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26722009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport%20in%20Tanzania | Sport in Tanzania | Filbert Bayi and Suleiman Nyambui both won track and field medals in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Tanzania competes in the Commonwealth Games as well as in the African Championships in Athletics.
Football is widely played all over the country with fans divided between two major clubs, Young Africans and Simba. Football is the most popular sport in Tanzania, despite the little success that has been achieved by the national team. To date, they have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup but have made two appearances in the African Cup of Nations, in 1980, as well as 2019. They finished last in their group in both occasions.
Basketball is also played but mainly in the army and schools. Hasheem Thabeet is a Tanzanian-born player with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the first Tanzanian to play in the NBA. Cricket is a rapidly growing sport in Tanzania after hosting the ICC Cricket League Division 4 in 2008; the national team finished the tournament with a win. Rugby is a minor sport in Tanzania. Tanzania now has a national team, which used to be part of the East Africa team, but was separated.
Another minor but growing sport in Tanzania is Baseball - Softball. Tanzania Baseball was introduced by Mr. Shinya Tomonari, a Japan Nationalist and the Chairman of Association for Friends of African Baseball (AFAB), in January 2012. Since then the sport has been played frequently by a number of Secondary Schools in the country and the participating number of students keeps on increasing. On 12 th May 2014, Tanzania Baseball and Softball Association (TaBSA) was established and registered as the National Sporting Association (NSA) responsible for the administration, conduct, control, development and promotion of the sport of baseball in Tanzania, as recognized by the National Sports Council (NSC), the African Baseball and Softball Association (ABSA) and the World Baseball Softball Confederation the International Sport Federation. |
17337954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Zimbabwe%20relations | Australia–Zimbabwe relations | Foreign relations exist between Australia and Zimbabwe. Both countries have full embassy level diplomatic relations. Australia currently maintains an embassy in Harare, and Zimbabwe maintains an embassy in Canberra.
History
Australia–Rhodesia relations
The nations of Australia and Zimbabwe both have their origins in colonies established by the British as part of their empire in the Georgian and Victorian eras. While Australia experienced significant amounts of white immigration from Europe (beginning in the 19th century), Zimbabwe was only settled by Europeans in the 1890's and the white population of Zimbabwe always remained a minority. The colony of Southern Rhodesia was granted self-governing status in 1923, but was not granted dominion status, unlike Australia or South Africa. Australia had a limited early trading relationship with Rhodesia, with a small Trade Office established in Salisbury in 1954, and in 1955 Australia signed a trade agreement with the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In 1964-65, the last year prior to the Rhodesian unilateral declaration of independence, Rhodesian exports to Australia were valued at £1.2 million, comprising mostly tobacco (74%), and ferroalloys (14%); while Australian exports to Rhodesia were valued at £2 million, comprising mostly wheat (50%) and tallow (10%).
The colony of Rhodesia eventually broke away from the British Empire in 1965, with the white-minority government of Ian Smith issuing a Unilateral Declaration of Independence as the state of Rhodesia. This new state of Rhodesia, despite gaining unofficial support from apartheid South Africa and Estado Novo Portugal (until 1974), failed to gain any international recognition and became increasingly isolated. The Australian government of Robert Menzies did not officially recognise the declaration, noting "there can be no diplomatic recognition by the Australian Government of a government so formed." Despite this, several backbench government MPs visited Rhodesia in a private capacity following the UDI (Dr Wylie Gibbs, James Killen, Ian Pettitt and Wilfrid Kent Hughes in 1967 and David Connolly in 1976).
Despite the federal government's decision to not formally recognise Smith's regime, prior to the election of the Whitlam Government in 1972 Australia was one of the few countries to provide Rhodesia with diplomatic support. This was motivated by some groups of the population being sympathetic towards white Rhodesians. The Australian Government's support included issuing several Rhodesian diplomats with Australian passports during 1967 and 1968 and tolerating the Rhodesia Information Centre, the Rhodesian Government's unofficial diplomatic mission in Australia. Australia also abstained during some votes on United Nations measures that targeted Rhodesia. The Rhodesia Information Centre and Rhodesia-Australia Association were the main organisations that advocated in support of the white Rhodesian regime in Australia, but media coverage of the Rhodesian Government was almost entirely negative.
In 1966 the Rhodesian Government established an office of the Rhodesian Information Service in Melbourne, before moving in 1967 to Sydney at 9 Myrtle Street, Crows Nest. However from 1972, following a change in government, the Australian federal Labor government of Gough Whitlam in Canberra sought to close the office. In 1973, the federal government attempted to cut post and telephone links to the Centre, but this was ruled illegal by the full bench of the High Court (Bradley v. The Commonwealth (1973) 128 CLR 557). Later in 1973, the NSW Corporate Affairs Commission attempted to cancel the registration of the Rhodesia Information Centre on the basis that its name implied official connection to the unrecognised Rhodesian government, and on 12 June 1974 the NSW Court of Appeal upheld this decision, which resulted in the office officially registering as the "Flame Lily Centre", although was still generally referred to as the Rhodesian Information Service. The office remained open despite further efforts to close it under the succeeding government of Malcolm Fraser. It was closed by the Zimbabwean Government in May 1980.
During the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1979 held in Lusaka, Zambia, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was instrumental in convincing the then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to withhold British recognition of the government of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, prompting Britain to host the Lancaster House Agreement at which full independence and majority rule for Zimbabwe was agreed upon. During the implementation period of the Lancaster House Agreement and ceasefire, Australia maintained the second largest official presence in Rhodesia, after Britain.
On 21 December 1979, Australia lifted its economic sanctions on Rhodesia, and contributed a contingent of 152 Australian soldiers (under the command of Colonel Kevin Cole) to the 1300-person Commonwealth Ceasefire Monitoring Force (alongside the United Kingdom, Fiji, Kenya and New Zealand), which was present in the country from 23 December 1979 to 5 March 1980.
An Australian Liaison Office (headed by career diplomat Charles Mott as the Special Representative) was established in Salisbury on 23 December 1979 to "assist the Ceasefire Monitoring Contingent and election observers with political support and advice, and to serve as a direct point of contact between the Australian Government and the British Authorities in Salisbury." Senior Australian diplomat, Mick Shann, was appointed to the Commonwealth team observing the 1980 Southern Rhodesian general election, and Australia also sent a national observer group for the election held in February 1980. In its report of 11 March 1980 the group noted that "freedom and fairness in elections are not absolute" and concluded "that in all the circumstances the 1980 Rhodesian elections achieved a sufficiently high level on the scale (of freedom and fairness) to be described as free and fair".
In recognition of Fraser's contribution to Zimbabwean independence, the new Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe, invited Fraser to attend Zimbabwe's independence celebrations in Salisbury on 17–18 April 1980. Fraser met with Mugabe on 18 April, announcing $5 million of assistance to the new country, and noted: "There have been times when peace in Zimbabwe has seemed an unattainable goal. However, it is now a reality which will permit the energies of the people of this country to be directed towards a better life for everyone, with opportunities for all. Australia wishes Mr Mugabe every success in the difficult task ahead of him."
Relations since 1980
Australia established a High Commission in Salisbury on independence in 1980 by upgrading the existing Liaison Office, with Jeremy Hearder as the first High Commissioner. Zimbabwe established a High Commission in Canberra in 1988, with Dr. Eubert Mashaire as the first High Commissioner. Later Zimbabwean representatives included Lucas Pande Tavaya (1990–1994), and Professor Hasu Patel (1994–2000).
In October 1991, Prime Minister Bob Hawke visited Harare as part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Hawke met President Mugabe and advocated for the Zimbabwe's government approval of the Hartley platinum mine proposed by BHP. On his visit, Hawke expressed to parliament: In 2014, when being interviewed by Dr Sue Onslow of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Hawke later expressed his view of having met Mugabe: "I hated him. He’s one of the worst human beings I’ve ever met. He treated black and white with equal contempt. He was a horrible human being."
Relations between the two countries began to sour when the government in Zimbabwe began its controversial land reform programme, occupying farms owned by members of Zimbabwe's white minority, sometimes by force. Following evidence of violence and intimidation in the 2002 Presidential election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard, alongside South African president, Thabo Mbeki, and the Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, led efforts which resulted in Zimbabwe's suspension (and eventual voluntary departure) from the Commonwealth of Nations in 2002–2003. The fourth Zimbabwean high commissioner in Canberra, Florence Chitauro (2001–2006), became the first ambassador in 2003 following Zimbabwe's departure from the Commonwealth, and in December 2003 was summoned to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to explain comments she made about Howard to the effect that he was "acting like a dictator" as chair of the Commonwealth action group on Zimbabwe.
In an unusually blunt declaration in 2007, Prime Minister Howard described Robert Mugabe as a "grubby dictator". Howard also called for other African countries to put pressure on Zimbabwe to crack down on the increasingly autocratic Zimbabwean government. Sporting links between the two countries were also disrupted, with the Howard government banning the Australian cricket team from taking part in a scheduled tour of the country, citing the propaganda boost that it would provide for the Mugabe régime.
Howard's successor as Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, was also critical of the Zimbabwean Government. Before the 2007 election, he criticised the People's Republic of China for providing "soft loans" to the Zimbabwean Government, and later offered aid to Zimbabwe only if the 2008 elections in that country were "fair". In December 2013 the Zimbabwean Ambassador to Australia since 2010, Jacqueline Zwambila, resigned and sought asylum in Australia due to fears of arrest should she return to Zimbabwe due to her links with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the official opposition.
On 22 November 2017, following Mugabe's resignation as President following a coup d'état, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop noted that Australia "welcomes the resignation of Zimbabwe’s Leader Robert Mugabe after 37 years of increasingly authoritarian and oppressive rule. His resignation provides an opportunity for Zimbabwe to establish proper conditions for free and fair elections to take place and to transition to an inclusive, peaceful constitutional democracy." With the inauguration of a new President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, the outgoing Australian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Suzanne McCourt, met with the president and later commented to Zimbabwe state media that the meeting was a positive sign of improving relations between the two countries.
Zimbabwe ambassadors
With the voluntary departure of Zimbabwe from Commonwealth of Nations on 7 December 2003, the high commissioner became an ambassador.
Trade
Following Zimbabwean independence, bilateral trade between the two countries grew slowly. By 2007, this trade was valued at $12 million Australian dollars annually. By far the most valuable export from Zimbabwe to Australia was unprocessed tobacco, but construction materials and passenger motor vehicles were also exported. Australian exports to Zimbabwe included machinery, toys, games, sporting goods, and pottery. Despite the variety of goods being traded, neither country was a principal trading partner of the other, with Australia being ranked 34th in terms of merchandise exported by Zimbabwe, accounting for only 0.2% of total exports.
In 2002, the Howard government in Australia imposed targeted sanctions against members of the Zimbabwean government in protest against the deteriorating political situation in Zimbabwe. The sanctions were extended and strengthened in 2007. These sanctions have included restrictions on travel to and through Australia for certain members of the Zimbabwean government, suspension of all non-humanitarian aid, and prohibitions on defence links. The Rudd government in 2008 considered further sanctions against Zimbabwe, with foreign minister Stephen Smith declaring that "I've made it clear that we are open to consider more sanctions ... We are currently giving active consideration to that issue."
Zimbabwean Australians
Greg Aplin, Member of the NSW Parliament for Albury (2003–2019). He moved to Australia from Zimbabwe in 1981, after several years as a civil servant, including as Director of the Rhodesia/Zimbabwe Information Centre in Sydney (1977–1980).
Chris Ellison, Senator for Western Australia (1993–2009) Minister for Justice (2001–2007).
Andrew Murray, Senator for Western Australia (1996–2008), migrated to Australia in 1989.
Henry Olonga, the first black player in the Zimbabwean cricket team, fled to Australia after being charged with treason in Zimbabwe, stemming from an incident where he wore a black armband in an international cricket match to protest against the "death of democracy in Zimbabwe". Olonga later met and married an Australian woman that he met in Adelaide while attending the Australian Institute of Sport's cricket programme.
Rumbidzai Tsvangirai, daughter of Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, studied economics at Perth's Murdoch University and business/applied finance at the University of Newcastle.
Zimbabwean cricketer Eddo Brandes settled in Australia after his retirement from international cricket, where he now coaches a team in the Brisbane grade cricket competition.
Air Marshal Norman Walsh, second Commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe, migrated to Australia after resigning in 1983.
David Pocock, national Rugby union player, migrated to Australia in 2002.
Air Vice-Marshal Harold Hawkins, Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, in 1922. Moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1946 after wartime service with the RAAF, and served as Chief of Staff of the Royal Rhodesian Air Force (1965–1968). Representative of Rhodesia in South Africa (1969–1980). Died in South Africa in 1988.
Air Marshal Archibald Wilson, Rhodesian Chief of the Air Staff (1968–1973), Rhodesian and Zimbabwean politician, migrated to Australia in 1982 and Australian citizen from 1988.
At the 2006 Australian census, 20,158 people listed themselves as having been born in Zimbabwe. Of these, ten thousand (or roughly 50%) had arrived since 2001. The 2011 Census recorded 30,252 Zimbabwe-born people in Australia, an increase of 50.1% from 2006, with the largest populations in Western Australia (9817), Queensland (8341), and New South Wales (5639).
References
External links
Australian Embassy, Zimbabwe – Also accredited to Zambia, Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Republic of Congo
Zimbabwe Embassy in Australia
Australia and the Commonwealth of Nations
Zimbabwe and the Commonwealth of Nations
Lists of ambassadors of Zimbabwe |
20477217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore%20Fort | Bangalore Fort | Bangalore Fort began in 1537 as a mud fort. The builder was Kempe Gowda I, a vassal of the Vijaynagar Empire and the founder of Bangalore. Hyder Ali in 1761 replaced the mud fort with a stone fort and it was further improved by his son Tipu Sultan in the late 18th century. It was damaged during an Anglo-Mysore war in 1791. It still remains a good example of 18th-century military fortification. The army of the British East India Company, led by Lord Cornwallis on 21 March 1791 captured the fort in the siege of Bangalore during the Third Mysore War (1790–1792). At the time the fort was a stronghold for Tipu Sultan. Today, the fort's Delhi gate, on Krishnarajendra Road, and two bastions are the primary remains of the fort. A marble plaque commemorates the spot where the British breached fort's wall, leading to its capture. The old fort area also includes Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, and his armoury. The fort has provided the setting for the treasure hunt in the book Riddle of the Seventh Stone.
History
The confirmed history of the Bangalore Fort is traced to 1537, when Kempe Gowda I (pictured), a chieftain of the Vijayanagara Empire, widely held as the founder of modern Bangalore, built a mud fort and established the area around it as Bengaluru Pete, his capital.
Kempe Gowda I, who showed remarkable qualities of leadership from childhood, had a grand vision to build a new city which was further fueled by his visits to Hampi, now a UNESCO heritage city, the then beautiful capital city of the Vijayanagar Empire. He persevered with his vision and got permission from the King Achutaraya, the ruler of the empire, to build a new city for himself. The King gifted 12 hoblis (revenue subdivisions) with an annual income of 30,000 varahas (gold coins) to Kempe Gowda to meet the expenses of his venture of building a new city.
Kempe Gowda moved from his ancestral land of Yelahanka to establish his new principality, having obtained support from King Achutaraya. One version for the site selection process for the fort and the Bengaluru Pete is that during a hunting expedition along with his Advisor Gidde Gowda, Kempe Gowda went westward of Yelahanka and reached a village called Shivasamudra (near Hesaraghatta), some from Yelahanka where, in a tranquil atmosphere under a tree, he visualized building of a suitable capital city with a fort, a cantonment, tanks (water reservoirs), temples and people of all trades and professions. It is also said that an omen of an uncommon event of a hare chasing away a hunter dog at the place favoured selection of the place and a dream of goddess Lakshmi (Hindu Goddess of wealth) that prophesied good indications of the events to happen, further sealed his decision on the place for his capital. Following this event, on an auspicious day in 1537, he conducted a ground breaking ritual and festivities by ploughing the land with four pairs of decorated white bulls in four directions, at the focal point of the junction of Doddapet and Chikkapet, the junction of the present day Avenue Road and Old Taluk Kacheri Road (OTC).
Thereafter, he constructed a mud fort (now in the western part of the city), with a moat surrounding it, and nine large gates. The building of the mud fort is also steeped in a legend. During the construction of the Fort it was said that the southern gate would collapse no sooner than it was built and human sacrifice was indicated to ward off the evil spirits. When Kempe Gowda would not accept human sacrifice, his daughter-in-law, Lakshamma, realising her father-in-Law's predicament, beheaded herself with a sword at the southern gate in the darkness of night. Thereafter, the fort was completed without any mishap. In her memory, Kempe Gowda built a temple in her name in Koramangala. Thus, Kempe Gowda's dream fructified and the Bengaluru Pete evolved around the Mud fort called the Bangalore Fort.
In 1637–38, the Bangalore Fort under Kempe Gowda's rule was very prosperous. Rustam i Zaman, the commander under the Bijapur Sultanate who was on a war campaign, and after he had captured the Sira Fort close to Bangalore, wanted to capture the Bangalore Fort and the city. However, Kasturi Ranga Nayak who had been given the Sira Fort to hold, prevailed on Rustam i Zaman not to attack the fort even though he, after capturing the town, had surrounded the fort with 30,000 strong cavalry. Kempe Gowda managed to get Nayak withdraw the troops. Randaula Khan, who was not convinced with the action of Nayak in withdrawing the troops, met Nayak in his tent and promised him more rewards and also recognition under the Bijapur rulers, Nayak relented but advised Randaula not to attack the fort at that time and that he would manage surrender of the fort by Kempe Gowda eventually. Soon enough he prevailed on Kempe Gowda to surrender the fort with all its riches without any battle. Rustom-i-Zaman then took over the fort and handed over its management to Shahji along with other territories, which he had recently conquered, with Bangalore as his headquarters.
This mud fort was enlarged during Chikkadeva Raya Wodeyar's rule between 1673 AD – 1704 AD. In 1761, it was renovated by Hyder Ali, who made it strong with stones. A part of the fort was subject to bombardment by the British when they fought a battle against Tipu Sultan, son of Hyder Ali. Tipu Sultan repaired the fort later. Inside the fort, there is temple dedicated to Lord Ganapathy.
In March 1791 the army of the British East India Company led by Lord Cornwallis laid siege to the Bangalore fort during the Third Mysore War. Following tough resistance by the Mysore army led by the Commandant Bahadur Khan, in which over 2000 people were killed, on 21 March the British breached the walls near the Delhi Gate and captured it. In the words of the British chronicler Mark Wilks "Resistance was everywhere respectable." With the capture of the Bangalore Fort the Army of British East India Company replenished supplies and obtained a strategic base from where it could attack Srirangapatna, Tippu Sultan's capital.
Fort structure
The Bangalore fort, ca. 1791, was described as follows:
What remains of the fort today is just the Delhi Gate, and the rest has been demolished. It was originally about a km in length. Stretching from the Delhi Gate, up to the present KIMS campus. Within the Bangalore Fort were the present Victoria Hospital, the Kote Venkataramana Swamy temple, Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, Makkala Koota park, the armoury in the Bangalore Medical College campus, Fort High School, Fort Church, Minto Ophthalmic Hospital, and the present KIMS hospital and campus.
Kote Venkataramana Temple
Fort Church
The Fort Church, Bangalore, was located within the Bangalore Fort. The church was demolished to make place for the construction of the Vani Vilas Hospital. The Government of Mysore allotted land in Chamrajpet for construction of a new church, and this is now the St. Luke's Church. Early records refer to this church as the Drummer's Chapel, constructed by British soldiers after the fall of Tipu Sultan. The Fort Church, Bangalore was the first protestant church to be raised in Bangalore.
