Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty

Consequences of the treaty

In the short-term, the Japanese were satisfied with the agreement, which gave no concessions which had not already been granted to the Americans, and which at least temporarily averted the possibility of immediate military confrontation. However, on the British side, Stirling came under immediate criticism as the treaty made no provision for formal trade relations with Japan,extraterritoriality for foreigners was vaguely worded. Furthermore, the final clause in the treaty seemed to preclude the possibility of further negotiations. The only opening left to Great Britain was an informal promise that he would send a steam yacht as a present for the Shogun of Japan.

Lord Elgin was sent by Queen Victoria in 1858 to negotiate the trade agreement, using the delivery of the yacht as an excuse to start discussions. This led to the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce of 1858, which allowed the establishment of foreign concessions, extraterritoriality for foreigners, and minimal import taxes for foreign goods. The Japanese chafed under the "unequal treaty system" which characterized Asian and Western relations during this period.Treaty of Shimoda, 7 February 1855).


Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty

* Anglo-Japanese relations
  * Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce of 1858
  * Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of 1894
  * Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902
  * Convention of Kanagawa
  * Treaty of Shimoda
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Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty

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  * The Anglo-Japanese Convention of 14 October 1854 (full text)


Boar Tush, Alabama

Boar Tush is an unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama, United States. It was also called Boartusk.

A post office was established as Boartush in 1885, and it closed one year later, in 1886.


Senecio macroglossus

Senecio macroglossus, the Natal ivy, marguerite ivy, climbing senecio or wax ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa, from Zimbabwe and Mozambique to eastern South Africa.

Name

'Variegatus'

Despite its common name, and its resemblance to common ivy, it is not closely related to that group of plants. The Latin specific epithet macroglossus means "large tongue".

Description

Growing to 3 m (10 ft) or more, it is an evergreen climber with waxy triangular leaves to 8 cm (3 in) long.

Single, yellow, daisy-like composite flowerheads are borne in summer.

Cultivation

With a minimum temperature of 5–7 °C (41–45 °F), it is frequently grown as a houseplant in temperate regions. Numerous cultivars have been developed, of which 'Variegatus', with cream-coloured leaf margins, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.


Take Me Over (Peking Duk song)

"Take Me Over" is a song by Australian electronic music duo Peking Duk. The song features vocals from SAFIA. It was produced by Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles of Peking Duk.Songs to Sweat To.

"Take Me Over" reached a peak of number 32 on the New Zealand charts and number 6 on the Australian ARIA Charts, where the song also received a certification of 2× Platinum. The song placed at number 5 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2014.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Take Me Over" was first released on YouTube on 19 November 2014 at a total length of four minutes and one second.

Reviews

Paul McBride from theaureview said; "Peking Duk have dropped another killer electro jam. Expect 'Take Me Over' to get many thousands of arms up in the air over the summer festival season."

Remixes

A remix single was released on 19 December 2014.

 1. "Take Me Over" (Just A Gent remix) – 4:59
 2. "Take Me Over" (NEUS remix) – 3:55
 3. "Take Me Over" (Sonny Fodera remix) – 6:09

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014)                     Peak
                                 position
Australia (ARIA)                 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)  32

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)      Position
Australia (ARIA)  91
Chart (2015)      Position
Australia (ARIA)  90

Certifications

Region                                                   Certification  Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)                                         3× Platinum    210,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


2017 World Baseball Classic Pool D

Pool D of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Estadio Charros de Jalisco, Zapopan, Mexico, from March 9 to 13, 2017, between Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to Pool F.

Puerto Rico advanced to the second round after winning all three of its matches. There was a three-way tie for second place, however, because Italy defeated Mexico, Venezuela defeated Italy, and Mexico defeated Venezuela. Per tournament rules, the best two teams would play a tiebreaker game to determine the pool runner-up. Venezuela defeated Italy, to advance to Pool F.

The first tiebreaker criterion is fewest runs allowed per defensive inning played in the games between the tied teams. Mexico allowed 19 runs, Italy allowed 20 runs, and Venezuela allowed 21 runs. Italy and Venezuela played 19 innings each in the two matches, therefore their RA/IPD were 1.053 and 1.105. Mexico played 18 innings, but they recorded no outs in the ninth inning of their game versus Italy, therefore the inning did not count towards their RA/IPD of 1.117.

Standings

Pos  Team         Pld  W  L  RF  RA  RD   PCT    GB   Qualification
1    Puerto Rico  3    3  0  29  7   +22  1.000  —    Advance to second round
2    Venezuela    4    2  2  24  35  −11  .500   1.5
3    Italy        4    1  3  26  33  −7   .250   2.5
4    Mexico (H)   3    1  2  24  28  −4   .333   2

Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Pool D MVP: [Puerto Rico] Francisco Lindor

Results

  * All times are Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Italy 10, Mexico 9


2017 World Baseball Classic Pool D

Italy 10, Mexico 9

March 9, 20:00 at Estadio Charros de Jalisco
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R   H   E
Mexico                                                                                1  0  1  2  3  0  2  0  0  9   13  1
Italy                                                                                1  0  0  3  1  0  0  0  5  10  12  1
WP: Jordan Romano (1−0) LP: Roberto Osuna (0−1)
Home runs:
MEX: Esteban Quiroz (1), Japhet Amador (1)
ITA: John Andreoli (1), Rob Segedin (1), Chris Colabello (1), Drew Butera (1)
Attendance: 14,296 (89.4%)
Umpires: HP − Dan Bellino, 1B − Doug Eddings, 2B − Santos Castillo, 3B − Winfried Berkvens
Notes: No outs when winning run scored.
Boxscore

Puerto Rico 11, Venezuela 0

March 10, 20:00 at Estadio Charros de Jalisco (F/7)
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R   H   E
Venezuela                                                                                0  0  0  0  0  0  0  X  X  0   3   1
Puerto Rico                                                                                0  0  2  0  0  3  6  X  X  11  10  0
WP: Seth Lugo (1−0) LP: Félix Hernández (0−1)
Home runs:
VEN: None
PUR: Carlos Correa (1), Yadier Molina (1), T. J. Rivera (1)
Attendance: 14,806 (92.5%)
Umpires: HP − Quinn Wolcott, 1B − Michael Ulloa, 2B − Dan Bellino, 3B − Winfried Berkvens
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Two outs when last run scored.
Boxscore

Venezuela 11, Italy 10


2017 World Baseball Classic Pool D

Venezuela 11, Italy 10

March 11, 14:00 at Estadio Charros de Jalisco (F/10)
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  R   H   E
Venezuela                                                                                0  0  0  0  3  2  3  0  2  1   11  17  2
Italy                                                                                1  0  2  2  0  0  2  1  2  0   10  12  2
WP: Francisco Rodríguez (1−0) LP: Trey Nielsen (0−1) Sv: José Castillo (1)
Home runs:
VEN: Salvador Pérez (1)
ITA: Alex Liddi (1), Brandon Nimmo (1)
Attendance: 12,187 (76.2%)
Umpires: HP − Santos Castillo, 1B − Dan Bellino, 2B − Quinn Wolcott, 3B − Michael Ulloa
Boxscore

Puerto Rico 9, Mexico 4

March 11, 20:30 at Estadio Charros de Jalisco
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H   E
Puerto Rico                                                                                2  0  1  0  1  0  1  0  4  9  13  1
Mexico                                                                                1  0  0  0  0  0  3  0  0  4  7   1
WP: Jorge López (1−0) LP: Miguel González (0−1)
Home runs:
PUR: Francisco Lindor 2 (2), Javier Báez (1)
MEX: None
Attendance: 15,647 (97.8%)
Umpires: HP − Doug Eddings, 1B − Winfried Berkvens, 2B − Quinn Wolcott, 3B − Michael Ulloa
Boxscore

Puerto Rico 9, Italy 3

March 12, 13:30 at Estadio Charros de Jalisco
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H   E
Italy                                                                                2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  3   0
Puerto Rico                                                                                1  2  1  3  2  0  0  0  X  9  13  0
WP: José Berríos (1−0) LP: Luis Lugo (0−1)
Home runs:
ITA: John Andreoli (2), Drew Butera (2)
PUR: Carlos Correa (2)
Attendance: 11,924 (74.5%)
Umpires: HP − Dan Bellino, 1B − Santos Castillo, 2B − Doug Eddings, 3B − Winfried Berkvens
Boxscore

Mexico 11, Venezuela 9


2017 World Baseball Classic Pool D

Mexico 11, Venezuela 9

March 12, 20:00 at Estadio Charros de Jalisco
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R   H   E
Mexico                                                                                0  5  0  0  3  1  2  0  0  11  12  0
Venezuela                                                                                0  0  1  0  3  2  3  0  0  9   15  0
WP: Luis Mendoza (1−0) LP: Yusmeiro Petit (0−1) Sv: Roberto Osuna (1)
Home runs:
MEX: Esteban Quiroz (2), Brandon Laird (1)
VEN: Víctor Martínez (1)
Attendance: 15,489 (96.8%)
Umpires: HP − Quinn Wolcott, 1B − Doug Eddings, 2B − Michael Ulloa, 3B − Santos Castillo
Boxscore

Tiebreaker game − Venezuela 4, Italy 3

March 13, 19:00 at Estadio Charros de Jalisco
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Venezuela                                                                               0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  3  4  5  0
Italy                                                                                1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  3  7  1
WP: José Alvarado (1−0) LP: Mike DeMark (0−1) Sv: Francisco Rodríguez (1)
Home runs:
VEN: Miguel Cabrera (1)
ITA: John Andreoli (3), Alex Liddi (2)
Attendance: 1,783 (11.1%)
Umpires: HP − Doug Eddings, 1B − Dan Bellino, 2B − Santos Castillo, 3B − Michael Ulloa
Boxscore

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Parish of Olive

Landscape around Olive

Olive, also known as Olive Downs, is a civil parish of Tongowoko County in far north west New South Wales, located at 29°02′40″S 141°52′14″E.

Geography

A dry creek bed seen from the cliff face near Olive Downs Station

The geography of Olive Parish is mostly the flat, arid landscape of the Channel Country but includes a series of mesa known as the Jump ups.

The parish is on the Silver City Highway and lies within the Sturt National Park.

