title: Crag Group

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The Crag Group is a geological group outcropping in  East Anglia, UK and adjacent areas of the North Sea. Its age ranges from approximately 4.4 to 0.478 million years BP, spanning the late Pliocene and early to middle Pleistocene epochs. It comprises a range of marine and estuarine sands, gravels, silts and clays deposited in a relatively shallow-water, tidally-dominated marine embayment on the western margins of the North Sea basin. The sands are characteristically dark green from glauconite but weather bright orange, with haematite 'iron pans' forming. The lithology of the lower part of the Group is almost entirely flint. The highest formation in the Group, the Wroxham Crag, contains over 10% of far-travelled lithologies, notably quartzite and vein quartz from the Midlands, igneous rocks from Wales, and chert from the Upper Greensand of southeastern England. This exotic rock component was introduced by rivers such as the Bytham River and Proto-Thames.

The constituent formations of the Crag Group are the Coralline Crag (mid to late Pliocene); the Red Crag (late Pliocene / early Pleistocene); the Norwich Crag (early Pleistocene) and the Wroxham Crag (early to Middle Pleistocene). The sedimentary record is incomplete, leading to difficulties in correlating and dating sequences

The term Crag was first used in a geological sense by R.C. Taylor in 1823, a word commonly used in Suffolk to designate any shelly sand or gravel.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England

References

Geological groups of the United Kingdom
Geologic formations of England
Neogene England
East Anglia


title: Timofey Kulyabin

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Timofey Aleksandrovich Kulyabin (; born 10 October 1984, Izhevsk) is a Russian theater and opera director.

Biography
Kulyabin was one of the most prominent young theatre directors in recent years in Russia. After graduating from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (course of Oleg Kudryashov) in 2007 he is successfully working in drama and opera theatres throughout the country and abroad. In his record are already 15 drama and 2 opera productions. Critics mark his ability to switch between large and chamber stages with equally strong and original concepts. All of his productions of the classic dramas and operas create a big resonance in the professional and non-professional theater communities. Kulyabin's Onegin in the Red Torch theatre has been awarded a special prize of the Russian Performing Arts Festival and National Theater Award Golden Mask.

His production of Wagner's Tannhäuser in December 2014 was met by great critical acclaim in Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. Its cast included Wagnerian Heldentenor Stig Fogh Andersen, Irina Churilova as Elisabeth, and  as Landgrave. Some aspect of the production, notably the depiction of Tannhäuser in the Venusberg scene, led to criminal proceedings following a complaint by the Orthodox archbishop of Novosibirsk and Berdsk, Tikhon (Leonid Grigoryevich Yemelyanov). The accusation was supported before the court by the deputy prosecutor of Novosibirsk, Igor Stasyulis, who shared the fascist views of Aleksandr Dugin and had maintained close links with orthodox fundamentalists such as . A magistrate court later dismissed those allegations. Stasyulis appealed this decision but subsequently had to withdraw his appeal. Later, the Minister of Culture, Vladimir Medinsky, dismissed the theatre's director, Boris Mezdrich, and appointed Vladimir Kekhman as the new director, who then canceled all further performances.

After the success of his Onegin and #shakespearsonnets in the Theatre of Nations in Moscow, he has been invited to the Bolshoi Theatre to create a new Don Pasquala production in April 2016. Recently Kulyabin took the position of artistic director of the Red Torch theatre in Novosibirsk.

On May 2, 2022, the Bolshoi announced the cancellation of further performances of his adaptation of Don Pasquala. Kulyabin had left Russia due to his criticism of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Kulyabin is now believed to be based in Europe.

Productions
 2006: Down the Nevsky Avenue after Nikolai Gogol's short story "Nevsky Prospekt" (Academic Drama Theatre, Omsk)
 2007: The Queen of Spades after Alexander Pushkin's short story "The Queen of Spades" ()
 2007: Livejournal (Russian Drama Theatre, Riga)
 2008: Death Defying Acts by Oleg Antonov (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2008: Jolly Roger by Damir Salimzyanov (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2008: Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2009: Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin (Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2009: Masquerade by Mikhail Lermontov (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2010: Carmen after Prosper Mérimée's novella Carmen (Volkov Drama Theatre, Yaroslavl)
 2010: No Words (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2012: Dress Code after Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat" (Comedian's Shelter Theatre, St. Petersburg)
 2012: Onegin after Alexander Pushkin's novel Eugene Onegin (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2012: Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2013: Electra by Euripides (State Theatre of Nations, Moscow)
 2013: Kill after Friedrich Schiller's Intrigue and Love, (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2014: #shakespearsonnets (State Theatre of Nations, Moscow)
 2014: Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner (Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2015: Three sisters by Anton Chekhov (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2016: Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti (Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow)
 2017: The Trial by Franz Kafka (Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk)
 2017: Rigoletto by Richard Wagner (Opernhaus Wuppertal)
 2022: In the Solitude of Cotton Fields by Bernard-Marie Koltès (Dailes Theatre, Riga)

Awards
 2007
«The Queen of Spades» after Alexander Pushkin

All-Russian Festival «Volga Theatre Seasons» in Samara; award in «Best Director» nomination.

Theatre Festival/Contest «Paradise» organized by Novosibirsk Branch of the Russian Theatre Association; award in «Best Director’s Debut» nomination.
 2008
«A Mortal Trick» by Oleg Antonov

Theatre Festival «Siberian Transit» in Barnaul; an honorary diploma.
 2009
«Macbeth» by William Shakespeare

Regional Theatre Festival «Paradise» in Novosibirsk; award in «The Best Staging Concept» nomination.
 2010
Award «A Person of the Year» of culture and art (Novosibirsk)
 2013
«Electra» by Euripides

Theatre award of Moscow daily newspaper « Moskovskij Komsomolets», award in best small scale production nomination

«Onegin» by Alexander Pushkin

National Theatre Festival «Golden Mask», Drama and Puppet Theatre Jury's Special Award
 2014
«Kill»
«Best production» award of Theatre Festival «New Siberian Transit»
 2015
Personal Grant of the Government of Russian Federation

«#shakespearsonnets»

Theatre award of Moscow daily newspaper « Moskovskij Komsomolets», award in best small scale production nomination

 2016

«Tannhäuser» by Richard Wagner

«Production of the year» award by magazine «Muzykalnoye obozrenie»

Audience сhoice award «Teatral», award in best musical production nomination

«Three sisters» by Anton Chekhov

«Production of the year» award by Theatre Critics Association
 2017
«The three sisters» by Anton Chekhov

National Theatre Festival «Golden Mask», Drama and Puppet Theatre Jury's Special Award «Ensemble in the play»

References

External links
 Homepage,
 Theatre of Nations – official site
 Golden Mask – official site
 Red Torch Theatre – official site
 International Theater Festival Acadameia: Onegin
 RIA Novosti. Preview of Theatre of Nations play Elektra (Photos)
 International Festival-School Territoria: Elektra
 Theatre of Nations: #shakespearesonnets
 John Freedman. "Coupling, Uncoupling Told With Grace and Flair", The Moscow Times (on #shakespearesonnets

 Tannhäuser, gallery

 Wiener Festwochen: Three Sisters

 Sueddeutsche: Groll und Gesten
 Der standard: Drei Schwestern
 Die Presse: Drei Schwestern: Bei Tschechow ist das Dunkel licht genug

1984 births
Living people
People from Izhevsk
Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian opera directors
Russian theatre directors
Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre


title: James William Tobin

text:
James William Tobin (1808 – July 24, 1881) was a merchant, official and politician in Newfoundland. He served as a member of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland.

The son of James Tobin, a Halifax merchant, and Eleanor Lanigan, he was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia but had moved to Newfoundland by 1828. Tobin formed a firm in partnership with John Bayley Bland in 1831 which operated a packet service between Halifax and St. John's, and was also involved in general inter-colonial trade. The partnership was dissolved in 1839 but Tobin continued operations in partnership with James B. Hutton. The new firm, James Tobin and Company, also became heavily involved in the seal fishery. In 1834, he married Emily Cecilia Bullen.

Tobin was named to the Executive Council in 1841 and became a member of the amalgamated legislature in 1842. In 1848, when the assembly and council were again split, he continued as a member of the Executive Council. In 1849, Tobin was named a special stipendiary and a customs inspector for St. George's. However, he was unpopular and was removed from these posts in 1853. In 1855, Tobin presented himself as a candidate for the Placentia and St. Mary's seat in the assembly; however, he withdrew his candidacy after he was named to the Legislative Council.

Tobin died in London, England at the age of 73.

References

1808 births
1881 deaths
Members of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland
Newfoundland Colony people


title: Composite odontoma

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Composite odontoma is a rare defect in humans in which a benign tumor forms in the mouth, generally as a result of the abnormal growth of a single tooth, causing additional teeth to form within the tumor. Most cases have been found in the upper jaw of patients. Unchecked growth of the tumor can make swallowing and eating difficult, and can also lead to grotesque facial swelling.

In most cases, surgery is required to remove the extra teeth and tumorous tissue. Prior to 2014, the maximum recorded number of teeth removed in such an operation was 37. However, in July 2014 Ashiq Gavai, a 17-year-old boy in India, suffered from an extreme case of composite odontoma in his lower jaw, which required the removal of more than 232 teeth altogether. The surgery was performed by Dr. Sunanda Dhiware at Sir J. J. Hospital in Mumbai, India. In July 2019, a 7-year-old boy in India had surgery to remove the 526 teeth that were in a "bag" in his lower jaw. The surgery was performed at the hospital of Chennai.

