title: Henry Settle

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Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hamilton Settle,  (27 January 1847 – 24 April 1923) was a senior British Army officer who held various commands during the Second Boer War.

Life and career
Settle was born in 1847, the second son of Captain H T Settle. He was educated at Cheltenham College before commissioning into the Royal Engineers in 1867. He first saw active service in the Nile Expedition of 1884–5, when he took part in operations in Sudan, being Mentioned in Dispatches and promoted brevet major. From 1886 to 1892, Settle filled the post of Surveyor General and Quarter Master General of the Egyptian Army. During this time he fought in the Mahdist War, being present at the Battle of Suakin. For his services he received two further mentions in dispatches, and was promoted brevet Lieutenant Colonel and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. In 1892 he was appointed Inspector General of Egyptian Police, and three years later returned to England to take up the appointment of Assistant Inspector General of Fortifications. In 1898 he was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath.

Second Boer War
For a few months in 1899 he commanded the Royal Engineers at Malta, whence he was called in October to take part in the Second Boer War. He was initially appointed Inspector General of Lines of Communication, stationed at Cape Town, with the temporary rank of brigadier-general from 3 March 1900. In early 1900 he was appointed to command the troops stationed in the Orange River Colony, where he arrived on 14 February. Lord Roberts quickly ordered three small columns to be formed by Settle, to check the course of the rebellion in Cape Colony. Settle himself took the right column to cut off Liebenberg. One of the other two columns however was repulsed, and Kitchener was sent to take command of the operations with strong reinforcements. His plan was the same as Settle's, who joined him in Prieska on 21 March 1900, and was given the task of bringing to order the rebels left in the outlying districts south of the Orange River. In this he was successful, and when he reached Upington, on 3 April, there was nothing to do but to arrange for the policing of the disaffected districts. Settle then returned to Cape Town to resume his work as Inspector General of Lines of Communication.

In September 1900, Settle, in co-operation with General Methuen, was ordered from Vryburg to relieve Schweizer Reneke. He entered the town unopposed, and then in October he was ordered to the Orange Free State. Kitchener adopted his recommendation that martial law should be at once proclaimed in Cape Colony, and ordered Settle to take command on the line of communications between De Aar and Naauwpoort. At the end of December, Settle, in command of four columns, pursued Hertzog who was forced back to the north east. In Kitchener's plan of the following February against Hetzog and De Wet, Settle was entrusted with the duty of giving all orders for moves to the fifteen columns engaged. In April, he was transferred to the western part of the Colony to organise resistance to some rebel bands under Maritz and Conroy. In May 1901, he left South Africa on temporary leave of absence and the huge territory he had controlled was split into four. At the end of October, Settle returned and, after an enquiry into the administration of martial law and a short term of command at De Aar, succeeded in December 1901 to the administrative command of Cape Colony in succession to Major General Wynne. For his services in the war, he was twice mentioned in dispatches (included by Lord Kitchener 23 June 1902), appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) on 29 November 1900 (invested by King Edward VII at Marlborough House on 25 July 1901), and promoted to the rank of major-general, for distinguished service, in the South Africa Honours list published on 26 June 1902. The war ended with the Peace of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902, but Settle stayed in South Africa, in command of the troops in Cape Colony.

Following his return to the United Kingdom, he was appointed in command of the Portsmouth Coast Defences, and on 11 April 1908 promoted to lieutenant-general.

References

1847 births
1923 deaths
People educated at Cheltenham College
Royal Engineers officers
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
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Cape Colony army officers
Military personnel from Sussex
British Army lieutenant generals


title: Hidden Island

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Hidden Island, known to the traditional owners as Banggoon, is an uninhabited island located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

It is situated in the western group of the Buccaneer Archipelago, of which it is the largest island. Found approximately  east of Bardi, it covers an area of about . It has an irregular shape with a length of about  running from north to south and is  at its widest point.

The highest point of the island has an elevation of , at the southern end. Another hill with a height of  is located at the northern end. The island is covered in low scrub and stunted gum trees.

Hidden Island is separated from nearby Chambers Island by Whirlpool Passage. The passage is dangerous during peak tidal movement with a flow rate of over  and numerous  deep whirlpools. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel.

Priority flora found on the area include Solanum leopoldense Symon.

The Aboriginal Australian traditional owners of the area are the Mayala (the Yawijibaya and Unggarranggu) peoples of the Worrorran languages group, whose name for the island is Banggoon.

References

Buccaneer Archipelago
Uninhabited islands of Australia


title: Eucosma brachysticta

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Eucosma brachysticta is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Tianjin, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Ningxia) and Japan.

References

Moths described in 1935
Eucosmini


title: Welcome to the Wayne

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Welcome to the Wayne is an animated television series created by Billy Lopez that premiered on Nickelodeon on July 24, 2017. Welcome to the Wayne originated as an online web series, that was originally released on Nick.com from November 14 to December 26, 2014. The series was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards: one in 2018 for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program and another in 2019 for Outstanding Children's Animated Program. The final episode aired on Nicktoons on May 31, 2019.

Plot
Ansi Molina moves into the Wayne, a high-rise apartment building filled with strange and unusual things labeled as "Wayne Phenomena". Being one of the few people to see Wayne Phenomena without suffering psychological repercussions, he befriends siblings Olly and Saraline Timbers as they learn the mysteries of the Wayne and protects the outside world while contending with a spy cell seeking to exploit the apartment's supernatural aspects for their own nefarious ends.

Characters

Main
 Ansi Molina (voiced by Alanna Ubach) is the main protagonist. Still a newcomer to the Wayne, Ansi has lived in many different places with his family in the past. He has had few friends or social experiences as a result, and is comforted primarily by books. A recent recruit to Team Timbers, he is often unfamiliar with Wayne Phenomena and needs it to be explained to him, but sometimes dislikes being treated as inexperienced by Olly and Saraline as a result. He is nonetheless loyal to them as his best friends.
 Olly Timbers (voiced by Billy Lopez) is a frequent source of comic relief, Olly is Ansi's best friend and Saraline's older brother. He is sunny and optimistic even when Team Timbers' lives are in danger, but despite his outgoing and silly demeanor, has proven that he can be thoughtful and intelligent when the situation calls for it. He is equipped with a grappling hook.
 Saraline Timbers (voiced by Dana Steingold) is Olly's seven (later in season one, eight)-year-old sister, Saraline is serious, intelligent, and skilled with gadgets, and often acts as Team Timbers' leader. She is sometimes characterized as "bossy" by her brother and Ansi as a result. Saraline often struggles with making and maintaining friendships. She is not taken seriously by adults at the Wayne, who believe her to be only a "little girl". She is often equipped with an extendable claw device.

Supporting
 Leif Bornwell III (voiced by David Hornsby, originally portrayed by Noah Galvin) is a rich and somewhat selfish resident of the Wayne who credits himself for others' actions and whom Team Timbers has difficulty tolerating, often seen riding on a segway. He and Saraline become friends due to their feelings of mutual social isolation. Leif later becomes an official member of Team Timbers.
 Wendell William Wasserman (voiced by Dana Snyder) is the son of vampire hunters, Wendell seeks to capture a vampire for himself to prove that he is as capable as his parents. He is somewhat friendly with Ansi due to their shared desire to prove themselves. In his capacity as a vampire hunter, Wendell can telepathically control spoons which terrify vampires for some reason. Wendell later becomes an official member of Team Timbers.
 Dennis O'Bannon (voiced by Emo Philips) is a tennis-playing rich kid who originally picked on Team Timbers until he befriended and joined Team Timbers, though he still harasses Olly out of habit.
 Goodness (voiced by Charnele Crick) is a library ninja who is Clara Rhone's granddaughter, later becoming an official member of Team Timbers.
 Katherine Alice (voiced by Kimiko Glenn) is a mute girl who joins Team Timbers, able to bring origami to life. She later gains her voice in season 2.
 Albert Molina (voiced by Alfred Molina) is Ansi's divorced father who works as a psychiatrist.
 Harvey Timbers (voiced by Richard Kind) is the father of Olly and Saraline and the husband of Olympia. He also works as a comedian.
 Olympia Timbers (voiced by Annie Potts) is the mother of Olly and Saraline and Harvey's wife.
 Yelena Bishop (voiced by Veronica Taylor, originally credited as Kathleen McInerney) – Known by Team Timbers as "The Spy from Apartment 8-I", she is an operative from the Calliope organization with the designation of "Agent 31-B". She serves as the principal antagonist in the first season by using the Vampires of Glamsterdam to take control of the Wayne. Following her defeat in the season 1 finale, she is forced to play host for her superior Prismal with her mission changed to eliminate Team Timbers. In the series finale, Yelena is to be revealed as Jonah's wife.
 Masterson (voiced by Marc Thompson) is Yelena's associate in Calliope who normally carries out daily choirs for her and Prismal when not helping them in their agenda.
 Flowershirt (voiced by Robbie Sublett, originally portrayed by Bill Lobley) is an associate of Yelena and Masterson before taken into vampire custody in the season one finale.
 Jonah Bishop (voiced by Carey Means, originally portrayed by Korey Jackson, Spriggs Fryman as "Tony Stanza") is an intelligent archaeological professor who seems to be well-versed in Wayne Phenomena who does not take Team Timbers' efforts to investigate it seriously due to their age. Olly, in particular, seems to look up to him. He is also the masked figure that Team Timbers named "Tony Stanza", whose true identity they only learned. In addition, Jonah is also revealed to be Yelena's husband in the second season.
 George (voiced by Dave Willis, originally portrayed by Bill Lobley) is the Wayne's residential doorman who often seems oblivious to the Wayne Phenomenon, but remains friendly with Team Timbers and their associates.
 Julia Wiles (voiced by Nikki M. James) is the resident of the Wayne whom Ansi has a crush on, Olly and Saraline eventually warming up despite their initial distrust. She is eventually revealed to be part of the Wayne's conspiracy while pretending to be a Norma.
 Clara Rhone (voiced by Harriett D. Foy) is the female chief librarian who runs the Wayne's secret library called the Stanza alongside Jonah's Tony Stanza alias. She befriends Ansi when he discovers it.
 John Keats (voiced by Billy Bob Thompson) is a juvenile Squidgit that works at the Stanza and is befriended by Ansi. He was named after the English Romantic poet John Keats because he stole a book written by the said author from Ansi in the first episode.
 Andrei (voiced by Andrew Rannells) is a Wayne resident who is a vampire suffering from amnesia as Team Timbers helps him recover his memories throughout the course of the first season. He eventually regains his memories as the Duke of Glamsterdam and leader of his people.
 The Arcsine/Annacile (voiced by Katie DiCicco) – Guardian spirit of the Wayne who is targeted by Prismal in the second season for her immense power, originally named Arcsine. When she loses her power, she becomes a human named Annacile.
 Prismal (voiced by Kevin Conroy) is Yelena's cyborg superior in the Calliope organization who serves as the main antagonist of the second season, moving into Yelena's apartment since the first season finale.

