The 2019 Abia State House of Assembly election was held on March 9, 2019, to elect members of the Abia State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All the 24 seats were up for election in the Abia State House of Assembly. PDP won all the 24 available seats.

Upon the opening of the 7th State House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji (Umuahia Central) was elected as Speaker of the House while Ifeanyi Uchendu (PDP-Ohafia South) and Solomon Akpulonu (PDP-Obingwa East) became Deputy Speaker and House Leader, respectively.

Results

Aba Central

A total of 19 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APGA candidate Abraham Oba won the election, defeating PDP Sunday Maduako and 17 other party candidates. Oba got 6,268 votes, while his closest rival got 4,331.

2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes           %
             APGA       Abraham Oba     6,268
             PDP        Sunday Maduako  4,331
             Others
Total votes             100%
             APGA hold

Aba North

A total of 21 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Uzodike Aaron won the election, defeating APGA Nwagwu Araraka and 19 other party candidates.

2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes           %
             PDP        Uzodike Aaron   5,466
             APGA       Sunday Maduako  5,263
             Others
Total votes             100%
             PDP hold

Aba South

A total of 20 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APGA candidate Obinna Ichita Martin won the election, defeating PDP Clinton Ebere and 18 other party candidates.

2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes                 %
             APGA       Obinna Ichita Martin  4,428
             PDP        Clinton Ebera         2,905
             Others
Total votes             100%
             APGA hold

Arochukwu

A total of 18 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APGA candidate Onyekwere M.Ukoha won the election, defeating PDP Eric Kalu and 16 other party candidates.


2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes              %
             APGA       Onyekwere M.Ukoha  6,223
             PDP        Eric Kalu          4,783
             Others
Total votes             100%
             APGA hold

Bende North

A total of 15 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Chukwu Chijioke won the election, defeating PDP Cosmos Ndukwe and 13 other party candidates.

2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate                      Votes            %
             All Progressive Congress       Chukwu Chijioke  6,161
             PDP                            Cosmos Ndukwa    3,832
             Others
Total votes                                 100%
             All Progressive Congress hold

Bende South

A total of 18 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Emmanuel C. Ndubuisi won the election, defeating APC Chibuzor Okogbhua and 16 other party candidates.

2019 ABIA State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes                 %
             PDP        Emmanuel C. Ndubuisi  4,426
             APC        Chibuzor Okogbhua     4,415
             Others
Total votes             100%
             PDP hold

Ikwuano

A total of 18 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Stanley Nwabuisi won the election, defeating APC Nwaka Emma and 16 other party candidates.

2019 ABIA State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes             %
             PDP        Stanley Nwabuisi  6,122
             APC        Nwaka Emma        5.074
             Others
Total votes             100%
             PDP hold

Isiala Ngwa South

A total of 12 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Chikwendu Kalu won the election, defeating APGA Levi Ebere and 10 other party candidates.

2019 ABIA State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes           %
             PDP        Chikwendu Kalu  19,370
             APGA       Levi Ebere      4,557
             Others
Total votes             100%
             PDP hold

Isiala Ngwa North


Isiala Ngwa North

A total of 12 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Onwusibe Ginger won the election, defeating APC Anaba Ikechukwu and 10 other party candidates.

2019 ABIA State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate                 Votes            %
             PDP                       Onwusibe Ginger  15,624
             All Progressive Congress  Anaba Ikechukwu  2,491
             Others
Total votes                            100%
             PDP hold

Isuikwuato

A total of 16 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC candidate Emeka Okoroafor won the election, defeating PDP Francis Eliezu and 10 other party candidates.

2019 ABIA State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate                      Votes            %
             All Progressive Congress       Emeka Okoroafor  9.291
             PDP                            Francis Eliezu   4,429
             Others
Total votes                                 100%
             All Progressive Congress hold

Obingwa East

A total of 15 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Solomon Akpulonu won the election, defeating APC Alexander Nwaigwe and 13 other party candidates.

2019 ABIA State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate                 Votes              %
             PDP                       Solomon Akpulonu   30,306
             All Progressive Congress  Alexander Nwaigwe  1,241
             Others
Total votes                            100%
             PDP hold

Obingwa West

A total of 15 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Solomon Akpulonu won the election, defeating APC Alexander Nwaigwe and 13 other party candidates.

2019 ABIA State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate                 Votes              %
             PDP                       Thomas Nkoro       30,306
             All Progressive Congress  Alexander Nwaigwe  1,241
             Others
Total votes                            100%
             PDP hold

Ohafia North

A total of 15 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Solomon Akpulonu won the election, defeating APC Alexander Nwaigwe and 13 other party candidates.

2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate                 Votes           %
             PDP                       Egwuronu Obasi  12,507
             All Progressive Congress  Orji Kalu Uka   2,768
             Others
Total votes                            100%
             PDP hold


Ohafia South

A total of 17 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Ifeanyi Uchendu won the election, defeating APGA Leonard Ema and 15 other party candidates.

2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate                       Votes            %
             PDP                             Ifeanyi Uchendu  6,228
             All Progressive Grand Alliance  Leonard Ema      4,162
             Others
Total votes                                  100%
             PDP hold

Osisioma North

A total of 15 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Kennedy Njoku won the election, defeating APGA Prince Ekpemo and 13 other party candidates.

2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate                       Votes                 %
             PDP                             Kennedy Njoku Bishop  5,089
             All Progressive Grand Alliance  Prince Ekpemo         1,313
             Others
Total votes                                  100%
             PDP hold

Igbo Eze North II

A total of 10 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Ugwu Innocent Emeka won the election, defeating APC Eze Joel Chukwudi and 8 other party candidates. Emeka received 96.1% of the votes, while Chukwudi received 3.5%.

2019 Enugu State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes                %
             PDP        Ugwu Innocent Emeka  15,486  96.1%
             APC        Eze Joel Chukwudi    572     3.5%
             Others                          59      0.4%
Total votes  16,117     100%
             PDP hold

Udenu

A total of 12 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Ezeugwu Ikechukwu won the election, defeating APC Eze Jude Onyenechi and 10 other party candidates. Ikechukwu received 96.6% of the votes, while Onyenechi received 2.9%.

2019 Enugu State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes               %
             PDP        Ezeugwu Ikechukwu   38,021  96.6%
             APC        Eze Jude Onyenechi  1,127   2.9%
             Others                         220     0.5%
Total votes  39,368     100%
             PDP hold

Oji River


Oji River

A total of 13 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Mbah Geoffrey won the election, defeating APC Onyebuchi Michel and 11 other party candidates. Geoffrey received 94.1% of the votes, while Michel received 4.8%.

2019 Enugu State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes             %
             PDP        Mbah Geoffrey     21,568  94.1%
             APC        Onyebuchi Michel  1,108   4.8%
             Others                       234     1.1%
Total votes  22,910     100%
             PDP hold

Nsukka West

A total of 8 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Ugwuwerua Emma won the election, defeating APC Ugwuja George and 6 other party candidates. Emma received 96.4% of the votes, while George received 3%.

2019 Enugu State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes           %
             PDP        Ugwuwerua Emma  30,789  96.4%
             APC        Ugwuja George   939     3%
             Others                     213     0.6%
Total votes  31,941     100%
             PDP hold

Nsukka East

A total of 13 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Nwamba Christian won the election, defeating APC Omeje Ikpechukwu Evans and 11 other party candidates. Christian received 92.4% of the votes, while Evans received 4.7%.

2019 Enugu State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes                   %
             PDP        Nwamba Christian        17,737  92.4%
             APC        Omeje Ikpechukwu Evans  909     4.7%
             Others                             547     2.9%
Total votes  19,193     100%
             PDP hold

Nkanu West

A total of 17 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Aniagu Iloabuchi D. won the election, defeating APC Richard Ngene C. and 15 other party candidates. Iloabuchi received 97.3% of the votes, while Ngene received 1.6%.


2019 Enugu State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes                %
             PDP        Aniagu Iloabuchi D.  30,084  97.3%
             APC        Richard Ngene C.     355     1.1%
             Others                          486     1.6%
Total votes  30,925     100%
             PDP hold

Uzo Uwani

A total of 11 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Okika Josephat E. won the election, defeating APC Ugwuoke Blessing C. and 9 other party candidates. Josephat received 97.8% of the votes, while Blessing received 1.4%.

2019 Enugu State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes                %
             PDP        Okika Josephat E.    22,523  97.8%
             APC        Ugwuoke Blessing C.  320     1.4%
             Others                          176     0.8%
Total votes  23,019     100%
             PDP hold

Udi South

A total of 15 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Eneh Chukwuka won the election, defeating APC Edozie Chukwuedozie Confidence and 13 other party candidates. Chukwuka received 90% of the votes, while Confidence received 3.6%.

2019 Enugu State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes                           %
             PDP        Eneh Chukwuka                   14,036  90%
             APC        Edozie Chukwuedozie Confidence  562     3.6%
             Others                                     997     6.4%
Total votes  15,595     100%
             PDP hold

Udi North

A total of 16 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. PDP candidate Ugwu Uche won the election, defeating APC Ozongwu Magnus Okwu and 14 other party candidates. Uche received 86.4% of the votes, while Okwu received 6.4%.

2019 Abia State House of Assembly election
Party        Candidate  Votes                %
             PDP        Ugwu Uche            8,903  86.4%
             APC        Ozongwu Magnus Okwu  656    6.4%
             Others                          750    7.2%
Total votes  10,309     100%
             PDP hold


Ramsar Palace

The Ramsar Palace or Marmar Palace is one of the historic buildings and royal residences in Iran. The palace is in Ramsar, a city on the coast of the Caspian Sea.

History

The Ramsar Palace was established on a land of 60,000 square meters in 1937.Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's companion Ernest Perron was sent to the palace to work as the head gardener shortly after the completion of the construction.

The palace was used as a summer residence by Reza Shah and then by his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.Sorayya Esfendiari spent their honeymoon in the palace.

Technical features

Ramsar Palace

The Ramsar Palace is a compact and modest residence with 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft) square meters area although it lies on a land of 60,000 square meters.

Current usage

The palace has been used as a museum since 2000.

  * Media related to Marble Palace (Ramsar) at Wikimedia Commons


Xiama

Xiama is a 2000 puzzle adventure game by Townsville-based Australian studio Mulawa Dreaming, released on Windows. The game was self-published by its developer, Peter Hewitt, off his website

Development

Peter Hewitt based the game on a trip he had through a national park, and used the photos he took there as the backdrop of the title.

