Pınar Yoldaş

Environmentalism

According to Bruce Sterling, "the inquiry on the relationships between man and environment is central to the work of Pinar Yoldas." Her work The Very Loud Chamber Orchestra of Endangered Species calls attention to the concept of endangered species and the loss of biodiversity in relation to climate change. Global Warming Hot Yoga Studio offers a new type of yoga practice where practitioners are subject to heat coming from a large scale sign that reads "GLOBAL WARMING." An Ecosystem of Excess, Fool’s Fowl and Saltwater Heart are works that center around the ideas of disruption of natural systems by anthropogenic forces.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  * AlterEvolution at Ekavart Gallery in Istanbul (2013)
  * An Ecosystem of Excess at Ernst Schering Project Space in Berlin (2014)
  * The Warm, The Cool and The Cat at Röda Sten Konsthall in Göteborg (2016)

Group exhibitions

  * Transmediale (2014)
  * ExoEvolution at ZKM (2015)
  * Regeneration Movement: Rethinking Technology in the Digital Age at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (2016)
  * 12x12 at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2017)

Awards

In 2015, Yoldas received the Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts, with her project Distilling the Sky, which involves building an architectural structure to filter polluted air, turn it into ink and a series of performances centered around the ink-making process.

Selected works

  * An Ecosystem of Excess
  * Kitty AI: Artificial Intelligence for Governance

Publications

  * Speculative eds. Christopher O'Leary and Zach Blas, exhibition catalogue, 2011.
  * Art in the Anthropocene: Encounters Among Aesthetics, Politics, Environments and Epistemologies, eds. Heather Davis and Etienne Turpin, Open Humanities Press, 2014.
  * An Ecosystem of Excess, Argobooks, 2014.


Pyeongchang bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics

Pyeongchang 2014 was an unsuccessful bid by the Korean Olympic Committee to host the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Pyeongchang was one of seven applicants for the games, and one of three to be short-listed, along with Sochi, Russia, and Salzburg, Austria.

The bid was the second consecutive time Pyeongchang bid for the Olympics, following its close-call 2010 bid. The 2014 project concentrated all venues within one hour of Pyeongchang, called for huge sums of investment into new infrastructure and sporting venues, including the new Alpensia Resort; moreover, the sporting event would promote a message of peace and harmony in the divided nation. Since 2003, the region was selected to host the 2009 Mount Titlis World Women's Curling Championship and the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 in Gangwon, the 2009 Biathlon World Championships 2009 in Pyeongchang, in an aim at becoming the winter sports hub of Asia. Although an International Olympic Committee evaluation team complimented the area on levels of public support, government support, and infrastructure in February 2007,

  * Bids for the 2010 Winter Olympics
  * Pyeongchang bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics
  * Pyeongchang bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics
  * 2018 Winter Olympics


The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Award for Contemporary Makeup in a Television Series, Television Limited or Miniseries or Television New Media Series is one of the awards given annually to people working in the television industry by the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS). It is presented to makeup artists who work in television, whose work has been deemed "best" in a given year. The award was first given in 2000, during the first annual awards, and was given when the awards were brought back in 2014. During the 2001 and 2002 ceremonies, as well as ceremonies from 2015 to 2018, the awards made the distinction between regular series and miniseries/television films. This was amended in 2019, when miniseries nominees were placed alongside continuing series, while television films and specials were given their own category.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year                     Program                                                                                Episode(s)                             Nominees  Network
(1999)                   Best Contemporary Makeup – Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series – Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)
1st
Providence               "Thank You Providence"                                                                                James MacKinnon, Stephanie A. Fowler   NBC
Will & Grace             "I Never Promised You an Olive Garden"                                                                       Cynthia Bachman Brown, Patricia Bunch  NBC
"Big Brother is Coming"

2000s


2000s

Year                                                                                Program                                                                                Episode(s)                                                                    Nominees  Network
(2000)                                                                                Best Contemporary Makeup – Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series – Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)
2nd
Sex and the City                                                                              "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"                                                                                Michelle Johnson                                                              HBO
Buffy the Vampire Slayer                                                                      "Restless"                                                                                Todd McIntosh, Brigette A. Myre, Robin Beauchesne, David DeLeon, Kate Biscoe  The WB
Friends                                                                                "The One That Could Have Been"                                                                               Robin Siegel, Beth Katz, Anne Sweeting, Kevin Haney                           NBC
Best Contemporary Makeup – Television (for a Mini-Series/Motion Picture Made for Television)
Running Mates                                                                                Lon Bentley, Rick Sharp, Leonard Engelman                                                                    TNT
An American Daughter                                                                          Brigitte Bugayong, Christina Criswell, Barrie Buckner                                                        Lifetime
On the Beach                                                                                Brad Smith                                                                                Showtime
(2001)                                                                                Best Contemporary Makeup – Television (for a Single Episode of a Regular Series – Sitcom, Drama or Daytime)
3rd
Six Feet Under                                                                                "An Open Book"                                                                                Donna-Lou Henderson, Justin B. Henderson, Michelle Vittone, Pamela Santori    HBO
Alias                                                                                "Truth Be Told"                                                                                Angela Nogaro, Diana Brown, Gilbert A. Mosko                                  ABC
Friends                                                                                "The One with the Halloween Party"                                                                           Robin Siegel, Beth Katz, Sheree Morgan                                        NBC

Year                                                    Program                                                         Nominees         Network
(2002)                                                  Best Contemporary Makeup – Television Series
4th
Alias                                                   Angela Nogaro, Diana Brown                                      ABC
Sex and the City                                        Nicki Ledermann, Judy Chin, Kerrie R. Plant, Maryann Marchetti  HBO
Six Feet Under                                          Donna-Lou Henderson, Justin B. Henderson, Michelle Vittone
Best Makeup – Television Mini-Series/Movie of the Week
Gleason                                                 Greg Cannom, Wesley Wofford, Erik Gosselin                      CBS
Civil War Combat                                        Susan Seligman                                                  History Channel
Live from Baghdad                                       David Forrest, Robert Ryan                                      HBO
(2003)                                                  Best Contemporary Makeup – Television Series
5th
Sex and the City                                        Judy Chin, Nicki Ledermann, Kerrie R. Plant                     HBO
Nip/Tuck                                                Eryn Krueger Mekash, Stephanie A. Fowler                        FX
Six Feet Under                                          Donna-Lou Henderson, Justin B. Henderson, Megan Moore           HBO
Best Makeup – Television Mini-Series/Movie of the Week
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales                      Matthew W. Mungle, Sally Sutton, Kate Shorter                   HBO
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself                    Dorothy J. Pearl                                                HBO
Normal                                                  Hallie D'Amore, Linda Melazzo, Dorothy J. Pearl

2010s


Year                                                                                Program                                                      Nominees  Network
(2013)                                                                                Best Contemporary Makeup in Television and New Media Series
6th
Breaking Bad                                                                                Tarra D. Day, Steve La Porte                                 AMC
Glee                                                                                Kelley Mitchell, Jennifer Greenberg                          Fox
Super Fun Night                                                                             Debbie Zoller, Tami Lane                                     ABC
Best Contemporary Makeup in a Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Fargo                                                                                Gail Kennedy, Joanne Preece, Gunther Schetterer              FX
Reckless                                                                                Jeanne Van Phue, Gigi Collins, Ashleigh Chavis               CBS
Sherlock                                                                                Claire Pritchard, Sarah Astley                               PBS
(2014)                                                                                Best Contemporary Makeup in Television and New Media Series
7th
Sons of Anarchy                                                                             Tracey Anderson, Michelle Garbin, Sabine Roller              FX
Dancing with the Stars                                                                      Zena Shteysel, Angela Moos, Patti Ramsey Bortoli             ABC
House of Cards                                                                              Tricia Sawyer, Vasilios Tanis                                Netflix
Orange Is the New Black                                                                     Michal Bigger, Karen Reuter Fabbo
True Detective                                                                              Felicity Bowring, Linda Dowds                                HBO
The Walking Dead                                                                            Essie Cha, Mayumi Murakami, Chauntelle Langston              AMC
(2015)
8th
Dancing with the Stars                                                                      Zena Shteysel, Angela Moos, Patti Ramsey Bortoli             ABC
Empire                                                                                Beverly Jo Pryor, Ashunta Sheriff                            Fox
House of Cards                                                                              Tricia Sawyer, Vasilios Tanis                                Netflix
Transparent                                                                                Emma Johnston Burton, Molly Tissavary, Ela Barczewska        Amazon
The Walking Dead                                                                            Essie Cha, Mayumi Murakami, Chauntelle Langston              AMC
Best Contemporary Makeup in a Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Scream Queens                                                                               Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kelley Mitchell, Melissa Buell          Fox
Strike Back                                                                                Sue Michael                                                  Cinemax
Whitney                                                                                Marietta Carter-Narcisse, Noreen Wilkie                      Lifetime
(2016)                                                                                Best Contemporary Makeup in Television and New Media Series
9th
Westworld                                                                                Christien Tinsley, Elisa Marsh, Rolf John Keppler            HBO


Empire                                                                                Beverly Jo Pryor, Eric Pagdin, Ashunta Sheriff               Fox
Saturday Night Live                                                                         Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani                NBC
Transparent                                                                                Emma Johnston Burton, Malanie J. Romero, Tonyia Verna        Amazon
The Voice                                                                                Darcy Gilmore, Kristene Bernard, Diane Mayo                  NBC
Best Contemporary Makeup in a Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again                                 Julia Valente, Pipsan Ayotte                                 Fox
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life                                                           Tegan Taylor, Tania McComas                                  Netflix
The Girlfriend Experience                                                                   Randy Daudlin                                                Starz
Love by the 10th Date                                                                       Dionne Wynn, Stephanie Bravo                                 Lifetime
Mascots                                                                                Gigi Williams, Michelle Audrina Kim                          Netflix
(2017)
10th
Dancing with the Stars                                                                      Zena Shteysel, Angela Moos, Sarah Woolf                      ABC
Grace and Frankie                                                                           Robin Siegel, David DeLeon, Bonita DeHaven                   Netflix
The Handmaid's Tale                                                                         Burton J. LeBlanc, Talia Reingold, Erika Caceres             Hulu
RuPaul's Drag Race                                                                          David Petruschin, Jen Fregozo, Natasha Marcelina             VH1
Saturday Night Live                                                                         Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani                NBC
Best Contemporary Makeup in a Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Big Little Lies                                                                             Steve Artmont, Nicole Artmont                                HBO
American Horror Story: Cult                                                                 Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvina Knight               FX
Fargo                                                                                Gail Kennedy, Joanne Preece, Danielle Hanson
Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland                                                    Geneva Nash Morgan, Susan Laprelle, April M. Chaney          Lifetime
Twin Peaks                                                                                Debbie Zoller, Richard Redlefsen, Mandi Ann Ruiz             Showtime
(2018)                                                                                Best Contemporary Makeup in Television and New Media Series
11th
American Horror Story: Apocalypse                                                           Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvina Knight               FX
Dancing with the Stars                                                                      Julie Socash, Alison Gladieux, Donna J. Bard                 ABC