Fort Cemetery
The Fort Cemetery, where the officers who fell in the Siege of Bangalore were buried, is illustrated in Robert Home's book, Select Views in Mysore, the country of Tipu Sultan, published by Robert Bowyer, London, 1794. Home's painting shows the graves of Captains James Smith, James Williamson, John Shipper, Nathaniel Daws and Jeremiah Delany, Lieutenant Conan and Lieutenant-Colonel Gratton. As recorded in 1895, The cemetery was located just outside the Fort Church, with the church being responsible for its maintenance. The cemetery had cypress trees, rose bushes and flowers. The Government of Mysore, had constructed a wall and gate for the cemetery.
However, as recorded in 1912 by Rev. Frank Penny in his book The Church in Madras: Volume II, the cemetery no longer existed. The record of the offers who fell in the battle for the Bangalore Fort in 1791, were transferred to the cenotaph, raised by the Government of Mysore. The cenotaph was consequently vandalised on 28 October 1964 and completely destroyed.
Fort School
The Fort Church, managed the Fort School from the end of the 19th century. The church provided furniture, study maps, and managed accounts, all overseen by the Fort Church School Committee. The Diocesan Magazine, records that on 29 December 1909, with Miss. Rozario as the head mistress (serving from 1893 to 1909), a school function being organised for the present and old students of the Fort School, by J W Hardy, Lay Trustee of the Fort Church, with prize distribution by E A Hill, School inspector and Rev. G H Lamb. In 1911, the head mistress was Miss Page, as recorded by the Diocesan Magazine.
There still exists a Fort School at Chamrajpet, with its building dating back to 1907. Once called the English Vernacular School, the Fort School is located opposite the Bangalore Medical College, and near the Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace. The School Building was built in 1907, and has amongst its students freedom fighter H S Doreswamy, cricketer G R Vishwanath, statesman V S Krishna Iyer, Mysore Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, former Chief Minister of Karnataka Kengal Hanumanthaiah and bureaucrat Narasimha Rao. The building is being studied by INTACH for possible renovation. The Fort School is the oldest high school in the Banglore pete area. The school at present has 186 students in English Medium and 81 studying in Kannada Medium. Majority of the English Medium students are from Tamil and Telugu families, studying all subjects in English, English language, mother tongue language and Kannada as third language.
Present status
All that remains of the fort is the Delhi Gate and remnants of two bastions. After they captured the fort in 1791, the British started dismantling it, a process that continued till the 1930s. Ramparts and walls made way for roads, while arsenals, barracks and the other old buildings quickly made way for colleges, schools, bus stands, and hospitals. In November 2012 workers at the neighbouring Bangalore Metro construction site unearthed 2 huge iron cannons weighing a ton each with cannonballs dating back to the times of Tipu Sultan.
Sketches of James Hunter
James Hunter served as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. He was a military painter, and his sketches portrayed aspects of military and everyday life. Hunter served the British India Army and took part in Tipu Sultan Campaigns.
Hunter has sketched different landscapes of South India, including Bangalore, Mysore, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Madras, Arcot, Sriperumbudur, etc. These paintings were published in 'A Brief history of ancient and modern India embellished with coloured engravings', published by Edward Orme, London between 1802 and 1805, and 'Picturesque scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore' published by Edward Orme in 1804.
Hunter died in India in 1792. Some of his paintings of Bangalore Fort are below
Other British Sketches of Bangalore Fort
References
Bibliography
Suras Tourist Guide To Bangalore
The African Dispersal in the Deccan: From Medieval to Modern Times
The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 3
External links
There are interesting ways of knowing the history of Bangalore Fort and exploring the remnants.
History of Bangalore
Forts in Karnataka
Buildings and structures in Bangalore
Tourist attractions in Bangalore
1537 establishments in India |
23577581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence%20of%20Canada%20Regulations | Defence of Canada Regulations | The Defence of Canada Regulations were a set of emergency measures implemented under the War Measures Act on 3 September 1939, a week before Canada's entry into World War II.
The extreme security measures permitted by the regulations included the waiving of habeas corpus and the right to trial, internment, bans on certain political and cultural groups, restrictions of free speech including the banning of certain publications, and the confiscation of property.
Section 21 of the Regulations allowed the Minister of Justice to detain without charge anyone who might act "in any manner prejudicial to the public safety or the safety of the state."
The Regulations were used to intern opponents of World War II, particularly fascists (like Adrien Arcand) and Communists (including Jacob Penner, Bruce Magnuson and Tom McEwen) as well as opponents of conscription such as Quebec nationalist and Montreal mayor Camillien Houde. It was under the regulations that Japanese Canadians were interned and their property confiscated for the duration of the war. German Canadians were required to register with the state and some German and Italian Canadians were detained. The Regulations were also used to ban the Communist Party of Canada in 1940 as well as several of its allied organizations such as the Young Communist League, the League for Peace and Democracy, the Ukrainian Labour Farmer Temple Association, the Finnish Organization of Canada, the Russian Workers and Farmers Clubs, the Polish Peoples Association and the Croatian Cultural Association, the Hungarian Workers Clubs and the Canadian Ukrainian Youth Federation. Various fascist groups were also banned such as the Canadian National Socialist Unity Party and the Canadian Union of Fascists. Non-communist labour leaders like Charles Millard were also interned.
A number of prominent Communist Party members were detained until 1942, the year after the Soviet Union joined the Allies. Fascist leaders such as Adrien Arcand and John Ross Taylor were detained for the duration of the war.
Further reading
References
External links
Human Rights in Canada - Defence of Canada Regulations
They Fought for Labour—Now Interned! (Political pamphlet about interned labour leaders, including an extensive list of names) at Memorial University Library
Canadian federal legislation
Emergency laws
Legal history of Canada
1939 in Canadian law |
6906648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Brassey | Bill Brassey | Bill Brassey was an English bare-knuckle boxer.
On 26 October 1840 Ben Caunt defeated Bill Brassey at Six Mile Bottom, Cambridgeshire, in 101 rounds.
See also
List of bare-knuckle boxers
Bare-knuckle boxers
English male boxers
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing |
56565008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolundunga%2C%20South%20Australia | Woolundunga, South Australia |
Woolundunga is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the western side of the Flinders Ranges about north of the state capital of Adelaide and about south-east of the city of Port Augusta.
Boundaries for the part of Woolundunga within the City of Port Augusta in the west were proclaimed on 17 February 1994 while the part within the District Council of Mount Remarkable in the east was added on 13 March 1997.
The locality's name is of Aboriginal origin and is considered by the South Australian historian, Geoffrey Manning, to be derived from the name of “springs near Mount Brown” claimed to belong to a group of Aboriginal people with “the same name.” The name was used in 1851 for a pastoral enterprise called the ‘Woolundunga Run’ which was established by J. Pat(t)erson on pastoral lease no. 32 and which was located in part of the locality as shown by the presence of two homestead ruins both bearing the name within the current boundaries.
Woolundunga is bounded in part by roads including the Horrocks Pass Road (B56) which passes through the pass of the same name on its southern side and the Augusta Highway which forms its western boundary.
Land use within the locality is concerned with ‘primary industry’ activities dominated by pastoralism and other classes of agriculture with land in the locality's east being zoned to preserve “the natural and rural character and scenic features.”
Woolundunga is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Stuart and the local government areas of the City of Port Augusta and the District Council of Mount Remarkable.
References
Towns in South Australia
Far North (South Australia) |
56565009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise%20Harper%20Angel | Denise Harper Angel | Denise Harper Angel (born November 24, 1953) is an American politician who has served in the Kentucky Senate from the 35th district since 2005. Prior to being elected, she worked in various positions of public service, including roles on other campaigns. She was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1992.
References
1953 births
Living people
Democratic Party Kentucky state senators
21st-century American politicians |
44506148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Peters%20Lutheran%20College%20Chapel | St Peters Lutheran College Chapel | St Peters Lutheran College Chapel is a heritage-listed chapel on the campus of St Peters Lutheran College in Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Australia. It was designed by Karl Langer and built in 1968 by W. W. Groom. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 December 2012.
History
The Chapel of St Peter's Lutheran College built in 1968, was designed by architect, Dr Karl Langer as the centrepiece of the school grounds, complete with a tree-lined plaza, forecourt, bell tower, and reflecting pool. The chapel is used regularly by the school and the local Lutheran parish for liturgical and general assembly purposes and remains central to the school community.
The area now known as Indooroopilly was surveyed in 1858 and first settled in 1860. The area was subdivided into farms and later into residential allotments. Prior to 1870 there were few houses built in the area but settlement of the district received impetus from the opening of the Brisbane to Ipswich railway in 1875. During the 1880s and 1890s Indooroopilly developed as a fashionable suburb. Many substantial, architect-designed residences were built on large allotments.
Indoocombe was a large brick house built in Indooroopilly in . It became the home of the Munro family who renamed it Ross Roy and the house and its substantial grounds became a centre of high society life. Photographs from this time show the grounds immediately surrounding the house to be landscaped and well maintained and the remainder of the property being native growth with a cleared and grassed understorey. The Munros lived at Ross Roy until their deaths. After the finalisation of the estate, Ross Roy was sold to the Lutheran Church in December 1944 for . The villa occupied and was established as St Peter's Lutheran College opening 25 February 1945.
Lutheranism is a major branch of Christianity and places a strong emphasis on education. In 1838 the first Lutherans arrived in Australia from Prussia and established communities in South Australia and Moreton Bay. That year a group of German Lutheran and Presbyterian missionaries established Zion Hill (at present day Nundah), a mission for Christianising aborigines, on the outskirts of Moreton Bay Penal Colony. It was not considered successful and was abandoned in 1848. In 1857 Lutheran Pastor Carl Franz Alexander Schirmeister came to Moreton Bay and established congregations at Brisbane CDB, South Brisbane, Ipswich, and Toowoomba. He obtained Government grants of land for church use and the first church was built in North Brisbane in 1861, followed quickly by churches at the other locations. Over the following decades Lutheranism was spread across Queensland. Around 1859 the newly formed colony of Queensland launched a vigorous immigration policy that continued for over 40 years. It attracted many Germans who formed distinct communities amidst the essentially-British nation. Although only a minority of these Germans were Lutheran, across the state Lutheran congregations grew and some established Lutheran schools.
With the introduction of the state school system at the turn of the century, Queensland Lutheran schools disappeared as the state school system grew. By 1914 there were no operational Lutheran schools in Queensland and a period of low activity of Lutheran education followed during the interwar and World War II (WWII) period partly due to anti-German sentiment.
A gradual resurgence of independent schools began in the last half of the twentieth century with government financial assistance in the late 1960s. This resulted in a Lutheran school boom in Australia between the 1970s and the 1990s and in 2012 Queensland had 27 Lutheran schools educating over 20,000 students. This resurgence of Lutheran schools in Queensland started in 1945 with the establishment of St Peter's Lutheran College at Indooroopilly. The Courier Mail described it as "the first Lutheran secondary school in Queensland". The school was co-educational and attendance was open to boarders and day school children of all denominations. The school was intended to be a northern adjunct and feeder to Australian Lutheran College#Immanuel Seminary in Adelaide where they would be prepared to serve as pastors and in other ministries. On opening day the school received in donations, ear-marked for the addition of a chapel.
A Chapel Fund was established and fundraising activities began. In February 1948 a temporary chapel was dedicated in a former officers' mess building of the Australian Women's Army Service camp. The AWAS camp had occupied part of the Munro estate and the school moved the mess building to the centre of the school campus. In September 1948 the school completed Luther House, a two-storey building of classrooms. The upper storey temporarily housed the chapel until a permanent chapel could be built.
The 1950s and 1960s was an era of religious vitality in Australia. During this period the nation was in a sustained economic boom, was led by conservative governments, and was experiencing high population growth. The congregations of major religions expanded and church attendance and religious society membership rose with accompanying financial improvement. Suburban churches regularly reported record congregation attendances for major holy days. Membership of the Lutheran church also increased after WWII with the major influx of European migrants. In the early to mid 1960s a number of the major Christian religions altered the way they ministered to their congregation in order to re-establish themselves within the modern world. With increased incomes, increased congregations, and an increasingly modern approach, considerable building programs began. Spacious brick churches were built in a modern style, often replacing smaller timber churches.
In 1966 the Chapel Fund had raised $59,995 and borrowed $70,000 for the construction of the chapel. Brisbane-based architect and town planner Dr Karl Langer was engaged as architect.
Dr Karl Langer (1903-1969) was born on 28 July 1903 in Vienna, Austria. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under the directorship of pioneer German modernist designer Peter Behrens and in 1928, the year of his graduation, he was employed by Behrens to run his office in Vienna. In 1933 he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy for his thesis entitled Origins and Development of Concrete Construction.
Dr Langer immigrated to Australia with his wife, Dr Gertrude Langer, in 1939, bringing direct experience of the European Modern Movement to Queensland. He gained temporary employment with architects Cook and Kerrison in Brisbane and from 1940 Dr Langer lectured part-time in architecture and architectural design at the University of Queensland, publishing Sub-Tropical Housing in 1944. This booklet explored issues related to house design and town planning in a sub-tropical climate and influenced many architects working in the post-WWII era.
In 1944 Dr Langer was employed as an assistant town planner in the Brisbane City Council. From 1945, he was commissioned to work on a range of town planning projects for Darwin, Ingham, Toowoomba, Yeppoon, Kingaroy, Mount Isa, Mackay and for the National Capital Development Commission, Canberra. Concurrently, he completed numerous architectural projects of a wide variety including small, economical domestic work and large commercial and institutional work.
As an architect and town planner, Dr Langer had a pronounced impact upon the built environment of Australia, especially in Queensland, from the 1940s until his death in 1969. Along with numerous cultural pursuits, he was active in the Royal Australian Institute of Architects; first president (1952) of the Queensland division of the Royal Australian Planning Institute; a founder and chairman (1966–68) of the Queensland Association of Landscape Architects; and a member (1963–69) of the National Trust of Queensland. Important examples of his architectural work include the Langer residence at St Lucia (1950); Sugar Research Institute at Mackay (1953); St John's Lutheran Church, Bundaberg (1960); Kingaroy Town Hall and Civic Square (1963); Assembly Hall at Ipswich Girls' Grammar School (1964); Main Roads Building at Spring Hill (1966); Lennon's Hotel at Broadbeach (1957); and Lennon's Hotel Toowoomba. His body of work is a clearly distinguishable exploration of a sub-tropical modernism that culminates in the Chapel of St Peter's Lutheran College, Indooroopilly, his last built work.
Modernism developed in pre-World War I Europe and gained popularity in Australia post-WWII. It was more than a design style and is notable for a rationalising of planning emphasising clarity and simplicity of form and detailing. American and Scandinavian influences were strong in Australia. During the 1950s and 1960s a similar rationalisation occurred within Christian religions in an effort to modernise approaches to religious practice. Churches became brighter and simpler in form and decorative treatments. They used new materials and forms while incorporating many traditional elements and symbols. Design responses included variations on the medieval church with simple massing, a rectangular nave stripped of apses, aisles and chapels, a dramatically lit sanctuary rear wall and simple belltower.
Influenced by the architecture of classical Greece and the modernist ideas of contemporary European architecture, Dr Langer developed a sophisticated hybrid of classical and modern principles of design bridging modern and traditional architecture. Typically, Dr Langer explored the idea of the conjunction of landscape and landmark and his designs often involve a designed landscape incorporating the building. At St Peter's, Dr Langer proposed a fan-shaped chapel with a very tall bell tower and a round concrete reflecting pool behind a paved forecourt at the end of a tree lined plaza. The front of the chapel was a crisp, curved colonnade-a stylised temple front-clad in marble. The other walls were yellow face brick with a projecting pattern of crosses on the east wall exterior.
Langer's design for the Chapel of St Peter's Lutheran College was in a modernist style and typical of his architectural concepts. Langer's exploration of modernism was heavily influenced by context. He studied the local fauna and flora in Queensland and the climate and his work interprets this in a Modernist manner. Dr Langer integrated native planting into his schemes; at St Peter's he proposed hedges of lemon scented tea trees for the plaza. He typically exploited passive lighting and ventilation in intelligent and uncomplicated ways; at St Peter's his design includes simple methods of passive ventilation and a naturally lit interior.
By 1966 when the design of the chapel was nearing completion, Dr Langer had a strong connection with the Lutheran community of Queensland and with St Peter's Lutheran College. He had previously designed and had constructed St John's Lutheran Church, Bundaberg (1960) and St John's Lutheran Church, Ipswich (1961). At St Peter's College, he had completed a chaplain's residence (1954), a dormitory block (1954-55), a dining hall block (1966), and a concrete footbridge (1966–67). The dormitory block and a sandstone monolith was a memorial to Queensland Lutheran servicemen killed in WWII. The monolith was a gift by Langer to the school and, at the time, was believed to be the largest stone in Brisbane. A cross was carved on one side with servicemen's name son the other. Langer went on to complete a science block (1967–68) and the entrance fence and gates (1968). The plaza and forecourt connected some of these buildings in a coherent, ordered manner, e.g. the stylised temple fronted dining hall addressed the plaza and forecourt, referencing classical Greek town centres, suggesting Dr Langer had a masterplan for the site. In lectures for architecture students at the University of Queensland he referenced the design of St Peter's chapel and its context (the forecourt/plaza and surrounding buildings) as an example of applying the European model of a functional town square to the College campus. Importantly, the design was symbolic of the essence of Lutheran education-an axis with theology (the chapel) at one end and learning (the library) at the other.
Dr Langer carefully incorporated Christian symbolism within the design of the chapel. The fan shape concentrates the gaze to the altar; lights are hidden from the nave to remove any distraction from this focus. The curved east wall is plain and dominated by the Cross (a symbol of the resurrection), seemingly floating in a strong light symbolising the rising sun. References to the Holy Trinity can be seen in the altar (constructed of three pieces), the three-finned bell tower and the three windows in the mediation chapel.
Tenders for the construction of the chapel were called in February 1967. Local contractor WW Groom's tender of $123,938 (the lowest of nine) was accepted on 6 February 1967. Groom had also won the contracts for other Langer buildings at St Peter's. The foundation stone was laid 17 September 1967 and the chapel was opened and dedicated 14 June 1968 with Dr M Lohe, President General of the Lutheran Church, as guest speaker. Dr Langer and Groom attended and were involved in the ceremony.
A large timber crucifix was commissioned for the wall within the small round room of the meditation chapel. It was carved by Alfred Schubert, a Czech-born woodcarver from Melbourne who had trained in Bavaria. Schubert had previously carved a crucifix for Langer's St John's Lutheran Church at Bundaberg. The crucifix was dramatically lit and loomed large within the room.
The chapel bell was donated by Pastor Franz Finger who was closely associated with the establishment of St Peter's and in its ongoing ministry and served on the College Council.
Dr Langer died in 1969 and his funeral service was conducted at the chapel. It has been said that Dr Langer considered the chapel to be his favourite building. He was cremated at Mt Thompson Crematorium, where he had designed the east chapel built in 1962.
There has been little alteration to the chapel over time. Aluminium blade sun shades have been added to some windows and the crucifix in the mediation chapel has been removed. The reflecting pond in the forecourt has been removed. A wide concrete ramp has been added in the forecourt probably replacing a wide stair.
At some time, the large sandstone WWII memorial monolith was moved from its earlier position on the northern side of the boys' dormitory to the southern edge of the chapel forecourt.