References

Developmental tooth disorders


title: Nymphicula adelphalis

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Nymphicula adelphalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The base of the forewing is brown on the costa and orange on the dorsum. The subbasal fascia are white and the antemedian fascia are orange. The base of the hindwings is white. The subbasal fascia are brown and the antemedian fascia are orange. There are several silver spots.

Etymology
The species name refers to the close relationship with other species and is derived from the Greek word for brother.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula beni

text:
Nymphicula beni is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The basal two-thirds of costa of the forewings is brown and the base is brownish. The subbasal fascia is white and the antemedian fascia orange. The median area is scattered with brown scales. The base of the hindwings is white, mixed with pale fuscous and a silver-grey tornus, as well as a yellow streak and a white antemedian fascia, edged with brown.

Etymology
The species is named for Mr Ben Probert.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula cheesmanae

text:
Nymphicula cheesmanae is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found on the New Hebrides.

Description
The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The base of the forewings is brown with a whitish antemedian fascia. The median area is scattered with brown scales. The base of the hindwings is brown with a white subbasal fascia and a brown antemedian fascia with yellow coloration near the dorsum.

Etymology
The species is named for Evelyn Cheesman.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula christinae

text:
Nymphicula christinae is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The base of the forewing is brown. The antemedian fascia are pale ochreous, edged with dark ochreous. The medial zone is scattered with brown scales and the costa is suffused with ochreous and brown. The terminal area is orange. The hindwings have a few brownish scales at the base and a white subbasal band. The antemedian fascia are orange and the medial zone is white, scaled with dark brown.

Etymology
The species is named for the daughter of the author.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula conjunctalis

text:
Nymphicula conjunctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The base of the forewing is ochreous with fuscous subbasal fascia and white antemedian fascia. The medial area is white, scaled with dark brown. The basal quarter of the hindwings is white. The antemedian band is orange-brown and there is a metallic tornal spot.

Etymology
The species name refers to the conjoined terminal eyespots of the hindwings.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula lactealis

text:
Nymphicula lactealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in New Caledonia east of Australia.

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The base of the forewings is white with a dark brown subbasal fascia and a white antemedian fascia. The median area is scaled with dark brown. The basal area of the hindwings is white with a dark brown spot. The antemedian fascia is brown.

Etymology
The species name refers to the milky coloration of the subterminal area of the hindwings.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula lifuensis

text:
Nymphicula lifuensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found on the Loyalty Islands east of Australia.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The base of the forewings is brown, but paler dorsally. The antemedian fascia is whitish and there is a dark fuscous streak beneath the costa. The median area is scaled with dark fuscous and the terminal area is ochreous. The base of the hindwings is white, mixed with fuscous and the subbasal fascia is white. There is a fuscous antemedian line.

Etymology
The species name refers to the island of Lifou, where the species was collected.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula michaeli

text:
Nymphicula michaeli is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The base of the forewings and the basal half of the costa is fuscous, the antemedian fascia is whitish, edged with fuscous. The median area is scattered with fuscous scales. The basal half of the hindwings is suffused with fuscous in zigzag bands.

Etymology
The species is named for the son of the author.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula monticola

text:
Nymphicula monticola is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in the highlands of New Guinea.

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The base of the forewings is mixed pale fuscous and ochreous. The antemedian fascia is yellowish, bordered with white. The median area is scaled with dark brown. The base of the hindwings is fuscous.

Etymology
The species name refers to the mountainous area where the species is found.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula nokensis

text:
Nymphicula nokensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Irian Jaya in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The base of the forewings is fuscous with a white antemedian fascia. The median area is scattered with brownish scales. The base of the hindwings is brown, with a white subbasal fascia and a fuscous line.

Etymology
The species name refers to the Peninsula Nok, the type location.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 13 at the NISHI Civic Pool.  The last champion was Akira Hayashi of Japan.

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats
The first round was held on August 13.

B Final
The B final was held on August 13.

A Final
The A final was held on August 13.

References

1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships


title: Nymphicula edwardsi

text:
Nymphicula edwardsi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The base of the forewing is dark brown and there is a white antemedian band. The medial zone is white, covered with brown scales. The base of the hindwings is tinged greyish brown and there is a white subbasal band, as well as brown antemedian band with an orange spot. The medial zone is white, scaled with dark brown.

Etymology
The species is named in honour of Ted Edwards, a lepidopterist at the Australian National Insect Collection.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula fionae

text:
Nymphicula fionae is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found on Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 12.5 mm. The base of the forewings is brown with a brown costa and a straw antemedian fascia, edged with dark brown. The median area is suffused with brown. The base of the hindwings is brown and the subbasal fascia is white.

Etymology
The species is named for the former wife of the author.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula hampsoni

text:
Nymphicula hampsoni is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The base of the forewing is dark brown with a white antemedian band. The medial area is white. There are two parallel brown lines before the yellow-orange terminal area. The base of the hindwings is brown with a white subbasal band and a brown antemedian band.

Etymology
The species is named in honour of Sir George Hampson.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula insulalis

text:
Nymphicula insulalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in New Caledonia east of Australia.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Part of the costa of the forewings is brown, but mixed with brownish and whitish from the base to antemedian fascia. The median area is scaled brown. The base of the hindwings is brown and the subbasal fascia is white.

Etymology
The species name refers to the island location of the species.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: List of Never Mind the Buzzcocks presenters

text:
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a British comedy panel television programme broadcast on BBC Two in 1996–2015, and revived on Sky Max in 2021. Its presenter has the role of introducing the show, explaining the rules to each round, using their discretion to award points and providing information where required. They also provided comedy with jokes, satire and visual gags. 63  people (including the regulars) presented, or co-presented, at least one regular episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

Buzzcocks was originally presented by English comedian, radio DJ and television presenter Mark Lamarr between 1996 and 2005. After 17 series Lamarr decided to have a break from the show, and did not return. For the 18th series, similarly to Have I Got News for You, each episode was presented by a different guest each week. After one series of guests, comedian and presenter Simon Amstell was announced as the next permanent presenter in 2006, he had presented the second episode of series 18 and had also appeared on the show as a guest twice: the eighth episode of series 13 and the eleventh of series 16. He remained in the role for four series up to 2008 leaving to focus on his live stand-up. Upon Amstell's departure the show once again used guest presenters from the 23rd series to the 27th. In July 2014 it was announced that the third permanent host will be Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert. Gilbert had previously presented the second episode of series 23 and the eleventh of series 25, he also appeared as a guest once on the fourth episode of series 18. The show was cancelled in 2015, after Gilbert had presented one series. It returned on Sky Max in 2021 for a 29th series, hosted by Greg Davies.

Regular presenters
The following is a list of the regular presenters in the order they first appeared. The periods when guest presenters were used are also included for a comprehensive timeline.

Guest presenters
The following is a list of the guest presenters in the order they first appeared.

 – indicates this person has not hosted a regular episode
(#) – indicates the number of episodes presented if highlights and specials are included

See also
List of television presenters
List of Never Mind the Buzzcocks episodes

References

External links
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
 (includes full list of presenters)

Lists of television presenters
Lists of celebrities
British television-related lists
Presenters


title: Nymphicula irianalis

text:
Nymphicula irianalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in western New Guinea (Irian Jaya).

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The base of the forewings is brown with a pale yellow antemedian fascia. The central area of the costa is mixed pale yellow and pale fuscous and the median area is scaled with dark brown. The base of the hindwings is fuscous with a white subbasal fascia and a silver-grey tornal spot, as well as a yellow streak.

Etymology
The species name refers to the type locality in Irian Jaya.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Lincoln Kanai

text:
Lincoln Seiichi Kanai (1908–1982) was a social worker who was one of several Japanese Americans to bring a legal challenge against the exclusion of people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast during World War II.

Kanai was born December 5, 1908, in the small town of Koloa in what was then the Territory of Hawaii. He received his B.A. in English from the University of Hawaiʻi in 1930, and in 1935, after his return from an extended trip to Japan, he began working for the Lihue, Kauai YMCA. In 1937, Kanai moved to California to take a job at San Francisco's Buchanan Street YMCA, where he remained until the war.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Kanai testified before the Tolan Committee and corresponded with various political and military leaders, attempting to persuade them against the mass removal of Japanese Americans from California and quell the tide of anti-Japanese prejudice that had cost many Japanese Americans their jobs. His proposals to hold hearings to assess the loyalty of Japanese Americans instead of removing them en masse, and to allow students, the elderly and handicapped individuals to avoid incarceration went unheeded. When the Western Defense Command issued an order for the Japanese American residents of San Francisco to present themselves for "evacuation" on May 20, 1942, Kanai did not comply, instead remaining in the city and continuing his advocacy efforts. On June 1 he left the Bay Area to attend a series of conferences and meetings on the removal and confinement of West Coast Japanese, and on July 11 he was arrested by the FBI at a YMCA convention outside Milwaukee, for violating Public Law 503, which enforced the provisions of President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066. Kanai's lawyers issued a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the creation of the West Coast exclusion zone was unconstitutional, but the court denied the petition, citing the fact that Kanai had admitted to knowing he was violating the law when he left California. He was tried under Public Law 503 in San Francisco and, on August 27, sentenced to six months. He was "released" to the Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming on February 6, 1943, two months early for good behavior.

In October 1943, Kanai was granted leave to move to Milwaukee, where he took a job working with under-resourced boys. He moved to Battle Mountain, Michigan in 1950, where he remained until his death.

References
Kyna Herzinger. "Lincoln Seiichi Kanai / ex parte Kanai," Densho Encyclopedia (accessed 25 July 2014).

