1-2-3 Corona

1-2-3 Corona is an East German film directed by Hans Müller. It was released in 1948.

Plot
In ruined Berlin, several bands of abandoned children roam the streets, engaging in petty crimes. When a circus arrives nearby, the boys are charmed by one Trapeze performer called Corona. They are upset when the circus' manager insults her, and plan a revenge by setting a trap on the ring. But their scheme fails and it is Corona that is injured. Being unable to work, she is dismissed.
The boys tend to her, and as time passes, she teaches them her art, and they form a little circus of their own. A manager of another circus offers Corona a job. She is reluctant to leave the children. Eventually, the manager takes them all in into his circus.

Cast
 Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Corona
 Lutz Moik as Gerhard Wittmann
 Piet Clausen as Dietrich
 Ralph Siewert as Fritzchen
 Walter Werner as Doctor Waldner
 Annemarie Hase as Frau Schmittchen
 Herbert Hübner as Professor Hanke
 Hans-Edgar Stecher as Heinz
 Horst Gentzen as Emil
 Werner Müller as Carl
 Hans Neie as Rudi
 Eduard Wandrey as Hugo Grandini
 Hans Leibelt as Circus Manager Barlay

Production
The script writers were inspired by a real children's circus, Rose, that was a popular attraction in the city of Pößneck during the first post-war years.  1-2-3 Corona was the first DEFA picture to be filmed in UFA's old studio in Potsdam-Babelsberg, which was turned into the DEFA Feature Films Studio. Outdoor photography took place in Charlottenburg and Prenzlauer Berg.

Reception
1-2-3 Corona had its premiere in East Berlin's Babylon Cinema. It was viewed by some eight million people. The Catholic Film Service defined it as a "realistic picture, managing to create an entertaining film with modest resources."

Author Peter Pleyer regarded it as a classical "Rubble film", that "tried to provide some optimism".

References

External links

1-2-3 Corona original poster on ostfilm.de.
1-2-3 Corona on DEFA Sternstunden.

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Category:Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft films
Category:German-language films
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Category:Films set in Berlin


Brick Schoolhouse

The Brick Schoolhouse (also known as the Meeting Street School or Providence Preservation Society) is a historic colonial meeting house and school at 24 Meeting Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island.

History
The school was built in 1768 to serve as a school and meeting place for town meetings. The building temporarily housed the college that became Brown University when it moved from Warren to Providence in 1770.  During the American Revolutionary War, Brown's University Hall was used to house French troops, and the Meeting Street schoolhouse was used for college classes once again.

A group of Rhode Islanders led by John Howland started one of the first free public schools in 1800 in the schoolhouse at 24 Meeting Street. The building housed various schools over the next two centuries, including "a school for black children, a cooking school, and a fresh air school for tubercular children, the first such program in America. From 1946 to 1957, the Meeting Street School met in the Brick Schoolhouse" educating children with cerebral palsy. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It currently serves as the headquarters for the Providence Preservation Society, a group founded in 1956, which hosts various educational and community events at the property.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Providence, Rhode Island

References

External links
Providence Preservation Society website

Category:Schoolhouses in the United States
Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
Category:Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island
Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island


Helen Moulder

Helen Moulder (born 1947) is a New Zealand actor.

Biography
Helen Moulder was born in Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand  in 1947. However she began her professional career in the UK in 1974, singing in musicals and pantomime and spending a year with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. In 1977 she returned to New Zealand where she has worked for several decades as an actor in theatre, television, film, and radio.  In 2000 she won Actress of the Year in the Chapman Tripp Wellington Theatre Awards for her role as Vivian Bearing in the Circa Theatre production of Wit and did the same in 2003 for Sylvia in Meeting Karpovsky, a play she produced with Sir Jon Trimmer.

Theatre
Recent theatre roles she has undertaken in New Zealand include the comic character of Cynthia Fortitude, which she developed along with Rose Beauchamp, who plays her long-suffering sidekick Gertie, as part of their contributions to Hen's Teeth performances over several decades. Feature-length performances involving these characters include A Vote for Cynthia and The Legend Returns. She has also played Madam Giry in Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera in Japan, and Virginia Woolf in Vita and Virginia.

She is represented by GCM (Gail Cowan Management Ltd).

Filmography

References

External links

 Willow Productions
Helen Moulder

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Category:New Zealand actresses
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Emiel Faignaert

Emiel Faignaert (March 10, 1919 in Sint-Martens-Lierde – May 10, 1980 in Ghent) was a Belgian cyclist.

He was professional from 1940 to 1950. In 1943, Faignaert won Antwerp-Ghent-Antwerp. His biggest success was in 1947 when he won the Tour of Flanders. Overall, he won 27 races.

In Faignaert's home town, a monument of him was erected in 2007.

Palmarès
Source:

1942
2nd of the Grand Prix de Wallonie
2nd of the Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

1944
6th of Paris-Roubaix

1947
Tour of Flanders
2nd of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

References

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Category:1980 deaths
Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:Sportspeople from East Flanders
Category:People from Lierde


Khudabad railway station

Khudabad railway station (, ) is located Dadu District, Sindh in  Pakistan.

See also
 List of railway stations in Pakistan
 Pakistan Railways

References

External links
Official Web Site of Pakistan Railways

Category:Railway stations in Dadu District
Category:Railway stations on Kotri–Attock Railway Line (ML 2)


Marist Brothers' Juniorate, Uturu

Marist Brothers Juniorate (MBJ) is a Catholic secondary school in Eastern Nigeria, owned and run by the Marist Brothers. The school was opened to the public in 1981, The principal then was Rev Brother Hyacinth Okoro fms, who was later replaced by the Reverend Brother Andrew Iwuagwu, followed by now late Reverend Brother Edward Ajaelu and later Rev Bro Joachim Ezetulugo who later became a provincial superior. The succession of principals and other staff including the legendary Rev Brother Aloysius Palmer (Bro Alloy) helped shape the lives of a lot of young men who passed through the school. Prior to the creation of Abia State in 1991, Uturu town and therefore the school was in Okigwe Imo State. Today Uturu is in Abia State.

Teaching at MBJ is based on the two ideas of morals and education. The school has a strong, moral, understanding and educative community of teachers and students working together to achieve the goal of education and success in the future. MBJ has a vibrant alumni community (known as X-Jays) in Nigeria, the UK and the US. In 1985 the entire set of graduating students had The school produced the best set of  WAEC results in the country, between 1986 and 1990. MBJ students were among the best performing students in Nigeria. Most of the best students had A1 in all courses.

The school laboratory is a treasure trove for science buffs. The most popular day in the school calendar is June 6th, St Marcelline Champagnat Day. The anniversary of the founder of the Marist Brothers, the blessed saint Marcelline Champagnat

The school is a boarding school meant for Catholic boys only. Recently though, it started accepting non-Catholics on the terms that they participate in the activities of the Catholic Church during their stay. Some students have described MBJ where Mary Brings Joy. which was coined by one of its students from the acronym MBJ (MARIST BROTHERS' JUNIORATE) during one of the sporting events which Marist Brothers juniorate won. The phrase, Mary Brings Joy and also known as Mad Boys Jungle, was later incorporated  into the school anthem.

Over the years Marist brothers' Juniorate has been outstanding when it comes to West Africa Examination as they are always among the best top five (5) schools in Nigeria with the best WAEC result which has earned them tremendous awards in the nation.

Source: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/07/28/marist-brothers-juniorate-boosting-educational-standards-devt/

External links
Marist Brothers' Juniorate Official Website
X-Jay's Web Site

Category:Secondary schools in Abia State
Category:Catholic Church in Nigeria
Category:Marist Brothers schools
Category:Boys' schools in Nigeria


Symphony No. 21 (Weinberg)

The Symphony No. 21, Opus 152, subtitled Kaddish, was composed by Mieczysław Weinberg in 1991. It was the last full-orchestral symphony that Weinberg completed (he died in 1996). The work is dedicated to the Warsaw Ghetto's Holocaust victims.

The symphony is a single-movement work in six sections:

Largo: this section quotes from Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G minor.
Allegro molto
Largo
Presto
Andantino
Lento: this section introduces a soprano singing a wordless requiem.

The symphony was first recorded in 2014, by the Siberian Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Dmitry Vasilyev) on the Toccata Classics label. The Symphony has also been recorded in 2019 by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kremerata Baltica conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla on Deutsche Grammophon.

References

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Category:1991 compositions
Category:Compositions by Mieczysław Weinberg
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Leroy Looper

Leroy Looper (November 24, 1924 – September 11, 2011) was a community organizer and founder of several low-income housing facilities, programs for addiction recovery, and education initiatives in San Francisco. He was known by locals as "the father of the Tenderloin".

References

External links
 Leroy Looper Memorial Page.
 Board-and-Care, "The New Yorker", October 12, 1987.

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Category:African-American businesspeople
Category:American businesspeople
Category:African-American founders
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Category:Housing rights activists
Category:Homelessness activists
Category:Housing reformers
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Category:2011 deaths
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Kocina, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Kocina  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sośnie, within Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

References

Kocina


Delias caeneus

Delias caeneus is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is found in the Australasian realm.

The wingspan is about 70–76 mm. The red markings on the hindwings are more developed than in any other member of the hyparete group. Furthermore, unlike any other member, there is a red patch at the end of the cell on the hindwing verso.

Subspecies
D. c. ceneus (Ambon, Serang, Moluccas)
D. c. philotis (Wallace, 1867) (Buru)

References

External links
Delias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

caeneus
Category:Butterflies described in 1758


Amoreuxia

Amoreuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the achiote family, Bixaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Cochlospermaceae.  Members of the genus are commonly known as yellowshow. They are native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Curaçao, and the southwestern United States.