The Handmaid's Tale                                                                         Karola Dirnberger, Ewa Latak-Cynk                            Hulu
Saturday Night Live                                                                         Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani                NBC
Westworld                                                                                Elisa Marsh, Allan A. Apone, Rachel Hoke                     HBO
(2019)
12th
Big Little Lies                                                                             Michelle Radow, Erin Rosenmann                               HBO
Euphoria                                                                                Doniella Davy, Kirsten Coleman                               HBO
Grace and Frankie                                                                           Melissa Sandora, David DeLeon, Bonita DeHaven                Netflix
The Handmaid's Tale                                                                         Burton J. LeBlanc, Alastair Muir, Faye Crasto                Hulu
Russian Doll                                                                                Amy L. Forsythe, Heidi Pakdel, Danielle Minnella             Fox


2020s

Year                     Program                                                                Nominees    Network
(2020)
13th
Westworld                Elisa Marsh, John Damiani, Jennifer Aspinall, Rachel Hoke              HBO
Dead to Me               Jacqueline Knowlton, Toryn Reed, Kim Greene, Liz Lash                  Netflix
Grace and Frankie        Melissa Sandora, David De Leon, Bonita De Haven
Ozark                    Tracy Ewell, Jillian Erickson, Susan Reilly Lehane
RuPaul’s Drag Race       Natasha Marcelina, Jen Fregozo                                         VH1
Schitt’s Creek           Candice Ornstein, Kerry Vaughan                                        Pop!
(2021)
14th

American Horror Stories  Tyson Fountaine, Melissa Buell, Ron Pipes, Gage Munster                FX on Hulu
Emily in Paris           Odile Fourquin, Aurélie Payen, Carole Nicolas, Corinne Maillard        Netflix
Mare of Easttown         Debi Young, Ngozi Olandu Young, Sandra Linn, Rachel Geary              HBO
RuPaul's Drag Race       David Petruschin, Jen Fregozo, Nicole Faulkner                         VH1
WandaVision              Tricia Sawyer, Vasilios Tanis                                          Disney+
(2022)
15th

Euphoria                 Doniella Davy, Tara Lang Shah, Alexandra J. French                     HBO
Abbott Elementary        Alisha L. Baijounas, Jenn Bennett, Constance Foe, Emilia Werynska      ABC
Emily in Paris           Aurélie Payen, Joséphine Bouchereau, Carole Nicolas, Corinne Maillard  Netflix
Hacks                    Bridget O'Neill                                                        HBO Max
The White Lotus          Rebecca Hickey, Federica Emidi                                         HBO


Gelişen, Derecik

Gelişen (Kurdish: Gerdî Şepatan) is a village in Derecik District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.Kurds of the Gerdî tribe and had a population of 4,122 in 2022.

The village has the nine hamlets of Adıgüzel, Aralık (Parewê), Beğendik, Karakoç (Sunê), Koryürek (Bêgijnê), Kütüklu (Zewyarezi), Mordağ (Dêrkê), Suçıktı (Bêlutyan) and Toklu attached to it.

History

The village was attached to Şemdinli District before becoming part of the newly-created Derecik District in 2018.

Name

The name Şepatan (Shepātān) may be connected to the word Sciabatan mentioned by Assemani.

Population

Population history of the village from 1997 to 2022:

Population
Year  Pop.   ±% p.a.
1997  2,402  —
2007  4,061  +5.39%
2012  5,679  +6.94%
2017  3,988  −6.83%
2022  4,122  +0.66%


Erfelek Dam

Erfelek Dam is a dam in Sinop Province, Turkey, built between 1995 and 2004. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works.

  * List of dams and reservoirs in Turkey
  * DSI directory, State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Retrieved December 16, 2009


Nufarm

Nufarm is an Australian agricultural chemical company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 1956, the company was founded by Max Fremder. It holds more than 2,100 product registrations, and markets products in more than 100 countries around the world.

The company is a manufacturer of phenoxies, a class of herbicides that controls and eradicates broadleaved weeds. These products are manufactured in globally networked facilities in Australia, England, Austria and the Netherlands.

A large range of other crop protection products are produced in manufacturing facilities in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe, Africa and America.

Nufarm has also developed a position in the turf and specialty markets (lawn care, golf courses, municipal parks, aquatic and forestry weed control).

Nufarm is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (symbol NUF) and its head office is located at Laverton in Melbourne.

History

Nufarm was established in Melbourne, Australia during the mid 1950s by Max Fremder. He began selling phenoxy herbicides to professional spray applicators in regional Victoria.

Between the mid 1980s and early 2000s, Nufarm was a subsidiary of New Zealand-based Fernz Corporation. The Nufarm crop protection business continued to grow and expand during that period, with several overseas locations established throughout the 1990s.

In 2000, Fernz migrated the incorporation of the company from New Zealand to Australia and in the process changed the group's name to Nufarm Limited. Since that time, the company has focused on building a global platform for its core crop protection business and has divested various industrial and specialty chemical businesses.

Various acquisitions and solid organic growth have seen the business rapidly expand. Nufarm is now ranked the 9th largest crop protection company in the world, with a clear leadership position in Australia and substantial operations in North and South America, Europe, New Zealand and Asia.

On 30 September 2019 Nufarm announced the sale of all its South American crop protection and seed treatment operations to Sumitomo Chemical for $1,188 million.


Maʼadim Vallis

Maʼadim Vallis is one of the largest outflow channels on Mars, about 700 km long and significantly larger than Earth's Grand Canyon. It is over 20 km wide and 2 km deep in some places. It runs from a region of southern lowlands thought to have once contained a large group of lakes (see Eridania Lake) north to Gusev crater near the equator. It looks as if water may have collected in Gusev crater, forming a giant lake; the Spirit Rover was sent there to investigate that possibility, but found only volcanic rocks on the floor of Gusev. Any lake deposits were probably covered over by a later deposit of volcanic materials from Apollinaris Mons, a nearby volcano.

Maʼadim Vallis is in the Aeolis quadrangle.

Maʼadim Vallis is thought to have been carved by flowing water early in Mars' history. Some of the short narrow channels along the walls of Maʼadim are probably sapping channels. Sapping occurs when groundwater partially dissolves and undermines the rock, which collapses into debris deposits and is carried away by other erosion processes.

Maʼadim (מאדים) is the Hebrew name of the Planet Mars.

  * [Section of Maʼadim Vallis as seen by HiRISE. A more recent flow of water may have formed the smaller, deeper channel to the right.]
    Section of Maʼadim Vallis as seen by HiRISE. A more recent flow of water may have formed the smaller, deeper channel to the right.
  * Geography of Mars
  * Geology of Mars
  * HiRISE
  * Lakes on Mars
  * Vallis (planetary geology)
  * Water on Mars
  * Google Mars zoomable map centered on Maʼadim Vallis


Little Grey River

The Little Grey River, also known as the Māwheraiti is a river of the West Coast Region of New Zealand. It is a major tributary of the Grey River / Māwheranui which it joins at Ikamatua.

The Little Grey rises in low hills above the Inangahua valley, its source being only 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Inangahua River.State Highway 7 and the Stillwater–Ngākawau Line railway travel down the lower half of the river valley, crossing the river twice. The river has two large tributaries, the Blackwater River and the Snowy River, both of which flow from the east.5 kilometres (3.1 mi) there are extensive tailings mounds resulting from gold dredging operations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1946, both the highway and railway were temporarily closed while the dredge dug its way through to its new mining area in the Blackwater Valley. This was the first and only time that such an event has occurred in New Zealand.

42°16′46″S 171°39′56″E / 42.27944°S 171.66556°E


Elwick Road

Elwick Road is a major arterial road that runs through the northern suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania. The Road is the major link road between the Main Road and the Brooker Highway that connects to Glenorchy. The Road Passes through residential areas.

The Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources proposes to re-align Elwick Road with Goodwood Road, reducing confusion and the number of traffic lights on the Brooker Highway.

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42°49′50″S 147°16′54″E / 42.8306°S 147.2818°E


Howland Cobblestone Store

The Howland Cobblestone Store, also known as the Howland Stone Store Museum, is an early 19th-century store significant for its unusual cobblestone architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

The store was originally owned by Slocum Howland, a Quaker, abolitionist, prohibitionist and suffragist. Among the items sold in his store was the cast iron plow, invented locally by his brother-in-law Jethro Wood.

Cobblestone architecture was highly developed in New York State. A survey identified 660 cobblestone structures in 21 New York counties. There may be approximately 300 elsewhere in the United States, concentrated in Vermont, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois, all areas of similar Northern Tier culture. Many people from Vermont and New York moved west into the upper Midwest states.

  * Jethro Wood House
  * Howland Stone Store Museum - official site


Kuwait at the Paralympics

Kuwait made its Paralympic Games début at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, with a delegation in track and field. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.

Kuwaiti competitors have won a total of 49 Paralympic medals, of which 12 gold, 17 silver and 21 bronze.