On March 15, 2000, Hewitt developed the concept of the Xiama "books" in order to get away from the usual games saving mechanism. The Xiama website went live on March 19. On April 24, Bill Basham gave permission for the use of his midi version of Waltzing Matilda. The post-its idea was implemented on May 18, as Hewitt had long wanted to add personal touches to the game. The puzzles were completed on June 1. On June 3, he negotiated a deal with Listening Earth to use their bird calls and dingo howls. On June 4, Bill Basham agreed to his use of "The Rejection" in the project. The game uses the ClickTeam Installation program.

The game had no marketing efforts either for or against women.Magnetic and Magicama.Xiama Revisited was made in 2007 using BlitzBasic 2D, Paintshop Pro 9, Bryce 5, and CoolEdit 2000. It was play tested by Doug Bradley, and dedicated in the memory of Penny Cadwell.

Plot and gameplay

The in-game book allows players to see their progress throughout the game. Completed puzzles appear on the page while unfinished puzzles are left blank. The player score is shown at the bottom. The puzzles vary in design and theme.

The game is set in the North Queensland rainforest Alligator Creek Falls, located at Bowling Green Bay National Park. The player arrives at the park to meet up with their friend Peter for a trek, only to receive a note saying he's gone on ahead. The player proceeds to wander on alone, discovering a rich landscape along the way.

Xiama is a first person game primarily in 2D. The player progresses through a series of static screens, and interacts with hotspots to access puzzles.Magnetic, Xiama blends 3D graphics with slideshow-styled photo backdrops.Waltzing Matilda.

The game is completable within a 24-hour period.

Critical reception


Xiama

Critical reception

MrBillsAdventureland felt the game reminded them of Jewels of the Oracle, due to its exotic and fascinating setting, and its challenging and addictive gameplay.Magnetic, would have a richer mix of game types and wished both these titles had junior versions for younger players.Quandary noted the game was not an adventure in the traditional sense, due to lacking inventory, item collection, and an unfolding story.Pibweb noted that the game was not 100% accurate, due to it including a cave scene, when Alligator Creek doesn't have a cave system.Just Adventure recommended the game to lovers of puzzles, photography, and nature.GameZone appreciated the fact that the game was not run of the mill.Game Vortex noted that the game's puzzles vary wildly in difficulty.Computer Games Online deemed it a "fiendishly cerebral offering", and felt that the in-game reward for completing the game came off as a "cruel joke".Myst, only more boring.

Adventure Gamers thought the game offered a better experience when played with family and friends.Ramonovo Kouzlo by Vochozka Trading.The Players' Realm, the game is "thoroughly rooted in the lost tradition" of gameplay consisting of progressing through a series of static panoramic screens through puzzle-solving and clue-collecting, as seen in titles such as Myst, Riven, and Jewels of the Oracle, in a genre "so beloved of earlier games scholarship".

In addition, Adventure Gamers thought that while far from a perfect game, Xiama captured the spirit of adventure gaming, and gave it the Best Puzzles of 2000 Award.

  * Mobygames


Sound speed profile

A sound speed profile shows the speed of sound in water at different vertical levels. It has two general representations:

 1. tabular form, with pairs of columns corresponding to ocean depth and the speed of sound at that depth, respectively.
 2. a plot of the speed of sound in the ocean as a function of depth, where the vertical axis corresponds to the depth and the horizontal axis corresponds to the sound speed. By convention, the horizontal axis is placed at the top of the plot, and the vertical axis is labeled with values that increase from top to bottom, thus reproducing visually the ocean from its surface downward.

Table 1

Table 1. A sound speed profile in tabular form.
Depth (m)  Sound speed (m/s)  Depth (m)  Sound speed (m/s)
        0       1540.4              500       1517.2
       10       1540.5              600       1518.2
       20       1540.7              700       1519.5
       30       1534.4              800       1521.0
       50       1523.3              900       1522.6
       75       1519.6             1000       1524.1
      100       1518.5             1100       1525.7
      125       1517.9             1200       1527.3
      150       1517.3             1300       1529.0
      200       1516.6             1400       1530.7
      250       1516.5             1500       1532.4
      300       1516.2             1750       1536.7
      400       1516.4             2000       1541.0

Figure 1. Table 1's data in graphical format.

Although given as a function of depth

The speed of sound in the ocean at different depths can be measured directly, e.g., by using a velocimeter, or, using measurements of temperature and salinity at different depths, it can be calculated using a number of different sound speed formulae which have been developed. Examples of such formulae include those by Wilson,


Sound speed profile

From the shape of the sound speed profile in figure 1, one can see the effect of the order of importance of temperature and depth on sound speed. Near the surface, where temperatures are generally highest, the sound speed is often highest because the effect of temperature on sound speed dominates. Further down the water column, sound speed also decreases as temperature decreases in the ocean thermocline, and sound speed also decreases. At a certain point, however, the effect of depth, i.e., pressure, begins to dominate, and the sound speed increases to the ocean floor.SOFAR channel. The axis of this channel is found at the depth of minimum sound speed. Sounds emitted at or near the axis of this channel propagate for very long horizontal distances, owing to the refraction of the sound back to the channel's center.

Sound speed profile data are necessary for underwater acoustic propagation models, especially those based on ray tracing theory.


William Kopp

William Kopp may refer to:

  * William Kopp (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
  * William F. Kopp (1869–1938), Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa


Necktie River

The Necktie River is a river of Minnesota.

  * List of rivers of Minnesota
  * Minnesota Watersheds
  * USGS Geographic Names Information Service
  * USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Minnesota (1974)

47°15′25″N 94°41′42″W / 47.25694°N 94.69500°W


Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School

Our Lady of Fatima is a Roman Catholic school in Courtland, Ontario, Canada. The school motto is Small School with a Big Heart and the principal is Terry Dunnigan. The school is part of the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board. This school contains six classrooms, one portable, one library/tech room, one small gymnasium, one staff lounge, four student washrooms, one staff washroom, two change rooms, one kitchen, and two janitor's closets. In approximately 2007, the CN company in Toronto recognized the school as being "too" small, and at the time having less than 100 students. They suggested that closing the school would be the best option for the school board, and send the students and the highest seniority staff to another nearby school in the same board. Although the decision was highly considered by the school board, a meeting was held in the school's gymnasium, and based on board official, staff, and parent opinions, decided not to close the school.

History

Our Lady of Fatima opened in September 1959 in the basement of the current school's neighbouring church. Due to ongoing construction of the school students were learning in the church basement for the next few months. A few months later the students and staff moved into a two-room school. Over the decades the school has undergone 2 more additions, making it the 5 classroom, 1 portable school it is today.

Charity and fundraisers

Our Lady of Fatima has been involved in many charity events and charity related fund-raisers throughout its past few years, such as the Souper Bowl, where staff and students generously bring in cans of condensed soups to help the local food bank.

  * Our Lady of Fatima School


2017 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships

The 2017 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships in speed skating were held in Heerenveen at the Thialf ice skating rink from 21 January to 22 January 2017. The tournament was part of the 2016–2017 speed skating season. Ronald Mulder and Ireen Wüst won the sprint titles. The sprint championships were held at the same time as the 2017 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships.

Schedule

Saturday 21 January 2017         Sunday 22 January 2017
0500 meter women sprint 1st run  1.500 meter women sprint 2nd run
0500 meter men sprint 1st run    1.500 meter men sprint 2nd run
1000 meter women sprint 1st run  01000 meter women sprint 2nd run
1000 meter men sprint 1st run    01000 meter men sprint 2nd run

Medalist

Event                   Gold           Silver   Bronze
Women's Sprint overall  Ireen Wüst     154.225  Anice Das     154.975  Sanneke de Neeling  155.035
Men's Sprint overall    Ronald Mulder  139.555  Jan Smeekens  140.645  Pim Schipper        141.125

Men's sprint

Event             [1st place, gold medalist(s)]  [2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  [3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]
Classification    Ronald Mulder                  Jan Smeekens                     Pim Schipper

500 meter (1st)   Jan Smeekens                   Ronald Mulder                    Dai Dai N'tab
1000 meter (1st)  Hein Otterspeer                Ronald Mulder                    Lucas van Alphen
500 meter (2nd)   Jan Smeekens                                                    Ronald Mulder
                  Dai Dai N'tab
1000 meter (2nd)  Ronald Mulder                  Thomas Krol                      Pim Schipper

Women's sprint

Event             [1st place, gold medalist(s)]  [2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  [3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]
Classification    Ireen Wüst                     Anice Das                        Sanneke de Neeling

500 meter (1st)   Sanneke de Neeling             Floor van den Brandt             Anice Das
1000 meter (1st)  Ireen Wüst                     Sanneke de Neeling               Anice Das
500 meter (2nd)   Floor van den Brandt           Anice Das                        Sanneke de Neeling
1000 meter (2nd)  Ireen Wüst                     Letitia de Jong                  Anice Das

Classification

Men's sprint


2017 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships

Position                         Skater              Total points  500m        1000m         500m        1000m
                                                     Samalog
[1st place, gold medalist(s)]    Ronald Mulder       139.555       34.98 (2)   1:10.01 (2)   35.00 (3)   1:09.14 (1)
[2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  Jan Smeekens        140.645       34.85 (1)   1:10.77 (8)   34.94 (1)   1:10.44 (9)
[3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]  Pim Schipper        141.125       35.65 (7)   1:10.29 (5)   35.42 (4)   1:09.82 (3)
4                                Dai Dai N'tab       141.130       35.08 (3)   1:11.33 (11)  34.94 (1)   1:10.89 (8)
5                                Thomas Krol         141.365       35.82 (10)  1:10.27 (4)   35.77 (10)  1:09.28 (2)
6                                Michel Mulder       141.765       35.43 (4)   1:11.04 (10)  35.51 (5)   1:10.61 (7)
7                                Martijn van Oosten  142.010       35.62 (6)   1:10.60 (7)   35.90 (13)  1:10.38 (6)
8                                Lennart Velema      14.020        36.11 (14)  1:10.37 (6)   35.71 (9)   1:10.03 (5)
9                                Lucas van Alphen    142.045       35.93 (12)  1:10.15 (3)   36.06 (14)  1:109.96 (4)
10                               Gerben Jorritsma    142.650       35.88 (11)  1:11.01 (9)   35.62 (8)   1:11.29 (11)
11                               Gijs Esders         143.425       36.36 (17)  1:11.38 (12)  35.86 (11)  1:11.03 (10)