Species
 Amoreuxia gonzalezii Sprague & L.Riley – Santa Rita Mountain yellowshow - Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, southern Arizona
 Amoreuxia malvifolia A.Gray - Chihuahua, Durango
 Amoreuxia palmatifida Moc. & Sessé ex DC. – Mexican yellowshow - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Arizona, New Mexico
 Amoreuxia wrightii A.Gray – Wright's yellowshow  - Curaçao, Peru, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Campeche, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Texas

References

External links

Category:Bixaceae
Category:Malvales genera


1999–2000 First League of FR Yugoslavia

The 1999–2000 First League of FR Yugoslavia was the eighth season of the FR Yugoslavia's top-level football league since its establishment. It was contested by 21 teams, and Red Star Belgrade won the championship.

Incidents

Tragedy at the Eternal Derby: the death of Aca Radović
The season was marred by a tragic event on 30 October 1999, during Partizan vs. Red Star tie (the 113th edition of the Večiti derbi) when seventeen-year-old Red Star fan Aleksandar "Aca" Radović from Opovo was killed by a signaling rocket fired from within the stadium. Radović, a third-year student at the First Belgrade Gymnasium, was supporting his team from the Partizan Stadium's north end when in 20th minute of the match he got hit in the chest by a signaling rocket fired from the opposite end of the stadium, which is where Partizan fans were located. Partizan just scored a goal to go up 1-0 and a certain section of their fans Grobari fired a series of ship signaling rockets from the south stand where they traditionally gather as a way of celebrating the goal. Most of those rockets landed on the stadium's north stand where Red Star's fans Delije always gather, and one of them hit the unfortunate teenager right in the chest near his throat, cutting his aorta. He died almost instantly as he was being moved from the stands onto the stadium's athletic track and into the ambulance car.

Amazingly, the match was not stopped and the two teams continued playing, a decision that led to a lot of public criticism directed at two clubs, the football league, and the FA.

Further investigation conducted by the police discovered that the particular rocket that killed Radović was fired by Partizan fan Majk Halkijević (born 1975) from Krnjača. In addition to Halkijević, three other individuals — Nenad "Kec" Kecojević (born 1976) from Mali Mokri Lug, Aleksandar "Sale" Aleksić (born 1975) from Krnjača, and Zoran "Prcko" Jovanović (born 1974) from Belgrade — were also firing rockets at the stadium during the match. According to the investigation, the ship signaling rockets were originally purchased in Greece before being smuggled into Serbia. In Belgrade, Grobari leader Zoran "Čegi" Živanović bought 10 of them along with 60 flares, all from Mirko Urban. Čegi brought the stuff to Partizan Stadium on the day of the derby, handing it over to Časlav "Čaja" Kurandić. Čaja then took the flares and rockets into the stadium with help from FK Partizan's equipment manager Branko "Gavran" Vučićević who hid them inside the bags with team's sports equipment. Once inside the team's dressing room, the packages with flares and rockets were passed to Goran "Tuljak" Matović and Dragan "Lepi Gaga" Petronić through the dressing room's window. The packages were then carried through the east stand and onto the south stand through the protective fence while Nikola "Džoni" Dedović diverted steward's attention. On the south stand, group leader Čegi distributed the rockets and flares to a certain number of Grobari, including Majk Halkijević.

At the trial that dragged on for almost two years, the accused were not tried for murder but for a lesser charge of disturbing public order and causing general endangerment. The verdict was delivered on 1 March 2001, with Halkijević getting one year and 11 months sentence. Aleksandar "Sale" Aleksić got one year and eight months while Nenad "Kec" Kecojević, Zoran "Čegi" Živanović (Grobari leader), and Časlav "Čaja" Kurandić got year and a half. Furthermore, Dragan "Lepi Gaga" Petronić and Srđan Šalipurović got six months, while Mirko Urban also known as Mirko Pekar (Mirko the Baker), accused of selling the rockets to Grobari, got a year and a half. Others who were on the accused list but received no sentence were Zoran "Prcko" Jovanović, Nikola "Džoni" Dedović, Branko "Gavran" Vučićević, and Goran "Tuljak" Matović.

Teams
Due to decision of the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia of enlargement of the league from 18 to 22 teams, the teams from earlier season was not relegated.

Before that season FK Priština was withdrew from the competition due to situation in Kosovo, so a status of the team was frozen.

From the 1998–99 Second League of FR Yugoslavia to the league was entered: Borac Čačak, Čukarički, Hajduk Beograd and Sutjeska Nikšić.

League table

Champions
Red Star Belgrade (Coach: Miloljub Ostojić (sacked couple of weeks into the season), Slavoljub Muslin)

Players (league matches/league goals)

 Milenko Ačimovič
 Srđan Bajčetić
 Nikoslav Bjegović
 Branko Bošković
 Goran Bunjevčević
 Milivoje Vitakić
 Ivan Vukomanović
 Blaže Georgioski
 Stevo Glogovac
 Jovan Gojković
 Ivan Gvozdenović
 Ivan Dudić
 Goran Drulić
 Dejan Ilić

 Branko Jelić
 Aleksandar Kocić (goalkeeper)
 Nenad Lalatović
 Leo Lerinc
 Marjan Marković
 Dragan Mićić
 Nenad Miljković
 Vladislav Mirković
 Miodrag Pantelić
 Dejan Pešić
 Mihajlo Pjanović
 Dragan Stevanović
 Boban Stojanović
 Dalibor Škorić

Top goalscorers

References

External links
Tables and results at RSSSF

Category:Yugoslav First League seasons
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Category:1999–2000 in Yugoslavian football


James J. LeCleir

James J. LeCleir was a Major General in the United States Air Force.

Biography
LeCleir was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in 1941. He attended Empire State College and Troy State University.

Career
LeCleir originally enlisted in the Air Force in 1960. He was commissioned an officer the following year. Later he served in the Vietnam War and attended the Air Command and Staff College, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and the Air War College. In 1985 he was given command of the 834th Airlift Division and in 1991 was given command of the Inter-American Defense College. His retirement was effective as of July 1, 1992.

Awards he has received include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with two silver oak leaf clusters, and the Parachutist Badge.

References

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Category:Troy University alumni
Category:Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal


Ergamenes

Ergamenes is the hellenized name of a Nubian king of Meroë reported by Agatharchides in Diodorus Siculus (3.2.6, FHN II No. 142). According to this account, Ergamenes reigned in Meroë during the friendly Egyptian reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus to Ptolemy IV Philopator, was instructed in Greek philosophy, favored Greek art and its way of life, although it could be rather intended as a cultural influence from a Ptolemaic-governed Egypt. He resented the tradition of ancient Egypt and the Ethiopian priests' control over the King's power and preferred the absolute power of his neighbor, Ptolemy II:

Identification
Ergamenes was tentatively identified with many archaeologically known king of Meroë, above all two kings with similar names, Arakamani and Arqamani. This situation has led to cause these two kings to be called Ergamenes I (Arakamani) and Ergamenes II (Arqamani). Although it is possible that – in a way similar to the semi-mythological Sesostris – Greeks conflated several rulers into a single figure named Ergamenes, Egyptologist Fritz Hintze and Meroitologist László Török believes that the original Ergamenes should be identified with Arakamani.

References

László Török, Between Two Worlds: The Frontier Region Between Ancient Nubia and Egypt 3700 BC – 500 AD, Brill, 2008, .

Category:Kings of Kush


Sufi Muslim Council

The Sufi Muslim Council (SMC) was launched on 19 July 2006. The SMC is a non-profit, non-governmental religious organization dedicated to working for the cause of Islam.

The group claims to represent British Sufi Muslims. Sufism is a form of Islamic mysticism. Sufi orders (Tariqas) can be found in Sunni, Shia and other Islamic groups.  The 14th Century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun described Sufism as: "dedication to worship, total dedication to Allah most High, disregard for the finery and ornament of the world, abstinence from the pleasure, wealth, and prestige sought by most men, and retiring from others to worship alone".

The group claims that up to 80% of Britain's 2 million Muslims come from the Sufi tradition, which is a mystical and personal interpretation of Islam and largely apolitical.. However, the figure has been challenged by the group's critics.

Sufi Muslim Council: mission statement

The SMC was launched with the backing of the government and other faith groups. Politicians from the Labour party welcomed the establishment of the group. The SMC states that it differs from the plethora of other British Islamic groups in that its approach to Islam is less political and hence less confrontational. It tends to view British Muslims as part of mainstream British society rather than separate from it. The group is widely perceived  to act as a counter to the Muslim Council of Britain.  However its use of the term "Sufi" (i.e. Islamic mystic) has raised important questions about its authenticity in the Muslim community.  Traditional Sufi Orders in Islam (called "tariqahs") are defined by their hagiographic genealogy ("silsile") which they trace back to the Prophet Muhammad and this is considered the criterion of their authenticity in the eyes of the community.  The absence of any silsile (or even reference to it) anywhere in the SMC's literature has led to serious doubts over its true mystical pedigree and has increased suspicions over its political agenda. Furthermore, in the science and tradition of Tasawwuf, or Sufism, any self-reference as an individual or group as a 'Sufi' is considered presumptious and arrogant. Isolating Sufism as a sect of Muslims rather than a tradition of self growth and spiritual refinement is also alien to Tasawwuf.

The Sufi Muslim Council and Islamic extremism

The SMC has taken a strong stand against radical Islamic extremism prevalent amongst some Muslim youth in the UK, as illustrated by the 7/7 terrorist attacks carried out by predominantly by young Muslims of British Pakistani descent. In its website the group states: "While every religion rejects acts of tyranny, injustice and oppression, extremism is found in every religion. As Muslims we are supporters of love, peace, justice, respect and tolerance. Thus, we see it as our duty to continue to shed light on current events while doing our best to see that the wave of militant radicalism sweeping Muslim nations does not strike again in UK, where we live."

Rivalry between the Sufi Muslim Council and the Muslim Council of Britain

Given their different approaches to expressing the religion of Islam, both the SMC and the MCB have criticised each other regarding the extent to which unelected community organisations can fight Islamic extremism and alienation from the mainstream. The MCB has dismissed the SMC as 'unrepresentative and divisive'. Meanwhile the SMC has accused existing organisations for not doing enough to engage with and tackle radicalism within British Muslim communities.