Medalists


Kuwait at the Paralympics

Medal   Name                  Games                                                            Sport               Event
Gold    Adelah Al-Roumi       [Netherlands] 1980 Arnhem                                        Athletics           Women's 60m 2
Gold    Adelah Al-Roumi       [Netherlands] 1980 Arnhem                                        Athletics           Women's 200m 2
Silver  Shafy Merawah         [Netherlands] 1980 Arnhem                                        Athletics           Men's 100m 2
Silver  Adelah Al-Roumi       [Netherlands] 1980 Arnhem                                        Athletics           Women's shot put 2
Bronze  Shafy Merawah         [Netherlands] 1980 Arnhem                                        Athletics           Men's 400m 2
Gold    Adelah Al-Roumi       [United Kingdom] [United States] 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York  Athletics           Women's discus throw 2
Silver  Hayat Al-Sabih        [United Kingdom] [United States] 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York  Athletics           Women's precision throw C1
Silver  Adelah Al-Roumi       [United Kingdom] [United States] 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York  Athletics           Women's shot put 2
Silver  Nezar Ahmad           [United Kingdom] [United States] 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York  Swimming            Men's 100m butterfly 5
Bronze  Adelah Al-Roumi       [United Kingdom] [United States] 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York  Athletics           Women's slalom 2
Bronze  Yousuf Naser          [United Kingdom] [United States] 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York  Swimming            Men's 100m butterfly 5
Bronze  Yousuf Naser          [United Kingdom] [United States] 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York  Swimming            Men's 4x50m individual medley 5
Bronze  Ahmad Habib Al-Saleh  [United Kingdom] [United States] 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York  Wheelchair fencing  Men's épée individual 4-5
Gold    Adnan Al-Khulefi      [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's javelin throw 6
Gold    Husain Al-Enezi       [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's shot put 6
Gold    Adelah Al-Roumi       [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Women's javelin throw 2


Kuwait at the Paralympics

Gold    Adelah Al-Roumi       [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Women's shot put 2
Silver  Ayad Al-Ali           [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's discus throw 6
Silver  Tareq Al-Naser        [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's slalom 1C
Silver  Nezar Ahmad           [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's slalom 5-6
Silver  Adelah Al-Roumi       [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Women's discus throw 2
Silver  Ahmad Habib Al-Saleh  [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Wheelchair fencing  Men's épée 4-6
Bronze  Nezar Ahmad           [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's 10000m 5
Bronze  Fahed Al-Mutairi      [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's club throw C6
Bronze  Aly Mohamed           [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's javelin throw 6
Bronze  Mubarak Al-Enezi      [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's shot put 2
Bronze  Ayad Al-Ali           [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's shot put 6
Bronze  Khaled Khaled         [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's shot put C2
Bronze  Adnan Al-Khulefi      [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Athletics           Men's pentathlon 5-6
Bronze  Ahmad Habib Al-Saleh  [South Korea] 1988 Seoul                                         Wheelchair fencing  Men's foil 4-6
Gold    Aly Mohamed           [Spain] 1992 Barcelona                                           Athletics           Men's javelin throw THW7
Silver  Fahed Al-Mutairi      [Spain] 1992 Barcelona                                           Athletics           Men's javelin throw C6
Silver  Aly Mohamed           [Spain] 1992 Barcelona                                           Athletics           Men's shot put THW7
Silver  Adelah Al-Roumi       [Spain] 1992 Barcelona                                           Athletics           Women's discus throw THW4
Bronze  Fouad Kout            [Spain] 1992 Barcelona                                           Weightlifting       Men's +90 kg
Gold    Fahed Al-Mutairi      [United States] 1996 Atlanta                                     Athletics           Men's javelin throw F35
Silver  Aly Mohamed           [United States] 1996 Atlanta                                     Athletics           Men's javelin throw F57


Kuwait at the Paralympics

Bronze  Mushal Al-Otaibi      [United States] 1996 Atlanta                                     Athletics           Men's javelin throw F55
Silver  Atef Al-Dousari       [Australia] 2000 Sydney                                          Athletics           Men's discus throw F53
Bronze  Hamad Aladwani        [Australia] 2000 Sydney                                          Athletics           Men's 100m T53
Bronze  Ahmad Makhseed        [Australia] 2000 Sydney                                          Athletics           Men's javelin throw F33
Bronze  Ahmad Makhseed        [Australia] 2000 Sydney                                          Athletics           Men's shot put F33
Bronze  Majed Al-Mutairi      [Australia] 2000 Sydney                                          Athletics           Men's shot put F58
Gold    Hamad Aladwani        [Greece] 2004 Athens                                             Athletics           Men's 400m T53
Silver  Hamad Aladwani        [Greece] 2004 Athens                                             Athletics           Men's 100m T53
Silver  Hamad Aladwani        [Greece] 2004 Athens                                             Athletics           Men's 200m T53
Bronze  Dhari Al-Mutairi      [Greece] 2004 Athens                                             Athletics           Men's shot put F32
Bronze  Maha Alsheraian       [Greece] 2004 Athens                                             Athletics           Women's discus throw F32-34/51-53
Bronze  Maha Alsheraian       [Greece] 2004 Athens                                             Athletics           Women's shot put F32-34/52/53
Gold    Ahmad Almutairi       [Brazil] 2016 Rio de Janeiro                                     Athletics           Men's 100m T33


Kuwait at the Paralympics

* Kuwait at the Olympics


Pyeazolam

Pyeazolam (SH-TRI-108) is a triazolobenzodiazepine derivative which has been sold online as a designer drug. It has been found to be relatively selective for the α5 subtype of GABAA receptors, in a similar manner to the related compound QH-ii-066,alcohol than typical benzodiazepines.

  * GL-II-73
  * Pyrazolam
  * Pynazolam
  * SH-053-R-CH3-2'F
  * List of benzodiazepines


Make A Wish UAE

Make-A-Wish UAE is charity organization in the United Arab Emirates that grants the wishes (experiences) of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Make-A-Wish UAE is an affiliate of Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Awards

  * Winner of "Local Foundation of the Year" at the Middle East Philanthropy Awards 2013
  * Worldwish.org,. 'The Make-A-Wish Story | Make-A-Wish International'. N.p., 2015. Web. 29 Aug. 2015.
  * Make A Wish UAE,. 'Make A Wish UAE'. N.p., 2015. Web. 29 Aug. 2015.


List of St. Louis Bombers players

The following is a list of players of the now-defunct St. Louis Bombers professional basketball team.

  * John Abramovic
  * Herschel Baltimore
  * John Barr
  * Aubrey Davis
  * Bob Doll
  * Lonnie Eggleston
  * Wyndol Gray
  * Coulby Gunther
  * Cecil Hankins
  * Fred Jacobs
  * Grady Lewis
  * Johnny Logan
  * Ed Macauley
  * Don Martin
  * Ariel Maughan
  * Mike McCarron
  * Bill Miller
  * George Munroe
  * Bob O'Brien
  * Dermie O'Connell
  * Buddy O'Grady
  * Johnny Orr
  * Mac Otten
  * Easy Parham
  * Don Putman
  * Bill Roberts
  * Red Rocha
  * Irv Rothenberg
  * Giff Roux
  * Otto Schnellbacher
  * Ralph Siewert
  * Belus Smawley
  * Deb Smith
  * Mike Todorovich
  * D. C. Wilcutt
  * St. Louis Bombers all-time roster @ basketball-reference.com


Erft Railway

Bedburg–Horrem railway (also known in German as the Erftbahn—Erft Railway) is a line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The non-electrified main line was originally built as a line of the Bergheim District Railway and operated as a metre gauge railway. Later, the line was converted to standard gauge.

The Erft Railway is listed as table 481 of the German railway timetable. It is served only by the Erftbahn Regionalbahn service.

Operations and history

The Bedburg–Horrem–Mödrath line was opened in 1896 as part of the Bergheim District Railway (Bergheimer Kreisbahn).metre-gauge line and was built by GmbH Lenz & Co, which initially managed it. The line was opened between Mödrath and Zieverich (and continuing to Elsdorf) on 5 November 1896 for freight and on 20 February 1897 for passenger transport. The extension from Zieverich to Bedburg was opened on 8 May 1897. Although initially built as a narrow-gauge line, it had been designed to be upgraded to standard gauge. The track bed was correspondingly wide, it was laid with standard gauge sleepers at reduced spacing, and it used heavy rail. A third rail was installed in 1904. Passenger trains then ran on the narrow gauge track and freight trains ran on the standard gauge track.

In 1913, the Prussian state railway took over the Bergheim District Railway, as had been envisaged in the concession, and the narrow gauge operations were discontinued. After the First World War, the track was straightened largely within its own right of way and rehabilitated.

Passenger traffic was terminated on the Mödrath–Horrem section on 28 May 1972 and freight traffic was abandoned on 1 October 1978.

The Horrem–Quadrath-Ichendorf section was electrified because of its high freight traffic in 1983, but its catenary was dismantled in 1996.

As of 2 June 1991, trains ran through from Neuss to Horrem, continuing in the peak hour to Cologne. The rail service was extended throughout the day to Cologne from 15 December 2002.


Erft Railway

On 1 November 2007, the rest of the line was also connected to the electronic signalling centre. At the same time, all older level crossings were upgraded to the state of the art with flashing lights. The crossing at Bahnhofstraße in Holzheim had been equipped with a full barrier and a gatekeeper who visually checked whether the tracks were free of vehicles; this is now done with a radar scanner.

Erft railway

The Regionalbahn service (Erft-Bahn) operates from Bedburg to Horrem via Bergheim or to Cologne Messe/Deutz (with a stop in Horrem on platform track 19, which is on the other side of the triangular junction from the main platforms). The service has the line number of RB 38 and is operated every half hour on the Bedburg–Horem section and hourly on the remainder by DB Regio NRW.

Between Horrem and Cologne, it runs along the Cologne–Aachen high-speed line.

Until the timetable change on 10 December 2017, the RB 38 (Erft-Bahn) operated from Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof or Neuss (on weekends) via Bedburg to Köln Messe/Deutz. This service, which is located in the area served by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport association), was shortened to the Bedburg–Cologne section at the timetable change. the section beyond Bedburg was taken over at the timetable change by a new RB 39 (Düssel-Erft-Bahn) service operated by the private transport company VIAS. Passengers wishing to travel beyond Bedburg now have to transfer there. The reason for this division are plans of the authority that is responsible for rail services south of Bedburg, the Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland (Rhineland local transport association), to electrify the Bedburg–Cologne section and operate it as an S-Bahn service. Furthermore, first class has been dropped on the Erft-Bahn service, because of its low use and because trains are always crowded during the peak hour.