2017 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships

12                               Jesper Hospes       143.850       35.68 (9)   1:12.54 (12)  35.90 (12)  1:12.00 (14)
13                               Aron Romeijn        143.890       35.94 (13)  1:11.71 (14)  36.15 (15)  1:11.89 (13)
14                               Thijs Roozen        145.040       36.66 (18)  1:12.12 (15)  36.50 (17)  1:11.64 (12
15                               Niek Deelstra       145.770       36.17 (15)  1:12.96 (18)  36.68 (19)  1:12.88 (16)
16                               Frerik Scheffer     146.185       37.02 (19)  1:12.71 (17)  36.62 (18)  1:12.38 (15)
NC                               Hein Otterspeer     105.980       35.66 (8)   1:09.44 (1)   35.60 (7)   DNS
NC                               Joost Born          108.330       36.21 (16)  1:11.62 (13)  36.31 (16)  DNF
NC                               Sjoerd de Vries     71.130        35.55 (5)   DNF           35.58 (6)
NC                               Sander Meijerink    WDR


2017 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships

Women's sprint


2017 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships

Position                         Skater                Total points  500m        1000m           500m          1000m
                                                       Samalog
[1st place, gold medalist(s)]    Ireen Wüst            154.225       39.28 (5)   1:15.73 (1)     39.20 (5)     1:15.76 (1)
[2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  Anice Das             154.975       38.95 (3)   1:17.21 (3)     38.82 (2)     1:17.20 (3)
[3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]  Sanneke de Neeling    155.035       38.88 (1)   1:16.92 (2)     38.98 (3)     1:17.43 (4)
4                                Floor van den Brandt  155.850       38.93 (2)   1:18.12 (4)     38.78 (1)     1:18.16 (7)
5                                Letitia de Jong       156.390       39.46 (6)   1:18.35 (8)     39.23 (7)     1:17.05 (2)
6                                Janine Smit           156.405       39.14 (4)   1:18.21 (7)     39.02 (4)     1:18.28 (8)
7                                Bo van der Werff      157.380       39.56 (7)   1:18.74 (10)    39.21 (6)     1:18.48 (9)
8                                Lotte van Beek        158.060       39.93 (9)   1:18.17 (5)     40.01 (12)    1:18.07 (5)
9                                Tessa Boogaard        158.385       39.93 (9)   1:19.37 (12)    39.48 (8) PR  1:18.58 (10) PR
10                               Roxanne van Hemert    158.525       40.32 (14)  1:18.19 (6)     40.07 (13)    1:18.08 (6)
11                               Leeyen Harteveld      158.845       40.14 (11)  1:18.56 (9) PR  39.93 (10)    1:18.99 (11)


2017 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships

12                               Esmé Stollenga        159.325       39.59 (8)   1:19.70 (13)    39.86 (9)     1:20.05 (12)
13                               Helga Drost           160.970       40.50 (15)  1:20.52 (14)    39.99 (11)    1:20.44 (14)
14                               Manouk van Tol        160.985       40.50 (15)  1:19.24 (11)    40.66 (17)    1:20.41 (13)
15                               Danouk Bannink        161.520       40.21 (13)  1:21.28 (15)    40.08 (14)    1:21.018 (15)
16                               Josien van der Wal    162.360       40.20 (12)  1:22.01 (17)    40.43 (16)    1:21.45 (16)
17                               Naomi Weeland         163.140       40.55 (17)  1:22.62 (18)    40.37 (15)    1:21.82 (17)
18                               Fabienne Winkel       164.305       40.88 (19)  1:21.85 (16)    40.88 (18)    1:23.24 (18)
19                               Ariane Smit           165.775       41.34 (20)  1:2.65 (19)     41.45 (19)    1:23.32 (19)
NC                               Dione Voskamp         40.730        40.73 (18)  DNS


2017 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships

Source:


She's Gonna Win

"She's Gonna Win" is a song by Bilbo. It was released as a single in 1978, and reached No. 42 on the UK Singles Chart.


Barkhan Tehsil

Barkhan is an administrative subdivision, (tehsil) of Barkhan District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 8 Union Councils.


2019 Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships

The 29th Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships was held in Holon, Israel from October 30 to November 3, 2019. The competition took place at the Holon Toto Hall. acrobatic gymnastics competition at an international level.

Participating nations

  * Austria
  * Azerbaijan
  * Belgium
  * Belarus
  * Bulgaria
  * Spain
  * France
  * Great Britain
  * Georgia
  * Germany
  * Hungary
  * Ireland
  * Israel
  * Moldova (Juniors only)
  * Netherlands
  * Poland
  * Portugal
  * Russia
  * Ukraine

Schedule


* Wednesday, October 30
      + 13:30-14:00 Opening Ceremony
      + 14:00-16:05 Junior Qualifications - Mixed Pair (Balance) / Women's Group (Dynamic)
      + 16:15-17:50 Junior Qualifications - Men's Pair (Balance) / Men's Group (Balance) / Woman Pair (Dynamic)
      + 18:30–19:25 Junior Finals - Mixed Pair (Balance) / Women's Group (Dynamic)
      + 19:30–20:35 Junior Finals - Men's Pair (Balance) / Men's Group (Balance) / Woman Pair (Dynamic)
      + 20:40–21:05 Award Ceremony
  * Thursday, October 31
      + 15:30-16:55 Senior Qualifications - Mixed Pair (Balance) / Women's Group (Dynamic)
      + 17:10-18:20 Senior Qualifications - Women's Pair (Balance) / Men's Group (Balance) / Men Pair (Dynamic)
      + 19:00–19:55 Senior Finals - Mixed Pair (Balance) / Women's Group (Dynamic)
      + 20:00–21.00 Senior Finals - Women's Pair (Balance) / Men's Group (Balance) / Men Pair (Dynamic)
      + 21:00–21:25 Award Ceremony
  * Friday, November 1
      + 11:00-13:10 Junior Qualifications - Mixed Pair (Dynamic) / Women's Group (Balance)
      + 14:30-16:05 Junior Qualifications - Men's Pair (Dynamic) / Men's Group (Dynamic) / Woman Pair (Balance)
      + 16:20-17:45 Senior Qualifications - Mixed Pair (Dynamic) / Women's Groups (Balance)
      + 18:00-19:05 Senior Qualifications - Women's Pair (Dynamic) / Men's Groups (Dynamic) / Men Pairs (Balance)
  * Saturday, November 2
      + 14:00-15:40 Junior All Around (Combined) Finals - Mixed Pair & Women's Group


+ 15:55-17:15 Junior All Around (Combined) Finals - Men's Pair, Men's Group & Women's Pair
      + 17:20-17:45 Award Ceremony
      + 18:00-19:20 Senior All Around Finals (Combined) - Mixed Pair & Women's Group
      + 19:30-20:35 Senior All Around Finals (Combined) - Men's Pair, Men's Group & Women's Pair
      + 20:40-21:05 Award Ceremony
  * Sunday, November 3
      + 14:00-14:55 Juniors Individual Finals - Mixed pair (Dynamic) / Women's Group (Balance)
      + 15:00-16:05 Juniors Individual Finals - Men's Pair (Dynamic) / Men's Group (Dynamic) / Women's Pair (Balance)
      + 16:10-16:35 Award Ceremony
      + 17:00-17:55 Seniors Individual Finals - Mixed Pair (Dynamic) / Women's Group (Balance)
      + 18:00-18:55 Seniors Individual Finals - Woman Pair (Dynamic) / Men's Group (Dynamic) / Men's Pair (Balance)
      + 19:00-19:25 Award Ceremony
      + 19:25-19:45 Closing Ceremony


Medal winners

Senior


Event          Gold                 Silver                         Bronze
 Men's Pair
               Great Britain        Russia                         Germany
All Around     Adam Upcott          Timofei Ivanov                 Tim Sebastian
               Charlie Tate         Maksim Karavaev                Michail Kraft
               Germany              Great Britain                  Belarus
Balance        Tim Sebastian        Adam Upcott                    Artsiom Yashchanka
               Michail Kraft        Charlie Tate                   Aliaksei Zayats
               Russia               Great Britain                  Belarus
Dynamic        Timofei Ivanov       James Jeffery                  Maksim Markevich
               Maksim Karavaev      Aidan Lim                      Aleh Mikhalevich
Women's Pair
               Portugal             Russia                         Ukraine
All Around     Ana Teixeira         Iasmina Ishankulova            Oleksandra-Mariia Tabachynska
               Rita Ferreira        Diana Korotaeva                Yuliia Pylypiak
               Russia               Portugal                       Austria
Balance        Iasmina Ishankulova  Ana Teixeira                   Eva Gasser
               Diana Korotaeva      Rita Ferreira                  Franziska Seiner
               Portugal             Ukraine                        Russia
Dynamic        Ana Teixeira         Oleksandra-Mariia Tabachynska  Iasmina Ishankulova
               Rita Ferreira        Yuliia Pylypiak                Diana Korotaeva
 Mixed Pair
               Russia               Belarus                        Netherlands
All Around     Viktoria Aksenova    Hanna Kasyan                   Stef Van Der Locht
               Kirill Startsev      Konstantin Evstafeev           Fenne Van Dijck
               Russia               Belarus                        Azerbaijan
Balance        Viktoria Aksenova    Hanna Kasyan                   Abdulla Al-Mashaykhi
               Kirill Startsev      Konstantin Evstafeev           Ruhidil Gurbanli
               Russia               Belarus                        Azerbaijan
Dynamic        Viktoria Aksenova    Artur Beliakou                 Abdulla Al-Mashaykhi
               Kirill Startsev      Volha Melnik                   Ruhidil Gurbanli
 Men's group
               Russia               Portugal                       Belgium
               German Kudriashov    Miguel Silva                   Jonas Anthoon
All Around     Alexander Sorokin    Henrique Pinheiro              Robin Casse
               Kirill Zadorin       Frederico Silva                Hannes Garre


Kirill Zadorin       Frederico Silva                Hannes Garre
               Valeriy Tukhashvili  Henrique Silva                 Noam Raj Patel
               Russia               Belgium                        Portugal
               German Kudriashov    Jonas Anthoon                  Miguel Silva
Balance        Alexander Sorokin    Robin Casse                    Henrique Pinheiro
               Kirill Zadorin       Hannes Garre                   Frederico Silva
               Valeriy Tukhashvili  Noam Raj Patel                 Henrique Silva
               Portugal             Russia                         Ukraine
               Miguel Silva         German Kudriashov              Stanislav Kukurudz
Dynamic        Henrique Pinheiro    Alexander Sorokin              Yuriy Savka
               Frederico Silva      Kirill Zadorin                 Yurii Push
               Henrique Silva       Valeriy Tukhashvili            Taras Yarush
Women's group
               Belgium              Portugal                       Great Britain
All Around     Talia De Troyer      Francisca Sampaio Maia         Erin Henderson
               Britt Vanderdonckt   Francisca Maia                 Sacha Muir
               Charlotte Van Royen  Bárbara Sequeira               Chloe Rowlands
               Belgium              Portugal                       Israel
Balance        Talia De Troyer      Francisca Sampaio Maia         Or Armony
               Britt Vanderdonckt   Francisca Maia                 Tzlil Hurvitz
               Charlotte Van Royen  Bárbara Sequeira               Yarin Ovadia
               Belgium              Portugal                       Belarus
Dynamic        Talia De Troyer      Francisca Sampaio Maia         Hanna Katsuba
               Britt Vanderdonckt   Francisca Maia                 Darya Ivaniutsenka
               Charlotte Van Royen  Bárbara Sequeira               Krystsina Lishova


