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Under Law; the National Human Relations Award by the National Conference of Christians and Jews; and the Judge William H. Hastie Award of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In 1981, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review devoted a unique issue to Segal, with tributes from Supreme Court Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. and Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Judges Arlin M. Adams and Louis H. Pollak and other legal luminaries. In that Review, former Judge A. Leon Higginbotham stated: When the high court of history writes its judgment in praise of Bernard G. Segal, it will place an even higher value on his indefatigable efforts to expand and improve legal services for the poor, the powerless, and the dispossessed. I will note his mighty role in pushing the organized bar and many individual lawyers to accept the eradication of barriers of racial discrimination and religious bigotry as part of their mission. It will stress his efforts to maintain and improve the independence and excellence of the judiciary." Segal died on June 1, 1997, 10 days before his 90th birthday, from complications of cancer at his home in Philadelphia . References External links The Bernard G. Segal Papers at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Archives Testimony by Bernard G. Segal in support of the nomination of Justice Lewis F. Powell to the United States Supreme Court History of the American Bar Association in the 1960s A Moral Issue, by Gerard J. St. John, detailing Segal's work with the American Bar Association on civil rights The Rainmakers, by Gerard J. St. John, referencing Segal's career A review of Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, (403 U.S. 29, June 7, 1971), a free speech case successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court by Bernard G. Segal Full text of the United States Supreme Court decision in Rosenbloom v. Metromedia Category:1907 births Category:1997 deaths Category:American civil rights lawyers Category:American Jews Category:Activists for African-American civil rights Category:Pennsylvania lawyers Category:Pennsylvania political activists Category:University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni Category:Deaths from cancer in Pennsylvania Category:People from Allentown, Pennsylvania Category:Lawyers from Philadelphia Category:20th-century American lawyers

Isabella Bannerman Isabella Bannerman (born 1961 in Buffalo, New York) is an American cartoonist known for her role as one of the contributors to the syndicated comic strip Six Chix (where she provides the Monday panel). Bannerman's cartooning career began in 1987, when she won a cartoon contest in the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She has also worked in the television industry, as an animator on Doug. Awards In 2012, Bannerman won the Union of Concerned Scientists' editorial cartoon contest. In 2014, she won the National Cartoonists Society Divisional Award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip. References External links Official site Category:American women cartoonists Category:American female comics artists Category:Women animators Category:Living people Category:Pratt Institute alumni Category:Artists from Buffalo, New York Category:1961 births

Listed buildings in Ravenstonedale Ravenstonedale is a civil parish in the Eden District, Cumbria, England. It contains 60 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Ravenstonedale and Newbiggin-on-Lune and is otherwise rural. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings include a church and items in the churchyard, chapels and associated structures, a public house, bridges, and milestones. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings Notes and references Notes Citations Sources Category:Lists of listed buildings in Cumbria

Imathia Football Clubs Association The Imathia Football Clubs Association (IMFCA) (Ένωση Ποδοσφαιρικών Σωματείων Ημαθίας, ΕΠΣHΜ = Enosi Podosfairikon Somateion Imathias, EPSIP) is a football (soccer) organization in the Imathia regional unit that is part of the Greek Football Federation. It was founded in 1995 and its main headquarters are in the city of Veria. External links Official website Category:Imathia Category:Association football governing bodies in Greece

List of ambassadors of China to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations The Chinese ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations () is the official representative of the government in Beijing to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. List of Representatives China–Association of Southeast Asian Nations relations References External links ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations China

Karajabad Karajabad (, also Romanized as Karajābād; also known as Chīzābād) is a village in Sarajuy-ye Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,947, in 420 families. References Category:Towns and villages in Maragheh County

Vanguard Park Historic District Vanguard Park Historic District is a national historic district located between Bloomsbury and Roanoke Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is one of Raleigh's historic Five Points neighborhoods. Like Roanoke Park, its homes reflect the variety of popular architectural styles from the 1920s through the 1950s and are similar to those found in the nearby prestigious suburb of Hayes Barton, but are more modest in scale. Notably, the popular Colonial style was not used due to Vanguard Park's narrower lots. Construction began in this district along its south and west edges in 1920 with modestly sized American Craftsman bungalows and front-gabled houses. Building slowed considerably during the Depression; homes built in the following years were one- and two-story houses in the Minimal Traditional style. During World War II construction stopped abruptly, only to rebound robustly during the post-war housing shortage. Nearly fifty houses went up in Vanguard Park between 1945 and 1952; Pine Avenue was filled with houses in a single year. Most of these early post-war houses continued to use the Minimal Traditional style. The Gothic Revival style Westminster Presbyterian Church, formerly North Vanguard Church, is the sole institutional building in Vanguard Park. Vanguard Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. See also Five Points Historic Neighborhoods (Raleigh, North Carolina) National Register of Historic Places listings in Wake County, North Carolina References External links National Register Historic Districts in Raleigh, NC, RHDC Vanguard Park Historic District, RHDC Five Points Historic District, RHDC Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Category:Gothic Revival architecture in North Carolina Category:National Register of Historic Places in Raleigh, North Carolina Category:Neighborhoods in Raleigh, North Carolina

Barry Boom Barry Boom (born Paul Robinson) is a reggae singer and record producer from London. Paul Robinson was a member of the reggae group One Blood in the 1980s along with his brothers Errol, Jerry, Ewan & Trevor until the group broke up after Errol's death. One Blood released two albums in 1982 - In Love and Super Showcase. He also worked as a producer and songwriter for other artists, including the debut album by Maxi Priest and Philip Papa Levi's "Mi God Mi King" single (the first single by a UK-born artist to reach number one in Jamaica). After One Blood, he worked with Sly & Robbie before pursuing a solo career under the name Barry Boom, which he had previously used as a pseudonym for his production work. He signed to Fashion Records and his first solo releases in 1989 included reggae number ones with "Making Love" and "Number One Girl", and "Hurry Over". His debut solo album, The Living Boom followed in 1990, featuring his three big hits from the previous year. He followed this with Trust Me in 1993, and signed to MCA Records for Taste of Things to Come in 1997. He later moved into gospel reggae, releasing the album His Love in 2018. Discography The Living Boom (1990), Fine Style/Fashion Trust Me (1993), Merger Taste of Things to Come (1997), Victor/MCA Everyday Life (2012) His Love (2018) Compilations The Best of Barry Boom (1996), Sony References Category:English male singers Category:British reggae musicians Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Jeremy Black (historian) Jeremy Black MBE (born 30 October 1955) is a British historian and a professor of history at the University of Exeter. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia. He is the author of over 100 books, principally but not exclusively on 18th-century British politics and international relations, and has been described as "the most prolific historical scholar of our age". Background Black graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge, with a starred first and then did postgraduate work at St John's and Merton Colleges, Oxford. He taught at Durham University from 1980 as a lecturer, then professor, before moving to Exeter University in 1996. He has lectured extensively in Australasia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and the U.S.. He was editor of Archives, journal of the British Records Association, from 1989 to 2005. He has served on the Council of the British Records Association (1989–2005); the Council of the Royal Historical Society (1993–1996 and 1997–2000); and the Council of the List and Index Society (from 1997). He has sat on the editorial boards of History Today, International History Review, Journal of Military History, Media History and the Journal of the Royal United Services Institute (now the RUSI Journal). He is an advisory fellow of the Barsanti Military History Center at the University of North Texas. Awards and honours 2000 MBE for services to postage stamp design as an adviser to the Royal Mail from 1997. 2008 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime achievement given by the Society for Military History Works Black has written over 90 books: a full list is available on his website. In 2011, Black presented a lecture on "London History" for The Marc Fitch Lectures. Books Imperial Legacies: The British Empire Around the World. 2019 English Nationalism: A Short History 2018 Naval Warfare: A Global History since 1860. 2017 Plotting Power: Strategy in the Eighteenth Century. 2017 Geographies of an Imperial Power: The British World, 1688–1815. 2017 Combined Operations: A Global History of Amphibious and Airborne Warfare. 2017 The World of James Bond: The Lives and Times of 007. 2017 A History of Britain 1945 to Brexit. 2017 Air Power. 2016 The Holocaust: History and Memory. 2016 Insurgency and Counterinsurgency. 2016 (ed.) The Tory World: Deep History and the Tory Theme in British Foreign Policy, 1679–2014. 2015 The Cold War. 2015 The City on the Hill: A Life of the University of Exeter. 2015 Rethinking World War Two: The Conflict and its Legacy. 2015 War in Europe. 2015 The Atlantic Slave Trade in World History. 2015 Metropolis: Mapping the City. 2015 A Short History of Britain. 2015 Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures. 2015 Clio’s Battles: Historiography in Practice. 2015 Geopolitics and the Quest for Dominance. 2015 The British Empire. 2015 A Century of Conflict. 2014 Politics and Foreign Policy in the Age of George I, 1714–1727. 2014 British Politics and Foreign Policy, 1727–44. 2014 The Power of Knowledge: How Information and Technology Made the Modern World. 2013 London: A History. 2013 War in the Eighteenth Century World. 2013 War and Technology. 2013 Introduction to Global Military History: 1775 to the Present Day. 2012 A History of the British Isles (3rd edn). 2012 Avoiding Armageddon: From the Great War to the Fall of France, 1918–40. 2012 War and the Cultural Turn. 2012 Slavery. 2011 Fighting for America. 2011 Debating Foreign Policy in Eighteenth Century Britain. 2011 The Great War and the Making of the Modern World. 2011 War in the World 1450–1600. 2011 Crisis of Empire. 2010 A

History of Diplomacy. 2010 Waterloo. 2010 War: A Short History. 2010 editor: editor: with Donald MacRaild: editor: Modern British History since 1900 (2000) A New History of England (2000) Historical Atlas of Britain: The End of the Middle to the Georgian Era (2000) Britain as a Military Power, 1688–1815 (1999) Why Wars Happen (1998) War and the World, 1450–2000 (1998) Maps and History (1997) Maps and Politics (1997) America or Europe: British Foreign Policy, 1739–63 (1997) History of the British Isles (1996) Illustrated History of Eighteenth Century Britain (1996) Warfare Renaissance to Revolution, 1492–1792 (1996) British Foreign Policy in an Age of Revolution (1994) Convergence or Divergence? Britain and the Continent (1994) European Warfare, 1660–1815 (1994) The Politics of Britain, 1688–1800 (1993) History of England (1993) Pitt the Elder (1992) A System of Ambition? British Foreign Policy, 1660–1793 (1991) War for America: The Fight for Independence 1775–1783 (1991) Sir Robert Walpole and the Nature of Politics in Early Eighteenth Century Britain (1990) Culloden and the '45 (1990) The Rise of the European Powers 1679–1793 (1990) The English Press in the Eighteenth Century (1987) The Collapse of the Anglo-French Alliance 1727–31 (1987) Natural and Necessary Enemies: Anglo-French Relations in the Eighteenth Century (1986) The British and the Grand Tour (1985) British Foreign Policy in the Age of Austria (1985) Articles Black, Jeremy. "Could the British Have Won the American War of Independence?." Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. (Autumn 1996), Vol. 74 Issue 299, pp 145–154. online 90 minute video lecture, requires Real Player References Further reading External links Official website Jeremy Black, "Islam and the West: A Historical Perspective," Foreign Policy Research Institute, Volume 4, Number 2, May 2003 Jeremy Black, H-France Forum Volume 2, Issue 3 (Summer 2007), No. 3 Jeremy Black, "What Students Need to Know About War, and Why", 25 February 2009 Category:1955 births Category:British historians Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Category:Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Category:Academics of Durham University Category:Academics of the University of Exeter Category:British military historians Category:Academic journal editors Category:Historians of the American Revolution Category:Historians of the British Isles Category:Historians of France Category:Historians of World War II Category:History Today people

William MacKinnon (moderator) The Very Rev William MacKinnon (1843–1925) was a 19th/20th-century minister of the Free Church of Scotland who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1908/09. Life He was born in 1843 at Strath on the Isle of Skye, the son of Lachlan MacKinnon and his wife Catherine. He was educated locally at the Free Church School. His training as a minister is unclear but he was first ordained in Ballachulish Free Church in 1878. He translated to North Uist in 1884. He then moved to the twin parishes of Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston, and finally, in 1894, to the Gairloch Free Church. At the Union of 1900 he remained in the Free Church of Scotland. In 1908, in succession to Rev Murdo Mackenzie, he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly, the highest position in the Free Church. In 1909 he was succeeded in turn by Rev James Henry. He died at Gairloch on 13 February 1925. He is buried in Gairloch. Family In 1884 at Inverness he married Marion Mackintosh, daughter of Murdoch Mackintosh, also from Strath. She died in Fort William in 1929. Publications Memories of Rev William MacKinnon of Gairloch compiled by Donald MacKinnon References Category:1843 births Category:1925 deaths Category:People from the Isle of Skye Category:Scottish clergy Category:Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland

Colin Curtis (DJ) Colin Curtis (born Colin Dimond, 1952) is an influential British DJ whose career spans several decades and musical developments. He was born and grew up in Madeley in Staffordshire, UK. Although he is most closely associated with the 1970s Northern soul scene, he has been described by the author and musician Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove as: ...one of the most important black music tastemakers there has ever been in the UK As a teenager in the 1960s, Curtis developed a passion for music through listening to offshore radio stations such as Radio Caroline and through a friend’s sister who would listen to Tamla Motown records at their house. He then became interested in collecting black American music through attending Northern soul all-nighters at clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester and, later, the Golden Torch in Tunstall, Stoke. He began DJ-ing in the late 1960s, firstly at the Crystal Ballroom in Newcastle-under-Lyme but later became part of the resident DJ line-up at the Golden Torch all-nighters, which included Tony Jebb, Ian Levine and Keith Minshull. In 1973, after the closure of the Golden Torch, Curtis began a weekly residency at the Blackpool Mecca’s Highland Room soul nights and was joined by fellow DJ and collector Ian Levine in a partnership which lasted until 1978. Hitherto, the Northern soul scene had been a revivalist movement built around obscure US recordings from the 1960s which conformed to a certain rhythmic and vocal template. However, the Curtis/Levine duo are noted for successfully introducing contemporary styles of African-American music such as disco, funk and jazz funk onto their Highland Room playlists and, as a result, the creation of a split in the Northern soul movement which led to the parallel modern soul subgenre. Levine and Curtis are also credited with being amongst the first DJs to introduce mixing to British nightclubs. This technique, which had been pioneered by DJ Francis Grasso in the clubs of New York City, enabled the DJ to create a non-stop sequence of records. In September 1978, after quitting his weekly spot at the Blackpool Mecca, Curtis began a residency at Rafters nightclub in Manchester where his playlists continued to include soul and disco but leaned more heavily towards jazz funk and fusion. He also continued to DJ at all-day soul festival events at venues such as the Manchester Ritz and the Blackpool Mecca, regularly playing before crowds of between 1500 to 3000 people. Around the years 1982 to 1983, whilst continuing to DJ at events around the country, he began to move towards more exclusively jazz sets at clubs such as Berlin in Manchester and is credited as pioneering the UK jazz dance scene in the North of England. In the mid-1980s, Curtis became interested in the latest developments in dance music emanating from the US including New York electro and hip hop and the first wave of house music from Chicago, typified by artists such Chip E, Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley and Farley Jackmaster Funk. In 1986 he became one of the earliest British DJs to play these records at venues such as Rock City in Nottingham alongside DJs such as Johnathon, Greg Wilson, Graeme Park and Simon Bassline Smith. At the end of the 1980s, Curtis went into semi-retirement from his DJing career due to a spell of bad health. In the early 1990s he concentrated on his computer games business but since that time he has resumed his DJ-ing career, playing Northern soul and jazz funk ‘revival’ sets at various venues such as the Ruby Lounge in Manchester and the King Georges Hall in

Blackburn. In August 2010 he played two sets in the 1970s-themed Soul Casino arena and 1980s-themed Warehouse arena at the Vintage at Goodwood Festival. References Bibliography External links Northern Disco Web article citing Blackpool Mecca as one of the leading venues in the development of dance music in the UK Colin Curtis Connection Colin Curtis' regularly updated blog Soulvation: Colin Curtis interview Interview with Colin Curtis by Neil Rushton, discussing the Northern soul era DJHistory.com: Colin Curtis interview Interview with Colin Curtis by Bill Brewster, discussing his DJ-ing career Discogs: Mecca Magic Blackpool Mecca compilation LP compiled by Colin Curtis and Ady Croadsell Category:Club DJs Category:Living people Category:1952 births Category:People from Madeley, Staffordshire

Reflections in a Golden Eye Reflections in a Golden Eye may refer to: Reflections in a Golden Eye (novel), a 1941 novel by Carson McCullers Reflections in a Golden Eye (film), a 1967 film adaptation directed by John Huston de:Spiegelbild im goldenen Auge es:Reflejos de un ojo dorado fr:Reflets dans un œil d'or nl:Reflections in a Golden Eye

Archbishop of Nikozi This is a list of Archbishops of Nikozi of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church. The see functions at the Zemo Nikozi church of the Deity. Isaia (present) Category:Georgian Orthodox Church Nikozi

Aaron Olmsted Captain Aaron Olmsted (May 19, 1753 – September 9, 1806), erroneously spelled Olmstead, was a wealthy sea captain in the China trade out of New England, and one of 49 investors who formed the Connecticut Land Company in 1795 to purchase a major part of the Western Reserve from the U.S. state of Connecticut. He became the owner of thousands of acres from his $30,000 share of the $1,200,000 total land deal. The land encompassed the areas of Northeast Ohio now known as North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls, and Olmsted Township (originally known as Lenox) in what is now Cuyahoga County, as well as Franklin Township, named after his son Aaron Franklin Olmsted, and most of the city of Kent in what is now Portage County. Olmsted traveled west on horseback to visit the land in 1795, but never settled there. A native of East Hartford, Connecticut, he was born 19 May 1753 as the eighth child of General Jonathan and Hanna (Meakins) Olmsted. Olmsted served as Adjutant general of the 4th Connecticut Regiment during the American Revolutionary War. He married Mary Langrel Bigelow on 10 December 1778 and had fourteen children, of which only five lived to adulthood. He died 9 September 1806 in East Hartford. References External links Portrait Portrait of Olmstead's wife Bio Sketch Genealogy Marriage details Category:People from East Hartford, Connecticut Category:Cuyahoga County, Ohio Category:Portage County, Ohio Category:History of Kent, Ohio Category:1753 births Category:1806 deaths Category:Connecticut Land Company

2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put The Men's Shot Put event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6. Medalists Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Records Results Qualifying Group A Christian Cantwell, United States 21.11 Q Joachim Olsen, Denmark 20.85 Q Adam Nelson, United States 20.35 Q Tepa Reinikainen, Finland 20.19 q Tomasz Majewski, Poland 20.19 q Carl Myerscough, Great Britain 20.07 q Gheorghe Guset, Romania 19.83 Manuel Martínez, Spain 19.55 Petr Stehlik, Czech Republic 19.48 Miran Vodovnik, Slovenia 19.28 Ivan Yushkov, Russia 18.98 Marco Antonio Verni, Chile 18.60 Dorian Scott, Jamaica 18.33 Andrey Mikhnevich, Belarus 20.54 Q, DQ Shaka Sola, Samoa DNS Group B Ralf Bartels, Germany 20.56 Q Mikulas Konopka, Slovakia 20.39 Q Rutger Smith, Netherlands 20.26 Q Ville Tiisanoja, Finland 20.18 q Khaled Habash Al-Suwaidi, Qatar 19.72 Anton Lyuboslavskiy, Russia 19.56 John Godina, United States 19.54 Dragan Peric, Serbia and Montenegro 19.46 Taavi Peetre, Estonia 19.20 Yuriy Belov, Belarus 19.16 Hamza Alic, Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.77 Edis Elkasevic, Croatia 18.59 Janus Robberts, South Africa NM Pavel Lyzhyn, Belarus NM Yuriy Bilonoh, Ukraine 20.21 q, DQ Final Adam Nelson, United States 21.73 (SB) Rutger Smith, Netherlands 21.29 Ralf Bartels, Germany 20.99 Christian Cantwell, United States 20.87 Joachim Olsen, Denmark 20.73 Ville Tiisanoja, Finland 20.57 Tomasz Majewski, Poland 20.23 Tepa Reinikainen, Finland 20.09 Mikuláš Konopka, Slovakia 19.72 Carl Myerscough, Great Britain 19.67 Yuriy Bilonoh, Ukraine 20.89 DQ Andrey Mikhnevich, Belarus 20.74 DQ See also 2005 Shot Put Year Ranking References External links IAAF results, qualification IAAF results, final Shot put Category:Shot put at the World Athletics Championships

