Castle Rushen

Castle Rushen () is a medieval castle located in the Isle of Man's historic capital, Castletown, in the south of the island. It towers over the Market Square to the south-east and the harbour to the north-east. The castle is amongst the best examples of medieval castles in the British Isles, and is still in use as a museum and educational centre.

Construction
The castle cannot be dated to the nearest 100 years, although construction is thought to have taken place during the reigns of the late-12th-century and early-13th-century rulers of the Isle of Man – the Kings of Mann and the Isles. The last such king, Magnús Óláfsson, is recorded in the Chronicle of Mann to have died at the castle in 1265.  The original Castle Rushen consisted of a central square stone tower, or keep.  The site was also fortified to guard the entrance to the Silver Burn. From its early beginnings, the castle was continually developed by successive rulers of Mann between the 13th and 16th century.  The limestone walls dominated much of the surrounding landscape, serving as a point of dominance for the various rulers of the Isle of Man.  By 1313, the original keep had been reinforced with towers to the west and south. In the 14th century, an east tower, gatehouses, and curtain wall were added.

Make-up of the castle

The keep of Castle Rushen's first line of defence is an outer wall,  high and  thick. Attached to the wall are five towers, which in the post-defensive era of Castle Rushen were used for civilian administrative functions. The keep itself has walls  thick at the base and  thick at the top. Four towers sit atop the keep, the main one in the north rising to a height of  and other three to around .

The entrance to the keep is protected by a drawbridge and a fortified inner gatehouse entrance with two portcullises with a killing area between them covered by three so-called murder holes, through which the defenders could attack any intruders trapped between the two portcullises. On either side of the gatehouse are located guard houses, which were converted into prison cells in the later history of the castle. When on duty, the garrison would spend most of its time in the gatehouses. Inside the gatehouse is a lower level with a tide mill for grinding corn. The castle also included a medieval chapel, housing Castle Rushen's clock mechanism. The still functioning Castle Rushen clock is a notable landmark in Castletown, having been presented by Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1597, while she controlled the island during a dispute. The outer parts of the castle is protected by a moat and a glacis, with the glacis originally extending as far as the moat around the entire land front of Castle Rushen.

History

Changing hands between the Scots and English
After its initial construction and use by the Norse-Gaelic rulers of the Isle of Man, the castle changed hands repeatedly between the Scots and the English. The Isle of Man was transferred to Scotland the year after Magnús Óláfsson's death as part of the Treaty of Perth, ending the 1263–1266 Scottish–Norwegian War. On 18 May 1313, the Scottish king Robert the Bruce invaded the Isle of Man at Ramsey. The island was captured in five days, the only resistance occurring at Castle Rushen, which was defended by Dungal MacDouall. After a short siege Robert captured the castle, gaining the Isle of Man as an outpost securing the approaches to western Scotland and the Hebrides.

After several more changes of hands the English and their supporters eventually prevailed. The English king Edward I Longshanks claimed that the island had belonged to the Kings of England for generations and he was merely reasserting their rightful claim to the Isle of Man.

From 1405 to 1738 the Isle of Man was controlled by the Stanley family, beginning with Sir John Stanley, who was given the title of King of Mann by Henry IV of England in 1405. The title King of Mann was replaced in 1521 by the title Lord of Mann, held today by the reigning British monarch.

Castle Rushen in the English Civil War
During the English Civil War of 1642–1651 James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, the Lord of Mann from 1627–1651, sided with the Royalist cause. Known as The Great Stanley (), James established a secondary Royalist court at Castle Rushen before leaving to fight the Parliamentarians in England. In August 1651 James sailed with two frigates, bringing 300 Royalists from the Isle of Man to meet Charles II in Lancashire.  Having fought several battles during the Civil War's third phase, Lord Derby was captured at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 and executed at Bolton on 15 October 1651. When James left the Isle of Man he left his wife, Countess Charlotte – the renowned successful defender of Lathom House in 1644 – in command of the Isle of Man. The French-born Charlotte Stanley held Castle Rushen until a rebellion led by Manx nationalist Illiam Dhône () and the mutiny of her own garrison forced her to surrender to invading Parliamentarian forces led by Colonel Robert Duckenfield by the end of October 1651.

Non-military uses of the castle

Administrative centre

As the defensive value of the Castle declined it was in continuous use as an administrative centre. In the 18th century a mint was located within its grounds, as was the still active  southern law court of the Isle of Man. The Manx law books were also stored in The Lord's Treasury at Castle Rushen. The Castle was a meeting place in the 16th century for the 24 Keys – an early name for the Manx Parliament's lower house, the House of Keys. The Keys had no permanent residence until 1710, meeting on occasion at Castle Rushen. From 1710 the Keys met at the Bishop Wilson's library in Castletown before moving to a dedicated building (The Old House of Keys) in 1821. Since 1874 the House of Keys has been located in the Isle of Man's post-1869 capital of Douglas.

Prison
The 18th century saw the castle in steady decay. By the end of the century it was converted into a prison. Even though the castle was in continuous use as a prison, the decline continued until the turn of the 20th century, when it was restored under the oversight of the Lieutenant Governor, George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan. Following the restoration work, and the completion of the purpose-built Victoria Road Prison in 1891, the castle was transferred from the British Crown to the Isle of Man Government in 1929.

After the castle had lost its other uses as a defensive structure, political residence, and meeting place for the High Court of Tynwald and the legislative assembly, its use as a prison continued, prisoners being transferred from the crypt at Peel Castle in 1780. From 1765 fines were no longer used to support the castle's maintenance and heavy structural deterioration set in, exposing the prisoners to cold and poor weather. This led to protests by the 1777–1793 governor, a man named Smith, but to little avail. Only in 1813 and 1827 were the buildings renovated and converted for prison use. All inmates who were reasonably healthy were expected to perform forced labour, with set quotas for productivity.

By the 1880s the conditions in the castle had reached such a level of misery for the inmates that order broke down and separating the prisoners became impossible. After an 1885 inspection by the Chairman of the Commissioners for Prisons in England and Wales a report made the recommendation to build a new 30-inmate prison. After initial Tynwald opposition to the expense, a new site was chosen and the modern Victoria Road Prison opened in April 1891, having been designed by local Manx architect James Cowle.

During Castle Rushen's service as a prison it held both women and men, with children born by serving prisoners being allowed to live with their mothers within the prison walls, and was the site of executions. The last person executed in the castle grounds was John Kewish, convicted of patricide, who was hanged in the Debtors' Yard in the summer of 1872. Kewish's body was buried within the grounds of Castle Rushen.

One notable prisoner held for a time at Castle Rushen was the 1697–1755 Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man, Thomas Wilson. Wilson was imprisoned in 1722 after a conflict with the 1702–1736 Lord of Mann, James Stanley, over who was to have authority over ecclesiastical court cases in the diocese of Sodor and Man. The 19th-century Manx democracy activists Robert Fargher and James Brown both spent time in the Castle Rushen gaol as punishment for attacking the House of Keys as an undemocratic institution and demanding public elections in the Isle of Man.

In addition to holding criminals Castle Rushen was also used as an insane asylum, confining mentally ill patients. The criminally insane were not held on the Isle of Man, instead being sent to institutions in Scotland and England.

Manx National Heritage site

In 1988, control of the castle was handed over to Manx National Heritage for restoration, being opened in July 1991 by the Earl of Derby as the first major Manx heritage site. Castle Rushen is one of four Manx National Heritage sites in Castletown, the others being the Nautical Museum, The Old Grammar School and the Old House of Keys.

Today it is run as a museum by Manx National Heritage, depicting the history of the Kings and Lords of Mann. Most rooms are open to the public during the opening season (March to October), and all open rooms have signs telling their stories. The exhibitions include a working medieval kitchen where authentic period food is prepared on special occasions and re-enactments of various aspects of medieval life are held on a regular basis, with particular emphasis on educating the local children about their history. Archaeological finds made during excavations in the 1980s are displayed and used as learning tools for visitors. A centre of the school activities at Castle Rushen is the recreation of the preparations and events surrounding the May 1507 visit to the castle by Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby and King of Mann. Stanley's visit in 1507 was a momentous occasion as most Kings of Mann rarely if ever visited the island, leaving its government to lower-ranking officials. The exhibitions at Castle Rushen are part of the Manx National Heritage Story of Mann collection of cultural, historical and heritage sites and attractions. In addition to its function as a museum, the castle is still in use as an official court house.

Castle Rushen features on the reverse side of the Manx pound £5 notes issued by the Isle of Man Government. The Castle Rushen £5 note has the unusual feature of displaying a pub, the Castle Arms, opposite Castle Rushen.

The closing ceremony for the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, held in the Isle of Man, was held in Castletown's Market Square in front of Castle Rushen on 12 September 2011.

Castle Rushen also gives its name to Castletown's secondary state school, Castle Rushen High School.

During World War II a  was named after Castle Rushen, .

The  Millennium Way long distance footpath, which opened in 1979, the 1000th anniversary year of Tynwald, starts at Castle Rushen before heading towards the northern Manx town of Ramsey. The footpath ends at the foot of Sky Hill around  from the town square in Ramsey.

Castle Rushen is said to be haunted by a lady ghost, walking the castle drawbridge.

See also
 Kingdom of the Isles
 Rev. Joseph George Cumming – wrote about the castle and the Isle of Man.

