Virginia (Mercadante)

Notes

Other sources

  * Davis, John A., Italy in the Nineteenth Century. London: Oxford University Press, 2000
  * Rose, Michael (1998), “Mercandante, (Giuseppe) Saverio (Raffaele)" in Stanley Sadie, (Ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, Vol. Three, pp. 334–339. London: Macmillan Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-333-73432-7 ISBN 1-56159-228-5
  * Rose, Michael (2001), in Holden, Amanda,(ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc. ISBN 0-14-029312-4
  * Wittmann, Michael, "Mercadante, Saverio", Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Oxford University Press, 2007


Metacorimus

Metacorimus mroczkowskii is a species of beetles in the family Silvanidae, the only species in the genus Metacorimus.


Sadikpur, Murshidabad

For other uses, see Sadikpur (disambiguation).

Sadikpur is a village and a gram panchayat in the Suti I CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the southern portion of Jangipur subdivision, Murshidabad district (including Suti I, Raghunathganj I, Raghunathganj II, Sagardighi CD blocks)
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, F: Facility
Abbreviation- TPS: Thermal Power Station, AMU: Aligarh Muslim University
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Sadikpur is located at 24°33′28″N 88°02′38″E / 24.557841°N 88.044021°E.

Area overview

Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating.Ganges, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country.Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station.beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women.Ganges alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks.

Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

Demographics


Sadikpur, Murshidabad

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sadikpur had a total population of 5,245, of which 2,686 (51%) were males and 2,959 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 771. The total number of literate persons in Sadikpur was 2,863 (63.99% of the population over 6 years).

Education

  * Sadikpur B.K. High School, Sadikpur, Suti I.


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

Unione Calcio Sampdoria finished ninth in Serie A, despite the absence of club stalwart Roberto Mancini, who had followed coach Sven-Göran Eriksson to Lazio. Former Argentine World Cup-winning coach César Luis Menotti took charge, but failed to match the results of Eriksson, and was replaced by the 1991 championship winning coach Vujadin Boškov, who guided the team to a safe mid-table slot.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.  Pos.  Nation                                Player               No.  Pos.  Nation           Player
1    GK    [Italy] ITA                           Fabrizio Ferron      15   MF    [Italy] ITA      Fausto Salsano
2    DF    [Italy] ITA                           David Balleri        14   MF    [France] FRA     Christian Karembeu
3    DF    [Portugal] POR                        Hugo                 17   MF    [Italy] ITA      Alessandro Lamonica
4    MF    [Italy] ITA                           Marco Franceschetti  18   FW    [Germany] GER    Jürgen Klinsmann
5    DF    [Italy] ITA                           Moreno Mannini       19   MF    [Italy] ITA      Simone Vergassola
6    DF    [Italy] ITA                           Marcello Castellini  20   MF    [Argentina] ARG  Juan Sebastián Verón
7    DF    [Italy] ITA                           Emanuele Pesaresi    21   MF    [Italy] ITA      Alessio Scarchilli
8    MF    [France] FRA                          Pierre Laigle        22   GK    [Italy] ITA      Giovanni Sanino
9    FW    [Italy] ITA                           Vincenzo Montella    23   FW    [Italy] ITA      Daniele Dichio
10   MF    [Argentina] ARG                       Ángel Morales        24   DF    [Senegal] SEN    Oumar Dieng
11   DF    [Federal Republic of Yugoslavia] YUG  Siniša Mihajlović    25   DF    [Italy] ITA      Nicola Zanini
12   GK    [Italy] ITA                           Marco Ambrosio       27   FW    [Brazil] BRA     Paco Soares
13   FW    [Italy] ITA                           Sandro Tovalieri     29   FW    [Italy] ITA      Giuseppe Signori
14   MF    [France] FRA                          Alain Boghossian     30   DF    [Italy] ITA      Stefano Nava
                                                                      31   FW    [Cameroon] CMR   François Omam-Biyik

Transfers


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

Transfers

In
Pos.  Name                 from                  Type
GK    Marco Ambrosio       AC Prato
GK    Giovanni Sanino
DF    Hugo                 SC Braga              -
DF    Marcello Castellini  Perugia Calcio        -
MF    Ángel Morales        CA Independiente      -
MF    Alain Boghossian     SSC Napoli            -
MF    Alessio Scarchilli   Torino FC             -
MF    Nicola Zanini        Hellas Verona         loan ended
FW    Sandro Tovalieri     Cagliari Calcio
FW    Jürgen Klinsmann     Bayern München
FW    Daniele Dichio       Queen's Park Rangers

Out
Pos.  Name                   To                Type
FW    Roberto Mancini        SS Lazio
MF    Alberigo Evani         Reggiana
DF    Stefano Sacchetti      Piacenza Calcio
GK    Matteo Sereni          Piacenza Calcio   loan
MF    Giovanni Invernizzi                      retired
MF    Vincenzo Iacopino      Hellas Verona     loan
FW    Mattia Biso            Carrarese Calcio  loan
GK    Alessandro Giovinazzo                    -
FW    Marco Carparelli       Torino FC         -
DF    Emiliano Milone                          -

Winter

In
Pos.  Name                 from              Type
FW    François Omam-Biyik  Atletico Yucatan
FW    Giuseppe Signori     SS Lazio          loan
FW    Paco Soares          F.C. Motagua
DF    Stefano Nava         Servette FC       -

Out
Pos.  Name                To                 Type
FW    Sandro Tovalieri    Perugia Calcio
FW    Jürgen Klinsmann    Tottenham Hotspur
MF    Nicola Zanini       Atalanta BC        -
MF    Ángel Morales       CP Merida          -
MF    Christian Karembeu  Real Madrid        -

Competitions

Serie A

Main article: 1997–98 Serie A

League table

     Team
Pos    * v      Pld  W   D   L   GF  GA  GD   Pts  Qualification or relegation
       * t
       * e
7    Lazio      34   16  8   10  53  30  +23  56   Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
8    Bologna    34   12  12  10  55  46  +9   48   Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round
9    Sampdoria  34   13  9   12  52  55  −3   48   Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
10   Milan      34   11  11  12  37  43  −6   44
11   Bari       34   10  8   16  30  45  −15  38


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

Source: 1997–98 Serie A, RSSSF.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
Notes:

Results by round

Round     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34
Ground    A  H  A  H  A  A  H  A  H  H   A   H   A   H   A   H   A   H   A   H   A   H   H   A   H   A   A   H   A   H   A   H   A   H
Result    W  D  W  D  L  W  L  L  W  D   D   L   W   D   W   W   D   D   W   W   L   L   L   L   L   W   L   L   W   W   W   D   D   L
Position  8  8  5  5  6  5  5  8  8  6   7   10  9   9   9   6   6   8   7   5   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   9   8   8   8   8   9

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, UEFA Champions League Groups stage; = UEFA Champions League Qualifying round; = 1998–99 UEFA Cup; = 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup; = 1998–99 Serie B; w = 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Matches

31 August 1997 1  Sampdoria       2-1     Vicenza        Genova
                  Boghossian 10'  Report  Di Napoli 53'  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                  Tovalieri 85'

13 September 1997 2  Brescia     3-3     Sampdoria       Brescia
                     Hübner 4'           Boghossian 54'
                     Hübner 76'  Report  Montella 74'    Stadium: Mario Rigamonti
                     Hübner 84'          Montella 80'

21 September 1997 3  Atalanta  0-2     Sampdoria     Bergamo
                               Report  Laigle 13'    Stadium: Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
                                       Montella 64'

27 September 1997 4  Sampdoria    1-1     Juventus     Genova
                     Morales 16'  Report  Inzaghi 92'  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

5 October 1997 5  Udinese       3-2     Sampdoria       Udine
                  Calori 8'             Montella 26'
                  Bierhoff 35'  Report  Boghossian 39'  Stadium: Friuli
                  Pierini 47'

19 October 1997 6  Sampdoria        3-1     Piacenza        Genova
                   Tovalieri 44'
                   Montella 52'pen  Report  Dionigi 47'pen  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                   Tovalieri 74'

2 November 1997 7  Sampdoria  0-3     Milan      Genova
                                      Weah 75'
                              Report  Weah 81'   Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                                      Ziege 87'

9 November 1997 8  Lazio            3-0     Sampdoria  Roma
                   Marcolin 25'pen
                   Nedved 65'       Report             Stadium: Olimpico
                   Boksic 87'

23 November 1997 9  Sampdoria       1-0     Bari  Genova
                    Mihajlovic 84'  Report        Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

30 November 1997 10  Bologna        2-2     Sampdoria      Bologna
                     Baggio 15'pen  Report  Laigle 57'     Stadium: Renato Dall'Ara
                     Paramatti 48'          Klinsmann 76'

6 December 1997 11  Sampdoria        1-1     Inter       Genoa
                    Montella 31'pen  Report  Ronaldo 9'  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

14 December 1997 12  Empoli            4-1     Sampdoria         Empoli
                     Tonetto 25'
                     Martusciello 40'  Report  Franceschetti 9'
                     Martusciello 54'
                     Esposito 65'

21 December 1997 13  Sampdoria        6-3     Napoli        Genova
                     Boghossian 35'
                     Montella 42'pen          Bellucci 15'
                     Montella 61'     Report  Protti 70'    Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                     Laigle 73'               Rossitto 78'
                     Klinsmann 76'
                     Montella 90'pen

4 January 1998 14  Fiorentina    1-1     Sampdoria     Firenze
                   Batistuta 7'  Report  Montella 78'  Stadium: Artemio Franchi

11 January 1998 15  Sampdoria       5-2     Parma        Genova
                    Montella 5'
                    Signori 26'             Maniero 54'
                    Vergassola 33'  Report  Maniero 58'  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                    Thuram 49'og
                    Signori 83'


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

18 January 1998 16  Lecce      1-3     Sampdoria     Lecce
                                       Montella 12'
                    Rossi 93'  Report  Montella 51'  Stadium: Via del Mare
                                       Signori 77'

25 January 1998 17  Sampdoria       1-1     Roma           Genova
                    Mihajlovic 33'  Report  Mannini 26'og  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

1 February 1998 18  Vicenza    1-1     Sampdoria  Vicenza
                    Zauli 27'  Report  Veron 18'

8 February 1998 19  Sampdoria        2-1     Brescia   Genova
                    Bia 18'og        Report  Neri 50'  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                    Montella 36'pen

11 February 1998 20  Sampdoria       2-0     Atalanta  Genova
                     Mihajlovic 65'  Report            Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                     Boghossian 79'