Episodes

Production
For the web series, Matt Longoria, Bobb Barito, and others who were part of Beatstreet Productions worked as sound designers for each episode and coordinating it with dialogue, even adding in sound jokes from time to time. Some of these individuals worked on the TV series.

In April 2015, Nickelodeon ordered 20 episodes with an original premiere date of 2016, becoming the first Nick series to be based on a digital series.

Ego Plum was the show's music composer, while Billy Lopez worked with Michael Pecoriello as executive producers. Pecoriello said that he thought the show was a "perfect fit for the Nick brand because it really does see the world through the eyes of kids." Lopez also did the theme song for the series.

Release
In August 2014, the web series debuted on Nick.com, with new episodes being released weekly. The six-episode web series followed the adventures of Olly Timbers and Ansi Molina. On July 24, 2017, the series premiered on Nickelodeon. Since October 15, 2018, new episodes moved to Nicktoons. On August 11, 2021, the series was added to Paramount+.

Reception
Jennifer Walden of Post Magazine reviewed the web series as having "rapid-fire jokes, action, and plot-points" that cover as much ground as an episode that is 30 minutes long. The TV series was also well-received. Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series 3 out of 5 stars; saying that, "Nonsensical, imaginative fun rules the day in this unpredictable animated series." But added that, "Welcome to the Wayne is best treated as a sugary-treat kind of addition to kids' media diets since the content is more about garnering laughs than it is about anything outright educational." Damon Cap of BSC Kids compared the series to Gravity Falls, adding that, after viewing the first episode, is "a lot of potential and excitement on who this is going to turn out." Cap added that once Ansi came across the library, they knew the show would be "good" and "great to watch." Television Business International said that the series kept the "hand-drawn art style" used in the web series, while "using innovative animation techniques to create a unique visual aesthetic." Peter Jurado of ComicsVerse said that the show takes you "back to the city" like Hey Arnold!, highlights the value of knowledge, and is unique in its own way, even though it has some similarities with Gravity Falls, as a "new mystery with a lot of heart." Jurado also praised the return to the 22-minute format and the fact that the characters are young enough that they don't "automatically judge somebody." Librarian Burkely Hermann argued that in this series, a "special and magnificent library" is central, going beyond positive depictions in recent years, with the chief librarian as a Black woman named Clara Rhone, voiced by Harriett D. Foy. This included episodes, he wrote, where "the issues of underfunded libraries and the value of knowledge," were central, as was the focus on librarians as gatekeepers, and others which made clear the value of librarians, and libraries, as "places of knowledge and diversity."

Accolades

References

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title: John B. King explosion

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The John B. King explosion was a Canadian maritime disaster on June 26, 1930, when a drill boat containing dynamite was struck by lightning near Brockville, Ontario. Thirty people were killed.

The scow was off the point of Cockburn Island working on blasting a St Lawrence Seaway channel through Brockville narrows, and had drilled several holes of dynamite. At 4:30 pm, while it was drilling another, a bolt of lightning struck the boat, travelling down the drill, and igniting the dynamite on the river floor.

The explosion was witnessed by United States Coast Guard Cutter 211, which then rescued 12 members of the crew of 42.

A memorial plaque was erected on the north-west corner of Cockburn Island by the Department of Public Works Canada in 1930.

The wreck is now located west of Cockburn Island at a depth of 80 feet. It is a popular dive site, and some divers have lost their lives while diving the wreck.

See also
 RMS Empress of Ireland

References

Deaths from lightning strikes
1930 industrial disasters
Explosions in Canada
Shipwrecks of the Saint Lawrence River
Maritime incidents in 1930
1930 in Ontario


title: Eucosma caliacrana

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Eucosma caliacrana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Mongolia, Japan, Russia, Romania and Bulgaria.

References

Moths described in 1931
Eucosmini


title: International Tent Pegging Federation

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The International Tent Pegging Federation (ITPF, ), formerly known as the World Tent Pegging Federation is the international governing body of the Equestrian discipline of tent pegging. The ITPF is responsible for the organisation of tent pegging's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup which commenced in 2014, and other international events.

ITPF headquarters is at Muscat, Oman.

History
ITPF was founded as the World Tent Pegging Federation on 21 March 2013 at the World Tent Pegging Championship held in Gurgaon (Haryana), India by the representatives from India, England, Australia, Pakistan, Oman, Iraq, USA, Canada, Egypt, Sudan, Germany, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Kazakasthan, Jordan and Lebanon.

India through its National Federation, The Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) represented by Col. (Retd) Sarpartap Singh and major World Tent Pegging Promoter Mr. Ahmad Afsar, in consultation with Malik Ata Muhammad Khan of Pakistan, pushed a meeting for all representatives of 17 countries that were participating in the World Equestrian Tent Pegging Championship in India.

This meeting marked the beginning of Unification of Tent Pegging playing countries of the world. India through its major organiser, Equiwings Sports had sustained and conducted International and Asian Equestrian Tent Pegging Championships in 2010, 2012 prior to the World event in 2013. Mr. Ahmad Afsar's first lecture for formation of Equestrian Tent Pegging Federation was recognition of the Thrilling Sport of Tent Pegging as an Olympic discipline from International Equestrian Federation (FEI) and International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Following the meeting, in Oman on 27 October 2013 on request of the head of FEI Group 7 countries the organisation changed its name to the “International Tent Pegging Federation”.

Members
At its founding, the ITPF had 29 member countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Namibia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA, and Yemen.

Executive committee
The executive committee was elected on 27 October 2013 and stand for 4 years.

 President: Mohammed Issa Al Fairuz (Oman)
 Vice President:Yousef Alhoti (Oman)
 General Secretary: Hitham Allawati (Oman)
 Asst General Secretary :Salim Albulushi(Oman)

 Col Sarpartap Singh   (India)
Pat Vorster   (South Africa)
Talib Dhahir Al Muhairi   (UAE)
Khalid Safer Al Hajri   (Qatar)
Eng Hisham Hattab   (Egypt)
Neville Rathbone   (Australia)
Haider H Al Jumaili   (Iraq)
Paul Brown BEM   (UK)
Akaash Maharaj   (Canada)
Rafat Abdel Rahman Bella   (Sudan)
 Ahmed Husain Zubair ( USA)

Events

World Cup
The ITPF World Cup takes place throughout the world with qualifying members leading to a final event. After the formation of the federation, the world body decided to launch its own World Cup competition. The first and the inaugural Tent Pegging World Cup was organised by the Oman Equestrian Federation (OEF) at Al Rahba Farm, Barka, Oman from March 31 to April 4, 2014. The participant countries were Pakistan, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt, South Africa, Britain and Australia who qualified the Sudan and Pakistan qualifying events in January and February respectively.

South Africa won the event by a total of 758.5 points and clinch the enviable honour of being the first world champions. Oman got second position with 693.5 points. Sudan, who finished with 654 points, took the third place.

World Cup history

The World Cup began in 2014

Representation in the FEI World Equestrian Games 2014

2014 FEI World Equestrian Games were held at Normandy, France from 23 August from 7 September by the FEI. The FEI had invited the Vice President of International Tent Pegging Federation Malik Ata Muhammad Khan with full tent pegging team to give a demonstration of tent pegging to all the equestrian players who came there from all over the world. Malik Ata taught them the basics of tent pegging, rules, methods how tent pegging is done. Haroon Bandial, Namdar Rehmat, Syed Wamiq Shah and Raja Zarrar Sajjad were part of the team.

Photo gallery

References

External links
Official website of ITPF
Official Facebook Group

Equestrian organizations
International sports organizations
Sports organizations established in 2013


title: Kande (Nepal)

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Kande, historical name "Kane" (काणे), is a small village in the far western region of Nepal, part of the Baitadi District in Gurukhola, 01-Dasharathchand Municipality. Kande comprises 412 houses and covers an area of 4,856 sq.m. The villagers are called Bhatt.
Kande consist of a market Mushyachour which includes  Gurukhola (Talli Gurukhola and Malli Gurukhola), Milanchouk, and main market Mushyachour where goods are directly imported from  Dhangadhi and Jhulaghat ; lies at the north of Rataidi Community Forest of Kande.

Popularity
There are a lot of religious and tourists areas in Kande. Some of the most prominent places are Kailpal Temple, Maharudra Area, Jhaulekh, Rataidi Conserved Area, Sirad Hill Station, and Santbaj Hill Station.

