th and 16th centuries, Dabul was an opulent Muslim trade centre, first under the Bahmani, later under the Badar sultans of Bijapur. As the port with most convenient access to the Bahmani sultanate's capital at Bidar, Dabul's fortunes ascended quickly with that dynasty. At its height, it was arguably the most important port between Chaul and Goa.
It was exactly the prominence of Dabul as a Muslim trade centre and port that led it to be bombarded, sacked and razed by a Portuguese expeditionary force (Battle of Dabul) under Francisco de Almeida in December, 1508, in a prelude to the famous Battle of Diu. Although the city's fort was not taken, it was only the first of several times, in the course of the next few decades, that the Portuguese tried to destroy Dabul. By the time of the last recorded attack, in 1571, the Governor of Dabhul was Khwaja Ali Shirazi. The battle led to killing 150 men at Dabhol.
The break-up of the Bahmani state into several smaller Deccan sultanates had accelerated Dabul's decline. As new capitals for these statelets were erected, Dabul's geographic position was no longer as fortuitous as it had been before, and alternative, more convenient ports were cultivated. In the course of the 16th century, a lot of commerce was redirected away from Dabul and towards the rising new port of Rajapur further south.
The Dabhol port boasts of centuries old history. Dabhol was of great importance in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. It used to be the principal port of South Konkan region, carrying on trade with ports in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. During 13th to 15th centuries this port was ruled by the Bahamani dynasty and was known as Mustafabad. Later on it was Hamjabad and then it was Dabhol.
Dabul was conquered by Shivaji around 1660 and annexed to the new Maratha kingdom.
Notes
Sources
Dames, M.L. (1918) "Introduction" in An Account Of The Countries Bordering On The Indian Ocean And Their Inhabitants, Vol. 1 (Engl. transl. of Livro de Duarte de Barbosa), 2005 reprint, New Delhi: Asian Education Services.
Nairne, A.K. (1873), "Musalman Remains in the South Konkan", The Indian Antiquary, Vol. 2, p. 278-83 article
External links
Read about Dabhol in 'ऐतिहासिक दाभोळ: वर्तमान व भविष्य (Historic Dabhol: Present and Future)' book by Anna Shirgaonkar - a Konkani historian.
Ratnagiri district |
17328116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul-Rahman%20al-Barrak | Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak | Abdul-Rahman bin Nasir al-Barrak (, born 1933 or 1934) is a Saudi Salafi cleric.
In 1994, al-Barrak and other Saudi clerics were mentioned by name and praised by Osama bin Laden for opposing then-Grand Mufti Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz in his Open Letter to Shaykh Bin Baz on the Invalidity of his Fatwa on Peace with the Jews.
His website was banned in Saudi Arabia because it was “promoting bold ideas and theses”.
Fatwas
Al-Barrak has drawn attention for issuing controversial fatwas, or religious edicts. One such fatwa called for strict gender segregation. The fatwa states, "Whoever allows this mixing ... allows forbidden things, and whoever allows them is a kafir and this means defection from Islam ... Either he retracts or he must be killed ... because he disavows and does not observe the Sharia."
In March 2008, al-Barrak issued a fatwa that two writers for the newspaper Al Riyadh, Abdullah bin Bejad al-Otaibi and Yousef Aba al-Khail, should be tried for apostasy for their "heretical articles" regarding the categorization of "unbelievers" and put to death if they did not repent.
References
1930s births
Living people
Saudi Arabian Sunni clerics
Fatwas
Sex segregation and Islam
Critics of Shia Islam
Saudi Arabian Salafis
People from Al Bukayriah
Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University faculty
Saudi Arabian imams
Saudi Arabian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Year of birth missing (living people) |
17328125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlborough%20Common | Barlborough Common | Barlborough Common is an area in Derbyshire, England. It is located to the south of Barlborough. The land has undergone extensive open-cast mining and subsequent restoration.
Geography of Derbyshire
Bolsover District |
17328128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre%20Quennoz | Alexandre Quennoz | Alexandre Quennoz (born 21 September 1978) is a former Swiss football player, who last played as a defender for Swiss Super League club Neuchâtel Xamax.
Football career
Born in Sion, Valais, Quennoz played his youth football and started his career at local club FC Sion. He advanced to Sion's first team in 1996 under head-coach Alberto Bigon and during his first season he had five appearances for them, as they topped the table to become Swiss champions. During the next season Quennoz advanced to become a regular starter under new head-coach Jean-Claude Richard. Quennoz played three seasons for Sion before he moved on.
Quennoz joined FC Basel's first team for their 1999–2000 season under new head-coach Christian Gross. After playing in four test matches and four games in the UI Cup Quennoz played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 31 October 1999 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with SR Delémont. In his first season with Basel Quennoz played in just eight league matches, but then he advanced to become a regular starter. In their FC Basel's 2001–02 season Quennoz was first choice right back and won the double (league and cup) with the club and advanced to the final of the UI Cup, but here they suffered defeat, Aston Villa won 5–2 on aggregate.
The following season Basel were runners-up in the league, but they were able to repeat the cup victory as Basel beat Xamax 6–0 in the final. Quennoz scored his first goal for his club on 19 October 2003 in the Swiss Cup away game as Basel won 4–1 against Urania Genève Sport.
In their 2003–04 season and 2004–05 season Quennoz and Basel were able to win the domestic league championship another two times. Quennoz played for Basel for seven season, but during the last two he was no longer regular player and therefore he decided to move on. Between the years 1999 and 2006 Quennoz played a total of 243 games for Basel scoring a total of three goals. 98 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 14 in the Swiss Cup, 10 in the Champions League, nine in the UEFA Cup, 11 in the UI Cup and 101 were friendly games. He did not score a goal in the domestic league, but one in cup and the other two were scored during the test games.
In 2006 Quennoz joined Neuchâtel Xamax on a free transfer in search of first-team football. Xamax had just suffered relegation and were strengthening their squad in an attempt to regain promotion to the top flight. This attempt was achieved, as division champions Quennoz and Xamax won promotion. Quennoz played for Xamax for three years. His last game before retirement was in the 3–1 home win on 24 May 2009 against FC Aarau.
Quennoz played nine games for the Swiss national U-21 football team.
Private life
Since his retirement he is working for an assurance company. In July 2017 Quennoz was appointed as coach by FC Sion for the U18 team. On 5 June 2020 the club announced that Quennoz was to become the coach for their U21 team.
Honours
Sion
Swiss Super League Champion: 1996–97
Basel
Swiss Super League Champion: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05
Swiss Cup Winner: 2001–02, 2002–03
Neuchâtel Xamax
Swiss Challenge League Champion and promotion: 2006–07
References
Sources
Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG.
Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
1978 births
Living people
Swiss footballers
FC Basel players
FC Sion players
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
Association football defenders
Swiss Super League players
Swiss Challenge League players
People from Sion, Switzerland
Sportspeople from Valais |
17328173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Luz | Helen Luz | Helen Cristina Santos Luz (born November 23, 1972 in Araçatuba, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional basketball player. A starting guard on the great Brazilian teams of the 1990s and early 2000s, she was world champion in the 1994 FIBA World Championship for Women and bronze medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Luz also played for the Washington Mystics in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 2001–2003, and in the Spanish Liga Femenina for Zaragoza (2003–2004), Barcelona (2004–2006), Rivas (2006–2007), Cadi La Seu (2007–2008), and Hondarribia-Irun (2008–2010). She finished her career in one final season with the Brazilian team Americana, in São Paulo State, announcing her retirement at the end of February 2011.
Since retiring, Helen has become a commentator on SporTV, opened (with her sisters) a social project for teaching basketball to children in Louveira, and begun a regular blog. In addition, she told interviewers that she hoped to become a mother, and on November 21, 2012, she and her husband Octavio welcomed into the world their son Pedro Lafiaccola Luz. Most recently she has become vice president of the Liga Basquete Feminino (the Women's Basketball League of Brazil), and has been invited to join the Commission for Women in Sport set up by the Brazilian Olympic Committee.
She is sister to three other basketballers, Silvia, Cínthia and Rafael.
Brazilian national team career
Helen played on the Brazilian women's national teams that competed in the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992 (7th place), Sydney in 2000 (bronze medal), and Athens in 2004 (4th place), and in the World Championships in Australia in 1994 (Gold medal), Germany in 1998 (4th place), China in 2002 (7th place), and Brazil in 2006 (4th place). Her teams were South American Champions in 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006 and 2010. She was MVP in the 2001 Copa América in Brazil and 2005 in Paraguay.
Helen retired from the national team after the 2006 World Championship games, but returned in 2009 to help lead the team to victory in the FIBA Americas Championship. In the four games of the tournament she led the Brazilian team in points per game (12.0, 10th in the tournament) and was second on the team in assists per game (3.6, 3rd in the tournament).
WNBA career
Helen signed as a free agent with the Washington Mystics prior to the start of their 2001 training camp. She averaged 13.4 minutes per game over three seasons, usually coming off the bench as a 3-point specialist. She was a fan favorite for her enthusiasm and intelligent, unselfish play; the moment she stood up to approach the scorer's table, the MCI Center would resound with shouts of "Luz!" (A story in the Washington Post reported that she initially thought she was being booed, and wondered why.) She finished her WNBA career with a quite respectable .377 3-point shooting percentage -- .500 in four playoff games.
Pro League career
Helen played in the Brazil Pro League from 1994 through 2002, with her clubs winning several championships. In 2004, she played with Novosibirsk in the Russian Pro League. From 2003 through 2010 she played in the Spanish Pro League, winning a championship with Barcelona in 2004–5 and Supercopa in 2005 before moving to Cadi in 2007 and then to Hondarribia-Irun in 2008.
Vital statistics
Position: Point guard/Shooting guard
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 144 lbs. (65 kg)
Born 23-11-1972
External links
WNBA Player Profile
Irmãs Luz
Sportalents Sports Management Agency
Hondarribia-Irun team in Spanish Liga Femenina
“Mystics' Luz Plays Name Game; Brazilian Lets Court Work Talk as She Handles Language, Cultural Barriers”
Interview with Photos (in Portuguese)
Helen, Alessandra and outcast Iziane return for Brazil
Helen planeja encabeçar retorno de jogadoras brasileiras ao país
FIBA Americas Championship 2009
Helen de Volta Americana
Interview discussing retirement -- nice photos
Videotape of interview
Appreciation from Spanish Basketball Federation
Luuuuz Blog on Basketeria
1972 births
Living people
People from Araçatuba
Brazilian people of German descent
Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1999 Pan American Games
Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Brazilian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Brazilian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Brazilian expatriates in Russia
Brazilian women's basketball players
Olympic basketball players of Brazil
Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
Olympic medalists in basketball
Pan American Games competitors for Brazil
Point guards
Shooting guards
Washington Mystics players
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) |
23571748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%20European%20Athletics%20Championships | 2012 European Athletics Championships | The 2012 European Athletics Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland between 27 June and 1 July 2012. This edition marks the beginning of a new two-year cycle of the European Athletics Championships which were previously held every four years.
The decision to grant the games for Helsinki was made by the European Athletics Congress on 9 November 2009. Another city that showed interest in hosting the event was Nuremberg, Germany, however Helsinki was in pole position during the whole process. This was the third time that the city had hosted the event, 1971 and 1994 being the other occasions.
Due to 2012 being an Olympic year, there were no racewalking and marathon competitions.
Event schedule
Men's results
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
Field
Stripped medals
At the Championships 9 medals was stripped, 1 men and 8 women.
Medal table
Participating nations
(host)
In brackets: Squad size
Broadcasting
See also
List of stripped European Athletics Championships medals
References
External links
Organizing Committee official website
EAA Official website
EAA calendar
European Athletics Championships
European Championships
Athletics
International sports competitions in Helsinki
2012 in European sport
2012 in Finnish sport
June 2012 sports events in Europe
July 2012 sports events in Europe
2010s in Helsinki
Athletics in Helsinki |
20465100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel%20Churav%C3%BD | Pavel Churavý | Pavel Churavý (; born April 22, 1977 in Liberec) is a Czech Nordic combined skier who has competed since 1999.
Career
Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the 10 km individual large hill event at Vancouver in 2010.
Churavý's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the 4 × 5 km team event at Liberec in 2009 while his best individual finish was eighth in the 10 km individual large hill event at those same championships.
His best World Cup finishes were second twice, earning them in 2002 and 2010.
References
1977 births
Czech male Nordic combined skiers
Living people
Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic Nordic combined skiers of the Czech Republic
Sportspeople from Liberec |
20465119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20of%20Genoa | Port of Genoa | The Port of Genoa it is one of the most important seaports in Italy, in competition with the ports of Marseille and Barcelona in the Mediterranean Sea. With a trade volume of 51.6 million tonnes, it is the busiest port of Italy after the port of Trieste by cargo tonnage.
Notably the port was used for dismantling the Costa Concordia following the Costa Concordia disaster.
Structural characteristics
The Port of Genoa covers an area of about 700 hectares of land and 500 hectares on water, stretching for over 22 kilometres along the coastline, with 47 km of maritime ways and 30 km of operative quays.
There are 4 main entrances:
the Eastern inlet, affording access to the old port, to the shipyards, and to the terminals of Sampierdarena
the Western (Cornigliano) inlet, used mostly by ships operating at the ILVA quays
the Multedo entrance, for ships operating in the oil terminals and to the Fincantieri shipyards
the Pra' entrance, at the western end of the port, for ships operating at the container terminal
Passenger terminals
The quays of the passenger terminals extend over an area of 250 thousand square metres, with 5 equipped berths for cruise vessels and 13 for ferries, for an annual capacity of 4 million ferry passengers, 1.5 million cars and 250,000 trucks.
The historical maritime station of Ponte dei Mille is today a technologically advanced cruise terminal, with facilities designed after the world's most modern airports, in order to ensure fast embarking and disembarking of latest generation ships carrying thousand passengers.
A third cruise terminal is currently under construction in the redesigned area of Ponte Parodi, once a quay used for grain traffic.
Lighthouses
There are two major lighthouses: the historical Lanterna, tall, and the small lighthouse of Punta Vagno, at the eastern entrance of the port.
Marinas
Besides the container and the passenger terminals, the shipyards and the other industrial and cargo facilities, in the port area there are also several marinas, where many sailboats and yachts are moored.
The marina of the Exhibition centre (305 berths).
The marina Duca degli Abruzzi, home of the Yacht Club Italiano (350 berths)
The marina Molo Vecchio, in the area of the old harbor (160 berths for yachts up to 150 metres)
The marina Porto antico (280 berths up to 60 metres)
The marina Genova Aeroporto (500 berths, with new facilities for superyachts)
The marina of Pra', in the area of the old Pra' beach, now "Fascia di Rispetto di Pra'" (1000 berths)
References
External links
Transport in Genoa
Buildings and structures in Genoa
Ports and harbours of Italy
Tourist attractions in Genoa |
17328185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Sibson | Francis Sibson | Francis Sibson FRS (21 May 1814 – 7 September 1876) was an English physician and anatomist.
Early life
He was born at Crosscanonby, near Maryport, Cumberland but grew up and was educated in Edinburgh, apprenticed to John Lizars, surgeon and anatomist, receiving his diploma (LRCS) in 1831. He treated cholera patients during the 1831–32 epidemic.
He continued his studies at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital, London, qualifying licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries (LSA) in 1835. He accepted the post as resident surgeon and apothecary to the Nottingham General Hospital. In 1848 he returned to London and graduated MB and MD in the same year. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849.
Career
In 1851 he was appointed physician at St Mary's Hospital and lecturer at the medical school. Sibson was concerned to exhibit the internal organs of the human body in both healthy and diseased states: he was particularly interested in the physiology and pathology of the respiratory organs.
In 1862 he was appointed president of the Medical Society of London; from 1866 to 1869 Sibson served as president of the British Medical Association Council, and then later as vice-president for life.
He delivered the Goulstonian Lecture (1854), the Croonian Lecture (1870) and the Lumleian Lectures (1874) to the Royal College of Physicians
Private life
He married Sarah Mary Ouvry (1822–1898) in 1858. He died suddenly whilst on holiday at Geneva.
Suprapleural membrane is also known as "Sibson's fascia".
Death
He died at the Hôtel des Bergues, Geneva, on 7 September 1876.
Publications
Medical Anatomy, or, Illustrations of the Relevant Position and Movements of the Internal Organs (London, 1869)
The Nomenclature of Diseases, drawn up by a Joint Committee appointed by the Royal College of Physicians (London, 1869)
Collected Works of Francis Sibson, W.M. Ord (ed.) (London, 1881)
References
External links
Papers of Francis Sibson at the Royal College of Physicians
1814 births
1876 deaths
19th-century English medical doctors
British anatomists
Fellows of the Royal Society
People from Maryport
Presidents of the British Medical Association |
17328195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yashaswi | Yashaswi | Yashashwi is a Sanskrit word that can be used as either a noun or a verb. It can also be spelt as Yashashwi, Yashaswi, Yashasvi or Yeshaswi. It means eternal success or fame for eternity.
Naming a boy Yashashwi generally means wishing them to be victorious or glorious or famous or successful. YASHASHWI name is gender neutral . Person with name
Yashashwi are mainly Hindu by religion. Name Yashashwi belongs to rashi Vrushik (Scorpio) and Nakshatra (stars) Jyeshta.
Yashashwi has its origination from the Sanskrit word Yashaswin. The word was used frequently in blessings as "Yashashwi Bhava" during Vedic times by rishis and sages to bless kings.
This is one of the given names that prevails in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh as well as other states occupied by Hindu population.
Yashashwi is a name which is used by mainly Indians and other Hindu people, such as Nepalese, to name their children. There is no gender biasedness on this name.
Nepalese given names |
17328198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Forbes | Donald Forbes | Donald Forbes (1935 – 12 April 2008) was a Scottish convicted murderer. Forbes was convicted and jailed on three occasions, twice for murder and once for drug offences. He was at one time branded as "Scotland's most dangerous man".
Forbes was found guilty of murder in 1958 after a robbery at a fish factory in Edinburgh in which he killed night watchman Allan Fisher. Forbes was originally sentenced to the death penalty but it was reduced to life imprisonment. 12 years after the offence Forbes was freed.
Only weeks after being released Forbes committed murder again, this time in a pub during a brawl. He was jailed again; one year after the second imprisonment he escaped from the maximum security wing but was later recaptured.
In 1980, he married Alison Grierson. He went on to serve 10 years in the Barlinnie special unit with notorious killers such as Jimmy Boyle.
In 1998, he was released. In 2003 he was branded "Scotland's oldest drugs baron". At the age of 68 Forbes was arrested for preparing large quantities of cocaine and cannabis for sale. Forbes was caught after an anonymous tip off.
Forbes died in hospital on 12 April 2008 with his son James Forbes at his side, while still serving his prison sentence.
References
1935 births
2008 deaths
Scottish people convicted of murder
People convicted of murder by Scotland
Prisoners sentenced to death by Scotland
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Scotland
Prisoners who died in Scottish detention
Scottish people who died in prison custody
Scottish prisoners sentenced to death
Scottish prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
20th-century Scottish criminals |
17328201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifid | Trifid | Trifid is Latin for "split into three parts" or "threefold" and may refer to:
Trifid (journal), a Czech-language periodical
Trifid Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius
Trifid cipher, a fractionated cipher
Trifid (software), suite of manufacturing software by Plessey.
Distinguish from
Triffid, a fictional dangerous mobile plant in the 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
The Triffids, a popular Australian band named for the plant
See also
The Day of the Triffids (disambiguation) |
17328206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Dunn | Alan Dunn | Alan Dale Dunn (born November 19, 1961) is a college baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current pitching coach of the Arkansas State Red Wolves. He played college baseball at the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1983 before pursuing a professional career. Dunn served as the bullpen coach of the Baltimore Orioles from 2007 to 2010.
Playing career
Dunn played collegiate baseball at the University of Alabama. He was a member of the 1983 College World Series runner-up team. Dunn was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the fourth round of the 1983 amateur draft. He played in the minor league with the Tigers and the New York Mets from –. Dunn played High School ball at Emma Sansom HS in Gadsden, AL where he was famous for striking out Mike Simpson several times.
Coaching career
Following his playing days, he coached at Vanderbilt University, and became a scout for the Chicago Cubs in . He was a coach in the Cubs minor league system for 14 years, from 1993 to . In the middle of the 2007 season, Dunn became the bullpen coach of the Baltimore Orioles. He was replaced by Rick Adair after the 2010 season. Dunn moved back to the college ranks with LSU in 2012. In addition to serving as pitching coach for the Tigers, he was promoted to Associate Head Coach in January 2017. Dunn left LSU after the retirement of Head Coach Paul Mainieri following the 2021 season. He was named the pitching coach at Arkansas State.
References
External links
Orioles.com coach page
1961 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gadsden, Alabama
Baltimore Orioles coaches
Chicago Cubs scouts
Major League Baseball bullpen coaches
Minor league baseball coaches
Lakeland Tigers players
Birmingham Barons players
Alabama Crimson Tide baseball players
LSU Tigers baseball coaches
Vanderbilt Commodores baseball coaches
Arkansas State Red Wolves baseball coaches |
17328210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castello%20di%20Lunghezza | Castello di Lunghezza | The Castello di Lunghezza ("Lunghezza Castle") is a medieval fortification situated roughly east of Rome, Italy. It lies in Municipio VIII of Rome, and probably sits on the site of the ancient town of Collatia.
History
It was constructed in the year 761 AD and was ruled over by the Poli Family for several generations. In the 13th century, the Polis fell out of favor with Pope Boniface VIII when they gave all the lands around the castle to a local monastery. After some dispute, the papacy gained control of the land and it was bestowed upon the Orsinis, a family of Roman nobles.
In the 1950s, the castle was purchased by British curator Malcolm Munthe, who sought to restore it and open it to the public.