The chapel has been the only local Lutheran church in Indooroopilly since 1968 and services for the Lutheran parish are conducted weekly. The chapel, forecourt and plaza have acted as the physical and spiritual centre of the campus and continue to do so. The chapel is regularly used as an auditorium for the college and hosts performances, ceremonies and general assemblies. Larger assemblies and ANZAC day commemorations are held in the forecourt.
Description
The Chapel of St Peter's Lutheran College, Indooroopilly, is a fan-shaped building with a bell tower and large concrete paved forecourt terminating a tree-lined plaza. The plaza runs generally from west to east along a high ridge of land within the College campus. The tall bell tower is surmounted by a cross which can be seen from across the area.
The gently-curved temple front entrance faces west. Three concrete steps lead up to a tall portico running across the face of the building. Four slender square columns divide the front into five bays. The portico is clad with marble presenting a high-quality face to the building that glows strikingly in the setting sun.
At the southern end of the front a tall bell tower made of three concrete fins squats over a small round drum of the meditation chapel, attached to the building by a slender covered corridor. The bell is mounted at the base of the tower and has raised letters, "ST. PETERS 1967".
The rear wall of the portico reveals the concrete structure infilled with panels of yellow face brick. The portico ceiling is lined with dark-stained timber battens. Aluminium-framed glass doors open from the portico into the chapel. High level aluminium framed awning windows light the interior choir loft.
The north and south elevations are yellow face brick and comprise a series of stepped blade walls with west-facing windows. Secondary entrances to the nave are located along both sides and the low form of the vestry and consultation rooms project out of the south face. The eastern (rear) elevation has no windows and the field of yellow face bricks features a pattern of crosses made of projecting header bricks. The land falls away at the rear and long and narrow openings provide ventilation into the understorey and then up into the chapel via floor louvers behind the altar.
The nave is a wide fan narrowing to the altar at the east end. The floor slopes down to the altar. The wide balcony choir loft is tiered and overhangs the entire west end of the nave forming a low-ceilinged entry zone supported on slender square concrete columns. The balcony balustrade is dark-stained timber battens and forms a sweeping curve. The balcony is reached via timber stairs at both ends of the entry area. The body of the chapel is a large space, brightly lit and uncluttered. The high white ceiling curves seamlessly into the east wall behind the altar where a large timber cross that appears to float on the white field is mounted.
The north and south walls are yellow face brick and the windows are positioned so they are shielded from the nave and their light is directed eastward onto the altar. The pews are darkly-stained timber and are crafted to sit on the sloping floor, progressively shorter towards the altar to suit the reducing width of the nave. The floor of the nave is clear finished timber under the pews and russet-coloured carpet in the entry, aisles and sanctuary. The sanctuary is reached by two steps and a third step supports the altar. The altar is made of large thick slabs of Helidon sandstone with the front carved with the Greek letters alpha and omega.
At the southern end a short stair leads down to a narrow, low-ceilinged corridor into the round meditation chapel. The floors of the corridor and meditation chapel are paved with glazed dark bricks and the walls are of yellow bricks. The ceiling of the meditation chapel is rough textured stucco. A large timber cross is fixed to the wall and the room contains timber kneelers and pews. Three long narrow windows light the small dark room.
The chapel contains timber furniture, sandstone font, framed portraits, metal candlesticks and a variety of liturgical items.
The forecourt is paved with concrete tiles in a stretched hexagonal pattern. It is approximately square. The plaza has a concrete surface and is flanked on both sides by grass planted with Poinciana trees at regular intervals. This outdoor furniture and other plantings are not considered to be of cultural heritage significance.
On the southern side of the forecourt is a World War II memorial, a large sandstone monolith, standing within garden beds and grass and flanked by two steel flagpoles. The stone is carved with a cross and a Roll of Honour listing Queensland Lutherans who died in WWII. This is not considered to be of cultural heritage significance.
A corner of Luther House and the cafe extension to the dining hall encroach into the forecourt and plaza. They are not considered to be of cultural heritage significance.
Heritage listing
Chapel of St Peter's Lutheran College, Indooroopilly was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 December 2012 having satisfied the following criteria.
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.
The Chapel of St Peter's Lutheran College, Indooroopilly, constructed in 1968, is important in demonstrating the growth and changing practices of Christian liturgies in Queensland between the 1950s and the 1970s, in particular of the Lutheran church, a religious denomination of importance in Queensland since 1838. The chapel in its setting is a strong symbolic gesture embodying the essence of Lutheran education with theology (the chapel) visually linked to learning (the library).
The chapel is important in demonstrating the strong influence of European modernist architecture in Queensland. As a highly intact modernist church, the chapel is important in representing modernist ecclesiastical architecture in Queensland during a period of significant re-evaluation and modernisation of Christian religions worldwide.
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.
The chapel is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics and qualities of a modernist church in Queensland. Highly intact, the chapel is notable for incorporating a dominant bell tower, large, well-lit nave shaped to focus to the sanctuary, a choir loft, vestry and stark, dramatic meditation chapel. The chapel is notable for its subtle incorporation of Christian symbolism including the positioning of the Cross floating on a strongly lit curving wall as a symbol of the rising sun and the use of three elements in the design of features like the bell tower, altar and meditation chapel.
The place is an exceptional example of the work of architect, Dr Karl Langer, embodying architectural principles he developed and refined over his career. Most notably, it incorporates classical architectural devices including a processional plaza, forecourt and stylised temple front; features characteristic simplified forms and spatial arrangements and a restrained use of good quality materials; and incorporates natural light and ventilation.
The place is important because of its aesthetic significance.
Notable for its high quality design, materials and construction, the place is important for its aesthetic significance. The monumental bell tower is visible across the college and surrounding suburbs giving the chapel strong landmark qualities. The forecourt and plaza provide for views to and from the chapel, especially important for the symbolism in the visual link between the chapel and the library. The sculptural qualities of the austere chapel interior-including the seamless curving east wall with floating Cross; use of white plaster finishes complementing timber panelling and pale brickwork; natural lighting from the west facing clear glazing in the bladed side walls and from glazing in the west wall-evoke feelings of awe and reverence. The main chapel is a dramatic contrast to the cave-like small meditation chapel which evokes sensations of introspection and contemplation.
The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.
The place, designed by Dr Karl Langer, has a special association with his life and work. It is the culmination of his architectural career and embodies the defining architectural principles he developed and employed. Dr Langer is an architect of importance to Queensland and was one of the earliest architects to promote a local variation of modernist architecture. His work, particularly on climatic design, inspired and influenced contemporary and later architects.
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Indooroopilly, Queensland
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56565025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirstie%20Clements | Kirstie Clements | Kirstie Clements (born 23 March 1962) is an Australian author, editor, journalist and speaker. Clements served as editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia for thirteen years from 1999 to 2012. She has previously acted as director and chief creative officer for luxury lingerie brand Porte-á-Vie and features editor for Harpers Bazaar Australia.
Early life
Clements was born on 23 March 1962 in Sydney, Australia. She grew up in the Sutherland Shire, a local government area in the southern region of Sydney, New South Wales. Clements has one older brother, Anthony. Their father died of a brain tumor when Clements was five years old.
In her youth, Clements attended Sylvania High School. She described her desire to leave her hometown at an early age, stating "Not to dismiss it, but at that point I was much more interested in the band scene. I was interested in punk, in literature, in magazines, in popular culture, and the Shire wasn’t where I was going to get that from."
At the age of sixteen, Clements moved to the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst with her mother Gloria. Describing herself as poor, Clements would often shop at disposal stores and op-shops in order to discover clothing and fashion.
Career
First job with Vogue Australia
At the age of 23, Clements was working in a bookstore when she saw a job being advertised in the newspaper for receptionist at Vogue Australia. Clements immediately applied for the position and was granted an interview. The last of twenty different girls to be interviewed, Clements met with a woman described as "probably in her late 60s. Glamorous; white blonde hair, blue eyes, great legs, she was gorgeous. It was about six o'clock at night and she was drinking out of a tea cup, and I’m sure it was gin… I loved her immediately and she hired me." Clements began working behind the reception desk the very next day.
Clements quickly moved on from the reception desk, taking on various jobs within the Vogue Australia offices. Describing her quick promotion, Clements stated, "I just put my hand up for everything. My key to success is to make yourself useful, just put you hand up for everything… and you’ll find what you shine at. Essentially I found I wasn’t very good at taking orders, but I was really good at giving them"
Clements departed Vogue Australia in the early 1990s to move to Paris and work as the foreign correspondent for Vogue Australia, and the newly launched Vogue Singapore. She joined the fashion show circuit, travelling constantly, and interviewing the world's top designers, beauty experts and business leaders.
Harper's Bazaar
Clements returned to Australia in 1997 where she briefly worked as Beauty Editor for Vogue Australia before joining glossy magazine rival Harper’s Bazaar. Clements was brought on as associate editor for the magazine and worked there for just over two years from 1997 to 1999.
Return to Vogue Australia
Clements returned to Vogue Australia in 1999 to be hired as the magazine's editor-in-chief. Clements succeeded Juliet Ashworth, who was former editor-in-chief from 1998 to 1999. Clements described her return to Vogue Australia as a challenge to rebuild its image following a demise in the 1990s. She stated, "Vogue was pretty broken at that point… When I went back it took three years to build it back to what I felt was a standard that it should have been." Under Clements 'Vogue Australia' was voted Magazine of the Year 2012, had the highest readership figures in its history and had the greater market share of luxury advertising. Subscriptions also rose to a 51% ratio, and was the most visited fashion website in Australia at the time. Vogue.com.au was launched under Clements in 2000.
Early on in her career as editor-in-chief, while working on a November issue, Clements was faced with an almost empty roster of booked advertisements with mere weeks to go. With a goal of 120 pages of ads, the magazine had booked just one advertisement due to a staff error. This forced Clements to undertake a restaffing of the entire office. Commenting on her preferences for staff hires, she stated, "I liked to have a local staff, and an Australian staff. I didn't like to use freelancers that much if I could help it."
When interviewing applicants for potential positions at Vogue Australia, Clements remarked how surprised she was by the number of young girls who expressed an obsession with a fashion label instead of an original style or desire to make things. She elaborated by stating that she was "always highly dubious because I wanted them to have a passion for art, for books, for culture, for literature, for dance, for theatre, for costume design... anything but, as a matter of fact, fashion… I didn’t want people who were obsessed with labels, and I still stand by that."
Discussing her approach to management at Vogue Australia, Clements stated, "I learnt how to be diplomatic. I think most of my job was diplomacy. Diplomacy between staff members, diplomacy between management, diplomacy to clients, to creatives." She commented that working with creatives was more rewarding than collaborating with any other worker due to their passion and vision. "They don’t care about the bonus, they don’t really care about the wage, but they care about the product, and if you can actually equip them with the materials, and the idea, and the vision, then they really can just run on praise."
Dismissal from Vogue
In November 2006, Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Limited (rebranded as News Corp on 1 July 2013) acquired Independent Print Media Group's FPC Magazines which included Vogue Australia. News Limited placed management of the newly acquired FPC magazines (Notebook, Delicious, Super Food Ideas, & Vogue Australia) under its NewsLifeMedia branch.
Clements was fired from her position as editor-in-chief six years after the News Limited acquisition, on 16 May 2012. She was called into a meeting with NewsLifeMedia CEO Nicole Sheffield who directed her to collect her belongings and depart the Vogue Australia offices immediately without offering an explanation as to why she was being fired. Clements left the office and went to have a drink at Bondi's Icebergs bar while news of her departure was announced.
Clements was succeeded by Edwina McCann, former editor-in-chief of rival magazine Harper’s Bazaar Australia.
Current career
The day after her firing from Vogue Australia, Clements received a phone call from Louise Adler of Melbourne University Press who invited her to write a book about her career. Clements soon after signed a book publishing deal with Melbourne University Press to publish an auto-biography titled The Vogue Factor. The book was published in February 2013 and detailed Clements memoirs of her 25-year career at Vogue Australia. The book went on to become a bestseller in a number of markets worldwide, and Clements made an appearance on US talk show The View which was hosted by Barbara Walters to discuss the book. The Vogue Factor was released in the UK by Faber and Faber in July 2013, with a US edition following in February 2014 published by Chronicle.
Clements described writing the book as a cathartic experience which encouraged her to look back at her time with Vogue Australia with fondness despite the way she was let go.
Following the release of The Vogue Factor, Clements wrote the novel Tongue in Chic, which was published in November 2013 by Victory Books and is described as a behind-the-scenes exposé of the fashion and luxury magazine industries. Clements also co-authored Fashion, The First Fifty Years from The Australian Women’s Weekly, which was published by the National Library Australia in 2014.
From 2014 to 2017, Clements worked as a creative consultant and editorial ambassador for Australian department store chain Myer and contributed to its Myer Emporium Magazine, a custom magazine owned by Bauer Media Australia. During this time, Clements also launched an independent publishing house and content production company, Imprint Agency. She currently serves as its director.
In March 2017, Clements co-launched luxury lingerie brand Porte-á-Vie with former colleague Lisa Hili. She serves as the company's director and chief creative officer.
Clements often makes public speaking appearances and contributes to a number of fashion and beauty publications such as The New Daily. She is a board director for FARE (Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education) and an ambassador for Australian children's cancer charity Camp Quality.
Clements appeared on Australian TV show Australia’s Next Top Model Cycle 4 which aired from 22 April – 1 July 2008. She served as a guest judge on a panel alongside Alex Perry and Charlotte Dawson.
Personal life
In June 1992, while Clements was working as a freelance journalist in Paris she married French-Algerian nightclub bouncer Mourad Ayat. Clements met Ayat while covering collections and moved to Paris in 1994. Following their marriage and a stint working in Paris, the couple moved back to Australia in late 1997 with their two sons.
Clements is a mother to twin sons, Sam and Joseph Ayat (born 1995). Clements and her family reside in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
Bibliography
In Vogue: 50 Years of Australian Style (Harper Collins, 2009)
The Vogue Factor (Melbourne University Press, 2013)
Tongue in Chic (Victory Books, 2013)
Impressive, How to Have a Stylish Career (Melbourne University Press, 2015)
References
External links
Official website
Vogue (magazine) people
Women magazine editors
Fashion editors
20th-century Australian journalists
Living people
1962 births
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Australian women journalists
Writers from Sydney
20th-century Australian women |
23577582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewarts%20River | Stewarts River | Stewarts River, a mostly perennial stream of the Mid North Coast region, is located in New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Stewarts River rises on the northern slopes of Big Nellie within Coorabakh National Park, west of the village of Hannam Vale, and flows generally east by south and then east, joined by the Camden Haven River, before reaching its mouth at Watson Taylors Lake, south of Camden Haven. The river descends over its course.
Stewarts River is transversed by the Pacific Highway north of the village of Johns River, between Coopernook and Kew.
See also
List of rivers of Australia
References
External links
Rivers of New South Wales
Mid North Coast
Mid-Coast Council |
56565030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena%20Cooper-Thomas | Helena Cooper-Thomas | Helena D. Cooper-Thomas (born 1970) is a New Zealand organisational behaviour academic. She is currently a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology.
Academic career
After a Masters at the University of Saskatchewan, she completed a PhD at Goldsmith College, University of London and then worked in industry for Shell. She rejoined academia at the University of Auckland before moving to Auckland University of Technology.
Her work on topics such as work hours, workplace bullying and burnout is covered regularly in the New Zealand media.
Selected works
Chen, Gilad, Robert E. Ployhart, Helena Cooper-Thomas, Neil Anderson, and Paul D. Bliese. "The power of momentum: A new model of dynamic relationships between job satisfaction change and turnover intentions." Academy of Management Journal 54, no. 1 (2011): 159–181.
Cooper-Thomas, Helena D, and Neil Anderson. "Changes in newcomers' psychological contracts during organizational socialization: A study of recruits entering the British Army." Journal of Organizational Behavior (1998): 745–767.
Cooper‐Thomas, Helena, and Neil Anderson. "Newcomer adjustment: The relationship between organizational socialization tactics, information acquisition and attitudes." Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 75, no. 4 (2002): 423–437.
Cooper-Thomas, Helena D., and Neil Anderson. "Organizational socialization: A new theoretical model and recommendations for future research and HRM practices in organizations." Journal of Managerial Psychology 21, no. 5 (2006): 492–516.
Cooper-Thomas, Helena D., Annelies Van Vianen, and Neil Anderson. "Changes in person–organization fit: The impact of socialization tactics on perceived and actual P–O fit." European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 13, no. 1 (2004): 52–78.
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1970 births
Auckland University of Technology faculty
New Zealand women academics
New Zealand women writers |
56565032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Negron | Steve Negron | Steve Negron is an American politician from Nashua, New Hampshire who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was the Republican nominee for the United States Congress in in 2018 and 2020, but lost the election to Democratic incumbent Ann McLane Kuster.
Early life
Negron received his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Texas Christian University in 1983. Later, he received his Masters in Business Administration from Western New England College.
Negron served in the United States Air Force for fifteen years, joining shortly after college and serving until 1998. While in the Air Force, he worked as an intercontinental ballistic missile combat crew member in Missouri and at Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At the time of his retirement in 1998 he was the director of requirements with the Air Force Space Command.
After retiring from the military, Negron worked for defense contractors Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics before founding his own contracting firm Integron LLC in 2005.
Politics
He was first elected as a Republican to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in November 2016 to represent District Hillsborough 32 for a two-year term. He came in third in the three-member district with 2,346 votes equal to 17.13% of the popular vote. Upon his election, he was named to the Election Law Committee in the legislature.
in 2016 he hosted a house party for Carly Fiorina and was endorsed by her top supporters.
Since being elected to the State legislature, Negron has not sponsored any legislation. According to other sources, he has served as a cosponsor on other pieces of legislation, but these bills were largely vetoed or died in committee. The one successful piece of legislation sponsored by Negron involved removing the limitation on a charter schools incurring long term debt.*
Congressional run
Midway into his first term in the state legislature, Negron announced a 2018 run as a Republican candidate for Congress in New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. As of February 8, 2018, Negron was one of five remaining Republican candidates vying for their party's nomination.
His campaign raised just over $12,000, but he loaned his campaign an additional $130,000. He had given his campaign $21,000 and loaned it an additional $95,000.
In 2020, Negron gained the Republican nomination and in a rematch ran against Democratic representative Ann McLane Kuster.
Personal life
Negron lives in Nashua with his wife Theresa (Terry). They have three children. He remains active in the community as well as his local Catholic Church. He is of Mexican and Puerto Rican ancestries.
References
The information here is disputed. The website of the New Hampshire House of Representatives lists no legislation sponsored by Negron, while the website Bill Track 50 mentions at least four pieces of legislation. However, links from Bill Track 50 lead back to the New Hampshire House of Representatives website, which does not list Negron as a sponsor or cosponsor on the legislation in question.
American politicians of Cuban descent
Candidates in the 2018 United States elections
Living people
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Texas Christian University alumni
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Western New England University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people) |
23577583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike-a-Light%20River | Strike-a-Light River | The Strike-a-Light River, a perennial stream that is part of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Snowy Monaro Regional Council area of New South Wales, Australia.
The river rises on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Jerangle, and flows generally north north-west, north-west, south-west and then south, joined by three minor tributaries, before reaching its confluence with the Bredbo River, east of Bredbo; descending over its course.
Flora and fauna
Strike-a-Light River flows through the Strike-a-Light Nature Reserve.
The Strike-a-Light River is inhabited by a number of amphibian species Bibron's toadlet (Pseudophryne bibronii), common eastern froglet (Crinia signifera), pobblebonk (Limnodynastes dumerilii), spotted grass frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) and Verreaux's tree frog (Litoria verreauxii).