LGBT rights in Hong Kong Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) persons in Hong Kong, which is a special administrative region of China, may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. History After the 1967 decriminalisation of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, there were moves to undertake a similar reform in Hong Kong. Governor Murray MacLehose privately supported gay rights but he and others felt that the local community would not support decriminalisation. Legality of same-sex sexual activity As a British colony, Hong Kong's criminal laws against male homosexual acts were initially a reflection of British law, with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. During the 1970s and 1980s, there was a public debate about whether or not to reform the law in line with human rights principles. As a result, in 1991 the Legislative Council agreed to decriminalise private, adult, non-commercial, and consensual homosexual relations. However, an unequal age of consent was established (21 for gay men and 16 for heterosexuals) with the law remaining silent about lesbianism. LGBT rights groups lobbied the Legislative Council to equalise the age of consent law, but were told by conservative lawmakers that the legal inequality was necessary to protect youth and preserve tradition. A lawsuit was initiated to challenge the unequal age of consent in court. In 2005, Justice Hartmann found that the unequal age of consent was unconstitutional under the Bill of Rights Ordinance, violating the right to equality. The ruling was upheld by the Court of Appeal, but the provisions were not formally removed from the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) until 2014. On 30 May 2019, in the Yeung Chu Wing v Secretary for Justice case, the High Court ruled in favour of Yeung Chu-wing, an LGBT activist who brought the lawsuit against the government in 2017, and struck down four further provisions under the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) imposing higher penalties for offences committed by homosexual men. Three further provisions were remedially interpreted such that they would no longer discriminate against homosexuals. It abolished the crimes of “procuring others to commit homosexual buggery” and “gross indecency with or by a man under 16”. He also overturned “gross indecency by a man with a man otherwise than in private” and “procuring gross indecency by a man with a man”. The three offences that now apply to both genders are “homosexual buggery with or by a man under 16”, “gross indecency by a man with a male mentally incapacitated person”, and “permitting a young person to resort to or be on a premises or vessel for intercourse, prostitution, buggery or homosexual acts”. This comes after 20 years of activism to change these law, in which the government either refused or delayed, the secretary for justice during the trial, however, conceded to nearly all the changes, and agreed that these laws targeting gay men are incompatible with the Basic Law. Recognition of same-sex relationships Same-sex marriage or civil unions are not currently recognised in Hong Kong. Nonetheless, in June 2009, the Hong Kong Government extended limited recognition and protection to cohabitating same-sex couples under the Domestic Violence Ordinance. In 2013, Hong Kong's High Court ruled that a transgender woman can marry her boyfriend and told the government that they had one year to draft a law that allows for post-operation transsexual or transgender individuals to marry. In spring of 2014, it was announced that though the law had not been finished, transgender citizens could start marrying in July. Some rights activists have expressed their discontent with the provision that a person must have undergone complete gender reassignment surgery to receive a marriage

license. On 17 July 2014, it was announced that transgender citizens could marry and that the law will be finished after the summer recess. Some have stated that the delay of the final draft was a positive thing since the subsequent law has "lots of holes and ambiguity". In July 2018, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam said that the Hong Kong government has no plans to amend the law and approve same-sex marriage in near future following a landmark ruling in favour of a same-sex couple's dependant visa application, and said though the government respected the court's ruling, the case was not a challenge to Hong Kong's Marriage Ordinance and concerned only the city's immigration policy. In March 2019, she reiterated her position saying that the government was no closer to legalizing same-sex marriage, saying the issue was still "controversial"، but indicated that a recent court ruling in immigration arrangements for same-sex couples who married abroad “does help” to bring overseas talent to the city. In May 2019, the Equal Opportunities Commission chairman Ricky Chu Man-kin expressed preference for a step-by-step approach, starting with anti-discrimination initiatives, and said he would not push for a legislative timetable on same-sex marriage from the government, but urged the community to “change tack” in favour of a pragmatic step-by-step approach to break the “eternal stalemate” in the city's fight for LGBT rights. He said “Instead of focusing on abstract and ideological debates that we can never easily come to an agreement on, let’s make small progress in tackling discrimination at the workplace, schools and public facilities.” Spousal visas A British woman (referred to as QT) sued the Immigration Department after it declined to recognise her UK civil partnership and refused to grant her a dependant visa. In February 2015, a judge agreed that the plaintiff had been discriminated against and moved the case forward to the Hong Kong High Court. The court heard the case on 14 May 2015. After prolonged deliberation, it dismissed the case in March 2016. The woman appealed to the Court of Appeal, which agreed to hear the case on 15 and 16 June 2017. The appeal was led by prominent human rights barrister Dinah Rose QC. On 25 September 2017, the Court of Appeal reversed the High Court's dismissal and ruled in favour of the woman, finding that her partner (who works in the city) should be granted a spousal visa. While the legal definition of marriage was not challenged in the appeal, chief judge Andrew Cheung wrote that “times have changed and an increasing number of people are no longer prepared to accept the status quo without critical thought”. His Lordship added that the immigration department failed to justify the "indirect discrimination on account of sexual orientation that QT suffers" and that "excluding a foreign worker’s lawfully married (albeit same-sex) spouse or civil partner ... to join the worker is, quite obviously, counter-productive to attracting the worker to come to or remain in Hong Kong". The court ordered the woman and the Department of Immigration to work together on an agreement and submit it to the court within 28 days. The Immigration Department appealed the ruling to the Court of Final Appeal. The court handed down its ruling on 4 July 2018, finding in favour of the plaintiff and mandating immigration authorities to grant same-sex partners spousal visas that were previously only available only to heterosexual couples. The panel of judges, led by Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma Tao-li, held that the “policy [of not granting a visa] is counterproductive and plainly not rationally connected to advancing

[any] ‘talent’ aim" and rejected the immigration director's argument that civil union partnerships differed from marriage, saying it was based on a “shaky foundation [and]...hardly satisfactory”. The government stated it respected the court's ruling and would study it in detail. The ruling became effective on 19 September 2018, when the Director of Immigration announced that it will favourably consider an application from a person who has entered into “a same-sex civil partnership, same-sex civil union, same-sex marriage, or opposite-sex civil partnership or opposite-sex civil union outside Hong Kong” for entry for residence as a dependant, if the person meets the normal immigration requirements. Taxation and spousal benefits In 2014, Hong Kong immigration officer Angus Leung Chun-kwong married his same-sex partner, Scott Adams, in New Zealand. After the wedding, Leung attempted to update his marital status with the Civil Service Bureau, which states that officers' benefits can extend to their spouses. The Bureau, however, rejected Leung's attempts to extend these benefits to Adams, prompting a legal challenge. On 28 April 2017, the Hong Kong High Court ruled in Leung's favour. In his landmark ruling, Mr Justice Anderson Chow Ka-ming called the Bureau's policy "indirect discrimination" and rejected its claim that it had "to act in line with the prevailing marriage law of Hong Kong" and that extending benefits to Leung's spouse would "undermine the integrity of the institution of marriage". The ruling was supposed to take effect on 1 September 2017 and would have offered the same-sex partners of government employees who married overseas the same benefits as heterosexual couples. In May, however, the Hong Kong Government appealed the ruling. The Court of Appeal began examining the case in December 2017, and ruled against the couple on 1 June 2018. The Court of Appeal ruled that there is "legitimate aim" to protect opposite-sex marriage, arguing that only straight couples should enjoy the "freedom of marriage" and that same-sex couples should have no marital rights whatsoever. The Court also stated that Leung and Adams could not pay taxes as a couple. The couple appealed the decision to the Court of Final Appeal. The appeal was heard on 7 May 2019. On 6 June 2019, the Court of Final Appeal reversed the ruling of the Court of Appeal, holding that both the Civil Service Bureau and the Inland Revenue Department had unlawfully discriminated against the couple. The ruling became effective on 19 September 2018, when the Hong Kong government has amended its rule book to allow same-sex couples to file joint tax returns, a spokeswoman for the Inland Revenue Department confirmed the change, and said same-sex married couples could now submit joint tax assessment through the electronic filing system or in paper form. LGBT activists hailed the change for same-sex married couples but said it should also be extended to those in same-sex civil partnerships. Legal challenges In January 2019 the Hong Kong High Court agreed to hear two challenges to the city's refusal to recognise same-sex marriage. The two separate legal challenges were mounted by a 21-year-old University of Hong Kong student, known as TF, and a 31-year-old activist, known as STK, who argued that the inability of same-sex couples to get married violated their right to equality under the city's Bill of Rights and the Basic Law. The judge in the case gave the applications license to be heard by the court, though suspended them to first hear another case involving a 29 year old lesbian, who is seeking for a civil union partnership system to be implemented in Hong Kong. Civil Partnership and Same Sex Marriage and British Nationals (Overseas)

Neither same sex marriage nor civil partnerships registered inside or outside Hong Kong are recognised by the Law of Hong Kong. However, many Hong Kong residents are also a British National (Overseas). By virtue of the passage of Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 in the UK, all British nationals, including British Nationals (Overseas), are allowed to register civil partnerships with a limited number of British consulates or embassies abroad. Thus, LGBT Hong Kong couples, where one of the couple hold British national status, enjoy the right to register civil partnerships with British consulates in 22 countries.<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2761/made Civil Partnership (Registration Abroad and Certificates) Order 2005 in the UK]</ref> Arranging a civil partnership registration with a British consulate generally takes at least a month and must be done in person in the country where the consulate is located. Those whose British National (Overseas) passports have expired or who no longer hold a valid passport need to apply for a renewal before arranging a civil partnership registration with a British consulate. The British Consulate-General in Hong Kong refrains from providing such a service to British nationals because UK law requires the Hong Kong government's objection to them to be respected. Thus, British nationals are able to apply for a same-sex civil partnership ceremony with British consulates or embassies in the following 22 countries. Civil partnerships court case In June 2018, arguing that her right to privacy and equality had been violated, amounting to a breach of the Basic Law and the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance, a Hong Kong lesbian woman known as "MK" sued the Hong Kong Government for denying her the right to enter into a civil partnership with her female partner. The High Court heard the case in a preliminary brief 30-minute chambers hearing in August 2018. In April 2019, a judge rejected a bid by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong and other conservative groups to join litigation and ruled that the court can not arbitrate on social or theological issues and works only on legal considerations, as the counsel for the Catholic Diocese claimed that the outcome of the court case could lead to ‘reverse discrimination’ and create a chilling effect on the church. The case was heard on 28 and 29 May 2019. During the hearings, Stewart Wong, a government lawyer, defended the existing law, saying: "Not all differences in treatment are unlawful. You are not supposed to treat unequal cases alike. To recognise an alternative form of same-sex relationships which we say is tantamount to [marriage] is to undermine the traditional institution of marriage and the family constituted by such a marriage". Arguing that civil union partnerships carry the same legal rights as a marriage, but generally do not include the ceremony and exchanges of wedding vows. That made marriage and civil unions effectively identical “in substance”, the government lawyer said, explaining why the government had objected to both for same-sex couples. Civil unions legislative motion In November 2018, openly gay legislator Raymond Chan Chi-chuen proposed a motion to study civil unions for same-sex couples, but this was voted down by 27 to 24. Discrimination protections The Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance 1991 prohibits discrimination on a variety of grounds, including "other status". In the case of Leung TC William Roy v Secretary for Justice (2005), this has been interpreted to include sexual orientation. However, the Bill of Rights only applies to government-sponsored discrimination and not the private sector. Since the 1990s LGBT rights groups have lobbied the Legislative Council to enact civil rights laws that include sexual orientation, but without

success. In 1993, former legislator Anna Wu proposed an Equal Opportunities Bill through a private member's bill to outlaw discrimination on a variety of grounds, including sex, disability, age, race, and sexuality. Her effort didn't yield any result until 1995 when equal opportunities law was enacted. However, sexuality was not included in the passage of the bill.Hong Kong: Legislative Council Considers Anti-Discrimination Bill, IGLHRC http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/globalactionalerts/71.html Political opposition tends to come from social conservatives, often with evangelical Christian ties, who view homosexuality and cross-dressing as signs of immorality. For example, after the court ruled against the unequal age of consent, former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang, a devout Catholic, publicly opposed the court's decision and fought for an appeal until 2006. However, most political parties and individual politicians have tended to avoid making public statements in favour of LGBT rights, although this has slowly begun to change. In 2010, Legislator Fernando Cheung, and former legislators Cyd Ho Sau-lan, Lo Wing-lok, and Reverend Fung Chi Wood, participated in public demonstration against homophobia. As of 2019, there are no laws against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Hong Kong. In 2016, efforts by the Equal Opportunities Commission to prompt the government to enact anti-discrimination legislation based on sexual orientation and gender identity failed. The commission made a proposal to the administration following a survey the same year, which found 55.7% of people in Hong Kong backed such protections. In June 2019, Ricky Chu Man-kin head of the Equal Opportunities Commission says he intends to add anti-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity to existing laws. He said his approach would involve inserting protections into existing laws rather than advocating for one overarching legislation, as in the past. He plans draft laws and fine-tune them after hearing the views of opposing parties before submitting them to the government. Gender identity and expression Cross-dressing per se is not illegal. Hong Kong law allows the change of legal documents such as the identity card, and passport, but does not allow the birth certificate to be changed. Such change requires sex reassignment surgery, which includes the removal of reproductive organs, effectively rendering the person sterile in exchange for legal recognition of gender identity. On 13 May 2013, the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong ruled that a transsexual woman has the right to marry her boyfriend in her affirmed gender. On 16 September 2013 Eliana Rubashkyn was discriminated against and sexually abused by Hong Kong airport customs officers, forcing international organisations like the United Nations and Hong Kong NGOs to provide assistance as a refugee becoming a stateless person, she endureed an invasive body search for more than nine hours. In 2019, three transgender people who identify as male lost their legal bid to be recognised as such on their Hong Kong identity cards. While expressing sympathy, High Court judge Mr Justice Thomas Au Hing-cheung ruled against the three applicants, Henry Tse, Q and R, who have all been legally recognised as men by the British government but are unable to get their gender changed on Hong Kong ID cards. The judge said that a complete sex change would be the only “workable way” for the local government to determine a person's gender. Although the trio, all born female, identify as men, and have had their breasts removed and undergone hormone therapy, they all still have their uterus and ovaries – which was the point of contention in their legal challenges against the city's commissioner of registration. LGBT rights movement in Hong Kong In the early 1990s,

the first two LGBT rights groups, HORIZONS and the Ten Percent Club, were established. Today, several organisations, most notably Rainbow Action and Tongzhi Culture Society exist to campaign for LGBT rights and to organise various public educational and social events. The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau established The Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Unit in 2005, to enhance the equal opportunities for people of different sexual orientations, and transgender people. As of August 2012, The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau have been sponsoring a series of Public Service Announcement broadcasts through about the need for equal treatment when employing anyone who is LGBT. Living conditions Along with several gay nightclubs, LGBT pride festivals occur annually, as well as other social events including the Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. On each International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), a procession is held through the street of Hong Kong to show solidarity. The first IDAHO procession was held in 2005. Political involvement has also become more common in recent years. Several prominent legislators have attend the IDAHO procession and gay pride to show solidarity with the LGBT community. As the government cannot discriminate against LGBT persons, as stipulated in the Bills of Rights, LGBT people may not legally be hindered in their access to services provided by the Hong Kong government. For example, when applying for non-contribution base Job Seeker's Allowance (Comprehensive Social Security Allowance), one must satisfy the means test component. Whether ones satisfy the mean test component, the Social Welfare Department takes into account the income of family members living together irrespective of their sexual orientation. In May 2019, a Cathay Pacific advertisement featuring a same-sex couple which showed two men strolling hand in hand along a beach was banned by Airport Authority Hong Kong and MTR Corporation. Both overturned their position a day after widespread public criticism and outrage by the ban and it was later displayed days later. Representation in the media Since the 1990s, several Hong Kong films have had LGBT characters or themes in them. However, television programming has largely tended to avoid LGBT characters or themes, until recently. In 2006, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) broadcast a television film called Gay Lovers, which received criticism from social conservatives for "encouraging" people to become gay. In 2007, the Broadcasting Authority ruled that the RTHK-produced programme "Gay Lovers" was "unfair, partial and biased towards homosexuality, and having the effect of promoting the acceptance of homosexual marriage." On 5 May 2008 Justice Michael Hartmann overturned the ruling of the Broadcasting Authority that "Gay Lovers"'s discussion on same sex marriage was deemed to have breached broadcasting guidelines for not including anti-gay views. As social attitudes have become more open and accepting in Hong Kong, more artists and prominent persons have become open about discussing their sexual orientation publicly. Chet Lam (), a Hong Kong folk singer, came out to the public through an interview with The Advocate (UK). In April 2012, well known artist, Anthony Wong (黃耀明), came out as gay during one of his concert series, with fans giving him a very positive response. In September 2012, newly elected lawmaker Ray Chan Chi-chuen (), a former radio and TV host, revealed to Oriental Daily that he is gay, making him the first openly gay legislator in Greater China. Local media coverage of his coming out as gay was largely positive. On 10 Nov 2012, Denise Ho () announced her sexual orientation on stage at the "Dare to Love" event during the Hong Kong Pride Parade 2012. She called herself "tongzhi" () a Chinese slang word for gay. She

is the first mainstream female singer in Hong Kong to come out. Public opinion In a 2013 poll conducted by the University of Hong Kong, 33.3% of respondents supported same-sex marriage for same-sex couples, with 43% being opposed. Another poll conducted by the Liberal Party showed that 29% supported same-sex marriage while 59% were against it. A survey conducted by the University of Hong Kong in 2014 showed that 27% supported same-sex marriage while 12% said that they somewhat agreed. At the same time, the same poll found out that 74% of the respondents agreed that same-sex couples should have the same or some rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples. A 2017 University of Hong Kong poll found that 50.4% of respondents supported same-sex marriage. Professional opinion The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists On 15 November 2011, the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists, as a licensing body of professional psychiatrists in Hong Kong, published an announcement stating that homosexuality is not an illness and there is no scientifically proven evidence to support the attempts to change one's sexual orientation. Until February 2012, the announcement has not been uploaded onto the College's website or published in any professional journals; it is, however, available in electronic pdf format upon request. The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists is the very first professional authority in Asia that explicitly and publicly opined their professional standing on issues regarding homosexuality and treatments altering one's sexual orientation. The Hong Kong Psychological Society In light of the absence of practice guidelines for lesbians, gays, and bisexual individuals for psychologists in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Psychological Society, as both a learned society and a professional association, formed a work group in July 2011 to tackle the problem. On 1 August 2012, the Society published a position paper titled, Position Paper for Psychologists Working with Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexual (LGB) Individuals. There are 11 major guidelines in this position paper: Hong Kong Association of Doctors in Clinical Psychology (HKADCP) HKADCP's Code of Ethics ensures the HKADCP Registered Clinical Psychologists avoid discrimination in all forms and are sensitive to power differentials in dealing with current and former clients, employers, employees, and peers by striving to protect individuals who may be in a position of lower power. They are particularly sensitive to the needs of underprivileged and otherwise vulnerable individuals. Civil Service vacancies The Government, at all levels, is not allowed to have any unjustified differential treatments on ground of sexual orientation as a direct result of a series of high-profile court cases. Particularly, in Secretary for Justice v Yau Yuk Lung Zigo, the Court of Final Appeal ruled that one's sexual orientation is a protected status against discrimination under the provisions of Articles 25 and 39 of the Basic Law and Articles 1 and 22 of the Bill of Rights Ordinance. Because of this interpretation from the judiciary, the Government has the responsibility to actively ensure all its policies, decisions, and actions are free of sexual orientation discrimination. The Basic Law and the Bill of Rights Ordinance'' only bind the Government, its agencies, and its representatives, but not private companies. As such, the general notes section of civil service vacancies advertisements include the assertion: "As an Equal Opportunities Employer, the Government is committed to eliminating discrimination in employment. The vacancy advertised is open to all applicants meeting the basic entry requirement irrespective of their disability, sex, marital status, pregnancy, age, family status, sexual orientation and race." In addition, current government employees who feel discriminated against or suffer from unfair treatment because of their sexual orientation may seek legal advice and may

file civil actions against the Government in court. Business sector Since homosexuality is still a sensitive issue in Hong Kong, discrimination based on sexual orientation in the corporate sector is not unknown. LGBT employees are often victims of various levels of discrimination or harassment. Most companies do not include sexual orientation in their diversity and inclusion policies. And, with no legislation protecting LGBT employees, the situation remains unresolved. This is also true for multinational corporations. Although many US- or Europe-based companies in Hong Kong may have non-discrimination policies protecting their LGBT employees in their home countries, most do not adopt such practices in Hong Kong. Such a phenomenon makes many local employees and even expatriates vulnerable to discrimination. For many years, leading advocate groups such as Community Business, have worked to promote and advance the extension of non-discrimination policies in the corporate sector for LGBT minorities. Only a limited number of multinational companies have explicitly embraced such policies, namely Goldman Sachs and IBM. Only a handful of local and China-based companies have extended non-discrimination protection to LGBT employees, including blue-chip stock companies. Summary table See also LGBT rights in Asia LGBT rights in China LGBT rights in Macau LGBT culture in Hong Kong Recognition of same-sex unions in China Human rights in Hong Kong Same-sex union court cases References Category:Hong Kong law

