title: 2014–15 Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. season

text:
Current squad

first team

Transfers

Summer

In:

Out:

Winter

In:

Out:

Pre-season and friendlies

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

 Order of legs reversed after original draw.
 Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Maccabi lost and entered the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round.

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Israeli Premier League

Regular season

Championship Round

Israel State Cup

Toto cup

Group stage

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

References

Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. seasons


title: Tom Wallace

text:
Thomas William Wallace (born 1 March 1936) is a former Australian politician.

He was born in Sale to Harold Roy Wallace, a farmer, and Phyllis Violet. He attended Kilmany State School and Sale Technical School before becoming a grazier. He was active in the local community and in the National Party, and he was elected to Rosedale Shire Council in 1975, serving until 1982 (president 1980–81). In 1982 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Gippsland South. While in parliament he was the party spokesman on housing, employment and training. In 1992 he left his seat to challenge Labor MLA Keith Hamilton in Morwell, but he was defeated. From 1994 to 1997 he was commissioner of the Shire of Baw Baw.

References

1936 births
Living people
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
People from Sale, Victoria


title: Napier Operatic Society

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Napier Operatic Society (often abbreviated as NOS) is an amateur theatre society based in Napier, New Zealand. Established in 1887, Napier Operatic Society is the second oldest-existing theatrical society in New Zealand, and is nationally renowned for its critically acclaimed professional-quality productions.

The society is based at The Tabard Theatre, which underwent extensive renovations completed in April 1994 – an extended rehearsal room, wardrobe hire, workshop, and restaurant-theatre complex were completed during the 5-year project. The Napier Operatic Society produces multiple productions a year, and has done a major stage-show every year since 1887, with the exception of several years throughout the 20th century during overseas conflict and the aftermath of natural disaster.

History

The earliest known theatre company in Napier was the Napier Theatre Co., which in 1883, along with the Napier Musical Society and the Napier Amateur Drama Club combined to create the Theatre Royal. The Theatre Royal made its debut with the musical Trial by Jury, and out of this the Napier Operatic Society was born.

Most of the early productions were Gilbert and Sullivan plays, with the first production at the new Napier Municipal Theatre being A Greek Slave in 1912. The 1800 capacity of the Napier Municipal Theatre was noted to have been "frequently taxed to the uttermost", especially by people who drive in from the country areas. Due to the onset of World War I, The Blue Moon was the last production by Napier Operatic Society until 1921.

 The 1931 Napier earthquake caused significant damage to the Napier Municipal Theatre, contributing to Napier Operatic's hiatus until 1937. A Special General Meeting was held on 14 October 1937 where it was unanimously decided to revive the society. The first production in over 7 years, Rio Rita, was performed at the newly built Napier Municipal Theatre. Since then, with the exception of during World War II until 1953, there has been at least one production put on by Napier Operatic Society every year.

Napier Operatic Society has staged many hit musicals in recent years, including Les Misérables, 42nd Street, Chicago, Cats, Beauty and the Beast, Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, and Evita. Napier Operatic Society have since begun staging larger productions that typically would be seen at the Napier Municipal Theatre at the Tabard Theatre, such as Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Blood Brothers.

Productions: 1887–present

Society presidents: 1890–present

Honorary life members

"*" denotes deceased

Theatre School

The Napier Operatic Society Theatre School (often abbreviated as NOS Theatre School) was one of the first youth theatre programmes to have been established by an existing amateur musical theatre society in New Zealand. Under the direction of Sonya Aifai since 2000, the theatre school has trained aspiring actors by casting them in yearly productions.

The Napier Operatic Society Theatre School has been nationally recognised, including in 2017 when it was awarded the Excellence in Acting award at the Junior Theatre Celebration in Auckland. Subsequently, in both 2018 and 2019, theatre school alumnus Jackson Stone was awarded Outstanding Male Performer two years in a row for his roles as Donkey in Shrek Jr., and as Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain Jr.. Stone, alongside of other notable theatre school members Marcus Allan, Maia Driver, and Renee Seymour, represented NOS and New Zealand at the Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta in 2020.

Founding members of the Theatre School have gone on to perform directing roles on a local and national level; including Alice Pardoe in stage management for Taki Rua, Anne Aifai in choreography, Rachael McKinnon in directing, and Anthony Collier in directing and the establishment of Napier Theatre Company.

Theatre School productions: 2000–present

References

External links

Theatre companies in New Zealand
Amateur theatre
Napier, New Zealand
1887 establishments in New Zealand


title: National symbols of Montenegro

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National symbols of Montenegro are the symbols that are used in Montenegro to represent what is unique about the nation, reflecting different aspects of its cultural life and history.

Symbols of Montenegro

Culture of Montenegro

References


title: Monadnock Mills

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The Monadnock Mills are a historic mill complex in Claremont, New Hampshire. They extend along the southern bank of the Sugar River on both sides of Water Street, between the Broad Street bridge to the east, and the junction of Main and Water Streets in the west, where they abut the industrial area formerly associated with the Sullivan Machinery Company; there also a small number of surviving elements on the north side of the river opposite this area. The complex represents the surviving elements of what was once the largest manufacturing complex in the upper Connecticut River watershed area, and one of its oldest. The mills were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Many of its buildings have been repurposed to other uses.

History
The Sugar River Manufacturing Company was chartered by the state of New Hampshire in 1831, for the purpose of creating cotton and woolen textiles. The oldest surviving building, the four-story Mill Number 1, dates to 1836, and was followed by the construction of nearby tenement houses. The complex was enlarged in 1843 under new ownership, and began operations the following year. Mill Number 2, on the north bank of the river, was built in 1853, and the adjacent Sunapee Mill was bought in 1856. The company was renamed "Monadnock Mills" in 1846, and operated until 1963. Most of the buildings erected by the company are still standing, but are no longer under single ownership.

The Mills have received several sustainability awards over the years, including the Manufacturing Leadership "Sustainability Leadership Award" in 2016 and the 2017 FSC Leadership Award.

See also
Central Business District (Claremont, New Hampshire)
Lower Village District
National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire

References

External links

Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Buildings and structures in Claremont, New Hampshire
Historic American Engineering Record in New Hampshire
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Textile mills in the United States


title: Nizamabad Junction railway station

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Nizamabad Junction railway station (station code: NZB) is an Indian Railways station, which serves the city of Nizamabad in Telangana. It is a major station on Secunderabad–Manmad railway line, also serving as the junction point for Secunderabad, Peddapalli, / junctions. It is administered under Hyderabad railway division of South Central Railway zone. Jankampet Junction railway station is another station located in the city from where the Secunderabad–Manmad line branch towards Bodhan.

History
The Nizam of Hyderabad ruled over the Deccan region during 18th century and under his reign the railway line between Secunderabad and Manmad was constructed in the year 1905. The railway station was named after then ruler of the Nizam state Nizam-ul-Mulk as Nizamabad.

On 30 June 2004 the SCR operated the last metre-gauge train on the Nizamabad–Manoharabad line bringing to an end the metre gauge services which started in the 1930s on the Secunderabad–Manmad line of the Nizam's State Railways (formerly Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railways)

Line and location

Nizamabad railway station is a junction connecting northern, southern and western India lines. It is situated on Secunderabad (Kacheguda)-Manmad railway line and is also the convergence station for Peddapalli–Karimnagar–Nizamabad line via Armoor which was inaugurated on 25 March 2017 with a DEMU service between Nizamabad and Karimnagar. This section is a part of Delhi–Chennai line which is known as Grand Trunk Route. This  long line also reduced the distance the between major Indian cities such as Hyderabad–New Delhi, Mumbai–Karimnagar, Nizamabad–Warangal.

Jankampet Jn. is another station located in western part of the city. This station also lies on Secunderabad (Kacheguda)–Manmad railway line and acts as the junction point for Jankampet-Bodhan railway line in Nizamabad district. Indian Railways also has plans for extending the railway line from Bodhan to Latur Road and Bidar which in turn will pave way for Nizamabad and Karimnagar to have direct connectivity to Latur, Bidar, Gulbarga, Solapur, Miraj and many other cities of the neighbouring states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.

In October 2023, the Karimnagar-Nizamabad MEMU was extended up to Bodhan.

Classification and performance

Nizamabad is classified as an A–category station, in terms of earnings. It has been selected for the Adarsh Station Scheme, a scheme for upgradation of stations by the Indian Railways.

Structure and amenities

The zonal railway has identified the station for development of Multi Functional Complex adjoining to the station building. The proposed Multi Functional Complex will provide state of the art facilities to the passengers and public at large which shall include services like, food courts, quick service restaurants, cloak rooms, hotels with banquet hall, stores, medical outlets, state of the art, dormitories etc. As of June 2015, P.K.Srivastava the General Manager of Hyderabad Division along with Ms. K.Kavitha, Hon’ble Member of Parliament of Nizamabad have inaugurated several passenger amenities/facilities including Automatic Ticket Vending Machines facility (ATVM),  foundation for development of Nizamabad station.

See also
List of railway stations in India

References

External links

Hyderabad Railway Division

Railway stations in India opened in 1905
Railway stations in Nizamabad district
Hyderabad railway division
Railway junction stations in Telangana


title: Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

text:
Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham. Gunvor represented Switzerland with the song "Lass ihn". They finished in last place with 0 points.

Before Eurovision

National final
The final was held at DRS TV Studios in Zürich on 18 December 1997, and was hosted by Sandra Studer. The winner was chosen by regional televoting.