References

http://www.sufimuslimcouncil.org/aboutus.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5193402.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1824131,00.html
http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/archives/2006/08/the_neoconserva.html

External links
SMC website
 Does Saudi Preach Intolerance? An Independent Study - Critique of Sufi Muslim Council

Category:Islamic organisations based in the United Kingdom
Category:Organizations established in 2006


Walls (Kings of Leon song)

"Walls" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon, written by the band members Caleb, Nathan, Jared and Matthew Followill. It was released as a digital download on September 22, 2016, through RCA Records as the first promotional single from the band's seventh studio album, Walls (2016).

Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Walls" was first released onto YouTube on September 22, 2016, at a total length of five minutes and 28 seconds.

Charts

Weekly charts

Release history

References

Category:2016 songs
Category:Kings of Leon songs
Category:Songs written by Caleb Followill
Category:Songs written by Jared Followill
Category:Songs written by Matthew Followill
Category:Songs written by Nathan Followill
Category:2016 singles
Category:RCA Records singles
Category:2010s ballads
Category:Folk ballads


Johan Martens

Johan Martens (20 November 1861 – 19 December 1932) was a Norwegian ship broker, politician for the Liberal Party and sports official.

He was a co-founder of Bergens TF in 1882, the Norwegian Gymnastics Federation in 1890 which he chaired from 1899 to 1911, and chaired Norges Riksforbund for Idræt from 1910 to 1914. He was a member of the City Council of Bergen during several periods.

References

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Mass-to-light ratio

In astrophysics and physical cosmology the mass-to-light ratio, normally designated with the Greek letter upsilon, , is the quotient between the total mass of a spatial volume (typically on the scales of a galaxy or a cluster) and its luminosity. These ratios are often reported using the value calculated for the Sun as a baseline ratio which is a constant  = 5133 kg/W: equal to the solar mass  divided by the solar luminosity , . The mass-to-light ratios of galaxies and clusters are all much greater than  due in part to the fact that most of the matter in these objects does not reside within stars and observations suggest that a large fraction is present in the form of dark matter.

Luminosities are obtained from photometric observations, correcting the observed brightness of the object for the distance dimming and extinction effects. In general, unless a complete spectrum of the radiation emitted by the object is obtained, a model must be extrapolated through either power law or blackbody fits. The luminosity thus obtained is known as the bolometric luminosity.

Masses are often calculated from the dynamics of the virialized system or from gravitational lensing. Typical mass-to-light ratios for galaxies range from 2 to 10  while on the largest scales, the mass to light ratio of the observable universe is approximately 100 , in concordance with the current best fit cosmological model.

References

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Ruppert L. Sargent

Ruppert Leon Sargent (January 6, 1938 – March 15, 1967) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.

Life
1LT Sargent was a graduate of Virginia State University.  He joined the Army from Richmond, Virginia in the late 1950s, served several years as an enlisted soldier, and went through Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning. By March 15, 1967, he was serving as a First Lieutenant in Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. On that day, while in Hậu Nghĩa Province in the Republic of Vietnam, Sargent threw himself on two enemy hand grenades, sacrificing himself but saving the lives of two men nearby.  1LT Sargent is the first black officer in history to be awarded the Medal of Honor (In 1997, upgrades of DSCs awarded to black heroes of World War II resulted in awards to three additional black officers from that war).

Burial and legacy
Ruppert Sargent, aged 29 at his death, was buried in Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton, Virginia.

The Ruppert L. Sargent Building in Hampton, Virginia houses the Hampton City Schools, Commissioner of the Revenue, Treasurer, Economic Development Department and Office of the Assessor of Real Estate.  A statute of Sargent rests in the building's lobby.

Medal of Honor citation
Lieutenant Sargent's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

...For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. While leading a platoon of Company B, 1st Lt. Sargent was investigating a reported Viet Cong meeting house and weapons cache. A tunnel entrance which 1st Lt. Sargent observed was booby trapped. He tried to destroy the booby trap and blow the cover from the tunnel using hand grenades, but this attempt was not successful. He and his demolition man moved in to destroy the booby trap and cover which flushed a Viet Cong soldier from the tunnel, who was immediately killed by the nearby platoon sergeant. 1st Lt. Sargent, the platoon sergeant, and a forward observer moved toward the tunnel entrance. As they approached, another Viet Cong emerged and threw 2 hand grenades that landed in the midst of the group. 1st Lt. Sargent fired 3 shots at the enemy then turned and unhesitatingly threw himself over the 2 grenades. He was mortally wounded, and his 2 companions were lightly wounded when the grenades exploded. By his courageous and selfless act of exceptional heroism, he saved the lives of the platoon sergeant and forward observer and prevented the injury or death of several other nearby comrades. 1st Lt. Sargent's actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military services and reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Army.

See also

List of Medal of Honor recipients
List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War

References

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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 35

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 35 (P. Oxy. 35) is a proclamation and list of emperors by an unknown author.  It is written in the Greek language. The papyrus was discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus, and is dated to the year 223. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1898.

The list is generally accurate. It enumerates the Roman emperors along with the number of years each ruled, from Augustus to Decius. Galba is omitted.

The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet. The measurements of the fragment are 138 by 134 mm. The text is written in medium-sized cursive letters.

See also
 Oxyrhynchus Papyri
 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 34
 Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 36

References

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Zero degrees of freedom

In statistics, the non-central chi-squared distribution with zero degrees of freedom can be used in testing the null hypothesis that a sample is from a uniform distribution on the interval (0, 1). This distribution was introduced by Andrew F. Siegel in 1979.

The chi-squared distribution with n degrees of freedom is the probability distribution of the sum

where

However, if

and  are independent, then the sum of squares above has a non-central chi-squared distribution with n degrees of freedom and "noncentrality parameter"

It is trivial that a "central" chi-square distribution with zero degrees of freedom concentrates all probability at zero.

All of this leaves open the question of what happens with zero degrees of freedom when the noncentrality parameter is not zero.

The noncentral chi-squared distribution with zero degrees of freedom and with noncentrality parameter μ is the distribution of

This concentrates probability e−μ/2 at zero; thus it is a mixture of discrete and continuous distributions

References

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Solomon Meyer

Solomon Meyer (1823 – 25 February 1902) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in London, the son of silk manufacturer Jacob Meyer. In 1841 he migrated to Tasmania, where he managed a business, before moving to Sydney around 1845. On 2 July 1844 he married Theophilia Faulder; they had one son. In 1851 he opened the Ophir goldfields' first general store, and he settled at Carcoar. He was an alderman at Goulburn and ran a grocery and ironmongery business. In 1874 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Carcoar, but he resigned in 1876. Meyer died at Goulburn in 1902.

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Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc.

Integrated Micro-electronics, Inc. (abbreviated as IMI, ) provides electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and power semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) with manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America. Its headquarters is located in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines.

IMI serves original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in diversified markets that include those in the automotive, industrial, medical, telecommunications infrastructure, storage device, and consumer electronics industries. Its customized solutions range from design and engineering solutions, advance manufacturing engineering capabilities, new product introduction services, manufacturing solutions, reliability test, failure analysis, equipment calibration capabilities, test and system development, and support and fulfillment. The manufacturing portfolio of AC Industrials, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ayala Corporation, IMI is listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange.

History

IMI started in August 8, 1980 as a joint venture between Ayala Corporation and Resins, Inc. With its headquarters in Muntinlupa, they were just a workforce of around 100 employees with total fixed assets of US$3,700,290 and it is engaged in the assembly of integrated circuits. In 1982, it took a contract manufacturing with its hard disk drive sub-assembly operations and, in 1986, it started the assembly of automotive hybrid integrated circuits.

In the year 1988, the company ventured into custom printed circuit board assembly and operations and in the next years, it offered standard printed circuit board assembly services with the acquisition of automated surface mounting equipment, and eventually, full product assembly and flexible printed circuit board assembly operations.

The company moved its manufacturing site in 1995 from Cupang, Muntinlupa to its present location at the Laguna Technopark. In 1998, IMI commenced in offering hardware and software design services, that transitions the company to a total electronics manufacturing service provider. By 2001, IMI had three manufacturing sites in the Philippines.

As of 2018, IMI has 19 manufacturing sites of +287,000m² with more than 16,700 employees across 8 countries. From an EMS company, it expanded its scope to include EMS and Power Semiconductor Assembly and Test Services. IMI is also into prototyping, manufacturing, product test development, testing and order fulfillment.

Global expansion

IMI has multiple manufacturing sites in Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, and the United States providing solutions to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) catering for both regional and international markets.

The company began to establish its presence outside the Philippines. In 2005, IMI acquired the EMS assets of Saturn Electronics and Engineering Inc. in the US and the Speedy-Tech Electronics Ltd of Singapore. The acquisition of Speedy-Tech eventually led to the establishment of IMI's presence in China—through three facilities, namely, two in Shenzhen and one in Jiaxing.

By 2006, the company became one of the top 50 EMS companies in the world.

IMI strengthened its presence in Europe and South America in 2011 through the acquisition of EPIQ NV subsidiaries in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Mexico.

In August 2016, IMI announced that it will acquire 76.01 percent stake in the optical bonding and display solutions provider, VIA optronics GmbH. This brings new technology to IMI for display solution in the automotive industry by providing automotive camera and display monitor solutions for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).

IMI also acquired 80 percent stake of Surface Technology International (STI) Enterprise, in 2017, through the subsidiary Integrated Micro-Electronics UK Ltd. STI is an electronics design and manufacturing solutions in both printed circuit board assembly and full box-build manufacturing for high-reliability industries such as aerospace and defense markets. It has two manufacturing sites in United Kingdom, as well as in Cebu, Philippines, and a design center in London.