15 February 1998 21  Juventus      3-0     Sampdoria  Torino
                     Del Piero 5'
                     Inzaghi 11'   Report             Stadium: Delle Alpi
                     Fonseca 78'

22 February 1998 22  Sampdoria  0-3     Udinese           Genova
                                        Jorgensen 36'
                                Report  Jorgensen 63'pen  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                                        Statuto 87'

1 March 1998 23  Piacenza     1-0     Sampdoria  Piacenza
                 Murgita 48'  Report

8 March 1998 24  Milan      1-0     Sampdoria  Milan
                 Ziege 37'  Report             Stadium: San Siro

14 March 1998 25  Sampdoria  0-4     Lazio       Genova
                                     Jugovic 1'
                             Report  Nedved 54'  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                                     Fuser 66'
                                     Fuser 81'

22 March 1998 26  Bari  0-1     Sampdoria     Bari
                        Report  Montella 30'

29 March 1998 27  Sampdoria     2-3     Bologna        Genova
                  Montella 14'          Andersson 55'
                  Veron 49'     Report  Andersson 69'  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                                        Andersson 82'

5 April 1998 28  Inter        3-0     Sampdoria  Milan
                 Hugo 50'og
                 Sartor 53'   Report             Stadium: Giuseppe Meazza
                 Ronaldo 88'

11 April 1998 29  Sampdoria     3-0     Empoli  Genova
                  Montella 41'
                  Montella 85'  Report          Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                  Laigle 93'

19 April 1998 30  Napoli  0-2     Sampdoria      Napoli
                          Report  Crasson 33'og  Stadium: San Paolo
                                  Laigle 87'


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

26 April 1998 31  Sampdoria     2-0     Fiorentina  Genova
                  Montella 38'  Report              Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
                  Montella 77'

3 May 1998 32  Parma        2-2     Sampdoria        Parma
               Chiesa 35'   Report  Paco Soares 66'  Stadium: Ennio Tardini
               Sensini 78'          Boghossian 87'

10 May 1998 33  Sampdoria       1-1     Lecce      Genova
                Scarchilli 60'  Report  Cozza 73'  Stadium: Luigi Ferraris

16 May 1998 34  Roma            2-0     Sampdoria  Roma
                Totti 24'       Report             Stadium: Olimpico
                Delvecchio 91'

Coppa Italia

Main article: 1997–98 Coppa Italia

Round of 32

3 September 1997  Torino FC         2-1  Sampdoria         Torino
                                                           Stadium: Delle Alpi
20:30 CEST        Ferrante 7', 14'  h    52' (o.g) Dorigo  Attendance: 15 000
                                                           Referee: Daniele Tombolini

24 September 1997  Sampdoria                3-1         Torino FC     Genova
                                            (4-3 agg.)
                                                                      Stadium: Luigi Ferraris
20:30 CEST         Tovalieri 34', 36', 66'              17' Ferrante  Attendance: 12 000
                                                                      Referee: Stefano Braschi

Eightfinals

16 October 1997 1  Milan         3-2     Sampdoria       Milan
                   Weah 64'              Tovalieri 20'   Stadium: San Siro
                   Maini 74'     Report  Boghossian 44'  Attendance: 6 589
                   Kluivert 92'                          Referee: Treossi

19 November 1997 2  Sampdoria       1-2         Milan                  Genova
                                    (3-5 agg.)
                                                Leonardo 64'           Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
                    Mihajlović 29'  Report      André Cruz 82' (pen.)  Attendance: 28 000
                                                                       Referee: Braschi

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1997–98 UEFA Cup

First round

16 September 1997  Sampdoria [Italy]  1–2     [Spain] Athletic Bilbao  Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
20:30              Boghossian 74'     Report  Ríos 19'                 Attendance: 36,000
                                              Larrainzar 62'           Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

30 September 1997  Athletic Bilbao [Spain]  2–0     [Italy] Sampdoria  San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
20:30              Larrazábal 40' (pen.)    Report                     Attendance: 42,000
                   Ziganda 47'                                         Referee: Marc Batta (France)

Statistics

Players statistics


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

No.   Pos    Nat                                   Player                Total  Serie A
Apps  Goals  Apps                                  Goals
1     GK     [Italy] ITA                           Fabrizio Ferron       33     -49      33     -49
5     DF     [Italy] ITA                           Moreno Mannini        25     0        25     0
2     DF     [Italy] ITA                           David Balleri         25     0        25     0
6     DF     [Italy] ITA                           Marcello Castellini   20     0        18+2   0
11    DF     [Federal Republic of Yugoslavia] YUG  Siniša Mihajlović     27     3        26+1   3
7     DF     [Italy] ITA                           Emanuele Pesaresi     19     0        16+3   0
20    MF     [Argentina] ARG                       Juan Sebastián Verón  29     2        29     2
8     MF     [France] FRA                          Pierre Laigle         30     5        30     5
4     MF     [Italy] ITA                           Marco Franceschetti   27     1        27     1
14    MF     [France] FRA                          Alain Boghossian      31     6        31     6
9     FW     [Italy] ITA                           Vincenzo Montella     33     20       33     20
12    GK     [Italy] ITA                           Marco Ambrosio        3      -6       1+2    -6
3     DF     [Portugal] POR                        Hugo                  19     0        18+1   0
29    FW     [Italy] ITA                           Giuseppe Signori      17     3        15+2   3
19    MF     [Italy] ITA                           Simone Vergassola     26     1        13+13  1
10    MF     [Argentina] ARG                       Ángel Morales         9      1        8+1    1
24    DF     [Senegal] SEN                         Oumar Dieng           13     0        7+6    0
13    FW     [Italy] ITA                           Sandro Tovalieri      9      3        6+3    3
18    FW     [Germany] GER                         Jürgen Klinsmann      8      2        4+4    2
27    FW     [Brazil] BRA                          Paco Soares           8      1        3+5    1
21    MF     [Italy] ITA                           Alessio Scarchilli    21     1        2+19   1
15    MF     [Italy] ITA                           Fausto Salsano        14     0        2+12   0


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

30    DF     [Italy] ITA                           Stefano Nava          5      0        2+3    0
31    FW     [Cameroon] CMR                        François Omam-Biyik   6      0        0+6    0
25    DF     [Italy] ITA                           Nicola Zanini         3      0        0+3    0
17    MF     [Italy] ITA                           Alessandro Lamonica   1      0        0+1    0
22    GK     [Italy] ITA                           Giovanni Sannino      0      0        0      0
23    FW     [Italy] ITA                           Daniele Dichio        0      0        0      0
28    MF     [Italy] ITA                           Davide Vagnati        0      0        0      0
14    MF     [France] FRA                          Christian Karembeu


1997–98 UC Sampdoria season

* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1997/1138/

Goalscorers

  * [Italy] Vincenzo Montella 20
  * [France] Alain Boghossian 6
  * [France] Pierre Laigle 5
  * [Serbia and Montenegro] Siniša Mihajlović 3
  * [Italy] Sandro Tovalieri 3


The Process of Weeding Out

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic
All About Jazz  Positive
Punknews

The Process of Weeding Out is the fifth EP by American band Black Flag.guitarist Greg Ginn's fascination with the avant-garde, The Process of Weeding Out is described by critic Chris True of AllMusic as "an interesting document of Greg Ginn's development from high-speed guitar 'sculptor' to one of the few punk artists to embrace 12-tone experimental music."The New York Times described the album as "what jazz-rock could have become if the best of the musicians who first crossbred jazz improvising with rock's sonic fire power had followed their most creative impulses."instrumental.

The back cover has a quote from Ginn, reading, in part:

"...even though this record may communicate certain feelings, emotions, and ideas to some, I have faith that cop-types with their strictly linear minds and stick-to-the-rules mentality don't have the ability to decipher the intuitive contents of this record."

Track listing

All songs by Greg Ginn, except where noted.

Side one

 1. "Your Last Affront" – 9:39
 2. "Screw the Law" – 2:24

Side two

 1. "The Process of Weeding Out" – 9:58
 2. "Southern Rise" (Ginn/Kira Roessler/Bill Stevenson) – 5:00

Personnel

  * Greg Ginn – guitar
  * Kira Roessler – bass guitar
  * Bill Stevenson – drums
  * Raymond Pettibon – cover art


Tbilisi Assembly Building

Tbilisi City Assembly Building (Georgian: თბილისის საკრებულოს შენობა) is a clock-towered edifice situated in the southern side of Freedom Square (in Georgian - tavisuplebis moedani), Tbilisi, capital of Georgia. It houses the City Assembly (sakrebulo).

History

The original building was built under the Imperial Russian rule in the 1830s but was reconstructed several times, taking a different look over the past two centuries. It served, until 1879, as a Chancellery of Chief Policemaster and police department. A competition announced in 1878 for the remodeling the building to the City Hall (Gorodskoy Dom) was won by the architect Paul Stern's project. It exterior architecture reflects the then-popular Exotic style with Neo-Moorish design. A tower was added in 1910 and the building was further enlarged in 1912.

  * (in Georgian) "საქართველოს ძველი ქალაქები: თბილისი" (2006), ISBN 99940-0-923-0.
  * Government of Tbilisi


Shrewsbury Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and Saint Peter of Alcantara, commonly known as Shrewsbury Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Shrewsbury, England. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury and mother church of the Diocese of Shrewsbury, which covers the historic counties of Shropshire and Cheshire.

The cathedral is particularly notable as being the only cathedral in the county. Unlike most other English counties and county towns, neither Shropshire nor Shrewsbury has a Church of England cathedral.

History

The interior of Shrewsbury Cathedral.

Construction

The building of the cathedral was originally commissioned by John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, the intended architect being Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, but both men died in 1852 before the work was expected to start. The succeeding nephew, the 17th Earl, Bertram Talbot, offered to fund the building of the cathedralEdward Pugin, the son of Augustus.spire was planned. However, two years into the building of the cathedral, a stratum of sand was discovered very close to the building's foundations, resulting in weaker foundations that led to the scaling down of the cathedral's size and the abandonment of the spire.Cardinal Wiseman.

On 30 October 1956, a Mass was said in the cathedral to commemorate its centenary. The Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Francis Grimshaw of Birmingham, Bishop John Murphy of Shrewsbury, Bishop Cyril Restieaux of Plymouth, Bishop Edward Ellis of Nottingham, Bishop John Rudderham of Clifton and Bishop John Petit of Menevia.