At Eurovision
Heading into the final of the contest, BBC reported that bookmakers ranked the entry 11th out of the 25 entries.

Voting
Switzerland did not receive any points at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest.

References

1998
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Eurovision


title: List of National Monuments in Connacht

text:
The Irish state has officially approved the following List of National Monuments of Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland, a structure or site may be deemed to be a "National Monument", and therefore worthy of state protection, if it is of national importance. If the land adjoining the monument is essential to protect it, this land may also be protected.

National Monuments in Connacht

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See also

National Monument (Ireland)

References

 National Monuments Service: Search By County. Retrieved 29 July 2010.

Archaeological sites in the Republic of Ireland
Monuments and memorials in the Republic of Ireland
Heritage registers in the Republic of Ireland


title: Sykia, Corinthia

text:
Sykia () is a small village on the northern coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, belonging to the municipality of Xylokastro in Corinthia.

Populated places in Corinthia
Xylokastro-Evrostina


title: Herbert Adams Gibbons

text:
Herbert Adams Gibbons (April 8, 1880 – August 7, 1934) was an American journalist who wrote about international politics and European colonialism during the early 20th century.  He is best known for his books, The New Map of Asia, The New Map of Africa, and The New Map of Europe. He is also known for his seminal study, The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire, which he wrote in Istanbul during the early 20th century.

Between 1908 and 1934, Gibbons was a foreign correspondent for several large New York newspapers.  He was stationed in Greece, Spain, Turkey, Africa and China.  His writings were syndicated in eighty newspapers in the United States.

Both Gibbons and his wife saw the effects of the pre-World War I Armenian genocide and Greek genocide events and are credited with saving many lives in 1909.

During the course of his career, Gibbons wrote more than two dozen books on international affairs and the shifting borders of the early 20th century.  He lectured frequently about international politics, and was widely quoted in the media.  Several of Gibbons' books are still in print today. He also wrote a comprehensive, two-volume biography of merchant-prince John Wanamaker.

Career

Gibbons was born in Annapolis, Maryland.  He attended the William Penn Charter School and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In 1907 and 1913, he earned M.A. and Ph. D. degrees at Princeton University.  In 1908, he received a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary.

Gibbons initially visited Turkey as a missionary. He married author Helen Davenport Gibbons in 1908; she survived him and died in 1960.

Gibbons spent his early career in Turkey, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. From 1908 to 1918, he was a correspondent for the New York Herald. During this period, he filed dispatches from Turkey, Egypt, the Balkan States, and France.

In April 1909, Gibbons and his wife, Helen, personally observed the Turkish attacks on Armenians, in what is today modern Turkey.

From 1910 to 1913, while he was in Turkey, Gibbons served as the Professor of History and Political Economy at Robert College in Istanbul.

Between 1917 and 1918, Gibbons served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France.  During this time, he was still reporting for the New York Herald.  In 1918, he wrote a book called Songs from the Trenches: The Soul of the A.E.F.

From 1918 to 1921, Gibbons was staff correspondent for Century Magazine.

Between 1920 and 1931, he was a correspondent for various American magazines, sending dispatches from Europe, Asia, and Africa.  These publications included the Christian Science Monitor. While working at the Christian Science Monitor, Gibbons reported on the Greek genocide, in early 1922.

Gibbons lectured widely during the course of his career.  Shortly after World War I, he became a professor in the History Department at Princeton University.  He was also Honorary Associate Professor at the Army War College, in Washington, D.C.  During the 1920s, he gave an annual series of lectures at the War College.

In 1930, the New York Times named Gibbons as its special correspondent in China and Manchuria.

In 1931, as part of a world tour, Gibbons was the first person to cross the continent of Africa, from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, by means of rail  While in the Belgian Congo, Gibbons learned that a new rail line had just opened through Portuguese Angola. Gibbons was told that he was the first traveler to make the through trip.  Gibbons made the complete trip across Africa – 3,500 miles – in nine days.

A political progressive in the mold of Woodrow Wilson, he was noted for his opposition to nativism and his belief in  cultural assimilation for ethnic minorities, and for his concomitant opposition to Zionism, which he thought would lead to an increase in anti-Semitism.

Gibbons died on August 7, 1934, in Grundslee, Austria, at the age of 54.

Observation of Armenian genocide

Gibbons spent his early career in the Ottoman Empire and worked on his doctoral thesis and lectured at Robert College, in Istanbul. In 1909, as a missionary for the American Board of Foreign Missions, Gibbons and his wife, Helen Davenport Gibbons, witnessed the massacre of Armenians at Adana and Tarsus, located in modern-day Turkey.

The massacre was part of the Armenian genocide during which the Ottoman government systematically killed over 1.5 million Armenians.

In 1916 Gibbons wrote a book, The Blackest Page of Modern History: Events in Armenia in 1915, in which he described the massacres.  In 1917, Gibbons' wife wrote a book, The Red Rugs of Tarsus, in which she too described her experiences during the massacres.

Observation of Greek genocide

A few years later, Gibbons documented massacres involving the Greek population of Anatolia, in modern Turkey.

Gibbons described the massacres in a series of articles that he wrote for the Christian Science Monitor between May and July 1922. One article, dated May 24, 1922, described the massacre of the Greeks of Pontus, located along the Black Sea, in the northeast of modern Turkey. In the article, Gibbons compared the Ottomans' treatment of the Greeks to the earlier massacre of Armenians: "The massacres and deportations of the Greeks [are] more horrible even than those of the Armenians during the World War, and these crimes continue unabated."  "Two years ago there were 25,000 Greeks here. Today, between the ages of 80 and 14, the male population numbers 6 priests and 10 civilians."

The massacres documented by Gibbons were part of the Greek genocide during which the Ottoman government systematically killed approximately 500,000 Greeks who lived in Anatolia. The remainder of the Greek population later fled the region.

Views on World War I

Gibbons served as a foreign correspondent for several American publications during World War I.

He wrote about the war in his 1916 book, The New Map of Africa, while the war was still being fought. In the book, Gibbons correctly predicted that Germany would fight a second war to regain its colonial empire, if Germany lost the war. Gibbons concluded that a second war could be avoided if the Allies were to give Germany a reasonable amount of territory to colonize in Africa.  If they did not, he accurately predicted that Germany would dominate Poland and the Balkans, which happened in the early days of the Second World War.

Following World War I, Gibbons opposed the Allies' efforts to blame Germany for the war.  In a speech in New York in 1922, Gibbons explained that the war was caused by countries competing for trade interests. If Germany had not existed, the war would still have happened: "human nature," rather than "German nature," had caused the war.

Views on colonialism

Gibbons had a conflicted attitude towards the colonial system, under which the European powers and the United States gained control over large portions of the globe in the late 19th century.  When Gibbons was writing, the British Empire controlled 23% of the world's population and covered 24% of the Earth's total land area.  The issue of colonialism was therefore of the utmost importance in international politics and world trade.

Early in his career, in 1919, Gibbons threw his support behind Woodrow Wilson's famous "Fourteen Points," which called for a League of Nations and self-determination for all people subject to colonial occupation.   In his book, The New Map of Asia, written that year, Gibbons wrote the following about colonialism, which he called "European eminent domain":

However, later in his career, Gibbons was reluctant to criticize the colonial system in some of his newspaper writing.  For example, Gibbons opposed the United States giving the Philippines independence.   He believed that doing so would undermine the international colonial system, and would threaten the position of the French in Indo China, the Dutch in the East Indies and the British in Malaysia.  Gibbons also believed that an American withdrawal from the Philippines would threaten America's commercial interests in the Far East, because the United States would not have a convenient place to keep an army and navy in the area.

In the early 1930s, Gibbons argued that an American withdrawal from the Philippines would be futile because Japan would immediately colonize the country if the United States were to pull out.  In 1931, in a speech in Manila, Gibbons referred to the Philippine calls for independence as "claptrap." He said that if the United States were to withdraw, it might as well negotiate with the League of Nations to hand the Philippines over to Japan as a mandate. The American business community roundly praised Gibbons' speech. However, Philippine nationalist leaders attacked Gibbons by saying that he was raising the "Japanese bogy" as a hurdle to Philippine independence.  (Ultimately, the United States did not grant Philippine independence until 1946, after Japan was no longer a military threat to the former colony.)

Gibbons, also, had no objection to other countries engaging in colonialism for national gain. In the early 1930s, he defended the Japanese invasion of mainland China and found that Japan's actions were no different than American colonization of Mexico or European colonization of other parts of the world. Gibbons thought that Japan could bring peace and commercial order to China. In a front-page article for the New York Times, written in 1932, Gibbons expressed frustration with the constant warfare that characterized China in the 1920s. Gibbons felt that such warfare interfered with the United States' efforts to do business in China. He noted that Americans had to be evacuated from Nanking "seven or eight times" due to the civil war. Gibbons' preference was for Europe and the United States to bring peace to China. However, if such powers were unwilling or unable to do so, he was willing to allow the Japanese to impose order on the country.

Gibbons recognized the calls for independence that affected the colonial world during his time. In 1932, shortly before his death, Gibbons wrote in the New York Times, "There is vast unrest in the East. It affects directly more than half of the human race."  Gibbons attributed this unrest to unfair economic policies imposed on the east by the European colonial powers. He predicted that by the end of the 1930s, there would be a "radical curtailment of the special privileges in Asia that we Occidentals have spent a century in acquiring." However, he refused to advocate withdrawal of western armies from the region.