Festivals Cultures and Religions
Gaura Parva is the main festival of Kande; it is also a national holiday in Nepal. Besides this there are many festivals like Bishpati, where the brothers and sisters-in-law have a funny fight using water and stinging nettle (sisnu). Dashain and Tihar are also equally celebrated.

Sports
Cricket is a very popular sport in Kande, and Kande has won many regional competitions. Beside cricket, Volleyball is another game which is equally played by the people of Kande Rataidi Cricket Club and Brightstar Vollyball team are the respective cricket and volleyball teams.

Communication
Mostly, the users of sky phone, namaste, and ncell are found in Kanday. The majority of people are interested in social networks like facebook. It holds a radio station i.e. Radio Ninglashaini 94 Mhz.

Agriculture
Corn and wheat are the main crops of this area. Some vegetables and fruits are grown and exported to nearby market Mushyachour -particularly cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, mandarins, orange, lemons.

Populated places in Baitadi District


title: Gaighat, Ghazipur

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Gaighat is an Indian village in the town of Zamania within the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography
Gaighat is located 35 km south of the district headquarters Ghazipur, 12 km from Zamania, and 363 km from the state capital Lucknow.

Nearby villages include Dhuska (3 km), Deorhi (5 km), Baruin Rural (8 km), Baresar (9 km), and Burhadih (9 km). Gaighat is surrounded by Ramgarh Tehsil and Nuaon Tehsil to the east, Zamania Tehsil to the north, and Durgawati Tehsil to the south.

Gaighat is on the border of the Ghazipur, Kaimur, and Chandauli districts. It is also near the Karamnasha and Ganga rivers, which sometimes causes flooding.

Demographics

As of the 2011 Census of India, there were 2,281 people and 294 houses in the village, including 1,210 males and 1,071 females. There were 326 children aged 0–6, including 186 males and 140 females, making up 14.29% of the total population.

In 2011, the literacy rate among the population was 76.01%, which was above the state-wide rate of 67.68%. The male literacy rate was 88.57% while the female literacy rate was 52.19%.

Education

The main college in Gaigaht is Baudh Sukhnanadan Inter College. Colleges near Gaighat include Hindu Inter College and Hindu P.G. College.

There is also a government-run primary school which teaches through 8th grade.

Transportation
Zamania Railway Station and Bahora Chandil Railway Station are the nearest railway stations to Gaighat. Mughalsarai Junction railway station is a major railway station, located 49 km from Gaighat.

References

Further reading
 Saiyad Hasan Ansari (1986). Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley. Concept Publishing Company. p. 61.

Villages in Ghazipur district


title: The Story of John M'Neil

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The Story Of John M'Neil was Britain's first public health education film, produced in 1911 by Dr Halliday Sutherland. It was a silent film which dramatised a Scottish family living in slum housing and showed how tuberculosis was spread between family members, as well as how it was treated.

Several copies of the film were produced in the 35 mm format suitable for projection in cinemas. Only 22 minutes long, the film was aimed at mass audiences who regularly flocked to the relatively new and hugely popular form of entertainment, the cinema.

Copies of the film were acquired by the National Film Library and are held in its collection.

The film commences with this message:

This statement reflected Dr Sutherland's view that tuberculosis was primarily caused by infection, a view that was not universally accepted at the time. Mainstream medicine regarded susceptibility to tuberculosis as passed down by heredity; mainstream eugenicists regarded the tuberculous as "racially diseased".

The film depicts a "tuberculosis nest" - a tenement block in which the disease thrived. The opening scene shows Mrs M'Neil in her flat. She has consumption in an advanced stage. The family (John M'Neil, a printer, and their two daughters and son) arrive home for (presumably) the evening meal. The vectors of transmission of the disease are shown: sweeping up dust, coughing, spitting and sharing drinking vessels.

All members of the family are infected with TB and, when the oldest daughter visits the Tuberculosis dispensary, the "Edinburgh System" for the treatment, cure and prevention of the disease is applied. The remainder of the film shows the various treatments applied to people with different stages of the disease.

At the time the film was made, the hospitals in which the urban poor might be treated did not want them on the basis that they would expose their existing patients to TB. If the sufferer was out of work, one option might be the poor house, which had grave social stigma attached. "The story of John M'Neil" provided hope to those at threat and suffering from TB that they could be cured and that care would be provided in a humane manner.

The film depicts the "Edinburgh System" devised by Dr Robert Philip including an "open-air" school, open-air shelters, a sanatorium and a tuberculosis dispensary.

References

 "Obituary: Halliday G Sutherland, M.D." Br Med J. 30 Apr 1960; 1(5182): 1368–1369.
 British Film Institute https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150026759 viewed on 11 August 2014
 "The National Film Library. Recent Acquisitions" The Times, 18 May 1937

Public health in the United Kingdom
1911 films
1911 in the United Kingdom
Tuberculosis
British silent films
British black-and-white films
Films about health care


title: Duniyaa Jhukti Hai

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Duniyaa Jhukti Hai is a 1994 Hindi language feature film directed by Yash Chauhan and produced by S. Raghunath Rao (Raghunathrao Shirbhate). It was released on 22 December 1994. It stars Aasif Sheikh in lead role and Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Anupam Kher, Jamuna,  Rohini, etc.

Music
"Aankhon Ne Padh Li" - Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Maddona Dil Do Na" - Abhijeet
"Mein Husn Ka Saudaai"
"Mein Sheeshadari Tu Bijlani" - Amit Kumar, Sudesh Bhosle
"Nafrat Ki Duniya Se Door" - Abhijeet, Kavita Krishnamurthy

References

1994 films
1990s Hindi-language films
Films scored by Anand–Milind


title: Greg Burgess (rugby union)

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Gregory Alexander John Burgess (born 6 July 1954) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Burgess represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1980 and 1981. He played two matches for the All Blacks, including one full international. He went on to win consecutive national powerlifting titles from 1985 to 1991, and was second in the shot put at the national track and field championships in 1984 and 1985.

Burgess became a successful investor, with interests in property and shares. In 2008 he appeared on the New Zealand National Business Review Rich List for the first time, with an estimated wealth of NZ$60 million.

References

1954 births
Living people
Rugby union players from Auckland
People educated at Marcellin College, Auckland
University of Otago alumni
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Auckland rugby union players
Rugby union props
New Zealand investors
Ponsonby RFC players


title: Mahammed Dionne

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Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne (born 22 September 1959) is a Senegalese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Senegal from 2014 to 2019. He was the third prime minister appointed by President Macky Sall. Dionne served at the Central Bank of West African States, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ONUDI), and as the advisor of the president, before his appointment as prime minister. He is a computer engineer by training.

Early life
Dionne was born on 22 September 1959, in Gossas. When his mother gave birth to him, she took refuge in a locality where her grandmother lived. His father worked as a police commissioner.

Political career
Dionne worked as an engineer specializing in applied economics, and worked in a West African bank and as head of the Economic Office at the Senegalese Embassy in France. He was Director of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Macky Sall from 2005 to 2007, and when Sall moved to the post of President of the National Assembly in 2007–2008, Dionne continued working under Sall in the same capacity. Prior to his appointment as Prime Minister, he served from March to July 2014 as Minister for the Implementation of the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE), an economic and social development plan to make the country an emerging economy by 2035.

He headed the national candidate list of Benno Bokk Yaakaar, the coalition supporting President Sall, in the July 2017 parliamentary election. Following the victory of Benno Bokk Yaakaar, President Sall reappointed Dionne as Prime Minister on 6 September 2017.

Awards and honours
:
 Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (9 July 2015)
 Officer of the National Order of the Lion

References

1959 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Senegal
People from Fatick Region
Computer engineers
Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Senegal


title: Harald Sandbæk

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Harald Sandbæk (6 January 1904 – 6 November 1986) was a Danish theologian, author and resistance fighter. He culminated his career as provost of Holmen, Copenhagen, from 1962 to 1973. During the German occupation of Denmark in the Second World War, he was a member of the Danish resistance in Aarhus before joining Den Danske Brigade (the Danish Brigade) in Sweden.

Sandbæk matriculated from Odense Cathedral School in 1924 and graduated in theology in 1931. In 1932 he became the parish priest of Hersom-Bjerregrav-Klejtrup. He was a regular contributor to the journal Det tredje Standpunkt.

During the Second World War, Sandbæk played an active role in the Danish resistance movement as a member of Den Danske Brigade, 3rd battalion. He took part in rail sabotage in Jutland and was arrested by the Gestapo on 15 September 1944 and tortured. He was one of those held at the Gestapo headquarters in Aarhus when it was bombed by the British on 31 October 1944. He was badly wounded but escaped. He was secretly treated in hospital and later moved to Sweden where he served in Den Danske Brigade in Norrköping.

After WWII, Sandbæk became Secretary of the Ecumenical Refugee Commission in Geneva (1947–49) and secretary-general for the Church of Denmark's refugee assistance service (1949–50). In 1957, he was parish priest at Copenhagen's Kastelskirken and became provost of Holmen in 1962 until 1973. He published his memoirs Præst, sabotør, flygtningearbejder in 1983.

Harald Sandbæk died on 6 November 1986. He is buried in Holmen Cemetery, Copenhagen.

See also
Aarhus Air Raid

References

Literature

1904 births
1986 deaths
Danish Lutheran clergy
Danish resistance members
Knights First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
Burials at Holmen Cemetery
20th-century Danish Lutheran clergy


title: 2014 Winston-Salem Open – Singles

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Jürgen Melzer was the defending champion, but lost to qualifier David Goffin in the first round.

Lukáš Rosol won the title, defeating Jerzy Janowicz in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5, en route saving 2 match points in the third set.

