title: 2014–15 Sumgayit FK season

text:
The Sumgayit 2014–15 season is Sumgayit's fourth Azerbaijan Premier League season. They will also participate in the Azerbaijan Cup and it is their first season with Ilham Yadullayev as their manager.

On 5 August 2014, Sumgayit changed the name of their stadium from Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium to Kapital Bank Arena for sponsorship reasons.

Squad

Out on loan

Transfers

Summer

In:

Out:

Winter

In:

Out:

Friendlies

Competitions

Azerbaijan Premier League

Results summary

Results

League table

Azerbaijan Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

Notes
Qarabağ have played their home games at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium since 1993 due to the ongoing situation in Quzanlı.
Araz-Naxçıvan were excluded from the Azerbaijan Premier League on 17 November 2014, with all their results being annulled.

References

Sumgayit
Sumgayit FK seasons


title: Chandrasekharpur

text:
Chandrasekharpur is a commercial area in Odisha's capital city, Bhubaneswar.

Landmarks
 Bhubaneswar Golf Club
 Bhubaneswar Driving Test Center
 Bhubaneswar Stock Exchange
 Software Technology Parks of India

Economy

Information Technology
Many Information technology companies are present here.
 AABSyS IT
ESSPL
 Infosys
 Mindtree
 Tata Consultancy Services
 Wipro
 Mahindra Satyam

Other Companies
It is also a hub for many other companies like :
 Monginis
 Ferro Alloys Corporation
 Fortune Tower
 Dhamra Port Company (DPCL)
 Aircel
 Ericsson India
 ESSAR Steel India Limited
 Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)
 Mittal Steel Company, India
 Mitsubishi India
 Odisha Power Generation Corporation
 POSCO India
 Reliance Industries
 Reliance Communications
 Semtech
 Software Technology Parks of India
 State Bank of India, Branch Office
 Tata Steel
 Tata Teleservices

Education

Colleges/Universities
 Institute of Life Sciences
 KIIT School of Management
 Regional College of Management
 Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar
 Silicon Institute of Technology

Schools
 D.A.V. Public School, Chandrasekharpur
 SAI International School
 KIIT International School

Amenities
 Care Hospitals

References

Neighbourhoods in Bhubaneswar


title: Jena Microbial Resource Collection

text:
The Jena Microbial Resource Collection (JMRC) is a joint collection of the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans-Knöll-Institute and the University of Jena. It was founded in October 2010 by merging two earlier collections from the two above-mentioned institutes. It is a research institution, which is not normally open to the public. With about 15,000 fungal and about 35,000 bacterial living isolates, it is the largest collection of this kind in Germany. The microorganisms are maintained as active cultures, with some of them in cryopreservation.

Aim of the collection
The collection is aimed at the conservation of microbial resources for natural product screening. It is also aimed at research on pathogenicity mechanisms of fungal causative agents of a variety of mycoses in animals and humans.

The head of the JMRC is Dr. Kerstin Voigt.

Examples of microbial species in the collection

 Lichtheimia corymbifera, an ancient human pathogenic basal lineage fungus causing mucormycoses
 Conidiobolus coronatus, an ancient human pathogenic basal lineage fungus causing entomophthoramycoses
 Parasitic Mucorales such as Parasitella parasitica and their host organisms such as Absidia glauca (also belonging to Mucorales)
 Molds leading to food spoilage
 Plant pathogens such as Gilbertella persicaria
 Various Streptomyces
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a pathogenic bacterium
 Various Enterobacteriaceae

External links
 Web page of JMRC at Hans Knöll Institute, Jena
 Central web page of JMRC at the University of Jena
 Web page of JMRC at the Institute for Microbiology, University of Jena

University of Jena


title: Qusqu Qhawarina

text:
Qusqu Qhawarina (Quechua qusqu boundary stone; nucleus; navel; heap of earth and stones; bed, dry bed of a lake, Qusqu Cusco (a city), qhawarina, qhawana viewpoint, also spelled Cuzcoccahuarina) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Checacupe District. Qusqu Qhawarina lies south of a lake named Waka Quta (or Wak'a Quta, also spelled Huacasccota).

