title: Yordan Milanov (Bulgarian major general)

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Major general Yordan Sergiev Milanov (; November 20, 1924 – June 27, 2020) was a major general of the Bulgarian Air Force. He was a recognized author, Bulgarian Aviation and Aerospace Doctor of Science, and a Bulgarian Air Force pilot. With over 60 publications regarding Air- and Space- Force history, tactics, and geopolitical issues, Maj. Gen. Milanov was one of Bulgaria's most prolific 20th century military aviation leaders. Maj. Gen. Milanov died of natural causes in the early morning hours of June 27, 2020, in his home in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Biography

Early life and education
Yordan Milanov was born on November 20, 1924, in Ivanyane (Bankya), a suburb of Sofia, Bulgaria. In 1935, he graduated from National High School Father Paisius, continuing his education and eventually graduating from National Secondary High School Prince Roman Tarnovski in 1938. He was drawn to Aviation at an early age, graduating from the Kazanlak Pilot School in 1945 at age of 21, with a grade point average of 95.3%. Milanov continued his education by graduating the Georgi Benkovski National Air Force Academy in 1947 (grade point average 99.3%), the Georgi Rakovski Military Academy in 1958, and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union in 1965. Upon graduation in Russia in 1965, Officer Milanov received the class's only Gold Medal Distinction Diploma, personally signed by then Marshal of the Soviet Union, Matvei Zakharov.

Military career
In over 40 years of distinguished Military service, Maj. Gen. Milanov held a number of command posts in Bulgaria, including bombing, attack and fighter aviation leadership. His journey began on September 15, 1943, when Milanov was drafted to serve as a young soldier on the military airport in Bozhurishte. After graduating in 1947, he continues service as a Lieutenant pilot in the Bulgarian Air Force's Twelfth Assault Aviation Regiment, part of the Second Assault Division commanded by Colonel Kiril Kirilov. Soon, Milanov was promoted to Second Squadron Navigator, and shortly afterwards to Regiment Navigator.

In the period of 1961–1963, he was Chief of staff of Tactical Aviation. Afterwards, in the years of 1969 – 1972, he worked as Chief of Staff of Anti-aircraft warfare and the Bulgarian Air Force. Between 1974 and 1985, as part of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence, he served as the Chief inspector for both anti-aircraft warfare and the Bulgarian Air Force.

Interkosmos Program
Milanov was Chief of staff of the National Commission in the Bulgarian cosmonaut program and a working member of Interkosmos, the Russian International Space Program, where he worked on the Soyuz 33 Crewed Space Flight Program, and the Mir EP-2 Visiting Expedition as part of the 1978 Interkosmos Selection. His program contributions were instrumental in putting the first Bulgarian astronauts into space, Georgi Ivanov (April 10, 1979) and Aleksandr Aleksandrov (June 7, 1988).

Retirement
Following 40 years of service, at the age of 60, Maj. Gen. Milanov retired in late 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since his retirement, he has continued with his scientific work until approximately the age of 92. His post-retirement work resulted in a multitude of documented gatherings of facts and research, as well as the publication of numerous articles, opinion columns, interviews, and several printed books.

Books and publications

Maj. Gen. Milanov is a well-known and highly regarded author, frequently cited in military and aviation-themed publications.

The focus of his publications and research is mainly in the domain of tactics and operational art of the Air Force, aviation history, and applications in the use of space for military purposes.

The Air Forces of Bulgaria During the 1912–1945 Wars (2008)
The book is an expanded and updated compilation of three previously unpublished writings by the Author, titled "The Aviation and Aeronavigation of Bulgaria During the 1912–1945 Wars". The Author writes in the book's foreword: "My hope is that this book, targeting a wide array of readers, will shed a brighter light on the history of our Aviation in one of its most important roles – military use".

The book comprises four chapters, describing the Bulgarian participation by air in the Balkan Wars (1912–1913: Chapter I), World War I (1915–1918: Chapter II), World War II during the Bulgarian participation in the Tripartite Pact (March 1, 1941 – September 4, 1945, Chapter III), and World War II post the Bulgarian participation in the Tripartite Pact (September 9, 1944 – May 9, 1945). The book is based on heavily researched facts, sourced directly from the Bulgarian Central Military Archive, as well as publications from Bulgarian magazines such as Military Journal, Military – Technical Thought, Airspace Review, Flier; Bulgarian newspapers such as Military News and National Defense, and an array or foreign books such as Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II and Fifteenth Air Force Story.

Military Space a Quarter of a Century Ago (2012)
The book was originally supposed to be released in 1987; however, due to political turmoil and related events, it didn't become published until late 2012, after being updated by now co-writer Veselin Stoyanov. It addresses the many facets of military use in space, especially in light of the United States – Soviet Union (USSR) Space Race. The Author revisits events around the launch of Sputnik 1, the April 1961 flight of Yuri Gagarin, and overall development of the US and USSR Space Programs in that period. A special attention is also given to the Interkosmos program, as well as the development of the Bulgarian cosmonaut program and Bulgarian astronauts Georgi Ivanov and Aleksandr Aleksandrov. An accent is also made in regards to the evolution in the area of strategic space control and warfare.

21st Century and the War (2014)
The book is a 2nd revision of a previously released book bearing the same title. The Author writes in the book's foreword: "This book aims to showcase, if possible in great detail, the basic ideas of some of the most well-known names in various national schools of thought and their viewpoints in geopolitical and military science".

The book comprises two parts: A retrospective of the 20th century and a forecast of the 21st century's first quarter (Part One) and an in-depth, all-encompassing look into contemporary warfare (Part Two). The Author draws inspiration and facts from an array of sources, as well as publications from world-renowned figures such as Jacques Attali, Zbigniew Brzeziński, Briam Beedham, Aleksandr Dugin, Herfried Münkler, Vladimir Slipchenko, and Wesley Clark.

Orders, honors, and awards
 Medal, "For Participation In The Patriotic War 1944–1945" (Awarded June 15, 1948)
 Medal, "For Honorable Service To The Armed Forces Of The People's Republic Of Bulgaria" 1st Class (Awarded September 12, 1961)
 Medal, "For Honorable Service To The Armed Forces Of The People's Republic Of Bulgaria" 2nd Class (Awarded September 2, 1963)
 Medal, "20th Anniversary Of The Bulgarian People's Army" (Awarded April 1, 1964)
 Medal, "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (Awarded May 7, 1965)
 Medal, "Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia" (Awarded June 26, 1965)
 Medal, "25th Anniversary Of The Bulgarian People's Army" (Awarded June 1, 1969)
 Award, "Preparation and Completion of Military Training Granit-72" (Awarded August 8, 1972)
 Medal, "30th Anniversary Of The Bulgarian People's Army" (Awarded September 17, 1974)
 Medal, "Order Of The 9 September 1944" 1st Class (Awarded November 3, 1974)
 Medal, "100th Anniversary Of Liberation From Ottoman Rule 3 March 1878 – 3 March 1978" (Awarded March 2, 1978)
 Medal, "1300 Anniversary of Bulgaria" (Awarded October 18, 1981)
 Medal, "100th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Georgi Dimitrov" (Awarded June 21, 1982)
 Medal, "40th Anniversary Of Socialist Bulgaria" (Awarded September 27, 1984)
Medal, "Order Of The People's Republic Of Bulgaria" 1st Class (Awarded November 20, 1984)
Medal, "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (Awarded April 12, 1985)

See also
 Yordan Milanov (Architect)
 Georgi Ivanov
 Aleksandar Aleksandrov
 Bulgarian cosmonaut program

References

1924 births
Bulgarian Air Force personnel
Bulgarian aviators
Writers from Sofia
Military personnel from Sofia
20th-century Bulgarian military personnel
20th-century Bulgarian writers
Bulgarian generals
World War II pilots
Bulgarian military personnel of World War II
Recipients of military awards and decorations
Recipients of Bulgarian military awards and decorations
Bulgarian military personnel
Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni
2020 deaths


title: Colette Nelson

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Colette Nelson (born April 5, 1974) is an American professional female bodybuilder and women's physique competitor.

Early life and education
Colette Nelson was born in 1974 in Southfield, Michigan and grew up in Royal Oak. At the age of 12 years, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Her doctor told her that he would start her on insulin and she has to exercise to keep her blood pressure under control. She attended Clarence M. Kimball High School and graduated as part of the class of 1992. In high school, she became obsessed with exercise, teaching up to 20 aerobics classes a week. She attended Michigan State University where she received a bachelor’s degree in dietetics and a minor in dance. After graduating from college, she moved to New York City to attend New York University. She finished her master's degree in clinical nutrition and became a registered dietician and a certified diabetes educator. She also passed a board certified exam to become a sports dietician.

Bodybuilding career

Amateur
During her freshman year at Michigan State University, at the age of 19 years, she started to develop an interest in weight training when she attended the Powerhouse Gym and encountered her first female bodybuilder working at the front desk of the gym. Prior to weight training, she was an aerobics instructor, who was teaching up to 20 aerobics classes a week, and dancer.

She met a male bodybuilder who began training her and helped with her diet. The male bodybuilder introduced her to a female bodybuilder and suggested they start training five days a week and work one body part a day. She gave up aerobics classes and started serious bodybuilding training. By the time she had completed her undergraduate degree in nutrition, she had gone from  to .

In 1999, after 6 years of consistent training, at the weight of , she began competing and won her first the middleweight class at her first competition. In 2000, she won the heavyweight class and overall at the Northeastern Championships. That same year she also came in first in heavyweight at the USA Championships. In 2001 and 2002, she came in 1st in the heavyweight class at the USA Championships. In 2004, she won the heavyweight class at the Team Universe. That same year, she won her IFBB pro card at the North American Championships and qualified again for an IFBB pro card when she won the overall at the World Amateur Championships.

Professional

In 2005, Colette attended her first professional competition, the New York Pro, which she placed 5th in the heavyweight class. In 2006, after coming in 3rd place the 2006 Europa Super Show, she qualified for her first Ms. Olympia, which she placed 13th.

Retirement
After competing at the 2010 IFBB Phoenix Pro, Colette retired from bodybuilding to compete in women's physique. She competed in 2014 in the Omaha and Toronto Pro and has now officially retired from competition to focus on her medical career.

