Daniel Williams (historian)

Daniel Thomas Williams Jr. (1932–2010) was an American archivist and historian. He was the first African American to be honored as a fellow of the Society of American Archivists and was Head University Librarian at Tuskegee University from 1968 to 1999.

Personal life and education

Williams was born on September 20, 1932, to Willie Mae and Daniel T. Williams Sr. and grew up in Miami, Florida.

He graduated from West Virginia State College, now University, in 1956 with majors in Spanish and History.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He later returned to graduate school and graduated from American University with a certificate in archival administration in 1968. Williams did post-graduate work at both the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago.Auburn University in Alabama, where he graduated in 1987.

He retired in 1999 when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He died on June 24, 2010, in Hollywood, Florida.

Career

With his master's, he was hired right after graduation at the Tuskegee Institute as a serials librarian in 1957.

Among many projects and responsibilities at Tuskegee, he became the curator for the Daniel James Memorial Hall in 1987.

Affiliations

  * In 1972, Williams was part of the US Delegation of the World Congress on Archives, which met in Moscow.
  * Consultant for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change
  * Consultant for the Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Awards

  * Academy of Certified Archivists, 1989
  * Fellow of the Society of American Archivists, 1992


Ellery Cairo

Ellery Cairo (born 3 August 1978) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Cairo played his first seasons of senior football for Feyenoord, Excelsior, Twente, SC Freiburg and Hertha BSC,Coventry City on 30 June 2007 on a free transfer from Hertha BSC.Chris Coleman announced that Cairo's contract was not to be renewed and he was subsequently released.

Several clubs were interested in signing Cairo, but it was NAC Breda who ended up with his services after friendly match against amateur club DOSKO.Heracles Almelo in September 2010.AGOVV Apeldoorn.DETO Twenterand.

International career

Cairo received a call-up for the Netherlands national team for a friendly against Italy in 2005, after Ruud van Nistelrooy pulled out because of injury.Oranje.

Managerial career

In summer 2014, Cairo was appointed assistant coach at the FC Twente women's team.Kevin-Prince Boateng.

Honours

Feyenoord

  * Eredivisie: 1998–99
  * KNVB Cup: 1994–95
  * Johan Cruyff Shield: 1999

Twente

  * KNVB Cup: 2000–01
  * Ellery Cairo player profile at ccfc.co.uk
  * Ellery Cairo at Soccerbase


The Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC) (English: Autonomous National Center of Filmmaking) is the governing body of the Venezuelan cinema created by the Venezuelan government in 1993. It is responsible for selecting the films which will represent Venezuela in international film awards like the Academy Awards and Goya Awards. It is headquartered in Los Ruices, Caracas.

History

Following the introduction of the National Cinematography Law in 1993, the existing FONCINE film body had to be closed and replaced with a more accountable and public institute by the next year; the CNAC was officially opened in 1994.

When the law was reformed in 2005, several expansions in CNAC happened; the Rodolfo Santana Venezuelan Cinema and Audiovisual Lab opened, as well as several provisions for targeted funding (the Film Training Support System (SAFCine), the Cinematographic Script Support System (SAGCine), and the Cinematographic Research Support System (SAINCine)).

The President of the CNAC can be appointed and removed by the President of Venezuela at will, and is responsible for the executive functions of the organisation. In 2016, the Deputy Culture Minister Aracelis García was appointed CNAC President; this caused a lot of controversy and "alarmed" the Venezuelan Cinema Guild, as the CNAC should (by law) be independent from the government. They were worried that film direction in the country would be forced to have a strong political bias.

The CNAC awards several scholarships in different areas of film for development and education, having given over 1500 by 2017.Autonomous University of Barcelona in Catalonia.

Presidents

The presidents of the CNAC since 1994 have been:

 1. Sergio Dahba
 2. Abdel Güerere
 3. Gileni Gómez Muci
 4. Maurice Reyna
 5. Juan Carlos Lossada
 6. Luis Girón
 7. Juan Carlos Lossada
 8. Andrea Gouverneur
 9. Juan Carlos Lossada
10. Alizar Dahdah (acting)
11. Aracelis García
12. Roque Valero
13. Vladimir Sosa Sarabia
14. Carlos Azpúrua
  * List of Venezuelan submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
  * National Cinematography Law
  * Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía web page (.gob.ve)


Cordell

Cordell may refer to:

  * Cordell (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name and surname
      + Cordell baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England
  * Cordell, Kentucky, a community in the U.S.
  * New Cordell, Oklahoma, commonly called Cordell, a community in the U.S.
  * "Cordell", a song by The Cranberries from the 1996 album To the Faithful Departed
  * Cordell Formation, a geologic formation in Michigan, U.S.
  *
  *
  * Cordell & Cordell, an American law firm
  * Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of California, U.S.
  * Cordell–Lorenz Observatory, in Sewanee, Tennessee, U.S.
  * Cordelle, a place in France


Jay R. Berkovitz

Jay R. Berkovitz is Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Jay Berkovitz completed his Ph.D. from Brandeis University in 1983.Bar Ilan University, Hebrew College, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Touro College, Trinity College, and the University of Connecticut Storrs. At Amherst he is an adjunct member of both the History Department and the Department of French and Italian Studies.

Berkovitz has published widely on Jewish social and intellectual history of modern Europe, with an emphasis on communal governance, family, law and ritual, and rabbinic scholarship. One of his recent projects, supported by a Faculty Research Grant, focuses on the adjudication of civil disputes in early modern rabbinic courts.

Published works

Author


Jay R. Berkovitz

Published works

Author

  * Berkovitz, Jay R (1989). The shaping of Jewish identity in nineteenth-century France. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2011-2. OCLC 20012964.
  * —— (1982). French Jewry and the ideology of Régénération to 1848 (Ph.D. thesis). OCLC 9676193.
  * —— (1982). French Jewry and the ideology of Régénération to 1848. OCLC 238919265.
  * —— (2004). Rites and passages : the beginnings of modern Jewish culture in France, 1650-1860. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3816-8. OCLC 54966624.
  * —— (2007). Tradition and Revolution: Jewish Culture in Early Modern France (in Hebrew). Mercaz Zalman Shazar. ISBN 978-965-227-222-5. OCLC 122349040.
  * —— (2007). RMasoret u-mahpekhah : tarbut Yehudit be-Tsarefat be-reshit ha-ʻet ha-ḥadashah (in Hebrew). Merkaz Zalman Shazar le-toldot Yiśraʼel. ISBN 978-965-227-222-5. OCLC 122349040.
  * —— (2004). "Ritual and Modernity: Rethinking Jewish Emancipation" (PDF). In L. Ehrlich, S. Bolozky; R. Rothstein; M. Schwartz; J. Berkovitz; J. Young (eds.). Textures and Meaning: Thirty Years of Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst. pp. 4–27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-11.


DeShawn

DeShawn is a first name, common among the African-American community. The name adds the French prefix "de-" to the name Shawn.

DeShawn may refer to:

  * Deshawn L. Parker (born 1971), American horse racing jockey
  * DeShawn Shead (born 1989), American National Football League player
  * DeShawn Sims (born 1988), basketball player
  * DeShawn Snow, one of The Real Housewives of Atlanta (season 1)
  * DeShawn Stevenson (born 1981), American former National Basketball Association player
  * DeShawn Williams (born 1992), American National Football League player
  * DeShawn Wynn (born 1983), American former National Football League player
  * Deshaun, another given name


Billy McLean (umpire)

William H. McLean (December 3, 1835 – February 3, 1927) was an English professional baseball umpire born in Preston, Lancashire.National Association from 1872 until 1875, then the National League when the Association folded.

McLean was the umpire in the first official National League game, played at the Jefferson Street Grounds in Philadelphia on April 22, 1876.

August 20, 1874, McLean alleged that some of the Philadelphia Whites had fixed a game with the Chicago White Stockings. John Radcliffe of Philadelphia had offered him $175 in exchange for favoring Chicago, and had implicated teammates Bill Craver, Candy Cummings, Nat Hicks, and Denny Mack, the manager. The Philadelphia ballclub moved against Radcliffe alone and expelled him but the decision was overturned before the next season, on Radcliffe's appeal to the Association.

McLean called three no-hitters during his career: Hugh Daily's on September 13, 1883, Larry Corcoran's on June 27, 1884, and Pud Galvin's on August 4, 1884.Philadelphia, and is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.

  * Billy McLean's umpiring record at Retrosheet


Arapovo Monastery

42°0′52″N 24°59′39″E / 42.01444°N 24.99417°E

Arapovo Monastery

The Arapovo Monastery of Saint Nedelya (Bulgarian: Араповски манастир „Света Неделя“, Arapovski manastir „Sveta Nedelya“) is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery lying some six kilometres east of the town of Asenovgrad in central southern Bulgaria. Founded in the mid-19th century, it belongs to the Plovdiv eparchy of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and was named after the nearby village of Arapovo, today known as Zlatovrah.

Construction of the monastery began around 1856 and was initiated by the hieromonk Sophronius. The location was selected due to the presence of a holy spring nearby. The monastical school was founded in 1859, the same year the monastery's main church was completed. Architecturally, the Arapovo Monastery bears a strong resemblance to the Gorni Voden Monastery; the architect who headed the construction was master Stoyu from Yugovo. The main painter was Vasil Levski's associate Georgi Danchov, who was assisted by Aleksi Atanasov.

The monastery's main church, dedicated to Saint Nedelya, is a large three-naved, three-apsed and cross-domed church.hajduk leader Angel Voyvoda who is known to have been a ktitor of the monastery. The tower has three storeys. The lower two were constructed entirely of stone and feature narrow windows intended for defensive purposes, while the top storey is a wooden bay-windowed construction with four rooms designed for habitation.

Gallery

  * [Exterior of the Arapovo Monastery]
    Exterior of the Arapovo Monastery
  * [Angel Voyvoda's Tower]
    Angel Voyvoda's Tower
  * [Main church]
    Main church
  * [Holy spring chapel]
    Holy spring chapel
  * [View from the inner yard]
    View from the inner yard


Baba Khoda

Baba Khoda (Persian: باباخدا, also Romanized as Bābā Khodā) is a village in Ahmadfedaleh Rural District, Sardasht District, Dezful County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 31, in 5 families.


Conall mac Taidg

Conall mac Taidg (died c. 807) (Conall son of Tadc) was a king of the Picts from 785 until 789. Very little is recorded of Conall. He is mentioned twice by the Irish annals, the most reliable source for the history of northern Britain in the years around 800. He also appears in later king lists.

