Corbitt (automobile company)

Corbitt was an American automobile, truck, and farm equipment manufacturer.  Founded as a horse-drawn carriage manufacturer in 1899, the company began building automobiles in 1907, and the business expanded over the years to include light and heavy trucks, intracity buses, personnel vehicles for the U.S. Army, and farm tractors. Based in Henderson, North Carolina, for its entire history, it sold in 1952 to the United Industrial Syndicate, a New York City-based company which gradually liquidated Corbitt and shut it down. The last production vehicles came off the line in 1954, though a few vehicles were cobbled together from leftover parts in the years after that.

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Combat Skyspot

Combat Skyspot was the ground-directed bombing (GDB) operation of the Vietnam War by the United States Air Force using Bomb Directing Centrals and by the United States Marine Corps using Course Directing Centrals ("MSQ-77 and TPQ-10 ground radars").  Combat Skyspot's command guidance of B-52s and tactical fighters and bombers—"chiefly flown by F-100's"—at night and poor weather was used for aerial bombing of strategic, close air support, interdiction, and other targets.  Using a combination radar/computer/communications system ("Q" system) at operating location in Southeast Asia, a typical bombing mission (e.g., during Operation Arc Light with a "cell" of 3 Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses) had an air command post turn over control of the mission to the radar station, and the station provided bomb run corrections and designated when to release bombs.

Planning of Vietnam GDB missions included providing coordinates with  accuracy to the radar sites, handoff of the bomber from air controllers (e.g., a DASC) to the site, tracking the aircraft by radiating the bomber (e.g., activating the 400 Watt Motorola SST-181 X Band Beacon Transponder), and radioing of technical data from the aircrew to the radar site such as the airspeed/heading for the central to estimate wind speed on the bomb(s).  With the bomber near a designated "Initial Point" the GDB site would begin a radar track (Bomb Directing Centrals would calculate a computer track and solve the "bomb problem" for the aircraft position.)

For B-52 missions the site personnel verbally transmitted guidance commands to the aircraft crew by radio (lead aircraft for multi-ship formations) to adjust the flight path toward an eventual release point for the actual bomb(s).  Site personnel verbally directed release of the ordnance from the aircraft by voice countdown.  This was a manual process requiring training, practice and adherence to procedure.  Both the site and aircrew were authorized to "withhold" release at any point if doubt arose.  All communications were tape recorded by the aircrew for post strike debriefing.

Development
Similar to World War II GDB and Korean War GDB, Combat Skyspot was planned during 1965 development of the Reeves AN/MSQ-77 Bomb Directing Central with a new integrating ballistic computer using vacuum tubes to continually compute the bomb release point during the bomb run (the USMC AN/TPQ-10 directed aircraft to a predetermined release point).  Planning for the USAF vacuum-tube trajectory computer/radar system began in early 1965 and in October 1965, F-100s tested the AN/MSQ-77 at Matagorda Island General Bombing and Gunnery Range on the Texas Gulf Coast (the Matagorda training unit was later moved to Bergstrom Air Force Base).  In 1967 a helicopter-transportable variant of the AN/MSQ-77 in rigid shelters (AN/TSQ-81) was developed for Commando Club bombing of northern North Vietnam targets (Red River Delta), and in 1969 training for an additional transportable variant with tower-mounted antenna and digital computer (AN/TSQ-96) was being conducted at the Reeves Instrument Corporation in New York.  "In March 1966 the first MSQ-77 arrived at Bien Hoa" Air Base ("activated" April 1 to use the "reverse MSQ method".)

Operations
Combat Skyspot was first used "to support fighting ground troops" on July 2, 1966; and the initial 15,000 Skyspot sorties from March 1966-March 1967 included the respective 35%, 46%, and 54% "of the B-52D sorties flown" from July-December 1966, in January 1967, and in March 1967.  Similar to the lead bomber for 3-ship B-52 missions, a North American F-100 Super Sabres could use Skyspot to act as a pathfinder for Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs.  On July 3, 1966, "24-hour all-weather bombing [was] authorized against targets in Laos [using] MSQ-77 ground director bombing system (SKY SPOT)"  and on July 5, "Quick Run" began with Skyspot airstrikes where "MACV could request priority targeting resulting in B-52D missions diverted from their primary targets prior to take off or after takeoff".  In addition to Arc Light B-52 airstrikes, Skyspot was used against Cambodia targets of Operation Menu from Bien Hoa Air Base and by Operation Niagara.  The Combat Skyspot "Operations Order (OPORD) 439–67" was published March 10, 1967; and notable battles using Skyspot include:
1967 Siege of "Con Thien":  USMC AN/TPQ-10s were used for airstrikes (Operation Neutralize).
1968 Battle of Khe Sanh:  a "B-52 from U Tapao carrying 108 500-pound bombs ran a test mission on 26 February, guided by Skyspot…and [on the 27th,] four missions were run close to the defenders at Khe Sanh. During March, 44 close-support sorties were run."
1971 battle at Tchepone:  supporting a helicopter evacuation from a gunship crash site at Tchepone, Laos; the BROMO Skyspot site directed a B-52 cell using BONUS DEAL: the lead's tailgunner used his radar to keep a rear B-52 with faulty navigation in bombing formation.  Another Skyspot mission of the operation, "Yankee 37, struck some 1400 yards from Marine lines and touched off secondary explosions" lasting over 2 hrs.
1972 First Battle of Quảng Trị:  "ARVN…57th Regiment retreated across the Dong Ha bridge [and] the north end of the vehicular bridge was struck with a Skyspot airstrike and partly destroyed [but] still passable."
1972 Linebacker 1: April 9 raid on the Petroleum, Oil, Lubrication (POL) "stores and railyard at Vinh, North Vietnam".
Skyspot also supported Lockheed AC-130 gunships, BLU-82/B drops from MC-130 Commando Vault aircraft to clear landing zones, at least 1 helicopter evacuation of wounded on August 13, 1966, and "since many maps of South Vietnam contained distance errors of up to 300 meters", target surveying by tracking an observation aircraft flying circles around a target for plotting its coordinates.  As with "loran-controlled photography" for target geolocation, Skyspot was also used for surveying during 'recce escort' missions, e.g., for Commando Club calibration with an RF-4C reconnaissance jet taking high speed target photos during a "Run for the Roses" ("almost guaranteed to produce copious SAM firings").  Interdiction occasionally used Skyspot to walk subsequent bombs onto a small target such as by Commando Nail forward air controller, e.g., to "hit a couple bull dozers … The Fac would say [you got him pause nope he's back on the dozer, move your coordinates to the adjusted location]… It took 4 F-4 strikes to knock it out."  "On 22 December 1968, RF-4Cs from the 12 and 16 TRS began flying bomb damage assessment missions to evaluate" Skyspot accuracy.

Commando Club

Commando Club was a Combat Skyspot operation for ground-directed bombing of Red River Delta targets (Hanoi, Haiphong, etc.) out of range of the initial Combat Skyspot sites using a specialized radar emplaced by Heavy Green at one of the Laos Sites of the Vietnam War.    The operation also bombed clandestine targets in the neutral Kingdom of Laos (e.g., for self-defense during the Battle of Route 602) using Detachment 1 personnel of the 1043rd Radar Evaluation Squadron performing AN/TSQ-81 operations as Lockheed civilians (volunteers discharged from the USAF for cover).   Due to limited reliability of the AN/TSQ-81 radios, an intermediary aircraft (EC-121 or "usually a C-135…decoy ship") provided a "radio relay [and] surveillance/control channel" (callsign: WAGER) between the radar and the bomber.

Wager Control missions
The LS-85 radar with callsign "Wager Control" at 396.2 MHz and day/night shift crews of 5 men each became operational on November 1, 1967; and trial missions by Republic F-105 Thunderchiefs were led by Col. John C. Giraudo (355th Fighter Wing commander).  F-105 Commando Club missions included the November 15, 1967, 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron bombing of Yên Bái Air Base in Route Package 5 ("no BDA possible") and the defeated November 18 raid of 16 F-105s of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing—preceded by 4 F-105 Wild Weasels—on Phúc Yên Air Base (JCS Target 6).  The latter mission's loss of 2 Wild Weasels to MiGs and then some of the bombers to SAM sites that tracked the USAF jamming resulted in temporary suspension of Commando Club until electronic countermeasures were improved.  Through November 16, LS-85 had effected a direct hit (zero miss distance) as well as a  miss: the Commando Club CEP for "14 runs was 867 feet" while other Skyspot sites for 1967 missions averaged  error at ranges ≤.  LS-85 accuracy was improved during the suspension period, another UHF radio was added at the summit, and the radio relay's secondary task of surveilling for MiGs was eliminated.

Commando Club was resumed by November 21 when F-105s attacked the Yên Bái airfield (also on December 1 & 23, January 5, & February 11.)  LS-85 directing bombings of Laos' Ban Phougnong truck park on December 22, a target "25 miles west of [LS-85's TACAN] Channel 97" on December 28, and "a target 20 miles east of San Neua" December 31; and "Commando Club under Wager Control" bombed the Kim Lo Army Barracks northwest of Hanoi on February 7, 1968, a Route Pack V target on February 11, and the "Phuc Yen (JCS 6) airfield" & "the Ban Nakay truck park in Northern Laos" on February 19.    Arc Light B-52s and other aircraft also flew missions of Commando Club, which were 20% (less than 1 per day) of all bombing missions on North Vietnam  targets during November 1 – March 10.  Commando Club airstrikes against Laos targets included operations to interdict enemy advances on LS-85 such as the Battle of Route 602.  "On 21 February the [Laos] Ambassador authorized the Local Area Defense Commander (alternately the senior CIA officer or the FAC) to use the TSQ radar to direct any and all strikes within 12 kilometers of the summit" and "between the 20th and 29th, 342 sorties hit within 30 kilometers of Phou Phathi."   Commando Club  operations during the Battle of Route 602 were part of the approximately 400 Commando Club missions out of the "1,472 BARREL ROLL Strike missions" flown "around" LS-85 from November 1 – March 10.   Despite the bombing campaign, the enemy reached LS-85 and it was captured during the Battle of Lima Site 85 on March 10/11, 1968.