Contest history
 1999 Ultimate Bodybuilding Championship – 1st (MW)
 2000 NPC Team Universe – 4th (HW)
 2000 NPC Northeastern Championships – 1st (HW and overall)
 2000 NPC Nationals – 6th (MW)
 2001 NPC USA Championships – 1st (HW)
 2001 IFBB North American Championships – 2nd (HW)
 2001 NPC Nationals – 3rd (HW)
 2002 NPC USA Championships – 1st (HW)
 2003 NPC USA Championships – 2nd (HW)
 2004 NPC Team Universe – 1st (HW)
 2004 IFBB North American Championships – 1st (LHW and overall)
 2004 IFBB World Amateur Championships – 1st (HW and overall)
 2005 IFBB New York Pro – 5th (HW)
 2006 IFBB Europa Super Show – 3rd
 2006 IFBB Atlantic City – 8th
 2006 IFBb Ms. Olympia – 13th
 2007 IFBB Ms. International – 14th
 2008 IFBB Ms. International – 13th
 2008 IFBB New York Pro – 12th
 2010 IFBB New York Pro – 9th
 2010 IFBB Phoenix Pro – 6th

Physique career

Contest history
 2014 IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow – 11th
 2014 IFBB Omaha Pro – 16th

Personal life
Colette currently lives in NYC. She has been in relationships with CEO and founder of RXMuscle Dave Palumbo and IFBB Pro and karate master Bryan Paz for three years. She is a diabetes educator. She helps competitors with diet, training and posing. She performs choreography routines, mix music, and web design for the sites of many athletes as well as corporations. She also owns her own spray tanning business and does hair and make-up for many competitive female bodybuilders.

Media appearances

Filmography

Television

Commercials

See also
Female bodybuilding
List of female professional bodybuilders

References

External links

1974 births
Actresses from Michigan
Actresses from New York City
Actresses from Texas
American female bodybuilders
John McCain 2008 presidential campaign
Living people
Michigan State University alumni
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni
People from Greenwich Village
Sportspeople from Royal Oak, Michigan
Sportspeople from Southfield, Michigan
Professional bodybuilders
Sportspeople from Manhattan
Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York
Sportspeople from New York (state)
Sportspeople from Texas


title: Sportsnet PPV

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Sportsnet PPV is a Canadian pay-per-view (PPV) service owned by Rogers Communications. It is the PPV service used by Rogers Cable, Cogeco Cable and Source Cable for offering out-of-market sports packages and occasionally other special events. Since October 1, 2014, Rogers and Source (potentially among others) have also used Sportsnet PPV as their main general-interest pay-per-view provider, replacing Viewers Choice which shut down the previous evening. The service is co-branded with Rogers' sports channel Sportsnet.

The "Sportsnet PPV" name (which stems from Rogers' Sportsnet channels) was not originally used on-air, as individual packages and programs were marketed directly by participating service providers. Following its expansion to general-interest programming, the service launched a barker channel which promotes special events under the Sportsnet PPV brand, as well as adult programming under the Adult4U brand. Unlike Viewers Choice and most other pay-per-view services in Canada, the service does not carry mass-market movies, though its barker channel shows previews of movies which are promoted as being available through individual cable companies' video on demand services.

History
The service was first licensed in December 1995 as a direct-broadcast satellite-only PPV service under the name "Sports/Specials Pay-Per-View", and launched shortly thereafter in January 1996. At the time the service was 60% owned by CTV, 20% by Molson, and 20% by a subsidiary of Liberty Media (later transferred to Fox Sports Net). The partners were also three of the four partners in the regional sports service licensed a few months before which would become Sportsnet. At the time its planned programming was described as featuring "coverage of professional and amateur sports competitions" along with occasional coverage of non-sports special events, such as G7 summits or papal visits. An accompanying digital terrestrial PPV licence was issued in September 1996.

In February 2002, Molson transferred its ownership stake to CTV. One year later, CTV sold its 80% interest in the service to Rogers Media, which had previously acquired Sportsnet from CTV after the latter's acquisition of TSN. At that point the service became known as "Rogers Sportsnet PPV". By 2005, Rogers had bought out Fox's stake in the service, and responsibility was transferred from Rogers Media to Rogers Cable.

In June 2014, the CRTC renewed the service's licence under the commission's new standard conditions of licence for pay-per-view services, which allow all such services to offer a full lineup of pay-per-view programs. Shortly after that announcement, Viewers Choice, the general-interest PPV provider at that point co-owned by Bell Media and Rogers which had served as Rogers' primary PPV service since its launch in 1991, announced plans to shut down on September 30, 2014, specifically citing Rogers' (and Bell's) ownership of their own wholly owned PPV services. On October 1, 2014, Sportsnet PPV expanded its service on Rogers, Source, and potentially other providers to include the types of special events and adult programming previously carried on Viewers Choice.

Programming

Out-of-market sports
As of the time its 2014 licence renewal application was filed, Sportsnet PPV offered the following programming / packages:
 NFL Sunday Ticket, including NFL RedZone
 NHL Centre Ice
 MLB Extra Innings
 NBA League Pass
 ESPN GamePlan (U.S. college football)
 ESPN Full Court (U.S. college basketball)
 OHL Action Pak – out-of-market OHL games produced by community channels including Rogers TV and TVCogeco
 Rogers TV Sports + – out-of-market local sports events produced by local Rogers TV channels; currently included with Digital Basic for all Rogers customers
 Selected Indian Premier League games
 Coverage of International Cricket Council championships

The above packages are available individually, and the North American sports league packages are also available as part of the "Super Sports Pak" bundle.

Other events / programming

Prior to October 2014, the Sportsnet PPV service was carried alongside Viewers Choice on Rogers, Cogeco, and Source. As a result of this and its licence restrictions, Sportsnet PPV did not offer any of the movies, adult programming, or special events such as boxing or professional wrestling which were offered by Viewers Choice.

On October 1, 2014, following the shutdown of Viewers Choice, most of that service's channels were replaced on Rogers Cable by new Sportsnet PPV channels carrying similar programming; however, at least on Rogers, the new channels solely feature live special events and adult programming. Several channels which aired general-interest movies were not replaced, though such content is now generally available through video on demand services operated directly by most service providers. In fact, the service's barker channel prominently promotes movies available on demand through Rogers and most other carrying providers, although neither Rogers nor any other service provider is explicitly named on that channel.

On July 31, 2014, Rogers announced an agreement with professional wrestling promotion WWE whereby Rogers would become the exclusive Canadian distribution partner for WWE's pay-per-view events as well as the WWE Network, which in most countries is distributed as an over-the-top streaming service. As part of the agreement, a "preview" version of WWE Network launched in Canada as a linear channel under the Sportsnet PPV licence on August 12, similar to how Sportsnet World was distributed when it was first launched, while Rogers seeks CRTC approval to add WWE Network to the CRTC's list of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution.

All of Sportsnet PPV's programming is currently broadcast in the English language, but it has the ability to carry French-language programming, and up to 15% of its programming in other languages.

Past programming
For approximately two years from mid-2007 to mid-2009, the Setanta Sports Canada service was offered as a dedicated channel within the Sportsnet PPV service, though for all intents and purposes it effectively acted as a pay channel subscribed to on a monthly basis. Sentanta (now Sportsnet World) was eventually converted to a specialty channel licence.

References

Pay-per-view television networks in Canada
Rogers Communications
Television channels and stations established in 1996
English-language television stations in Canada


title: 2014 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup

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The 2014 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup was the fifth and final Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup season, the replacement for the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup. The season started on 3 May at Hockenheim and ended on 18 October at the same venue, after six rounds and ten races, all in support of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

The final championship title went to South Africa's Jordan Pepper – following in the footsteps of countryman, Kelvin van der Linde – after winning the first three races, and six races in total during the season. Pepper won the championship by 58 points ahead of his next closest competitor, Jason Kremer, who won races at Oschersleben and the Nürburgring. Third place in the championship went to Victor Bouveng, 26 points in arrears of Kremer, after three successive third places finishes at the Red Bull Ring and the Nürburgring. The only other drivers to win races during the season were Chris Smiley, who finished fourth in the championship after winning at the Red Bull Ring, and Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky, who became the only female driver to win in the series, in a shortened race at the Norisring. In the Junior Cup sub-classification, Nicolaj Møller Madsen was the highest placed competitor on four occasions, and ultimately won by 41 points ahead of Moritz Oberheim, who won three times.

For the 2015 season, the Audi Sport TT Cup replaces the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup as a support category to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

Drivers

 All cars were powered by Volkswagen engines and used a Volkswagen Scirocco chassis.

Race calendar and results

References

External links

Official website

Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup seasons


title: Small treefrog

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Small treefrog may refer to:

 Black eye-lidded small treefrog, a frog found in China, Vietnam, and Thailand
 Hainan small treefrog, a frog found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and possibly India and Myanmar
 Jinxiu small treefrog, a frog found in China and Vietnam
 Longchuan small treefrog, a frog found in China, Vietnam, and possibly Myanmar
 Medog small treefrog, a frog found in China
 Mengla small treefrog, a frog endemic to Yunnan, China
 Ocellated small treefrog, a frog endemic to Hainan Island, China
 Serrate-legged small treefrog, a frog found in China, Vietnam, Laos, and possibly Myanmar

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: London Has Fallen

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London Has Fallen is a 2016 American political action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Chad St. John, and Christian Gudegast. It is the second installment in the Has Fallen film series, the sequel to Antoine Fuqua's 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen and stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman, with Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo, Radha Mitchell, Sean O'Bryan, Waleed Zuaiter, and Charlotte Riley in supporting roles. The film follows a plot to assassinate the world leaders of the G7 as they attend the British Prime Minister's funeral in London and Secret Service agent Mike Banning's efforts to protect United States President Benjamin Asher from being killed by Islamic terrorists.

Filming began in London on October 24, 2014. A Christmas break started in November with filming resuming in February 2015. The film was released by Focus Features under their recently revived Gramercy Pictures label on March 4, 2016, and grossed $205 million worldwide.

A third film, titled Angel Has Fallen, was released on August 23, 2019.

Plot

G8 intelligence services locate Pakistani arms trafficker and terrorist mastermind Aamir Barkawi at his compound, and authorize a US Air Force drone strike during his daughter's wedding, killing Barkawi's family and seemingly Barkawi himself.

Two years later, British Prime Minister James Wilson suddenly dies, and the G7 prepare to attend his funeral in London. Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs assigns Agent Mike Banning to lead American President Benjamin Asher's overseas security detail, even though Banning's wife Leah is due to give birth in a few weeks. The entourage arrives via Air Force One at Stansted Airport, and Banning arranges an earlier arrival at Somerset House in London via Marine One.

As Asher's Presidential State Car arrives at St Paul's Cathedral, a large army of mercenaries led by Barkawi's son Kamran launch coordinated attacks on the city disguised as Metropolitan Police, the Queen's Guardsmen, and other first responders, killing five world leaders, damaging major landmarks, and generating mass panic. Asher's early arrival throws off the St. Paul's attack, and Banning returns him and Jacobs to Marine One. The terrorists destroy the helicopter's escorts with Stinger missiles, ultimately forcing a crash-landing in Hyde Park, killing Jacobs. Banning escorts Asher into the London Underground as the city's power is lost and residents shelter indoors.