1908 births
1982 deaths
American social workers
Japanese-American civil rights activists
Japanese-American internees
Internment of Japanese Americans
People from Kauai
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni


title: Alvar Aalto Museum

text:
The Alvar Aalto Museum is a Finnish museum operating in two cities, Jyväskylä and Helsinki, in two locations each, dedicated to architect and designer Alvar Aalto. All four locations are open to the public. They are:

The Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä, which is a museum specialised in architecture and design and functions as the national and international centre on all things related to Aalto (in more detail below).
The Muuratsalo Experiential House (in more detail below)
Villa Aalto in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki
Studio Aalto, also in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki

The Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä
This museum, which is specialised in architecture and design, is located in Jyväskylä. It was founded in 1966 to foster the legacy of the architecture of Alvar Aalto. The museum is located in a building designed by Aalto and completed in 1973.

The museum functions as a centre of information on all things related to Aalto, and it organises exhibitions both in Finland and abroad and produces publications on Alvar Aalto. The museum houses a permanent exhibition on the life work of Alvar Aalto. The current permanent exhibition was opened in 1998, the centennial of Aalto's birth.

The mission of the building heritage section of the museum is the protection of buildings designed by Alvar Aalto. It maintains a national register of protected Aalto buildings and gives expert assistance on matters relating to Aalto buildings. The building heritage section works in close cooperation with the Finnish National Board of Antiquities.

Before the Jyväskylä Art Museum was established in 1998, the Alvar Aalto Museum also hosted exhibitions of visual arts.

The museum building
The museum, designed by Alvar Aalto and completed in 1973, is located on a slope which lies next to Lake Jyväsjärvi. Together with the Museum of Central Finland (Alvar Aalto, 1961), these buildings form a cultural centre in the immediate vicinity of the University of Jyväskylä (Alvar Aalto, 1951–71).

Both museums represent Aalto's "white period". The ten years' difference in the design of the buildings can be seen especially in the façades — the façade of the Museum of Central Finland, rising from a slope of a hill, shows the geometric practicality of early functionalism, whereas the Aalto Museum is more closed in, but at the same time more free in its form.

 The outside walls of the Aalto Museum are clad in light-coloured ceramic tiles named "Halla" ("frost"), manufactured by the famous Finnish porcelain manufacturers Arabia. The high concrete socle was painted white. The vertical bands of baton-shaped, glazed tiles divide up the rampart-like elevations to form a relief that gives a strong effect of depth when the surface is washed with light. The rampart-like quality is emphasised by the vertical battens on the roof windows of the exhibition galleries, which cause the roof lights to merge into the façade when looked at from a certain angle.

The first floor of the museum contains the foyer and cloakrooms, a museum shop, Café Alvar, a reference library, office and storage spaces and the museum's URBS Workshop. The windows of Café Alvar have a view to a series of open-air pools, with water trickling from one to another along the route of what was once a natural stream.

The exhibition space of the second floor has a total area of 700 m2. The wave-like surface of the back wall contains a trace of the pavilion that Aalto designed for the 1939 New York World's Fair. Light flows in through skylight windows. The second floor houses the permanent exhibition of the museum, entitled Alvar Aalto, Architect, as well as changing exhibitions on architecture and design.

Collections
The collections of the museum amount to nearly 1,500 items: furniture, light fittings, glass art items and other things designed by Aino Aalto and Alvar Aalto. They also include paintings by Alvar Aalto and more than 30 models of his buildings. In addition to unique pieces of furniture, the collections include almost all models that were mass-produced, as well as a great number of prototypes.

The Alvar Aalto collection of drawings contain ca. 200,000 original drawings and documents related to his designs, beginning from 1917. The museum also has in Jyväskylä a photo archive, a newspaper archive, a reference library and the archive of Aalto's correspondence.

Exhibitions
The permanent exhibition Alvar Aalto, Architect presents the output of Aalto through models, original drawings and photographs. Special attention is given to 24 individual buildings or groups of buildings. Also present is Aalto's design of interiors, glass objects and pieces of furniture. In addition to the permanent exhibition, the museum Gallery contains changing exhibitions on architecture and design. The museum also organises touring exhibitions on Aalto's works. It is also possible to acquaint oneself with Aalto's architecture and design in the museums web exhibitions.

Web exhibitions
 Alvar Aalto’s life 1898–1976
 The Paimio Sanatorium
 Chairs
 Light fittings
 Säynätsalo Town Hall

The Muuratsalo Experimental House
The experimental house of Muuratsalo is located on the shores of Lake Päijänne. It was built as a summer residence for Alvar and Elissa Aalto during 1952–1954, and used as the summer home by the Aalto family until 1994. Since then, the house has been acquired by the museum. The house is enclosed by a provisional courtyard space which, when looking outward, frames the landscape within its entrance. This partial enclosure mediates the space, creating a distinction between interior and exterior, open and closed form. The facade uses a mix of different styles of reclaimed bricks and bricklaying arrangements. Aalto described this group of buildings as a combination of an architect's studio and an experimental centre, in which one could also carry out experiments that are not yet sufficiently well developed to be tried out in practice and where the proximity of nature may offer inspiration for both form and structure. It was a kind of a laboratory, which at the same time was combined with a playful approach.

References

External links

Museums established in 1973
Alvar Aalto buildings
Landmarks in Finland
Modernist architecture in Finland
Architecture museums
Alvar Aalto
Biographical museums in Finland


title: Nymphicula hexaxantha

text:
Nymphicula hexaxantha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are white, with a fuscous costa and an ochreous subbasal area. The hindwings have an ochreous subbasal fascia. The medial area is scattered with dark brown scales.

Etymology
The species name refers to the bold ochreous markings of the forewing.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2012


title: Nymphicula ochrepunctalis

text:
Nymphicula ochrepunctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Papua New Guinea (the Western Province) and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and the Northern Territory.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The base of the forewing is whitish with a dark fuscous subbasal fascia and a white antemedian band, tinged with ochreous and edged with dark fuscous. The medial area is dark brown. The base of the hindwings is whitish, suffused with fuscous. The antemedian band is brownish and the tornal streak is ochreous.

Etymology
The species name refers to the ochreous spot in the middle of the hindwings.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula plumbilinealis

text:
Nymphicula plumbilinealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The base of the forewings is pale fuscous with a yellowish antemedian fascia. The median area is scattered with fuscous scales. The base of the hindwings is fuscous with a white subbasal fascia and antemedian fascia.

Etymology
The species name refers to the leaden line on the hindwings.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula submarginalis

text:
Nymphicula submarginalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from the Western and Southern highlands.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The base of the forewings is dark fuscous with an orange antemedian band and a fuscous spot on the middle of the costa. The base of the hindwings is white with a fuscous line and a fuscous antemedian band.

Etymology
The species name refers to the subterminal markings on the hindwings.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula susannae

text:
Nymphicula susannae is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The base of the forewings is fuscous with a whitish antemedian fascia, suffused with yellow and edged with fuscous. The middle area of the costa is yellow mixed with fuscous and the median area is scaled with dark fuscous. The base of the hindwings is white mixed with fuscous.

Etymology
The species is named for the daughter of the author.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula tariensis

text:
Nymphicula tariensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The base of the forewings is fuscous, mixed with ochreous. The subbasal fascia is white, suffused with ochreous towards the edge and the antemedian fascia is brown, edged with whitish. The median area is scaled with dark brown. The base of the hindwings is fuscous and the subbasal fascia is white. The antemedian fascia is fuscous.

Etymology
The species name refers to Tari, the type locality.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula torresalis

text:
Nymphicula torresalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Papua New Guinea and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The base of the forewing is brown with a yellow subbasal fascia, edged with white. There is an antemedian line of dark fuscous scales and the median area is scaled with dark brown. The terminal area is yellow. The base of the hindwings is whitish.

Etymology
The species name refers to the Torres Straits.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Nymphicula xanthocostalis

text:
Nymphicula xanthocostalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014. It is found in Irian Jaya in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The base of the forewings is brown, mixed with ochreous. The costa is yellow and the antemedian fascia is yellow in the costal half and whitish beneath. The base of the hindwings is fuscous with a white subbasal fascia and a silver-grey tornal spot.

Etymology
The species name refers to the yellow costa of the forewings.

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2014


title: Sergey Drozd

text:
Sergey Drozd (; ; born 24 June 1983) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Molodechno.

References

External links

Profile at teams.by

1983 births
Living people
Belarusian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
FC Underdog Chist players
FC Molodechno players
FC Svetlogorsk players
FC Slutsk players
FC PMC Postavy players


title: Nymphicula banauensis

text:
Nymphicula banauensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Speidel in 2003. It is found in the Philippines (Luzon).

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2003


title: Nymphicula mindorensis

text:
Nymphicula mindorensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Speidel in 2003. It is found in the Philippines (Mindoro).

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2003


title: Nymphicula negrosensis

text:
Nymphicula negrosensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Speidel in 2003. It is found in the Philippines (Negros).

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2003


title: Nymphicula samarensis

text:
Nymphicula samarensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Speidel in 2003. It is found in the Philippines (Samar).

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2003


title: Nymphicula zambalensis

text:
Nymphicula zambalensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Speidel in 2003. It was found in the Philippines (Luzon).

References

Nymphicula
Moths described in 2003


title: Nymphula coenosalis

text:
Nymphula coenosalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Snellen in 1895. It is found on Sulawesi.

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 1895


title: Nymphula distinctalis

text:
Nymphula distinctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Ragonot in 1894. It is found in the Russian Far East and Japan.

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 1894


title: Nymphula fuscomarginalis

text:
Nymphula fuscomarginalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William Grey in 1852. It is found in China.