Rolling stock

A class 628 set operating Erft-Bahn service in Grevenbroich station


Erft Railway

Before the 1990s, class 150 accumulator cars were operated on the line. In the 1990s, class 212 diesel locomotives and later class 215 and 218 locomotives were used together with Silberling carriages. In the late 1990s, the locomotive-hauled trains were replaced with class 628 diesel multiple units. In 2003, two and three carriage class 643 (Bombardier Talent) diesel multiple units was added; two carriage sets were used until the 2010/2011 timetable.

Currently RB 38 services are operated exclusively with class 628 diesel multiple units, mostly as coupled sets with four carriages. Single class 628 sets (two carriages) are used on the short shuttles between Düsseldorf/Neuss and Grevenbroich and between Bedburg and Horrem.

From December 2014 to December 2016 only Bombardier Talent (class 644) sets were used on the whole line between Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof and Köln Messe/Deutz in coupled sets and additional services ran between Bedburg and Horrem and between Grevenbroich and Neuss in the peak as previously. From the timetable change in December 2016 to the middle of 2017, there were also a few class 628 sets operating between Bedburg and Horrem, as some of the class 644 sets were being renovated. These were repainted, received new seat cushions and headrests and were thoroughly cleaned.

The class 644 sets remain on the new RB 38 service after a thorough refurbishment. It had been planned to runs triple sets on the "long RB 38" (Bedburg–Cologne) route, but this plan failed because the platforms in Glesch, Paffendorf and Zieverich were not long enough.

Outlook

In the 1990s, it was planned (as part of a network targeted for 2015) to extend the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network from Horrem via Bedburg to Düsseldorf.

The plans for the extension of the S-Bahn on the northern section of the line have not been pursued further by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR), which is responsible for the northern part of the route (Düsseldorf–Bedburg). This part of the route has been operated by VIAS since December 2017 and the track is shared in Bedburg.


Erft Railway

The Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland (Rhineland local transport association, NVR) still plans to upgrade the southern section of the line by around 2020, including electrification and a flying junction in Horrem to connect to the existing S-Bahn line to Cologne. The NVR is pursuing the goal of relieving the Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne by eliminating the RB 38 services. This would involve running line S 12 services over the Erft Railway from Horrem to Bedburg. The section of the S 12 from Horrem to Düren was taken over by line S 13 and line S 19 from the timetable change in December 2015. A feasibility study from 2012 confirms this option as having a high cost-benefit ratio, partly because part of the cost for the necessary rehabilitation of the line would have had to be invested in maintaining the current operations anyway.

A planning agreement was signed with the state in August 2017.

Route

The Erft Railway runs next to the Erft from Bedburg to Bergheim. The line crosses the Erft shortly before Bergheim. Otherwise, the Erft is not in the immediate vicinity of the railway tracks. The railway is a single-track branch line.

Bedburg station

Bedburg station

Main article: Bedburg station

Bedburg station is located at line-kilometre 21.2 and was opened in 1869. The line to Horrem was opened in 1897 and the Bedburg–Ameln railway, which was popularly known as the Amelner Johännchen (Ameln Johnny), commenced operations in 1898. Bedburg station was located at line-kilometre 0.2 of this line. The traffic on the line to Ameln was closed on 17 March 1953 as it was no longer profitable.


Erft Railway

The Düren–Bedburg section was closed in 1995 and dismantled in 1995 to allow the expansion of the Hambach open cast mine. The remaining gravel on the former routes is a reminder of the once extensive track infrastructure. Bedburg had two signal boxes ("Bnf" and "Bsf"). "Bsf" was taken out of service in 1995 with the decommissioning of the section to Düren and demolished after a fire. "Bnf" took control of the remaining turnouts and signals until it was taken out of service with the commissioning of the electronic interlocking in 2007.

Glesch station

Glesch station

A halt was built the village of Glesch by the Bergheim District Railway in 1897 at its current location at line-kilometer 2.5. The line ran at this point close to the Fortuna-Garstorf open-cast mine.

Paffendorf station

Paffendorf station

The line passes the Hambach Railway (Hambachbahn) of RWE Power, which is used exclusively for the transport of coal and overburden. Immediately after, the railway reaches the halt of Paffendorf at line-kilometer 4.1. The RWE Power Information Centre is located at the local palace (Schloss).

Zieverich station

Zieverich station

The two-part halt of Zieverich, built in 1897, is located in greenery at line-kilometre 6.1. The trains running towards Cologne and towards Düsseldorf do not stop at the same platform. The line towards Elsdorf Ost, which was also built by the Bergheim District Railway, branched off here until 1967.

Bergheim station

Erft-Bahn service in Bergheim station


Erft Railway

Erft-Bahn service in Bergheim station

Bergheim station was opened in 1897 at line-kilometre 7.6. The old station had an electromechanical dispatcher’s signal box "Bf" (E 43) in the entrance building with semaphore signals as entry and exit signals. Three to four tracks were available for train crossings. There was a three-track railcar shed on tracks 9-11. The platform-less track 12 ran from the back of the railcar shed; this allowed only entrances and exits from or towards Horrem. Tracks 7 and 8 were sidings that lay between the main tracks and the railcar shed. Two dead-end tracks ran from track 1 towards the entrance building, including track 13, which ended at a head loading ramp. The whole station could be seen on a sharp left turn approaching from Horrem.

In 1988, the station was relocated, but the old entrance building was preserved in its original place. Commissioning of the new station took place on 18 April 1988. The platform tracks in Bergheim (Erft) station were put into operation on 27 June 1988. It is located in a new position with straight platform tracks 1 and 2, which have external platforms. Except for the loading track to the head loading ramp, all the other tracks and the railcar shed have been dismantled. The entrance building was demolished at the beginning of 2017 as part of reconstruction work.

The old "Bf" signal box was closed on 28 October 2007, when the control of operations on the track was taken over by the Köln-Ehrenfeld computer-based interlocking, which is controlled from the Duisburg operations centre. The remaining loading track was disconnected.

In the past, branch lines branched off in Bergheim to Bedburg (Erft), Horrem and Rommerskirchen and from Zieverich to Elsdorf Ost. There was also a siding to the Martinswerk aluminum plant and a railcar depot. Passenger trains ran via Horrem to Kerpen among other places.

Quadrath-Ichendorf station

Quadrath-Ichendorf station


Erft Railway

Quadrath-Ichendorf station

The halt of Quadrath-Ichendorf has existed since the line's opening in 1897 at line-kilometre 18.7. From 1983 to 1996, the line was electrified to the Martinswerk junction in Quadrath-Ichendorf. At this point, the Strategic Railway Embankment from Neuss branched off the Erft Railway.

Horrem station

Main article: Horrem station

Horrem station is located at line-kilometre 15.9 of the Erft Railway and connects with the Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway. Horrem station is now the terminus of the Erft Railway; the extension of the line to Mödrath was closed in 1978 and has since been dismantled. The Erft Railway is connected with the high-speed line at the station via a rail triangle. Trains beginning and ending in Horrem stop on the western curve towards Aachen and the trains running to and from Cologne stop on the eastern curve. Horrem is therefore a "triangular" station.

Horrem is a station of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and is served by lines S 12 (Horrem – Cologne – Siegburg/Bonn – Au (Sieg)), S 13 (Düren – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Troisdorf) and S 19 (Düren – Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport – Troisdorf – Au (Sieg)). In addition, the Erft-Bahn, the NRW-Express and the Rhein-Sieg-Express stop in Horrem. Long-distance trains currently pass through the station without stopping.

The line to Mödrath crossed the main line to Düren west of the station on a bridge.

  * Wolff, Gerd (1997). Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen (in German). Vol. 4: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Südlicher Teil. Freiburg: EK-Verlag. pp. 105–109. ISBN 3-88255-660-9.
  * Paul Ximmer. "Information on the Erft Railway" (in German)
  * Paul Ximmer. "Photographs of the Erft Railway" (in German)


Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah Secondary School

Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Rashidah Sa’adatul Bolkiah Secondary School (Malay: Sekolah Menengah Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah, Abbrev: SMPAPHRSB)government secondary school located in Lumut, a settlement area in Belait District, Brunei. Kamal Bahrin Jamal is the current acting principal of the school.

Name

The school is named after Princess Rashidah, the eldest daughter of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th and current Sultan of Brunei.

History

Before this school was built, the people of Lumut until Kg Tunggulian had to study in Anthony Abell College, Seria or Perdana Wazir Secondary School, Kuala Belait. While the people from Labi to the interior part of Belait district studied in Perdana Wazir Secondary School because it was the only school in Belait district that had hostels. The school celebrated its silver jubilee held around the school on 30 April 2019.

Academics

Like other secondary schools in Brunei Darussalam, this school teaches students from year 7 to year 11 (normal track),

Subjects

Like other secondary schools, this school offers core subjects such as Malay language, English language, Mathematics, Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology & Combined Science) and Islamic Religious Knowledge (IRK). Option subjects include Design and Technology (D&T), Art and Design, Business Art Technology (BAT), Computer Study, Additional Mathematics, History, Food and Nutrition, Geography and Malay Literature. Other, non-examinable subjects include Physical Education and Melayu Islam Beraja (MIB).

Co-Curricular Activities

On the CCA Awards Day, the school recognized its pupils for their outstanding accomplishments in co-curricular activities (CCA). During the occasion, certificates and medals were given to pupils who had placed first in events as well as to those who had represented the school abroad.

Infrastructure


Infrastructure

Generally, the school's buildings look like Sayyidina Ali Secondary School in Kuala Belait, Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School in Mulaut, Rimba I Secondary School in Rimba and few other secondary schools in Brunei Darussalam. From the main gate / entrance, the road heads to the Administration building, the field / sport complex to the left and the waiting area / drop off area to the right. There is a multi purpose hall, a rectangular shaped three storey building for classrooms and two blocks for specialised subjects. Unique to this school is a bungalow behind the Administration building which houses the Special Need students. There are also a library, a "surau" and two canteen shops. The sport complex consists of a unique rectangular shaped jogging track, a standard size football pitch, a grandstand and a futsal pitch.