Re-ordered

In 1984, the cathedral was re-ordered, bringing it in line with the revised liturgy of the Second Vatican Council. Local Grinshill stone was used for the new altar, which was consecrated in 1985 by Bishop Joseph Gray.

In 2019, it was decided by Bishop Mark Davies that the cathedral's interior would be restored to its original state.Joseph Aloysius Pippet. The paintings had been hidden under two layers of paint from previous refurbishments in the 1970s and 1980s, described by Sophie Andreae, of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, as "unsympathetic". It is hoped that the paintings can be restored to their former glory.

The cathedral has a seating capacity of 300.

Windows


Shrewsbury Cathedral

The cathedral has a seating capacity of 300.

Windows

The cathedral has a number of outstanding stained-glass windows. The older set of windows are mostly from the stained glass company Hardman & Co. from Birmingham. The cathedral also has seven windows made during the second and third decades of the 20th century by an artist inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, Margaret Agnes Rope, the daughter of a local doctor; Rope had a studio in the Glass House in Fulham from 1911 to 1923.Carmelite nun at Woodbridge, Suffolk and later at Quidenham, Norfolk. She also designed and made a notable series of five large lancets at St Peter and Paul Church, Newport. Her cousin M. E. Aldrich Rope was also a stained-glass artist.

War memorial

Rope also designed the cathedral's war memorial, in the west porch, dedicated to the 63 men of its congregation who died serving in World War I. It consists of a pieta, with a wooden plaque below displaying the regimental badge of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry (the main county regiment), and the arms of Shropshire and Shrewsbury. The list of names is inscribed below the plaque, and at its foot is inscribed the opening line in Latin of the Requiem Mass. Nearby was placed a plaque to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II in 1995.

Location

The cathedral is on a street called Town Walls, adjacent to the historic town wall, within the main meander of the River Severn in the centre of Shrewsbury. It is surrounded by a mainly residential neighbourhood.

Gallery

  * [North side of the cathedral]
    North side of the cathedral
  * [St Cecilia window]
    St Cecilia window
  * [West window]
    West window
  * Listed buildings in Shrewsbury (southeast central area)
  * Shrewsbury Cathedral Official Website
  * Diocese of Shrewsbury Official Website
  * The Catholic Church in England and Wales


United Nations Security Council Resolution 248, adopted on March 24, 1968, after receiving letters from Jordan and Israel as well as supplementary information from the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, the Council reaffirmed its previous resolutions and condemned the Battle of Karameh military action launched by Israel in flagrant violation of the UN Charter. The Council deplored all violent incidents in violation of the cease-fire and called upon Israel to desist from acts and activities in contravention of resolution 237.

  * Battle of Karameh
  * Arab–Israeli conflict
  * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 201 to 300 (1965–1971)
  * Text of the Resolution at undocs.org


The Mountain Between Us (novel)

The Mountain Between Us is a romance-disaster novel, written by American author Charles Martin. The story focuses on Dr. Ben Payne and writer Ashley Knox as they get stranded in the High Uintas Wilderness after a plane crash.

The novel was published by Broadway Books on June 1, 2010.film adaptation starring Idris Elba and Kate Winslet was released on October 6, 2017.

Plot

On a stormy winter night, Dr. Ben Payne and writer Ashley Knox are stuck in Salt Lake City International Airport when their flights are canceled. Both are eager to reach their destinations—Ben has patients waiting, and Ashley is to be married the following day. Ben hires a charter plane and offers Ashley a seat, but when their pilot suffers a fatal stroke in flight, the plane crashes, leaving them stranded in the High Uintas Wilderness.

Though they survive the impact with injuries (Ben has broken ribs and Ashley suffers a terrible leg fracture), they are faced with harsh weather conditions and the fact that no one knows they are missing. The ordeal leads them to depend on one other for survival, and ultimately brings them closer.

Reception

Terry Miller Shannon, writing in The Book Report, called it "not only a page-turner of an adventure story; there is a moving emotional counterpart to the physical journey these characters undertake."

Adaptation

Main article: The Mountain Between Us (film)

20th Century Fox adapted the novel into a feature film, with Hany Abu-Assad directing. Kate Winslet and Idris Elba played the lead roles. The film premiered on September 9, 2017, at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 6, 2017, by 20th Century Fox.

In the film, Winslet's character's name was changed from Ashley Knox to Alex Martin, and Elba's character's surname from Payne to Bass. Also in the film, Winslet's character's occupation was changed to a traveling photographer/journalist and Elba's character's occupation was changed to a brain surgeon at first, then after the rescue, switched to being a general doctor. For the plot in the film, Winslet's character hires the charter plane instead of Dr. Ben in the original book.


The Mountain Between Us (novel)

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Nyaunggyin

Nyaunggyin Nat

Nyaunggyin (Burmese: ညောင်ချင်း [ɲàʊɰ̃dʑɪ́ɰ̃]) is one of the 37 nats in the Burmese pantheon of nats. He was a descendant of the captive King Manuha of Thaton. He died of leprosy during the reign of King Anawrahta of Pagan. He is portrayed standing on a pedestal with a topknot, his left hand raised and holding a staff in his right.


Virginia-class battleship

The Virginia class of pre-dreadnought battleships were built for the United States Navy in the early 1900s. The class comprised five ships: Virginia, Nebraska, Georgia, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. The ships carried a mixed-caliber offensive battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) and eight 8-inch (203 mm) guns; these were mounted in an uncommon arrangement, with four of the 8-inch guns placed atop the 12-inch turrets. The arrangement proved to be a failure, as the 8-inch guns could not be fired independently of the 12-inch guns without interfering with them. Additionally, by the time the Virginias entered service, the first "all-big-gun" battleships—including the British HMS Dreadnought—were nearing completion, which would render mixed battery ships like the Virginia class obsolete.

Nevertheless, the ships had active careers. All five ships took part in the cruise of the Great White Fleet in 1907–1909. From 1909 onward, they served as the workhorses of the US Atlantic Fleet, conducting training exercises and showing the flag in Europe and Central America. As unrest broke out in several Central American countries in the 1910s, the ships became involved in police actions in the region. The most significant was the American intervention in the Mexican Revolution during the occupation of Veracruz in April 1914.

During the American participation in World War I, the Virginia-class ships were used to train sailors for an expanding wartime fleet. In September 1918, they began to escort convoys to Europe, though Germany surrendered two months later, ending the conflict. After the war, they were used to bring American soldiers back from France and later as training ships. The 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, which mandated major reductions in naval weapons, cut the ships' careers short. Virginia and New Jersey were sunk in bombing tests in 1923, and the other three ships were broken up for scrap later that year.

Design


Virginia-class battleship

Design

The United States' victory in the Spanish–American War in 1898 had a dramatic impact on battleship design, as the question of the role of the fleet—namely, whether it should be focused on coastal defense or high seas operations—had been solved. The fleet's ability to conduct offensive operations overseas showed the necessity of a powerful fleet of battleships. As a result, the US Congress was willing to authorize much larger ships; the Virginias, three of which were authorized on 3 March 1899, were the first of these new ships. Two more were authorized on 7 June 1900, with the displacement for all five ships proposed at 13,500 long tons (13,700 t), a significant increase over previous designs. Initial design work, which began with a memorandum issued on 12 July 1898, called for a battleship based on the Maine class, to be armed with four 12-inch guns, sixteen 6-inch (152 mm) guns, and ten 3-inch (76 mm) guns, protected with a 12 in belt of Krupp armor, and capable of steaming at 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph).

Arguments over the projected displacement and armament prevented further work until October 1899. Captain Charles O'Neill argued for a mixed battery of 12 in and 8 in (203 mm) guns with superposed turrets, while Phillip Hichborn, the chief constructor at the Bureau of Construction and Repair, preferred a 13,000-long-ton (13,000 t) design armed uniformly with 10 in (254 mm) guns instead of the mixed battery. The decision was made to adopt the mixed battery, since the 8 in gun could penetrate the medium armor on foreign battleships that protected their secondary batteries. Captain Royal Bradford, the chief of the Bureau of Equipment, suggested that 18.5 knots would be sufficient, though O'Neill demanded 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph); a compromise was found by requiring a minimum of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). These compromises produced two variants: "A", which arranged the 8 in guns in four twin turrets amidships as with the Indiana class, and "B", which placed two of the four turrets atop the 12 in turrets, as on the Kearsarge class. The "A" design included sixteen 6 in guns in casemates, while "B" had only twelve.


Virginia-class battleship

The Board on Construction initially favored "A", though one officer on the board rejected the design so strongly that the Secretary of the Navy ordered a second, larger board to be formed to examine the two designs. Eight line officers were added to the board; this group favored the superposed turrets of "B". One of the members, Rear Admiral Albert Barker, suggested to build the first three ships to "A" and the last two to "B". The board initially approved the idea, but the chief of the Bureau of Ordnance rejected it in favor of uniformity of design. The Secretary of the Navy convened a third board to settle the matter, and ten of the twelve members voted for "B". The finalized design was approved on 5 February 1901.

The superposed turrets ultimately proved to be very problematic; the arrangement had been conceived initially to save weight and allow the much faster firing 8 in guns to shoot during the long reload time necessary for large caliber guns. By the time the Virginias entered service, smokeless propellant and rapid firing, large caliber guns had reduced the time between shots from 180 seconds to 20. The 8 in guns could no longer fire at their maximum rate without interfering with the 12 in guns, since the concussion and hot gasses would disrupt the crew below. In addition, the British HMS Dreadnought—the first "all-big-gun" battleship to enter service—commissioned in late 1906 shortly after the Virginias and rendered them obsolescent at a single stroke.

General characteristics and machinery

Plan and profile of the Virginia class

The ships of the Virginia class were 435 feet (133 m) long at the waterline and 441 feet 3 inches (134.49 m) long overall. They had a beam of 76 ft 3 in (23.24 m) and a draft of 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m). They displaced 14,948 long tons (15,188 t) as designed and up to 16,094 long tons (16,352 t) at full load. The ships had a high metacentric height, which made them unstable even in moderate seas. Steering was controlled with a single rudder. As built, the ships were fitted with a pair of heavy military masts with fighting tops, but they were replaced by cage masts in 1909. They had a crew of 40 officers and 772 enlisted men.