Guinness Nigeria Guinness Nigeria, a subsidiary of Diageo Plc of the United Kingdom, was incorporated in 1962 with the building of a brewery in Ikeja, the heart of Lagos. The brewery was the first Guinness operation outside Ireland and Great Britain. Other breweries have been opened over time: Benin City brewery in 1973 and Ogba brewery in 1963. History Guinness product was sold in Nigeria in the 1940s and 1950s by United Africa Company (UAC) and the country soon became an important export market for the firm. In 1961, plans came into fruition between Arthur Guinness Son and Co and UAC to establish a brewery at Ikeja, Lagos. Arthur Guinness first factory outside the British Isles was built by Taylor Woodrow. The initial plant had the annual capacity to brew 75 million bottles or 150,000 barrels of beer. The plant area had a 15 million capacity bottle bin and office block designed by the firm of Godwin and Hopwood. Products Guinness Nigeria produces the following beer brands: Foreign Extra Stout (1962), 7.5% ABV (varies), Harp Lager Beer (1974), 5.15% ABV, Guinness Extra Smooth (2005) 6% ABV, Satzenbrau (November 2006), Harp Lime (2012) – discontinued. Armstrong Black Lager – discontinued Dubic Extra Lager (April 2012) 5% ABV, The RTD (ready-to-drink) products include: Gordon’s Spark (2001) – discontinued, Smirnoff Ice (September 2006)5.5% ABV, SNAPP (September 2012) 5% ABV, Orijin (August 2013) 6%ABV The popular malta (soft drink) drink range includes: Malta Guinness (1990), Malta Guinness Low Sugar (May 2012) Community Investment Guinness Nigeria Plc's Water of Life initiative currently provides potable water to over 500,000 Nigerians spread across several rural communities, from Northern to Southern Nigeria. It funds scholarship and provides Guinness Eye Hospitals in three cities in Nigeria. See also List of beer and breweries in Nigeria References External links Guinness Nigeria official website Guinness official site Tasting notes for Foreign Extra Stout Guinness Nigerial plc at Alacrastore Guinness Nigeria at Google finance Guinness Nigeria at Nigerian Stock Exchange Category:Breweries in Nigeria Category:Companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange Category:Manufacturing companies based in Lagos Category:Diageo

Larry Reilly Larry Reilly was a former Gaelic football player for Cavan. Playing career The Knockbride clubman helped Cavan by scoring 2pts to claim their only Ulster Senior Football Championship title in 28 years, beating Derry in Clones. His older brother Peter Reilly also played in the Final. International Rules He played for Ireland in the 2000 International Rules Series against Australia. He scored 5pts over the two test games. Other Notable Achievements Ate three chippers in an hour the night Knockbride won the Junior D Championship in December 2015. Patron saint of Irish Chippers References External links 1997 Ulster Final Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Cavan inter-county Gaelic footballers Category:Irish international rules football players

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Tablas, Romblon The special Municipality of Tablas was a municipality within the Province of Romblon in the Philippines from 1940 to 1946. It encompassed the entire island of Tablas with Odiongan, the largest town in the island, as its seat. History The special municipality of Tablas was created, together with the special municipalities of Maghali, Romblon, and Sibuyan, by the virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 581 and was enacted without executive approval creating special municipalities in the province on 8 June 1940. A year after World War II, with the help of Representative Modesto Formilleza, Republic Act No. 38 abolished the special municipalities. After the restoration, there were only four municipalities in Tablas. Namely, Despujols, Odiongan (from which Ferrol would break away in 1978) , San Agustin (from which Calatrava would break away in 1968 and Santa Maria in 1982), Looc (From which Alcantara would break away in 1961), and the Act's newly created municipality of Santa Fe from which San Jose would later separate in 1963 to a total of ten municipalities encompassing the island of Tablas and the island of Carabao. References Category:Former municipalities of the Philippines Category:History of Romblon Category:Populated places established in 1940 Category:Populated places disestablished in 1946

Mountain View School District Mountain View School District may refer to: Mountain View School District (Arkansas), Mountain View, Arkansas Mountain View School District (San Bernardino County), California Mountain View School District (Idaho) Mountain View School District (Pennsylvania), Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Mountain View School District (Los Angeles County), a public school district based in Los Angeles County, California, United States

History of mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is a discipline centered around the concept of using force multipliers, moving components, and machines. It utilizes knowledge of mathematics, physics, materials sciences, and engineering technologies. It is one of the oldest and broadest of the engineering disciplines. Dawn of civilization to early Antiquity Engineering arose in early civilization as a general discipline for the creation of large scale structures such as irrigation, architecture, and military projects. Advances in food production through irrigation allowed a portion of the population to become specialists in Ancient Babylon. All six of the classic simple machines were known in the ancient Near East. The wedge and the inclined plane (ramp) were known since prehistoric times. The wheel, along with the wheel and axle mechanism, was invented in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) during the 5th millennium BC. The lever mechanism first appeared around 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where it was used in a simple balance scale, and to move large objects in ancient Egyptian technology. The lever was also used in the shadoof water-lifting device, the first crane machine, which appeared in Mesopotamia circa 3000 BC, and then in ancient Egyptian technology circa 2000 BC. The earliest evidence of pulleys date back to Mesopotamia in the early 2nd millennium BC, and ancient Egypt during the Twelfth Dynasty (1991-1802 BC). The screw, the last of the simple machines to be invented, first appeared in Mesopotamia during the Neo-Assyrian period (911-609) BC. The Egyptian pyramids were built using three of the six simple machines, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the lever, to create structures like the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Assyrians were notable in their use of metallurgy and incorporation of iron weapons. Many of their advancements were in military equipment. They were not the first to develop them, but did make advancements on the wheel and the chariot. They made use of pivot-able axles on their wagons, allowing easy turning. They were also one of the first armies to use the move-able siege tower and battering ram. The application of mechanical engineering can be seen in the archives of various ancient societies. The pulley appeared in Mesopotamia in 1,500 BC, improving water transportation. German Archaeologist Robert Koldewey found that the Hanging Gardens likely used a mechanical pump powered by these pulleys to transport water to the roof gardens. The Mesopotamians would advance even further by replacing "the substitution of continuous for intermittent motion, and the rotary for back-and-forth motion" by 1,200 BC. In Ancient Egypt, the screw pump is an another example of the use of engineering to boost efficiency of water transportation. Although the Early Egyptians built colossal structures such as the pyramids, they did not develop pulleys for the lifting of heavy stone, and used the wheel very little. The earliest practical water-powered machines, the water wheel and watermill, first appeared in the Persian Empire, in what are now Iraq and Iran, by the early 4th century BC. In Ancient Greece, Archimedes (287–212 BC) developed several key theories in the field of mechanical engineering including mechanical advantage, the Law of the Lever, and his name sake, Archimedes’ law. In Ptolematic Egypt, the Museum of Alexandria developed crane pulleys with block and tackles to lift stones. These cranes were powered with human tread wheels and were based on earlier Mesopotamian water-pulley systems. The Greeks would later develop mechanical artillery independently of the Chinese. The first of these would fire darts, but advancements allowed for stone to be tossed at enemy fortifications or formations. Late Antiquity to early Middle Ages In Roman Egypt, Heron of Alexandria

(c. 10–70 AD) created the first steam-powered device, the Aeolipile. The first of its kind, it did not have the capability to move or power anything but its own rotation. In China, Zhang Heng (78–139 AD) improved a water clock and invented a seismometer. Ma Jun (200–265 AD) invented a chariot with differential gears. Leo the Philosopher is noted to have worked on a signal system using clocks in the Byzantine Empire in 850, connecting Constantinople with the Cicilian Frontier and was a continuation of the complex city clocks in Eastern Rome. These grand machines diffused into the Arabian Empire under Harun al-Rashid. Another grand mechanical device was the Organ, which was reintroduced in 757 when Constantine V gifted one to Pepin the short. With the exception of a few machines, engineering and science stagnated in the West due to the collapse of the Roman Empire during late antiquity. Middle Ages During the Islamic Golden Age (7th to 15th century), Muslim inventors made remarkable contributions in the field of mechanical technology. Al-Jazari, who was one of them, wrote his famous Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices in 1206 and presented many mechanical designs. Al-Jazari is also the first known person to create devices such as the crankshaft and camshaft, which now form the basics of many mechanisms. The earliest practical wind-powered machines, the windmill and wind pump, first appeared in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age, in what are now Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, by the 9th century AD. The earliest practical steam-powered machine was a steam jack driven by a steam turbine, described in 1551 by Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf in Ottoman Egypt. The cotton gin was invented in India by the 6th century AD, and the spinning wheel was invented in the Islamic world by the early 11th century, both of which were fundamental to the growth of the cotton industry. The spinning wheel was also a precursor to the spinning jenny, which was a key development during the early Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. The crankshaft and camshaft were invented by Al-Jazari in Northern Mesopotamia circa 1206, and they later became central to modern machinery such as the steam engine, internal combustion engine and automatic controls. The earliest programmable machines were developed in the Muslim world. A music sequencer, a programmable musical instrument, was the earliest type of programmable machine. The first music sequencer was an automated flute player invented by the Banu Musa brothers, described in their Book of Ingenious Devices, in the 9th century. In 1206, Al-Jazari invented programmable automata/robots. He described four automaton musicians, including drummers operated by a programmable drum machine, where they could be made to play different rhythms and different drum patterns. The castle clock, a hydropowered mechanical astronomical clock invented by Al-Jazari, was the first programmable analog computer. The medieval Chinese horologist and engineer Su Song (1020–1101 AD) incorporated an escapement mechanism into his astronomical clock tower two centuries before escapement devices were found in medieval European clocks and also invented the world's first known endless power-transmitting chain drive. The Middle Ages saw the wide spread adoption of machines to aid in labor. The many rivers of England and northern Europe allowed the power of moving water to be utilized. The water-mill became instrumental in the production of many goods such as food, fabric, leathers, and papers. These machines used were some of the first to use cogs and gears, which greatly increased the mills productivity. The camshaft allowed rotational force to be converted into directional force. Less significantly, tides of bodies of water were

also harnessed. Wind-power later became the new source of energy in Europe, supplementing the water mill. This advancement moved out of Europe into the Middle East during the Crusades. Metallurgy advanced by a large degree during the Middle Ages, with higher quality iron allowing for more sturdy constructions and designs. Mills and mechanical power provided a consistent supply of trip-hammer strikes and air from the bellows. European Renaissance During the 17th century, important breakthroughs in the foundations of mechanical engineering occurred in England. Sir Isaac Newton formulated Newton's Laws of Motion and developed Calculus, the mathematical basis of physics. Newton was reluctant to publish his works for years, but he was finally persuaded to do so by his colleagues, such as Sir Edmond Halley, much to the benefit of all mankind. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is also credited with creating Calculus during this time period. Leonardo da Vinci was a notable engineer, designing and studying many mechanical systems that were focused around transportation and warfare His designs would later be compared to early aircraft design. Although wind power provided a source of energy away from riverside estate and saw massive improvements in its harnessing, it could not replace the consistent and strong power of the watermill. Water would remain the primary source of power of pre-industrial urban industry through the Renaissance. Industrial Revolution At the end of the Renaissance, scientists and engineers were beginning to experiment with steam power. Most of the early apparatuses faced problems of low horsepower, inefficiency, or danger. The need arose for an effective and economical power source because of the flooding of deep-mines in England, which could not be pumped out using alternative methods. The first working design was Thomas Savory's 1698 patent. He continuously worked on improving and marketing the invention across England. At the same time, others were working on improvements to Savory's design, which did not transfer heat effectively. Thomas Newcomen would take all the advancements of the engineers and develop the Newcomen Atmospheric Engine. This new design would greatly reduce heat loss, move water directly from the engine, and allow variety of proportions to be built in. The Industrial Revolution brought steam powered factories utilizing mechanical engineering concepts. These advances allowed an incredible increase in production scale, numbers, and efficiency. During the 19th century, material sciences advances had begun to allow implementation of steam engines into Steam Locomotives and Steam-Powered Ships, quickly increasing the speed at which people and goods could move across the world. The reason for these advances were the machine tools were developed in England, Germany, and Scotland. These allowed mechanical engineering to develop as a separate field within engineering. They brought with them manufacturing machines and the engines to power them. At the near end of the Industrial Revolution, internal combustion engine technology brought with it the piston airplane and automobile. Aerospace Engineering would develop in the early 20th century as an offshoot of mechanical engineering, eventually incorporating rocketry. Coal was replaced by oil based derivatives for many applications. Modern Age With the advents of computers in the 20th century, more precise design and manufacturing methods were available to engineers. The rise of CAD software has reduced design times and allowed for precision manufacturing. Engineers are able to simulate the forces and stresses of designs through computer programs. Automated and Computerized manufacturing allowed many new fields to emerge from Mechanical Engineering such as Industrial Engineering. Although a majority of automobiles remain to be gas powered, electric vehicles have risen as a feasible alternative. Because of the increased complexity of engineering projects, many disciplines of engineer collaborate and specialize

in sub fields. One of these collaborations is the field of robotics, in which electrical engineers, computer engineers, and mechanical engineers can specialize in and work together. Mechanical Engineering is the most popular of all the engineering fields for college majors in the 21st century. Professional associations The first British professional society of mechanical engineers was formed in 1847 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, thirty years after the civil engineers formed the first such professional society Institution of Civil Engineers. In the United States, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) was formed in 1880, becoming the third such professional engineering society, after the American Society of Civil Engineers (1852) and the American Institute of Mining Engineers (1871). Education The first schools in the United States to offer an mechanical engineering education were the United States Military Academy in 1817, an institution now known as Norwich University in 1819, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1825. Education in mechanical engineering has historically been based on a strong foundation in mathematics and science. In the 20th century, many governments began regulating both the title of engineer and the practice of engineering, requiring a degree from an accredited university and to past a qualifying test. See also History of engineering History of chemical engineering History of electrical engineering History of structural engineering History of the steam engine References Category:Mechanical engineering Category:History of engineering Category:History of mechanical engineering

Paar Valley Railway {| {{BS|ABZgl||Danube Valley Railway to Regensburg Hbf|}} |} |} The Paar Valley Railway (German: Paartalbahn) is a railway that runs for part of its way through the Paar Valley between Augsburg-Hochzoll and Ingolstadt via Friedberg, Dasing, Aichach and Schrobenhausen. This single-tracked, unelectrified main line is 67 km long (calculated from Augsburg Hauptbahnhof) and has timetable no. KBS 983. History The line was built between 1872 and 1875 and opened on 15 May 1875. Plans around the turn of the century for a further link from Pöttmes and Eurasburg were not put into action. Likewise, despite a lot of discussion, nothing came of the idea for a link line from Aichach on the Paar Valley Railway to the terminus at Altomünster of the branch line made famous by Ludwig Thoma (today S-Bahn Line A in the MVV network), which would have provided a direct connexion to the Munich S-Bahn network. In the winter of 1922, service was closed from time to time due to the lack of coal. In 1935, railbuses were used for the first time between Augsburg and Aichach. During the Second World War, the line was also used for military purposes. In early 1945, operations came to a standstill however after a bridge over the Paar had been blown up. Despite that, the line was able to be opened again on 1 January 1946. During the course of the 1960s, the number of passengers dwindled due to the increase in private motor vehicles and in 1975 a closure of the line was discussed for the first time. Whilst that came to nothing, in the years that followed several halts were closed and service was reduced. In 1989, the line between Augsburg and Radersdorf was incorporated into the Augsburger Verkehrsverbund (AVV) and, in 1996, services were increased with the introduction of the Bavaria-Takt, a new system of fixed-interval services. At that time, DB Class 628 multiples and locomotive-hauled push-pull trains were mainly used. In 1999, the maximum speed limit on the line was raised to 120 km/h. At the end of 2000, goods services were withdrawn. Services Since 2001 the line has been worked by DBAG Class 642 multiples, but there is no regular, through goods traffic at present. However, during the week a short, northern section of the line from Ingolstadt is served by a transhipment train from Railion, because a haulage company is based in Karlskron-Probfeld, which runs a large car storage operation. In addition from August 2002 the line was sometimes worked by oil trains from Ingolstadt to Kempten (Allgäu) hauled by engines from the Augsburg Localbahn. Since July 2007 goods traffic has returned between Augsburg and Radersdorf. The sawmill of Anton Heggenstaller based in Unterbernbach has refurbished its siding and loading area, so that regular wood trains from the Augsburg Localbahn and other private railway companies, like the OHE may be seen. Future From 2009 operations on the Paar Valley Railway will be taken on by the Bayerische Regiobahn owned by Veolia Verkehr after they had won the tender from the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft''. The Regiobahn network will include the Ammersee Railway, the Pfaffenwinkel Railway and the Ingolstadt–Eichstätt Stadt line. On the Paar Valley Railway the Class 642’s of the Desiro type will be replaced by LINT 41 (DB Class 648) units. The following projects are under discussion, in order to make the planned fixed-interval services on the Paar Valley Railway even more attractive in future: Introduction of a 15-minute service between Augsburg and Friedberg and a 30-minute connexion to Aichach Re-opening the Paar halt Re-opening the halts at Brunnen and Edelshausen Doubling

the line in certain places References External links Paar Valley Railway.de Category:Railway lines in Bavaria Category:Transport in Augsburg Category:Ingolstadt Category:Buildings and structures in Aichach-Friedberg