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: Kalingapatnam Beach

text:
Kalingapatnam Beach is located on the coast of Kalingapatnam, where Vamsadhara River empties into Bay of Bengal. It is located at a distance of 30 km from Srikakulam in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Kalingapatnam Beach has been recognized by the State Government, with the state tourism board APTDC promoting it as a tourist destination. As it was an ancient harbor, it is equipped with a lighthouse where exporting of goods such as perfumes and textiles took place, before being closed during British rule. The beach is also known as Open Road Sea, due to the road ending in the sea shore bed.

See also
List of beaches in India

References

Beaches of Andhra Pradesh
Geography of Srikakulam district


title: Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

text:
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of medicinal chemistry. It is published by Bentham Science Publishers and the editors-in-chief are Atta-ur-Rahman (University of Cambridge), M. Iqbal Choudhary (University of Karachi), and George Perry (University of Texas at San Antonio).

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.862.

Controversy concerning Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry employs peer review, however, several scientists have raised concerns about whether it is a predatory journal after being invited to review articles or serve as an editor in areas where they have no scientific expertise.

References

External links

Medicinal chemistry journals
Bentham Science Publishers academic journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 2001
Monthly journals


title: Thomas Cadmus

text:
Thomas Cadmus (1736–1821) was a businessman, Revolutionary War officer and community leader in early Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey.

Early life
Cadmus was born about 1736, and was baptized at the Reformed Church of Second River in Newark Township (now Belleville), New Jersey, the sixth child of Geertie Bras (1699-) and third child of her second husband, Abraham Cadmus (1708-1759), a lumber and stone merchant and storekeeper.

Pre-Revolutionary Life
Unlike most 18th century northern New Jersey colonists of Dutch descent, Cadmus lived in the midst of an area primarily populated by settlers of Puritan (English) heritage in what is now the Watsessing neighborhood of Bloomfield. His business interests included farming, grist milling, real estate, and possibly quarrying.

On June 29, 1760, Thomas married his cousin, Pieterje Cadmus (1740-), daughter of Thomas Cadmus (1707-) and Cornelia Jeralemon (1711-); they had eleven children.

Cadmus built his residence in 1763, as indicated on the datestone. It replaced a logging cabin erected by Thomas’ grandfather Johannes Cadmus (1666-1759). The house was built of locally quarried brownstone, with four rooms on the first floor; a gable-ended loft; fireplaces on both ends; a cedar shingle roof; and a small entry stoop. The extant foundation consists of a fieldstone basement, massive hand-hewn joists, and flooring planks, some of which exceed 16 inches in width. A detached kitchen in the rear of the house contained a kitchen with a Dutch oven on one wall and slave quarters in the loft.

Revolutionary War
Cadmus served in the Revolutionary War as a lieutenant colonel of Essex militia. He led a contingent of New Jersey troops in the fortification of New York City  and commanded a battalion in the Battle of Long Island. Suffering from gout, he resigned his line unit command, but continued to serve in logistics, notably during the Continental Army’s encampment at Jockey Hollow in Morristown, New Jersey.

Cadmus reportedly housed General George Washington's headquarters at his home during the American Revolutionary War. Washington held a court-martial for Captain Ambrose Lipscomb and Lieutenant Ebenezer West. The nature and extent of any other military planning conducted at the Cadmus House are not known. Cadmus also supported the Revolution financially, and his house was ransacked by British troops.

Later life and death

In 1793, Cadmus was appointed as an Overseer of the Highways for Newark Township. He served as an elder of the Reformed Dutch Church of Second River from 1794 to 1797, and donated fourteen acres of land as a parsonage. He was also involved in the founding of the Presbyterian Society of Bloomfield (now the Bloomfield Presbyterian Church on the Green). He presided over its foundation-laying ceremony in 1796, reportedly placing a silver dollar into the mortar. He also led local farmers in the procession at the Society’s dedication ceremony the following year.

