title: Apharwat Peak

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Apharwat Peak is a summit, situated at a height of  above the sea level, in Gulmarg, India. It receives heavy snowfall and remains covered with snow for much of the year. The Line of Control (LOC) is barely a few kilometres away from here. Lying in the second phase of the cable car ride from Gulmarg, reaching this spot is highly dependent on the weather conditions.

Gulmarg has more than three acres of ski and snowboarding terrain. The beginner's slopes start at about 7000 feet, while more serious runs of Phase 1 are at 10,000 feet. A chairlift can take ski and snowboard enthusiasts up to 11,500 feet, while Phase 2 is the highest run at 14,000 feet.

The gondola on Apharwat Peak, one of the Asia's largest and highest cable car ringed by pine forests and snow capped Himalayan mountain peaks, takes skiers and snowboarders to the height of 3900 metres to 4100 metres on the mountain. Nearest Airport is Sheikh Ul Alam International airport Srinagar.

References

Mountains of Jammu and Kashmir
Four-thousanders of the Himalayas
Baramulla district
Tourist attractions in Baramulla district


title: OER4Schools

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The OER4Schools programme is a teacher professional development programme utilizing information and communication technologies (ICT), focussing on sub-Saharan Africa. It was initiated at the Centre for Commonwealth Education, based at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Aspects of the OER4Schools project are developed in conjunction with OER Africa.

Phase 1 (Pilot)

The OER4Schools programme started in August 2009 with a pilot phase, that was completed in May 2010. Through this pilot, the programme assessed the feasibility of providing Open Educational Resources (OER) to ICT- and Internet-equipped primary schools in Zambia, and of supporting interactive forms of subject pedagogy with the new resources. It identified the needs of school-based professional development adapted to the local context. The programme is conducted in a North-South partnership between the CCE and institutions in Zambia. It combines stakeholders from various sectors (including educational research, ICT for development [NGOs], government, and the ICT service sector) as a basis for developing methodologies that promise lasting transformation in Zambian primary education. While the project is conducted in Zambia, it is anticipated to be relevant to a wide range of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Key outputs include models for OER-Pedagogy-ICT adoption in poorly resourced educational systems, and guidance on implementing better learning environments.

In the pilot phase the primary aim of the project was to conduct the necessary research to build a further proposal for external funding over a longer period. We worked with teachers in 3 schools, developing, supporting and trialling uses of OERs combined with new pedagogical approaches for teaching mathematics. There were opportunities for peer observation and reflective practice. The research element recorded classroom practice and assessed participants' reactions and learning, eliciting messages for embedding basic ICT and OER use in teacher education. Findings were presented at the eLearning Africa Conference in Lusaka in May 2010.

Phase 2 (2010–2012)

The second phase started in June 2010, and draws on outcomes of the pilot phase. We developed a professional learning resource for teachers and student teachers, focussing on interactive teaching and learning - with and without ICT. A key element of this resource is the use of unique video clips illustrating interactive practice (produced in Zambian and South African primary classroom contexts) as a stimulus for discussion.

The resource is freely available for re-use under a Creative Commons license. It supports different modes of learning, including collaborative and individual use, as well as blended learning as part of a course. It will be available in a number of formats, appropriate to the varied African environments in which teachers find themselves. It is being embedded in various teacher education and professional development courses administered by teacher colleges and universities in Zambia and elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa; "taster workshops" have been run successfully with lecturers and students in three higher education settings.

The second phase culminated in trialling the resource with all teachers in Grade 4 to 6 at Chalimbana Basic School throughout 2012. A Zambian teacher facilitated regular workshops with his colleagues.

Phase 3 (2013–2014)

In the third phase (2013), the programme has now broadened to all grades at the school, involving all 35 teachers and all pupils (around 1,000). Workshops are again being facilitated by teachers who participated in earlier phases, leading colleagues (Grades 1–9) through regular teacher group meetings using the resource. Research questions included: What forms of stimulus and support are most effective in developing more interactive pedagogy? What changes took place? What were the supporting and constraining factors? Research methods included audio diaries, lesson and workshop observations, video recording and teacher interviews.

The OER4Schools professional learning resource

The OER4Schools programme developed a professional learning resource that can be used in pre-service or in-service teacher education by groups of teachers working together and ultimately sharing practices with others. The resource supports interactive teaching and active, collaborative learning – generally, and through using mobile technologies (tablets, netbooks, e-book readers etc.), digital open educational resources (OER) and Open Source software – as appropriate for teachers’ own purposes and settings.

The professional learning programme is suitable for low-resourced primary schools and teacher colleges (combined with teaching practice), and freely available as an OER. It consists of 25 two-hour sessions, organised in five units, covering interactive teaching principles, group work, questioning, dialogue, Assessment for Learning, and enquiry-based learning. Each session includes unique, professionally filmed video exemplars of interactive practices in Zambian and South African classrooms (with and without technology), accompanying texts, practical activities and facilitator notes. It is based on an established process for teacher-led discussion, trialling new ideas, peer observation and joint reflection, all stimulated and guided by the professional development materials. The overall goal is to focus on learning, meeting the challenge of moving away from superficial repetition of facts towards deeper learning and understanding. The materials have been participatively developed in conjunction with local stakeholders, including teachers, teacher college lecturers and other partners.

The resources are hosted using MediaWiki and are also available as ZIM files (using Kiwix).

References

External links
 The OER4Schools professional development resource
 YouTube videos OER4Schools

Educational organisations based in the United Kingdom
Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom
International development programs
Teacher training
Teacher training programs


title: Olaf (Frozen)

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Olaf is a fictional character from Disney's Frozen franchise, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Olaf is first presented in the Disney animated film Frozen (2013) as an inanimate snowman created by Elsa and Anna in their childhood. He then reappears as a  character in the film as Anna searches for her runaway sister in hopes of restoring summer. Olaf is recreated by Elsa as she accidentally plunges Arendelle into an eternal winter. Olaf helps Anna and Kristoff find Elsa and journeys with them all the way back to the kingdom, where he remains part of the sisters' lives and appears again in the 2019 film, Frozen II. He is voiced by Josh Gad.

Development

Origins and concept
The Disney studio made their first attempts to adapt Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, "The Snow Queen", as early as 1943, when Walt Disney considered the possibility of producing a biography film of the author. However, the story and the characters proved to be too symbolic and posed unsolvable problems to Disney and his animators. Later on, other Disney executives had made efforts to translate this material to the big screen, however these proposals were all shelved due to similar issues.

In 2008, Chris Buck pitched Disney his version of the story called Anna and the Snow Queen, which was planned to be traditionally animated. This version was "completely different" from Frozen; it had a storyline that stuck much closer to the original material and featured an entirely different Olaf character, the role more resembling Marshmallow's. However, by early 2010, the project was scrapped again. On December 22, 2011, Disney announced a new title for the film, Frozen, which would be released on November 27, 2013, and a different crew from the previous attempt. The new script, which employed "the same concept but was completely rewritten", finally solved the long-term problem with Andersen's story by depicting Anna and Elsa as sisters.

Voice
Josh Gad, a Tony-nominated actor best known for his performance as Elder Cunningham in Broadway's The Book of Mormon (which was co-written by the Frozen's co-songwriter Robert Lopez), was cast to voice Olaf. Gad later expressed that getting a part in a Disney film was "kind of a dream come true" for him, as he had always been a fan of Disney films in general and their animated productions in particular. "I grew up during the second golden age of Disney animation, when every movie that came out was an event – The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King," he said. Impressed by the performances of comedic relief sidekicks such as Timon and Pumbaa in The Lion King, or the Genie in Aladdin, Gad set the goal to play characters of this type since his early age: "I remember [...] saying, "I want to do that one day. I really want to do that,"" he recalled. Gad based his performance on his The Book of Mormon co-star Rory O'Malley.

Design and characterization
As a snowman Anna and Elsa built together as kids, Olaf represents innocent love and the joy the sisters once had when they were young before being split. He is not just funny, he also has a "big role to play representing the innocent love in the scale of fear versus love." It was not until he meant something to the girls that he resonated with us," "Olaf couldn't just be thrown in, he had to have a purpose" and that one of his purposes was to be the embodiment of the sisterly relationship that had gone cold. "When Anna and Elsa were very little, and before Elsa's powers accidentally hurt Anna, they played. They'd sneak away and play with her powers. And you see them roll the snowman. He's not magical. He doesn't come to life. But they name him Olaf and he likes warm hugs." "It inspires the look. And so when Elsa is singing "Let It Go" obviously the first thing she goes to is the last moment she was happy. And it was that moment. And so he's imbued with that. He's innocent love." The continuous themes that can be seen throughout the movie revolve around the power of love and fear. Olaf, on one end of that spectrum, represents the most innocent kind form of love. It is possible that he resembles some of the characteristics of Anna's younger self. This provides a connection between the sisters' happy past and their ability to remember that love in difficult times. Overall his character provides much of the comic relief found in the film, while conveying lovable innocence and purity. "And so he was just a lot of fun, and emotionally he'll bring a lot that we weren't able to show you yet, too. So he's funny in the kids-state-the-obvious kind of way." (Lee) "And he can say very poignant things too." (Buck)

In very early versions of the film, Olaf was originally written as one of the guards at Elsa's castle when the concept of Elsa controlling a legion of menacing snowmen was still in the story. Buck talked on this scrapped character setting, "We always talked about she was trying to learn about her powers. So we talked about it like it's the first pancake. You know that pancakes get burned on the bottom that you throw out. Well, that's Olaf. Olaf was her first pancake." In order to keep the character from getting too complex, the directors wanted him to have a childlike innocence. According to Lee, "When you're a child the awkwardness and the funny shapes you make with the snowmen, the heads are never perfect" and that's how they came up with the ideas when thinking what kids would think of a snowman.

Gad also made plenty of improvements for Olaf during the recording sessions. But the directors were very careful not to risk the character taking over the story. "Olaf was very much a sketch until we had Josh Gad, and then we would just get in the room and play and we'd have a lot of fun and that's really how we found his voice specifically and how he looks at the world. It really was working with Josh that did that." "It was a lot funnier than I expected, thanks largely to Josh Gad's surprisingly well-written deluded snowman character" (Del Vecho). Gad's studio performance was videotaped, and animators used his facial expressions and physical moves as a reference for animating the character.