Views on Zionism and anti-Semitism

Gibbons was opposed to efforts to establish Israel in the Middle East, commonly known as Zionism. He believed that establishing a Jewish state in the Middle East would greatly increase anti-Semitism in Europe and the United States. Gibbons derided Zionism as an unnecessary effort to "preserve the Ghetto" for the Jewish people, when, in his view, they should have been making efforts to assimilate into American society. Gibbons viewed that Jews should have only "one allegiance  - to the Government of the United States."

Gibbons, however, was an ardent opponent of anti-Semitism. In 1921, he signed an open letter, authored by President Woodrow Wilson, opposing anti-Semitism.

Awards

During his lifetime, Gibbons received numerous awards and honors.  In 1920, he received an honorary degree from the University of Pennsylvania.  In 1927, he was awarded the Silver Medal of the city of Paris, and was made an honorary citizen of Le Touquet, France.  He also received the Cross of the Legion of Honor from the French government for his efforts during World War I.

Gibbons was an early member of the Ends of the Earth Club, a group of artists and explorers founded in 1903.  Its members included Mark Twain, General John Pershing, Admiral Robert Peary, and Gutzon Borglum (the sculptor of Mount Rushmore).  Gibbons attended the 17th annual dinner of the group in 1920.

Legacy

Gibbons is an important eyewitness to the Armenian genocide and the Greek genocide.  Both events occurred in isolated regions at a time when few western observers were present.  The contemporaneous reports that Gibbons made to western news organizations concerning these massacres helped corroborate and document these events for present-day scholars.

According to the New York Times, "the career of Dr. Gibbons was one of high adventure.  He traveled to remote corners of the world to gain first hand information on the life, religions and political conditions in Asiatic and African territories."    As such, he was a true-to-life inspiration for academic adventurers portrayed in films such as Indiana Jones.

In 1923, Gibbons donated to Princeton University over 1,100 books, pamphlets, manuscripts, personal notes and photographs relating to World War I.  These and other papers of Dr. Gibbons have been preserved at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University.

Books
His books include:

Paris Reborn (1915)
The Blackest Page of Modern History: Events in Armenia in 1915 (1916)
The New Map of Africa 1900-1916: A History of European Colonial Expansion and Colonial Diplomacy (1916)
The Little Children of Luxembourg (1916)
The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire: A History of the Osmanlis Up To the Death of Bayezid I: 1300–1403 (1916)
Reconstruction of Poland and the Near East:  Problems of Peace (1917)
Songs from the Trenches:  The Soul of the A.E.F. (1918)
The question of Alsace-Lorraine in 1918 as Viewed by an American (1918)
The New Map Of Asia: 1900–1919 (1919)
France and Ourselves: Interpretative Studies: 1917–1919 (1920)
Riviera Towns (1920)
Great Britain in Egypt (1920)
Venizelos (1920)
Bases of Anglo-Saxon Solidarity (1921)
Lithuania Recognition (with W.G. McAdoo) (1921)
An Introduction to World Politics (1922)
Anglo-Saxon Solidarity (1923)
Europe Since 1918 (1923)
America's Place in the World (1924)
A Selected Bibliography of the World War (1924)
John Wanamaker (1926)
Ports of France (1926)
Europe of Today (1927)
The New Map of South America (1929)
Nationalism and Internationalism (1929)
Wider Horizons:  The New Map of the World (1930)
Contemporary World History (1932)

References

External links

1880 births
1934 deaths
American male journalists
Princeton Theological Seminary alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Princeton University alumni


title: Waqullani

text:
Waqullani (Aymara waqulla pitcher, jug, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a jug", Hispanicized spelling Huacullani) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Arequipa Province, Yura District, at the border with the Caylloma Province, Yanque District.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Arequipa Region


title: William Rossiter House

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The William Rossiter House is a historic house at 11 Mulberry Street in Claremont, New Hampshire.  Built in 1813 and enlarged by about 1850, it is a distinctive local example of Greek Revival architecture, with many surviving Federal period features.  The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Description and history
The William Rossiter House stands in a residential area west of downtown Clarement, on the west side of Mulberry Street roughly midway between Myrtle and Sullivan Streets.  It is a -story timber-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.  The house's five-bay facade is fronted by a massive two-story Greek Revival temple portico, with fluted Ionic columns rising to a full entablature.  Its main entrance is framed by sidelight and transom windows, and has flanking pilasters and a projecting cornice above.  The interior retains a number of original Federal period finishes, including doors with original hardware, and several delicately carved fireplace surrounds.  A two-story ell extends to the rear; it has less ornate original finishes, which include crown moulding and four-panel doors.  The ell is further extended by a 20th-century garage.

The main block of this multi-section house was built in 1813 by Austin Tyler.  The ell was added, and the house given its extensive Greek Revival treatment, c. 1830-50 by William Rossiter, a prominent local businessman and politician.  Rossiter was an executive in the city's Sullivan Woolen Mills, served four terms as city selectman, and was twice elected to the state legislature.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County, New Hampshire

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Federal architecture in New Hampshire
Greek Revival houses in New Hampshire
Houses completed in 1813
Houses in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Buildings and structures in Claremont, New Hampshire


title: List of National Monuments in Munster

text:
The Irish state has officially approved the following List of National Monuments of Ireland. In Ireland, a structure or site may be deemed to be a "National Monument", and therefore worthy of state protection, if it is of national importance. If the land adjoining the monument is essential to protect it, this land may also be protected.

National Monuments in Munster

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See also

National Monument (Ireland)

References

 National Monuments Service: Search By County. Retrieved 29 July 2010.

Archaeological sites in the Republic of Ireland
Monuments and memorials in the Republic of Ireland
Heritage registers in the Republic of Ireland


title: Andrew McCutcheon

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Arthur Andrew McCutcheon (29 September 1931 – 16 December 2017) was an Australian politician who served as Attorney-General of Victoria from 1987 to 1990.

Biography
McCutcheon was born in Melbourne to Sir Osborn McCutcheon, an architect, and Molly Buley. He attended Wesley College and then Melbourne University, from which he received a Bachelor of Architecture.

He worked as an architect, including as an associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, of which he was vice-president from 1973 to 1976. He was also involved in Methodist mission work, and was a minister in Collingwood from 1961 to 1969.

A member of the Labor Party from 1961, from 1965 to 1982 he was a Collingwood City councillor, including a period as mayor from 1975 to 1976. In 1982 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for St Kilda. He was Minister for Water Resources and for Property and Services from 1985 to 1987 and Attorney-General from 1987 to 1990; he also held the portfolios of Local Government (1988–89), Ethnic Affairs (1989–90) and the Arts (1990). From 1990 to 1992 he was Minister for Planning and Urban Growth (later Planning and Housing). McCutcheon's seat was abolished in 1992 and he retired from politics.

McCutcheon ran a wine business "Ten Minutes by Tractor" in Main Ridge, Victoria; the property was planted with vines in 1993 and the first vintage was released in 2000.

In his senior years, he visited indigenous communities across Northern and Central Australia and promoted land rights through the Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation group.

Andrew McCutcheon died on 16 December 2017, aged 86.

References

External links
Springvale Legal Service 15th Anniversary, 1988 photograph of McCutcheon
 Uluru We look to You song written by Andrew McCutcheon and Anneliis Way

1931 births
2017 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Politicians from Melbourne
University of Melbourne alumni
Architects from Melbourne
Victoria (state) local councillors
Attorneys-General of Victoria
People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)
Ministers for Planning (Victoria)
Ministers for Water (Victoria)


title: Siddiq Durimi

text:
Muhammad Siddiq Bin Durimi (born 27 May 1988) is a Singaporean professional footballer who currently plays for Geylang International in the S.League. He plays as a goalkeeper.

Career
Siddiq Durimi has played in the S.League and Singapore National Football League. Siddiq joined Geylang International in 2010, shortly before joining Home United in 2011.

However, he vanished under a mountain of debts, is back in the limelight - as one of 2011's 20 Manhunt finalists.

He then left the professional football scene and entered the semi-pro scene, by joining NFL side Admiralty in 2012. Siddiq returned to the Eagles at the end of 2013.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
Singaporean men's footballers
Geylang International FC players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Lion City Sailors FC players
Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Singapore


title: Friends of the Natural History Museum Paris

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The Friends of the Natural History Museum (French: Société des Amis du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle et du Jardin des Plantes or Les Amis du Muséum) is a French non-profit organisation (association loi 1901), created in 1907 and recognized as a charity (reconnue d'utilité publique) in 1926. Its purpose is to give practical and financial support to the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, France, enrich its collections, zoo, laboratories, greenhouses, gardens and libraries, and to promote scientific research and education related to it.

History
Les Amis du Muséum was founded in 1907 by Edmond Perrier anatomist, zoologist and Director of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. With the success of colonial exhibitions in the early 20th century, many people became interested in the new discoveries being made, but the Muséum could not afford new acquisitions. Perrier decided to create an organisation to support the actions of the Muséum, and assist in their funding. With President Léon Bourgeois, then president of the French Senate, Perrier created Les Amis du Muséum. There were many famous personalities among the first members: Raymond Poincaré, Emile Loubet, Paul Doumer and Prince Albert I of Monaco. Their political power was useful in helping to acquire new specimens as well as enhancing the flow of financial aid. In 1909, Les Amis du Muséum acquired its first specimen, an ichthyosaur currently on display in the Gallery of Palaeontology.
From the beginning, Les Amis du Muséum organized various activities for its members.