Vegetation communities through which the river passes include Scribbly Gum/Apple Box – Dry Shrub Forest, Ribbon Gum – Valley Forest as well as partially cleared areas of natural vegetation.
See also
List of rivers of Australia
List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)
Rivers of New South Wales
References
Rivers of New South Wales
Murray-Darling basin |
26722014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepless%20%28Eric%20Saade%20song%29 | Sleepless (Eric Saade song) | "Sleepless" is a song performed by Swedish singer Eric Saade. It is the first single from Saade's first album, Masquerade, and was released on 21 December 2009 worldwide. It reached the top 50 in Sweden.
Charts
Release history
References
External links
Eric Saade Official Website
2009 songs
Eric Saade songs
Songs written by Fredrik Kempe
Songs written by Peter Boström
2009 debut singles
Roxy Recordings singles |
26722048 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20van%20der%20Wiel | Jan van der Wiel | Jan van der Wiel (31 May 1892 – 24 November 1962) was a Dutch épée, foil and sabre fencer. He won a bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics in the team sabre competitions.
References
External links
1892 births
1962 deaths
Dutch male épée fencers
Olympic fencers of the Netherlands
Fencers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in fencing
Sportspeople from Breda
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Dutch male foil fencers
Dutch male sabre fencers |
44506169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhadhre | Dhadhre | Dhadhare is a village in thane district, Maharashtra, India. Zilla parishad is the main source of schooling there. The main water source is Shai river.
Occupation
The main occupation of people in this village is agriculture, mostly rice. The rock quarry business is also a backbone of the economy in this area.
References
Cities and towns in Kolhapur district |
26722054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan%20Blasim | Hassan Blasim | Hassan Blasim (born 1973) is an Iraqi-born film director and writer. He writes in Arabic. He is a citizen of Finland.
Blasim left Iraq in 2000 to escape persecution for his films, including The Wounded Camera, filmed in the Kurdish area in northern Iraq and about the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling in Europe for four years, he settled in Finland in 2004, where he was granted asylum. He made four short films for the Finnish broadcasting company Yle. His short story collection The Madman of Freedom Square was long-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2010. His book The Iraqi Christ, translated from Arabic to English by Jonathan Wright, was published by Comma Press in 2013. A selection of his stories was published as The Corpse Exhibition by Penguin US in 2014. It won a number of awards including one of four winners in the English Pen's Writers in Translation Programme Awards. In 2014, he became the first ever Arabic writer to win the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for The Iraqi Christ.
Filmography
The Wounded Camera
Uneton, 2006
Luottamuksen arvoinen, 2007
Elämä nopea kuin nauru, 2007
Juuret, 2008
Books
Short Films (2005) collection of articles in: Cinema Booklets: Series of Publications for the Emirates Film Competition. Ed. S. Sarmini. Abu Dhabi: Emirates Cultural Foundation.
Poetic Cinema (2006) collection of articles. Ed. Salah Sarmini, in: Cinema Booklets: Series of Publications for the Emirates Film Competition. Abu Dhabi: Emirates Cultural Foundation
Diving into Existing (2007) correspondence and dairies in collaboration with Adnan al-Mubarak.
Wounded Camera (2007) Writings on cinema.
The Shia’s Poisoned Child (2008) story collection.
Madman of Freedom Square (2009) Comma Press, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
The Iraqi Christ (2013) Comma Press, short stories, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
The Corpse Exhibition (2014) Penguin US, short stories, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
Iraq +100 (2017) Tor Books, short story anthology (editor)
God 99 (2019) novel, Comma Press, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright
References
External links
Hassan Blasim's blog
Madman of Freedom Square by Marianne Brace, The Independent
Finnish writers
Finnish film directors
21st-century Iraqi poets
Iraqi film directors
1973 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Iraqi emigrants to Finland
Finnish people of Iraqi descent
Refugees in Finland
Finnish Arabic-language poets
21st-century Iraqi writers
Iraqi short story writers
21st-century Iraqi novelists
Naturalized citizens of Finland |
23577590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichopilia%20suavis | Trichopilia suavis | Trichopilia suavis is a species of orchid found from Central America to Colombia. The plants will blossom in the seasons of Spring and Winter at intermediate warm temperatures. The flowers will be available in white, purple, green and red colors.
suavis |
17337955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20aulica | Amara aulica | Amara aulica is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the Harpalinae subfamily. It is native to Europe.
References
aulica
Beetles of Europe
Beetles described in 1797
Taxa named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer |
26722059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE%20Abd%C3%B3n%20Calder%C3%B3n | BAE Abdón Calderón | BAE Abdón Calderón is a naval ship of Ecuador, built in 1885 and now preserved as a museum ship at Guayaquil.
Service history
The Ecuadorian naval vessel Abdón Calderón was built in 1885 at Port Glasgow, Scotland by David Dunlop & Co as the cargo ship Chaihuin for Chilean shipowners Adam Greulich y Compañia of Valparaiso. In December 1886 she was purchased by the Ecuador Government, becoming the war steamer Cotopaxi, and was armed with four breech-loading Armstrong cannons and two Gatling guns. In 1892 Cotopaxi was redesignated as a cruiser.
In September 1913 in the Concha Revolution following the assassination of President Eloy Alfaro, the people of Esmeraldas revolted against the government of the new president, General Leónidas Plaza and attacked the local army headquarters. Cotopaxi was already anchored nearby and approached the city and fired warning shots from her 76mm cannon. With the assistance of two contingents of her crew which went ashore, the army was relieved. An extended siege followed, but after the end of the revolts in 1916 a period of austerity led to the reduction in the size of the navy, with only the Cotopaxi remaining in service by the mid-1920s. From 1924 she was also used as a training ship. In 1927 Cotopaxi was again redesignated, now as a gunboat and nine years later her name was changed to Abdón Calderón in honour of the revolutionary hero who died from injuries sustained on 24 May 1822 during the Battle of Pichincha.
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War
At the beginning of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War in July 1941, the port of Guayaquil was blockaded and Abdón Calderón was hurriedly prepared, though with antiquated armament. On 25 July she encountered the Peruvian Orfey class destroyer Almirante Villar in the Jambeli channel. After spotting Abdon Calderón, the Ecuadorian ship that was in transit to Guayaquil, as soon as it recognized the Peruvian ship, turned 180º with respect to its course, fleeing towards Puerto Bolívar while firing shots. "Admiral Villar" did the same, maneuvering in circles, avoiding getting too close to the coast (due to the low seabed there). After 21 minutes of exchange of shots by both sides, the incident ended. On her side, the destroyer "Almirante Villar" continued its operations uninterruptedly in the North Theater of Operations until October 1 of that year, when she returned to the port of Callao. On the other hand, the "Abdón Calderón" suffered serious damage to its caldera, forcing it to flee and hiding behind the dense vegetation in the Jambelí Canal and the Santa Rosa estuary.
According to the official Ecuadorian military history, the BAP Almirante Villar of Peru received significant damage from the BAE Calderón, until now there is no evidence necessary to support such a version. Neither documentary nor materially it has been possible to demonstrate with evidence that the Peruvian destroyer received impacts and was damaged according to the Ecuadorian Commander Morán, in charge of "Abdón Calderón", presumed to have achieved according to his report.
Abdón Calderón was later transferred to the Coast Guard and remained in active service until 1957, when she was moored in port.
Museum ship
In 1960 Abdón Calderón was decommissioned for conversion to a static memorial museum and placed ashore in the Parque de la Armada (Navy Park) at Guayaquil. The museum was inaugurated in 1972.
See also
References
Ecuadorian Armed Forces
1886 ships
Ships built in Scotland
Museum ships |
17337958 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20aurata | Amara aurata | Amara aurata is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
References
aurata
Beetles described in 1828 |
17337960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20aurichalcea | Amara aurichalcea | Amara aurichalcea is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
aurata
Beetles described in 1824 |
17337963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20avida | Amara avida | Amara avida is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
References
avida
Beetles described in 1823 |
26722061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segun%20Oluwaniyi | Segun Oluwaniyi | Segun Oluwaniyi (born 24 April 1982 in Oyo State) is a Nigerian football (soccer) player currently with Shooting Stars F.C. of Nigeria.
Career
Youth
Oluwaniyi began 1998 to play football in the youth side for Villa Rock in Abuja and signed one year later for Osun United. After a successful year in the b-youth from Osun United was scouted by Niger Tornadoes, but he could not make the team and joined Gombe United F.C. after a half year.
Professional
In the 2001 season he started his professional career with Gombe United F.C. and in January 2004 joined Enugu Rangers. After two seasons with Rangers and 20 matches, he signed for Dolphins F.C. in December 2005. He was one of the leaders in his three and a half year by Dolphins F.C., but he signed in summer 2009 for Bayelsa United F.C.
International career
He made his full senior debut on March 3, 2010 as a starter in the 5–2 win over Congo DR.
References
1982 births
Living people
Yoruba sportspeople
Sportspeople from Oyo State
Nigerian footballers
Shooting Stars S.C. players
Association football goalkeepers
Dolphin F.C. (Nigeria) players
Rangers International F.C. players
Gombe United F.C. players
Niger Tornadoes F.C. players
Nigeria international footballers |
17337966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20basillaris | Amara basillaris | Amara basillaris is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
References
basilaris
Beetles described in 1823 |
17337967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativity | Negativity | Negativity may refer to:
Negativity (quantum mechanics), a measure of quantum entanglement in quantum mechanics
Negative charge of electricity
Electronegativity, a chemical property pertaining to the ability to attract electrons
Positivity/negativity ratio, in behavioral feedback.
Negativity effect, a psychological bias
Negativity (album)
See also
Negative (disambiguation)
Negativism (disambiguation) |
17337969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scissors%20in%20the%20Sand | Scissors in the Sand | "Scissors in the Sand" is a single by Echo & the Bunnymen which was released on 5 June 2006 on the Cooking Vinyl label. It was the third single to be released from the band's 2005 album, Siberia.
Overview
Like their previous two singles, "Stormy Weather" and "In the Margins", and the parent album, this single was produced by Hugh Jones who had previously produced the band's 1981 album Heaven Up Here. The cover photograph was taken by Joe Dilworth. The live version of "Villiers Terrace" was taken from the band's 2005 appearance at the Reading Festival.
Reception
Reviewing the single, Room Thirteen described the song as "classic Bunnymen", that the song compared to their mid-1980s releases and scored it with 11 out of 13. Reviewing the album Siberia, The Pitt News described "Scissors in the Sand" as the album's most ambitious and strongest track, the reviewer also states that the song sees McCulloch at his most intense and also comments favourably on Sergeant's guitar solo.
The single failed to chart.
Track listings
"Scissors in the Sand" (radio edit) (Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch) – 3:17
"In the Margins" (acoustic) (Sergeant, McCulloch) – 4:56
"Villiers Terrace" (live) (Sergeant, McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas) – 5:28
Personnel
Musicians
Ian McCulloch – vocals, guitar
Will Sergeant – lead guitar
Peter Wilkinson – bass
Paul Fleming – keyboards
Simon Finley – drums
Production
Hugh Jones – producer
Joe Dilworth – photography
References
2006 singles
Echo & the Bunnymen songs
Songs written by Ian McCulloch (singer)
Songs written by Will Sergeant
Song recordings produced by Hugh Jones (producer) |
23577591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliphant | Oliphant | Olifant, Oliphant, Olyphant and similar variations may refer to:
Geography
Oliphant, Ontario, Canada, a community
Oliphant Islands, South Orkney Islands
Olifants River (Limpopo), South Africa
Olifants River (Southern Cape), South Africa
Olifants River (Western Cape), South Africa
Olifants Water Management Area, South Africa
Olyphant, Pennsylvania, a borough
People
Oliphant (surname), a list of notable people with this name
Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), British organist and composer
Clan Oliphant, a Highland Scottish clan
Arts, entertainment, and media
Oliphant (band), a Finnish band
Oliphant, a type of monster in the Index of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters
Oliphaunt or mûmak, a monstrous elephant-like creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
Sir Olifaunt, a vicious giant in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Tale of Sir Thopas", in The Canterbury Tales
Eleanor Oliphant, protagonist of Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Titles
Lord Oliphant, a peerage title in Scotland
Oliphant baronets, a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Vehicles
Olifant tank, a South African version of the British Centurion tank
Others
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe, a U.S. Supreme Court case deciding that Indian tribal courts have no criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians
Olifant (instrument), a wind instrument of the Middle Ages, made from elephants' tusks
D'Oliphant, a Dutch mansion originally built near Nieuwesluis, later moved to Rotterdam
De Olifant, Burdaard, a windmill in the Netherlands
See also
Elefant (disambiguation)
Elephant (disambiguation) |
6906659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%20State%20Route%209 | Virginia State Route 9 | Virginia State Route 9 (SR 9) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Charles Town Pike, the state highway runs from the West Virginia state line near Mechanicsville, where the highway continues west as West Virginia Route 9 (WV 9), east to SR 7 and SR 7 Business in Paeonian Springs. SR 9 is the main east–west highway of northwestern Loudoun County, connecting Leesburg with Hillsboro and the West Virginia cities of Charles Town and Martinsburg. As a result, the state highway and its West Virginia continuation are a major, overburdened commuter route between the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Route description
SR 9 begins at the West Virginia state line at Keyes Gap, a wind gap on top of Blue Ridge Mountain. The highway continues west as WV 9 to Charles Town. SR 9 heads southeast as a two-lane undivided road, passing to the west of Purcell Knob as the highway descends Blue Ridge Mountain to the village of Mechanicsville in a valley known as Between the Hills. At the eastern edge of the narrow north–south valley, the state highway parallels the North Fork of Catoctin Creek through Hillsboro Gap, a water gap in Short Hill Mountain, into the town of Hillsboro. SR 9 continues east through the much wider Catoctin Valley, crossing the North Fork and intersecting SR 287 in the hamlet of Wheatland. The state highway veers southeast and crosses the South Fork of Catoctin Creek before reaching the community of Paeonian Springs. SR 9 curves south to its eastern terminus at Clarke's Gap, a low point in Catoctin Mountain. The state highway expands to a four-lane divided highway and meets SR 7 (Harry Byrd Highway) at a diamond interchange. SR 9 is paralleled through the interchange by the Washington and Old Dominion Trail. At the southern end of the interchange, the highway continues southward as SR 7 Business (Colonial Highway), which immediately turns west toward Hamilton.
History
The road was commissioned in 1928 as State Route 713. After the 1933 renumbering, the route became State Route 238. After the 1940 renumbering, it became its current designation.
Future
SR 9 has been the subject of considerable debate. West Virginia has converted its Route 9 to a four-lane highway to U.S. Route 340 in Charles Town. The expressway ends at the Virginia state line, raising concerns in Loudoun County about increasing traffic along the road's narrow, winding stretch through the town of Hillsboro. A bypass of Hillsboro was last proposed in 2008 and eventually removed from the county's draft 2010 transportation plan after protracted debate. A significant physical obstacle is that the town completely fills Hillsboro Gap, making any in-place widening impossible and requiring any separate bypass to go over or through Short Hill Mountain.
Instead, the town of Hillsboro is studying traffic calming measures in hopes of encouraging West Virginia traffic to detour through Clarke County via U.S. Route 340 and Virginia State Route 7.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board voted to make the entire length of SR 9 a Virginia Byway on March 21, 2002.
Major intersections
References
External links
Virginia Highways Project: VA 9
009
State Route 009 |
20477254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewels%20and%20Bullets | Jewels and Bullets | "Jewels and Bullets" is the second single from the album Hi Fi Way by the Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 1995 and reached number 93 on the Australian ARIA singles chart, and number 93 in the 1995 Triple J Hottest 100.
The Robbie Douglas-Turner directed music video won the ARIA Award for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995.
Track listing
"Jewels and Bullets" – 2:58
"Jaimme's Got a Gal" (Remix) – 3:30
"Young Man Blues" (live) – 5:01
Tracks 1 and 2 (Rogers). Track 3 (Allison).
The "Jaimme's Got a Gal" remix features strings and additional guitar and percussion.
"Young Man Blues" is a cover version of the Mose Allison song brought to prominence by The Who. It was recorded live at Memorial Stadium in Seattle on August 13, 1994, while supporting Soundgarden on a national tour.
Charts
References
1995 singles
You Am I songs
Songs written by Tim Rogers (musician)
1995 songs
Songs written by Rusty Hopkinson
Songs written by Andy Kent |
44506176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluedot%20Innovation | Bluedot Innovation | Bluedot Innovation is a R&D-focused technology company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. It is a high precision location service company.
Point SDK
Bluedot Innovation developed and operates the Bluedot Point SDK, a software development kit that lets Android and iOS applications manage the GPS chip-set and provide location awareness to smartphones.
History
Bluedot Innovation was founded in Adelaide, South Australia by Filip Eldic and Emil Davityan in December 2012. The company was accepted into and participated in the ANZ Innoyz START Accelerator Program in early 2013. Upon completion of the ANZ Innovyz Start Program, the company raised funding, and expanded its board to include the founding CFO of PayPal, David Jaques. In November 2013, Bluedot Innovation received a grant from the Australian Government Agency Commercialisation Australia. To date, The company has raised $3.5 million in funding, and Jeffery Katz invested into this. It is in a licensing arrangement with CARDFREE to integrate Bluedot's locations services technology into American retail food chains. Bluedot has been featured in two 2015 case studies by KPMG and Google partner OniGroup focusing on changing the way enterprises connect with customers through IP and technology.
References
Companies based in Melbourne
Technology companies of Australia |
44506177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunderi | Gunderi | Gunderi is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Holalkere taluk of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.
Nearest districts to Gunderi
Gunderi is located around 35 km away from its district headquarters of Chitradurga. The other nearest district headquarters is Davanagere situated at 58 km distance from Gunderi. Surrounding districts from Gunderi are as follows:
Davanagere district 58 km.
Shimoga district 75 km.
Hassan district 110 km.
Chikmagalur district 116 km.
Transport
The nearest railway station to Gunderi is Holalkere which is around 6.5 km away.
Other nearby stations include:
Ramgiri railway station 6.8 km.
Chikjajur Jn railway station 15.2 km.
Hosdurga Road railway station 23.6 km.
Shivani railway station 24.0 km.
Villages in Chitradurga district |
6906678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Way%20to%20Your%20Love | The Way to Your Love | "The Way to Your Love" is the second single from British pop group Hear'Say, the winners of the UK version of Popstars. The song was written and produced by Norwegian production team StarGate and was released as the second and final single from Hear'Say's debut studio album, Popstars (2001), on 25 June 2001.
"The Way to Your Love" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 75,514 copies. Despite the success of the group's debut single, "Pure and Simple", "The Way to Your Love" spent only one week at the top of the chart and sold only a tenth of their first record's sales; it was the second-lowest-selling number-one single of 2001 that did not reach number one in 2000.
Track listings
UK CD1
"The Way to Your Love" (Jiant radio edit)
"Look Inside Yourself"
"Pure and Simple" (Jewels & Stone remix)
"The Way to Your Love" (video CD ROM)
UK CD2
"The Way to Your Love" (Jiant radio edit)
"Boogie Wonderland"
"Brand New Day"
UK cassette single
"The Way to Your Love" (Jiant radio edit)
"Pure and Simple" (karaoke version)
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the Popstars album booklet.