Hyrum Osmond, one of the film's animation supervisors, served as the character lead for Olaf. Del Vecho described him as "quiet but he has a funny, wacky personality so we knew he'd bring a lot of comedy to it." Osmond himself admitted that "My personality's a bit like Olaf."

The filmmakers developed a new software called Spaces to aid artists in deconstructing Olaf and rebuilding him as part of the animation process. "It was kind of an animator's dream," Osmond enthused. "You have a character that can come apart. We said to the animation crew, 'Just have fun with it.'" "The fun part of Olaf, we learned early on that his body parts can fall apart and we knew that we would want to take full advantage of that. You will see quite a bit more of that in the movie in a surprising way." (Chris Buck). "Olaf has become his own sort of standout comic character and the animators are having fun animating him. There's a lot of squash in there – I mean, a lot – and he's the only character we can throw off a cliff and have him come apart on the way down, still survive and be happy. We have the contrast of Olaf being a Snowman but loving the idea of Summer" (Del Vecho)

Appearances

Frozen
His first appearance in Frozen is during Anna and Elsa's childhood as a snowman. Later, Olaf is recreated  during the first chorus of "Let It Go", and unknown to Elsa, comes to life. Two days later, Anna and Kristoff and Sven cross paths with Olaf while traveling through a meadow. Anna's first instinct is to give Olaf the carrot nose that he had been missing. Before they continue on their way, Olaf sings a short number fantasizing about what it might be like to experience summer heat,  unaware that he'll melt. Olaf then guides Anna and Kristoff to Elsa's ice palace.

After they are expelled by Marshmallow, Olaf accompanies Anna and Kristoff to the trolls who raised Kristoff, seeking help from Grand Pabbie in regards to ice that is in Anna's heart. There, the trolls try to marry Anna and Kristoff ("Fixer Upper") and Olaf sings a sentence in the sequence.

The group thinks a "True Love's Kiss" can save Anna, and so head back to Arendelle. Olaf gets separated from the group on the way, and only appears again in the library after Hans' betrayal, having managed to sneak past the guards. After warming her up, Olaf comforts Anna, telling her the real meaning of love. After realising that Kristoff loves Anna and seeing him returning back to them, they head out to the fjord to find Kristoff, but Olaf is blown away. When he finally finds his friends, he is shocked and saddened to see that Anna has been completely frozen. He is relieved to see her thaw and is the first to realise that Anna's sacrifice to save Elsa was the act of true love she needed to break the spell.

In the end, when Elsa finally dissipates the eternal winter and reestablishes herself as queen, she creates a snow cloud for him to stand directly above him so he can fulfill his dream of living in summer without melting. He then smells a flower and sneezes his carrot nose directly into Sven's mouth, but Sven returns it to him. He is last seen skating with Anna and Elsa as Elsa creates an improvised skating rink on the castle courtyard.

Frozen Fever
Olaf appears in the short film Frozen Fever where he is caught stuffing a piece of cake into his mouth by Elsa. When Elsa is not paying any attention, Olaf quickly spits it back onto the cake where he ate from. Then, he is found helping Kristoff and Sven trying to get rid of the snowgies that are being produced every time Elsa sneezes. At the end of the special, he is seen helping Kristoff and Sven escort the snowgies to live with Marshmallow at the ice palace on the North Mountain.

Sofia the First
Olaf made an appearance in an episode of Sofia the First titled "The Secret Library: Olaf and the Tale of Miss Nettle", the second episode of a four-part story arc, which premiered February 15, 2016 on Disney Channel and Disney Junior. He is once again voiced by Josh Gad.

Olaf's Frozen Adventure

Olaf starred in a 21-minute Frozen holiday film along with Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and Sven, which debuted in theaters for a limited time engagement with Disney·Pixar's Coco on November 22, 2017. It made its television debut on ABC on December 14, 2017.

When Christmas arrives in Arendelle, Anna and Elsa plan a surprise party for their subjects. Olaf is particularly excited to start the festivities, but when it comes time for the party to begin, all the guests leave after the annual ringing of the Yule bell in the castle courtyard. Anna and Elsa come to realize that their isolation had robbed them of any holiday traditions of their own, which Elsa feels guilty for. Olaf, however, enlists Sven to journey throughout Arendelle and learn from the populace of all the traditions the season has to offer. Once enough information is gathered (including melting and then reforming in Oaken's sauna), Olaf makes his way back to the castle, though a mishap with overloading Kristoff's sled separates the two, and destroys the sled and all the holiday-related keepsakes in the process. With only a fruitcake, Olaf journeys into the woods, and is attacked by vicious wolves while traversing through. He narrowly escapes them, but loses the fruitcake shortly thereafter to a hawk.

Depressed at having failed Anna and Elsa, Olaf wanders into the night, depressed, and figures it would be best to remain lost. Meanwhile, Sven informs Kristoff, Anna, and Elsa of Olaf's encounter with the wolves, and a search party is organized to find the missing snowman. After much searching, the royal sisters come across the downhearted Olaf, who apologizes for failing in his mission. Anna and Elsa reveal that they managed to find a tradition on their own: Olaf. It is revealed that during the years that they were separated, Anna would create drawings of Olaf (and on one occasion, a doll), and slide them under Elsa's door each Christmas as a reminder of their childhood and the love they have for each other. The sisters then lead Olaf and their subjects onto a frozen lake beneath the northern lights to host a holiday party and create a giant Christmas tree made of ice.

Frozen II
Olaf is featured in the sequel to Frozen, Frozen II; released on November 22, 2019, in the US. In this film, it is revealed that Olaf no longer needs his personal flurry and now has a layer of permafrost that keeps him from melting. While running from Arendelle, Olaf starts to blow but Kristoff saves him from being blown away he was seen playing with the children as they were decorating some ice crystals.

When Elsa gets frozen knowing the truth about the past, Olaf disintegrates once Elsa's power is gone. After Anna has the dam destroyed, and Elsa is saved by her action, Elsa rebuilds Olaf.

Once Upon a Snowman

Once Upon a Snowman tells Olaf's story after he is created by Elsa and before he meets Anna and Kristoff. It explains why Olaf likes summer and how he remembers his name.

Olaf Presents

Inspired by a scene in Frozen II in which Olaf recaps the entirety of the first film in 90 seconds, Olaf Presents has Olaf recapping several popular Disney films in that same vein. He recaps The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, Tangled, and Moana.

Theme parks
At Disneyland, there was a talking audio-animatronic Olaf sitting on top the roof of the cottage that was home to the Anna and Elsa meet-and-greet. From July 5 to September 1, 2014, as part of 'Frozen' Summer Fun show at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Olaf will appear in Olaf on Summer Vacation section to chime in and keep visitors updated on all his adventures. He is also available for pick-ups and take-along in various locations in the park. The character will also appear in "Frozen" Fireworks Spectacular section alongside Anna, Elsa and Kristoff, a fireworks display set to the music of Frozen. Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and Olaf will make appearances in Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade, offered during Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom in November and December 2014 (from November 7 to December 31). Officially starting January 7, 2015, Olaf began making meet and greet appearances in Disney California Adventure at "Olaf's Snow Fest", and guests could learn how to draw either Olaf or Marshmallow at the Disney Animation Building's Animation Academy as part of the park's "Frozen Fun" event.

Beginning May 22, 2015, Disneyland debuted a new nighttime parade called "Paint the Night", which includes a Frozen float featuring Anna, Elsa, and Olaf, as part of the park's 60th anniversary celebration. Olaf appears as audio-animatronics in the dark ride Frozen Ever After, which opened in Epcot on June 21, 2016. He first appears alongside Sven, inviting guests to Elsa's ice palace to the tune of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". He is later seen ice-skating in her castle while singing "For the First Time in Forever" and appears at the end alongside Elsa and Anna to perform "In Summer".

Other

He also makes an appearance in the Sky Adventures television advertisement.
A balloon of the character debuted in the 91st Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2017.
Olaf is a non-playable character in Kingdom Hearts III.

References

External links

Official character page

Disney's Frozen characters
Film characters introduced in 2013
Film sidekicks
Fictional snowmen
Male characters in animated films
Animated characters introduced in 2013
Articles containing video clips


title: Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural

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The Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural is a mural by artist Kobie Solomon on the west-facing wall of the Russell Industrial Center's building number two located at 1600 Clay Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.  The mural, completed(the mural has never been completed, Kobie never got the compensation to finish the job.) between 2010 and 2012, measures  making it the largest mural in the state of Michigan, and, with its chimera, would like to represent the spirit of the city. A Detroit Red Wings symbol can be found within the wing of the Chimera.  The Mural can be seen from Interstate 75.  The mural was commissioned by the Russell Industrial Center.

References

External links

Murals in Michigan
Art in Detroit


title: St. Johns Twin Cinema

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The St. Johns Twin Cinema, formerly known as the Northgate Theater and the St. Johns Theater, is a movie theater located in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. It was opened in 1913 by the People's Amusement Company.

History
Plans to build a "modern" theater in what was then the city of St. Johns were announced in 1913 by C. A. Metzger of the People's Amusement Company. The blueprints called for a concrete -story, 50 by 100 ft. building that was estimated to cost $30,000 (US$ adjusted for inflation). It featured a 650-seat auditorium.

In 1915, the St. Johns City Council voted in favor of an ordinance that would censor a film entitled The House of Bondage and put in place a board of censorship to weed out "lewd" films, spearheaded by socialist mayor A. W. Vincent. Managers of the theatre were supportive of the censorship board and refused to show the film a year before the ordinance was enacted. The theater hosted a town hall event in 1928 about the proposition of a new bridge over the Willamette River in St. Johns. The St. Johns Bridge was completed in 1931.

In 1983, the theater was fully renovated by David A. Jones and David H. Evans, who were renovating several theaters around Portland. The main floor auditorium featured 350 seats and the upstairs featured 225 seats. On July 7, 1986 there was a fire in an apartment above the theater after a firecracker was thrown through the window and into a waste basket.

References

External links
 St. Johns Twin Cinema official web site

1911 establishments in Oregon
Buildings and structures in St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Cinemas and movie theaters in Oregon
Companies based in St. Johns, Portland, Oregon
Theatres in Portland, Oregon


title: W00w00

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w00w00 (pronounced whoo-whoo) was a computer security think tank founded in 1996 and still active until the early 2000s. Although this group was not well known outside Information security circles, its participants have spawned more than a dozen IT companies. The two most famous examples are WhatsApp, the messaging service, and Napster, the pioneering file-sharing company.