In Washington, D.C., American Vice President Allan Trumbull investigates the incident with British authorities while trying to track down the President. He receives a call from Barkawi, still alive and operating in Sanaa. Seeking revenge for the drone strike that killed his daughter, and having poisoned Wilson to lure the G7 leaders to London, Barkawi promises to broadcast Asher's execution online when Kamran captures him. Trumbull orders his staff to locate Barkawi's known terrorist operatives and find any connection to the attack, while British authorities stand down all first responders so any left in the open can be identified as terrorists. After leaving a sign to be picked up by satellite, Banning leads Asher to an MI6 safe-house, where MI6 Agent Jacquelin "Jax" Marshall briefs them. Marshall receives a voice message from Trumbull that they saw Banning's sign and an extraction team is en route.

Security monitors display an approaching Delta Force team, but Banning realizes they have arrived too soon and are actually Barkawi's men. He fights and kills all of them and drives away with Asher, but their car is struck before they can reach the United States Embassy, and Asher is taken. Banning is rescued by an extraction team consisting of the real Delta Force and SAS, who suspect a mole in the British government.

Trumbull's staff identify a building owned by one of Barkawi's front companies, drawing massive power despite being 'unoccupied,' and realize it is Kamran's headquarters. Banning joins the extraction team to infiltrate the building, arriving seconds before Kamran can kill Asher on live coverage. Kamran escapes when his hacker, Sultan Mansoor, drops a grenade before being killed, forcing Banning to protect Asher from the blast. Banning and Asher escape just before the building is destroyed by the SAS squad captain using an explosive that Mike had planted earlier, killing Kamran and the remaining terrorists. Marshall helps British authorities restore London's security system and, discovering that MI5 Intelligence Chief John Lancaster was Barkawi's mole, kills him when he resists arrest. Trumbull tells Barkawi that his plan failed, moments before the United States Air Force attack his base with another drone strike, killing him.

Two weeks later, as London recovers, Banning is home spending time with Leah and their newborn child Lynne, named after Jacobs. As Banning contemplates sending a letter of resignation, he watches Trumbull speak on television regarding the recent events. Inspired, Banning deletes the letter.

Cast
 Gerard Butler as Secret Service Agent and former Army Ranger Mike Banning
 Aaron Eckhart as President Benjamin Asher
 Morgan Freeman as Vice President Allan Trumbull
 Alon Moni Aboutboul as Aamir Barkawi, a Pakistani international arms trafficker and terrorist mastermind who is No. 6 on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list
 Angela Bassett as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs
 Robert Forster as United States Army General Edward Clegg, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
 Jackie Earle Haley as White House Chief of Staff DC Mason
 Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth Macmillan
 Radha Mitchell as Leah Banning, Mike's wife
 Sean O'Bryan as NSA Deputy Director Ray Monroe
 Waleed Zuaiter as Kamran Barkawi, Aamir Barkawi's son and sub-commander
 Charlotte Riley as MI6 Agent Jacquelin Marshall
 Colin Salmon as Sir Kevin Hazard, Commissioner (credited as Chief) of the Metropolitan Police
 Bryan Larkin as SAS Commander Will Davies
 Patrick Kennedy as MI5 Counter-Intelligence Chief John Lancaster
 Mehdi Dehbi as Sultan Mansoor, the terrorist hacker
 Adel Bencherif as Raza Mansoor, Sultan's brother and a terrorist
 Michael Wildman as Secret Service Agent Voight
 Andrew Pleavin as Secret Service Agent Bronson
 Deborah Grant as Doris, Leah's mother
 Clarkson Guy Williams as British Prime Minister Leighton Clarkson
 Penny Downie as Home Secretary Rose Kenter
 Philip Delancy as French President Jacques Mainard, who is killed by a cargo ship planted with explosives.
 Alex Giannini as Italian Prime Minister Antonio Gusto, who is killed by an explosion at Westminster Abbey. It was Giannini's last movie role before his death on October 2, 2015.
 Elsa Mollien as Mrs Viviana Gusto, Antonio Gusto's wife
 Nancy Baldwin as German Chancellor Agnes Bruckner, who is killed by terrorists disguised as British Royal Guards at Buckingham Palace.
 Nigel Whitmey as Canadian Prime Minister Robert Bowman, who is killed by a bomb planted under his limousine as it passes Trafalgar Square.
 Julia Montgomery Brown as Mrs Bowman, Robert Bowman's wife
 Tsuwayuki Saotome as Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Nakushima, who is killed when the Chelsea Bridge is destroyed while sitting in traffic.

In addition, the MSNBC news anchor Lawrence O'Donnell appears, uncredited, as an unnamed news anchor reporting on the developments in London.

Production

Casting
In October 2013, it was announced that Butler, Eckhart, Freeman, Bassett, Leo, Forster and Mitchell would reprise their roles from Olympus Has Fallen. Production had been scheduled to begin in May 2015 in London, with Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt returning to write the script. Director Antoine Fuqua, however, did not return, due to his commitments with The Equalizer. On May 1, 2014, it was announced Focus Features had acquired distribution rights to the sequel, and would release the film on October 2, 2015. On August 18, 2014, it was announced that Charlie Countryman director Fredrik Bond would take over direction from Fuqua, but Bond left the film on September 18, six weeks before the shooting was to begin. On September 28, director Babak Najafi signed on to direct the film. On October 10, Jackie Earle Haley joined the film to play Deputy Chief Mason. On November 4, 2014, in a press release confirming that filming had started, it was also confirmed that Sean O'Bryan was reprising his role from the first film, while Alon Aboutboul, Charlotte Riley and Waleed Zuaiter were also in the cast. On November 12, Mehdi Dehbi joined the film to play Sultan Mansoor, the youngest of three brothers whose life has been forever changed after a drone strike. Scotsman Bryan Larkin, who plays SAS Commander Will Davies, joined the cast as a "posh English guy", but Najafi and Butler made an on-set decision to have him use his natural Scottish accent.

Filming
Principal photography began on October 24, 2014, in London. Four weeks of shooting were to take place, involving actors Freeman, Eckhart, Bassett and Melissa Leo, before a break for Christmas. Butler and Angela Bassett were seen filming in Somerset House. Production also took place at Pinewood Studios. Butler stated in an interview that the movie was also filmed in India and was to continue in Bulgaria. Then President of Bulgaria, Rosen Plevneliev, visited the set of London Has Fallen during filming at the Boyana Film Studios in Bulgaria. Filming lasted through April 2015.

Score
The music was composed and conducted by Trevor Morris, who provided the score for the first film. The record was released on March 4, 2016, by Back Lot Music. The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with The Chamber Orchestra of London.

Release
On May 20, 2015, Focus Features relaunched their Gramercy Pictures label for action, horror, and science fiction releases, with London Has Fallen being one of Gramercy's first titles. The film was planned for an October 2, 2015 release; however, on June 12, 2015, it was announced that the film had been moved back to January 22, 2016, to avoid competition with The Martian, which swapped its original November 25 release date with Victor Frankenstein. The timing of the release was criticized as "insensitive" by the Chair of the Tavistock Square Memorial Trust, Philip Nelson, as it coincided with the week of the 10th anniversary of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, in which 52 people were killed, and with the 2015 Sousse attacks, in which 30 British nationals were killed. On September 16, 2015, the film's release was moved back again to March 4, 2016, because the studios needed more time to finish the film's visual effects.

Home media
London Has Fallen was released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 14, 2016.

Reception

Box office
London Has Fallen grossed $62.7 million in North America and $143.2 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $205.8 million, against a budget of $60 million. The film outgrossed its predecessor's total of $170 million.

In the United States and Canada, pre-release tracking suggested the film would gross $20–23 million from 3,490 theaters in its opening weekend, alongside Zootopia and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. The film made $850,000 from its Thursday night previews and $7.6 million on its first day. It went on to gross $21.6 million in its opening weekend, finishing second at the box office behind Zootopia ($75 million).

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 28% based on 197 reviews, with an average rating of 4.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "London Has Fallen traps a talented cast—and all who dare to see it—in a mid-1990s basic-cable nightmare of a film loaded with xenophobia, and threadbare action-thriller clichés." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 28 out of 100, based on reviews from 35 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, the same score as the first film.

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club wrote: "A murky, brain-dead stab-a-thon packed with so many inane chases, laughable special effects, and mismatched stock footage shots that it begs to be made into a drinking game, London Has Fallen is one of those rare films that is good at absolutely nothing." The A.V. Club later picked it as their worst film of the year.

Controversy
Variety described London Has Fallen as "effortlessly racist" invoking "familiar Islamophobia", a "terrorsploitation" fantasy designed to spread fear after the November 2015 Paris attacks, and "ugly, reactionary fear-mongering."
Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter styled it as "major world capitals destruction porn sub-genre" that feeds a "paranoia".

The film has been called "extremely insensitive" by families of the victims of the 7/7 bombings after an early trailer was released ahead of the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

Sequel

On October 26, 2016, it was announced that a sequel titled Angel Has Fallen was in development, with Gerard Butler reprising his role, as well as once again acting as a producer on the film.

On July 25, 2017, Ric Roman Waugh was announced as director for Angel Has Fallen. On January 10, 2018, Holt McCallany joined the cast as Wade Jennings, an ex-military turned head of a technology company, but was replaced later by Danny Huston. On January 18, 2018, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tim Blake Nelson were confirmed to appear in Angel Has Fallen. On February 13, 2018, Piper Perabo joined the cast. Filming started on February 7, 2018 in Virginia Water Lake.

The film was released on August 23, 2019.

See also
 List of fictional prime ministers of the United Kingdom

References

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title: 19th Yokohama Film Festival

text:
The  was held on 8 February 1998 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Awards
 Best Film: Onibi
 Best Actor: Yoshio Harada – Onibi
 Best Actress: Kyōka Suzuki – Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
 Best Supporting Actor:
Masahiko Nishimura – Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, Marutai no Onna
Isao Bitoh – Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi
 Best Supporting Actress: Reiko Kataoka – Onibi
 Best Director: Rokurō Mochizuki – Onibi, Koi Gokudō
 Best New Director: Kōki Mitani – Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
 Best Screenplay: Masato Harada – Bounce Ko Gals
 Best Cinematography: Yoshitaka Sakamoto – Bounce Ko Gals
 Best New Talent:
Ryōko Hirosue – 20-seiki Nostalgia
Yukiko Okamoto – Bounce Ko Gals
Hitomi Satō – Bounce Ko Gals
Yasue Sato – Bounce Ko Gals
 Special Jury Prize: Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi

Best 10
 Onibi
 Bounce Ko Gals
 Kizu darake no Tenshi
 Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
 Postman Blues
 Yūkai
 Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi
 Tōkyō Biyori
 My Secret Cache
 Princess Mononoke
runner-up. Watashitachi ga Sukidatta Koto

References

Yokohama Film Festival
1998 film festivals
1998 in Japanese cinema
Yoko
February 1998 events in Asia


The 2007 Huntingdonshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in Cambridgeshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:
Conservative 39
Liberal Democrats 11
Independent 2

Background
19 seats on the council were contested at the election, with the Conservatives controlling the council before the election with 40 of the 52 seats. A number of sitting councillors stood down at the election including Conservatives Jean Chandler (Fenstanton ward) and Nick Guyatt, and Liberal Democrat Shirley Menczer (Brampton ward).