Annals

The Chronicle of Ireland survives only in later manuscripts. Of these, the Annals of Ulster contain two reports of Conall. The first, dated to 789, records "a battle between the Picts, in which Conall son of Tadc was defeated and escaped; and Constantín was victor". Constantín here is Caustantín mac Fergusa (d. 820), king of Fortriu. The second, in 807, reports "the killing of Conall son of Tadc, by Conall son of Aedacán in Cenn Tíre". Cenn Tíre is the Old Irish language form of Kintyre and Conall son of Aedacán is usually called Conall mac Áedáin.

King lists


Conall mac Taidg

King lists

Later evidence is provided by king lists and by Irish historical writings. The earliest of these may have been compiled during the ninth century, but none survives a manuscript of that date. A list of synchronisms--i.e., a series of known, datable events used to align Irish lists of kings to Scottish ones—was attributed to an Irish writer called Flann Mainistrech (Flann of Monasterboice) (d. 1056) in the eleventh century and provides another list of kings. Two manuscripts of Flann's work state that there were "sixteen kings in Scotland" between the death of Áed Allán (d. 743) and the death of Áed Findliath (d. 789). These sixteen begin with Dúngal mac Selbaig and end with Kenneth MacAlpin. Two kings named Conall, "Conall Coem, and another Conall, his brother", are said to have reigned between Domnall mac Caustantín and his father, Caustantín mac Fergusa, the same king of Fortriu who had defeated Conall in 789. The Duan Albanach, dated on internal evidence to rather later in the eleventh century, follows this by having Domnall followed by two Conalls and then Caustantín. It is generally assumed that the Duan and Flann aim to report the succession of kings in Dál Riata.

Conall is not included in any surviving genealogical material, but this is typical for the period. The Poppleton Manuscript Pictish king list includes a king named Canaul son of Tarla'a, son of Tang in some versions but simply omitted from others. This Canaul has generally been identified with Conall. The lists assign a reign of five years to this king who precedes Caustantín mac Fergusa.

King of Picts or Dál Riata?


Conall mac Taidg

King of Picts or Dál Riata?

Interpretations of the shadowy Conall mac Taidg are determined largely by the shifting views of historians with regard to Caustantín mac Fergusa and the later origins of the Kingdom of Alba, a subject where the consensus may have changed twice in the last few decades having previously been stable since the time of William Forbes Skene. Skene made Conall a king of the Picts, later reinterpretations made him first a king of the Picts, then, following his expulsion by Caustantín, a king in Dál Riata. Recent reinterpretations make him a king in Argyll throughout, but not necessarily the chief king.

  * Anderson, Alan Orr (1922), Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500 to 1286, vol. I (1990 revised & corrected ed.), Stamford: Paul Watkins, ISBN 1-871615-03-8
  * Anderson, M. O. (1980) [1973], Kings and Kingship in Early Scotland (2nd ed.), Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, ISBN 0-7011-1604-8
  * Bannerman, John (1999), "The Scottish Takeover of Pictland and the relics of Columba", in Broun, Dauvit; Clancy, Thomas Owen (eds.), Spes Scotorum: Hope of Scots. Saint Columba, Iona and Scotland, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, pp. 71–94, ISBN 0-567-08682-8
  * Broun, Dauvit, "Pictish Kings 761–839: Integration with Dál Riata or Separate Development" in Sally M. Foster (ed.), The St Andrews Sarcophagus: A Pictish masterpiece and its international connections. Four Courts, Dublin, 1998. ISBN 1-85182-414-6
  * Clancy, Thomas Owen, "Iona in the kingdom of the Picts: a note" in The Innes Review, volume 55, number 1, 2004, pp. 73–76. ISSN 0020-157X
  * Woolf, Alex (2007), From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070, The New Edinburgh History of Scotland, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN 978-0-7486-1234-5


Daniel Willems

Daniel Willems (16 August 1956 – 2 September 2016)road bicycle racer. Health problems ended his career in 1986. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Major results


Daniel Willems

1976 5th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton 1977 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships 1st Overall Ruban Granitier Breton 1st Stages 1a & 4a (ITT) 4th Flèche Ardennaise 6th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften 1978 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 1st Circuit du Hainaut 2nd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften 3rd Kattekoers 7th Overall Ronde van Nederland 1979 1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 4b 1st Overall Tour of Belgium 1st Stage 4b 1st Scheldeprijs 1st Brabantse Pijl 1st Rund um den Henninger-Turm 2nd Overall Vuelta


Daniel Willems

2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2nd Critérium des As 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland 3rd Tour of Flanders 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège 4th Paris–Tours 4th Circuit des Frontières 5th Overall Paris–Nice 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne 6th Gent–Wevelgem 6th Züri-Metzgete 8th Milan–San Remo 9th Circuit du Hainaut 1980 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stages 3 & 5a 1st Paris–Tours 1st Ronde van Limburg 1st Grand Prix Le Télégramme 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium 1st Stage 5 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 4th Rund um den Henninger-Turm 5th Overall Tour de Suisse


Daniel Willems

Tour de Suisse 1st Points classification 1st Combination classification 1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (ITT) 5th Züri-Metzgete 7th Paris–Roubaix 7th Amstel Gold Race 8th Circuit du Hainaut 9th Overall Tour de Romandie 9th Tour du Haut Var 1981 1st La Flèche Wallonne 1st Critérium des As 1st Heistse Pijl Tour de France 1st Stages 11 & 19 1st Stage 3 GP du Midi-Libre 1st Stage 1a Tour of Belgium 3rd Züri-Metzgete 3rd Rund um den Henninger-Turm 4th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st


Daniel Willems

de Ciclisme 1st Stages 1, 4 & 5 6th Overall Tour de l'Aude 1st Stage 3 6th Trofeo Laigueglia 10th Road race, National Road Championships 10th Tour of Flanders 1982 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx Tour Midi-Pyrénées 1st Stages 1a & 2 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne 1st Stage 3 2nd Le Samyn 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 7th Overall Tour de France 1st Stages 3 & 20 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 1 7th Brabantse Pijl 8th Road race, National Road Championships 8th Overall Tour de l'Aude


Daniel Willems

Tour de l'Aude 1983 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx


Daniel Willems

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour                         1981  1982  1983  1984
[A yellow jersey] Vuelta a España  —     —     DNF   —
[A pink jersey] Giro d'Italia      —     —     —     71
[A yellow jersey] Tour de France   DNF   7     DNF   —

Legend
—    Did not compete
DNF  Did not finish

  * Daniel Willems at Cycling Archives
  * Official Tour de France results for Daniel Willems


Aigues-Vives

Aigues-Vives is the name of several communes in France:

  * Aigues-Vives, Ariège, in the Ariège département
  * Aigues-Vives, Aude, in the Aude département
  * Aigues-Vives, Gard, in the Gard département
  * Aigues-Vives, Hérault, in the Hérault département

Same pronunciation:

  * Ayguesvives, in the Haute-Garonne département


Centro Internacional de Bogotá

View of the CIB from the Avianca Building.

The Centro Internacional de Bogotá (CIB) is a sector of the center of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, where several of the tallest buildings in the city and the country in general are located, mainly for offices, adjacent to multiple squares and pedestrian areas. It is located between 26th and 39th streets and Carrera Séptima and Avenida Caracas, in the San Diego and San Martín neighborhoods.Centro Expandido de Bogotá and inside it is the Centro de Comercio Internacional.

History

During the colonial period, the CIB was occupied by crops and farms, although it was important since one of the exits from the city was located there, the Tunja road. The Iglesia de San Diego dates from this period.

During the Republican era (late 19th century and early 20th century) the area where the CIB is currently located was a residential and industrial sector with few commercial establishments, located on the then outskirts of the city. The old Bavaria Brewery was located in this area, which is currently a park. This sector was notably devastated during the Bogotazo, since many properties were destroyed, generating vacant lots that were not occupied for several years.

As a result of this, the families that lived in the area emigrated to new neighborhoods created further north, with which the CIB declined, especially during the 1950s. The key factors for the beginning of the transformation of the sector were the construction of the Tequendama Crowne Plaza Hotel, formerly (Intercontinental Tequendama Hotel) and later of the Centro Internacional Tequendama (a complex of office buildings adjacent to the hotel), as well as the construction of the El Dorado International Airport, since when Avenida El Dorado was remodeled, which connects the city with the airport, turned the CIB into a magnet for business. In addition, with the expansion of the city, little by little the sector was included in the center of it.

Around the 1960s and 1970s, several buildings taller than 20 stories were being built in the sector. With which the larger-scale commercial activities ceased to be concentrated in the Avenida Jiménez sector, which has historically been the center of Bogotá. In 1972, the Hilton Hotel was established in Carrera Séptima with Calle 33, which operated until 1991.


Dambořice

Dambořice is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.

Geography

Dambořice is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Hodonín. It lies in a hilly landscape of the Ždánice Forest.

History

The first written mention of Dambořice is from 1141. In 1531, the village was acquired by Jan Kuna of Kunštát. He restored the brewery, established ponds and supported viticulture, and the village prospered. As a result, in 1534, Dambořice was promoted by Ferdinand I to a market town. In 1550, Anabaptists settled in the village. The economic prosperity was supported by the establishment of a Jewish community at the end of the 16th century, which lasted until the 20th century. After the World War II, Dambořice lost the market town title.

Economy

Dambořice is known for the Dambořice oil field. It produces about 55% of the country's oil production.

Sights

The most important landmarks are Church of Saint Martin and the Jewish cemetery.

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  * Official website


Jay Payton

Jason Lee "Jay" Payton (born November 22, 1972) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played for the New York Mets (1998-2002), Colorado Rockies (2002-2003, 2010), San Diego Padres (2004), Boston Red Sox (2005), Oakland Athletics (2005-2006) and Baltimore Orioles (2007-2008). He batted and threw right-handed. Payton was an opposite-field hitter with some power. He had great speed as a runner, but did not steal many bases. Defensively, he was a solid outfielder with an above-average arm, and his quickness getting rid of the ball helped him hold baserunners on the base paths. He is currently serving as an in game analyst with ESPNU for college baseball.