  * List of secondary schools in Brunei


Mba languages

The four Mba languages form a small family of Ubangian languages scattered across the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The languages are,

  * Ma (A-Ma-Lo)
  * Dongo
  * Mba
  * Ndunga

The most populous is Mba itself, with about 40,000 speakers. Ma is the most divergent. The four Mba languages are not particularly closely related to each other and display considerable lexical diversity.

Language contact

The Mba languages have received significant influences from Bantu to the south, and from Zande languages to the north.Ndunga have borrowed many noun prefixes from nearby Bantu languages (Pasch 1986, 1987, 1988).

Internal classification

Mba internal classification according to Pasch (1986):

Mba
  * A-Ma-Lo
  * Ndunga-Mba-'Dongo
      + 'Dongo-ko
      + Ndunga-Mba
          o Ndunga-le
          o Mba-ne


Fallout (Masked Wolf song)

"Fallout" is a song by Australian rapper Masked Wolf featuring British rock band Bring Me the Horizon.Tyron Hapi and Evil Twin and written by Harry Michael, Oliver Sykes, Jordan Fish, Hvdes and Tyron Hapi, the song interpolates the hook of HVDES's earlier song of the same title. It was released on 1 April 2022 through Elektra Records.

Background

On 29 March 2022, Bring Me the Horizon shared a cryptic post onto their TikTok account with the caption "This is the Fallout" while the band were jamming to a snippet of the song in the teaser. Masked Wolf teased on his Instagram page with a glitchy video that would reveal that he would be collaborating with Bring Me the Horizon on a new song called "Fallout" that would be slated to release on 1 April 2022.

Composition

"Fallout" has been described as a nu metal, rap rock and a pop rock song by critics.Metal Hammer about the collaboration, Masked Wolf explained:

"I haven’t done a collaboration that felt dark; I always felt that my brand had that edge of darkness to it, and I was waiting for the right opportunity to come along. When I heard Fallout, it grabbed me straight away. The way I felt like I was meant to be in the rubble but could still be brought out, that’s the feeling it gave me... To me, it’s perfectly structured and gives me the emotions I love diving deeper into when writing songs."

Music video

The music video for "Fallout" was released onto YouTube on 11 April 2022.

The video stars Masked Wolf who walks into a room filled with computers. On one of the monitors, Bring Me Horizon's frontman Oli Sykes appears and the two perform the song together.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians

  * Harry Michael – lead vocals, composer
  * Oliver Sykes – featured vocals, composer

Additional personnel

  * Tyron Hapi – producer, composer
  * Evil Twin – producer
  * Zack Cervini – mixer
  * Klaus Hill – mastering engineer
  * Jordan Fish – composer
  * Hvdes – composer

Charts


Fallout (Masked Wolf song)

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Fallout"
Chart (2022)                        Peak
                                    position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)      40
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)               29
US Hot Hard Rock Songs (Billboard)  14


LIFO (education)

Last in First Out (LIFO, or otherwise known as "Last One Hired is the First One Fired") is a policy often used by school districts and other employers to prioritize layoffs by seniority. Under LIFO layoff rules, junior teachers and other employees lose their jobs before senior ones. Laying off junior employees first is not exclusive to the education sector or to the United States, but is perhaps most controversial there. LIFO's proponents claim that it protects teachers with tenure and gives them job stability, and that it is an easily administered way of accomplishing layoffs following a budget cut. LIFO's critics respond that it is bad for students. They prefer that the best teachers remain regardless of how long they have been teaching.

LIFO and tenure were originally intended to provide college professors with academic freedom and ensure that they could research topics of their own choosing. In the K–12 sector, tenure was introduced to lower high teacher turnover rates. In 1932, over 20% of teachers were dismissed due to personal disagreements and difference of opinion.

Effects of seniority-prioritized layoffs

LIFO has a more severe impact in poor or high minority schools, since those schools tend to have newer and less experienced teachers. In schools where 34% or less of the students receive Free and Reduced meals, more than 82% of teachers have 4 or more years of experience. However, in schools where more than 75% of the student body receives Free and Reduced meals, only 77% of the teachers have more than 4 years of experience.quartile of minority students, 13 of every 100 teachers had two or less years of teaching, meaning that under LIFO-based layoffs, schools with larger minority populations would lose 60% more teachers.

Research indicates that the effectiveness of teachers does not change after the first few years in the classroom.

LIFO and value-added economic modeling

In many states, tenure is given to teachers after 3 years, without much indication of job performance. A value added model (VAM) could be used in tenure decisions for teachers in order to estimate teacher quality. A VAM would predict how well a teacher would do based on his or her previous experience teaching. Data shows that the VAM based on standardized test scores, is a better indicator of teacher performance than any observable attributes.

Controversy and the overhaul of LIFO


LIFO (education)

Controversy and the overhaul of LIFO

Since less experienced teachers typically have lower salaries, it is estimated that if districts in the United States cut 5% of their budget through seniority based layoffs, approximately 79,000 more teachers would lose their jobs versus seniority neutral layoffs.

In a survey of New York State parents regarding teacher quality versus seniority, voters said they did not care how long a teacher had taught so long as the teacher was effective and produced good results.

Starting with Arizona in 2009, certain states and districts have been passing laws which prohibit seniority from being the deciding factor in layoff decisions. Maine, Louisiana, and District of Columbia use multiple criteria in determining layoffs, and numerous other states are trending towards performance based over seniority based layoffs.

Michelle Rhee, the former Chancellor of Washington, D.C. public schools, opposes the Last in First Out policy, instead suggesting performance based evaluation to determine layoffs.IMPACT evaluation for teachers, which measured teacher performance and was the primary factor for layoffs.Students First, a grassroots movement "designed to mobilize parents, teacher, students, and administrators, and citizens" to demand a better American education system.teacher quality assessment methods through its "Save Great Teachers" Campaign. Victories from this campaign have been seen in Florida, Utah, Michigan, Nevada and Tennessee.

The 2014 court case of Vergara v. California struck down California's LIFO layoff rules as having a disproportionately negative impact on poor and minority public school students, thus violating the California Constitution.Vergara trial judge noted that teacher layoffs prioritized solely by seniority prevented senior and ineffective teachers from being laid off before junior but effective teachers. In this situation, "[n]o matter how gifted the junior teacher, and no matter how grossly ineffective the senior teacher, the junior gifted one . . . is separated from [the students] and a senior grossly ineffective one . . . is left in place."

  * Academic careerism
  * Layoff
  * Publish or perish
  * StudentsFirst
  * Value-added modeling


Iyo-Tomita Station

Iyo-Tomita Station (伊予富田駅, Iyo-Tomita-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y39".

Lines

Iyo-Tomita Station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 141.6 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu Station.Iyo-Saijō and Matsuyama. Connections with other local or limited express trains are needed to travel further east or west along the line.

Layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform, which also has a weather shelter, is by means of a footbridge. Parking is available at the station forecourt. A siding branches off line 1 and leads to a vehicle shed.

Adjacent stations

«            Service  »
Yosan Line
Iyo-Sakurai           Local    Imabari

History

Iyo-Tomita Station opened on 11 February 1924 as an intermediate stop when the then Sanyo Line was extended westwards from Iyo-Sakurai to Imabari. At that time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku.

Surrounding area

  * Imabari Municipal Tomita Elementary School
  * List of railway stations in Japan

Media related to Iyo-Tomita Station at Wikimedia Commons

  * Station timetable


R interface

R interface or R reference point defines the point between a non-ISDN device and a terminal adapter (TA) which provides translation to and from such a device.

  * S interface
  * T interface
  * U interface
  * [Public Domain] This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22.


Pyemotes

Pyemotes is a genus of mites.

It is divided into scolyti and ventricosus groups.

It includes the species:

  * Pyemotes dryas
  * Pyemotes herfsi
  * Pyemotes scolyti
  * Pyemotes tritici
  * Pyemotes ventricosus


Make 'Em Like You

"Make 'Em Like You" is a song recorded by Canadian country music singer Dallas Smith. It was written by Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line, along with Cameron Montgomery, Rob Hatch, and Randy Houser.604 Records as the lead single from his 2019 EP The Fall, and his 2020 album Timeless.

Music video

The music video for "Make 'Em Like You" was directed by Stephano Barberis and premiered September 7, 2018.

Chart performance

"Make 'Em Like You" reached a peak of Number One on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated October 27, 2018.

Charts

Chart (2018)                Peak
                            position
Canada Country (Billboard)  1


List of St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of St. Francis Terriers men's basketball head coaches. The Terriers had had 22 coaches in their 112-season history.

Tenure   Coach               Years       Record     Pct.
1920–21  Brother Phillip     1           14–3       .824
1921–26  Frank Brennan       5           64–38      .627
1926–28  Nip Lynch           2           11–20      .355
1928–30  Edward Keating      2           15–20      .429
1930–32  George Hinchcliffe  2           26–29      .473
1932–41  Rody Cooney         9           116–77     .601
1941–48  Joseph Brennan      7           90–46      .662
1948–69  Daniel Lynch        21          282–233    .548
1969–73  Lester Yellin       4           37–59      .385
1973–75  Jack Prenderville   2           18–32      .360
1975–79  Lucio Rossini       4           55–48      .534
1979–84  Gene Roberti        5           43–92      .319
1984–88  Bob Valvano         4           38–74      .339
1988–91  Rich Zvosec         3           35–48      .422
1991–05  Ron Ganulin         14          187–207    .475
2005–10  Brian Nash          5           47–99      .322
2010–23  Glenn Braica        10          145–170    .465
Totals   17 coaches          99 seasons  1223–1295  .486


Erftstadt station

Erftstadt station is the only passenger station of the town of Erftstadt in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is thus the major transport hub of the town. The station building is located in the district of Liblar. The station is served by Regional-Express services, RE 22 (Eifel Railway) and RE 12 (Eifel-Mosel-Express) and Regionalbahn service RB 24 (Eifelbahn) of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg transport association, VRS), which run from Trier via Kalle to Cologne Hauptbahnhof and together provide services at 30-minute intervals. These services operate on the Eifel Railway (Eifelstrecke).