As well as candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Labour parties, there were also Green Party candidates in the 3 Huntingdon wards, a British National Party candidate in St Neots Eynesbury and a UK Independence Party candidate in Upwood and The Raveleys. Meanwhile, the only councillor to have served since the council was founded in 1974, Conservative Mike Newman, stood again in Somersham ward.

Election result
The Conservatives suffered a net loss of 1 seat, after losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats, but also gaining 1 seat. This meant the Conservatives stayed in control of the council with 39 councillors, compared to 11 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. One of the 2 Liberal Democrat gains came in Huntingdon North, where 19-year-old Sam Kemp took the seat by 19 votes from Conservative Maggie Wheeler.

Ward results

References

2007 English local elections
2007
2000s in Cambridgeshire


title: Park Yoon-jae

text:
Park Yoon-jae (born January 14, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for starring in the television series Indomitable Daughters-in-Law (2011), Your Lady (2013), and Shining Romance (2013).

Filmography

Television series

Film

Awards and nominations

References

External links

21st-century South Korean male actors
South Korean male television actors
South Korean male film actors
1981 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
South Korean Buddhists


title: Apetahia

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Apetahia was a genus of plants native to various islands of French Polynesia in the South Pacific now considered to be a synonym of Sclerotheca.

Apetahia longistigmata (F.Br.) E.Wimm - Marquesas
Apetahia margaretae (F.Br.) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler  - Rapa Iti
Apetahia raiateensis Baill. - Raiatea
Apetahia seigelii Florence - Marquesas

References

Lobelioideae
Endemic flora of French Polynesia
Campanulaceae genera


title: Gold coach

text:
Several monarchs have used golden coaches. These horse-drawn coaches were made of wood and covered with gold leaf, a solid golden coach would be very expensive and so heavy that it would be a practical impossibility.

Although a gilden coach with or without painted panels was a sign of high social and governmental status, the position of the occupants of the coach determines the number of horses that draw the vehicle. Monarchs have the right to be drawn by eight horses. A prince of the blood royal uses six horses, a nobleman four.

Golden coaches in use today

 The Gold State Coach of the British monarchs built for George III.
 The Golden Coach () of the Dutch monarchs, built for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
 The Golden Coupé (Denmark) of the Danish monarchs. A small and elegant coach, often called "the coach of Christian VIII", is gilded with 24 carat gold leaf and is drawn by eight horses ridden à la Deaumont. It was built in 1840 by the British coachbuilder Henry Fife for the Danish King Christian VIII The coach is still used on important occasions.

Golden coaches in museums
Several coaches of former monarchies are stored or exhibited in European or Asian museums.

 The Coronation Coach of Charles X in the Grand Stables in Versailles
 The court of the Russian czars used several golden coaches, last used when Nicholas II was crowned emperor of Russia in 1896. A miniature of one of them is placed inside the Imperial Coronation Egg.
 The gilded coronation coach of Sweden has last been used in 1970. It is on display in the King's stables in Stockholm.
 The Prince of Liechtenstein owns a Golden Carriage. It was built for Prince Joseph Wenzel von Liechtenstein and the panels were painted by François Boucher and Hyacinthe Rigaud. It is kept in the Palais Liechtenstein in Vienna.
 The National Coach Museum (Portuguese: Museu Nacional dos Coches) in Lisbon houses several golden coaches of the defunct Portuguese monarchy.
 The Imperial Coach is kept at the Imperial Carriage Museum in Vienna. It houses the collection of coaches of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy
 The Nymphenburg Palace in Münich contains the golden coaches of the Bavarian Dukes and Kings.
 The golden Coach of the King of Spain is on display in Madrid.

References

Royal carriages


"I'd Like to Be in Texas for the Roundup in the Spring" (sometimes seen as "...in Texas When They Roundup...") is a traditional American cowboy song. Like many traditional works, its authorship is not clearly documented. Sheet music for the song was first appeared in 1927, with Lou Fishback, Carl Copeland and Jack Williams listed as co-writers. The following year, the Texas Folklore Society printed an article by J. Frank Dobie, who claimed it was "an old song he had obtained from Andy Adams".

The song has been sung by many of the great cowboy singers, including Buck Ramsey, Don Edwards, and Red Steagall. It tells of cowboys sitting in the lobby of a New York hotel, reminiscing about Chicago, New Orleans, and other exciting places they have been. When they ask a grizzled older cowboy for his opinion, he recalls the sights and sounds of roundups when he was "...foreman on a cowranch—that's the calling of a king".

Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.

References

1927 songs
Songs about cowboys and cowgirls


title: 2000 PBA All-Star Weekend

text:
The 2000 PBA All-Star Game is the annual All-Star Weekend of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The first out-of-town All-Star game was held on August 13, 2000 at the San Agustin Gym in Iloilo City.

PBA All-Stars vs ABC Selection
A week before the PBA Annual All-Star game, an exhibition match took place on August 6 at the Philsports Arena, featuring a PBA selection going up against the Asia's finest, some of the best players in the Asian Basketball Confederation. The PBA All-Stars won easily, 101-81. Johnny Abarrientos was voted MVP of the ABC-PBA All-Star Extravaganza.

Rosters

PBA All-Stars:
Johnny Abarrientos
Marlou Aquino
Noy Castillo
Kenneth Duremdes
Rudy Hatfield
Bong Hawkins
Danny Ildefonso
Eric Menk
Alvin Patrimonio
Rodney Santos
Andy Seigle
Danny Seigle
Coach: Tim Cone

ABC Selection:
Rommel Adducul (From Manila Metrostars in the MBA)
Gong Xiaobin (China)
Zhu Dong (China)
Cheng Chi Lung (Taiwan)
Eli McHantaf (Lebanon)
Fadi El Khatib (Lebanon)
Mohamed Islau-Ud-Din (India)
R.S. Robinson (India)
Osamah Mubarak (Kuwait)
Lo Shin Liang (Taiwan)
Makoto Hasegawa (Japan)
Ali Al-Maghrabi (Saudi Arabia)
Coach: Ghassan Sarkis (Lebanon)

Game

PBA-ABC Side Attraction
Slam Dunk Competition: Mobiline's Don Camaso won over Indian R.S Robinson in the finals, 45-43.
Buzzerbeater event: Edward Naron of Brgy.Ginebra scored on a lay-up in the finals to outshoot Mobiline's Patrick Fran and Purefoods' Jessie Cabanayan.
Three-Point Shootout: Purefoods guard Boyet Fernandez edged out Chinese-Taipei's Lo Shin Liang, 21-19, in the finals.
Two-Ball Competition: Mobiline's Victor Pablo and Gherome Ejercito prevailed by scoring 64 points in the finals against the 39 points of the Purefoods tandem of Rey Evangelista and Rommel Daep.

All-Star Game

Rosters

Veterans:
Marlou Aquino (Sta.Lucia)
Jeffrey Cariaso (Tanduay)
Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska)
Vergel Meneses (Brgy.Ginebra)
Benjie Paras (Shell)
Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods)
Olsen Racela (San Miguel)
Rodney Santos (Alaska)
Coach: Alfrancis Chua (Tanduay)

Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors:
Gherome Ejercito (Mobiline)
Davonn Harp (Red Bull)
Rudy Hatfield (Tanduay)
Dondon Hontiveros (Tanduay)
Danny Ildefonso (San Miguel)
Eric Menk (Tanduay)
Ali Peek (Sunkist)
Mark Telan (Shell)
Jimwell Torion (Red Bull)
Coach:

Game

The Veterans unleashed an unbelievable 25-0 run in the last eight minutes to turn back the RSJ squad, 93-78. Vergel Meneses was named the MVP of the All-Star Game, his third MVP award in the mid-season spectacle.

References

All-Star Weekend
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title: 1973 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

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The first elections to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 69 seat council - three seats for each of the 23 wards - up for vote. It was the first council election as the newly formed metropolitan borough under a new constitution. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the County Borough of Bolton, the Municipal Borough of Farnworth, the Urban Districts of Blackrod, Horwich, Kearsley, Little Lever, and Westhoughton, and the southern part of Turton Urban District on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.

The Conservative Party took control of the new Council by a majority of 1. The Leader of the council was Councillor John Hanscomb, who held this position until Labour took control in 1980.

Election result

Ward results

Astley Bridge ward

Bradshaw North and South ward

Bradford ward

Bromley Cross, Eagley and Egerton ward

Church East and North ward

Darcy Lever cum Breightmet ward

Deane cum Lostock ward

Derby ward

Farnworth North ward

Farnworth South ward

Great Lever ward

Halliwell ward

Heaton ward

Horwich North, Central and East ward

Horwich South and Blackrod ward

Hulton and Rumworth ward

Kearsley ward

Little Lever ward

Smithills ward

Tonge ward

West ward

Westhoughton East and Hulton ward

Westhoughton North, Central and South ward

References

1973
1973 English local elections
1970s in Lancashire


title: Sukinda Airstrip

text:
Sukinda Airstrip, is a private airstrip located at Sukinda in the Jajpur district of Odisha. Nearest airport to this airstrip is Savitri Jindal Airport in Angul, Odisha. It is operated by Tata Steel for emergency medical purposes.

References

Airports in Odisha
Jajpur district
Airports with year of establishment missing
Tata Group


title: Lynchius

text:
Lynchius is a genus of frogs in the family Strabomantidae. The name honours herpetologist John D. Lynch. The distribution of Lynchius is restricted to the Cordillera Oriental in southern Ecuador and Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru.

Taxonomy
The genus is relatively new; it was split off from Phrynopus in 2008 in order to resolve the paraphyly of that genus. The sister taxon of Lynchius is Oreobates.

Description
Lynchius are relatively small frogs (snout–vent length up to  in Lynchius flavomaculatus) with a narrow head, not as wide as body. Skin is smooth.

Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Lynchius:
 Lynchius flavomaculatus (Parker, 1938)
 Lynchius megacephalus Sánchez-Nivicela, Urgilés, Navarrete, Yánez-Muñoz, and Ron, 2019
 Lynchius nebulanastes (Cannatella, 1984)
 Lynchius oblitus Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016
 Lynchius parkeri (Lynch, 1975)
 Lynchius simmonsi (Lynch, 1974)
 Lynchius tabaconas Motta, Chaparro, Pombal, Guayasamin, De la Riva, and Padial, 2016
 Lynchius waynehollomonae Venegas, García Ayachi, Ormeño, Bullard, Catenazzi, and Motta, 2021

References

Amphibians of South America
Amphibian genera
Taxa named by William Edward Duellman
Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges


title: Nyírcsaholy

text:
Nyírcsaholy is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary.

References

Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County


title: 20th Yokohama Film Festival

text:
The  was held on 7 February 1999 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Awards
 Best Film: Cure
 Best Actor:
Claude Maki – Orokamono: Kizu Darake no Tenshi
Kiichi Nakai – Love Letter, Begging for Love'
 Best Actress: Mieko Harada – Begging for Love Best Supporting Actor: Ren Osugi – Cure, Hana-bi, Give It All, Orokamono: Kizu Darake no Tenshi, Inu Hashiru Best Supporting Actress: Yumi Yoshiyuki – Murder on D Street, Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru Best Director:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa – CureItsumichi Isomura – Give It All Best New Director: Hideaki Anno – Love & Pop Best Screenplay: Ryoichi Kimizuka – Bayside Shakedown: The Movie Best Cinematography: Yuichi Nagata – Give It All Best New Talent:
Rena Tanaka – Give It AllKumiko Asō – Dr. AkagiAsumi Miwa – Love & Pop Special Jury Prize:
Yoichi Maeda – For focusing on entertainment rather than "serious" movies.Odoru Daisosasen production team

Best 10
 Cure Give It All Hana-bi Orokamono: Kizu Darake no Tenshi Begging for Love Inu Hashiru Love & Pop Ring Bayside Shakedown: The Movie The Bird People in Chinarunner-up. Love Letterrunner-up. Kiriko no Fūkei''

References

Yokohama Film Festival
1999 film festivals
1999 in Japanese cinema
Yoko
February 1999 events in Asia


title: Eustace de Montaut

text:
Eustace de Montaut, or Monte Alto, Montalt, Monhaut, or FitzNorman ( 1027 – 1112), was a Breton soldier, and later baron, who fought on the side of the Normans during the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and for his achievements was granted several manors by the new king, William the Conqueror.

Biography
Eustace was born in the early to mid-11th century, possibly in Monthault, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, to parents whose names are not recorded. Some historians have identified him as Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, but it is most likely that they were separate people. It has often been claimed that Eustace's family were originally the Lords of Montalto in Italy, but there is no evidence of this, and it may simply be based on the Latin form of "de Montaut, "de Monte Alto". Eustace came to England in the years following the Norman Conquest, aiding Hugh Lupus in his conflict with the Welsh.

Eustace united his forces with those of Hugh Lupus, and together succeeded in subduing the Welsh in the county of Flintshire. Hugh Lupus and Eustace shared the lands they gained, with Eustace receiving the manors of Montalt and Hawarden—both of which are still ruled by his descendants.

Eustace died at an unknown date and was succeeded by his eldest son, Hugh de Montaut.

Family
The identity of any wife of Eustace has not been recorded. She bore Eustace at least three sons: Hugh, Roger and Ralph (or Ranulph). Some sources also mention another son, Peter, Seneschal of Chester.

Issue
Hugh (FitzNorman) de Monte Alto ( 1045 – before 1130) married N.N.
William de Monte Alto (c. 1075 – c. 1141) married Colobella Grant
Robert de Monte Alto (c. 1095 – ?)
Ralph (FitzNorman) de Montaut (c. 1050 – before c. 1141) married N.N.
Robert de Mohaut (c. 1125 – c. 1162) married Leucha FitzNeel de Halton
Ralph de Mohaut (c. 1155 – c. 1200)
Roger de Mohaut (1160 – 1232)
Eustace de Mohaut (1160 – 1232)
Robert de Mohaut (c. 1162 – before c. 1132)
William de Mohaut
John de Mohaut
Matthew de Mohaut
Simon de Mohaut (? – c. 1190) married N.N.
Richard de Montealt, Lord of Riddlesden (? – c. 1240)
Isabel de Montealt
Roger (FitzNorman) de Montaut (c. 1052 – ?)

References

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Anglo-Normans
Norman warriors
1040s births
English people of Breton descent


title: Nyírcsászári

text:
Nyírcsászári is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary.

References

Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County


title: Never Any End to Paris

text:
Never Any End to Paris (Spanish: París no se acaba nunca) is a book by Enrique Vila-Matas first published in Spanish in 2003 and first published in English by New Directions Publishing (translated by Anne McLean) in 2011. The title is taken from the final chapter of A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (a work that Vila-Matas read at the age of fifteen which inspired him to eventually move to Paris to become a writer).

Content
The book is a fictionalised autobiographical portrait of a youthful segment of Vila-Matas's life that was spent in Paris in the 1970s (during which he lived in a room that was rented from Marguerite Duras). As part of a kind of literary apprenticeship, Duras gave him a 13-point set of instructions for writing novels.

In particular, Vila-Matas explores the complexities and difficulties of living a life as an unknown writer attempting to make a name for himself in the literary world, chiefly as a result of financial and material poverty as well as the problem of attempting to gain recognition in a pre-existing literary milieu. The narrator relates a wide number of notable people and luminaries that he encountered during that period, encompassing, for instance, Sergio Pitol, Juan Marsé, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Roland Barthes, Georges Perec, Isabelle Adjani and Samuel Beckett. He also describes the challenges of living as somebody who is in effect exiled from his homeland, given his opposition to the rule of General Franco in his native Spain.

The work is constructed in the form of a lecture which spans three separate days and involves the deliberate blurring of the boundary between fiction and non-fiction as well as elements of meta-fiction. At the opening of the book, for instance, the question is posed: "Am I a lecture or a novel?", raising immediate questions over its form and how that relates to its content. In terms of the question of how far the book is autobiographical and true to life, Vila-Matas argues that truth is more important than reality, drawing a distinction between the two and suggesting that the form of writing that he used to create Never Any End to Paris is one that manifests a form of truth that is of greater validity than if he had presented a version of his story that was merely 'realistic'.

The work is evocative of the literary style and preoccupations of other writers such as Roberto Bolaño, who Vila-Matas met and befriended in 1996.

Despite his pronouncements that he was poor and unhappy in Paris (in contrast to a poor and happy Hemingway), Vila-Matas's book is also driven by a general love of Paris as a city in itself.

References

2003 books


title: Nyírkarász

text:
Nyírkarász is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary.

References

Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County


title: Brian A. Nichols

text:
Brian Andrew Nichols (born 1965 in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American diplomat serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Peru from 2014 until 2017, as well as the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2018 until 2021.

Ambassadorships
During his time at the State Department, Nichols had served as ambassadors to several countries.

Ambassador to Peru
Nichols served as the United States Ambassador to Peru from 2014 until 2017, when he was succeeded by Krishna Urs.

Ambassador to Zimbabwe
In June 2018, he was nominated to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe by President Donald Trump. On June 28, 2018, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote. On July 19, 2018 Nichols presented his credentials to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

During the George Floyd protests in the United States, Nichols was summoned by the government of Zimbabwe after U.S. Secretary Advisor Robert C. O'Brien labeled Zimbabwe as a "foreign adversary" that was fomenting the protests and threatened with retaliatory action.

In late July 2020, he was threatened with expulsion from the country and called a "thug" by the ruling party after accusations that he was helping organizers of an anti-government march against President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Biden administration
On March 26, 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Nichols to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. On September 13, 2021, his nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.

On 28 February 2023, Nichols urged Peru’s Congress to expedite early elections and Peru’s president to promptly end the country's political crisis, leading to criticism in Peru and from Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Honors
 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Two Presidential Meritorious Service Awards
2016 Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Award for Initiative and Success in Trade Development

Personal life
Nichols and his wife, Geraldine Kam, have two daughters. He speaks Spanish.

See also
List of current ambassadors of the United States

References

External links

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1965 births
20th-century African-American people
21st-century American diplomats
21st-century African-American people
African-American diplomats
Ambassadors of the United States to Peru
Ambassadors of the United States to Zimbabwe
Biden administration personnel
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Tufts University alumni
United States Assistant Secretaries of State


title: Their Mad Moment

text:
Their Mad Moment is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Chandler Sprague and starring  Dorothy Mackaill, Warner Baxter and ZaSu Pitts. An uncredited Hamilton MacFadden also directed some scenes. It is based on the 1927 novel Basquerie by Eleanor Mercein Kelly. A Spanish-language version Mi último amor was also produced.

Synopsis
American Suzanne Stanley, short of money, takes her stepdaughter Emily to Biarritz in order to find her a wealthy husband. She pushes her towards the dull Englishman Sir Harry Congers, but Emily is drawn instead to a poor Basque boatman Esteban. She agrees to go with him to the mountains to meet his family, intending to live romantically for a few days to compensate for a lifetime with Sir Harry. She knows she cannot cope with the harsh, peasant life in the mountains, and slips away to Biarritz. He reappears on the day of the wedding and takes her away on a yacht for England, revealing that he has made a fortune in America.

Cast
 Dorothy Mackaill as Emily Stanley
 Warner Baxter as Esteban Cristera
 ZaSu Pitts as Miss Dibbs
 Nance O'Neil as Grand Mere
 Lawrence Grant as Sir Harry Congers
 Leon Janney as Narcio
 John St. Polis as Hotel Manager
 Nella Walker as Suzanne Stanley
 Mary Doran as Stancia

References

External links

1931 films
American black-and-white films
Fox Film films
American comedy films
1931 comedy films
Films directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Films set in France
Films based on American novels
1930s English-language films
1930s American films


title: 21st Yokohama Film Festival

text:
The  was held on 6 February 2000 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Awards
 Best Film: 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō
 Best Actor: Ken Takakura – Poppoya
 Best Actress: Shinobu Otake – Kuroi ie
 Best Supporting Actor: Kazuki Kitamura – Kyohansha, Minazuki,
 Best Director: Yoshimitsu Morita – 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō
 Best New Director:
Kentarō Ōtani – Avec mon mari
Akihiko Shiota – Moonlight Whispers, Don't Look Back
 Best Screenplay: Sumio Omori – 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō
 Best Cinematography: Nobuyasu Kita – Kuroi ie
 Best New Talent:
Yuka Itaya – Avec mon mari
Tsugumi – Moonlight Whispers
Takami Yoshimoto – Minazuki
Chizuru Ikewaki – Osaka Story
 Special Prize: Sumiko Fuji – The Geisha House (Career)

Best 10
 39 keihō dai sanjūkyū jō
 Spellbound
 Nodo Jiman
 Moonlight Whispers
 Kikujiro
 Osaka Story
 Kuroi Ie
 Wait and See
 Avec mon mari
 Adrenaline Drive
runner-up. Himitsu

References

Yokohama Film Festival
Y
Y
2000 in Japanese cinema
February 2000 events in Japan


title: Nyírkáta

text:
Nyírkáta is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary.