Pre-professional career

Payton attended Zanesville High School in Zanesville, Ohio, and starred in soccer, basketball, and baseball. He was also an excellent student and graduated fourth in his class. While in Zanesville, Payton played for the Junior Pioneers. After his senior year, he helped lead the Midland Redskins of Cincinnati to the Connie Mack World Series Title, where he was named MVP of the tournament. That exposure helped lead to a full ride scholarship to Georgia Tech, where he would team up with future Major League All Stars Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Varitek to help lead Georgia Tech to their first ever College World Series appearance in school history. The Yellow Jackets came up short losing to Oklahoma in the 1994 championship game. In 1992 and 1993, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Orleans Cardinals of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he teamed up with Garciaparra in 1993 to lead Orleans to the league championship.

Baseball career

New York Mets (1994–2002)


Jay Payton

Baseball career

New York Mets (1994–2002)

Selected by the Mets in the first round (29th overall) of the 1994 MLB draft, Payton hadn't fulfilled the great expectations he projected at Georgia Tech when he was drafted in the first round with fellow All Americans and Teammates Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Varitek, due in large part to four surgeries while in the minor leagues. Payton had three elbow surgeries, two of which were Tommy John, and surgery on his left shoulder. He spent the better part of his first five years on and off the DL while rehabbing from surgeries. He made his debut in 1998 after finally battling through all the elbow troubles. He helped lead the Mets to a World Series berth as the starting CF in 2000, his official rookie year, in which he finished third in the rookie of the year voting. In Game 2 of the World Series, Payton hit a dramatic three-run home run against Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, the second and last postseason home run Rivera gave up in his career.

Colorado Rockies (2002–2003)

With limited duty in 2001 due to a torn hamstring early in the season, the Mets explored trading Payton. On July 31, 2002, Payton was traded to the Colorado Rockies along with pitcher Mark Corey and minor league outfielder Robert Stratton in exchange for pitchers John Thomson and Steve Reed.home runs (28), RBI (89), runs (93), hits (181), doubles (32), on-base percentage (.354), slugging average (.512), at bats (600) and games played (157), and added a respectable .302 batting average.

San Diego Padres (2004)

On January 13, 2004, Payton signed a two-year, $5.5 million contract with the San Diego Padres, becoming the team's starting center fielder.

Boston Red Sox (2005)

On December 20, 2004, Payton was traded to the Boston Red Sox along with infielder Ramón Vázquez, minor league pitcher David Pauley and cash considerations in exchange for Dave Roberts.2005, after being publicly disgruntled over his lack of playing time.

Oakland Athletics (2005–2006)

Payton batting for the Athletics on April 3, 2006


Jay Payton

Payton batting for the Athletics on April 3, 2006

On July 13, 2005, Payton was traded to the Oakland Athletics for pitcher Chad Bradford.2006, he hit his 100th career home run against the Detroit Tigers.

Baltimore Orioles (2007–2008)

On December 11, 2006, Payton agreed to terms on a two-year, $9.75 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles.

Second stint with Colorado Rockies (2010)

On January 20, 2010, Payton signed a minor league contract with his former team, the Colorado Rockies.minor league affiliate, the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox. He hit .343 with an RBI in 20 games.

Career statistics

In 1,259 games over 12 seasons, Payton posted a .279 batting average (1,157-for-4,154) with 561 runs, 193 doubles, 30 triples, 119 home runs, 522 RBI, 47 stolen bases, 255 bases on balls, .323 on-base percentage and .425 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .987 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions. In 21 postseason games, he hit .253 (21-for-83) with nine runs, three home runs and 10 RBI.

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  * Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet


Alexander Tatarinov

This article is about the ice hockey player. For the naval officer, see Aleksandr Tatarinov.

Alexander Vasilevich Tatarinov (Russian: Александр Васильевич Татаринов; born 14 April 1982) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs


Alexander Tatarinov

Regular season      Playoffs
Season              Team                        League          GP  G         A   Pts  PIM  GP  G  A  Pts  PIM
1998–99             Spartak Moscow              RSL             2   0         0   0    0    —   —  —  —    —
1999–2000           Torpedo–2 Yaroslavl         RUS.3           32  11        10  21   89   —   —  —  —    —
2000–01             Lokomotiv Yaroslavl         RSL             2   1         0   1    0    1   0  0  0    0
2000–01             Lokomotiv–2 Yaroslavl       RUS.3           13  7         9   16   8    —   —  —  —    —
2000–01             Kristall Saratov            RUS.2           24  3         3   6    8    —   —  —  —    —
2001–02             Lokomotiv Yaroslavl         RSL             53  4         3   7    8    —   —  —  —    —
2001–02             Lokomotiv–2 Yaroslavl       RUS.3           5   4         2   6    12   —   —  —  —    —
2001–02             Amur Khabarovsk             RSL             10  0         0   0    0    —   —  —  —    —
2002–03             Molot–Prikamye Perm         RSL             31  6         5   11   16   —   —  —  —    —
2002–03             Molot–Prikamye–2 Perm       RUS.3           9   4         7   11   2    —   —  —  —    —
2003–04             Spartak Moscow              RUS.2           43  8         11  19   14   9   2  5  7    2
2003–04             Spartak–2 Moscow            RUS.3           6   4         2   6    10   —   —  —  —    —
2004–05             Mechel Chelyabinsk          RUS.2           44  7         17  24   32   7   0  1  1    0
2004–05             Mechel–2 Chelyabinsk        RUS.3           1   0         0   0    0    —   —  —  —    —
2005–06             Khimik Voskresensk          RUS.2           19  1         3   4    10   —   —  —  —    —
2005–06             Khimik–2 Voskresensk        RUS.3           4   2         1   3    0    —   —  —  —    —
2005–06             Metallurg Novokuznetsk      RSL             16  1         2   3    12   3   1  0  1    2
2005–06             Metallurg–2 Novokuznetsk    RUS.3           1   1         0   1    2    —   —  —  —    —


Alexander Tatarinov

2006–07             Metallurg Novokuznetsk      RSL             49  6         7   13   38   3   0  0  0    2
2007–08             Metallurg Novokuznetsk      RSL             30  1         1   2    22   —   —  —  —    —
2007–08             Metallurg–2 Novokuznetsk    RUS.3           1   1         0   1    0    —   —  —  —    —
2008–09             Metallurg Novokuznetsk      KHL             48  5         5   10   42   —   —  —  —    —
2009–10             Metallurg Novokuznetsk      KHL             54  6         6   12   16   —   —  —  —    —
2009–10             Dizel Penza                 RUS.2           2   1         2   3    4    —   —  —  —    —
2010–11             Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg  KHL             38  3         5   8    37   —   —  —  —    —
2011–12             Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg  KHL             2   0         0   0    0    —   —  —  —    —
2011–12             Donbass Donetsk             VHL             24  0         2   2    10   4   0  0  0    2
2012–13             Molot–Prikamye Perm         VHL             31  4         2   6    14   —   —  —  —    —
2013–14             HC Almaty                   KAZ             42  11        12  23   32   —   —  —  —    —
2014–15             HC Almaty                   KAZ             48  12        16  28   12   7   4  1  5    6
2015–16             HC Almaty                   KAZ             51  13        15  28   58   3   0  0  0    0
2016–17             HC Almaty                   KAZ             53  3         10  13   12   4   0  0  0    2
RSL totals          193                         19              18  37        96  7    1    0   1  4
RUS.2 & VHL totals  187                         24              40  64        92  20   2    6   8  4
KHL totals          142                         14              16  30        95  —    —    —   —  —


Alexander Tatarinov

International

Year           Team    Event     GP  G  A  Pts  PIM
2000           Russia  WJC18  6  3   2  5  4
Junior totals  6       3      2  5   4

  * Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database


Billy McGinty (cowboy)

William M. McGinty (January 1, 1871 – May 21, 1961) was an Oklahoman cowboy.

As a cowboy in Kansas and the Indian Territory, he became acquainted with fellow cowboy Bill Doolin and others who would later turn outlaw.

A Rough Rider with Theodore Roosevelt and hero at San Juan Hill,Buffalo Bill's Congress of Rough Riders.1889 Paris World's Fair.

In the 1920s, he became the leader of the McGinty's Oklahoma Cowboy Band, which later became Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys, the first nationally famous cowboy band.

He served terms as president of the Cherokee Strip Cowpunchers Association and in 1954 he was elected life-time president of the Rough Riders Association.

In 2000, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.


Billy McGinty (cowboy)

* Chlouber, Carla. "Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys: The Country's First Commercial Western Band". Chronicles of Oklahoma, (Winter, 1997–98) 75:4 356-383.
  * Kite, Steve. "Billy McGinty & His Cowboy Band Take to the Air" (transcription). Oklahoma Audio Almanac. Oklahoma State University, May 9, 2001.
  * McRill, Leslie A. "Music in Oklahoma by the Billy McGinty Cowboy Band". Chronicles of Oklahoma, (Spring, 1960) 38:1 66-74.
  * McRill, Leslie A. "The Story of an Oklahoma Cowboy, William McGinty and His Wife". Chronicles of Oklahoma, (Winter 1956)34:4 432-442.
  * Otto Gray's Oklahoma Cowboys. Early Cowboy Band. British Archive of Country Music, CD D 139, 2006.
  * Roosevelt, Theodore. The Rough Riders. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899.
  * Russell, Donald B. The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill. University of Oklahoma Press, 1979. ISBN 978-0-8061-1537-5
  * Shirley, Glenn. West of Hell's Fringe: Crime, Criminals, and the Federal Peace Officer in Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907. University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. ISBN 0806122641
  * Stewart, Roy P. " 'McGinty Boosted for Cowboy Hall': Country Boy". Daily Oklahoman. June 5, 1956, p. 3.
  * Thrapp, Dan L. Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography. University of Nebraska Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8032-9419-0
  * Walker, Dale L. Rough Rider: Buckey O'Neill of Arizona. University of Nebraska Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8032-9796-3


Arappavan

Arappavan is a 1961 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. Shankar and produced by K. Kumar. The film stars Sathyan, KPAC Sulochana, Kedamangalam Sadanandan and Pattom Sadan. The film had musical score by G. K. Venkitesh and P. S. Divakar.

Cast

  * Sathyan as Vettukaaran Ramu
  * K. P. A. C. Sulochana as Muthalali's Wife
  * Kedamangalam Sadanandan
  * Pattom Sadan as Paramu's Brother
  * T. S. Muthaiah as Paramu
  * Prem Nawas as Bhasi
  * Ambika as Kalyani
  * GK Pillai as Muthalali
  * Kalaikkal Kumaran
  * T. R. Omana
  * S. P. Pillai as Raphael Mappila
  * K. V. Shanthi as Ammini
  * Sree Narayana Pillai

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. K. Venkitesh and P. S. Divakar and lyrics were written by Kedamangalam Sadanandan.