Participants
The official website, explicitly states "there are no members only participants," which at one point included over 30 active participants and spanned 12 countries on five continents.

The following is a list of some of w00w00's participants:

Notable companies
A number of well known companies have been established by its participants.

 Arbor Networks
 Napster
 nmap
 WhatsApp

References

External links

Hacker groups


title: Whittlesey Museum

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The Whittlesey Museum is a local history museum in Market Street, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England. It is based on the ground floor of Whittlesey Town Hall, which is a Grade II listed building.

History

The building
The building in its original form was completed in 1825. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Market Street; the ground floor, which formed accommodation for the local fire service, featured a central doorway flanked by four openings for use by the horse-drawn fire engine while, on the first floor, there were an assembly room fenestrated by three large windows.

In 1857, the building was remodelled to a design by Richard Reynolds Rowe of Cambridge in the Italianate style; the work was carried out by Messrs Bennett & Sons at a cost of £257. The new design was more decorative with faience tiles in the tympanum above the doorway and an arcade of five round headed windows on the first floor. Internally, the principal rooms were the fire station and the lock-up on the ground floor and the assembly room on the first floor. The assembly room, which was equipped with a horseshoe-shaped table, was used as a courtroom for petty sessions.

Following significant population growth, largely associated with the status of Whittlesey as a market town, the area became an urban district with the building as its headquarters in 1894; as its responsibilities increased, Whittlesey Urban District Council relocated to new offices in Queen Street. Following local government reorganisation in 1974, Fenland District Council became responsible for the administration of the area, but the local parish council, Whittlesey Town Council, continued the tradition of mayor making in the town hall.

The museum
The museum was founded in 1976 as an independent charitable trust with a mission and purpose of collecting, caring and interpreting the natural and cultural heritage of Whittlesey and the surrounding area (Coates, Eastrea, Pondersbridge and Turves) for the benefit and enjoyment of students, local people and visitors.

The museum gained Arts Council Accreditation close to the start of the scheme in 2007, having previously been a Registered Museum. It became a partner in the Greater Fens Partnership as one of the "Fenland Five" museums along with Wisbech & Fenland Museum, March and District Museum, the Chatteris Museum and Octavia Hill's Birthplace House.

The collection
The museum collections include local archaeology and archives, costume and textiles, natural sciences, coins, medals and local social and industrial history including the Whittlesey Straw Bear. Gallery displays are mounted in the former Caretaker's Cottage and the area previously used to house the town's horse-drawn fire engine. Outside in the museum's courtyard there are displays about the local brick industry and railway whilst a forge with wheelwright's bench and agricultural machinery recalls other occupations which supported the local economy.

References

External links
 Museum Website

Local museums in Cambridgeshire
City and town halls in Cambridgeshire
Grade II listed buildings in Cambridgeshire
Whittlesey
Government buildings completed in 1825
Museums established in 1976


title: Aghavrin

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Aghavrin () is a townland within both the civil parish and Catholic parish of Aghabullogue, County Cork, Ireland. It is 667.32 acres in size, situated south-west of Aghabullogue village, and north-west of Coachford village.

Name and location
The townland is referred to as 'Aghrin' in the Down Survey Maps (1656-1658), Aghawrinmore and Aghawrinbeg are listed as sub-denominations, and the proprietor is listed as Lord Muskry (Muskerry). The Ordnance Survey name book () gives an alternate Irish name of Ath a buirinn to the townland and also lists Ahavrinbeg and Ahavrinmore as sub-denominations. It describes the townland as the property of John Bowin (Bowen), Esq. of Oak Grove, and John Bowin Gumbleton, Esq. Its condition was said to be of mixed quality, principally cultivated, but containing some boggy land, rocks and furze.

The townland was said to have several waterfalls to the south-west, and places included Bowing's (Bowen's) Pond, Good's Pond, Poulahourane (Waterfall), Poulanassig (Waterfall), Ahavrinmore, Ahavrieg, Ahavringrove, Ahavrin Castle (Crooke's Castle), Carrigacubbeen and Clashagorrave River. O'Donoghue (1986) holds Achadh Bhroin to mean Bron's field, and that Bron was father of Maolmuadh, king of Munster in 959, and grandfather of Cian.

O'Murchú (1991) holds upon local authority that Achadh Bhroin may refer to Byrne's or Burns' field.  The Placenames Database of Ireland gives an alternate Irish name of Achadh Bhrain to the townland.

Places of interest

Places of note within the townland include Mullinhassig Wood, a forested amenity which is managed by Coillte and contains a number of waterfalls.

Crooke's Castle, also known as the Admiral’s Folly or Agharria Castle, is a 19th century ornamental tower built by the former owners of Aghavrin House. It is included on the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Cork County Council.

Demographics
As of the 2011 census, Aghavrin townland had a population of 116 people. Historical census records include:

See also
 Aghavrin Mass Rock
 St Olan's, Aghavrin

References

External links
Acrheritage.info - placemarks (archived 2014)

Townlands of County Cork


title: Rizwe Mohammed

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Rizwe Mohammed (known as Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed Rizwe) is the President of All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama. Since 2003, Mufti M.I.M. Rizwe has been the President of All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), the supreme body of Islamic Theologians in Sri Lanka, inaugurated in 1924, incorporated by the Parliamentary Act No. 51 of 2000.

He plays an active role in his capacity as a Mufti (Judge) and as the President of ACJU that has more than 7,000 members as Scholars with an Executive Committee of 33 scholars, running this organisation with its 155 branches throughout the island in 24 districts.

Getting his primary and secondary education at  Kingswood College, Kandy he continued his education until he read M.A. in Arabic. He specialised in Islamic Jurisprudence in 1988.

He has also travelled to several countries in Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America for the purpose of Islamic awareness, Islamic education and promoting peace and coexistence.

His profession is Advisor-Financial Institution, presently providing his consultation and advisory services to Amana Investments, Amana Takaful, Bank of Ceylon, Peoples Leasing in Sri Lanka, Maldives Islamic Bank and Male Izumi Enterprise, Japan.

Education

1965 - 1977	Primary and secondary education at Kingswood College, Kandy, Sri Lanka

1978 - 1986	Al Alimiyya Course at Jamiyyathul Uloomil Islamiya
		Karachi, Pakistan

1986 - 1988	MA Arabic & MA Islamiyya qualifying at the Shahaadhathul Alimiyya Examinations, Wifaqul Madarisil Arabiya, Pakistan

1988		Specialized in Islamic Jurisprudence (Al Takhassus Fil Fiqhil Islami)
		Jamiyyathul Uloomil Islamiya, Pakistan

National Commitments
a)	President of All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), an organization that plays an active role as the Islamic religious higher authority of Sri Lanka with more than 6,000 active members and Ex Officio President of various committees of the ACJU such as Education, Fatwa, Halaal, Hilaal, Publications, Maktab, Propagation, Islamic Economics & Finance, Social Services and Council of Corporation & Coordination.

b)	Advisor on Non Interest Banking for following leading Financial Institutions in Sri Lanka

 a.	Amana Investment Ltd,
 b.	Amana Takaful Ltd,
 c.	Bank of Ceylon,
 d.	Peoples Leasing

c)	Founder & the Director of Islamic Careline Counseling (Guarantee) Limited, which provides individuals with the support and service to overcome underlying problems. In this spirit, Careline provides services such as counselling and training, striving to build a better society overall through its efforts and especially to address problems of women

d)	Founder Member of Mahmoud Institute, which was established for the sole purpose of developing the skills of Scholars to face the current challenges prevailing in the community

e)	Member of the Inter Religious Advisory Board for His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka since May 2016 and an Executive Member of the Supreme Council of Congress of Religions – Sri Lanka

f)	President of the Board of Directors & Advisor to a numerous Arabic Colleges in locally as well as internationally.

g)	Lecturer at Rashad Arabic College, for last 2 decades in the field of Science of Hadith.

International Commitments
a)	Member of the Shariah Board of Maldives Islamic Bank
b)	Adviser Izumi Enterprise, Japan

Personal Achievements
a)	Mufti M.I.M. Rizwe is very well known as a Peace Lover and who has promoted Peace and harmony across the globe for the last 3 decades even before holding the position as President at ACJU.

b)	He has done more than 25,000 lectures in the last 3 decades in promoting peace and coexistence in the community locally as well as internationally.

c)	Under the leadership and guidance of Mufti M.I.M. Rizwe a team collectively worked in developing strategies to bridge Unity among the Muslim Community and to Co-exist with other faiths. As a result, two important declarations were derived and published under ACJU:

1.	 Declaration of Unity (http://www.acju.lk/en/published/item/664-declaration-of-unity)
2.	Declaration of Coexistence (http://www.acju.lk/en/published/item/565-declaration-of-coexistence)

d)	Mufti M.I.M. Rizwe has also been selected among the 500 most influential Muslims worldwide. The evaluation is done annually by the Royal Islamic Strategy Study Centre based in Amman, Jordan (www.rissc.jo) (http://themuslim500.com/profile/m-i-m-rizvi-mufthi).