Results
The AN/TSQ-96 at Ubon RTAFB directed the "last Arc Light strike of the Indochinese conflicts…on August 15, 1973", and the last Vietnam War Skyspot mission was also from OL-25  (in December 1975 the TSQ-81 that had been at OL-23 was moved near Osan Air Base, Korea.)  The AN/MSQ-77 averaged  error for 1967 missions at ranges ≤, and the AN/TPQ-10 had a CEP of .far?]  For Route Package I sorties, the "major increase in high altitude MSQ-77 bombing was probably the most important reason for loss reduction" (fewer shoot downs),  Casualties associated with Combat Skyspot included a Detachment 15 NCO killed in an enemy rocket attack, 6 of a site survey team killed in a 1966 ambush, and the 13 KIA of the Battle of Lima Site 85.  In 1989, remains of an F-4C Weapon System Officer shot down during a November 10, 1967, AN/MSQ-77 bomb run were recovered in Southeast Asia, and US remains from the LS-85 battle were identified in 2005 & 2012.  The Combat Skyspot Memorial on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, identifies personnel killed in Southeast Asia (its AN/MSQ-77 antenna was destroyed by a typhoon ).

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Incubus Dreams

Incubus Dreams is  a horror/mystery/erotica novel  by American writer Laurell K. Hamilton, the twelfth book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series.

Plot introduction
Incubus Dreams continues the adventures of Anita Blake.  In this novel, Anita's romantic life undergoes a dramatic upheaval while she simultaneously attempts to assist the police in solving a series of vampire serial murders.  As with the other later novels in the series, Incubus Dreams blends elements of supernatural, detective, and erotic fiction.

Explanation of the title
Similar to most of the books in the Anita Blake series, Incubus Dreams is titled after a fictional location within the book.  In this case, "Incubus Dreams" is the name of a strip club where some of the later events in the book occur.

Plot summary

Incubus Dreams apparently takes place a few weeks after the events of Cerulean Sins.  As usual, Anita must juggle several problems simultaneously.
 First, in her job as an animator, Anita must respond to the request of Barbara and Steve Brown that Anita raise their dead son, Stevie Brown, a high school student murdered three years earlier, probably by an acquaintance.  Anita explains that it is not possible to raise a murder victim and question them, because that kind of zombie has only one purpose (to kill the murderer), but agrees to assist the police in investigating the murder.
 Second, Anita continues to wrestle with the metaphysical problems raised by her recent increase in power.  She, Jean-Claude, Richard, and Damian are all experiencing unexpected increases in their magical power, with unpredictable results.
 Third, Anita continues to assist Jean-Claude with vampire politics, as Jean-Claude confronts a challenge from The Dragon and her offspring, Primo and as Anita and Jean-Claude realize that the vampires in town that follow Malcolm rather than Jean-Claude have not been bound by blood oath, leaving them as essentially unrestrained predators.
 Fourth, Anita's personal life becomes increasingly complex, both as a result of Anita's increasing ardeur and as a result of the personal problems of the various people involved.  In particular, Nathaniel has decided that his relationship with Anita should advance to a sexual relationship, Damian continues to struggle with his role as Anita's vampire servant, and Anita's love/hate relationship with Richard remains as powerful as ever.  Anita also must deal with jealousy from Jessica Arnett, an RPIT detective with a crush on Nathaniel, and with increasing distrust by various police officers as a result of her close relationship with the city's vampires and shapeshifters and as a result of her increasingly sexually-based abilities.
 Fifth, Anita attempts to assist the police in solving a series of vampire serial killings, apparently focusing on area strip club workers or patrons.

Unlike previous novels, although Anita resolves some of these issues by the end of the book, many remain unresolved.
 With regard to the Stevie Brown murder, although Anita agrees to investigate, she is unable to make progress on the investigation during this novel, and notes in the epilogue that she intends to review Brown's personal effects with Evans soon.  (Evans is a very powerful psychometrist).
 With regard to Anita's metaphysical problems, she makes considerable progress.  Anita learns that she can partially control the ardeur by drawing power from others' lust and by ensuring that her other desires, such as physical hunger, do not go unfulfilled.  Richard realizes that a great deal of his unstable behavior in recent novels is a result of his acquiring Anita's rage through their spiritual link, and Jean-Claude begins to stabilize his own power after Anita gives him permission to feed on the lust of his club patrons.
 Anita also makes progress on resolving the vampire politics issues that arise in this novel.  Using her own powers and her link to Jean-Claude, she binds Primo to Jean-Claude's service, and, with her challenge defeated, The Dragon expresses interest in negotiating with Jean-Claude.  Anita also accepts Wicked and Truth, two other warrior vampires, into Jean-Claude's service, greatly increasing Jean-Claude's ability to resist physical challenges.  However, the issue of Malcolm's vampires remains unresolved, as both Anita and Jean-Claude believe that without a blood oath, some of the vampires of the Church of Eternal Life will eventually revert to predators.
 Anita's personal life also resolves in a number of ways.  She accepts Nathaniel as the fourth of her concurrent lovers, and she and Richard also agree to renew their relationship.  (Although Nathaniel and Micah appear to accept or want Anita as their only lover, Anita reluctantly agrees to accept Richard's decision to date other people, and allows Jean-Claude to begin feeding his lust from others, at least spiritually).  The major unresolved issues in Anita's personal life appear to be her relationship with Damian, who she attempts to offer more independence but who also wants to be one of her lovers, and her role as a law enforcement officer, which is becoming more and more difficult as she continues to identify with the "monsters."
 Anita is unable to resolve the serial killer investigation fully.  Although she and the police kill several of the lesser vampires responsible for the murders, the more powerful vampires escape to kill in another city, particularly their leader, Vittorio.  Anita promises herself that she will track Vittorio and his remaining followers down.

In the epilogue, Anita explains that she has bought gifts for her various lovers (except for Richard), and that she is committed to continuing her life as a vampire executioner, and to resolving the remaining open plotlines discussed above.

Characters

Major characters
Incubus Dreams features the following major characters.
 Anita Blake
 Jean-Claude
 Richard
 Asher
 Micah
 Damian
 Nathaniel
 Requiem
 Byron

Other characters

Recurring characters include:
 Malcolm
 Wicked and Truth are introduced

Major themes

Release details

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Marzocca

Marzocca is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Gioia Marzocca (born 1979), Italian fencer
Marco Marzocca (born 1962), Italian actor and comedian

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Eyre de Lanux

Eyre de Lanux (born Elizabeth Eyre  ; March 20, 1894 – September 8, 1996) was an American artist, writer, and designer. De Lanux is best known for designing lacquered furniture and geometric patterned rugs, in the art deco style, in Paris during the 1920s. She later illustrated a number of children's books. She died in New York at the age of 102

Early life and career
She was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the eldest daughter of Richard Derby Eyre (1869-1955) and Elizabeth Krieger Eyre (d. 1938).

She studied art at the Art Students League in Manhattan and exhibited two paintings, L'Arlesienne and Allegro in the first annual exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists in 1917. She studied with Brancusi in the early 1920s.

In 1918 she met and married, French writer and diplomat, Pierre Combret de Lanux (1887-1955) in New York. After the end of World War I they moved to Paris. Their daughter, Anne-Françoise, nicknamed "Bikou," was born December 19, 1925.

In 1943, de Lanux was included in Peggy Guggenheim's show Exhibition by 31 Women at the Art of This Century gallery in New York.

Personal relationships
When the newly married couple settled in Paris their circle included André Gide, Ernest Hemingway, and Bernard Berenson. Though married, de Lanux was bisexual. Her lovers reportedly included Pierre Drieu La Rochelle and Louis Aragon.

She is best known as having been one of the many long-term lesbian lovers of writer and artist Natalie Barney. The two met through common friends, at Barney's popular Paris Salon and became an on-again, off-again couple for many years.

Due in part to Jean Chalon's early biography of Barney, published in English as Portrait of a Seductress: The World of Natalie Barney, she has become more widely known for her many relationships than for her writing or her salon.

Designs
Her designs first came into notice during the early 1920s, and were often exhibited with those of designers Eileen Gray and Jean-Michel Frank. While still in France, she wrote short stories of her European travels. In 1955, her husband died. Shortly afterward, she returned to the U.S., and in the 1960s she wrote for Harper's Bazaar.

In her later years she wrote and illustrated a number of children's books. She died at the age of 102, at the Dewitt Nursing Home in Manhattan.

References

External links
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Haselmere (surname)

Haselmere is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

John Haselmere, English politician
Teddy Haselmere (1895–1983), English rugby player
Thomas Haselmere (fl. 1414), English politician


Life Is a Song Worth Singing

Life Is a Song Worth Singing is the second album by Contemporary R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass.