References

External links

 Castle Rushen at castletown.org.im
 Tour of Castle Rushen

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Jimmy Garcia

Jimmy Garcia (October 12, 1971May 19, 1995) was a Colombian boxer who was best known for losing a WBC super featherweight title to Gabriel Ruelas and subsequently dying 13 days later from brain damage. The loss to Ruelas was the only stoppage loss of Garcia's career, and the former Colombian Featherweight champion's corner was criticized for not stopping the fight earlier. The Ruelas match had been Garcia's second unsuccessful title shot, having lost a unanimous decision to Genaro Hernández earlier.

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Pentace excelsa

Pentace excelsa is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae. It is famous for its bright colours and is found only in Peninsular Malaysia.

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Amauropelta semilunata

Amauropelta semilunata, synonym Thelypteris semilunata, is a species of fern in the family Thelypteridaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Self-realization

Self-realization is an expression used in Western psychology, philosophy, and spirituality; and in Indian religions. In the Western understanding it is the "fulfillment by oneself of the possibilities of one's character or personality" (see also self-actualization). In the Indian understanding, self-realization is liberating knowledge of the true Self, either as the permanent undying atman, or as the absence (sunyata) of such a permanent Self.

Spiritual understanding
Self realization is considered the gateway to eternal happiness. According to Dada Bhagwan, when one realizes the self, one attains eternal happiness.
Self Realization has four stages according to the Levels of consciousness.

Western understanding
Merriam Webster's dictionary defines self-realization as:

In the Western world "self-realization" has gained great popularity. Influential in this popularity were psycho-analysis, humanistic psychology, the growing acquaintance with Eastern religions, and the growing popularity of Western esotericism.

Psychoanalysis

Though Sigmund Freud was skeptical of religion and esotericism, his theories have had a lasting influence on Western thought and self-understanding. His notion of repressed memories, though based on false assumptions, has become part of mainstream thought. Freud's ideas were further developed by his students and neo-psychoanalysts. Carl Jung, Erik Erikson, and Winnicott have been especially important in the Western understanding of the self. But other alternatives have also been developed. Jung developed the notion of individuation, the lifelong process in which the centre of psychological life shifts from the ego to the self. Erikson described human development throughout the life-span in his theory of psychosocial development. Winnicott developed the notion of the true self. Roberto Assagioli developed his approach of psychosynthesis, an original approach to psychology.

Western esotericism
Western esotericism integrates a broad variety of traditions, some of which view self-realization as the ultimate goal of a human being.

Indian religions

Jainism
Jain philosophy is the oldest world philosophy that separates body (matter) from the soul (consciousness) completely.
Individual conscience and individual consciousness are central in the Jain philosophy. Self-realisation is one of the major pre-requisites to attain ultimate enlightenment and liberation (moksha). Self-realisation means peeling away fabricated layers of one's own personality to understand the true self and hence the true nature of reality. In Jainism, karma is portrayed as invisible particles of subtle matter that adhere to a living organism or Jiva. These particles come together to form a film of negativity and darkness around the soul that obscures the true consciousness; making the Jiva lose touch with its original essence as a soul. These karmic particles tend to attract more such particles which cause the inflow of auspicious and inauspicious karmic matter into the soul (Āsrava), leading the organism to fall into the bondage of lust, worldly pleasures, ego, hatred, jealousy, anger, etc. Thus self-realisation paves the way to simply reverse this process and help the seeker to decipher the absolute truth on its own. Jainism firmly rejects the belief of a creator, and one being is solely responsible for his thoughts, actions, and their consequences.

Hinduism

In Hinduism, self-realization (atma-jnana or atmabodha ) is knowledge of the true self beyond both delusion and identification with material phenomena. It refers to self-identification and not mere ego identification.

Shaivism
In  Shaivism, self-realization is the direct knowing of the Self God Parashiva. Self-realization (nirvikalpa samadhi, which means "ecstasy without form or seed," or asamprajñata samādhi) is considered the ultimate spiritual attainment.

Self-realization is considered the gateway to moksha, liberation/freedom from rebirth. This state is attained when the Kundalini force pierces through the Sahasrara chakra at the crown of the head. The realization of Self, Parashiva, considered to be each soul's destiny, is attainable through renunciation, sustained meditation and preventing the germination of future karma (the phrase "frying the seeds of karma" is often used)

Advaita Vedanta
Ātman is the first principle in Advaita Vedanta, along with its concept of Brahman, with Atman being the perceptible personal particular and Brahman the inferred unlimited universal, both synonymous and interchangeable. The soteriological goal, in Advaita, is to gain self-knowledge and complete understanding of the identity of Atman and Brahman. Correct knowledge of Atman and Brahman leads dissolution of all dualistic tendencies and to liberation. Moksha is attained by realizing one's true identity as Ātman, and the identity of Atman and Brahman, the complete understanding of one's real nature as Brahman in this life. This is stated by Shankara as follows:

Buddhism

Since Buddhism denies the existence of a separate self, as explicated in the teachings of anatman and sunyata, self-realization is a contradictio in terminis for Buddhism. Though the tathagatagarbha-teachings seem to teach the existence of a separate self, they point to the inherent possibility of attaining awakening, not to the existence of a separate self. The dharmadhatu-teachings make this even more clear: reality is an undivided whole; awakening is the realization of this whole.

Sikhism

Sikhism propounds the philosophy of Self-realization. This is possible by "aatam-cheennea" or "Aap Pashaanae", purifying the self from the false ego:

Guru Nanak says,

See also

 Brahman
 Enlightenment (spiritual)
 Moksha
 Mysticism
 Nondualism
 Self-actualization
 Self-discovery
 Consciousness
 Atma bodha
 Self-fulfillment
 Self-realization in Jungian psychology
 Simran

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The Operative (film)

The Operative is an 2019 internationally co-produced thriller film, written and directed by Israeli filmmaker Yuval Adler, based on the Hebrew novel The English Teacher (המורה לאנגלית) by Yiftach Reicher-Atir, a former intelligence officer. It stars Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman and Cas Anvar.

It had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2019. It was released on August 2, 2019, by Vertical Entertainment.

Plot
Rachel (Diane Kruger) is a rogue spy from Israel's national intelligence force Mossad. She vanishes without a trace while attending her father's funeral in London. The only clue to her whereabouts is a cryptic phone call she places to her former handler Thomas (Martin Freeman), who is then summoned from Germany to Israel by Mossad. With Rachel's life immersed in her assignments as part of a vast espionage effort against Iran's nuclear program, Thomas must retrace her steps to determine what threats she may now pose to their operation, while also working to protect her.

Cast
 Diane Kruger as Rachel
 Martin Freeman as Thomas
 Cas Anvar as Farhad
 Liron Levo as Dan
 Yaakov Zada Daniel as Aran
 Ohad Knoller as Stephen

Production
In February 2018, it was announced Diane Kruger and Eric Bana had joined the cast of the film, with Yuval Adler directing from a screenplay he wrote. Eitan Mansuri, Anne Carey, Michael Weber and Viola Fügen would serve as producers on the film under their Spiro Films, Archer Gray, Match Factory Productions banners, while Teddy Schwarzman would serve as an executive producer under his Black Bear Pictures banner. In May 2018, Cas Anvar and Martin Freeman joined the cast of the film, replacing Bana.

Release
The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2019. Shortly after, Vertical Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film. It was released on August 2, 2019.

Reception

Box office
The Operative  grossed $0 in North America and a total worldwide of $1.4 million.

Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 41%, based on 32 reviews, and an average rating of 5.11/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Diane Kruger delivers an appropriately steely performance, but The Operative pursues a forgettable mission that fans of the genre will find all too familiar." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

References

External links

 The Operative at rogerebert.com

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Steve Wang

Steve Wang () is a Taiwan-born American make-up artist and filmmaker.

Biography
Born in Taiwan, he and his parents moved to the America when he was nine.  His greatest inspirations were the tokusatsu superhero TV shows Ultraman and Kamen Rider, as well as Hong Kong kung fu films including Master of the Flying Guillotine.

As a veteran makeup artist and creature designer, Steve has worked with fellow veterans before him including Stan Winston, Rick Baker and Dick Smith.

He has received great praise for his film adaptation of the manga superhero Guyver in 1994 called Guyver: Dark Hero. Another project which drew attention to him was the direct to video movie, Drive, which starred Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison. He also made independent films such as Kung Fu Rascals, based on a series of 8 mm short films he did years before. He and his brother Michael Wang, an award-winning commercials director, have recently  been hired to work on Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (an adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki), a second attempt at reviving the Kamen Rider Series in the United States, after Saban's Masked Rider of 1995. They write, produce, and direct as "The Wang Brothers".

Steve Wang designed a sculpture depicting Sarah Kerrigan (The Queen of Blades), a character from the Starcraft Universe in 2012. The sculpture was placed at the Blizzard Entertainment Office in Versailles, France the same year. He has also made statues of Tryndamere and Ryze, two champions from League of Legends, for Riot Games that same year.

Filmography

Director
Rollerblade II: Taken By Force (1989) - 2nd unit director
Kung Fu Rascals (1992)
Guyver (1991) - co-director
Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
Drive (1997)
Sirens of The Deep (1999 - TV show/pilot)
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999)
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002) - 2nd unit director
Wolvy: Twisted at Birth (2003) - short film
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight (2009)

Producer
Guyver: Dark Hero
Kung Fu Rascals
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight

References

External links

Steve Wang on MySpace
Director's Reel on YouTube
SciFi Japan - Kamen Rider Dragon Knight
Latex Mask Central - FX Work
NERDSociety - Interview with Steve Wang

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Obretenik Bastion

Obretenik Bastion (, ‘Rid Obretenik’ \'rid o-'bre-te-nik\ is the ice-covered buttress rising to 1800 m at the northeast extremity of Herbert Plateau on Danco Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica.  It is situated between upper Blériot Glacier and upper Cayley Glacier, and has steep and partly ice-free west, north and east slopes.