Junior


Event          Gold                     Silver                   Bronze
 Men's Pair
               Russia                   Azerbaijan               Great Britain
All Around     Andrei Zuev              Daniel Abbasov           Samuel Large
               Artem Simonov            Murad Rafiyev            Sammi Nassman
               Great Britain            Russia                   Azerbaijan
Balance        Samuel Large             Andrei Zuev              Daniel Abbasov
               Sammi Nassman            Artem Simonov            Murad Rafiyev
               Azerbaijan               Ukraine                  Great Britain
Dynamic        Daniel Abbasov           Bohdan Pohranychnyi      Samuel Large
               Murad Rafiyev            Danylo Stetsiuk          Sammi Nassman
Women's Pair
               Israel                   Belarus                  Belgium
All Around     Almog Green              Palina Kunouskaya        Majlen Mattheessens
               Maayan Zunenshine        Aliona Traulka           Nadoua Zaidi
               Israel                   Russia                   Belarus
Balance        Almog Green              Daria Kiseleva           Palina Kunouskaya
               Maayan Zunenshine        Aleksandra Koriakina     Aliona Traulka
               Israel                   Ukraine                  Belarus
Dynamic        Almog Green              Viktoriia Kozlovska      Palina Kunouskaya
               Maayan Zunenshine        Valeriia Kobets          Aliona Traulka
 Mixed Pair
               Great Britain            Russia                   Israel
All Around     Ella Hanna Sanz          Mariia Boitsova          Meron Weissman
               Jordan Franklin          Kirill Romanov           Daria Gurovych
               Great Britain            Russia                   Israel
Balance        Ella Hanna Sanz          Mariia Boitsova          Meron Weissman
               Jordan Franklin          Kirill Romanov           Daria Gurovych
               Belarus                  Russia                   Great Britain
Dynamic        Viktoryia Akhotnikava    Mariia Boitsova          Ella Hanna Sanz
               Ilya Famenkou            Kirill Romanov           Jordan Franklin
 Men's group
               Israel                   Russia                   Great Britain
               Adam Nudel               Platon Liapustin         Max Crawford
All Around     Nevo Moshe Gavra         Sergei Kochkin           Kieran Holbrook
               Tomer Offir              Daniel Zeinalian         Andrew Morris-Hunt
               Yorai Kleiman            Vladislav Nikolaenko     Cameron Patrick-Lothian


Yorai Kleiman            Vladislav Nikolaenko     Cameron Patrick-Lothian
               Israel                   Great Britain            Russia
               Adam Nudel               Max Crawford             Platon Liapustin
Balance        Nevo Moshe Gavra         Kieran Holbrook          Sergei Kochkin
               Tomer Offir              Andrew Morris-Hunt       Daniel Zeinalian
               Yorai Kleiman            Cameron Patrick-Lothian  Vladislav Nikolaenko
               Great Britain            Israel                   Russia
               Max Crawford             Adam Nudel               Renat Aliev
Dynamic        Kieran Holbrook          Nevo Moshe Gavra         Maksim Mashketov
               Andrew Morris-Hunt       Tomer Offir              Daniil Viuterikh
               Cameron Patrick-Lothian  Yorai Kleiman            Daniil Leontev
Women's group
               Israel                   Russia                   Ukraine
All Around     Meshi Hurvitz            Daria Tikhomirova        Viktoriia Kunitska
               Nikol Aleinik            Sofia Polishchuk         Oleksandra Malchuk
               Inbal Zeitounei          Inna Yumasheva           Daryna Pomianovska
               Israel                   Ukraine                  Russia
Balance        Meshi Hurvitz            Viktoriia Kunitska       Daria Tikhomirova
               Nikol Aleinik            Oleksandra Malchuk       Sofia Polishchuk
               Inbal Zeitounei          Daryna Pomianovska       Inna Yumasheva
               Russia                   Ukraine                  Israel
Dynamic        Daria Tikhomirova        Viktoriia Kunitska       Meshi Hurvitz
               Sofia Polishchuk         Oleksandra Malchuk       Nikol Aleinik
               Inna Yumasheva           Daryna Pomianovska       Inbal Zeitounei


Medal table

Rank                Nation      Gold  Silver  Bronze  Total
1                   Russia      4     1       1       6
2                   Portugal    2     1       0       3
3                   Belarus     0     3       0       3
4                   Ukraine     0     1       1       2
5                   Azerbaijan  0     0       2       2
6                   Austria     0     0       1       1
Netherlands         0           0     1       1
Totals (7 entries)  6           6     6       18

  * Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships 2019 - official website (English version) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2019-12-25)
  * 2019 European Championships in Acrobatic Gymnastics at EuropeanGymnastics.com


Ramsagar railway station

* v
  * t
  * e
Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line

      km

           [Up arrow]

           to Gomoh & Bokaro

           [LowerLeft arrow]
           Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line
           to Tatanagar │ to Asansol Junction

           [Right arrow]
      0    Adra Junction
      8    Metyal Sahar
      14   Indrabil
      21   Sirjam
      30   Jhantipahari
           [Up arrow]
           to Purulia
           (planned)

           Hura
           Kalabati
      39   Chhatna
      42   Anchuri
      53   Bankura Junction
           [Right arrow] Bankura–Masagram line
           Chhatna-Mukutmanipur
           new line (planned)

           Madhuban
           Indpur
           New Bheduasol
           Supur
           Dwarakeswar River
      60   Bheduasole
      64   Kalisen
      69   Ondagram
      78   Ramsagar
      83   Bishnupur
           [Right arrow] Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line
           Uparsol
           Khatra
           Mukutmanipur
           Jhilmili
      96   Piardoba [Piardoba Airfield]
      104  Bogri Road
           Shilabati River
      108  Garbeta
      120  Chandrakona Road
      132  Salboni
           BRBNMPL Siding
           JSW Cement Plant Siding

      144  Godapiasal
           Konark Cement Plant Siding

      149  Jangalmahal Bhadutala
           Lalgarh
           [LowerLeft arrow] Bhadutala-Jhargram
           new line (planned)

      156  Midnapore
           Kangsabati River
      159  Cossye Halt
           Tata Metaliks Siding
      162  Gokulpur

      166  Girimaidan
           [UpperLeft arrow] Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line
           [Left arrow] Kharagpur–Puri line
      169  Kharagpur Junction
           [Down arrow] Howrah–Kharagpur line

Sources:

Ramsagar railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line in Adra railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated beside Ramsagar–Nakaijuri Road at Bar Magura, Ramsagar of Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

In 1901, the Kharagpur–Midnapur branch line was opened. The Midnapore–Jharia extension of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, passing through Bankura district was opened in 1903–04.


Wilhelm Rescher

Wilhelm "Willi" Rescher (March 1, 1911 – September 25, 1983) was a German politician. From 1957 to 1961 he served as mayor of Potsdam. Rescher was also mayor of Luckenwalde from 1952 to 1957.

Life

Rescher was born on March 1, 1911, in Forst into a working-class family. He worked as an unskilled laborer in the textile industry and in agriculture. In 1925 Rescher joined the Young Communist League of Germany (KJVD). In 1932 he became a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). From 1931 to 1933 he was a member of the district leadership of the KJVD in Forst.

After the Nazi Party seized power, Rescher joined the communist resistance. He was imprisoned in Sonnenburg concentration camp in February 1933 on the grounds of "protective custody". After his release in October 1933, he resumed his work with the underground communist resistance, including working as a courier to Prague. In January 1936 he emigrated to Czechoslovakia.occupied Czechoslovakia. In February 1940 he was taken to Berlin-Moabit prison. Rescher was sentenced to seven years in prison by the People's Court in February 1941. He was imprisoned in the Brandenburg-Görden Prison until he was liberated by the Red Army in April 1945.

After 1945, he held various positions in the administration of the Soviet occupation zone of Germany.Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1946; and served in several local leadership roles for the party.Paula Gürth as mayor Luckenwalde; a position he would hold until 1957. In December 1957 Rescher became mayor of Potsdam, succeeding Kurt Promnitz. He would remain mayor until September 1961, when he was succeeded by Brunhilde Hanke.

Rescher died on September 25, 1983, in Potsdam.

Awards

  * 1959, Patriotic Order of Merit, in Bronze
  * 1971, Patriotic Order of Merit, in Silver
  * 1976, Patriotic Order of Merit, in Gold
  * 1981, Patriotic Order of Merit, Honor clasp, in Gold


Sound server

This article is about a form of computer program that runs in the background. For computers that stream audio over a network, see media server.

A sound server is software that manages the use of and access to audio devices (usually a sound card). It commonly runs as a background process.

Sound server in an operating system

Description of layers that uses a Sound Server

In a Unix-like operating system, a sound server mixes different data streams (usually raw PCM audio) and sends out a single unified audio to an output device. The mixing is usually done by software, or by hardware if there is a supported sound card.

Layers

The "sound stack" can be visualized as follows, with programs in the upper layers calling elements in the lower layers:

  * Applications (e.g. mp3 player, web video)
  * Sound server (e.g. aRts, ESD, JACK, PulseAudio)
  * Sound subsystem (described as kernel modules or drivers; e.g. OSS, ALSA)
  * Operating system kernel (e.g. Linux, Unix)

Motivation

Sound servers appeared in Unix-like operating systems after limitations in Open Sound System were recognized. OSS is a basic sound interface that was incapable of playing multiple streams simultaneously, dealing with multiple sound cards, or streaming sound over the network.

A sound server can provide these features by running as a daemon. It receives calls from different programs and sound flows, mixes the streams, and sends raw audio out to the audio device.

With a sound server, users can also configure global and per-application sound preferences.

Diversification and problems

As of 2012 there are multiple sound servers; some focus on providing very low latency, while others concentrate on features suitable for general desktop systems. While diversification allows a user to choose just the features that are important to a particular application, it also forces developers to accommodate these options by necessitating code that is compatible with the various sound servers available. Consequently, this variety has resulted in a desire for a standard API to unify efforts.