References
Buildings and structures completed in 761
Lunghezza
Populated places established in the 8th century |
23571750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Schuttinger | Andy Schuttinger | Andrew Schuttinger (July 13, 1892 – March 5, 1971) was an American jockey, trainer and owner in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing. A highly successful jockey, Andy Schuttinger won numerous important races including the Travers Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup, and what would become the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes. Among the many top horses he rode was Man o' War, as well as two-time American Champion Filly, Milkmaid, the 1914 American Horse of the Year and a Hall of Fame inductee, Roamer, and another Horse of the Year in 1917, Old Rosebud,
Trainer career
Schuttinger announced his retirement from riding on July 20, 1926, advising that he would immediately embark on a career as a trainer with W. T. Anderson's stable based at Saratoga Race Course. In September of the following year he took charge of the racing stable of James Butler, the prominent owner of Empire City Race Track. He remained with Butler until December 24, 1930, and on March 28, 1931, he took over the racing stable of Willis Sharpe Kilmer. Among the horses Schuttinger trained for Kilmer was the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame colt, Sun Beau. He later simultaneously trained horses for Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Joseph M. Roebling.
Equally successful as a trainer as he had been as a jockey, Andy Schuttinger and his wife notably owned and raced horses he trained such as Pilate, Key Ring, Red Welt, Fortification, Fleetborough and probably their best runner, multiple stakes winner, Ferd.
Andy Schuttinger began winding down his racing operations in 1952 and retired from the business. He died in 1971 in Florida at age seventy-eight.
References
article on Man o' War and Andy Schuttinger winning the Travers stakes August 22, 1920 The New York Times
article titled 6 Riders of Previous Winners Of Preakness Watch Classic May 11, 1929 The New York Times
External links
1892 births
1971 deaths
American horse trainers
American jockeys
American racehorse owners and breeders
Sportspeople from Brooklyn |
23571773 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krup%C3%A1%20%28Kol%C3%ADn%20District%29 | Krupá (Kolín District) | Krupá is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Syneč is an administrative part of Krupá.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamsu%20Bridge | Jamsu Bridge | The Jamsu Bridge crosses the Han River in South Korea and connects the districts of Yongsan-gu and Seocho-gu. The bridge was completed in 1976, and lies just meters above the waterline, allowing the bridge to submerge during periods of high rainfall. In 1982, Banpo Bridge was built on top of the Jamsu Bridge, creating a two-deck bridge.
References
Bridges in Seoul
Bridges completed in 1976
1976 establishments in South Korea
ko:반포대교#잠수교 |
23571776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krychnov | Krychnov | Krychnov is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
6900318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building%20insulation | Building insulation | Building insulation is any object in a building used as insulation for thermal management. While the majority of insulation in buildings is for thermal purposes, the term also applies to acoustic insulation, fire insulation, and impact insulation (e.g. for vibrations caused by industrial applications). Often an insulation material will be chosen for its ability to perform several of these functions at once.
Insulation is an important economic and environmental investment for buildings. By installing insulation, buildings use less energy for heating and cooling and occupants experience less thermal variability. Retrofitting buildings with further insulation is an important climate change mitigation tactic, especially in geographies where energy production is carbon-intensive. Local and national governments and utilities often have a mix of incentives and regulations to encourage insulation efforts on new and renovated buildings as part of efficiency programs in order to reduce grid energy use and its related environmental impacts and infrastructure costs.
Thermal insulation
The definition of thermal insulation
Thermal insulation usually refers to the use of appropriate insulation materials and design adaptations for buildings to slow the transfer of heat through the enclosure to reduce heat loss and gain. The transfer of heat is caused by the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors. Heat may be transferred either by conduction, convection, or radiation. The rate of transmission is closely related to the propagating medium. Heat is lost or gained by transmission through the ceilings, walls, floors, windows, and doors. This heat reduction and acquisition are usually unwelcome. It not only increases the load on the HVAC system resulting in more energy wastes but also reduces the thermal comfort of people in the building. Thermal insulation in buildings is an important factor in achieving thermal comfort for its occupants. Insulation reduces unwanted heat loss or gain and can decrease the energy demands of heating and cooling systems. It does not necessarily deal with issues of adequate ventilation and may or may not affect the level of sound insulation. In a narrow sense, insulation can just refer to the insulation materials employed to slow heat loss, such as: cellulose, glass wool, rock wool, polystyrene, urethane foam, vermiculite, perlite, wood fiber, plant fiber (cannabis, flax, cotton, cork, etc.), recycled cotton denim, plant straw, animal fiber (sheep's wool), cement, and earth or soil, reflective insulation (also known as radiant barrier) but it can also involve a range of designs and techniques to address the main modes of heat transfer - conduction, radiation, and convection materials.
Most of the materials in the above list only retain a large amount of air or other gases between the molecules of the material. The gas conducts heat much less than the solids. These materials can form gas cavities, which can be used to insulate heat with low heat transfer efficiency. This situation also occurs in the fur of animals and birds feathers, animal hair can employ the low thermal conductivity of small pockets of gas, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing heat loss.
The effectiveness of reflective insulation (radiant barrier) is commonly evaluated by the reflectivity (emittance) of the surface with airspace facing to the heat source.
The effectiveness of bulk insulation is commonly evaluated by its R-value, of which there are two - metric (SI) (in units of K⋅W−1⋅m2) and US customary (in units of °F·ft2·h/BTU), the former being 0.176 times the latter, or the reciprocal quantity the thermal conductivity or U value W.K−1⋅m−2.
For example, in the US the insulation standard for attics, is recommended to be at least R-38 US units, (equivalent to R-6.7 or a U value of 0.15 in SI units) . The equivalent standard in the UK are technically comparable, the approved document L would normally require an average U value over the roof area of 0.11 to 0.18 depending on the age of the property and the type of roof construction. Newer buildings have to meet a higher standard than those built under previous versions of the regulations.
It is important to realise a single R-value or U-value does not take into account the quality of construction or local environmental factors for each building. Construction quality issues can include inadequate vapor barriers and problems with draft-proofing. In addition, the properties and density of the insulation material itself are critical. Most countries have some regime of either inspections or certification of approved installers to make sure that good standards are maintained.
The history of thermal insulation
The history of thermal insulation is not so long compared with other materials, but human beings have been aware of the importance of insulation for a long time. In the prehistoric time, human beings began their activity of making shelters against wild animals and heavy weather, human beings started their exploration of thermal insulation. Prehistoric peoples built their dwellings by using the materials of animal skins, fur, and plant materials like reed, flax, and straw, these materials were first used as clothing materials, because their dwellings were temporary, they were more likely to use the materials they used in clothing, which were easy to obtain and process. The materials of animal furs and plant products can hold a large amount of air between molecules which can create an air cavity to reduce the heat exchange.
Later, human beings' long life span and development of agriculture determined that they needed a fixed place of residence, earth-sheltered houses, stone houses, and cave dwellings began to emerge. The high density of these materials can cause a time lag effect in thermal transfer, which can make the inside temperature change slowly. This effect keep inside of the buildings warm in winter and cool in summer, also because of the materials like earth or stone is easy to get, this design is really popular in many places like Russia, Iceland, Greenland.
Organic materials were the first available to build a shelter for people to protect themselves from bad weather conditions and to help keep them warm. But organic materials like animal and plant fiber cannot exist for a long time, so these natural materials cannot satisfy people's long-term need for thermal insulation. So, people began to search for substitutes which are more durable. In the 19th century, people were no longer satisfied with using natural materials for thermal insulation, they processed the organic materials and produced the first insulated panels. At the same time, more and more artificial materials start to emerge, and a large range of artificial thermal insulation materials were developed, e.g. rock wool, fiberglass, foam glass, and hollow bricks.
The significance of thermal insulation
Thermal insulation can play a significant role in buildings, great demands of thermal comfort result in a large amount of energy consumed for full-heating for all rooms. Around 40% of energy consumption can be attributed to the building, mainly consumed by heating or cooling. Sufficient thermal insulation is the fundamental task that ensures a healthy indoor environment and against structure damages. It is also a key factor in dealing with high energy consumption, it can reduce the heat flow through the building envelope. Good thermal insulation can also bring the following benefits to the building:
1. Preventing building damage caused by the formation of moisture on the inside of the building envelope. Thermal insulation makes sure that the temperatures of room surface don't fall below a critical level, which avoids condensation and the formation of mould. According to the Building Damage reports, 12.7% and 14% of building damages were caused by mould problems. If there is no sufficient thermal insulation in the building, high relative humidity inside the building will lead to condensation and finally result in mould problems.
2. Producing a comfortable thermal environment for people living in the building. Good thermal insulation allows sufficiently high temperatures inside the building during the winter, and it also achieves the same level of thermal comfort by offering relatively low air temperature in the summer.
3. Reducing unwanted heating or cooling energy input. Thermal insulation reduces the heat exchange through the building envelope, which allows the heating and cooling machines to achieve the same indoor air temperature with less energy input.
Planning and examples
How much insulation a house should have depends on building design, climate, energy costs, budget, and personal preference. Regional climates make for different requirements. Building codes often set minimum standards for fire safety and energy efficiency, which can be voluntarily exceeded within the context of sustainable architecture for green certifications such as LEED.
The insulation strategy of a building needs to be based on a careful consideration of the mode of energy transfer and the direction and intensity in which it moves. This may alter throughout the day and from season to season. It is important to choose an appropriate design, the correct combination of materials, and building techniques to suit the particular situation.
United States
The thermal insulation requirements in the USA follow the ASHRAE 90.1 which is the U.S. energy standard for all commercial and some residential buildings. ASHRAE 90.1 standard considers multiple perspectives such as prescriptive, building envelope types and energy cost budget. And the standard has some mandatory thermal insulation requirements. All thermal insulation requirements in ASHRAE 90.1 are divided by the climate zone, it means that the amount of insulation needed for a building is determined by which climate zone the building locates. The thermal insulation requirements are shown as R-value and continuous insulation R-value as the second index. The requirements for different types of walls (wood framed walls, steel framed walls, and mass walls) are shown in the table.
To determine whether you should add insulation, you first need to find out how much insulation you already have in your home and where. A qualified home energy auditor will include an insulation check as a routine part of a whole-house energy audit. However, you can sometimes perform a self-assessment in certain areas of the home, such as attics. Here, a visual inspection, along with use of a ruler, can give you a sense of whether you may benefit from additional insulation.
An initial estimate of insulation needs in the United States can be determined by the US Department of Energy's ZIP code insulation calculator.
Russia
In Russia, the availability of abundant and cheap gas has led to poorly insulated, overheated, and inefficient consumption of energy. The Russian Center for Energy Efficiency found that Russian buildings are either over- or under-heated, and often consume up to 50 percent more heat and hot water than needed. 53 percent of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Russia are produced through heating and generating electricity for buildings. However, greenhouse gas emissions from the former Soviet Bloc are still below their 1990 levels.
Energy codes in Russia start to establish in 1955, norms and rules first mentioned the performance of the building envelope and heat losses, and they formed norms to regulate the energy characteristics of the building envelope. And the most recent version of Russia energy code (SP 50.13330.2012) was published in 2003. The energy codes of Russia were established by experts of government institutes or nongovernmental organization like ABOK. The energy code of Russia have been revised several times since 1955, the 1995 versions reduced energy depletion per square meter for heating by 20%, and the 2000 version reduced by 40%. The code also has a mandatory requirement on thermal insulation of buildings accompany with some voluntary provisions, mainly focused on heat loss from the building shell.
Australia
The thermal insulation requirements of Australia follow the climate of the building location, the table below is the minimum insulation requirements based on climate, which is determined by the Building Code of Australia (BCA). The building in Australia applies insulation in roofs, ceilings, external walls, and various components of the building (such as Veranda roofs in the hot climate, Bulkhead, Floors). Bulkheads (wall section between ceilings which are in different heights) should have the same insulated level as the ceilings since they suffer the same temperature levels. And the external walls of Australia's building should be insulated to decrease all kinds of heat transfer. Besides the walls and ceilings, the Australia energy code also requires insulation for floors (not all floors). Raised timber floors must have around 400mm soil clearance below the lowest timbers to provide sufficient space for insulation, and concrete slab such as suspended slabs and slab-on-ground should be insulated in the same way.
China
China has various climatic characters, which are divided by geographical areas. As a result, there are five climate zones in China to identify the building design include thermal insulation. (The very cold zone, cold zone, hot summer and cold winter zone, hot summer and warm winter zone and cold winter zone).
Germany
Germany established its requirements of building energy efficiency in 1977, and the first energy code-the Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV) which based on the building performance was introduced in 2002. And the 2009 version of the Energy Saving Ordinance increased the minimum R-values of the thermal insulation of the building shell and introduced requirements for air-tightness tests. The Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV) 2013 clarified the requirement of thermal insulation of the ceiling. And it mentioned that if the ceiling was not fulfilled, thermal insulation will be needed in accessible ceilings over upper floor's heated rooms. [U-Value must be under 0.24 Watts/(m2•K)]
Netherlands
The building decree (Bouwbesluit) of the Netherlands makes a clear distinction between home renovation or newly built houses. New builds count as completely new homes, but also new additions and extensions are considered to be new builds. Furthermore, renovations whereby at least 25% of the surface of the integral building is changed or enlarged is also considered to be a new build. Therefore, during thorough renovations, there's a chance that the new construction must meet the new building requirement for insulation of the Netherlands. If the renovation is of a smaller nature, the renovation directive applies. Examples of renovation are post-insulation of a cavity wall and post-insulation of a sloping roof against the roof boarding or under the tiles. Note that every renovation must meet the minimum Rc value of 1.3 W / mK. If the current insulation has a higher insulation value (the legally obtained level), then this value counts as a lower limit.
New Zealand
Insulation requirements for new houses and small buildings in New Zealand are set out in the Building Code and standard NZS 4128:2009.
Zones 1 and 2 include most of the North Island, including Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island. Zone 3 includes the Taupo District, Ruapehu District, and the Rangitikei District north of 39°50' latitude south (i.e. north of and including Mangaweka) in the North Island, the South Island, Stewart Island, and the Chatham Islands.
United Kingdom
Insulation requirements are specified in the Building regulations and in England and Wales the technical content is published as Approved Documents
Document L defines thermal requirements, and while setting minimum standards can allow for the U values for elements such as roofs and walls to be traded off against other factors such as the type of heating system in a whole building energy use assessment.
Scotland and Northern Ireland have similar systems but the detail technical standards are not identical.
The standards have been revised several times in recent years, requiring more efficient use of energy as the UK moves towards a low-carbon economy.
Technologies and strategies in different climates
Cold climates
Strategies in cold climate
In cold conditions, the main aim is to reduce heat flow out of the building. The components of the building envelope—windows, doors, roofs, floors/foundations, walls, and air infiltration barriers—are all important sources of heat loss; in an otherwise well insulated home, windows will then become an important source of heat transfer. The resistance to conducted heat loss for standard single glazing corresponds to an R-value of about 0.17 m2⋅K⋅W−1 or more than twice that for typical double glazing (compared to 2–4 m2⋅K⋅W−1 for glass wool batts). Losses can be reduced by good weatherisation, bulk insulation, and minimising the amount of non-insulative (particularly non-solar facing) glazing. Indoor thermal radiation can also be a disadvantage with spectrally selective (low-e, low-emissivity) glazing. Some insulated glazing systems can double to triple R values.
Technologies in cold climate.
The vacuum panels and aerogel wall surface insulation are two technologies that can enhance the energy performance and thermal insulating effectiveness of the residential buildings and commercial buildings in cold climate regions such as New England and Boston. In the past time, the price of thermal insulation materials that displayed high insulated performance was very expensive. With the development of material industry and the booming of science technologies, more and more insulation materials and insulated technologies have emerged during the 20th century, which gives us various options for building insulation. Especially in the cold climate areas, a large amount of thermal insulation is needed to deal with the heat losses caused by cold weather (infiltration, ventilation, and radiation). There are two technologies that are worth discussing:
Exterior insulation system (EIFS) based on Vacuum insulation panels (VIP).
VIPs are noted for their ultra-high thermal resistance, their ability of thermal resistance is four to eight times more than conventional foam insulation materials which lead to a thinner thickness of thermal insulation to the building shell compared with traditional materials. The VIPs are usually composed of core panels and metallic enclosures. The common materials that used to produce Core panels are fumed and precipitated silica, open-cell polyurethane (PU), and different types of fiberglass. And the core panel is covered by the metallic enclosure to create a vacuum environment, the metallic enclosure can make sure that the core panel is kept in the vacuum environment. Although this material has a high thermal performance, it still maintains a high price in the last twenty years.
Aerogel exterior and interior wall surface insulation.
Aerogel was first discovered by Samuel Stephens Kistle in 1931. It is a kind of gel that the liquid part is replaced by gas, it actually is composed of 99% of air. This material has a relatively high R-value of around R-10 per inch which is considerably higher compared with conventional plastic foam insulation materials. But the difficulties in processing and low productivity limit the development of Aerogels, the cost price of this material still remains at a high level. Only two companies in the United States offer the commercial Aerogel product.
Hot climates
Strategies in hot climate
In hot conditions, the greatest source of heat energy is solar radiation. This can enter buildings directly through windows or it can heat the building shell to a higher temperature than the ambient, increasing the heat transfer through the building envelope. The Solar Heat Gain Co-efficient (SHGC) (a measure of solar heat transmittance) of standard single glazing can be around 78-85%. Solar gain can be reduced by adequate shading from the sun, light coloured roofing, spectrally selective (heat-reflective) paints and coatings and, various types of insulation for the rest of the envelope. Specially coated glazing can reduce SHGC to around 10%. Radiant barriers are highly
effective for attic spaces in hot climates. In this application, they are much more effective in hot climates than cold climates. For downward heat flow, convection is weak and radiation dominates heat transfer across an air space. Radiant barriers must face an adequate air-gap to be effective.
If refrigerative air-conditioning is employed in a hot, humid climate, then it is particularly important to seal the building envelope. Dehumidification of humid air infiltration can waste significant energy. On the other hand, some building designs are based on effective cross-ventilation instead of refrigerative air-conditioning to provide convective cooling from prevailing breezes.
Technologies in hot climate
In hot dry climate regions like Egypt and Africa, thermal comfort in the summer is the main question, nearly half of energy consumption in urban area is depleted by air conditioning systems to satisfy peoples' demand for thermal comfort, many developing countries in hot dry climate region suffer a shortage of electricity in the summer due to the increasing use of cooling machines. A new technology called Cool Roof has been introduced to ameliorate this situation. In the past, architects used thermal mass materials to improve thermal comfort, the heavy thermal insulation could cause the time-lag effect which might slow down the speed of heat transfer during the daytime and keep the indoor temperature in a certain range (Hot and dry climate regions usually have a large temperature difference between the day and night).
The cool roof is low-cost technology based on solar reflectance and thermal emittance, which uses reflective materials and light colors to reflect the solar radiation. The solar reflectance and the thermal emittance are two key factors that determine the thermal performance of the roof, and they can also improve the effectiveness of the thermal insulation since around 30% solar radiation is reflected back to the sky. The shape of the roof is also under consideration, the curved roof can receive less solar energy compared with conventional shapes. Meanwhile, the drawback of this technology is obvious that the high reflectivity will cause visual discomfort. On the other hand, the high reflectivity and thermal emittance of the roof will increase the heating load of the building.
Orientation - passive solar design
Optimal placement of building elements (e.g. windows, doors, heaters) can play a significant role in insulation by considering the impact of solar radiation on the building and the prevailing breezes. Reflective laminates can help reduce passive solar heat in pole barns, garages, and metal buildings.
Construction
See insulated glass and quadruple glazing for discussion of windows.
Building envelope
The thermal envelope defines the conditioned or living space in a house. The attic or basement may or may not be included in this area. Reducing airflow from inside to outside can help to reduce convective heat transfer significantly.
Ensuring low convective heat transfer also requires attention to building construction (weatherization) and the correct installation of insulative materials.
The less natural airflow into a building, the more mechanical ventilation will be required to support human comfort. High humidity can be a significant issue associated with lack of airflow, causing condensation, rotting construction materials, and encouraging microbial growth such as mould and bacteria. Moisture can also drastically reduce the effectiveness of insulation by creating a thermal bridge (see below). Air exchange systems can be actively or passively incorporated to address these problems.
Thermal bridge
Thermal bridges are points in the building envelope that allow heat conduction to occur. Since heat flows through the path of least resistance, thermal bridges can contribute to poor energy performance. A thermal bridge is created when materials create a continuous path across a temperature difference, in which the heat flow is not interrupted by thermal insulation. Common building materials that are poor insulators include glass and metal.
A building design may have limited capacity for insulation in some areas of the structure. A common construction design is based on stud walls, in which thermal bridges are common in wood or steel studs and joists, which are typically fastened with metal. Notable areas that most commonly lack sufficient insulation are the corners of buildings, and areas where insulation has been removed or displaced to make room for system infrastructure, such as electrical boxes (outlets and light switches), plumbing, fire alarm equipment, etc.
Thermal bridges can also be created by uncoordinated construction, for example by closing off parts of external walls before they are fully insulated.
The existence of inaccessible voids within the wall cavity which are devoid of insulation can be a source of thermal bridging.
Some forms of insulation transfer heat more readily when wet, and can therefore also form a thermal bridge in this state.
The heat conduction can be minimized by any of the following: reducing the cross sectional area of the bridges, increasing the bridge length, or decreasing the number of thermal bridges.
One method of reducing thermal bridge effects is the installation of an insulation board (e.g. foam board EPS XPS, wood fibre board, etc.) over the exterior outside wall. Another method is using insulated lumber framing for a thermal break inside the wall.
Installation
Insulating buildings during construction is much easier than retrofitting, as generally the insulation is hidden, and parts of the building need to be deconstructed to reach them.
Depending on the country there are different regulations as to which type of insulation is the best alternative for buildings, considering energy efficiency and environmental factors. Geographical location also affects the type of insulation needed as colder climates will need a bigger investment than warmer ones on installation costs.