The buttress is named after the settlement of Obretenik in Northeastern Bulgaria.

Location
Obretenik Bastion is located at , which is 17.3 km southeast of Brabazon Point, 10 km south of Mount Morton, 14.45 km southwest of Mount Berry, and 6.85 km north of Molerov Spur on Nordenskjöld Coast.  British mapping in 1978.

Maps
British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.
 Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References
 Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
 Obretenik Bastion. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica

External links
 Obretenik Bastion. Copernix satellite image

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Łaguny

Łaguny  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Opinogóra Górna, within Ciechanów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately  north-east of Opinogóra Górna,  north-east of Ciechanów, and  north of Warsaw.

References

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University on the Square

The University on the Square: Documenting Egypt's 21st Century Revolution is a documentation project by the American University in Cairo (AUC) to collect web content, videos, photographs, personal accounts, oral histories and memorabilia related to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. The project's objective is to increase public awareness of the Egyptian Revolution and preserve the events of January 25. The memorabilia, oral history, photograph, and video collections are composed of AUC community submitted media that are attributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Students and faculty may also record testimonials and share their experiences in the revolution. The University on the Square: Documenting Egypt's 21st Century Revolution project is supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Memorabilia
The project collects memorabilia related to the revolution and provides online photographs of the objects.

Oral Histories
Students and faculty may provide recorded testimonials of the events as they are related to their lives. AUC professor Kim Fox who is in charge of collecting the oral history comments saying: "Historically, oral histories have been important in adding texture to events and issues. We hope to do the same by adding to AUC's oral history archives with AUCians experiences with the Egyptian revolution".

Photographs
Users submit photographs through the online submission page. The photographs are reviewed, documented, then put on display on the project's website.

Video Recordings
AUC community members who have video recordings captured through their phones or digital cameras can upload these videos to the website.

Web Archive
The project also created a Web Archive of websites related to the Egyptian revolution using the Archive-It web archiving tool. Archived news pages include Al Jazeera, Daily News Egypt, BBC, CNN, MSNBC and Newsweek. To preserve the personal accounts of the revolution some Twitter pages and blogs are also preserved.

References

External links
Official Submission Website
University on the Square Digital Collections
Egyptian Revolution of 2011 Web Archive

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Map (parallel pattern)

Map is an idiom in parallel computing where a simple operation is applied to all elements of a sequence, potentially in parallel. It is used to solve embarrassingly parallel problems: those problems that can be decomposed into independent subtasks, requiring no communication/synchronization between the subtasks except a join or barrier at the end.

When applying the map pattern, one formulates an elemental function that captures the operation to be performed on a data item that represents a part of the problem, then applies this elemental function in one or more threads of execution, hyperthreads, SIMD lanes or on multiple computers.

Some parallel programming systems, such as OpenMP and Cilk, have language support for the map pattern in the form of a parallel for loop; languages such as OpenCL and CUDA support elemental functions (as "kernels") at the language level. The map pattern is typically combined with other parallel design patterns. For example, map combined with category reduction gives the MapReduce pattern.

See also
 Map (higher-order function)
 Functional programming
 Algorithmic skeleton

References

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Royal Crown Derby

The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company is the oldest or second oldest remaining English porcelain manufacturer, based in Derby, England (disputed by Royal Worcester, who claim 1751 as their year of establishment). The company, particularly known for its high-quality bone china, having produced tableware and ornamental items since approximately 1750. It was known as 'Derby Porcelain' until 1773, when it became 'Crown Derby', the 'Royal' being added in 1890. The factory closed down in the past under Royal Doulton ownership, but production was revived under the renewed ownership of Hugh Gibson and Pearson family.

History

William Duesbury I and II

In 1745 André Planché, a Huguenot immigrant from Saxony, settled in Derby, where between 1747 and 1755 he made soft-paste porcelain vases and figurines. At the beginning of 1756 he formed a business partnership with William Duesbury (1725–1786), a porcelain painter formerly at Chelsea porcelain factory and Longton Hall, and the banker John Heath. This was the foundation of the Derby company, although production at the works at Cockpit Hill, just outside the town, had begun before then, as evidenced by a creamware jug dated 1750, also in the possession of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Planché disappeared from the scene almost at once, and the business was developed by Duesbury and Heath, and later Duesbury alone. A talented entrepreneur, Duesbury developed a new body which contained glass frit, soapstone and calcined bone. This enabled the factory to begin producing high-quality tableware. He quickly established Derby as a leading manufacturer of dinner services and figurines by employing the best talents available for modelling and painting. Figure painting was done by Richard Askew, particularly skilled at painting cupids, and James Banford. Zachariah Boreman and John Brewer painted landscapes, still lifes, and pastorals. Intricate floral patterns were designed and painted by William Billingsley.

In 1770, Duesbury further increased the already high reputation of Derby by his acquisition of the famous Chelsea porcelain factory in London. From this point the Derby paste included bone ash.  He operated the Chelsea factory on its original site until 1784 (the products of this period are known as 'Chelsea-Derby'), when he demolished the buildings and transferred the assets, including the stock, patterns and moulds, and many of the workmen, to Derby. Again, in 1776, he acquired the remainder of the formerly prestigious Bow porcelain factory, of which he also transferred the portable elements to Derby.

In 1773, Duesbury's hard work was rewarded by King George III, who after visiting the Derby works granted him permission to incorporate the royal crown into the Derby backstamp, after which the company was known as 'Crown Derby'.

In 1786, William Duesbury died, leaving the company to his son, William Duesbury II (1763–1796), also a talented director, who besides keeping the reputation of the company at its height, developed a number of new glazes and body types.

Michael Kean
William Duesbury II did not live to fulfil his promise: he died in 1797 at the age of 34 and the company was taken over by his business partner, an Irishman named Michael Kean, who later married Duesbury's widow. He seems not to have enjoyed good relations with the highly skilled workforce, and many eminent artists left. Others however produced good work under his management, including Moses Webster, a flower painter who replaced Billingsley, Richard Dodson (who specialised in birds), George Robertson (land- and seascapes) and Cuthbert Lawton (hunting scenes). The best-known artist of this time was William Pegg, a Quaker, famed for his striking and idiosyncratic flower painting. He started in 1797 but his religious beliefs led him to the conclusion that painting was sinful and he left in 1800. He returned in 1813, but left again in 1820.

Despite much good work, the Kean period was disruptive and the company suffered financially.

William Duesbury III, born in 1790, son of William Duesbury II, took over the factory when he came of age, and Kean having sold his interest to his father-in-law, William Duesbury's grandfather, named Sheffield, the concern continued under the name of Duesbury & Sheffield.

Robert Bloor

In 1815, the factory was leased to the firm's salesman and clerk, Robert Bloor, and the Duesburys played no further part in it. Bloor borrowed heavily to be able to make the payments demanded but proved himself to be a highly able businessman in his ways of recouping losses and putting the business back on a sound financial footing. He also possessed a thorough appreciation of the aesthetic side of the business, and under him the company produced works that were richly coloured and elegantly styled, including brightly coloured Japanese Imari patterns, generally featuring intricate geometric patterns layered with various floral designs. These designs proved extremely and lastingly popular, and Derby continued to thrive.

In 1845, however, Bloor died, and after three years under Thomas Clarke, the Cockpit Works were sold and the factory closed in 1848.

King Street
A group of former employees set up a factory in King Street in Derby, and continued to use the moulds, patterns and trademarks of the former business, although not the name, so keeping alive the Derby traditions of fine craftsmanship. No mechanical processes were used, and no two pieces produced were exactly the same. Among the items preserved was the original potter's wheel of the Duesburys, still owned by the present Royal Derby Company.

Osmaston Road
In 1877, an impressive new factory was built by new owners of the Crown Derby name in Osmaston Road, Derby, thus beginning the modern period of Derby porcelain. Crown Derby's patterns became immensely popular during the late Victorian era, as their romantic and lavish designs exactly met the popular taste of the period.

Royal Crown Derby
In 1890, Queen Victoria appointed Crown Derby to be "Manufacturers of porcelain to Her Majesty" and by royal warrant granted them the title "The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company".
In 1935 Royal Crown Derby acquired the King Street factory, thus reuniting the two strands of the business.

Allied Potteries
In 1964, the company was acquired by S. Pearson and Son and became part of the Allied English Potteries Group, later to be joined by Royal Doulton.

In 2000, Hugh Gibson, a former director of Royal Doulton and a member of the Pearson family, led a buy-out, making Royal Crown Derby once again an independent and privately owned concern, which at present (2006) employs about 300 people at the Osmaston Road works.

Present product lines include paperweights, introduced in 1981 and immensely popular. Royal Crown Derby also continue to produce patterns in the Imari style, distinguished for its rich colours and intricate gilding, including the dinnerware ranges Old Imari, Traditional Imari, Red Aves, Blue Mikado and Derby Posies (designed by Thomas Amos Reed, Art Director until he retired in 1926), and Olde Avesbury.