Thomas Cadmus died November 2, 1821. His remains, along with his wife’s and those of several of their children, were relocated from a family graveyard to Bloomfield Cemetery.

References

American revolutionaries
People from Essex County, New Jersey
1736 births
1821 deaths


title: Kill for Pleasure

text:
Kill for Pleasure is the debut album by Blood Feast. It was released on February 13, 1987, by New Renaissance Records.

Track listing
 "Menacing Thunder" – 4:31
 "Kill for Pleasure" – 3:13
 "Cannibal" – 4:55
 "Vampire" – 5:14
 "Suicidal Mission " – 5:04
 "Venomous Death" – 3:59
 "The Evil" – 3:30
 "Darkside" – 3:55
 "R.I.P" - 3:06

Credits
 Gary Markovitch – vocals
 Mike Basden – guitar
 Kevin Kuzma – drums
 Adam Tranquilli – guitar
 Lou Starita – bass

References

1987 debut albums
Blood Feast (band) albums


title: ITM University

text:
ITM University may refer to:

ITM University (Gwalior), Madhya Pradesh, India
ITM University, Raipur, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
ITM Vocational University, Waghodia, Gujarat, India
The NorthCap University, formerly known as ITM University, Gurugram, Haryana, India


title: Kootenai County Courthouse

text:
The Kootenai County Courthouse, located at 501 Government Way in Coeur d'Alene, is the county courthouse serving Kootenai County, Idaho. The courthouse was built in 1925–26. Spokane architect Julius A. Zittle designed the Georgian Revival building. A portico at the entrance features an entablature, frieze, and balcony supported by two Doric columns. The second-floor front windows are arched and have terra cotta ornamentation; brick pilasters separate the windows. The building is topped by a cornice and a brick parapet; a decorative Idaho state seal is located on the parapet above the entrance.

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 23, 1977.

References

External links

Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Idaho
Georgian Revival architecture in Idaho
Government buildings completed in 1926
Buildings and structures in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
County courthouses in Idaho
National Register of Historic Places in Kootenai County, Idaho


title: Harivansh Singh

text:
Harivansh Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the Apna Dal; and has won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency).

Early life and education
He hails from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh.
He has a B.Sc. from T.D. College, Jaunpur, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. He married Indravati Singh on 20 March 1962.

Career
He is a business man from Mumbai. Kunwar Haribansh Singh was elected to 16th Lok Sabha of Indian Parliament on 16 May 2014 from Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency), Uttar Pradesh.

References

Living people
India MPs 2014–2019
Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
People from Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
People from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
Apna Dal politicians
1950 births
Apna Dal (Sonelal) politicians


title: Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority

text:
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA; ) is a governmental agency of the Philippines. The SBMA has played a significant part in the development of the Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone into a self-sustainable area that promotes the industrial, commercial, investment, and financial areas of trade in the zone as well as in the Philippines itself.

The area of jurisdiction of the SBMA includes the erstwhile U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, parts of Redondo peninsula where the Subic Hanjin shipyard is located, and erstwhile US defence accommodations in the hills consisting of Binictican and Kalayan housing areas.

The SBMA is currently headed by former Pandan, Antique Mayor Jonathan Tan as of April 28, 2023. His predecessor as Chairman and Administrator from 2022 to 2023 was former City Mayor of Olongapo Rolen Paulino.

History
On March 13, 1992, the Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 7227, known as the Bases Conversion and Development Act of 1992, in anticipation of the pullout of the US military bases in the country. Section 13 of Republic Act No. 7227 created the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to develop and manage the Freeport which provides tax and duty-free privileges and incentives to business locators in the special economic zone.

Richard Gordon, then the mayor of the City of Olongapo, became the first SBMA chairman.

Mayor Gordon with 8,000 volunteers took over the facility to preserve and protect US$8 billion worth of property and facilities when the last U.S. Navy helicopter carrier USS Belleau Wood sailed out of Subic Bay on November 24, 1992. They started the conversion of the military base into a freeport like Hong Kong and Singapore.