Materials
There are essentially two types of building insulation - bulk insulation and reflective insulation. Most buildings use a combination of both types to make up a total building insulation system. The type of insulation used is matched to create maximum resistance to each of the three forms of building heat transfer - conduction, convection, and radiation.
The classification of thermal insulation materials
According to three ways of heat exchange，most thermal insulation we used in our building can be divided into two categories: Conductive and convective insulators and radiant heat barriers. And there are more detailed classifications to distinguish between different materials. Many thermal insulation materials work by creating tiny air cavity between molecules, this air cavity can largely reduce the heat exchange through the materials. But there are two exceptions which don't use air cavity as their functional element to prevent heat transfer. One is reflective thermal insulation, which creates a great airspace by forming a radiation barrier by attaching metal foil on one side or both sides, this thermal insulation mainly reduces the radiation heat transfer. Although the polished metal foil attached on the materials can only prevent the radiation heat transfer, its effect to stop heat transfer can be dramatic. Another thermal insulation that doesn't apply air cavity is vacuum insulation, the vacuum-insulated panels can stop all kinds of convection and conduction and it can also largely mitigate the radiation heat transfer. But the effectiveness of vacuum insulation is also limited by the edge of the material, since the edge of the vacuum panel can form a thermal bridge which leads to a reduction of the effectiveness of the vacuum insulation. The effectiveness of the vacuum insulation is also related to the area of the vacuum panels.
Conductive and convective insulators
Bulk insulators block conductive heat transfer and convective flow either into or out of a building. Air is a very poor conductor of heat and therefore makes a good insulator. Insulation to resist conductive heat transfer uses air spaces between fibers, inside foam or plastic bubbles and in building cavities like the attic. This is beneficial in an actively cooled or heated building, but can be a liability in a passively cooled building; adequate provisions for cooling by ventilation or radiation are needed.
Fibrous insulation materials
Fibrous materials are made by tiny diameter fibers which evenly distribute the airspace. The commonly used materials are silica, glass, rock wool, and slag wool. Glass fiber and mineral wool are two insulation materials that are most widely used in this type.
Cellular insulation materials
Cellular insulation is composed of small cells which are separated from each other. The commonly cellular materials are glass and foamed plastic like polystyrene, polyolefin, and polyurethane.
Radiant heat barriers
Radiant barriers work in conjunction with an air space to reduce radiant heat transfer across the air space. Radiant or reflective insulation reflects heat instead of either absorbing it or letting it pass through. Radiant barriers are often seen used in reducing downward heat flow, because upward heat flow tends to be dominated by convection. This means that for attics, ceilings, and roofs, they are most effective in hot climates.
They also have a role in reducing heat losses in cool climates. However, much greater insulation can be achieved through the addition of bulk insulators (see above).
Some radiant barriers are spectrally selective and will preferentially reduce the flow of infra-red radiation in comparison to other wavelengths. For instance, low-emissivity (low-e) windows will transmit light and short-wave infra-red energy into a building but reflect the long-wave infra-red radiation generated by interior furnishings. Similarly, special heat-reflective paints are able to reflect more heat than visible light, or vice versa.
Thermal emissivity values probably best reflect the effectiveness of radiant barriers. Some manufacturers quote an 'equivalent' R-value for these products but these figures can be difficult to interpret, or even misleading, since R-value testing measures total heat loss in a laboratory setting and does not control the type of heat loss responsible for the net result (radiation, conduction, convection).
A film of dirt or moisture can alter the emissivity and hence the performance of radiant barriers.
Eco-friendly insulation
Eco-friendly insulation is a term used for insulating products with limited environmental impact. The commonly accepted approach to determine whether or not an insulation products, but in fact any product or service is eco-friendly is by doing a life-cycle assessment (LCA). A number of studies compared the environmental impact of insulation materials in their application. The comparison shows that most important is the insulation value of the product meeting the technical requirements for the application. Only in a second order step, a differentiation between materials becomes relevant. The report commissioned by the Belgian government to VITO is a good example of such a study. A valuable way to graphically represent such results is by a spider diagram.
See also
Thermal insulation
R-value (insulation) - includes a list of insulations with R-values
External wall insulation
Thermal mass
Materials
Building insulation materials
Window insulation film
Wool insulation
Mineral wool
Packing (firestopping)
Insulated glazing
Quadruple glazing
Design
Cool roof
Green roof
Passive house
Zero heating building
Zero energy building
Solar architecture
Superinsulation
Low-energy building
Passive solar design
Passive solar building design
Construction
Building construction
Building Envelope
Building performance
Deep energy retrofit
Weatherization
Other
Condensation
Draught excluder
HVAC
Ventilation
References
External links
Tips for Selecting Roof Insulation
Best Practice Guide Air Sealing & Insulation Retrofits for Single Family Homes
Sustainable building
Insulators
Thermal protection
Energy conservation
Heat transfer
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20465126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade%20I%20listed%20buildings%20in%20Lancashire | Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire | This is a list of Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire, England.
In the United Kingdom, the term "listed building" refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. These buildings are in three grades: Grade I consists of buildings of outstanding architectural or historical interest. Buildings in England are listed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on recommendations provided by English Heritage, which also determines the grading.
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Notes
References
Note: The Heritage Gateway website is published by the Heritage Gateway Partners, namely English Heritage, the Institute of Historic Building Conservation, and The Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers (ALGAO:England)
Footnotes
Sources
See also
Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire
Grade I listed churches in Lancashire
Scheduled monuments in Lancashire
Lancashire
Grade I |
23571779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%99e%C4%8Dho%C5%99 | Křečhoř | Křečhoř is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Kamhajek and Kutlíře are administrative parts of Křečhoř.
Notable people
Gustav Frištenský (1879–1957), strongman and wrestler
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%A1ely | Kšely | Kšely is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
References
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23571781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libenice | Libenice | Libenice () is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Ljuben, who was probably a local nobleman. The original name of the village was Ljubenice.
Geography
Libenice is located about southeast of Kolín, north of Kutná Hora and east of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table. The Hořanský Stream flows through the municipality.
History
Archaeological finds show that the area was populated by Celts during the Hallstatt and La Tène periods. At the Celtic settlement site between Libenice and Kaňk (a part of Kutná Hora), numerous ceramic finds from the 5th–1st century BC were discovered in 1981. In 1959, an elongated area north of the village was discovered with the grave of a 50-year-old woman buried with plenty of bronze jewelry and a two-metre long stone stele made of yellowish and ocher-colored mica migmatite with tourmaline, which probably indicates a Celtic sanctuary; recent findings in archeology tend to point to a rectangular earthwork. In 1993 roughly ten graves from the Celtic period were found near this site by grave robbers.
The first written mention of Libenice is from 1142 as the possession of the Cistercian Sedlec Abbey. In 1396, the monastery sold the Libenice manor to King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. The local fortress was built in 1401 at the latest. In 1422, King Sigismund pledged the property to Erkinger of Seinsheim. The subsequent pawn owners of the Libenice manor were Hanuš of Rychnov from 1437, and Hynek and Pavel of Zaloňov from 1440 to 1454.
In 1498 King Vladislaus II of Hungary mortgaged Libenice to Bohuš Kostka of Postupice, then the village often changed owners, who were mostly lower aristocrats. From 1540 to 1589, it was owned by the Libenický of Vrchoviště family. In 1593, Emperor Rudolf II acquired Libenice and joined it to the Kolín estate. Apart from 1611 to 1616, Libenice remained part of the Kolín estate until the abolition of the patrimonial administration in 1848. In 1778, the Libenice yard was abolished and parceled out.
In 1801, a public school was opened in Libenice. It was closed in 1965. From 1862, there was also a private Protestant school, but it was closed in 1921 due to insufficient number of students.
After the abolition of patrimonial rule, Libenice, together with Grunta, formed a municipality in the Kolín District. On 1 January 1992, Grunta separated from Libenice and formed a sovereign municipality.
Demographics
Transport
The state road I/38 from Kutná Hora to Kolín runs north of the village.
Sights
The most valuable building is the remnant of a Renaissance fortress. The fortress from the end of the 14th century was rebuilt by Jan Libenický of Vrchoviště in 1574. The fortress burned down in 1643. The three-winged building was then reconstructed and used as an outbuilding.
The Evangelical church was built on the western outskirts in 1826–1827. Near the church is the evangelical cemetery with Libenice Oak. This protected common oak was planted around 1824, is high and has a trunk circumference of .
There is a menhir in the village common that is a replica of the stele found in the archeological site. It was created by local artist at the end of the 20th century.
References
External links
Villages in Kolín District |
23571785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libod%C5%99ice | Libodřice | Libodřice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
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17328216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Rudisha | David Rudisha | David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He is a two-time back-to-back Olympic champion from the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, a two-time World champion from the 2011 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics, and world record holder at the event with a time of 1:40.91 set at the 2012 London Games on 9 August 2012. Rudisha is the first and only person to ever run 800 metres under 1:41, and he holds the three fastest, six of the eight fastest, and half of the twenty fastest times ever run in this event.
Rudisha established his running career at the St. Francis Kimuron High School in Elgeyo-Marakwet County. He won 800 m titles at the 2006 World Junior Championships as well as the 2008 and 2010 African Championships, and earned the 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medal. He also holds the world's best time in the 500 metres and the African best for the 600 metres. He is a two-time Diamond League 800 m winner. Rudisha has won IAAF World Athlete of the Year award in 2010 and three consecutive Track & Field News Athlete of the Year awards.
In May 2022, Rudisha announced he would be running for election in his native Kenya as an independent candidate in the Kilgoris Constituency.
Early life and background
Born on 17 December 1988 in Kilgoris, Narok County, Rudisha went to Kimuron Secondary School in Iten, Keiyo District. In April 2005, whilst under Brother Colm's tutelage, Japheth Kimutai, who was trained by Colm, recommended Rudisha to James Templeton, and Rudisha joined the group of runners managed by Templeton, which has at various time included Kimutai, Bernard Lagat and Augustine Choge. Initially he was the 400 metres runner, but his coach, Irishman Colm O'Connell, prompted him to try the 800 metres. In 2006, he became the world junior champion over that distance.
Career
Rudisha competed at the 2009 World Athletics Championships, reaching the 800 metres semi-finals. In September 2009, he won the IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Rieti, Italy, posting a new African record of 1:42.01, beating the 25-year-old record of 1:42.28 set by compatriot Sammy Koskei. That effort put him in fourth place on the all-time list.
2010
In the 2010 Diamond League, he took on Abubaker Kaki at the Bislett Games in June. He defeated Sebastian Coe's 31-year-old meet record with a run of 1:42.04, giving him another place in the top-ten fastest ever 800 m and leaving Kaki the consolation of the fastest ever non-winning time. On 10 July, Rudisha ran the 800 m in 1:41.51 at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden, Belgium; this new personal record placed him No. 2 all-time in the world for the 800 m.
On 22 August, Rudisha broke Wilson Kipketer's 800 m world record two days before the anniversary of that record with a time of 1:41.09 while racing in the ISTAF Berlin meeting in Germany. Just a week later, he broke the record again at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Rieti, lowering it to 1:41.01. Rudisha recorded four victories on the Diamond League circuit that year to take his first 800 m Diamond Trophy. In November, at the age of 21, he became the youngest ever athlete to win the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award. He was also crowned Kenyan Sportsman of the Year.
2011
Rudisha claimed his first senior global title at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics held in Daegu, South Korea, winning 800 m event with a time 1:43.91. He triumphed also in three Diamond League races that season to secure his second consecutive overall 800 m Diamond Race title.
2012
With a time of 1:41.74, Rudisha set the United States all comers 800 m record at the 2012 adidas Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium in New York City. He guaranteed his selection for the Kenyan Olympic team for the first time with a win at the Kenyan trials, running a time of 1:42.12 minutes—the fastest ever recorded at altitude.
2012 Summer Olympics
On 9 August 2012 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Rudisha led from start to finish to win gold in what was acclaimed "The Greatest 800 Meter Race Ever". In so doing, he became the first and, so far, only runner to break the 1:41 barrier for 800 m. From the start of the final race, Rudisha led and pulled away from the rest of the field after 200 metres, completing the first lap in 49.28 seconds. By 600 metres his lead had grown to several metres. He continued to pull away until the final straight, where second place Nijel Amos was able to slightly gain some ground as Rudisha strained. But the gap was much too great to close, and Rudisha crossed the line in a world-record time of 1:40.91.
Rudisha's competitors all ran exceptional times. Sports Illustrateds David Epstein reported that the race "is best told, perhaps, in 16 letters: WR, NR, PB, PB, PB, NR, SB, PB." (That is to say that the participants broke world record, national record, personal bests, national record, season best, personal best) The silver medallist, Amos, had to be carried from the track on a stretcher after setting the world junior record, making him only the fifth man in history to run under 1:42, something Rudisha has now done seven times. "With Rudisha breaking 1:41, two men under 1:42, five under 1:43 and all eight under 1:44," noted the IAAF, "it was the greatest depth 800 m race in history." Every competitor ran the fastest time in history for their placing. It was the first time in international 800 m history where every competitor ran either a personal or season's best. The time set by the eighth-placed Andrew Osagie, a personal best of 1:43.77, would have won gold at the three preceding Olympic games in Beijing, Athens and Sydney.
As well as being the first man to go below 1:41, he broke his own world record that was set in 2010. "The splits triggered amazement: 23.4 secs for the first 200 m, 25.88 secs for the second, a critical 25.02 for the third and 26.61 to bring it all home." Rudisha's record was considered especially notable for the absence of pacemakers, which are not permitted at the Olympics or other major championships. The previous person to win an Olympic 800 m final with a world record was Alberto Juantorena, back in 1976. Rudisha also became the first reigning 800 m world champion to win Olympic gold at that distance. Sebastian Coe, of the London Olympics organising committee who himself held the 800 m world record for 17 years, said: "It was the performance of the Games, not just of track and field but of the Games". He added: "Bolt was good, Rudisha was magnificent. That is quite a big call but it was the most extraordinary piece of running I have probably ever seen." Rudisha had been in good shape coming into the race, having "clocked a staggering 1:42.12 minutes at high altitude in Nairobi during the Kenyan Olympic trials. After that he had said 'the race was nice and easy'."
Before the race, Rudisha had joked about his father's 1968 400 m relay silver medal: "It would be good for me to win gold, so we can have gold and silver in our family [...] so I can tell him, 'I am better than you. Afterwards, he admitted that it would go down as the greatest 800 m race personally for him as well because he won it in front of Sebastian Coe who held the record for more than 17 years. This race was also touted as a run for his community and tribe. Rudisha was later given the Association of National Olympic Committees Award for Best Male Athlete of London 2012, as well as receiving the honour of Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) from the government of Kenya.
2013
He could not compete at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics because of an injury.
2015
At the New York IAAF Diamond League meeting in June 2015, Rudisha won the 800 m with a time of 1:43.58.
Rudisha claimed his second world 800 m title at the World Championships held in Beijing, China. In a relatively tactical race, after a first lap of only 54.17 he won in a time of 1:45.84
2016
Rudisha successfully defended his Olympic title at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, taking gold with a time of 1:42.15. He was the first person since Peter Snell in 1964 to win back-to-back Olympic 800 m titles. The final went out very quickly with fellow Kenyan Alfred Kipketer leading through 200 m in 23.2 sec. Rudisha was tucked in close behind through a 49.3 first 400 m. With just under 300 m to go Rudisha made a strong surge to the front. A large gap was formed that proved too much for fast closing Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria in the final homestretch. His finishing time was the fastest he has run since the 2012 Olympic final in London, as well as the fastest time in the world for 2016.
2017
Rudisha finished fourth at the Shanghai Diamond League meet. His time was 1:45.36. The winning time was 1:44.70. He attempted the 1000 metres for the first time at the Golden Spike Ostrava, finishing fourth with a personal best time of 2:19.43.
Coaching
At the 2012 Olympics, Rudisha worked with Caroline Currid, an Irish mental performance coach, on how to maximise performance on competition day.
From 2007 until at least 2012, Rudisha trained in the summer months in the university town of Tübingen in southern Germany, a center for many up-and-coming runners from Kenya such as Bernard Lagat.
Personal life
Rudisha is a member of the Maasai ethnic group in Kenya. His father, Daniel Rudisha, was a former runner who won the silver medal at the 1968 Olympics as part of the Kenyan 4 × 400 m relay team, while his mother Naomi is a former 400 m hurdler. He is married to Lizzy Naanyu and has two daughters (as of 2015). Tom Fordyce of the BBC said of him, "He is the greatest 800m runner of all time and he may also be the nicest man in his sport."
He is a supporter of the football club Arsenal F.C.
Transport disasters
In 2019, Rudisha's car collided head-on with a bus near Keroka. The collision was frontal, but the athlete was not seriously injured.
In December 2022, he became one of five people who survived a plane crash-landing in Kenya.
Achievements
International competitions
Circuit wins and titles
Diamond League 800 m overall winner: 2010, 2011
800 metres wins, other events specified in parenthesis
2010 (4): Doha Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix ( ), Oslo Bislett Games (WL MR), Lausanne Athletissima, Brussels Memorial Van Damme
2011 (4): Lausanne, Monaco Herculis (WL), London Grand Prix (promotional events), Brussels
2012 (3): Doha, New York Adidas Grand Prix (WL MR), Paris Meeting Areva
2013 (2): Doha Qatar Athletic (WL), New York
2014 (3): New York, Glasgow Grand Prix (=WL), Birmingham British Athletics Grand Prix (600m)
2015 (1): New York ()
2016 (1): Birmingham (600m, WL MR ')
References
External links
David Rudisha All-Athletics profile
1988 births
Living people
People from Narok County
Kenyan male middle-distance runners
Olympic male middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Kenya
Olympic gold medalists for Kenya
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics record holders
Maasai people
Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners
Diamond League winners
IAAF Continental Cup winners
World Athletics Championships winners
IAAF World Athletics Final winners |
23571787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipec%20%28Kol%C3%ADn%20District%29 | Lipec (Kolín District) | Lipec is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo%C5%A1any | Lošany | Lošany is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Lošánky is an administrative part of Lošany.
Notable people
Josef Mašín (1896–1942), resistance fighter
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malotice | Malotice | Malotice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Lhotky is an administrative part of Malotice.
Gallery
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masojedy | Masojedy | Masojedy is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrzky | Mrzky | Mrzky is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topspin%20%28disambiguation%29 | Topspin (disambiguation) | In sports, topspin is a property of a shot where the ball rotates as if rolling in the same direction as it is moving.
Topspin or Top Spin may also refer to:
Top Spin (film), a 2014 documentary on Olympic athletes
Top Spin (ride), a thrill ride developed by HUSS Maschinenfabrik
Top Spin (video game), a 2003 tennis video game
Topspin (Transformers), several robot superhero characters in the Transformers robot superhero franchise.
Topspin (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant
Topspin Media, a marketing and e-commerce software platform for artists
Topspin Communications, a computer networking company acquired by Cisco Systems
See also
Spintop
Tailspin (disambiguation)
Topspinner (disambiguation) |
23571801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebovidy%20%28Kol%C3%ADn%20District%29 | Nebovidy (Kolín District) | Nebovidy is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Hluboký Důl is an administrative part of Nebovidy.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%9Bm%C4%8Dice%20%28Kol%C3%ADn%20District%29 | Němčice (Kolín District) | Němčice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nov%C3%A1%20Ves%20I | Nová Ves I | Nová Ves I is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
The Roman numeral in the name serves to distinguish it from the nearby village of the same name, Nová Ves II within the Rostoklaty municipality.
Administrative parts
The village of Ohrada is an administrative part of Nová Ves I.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oha%C5%99e | Ohaře | Ohaře is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C5%A1inka | Pašinka | Pašinka is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Notable people
Václav Radimský (1867–1946), painter; died here
References
Villages in Kolín District |
6900324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Baux | House of Baux | The House of Baux is a French noble family from the south of France. It was one of the richest and most powerful families of Medieval Provence, known as the 'Race d’Aiglon'. They were independent Lords as castellans of Les Baux and Arles and wielded very considerable authority at local level. They held important fiefs and vast lands, including the principality of Orange.
In (and in Provençal-Occitan, ) is the word for 'cliffs, escarpment'. In its use as the family name, it refers to the natural fortress on which the family built their castle, the Château des Baux and the village that surrounded it. The escarpment provided a raised and protected mountain valley that protected their food supply; the natural ridge of the Alpilles allowed control of all the approaches to the citadel of Les Baux-de-Provence and the surrounding countryside, including the passage up and down the Rhone, and the approaches from the Mediterranean. Together, these natural advantages made the fortress impervious to the military technology of the time.
The family of des Baux exists today in Naples in the person of several noble families ("del Balzo") descended from younger sons who followed Charles of Anjou south.
After the death of , the last sovereign of Baux, the chateaux and town were seized by King Rene, who gave it to his 2nd wife, Queen Jeanne of Laval. When Provence was united with the crown, almost 150 yrs of royal governors followed, including the lords, later counts and princes de Manville. Les Baux became a centre for Protestantism. Its unsuccessful revolt against the crown led Cardinal Richelieu in 1632 to order that the castle and its walls should be demolished. This was accomplished with the aid of artillery.