Location

The station area is located on the south-eastern edge of the town between the Ville chain of lakes in the east and the town centre of Erftstadt in the west. The station itself is located in the southern part of the Liblar district.

History

In 1874, the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) began the construction of an elaborate station in a historicist style, which was opened in October 1875 with the name of Liblar.briquettes were made on 1 March 1877. As a result, Liblar station also developed into a substantial freight yard in subsequent years. The station building was enlarged in 1913. In 1938, Liblar station was expanded to 16 tracks due to the ever growing demand for brown coal. By 1960, the last open-pit mines had been closed and dismantled and the export of brown coal from Liblar had ended.Deutsche Bundesbahn.Erftstadt on 27 May 1990.

Infrastructure

The station has two platform tracks. In addition, the station has parking, bicycle parking, direct access to the bus stop, a taxi stand and a small kiosk. It is served by three regional rail services together providing two services an hour during working days. Rail services are operated by DB Regio Südwest with diesel railcars of classes 620 and 622 with up to three sets coupled. Currently, however, only a maximum of three two-part or two three-part sets are coupled together.


Erftstadt station

Line   Service        Route                                          Interval
RE 22  Eifel-Express  Cologne – Erftstadt – Euskirchen – Gerolstein  60 minutes
RB 24  Eifelbahn      Cologne – Erftstadt – Euskirchen – Kall        60 minutes

The station is also served by four bus routes: 920 (Lechenich – Gymnich – Türnich – Kerpen – Sindorf – Horrem, operated by Regionalverkehr Köln at 30- to 60-minute intervals), 975 (Türnich – Horrem – Bergheim – Bedburg – Kaster, operated by Rhein-Erft-Verkehrsgesellschaftat (REVG) at 60-minute intervals), 977 (Liblar – Türnich – Frechen, operated by REVG at 30- to 60-minute intervals), 990 (Lechenich + Brühl – Wesseling, operated by REVG at 30- to 60-minute intervals).

  * Bartsch, Frank, ed. (2012). Kontinuität und Wandel auf dem Lande, Die rheinische Bürgermeisterei Lechenich im 19. und beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert (1815-1914) (in German). Weilerswist: Verlag Ralf Liebe.
  * Klahr, Hans P. (1999). Liblar 1150 – 2000 Das Buch zur Geschichte (in German) (1 ed.). pp. 75–82.
  * Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2017. ISBN 978-3-89494-146-8.
  * Year Book (in German). City of Erftstadt. 2002.


Penghu Shuixian Temple

Penghu Shuixian Temple (Chinese: 澎湖水仙宮; pinyin: Pēnghú Shuǐxiān Gōng), is a Taoist temple in Magong, Penghu. Built in 1696 by Xue Kui (薛奎), a military officer of Penghu Navy, it mainly serves the Shuixian Zunwang, five Taoist immortals worshipped as sea gods.

This building is also called as "Taixiajiao Kongsi" (Chinese:臺廈郊會館; pinyin:Tái xià jiāo huìguǎn) because it was used as a commercial hall which dealt with the trading between Taiwan main island and Xiamen during the late of Qing Dynasty.Chorography of Penghu, Shuixian Temple is one of 4 ancient temples in Penghu County.

History

After Xue Kui built this temple in 1696, Shuixian Temple also was erected on 1780 and 1821, according to the Chorography of Penghu by Lin Hao (Chinese:林豪; pinyin: Lín háo).

In 1875, there were many local merchants who organized a company (Taixiajiao Kongsi), which was responsible for the business or coordination. The merchants donated the rebuilding of Penghu Shuixian Temple, therefore, their kongsi merged with the temple.

This temple was set up as two-storied house on 1929 (Shōwa the 4th year, Empire of Japan). That time, this building was separated into two different functions, merchants used the 1st floor as their office, and the 2nd floor still kept the space of religion.

Gallery

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    Rice Turtle (Lantern Festival)
  * Shuixian Zunwang
  * Magong Mazu Temple
  * Magong Beiji Temple
  * Magong Chenghuang Temple
  * Penghu Guanyin Temple
  * List of temples in Taiwan
  * Jiao (commercial guild)
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Gyula Andrássy High School

Gyula Andrássy High School (Andrássy Gyula Gimnázium és Kollégium), formerly Rózsa Ferenc Gimnázium (RFG) or Rózsa for short, is a high school (grammar school) in Békéscsaba, Hungary. The school is the oldest in the city and one of the most renowned in Békés county.

History

The school was founded by the Lutheran church in 1855, as Algimnázium. In 1895 the school was upgraded to Főgimnázium and got the name Rudolf Főgimnázium. After the Communist takeover (1948) the school has been taken into state property and took the name of Ferenc Rózsa. Rózsa was a member of the then-illegal Communist Party of Hungary between the two World Wars, criticised the political system and died in prison under unclear circumstances. During the Communist era he was regarded as a martyr.

Present days

The school moved into its current building in 1994. Rózsa Gimnázium holds steadily its position among the best schools in the county, in 2004 its pupils received 11 awards on different high school contests.Andrássy was a prime minister of Kingdom of Hungary between 1867 and 1871, and the foreign minister of Austria-Hungary between 1871 and 1879.

Notable students

  * Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky, politician and political columnist
  * Zoltán Berczik, European Champions table tennis player
  * Géza Gyóni, poet
  * Judit Pogány, actress
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gyula Andrássy High School (Békéscsaba).
  * Official website


Fastrack

Fastrack may refer to:

  * Fastrack (bus), a bus rapid transit scheme in Kent, England
  * Fastrack (brand), an Indian fashion accessory brand
  * FasTrak, the electronic vehicle toll collection system used in California
  * Fast Track (disambiguation)
  * Fastrac (disambiguation)


LIBE (disambiguation)

LIBE or Libe may refer to:

  * LIBE, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a standing committee of the European Parliament
  * Liberia, a country in western Africa
  * Libé, informal name for Libération, a French newspaper
  * Lithium beryllide, a chemical compound
People
  * Libe Washburn (1874–1940), baseball player
  * Libe Rieber-Mohn (born 1965), Norwegian politician
  * Libe Goad (born 1974), technology and video game journalist
  * Libe Barer (born 1991), American actress


Iyo-Shirataki Station

Iyo-Shirataki Station (伊予白滝駅, Iyo-Shirataki Eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "S14".

Lines

Iyo-Shirataki Station is located on the older, original, branch of the Yosan Line which runs along the coast from Mukaibara to Iyo-Ōzu and is 239.3 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu.Matsuyama. Connections with other services are needed to travel further east of Matsuyama on the line.

Layout

The station, which is unstaffed, consists of two opposed side platforms serving two tracks. The station building is unstaffed and serves only as a waiting room. Access to the opposite platform is by means of a level crossing.

History

The station started operations on February 14, 1918. At that time, it was an intermediate station on the privately run 762 mm gauge Ehime Railway between Ōzu (now Iyo-Ōzu and Nagahama-machi (now Iyo-Nagahama and was known as Kaya Station (加屋駅, Kaya Eki). On 16 July 1928, the station location was moved to its present location. Ehime Railways was nationalized on 1 October 1933 and Japanese Government Railways (JGR) assumed control, renamed it Iyo-Shirataki and operated the station as part of the Ehime Line. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR Shikoku.

Surrounding area

  * Shirataki Park - located about 400 m from the station. The station name Iyo-Shirataki comes from the Shirataki waterfall (白滝) found in the park.
  * List of railway stations in Japan
  * Station timetable

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R v Bartle

R v Bartle, [1994] 3 SCR 173 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the right to retain and instruct counsel under section 10(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter"). The Court held that a police officer is required to hold off on his or her investigation upon arresting an individual until the detainee has been informed of his or her rights and given sufficient information and access to contact a private lawyer or duty counsel. The case applied the earlier Supreme Court of Canada decision R v Brydges.R v Pozniak,R v Harper,R v MathesonR v Prosper.

Background

Police investigation

On 22 June 1991, Kenneth Bartle was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle. The police officer then read the following to Bartle from a pre-printed card:

You have the right to retain and instruct counsel without delay.
You have the right to telephone any lawyer that you wish.
You also have the right to free advice from a Legal Aid lawyer.
If you are charged with an offence, you may apply to the Ontario Legal Aid Plan for legal assistance.

Bartle advised that he understood. The officer did not mention the existence of duty counsel, which could give immediate legal advice, or that there was a 24-hour toll-free number for legal aid.

The officer asked Bartle if he wanted to speak to a lawyer "now", notwithstanding there was no telephone in the area. Bartle advised the officer that he had five or six beers at a baseball game that evening.

Upon arrival at the police station, the officer again asked Bartle if he wished to speak to a lawyer "now". Bartle said no. Bartle then provided two samples of his breath, indicated that he had a blood alcohol content over the legal limit, and was charged accordingly.

Trial

The trial was held in the Ontario Court of Justice (Provincial Division). Bartle testified he waived his rights to counsel because he did not know whom to call or whom he could get hold of. The trial judge found there was no requirement for the police to advise Bartle of the existence of duty counsel or the toll-free number, and that there was no Charter infringement.

Summary conviction appeal


R v Bartle

Summary conviction appeal

The summary conviction appeal was heard in the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division). The appeal judge found there was a requirement for the police to advise Bartle of the existence of duty counsel and the toll-free number, and that there was a Charter infringement. He went on the exclude the breath samples as evidence under section 24(2) of the Charter.

Court of Appeal

The appeal from the summary conviction appeal was heard in the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The court unanimously found that a detainee is not required to be advised of the existence of duty counsel or the toll-free number unless the circumstances warrant it (i.e., the detainee expresses concern about the availability of duty counsel). Consequently, there was no Charter infringement.

Reasons of the Court

There were two issues before the court: (1) does section 10(b) of the Charter require the police to advise a detainee of the existence of duty counsel; and (2) if so, should the evidence in Bartle's case be excluded under section 24(2) of the Charter?