It contained two singles: "Only You" and "Close the Door". "Close The Door" reached number one on the US R&B music chart. Also, the ballads "It Don't Hurt Now" and "When Somebody Loves You Back" are staples on Quiet storm radio formats. The album itself did well on the charts as well, reaching number 11 on the US Pop chart and reaching number one on the R&B chart. It was nominated for an American Music Award, Favorite Soul/R&B Album in 1979.

The title track is a cover of the Johnny Mathis hit single "Life is a Song Worth Singing", which was released in 1973. The album was arranged by Jack Faith, Dexter Wansel, John L. Usry Jnr. and Thom Bell.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated
 "Life Is a Song Worth Singing" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
 "Only You"
 "Cold, Cold World" (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)
 "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose"
 "Close the Door"
 "It Don't Hurt Now" (Sherman Marshall, Ted Wortham)
 "When Somebody Loves You Back"

Charts

Singles

See also
List of number-one R&B albums of 1978 (U.S.)

External links
 Teddy Pendergrass-Life Is A Song Worth Singing  at Discogs

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Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet

Sir Robert Rich, 2nd Baronet (c. 1648 – 1 October 1699) was an English Whig politician.

Rich was the second son of Nathaniel Rich of Stondon and his wife Elizabeth Hampden, married his distant cousin, Mary Rich, and inherited her father's baronetcy by special remainder. By Mary he had four sons and several daughters. His sons were Charles, Robert, Nathaniel, and Cholmondeley, of whom the first two inherited his baronetcy in succession. Rich was a Whig Member of Parliament for Dunwich and a Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of William III. He was active in speaking on naval affairs in the House. On 5 May 1692, he was appointed Vice-Admiral of Suffolk, an office he held until a few days before his death, when he was replaced by his eldest son Charles.

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2005 Maria Sharapova tennis season

Results and statistics from Maria Sharapova's 2005 tennis season.

Yearly summary

Australian Open series
Sharapova began her season at the Australian Open, as the fourth seed. She reached the semi-finals, defeating Grand Slam debutant Li Na and the previous year's US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova en route, before being defeated in the semi-finals by eventual champion Serena Williams in an epic three set thriller on Rod Laver. Sharapova, had several match points in the final set, but ended up losing it 6-8.

Indian Wells & Miami
Sharapova reached the semi-finals at Indian Wells for the first time, but she would suffer the ignominy of a double bagel defeat, failing to win a single game against Lindsay Davenport. This would turn out to be Sharapova's only career defeat against Davenport. She fared much better in Miami though, beating the likes of Justine Henin-Hardenne and Venus Williams en route to the final. In the final, she lost in straight sets to Kim Clijsters.

European clay court season
Sharapova first clay event of the season was the Berlin Open where she was the first seed. She lost in straight sets in the quarters, to eventual champion Justine Henin-Hardenne. Her next tournament was the Internazionali B.N.L D'Italia Open. She lost in the semifinals to Swiss Patty Schnyder, in three sets after winning the first set. Her final clay tournament of the year was the French Open where she reached the quarterfinals. In the quarters she lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne, for the second and final time in the season.

Grass court season
Sharapova successfully defended her title in Birmingham, defeating future rivals Samantha Stosur and Tatiana Golovin, before defeating, future world number one, Jelena Jankovic in a three set final.

As the defending champion at Wimbledon, Sharapova navigated her way through to the semi-finals without the loss of a set (and serve, with the exception of her third round victory against Katarina Srebotnik), before being defeated by eventual champion Venus Williams; the defeat ending a 22-match winning streak on grass dating back to the 2003 Wimbledon 4th Round.

US Open series
A week before the start of the US Open, Sharapova claimed the World No. 1 ranking for the first time, succeeding Lindsay Davenport. Subsequently, she was named top seed at a Major tournament for the first time, at the US Open, where she reached the semi-finals to complete the feat of having reached at least the quarter-final stage at each of the four Majors.

Sharapova won her first four matches for the loss of just 12 games, before being sternly tested by compatriot Nadia Petrova in the quarter-finals, before winning in three sets. In the semi-finals, she lost to eventual champion Kim Clijsters in three sets. This marked the fourth consecutive Major tournament in which Sharapova was defeated by the eventual champion. Despite this defeat, Sharapova reclaimed the World No. 1 ranking following the tournament, having improved from her third round showing from 2004.

Fall series
Sharapova's first of two fall tournaments was the 2005 Beijing Open. She had a lot of points here, after making it to the semifinals last year falling to compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova. She won her first match in a rollercoaster three setter, 6-0, 5-7, 6-2. Then she won her second round easily, in straight sets. In her semifinal match versus Maria Kirilenko, she had to retire the match due to injury.

Sharapova's Next tournament was the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. In her opening round match versus Anna-Lena Grönefeld, she was up 6-1, 4-2, when Grönefeld had to retire the match due to injury. Her next match was versus fellow Russian and future World No.1, Dinara Safina. Sharapova lost after taking the first set 6-1. This was her first loss after winning the opening set since May.

WTA Tour Championships
Sharapova qualified for the year-end WTA Tour Championships for the second year in a row, having picked up three titles during the season. She was drawn in the Green Group along with Lindsay Davenport, Patty Schnyder and Nadia Petrova. Sharapova won two of her three matches, the only loss coming to Petrova in the last match. Sharapova qualified for the semi-finals after finishing first in her group; thus, the semi-final saw her drawn against Amélie Mauresmo, in which she was defeated in straight sets, bringing an end to her 2005 season.

All matches
This table chronicles all the matches of Sharapova in 2005, including walkovers (W/O) which the WTA does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.

Singles matches (Grand Slams and Premier 5)

Tournament schedule

Singles Schedule

Yearly Records

Head-to-head matchups
Maria Sharapova vs. Justine Henin-Hardenne 1-2

Maria Sharapova vs. Venus Williams 1-1

Maria Sharapova vs. Lindsay Davenport 2-1

Maria Sharapova vs. Maria Kirilenko 1-1

Maria Sharapova vs. Kim Clijsters 0-2

Maria Sharapova vs. Serena Williams 0-1

Finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

See also
2005 Serena Williams tennis season
2005 WTA Tour

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Punjab cricket team

Punjab cricket team may refer to:

 Punjab cricket team (India)
 Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)

See also
 Kings XI Punjab, a team in the Indian Premier League
 Southern Punjab cricket team, India


John von Neumann (sculpture)

John von Neumann, also known as John von Neumann Gargoyle and Portrait Head of von Neumann, is an outdoor 1987 copper sculpture by Wayne Chabre, attached to the exterior of Deschutes Hall on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

The sculpture depicts the Hungarian-born American mathematician John von Neumann. The relief head is made of hammered copper sheet and measures approximately  x  x . It cost around $2,500. The sculpture's condition was deemed "treatment needed" by Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993. It is administered by the University of Oregon.

The piece is one of a series by Chabre at the Eugene campus that includes scientists and mathematicians Albert Einstein (Einstein Gargoyle, 1986), Sir Isaac Newton (Isaac Newton Gargoyle), Marie Curie (Marie Curie Gargoyle, 1989), James Clerk Maxwell (Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle, 1989), Alan Turing (Alan Turing, 1988), John von Neumann, and Thomas Condon; a fruit fly (Drosophila Fly Head, 1988); and a school of zebrafish.

See also
 1987 in art

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Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley

Charles Winn-Allanson, 2nd Baron Headley (25 June 1784 – 9 April 1840), styled The Honourable Charles Winn-Allanson between 1797 and 1798, was a British politician.

Background and education
Winn-Allanson was the elder son of George Allanson-Winn, 1st Baron Headley, by his second wife Jane Blennerhassett, daughter and co-heiress of Arthur Blennerhassett, of Ballyseedy, County Kerry. George Allanson-Winn was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Political career
Lord Headley succeeded his father in the barony in 1798, aged 13. This was an Irish peerage and was not to entitle him to an automatic seat in the House of Lords on his 21st birthday in 1805. In 1806 he was one of the contenders for William Pitt the Younger's parliamentary seat at Cambridge University but made way for Lord Palmerston. At the general election of that year he was instead returned for Ripon, a seat controlled by the Allanson family. During this time he was listed as a supporter of the abolition of the slave trade. The following year he stood for Malton, against the interest of the Earl FitzWilliam. He was duly elected, mainly as a result of dissatisfaction with FitzWilliam and his agents. However, FitzWilliam and his supporters managed to obtain evidence of corruption and had Headley unseated on petition in 1808. He later represented Ludgershall between 1811 and 1812. He is not recorded as having ever spoken in the House of Commons.

Family
Lord Headley married Anne Matthews in 1826. In 1833 he succeeded a distant cousin as 8th Baronet of Nostel. He died in April 1840, aged 55, and was succeeded in the titles by his nephew, Mark.

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Microrhopala

Microrhopala is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 18 described species in Microrhopala.

Species
These 18 species belong to the genus Microrhopala:

 Microrhopala arizonica Schaeffer, 1906
 Microrhopala beckeri Weise, 1905
 Microrhopala ciliata Weise, 1911
 Microrhopala columbica Weise, 1911
 Microrhopala erebus (Newman, 1840)
 Microrhopala excavata (Olivier, 1808)
 Microrhopala floridana Schwarz, 1878
 Microrhopala hecate (Newman, 1840)
 Microrhopala inermis Staines, 2006
 Microrhopala moseri Uhmann, 1940
 Microrhopala perforata Baly, 1864
 Microrhopala pulchella Baly, 1864
 Microrhopala rileyi S. Clark, 1983
 Microrhopala rubrolineata (Mannerheim, 1843)
 Microrhopala sallei Baly, 1864
 Microrhopala unicolor Champion, 1894
 Microrhopala vittata (Fabricius, 1798) (goldenrod leaf miner)
 Microrhopala xerene (Newman, 1838)

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David Watkins (Kentucky politician)

David Allen Watkins (born March 10, 1943) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives representing District 11 since January 2007.