Virginia-class battleship

The ship was powered by two-shaft triple-expansion steam engines rated at 19,000 indicated horsepower (14,000 kW). Steam was provided by coal-fired water-tube boilers; in Virginia and Georgia, they were equipped with twenty-four Niclausse boilers, while the other three ships received twelve Babcock & Wilcox boilers. These were trunked into three funnels amidships. The engines generated a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). By 1919, Virginia and Georgia had their Niclausse boilers replaced with twelve Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The ships carried 1,955 long tons (1,986 t) of coal, which allowed them to steam for a designed cruising radius of 3,825 nautical miles (7,084 km; 4,402 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). In service, they could actually steam for 4,860 nmi (9,000 km; 5,590 mi). The ships were equipped with electricity generators with a combined output of 500 kilowatts (670 hp).

Armament

Georgia's rear turrets

The ships were armed with a main battery of four 12-inch/40 calibergun turrets on the centerline, one forward and aft.870-pound (390 kg) shell at a muzzle velocity of 2,400 feet per second (730 m/s). The turrets were Mark V mounts, which allowed for reloading at all angles of elevation. These mounts could elevate to 20 degrees and depress to −7 degrees. Each gun was supplied with sixty shells.

The secondary battery consisted of eight 8-inch/45 caliber Mark 6 guns and twelve 6-inch/50 caliber Mark 6 guns. The 8-inch guns were mounted in four twin turrets; two of these were superposed atop the main battery turrets, with the other two turrets abreast the forward funnel.260 lb (120 kg) shells at a muzzle velocity of 2,750 ft/s (840 m/s). shells per gun.casemates in the hull. The 6-inch Mark VI guns fired a 105 lb (48 kg) shell at 2,800 ft/s (850 m/s).


Virginia-class battleship

For close-range defense against torpedo boats, they carried twelve 3-inch/50 caliber guns mounted in casemates along the side of the hull and twelve 3-pounder guns. As was standard for capital ships of the period, the Virginia class carried four 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, submerged in her hull on the broadside.207-pound (94 kg) warhead and had a range of 3,500 yards (3,200 m) at a speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph).

Armor

USS Georgia just after launch

Virginia's main armored belt was 11 in (279 mm) thick over the magazines and the machinery spaces and 8 in (203 mm) elsewhere. It extended 3 feet (0.91 m) above the waterline and 5 feet (1.5 m) below. The main battery gun turrets (and the secondary turrets on top of them) had 12-inch (305 mm) thick faces and 2 in (51 mm) thick roofs. For the main battery turrets, their sides were 8 in thick, while the superposed turrets had reduced protection on their sides, at 6 in of armor plating. The supporting barbettes had the 10 in (254 mm) of armor plating. The two waist turrets had 6.5 in (170 mm) thick faces, 6 in thick sides, and 2 in thick roofs. Six inch thick armor plating protected the casemate guns. The conning tower had 9 in (230 mm) thick sides and a 2 in thick roof. The ships' decks ranged in thickness from 1.5 to 3 inches (38 to 76 mm) and they were sloped on the sides to connect with the lower edge of the main belt.

Construction

Construction data
Name                      Builder                            Laid down       Launched          Commissioned
USS Virginia (BB-13)      Newport News Shipbuilding Company  21 May 1902     5 April 1904      7 May 1906
USS Nebraska (BB-14)      Moran Brothers Shipyard            4 July 1902     7 October 1904    1 July 1907
USS Georgia (BB-15)       Bath Iron Works                    31 August 1901  11 October 1904   24 September 1906
USS New Jersey (BB-16)    Fore River Shipyard                3 May 1902      10 November 1904  12 May 1906
USS Rhode Island (BB-17)  Fore River Shipyard                1 May 1902      17 May 1904       19 February 1906

Service history

New Jersey as completed


Virginia-class battleship

Service history

New Jersey as completed

All five ships of the class served with the Atlantic Fleet for the majority of their careers. In 1907, Virginia, Georgia, and New Jersey took part in the Jamestown Exposition to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony. The five ships took part in the cruise of the Great White Fleet in 1907–09, though Nebraska, which had been built on the west coast of the United States, joined the fleet after it had reached California in 1908.Hampton Roads on 16 December 1907 and steamed south, around South America and back north to the US west coast. The ships then crossed the Pacific and stopped in Australia, the Philippines, and Japan before continuing on through the Indian Ocean. They transited the Suez Canal and toured the Mediterranean before crossing the Atlantic, arriving bank in Hampton Roads on 22 February 1909 for a naval review with President Theodore Roosevelt.

The ships then began a peacetime training routine off the east coast of the United States and the Caribbean, including gunnery training off the Virginia Capes, training cruises in the Atlantic, and winter exercises in Cuban waters. In late 1909, Virginia, Georgia, and Rhode Island visited French and British ports. Throughout their careers, political unrest in several Central American countries prompted the United States to send the ships to protect American interests in the region. New Jersey was sent to Cuba to assist the Cuban Pacification in support of the government of President Tomás Estrada Palma. All five ships became involved in the Mexican Revolution as the United States intervened to protect its nationals living in the country, culminating in the occupation of Veracruz in April 1914. New Jersey was also sent to protect American interests in Haiti and the Dominican unrest in 1914.

Nebraska painted with experimental camouflage c. 1918


Virginia-class battleship

Nebraska painted with experimental camouflage c. 1918

In July 1914, World War I broke out in Europe; the United States remained neutral for the first three years of the war. Tensions with Germany came to a head in early 1917 following the German unrestricted submarine warfare campaign, which sank several American merchant ships in European waters. On 6 April 1917, the United States declared war on Germany. The Virginia-class ships initially were used for training gunners and engine room personnel that would be necessary for the rapidly expanding wartime fleet. Starting in September 1918, the ships began to be used as escorts for convoys bringing soldiers to France, though this duty was cut short by the Armistice with Germany signed in November. With the war over, the Virginias were used to ferry American soldiers back from France through mid-1919.

The ships—thoroughly obsolete by this time—were briefly retained in the post-war period before being decommissioned. Nebraska, Georgia, and Rhode Island were transferred to the Pacific Fleet, with the latter serving as the flagship of the 1st Squadron, though they were all out of service by 1920. Under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, signed in 1922, they were to be discarded as part of the naval armament limitation program.Virginia and New Jersey were sunk as target ships off Cape Hatteras by Army bombers under the supervision of Billy Mitchell in September 1923.ship breakers in November that year.


Virginia-class battleship

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Magliocco Dolce

Magliocco Dolce (also known as Marsigliana nera) is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown mostly in the Calabria region of southern Italy. In agricultural census counts, plantings of Magliocco Dolce are often grouped with the related, but distinct, red grape variety Magliocco Canino. Throughout history, numerous red southern Italian wine grape varieties have been variously known under the synonyms of "Magliocco" or "Magliocchi", most notably Gaglioppo, but recent DNA analysis has shown those grapes to be unrelated to Magliocco Dolce or Magliocco Canino.

History

Lago Arvo on the La Sila plateau where Magliocco Dolce may have originated.

The first mention of a "Magliocca" grape dates to the late 15th century when it was documented growing in the Calabria region. However, which "Magliocco" grape this was is not yet known. Ampelographers have speculated that since the name Magliocco means "tender knot" in Greek that potentially Magliocco Dolce (or Magliocco Canino) could have originated in Greece. Additionally, Magliocco Dolce has been known under the synonym of Greco nero around the village of Lamezia Terme. However, DNA evidence in the early 21st century has cast doubt on the validity of that theory with it being far more likely that both grapes originated in southern Italy. The early synonym Arvino suggest that potentially Magliocco Dolce originated near Lago Arvo on the La Sila plateau that straddles the borders of the provinces of Catanzaro, Cosenza and Crotone in Calabria.

Viticulture and confusion with other grapes

Gaglioppo, one of the grapes that Magliocco Dolce is often confused with.

Magliocco Dolce is a late ripening grape variety that tends to produce wines with high tannin levels due to the thick skins of its berries. Like Sangiovese and Savagnin, the grape variety is very prone to mutation with several clonal varieties of the grape found throughout Calabria.


Magliocco Dolce

Over the years, Magliocco Dolce has been confused with several other red Italian grape varieties including Gaglioppo, Magliocco Canino, Castiglione (particularly around Locride), Nerello Mascalese (in Sicily) and Nocera. In fact, the vineyard samples of Nocera planted at the University of California-Davis were identified in the early 21st century as actually being Magliocco Dolce.

Wine regions

Most plantings of Magliocco Dolce can be found in northern and western Calabria in the provinces of Catanzaro, Cosenza and Crotone.

Today Magliocco Dolce is found almost exclusively in Calabria though the exact number of plantings of the grape variety is hard to determine because for many years the grape was often confused and inter-planted in field blends with other varieties. Even in the official 2000 census, plantings of Magliocco Canino and Magliocco Dolce were counted together though ampelographers believe that most of the Calabrian plantings in the provinces of Catanzaro, Cosenza and Crotone of the 616 acres (249 ha) reported are Magliocco Dolce.

Synonyms

Over the years, Magliocco Dolce has been known under a variety of synonyms including: Arvino (in the provinces of Cosenza and Crotone), Catanzarese, Gaddrica (around the village of Longobardi), Greco nero (around the village of Lamezia Terme), Guarnaccia nera (around the village of Verbicaro), Lacrima Cristi nera (in the provinces of Cozenza and Reggio Calabria), Magliocco Tondo, Maglioccuni (around the village of Bivongi), Mangiaguerra (around the village of Ricadi near Capo Vaticano), Marcigliana, Marsigliana nera (around the village Lamezia Terme), Merigallo (around the village of Terravecchia), Nera di Scilla (around the village of Scalea) and Petroniere.


Sadikul Sahali

Hadji Sadikul "Dick" Adalla Sahali (born June 18, 1941) is a Filipino politician and former Governor of Tawi-Tawi, an island province in the Sulu Archipelago. Politically, Tawi-Tawi is part of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Background

Sahali was born in Luuk, Sulu to a family of farmers. In 1965, he graduated from the Mindanao Agricultural College (now Central Mindanao University) in Musuan, Bukidnon with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering. He first turned toward farming.

Sahali is married to Juana Maquiso Sahali, a principal of Batu-Batu National High School in Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi. His four surviving children all have positions in government: Hadja Ruby Sahali-Tan serves as the regional secretary of DSWD-ARMM; Regie Sahali-Generale is a former assemblywoman of the RLA-ARMM and former vice governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM);

Political activities

Sahali first waded into the political arena in 1971, when he ran and won as Mayor of Panglima Sugala (formerly Balimbing). There he served his constituents for the next 16 years, until 1987. During the 1988 elections, he won the mayor's seat and served for two additional terms until 1995.