Seeds
All seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Qualifying

Seeds
The top five seeds received a bye into second round.

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

References
Main Draw
Qualifying Draw

Winston-Salem Open - Singles
2014 Singles


title: Measures of gender equality

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Measures of gender equality or inequality are statistical tools employed to quantify the concept of gender equality.

There are over three hundred different indicators used to measure gender equality, as well as a number of prominent indices. The most prominent indices of gender equality include UNDP's Gender-related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), introduced in 1995. More recent measures include the Gender Equity Index (GEI) introduced by Social Watch in 2004, the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) developed by the World Economic Forum in 2006, and the Social Institutions and Gender Index of OECD Development Centre (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) from 2007.

Indicators
Sample indicators of gender equality include gender-sensitive breakdowns of the number or percentages of positions as legislators or senior managers, presence of civil liberties such as freedom of dress or freedom of movement, social indicators such as ownership rights such as access to banks or land, crime indicators such as violence against women, health and education indicators such as life expectancy, educational attainment, and economic indicators such as gender pay gap, labor force participation or earned income.

To reduce the number of individual statistics to be cited, several indices composed of aggregated indicators are commonly used.

Indices

Gender-related Development Index

The Gender-related Development Index (GDI) is a gender-focused development of the Human Development Index (HDI) which measures the development levels in a country corrected by the existing gender inequalities. It addresses gender-gaps in life expectancy, education, and incomes. It uses an “inequality aversion” penalty, which creates a development score penalty for gender gaps in any of the categories of the Human Development Index which include life expectancy, adult literacy, school enrollment, and logarithmic transformations of per-capita income. In terms of life expectancy, the GDI assumes that women will live an average of five years longer than men. Additionally, in terms of income, the GDI considers income-gaps in terms of actual earned income. The GDI cannot be used independently from the Human Development Index (HDI) score and so, it cannot be used on its own as an indicator of gender-gaps. Only the gap between the HDI and the GDI can actually be accurately considered; the GDI on its own is not an independent measure of gender-gaps.

Gender Empowerment Measure

The Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) was developed at the same time as GDI, but is seen as more specialized. It included dimensions not present in GDI (and correspondingly, HDI), such as rights and access to power. The GEM was designed to measure "whether women and men are able to actively participate in economic and political life and take part in decision-making". It tends to be more agency focused (what people are actually able to do) than well-being focused (how people feel or fare in the grand scheme of things). The GEM is determined using three basic indicators: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, percentage of women in economic decision-making positions (incl. administrative, managerial, professional and technical occupations) and female share of income (earned incomes of males vs. females). The GEM is thought to be a valuable policy instrument because it allows certain dimensions that were previously difficult to compare between countries to come into international comparison.

As time passes, and these measures (the GDI and the GEM) are applied year after year, debate has arisen over whether or not they have been as influential in promoting gender-sensitive development as was hoped when they were first created. Some of the major criticisms of both measures include that they are highly specialized and difficult to interpret, often misinterpreted, suffer from large data gaps, do not provide accurate comparisons across countries, and try to combine too many development factors into a single measure. The concern then arises that if these indices are not well informed, then their numbers might hide more than they reveal. They do not measure the relative position and status of women in relation to men, but only measure absolute levels of income per capita or human development. Mills (2010) goes as far as to say that "although they are often touted as key measures of gender (in)equality, most experts agree that they are in fact not measures of gender inequality at all."

Gender Equity Index
Gender Equity Index (GEI) has been developed to measure situations that are unfavorable to women. It is designed to facilitate international comparisons by ranking countries based on three dimensions of gender inequity indicators: education, economic participation and empowerment. Due to its focus on socioeconomic opportunities, it has been criticized for ignoring underlying causes of gender inequality such as health.

Global Gender Gap Index

The Global Gender Gap Index, published in the Global Gender Gap Report (GGGR), is another popular and widely reported global gender gap index. This measure was introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 and has been published yearly since. The index is based on the level of female disadvantage (so it is not strictly a measure of equality), and is intended to allow comparative comparison of gender gap across different countries and years. Increased scores over time can be interpreted as the percentage of the inequality between women and men that has been closed. The report examines four critical areas of inequality between men and women in approximately 130 economies around the globe, focusing on economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment and health and survival statistics.

GEI and the Global Gender Gap Index measures are conceptually more broad. GEI focuses on socioeconomic opportunities, but it has been criticized for ignoring underlying causes of gender inequality such as health. The Global Gender Gap Index is the most comprehensive, through it in turn has been criticized for being too broad.

Social Institutions and Gender Index

Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a composite indicator of gender equality that solely focuses on social institutions that affect the equality between men and women, as well as on the four dimensions of family code, physical integrity, ownership rights and civil liberties. It was introduced in 2007 by the OECD Development Centre to address the perceived inadequacies of the GDI, GEM, GEI, and Global Gender Gap Index. Social institutions comprise norms, values and attitudes that exist in a society in relation to women. SIGI's authors argue that it is "the only index that focuses on the underlying sources of gender inequality", through they note it is indented to supplement, not replace, the aforementioned other existing measures; they also note that this topic is likely too complex for a single indicator, and recommend a multi-indicator approach for any studies that want to aim to be more comprehensive. The tool has been praised for being a valuable measure for developing countries, but criticized as less applicable for the developed ones.

See also
Gender Parity Index

References

Further reading

Gender equality
International rankings
Statistical data sets


title: Bridger Deaton

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Bridger Deaton (born 29 July 1994), is an American athlete who competes in compound archery. He has won individual and team gold medals at the 2014 Archery World Cup and junior medals at the Indoor World Archery Championships. His highest world ranking as of June 2015 is number 4. Was a finalist in the 2014 project runway.

References

1994 births
Living people
American male archers
21st-century American sportsmen


title: Eucosma cana

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Eucosma cana, the hoary bell, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.

Distribution and habitat
This quite common and widespread species can be found in most of Europe, in China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Henan, Guangdong, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang), in Japan, in Central Asia, in Russia, and in Kazakhstan. These moths mainly inhabit flower meadows, rough grounds and waysides.

Description
Eucosma cana can reach a body length of about  and a wingspan of 16–23 mm. The head of these moths is reddish brown, while the thorax is light brownish on the sides, dark brownish in the middle. The ground colour of the forewings is light brown or greyish, with light longitudinal discal streaks. The edges are feathered. The hindwings are dark gray toward the margins. This species in rather similar to Eucosma hohenwartiana, which has a darker ground colour of the forewings, lacking the longitudinal lighter streaks. Meyrick describes it -The forewings are elongate, fold reaching to near middle ; ochreous, somewhat blackish -sprinkled, with several suffused ochreous whitish longitudinal streaks confluent in middle towards base, ceasing before very narrow central fascia of ground-colour ; an oblique wedge-shaped ferruginous suffusion from dorsum near base ; posterior half of costa with very oblique whitish strigulae, abruptly ceasing at 1/3 ; ocellus metallic-edged, containing one or two incomplete black dashes ; termen sinuate. Hindwings in male pale grey, darker terminally, in female darker.The larva is dull pink ; head and plate of 2 brown.

Biology
Adults are on wing in a single generation from June to August. The larvae are 10–11 mm long, pale orange or dark ocher, broad and somewhat flat. They feed on the flowerheads of Cirsium, Carduus species and of Centaurea nigra (black knapweed) and can be found from August to May.

External links
 Lepiforum
 Funet
 British Lepidoptera
 G. Doremi Altervista

Bibliography
 Keith P. Bland, J. Razowski, E.F. Hancock The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Tortricidae, Olethreutinae Vol. 5, part 2.
Haworth, A. H. (1803-1828): Lepidoptera britannica; sistens digestionem novam insectorum lepidopterorum quæ in Magna Britannia reperiuntur, larvarum pabulo, temporeque pascendi; expansione alarum; mensibusque volandi; synonymis atque locis observationibusque variis: I-XXXVI, 1-609. Londini (R. Taylor).
Heppner, J. B. (1982): Dates of selected Lepidoptera literature for the western hemisphere fauna. — Journal of the Lepidopterologists' Society 36 (2): 87-111.

References

Eucosmini
Moths described in 1811
Moths of Asia
Tortricidae of Europe
Moths of Japan


title: Robert Glunicke

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Major General Robert Charles Arthur Glunicke DL (6 March 1886 – 20 October 1963) was a senior Royal Marines officer during the Second World War.

Military career
Born on 6 March 1886, Robert Glunicke was educated at Bedford School. He received his first commission, as a second lieutenant in the Royal Marines in 1904. He served during the First World War and was a member of the East African Expeditionary Force from 1916 to 1917. He served during the Second World War and was Aide-de-camp to King George VI between 1939 and 1940, and Commandant, Plymouth Division, Royal Marines, between 1939 and 1941.

Glunicke retired from the Royal Marines in 1941. He was appointed deputy lieutenant of Bedfordshire on 16 May 1953 and died on 20 October 1963.

References

External links
Generals of World War II
Royal Marine Officers 1939−1945

1886 births
1963 deaths
People educated at Bedford School
Royal Marines generals
Royal Marines generals of World War II
Royal Marines personnel of World War I
Deputy Lieutenants of Bedfordshire


title: Ros omelette

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Ros omelette, also known as ras omelette, is a snack and street food in the Goan cuisine of India. Ros means "gravy" in Konkani. It is a spicy gravy of either chicken or chickpeas, which is often similar to xacuti which is commonly seen in the Goan Catholic style of cooking. If it is not a xacuti then it is probably a spicy gravy consisting of onions, curry leaves, black mustard seeds, scraped coconut and spices mostly prepared by Goan Hindus. Ingredients such as mushrooms or cauliflower are also commonly used. The omelette contains eggs, herbs, finely chopped green chili peppers, onions (or shallots), finely chopped fresh green coriander and salt, with many variations. The ros is cooked separately. The hot ros is poured over the freshly fried omelette and served with Goan bread (Paõ).