On its fourth anniversary on November 24, 1996, Subic Bay hosted the leaders of 18 economies during the Fourth Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Summit. By that time, the emerging investment haven had already successfully attracted companies such as Federal Express, Enron, Coastal Petroleum (now part of Kinder Morgan), Taiwan computer giant Acer and France telecoms company Thomson SA to establish operations in the freeport.

Subic Bay Historical Center
The Authority opened a history center. It has an exhibit about hell ships, and other recoveries in Subic Bay's maritime history.

List of SBMA Chairman and Administrators

References

Government agencies under the Office of the President of the Philippines
Government-owned and controlled corporations of the Philippines
Politics of Olongapo
Politics of Zambales
Politics of Bataan
Government agencies established in 1992
Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone


title: Nudorthodes texana

text:
Nudorthodes texana is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Smith in 1900. It is found in the US from the intermontane region of Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Utah southward to southern California and Arizona and southeastward to the Gulf Coast of Texas. The habitat consists of steppe regions, wet meadows and alfalfa fields.

The length of the forewings is 12–14 mm. The forewings are pale buffy brown or gray brown with darker shading around the reniform and orbicular spots and in the outer part of the subterminal area. Adults have been recorded on wing in March and again from mid-August to mid-November in two generations per year.

The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants, possibly including alfalfa.

References

Moths described in 1900
Hadeninae


title: SRS PU College

text:
SRS PU College is a private co-educational pre-university college in Chitradurga district, Karnataka, India. Its abbreviation is Sri Ranganatha Swamy PU College. It offers Science and Commerce courses for PUC students. It also provides coaching for competitive exams like JEE, NEET, K-CET, CA, etc.  Courses offered here are PCMB, PCMC, EBAS and EBAC.

References

External links
S R S Pu College at justdial.com

Universities and colleges in Chitradurga district
Pre University colleges in Karnataka


title: Sardinian banditry

text:
Sardinian banditry is a term which describes an outlaw behavior typical of the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, dating back to the Roman Empire. Twentieth-century Sardinian banditry had economic and political overtones.

History
Eleanor of Arborea, in her Carta de Logu, authorized remedies for banditry. The first kidnapping for ransom resulting from banditry was reported in 1477 in the Baronia of Posada, between Olbia and Siniscola. Banditry was particularly prevalent during Sardinia's Spanish occupation. During the seventeenth century, the regions around Sassari, Nuoro, Goceano and Gallura were centers of outlaw activity.

The situation did not change under the rule of the Alpine House of Savoy, and the first measures were introduced to suppress banditry in 1720. On March 13, 1759, regulations for the administration of the justice in the Kingdom of Sardinia were enacted. At that time, smuggling was widespread in some regions of Sardinia, such as Gallura. Savoyard decrees forbidding the Sardinians from growing beards were enacted, in the belief that doing so would decrease crime rates.

During the first half of the nineteenth century, banditry was connected with clashes between clans which were interspersed with truces endorsed by civil and religious authorities. King Charles Felix of Sardinia enacted an 1827 law addressing banditry, but poverty increased civil unrest. Around 1875, the practice of kidnapping for ransom revived.

Bardanas were armed expeditions to plunder a village and strip wealthy landowners. The best-known bardana took place in Tortolì. During the night of November 13–14, 1894, a group of a hundred horsemen went to the comune. They besieged the house of the wealthy Vittorio Depau, killed a servant who had shot at them, and invaded the house (whose inhabitants had barricaded themselves in an attic).
The seven Carabinieri failed to halt the raid but killed a bandit, whose body was removed and found (stripped and beheaded, to prevent identification) several days later.