Arappavan

No.  Song                     Singers                                    Lyrics                   Length (m:ss)
1    "Aaraadhaneeyam"         KPAC Sulochana                             Kedamangalam Sadananda
2    "Benmihiya"              Pattom Sadan                               Kedamangalam Sadanandan
3    "Chekkanum Vanne"        A. P. Komala                               Kedamangalam Sadanandan
4    "Jaathi MathaJaathi"     P. Leela, P. B. Sreenivas, KPAC Sulochana  Kedamangalam Sadanandan
5    "Kanjikku"               KPAC Sulochana                             Kedamangalam Sadanandan
6    "Karayaathe Karayaathe"  P. Leela                                   Kedamangalam Sadanandan
7    "Mathupidikkum"          P. Leela, P. B. Sreenivas                  Kedamangalam Sadanandan
8    "Nithyapattini Thinnu"   KPAC Sulochana                             Kedamangalam Sadanandan
9    "Pinneyum Ozhukunnu"     Kedamangalam Sadanandan                    Kedamangalam Sadanandan
10   "Vaadikkariyunna"        P. B. Sreenivas                            Kedamangalam Sadanandan

  * Ara Pavan at IMDb


Baba Marta Beach

Location of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands

Baba Marta Beach (Bulgarian: бряг Баба Марта, romanized: bryag Baba Marta, IPA: [ˈbrʲag ˈbabɐ ˈmartɐ]) is the ice-free beach on the south coast of Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending 1.8 km eastwards from Ross Point. Its surface area is 43 ha. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The beach is named after the Bulgarian mythical figure Baba (Grandma) Marta associated with winter, in relation to working in the harsh Antarctic environment.

Location

Baba Marta Beach is centred at 62°20′55″S 59°06′09″W / 62.34861°S 59.10250°W,The Toe, 6.3 km west of Ivan Alexander Point and 2.85 km west-northwest of Vidaurre Point, the south extremity of the island.

Maps

  * Livingston Island to King George Island. Scale 1:200000. Admiralty Nautical Chart 1776. Taunton: UK Hydrographic Office, 1968
  * South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3373. DOS 610 - W 62 58. Tolworth, UK, 1968
  * Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated
  * Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
  * Baba Mart Beach. Adjusted Copernix satellite image

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


James Kithan

James Kithan (born 26 December 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for I-League club Delhi.

Career

Earlier career

Born in Dimapur, Nagaland, Kithan began his career in his native state with Kohima Komets.Kolkata to play for Peerless and then Mohammedan in the Calcutta Football League.Viva Chennai.

Churchill Brothers

Kithan joined Churchill Brothers prior to the 2017–18 I-League season. He made his professional debut for the club on 2 December 2017 against Shillong Lajong. He couldn't help Churchill Brothers keep a clean sheet though as they fell 2–0.I-League history to come from Nagaland.

Gokulam Kerala

Kithan joined Gokulam Kerala in 2021.at first he played Kerala Premier League with their reserve team. After showing the quality of his goalkeeping, Kithan was selected to the main team of Gokulam Kerala who was going to play the I-League.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 January 2023 Club                Season   League                 Cup   AFC    Total
Division            Apps     Goals                  Apps  Goals  Apps   Goals  Apps  Goals
Churchill Brothers  2017–18  I-League               17    0      0      0      —     17     0
2018–19             14       0                      0     0      —      14     0
2019–20             8        0                      0     0      —      8      0
Total               39       0                      0     0      0      0      39    0
Delhi               2021     I-League 2nd Division  4     0      0      0      —     4      0
Gokulam Kerala      2021–22  I-League               0     0      0      0      —     0      0
2022–23             1        0                      0     0      —      1      0
Total               1        0                      0     0      0      0      1     0
Delhi               2023–24  I-League               0     0      0      0      —     0      0
Career total        44       0                      0     0      0      0      44    0

Honours

Gokulam Kerala

  * I-League: 2021–22


Daniel Williams

Daniel or Dan Williams may refer to:

Sports

  * Daniel Williams (cricketer) (born 1981), English cricketer
  * Daniel Williams (judoka) (born 1989), British judoka
  * Daniel Williams (footballer, born 2001), Welsh footballer
  * Dan Williams (defensive end) (born 1969), American football defensive end
  * Dan Williams (defensive tackle) (born 1987), American football defensive tackle
  * Dan Williams (rugby union) (born 1989), English rugby union player

Politicians

  * Daniel Williams (governor-general) (born 1935), Governor-General of Grenada
  * Dan Williams (Alabama politician) (1942–2015), served in the Alabama House of Representatives
  * Dan K. Williams (born 1956), serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  * Dan Williams (Canadian politician)

Musicians

  * Daniel Williams (born 1985), American drummer for the band The Devil Wears Prada
  * Daniel Lewis Williams, American operatic basso profundo

Other

  * Daniel Williams (historian) (1932–2010), American archivist and historian
  * Daniel Williams (theologian) (1643–1716), Welsh theologian
  * Daniel Hale Williams (1858–1931), American surgeon
  * Daniel Day Williams (1910–1973), American theologian, professor, and author
  * Daniel Barclay Williams, American educator
  * Danny Williams (disambiguation)


Ecological reserve (Brazil)

The term ecological reserve (Portuguese: Reserva Ecológica) is used for various protected areas of Brazil administered by the federal government, states and municipalities of Brazil that provide some degree of protection of the environment, although they do not conform to IUCN protected area categories. They include:

Name                                                     State              Level      Created  Area (ha)
Alcobaça Ecological Reserve                              Rio de Janeiro     Federal    1988     228
Apiacás Ecological Reserve                               Mato Grosso        State      1994     100,000
Great Pontal Reserve                                     São Paulo          State      1942     246,840
IBGE Ecological Reserve                                  Federal District   Federal    1995     1,300
Ilha dos Lobos Ecological Reserve                        Rio Grande do Sul  Federal    1983     1.7
Jacarenema Ecological Reserve                            Espírito Santo     State      1997     307
Juatinga Ecological Reserve                              Rio de Janeiro     State      1992     9,960
Lagoa São Paulo Reserve                                  São Paulo          State      1942     937
Mata do Bacurizal e do Lago Caraparu Ecological Reserve  Pará               Municipal


Haringey Parks Constabulary

Haringey Parks Constabulary was a small constabulary that patrolled parks and open spaces of the London Borough of Haringey to enforce by-laws and parks regulations.

Members of the constabulary were sworn as constables under section 18, Ministry of Housing and Local Government Provision Order Confirmation (Greater London Parks and Open Spaces) Act 1967. Such constables had the powers of a constable to deal with by-laws relating to parks and open spaces under their control.

The constabulary was abolished in April 2009.

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Dambrauskas

Dambrauskas is a Lithuanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  * Paulius Dambrauskas (born 1991), Lithuanian basketball player
  * Valdas Dambrauskas (born 1977), Lithuanian football manager
  * Virginijus Dambrauskas (born 1962), Lithuanian chess master


Conamara Chaos

9°42′N 87°18′E / 9.7°N 87.3°E

"Ice rafts" in Conamara Chaos

Enhanced-color regional view of Conamara Chaos, showing its location south of the intersection of two large "tripleband" lineae. White areas are ejecta rays from the large (26-km diameter) crater Pwyll 1000 km to the south

Conamara Chaos is a region of chaotic terrain on Jupiter's moon Europa. It is named after Connemara (Irish: Conamara) in Ireland due to its similarly rugged landscape.

Conamara Chaos is a landscape produced by the disruption of the icy crust of Europa. The region consists of rafts of ice that have moved around and rotated. Surrounding these plates is a lower matrix of jumbled ice blocks which may have been formed as water, slush, or warm ice rose up from below the surface. The region is cited as evidence for a liquid ocean below Europa's icy surface.

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Diana Coloma

Diana Coloma (born c. 1993) is an Ecuadorian politician. She was a model until she lost her sight. She has been a beauty queen and she was elected as a councillor.

Life

Coloma was born in Santo Domingo and she became a beauty queen and a model.

She became an activist in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas. She attracted attention taking a three day walk to Quito to draw attention to her demands.

In 2017 her party, National Democratic Center, put her forward to be a member of the National Assembly as second on their list of candidates. She was not elected.

When she was 26 she was elected to be a Santo Domingo council member. She was the first politician there with sight disibilities and she had to have an assistant to help her to get to her office on the second storey.

In 2022 improvements were made to her city's bus service as a subsidy was introduced that prevented a planned rise in ticket prices. Coloma was noted saying that the bus company needed to improve signage and to introduce traffic lights that made a sound for those with sight problems.

Private life

Coloma is married and they had a child about 2019.

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Green Party of Alaska

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  * Green anarchism
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  * Asia Pacific Greens Federation
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The Green Party of AlaskaGPAK) was a political party in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was the Alaska affiliate of the Green Party of the United States from its founding until 2021. The Green Party of Alaska was the first state to gain Green Party ballot access, in 1990, when Jim Sykes ran for governor. Sykes had previously filed a ballot access lawsuit, citing an earlier case, Vogler v. Miller.

In 2020, the leadership of the Green Party of Alaska refused to place Green Party nominees Howie Hawkins and Angela Nicole Walker on the ballot and instead draft-nominated a ticket with Jesse Ventura for president and Cynthia McKinney for vice-president. McKinney accepted the vice-presidential nomination.

Issues


Green Party of Alaska

Issues

The Green Party of Alaska is opposed to industrial oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It supports the development of alternative fuels and energy sources such as wind power and solar power.

The party supports a national single-payer healthcare system.

History

Early history (1990–2020)

Ballot status

The Green Party first gained ballot access in 1990, but lost its Recognized Political Party status in 2002. Ballot access was regained in 2003 based on a court order,

In 2005, the party sued the State of Alaska over the issue of joint primary ballots and won in the Supreme Court of Alaska.

In 2012, the Alaska Green party put forth a statewide petition, seeking status as a "limited political party" which would allow them to put names on the ballot for presidential and vice-presidential candidates. A total of 3,273 signatures is needed in Alaska to qualify as a limited political party. The Alaskan Greens submitted approximately 4,500 signatures.

Decertification by GPUS (2020–present)

In late 2020, the Alaska Green Party broke from the Green Party of the United States and nominated former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura and former U.S. Representative and 2008 Green Party presidential nominee Cynthia McKinney for president and vice president respectively, instead of Howie Hawkins and Angela Nicole Walker.