In 2013, Hugh Gibson retired and sold the company to Steelite International of Stoke-on-Trent. The Derby factory and visitor centre remain open. According to the Royal Crown Derby website, Steelite "remains firmly committed to the highest quality UK manufacture and sets its sights on launching into a new market with a new brand ‘Royal Crown Derby Entertains’ providing fine bone china tableware to major hotels restaurants and hospitality venues throughout the world."  In 2016, the company was bought by Kevin Oakes, formerly chief executive of both Crown Derby and Steelite.

Royal Crown Derby Visitor Centre
The Royal Crown Derby Visitor Centre in Derby features a museum of porcelain items, and offers tours of the factory, a gift shop and a restaurant.

See also
 John Haslem (1808–1884), an apprentice china painter at the factory from 1822, and said to be one of the best flower artists at the works. He also wrote a history entitled "The Old Derby China Factory" (George Bell, 1876).
 Georg Holtzendorff, a German painter who made the studies for the Gladstone Dessert Service.

References

Honey, W.B., Old English Porcelain, 1977 (3rd edn.), Faber and Faber,

Further reading
Barret, Franklin A[llen], and A.L. Thorpe. Derby Porcelain (London) 1971.
Bradley, Gilbert, Judith Anderson, and Robin Barkla. Derby Porcelain, 1750-1798 (Heneage) 1992. Gilbert Bradley edited a Derby Porcelain International Society Newsletter, c. 1985-95.
Bradshaw, P., Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848 (London: Faber Monographs), 1990.
John W, William Billingsley 1758-1828 1968.
Murdoch, J. and J. Twitchett. Painters and the Derby China Works 1987.
Rice, Dennis. Derby Porcelain: The Golden Years 1750-1770 1983.
Sargeant, M, Royal Crown Derby (Princes Risborough), 2000.
Twitchett, John, Derby Porcelain (London: Antique Collectors' Guide), (1980), 2006.
Twitchett John and Henry Sandon. Landscapes on Derby and Worcester Porcelain 1984.
Twitchett, John and B. Bailey, Royal Crown Derby 1988.

External links

 - Official website
 - History of Royal Crown Derby Co Ltd, from "British Potters and Potteries Today", publ 1956

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List of football clubs in Angola

This is a list of association football clubs located in Angola.
For a complete list, see :Category:Football clubs in Angola

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A
Academia de Futebol de Angola
Académica do Lobito
Académica do Soyo
ASA
ASK Dragão
Atlético de Luanda
Atlético do Namibe

B
Benfica de Luanda
Benfica do Huambo
Benfica do Lubango
Bravos Do Maquis
Brilhantes da Kissama

C
Construtores do Uíge
Cuando Cubango FC

D
Desportivo da EKA
Desportivo da Huíla
Desportivo do Bengo
Domant FC

E
Esperança do Congo
Evale FC

F
Futebol Clube de Cabinda
Futebol Clube de Luanda
Futebol Clube do Moxico
Ferroviário da Huíla
Ferroviário do Huambo

H

I
Independente Sport Clube
Inter da Huíla
Interclube

J
Jackson Garcia
Juventude do Moxico

K
Kabuscorp

M
Malanje Sport Clube
Mpatu a Ponta

N
Nacional de Benguela
Norberto de Castro

P
Petro de Luanda
Petro do Huambo
Polivalentes FC
Porcelana FC
Primeiro de Agosto
Primeiro de Maio
Progresso da Lunda Sul
Progresso do Sambizanga

R
Real M'buco
Recreativo da Caála
Recreativo do Libolo
Recreativo do Seles
Renascimento

S
Sagrada Esperança
Santa Rita de Cássia
Santos FC
Saurimo FC
Sporting de Benguela
Sporting de Cabinda
Sporting do Bié

U
União do Uíge

See also
 Girabola
 Gira Angola

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Toni Meglenski

Toni Meglenski (; born 22 May 1981) is a former Macedonian football player and manager. He is the current manager of FK Pobeda.

Honours
Pobeda Prilep
Macedonian First League: 2
Winner: 2003–04, 2006–07
Macedonian Cup: 1
Winner: 2001–02

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Remus Teodorescu

Remus Teodorescu from Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012 for contributions to grid-connected renewable energy converter systems technology.

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Signe Nielsen

Signe Nielsen is a landscape architect and a founding principal at Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects. She is also a professor of urban design and landscape architecture at Pratt Institute and an active participant in New York City design policy and approvals. Her work focuses on the areas of green design, sustainability, and public space design.

Background and education
Nielsen is a native of Paris, France, and she has degrees across several disciplines. She has a degree in urban planning from Smith College, a degree in landscape architecture from City College of New York, and a degree in construction management from the Pratt Institute.

Career
Nielsen's work in landscape architecture focuses on both creating a policy environment that supports good design and on creating spaces that are good for people and the environment. Her career involves more than 400 projects around the world. She was nominated for and featured in the 2015 Built by Women exhibition at the Center for Architecture in New York City, an event supported by the American Institute of Architects New York chapter.

Along with Thomas Heatherwick, she was a lead designer for Pier 55 in Hudson River Park, a rebuild of Pier 54. The goal of the design was to provide recreation and walking space as well as cultural and educational space, and the design allows these activities to coexist. She also utilized tactical urbanism to create a greenspace at Freeman Plaza in Hudson Square in Manhattan, described as an unlikely space for a park. The park is part of a broader effort to make the streetscape in Hudson Square more sustainable through the addition of trees, greenspace, and water drainage systems and an effort to reclaim urban spaces that are currently dominated by cars.

Her firm has contributed to knowledge and practice of environmental design. The firm is a cited source on the use of lightweight soil for green roofs. The firm contributed to the New York City manual, "DDC Cool and Green Roofing Manual."

Beyond her design work, Nielsen is active in supporting design with a public purpose, particularly in New York. She has stated that she believes strong policy is an important partner to design. She has written books on sustainable and green design for the New York City Department of Design and Construction. She has also been a member of the New York City Public Design Commission and served as its president. She presided over decisions on some controversial topics, such as the removal of the statue of J. Marion Sims from Central Park. Nielsen is also a professor, having taught at the Pratt Institute for thirty years.

Select built works
Pier 55, New York City
Freeman Plaza, New York City
Design for Governor's Island, New York City
Roberto Clemente State Park, Bronx, New York City
Lowline Lab, New York City

Major publications
DDC, 2007. “DDC Cool and Green Roofing Manual.” Prepared for New York City Department of Design & Construction Office of Sustainable Design, by Gruzen Samton Architects LLP with Amis Inc., Flack & Kurtz Inc., Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects P.C., and SHADE Consulting, LLC.
Nielsen, Signe, "Guerilla Resilience." Brandt, Denise Hoffman, Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Bernard Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, and City University of New York. City College. Waterproofing New York. Urban Research 02. New York City: Terreform, 2016.

Recent awards

 2018 American Institute of Architects George S. Lewis Award
 2012 Public Design Commission Design Awards Special Recognition
 2012 American Institute of Architects New York Chapter Merit Award for Unbuilt Project
 2012 Municipal Art Society MASterworks Best Neighborhood Catalyst Award
 2011 American Institute of Architects New York Chapter Urban Design Honor Award
 2011 American Institute of Architects New York Chapter Award of Merit
 2011 American Society of Landscape Architects New York Chapter Merit Award
 2011 Building Brooklyn Educational Design Award

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Demographics of Czechoslovakia

Population (1991): 15.6 million, of which Czechs 62.8%, Slovaks 31%, Hungarians 3.8%, Romani people 0.7%, Silesians 0.3%. Ruthenes, Ukrainians, Germans, Poles and Jews (the post-Holocaust community) made up the remainder of the population.

Population growth rate 2.7% in 1985, 1.7% in 1990, with a decreasing tendency – more noticeable in the Czech Republic than in Slovakia. In 1989 life expectancy was 67.7 years for men and 75.3 years for women. About 23.1% of the population was under the age of 15, and 19% was over the age of 60.

The population density in 1986 was approximately 121 persons per square kilometer. The most densely settled geographic region was Moravia, which had around 154 persons per square kilometer. The figure for Bohemia was around 120, and for Slovakia, around 106. The major cities and their estimated populations in January 1986 were as follows:
Prague (ČSR) 1.2 million (1.85 million in Metropolitan area)
Bratislava (SSR) 417,103
Brno (ČSR) 385,684
Ostrava (ČSR) 327,791
Košice (SSR) 222,175
Plzeň (ČSR) 175,244
Czechoslovakia remained essentially a society of small cities and towns, in which about 65% of the population were classified as urban dwellers.

Czechoslovakia's ethnic composition in 1987 offered a stark contrast to that of the First Republic (see History). The Sudeten Germans that made up the majority of the population in border regions were forcibly expelled after World War II, and Carpathian Ruthenia (poor and overwhelmingly Ukrainian and Hungarian) had been ceded to the Soviet Union following World War II. Czechs and Slovaks, about two-thirds of the First Republic's population in 1930, represented about 94% of the population by 1950 With Hungarians the Third largest group.

The aspirations of ethnic minorities had been the pivot of the First Republic's politics. This was no longer the case in the 1980s. Nevertheless, ethnicity continued to be a pervasive issue and an integral part of Czechoslovak life. Although the country's ethnic composition had been simplified, the division between Czechs and Slovaks remained; each group had a very similar history, but sometimes divergent aspirations.