The Queensland-New South Wales border forms the northern boundary of the parish, which is marked by the Dingo Fence.

The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).

History

The parish is on the traditional lands of the Yarli people.

Parishes of Olive and Warri, and Olive Downs pastoral leases, 1940

The parish is named for Olive Downs Station, a cattle run of 92,000 acres established between 1884 and 1886. The first recorded owners were Charles Murray and William Sanderson in 1889 but the property changed hands a number of times and grew in area to become 512,000 acres by 1912. In 1924 an adjoining property in Queensland was added to the run.

In 1924 or 1927 it became part of Sidney Kidman’s pastoral empire. It has been said that Kidman controlled a third of the West Darling region by 1920. Olive Downs Station ran huge flocks of sheep in its early days but by 1927–1932 these were dramatically reduced to an average of 12,172 head of sheep. - Draft Plan of Management Sturt National Park

Sturt National Park was established in 1972,


Parish of Oxley (Gordon County)

Oxley Parish is a civil parish of Gordon County, New South Wales.Cadastral divisions of New South Wales.

The parish is on the Hyandra and Whylandra Creek (tributaries of the Macquarie River), south of Dubbo, New South Wales,


Xiamen BRT

Xiamen's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a bus rapid transit system in Xiamen, Fujian, China. It was formally put into operation on August 31, 2008 and is considered China's first elevated BRT network.Xiamen Metro.

The system uses some dedicated elevated roadways as well as dedicated lanes on bridges which allow buses to reach speeds of 60 km/h.

Xiamen BRT viaduct, 2009

Xiamen BRT Railway Station, 2019

Xiamen BRT Bus, 2020

Line

The system currently has 7 operational lines.

BRT 1

From No.1 Port to Xiamen North Railway Station in Jimei 21 stops over 33.4 km and takes about 90mins

  * BRT 1 Interchange

From Diyi Matou (No.1 Port) and ends at Wenxing Dong Rd (Qianpu) 17 bus stops over 18.7 km and takes about 50mins

Station
  * 第一码头站 (Diyi Matou Station)
  * 开禾路口站 (Kaihe Lukou Station)
  * 思北站 (Sibei Station)
  * 斗西路站 (Douxi Lukou Station)
  * 二市站 (Ershi Station)
  * 文灶站 (Wenzao Station) Line 1
  * 火车站 (Xiamen Railway Station)
  * 莲坂站 (Lianban Station)
  * 龙山桥站 (Longshanqiao Station)
  * 卧龙晓城站 (Wolong Xiaocheng Station)
  * 东芳山庄站 (Dongfang Shanzhuang Station)
  * 蔡塘站 (Caitang Station) Line 2
  * 金山站 (Jinshan Station)
  * 穆厝站 (Mucuo Station)
  * 双十中学站 (Double Ten Middle School Station)
  * 县后站(机场)(Xianhou Station (Airport))
  * 集美大桥南站 (Jimei Daqiao South Station)
  * 嘉庚体育馆站 (Jiageng Sport Center Station)
  * 诚毅学院站 (Chengyi Institute Station)
  * 华侨大学站 (Huaqiao University Station)
  * 田厝站 (Tiancuo Station)(planned)
  * 厦门北站 (Xiamen North Railway Station) Line 1

BRT 2


Xiamen BRT

BRT 2

From Diyi Matou (No.1 Port) and ends at Xike. 9 stops over 15.3 km and takes about 40 minutes

The fare is calculated by distance travelled. The basic fare is 0.3rmb per km in non-air condition bus and 0.6rmb in air conditioned bus

Station
  * 第一码头站 (Diyi Matou Station)
  * 开禾路口站 (Kaihe Lukou Station)
  * 思北站 (Sibei Station)
  * 斗西路站 (Douxi Lukou Station)
  * 二市站 (Ershi Station)
  * 文灶站 (Wenzao Station) Line 1
  * 火车站 (Xiamen Railway Station)
  * 莲坂站 (Lianban Station)
  * 龙山桥站 (Longshanqiao Station)
  * 卧龙晓城站 (Wolong Xiaocheng Station)
  * 东芳山庄站 (Dongfang Shanzhuang Station)
  * 蔡塘站 (Caitang Station) Line 2
  * 金山站 (Jinshan Station)
  * 穆厝站 (Mucuo Station)
  * 双十中学站
  * 县后站(机场) (Xianhou Station (Airport))
  * 集美大桥南站 (Jimei Daqiao South Station)
  * 凤林站 (Fenglin Station)
  * 东垵站 (Dong'an Station)(under construction)
  * 后田站 (Houtian Station)(under construction)
  * 东亭站 (Dongting Station)(under construction)
  * 美峰站 (Meifeng Station)(under construction)
  * 下店站 (Xiadian Station)(under construction)
  * 潘涂站 (Pantu Station)
  * 西柯站 (Xike Station)

BRT 3

From No.1 Port and ends at Qianpu.


Xiamen BRT

From No.1 Port and ends at Qianpu.

Station
  * 第一码头站 (Diyi Matou Station)
  * 开禾路口站 (Kaihe Lukou Station)
  * 思北站 (Sibei Station)
  * 斗西路站 (Douxi Lukou Station)
  * 二市站 (Ershi Station)
  * 文灶站 (Wenzao Station) Line 1
  * 火车站 (Xiamen Railway Station)
  * 莲坂站 (Lianban Station)
  * 龙山桥站 (Longshanqiao Station)
  * 卧龙晓城站 (Wolong Xiaocheng Station)
  * 东芳山庄站 (Dongfang Shanzhuang Station)
  * 洪文站 (Hongwen Station)
  * 前埔枢纽站 (Qianpu Station)
  * 会展中心站 (canceled)
  * 会展中心北站 (canceled)
  * 会展中心南站 (canceled)
  * 文兴东路站 (canceled)
  * 前埔站南(canceled)

Fire

Main article: 2013 Xiamen bus fire

On 7 June 2013, a mass murder-suicide attack occurred on a bus in Xiamen, Fujian province, China. A bus operating for the Xiamen BRT caught fire and exploded on an elevated lane near the Jinshan stop; 47 people died and 34 were injured.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xiamen BRT.
  * Official website


People's Political Party (Jamaica)

Not to be confused with Marcus Garvey People's Political Party.

The People's Political Party (PPP) was Jamaica's first modern political party.

Formed in September 1929 by Marcus Garvey, the PPP set out a 14 point manifesto—the first of its kind in the island's electoral history. The points contained in the PPP's manifesto were far-reaching and perceptive as illustrated by a few of them, such as:

  * An eight-hour work day
  * A minimum wage
  * A larger share of self-government
  * Protection for native industries
  * A legal aid department for the poor
  * Technical schools for each parish
  * Land reform
  * Libraries and civic improvement for parish capitals
  * City status for Montego Bay and Port Antonio
  * A National Park at the Kingston Race Course

The PPP contested the 1962 elections, receiving 0.9% of the vote and failing to win a seat.


Sound the Alarm

Sound the Alarm may refer to:

  * Sound the Alarm (band), an American rock band, or a 2005 album by the band
  * Sound the Alarm (Booker T. Jones album), or the title song, 2013
  * Sound the Alarm (The Dawn album), or the title song, 2009
  * Sound the Alarm (Howie Day album), or the title song, 2009
  * Sound the Alarm (Saves the Day album), or the title song, 2006
  * Sound the Alarm (EP), by Less Than Jake, 2017
  * "Sound the Alarm", a song by A Day to Remember from And Their Name Was Treason, 2005
  * "Sound the Alarm", a song by Thievery Corporation from Radio Retaliation, 2008
  * Sound an Alarm, a 1962 British documentary film


Anglo-Indian (disambiguation)

Look up Anglo-Indian or Anglo-Indians in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Anglo-Indian is a term used to refer to a community of people of mixed British and Indian ancestry. Historically, these people were called "Eurasian" and "Anglo-Indian" meant people of European descent born in India.

Anglo-Indian may also refer to language topics such as:

  * Indian English
  * Regional differences and dialects in Indian English
  * Hinglish
  * Indian English literature
  * List of English words of Indian origin
  * List of English words of Persian origin

Anglo-Indian may also refer to:

  * Anglo-Indian Wars
  * India–United Kingdom relations
  * Anglo-Indian Canadian
  * Anglo-Indian cuisine


Béarnaise cattle

The Béarnaise is a French breed of domestic beef cattle. It originates in the area of the traditional province of Béarn, in the east of the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the northern Pyrénées in south-west France. It was merged with other breeds in 1920 to form the Blonde des Pyrénées, which in turn was fused with the Blonde de Quercy and Garonnaise breeds to create the Blonde d'Aquitaine in 1962.

History

The Béarnaise originated in the area of the traditional province of Béarn, in the east of the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the northern Pyrénées in south-western France. It was a triple-purpose breed, kept for its meat, for its milk, and as a draught animal. A herd-book was established in 1900.

The Béarnaise was merged with several other local blonde breeds, including the extinct Basquiaise and Race d'Urt, to create the Blonde des Pyrénées (Spanish: Rubia de los Pirineos), for which the herd-book was started in 1920.Blonde d'Aquitaine in 1962.

A small number of the original type of the Béarnaise survived in the Vallée d'Aspe, and from these the breed was re-constituted. A herd-book was begun in 1982,

The conservation status of the Béarnaise was listed by the FAO as "critical-maintained" in 2007.

Characteristics

The Béarnaise is wheat-coloured, varying from a dark fawn to white.dewlapped, with long lyre-shaped horns.phaeomelanic.

It is well adapted to draught work and to the mountain environment of the Pyrénées.

Use

The Béarnaise was formerly a triple-purpose breed, kept for milk, for meat and for draught work. It was traditionally milked for only about six months; the milk was used to make mixed cows'-milk/sheep's-milk cheeses.2000 litres in a lactation of 200 days.