1913 saw the first publication of Les Amis du Muséum, Nouvelles du Muséum, it served to inform members of the activities of the Muséum and is the ancestor of the current Bulletin. It already included at least one scientific paper per issue, such as the number 1933. Numerous issues have been published since despite shutdowns caused by war and lack of funds. The Bulletin continues to be published quarterly and is free for members of Les Amis du Muséum. Since 2012, the Bulletin includes a supplement aimed at younger members.

In 1926 under President Paul Doumer, then French Minister of Finance, Les Amis du Muséum is recognised as an official charity (reconnaissance d'utilité publique), which allows them to receive donations and legacies of the French government.

In 1935 a junior section is open for members under fifteen years old. Two branches are opened in Arcachon and Tananarive (today’s Antananarivo) with the aim of spreading the action of the Muséum in the French provinces and colonies. This is the year when the logo of Les Amis du Muséum was designed, it represents three fields present at the museum : Mineral, Plant and Animal.

From 1940 Les Amis du Muséum closed down and did not reopen until the end of the war. The Bulletin reappeared three years later as the Feuille d'information. In the 1950s Les Amis du Muséum membership was stagnating due to financial difficulties: the annual fee was deemed too expensive. In 1990, Mr Fontaine , president of Les Amis du Muséum obtained the approval of the Muséum for free entrance to the whole site of the Jardin des Plantes in central Paris. This privilege had been abolished in 1923 and its renewal was appreciated by the public, and allowed the numbers of members to grow again.

Functioning
Les Amis du Muséum is managed by a board composed of sixteen to twenty members elected by secret ballot for four years by the General Assembly, and selected categories of members that make up the assembly. The professors of the Museum that are part of the organisation are ex-officio members of the board (list of directors).
Board renewal takes place by quarter. The outgoing members are eligible for reappointment. The board elects from among its members by secret ballot, a bureau composed of a president, two vice-presidents, a secretary general, a treasurer and eventually an assistant treasurer. Former presidents may be appointed honorary presidents. Members of the bureau are elected for one year, except for the secretary general who is elected for four years. The Board meets at least once every six months and whenever convened by its president or at the request of a quarter of its members. The presence of one third of the Board is necessary for the validity of the proceedings.
The sessions of the Board are recorded in its Minutes that are signed by the president and the secretary general. They are transcribed without white spaces or erasures on a register, numbered and initialled by the prefect of Paris or his delegate.
The members of the Board receive no remuneration for their duties. Only expense reimbursements are permitted

Additional informations

Acquisitions
1909 - Ichthyosaur Fossil
1910 - Drawings by H. Du Moustier de Marsilly
1913 - Insect Specimens for the Entomology laboratory
1933 - Collection of lepidopterist by Hans Fruhstorfer
1993 - Collection of vellums by C. Herpe-Graziani
1995
- 920 documents of mail sent to Gabriel Bertrand
- Letters from Buffon to Madame Necker
- Manuscripts by Marquis de Condorcet
1996
- Zoological collection from Africa
- Amphibian collection from Zaire
1997
- Book by C. Jaqueme "Poissons et animaux marins"
- Aquarelle paintings by M. Basseporte "Faune et flore d'Ile de France"
1998
- Ornithological Paintings by Wahast
- Baron Cuvier's briefcase
1999
- Manuscripts by Alcide d'Orbigny "Voyages dans l'Amérique méridionale"
2000
- manuscripts by Count Buffon  "Les époques de la nature"
- 11 infographic paintings of insects by G. du Chatenet
2001 - Scientific books for the Zoological department of mammals and birds
2003
- Crystals of cinnabar on quartz from Kyrgyzstan and fluorite on quartz from Russia
- Documents relating to Pierre-Joseph Redouté
2004 - manuscripts by J. H. Fabre for the Harmas
2005 - Natural History manuscripts by Jean H. Fabre
2006 - book by Etienne de Laigue "Singulier traite sur des tortues, escargots et grenouilles et artichauts"
2007
- Renovation of the statue of Buffon by Carlus
- "Natural history of the squash" by Antoine-Nicolas Duchesne
2009 - Manuscripts by A.-L. de Jussieu, d’A. Thouin, de C. Darwin
2010 - "Flore" by Nicolas François Regnault (85 paintings from the mid-18th century) and photographs by the Duke of Orléans.
2012
- Financial supporter for a film on Théodore Monod
- Aid with the publication: "Animal certifié conforme", supervised by B.Lizet et J.Milliet (Ed. Dunod).
2013 - Purchase of the largest ever "Météorite de Draveil" (over 5 kg) for the Muséum.
2014 - Exhibition at CARAN in Paris: "Retour à l’Eden", an expedition of 18th-century Tasmania.

Presidents
1907 - 1922: Léon Bourgeois, French politician and sculptor
1922 - 1931: Paul Doumer, French president
1932 - 1945: Marcel Olivier , author and governor of Madagascar
1945 - 1961: Jules Marcel de Coppet, governor of Madagascar
1961 - 1968: Julien Marnier-Lapostolle, botanist
1968 - 1969: Robert Genty , colonel
1970 - 1980: Maurice Genevoix, French poet and author
1981 - 1991: Maurice Fontaine , eminent French biologist
1991 - 2004: Yves Laissus, archivist palaeographer, former director of the Central Library of the Museum and General Inspector of the Libraries of France
2004 - 2016: Jean-Pierre Gasc, emeritus professor of the Museum (a specialist in the locomotion of vertebrates)
Since 2016: Bernard Bodo, emeritus professor of the Museum (a specialist in the "chemistry of natural substances")

Services
Les Amis du Muséum currently has more than 4,000 members and helps the Muséum in several ways:
Financing of scientific projects and research of the Muséum, usually carried out by young doctoral students.
Acquisition of specimens for the collections of the Muséum.
Purchase of books for the library of the Muséum.
Financing of projects and books.
Weekly lectures during the school year, often presented by researchers that Les Amis du Muséum has previously funded.
Les Amis du Muséum offers many benefits to its members:
Free entrance on the entire site of the Jardins des Plantes in central Paris: permanent galleries, temporary exhibitions, greenhouses, and the Jardin des Plantes zoo, the Ménagerie.
Reduced entrance fees in the Muséum’s other sites: Arboretum de Chèvreloup, villa Harmas de Jean-Henri Fabre etc.
Field trips and visits in France and abroad.
Discounts on many natural history books (35% of the scientific publications of the Muséum as well as other discounts).
Animal and botanical Drawing Lessons for young people.
The Bulletin of Les Amis du Muséum, a quarterly magazine with a Youngsters supplement.
Offering help and information, the Les Amis du Muséum secretariat opens Tuesday to Friday from 9.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m. and from 2.00 p. m. to 5.30 p. m. On Saturdays it opens from 2.00 p. m. to 5.30 p. m. Closes doors to the public on Sundays and Mondays.

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links
 Official website

Scientific organizations based in France
Organizations based in Paris


title: List of National Monuments in Ulster

text:
The Irish state has officially approved the following List of National Monuments of Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland, a structure or site may be deemed to be a "National Monument", and therefore worthy of state protection, if it is of national importance. If the land adjoining the monument is essential to protect it, this land may also be protected.

Only National Monuments in Counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan are under the protection of the Irish Government as the rest of Ulster is part of Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland, such monuments are usually termed scheduled monuments and are under the protection of the Department for Communities, a department created by the Northern Ireland Executive in April 2016. Previously, such monuments were under the protection of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (N.I.E.A.), which was part of the former Department of the Environment (the D.o.E.).

National Monuments in Ulster

 This list is initially sorted by county. If the list is sorted under another heading, the county links above will take you to the first item from the county in the sorted list

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See also

National Monument (Ireland)

References

 National Monuments Service: Search By County. Retrieved 29 July 2010.

Archaeological sites in the Republic of Ireland
Monuments and memorials in the Republic of Ireland
Heritage registers in the Republic of Ireland


title: Theropogon

text:
Theropogon is a genus of plants in the Nolinoideae. It contains only one known species, Theropogon pallidus, native to Tibet, Yunnan, and the Himalayas (northern and eastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar).

References

External links
Flowers of India, Himalayan Theropogon

Nolinoideae
Monotypic Asparagaceae genera
Flora of Tibet
Flora of Yunnan
Flora of Assam (region)
Flora of East Himalaya
Flora of Nepal
Flora of West Himalaya
Flora of Myanmar


title: Unforgettable (season 3)

text:
The third season of Unforgettable an American police procedural drama television series originally aired on CBS from June 29, 2014, through September 14, 2014.

Cast and characters

Main
 Poppy Montgomery as Det. Carrie Wells
 Dylan Walsh as Lt. Al Burns
 Jane Curtin as Dr. Joanne Webster
 Dallas Roberts as Eliot Delson
 Tawny Cypress as Det. Cherie Rollins-Murray
 James Hiroyuki Liao as Det. Jay Lee

Recurring
 Boris Kodjoe as Agent Francis Simms

Episodes

Production

Development
Unforgettable was renewed for a third season of 13 episodes on September 27, 2013. Unforgettable was canceled on October 10, 2014. In February 2015, reported that Unforgettable was picked up by A&E for a fourth season.