Lords of Baux
The earliest definite ancestor was Pons (, 'Pons the younger'). The name may indicate a trader from Greece, while his soubriquet, the younger, distinguished him from his father Pons the elder. Pons the younger was mentioned in three legal acts:
1st in the act of donation of 14 May 971 donating Montmajour to Boson & his wife Folcoare,
2nd in 975 in the act of donation of land to St Etienne d'Arles, now called St. Trophime (Arch. du chap. d'Arles, liv. autent. f. 22)
3rd with his wife Profecte in an act of donation in 981
The family descent then is:
Pons the Younger (born , ), father of
Hugh I (born after 1059), father of
or "Guilhem Uc" (after 10301105), father of
Raymond I (before 10951150), father of
Hugh II (reigned 11501167; retired to Sardinia where he died in 1179)
Betrand I (1167–1181), brother of Hugh II
Hugh III (1181–1240), lord of Baux, viscount of Marseille, eldest son of Bertrand I
Barral of Baux (Barral I, 1240–1268), father of
Bertrand III (1268–1305), father of
Raymond II (1305–1322), father of
Hugh IV (1322–1351), father of
Robert (1351–1353)
Raymond III (1353–1372), brother of Robert, father of
John I (1372–1375)
Alice I (1372–1426), sister of John
This branch of the House of Baux was declared extinct in 1426. The domains were inherited by Counts of Provence.
Lords of Berre, Meyragues, Puyricard and Marignane
, second oldest son of , lord of Berre, Meyragues and Puyricard, and Marignane (1181–1201)
...
From this branch originated the family branches of the , Lords of Meyrargues and Puyricard, who became extinct in 1349, and lords of Marignane, acquired by House of Valois-Anjou, as well as the Dukes of Andria.
Princes of Orange
(1171–1181)
Raymond II of Baux, (1218–1282)
William I, youngest son of (1181–1218)
William II, co-Prince (with brothers),1218-1239
Bertrand II, (1281–1314)
Raymond III (1314–1340)
Raymond V (1340–1393)
Mary of Baux-Orange (1393–1417), daughter, married John III of Châlon-Arlay
In 1417, the House of Ivrea or House of Châlon-Arlay succeeded as princes of Orange.
A brother of William I started the branch of the Lords of Courbezon (House of Baux-Courbezon), which became extinct in 1393. Another brother started the line of Lords of Suze, Solerieux and Barri (House of Baux-Suze-Solerieux-Barri), which became extinct and reverted afterwards to the counts of Orange.
Family Genealogy
Ancestors of the Lords of Baux
The ancestors of the Lords of Baux:
Leibulf de Provence (vers 750-835)
x Odda ?
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| → Leibulf des Baux (middle of the 9th century).
x ??
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| → Pons d’Arles (end of the 9th century)
x Blismodis de Mâcon
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| → Humbert, Bishop of Vaison-la-Romaine (890-933)
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| → Ison d’Arles (890-942),
x Princess ? of Benevento
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| → Lambert Ursus seigneurs de Reillanne
| x Galburge de Bénévent
| |
| | → Seigneurs de Reillanne
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| → Pons de Marseille (910-979),
x Judith de Bretagne, daughter d'Alain II de Bretagne
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| → Honoratus de Marseille (930-978), Bishop of Marseille
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| → William of Marseille (935-1004)
| x Bellilde, daughter d’Arlulf de Marseille
| |
| | → Vicomtes de Marseille
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x Belletrude
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| → (hyp) Pons de Fos (vers 945-1025)
x Profecta de Marignane
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| → Seigneurs de Fos
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| → (hyp) Hugues des Baux (981-1060)
x Inauris de Cavaillon (?)
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| → Guillaume Hugues de Baux (1060–1095)
x Vierne
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| → Raymond-Raimbaud des Baux (1095–1150)
x Étiennette de Gévaudan
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| → Bertrand des Baux
x Thiburge II d'Orange
Simplified Family Tree of the Lords of Baux
The family tree of the lords of Baux:
See also
Les Baux de Provence
Les Baux de Provence AOC
Baussenque Wars (1144–1162)
Il signore di Baux
:fr:Alix des Baux
Notes
References
Bibliography
Sources for the Vicomtes de Marseille
Édouard Baratier, Ernest Hildesheimer et Georges Duby, Atlas historique...
and the table of Henry de Gérin-Ricard, Actes concernant les vicomtes de Marseille et leurs descendants...
Sources: Ancestors of the Lords of Baux section
Genealogy works
Georges de Manteyer, La Provence du premier au douzième siècle, études d'histoire et de géographie... (1908),
Juigné de Lassigny, Généalogie des vicomtes de Marseille...,
Fernand Cortez, Les grands officiers royaux de Provence au moyen-âge listes chronologiques...,
Papon, de Louis Moréri, du marquis de Forbin, Monographie de la terre et du château de Saint-Marcel, près Marseille: du Xe au XIXe siècle... ("Monograph of the land and the castle of Saint-Marcel, near Marseille, from the tenth to the nineteenth century ..."), Marseille, 1888
J. Berge, Origines rectifiées des maisons féodales Comtes de Provence, Princes d'Orange ..., France-Riviera, 1952
Poly, Jean-Pierre, La Provence et la société féodale (879-1166), Paris: Bordas, 1976,
Jacques Saillot, Le Sang de Charlemagne...
Sources: Simplified family tree section
Genealogy works
Gioacchino del Balzo di Presenzano, http://www.delbalzo.net/genealogia2.htm GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux extensive bibliographyG.Noblemaire, Histoire de la Maison des Baux, Parigi: 1912 and 1975
J.Dunbabin, Charles I of Anjou, London/New York: 1998
E.Leonard,Les Angevins de Naples, Paris: 1954
Almanach of Gotha, 1888-1943
F. Mazel,La Noblesse et l’Eglise en ProvenceFin X – debut XIV siecle, L’Exemple des familles d’Agoult-Simiane, des Baux et de Marseilles, CTHS – Paris: 2002
H.Aliquot et R.Merceron,Armorial d’Avignon et Du Comtat Venaissin'', Avignon:1987
Cambridge Medieval History, Volumes I – IX, Cambridge: 1911
Cambridge Medieval History, Vol II, III, IV, Revised Edition 1996 -2003
Cambridge Modern History, Volumes I-XII, Cambridge: 1962-63
External links
GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux by Gioacchino del Balzo with extensive bibliography
Grand Armorial du Comtat Venaissin by Jean Gallian
History of Les Baux en Provence
Bouches-du-Rhône
Baux
ca:Senyoria dels Baus
de:Les Baux (Adelsgeschlecht)
fr:Liste des seigneurs des Baux |
17328223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Maresme%20%E2%80%93%20F%C3%B2rum%20%28Barcelona%20Metro%29 | El Maresme – Fòrum (Barcelona Metro) | El Maresme Fòrum is a Barcelona Metro station located between Carrer del Maresme and Rambla de Prim, near the Forum site, in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Spain. It's served by L4 (yellow line), as well as providing a connection with the Trambesòs route T4. It was opened in , even though the section of the tunnel where the station is located has been in use since 1982.
Services
External links
Map at the official website of TMB
Metro station at Trenscat.com
Tram stop at Trenscat.com
Barcelona Metro line 4 stations
Railway stations opened in 2003
Barcelona Metro stations located underground
Transport in Sant Martí (district)
Trambesòs stops |
17328225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim%20Seifpour | Ebrahim Seifpour | Mohammad Ebrahim Seifpour Saadabadi (, born 3 March 1938) also known as Ebrahim Seifpour, is a retired Iranian freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and placed third and sixth, respectively. At the world championships he won two gold and one silver medals in 1961–65. After retiring from competitions he worked as a wrestling coach and official.
References
1938 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers of Iran
Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Iranian male sport wrestlers
Olympic bronze medalists for Iran
Asian Games silver medalists for Iran
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Asian Games medalists in wrestling
Wrestlers at the 1966 Asian Games
World Wrestling Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
20th-century Iranian people
World Wrestling Champions |
17328228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick%20Light | Warwick Light | Warwick Light, also known as Warwick Lighthouse, is an historic lighthouse in Warwick, Rhode Island, United States.
History
The first light on the site was built in 1827. The original keeper's residence was replaced in 1899. The current structure at Warwick Neck was built on the site in 1932. In 1985, the light was the last Rhode Island lighthouse automated. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as Warwick Lighthouse.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Rhode Island
Notes
Further reading
America's Atlantic Coast Lighthouse, Kenneth Kochel, 1996.
Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey, Robert Bachand, 1989.
The Keeper's Log, Spring 1986.
Buildings and structures in Warwick, Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Lighthouses completed in 1827
Lighthouses completed in 1932
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Rhode Island
Tourist attractions in Kent County, Rhode Island
Transportation buildings and structures in Kent County, Rhode Island
1827 establishments in Rhode Island |
20465142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV%20Pulse%20%28Italian%20TV%20channel%29 | MTV Pulse (Italian TV channel) | MTV Pulse Italy was an Italian television channel and like MTV Hits broadcast chart hits non-stop with many music-related themed zones and much programming from MTV and MTV Italy. Broadcast only on SKY Italia channel 707 (but also available on Italian IPTV services).
On 10 January 2011 MTV Pulse Italy was closed down and its frequencies were taken over by the pan-European music channel MTV Dance.
Programming
30 minutes of
A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila
Clipshake
Coffee Break
College Rock
Dance Hour
Girls Rock!
Life of Ryan
Love Test
Milk & Clip
Mighty Moshin' Emo Rangers
My Super Sweet Sixteen
Pimp My Ride
Rock Hour
TRL Italy
TRL Top 10 Countdown
Urban Hour
Videorama
References
External links
Official site
MTV channels
Telecom Italia Media
Music organisations based in Italy
Television channels and stations established in 2007
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
2007 establishments in Italy
2011 disestablishments in Italy
Defunct television channels in Italy
Italian-language television stations |
20465144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Road%20to%20the%20Wall | The Road to the Wall | The Road to the Wall is a 1962 American short documentary film produced by Robert Saudek about the construction of the Berlin Wall. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
See also
List of American films of 1962
References
External links
The Road to the Wall at the National Archives and Records Administration
1962 films
1962 short films
1962 documentary films
1960s in Berlin
American short documentary films
Films about the Berlin Wall
Documentary films about historical events
Documentary films about Berlin
1960s short documentary films
1960s English-language films
1960s American films |
20465157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stade%20Poitevin%20Rugby | Stade Poitevin Rugby | Stade Poitevin Rugby is a French semi-professional rugby union team based in Poitiers. They currently play in Fédérale 3, the fifth division of the French rugby pyramid.
External links
Stade Poitevin Rugby Official Website (French)
Poitiers
Sport in Poitiers |
20465187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Methodist%20Church%20%28Clinton%2C%20Massachusetts%29 | First Methodist Church (Clinton, Massachusetts) | The First Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church building at 75 Walnut Street in Clinton, Massachusetts. It is an L-shaped stone and stucco structure, two stories in height, with a steeply pitched slate roof. The ground floor is finished in uncoursed fieldstone. One entrance is set recessed behind a segmented stone arch at the southern end of the main facade, with a second entrance at the projecting gable at the northern end. The church was designed by Woodbury and Stuart of Boston, and construction of the building was begun in 1927 for a congregation established in 1830. The complete plan for the building was never realized due to a lack of funding, and only the community center and rectory were completed. These were used by the congregation, the community center space acting as sanctuary, until the 1980s. The building was rehabilitated in 1988, and how houses two residences and office space.
The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts
References
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
United Methodist churches in Massachusetts
Colonial Revival architecture in Massachusetts
Churches completed in 1926
Churches in Worcester County, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Clinton, Massachusetts |
20465239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Brennan%20%28Clare%20hurler%29 | Philip Brennan (Clare hurler) | Philip Brennan (born 30 July 1983 in Tulla, County Clare) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Tulla and has been the goalkeeper on the Clare senior inter-county team since 2007. He works as a Hurley Maker for John Torpey Woodturning Ltd.
References
1983 births
Living people
Tulla (Clare) hurlers
Clare inter-county hurlers
Hurling goalkeepers |
6900330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howqua | Howqua | Wu Bingjian (; 17694 September 1843), trading as "Houqua" and better known in the West as "Howqua", was a hong merchant in the Thirteen Factories, head of the E-wo hong and leader of the Canton Cohong. He was once the richest man in the world.
Biography
A Hokkien by his paternal ancestry with ancestry from Quanzhou, Wu was known to the West as Howqua, as was his father, Wu Guorong, the founder of the family business or hong. The name "Howqua" is a romanization, in his native Hokkien language, of the business name under which he traded, "浩官" (). He became rich on the trade between China and the British Empire in the middle of the 19th century during the First Opium War. Perhaps the wealthiest man in China during the nineteenth century, Howqua was the senior of the hong merchants in Canton, one of the few authorized to trade silk and porcelain with foreigners. In an 1822 fire which burned down many of the cohongs, the silver that melted allegedly formed a little stream almost two miles in length. Of the three million dollars that the Qing government was required to pay the British as stipulated in the Treaty of Nanking, Howqua single-handedly contributed one million. He died the same year in Canton.
The founders of then world-renowned firms including James Matheson, William Jardine, Samuel Russell and Abiel Abbot Low all had a close relationship with Howqua. Portraits of the pigtailed Howqua in his robes still hang in Salem and Newport mansions built by American merchants grateful for his assistance.
Legacy
Following the 1842 Treaty of Nanking, which spelled the end of the Thirteen Factories, Jardine Matheson & Co continued to use "Ewo" as their Chinese name.
A settlement on the east bank of Lake Eildon, from Mansfield, in Victoria, Australia, is named after him, possibly by Chinese miners who passed through the area during the Victorian gold rush.
See also
Houqua, 1844 clipper ship
References
Further reading
External links
In Chinese – Howqua's Bio on NetEase
In Chinese – Howqua's Bio on Hudong
In English – The story of the merchant (site maintained by tea importer)
1769 births
1843 deaths
History of Hong Kong
History of foreign trade in China
Businesspeople from Fujian
People from Quanzhou
Hokkien people
Billionaires from Guangdong
18th-century Chinese businesspeople
19th-century Chinese businesspeople |
20465246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila%20Forrai | Attila Forrai | Attila Forrai (born 19 August 1973) is a Hungarian footballer who played for BVSC Budapest as midfielder.
Forrai previously played in the Regionalliga with Sportfreunde Siegen.
References
1973 births
Living people
People from Bonyhád
Hungarian footballers
Hungarian expatriate footballers
Association football midfielders
Budapest Honvéd FC players
Ferencvárosi TC footballers
Gázszer FC footballers
Budapesti VSC footballers
Demecser FC footballers
Gödöllői FC footballers
FC Dabas footballers
Expatriate footballers in Germany
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Lombard-Pápa TFC footballers
Mosonmagyaróvári TE 1904 footballers
Sportspeople from Tolna County |
17328241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi%20Sports%20Palace | Tbilisi Sports Palace | Tbilisi Sport Palace () is an indoor sports arena situated in Tbilisi, Georgia. The arena usually hosts basketball, handball, judo, tennis, boxing and other games and tournaments with high attendance.
History
Built in 1961, the arena was used primely for the basketball games of local Dinamo Tbilisi and is still the largest basketball designed arena in all of the former USSR successor states. The construction was led by architects Vladimir Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Yuri Kasradze, Temo Japaridze and designer David Kajaia.
The arena was renovated in 2007 and was reopened on 22 August 2007, with management rights given to the Logic Group Ltd for a 30-year contract. This was the first phase of renovation and reconstruction, with the second phase including changing the roof of the building and installing new individual seats. Total cost of the renovation is estimated at 5 million USD.
Concerts
Tbilisi Sports Palace is one of the greatest arena for concerts in Georgia. Many international and national acts have performed here.
Ian Gillan (1990, sold out 5 gigs here in row)
Alla Pugacheva
Lela Tsurtsumia - Lela is Georgian pop-singer, who held the record of attendance in Tbilisi Sports Palace. Though the arena holds approximately 11,000 people, Lela Tsurtsumia sold out 18,000 tickets for 1 concert, on 22 May 2002. (about 25,000 people were waiting for the tickets)
Other sold-out concerts were by Georgian rapper Lex-Seni and Georgian pop-group Kuchis Bichebi. (about 15,000 people)
The venue was to host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 26 November 2017. However the venue was later changed to the 4,000-capacity Olympic Palace which was considered more suitable for hosting the contest.
References
External links
Buildings and structures in Tbilisi
Sports venues completed in 1961
Basketball venues in Georgia (country)
Handball venues in Georgia (country)
Indoor arenas built in the Soviet Union
Indoor arenas in Georgia (country)
Sports venues in Tbilisi
Boxing venues in Georgia (country) |
20465247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candyfloss%20%28novel%29 | Candyfloss (novel) | Candyfloss is a novel by Jacqueline Wilson, first published in 2006 by Doubleday.
Plot summary
Flora "Floss" Barnes's mother Sally and father Charlie split up when she was little and she wishes they'd get back together because she doesn't like her stepfather, Steve, and her little half-brother Tiger. The book opens on Floss's birthday where Sally and Steve tell her that they are going to Australia for six months because of Steve's job. Floss wants to go with them, but she doesn't want to leave Charlie who's a cheerful and fun dad, who runs his own café which is quickly going out of business. Later that day, Floss goes with Sally, Steve and Tiger to TGI Friday's.
Floss convinces Sally that she can live with Charlie, while they are in Australia. Floss has a tough time getting used to life without her mother since her father is not used to taking care of Floss seven days a week and she is not used to his home seven days a week, either. Floss's school uniforms get dirtier and disarrayed as Charlie is not used to washing and ironing them, but her teacher, Mrs. Horsefield, helps her out, as Floss is one of her personal favorite students. The father and daughter learn to cope and meet Rose, a very caring woman who works at a fair. After Rose leaves (traveling with the fair), they keep an eye out for her at the fair. Meanwhile, a regular customer at the café Billy the Chip puts money on a horse that Floss selects, and he wins money on the horse.
Floss also has her best friend, Rhiannon, who isn't much of a friend – making fun of her and her father and starting cruel rumours about Floss's mother walking out on Floss. Rhiannon's posh and snobby mother assumes that Charlie is an unfit father and repeatedly tries to lecture him and pamper Floss believing she is living in an unclean dump. Floss ends her friendship with Rhiannon and finds a new friend, Susan, who is interested in all her favorite things. This causes Rhiannon to turn on her and befriends the class's other bullies Margot and Judy. She continually torments Floss by calling her "Smelly Chip".
After Charlie loses the café and the flat, Billy the Chip mentions he is going to Australia to visit his son for one month and needs Floss and Charlie to live in his house while Charlie works in Billy's chip van. However, one day, a group of "yobbos" (as Charlie calls them) fight Rose's son Saul and when he attempts to stop the fistfight, the van catches on fire with Floss trapped inside. Charlie fights his way through the fire and rescues her, while in the process burning his hands. When the fair comes back in town, Rose and Charlie consider dating, and Floss finds out both are interested in each other and get along well, while Rose lets Floss help her in the candyfloss stall. Later, Susan, along with her parents, goes to stay in her holiday home in France and says farewell to Floss at the beginning of summer. The book closes with Floss thinking about dying her hair pink (like candy floss).
Characters
Flora "Floss" Barnes – A generally happy and bubbly girl who sometimes struggles to stand up for herself. She makes the life changing choice to remain with her father Charlie when her mother Sally, stepfather Steve, and half-brother Tiger (Tim) go to Australia. She falls out with her best friend Rhiannon but later becomes friends with Susan. She is small with masses of blonde curly hair which she dyes purple. She has a strong love for cats, and keeps a cat which she finds in her dad's back garden and calls it Lucky.
Charlie Barnes – Floss's father, Sally's ex-husband. He runs a little local café but is massively in debt and loses it midway through the book. He ends up running a chip van until it gets burnt down. He is plump with dark hair. Despite being a little absent minded sometimes, he cares deeply for Floss and only wants what's best for her. He saves her life when the chip van gets burnt down. He ends up starting a romantic relationship with Rose from the funfair.
Sally (Sal) Westwood – Floss and Tiger's mother, Charlie's ex-wife. She is a pretty woman who after divorcing Charlie, got remarried to Steve and had a son with him named Tim (who is known as Tiger). She tries to act posh. She still gets on with Charlie though she is always mocking his way of being. She announces to Floss on her birthday that the whole family is moving to Australia for Steve's new job and is heartbroken when Floss remains with Charlie. Floss gets defensive when anyone says Sally walked out on her. Although Floss stays with her father, she misses her mother terribly.
Steve Westwood – Sally's husband, Tiger's father and Floss's stepfather. He gets a job offer in Australia in the beginning of the book, where him and the family get to stay there for 6 months while he works. Floss decides to stay with her father. It is implied that Charlie is jealous of Steve.
Tim (Tiger) Westwood – Floss's half-brother, the son of Steve and Sally. His real name is Tim, but Floss calls him Tiger because of his tiger-like personality.
Susan Potts – The new girl in Floss's class who is extremely clever. She was nicknamed 'Swotty Potty' by Judy and Margot. She wants to be Floss's friend but is scared of Rhiannon. Once Floss breaks friends with Rhiannon though, Susan and Floss become best friends. They both enjoy art, books and being creative. Susan has short brown hair, glasses and a massive obsession with numbers.
Rhiannon – Floss's former best friend. She is very pretty with straight black hair and a slim figure. She is also rich and enjoys flaunting her wealth. She can be very rude along with Margot and Judy who bully Susan and Floss after the two fall out. She lies to people that Floss's mother has walked out on her when she hasn't.
Margot – Rhiannon's best friend. Along with Judy and Rhiannon she bullies Floss and calls her smelly chip. Margot is described by having "such a flat tummy" according to Rhiannon and she likes to speak in a fake American accent.
Judy – Margot's best friend at the start of the book before she becomes best friends with Rhiannon. Not much is said about Judy. She has black hair in pigtails. Judy also bullies Floss with Margot and Rhiannon. They eventually leave Judy out and Judy just trails along
Mrs Horsefield – Floss and Susan's kindly teacher, who does her best to support Floss and her father throughout the book. She eventually admits that Floss and Susan are her favourite pupils.
Rose – The woman who runs the candyfloss stall at the funfair that Floss and Charlie go to at the start. She is very compassionate and helps Floss and Charlie when they get in a fight. At the end of the book she returns to thank Charlie for saving her son Saul during the fight and fire at the chip van. She develops romantic feelings for Charlie as well at the end and is in favour of Charlie and Floss joining up with the fair in the summer. She is pretty with blonde hair and wears much red and pink clothing. She says she is much older than Charlie.