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Keivan Saket Keivan Saket () (born 1961 in Mashhad) is an Iranian composer and university professor and Tar and Setar Player, and author of 12 books for Tar and Setar. Early life Keivan Saket was born in 1961 to a family in Mashhad. He began music and painting from childhood with the support of his parents. He was a pupil of painting masters such as Sadegh Pour in drawing, Master Pirasteh in coloration and Master Davvalo in watercolor. His first music lessons came from his uncle, Manochehr Zamanian, in Children and Teenagers’ Music Workshop founded in Mashhad by National Broadcasting Organization under the management of Morteza Delshab. After a short time Manochehr Zamanian left Mashhad in order to pursue his education. Some time later, his townsman and his uncle’s friend Hamid Motabassem, came to Mashhad and started teaching in the same workshop. He had taught music in Arts Academy of Tehran, and for two successive summers before the Islamic Revolution he continued teaching there. After the Islamic Revolution Motabassem moved to Mashhad and became friends with Saket. After some time he returned to Tehran and then went overseas. Career Keivan Saket founded the Vaziri Band in 1996 and performed many works with this band. In 1990 he was invited as a musician and a soloist to Aref band by Parviz Meshkatian. The result of this cooperation is works like Afshari Morakkab, Ofoqe Mehr, Vatan Man sung by Iraj Bastami, and Magham-e Sabr composed by Master Meshkatian with Saket's tar and setar solo. Concerts inside and outside of Iran were among Saket’s activities. He founded The Big Orchestra of Keivan Saket with more than 60 musicians and singers. The group had many successful concerts in Tehran. Works Albums and performances Jãmeh-Darãn Tar and Setar soloing in Esfahan, Shoor and chãrgãh Sabokbãl 18 Chãhãr Mezrãb written in the book of Sabokbal Ey Vatan remaking and performing some of the works of Alinaghi Vaziri with singing of Fazel Jamshidi and piano playing of Hooman Khalatbari Becoming familiar with Dashti melody, performing some lessons of second book new teaching styles of Tar and Setar Fasaneh performing Abo Ata, Rast Panjgah with Vaziri Orchestra with singing of Iraj Bastami Didare Shargh Va Gharb performing Morgh-e Sahar with singing of Fazel Jamshidi and performing 8 famous songs of the world composed by West stars with Tar and piano accompanying of Maziar Heydari Ghasedak Setar soloing accompanying vocalizing poem by Zhale Sadeghian one of the contemporary poets East of Sorrow performing Tar and stringed orchestra in the first two sections: Iranian and then music of West different eras with cooperation of Omid Nikbin, Navid Mostafa Pour and Behnam Abolghasem Bi Carvan koli performing works composed by Saket with Vaziri Orchestra with singing of Iraj Bastami in tune of Shooshtari and Shoor Mah Banoo old popular songs Sadigh Tarif melody Shargh Andooh Illuminations Ballad of Cypress Naghmehye Mehr (Not released in Iran) Composition, making and performing ten programs in the style of Golhaye Javidan. Naghmehaye Javidan ordered by Music Unit of National Broadcasting Organization, vocalized by Zhale Sadeghian and Saket soloing and Hasan Nahid (reed) and Mahmood Mohammadi (clarinet) and Sina Jahanabadi (Kamancheh) and performing of Vaziri Orchestra and singing of Salar Ahgili – Reza Rezaee – Mohsen Roh Afza – Amir Tafti and Fazel Jamshidi Making 15-minute programs under the title of Ghowl va Ghazal (Word and Lyric), performing with Setar for recognizing and decomposition and analysis of Iranian music row in two description: one what he has written in his books one and the other Mirza Abdollah’s one. Mitaravad Mahtab with Salar Aghili’s singing Raghse Angoshtan

(memorial of Moscow trip captured in Chaikovsky Conservatory) Key Miresad Baran with Sina Sarlak’s singing and Hormoz Naser Sharifi’s poems Books Tar & Setar in 12 volumes, 6 of which has been published Allegre 18 four plectrums for Tar and Setar The Wave the note of a number of songs of East of Sorrow and Illuminations albums Perpetual Movement 20 Useful Studies for the Tar and Setar Charkhe-E-Niloofari 20 Useful studies for Tar and Setar Eight Famous Song of the World notes of classic songs in the album of Sharg va Gharb (East and West) The Solace of the Willow (15 simple four plectrums) ''Practical radif of Iranian Classical Music References External links Presstv.ir Tehrantimes.com En.mehrnews.com English.irib.ir Theiranproject.com Tavoosonline.com Iranianarthouse.com.au Amazon.com Volek.se Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Iranian composers Category:Iranian setar players Category:Iranian tar players Category:Music educators Category:People from Mashhad

Elvis Jennings Elvis Jennings (born July 11, 1955) is an American retired sprinter. Running for Mississippi State University, he was the 1976 NCAA Indoor Champion at 440 yards. References Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:American male sprinters Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Universiade gold medalists for the United States

1986 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament The 1986 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 13–15, 1986, on the campus of Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia. Four teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The Big South played the season at the NCAA Division I level, but did not receive an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. won the championship. Format The top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament. Bracket and results All-Tournament Team Most Valuable Player Terry Spires was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Spires was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina. References Tournament Category:Big South Conference Baseball Tournament Big South Baseball Tournament

Queen Noguk Queen Noguk of the Borjigin clan (? – 1365), also known by her posthumous name Queen Indeok, was a Mongolian princess and queen of Korea by marriage to King Gongmin. Her Mongolian name was Budashiri (; ; ). Life Queen Noguk was born Budashiri, a member of the Yuan dynasty's ruling Borjigin clan and a great-great-great granddaughter of Kublai Khan. Though her birth year is unknown, she is recorded as having married the reformist monarch Gongmin of Goryeo in the Yuan capital of Khanbaliq in 1349, after which she went to live in Goryeo. Queen Noguk's marriage followed a practice established by Kublai Khan, where female members of the Yuan royal clan were married to Goryeo princes in order to maintain Yuan hegemony on the peninsula. By contrast with earlier marriages between the Yuan and Gogryeo, however, Budashiri's marriage to Gongmin was described as happy. Despite the close relationship between King Gongmin and her, they were childless. Queen Noguk became pregnant fifteen years after marriage, but died in 1365 from complications related to the childbirth. After her death, King Gongmin became indifferent to politics and entrusted a great task to the Buddhist monk, Pyeonjo, who was executed in 1371. King Gongmin was killed in his sleep by Hong Ryun (홍륜), Choe Man-saeng (최만생), and others in 1374. Legacy King Gongmin began the construction of a tomb near Kaesong after Queen Noguk's death. The queen was interred under the mound Jongrung, and her husband was later buried under an accompanying mound known as Hyonrung. According to the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty, the tenth king Yeonsan believed that Queen Noguk had looked similar to his mother, the deposed Queen Yun, so he collected Queen Noguk's portraits at government offices. Family Father: Bayir Temür Grandfather: Amüge Great-Grandfather: Borǰigin Darmabala Great-Great-Grandfather: Borjigin Zhenjin Husband: King Gongmin of Goryeo (23 May 1330 – 27 October 1374) (고려 공민왕) In popular culture Portrayed by Sunwoo Eun-sook in the 1983 KBS TV series Foundation of the Kingdom. Portrayed by Seo Ji-hye in the 2005-2006 MBC TV series Shin Don. Portrayed by Song Ji-hyo in the 2008 film A Frozen Flower. Portrayed by Park Se-young in the 2012 SBS TV series Faith. Portrayed by Bae Min-Hee in the 2012-2013 SBS TV series The Great Seer. Ancestors See also Gongmin of Goryeo Tomb of King Kongmin References External links Art under control in North Korea - Tomb of King Kongmin Category:14th-century Mongolian people Category:Korean people of Mongolian descent Category:Goryeo people Category:1365 deaths Category:Royal consorts of the Goryeo Dynasty Category:Year of birth unknown Category:Borjigin Category:14th-century women Category:Princesses Category:Yuan dynasty people Category:Korean Buddhist monarchs

I Could Stay I Could Stay is the second single from Canadian/Jamaican singer Kreesha Turner's second studio album, Tropic Electric. The song was written by Kreesha Turner, Erika Nuri and Greg Ogan. The single received Canadian airplay for almost two months before the song was official released onto iTunes. The iTunes single only contains the radio edit of the track, much like Kreesha Turner's previous singles. "I Could Stay" was noted for referencing and sounding similar to Janet Jackson's "Runaway". Music video The music video premiered on Kreesha Turner's official VEVO channel, on November 15, 2011, the same day as the album Tropic Electric was released. The video was shot in Jamaica, as Kreesha wanted to capture the beauty of the country. Elements of the video, such as the scene in which Kreesha swings across water, were shot in the rain, due to a time limit placed on the production of the video. Charts Track listing References External links Category:Kreesha Turner songs Category:2011 songs Category:Songs written by Erika Nuri Category:Songs written by Kreesha Turner Category:EMI Records singles

Linda Pira Linda Marie Pira Giraldo, (born 25 August 1985) is a Swedish rapper. She grew up in Hässelby in western Stockholm where she still resides. Her parents, Kjell, a bar owner and Zulima lived in Colombia. After Linda was born, they all moved to Sweden. Linda Pira went to high school at Fryshuset, where she studied music with artists such as Lykke Li, Näääk and Sebastian Stakset. Pira was featured on rapper Stor's single "Rom och Kush" in the fall of 2012. During the summer of 2013, she released the double single "Bang Bang" / "Bäng Bäng". The Salazar Brothers produced her first EP Matriarken in late 2013. The EP was released under Redline Records label. During 2013, SVT play broadcast the documentary Linda Pira - Som du inte visste. The six-episode documentary series was produced by Anneli Kustfält and Agnes-Lo Åkerlind. Åkerlind described Pira with the words "She is thoughtful and rational, political and at the same time she is not, a person who seeks adrenaline kicks and chill. She is a role model but is still doing her own thing. Also she works in an industry where the female sex is underrepresented and that is interesting to me.". In 2014, Linda Pira received an award at Grammisgalan in the category "Best Newcomer 2013". and on 2 March 2014 the remix of "Knäpper mina fingrar" entered Digilistan being an all-female collective effort by Linda Pira, Rawda, Vanessa Falk, Julia Spada, Joy, Sep, Rosh, Kumba and Cleo. On 19 June 2014 she released the songs "Överlever allt", and "Sho katt" featuring Dani M. She will participate in Stjärnornas stjärna broadcast on TV4. Awards 2014: Newcomer of the year during Grammis Awards 2014 2014: Live performance of the year during Award Awards Discography Albums EPs 2013: Matriarken Singles Featured on Notes References Category:Living people Category:1985 births Category:Swedish rappers Category:Swedish-language singers Category:Swedish female rappers Category:Swedish people of Colombian descent

Susan E. W. Fuller Susan E. W. Fuller (1831 – July 6, 1907) was an American artist. Fuller studied at the Cooper Union, and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1871. Beginning in 1873 she was the first instructor of art in the District of Columbia Public Schools, continuing until her death; from 1873 she ran the Washington School of Art as well. She also served as the director of art programs in Washington schools, and died in Washington. Fuller was a New York native who married Charles Oliver Fuller before 1859. He died of illness while serving in the American Civil War, leaving her with a son. She wrote A Manual of Instruction in the Art of Wood Engraving, published in 1867. References Category:1831 births Category:1907 deaths Category:19th-century American artists Category:19th-century American women artists Category:19th-century American educators Category:20th-century American artists Category:20th-century American women artists Category:20th-century American educators Category:Educators from New York (state) Category:Artists from New York (state) Category:Educators from Washington, D.C. Category:Artists from Washington, D.C. Category:American women educators

Kaniavėlė Kaniavėlė is a village in , Varėna district municipality, Alytus County, southeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the village had a population of 15 people. At the 2011 census, the population was 14. References Category:Villages in Varėna District Municipality

Wild Animal Games Wild Animal Games is a short-lived children's television game show that aired on the Family Channel from October 2, 1995 to September 22, 1996. It was hosted by Ryan Seacrest with a chimpanzee named Eddie serving as co-host. Randy West served as the announcer on some episodes. It aired Monday through Friday at 4:00, kicking off the daily Fam AFTV game show block; it also aired on Saturday mornings at 9:30 for a time. Each episode focused on a different animal. Gameplay First Game A different game was played each day based on the behavior of the animal of the day. Two teams usually competed against each other. Games included playing polo on donkeys or collecting eggs like penguins. Chimp Challenge In this game, two kids competed against each other in a memory game. A brief video documentary about the animal of the day was shown to the contestants, and then, three questions were posed about the video. The first question was worth 50 points, the second was worth 100, and the third question was worth 150 points. After this, a second video was shown with and three more questions were asked with doubled point values. Each child also had a parent or teacher with them. The parent/teacher of the losing team was subjected to some sort of messy penalty, including getting slime dumped on them or being put in the "pie guillotine." Waterfall Prize Pool The final game of the day featured a tiny pool set up in the back lot. None of these games had anything to do with the featured animal of the day. For the first few weeks, five kids competed against each other in games such as shooting basketballs while going down a water slide, and throwing balls through a tire while sliding down the slide. Shortly after the show's premiere, the format changed to feature two teams of three kids each competing in a relay race. The relay changed each day. External links Category:1990s American children's game shows Category:1995 American television series debuts Category:1996 American television series endings Category:The Family Channel original programming Category:English-language television programs Category:Television series by MTM Enterprises

Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen (born 26 June 1959) is a Norwegian lawyer and judge. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Norway on 20 June 2014, having previously been a judge at the Oslo District Court. From 16 April until 22 June 2012, she presided over the trial of Anders Behring Breivik following the 2011 Norway attacks, assisted by district court judge Arne Lyng and three lay judges. Background Arntzen began her career as a consultant at the Ministry of Justice and the Police's Legal Issues section. From 1989 to 2003, she was a lawyer at the Office of the Attorney General of Norway. She attained to barrister, a lawyer with access to work with Supreme Court cases, in 1993. She then entered the law firm Kluge as a lawyer and partner. Since 2007 Arntzen has been a judge at Oslo District Court. Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen belongs to a family with many jurists. Among them is her grandfather, former Director of Public Prosecutions in Norway () Sven Arntzen. Her father was the barrister, Andreas Arntzen. She is also married to a jurist and is a cousin of psychology professor Erik Arntzen. Since 2009, Arntzen has been a member of the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee. She has also worked at the University of Oslo as commissioned lecturer in ethics. The Breivik trial During the opening of the 2012 trial against Anders Behring Breivik, Breivik claimed that judge Arntzen was a personal friend of Hanne Harlem, sister of former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, whom Breivik on day four of the trial testified had been a principal target for execution during his shooting spree at Utøya island—and whom he had wanted to decapitate on video, Al Qaeda-style—but to the question from Arntzen whether this constituted a formal assertion of conflict of interest, Breivik's main defence counsel Geir Lippestad, after cursorily conferring with Breivik, replied that it was not. References Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:People from Oslo Category:Norwegian lawyers Category:Supreme Court of Norway justices Category:2011 Norway attacks Category:Norwegian women lawyers Category:Norwegian women judges

C. J. Dennis Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938) was an Australian poet known for his humorous poems, especially "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century. Though Dennis's work is less well known today, his 1915 publication of The Sentimental Bloke sold 65,000 copies in its first year, and by 1917 he was the most prosperous poet in Australian history. Together with Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, both of whom he had collaborated with, he is often considered among Australia's three most famous poets. While attributed to Lawson by 1911, Dennis later claimed he himself was the 'laureate of the larrikin'. When he died at the age of 61, the Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons suggested he was destined to be remembered as the 'Australian Robert Burns'. Biography C. J. Dennis was born in Auburn, South Australia. His father owned hotels in Auburn, and then later in Gladstone and Laura. His mother suffered ill health, so Clarrie (as he was known) was raised initially by his great-aunts, then went away to school, Christian Brothers College, Adelaide as a teenager. At the age of 19 he was employed as a solicitor's clerk. It was while he was working in this job that, like banker's clerk Banjo Paterson before him, his first poem was published under the pseudonym "The Best of the Six". He later went on to publish in The Worker, under his own name, and as "Den", and in The Bulletin. His collected poetry was published by Angus & Robertson. He joined the literary staff of The Critic in 1897, and after a spell doing odd jobs around Broken Hill, returned to The Critic, serving for a time c. 1904 as editor, to be succeeded by Conrad Eitel. In 1906 he founded The Gadfly as a literary magazine; it ceased publication in 1909. From 1922 he served as staff poet on the Melbourne Herald. C.J. Dennis married Margaret Herron in 1917. She published two novels and a biography of Dennis called Down The Years. C. J. Dennis is buried in Box Hill Cemetery, Melbourne. The Box Hill Historical Society has attached a commemorative plaque to the gravestone. Dennis is also commemorated with a plaque on Circular Quay in Sydney which forms part of the NSW Ministry for the Arts – Writers Walk series, and by a bust outside the town hall of the town of Laura. Books Backblock Ballads and Other Verses (1913) The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915) The Moods of Ginger Mick (1916) The Glugs of Gosh (1917) Doreen (1917) Digger Smith (1918) Backblock Ballads and Later Verses (1918) Jim of the Hills (1919) A Book for Kids (1921) (reissued as Roundabout, 1935) Rose of Spadgers (1924) The Singing Garden (1935) The Ant Explorer (posthumously, 1988) Individual poems of note "The Austra-laise" (1908) "An Old Master" (1910) Many shorter works were also published in a wide variety of Australian newspapers and magazines. See also Angus & Robertson C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry References External links Australian Dictionary of Biography entry Works by C J Dennis at Project Gutenberg of Australia Australian Authors – C. J. Dennis Philip Butters ' " Your Vote is Wanted": C. J. Dennis at the Call''' JASAL'' 7 (2007) Jack Thompson reads poems by C. J. Dennis Category:1876 births Category:1938 deaths Category:Australian humorists Category:Australian poets Category:People from Auburn, South Australia Category:People from Laura, South Australia Category:Australian film studio executives Category:Burials at Box Hill Cemetery

Kirksville, Kentucky Kirksville is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. It was formerly known as Centerville; the new name honored local store owner Samuel Kirkendall. References Category:Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Kentucky Category:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky

Thubana nardinopa Thubana nardinopa is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in southern India. The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a pale ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths. The hindwings are grey. References Category:Moths described in 1918 Category:Thubana