List of sound servers


Sound server

List of sound servers

  * aRts
  * Enlightened Sound Daemon
  * JACK
  * Network Audio System
  * PipeWire
  * PulseAudio
  * sndio - OpenBSD audio and MIDI framework

Streaming

  * Icecast
  * SHOUTcast
  * Introduction to Linux Audio
  * RFC: GNOME 2.0 Multimedia strategy


William Knyvett

William Knyvett may refer to:

  * William Knyvett (singer) (1779–1856), British singer and composer
  * William Knyvett (athlete) (1882–1929), British track and field athlete at the 1908 Summer Olympics
  * Sir William Knyvett (died 1515), English knight


Necklace of the Stars

The Necklace of the Stars.

The Necklace of the Stars (Portuguese: Colar das Estrelas) is a diamond necklace originally made for Queen Consort Maria Pia of Savoy. It is a piece of the Portuguese Crown Jewels.

History

The Necklace of the Stars was made in 1865 for the wife of King Luís I of Portugal, Queen Consort Maria Pia of Savoy, who had a love for jewelry and fashion. The necklace was fashioned in the workshop of the Portuguese Royal Jeweler in Lisbon, Portugal. The necklace is just a piece of a whole set of jewelry that was commissioned by Maria Pia, which includes the famed Diadem of the Stars, the counterpart of the necklace.

Details

It is fashioned out of gold and colourless and pink diamonds.

  * Diadem of the Stars
  * Portuguese Crown Jewels


Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral, Naviraí

The Our Lady of Fatima CathedralPortuguese: Catedral Nossa Senhora de Fátima)Naviraí Cathedral Is a temple of the Catholic Church that functions as a cathedral located in the city of Naviraí, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the South American country of Brazil.

The current cathedral was built between 1972 and 1978. During the construction of the new Catholic church, it was assembled with an iron metal structure brought from Guaporé (RS) on June 24, 1974, and on August 6, Zinc tiles from Porto Alegre (RS).

In 2008 the request to create the Diocese of Naviraí was sent to the Holy See. The process was approved by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 and announced the constitution of the new diocese on June 1, 2011.

  * Roman Catholicism in Brazil
  * Our Lady of Fatima


Valdivian soft coral

The Valdivian soft coral (Parasphaerasclera valdiviae) is a species of colonial leathery or soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae.

Description

Valdivian soft corals grow in small colonies of between 1 and 11 cm in height and up to 10 cm in diameter. The colony has stubby branches extending from a conspicuous short thick trunk. The polyps are white, but the colony colour is variable from white to pink to orange or even red. Some colonies may be bi-coloured.

Distribution

This species is known from the Cape Peninsula to northern KwaZulu-Natal off the South African coast, and is common in 14-18m of water, although it is found down to at least 30m. It is endemic to this area.

Ecology

Research at Rhodes University has shown that chemicals in this soft coral may have anti-inflammatory properties.


She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory

"She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory" is a song written by John Schweers, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in January 1977 as the second single and title track from the album She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory. The song was his seventeenth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks on country charts.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)                        Peak
                                  position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)  1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks          1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)                      Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)     41


Albert Kruschel

Albert Michael Kruschel (October 21, 1889 – March 25, 1959) was an American road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He was part of the team, which won the bronze medal in the Team road race. In the individual road race he finished in 13th place.

  * "Albert Kruschel at databaseOlympics.com". Archived from the original on 2007-03-04


Barkheda Kalan

Barkheda Kalan is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the Berasia tehsil.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Barkheda Kalan has 155 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 61.45%.

Demographics (2011 Census)
                                              Total  Male  Female
Population                                    786    375   411
Children aged below 6 years                   122    57    65
Scheduled caste                               147    71    76
Scheduled tribe                               0      0     0
Literates                                     408    238   170
Workers (all)                                 400    192   208
Main workers (total)                          175    156   19
Main workers: Cultivators                     140    133   7
Main workers: Agricultural labourers          23     12    11
Main workers: Household industry workers      1      1     0
Main workers: Other                           11     10    1
Marginal workers (total)                      225    36    189
Marginal workers: Cultivators                 132    7     125
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers      77     22    55
Marginal workers: Household industry workers  8      4     4
Marginal workers: Others                      8      3     5
Non-workers                                   386    183   203


Ramsar Hotel

Ramsar Hotel, also known as Grand Ramsar Hotel, Ramsar Old Hotel and, Ramsar Azadi Hotel was a hotel in a resort in Ramsar, Mazandaran. The resort includes a hotel, as well as a range of new and old coastal motels.Pahlavi period, has beautiful architectural properties in the city center.

Gallery

  * [Lion at Ramsar old Hotel]
    Lion at Ramsar old Hotel
  * [Ramsar Hotel Boulevard]
    Ramsar Hotel Boulevard
  * [Ramsar old Hotel]
    Ramsar old Hotel
  * [Statue on the balcony]
    Statue on the balcony
  * Tourism in Iran
  * Ramsar Parsian Hotel Official Website
  * Parsian International Hotel Group Official Website

36°54′09″N 50°39′32″E / 36.9025°N 50.6588°E


Wilhelm Riphahn

Wilhelm Riphahn (also Wilhelm Riphan; born 25 July 1889 in Cologne – 27 December 1963 in Cologne) was a German architect.

Riphahn studied at the technical universities in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Munich, and Karlsruhe. He worked for a Siemens construction office in Berlin and in 1912 for "Gebrüder Taut & Hoffmann". In 1913 Riphahn became an independent architect and worked with Caspar Maria Grod until 1931. Some of his more well-known works include the Bastei restaurant and the Cologne opera house.

Riphahn is buried in Cologne's Melaten cemetery.

The Restaurant Bastei, in Cologne designed by Wilhelm Riphahn.

Literature


Wilhelm Riphahn

Literature

  * Heinrich de Fries (Einl.): Wilhelm Riphahn. F. E. Hübsch, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien 1927.
als Nachdruck: Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7861-1813-2. (mit einem Nachwort zur Neuausgabe von Wolfram Hagspiel)
  * Wolfram Hagspiel: Der Kölner Architekt Wilhelm Riphahn. Sein Lebenswerk von 1913 bis 1945. König, Köln 1982, ISBN 3-88375-017-4. [Zugl.: Köln, Univ., Diss.: 1981.]
  * Werner Mantz. Architekturphotographie in Köln 1926–1932. Ausstellungskatalog, Museum Ludwig Köln, Köln 1982.
  * Clemens Klemmer: Der Kölner Architekt Wilhelm Riphahn (1889–1963). In: Werk, Bauen+Wohnen, 76. / 43. Jahrgang 1989, Heft 3, S. 72 und 74 (mit Literaturangaben).
  * Wilhelm Riphahn, Architekt in Köln. Eine Bestandsaufnahme. [anlässlich der Ausstellung Wilhelm Riphahn – Architekt in Köln im Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln vom 18. September 2004 bis 2. Februar 2005; Katalog] / hrsg. vom Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln. Britta Funck. Mit Beiträgen von Gudrun Escher, Monika Läuferts und Texten von Wilhelm Riphahn. König, Köln 2004, ISBN 3-88375-881-7.


Ski Federation of Pakistan

The Winter Sports Federation of Pakistan is the national governing body to develop and promote the sport of skiing in Pakistan. The federation was formed in December 1990.

Affiliations

The Federation is affiliated with the Pakistan Olympic Association and is a member of its executive council. It is also a recognized body with the Pakistan Sports Board.International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS)

Affiliated bodies

The following bodies are affiliated with federation:

  * Punjab Winter Sports Association
  * Sindh Winter Sports Association
  * KPK Winter Sports Association
  * Balochistan Winter Sports Association
  * Gilgit Baltistan Winter Association
  * Islamabad Winter Association
  * Pakistan Army
  * Pakistan Navy
  * Pakistan Air Force
  * Adventure Foundation of Pakistan
  * Alpine Club of Pakistan
  * Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
  * Gilgit Baltistan Scouts
  * NADRA
  * PTCL
  * PTDC
  * ABN Ambro
  * Citi Bank
  * Roller & Cross Country Ski Club of Pakistan
  * Official Website


Ovenna agonchae

Ovenna agonchae is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Plötz in 1880. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.


Oesterdeichstrich

Oesterdeichstrich is a municipality belonging to the Amt ("collective municipality") Büsum-Wesselburen in the district Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Oesterdeichstrich is a rural area situated directly east of the dike that connected Büsum with the mainland in 1585, hence its name (Oester/Ost = east, Deich = dike). This municipality includes the airport Heide-Büsum from where the airline Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH serves a flight connection to Helgoland.


Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church

Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church is a Roman Catholic church in Dublin, Ireland maintained by the Carmelite order. The church is noted for having the relics of Saint Valentine, which were donated to the church in the 19th century by Pope Gregory XVI from their previous location in the cemetery of St. Hippolytus in Rome.

The church is on the site of a pre-Reformation Carmelite priory built in 1539. The current structure dates from 1825 and was designed by George Papworth, who also designed St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin. It was extended and enlarged in 1856 and 1868.

The church also contains relics of St. Albert, a Sicilian who died in 1306. On his feast day (7 August), a relic of the saint is dipped into the water of St. Albert's Well, and the Carmelites say that those who piously use the water receive healing of both body and mind through the intercession of St. Albert.

The church also contains a life-size oak figure of Our Lady of Dublin.

The 1825 building features in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833 as The Church of the Carmelite Friary., an engraving of a painting by George Petrie of the interior being accompanied by a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.

  * [Shrine of St. Valentine]
    Shrine of St. Valentine
  * [The Church of the Carmelite Friary]
    The Church of the Carmelite Friary

Whitefriar Street Church website Media related to Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church, Dublin at Wikimedia Commons


Çämäk

Çämäk (Tatar: Чәмәк, romanized: Çämäk) is a rural locality (a derevnya) in Biektaw District, Tatarstan. The population was 28 as of 2010. km northwest of Biektaw, district's administrative centre, and 57 km north of Qazan, republic's capital, by road.

There are 3 streets in the village.

  * "Чәмәк". tatarica.org (in Tatar)


Shoichi Tomita

Shoichi Tomita (富田 正一, Tomita Shōichi, born January 1, 1936) is a retired Japanese ice hockey goaltender who competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1962 World Ice Hockey Championships.

After retiring from competitions, Tomita worked at the Japan Ice Hockey Federation, first as management director and then as executive director. In parallel, for 27 years he was a TV commentator for NHK. He was also a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee. In 1978 he joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), and served as its vice-president from 1994 to 2012.

Tomita was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2006.

  * Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com


Albert Koskinen

Albert Gunnar Koskinen (29 October 1925 – 23 December 2004) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

  * Albert Koskinen at Olympedia


Barkheda, Bhopal

Barkheda is a town in BHEL township, Bhopal which is a city in Madhya Pradesh.

Etymology

Barkheda in Hindi means the big ravine.

Schools

  * St. Xavier's Senior Secondary School


Ramsar International Airport

Ramsar International Airport (IATA: RZR, ICAO: OINR) (Persian: فرودگاه بین المللی رامسر) is an international airport in Ramsar, Mazandaran province, Iran.