Major Conference Attended
e)	Attended International Conference ‘Religions for Peace’ held in Kyoto, Japan

f)	Presented paper on ‘Education and its importance to Muslim Minorities in non Muslim Asian Countries’ at International Conference on ‘Jurisprudence of Minorities in the Light of the Objectives of Islamic Law’ (Maqasidal Al Shariah) organized by Rabita, World Muslim League, jointly organized by International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization and the Department of Fiqh and Usul Al Fiqh – Malaysia

g)	Presented a Paper on “Good Citizenship and Obedience to Those in Authority” in Malaysia,

h)	Presented a paper on “The New Movements of Thoughts in Islamic World and Their Adverse Effects on Muslim Nations in Asia Pacific Countries: With reference to the Sri Lankan Context” at Muslim Religious Leaders’ Summit in Turkey, Istanbul.

i)	Attended International Conference “World Muslim Minorities Summit” held in Istanbul, Turkey and “High level Consultations of World Muslim Scholars on Wasatiyyat al – Islam” held in Bogor, Indonesia.

j)	Mufti M.I.M. Rizwe conducted and attended several programs in Asian, Middle Eastern, African, European and North American countries for the purpose of Islamic awareness, Islamic education and promoting peace and coexistence.
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References

External links

M.I.M. Rizvi Mufthi Bio Data

Ash Sheikh Mufthi Rizwe

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Living people
Alumni of Kingswood College, Kandy
20th-century imams
21st-century imams
1941 births
Presidents for All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama


title: Seven pillars

text:
Seven pillars may refer to:

Seven Pillars for Prosperity, policy statement of the Progressive Canadian Party
Seven Pillars Institute for Global Finance and Ethics (SPI) in Lawrence, Kansas
Seven pillars of Ismailism in Shia Islam and in Nizari Ismailism
Seven pillars of scholarly wisdom by the Jesus Seminar
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the autobiographical account of T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")
The Seven Pillars of Life described by Daniel E. Koshland
The Seven Pillars of Servant Leadership, a book by James Sipe and Don Frick
Seven Pillars, a Miami Indian historic trading ground near Peoria, Miami County, Indiana
SCONUL's seven pillars of information literacy in Learning development by the Society of College, National and University Libraries

See also
III: Tabula Rasa or Death and the Seven Pillars, an album by Dutch rock group The Devil's Blood
Five pillars (disambiguation)
Sixth Pillar of Islam
Twelve Pillars to Peace and Prosperity Party


title: List of legume dishes

text:
This is a list of legume dishes. A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for their food grain seed (e.g. beans and lentils, or generally pulse), for livestock forage and silage, and as soil-enhancing green manure.

Legume dishes

0–9

A

B

C

 Callos
 Caparrones
 Cassoulet
 Chana masala
 Chapea
 Cholent
 Chili con carne
 Chole bhature
 Ciceri e Tria
 Cocido lebaniego
 Cocido madrileño
 Cocido Montañés
 Cowboy beans

D

E

F

 Feijão tropeiro  Brazilian bean dish

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

See also

 Common bean
 Pakistani legume dishes
 List of bean soups
 List of chickpea dishes
 List of edible seeds
 List of peanut dishes
 List of foods
 List of soups
 List of soy-based foods
 List of vegetable dishes

References

External links

Legume dishes


title: Glen Trifiro

text:
Glen Joseph Trifiro (born 10 July 1987) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Sydney United 58 in the National Premier Leagues.

Career
After playing for several years with various state league clubs in NSW and Victoria, Trifiro signed on loan from Sydney United with the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League during the January Transfer Window. Following impressive performances, he was handed a one-year contract to play on with the club into the next season. Trifiro became the first ever FFA Cup goalscorer for the Mariners in August 2014, scoring the only goal of the round of 32 game against South Coast Wolves.

Trifiro was released by the Mariners on 1 March 2016.

Honours
With Sydney United:
  National Premier Leagues NSW Championship: 2020
  National Premier Leagues NSW Premiership: 2013, 2016
  Waratah Cup: 2016, 2023

Personal life
Glen is the brother of former Melbourne City midfielder Jason Trifiro.

The brothers run a football clinic called Futboltec. Its aims are to improve the technical aspects of young players' game, including passing, finishing, and overall awareness.

References

External links

Living people
1987 births
Australian men's soccer players
Australia men's youth international soccer players
Australia men's under-20 international soccer players
Men's association football midfielders
A-League Men players
Perth Glory FC players
Central Coast Mariners FC players
Marconi Stallions FC players
Macarthur Rams FC players
Sydney United 58 FC players
Canterbury Bankstown FC players
Northcote City FC players
South Melbourne FC players
National Premier Leagues players
Australian people of Italian descent
Soccer players from Sydney


title: Tom Slater (soccer)

text:
Tom Slater is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays as a left winger for North Shore Mariners in the National Premier Leagues NSW 2.

Slater was born in Lens and played youth football with Sydney FC before starting his professional career with Central Coast Mariners. He returned to Sydney FC in 2016.

Early life
Slater was born in Lens. He is the son of former Socceroo Robbie Slater.

Playing career

Club
In 2013, Slater signed a three-year deal with Central Coast Mariners. Slater made his professional debut for the Mariners in February 2014, coming on as a substitute in a loss to Wellington Phoenix. Slater left the Mariners by mutual agreement in May 2015.

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
People from Lens, Pas-de-Calais
French men's footballers
Australian men's soccer players
French people of Australian descent
Men's association football midfielders
Central Coast Mariners Academy players
Central Coast Mariners FC players
A-League Men players
Footballers from Pas-de-Calais
Australian people of English descent


title: Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal

text:
Satwinder Kaur Dhaliwal (born 17 June 1953) is a political and social worker and a Member of Parliament elected from the Ropar constituency in the Indian  state of Punjab being a Shiromani Akali Dal candidate.

Early life
Satwinder was born on 17 June 1953 in the village of Babyal which comes under district Ambala in the Indian state of Haryana. She married Sardar Rajinder Singh Dhaliwal on 13 July 1975 and has two sons and a daughter.

Education
Satwinder completed her M.A in History and Political Science and B.Ed from Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Career
She has been a member of Shiromani Akali Dal since 1996.
She was first elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1997 where she served as a Member on the Committee on Agriculture. In 1998, she was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha and served as
 Member, Committee on Railways
 Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

References

India MPs 1998–1999
Women in Haryana politics
Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014
Panjab University alumni
People from Ambala district
Shiromani Akali Dal politicians
1953 births
Living people
20th-century Indian women politicians
20th-century Indian politicians
India MPs 1996–1997
Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India
People from Rupnagar district


title: 1813 in Scotland

text:
Events from the year 1813 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers
 Lord Advocate – Archibald Colquhoun
 Solicitor General for Scotland – David Monypenny; then Alexander Maconochie

Judiciary
 Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton
 Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose
 Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle

Events
 1 April – whaler Oscar wrecked off Aberdeen with the loss of 44 lives.
 15 April – foundation stone of new harbour at Newhaven, Edinburgh, laid.
 October
 Completion of road bridge at Potarch by Thomas Telford; his bridge at Invermoriston is also completed this year.
 Probable completion of cast-iron footbridge over Esk on Buccleuch estate near Langholm.
 The first Kirkcaldy whaler, The Earl Percy, sails north to the Davis Strait.
 Glasgow weavers fail in an attempt to secure higher wages.
 Robert Owen obtains control of the cotton spinning mills at New Lanark and publishes A New View of Society, or Essays on the Principle of the Formation of the Human Character.

Births
 30 January – George Gilfillan, writer and poet (died 1878)
 18 March –
 Thomas Graham Balfour, physician (died 1891 in London)
 William Calder Marshall, sculptor (died 1894 in London)
 19 March – David Livingstone, missionary and explorer (died 1873 in Africa)
 13 April – Duncan Farquharson Gregory, mathematician (died 1844)
 14 May (bapt.) – John Hosack, lawyer and historian (died 1887 in London)
 17 May? – Eliza Rennie, author
 18 May – Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn, judge (died 1896)
 21 May – Robert Murray M'Cheyne, clergyman (died 1843)
 27 May – William McNaught, steam engineer (died 1881 in Manchester)
 21 June – William Edmondstoune Aytoun, lawyer and poet (died 1865)
 28 July – James Newlands, municipal engineer (died 1871 in Liverpool)
 10 August – Archibald Smith, mathematician and lawyer (died 1872 in London)
 6 September – Edward Balfour, surgeon and orientalist (died 1889 in London)
 10 September – Angus MacKay, piper (died 1859)
 13 September – Daniel MacMillan, publisher (died 1857)
 30 September – John Rae, Arctic explorer and physician (died 1893 in London)
 November – John Stuart, genealogist (died 1877)
 13 December –
 James R. Ballantyne, orientalist (died 1864)
 David Brandon, architect (died 1897)
 George Bryson Sr., businessman and politician in Quebec (died 1900 in Canada)
 18 December – John Edgar Gregan, architect (died 1855 in Manchester)
 John Bell-Irving, businessman in Hong Kong (died 1907)
 James Colquhoun Campbell, Bishop of Bangor (died 1895 in Hastings)
 Benjamin Connor, steam locomotive designer (died 1876)
 Anthony Inglis, shipbuilder (died 1884)
 John Kennedy, Congregational minister and theologian (died 1900)
 William Logan, temperance campaigner (died 1879)
 Letitia MacTavish Hargrave, born Letitia MacTavish, pioneer in Canada (died 1854)
 Daniel M'Naghten, assassin (died 1865 in Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum)
 George Tosh, metallurgist (died 1900 in Scunthorpe)

Deaths
 5 January – Alexander Fraser Tytler, judge and historian (born 1747)
 15 February – Francis Home, physician (born 1719)
 15 March – Janet Richmond, born Janet Little, "The Scots Milkmaid", Scots language poet (born 1759)
 15 April – Alexander Murray, linguist (born 1775)
 22 June – Allan Burns, surgeon (born 1781)
 8 July – William Craig, Lord Craig, judge (born 1745)
 23 August – Alexander Wilson, ornithologist in America (born 1766)
 11 October – Robert Kerr, scientific writer and translator (born 1755)
 28 October – William Dudgeon, farmer and songwriter (born 1753?)

The arts
James Hogg's poem The Queen's Wake is published.

See also
 Timeline of Scottish history
 1813 in Ireland

References

Scotland
Years of the 19th century in Scotland
1810s in Scotland


title: Sergei Alexandrovsky

text:
Sergei A. Alexandrovsky (Сергей Анатольевич Александро́вский; born 21 November 1956, Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian poet and translator who writes in Russian language.

Background
From 1977 to 1982, Alexandrovsky studied English at the University of Kharkiv and continues to reside in Kharkiv, Ukraine. His full-time literary career as a translator of poetry from the English, Spanish and Portuguese started in 1989. Since then Alexandrovsky rendered into Russian numerous lyrics and long poems by Fernando Pessoa, Julián del Casal, José Martí, John Lydgate, Francis Bacon, Fulke Greville, John Milton, Allan Ramsey, Robert Burns, Robert Fergusson, Robert Southey, John Keats, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, many other English and Scottish authors. Among his works are the first Russian-language versions of The Boke of the Duchesse and The Parlement of Foules by Geoffrey Chaucer, The Shepheardes Calender by Edmund Spenser, The Cherrie and the Slae and Sonnets by Alexander Montgomerie, The Cap and Bells; or, the Jealousies by John Keats..

In the late 1980s, Alexandrovsky attended poetic seminar headed by Eugen V. Witkowsky whom he calls his principal literary guide.