References

Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County


title: Pakistan Archery Federation

text:
The Pakistan Archery Federation is the governing body to develop and promote the game of archery in Pakistan. It is based in Lahore, Pakistan, and was founded in 1996. It was admitted into the World Archery Federation in 2005.

Affiliations
The federation is affiliated with:
 World Archery Federation
 World Archery Asia
 Pakistan Sports Board
 Pakistan Olympic Association

Affiliated associations
The following associations are associated with PAF:

 Balochistan Archery Association
 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Archery Association
 Punjab Archery Association
 Sindh Archery Association
 Army Sports Directorate
 Police Sports Board
 Railway Sports Board
 WAPDA Sports Board

Championships
Pakistan Archery Federation organizes National Archery Championship annually.
The most recent edition was the 8th National Archery Championship held in Quetta in November 2021.
Archery competitions are also a regular part of the National Games.

References

External links
 Official Website

Sports governing bodies in Pakistan
National members of the Asian Archery Federation


title: Diastatea

text:
Diastatea is a genus of plants native to Latin America, mostly in Mexico and Central America but with one species extending southward along the Andes to Argentina.

Diastatea costaricensis McVaugh - Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Diastatea expansa McVaugh - central Mexico
Diastatea ghiesbreghtii (Kuntze) E.Wimm - southwestern Mexico
Diastatea micrantha (Kunth) McVaugh - widespread from central Mexico to the Jujuy region of northern Argentina
Diastatea tenera (A.Gray) McVaugh - southern Mexico and Guatemala
Diastatea virgata Scheidw. - southern Mexico

References

External links

Lobelioideae
Campanulaceae genera


title: Code page 1117

text:
Code page 1117 (also known as CP 1117, IBM 01117) is a code page used under DOS to write the Estonian, Lithuanian and Latvian languages. It is closely related to both code page 773 and code page 775.

Character set
The following table shows code page 1117. Each character is shown with its equivalent Unicode code point. Only the second half of the table (code points 128–255) is shown, the first half (code points 0–127) being the same as code page 437.

References

1117


title: Frederick Gebhard

text:
Frederick Gebhard (July 11, 1860 – September 5, 1910) was a wealthy New Yorker who at the age of 22 became infatuated with Lillie Langtry, a renowned beauty, who had been elevated to celebrity status following her affair with Edward, Prince of Wales.  A relationship developed between Gebhard and Langtry that lasted nine years.  There was speculation that they would one day marry but this never materialized.

Early life

Gebhard was born on July 11, 1865.  He was one of three children born to Frederick Charles Gebhard (1825–1865) and Catherine "Kate" (née Davis) Gebhard (1829–1870), who had married in 1850.  His father joined the family firm in 1845, by which time they had expanded their mercantile business and developed interests in banking and rail-road stocks.  By 1865, his father had died, and by 1870, his mother had died, leaving the children orphaned and to be raised by their uncle.  His elder sister, Isabelle "Belle" Gebhard, married Frederick Neilson in 1873 and they had three children.  Gebhard's niece, Cathleen Neilson, married Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt in 1903 in Newport.   His younger brother, Henry Gebhard Jr. died in 1871 aged 10.

Gebhard's grandfather had come from Holland to New York in 1800.  He worked as an agent for a Dutch company, eventually starting a business importing gin.  Later his nephew, Frederick Schuchardt and son-in-law, Frederick Favre, became partners.   Between 1830 and 1832, he adopted three children (all siblings), whose surnames were changed by legal enactment from Bruce to Gebhard.

Gebhard's maternal grandfather, Thomas E. Davis, a wealthy New York property developer, made provisions in his will for Gebhard and his sister to receive incomes from his estate until they were 30, at which time the title of the investment would be transferred to them.  In 1893, Gebhard took legal action on behalf of himself and his sister to enforce this clause.  His grandfather's estate included properties in New York City, some in the vicinity of Broadway, Nassau, and William streets, and others uptown.  Gebhard and his sister were each entitled to one twenty-fourth part of this estate plus a contested part of their aunt Nora's share due to her death in 1874.

Society life
Gebhard and his sister inherited wealth, and the family mansion at 100 Fifth Avenue, from the estates of their parents and their grandfather.  By the time he was 22, Gebhard was described as a young clubman, sportsman, horse owner, and admirer of feminine beauty, both on and off the stage.  His interests included breeding race horses, dog breeding, and yachting.  He was also a collector of books, ephemera, prints, engravings and autographs.  His collection included signed letters of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and musical scores signed by Verdi and Mendelssohn.

He was well connected in New York society, being related to many of the old and wealthy American families including Vanderbilt, Stuyvesant, Livingston, Remsen, Neilson, Hunter, Delafleld, Lawrence, Wells and Leverich.  Other uncles and cousins included bankers such as Frederich Schuchardt and Thomas A. Vyse Jr.  His granduncle was Father John Power, Vicar General of New York; he was also related to several European aristocrats, a British admiral and an Irish Member of the British Parliament.  Another uncle was John F. A. Sanford, the frontiersman, who via his first marriage had family links to the Pierre Chouteau family of St Louis.

Personal life
In 1882, at the age of 22, Gebhard met Langtry during one of her early stage appearances in New York.  She was born on the island of Jersey in 1853, daughter of Dean William le Breton, leader of the island's Church of England.  She married in 1874 and moved to London.  Her beauty and charm attracted interest in London society including the attention of Edward, Prince of Wales.  They began an affair that lasted from about 1877 to 1880.  When this relationship cooled, Langtry found herself in financial difficulties and a friend suggested she try acting as a means of raising funds.  After an initial try out in London and a successful tour, she was invited to appear in the United States, arriving in New York in 1882.  Although still married, she began an affair with Gebhard and the publicity that this generated guaranteed that her stateside tour would be a sell out.

He traveled with Langtry during her stage tours, sometimes being referred to as her “manager”.  In the United States a train was adapted for her with a specially designed carriage. The couple purchased adjoining ranches in California, plus Langtry was provided with a house in New York. Langtry also shared Gebhard's interests in horse racing.  He owned one of the great distance race horses of the time called Eole, that he shipped to England for the 1885 season.  The horse failed to perform, but was also unfortunate to be matched against St. Gatien in the Gold Cup at Ascot.  15 years later, Langtry, who by this time ran her own string of race horses, won the Gold Cup with her horse Merman. During the later years of his relationship with Langtry, Gebhard took little interest in his Guenoc, California ranch, leaving the running to his manager Charles W. Aby, who also ran Langtry's adjacent ranch.  In 1893 Gebhard visited his property after an absence of “several years” and claimed that he found the place run down.  He dismissed Aby and took court action against him.

Although Eole had failed him in 1885, Gebhard had some success during the English racing season that year with a steeplechaser called Jolly Sir John.  He ran him again in 1886 and entered him for the Grand National steeplechase but the horse fell at Valentine's. Gebhard was later involved with the National Steeplechase Association in America. Tom Cannon trained Gebhard's English based horses at his Danebury stables. George Alexander Baird, who would later figure in Langtry's life, had horses in training at the same stable.  Several of Gebhard's horses were killed in 1887 when they were being transported by rail in America.  The train, en route to California, de-railed and the carriages tumbled down an embankment and caught fire. Another fire in 1900 destroyed the stables in his country home at Westbury, Long Island but the animals were rescued.

Their relationship continued until 1892, despite disapproval from some in their milieu.  During the time that they were together it was often rumoured that they would marry, but Langtry's husband refused to give her a divorce. She eventually obtained one in 1897, but by then it was too late for her and Gebhard.

Treatment for alcoholism
In 1892, Gebhard took treatment at the Keeley Institutes, White Plains, for alcoholism.  This was a fashionable treatment that involved injections of bichloride of gold.  Later that year, Gebhard's cousin William E. D. Vyse opened a branch of the institute in Babylon, Long Island, with funding reportedly from Gebhard.

Marriages

In 1894, Gebhard married Louise Hollingsworth Morris (1877–1936) of Baltimore; the ceremony was held in the home of her parents and officiated by Maltbie Davenport Babcock a Presbyterian minister.  The couple divorced in 1901, he claiming desertion and she claiming he sent her away; the divorce was granted in her favor.  Soon after the divorce Louise married Henry Clews Jr., the American-born artist.

Gebhard next married Marie Louise Gamble (1880–1974), an actress known as Marie Wilson, who had been a member of a sextette called the Florodora.  The wedding was a secret affair carried out in 1907 by the Baptist minister Rev Harry Marsh Warren, but the details leaked out months later.  Warren was known as the "Hotel Parson" because he held services in hotel lobbies and was available at all hour to marry couples on demand.  He was also the founder of the National Save a Life League, formed to prevent suicides.  Although they parted, Marie returned to nurse Gebhard in his final illness. Following his death in 1910, Marie disputed his will that named his sister Isabelle as sole beneficiary.  Marie claimed that a new will had been made before he died; she also claimed that the value of the estate was much higher than the figure declared in the probate.

Reduced circumstances
In later years Gebhard found himself in reduced circumstances.  He went into an unsuccessful venture selling fine wines, he also found it necessary to borrow money from his sister.  She eventually took court action against him to recover the money (over $65,000).

Gebhard was from a devout Roman Catholic family; his funeral was held at the Catholic Church, Westbury, Long Island, and he was buried in the family vault in St Mark's Church, Manhattan.

References
Notes

Sources

External links

1860 births
1910 deaths
American racehorse owners and breeders


title: Raisuan Airstrip

text:
Raisuan Airstrip, also known as Kendujhar Airstrip  is a public airstrip located at Gopinathpur in the Kendujhar district of Odisha. Nearest airport to this airstrip is Barbil Tonto Aerodrome in Barbil, Odisha.

References

Airports in Odisha
Kendujhar district
Airports with year of establishment missing


title: Zeppelin R Class

text:
The Zeppelin R Class was a type of rigid airship developed by Zeppelin Luftschiffbau in 1916  for use by the Imperial German Navy and the German Army for bombing and  naval patrol work. Introduced in July 1916 at a time when British air defences were becoming increasingly capable, several were lost in the first months of operation, leading the Germans to reconsider their technical requirements and eventually to develop airships capable of bombing from a greater height. Most surviving examples were modified to meet these requirements, by reducing weight at the expense of performance. A total of 17 were built.