The violence (and the fear it generated) attracted the attention of Italian Prime Minister Francesco Crispi, who appointed his Sardinian deputy Francesco Pais Serra to conduct an inquiry into economic conditions and public safety on the island. Although the investigation began to clarify the links between banditry and social issues, concerned public opinion persuaded the government to crack down on banditry. The scientific racist Alfredo Niceforo, in his 1897 essay La delinquenza in Sardegna ("Delinquency in Sardinia"), wrote that banditry in inner Sardinia, and especially in Barbagia, was endemic and rooted in race; the central government decided to send army units to Nuoro to eradicate the problem. The mission was described in officer Giulio Bechi's controversial book, Caccia Grossa ("the Great Hunt"). By the end of the nineteenth century, 197 fugitives and 77 police officers had been reportedly killed in Sardinia. The century's final decade was especially bloody, nearly always related to cattle rustling, robbery, and revenge.

Despite the military intervention, a 1907 disamistade (feud) resulted in 20 murders in Orgosolo. In 1913, on the eve of World War I, there were four murders, 70 attempted murders, 21 robbery-murders, and 138 robberies. The war briefly interrupted the robberies, which resumed after the armistice despite harsh imprisonment and fascist executions.
After the death of Samuele Stochino, the fascist government falsely proclaimed the eradication of banditry. In the province of Nuoro from 1932 to 1935, 49 murders, 181 robberies and two kidnappings were reportedly committed; another document, however, recorded 10 murders, 59 robberies and one kidnapping in the first eight months of 1935 alone.

From 1966 to 1969, it was argued that Sardinian banditry was a new form of gangsterism unconnected to the rural past. Police prefects in the fascist regime stressed that the economic and social conditions of the inland areas were at the root of crime in rural Sardinia. Some measures proposed the use of napalm against the bandits, and to deal with the "Sardinian problem" in the same manner as Marshal Rodolfo Graziani did in Libya.

Political and economic factors
Political insurgency, active in Italy since the early postwar years, expanded in Sardinia from the mid-1960s to the 1980s. Contacts between local bandits and left-wing militants and organizations active in communist terrorism such as the Red Brigades and Nuclei Armati Proletari were aided by the detention of left-wing extremists in maximum-security prisons on the island, similar to how Sicilian Mafia members imprisoned in northern Italy began colluding with—and influencing—northern Italian criminal groups near their prisons (giving rise to the Mala del Brenta).

The best-known terrorist movements and paramilitary forces born on Sardinia were "Red Barbagia", the Sardinian Armed Movement and the "Committee of Solidarity with the Deported Sardinian Proletariat Prisoners". Within a decade, socialist and Sardinian nationalist groups took credit for several attacks and kidnappings. Publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli attempted to contact Sardinian pro-independence organizations with the intention of forming a communist government modelled on Fidel Castro's in Cuba.

The 19th-century Closures Edict (editto delle chiudende) enclosed uncultivated pasture to promote agriculture and introduced private property. An 1887 trade dispute with France (Sardinia's main importer of cattle) triggered economic hardship, which resulted in the bloody events in inner Sardinia during the century's last decade. In the early twentieth century, cheese production was introduced; this resulted in downward economic mobility for shepherds.

During the early 1960s, the piano di rinascita ("Rebirth Plan") was implemented; it included the construction of factories to modernize an agricultural-pastoral economy into an industrial society. In some areas, the changes have greatly reduced banditry. From the seventeenth to the first half of the nineteenth century, Gallura was heavily affected by crime; after changing from nomadic to sedentary pastoralism, banditry nearly disappeared. In his report, Ignazio Pirastu cites the comune of Oliena. According to a study, the rapid changes eliminated banditry equally rapidly.

Public image
During the late nineteenth century, Sardinians developed a resentment of central authority. Bandits began to be seen not as criminals, but as heroes and liberators; they were seen as defenders against bullying and ill-treatment. The neo-Marxist Antonio Gramsci said that he was fascinated as a boy by Giovanni Tolu, the bandit of Florinas who was made famous by writer Enrico Costa.
Poet Sebastiano Satta admired the "beautiful, fierce and brave" bandits. The romantic legend of Sardinian banditry was also documented during the 18th century.