In January 2021, as the result of breaking with the GPUS, the GPAK was officially decertified, and as a result is no longer the Alaskan state party chapter of the GPUS. The GPUS has begun the process of replacing it with a new GPAK.

Organization

State party leader  Position   City
Robert Shields      Co-Chair   Fairbanks
Joshua Hadley       Co-Chair   Kotzebue
Lenin Lau           Treasurer  Anchorage

Elections

The Green Party of Alaska has gained more than 10% of the votes in past presidential and congressional elections. The most notable example was in 2000, when Alaska voters gave presidential candidate Ralph Nader his highest state percentage. Nader made headlines when he carried the Girdwood precinct, located at the extreme southern end of Anchorage corporate limits. In 1996, the party's U.S. Senate nominee Jed Whittaker came in second, out-polling Democratic nominee Theresa Obermeyer, who had been disowned by her party.


Green Party of Alaska

The first election victory associated with the Alaska Green party was in 1991, when environmentalist Kelly Weaverling was elected mayor of Cordova, then a town of about 2,500.Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Prince William Sound.

  * List of State Green Parties
  * Politics of Alaska
  * Government of Alaska
  * Elections in Alaska
  * Political party strength in Alaska
  * Alaska Division of Elections.
  * Green Party Election Results. Wayback Machine
  * GPAK statewide blog
  * Green Party of Alaska at Curlie

Social media

  * Green Party of Alaska on Facebook
  * Green Party of Alaska's channel on YouTube


Baba Khosrow

Baba Khosrow (Persian: باباخسرو, also Romanized as Bābā Khosrow)Poshtkuh-e Mugui Rural District, in the Central District of Fereydunshahr County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 41, in 8 families.


Edinburgh Water Company

Edinburgh Water Company and its successors have provided a public water supply and latterly sewerage and sewage treatment services to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh since 1819. The original company was established to supply drinking water and did so until 1870, when it was taken over by a public Water Trust, with representatives from Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello. That in turn was taken over by Edinburgh Corporation and in 1975, responsibility passed to the Lothian Regional Council, as did the duty to provide sewerage and sewage treatment services. Both services were moved out of local authority control, and taken over by the East of Scotland Water Authority in 1996. The three Scottish regional water authorities were merged to form Scottish Water in 2002.

During the time of the Edinburgh Water Company and the Edinburgh Water Trust, major projects were carried out to construct reservoirs, some for the impounding of water supplies, and others to provide compensation water, to ensure that rivers could still provide water power to mills, when some of their sources had been tapped to supply Edinburgh. James Jardine was the company's first engineer, and was succeeded by James Leslie, who became part of J & A Leslie and Reid, when he entered into partnership with his son Alexander Leslie and son-in-law Robert Reid in the early 1870s. The last major project of this early period was Talla Reservoir, completed in 1905, but there were further civil engineering projects in the 1960s and 1980s. Alexander Leslie compiled a dosier of photographs, showing the construction of some of the later Victorian reservoirs, which has recently been rediscovered in the archives of Edinburgh Library.

With the population growing rapidly, a major project to divert sewage away from the Water of Leith, the main river through the city, took place in 1864, probably with Napier Bell as the engineer. A new sewer intercepted the existing sewers and drains, and carried the raw sewage to the sea. Edinburgh did not have a sewage treatment works until 1978, when construction of Seafield Treatment Works on reclaimed land near Leith Docks was completed. It now produces 2.3 MW of electric power, generated from the gas which is a product of the sludge digesters which treat the effluent, and it is expected to become self-sufficient for power in the near future.

History


Edinburgh Water Company

History

The City of Edinburgh had a number of wells, from which water could be obtained, and Nor Loch also acted as a source for water. Water was first brought in from outside the city in 1676, when a 3-inch (7.6 cm) lead pipe was installed from springs at Comiston, now a suburb to the south of the city. As more water was required, additional springs in Comiston were tapped, and the pipe was progressively replaced by a 5-inch (13 cm) lead pipe between 1704 and 1720. Iron pipework replaced the lead in 1820. The network was extended in 1760, when wooden pipes were laid into the city from springs near Swanston, a little further to the south, but now also a suburb. 7-inch (18 cm) iron pipes replaced the wooden pipes around 1790, but there was then a lull in development due to the Napoleonic wars. The piped water reached a fairly limited number of dwellings, and many people had to buy water from water porters, called 'caddies' locally, who were registered by the Magistrates, and sold water for one penny for a barrel containing 5 to 6 imperial gallons (23 to 27 L).

There was general disquiet that the supply of water was "extremely deficient both in quantity and quality," and the editor of the Edinburgh Review, Francis Jeffrey, convened a public meeting, at which a committee was formed to take the matter forwards. The committee included two prominent authors, Henry Mackenzie and Henry Cockburn. The Edinburgh Water Company was formed, and obtained an Act of Parliament in July 1819. This authorised several schemes, including obtaining water from the Crawley springs, some 6 miles (9.7 km) to the south of Edinburgh in the Pentland Hills, an idea that had first been suggested by Thomas Telford in 1811. They could also take water from the Glencorse Burn, and in order to maintain supplies to mill owners on the River Esk, the Glencorse Reservoir was to be built, as a source of compensation water.


Edinburgh Water Company

James Jardine was appointed as the company's first engineer, who had been involved in the construction of the Union Canal, and who had also been the first person to work out the mean level of the sea. He was responsible for the pipeline from Crawley springs, which was 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long, as it followed the contours, and acted as resident engineer for the Glencorse dam, with Telford acting as the chief designer. The water pipeline, which varied in diameter from 15 to 20 inches (38 to 51 cm), was completed in August 1823, and delivered 1,500,000 imperial gallons (6.8 Ml) per day to the city.368 million imperial gallons (1,670 Ml) of water,120 feet (37 m) above ground level. The total cost of these projects was around £145,000, and they received high praise from The Scotsman newspaper. Jardine had originally calculated water levels and potential yields from the springs in the Pentland Hills in 1810, while working for Telford.

The new scheme worked well until 1842, when there was a severe drought, resulting in many of the smaller streams and brooks drying up completely. Less than 12 inches (300 mm) of rain fell between April and October, and the Glencorse Reservoir emptied. Millers on the River Esk demanded that water from the Crawley springs should be diverted into the Glencorse Burn, and this was only avoided by paying them an indemnity of between £4,000 and £5,000. The Company rushed through an Act of Parliament in 1843 to allow them to abstract water from streams at Listonshiels, Bavelaw and Black Springs, all of which are on the north side of the Pentland Hills. Two more reservoirs were required to provide compensation water, at Threipmuir and Harlaw, and despite difficulties in buying the required land, Jardine pressed on with the project. However, he retired in 1846 before either reservoir had been finished, having reached the age of 70, and it was James Leslie who took over and saw them completed.

James Leslie


Edinburgh Water Company

James Leslie

Leslie had previously worked with Jardine on a report about a water supply scheme for Dundee, for which an Act of Parliament was obtained in 1837, but no work was undertaken at the time.cast iron pipe sitting on the foundations for the dam. A masonry tower was built at the inner end of the pipeline, near the upstream toe of the dam, and a rod passing up the tower enabled the sluice to be controlled. To enable the outlet valve to be inspected or maintained, a sluice made of oak could be lowered in guides, cutting off the incoming water and allowing the pipeline to drain. A second similar structure allowed water to be taken from about 40 feet (12 m) above the bottom of the reservoir. When the dam was nearly completed, there was evidence of slippage on the upstream face, which displaced the tower slightly. Leslie put this down to the dam being built too quickly, with insufficient attention being paid to consolidating the hard boulder clay from which much of the dam was constructed, and all his subsequent dams were constructed in layers less than 1 foot (300 mm) thick, to mitigate such problems. Despite the movement of the tower, no remedial work was undertaken, and it has remained standing ever since. Leslie completed the work specified by the 1843 Act in 1848.

A plaque to celebrate the construction of Torduff Reservoir in 1848


Edinburgh Water Company

A plaque to celebrate the construction of Torduff Reservoir in 1848

Before the two reservoirs had been completed, Leslie could see that they would still not be sufficient to provide the water that Edinburgh needed, and so in 1847 the Company applied for another Act of Parliament. This made provision for the construction of three more reservoirs, at Clubbiedean, Torduff and Bonaly on the northern parts of the Pentland Hills, while on the southern side of the hills they could raise the dam at Glencorse Reservoir, to increase the amount of water impounded, and build a reservoir at Loganlea, above that at Glencorse. The three northern reservoirs were designed to store up spring water, so that supplies to the city of Edinburgh could be maintained even if there were future droughts. The Loganlea Reservoir and the improvements to Glencorse were to ensure that the statutory compensation water could always be supplied for the mills on the River Esk, while allowing the Water Company to always keep the pipeline from Crawley Springs full. The 1847 Act was innovative, in that it contained a clause requiring the company to provide a constant water supply to homes, a concept that had been championed by the sanitary reformer Edwin Chadwick.

Two other engineers, James Rendel and Nathaniel Beardmore worked on the proposals, and the setting out of the works once the Act was obtained,


Edinburgh Water Company

The volume of water needed to supply the residents of Edinburgh continued to increase, and in 1856 a further Act of Parliament was obtained, allowing the company to take water from the Colzium springs. To maintain flows in the Water of Leith, a compensation reservoir was required at Harperrig. Leslie refined his designs for the outlets of the reservoir, with both the upper and lower outlets feeding into a culvert which ran beneath the bottom of the dam, and had been used to channel the river while the dam was being constructed. This project was completed in 1859, but was still not sufficient, so an Act of Parliament was obtained in 1863 to enable exploitation of the Crosswood springs, with a compensation reservoir at Crosswood to feed the Crosswood Burn. The dam that Leslie designed was similar to that at Harperrig, and the work was completed in 1868.Bilberry Dam in 1852, had insisted that dams should be built up in layers not more than 6 inches (15 cm) thick, to ensure adequate consolidation. He also specified that where excavated material was used to build the dams, clay and earth should be used against the central puddle wall, particularly on the upstream side, and that stones, gravel and sandy material should only be used for the slopes, and restricted to the downstream side if possible. These latter requirements were probably influenced by the findings of the inquest into the Bilberry disaster, but Leslie's insights meant that the Harperrig and Crosswood dams were among the best-designed earth dams at the time of their construction.