Background
Work on the R class started in March 1915, when the German Navy asked both Zeppelin and Schütte-Lanz to prepare studies for a new class of airship which would be limited in size by the existing sheds. The proposals were rejected by the Navy's aviation department, and a decision was made to design a new class of six-engined airships regardless of size. Double sheds at Tondern and Seddin were to be lengthened and six new double hangars would be constructed, four of them at a new base at Ahlhorn. A new large assembly shed was built at Friedrichshafen, and a second Zeppelin factory at Staaken near Berlin was established.

Design and development
Influenced by aerodynamicist Paul Jaray, the hull shape was more streamlined than the preceding P class, although traditionalists in the company insisted that a portion of the hull should be parallel sided to prevent instability. The structure consisted of 20 wire braced 13-sided transverse frames, all but the rear three and front two frames made up of kingpost-braced girders. These were spaced 10 m (32 ft 9 in) apart, with an intermediate frame in the middle of each bay, and were attached to a triangular section ventral keel, the apex of which was braced to the ends of the outer ends of the lower transverse frame girders on each side.
The transverse frames were connected by 13 principal longitudinal girders, of which the one at the top of the hull was a more substantial W-section girder. There were secondary longitudinal girders between the principal girders. A central axial bracing cable running the length of the hull was fitted to reduce the load on the transverse bracing of the mainframes in the case of the deflation of a single gasbag. This feature was the subject of a Schütte Lanz patent, and had not previously been used by Zeppelin.

As in the preceding P and Q classes, the forward control car contained a single engine driving a pusher propeller and an aft engine car contained three engines, one driving a pusher propeller at the rear of the car and the other two driving propellers mounted on brackets on either side of the hull via driveshafts: these were reversible. Unlike the previous design, which had the three engines mounted in line, the two engines driving the hull-mounted propellers were side by side. The additional two engines were carried in small engine cars either side of the hull, accessed by a catwalk from the keel gangway.

The bomb load was carried in a compartment in the centre of the keel. The keel also accommodated the rubberised canvas ballast bags and the main fuel tanks, which could be jettisoned in an emergency. Fuel was pumped from these tanks to individual gravity tanks above each engine car. As a legacy of the loss of the crew of LZ 54 (L 19), two lightweight lifeboats, made of canvas stretched over a wooden frame, were carried. A total of 10 machine guns were carried as defensive armament: three in the forward platform on top of the hull, one in an aft gun position behind the rudders, two in both the forward and aft gondolas and one in each of the wing cars either side of the hull.

Following the loss of four of the first R class Zeppelins to be built during raids on England, a decision was made to develop airships capable of operating at greater altitude, and most of the remaining R class were modified in order to reduce weight:  one engine was removed from the aft gondola, the defensive armament was removed and the bomb load reduced by half. This increased the ceiling to over 4900 mn (16,080 ft)   Later an improved streamlined rear gondola was fitted.

Service history
The R class was brought into service at a time when the air defences of Britain were becoming much more capable, with the introduction of mixture of explosive and incendiary rounds used by the defending aircraft. Four were lost during raids on England before the end of the year. The first R class to be constructed was LZ 62 (L 30), first flown on 28 May 1916 and commissioned two days later, when it was flown to Nordholz carrying Count Zeppelin as a passenger.  After taking part in nine bombing raids and making 31 patrol flights it was decommissioned in November 1917: it was broken up in 1920.

By the end of November the next four to be constructed had all been shot down while bombing England. On 24 September LZ 76 (L 33), its gasbags holed by antiaircraft fire, came down at Little Wigborough. Although the crew tried to set fire to it, little hydrogen was left in its gasbags and examination of the wreckage provided the British with a great deal of information about airship construction, which was used in the design of the R33-class airships.  The same night LZ 74 (L 32) was shot down in flames over Billericay.  On 2 October LZ 72 (L 31), which  had been commissioned on 14 July and was commanded by Heinrich Mathy, the most successful airship captain of the war, was shot down in flames over Potters Bar  by Lt. Wulstan Tempest, and on 27–28 November  L 34 was brought down in flames off the coast at Hartlepool by 2nd Lt. Ian Pyott.

In December 1916 LZ 84 (L 38) and LZ 80 (L 35) were transferred to Wainoden in order to attempt to bomb St. Petersburg. L 38 was forced down by adverse weather conditions and damaged beyond repair, while L 35, hampered by failure of one engine and problems with the others caused by the extreme cold, turned back before it reached the target. No further attempt to bomb St Petersburg was made.

The first raid by the modified high altitude R class airships was made on the night of 16–17 March 1917, when L 35, L 39, L 40 and L 41, accompanied by L 42, the first S class Zeppelin, attempted to bomb London. Flying at over 5200 m (17,000 ft) they encounted unexpected high winds, and navigational difficulties were encountered because of cloud cover and British jamming of the German radio frequencies, which disabled radio direction finding. Damage was insignificant, and the wind made the return journey difficult: L 39, probably a victim of engine failure, was blown over France and eventually shot down by antiaircraft fire near Compiègne.  Another raid on May 23-4 by L 40, L 45, L 47 together with the S-class airships L 42 and L 43 and the T class L 44 was also ineffective, with no airships reaching London.

Three R class zeppelins L 30 and L 31 and L 32 were among the reconnaissance force deployed as part of the Sunderland raid on 19 August. The Zeppelins did not distinguish themselves: although the British Grand Fleet was spotted by L 31 it was mistaken for a smaller force and due to a temporary course change it was not reported as being a threat. The older L 13, part of the southern patrol group, spotted the Harwich Force, but mistook it for a more powerful formation: this caused Scheer to change course in an attempt to intercept it, so avoiding an encounter with the Grand Fleet.

L 35, after taking part in 5 bombing raids and making 14 patrols over the North Sea, was withdrawn from combat operations in September 1917 and used for experimental flights. These included a trial in which an Albatros D.III fighter aeroplane was suspended below the ship and released at altitude: the intention was to use this to defend the airship against British seaplane patrols over the North Sea. Although the single trial, made on 25 January 1918, was successful Peter Strasser did not consider that the idea was useful unless a suitable seaplane could be developed, and the experiment was not repeated.

LZ 90, one of the two examples flown by the Army and given the Army designation LZ 120, made a notable endurance flight in 1917; under the command of Ernst Lehmann it took off from Seerappen on 26 July with a crew of 29, and flew over the Baltic for 101 hours, returning to its base because a storm was expected. When it landed it still had enough fuel for 14 hours flight.  LZ 120 survived the war and was handed over to Italy as war reparations: it was destroyed when a storm wrecked its shed at Ciampino in June 1921.

See also
German strategic bombing during World War I

Specifications

Notes

References
Cole, Christopher and  Cheesman, E. F. The Air Defence of Great Britain 1914–1918. London: Putnam, 1984. .
Robinson, Douglas H., Giants in the Sky Henley-on Thames: Foulis, 1973
Robinson, Douglas H., The Zeppelin in Combat Henley-on Thames: Foulis, 1971 (3rd ed)

Zeppelins
1910s German bomber aircraft
1910s German patrol aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1916


title: Reza Farajidana

text:
Reza Faraji-Dana (born 1960 in Qom) is a reformist Iranian politician and the former minister of Science, Research and Technology under President Hassan Rouhani. He served as president of University of Tehran, and as the former president of the Iranian branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Biography
Reza Farji-Dana was born in 1960 in Qom and received his math diploma from Hakim Nezami high school in 1978. In the same year, he was admitted to the Shiraz University in electrical engineering.

He studied electrical engineering at the University of Tehran, and at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He graduated with a Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo in 1993. He works as the professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tehran.

Dismissal
Iranian parliament dismissed him as Minister of Science on 20 August 2014. The conservative MPs accused him of permitting students involved in 2009–10 Iranian election protests to continue their education in public universities. He was also accused of appointing senior department heads from people involved in the mass protests of 2009. Some of the PMs who voted for the dismissal of Farajidana were allegedly benefiting from unlawful scholarships in the previous government and the list of those who granted unlawful scholarships has been revealed during the ministration of Farajidana. He was removed from office through impeachment in August 2014.

References

Government ministers of Iran
University of Waterloo alumni
1960 births
Living people
Presidential advisers of Iran
Impeached Iranian officials removed from office
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War
Iranian electrical engineers
Iranian engineers
Ministers of science of Iran
People from Qom
Microwave engineers
Academic staff of the University of Tehran


title: Preston Shannon

text:
Preston Shannon (October 23, 1947 – January 22, 2018) was an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.

AllMusic noted that "Shannon's speciality is a blend of Southern-fried soul and blues, and his albums and live shows – always with a horn section – are an eclectic mix of danceable, grooving tunes and slow, soulful ballads". Among the songs he wrote are "Beale Street Boogaloo" and "Midnight in Memphis".

Life and career
He was born in Olive Branch, Mississippi, and relocated with his family to nearby Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of eight. Despite initial misgiving from his Pentecostal parents, Shannon developed an interest in the blues and played part-time with several local bands, whilst his daytime occupation was with a hardware firm. He began a full-time musical career when he secured a spot in Shirley Brown's backing ensemble.

In 1993, his own Preston Shannon Band played at the Long Beach Blues Festival in Long Beach, California. After being spotted leading his own band in Memphis' Beale Street clubs, he signed to Rounder Records subsidiary, Bullseye Blues, and released his debut solo effort, Break the Ice in 1994. After this followed the Willie Mitchell produced efforts, Midnight in Memphis (1996) and All in Time (1999). However, with no immediate follow-up available, Preston lost momentum. After moving to Title Tunes, he released Be with Me Tonight (2006).

Shannon played at Memphis in May in both 2008 and 2011. In February 2012, Shannon appeared on season two of The Voice, singing "In the Midnight Hour".

He was a regular performer at B.B. King's Blues Club in Memphis. Shannon's final studio recorded album was Dust My Broom (2014).

Death
Preston died of cancer on January 22, 2018, in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 70.

Discography

Albums

Singles

See also
List of electric blues musicians
List of soul-blues musicians

References

External links
Official website

1947 births
2018 deaths
American blues singers
African-American male singers
American blues guitarists
African-American male guitarists
Electric blues musicians
Blues musicians from Mississippi
Soul-blues musicians
Songwriters from Mississippi
People from Olive Branch, Mississippi
Guitarists from Mississippi
Singers from Memphis, Tennessee
20th-century American guitarists
20th-century American male musicians
African-American male songwriters


title: Elbahouse

text:
Elba house is an Amman-based company that manufactures and assembles bus bodies. The company is a partnership divided equally between the Iraqi Ministry of Transportation and a Jordanian family named Khoury.

Headquarters
Elbahouse's headquarters and factories are located in Amman, with a total area of 100,000 square meters. The constructed area covers approximately 50,000 square meters.