Domestic expansion
In 2010, IMI acquired PSi Technologies, a power semiconductor assembly and test service provider. The company bought the minority shares of PSi Technologies in 2014.

In January 2015, IMI acquired the remaining shares of PSi from private investment firms Narra Venture Capital II LP and Narra Associates II Limited.

In 2016, Ayala Corporation announced that it will consolidate its businesses in car dealership and industrial operations into a wholly owned subsidiary AC Industrials—this includes IMI. IMI has the major role of being the manufacturing arm of AC Industrials for its wide range of portfolio. The first project was the motorcycle assembly factory in partnership with KTM AG group under KTM Asia Motorcycle.

Stock exchange listing
On January 21, 2010, IMI listed 1.137 billion common shares in the Philippine Stock Exchange.

It has completed its follow-on offering and listing of 215,000,000 common shares on December 5, 2014. IMI has 1,856,899,921 outstanding shares, as of March 31, 2015.

Capabilities
IMI is an EMS player in the automotive industry. Aside from assembly services, IMI provides automotive tier 1 suppliers and original equipment manufacturer services such as design and product development and test systems development. The company manufactures safety electronics for vehicles such as automotive cameras and airbag controls.

The company also produces access control devices design against theft and dosimeters. It is also involved in the robotics industry. In addition to these, IMI also produces medical diagnostic devices and telecom infrastructure devices.

Its technology groups collaborate with one another and with customers to develop platforms or baseline technologies in areas such as camera and imaging, motor drives, power modules, lighting systems, short range wireless, human-to-machine interface, sensors, and medical electronics.

Engineering

Design & Development
The Design & Development (D&D) group of IMI focuses on complex automation deployments in different internal segments, business units, and external customers which includes applications in automation handling, dispensing, screwing, and customized auto feeding system for mass production. It has an extensive competencies in electronic design, mechanical design, and software development, and building platforms in the areas of automotive cameras, motor drives, and power modules. D&D provides full design services from concept to product validation. Contract design and joint development solutions of IMI is integrated in D&D, which includes power electronics, embedded systems, camera and imaging systems, motor drives, power modules, power semiconductors, LED lighting and display design, and low and high radio-frequency design.

Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
The Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME) works on several industrial microelectromechanical systems-based inertial measurement unit modules, commercial laser display modules, and automotive camera modules, including the IMI minicube camera platform. AME is developing a fully automated assembly line that manufactures a complex electro-mechanical assembly for automotive safety and security electronic control at IMI Jiaxing as well as in IMI Mexico. AME is collaborating with D&D on a low cost automotive camera and power modules.

Test & Systems Development
IMI's Test & Systems Development (TSD) expanded the development and application of fully automated test systems that integrate common backend process requirements—product marking, automated inspection, and unit sorting. It also developed an innovative test solutions for automotive electronics, EV vehicle boards and power electronics. It designed and implemented a new line of testers for power module devised and collaborated with a customer to build a fully automated tester for power train boards for EV.

Camera & Vision Technology
The Camera and Vision Technology (CVT) group equips IMI to be ready with autonomous driving. A spun off from the D&D in 2016, the group focuses on developing vision-based products that support the different Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) applications. In 2017, The group synced with AME and TSD to become a one-stop shop solution for camera design, prototype development and mass production.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Solutions
As initially an EMS company, the manufacturing arm of IMI produces products for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Some manufacturing solutions of IMI are automotive camera, power modules, complete box builds, sub-assembly, component assembly, precision assembly and automated through-hole assembly.

Plastic Capability
IMI also manufactures plastic parts in Asia, Europe and North America that makes box-build capabilities accessible to its partners in automotive, industrial and consumer electronics industries. It integrates parts such as covers, housings and connectors in sub-assemblies, specializing in electronic box-build. Low pressure molding and thermoforming are the process capabilities of IMI.

Precision Machining
The Precision Machining group is capable of fabricating components for various parts of any material for its customers. Some of the processes includes, material preparation in vertical and horizontal band saw, squaring on conventional machines (milling), CNC machining, finishing grinding deburring machine, coordinate measuring machine (CCM), and metal sheet works.

Motorcycle Assembly
IMI produces motorcycle for the KTM AG group. A joint venture between KTM Asia Motorcycle Manufacturing (KAMMI) and Adventure Cycle Philippines of AC Industrials, IMI assembles four (4) models of the KTM motorcycles in its plant in Laguna, Philippines.

System Integration
The System Integration group of IMI integrates different subsystem and modules into one large system. It serves a wide variety of complex build-to-print and contract design manufacturing requirements and increases value to systems by adding new functionalities while linking all functions of different systems. IMI combines complex PCBAs, electronics and mechanical assemblies with robotics into one system.

Subsidiaries and Affiliates
IMI has four wholly owned subsidiaries that carry out the business through the various operating entities globally:

IMI Singapore
IMI Singapore or officially IMI International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. wholly owns Speedy-Tech Electronics Ltd. when IMI acquired it on 2005. STEL, which provides EMS and power electronics, manages the China and Singapore operations. IMI Singapore also holds Cooperatief IMI Europe U.A that manages the Europe and Mexico operations from the acquisition of EPIQ NV. IMI ROHQ is also an affiliate that serves as a supervisory, communications and coordinating center for IMI Singapore affiliates and subsidiaries. It holds the stake of IMI in VIA Optronics and IMI UK which has stake in STI Enterprises.

IMI USA
IMI USA, Inc. acts as direct support to the Group's customers by providing program management,  customer service,  engineering development and prototype manufacturing services. It is also engaged in precision assembly of surface mount technology, chip on flex, chip on board, flip chip on flex,  advanced manufacturing process development, engineering development, prototype manufacturing, and small precision assemblies.

IMI Japan
IMI Japan, Inc. offers the services, such as technical, quality assurance, sales and commercial support, to answer the needs diverse range of Japanese-based OEMs. It also functions as a program management center for new business that will be endorsed to other subsidiaries. There are no manufacturing operations in IMI Japan.

PSi Technologies
PSi Technologies, Inc. is a Philippine company, that provides power semiconductor assembly and test services, that IMI bought shares of 56%, and in 2012 it was fully acquired by IMI through the acquisition of the minority of the shares.

Reception
IMI received Circuit Assembly's 2007 Service Excellence Award for the Highest Overall Customer Ranking for medium-sized EMS company category. (Circuit Assembly is a US-based electronics industry trade publication that recognizes companies that receive the highest customer service ratings, as judged by their own customers.) The ASEAN Business Advisory Council, hailed IMI as one of the 12 most admired companies in Southeast Asia.

IMI ranks 18th on the list of top EMS providers in the world based on 2014 EMS-related revenues as reported by Manufacturing Market Insider. It is also the 7th largest EMS player in the automotive industry as reported by New Venture Research based on 2014 EMS-related revenues.

IMI's Analytical Testing and Calibration (ATC) laboratory was granted accreditation for ISO/IEC 17025:2005 on January 8, 2016, by the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) of the Department of Trade and Industry. The accreditation demonstrates technical competence for the scope specified by the PAB and the operation of a laboratory quality management system that meets the principles of ISO 9001:2008.

Social involvement
IMI has a corporate social responsibility program. IMI began a sustainable community livelihood program through a partnership with ChildFund Foundation and Yakap sa Kaunlaran ng Bata, Inc. (YKBI). Along with this organization IMI, provided the women from the Parents Association of San Pablo and Bay, Laguna, with 10 sewing machines to encourage them toward self-reliance and supplement their entrepreneurial skills. The Parents Associations of both communities are now sewing blouses for Krizia, a garment manufacturer.

References

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John Steele House (Stoneham, Massachusetts)

The John Steele House is a historic house at 2–4 Montvale Avenue in Stoneham, Massachusetts. It is one of a few surviving 19th-century double houses in Stoneham. Built c. 1880–1885, It is a 6-bay two-story wood-frame house, with a side-gable roof, chimneys at the ends, and twin doors in the central bays under a shared bracketed hood. It is one of a series of identical rowhouses that were owned by John Steele, a major landowner in the town during that period.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

See also
 Benjamin Hibbard Residence, another double house in Stoneham
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Stoneham, Massachusetts
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Maniac (producer)

Maniac (born Brandon Jolie in Bow, East London) is a British grime producer. Maniac has produced for various artists such as Wiley, Tinchy Stryder, and Chip.

Career

2006-2009: Active Work

Maniac first came to prominence at the age of 16 when his track "Bow E3" was used by Wiley for his album Playtime Is Over. In 2008 Maniac released a collaborative album with Tinchy Stryder entitled Tinchy Stryder vs. Maniac. This was followed by his first solo CD New Age Grime in 2009. Maniac contributed a number of tracks to the 2008 film Adulthood, recorded a single for a Nike advertising campaign and had his music featured on British soap EastEnders.

In 2009, Maniac was convicted of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to 14-years. He was later given a conditional early release in 2015.

2009-2015

Maniac had recorded prolifically and had a large unreleased back catalogue. Tracks from this back catalogue have continued to be released, including the track "Man Dem" which featured on Chipmunk's 2010 platinum selling album I Am Chipmunk and "Liquid Organ" which was used by Wiley on his 2014 album Snakes & Ladders.

2015-present
In 2015, Maniac was released from prison on a conditional licence and returned to making music. His first music release was a single with Wiley entitled "Outchea". In October 2015, Maxsta announced that he would be releasing a collaborative EP with Maniac and Boothroyd on Rinse. Maniac produced four tracks for the BrOTHERHOOD film soundtrack, collaborating with Chip, AJ Tracey, P Money and Curtis Clacey.