In May 1998, he aspired for a higher post and won as Governor of the Province of Tawi-Tawi, serving until 2001, when he lost his reelection bid to Rashidin Matba. In 2004, however, Sahali again prevailed, retaking the seat. In 2007, an overwhelming majority voted to give him a second consecutive term to complete the various socio-economic programs and projects for the province.

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Villa publica

Denarius of Publius Fonteius Capito in 55 BC. The reverse depicts the Villa Publica, with on the left the name of Titus Didius, who restored the building in 98 BC.

The Villa publica was a public building in ancient Rome, which served as the censors’ base of operation. It was erected on the Campus Martius in 435 BC. According to Livy, the first census was compiled there the year it was built. In 194 BC, the building, or buildings, was restored and enlarged. The consul Titus Didius further restored the building in 98 BC.Circus Flaminius), it is known from ancient sources that its area was wide, and that, at one point, most likely following further renovations in 34 BC, a large wall was built around it. In addition to holding the censors’ records and acting as the censors’ base of operations, the Villa publica also served as a place where foreign ambassadors were greeted, where generals waited to hear if they would be granted a triumph, and it also acted as a base for army levies.

  * Michael Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge University Press, 1974.

41°53′51″N 12°28′45″E / 41.8975°N 12.4791°E


The Problem with Everything

First edition (publ. Gallery Books)

The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars is a 2019 book on culture wars by Meghan Daum in which the author criticizes fourth-wave feminism, political correctness, woke-ness, social justice warriors, and cancel culture.


Tbilisi State Institute Of Economic Relations (TSIER, Georgian: თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ეკონომიკური ურთიერთობები ) is a state educational institution in Georgia.

It is a business college. It is based in the capital city of Tbilisi. It has three campuses throughout the country: two in Tbilisi and one in Rustavi and serves more than 3,000 students. It is considered to be the top business school in Georgia. TSIER is fully accredited by the Ministry Of Education of Georgia. The school's success is popularly attributed to Dr. Guram Tavartkiladze, who has been its President and Rector since the founding day of March 19, 1992.

History

Due to popular desire of Dr. Guram Tavartkiladze, Georgian government, general public and foreign governments of western countries (primarily Germany and the United States) to establish a business school in Georgia, Tbilisi State Institute of Economic Relations was founded on March 19, 1992 according to the decree of the Ministry of Education of Georgia. Dr. Guram Tavartkiladze was appointed as its Rector and President. Main agenda of the institution was to bring up highly qualified business managers to help Georgia, the newly independent state of the former Soviet Union, to adopt to capitalism and ease transition from command economy to market economy.

It is now known as Guram Tavartkiladze Tbilisi Teaching University (GTTU).


Shrewsbury F.C. (1868)

Not to be confused with Shrewsbury Town F.C..

Shrewsbury F.C. was a football club based in Shrewsbury, England. The club is recorded as playing its home games at Monkmoor Lane, Shrewsbury.

History

The club was formed in 1868 and its first match was on 22 January that year, a 3-2 defeat at a side from Whitchurch.

The club's captain from 1876 to 1880 was John Hawley Edwards,Shropshire Wanderers and Wanderers. The club was an early member of the Birmingham Football Association and first came to prominence in 1877 by beating Stafford Road F.C., who had reached that season's Birmingham Senior Cup final, in a friendly.

The following season, the club won both the Birmingham Senior Cup and the Shropshire Senior Cup. Shrewsbury beat two Wednesbury clubs to win the Birmingham cup; Wednesbury Old Athletic in the semi-finalWednesbury Strollers F.C. in the final, both by 2-1, the latter played at Aston Villa's Wellington Road ground in front of 5,000 spectators. Shrewsbury came from 1-0 down at half-time, the equalizer being scored from a Wace corner "cannoning off" Shrewsbury half-back A. T. Ward, and forward J. E. Sprott scoring the winner after Shrewsbury had struck the bar - an early use of the crossbar.

In the Shropshire competition, the club beat Oswestry F.C. 3-0 in a semi-final replay, Oswestry wearing black armbands after their player A. F. Jones had died in a match the previous Saturday,

Despite the success, the club seems to have dissolved around 1880, as Edwards retired through injury, and other clubs in the region emerged. The club never defended its Birmingham Senior Cup crown, the town's representative for 1878-79 being the Shrewsbury Engineers club, who lost to the W.O.A.C. in the first round.

The club shared its shirt colours, ground, and a number of players with Shropshire Wanderers. The Wanderers entered the national competitions while the town club entered the local.

Colours

The club's colours were all white.

Honours

  * Birmingham Senior Cup
Winners (1): 1878
  * Shropshire Senior Cup
Winners (1): 1878


Shrewsbury F.C. (1868)

Notable players

  * [England] Henry Wace - 1877 and 1878 FA Cup winner with Wanderers and winner of three England caps


United Nations Security Council Resolution 2497

United Nations Security Council resolution 2497 was adopted in 2019.

  * List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2401 to 2500 (2018–2019)
  * Text of the Resolution at undocs.org


The White Ship

The White Ship may refer to:

  * The White Ship, a vessel which sank in the English Channel in 1120, drowning William Adelin, the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England
  * The White Ship (Aitmatov novel), a 1970 novel by Chingiz Aitmatov
  * The White Ship (French novel), a 2002 novel by Jackie French
  * The White Ship (Payne novel), a 1975 novel by Donald G. Payne
  * "The White Ship" (story), a 1919 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
  * The White Ship, a 1924 book by Aino Kallas
  * The White Ship (1941 film), an Italian war film directed by Roberto Rossellini
  * The White Ship (1976 film), a 1976 Soviet film
  * The white ship that took Frodo and other key characters on the final journey in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings; see Elf (Middle-earth) § Fourth Age
  * "The White Ship" (song), a composition by the psychedelic rock band, H. P. Lovecraft
  * The white ship (Estonian: valge laev), a legendary ship in Estonian folklore associated with-19th century prophet Maltsvet (Juhan Leinberg)


Nyaungbintha

Nyaungbintha may refer to the following places in Burma:

  * Nyaungbintha, Hsi Hseng
  * Nyaungbintha, Homalin
  * Nyaungbintha, Amarapura
  * Nyaungbintha, Mogok
  * Nyaungbintha, Ingapu
  * Nyaungbintha, Sagaing


Vladimír Čech (director)

Vladimír Čech (25 September 1914 – 2 February 1992) was a Czechoslovak film director and screenwriter.The Key was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.

Selected filmography

  * The Key (1971)
  * Vladimír Čech at IMDb


Maglia (surname)

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

  * Gianluca Maglia (born 1988), Italian swimmer
  * Veronica Maglia (born 1989), Swiss footballer


She's Got a Reason

"She's Got a Reason" is a song by English punk rock band Dogs and is featured on their debut album, Turn Against This Land. Released on 21 February 2005, it was the second single taken from the album and it charted in the UK Top 40 at #36.

Track listing

 1. "She's Got a Reason" - 3:28
 2. "Why Do We Do It to Ourselves" - 4:31
 3. "Spring's Not Always Green" - 2:58


Villaba

Villaba (IPA: [vɪ'ʎabɐ]), officially the Municipality of Villaba (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Villaba; Waray: Bungto han Villaba; Tagalog: Bayan ng Villaba), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,859 people.

History

Pre-Spanish History

The existence of the place now known as Villaba was discovered in about the last quarter of the sixteenth century by Boholano traders. These traders landed on the western coast and found fertile plains along the river and forest. The sea coast also proved to be good fishing ground. The settlers built their houses along the banks of the river and banded into groups to protect themselves from the moro pirates and wild animals. Along the banks of the river were "Hindang" trees which grew in abundance so they called the new settlement Hamindangon (full of hindang trees).

As the years passed, more settlers migrated from Bohol and Cebu. These new inhabitants likewise settled on the plains along the Hamindangon River.

Spanish Period

During the expedition of the entire Eastern Visayas by Spanish conquistador in 1593, a group of Spaniards, led by the General-Governor's son, Luis Pérez Dasmariñas landed on the shores of Hamindangon and the named the place Nueva Galicia in honor of his father, the Governor-General of the Philippines, Gomez Perez Dasmariñas who is from Galicia, Spain.

The governor set sail from Cavite for Pintado province in October 1593, to join the part of the fleet under Luis Pérez who is already at the Visayas. Before he proceeded to Moluccas, Luis Pérez introduced the barrio of Nueva Galicia to the whole fleet. But the Governor-General renamed the place to Vilalba (from the Spanish town in Galicia region) in order not to confused with other Nueva Galicia town that is located in Mexico.


Villaba

Over the years, the natives of the barrio had problem of Spanish unaccented digraphs, mispronouncing Vilalba (Spanish pronunciation: [biˈʎalβa]) with Villaba (IPA: [vɪ'ʎabɐ]), and perhaps, it is easier to pronounce the later name and thus retained it when the town was officially established in June 1910.

American Period

The Spanish was defeated by the Americans who started their occupation of the Philippines on August 13, 1898. The following year, there was a popular revolt in the Visayas particularly in Samar and Leyte called the Pulahanes movement. One consequence of that revolution against the Americans was that the town of Villaba was reduced to a barrio and became part of the municipality of San Isidro, Leyte.

During that period, Villaba was then ran by local executives known as cabeza de barangay. For want of official records however, to provide a complete list and their specific terms of office, the following have served in the said capacity:

1. Andres Gervacio

2. Antonio Dejillo

3. Fortunato Cabilar

4. Hermogenes Tumamak

5. Casimiro Tumamak

7. Tomas Tumamak

8. Luciano Domael

In June 1910, the Provincial Board of Leyte passed and approved a resolution creating the Municipality of Villaba. Since then, there was a continuous change of Chief Executives in the municipality up to the present.