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 1853


title: Nymphula grisealis

text:
Nymphula grisealis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912. It is found in Sri Lanka.

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 1912


title: Aetholix litanalis

text:
Aetholix litanalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on Borneo.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The wings are dark fawn, dusted with paler. There is a paler line near the base and a pale lunule at the end of the cell, as well as pale darker-edged spot midway between them. The subterminal line is pale and there are three pale, dark-edged lunular marks on the costa. The hindwings have faint traces of a central and submarginal paler line.

References

Spilomelinae
Moths described in 1859
Moths of Borneo


title: Aetholix meropalis

text:
Aetholix meropalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on Borneo.

References

Spilomelinae
Moths described in 1859
Moths of Borneo


title: Modest Huys

text:
Modest Huys (25 October 1874, in Zulte – 30 January 1932, in Zulte) was a Flemish impressionist and luminist painter, who is regarded as one of the greatest Belgian painters of the 20th century.

Personal life

From a young age, he worked in his father's painting and decorating business and later studied at the "Gentse Nijverheidschool" (Ghent Industrial School). In 1891 or 1892, he came into contact with Emile Claus, who encouraged his artistic inclinations. In 1900, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp), where his teachers were Eugène Joors and Frans Van Leemputten (1850-1914), but he never completed his studies. It was about this time that he became lifelong friends with the author Stijn Streuvels.

In 1909, he married and settled near Waregem.

Career

In 1902, he debuted at the Sint-Lucasgilde in Kortrijk and began to exhibit more widely. He spent time in Meetjesland, painting landscapes. From 1905, he participated in the exhibitions of Vie et Lumière, a luminist group, along with Claus, James Ensor and Jenny Montigny.

At the outbreak of World War I, he fled to the Netherlands, although he returned in 1915 and moved about as the war dictated. His home and studio were destroyed in 1918 and he ended up living with a forester near Brakel. After the armistice, he painted scenes of the devastation at the front, then settled in Wakken the following year.

He again began to exhibit extensively, including shows at the Paris Salon and the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. During this period, his colors became darker and the contrasts harsher, approaching expressionism. In 1926, he built his ideal home-studio, the "Zonnehuys" (Sun House), in Zulte. Several taverns in the area claim to have frescoes that he painted. A square in Olsene (a district of Zulte) was named after him in 1999.

References

Further reading
 Willem G. Flippo, Lexicon of the Belgian Romantic Painters, Antwerp, International Art Press, 1981
 Serge Goyens de Heusch, L’impressionisme et le fauvisme en Belgique, Antwerp, Fonds Mercator, 1988
 Johan De Smet, Het luminisme voorbij. De jaren twintig in het oeuvre van Modest Huys, in: Bulletin of the Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, 1-4, 1994-1995
 Johan De Smet and Veerle van Doorne, Modest Huys 1874-1932, exhibition catalog, Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, 10-5-12 1999
 Paul Piron, De Belgische beeldende kunstenaars uit de 19de en 20ste eeuw, Brussels, Art in Belgium, 1999, 2 vols.

External links

 ArtNet: More paintings by Huys

1874 births
1932 deaths
Impressionism
20th-century Belgian painters
People from Zulte


title: Nymphula terranea

text:
Nymphula terranea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1915. It is found in New Guinea.

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 1915


title: Iphithi Nature Reserve

text:
The Iphithi Nature Reserve conserves 12 ha of forest and wetland in the Molweni River's upper catchment in northern Gillitts, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 2001 by a group of nearby residents, and is managed by the Gillitts Conservancy, which also oversees the Minerva grassland.

Setting and origins
It is situated in the mPhiti valley, which is flanked by Ashley and Edward drives. A stand of invasive eucalypts was present here for 50 years up to 2001. Residents bordering the valley organised a committee and contracted a logger to fell these. The committee was paid a lump sum for the valuable timber which it used to establish the reserve, fence off additional entrances and pay for the laying of paths, building of viewing decks and planting of indigenous flora. Some residents bordering on the reserve have pulled their fences back increasing the overall size of the reserve.

Fauna and flora
Its indigenous forest, wetland and grassland are home to many species of birds and small mammals, and the small dam which was built is populated with fish. Bushbuck, blue duiker, porcupine, dassies and mongooses are resident and some 47 species of bird have been recorded. The plant life is diverse but many exotic species are present.

Facilities
The walks and park benches are popular with the residents, especially on weekends. The pathways meander around the reserve, and includes a boardwalk over the wetland. Lawn areas around the dam are suitable for picnics, and a small gazebo and deck near the entrance are available for a braai.

Access
Since May 2013 the entrance gate in Edward drive is however closed at all times due to crime issues and inconsiderate revellers, and access is arranged by means of a computer and cell phone system. Phone numbers displayed at the entrance gate can be used upon arrival in order to gain access and again to leave the premises. An Iphithi sundowner stroll is arranged from time to time. Monthly donors have automatic access.

Gallery

References

External links
 Iphithi facebook page
 Gillitts conservancy

Protected areas of KwaZulu-Natal


title: Portrait of Captain Thomas Coram

text:
Portrait of Captain Thomas Coram is a 1740 portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram painted by William Hogarth. The portrait, which represents Hogarth's highest achievement in direct portraiture, was not created as a commission and was instead donated to Coram's Foundling Hospital. The portrait is divided into two sections: The left side represents Coram's sea ventures, a major source of his wealth. The right side shows a curtain pulled over a mother figure with a child.

The painting is now in the collection of London's Foundling Museum.

See also
 List of works by William Hogarth

References

Paintings by William Hogarth
1740 paintings
Paintings in London


title: Savatije Ljubibratić

text:
Savatije Ljubibratić (;  Piva, c. 1660—Topla, January, 1716) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop and metropolitan, and the caretaker of the Dragović monastery.

Early life
Ljubibratić was born in Piva, and belonged to the Ruđić brotherhood, at a time when the region was part of the Ottoman Empire. Ljubibratić, as many of his relatives, took monastic vows and later became a bishop.

Bishop of Herzegovina
Since 1687, he was a notable participant in the struggle against the Ottomans, in Venetian support. On 10 December 1687, he was present at Tvrdoš when the priest and vojvoda Vukašin Gavrilović with his people came from Nikšić. In 1690, he and the Tvrdoš brotherhood (including his brother Stevan) left Trebinje for Herceg Novi, fleeing the Ottomans, where they renovated the Savina Monastery.

The Republic of Venice recognized Savatije's episcopal rule as Metropolitan (Vladika) of Zahumlje in Novi in 1695. His ecclesiastical province stretched over "newly conquered areas". The Serbian Church made the first steps to establish an independent Serb municipality in the region of old Dračevica.

Bishop of Dalmatia
Metropolitan Nikodim Busović, the bishop "of all Orthodox Serbs on the Dalmatian continent", was banished from Dalmatia in early 1705. On the demand of the Krka monastery and Krupa monastery, Ljubibratić was appointed Nikodim's office by the Venetian government.  Ljubibratić had taken this office in spite of Melentije Tipaldi (1658–1730), the Greek-Catholic bishop who was a driving force of Uniatism, and continued the struggle against the Uniatism of Serbs in Dalmatia. Tipaldi greatly undermined against Ljubibratić, so far that the Church Synod in Constantinople condemned Tipaldi and excluded him from the Orthodox Church as a traitor; with this support, Ljubibratić was able to continue his service.

In July 1705 Metropolitan Savatije Ljubibratić came back from the pilgrimage from Palestine and from the time his vessel entered the quarantine station called lazaretto, he was subjected to the sanitary procedure by the staff of lazaretto in Herceg Novi as every other traveller aboard. After a lapse of 15 days, he was released. There he proceeded to build a bridge, churches and restore others. Savatije is credited for restoring Savina Monastery, Montenegro.

Savatije and his brother Stevan became friends with colonel Mihailo Miloradović, who had along with Metropolitan Danilo I Petrović-Njegoš been recruited by Peter I of Russia to incite rebellion in Herzegovina against the Ottomans in 1710–11 (during the Pruth River Campaign).

Ljubibratić successfully opposed the orders of the Catholic curia against the Orthodox believers in Dalmatia. Savatije declined Venetian official Ivan Burović's offers to begin Uniatism, Burović having sent the Catholic bishop of Kotor and his relative Vićentije Zmajević from Perast. He strengthened ties with the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, and as a result of that, Serbian Patriarch Mojsije I visited Dalmatia in 1714, after Ljubibratić's request; this visit proved important for the preservation of Orthodoxy and somewhat paused pressure on the Orthodox church in Dalmatia. Savatije Ljubibratić died in January 1716, in the village of Topla, near Herceg Novi.

His successor was his brother Stevan Ljubibratić.

Legacy
He was one of the more successful Serb national leaders of the 18th century.

See also
Ljubibratić
Nikodim Busović

References

Sources

О вјерском животу и стању Цркве

18th-century Serbian people
17th-century Serbian people
Ambassadors to the Republic of Venice
Serbs of Montenegro
History of the Serbs of Croatia
1716 deaths
17th-century births
Eparchy of Dalmatia
Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia
Bishops of Zahumlje-Herzegovina
17th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
18th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
Venetian period in the history of Croatia
History of Dalmatia
Serbs from the Ottoman Empire


title: Oligostigma ducale

text:
Oligostigma ducale is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Schaus in 1906. It is found in Brazil.

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 1906


title: Oligostigma flavimarginale

text:
Oligostigma flavimarginale is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Warren in 1899. It is found in Brazil.