Ros omelette is traditionally sold by food carts lined across the various towns of Goa. These carts start dispensing the same early evenings and continue to serve them after midnight. A lot of restaurants also feature this dish on their menus.

Ros omelette is best served with chopped onions and a dash of lime juice sprinkled on top of the completed dish.

References

Goan cuisine
Indian egg dishes
Indian cuisine


title: Ahmedabad–Udaipur Express

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The 19943 / 19944 Ahmedabad Junction–Udaipur–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express was a metre-gauge Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Western Railway zone that ran between  &  until 2005 & then to Udaipur City until 2016 in India. It ran as train number 19943 from Ahmedabad Junction to Delhi Sarai Rohilla until 2005 & then to Udaipur City until 2016 and as train number 19944 in the reverse direction.

The train was discontinued due to track conversion to broad gauge after 125 years of service.

Operations until 2005

This train ran from Delhi Sarai Rohillia to Ahmedabad Jn via Ajmer, Udaipur, Himmatnagar until March 2005. After the gauge conversion between Ajmer and Udaipur the train ran from Udaipur to Ahmedabad from April 2005 to December 2016.

Originally until 2005, it used to run cover distance of  in 31 hrs 30 mins at speed of () as 19944 and in 31 hours 30 mins as 19943 at speed of . Timings were Ahmedabad Junction departure 23.05 hrs, Udaipur City departure 09.40 hrs,  arrival 12.45 hrs & departure 13.45 hrs,  departure 18.50 hrs,  arrival 21.35 hrs & departure 22.35 hrs & Delhi Sarai Rohilla arrival 06.35 hrs at 3rd morning as 19943. In return  departure 20.30 hrs, Jaipur Junction arrival 04.30 hrs & departure 05.30 hrs, Ajmer Junction departure 08.25 hrs, Chittaurgarh Junction arrival 13.20 hrs & departure 14.20 hrs, Udaipur City departure 17.45 hrs & Ahmedabad Junction arrival 04.00 hrs at 3rd morning as 19944. The express train ran from Ahmedabad Junction via , Dungarpur, Kharwa Chanda, Udaipur City, Chittaurgarh Junction (reversal of loco took place with 1 hour halt time), , Ajmer Junction, , Jaipur Junction (reversal of loco took place with 1 hour halt time),  &  to Delhi Sarai Rohilla, halting at 29 stops in between. The train was hauled by Sabarmati or Phulera-based YDM-4 Twins for its entire journey. The express train had 16 car rake consisting of 1 A/c sleeper coach, 1 first class coach, 8 sleeper class coaches, 4 General Unreserved coaches and 2 SLR (seating cum luggage rake) coaches. It did not carry a pantry car.

Operations between 2005 and 2016

After the gauge conversion between Ajmer and Udaipur in 2005, this express train started to cover the distance of  in 10 hours 15 mins at speed of  as 19944 and in 10 hours 15 mins as 19943 at speed of . Timings were Ahmedabad Junction departure 23.05 hrs,  departure 02.00 hrs, Dungarpur departure 05.00 hrs, Kharwa Chanda departure 07.44 hrs & Udaipur Cit} arrival 09.20 hrs next morning as 19943. In return Udaipur City departure 17.45 hrs, Kharwa Chanda departure 19.23 hrs, Dungarpur departure 22.15 hrs, Himmatnagar Junction departure 01.15 hrs & Ahmedabad Junction arrival 04.00 hrs next morning as 19944. The express train ran from Ahmedabad Junction via Himmatnagar Junction, Dungarpur, Kharwa Chanda to Udaipur City, halting at 7 stops in between. The train was hauled by a Sabarmati-based YDM-4 for its entire journey. The express train had 1 1 A/c sleeper & 1 First Class coaches until 2013 (it was removed due to less demand), 5 sleeper class (3 removed due to less demand in 2011), 5 General Unreserved and 2 SLR (seating cum luggage rake) coaches. It did not carry a pantry car.

References

External links

Express trains in India
Rail transport in Gujarat
Rail transport in Rajasthan
Transport in Udaipur
Transport in Ahmedabad


title: Youth for Multilateral Disarmament

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Youth for Multilateral Disarmament was a campaigning organisation set up by the National Young Conservatives to counter Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) activities with young voters. The National Chairman of the Young Conservatives, Iain Picton, tasked Vice Chairman, Phil Pedley with the creation of a front organisation to highlight the perceived naivety of unilateral disarmament given the hostile nature of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The campaign included support for the siting of cruise missiles in the UK to counter Soviet SS 20 missiles.

In the 1980s, CND enjoyed a significant revival. The deployment of SS20s in the Soviet Bloc countries led to a counter positioning of American Cruise Pershing II missiles in Western Europe, including Britain which led to a huge growth in CND membership.

Liaison with Ministry of Defence
Pedley liaised with John Nott, Minister of Defence and Nott's PPS, David Hunt MP to agree the scope and nature of the organisation which included monitoring CND activity across the country, the training of anti-CND activists and the production of anti-CND material. Pedley informed the Young Conservative National Advisory Committee. "I have personally assured John Nott MP, that the YC's will discuss the matter fully with him, and that any YC campaign will be thoroughly thought out and he will be kept informed of our activities throughout the year".

Countering Youth CND activity in the Young Conservatives
Picton and Pedley moved to counter Youth CND activity in Young Conservative Branches. The CND Magazine Sanity, claimed; "Meanwhile, support for CND amongst Tories has been growing. CND has been invited to dozens of Young Tory meetings in London and the South East, and at least one Young Tory branch has donated funds to CND's limited funds". Pedley arranged for the offending YC branch to be closed down. Sanity quoted Pedley as admitting some YC's supported CND but, "there are none on the National Executive".

Officers
Pedley became the first Director/Chairman of YMD with Mark Worrall (the Young Conservative National Organiser) acting as the General Secretary. When Pedley succeeded Picton as National YC Chairman, he appointed Nick Robinson as Director/Chairman as his successor at YMD. The address was given as 1a Whitehall Place London SW1 National YC Report 1982–83.

Campaigns and material
YMD produced a range of stickers, posters and leaflets highlighting the risk of unilateral disarmament. Materials included:

Peace and Defence – Speakers Notes
A comprehensive range of information to assist speakers debating at public meetings or appearing on media outlets. Written by Pedley and revamped by Robinson in 1985.

Peace at what price? - Never Again
A 1985 poster highlighting the perceived dangers of appeasement and featuring concentration camp victims.

The Soviet Union Needs You - Support Unilateral Disarmament
A leaflet warning that unilateral disarmament would give the Soviet Union a military advantage and leave liberal democracies weakened and unable to resist encroachment.

Demise
The re-election of a Conservative government in 1983, threw the CND on the defensive and the defeat of left-wing parties in continental Europe "made the deployment of Cruise missiles inevitable and the movement again began to lose steam".

References

Political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom


title: Pachamama Raymi (methodology)

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Pachamama Raymi refers to a methodology for rural development. It was developed in 1988 in Cusco, Peru.

Use
It is being used in many projects in Latin America and most recently in Europe. In extremely poor rural areas, extreme poverty and environmental degradation are often closely linked. Computer simulations have shown that natural resources can be reclaimed and poverty overcome, if a majority of the population changes management of their natural resources. At the same time, poor preventive health habits generate severe and generalized health problems. Changing preventive health practices greatly improves people's health.

The methodology Pachamama Raymi makes it possible to introduce the required innovations in natural resource management and in preventive health practices simultaneously in a great majority of large populations within three to four years, mobilizing the population to get out of poverty largely through their own means.

The methodology uses systemic social management, reinforcing people's cultural identity, families, communities and working in close cooperation with their local government. Projects that use the Pachamama Raymi methodology invest their resources in peer learning and motivation. The methodology uses contests between families of every village and between the villages of the district with attractive (cash) prizes. The participants in the contests compete in the quality of adoption of the innovations that the project seeks to introduce. Rules and Regulations are used.
The contests typically lasts six months. About five to eight successive contests are required to achieve sustainable results.
The contests create a festive spirit in the villages.

Publications of the methodology Pachamama Raymi

See also
 Lugnasad

References

External links
 Pachamama Raymi, Fiesta of Mother Earth.

Rural community development


title: Eucosma catharaspis

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Eucosma catharaspis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Jilin, Shanghai, Henan, Anhui), Korea, Japan and Russia.

References

Moths described in 1922
Eucosmini


title: 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's decathlon

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The men's decathlon at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 13 August.

Medalists

Records

Schedule

Results

100 metres
Wind: Heat 1: -1.1 m/s m/s, Heat 2: -0.9 m/s, Heat 3: -1.9 m/s

Long jump

Shot put

High jump

400 metres

110 metres hurdles

Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s

Discus throw

Pole vault

Javelin throw

1500 metres

Final standings

References

Decathlon M
Combined events at the European Athletics Championships


title: Highway 35 (Jordan)

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Highway 35, also known as the King's Highway, is a north–south highway in Jordan. It starts in at the Syrian border north of Irbid and leads to Highway 15 in the Ma'an Governorate.

History
The route of Highway 35 is over 5,000 years old. It runs over the ancient King's Highway. This highway was first constructed by the Romans, and was part of the Via Nova Traiana.

Tourist attractions
This highway runs north–south from Irbid down to the Desert Highway in Ma'an Governorate. The interesting hilly highway passes the castle of Kerak and Shobak and passes Wadi Musa, the city most close to the ruins of Petra.