Studios
Recorded at StarGate Studios (Norway)
Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)
Personnel
StarGate – production
Mikkel SE – writing, all instruments
Hallgeir Rustan – writing, all instruments
Tor Erik Hermansen – writing, all instruments
Hear'Say – all vocals
Richard Dowling – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
External links
Official music video on MUZU.TV
2001 singles
2001 songs
Hear'Say songs
Number-one singles in Scotland
Polydor Records singles
Song recordings produced by Stargate (record producers)
Songs written by Hallgeir Rustan
Songs written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen
Songs written by Tor Erik Hermansen
UK Singles Chart number-one singles |
17337970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20belfragei | Amara belfragei | Amara belfragei is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
belfragei
Beetles described in 1892
Taxa named by George Henry Horn |
17337981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM-855 | AM-855 | AM-855 (part of the AM cannabinoid series) is an analgesic drug which is a cannabinoid agonist. It is a derivative of Δ8Tetrahydrocannabinol with a conformationally restricted side chain which has been bound into a fourth ring fused to the aromatic A-ring of the cannabinoid skeleton. AM-855 is an agonist at both CB1 and CB2 with moderate selectivity for CB1, with a Ki of 22.3 nM at CB1 and 58.6 nM at CB2.
References
AM cannabinoids
Benzochromenes
Phenols |
17337982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20biarticulata | Amara biarticulata | Amara biarticulata is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in East Europe and further east in the Palearctic realm.
References
biarticulata
Beetles of Asia
Beetles of Europe
Beetles described in 1845
Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky |
23577599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ius%20utendi | Ius utendi | Ius utendi (or usus), a term in civil law and Roman law, is an attribute of ownership (dominium): the right or power to use the property—particularly by residing there—without destroying its substance. It is employed in contradistinction to the ius abutendi, the right of disposal.
See also
Ius
Ius abutendi
References
Black's Law Dictionary (Second Edition 1910) (public domain)
Latin legal terminology |
23577604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregaussian%20class | Pregaussian class | In probability theory, a pregaussian class or pregaussian set of functions is a set of functions, square integrable with respect to some probability measure, such that there exists a certain Gaussian process, indexed by this set, satisfying the conditions below.
Definition
For a probability space (S, Σ, P), denote by a set of square integrable with respect to P functions , that is
Consider a set . There exists a Gaussian process , indexed by , with mean 0 and covariance
Such a process exists because the given covariance is positive definite. This covariance defines a semi-inner product as well as a pseudometric on given by
Definition A class is called pregaussian if for each the function on is bounded, -uniformly continuous, and prelinear.
Brownian bridge
The process is a generalization of the brownian bridge. Consider with P being the uniform measure. In this case, the process indexed by the indicator functions , for is in fact the standard brownian bridge B(x). This set of the indicator functions is pregaussian, moreover, it is the Donsker class.
References
Stochastic processes
Empirical process
Normal distribution |
23577622 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichopilia%20tortilis | Trichopilia tortilis | Trichopilia tortilis is a species of orchid found from Mexico to Central America. It is the type species of the genus Trichopilia.
References
tortilis
Orchids of Mexico
Orchids of Central America |
26722082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20World%20War%20II%20military%20personnel%20educated%20at%20the%20United%20States%20Military%20Academy | List of World War II military personnel educated at the United States Military Academy | The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. This list is drawn from alumni of the Military Academy who are veterans of World War I. This includes ... .
World War II veterans
Note: "Class year" refers to the alumni's class year, which usually is the same year they graduated. However, due to the war in Europe, the Class of 1943 graduated early, in January '43, becoming the only class to do so.
Arthur F. Gorham, Class of 1938, First Commander of the 1/505th PIR, 82nd Airborne.
Ulysses S. Grant III, Class of 1903. Major General; Head of Protection Branch, Office of Civilian Defense
Leslie Groves, Class of 1918
Alfred Gruenther, Class of 1919
Hubert R. Harmon, Class of 1915
Albert Hawkins, Class of 1917
William M. Hoge, Class of 1916
Geoffrey Keyes, Class of 1913
John C. H. Lee, Class of 1909
Lyman Lemnitzer, Class of 1920
Herbert B. Loper, Class of 1919
John P. Lucas, Class of 1911
Vicente Lim, Class of 1914, served under Douglas MacArthur, general Philippine Scouts
Anthony McAuliffe, Class of 1918
John P. McConnell, Class of 1932
Horace L. McBride, Class of 1916, Commander of the 80th Infantry Division
Lesley J. McNair, Class of 1904
Joseph T. McNarney, Class of 1915
Frank Merrill, Class of 1929
Virgil R. Miller, Class of 1924. Regimental Commander of the 442d Regimental Combat Team
James Edward Moore, Class of 1924
Otto L. Nelson, Jr., Class of 1924
Andrew P. O'Meara, Class of 1930
Alexander Patch, Class of 1913
Matthew Ridgway, Class of 1917.
Edward Rowny, Class of 1941
John Dale Ryan, Class of 1938
Antulio Segarra, Class of 1927
William Hood Simpson, Class of 1909
Brehon B. Somervell, Class of 1914
Daniel Isom Sultan, Class of 1907
Maxwell D. Taylor, Class of 1922
Thomas J. H. Trapnell, Class of 1927
William H. Tunner, Class of 1928
George V. Underwood, Jr., Class 1937
James Van Fleet, Class of 1915
Jonathan Wainwright, Class of 1906
Walton Walker, Class of 1912
Albert Coady Wedemeyer, Class of 1919
Raymond Albert Wheeler, Class of 1911
Major general in United States Army Corps of Engineers developing a transportation network in the Middle East to ship munitions to the Soviet Union (1942–1943); South East Asia Command on the staff of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, where duties including directing construction of the Ledo Road (1943–1944); Lieutenant general and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (1944–1945), during which he was the US representative accepting the Japanese surrender in Singapore. Immediately after the war, became the Army Corps of Engineers' overall Chief of Engineers.
Thomas D. White, Class of 1920
assistant chief of staff for operations, and then chief of staff, of the Third Air Force at MacDill Field, Florida,(1942–1943); assistant chief of air staff for intelligence Army Air Forces Headquarters at The Pentagon, Virginia (January to August 1944); deputy commander of the Thirteenth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific, taking part in the campaigns of New Guinea, Southern Philippines and Borneo; assumed command of the Seventh Air Force, which had based its headquarters in the Marianas and immediately moved with it to the recently taken Okinawa (June 1945 to beyond war's end). Would later be the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.
Walter K. Wilson Jr., Class of 1929
during WWII was a Lieutenant colonel in Army Corps of Engineers, Deputy Engineer-in-Chief with the South East Asia Command (1943–1945); Commanding General, Advance Section, U.S. Forces, China Burma India Theater, and Chief of Staff of X Force (the Chinese Army in India) (1945). Would later be the Army Corps of Engineers' overall Chief of Engineers.
References
General
Inline citations
West Point
Academy alumni
Military Academy
World War II
Military Academy |
17337983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th%20Indiana%20Infantry%20Regiment | 100th Indiana Infantry Regiment | The 100th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was one of three Union regiments referred to as the Persimmon regiment. Organized at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and mustered in September 10, 1862, the 100th participated in major campaigns and in 25 battles. The regiment was in the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, D.C., on May 23–24, 1865, and mustered out on June 8, 1865. It lost during its service 58 officers and enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded, and 176 by disease for a total of 234 fatalities.
Two officers of the 100th Indiana were awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, on November 25, 1863: Captain Charles W. Brouse of Company K, and Major Ruel M. Johnson, then in temporary command of the regiment.
Colonels
Colonel Sanford J. Stoughton - resigned January 7, 1864.
Lieutenant Colonel Albert Heath - discharged for disability May 10, 1865.
Lieutenant Colonel Ruel M. Johnson - mustered out with regiment on June 8, 1865.
See also
List of Indiana Civil War regiments
References
Bibliography
Transcription of letter showing Colonel Stoughton
Another Transcription of letter showing Colonel Stoughton
Units and formations of the Union Army from Indiana
1862 establishments in Indiana
Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 |
23577631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand%20Lights%20Mosque | Thousand Lights Mosque | Thousand Lights is a multi-domed mosque in Anna Salai in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the largest mosques in the country and is a revered place of worship and azadari for Shia Muslims in the city.
History
The mosque was built in 1810 by Arcot Nawab Umdat ul-Umara. It was constructed in medieval architecture. The site of the mosque was previously occupied by an assembly hall. There was a tradition of lighting thousand oil lamps to illuminate the assembly hall. The mosque thus gets its name from this tradition.
The chief Shia Qazi of Chennai functions from the mosque, and the post has been continuously held by the same family.
References
External links
chennai.org.uk
indiafascinates.com
Mosques in Chennai
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1810
Shia mosques in India |
17337984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke%20Cheevers | Luke Cheevers | Luke Cheevers is a traditional Irish singer from Ringsend, Dublin, now living in the north side of the city. He is a member of An Goilin Singers Club in Dublin which was founded by Tim Dennehy and Donal De Barra in 1980. Cheevers is known for his distinctive Dublin repertoire and style.
See also
Traditional Irish Singers
List of people from Dublin
References
Living people
Irish folk singers
Irish male singers
Musicians from County Dublin
1940 births |
23577677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichosalpinx%20ciliaris | Trichosalpinx ciliaris | Trichosalpinx ciliaris is a species of orchid found from Mexico, Belize, Central America and down to Brazil (Roraima).
References
ciliaris
Orchids of Central America
Orchids of Belize
Orchids of Brazil
Orchids of Mexico
Flora of Roraima |
44506178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumki%20Chowdhury | Chumki Chowdhury | Chumki Choudhury is an Indian actress who works in Bengali cinema.
Family and Career
Chumki Choudhury was born in Kolkata. She is the daughter of famous director Anjan Choudhury and Smt. Joysree Choudhury. She passed her Madhyamik from Joysree Siksha Niketan and completed her Higher Secondary and B.A. from New Alipore College.
Chumki Choudhury made her acting debut under the direction of her father called Hirak Jayanti as a lead actress. The film was released in 1990. After doing several films, she earned her reputation in the Bengali film industry. In 1991, the people started knowing her after acting in Babloo Samaddar’s film called ‘Abhagini’.
Chumki Chaudhury took her primary lessons in dance and music from her mother Joysree Choudhury and later on from Bani Debnath. She was involved with stage shows professionally.
Filmography
References
External links
1970 births
Living people
Indian film actresses
Actresses from Kolkata
20th-century Indian actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Bengali cinema |
44506181 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharukhera | Bharukhera | library
Bharu Khera, also known as Bharukhera, is a village in Dabwali Tehsil in Sirsa District of Haryana State, India. It belongs to Hisar Division.
It is located 61 km towards west from District headquarters Sirsa.
Bharu Khera is a midsized village located in the district of Sirsa in the state of Haryana in India. It has a population of about 2184 persons living in around 365 households.
Geography
Bharukhera is 279 km from State capital Chandigarh, Kaluana (10 km), Teja Khera (10 km), Ganga (13 km), Giddarkhera (13 km), Bacher (14 km) are the nearby villages to Bharukhera
Sangaria, Mandi Dabwali, Hanumangarh, Ellenabad are the nearby cities to Bharukhera.
Rajasthan starts 2 km ahead of Bharukheda.
Physiography
The village Bharu Khera lies in semi arid region of Thar Desert and the Aravalli Range. The climate of this village is characterised by its dryness and extremes temperatures and scanty rainfall like all other parts of Sirsa region.
Administration
Bharukhera has a village panchayat for smooth administrative function.
Utility services
Bharu Khera's Electric Supply Undertaking is managed by the UHBVN.BSNL
Transport
Bharu Khera is well connected via Road routes.
Roadways
There is a district road named Sabuwana road connecting Bharu Khera to Chautala, Sabuwana & Jhandwala serving the purpose of connectivity of nearby towns and villages.
Healthcare
Bharukhera Library and Govt. Middle School
Employment
Most of the people in this village are agricultural farmers who grow cotton as the main cash crop.
Education
There is a Govt. Middle school for the children of the village and nearby area.
References
Cities and towns in Sirsa district |
20477282 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Kumaonis | List of Kumaonis | Kumaonis are people from the Kumaon, a region in the Indian Himalayas.
Administration
Murli Manohar Joshi
B. D. Pande
V. C. Pande
N.D. Tiwari
Defence forces
Major Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Mahavir Chakra awardee. Hero Battle of Tololing, Kargil war
Vice Admiral Harish Bisht, PVSM, AVSM, ADC former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy.
Lucky Bisht, former Indian spy.
Bahadur Singh Bohra, Lawanz Operation: 25 Sep 2008, Ashoka Chakra recipient
Mohan Nath Goswami, Operation : CI & IS Ops, Sep 03, 2015, Ashoka Chakra recipient
General Bipin Chandra Joshi, 17th Chief of Army Staff (COAS), First Army Chief from Uttarakhand
Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
Captain Ummed Singh Mahra,Operation : Op Orchid, 6 July 1971, Ashoka Chakra recipient
Mohan Chand Sharma, Batla House Encounter, 19 September 2008, Ashoka Chakra recipient
Politics
Kashi Singh Airy
Yashpal Arya
K. C. Singh Baba
Mohan Singh Bisht
Ajay Bhatt
Ganesh Joshi
Murli Manohar Joshi, He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993.
Puran Chand Joshi, general secretary of the C.P.I. (1935–1947)
Bhagat Singh Koshyari, governor of Maharashtra, chief minister of Uttarakhand
Kalu Singh Mahara, freedom fighter, led an anti-British militia in Champawat, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Mahendra Singh Mahra, served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand (April 2012 to April 2018).
Badri Datt Pandey, He was popularly known as, and remains remembered in the region as, the Kumaon Kesari.
Govind Ballabh Pant, freedom fighter, considered one of the architects of modern India
Hargovind Pant
Ila Pant
K. C. Pant, former defence minister and vice chairman of the Planning Commission
Prakash Pant
Sheila Irene Pant or Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan
Bachi Singh Rawat
Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, M.P. 7th, 8th, 9th Lok Sabha Almora, 15th Lok Sabha Haridwar, C.M. Uttarakhand
Pradeep Tamta, M.P.
N. D. Tiwari, three-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh(1976–77, 1984–85, 1988–89) and also served once as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (2002–2007)
Bipin Chandra Tripathi, Founder of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal,A political party which started Uttarakhand movement, led to formation of state.
Judiciary
Prafulla Chandra Pant, author and former judge of the Supreme Court of India, and a former member of the National Human Rights Commission of India
Science and humanities
Ravindra Singh Bisht, Indian archeologist, Padma Shri recipient.
J. P. Joshi, archaeologist
Lal Mani Joshi, Buddhist scholar
M. C. Joshi, Indian archaeologist who served as Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1990 to 1993.
Pooran Chand Joshi, social anthropologist
Shri Krishna Joshi, physicist
Yashodhar Mathpal, archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock art conservationist.
Janardan Ganpatrao Negi, theoretical geophysicist
Ghananand Pande, scientist
M. C. Pant, radiation oncologist
Nilamber Pant, space pioneer
Krishna Singh Rawat, surveyor cartographer
Nain Singh Rawat, C.I.E., first person to survey Tibet
Dalip Kumar Upreti, lichenologist
Khadg Singh Valdiya, geologist and environmentalist
Journalism and literature
Uma Bhatt
Namita Gokhale
Namrata Joshi, Journalist
Manohar Shyam Joshi
Manoj Joshi
Prasoon Joshi, lyricist, poet, advertiser; chief executive offer and chairman of McCann World group India
Shekhar Joshi
Shailesh Matiyani
Mrinal Pande
Gaura Pant, who wrote under the name Shivani
Pushpesh Pant, Indian historian and food critic
Sumitranandan Pant
Shekhar Pathak, historian
Girish Tiwari, also known as Girda
Music
Dev Negi, Bollywood Playback Singer
Pawandeep Rajan, Indian Idol 2020, Season 12 winner
B. K. Samant, folk singer
Mohan Upreti, folk singer, composer of the classic Kumaoni song Bedu Pako Baromasa
Naima Khan Upreti
Sports
Chandraprabha Aitwal, Padma Shri, Arjun awardee, (mountaineer) (Climbed all major peaks in the world) Rung Ratna Awardee. Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement Award.
Kavinder Bisht, boxer
Madhumita Bisht, badminton
Ekta Bisht, cricketer
Unmukt Chand, cricketer
Rohit Danu, footballer
Deepak Dhapola, cricketer
Lakshya Sen, badminton
MS Dhoni, cricketer (former captain of Indian cricket team, born to Kumaoni parents)
Kamlesh Nagarkoti, cricketer
Mir Ranjan Negi, hockey player
Pawan Negi, cricketer
Manish Pandey, cricketer
Rishabh Pant, cricketer
Harish Chandra Singh Rawat, 1965 Everester, Padma Shree recipient (1965)
Anirudh Thapa football
Films and theatre
Sapna Awasthi, Bollywood playback singer
Nidhi Bisht, casting director
Gopal Datt, actor and writer
Prasoon Joshi, advertisement guru and lyricist
Sukirti Kandpal, television actress
Vinod Kapri, filmmaker
Dev Negi, singer
Hemant Pandey, actor
Nitesh Pandey, actor
Nirmal Pandey, actor
Sudhanshu Pandey, actor
Sudhir Pandey, actor
Diksha Panth, Indian film actress
Disha Patani, actress
Sunita Rajwar, film, television and stage actress who graduated from the National School of Drama
B. M. Shah, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner
Mohan Upreti, dramatist
Naima Khan Upreti, dramatist
Humanitarian
Dan Singh Bisht, billionaire, philanthropist
Lakshman Singh Jangpangi, former trade agent
Deep Joshi, social activist, recipient of Padma Shri.
Vinayak Lohani, National Award for Child Welfare 2011
Lalit Pande, social worker, Padma Shri recipient
Kamla Pant, social activist
Ridhima Pandey, activist for action against climate change
Business
Ranjan Pant, chief executive officer, advisor, global strategy management consultant and a change management expert
Dan Singh Bisht, billionaire, philanthropist
Muktesh Pant, former chief executive officer of Yum China.
Spiritual Leaders
Baba Hari Dass, yoga master, silent monk, and commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha
Satyananda Saraswati, Sannyasin, yoga teacher and guru
References
Kumaon division
People from Almora
People from Bageshwar
People from Nainital
People from Pithoragarh
Lists of people from Uttarakhand
People from Haldwani
Kumaonis |
44506185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodora%20G%C3%AEdoiu | Teodora Gîdoiu | Talida-Teodora Gîdoiu (born 12 January 1986 in Orșova) is a Romanian rowing cox. She finished 4th in the eight at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
1986 births
Living people
People from Orșova
Romanian female rowers
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers of Romania
World Rowing Championships medalists for Romania
European Rowing Championships medalists |
20477301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario%20Peak | Ontario Peak | Ontario Peak, at 8,696 ft, is a high peak in the San Gabriel Mountains of California. Like its neighbor Cucamonga Peak, it is in the San Bernardino National Forest, and in the Cucamonga Wilderness. The peak is named for the nearby city of Ontario about due south, and first appeared in the General Land Office Forest Atlas in 1908.
The most accessible trailhead for hiking Ontario Peak is in Icehouse Canyon. Forest Service Trail 7W07 leads from here to Icehouse Saddle, from which the Ontario Peak Trail leads to the summit. This route is round trip, with of elevation gain.
See also
Mount San Antonio
Pomona Valley
References
Mountains of San Bernardino County, California
San Gabriel Mountains
San Bernardino National Forest
Mountains of Southern California |
23577700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Streamy%20Awards | 1st Streamy Awards | The 1st Annual Streamy Awards was the first ever awards ceremony dedicated entirely to web series and the first installment of the Streamy Awards. The awards were held on March 28, 2009, at the Wadsworth Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The event had over 1,300 audience members in attendance and was simultaneously broadcast live online. The Official Red Carpet Pre-Show was hosted by Shira Lazar and the award show was co-hosted by Tubefilter, NewTeeVee and Tilzy.TV. The web series The Guild and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog were the biggest winners of the night, winning four and six awards, respectively, out of the 25 award categories. The show was met by positive reception by celebrities in attendance and the media.