Ramsar was one of the popular cities of northern Iran during the Pahlavi era and the airport was constructed to serve tourists visiting the city. Mohammad Reza Shah and other pahlavi family members also had palaces in Ramsar, therefore the airport was built to serve the former royal family of Iran or the foreign officials visiting the Shah from Tehran. The airport also established special flights for employees of National Iranian Oil Company to bring them from Ahvaz to the north of Iran.

Nowadays Ramsar International Airport is used for private and spirt flights along the Caspian Sea coasts as well as weekly public flights to Tehran and Mashhad.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines              Destinations
Iran Air              Tehran–Mehrabad
Iran Aseman Airlines  Mashhad, Tehran–Mehrabad

  * Official site


Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière

Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière (25 February 1733 – 23 July 1811) was a Prussian field marshal who served in several wars of the 18th century and during the Napoleonic Wars. Stemming from a French Huguenot family; he notably held the fortress of Graudenz against Napoleon's troops throughout 1807, long past the Peace of Tilsit, until the siege was finally lifted after 11 months.

Early life

Wilhelm René Dauphiné province, in Maastricht in the Dutch Republic. Following his father, Alexis Baron de l’Homme de Courbière, young Courbière joined the Dutch States Army in 1746. He served with the Regiment d’Aylva in the War of the Austrian Succession, participating in the defense of Bergen op Zoom. He left Dutch service in 1753 and entered the Prussian Army as a company commander in 1757. Then he served in the Third Silesian and Pomeranian wars. Gaining the attention of King Frederick the Great, after the Siege of Schweidnitz (1758) he was given the rank of Major and command of a free battalion.Siege of Dresden he received the Pour le Mérite.Liegnitz and Torgau.

Prussian service

When the war ended he stayed in the army as garrison commander at Emden. In 1766 Courbière married Sophie von Weiss. The couple, married until her death in 1809, had nine children. Among the laters' private teachers was Johann Gottfried Seume. Courbière was a known duellist, fighting at least two duels during his time in Emden.René de l'Homme de Courbière, who served as Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière was made a Generalmajor in 1780 and was a Generalleutnant when the French Revolutionary Wars began. In those he led formations at Verdun and Pirmasens, receiving the Order of the Red Eagle for the later.General der Infanterie.Order of the Black Eagle.

Napoleonic Wars

The city and fortress of Graudenz along the Vistula river


Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière

The city and fortress of Graudenz along the Vistula river

In 1803 he was made governor and garrison commander at Graudenz, a fortress and city along the Vistula in West Prussia.War of the Fourth Coalition much of Prussia was occupied after the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt and the Fall of Berlin in 1806. King Frederick William III of Prussia himself relocated to East Prussia, staying at Gradenz for a day during his journey.Polish insurgents. Initially commanded by General Marie François Rouyer, their numerous demands to surrender were refused by Courbière. Then, after briefly leaving the field, they reoccupied the city and, by now commanded by General Johann Georg von Schäffer-Bernstein, started besieging the fortress again.Napoleon, impending to besiege Danzig (situated down on the end of the Vistula), sent General Anne Jean Marie René Savary to demand surrender again. In one of his depeches Savary argued that there was no King of Prussia anymore as he had left his lands in French hands. However, in reference to King Frederick William Courbière refused to surrender and verbally answered "While there may be no King of Prussia anymore there still is a King of Graudenz.", though the exact wording or meaning is somewhat disputed.Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno before Rouyer took over again.

Graudenz was still in Prussian hands when the Peace of Tilsit was signed on 9 July, however Courbière did not receive confirmation of this until 27 July. Enclosed in the official dispatch was a royal commission promoting him to Generalfeldmarschall.Georg Friedrich August von Polenz. After the borders between Prussia and the new Duchy of Warsaw were finally set, with Graudenz remaining Prussian territory, on 12 December the blockade was lifted and the last French troops left the city. The siege had ended after 313 days with some 3,140 men remaining in the garrison.

Later life and legacy

Courbiere's house within the citadel at Graudenz

Afterwards Courbière was named governor general of West Prussia and kept his official residence in Graudenz. He died there on 23 July 1811 and was laid to rest in the garden of the fortress headquarters.


Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière

The general was the namesake of two regiments; the 58th Infantry Regiment "von Courbière", which eventually became the 7th (2nd West Prussian) Grenadier Regiment "King William I", and decades later the 19th (2nd Posen) Infantry Regiment "von Courbière".World War I.


Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière

* List of German field marshals
  * List of the Pour le Mérite (military class) recipients
  * Fischer, Paul (1907). Feste Graudienz 1807 unter Gouverneur de Courbiere - Geschichte der Blockade und Belagerung (PDF) (in German). Graudenz: Verlag Arnold Kriedte.
  * von Alten, Georg Karl Friedrich Viktor (1910). "Courbiere.1". Handbuch für Heer und Flotte (in German). Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong. II: 851.
  * B. B. Woodward; William L. R. Cates (1872). Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical. London: Longmans, Green and Co. p. 378.
  * Henninger, Wolfgang (1997). "Wilhelm Ren' Baron de l'Homme de COURBIÉRE" (PDF). Biographisches Lexikon für Ostfriesland (in German). Aurich: Ostfriesische Landschaftliche Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft. II: 66–69. ISBN 3-932206-00-2.
  * Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld, Ernst (1876). "Courbière, Wilhelm René Baron de l'Homme de". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Munich: Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. IV: 534–535.
  * Monzer, Frieder (2012). Posen, Thorn, Bromberg: mit Großpolen, Kujawien und Südostpommern (in German). Trescher Verlag. p. 293. ISBN 9783897942011.
  * Paetzold, Friedrich-Wilhelm (1987). Geschichte des Grenadier-Regiments König Wilhelm I. (2. Westpreussisches) Nr. 7 (in German). Weber. p. 13.


Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière

* Scholtze, Gisela (1993). Charlottenburg und seine Strassen: Strassennamen im Spiegel der Zeiten (in German). Hentrich. p. 176. ISBN 9783894680404.
  * Elfert, Eberhard (2013). "Max-Josef-Metzger-Platz: Nur scheinbar unscheinbares Grün". Weddingweiser (in German).


Ski Jumping Canada

Not to be confused with Nordic Combined Ski Canada.

Ski Jumping Canada is the governing federation for ski jumping in Canada. It is responsible for the governance of all ski jumping competitions in Canada and for the operation of the national team. Canada has competed in ski jumping at the Winter Olympics since 1928.

Team Canada

Women's team

  * Natasha Bodnarchuk
  * Natalie Eilers
  * Nicole Maurer
  * Abigail Strate
  * Alexandria Loutitt

Men's team

  * Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes
  * Matthew Soukup

Funding

Ski Jumping Canada is funded through partnerships Sport Canada, Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Snow Sports Consortium's key partners - Karbon is the National team's official clothing sponsor, along with Bracelayer Canada and SEIZ.

Sport Canada joined as a funding partner in 2016 after Ski Jumping Canada was recognized through the Sport Funding Accountability Framework. The sport is not currently funded by Own The Podium.

  * Canadian Snowboard Federation, Canadian snowboard sports federation
  * Canadian Freestyle Ski Association, Canadian freestyle skiing sports federation
  * Nordic Combined Ski Canada, Canadian Nordic combined skiing sports federation
  * Cross Country Canada, Canadian cross country skiing sports federation
  * Alpine Canada, Canadian alpine skiing sports federation
  * Biathlon Canada, Canadian biathlon ski-shooting sports federation
  * Own the Podium
  * OTP Funded Sports
  * Team Canada
  * Official website


Ovens, Victoria

Ovens is a town in north east Victoria, Australia located at the junction of the Ovens River and Happy Valley Creek. At the 2016 census, Ovens and the surrounding area had a population of 219.4 kilometres (2 mi) south east of Myrtleford heading towards Bright and is the home of the Happy Valley Hotel and Souter's Vineyard. The area is part of the Alpine Valleys Wine region, and was formerly used for tobacco plantations. Ovens acts as a bypass to many of the local snow fields.

The first Post Office in the area opened on 9 March 1891 as Barwidgee Railway Station, renamed Ovens Vale Railway Station shortly after, Ovens Vale in 1899 and, finally Ovens in 1928.

  * "Ovens altitude". Google Maps
  * "Ovens weather". Weatherzone


Oestocephalidae

Oestocephalidae is an extinct family of Late Carboniferous aistopod stegocephalians. Fossils have been found from Ohio, Illinois, and Colorado in the United States; England; and the Czech Republic. It includes the genera Coloraderpeton and Oestocephalus. Oestocephalids have robust skulls and narrow, rounded snouts. They possess heavily ossified gastralia and dorsal osteoderms. Like other aïstopods, oestocephalids were elongate, having approximately 110 vertebrae. Oestocephalidae was named in 2003, with the type species being Oestocephalus amphiuminus.


Whitehall, Arkansas

Whitehall, Arkansas may refer to:

  * Whitehall, Lee County, Arkansas, a place in Arkansas
  * Whitehall, Poinsett County, Arkansas
  * Whitehall, Yell County, Arkansas, a place in Arkansas
  * White Hall, Arkansas


Çulpan, Arsky District

Çulpan (Tatar: Чулпан, romanized: Çulpan) is a rural locality (a selo) in Arça District, Tatarstan. The population was 191 as of 2010. km from Arça, district's administrative centre, and 58 km from Ԛazаn, republic's capital, by road.

  * "Чулпан". tatarica.org (in Tatar)


Shoichi Yanagimoto

Shoichi Yanagimoto (柳本 晶一, Yanagimoto Shōichi, born 5 June 1951) is a Japanese volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

  * Shōichi Yanagimoto at Olympedia


Albert Krause

Albert Krause in his workshop

Albert H. Krause (June 27, 1882 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – October 31, 1961 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Early years

Krause lived on the 2100 block of Reed Street. As a child he watched his father (William Oscar Krause) work with wood. Later he would apprentice under his father and learn how to draw and paint. Ultimately, he would learn how to carve and sculpt wood.

He opened a shop at 500 North Franklin Street in Philadelphia, where he would carve statues for local sites.

Noted paintings

Painting of Girl with Bird in Forest (1914)

  * Girl with Bird in Forest – oil on canvas (1914)
  * Man Walking Cattle – oil on canvas (unknown date)
  * Unknown Lady – oil on canvas (unknown date)
  * Sheep Herder with Sheep – oil on canvas (unknown date)
  * Farmer with Hoe – oil on canvas (unknown date)
  * Lady Greeting Man At Door – oil on canvas (1911)
  * Mother Feeding Baby – oil on canvas (unknown date)
  * Unfinished Horse – oil on canvas (unknown date)
  * Sun Dial – water color (unknown date)
  * Lady Holding Book – water color (unknown date)
  * Two Men and a Lady – water color (1908)
  * Girl Flying Bird on String – oil on wood (unknown date)
  * Man Playing Lute – oil on wood (unknown date)

Known carvings

Carving of an Eagle by sculptor Albert Krause for John Wanamaker's department store in Jenkintown.