Saul – Rose's son. He also has a girlfriend called Jenny. Charlie saved him from a fight outside of the chip van.
Mrs Van Dyke – Deputy Head of Floss's school, the scariest strictest teacher in the whole school.
Billy the Chip – A regular at Charlie's cafe. He has his own chip van, but says no one can beat Charlie's chip butties. He often bets on horses. Towards the end of the book, Charlie loses the cafe, and Billy lets Charlie and Floss move into his house and look after his cats while he is away visiting his son in Australia and also asks if Charlie could help at his chip van, which Charlie agrees to do. Billy's house is ancient, and contains very old items.
Mr Potts – Susan's father. He is only mentioned once in the book, when he drops Susan round at Charlie's house for a playdate with Floss. Not much is said about him, but Floss remarks that he looks much older than her father.
Rhiannon's mother – Rhiannon's mother. She raises concern about Floss and Charlie's living situation, and thinks Charlie is not looking after Floss properly. She often gives Charlie advice, and once made Rhiannon have a day out with Floss, meaning that Floss had to cancel her playdate with Susan. She and Rhiannon are very rich.
References
External links
Jacqueline Wilson website
2006 British novels
British children's novels
Novels by Jacqueline Wilson
Doubleday (publisher) books
2006 children's books
Novels set in Sydney
Novels set in England |
23571816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey%20Farmhouse%2C%20Montacute | Abbey Farmhouse, Montacute | Abbey Farmhouse is a detached house in Montacute, Somerset, England, which incorporates the gateway of the medieval Montacute Priory. It was built in the 16th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
After the dissolution of the monasteries the property became a farmhouse, but by 1633 it was 'almost desolate'. By 1782 it was a revitalised farm, remaining part of the Phelips estate until 1918.
There are of walled gardens, which have been laid out since 1963.
A long-distance public footpath, the Monarch's Way runs along the course of a Roman (or earlier) trackway immediately in front of the building. This path leads to Ham Hill Country Park via fields and woodland
See also
List of Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset
References
Buildings and structures completed in the 16th century
Grade I listed buildings in South Somerset
Grade I listed houses in Somerset
16th-century architecture in England
Farmhouses in England |
17328254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Machi | Jean Machi | Jean Manuel Machi (born February 1, 1982) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners. He was with the Giants for their 2014 World Series win.
Career
Philadelphia Phillies
On February 22, 2000, Machi signed with the Philadelphia Phillies organization as an international free agent. He made his professional debut for the GCL Phillies in 2002, and posted a 1.00 ERA in 10 games. The following year, he pitched in 8 games for the Low-A Batavia Muckdogs, logging a 2-4 record and 4.78 ERA with 19 strikeouts in 32.0 innings pitched. Machi spent 2004 in the Venezuelan Summer League.
Tampa Bay Rays
On December 13, 2004, Machi was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays organization in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. He split the 2005 season between the High-A Visalia Oaks and the Double-A Montgomery Biscuits, recording a cumulative 3-11 record and 6.36 ERA in 32 appearances. He returned to Montgomery the following year, and improved his performance, recording a 6-1 record and 2.64 ERA in 49 games. On October 15, 2006, Machi elected free agency.
Toronto Blue Jays
On October 31, 2006, Machi signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He spent the 2007 season with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, and posted a 2-4 record and 3.53 ERA in 48 games. He returned to New Hampshire in 2008 and logged a 2-6 record and 4.65 ERA with 51 strikeouts in 69.2 innings of work. On November 12, 2008, Machi was released by the Toronto organization.
Pittsburgh Pirates
On February 13, 2009, Machi signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He split the year between the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians and the Double-A Altoona Curve, accumulating a 3-4 record and 2.09 ERA in 41 appearances. For the 2010 season, Machi returned to Indianapolis and pitched to a 5-5 record and 3.92 ERA with 58 strikeouts in as many appearances. On November 6, 2010, he elected free agency.
San Francisco Giants
On February 9, 2011, Machi signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants. He played in 3 games for the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies before he was loaned to the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League for the rest of the season. In 48 games with the Diablos, Machi recorded a 3-1 record and 2.30 ERA. He was assigned to Triple-A Fresno to begin the 2012 season, where he served as the team's closer.
On September 1, 2012, Machi was selected to the 40-man roster by the Giants and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. On September 3, Machi made his major league debut, against the Arizona Diamondbacks, pitching a perfect inning. He finished his rookie season with a 6.75 ERA in 8 major league games. In 2013, Machi made 51 appearances for the Giants out of the bullpen, pitching to a 2.38 ERA with 51 strikeouts in 53.0 innings of work.
At the start of the 2014 season, Machi picked up three relief wins in his team's first 15 games, becoming the first Giants pitcher to do so since Bob Shaw in 1964. He finished the year with a 7-1 record and 2.58 ERA in 71 appearances for the team. Machi hit some struggles in 2015, and was designated for assignment by the Giants on July 20, 2015, after posting a 5.14 ERA in 33 appearances.
Boston Red Sox
On July 28, 2015, Machi was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox and starter Clay Buchholz was transferred from the 15- to the 60-day disabled list to make space for him on the 40-man roster. In 26 appearances for Boston, Machi recorded a 5.09 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 23.0 innings of work. On November 6, 2015, Machi was outrighted off of the 40-man roster and elected free agency the same day.
Chicago Cubs
On December 14, 2015, Machi signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Chicago Cubs organization. After registering a 2-1 record and 3.68 ERA in 20 games for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, Machi was released on June 5, 2016.
San Francisco Giants (second stint)
On June 16, 2016, Machi signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants organization. He finished the year with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, posting a 2-2 record and 3.62 ERA in 28 appearances. On November 7, 2016, he elected free agency.
Seattle Mariners
On January 30, 2017, Machi signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners organization. He started the season with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, and the Mariners selected his contract on May 2. He was designated for assignment on May 13 after recording a 1.17 ERA in 5 appearances. He was outrighted to Tacoma and posted a 2-4 record and 3.44 ERA in 29 games for the team.
Chicago White Sox
On July 21, 2017, Machi was traded to the Chicago White Sox, along with fellow veteran pitcher Mark Lowe, in exchange for cash considerations. He was assigned to the Triple-A Charlotte Knights upon acquisition. In 12 appearances with Charlotte, Machi logged a 5-0 record and 3.60 ERA with 28 strikeouts in30.0 innings pitched. On October 2, 2017, Machi elected free agency.
Return to Diablos Rojos
On February 7, 2018, Machi signed with the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican Baseball League. He was released on July 2, after he recorded a 5-3 record and 5.20 ERA in 28 games.
Sugar Land Skeeters
On July 15, 2018, Machi signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. In 22 games for the Skeeters, Machi registered an excellent 0.84 ERA with 21 strikeouts in 21.1 innings of work. He re-signed with the team on May 2, 2019, and was later released on June 28 after struggling to a 6.75 ERA in 25 appearances.
West Virginia Power
After spending the 2020 season out of baseball, on April 5, 2021, Machi signed with the West Virginia Power of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. In 11 relief appearances, Machi registered a 2–1 record, 5.23 ERA, and 14 strikeouts.
Sultanes de Monterrey
On July 8, 2021, Machi's contract was purchased by the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League. He was released following the season on October 20, 2021.
Personal life
On June 9, 2016, Machi was arrested in Des Moines, Iowa for public intoxication, and urinating in public.
See also
List of Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
References
External links
Mexican Baseball League
Venezuelan Baseball League
1983 births
Altoona Curve players
Batavia Muckdogs players
Boston Red Sox players
Diablos Rojos del México players
Fresno Grizzlies players
Florida Complex League Phillies players
Indianapolis Indians players
Iowa Cubs players
Living people
Major League Baseball pitchers
Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
Mexican League baseball pitchers
Montgomery Biscuits players
Navegantes del Magallanes players
New Hampshire Fisher Cats players
People from El Tigre
Sacramento River Cats players
San Francisco Giants players
Seattle Mariners players
Sugar Land Skeeters players
Tacoma Rainiers players
Toros del Este players
Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States
Venezuelan Summer League Phillies players
West Virginia Power players
Visalia Oaks players |
23571817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%88ov-P%C5%99edhrad%C3%AD | Pňov-Předhradí | Pňov-Předhradí is a municipality in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The municipality is made up of villages of Pňov, Předhradí and Klipec.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polepy%20%28Kol%C3%ADn%20District%29 | Polepy (Kolín District) | Polepy is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Gallery
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poln%C3%AD%20Chr%C4%8Dice | Polní Chrčice | Polní Chrčice is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATCvet%20code%20QI04 | ATCvet code QI04 |
QI04A Sheep
QI04AA Inactivated viral vaccines
QI04AA01 Louping ill virus
QI04AA02 Bluetongue virus
QI04AB Inactivated bacterial vaccines (including mycoplasma, toxoid and chlamydia)
QI04AB01 Clostridium
QI04AB02 Pasteurella
QI04AB03 Bacteroides
QI04AB04 Escherichia
QI04AB05 Clostridium + pasteurella
QI04AB06 Chlamydia
QI04AB08 Erysipelothrix
QI04AB09 Mycobacterium
QI04AB10 Staphylococcus
QI04AC Inactivated bacterial vaccines and antisera
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QI04AD Live viral vaccines
QI04AD01 Orf virus/contagious pustular dermatitis
QI04AE Live bacterial vaccines
QI04AE01 Chlamydia
QI04AE02 Listeria
QI04AE03 Mycobacterium
QI04AF Live bacterial and viral vaccines
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QI04AM Antisera, immunoglobulin preparations, and antitoxins
QI04AM01 Pasteurella antiserum
QI04AM02 Clostridium antiserum
QI04AN Live parasitic vaccines
QI04AN01 Toxoplasma
QI04AO Inactivated parasitic vaccines
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QI04AP Live fungal vaccines
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QI04AQ Inactivated fungal vaccines
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QI04AR In vivo diagnostic preparations
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QI04AS Allergens
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QI04AT Colostrum preparations and substitutes
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QI04AU Other live vaccines
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QI04AV Other inactivated vaccines
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QI04AX Other immunologicals
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QI04X Ovidae, others
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Notes
References
I04 |
23571827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poln%C3%AD%20Vod%C4%9Brady | Polní Voděrady | Polní Voděrady is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
It is located about southwest of Kolín and east of Prague.
History
The first written mention of Polní Voděrady is from 1088, when it was owned by the Vyšehrad Chapter.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C5%99%C3%AD%C4%8Dany | Poříčany | Poříčany is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.
In popular culture
Some scenes of the movie Hostel (2005) were filmed in the municipality.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nip | Nip | Nip is an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin. The word Nip is an abbreviation from Nippon (日本), the Japanese name for Japan.
History
The earliest recorded occurrence of the slur seems to be in the Time magazine of 5 January 1942 where "three Nip pilots" was mentioned. The American, British, and Australian entry of the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II heightened the use of racial slurs against the Japanese, such as Jap and Nip. The word Nip became a frequently-used slang word amongst the British Armed Forces. The 1942 Royal Air Force journal made numerous references to the Japanese as Nips, even making puns such as "there's a nip in the air" This phrase was later re-used for Hirohito's visit to the UK in 1971 by the satirical magazine Private Eye.
As part of American wartime propaganda, caricatures and slurs (including Nip) against the Japanese diffused into entertainment, such as exemplified by the Warner Bros. cartoon Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944). In General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War (1949), George Kenney made racial statements about the Japanese, remarking for example that "Nips are just vermin to be exterminated".
In a manner to evoke further anti-Japanese agitation, a Seattle Star editorial titled "It's Time to do Some Thinking On Nips' Return" from December 14, 1944, discussed the citizenship rights of Japanese-Americans and framed their return to American society as a problem.
On 16 November 2018, the abbreviation for the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems was changed from NIPS to NeurIPS in large part due to its perceived connotation with the slur.
See also
Jap
References
Anti-Japanese sentiment
Asian-American issues
Anti–East Asian slurs
Japan–United Kingdom relations
Japan–United States relations
English words |
23571835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C8H6Cl2O3 | C8H6Cl2O3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C8H6Cl2O3}}
The molecular formula C8H6Cl2O3 (molar mass: 221.03 g/mol) may refer to:
Dicamba, an herbicide
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), an herbicide
Molecular formulas |
23571838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%99ehvozd%C3%AD | Přehvozdí | Přehvozdí is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%99istoupim | Přistoupim | Přistoupim is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
History
The first written mention of Přistoupim is in a document that originated between 1140 and 1148.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%99i%C5%A1imasy | Přišimasy | Přišimasy is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
Villages of Horka and Skřivany are administrative parts of Přišimasy.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radim%20%28Kol%C3%ADn%20District%29 | Radim (Kolín District) | Radim is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C2HCl2F3 | C2HCl2F3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C2HCl2F3}}
The molecular formula C2HCl2F3 (molar mass: 152.93 g/mol, exact mass: 151.9407 u) may refer to:
2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane
1,2-Dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane |
23571850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalom%20%28disambiguation%29 | Shalom (disambiguation) | Shalom is the Hebrew word for hello, goodbye, and peace, and is a Hebrew given name.
Shalom, Sholom, or Sholem may also refer to:
Media
Shalom (film), a 1973 film by director Yaky Yosha
Shalom (TV channel), an Indian religious channel
Shalom TV, an American Jewish television channel
Şalom, a Jewish weekly newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey
Shalom, the season premiere of NCIS (season 4)
Shabbat Shalom (NCIS), a season 10 episode of NCIS
Shalom (album), an album by The Rabbis' Sons
Shalom (band), a 1990s Czech synth-pop band
Shalom in the Home, an American reality tv show on TLC in 2006-07
People
As a surname
Silvan Shalom (born 1958), Israeli politician
Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes (born 1958), Israeli heiress and talk-show host, wife of Silvan Shalom
Stephen Shalom, American professor
As a given name
Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916), Yiddish author
Sholem Asch (1880–1957), Yiddish author
Shalom Auslander (born 1970), American author
Shalom Carmy (born 1948), American rabbi and scholar
Yosef Shalom Eliashiv (1910–2012), Israeli rabbi and posek
Shalom Hanoch (born 1946), Israeli rock musician
Shalom Harlow (born 1973), Canadian model and actress
Shalom Luani (born 1994), American football player
Sholom Schwadron (1912–1997), Israeli rabbi known as the "Maggid of Jerusalem"
Sholom Mordechai Schwadron (1835–1911), Ukrainian rabbi and posek known as the Maharsham
Sholom Schwartzbard (1886–1938), Bessarabian poet, assassin of Symon Petliura
Shalom Shachna (died 1558), rabbi and Talmudist
Shalom Charly "Papi" Turgeman (born 1970), Israeli basketball player
Organizations
Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
Brit Shalom (political organization)
Gush Shalom
Hevel Shalom
Neve Shalom
Shalom Sesame
Neve Shalom Synagogue in İstanbul, Turkey
Shalom Park in Charlotte, North Carolina and Denver, Colorado
Shalom Meir Tower in Tel Aviv
Shalom International School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California
Shalom, a shipping company based in Peru
Space
SHALOM (satellite), a join satellite mission between the Israeli Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency
Other uses
SS Shalom, an ocean liner operated by Zim Lines, Israel 1964–1967
See also
Beth Shalom (disambiguation)
Jewish greetings
Salaam (disambiguation)
Scholem
Shalom aleichem (disambiguation)
Salome (disambiguation)
Salam (disambiguation)
Salma (disambiguation) |
23571851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radovesnice%20I | Radovesnice I | Radovesnice I is a municipality and village in Kolín District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
The Roman numeral in the name serves to distinguish it from the nearby municipality of the same name, Radovesnice II.
References
Villages in Kolín District |
23571852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To%20Roosevelt | To Roosevelt | "A Roosevelt" (To Roosevelt) is a poem by Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío. The poem was written by Darío in January 1904 in Málaga, Spain. It is a reaction to the involvement of the United States during the Separation of Panama from Colombia.
References
External links
Nicaraguan literature
Cultural depictions of Theodore Roosevelt
1904 poems |
17328259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondine%20%28ballet%29 | Ondine (ballet) | See also Ondine, ou La naïade for the ballet on the same theme by Pugni and Perrot
Ondine is a ballet in three acts created by the choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton and composer Hans Werner Henze. Ashton originally produced Ondine for the Royal Ballet in 1958, with Henze commissioned to produce the original score, published as Undine, which has since been restaged by other choreographers. The ballet was adapted from a novella titled Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and it tells the tale of a water nymph who is the object of desire of a young prince named Palemon. The première of the ballet took place at the Royal Opera House, London, on 27 October 1958, with the composer as guest conductor. The first major revival of this Ashton/Henze production took place in 1988.
History
The three-act ballet of Ondine was commissioned and produced for The Royal Ballet in 1958 by the choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton. The resulting ballet was a collaboration between Ashton and the German composer Hans Werner Henze, who was commissioned to write the score. It is the only full length ballet that Ashton choreographed to original music, and the score is regarded as a rarity by musicians, as it is a "20th century full-length ballet score that has the depth of a masterwork".
The ballet was originally intended as a vehicle for The Royal Ballet's then prima ballerina, Margot Fonteyn and the title role of Ondine was choreographed specially for her and led one critic to describe the ballet as "a concerto for Fonteyn". From its première in 1958 until the work was removed from the repertoire in 1966, nearly every performance of Ondine saw Fonteyn cast in the lead role, with the only occasional exceptions seeing Nadia Nerina and Svetlana Beriosova dancing the role. Maria Almeida became the first ballerina to dance the role of Ondine in a revival, with Anthony Dowell dancing the role of Palemon. Staged in 1988 and conducted by Isaiah Jackson, the revival was a success and the ballet has been regularly performed ever since.
Music
Ashton initially approached Sir William Walton to compose the score for Ondine. They had worked together before on a ballet called The Quest for the Sadler's Wells company in 1943, and agreed to collaborate again for the 1955–56 season; they decided on Macbeth as their subject. Fonteyn, however, was firmly opposed to playing Lady Macbeth, and was not enthused by Ashton's next suggestion, Miranda in a ballet of The Tempest. By the time Ashton had lighted on Ondine as an alternative, Walton was immersed in work on a concerto. He suggested that his friend Henze be approached. Accordingly, the music was commissioned from Henze, who titled the score Undine.
Henze and Ashton met at the former's home on the island of Ischia, just across the bay from Naples, to decide their key approaches to this new ballet. They decided to ignore the northern origins of Fouqué's novella Undine and move it to the Mediterranean. Ashton and Henze chose Lila de Nobili to design the set and costumes. She was described by Henze as "an Italian bewitched by English landscape and culture", however her first intention was to make the sets in the style that might have been seen on the stage of La Scala a hundred years earlier. However, Henze and Ashton had decided not to make their ballet a mix of all the great works of the nineteenth century, but rather that it would be the product of their own contemporary sensibilities with references to other works. Eventually, the three of them decided that Ondine would have a "gothic-revival" setting.
Despite his experience in the ballet world, Henze had never before composed a subject in the romantic style which Ashton requested, however Ashton had been impressed by Henze's treatment of magical material in his opera König Hirsch. Henze attended many ballet performances at Covent Garden, frequently accompanied by Ashton who told him clearly what he liked and what he did not like in music for dance. Eventually the work was completed, but when Ashton heard a recording of the orchestrated score he realised that he would have to revise his ideas; the sustained orchestral sounds were such a contrast to the piano score and made him think very differently.
Henze later arranged the Wedding Music for wind orchestra in 1957 and a further two orchestral suites in 1958.
Critical reception
After its première in 1958 it was greeted with mixed, half-hearted reviews, although the first night reviews of Ondine were unanimous about one thing: Fonteyn's triumph in the title role. A.V.Coton spoke of "the supernormal sensitivity of feeling, interaction and mutual understanding which exists between Ashton and his heroine", and Cyril Beaumont saw the ballet as Ashton's "greatest gift" to his ballerina. Nothing else about the piece pleased everybody, though most reviewers liked Lila de Nobili's designs and praised the contribution of the supporting cast – Beaumont called Alexander Grant's Tirrenio "of Miltonic stature, magnificently danced and mimed." Edwin Denby dismissed Ondine: after praising Fonteyn he said "But the ballet is foolish, and everyone noticed". Most critics disliked the music and Mary Clarke was in the minority when she called it "rich and romantic and superbly rhythmical". Fernau Hall thought Henze showed "little understanding of the needs of classical dancing", and that Ondine would establish itself firmly in the repertoire "if it were not for Henze's music".
In 1958 the ballet was widely seen as having choreography and décor in harmony with each other but fighting with the music; now it's the choreography and the music which seem to speak the same language, while the sets look not only backward but to the north. Even when it was revived in 1988, it was hailed neither as a disaster nor as a lost masterpiece. Henze's modern music is also perceived as a reason for the few performances of this ballet before its revival in the 1990s.
Synopsis
Ondine bears a resemblance to The Little Mermaid. The story derives from Fouqué's novella Undine, the tale of a water-nymph who marries a mortal. Similar to other 19th century fairy tales, the plot is based on man (Palemon) encountering the supernatural (the water nymph Ondine), but the outcome is rather different from many of the 19th century classics: here, it is the man that dies, and the female character survives. Ondine makes her first entrance from a fountain, shivering in the cold air as we would in water, and dances with her shadow, which she has never seen before. She meets the hero, Palemon, and is astonished when she feels his heartbeat as she doesn't possess a heart. Palemon deserts Berta, whom he has been courting, and decides to marry Ondine. During a particularly strong storm while at sea, Ondine is lost overboard. Palemon survives the shipwreck created by the angry Ondines and, believing Ondine is lost, ends up marrying Berta. Ondine returns, however, and is heartbroken when she discovers Palemon's unfaithfulness. When she kisses him, he dies and she brings his body back into the sea with her forever.