1. Juan Burgos - 1910 to 1912

2. Flaviano Domael - 1913 to 1915

3. Carmelino Rubillos - 1916 to 1918

4. Flaviano Domael - 1919 to 1921

5. Paulino Dejillo - 1922 to 1924

6. Flaviano Domael - 1925 to 1927

7. Damian Perez - 1928 to 1930

8. Bartolome Esmas - 1931 to 1939

9. Vicente Veloso - 1940 to 1945

10. Eusebio Gaviola - 1945 to 1946

11. Fermin Tumamak - 1946 to 1950


Villaba

11. Fermin Tumamak - 1946 to 1950

12. Francisco Burgos - 1951 to 1959

13. Alberto Veloso - 1960 to 1963

14. Bartolome Esmas - Oct 1963 to Dec 1963

15. Sofronio Ramirez - 1964 to 1967

16. Aurelio Veloso - 1968 to Apr 1980

17. Antonio Villamor - May 1980 to Apr 20,1986

18. Faustino Tumamak - (OIC) Apr 21, 1986

19. Roman Omega - (OIC) Dec 4, 1987 - Feb 1988

20. Faustino Tumamak, Jr. - Feb 1988 to Mar 1992

21. Leonora Rosal - Mar 1992 to Jun 1992

22. Jorge V. Veloso - Jul 1,1992 to 1998

23. Atty. Faustino Tumamak Jr.- 1998 to 2004

24. Claudio Martin Larrazabal - 2004 to 2013

25. Jorge V. Veloso - 2013 to 2016

26. Juliet A. Larrazabal - 2016 to 2019

27. Jorge V. Veloso - 2019 to June 2022

28. Carlos G. Veloso - July 2022 to present

Barangays

The Mt. Buga-buga

Villaba is politically subdivided into 35 barangays. puroks and some have sitios.

  * Abijao
  * Balite
  * Bugabuga
  * Cabungahan
  * Cabunga-an
  * Cagnocot
  * Cahigan
  * Calbugos
  * Camporog
  * Capinyahan
  * Casili-on
  * Catagbacan
  * Fatima (Poblacion)
  * Hibulangan
  * Hinabuyan
  * Iligay
  * Jalas
  * Jordan
  * Libagong
  * New Balanac
  * Payao
  * Poblacion Norte
  * Poblacion Sur
  * Sambulawan
  * San Francisco
  * Silad
  * Sulpa
  * Tabunok
  * Tagbubunga
  * Tinghub
  * Bangkal
  * Canquiason
  * San Vicente
  * Santa Cruz
  * Suba

Climate


Villaba

Climate

Climate data for Villaba, Leyte
Month                              Jan    Feb    Mar    Apr    May    Jun    Jul    Aug    Sep    Oct    Nov    Dec    Year
Average high °C (°F)               28     29     29     31     31     30     30     30     30     29     29     29     30
                                   (82)   (84)   (84)   (88)   (88)   (86)   (86)   (86)   (86)   (84)   (84)   (84)   (85)
Average low °C (°F)                22     22     22     23     24     25     25     25     25     24     24     23     24
                                   (72)   (72)   (72)   (73)   (75)   (77)   (77)   (77)   (77)   (75)   (75)   (73)   (75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  73     56     75     71     114    174    172    163    167    161    158    125    1,509
                                   (2.9)  (2.2)  (3.0)  (2.8)  (4.5)  (6.9)  (6.8)  (6.4)  (6.6)  (6.3)  (6.2)  (4.9)  (59.5)
Average rainy days                 15.2   12.5   16.2   17.3   23.9   27.3   28.4   26.9   26.9   27.1   23.8   19.3   264.8
Source: Meteoblue

Demographics

Population census of Villaba
Year  Pop.    ±% p.a.                    Year  Pop.    ±% p.a.
1903  4,127   —                          1990  32,339  +0.43%
1918  8,903   +5.26%                     1995  34,674  +1.31%
1939  16,823  +3.08%                     2000  36,042  +0.83%
1948  14,092  −1.95%                     2007  37,838  +0.67%
1960  24,844  +4.84%                     2010  38,819  +0.94%
1970  28,557  +1.40%                     2015  41,891  +1.46%
1975  29,144  +0.41%                     2020  42,859  +0.45%
1980  30,974  +1.22%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

In the 2020 census, the population of Villaba was 42,859 people,290 inhabitants per square kilometre or 750 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Villaba
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority


Villaba

Poverty Incidence of Villaba
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

  * Philippine Standard Geographic Code
  * Philippine Census Information
  * Local Governance Performance Management System


The Procession to Calvary

The Procession to Calvary is a video game for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Android by Joe Richardson, released in 2020 and following on from his previous game Four Last Things. The game was released on Xbox Game Pass in October 2021.

The game is named for the painting The Procession to Calvary by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Like its predecessor, the game's visuals are composed of elements from classic European paintings, mainly from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The protagonist's appearance is that of the goddess Bellona painted by Rembrandt.

  * Official website


The Princess and the Hound

The Princess and the Hound is a young adult, fantasy novel written by Mette Ivie Harrison. The book was first published in 2007 by HarperCollins.

Plot summary

The story focuses on two characters, Prince George and Princess Beatrice, that have been arranged to be married. Prince George possesses a magical ability to speak with animals which is forbidden in the kingdom where he lives. Princess Beatrice has a hound that travels with her everywhere and is abused by people around her. The plot revolves around the meeting of Prince George and Princess Beatrice as they work to get to know each other. Their courtship is pressured by the illness facing Prince’s George’s father. It is revealed that the illness is not of natural causes and that Princess Beatrice has been enchanted.

Reception

Critical reaction to The Princess and the Hound was generally positive. Critics have called the novel "a well-crafted novel that everyone can enjoy" Kirkus Reviews considered the book: "Not for readers who want fast pacing or strong action, but still a well-told tale."

Themes

In an analysis of The Princess and the Hound, Orson Scott Card writes:

When Mette Ivie Harrison takes us into a magical world, she is really taking us deeper into our own reality, where teenagers struggle to find some balance between the demands of the adult world, which insists that they fit in with established roles, and the demands of their own hearts, which yearn for freedom, for greatness, for something that is uniquely themselves.


Shrewley

Shrewley image

Shrewley is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England, about 5 miles north-west of Warwick. It consists of Little Shrewley, and Shrewley Common, Hatton Station, Station Road and Five Ways. It has the Grand Union Canal, which passes through Shrewley Tunnel and cutting which is a SSSI, with the Chiltern Main Line railway and M40 motorway all running parallel and in close proximity at the south-western end of Shrewley Common. The parish has two pubs, The Durham Ox, in Shrewley Common, once well known for its Marrow Sunday post-harvest celebration, steam fair and produce competition and auction, and The Case is Altered at Five Ways. Shrewley has no church, but until the 1990s had an independent chapel with a regular congregation, the site of which has now been converted into a dwelling.

52°18′18″N 1°41′06″W / 52.305°N 1.685°W


Newspaper endorsements in the 2008 United States presidential election

During the 2008 United States presidential election, newspapers, magazines, and other publications made general election endorsements. As of November 4, 2008, Barack Obama had received more than twice as many publication endorsements as John McCain; in terms of circulation, the ratio was more than 3 to 1, according to the detailed tables below.

According to Editor & Publisher magazine, as of November 3, 2008, there were 273 newspapers endorsing Barack Obama compared to 172 for John McCain. By comparison, the magazine reported that before election day in 2004, John Kerry received 213 endorsements compared to 205 for George W. Bush.

UWIRE, in its Presidential Scorecard, reported that Barack Obama led John McCain by 86 to 2 in college newspaper endorsements, as of November 4.

The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies reported that Barack Obama led John McCain by 57 to 0 in endorsements among its 123 member newspapers as of October 31, 2008.

Cumulative endorsements As of 4 November 2008
Publications                Obama        McCain
Publications                Circulation  Publications  Circulation
Daily newspapers                    296    30,580,459          180  11,917,481
Weekly newspapers                   111     3,951,905           32     333,392
College newspapers                   78       768,000            2      16,479
Magazines and other                  10     5,226,633            1     178,780

Switched Parties from 2004           66                         11
Total                               495    40,526,997          215  12,446,132

John McCain

Main article: Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008, for John McCain

Barack Obama

Main article: Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008, for Barack Obama

Not endorsing

The following explicitly chose not to endorse any candidate.


The following explicitly chose not to endorse any candidate.

  * Abilene Reporter News (Texas, circulation 36,802
  * Ann Arbor News
  * Ashland Daily Press
  * Brownsville Herald
  * Carlisle Sentinel
  * Colorado Springs Gazette (Colorado, circulation 109,603
  * Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
  * East Tennessean (East Tenn. Univ.)
  * Everett Herald
  * Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville)
  * Flyer News (Univ. of Dayton)
  * The News-Press (Fort Myers)
  * Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) Virginia, circulation 50,480
  * Fond du Lac Reporter
  * Harlingen Valley Morning Star
  * Honolulu Advertiser
  * Houma Courier
  * Huntsville Times
  * Indianapolis Star
  * Kalamazoo Gazette
  * Lima News
  * Loyola Phoenix (Loyola Univ.)
  * Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
  * Marietta Register
  * Marysville Appeal-Democrat
  * Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
  * Mountain Home News (Boise)
  * The New Hampshire (Univ. of New Hampshire)
  * Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (Tupelo)
  * Oshkosh Northwestern
  * Port Huron Times Herald
  * Redding Record Searchlight
  * Roanoke Times
  * Rocky Mount Telegram
  * Rocky Mountain News (Denver)
  * Roseburg News-Review
  * St. Paul Pioneer Press
  * Springfield News-Leader
  * Superior Daily Telegram
  * Topeka Capital-Journal
  * Tucson Citizen
  * Victoria Advocate
  * Virginian Pilot (Norfolk)
  * Waco Tribune-Herald
  * Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential primaries


Not to be confused with The Best of Isaac Asimov.

First edition (publ. Doubleday)
Cover art by Robert Aulicino

The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov, published in 1986, is a collection of 28 short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov, personally selected as favorites by himself.

Content

  * "All the Troubles of the World"
  * "A Loint of Paw"
  * "The Dead Past"
  * "Death of a Foy"
  * "Dreaming Is a Private Thing"
  * "Dreamworld"
  * "Eyes Do More Than See"
  * "The Feeling of Power"
  * "Flies"
  * "Found!"
  * "The Foundation of S.F. Success"
  * "Franchise"
  * "The Fun They Had"
  * "How It Happened"
  * "I Just Make Them Up, See!"
  * "I'm in Marsport Without Hilda"
  * "The Immortal Bard"
  * "It's Such a Beautiful Day"
  * "Jokester"
  * "The Last Answer"
  * "The Last Question"
  * "My Son, the Physicist"
  * "Obituary"
  * "Spell My Name with an S"
  * "Strikebreaker"
  * "Sure Thing"
  * "The Ugly Little Boy"
  * "Unto the Fourth Generation"

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov for White Dwarf #88, and stated that "Some OK stuff here, but little that's unfamiliar."