Takeover

By 1868, the Pentland Hills were yielding some 6.3 million imperial gallons (29 Ml) of water per day, of which three-quarters comprised spring water from the north side of the hills, with the rest coming from the south side. The Crosswood scheme was the last to exploit water from the hills.Leith and Portobello complaining that the existing Water Company was not bold enough in their actions, as each new scheme seemed to deliver less water than was needed. They looked for where additional supplies could be obtained, and in 1869 obtained an Act of Parliament to create a public Water Trust. This would include representatives from the three Corporations, and its powers included taking over the Edinburgh Water Company, which it did on 15 May 1870. Leslie was retained as a consulting engineer, but they also appointed James W Stewart to manage the immediate issues. In this he was assisted by John Frederick Bateman.


Edinburgh Water Company

Prior to the takeover, Leslie had suggested a scheme to exploit the waters of the Moorfoot Hills in 1866 as a way to obtain extra supplies for the people of Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello.33 miles (53 km) to the south of Edinburgh. Bateman recognised that this would be more expensive than the Moorfoot Hills scheme, but it had the potential to yield three times as much water in the longer term, and so ultimately would prove to be cheaper. This scheme had been included in the bill for the 1870 Act, but had been rejected by the House of Lords because of a minor technical error. After the takeover had occurred, the burghs put the scheme before Parliament again, but local opposition was stirred up, particularly about the alleged problems of water fleas when using lake water, and they managed to persuade the House of Lords to reject the scheme for a second time.River South Esk to supply drinking water and the Fullerton Burn to supply compensation water.

The Edgelaw Reservoir on the Fullerton Burn had a valve well located near to the puddle corewall, rather than Leslie's previous siting of the well at the toe of the upstream embankment. This was a retrograde step, but may have been influenced by Thomas Hawksley, who had been asked by the Trust to assist Leslie in finding a suitable site. Trial boring for the Gladhouse Reservoir was thorough, and paid dividends when what was initially thought to be solid rock turned out to be a large boulder. No suitable bedrock could be found below it, and the dam was eventually sited 1 mile (1.6 km) further downstream. The scheme was completed in 1880,8.69 million imperial gallons (39.5 Ml) per day, very similar to the amount that Bateman had suggested it would yield when arguing against it.1 mile (1.6 km) below Gladhouse Reservoir, which was completed in 1885.

James Leslie took his son Alexander into partnership in 1871, becoming J & A Leslie, and his son-in-law Robert Reid joined about two years later, when the enterprise became J & A Leslie and Reid.15 million imperial gallons (68 Ml) of raw water and two slow sand filter settling tanks. Work started on the first phase in 1875, and the works opened in 1879, with a second phase being completed in 1888. The two outlet houses were built in a classical Roman style.

Development


Edinburgh Water Company

Development

The next development was to exploit the headwaters of the River Tweed. Talla Reservoir was part of the New Water Supply project adopted by the Edinburgh and District Water Trust on 11 October 1894, and authorised by Act of Parliament on 30 May 1895. The reservoir is about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the village of Tweedsmuir, and lies in the valley of the Talla Water. The scheme also included a service reservoir and filter, main and branch aqueducts to carry the water towards Edinburgh, and a 10-mile (16 km) railway,Talla Railway was built from the Peebles to Symington branch of the Caledonian Railway to the construction site, for the transport of materials. The dam was formally opened on 20 May 1905, after which the Talla Water was diverted into it and it began to fill. The railway was sold off afterwards, and had been lifted by 1912.35 miles (56 km) from the reservoir to Alnwickhill Filters. There are 21 tunnels with a total length of 9 miles (14 km), ranging in length from 133 yards (122 m) to 1.33 miles (2.14 km). 12 miles (19 km) were built by cut-and-cover methods, and the remainder if formed of bridges and syphons. The syphons consist of cast iron pipes which cross valleys, and each is fitted with an automatic valve at the upstream end, which is designed to close if a burst occurs. The aqueduct falls at a gradient of 1 in 4000.

J & A Leslie and Reid were the engineers for the water treatment works at Fairmilehead, completed in 1910, which consisted of a filter house, containing 12 pressure filters capable of treating 4 million imperial gallons (18 Ml) or water per day, and the Hillend pump house. The buildings are of an Edwardian Baroque style, rather than the classical Roman style that Leslie had used on earlier works.

Near to Talla Reservoir is the Fruid Reservoir, built to impound the waters of the next upstream tributary of the Tweed, the Fruid Water. The top water level is 1,024 feet (312 m) above sea level,344 acres (139 ha).1,150 feet (350 m) of the tunnels were refurbished. In addition, new valves were fitted to the valve chambers. Jacobs were the consulting engineers for the £2.6 million project, and the contractor was George Leslie.


Edinburgh Water Company

Bateman's scheme to abstract water from St Mary's Loch was revisited in the 1980s, when the Megget Reservoir was completed in 1983. It dams the Megget River, which flows into the loch, and impounds water from around half of the St Mary's Loch catchment. Aqueducts and pipelines convey the water to Glencorse Reservoir, dating from 1822, to Gladhouse Reservoir, dating from 1879, and to Rosebery Treatment Works, which was built in 1953. A second phase involved pumping water from St Mary's Lock into the Megget Reservoir, and controlling the outflow from the loch by the use of sluices.

By 2008, there were 13 service reservoirs supplying Edinburgh, at Fairmilehead, Alnwickhill, Marchbank, Firrhill, Humbie, Hillend, Torduff, Clermiston, Harlaw, Kinleith, Langloan, Dunsapie, and Craig Park, kW, around one-third of the power requirements of the plant. The new works can deliver 38 million imperial gallons (170 Ml) per day, and the total cost, which included the construction of over 4.5 miles (7 km) of twin 4-foot (1.2 m) diameter pipeline to link the works to the existing distribution network at Fairmilehead and Alnwickhill, was £130 million.

Rosebery Water Treatment Works was originally built in the 1940s, close to Rosebury Reservoir, and was extended in 1965 and 1989. Ml per day to 60 Ml per day, by replacing the existing slow sand filters and bell pressure filters, which had reached the end of their lives, by dissolved air flotation rapid gravity filters. The works were phased to ensure that the existing throughput could be maintained during the new construction, and the £8.6-million project took two and a half years to complete from a start date in January 2004. Ml of water per day to Edinburgh consumers.

Sewerage


Edinburgh Water Company

Sewerage

When there was no effective way of disposing of human waste, those who lived on the upper storeys of Edinburgh's tenement blocks could empty pails and chamber pots into the street below. They were required to shout "Gardez l'eau!", meaning "watch the water", which became corrupted to "gardyloo". The hazards to pedestrians were reduced a little by the passing of the Nastiness Act 1749, which restricted such activity to the hours between 10 pm and 7 am.

Edinburgh experienced rapid growth in the second half of the 19th century, with the population nearly doubling between 1851 and 1901, from 160,511 to 316,837. The sewerage system was inadequate, and the Water of Leith, the main river through the city, became polluted. In 1864 an Act of Parliament was obtained, to allow the construction of a sewer to intercept the drains and sewers that discharged into the Water of Leith, which would convey the sewage to the sea.James Stanislaus Bell and returned to Scotland in 1857, worked on the Edinburgh sewerage works, but it is unclear in what capacity.Portland cement and caulked with rope, and was of an egg-shaped section, as pioneered by John Roe, which made them self-cleaning. Ventilators were constructed every 100 yards (90 m) or so, which were covered with metal gratings where the sewer ran beneath streets, and disguised by bushes where it ran through parks.cholera from the poorer areas of Edinburgh, and in 1889, a second, deeper interceptor sewer was constructed. It reached as far as Balerno, some 8 miles (13 km) to the south-west of the city centre, and resulted in the Water of Leith becoming relatively unpolluted again. The network of sewers continued to expand until 1960, but there was never any attempt made to treat it before it poured into the sea.Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 created new regional councils, resulting in Lothian Regional Council taking over the responsibility for Edinburgh's sewerage and sewage treatment,


Edinburgh Water Company

The works initially performed primary treatment only, to remove solids, and the remaining liquid was discharged into the sea through a 1.75-mile (2.8 km) pipeline. After the solids had been treated, they ware loaded onto a sludge disposal ship, the Gardyloo, and dumped at sea. This practice ceased at the end of 1998, when dumping was banned by the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, and the plant was extended to perform secondary treatment on the sewage, after which it went to a landfill site.20 acres (8.1 ha), and they produce enough gas to generate 2.3 MW of electricity. It is expected that the site will become self-sufficient for energy within a few years.11 miles (17.7 km) long and up to 10 feet (3 m) in diameter. Due to the wide variety of ground conditions, some of it was tunnelled, some constructed by cut-and-cover, and in places, the ground had to be frozen before excavation could proceed.

Legacy

Most of the reservoirs built in the 19th century to supply Edinburgh with water have lasted well. Following the failure of the Dale Dyke Dam in Sheffield in 1864, which resulted in nearly 250 deaths, the jury at the inquest stated that "the Legislature ought to take such action as will result in a government inspection of all works of this character, and that such inspection should be frequent, sufficient and regular." It was not until 66 years later that the Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act 1930 was passed.

In 1974 responsibility for supplying water to Edinburgh, and ownership of the reservoirs passed to Lothian Regional Council. It subsequently passed to the East of Scotland Water Authority in 1996, and in 2002 was transferred to the newly-formed Scottish Water.


Edinburgh Water Company

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James Kisner

James M. Kisner, Jr. (March 26, 1947 – June 26, 2008) was an American novelist and short story writer, primarily of horror.

Biography

Early life and education

James M. Kisner, Jr. was born on March 26, 1947, in Evansville, Indiana to Norma and James M. Kisner. He had one brother, Dan, and graduated from Bosse High School in 1965. He earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree in English at Indiana University.

Career

Kisner began his career in advertising and wrote part-time, eventually leaving advertising to write full-time. His first novel, Nero's Vice, was published in 1981. He also published under the pseudonyms Martin James and Eric Flanders.

Marriage and children

Kisner married the former Carole Kleckner in 1969. The couple had fraternal twins, James M. Kisner, III and Jayne M. Kendall. Later in life, he married his second wife, Phyllis Kisner.