In the published score, as with the title of the ballet, Henze also retained the original spellings of the character names. The London ballet production was given as Ondine, but the score was titled Undine, and names the lead character as Undine. Henze also uses the original name Beatrice rather than Berta.
Principal characters
Ondine (Undine)
The title role is undoubtedly the main focus of the ballet. She is a gentle water sprite who the audience discovers dancing in a waterfall and then with her own shadow. Her love for Palemon is deep, which is what makes his unfaithfulness so devastating and dramatic.
Palemon
The male lead is bewitched by the feminine allure of Ondine. He has never seen a creature as lovely as her and decides to marry Ondine, forsaking his betrothed, Beatrice (Berta). Similar to the Prince in Swan Lake, Palemon is destroyed by breaking the trust of his intended.
Berta (Beatrice)
She is the perfect female contrast to Ondine. Ondine belongs to the sea, whereas Berta is definitely from the land. She is manipulative, possessive and highly demanding, while Ondine is gentle and loving.
Tirrenio
He is the uncle of Ondine and also Lord of the Mediterranean Sea. He tries to warn Ondine that what she intends to do with Palemon goes against what is expected of her. When she chooses not to listen to his advice, he creates the conditions for a shipwreck where she is returned to the sea. When Ondine once again finds Palemon and realises how he has betrayed her, Tirrenio exacts a terrible revenge with his fellow Undines by causing death and destruction for all Palemon's guests.
Original Cast
The music
Since the original 1958 production of the ballet, the score has been published as a standalone work, and has been used for other dance productions, which have also used the title Undine.
The score is constructed with the certainty of technical accomplishment and inlaid with a lyricism that emanated from his experience of Italian life and Mediterranean colour. The score combines various genres, including the Neoclassicism from his early years. This combination of the genres of early German Romanticism and the neoclassicism of Stravinsky gives the score a 'modern' sound "automatically made it anathema to the avant-garde of the 1950s". Therefore, the music was often seen as revolutionary and not suited to ballet.
Act 1
The score has a slow opening and immediately provides a romantic sense of mystery. However, the music then launches into a quicker tempo, brass fanfares propelling the music along with a rhythmically incisive motif. An andante section for strings follows using a straightforward lilting rhythm. The simplicity of this section is a marked contrast to the next, marked vivace where the different parts of the orchestra compete with each other with an underlying consistent rhythmic drive. The following section is also manufactured of contrasts with lyrical strings followed by a solo clarinet and sparse accompaniment. High strings, harp (for the watery effect) and occasional percussion provide another contrasting orchestral sound, before the composer again re-assembles his palette of orchestral colours, using solo instruments in small groups, or alone, or high violins in long notes soaring above moving fragments of ideas below. The finale of Act 1 has an uneven rhythm with sudden accents darting about in Stravinskian fashion, the music being punctuated here and there by astringent wind chords.
Act 2
This act begins by reestablishing the aura of romantic mystery which began Act 1. This is evoked by the use of high violins and wind chords together, similar to that of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. The first movement is characterised by the constant change of tempo, while the second picks up influences from other musical styles in particular that of rhythmic impulse and swooning which characterised Ravel's work. The next movement features solid writing for a chorus of brass instruments, after which high violins are heard over a very low accompaniment. This section also features many solos for various instruments, followed by a pas de trois above a gently undulating accompaniment where lyrical melody lines are heard, with the oboe able to penetrate the whole texture in expressive fashion. The following variation is typical of 19th century ballet music and begins with the violins before spreading to the rest of the orchestra. Brass, prominent timpani and incisive pizzicato chords in the strings culminate in a sense of urgency in the music which prepares for the musical tension in the final act.
Act 3
This act begins with a striking unison theme in the strings, soon interrupted by strident brass. This theme intensifies throughout the opening movement, recitative. The next movement, adagio, features a sweeter sound in the strings with a solo violin heard floating above the rest of the orchestral texture. The con elegenza that follows is marked by the sweeping sound of violins. Brass fanfares then introduce the pas de seize and this adagio contrasts the horns with high woodwind, while the harp adds to this effect. The tempo of the pas de seize varies and quiet lyrical moments may suddenly be interrupted by incisive brass and timpani. This section finishes with a Largo solenne movement. The connection between that movement and the final divertissement, marked Scene, begins with a vigorous and brilliant entrée. A pas de six in the same tempo includes virtuoso writing for the piano, which leads the orchestra for the ensuing pas de trois, though the orchestra controls the second pas de trois while the piano has more virtuoso work with rippling cascades of notes; before the Stravinskian rhythms emerge for piano and orchestra at the beginning of the pas de dix-huit. The orchestral momentum, of high violins en masse, sprightly wind writing, brass chords punctuating the highly charged rhythmic style, and a continuation of bravura piano writing, is maintained throughout the opening of the pas de six that follows. The orchestra then introduces a valse for a general dance (pas d’ensemble) that could almost belong to one of Ravel's more advanced scores. A pas d’action then begins to prepare for the finale. The tempo slows down, while "sparse textures with solo instrumental sounds floating above quiet accompanimental figures create a different sound world". The strings gently introduce the Dance of Sorrow, which then gains in intensity with a richer string texture. During the next variation, oboe, harp, and pitched percussion provide another watery timbre before the ballet moves to the final pas de deux. The final movement starts with gently pulsing chords that have a sweet but melancholy dissonance as Palemon is kissed by Ondine and dies.
Structure
Act 1
No. 1 – Lento
No. 2 – I. Allegretto, II. Andante, III. Vivace
No. 3 – Moderato
No. 4 – I. Adagio, II. Adagio
No. 5 – Andante con moto
No. 6 – I. Adagio, II. Vivace
No. 7 – Vivace assai
No. 8 – Andante
No. 9 – Allegro assai
No. 10 – Vivace, I. Largo
No. 11 – Adagio, I. Tranquillo, II. Lento, III. Finale. Allegro, IV. Finale. End
Act 2
No. 1 – Moderato
No. 2 – Andantino con moto
No. 3 – tempo = 80
No. 4 – I. Andante molto, II. tempo = 44
No. 5 – Pas de trois, I. Variation
No. 6 – Vivace
No. 7 – Molto mosso
No. 8 – Finale
Act 3
No. 1 – Recitative
No. 2 – Adagio, I. Allegro moderato, con eleganza
No. 3 – Pas de Seize Entrée, I. Adagio, II. Variation, III. Variation, IV. Variation, V. Coda
No. 4 – Scène
No. 5 – Divertissement, I. Entrée, II. Pas de six , III. Pas de trois I, IV. Pas de trois II, V. Pas de dix-huit, VI. Variation , VII. Variation, VIII. Variation, IX. Pas de six, X. Coda
No. 6 – Pas d'action, I. Variation
No. 7 – Finale, I. Dance of Sorrow, II. Variation, III. Pas de deux, IV. Epilogue
Instrumentation
Strings: Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses
Woodwinds: Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon
Brass: 4 Horns, 2 Cornets (A, B-flat), 3 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Tuba
percussion: Timpani, Triangle, tamtam, 2 Cymbals, Bass Drum, 2 tom-toms, Snare Drum, Vibraphone
Other: 2 Harps, Guitar, Celesta, Piano
Ashton's choreography and setting
The consensus on Ashton's Ondine is that it has some very good things in it – and this is true; as is the implication that it is otherwise unsuccessful, not least because the music (which greatly disappointed Ashton himself) largely fails, except in the storm of Act II and the divertissements of Act III. According to many critics, the music did not suit Ashton "who had been hoping for music as "radiant" as the Mediterranean from which its heroine was born". Yet the music does seem to fit its watery theme well: there are some beautiful passages to Ondine's Act 3 "swimming" solo where the music seems thin and transparent as watercolour, and entirely suited to this sketch of the sea. The ballet is also a mixture of both the 19th and the 20th century, for the plot is quintessentially romantic while the music and choreography are more modern. Although it bore all the marks of Ashton's familiarly gentle, classically oriented manner, it discarded the classical ballet conventions that appear in such Ashton successes as Cinderella and Sylvia. What he was trying to suggest, says Ashton, was "the ebb and flow of the sea: I aimed at an unbroken continuity of dance, which would remove the distinction between aria and recitative." As a result, Ondine offered few pyrotechnics, gained its effects instead through sinuous mass movements in which the undulation of arm and body suggested forests of sea plants stirring to unseen tides. The sense of submarine fantasy was reinforced by Stage Designer Lila de Nobili's fine scenery: a castle of mist and fruitfulness, shadowy crags and waterfalls, aqueous skies streaked pink and green.
Ondine is not a classical construction with great set pieces (except for the wedding divertissement in the third act) or grand formal pas de deux, but a continuous, flowing narrative. However, this narrative is itself not very strong and there is no real explanation of why the lovers are on a ship in Act 2, or what exactly has passed between Acts 2 and 3 to convince Palemon to return to his mortal lover, Beatrice (Berta). The work uses classical ballet vocabulary, but the form varies a great deal from the 19th century classics. Unlike them, is through-composed: there are no breaks for bows to the audience built in and (at least until the third-act divertissement) no bravura variations to self-consciously elicit the audience's response. Henze's glittering music is the dominating force, although it is a difficult score to dance to, with the pulse well hidden within its general sheen, but it is atmospheric and often exciting, bringing the close of Act I to a climax.
Although the narrative is not strong, the setting is and displays a "most convincing feel of the sea" and the "shimmer of water" which is very effective in this ballet which is filled with images of water and particularly of the sea. The first act of the ballet takes place in the courtyard of the castle of Palemon where Ondine is seen dancing in the waterfall. Other settings include a scene with Tirrenio and the ondines while another is on a ship during wild storm at sea where the sensation of motion while being on board ship is strong enough to make the audience seasick. The third act takes place in the Castle of Palemon located near the sea. The final tableau is not only exquisitely beautiful, with Ondine grieving over the body of her lover, but the surrounding ondines, their arms drifting like seaweed in the dim green light, uncannily evoke the shifting currents under the sea.
When Fonteyn danced the lead, the ballet was about her and her performance; however good today's interpreters may be, none has the mystique to reduce everyone else to the background, and so the supporting roles are now much more visible and need to be much more strongly depicted. It is generally accepted that Tirrenio was originally the most completely worked out role, inherited from Alexander Grant's lack of awe for Fonteyn; however the role has become difficult to cast as it was created to showcase Grant's unique mixture of gifts – classical virtuosity and flair for characterisation.
Revivals
Although it was much lauded at the time, Ashton's Ondine disappeared from the repertory of The Royal Ballet for twenty years or so before Sir Anthony Dowell persuaded Ashton to let him revive it in 1988. It has become more entrenched in The Royal Ballet's repertoire and thus gives the audience a chance to evaluate this work without the aura that Fonteyn brought to it. Maria Almeida was chosen to revive the lead role in 1990 and Viviana Durante has subsequently continued in the tradition of Fonteyn. The role of Palemon was revived by Anthony Dowell and has subsequently been danced by Jonathon Cope. It was revived again for the 2008/2009 season at the Royal Opera House with Tamara Rojo and Edward Watson.
Ashton's choreography has so far had only one full production outside The Royal Ballet, by the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 21 April 2000. Some commentators have noted that this is perhaps a consequence of its length (around 100 minutes) which does not compare with other twentieth century ballets. The ballet has also been staged at Sadler's Wells, London and the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
Other productions
Following the original staging by The Royal Ballet, the Ashton/Henze production was later restaged in New York in 1960, and then again at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 21 April 2000, a performance conducted by Patrick Fournillier.
Other choreographers have used Henze's music, including Youri Vámos for the ballet of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (1987) and Torsten Händler in Chemnitz and the Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, Germany has staged it regularly from 1989 as part of its repertoire using modern design. It was performed at the Volkstheater in Rostock in March 2009.
Casts
Recordings
Undine was first recorded commercially in 1996: it was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance.
Henze: Undine – London Sinfonietta
Conductor: Oliver Knussen
Piano: Peter Donohoe
Recording date: 1996
Label: Deutsche Grammophon – 453467 (CD)
Reviews
Sunday NY Times review, 7 December 1958
NY Times review by John Martin, 22 September 1960
NY Times obituary of Brian Shaw, 23 April 1992
NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, 15 July 2004
NY Times review by Roslyn Sulcas, 5 December 2008
See also
Ondine, ou La naïade – a ballet based on the same novella and produced in 1843 by Cesare Pugni and Jules Perrot
Undine (Hoffmann) – an opera based on the same novel, with music by E.T.A. Hoffmann, produced in 1814
Undine (Lortzing) – an opera based on the same novel, with music by Albert Lortzing, produced in 1845
Undine – the novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, on which the story of Ondine is based
Undina (Tchaikovsky) – an opera based on the same novel, with music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, produced in 1869
Bibliography
Henze, Hans Werner (1959). Undine. Tagebuch eines Balletts. R. Piper & Co. Verlag, Munich
Notes
References
External links
Guardian review by Luke Jennings, 7 December 2008. Retrieved on 3 June 2009.
Financial Times review by Clement Crisp, 1 June 2009. Retrieved on 2 June 2009.
Independent review by Zoë Anderson (London), 3 June 2009. Retrieved on 3 June 2009.
NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, 15 July 2004
NY Times review by John Martin, 22 September 1960
Schott Music Publishers page for Undine, accessed 1 June 2009
Sunday NY Times review, 7 December 1958
Frederick Ashton and his ballets: 1958 by David Vaughan, 2004
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World War II
Smith was a temporary colonel when the United States entered World War II in December 1941. In 1942, promoted to brigadier general, he served as an assistant division commander of the 76th Infantry Division, later becoming a major general and taking command of the 27th Infantry Division, the unit charged with the defense of the outer Hawaiian Islands.
In November 1943, the 27th Infantry Division was incorporated with the 2nd Marine Division to form the V Amphibious Corps for the purpose of invading and securing the Gilbert Islands in the Central Pacific. While the Marines took the major objective, Tarawa Atoll (Operation Galvanic), the Army was tasked with capturing Makin Atoll (Operation Kourbash) approx. 120 statute miles to the north. The corps commander, Marine Corps Lieutenant General Holland M. "Howlin' Mad" Smith, expected the Army's 6,500 men to be able to overwhelm the 800 Japanese defenders in a day. Furious upon being informed of a lack of progress, Holland Smith went to Makin to assess the situation: "When he arrived at Ralph Smith's HQ he was told that there was heavy fighting in progress in the north of the island. Commandeering a jeep, he drove to the scene of the 'battle' and found it, in his words, 'As quiet as Wall Street on a Sunday.' ... This incident was the catalyst for a serious breakdown in relations between the Marines and the army that continued until well after the war." Four full days were required to conquer Makin.
In July 1944, the V Amphibious Corps, now including an additional Marine division, was assigned to the invasion of the Mariana Islands. In this action (Operation Forager), Ralph Smith's division fought alongside the Marines in the hard struggle for the mountainous island of Saipan. During the fight for Mt. Tapotchau in the center of the island, a vast difference in training and tactics between the Marines and the Army led to the 106th Infantry Regiment failing to reduce the area known as "Hell's Pocket", thus falling far behind the advance line of Marines. The corps commander, already ill-disposed toward the 27th Infantry Division because of its perceived lack of aggressiveness on Makin, relieved Ralph Smith of command and ordered him off the island. He contended that Ralph Smith's men had "failed to attack on time," unnecessarily costing Marine lives in the conquest of the island. Five times in the Pacific Theater of Operations were Army generals relieved of command, but it was unprecedented for the order to be given by a Marine Corps general, and the incident caused a considerable rift between the two branches.
The Buckner Board, an all-Army panel that investigated the incident, concluded that, while Holland Smith had the authority to fire Ralph Smith, he had not acquainted himself with the particular difficulties faced by the Army troops in the fight for Mt. Tapotchau and that the firing was "not justified by the facts."
Ralph Smith was given command of the 98th Infantry Division charged with the defense of the Hawaiian Islands, but the negative publicity associated with his firing on Saipan made it impractical for him to remain in the Pacific Theater. He was thus transferred to Camp J.T. Robinson, Arkansas, where he supervised the Infantry Replacement Training Center. Smith went on to serve as the military attaché at the United States Embassy in Paris and CARE's chief of mission for France. While he worked for CARE he also oversaw operations in other western European countries. Smith was decorated with the Legion of Merit for his service in World War II.
Smith retired from the Army in 1948.
After retirement
General Smith was a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace.
He died in 1998 of a lung ailment. He was the last surviving US general officer to serve in World War II.
Personal life
His first wife, Madeleine, died in 1975.
In 1980 he remarried to Hildy Jarman who died in 1995.
References
Further reading
Hyperwar The War in the Pacific. Campaign In the Marianas
Smith v. Smith
Howlin' Mad Vs. the Army: Conflict in Command, Saipan 1944
Ralph Corbett Smith papers, Hoover Institution Archives,
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6900335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Sikhs | List of Sikhs | Sikh ( or ; , ) is the title and name given to an adherent of Sikhism. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit term , meaning "disciple, learner" or , meaning "instruction".
Historical importance to Sikh religion
Bhai Mardana (1459–1534) was Guru Nanak Dev's companion on all of his Udasis (travels) and he played kirtan.
Bebe Nanaki (1464–1518) is known as the first Sikh. She was the elder sister of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder and first Guru (teacher) of Sikhism. Bebe Nanaki was the first to realize her brother's spiritual eminence.
Sri Chand ( ਸ੍ਰੀ ਚੰਦ )(1494–1629) was the first son of Guru Nanak, raised by his sister. Sri Chand was a renunciate yogi. After his father left Sri Chand stayed in Dera Baba Nanak and maintained Guru Nanak's temple. He established the Udasi order who travelled far and wide to spread the Word of Nanak.
Mata Khivi ( ਮਾਤਾ ਖੀਵੀ ) (1506–1582) is the only woman mentioned in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. She was the wife of Guru Angad, and established the langar system, a free kitchen where all people were served as equals. Only the best possible ingredients were used, and everyone was treated with utmost courtesy. Her hospitality has been emulated over the centuries and has become the first cultural identity of the Sikhs. She helped her husband to establish the infant Sikh community on a stronger footing, and is described as good natured, efficient, and beautiful.
Baba Buddha (6 October 1506 – 8 September 1631) was one of the earliest disciples of Guru Nanak. He lived an exemplary life and was called on to perform the ceremony passing the guruship on to five gurus, up to Guru Hargobind. Baba Buddha trained the sixth Guru in martial arts as a young man to prepare him for the challenges of the guruship.
Bhai Gurdas ( ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ ) (1551–1637) is one of the most eminent literary personalities in the history of the Sikh religion. He was a scholar, poet and the scribe of the Adi Granth. He was an able missionary and an accomplished theologian. Being well versed in Indian religious thought, he was able to elaborate profoundly the tenets of Sikhism.
Mata Gujri (1624–1705) joined the ninth Guru in his long meditation at Baba Bakala before he assumed the guruship. She gave birth to and raised the tenth guru, Guru Gobind Singh. Mata Gujri accompanied her youngest grandsons, Baba Fateh Singh and Baba Zorawar Singh to their martyrdom at Sirhind-Fategarh, and subsequently passed as well.
Mai Bhago (ਮਾਈ ਭਾਗੋ) is one of the most famous women in Sikh history. She is always pictured on horseback wearing a turban with her headscarf gracefully flowing in the wind, courageously leading an army into battle. A staunch Sikh by birth and upbringing, she was distressed to hear in 1705 that some of the Sikhs of her village who had gone to Anandpur to fight for Guru Gobind Singh had deserted him under adverse conditions. She rallied the deserters, persuading them to meet the Guru and apologize to him. She led them back to Guru Gobind Singh in the battlefield at Muktsar (Khidrana) Punjab. She thereafter stayed on with Guru Gobind Singh as one of his bodyguards, in male attire. After Guru Gobind Singh left his body at Nanded in 1708, she retired further south. She settled in Jinvara, where, immersed in meditation, she lived to an old age.
Bhai Mani Singh (1644–1738) was an 18th-century Sikh scholar and martyr. He was a childhood companion of Guru Gobind Singh[1] and took the vows of Sikhism when the Guru inaugurated the Khalsa in March 1699. Soon after that, the Guru sent him to Amritsar to take charge of the Harmandar, which had been without a custodian since 1696. He took control and steered the course of Sikh destiny at a critical stage in Sikh history. The nature of his death in which he was dismembered joint by joint has become a part of the daily Sikh Ardas (prayer).
Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780–1839) was the leader of the Sikh Empire which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. Ranjit Singh's reign introduced reforms, modernization, investment into infrastructure, and general prosperity. His government and army included Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims and Europeans. Ranjit Singh's legacy includes a period of Sikh cultural and artistic renaissance, including the rebuilding of the Harimandir Sahib in Amritsar as well as other major gurudwaras, including Takht Sri Patna Sahib, Bihar and Hazur Sahib Nanded, Maharashtra under his sponsorship. He was popularly known as Sher-i-Punjab, or "Lion of Punjab".
Bhagat Puran Singh ( ਭਗਤ ਪੁਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ )(1904–1992) was a great visionary, an accomplished environmentalist and a symbol of selfless service to humanity. He was the founder of the All India Pingalwara charitable society which imparts service to the poor, downtrodden, the dying, and the mentally and physically handicapped people.
Martyrs
Guru Arjun Dev was the first of two Guru's martyred in Sikh faith and fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus
Guru Tegh Bahadur was the second of two Guru's martyred in Sikh faith and ninth of the ten total Sikh Gurus]]
Bhai Dayala also known as Bhai Dyal Das was an early Martyr in Sikhism.He was martyred in Delhi.1675 along with his Sikh companions Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Sati Das and the ninth Guru Tegh Bahadur ji.