Reviews

  * Review by Donald M. Hassler (1986) in Fantasy Review, October 1986
  * Review by Jim England (1987) in Vector 137
  * Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #92 May 1987
  * Review by Terry Broome (1988) in Paperback Inferno, #74
  * The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov at books.zog.org – ISBN 0-451-15196-8
  * The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database


Nyaung Waing

Nyaung Waing (Burmese: ညောင်ဝိုင်း) Village is a village in Kawa Township, Bago Region, Myanmar.

17°00′24″N 96°25′39″E / 17.0067690°N 96.4276120°E


Vladimír Stránský

Vladimír Stránský (born 7 June 1947) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player.

Career

Between 1977 and 1981 Stránský played in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League with both HC Vítkovice and HC Zlín.

He won the national title with HC Vítkovice in 1981.

Family

His sons VítVladanAustralia after playing there for several years. Grandsons Matěj and Šimon Stránský (children of eldest son Darek)Dallas Stars in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft,Czech international respectively.

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


Magliano di Tenna

Magliano di Tenna is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Fermo in the Italian region Marche, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Ancona and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Ascoli Piceno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,312 and an area of 7.8 square kilometres (3.0 sq mi).

Magliano di Tenna borders the following municipalities: Fermo, Grottazzolina, Montegiorgio, Rapagnano.

Demographic evolution


She's Gone, Gone, Gone

"She's Gone Gone Gone" is a country music song written by Harlan Howard and originally recorded by American singer Lefty Frizzell. Frizzell's version of the song reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Critical reception

An uncredited review in Billboard said that the song has a "catchy rhythm but sad lyric" and that Frizzell "performs in his top fashion".

Chart performance

Chart (1965)                        Peak
                                  position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)  12

Carl Jackson version

In 1984, Carl Jackson covered the song. His version, released as his debut single for Columbia Records, peaked at number 44 on the same chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1984)                        Peak
                                  position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)  44

Glen Campbell version

"She's Gone, Gone, Gone" was also a single by American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in September 1989 as the first single from the album Walkin' in the Sun. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Campbell's version was his last Top 10 hit on this chart, and his only release for Jimmy Bowen's short-lived Universal label. The album itself was released via Capitol Records.

Chart performance

Chart (1989)                        Peak
                                  position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)       24
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)  6


Villa of Maxentius

Villa of Maxentius and Mausoleum of Romulus

The Villa of Maxentius is an imperial villa in Rome, built by the Roman emperor Maxentius. The complex is located between the second and third miles of the ancient Appian Way, and consists of three main buildings: the palace, the circus of Maxentius and the dynastic mausoleum, designed in an inseparable architectural unit to honor Maxentius.

History

Towers at the end of the circus

The remains of beautiful buildings are configured as the last phase of the transformation of an original rustic republican villa (2nd century BC) built in a scenographic position on the side of a hill facing the Alban Hills.

The two nymphaeums facing the Appian Way are dated in the Julio-Claudian era, one of which, still visible and recently rebuilt, was much later attached to a farm. In the 2nd century the place underwent a radical transformation under Herodes Atticus, who incorporated it into his Pago Triopio.

The property later passed under imperial rule and it was then that, in the early 4th century, Maxentius built the villa, the circus and the family mausoleum there. In this mausoleum was where his son Valerius Romulus, dead in adolescence, was perhaps first placed.

The defeat of Maxentius by Constantine probably led to the early abandonment of the site (it is believed that the racecourse was never used by Maxentius), and the property passed to the Patrimonium Appiae (already mentioned in the time of Pope Gregory I -in the late 6th century- among the ecclesiastical heritage). The circus, called «Girulum», is mentioned in a land-transaction document between ecclesiastical entities in 850.

The great estate passed to the counts of Tusculum, then to the Cenci and finally to the Mattei -to whom the first excavations are connected- in the 16th century.

The excavations

In mid-18th century a new rustic building was attached to the pronaos of the mausoleum; the rest of the old complex, known then as the Circus of Caracalla, was almost completely buried, reason why in 1763 Giuseppe Vasi described it thus:


Villa of Maxentius

Only this Circus remains which, according to some, is the work of Galieno; a brick mass that was the main entrance, and the land cultivated around the Circus, in the middle of which was found the Egyptian obelisk that is now seen in the most noble source of Piazza Navona.

— Giuseppe Vassi

The obelisk mentioned is the Agonalis Obelisk, integrated into the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona.

Shortly thereafter, in 1825, the property was acquired by Giovanni Torlonia, who twenty years earlier had already purchased the property of Roma Vecchia and his marquisate. It was then that Torlonia commissioned the first systematic excavations, although suggested, in the forms and in the completion, by Antonio Nibby. After eight months of hard excavation (in a field, Nibby pointed out in his dissertation, "bad and so hard that the tuff itself would have seemed softer") the circus had completely resurfaced to the Puerta del Triunfo on the street called Asinaria. And near that door two inscriptions were found, one of which indicated Maxentius as promoter of, and his son Romulus as the one who dedicated, the monument. On describing the excavation, Nibby meticulously observed the mediocre quality of the inscription walls and marble slabs, which therefore dated back to the 4th century. It also pointed out that the building had never been restored in ancient times. The Torlonia family continued to excavate throughout the 19th century (1877, 1883).

The archaeological complex was finally expropriated by the Municipality of Rome in 1943; in 1960, during the Rome Olympic Games, the entire circus was excavated, as well as the consolidation of the perimeter walls, followed by the partial excavation of the palace buildings, the restoration of the spina or euripus,quadriporticus and the mausoleum. Several other excavation and consolidation campaigns have followed since then, in 1975–77, 1979 and in the early 2000s.

Since 2008, the Villa of Maxentius has been part of the Municipal Museums system. Since December 2012, the site is part of the Aperti per Voi (Open for you) project of the Italian Touring Club, where dozens of volunteers take turns to receive visitors, whose number is constantly growing also thanks to the free access that came into force at end of August 2014.


Villa of Maxentius

The complex

The best known monument in the entire complex is the Circus of Maxentius, the only one of the Roman circuses still well preserved in all its architectural components.

The dynastic mausoleum, also known as the Tomb of Romulus by the name of Valerius Romulus, a young son of the emperor who was presumably buried here, is located inside a four-sided portico aligned with the ancient Appian Way.

Access to the site also allows access to the nearby Tomb of Caecilia Metella.

  * [Remains of the tomb of Romulus]
    Remains of the tomb of Romulus
  * [The Villa of Maxentius in la Via Appia]
    The Villa of Maxentius in la Via Appia
  * Humphrey, John H. (1986). Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-04921-5.
  * Nibby, Antonio (1825). Del Circo volgarmente detto di Caracalla (in Italian). Roma.
  * Vassi, Giuseppe (1763). Itinerario istruttivo diviso in otto stazioni o giornate per ritrovare con facilità tutte le antiche e moderne magnificenze di Roma (in Italian).
  * Bertolotti, Romana de Angelis; Ioppolo, Giovanni; Pisani Sartorio, Giuseppina (1988). La residenza imperiale di Massenzio. Villa, mausoleo e circo (in Italian). Vol. 2. Roma: Fratelli Palombi. ISBN 9788876213052.
  * Franceschini, Marina De (2005). Villa di Massenzio sulla via Appia (in Italian). Roma: «L'ERMA» di BRETSCHNEIDER. pp. 192–196. ISBN 88-8265-311-0.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Villa di Massenzio (Rome).
  * "Villa Maxentius official website".
  * "Municipality of Rome. Museums. Official website".


Metropolitan Library System

This article is about the library system in the Chicago, Illinois area. For the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, see Metropolitan Library System (Oklahoma).

The Metropolitan Library System (MLS) was an association of academic, public, school, and special libraries in Chicago and its suburbs in Cook, DuPage and Will counties. On July 1, 2011, Metropolitan Library System merged with Alliance Library System, DuPage Library System, North Suburban Library System, and Prairie Area Library System to form the Reaching Across Illinois Library System. Sarah Ann Long, director of the North Suburban Library System, summarized the evolution of organizations in northern Illinois in a 2011 essay,"Context is Everything."

SWAN

SWAN (System Wide Automated Network) maintains a shared online catalog for its 80 members.

Member Libraries

  * Grande Prairie Public Library
  * Orland Park Public Library
  * Richton Park Public Library District
  * River Forest Public Library
  * "The easy sell: Veronda Pitchford: Metropolitan Library System, Chicago.(Mobilizers)". Library Journal. March 15, 2005
  * Metropolitan Library System
  * SWAN catalog

41°50′N 88°0′W / 41.833°N 88.000°W


The Nanny (Nathan novel)

The Nanny is a 2003 novel by Melissa Nathan. The story revolves around Jo Green, a bright but unfulfilled twenty-three-year-old nanny living in provincial England who takes a job with an upper-class family in London.

Plot summary

When Jo Green takes a nannying job in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family and perfect-on-paper boyfriend, Shaun, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it...

Dickand Vanessa Fitzgerald are the most compatible pair since Tom and Jerry, and their children - strong and determined Cassandra, humorously protective Zak, and sweet and shy Tallulah - are downright mystifying. Whilst also having Jo on a 24/7 schedule, chasing them around to their music or ballet lessons. Suddenly village life doesn't sound too bad.

Then, just as Jo's getting the hang of their designer lifestyle, the Fitzgeralds acquire a new lodger and suddenly she's sharing her nanny flat with the distractingly good-looking but inexplicably temperamental Josh. So when Shaun turns up, things get even trickier...


Shrewsbury Historic District

Shrewsbury Historic District may refer to:

  * Shrewsbury Historic District (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
  * Shrewsbury Historic District (Shrewsbury, New Jersey), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Monmouth County, New Jersey
  * Shrewsbury Historic District (Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania


Willem Steelink Jr.

Self-portrait (c.1900)

Willem Steelink Jr. (16 July 1856, Amsterdam – 27 November 1928, Voorburg) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist, associated with the Laren School.

Biography

His father, also named WillemBarend Wijnveld at the Rijksakademie, then went to Antwerp, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts with Charles Verlat.

He initially focused on portraits, genre scenes and historical paintings, done in a style influenced by the Romantic style of his father. In 1880, he visited the moors around Gooi and began to paint in the style of the Hague School.Hein Kever, he spent several summers in Laren where he came under the influence of the Laren School, inspired by Anton Mauve.Hilversum, Scherpenzeel and Laren before settling in The Hague. The picturesque village of Heeze became one of his favorite places to work. Sheep, and their shepherds, was his favorite subject.