From 1950 through 1983, the Slovak share of the total population increased steadily. The Czech population as a portion of the total declined by about 4%, while the Slovak population increased by slightly more than that. The actual numbers did not imperil a Czech majority; in 1983 there were still more than two Czechs for every Slovak. In the mid-1980s, the respective fertility rates were fairly close, but the Slovak fertility rate was declining more slowly.

For details on ethnic groups see also:
History of Czechoslovakia (1918–1938)
History of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)

Religious affiliations in 1930:

Roman Catholic 73.5%
Protestants 7.67%
Czechoslovak Hussite Church 5.39%
Greek and Armenian Catholics 3.97%
Jews 2.42%
Orthodox 0.99%
No affiliation 5.8%

References

External links
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Cyril Neville

Cyril Garrett Neville (born October 10, 1948) is an American percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters. He joined Art in the Neville Brothers band upon the dissolution of the Meters.

Career
He has appeared on recordings by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson, Edie Brickell, Willie Nelson, Dr. John and The New Orleans Social Club among others.

Neville wrote an article for the December 16, 2005 edition of CounterPunch, titled "Why I'm Not Going Back To New Orleans" and was featured in the 2006 documentary film New Orleans Music in Exile.  After Hurricane Katrina he moved to Austin, Texas, but as of 2012 lives in Slidell, Louisiana.  Soul Rebels Brass Band featured Neville as a special guest on their Rounder Records debut record, Unlock Your Mind, released on January 31, 2012. The Soul Rebels' name was conceived by Neville at the New Orleans venue Tipitina’s, where the band was opening.

In 2005, Neville joined up with Tab Benoit for the Voice of the Wetlands Allstars to bring awareness to Louisiana's rapid loss of wetlands along the Gulf Coast. The band also features Waylon Thibodeaux, Johnny Sansone, Anders Osborne, Monk Boudreaux, George Porter, Jr., Johnny Vidacovich, and Dr. John. The band has become a main feature at the annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

In 2010, Neville joined popular New Orleans funk band Galactic. He put aside his solo career to tour internationally with the band.

In 2012, Cyril Neville joined forces with Devon Allman (son of Gregg Allman of The Allman Brothers Band), award-winning blues-rock guitarist Mike Zito, bassist Charlie Wooton, and Grammy-winning drummer Yonrico Scott to form Royal Southern Brotherhood, a blues-rock supergroup.

Citations
 "Cyril Neville may be the youngest of the Neville Brothers, the first family of New Orleans rock and R&B, but he has just made his best album". - Billboard
 "a refreshingly original approach to the music" (*** 1/2) - Chicago Sun-Times

Discography
 1994: The Fire This Time (Endangered Species) The Uptown Allstars
 1998: Soulo (Endangered Species) Cyril solo
 2000: New Orleans Cookin''' (Endangered Species) Cyril solo 2003: For The Funk Of It (Kongo Square) The Uptown Allstars 2007: The Healing Dance (Jomar/Silk) Tribe 13 2009: Brand New Blues (M.C.) Cyril solo 2012: Royal Southern Brotherhood (RUF) Royal Southern Brotherhood 2012: Live in Germany (RUF) Royal Southern Brotherhood 2013: Magic Honey (RUF) Cyril solo 2014: Heartsoulblood (RUF) Royal Southern Brotherhood 2015: Don't look back (RUF) Royal Southern BrotherhoodAwards and honors
As a member of the Neville Brothers, Cyril won the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the song "Healing Chant".

In 1996, he and his brothers were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the song "Fire on the Mountain".

They were also nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for the album Valence Street.

In 2014, Neville (as a solo) was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Contemporary Blues Album of the Year' category for his album Magic Honey''.

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Von Friesendorff

von Friesendorff is a Swedish noble family.

Notable members
(1617–1669) Riksfriherre, Baronet and member of the Privy Council of Sweden - Johan Fredrik von Friesendorff

See also
von Friesendorff baronets

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List of Doncaster Rovers F.C. managers

Below is a list of all Doncaster Rovers managers that have taken the reins since the appointment of Billy Calder in 1920. In the 41 years prior to Calder, the team was selected by club committee, a standard practice by football clubs at the time. After Brian Flynn was appointed Director of Football, Paul Dickov became the club's 40th full-time manager.

Managers

References

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Jordan Opoku

Jordan Darko-Opoku (born 8 October 1987) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Asante Kotoko and the Ghana national football team.

Club career
Opoku is a product of Feyenoord Fetteh, Opoku gained promotion to play for the youth team of Fetteh's mother club Feyenoord. Opoku spent some time at Dutch club Excelsior and Belgian club Royal Antwerp FC before returning to the Ghana. Opoku signed with Feyenoord Ghana for one year and joined in 2006 Asante Kotoko and in the 2007–2008 season Opoku won the Ghana Premier League title and the Ghana President's Cup with Asante Kotoko. The attacking midfielder and  forward on 31 January 2010 left his club Asante Kotoko and signed a four-month loan deal with Dinamo Tirana. After a short loan spell with Dinamo Tirana, Opoku became a free agent. In late January 2012, Opoku signed with Ghana Premier League club Berekum Chelsea. On 1 August 2013, Opuku re-signed for Asante Kotoko.

International career
Opoku's first call up for the Ghana national football team was for a friendly match against Argentina national football team, and Opoku earned his debut in the match on 1 October 2009. In November 2013, coach Maxwell Konadu, invited Opoku to be a part of the Ghana national football team squad for the 2013 WAFU Nations Cup. Opoku helped the Ghana national football team to a first-place finish after Ghana national football team beat Senegal national football team by three goals to one. Opoku was part of the Ghana national football team squad that finished runner-up at the 2014 African Nations Championship.

References

External links
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Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados

The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados is a national trade union centre. Affiliated unions include: the National Union of Public Workers, Barbados Workers' Union, Barbados Secondary Teachers Union, Barbados Union of Teachers, Barbados Association of Principals of Public Secondary Schools, Police Association, Prison Officers, Fire Officers Association, Barbados Registered Nurses Association and the Sugar Industry Supervisors Association.

Presidents
1995: Roy Trotman
2010: Cedric H. Murrell

See also

 List of trade unions

References
 Barbados: International Trade Agreements, Development and Trade Union Agenda

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Leo Frigo

Leo Gaetano Giacomo Frigo (July 3, 1931 – February 13, 2001) was a civic and philanthropic leader in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area.

Life
Frigo was born on July 3, 1931 to Pasquale Frigo and Camilla née Rocheleau Frigo in Pound, Wisconsin. His father established the Frigo Brothers cheese company of Iron Mountain together with his four brothers in 1939. Leo Frigo eventually became director of the company's Lena plant, the Frigo Cheese Corporation, and then its president. He retired from the company in 1983. He died on February 13, 2001 due to injuries from a car accident while delivering food to the needy.

Legacy
Frigo's legacy includes one of the largest food pantry programs in the nation for feeding the hungry, Paul's Pantry.  After his death the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge, a major bridge in Green Bay, was renamed in his honor.

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Tommaso Diplovataccio

Tommaso Diplovataccio or Diplovatazio (; 1468–1541) was a Greco-Italian jurist, publisher and politician.

His family was Greek nobility that emigrated from Corfu to Naples after the fall of Constantinople. After studies in Naples (where he married Maria Laskaris), in Padua and Ferrara, he held the office of fiscal in Pesaro from 1492 to 1507. The wealth he obtained by a 1494 marriage to a trader's daughter allowed him to reduce his work as a jurisconsult and concentrate on scholarly pursuits. From 1504 to 1508 he compiled the Chronicon Pisauri, a compilation of notes about legal sources that are now lost. In 1511 he finished the Tractatus de praestantia doctorum, a biographical treatise on the most influential jurists of Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

In 1517, Diplovataccio moved to Venice, where, as a publisher of note, he edited De regulis iuris of Dinus, the Commentaria of de Tartagnis and the works of Bartolus, among others. On behalf of the city, he compiled two histories of Venice. Disappointed by their meager success, he moved back to Pesaro, where he spent his last years as an influential member of the city's senate.

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Speedway in Leicester

Motorcycle speedway was first staged in Leicester in 1928. It has continued on and off until the present day, with Leicester Lions currently competing in the SGB Championship and Leicester Lion Cubs competing in the National League (speedway)

Leicester Stadium

The first speedway to be staged in Leicester was on a dirt track constructed inside the greyhound racing track at Leicester Stadium on Parker Drive in 1928. The team based there joined the English Dirt Track League in 1929 finishing 5th, with Syd Jackson and Billy Elmore the leading riders. The team were referred to as 'Leicester Stadium' to differentiate them from the other team that operated in Leicester, the Leicester Super team.

The team competed in the Southern League in 1930, with Cyril "Squib" Burton emerging at the team's top rider. The Stadium team completed only part of the 1931 season.

Leicester Super

A new track was constructed at the Leicester Super Speedway on Melton Road, which opened in 1929. A team based there competed in the Northern League in both 1930 and 1931, but failed to complete either season.

Leicester Hounds
Speedway was revived on a relaid track at Leicester Stadium in 1937, with Leicester Hounds competing in the Provincial League.

Leicester Hunters

Leicester Hunters formed in 1948, and began competing in the National League in 1949. They competed in the top division of British speedway between 1957 and 1961, before dropping down to the newly formed Provincial League in 1962, which was their final season.