Section 10(b)

Lamer CJ wrote the majority decision. The majority found that the proper application of Brydges required the police to advise a detainee in all cases the existence of duty counsel and the toll-free number. Otherwise, a detainee cannot make an informed decision about whether to call a lawyer.

In a concurring opinion, La Forest J agreed with the majority's decision entirely. McLachlin J also wrote a concurring opinion, agreeing with the majority's decision. She also found that Bartle's rights to counsel were infringed because he should have specifically been told he had the right to be told that he had the right to speak to counsel prior to incriminating himself before being charged.

Although disagreeing with the majority on the ultimate issue (see below), Gonthier J agreed with the majority's decision on the scope of rights to counsel.

In a dissenting opinion, L'Heureux-Dubé J disagreed the police were required to always inform a detainee of existence of duty counsel or the toll-free number, since there is no constitutional requirement for such programs to exist in the first place.


R v Bartle

Section 24(2)

Since the majority found that there was an infringement of the Charter, the next issue was whether the evidence should be excluded under section 24(2). In applying the test in R v CollinsR v GrantCharter infringement, the Crown has the burden of proving that. The majority ultimately found that a court must not speculate on what a detainee might have done or said.

La Forest J agreed with the majority, although he did not find the case for exclusion overwhelming. McLachlin J also agreed with the majority's decision.

L'Heureux-Dubé J found that even if she agreed with the majority on the first issue, she would not have excluded the breath readings. The breach was not serious, and the public is put at a very high risk due to drinking and driving.

Although Gonthier J agreed with the majority on the first issue, he agreed with L'Heureux-Dubé J's dissenting opinion on whether the evidence should be excluded.

  * List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Lamer Court)
  * Full text of Supreme Court of Canada decision at LexUM and CanLII


Pyeongchon-dong, Anyang

Pyeongchon-dong (평촌동, 坪村洞) is neighborhood of Dongan district in the city of Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

  * Pyeongchon-dong (in Korean)

37°23′N 126°59′E / 37.383°N 126.983°E


Freedom Radio Nigeria

Freedom Radio Nigeria is a group of radio stations in Northern Nigeria. The station is headquartered in Kano State. There are three Freedom-branded stations, in Kano (99.5 FM), Dutse (99.5 FM), and Kaduna (92.9 FM), and a second station in Kano, and Dala FM (88.5 MHz). Freedom Radio Nigeria is owned by The Dalhatu family.

History

In 2002, Freedom Radio Kano was licensed from Film Laboratory and Production Services Limited to establish the first private radio station of its kind in northern Nigeria at the time with the name Savannah Radio Kano. On 1 December 2003, the station began broadcasting under its current name.

Branching out from the Kano station, Freedom Radio added a second outlet in 2007 with the launch of Freedom Radio Dutse in Jigawa State.


Lydia Mamakwa

Lydia Mamakwa is the first bishop of the Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada established on 1 June 2014.

Mamakwa is from the Kingfisher First Nation, an Oji-Cree community in Northern Ontario. Prior to her installation as Bishop of Mishamikoweesh, she served in the Diocese of Keewatin as archdeacon and as area bishop for Northern Ontario.

Honors

In 2015, Mamakwa received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto.


Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani

Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani

Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani (2 June 1780 – after 1828) was an Italian opera singer best known for having created the leading soprano roles in four of Rossini's operas, roles which he wrote specifically for her voice.Antonia Elisabetta Manfredini in Bologna and was the daughter of the composer and music theorist Vincenzo Manfredini. After her stage debut in 1810 when she sang in the premiere of Stefano Pavesi's Il trionfo di Gedeone at Bologna's Teatro del Corso, she went on to perform at La Fenice, La Scala, Teatro Regio di Torino, Rome's Teatro Argentina and several other opera houses, primarily in Northern Italy. In addition to the roles she created in Rossini's operas, she also sang in the world premieres of operas by several composers who are lesser known today, including Pietro Raimondi, Simon Mayr, and Ferdinando Paër. Her last known appearance was in 1828 after which there is no further trace of her. The date and place of her death are unknown.

Early life and first performances

Teatro del Corso in Bologna where Manfredini-Guarmani made her professional debut on 11 March 1810

Manfredini-Guarmani was born in Bologna to a prominent musical family. Her father, Vincenzo Manfredini, was a well-known composer and music theorist who had been active at the Russian court from 1758 until his return to Bologna in 1769. Her mother, Maria Monari, was an Italian opera singer who was performing in Russia at the time of their marriage. The Manfredini family were originally from Pistoia. Vincenzo's father Francesco was a composer, violinist, and church musician and his older brother Giuseppe was a noted castrato singer who had served the Russian court as a singing teacher during Vincenzo's time there.Francesco Sampieri and by 1811 was already a member of Bologna's Accademia Filarmonica and an honorary member of the Accademia dei Concordi.


Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani

She made her professional debut on 11 March 1810 when she sang the role of Egla in the premiere of Stefano Pavesi's sacred opera, Il trionfo di Gedeone (The Triumph of Gideon), at the Teatro del Corso in Bologna. She was 30 years old, and it is unclear why she undertook an opera career at an age when many female singers of the day were already into their second decade on stage.Francesco Regli writing in 1860 described her as having come from a "respectable family which had fallen on hard times".Il Redattore del Reno writing:

Signora Elisabetta Manfredini Guarmani, who has appeared for the first time on stage [...] enchants with the grace of her singing which deeply touches the soul.

Cast list for the performance of Haydn's The Seasons at the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna, 10 May 1811

Engagements followed later that year at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence, where she sang the title role in the premiere of Pietro Raimondi's Eloisa Verner, and at the Teatro Grande in Brescia, where she sang Ifigenia in the premiere of Mayr's Il sagrifizio di Ifigenia, a performance which inaugurated the new theatre.Paisiello's Nina, ossia La pazza per amore at the Teatro Marsigli.

Singing for Rossini


Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani

Singing for Rossini

Manfredini-Guarmani first worked with Gioachino Rossini in May 1811, when she sang in Haydn's oratorio The Seasons. The special performance of the oratorio (sung in Italian as Le quattro stagioni) was in celebration of the birth of the Napoleon II two months earlier and was conducted from the harpsichord by Rossini.Ciro in Babilonia, he composed the role of Almira specifically for Manfredini-Guarmani's voice. Following its premiere at the Teatro Comunale on Ferrara in 1812, he went on to compose three more operas featuring her in the leading soprano role, Tancredi (1813), Sigismondo (1814), and Adelaide di Borgogna (1817). Adelaide had only a modest success when it premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. The Gazzetta di Bologna reported that the music was not well-suited to her and that her voice had been affected by the fumes of the oil lamps used to light the theatre.Otello, Cristina in Eduardo e Cristina, Zenobia in Aureliano in Palmira, Elcìa in Mosè in Egitto, and the title role in Zelmira. According to Elizabeth Forbes, the music Rossini wrote for her suggests that she had a voice of "exceptional flexibility".

More premieres and later career

Interspersed with her work in Rossini's operas, Manfredini-Guarmani created several roles in operas by other composers who are lesser known today, specialising in what Caprioli calls the "fragile and persecuted" pre-Romantic heroine.


Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani

In 1812 she sang in the premieres of Pavesi's Aspasia e Cleomene at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence and Teodoro at La Fenice in Venice. The Carnival season of 1814 found her at the Teatro Regio in Turin where she created the roles of Rosanne in Generali's Bajazet and Cleopatra in Ercole Paganini's Cesare in Egitto. In 1815, shortly after appearing in Rossini's Sigismondo at La Fenice, she appeared there in the premiere of Coccia's Euristea o L'amore generoso. Later that year she was engaged by La Scala in Milan where she created the role of Mandane in Paër's L'eroismo in amore and also sang the title role in a revival of Mayr's Ginevra di Scozia.

Manfredini-Guarmani's acquaintance with the Bolognese aristocrat and composer Francesco Sampieri, pre-dated her professional career. In addition to singing in private concerts at his house, they were both members of Bologna's Accademia Filarmonica and Accademia dei Concordi (founded by Sampieri). A year after her debut, she sang in the premiere of his La nascita del Re di Roma, Bologna's second musical celebration of the birth of the Napoleon II. He also composed a special aria for her which she inserted in her 1816 performances as Briseide in a revival of Paër's Achille at Forlì. She went on to create the title role in Sampieri's Il trionfo di Emilia which premiered in Rome in 1818. Ten years after her stage debut in Bologna she returned there to sing in a revival of Morlacchi's Le Danaidi at the Teatro Contavalli. The performance on 28 November 1820 was a benefit for her, and she additionally performed a scene from Il trionfo di Emilia between the first and second acts of Le Danaidi.

Teatro La Fenice in Venice where Manfredini-Guarmani sang in the world premieres of Rossini's Sigismondo and Tancredi, Pavesi's Teodoro, and Coccia's Euristea


Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani

In her later career, she no longer created new roles, but continued to sing leading soprano roles in operas already in the repertory. In addition to her appearances in revivals of Rossini's operas, she sang the title role in Mayr's Medea in Corinto several times as well as Clotilde in his La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa. The critic in Teatri, arti e letteratura wrote of her 27 December 1828 performance in La rosa bianca e la rosa rossa at Rimini:

Signora Elisa Manfredini a distinguished singer, performed the prima donna role to great applause. Both her accomplished singing and her noble stage presence make her worthy of the unanimous praise she receives.

She was 48 at the time. After the Rimini appearance there is no further trace of her. The date and place of her death are unknown.