Media related to Béarnaise at Wikimedia Commons


Sherlock

Look up Sherlock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Sherlock may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  * Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle
      + Sherlock (TV series), a BBC TV series that started in 2010
      + Sherlock Hemlock, a Muppet from the TV show Sesame Street
      + Sherlock (video game), a 1984 text adventure by Melbourne House
      + Sherlock: Untold Stories, a Japanese TV series aired in 2019
  * Sherlock (EP), by Shinee

People

  * Allie Sherlock (born 2005), Irish singer
  * Charles Sherlock (born 1945), Australian theologian
  * Cornelius Sherlock (d.1888), English architect
  * Frank Sherlock (born 1969), poet
  * Glenn Sherlock (born 1960), American baseball player and coach
  * Jack Sherlock (1908–1958), English footballer
  * John Michael Sherlock (1926-2019), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop
  * James Sherlock (born 1983), pianist
  * John Sherlock (c. 1705–1794), Irish-born general in Spain
  * Kurt Sherlock (born 1963), rugby player
  * Paul Sherlock (born 1973), English footballer
  * Peta Sherlock (born 1946), Australian Anglican priest and theologian
  * Peter Sherlock (born 1972), Australian academic and Vice-Chancellor
  * Richard Sherlock (born 1983), cricketer
  * Thomas Sherlock (1678–1761), English bishop and son of William
  * William Sherlock (1641–1707), English church leader
  * William Sherlock (cricketer) (1881–1937)

Places

Australia

  * Sherlock, South Australia, near Tailem Bend
  * Sherlock, Western Australia, between Roebourne and Port Hedland:
      + Sherlock River (Western Australia)
      + Sherlock Station, a pastoral lease

United States

  * Sherlock, Texas, an unincorporated community
  * Sherlock Township, Finney County, Kansas

Other uses

  * Sherlock (software), used by Apple Macintosh, also describing the phenomenon of third-party software being rendered irrelevant by Apple
  * Sherlock (crater), a crater on Earth's Moon in Taurus-Littrow valley
  * Sherlock Holmes (disambiguation)
  * SHERLOC, spectrometer used in Mars exploration
  * Sherlac Point
  * Sherluck
  * Sherloque Wells, a character in The Flash television series


Steve Hopkins (composer)

Not to be confused with Stephen Hopkins (musician).

Steve Hopkins (Composer)

Steve Hopkins, also known as Steven E. Hopkins and HipHopkins, is a music composer, producer and musician based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is best known as co-writer of the theme music for the longest running daytime drama in history, General Hospital (ABC / Disney).

Awards and nominations

Year  Award         Category                                                        Nominated work    Result
2019  Daytime Emmy  Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series  General Hospital  Nominated
2018  Daytime Emmy  Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series  General Hospital  Nominated
2017  Daytime Emmy  Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series  General Hospital  Nominated
2016  Daytime Emmy  Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series  General Hospital  Nominated
2015  Daytime Emmy  Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series  General Hospital  Nominated
2013  Daytime Emmy  Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series  General Hospital  Nominated
2008  Daytime Emmy  Outstanding Original Song                                       One Life to Live  Nominated

Early life

Steve Hopkins was born in New York State to a scientist father and professor mother. He started off playing drums professionally at the age of 16 in the casino showrooms of Atlantic City New Jersey, where he had to be escorted to & from the stage by security guards because he was too young to be in a casino. He eventually ended up touring extensively (as a musician) with Chuck Berry, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Florence Henderson, and Gloria Loring, before re-locating to California and re-inventing himself as a composer & producer.

Steve Hopkins at Internet Movie Database

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  * Steve Hopkins at IMDb


2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E

Pool E of the Second Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic, a quarter-final round in the tournament, was held at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, from March 12 to 15, 2017.

The round was between Team Israel (won Pool A; ranked 41st in the world), Team Japan (won Pool B; ranked 1st in the world), Team Cuba (second in Pool B; ranked 5th in the world), and the Netherlands (second in Pool A; ranked 9th in the world). Pool E was a round-robin tournament. Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams advancing to the semifinals.

Undefeated Japan (3−0) and the Netherlands (2−1) advanced to the semi-final round, as Israel (1−2) came in third in the pool, and Cuba (0−3) came in fourth.

Standings

Pos  Team         Pld  W  L  RF  RA  RD   PCT    GB  Qualification
1    Japan (H)    3    3  0  24  14  +10  1.000  —   Advance to championship round
2    Netherlands  3    2  1  32  11  +21  .667   1
3    Israel       3    1  2  9   21  −12  .333   2
4    Cuba         3    0  3  7   26  −19  .000   3

Source:
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Pool E MVP: [Netherlands] Wladimir Balentien

Results

  * All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Israel 4, Cuba 1

March 12, 12:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H  E
Cuba                                                                                0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  5  1
Israel                                                                               0  0  0  1  0  2  0  1  X  4  5  0
WP: Zack Thornton (1−0) LP: Yoanni Yera (0−2) Sv: Josh Zeid (2)
Home runs:
CUB: Alfredo Despaigne (1)
ISR: None
Attendance: 43,153 (102.7%)
Umpires: HP − Todd Tichenor, 1B − Cory Blaser, 2B − Trevor Grieve, 3B − Jens Waider
Boxscore


2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E

In the first game of the second round, Team Israel, undefeated in the first round, beat Team Cuba (5th-ranked in the world) by a score of 4−1.Jason Marquis (in 5.2 innings on three days' rest) and three Team Israel relief pitchers (including Brad Goldberg and Josh Zeid, who both threw 96 mph fastballs) kept Team Cuba to five hits and one run, a homer by Cuban star Alfredo Despaigne who became the all-time World Baseball Classic home run leader.Ryan Lavarnway had two hits for Israel.

Japan 8, Netherlands 6

March 12, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome (F/11)
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  R  H   E
Japan                                                                                0  1  4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0   2   8  15  0
Netherlands                                                                           0  1  4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0   0   6  12  0
WP: Kazuhisa Makita (1−0) LP: Tom Stuifbergen (0−1)
Home runs:
JPN: Sho Nakata (1)
NED: Jonathan Schoop (1), Wladimir Balentien (1)
Attendance: 44,326 (105.5%)
Umpires: HP − Félix Tejada, 1B − Larry Vanover, 2B − Cory Blaser, 3B − Trevor Grieve
Notes: Extra inning rule was used in 11th inning.
Boxscore

Japan, undefeated in the first round, beat the Netherlands 8−6 in 11 innings.

Netherlands 12, Israel 2

March 13, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome (F/8)
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R   H   E
Netherlands                                                                         0  2  4  4  0  0  0  2  X  12  15  1
Israel                                                                              0  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  X  2   8   0
WP: Jair Jurrjens (1−0) LP: Corey Baker (1−1)
Home runs:
NED: Didi Gregorius (1)
ISR: Nate Freiman (1)
Attendance: 5,017 (11.9%)
Umpires: HP − Cory Blaser, 1B − Félix Tejada, 2B − Todd Tichenor, 3B − Jens Waider
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 8 innings.
Boxscore


2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E

In a rematch of the Pool A game in which Israel prevailed, the Netherlands defeated Israel 12–2 on March 13, giving Israel their first loss of the tournament.mercy rule.

Japan 8, Cuba 5

March 14, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H   E
Cuba                                                                                0  2  0  2  0  1  0  0  0  5  10  1
Japan                                                                                1  0  1  0  2  1  0  3  X  8  9   0
WP: Ryo Akiyoshi (1−0) LP: Miguel Lahera (0−1) Sv: Kazuhisa Makita (2)
Home runs:
CUB: Yurisbel Gracial (1)
JPN: Tetsuto Yamada 2 (2)
Attendance: 32,717 (77.9%)
Umpires: HP − Larry Vanover, 1B − Trevor Grieve, 2B − Jens Waider, 3B − Todd Tichenor
Boxscore

Japan beat Cuba 8−5, backed by two home runs from designated hitter Tetsuto Yamada.

Netherlands 14, Cuba 1

March 15, 12:00 at Tokyo Dome (F/7)
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R   H   E
Netherlands                                                                             3  1  3  5  1  0  1  X  X  14  13  0
Cuba                                                                                0  0  0  0  1  0  0  X  X  1   5   2
WP: Diego Markwell (1−0) LP: Lázaro Blanco (0−1)
Home runs:
NED: Wladimir Balentien 2 (3), Yurendell DeCaster (1), Kalian Sams (1)
CUB: None
Attendance: 40,680 (96.9%)
Umpires: HP − Todd Tichenor, 1B − Trevor Grieve, 2B − Félix Tejada, 3B − Larry Vanover
Notes: Completed early due to 10–run mercy rule after 7 innings.
Boxscore

The Netherlands defeated Cuba 14−1, eliminating Cuba from contention to advance to the semi-final round, in a game ended after seven innings under the World Baseball Classic's mercy rule.

Japan 8, Israel 3


2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E

Japan 8, Israel 3

March 15, 19:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  R  H   E
Israel                                                                                0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  3  5   0
Japan                                                                                0  0  0  0  0  5  0  3  X  8  13  1
WP: Yoshihisa Hirano (1−0) LP: Dylan Axelrod (0−1)
Home runs:
ISR: None
JPN: Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh (1)
Attendance: 43,179 (102.8%)
Umpires: HP − Cory Blaser, 1B − Larry Vanover, 2B − Trevor Grieve, 3B − Félix Tejada
Boxscore

Undefeated two-time WBC champion Team Japan beat Team Israel, 8−3.

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Parish of Morden

Mootwingee County.

Morden located at 30°29′53″S 142°24′08″ is a remote civil parish of Mootwingee County in far North West New South Wales.

The geography of the Parish is mostly a flat, arid landscape. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert).


People's Press

People's Press may refer to:

Publications

  * Peoples Press (Port Arthur, Texas)
  * Peoples Press (Port Neches, Texas)
  * People's Press, an online newspaper from Mauritius
  * Donegal People's Press, County Donegal, Ireland
  * Owatonna People's Press, Owatonna, Minnesota, United States
  * Shanghai People's Press, China

Publishers

  * People's Press (Denmark), Denmark
  * People's Press (Beijing), China
  * People's Press Printing Society, United Kingdom
  * Yunnan People's Press


Xiamafang Ruins Park

The Xiamafang Ruins Park (simplified Chinese: 下马坊遗址公园; traditional Chinese: 下馬坊遺址公園; pinyin: Xiàmǎfāng Yízhǐ Gōngyuán) is located at the southern foot of Purple Mountain in Xuanwu District, Nanjing.