John Milton's Paradise Regained translated by Sergei Alexandrovsky was published in 2006 by the Russian Academy of Sciences in a volume of the Literary Landmarks (Литературные памятники) series (Джон Милтон. «Потерянный рай. Возвращённый рай. Другие поэтические произведения». Илл. Г. Доре. — М.: «Наука», 2006).

Alexandrovsky's poetic translations were printed in several major anthologies, including the three-volume Seven Centuries of English Poetry (Семь веков английской поэзии, М.: 2007).

Since 2000, original lyrics by Sergei Alexandrovsky periodically appeared in Russian-language literary magazines published overseas (Новый Журнал / The New Review, New York City and other). In 2007, Vodoley Publishers (Moscow) released Факсимиле (Facsimile), Alexandrovsky's book of poems and selected translations. His second book, На задворках мира. Стихотворения (The World's Backyard. Poems) issued in 2019 by the same publishing company, contains ninety-three original pieces of poetry.

Works

 Сергей Александровский. Факсимиле. Стихотворения и переводы. — М.: Водолей Publishers, 2007. — 104 с. (Серия «Сон Серебряного века»).
 Сергей Александровский. На задворках мира. Стихотворения. — М.: Водолей, 2019. — 164 с.
 Джон Мильтон. Возвращённый Рай. Перевод с английского Сергея Александровского. — М.: Время, 2001. — 191 с.: с илл. — (Серия «Триумфы»).
 Джеффри Чосер. Книга о королеве. Птичий парламент. Перевод с английского, предисловие и комментарии Сергея Александровского. — М.: Время, 2004. — 224 с.: с илл. — (Серия «Триумфы»).
 Александр Монтгомери. Вишня и Тёрн. Сонеты. Перевод Сергея Александровского. Составитель и научный редактор Е. Витковский. — М.: Водолей Publishers, 2007. — 232 с.
 Хулиан дель Касаль. Хосе Марти. Средь сумерек и теней. Избранные стихотворения. Перевод с испанского Сергея Александровского. — М.: Водолей, 2011. — 256 с. — (Звезды зарубежной поэзии).
 Джон Китс. Малые поэмы. Перевод с английского Сергея Александровского. — М.: Водолей, 2012. — 100 с. — (Пространство перевода).
 Из шотландской поэзии XVI-XIX вв. Перевод Сергея Александровского. — М.: Водолей, 2012. — 132 с. — (Пространство перевода).
 Эдмунд Спенсер. Пастуший календарь. Перевод С. А. Александровского. — В кн.: Художественный перевод и сравнительное литературоведение : сборник научных трудов / отв. ред. Д. Н. Жаткин. — Вып. IV, М.: ФЛИНТА, Наука, 2015. — С. 220—281.  (ФЛИНТА),  (Наука) и вып. V, М.: ФЛИНТА, Наука, 2016. — С. 284—331.  (ФЛИНТА),  (Наука)

External links
  Milton’s Paradise Regained on Lib.ru
 Sonnets of Alexander Montgomerie (original texts and Russian translations by Sergei Alexandrovsky)
 Interview, selected lyrics and translations in the Russian Globe
 Personal page in The Age of Translation Anthology
  A short poem in an English translation by Andrey Kneller

1956 births
Living people
Ukrainian poets in Russian
Russian male poets
Ukrainian male writers
Russian translators
National University of Kharkiv alumni


title: Châtelard Castle

text:
Châtelard Castle may refer to:

 Châtelard Castle, Aosta Valley - a castle in the town of La Salle in the Italian Aosta Valley
 Châtelard Castle, Vaud - a castle in the Montreux area of the Swiss canton of Vaud

See also
 Châtelard


title: Devatha Manushya

text:
Devatha Manushya () is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language film, directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao. The film stars Rajkumar, Geetha, K. S. Ashwath and Sudharani. The movie is famous for its evergreen songs, which were composed by Upendra Kumar.

This was Rajkumar's 200th movie - which initially should have been the historical Amoghavarsha Nrupathunga with the same director but subsequently dropped. The core plot of the movie is based on the 1861 English novel Silas Marner by George Eliot.

Plot
Krishna Murthy is a hard working driver who believes in living a simple life. His boss, a business tycoon, maintains a low profile about his business and does not reveal it to anybody. A high-profile robbery for a golden idol of Goddess has taken place and Krishna Murthy is blamed for it. Whether he will be able to break away from this blame and bring forward the criminal forms the rest of the story.

Cast

 Rajkumar as Krishna Murthy
 Geetha as Jaya
 Sudharani as Seetha
 K. S. Ashwath
 Balakrishna
 Kanchana
 Sundar Krishna Urs
 Shivaram
 Rajanand as Kapanipati
 Hema Choudhary as Yamuna
 Shivaram
 Padma Kumta as Kaveramma

Soundtrack

Upendra Kumar composed the background score for the film and the soundtracks. Lyrics for the soundtracks were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The album consists of five soundtracks.

Awards
 Karnataka State Film Awards 1988-89: Best Actor - Dr. Rajkumar

References

External links

1988 films
1980s Kannada-language films
Films directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Films scored by Upendra Kumar
Films with screenplays by Chi. Udayashankar


title: Edward Burnham

text:
Edward Burnham (25 December 1916 – 30 June 2015) was an English actor whose career spanned over 60 years.

Early years
Burnham was born in Lincolnshire, England, 25 December 1916. After training at RADA and briefly at the Comédie-Française in Paris, he worked on stage in regional repertory theatre, the Liverpool Playhouse, the Old Vic, and in London's West End.

Career
Burnham is best known for the films To Sir, with Love (1967), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and 10 Rillington Place (1971), and for twice appearing in Doctor Who in The Invasion (1968) and Robot (1974/5). His other television roles include Z-Cars, The Saint, The Avengers, The Troubleshooters, Special Branch, Crown Court, Thriller, Rumpole of the Bailey, Crossroads, Tales of the Unexpected, The Gentle Touch, All Creatures Great and Small, The Bill, Swiss Toni and Black Books. His other films have included When Eight Bells Toll (1971), Young Winston (1972), The Hiding Place (1974), Coming Out of the Ice (1982), Little Dorrit (1987) and Diamond Skulls (1989).

Death
Burnham died aged 98, on 30 June 2015 at his home in England.

Filmography

References

External links

 Edward Burnham Obituary in The Guardian

1916 births
2015 deaths
English male stage actors
English male film actors
English male television actors
20th-century British male actors
Male actors from Lincolnshire
Alumni of RADA


title: Melicope polybotrya

text:
Melicope polybotrya  is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Lord Howe Island. It has trifoliate leaves and green flowers borne in short panicles in leaf axils.

Description
Melicope polybotrya is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of . The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs and trifoliate on a petiole  long. The leaflets are more or less round to broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base,  long and  wide on a petiolule  long. The flowers are arranged in panicles  long and  wide with several to many flowers. The plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants. The sepals are  long and the petals are green,  long. Flowering occurs in summer and the fruit consists of four follicles  long and fused at the base, containing spherical black seeds.

Taxonomy
This species was first formally described in 1871 by Charles Moore and Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Euodia polybotrya. The description was published in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected on Mount Lidgbird. In 2001, Thomas Gordon Hartley changed the name to Melicope polybotrya in the journal Allertonia. The specific epithet comes from the Greek polys (“many”) and botrys (“bunch”), referring to the clusters of flowers in the type specimen.

Distribution and habitat
Melicope polybotrya grows in sheltered forest and is relatively common, especially at lower elevations and is endemic to Lord Howe Island.

References

polybotrya
Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island
Plants described in 1871
Sapindales of Australia
Taxa named by Charles Moore
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller


title: Châtelard Castle, Aosta Valley

text:
Châtelard Castle (, ) is a medieval castle near the town of La Salle in the Aosta Valley region of Italy.

The castle is believed to have been built by Rodolphe Grossi, who was Bishop of Aosta from 1243. The castle is first documented in 1248 and took the form of a circular tower reminiscent of the fortified constructions of Peter II, Count of Savoy, to whom Grossi was a close advisor.

References

External links

Castles in Aosta Valley


title: John Lugge

text:
John Lugge (c.1580 – 1647–55) was an English organist and composer, who spent most of his musical career at Exeter Cathedral.

Early life and family
John Lugge was the son of Joan Downe and Thomas Lugge, a shoemaker. He was baptized on 24 October 1580 at Barnstaple. His brother Peter was brought up in Lisbon, Portugal. He married Rebecca, with whom he had six children. One of their sons, Robert, studied music at St John's College, Oxford, and himself became a composer. Rebecca died in August 1644, but the year of John Lugge's death is unknown. The last documentary evidence relating to him is from 1647, where he transferred the lease of his house to one of his daughters.

Music career

As organist
There are no known records concerning Lugge's early musical education, although it is possible that he was a chorister at Exeter Cathedral. Lugge became the organist at Exeter Cathedral in 1603. In 1605, he became lay vicar choral. He continued in both of these positions until 1647. From June 1608, his salary was divided with Edward Gibbons, who presumably shared some of his duties.

As composer
Lugge composed three organ voluntaries, which musicologist John Steele has described as "the best examples of this peculiarly English genre written before the Civil War". Some of the compositions attributed to his son Robert may actually have been composed by him.

Religion
In 1617, Lugge was examined by a bishop, accused of having Roman Catholic sympathies, an accusation prompted by a letter sent by his brother Peter. He was not convicted of any crime, with the bishop asserting: "Though I fear, and by conference do suspect that he hath eaten a little bit, or mumbled a piece of this forbidden fruit, yet I verily believe he hath spit it all out again". His house was searched in 1624, but nothing was found to support the claim.

See also
Hugh Facy

References
Notes

Citations

English organists
British male organists
17th-century English composers
English male composers
1580s births
Year of death uncertain
17th-century male musicians


title: Anantnag railway station

text:
Anantnag Railway Station is a railway station on the Northern railway network. It is the headquarters of Anantnag division of Northern Railway zone. It lies in Firozpur division.

History

The station has been built as part of the Jammu–Baramulla line megaproject, intending to link the Kashmir Valley with Jammu Tawi and the rest of the Indian rail network.

The station is basically located in rice fields which are between wanpoh and harnag. It is approximately 4.5 km far from Anantnag town.

Design
The station features Kashmiri wood architecture, with an intended ambience of a royal court which is designed to complement the local surroundings to the station. Station signage is predominantly in Urdu, English and Hindi.