Nigel Bond Nigel Bond (born 15 November 1965) is an English professional snooker player. Bond has competed on the main tour since 1989, and was ranked within the world's top 16 players between 1992 and 1999, peaking at 5th for the 1996/1997 season. He reached the final of the World Championship in 1995, where he lost 9–18 to Stephen Hendry, and won the 1996 British Open, defeating John Higgins 9–8. Having reached the final of three other ranking tournaments, Bond won the 2011 Snooker Shoot-Out and, in 2012, defeated Tony Chappel to win the World Seniors Championship. He retained his place in the top 64 until 2015. Career He was born in Darley Dale, Derbyshire. After a strong amateur career, Bond turned professional for the 1989–1990 season. He reached his first ranking semi-final in his first season, and his first final in his second season, but his career peaked in the mid-1990s. In the 1994 World Championships, Bond pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in the event's history, rallying from 9–2 to defeat Cliff Thorburn 10–9 in what would be Thorburn's final appearance at the Crucible. A year later, Bond reached the final after beating Stephen Lee, Alan McManus, Gary Wilkinson and Andy Hicks, but lost to Stephen Hendry 18–9. This was his only semi-final run of the season. As a consequence of reaching the final, he climbed to number 5 in the world rankings for 1996/97, and in that same season he acquired his only ranking tournament victory (after three previous losing finals), the British Open, beating John Higgins 9–8 after needing a snooker in the final frame, winning the World Snooker Association Performance of the Year award for this achievement, although he has failed to maintain this level of performance. He reached at least the quarter finals at the Crucible Theatre every year from 1993 to 1996, losing to Stephen Hendry every time, which added extra spice to their first round match in 2006. After leading comfortably throughout the match Bond was pegged back to 7–7, and the match went to a final frame. With only the black remaining, and 7 points up, Bond clipped it into the left corner pocket, only for the cue ball to go in the right middle pocket, resulting in a respotted black (the first one ever to decide the final frame of a World Championship match), which Bond potted to take frame and match. Final score 10–9, Bond's first win at the Crucible since 1999, and his only last-16 run of that season. By the end of the 1990s, Bond was out of the top 16, and dropped out of the top 32 for the 2004–2005 season. However, he reclaimed his place a year later, and he has remained there ever since as of 2009. In the 2007 World Championship he lost in the first round, 10–7 to Peter Ebdon. A run to the last 16 of the 2007 UK Championships, in which he came from 5–7 to win 9–7 against Ken Doherty in the last 32 before losing 9–6 to Ding Junhui in the last 16, was a precursor to his first quarter-final run for 5 years, at the China Open. Victories over David Roe, Stephen Lee and Barry Pinches took him to a meeting with Stephen Maguire, which he lost 5–0. He opened the 2008/09 season with first-round defeats in the first five tournaments, but victory over Ebdon in the first round of the World Championship ensured that he didn't lose his top 32 status. On 30 January 2011, Bond won the Snooker Shoot-Out event. This involved the top

64 players in the world playing 10-minute matches decided on a single frame. He picked up the £32,000 prize money as well as the Snooker Shoot-Out trophy, beating Robert Milkins 58–24 in the final. Bond started the 2011/2012 season very well by qualifying for the first two ranking event tournaments, the Australian Goldfields Open and the Shanghai Masters. He lost to Neil Robertson and Mark Selby respectively in the first round. He also qualified for the World Open, but was defeated by amateur player Lu Ning in the wildcard round. Bond finished the season ranked world number 45. Bond once again qualified for the Australian Goldfields Open in the 2012/2013 season, but lost to Neil Robertson 1–5 in the last 32. In December, he reached the World Open in Haikou, China, with wins over Jimmy White and Jamie Burnett. At the venue he saw off Zhu Yinghui 5–3 in the wildcard round and received a bye through to the last 16 due to the withdrawal of Ali Carter. There he lost 1–5 to Judd Trump. Bond was also crowned World Seniors champion during the season without dropping a frame in a total of seven matches, concluding with a 2–0 victory against Tony Chappel in the final. Bond's season ended when he was beaten 8–10 by Alan McManus in the third round of World Championship Qualifying. He dropped a solitary place during the year to end it ranked world number 46. Bond reached the final of the World Seniors Championship for the second year in a row in the 2013/2014 season, losing 2–1 to Steve Davis. He only won two matches at the main venue of ranking events all season, his best run coming in the China Open, where he beat Barry Pinches 5–2 before Mark Selby defeated Bond 5–1 in the last 32. He fell 11 spots from the start of the season to end it as the world number 57. Bond produced a superb comeback in the second round of the 2014 UK Championship, as from 5–0 down against world number five Barry Hawkins he took six successive frames to advance. However, in the third round Anthony McGill recovered from 4–1 down to eliminate Bond 6–5. The furthest Bond could progress in a ranking event this season was at the Indian Open, where he beat Ryan Day 4–1 and Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–3, before losing 4–1 to Chris Wakelin in the last 16. He just fell outside the top 64 at the end of the year as he was 65th, but Bond earned a two-year extension via the European Order of Merit. At the 2016 Indian Open Bond defeated Ricky Walden 4–1, Sam Baird 4–2, John Astley 4–2 and Peter Ebdon 4–3 to reach his first ranking event semi-final since 2002, where he lost 4–1 to Kyren Wilson. Bond had started practicing at the Snooker Academy in Sheffield with young Chinese players and stated that this has contributed to him regaining the hunger and passion to play snooker. He would have a losing run of 10 successive matches shortly afterwards, but at the Gibraltar Open he beat five players to reach his second semi-final of the season, where he failed to pick up a frame in a defeat to Shaun Murphy. Bond kept his place on the tour through the one-year ranking list. In 2019, Bond defeated reigning World Champion Judd Trump, after finding a 3 to 1 frame advantage, winning the next 5 frames to run out winner 6 frames to 3, in the third round match. Performance and rankings timeline Career finals Ranking finals: 5 (1 title, 4

runner-ups) Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 runner-up) Non-ranking finals: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) Pro-am finals: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) Amateur finals: 1 (1 title) References External links Nigel Bond at worldsnooker.com Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:English snooker players Category:People from Darley Dale Category:World Games gold medalists Category:Competitors at the 2009 World Games Category:World champions in snooker

Zdeněk Neubauer Zdeněk Neubauer (30 May 1942 – 5 July 2016) was a Czech philosopher and biologist, remarkable especially for original interpretations in science history and epistemology. Biography Born in Brno to family of the Brno normative legal school representative Zdeněk Neubauer (sr.), Neubauer graduated from Charles University in Prague (1965 in microbiology, biology and chemistry, 1971 in philosophy). During his activity in Laboratorio Internazionale di Genetica e Biofisica in Naples (1967–1970) he made several discoveries in genetics. In 1982 left the university because of nonconformist attitudes (both scientific and political). After that, he was mainly a philosopher (a programmer analyst by job), publishing underground. Since 1990, he has been a member of the department of philosophy and history of science at Charles University Faculty of Science. Selected bibliography Books Deus et Natura, 1979/1980 and 1999. Od Smyslu Vědeckého Poznání k vědě jako poznávání smyslu (From Reason of Scientific Knowledge to Science as Cognition of Reason), 1979. Střetnutí paradigmat v současné biologii (Clash of Paradigms in Contemporary Biology), 1985. Nový Areopág (The New Areopagus), 1992. Přímluvce postmoderny (An Intercessor of Postmodernity), 1994. Smysl a svět (Sense and Universe), 2001. O svatém Františku aneb zrození ducha novověku (On Saint Francis or the Birth of the Spirit of Modern Age), 2006. Articles A brief consideration on the meaning of the lysogenic conversion, 1967, in Nature. A model concerning the early functions in lambda bacteriophage, 1968. Physics and Human Thought, 1995, in Zwilling (ed.): Natural Sciences and Human Thought. Berlin-Heidelberg. Notes References Information on website of the Faculty of Sciences of Charles University Category:1942 births Category:2016 deaths Category:People from Brno Category:Czech philosophers Category:Czech biologists

Ronald Waterreus Ronald Katarina Martinus Waterreus (; born 25 August 1970) is a Dutch former football goalkeeper, who most notably played for PSV Eindhoven and Rangers, before ending his career at New York Red Bulls in the Major League Soccer. Club career Born in Lemiers, Limburg, Waterreus started his career in 1992 playing for Roda JC. After joining PSV Eindhoven in 1994 he quickly established himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the Eredivisie, eventually being selected for the Dutch national squad. After ten seasons as PSV's number one goalkeeper Waterreus transferred to Manchester City for one season. He joined SPL side Rangers in 2005 as cover for the injured Stefan Klos, however he quickly established himself as Rangers' first choice goalkeeper. He was also involved in Rangers' historic 2005–06 Champions League run where they reached the knock-out stage for the first time. Waterreus, however, eventually came under fire from Rangers fans following his criticism of the club in a Dutch newspaper, which was misinterpreted by the fans as a result of poor journalism. Waterreus left Rangers on 7 June 2006 having failed to agree a new contract. He signed a short-term contract with AZ Alkmaar on 4 December 2006, replacing the injured Joey Didulica and Khalid Sinouh in the month of December. In January 2007, he left the club again and agreed to move to New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer, where he immediately established himself with three shutouts and another scoreless half to set the record for longest shutout streak to begin an MLS career. International career Waterreus was on the Dutch national squad at Euro 2004 but he did not get any playing time. He altogether made seven appearances for his country. References External links Yahoo sport profile Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:People from Vaals Category:Expatriate footballers in England Category:Expatriate footballers in Scotland Category:Dutch association football commentators Category:Dutch expatriate footballers Category:Dutch footballers Category:Netherlands international footballers Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:PSV Eindhoven players Category:Manchester City F.C. players Category:Rangers F.C. players Category:AZ Alkmaar players Category:New York Red Bulls players Category:UEFA Euro 2004 players Category:Scottish Premier League players Category:Eredivisie players Category:Major League Soccer players Category:Expatriate soccer players in the United States Category:Major League Soccer All-Stars

Dantoni Dantoni may refer to: Dantoni, California, American city D'Antoni, Italian surname See also D'Antonio, Italian surname

Andre Agassi Tennis Andre Agassi Tennis is a tennis video game released in 1992, starring tennis legend Andre Agassi. The game was released for the Super NES, Genesis, Master System and Game Gear. It enjoyed a much belated release for mobile phones. Gameplay The player can play in either career mode, exhibition mode, or practice mode where the player can learn to hit and receive tennis balls in a proper manner in order to assure victory on the tennis court. During the career mode, the player travels to tennis courts around the world and compete in tournaments where victory allows to play to win money. After mastering all the tournaments, the player actually plays against Mr. Andre Agassi in a final grudge match in order to determine who is the best tennis player in the world. All the other players are generic except for him. Reception References External links Category:1992 video games Category:Master System games Category:Sega Game Gear games Category:Sega Genesis games Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Category:Mobile games Category:Tennis video games Category:Video games developed in the United States Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Agassi, Andre Category:Cultural depictions of Andre Agassi

Ambohimahazo Ambohimahazo is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Manandriana, which is a part of Amoron'i Mania Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 10,000 in 2001 commune census. Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. Farming and raising livestock provides employment for 45% and 45% of the working population. The most important crop is rice, while other important products are beans, maize, cassava and sweet potatoes. Services provide employment for 5% of the population. Additionally fishing employs 5% of the population. References and notes Category:Populated places in Amoron'i Mania

65th Regiment 65th Regiment may refer to: 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot, a unit of the British Army 65th Infantry Regiment (United States), a unit of the United States Army 65th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, a unit of the United States Army 65th Armoured Regiment (India), an armoured unit of the Indian Army American Civil War regiments 65th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Union Army 65th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Union Army 65th New York Volunteer Infantry, Union Army 65th Ohio Infantry, Union Army See also 65th Division (disambiguation) 65th Squadron (disambiguation)

Tanggu (disambiguation) Tanggu may refer to: Tanggu District, district of Tianjin, China Port of Tianjin, formerly Port of Tanggu Tanggu Truce, signed in the Tanggu District Tanggu (drum), a type of Chinese drum Tanggu Pass

Bogumił Gozdur Bogumił Gozdur (1 September 1935 - 3 May 2017) was a Polish footballer and football manager. His playing and coaching career was spent between three cities, the city of his birth, Kielce, while spending time as a player in Warsaw and as a manager in the Tricity. Biography Born in Kielce Gozdur started playing youth football for his local side AKS Alejki until the age of 15. From 1951 until 1954 played for Gwardia Kielce, starting in the youth sides, appearing in the first team at some point during that time. In 1955 he moved to Warsaw to study at the University of Physical Education, playing for the universities football team, AZS-AWF Warsaw, during his studies. After completing his studies he played one season with Warszawianka. Aged 24 Gozdur had decided his playing career was over, and moved to Gdańsk to become the manager of Gryf Gościcino in 1959. By 1964 he had moved to Bałtyk Gdynia, where during his 3 seasons with the club, they won the III liga (Gdańsk group) twice, failing to win promotion to the II liga through the playoffs. In 1967 he moved to Lechia Gdańsk for three seasons, finishing 2nd and 3rd in the III liga. After his spell at Lechia, he once again joined Bałtyk Gdynia for the 1972/73 season, finally helping them to achieve promotion out of the league, finishing runners-up. After helping Bałtyk to promotion, he moved back to Kielce, becoming manager of the newly created Korona Kielce. In his first spell at Korona he achieved promotion the second tier in the 1974/75 season. Their spell in II liga did not last long, and the team were relegated after only one season. In 1977 he moved to Korona rivals Błękitni Kielce, where he achieved 2 promotions and 1 relegation in his first 3 years at the club. In 1986 he became manager of Korona for a second time before retiring from football management. He died on 3 May 2017 and is buried in the Municipal Cemetery in Kielce. Honours Bałtyk Gdynia III liga Winners: 1964–65, 1965–66 Runners-up: 1972–73 Lechia Gdańsk III liga Runners-up: 1967–68 Third-place: 1969–70 Korona Kielce III liga Winners: 1974–75 Błękitni Kielce III liga Winners: 1977–78, 1979–80 Awards Silver Cross of Merit Gold Meritorious Activist of Physical Culture Badge PZPN Gold Award PZPN Silver Award Kielce District Football Association - Gold Award Gdańsk District Football Association - Gold Award References Category:1935 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Recipients of the Cross of Merit (Poland) Category:Sportspeople from Kielce Category:Polish football managers Category:Lechia Gdańsk managers Category:Korona Kielce managers

Jana Andrsová Jana Andrsová, married Večtomová (born 8 August 1939), is a Czech ballerina and actress. In 1957 she graduated from the Dance Conservatory in Prague and began to work with the Vitus Nejedly Army Art Ensemble. Laterna Magika From 1959 to 1978, Andrsová worked with Josef Svoboda's avant-garde multimedia company Laterna Magika, initially as a chorus girl and later (beginning in 1973) as a prima ballerina. In Allen Hughes' review of the company's August 1964 Carnegie Hall debut of a presentation that gave 23 performances at that venue under the direction of Miloš Forman, they are described as "a Czech theatrical spectacle that first came to international attention at the Brussels World's Fair." In 1966 Andrsová starred in Alfréd Radok's choreographed multimedia production Laterna Magika: Variation 66, The Opening of the Wells, cowritten by Forman in collaboration with Jan Švankmajer. Retirement Though retired, Andrsová continues to make stage appearances. In 2014 (also a 2016 reprise) she performed as elderly virtuous heroine Madame de Rosemonde in the National Theatre Ballet world premiere production of Valmont, choreographer Libor Vaculík's adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses. Filmography Strakonický dudák (1955) – wood nymph Jak se Franta naučil bát (1959) – miller's daughter Veronika Rusalka (1962) – Rusalka (part sung by Milada Šubrtová) Hoffmannovy povídky (1962) – Olympia Dvanáctého (1963) – dancer Svět je báječné místo k narození (1968) – herself Bludiště moci (1969) – ballerina Kočičí princ (1978) – mother Notes References Category:1939 births Category:20th-century Czech actresses Category:Czechoslovak actresses Category:Czech dancers Category:People from Prague Category:Actresses from Prague Category:Prima ballerinas Category:Czech ballerinas Category:Living people

New York City Fire Department Ladder Company 3 FDNY Ladder Company 3 known as "Recon" is a fire company in the 6th Battalion, 1st Division of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Ladder Company #3 is one of two Ladder Companies in the FDNY's 6th Battalion and has firefighting stewardship over a several square block area of Manhattan’s East Village. Ladder Company 3 received some of the heaviest casualties of any fire company in the FDNY, losing most of its men in the September 11 attacks. The company reported to the north tower of the World Trade Center, where Captain Patrick "Paddy" Brown and his men were last known to be on the 35th floor of the tower. The company arrived at the WTC running “heavy”, meaning that they carried more men than would actually be on a shift (tour), as the attacks came during a shift change, and both shifts remained on duty. FDNY Ladder Company #3 is housed at 108 E. 13th St., along with Battalion Chief #6. (Battalion #6 first-response territory covers Gramercy Park, the Flatiron District, the Bowery, and Union Square, which in turn is under command of FDNY's 1st Division, which is responsible for both Downtown and Lower Manhattan). The company was created on September 11, 1865, and is one of New York’s oldest ladder companies. Ladder Company 3’s fire truck (apparatus), (last driven on September 11th, 2001, by chauffeur Michael Carroll) that responded to the World Trade Center spent ten years housed at Hangar 17 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. At the time of the collapse, the truck was parked on West Street and damaged beyond repair by the collapse of the Twin Towers. In 2011, Firefighters stood alongside victims’ families and assorted bystanders and watched as the flag-covered, 60,000-pound fire truck was lowered by crane 70 feet below ground to become part of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. It will not only represent the members it lost on September 11, which are Captain Patrick (Paddy) J. Brown, Lt. Kevin W. Donnelly, Michael Carroll, James Raymond Coyle, Gerard Dewan, Jeffrey John Giordano, Joseph Maloney, John Kevin McAvoy, Timothy Patrick McSweeney, Joseph J. Ogren, Steven John Olson, but also all FDNY casualties. References Ladder Company 3

Taylor Beck (model) Taylor Beck is a female model and actress from Tucson, Arizona. Beck is one of the five models who star in the reality television program Underwater Action. Beck has also had appearances in the TV series Millionaire Matchmaker and has uncredited parts in the television series Entourage and the film Into the Blue 2: The Reef. Beck appeared as the cover girl for the November 2011 issue of 202 Magazine. She has also done shows for Harry Wilson, Damiani, and a number of magazines and charities. Genres include acting, editorial, fit modeling, fitness, glamour, lifestyle, lingerie, pinup, promotional modeling, runway, swimwear, and underwater She used to live in Kailua, Hawaii and moved to Tampa, Florida. References External links Taylor Beck, Model Portfolio, Pima, AZ Category:Female models from Arizona Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Tucson, Arizona Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Thomas Lawley Thomas Lawley may refer to Thomas Lawley (MP died 1559), MP for Much Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) Thomas Lawley (MP died 1621), MP for Much Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Baronet (died 1646), MP for Much Wenlock Sir Thomas Lawley, 3rd Baronet (c.1650–1729), MP for Much Wenlock Thomas J. Lawley See also Lawley (surname)

Stedman Shumway Hanks Stedman Shumway Hanks (July 17, 1889 – May 23, 1979) was one of the early aviators in the United States. After leaving active military service, he became a prolific writer and a prominent airport engineer who advocated airport construction across the United States. Biography Hanks was born in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts on July 17, 1889 to Charles Stedman and Clarina Bartow (née Shumway) Hanks. He was educated at Groton and Harvard, from which he left early to join the diplomatic service. His first post was serving as a secretary to Whitelaw Reid, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. After Reid's death in 1912, Hanks returned to Harvard to finish his studies, graduating with a Bachelor's degree later that year. After graduation, he returned to work in the office of the State Department, where he worked for William Phillips, with whom he had served with in London. At the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Army Air Service. In the late 1920s, concerned with the United States' inattention to building international airports, he toured Europe's airports and published his findings in 1929. In 1936, Hanks patented a flight strip, a new concept in auxiliary airfields, and helped gain government appropriation for their construction throughout the country. Through his publications and consulting work, Hanks became a prominent airport consultant during the industry's early days. Personal life Hanks married Margery Hancock (1894-1982) on February 11, 1919 and had one son, Roger Stedman Hanks. Margery Hancock was the sister of Lewis Hancock Jr. That marriage ended in divorce. In 1952, he married Helen Chappell. In 1890, Hank's father had brought Russian Wolf-Hounds to the United States. His seven were the first to come directly to the United States from Russia, originating from the kennels of Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich. After his father's death, Hanks remained active in Borzoi fanciers' activities and continued to fund maintenance of the kennel. Hanks died at his home in Manhattan, New York on May 23, 1979. Bibliography International airports (1929) Aviation gets down to earth; the growing need for public landing fields (1940) Flight strips for civilian use (1944) Flight strips - bargain airports (1945) Airfields for Puerto Rico (1946) Frontiers are not borders; a brief account of a journey to meet and understand the peoples of the world (1955) The Borzoi: the Most Noble Greyhound (1960) Military history Commissioned First Lieutenant, Aviation Section, Signal Officer Reserve Corps, 1917 Commanding Officer, 18th Aero Squadron, 1918 Relieved from active duty, 1920; continued to serve in the reserves Recalled to active duty, 1940 Liaison Officer, Office of Assistant Secretary of War, 1940 Staff Officer, HQ Ferrying Command, 1941-1943 Various staff duties, HQ United States Army Air Forces, 1943-1945 Retired, August 1949 References External links Category:1889 births Category:1979 deaths Category:American aviators Category:Members of the Early Birds of Aviation Category:People from Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts Category:Groton School alumni Category:American male writers Category:Harvard University alumni