Broadcast
Season three of Unforgettable premiered on June 29, 2014.

Reception

Ratings

References

External links

2014 American television seasons
3


title: Holy Name Catholic Church (Kansas City, Missouri)

text:
The Holy Name Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri was a building from 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.  The building was demolished in 2011.  Some of the exterior stone was used to repair the facade of St. Peter's church, also in Kansas City.

References

KansasCity HolyName
KansasCity HolyName
KansasCity HolyName
KansasCity HolyName
Roman Catholic churches in Kansas City, Missouri
KansasCity HolyName
KansasCity HolyName
National Register of Historic Places in Kansas City, Missouri
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States


title: 2014 Tour of Austria

text:
The 2014 Tour of Austria () was the 66th edition of the Tour of Austria, an annual bicycle race. Departing from Tulln on July 6, concluded in Vienna on July 13. The  long stage race is part of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour, and is rated as a 2.HC event.

Schedule

Teams
19 teams were invited to participate in the tour: 10 UCI ProTeams, 3 UCI Professional Continental Teams and 6 UCI Continental Teams.

Stages

Stage 1
6 July 2014 – Tulln to Sonntagberg,

Stage 2
7 July 2014 – Waidhofen an der Ybbs to Bad Ischl,

Stage 3
8 July 2014 – Bad Ischl to Kitzbüheler Horn,

Stage 4
9 July 2014 – Kitzbühel to Matrei in Osttirol,

Stage 5
10 July 2014 – Matrei in Osttirol to Sankt Johann im Pongau,

Stage 6
11 July 2014 – Sankt Johann im Pongau to Villach,

Stage 7
12 July 2014 – Podersdorf am See to Podersdorf am See, , individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 8
13 July 2014 – Podersdorf am See to Vienna,

Classification leadership

Standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Team classification

References

External links
Tour of Austria homepage

Tour of Austria
Tour of Austria
Tour of Austria


title: Ma Gastronomie

text:
Ma Gastronomie is a modern French cuisine cookbook created from the notes of legendary French chef, Fernand Point. It  was first published in French in 1969, 200 recipes are included based on Fernand Point notes and handwritten recipes.

The book has detailed sections on Fernand Point, La Pyramide (the restaurant), his cuisine, wines, spirit etc.

English edition
The first English edition of the book was published in 1974. In its second English edition published in 2008 by Rookery publishers, the foreword is done by the noted American chef of The French Laundry restaurant, Thomas Keller. He has cited Point's work as being very significant to his training in his introduction to Ma Gastronomie.

Reviews
The World-famous chef Charlie Trotter described Point's  Ma Gastronomie as the most important cookbook:If someone were to take away all my cookbooks except for one, I would keep Fernand Point’s Ma Gastronomie. For me, his philosophy instilled what cuisine is all about: generosity and hugeness of heart. Point said that if you are not a generous person you cannot be in this field. I think you’ll notice that chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

References

French cuisine
French cookbooks


title: Hayden Shell

text:
Hayden Kevin Shell (23 March 1937 – 1 November 2015) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Geelong to Alick Humphrey Shell, a painter, and Florrie Coone. He attended local state schools and became a postmaster. From 1970 to 1974 he was state secretary of the Postal Clerks Union; he also joined the Labor Party in 1971. He was a councillor on Geelong West City Council from 1976 to 1982. In 1982 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Geelong West, moving to Geelong in 1985. He lost his seat in 1992, but served on Greater Geelong City Council from 1995 to 1998.

References

1937 births
2015 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Politicians from Geelong
Victoria (state) local councillors


title: Capron Hall Higher Secondary School, Madurai

text:
About Sara Hooker Capron

Capron Hall Higher Secondary School is a school in Madurai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is part of the Madurai-Ramnad Diocese of the Church of South India.

It is located in Puttuthoppu road, Mangalapuram Aarappalayam. This school has both Tamil as well as English medium.

The Capron Hall School was known as the first ever school which is built in Madurai city. The work was started about early 1800s and was completed around 1835. The school was named after the American missionary called Sarah Hooker Capron who was known as the founder of the school. Later, the school was taken over by the Diocese of Madurai and Ramnad. In early days, it served the people by giving education to the Madurai people, later it turned focus on women's education. It has been 182 years since it started by Sara Hooker Capron to serve the people. The school is currently functioning with excellence under guidance of the Eminent Correspondent Mr. Marthandan Thomas, Rtd Head Master AC Hr Sec School, Madurai and The Patriotic Head Mistress Mrs.Sathiyavathi Kala Rani, M.Sc., M.Phil., M.Ed.

References

Church of South India schools
Christian schools in Tamil Nadu
High schools and secondary schools in Tamil Nadu
Schools in Madurai


title: Travail (film)

text:
is a 2002 Japanese romance comedy drama film about female professional shogi players directed by Kentarō Ōtani and starring Asaka Seto, Shinya Tsukamoto and Mikako Ichikawa. It was released on 23 March 2002.

Cast
Asaka Seto
Shinya Tsukamoto
Mikako Ichikawa
Jun Murakami

Reception
It was chosen as the 5th best film at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival.

References

External links

2002 romantic comedy-drama films
2002 films
Films directed by Kentarō Ōtani
Japanese romantic comedy-drama films
2002 comedy films
2002 drama films
2000s Japanese films


title: Rochelle Martin

text:
Rochelle Lisa Martin  (born 28 March 1973) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. She represented  and Auckland. She was a member of the 1998, 2002 and 2006 champion sides.

Martin made her international debut for the Black Ferns on 2 September 1994 against Australia at Sydney. She was also part of the squads that won the Canada Cup in 1996 and 2005, and the 2004 Churchill Cup. At the 1998 Rugby World Cup, she scored two tries against Germany in the Black Ferns record 134–6 victory.

Martin works as a firefighter in Auckland. Earlier in 2014 her home was burglarized and several of her rugby mementos were stolen.

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Martin was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby and Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

References

External links
 Black Ferns Profile

1973 births
Living people
New Zealand women's international rugby union players
New Zealand female rugby union players
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
New Zealand firefighters


title: Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

text:
Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "La vita cos'è?" written by Bernie Staub and Thomas Marin. The song was performed by Jane Bogaert. The Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their relegation from 1999 as one of the six countries with the least average points over the preceding five contests. The Swiss entry for the 2000 contest in Stockholm, Sweden was selected through the national final Concours Eurovision 2000, organised by SRG SSR idée suisse. Six entries performed during the national final on 29 January 2000 where a combination of jury voting and public voting selected "La vita cos'è?" performed by Jane Bogaert as the winner.

Switzerland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May 2000. Performing during the show in position 16, Switzerland placed twentieth out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 14 points.

Background

Prior to the 2000 Contest, Switzerland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-two times since its first entry in 1956. Switzerland is noted for having won the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain" performed by Lys Assia. Their second and, to this point, most recent victory was achieved in 1988 when Canadian singer Céline Dion won the contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi". In 1998, Switzerland placed last failing to earn any points with the song "Lass ihn" performed by Gunvor.

The Swiss national broadcaster, SRG SSR idée suisse, broadcasts the event within Switzerland and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Switzerland has selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest through both national finals and internal selections in the past. Between 1994 and 1997, the Swiss entry was internally selected for the competition. In 1998, the broadcaster opted to organize a national final in order to select the Swiss entry, a selection procedure that continued for their 2000 entry.

Before Eurovision

Concours Eurovision 2000
Concours Eurovision 2000 was the Swiss national final that selected Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. The national final took place on 29 January 2000 at the Discoteca Prince of the Lugano Casino in Lugano, hosted by Matteo Pelli and was televised on SF 2 with German commentary, TSI and TSR with French commentary.

Competing entries
SRG SSR idée suisse opened a submission period for interested artists and composers to submit their entries. Eligible songwriters were those that have a Swiss passport or are a resident in Switzerland, while artists could be of any nationality. A jury panel consisting of music and media experts, which included TSI presenter Jean-Marc Richard, evaluated the received submissions and selected six artists and songs to qualify for the national final from 30 shortlisted entries. The six candidates for the national final were required to have the following entry quotas representing the different language regions in Switzerland: 34% German, 33% French and 33% Italian.

Final
The final took place on 29 January 2000. The six candidate songs in contention to represent Switzerland were performed and the combination of regional televoting (2/3) and the votes of an expert jury (1/3) selected "La vita cos'è?" performed by Jane Bogaert as the winner. The televoting results of Italian-speaking Switzerland were not announced due to a collapse of the voting lines. Among the members of the jury was Swiss Eurovision Song Contest 1987 entrant Carol Rich.

At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 1999 contest competed in the final on 13 May 2000. On 21 November 1999, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Switzerland was set to perform in position 16, following the entry from Germany and before the entry from Croatia. Among the backing vocalists that joined Jane Bogaert on stage for her performance was Al Bano who previously represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 and 1985 performing in a duet with Romina Power on both occasions, and Switzerland finished in twentieth place with 14 points.

In Switzerland, the contest was aired on the three broadcasters that form SRG SSR idée suisse. 1991 Swiss Eurovision Song Contest entrant Sandra Studer provided German commentary on SF 2, Jean-Marc Richard provided French commentary on TSR 1, while Jonathan Tedesco provided Italian commentary on TSI 1. The Swiss spokesperson, who announced the Swiss votes during the show, was Astrid Von Stockar.

Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Switzerland and awarded by Switzerland in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Germany in the contest.