Death and afterward

James Kisner died at his home in Evansville due to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Published works

Novels

  * Nero's Vice, Beaufort, 1981
  * Slice of Life, Zebra, 1982
  * Strands, Leisure, 1988
  * Night Glow (as Martin James), Pinnacle, 1989
  * Zombie House (as Martin James), Pinnacle, 1990
  * Poison Pen, Zebra, 1990
  * Earth Blood, Zebra, 1990
  * The Quagmire, Zebra, 1991
  * The Forever Children (as Eric Flanders), Zebra, 1992
  * Night Blood (as Eric Flanders), Zebra, 1993
  * Tower of Evil, Leisure, 1994

Short stories

  * "The Litter", Masques 2 (1987)
  * "Manny Agonistes", Scare Care (1989)
  * "The Willies" (1989)
  * "Something Extra" (1990) (with J.N. Williamson)
  * "Self-Esteem" (1991)
  * "The Defiance of the Ugly by the Merely Repulsive" (1993)
  * "Ground Water", The Earth Strikes Back (1994)
  * "God-Less Men" (1995)


James Kisner

Anthologies containing short stories by James Kisner:
Masques 3 (1989)
Urban Horrors (1990)
Short Sharp Shocks (1990)
Hotter Blood: More Tales of Erotic Horror (1991)
Predators (1993)
Vampire Detectives (1995)
Southern Blood: Vampire Stories from the American South (1997)
Vampire Slayers: Stories of Those Who Dare to Take Back the Night (1999)

  * James Kisner at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database


Daniel Wilsher

Daniel Wilsher has been Professor in Law at The City Law School in London since 2014.part-time Immigration Judge in the First Tier Immigration and Asylum Chamber,

He studied law and economics at King's College, Cambridge for his first degree and subsequently trained as a solicitor.

His doctorate was awarded to him in 2009 by the Centre for Migration Law at Radboud University in Nijmegen in 2009.


Ecological model of competition

Part of a series on
Ecological economics
Humanity's economic system viewed as a subsystem of the global environment
Concepts
  * Carbon fee and dividend
  * Carrying capacity
  * Ecological market failure
  * Ecological model of competition
  * Ecosystem services
  * Embodied energy
  * Energy accounting
  * Entropy pessimism
  * Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
  * Natural capital
  * Spaceship Earth
  * Steady-state economy
  * Sustainability, 'weak' vs 'strong'
  * Uneconomic growth
People
  * Serhiy Podolynsky
  * Frederick Soddy
  * Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
  * Kenneth E. Boulding
  * E. F. Schumacher
  * Robert Ayres
  * Herman Daly
  * Joan Martinez Alier
  * Richard B. Norgaard
  * Robert Costanza
  * Tim Jackson
  * Clive Spash

Organizations:

  * International Society for Ecological Economics
Works
  * Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt
  * The Entropy Law and the Economic Process
  * The Limits to Growth
  * Small Is Beautiful
  * Prosperity Without Growth
  * Ecological Economics (journal)
Related topics
  * Degrowth
  * Eco-investing
  * Eco-socialism
  * Environmental economics
  * Externality
  * Green politics
  * Planetary boundaries
  * Post-growth
  * Sustainable finance
  * Thermodynamics
  * Thermoeconomics
  * v
  * t
  * e

The ecological model of competition is a reassessment of the nature of competition in the economy. Traditional economics models the economy on the principles of physics (force, equilibrium, inertia, momentum, and linear relationships). This can be seen in the economics lexicon: terms like labour force, market equilibrium, capital flows, and price elasticity. This is probably due to historical coincidence. Classical Newtonian physics was the state of the art in science when Adam Smith was formulating the first principles of economics in the 18th century.


Ecological model of competition

According to the ecological model, it is more appropriate to model the economy on biology (growth, change, death, evolution, survival of the fittest, complex inter-relationships, non-linear relationships). Businesses operate in a complex environment with interlinked sets of determinants. Companies co-evolve: they influence, and are influenced by, competitors, customers, governments, investors, suppliers, unions, distributors, banks, and others. We should look at this business environment as a business ecosystem that both sustains, and threatens the firm. A company that is not well matched to its environment might not survive. Companies that are able to develop a successful business model and turn a core competency into a sustainable competitive advantage will thrive and grow. Very successful firms may come to dominate their industry (referred to as category killers).

  * Competitor analysis
  * Marketing
  * Oligopoly
  * Strategic management
  * Sustainable competitive advantage
  * Dominant Design
  * Moore, James (1993) "Predators and Prey : A new ecology of competition", Harvard Business Review, May/June 1993.


Harinsing railway station

* v
  * t
  * e
Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line

      km
      130
      0              Jasidih

      5              Satsang nagar
      6              Baidyanathdham Deoghar
      124
      0              Deoghar

      6              New Nawadih
                     Jharkhand
                     Bihar

      14             Chandan
      22             Bhalua
      [Right arrow]  to Sultanganj (planned)
      30             Katoriya
      40             Karjhausa
      50             Kakbara
      [Right arrow]  to Betiah Road (planned)
      55             Banka
      57             Banka Road
                     Chandan River
      61             Murahara
      66             Telia
      [Up arrow]     Dumka–Bhagalpur line
      70             Barahat

      [Down arrow]   Dumka–Bhagalpur line
      114            Mohanpur
      [Right arrow]  to Hansdiha
      108            Sirsa Nunthar Halt
      102            Ghormara
      96             Dhanpatdih
      88             Chandanpahari
      [Left arrow]   to Chitra (planned)
      79             Basukinath
      70             Jama
      [Up arrow]     Dumka–Bhagalpur line
      61             New Madanpur
      57             Dumka
      51             Kurwa
      40             Barmasia
      33             Ambajora Shikaripara
      26             Harinsing
                     Jharkhand
                     West Bengal

      19             Pinargaria
      12             Adalapahari
      [Right arrow]  Sahibganj loop
      0              Rampurhat
      [Down arrow]   Sahibganj loop
      km

Harinsing railway station is a railway station on the Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line under the Howrah railway division of the Eastern Railway. It is situated at Makrapahari, Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

History

Jasidih Junction to Dumka railway line became operational on 12 July 2011Ambajora Shikaripara track was set up in June 2014. The track from Rampurhat to Pinargaria became operational on 25 November 2012. The complete single railway route from Dumka to Rampurhat, including Harinsing railway station became operational on 4 June 2015.

  * Dumka
  * Indian Railways
  * Jasidih Junction
  * Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat line
  * Baidyanathdham Deoghar
  * List of railway stations in India
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Rail travel in India.


Damburneya

Damburneya is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to tropical regions of North America and South America, with the center of diversity in Central America.

Damburneya consists of around 25 species. Most species currently included in Damburneya were historically treated under Nectandra until a 2016 phylogenetic study revealed Nectrandra to be polyphyletic.

Species

25 species are currently accepted:


Damburneya

* Damburneya ambigens (S.F.Blake) Trofimov – Mexico to Honduras
  * Damburneya bicolor (Rohwer) Trofimov & Rohwer – Panama
  * Damburneya colorata (Lundell) Trofimov – southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize
  * Damburneya coriacea (Sw.) Trofimov & Rohwer – Mexico to Honduras, Caribbean islands, and southern Florida
  * Damburneya cufodontisii (O.C.Schmidt) Trofimov & Rohwer – Costa Rica and Panama
  * Damburneya gentlei (Lundell) Trofimov – southern Mexico to Honduras
  * Damburneya guatemalensis (Lundell) Rohwer – Guatemala
  * Damburneya inconspicua (van der Werff) Trofimov – southern Mexico and Guatemala
  * Damburneya leucocome (Rohwer) Trofimov & Rohwer – Mexico (Chiapas)
  * Damburneya longicaudata (Lundell) Trofimov & Rohwer – southern Mexico to Honduras
  * Damburneya longipetiolata (van der Werff) Trofimov & Rohwer – Costa Rica
  * Damburneya martinicensis (Mez) Trofimov – southern Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, and Trinidad
  * Damburneya matudae (Lundell) Trofimov & Rohwer – Southern Mexico and Honduras
  * Damburneya minima (Rohwer) Trofimov – western Cuba (incl. Isla de la Juventud).
  * Damburneya mirafloris (van der Werff) Trofimov & Rohwer – Nicaragua
  * Damburneya nitida (Mez) Trofimov & Rohwer – southern Mexico to Panama
  * Damburneya parvissima (Lundell) Trofimov – Guatemala
  * Damburneya patens (Sw.) Trofimov – Caribbean islands


Damburneya

* Damburneya purpurea (Ruiz & Pav.) Trofimov – Chiapas, Nicaragua to Bolivia and eastern Brazil
  * Damburneya roberto-andinoi (C.Nelson) van der Werff – Honduras
  * Damburneya rudis (C.K.Allen) Trofimov & Rohwer – Chiapas to Honduras
  * Damburneya salicifolia (Kunth) Trofimov & Rohwer – Mexico to Nicaragua
  * Damburneya salicina (C.K.Allen) Trofimov & Rohwer – Chiapas, Costa Rica and Panama
  * Damburneya smithii (C.K.Allen) Trofimov & Rohwer – Costa Rica and Panama
  * Damburneya umbrosa (Kunth) Trofimov – Honduras to Ecuador


Conambo language

Conambo is an extinct Zaparoan language formerly spoken in north-eastern Peru, near the Conambo River. Some authors consider Conambo a dialect of the Záparo language, while others consider it an independent language.


David Sharpe (football club chairman)

Sharpe with the League One trophy won in 2016

David Sharpe (born 11 May 1991)Mansfield Town since May 2020. He was formerly chairman of Wigan Athletic (2015–2019).

Sharpe was born in Wigan. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and then studied business at Oxford Brookes University.Dave Whelan, who took control of Wigan Athletic in February 1995. Whelan made Sharpe a director at Wigan in December 2014, and was appointed as chairman after Whelan's resignation in March 2015. At the age of 23, he became one of the world's youngest football bosses.

  * Chairman David Sharpe to leave Wigan Athletic following sale November 2018
  * @DavidSharpe91, Twitter
  * @davidsharpe_wafc


Green Party of Canada leadership elections

The Green Party of Canada holds a national leadership election every 4 years, as stipulated under the party's current constitution.

Ballots are always mailed out in advance to all Green Party of Canada "members in good standing" - allowing the option of voting by mail to all party members who do not wish to attend the convention in person.

The party uses an instant-runoff voting (IRV) ballot system for the election of its leader and councillors and a standard yes-or-no ballot for voting on constitutional amendments.

Leadership conventions

2000

  * 2000 Ottawa (University of Ottawa), Joan Russow re-elected (resigned in January 2001, Chris Bradshaw elected by national council meeting in February 2001 as interim leader).

2002

  * 2002 Montreal (Francophone institute for the blind), no member nominated for leader; Chris Bradshaw chosen to continue on an interim basis.