Uranotaenia rutherfordi Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) rutherfordi is a species of zoophilic mosquito belonging to the genus Uranotaenia. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, and first documented from Peradeniya. References External links Notes on the Genus Uranotaenia rutherfordi Category:Insects described in 1922

Luis Rivera Marín Luis Gerardo Rivera Marín is an attorney-at-law and notary and a former secretary of state of Puerto Rico. Prior to this designation, Rivera Marín served as executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and as the secretary of consumer affairs of Puerto Rico. On July 13, 2019, Rivera Marín announced his pending resignation after allegations of his involvement in the Telegramgate scandal. His resignation took effect on July 31, 2019. Biography Rivera Marín graduated from the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola and from the Colegio Maristas. While at Maristas, he was a classmate and friend of Luis Fortuño who would later become governor of Puerto Rico. After graduating from high school, he pursued several degrees. He first obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and then pursued graduate studies, obtaining a master's degree in international business from the NYU Stern School of Business and a juris doctor from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. Upon finishing his academic studies, Rivera Marín set up his own law firm. While at his law firm, he worked pro bono in favor of Dominicans residing in Puerto Rico, particularly with immigration issues. But after several years of private practice he became a public servant after his high school friend, Luis Fortuño, who was by now governor of Puerto Rico, asked him to join his cabinet. He was first appointed as Secretary of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico and a few years after was concurrently appointed as executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, overseeing a budget of $100 million USD. After Fortuño was defeated in the 2012 general election, Rivera Marín returned to his private life. During that time, he also appeared as an analyst on political shows in radio and television on the island. Then, in 2016, after Ricardo Rosselló was elected governor, Rivera Marín was appointed as Secretary of State of Puerto Rico. On July 16, 2019, he changed his end date from July 30 to that day amidst the Telegramgate scandal involving the governor of Puerto Rico and his closest officials. His immediate successor Pedro Pierluisi was sworn in as acting Secretary of State on July 31, 2019. However, Pierluisi has not been approved by the Puerto Rican Congress. Personal life Rivera Marín is married to Margarita, a licensed architect, with whom he has two daughters, Carmen Margarita and Ana. References External links Category:Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola alumni Category:Living people Category:Members of the 17th Cabinet of Puerto Rico Category:New York University alumni Category:Secretaries of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico Category:Secretaries of State of Puerto Rico Category:University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni Category:University of Puerto Rico alumni Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Visconti Castle (Invorio) The Visconti Castle of Invorio was a Middle Age castle located in Invorio, Province of Novara, Piedmont, northern Italy. Only a tower today survives, surrounded by the traces of the ancient walls. Matteo I Visconti, Lord of Milan, was born there in 1250. History The first account of a fortification at Invorio dates back to the 11th century. At that time the site was a possession of the counts of Biandrate. In the 12th and 13th centuries the castle went under the control of the Novara commune, to finally become a property of the Visconti of Milan. Since that time it had been a residence of the Visconti di Invorio, a collateral branch of the Visconti of Milan. Between 1356 and 1358, the castle was heavily damaged during the war that opposed the Visconti to the Marquess of Monferrato. With the demise of the castle the Visconti di Invorio families moved to the nearby area, where new houses and a 16th century villa were built. In 1742 Alberto Visconti d'Aragona, member of another Visconti branch, obtained the title of Marquess of Invorio. Current remains The area of the ancient castle is isolated on the summit of a relief, surrounded by streets overlooked by the old Visconti houses and villas. The access to the castle was probably located in Via Martinotti, few meters before the surviving tower, where a front gate surmounted by a Biscione carved in stone is visible. Another Biscione can be seen above the entrance door of the tower. References External links Comune di Invorio – Torre Viscontea Cuore Verde tra Due Laghi (Green Heart between Two Lakes) – Visconti Tower Category:Castles in Piedmont

1968 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Overall Women's Overall World Cup 1967/1968 Final point standings In Women's Overall World Cup 1967/68 the best three downhills, best three giant slaloms and best three slaloms count. Deductions are given in brackets. References fis-ski.com World Cup

Man Mohan Sinha Air Marshal Man Mohan Sinha, PVSM, AVSM, VM, is a retired Indian Air Force Officer and a veteran of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was honoured with a number of medals including the Param Vishist Seva Medal, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and the Vayusena Medal. Early life and education Man Mohan Sinha was born on 8 January 1933 at Bhubaneswar, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India. He was educated at the prestigious St. Xavier's High School, Patna. Military career He joined the National defense academy (Indian military academy) in the then Inter services wing in 1948. He was then commissioned to the Indian Air Force as a pilot officer on 17 January 1953, serving in 3rd squadron (1953-1961). Subsequently he became the Air Force ADC to Dr. Rajender Prasad (1961-1962) and Dr. Radhakrishnan (1962-1964), after which he transferred to 7th squadron (1964-1967), taking part in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war. 1965 Indo-Pakistan War achievements Sinha was a part of No. 7 Squadron IAF as a Squadron leader during the 1965 war against Pakistan. Squadron Leaders MM Sinha, SS Malik, AS Lamba, Dice Dhiman etc. making their mark in various missions during 1965 war. SS Malik, AS Lamba, PS Pingle, AR Gandhi received the Vir Chakra, along with Man Mohan Sinha, DK Dhiman, CG Pander, P Kondaiah who earned a Mention-in-Despatches for combat operations. Command of No. 37 Squadron IAF No. 37 Squadron IAF (Black Panthers) moved to Tezpur from Chabua at the end of March 1966, where command of the Squadron passed to then Wing Commander Man Mohan Sinha on 25 August 1967. After the war he sat for the staff college exam; standing first amongst all three services in the staff college exam, he was thus sent to the Joint Service Defence College in England. Graduating in 1970, he flew in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; after which he first served as an instructor at the College of Air Warfare (then known as the Joint Air Warfare School) and then the Defence Services Staff College. Then joining the Indian Ministry of Defense in 1975. AOC-in-C of Eastern Command IAF He was a Commanding Officer for Eastern Air Command at Shillong from 8 February 1988 – 31 January 1991 at the post of Air Marshal. Air Vice Marshal He became Air vice Marshal in Air Marshal Man Mohan then served as Air Marshal of the Indian Air force. Post Retirement After retirement, Man Mohan Sinha serves in the position of chairman of Velocity Apparelz Company in Ismailia, Egypt since 2001 along with his son Siddharth Sinha who is the CEO of parent company Vogue International Agencies FZE. Awards and decorations See also The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani Air War of 1965 References External links How I Too Nearly Missed The War! – Air Vice Marshal Ajit Lamba VrC Embassy of India, Cairo | Bilateral | India-Egypt | Economic | Indian Companies in Egypt Category:1933 births Category:Living people Category:People from Bihar Category:St. Xavier's Patna alumni Category:Indian aviators Category:Indian Air Force air marshals Category:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal Category:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Category:Recipients of the Vayu Sena Medal Category:Indian Air Force officers Category:Indian military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Category:Pilots of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Category:Pilots of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Phintella lajuma Phintella lajuma is a jumping spider species in the genus Phintella that lives in South Africa. References Category:Salticidae Category:Spiders described in 2013 Category:Spiders of South Africa

Abiskojokk Abiskojokk or Abiskojåkka (Northern Sami: Ábeskoeatnu) is a river in the Abisko National Park in northern Sweden. The upper part of the river is called Kamajokk or Kamajåkka. References Category:Canyons and gorges of Sweden Category:Landforms of Norrbotten County Category:Rivers of Norrbotten County

Shockey Peak Shockey Peak is a 2,010 m tall peak, rising 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Allen Peak near the north extremity of the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. It was discovered by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles C. Shockey of the Branch of Special Maps, U.S. Geological Survey, which prepared the 1962 map of this range. Category:Mountains of Ellsworth Land

DAV Public School New Shimla DAV Public School, New Shimla is a private school located at Phase - II, Sector-4, New Shimla Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is an institution designed to provide learning space and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. The students become more and more capable and equipped to do their duties and responsibilities as a good citizen and fine human being. The teachers teach them with a great deal of care, concern and patience. D.A.V Public School, New Shimla is established under the aegis of DAV College Managing Committee. The school runs classes from Nursery to XII. It has been affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). School is committed to nurturing the inherent potential of each child to create life-long learners and future global leaders capable of ushering in a better tomorrow History Founded in 1984, the school is managed by the DAVCMC and is affiliated to the CBSE. The Founder Principal was Mrs. P. Sofat. Overview The school offers classes from pre nursery to +2. 3 Streams are available in +2 : Sciences (Medical and Non-medical) Commerce Humanities The current Principal is Mr.Rakesh Kumar Chandel. The school is a residential-cum-day school. Many facilities for sports are available. Games like basketball, volleyball, kabaddi, etc. are provided which are important for overall development. In 2018 new building "Vanika 2" was inaugurated. References External links Category:Schools in Shimla district Category:Educational institutions established in 1984 Category:Education in Shimla Category:Schools affiliated with the Arya Samaj Category:Central Board of Secondary Education Category:1984 establishments in India

Hundred of Bartlett The Hundred of Bartlett is a cadastral hundred of South Australia located in the remote County of Way. It was created in 1889. Location It overlooking the Great Australian Bight about north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about west of the town centre of Ceduna. By one reading of the book Gulliver's Travels, the hundred is the closest inhabited place to the location of the fictitious island of Lilliput. History The traditional owners of the area were the Wirangu Aboriginal people and the first European to sight the area was Dutch explorer Pieter Nuyts in 1627 in the Gulden Zeepaard. In 1802 Matthew Flinders came past the district whilst on his voyage in the Investigator,. References Bartlett

Heptagonal triangle A heptagonal triangle is an obtuse scalene triangle whose vertices coincide with the first, second, and fourth vertices of a regular heptagon (from an arbitrary starting vertex). Thus its sides coincide with one side and the adjacent shorter and longer diagonals of the regular heptagon. All heptagonal triangles are similar (have the same shape), and so they are collectively known as the heptagonal triangle. Its angles have measures and and it is the only triangle with angles in the ratios 1:2:4. The heptagonal triangle has various remarkable properties Key points The heptagonal triangle's nine-point center is also its first Brocard point. The second Brocard point lies on the nine-point circle. The circumcenter and the Fermat points of a heptagonal triangle form an equilateral triangle. The distance between the circumcenter O and the orthocenter H is given by where R is the circumradius. The squared distance from the incenter I to the orthocenter is where r is the inradius. The two tangents from the orthocenter to the circumcircle are mutually perpendicular. Relations of distances Sides The heptagonal triangle's sides a < b < c coincide respectively with the regular heptagon's side, shorter diagonal, and longer diagonal. They satisfy (the latter being the optic equation) and hence and Thus –b/c, c/a, and a/b all satisfy the cubic equation However, no algebraic expressions with purely real terms exist for the solutions of this equation, because it is an example of casus irreducibilis. The approximate relation of the sides is We also have satisfy the cubic equation We also have satisfy the cubic equation We also have satisfy the cubic equation We also have and We also have There are no other (m, n), m, n > 0, m, n < 2000 such that Altitudes The altitudes ha, hb, and hc satisfy and The altitude from side b (opposite angle B) is half the internal angle bisector of A: Here angle A is the smallest angle, and B is the second smallest. Internal angle bisectors We have these properties of the internal angle bisectors and of angles A, B, and C respectively: Circumradius, inradius, and exradius The triangle's area is where R is the triangle's circumradius. We have We also have The ratio r /R of the inradius to the circumradius is the positive solution of the cubic equation In addition, We also have In general for all integer n, where and We also have We also have The exradius ra corresponding to side a equals the radius of the nine-point circle of the heptagonal triangle. Orthic triangle The heptagonal triangle's orthic triangle, with vertices at the feet of the altitudes, is similar to the heptagonal triangle, with similarity ratio 1:2. The heptagonal triangle is the only obtuse triangle that is similar to its orthic triangle (the equilateral triangle being the only acute one). Trigonometric properties The various trigonometric identities associated with the heptagonal triangle include these: The cubic equation has solutions and which are the squared sines of the angles of the triangle. The positive solution of the cubic equation equals which is twice the cosine of one of the triangle’s angles. Sin (2π / 7), sin (4π / 7), and sin (8π / 7) are the roots of We also have: For an integer n , let For n = 0,...,20, For n= 0, -1, ,..-20, For an integer n , let For n= 0, 1, ,..10, For an integer n , let For n= 0, 1, ,..10, We also have We also have We also have We also have We also have Ramanujan type identities, We also have Category:Triangles

Alexander Nash Alexander Andrew Ellis Nash (30 August 1849 – 18 July 1906) was an English amateur footballer who played for England in the first representative match against Scotland in March 1870. Family and education Nash was born in Edmonton in north London, the only son of William Nash (1813–1868) and his wife Caroline née Fairbank (1822–1857). He was baptised at All Saints, Edmonton on 13 October 1849. In the 1851 census, William Nash was described as a "glass merchant". Nash was educated at Brentwood Grammar School between 1862 and 1867, where he represented the school at both football and cricket. At Brentwood, his colleagues included R. S. F. Walker, who played in three of the early "international" matches, scoring four goals. Nash's nephew, Lieut Arthur William Swanston, the son of his sister Fanny Elizabeth, was killed near Chrissiesmeer in the eastern Transvaal in the Anglo-Boer War on 16 October 1900, while trying to save the life of a fellow soldier. For 65 years after his death, his Scottish fiancée arranged for flowers to be placed on his grave. Football career Nash played for the Wanderers club in the 1869–70 season, making six appearances as a forward, scoring twice. His cousin, Andrew John Nash (A. J. Nash) also played for Wanderers at the same time, making nine appearances. In late 1869, he joined Clapham Rovers, becoming the club captain. In April 1870, he won the shot put at the club sports competition. In March 1870, Nash was selected to represent England in the first pseudo-international against Scotland organised by C. W. Alcock and Arthur F. Kinnaird. The first "international" was played at Kennington Oval on 5 March 1870, and ended in a 1–1 draw. Nash was one of only two players not from a public school background (the other being Alfred Baker) selected to represent England. Nash played for Clapham Rovers alongside his cousin, A. J. Nash, in the inaugural FA Cup tournament in 1871 and remained with the club for several years, representing them on the Football Association committee from 1872 to 1874, and acting as an umpire as late as 1876. Later life Nash later became a merchant in London, joining the Merchant Taylors' Company in 1870. He married Harriette Jane Routledge (1850–1906) at St Matthias Church, Richmond on 24 September 1896. The couple had no children. Nash died on 18 July 1906 at Gilfach while on holiday in South Wales. A coroner's inquest concluded that the cause of death was chloral hydrate poisoning, although no charges were brought against anyone. At the time of his death, he was the beneficiary of a trust fund, valued at £20,000. References Bibliography Category:1849 births Category:People from Edmonton, London Category:1906 deaths Category:People educated at Brentwood School, Essex Category:England v Scotland representative footballers (1870–1872) Category:Clapham Rovers F.C. players Category:Wanderers F.C. players Category:Deaths by poisoning Category:Association footballers not categorized by position Category:English footballers

Dryton and Apollonia Archive The Dryton and Apollonia archive consists of fragments of 40 papyri written in both Koine Greek and Demotic (Egyptian) from 150-99 BCE although some of the events referenced took place as far back as 176 or 175 BCE. The archive documents wills, financial transactions, and divorces of the Dryton household who lived in the Thebaid: specifically the cities of Ptolemais and Pathyris (see also Ptolemaic Egypt). Currently these documents are scattered amongst museum collections in the United States, England, France, Germany, and Egypt. Contents The significance of this archive is that the documents seem to interchange between two languages in such a way that one may presume the entire household to be bilingual. Dryton was a cavalry officer in Ptolemais, a Greek city in Upper Egypt. It shows he was married to Sarapias by whom he had a son, Esthladas. They divorced and Dryton took his son with him in his transfer to Pathyris around 152 BCE. It was here he met his second wife Apollonia, also known by her Egyptian name of Senmonthis, who most likely was a teen, to his almost fifty years of age. Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt only associated with other Greeks and did not interact with the natives; however, Dryton appears to have developed a more Egyptian lifestyle towards the end of his life with his marriage to Apollonia. Esthladas seems to have followed in his father’s footsteps and earned a living as a professional soldier and through private land ownership. He appears to have adapted to a more Egyptian way of life and was also both fluent and literate in the Egyptian language of Demotic and Greek as many of the later documents pertain to him specifically. He inherited the majority of land and assets following his father's death, but he shared some of this land with his stepmother and stepsisters. Another focus for those who study this archive is on the relationships between mother and the five daughters (Apollonia/Senmouthis, Aristo/Semonthis, Aphrodisia/Takhratis, Nikarion/Thermouthis, Apollonia the Younger/Senpelaia) as a way to glimpse gender roles of both Greek and Egyptian families. In Dryton's last will in 126 BCE he states that: "And to my wife Apollonia also called Senmonthis, if she stays home and is irreproachable, [his children] shall give every month for four years for the maintenance of herself and her two daughters 2½ artabs of wheat, 1/12 of croton (genus), and 200 copper drachmas...Whatever property Senmonthis may have evidently acquired for herself while married to Dryton, she is to continue to own." In addition to maintaining possession of land, Apollonia was also involved in lending money, which is seen in a number of documents that record her financial transactions. Her five daughters were all kept and raised which follows the Egyptian custom of no infanticide regardless of money or gender. This particular will also gives their daughters a small portion of the estate. He also provided dowry arrangements for Aristo and Aphrodisia. At this time his first daughter, Apollonia, appears to have been married, so she did not receive an additional sum of money. Nikarion and Apollonia the Younger were mere children and an amount of money was to be given them until they turned 17 or 18 years old. Overall, it seems that his will was fairly typical for a Greek citizen during the Hellenistic period. Notes References Ameling, Walter. (2002). "Dryton." Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. 4: 729. Leiden: Brill. Retrieved on 2007-05-10. Lewis, Naphtali (1986). Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt. Oxford University Press, 88-103. . Pomeroy, Sarah B. (1984). Women in Hellenistic Egypt. Schocken Books,

103-123. . Category:Papyrology Category:Egyptian inscriptions Category:Ptolemaic Greek inscriptions

Tazeh Kand-e Langan Tazeh Kand-e Langan (, also Romanized as Tāzeh Kand-e Langān; also known as Tāzeh Kand) is a village in Ojarud-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Germi County, Ardabil Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 30, in 7 families. References Category:Towns and villages in Germi County