See also
Srinagar railway station
Bijbehara railway station
Jammu–Baramulla line
Srinagar Airport
Pahalgam
Aharbal
Martand Sun Temple
Kulgam
Qazigund
Amarnath temple
Verinag

References

Railway stations in India opened in 2008
Railway stations in Anantnag district
Firozpur railway division


title: Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station

text:
The Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station, also known as the Glen Haven Coast Guard Station,  is a Coast Guard station located near Glen Haven, Michigan. It is significant as a nearly intact version of what was, when built, a prototype architectural design.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and is now the Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum and part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

History
The Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station was constructed in 1901 by Robert J.B. Newcombe using prototype plans developed by the United States Life-Saving Service.  The station was primarily manned by local volunteers. It was originally located at a site about a mile west of the current location, but the  inaccessibility of the original site prompted the Coast Guard to move the station to the present location in 1931. However, during World War II, operations at the station ceased, and it was eventually closed permanently in 1958.

Ownership of the station was later transferred to the National Park Service, and it is now part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.  Beginning in 1971, and for several summers thereafter, the station served as the visitor's center for the Lakeshore. In 1982- 1983, the bulk of the Life Saving Station was restored to its 1931 appearance. The interior of the boathouse and the crew's bedroom were restored their early 1900s. In the spring of 1984, the station re-opened as a maritime museum.

Description
The Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station includes four buildings: a residence, a boat house, a storage shed, and a signal tower. The residence is a two-story frame building on a cement foundation with a wood-shingled gable roof. A porch with four square columns spans the front of the structure. The nearby boat house is also a wooden frame structure, covered with vertical siding and topped with a wood shingle hip roof and an octagonal cupola.

External links
 Maritime Museum

References

Buildings and structures completed in 1901
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
National Register of Historic Places in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Museums in Leelanau County, Michigan
Maritime museums in Michigan
National Register of Historic Places in Leelanau County, Michigan


C. Abdul Hakeem College of Engineering & Technology ( CAHCET )is a non-profit self-financed engineering college located in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.  It is affiliated to Anna University. It offers 14 undergraduate and postgraduates programs in engineering and management. This college is one of the several educational institutions run by the Melvisharam Muslim Educational Society which was founded in the year 1918.

History
CAHCET was established in the year 1998 by the Melvisharam Muslim Educational Society (MMES). Though MMES was established in the year 1918 by Nawab C. Abdul Hakeem, the focus was to provide school education, and arts and science degrees through its first college named after Nawab. Currently, the MMES governs many institutions from primary to tertiary levels for people of all religious backgrounds in India.

C. Abdul Hakeem College of Engineering and Technology
C. Abdul Hakeem College of Arts and Science
M.M.E.S Academy of Architecture
M.M.E.S Women s Arts & Science College
Islamiah Boys Higher Secondary School
Islamiah Girls Higher Secondary School
Islamiah Primary School for Boys
Islamiah Primary School for Girls
Hakeem Matriculation School
F.M. Primary School
R.A. Primary School

Campus

CAHCET campus is located in Melvisharam, a town and suburb of Vellore city which is approximately 100 km from Anna International Airport, Chennai.  The campus houses several buildings including administration building, Mechanical Department, Electronics Department, Human Science Department, MBA Department, library, auditorium, seminar halls, sports grounds, cafeteria and boys hostel and girls hostel. Some of the facilities such as sports ground, Mosque, etc., are shared with its sister institution C. Abdul Hakeem College of Arts and Science.

 The central library is one of the energy efficient buildings constructed in the campus. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled and has 10 Mbit/s leased-line connectivity. CAHCET is also a lifetime member in Anna University´s EDUSAT Programme.

Academics
The College is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi and affiliated to the
Anna University, Chennai. Therefore, the programs offered at CAHCET are subjected to the affiliated university regulations.

International Relations
The institution has signed MOUs with several universities and industries. CAHCET signed its first international MoU with the International Islamic University Malaysia in 2013.

Student life

Sport
Sport is an important activity of the students in the college. While cricket is the popular sport, students have won championships in basketball, football, badminton, hockey, yoga, and handball.

Seminars
The institution hosts seminars on various subjects by inviting experts in those respective fields. The CAHCET campus has three well equipped seminar rooms and a large auditorium which can house approximately 2500 people.

Graduation
As of the year 2022, the college has held 20 convocations. Several VIPs including vice-chancellors, government ministers and governors are invited as chief guests and honorary guests. On the graduation day, graduates receiving an undergraduate degree wear the academic dress that they were entitled to before graduating and graduates receiving a postgraduate degree (e.g. PhD or Master's) wear the academic dress that they were entitled to before graduating, Students achieving high ranks in the state level exams are awarded in such ceremonies.

References

Private engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu
Colleges affiliated to Anna University
Universities and colleges in Vellore district
Education in Vellore
Educational institutions established in 1998
1998 establishments in Tamil Nadu


title: Alan Dennis Clark

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Alan Dennis Clark is a British physicist and member of the American Physical Society. He was born in London in 1945.

Career
After attending school at St Benedict's School in Ealing he studied at the City University London where he received his Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics in 1968 and at the Imperial College London where he received his Master of Science in Applied Optics, as well as the Diploma of the Imperial College, in 1969. Alan has lived in Germany since the 1980s.

After his university education, Alan Dennis Clark worked in the field of industrial optics initially as a designer, later as Marketing Director and MD of J.H. Dallmeyer Ltd., London (founded by John Henry Dallmeyer in 1860, later continued by Thomas Rudolphus Dallmeyer). He later founded his own company MSE GmbH in Bonn, Germany working as an optical designer and marketing consultant offering a range of services to various high tech companies. From 1992-2016: Co-founder & MD of Clark & Fischer-Clark GmbH, Neunkirchen, Germany.

For over 35 years he has been extensively involved with the design-, marketing- and sales-activities of high technology companies requiring a clear understanding of the associated technologies and physics involved. The work requires the specification, design and supply of critical optical modules as essential components of high technology complex systems. As an optical design consultant he is designing lenses for industrial and commercial applications.

His interests cover a broad range of topics in physics and especially the bigger questions of physics and the universe still to be answered. Based on the work of the theoretical physicists of the early twentieth century, his in depth review of the fundamentals of physics resulted in the writing of the book "Physics in 5 Dimensions". The research work spanning many years was completed in tandem with earning a living from high technology industrial projects involving applied physics. The challenge arising from these parallel activities was the limit on time and resources for research and writing, while the major advantage was working on new perspectives of physics alongside "real time" applied physics for industrial projects. This ongoing interaction with industrial projects provided a broad based and very valuable experience of theoretical and practical physics.

The book "Physics in 5 Dimensions" describes in detail an objective view of physics. The current perspective of classical physics is summarised for each field of physics covered, using carefully edited material from identified sources. With this backdrop of classical physics, the theory of "Physics in 5 Dimensions" is presented in a clear manner with mathematical expressions to support the theory. These expressions are common and coherent across the various fields of physics covered and many "figures" illustrate the key relationships between parameters. Compared to classical physics, "Physics in 5 Dimensions" is a physically objective and significantly more unified theory of physics and the extensive results make a good case for replacing the "Big Bang Theory" with the "Theory of Physics in 5 dimensions" as the model of the development of the universe.

Publications
 Zoom lenses Clark, Alan Dennis (1973). Zoom lenses – Monographs on Applied Optics No 7. Adam Hilger London. .
 Mann, Allen (1993). Selected Papers on Zoom Lenses. SPIE. . (contains the above monograph in Section 8 : Monographs, pp. 521–567)
  Clark, Alan Dennis (2011). Physics in 5 Dimensions - Bye, bye Big Bang. (Revised) 2017 edition winterwork  and is also available in PDF format *  for members of ResearchGate - the social networking site for scientists and researchers.

External links
 www.physics-in-5-dimensions.com, An Objective View of Physics, Physics in 5 Dimensions, Bye, bye Big Bang
 Alan Dennis Clark at ResearchGate - the social networking site for scientists and researchers
 Alan Dennis Clark at Google Citations - 68 citations(July 2021) Zoom lenses – Monograph on Applied Optics 1973

References

Living people
English physicists
1945 births
Scientists from London
Alumni of City, University of London
Alumni of Imperial College London
People educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing


title: Industrial Tomography Systems

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Industrial Tomography Systems plc, occasionally abbreviated to ITOMS or simply ITS, is a manufacturer of process visualization systems based upon the principles of tomography. Headquartered in Manchester, UK, the company provides instrumentation to a variety of organisations across a range of sectors; including oil refining, chemical manufacturing, nuclear engineering, dairy manufacturing, and research/academia.

History

Industrial Tomography Systems began as an incubator company in 1997, responsible for commercializing technologies developed by University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Founders included a number of academics who had helped to develop tomography technology, such as Professors Brian Hoyle and Mi Wang (of University of Leeds) and Professor Richard Williams (then of Camborne School of Mines); as well as Ken Primrose, who continues to function as CEO as of late-2016.
Currently, Industrial Tomography Systems has over a dozen staff based in the company's headquarters (located just off one of Manchester's major thoroughfares), and has systems installed in a number of global companies, including Johnson Matthey, and GlaxoSmithKline and Nestlé. In addition, the company has collaborated with major engineering firms, such as Philadelphia Mixers, to host international tomography workshops that showcase its technologies.
In 2011, Industrial Tomography Systems was recognised as a "global leader in its field" after it was short-listed in the Institution of Engineering and Technology Innovation Awards. In an interview with the Manchester Evening News, Primrose attributed the success of the company to being able to offer tailored solutions that are designed to meet the needs of individual applications, as well as having a coordinated network of international distributors and agents.

Products

Industrial Tomography Systems' scanning technology works on a similar principle to CAT scanners that are used in hospitals to see inside the human body: by passing an electric current very rapidly between pairs of electrodes that are in contact with the process media, real-time images of the industrial process can be extrapolated from measuring the resulting difference in voltages.
Since 2001, the company has developed a range of instruments based upon different types of tomography, which are outlined below.

EIT and ERT Systems

Industrial Tomography Systems' instrumentation that utilizes the principles of electrical impedance tomography & electrical resistance tomography (the two terms are often used interchangeably) include: z8000, p2+, and v5r. These systems have been used to visualize processes involving mixing, crystallization, bubble columns, packed beds, flows, and separations.