Roles created

Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani is known to have sung in the world premieres of the following works:


Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani

* Egla in Pavesi's Il trionfo di Gedeone (Teatro del Corso, Bologna, 11 March 1810)
  * Eloisa in Raimondi's Eloisa Verner (Teatro della Pergola, Florence, Autumn 1810)
  * Ifigenia in Mayr's Il sagrifizio di Ifigenia (Teatro Grande, Brescia, 26 December 1810)
  * Minerva in Sampieri's La nascita del Re di Roma (Società del Casino, Bologna 5 July 1811)
  * Almira in Rossini's Ciro in Babilonia (Teatro Comunale, Ferrara, 14 March 1812)
  * Aspasia in Pavesi's Aspasia e Cleomene (Teatro della Pergola, Florence, Autumn 1812)
  * Anaide in Pavesi's Teodoro (La Fenice, Venice, 26 December 1812)
  * Amenaide in Rossini's Tancredi (La Fenice, Venice, 6 February 1813)
  * Rosanne in Generali's Bajazet (Teatro Regio, Turin, 26 December 1813)
  * Cleopatra in Ercole Paganini's Cesare in Egitto (Teatro Regio, Turin, 22 January 1814)
  * Aldimira in Rossini's Sigismondo (La Fenice, Venice, 26 December 1814)
  * Euristea in Coccia's Euristea o L'amore generoso (La Fenice, Venice, 21 January 1815)
  * Mandane in Paër's L'eroismo in amore (La Scala, Milan, 26 December 1815)
  * Amor della patria in Mayr's Egeria (Teatro Grande, Bescia, in the presence of Emperor Francis I of Austria, 1816)
  * Adelaide in Rossini's Adelaide di Borgogna (Teatro Argentina, Rome, 27 December 1817)
  * Emilia in Sampieri's Il trionfo di Emilia (Teatro Argentina, Rome, 19 January 1818)
Notes
Sources


Elisabetta Manfredini-Guarmani

Notes
Sources
  * Caprioli, Leonella Grasso (2007). "Manfredini (Manfredini Guarmani), Elisabetta (Elisa)", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 68. Treccani (in Italian)
  * Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Manfredini-Guarmani". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian) .
  * Forbes, Elisabeth (1992/2008). "Manfredini-Guarmani, Elisabetta" in Laura Williams Macy (ed.) The Grove Book of Opera Singers, p. 300. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195337654 (The entry was originally published in Stanley Sadie (ed.) (1992), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Volume 3.)
  * Libby, Dennis (1992). "Manfredini, Vincenzo" in Stanley Sadie (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. 3, p. 182. Macmillan. ISBN 0333485521
  * Migliorini, Barbara (2007). "Musica e musicisti nell' epistolario del marchese Francesco Sampieri" Fonti Musicali Italiane, No. 12, pp. 125–143 (in Italian)
  * Price, Curtis Alexander et al. (1995). Italian Opera in Late Eighteenth-century London: The King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1778-1791. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198161662
  * Regli, Francesco (1860). "Manfredini, Elisabetta", Dizionario biografico dei più celebri poeti ed artisti melodrammatici, tragici e comici, maestri, concertisti, coreografi, mimi, ballerini, scenografi, giornalisti, impresarii, ecc. ecc. che fiorirono in Italia dal 1800 al 1860, pp. 292–293. Enrico Dalmazzo (in Italian)


Pengjia Lighthouse

The Pengjia Lighthouse (traditional Chinese: 彭佳嶼燈塔; simplified Chinese: 彭佳屿灯塔; pinyin: Péngjiā Yǔ Dēngtǎ) is a lighthouse in Pengjia Islet, Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan.

History

The first phase construction of the lighthouse started in 1906 and completed in 1908. It started its service on 20 September 1909. In December 2015, the lighthouse was designated as a historic site by the Keelung City Government.

Architecture

The lighthouse was designed with brick and tubular structure and equipped with incandescent oil lamp standing at 26.2 meters high. The lighthouse is currently staffed by five workers.

  * List of lighthouses in Taiwan
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Milvydai, Krakės

Milvydai (Melvidai, Milvidai, formerly Russian: Мильвиды, Polish: Milwidy)Kėdainiai district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the village had a population of 45 people.2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Krakės, by the Krakės-Grinkiškis road, nearby the Smilgaitis river sources. There are an airstrip, a milk buying post and old cemetery of the Goštautai family.

History

At the beginning of the 20th century there were Milvydai village and Milvydai estate (a property of the Goštautai).

Demography

Historical population
Year  Pop.  ±% p.a.                                      Year  Pop.  ±% p.a.
1902  144   —                                            1979  55    −4.72%
1923  185   +1.20%                                       1989  25    −7.58%
1959  112   −1.38%                                       2001  48    +5.59%
1970  85    −2.48%                                       2011  45    −0.64%

Source: 1902, 1923, 1959 & 1970, 1979, 1989, 2001, 2011

Milvydai manor c. 1900


Fastline

Fastline Class 56 56303 seen at Kingsheath operating an intermodal service in 2007.

Fastline Class 66 66434 seen at Chester operating a Chirk Kronospan to Carlisle logging train for Colas Rail, 4 months after Fastline ceased trading.

Fastline was created by six railwaymen who undertook a successful management buyout (MBO) of Eastern Track Renewals from British Rail in 1996. In that year they bought Northern Track Renewals from British Rail, and undertook all the studies and examinations that resulted in their acquiring a Harsco Track Renewals Train, the first continuous-process track relaying system in the country. They also examined the possibility of acquiring their own diesel locomotives because of dissatisfaction with the service provided by others for engineering trains. The company was acquired by Jarvis, who later resurrected the Fastline name to create a railway freight operator. It operated a fleet of Class 56 and Class 66 locomotives. The class 56s cost £700,000 each to refurbish. A fourth and a fifth Class 56 (56311 & 56312) were hired in from Hanson Traction Ltd. Fastline's base was at Doncaster, Yorkshire. It ceased trading when Jarvis plc entered administration and subsequently ceased trading in late March 2010.

Operations

Container traffic

The company's main operation at first was 4O90, a container train to Thamesport on the Isle of Grain, which operated in the afternoon/evening, and returned in the early hours of the next morning, usually operating Class 56 locomotives. Since the end of Fastline's container traffic flows from Doncaster to the Isle of Grain, the class 56s were intended to be used on Fastline's coal flows.

Coal flows

They also ran several coal flows including from Hatfield to Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, using Class 66s and a new build of coal hoppers. Coal flows run by Fastline included:

  * Coal from Daw Mill to Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
  * Coal from Hatfield Colliery to Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
  * Coal from Daw Mill to Cottam Power Station
  * Coal from Immingham to Ironbridge Power Station

Fleet details


Fastline

Fleet details

Each machine (except number 66434) were for sale by administrators. 66301-305 Taken on by Direct Rail Services, with on-hire 66434 now returned to the Direct Rail Services fleet and now branded in Malcolm Rail livery.

Number  Class  Current livery  Introduced  Status
56301    56    Fastline Grey      2005     Barrow Hill
56302    56    Colas Rail         2005     Operational; Colas Rail
56303    56    Colas Rail         2005     Operational; Colas Rail
66301    66    DRS blue           2008     Operational
66302    66    DRS blue           2008     Operational
66303    66    DRS blue           2008     Operational
66304    66    DRS blue           2008     Operational
66305    66    DRS blue           2008     Operational
66434    66    DRS blue           2008     Operational

A track tamper in Jarvis PLC Fastline livery at Chester station.

Locomotive disposals

Numbers 56301 and 56302 have been preserved and were moved to Barrow Hill Engine Shed in April 2011.


Dudaica

The subgenus Dudaica belongs to genus Drosophila and consists of two species,Drosophila malayana (Takada, 1976) and Drosophila senilis Duda, 1926.


Iberodorcadion korbi

Iberodorcadion korbi is a species of longhorned beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It is found in Spain.


R v ACR Roofing Pty Ltd

R v ACR Roofing Pty Ltd was a decision by the Victorian Court of Appeal in Australia. A construction company was engaged to complete works on a roof which were not meant to proceed without the installation of safety equipment. The company hired a worker employed by another company who died as a result of the safety equipment not being installed. The Court ultimately held the principal construction company liable under Victorian workplace health and safety legislation.

Background

The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OHS Act) is a Victorian statute imposing a duty upon 'employers' of employees to provide, so far as is reasonably practicable, a working environment that is safe and without risks to health.Melbourne, Victoria, by a company named Peter Gibson Developments (PGD). Work was not allowed by law to commence on the roof without appropriate safety mesh being installed.OHS Act, and if such duties were breached by failing to install the required safety mesh was brought before the Victorian Court of Appeal (Court).

Judgment

The Court gave the term from section 21(3) of the OHS Act 'engaged by the employer' a broad meaning. The Court held this means an employer is liable for any matters in which it had control, even if the contractor involved was not directly engaged but instead engaged as a sub-contractor. Richard Johnstone, writing in the Australian Journal of Labour Law, noted each contractor or sub-contractor, working or related to matters which the employer controlled, owed duties to each other and their employees.labour hire company but engaged by a construction site employer may be owed a duty of care by both parties as 'employers'.High Court of Australia; however, the High Court refused to hear the appeal.


Jerome Park

This article is about the public park in the West Bronx. For the neighborhood in the Bronx, see Jerome Park, Bronx. For the former racecourse in the West Bronx, see Jerome Park Racetrack.

Jerome Park is a municipal park in the West Bronx of New York City. The park, along with the surrounding neighborhood of the same name, are both on land that was once Jerome Park Racetrack, which was founded by Leonard W. Jerome, grandfather of Winston Churchill. The park occupies a long and narrow strip of land between Jerome Park Reservoir and Goulden avenue. Neighboring the park are two "Education Mile"The Bronx High School of Science, and DeWitt Clinton High School. Harris Park, another New York City Department of Parks and Recreation property, is another neighbor. The Jerome Park Reservoir and its surroundings (including the park) were further developed under the federal Works Progress Administration.

In June 2022, the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York (City) proposed relocating a public observatory to the park at the suggestion of The Bronx High School of Science. The proposed observatory was previously in use at Nassau Community College for more than 40 years.

  * Official website


Freedom Party (Indonesia)

The Freedom Party (Indonesian: Partai Merdeka) was a political party in Indonesia. It was established in 2002 as a reaction to the disappointment felt by several economic activists to the failure of the new Indonesian parties established after the end of the New Order regime to make meaningful changes to the political system. Rather than fighting for political aims, the party focus is on bringing about a people's economy. The three main principles of the party were nationhood, rule by the people and independence.

In the 2004 legislative election, the party won 0.7% of the popular vote and no seats. After initially failing to qualify, following a lawsuit it contested the 2009 elections, but came last, winning only 0.11% of the popular vote, from the electoral threshold of 2.50% and for the second time, no seats.Indonesian: Partai Persatuan Nasional).