References

Acentropinae
Moths described in 1899


title: Ingemar Odlander

text:
Hertur Roland Ingemar Odlander,  (29 February 1936 – 19 July 2014) was a Swedish journalist who worked for SVT news on its news programmes Aktuellt and Rapport. Between 1975 and 1978 Odlander was the first ever Swedish foreign news reporter stationed in Nairobi. From 1978 and until his death in 2014 Odlander was married to Christina Jutterström.

References

1936 births
2014 deaths
Swedish journalists


title: Frank Hood

text:
Franklin Hood  (October 5, 1908 – August 21, 1955) was an American football halfback  who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh and attended Bellefonte Academy in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats

1908 births
1955 deaths
Players of American football from Pennsylvania
American football halfbacks
Pittsburgh Panthers football players
Pittsburgh Pirates (football) players
People from Centre County, Pennsylvania


title: 1978 Alabama gubernatorial election

text:
The 1978 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978, to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democratic Governor George Wallace did not run for re-election. Fob James, a businessman who had switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party and campaigned as a "born-again Democrat", won the Democratic primary in an upset over Attorney General Bill Baxley. He went on to defeat Guy Hunt in a landslide in the general election. Incumbent Democrat George Wallace was term limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.

Hunt was the first Republican to win Cullman County since Reconstruction.

Democratic primary

Candidates
 Bill Baxley, Attorney General of Alabama
 Jere Beasley, Lieutenant Governor
 Albert Brewer, former Governor
 Jim Folsom, former Governor
 K. C. Foster
 Horace Howell
 Fob James, businessman
 Sid McDonald, State Senator
 Bob Muncaster
 Shorty Price, perennial candidate
 Fred Sandefer
 Cornelia Wallace, former First Lady of Alabama
 Charles Woods, businessman and perennial candidate

Results
Despite entering the race as a former Republican with low name identification and little political experience, by the time of the primary, James led Baxley, Beasley, and Brewer, who were considered the main contenders, in the polls. James placed first in the primary, followed by Baxley. Fob James then won the primary runoff against Bill Baxley.

Republican primary

Candidates
 Guy Hunt, former Cullman County Probate Judge

Results

General election

Results

Fob James won all but two counties: Cullman, where Hunt had been Probate Judge; and Winston, a traditionally Republican stronghold.

References

External links

Gubernatorial
1978
Alabama
November 1978 events in the United States


title: Big W (United Kingdom)

text:
Big W (later named Woolworths Big W) was a British retail chain owned by the Kingfisher Group (later Woolworths Group PLC) in the United Kingdom, which operated between 1998 and 2004. Big W stores were large format out-of-town megastores that featured products from all of Kingfisher's main retail chains at the time, consisting of Comet, B&Q, Superdrug and Woolworths.

Following the split of Kingfisher, alongside low sales and poor financial results, Woolworths scrapped the Big W format in 2004, selling a quarter of the stores off while keeping the rest, operating them in a smaller format known as Woolworths Out-of-Town Stores. These stores remained in operation until the administration and closure of Woolworths in 2008.

History

Prior Experience
Prior to the formation of Big W, Woolworths already had prior experience with operating large out-of-town stores. Under their former parent company, The F.W. Woolworth Company opened their first British Woolco store in Oadby, Leicestershire in 1967. The store was  and offered many products like groceries, fashion and household products under one roof. By the 1970s, the company operated twelve stores under the brand. When the F.W. Woolworth Company spun off the British Woolworth chain into Woolworth Holdings PLC in 1983, the Woolco stores were converted to regular Woolworth stores, and eventually selling them off to supermarket chain Gateway in 1986, which then sold the stores to Asda in 1988. Only a few former Woolco stores remain to this day under Asda ownership.

Creation of Big W
In 1980, The F.W. Woolworth Company purchased the Southampton-based DIY chain B&Q, which at its peak had 26 stores. In 1982, Woolworth's operations in the United Kingdom underwent a management buyout from their former parent company, becoming Woolworth Holdings PLC. Under the new owners, the company went on to purchase electrical retailer Comet in 1984 and beauty retailer Superdrug in 1987. With the large amount of brands outside the now-named Woolworths brand, the company renamed itself to Kingfisher Group PLC in 1989.

As Kingfisher continued to expand, the company gained a hefty £100 million profit in 1997, and began the process of refurbishing Woolworths stores under three different subcategories - "City" stores, "Heartland" stores, and "Local" stores, which had proven to be very successful. With the profit, Kingfisher began plans to take over the supermarket chain Asda with one of the plans if the purchase came into fruition was to create an out-of-town megastore chain that would bring the best of Kingfisher and Asda in one building, however at the last minute - Walmart instead took over the chain.

However, despite the failed merger, the CEO of Kingfisher Group, Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy decided to go on his own, and publicly revealed the Big W brand in 1998, which brought the best of Kingfisher's retail chains under one roof. In the same year, the Canadian-born Bob Hetherington was chosen to run the chain. Bob had experience with the American F.W. Woolworth Company as he had previously run the American Woolco chain before all the stores were closed in 1982. Hetherington wanted the Big W stores to be fun places to shop in and to offer entertainment during the weekend.

A location in Edinburgh, Scotland was chosen to be the first Big W location. Construction started in September 1998, with the large  store opened in June 1999, proving to be a massive success for the Kingfisher Group as it attracted 30,000 shoppers in its first three days. The shop contained a Burger King fast food outlet and a Peacocks clothing concession in addition to the main range.

Prior to this opening, Kingfisher announced on 30 April 1999 to purchase the Co-Op Homeworld retail chain, taking over 10 of the stores except for two of them. While Kingfisher announced that most of them would be converted into B&Q Warehouse stores, others would be converted into Big W stores. In August 1999, they officially announced that the former  Co-Op Homeworld unit in Coventry would become the second Big W store, for an October opening date. Plans were also made to convert the former Rotherham and Bristol Co-Op Homeworlds as Big W stores for Early 2000 openings, soon announced to be opening in March of that year.

As stores continued to open, the chain expanded further. In July 2000, the Coventry store trialed a packaged food range through a deal with the Booker Group, and in September, signed a three-year deal with Peacocks to sell their clothes in all Big W stores. On 12 October 2000, Kingfisher announced plans to extend Big W's grocery lineup by 2001, while beginning their first television advertising campaign for the chain, titled "Moving Home". At the same time, the next four stores in the chain, located in Stockton, Redruth, Bradford and Glasgow, would open between October and November.

Fate
In 2000, Kingfisher Group PLC announced their plans to demerge their business, restructuring to focus exclusively on the DIY and Electrical markets. In 2001, the company spun off the General Merchandise division including Big W into a separate public company called Woolworths Group PLC, while Superdrug was later sold to Dutch company Kruidvat in the same year.

The demerger of Kingfisher heavily effected the Big W chain as a whole, as the purpose of the chain was now taunted by the loss of almost all of its major suppliers, essentially making Big W simply large Woolworths stores. With this, it was renamed Woolworths Big W. Despite this, stores continued to open up under the new name, with some existing stores having their logo on the top of the building changed to the modified version. In 2003, Woolworths started to open stores less frequently, as the chain was beginning to become very unprofitable for the company.

Following a period of losses, Woolworths confirmed in 2004 that it would abandon the Big W concept. Woolworths announced that they would sell the stores that had planning permission to sell groceries, while the remaining stores would be downsized and become Woolworths Out-of-Town Stores. The first Big W stores to receive the downsize treatment were the Hartcliffe and Norwich branches. A store in Byker originally planned to open as a Big W also gained the format, except opening as a large Woolworths store.

On 9 January 2005, Woolworths sold the seven stores that sold groceries to Tesco and Asda, which also included a Big W store in Grimsby that never opened. Within this time, all remaining Big W stores were converted into the Woolworths Out-of-Town formats, with the gross internal floor area of the remaining sites reduced to an optimum trading size of around . Most stores continued to share space with Peacocks, while others were shrunk down in size entirely.

About
Much like Woolco, Big W stores were found in retail parks or out-of-town areas around the UK and supplied goods from the four main Kingfisher brands. When the stores became Woolworths Big W, they supplied only Woolworths products. These remained mainly the same when the stores became regular Woolworths Stores. Some stores later introduced Woolworths Clearance Outlets at the back of the stores.

Stores

References

External links
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Retail companies established in 1999
Retail companies disestablished in 2004
1999 establishments in England
2004 disestablishments in England
Defunct supermarkets of the United Kingdom
Hypermarkets
British companies established in 1999
British companies disestablished in 2004


title: List of mountain passes in Florida

text:
The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in the U.S. state of Florida.

See also

References

External links

Mountain passes


title: European Western Balkans

text:
European Western Balkans (sometimes abbreviated EWB) is a web portal that focuses on the Western Balkans countries and reports on development of the European Union's enlargement policy towards the states of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

The objective of European Western Balkans is to enhance understanding, raise awareness and further dialogue surrounding issues facing the democratization of Balkan nations and the desire for its integration in the European Union. The European Western Balkans website takes a more journalistic than scholarly approach with interviews and analysis from journalists, experts, analysts, writers, historians, as well as leaders and political figures from the European Union and Western Balkan states.

European Western Balkans is entirely independent and it is owned and run by the Centre for Contemporary Politics think tank based in Belgrade. In 2016 the portal, along with its parent organization and Konrad Adenauer Foundation, published a guide in Serbian "Evropski parlament i Srbija" (European Parliament and Serbia) with the aim of helping Serbian MP's understand how European Parliament works. The promotion of the guide took place in National Assembly of Serbia and the speakers were David McAlister and Maja Gojković.

Content

Besides publishing regular news, EWB has a series of interviews with key people from Western Balkans countries which are involved in European integration process of their countries and interviews with politicians and specialists in a wide range of fields especially in European Politics and European integration.