Bhai Mati Das was an early Martyr in Sikhism. He was martyred in Delhi in 1675 along with his younger brother Bhai Sati Das and companion Bhai Dayala and the ninth Guru Tegh Bahadur ji,
Bhai Sati Das was an early Martyr in Sikhism.He was martyred in Delhi in 1675 along with his elder brother Bhai Mati Das and companion Bhai Dayala and the ninth Guru Tegh Bahadur ji
Baba Ajit Singh ji was the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.He was martyred in battle during second battle of chamkaur along with his younger brother Jujhar Singh Ji,
Baba Jujhar Singh Ji was the second son of Guru Gobind Singh ji. He was martyred in battle during second battle of chamkaur along with his elder brother Baba Ajit Singh ji
Baba Zorawar Singh was the third son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji.He and his younger brother Baba Fateh Singh are among the most hallowed martyr in Sikhism.
Baba Fateh Singh was the fourth and youngest son of Guru Gobind Singh He and his elder brother Baba Zorawar Singh are among the most hallowed Martyr in Sikhism,
Banda Singh Bahadur was a Sikh worrier and a commander of Khalsa army.He was among one of most hallowed martyr in Sikhism. Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was executed at Delhi in 9 June 1716,
Baba Deep Singh is revered among Sikh as one of most hallowed martyrs in Sikhism.
Bhai Mani Singh was a one of most hallowed martyr in Sikhism. Bhai Mani Singh was executet in Nakhaas chowk in Lahore in December 1738 ca.the Nakhaas chowk since known as Shaheed Ganj-The place of Martyrdom
Bhai Taru Singh was a prominent Sikh Martyr known for sacrificing his life, in the name of protecting Sikh values,by having had his head scalped rather than Cutting his hair and converting to Islam.
Kartar Singh Sarabha was an Indian revolutionary
Bhagat Singh Lahore 1931
Udham Singh Barnsbury, England, 1940.
Fauja Singh Amritsar, 1979.
Other Religious Figures
Bhai Kanhaiya
Bhai Daya Singh
Bhai Dharam Singh
Bhai Himmat Singh
Bhai Mohkam Singh
Bhai Sahib Singh
Bhai Nand Lal
Randhir Singh
Babaji Singh
Gurbani Keertan
Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa – Performer of Sikh Keertan at Harimandir Sahib
Singh Kaur – Composer and performer of Sikh Keertan and New-age music
Snatam Kaur – Performer of Sikh Keertan and New-age music
Entertainment
Punjabi Cinema
Sonia Anand
Ammy Virk
Amrinder Gill
Anurag Singh
Babbu Maan
Baljit Singh Deo
Binnu Dhillon
Diljit Dosanjh
Gippy Grewal
Gugu Gill
Gurdaas Maan
Gurpreet Ghuggi
Harbhajan Mann
Harry Baweja
Himanshi Khurana
Jaspal Bhatti
Jaswinder Bhalla
Jimmy Shergill
Kulraj Randhawa
Mahi Gill
Mandy Takhar
Neeru Bajwa
Rana Ranbir
Shavinder Mahal
Sidhu Moosewala
Simran Kaur Mundi
Smeep Kang
Sonam Bajwa
Surveen Chawla
Yograj Singh
Bollywood
Rajkavi Inderjeet Singh Tulsi
Arijit Singh
Diljit Dosanjh
Dharmendra
Sunny Deol
Abhay Deol
Amrita Singh
Bobby Deol
Gippy Grewal
Honey Singh
Manjot Singh
Minissha Lamba
Navneet Kaur Dhillon
Nimrat Kaur
Pamela Chopra
Geeta Bali
Gracy Singh
Gulzar
Guru Randhawa
Jagjit Singh
Jaspal Bhatti
Jimmy Shergill
Joginder
Kabir Bedi
Kanwaljit Singh
Kuldip Kaur
Kulraj Randhawa
Mangal Dhillon
Manjot Singh
Neetu Singh
Neha Dhupia
Poonam Dhillon
Priya Gill
Priya Rajvansh
Ranjeeta Kaur
Shaad Randhawa
Simi Garewal
Sukhwinder Singh
Sunny Leone
Sunny Singh Nijjar
Swaran Lata
Taapsee Pannu
Vikram Chatwal
Vimi
Vindu Dara Singh
Yogeeta Bali
Parmeet Sethi
Telugu Cinema
Rakul Preet Singh
Charmy Kaur
Mehreen Pirzada
Taapsee Pannu
American
Gurinder Chadha
Kulvinder Ghir
Namrata Singh Gujral
Parminder Nagra
Satinder Sartaj
Lilly Singh
Tarsem Singh
Waris Ahluwalia
British film, drama and entertainment
Alexandra Aitken (Uttrang Kaur Khalsa) – Environmental campaigner, model, actress, artist and socialite
Ameet Chana – Actor
Amrit Maghera – Professional model turned actress
Chandeep Uppal – Critically acclaimed starring role as Meena Kumar in the film Anita and Me.
Jassa Ahluwalia – Actor and presenter
Lena Kaur – Best known for her role as Leila Roy in Channel 4's Hollyoaks
Neelam Gill – Model, known for her work with Burberry, Abercrombie & Fitch and appearing in Vogue.
Paul Chowdhry – Comedian and actor
Perry Bhandal – Film director, screenwriter
Simon Rivers – English actor who played the role of Kevin Tyler in Doctors
Stephen Uppal – Known for playing Ravi Roy in the long-running British soap Hollyoaks
Mandip Gill – Actress
Internet celebrities
Lilly Singh
Jasmeet Singh
Dhar Mann
Pop and western Bhangra
B21 (Bally and Bhota Jagpal)
Bally Sagoo
Gippy Grewal
Amrinder Gill
Jassi Gill
Jaz Dhami
Jazzy B
Diljit Dosanjh
Bobby Friction
Dr. Zeus
Hard Kaur
Jas Mann (with Babylon Zoo)
Jay Sean
Juggy D
Navtej Singh Rehal of Bombay Rockers
Panjabi MC
Rishi Rich
Sahotas
Sukhbir
Taz
Bhangra and other Punjabi Artist
Diljit Dosanjh''''Amar Singh Chamkila
Amrinder Gill
Apna Sangeet
Asa Singh Mastana
Babbu Mann
Balkar Sidhu
Daler Mehndi
Gippy Grewal
Gurdas Mann
Hans Raj Hans
Harbhajan Mann
Harshdeep Kaur
Jagmeet Bal
Kamal Heer
Kuldeep Manak
Lal Chand Yamla Jatt
Lehmber Hussainpuri
Malkit Singh
Manmohan Waris
Mika Singh
Rabbi Shergill
Ravinder Grewal
Sangtar
Snatam Kaur
Sukhwinder Singh
Surinder Kaur
Surinder Shinda
Surjit Bindrakhia
Uttam Singh
Sikh nationalist leaders
Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was a commander of Khalsa army
Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was a Sikh Leader of During Sikh Confederacy and Ruler of Ahluwalia Misl
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia was a Sikh Leader During the period of Sikh Confederacy and Founder of Ramgarhia Misl
Baba Deep Singh One of Most hallowed Martyr in the History of Sikhs, he was also a Founder of Shaheedan Misl
Charat Singh was the father of Mahan Singh, and the grandfather of Ranjit Singh. He was the founder of Sukerchakia Misl.
Nawab Kapur Singh was the oraganizer of Sikh Confederacy and Dal Khalsa, He was also a Founder of Singhpuria Misl
Akali Phula Singh was an Akali Nihang leader
Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a founder of Sikh Empire
Baba Binod Singh was the first jathedar of Buddha Dal
Rulers
Nawab Kapur Singh was the organizer of Sikh Confederacy and the Dal Khalsa. He was also a founder of Singhpuria Misl
Sardar Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, was a supreme leader of Dal Khalsa. He was also misldar of Ahluwalia Misl.He founded the Kapurthala state in 1772.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Popularly known as Sher-e-Punjab was a founder of the Sikh Empire. He was also a Misldar of Sukerchakia Misl
Maharaja Kharak Singh, second emperor of the Sikh Empire
Maharaja Nau Nihal Singh, third emperor of the Sikh Empire.
Maharaja Sher Singh, was the fourth maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
Maharaja Duleep Singh was the last Emperor of the Sikh Empire
Ala Singh. was the first king of princely state of Patiala State
Misl Period Notable Rulers
Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, founder of Ramgarhia Misl
Jodh Singh Ramgarhia, second ruler of the Ramgarhia Misl
Phul Singh Sidhu, founder of the Phulkian Misl
Hari Singh Dhillon, ruler of Bhangi Misl one of most Powerful ruler of Punjab during Misl period
Bhuma Singh Dhillon, ruler of Bhangi Misl
Heera Singh Sandhu, founder of Nakai Misl
Ran Singh Sandhu, third ruler of Nakai Misl
Karmo Kaur Sandhu, regent of Nakai Misl
Datar Kaur Sandhu, princess of Nakai Misl
Kahan Singh Nakai was the last ruler of the Nakai Misl
Jai Singh Sandhu was the founder of Kanhaiya Misl
Gurbaksh Singh Kanhaiya was second chief of Kanhaiya Misl. He was the eldest son of Jai Singh Kanhaiya And the father of Maharani Mehtab Kaur
Sada Kaur Dhaliwal was the chief of Kanhaiya Misl and the mother-in-law of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Baghel Singh Dhaliwal, ruler of the Singh Krora Misl
Gulab Singh Rathore was the founder of Dallewalia Misl
Charat Singh was the father of Maha Singh and the grandfather of Ranjit Singh. He was the founder of Sukerchakia Misl
Desan Kaur Warrach, regent of Sukerchakia Misl
Maha Singh was second chief of Sukerchakia Misl. He was the eldest son of Charat Singh. He was the father of Ranjit Singh
Raj Kaur Sidhu, regent of Sukerchakia Misl
Titular Ruler
Maharaja Bhupinder Singh
Raghubir Singh Jind
Hira Singh Nabha
Yadavindra Singh
Indian revolutionaries and freedom fighters
Bhai Randhir Singh
Baba Gurdit Singh
Baba Gurmukh Singh
Baldev Singh
Bhagat Singh, also known as "Shaheed-e-Azam", was a charismatic Indian socialist revolutionary whose acts of dramatic violence against the British in India and execution at age 23 made him a folk hero of the Indian independence movement
Captain Mohan Singh
Gurdan Saini
Kartar Singh Sarabha,Sikh Martyrs – Kartar Singh Sarabha . Searchsikhism.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14. Indian Sikh revolutionary and the most active member of the Ghadar Party
Labh Singh Saini
Teja Singh Samundri
Udham Singh
Harnam Singh Saini
Sardul Singh Kavishar
Sardar Ajit Singh, was an Indian revolutionary, he was the uncle of sardar Bhagat Singh
Dharam Singh Hayatpur was an Indian revolutionary, he was a prominent member of the Sikh political and religious group the Babbar Akali Movement in India
Kartar Singh Jhabbar, was an Indian revolutionary, he was a Sikh leader known for his role in the Gurdwara Reform Movement of the 1920s
Ripudaman Singh, Indian revolutionary
Baba Kharak Singh
Bhai Balmukund was an Indian revolutionary freedom fighter
Ram Singh, credited as being the first Indian to use non-cooperation and boycott of British merchandise and services as a political weapon.
Kishan Singh Gargaj
Sohan Singh Bhakna, was an Indian revolutionary, the founding president of the Ghadar Party
Sohan Singh Josh, was an Indian communist activist and freedom fighter
Diwan Mulraj Chopra
Gulab Kaur
Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, was a General of Akali Movement
Maya Singh Saini
Jagbir Singh Chhina
Achhar Singh Chhina
Sadhu Singh Hamdard, well-known freedom fighter and the journalist of Punjab
Darshan Singh Pheruman, Indian freedom fighter, Sikh activist and politician
Jaswant Singh Rahi
Giani Ditt Singh
Ganda Singh, was a prominent member of the Ghadar Party
Teja Singh Swatantar
Politicians
Canada
Gurbax Singh Malhi – former Liberal MP
Amrit Mangat – Liberal MPP, Brampton
Gulzar Singh Cheema – Manitoba and British Columbia Former MLA
Gurmant Grewal – former Conservative MP, half (with Nina, listed below)
Manmeet Singh Bhullar – former Progressive Conservative MLA, Calgary-Greenway, Alberta
Hardial Bains – founder and leader of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada from 1970–1997
Harinder Takhar – Ontario Liberal MPP and Minister of Transportation
Harry Bains – British Columbia New Democratic
Herb Dhaliwal – former Liberal MP and the first Indo-Canadian cabinet minister
Jagmeet Singh – Ontario NDP MPP / Leader of the Federal New Democratic Party
Vic Dhillon – Ontario Liberal MPP
Harjit Sajjan – Liberal MP, Vancouver South and Minister of National Defence (Canada)
Navdeep Bains – Liberal MP, Minister of Education and Science
Amarjeet Sohi – Liberal MP, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities
Bardish Chagger – Liberal MP, Minister of Small Business and Tourism and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Ujjal Dosanjh – former Premier of British Columbia, former MPP, former federal Minister of Health
Prab Gill – MLA, Calgary-Greenway, Alberta
Pakistan
Mahindar Pall Singh, Sikh MPA, politician and Business man from Multan
Fiji
Ujagar Singh Elected to the Legislative Council of Fiji in the 1968, representing the National Federation Party (NFP). He was also a member of independent Fiji's House of Representatives.
India
Amarinder Singh.former chief minister of Punjab
Baldev Singh
Bhagwant Maan.Current chief Minister of Punjab
Buta Singh
Charanjit Singh Channi
Darbara Singh
Giani Zail Singh
Gurcharan Singh Tohra
Gurdial Singh Dhillon
Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Manmohan Singh,
Master Tara Singh
Montek Singh Ahluwalia,Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia confirmed for Sikh Forum Annual Dinner . Journalism.co.uk (2008-11-17). Retrieved on 2010-12-14. Deputy Chairman, Planning commission of India
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Nirmal Singh Kahlon
Parkash Singh Badal
Pratap Singh Bajwa
Pratap Singh Kairon
Preneet Kaur Kahlon
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
Sant Fateh Singh
Sardar Ujjal Singh, former Governor of Punjab and Tamil Nadu
Sardul Singh Caveeshar
Simranjit Singh Mann
Sukhbir Singh Badal
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
Surinder Singh Bajwa
Surjit Singh Barnala
Swaran Singh
Varinder Singh Bajwa
Malaysia
Gobind Singh Deo – Democratic Action Party Central Executive Committee, Current Member of Parliament, Minister of Communications and Multimedia
Karpal Singh – Chairman of DAP. Member of parliament (aka "Tiger of Jelutong")
Mauritius
Kher Jagatsingh – Minister of Education and Minister of Planning & Economic Development (1967-1982)
New Zealand
Kanwal Singh Bakshi, Member of Parliament from 2008 (first Indian and first Sikh MP in New Zealand)
Sukhi Turner, Mayor of Dunedin 1995-2005
United Kingdom
Parmjit Dhanda, former Labour MP
Tan Dhesi, Labour MP
Preet Gill, Labour MP
Indarjit Singh, non-party
Marsha Singh, former Labour MP
Parmjit Singh Gill, Liberal Democrats
Paul Uppal, former Conservative MP
United States
Ravinder Bhalla, New Jersey politician and Hoboken mayor elect
Preet Bharara (born 1968), former U. S. attorney
Harmeet Dhillon, Republican Party official in San Francisco
Preet Didbal, First Sikh Mayor in the United States. Mayor of Yuba City, CA
Kashmir Gill, banker and former mayor
Gurbir Grewal, 61st Attorney General of New Jersey
Martin Hoke (born 1952), Republican politician
Dalip Singh Saund (1899–1973), Democrat politician
G. B. Singh, periodontist and retired army officer
Bhagat Singh Thind (Bhagat Singh Thind (1892–1967) writer, scientist, and lecturer on spirituality, involved in legal battle over the rights of Indians to obtain U.S. citizenship
Uday Singh Taunque (1982–2003) soldier, KIA, bronze star recipient
Athletes
Athletics
Milkha Singh,Milkha Singh. Mapsofindia.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.Milkha Singh The Flying Sikh . Sadapunjab.com; retrieved 2010-12-14.
Ranjit Bhatia
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
Kamaljeet Sandhu
Fauja Singh, a centenarian marathon runner
Basketball
Sim Bhullar, Canadian professional basketball player
Satnam Singh Bhamara
Boxing
Andrew Singh Kooner, current Bantamweight Champion of Canada
Akaash Bhatia, British featherweight professional boxer
Cycling
Alexi Grewal, Olympic Gold medalistThe Tribune – Windows – Taking note. Tribuneindia.com (2003-03-08). Retrieved on 2010-12-14. (1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles)
Cricket
Amar Virdi - Cricketer for Surrey County Cricket Club
Anureet Singh
Arshdeep Singh - Cricketer for India's National Team
Balwinder Sandhu
Bhupinder Singh, Sr.
Bishan Singh Bedi Former Cricketer & Captain for India's National Team
Jasprit Bumrah
Gurkeerat Singh Mann
Gursharan Singh
Harbhajan Singh
Tanveer Sangha, member of Australia cricket team
Gurinder Sandhu, member of Australia cricket team
Harvinder Singh
Ish Sodhi, member of New Zealand cricket team
Simi Singh - Cricketer for Ireland National Team
Mandeep Singh
Maninder Singh
Manpreet Gony
Monty Panesar Former Cricketer for England's National Team member of English cricket team
Navjot Singh Sidhu - Former Cricketer for India's National Team
Ravi Bopara, member of English cricket team
Reetinder Sodhi
Sarandeep Singh
Simranjit Singh
Sunny Sohal
Vikramjit Singh - Cricketer for Netherlands National Team
V. R. V. Singh
Yograj Singh
Yuvraj Singh - Former Cricketer for India's National Team
Equestrian
Amarinder Singh
Football
Ashvir Johal - First team coach at Wigan Athletic
Rikki Bains
Danny Batth
Mal Benning
Gurdev Singh Gill
Arjan Raikhy - Footballer for Aston Villa
Harpal Singh
Harmeet Singh - Former Norwegian International Footballer
Inder Singh
Roger Verdi
Golf
Jyoti Randhawa
Arjun Atwal
Gaganjeet Bhullar
Ashbeer Saini
Jeev Milkha Singh
Vijay Singh
Hockey
Balbir Singh Dosanjh
Harmanpreet Singh
Ravi Kahlon
Ajit Pal Singh
Baljeet Singh Saini
Baljit Singh Dhillon
Balwant (Bal) Singh Saini
Gagan Ajit Singh
Garewal Singh
Gurdev Singh Kullar (field hockey)
Jujhar Khaira
Kulbir Bhaura
Pargat Singh
Prabhjot Singh
Prithipal Singh
Ramandeep Singh
Surjit Singh Randhawa
Sardar Singh
Sandeep Singh
Mixed martial arts
Kultar Gill
Muay Thai
Kash Gill
Powerlifting
Rajinder Singh Rahelu, Sikh paralympian and also 2004 Athens bronze medalist
Rally
Karamjit Singh, PRWC champion 2002, Asia Pacific Rally Championship champion 2001. A Malaysian known as the "Flying Sikh"
Rugby
Tosh Masson
Shooting
Abhinav BindraWSN-Sports News-Sikh shooter wins first ever individual gold for India at Olympics. Worldsikhnews.com (2008-08-11). Retrieved on 2010-12-14.Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal. Nriinternet.com; retrieved 2010-12-14. Olympic gold medalist in shooting
Avneet Sidhu, Commonwealth Games medalist in shooting
Manavjit Singh Sandhu, world champion in shooting
Heena Sidhu, world champion in shooting
Swimming
Pamela Rai, 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, 1986 Commonwealth Games gold medalist
Wrestling
Dara Singh
Tiger Joginder Singh
Randhawa
Tiger Jeet SinghTiger Singh: Most feared man in Japan – Rediff Sports. In.rediff.com (2005-05-05); retrieved on 2010-12-14.
Gurjit Singh
Jinder Mahal
Ranjin Singh
Gadowar Singh Sahota
Arjan Bhullar
Tiger Ali Singh
Business
Nav Bhatia, businessman, First Sikh with NBA Championship Ring
Ajay Banga, President/COO, MasterCard; ex-CEO- Citi Group-Asia Pacific
Analjit Singh, founder/chairman, Max India Limited; chair, Max New York Life Insurance Company Ltd; Max Healthcare Institute Ltd and Max Bupa Health Insurance Company Ltd
Bob Singh Dhillon, founder/CEO, Mainstreet Equity Corp.
Dyal Singh Majithia, Indian banker
Gurbachan Singh Dhingra, owner of Berger Paints India
Gurbaksh Chahal
H. S. Bedi (entrepreneur), telecom
Jasminder Singh, British businessman
Jessie Singh Saini, founder of BJS Electronics and American industrialist of Indian descent.
Kamel Hothi, former banker at Lloyds Bank
Kuldip Singh Dhingra, owner of Berger Paints India
Malvinder Mohan Singh, Ranbaxy/Fortis Group
Mohan Singh Oberoi
M. S. Banga, ex-CEO, Hindustan Lever
Param Singh (property developer), property developer, entrepreneur
Sanjiv Sidhu, Founder and President of i2 Technologies
Sant Singh Chatwal, owner of the Bombay Palace chain of restaurants and Hampshire Hotels & Resorts
Satwant Singh, Le Meridien Hotel, DSS Enterprises, Pure Drink
Shivinder Mohan Singh, Ranbaxy/Fortis Group
Tom Singh, founder, New Look (Fashion chain)
Trishneet Arora, author
Vikram Chatwal, hotelier
Historians
Harbans Singh
Jodh Singh
Rattan Singh Bhangu
Max Arthur Macauliffe
Journalists
Khushwant Singh
Tavleen Singh
Sathnam Sanghera
Jagjit Singh Dardi (Punjab Rattan)
Writers
Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu
Rajkavi Inderjeet Singh Tulsi
Bhai Gurdas
Nanak Singh
Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha
Bhai Vir Singh
Rajinder Singh Bedi
Jaswant Neki
Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon
Harbhajan Singh
Harcharan Singh (playwright)
Jaswant Singh Kanwal
Amrita Pritam
Dalip Kaur Tiwana
Kulwant Singh Virk
English
Rupi Kaur
Bali Rai
Jaspreet Singh
Khushwant Singh
Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Ranj Dhaliwal
Shauna Singh Baldwin
Models
Jesse Randhawa
Humanitarians
Narinder Singh Kapany, known as the father of fibre optics.