The name of the park comes from the Ming Tomb. The Ming Tomb is the tomb burying Ming Taizu (朱元璋) and his queen together. Ming Taizu appointed Xiaoling Guard (a military guard institution protecting the Ming Tomb professionally) there to garrison it from interference. In ancient times, officials coming here to call on the Ming Tomb were required to dismount in order to keep the tomb solemn and respectful. As a result, the park got its name. Consequently, Xiamafang is the starting point of the Ming Tomb.

The park opened to the public since the National Day in 2007. 600 years ago, the area was a forbidden territory. Stationed there were 5600 royal soldiers selected by Ming Taizu to guard the catacomb truthfully for himself. Visitors can find the signs of the history of the Xiaoling Guard everywhere in the park. As it were, the park is the essence of evaporation of the history.

Transportation

Xiamafang station on Line 2 of the Nanjing Metro is located to the southeast of the park.

32°02′22″N 118°50′44″E / 32.0394°N 118.8456°E


Piotrowo, Nakło County

For other places with the same name, see Piotrowo.

Piotrowo [pjɔˈtrɔvɔ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kcynia, within Nakło County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Kcynia, 12 km (7 mi) south-west of Nakło nad Notecią, and 37 km (23 mi) west of Bydgoszcz.


Sound on Sound (album)

For Bill Nelson's Red Noise album, see Sound-on-Sound.
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Sound on Sound is the sixth album to be released by Saturday Looks Good to Me. The record serves as a collection of difficult to find tracks and rarities released by the band from its formation in 2000 through to 2005. The tracks are listed in chronological order.

Track listing

No.  Title                                                Length
1.   "Can't Ever Sleep"                                   3:14
2.   "Listen to My Heart"                                 1:53
3.   "Nervous"                                            3:13
4.   "It Sounds Like They're In Love With You"            3:26
5.   "Liquor Store"                                       1:11
6.   "Your Small Heart"                                   2:26
7.   "Summer Doesn't Count (Unless You're Here With Me)"  3:06
8.   "Love Will Find You"                                 3:48
9.   "Labcoat"                                            1:57
10.  "Pet Store"                                          3:05
11.  "One Hundred People"                                 2:04
12.  "[Untitled Track]"                                   1:19
13.  "Mistletoe"                                          2:21
14.  "Lift Me Up"                                         2:49
15.  "Light Bulb Heart"                                   1:26
16.  "Diary"                                              1:46
17.  "When You Go Out Tonight"                            2:40
18.  "Girl of Mine"                                       2:20
19.  "Until the World Stops Spinning"                     2:42
20.  "Hiding"                                             2:33
21.  "Learn to Live With Your Heartbreaks"                3:43
22.  "This Time Every Year"                               2:48
23.  "Blue Christmas"                                     2:32
24.  "Christmas Blues"                                    3:16
25.  "Parking Lot Blues"                                  3:08
26.  "I Don't Want to Go"                                 2:59
27.  "Disaster"                                           3:38
28.  "The Girl's Distracted"                              2:02
29.  "Last Year"                                          3:56
30.  "Own"                                                1:44


Argillic alteration

Argillic alteration is hydrothermal alterationclay minerals including kaolinite, smectite and illite. The process generally occurs at low temperatures and may occur in atmospheric conditions. Argillic alteration is representative of supergene environments where low temperature groundwater becomes acidic.

Argillic assemblages include kaolinite replacing plagioclase and montmorillonite replacing amphibole and plagioclase. Orthoclase is generally stable and unaffected. Argillic grades into phyllic alteration at higher temperatures in an ore deposit hydrothermal system.

Advanced argillic alteration occurs under lower pH and higher temperature conditions. Kaolinite and dickite occur at lower temperatures whereas pyrophyllite and andalusite occur under high temperature conditions (T > 300°C). Quartz deposition is common. Alunite, topaz, zunyite, tourmaline, enargite and tennantite may also occur. Greisen alteration is similar.

  * Sericitic alteration


Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus

The main entrance of the Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus (north façade)

The Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus (also known as the Frisching-Haus) is a town mansion on the Junkerngasse No. 59 in the Old City of Bern, only a few steps away from the Erlacherhof.

The riverside terrace of the Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus (south façade)

The mansion is built up of several medieval houses. This is still visible on the north façade (main entrance) which consists of 3 medieval houses.

Between 1695 and 1710 on the order of its owner, the Bernese patrician Samuel Frisching (II), an ancestor of Franz Rudolf Frisching, the mansion underwent a rebuilt by the architect Joseph Abeille. Abeille restructured the interior of the mansion and added the elegant south façade in the Louis XIV style.

In 1838 the mansion passed through marriage into the von Wattenwyl family. The last private owners of the mansion, the Bernese patricians Béatrice and Jakob Emanuel von Wattenwyl, had no children and bequeathed the mansion to the Swiss Confederation in 1929. When Jakob Emanuel von Wattenwyl, who survived his wife, died in 1934, the gift took effect. The mansion is still equipped with the original furniture mainly from the 18th and 19th century as well as many portrait paintings representing members of the Frisching and the von Wattenwyl families. To the mansion belongs the largest terraced garden of any privately built residences in the Old City of Bern.

Nowadays, the mansion is used as the official town residence for ceremonial events by the Swiss Federal Council. The so-called von Wattenwyl talks exist since 1970, and are a regular forum to exchange opinions between the Federal Council and the heads of those parties that are represented in the Federal Council.

The mansion is open to the public 4 times a year, every first Saturday in January, April, July and October.

Literature


Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus

Literature

  * Monica Bilfinger und Martin Fröhlich: Schweizerische Kunstführer GSK, Band 681: Das Beatrice von Wattenwil-Haus in Bern, Bern 2000, ISBN 3-85782-681-9
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  * Further information and pictures about the Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus on g26.ch
  * Further information and pictures about the Béatrice-von-Wattenwyl-Haus on the website of the administration of the Swiss Confederation

46°56′51″N 7°27′10″E / 46.94750°N 7.45278°E


Siékorolé

Siékorolé is a village and seat of the commune of Séré Moussa Ani Samou in the Cercle of Yanfolila in the Sikasso Region of southern Mali. km northwest of Yanfolila.


Steve Howe (baseball)

Steven Roy Howe (March 10, 1958 – April 28, 2006) was an American professional baseball relief pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees, spanning 1980 to 1996. His baseball career ended in 1997 after a stint with the Sioux Falls Canaries of the independent Northern League.

A hard-throwing left-hander, Howe was the Rookie of the Year in 1980, saved the clinching game of the 1981 World Series, and was an All-Star in 1982. However, his career was derailed by problems with alcohol and cocaine abuse. He was suspended seven times by MLB for drug-policy violations, and in 1992 he received a lifetime ban from baseball that he was able to overturn with an appeal. After each disciplinary action, he returned to show flashes of his former brilliance. He died in a single-vehicle accident in 2006, after which an autopsy identified the presence of methamphetamine in his system.

Baseball career

Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Howe played college baseball at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and was a two-time All-Big Ten selection. made his major league debut at the age of 22 in 1980 and was the National League Rookie of the Year that year, the second in a string of four Dodger rookies of the year (Rick Sutcliffe, Fernando Valenzuela, and Steve Sax). He saved 17 games during his ROY season, establishing a new rookie record. In the following strike-shortened season, Howe helped the Dodgers win the World Series over the New York Yankees.

Howe's career was plagued by alcohol and cocaine abuse;substance abuse clinic in 1983,1984 season.


Steve Howe (baseball)

After briefly pitching for the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers and being out of the major leagues for four years, Howe signed with the Yankees, where he once again pitched effectively. However, in 1992, Howe became the second player to be banned from baseball for life because of substance abuse (the first was Ferguson Jenkins, who was also reinstated). He successfully appealed the ban and re-signed with the Yankees, where he had one final great season in 1994, recording 15 saves and a 1.80 earned run average as the Yankees' closer. He failed to repeat the performance the following year and was relegated to a setup role, and was released in June 1996 after posting an 0–1 record with a 6.35 ERA. Howe finished his career in 1997 playing with the Sioux Falls Canaries of the independent Northern League.

For his career, Howe posted a record of 47 wins, 41 losses, 91 saves, and a 3.03 ERA in 497 games.

Autobiography

Howe published an autobiography in 1989, the middle of his baseball career. The book, Between the Lines: One Athlete's Struggle to Escape the Nightmare of Addiction (ISBN 9780940279254), described his chemical dependency and hope for recovery based upon his newfound commitment to evangelical Christianity. The book was co-written with Jim Greenfield, a lawyer from the Philadelphia area.

After baseball

Following his retirement from baseball, Howe worked in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, as a self-employed framing contractor. His company's name was All Star Framing.

On April 28, 2006, Howe's pickup truck rolled over in Coachella, California, and he was killed. He was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.toxicology reports following his autopsy indicated he had methamphetamine in his system.

  * List of people banned from Major League Baseball

Published works

  * Howe, Steve (1989). Between the Lines: One Athlete's Struggle to Escape the Nightmare of Addiction. With Jim Greenfield. Grand Rapids, MI: Masters Press. ISBN 9780940279254.
  * Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
  * Ex-MLB pitcher Howe dies in truck crash,


2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Events at the
2017 World Championships

Track events
100 m                     men  women
200 m                     men  women
400 m                     men  women
800 m                     men  women
1500 m                    men  women
5000 m                    men  women
10,000 m                  men  women
100 m hurdles                  women
110 m hurdles             men
400 m hurdles             men  women
3000 m                    men  women
steeplechase
4 × 100 m relay           men  women
4 × 400 m relay           men  women
Road events
Marathon                  men  women
20 km walk                men  women
50 km walk                men  women
Field events
High jump                 men  women
Pole vault                men  women
Long jump                 men  women
Triple jump               men  women
Shot put                  men  women
Discus throw              men  women
Hammer throw              men  women
Javelin throw             men  women
Combined events
Heptathlon                     women
Decathlon                 men
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The men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held on a two kilometre course comprising lengths of The Mall between Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch on 13 August.