Discography
Albums
Tinchy Stryder vs. Maniac (Eskibeat Recordings, 2008) (with Tinchy Stryder)
Adulthood (Altered Ego Music, 2008)
New Age Grime (Ghetto Platinum Productions, 2009)
BrOTHERHOOD (Black Butter, 2016)

Singles & EPs

Devil EP (Adamantium Music, 2008)
Salt Fish EP (Earth616, 2009)
Thug / Wreckage (Terrorhythm, 2010)
Devil Vs Saltfish EP (Pitch Controllers, 2011)
100 Problems (Rinse Recordings, 2015) (with Maxsta and Boothroyd)
Homecoming EP (Earth616, 2017)
R.A. Real artillery Various singles 2018Ard Adz - Whats Gwarning (feat. Bellzey)
Ard Adz various singles 2018 AJ Tracey - Fighting
Chip - New Day Eyez - Smoking Fine
Headie One - This Week (feat. Yxng Bane) JME - Shh Hut Yuh Muh
Laura Mvula - Ready or Not (feat. Berna)[Maniac Remix]  P Money - Stone Island Ting (feat. Little Dee, Safone and Capo Lee)
Wiley - Grew Up In (feat. Stormzy & Solo 45)Wiley - 38 Challenge
''Wretch 32 - Ina Di Ghetto (feat. Badness & Ghetts)

References

External links
 Entry on Discogs

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Angela Spindler

Angela Spindler is a British businesswoman and the former CEO of N Brown Group Plc; she assumed the role in July 2013. She is also the chair of Remco, based in Manchester.

Career

Early years
Spindler attended the Victoria University of Manchester and Harvard Business School.

Spindler started her career in 1983 as a graduate trainee at Cadbury Schweppes. She then moved to Pedigree Petfoods, gathering experience in sales, marketing and human resources. In 1997, she joined Asda as a Unit Director and climbed her way through the ranks until November 2005, when she became Managing Director of George Clothing, Asda's clothing department that is stocked in Asda's and Walmart's in several countries worldwide.

Debenhams
Spindler left her role at George Clothing in August 2007, to become Managing Director of Debenhams, a high street clothing retailer in the UK, with franchises around the world. She left this role in January 2009, to take an opportunity that she described as “simply too good to miss", which was joining the Factory Shop Group.

The Factory Shop Group Limited
Spindler is the former CEO of The Factory Shop Group Limited

Whilst at the Factory Shop, Spindler oversaw a large expansion scheme and increased sales and profitability. In September 2012, The Telegraph reported that the chain's year-on-year sales had increased almost 6% and its pre-tax profits were up 30% in the prior six months. Spindler has always attributed the chains' success to having quality products at reduced prices and opening stores in 'under-served' areas.

Spindler referred to the company as “one of retail’s best kept secrets”, and claimed she had not heard of the company prior to accepting the job. Spindler is married and resides in Yorkshire, but will be relocating to Cheshire.

References

External links
N Brown Group
The Original Factory Shop Website

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Scutelnici

See "Scutelnic" for the origin of the name.

Scutelnici is a commune in Buzău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Arcanu, Brăgăreasa, Lipănescu and Scutelnici.

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Coogee, New South Wales

Coogee is a beachside suburb of local government area City of Randwick  8 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is also a part of the Eastern Suburbs region.

The Tasman Sea and Coogee Bay along with Coogee Beach lie towards the eastern side of the suburb. The beach is popular among families and famous for its safe swimming conditions. The boundaries of Coogee are formed mainly by Clovelly Road, Carrington Road and Rainbow Street, with arbitrary lines drawn to join these thoroughfares to the coast in the north-east and south-east corners.

History

Aboriginal
The name Coogee is said to be taken from a local Aboriginal word koojah which means "smelly place". Another version is koo-chai or koo-jah, both of which mean "the smell of the seaweed drying" in the Bidigal language, or "stinking seaweed", a reference to the smell of decaying kelp washed up on the beach. Early visitors to the area, from the 1820s onwards, were never able to confirm exactly what "Coogee" meant, or if it in fact related to Coogee Beach. Some evidence suggests that the word "Coogee" may in fact be the original Aboriginal place name for the next bay to the north, now known as Gordons Bay. Another name, "Bobroi", was also recalled as the indigenous name for the locality.

The Aboriginal population had largely relocated by the mid-19th century after being decimated by disease and violent clashes with early settlers, though some Aboriginal people still live in the area today.

European settlement

Coogee was gazetted as a village in 1838. The first school was built in 1863, and the building was converted into the Coogee Bay Hotel in 1873. Three years later, Coogee Public School was established. In late 1887, Coogee Palace Aquarium and swimming baths were constructed. The Coogee Pleasure Pier, a large attraction including a theatre, restaurant and ballroom, was constructed in 1928, but was later demolished in 1934.

Coogee was connected to the City of Sydney by electric tram in 1902. The suburb's popularity as a seaside resort was then guaranteed. The line branched from the line to Clovelly at Darley Road in Randwick. It ran down King Street beside the Randwick Tram Workshops, then ran in its own reservation to Belmore Road. It then ran down Perouse Road, St Pauls Street, Carr Street and Arden Street before terminating in a balloon loop in Dolphin Street at Coogee Beach. It ran through several small tram reservations on its way down from Randwick to the beach. The line from Randwick to Coogee opened in 1883, and electric services were introduced in 1902. The line closed in 1960. It follows the current route of bus 373.  Sections of the disused tramways are now maintained by local residents as a community garden.

The Coogee Surf Life Saving Club was founded in 1907 by local people who believed swimmers needed protection from the dangers of the surf. The CSLSC prides itself on being a pioneer in the realm of surf life saving. In fact, the first mass rescue, night surf carnival, shark attack and the development of the resuscitation technique are attributed to the CSLSC.

Built in the early 1890s and occupied by a Mrs T.M. Alcock was a large mansion known as Maidstone, which stands in Waltham Street beside St Brigid's Church. The house features a metal cupola and cedar fittings inside. The Catholic Church bought the building in 1922 and it was restored to its original style by Provincial House of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.

Located in Alison Road is a two-storey Federation mansion named Ocean View. The house was built in 1916 by Philip Wirth, of Wirth's Circus, and is heritage-listed. Other notable buildings in the area include Roslyn, a large Italianate house in Arcadia Street. It is heritage-listed.

Coogee Palace Aquarium (1887-1986)
The Coogee Aquarium and Swimming Baths were officially opened on 23 December 1887. It covered a block of land bordered by Arden Street, Beach Street, Bream Street and Dolphin Street. The Palace included an indoor Swimming pool (25 x 10 meters), an aquarium featuring the tiger shark from the famous Shark Arm case, a great hall that could be used as a roller skating rink, Canadian toboggan ran down the hillside for over 70 meters, and a herd of 14 donkeys to ride as well as swings, whirligigs, rocking horses, toy boats, aviaries, flower beds, bandstand and an open-air bar.

In June 1945, a strong storm caused the large dome to collapse. In 1987 the Coogee Palace and Dome was re-built and converted to restaurants and bars. The former hotel on the premises was owned by investment banker David Kingston and was known both as The Beach Palace Hotel and The Aquarium.  In August 2014 the building re-opened as the Coogee Pavilion in a $30 million+ renovation by the Merivale group, and its director Justin Hemmes.

The Coogee Pier (1928-1934)
In 1924 construction started on an 'English seaside style' amusement pier at Coogee Beach. On 24 July 1928, the pier was officially opened, reaching 180 metres out into the sea complete with a 1400-seat theatre, a 600 capacity ballroom, a 400-seat restaurant upstairs, small shops and a penny (machine) arcade. Unfortunately, Coogee's rough surf damaged the pier and it was demolished in 1934. Lifeguards recently discovered remains of the pier on the ocean floor about 50 metres out from shore.

Shark Arm murder case (1935)

The Shark Arm Case refers to an incident at the Coogee Aquarium Baths in 1935, when a captured tiger shark regurgitated a human arm. The arm belonged to a missing person, James Smith, who was identified by a tattoo. The arm had been cut off, which led to a murder investigation. Nobody was ever charged over the murder, although another local criminal, Reginald Holmes, was found shot in a car near the Sydney Harbour Bridge the day before the inquest into Smith's death was due to start.

Alleged Marian apparition (2003)

In January 2003 it was noticed that one of the fence rails on Dolphin Point, just north of Coogee Beach, when viewed from a particular angle and distance, resembled a veiled woman. A local laundrette was one of the first to draw attention to it, and set up a gallery of photos to attract visiting "pilgrims".

When this example of pareidolia, a human tendency to perceive vague visual stimuli as human faces, was reported in newspapers many Christians (predominantly Roman Catholic) came daily to worship what they interpreted as an apparition of Mary, the mother of Jesus, although the Roman Catholic Church never officially recognised this alleged apparition.

No particular supernatural powers were attributed to the shadow (dubbed "Our Lady of the Fence Post" by the media, aka "Rail Mary") and interest waned within a few weeks. The section of fence that created the image was destroyed by vandals within days of it being publicised, although the local council had the fence replaced. While some continued to petition the Catholic Church and the New South Wales government to build a chapel, their claims were not seriously considered.

The garden at the shrine is still maintained by an older local man, and pilgrims in prayer are sighted at the spot.

Heritage listings
Coogee has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
 45-51 Beach Street: Cliffbrook
 Grant Reserve: McIver Women's Baths
 4b Neptune Street: Wylie's Baths

Transport
Sydney's steam tramways first reached Coogee in 1883 and were electrified in 1902. The trams were replaced by buses from time to time in the 1940s and 1950s as the infrastructure suffered severe neglect during and after World War II. The tracks were deemed too expensive to repair and the power supply was so inadequate that trams would grind to a halt in inconvenient locations. Eventually, the entire Sydney tram network was scrapped and replaced by buses. The last trams ran to Coogee in 1960.

There are usually lots of taxis in the area and there is a late night taxi rank on Friday and Saturday nights just behind the main bus stand on Arden Street. The suburb is now well served by buses; there is a bus interchange at the beach with three stands. The following outlines routes and their stands.