Mikhail Romadin Mikhail Nikolayevich Romadin () (12 April 1940 – 3 January 2012) was a Russian painter, book illustrator, movie art designer and theater artist. He graduated from the All-Union State University of Cinematography. He is a third generation artist; his grandfather M.Romadin was an artist and his father N.M. Romadin, was a landscape artist and Academician Life and career Childhood Mikhail Romadin was born on 12 April 1940 in Moscow. His father, the landscape painter Nikolai Romadin, was a student of P. P. Falk, I. I. Mashkov and P. P. Konchalovsky. When Romadin was thirteen he took lessons with Pavel Dmitrievich Korin, and it was at this point that he became attracted to less traditional types of art. He showed his experiments to Altman and Tyshler, and for a long time he was strongly influenced by the works of Picasso, Braque, Legér and other modernists, that he saw at the exhibition of French art that took place in Moscow in 1961. Career Mikhail Romadin went on as a young man to attend the Gerasimov University of Cinematography, which he considered to be the higher education institute that offered the most creative freedom to its students. There his best friends and fellow students were the poet Gennady Shpalikov and the director Andrei Tarkovsky. They met every day and between them were overflowing with creative ideas. Romadin thought up the flying machine made out of a sack that figures in Tarkovsky's film Andrei Rublev (1969), and in 1964 he worked as an artist on the film I am Twenty 1965 , which was directed by Marlen Khutsiev and written by Marlen Khutsiev and Gennady Shpalikov. He was then the production designer and creator of the style of Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972), after which he went on to work as production designer on three of his friend Andrei Konchalovsky's films, The First Teacher (1964), The Story of Asya Klyachina (1967), and A Nest of Gentlefolk (1969). Andrei Tarkovsky about Mikhail Romadin: "Romadin's character is hidden, forced deep inside. In his best works what often happens is that the outward characteristics of barely ordered dynamism and chaos that one perceives initially, melt imperceptibly into the appreciation of calm and noble form, silent and simple. As I see it, this principle contains the highest artistic quality.” Book illustration Mikhail Romadin created illustrations from an early age, and over his life illustrated more than 200 books, including Ray Bradbury's R is for Rocket and The Magic Ring by Andrei Platonov, Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Lion with a white beard by Tonino Guerra – M.Romadin's close friend, and more. Tonino Guerra about Mikhail Romadin:"I used to visit Mikhail Romadin regularly. The apartment was full of books, furniture and precariously balanced objects here and there. I was quite worried that it could all collapse on top of me. The paintings, which show innumerable fighting soldiers,leaves and grass, need an empty expanse of walls. But I didn’t feel suffocated; I felt like an organic part of this labyrinth, in which I discovered fresh air and broad horizons. It’s at this point that you yearn for the quiet life that we are all losing, and which was so dear to him [Romadin]” The intricacy of dense detail in Romadin's work is striking, and the viewer feels drawn to examine each detail individually; but Romadin's realism is deceptive, and what we see is really closer to surrealism. He achieves this through a cinematic approach, employing close-ups, expressive angles, montage, and a cinematic compositional dynamism. As Romadin said, “A good painting is done from corner to corner, with equal ten-sion in every

square centimetre.” Romadin's works have been exhibited in over 300 solo exhibitions worldwide, from Paris, Geneva and Berlin, to Dallas and Beijing. While taking part in these exhibitions Romadin used to cover entire rolls of paper measuring several metres each with drawings. One critic called him a “drawing machine”. The works of Mikhail Romadin are in the collections of museums and private collections worldwide. Personal life Parents Father – Nikolai Mikhailovich Romadin (1903–1987) – famous Russian landscape artist and Academician. Mother – Nina Gerasimovna Romadina (Shpileva) Wife Ekaterina Shein-Romadina- ballet dancer (Moscow State Academy of Choreography- The Bolshoi Ballet Academy), actress (Russian Academy of Theatre Arts), curator of exhibitions on the theme of ballet. Сhildren Daughter – Aleksandra Shein-Romadina – curator of exhibitions of contemporary art Stepdaughter (E.Shein-Romadina's daughter)Anna Fatyanova – founder of art space Dreiviertel in Bern (Switzerland) Museums and Collections The State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow) The State Historical Museum, (Moscow) The State Russian Museum, (St. Petersburg) The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (USA) Museum P. Ludwig Cologne, (Germany) Museum Ludwig P., Aachen, (Germany) The Museum “Les Invalides" (Paris) The UNESCO Collection (Paris) The Cartier Foundation (Paris) The Palais des Nations Geneva (Switzerland) Collection of the University of Maryland, Washington, D.C. (USA) Zimmerli Art Museum New Jersey, (USA) The Museums of Texas Fort Worth and Texarkana (USA) The Museum of the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie, (Berlin) Museum Ludwig P., Budapest (Hungary) The Museum of Cinema (Moscow) The Museum of Cosmonautics (Moscow) The Museum of the City of (Moscow) The Bakhrushi State Theatre Museum (Moscow) The Museum of Contemporary Art Seville (Spain) The Museum of Oriental Art (Moscow) Collection House Museum of Maximilian Voloshin, (Koktebel) The Central State Museum of Painting Kiev (Ukraine) The Museum of Cosmonautics (Kaluga) The collections of Peter Ludwig, represented in the museums of Beijing, Cologne, Aachen, Budapest The painting “The Indifferent Spectators" is displayed in the conference room used for discussions on nuclear issues of the Palace of the UN in Geneva (Switzerland) Works are also held in the collections of many other museums in France, USA, Italy and other countries. Private collections exist in Russia, the USA, France, Monaco, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg etc. Solo exhibitions Romadin's works have been exhibited in over 300 solo exhibitions worldwide, from Paris, Geneva and Berlin to Dallas New-York and Beijing. Filmography The Story of Asya Klyachina (1966) (Russian История Аси Клячиной, которая любила, да не вышла замуж, Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh) The First Teacher (1966) (Russian Первый учитель, Pervyy uchitel) – Art director, Costume Designer A Nest of Gentry (1969) (Russian Дворянское гнездо, Dvoryanskoe gnezdo), dabed on the novel Home of the Gentry – Set designer Solaris (1972) (Russian Солярис, Solyaris) Artistic director References Biography of Michael Romadina site biogs.redban.ru (Russian) Michael Romadin site of Andrei Konchalovsky (Russian) Category:1940 births Category:2012 deaths Category:20th-century Russian painters Category:Russian male painters Category:21st-century Russian painters

Tilsa Lozano Tilsa Marcela Lozano Sibila (born Lima, October 31, 1982) is a Peruvian model. Tilsa is also a Playboy TV actress for Latin America & Iberia. Her father is from Argentina. She has posed for magazines such as Maxim, SoHo, Cosas Hombre and Caras. She has also worked with designers such as Claudia Bertolero, Fabrizio Célleri, Jennifer Nicholson, Ana María Guiulfo and Stika Semsch. She acted in the series Surfing Attraction, Bunny World and Seduction Weapons for Playboy. Titles Miss Hawaiian Tropic Perú (2006) Miss Reef Perú (2007) Miss Reef International (2008) Miss Playboy TV Latinoamérica & Iberia (2008) Partial filmography References In Spanish: External links Category:People from Lima Category:Peruvian female models Category:Peruvian people of Argentine descent Category:21st-century Peruvian actresses Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Lima Category:Peruvian television actresses

Vriesea zonata Vriesea zonata is a plant species in the genus Vriesea. This species is endemic to Brazil. References BROMELIACEAE DA MATA ATLÂNTICA BRASILEIRA retrieved 22 October 2009 zonata Category:Flora of Brazil

Frontierland Shootin' Arcade Frontierland Shootin' Arcade is an attraction in Walt Disney World, simulates a shootout in Tombstone, Arizona, over Boot Hill in 1850. The gallery includes a jail, hotel, bank, and cemetery with targets which are animated when shot. There are a total of 97 targets in the shooting gallery. Originally, the guns shot lead pellets, but were replaced with infra-red light rifles due to the maintenance costs of repainting the targets almost every night. This would use 2,000 gallons of paint a year. Similar attractions exists in Disneyland as the Frontierland Shootin' Exposition; in Disneyland Park (Paris) as the Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery; and in Tokyo Disneyland as the Westernland Shootin' Gallery. Details Opened: October 1, 1971 as lead-pellet version, then Re-habed Summer, 1982 Electronic Re-design, WED Enterprises-East, Florida Graphics/Show Design Dept., (now Walt Disney Imagineering). Cost: $1.00 for 35 shots (USD) During the Halloween Party the shooting gallery is free for all guests. External links Disneyland - Frontierland Shootin' Exposition Magic Kingdom - Frontierland Shootin' Arcade Tokyo Disneyland - Westernland Shootin' Gallery Disneyland Park (Paris) - Rustler Roundup Shootin' Gallery References Category:Amusement park attractions introduced in 1971 Category:Walt Disney Parks and Resorts attractions Category:Western (genre) amusement park attractions Category:Disneyland Category:Magic Kingdom Category:Disneyland Park (Paris) Category:Frontierland Category:1971 establishments in Florida

Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003 The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003 (FRBMA) is an Act of the Parliament of India to institutionalize financial discipline, reduce India's fiscal deficit, improve macroeconomic management and the overall management of the public funds by moving towards a balanced budget and strengthen fiscal prudence. The main purpose was to eliminate revenue deficit of the country (building revenue surplus thereafter) and bring down the fiscal deficit to a manageable 3% of the GDP by March 2008. However, due to the 2007 international financial crisis, the deadlines for the implementation of the targets in the act was initially postponed and subsequently suspended in 2009. In 2011, given the process of ongoing recovery, Economic Advisory Council publicly advised the Government of India to reconsider reinstating the provisions of the FRBMA. N. K. Singh is currently the Chairman of the review committee for Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, under the Ministry of Finance (India), Government of India. Enactment The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Bill (FRBM Bill) was introduced in India by the then Finance Minister of India, Mr.Yashwant Sinha in December 2000. Firstly, the bill highlighted the terrible state of government finances in India both at the Union and the state levels under the statement of objects and reasons. Secondly, it sought to introduce the fundamentals of fiscal discipline at the various levels of the government.The FRBM bill was introduced with the broad objectives of eliminating revenue deficit by 31 March 2006, prohibiting government borrowings from the Reserve Bank of India three years after enactment of the bill, and reducing the fiscal deficit to 2% of GDP (also by 31 March 2006). Further, the bill proposed for the government to reduce liabilities to 50% of the estimated GDP by year 2011. There were mixed reviews among economists about the provisions of the bill, with some criticising it as too drastic. Political debate ensued in the country. Several revisions later, it resulted in a much relaxed and watered-down version of the bill (including postponing the date for elimination of revenue deficit to 31 March 2008) with some experts, like Dr Saumitra Chaudhuri of ICRA Ltd.(and now a member of Prime Ministers' Economic Advisory Council) commenting, "all teeth of the Fiscal Responsibility Bill have been pulled out and in the current form it will not be able to deliver the anticipated results." This bill was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Union Government of India in February, 2003 and following the due enactment process of Parliament, it received the assent of the President of India on 26 August 2003. Subsequently, it became effective on 5 July 2004. This would serve as the day of commencement of this Act. Objectives The main objectives of the act were: to introduce transparent fiscal management systems in the country to introduce a more equitable and manageable distribution of the country's debts over the years to aim for fiscal stability for India in the long run Additionally, the act was expected to give necessary flexibility to Reserve Bank of India(RBI) for managing inflation in India. Content Since the act was primarily for the management of the governments' behaviour, it provided for certain documents to be tabled in the parliament annually with regards to the country's fiscal policy. This included the following along with the Annual Financial Statement and demands for grants: a document titled Medium-term Fiscal Policy Statement – This report was to present a three-year rolling target for the fiscal indicators with any assumptions, if applicable. This statement was to further include an assessment of sustainability

with regards to revenue deficit and the use of capital receipts of the Government (including market borrowings) for generating productive assets. a document titled Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement – This was a tactical report enumerating strategies and policies for the upcoming Financial Year including strategic fiscal priorities, taxation policies, key fiscal measures and an evaluation of how the proposed policies of the Central Government conform to the 'Fiscal Management Principles' of this act. a document titled Macro-economic Framework Statement – This report was to contain forecasts enumerating the growth prospects of the country. GDP growth, revenue balance, gross fiscal balance and external account balance of the balance of payments were some of the key indicators to be included in this report. a document titled Medium-term Expenditure Framework Statement - This is to set forth a three-year rolling target for prescribed expenditure indicators with specification of underlying assumptions and risk involved (vide Section 6 A of the Act amended in 2012). The Act further required the government to develop measures to promote fiscal transparency and reduce secrecy in the preparation of the Government financial documents including the Union Budget. Fiscal management principles The Central Government, by rules made by it, was to specify the following: a plan to eliminate revenue deficit by 31 March 2008 by setting annual targets for reduction starting from day of commencement of the act. reduction of annual fiscal deficit of the country annual targets for assuming contingent liabilities in the form of guarantees and the total liabilities as a percentage of the GDP Borrowings from Reserve Bank of India The Act provided that the Central Government shall not borrow from the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) except under exceptional circumstances where there is temporary shortage of cash in particular financial year. It also laid down rules to prevent RBI from trading in the primary market for Government securities. It restricted them to the trading of Government securities in the secondary market after an April, 2005, barring situations highlighted in exceptions paragraph. Exceptions National security, natural calamity or other exceptional grounds that the Central Government may specify were cited as reasons for not implementing the targets for fiscal management principles, prohibition on borrowings from RBI and fiscal indicators highlighted above, provided they were approved by both the Houses of the Parliament as soon as possible, once these targets had been exceeded. Measures to enforce compliance This was a particularly weak area of the act. It required the Finance Minister of India to only conduct quarterly reviews of the receipts and expenditures of the Government and place these reports before the Parliament. Deviations to targets set by the Central government for fiscal policy had to be approved by the Parliament. No other measures for failure of compliance have been specified. Implementation Targets and fiscal indicators Subsequent to the enactment of the FRBMA, the following targets and fiscal indicators were agreed by the central government: Revenue deficit Date of elimination – 31 March 2009 (postponed from 31 March 2008) Minimum annual reduction – 0.5% of GDP Fiscal Deficit Ceiling – 3% of the GDP by 31 March 2008 Minimum annual reduction – 0.3% of GDP Total Debt – 9% of the GDP (a target increased from the original 6% requirement in 2004–05) Annual reduction – 1% of GDP RBI purchase of government bonds – to cease from 1 April 2006 Four fiscal indicators to be projected in the medium term fiscal policy statement were proposed. These are, revenue deficit as a percentage of GDP, fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP, tax revenue as percentage of GDP and total outstanding

liabilities as percentage of GDP. Jurisdiction The residuary powers to make rules with respect to this act were with the Central Government with subsequent presentation before the Parliament for ratification. Civil courts of the country had no jurisdiction for enforcement of this act or decisions made therein. The power to remove difficulties was also entrusted to the Central Government. Criticism Some quarters, including the subsequent Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram, criticised the act and its rules as adverse since it might require the government to cut back on social expenditure necessary to create productive assets and general upliftment of rural poor of India. The vagaries of monsoon in India, the social dependence on agriculture and over-optimistic projections of the task force in-charge of developing the targets were highlighted as some of the potential failure points of the Act. However, other viewpoints insisted that the act would benefit the country by maintaining stable inflation rates which in turn would promote social progress. Some others have drawn parallel to this act's international counterparts like the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act (US) and the Growth and Stability Pact (EU) to point out the futility of enacting laws whose relevance and implementation over time are bound to decrease. They described the law as wishful thinking and a triumph of hope over experience. Parallels were drawn to the US experience of enacting debt-ceilings and how lawmakers have traditionally been able to amend such laws to their own political advantage. Similar fate was predicted for the Indian version which indeed was suspended in 2009 when the economy hit rough patches. Suspension and reinstatement Implementing the act, the government had managed to cut the fiscal deficit to 2.7% of GDP and revenue deficit to 1.1% of GDP in 2007–08. However, given the international financial crisis of 2007, the deadlines for the implementation of the targets in the act were suspended. The fiscal deficit rose to 6.2% of GDP in 2008–09 against the target of 3% set by the Act for 2008–09. However, IMF estimated fiscal deficit to be 8% after accounting for oil bonds and other off budget expenses. In August 2009, IMF had opined that India should implement fiscal reform at the soonest possible, enacting a successor to the current act. This IMF paper was authored by two senior IMF economists Alejandro Sergio Simone and Petia Topalova and highlighted the shortcomings of the current law along with proposed improvements for a new version. It was reported that the Thirteenth Finance Commission of India was working on a new plan for reinstating fiscal management in India. The initial expectation for revival of fiscal prudence was in 2010–11 but was further delayed. Finally, the government did announce a path of fiscal consolidation starting from fiscal deficit of 6.6% of GDP in 2009–10 to a target of 3.0% by 2014–15 However, eminent economist and ex-RBI Deputy Governor, S.S. Tarapore is quick to highlight the use of creative accounting to misrepresent numbers in the past. Furthermore, he added that fiscal consolidation is indeed vital for India, as long as the needs of the poor citizens are not marginalised. This need for financial inclusion of the poor while maintaining the fiscal discipline was highlighted by him as the most critical requirement for the 2011–12 Budget of India. More recently, in February 2011, the PMEAC recommended the need for reinstatement of fiscal discipline of the Government of India, starting 2011–12 financial year. In FY 2011–12, it was almost certain that government would cross the budgetary fiscal deficit target of 4.6% and it would be around 5%. State-level fiscal responsibility legislations in India The tenth plan

of the Planning Commission of India highlighted the need for fiscal discipline at the level of the states. This was to reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio of India. Reserve Bank of India(RBI),in its role as the ultimate financial authority in India, was also a keen supporter of the concept and publicly highlighted the need for state level fiscal responsibility legislation in India. By 2007, the states of Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Nadu, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are among those which have already legislated the required fiscal discipline laws at the state level. FRBM Review Committee of 2016 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the FRBM Review Committee to be set up in the budget speech of February 2016–17. The Government of India had set up a review committee to evaluate the FRBM Act, 2003[5] in order to assess its functionality in the last 12 years. The five-member panel announced by the finance minister includes Former Revenue Secretary and Secretary to the Prime Minister of India N. K. Singh as its chairman, former Finance Secretary Sumit Bose, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel and National Institute of Public Finance and Policy Director Dr Rathin Roy. The committee had wide-ranging terms of reference (ToR) to comprehensively review the existing FRBM Act in the light of contemporary changes, past outcomes, global economic developments, best international practices and to recommend the future fiscal framework and roadmap for the country. Subsequently, the Terms of Reference were enlarged to seek the committee's views on certain recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission and the Expenditure Management Commission. These primarily related to strengthening the institutional framework on fiscal matters as well as certain issues connected with new capital expenditures in the budget. The FRBM Review Committee of 2016 has been the largest review of the FRBM Act to date. The committee consisted of a large team of domain experts, consultants, experts from the private sector as well as representatives from the state governments. The committee submitted its report to the finance minister on 23 January 2017. The report was submitted three months after its government-recommended deadline of 31 October 2016. The report of the review committee is presently being reviewed by the government of India. The report of the 2017 FRBM Review Committee has positively received by the government and private sector with several articles and opinion pieces appearing in the media subsequently after the report was released in the public domain on 14 April 2017. In the Budget Speech of 2017, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley deviated from his earlier fiscal consolidation road map by pegging fiscal deficit at 3.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) for 2017–18, deferring the 3% of GDP target by a year. He mentioned the recommendations of the FRBM Review Committee Report being taken into consideration while keeping the targets for both Fiscal Deficit and Revenue Deficit. The government has also reduced revenue deficit to 2.1% of GDP in 2016–17 from the budget estimate of 2.3% of GDP and has pegged it at 1.9% of GDP for 2017–18 from 2% of GDP as mandated by the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act. Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian, who was also a member of the FRBM Review Committee, has published his own dissent note in Annexure 5 of the report submitted to the Government of India. The report submitted is accessible on the website of the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance. It consists of 10 chapters, 4 volumes and 6 annexures: Chapters Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Historical Perspective Chapter 3 - International Experience Chapter 4