References

Banditry
Criminal law
Outlaws
Robbery
Italian brigandage


title: Nudorthodes variabilis

text:
Nudorthodes variabilis is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1912. It is found in the US along the coast of southern California, from Santa Barbara County to San Diego County.

The length of the forewings is 13–14 mm. The forewing ground color is usually even gray brown, sometimes with a slight reddish tint. The medial line is usually prominent, extending obliquely from the costa to the reniform spot and as a straight line from there to the hind margin. The lower third of the reniform spot is filled with a well-defined dark blue-gray patch. Adults have been recorded on wing from late August to mid-September.

References

Moths described in 1912
Hadeninae


title: Well-Tech Award

text:
The Well-Tech Award, also known as the “WT Award”, is an international award for technological innovation in design coordinated by Well-Tech Architecture & Design Studio in Milan, Italy, in collaboration with "Città metropolitana di Milano" and the Polytechnic University of Milan. The winning projects are selected by a committee of members from the event's sponsors, and the president of Milan Città Metropolitana authorities. The projects are exhibited during the Milan Furniture Fair event, also known as Milan Design Week.  The projects represent technological innovation, sustainability, accessibility, and contribution to a quality of life.

History
The Well-Tech Award was the initiative of the founder of Well-Tech Architecture & Design Studio, Chiara Canton, which opened in 1999 in Milan. The purpose of the award is to highlight ecologically sustainable systems that other companies can incorporate into their businesses.

In 2013, Well-Tech also started the Well-Tech SmartCity Award, an international competition focused on urban architecture projects for sustainable development.

Award Categories
Each year, Well-Tech awards prizes in the following three categories:

Accessibility
Sustainability
Quality of Life

Participants may submit up to three entries in each category. Examples of past submissions include ideas ranging from vehicles to home appliances, from clothing to toys, from eco-friendly materials to new forms of renewable energy.

Evaluation criteria

The Well-Tech Award annually selects sixty products that represent the best in technological innovation to improve quality of life, with particular attention to issues of sustainability and accessibility.

Accessibility criteria
easy to use by vulnerable groups, elderly and disabled
secure visibility and easy understanding of the components
research and application of new ways to use products and services
qualitative values, functional and communicative of the product

Sustainability criteria
Reduce consumption of materials and energy
Reduce waste throughout the life cycle of the product
Application of renewable energies and materials
Transformation of the mode of consumption as a function of reduced materials and energy
Continued investment and not just an episodic company on the content of sustainable development
Qualitative values functional and communicative of the product

Quality of Life criteria
Applications of ergonomic parameters of materials and technologies that reduce the environmental impact
Applications of materials and technologies to optimize user comfort
Communicative product able to establish a relationship of empathy with the user
Appropriate use of materials and technology in the production system

Well–Tech Award Event
Each year, top products and projects submitted are showcased during the Milan Design Week. The event is organized by Well-Tech Architecture & Design Studio in collaboration with Milano Città Metropolitana. Each of the three categories has one first-place winner. In addition, up to six honorable mentions may be awarded.

Well-Tech Award winners
The following table show the category of the winning award, the company, institution or individual that designed the product, and the winning product.

References

Italian awards
Polytechnic University of Milan


title: Špiranović

text:
Špiranović [ʃpiranɔʋitɕ] is a Croatian family name. Approximately 70 people with this name live in Croatia, of which 25 live in Slavonski Brod.

Among the most notable people with the surname are Australian sportspersons:
Matthew Spiranovic (born 1988), Australian Association football player
Laura Spiranovic (born 1991), Australian soccer player

References

Surnames of Croatian origin


title: Althorpe Islands Conservation Park

text:
Althorpe Islands Conservation Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia occupying the Althorpe Island, Haystack Island and Seal Island in Investigator Strait near the town of Stenhouse Bay.