Education
Watkins earned his BS and MA from Western Kentucky University and his MD from the University of Louisville School of Medicine.

Elections
2012 Watkins and returning 2010 Republican challenger Paul DeSpain were both unopposed for their May 22, 2012 primaries, setting up a rematch; Watkins won the November 6, 2012 General election with 9,714 votes (62.0%) against DeSpain.
2006 Watkins challenged District 11 incumbent Representative Gross Lindsay in the 2006 Democratic Primary, winning with 4,765 votes (53.2%) against Representative Lindsay, and was unopposed for the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 9,264 votes.
2008 Watkins was challenged in the 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 5,302 votes (60.4%) and was unopposed for the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 13,935 votes.
2010 Watkins was unopposed for the May 18, 2010 Democratic Primary and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 7,078 votes (60.6%) against Republican nominee Paul DeSpain.

Committee leadership positions
David Watkins has served in the following committee leadership roles in the Kentucky House of Representatives: Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee (co-chair); Tourism Development and Energy (vice-chair), Appropriations and Revenue - Human Resources (vice chair), and  Health and Welfare (vice chair). He has been a member of the committees on Economic Development and Tourism, Appropriations and Revenue, Education, Education - Postsecondary Education, and Transportation.

References

External links
Official page at the Kentucky General Assembly

David Watkins at Ballotpedia
David Allen Watkins at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

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Manitoba Provincial Road 305

Provincial Road 305 (PR 305) is a provincial road in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

The road begins at the signal-controlled intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway (PTH 1) and Yellowhead Highway (PTH 16), west of Portage la Prairie.  At first, it heads south, crossing PTH 2 near St. Claude, and then turns east.  It passes through Brunkild before reaching PTH 75 at Ste. Agathe.  PR 305 crosses the Red River at Ste. Agathe and then continues east to its end at PTH 59 near Tourond in the Rural Municipality of Hanover.

It is mostly a gravel road, except between the Trans-Canada Highway and PTH 2, and between PTH 75 and PTH 59, where it is a paved, two-lane road.

PR 305 near Tourond was used as a filming location for the 2014 direct-to-video film Joy Ride 3.

External links
Official Manitoba Highway Map

References

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Meath

Meath may refer to:

County Meath, Republic of Ireland
Kingdom of Meath, medieval precursor of the county
Meath GAA, including the intercounty football and hurling teams
Diocese of Meath, in the Roman Catholic Church, and formerly in the Church of Ireland
Meath Hospital in Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Earl of Meath, title in the peerage of Ireland
Petronilla de Meath, burned at the stake in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1324 for witchcraft

Constituencies

before 1801
Meath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

1801–1885
Meath (UK Parliament constituency)

1885–1921
North Meath (UK Parliament constituency)
South Meath (UK Parliament constituency)

1921–1923
Louth–Meath (Dáil constituency)

1923–1937
Meath (Dáil constituency)

1937–1948
Meath–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)

1948–2007
Meath (Dáil constituency)

2007–
Meath East (Dáil constituency)
Meath West (Dáil constituency)

See also
Meath Park, Saskatchewan


Oberheim Xpander

The Oberheim Xpander () is an analog synthesizer launched by Oberheim in 1984 and discontinued in 1988. It is essentially a keyboardless, six-voice version of the Matrix-12 (released a year later, in 1985). Utilizing Oberheim's Matrix Modulation technology, the Xpander combined analog audio generation (VCOs, VCF and VCAs) with the flexibility of digital controls logic.

The Xpander "Owner's Manual, First Edition" describes the technology as this:
"An analogy to the Matrix Modulation system might be all of those millions of wires that existed on the first modular synthesizers. As cumbersome as all of that wiring was, it allowed the user to connect any input to any output, resulting in sophistication and flexibility unmatched by any programmable synthesizer...until now."

Architecture

Analog Components
Each of the six voices of the Xpander is completely independent. That is to say, each could be configured to create a different timbre - this is accomplished via the multi-patch mode which will be described below.

Starting at waveform generation, each voice has two voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs). Each of which is capable of generating sawtooth, triangle, pulse, or noise waveforms. Furthermore, the pulse width can be modulated as well. Although perhaps better known for subtractive synthesis, the Xpander is also capable of frequency modulation (FM) synthesis by modulating VCO #1 with VCO #2.

Moving on from the VCOs, the signal then passes through a multi-mode voltage controlled filter (VCF). The available modes on the filter are:
 one-, two-, three- and four-pole low pass
 one-, two and three-pole high pass
 two- and four-pole band pass
 two-pole notch
 three-pole phase shift
 two- and three-pole high pass plus one-pole low pass
 two-pole notch plus one-pole low pass
 three-pole phase shift plus one-pole low pass

From the filter, there are two sequential voltage controlled amplifiers (VCAs) through which the signal must pass. And finally the audio is delivered to a variety of outputs: mono, stereo and six independent outputs (corresponding to the six voices).

Digital Controls
Of those analog audio components (VCOs, VCF and VCAs), each can be modulated by several different digital controls.
 ADSR Envelopes - each voice can have up to five envelope generators. Each envelope is of the standard Attack-Decay-Sustain-Release model (ADSR), with the addition of an initial Delay phase, thus making them DADSR envelopes, to be exact.
 Low Frequency Oscillators (LFOs) - each voice can have up to five LFOs applied. Each LFO can have a different waveform: triangle, square, up-saw, down-saw, random or noise. Additionally, a sampling mode is provided, whereby an independent source (e.g. a different LFO) is sampled at a set frequency.
 Lag Generator - the lag function is similar to portamento on traditional synthesizers. However, the lag modulation in the Xpander can be applied to any control or audio signal.
 Ramp Generators - each voice can have up to four ramp generators. Similar to the attack portion of an ADSR envelope, the ramp generates a linear signal from zero to the user-defined ramp height.
 Tracking Generators - there are three tracking generators available for each voice. The tracking generator provides a mapping from a control source (e.g. key range on the keyboard, or volume pedal, or mod wheel) to a modified output, based on the user-defined settings of the generator.

Famous users and example uses

Vince Clarke - On everything by Erasure until 2005. You can hear it very clearly on the 12" mix of "Sexuality", for example, at the start, and mid and low end parts (filter sweeps, etc.). He actually has two of them, and used them for the chorus tour in 1991 - 1992, which was mostly old analog synths. On early tours the Xpander was introduced as a member of the band as can be heard on live versions of Oh L'amour.
Sasha - Whose track "Xpander" was written in homage to the instrument. That supersaw style sound, originated using the Xpander's filtering and multi/unison and stacking capabilities.
Nitzer Ebb - Extensive use for basslines on "Belief".
Depeche Mode - Have two of them, and can clearly be heard on everything from It's Called A Heart and Black Celebration onwards
Steve Roach - Everything from Empetus (1986) on.
Daniel Miller - Has one in the Mute worldwide programming studio
Human League - All over the mid 80's period & onward albums
Juicy Audio Productions(Shekhar Raj Dhain) - Stars of Oryeon Album . Also film & T.V. work.
Hans Zimmer - Sprinkled on various scores for films.
Orbital - Everything from the first self-titled album onward
Tangerine Dream - Everything from Le Parc onward.
The Chemical Brothers - Can be heard in a lot of their music post 1995
Meat Beat Manifesto - In a lot of their remixes
Todd Tamanend Clark - From 1985 to the present.
Nine Inch Nails - Including an Xpander modified for use with external inputs
Clarence Jey
Die Krupps
MNDR - "Feed Me Diamonds" Album
Ceephax Acid Crew- Used on multiple tracks.
Sota Fujimori Used one in his college years, as well for many musical productions.
Ray Lynch

References

External links
 Vintage Synth: Oberheim Xpander

 Xplorer: a realtime editor for the Oberheim Xpander and Matrix-12
Xpander
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Jackie De Caluwé

Jackie De Caluwé (born 6 March 1934 in Bruges) is a former footballer who played most of his career for Cercle Brugge.

De Caluwé is the player with the 5th highest all-time appearances for Cercle.

After playing his first ten seasons for Cercle in the Belgian lower leagues, in 1961–62 he made his Belgian Division One debut, and Cercle remained in the top flight for the rest of De Caluwe's career with them.

He ended his career as player-coach with lower division side SV Loppem.

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127 Rose Avenue

127 Rose Avenue is the fifty-first studio album from country music singer Hank Williams, Jr. This album was released June 16, 2009 on Curb Records, his last for the label. It includes the single "Red, White & Pink Slip Blues", which peaked at #43 on the U.S. country singles charts shortly before the album's release. The album title "127 Rose Avenue" is a reference to the boyhood home of Hank  Williams Sr in Georgiana, AL.  One of the co-writers Bud McGuire was inspired after a visit to the home, whose actual address is 127 Rose Street.  The album debuted at #7 on the Billboard country chart.