In August 2020, EWB started recording weekly show called "EWB Screening" on their YouTube and Facebook account. The format of the show consists of one-on-one half an hour interviews with various experts on the topic of European integration related subjects primarily of Serbia, but also of the entire Western Balkans region.

EWB Award for the Contribution to the European Integration

EWB gives out an annual award for the "Contribution to the European Integration" to persons who have contributed the most to the EU integration of the Western Balkans region. The first award was awarded in 2019 to Nikola Dimitrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia. In 2020, EWB awarded Tanja Fajon, Member of the European Parliament, for "her unwavering commitment to the European future of the Western Balkans amidst rising challenges, continued representation of the value-based EU in the region, as well as the principled promotion of democracy, freedom and tolerance".

European Western Balkans - Srbija

In April 2017, European Western Balkans - Srbija started to work. New web portal, in Serbian, is focused mainly on European integration of Republic of Serbia, following negotiations of chapters of Community acquis.

Balkanoscope
On 26 March 2018 a new project called "Balkanoscope" was presented in Brussels. It is a joint initiative of EWB and European Fund for the Balkans. The aim of the project is to "present the Balkans from a different viewpoint...where real people are struggling with real issues" by publishing different stories and interviews.

As of 7 August 2018 there are English and French version of the portal.

References

External links
 Facebook: European Western Balkans
 Balkanoscope

Internet properties established in 2014
2014 establishments in Europe
Newspapers established in 2014
Balkans


title: Vërnicë

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Vërnicë (,  or Врбница) is a village in the former Trebisht Municipality in Dibër County in northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Bulqizë. It is situated with in the Gollobordë region, near the border with North Macedonia.

History
A demographic survey of the population of the village, done in 1873, recorded the village as having 30 households with 97 male Bulgarian Christian residents.

In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Varbnitsa was inhabited by about 300 Bulgarian Christians. The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that the village was inhabited by 256 Bulgarian Exarchists. There was a Bulgarian school in the beginning of 20th century in Varbnitza.

During the Balkan Wars, two men from the village joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps.

Elez Koçi was killed in the village in 1916 by Bulgarian forces.

Demographics
The village of Vërnicë is inhabited by an Albanian population which dominates demographically in the village.
Other inhabitants of Vërnicë are speakers of a Eastern South Slavic and the village has also traditionally contained a Torbeš population.

According to a 2007 estimate, Vërnicë's population was 548.

References

Populated places in Bulqizë
Villages in Dibër County


title: Saturn Cycling Team

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The Saturn Cycling Team was an American cycling team that existed from 1992 to 2003. It was managed by Tom Schuler and sponsored by the Saturn Corporation.

Victories

1995
United States National Road Race Championships, Norman Alvis
United States National Criterium Championships, Frank McCormack
Killington Stage Race, Frank McCormack

1996
Giro del Capo, Scott Mercier
Tour de Toona, Scott Mercier
International Cycling Classic, Fred Rodriguez

1997
United States National Road Race Championships, Bart Bowen
United States National Cyclo-cross Championships, Mark McCormack
Herald Sun Tour, Norman Alvis
Tour de Toona, Norman Alvis
Tour of Japan, Bart Bowen

1998
International Cycling Classic, Frank McCormack
Tour of Japan, Frank McCormack
Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Frank McCormack

1999
Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Bart Bowen
Tour de Beauce, Levi Leipheimer
Sea Otter Classic, Frank McCormack

2000
Joe Martin Stage Race, Erin Hartwell
Lancaster Classic, Trent Klasna
Killington Stage Race, Chris Wherry

2001
United States National Time Trial Championships, Trent Klasna
Canadian National Time Trial Championships, Eric Wohlberg
United States National Criterium Championships, Harm Jansen
Tour de Toona, Harm Jansen
Redlands Bicycle Classic, Trent Klasna
Sea Otter Classic, Trent Klasna
Nature Valley Grand Prix, Frank McCormack
Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Eric Wohlberg
Mount Washington Hillclimb, Tim Johnson

2002
Canadian National Road Race Championships, Eric Wohlberg
GP Weltour, Chris Fisher
International Cycling Classic, Viktor Rapinski
Tour de Nez, Eric Wohlberg

2003
United States National Road Race Championships, Mark McCormack
Canadian National Time Trial Championships, Eric Wohlberg
Sea Otter Classic, Nathan O'Neill
Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, Viktor Rapinski
International Cycling Classic, Viktor Rapinski
Redlands Bicycle Classic, Chris Horner
Tour de Georgia, Chris Horner
Herald Sun Tour, Tim Johnson
Nature Valley Grand Prix, Trent Klasna
Cascade Cycling Classic, Tom Danielson
Mount Washington Hillclimb, Tom Danielson
Pomona Valley Stage Race, Tom Danielson
Tour de Langkawi, Tom Danielson
Tour de Toona, Tom Danielson
Tour de Delta, William Frischkorn
San Francisco Grand Prix, Chris Horner

List of riders

References

Defunct cycling teams based in the United States
Cycling teams established in 1992
Cycling teams disestablished in 2003
1992 establishments in the United States
2003 disestablishments in the United States


title: Gimme the Power (2012 film)

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Gimme the Power is a 2012 Mexican documentary film by Olallo Rubio about the band Molotov.

Synopsis
Olallo Rubio traces the history of the Mexican rock band Molotov and their wider significance to Mexican politics explaining how Mexican rock music has always had a rather ambiguous relationship with the Mexican government and society in general since the late 1950s, passing through the Avandaro Festival's La Onda hippie generation until modern times.

Cast
 Sergio Arau
 Olallo Rubio
 Juan Villoro
 Fernanda Tapia
 Molotov: Tito Fuentes, Miky Huidobro, Paco Ayala, and Randy Ebright
 Luis de Llano Macedo
 Alex Lora
 Armando Molina S.

Production
Rubio had wanted to do a rockumentary for a long time and was inspired to direct one after he saw the band perform in Spain in 2003.  He said that he hoped the film would inspire young people to be more critical of the government.

Release
Gimme the Power was released in Mexico on June 1, 2012, timed to appear just before the general election.

Reception
According to El Universal, the film was received well in Mexico.

References

External links

2012 films
2012 documentary films
Mexican documentary films
Rockumentaries
2010s Mexican films


title: Clarence Janecek

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Clarence Robert Janecek (April 1, 1911 – January 16, 1990) was an American football guard who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played college football at Purdue University and attended Harrison Technical High School in Chicago, Illinois.

References

External links
 Just Sports Stats
 CLARENCE JANECEK Obituary - Maple Park, Illinois | Legacy

1911 births
1990 deaths
Players of American football from Chicago
American football guards
Purdue Boilermakers football players
Pittsburgh Pirates (football) players


title: Henry Brown (American clergyman)

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Henry Brown (July 20, 1848 – 1931) was a Methodist missionary and minister in Washington state at the turn of the century, a prohibitionist, and an author of one book.

Born in Guernsey County, Ohio, Reverend Dr. Henry Brown was the presiding elder of the Spokane District of the Columbia River Conference for many years during the 1890s to the early 1900s.

Support of prohibition
Brown was a prohibitionist, and continually challenged local papers coverage of prohibition and its supporters, especially the Daily Journal in Walla Walla, which in January 1888 announced it would not publish a proposed article in support of prohibition. Brown challenged the editor on the grounds that newspapers were meant to act as a “mirror to reflect public opinion” and that excluding the support of a policy that the editor disagreed with would be a disservice to the paper’s patrons.

Support of women's suffrage
Brown was a vocal supporter of women’s suffrage in the Washington Territory, one of the first territories in which women gained the right to vote through full enfranchisement in 1883. Brown wrote many letters to the editor of the Daily Journal in Walla Walla about the paper’s representation of women’s newly acquired right to vote. In 1887, a year before the Washington Territorial Supreme Court revoked women’s right to vote, the paper asserted that the Union did not want to force women to vote, but that many women, once they could vote, only voted in the first ballot out of curiosity and thereafter ceased to vote as the novelty of voting dissipated. Brown challenged this interpretation, writing that the Union did not force men to vote, so why would they force women to do so? He argued that while the Union did not believe in forcing women to vote, it did believe in forcing women to abstain from voting, and that the Union would continue to reinforce and perpetuate the legal barriers that kept women from voting.

As author
Brown published one book, The Impending Peril: Or, Methodism and Amusement, which describes the dangers that "popular amusements of the day" posed to Christianity. In his preface, he went as far as to say that popular amusements were "insidious attacks" and that they emanated "evil"

His book also describes his support of prohibition — specifically, that he believed that as God created the ten commandments, the "moral law", it was up to religious leaders like himself to help make moral laws, as "the world has not yet been won over to righteousness." The Impending Peril was published at a time when many in the Methodist church were pressing for the official relaxation of the rules governing leisure activities, citing the demand for a "freer life" for members in good standing in the church. Brown’s book pushed back against the increasing desire for more liberal rules and fewer restrictions, asserting that if the rules were to be loosened, current members would leave the church and the church would begin to attract people who were less committed than current members.

References

External links
Henry Brown Papers, 1848–1931

American Methodist clergy
1848 births
19th-century Methodist ministers
1931 deaths
19th-century American clergy


title: Eli Lieb (album)

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Eli Lieb is the debut album from the American pop singer-songwriter, Eli Lieb. The album was self-produced and self-released on October 25, 2011.

Background
Lieb began to write and compose the album after the success following his covers on YouTube. When speaking to Out magazine about the first album's concept in comparison to his upcoming second album, Lieb said:

It definitely still has the same electro-pop feel, but there is a little more acoustic stuff in there. I feel like it is just more, mature. I think as an artist you keep on evolving and growing and learning more, and I think that this album, I approached it in way were I knew a lot more than I did for the first album.
One single was released from the album, titled "Place of Paradise" on September 8, 2011.