References

Roads in Jordan


title: 1977–78 Liga Bet

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The 1977–78 Liga Bet season saw Hapoel Kiryat Ata, Hapoel Givat Olga, Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Maccabi Kiryat Gat win their regional divisions and promoted to Liga Alef.

Second placed clubs, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, Hapoel Givat Haim, Maccabi Lazarus Holon and Hapoel Dimona were also promoted, as both Liga Leumit and Liga Artzit were expanded to 16 clubs in each league.

North Division A

North Division B

South Division A

South Division B

References
Negative goal difference sealed Mahane Yehuda's fate Maariv, 28.5.78, Historical Jewish Press

Liga Bet seasons
Israel
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title: Hochstuhl Fault

text:
The Hochstuhl Fault is a fault in Austria and Slovenia. It is named after Mount Stol, which is named Hochstuhl in German. The fault can be traced from Radenthein (east of Spittal an der Drau), where it follows the Gegendtal, crosses the Drau River and the Karawanks, and ends in the Sava Valley near Radovljica and Kranj. In the southeast it intersects the Periadriatic Fault, which it displaced during the Quaternary. From these movements a dextral strike-slip motion can be observed.

References

Geology of Slovenia
Geology of Austria
Geology of the Alps
Seismic faults of Europe


title: 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's shot put

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The men's shot put at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 August.

Medalists

Records

Schedule

+

Results

Qualification

20.10 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.

Final

References

Qualification Results
Final Results

Shot Put M
Shot put at the European Athletics Championships


title: Mount Akita-Komagatake

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is an active stratovolcano located 10 km east of Tazawa Lake, near the border between Akita and Iwate prefectures on Honshu Island. The volcano last erupted from 18 September 1970 to 25 January 1971. It is the highest mountain in Akita Prefecture  and the second highest in Towada-Hachimantai National Park.

References

External links

 Akita-Komagatake - Japan Meteorological Agency
  - Japan Meteorological Agency
 Akita Komagatake - Geological Survey of Japan
 Akita-Komagatake: Global Volcanism Program - Smithsonian Institution

Volcanoes of Honshū
Active volcanoes
Mountains of Akita Prefecture
Volcanoes of Akita Prefecture
Stratovolcanoes of Japan
Tourist attractions in Akita Prefecture
Pleistocene stratovolcanoes
Holocene stratovolcanoes


title: William E. Goodman

text:
William Ernest Goodman (December 10, 1838 – March 22, 1912) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Goodman received his country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor. Goodman's medal was won when he rescued the colors of the 107th Ohio Infantry from Confederate States Army forces during the Battle of Chancellorsville, in Virginia on March 3, 1863. He was honored with the award on January 11, 1894.

Goodman was born in Philadelphia. He was commissioned as an officer in September 1861, and mustered out with his regiment in July 1865. Goodman was buried in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania.

Medal of Honor citation

See also
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L

References

1838 births
1912 deaths
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
Military personnel from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War
Union Army officers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients


title: Mahamat Kamoun

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Mahamat Kamoun (born 13 November 1961) is a Central African politician and financier who served as Acting Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 10 August 2014 to 2 April 2016. He was the country's first Muslim Prime Minister.

Political career
A specialist in finance, Kamoun served as the Director-General of the Treasury under President Francois Bozize. He subsequently served as the head of the cabinet of President Michel Djotodia and was an advisor to interim President Catherine Samba-Panza before his appointment as Prime Minister.

Prime Minister
Kamoun's appointment as Prime Minister sparked discontent and astonishment among the Muslim Séléka rebel group, as the group does not consider Kamoun as a member of Séléka, despite Kamoun being a Muslim. The group subsequently boycotted the National Unity Government as they were not consulted about the choice of Prime Minister, and even threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire agreement signed in Brazzaville in July 2014 as a result of Kamoun's appointment.

He oversaw the December 2015–February 2016 presidential election, saying "The warlords will have to accept the results of the elections because the elections are democratic, elections are one of the solutions to bring people back to peace, but they can also be a new source of crisis if we do not manage to make them democratic, transparent and credible." A month prior to the elections, Kamoun installed a night time curfew amid rising tensions and violence in the capital Bangui. Following the election, the newly elected President Faustin-Archange Touadéra named Simplice Sarandji as Kamoun's replacement as Prime Minister on 2 April 2016.

References

1961 births
Boston University alumni
Central African Republic businesspeople
Central African Republic Muslims
Living people
People from Bamingui-Bangoran
Prime Ministers of the Central African Republic


title: Gale Memorial Library

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The Gale Memorial Library is the public library of Laconia, New Hampshire. It is located at 695 Main Street in a Richardsonian Romanesque building, whose 1901–03 construction was funded by a bequest from Napoleon Bonaparte Gale, a local banker. The building was designed by Boston architect Charles Brigham, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Architecture and history
Gale Memorial Library is located on the north side of downtown Laconia, occupying a generous landscaped parcel at the northeast corner of Main and Church streets. The original building is a roughly cruciform two-story masonry structure, built out of red New Brunswick granite with white Maine granite trim. It is covered by a tall hip roof, and has a rounded apse at the southern end. The front facade, facing Main Street, has a square tower at the right which has a rounded stair projection at one corner, each separately roofed by pyramidal and conical roofs respectively. The entrance is set next to the tower, projecting under an arched shelter. To its left is a projecting hip-roof section, fronted by a bowed single-story projection with parapet.

Laconia's public library was authorized by the town in 1878 and opened in 1879 in a downtown commercial space. After several moves, it moved into this building in 1903. It was built through a bequest from Napoleon Bonaparte Gale, whose will included provisions giving the city $25,000 for public amenities, including $10,000 for the library. It also included provisions for using more of the estate for the library, should costs require it. In all, $60,000 was spent on the library grounds and building. It was designed by Charles Brigham of Boston, and is one of the most impressive examples of Romanesque architecture in the state. The 1957 addition, which added a children's room, auditorium, and workroom, was designed by Prescott & Erickson. Executed in brick and with simpler styling, it is sited to leave major views of the original building intact.

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

References

External links
Laconia Library website

Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Romanesque Revival architecture in New Hampshire
Library buildings completed in 1901
Libraries in Belknap County, New Hampshire
Buildings and structures in Laconia, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Belknap County, New Hampshire
Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in the United States


title: Mangubhai C. Patel

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Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel is an Indian statesman who is the current and 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Gujarat. He served as the officiating speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2014. He has earlier served as a cabinet minister in the Government of Gujarat. Patel was elected to the assembly from Navsari constituency. He has been appointed 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh on 6 July 2021 by the President of India.

Political career
Mangubhai is a Tribal Leader. He was elected MLA from Navsari constituency from 1990 to 2012 and from 2012 to 2017 from Gandevi Vidhansabha.
He was Cabinet Minister in Gujarat Government.
He was elected as Deputy Speaker of Gujarat Vidhansabha in October 2013.
On 6 July 2021 , he was appointed Governor of Madhya Pradesh state by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind Ji.
He has earlier served as a cabinet minister in the Government of Gujarat. Patel was elected to the assembly from Navsari constituency. He has been appointed 19th Governor of Madhya Pradesh on 6 July 2021 by the President of India.

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Living people
Deputy Speakers of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Gujarat MLAs 2012–2017
People from Navsari district
State cabinet ministers of Gujarat
1944 births
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Gujarat
Governors of Madhya Pradesh


title: Victoria steamboat disaster

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The Victoria steamboat disaster (also called The Victoria Day Disaster) was a Canadian maritime disaster that took place on May 24, 1881, when the sternwheel passenger steamboat Victoria, capsized and sank in the Thames River near what is today Greenway Off-Leash Dog Park in Kensal Park, London, Ontario. The tragedy was one of the worst maritime disasters in Canada at the time, and made major headlines  in places as far as England and the United States due to the shock surrounding the disaster.

An estimate between 182 and 198 is commonly cited as the total death toll, although no record of the actual count of passengers was ever taken for those aboard during the Victoria's final voyage, as the vessel was dangerously overcrowded with upwards of 600 passengers. The disaster resulted in an abrupt decline in popularity or trust of the riverboat services in London through the remainder of the decade, and by the turn of the 20th century, ferries became obsolete when in 1895 the London Street Railway expanded its streetcar services to Waterworks Park (now Springbank Park) in Byron.

Background
In the late 19th century, London, Ontario had a population of roughly 19,000 people  and was rapidly growing. Future growth the City of London was guaranteed in 1878 after a new water supply was secured at the fresh water springs near the village of Byron (today a neighbourhood of London) on the southern banks of the river. The construction of the hydraulic-driven pumphouse and a small reservoir on Chestnut Hill (today Reservoir Hill) led to the establishment of Waterworks Park, today known as Springbank Park, a long stretch of picnic and recreational area along the southern shore of the Thames River.

The completion of the London Waterworks System that year, by building a dam at the park, had the effect of raising the water in the river upstream, and thus provided a beautiful stretch of some four miles of the park to be used for boating purposes. Collection ponds were built along the south side of the river, one of which still remains within at Storybook Gardens.

Some enterprising locals took advantage of the boating opportunities in the river by establishing two boating companies: London & Waterworks Line and the Thames Navigation Company. Small passenger boats were soon operating on the river, which ran regular trips through the summer between Downtown London and Byron. A wharf was constructed beside the pump house as well, who's foundations are still visible. Another three wharfs were constructed at the end of Dundas Street, at the Ward's Hotel, and at Woodland Cemetery. The vessels operating the London to Byron route often had a makeshift construction and lacked consideration of safety standards, having flat-bottomed, shallow hulls to better accommodate the varying depths of the river.