Leicester Lions

Leicester Lions began in 1968, when the team transferred from Long Eaton. They competed in the British League until their closure in 1983, when they lost their home after the stadium was sold.

The Lions name was revived in the 2000s, with occasional challenge matches before the team returned to league competition at a new stadium in Beaumont Leys in 2011.

Indoor speedway
Speedway was also staged on an indoor track at Granby Halls. The first event was the Midland Individual Championship in January 1972, which was won by James Bond.

Around Leicestershire
Wilf Plant set up a training track near Melton Mowbray in 1936. Speedway was also staged at the greyhound stadium on Saxby Road in Melton Mowbray in 1949. The Melton Mowbray Motorcycle Club, chaired by Plant, staged several meetings on a cinder track there.

Paddy Mills set up a training track in a field in Syston in 1952, running training sessions attended by several riders who went on to represent Leicester Hunters, including Ivor Brown and Bryan Elliott.

References

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1970 Salvadoran legislative election

Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 8 March 1970. The result was a victory for the National Conciliation Party, which won 34 of the 52 seats. However, the election was marred by massive fraud. Voter turnout was just 41.6%.

Results

References

Bibliography
Political Handbook of the world, 1970. New York, 1971.
Anderson, Thomas P. 1988. Politics in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. New York: Praeger. Revised edition.
Caldera T., Hilda. 1983. Historia del Partido Demócrata Cristiano de El Salvador. Tegucigalpa: Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Políticos.
Eguizábal, Cristina. 1984. "El Salvador: elecciones sin democracia." Polemica (Costa Rica) 14/15:16-33 (marzo-junio 1984).
Haggerty, Richard A., ed. 1990. El Salvador, a country study. Washington: Library of Congress, Federal Research Division.
Herman, Edward S. and Frank Brodhead. 1984. Demonstration elections: U.S.-staged elections in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and El Salvador. Boston: South End Press.
Montgomery, Tommie Sue. 1995. Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder: Westview.
Webre, Stephen. 1979. José Napoleón Duarte and the Christian Democratic Party in Salvadoran Politics 1960-1972. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.
White, Alastair. 1973. El Salvador. New York: Praeger Publishers.
Williams, Philip J. and Knut Walter. 1997. Militarization and demilitarization in El Salvador's transition to democracy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

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Dorf Goes Fishing

Dorf Goes Fishing is a 1993 comedy film in the Dorf series, starring Tim Conway, Ronnie Schell and Yvonne Wilder.

Plot

Grunt the Caveman
Dorf begins the video by introducing us to 'Grunt', a caveman who looks peculiarly similar to Dorf (and is also played by Tim Conway). Grunt is credited as the caveman that 'discovers' fishing and yelling. He is not too intelligent, but he knows that 'food can be gotten from the water. The question was how to get that food out of the water and into your mouth.' After many attempts, a vine works.

Fishing Gear
Dorf demonstrates modern clothes and equipment of fishing, albeit not properly.

Dorf and His Wife - Segment One
Dorf's friend Billy Bob couldn't make it to fish, so Dorf convinces his amateur wife to join him. Despite inappropriate clothing and nearly useless gear, she catches more fish than her husband.

The D.I.P. Shopping Network
The video shifts gears and turns to the "Discount In Price" shopping channel, or "DIP" for short. All of their products have the name "DIP" in them. Dorf demonstrates the items, often with their negative side effects included. The number to order them from is 1-(555) DIP-FISH.

Dorf and His Wife - Segment Two
Dorf and his wife continue to fish; at this point, she has over 30 fish, while Dorf has none. Dorf is, however, determined to catch a fish, and determines that her simple pole is superior to his own. However, after they trade, his wife catches yet another impressive fish, while Dorf's bacon has been stolen away.

Cooking with Carly
Dorf has prepared his campsite for his favorite cooking show, "Cooking with Carly". Carly (also played by Tim Conway) is a ditzy chef who appears to have drunken a bit too much 'Sauce'. The recipe is for 'Taters, Fish, and Biscuits'.

 Step One Carly instructs that the potatoes have to be washed and covered in aluminum foil. Dorf hurriedly douses them in water to keep up with the show's fast pace, but fumbles with the foil, tossing the potatoes hastily in the fire.
 Step Two Carly begins to filet the fish with 'one swipe', but Dorf claims that his wife has been 'cutting cardboard boxes' with the filet knife, so he proceeds to sharpen the knife, but slices his finger in the process. After wrapping the wound in an oily rag, he attempts to debone the fish, but fumbles when he tries to take the whole skeleton out in one quick swipe.
 Step Three Carly opens the biscuit mix bag easily, but Dorf fails to rip it open as easily. As he fails to keep up, he burns his hand on the oven, but places the mix inside.
 Step Four Dorf places the fish into the frying pan, but cannot bring the plastic wrap under control to cover his biscuit mix.
 Step Five Carly instructs to remove the fish from the frying pan, but warns that the handle may be hot. Dorf does not heed this warning, however, causing him to throw the pan (and fish) into the air. The fish lands on the ground, ruining it.
 Step Six Again, Carly warns that the potatoes cannot be placed in the center of the campfire. As Dorf wonders about this, a potato suddenly flies out, barely missing his head. Another potato explodes into his face, covering him in potato pieces.
 Step Seven Carly shows the eight-minute biscuits she prepared. However, Dorf's are still extremely runny as he takes them out of the oven. Carly reminds everyone that at a high altitude campsite, cooking the biscuits require an extra two minutes.
 Step Eight Carly retrieves a set-up version of the meal from off-set, which is inexplicably and obviously pre-prepared. Dorf's fish, potatoes, and biscuits are ruined, and of course nothing like the show claims. Carly finally recommends that the meal be finished off with 'sauce', and she swigs some with a "WOO-HOO!" as the program ends. Dorf angrily takes a swig from his water supply and mutters, "Awoo-hoo."  As he walks away from the campsite, the last potato explodes into his face, and he drenches his face in water to keep from getting burnt.

Dorf and His Wife - Segment Three
Dorf is sitting alone in his boat. His wife tells him to come back to shore; she had caught 63 fish, and Dorf has yet to catch one. The wife drives away without him, as he sits alone in the boat. The credits roll by as he calls for help from others and insults his wife.

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Maria Lenk Aquatics Center

The Maria Lenk Aquatics Center () is an aquatics centre that is part of the City of Sports Complex in the Barra da Tijuca district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is part of the investments made by the city to host the swimming, synchronized swimming and diving competitions of the 2007 Pan American Games. During the 2016 Summer Olympics, it hosted group matches of water polo and the synchronised swimming and diving competitions. The name of the water park is a tribute to the Brazilian swimmer, Maria Lenk, who died less than three months before its inauguration.

The water park was designed in accordance with established parameters and specifications of the International Swimming Federation (FINA). It is partially covered and includes an Olympic-sized swimming pool, an indoor heating and a tank for diving.

The complex has the capacity to receive about 8,000 people. The construction area is . The facility has also been designed according to the specifications required to achieve the Parapan American Games of 2007, as well as environments and equipment ready to receive people with special needs.

In March 2008, the facility came under the administration of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, which has been involved in training for Olympic and Paralympic athletes, coaches and officials, as well as courses, conferences, workshops, gym and small schools of swimming, water polo, diving and synchronized swimming. Until now, the year 2009, the BOC did not do any sports activity on the site.

The lack of sports activities on site has been reinforcing the theory that the complex was a failed project that would prove difficult to maintain in the long run, funded by taxes from the state government of Rio de Janeiro. However, the park, as well as other facilities built for the achievement of the Pan American Games, was one of the major assets of the city's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

See also
 Júlio Delamare Aquatics Centre
 Swimming Olympic Centre of Bahia

References
Rio2016.org.br Bid package. Volume 2. p. 18.

External links
Rio 2016 website

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Indian Springs Park

Indian Springs Park may refer to:

Indian Springs State Park, located near Jackson and Flovilla, Georgia
Indian Springs Park (Davenport, Iowa)
Manatee Mineral Springs Park, formally known as Indian Springs Park, located in Bradenton, Florida


David Stripp

David Arthur Stripp (born 4 April 1935) is a former English cricketer.  Stripp was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.  He was born at Crawley Down, Sussex.

Stripp made his first-class debut for Sussex against Essex in the 1956 County Championship.  He made eleven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Hampshire in the 1957 County Championship.  In his twelve first-class matches, he scored a total of 183 runs at an average of 10.76, with a high score of 32 not out.  With the ball, he took 6 wickets at a bowling average of 49.50, with best figures of 2/12.

References

External links
David Stripp at ESPNcricinfo
David Stripp at CricketArchive

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Dafni Bokota

Dafni Bokota was born in Koukaki, Athens, Greece in 1960. She is a singer, presenter and former spokesperson for the Greek national broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT).

Bokota studied English and French literature and while working in ERT and released an LP with her own compositions. The title of the record was Dafni Bokota kai Saboter and the singles "Diva" and "Viper Nora" were hits. She had tried to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1983 with her song "Juliet".
Bokota is best known for presenting for ERT the Jeux Sans Frontières and the Eurovision Song Contest, the latter for eighteen years from 1987 until 2004. In 2005, she was fired and replaced by Swedish born reporter Alexandra Pascalidou to present the 2005 contest. After the event, she published a book with her memories of the Contest, which was published in two editions.

Bokota is married and has a 10-year-old son. She is involved in the politics, while in 2003-04 she was a judge in the Greek reality TV show Fame Story.