Summary

As is typical, this race started off as a pack. By 5K, the pack still numbered 32, exactly half the starters, walking a leisurely (for them) 19:54. The second 5K was exactly the same, passed in 39:48 but the pack had worn down to 17. British champion, walking before the home crowd, accelerated the pace, dropping many off the pack. But out in front, Bosworth was given more scrutiny and earned the deadly red card disqualifying him from the race. By 15K in 59:33 (19:45), the pack was down to eight and defending champion Miguel Ángel López (Spain) was no longer one of them.Lebogang Shange came back to the group as others dropped off. By the last 2K loop, the leaders Éider Arévalo (Colombia) and Sergey Shirobokov, an Authorised Neutral Athlete were in racewalking's version of a sprint finish, dropping Shange, Christopher Linke (Germany), Dane Bird-Smith (Australia), Wang Kaihua (China) and Caio Bonfim (Brazil) to fight for bronze. Arévalo broke the race open enough to get a Colombian flag from the audience, holding it around his neck as he made sure he had enough of a gap on Shirobokov, then crossing the finish line with the flag held high two seconds ahead. 9 second behind them, Bonfim had broken away from Shange to secure bronze. Arévalo, Bonfim and Shange all set national records.


Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Record          Perf.    Athlete              Nat.  Date         Location
World           1:16:36  Yusuke Suzuki        JPN   15 Mar 2015  Nomi, Japan
Championship    1:17:21  Jefferson Pérez      ECU   23 Aug 2003  Saint-Denis, France
World leading   1:17:54  Wang Kaihua          CHN    4 Mar 2017  Huangshan, China
African         1:19:02  Hatem Ghoula         TUN   10 May 1997  Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Asian           1:16:36  Yusuke Suzuki        JPN   15 Mar 2015  Nomi, Japan
NACAC           1:17:46  Julio René Martínez  GUA    8 May 1999  Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
South American  1:17:21  Jefferson Pérez      ECU   23 Aug 2003  Saint-Denis, France
European        1:17:02  Yohann Diniz         FRA    8 Mar 2015  Arles, France
Oceanian        1:17:33  Nathan Deakes        AUS   23 Apr 2015  Cixi, China

The following records were set at the competition:

Record         Perf.    Athlete          Nat.  Date
Brazilian      1:19:04  Caio Bonfim      BRA   13 Aug 2017
South African  1:19:18  Lebogang Shange  RSA
Colombian      1:18:53  Éider Arévalo    COL

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:24:00.

Results

The final took place on 13 August at 14:19. The results were as follows:


Rank                             Name                     Nationality                        Time     Notes
[1st place, gold medalist(s)]    Éider Arévalo            Colombia (COL)                     1:18:53  NR
[2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  Sergey Shirobokov        Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)  1:18:55
[3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]  Caio Bonfim              Brazil (BRA)                       1:19:04  NR
4                                Lebogang Shange          South Africa (RSA)                 1:19:18  NR
5                                Christopher Linke        Germany (GER)                      1:19:21
6                                Dane Bird-Smith          Australia (AUS)                    1:19:28  PB
7                                Wang Kaihua              China (CHN)                        1:19:30
8                                Álvaro Martín            Spain (ESP)                        1:19:41  SB
9                                Alberto Amezcua          Spain (ESP)                        1:19:46  PB
10                               Miguel Ángel López       Spain (ESP)                        1:19:57  SB
11                               Isamu Fujisawa           Japan (JPN)                        1:20:04
12                               Artur Brzozowski         Poland (POL)                       1:20:33  PB
13                               Diego García             Spain (ESP)                        1:20:34  PB
14                               Eiki Takahashi           Japan (JPN)                        1:20:36
15                               Nils Brembach            Germany (GER)                      1:20:42  PB
16                               Giorgio Rubino           Italy (ITA)                        1:20:47  SB
17                               Hagen Pohle              Germany (GER)                      1:20:53  SB
18                               Brian Pintado            Ecuador (ECU)                      1:21:17  PB
19                               Jin Xiangqian            China (CHN)                        1:21:24
20                               Damian Błocki            Poland (POL)                       1:21:29  PB
21                               Erick Barrondo           Guatemala (GUA)                    1:21:34  SB
22                               Aliaksandr Liakhovich    Belarus (BLR)                      1:21:39
23                               Irfan Kolothum Thodi     India (IND)                        1:21:40


24                               Kévin Campion            France (FRA)                       1:21:46
25                               Francesco Fortunato      Italy (ITA)                        1:22:01  PB
26                               Kim Hyun-sub             South Korea (KOR)                  1:22:08
27                               Ruslan Dmytrenko         Ukraine (UKR)                      1:22:26  SB
28                               Mauricio Arteaga         Ecuador (ECU)                      1:22:28  SB
29                               Marius Žiūkas            Lithuania (LTU)                    1:22:38
30                               Samuel Gathimba          Kenya (KEN)                        1:22:52  SB
31                               Choe Byeong-kwang        South Korea (KOR)                  1:22:54  SB
32                               Ivan Losyev              Ukraine (UKR)                      1:23:03  SB
33                               César Augusto Rodríguez  Peru (PER)                         1:23:05  PB
34                               Wang Rui                 China (CHN)                        1:23:09
35                               Jesús Tadeo Vega         Mexico (MEX)                       1:23:10  SB
36                               Georgiy Sheiko           Kazakhstan (KAZ)                   1:23:11
37                               Perseus Karlström        Sweden (SWE)                       1:23:36
38                               Daisuke Matsunaga        Japan (JPN)                        1:23:39
39                               Yerko Araya              Chile (CHI)                        1:23:46
40                               José Alejandro Barrondo  Guatemala (GUA)                    1:23:47
41                               Callum Wilkinson         Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)         1:23:54
42                               Alexandros Papamichail   Greece (GRE)                       1:23:56
43                               Pedro Daniel Gómez       Mexico (MEX)                       1:24:11
44                               Anatole Ibáñez           Sweden (SWE)                       1:24:23  SB
45                               Ersin Tacir              Turkey (TUR)                       1:24:43
46                               Juan Manuel Cano         Argentina (ARG)                    1:24:49
47                               Manuel Esteban Soto      Colombia (COL)                     1:24:56
48                               Matteo Giupponi          Italy (ITA)                        1:25:20  SB


49                               Dzmitry Dziubin          Belarus (BLR)                      1:25:41
50                               Devender Singh           India (IND)                        1:25:47
51                               Benjamin Thorne          Canada (CAN)                       1:26:56
52                               José María Raymundo      Guatemala (GUA)                    1:27:09
53                               Jakub Jelonek            Poland (POL)                       1:27:43
54                               Ganapathi Krishnan       India (IND)                        1:28:32
55                               Serhiy Budza             Ukraine (UKR)                      1:29:25
56                               Rhydian Cowley           Australia (AUS)                    1:30:40
57                               Kim Dae-ho               South Korea (KOR)                  1:30:41
58                               Mert Atlı                Turkey (TUR)                       1:31:26
                                 Salih Korkmaz            Turkey (TUR)                       DNF
                                 Eder Sánchez             Mexico (MEX)
                                 Simon Wachira            Kenya (KEN)
                                 Tom Bosworth             Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)         DQ       230.6(a)
                                 Alex Wright              Ireland (IRL)
                                 Richard Vargas           Venezuela (VEN)


Parish of St. Christopher and St. Sylvia (Red Hook, New York)

The Parish of St. Christopher and St. Sylvia is a parish under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York. In November 2014, the Archdiocese of New York announced that the parish of St. Sylvia's Church in Tivoli, New York would merge with St. Christopher's. Although it would remain a church which may be used on special occasions, Masses and the sacraments will no longer be celebrated on a regular weekly basis at St. Sylvia's as of August 2015.

St. Christopher, Red Hook

St. Christopher's Church was founded as a mission of Sacred Heart Parish in Barrytown in 1910, and elevated to parish status in 1975. Sacred Heart parish was established in 1875 in Barrytown to serve immigrants settling in the area. As the area developed and the population grew, the little church could not hold all the Catholics who wanted to come to Mass. Hazardous travel conditions again played a role: Improved transportation had led to settlement farther inland, and the trip to Barrytown was difficult and even dangerous in winter. For a while the parish used a local theater for Sunday Mass. In 1925 it purchased property and laid the cornerstone for St. Christopher's Church, which was dedicated in 1926. When plans were under way to build St. Christopher's Church in Red Hook 75 years ago, parishioners hauled stones from their own yards and fields for its exterior walls.

The parish school, staffed by Sparkill Dominican Sisters, opened in 1962, but low enrollment caused it to close in 1985; the school building, now the parish center, houses the religious education program. Holy Spirit Chapel is in the parish center. Its stained-glass windows depict the evangelists, St. John Bosco, St. Maria Goretti, and four Americans: SS. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Elizabeth Ann Seton and John Neumann and Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. Special Masses, confirmation retreats and other events take place there.

Pastors

Pastors who served St. Christopher's in Red Hook and the parish from which it developed, Sacred Heart in Barrytown, are:


* Rev. James Fitzsimmons, 1875-1885
  * Rev. William J. McClure, 1886-1893
  * Rev. Daniel J. Cronin, 1893-1899
  * Rev. Hugh P. Cullum, 1899-1901
  * Rev. Matthew J.F. Scanlon, 1901-1919
  * Rev. Joseph B. Cherry, 1919-1922
  * Rev. P. McAleer, 1922-1923
  * Rev. Cornelius Fitzsimmons, 1924-1932
  * Rev. John Kenny, 1932-1937
  * Rev. Louis A. Jaudas, 1937-1940
  * Rev. John A. Walsh, 1941
  * Rev. Msgr. John R. Carroll, 1941-1969
  * Rev. Hugh Devers, 1969-1974
  * Rev. Theodore J. Schulz, 1974-1980
  * Rev. Louis J. Mazza, 1980-1986
Rev. Msgr. Charles P. Coen (1986- Pastor Emeritus)
Rev. Patrick F. Buckley (2011-2021)
Rev. Douglas Y. Crawford (2021-  )

Merger

In November 2014, the Archdiocese of New York announced that St. Sylvia's Church in Tivoli, New York would merge with St. Christopher's. Although remaining a church which may be used on special occasions, Masses and the sacraments will no longer be celebrated on a regular weekly basis at St. Sylvia's as of August 2015.

St. Sylvia, Tivoli

The Church of St. Sylvia is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Tivoli, Dutchess County, New York. The parish was established in 1890.