Winners and nominees
The nominees were announced on March 13, 2009 and the finalists for the Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series were announced on March 17. The Streamy Craft Award winners were announced in a ceremony held on March 26, 2009. The remaining award categories were announced during the main ceremony at the Wadsworth Theatre on March 28. Winners of the categories were selected by the International Academy of Web Television except for the Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series which was put to a public vote.
Winners are listed first, in bold.
Web series with multiple nominations and awards
Reception
The New York Times Magazine columnist Virginia Heffernan called the show "a goofy and a powerful experience." Heffernan, alongside Alexia Tsotsis writing for LA Weekly, were impressed by the celebrity presence at the show, with Tsotsis calling it "an Emmys for Web TV." Maria Russo, writing for TheWrap, and Patrick Orndorff, writing for Wired, praised the quality of the nominees. Russo opined of the show that although "[in] the big scheme of things it all feels very fledgling", the existence of the awards felt "like a cool glimpse into the future". Heffernan, Tsotsis, and Jill Weinberger of Gigaom, singled out the speeches of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog writer Joss Whedon and The Guild star Felicia Day as particularly memorable with Whedon praising the online content creators in attendance and Day saying of her awards "this is for everyone who ever said no to me." YouTuber and singer Tay Zonday was enthusiastic about the awards saying that they show "that people don't have to play the system to have their art acknowledged," and actor David Faustino said of the show "we're at a baby stage of something that's going to be amazingly giant and I'm excited to be on ground floor." Brian Lowry writing for Variety called the Streamys the "Worst Award Name Ever".
See also
List of Streamy Award winners
References
External links
Streamy Awards website
Streamy Awards
Streamy Awards
2009 in American television
2009 in Internet culture |
6906688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20municipalities%20of%20the%20Province%20of%20Avellino | List of municipalities of the Province of Avellino | The following is a list of the 119 municipalities (comuni) of the Province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.
List
See also
List of municipalities of Italy
References
Avellino |
20477323 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20Schubert%20%28film%29 | Franz Schubert (film) | Franz Schubert (original German title: Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen) is a 1953 Austrian film depicting composer Franz Schubert's life and work.
It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna with sets designed by the art director Leo Metzenbauer.
Plot
Franz Schubert works as an assistant teacher in the school led by his father. In his spare time, however, the young man, who considers Ludwig van Beethoven to be his unattainable role model, devotes himself to writing music. As public acceptance is denied to him, his friends lobby at the music publisher Anton Diabelli for a public performance of Schubert's music. During a reception, at which Schubert performs his Ave Maria, he gets to know singer Therese Grob.
Schubert decides to quit the employment at his father's and, instead, to concentrate merely on music, and moves in his with friends, poets Franz von Schober and Moritz von Schwind and painter Johann Mayerhofer. There, he is inspired to set Johann Wolfgang von Goethes ballad Der Erlkönig to music.
Schubert friends encourage him to play his music in public. Schubert and Therese, who sings his songs, are made one. The two make a living with performing Schuberts songs. Schubert, though, develops doubts, whether he can express himself in songs appropriately, and so decides to turn to writing symphonies and operas. As Schubert applies for the position of a Vice Director of Music, Therese hands over to the Secretary of the Court Theatre Schuberts latest work, the Unfinished Symphony. Disagreements arise during the rehearsals for Schubert's latest opera, as the singer of the leading part considers the music too difficult to sing. Music publishers Tobias Haslinger and Anton Diabelli reject his music. Even his very promising application as a Vice Director of Music proves to be unsuccessful.
Thus, depressed Schubert decides to tour his songs in order to make a living. In this period of time, he writes the Winterreise.
After having returned, Schubert decides to have lessons in counterpoint with Beethoven, but shies away from contacting his idol. Shortly later, while being plagued by health problems, Schubert gets a visit from Beethoven's secretary Anton Schindler. Sickly Beethoven sends some Goethe poems to Schubert to be set in music, as Beethoven regards Schubert to be the better song composer.
As Schubert wants to visit Beethoven, he arrives too late: Beethoven has died. Schubert is one of the torchbearers during Beethoven's funeral. Suffering from more and more serious health problems, Schubert is no longer able to perceive the success of a public performance of his music. He dies one year after his idol.
Cast
Heinrich Schweiger: Franz Schubert
Aglaja Schmid: Therese Grob
Hans Thimig: Father Schubert
Karl Bosse: Heinrich Grob
Maria Eis: Madame Schechner
Rolf Wanka: Franz Schober
Louis Soldan: Moritz von Schwind
Michael Janisch: Bergmann
Anni Korin: Netty
Erwin Strahl: Johann Mayerhofer
Karl Mittner: Ferdinand Schubert
Fritz Hinz-Fabricius: Court opera singer Vogl
Richard Eybner: Secretary of the Court theatre
Chariklia Baxevanos: Young girl
Fritz Imhoff:
Senta Wengraf
Fred Hennings
Otto Treßler
Franz Pfaudler
Alma Seidler
Susanne Engelhart
Karl Ehmann
Marianne Gerzner
Franz Herterich
Gisa Wurm
External links
1953 films
1950s biographical drama films
Austrian biographical drama films
1950s German-language films
Biographical films about musicians
Films about classical music and musicians
Films directed by Walter Kolm-Veltée
Films shot in Vienna
Films set in Vienna
Films set in the 1810s
Films set in the 1820s
Film
Films about composers
1950s historical drama films
Austrian historical drama films
Films shot at Rosenhügel Studios |
17337987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20bifrons | Amara bifrons | Amara bifrons is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.It is native to Europe.
References
bifrons
Beetles described in 1810 |
17337989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendaira%20Station | Sendaira Station | is a passenger railway station in the city of Tomioka, Gunma, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Jōshin Dentetsu.
Lines
Sendaira Station is a station on the Jōshin Line and is 29.9 kilometers from the terminus of the line at .
Station layout
The station consists of a single side platform serving traffic in both directions. There is no station building, but only a shelter on the platform. The station is unattended.
Adjacent stations
History
Sendaira Station opened on 18 August 1911.
Surrounding area
The station is located in an isolated rural area.
See also
List of railway stations in Japan
External links
Jōshin Dentetsu
Burari-Gunma
Railway stations in Gunma Prefecture
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1911
Tomioka, Gunma |
17337990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htawgaw | Htawgaw | Htawgaw is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Kachin State
Chipwi Township |
17337994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20blanchardi | Amara blanchardi | Amara blanchardi is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae. It is native to North America.
References
blanchardi
Beetles described in 1908 |
56565036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabetta%20Cocciaretto | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | Elisabetta Cocciaretto (born 25 January 2001) is a tennis player from Italy.
She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 64, achieved on 31 October 2022.
On the ITF Junior Circuit, Cocciaretto had a career-high combined ranking of 17, achieved on 5 February 2018. She reached the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open girls' singles tournament, losing to eventual champion Liang En-shuo.
Cocciaretto made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Italy in 2018.
She qualified for the first Grand Slam tournament main-draw in her career at the 2020 Australian Open.
Performance timeline
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current through the 2022 Guadalajara Open.
Doubles
Current through the 2022 Guadalajara Open.
WTA career finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Doubles: 1 (title)
Notes
References
External links
2001 births
Living people
Italian female tennis players
Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics |
17337995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20bokori | Amara bokori | Amara bokori is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
References
bokori
Beetles described in 1929
Taxa named by Ernő Csíki |
17337999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20deparca | Amara deparca | Amara deparca is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
References
deparca
Beetles described in 1830
Taxa named by Thomas Say |
17338003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20brevicollis | Amara brevicollis | Amara brevicollis is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
brevicollis
Beetles described in 1850 |
17338004 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htawmshing | Htawmshing | Htawmshing is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Kachin State
Chipwi Township |
17338005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20browni | Amara browni | Amara browni is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
References
browni
Beetles described in 1968 |
17338006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutley%20Windmill | Nutley Windmill | Nutley Windmill is a grade II* listed open trestle post mill at Nutley, East Sussex, England which has been restored to working order.
History
Nutley Windmill is thought to have been moved from Kilndown, Goudhurst, Kent circa 1817. The first record of a windmill at Nutley is in 1840. A timber in the mill has been dated by dendrochronology to 1738–70, and the main post is even older, dating to 1533–70. In 1870, the mill was painted white and working on four common sails. The mill was modernised in the 1880s, with the original wooden windshaft being replaced by a cast-iron one, and spring sails replacing the commons. Larger millstones were added. The mill was tarred at about this point, as shown by a photo dated 1890. She worked by wind until 1908, although latterly in poor condition. In 1928, the owner of the mill, Lady Castle Stewart, had the mill shored up with brick piers and steel joists below the body. These allowed the mill to survive until she could be restored.
Restoration started in 1968, The mill turned by wind again in 1971, and ground grain again in 1972. In 1975, Nutley Windmill was given to the Uckfield and District Preservation Society by Lady Castle Stewart.
The Windmill is featured briefly in the 1976 concert film The Song Remains the Same, featuring the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It is the location for the night time fantasy scene starring Led Zeppelin's bass and keyboard player John Paul Jones. A stock broke in 1984, while filming was being done for the children's TV programme Chocky's Children for Thames Television. A new one was fitted a week later with aid from Thames. The mill was damaged in the Great Storm of 1987, with over £6,000 worth of damage incurred. New rear steps were fitted to the mill in 1994/5, the work funded by a grant from British Telecom. Repairs to the trestle and head wheel in 1998 allowed the head stones to be worked for the first time since the mill stopped work. New sails were fitted to the mill in 2008.. Nutley Windmill featured on a postage stamp that was issued by the Royal Mail on 20 June 2017.
Description
Nutley Windmill is an open trestle post mill. She has two common sails and two spring sails carried on a cast iron windshaft and is winded by a tailpole. The mill drives two pairs of millstones, arranged head and tail. The wooden head wheel and tail wheel are diameter each. Both have been converted from compass arm to clasp arm construction. The body of the mill is long and wide.
Millers
The manorial records of Duddleswell show the land upon which the windmill sits was formed by a partition of a tenement in 1836 of 7 acres on the condition that no dwelling be erected.
Subsequent manorial and Census records give the names and occupations of the people living at the windmill, starting with Henry Sitford from 1836 until 1862 when he forfeited it on non-payment of the mortgage.
1836 - 1862 Henry Sitford ( then forfeit on non-payment)
1862 - 1862 William Wells ( sold to Robert Hollands)
1862 - 1867 Robert Hollands ( mortgaged to William Wells then forfeit on non-payment))
1867 - 1874 William Wells ( then sold to William Taylor)
1874 - 1906 William Taylor ( then enfranchised)
All of the above referenced from
References
External links
Visiting information
Windmill World Page on Nutley Windmill.
Uckfield & District Preservation Society's website
Further reading
Online version
Windmills in East Sussex
Museums in East Sussex
Grade II* listed buildings in East Sussex
Post mills in the United Kingdom
Grinding mills in the United Kingdom
Mill museums in England
Maresfield |
44506192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Boat%20Race%201951 | The Boat Race 1951 | The 97th Boat Race took place on 24 and 26 March 1951. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. After Oxford sank in the first race held on 24 March, a re-row was ordered by the umpire and took place two days later. It was the first time one of the crews had sunk during the race since the 1925 race. In a race umpired by former Oxford rower Gerald Ellison, Cambridge won the re-row by twelve lengths in a time of 20 minutes 50 seconds, taking the overall record in the event to 53–43 in their favour.
Background
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues"). First held in 1829, the race takes place on the Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London. The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities; it is followed throughout the United Kingdom and, as of 2014, broadcast worldwide. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1950 race by lengths, with Cambridge leading overall with 52 victories to Oxford's 43 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).
Cambridge were coached by W. T. Arthur (who rowed for the Light Blues in the 1950 race), Roy Meldrum (a coach for Lady Margaret Boat Club), James Owen and H. R. N. Rickett (who rowed three times between 1930 and 1932). Oxford's coaches were T. A. Brocklebank (who had rowed for Cambridge three times between 1929 and 1931 and who had also coached the Light Blues in the 1934 race), J. L. Garton (who had rowed for the Dark Blues in the 1938 and 1939 races) and J. A. MacNabb (who rowed for Cambridge in the 1924 race). The race was umpired for the first time by former Oxford rower and Gerald Ellison, the Bishop of Willesden, who had competed in the 1932 and 1933 races.
The Light Blues were considered to be firm favourites, yet the rowing correspondent for The Times suggested that "the outcome is anything but certain". The rowing correspondent writing in The Manchester Guardian stated that "if Oxford to-day can make the most of their superiority in weight and good fighting spirit the race is by no means lost to them".
Crews
The Oxford crew weighed an average of 13 st 0.5 lb (82.6 kg), per rower more than their opponents. Cambridge saw four rowers return with Boat Race experience, including their number six Brian Lloyd and stroke David Jennens. Oxford's crew contained three rowers who had taken part in the previous year's race. Five of Cambridge rowers were studying at St John's College, thus rowed for Lady Margaret Boat Club under the supervision of Meldrum. Three participants in the race were registered as non-British. Oxford's number two A. J. Smith was Australian while their cox G. Carver was American; Cambridge's Lloyd was also Australian.
Race
Oxford won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station, handing the Middlesex side of the river to Cambridge. Umpire Ellison started the race at 1:45 p.m, with a strong wind blowing against the tide, creating "sizeable waves". Oxford had already taken on board a considerable amount of water from their row to the stakeboats and had opted for less physical protection against the inclement conditions than their opponents. Both crews started at a relatively low stroke rate to cater for the conditions, with Cambridge moderately out-rating their opponents. The Light Blues took an early lead and appeared to be coping with the conditions better than Oxford, and were over a length ahead by the time they passed the London Rowing Club boathouse. The Dark Blues shipped more water until they became entirely submerged, and were rescued by spectators on the Oxford launch Niceia. Cambridge continued, and headed for the relative protection of the Surrey shore but were caught by the umpire's boat and informed that the race was void.
It was the first sinking in the Boat Race since the 1925 race in which Oxford went down. Since the umpire declared a "no row" and because the reason for the sinking was deemed to be "equipment failure before the end of the Fulham Wall", it was agreed between the umpire, the boat club presidents and the Port of London Authority that a re-row be arranged which would take place on Easter Monday, 26 March 1951.
After the two-day delay, Oxford once again won the toss and once again elected to start from the Surrey station, handing the Middlesex side of the river to Cambridge. Ellison started the re-row at 2:30 p.m, in light rain and a "dead smooth" river. Cambridge made the better start and although Oxford quickly drew level, the Light Blues were clear by the end of Fulham Wall. Poor steering from cox Carver allowed Cambridge to pull further ahead, passing the Mile Post more than two lengths clear, and Harrods Furniture Depository three lengths up. Jennens pushed on and by the time Cambridge passed below Hammersmith Bridge, they were four and a half lengths clear and seven ahead by Chiswick Steps. By Barnes Bridge, the lead was 11 lengths.
Cambridge won by a margin of 12 lengths in a time of 20 minutes 50 seconds, securing their fifth consecutive victory. It was the largest winning margin since the 1900 race and the slowest winning time since the 1947 race. Crowden later noted that while he believed the initially sinking to be more down to "inferior oarsmanship rather than an accident", he was certain that his crew would have failed to finish the course had they been allowed to continue. The rowing correspondent of The Manchester Guardian suggested that "the 1951 race, with anti-climax following disaster, is best forgotten as quickly as may be." The victory took the overall record in the event to 53–43 in Cambridge's favour.
References
Notes
Bibliography
External links
Official website
1951 in English sport
1951 in rowing
The Boat Race
March 1951 sports events in the United Kingdom
1951 sports events in London |
17338007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20brunnea | Amara brunnea | Amara brunnea is a species of beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
References
brunnea
Beetles described in 1810 |
23577705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichosalpinx%20egleri | Trichosalpinx egleri | Trichosalpinx egleri is a species of orchid native to southern tropical America (Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana and the Caribbean).
References
External links
egleri
Orchids of Bolivia
Orchids of Brazil
Orchids of Guyana
Orchids of French Guiana
Orchids of Peru
Orchids of Suriname
Orchids of Venezuela
Flora of the Caribbean
Flora without expected TNC conservation status |
17338009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htingra | Htingra | Htingra is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Kachin State
Chipwi Township |
23577707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanizaki%20Prize | Tanizaki Prize | The Tanizaki Prize (谷崎潤一郎賞 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Shō), named in honor of the Japanese novelist Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, is one of Japan's most sought-after literary awards. It was established in 1965 by the publishing company Chūō Kōronsha Inc. to commemorate its 80th anniversary as a publisher. It is awarded annually to a full-length representative work of fiction or drama of the highest literary merit by a professional writer. The winner receives a commemorative plaque and a cash prize of 1 million yen.
Winners
Award sponsor Chuokoron-Shinsha maintains an official list of current and past winning works.