- A 21st Century Debt & Fiscal Paradigm Chapter 5 - Partnering The States Chapter 6 - Anatomy of Credit Chapter 7 - Fiscal Council Chapter 8 - Escape Clauses Chapter 9 - Other Issues Chapter 10 - Summary of Recommendations Annexures Annexure 1 - Debate of the Constituent Assembly Annexure 2 - Draft Statement of Objects & Reasons for the Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Bill, 2017 Annexure 3 - Draft Debt Management & Fiscal Responsibility Bill, 2017 Annexure 4 - Draft Debt Management & Fiscal Responsibility Rules, 2017 Annexure 5 - Note of Dissent by Dr. Arvind Subramanian Annexure 6 - Rejoinder of the Committee to the Note of Dissent Composition of the committee Members Mr N. K. Singh - Chairman Dr Urjit Patel Dr Rathin Roy Mr Sumit Bose Dr Arvind Subramanian Government officers Mr Srinivasan Ramanathan Raja, Undersecretary Mr Prashant Goyal, Joint Secretary (Budget) Mr Naresh Mohan Jha, Director (Budget) Mr L. Sidharth Singh, Director - Comptroller and Auditor General of India Mr Rangeet Ghosh, Officer on Special Duty to the Chief Economic Advisor Mr Kapil Patidar, Deputy Director Mr Syed Zubair Husain Noqvi, Deputy Director Mr Sunil Chaudhary, Deputy Director Specialist Advisors Dr Prachi Mishra, Reserve Bank of India Dr Subhash Chandra Pandey, IAAS Domain Experts Mr Sajjid Z Chinoy, Chief Economist JP Morgan Mr Neelkanth Mishra, India Equity Strategist Credit Suisse Mr S Gurumurthy Mr Chetan Ahya Mr Ashish Gupta Mr Kush Shah Mr Martin Wolf Mr Francesco Giavazzi Mr Michael Boskin Mr Ananya Kotia Consultants Mr Joshua Felman Mr S. Gopalakrishnan Mr Vijayraj Singh Mr Raj Kumar Hirani Institutions The NITI Aayog Observer Research Foundation The National Institute of Public Finance & Policy International Monetary Fund OECD VIDHI Notes References External links Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act,2003 Act No : 39 of 2003 Online version Category:Union budgets of India Category:Vajpayee administration initiatives Category:Indian business law Category:Acts of the Parliament of India 2003 Category:Economic history of India (1947–present)

Allan Pickel Allan Demetrius Pickel (1878 – 1955) was a general merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented The Battlefords in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1917 to 1929 as a Liberal. He was born in Darlingford, Manitoba, the son of Sidney James Pickel and Catherine Blair, and was educated in Morden. Pickel moved to Saskatchewan in 1903. He started a business in Battleford the following year and moved to North Battleford in 1905. Pickel married Flora Mae Struther. References Category:Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs Category:1878 births Category:1955 deaths

John Cabrera John Cabrera (born August 26, 1975) is an American actor, screenwriter and director best known for his role as Brian Fuller on the television show Gilmore Girls on The WB (later The CW). He has also appeared on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, NCIS, American Dreams, Miracles, and CSI. Early Life John was born in Miami, Florida, and attended Miami Killian High School (class of 1993) where he first began his training as an actor. He later attended DePaul University's The Theatre School (formerly The Goodman School of Drama) in Chicago, Illinois where he received a BFA in Acting. Other acting colleagues from the school include longtime friends Judy Greer, Michael Muhney, and Sean Gunn. In 1998 he joined a collective of theatre professionals and helped found Collaboraction, a multi-disciplinary theatre ensemble best known for its mixed media theatre festival Sketchbook which he co-created with Collaboraction artistic director Anthony Moseley. In 2001 Cabrera received an Joseph Jefferson Citation Award for his role as Nat in Collaboraction's stage production of Refuge (by Jessica Goldberg). Career John moved to Los Angeles in 2000, where he began working as an actor in the fields of Television, Film, and Theater. He has worked at such theaters as Mark Taper Forum's Taper Too, and South Coast Repertory. Although he was first known as an actor, John is also a director of films, including the short film Affair Game by Jessica Goldberg (stars Hamish Linklater, Irina Bjorklund, and Liza Weil) and the featurette The Man Who Invented the Moon written by longtime colleague and friend Lee Kirk and starring Sean Gunn. In 2007, John directed Jenna Fischer (NBC's The Office) in a music video for singer songwriter Willie Wisely's single, "Through Any Window". Writing In recent years, however, John has increasingly focused his career as a screenwriter. In 2010, John wrote and directed the indie musical series The Homes for Lockerz. It stars Chelsea Kane and Gilmore Girls costars Sean Gunn and Keiko Agena, among others. The Homes is the story of a group of teenagers on a wild road trip across the United States. Each episode ends with a music video featuring songs written and recorded for the series and performed by young actors themselves. In 2008, it was announced that John had partnered with Cosimo De Tommaso to write and produce a Warner Premiere web series entitled H+ (now called H+ The Digital Series). In a 2009 interview, John calls it a Sci-fi story that explores our relationship to technology and how it defines us. References Backstage review of My Wandering Boy Variety review of Good Thing Chicago Sun Times article "Staging Ground for Creativity" PerformInk's list of 2001 Joseph Jefferson Citation Winners New York Times Article on H+ "Future Shock: Bryan Singer Discusses His New Web Series, ‘H+’" New York Times Article on The Homes "A-List Stars Invade Digital Auteurs’ Space" Interview with John Cabrera at San Diego Comic Con 2012 External links John Cabrera's Official Blog John Cabrera on Twitter John Cabrera on Facebook Official YouTube Channel for H+ The Homes Category:Living people Category:1975 births Category:American male screenwriters Category:American male television actors Category:American writers Category:American screenwriters Category:DePaul University alumni

Central Park Zoo The Central Park Zoo is a zoo located at the southeast corner of Central Park in New York City. It is part of an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). In conjunction with the Central Park Zoo's operations, the WCS offers children's educational programs, is engaged in restoration of endangered species populations, and reaches out to the local community through volunteer programs. Its precursor, a menagerie, was founded in 1864, becoming the first public zoo to open in New York. The present facility first opened as a city zoo on December 2, 1934, and was part of a larger revitalization program of city parks, playgrounds and zoos initiated in 1934 by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) commissioner Robert Moses. It was built, in large part, through Civil Works Administration and Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor and funding. The Children's Zoo opened to the north of the main zoo in 1960, using funding from a donation by Senator Herbert Lehman and his wife Edith. After 49 years of operation as a city zoo run by NYC Parks, Central Park Zoo closed in 1983 for reconstruction. The closure was part of a five-year, $35 million renovation program, that completely replaced the zoo's cages with naturalistic environments. It was rededicated on August 8, 1988, as part of a system of five facilities managed by the WCS, all of which are accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). Areas The Central Park Zoo is part of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), an integrated network of four zoos and an aquarium spread throughout New York City. Located at East 64th Street and Fifth Avenue, the zoo is situated on a plot in Central Park. Visitors may enter through the Fifth Avenue entrance or from within Central Park. The Central Park Zoo is a major tourist attraction within Central Park, drawing more than one million people every year. According to a 2011 study by the Central Park Conservancy, the zoo and its surroundings were visited by an estimated four million people each year. However, the WCS cites much lower figures since it only counts patrons with tickets. In 2007, it recorded that 1.01 million people visited the Central Park Zoo, and in 2006, 1.03 million people. , the Central Park Zoo had 1,487 animals representing 163 species. Main zoo Trellised, vine-clad, glass-roofed pergolas link the three major exhibit areas—tropic, temperate and polar—housed in discrete buildings of brick trimmed with granite, masked by vines. The exhibit areas are centered around a square central garden that contains a square sea lion pool in its center. The sea lion pool is surrounded by glass fencing to allow visitors to observe the sea lions and their daily feedings. Exhibits and other buildings The structure at the central garden's southwestern corner is the "Tropic Zone", which contains a two-story representation of a rain forest. The rain forest contains fruit bats, pythons, monkeys, and toucans. There is also a large free-flight area for birds. The elephant house of the original menagerie was formerly located at the site. To the west of the garden is the "Temperate Territory", a landscaped series of paths surrounding a lake. It hosts animals such as red pandas, white-naped cranes, snow monkeys, and snow leopards. A snow leopard exhibit in the Temperate Territory opened in June 2009. The Temperate Territory is located on the site of the 1934 zoo's cafeteria. The northern side of the garden is adjacent to the "Penguins and Sea Birds" section. This multilevel structure contains

a chilled penguin house as well as an outdoor grizzly bear exhibit. It is located on the site of a lion house that was built in 1934 along with the original menagerie. The eastern side of the central garden is next to the Arsenal, technically located outside the zoo. The structure was completed in 1851 and originally intended as a weapons and ammunition storehouse for the New York State Militia. It once served as an actual zoo building, but now contains NYC Parks Department offices. Central Park Zoo also includes a 4D theater, located to the north of the Arsenal, while a gift shop and ticket booth are located to the south of the Arsenal. The southern side of the garden contains the Intelligence Garden, located at the site of the original menagerie's horned animal/small mammal house. Its name is inspired by a rare-animal menagerie created by King Wen of Zhou in 1100 B.C. A cafeteria, the Dancing Crane Cafe, is located to the south of the Intelligence Garden. Art and conservation programs Several works of art are located in the Central Park Zoo. There are several structures preserved from the original zoo built in 1934, which still feature their original animal-themed limestone friezes from Frederick Roth. Roth also created a pair of bronze statues, Dancing Goat and Dancing Bear, which flank the southern entrance of the zoo and were retained from the original zoo. Additionally, the zoo includes Tigress and Cubs, one of the park's oldest statues. The pair was created by Auguste Cain in 1867 and moved from an outcropping near the Lake to the Central Park Zoo in 1934. The zoo coordinates breeding programs for some endangered species as part of the Species Survival Plan, such as thick-billed parrots and red pandas. In 2011, the WCS announced that the Central Park Zoo was the first North American zoo to hatch ducklings of critically endangered scaly-sided mergansers. In addition, the first example of whispering in non-human primates was observed at the Central Park Zoo in 2013, when tamarin monkeys were heard whispering around a staff member that they disliked. The zoo hosts educational venues as well as exhibits. The volunteer program at the Central Park Zoo engages members of the community; it is a combination outreach and educational program for adults. Volunteer guides conduct tours for visitors, while volunteer docents augment the educational program. Docents enroll in a four-month training program. The zoo also offers several programs for students. Children's Zoo The Children's Zoo is located north of the main zoo. It is officially named the Tisch Children's Zoo after businessman Laurence A. Tisch, whose donation funded the zoo's 1990s renovation. The Children's Zoo contains a petting zoo with goats, sheep, cows, and pigs, as well as the Acorn Theatre, a performing arts theater. Admission to the Children's Zoo is included with the purchase of tickets to the main zoo. The Lehman Gates by Paul Manship are a notable feature retained from the original Children's Zoo. They were donated by Herbert and Edith Lehman in 1960 in honor of their 50th anniversary, and as part of their donation toward the construction of the Children's Zoo itself. The gates were renovated in the 1980s. Additionally, the Delacorte Clock, a gift of George T. Delacorte dedicated in 1965, is mounted on a three-tiered tower above the arcade between the Wildlife Center and the Children's Zoo. History Original menagerie The zoo was not part of the original Greensward Plan for Central Park created by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. However, a menagerie near the Arsenal, on the edge of Central

Park located at Fifth Avenue facing East 64th Street, spontaneously evolved from gifts of exotic pets and other animals informally given to the park. The first animal, a bear cub tied to a tree, was left in Central Park in 1859, followed by a monkey the next year. These animals were popular with the park's visitors even though there was no formal zoo at the time. Soon, people began donating other animals such as cranes, a peacock, and goldfish. Unsolicited donations came from a variety of people, from prominent figures to young boys. The donations also included dead animals. The Central Park planning commission recorded all of these donations in its annual reports.The American Zoological and Botanical Society, which sought to create a zoo somewhere in New York City, was created in early 1860. The group began discussing possible sites for a zoo, among them Central Park. By 1862, were set aside for the construction of a future "zoological and botanical garden", later the Central Park Zoo. However, since the zoo's site was not yet formally designated, the animals were kept in the Central Park Mall. Popular animals included three bald eagles and a bald-headed monkey. In 1864, a formal zoo received charter confirmation from New York's assembly, making it the United States' second publicly owned zoo, after the Philadelphia Zoo, which was founded in 1859. By then, the park had over 400 animals. More than 250 animals would be donated in 1864–1865 alone. Originally the zoo was supposed to be located in Manhattan Square, on the west side of Central Park where the American Museum of Natural History is now located, though this location was never used as a zoo. Up to twelve sites would eventually be considered for the zoo throughout the last three decades of the 19th century, including the North Meadow of Central Park. Some animals were moved to the Arsenal in 1865, and larger animals grazed there during summers. A "deer park" was established at the current site of the Metropolitan Museum of Art three years later. In 1870, when the Tammany Hall political organization took control of the Central Park commission, it mandated that the Central Park menagerie buy its own animals rather than accept donations, and it moved the animals to five structures behind the Arsenal. The same year, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins sculpted dinosaur figures for a proposed dinosaur exhibit at the zoo, but they were destroyed by Tammany Hall officials who did not appreciate these figures, and the pieces were rumored to be buried nearby. The menagerie became popular because of its free admission and proximity to working-class Lower Manhattan; by 1873, it saw 2.5 million annual visitors. The first permanent menagerie building was constructed behind the Arsenal in 1875. The menagerie reached peak popularity in the mid-1880s after a chimpanzee nicknamed "Mike Crowley" was imported from Liberia. Observers such as former president Ulysses S. Grant showed up at the Monkey House to see the chimpanzee, overfilling the building past capacity. However, Irish-American groups took offense to the chimpanzee's nickname, saying that the names given to animals in the Central Park menagerie were stereotypically Irish, and thus derogatory to that ethnic group. Frederick Law Olmsted also disapproved of the menagerie, believing Central Park to be better suited for scenic vistas than for entertainment, though he admitted that the zoo was the most popular part of the park. By the 1890s, wealthy residents of nearby neighborhoods were clamoring for the zoo to be relocated somewhere else, such as the North Meadow. However, these efforts met resistance, as the Central Park menagerie was popular

among the general public and among the politicians that represented them. This subsequently led to the creation of the Bronx Zoo, a much larger, privately operated zoo in the Bronx in 1897. Though wealthy residents hoped that people would travel to the Bronx Zoo for its superior facilities, the Central Park Zoo continued to be popular even after the Bronx Zoo opened in 1899. The Central Park menagerie attracted over three million people annually by 1902, more than the Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum combined, despite only receiving one-fifth as much money as either of the museums. Through the early 20th century, the quality of the menagerie declined through neglect from the city government, which administered the zoo. The zoo accepted creatures of all kinds, even those with health problems, but offered insufficient veterinary care. In 1919, some of the structures at the Central Park menagerie were modified to accommodate the addition of new animals. Subsequently, in 1932, a new concrete structure was built for the zoo's wolves because the previous steel enclosure was deemed insufficient to contain the wolves. By then, the zoo was extremely rundown, and its 22 cages were regarded as "flimsy and rat-ridden". The wooden sheds posed a fire hazard, and the enclosures were so ineffective that zookeepers guarded the lion house to prevent the lions from escaping. New zoo After assuming office in January 1934, New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia tapped Robert Moses to head a newly unified Parks Department. Moses soon prepared extensive plans to reconstruct the city's parks, renovate existing facilities and create new swimming pools, zoos, playgrounds and parks. Moses acquired substantial Civil Works Administration, and later, Works Progress Administration funding and soon embarked upon an eight-year citywide construction program, relieving some of the high unemployment in New York City in this Depression year. Plans for the new Central Park Zoo were prepared by Aymar Embury II within a 16-day span in February 1934 and were announced the following month. Embury's plans called for nine terracotta and brick structures to replace the structures in the menagerie. These structures included seven new animal enclosures, as well as a comfort station and a garage. A sea lion pool, designed by Charles Schmieder, was to be located in the center of the new zoo, surrounded by the zoo enclosures on three sides. The new structures were designed in such a way that they could be maintained easily. The buildings, to cost $411,000, were designed in conjunction with new enclosures at the Prospect Park Zoo. The reconstruction of the zoo was initially criticized by individuals who thought that the money spent on building a zoo would be better utilized on the construction of new schools around the city. During the reconstruction, the previous structures were entirely demolished. While construction was ongoing, animals were temporarily moved to other zoos. The rebuilt zoo opened on December 2, 1934, at a ceremony where former governor Al Smith was given the honorary title of "night superintendent". By April 1936, the renovated zoo had seen six million visitors since its reopening. To prevent the recurrence of rat infestations, Moses also instituted a rat-elimination program in and around the zoo. In June 1960, Senator Herbert Lehman and his wife Edith donated $500,000 toward the construction of a new children's zoo just north of the existing zoo. Work began that November, and the children's zoo was officially opened on June 27, 1961. The children's zoo featured attractions like a petting area with ducks, rabbits, and chickens; a large fiberglass whale statue dubbed "Whaley" (which acted as the entrance

to the small zoo); a Noah's Ark feature; and a medieval castle feature. The animals were housed in small storybook-style structures bordering an irregular pond. Decline By 1967, the wooden railings around the main zoo's enclosures were rotting, and NYC Parks commissioner August Heckscher II had authorized repairs to these railings. The same year, the zoo cafeteria was renovated after a new concessionaire took control of the cafe. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the New York City Subway's 63rd Street lines, the present-day , were being built directly underneath the zoo. A graffiti wall was erected along the line's length through Central Park. The tunnel provided a subterranean gathering place for very early subway artists who hung around together in Central Park, and was named Zoo York by ALI, founder of the SOUL ARTISTS graffiti crew. The name came about because it was in a zoo in New York, hence "Zoo York". The construction of the subway line itself was controversial because it called for of cut-and-cover tunneling, which required digging an open trench through Central Park and then covering it over. One of the concerns was that the Central Park Zoo, and a bird sanctuary outside the zoo, were located very close to the boundary of the trench. Eventually, the New York City Transit Authority, which operated the New York City Subway, agreed to reduce disruption by halving the length of the cut. A nature kiosk at Central Park Zoo was added in 1972, and a $500,000 renovation for the Lion House was proposed the following year. By then, the Central Park Zoo was quite dilapidated: in November 1974, protesters gathered outside the zoo to protest the conditions there. NYC Parks commissioner Gordon Davis described the zoo as a "Rikers Island for animals". Even so, the zoo was one of the most popular attractions in Central Park through the 1980s, according to surveys taken during that era. Around the same time, there was a plan to shift control of the Central Park, Prospect Park, and Queens Zoos from the city government to the New York Zoological Society, a quasi-public conservation organization. At the time, none of the zoos had dedicated curatorial staff and all had only a skeletal zookeeping staff. The society proposed sending the larger animals to different zoos with more humane conditions, and animal-rights groups sued the city in an effort to close the two zoos and move the animals to the larger Bronx Zoo. A 1976 report by the World Federation for the Protection of Animals found that all three zoos were operating in "shameful conditions", and that the animals at the Central Park and Prospect Park Zoos were living in poorly maintained facilities. Renovations After fifteen years of sporadic conversations, the administration of mayor Ed Koch and the New York Zoological Society (renamed the Wildlife Conservation Society, or WCS, in 1993) signed a fifty-year agreement in April 1980, wherein the Central Park, Prospect Park, and Queens Zoos would be administered by the Society. They proposed renovation plans for all three zoos in 1981. The Central Park Zoo's renovation plan called for the demolition of five of the six structures around the sea lion pool (except for the Arsenal), as well as new classrooms and auditoriums for students, and a snack bar to replace the zoo's concessions. The New York Times reported that "the caging of these animals in inadequate spaces has long enraged animal lovers." Starting in November 1982, the Central Park Zoo's animals were temporarily moved to other zoos while construction was ongoing. Most of the large animals were permanently rehoused in