Main Stand - Arden Street near Coogee Beach (Eastern Side)
 313 – Bondi Junction via Carrington Rd
 314 – Bondi Junction via Waverly
 353 – Eastgardens via Maroubra
 370 – Leichhardt via Newtown
 372 – Railway Sq via Clevland St
 373 – City Circular Quay via Taylor Square (runs 24/7)
 M50 – Drummoyne via City
 X73 – City Museum – Express

North Stand - Arden St nr Dolphin St (Eastern Side)
 374 – City Circular Quay via Central Station
 X74 – City Museum – Express

Oval Stand - Arden St nr Dolphin St (Western Side)
 353 – Bondi Junction via Clovelly and Waverley
 362 – Bondi Beach via Bronte (October – April weekends only)

Geography and landmarks

Coogee Bay Road runs from Randwick to Coogee Beach which is relatively protected through its formation as a bay. The surrounding coastline is mostly cliffs, decreasing in height down to the beach in the western part of the bay. The bay is sheltered from the roughest seas by Wedding Cake Island, a rocky reef about 800m off the southern headland. There is an annual swimming event around the island in November.

The beach itself drops off rapidly at the edge of the water, which can result in a dangerous shore break particularly when the surf is large. The combination of this shore break and high visitor numbers mean that Coogee has more spinal injuries than any other Australian beach.

In larger surf, there are often rip currents at both the northern end and at the southern ends, and also quite frequently in the centre of the beach. These are simply the places where the incoming water escapes most naturally. It is claimed by some locals that the rip in the centre of the beach is partly caused by the remaining foundations of the old entertainment pier (see above – history).

At the northern end of the beach are stairs leading from Dolphin Point down to the old Giles baths. This is now an open rock pool carved out of the surrounding rocks. This area is now known as "Dolphin Point". The doorway and a four-metre high bronze sculpture serve as a memorial to twenty of the Australian victims of the 2002 Bali bombing who were residents of Coogee and its neighbouring suburbs, including six members of the Coogee Dolphins rugby league team.

A short walk further to the north is Gordons Bay, which is a popular location for snorkeling. At the southern end is the Ross Jones Memorial Pool just below the Coogee Surf Life Saving Club. Also at the southern end are two small reefs, the inner and the outer. Further south is a coastal walk that goes past the women's baths and Wylie's Baths.

Coogee is one of Australia's more densely populated areas, with apartment buildings in every style from the 1930s onwards. Some free-standing houses remain. The suburb is a popular destination for tourists, particularly backpackers.

The Coogee Bay Hotel is an important local landmark, and is home to Selina's, one of Sydney's most iconic live music venues. The history of Selina's goes back for over 40 years, and the venue has hosted the likes of INXS, Nirvana, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, The Prodigy, Midnight Oil and the Sex Pistols - among many more. Selina's closed in 2015, relaunching in 2016 with new a focus on local rising stars. The venue hosts free live music from up-and-coming local artists and bands every Friday night, including genres such as folk, pop, rock and indie.

Demographics
At the 2016 census, there were 15,212 residents in Coogee.

The most common ancestries in Coogee were English 24.2%, Australian 16.4%, Irish 13.0%, Scottish 6.9% and Italian 3.2%. 54.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 8.2%, Ireland 3.7%, New Zealand 2.7%, United States of America 1.6% and Brazil 1.4%. 73.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 2.0%, Spanish 1.6%, Greek 1.5%, Portuguese 1.4% and German 1.1%.

The most common responses for religion were No Religion, so described 36.5% and Catholic 26.1%,

Sport and recreation
Coogee is represented in one of the most popular sporting competitions in Australia, the National Rugby League, by the local Rugby league club, the Sydney Roosters, officially the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club (ESDRLFC). The ESDRLFC has represented the area in the League since 1908, in line with the articles of association of the New South Wales Rugby League which identify the Randwick Municipality as being part of the territory of the Roosters. Local rugby league teams representing the Coogee area include the Coogee Dolphins and Coogee Wombats.

Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club resides in Brook Street, Coogee and plays their home games across the road at Coogee Oval. Randwick currently competes in all grades of the New South Wales Rugby Shute Shield competition. Randwick First XV Shute Shield home games are often broadcast to local Sydney audiences on ABC1 at 3pm on Saturdays.

Coogee United Football Club is one of the largest football clubs in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, with Senior teams , Coogee White Tigers Football Club is known as the local football development club training youth player age 3years to 15 years old as is also well as international football partners with Celtic FC Glasgow Scotland.

Coogee Surf Life Saving Club has competed in both branch and state as well as national competitions since its founding in 1907, and continues a strong presence in all three areas of competition today. The club surf carnival is held annually in February each year. The Surf Club fosters and supports many other water-oriented sport and recreation club's including the Coogee Minnows (a junior lifesaving/nipper club), Coogee Triathlon Club, The Coogee Boardriders as well as supporting swimming groups such as the Coogee Penguins. The nearby Wylie's Baths, an historic coastal pool facility, has been a longtime supporter of Coogee's water-based sports and recreation.

The Coogee Penguins Winter Swimming Club compete against Bondi Icebergs Winter Swimming Club, South Maroubra Dolphins Winter Swimming Club, Cronulla Polar Bears Winter Swimming Club, Maroubra Seals Winter Swimming Club, Coolangatta Surf Life Saving Club, Clovelly Eskimos Winter Swimming Club, Bronte Splashers, Wollongong Whales and Cottesloe Crabs in the Winter Swimming Association of Australia Championships

Beach volleyball is growing in popularity around the world. The Coogee Beach Volleyball Association  resides at the northern end of the beach, with the Council authorisation to set up five portable nets along the promenade.

Festivals and events
 The Island Challenge, held in the last weekend in November by the Coogee Surf Life Saving Club, involves a 2.4 km swim out and around Wedding Cake Island (off Coogee Beach). The race began in 2000, attracts hundreds of competitors, and is a prominent fixture on the Sydney ocean swimming scene. Participants may also compete in a 1 km shorter swim, and for participants under the age of 12, an 800m dash is also held.
 The Coogee Arts Festival  in February is a series of open-air events held in the parklands above the southern side of Coogee Beach. It features theatre performances and a small film festival.
 The Annual Coogee Family Fun Day is the first Saturday of every December, held by the Coogee Chamber of Commerce. It features amusement rides and stalls next to the beach.
 Coogee Carols are held on the weekend prior to Christmas at Goldstein Reserve, opposite Coogee Beach. The event has been staged annually since 2002.
 Putu Mayam Day is the first of its kind outside of Malaysia. On the first of every month one can indulge in the world-famous putu mayam (rice noodles accompanied by shaved coconut and brown sugar) on the coastal edge of Coogee Beach.

Politics
Coogee is part of the City of Randwick, forming the East Ward together with Clovelly. It lies in the Federal electorate of Kingsford Smith (which covers all of south-east Sydney),  historically Coogee has been part of the Wentworth and then the Phillp electorates.

Coogee is located in the State electorate of Coogee (which also includes the suburbs of Randwick, Waverley, Clovelly, Bronte, and Bondi Junction). After the 2011 state election held on 26 March 2011, Paul Pearce lost the seat of Coogee in a landslide to Liberal candidate and former City of Randwick Mayor Bruce Notley-Smith. Coogee is currently represented by the Australian Labor Party at the Federal level and by the Liberal Party of Australia at the State level.

Further reading
 Sand in our Souls – the Beach in Australian History, Leone Huntsman, MUP, 2001

References

External links

 Coogee - Sydney.com
A Sydney Music Legend

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Lakshyam (2007 film)

Lakshyam (English: Target) is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by Nallamalupu Srinivas (Bujji) and directed by Srivass, starring Gopichand, Jagapathi Babu, Yashpal Sharma and Anushka Shetty in lead roles. The music was composed by Mani Sharma. It was later remade in Tamil as Maanja Velu, in Bengali as  Fighter and in Kannada as Varadhanayaka.

Plot
The film starts with a flashback in Hyderabad. ACP Bose (Jagapati Babu) is a sincere police officer who is happily married and lives with his parents and younger brother Chandu (Gopichand). Chandu is a college student who falls in love with his classmate Indu (Anushka).

Enters Section Shankar (Yashpal Sharma), who is notorious for settlements and deals. He kills anyone who comes in his way and does not leave any evidence or witness behind. He takes a loan of 100 crores from a private bank with the help of a conniving DGP and a politician. The man who kills Shankar's chairman is Chandu's classmate Shafi (Amit Tiwari), who lusts for Indu. He requests Shankar that he needs Indu as his wife. So on the day of his idol opening, he sends his goons to kidnap her. Shankar's plan fails as Chandu arrives at the place and fights with him and his goons. When Shafi comes to meet Shankar, he gives his next plan, which is to kidnap her again on the next chance. When Chandu is with his brother at the police station, Indu invites him to her hometown to attend her cousin's wedding. Shafi, who awaited for the next chance to kidnap her, gets a chance, and Shankar's goons again come to kidnap Indu. Unfortunately, Chandu gets stabbed by a goon and sends Indu with Shafi. Shafi takes Indu to Shankar's house and locks her.

Bose arrests the private bank manager (Surya) on an intention to know the reason behind the chairman's death. Now Shankar and the DIG (Devraj) have no idea where Bose has taken the manager. For finding the location where the manager is, Shafi calls Bose and informs that Chandu met with an accident, for which Bose replies to him to take Chandu to the general hospital. When the manager was about to reveal the secret behind chairman's death, Shankar, Shafi, and the DIG arrive at the mortuary, kill Bose and the manager, and hide Bose to frame him for the murder of both the chairman and manager. At the same time, the DIG reports to the media that Bose had done all the misdeeds for the huge amount of money the customers invested. What transpires then forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Crew
 Direction: Srivass
 Producer: Nallamalupu Srinivas
 Music: Mani Sarma
 Cinematography: Sekhar V Joseph
 Dialogues: M Ratnam
 Art: Chinna
 Lyrics: Chandrabose
 Editing: Gautham Raju
 Fights: Ram-Lakshman & Vijay
 Co-Screenplay Writer: Gopimohan
 Release Date: 05.07.2007
 Banner: Sri Lakshminarasimha Productions

Soundtrack

Music composed by Mani Sharma. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

Box office
 Anushka's popularity increased because of her glamorous role in the movie and it was declared a Super Hit at the box office.