Bhagat Puran Singh,A Selfless Life – Bhagat Puran Singh of Pingalwara: A Selfless Life – Bhagat Puran Singh of Pingalwara . Sikhfoundation-store.org (2009-06-02). Retrieved on 2010-12-14. founder of Pingalwara, Home of Disabled, Amritsar
Bhai Trilochan Singh Panesar, devoted his life to sewa (service to community and God) and simran (remembrance of God), the two tenets of Sikh life.
Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK
Ravi Singh, CEO, Khalsa Aid
Amanpreet Singh, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Khalsa Aid
Alex Sangha, social worker and documentary film producer and Founder of Sher Vancouver
Painters and artists
Amrita Sher-GilAmrita Sher-Gill. Mapsofindia.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-14.
Aman Singh Gulati
Sobha Singh
S. G. Thakur Singh
Sohan Singh
Architects
Ram Singh, one of pre-partition Punjab's foremost architects
Health and wellness
David Shannahoff-Khalsa, prolific researcher on the psychiatric applications of Kundalini Yoga based at the Biocircuits Institute at the University of California, San Diego.
Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Harvard University-based researcher of Kundalini Yoga and an authority on the field of yoga research.
Science and technology
Medicine
Harvinder Sahota, cardiologist; invented the FDA-approved Perfusion Balloon Angioplasty and holds patents of 24 other medical inventions.
Harminder Dua, discovered a previously unknown layer lurking in the human eye named the "dua's layer".
Physics
Narinder Singh Kapany, physicist, specializing in fiber optics. He was named as one of the seven "Unsung Heroes" by Fortune Magazine in its Businessmen of the Century'' (November 22, 1999) edition.
Lawyers
Jasvir Singh - Family law barrister
Military leaders
Indian Army
General Joginder Jaswant Singh, former Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army.
General Bikram Singh, former Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army.
Lieutenant General Bikram Singh, GOC XV Corps, 1960–63
Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon
Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora
Indian Navy
Admiral Karambir Singh
Vice Admiral Surinder Pal Singh Cheema
Indian Air Force
Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, former Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force.
Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, former Chief, Indian Air Force.
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, former chief, Indian Air Force.
Harjit Singh Arora
Trilochan Singh Brar
Kulwant Singh Gill
Jasjit Singh
Jagjeet Singh
Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, PVC
Singaporean Army and Navy
General Ravinder Singh
Pritam Singh
Colonel Gurcharan Singh Sekhon
Sikhs In US Military
Bhagat Singh Thind
Uday Singh Taunque
Akal Purakh Ki Fauj after 1947
Saint Jarnail Singh Khalsa Bhindranwale
Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochahal
Bhai Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala
Talwindar Singh Babbar
Bhai Sukhdev Singh Babbar
Bhai Jugraj Singh Toofan
Maj Gen Shahbeg Singh
Bhai Amrik Singh
Military Gallantry Award Winners
British Indian Army
Victoria Cross
Ishar Singh, first Sikh to receive the Victoria Cross
Nand Singh
Gian Singh
Parkash Singh
Karamjeet Singh Judge
Indian Armed Forces
Param Veer Chakra
Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, only Indian Air Force officer to be awarded Param Vir Chakra
Subedar Bana Singh
Karam Singh
Joginder Singh Sahnan
Mahavir Chakra
Dewan Ranjit Rai, first Indian to receive Mahavir Chakra
Brigadier Rajinder Singh
Rajinder Singh Sparrow
Sant Singh
Ranjit Singh Dyal
Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, known for his heroic leadership in the famous Battle of Longewala
Major General Kulwant Singh Pannu
See also
List of British Sikhs
List of Canadian Sikhs
References
Lists of people by religion
Sikhism-related lists
List |
17328296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon%20Trott | Lyndon Trott | Lyndon Trott (born 17 July 1964, St. Sampson, Guernsey) is an elected Deputy in the States of Guernsey and served as the Chief Minister of Guernsey from 2008 to 2012.
Political appointments
Deputy Trott has been a deputy in the States of Guernsey since 2000. Re-elected in 2004 and again in 2008.
From 2004 until 2008 he was the Treasury and Resources Minister before being elected to the position of Chief Minister of Guernsey on 1 May 2008. His term of office expired on 30 April 2012. He succeeded Mike Torode as Guernsey's third Chief Minister following the creation of the post in 2004.
He was re-elected as a Deputy for the electoral district of St. Sampson in the General Election of 2012 and again in 2016, being elected as Vice President of the Policy and Resources Committee, the Senior Committee of the States of Guernsey following the 2016 changes.
In August 2020, Trott formed the Guernsey Partnership of Independents party with Heidi Soulsby and Gavin St Pier.
References
1973 births
Government ministers of Guernsey
Living people
Members of the States of Guernsey
Guernsey people |
17328313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivi%20Zigler | Vivi Zigler | Vivi Zigler is an American television executive, and a President of Shine America.
Education and early career
Zigler attended California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo, California) where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in journalism. From there, Zigler began working at the local NBC affiliate television station, KSBY-TV. Zigler began in the newsroom at the station before being promoted to management.
NBC career
In the early 1990s, Zigler relocated to Seattle, WA where she worked at another NBC affiliate television station, KING-TV. After spending several years in Seattle at KING-TV, Zigler relocated to Burbank, CA to work for NBC at their west-coast headquarters.
2003
In March 2003, Zigler was named senior vice president of marketing & advertising services for The NBC Agency—and also oversaw Marketing and Advertising for Bravo. Her role was later expanded to include heading all marketing for the Bravo cable network as a member of the new Bravo senior management team. While in the position, Zigler was in charge of overall branding and marketing for Bravo, including the successful campaigns for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Celebrity Poker. The end result saw Bravo attain unparalleled ratings peaks during her term.
2005
In June, 2005 Zigler was promoted to executive vice president, Current Programs, NBC Entertainment, where she oversaw the production of NBC's slate of comedy and drama series. Her much-lauded previous experience in marketing allowed Zigler an extra dimension to increase NBC's promotional, casting and story opportunities in the Current Programs department.
2006
"Zigler was appointed executive vice president, NBC Digital Entertainment & New Media, NBC Entertainment, in August 2006. In this role she reports to Jeff Gaspin, president of NBC Universal Cable and Digital Content. Zigler is responsible for leading the NBC.com digital team in strategic efforts to further connect NBC’s primetime, late-night and daytime programs to Internet users, while also reaching across the company to keep communication and coordination at its best."
2008
On June 30, 2008, NBC Universal named Zigler President, NBC Universal Digital Entertainment.
2012
On June 6, 2012, NBC Universal announced Robert Hayes as executive vice president for digital media, with responsibilities encompassing NBC.com, social media campaigns, mobile applications, digital marketing and multi-platform programming. Vivi Zigler, who has been in charge of NBC's digital presence for six years, left the network at the end of June.
Shine America
On August 28, 2012 Zigler was named president, Digital & Shine 360, Shine America. In this role, Zigler is responsible for overseeing all branded entertainment, licensing, digital and live experiences for Shine America which produces and distributes scripted and unscripted television content including The Office, The Biggest Loser, MasterChef, The Tudors and Ugly Betty.
References
External links
Bio and photo of Vivi Zigler — iMedia Connection
NBC Universal Names Zigler President, NBC Universal Digital Entertainment
Shake-up at NBC Digital; Vivi Zigler departs
American television executives
Women television executives
California Polytechnic State University alumni
Living people
People from Inglewood, California
NBC executives
Year of birth missing (living people) |
17328319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Bernadina | Roger Bernadina | Rogearvin Argelo "Roger" Bernadina (born June 12, 1984) is a Dutch Curaçaoan professional baseball outfielder for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He has also played for the Dutch national baseball team in international competitions such as the World Baseball Classic. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, and the 2019 WBSC Premier12.
Career
Washington Nationals
Bernadina was signed at age 17 by the then-Montreal Expos as a nondrafted free agent in 2001. He beat out Todd Liebman for the last roster spot on the Dutch national team for the World Baseball Classic back in June 2012.
Bernadina was called up to the major leagues the first time on June 28, 2008, to replace the injured Lastings Milledge. His major league debut came the next day, and he hit a single to right field in his first major league at bat.
Bernadina started 2009 in the minors, but was called up on April 15. After appearing in two games, he made his first start of the season on April 18. In the eighth inning, he "made a spectacular catch against the wall" against the Florida Marlins and fractured his right ankle, although he earned the nickname "The Shark".
On May 12, 2010, Bernadina hit his first and second big league home runs against the New York Mets. The second came in the ninth inning off Francisco Rodriguez, giving the Nationals the lead in a game they would ultimately win. He also made a remarkable leaping catch in right field that likely robbed Met Jeff Francoeur of a bases-clearing triple.
2012 was Bernadina’s best year in the majors. He compiled a slash line of .291/.372/.405 and made a spectacular game-saving catch against the wall at Minute Maid Park.
On August 19, 2013, Bernadina was released to make room on the roster for David DeJesus, who was acquired from the Chicago Cubs.
Philadelphia Phillies
Two days after being released by the Nationals, Bernadina signed with the Philadelphia Phillies. He appeared in 27 games for them and hit .187. He was outrighted off the roster on October 16, 2013.
Cincinnati Reds
On January 31, 2014, Bernadina signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds that contained a spring training invitation. After making the opening day roster, he was designated for assignment on May 3, but was called back up after an injury to Jay Bruce. Bernadina was designated for assignment again on June 21, 2014 On June 27, Bernadina was released and became a free agent. He hit only .153 in 44 games for the Reds.
Los Angeles Dodgers
On July 7, 2014, Bernadina inked a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was assigned to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes, where he hit .246 in 23 games. He was called up to the Dodgers on September 6, 2014. He was used primarily as a pinch runner for the Dodgers but also had 7 at-bats as a pinch hitter. He had two hits, one of which was a home run.
Colorado Rockies
On December 24, 2014, Bernadina signed a minor-league contract with the Colorado Rockies.
New York Mets
On February 8, 2016, Bernadina signed a minor-league contract with the New York Mets. After Spring Training, he was assigned to the AAA Las Vegas 51s.
Kia Tigers
On November 24, 2016, Bernadina signed with the Kia Tigers of the KBO League. He had a .320 batting average, 27 home runs, 111 RBIs, and 32 stolen bases in the 2017 KBO League season. On December 1, 2017, Bernadina signed a one-year, $1.1 million contract with the Tigers. His 2018 statistics included a .310 batting average, 20 home runs, and 70 RBI. He became a free agent after the 2018 season.
Ishikawa Million Stars
On March 30, 2019, he signed with the Ishikawa Million Stars of the Baseball Challenge League.
Lamigo Monkeys
On April 18, 2019, Bernadina left the Million Stars to sign with the Lamigo Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He posted a .256/.365/.378 slash line across 24 games before he was released by the team on June 30, 2019.
Algodoneros de Unión Laguna
On July 15, 2019, Bernadina signed with the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League. He was released on February 6, 2020.
Quick Amersfoort
On August 24, 2020, Bernadina signed with the Quick Amersfoort club in the Dutch Honkbal Hoofdklasse.
Curaçao Neptunus
Bernardina signed with Curaçao Neptunus of the Dutch Honkbal Hoofdklasse for the 2021 season.
References
External links
Roger Bernadina at Baseball Almanac
Roger Bernadina at Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Professional Baseball League)
Career statistics and player information from Korea Baseball Organization
Bernadina at Kia Tigers Baseball Club
1984 births
Living people
Albuquerque Isotopes players
Algodoneros de Guasave players
Algodoneros de Unión Laguna players
Bravos de Margarita players
Cincinnati Reds players
Columbus Clippers players
Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Japan
Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
Curaçao expatriate baseball players in the United States
Dutch expatriate baseball players in South Korea
Gulf Coast Expos players
Gulf Coast Nationals players
Harrisburg Senators players
Ishikawa Million Stars players
KBO League outfielders
Kia Tigers players
Lamigo Monkeys players
Las Vegas 51s players
Los Angeles Dodgers players
Major League Baseball players from Curaçao
Major League Baseball outfielders
Navegantes del Magallanes players
Curaçao expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
People from Willemstad
Philadelphia Phillies players
Potomac Nationals players
Savannah Sand Gnats players
Syracuse Chiefs players
Tiburones de La Guaira players
Washington Nationals players
Yaquis de Obregón players
2013 World Baseball Classic players
2016 European Baseball Championship players
2019 European Baseball Championship players |
17328323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20man | Plant man | Plant man or variation, may refer to:
People
Plantsman or plantman, a plant nursery worker
Gardener or plant man
Horticulturalist or plant man
Botanist or plant man
Factory worker or plant man, a worker at a plant
Persons
A man by the name of "Plant"
Greg Morton (born 1953), U.S. American football player with a horticultural passion leading to the nickname "Plant Man"
Gary Young (drummer) (born 1953), U.S. musician with the stagename "Plantman"
Characters
Plantman, a Marvel Comics character
Plant Man, a character from Mega Man; see List of Mega Man characters
Plant Man, a character from the TV cartoon Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles
Other uses
The Plantsman, a horticultural magazine
"The Plant Man" (episode), a 1966 season 3 number 12 episode 70 of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
"Plant Man", a 2008 episode of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack; see List of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack episodes
See also
Plant (disambiguation)
Man (disambiguation) |
17328337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Worrell | Mark Worrell | Mark Robert Worrell (born March 8, 1983) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Baltimore Orioles between 2008 and 2011.
Amateur career
A native of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Worrell attended John I. Leonard Community High School. He played college baseball at the University of Arizona and Florida International University. In 2003, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 12th round of the 2004 MLB Draft.
Professional career
Worrell was called up to the major leagues by the Cardinals on June 1, 2008, and made his debut on June 3. On June 5, Worrell hit a three-run home run in his first major league at-bat.
On December 4, 2008, Worrell was traded to the San Diego Padres for shortstop Khalil Greene. After missing the entire season while recovering from Tommy John surgery, Worrell was non-tendered on December 12, 2009.
On January 7, 2010, Worrell signed a minor league contract to return to the San Diego Padres. After appearing in 25 games with the Portland Beavers, he was released on June 23. On July 1, Worrell signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners, but was subsequently released on July 14 after pitching in just four games for the Tacoma Rainiers.
On February 1, 2011, Worrell signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles, and started the season with the Norfolk Tides. He was called up by Baltimore on July 17 and appeared in four games, giving up eight runs in two innings, including Mike Trout's first career home run, before returning to Norfolk. He became a free agent after the season.
See also
List of players with a home run in first major league at-bat
References
External links
13 January 2006 1:25 PM ET. Worrell making strides in winter ball. Familiar name in Cardinals history has organization's attention. By Matthew Leach
Worrell player profile at Scout.com
1983 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Arizona Wildcats baseball players
Baltimore Orioles players
Baseball players from Florida
Cotuit Kettleers players
Diablos Rojos del México players
FIU Panthers baseball players
Indian River State Pioneers baseball players
Johnson City Cardinals players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Memphis Redbirds players
Mexican League baseball pitchers
Norfolk Tides players
Palm Beach Cardinals players
Peoria Chiefs players
Portland Beavers players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Springfield Cardinals players
Tacoma Rainiers players |
17328343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziniar%C3%A9%20Department | Ziniaré Department | Ziniaré is a department or commune of Oubritenga Province in northern-central Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Ziniaré. According to the 2019 census the department has a total population of 88,299.
Towns and villages
Ziniaré (33,301 inhabitants) (capital)
Badnogo (515)
Bagadogo (1,022)
Basbedo (939)
Barkuitenga (1,529)
Barkoudouba (859)
Betta (1,265)
Bissiga Peulh (144)
Boalin (580)
Boulba (748)
Gam-Silimimossé (800)
Gombogo (642)
Gombogo-Peulh (188)
Gonsé (210)
Gondogo Tandaaga (853)
Gombogo (1,645)
Ipala (1,417)
Kartenga (811)
Koada-Yarcé (483)
Koassanga (2,551)
Kolgondiessé (477)
Koulgandogo (239)
Koulgando-peulh (195)
Ladwenda (873)
Laongo-yanga (972)
Matté (906)
Moutti (1,200)
Moyargo (618)
Nabitenga (636)
Nakamtenga I (749)
Nakamtenga II (700)
Namassa (1,105)
Napamboubou-saalin (415)
Ouagatenga (515)
Oubri-Yaoghin (1,465)
Pilaga peulh (479)
Rassempoughin (201)
Sawana (2,095)
Songpélcé (2,357)
Tanghin-Gombogo (917)
Tanghin Goudry (528)
Tamassa (307)
Tamissi (959)
Tambogo Peulh (226)
Tampougtenga (1,007)
Tanpoko Peulh (295)
Taonsgo (1,609)
Tibin (619)
Ziga (2,392)
References
Departments of Burkina Faso
Oubritenga Province |
17328358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windmill%20Hill%20Historic%20District | Windmill Hill Historic District | The Windmill Hill Historic District is a historic district encompassing a large rural landscape in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It is bounded on the north by Eldred Avenue, on the east by East Shore Road, on the south by Great Creek, and on the west by Narragansett Bay. The area's historical resources included six farmsteads, as well as the Quaker Meetinghouse, the Jamestown Windmill, and its associated miller's house and barn. The area is predominantly rolling hills with open pastureland and forest. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The area is also rich in prehistoric evidence of Native American occupation, which is the subject of the Jamestown Archeological District listing on the National Register.
See also
Watson Farm, a museum farm operated by Historic New England located in the district
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
References
External links
Historic districts in Newport County, Rhode Island
Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island |
23571889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudential%20Bank%20Limited | Prudential Bank Limited | Prudential Bank Limited (PBL), commonly known as Prudential Bank, is a private commercial bank in Ghana. It is licensed by the Bank of Ghana, the central bank and national banking regulator.
Location
The headquarters of the bank is located at 8 John Hammond Street, Ring Road Central, Kanda, Accra, Ghana's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the bank's headquarters are 5°34'24.0"N, 0°11'31.0"W (Latitude:5.573335; Longitude:-0.191949).
Overview
The bank was incorporated in 1993, and opened on 15 August 1996 with the first branch in Accra.
PBL is a medium-sized bank specializing in meeting the banking needs of small and medium-sized businesses and individuals.
As of 31 December 2012, the bank's total assets were GHS:676.61 million, with shareholders' equity of GHS:85.1 million.
Subsidiaries
As of April 2016, PBL maintained three wholly owned subsidiaries:
PBL Properties Limited - Accra, Ghana. Acquires, develops, and manages properties and auxiliary staff for the bank.
Prudential Securities Limited - Accra, Ghana. Wealth management, corporate finance, and business advisory services.
Prudential Stockbrokers Limited - Accra, Ghana. Stockbrokage, economic research, and advisory services.
Ownership
The bank's stock was owned by the following corporate entities and individuals as of 31 December 2012:
Branch network
As of June 2022, PBL had 43 branches and 2 agencies at the following locations:
Abeka Branch - Accra
Aboabo Branch - Kumasi
Abossey Okai Branch - Accra
Accra Branch - Accra
Adenta Branch - Accra
Afful Nkwanta Branch - Kumasi
Atonsu Branch - Kumasi
Cape Coast Branch - Cape Coast
East Legon Branch - East Legon, Accra
Gicel Branch - Accra
Kumasi Adum Branch - Kumasi
Kumasi Main Branch - Kumasi
Kwame Nkrumah Circle Branch - Accra
Madina Branch - Accra
Makola Branch - Accra
Mataheko Branch - Accra
Methodist University Agency Branch - Accra
North Industrial Area Branch - Accra
Odorkor Branch - Accra
Ring Road Central Branch - Accra
Spintex Road Branch - Accra
Suame Maakro Branch - Kumasi
Takoradi Harbour Branch - Takoradi
Takoradi Market Circle Branch - Takoradi
Tamale Branch - Tamale
Tema Community 1 Branch - Tema
Tema Fishing Harbour Branch - Tema
Tesano Branch - Accra
University of Cape Coast Branch - Cape Coast
Valley View Agency Branch - Accra
Weija Branch - Accra
Zongo Junction Branch - Accra
See also
List of banks in Ghana
Economy of Ghana
References
External links
Prudential Bank Limited Homepage
PBL launches "Susu" Financial Program for SME's
PBL opens new branch in Aboabo, Kumasi
Banks of Ghana
Companies based in Accra
Banks established in 1996
Ghanaian companies established in 1996 |
20465254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Korea%20national%20football%20team%20results%20%281980%E2%80%931989%29 | South Korea national football team results (1980–1989) | This is a list of football games played by the South Korea national football team between 1980 and 1989.
Results by year
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! width="30" |D
! width="30" |L
! width="30" |Win %
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List of matches
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1987
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1988
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1989
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See also
South Korea national football team results
South Korea national football team
References
External links
Results at KFA
1980s in South Korean sport
1980 |
6900336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespotted%20bullhead%20shark | Whitespotted bullhead shark | The whitespotted bullhead shark, Heterodontus ramalheira, is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae found in the western and northern Indian Ocean between latitudes 22°N to 26°S, at depths between 40 and 305 m. It can grow up to a length of 83 cm.
Little is known about the whitespotted bullhead shark. It is found on the outer continental shelf and is thought to feed on crabs, based on the gut contents of two specimen. As a member of the genus Heterodontus, it is thought to be oviparous, but egg case of this species have never been seen.
References
Heterodontidae
Fish described in 1949 |
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