In July 1878, the Forest City was launched, becoming one of the first vessels to operate the Thames under the Thames Navigation Company. She was followed by the Princess Louise, launched the following year in May 1879. Several days prior, the rival company; the London and Waterworks Line, had just completed trial runs of their own vessel, the Enterprise. In 1880, the Admiral, the first propeller-driven passenger vessel also began operating on the Thames. Yet another was launched the same year by the Thames Navigation Company, for use as a small tug in the case of a vessel becoming stranded along the river.

Out of all the steamboats that operated on the Thames at the time of the disaster, the worst built was the Victoria.

The Victoria
In November 1879, the London and Waterworks Line ferry Enterprise caught fire and sank during the winter, her burned-out hull slipping beneath the ice until the next spring when it was raised by her captain, Thomas Wastie. The hull was then repaired and expanded, being reused for what would eventually become the company's newest vessel: the Victoria.

The Victoria, registered with Port Stanley, Ontario as her homeport, was finished with a glossy white-painted hull with royal blue and gingerbread trim. She could easily cover the distance of Springbank Park within half an hour. She was powered by a 60-horsepower boiler, 14 feet in length, 3½ in diameter with ninety tubes. She was driven by a paddle-wheel located at her stern within a paddle housing, and equipped with a steam pump, handle pump, and inspirator to keep the boiler supplied with water. The engine was furnished by Mr. J. White of Forest City Machine Works, which sat on King Street in London at the time. It was a single cylinder, 10½ inches in diameter, 29 inches stroke and fitted to a wheel crank. The shaft was 17 feet in length, upon which were the vessel's two paddle wheels ten by four feet each. The Victoria had two decks and a hurricane roof, and measured from bow to stern at 80 feet, with a beam of 23 feet and a hull 3 feet and 10 inches deep. The steering mechanics were regarded as having been an improvement from the old system, with the pilot house on the upper deck being open. Seating accommodation for 220 encircled both decks, with standing room for an additional 300 at full capacity. The height between the two decks was about seven feet. The Victoria was launched on April 29, 1880, and the Government of Ontario had made a proper and thorough inspection of the ship shortly thereafter, declaring her safe. The Victoria cost a total of roughly $5000 CAD to build.

The Victoria had her own band, who were often aboard. But in the case of them not being present, a piano had been installed on the vessel.

On Victoria Day 1880, a year prior to her sinking, the Victoria, carrying a total of 1605 passengers over the course of the day, collided with the Forest City on two occasions, due to the captains of both vessels having a fierce rivalry and butting heads over one another's vessels being the fastest to reach the wharfs at Byron and London.

The disaster
For the 1881 season, which ran between September and October, the vessels running along the river were taken from their drydock and renovated. Captain Thomas Wastie, the owner of the Victoria, transferred ownership of the vessel to the Thames Navigation Company, who owned both the Forest City and the Princess Louise. On May 24, Londoners were eager to celebrate the Queen's birthday, and as usual for the time, Waterworks Park was a popular destination for both Victoria Day and Dominion Day. At 9 AM local time, the Victoria departed from London on her first voyage of the busy day ahead, heading south down the river.

The crowd aboard was joyful and laughing. Children ran about the decks, shouting at farmers working along the shore and startling cows drinking at the river's edge. As the Victoria passed under the Great Western Railway bridge a mile from the city, the passengers waved at travelers aboard a Windsor-bound train. Another mile downstream, she was docked at the Woodland Cemetery wharf, where several passengers disembarked to visit relatives' graves. Another mile, the Victoria stopped at Ward's Hotel where London's young often gathered to enjoy cockfights and drinking. At this time of day, however, the only passengers who got off were a few of the tavern's employees, who used the vessel for commuting. The Victoria then continued to the park in Byron where Captain Rankin eased her into the jetty. When her passengers went ashore, the Victoria took another load of passengers in the opposite direction to London.

Twice more, she made this round trip without issue. At 3:30 PM, upon docking in London to standby for her scheduled departure at 5 PM, Captain Rankin noted the Forest City had run aground on a sand shoal in the middle of the river. The Princess Louise was being used to attempt to pull the vessel off the sandbar by use of cables, which proved nearly impossible. Rankin called to the skipper of the Forest City, asking how long the vessel had been aground, to which he was answered that the vessel had been caught there about half an hour prior. The Princess Louise remained in London at the scene of the trouble to assist the Forest City, placing remaining responsibility of transporting passengers between the ports on the river on the Victoria, further spelling disaster in regards to overcrowding.

Instead of awaiting scheduled departure, Rankin opted to immediately return to Byron to pick up more passengers, but not before trying to convince the Princess Louise to help ferry passengers back to London, to no avail. Rankin and his crew made some attempts to tell those awaiting ferries at the docks that his vessel was overcrowded, but little concern was taken by those boarding the vessels, and the Victoria became overcrowded almost right away. Passengers were not worried about the vessel sitting significantly lower in the water than she should have, and many joked about the river being too shallow for any danger to occur, and noting a previous apparent event where the Victoria had been grounded attempting to pass over a tin can lying on the riverbed.

John Drennan, a reporter for the London Advertiser, was standing aboard the Victoria's lower deck when he stated his concern over the rocking of the vessel as she sailed. A father who was aboard with his two daughters overheard him, remarking that even if she capsized, passengers could simply wade ashore. Minutes later Drennan would see the man's daughters be swept under the sinking vessel.

On the last voyage of the evening, the Victoria loaded her passengers at the Byron dock. Many were eager to get home to London, and opted to take the fifteen-cent boat ride up the river. The docks were packed full of people at the time. Upon casting out of the dock, she was already taking in small amounts of water in her hull, which washed over the lower deck.

Passengers had begun to disembark even during the voyage, some of which upon noting the dangerous rocking of the vessel, dove into the river and swam ashore.

The Princess Louise, which had finally turned back down the river to pick up more passengers in Byron, passed the Victoria in the river, and the Victoria's passengers rushed to the close side of the decks, waving to those aboard the Princess Louise. This caused the Victoria to lurch close to nearly capsizing.

The sinking
As the Victoria passed the submerged remains of the former Griffith's Dam, located near what is today the Guy Lombardo Bridge, passengers noted that water was ankle-deep on the lowest deck. Captain Rankin understood that he was not going to be able to successfully return the Victoria to London, so ejected to take on any new passengers at the wharfs at both Ward's Hotel and Woodland Cemetery. The passengers were rowdy as usual, causing a steady rocking of the vessel. Rankin noticed a sandbar up ahead in the river close to what is today Greenway Park, and attempted to drive the vessel onto it to stop the voyage.

He had barely made a move towards this decision when two members of the London Rowing Club decided to race each other down the river. Excited, passengers on both decks of the Victoria rushed to the railing of the starboard side which caused an unbalance of weight on the small riverboat. Upon doing so, the vessel lurched onto her starboard side, and the passengers then ran to the port side, attempting to right the vessel. The steam boiler tore loose from its mountings on the lower deck, tumbling over and killing passengers with scalding-hot water on its way down. It knocked out support beams and the railings on the port side, and sending the entire upper deck and the canopy cover collapsing onto the lower deck, crushing and killing more passengers. Many others fell into the muddy riverbed, and were killed as the ship keeled over onto her port side. The vessel, now free of its weight of passengers and with her upper deck completely broken off, righted herself and sank, leaving the upper promenade deck floating and covering those underneath it, promptly drowning them.

Two young men who were swimming nude in the river before the Victoria sank attempted to help rescue drowning passengers but drowned themselves in the wreckage. Other passengers swam ashore, alerting locals nearby or trying to pull people from the wreckage. By now what was once the Victoria existed as the sunken hull and a mass of broken wood and planks.

The layered fashion of many ladies' garments became waterlogged, further making their frantic attempts to swim through the 12 foot-deep river nearly impossible. Most people aboard were unable to swim, especially the infants and young children tossed into the river.

Aftermath

Recovery of the dead
Those ashore quickly noticed something was wrong upon hearing the wails of the passengers from the river.

Many locals attempted to assist in the rescue efforts almost right away, with farmers ashore being some of the first people to realize what had happened. Some had begun using horse-drawn carts to carry injured survivors back to London.

By 6:30 PM, news of the disaster reached London, sending a stampede of rescue efforts to the Victoria. Five minutes after the Victoria had sunk, the Princess Louise came into sight, and her captain immediately grounded her ashore and disembarked all passengers. The Princess Louise was turned into a temporary morgue almost immediately, and her decks were quickly lined with recovered bodies from the sunken Victoria. Recovery and identification processes for the dead began that evening, and torches were lit on the riverside to light the area. Many found themselves reliving the dark reality of the disaster trying to explain to others what exactly had caused the vessel to sink. The Princess Louise returned to London at 10 PM with a cargo of 157 bodies. Men worked through the night trying to recover bodies, and by 8:00 the following morning, 18 more corpses had been taken off the wreck. Another four were pulled to the surface on May 25.

Artillery pieces from the London Field Battery were fired over the wreck with the belief that explosions would help break apart the vessel more to release bodies caught in the wreckage. This proved unsuccessful.

Over the next week rowboats with grappling hooks and pike poles probed the riverbed in another attempt to recover bodies. The dam at the Waterworks was opened to allow the water levels upstream to lower in another attempt to easily find human remains. Two more bodies were found this way.

On May 25, London began to bury the dead. The London Free Press reported hackmen raising their rates, liverymen charging five dollars for one and a half hours of service, and of draymen demanding various fees from grieving relatives.