The conservation park consists of the following land collectively known as the Althorpe Islands - Althorpe, Haystack and Seal Islands.  Haystack and Seal Islands first acquired protected area status as a fauna conservation reserve declared on 16 March 1967 under the Crown Lands Act, 1929–1966.  On 27 April 1972, the fauna conservation reserve was reconstituted as the Althorpe Islands Conservation Park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.  On 14 August 1997, Althorpe Island was added to the conservation park.

The purpose of the conservation  park is "to protect important wildlife habitat, particularly for sea-bird populations."

It is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.  In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.

References

External links
Althorpe Islands Conservation Park webpage on protected planet

Conservation parks of South Australia
Protected areas established in 1967
1967 establishments in Australia
Investigator Strait
South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate


title: Nudorthodes molino

text:
Nudorthodes molino is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by J. Donald Lafontaine, J. Bruce Walsh and Clifford D. Ferris in 2014. It is found in the western US in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 13–15 mm. The forewing ground color is pale brown with a dusting of darker brown scales, especially in the outer part of the medial area, the outer part of subterminal area and usually in the terminal area. The subbasal, antemedial and postmedial lines are dark brown and there is a subterminal line consisting of a series of pale-buff dots with dark brown shading proximally that highlights the line. The reniform spot is kidney shaped, infuscated with dark-brown shading from the medial line. The orbicular spot is rounded and generally paler than the ground color and outlined by a thin dark-brown line. The hindwings are pale fuscous basally with darker fuscous toward the margin. Adults have been recorded on wing from late May to late June and from late August to early November.

Etymology
The species is named after the Molino Basin on Mount Lemmon where most of the type series was collected.

References

Moths described in 2014
Hadeninae


title: Christensenfjella

text:
Christensenfjella is a mountain in Nordenskiöld Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after Norwegian shipowner Christen Christensen. The mountain has several peaks, the highest is 682 m.a.s.l. It is located east of Systemafjellet and north of Orustdalen, and is proximate to the glaciers of Aldegondabreen and Linnébreen.

References

Mountains of Spitsbergen


title: Central Station (Los Angeles)

text:
Central Station was the Southern Pacific Railroad's main passenger terminal in Los Angeles, California. It was formerly on Central Avenue at Fifth Street, in eastern Downtown Los Angeles. The primary hub for Southern Pacific's passenger operations in Southern California, it was served by the Sunset Limited, Coast Daylight, Golden State, and other named trains. The station replaced the company's previous Los Angeles terminal, Arcade Depot, and was often referred to by the name of the older facility.

History
The Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) was the most used of the three mainline railroads that serviced Los Angeles in the early 20th century (the others being the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad and Santa Fe Railroad). Southern Pacific began investigating the replacement of the aging Arcade Depot as early as 1913 in anticipation of increased passenger numbers to the state as a result of hosting both the San Francisco Panama–Pacific International Exposition and San Diego Panama–California Exposition in 1915.

Passenger trains began operating at the station's new tracks on December 1, 1914. The station building opened on May 2, 1915. In 1918, just over 50% of all passenger traffic was provided via Southern Pacific and Central Station. The Union Pacific Railroad, which had its main Los Angeles train station (built 1891) damaged in a fire, began operating from the station in 1924.

In addition to long-distance trains, the station was served by the two local electric railways. Pacific Electric Red Cars stopped at the station until 1950, calling at Ceres and Central on the west side of the building. Passengers could get cars to Sierra Vista, Pasadena, Edendale, Long Beach and San Pedro. By 1938, the Los Angeles Railway Yellow streetcar lines D, U, and 3 stopped in front of the building on Central Avenue.

In 1926 voters in Los Angeles voted 51% to 49% to build a union station. All long-distance passenger services were transferred to the new Los Angeles Union Station upon that building's completion in 1939. Pacific Electric cars continued to run here until September 1940 when trips were rerouted to the Subway Terminal Building.

The Central Station was demolished on August 22, 1956.