References

2000
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Eurovision


title: Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

text:
Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Sameach" written by Roy Arad and Guy Assif. The song was performed by the group PingPong, which was internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to compete at the 2000 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. PingPong and "Sameach" was announced by IBA as the Israeli entry on 6 January 2000.

Israel competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 13 May 2000. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, Israel placed twenty-second out of the 24 participating countries, scoring 7 points.

Background
Prior to the 2000 contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-two times since its first entry in 1973. Israel has won the contest on three occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Milk and Honey and in 1998 with the song "Diva" performed by Dana International. Their 1999 entry "Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)" performed by Eden placed fifth. The Israeli national broadcaster, Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) had been in charge of the nation's participation in the contest since its debut in 1973. To select the Israeli entry for 2000, IBA conducted an internal selection to select both the artist and song that would represent Israel.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 6 January 2000, IBA announced that the group PingPong was selected as the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Sameach". "Sameach" was written by group members Roy Arad and Guy Assif, and was chosen from 83 submissions by a special committee consisting of Irit Linur (radio entertainer and writer), Izhar Cohen (Eurovision Song Contest 1978 winner and 1985 Israeli Eurovision entrant), Amos Oren (journalist), Gal Uchovsky (journalist), Itzik Yehoshua (journalist), Amir Kaminer (journalist), Yoav Ginai (composer), Menashe Lev-Ran (musician), Svetlana Alecsandrov (IBA representative) and Adi Hadar (IBA representative).

The announcement of PingPong as the Israeli entrant caused controversy in the country. Composer Avihu Medina expressed his disapproval on "Sameach" describing it as "a national disgrace", while committee member Yoav Ginai described it as "a nostalgic song with a crazy beat which makes you smile" and Irit Linur stated: "It is a very stupid song but I like it, and there's no need to search for a special meaning in it. Some of us liked it and some went to throw up after we heard it. It is a worthy song. We are not fighting to save the future of Israel here". When Linur was asked whether she thought PingPong stood a chance, she replied: "Who cares?" Despite the mixed reactions, "Sameach" managed to top the Israeli charts the week before the contest.

At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the bottom six countries in the 1999 contest competed in the final on 13 May 2000. An allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Israel was set to open the show and perform in position 1, before the entry from the Netherlands. Israel finished in twenty-second place with 7 points. At the end of the Israeli performance, the members of PingPong waved plastic flags of Israel and Syria. Eytan Fox, who choreographed the performance, stated: "The song is about love and peace so we thought it would be a good idea to use Syrian and Israeli flags, because we would like to have peace with Arab countries. We represent a new kind of Israeli who wants to be normal and have peace. We want to have fun and not go to war, but the right wing is not happy about that message."

In Israel, the show was televised live on Channel 1. The Israeli spokesperson, who announced the Israeli votes during the show, was Yoav Ginai.

Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Israel and awarded by Israel in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Denmark in the contest.

After Eurovision
PingPong's decision to wave Syrian flags on stage enraged the Israeli public and the IBA; the broadcaster earlier threatened the group that they would have to bear all travel expenses themselves if they insisted on the action. The Knesset's Education Committee held a meeting regarding the incident in the weeks after the contest, concluding that PingPong's participation was "a disgrace and a shame to the State of Israel, the Broadcasting Authority and Israeli culture" and that the group were "a band of crooks who misled us in an act of fraud." They also declared that only the public would be responsible for selecting the Israeli entries in the future. A member of IBA, Gil Samsonov, stated that legal actions would be sought against PingPong for their actions.

References

2000
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Eurovision


title: Kleitman–Wang algorithms

text:
The Kleitman–Wang algorithms are two different algorithms in graph theory solving the digraph realization problem, i.e. the question if there exists for a finite list of nonnegative integer pairs a simple directed graph such that its degree sequence is exactly this list. For a positive answer the list of integer pairs is called digraphic. Both algorithms construct a special solution if one exists or prove that one cannot find a positive answer. These constructions are based on recursive algorithms. Kleitman and Wang  gave these algorithms in 1973.

Kleitman–Wang algorithm (arbitrary choice of pairs)
The algorithm is based on the following theorem.

Let  be a finite list of nonnegative integers that is in nonincreasing lexicographical order and let  be a pair of nonnegative integers with . List  is digraphic if and only if the finite list  has nonnegative integer pairs and is digraphic.

Note that the pair  is arbitrarily with the exception of pairs . If the given list  digraphic then the theorem will be applied at most  times  setting in each further step . This process ends when the whole list  consists of  pairs. In each step of the algorithm one constructs the arcs of a digraph with vertices , i.e. if it is possible to reduce the list  to , then we add arcs . When the list  cannot be reduced to a list  of nonnegative integer pairs in any step of this approach, the theorem proves that the list  from the beginning is not digraphic.

Kleitman–Wang algorithm (maximum choice of a pair)
The algorithm is based on the following theorem.

Let  be a finite list of nonnegative integers such that  and let  be a pair such that  is maximal with respect to the lexicographical order under all pairs . List  is digraphic if and only if the finite list  has nonnegative integer pairs and is digraphic.

Note that the list  must not be in lexicographical order as in the first version. If the given list  is digraphic, then the theorem will be applied at most  times, setting in each further step . This process ends when the whole list  consists of  pairs. In each step of the algorithm, one constructs the arcs of a digraph with vertices , i.e. if it is possible to reduce the list  to , then one adds arcs . When the list  cannot be reduced to a list  of nonnegative integer pairs in any step of this approach, the theorem proves that the list  from the beginning is not digraphic.

See also
Fulkerson–Chen–Anstee theorem

References

Graph algorithms


title: Freedom and Rights

text:
Freedom and Rights (Libertà e Diritti, LeD), whose complete name is Freedom and Rights – European Socialists (Libertà e Diritti – Socialisti Europei) as a reference to the Party of European Socialists (PES), is a democratic-socialist faction within the Democratic Party (PD), a political party in Italy. Before joining the PD in October 2014, LeD was active mainly as a sub-group within the Mixed Group in the Chamber of Deputies. LeD's leader is Gennaro Migliore.

LeD, described by its members as a "movement" or "association", was launched in July 2014 upon a split from Left Ecology Freedom (SEL), the then-largest party to the left of the PD. Right after the 2014 European Parliament election, fought by SEL within The Other Europe joint list, whose elects decided to sit in the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL), twelve deputies left the party, citing disagreements with the party's line and being willing to support the Renzi Cabinet. The bulk of the splinters, nine out of twelve, joined forces in LeD (where they were joined by a M5S splinter), while the remaining three joined Renzi's PD.

In October Migliore announced that he and his followers were about to join the PD, thus transforming LeD into a faction of it.

In November eight deputies out of LeD's ten joined the PD's parliamentary group, while the remaining two stayed in the Mixed Group.

Leadership
President: Gennaro Migliore (2014–present)
Spokesperson: Titti Di Salvo (2014–present)

External links
Official website

References

Democratic Party (Italy) factions


title: 2014 Petra Kvitová tennis season

text:
The 2014 Petra Kvitová tennis season officially began at the 2014 Apia International Sydney.

Yearly summary

Early hard court season and Australian Open

Sydney International
Kvitová started her season in Sydney. As the second seed, she received a bye into the second round. There, she defeated qualifier Christina Mchale before going to on to beat compatriot Lucie Šafářová in the last eight. In the semifinal, Kvitová suffered a shocking loss to qualifier and eventual champion Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets.

Australian Open
Seeded sixth at the Australian Open, Kvitová drew world No. 88 Luksika Kumkhum in the opening round, and was upset by the Thai in three sets. It was Kvitová's earliest exit at a Grand Slam since 2011 US Open.

Middle East series

Qatar Open
As the third seed at the Qatar Open, Kvitová received a bye in the first round. In the second round she faced former world No. 1 Venus Williams, whom she beat in three sets. She then saw off Šafářová in the round of 16, before losing to Jelena Janković in the quarterfinals.

Dubai Tennis Championships
Kvitová failed to defend her title in Dubai, losing her opening match to Spain's Carla Suárez Navarro in three sets.

North American hard court season

Indian Wells Masters

At the 2014 BNP Paribas Open, Kvitová was seeded eighth and won her first two matches against Coco Vandeweghe and Svetlana Kuznetsova, but lost in the fourth round to Dominika Cibulková in straight sets.

Miami Masters

Kvitová was the eighth seed at the Miami Open and she reached the quarterfinals of the event for the first time in her career, having never advanced beyond third round previously. She defeated Paula Ormaechea and Donna Vekić to set up a clash with 12th seed Ana Ivanovic in the last 16. Despite losing the first set, Kvitová then double-bagelled the Serb to take the match. In the last eight, she lost to Maria Sharapova in straight sets.

Fed Cup semifinal

In her first match, Kvitová was pitted against young Italian Camila Giorgi and she won in straight sets. In the following round, she avenged her loss to Roberta Vinci from last year by defeating the veteran in straight sets as well.

Clay court season

Stuttgart Open
Kvitová, seeded third at the Stuttgart Open, suffered a shocking loss in the second round to former top 30 player Alisa Kleybanova.

Madrid Open

Seeded fifth at the Mutua Madrid Open, Kvitová won her opener against Sorana Cîrstea in three sets. Then, she defeated Varvara Lepchenko and Šafářová to reach the quarterfinals where she was supposed to play world no. 1 Serena Williams. However, her opponent conceded a walkover and Kvitová moved into semifinals where she lost to Simona Halep in three sets.