History

Tivoli's first Catholics were Irish and German, and arrived in 1852. Mass was said in their homes by Rev. Michael C. Powers of Saugerties, until the first church, a small wooden building, was constructed. After Father Powers, Fathers Michael Scully and Fitzsimmons of Rhinebeck tended the mission. In 1886, Tivoli became a mission of Barrytown, and in 1890 was made a parish.Roman Rite, the ordinary and the extraordinary.

Pastors


Pastors

  * Rev. James Fenton, 1890
  * Rev. Michael Reinhardt
  * Rev. P.F. Maughan
  * Rev. Lenes
  * Rev. J.H. Dooley
  * Rev. Charles Joseph Parks
  * Rev. Geissler
  * Rev. Alfred Croke

The old church was replaced by a new memorial church and rectory in 1902 as a gift from Countess Carola de Laugier-Villars and her sister, Mrs. Geraldyn Redmond, in memory of their mother. The new stone church was consecrated on June 28, 1903, by Cardinal Farley.

The parish school, also a memorial gift, was established in 1888. At one time St. Sylvia's sponsored a cottage lace industry.

In 2015, the parish of St. Sylvia in Tivoli was merged with St. Christopher's Church in Red Hook.

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  * Parish of St. Christopher and St. Sylvia


People's Progressive Party (Saint Lucia)

The People's Progressive Party was a political party in Saint Lucia. It was the only opposition party in the country from 1951 until 1964.

History

The party was established in 1950,1951 elections to the Saint Lucia Labour Party. Elections held in 1954, 1957 and 1961 saw the same outcome, with the PPP and independent candidates never winning more than three seats.1964 elections the party merged with the National Labour Movement, a breakaway faction from the Labour Party to form the United Workers' Party, which went on to win the elections.

The party was resurrected for the 1992 elections, but received just 97 votes and failed to win a seat. They did not contest any further elections.


Xiamen International Bank

Xiamen International Bank (XIB) (simplified Chinese: 厦门国际银行; traditional Chinese: 廈門國際銀行; pinyin: Xiàmén Guójì Yínháng) was established in August 1985 as the first joint venture bank in China with capital of RMB 410.069 billion. Xiamen International Bank has now grown into a bank with good reputation in the world that covers Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China.

Locations

In Mainland China, XIB operates branches and multiple sub-branches in cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Fuzhou, Zhuhai, Xiamen, and a representative office in Quanzhou. After years of development, Xiamen International Bank has been listed as "World Top 1000 Banks" and "Asia Top 200 Banks" by The Banker magazine of the U.K. for many years.

XIB is based in Xiamen, Fujian Province, which also operates subsidiaries including Xiamen International Investment Limited (XIIL) in Hong Kong and Luso International Banking Limited (LIB) which runs 11 branches in Macau.

Shareholders

  * Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (18.75%)
  * Fujian Investment and Enterprise Holdings Corporation (12%)
  * Xiamen C&D Corporation Limited (7.5%)
  * Min Xin Holdings Limited (HKSE listed) (36.75%)
  * Asian Development Bank (10%)
  * Shinsei Bank Limited (from Japan) (10%)
  * Sino Finance Group Company Limited (from U.S.) (5%)
  * Xiamen International Bank Official website


Piotrowice, Ryki County

For other places with the same name, see Piotrowice.

Piotrowice [pjɔtrɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stężyca, within Ryki County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Stężyca, 18 km (11 mi) west of Ryki, and 74 km (46 mi) north-west of the regional capital Lublin.


Ski Federation of Ukraine

Ski Federation of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Федерація лижного спорту України, ФЛСУ, Federatsiya lyzhnoho sportu Ukrayiny (FLSU); literally Federation of Ski Sports of Ukraine) is a national governing body of skiing in Ukraine.

The federation includes such skiing disciplines as alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing (roller skiing), freestyle skiing, Nordic skiing, and ski jumping.

The federation was created in 1952 on initiative of Sergei Fomin who after the World War II stayed in Kiev.

Among notable members of the federation is Oleksandr Batyuk who won a silver Olympic medal (as part of the Soviet cross-country relay team at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the only representative of the Ukrainian SSRIryna Taranenko-Terelia

  * International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS)


Arginbaatar

Arginbaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. It was a member of the Multituberculata, an order which is also extinct. It belongs to the family Arginbaataridae (Hahn & Hahn 1983). The genus Arginbaatar was named by Trofimov B.A. in 1980. Baatar is Mongolian for "hero" or "warrior."

The primary species, Arginbaatar dmitrievae, was also named by Trofimov. The fossil remains date to the Aptian or Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Mongolia.

This genus is the only known member of its family, which is thus monotypic. Some characteristics are "Plagiaulacida"-like, while others are more akin to the further derived suborder of Cimolodonta. Exactly where it fits in is unclear. "This family shows a mixture of 'plagiaulacidan' and cimolodontan characters" (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, p. 415).

  * Trofimov (1980) Multituberculata and Symmetrodonta from the Lower Cretaceous deposits in Mongolia. Trans. (Dokl) USSR Acad Sci, Earth Sci Sect 251. p. 188-191.
  * Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.
  * Much of this information has been derived from MESOZOIC MAMMALS: Plagiaulacidae, Albionbaataridae, Eobaataridae & Arginbaataridae, an Internet directory.


Béa González

For the politician in Syracuse, New York, see Bethaida González.

Béa González, 2013

Béa González /ˈbeɪ.ə/

Biography

She was born Beatriz González in Vigo, Spain, and emigrated to Canada as a child.

Following studies in Spain and Toronto, she pursued postgraduate studies in London, where she received an MA in Literary and Historical Studies from King's College London.

González is the author of many articles, literary essays and reviews. She is the author of two novels, the first, The Bitter Taste of Time, was published in 1998,Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico at the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.The Mapmaker's Opera, was published in 2005, and is set in Spain during and after the Spanish Civil War.Kevin Purcell, to make The Mapmaker's Opera into a musical.

She is also a lecturer and educator and designs and leads tours to Spain and Latin America to study their poets and writers.

Selected works

  * The Bitter Taste of Time (1998)
  * The Mapmaker's Opera (2005)
  * The Mapmaker's Opera — Musical
  * Publisher's website for Béa Gonzalez


Siôn Dafydd Rhys

Siôn Dafydd Rhys, in Latin Joannes David Rhaesus, also called John David Rhys, or John Davies (1534 – c. 1609), was a Welsh physician and grammarian. He wrote the first Welsh grammar in Latin (the first Welsh grammar in Latin, but not the first Welsh grammar at all, compare Gruffydd Robert), published in 1592.

Life

Siôn Dafydd Rhys was born in 1534 in Llanfaethlu, Anglesey.uchelwyr, or minor nobility.St Donats, Glamorganshire. Dafydd married one of the bride's attendants. Siôn's parents died when he was young, and he was brought up at St Donats and educated with the Stradlings.

Rhys was a student at Christ Church, Oxford in December 1555, but left the university without graduating.Hereford. They would have seven sons.Venice, Crete and Cyprus.University of Siena.Pistoia.

Title page of Rhys's Welsh grammar

Rhys returned to north Wales in the early 1570s and became headmaster of the Friars' Grammar School in Bangor. In 1577 he was invited by Bishop Richard Davies of St David's to join him at the episcopal palace near Carmarthen. Possibly the intent was for him to collaborate on translating the Old Testament into Welsh, but this did not transpire. He moved east to the Cardiff region in 1581.Cardiff by 1583.Brecon Beacons.Edward Stradling (1528/29–1609) bore the expense of the publication of Rhys's Welsh grammar in 1592. The bard Meurig Dafydd addressed a cywydd to Stradling and Rhys on the publication of the grammar.

Siôn Dafydd Rhys died around 1609 in Clun Hir, Brecknock.

Writings

While in Italy Rhys published De Italica Pronunciatione (Padua, 1569). This work gives a painstaking description of the articulation of vowels and consonants.

Rhys's Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve Linguae Institutiones et Rudimenta (1592) was the first grammar of the Welsh language written in Latin, the standard language of scholars at the time.St Donats, Glamorgan.


Siôn Dafydd Rhys

The grammar is of little value since Rhys tried to force the Welsh language into the Latin grammatical framework. The discussion of Welsh prosody is long and tedious, and copies entire passages from the bardic treatises. It is clear that Rhys often did not understand the meaning of these passages. However, the book has some value in preserving information not found elsewhere.Henry Perry (1595), but never won general acceptance.

Rhys also wrote a long treatise on the early history of Britain in which he defends the historical value of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae against the attacks by Polydore Vergil and others.Aristotle's Metaphysics is said to have once existed in the library of Jesus College, Oxford.National Library of Wales has a manuscript translation into Welsh by Rhys of a Latin poem by Thomas Leyson in praise of St Donat's.

Publications


Siôn Dafydd Rhys

* Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1592), Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve Linguae Institutiones et Rudimenta
  * Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1951), Garfield H. Hughes (ed.), Cambrobrytannicae Cymraecaeve Linguae Institutiones et Rudimenta (1592). Ceir y rhagymadrodd yn Rhagymadroddion 1547-1659, Cardiff
  * Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1954), "Llythyr at y Beirdd [Letter to the Poets]", in T. H. Parry-Williams (ed.), Rhyddiaith Gymraeg [Welsh Prose]... 1488–1609, Cardiff
  * Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1954), "Olion Cewri [Remains of Giants]", in T. H. Parry-Williams (ed.), Rhyddiaith Gymraeg [Welsh Prose]... 1488–1609, Cardiff
  * Davies, Ceri (2013-03-14), "Est locus a castro decliui rupe recedens: a sense of place in some Latin works from Glamorgan", Neo-Latin Poetry in the British Isles, A&C Black, ISBN 978-1-4725-0301-5
  * Lloyd, John Edward (1896), "Rhys, Ioan Dafydd", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 48 Reilly - Robins
  * Melchior, A. B. (1976), "Siôn Dafydd Rhys, M. D. (Siena)", Sudhoffs Archiv, Franz Steiner Verlag, 60 (3): 289–294, JSTOR 20776424
  * Parry, Sir Thomas (1959), "RHYS , JOHN DAVID", Dictionary of Welsh Biography, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
  * "Siôn Dafydd Rhys", Encyclopædia Britannica


Siôn Dafydd Rhys

* Stammerjohann, Harro (2009-06-02), Lexicon Grammaticorum: A bio-bibliographical companion to the history of linguistics, Walter de Gruyter, ISBN 978-3-484-97112-7
  * Thomas, Daniel Lleufer (1898), "Stradling, Edward", in Lee, Sidney (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 55, London: Smith, Elder & Co


Thap Chang, Bangkok

Thap Chang (Thai: ทับช้าง, pronounced [tʰáp t͡ɕʰáːŋ]) is a khwaeng (subdistrict) of Saphan Sung District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2020, it had a total population of 25,273 people.