Track listing

Chart performance
Album

Personnel
 Eddie Bayers – drums
 Mark Catacchia – assistant engineer
 Joe Chemay – bass guitar
 Lisa Cochran – background vocals
 Perry Coleman – background vocals
 Eric Darken – jaw harp, marimba
 Paul Franklin – steel guitar
 Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
 John Barlow Jarvis – piano
 Doug Johnson – background vocals, producer, engineer
 Jelly Roll Johnson – harmonica
 Troy Johnson – background vocals
 Troy Lancaster – electric guitar
 Paul Leim – drums
 Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
 Ken Levitan – management
 Joe Martino – assistant engineer
 Brent Mason – electric guitar
 Patrick Murphy – engineer
 John Ozier – production coordination
 Robert Randolph – steel guitar
 Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
 Ed Seay – background vocals, engineer, mixing
 Shawn Simpson – digital editing
 Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar
 Bobby Terry – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, baritone guitar
 Steve Turner – drums
 Dennis Wage – Hammond B-3 organ
 Craig White – digital editing
 Hank Williams, Jr. – electric guitar, lead vocals, producer
 Hank Williams – mastering

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Northwest Hawai'i Times

The Northwest Hawaiʻi Times was a monthly newspaper based in Seattle, Washington that served the Hawaiian community in the Pacific Northwest. It was founded in April 2004, and ceased publication five years later, in March 2009.

External links
http://www.northwesthawaiitimes.com

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Martin Luther King Magnet at Pearl High School

Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet for Health Sciences and Engineering at Pearl High School (or simply MLK Magnet) is a public magnet high school located in Nashville, Tennessee. MLK includes grades 7–12, and students enter through a lottery process similar to the other magnet schools in Nashville.

History
The school building that houses MLK was built in 1937 to house Pearl High School, an African-American school. The building was commissioned in 1936 by the Public Works Administration (PWA) and was designed by McKissack and McKissack, a prominent African-American architectural firm. The building features a red brick veneer and Art Deco stylistic elements, in an architectural style commonly used by the PWA and known as PWA Moderne. The building was expanded in 1945 and 1963, again with designs by McKissack and McKissack.

The school was Nashville's first secondary magnet for grades 7-12. After Pearl High moved numerous times, settling at 17th Avenue in the 1950s and eventually to its current location at Pearl Cohn Comprehensive High School, MLK Magnet, originally named Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet High School for the Health Sciences and Engineering, opened its doors in August 1986 at the former Pearl High with only grades 7-9, adding one grade per year until 1990 when it had its first graduating class of 25 students.  A gymnasium was added to the building in 1995, designed by the Nashville architectural firm of Street, Dixon, Rick. The school's current name was adopted in 2001. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Student Body

MLK possesses one of the most diverse student bodies in Nashville, with a majority enrollment of 55% and an enrollment of economically disadvantaged students of 19%. Over time, the faculty and student populations have diversified, along with the changing demographics of Nashville.

Distinctions

MLK is known for its academic program, focusing on math, science, and engineering. The school also has exceptional art, foreign language, band, and orchestra programs.  This academic magnet school only offers courses in Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) with the exception of physical education, certain engineering, and critical thinking courses. In addition, MLK offers the unique Practica program as well as advanced and dual enrollment courses along with a partnership with the School for Science and Math at Vanderbilt University.

In the 2007–2008 academic year MLK received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement, for one of the best scientific and math-based academic programs in the country. The school also has a renowned quiz bowl team - in 2007-2009, the school placed first at state competitions, second at the PACE national tournament in 2007, 13th at NAQT Nationals in 2007, and 7th at NAQT Nationals in 2008. In addition, the MLK Magnet Mock Trial team reached the State competition in 2009 and 2011. They placed 7th in 2011 and took home Best Advocate for the Defense, Best Defense Witness.

MLK Magnet is ranked in the top 113 of Newsweek's and U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of the top public high schools in America and 2nd overall in Tennessee.

It was announced in April 2013 that First Lady Michelle Obama will be the commencement speaker for Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet School's graduation.

Enrollment
 Students who want to go to MLK must have the academic requirements of 85 or above in all courses of the 1st semester. They must also rececive "On track" or "Mastered" in their TN Ready Test of the pervious year or current year. They can also qualify if they have good map scores of May  (with grades) Head middle has a dircert pathway to MLK if requirements are meet, also Rosa Parks. Students can also enter a lottery if they do bot a have a pathway to MLK. (requirements must be meet as well to enter lottery)

(School's rank within Tennessee given in parentheses)

Sports
MLK offers a variety of sports and competes regularly, as shown by numerous awards and rankings.
MLK has also won many TSSAA championships. MLK has won two state championships in boys' basketball (1991,1996) a state championship in boys' track in 2005, with Anderson Skaggs as MVP, 2009 and 2010, a state championship in boys' cross-country in 2008 and 2009, a state runner-up in boys' track in 2004, and a state championship in doubles tennis in 2007. Recently, the MLK Girls' Track Team has won TSSAA State Track Meet for three years straight, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Varsity Sports:

Boys'/girls' tennis
Baseball
Cross country
Boys'/girls' track
Ice hockey
Boys'/girls' soccer
Softball
Bowling
Cheerleading
Football (with Pearl-Cohn High School)
Golf
Mascot
Swimming
Volleyball
Wrestling
Ultimate
Ping pong

Junior Varsity Sports:
Boys'/girls' basketball
Volleyball

Freshmen Sports:
Boys'/girls' basketball
Track (Boys)
Volleyball

Middle School Sports:
Boys'/girls' basketball
Cheerleading
Boys'/girls' soccer
Boys'/girls' track
Volleyball
Wrestling

Rivals
MLK Magnet's sports and academic rival is Hume-Fogg High School located less than 2 miles from the school.

Notable alumni
 Jim Gilliam, Major League Baseball player (1953-1966), 4-time World Series champion
 Cary Ann Hearst, musician
 Les Hunter, professional All-Star basketball player, NCAA champion.
 Ted McClain, professional basketball player
 Mageina Tovah, actress known for her role in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 movies as Ursula Ditkovitch and on TV show Joan of Arcadia as Glynis Figliola.
 Vivien Thomas, who helped to develop surgical techniques to treat blue baby syndrome and was subject of documentary "Partners of the Heart," attended Pearl High School in 1920s
 Clay Travis, analyst for Fox Sports
 Perry Wallace, first African American SEC basketball player
 Gerald Robinson (basketball, born 1989), professional basketball player for AS Monaco Basket

References

External links
 MLK Magnet Website

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Styloleptus variabilis

Styloleptus variabilis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fisher in 1925.

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Rostamabad, Rigan

Rostamabad (, also Romanized as Rostamābād; also known as Shūr Sharābād) is a village in Rigan Rural District, in the Central District of Rigan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 516, in 107 families.

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Hanau

Hanau  is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main and is part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its station is a major railway junction and it has a port on the river Main, making it an important transport centre. The town is known for being the birthplace of Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and Franciscus Sylvius. Since the 16th century it was a centre of precious metal working with many goldsmiths. It is home to Heraeus, one of the largest family-owned companies in Germany.

Hanau, once the seat of the Counts of Hanau, lost much of its architectural heritage in World War II. A British air raid in 1945 created a firestorm, killing one sixth of the remaining population and destroying 98 percent of the old city and 80 percent of the city overall.

In 1963, the town hosted the third Hessentag state festival. Until 2005, Hanau was the administrative centre of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis. On 19 February 2020, a gunman attacked two hookah lounges in Hanau, murdering nine people with roots outside Germany, before shooting his mother and himself.

Geography
The historic core of Hanau is situated within a semicircle of the river Kinzig which flows into the river Main just west of the town. Today, after a substantial expansion during the 19th and 20th centuries it also extends to the river Main and after a restructuring of municipal borders within Hesse in the 1970s a couple of nearby villages and towns were incorporated. After this change, Hanau for the first time also extended to the south bank of the Main river.

Climate
On the 0 °C isotherm, Hanau has a humid continental climate as Eastern Germany with warm summer, classified by Köppen as Dfb. In the -3 °C isotherm has oceanic climate (Cfb) with some interior characteristics. Using the first definition used is the city most west of the continent below 200 m at sea level with this category.

Districts

Name

The name is derived from "Hagenowe", which is a composition of Haag (wood) and Aue (open land by the side of a river).

History

Old town
As a place of settlement Hanau was first mentioned in 1143. Formerly it was the site of a castle which used the waters of the river Kinzig as a defense. The castle belonged to a noble family, calling themselves "of Hanau" since the 13th century. Starting from this castle a village developed and became a town in 1303. As a result of this history, the main church of Hanau stood outside its walls in the village of Kinzdorf. The villagers moved into the town, Kinzdorf became an abandoned village leaving only the church. Only in the 15th century was the status of the Hanau parish church transferred to the church of Mary Magdalene within the town walls.

Shortly after the first town walls were built at the beginning of the 14th century, the town outgrew this limit. Outside the wall, along the road to Frankfurt am Main a settlement developed (the Vorstadt) which was properly included in the fortifications of Hanau only when Hanau received completely new fortifications in Renaissance-style during the first half of the 16th century. These new fortifications enclosed three elements: The medieval castle, the medieval town of Hanau and the Vorstadt.

New town

At the end of the 16th century, Count Philipp Ludwig II attracted Protestant refugees from the Netherlands and France to found their own settlement south of Hanau. This was of high economic interest for him because these Walloons brought high-class trade, their knowledge of jewellery and other production of luxury items and therefore taxes to his county. Out of this tradition, goldsmiths are still trained in Hanau. Hanau also was the site of the first workshop to produce Faience within Germany. These new citizens were granted privileges and they formed their own community, church and administration for the "new town of Hanau" (Neustadt Hanau) wholly separate from the existing community. It took more than 200 years to amalgamate both. The new town – larger than the old one – was protected by a then very modern fortification in Baroque-style which proved a big asset only a few years later in the Thirty Years' War. The town survived a siege in 1637 with only minor damage.