John Wanamaker thank you letter to Albert Krause.

Krause carved the eagle for John Wanamaker's department store in Jenkintown.Drexel Hill.

Personal life

Albert was married to Rose Herman on April 9, 1919. They lived on 120 S. 59th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their house was completely furnished by furniture and works of art carved by Albert. This included various paintings. Rose died in 1958.


Bocchoris trivitralis

Bocchoris trivitralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in India,Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Japan.


San Vincenzo Ferreri, Racconigi

San Vincenzo Ferreri, also called San Domenico, is a church and convent in Racconigi, Province of Cuneo, region of Piedmont, Italy.

History

In 1506, a Dominican order convent and seminary was established in Racconigi, which already had convents run by the Servi di Maria (c. 1460) and Carmelites (1493). The convent was patronized by Claudio of Savoy, who commissioned the convent just outside the Porta di San Giovanni in the city walls. In 1604, Bernardino II di Savoy commissioned enlargement of the church. It has three naves and two large chapels. On the left, the Chapel of the Rosary has a number of wooden paintings. On the right is the Chapel of St Catherine of Siena.

Among the lateral altars is one dedicated to Caterina Mattei, who became a Dominican nun in this church in 1514. It was assigned after a voto for the cessation of a plague epidemic in 1630. On the right, an altar is dedicated to St Pope Pius V, a former Dominican, who was born in nearby Bosco Marengo. He is said to have preached in this church.

The ceilings and cupola are decorated with quadratura frescoes (1765-1774) by Pietro Antonio Pozzo and Gallo Barelli. In the presbytery, a painting of the Santissima Annunziata is attributed to Giovanni Battista Pozzo.


Aage Jørgensen

Aage Jørgensen may refer to:

  * Aage Jørgensen (gymnast)
  * Aage Jørgensen (footballer)
  * Aage Winther-Jørgensen, Danish actor


Ski Mont Rigaud

Ski Mont Rigaud

Ski Mont Rigaud is an alpine ski facility on the slopes of Rigaud Mountain, in the municipality of Rigaud, Quebec. It is in the suburbs of Montreal, near the Ontario border, one of two alpine ski hills that still operate in the suburbs of Montreal, the other being Ski Mont Saint Bruno. The hill is located only 30 minutes off Montreal island, about 25 km (16 mi) to the west. It is the only ski hill in westernmost Quebec south of the Ottawa River.

Ski Mont Rigaud bills itself as the "Ski Kindergarten of Quebec" (and in French: "la maternelle du ski au Québec"), and offers ski lessons for alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding. Its facilities include two snowparks, and lit pistes for evening skiing.

In the off-season, the area is open for mountain biking including a mountain bike camp for kids (sprokids). Hiking, running and the FQME maintains rock climbing cliffs beside the Mont Rigaud property.

"High spot for fun" Archived 8 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Gazette (Montreal), 4 October 2007 (accessed 27 March 2010)</ref>

  * (in English) Ski Mont Rigaud

45°28′00″N 74°20′10″W / 45.46667°N 74.33611°W


Over-arm

A study in body language: Haynes King's Jealousy and Flirtation

An over-arm position is a body position in which a person's arms are extended over their shoulders or behind their head. This may take place, for example, during work or sporting activity, and is used in stretching exercises or during meditation besides other activities. In wrestling, for example, nelson holds are over-arm holds, in a contest for physical dominance. In cricket, Overarm bowling is the norm. Also, in law enforcement, the raising of the arms above or behind the head is a gesture of surrender or submission, as it is in a military situation.

  * Body language
  * List of bondage positions § Over-arm tie
  * Overarm bowling
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Oesterwurth

Oesterwurth is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.


Whitefriars Housing Group

Whitefriars Housing Group Ltd is a housing association managing about 18,000 homes in Coventry, England. Constituted as a charitable industrial and provident society, it is Coventry's largest social landlord.

In December 2008 it became part of the West Mercia Housing Group, based in Bromsgrove, which includes Harden Housing Association, Kemble Housing and Nexus Housing, and manages homes across the West Midlands, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Whitefriars Homes North, South and Services Limited (later becoming Whitefriars Housing Group in May 2006) were created in the lead up to September 2000 by Coventry City Council at a non-refundable cost of £2.3m to the taxpayer ahead of the outcome of a legally required tenant ballot under Schedule 3A of the Housing Act 1985 (before it was amended).

Coventry City Council controversially ignored 68.2% of people who did not vote in favour (5,220 votes against, 8,723 abstentions and 32 spoilt ballot papers) and pressed ahead with the transfer of 20,200 properties in an attempt to resolve legal issues surrounding widespread disrepair in Coventry City Council Housing and to absolve debt liabilities of between £156m - £158m onto the national taxpayer.

Only those that voted were counted despite tenant reservations given the content of the video where Coventry City Council stated that if tenants did not vote in favour, “improvements” [repairs] would not be carried out.

The transfer could strongly be argued as illegal and these facts, although shocking, are categorically backed up in a Coventry City Council Report disclosed in a Freedom of Information disclosure available on www.whatdotheyknow.com.

The scheme was overseen by Coventry City Council Counsellor Peter Lacy who became the Chief Executive of the newly formed Whitefriars group of companies and involved legal input from Trowers and Hamlins Solicitors and Lawrence Graham Solicitors.

Promises made in the Coventry City Council video sent out shortly before the tenant ballot were either broken or could not be delivered in the first place such as equivalent security of tenure (the law didn’t allow for it) and equal succession rights.


Whitefriars Housing Group

The 35 year rent guarantee for transferring tenants contained within the video (available on YouTube as “Coventry City Council, your home, your future, not your choice”) was quickly abandoned and UPVC double glazed windows and doors (to replace rotting wooden ones) and new kitchens and bathrooms were charged back to tenants without the tenants receiving recompense whilst being described by Coventry City Council as “improvements” as opposed to repairs.

Of those properties transferred, 481 of the properties were hostel units.

The name 'Whitefriars' (and also Greyfriars) comes from a Coventry monastery of the same name founded in around 1342, and gradually expanded as charitable donations and funding became available. The 'friars' survived by providing shelter to the needy and passing travellers.

The group has demolished over 4,000 former council properties that were mostly vacant and beyond economical repair. This demolition included several blocks of Wimpey no-fines constructed flats built in the 1950s in the Wood End area, including rows of garages damaged or vandalised beyond repair. Some 8-storey flats constructed in the 1950s in the Hillfields area and traditional but poorly maintained brick built houses in the Stoke Heath area of Valley Road, Meadway and Hillside have also been demolished.

In 2003, the first newly built properties by the group were completed and opened in Tile Hill. This was continued with the granting of planning permission for a further 31 units of bungalow housing for elderly people in the city. The group is now working with their partners Wates to provide 269 properties for rent and open market sale in Valley Road, Meadway and Hillside area.

Whitefriars is also involved in the New Deal for Communities area (Wood End, Henley Green, Manor Farm and Deedmore Estates) where masterplan has been developed in conjunction with the residents. The development programme commenced in 2008 and will last 12–15 years with the construction of 2,500 houses for sale, 1,000 new homes for rent by Whitefriars and 150 homes for residents who will initially move out due to the regeneration.Bovis Homes who were appointed as preferred developer in September 2005.


Whitefriars Housing Group

As well as providing residential properties to the residents of Coventry, the Whitefriars Housing Group also has a training and development department which works with local unemployed people to teach them basic construction trade skills.NVQ in brickwork, plastering or carpentry through a scheme run by Whitefriars Training and Development. Whitefriars also operates a construction maintenance department named HomeWorks which is based in the Willenhall area of the city, which directly employs tradespeople including carpenters, plumbers, painters and electricians who repair properties managed by Whitefriars.

Whitefriars has put in place a 'Stardust' strategy, which aims to reward its employees with the use of a system based on voting for a winner in a stated category such as 'employee of the year', 'colleague of the year' or for 'changing peoples lives'. A Stardust conference is held during which the winners are called up onto a stage and recognised for their valued contribution and efforts. This scheme encourages staff performance.

  * Whitefriars Housing Group website
  * North Solihull Regeneration website
  * West Mercia Housing Group website


Çukurören, Kozan

Çukurören is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Kozan, Adana Province, Turkey.


Shoibal Kanti Chowdhury

Shoibal Kanti Chowdhury is a Bangladesh police officer and former Commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police.Criminal Investigation Department and the Special Security and Protection Battalion.

Career

During the 2001 to 2006 Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule, Police officers from Gopalganj District and Faridpur District and Police officers who were religious Hindus were deprived of promotions and postings as they were perceived as loyal to the opposition Awami League.

On 26 May 2011, Chowdhury was promoted to additional deputy inspector general of police.

Chowdhury suspended two police officers from the Armed Police Battalion of Barisal Metropolitan Police after they were found involved in extortion while impersonating personnel of the Detective Branch.Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association.

In 2015, Chowdhury was the Commissioner of Barisal Metropolitan Police during which time a collective fund was created for bribes to secure promotion of officers of the commission.Criminal Investigation Department to Deputy Inspector General of the Special Security and Protection Battalion.


Albert Kuchler (skier)

Albert Kuchler (born November 30, 1998, in Bad Kötzting) is a German cross-country skier who represents the club SpVgg Lam and Germany national team.2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. km relay event at the 2023 World Champions in Planica, Slovenia.

Cross-country ski results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic games

Year  Age  15 km       30 km      50 km       Sprint  4 × 10 km  Team
           individual  skiathlon  mass start          relay      sprint
2022  23   32          —          —           —       —          23

World Championships

  * 1 medal – (1 bronze)
Year  Age  15 km       30 km      50 km       Sprint  4 × 10 km  Team
           individual  skiathlon  mass start          relay      sprint
2023  24   —           17         25          —       Bronze     —

World Cup

Season   Age       Discipline standings  Ski Tour standings
Overall  Distance  Sprint                U23                 Nordic   Tour de  Ski Tour  World Cup
                                                             Opening  Ski      2020      Final
2021-22  23        114                   80                  NC       NC       —         —          —  —
2022-23  24        70                    37                  NC       —        —         DNF        —  —

Team podiums

  * 1 podium – (1 RL)
No.  Season   Date           Location                Race                      Level      Place  Teammates
 1   2022–23  19 March 2023  [Sweden] Falun, Sweden  4 × 5 km Mixed Relay C/F  World Cup  3rd    Hennig / Sossau / Carl

  * Albert Kuchler at FIS (cross-country)
  * Albert Kuchler at Olympedia


Bocchoris lumaralis

Bocchoris lumaralis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1900. It is found on Buru in Indonesia.