Track listing

Notes

External links

Pop albums by American artists
2011 debut albums


FINA Youth Water Polo World Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years for the players under the age of 18. It was launched by FINA in 2012.

Editions

Men

Women

 2020 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championships in Volos, Greece was cancelled.

Medals

References

External links
Fina archives
https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2021-men-s-world-junior-championships-epr113991.html
https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2021-women-s-world-junior-championships-epr113211.html
https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2020-men-s-world-championships-u16-epr105260.html
https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2020-women-s-world-championships-u16-epr105266.html
https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2018-men-s-world-youth-championships-epr86181.html
https://www.the-sports.org/water-polo-2018-women-s-world-youth-championships-epr86187.html

Youth
Waterpolo


title: Pot Creek Cultural Site

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Pot Creek Cultural Site is an abandoned 13th century pueblo located on private land owned by Southern Methodist University and on public Carson National Forest land in Taos County, New Mexico.

Geography
Located within the Rio Grande valley and surrounded by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the site is at  in elevation. Its sources of water were the Rio Grande del Rancho, also known as the Little Rio Grande, and Rio del la Olla, also known as Pot Creek.

Archaeological site
The site was a large adobe pueblo consisting of a large plaza, great kiva, and small plazas with multiple-storied blocks of rooms and smaller kivas. Its height of occupation was between 1260 and 1320 CE. The pueblo is believed to have been similar to Taos Pueblo and had about 400 rooms on the ground floor for storage, with additional rooms in the multiple-storied dwellings used as dwellings. It is estimated that the pueblo was occupied for about three generations, with its peak population about 1310. Around 1318 a great kiva was under construction, but it was never completed. It is believed that the pueblo was abandoned about 1320, at which time the southern portion of the site was destroyed by fire. Residents moved to nearby Picuris and Taos Pueblos.

The pueblo people lived primarily on a diet of corn, squash and beans that they grew. They also ate bison, local animals and wild plants. The made their own pottery. Gray pottery was used for cooking. They also decorated black-on-white pottery vessels and made tools from stone and animal bones.

The site has been studied by Southern Methodist University for more than 50 years.

Carson National Forest site
The portion of the pueblo located on Carson National Forest is open to visitors from June to September. It is about 50 yards from a parking area on Highway 518 at milepost 66.4 and has a picnic area and restrooms. The one-mile loop trail has signs that interpret the lifestyle of the pueblo residents and leads to a reproduction of a pueblo room and a kiva.

Gallery

See also
 Eight Northern Pueblos
 High Road to Taos, New Mexico
 Puebloan peoples
 Southern Methodist University - Taos SMU archaeology field school program

Notes

References

External links

 Carson National Forest: Pot Creek Cultural Site
 Southern Methodist University: Pot Creek Pueblo
 Dennis Holloway, Architect: Model of Pot Creek Cultural Site

Buildings and structures completed in the 13th century
Dwellings of the Pueblo peoples
Tiwa Puebloans
History of Taos County, New Mexico
Native American history of New Mexico
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area
Archaeological sites in New Mexico
Puebloan buildings and structures
Ruins in the United States
Carson National Forest
Southern Methodist University
Pueblos in New Mexico


title: Thaali Kattiya Raasa

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Thaali Kattiya Raasaa is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Vijaya Kanna and produced by M. Natarasan, Thanjai D. Pragadeshwaran, K. Selvam, and J. F. Raja. The film stars Murali, Kanaka, Senthamarai, and Anandaraj.

Plot
Mythili falls in love with Pandiyan, an educated man in her village. However, they have to first deal with Mythili's cruel father who in the past had ruined her sister's life.

Cast

Murali as Pandiyan
Kanaka as Mythili
Goundamani as tea stall owner
Senthil as tea stall employee
Senthamarai
Anandaraj
K. R. Savithri
Kuyili
Kullamani
Singamuthu
Dhatchayini
Sharmili
Sittal Mallika
Vijayammal
Madurai Soraja
Mary
Radha Krishnan
Dhanapal
S. A. Rajkumar (special appearance)

Soundtrack
The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.

References

1992 films
1990s Tamil-language films
Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar


title: Mor Shaked

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Mor Shaked (; born 23 December 1986) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays for F.C. Holon Yermiyahu.

Notes

1986 births
Living people
Israeli Jews
Israeli men's footballers
Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players
Hapoel Hod HaSharon F.C. players
Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C. players
Maccabi Be'er Sheva F.C. players
Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players
Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players
Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C. players
Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players
Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players
Hapoel Umm al-Fahm F.C. players
Maccabi Yavne F.C. players
Hapoel Holon F.C. players
Liga Leumit players
Israeli Premier League players
Footballers from Hod HaSharon
Men's association football midfielders


title: 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads

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This article lists the squads for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, held in Canada. Each competing federation was allowed a 21-player squad, which had to be submitted to FIFA.

Group A

Canada
Coach:  Andrew Olivieri

Ghana
Coach:  Bashir Hayford

Finland
Coach:  Marianne Miettinen

North Korea
Coach:  Hwang Yong-bong

Group B

Germany
Coach:  Maren Meinert

Melanie Leupolz sustained injury and was replaced by Joelle Wedemeyer.

United States
Coach:  Michelle French

China PR
Coach:  Wang Jun

Brazil
Coach:  Dorival Bueno

Group C

England
Coach:  Mo Marley

South Korea
Coach:

Mexico
Coach:  Christopher Cuéllar

Nigeria
Coach:  Peter Dedevbo

Group D

New Zealand
Coach:  Aaron McFarland

Paraguay
Coach:  Julio Gómez

France
Coach:  Gilles Eyquem

Costa Rica
Coach:  Garabet Avedissian

Notes

References

External links
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Canada 2014 – List of Players

2014 in youth association football
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads


title: Alexander Khodakovsky

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Alexander Sergeevich Khodakovsky () is the commander of the Russian separatist militia, the Vostok Battalion, which formed in early May 2014 during the 2014 insurgency in Donbas.

Biography
Khodakovsky is a former commander of Ukraine's Alpha special unit of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). During the 2014 insurgency in Donbas, he defected and became the leader of the pro-Russian "Patriotic Forces of Donbas" in Donetsk Oblast, and later (until July 16, 2014, when he was replaced by Vladimir Antyufeyev) the Security Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic. On 19 August 2014, reports began to emerge that Khodakovsky had been arrested by law enforcement agencies.  It was later clarified by the Interior Ministry that it was Semyon Khodakovsky, a junior rebel commander, that had been detained. In May 2018, Khodakovsky relocated to Russia, and in September 2018, he claimed that Russian border guards did not let him return to Donetsk.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

On July 23, 2014, the international news agency Reuters reported Khodakovsky had in an interview confirmed that pro-Russian rebels had obtained a Buk missile system, which they used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and then "probably" sent it back to Russia to remove proof of its presence.

This Reuters interview was quickly disputed by another rebel leader, Alexander Borodai. And Khodakovsky quickly denied having told Reuters that separatists possessed Buk missiles when the Malaysia airliner crashed in the region: "We were discussing theories but one simple phrase was cutting throughout like a red line that I do not have the information on militia possessing such kind of a weapon." Khodakovsky said he had told Reuters that he was not an expert and could not comment on the crash. Khodakovsky said he neither agreed with nor denied claims that rebels had shot down the plane. He only said that if Ukrainian authorities knew that the DPR allegedly possessed Buks, they should have banned civilian flights in the Donetsk airspace. Reuters said it stands by its story and produced an audio recording of part of the interview, in which a man who sounds like Khodakovsky confirms key comments made by Khodakovsky about the militia obtaining the Buk from Russia and using it to shoot down MH17.

In November 2014, he repeated his claim that the separatists had a Buk launcher at the time, but stated that the vehicle, under control of fighters from Luhansk, had still been on its way to Donetsk when MH17 crashed. It then retreated in order to avoid being placed under blame.

Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine

In December 2022, during the  Russian invasion of Ukraine, he said that the only way Russia can win the war against Ukraine would be through the use of nuclear weapons. Khodakovsky  would again criticize Russian leadership of the war effort, stating that Russia can only hope to freeze the current front line, and cannot defeat Ukraine militarily, and that the opportunity for total victory in the war has long since passed. Khodakovsky concluded that Russia will likely have to come to a “truce” and that Russia may enter a phase “of neither peace nor war” with Ukraine. In this frozen conflict Khodakovsky  speculates that Russia will be able to influence Ukraine more subtlety and to a greater extent then they can in a state of active war.

2023 counteroffensive

During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, Khodakovsky and the Vostok Brigade were in charge of defending the village of Urozhaine, on the border of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. The village was described by The New York Times as a "stronghold" and an important part of the Russian defensive network on the Velyka Novosilka axis. Despite this, Russian media and Khodakovsky himself made it clear that the strategically important village would be solely defended by the Vostok Brigade against elite detachments from the Ukrainian Marine Corps. Fighting for the village began on 6 August, 2023, and Khodakovsky announced that the Vostok Brigade would be withdrawing from the village on 15 August, stating that their defensive position had become untenable. Ukraine announced the liberation of the settlement on 16 August, and has been noted using artillery to shell retreating members of the Vostok Brigade resulting in high casualties among Khodakovsky's troops.

Sanctions
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.