The new citizens formed the major economic and political power within the County of Hanau and in 1642 played a leading role in the succession of Count Fredrik Casimir of Hanau Lichtenberg into the County of Hanau-Münzenberg of which the town of Hanau was the capital.

In 1736 Johann Reinhard III of Hanau-Lichtenberg, the last of the Counts of Hanau, died. Those parts of his county belonging to the County of Hanau-Münzenberg, which included Hanau, were inherited by the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Due to dynastic troubles within this family the County of Hesse-Hanau was created a separate state from the Landgraviate until 1786. So Hanau stayed capital for another 50 years. Even after that it became – after Kassel – the town second in importance within Hesse-Kassel.

17th century
During the Thirty Years' War Hanau was taken by the Swedes in 1631. In 1636 it was besieged by the imperial troops, but was relieved on the 13th of June by William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, on account of which the day is still commemorated by the inhabitants.

19th century

During the Napoleonic Wars the Emperor himself ordered the fortifications of Hanau to be destroyed. This created a chance for both parts of the town to expand across their traditional limits. In 1813, the Battle of Hanau took place near the city between French troops and Austro-Bavarian forces. During the 1820s the administrations of both towns of Hanau were merged. The first common Mayor, who became Lord Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) was , later to become prime minister and minister of the interior of the Electorate of Hesse after the Revolution of 1848.

With its pre-industrial workshops Hanau became a nucleus of a heavy industrialisation during the 19th century: From within the city (e.g.: Heraeus) as well as from outside (e.g. Degussa, Dunlop). This was heavily supported by its development as an important railway interchange of six railway lines, most of them main lines:
 1848: Frankfurt-Hanau Railway
 1854: Main–Spessart Railway
 1867: Frankfurt–Bebra Railway, eastern direction
 1873: Frankfurt–Bebra Railway, western direction
 1879/1881: Friedberg–Hanau Railway
 1882: Odenwald Railway

In the 19th century, Hanau was a centre of the German democratic movement and contributed significantly both in 1830 and in the Revolution of 1848. As part of this movement the German Gymnastic League (Deutscher Turnerbund) was founded here in 1848. Hanau was finally annexed to Prussia like all of Hesse-Kassel in 1866 after its Prince-elector took the Austrian side in the Austro-Prussian War. It remained part of Prussia until 1945.

In the late 19th century Hanau became a major garrison town. Due to its interchange of railway lines a large detachment of military railway-engineers as well as other military units were stationed here.

20th century

During World War II, the Jewish population were persecuted with the last Jews being deported in May 1942.

Hanau was for the most part destroyed by British airstrikes in March 1945 a few days before it was taken by the U.S. Army. Around 87% of the town was destroyed. Of 15,000 inhabitants who remained in the city at the time, 2,500 died in the attack.

The town housed one of the largest garrisons of the U.S. Army in Europe. Being an important strategic location in the so called Fulda Gap, the military community had a population of 45,000 military members, U.S. civilians and family members at its peak during the Cold War. The extensive U.S. facilities included Hanau Army Airfield, also known as Fliegerhorst Langendiebach. The garrison was closed in April 2018. Most of the former military areas have been converted to civil use in the meantime.

21st century
In 2010, Hanau started a huge building project to completely redesign the inner city. These are the largest construction works in the town since the reconstruction after World War II.

On 19 February 2020, eleven people—including the perpetrator—were killed in a spree shooting at two shisha bars and a flat in the town. The perpetrator, known as Tobias Rathjen, opened fire at Midnight Bar and Arena Bar in Hanau centre and Mühlheim am Main. Tobias then drove home, where he killed his mother, and shot himself. The shooting was believed to be motivated by xenophobic and neo-Nazi sentiments.

Economy
At present, many inhabitants work in the technological industry (, Heraeus) or commute to Frankfurt. Frankfurt International Airport is 30 km away.

Population
 With a population of 98,438 it is the sixth most populous town in Hesse. Having lost its status as administrative centre of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis (Main-Kinzig district) to Gelnhausen in 2005, proposals have been made that Hanau should form its own administrative district by 1 April 2021.
 More than 20% of the inhabitants are foreign nationals, mostly Turkish workers.

Jewish community
The earliest documentary evidence for the presence of Jews in Hanau dates from 1313. In the 17th and 18th centuries Hanau developed into an important center of Hebrew printing. The community numbered 540 persons 1805, 80 families in 1830, 447 persons in 1871, and 657 at the turn of the century. In 1925 there were 568 Jews in Hanau.

International relations

Hanau is twinned with:

 Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France
 Dartford, United Kingdom
 Francheville, France
 Nilüfer, Turkey
 Taizhou, China
 Tottori, Japan
 Yaroslavl, Russia

In addition it is associated with two other towns:
 Waltershausen, Germany
 , France

Transport

Rail
Hanau is a transportation hub in Germany, with its main station serving the following lines:
Frankfurt-Hanau Railway (RE / RB 55),
Main-Spessart-Bahn (from Hanau to Aschaffenburg Hauptbahnhof) (RE / RB 55),
Kinzig Valley Railway to Fulda (RE / RB 50),
Frankfurt-Bebraer railway (westbound) to Offenbach Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof as well as the largely parallel south metropolitan S-Bahn,
Friedberg-Hanauer railway (RB 33) and
Odenwaldbahn (RE / RB 64) towards Babenhausen, Groß-Umstadt-Wiebelsbach, Erbach and Eberbach.

Besides the main station, the town is also served by Hanau West and Hanau-Wilhelmsbad on the Frankfurt-Hanau Railway, Großauheim on the Main-Spessart-Bahn, Wolfgang an der Kinzigtalbahn, the S-Bahn station at Steinheim (Main) on the South-Main S-Bahn, Hanau Nord at the Hanau-Friedberger Bahn and Hanau-Klein Auheim on the Odenwaldbahn.

Sights

  (historic spa)
  (St Mary's Church)

Notable people

 Louis Appia, surgeon, member of the Geneva "Committee of Five" (precursor to the International Committee of the Red Cross)
 J. C. C. Devaranne was born in Hanau on 8 March 1784
 Siegmund Feniger, also known as Nyanaponika Thera, Buddhist monk
 Jürgen Grasmück, author of horror fiction and science fiction stories, born in Hanau in 1940.
 The Brothers Grimm (Brüder Grimm) collected many German fairy tales and started work on the German Glossary
 Ludwig Emil Grimm, painter, younger brother of Jacob and Wilhelm
 Solomon Hanau, 17th century Hebrew-language linguistic master
 Hans Daniel Hassenpflug, German statesman
 Paul Hindemith, composer
 Stefan Jagsch, extreme-right politician
 Alois Kottmann, (*1929) violinist, was born in Großauheim
 Johann Peter Krafft, painter (1780-1856)
 Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, painter, often regarded as the first Jewish painter of the modern era.
 Karl Storck, Romanian sculptor, born in Hanau on 30 March 1887
 Rudi Völler, football/soccer world champion 1990 and coach of the German national team, when it was runner-up in 2002
 Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Designer (1900–1990)

Sports
 Turngemeinde 1837 Hanau a.V. (TGH), one of the oldest of Germany's sports clubs
 Hanauer Rudergesellschaft 1879 e.V. (HRG), one of Germany's oldest rowing clubs
 1. Hanauer FC 1893 e.V. (Hanau '93), Hesse's oldest association football club

References

External links

 Official town website
 HanauOnline Webzine
 Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau (Hanau State Academy)

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Tarphiota

Tarphiota is a genus in the family of beetles known as Staphylinidae. There are at least three described species in Tarphiota.

Species
These three species belong to the genus Tarphiota:
 Tarphiota densa (Moore, 1978) i c g
 Tarphiota fucicola (Mäklin in Mannerheim, 1852) i c g b
 Tarphiota geniculata (Mäklin in Mannerheim, 1852) i c g b
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

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Thomas Højrup

Thomas Højrup (born 1953) is a Danish ethnologist. Højrup is Professor of Ethnology at the University of Copenhagen. His primary focus is the development of new concepts of life-mode analysis, with conceptual history and politics also prominently figured in his work. He has directed a large scale research project on the formation of life modes and welfare states. Other research interests include epistemological questions in the social sciences, and everyday life of distinct life-modes in modern Europe and in the fishing industry.

Selected publications

2003: State, Culture and Life-Modes. Ashgate, Aldershot.
2001: (With Kirsten Monrad Hansen) An economic Rationale for Inshore Fishing: Simple Commodity Production and the Life-Mode Approach. In: Inshore Fisheries Management, eds. D.Symes & J.Phillipson, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands.
2002: Ethnologie und Politik. Das aristotelische Erbe in den Kulturwissenschaften. In: Zeitschrift für Volkskunde 2002 II, Waxmann
2000: (With Kirsten Monrad Hansen) Glavnoje otlitshie. Modelj zjizni sovremennogo menedzjera I nauka obnovlenija. Knigoizdatelstvo Vesemirnoje Slovo, Sankt Petersborg.
1998: Problemi gnoseologii, istorii kultur I teorii gosudarstva. Knigoizdatelstvo Vesemirnoje Slovo, Sankt Petersborg.
1995: Staat, Kultur, Gesellschaft. Über die Entwicklung der Lebensformanalyse. Marburg.
1983: On the Concept of life-Mode. A Formspecifying Mode of Analysis Applied to Contemporary Western Europe. In: Ethnologia Scandinavica

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Micro-Professor MPF-I

The Micro-Professor MPF-I, introduced in 1981 by Multitech (which, in 1987, changed its name to Acer), was the first branded computer product from Multitech and probably one of the world's longest selling computers. The MPF-I, specifically designed to teach the fundamentals of machine code and assembly language, is a simple and easy to use training system for the Zilog Z80 microprocessor.