Awards
 Jagapathi Babu won the Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu for his role.
 The movie also won the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film- bronze

References

External links

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Kırha, Bolu

Kırha is a village in the District of Bolu, Bolu Province, Turkey. As of 2010 it had a population of  137 people.

References

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Category:Bolu District
Category:Villages in Turkey


EWU

EWU may refer to:

 Ewu, a town in Nigeria
 East West University, a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh
 East–West University, a private university in Chicago, Illinois, United States
 Eastern Washington University, a public university in Cheney, Washington, United States
 Newtok Airport, in Alaska
 European Wrestling Union, defunct professional wrestling association, original sponsors of the European Heavyweight Championship


West Saharan montane xeric woodlands

The West Saharan montane xeric woodlands is an ecoregion that extends across several highland regions in the Sahara. Surrounded at lower elevations by the largely barren Sahara, the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands are isolated refuges of plants and animals that can survive in the higher humidity and lower temperatures of the highlands.

Setting
The Sahara is a vast desert, stretching across northern Africa from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. Some mountains ranges (such as the Ahaggar, Tassili n'Ajjer, Tibesti and Aïr) rise up from the desert and receive more rainfall and mostly present slightly cooler summer temperatures. These highlands support dry woodlands and shrublands distinct from the hot dry desert lowlands..

This ecoregion has an area of . The boundaries for the largest part of this ecoregion, which includes the Tassili n'Ajjer Ahaggar and Aïr (or Azbine) massifs, follow the 'regs,' 'hamadas' and 'wadis' above the 1,000 m contour. This covers a good part of southeast Algeria. These areas reach almost 3,000 meters in altitude. Additional areas further south were included within this ecoregion, including the Aïr ou Azbine in northern Niger, Dhar Adrar in Mauritania, and Adrar des Iforas in Mali and Algeria, using the 500 m-elevation contour.

The mountains of the West Saharan Montane Xeric Woodland ecoregion are found within the Sahara Desert and are predominantly of volcanic origin. They rise from the surrounding flat desert landscape or sand dunes and create islands of moister habitat (guelta) which support flora and fauna. The most important area is the Tassili n'Ajjer Plateau, an outlier of the Ahaggar Mountains in Algeria which supports some near-endemic species and some globally threatened antelopes. The highest point of these mountains is 3,003 meters (Mount Tahat).

Winters are quite rigorous, with an amplitude in temperature of over 20°C. Day temperatures may be over 20°C while nights are freezing. In summer, days are very hot, though less so than in the central Sahara. Rainfall is rare and sporadic.

Flora and fauna
Vegetation varies greatly depending on altitude and landscape, in particular wind protection. It is often composed of relict mediterranean vegetation.

In the gueltas, vegetation is very diverse and hosts many animals. Trees may be found at lower elevations, while higher areas mostly host bushes. It is possible to find wild olive trees, or Olea lapperrini. Endemic and rare species include the Saharan Cypress (“tarout”) (Cupressus dupreziana) and Saharan Myrtle (Myrtus nivellei), both of which are relict Saharan-Mediterranean species. Olive and myrtle trees grow at the bottom of wadis, intermittent stream valleys, or beside gueltas and permanent or temporary waterholes.

Other species with a preference for moist habitats are Trianthema pentandra, Lupinus pilosus, and Convolvulus fatmensis. Silene kiliani, Acacia laeta, A. scorpiodes, and Cordia rochii grow in wadis. Other representatives of the 28 national Algerian plant rarities found on Tassili n'Ajjer include Ficus ingens and Anticharis glandulosa.

Population and conservation
The human population of the ecoregion is very small, with less than 5 persons per square kilometre. Many people are nomadic though some small cities also exist (such as Idlès). The vegetation remains fairly intact.

References

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Category:Ecoregions of Mali
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Category:Flora of Algeria
Category:Flora of Mali
Category:Flora of Mauritania
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Stephen McBurney

Stephen McBurney (born  14 November 1967) is a former Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League, and the current Australian Building and Construction Commissioner since February 2018.

In his umpiring career, he umpired 383 career games in the AFL, up to the completion of the 2011 AFL season.

McBurney was named the All Australian Umpire for the 2003 and 2007 seasons and umpired the AFL Grand Final in 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2009.

Footnotes

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Selina Cooper

Selina Cooper (4 December 1864 – 11 November 1946) was an English suffragist and the first woman to represent the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in 1901 when she was elected as a Poor Law Guardian.

Early life
Cooper, born in Callington, Cornwall, in 1864, moved to Barnoldswick when she was a child, after her father Charles Coombe died of typhoid. In 1876, aged 12, she began working in the local textile mills at Barnoldswick. She left school at the age of thirteen and started work full-time in the mills.

Trade union and political activities
Cooper became active in trade union activities and took practical courses in laundry, hygiene and first aid and became a member of the Barnoldswick St John's Ambulance Committee in 1895. She was an early member of the Nelson Social Democratic Federation (SDF), and later founded a branch of the party in Brierfield.  She joined the Women's Co-operative Guild in 1897 and the North of England Society for Women's Suffrage in 1900.

In 1901, Cooper was elected to the Board of Guardians, as a joint SDF-ILP candidate.  She became frustrated with the SDF's lack of interest in the suffrage movement, and moved away from the party, becoming a full-time organiser for the suffrage movement.  In 1910 she was chosen to be one of four women to present the case for women's suffrage to H. H. Asquith, the then Prime Minister.

During the First World War Cooper developed the first ever Maternity Centre in Nelson, Lancashire. She was later elected to the town council and went on to become a local magistrate. She resigned from the Labour Party in the 1930s due to her belief that the party did not take a strong enough line against fascism.

Recognition
Selina Cooper's house at 59 St Mary's Street, Nelson is marked with a heritage blue plaque. In 2015, she was the subject of a play by the Function Factory theatre in Nelson titled "Hard-Faced Woman".

References

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Kerpikend

Kerpikend is a town in the Ararat Province of Armenia.

See also
 Ararat Province

References

Category:Populated places in Ararat Province


Gemzse

Gemzse is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. It is mentioned in archival sources as far back as 1347.  For many centuries, until the liberation of the serfs, the land was mainly owned by the Karolyi counts.

Gemzse is in an agricultural region, with a distinctive sandy yellow soil.  This is ideal for crops such as potato and tobacco, which predominate.  The town is noted for the free-standing belfry of the Protestant church.  It dates from 1789, and was constructed with wooden spikes without any metal nails.  The advantage of the free-standing belfry, found in many villages in the area, is that the bell can easily be rung from ground level.

In the late 1800s, about 10% of Gemzse's population consisted of Jewish farmers, which is unusual for Europe, where Jews were mainly in trade.  No Jews remain, but the Jewish cemetery has been preserved, and is located across the road from the Christian cemetery.

Geography
It covers an area of  and has a population of 930 people (2015).

References

Gemzse


1990–91 Scottish Cup

The 1990–91 Scottish Cup was the 106th staging of Scotland's most prestigious football knockout competition. The Cup was won by Motherwell who defeated Dundee United F.C. in the final.

First round

Replays

Second round

Replays

Third round

Replays

Fourth round

Replay

Quarter-finals

Replay

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

See also
1990–91 in Scottish football
1990–91 Scottish League Cup

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Scot


Periamet

Periamet (), is a developed residential, commercial area in Central Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India

Location

Periamet is located near Chennai Central

Surroundings

Perimet is known for commercial leather hub. It has many leather trading offices and leather shoe shops. Proximity to Central make this place famous and hence many hotels and lodges are operating successfully. The commercial activity and footfall is also increased due to Nehru Stadium which often host sports and games at national & international level.

Periamet Mosque is very famous in Chennai

Transportation

Many number of buses ply through Periamet, And Central And Egmore is very near to Periamet

Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai


Unsung Heroes (disambiguation)

Unsung Heroes or Unsung Hero may refer to:
 Unsung Heroes, a North Korean film series
 BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award, a BBC award for unrecognised contribution in sport
 Unsung Heroes (Dixie Dregs album), 1981
 Unsung Heroes (Ensiferum album), 2012
 Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes, a 2008 iPod video game
 Unsung Heroes of American Industry, a short story collection by Mark Jude Poirier
 Unsung Hero (magazine), a music magazine

See also
 Unsung (disambiguation)


The Bing Crosby Show (1964 TV series)

The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode sitcom television program starring crooner, film star, iconic phenomenon, and businessman Bing Crosby and actress Beverly Garland as a married couple, Bing and Ellie Collins, rearing two teenaged daughters during the early 1960s. In the format, Crosby portrayed a former entertainer turned architectural designer with a penchant for singing, and each episode usually contained at least one song. Produced by Crosby's own company, affiliated with Desilu Studios and subsequently CBS Paramount Television, the series aired on ABC from September 14, 1964, to April 19, 1965. Rebroadcasts continued until June 14.

The roles of the daughters Janice and Joyce Collins were played by Carol Faylen and Diane Sherry, respectively. Top Warner Bros. character actor Frank McHugh appeared as Willie Walters, the Collins's live-in handyman. Pamela Austin appeared twice on the program, as Clarissa Roberts.

This was one of the few times Crosby portrayed a happily married man, having often portrayed bachelors, widowers, divorcees, or priests. (Note: The Star Maker was one film in which he was happily married. He also portrayed a married man in the films Dixie and Blue Skies but there were problems in the relationships.)