ECT Systems

Electrical capacitance tomography instruments released by the company include: m3000c, m3000dual (combines ERT measurements with ECT), and m3c. These instruments are used when the phases in a process are non-conducting, with readings instead based upon  electrical permittivity rather than electrical conductivity. As such, ECT instruments can be used in similar processes to those where ERT is deployed, including flows, fluidized beds, and pneumatic conveying.

Ultrasound Systems

Until mid-2013, Industrial Tomography Systems supported one instrument based upon ultrasound spectroscopy technology: the u2s.

Dens-itometer

In 2015, Industrial Tomography Systems launched their industry changing Densitometer, a system which uses no nuclear power sources. Based on electrical resistance tomography, this new measurement system can take data independent of flow regime and also concentration of measure materials which are neutrally buoyant. The instrument is supplied as a pipe based sensor and a standard IP67 instrument enclosure (600x600x300mm). The device has gone on to make a huge impact in the dredging sector, due to its environmentally friendly technology.

Mix-itometer

Years of listening to industry professionals complain about their batch mixers has prompted ITS to develop the Mix-itometer, which utilises tomography solutions to resolve mixing problems. The Mix-itometer probe when placed inside batch mixers, replacing an existing baffle, measures average concentration and a mixing index by surveying more than 200 locations inside the process vessel. Mix-itometer software provides users with a visual representation of mixing upon a PC-based interface; the instrumentation produces real time volumetric imagery which gives producers a vividly detailed look of what occurs inside batch mixers.

Industrial applications

Findings published in AAPS's PharmSciTech in 2005 indicate that Industrial Tomography Systems' technology is able to monitor (1) the on-line measurement of solids distributed in a stirred tank, (2) crystallization, (3) the performance of industrial pressure filters, and (4) flow profiles and velocity measurements. Additionally Primrose claims that, due to the non-invasive nature of tomography technology, it can be used to create images of industrial processes in hard-to-reach places, such as in pipelines that contain radioactive/toxic materials.

See also

 Fluid dynamics
 Mettler Toledo
 Multiphase flow

References

 Industrial Tomography Systems plc website
Engineering companies of the United Kingdom


title: Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab

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Attack of the Mutant 50 ft Kebab is the fourth official studio album by Space, released as a download on February 28, 2014, for PledgeMusic donators and physically released on  March 17, 2014. It is the group's first studio album since their reformation in 2011 and their first studio release overall since 2004's Suburban Rock 'n' Roll.

Background and history

In late 2005, then bass player Yorkie announced through the online Space forums that, due to financial difficulties and internal tensions between group members, contributed by the poor sales and reception of Suburban Rock 'n' Roll, that Space had broken up and members had all gone their separate paths: Frontman Tommy Scott formed a garage punk band called The Drella's with Space live technician Phil Hartley on bass and drummer Leon Caffrey, which eventually evolved into a ska/rockabilly act Tommy Scott & The Red Scare composed of Scott, Hartley, new drummer Allan Jones and organist Ryan Clarke. Several of the songs that made it onto Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab, including the title track, "Anthony's Brainwaves" and "Happy Clowns" (then known as "Gone in an Instant" or "Cash Converters" by fans), were written by Scott and performed live during this period.  Meanwhile, keyboardist Franny Griffiths started making music under the moniker Subway Showdown and later played in the band Dust with original Space guitarist Jamie Murphy, whilst Yorkie returned to producing for other bands and formed a new group Moongoose.

In August 2009, news broke out that original Space drummer Andy Parle had died of a heart attack at the age of 42. The surviving members of Space, who had all lost contact with each other since the split, showed up at his memorial service, which triggered off a discussion on the possibility of reviving the group. In late 2011, it was announced that Space was to reform as a six-piece consisting of Scott, Griffiths and Murphy plus Scott's bandmates in The Red Scare, for a one-off homecoming gig at the O2 Academy Liverpool, playing old favourites plus brand new material to be featured off a new album entitled Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab. The show opened on the December 21, 2011 to a rapturous reception from the critics, who commented on how rejuvenated and fresh the band's sound had become, as well as the 50s' B-movie/hammer horror vibe of the new songs.

In early 2012, the band started work recording the songs for Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab at the band's long-time rehearsal studio in Highfield Street. However, the sessions were complicated by Jamie Murphy's sudden departure from the band, which meant several tracks had to be scrapped and re-recorded to accommodate the change in line-up. Undeterred as a quintet, the group continued to play gigs at venues and festivals all over the world and finish the album over the next two years, before announcing in August 2013 that they would fund the release of the album through PledgeMusic, letting fans get the album first by donating money so they can purchase the record along with perks such as signed CDs, a vinyl release of the album, handwritten lyrics and T-shirts.

In the meantime, music videos for the tracks "Frightened Horses" and "Fortune Teller" were issued in early 2013 to whet people's appetites. The band had initially planned to leave both songs off the album and release them as download-only singles, akin to their Music for Aliens releases, but remained on the final track listing due to its popularity within the group and fans. "Fortune Teller" was eventually released as a 7" vinyl on March 3, 2014, accompanied by the B-side "The Perfect Sin".

Track listing
All songs written by Tommy Scott.

Personnel

Space:
Tommy Scott – lead vocals, guitars
Franny Griffiths – keyboards, synthesizers, sonic manipulations, backing vocals
Phil Hartley – upright & electric basses, backing vocals
Ryan Clarke – organ, analogue synth, backing vocals, lead vocals (track 10)
Allan Jones – drums, backing vocals

Production:
 Phil Hartley - producer, recording engineer (tracks 1 & 3), additional recording (track 12)
 Anthony Brady - recording engineer (tracks 1, 2 & 3), additional recording (track 12)
 Jeremy Wheatley - mixing (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 9)
 Jon Withnall - recording engineer (tracks 2, 4-12), mixing (tracks 2-7, 10-12)
 Tommy Scott - front cover painting
 Anthony Brown & The Brown Cow Co. - design
 Mark E. Cowley @ Hug Management - management

References

External links
"Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab" on SpaceTheBand.com
Space PledgeMusic Page

2014 albums
Space (English band) albums
Albums produced by Phil Hartley
Crowdfunded albums


title: Basketmouth

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Bright Okpocha (born 14 September 1978 in Lagos State), better known by his stage name Basketmouth, is a Nigerian comedian and actor. He has organized popular stand-up comedy concerts like Basketmouth Uncensored across the globe.

Basketmouth hosted a comedy challenge on Instagram, called the #TwoThingsChallenge which sparked an uproar from fans, after a young fan posted a video of him saying obscene things relating to sex, with a child in close view in the video.

He was a producer of "Ghana Jollof".

Biography

Early life
Bright Okpocha was born in Lagos State but hails from Abia State, Nigeria. He completed his primary and secondary school in Apapa, Lagos and moved on to the University of Benin, Edo State to study for a degree in Sociology and Anthropology. He discovered his skill in drumming in 1991 followed by taking up rapping in 1994. He then formed a group named "Da Psychophats" which had 7 members and they started going for performances and rapping in 1995, although they broke up before releasing any songs. He went on to form another rap group known as "Da Oddz" with his brother Godwin and Muyiwa Ola-Phillips: they performed a couple of shows but didn't break through as their brand of rap was not accepted in Nigeria.

Education
Bright completed his primary and secondary school education in Apapa (Lagos, Nigeria) and then moved on to pursue a degree at the University of Benin where he studied sociology and anthropology with his brother Godwin.

Appearances
In 2000, Basketmouth appeared in Lagbaja music video titled Gra Gra.

In 2005 and 2006, Basketmouth won the National Comedy Award and the awards for Best Stand-up Comedian of the Year.  He was nominated in the 2021 maiden edition of The Humour Awards Academy alongside fellow comedian Mr Funny.

Basketmouth appears in the Africa Magic show "My Flatmates" (2016).

Basketmouth recently hosted Nigerian Billionaire Femi Otedola in his home.

In December 2020, he started his comedy web series titled "Papa Benji".

Music
He launched a record label Barons World Entertainment in 2014.

He released a highlife album titled 'Yabasi' as a soundtrack for the movie 'Papa Benji' in November 2020. The album featured artists like Ladipoe, BOJ, The Cavemen, Bez, Waje, Duncan Mighty, Flavour and Phyno under Nigerian indigenous record label Freeme Music.

In 2022, he released the album titled Horoscope, which features guests artiste, Johnny Drille, Simi, M.I Abaga, Buju, Peruzzi, Oxlade, Reekado Banks, Flaz, Magnito, Illbliss, Dremo, and Flavour.

In May and December 2022, he produced concerts for Nigerian singers, Aṣa and Adekunle Gold respectively, under his Barons World Entertainment imprint.

Basketmouth confirmed that he would be releasing his third studio album, titled Uburu, in October 2023.

Filmography
Basketmouth has made plans and been reported to have made a short film Confession of a Bandit and has acted in the short movie as Agent Gburugburu with his mates taking on the other parts in order to make the movie complete.

In 2022, he featured in the hugely successful, Nollywood cinematic movie, The Brotherhood alongside Falz, OC Ukeje and Tobi Bakre.

Discography

Studio albums
 Yabasi (Onions) (2020)
 Horoscopes (2022)

Personal life
In November 2010, Basketmouth married his longtime girlfriend Elsie in Lagos, Nigeria. They share three children together. In December 2022, Basketmouth announced via his official Instagram account that he and his wife were getting a divorce after twelve years of being married.

Awards and nominations

See also
 List of Igbo people
 List of Nigerian comedians

References

External links

 Exclusive Features on Basketmouth and other Nigerian comedians
 Basketmouth at www.takemetonaija.com

1978 births
Living people
Male actors from Lagos
Nigerian male film actors
Nigerian male comedians
University of Benin (Nigeria) alumni
Igbo comedians
Nigerian stand-up comedians
Nigerian film producers
Nigerian television personalities
Nigerian media personalities
Nigerian film directors
Nigerian male musicians
21st-century Nigerian male actors
Actors from Abia State
Nigerian television actors
African comedians


title: Dhruva (2002 film)

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Dhruva () is a 2002 Kannada action drama film directed and co-written by M. S. Ramesh along with R. Rajashekar. The film features Darshan and Sherin in the lead roles whilst Om Puri plays an important role.

The film featured original score and films he done soundtrack composed by Gurukiran.