Italian Open
At the Italian Open, fifth-seeded Kvitová was defeated in her opening match by Zhang Shuai in three sets

French Open
At the French Open, Kvitová comfortably won over Zarina Diyas and Marina Erakovic in the first two rounds, before facing former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. There, she fell to the Russian in a tight three-setter.

Grass court season

Eastbourne
Kvitová started her grass court campaign in Eastbourne. She defeated compatriot Šafářová and Lepchenko to reach the quarterfinals, where she was forced to withdraw with a hamstring injury.

Wimbledon
Kvitová entered the Wimbledon Championships as a heavy favourite, having won her maiden Grand Slam title here in 2011. After winning the first two rounds against Andrea Hlaváčková and Mona Barthel comfortably, Kvitová faced former champion Venus Williams in the third round. Similar to their Doha encounter, Kvitová was pushed to a third set. The decider featured both players playing well, with the Czech ultimately sailing through.

Kvitová secured her berth in the last eight by defeating Peng Shuai in the following round. She then beat compatriots Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová and Šafářová in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. In the final, Kvitová completely outplayed 13th seed and maiden finalist Eugenie Bouchard in only 55 minutes. The match was the fifth-shortest women's final match in the tournament history.

US Open Series

Canadian Open
Kvitová officially began her US Open series campaign in Montreal. After receiving a bye in the opening round, she defeated Casey Dellacqua in her opener but then lost to eventual semifinalist Ekaterina Makarova in three sets.

Cincinnati Masters
At the Cincinnati Masters, Kvitová lost to Elina Svitolina in her opening match in straight sets.

Connecticut Open
Kvitová entered New Haven as the second seed. She defeated Makarova in straight sets in her opening match and the quarterfinals, she beat Záhlavová-Strýcová. She reached the final for the third straight year when she overcame Samantha Stosur in the last four. In the final, she faced Magdaléna Rybáriková whom she defeated in straight sets to for the title.

US Open
Kvitová was seeded third at the US Open. In the first round, she defeated France's Kristina Mladenovic. She then beat fellow Czech Petra Cetkovská. She then lost in the third round for the second straight year, this time to Serbian Aleksandra Krunić in straight sets.

Asian swing & WTA Finals

Wuhan Open
Kvitová cruised into the third round of the Wuhan Open with a win over Italian Karin Knapp. She then booked her spot in the quarterfinals with a three-set victory over compatriot Karolína Plíšková. In the last eight, she went on to defeat Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia and set up a semifinal clash with Svitolina, whom she lost to in Cincinnati in August, but Kvitová was too good this time, beating her straight sets to reach the final, where she defeated Eugenie Bouchard to win the inaugural title of the tournament.

China Open
Kvitová next played at the China Open where she was the third seed. She defeated Peng in her opening match and reached the quarterfinals after a walkover from Venus Williams. She then beat Vinci in straight sets before moving past Stosur in the last four in a three-set battle. In the final, she suffered a defeat at the hands of Sharapova.

WTA Finals
Kvitová was the third seed at the WTA Finals and was drawn into the same group as Sharapova, Agnieszka Radwańska and Caroline Wozniacki. She lost her first match against Radwańska in straight sets but then went on to upset Sharapova in straight sets, thus recording her first victory over the Russian in five attempts. Her hopes of qualifying for the semifinals were dashed when she lost to Wozniacki, finishing last in her group as a result.

Fed Cup final

Kvitová represented her home country where they faced Germany. In the opening rubber, she defeated Andrea Petkovic in straight sets. As a result of compatriot Šafářová winning the second match, the team was one win away from the title and all hopes were on Kvitová. She faced Angelique Kerber in her next match and won in tight three sets, thus helping Czech Republic claim its third Fed Cup title in four years.

All matches

Singles matches

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups
Ordered by number of wins, as of Fed Cup final

  Lucie Šafářová 5–0
  Barbora Záhlavová Strýcová 2–0
  Venus Williams 2–0
  Varvara Lepchenko 2–0
  Peng Shuai 2–0
  Eugenie Bouchard 2–0
  Roberta Vinci 2–0
  Samantha Stosur 2–0
  Christina McHale 1–0
  Coco Vandeweghe 1–0
  Paula Ormaechea 1–0
  Donna Vekić 1–0
  Ana Ivanovic 1–0
  Angelique Kerber 1–0
  Andrea Petkovic 1–0
  Zarina Diyas 1–0
  Marina Erakovic 1–0
  Andrea Hlaváčková 1–0
  Mona Barthel 1–0
  Sorana Cîrstea 1–0
  Casey Dellacqua 1–0
  Camila Giorgi 1–0
  Magdaléna Rybáriková 1–0
  Ekaterina Makarova 1–1
  Svetlana Kuznetsova 1–1
  Elina Svitolina 1–1
  Caroline Wozniacki 0–1
  Agnieszka Radwańska 0–1
  Alisa Kleybanova 0–1
  Jelena Janković 0–1
  Tsvetana Pironkova 0–1
  Luksika Kumkhum 0–1
  Carla Suárez Navarro 0–1
  Dominika Cibulková 0–1
  Simona Halep 0–1
  Shuai Zhang 0–1
  Maria Sharapova 1–2

Finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

See also
2014 Maria Sharapova tennis season
2014 Li Na tennis season
2014 Serena Williams tennis season
2014 WTA Tour

References

Kvitova, Petra
Petra Kvitova tennis seasons
Petra Kvitova tennis season


title: 7 July Memorial

text:
The 7 July Memorial is a permanent memorial to the 52 victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings. It is located on the east side of Hyde Park, between Lover's Walk and Park Lane, close to Curzon Gate and about  north of the monumental statue of Achilles.

Design
The monument is made of 52 stainless steel columns (or stelae), each  tall and weighing about . The stelae are grouped in four linked clusters that reflect the four locations of the bombings at Tavistock Square, Edgware Road, King's Cross and Aldgate East tube stations. The columns are anonymous, but each is inscribed with the date, place and time of the relevant bombing; a separate plaque lists the names of those killed. The form of the memorial, with many standing columns, has been compared to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, and the New Zealand War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner. A grass bank to the east of the memorial shields the site from the noise of traffic on Park Lane.

The proposal for a permanent memorial was announced on 13 February 2006, with £1 million of central government funding. The memorial was designed by a team including architects Carmody Groarke, engineers Arup, and landscape architects Colvin and Moggridge (see Brenda Colvin), advised by sculptor Antony Gormley, in consultation with representatives from the families of the victims, and also representatives from the Royal Parks and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The steel was cast by Norton Cast Products of Sheffield. Each pillar was cast in sand using the same mould, but using an open casting process that means each is slightly different, with a rough surface texture.

The proposed design was approved in November 2008, and the completed memorial was unveiled on the fourth anniversary of the attacks on 7 July 2009, at a ceremony attended by family members and relations of the victims and Charles, Prince of Wales, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, and other political leaders and representatives from the emergency services.

The memorial was one of 102 structures given an award by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2010.

Vandalism
The memorial was defaced with graffiti two weeks after its dedication ceremony in 2009, with words written on the memorial with a black marker pen. It was vandalised for a second time in 2014, on the morning of the ninth anniversary of the attacks. In the 2014 incident slogans such as "4 Innocent Muslims", "Blair Lied Thousands Died" and "J7 Truth" were stencilled in red and black on the memorial, and were removed shortly after being discovered by the park's manager.

In June 2015, there were concerns that the site was being used by a group of rough sleepers.

Gallery

References

Cultural infrastructure completed in 2009
Monuments and memorials in London
Tourist attractions in the City of Westminster
Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster
July 2005 London bombings
Hyde Park, London
Buildings and structures in Hyde Park, London
Vandalized works of art in the United Kingdom


title: Into a Fantasy

text:
"Into a Fantasy" is a song by Norwegian singer-songwriter Alexander Rybak. It was released on 12 June 2014 as a digital download in Norway. The song features on the How to Train Your Dragon 2 soundtrack, though it only appears in the European versions of the film. The song was written by Alexander Rybak and produced by Knut Bjørnar Asphol.

Background
Alexander Rybak lend his voice to the main character Hiccup in the Norwegian dub of the How To Train Your Dragon franchise. He wrote a song titled "Come Fly with Me" during a difficult period in his life and decided he wanted to include in the song book Trolle og den magiske fela on which he was also working then. During the dubbing of the second film, Rybak noticed that his newly-written song fit the storyline.

After a Norwegian director at Dreamworks heard the song, Rybak was encouraged to send the song to the headquarters of Dreamworks. Although the soundtrack of How To Train Your Dragon 2 had already been finalised at that stage, the company was fond of the song and decided to include it as a bonus track in the European and Slavic versions of the soundtrack. In these countries, the song, which title had been changed to "Into a Fantasy", was also played during the end credits.

Critical reception
VG gave Rybak a "die throw" of 4 for "Into a Fantasy". Synchrotones called it a "lovely song with a folksy sound", but critiqued that it was lacking energy.

Live performances

Rybak officially premiered the track in Kyiv, Ukraine and also performed it during the Opening Ceremony of the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, Belarus in July 2014.

On 7 August 2014, Rybak performed "Into a Fantasy" during the Norwegian television show Allsang på Grensen, which he co-hosted that episode. In Sweden, Rybak debuted the song in the morning programme Nyhetsmorgen on 10 August, where he also performed songs from his album Visa vid vindens ängar.

Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Into a Fantasy" was first released onto YouTube on 17 June 2014 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-two seconds.

Track listing

Release history

References

2014 songs
2014 singles
Alexander Rybak songs
Songs written by Alexander Rybak


title: Waqullani (disambiguation)

text:
Waqullani (Aymara waqulla, pitcher, jug, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a jug", Hispanicized spellings Huacullane, Huacullani) may refer to:

 Waqullani, a mountain in the Arequipa Region in Peru
 Huacullani, a town in the La Paz Department in Bolivia
 Huacullani District, a district in the Puno Region in Peru


title: Bangladesh Tea Research Institute

text:
Bangladesh Tea Research Institute () (BTRI) is an autonomous organisation under the Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB).

Background
The Pakistan Tea Board, in 1957 established a tea research station in East Pakistan. After the Independence of Bangladesh the station was upgraded to a research institute by the government of Bangladesh in 1973.

References

Government agencies of Bangladesh
1973 establishments in Bangladesh
Agriculture research institutes in Bangladesh
Agricultural organisations based in Bangladesh
Tea industry in Bangladesh
Srimangal Upazila


title: Reineckea

text:
Reineckea is a genus of plants in the Nolinoideae. Several species names have been proposed within the genus, but only one is widely accepted: Reineckea carnea, native to China and Japan.

Etymology
Reineckea is named for J. Reinecke, a German grower of tropical plants.

References

Nolinoideae
Monotypic Asparagaceae genera
Flora of China
Flora of Japan
Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews


title: List of Hero Bank episodes

text:
Hero Bank is a 2014 anime television series by TMS Entertainment, based on the video game of the same name by Sega. Set in a world where people participate in "Hero Battles" to earn money, an elementary school student named Kaito Gōshō ends up with a ten billion yen debt after renting out a powerful suit known as Enter the Gold. The series began airing on TV Tokyo from April 7, 2014, and is being simulcast by Crunchyroll. For the first 26 episodes, the opening theme is  by Nobuaki Kakuda, whilst the ending theme is  by Meg. For episodes 27 to 51, the opening theme is "Kasege! Jarinko Hero" performed by Kakuda featuring Kamen Joshi, whilst the ending theme is "SARB" by High Speed Boyz.

Episode list

References

Hero Bank


title: Tracey Waters

text:
Tracey Marshall (née Waters; born 28 August 1973) is a former female rugby union player. She represented  and Canterbury. She was a member of the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squad.

References

External links
Black Ferns Profile

1973 births
Living people
New Zealand women's international rugby union players
New Zealand female rugby union players


title: Public transport in Athens

text:
Public transport in Athens comprises a bus network, various rail systems, funiculars, and maritime services to serve the more than 4 million inhabitants of the city spread over an area of 2928 km2.

Rail transport

Metro

The Athens Metro is operated by Stasy S.A (Statheres Sygkoinonies S.A) which is a subsidiary company of OASA (Athens urban transport organisation) and provides public transport throughout the Athens Urban Area. While its main purpose is transport, it also houses Greek artifacts found during construction of the system. The Athens Metro has an operating staff of 387 and runs three metro lines; namely the Line 1 (Green), Line 2 (Red) and line 3 (Blue) lines, of which the first was constructed in 1869, and the other two largely during the 1990s, with the initial sections opened in January 2000. The line 1 for the most part runs at ground level and the other two (lines 2,3) routes run entirely underground (except the Doukisis Plakentias-Airport section) and a fleet of 42 trains consisting of 252 cars operate within the network, with a daily occupancy of 1,353,000 passengers.

Line 1
Line 1 (the Green Line) serves 24 stations, and forms the oldest line of the Athens metro network. Runs from Piraeus station to Kifissia station and covers a distance of 25.6-kilometre (15.9 mi). There are also transfer connections with the Blue (line 3) at Monastiraki and Piraeus station and with Red (line 2) at Omonia and Attiki stations.

Line 2
Line 2 (the Red Line) runs from Anthoupoli station to Elliniko station with a total number of stations being 20 and covers a distance of 17.5 km (10.9 mi).[116] The line connects the western suburbs of Athens with the southeast suburbs, passing through the center of Athens. The Red line has transfer connections with the Green (line 1) at Attiki and Omonia Square stations. There are also transfer connections with the Blue (line 3) at the Syntagma Square station and with the Tram at Syntagma Square, Syngrou-Fix station and Neos Kosmos station. There is a planned expansion of this line from Anthoupoli to Ilion, and the estimated completion date is 2028.

Line 3
Line 3 (the Blue Line) runs from the western suburbs, namely the Dimotiko Theatro metro station, through the central Monastiraki and Syntagma stations to Doukissis Plakentias avenue in the northeastern suburb of Halandri, covering a distance of 23 stations and , then ascending to ground level and reaching Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport with a total of 27 stations, using the Suburban Railway infrastructure and extending its length to . The spring 2007 extension from Monastiraki westwards, to Egaleo, connected some of the main night life hubs of the city, namely the ones of Gazi (Kerameikos station) with Psirri (Monastiraki station) and the city centre (Syntagma station). The line extension westwards towards Piraeus was completed in 2022.

Suburban Railway (Proastiakos)

The Athens Suburban Railway, referred to as the Proastiakos, connects Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport to the city of Aigio,  west of Athens, and Larissa station, the city's central rail station, with the port of Piraeus and Chalkida. The length of Athens's commuter rail network extends to , and is expected to stretch to  by 2010. The Suburban Railway will be extended to Patras.

Tram

Stasy operates a fleet of 60 vehicles, 35 'Ansaldobreda Sirio' and 25 'Alstom Citadis 305', which serve 60 stations, employ 345 people with an average daily occupancy of 65,000 passengers. The tram network spans a total length of  and covers ten Athenian suburbs. The network runs from Syntagma Square to the southwestern suburb of Pireus, where the line splits in two branches; the first runs along the coastline toward the southern suburb of Voula, while the other heads towards the port of Piraeus. The network covers the majority of the Athens coastline. There are plans to extend the tram network into the Ellinikon development area.

Railways and ferry connections

Athens is the hub of the country's national railway system (OSE), connecting the capital with major cities across Greece and abroad (Istanbul, Sofia and Bucharest). Due to low demand and financial difficulties, all international rail services were suspended indefinitely in 2011. The Port of Piraeus connects Athens to the numerous Greek islands of the Aegean Sea, with ferries departing, while also serving the cruise ships that arrive.

Road transport

Bus transport

OSY () (Odikes SYgkinonies), or Road Transport, is the main operator of the bus network in Athens. It was created in 2011 after the merger of ETHEL and ILPAP, the two previous bus operators in Athens. As of 2017, its network consists of about 322 bus lines which span the Athens Metropolitan Area. As of 2020 has an operating staff of 4,669, and a fleet of 1,897 buses. Of those 1,897 buses, 301 run on compressed natural gas and 286 are electric buses (trolleybuses). All of the 286 trolleybuses are equipped to enable them to run on diesel in case of power failure.

Intercity and regional bus links are provided by KTEL from two InterCity Bus Terminals, Kifissos Bus Terminal A and Liosion Bus Terminal B, both located in the center-western part of the city. International bus links are provided by various private transport companies.

The daytime bus network in the city run between the hours of 05:00 – 00:00 generally. OSY has two bus routes which operate on a 24-hour basis; the 11 and 040. Most routes depart on a 30-60 minute frequency Mon-Sun. It also runs three intermunicipal night lines (which operate after midnight); X14, 500 and 790. The Athens Transport Authority also operates four 24-hour express bus-lines from Athens International Airport to different parts of the city. The X95 links to the city centre, the X93 links to Kifissos and Liosion bus stations, the X96 links to the Port of Piraeus and the X97 links to Elliniko metro station. As of 2021 the fare on these services was 5.50 euro per person.

Bus depots in Athens
There are 8 bus depots in the Athens greater area.

Athens bus rolling stock

Leased (2021- )

Owned by OSY and its predecessors

Athens public transportation statistics
The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Athens, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 71 min. 16% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 18 min, while 34% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 6.8 km, while 13% travel for over 12 km in a single direction.

Notes

References

Athens
Athens


title: Italy Work in Progress

text:
Italy Work in Progress (Italia Lavori in Corso, ILC) was a centre-left political party in Italy, which has been active mainly as a sub-group within the Mixed Group of the Senate. Its leaders were Fabrizio Bocchino and Francesco Campanella.

ILC was launched in May 2014 by nine senators who had left (or had been expelled from) the Five Star Movement (M5S), a populist party which had come first in the 2013 general election, over disagreements with Beppe Grillo's and Gianroberto Casaleggio's leadership. In the following months seven senators left the party.

As of July 2015, the two remaining members of the party, Bocchino and Campanella, showed interest in joining Giuseppe Civati's Possible, along with other former M5S members from Free Alternative, but instead they chose to join The Other Europe, changing the name to their sub-group within the Senate's Mixed Group accordingly .

References

External links
Official website

2014 establishments in Italy
Political parties established in 2014
Defunct political parties in Italy
Five Star Movement breakaway groups


title: White-fronted tyrannulet

text:
The white-fronted tyrannulet (Phyllomyias zeledoni) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.  It is found in  Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

white-fronted tyrannulet
white-fronted tyrannulet
Taxa named by George Newbold Lawrence