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Millions (song)

"Millions" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Pusha T, which was originally released as a promotional single for his then-upcoming album My Name Is My Name, on January 29, 2013. It was later revealed that the song would not be featured on the album. It was also included on his 2013 mixtape Wrath of Caine. The song, which features a guest appearance from fellow American rapper Rick Ross, peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Music video
The music video for "Millions" was directed by Samuel Rogers, and filmed during late January 2013. On January 24, Def Jam released a trailer for the music video. The full video was released on February 11, 2013. It was described as "massively cliched, full of drug-dealer iconography: Guns, expensive cars, beautiful but duplicitous girls, and police raids" by Stereogum, but explained that it worked due to the charisma of both rappers.

Charts

Release history

References

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Balamber

Balamber (also known as Balamir, Balamur and many other variants) was ostensibly a chieftain of the Huns, mentioned by Jordanes in his Getica ( 550 AD). Jordanes simply called him "king of the Huns" () and writes the story of Balamber crushing the tribes of the Ostrogoths in the 370s; somewhere between 370 and more probably 376 AD.

A number of historians argue that Balamber may have never existed, and was a confusion of other rulers or even a fabrication.

Etymology
The name is recorded in three variants by Jordanes, and an additional two by copyists: Balaber, Balamber, Balamur, Balambyr, Balamir. Balaber with omission of -m- may be a corruption of Balamber. Balamir has the Gothic onomastic suffix -mir/-mer.

Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen argued that the original form of the name was Balimber and that its meaning is unknown.

Omeljan Pritsak considered Balamur as the only original Hunnic form of the name. He derived it from a word akin to Mongolian , ,  (savage, wild, venturous, daring). Pristak thus reconstructs the name as coming from bala + mur, meaning "the greatest among the venturous, daring".

Hyun Jin Kim argues that the name is simply a corruption of the name Valamir, who he argues to have been the basis of the figure in Jordanes. Kim notes that Valamir was written Βαλαμηρ (Balamêr) in Greek. He argues that the name is of uncertain meaning but "seems to have an eastern origin" and suggests a connection to a city in Central Asia called Balaam (Βαλαάμ).

History
Jordanes recounts:

Those events were preceded by the Huns' attack on the Alans at the Don River, who bordered the Greuthungi, and according to Ammianus Marcellinus, occurred an alliance between them.

The events and names which followed vary according to Ammianus and Cassiodorus (from whose Gothic History was summarized Getica):

Ammianus wrote that after death of Ermanaric in 375, Vithimiris became the king of the Greuthungi, he resisted the Huns and Alans, but was killed in battle and was succeeded by young son Videric, so they were ruled by duces Alatheus and Safrax. They managed to make a confederation of Greuthungi, Alans and Huns, who escaped from the majority of Huns, crossed the Danube in 376, and fought Battle of Adrianople in 378.

Cassiodorus, i.e. Jordanes recounts that after Ermanaric's death Goths separated in Western Visigoths and Eastern Ostrogoths, the latter remained in "their old Scythian settlements" under Hunnic rule. The Amal Vinitharius retained the "insignia of his princely rank", and trying to escape from the Huns, he invaded the lands of the Antes and their king Boz for merely one year, but Balamber put an end to Ostrogoths independence. After the subjection, followed more complex Ostrogoths royal descending; Ermanaric > Hunimund-Thorismund-Berimud moved with his son Videric with the Visigoths to the West because "despised the Ostrogoths for their subjection to the Huns". Then happened forty years of interregnum and Ostrogoths decided to give the rule to Vandalaris's son Valamir, a relative of Thorismund. Valamir eventually deserted Attila's sons in c. 454.

Herwig Wolfram argued the possibility that unknown river Erac could be identified with the river Phasis in Lazica. Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen denied the connection with ancient Erax, and considered Tiligul or lower Dnieper. Wolfram puts the geographical location of events after the battle in 376, in Scythia, but the term shifted more westward and actually meant Dacia and Pannonia.

Maenchen-Helfen considered that Cassiodorus would not admit that the Gothic princess became a wife of Balamber if he was not some sort of a king.

Wolfram argued that although scholars often identify "Vithimiris" with Vinitharius, and "Videric" with Vandalarius, onomatological and genealogical methods do not go along with historical events, and many difficulties arise. One of them was that Balamber lived in the time of Valamir. However, although of similar etymological names, Balamber, Wolfram related to Iranian Balimber, and as such considered them two different personalities.

A number of scholars such as Edward Arthur Thompson, Hyun-Jin Kim, and Peter Heather consider Balamber's story historically improbable, and he may be a version of the better-attested Valamir, or was an invention by the Goths to explain who defeated them.

References

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Varanus macraei

Varanus macraei, the blue-spotted tree monitor or blue tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard found on the island of Batanta in Indonesia. It is named after herpetologist Duncan R. MacRae, founder of the reptile park Rimba on Bali.

Geographic range
The distribution of V. macraei is restricted to the island of Batanta, on the northwestern tip of the Vogelkop peninsula of Irian Jaya of Indonesia. There this species lives like its relatives, the other members of the prasinus-group, as a tree climber, which is clearly visible by the prehensile tail. This may be the smallest distribution of any tree monitor, as this island has a size of only 450 km2, which is comparable with Lake Constance of Central Europe.

Habitat
The blue-spotted tree monitor inhabits tropical forests that average 83–100 °F. In the dry season the humidity is around 65%, but it spikes to 100% in the wet season.

Description

Varanus macraei is part of the prasinus-group and the subgenus (Euprepiosaurus). As its common names suggest, it is black with scattered blue scales, forming ocellations that may in turn form bands across the back. The tip of the snout is light blue and the lower jaw is white with uniform green scales along the neck, forming a v-shaped pattern. There are less than 9 dorsal crossbands and the legs are heavily spotted with turquoise ocelli. There are 85–103 scale rows at midbody. A single distinct blue scale row stretches from the lower angle of the eye to the upper edge of the ear. Its throat is light with dark spots forming a reticulated pattern. Like all members of the prasinus-group, with 22–23 more or less symmetrical blue rings, the tail is prehensile and about 1.95 times as long as the snout-vent length (SVL). Male blue-spotted monitors reach a larger maximum size than female blue-spotted monitors, and they can be distinguished by the comparatively broader temporal region and distinct hemipenal bulges posterolateral to the cloaca. Adult male blue-spotted monitors may reach  in total length, and female blue-spotted monitors are about  shorter than the male blue-spotted monitors, making V. macraei the largest known species of the V. prasinus complex.

Behavior and diet
This species is diurnal and arboreal thus it avoids predators by fleeing up a tree and keeping the trunk between itself and the intruder, as many anoles do. Currently no studies have been published on the matter, however the diet of V. macraei is likely primarily made up of (in order) stick insects, orthopterans (grasshoppers, katydids and crickets), moths, beetles, smaller lizards, small eggs, and the occasional berry.

History
As recently as a decade ago, only five species comprised the tree monitor group: Varanus prasinus, V. beccarii, V. bogerti, V. keithhornei, and V. telenesetes. In the early years of the 21st century, that number has been supplemented with the discoveries and naming of V. macraei, V. boehmei, and V. reisingeri. The considerable similarity among these species made them difficult to differentiate. Some individuals of the decidedly green V. prasinus have very little yellow pigmentation, and thus appear pale blue. Varanus reisingeri can very well be described as looking like V. prasinus without blue pigmentation. While there are very few reports — and no specific field studies — relating to the natural history of any of the tree monitors, there is a considerable body of knowledge available for the green tree monitor (V. prasinus) and the black tree monitor (V. beccarii), two of the species that have been very successfully maintained and bred in captivity for more than two decades. Consequently, several herpetoculturists and at least two zoos have now kept and bred the blue-spotted monitor (V. macraei).

References

Further reading
Böhme W, Jacobs HJ (2001). "Varanus macraei sp. n., eine neue Waranart der V. prasinus-Gruppe aus West Irian, Indonesien ". Herpetofauna 23 (133): 5-10. (Varanus macraei, new species). (in German).
Ziegler T, Schmitz A, Koch A, Böhme W (2007). "A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups". Zootaxa 1472: 1-28.

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EZ-Poly

EZ-Poly is a brand of multipurpose polyurethane filler adhesive sealant originally branded as RayCrete. EZ-Poly is a structural filler so it can do more than just cosmetic repairs like products such as Bondo.  It is versatile enough to eliminate the need for multiple products. It can be used for indoor, outdoor, and many underwater purposes and is environmentally safe.

EZ-Poly is a two-part compound.

The product experiences minor expansion while curing depending on moisture level but does not shrink. It will bond dissimilar materials and fill both minor and major gaps. It does not have the problems epoxies do as it has no odor, no VOCs, does not get hot during cure and is not flammable. EZ-Poly is good to use with concrete, wood, stone and other porous materials and can be used with etched plastics, metals and glass. The product is waterproof and weatherproof. It can be painted with plastic-compatible paint and is best used with a shellac primer.

The product can be worked during cure as it becomes clay-like and once cured can be sanded, sawed, planed, lathed, screwed, nailed and machined.

RayCrete and EZ-Poly were manufactured by Valiant Technologies, Inc. and sold throughout the world from 1996 to 2008. Valiant Technologies, Inc. closed its doors in 2008, and while you can still find references to its products on the Internet, they are no longer available.