The funerals of twenty-three-year-old Willie Glass and his nineteen-year-old fiance, Fanny Cooper, were held from the separate homes but blended into one procession on the way to the cemetery. The young couple were to have been married two weeks from the day of the wreck. Today in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in West London they rest in adjoining graves. A single headstone supporting a tall pillared arch covers the graves. The inscription, "They were lovely in their lives," begins on one pillar and continues, "and in death they were not divided," on the other.

It was difficult to find someone in London who wasn't affected by the tragedy with a death of a family member, neighbour, child or spouse.

A hastily formed committee of London citizens met on May 25 to plan a suitable memorial. John Labatt was present at the meeting. First plans favoured a stone monument in a city park but the needs of many families whose breadwinners had died in the disaster brought an end to this. One committee member commented, "The families of the victims are crying for bread. How ridiculous to offer them a stone!"

Some months later money was raised, taken among the parents who lost children in the disaster, to erect a small brick building on the grounds of the Protestant Orphans' Home in North London. For fifty years the cottage was used by the orphanage as an infirmary and later as a school.  A stone above the front door carried the simple inscription: "In Memoriam, May, 1881." Years later the cottage was razed.

The London and Middlesex Historical Society later erected a monument in 1916 at the site of the sinking to commemorate the disaster.

Public reaction and lawsuits
Public outcry soon followed funeral and memorial processes, and the Forest City was soon condemned. She was soon laid up at the dock in Byron and sat to rot.

On June 1, Coroner Dr. J. Flock assembled a jury and a proper inquiry on the disaster went underway. The case for consideration was the manner in which passenger Fanny Cooper met her death. Incredibly the verdict never mentioned her by name, nor any other victims. Instead, the jury declared Captain Rankin responsible for the wreck, with partial blame being later cast to George Parish, the Victoria's engineer, who had passed the vessel as suitable for sailing at the beginning of the 1881 season. Parish was found to be guilty of neglecting to inform Rankin of the vessel's poor condition. Rankin was as well put to blame for failing to inspect the vessel before departing that day. The jury was convinced that the boiler had been improperly fastened to the deck, and that the stanchions supporting the upper deck and the hurricane roof were too slender, being made of pine and not properly braced.

The verdict found little favour in the press. One of the harshest public criticisms came from a Toronto Globe editorial: "The verdict of the coroner's jury is by no means satisfactory. The death of Miss Cooper was entirely ignored and it is impossible to discover whether the jury believed she perished as the result of carelessness or negligence of individuals. The capsizing of the boat is said to have been caused by water in the hold, a finding that in our opinion is very ill-supported by the evidence."

Both Rankin and Parish were arrested on manslaughter charges upon leaving the courtroom, but later released on a $3,000 bail each. The case came before the Middlesex Grand Jury at the fall assizes which opened in London on September 10, 1881. On September  22, the grand jury handed down its verdict, refusing to indict the men, freeing both Rankin and Parish.

Decline of riverboats on the Thames
The disaster made Londoners extremely reluctant to support the riverboat system in London, though vessels continued to run until the turn of the century. The expansion of the London Street Railway to Byron in 1895 aided in this decline, and after the flood of July 1883 , the first of the two worst floods in London's history, the Princess Louise was swept over Waterworks Dam, dashing her to pieces and killing 7 people. The Forest City was also damaged on this day, having been cast into the river while being laid up.

For the next several years, riverboat services ceased. Many Londoners also stopped visiting the park, likely due to a combination of factors, as the city was growing and Port Stanley was becoming more popular for a swimming destination, and the sinking of the Victoria was still fresh in the city's memory. Because the Waterworks was seldom used during the latter half of the 1880s, the London Free Press ran several editorials in 1887 urging the resumption of riverboat transport to the park.

In May 1888, Captain David Foster launched two new steamboats - the City of London, and the Thames. May 25 would be the vessel's first voyage, however this time around and out of extreme caution in light of what befell the Victoria, Foster refused to exceed 300 passengers per trip.

Unfortunately, this brief resurrection in regular riverboat service was nowhere near as popular as it was prior to the sinking of the Victoria, and by 1894, the vessels were so overlooked, that Captain Foster was forced to retire the City of London, although the Thames was able to continue service until 1899, when she too was retired was scuttled  by Foster just feet from Waterworks Dam.

Legacy
The wreckage of the Victoria was mostly destroyed during salvage efforts for human remains, and remaining wooden portions of the vessel broke apart or rotted away. For years the vessel's steel-plated boiler rested on the riverbed, and was popular among youths as a jump-off point for diving into the river.

One of the few reminders of the disaster is that of a blue Ontario Heritage Plaque which sits with the painted anchor of the Victoria on the south side of the river at the site of the sinking. The plaque is located along the Terry Fox Parkway.

The surrounding area where the vessel sank is today the West London suburb of Kensal Park, and Greenway Off-Leash Dog Park as well as the Greenway Wastewater Treatment Centre.

Most of the victims of the disaster are today buried in Mount Pleasant and Woodland Cemeteries, the latter of which just so happened to be the last port of call that the Victoria stopped at before coming to rest on the cold riverbed mere minutes later.

The Victoria Day Disaster today is a well-known event in history to many Londoners, although the individual stories of those lost in the shipwreck are mostly shrouded in mystery or lack of information.

In 2016, Woodland Cemetery held a walking tour with local historian Dan Brock for the 135th anniversary of the disaster.

In 2022, various pieces were dedicated in memory of the disaster at downtown London's Ivey Park. Artists Gil Clelland and Bronagh Morgan painted a memorial mural of the Victoria. Musicians Jury Kobayashi, Eve Thompson, and Mary Ashton performed pieces, and historical interpreter Dan Ebbs portrayed Captain Rankin.

In popular culture
London historian Daniel "Dan" J. Brock has shed light on many aspects of the disaster in recent years. He has been dedicated to finding as much information as possible on the shipwreck. His 2011 book "Fragments from the Forks" includes a great deal of information on the disaster.

References

Shipwrecks of Canada
London, Ontario
Maritime incidents in May 1881


title: 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

text:
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12, 13 and 15 August.

Medalists

Records

Schedule

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Semifinals
First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Final

References

Round 1 Results
Semifinal Results
Final Results

Hurdles 400 M
400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships


title: Edinburgh Student Housing Co-operative

text:
Edinburgh Student Housing Co-operative is the largest student housing cooperative in the United Kingdom, providing affordable housing for the co-operative's 106 student members. The co-operative opened in the summer of 2014.

The co-operative manages two neighbouring properties at Wright's Houses in Bruntsfield, Edinburgh, overlooking the historic Bruntsfield Links. It is also notable for organising and managing itself using a system of direct democracy, with as much of the work as possible undertaken directly by its members.

The co-operative is a member of Students for Cooperation, a federation of student co-operatives across the UK, alongside the UK's two other operating student housing co-operatives, Birmingham Student Housing Co-operative and Sheffield Student Housing Co-operative.

Governance

The co-operative is managed by the students which live there, with all 106 members having an equal say in the running of the buildings. The sovereign decision-making body of the co-operative is the General Meeting which takes place on a bi-weekly basis and is open to all members. The General Meeting has a required quorum of 25, meaning that if too few members attend then proposals cannot be passed.

Most of the work required to run the co-operative is delegated to four working groups; Procedures, Places, People and Participation. These working groups meet on a weekly basis and report directly to the General Meeting. Each working group has a specific remit, whether finances, logistics, maintenance, development, outreach, conflict mediation, or encouraging involvement. These working groups can then be split into further sub-groups, such as finance, gardening, cooking, welfare or data-management. Attendance at working group meetings is entirely voluntary though strongly encouraged and all working groups are open to all members.

Community

The student co-operative is home to a broad range of people from a variety of different backgrounds with a significant portion of the community coming from abroad. Membership is open to all students although there is a majority from the University of Edinburgh due to its proximity, some members study at Edinburgh College and others at Edinburgh Napier University. Despite the majority of members being undergraduate students, there is also a sizeable postgraduate community at the co-operative.

Application and admittance

There are currently two principal application periods for membership of the co-operative, these are in February and October for admittance in September and January respectively, however move-in dates are often flexible. Applications are evaluated anonymously and are then voted on by current members of the co-operative.  A waiting list is available for applicants which are not immediately successful. There is no fee for application, and applicants may re-apply as often as they wish. There is a high demand on places at the co-operative with a ratio ten applicants for every one available space in January 2016.

References

Student housing cooperatives
Companies based in Edinburgh
Co-operatives in Scotland
Housing in Scotland


title: Val-d'Oise's 6th constituency

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The 6th constituency of Val-d'Oise is a French legislative constituency in the Val-d'Oise département.
It is currently represented by Nathalie Élimas of the Democratic Movement.

Description

The 6th constituency of Val-d'Oise is one of a group of constituencies in the south the department which form part of the north western suburbs of the Paris Metropolitan Area.

Historically the constituency has elected conservatives but Christine Neracoulis of the PS came within 400 votes of capturing the seat at the 2012 elections.

Historic representation

Election results

2022

* MoDem dissident

2017

2012

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Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

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title: 2014–15 Puskás Akadémia FC season

text:
The 2014–15 season was Puskás Akadémia Football Club's 2nd competitive season, 2nd consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 4th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, Puskás Akadémia participated in this season's editions of the Magyar Kupa and Ligakupa.

Squad

Current squad
As of 14 September 2014.

Transfers

Summer

In:

Out:

List of Hungarian football transfers summer 2014

Competitions

Overview

Nemzeti Bajnokság I

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Magyar Kupa

Ligakupa

Group stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals
Last updated on 26 October 2014.

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Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 26 October 2014

Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 26 October 2014

Clean sheets

References

External links
 Puskás FC
 Official Website
 fixtures and results

2014-15
Puskas Akademia