Adejeania grandis

Adejeania grandis is a species of parasitic fly in the family Tachinidae. It is found in South America.

  * O'Hara, James E.; Stireman, John O. III. "Tachinidae Resources"
  * O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (2004). Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico. Memoirs on Entomology, International. Vol. 18. International Associated Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56665-078-6. ISSN 1083-6284.


People's Political Alliance

The People's Political Alliance was a minor political party in Barbados. It participated in the 1976 elections, in which it received just 572 votes (0.6%) and failed to win a seat. It did not run in subsequent elections.


People's Political Party (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

The People's Political Party was a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It was established in 1952 as a breakaway from the ruling Eighth Army of Liberation, and was the country's first lasting nationwide political party.1954 general elections and received three of the eight seats (the remaining seats were won by independents). In the 1957 elections it received almost half the national vote and won five of the eight seats. In 1961 it remained in power with six of the nine seats.

In the 1966 elections it received fewer votes than the Saint Vincent Labour Party, but won one seat more. However, in early elections the following year it was reduced to three seats. After both parties won six seats in the 1972 elections, early elections were held in 1974. Prior to the election several senior members of the party formed the Mitchell/Sylvester Faction. The PPP's opposition to independence from the United Kingdom saw it reduced to just two seats, whilst the Labour Party won ten.1979 elections it failed to win a seat, and was dissolved in 1984.

Election results

House of Assembly elections

Election  Leader           Votes  %       Seats         +/–             Position                      Status
1954      Ebenezer Joshua  6,301  40.3%   3 / 8         New             1st                           Minority government
1957      9,702            47.9%  5 / 9   [Increase] 2  [Steady] 1st    Majority government
1961      11,500           49.2%  6 / 9   [Increase] 1  [Steady] 1st    Supermajority government
1966      13,427           49.0%  5 / 9   [Decrease] 1  [Steady] 1st    Majority government
1967      12,465           46.2%  3 / 13  [Decrease] 2  [Decrease] 2nd  Opposition
1972      14,507           45.4%  6 / 13  [Increase] 3  [Steady] 2nd    PPP-Ind coalition government
1974      3,806            13.4%  2 / 13  [Decrease] 4  [Decrease] 3rd  Opposition
1979      1,492            4.5%   0 / 15  [Decrease] 2  [Decrease] 4th  Extra-parliamentary


Xialongwei station

Xialongwei (Chinese: 虾龙圩) is a metro station on Line 2 of the Hangzhou Metro in China. It is located in the Xihu District of Hangzhou.


Our Lady of Laus

Our Lady of Laus (French: Notre-Dame du Laus) or Refuge of Sinners denotes Marian apparitions that took place between 1664 and 1718 in Saint-Étienne-le-Laus, France, to Benoîte Rencurel, a young shepherdess. The apparitions were approved by the Holy See on 5 May 2008.Pope Pius IX granted a Canonical Coronation to her marble image on 23 May 1855.

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Our Lady of Laus

Situated in Dauphiné, in southern France at the foot of the Alps, just southeast of Gap, is the valley of Laus. Its name means "lake" in the local dialect, as there once was one at the bottom of the basin. In 1666 the hamlet held twenty households scattered in little huts. The inhabitants had built a chapel dedicated to the Annunciation, Notre-Dame de Bon Rencontre (means Our Lady of the Good Encounter, i.e., the Annunciation).

Apparitions

Benoite was born on September 16, 1647, into extreme poverty in the village of St Etienne d’Avancon. Her father died when she was only seven. By the time Benoite was twelve she took employment tending sheep.

In May 1664, the seventeen-year-old Benoite saw an apparition of Saint Maurice, a 3rd-century martyr who was greatly honored at Laus. This was near a nearby chapel, then in ruins, dedicated to St. Maurice. He warned her that if she remained in that area, the local guards would take her flock if they found it there. St. Maurice told the shepherdess to go to the Valley of Kilns, above Saint-Étienne, where she would see the Mother of God.

The Monument of Pindreau, in Saint-Étienne-le-Laus, depicting the apparition of the Virgin Mary to Benoîte Rencurel.

On May 16 Benoite took her sheep to the Valley of Kilns. She came to a grotto, when the Virgin Mary, holding the Child Jesus in her arms, appeared to her. Her offer to share the hard bread that she carried made the beautiful Lady smile, but she left without saying a word. For a period of about four months, the Lady came back every day, and Benoite heard her speak. Others could not hear what the Virgin Mary said. On August 29, the Lady told Benoite that her name was Mary.


Our Lady of Laus

The Lady instructed Benoite to go to Laus from her own village nearby and to look for her there. Benoite made her way to Laus and found an old chapel dedicated to Our Lady of the Good Encounter, and, while the smell of violets was there, the chapel was in bad condition. "It is my desire that a new chapel be built here in honour of my beloved Son. It will become a place of conversion for numerous sinners and I shall appear here very often," said the beautiful Lady.

Our Lady told Benoite that the oil from the sanctuary lamp would work miracles with the infirm if they received the anointing with faith in her intercession.

Message

Our Lady of Laus asked for sinners to do penance, a chapel of Eucharistic adoration to be built so Jesus could convert sinners, and a house for priests to be built so the priests could administer the sacraments to sinners.

According to Bishop Leandri, at the heart of the message given to Benoite is a conversion of souls which aims to bring full reconciliation with oneself, with others, and with God.

Veneration

The chapel of Notre-Dame de Bon Rencontre was incorporated into the Basilica of Our Lady of Laus. The shrine is run by diocesan clergy with the assistance of a community of the Brothers of St. John.

A few of the saints who have had a particular devotion to Our Lady of Laus include Saint Eugène de Mazenod (1782–1861), founder of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate; and Peter Julian Eymard (1811–1868), founder of the Blessed Sacrament Fathers and of the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament. When Eymard was eleven years old he made a sixty-kilometer pilgrimage on foot in order to pray for nine days at the shrine while preparing for his First Communion.Jean-Baptiste Chautard, Abbot of Sept-Fons.

On May 5, 2008, Bishop Jean-Michel de Falco Leandri, Bishop of Gap, announced the Holy See's recognition of the apparitions as Our Lady of Laus, Refuge of Sinners.

French philosopher and theologian Jean Guitton said, “The Shrine of Laus is one of the most hidden and also most powerful treasures in the history of Europe”.


Our Lady of Laus

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Ski Lift No. 1

The former Ski Lift No. 1 begins on Aspen Street in Aspen, Colorado, United States, and climbs up the slopes of Aspen Mountain. It was built in the late 1940s on the site of Aspen's first ski lift, known as the Boat Tow. In 1990 it was listed under that name on the National Register of Historic Places, one of only two ski lifts in the country so recognized.

It was originally built with motors and other equipment left over from Aspen's days as a silver mining center in the late 19th century. The development of the ski area that began with the lift began the revival of Aspen into the upscale resort town it has since become, which in turn helped establish downhill skiing as a major winter recreational activity in the Western United States after World War II.

When the current structure was opened, Aspen claimed it was the longest ski lift in the world.chairlifts in the United States. A small park and commemorative plaque have been established at the bottom station. One of the original boats was on display there as well, but has since been removed.

Structure

The bottom station of the 6,800-foot (2.1 km)chalet-style houses and condominiums. The area leading to South Aspen is open, with a small concrete area where one of the first lift boats was displayed in the past. Opposite the lift station is an unpaved parking lot.

The station itself is an L-shaped steel latticework structure with the long end running parallel to the ground for 30 feet (10 m) at a height of 10 feet (3 m). In the middle a substructure below supports the wide bullwheel around which the lift cable is looped. It drew its energy from another pulley system connected to the engine formerly in the 20-foot-high (6 m) short section, based below the lift's grade.

Along the cable single metal chairs hang at regular intervals. The cable, supported by 49 towers,10,480 feet (3,190 m) in elevation, 2,540 feet (770 m) above the base.

History


Ski Lift No. 1

History

The history of Ski Lift No. 1 is, in its early stages, intertwined with the history of skiing in Colorado and Aspen's founding as a mining town. The construction and opening of the lift in 1947 were a major turning point in both the history of the city and the development of recreational skiing in the United States.

1857–1935: Skiing in Colorado

The use of skis for foot transportation, now known as Nordic skiing, has been documented in what is today Colorado since at least 1857. Residents of the isolated mining towns in the high Rocky Mountains found them absolutely necessary to get around during the severe mountain winters, occasionally holding informal races and competitions to pass the time. Aspen's earliest settlers, in 1879, learned to make and use such skis, often referred to at the time as "Norwegian snowshoes", from two Swedish immigrants among their number, helping them survive a winter in which the snowfall totaled 52 feet (16 m).

In the Colorado Silver Boom years of the 1880s, when Aspen was growing at a fantastic rate, miners working midway up the mountain from the town had, in the winter months, developed a method of riding long boards over the snow down the mountain, with a long metal pole between the legs attaching to the rear and used as a brake. It was a forerunner of skiing, used solely to speed their descent to the city's after-hours attractions,Sherman Silver Purchase Act was repealed during the Panic of 1893, the collapse of that market led to decades of slow decline, a period referred to today in histories of Aspen as "the quiet years".

In the early 1930s Alpine skiing came to the mountains of Colorado. The Arlburg club, a group of Denverites who had been introduced to the sport on visits to Europe, cut the state's first ski trail near Denver in what is now Winter Park. The next year the second U.S. national downhill ski championships were held at Estes Park.