Cast
 Darshan as Dhruva
 Sherin as Rashmi
 Om Puri as Pratap Singh
 Avinash as MLA Shambhulingappa
 H. G. Dattatreya
 Anantha Velu as a politician
Ravi Chethan
Hamsa
Kavana
Dharma as Anil Raj
Rajeev Rathod
Shankar Bhat
M. S. Umesh
Krishne Gowda
NGEF Ramamurthy
 Sumithra
 Bullet Prakash
 Sadhu Kokila
 P. N. Sathya
 Dattaa Manjeshwar

Production
Darshan shot for this film around the same time as Kariya.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Gurukiran for Ashwini Audio label.

References

External links
Viggy Review (in Kannada)

2002 films
2002 action drama films
2000s Kannada-language films
Indian action drama films
Films scored by Gurukiran


title: Dr. W. W. Monroe House

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Dr. W. W. Monroe House is a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1898, and is a -story, frame dwelling on a sandstone foundation and clad in weatherboard.  The house features a large wrap-around porch, two corner turrets, a hipped roof with dormers, decorative brackets, and dentils characteristic of the Queen Anne style. It was designed by noted Charleston, West Virginia architect H. Rus Warne (1872–1954).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia
Houses completed in 1898
Houses in Parkersburg, West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Wood County, West Virginia


title: 2013 FFAS Senior League

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The 2013 season of the FFAS Senior League was the thirty-three season of association football competition in American Samoa. SKBC won the championship, their first recorded title.

Format
Eight teams competed in the league. The top team became the champion. Seventh place played in a relegation playoff against the second place finisher from division 2. Last place was automatically relegated, replaced by division 2 winner.

Table

References

External links
 Standings at FIFA.com

FFAS Senior League seasons
Amer
football


title: Ahad Sheykhlari

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Ahad Sheykhlari (, born 18 April 1960 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian professional football player who was forced to leave the green field unexpectedly due to the pressure from his teammates and club's official, who believed his success foreshadowed his teammates' popularity. He is currently a professional football manager. He started his football career as an amateur in Tabriz dirt fields and neighborhood clubs. The very first football club he joined was Charandab's neighborhood club Peykan. He played his professional career for Machine Sazi, Montakhabeh Tabriz, Idem F.C., Tractor, and Esteghlal Rasht F.C. He had scored 115 goals during his playing career for Tractor as a Striker. At the end of his playing career, Vasile Godja, the manager of Tractor used him as a Defender and he shined well as a successful Sweeper. He also represented Iran at the national level, playing for Iran's under-20 football team and the Iran national football team and has 20 national caps with five goals. Tractor's fans named him Tabriz's Maradona due to his aggressive technique, speed, scoring, and he kicks specific skills.

After being forced to leave his playing career unexpectedly, he became a football manager, and although he had been a player-manager during his playing career in Idem F.C., he started his first sole managerial career in Shahrdari Shot F.C. in 1996–1997, he became U20 Shahrdari Tabriz F.C.’s manager and lead the team to Iran's U20 champions league and earned the 1st place and the cup. Later, he became Tractor’s manager at difficult times when a few matches had already passed half-season and the team suffered terribly from continuous losses, dead draws, and no goals. For a brief period of about six months in 2002, he revived Tractor from what was known to Tractor‘s fans darkest days. Still, all the heroic efforts of Sheykhlari and the players went in vain due to the lost intuition the club had suffered under Mahmoud Yavari’s management. Many fans today still believe that if he was the manager of Tractor before the season started, Tractor never would have fallen to 2nd Division and might have even been one of the three top clubs. He later became manager of Shahid Ghandi and led the club to promotion to the Iran Pro League for the first time. He later managed other Tabriz-based clubs like Shahrdari Tabriz and Machine Sazi, which was on the verge of demotion to the 2nd Division and managed to save the club by 9 matches and an average of 2.3 points per game. In July 2007, he returned to Tractor as a manager but due to the heavy fringe made by a band of disobedient players who managed to provoke hooligans against the club, the team failed to be promoted to the first Division. However, he left the club at the first rank on the table. He was also the manager of Mes Soongoun for four years, which he took from the 3rd Division to the Azadegan League. He became the first Iranian manager to promote a team from the 3rd Division to the 1st in succession every year.

Honours

As a player
Tractor

 Hazfi Cup Runner-up (1): 1993–94
 2nd Division Runner-up (1): 1995–96

As a manager
Shahid Ghandi
 Azadegan League (1): 2004–05

Mes Soongoun
 3rd Division (1): 2011–12
 2nd Division (1): 2012–13

References

External links
 Official website of Ahad Sheykhlari

1960 births
Living people
Iranian men's footballers
Iran men's international footballers
Tractor S.C. players
Footballers from Tabriz
Tractor S.C. managers
Machine Sazi F.C. players
Men's association football forwards
Iranian football managers


title: Spiders (company)

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Spiders is a French video game developer specializing in action role-playing games, owing to their previous experience.

History
Spiders was created in 2008 by former Monte Cristo developers who had worked together the previous year on the game Silverfall. Wanting to stay together after the completion of this game, some developers team up to found Spiders. Jehanne Rousseau is the director.

In addition to its role as service provider to other developers, in particular by porting games to Xbox 360, the studio has specialized in a specific genre, namely role-playing games.

In July 2019, French publisher Bigben Interactive, now known as Nacon, announced that they had acquired Spiders.

Game engine
All Spiders games are produced and developed using the company's own modified version of Sony's PhyreEngine, called the "Silk Engine". It includes most of the features of its parent engine, and is modified to add its own unique features.

Games

References

External links
Spiders at MobyGames
Spiders at AFJV
Spiders at UVL

French companies established in 2008
Video game companies established in 2008
2019 mergers and acquisitions
Companies based in Paris
Nacon
Video game companies of France
Video game development companies


title: Texas Asia Society

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The Texas Asia Society is one of the twelve centers of Asia Society. This society strengthens relationships between Americans and the peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia. The Texas Asia Society hosts public programs and exhibitions to increase knowledge of Asia, enhance dialogue, and generate new ideas across the fields of art and culture, business, and education.

Mission

The Texas Asia Society is the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting Asian culture among the peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the United States. Asia society focuses on art, business, culture, and education.

History

First Lady Barbara Bush and former Ambassador Roy M. Huffington established Texas Asia Society in 1979. They recognized the need to educate Americans about Asia and to make stronger connections between Houston and the peoples and institutions of Asia.
In 1995 the Texas Center’s board of directors voted to build a home for its programs and activities. The Board selected Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi, best known in this country for his renovation and expansion of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, to design the building, located in Houston’s Museum District.
The building was completed in early fall 2011. The building featured a Performing Arts Theater, a Gallery, an Education Center, and more. It was open to the public on April 14, 2012.
With the opening of the Center, Asia Society takes its place as a major educational and cultural institution in the region, the driving force in transforming Houston into an Asia-Pacific city.

Architecture

Asia Society Texas Center was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a Japan-born student from Harvard. The building combines modern design with the serenity associated with Asia. Its 40,000 square feet is spread over two stories and basement, resulting in a profile that fits well into its residential surroundings. Yet the building immediately draws the eye – first by the grace of its lines, then by the materials and workmanship that went into its making.

In 2003 the Texas Center purchased a 2.3-acre building site in the neighborhood that includes the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and other major cultural institutions. The following year the block-size property across the street was purchased for parking. In 2004, with the selection of Taniguchi, the project moved into high gear. Construction on the $48.4 million building began in January 2010 and by fall 2011 was complete.

For his first freestanding building in the United States – previously he was best known in this country for his expansion and renovation of the Museum of Modern Art in New York – Taniguchi combined graceful design with stunningly beautiful stone, wood and glass to give Asia Society Texas Center its distinctive character.

Jura Limestone

Jura Limestone is the main material used for the exterior and interior walls. In order to find 50 blocks of acceptable material, the limestone had to be from the Jurassic geological period, which ended 150 million years ago. Mr. Tanaguchi used this material in many of his projects, but 90 percent of the stone that came in was rejected by him.

American Cherry Wood

American Cherry Wood provides the wall paneling in the Fayez Sarofim Grand Hall and the Brown Foundation Performing Arts Theater. The wood was chosen for its rich color, beauty and warmth. Paneling in the Grand Hall is from a single North American cherry tree over 100 years old. It was selected for its deep color and fine grain.

Basaltina Italian Stone

Basaltina Italian Stone flooring on the ground level was quarried an hour north of Rome. Basaltina is a volcanic stone used for centuries; the ancient Romans used it to build roads and monuments. Basalts have the consistent coloration, markings and subtlety of limestone and the durability of granite. It is aged through a natural process so it can be honed and polished. Admiring its unique gray tone, Taniguchi has used it in many of his buildings.

Education

Student tours
The Texas Asia Society invites students and teachers to their center, providing them with many educational opportunities for students to learn about Asian art, culture, and traditions.

The Education Department staff provide tours of the exhibitions in the Louisa Stude Sarofim Gallery, PowerPoint presentations emphasizing important information about Asian art, culture, geography, and politics, explanation of the Texas Center and its unique architecture, and art-making activities in the Edward Rudge Aleen III Education Center.

Educator workshops
The Asia Society Texas Center Educator Night series combines a two-hour workshop with a performing or visual arts experience. Designed for K–12 and university instructors, these trainings give educators a greater understanding of Asian art, culture, economics, government, music, and theater.

Family programs
Held at Asia Society Texas Center throughout the year, Family Days give audiences of all ages the chance to learn more about Asian culture through demonstrations, exhibits, performances, and storytelling. Families may create crafts together, learn about Asian games and holidays, or have their faces painted with Asian-themed decorations.

Business

Asia Society is a forum for ideas. They host business leaders, diplomats, government officials, and policy experts addressing the whole range of public issues affecting Asia and the rest of the world. They convene and connect, providing Houston business, academic, and civil leaders, as well as the interested general public, with useful, thought-provoking analysis of developments in Asia that impact Texas and the Gulf Coast region.

Houston's ties with Asia are strong. Asia is vital to the energy industry and East Asia trade is the fastest-growing market for the port of Houston. Houston must continue to have links with the Asia Pacific region if it is to thrive. The Texas Center wants to be Houston's gateway to Asia.

References

Asian-American culture in Houston
Non-profit organizations based in Houston
1979 establishments in Texas