1965 Kojima Nobuo for Embracing Family (Hōyō kazoku, 抱擁家族)
1966 Endō Shūsaku for Silence (Chinmoku, 沈黙)
1967 Kenzaburō Ōe for The Silent Cry (Manen gannen no futtoboru, 万延元年のフットボール)
1967 Abe Kobo for Friends (Tomodachi, 友達)
1968 (no prize awarded)
1969 Enchi Fumiko for Shu wo ubau mono; Kizu aru tsubasa; Niji to shura (朱を奪うもの/傷ある翼/虹と修羅)
1970 Yutaka Haniya for Black Horse In The Midst Of Darkness (Yami no naka no kuroi uma, 闇のなかの黒い馬)
1970 Yoshiyuki Junnosuke for The Dark Room (Anshitsu, 暗室)
1971 Noma Hiroshi for Seinen no wa (青年の環)
1972 Maruya Saiichi for A Singular Rebellion (Tatta hitori no hanran, たった一人の反乱)
1973 Kaga Otohiko for Kaerazaru natsu (帰らざる夏)
1974 Usui Yoshimi for Azumino (安曇野)
1975 Minakami Tsutomu for Ikkyū (一休)
1976 Fujieda Shizuo for Denshin ugaku (田紳有楽)
1977 Shimao Toshio for Hi no utsuroi (日の移ろい)
1978 Nakamura Shin'ichirō for Summer (Natsu, 夏)
1979 Tanaka Komimasa for Poroporo (ポロポロ)
1980 Kono Taeko for Ichinen no banka (一年の牧歌)
1981 Fukazawa Shichiro for Michinoku no ningyotachi (みちのくの人形たち)
1981 Goto Akio for Yoshinodayu (吉野大夫)
1982 Oba Minako for Katachi mo naku (寂兮寥兮)
1983 Furui Yoshikichi for Morning Glory (Asagao, 槿)
1984 Kuroi Senji for Life in the Cul-de-Sac (Gunsei, 群棲)
1984 Takai Yuichi for This Country's Sky (Kono kuni no sora, この国の空)
1985 Haruki Murakami for Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Sekai no owari to Hādoboirudo Wandārando, 世界の終わりとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド)
1986 Hino Keizo for Sakyu ga ugoku yō ni (砂丘が動くように)
1987 Tsutsui Yasutaka for Yumenokizaka bunkiten (夢の木坂分岐点)
1988 (no prize awarded)
1989 (no prize awarded)
1990 Hayashi Kyoko for Yasurakani ima wa nemuri tamae (やすらかに今はねむり給え)
1991 Inoue Hisashi for Shanghai Moon (Shanhai Mūn, シャンハイムーン)
1992 Setouchi Jakucho for Hana ni toe (花に問え)
1993 Ikezawa Natsuki for The Navidad Incident: The Downfall of Matías Guili (Mashiasu giri no shikkyaku, マシアス・ギリの失脚)
1994 Tsujii Takashi for Rainbow Cove (Niji no misaki, 虹の岬)
1995 Tsuji Kunio for Saigyō kaden (西行花伝)
1996 (no prize awarded)
1997 Hosaka Kazushi for Kisetsu no kioku (季節の記憶)
1997 Miki Taku for Roji (路地)
1998 Tsushima Yūko for Mountain of Fire: Account of a Wild Monkey (Hi no yama - yamazaruki, 火の山―山猿記)
1999 Takagi Nobuko for Translucent Tree (Tokō no ki, (透光の樹)
2000 Tsujihara Noboru for Yudotei Maruki (遊動亭円木)
2000 Murakami Ryū for A Symbiotic Parasite (Kyoseichu, 共生虫)
2001 Hiromi Kawakami for The Briefcase aka Strange Weather in Tokyo (Sensei no kaban, センセイの鞄)
2002: (no prize awarded)
2003: Tawada Yoko for Suspect On The Night Train (Yōgisha no yakōressha, 容疑者の夜行列車)
2004: Horie Toshiyuki for Yukinuma and Its Environs (Yukinuma to sono shūhen, 雪沼とその周辺)
2005: Machida Kō for Confession (Kokuhaku, 告白)
2005: Amy Yamada for Wonderful Flavor (Fūmizekka, 風味絶佳)
2006: Yōko Ogawa for Meena's March (Mīna no Kōshin, ミーナの行進)
2007: Seirai Yuichi for Bakushin (爆心)
2008: Natsuo Kirino for Tokyo-jima (東京島)
2009: (no prize awarded)
2010: Kazushige Abe for Pistils (Pisutoruzu, ピストルズ)
2011: Mayumi Inaba for To the Peninsula (半島へ)
2012: Genichiro Takahashi for Goodbye, Christopher Robin (さよならクリストファー・ロビン)
2013: Mieko Kawakami for Dreams of Love (Ai no Yume to ka, 愛の夢とか)
2014: Hikaru Okuizumi for The Autobiography of Tokyo (Tōkyō jijoden, 東京自叙伝)
2015: Kaori Ekuni for Geckos, Frogs, and Butterflies (Yamori Kaeru Shijimichō, ヤモリ、カエル、シジミチョウ)
2016: Akiko Itoyama for Hakujyō (薄情)
2016: Yū Nagashima for San no Tonari wa Gogōshitsu (三の隣は五号室)
2017: Hisaki Matsuura for honour and trance (Meiyo to Kōkotsu, 名誉と恍惚)
2018: Tomoyuki Hoshino for
2019: Kiyoko Murata for
2020: Kenichiro Isozaki for Nihon Momai Zenshi (日本蒙昧前史)
2021: Kanehara Hitomi for Unsocial Distance (Ansōsharudisutansu, アンソーシャルディスタンス)
2022: Banana Yoshimoto for Miton to fubin'' (ミトンとふびん)
See also
List of Japanese literary awards
References
1965 establishments in Japan
Awards established in 1965
Japanese literary awards
Japanese-language literary awards |
26722085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuala%20N%C3%AD%20Conchobair | Nuala Ní Conchobair | Nuala Ní Conchobair (died 1226) was Queen of Ulaid.
Ní Conchobair was a daughter of King Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (c.1116-1198) and a wife of King Ruaidrí Mac Duinn Sléibe of Ulaidh (died 1201).
After the fall of the kingdom to John de Courcy, the MacDonlevy (dynasty) (I. Mac Duinn Sléibe) were obliged to seek protection in Connacht. They were again forced to move as a result of the encastellation of Connacht by Richard Mor de Burgh, with the result that they were dispersed and faded utterly from power.
Following the death of her husband in 1201, Nuala apparently lived somewhere in north Galway, near Cong, where she was interred upon her death in 1226:
Nuala inghen Ruaidhri Uí Conchobhair baintighearna Uladh d'écc i c-Conga Fechin, & a h-adhnacal go h-onórach i t-teampall canánach Conga/Nuala, daughter of Roderic O'Conor, and Queen of Ulidia, died at Conga Fechin, and was honourably interred in the church of the Canons at Cong.
References
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID=
CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts at University College Cork
Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, in Medieval Ireland:An Encyclopedia, pp. 466–471, ed. Seán Duffy, New York City, 2005. .
People from County Galway
Medieval Gaels from Ireland
1226 deaths
Irish princesses
13th-century Irish people
Year of birth unknown |
26722109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Route%209%20%28Vietnam%29 | National Route 9 (Vietnam) | National Route 9 () runs across Vietnam roughly in line with the 17th Parallel. The route includes two segments. The segment called National Route 9A begins at Đông Hà and ends at Lao Bảo on the Vietnam-Laos border and is entirely within Quảng Trị Province. The 8 km-long segment called National Route 9B begins at Dong Ha and runs eastward to Cửa Việt Port.
Road layout
Route 9 runs through the following towns and cities of Quảng Trị Province:
Đông Hà, where it connects with Route 1
Cam Lộ
Ca Lu
Tân Hợp, where it connects to the Ho Chi Minh Highway
Khe Sanh
Lang Vei
Lao Bảo where it connects to Route 9E in Laos which runs through Xépôn and Seno to Savannakhet
Specifications
Total length: 82 km
Road width: 10 m
Road surface: paved with asphalt
History
Route Coloniale 9 or RC9 was constructed by the French in the early 20th century.
With the partition of Vietnam following the First Indochina War, Route 9 was the northernmost West-East road in South Vietnam and ran roughly parallel to the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
In the early 1960s as the Vietnam War began to increase in intensity, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and US Special Forces began to build a chain of bases south of the DMZ to interdict the flow of men and materiel from North Vietnam. These bases included:
Dong Ha
Con Thien
Camp Carroll
The Rockpile
Vandegrift Combat Base
Ca Lu
Khe Sanh
Lang Vei
Route 9 became a vital supply artery to these bases and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) were frequently able to cut or ambush Route 9 during the "Border Battles" period from 1967 to 1969. Route 9 was the access road used in Operation Pegasus and Operation Lam Son 719.
In recent years with the implementation of Vietnam's Doi Moi reforms there has been an increase in cross-border trade with Laos and Route 9 has been progressively upgraded. With the completion of the Ho Chi Minh Highway, Route 9 has become an important link between the Ho Chi Minh Highway and Route 1.
References
Vietnam Road Map Book (Tập Bản đồ Giao thông Đường bộ Việt Nam) revision 2004 by Vietnam Map Publishing House.
9
Vietnam War sites |
6906690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral%20Elegy | Pastoral Elegy | The Pastoral Elegy is a hymn from the "Old Missouri Harmony Songbook". The Town of Corydon, Indiana is named after a person in this hymn. The mournful, period song tells the tale of a young shepherd boy named Corydon who died.
Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory would visit frequently the land the area that would become Corydon. He owned in present-day Harrison County, even the land on which the Corydon Capitol building was built on. According to the story, Governor Harrison was at the house of Edward Smith, a friend of his. Governor Harrison said, he was planning on establishing a town in the area, but he had no thought of a name to call it yet. Edward's daughter Jennie suggested the name "Corydon" after his favorite song that she sang to him whenever he visited there. He said, "I shall do so" and thus the Town of Corydon was born.
Words of the Pastoral Elegy (1st stanza):
"What sorrowful sounds do I hear,
Move slowly along in the gale,
How solemn they fall on my ear,
As softly they pass through the vale.
Sweet Corydon's notes are all o'er,
Now lonely he sleeps in the clay,
His cheeks bloom with roses no more,
Since death called his spirit away."
External links
Music and Lyrics to the Pastoral Elegy
Hymns |
6906708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Keefe%20%28theatre%20director%29 | Anne Keefe (theatre director) | Anne Keefe was the associate artistic director at the Westport Country Playhouse in Westport, Connecticut. She resigned, effective 25 September 2006, after seven seasons at the playhouse, only to return in Spring of 2008 alongside Co-Artistic Director Joanne Woodward.
She is married to David Wiltse, the Playhouse's playwright-in-residence.
Prior to working at the Westport Country Playhouse, Keefe worked as a professional production stage manager and production supervisor from 1973. Some of her notable productions are The Changing Room, American Buffalo, Spokesong, Death and the Maiden, Hamlet, Night Must Fall, and Our Town.
Notes
American theatre directors
Women theatre directors
Living people
People from Westport, Connecticut
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people) |
26722112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Ellena | Richard Ellena | Victor Richard Ellena (born 15 January 1951 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Nelson between 3 February 2007 and his retirement at the end of 2018.
He was educated at the University of Canterbury after which he worked as a teacher until studying for the Priesthood. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1985 and has held incumbencies at Kensington-Otipua, Blenheim and Marlborough, where he was also the area's Archdeacon.
He was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Nelson at 3 February 2007. An Evangelical Anglican, he is a supporter of the Anglican realignment, having attended the Global South Fourth Encounter, in Singapore, at 19–23 April 2010, and the GAFCON II, in Nairobi, Kenya, at 21–26 October 2013.
References
1961 births
Living people
21st-century Anglican bishops in New Zealand
Evangelical Anglican bishops
People from Christchurch
Anglican archdeacons in New Zealand
Anglican bishops of Nelson |
20477350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei%20Kolosov | Sergei Kolosov | Sergei Afanasyevich Kolosov (; born May 22, 1986) is a Belarusian former ice hockey defenceman. He last played with Generals Kiev of the Ukrainian Hockey League. Kolosov was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2004, and signed a contract with the team on June 25, 2008.
He played for the Belarusian national team at the 2008, 2010, and 2011 World Championships, as well as the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
1986 births
Belarusian ice hockey defencemen
Detroit Red Wings draft picks
Grand Rapids Griffins players
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
MKS Cracovia (ice hockey) players
Living people
Olympic ice hockey players of Belarus
Orlik Opole players
People from Navapolatsk
Sportspeople from Vitebsk Region |
56565039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20John | Ryan John | Ryan John (born 25 September 1997) is a West Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for the Windward Islands in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 11 February 2018. Prior to his List A debut, he was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In October 2019, he was named in the Windward Islands' squad for the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament. He made his first-class debut on 27 February 2020, for the Windward Islands in the 2019–20 West Indies Championship.
References
External links
1997 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Windward Islands cricketers |
6906712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%20State%20University%20Pavilion | Michigan State University Pavilion | The MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education (popularly shortened to MSU Pavilion) is a convention center located in East Lansing, Michigan on the campus of Michigan State University. It was built in 1996. It has of exhibit space.
Facilities include a 2,000-seat indoor arena with of floor space, used for trade shows, concerts, sporting events, livestock shows and other events; a 364-seat auditorium for meetings and livestock auctions; and a exhibit hall for trade shows, conventions and other events.
The complex also contains of meeting rooms (there are three meeting rooms that can divide into four meeting rooms.) The complex also features a 10 kilowatt solar power photovoltaic system, a state-of-the-art sound system, a campground with space for 96 campsites; and parking for 1500 cars.
External links
MSU Pavilion
Convention centers in Michigan
Indoor arenas in Michigan
Michigan State University
Michigan State University campus
Event venues established in 1996
1996 establishments in Michigan |
20477410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino%20Hotels | Sino Hotels | Sino Hotels (Holdings) Limited () is a hotel operator based in Hong Kong but incorporated in the Cayman Islands. It is affiliated with Sino Land Company Limited in Hong Kong and the Far East Organization in Singapore.
Hotels
Hong Kong
Sino Hotels operate 6 hotels in HK :
City Garden Hotel
Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel
Gold Cost Yacht and Country Club
Island Pacific Hotel
The Royal Pacific Hotel and Towers Hong Kong
The Olympian Hong Kong
The Pottinger Hong Kong
Singapore
In Singapore, Sino Hotels operate the Fullerton brand :
Fullerton Hotel
Fullerton Bay Hotel
Australia
In Australia, Sino Hotels operate one hotel in Sydney.
The Fullerton, Martin Place, Sydney
Board members
Sino Hotels' board consists of 8 directors including the chairman, Robert Ng.
Executive Directors
Robert Ng Chee Siong (Chairman)
Daryl Ng Win Kong (), the eldest son of chairman Robert Ng, (Deputy Chairman)
Non-Executive Directors
Ronald Joseph Arculli
Gilbert Lui Wing Kwong
Independent Non-Executive Directors
Peter Wong Man Kong
Steven Ong Kay Eng
Wong Cho Bau
References
External links
Sino Hotels official website
The Pottinger official website
Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Offshore companies of the Cayman Islands
Hotels established in 1994
Sino Group
Hotel chains in China
Hospitality companies of Hong Kong
Hospitality companies of Singapore
Hotel chains in Singapore |
56565055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Roodhouse%20Gloyne | Stephen Roodhouse Gloyne | Stephen Roodhouse Gloyne (24 December 1882 – 25 September 1950) was an English pathologist who worked at the London Chest Hospital from 1911 to 1948. There he built up the pathology department almost from scratch. He kept a large animal house, was director of the Barnes Research Department, and expanded the specimen collection started by Peacock. In 1941, during the Second World War, all but 18 of the 400 specimens in the collection were destroyed, causing Gloyne to comment that his life's work had gone up in smoke.
He wrote a biography of the Scottish surgeon John Hunter.
Selected publications
John Hunter. E. & S. Livingstone, Edinburgh and London, 1950.
References
1882 births
1950 deaths
English pathologists
English biographers
20th-century English writers
20th-century English scientists |
20477412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco%20and%20Vaping%20Products%20Act | Tobacco and Vaping Products Act | The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (the Act) is a Canadian law to regulate the production, marketing and sale of tobacco and vaping products. The law replaced the Tobacco Act, Bill C-71 during the 35th Canadian Parliament in 1997, which itself replaced the former Tobacco Sales To Young Persons Act of 1994 as well as the Tobacco Products Control Act of 1989. The Tobacco Act was amended on July 5, 2010 and renamed to Tobacco and Vaping Products Act in 2018 when similar laws concerning vaping products were added.
Purpose
The purpose of the Act is to protect the health of Canadians by imposing limits on the sale and production of tobacco products. It increases awareness of the health risks associated with use of tobacco products. The Act also protects young people by restricting the age of purchase.
Regulations made under the Act
Tobacco (Access) Regulations
The legal age to purchase tobacco products varies with each province. A person may be asked for documentation to verify their age before purchasing a tobacco product. Under the Act, suitable forms of identification include a driver's license, passport, Canadian permanent resident document, certificate of Canadian citizenship with signature, or a Canadian Armed Forces identification card. Forms of identification issued by a provincial, federal, or foreign government with a signature, photo, and date of birth are also accepted. In addition, every retailer must place a sign near the tobacco products. The sign must adhere to the specifications outlined in the Tobacco Act. It must be in a visible location with a surface area no smaller than 600 cm2 with the following text:
"It is prohibited by federal law to provide tobacco products to persons under 18 years of age. Il est interdit par la loi fédérale de fournir des produits du tabac aux personnes âgées de moins de 18 ans.”
Tobacco products labelling regulations (cigarettes and little cigars)
Tobacco products must have legible packaging with text in both of Canada's official languages, English and French. The package must contain health warnings and information on toxic emissions, either in the form of text or pictures and text. They must be displayed on equal opposite sides of the packaging, on the largest visible side, and on the lid. The warnings may also be included on a leaflet that is visible when accessing the product.
Promotion of tobacco products and accessories regulations (prohibited terms)
The Act prohibits the promotion and advertising of tobacco products when the terms "light" or "mild" are used. This applies to products, packaging, and accessories associated with tobacco. A retailer also cannot display these products if "light" and "mild" are on the packaging.
Cigarette ignition propensity regulations
The Act requires that every brand of cigarettes manufactured on or after October 1, 2005, be tested by manufacturers to make sure the cigarette burns up completely less than 25% of the time. The test is to be conducted using 10 layers of filter paper and each cigarette tested must be of the same brand.
References
Canadian federal legislation
Health in Canada
Tobacco control |
56565058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serhat%20Kot | Serhat Kot | Serhat Kot (born 12 August 1997) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turgutluspor.
Professional career
A youth product of Borussia Dortmund, Kot begun his senior career with the Turkish club Altay S.K., before moving back to Germany with 1. FC Nürnberg II. He joined Fenerbahçe in the summer of 2017, joining their youth side. Kot made his professional debut with Fenerbahçe in a 2-0 Süper Lig win over İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. on 11 February 2018.
On 24 August 2019, Kot signed a one-year contract with Dutch club MVV Maastricht competing in the second-tier Eerste Divisie. He left the club when his contract expired in July 2020.
International career
Kot represented the Turkey U16s at the 2013 Montaigu Tournament.
References
External links
FuPa Profile
DFB Profile
1997 births
German people of Turkish descent
Sportspeople from Bielefeld
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
Living people
German footballers
Turkish footballers
Turkey youth international footballers
Association football midfielders
Altay S.K. footballers
1. FC Nürnberg II players
Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
MVV Maastricht players
1922 Konyaspor footballers
Turgutluspor footballers
TFF Third League players
Regionalliga players
Süper Lig players
Eerste Divisie players
TFF Second League players
Turkish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
Turkish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands |
44506231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Boat%20Race%201952 | The Boat Race 1952 | The 98th Boat Race took place on 29 March 1952. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. In a race umpired by former Cambridge rower Kenneth Payne, Oxford won by a canvas in a time of 20 minutes 23 seconds. At no point during the contest was there clear water between the boats. The race, described as "one of the closest fought of all time", was their second win in seven years and took the overall record in the event to 53–44 in Cambridge's favour.
Background
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues"). First held in 1829, the race takes place on the Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London. The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities; it is followed throughout the United Kingdom and, as of 2014, broadcast worldwide. Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1951 race by a lengths, and had won the previous five races. They led overall with 53 victories to Oxford's 43 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).
Oxford's coaches were A. J. M. Durand (who had rowed for the Dark Blues in the 1920 race), Hugh "Jumbo" Edwards (who rowed for Oxford in 1926 and 1930), R. D. Hill (who rowed in the 1940 wartime race) and J. H. Page. Cambridge were coached by C. B. M. Lloyd (three-time Blue between 1949 and 1951), Roy Meldrum (a coach for Lady Margaret Boat Club), James Owen and Harold Rickett (who rowed three times between 1930 and 1932). The race was umpired for the third time by the former British Olympian Kenneth Payne, who had rowed for Cambridge in the 1932 and 1934 races.
Although Cambridge had arrived at Putney as clear favourites to win, Oxford's improvements during the build-up to the race had shortened their odds: as the rowing correspondent in The Manchester Guardian suggested, "anything might happen". The rowing correspondent for The Times reported that Cambridge were "quoted as even" but would "still start [the] race as favourites". Moreover, the crews were "extraordinarily evenly matched, but Oxford have a very good chance of breaking the run of Cambridge wins."
Crews
The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 12 st 11.5 lb (81.2 kg), per rower more than their opponents. Oxford's crew contained three rowers with Boat Race experience including Christopher Davidge, their stroke, who was making his third appearance in the event. Cambridge saw three participants return, including cox John Hinde. Oxford's number six Ken Keniston was the only participant registered as non-British; the former Harvard University rower was from the United States.