Guest stars included Herbert Anderson, Frankie Avalon, Jack Benny, Jimmy Boyd, Macdonald Carey, Vikki Carr, his son Gary Crosby, Dennis Day, Roger Ewing, Glenda Farrell, Joan Fontaine, Kathy Garver, George Gobel, Kathryn Grant (Crosby's second wife, also known as Kathryn Crosby), Pat Harrington, Jr., Phil Harris, Charles Lane, Nobu McCarthy, Gary Morton, Ken Murray, Lloyd Nolan, Ruth Roman, and James Shigeta.

The Bing Crosby Show, main sponsor was Ford Motor Company's Lincoln-Mercury division, other sponsors included Lever Brothers, Mennen, Pepto-Bismol and Gillette. It was aired at 9:30 pm. Eastern on Mondays. The series faced competition on CBS from the sitcom Many Happy Returns, and on NBC, Crosby faced the second half of the popular The Andy Williams Show, which alternated with a Jonathan Winters variety show, The Jonathan Winters Show.

Cast
Bing Crosby....Bing Collins
Beverly Garland....Ellie Collins
Carol Faylen....Janice Collins
Diane Sherry....Joyce Collins
Frank McHugh....Willie Walters

Episode list

References

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Al-Rawda (tell)

Al-Rawda () is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in the Syrian steppe, east of Hama. It was a large urban site with city walls and several temples, occupied between 2400–2000 BC. A French–Syrian mission has been excavating the site since 2002.

History of research
Al-Rawda was discovered in 1996 during an archaeological survey of the region east of Hama. Following this survey, a more intensive survey project was initiated focusing on a microregion of  centred on Al-Rawda. Excavations at the site itself started in 2002 and are carried out by a French–Syrian mission. The excavations have focused on the circular walls, the northern gate of the town, the temple and the nearby necropolis. In addition to the excavations, a magnetometric prospection, a method that allows the detection of walls in the ground without excavating them, was carried out in the area within the city walls in 2003. Work continued at least through 2006. The Al-Rawda project is sponsored by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums and co-directed by Corinne Castel and Nazir Awad.

The site and its environment
Al-Rawda is located  east of Hama. Both now and in the past, the area received less than  of rainfall per year, which means that reliable agriculture without irrigation is impossible. The survey of the microregion around Al-Rawda revealed that the site is located in a fayda, a depression that collects runoff water from a wide region, and next to a wadi. Al-Rawda was surrounded by hydrological installations intended to harness runoff water for irrigation. The site itself is an almost circular tell with a maximum height of . The area inside the circular city walls measures , totalling to  if the city walls are included, with an additional outer town of . The southwestern part of the site is occupied by modern houses.

Occupation history
The site was occupied for a relatively short period during the late third and early second millennium BC, roughly coinciding with the Early Bronze IV period. It was founded around 2400 BC and finally abandoned in circa 2000 BC. The magnetometric survey revealed a circular street pattern with streets radiating away from the centre of the site. Both the temple and the circular street pattern find parallels in Tell Chuera, located in a similar environment to the northeast of Al-Rawda. At least three temples were identified, of which one has been excavated. The largest temple excavated had an entrance with a columned front porch, a square cella and faces a  long sacred enclosure to the outside. Offerings that were found in this temple include alabaster from Egypt, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan and agate from India. The city was defended by a double rampart built of mudbricks on a stone foundation and two ditches. The town was accessible through five gates.

The urban site indicates that it was a part of several trade networks of different scales. Al-Rawda probably served as a stopping place for caravans that crossed the plateau between the Euphrates valley and the region of Qatna. The site also served as a religious center for the region, and it played a major part in the development of extensive pastoralism and wool production at the end of the third millennium BC.

The necropolis
The necropolis is situated close to the site but outside the agricultural zone. Among the 97 tombs found, 54 were shaft tombs –intended for multiple burials and cut into the limestone crust of the plateau, 25 were simple cist tombs and 17 were circle tombs.

References

Further reading

 Corinne Castel. The First Temples in antis : The Sanctuary of Tell Al-Rawda in the Context of 3rd millennium Syria. Becker J.; Hempelmann R.; Rehm E. Kulturlandschaft Syrien, Zentrum und Peripherie, Festschrift für Jan-Waalke Meyer, Ugarit Verlag, pp. 123-164, 2010

See also
Cities of the ancient Near East

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Category:Former populated places in Syria
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Margot Leverett

Margot Leverett is a New York-based clarinettist.  Born in Ohio, she lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York before studying at Indiana University School of Music.  At Indiana, she was classically trained.  Leverett later became interested in klezmer, a traditional musical style of the Jews of Eastern Europe.  She studied with klezmer clarinettist Sidney Beckerman and was a founding member of The Klezmatics in 1985.  The Klezmatics, a band associated with the Klezmer Revival of the 1980s and onward, would later become the first klezmer band to win a Grammy Award.

In 1999, Leverett was a founding member of another klezmer band of all women musicians called Mikveh. They released a self-titled album in 2001, described by Rambles magazine as "a potent and heady mix of passion and power." Leverett left the band when she began her solo career and founded "Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys".

Leverett's solo album, called The Art of Klezmer Clarinet, was released in 2001.  The 17-track album was favorably reviewed—Klezmershack.com called it a "tribute to greats of the American Klezmer clarinet" and a "tremendous leap in skill and soulfulness."  "She achieves the nearly impossible feat of rendering the music with authenticity and respect, while simultaneously making a highly personal statement about the art of klezmer clarinet- the instrument and its history."

In 2001, Leverett founded the group Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, which fuses the styles of klezmer and bluegrass.  The group was filled with outstanding musicians,  Barry Mitterhoff, Kenny Kosek, Joe Selly and Marty Confurius. Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys released two albums: a self-titled album in 2002 and an album called Second Avenue Square Dance.  The group was featured by the Paul Taylor Dance Company in a piece entitled "Klezmerbluegrass".

Leverett has been a guest soloist for the Philadelphia Orchestra.  She has taught at many klezmer camps, including KlezKamp, KlezKanada and KlezmerQuerque. She continues to teach, guest lecture, and perform.

See also
Andy Statman
Klezmer Conservatory Band

References

External links

Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys: Official website
Mikveh: Official website
The Klezmatics: Official website
KlezKamp website

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2009 Asian Tour

The 2009 Asian Tour was the 15th season of the modern Asian Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan, since it was established in 1995. Prize money for the season exceeded US$39 million and Thongchai Jaidee topped the Order of Merit for the third time with US$981,932.

Tournament results
The table below shows the 2009 schedule.

The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian Tour events he had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian Tour members.

Only 50% of the prize money from major championships and World Golf Championships are counted towards the Order of Merit, but are not shown below.

Leading money winners

There is a complete list on the official site here.

References

External links
The Asian Tour's official English language site

Asian Tour
Category:Asian Tour


Levophacetoperane

Levophacetoperane (Lidépran, Phacétoperane) is a psychostimulant developed by Rhône-Poulenc in the 1950s. The drug has been used as an antidepressant and anorectic. It is the reverse ester of methylphenidate.

See also
 Dexmethylphenidate

References

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Glen Grunwald

Glen Grunwald (born  June 13, 1958) is an attorney and basketball executive who currently serves as President and CEO of Canada Basketball. He previously served as director of athletics for McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. In addition, he previously served as general manager of the Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks of the NBA.

Early life
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Grunwald was a high-school All-American basketball player from East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois. He is the only player selected All-Chicago area four times, and was player of the year in the state his senior year, 1976.  He was injured prior to his freshman year at Indiana University, and although he was a team captain in 1981 when Indiana won the national title, and was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 5th round of the NBA Draft, he never played professional basketball.

Grunwald returned to college, earning a J.D. at Northwestern University School of Law, and an MBA from Indiana University.

NBA

Denver Nuggets
Grunwald was a corporate attorney before returning to basketball as vice president and general counsel of the Denver Nuggets in 1990.

Toronto Raptors
From 1994 to 1997 Grunwald was vice president for legal affairs and assistant general manager of the expansion Toronto Raptors, working with college teammate and general manager Isiah Thomas.  He became general manager in 1997 after Thomas failed in his attempt to become majority owner and ended his connection to the team.  He oversaw some of the Raptors' greatest years of success, including orchestrating a trade for Vince Carter and team's first trip to the NBA conference semi-finals.  The Raptors managed three straight playoff berths from 2000–2002.

The injury-plagued Raptors missed the playoffs in the 2002–03 season, and Grunwald shook up the roster. During the 2003–04 season, despite inconsistency, they went 25–25 and were on track to return to the playoffs. Grunwald traded away starting center Antonio Davis in December, which led to tension with coach Kevin O'Neill, who publicly complained about the lack of a starting center and roster depth. On April 1, 2004, Grunwald was fired with two weeks left in the season, and replaced by Jack McCloskey as interim GM.  The Raptors missed the playoffs by three games. Rob Babcock was later appointed as the permanent replacement.

Toronto civic activism
Grunwald later became the president and CEO of the Toronto Board of Trade, the largest local business organization in Canada, and is heavily involved in both the business and social communities of Toronto.  In addition to his work at the Board of Trade, he sat on the board of governors at George Brown College, the board of directors at the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance, and the board of the Toronto City Summit Alliance.  He was further involved with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, as well as Canada Basketball.

New York Knicks
On September 28, 2006, Grunwald accepted a job as vice president for Basketball Operations for the New York Knicks, again working with Isiah Thomas.  Grunwald was named interim GM for Knicks on June 4, 2011, taking over from Donnie Walsh.

On April 24, 2012, the Knicks promoted Grunwald to (permanent) general manager and executive vice president of basketball operations.

In September, 2013 Grunwald was replaced as general manager by Steve Mills, and reassigned by the Knicks to serve as an advisor to Mills.

McMaster University

On August 7, 2014, he was named Director of Athletics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Personal
Grunwald came to Toronto in 1994 and obtained his Canadian citizenship in 1999. He is married and has three children named Gabe, Emma and Willis.

References

External links
Glen Grunwald's blog
Knicks hire Glen Grunwald

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Rangampeta

Rangam-peta is a village and a Mandal in East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

References

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