History
The company was established in 1976 on 10 hectares of land located in Amman, Jordan with a capacity to assemble more than 2000 buses each year. Some of the current production is listed below:
Grand Star
Royal Star
Silver Star
Town Star

References

External links
Official Elbahouse website

Bus manufacturers of Jordan
Companies based in Amman
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1976
1976 establishments in Jordan
Jordanian brands


title: Noorpur Stupas

text:
Noorpur Stupas is an archaeological site in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

References

Archaeological sites in Gilgit-Baltistan
History of Gilgit-Baltistan
Monuments and memorials in Gilgit-Baltistan
Buildings and structures in Gilgit-Baltistan


title: Deepak Raj Giri

text:
Deepak Raj Giri () is a Nepalese actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his work on the Chakka Panja series. He is one of the most successful and highest-grossing actors in Nepali cinema.

Early life
Deepak Raj Giri was born in Dahachok, which is located in Kathmandu District.

Career
Giri wrote, directed, and acted in the iconic Nepali sitcom Tito Satya, which ran for 12 years from 2003 to 2015.

Giri had played in many films prior, but he first made an appearance in the lead role in 2008 with Sundar Mero Naam, where his performance was critically acclaimed. But the film failed to succeed at the box office.

In 2014, Giri wrote, produced, and played a lead role in Chha Ekan Chha, which was commercially successful. In 2015, he wrote, produced, and starred in Woda Number 6, which was also commercially successful.

In 2016, he produced and wrote Chhakka Panja, in which he also played one of the lead roles. The film was followed up by the sequels Chhakka Panja 2 in 2017, and Chhakka Panja 3 in 2018. Giri received two NEFTA awards, for "best story and screenplay", for his work on Chhakka Panja 3. The Chhakka Panja franchise is the most commercially successful in Nepali cinema.

In 2018, Giri appeared in Maha Jodi's Shatru Gate, which he also produced. The film became a blockbuster at the box office.

In 2019, Giri wrote, produced, and starred in Chha Maya Chhapakkai. For which he won the National Film Award in the "best actor" category.

Giri hosted the television show Crime Patrol Nepal in 2022, which only lasted seven episodes.

In 2023, he wrote and starred in Chhakka Panja 4, which made more than 16.9 crore and became a blockbuster at the box office.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

References

External links

Living people
21st-century Nepalese male actors
Nepalese film directors
Nepalese film producers
Nepalese male film actors
Nepalese male television actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
Nepalese male comedians
21st-century Nepalese screenwriters
21st-century Nepalese film directors
1969 births


title: List of schools for the deaf

text:
This is a list of schools for the deaf, organized by country.

Africa

Kenya
Humble Hearts School
Kisii School for the Deaf

Tanzania
Tabora Deaf-Mute Institute

Asia

India
Agostino Vicini's Special School
Dr. M. G. R. Home and Higher Secondary School for the Speech and Hearing Impaired
Pratheeksha (special school)

Japan
Fukui Prefectural School for the Deaf
National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology (deaf program)
Central School for the Deaf

Korea
 Gwangju Inhwa School

Malaysia
 SMK Pendidikan Khas Persekutuan

Nepal
Naxal School for the Deaf

Pakistan
Family Educational Services Foundation (Deaf Reach Program)
Ida Rieu School

Philippines
Bohol Deaf Academy
CAP College Foundation
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde
International Deaf Education Association
Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf
Miriam College

Europe

France
Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris

Italy
Antonio Provolo Institute for the Deaf

Ireland
Claremont Institution

Sweden

 Manillaskolan
 Birgittaskolan

United Kingdom
Bulmershe Court (offers BA in Theatre Arts, Education and Deaf Studies)
Centre for Deaf Studies, Bristol
Donaldson's College
Jordanstown Schools
Mary Hare School
Nottinghamshire Deaf Society
Ovingdean Hall School (1891-2001)
Seashell Trust
St John's Catholic School for the Deaf

North America

Canada

United States
In the United States multiple states operate specialized boarding and/or statewide schools for the deaf, along with the blind; in most states the two groups had separate statewide schools, though in some they are combined.

In 2003, in addition to Nebraska, which closed its residential deaf school in 1998, New Hampshire and Nevada do not have state-operated schools for the deaf.

Deaf Residential Schools

Deaf Day Schools

Defunct Deaf Schools

Higher education
 Gallaudet University
 National Technical Institute for the Deaf (est. 1965)
 California State University, Northridge

Recreational organizations
 Project Insight

United States territories
Evangelical School for the Deaf (Puerto Rico)

Oceania

Australia
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
Victorian College for the Deaf

New Zealand
Kelston Deaf Education Centre
Van Asch College

See also

PEN-International

References

External links
Schools and Programs for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in the United States
U.S. State Residential Schools for the Deaf
World Deaf Directory - Deaf Schools

Deaf
Deaf


title: Mughal Minar

text:
Mughal Minar is an archaeological site in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It previously served as a Stupa.

References

Archaeological sites in Gilgit-Baltistan
History of Gilgit-Baltistan
Monuments and memorials in Gilgit-Baltistan
Buildings and structures in Gilgit-Baltistan


title: Osaka Story

text:
is a 1999 Japanese drama film directed by Jun Ichikawa and starring Chizuru Ikewaki, Kōsuke Minamino, Kenji Sawada and Yūko Tanaka. It was released on 27 March 1999.

Cast
Chizuru Ikewaki
Kōsuke Minamino
Kenji Sawada
Yūko Tanaka

Reception
It was chosen as the 6th best film at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival.

References

External links

1999 drama films
1999 films
Films directed by Jun Ichikawa
Japanese drama films
1990s Japanese films


title: Hohe Schule (hill)

text:
The Hohe Schule, formerly also the Aalhauck, near Völkershausen in the Bavarian county of Rhön-Grabfeld is, at about , the second highest hill in the Eastern Rhön Foreland after the Wurmberg (547.7 m).
The area includes ramparts and finds from the Hallstatt culture and the Latene Culture, section of the Landwehr, and the Rhine-Weser Watershed.

Geography
The summit of Hohe Schule rises 1.8 kilometres east-southeast of the village church of Völkershausen (in the municipality of Willmars), 2.6 kilometres north-northwest of the church in Eußenhausen (part of Mellrichstadt) and 2.5 km (as the crow flies) south-southwest of the church of Hermannsfeld (part of Rhönblick). The boundary between the territories of Willmars in the west and Mellrichstadt in the east runs over the summit region from north to south. The western flank of the hill lies within the Rhön Biosphere Reserve. In addition the Rhine-Weser Watershed passes over the summit too. East of the hill rises the Ellenbach and, to the northwest is the source of the River Linz.

References

Mountains and hills of the Rhön


title: Nyírkércs

text:
Nyírkércs is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary.

References

Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County


title: Barbil Tonto Airstrip

text:
Barbil Tonto Airstrip  is a public/private airstrip owned by the Government of Odisha and leased to the Jindal Steel and Power located at Barbil in the Kendujhar district of Odisha. The nearest airport/airstrip to this airstrip is Kendujhar Airstrip in Kendujhar, Odisha.

References

Airports in Odisha
Kendujhar district
Airports with year of establishment missing


title: Reset (South Korean TV series)

text:
Reset () is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Chun Jung-myung and Kim So-hyun. It aired on OCN from August 24 to October 26, 2014 on Sundays at 23:00 for 10 episodes.

Plot
Cha Woo-jin's first love, Seung-hee, was murdered 15 years ago. Obsessed with finding her killer, Woo-jin became a prosecutor and has since devoted his career to putting violent criminals behind bars. With ten days left before the statute of limitations on Seung-hee's case runs out, Woo-jin meets a 17-year-old high school girl named Jo Eun-bi who looks exactly like Seung-hee. Their meeting catalyzes a chain of events that lead Woo-jin nearer to uncovering the truth about the original crime, but Eun Bi's involvement in the investigation makes her the killer's new target.

Cast
Chun Jung-myung as Cha Woo-jin
Kim So-hyun as Jo Eun-bi / Choi Seung-hee
Park Won-sang as Investigator Go
Shin Eun-jung as Section chief Han
Song Ha-yoon as Choi Yoon-hee
Kim Hak-chul as GK Group chairman Kim
Choi Jae-woong as Prosecutor Kim Dong-soo
Jung Kyu-soo as Chief prosecutor
Choi Soo-han as young Cha Woo-jin
Choi Hyo-eun as Miss Jang
Yeom Ji-young as Journalist Lee Young-na
Kim Min-jae as Detective Park
Lee Yeon as Chairman Kim's secretary
Yoon Park as Kim In-seok
Yang Hak-jin as One of the men in the CCTV room
Shin Cheol-jin as Mr.Oh
Kim Jin-yi as Han Mi-seon
Kim Young-jae as Psychiatrist
 Song Tae-yoon
 Kang Ki-young as Section Chief

Ratings

Note: This drama airs on cable channel / pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free-to-air TV / public broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS, and EBS).

References

External links

OCN television dramas
2014 South Korean television series debuts
2014 South Korean television series endings
South Korean crime television series
South Korean thriller television series
Fiction about hypnosis
Television series about prosecutors


title: Kargah Buddha

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Kargah Buddha (; ) is an archaeological site located about  outside of Gilgit, Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan. It is a carved image of a large standing Buddha, some  high, in the cliff-face in Kargah Nala. The carving, which is in a style also found in Baltistan, is estimated to date back to the 7th century.

The image is surrounded by the holes for a wooden house structure, which would have sheltered it from inclement weather.

Location and history

Kargah Buddha is located at the junction of two streams, the Kargah and Shukogah, about  west of the city of Gilgit. Nearby locales include Barmas, Napur, and the Rakaposhi mountain.

From the 3rd century to the 11th century, Gilgit was a prominent centre of early Buddhism. During this time period, multiple powers vied for control of the region, including the Tibetan Empire, the Kashmiri Karkota Dynasty, and the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. Nearby, about  upstream, a Buddhist monastery and three stupas containing Sanskrit manuscripts were excavated in 1931. By the 11th century, Gilgit had grown into the autonomous kingdom of Dardistan before largely adopting Islam.

Carving excavation and legends
It is estimated that the carving was completed in the 7th century. It was discovered in 1938–39, following the innovation of supposed Gilgit manuscripts in 1931.

According to local legend, the figure is actually a man-eating giantess or witch (yakshini or ya-chaani or yacheni) who terrorized the local residents and was ultimately pinned to the cliff by a pir (holy man) as punishment.

References

7th-century works
1938 archaeological discoveries
Archaeological sites in Gilgit-Baltistan
Gautama Buddha in art
History of Gilgit-Baltistan
Monuments and memorials in Gilgit-Baltistan
Buildings and structures in Gilgit-Baltistan
Rock reliefs