The MPF-I does not look like a typical Microcomputer. It is enclosed in a vacuum formed plastic book case often used to store a copy of a language textbook, two audio cassettes, and a training manual. When closed, the MPF-I can be placed on a bookshelf for easy storage and looks just like a book or a file. This form factor made the computer more appealing to the buyers, since it could be stored away with ease, and it could blend in with the office or home.

Programs are entered into the MPF-I using Z80 machine code in hexadecimal format. The MPF-I monitor program displays both an address and data stored at that address simultaneously using a seven-segment display. There is a spare DIP socket for adding additional ROM or RAM to the MPF-I. There are also two 3.5mm audio jacks on the top right of the computer, these are to communicate with the audio cassettes that are used to store programs and code typed into the machine. One is used to read the drive and the other is used to write data; on a conventional audio Cassette Deck the wires would be connected to the headphone and microphone ports. This type of data storage is similar to that of a Radio Shack TRS-80 or the Sinclair ZX-81, which similarly used audio cassettes to store programs the user typed, as well as commercial programs and games the user could buy.

On 24 February 1993, Flite Electronics International Limited in Southampton, England, at that time an international distributor for Acer, purchased the copyright to the MPF-I's training manuals, as well as its firmware and hardware intellectual property rights from Acer. Currently, Flite is still manufacturing and selling the Micro-Professor as the MPF-1B.

References

See also
 Microprofessor II — an unrelated Apple II clone also made by Multitech
 Microprofessor III — another unrelated Apple IIe clone made by Multitech

External links
Flite Electronics – International Supplier of the Microprofessor Training System
A tribute to the Microprofessor System
 MPF-I User's manual
 PDF documentation and ROM dumps for the Multitech MPF-1 computer
 Acer MPF-1 in Runaway (1984 film), Starring the Computer

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Silver Bay, New York

Silver Bay is a hamlet in the town of Hague in Warren County, New York, United States. It lies on a small bay on Lake George and is the site of a YMCA conference center. The conference center is one of only a few of its type in the United States and is host to many large groups throughout the year. The center was started in 1900 and has grown ever since. Notable structures include the historic Hepbron Hall, built in 1901, a sprawling Victorian Mansion built in 1895 called Paine Hall, a 700 person auditorium built in 1909, Helen Hughes Chapel, built in 1923, Fisher Gymnasium (1917) and the Boathouse. Many of the buildings are excellent examples of Adirondack architecture. There is also a traditional-style Ice Creme Parlor open during the spring, summer, and fall. The Silver Bay Association Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Silver Bay is also the home of the Hacker Boat Co., the oldest builder of motorboats in the world.
Silver Bay is also the historic first camp for the BSA (Boy Scouts of America), founded in 1910.

Silver Bay Inn
A landmark in Silver Bay is the Silver Bay Inn, which was built in 1904.

References

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Niketas (son of Artabasdos)

Niketas () was the eldest son of the Byzantine general and usurper Artabasdos (r. 741–743). He served as a general during his father's usurpation against Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775).

Biography
Niketas was the eldest son of Artabasdos. His mother may have been Anna, but it is not certain: Paul Speck hypothesized that he descended from an earlier marriage, since Artabasdos named his younger brother Nikephoros, and not him, as co-emperor. According to the hagiography of Michael Synkellos, there were further seven siblings, whose names are not mentioned.

After Artabasdos ascended the imperial throne in 741, Niketas was named strategos of the Armeniac Theme (some sources call him monostrategos, "commander-in-chief"). In August 742 or 743, however, he was defeated in the Battle of Modrine by the forces of Emperor Constantine V. Niketas fled the field, but regrouped his scattered army and resumed the pursuit of Constantine up to Chrysopolis. Defeated once again by Constantine at a battle near Nicomedia, he was captured and imprisoned. After Constantine regained Constantinople and overthrew Artabasdos in November 743, Niketas was blinded along with his father and Nikephoros and paraded through the Hippodrome of Constantinople.

Nothing is known of him thereafter with certainty; the hagiography of Michael Synkellos records that the deposed imperial family was confined in the Chora Monastery, where Niketas died and was buried, but this is most probably a later invention.

References

Sources

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Sony Xperia XA

The Sony Xperia XA is an Android smartphone produced by Sony. Part of the Xperia XA Series, the device was unveiled along with the Sony Xperia X and Sony Xperia X Performance at MWC 2016 on February 22, 2016.

Specifications

Hardware

The device features a 5.0-inch 720p screen and a 64-bit 2.0 GHz octa-core Mediatek MT6755 (Helio P10) system-on-chip with 2 GB of RAM. The device also has 16 GB internal storage with microSD card expansion up to 200 GB and includes non-removable 2300 mAh battery.

The rear-facing camera of the Xperia XA is 13 megapixels with sensor size of 1/3 inch, featuring Sony Exmor RS IMX258 image sensor with quick launch and also features hybrid autofocus that utilizes phase detection autofocus that can focus the object within 0.03 seconds.

Software
The Xperia XA is preinstalled with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with Sony's custom interface and software. On August 23, 2016, Sony announced that the Xperia XA would receive an upgrade to Android 7.0 Nougat. On June 16, 2017, it was reported that Android 7.0 Nougat was rolling out to the Xperia XA.

Variants

Here are the complete description of the Xperia XA variants in the world:

Release dates
The Sony Xperia XA was launched in India on June 27, 2016 with
The device was launched in USA on July 17, 2016.

See also
Sony Xperia X
Sony Xperia X Performance
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua
Sony Xperia M5

References

External links

Official Press Release
Official Whitepaper
Official Whitepaper (Dual SIM version)

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Geocoris uliginosus

Geocoris uliginosus is a species of big-eyed bug in the family Geocoridae. It is found in North America.

References

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2014 CERH European Championship

The 2014 CERH European Championship was the 51st edition of the CERH European Roller Hockey Championship, a tournament for men's national roller hockey teams organized by CERH which took place in Alcobendas, Spain. Italy won the tournament and took its third title overall.

It began on 14 July and concluded on 19 July, with a single group stage played to determine the winner. It was the eighth time that Spain has hosted the competition, the first being in 1951 (in the city of Barcelona).

The national teams of five countries qualified automatically to participate with the host nation Spain in the final tournament. A total of 15 matches were played in the Pabellón Amaya Valdemoro, situated in Alcobendas.

With the host country, two European champion teams since the first European Championship in 1926 — Italy and Portugal — have entered this competition. The title holders, Spain, finished the tournament in second place. Previous winner Portugal took the third place.

Standings

Squads

Matches
The matches were played from 14 July 2014 to 19 July 2014.

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

See also
 CERH European Roller Hockey Championship

External links

 2013/14 international competitions calendar (accordingly to CERH)

References

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Terbregge

Terbregge is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Category:Neighbourhoods of Rotterdam


1727 British general election

The 1727 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of King George I; at the time, it was the convention to hold new elections following the succession of a new monarch. The Tories, led in the House of Commons by William Wyndham, and under the direction of Bolingbroke, who had returned to the country in 1723 after being pardoned for his role in the Jacobite rising of 1715, lost further ground to the Whigs, rendering them ineffectual and largely irrelevant to practical politics. A group known as the Patriot Whigs, led by William Pulteney, who were disenchanted with Walpole's government and believed he was betraying Whig principles, had been formed prior to the election. Bolingbroke and Pulteney had not expected the next election to occur until 1729, and were consequently caught unprepared and failed to make any gains against the government party.

Summary of the constituencies
See 1796 British general election for details. The constituencies used were the same throughout the existence of the Parliament of Great Britain.

Dates of election
The general election was held between 14 August 1727 and 17 October 1727.

At this period, elections did not take place at the same time in every constituency. The returning officer in each county or parliamentary borough fixed the precise date (see hustings for details of the conduct of the elections).

See also
List of Parliaments of Great Britain

References
 British Electoral Facts 1832–1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000). (For dates of elections before 1832, see the footnote to Table 5.02).

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Field of View Best: Fifteen Colours

Field of View Best: Fifteen Colours is the second greatest hits album by Japanese pop-rock band Field of View. It was released on 11 October 2000 under Nippon Columbia label, on same day as their 16th single "Akikaze no Monochrome". The album includes various pickup of singles and songs of their released studio albums from years 1994-2000. The album reached #23 in its first week and sold 11,000 copies. The album charted for 2 weeks and sold more than 15,000 copies.

Track listing

Cover version
Miho Komatsu covered "Kawaita Sakebi" on her 6th album, Hanano. Zard covered "Totsuzen" on their 7th studio album, Today Is Another Day.