Race
Cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the Middlesex station, handing the Surrey side of the river to Oxford. The weather was inclement, with gale-force winds and snow disrupting the race, and limiting the number of spectators lining the banks of the Thames to a few thousand. Umpire Payne started the race at 3:15 p.m. Cambridge made the cleaner start in the rough conditions, and held a quarter-length lead at the Dukes' Head pub. Despite making a number of spurts, the Light Blues could not pull away from Oxford, the Dark Blues' stroke maintaining a higher stroke rate to keep in touch. Keeping to more sheltered conditions yet in slower water, Cambridge passed the Mile Post with a lead of half a length.
With the bend in the river beginning to favour Oxford, the lead was slowly eroded until both boats passed nearly level below Hammersmith Bridge. Alongside Chiswick Eyot, the Dark Blues were almost half-a-length ahead but not gaining further. Cambridge's cox Hinde pushed the Oxford boat towards the centre of the river and as they passed under Barnes Bridge the Dark Blue lead was down to less than a quarter of a length. Oxford won by a canvas (approximately ) in a time of 20 minutes 23 seconds, the narrowest margin of victory since 1877, and their first win in six attempts. At no point during the course of the race did either boat have a clear water advantage over their opponent. The rowing correspondent for The Manchester Guardian described the race as "one of the closest fought of all time", while Ian Thomson, writing in The Observer suggested it was "one of the most exciting races ever rowed."
References
Notes
Bibliography
External links
Official website
1952 in English sport
1952 in rowing
The Boat Race
March 1952 sports events in the United Kingdom
1952 sports events in London |
17338010 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affton%20School%20District | Affton School District | Affton School District is a school district in Affton, Missouri, located within St. Louis County. Its schools include Affton Early Childhood, Mesnier Primary School, Gotsch Intermediate School, Merrill J. Rogers Middle School, and Affton High School.
History
The Affton School District, founded in 1855, offered its first high school courses in the basement of Mackenzie School in 1930. The first high school graduation was held in 1934. The original section of the now old Affton High School was completed in 1936. This building, located across the street from the current Affton High School, was used as the Sanders Work Activity Center, but has since been torn down and is now a senior-living facility. The current Affton High School was constructed on of land in 1955. Several additions to the high school have added a new cafeteria, a second gym and a swimming pool, a new sports complex and a common area for student gatherings.
Operations
Students who are differently abled are referred to the Special School District of St. Louis County (SSD) facilities. Affton School District residents are zoned to Southview School (ages 5-21) in Sunset Hills.
References
School districts in Missouri
Education in St. Louis County, Missouri
1855 establishments in Missouri
School districts established in 1855 |
17338017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichake | Ichake | Ichake is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District, located in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Kachin State
Chipwi Township |
17338021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara%20californica | Amara californica | Amara californica is a species of black coloured beetle of the genus Amara in the family Carabidae.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of A. californica:
Amara californica californica Dejean, 1828
Amara californica costaricensis (Bates, 1878)
References
californica
Beetles described in 1828
Taxa named by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean |
17338023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangfang | Kangfang | Kangfang is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Kachin State
Chipwi Township |
17338030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko-hkang | Ko-hkang | Ko-hkang is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Kachin State
Chipwi Township |
44506258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toybox%20Turbos | Toybox Turbos | Toybox Turbos is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters. It was released in November 2014.
Gameplay
Toybox Turbos is a racing video game with gameplay similar to the Micro Machines video game series. The game features 18 circuits and 35 vehicles. The game supports local and online multiplayer.
Reception and reviews
The PC version of Toybox Turbos received "mixed or average" reviews according to a review aggregator website Metacritic. Reception towards the PlayStation 3 version was more favourable.
GamesRadar+ gave it , saying "there is something fundamentally fun about racing tiny cars across a breakfast table and pushing your best mate off it onto the floor...[it] offers immediate multiplayer fun thanks to its mix of racing, weapons and forgiving handling...[but] the single-player mode is not as entertaining".
Eurogamer rated it 7/10, stating that the "handling is appropriately chunky, with enough bounce to be fun, but enough traction that you don't feel out of control...the tracks and race types certainly don't offer enough variation that the decision to favour speed over handling, or vice versa, has any real tactical merit...[but] as a budget-priced reminder of simpler times, Toybox Turbos does everything it needed to, but sadly not much more".
References
External links
2014 video games
Codemasters games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
PlayStation 3 games
Racing video games
Video games scored by Mark Knight
Windows games
Xbox 360 games
Video games developed in the United Kingdom |
23577715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20McCann | James McCann | James or Jim McCann may refer to:
James McCann (baseball) (born 1990), American baseball player
James McCann (bishop) (1897–1983), Anglican Bishop of Meath 1945–59, Archbishop of Armagh 1959–69
James McCann (businessman), American entrepreneur who founded 1-800-Flowers
James McCann (drugs trafficker) (born 1939), Irish drugs trafficker, known as Jim
James McCann (Drogheda MP) (died 1873), Member of Parliament for Drogheda 1852–65
James McCann (St Stephen's Green MP) (1840–1904), Member of Parliament for Dublin St Stephen's Green 1900–04
James McCann (Wisconsin politician) (1924–2009), American politician
James Joseph McCann (1886–1961), Canadian politician
Jim McCann (musician) (1944–2015), Irish folk musician and entertainer
Jim McCann (writer) (born 1974), American comic book writer
Jim McCann (scientist) (born 1983), American robotics professor at Carnegie Mellon University |
17338034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagut | Lagut | Lagut is a village in Chipwi Township in Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma.
References
External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Kachin State
Chipwi Township |
23577724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donghu%20metro%20station | Donghu metro station | The Taipei Metro Donghu station is located in the Neihu District in Taipei, Taiwan. It is a station on Wenhu line.
Station overview
This three-level, elevated station features two side platforms, three exits, and a platform elevator located on the north side of the concourse level. It is located on Kangning Road, Sec. 3.
The station is 83 meters long and 21.5 meters wide, while the platform is 93.5 meters long. Because of the station needed to go over the Wufen Road footbridge, the station height is 20 meters (the equivalent of a six-story building). It has thus been called the "Zenith Station" and is the highest station on the Taipei Metro.
Design
The station design theme is "Music". Surface designs in the station square represent a dancing musical staff. Silk fabric is printed on enamel slab art walls at the concourse level to represent romantic urban music.
Located next to the entrance, public art for the station is titled "The Rippling Lake". Porcelain and celadon are used to create ripples on the art piece.
History
December 2007: Station structure reaches completion.
22 February 2009: Donghu station construction is completed.
4 July 2009: Begins service with the opening of Brown Line.
The station is a planned transfer for the Minsheng–Xizhi line.
Station layout
Around the station
Ankang Park
Nanhu Senior High School
Minghu Junior High School
Nanhu Elementary School
Minghu Elementary School
Donghu Elementary School
Taipei Public Library, Donghu Branch
Donghu Police Station
Donghu Fire Department
Halar Cinemas
References
Wenhu line stations
Railway stations opened in 2009 |
23577734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Monk | Frank Monk | Frank Vivian Monk (1886 – 15 November 1962) was an English amateur footballer who had a brief career with several professional clubs around 1910.
Early career
Monk was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire and was educated at Queens Road School, Wimbledon and St Marks College, Chelsea where he trained to be a teacher. He was an outstanding all-round amateur sportsman who gained honours at swimming, cricket and athletics (turning out for St Martins Harriers) and was the 1909 Salisbury marathon champion.
Football career
He joined Southampton of the Southern League on amateur terms in the summer of 1910. His teaching commitments prevented him from playing regularly for the "Saints" and he made his debut after seven games of the 1910–11 season, when he took the place of Sam Jepp at centre-half against Crystal Palace on 22 October 1910. When he played, "he used his athleticism to good effect" and was a sure tackler. He managed 19 league appearances, with either Jepp or Billy Beaumont taking his place when he was unavailable. On 11 February 1911, he played as an emergency centre-forward at Swindon Town.
His form attracted the attention of the England amateur selectors and, after a successful trial in January 1911, he won four amateur international caps.
In September 1911, Monk made two appearances for Glossop in the Football League Second Division, followed by brief spells with Fulham and one match back at The Dell (a 2–1 defeat against West Ham United on 6 January 1912).
Later career
In the summer of 1912, his teaching career took him away from Southampton, which brought his brief excursion into professional football to an end.
References
1886 births
1962 deaths
Sportspeople from Salisbury
English footballers
England amateur international footballers
Association football defenders
Salisbury City F.C. players
Southampton F.C. players
Glossop North End A.F.C. players
Fulham F.C. players
Southern Football League players
English Football League players |
23577742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadsworth%20Theatre | Wadsworth Theatre | The historic Wadsworth Theatre is a live theatre in the Sawtelle community of West Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California.
It is located on the historic Sawtelle Veterans Home campus, the present day West Los Angeles Department of Veterans Affairs complex. It is off Wilshire Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard, on the east side of Brentwood.
History
The theater was built in 1939 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. It underwent an extensive restoration in 2002.
The Wadsworth Theater is used to present various Broadway shows, musical concerts, film premieres, and live theatrical productions. It has also hosted the annual Streamy Awards, since they were first held there in 2009.
See also
References
Theatres in Los Angeles
Sawtelle, Los Angeles
West Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard
Event venues established in 1939
1939 establishments in California
1930s architecture in the United States
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California |
26722123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarten%20van%20Dulm | Maarten van Dulm | Maarten van Dulm (4 August 1879 – 25 April 1949) was a vice-admiral of the Royal Dutch Navy and Olympic fencer.
Van Dulm participated at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, in the single and team sabre competition and the team sabre competition respectively. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre competition in 1924.
Van Dulm joined the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1900 and was editor of the naval newspaper (Marineblad) from 1919 to 1922. He became a commander in 1924 and would eventually rise to the rank of vice-admiral. He was commander in chief of the Dutch East-India fleet from 1934-1936.
Honours
Knight of the order of the Netherlands Lion
Commander of the order of Orange-Nassau
References
External links
1879 births
1949 deaths
Dutch male fencers
Olympic fencers of the Netherlands
Fencers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in fencing
Sportspeople from Arnhem
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics |
26722126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoD%20Procurement%20Executive | MoD Procurement Executive | The MoD Procurement Executive was the acquisition organisation of the Ministry of Defence.
The Procurement Executive (widely known as PE) was established on 2 August 1971 as a single procurement agency for all three services with Derek Rayner (later Lord Rayner) as the first Chief of Defence Procurement. It was superseded by the Defence Procurement Agency on 1 April 1999.
PE was responsible for the acquisition of equipment for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.
References
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
United Kingdom defence procurement
Defunct executive agencies of the United Kingdom government
Organizations established in 1971
Organizations disestablished in 1999
1971 establishments in the United Kingdom |
26722145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowing%20at%20the%202010%20South%20American%20Games%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20double%20sculls | Rowing at the 2010 South American Games – Men's double sculls | The Men's double sculls event at the 2010 South American Games was held over March 21 at 9:40.
Medalists
Records
Results
References
Final
Double Scull M |
6906713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20submarine%20U-32%20%28S182%29 | German submarine U-32 (S182) | U-32 (S182) is a Type 212A submarine of the German Navy, the second of her class to enter service.
U-32 was built by the German Submarine Consortium at the shipyards of Thyssen Nordseewerke of Emden and Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft at Kiel. She was launched on 4 December 2003, and was commissioned in a joint ceremony with her sister ship by the German Minister of Defence, Peter Struck, in Eckernförde on 19 October 2005. U-32 is propelled by one diesel engine and an electric motor driven by two fuel cells and features a cavitation-free screw, making her virtually undetectable. U-32 was the first non-nuclear submarine to stay submerged for two weeks.
Korvettenkapitän Michael Bornholt is U-32s commanding officer.
In March 2013, U-32 crossed the Atlantic Ocean to participate in exercises on the east coast of the United States. During the journey the submarine remained submerged for 18 days, the longest of any German submarine at the time.
References
Bibliography
Type 212 submarines of the German Navy
Ships built in Emden
Ships built in Kiel
2003 ships
Submarines of Germany
Attack submarines |
6906717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Seymour%20%28British%20Army%20officer%2C%20born%201664%29 | William Seymour (British Army officer, born 1664) | Lieutenant-General William Seymour (8 February 1664 – 9 or 10 February 1728) was a British soldier and politician. He was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet, the prominent Tory. He served successively as Member of Parliament for Cockermouth, Totnes and Newport, Isle of Wight.
On 3 October 1694, he took command as Colonel of the former Lord Cutts' Regiment of Foot. It was converted to a Marine regiment on 31 July 1698; he remained in command until it was disbanded on 20 May 1699. From 1 March 1701 until 12 February 1702 he was Colonel of the former Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot, and was then appointed Colonel of The Queen's Regiment of Foot. He commanded it until 25 December 1717; it was a Marine regiment from 1703 until 1710. On 1 June 1702, he was appointed Brigadier-General of the Marine Regiments, which had that year been reformed for the War of the Spanish Succession.
References
External links
regiments.org
1664 births
1728 deaths
British Army generals
Royal Marines generals
South Wales Borderers officers
King's Own Royal Regiment officers
Members of Parliament for the Isle of Wight
Younger sons of baronets
English MPs 1698–1700
English MPs 1702–1705
British MPs 1710–1713
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Totnes |
6906718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsun | Subsun | A subsun (also spelled sub-sun) is an optical phenomenon that appears as a glowing spot visible within clouds or mist when observed from above. The subsun appears directly below the actual Sun, and is caused by sunlight reflecting off of numerous tiny ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. As such, the effect belongs to the family of halos. The region of ice crystals acts as a large mirror, creating a virtual image of the Sun appearing below the horizon, analogous to the Sun's reflection in a body of water.
The ice crystals responsible for a subsun are typically in the shape of flat hexagonal plates. As they fall through the air, their aerodynamic properties cause them to orient themselves horizontally, i.e., with their hexagonal surfaces parallel to the Earth's surface. When they are disturbed by turbulence, however, the plates start to "wobble", causing their surfaces to deviate some degrees from the ideal horizontal orientation, and causing the reflection (i.e., the subsun) to become elongated vertically. When the deviation is sufficiently large, the subsun is stretched into a vertical column known as a lower sun pillar.
See also
Crown flash
Sun dog
External links
Atmospheric optics: subsun
EPOD: striking subsun
Atmospheric optical phenomena |
20477444 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattru%20Jong | Mattru Jong | Mattru Jong commonly known as Mattru (sometimes spelled Matru) is the capital of Bonthe District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. Mattru Jung is located on the mainland of Bonthe District, along the Jong River, 52 miles southwest of Bo. The town is the seat of Mongerewa Jong Chiefdom, and is the home of Mongerewa Jong Paramount Chief Alie Badara Sheriff III. The town's current estimated population is about 20,000 people. In 2010 it was 8,199, and in the 2004 census the town had a population of 7,647.
The main industries in Mattru Jong are fishing, rice-growing, cassava-farming, and palm oil production. The town is largely inhabited by the native Sherbro and Mende people. The town has several secondary schools, a major hospital and a police station, operated by the Sierra Leone Police Force.
Name and founding legend
The name Mattru Jong is said to be derived from the Mende words "Mo-Tewoo," meaning "Place of the Buffalos." According to legend a hunter from Senehun, a village on the bank of the Jong river, canoed across the river in search of game. He was successful in capturing and slaughtering a large buffalo on the opposite side of the river. As more hunters found out about the location and its plentiful supply of buffalo, people began to settle there, rather than return across the river to Senehun.
Hospital
Mattru Hospital was founded as a dispensary in 1950 by missionary nurses from the United Brethren in Christ (UBC). By 1959 the dispensary had become a 15-bed hospital. The hospital continued to grow in capacity during the 1960s and 1970s, and by 1981 Mattru Hospital had grown to 69 beds, with pediatrics, obstetrics, surgical, and outpatient units, and x-ray and laboratory facilities.
In 1994 the hospital was shut down because of the threat of civil war violence, and international personnel working in the hospital were evacuated from the country. The hospital was destroyed by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels during the war.
After the war, Mattru Hospital was rebuilt and reopened by Doctors Without Borders in 2001. They turned the hospital over to the UBC's Sierra Leone Conference in 2002.
In October 2009 the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) provided funding through the office of Sierra Leone's First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma to refurbish and "re-brand" the hospital as a "centre of excellence."
On March 31, 2010 President Ernest Bai Koroma visited Mattru Jong Hospital in order to assess its preparedness for the planned April 27, 2010 rollout of free medical services for pregnant women, lactating mothers, and children under the age of five. Staffing, electricity supply and confusion over the hospital's funding status (as a part mission-, part government-run entity) were seen as the major challenges to the hospital's effectiveness.
Civil war
RUF rebels fighting in the Sierra Leone Civil War captured Mattru Jong at the end of January, 1995. They faced little military resistance as the Sierra Leone Army (SLA) had already withdrawn from the town. Earlier in January the RUF had briefly taken over the Sierra Rutile Company mine in Imperi Chiefdom, Bonthe District, about 10 miles north west of Mattru Jong, but it was recaptured by the end of January. Most of the RUF forces who captured Mattru Jong entered from the direction of Imperi Chiefdom but some may have come from Sumbaya, Lugbu Chiefdom, Bo District, about fifteen miles east of Mattru Jong. Upon settling in Mattru Jong, the RUF set up its own governing structures in the town. The RUF stole medical supplies from the hospital and used it as a training base. Another base known as "Camp Lion" was set up at Gambia Palm Oil Plantation, nine miles from Mattru Jong. The RUF remained in Mattru Jong for eight months until it was recaptured by the SLA in October, 1995.
Communications
Mobile phone company Airtel provides coverage of the Mattru Jong area. The service was launched in 2006 by Celtel (now owned by and renamed Airtel). A Western Union branch is located in the town.
Visits by First Lady
Mattru Jong has been visited by Sierra Leone's First Lady, Madam Sia Nyama Koroma once in 2009 and once in 2010. In February 2009 Madam Koroma addressed supporters of the All People’s Congress (APC) at the compound of Late Paramount Chief Goba in Mattru Jong. According to a statement released by her office, some of the issues faced by people in Bonthe district that she had identified during her visit included "improper health care delivery, poor infrastructure, poor water and sanitation and inadequate means to transport their agricultural produce from place to place". In February 2010 it was reported that Madam Koroma would be visiting Bonthe District, including Mattru Jong, as part of an effort to investigate the district's health care needs, especially those of women. A meeting with the board of Mattru Jong Hospital was scheduled and Madam Koroma was also expected to give the keynote speech at a graduation ceremony for nurses who had been trained at the hospital.
A Long Way Gone
The town was featured prominently in the book A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, a memoir of the author's experiences during the Sierra Leone Civil War. Beah and his brother were visiting Mattru Jong with a group of friends when he learned that his home village of Mogbwemo had been attacked by rebels. Beah and his friends remained in Mattru Jong until the rebels arrived there about one month later.
References
Populated places in Sierra Leone |
56565061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota%20Purple%20Rage | Minnesota Purple Rage | The Minnesota Purple Rage were a professional indoor American football team based in Mankato, Minnesota. They were members of the original Indoor Football League founded in 1999 and began play in 2000. They competed in the Southern Division of the Eastern Conference and played their home games at the Verizon Center.
History
The Purple Rage were founded as an expansion team in 1999 and joined the original incarnation of the Indoor Football League along with several others expansion franchises. In the only season in the IFL, the team compiled a 5-9 record finishing in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. After the IFL was bought out by af2, the Purple Rage were not among the many teams that moved to the new league and subsequently folded.
Years later in 2016, the Minnesota Havoc was set to begin play in the new Indoor Football League, but quickly folded after not being able to meet the newer league's requirements.
References
Mankato, Minnesota
Indoor Football League (1999–2000) teams
American football teams in Minnesota |
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