He was also known for his graphic work and etchings, and made copies of famous works by Jozef Israëls and Johannes Bosboom.New Testament in Sundanese.

His works were popular and sold well in Germany, England and Canada.Arti et Amicitiae and the Pulchri Studio,Order of the Crown and the French Order of Saint Lazarus. He was also an officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.Gemeentemuseum in The Hague.

Selected paintings

  * [Joyous Welcome (1916)]
    Joyous Welcome (1916)
  * [Peasant Woman (c.1900)]
    Peasant Woman (c.1900)
  * [Unexpected Visitors (1880)]
    Unexpected Visitors (1880)
  * [Roman Woman (c.1895)]
    Roman Woman (c.1895)
  * P. A. Haaxman Jr., "Wilm Steelink", in Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift, #14 (1904) Vol.8, pp. 75–88
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Willem Steelink Jr..
  * ArtNet: More works by Steelink.


Thomas Healy

Thomas Healy may refer to:

  * Thomas Healy (politician) (1894–1957), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
  * Thomas F. Healy (1931–2004), U.S. Army general
  * Tom Healy (hurler) (1855–?), Irish hurler
  * Tom Healy (poet) (born 1961), American poet
  * Thomas Joseph Healy, Member of Parliament for North Wexford, 1891–1900
  * Thomas Healy (baseball) (1895–1977), Major League Baseball player for Philadelphia Athletics
  * Tom Healey (1853–1891), American Major League Baseball player
  * Thomas J. Healey (born 1942), academic at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
  * Tom Healy (disambiguation)


İkizören, Yapraklı

İkizören is a village in the Yapraklı District of Çankırı Province in Turkey.2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).


Mumuni Abudu Seidu

Alhaji Mumuni Abudu Seidu is a Ghanaian politician and a former Minister of State without portfolio. From 7 January 1993 to 6 January 2005, Seidu served as the Member of Parliament for Wa Central in the Upper West Region of Ghana.

Early life and education

Seidu was born in Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana. He had his secondary education at the A. M. E. Zion Secondary School in Cape Coast. He continued at Wesley College, Kumasi, where he received his Teachers' Training Certificate (Certificate A), and later obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Ghana.University of Cape Coast where he obtained his Post Graduate Certificate in Education.

Career

Prior to entering politics, Seidu was an educationist and a manager.

Politics

1992 Elections

Seidu assumed office as a member of the first parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana in January 1993, after he was pronounced winner at the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election held on 29 December 1992.

1996 Elections

Seidu entered parliament on 7 January 1997 after he emerged winner at the 1996 Ghanaian general election having defeated Eiedi Clement N. Lugri of the New Patriotic Party and Sulemana Alhassan of the People's National Convention. He obtained 44.80% of the total valid votes cast which is equivalent to 25,718 votes while his opponents obtained 20.30% which is equivalent to 11,657 votes, and 10.70% which is equivalent to 6,150 votes respectively.

2000 Elections

Seidu was elected as the member of parliament for the Wa Central constituency in the Upper West region of Ghana in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

He was elected with 14,278 votes out of the total valid votes cast.Godfrey Tangu Bayon of the New Patriotic Party, Albert Solomon Bawa Sulley of the People's National Convention and Abu Olivia Habiba of the Convention People's Party.These obtained 6,027, 4,485 and 1,005 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.National Democratic Congress.Upper West Region in that elections.


Mumuni Abudu Seidu

In all, the party won a minority total of 89 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Personal life

He is a Muslim.


The Complete History (album)

The Complete History is a compilation album released by 2 Unlimited on February 9, 2004 through ZYX Music label

Track listing

CD

 1. Tribal Dance (Rap Edit) (3:41)
 2. No Limit (Radio Edit) (3:16)
 3. The Real Thing (Radio Edit) (3:40)
 4. Faces (Radio Edit) (3:32)
 5. Twilight Zone (7" Vocal) (4:09)
 6. Maximum Overdrive (Radio Edit) (3:42)
 7. Let The Beat Control Your Body (Airplay Edit) (3:40)
 8. Get Ready For This (Radio Edit) (3:44)
 9. No One (Radio Edit) (3:27)
10. Shelter For A Rainy Day (Extended Mix) (5:14)
11. Desire (Album Version) (4:24)
12. Eternally Yours (Album Version) (4:24)
13. Tribal Dance 2.4 (Revil O. Remix) (7:33)
14. No Limit 2.3 (Master Blaster Remix) (5:25)
15. Murphys Megamix (Faces, Tribal Dance, Maximum Overdrive, Get Ready For This, No Limit) (6:25)
16. Faces (Automatic Breakbeat Remix) (5:32)

DVD

 1. No Limit (3:45)
 2. Faces (3:30)
 3. Maximum Overdrive (3:26)
 4. Let The Beat Control Your Body (3:43)
 5. The Real Thing (3:40)
 6. No One (3:27)
 7. Magic Friend (3:46)
 8. Workaholic (3:40)
 9. Get Ready For This (Orchestral Mix) (2:55)
10. Tribal Dance (No Rap) (3:44)
11. Nothing Like The Rain (4:01)
12. Here I Go (3:18)
13. Jump For Joy (3:42)
14. Do What's Good For Me (3:52)
15. Spread Your Love (3:43)
16. No Limit 2.3 (3:10)
17. "Countdown Special" (Bonus) (25:27)


Shoichi Kinoshita

Shoichi Kinoshita (born 25 December 1954) is a Japanese biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

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Vindolanda tablets

Archaeologists at work in Vindolanda, 2006

The Vindolanda tablets were, at the time of their discovery, the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain (they have since been antedated by the Bloomberg tablets). They are a rich source of information about life on the northern frontier of Roman Britain.Hadrian's Wall). Although similar records on papyrus were known from elsewhere in the Roman Empire, wooden tablets with ink text had not been recovered until 1973, when archaeologist Robin Birley, his attention being drawn by student excavator Keith Liddell, discovered some at the site of Vindolanda, a Roman fort in northern England.

The documents record official military matters as well as personal messages to and from members of the garrison of Vindolanda, their families, and their slaves. Highlights of the tablets include an invitation to a birthday party held in about 100, which is perhaps the oldest surviving document written in Latin by a woman.

The excavated tablets are nearly all held at the British Museum, but arrangements have been made for some to be displayed at Vindolanda. The texts of 752 tablets had been transcribed, translated and published as of 2010.

Description

The wooden tablets found at Vindolanda were the first known surviving examples of the use of ink letters in the Roman period. The use of ink tablets was documented in contemporary records and Herodian in the 3rd century AD wrote "a writing-tablet of the kind that were made from lime-wood, cut into thin sheets and folded face-to-face by being bent".

The Vindolanda tablets are made from birch, alder and oak that grew locally, in contrast to stylus tablets, another type of writing tablet used in Roman Britain, which were imported and made from non-native wood. The tablets are 0.25–3 mm (0.01–0.12 in) thick with a typical size being 20 cm × 8 cm (8 in × 3 in) (the size of a modern postcard). They were scored down the middle and folded to form diptychs with ink writing on the inner faces, the ink being carbon, gum arabic and water. Nearly 500 tablets were excavated in the 1970s and 1980s.


Vindolanda tablets

First discovered in March 1973, the tablets were initially thought to be wood shavings until one of the excavators found two stuck together and peeled them apart to discover writing on the inside. They were taken to the epigraphist Richard Wright, but rapid oxygenation of the wood meant that they were black and unreadable by the time he was able to view them. They were sent to Alison Rutherford at Newcastle University Medical School for multi-spectrum photography, which led to infrared photographs showing the scripts for researchers for the first time. The results were initially disappointing as the scripts were undecipherable. However, Alan Bowman at Manchester University and David Thomas at Durham University analysed the previously unknown form of cursive script and were able to produce transcriptions.

Chronology

Vindolanda fort was garrisoned before the construction of Hadrian's Wall and most of the tablets are slightly older than the Wall, which was begun in 122. The original director of excavations Robin Birley identified five periods of occupation and expansion:

 1. c. 85–92, first fort constructed.
 2. c. 92–97, fort enlargement.
 3. c. 97–103, further fort enlargements.
 4. c. 104–120, hiatus and reoccupation.
 5. c. 120–130, the period when Hadrian's Wall was constructed

The tablets were produced in periods 2 and 3 (c. 92–103), with the majority written before 102.cohort of Batavians and that of his wife, Sulpicia Lepidina. Some correspondence may relate to civilian traders and contractors; for example Octavian, the writer of Tablet 343, is an entrepreneur dealing in wheat, hides and sinews, but this does not prove him to be a civilian.

Selected highlights

Invitation from Claudia Severa to Sulpicia Lepidina, ref Tab. Vindol. II 291

The best-known document is perhaps Tablet 291, written around 100 by Claudia Severa,

The tablets are written in Roman cursive script and throw light on the extent of literacy in Roman Britain. One of the tablets confirms that Roman soldiers wore underpants (subligaculum),Roman army.


Vindolanda tablets

There are only scant references to the indigenous Celtic Britons. Until the discovery of the tablets, historians could only speculate on whether the Romans had a nickname for the Britons. Brittunculi (diminutive of Britto; hence 'little Britons'), found on one of the Vindolanda tablets, is now known to be a derogatory, or patronising, term used by the Roman garrisons that were based in Northern Britain to describe the locals.

Transcription

Illustration of Old Roman cursive script

The tablets are written in forms of Roman cursive script, considered to be the forerunner of joined-up writing, which varies in style by author.Old Roman Cursive.

The cursive writing from Vindolanda differs greatly from the Latin capitals used for inscriptions. The script is derived from the capital writing of the late first century BC and the first century AD. The text rarely shows the unusual or distorted letter-forms or the extravagant ligatures to be found in Greek papyri of the same period.h" for homines (men) or "cos" for consularis (consular), and the arbitrary division of words at the end of lines for space reasons such as "epistulas" (letters) being split between the "e" and the rest of the word.

The ink is often badly faded or survives as little more than a blur, so that in some instances transcription is not possible. In most cases infrared photographs of the tablets provide a far more legible version of what was written than visual inspection. However, the photographs contain marks which appear similar to writing, but which certainly are not letters; additionally, they contain a great many lines, dots and other dark marks which may or may not be writing. Consequently, the published transcriptions have often had to be interpreted subjectively in deciding which marks should be regarded as writing.

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