Usage in media
"Totsuzen" was used as commercial song of Pocari Sweat
"Doki" was used as commercial song for All Nippon Airways of "ANA's Paradise" promotion
"Kawaita Sakebi" was used as opening theme for anime Yu-Gi-Oh!
"Meguru Kisetsu wo Koete" was used as ending theme for Fuji TV program Unbelievable
"Kimi wo Terasu Taiyou Ni" was used as ending theme for TBS Television program Uwasa no! Tokyo Magazine
"Aoi Kasa de" was used as ending theme for TBS Television program Kinniku Banzuke
"Beautiful day" was used as opening theme for Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation program Shuffle
"Fuyu no Ballad" was used as ending theme for TBS Television program Kokoro no Tobira
"Still" was used as ending theme for TBS Television program Wonderful

References

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Al-Hakim II

Al-Hakim II () (died 1352) was the fifth Caliph of Cairo for the Mamluk Sultanate (1341–1352).

He was son of Al-Mustakafi. He took the office at the beginning of the month of Muharram in 742 AH, as Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun had recommended this, and  al-Mustaqafi had entrusted the succession after him to his son Ahmed, as he did not recognize the abdication of his nephew Ibrahim. When he took the order of the Sultanate. They held a council on Thursday the eleventh of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah in 741, and asked the Caliph Ibrahim and the Crown Prince and the magistrate Ahmed, and said: Who deserves the succession legitimacy? Ibn Qayyud said: The deceased caliph who died in the city of Qus recommended after him the succession of his son Ahmed, and I test it forty times in the city of Qus, and this proved to me after his confirmation at my deputy in the city of Qus. The Caliph Al-Hakim II died in the middle of 1352 CE (753 AH) with plague.

References

Bibliography

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David Botwinik

David Botwinik (born 1920 in Vilna) is a composer of Yiddish music and a music teacher.

At the age of almost 13, he began his studies at the Yidisher muzik-institut conservatory in Vilna.
Later, he studied at the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy.
In 1956, he emigrated to Montreal, Canada and worked as a music teacher and choir director in the Jewish Peretz School and United Talmud Torahs.
For a short time, he published the magazine Der nayer dor (The New Generation) and
the satirical newspaper Der shmayser (The Spanker).

In 2010, his book From Holocaust To Life (Fun khurbn tsum lebn; פֿון חורבן צום לעבן) was published by the League for Yiddish (New York). This book contains 56 original compositions, including Yiddish Holocaust songs, children's songs and choral compositions, with lyrics by various poets and some by Botwinik himself. In 2017, a CD containing 15 songs was published under the title From Holocaust to Life, Yiddish Art Songs. The CD features internationally acclaimed singers Lisa Willson, John Packard, Ian DeNolfo and Louis Danto.

References
 Book From Holocaust To Life (Fun khurbn tsum lebn) by David Botwinik, published by the League for Yiddish (New York) – biography included,
 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/646167730
 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/982297338
 Biography of David Botwinik
 https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0000215/david-botwinik-2011
 http://www.botwinikmusic.com/old/index.htm
 Pioneers’ Song - Lyrics: Shmerke Kaczerginski. Melody: David Botwinik. Yad Vashem website.

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Charles James McDonnell

Charles James McDonnell (July 7, 1928 – February 13, 2020) was an American Roman Catholic titular bishop of Pocofeltus and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.

Biography
Born in Queens, New York, McDonnell was ordained for the Newark Archdiocese on May 29, 1954.

On March 15, 1994, he was named bishop and was consecrated as bishop on May 21, 1994. Bishop McDonnell retired on May 21, 2004. He died on February 13, 2020, aged 91.

See also

 Catholic Church hierarchy
 Catholic Church in the United States
 Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
 List of Catholic bishops of the United States
 Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

References

External links
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark Official Site

Episcopal succession

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Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon

Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon  (28 September 1850 – 17 March 1934), known as Sir Alexander Henderson, 1st Baronet, from 1902 to 1916, was a British financier and Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament.

Biography
Henderson was the son of George Henderson of Langholm, Dumfriesshire. He began his career in the City of London with the accountancy firm Deloitte before becoming a stockbroker. He was best known as a financier of railways in Great Britain and overseas (such as the Algeciras Gibraltar Railway Company), and was chairman of the Great Central Railway (GCR) from 5 May 1899 until the end of 1922, and then deputy chairman of its successor, the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), from 1923 until his death. He was also a major shareholder in the Manchester Ship Canal and was involved in port developments and telephone and electrical systems in several countries. The Witan Investment Trust was created in 1909 to hold his properties, and the asset management firm Henderson Global Investors was founded in 1934 after his death to administer his estate.

In 1898 Henderson was elected to the House of Commons representing West Staffordshire, a seat he held until 1906, and he later returned to parliament as member for St George's Hanover Square from 1913 to 1916.

The 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902 for the subsequently postponed coronation of King Edward VII, announced that Henderson was to receive a baronetcy, and on 24 July 1902 he was created a Baronet, of Buskat Park, in the county of Berkshire. In 1912 he was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire. In 1916 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Faringdon of Buscot Park in the county of Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire), and on 4 June 1917 was made a Companion of Honour for "services in connection with the war", in his capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Shipping Control Committee.

He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1915-1934 and was the Chairman of the Governors from 1927 until his death in 1934.

Family
Henderson married Jane Ellen, daughter of Edward William Davis, in 1874. He died in March 1934, aged 83, and was succeeded by his grandson Gavin, his eldest son Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Harold Henderson having predeceased him.

Altogether, the Hendersons had seven children: Harold (born 29 October 1875); Alec (born 23 October 1876); Frank (born 11 October 1877); Margaret (born 6 April 1879); Philip (born 16 March 1881); Arnold (born 1 July 1883); and Eric (born 26 September 1884). Eric changed his surname to Butler-Henderson shortly after his marriage in 1910, and it was as the Hon. Eric B. Butler-Henderson that he was elected to the Board of the GCR in 1918; like his father, he also served on the Board of the LNER from its formation at the start of 1923.

Honours

Both Henderson and his wife were honoured by having railway locomotives named after them, all being express passenger types. In 1902, the Great Central Railway (GCR), the railway of which Henderson was chairman, gave the name Sir Alexander to one of their 4-4-0 locomotives, no. 1014 of class 11B (LNER class D9), which had been built the previous year; Henderson having recently been created a baronet. His wife was similarly honoured when one of the GCR's class 8E 4-4-2 (LNER class C5), no. 364 (built 1906), was named Lady Henderson by March 1907. In August 1913, the GCR named their new Class 11E (LNER Class D10) 4-4-0 locomotives after directors of that railway; they became known as the "Director" class as a result. The first of the class, no. 429, was named Sir Alexander Henderson, and the name Sir Alexander was removed from no. 1014 at the same time. In 1917, after Henderson was raised to the peerage, no. 364 was renamed Lady Faringdon, and carried the name until withdrawal in December 1947; but instead of no. 429 being renamed, the name was removed from this locomotive, and instead, newly built class 9P 4-6-0 (LNER class B3) no. 1169 was named Lord Faringdon, and carried the name until withdrawal in December 1947. In March 1948, British Railways renamed an ex-LNER class A4 4-6-2, no. 60034 (hitherto named Peregrine) Lord Faringdon; again the name was carried until withdrawal, this occurring in 1966.

Henderson's youngest son Eric was similarly honoured in 1919 when class 11F 4-4-0 no. 506 was named Butler-Henderson; Eric was one of only two GCR Directors of the time who had not already given their names to locomotives. This locomotive ran until 1960, and has been preserved. In addition to these, the Hendersons' Scottish retreat provided the name for another GCR locomotive – no. 4 Glenalmond of class 1A; built in 1913, it ran until 1947.

Notes

References
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

 Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon

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Vedeseta

Vedeseta () is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about  northeast of Milan and about  northwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 244 and an area of .

Vedeseta borders the following municipalities: Barzio, Brumano, Cassiglio, Fuipiano Valle Imagna, Moggio, Morterone, Taleggio, Valtorta.

Demographic evolution

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Kiss Me Quiet (song)

"Kiss Me Quiet" is a song recorded by Canadian country singer Jess Moskaluke for her second extended play of the same name (2015). It was written by Kelly Archer, Corey Crowder, and Emily Shackelton and was produced by Crowder. "Kiss Me Quiet" was released August 28, 2015 as the EP's lead single. The song was Moskaluke's first solo top 10 on the Canada Country chart.

Promotion
"Kiss Me Quiet" was included on the setlist for Moskaluke's opening slot on the Road Trip Tour in 2015.

Critical reception
Kerry Doole of New Canadian Music called the song a "big-production mid-tempo song we predict will be another radio hit."

Chart performance
"Kiss Me Quiet" entered the Canada Country chart in October 2015. The song reached its peak position of 7 on the chart dated December 7, 2015, earning Moskaluke her first top 10 hit as a lead artist. Her collaboration with Paul Brandt, "I'm an Open Road", also peaked at number 7 three weeks previously, making it her first top 10 overall. "Kiss Me Quiet" was the most-played song on country radio by a Canadian artist for the week of November 30, 2015, according to numbers reported by Nielsen SoundScan.

Music video
The official music video for "Kiss Me Quiet" was directed by David Tenniswood and premiered September 16, 2015. It finds Moskaluke teasingly reminding her man that he can kiss her and also includes scenic shots of Canadian wilderness that "show off some beautiful country."

Charts

References

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How the Hell Did We Get Here?

How the Hell Did We Get Here? is an Australian television program on ABC1, subtitled The Baby Boomer's Guide To Big Events.   It is an interview and clip show where Australian celebrities of the baby boomer generation tell of their experiences as baby boomers and clips are shown.   Each episode is themed, such as baby boomers music, etc.

References

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