1936–45: Early development of skiing in Aspen


Ski Lift No. 1

1936–45: Early development of skiing in Aspen

Two years after that, 1936, skiing came to Aspen. Bobsledder Billy Fiske and Ted Ryan, an heir of Thomas Fortune Ryan, had been looking for somewhere in America where a ski resort similar to those in Europe could be established. That summer, an Aspen man trying to sell some mining claims to Ryan showed him pictures of the area. Ryan saw good ski terrain in the photos and went to the remote mountain town with Fiske.

Frank and Fred Willoughby, sons of another Aspen miner, took the two up the mountain. Before leaving, Fiske bought an option on some property in the area. He and Ryan later had blueprints drawn up for a ski lodge, the Highland Bavarian, and by the end of the year it was under construction. Over the winter it offered guided mountain ski tours.

One of the first two guides hired was Swiss skiing champion André Roch, then studying at Reed College in Oregon. He became close friends with the Willoughbys while living at the Hotel Jerome he and fellow guide Gunther Langes waited for the lodge to be completed. By that time Aspen's population had dwindled into the hundreds. Many of its remaining buildings had fallen into disrepair and been boarded up. Roch noted that they could be purchased for as little as $30 ($600 in contemporary dollars.

The lodge opened two days after Christmas and five days after a similar facility at Sun Valley, Idaho, making Aspen the second European-style ski resort in the U.S. There were more than a hundred visitors that winter. Before he returned to Switzerland that spring, Roch had scouted and marked out a challenging ski route, explaining to the club that it would help Aspen attract major ski races and the tourism that would follow. Willoughby led the club in clearing and marking it that year. When winter came, the city's Lions Club raised $600 to build the first lift.


Ski Lift No. 1

That lift was the Boat Tow, based on a similar device Ryan had seen on a trip to Kitzbühel in Austria. Two hoists were salvaged from an abandoned mine and powered with an old Model A engine. It was opened early in 1938. Skiers who endured the three-minute, 600-foot (180 m)12-by-3-foot (3.66 by 0.91 m)North America off what was Colorado's biggest ski lift. A hundred people, paying either 10¢ a ride or 50¢ for the day ($2 and $10, adjusted for inflation, respectivelyLowell Thomas, into Aspen at one time than had been there since the mining days.

Further development of Aspen's skiing facilities was stalled by World War II. Fiske, who had married an English countess and taken a job in Britain, joined the Royal Air Force and was one of the first Americans to die in combat.Tenth Mountain Division trained at Camp Hale outside Leadville, on the other side of the Continental Divide from Aspen, and passed through the city during their training in skiing, mountaineering and winter warfare. One instructor, Friedl Pfeifer, was convinced as soon as he saw it that Aspen could be the American equal of Sankt Anton am Arlberg, the Tyrolean resort town in which he had grown up. After the war he and other veterans of the Tenth returned and resumed the work of developing the ski area.

More lodges were built and more trails cleared. Pfeifer founded the Aspen ski school, where other veterans of the Tenth found work as instructors. Walter Paepcke, a Chicago businessman who chanced through Aspen on a vacation, saw the potential and began devoting time and money to the new Aspen Skiing Company to realize it.

1946–present: Transformation of Aspen

Everyone agreed that Aspen needed a better lift, one that went all the way to the top, to become a serious resort. Frank Willoughby surveyed a route in 1945.Chairlifts had been developed at Sun Valley before the war, and were in use near Aspen at the now-defunct Red Mountain ski area in Glenwood Springs. In 1946 Oregon's Hoodoo opened the first double chair.11,212-foot (3,417 m) summit of the mountain itself, where a lodge known as the Sundeck, designed by Bauhaus member architect Herbert Bayer,


Ski Lift No. 1

[A metal chair, painted green, with footrest and wooden seat suspended above a grassy area by a metal pole on the right side]

One of the lift chairs

Building the lift cost $250,000 ($3.75 million in contemporary dollarscannibalized abandoned mining hoists on the mountain. It was erected by American Steel and Wire, which had built the Sun Valley chairlifts.

Its significance for the faded mining town was immediately recognized. For Aspen, a columnist for the local newspaper wrote, it meant "a new, good, and profitable way of life ... We in Aspen are now carrying the ball." Residents proclaimed that Lift No. 1 was the longest chairlift in the world, regardless of the competing claim made by Sun Valley.

The lift's formal opening was held January 11, 1947. Governor-elect William Lee Knous, U.S. Senator Edwin C. Johnsonexcursion train from Denver. After giving a short speech under a sign reiterating the claim that the lift was the world's longest, Knous, flanked by Paepcke and Aspen's mayor, symbolically christened the lift by breaking a bottle of champagne over one of the chairs. An estimated crowd of 2,000 stayed to see a parade, fireworks and ski jumping demonstrations. The ceremony and the day are considered to have finally ended Aspen's "quiet years" between its mining boomtown beginnings and its current cachet as an upscale all-season resort popular with the rich and famous.

A year later the lift was featured in a Popular Mechanics cover story as an engineering marvel.

It was replaced by a new double chair, Lift 1A, which was also based nearby. Lift 1A only went half the distance its predecessor had, requiring a second lift change to get to the top of the mountain, and eventually it was removed and replaced after Aspen built a gondola all the way to the summit from a new base station several blocks to the east. In 1999 the trees and shrubs that had grown in around Lift 1's base station were replaced to reveal the original structure.

It is one of four extant single-chair lifts in the United States.commemorative plaque has been affixed to the bottom station. The Aspen Historical Society has proposed a skiing museum in the area, possibly including some of the surrounding buildings and the lift itself.


Ski Lift No. 1

Operation

The ride to the base of Lift No. 2 took, former instructor Klaus Obermeyer recalls, a half hour if it was uninterrupted, which frequently it was not.Nearer My God to Thee" on the way up to kill the time.warming hut at the top station before continuing to the summit. Lift No. 2 was less stringently designed and the wheels the cables ran through were right above passengers, often dripping oil and grease on them. The resort promised passengers it would dry clean any clothing stained by those drippings; Obermeyer says it had to do a lot of dry cleaning.

Occasionally a dog rode up the chair. According to Obermeyer, Bingo, a St. Bernard belonging to another instructor, Fred Iselin, often climbed the mountain to join his master and the other instructors for lunch. Sometimes the lift operators let Bingo ride up instead.

  * National Register of Historic Places in Pitkin County, Colorado


Arginia

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Population

Year  Population
1981  38
1991  26
2001  39
2011  15

  * List of settlements in Cephalonia
  * Arginia at the GTP Travel Pages


Bèlgida

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Someplace Good

"Someplace Good" is a song in the album Eclectic Alternative produced by Bad Ass Music. Its popularity surged greatly in Hong Kong because it is used as a background music in the comedy, To Catch the Uncatchable, made by TVB.

The song's sad feeling and the drama's unexpected sorrowful ending amplified each other greatly, leaving a deep impression on the audience. Following the end of the show (22 August 2004), some Hong Kong-based Internet forums questioned the origin of the song, which was finally found a few days later. However, the album was impossible to obtain in Hong Kong, leaving a lot of people disappointed.


Tali, Estonia

Tali is a village in Saarde Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia.

Cross-country skier Siim Sellis (born 1987) was born in Tali.

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Adejeania lopesi

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  * O'Hara, James E.; Stireman, John O. III. "Tachinidae Resources"
  * O'Hara, James E.; Wood, D. Monty (2004). Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico. Memoirs on Entomology, International. Vol. 18. International Associated Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56665-078-6. ISSN 1083-6284.


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In addition to supporting the Initiative, the Referendum, the Short Ballot (which made more state offices subject to appointment rather than election), Recall of elected officials, and a unicameral legislature, the League also supported proportional representation via SNTV according to which every legislative district would be represented by at least two members—those receiving the most votes there—but no resident would be allowed to vote for more than one candidate. According to the PPL's "Proxy" version of SNTV, electors could vote for representatives in other districts than their own (but were still restricted to one vote overall), and those party-sponsored gubernatorial candidates who had been unsuccessful in the last election would be ex officio members of the legislature, required to represent all voters whose candidates had lost in this SNTV election. Progressive author/editor Herbert Croly of The New Republic described the People's Power League platform at length in his 1912 book Progressive Democracy.New York Times also reported on this proposal in 1912.


People's Popular Movement

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  * "Xiamen Post & Telecommunications Building". SkyscraperPage.


Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School (Bethesda, Maryland)

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School is a private primary school serving pre-kindergarten through 8th grade located in Bethesda, Maryland. The school is affiliated with Our Lady of Lourdes parish and is a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington school system.

History

Our Lady of Lourdes was founded in 1941 when the parish undertook a building drive which included a school building and a convent. The school's gymnasium served as the church until the present church structure was completed in 1951. The school was expanded in 1951 by the addition of six classrooms on the north end of the building. The gymnasium was renovated in 2001 and the turf field was installed in 2007.

Notable alumni

  * Martin O'Malley, governor of Maryland
  * Taylor Momsen, she plays Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl and she is the vocalist of the band The Pretty Reckless.
  * Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School


Ski Association of Slovenia

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Founded in 1948, it covers the skiing disciplines of alpine, cross-country, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and snowboarding.

The current president is Enzo Smrekar.

List of presidents

#   Name               Years
1.  Danilo Dougan      1948−1963
2.  Niko Belopavlovič  1963−1974
3.  Janez Kocijančič   1974−1984
4.  Janez Zajc         1984−1992
5.  Stane Valant       1992−2010
6.  Tomaž Lovše        2010−2012
7.  Primož Ulaga       2012−2013
8.  Enzo Smrekar       2013−

  * Official website (in Slovene)


Argilloberyx

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  * List of prehistoric bony fish


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Becuille is often confused with Bechuma of the Fair Skin. In Echtrae Airt meic Cuinn (The Echtra, or Adventure, of Art mac Cuinn), Bechuma is the wife of Eogan Inbir, but commits adultery with Gaidiar, son of Manannán mac Lir, and is banished to the human world. Conn of the Hundred Battles marries her, but she becomes infatuated with his son Art. The druids inform Conn that Bechuma's wickedness has turned his realm into a Wasteland, and she is eventually exiled.

  * Gwynn, Edward (Ed) (1906). The Metrical Dindshenchas volume 3.
  * MacKillop, James (1998). Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. London: Oxford. ISBN 0-19-860967-1.