2003

  * February 14, 2003, Jim Harris elected.
Candidate        Votes
#                %
Jim Harris         437   81.38
John Grogan         76   14.15
Jason Crummey       24    4.47
Spoiled Ballots      0    0.00
Total              537  100.0%

2004

  * 2004 Calgary (Kiwanis camp in foothills), Jim Harris re-elected (first elected by mail ballot 6 months after the Montreal convention).
Candidate        Votes
#                %
Jim Harris         524   55.16
Tom Manley         352   37.05
John Grogan         74    7.79
Spoiled Ballots      0    0.00
Total              950  100.0%

2006

Main article: 2006 Green Party of Canada leadership election

Held August 24–27, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario using a One Member One Vote system. On April 24, 2006, incumbent party leader Jim Harris announced he would not be running for re-election.Elizabeth May on August 26, 2006.

Candidate           Votes
#                   %
Elizabeth May       2,145   65.34
David Chernushenko  1,096   33.38
Jim Fannon             29    0.88
None of the above      13    0.40
Total               3,283  100.0%

2020

Main article: 2020 Green Party of Canada leadership election


Main article: 2020 Green Party of Canada leadership election

Held October 3, 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario using a one member, one vote preferential ballot with a none of the above option.Annamie Paul, an activist and lawyer from Toronto, won the election on the eighth round of voting. Her win was described as a win for "the more centrist camp".


Results by round
Candidate  1st round          2nd round   3rd round  4th round   5th round  6th round   7th round  8th round
Image      Name               Votes cast  %          Votes cast  %          Votes cast  %          Votes cast  %       Votes cast  %       Votes cast  %       Votes cast  %       Votes cast  %
           Annamie Paul       6,242       26.14%     6,242       26.16%     6,305       26.24%     6,478       27.23%  6,952       29.44%  7,614       32.52%  8,862       38.52%  12,090      54.53%
           Dimitri Lascaris   5,768       24.15%     5,773       24.20%     5,813       24.40%     6,586       27.69%  7,050       29.86%  7,551       32.25%  8,340       36.22%  10,081      45.47%
           Courtney Howard    3,285       13.76%     3,285       13.77%     3,348       14.05%     3,404       14.31%  3,762       15.93%  4,523       19.32%  5,824       25.29%  Eliminated
           Glen Murray        2,745       11.50%     2,746       11.51%     2,821       11.84%     2,846       11.96%  2,992       12.67%  3,725       15.91%  Eliminated
           David Merner       2,636       11.04%     2,636       11.05%     2,697       11.32%     2,727       11.46%  2,856       12.10%  Eliminated
           Amita Kuttner      1,468       6.15%      1,470       6.16%      1,486       6.24%      1,748       7.35%   Eliminated
           Meryam Haddad      1,345       5.63%      1,346       5.64%      1,358       5.70%      Eliminated
           Andrew West        352         1.47%      356         1.49%      Eliminated
           None Of The Above  36          0.15%      Eliminated
Total                 23,877        100%     23,854        100%     23,828        100%     23,788        100%  23,612        100%  23,413        100%  23,026        100%  22,171        100%

2022

Main article: 2022 Green Party of Canada leadership election


Main article: 2022 Green Party of Canada leadership election

Annamie Paul resigned on November 14, 2021, several weeks after the 2021 Canadian federal election. Held November 19, 2022, in Ottawa, Ontario using a one member, one vote preferential ballot with a none of the above option. Saanich—Gulf Islands MP and former Green Party leader Elizabeth May won the election, after campaigning as part of a joint ticket with Jonathan Pedneault; as co-leadership is not formally recognized in the party’s constitution, Pedneault will become Deputy Leader while the two seek to amend the party constitution.

Candidate                Round 1  Round 2  Round 3     Round 4  Round 5     Round 6
Votes                    %        Votes    %           Votes    %           Votes    %           Votes   %           Votes   %
Elizabeth May            3,736    46.53    3,746       47.24    3,830       48.6     3,953       50.58   4,008       51.41   4,666       60.17
Anna Keenan              2,034    25.33    2,048       25.83    2,158       27.38    2,303       29.47   2,819       36.16   3,089       39.83
Jonathan Pedneault       775      9.65     780         9.84     817         10.37    893         11.43   969         12.43   Eliminated
Chad Walcott             547      6.81     556         7.01     589         7.47     665         8.51    Eliminated
Simon Gnocchini-Messier  399      4.97     404         5.09     487         6.18     Eliminated
Sarah Gabrielle Baron    378      4.71     396         4.99     Eliminated
None of these options    161      2.00     Eliminated
Total                             100.00               100.00               100.00               100.00              100.00              100.00

Leaders of the Green Party of Canada


Leaders of the Green Party of Canada

  * Trevor Hancock (1983–1984)
  * Seymour Trieger (1984–1988)
  * Kathryn Cholette (1988–1990)
  * Chris Lea (1990–1996)
  * Wendy Priesnitz (1996–1997)
  * Harry Garfinkle (interim) (1997)
  * Joan Russow (1997–2001)
  * Chris Bradshaw (interim) (2001–2003)
  * Jim Harris (2003–2006)
  * Elizabeth May (2006–2019)
  * Jo-Ann Roberts (interim) (2019–2020)
  * Annamie Paul (2020–2021)
  * Amita Kuttner (interim) (2021–2022)
  * Elizabeth May (2022–present)
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Fathallah Oualalou

Fathallah Oualalou in 2010.

Fathallah Oualalou (Arabic: فتح الله والعلو) (born 1942 in Rabat)Moroccan politician. He was the mayor of Rabat from 2009 to 2015. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco between March 1998 and October 2007.Socialist Union of Popular Forces party (USFP).

Oualalou graduated in economics from the Mohammed V University in Rabat, going on to obtain a "Diplôme d'études supérieures" (DES) in economics in Paris in 1966.

  * Politics of Morocco


Edinburgh and District Tramways

Edinburgh and District Tramways operated a tramway service in Edinburgh between 1893 and 1919, and Leith between 1871 and 1904.

History

The company was formed as a subsidiary of Dick, Kerr & Co. On 9 December 1893 it took over the Edinburgh Street Tramways services within the Edinburgh city boundary. On 31 January 1896 it took over the line to Meadowbank operated by the same company, and in 1898 the line to Portobello.

On 1 January 1897 it took over the Edinburgh Northern Tramways cable operated lines.

The company also undertook a conversion programme replacing many horse drawn services with cable operated lines.

The cable lines included:

  * Princes St and Leith Walk to Pilrig
  * Princes St and St Andrews St, York Place, Leith Walk, London Road to Abbeyhill Opened on 1 June 1899.
  * Salisbury Place, Clerk St, Grange Road, Beaufort Road, Strathearn Road, Strathearn Place, Greenhill Gardens, Church Hill to Morningside Road
  * Waterloo Place, Regent Road, London Road, Jock's Lodge, Piersfield Terrace, Moira Terrace, Inchview Terrace, Portobello High Street, Abercorn Terrace to Joppa
  * Gilmore Place via Granville Terrace, Polwarth Terrace, Colinton Road to Craiglockhart. Opened 1908.
  * Leith Walk, Broughton Street to Canonmills. Opened 1908.

In 1902, one of its tramcars was sold to the Stirling and Bridge of Allan Tramways and in 1913 this vehicle was converted with a petrol engine.

Closure

The company was taken over on 1 July 1919 by Edinburgh Corporation Tramways.


Darechok

Darechok is a village development committee in Chitwan District in Bagmati Province of southern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 9,607 people (4,836 male; 4,771 female) living in 2,029 individual households.


Dannielle Liesch

Dannielle Liesch (born 18 May 1978) is an Australian synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.


Andreas Armsdorff

Reglerkirche Erfurt before 1900

Andreas Armsdorff (also Armsdorf; 9 September 1670 – 31 December 1699) was a German composer and organist. He was born in Mühlberg, near Gotha, and studied music and law. At some point in his early life he moved to nearby Erfurt where he may have studied with Johann Pachelbel.Reglerkirche, Andreaskirche, and Kaufmannskirche. He died in Erfurt at the age of 29.

Armsdorff's early death was not an obstacle to the posthumous popularity of his music. His organ chorale preludes survive in numerous manuscript copies that circulated in Germany for decades after Armsdorff's death.Jakob Adlung praised Armsdorff's music as "agreeable to the ear."canon: Allein Gott in der Höh and Es spricht der Unweisen Mund.Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ).

Today, some 30 chorale preludes for organ are the only surviving pieces by Armsdorff, although there is evidence of lost vocal works, as well as numerous keyboard pieces.

  * Apel, Willi. 1972. The History of Keyboard Music to 1700. Translated by Hans Tischler. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-21141-7. Originally published as Geschichte der Orgel- und Klaviermusik bis 1700 by Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel.
  * Sharp, G.B. (2001). "Andreas Armsdorff". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
  * Welter, Kathryn J. 1998. Johann Pachelbel: Organist, Teacher, Composer: A Critical Reexamination of His Life, Works, and Historical Significance. Diss., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  * Free scores by Andreas Armsdorf at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)


Chen Yongqiang (sport shooter)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen Yongqiang (simplified Chinese: 陈永强; traditional Chinese: 陳永強; pinyin: Chén Yǒngqiáng; born October 3, 1974, in Shanghai) is a male Chinese sports shooter. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In 2004, he finished sixth in the men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol competition.

  * profile


Cryptocephalus umbonatus

Cryptocephalus umbonatus is a species of case-bearing leaf beetle in the family Chrysomelidae.

  * Quinn, Mike. "North American Cryptocephalus species (Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)". Texas Entomology
  * White, Richard E. (1968). "A Review of the Genus Cryptocephalus in America North of Mexico (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 290: 1–124. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.290.1. hdl:10088/10243.
  * Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.


Jaroslav Pollert

Jaroslav Pollert may refer to:

  * Jaroslav Pollert (canoeist born 1943), Czechoslovak slalom canoer who competed in 1960s and 1970s
  * Jaroslav Pollert (canoeist born 1971), Czech slalom canoer who competed in 1990s and 2000s


David Sharp (cyclist)

David Sharp (born July 16, 1941) is a former American cyclist. He competed in the tandem event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

  * David Sharp at Olympedia


Borgomasino

Borgomasino is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Turin.

Among the sites are the Parish Church of Santissimo Salvatore designed by Bernardo Vittone and the castle.

  * Tourist guide


Fathallahabad

Fathallahabad (Persian: فتح اله آباد, also Romanized as Fatḥāllahābād; also known as Kūreh Dasht-e Soflá and Kūrdasht-e Soflá)Kuhdasht-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Kuhdasht County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 444, in 76 families.