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Hamorton Historic District

Hamorton Historic District is a national historic district located in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It encompasses 75 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the crossroads community of Hamorton. It largely consists of a variety of stone, brick, and frame  residences built between 1780 and 1930.  The village was laid out in the 1830s and developed as a "company town" in the early 20th century by Pierre S. du Pont (1870–1954).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

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McLeod's Daughters (season 6)

The sixth season of the long-running Australian outback drama McLeod's Daughters began airing on 15 February 2006 and concluded on 29 November 2006 after 32 episodes.

Bridie Carter (Tess), Simmone Jade Mackinnon (Stevie), Rachael Carpani (Jodi), Aaron Jeffery (Alex), Michala Banas (Kate), Brett Tucker (Dave), and Jonny Pasvolsky (Rob/Matt) all returned as main cast members from the previous season. Myles Pollard (Nick) returned for two episodes to wrap up his character's story line. This is the last season to feature Pollard and Carter, as Bridie Carter leaves the series early in the season with Pollard's character. Jonny Pasvolsky leaves the show early in the season, but his character makes a guest appearance in the season finale, and will also return during the seventh season. This is the last season to feature Brett Tucker as his character leaves for Africa in the season finale.

Luke Jacobz returns as a main character playing Dave's brother Patrick. Jacobz has a guest appearance in the fifth season as Patrick. Zoe Naylor returns as a main cast member as Regan McLeod after being a recurring character in the previous season.

Doris Younane has a more recurring role as Moira Doyle. She will become a main cast member in the final two seasons. Dustin Clare joins as the recurring role of Riley Ward, but will act as a main cast member in the following season. Sonia Todd (Meg) returns for several episodes and wraps up her story line with John Jarratt (Terry). Todd will reprise her role in the final two seasons as well, where this is Jarratt's final season on the show. Marshall Napier (Harry) and Inge Hornstra (Sandra) appear for their last season on the series as Napier's character, Harry, dies and Hornstra's character, Sandra, causes his death.

Daniel Feuerriegel (Leo) and Basia A'Hern (Rose) also return from the previous season in recurring roles and a story line together.

Cast

Regular
 Bridie Carter as Tess Silverman McLeod Ryan (episodes 1—8)
 Simmone Jade Mackinnon as Stevie Hall
 Rachael Carpani as Jodi Fountain McLeod
 Aaron Jeffery as Alex Ryan
 Michala Banas as Kate Manfredi
 Brett Tucker as Dave Brewer
 Jonny Pasvolsky as Rob Shelton/Matt Bosnich (episodes 1—9; guest episode 32)
 Luke Jacobz as Patrick Brewer (episode 9—)
 Zoe Naylor as Regan McLeod (episode 10—)

Recurring
 Doris Younane as Moira Doyle
 Myles Pollard as Nick Ryan
 Sonia Todd as Meg Fountain
 Michelle Langstone as Fiona Webb Ryan
 Marshall Napier as Harry Ryan
 Inge Hornstra as Sandra Ryan
 John Jarratt as Terry Dodge
 Daniel Feuerriegel as Leo Coombes
 Dustin Clare as Riley Ward
 Peter Hardy as Phil Rakich
 Patrick Frost as Neil Thompson
 Basia A'Hern as Rose Hall-Smith

Guest
 Catherine Wilkin as Liz Ryan
 Henry Nixon as Greg Dawson
 Gillian Alexy as Tayler Geddes

Episodes

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See also
 McLeod's Daughters

References

 Australian Television Information Archive
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External links
 McLeod's Daughters Official Website

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Gareth Armstrong (footballer)

Gareth Armstrong is a Scottish footballer who is currently unattached after a five-year spell at Troon. He previously played for Ayr United.

Career

Ayr United
A member of Ayr United's football academy, Armstrong made his first team debut in the Scottish Second Division as a substitute on 7 May 2011 against Brechin City at Glebe Park. Ayr United won promotion via the play offs and he made his Scottish First Division debut on the opening day of the 2011–12 season.

Troon

Armstrong moved into Junior football with Troon to gain experience of regular first-team football after a long education with Ayr United. His versatility has seen him used at right-back, centre-back & midfield, but he won the Player of the Year award in season 2012-13 at left-back and has been most consistently used here since.

Career statistics

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Greg Scott (violinist)

Greg Scott is a Manchester-based violinist and a protege of Pete Waterman. His first album “DUEL” ranked Number 1 in the UK Classical Charts.

Education
Scott graduated from Chetham's School of Music and then from Royal Northern College of Music.

Career
Scott started his music career performing as a violinist at the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. However, Scott's music career came to limelight after meeting the music producer Pete Waterman. As a result, Scott debuted with performances at the London's The Royal Albert Hall.

Scott was a member of The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and has performed as a soloist with Bryan Ferry and KD lang.

Women’s magazine Company ranked Scott among the 50 most eligible bachelors in Britain.

Greg Scott has been quoted by numerous sources as a violinist and musician performing in the field of classical music with respect to both his live performances as well as his album.

References

External links
Official website

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List of Northamptonshire County Cricket Club seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in English cricket, from the club's formation to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top run-scorers and wicket-takers for each season.

Seasons

Key

Division shown in bold when it changes due to promotion, relegation or league reorganisation.  Top run scorer/wicket taker shown in bold when he was the leading run scorer/wicket taker in the country.

Key to league record:
Div - division played in
P – games played
W – games won
L – games lost
D – games drawn
NR – games with no result
Abnd – games abandoned
Pts – points
Pos – final position

Key to rounds:
PR - preliminary round
R1 – first round
R2 – second round, etc.
QF – quarter-final
SF – semi-final
Grp – group stage
RU - runners-up
n/a – not applicable

Notes
A.  The National League competition did not start until the 1969 season, and ran until 2010. It was replaced, along with the Friends Provident Trophy, by the group format Clydesdale Bank 40.
B.  The Friends Provident Trophy competition did not start until the 1963 season, and for the 2010 was replaced by a group format named the Clydesdale Bank 40.
C.  The Benson & Hedges Cup competition did not start until the 1972 season, and ran until 2002.
D.  The Twenty20 Cup competition did not start until the 2003 season, and for the 2010 season changed to the FP T20.
E.  In County Championship matches only.
F.  The County Championship was split into two divisions in 2000.
G.  The National League was split into two divisions in 1999.
H.  Owing to the 1999 Cricket World Cup, the Benson & Hedges Cup was replaced by the Benson & Hedges Super Cup, which featured the top eight teams from the 1998 County Championship. Northamptonshire, finishing 15, did not qualify.

References

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Richard Chandler

Richard Chandler (1737 – 9 February 1810) was an English antiquary.

Education
Chandler was born in Elson, Hampshire. He was educated at Winchester and at Queen's College, Oxford, and Magdalen College, Oxford.

Early work
His first work consisted of fragments from the minor Greek poets, with notes (Elegiaca Graeca, 1759); and in 1763 he published a fine edition of the inscriptions among the Arundel marbles, Marmora Oxoniensia, with a Latin translation, and a number of suggestions for supplying the lacunae.

Antiquarian work
In 1764 he was introduced by Robert Wood, who had produced the Ruins of Palmyra to the Society of Dilettanti and sent by them, accompanied by Nicholas Revett, an architect, and William Pars, a painter, to explore the antiquities of Ionia and Greece (1764-1766).

The Society's brief, drawn up 17 May 1764 was that the travelers make Smyrna their headquarters, and from there "..to make excursions to the several remains of antiquity in that neighborhood; to make exact plans and measurements, to make accurate drawings of the bas-reliefs and ornaments..copying all the inscriptions you shall meet with, and keeping minute diaries."

Having explored numerous sites in Anatolia and Ionian Islands, they continued to Athens, where they purchased fragments of sculpture from the Parthenon: "We purchased two fine fragments of the frieze which we found inserted over the doorways in the town, and were presented with a beautiful trunk which had fallen from the metopes, and lay neglected in the garden of a Turk".

The result of their labours were the Ionian Antiquities in two magnificent folios published by the Dilettanti in 1769, and, later, Chandler's record of the tour, Travels in Greece, or an Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society Of Dillettanti (1776).

Later life
He subsequently held several church preferments, including the rectory of Tylehurst, in Berkshire, where he died in 1810.

Other works by Chandler were Inscriptiones Antiquae pleraeque nondum editae (Oxford, 1774); Travels in Asia Minor (1775); Travels in Greece (1776); History of Ilium (1803), in which he asserted the accuracy of Homer's geography. His Life of Bishop Waynflete, Lord High Chancellor to Henry VI, appeared in 1811.

A complete edition (with notes by Nicholas Revett) of the Travels in Asia Minor and Greece was published by Ralph Churton (Oxford, 1825), with an Account of the Author.

References

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Raiano railway station

Raiano is a railway station in Raiano, Italy. The station is located on the Terni–Sulmona railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia.

History
The station was opened in 1875 and, unfortunately, suffered the bombing of the Second World War, but was rebuilt immediately afterwards. The passenger building is equipped with a waiting room with a validator of tickets. There are 2 tracks, passenger trains cross each other.

Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):

Regional services (Treno regionale) L'Aquila - Sulmona

References

This article is based upon a translation of the Italian language version as at October 2014.

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Salla Koskela

Salla Koskela  (born 7 May 1992) is a Finnish ski orienteering competitor.

At the 2017 World Ski Orienteering Championships she won a silver medal in women's sprint, as well as in the middle distance.

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