See also

 Iryna Dovhan
 Sanctions involving Russia

References

External links
 Alexander Khodakovsky at OpenSanctions
 Alexander Khodakovsky at Sanction catalog list
 The Donetsk People's Republic and some EU blacklisted leaders at Human Rights Without Frontiers

Pro-Russian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
People from the Donetsk People's Republic
1972 births
Living people
Ukrainian defectors
Security Service of Ukraine officers
Pro-Russian people of the war in Donbas
Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Ukrainian collaborators with Russia
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List


title: Qingyuan Pumped Storage Power Station

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The Qingyuan Pumped Storage Power Station () is a 1,280 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric power station about  northwest of Qingyuan in Qingxin District, Guangdong Province, China. Construction on the project began in October 2008. The upper reservoir began impounding water in March 2013 and the first generator and all four generators were commissioned by 30 November 2015.

The power station operates by shifting water between an upper and lower reservoir to generate electricity. The lower reservoir is located on Qin River and the upper reservoir is located in a valley above the west side of the lower reservoir. During periods of low energy demand, such as at night, water is pumped from Qingyuan Lower Reservoir up to the upper reservoir. When energy demand is high, the water is released back down to the lower reservoir but the pump turbines that pumped the water up now reverse mode and serve as generators to produce electricity. The process is repeated as necessary and the plant serves as a peaking power plant. It is operated by China Southern Power Grid Company. At full load, it can last 9.1 hours of power generation.

Reservoir
The lower reservoir is created by a  tall and  long rock-fill dam on the Pan Wen River. It can withhold up to  of water, of which  can be pumped to the upper reservoir. The upper reservoir is created by a  tall and  long rock-fill dam. It can withhold up to  of water, of which  can be used for power production. Water from the upper reservoir is sent to the underground power station down near the lower reservoir through a  long headrace/penstock pipe. The power station contains four 320 MW Francis pump turbines. The difference in elevation between the upper and lower reservoir affords a hydraulic head (water drop) of .

Accidents
Six workers were killed while excavating a tunnel on 19 November 2012.

See also

List of pumped-storage power stations

References

Dams in China
Rock-filled dams
Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in China
Hydroelectric power stations in Guangdong
Underground power stations


title: Petar Janjatović

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Petar Janjatović (born 1956 in Belgrade) is a Serbian author, journalist, and music critic.

Biography
Janjatović was born in Belgrade on June 30, 1956.

Journalism
As a teenager, he contributed to Radio Beograd show Veče uz radio (Evening by the Radio). He wrote for music magazines Džuboks, Rock, X zabava and Ukus nestašnih, but also for Start, Politikin Zabavnik, NIN, Vreme, Duga, Reporter, Super Tin and Politika.

In 1993, he left Radio Beograd, and during the 1990s worked on radio stations Politika, Zrenjanin and Pančevo. From 1997 to 2002 he was the music editor on Radio Pančevo. From 2006 to 2012, he, together with Tomislav Grujić, on Radio B92, had a show Juboks (Yubox), which dealt with pop and rock scene of SFR Yugoslavia successor states. During the 2000s, he was a correspondent for Billboard, Radio Free Europe and BBC.

Publishing
In 1983, Janjatović, together with writer David Albahari and music critics Darko Glavan and Dragan Kremer, published the book Drugom stranom: Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ (Via Other Side: The Almanac of new wave in SFRY).

In 1993, he published the book Pesme bratstva & detinjstva: Antologija rok poezije SFR Jugoslavije 1967 – 1991 (Songs of Brotherhood & Childhood: Anthology of Rock Poetry in SFR Yugoslavia 1967 – 1991). The second edition of the book, entitled Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007) was published in 2008.

In 1998, he published the book Ilustrovana YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 1997 (Illustrated Rock Encyclopedia 1960–1997). The book saw two more editions: Ilustrovana ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 2000 (2001) and Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 - 2006 (2007).

Other activities
In 1990, he was the editor of the last edition of Festival Omladina. Since 2003, he is the editor of the Serbian branch of record label Dallas Records. From 2003 to 2005, he was a member of the jury in the TV contest Idol. He is an author of several short stories, published in magazine Stav and various authors book Meni pričaš?! (Kikinda Short 04).

He describes himself as a Yugo-futurist.

Books
Drugom stranom: Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ (Via Other Side: The Almanac of New Wave in SFRY, with David Albahari, Darko Glavan and Dragan Kremer, 1983)
Pesme bratstva & detinjstva: Antologija rok poezije SFR Jugoslavije 1967 – 1991 (Songs of Brotherhood & Childhood: Anthology of Rock Poetry in SFR Yugoslavia 1967 – 1991, 1993)
Ilustrovana YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 1997 (Illustrated YU Rock Encyclopedia 1967 – 1997, 1998)
Ilustrovana ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 2000 (2001)
Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 - 2006 (2007)
Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007, 2008)

References

Serbian non-fiction writers
Journalists from Belgrade
Serbian male short story writers
Serbian short story writers
1956 births
Living people
Male non-fiction writers


title: Sam Cooper (American football)

text:
Samuel VanVoorhis Cooper  (February 1, 1909 – August 22, 1998) was an American football tackle who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played college football at Geneva College. He attended Monongahela High School and graduated from Mars High School in Mars, Pennsylvania. After playing in the NFL, Cooper went on to become superintendent of a boys' home, a teacher, coach, and principal. He also worked at a steel company and operated a farm with his wife.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats

1909 births
1998 deaths
American football offensive tackles
Geneva Golden Tornadoes football players
Pittsburgh Pirates (football) players
Players of American football from Washington County, Pennsylvania


title: Farne Group

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The Farne Group is a geologic group in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England

References

Carboniferous System of Europe
Carboniferous England


title: Cromer Knoll Group

text:
The Cromer Knoll Group is a geological group of Early Cretaceous age, found at outcrop in eastern England and developed extensively beneath the North Sea in the UK, Norwegian and Danish sectors and in the Norwegian Sea. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Cretaceous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England

References

Cretaceous England
Lower Cretaceous Series of Europe


title: Selborne Group

text:
The Selborne Group is a geologic group in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. It comprises the Gault Formation (informally/traditionally the Gault Clay or Blue Marl) and the overlying Upper Greensand Formation (earlier known as the Malm or Malm Rock).

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England

References

Cretaceous England


title: 2014 Sarcelles riots

text:
On Sunday, 20 July 2014, a pro-Palestinian protest against the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza degenerated into an antisemitic riot in Sarcelles, France. An illegal demonstration gathered about 500 persons (the police and organisers having similar figures), without incident, but the riots broke out quickly after the dispersion of the demonstration, starting with 50 protesters provoking the police and eventually involving up 300 people according to the report of the riot police. Jewish-owned businesses and non-Jewish owned businesses were attacked and looted by local youths armed with metal bars and wooden clubs. Members of La Ligue de défense juive (LDJ, Jewish Defense League) were present in Sarcelles, and attempted to defend a synagogue by forming a line in front of it and holding motor-cycle helmets as weapons. Palestinian groups accused the League of provoking the attack by taunting demonstrators and throwing projectiles.

Background

Pro-palestinian demonstrations

The Operation Protective Edge created a lot of emotions in France, in particular within the French population of Arab descent. This social composition of the pro-Palestinian is both put forward by radical-left and post-colonial groups and by right-wing medias, and most of the events occurred in low-income and high-immigration neighbourhoods. However, after having given an unusually direct support to Israël, the French government took a hard stance and forbid almost every pro-Palestinian demonstration. The interdictions begun around 14 July, mostly presented as technical and due to the overlap with the festivities of the national holiday, but not everywhere. Then the justifications put forward for later interdictions quickly became the clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists, which begun as soon as 13 July. This led to many illegal demonstrations during this month, in a context of tensions. In particular those of Barbès and Sarcelles. Those demonstrations have often been described as anti-semitic, and many comments pointed out the presence of Islamic or ethnic ("communautaristes") orientations inside those demonstrations, although they have mostly been organised by the radical left and the far-left (in particular the NPA). Some incorrect news was broadcast and corrected afterwards, while we have oral reports of anti-semitic sentences which are hard to check (such as the rumour of a "Mort aux Juifs !", "Death to the Jews!") but a few pictures from the Dieudonné sphere can be found. In parallel, the pro-Israel counter-demonstration in Sarcelles was forbidden as well, since groups such as Jewish Defense League have already participated in several violent confrontations with pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the previous days.

Claims of rising of anti-semitism

France has the third largest community of Jews after Israel and the U.S. and anti-Semitism in France has increased significantly in recent years with one monitoring group claiming that it has increased 700% since the 1990s. Since the beginning of the 21st century, antisemitism in France has found new sources of recruitment from certain leftist groups and in the identification of a significant proportion of the Muslim immigrant population with the Palestinian cause on the one hand and with radical Islamism on the other. By early 2014 the number of French Jews immigrating to Israel had overtaken the number of American Jews and at the same time 70% of French Jews were concerned about insults or harassment and 60% about physical aggression because of their Jewishness, both figures being much higher than the European average.

A kosher grocery store was set ablaze, for which the perpetrator was convicted of arson.

Reactions

Government response
Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls condemned the attack as antisemitic. He said of the attack, "What's happened in Sarcelles is intolerable: attacking a synagogue or a kosher grocery, is quite simply anti-Semitism, racism."

Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve said that the violence prompted the ban, not that the ban prompted the violence.

Three men, aged 21 and 28, were jailed for between six and ten months for their part in the riot. A fourth man received a suspended sentence, and a minor received a fine. Three other men received suspended sentences for their part in a riot in Paris on the same day. None of the convictions in Sarcelles were for 'anti-Semitism'. Instead they were for minor public order offences. The term 'riot' was never used by police or prosecutors.

See also
 2008–09 Oslo riots

References

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2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
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