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The wings are white with a lustrous violet reflection. There are two small spots on the costa of the forewings, as well as a narrow submarginal transverse brown band. There are two dark brown spots at the base of the hindwings and a large dark brown spot at the end of the cell.


San Vito, Sardinia

San Vito (Sardinian: Santu Idu or Santu Bidu, from Saint Vitus) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km (28 mi) northeast of Cagliari.

San Vito borders the following municipalities: Burcei, Castiadas, Muravera, Sinnai, Villaputzu, Villasalto.

It is the birthplace of launeddas player Luigi Lai.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Vito (comune, Italy).


Ski Mask

Look up ski mask in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Ski Mask may refer to:

  * Balaclava (clothing), also known as a ski mask
  * Ski Mask the Slump God (born 1996), American rapper and songwriter
  * Ski Mask (album), 2013 album by Islands
  * Ski (disambiguation)
  * Mask (disambiguation)
  * "Ski Mask Way", 2005 song by 50 Cent from the album The Massacre
  * Michael H. Kenyon (born c.1944), American criminal nicknamed the "Enema Bandit" or the "Ski Masked Bandit"


Aage Dons

Aage Bergishagen Dons (19 August 1903 – 20 October 1993) was a Danish writer. He is best known for his novels, De uønskede, Frosten paa Ruderne, and Den svundne tid er ej forbi.

Life

Dons was born on 18 August 1903 in Svanholm, Frederikssund, Denmark to Hans Bergishagen Dons (1849–1930) and Frede Henriette Gottlieb (1869–1957). He had originally studied to be a musician.

Dons made his writing debut in 1932 with Walpurgisnacht, a radioplay which was later released as a book in 1935 along with his first novel Koncerten. The majority of his published works were novels and collections of short stories.

For his writing, Dons was awarded De Gyldne Laurbær and the Kollegernes Ærespris in 1954, Det anckerske Legat in 1956, Herman Bangs Mindelegat in 1959, Drachmannlegatet in 1965, and the Holberg Medal 1966.

He died on 13 October 1993 and is buried at Krogstrup Cemetery.

  * Walpurgisnacht (1932)
  * Koncerten (1935)
  * Soldaterbrønden (1936)
  * De uønskede (1938)
  * Tro Tjenerinde (1942)
  * Den gule Billedbog (1943)
  * Frosten paa Ruderne (1948)
  * Den svundne tid er ej forbi (1950)
  * De aabne Arme (1957)
  * Rosa og det bizarre liv (1979)
  * Brænde til mit bål (1965)


Ovens Murray (region)

The Ovens Murray subregion is part of the Hume region in north eastern Victoria. It includes the municipalities of Alpine Shire, City of Wodonga, Rural City of Benalla, Rural City of Wangaratta, Shire of Indigo, Shire of Mansfield, Shire of Towong.

Ovens-Murray is commonly used to refer to sporting bodies and recreational activities associated with the area,Australian rules football and swimming.

History

  * Ovens and Murray Advertiser
  * Ovens & Murray Football League


Oestodinae

Oestodinae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least two genera in Oestodinae.

Genera

These two genera belong to the subfamily Oestodinae:

  * Bladus Leconte, 1861
  * Oestodes Leconte, 1853
  * LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.


Łanowe Sołtysy

Łanowe Sołtysy [waˈnɔvɛ sɔu̯ˈtɨsɨ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Tarnawatka, within Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.


Çulhalar, Nallıhan

Çulhalar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Nallıhan, Ankara Province, Turkey.


Shoichet

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

  * Molly Shoichet, Canadian chemist who was the Province of Ontario's First Chief Scientist
  * Rebecca Shoichet (born 1975), Canadian voice actress and singer


Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Ugarte and the second or maternal family name is Sarabia.

Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (died 6 December 1650) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1647–1650), Bishop of Arequipa (1640–1647), Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala (1630–1640), and Bishop of Chiapas (1629–1630).

Biography

On 3 December 1629, Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia, a native of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, was appointed during the papacy of Pope Urban VIII as Bishop of Chiapas.Bishop of Santiago de Guatemala.Luis Córdoba Ronquillo, Bishop of Cartagena.Bishop of Arequipa.Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Quito.

External links and additional sources

  * Cheney, David M. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". Catholic-Hierarchy.org (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  * Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas". GCatholic.org (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  * Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Guatemala". Catholic-Hierarchy.org (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  * Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala". GCatholic.org (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  * Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Arequipa". Catholic-Hierarchy.org (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  * Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa". GCatholic.org (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  * Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Concepción (Chile)". GCatholic.org (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]
  * Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Quito". Catholic-Hierarchy.org (for Chronology of Bishops) [self-published]


Boccia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Individual BC1

Boccia at the
2004 Summer Paralympics

Individual
                         BC1
                         BC2
                         BC3
                         BC4
Team
                         BC1–2
Pairs
                         BC3
                         BC4
  * v
  * t
  * e

The Mixed Individual BC1 boccia competition at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was held from 23 to 26 September at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall.

The event was won by Joao Paulo Fernandez, representing Portugal.

Results

Preliminaries

Pool A

Rank  Competitor                 MP  W  L  Points        DEN   AUT   ARG   USA   CAN
1     Henrik Jorgensen (DEN)     4   4  0  47:0    x     7:0   10:0  14:0  16:0
2     Harald Grossmayer (AUT)    4   3  1  24:12   0:7   x     11:3  8:0   5:2
3     Mauricio Ibarburen (ARG)   4   2  2  15:29   0:10  3:11  x     5:3   7:5
4     Timothy Hawker (USA)       4   1  3  7:28    0:14  0:8   3:5   x     4:1
5     Mirane Lanoix-Boyer (CAN)  4   0  4  8:32    0:16  2:5   5:7   1:4   x

Pool B

Rank  Competitor                  MP  W  L  Points        NZL  POR   AUT  GBR  CAN  ESP
1     Liam Sanders (NZL)          4   4  0  28:11   x     3:2  13:4  6:3  6:2  W/O
2     Joao Paulo Fernandez (POR)  5   4  1  28:12   2:3   x    4:0   6:5  9:2  7:2
3     Eva Maria Prossegger (AUT)  4   2  2  14:20   4:13  0:4  x     3:2  7:1  W/O
4     Susie Robinson (GBR)        5   1  4  21:22   3:6   5:6  2:3   x    5:7  6:0
5     David Vanhoek (CAN)         4   1  3  12:27   2:6   2:9  1:7   7:5  x    W/O
6     Antonio Cid (ESP)           2   0  2  2:13    DNF   2:7  DNS   0:6  DNS  x

Pool C


Pool C

Rank  Competitor                MP  W  L  Points       ESP  THA   IRL   GBR   ARG   AUT
1     Francisco Beltran (ESP)   5   5  0  34:17   x    6:4  9:3   5:3   9:3   5:4
2     Chaiyaporn Taksee (THA)   5   3  2  30:19   4:6  x    9:2   7:1   4:7   6:3
3     Gabriel Shelly (IRL)      5   3  2  29:22   3:9  2:9  x     7:3   11:0  6:1
4     Peter Pearse (GBR)        5   2  3  25:21   3:5  1:7  3:7   x     7:2   11:0
5     Gabriela Villano (ARG)    5   2  3  17:32   3:9  7:4  0:11  2:7   x     5:1
6     Gerhard Gahleitner (AUT)  5   0  5  9:33    4:5  3:6  1:6   0:11  1:5   x

Pool D

Rank  Competitor                  MP  W  L  Points        THA  NOR  DEN  HKG   POR   NOR
1     Pattaya Padtong (THA)       5   4  1  30:13   x     3:2  6:5  5:2  2:4   14:0
2     Roger Aandalen (NOR)        5   4  1  26:19   2:3   x    6:5  5:4  5:3   8:4
3     Lone Bak-Pedersen (DEN)     5   3  2  29:17   5:6   5:6  x    4:3  6:0   9:2
4     Leung Mei Yee (HKG)         5   2  3  22:16   2:5   4:5  3:4  x    7:1   6:1
5     Antonio Marques (POR)       5   2  3  19:20   4:2   3:5  0:6  1:7  x     11:0
6     Elisabeth Wilhelmsen (NOR)  5   0  5  7:48    0:14  4:8  2:9  1:6  0:11  x

Competition bracket

  Quarterfinals                                                                  Semifinals                                        Finals

  Henrik Jorgensen (DEN)      1

  Joao Paulo Fernandez (POR)  6
                              Joao Paulo Fernandez (POR)  5

                                                          Pattaya Padtong (THA)  1
  Pattaya Padtong (THA)       6

  Chaiyaporn Taksee (THA)     0
                              Joao Paulo Fernandez (POR)  4

                                                          Roger Aandalen (NOR)   2
  Liam Sanders (NZL)          4


Harald Grossmayer (AUT)     5
                              Harald Grossmayer (AUT)     3                                                           Third place

                                                          Roger Aandalen (NOR)   4
  Francisco Beltran (ESP)     2                                                              Pattaya Padtong (THA)    4

  Roger Aandalen (NOR)        3                                                              Harald Grossmayer (AUT)  3


San Vigilio, Rome

The church of San Vigilio in Rome is a Catholic place of worship located on Via Paolo Di Dono serving the parish of that name. Its eponymous patron is Saint Vigilius of Trent.

The parish was erected on 22 May 1968 by Cardinal Vicar Angelo Dell'Acqua and entrusted first to the clergy of the Archdiocese of Trento and then to the diocesan clergy of the Diocese of Rome.

The building the parish uses for its liturgies is contemporary in style, designed by Studio Passarelli. Construction began in 1983 and was completed in 1993. It is built of concrete with steel supports and appears compact in volume and modest in height. The semicircular central hall has a floor that slopes down toward the sanctuary. Glass panels behind the altar open to an area for outdoor liturgies with several tiers for seating in the style of an amphitheater. The parish rectory and offices are housed above the hall.

From 1992 to 1997, the parochial vicar was Rev. Augusto Paolo Lojudice, later a cardinal and Archbishop of Siena.Pope John Paul II visited the church on 7 November 1993.

Pope Francis designated the parish as a titular church on 28 November 2020, appointing Jose Advincula of the Philippines as Cardinal Patron.

Cardinal priests

  * Jose Fuerte Advincula (28 November 2020– present)
  * Parrocchia San Vigilio Roma on Facebook
  * "Chiesa di San Vigilio". Giga Catholic. [self-published]
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