Design
The station was designed by the firm of Messrs, Parkinson & Bergstrom. Features which governed its design included:

 Pedestrian and track grade separation
 Separation of incoming and outgoing passengers
 Amenities for waiting passengers
 Adequate baggage facilities
 An efficient and convenient train ticket office
 A centralized information bureau
 Additional operational facilities including a power plant, kitchen and dining room, office, private car yards, etc.

References

Railway stations in Los Angeles
Buildings and structures in Downtown Los Angeles
Demolished buildings and structures in Los Angeles
Demolished railway stations in the United States
History of Los Angeles
Landmarks in Los Angeles
Demolished buildings and structures in California
Transit centers in the United States
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1914
1914 establishments in California
1910s architecture in the United States
Railway stations closed in 1939
1939 disestablishments in California
Beaux-Arts architecture in California
Los Angeles Central
Buildings and structures demolished in 1956
Pacific Electric stations
Former Union Pacific Railroad stations
Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1930s


title: Ulmus pumila 'Aurescens'

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The Ulmus pumila cultivar 'Aurescens' was introduced by Georg Dieck at the National Arboretum, Zöschen, Germany, circa 1885. Dieck grew the tree from seed collected in the Ili valley, Turkestan (then a region of Russia, now part of Kazakhstan) by the lawyer and amateur naturalist Vladislav E. Niedzwiecki while in exile there. Dieck originally named the tree U. pinnato-ramosa f. aurescens.

Description
'Aurescens' is distinguished by its golden leaves on emergent shoots in spring; the foliage reverts to dark green by summer.

Pests and diseases
This cultivar has not been scientifically tested for Dutch elm disease resistance, however several old specimens have survived unscathed by the disease in the UK. (see Notable trees).

Cultivation
The tree is rare in Europe and unknown in North America and Australasia. In trials in England, it quickly perished where grown on winter-waterlogged ground.

Notable trees
Two mature specimens are known in the UK: one at Bute Park Arboretum, Cardiff, planted c. 1980, height 15 m × 65 cm d.b.h. in 2004; another grows in a private garden at Seaford, East Sussex (see Accessions).

Accessions
Europe
Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection. One tree in a private garden Seaford, East Sussex, recorded in 1995.
Bute Park Arboretum, Cardiff, UK. One tree, tag number 1907, planted c. 1980, no other accession details available.
Grange Farm Arboretum, Sutton St James, Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK. As U. pumila var. arborea 'Aurescens'. Acc. no. 1092.
Wijdemeren City Council, Netherlands. Elm collection. Planted Overmeerseweg, Nederhorst den Berg 2015.

Nurseries

Europe
 Noordplant , Glimmen, Netherlands.

References

Siberian elm cultivar
Ulmus articles with images


title: MMPL Kanpur

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The MMPL Kanpur was an Indian light four-seat aircraft, designed for service and agricultural work in the early 1960s. It is a rare example of an aircraft designed and built by a national air force for its own use.

Design and development
The Kanpur I was designed by an Indian Air Vice-Marshal and built in 132 days at the Indian Air Force Maintenance Command Development Centre at their Kanpur air base. A more powerful version, the Kanpur II, was intended for production as a military general-purpose and army observation machine, though serious consideration was also given to an agricultural role.  For this, the prototype Kanpur I was fitted with spray bars. The Kanpur I dates from about 1960 and the Kanpur II first flew in October 1961.

The four-seat Kanpur was a conventional single-engine, braced high-wing monoplane with a fixed conventional undercarriage. It had a steel structure, mostly fabric-covered. The constant chord wings were built around two spars and with 1° 26' of dihedral. They were braced on each side with a pair of V-struts from the two spars to the lower fuselage longerons. Metal-skinned split flaps and fixed leading edge slots were fitted.

The fully glazed cabin was under the wing, with the four occupants in two rows of side-by-side seats. The Kanpur pilot had standard blind flying instrumentation and a STR-9X radio. The air-cooled engine, a flat four in the Kanpur I and a flat six in the Kanpur II, drove a two-blade propeller. The Kanpur's main wheels were mounted on cantilever, faired legs attached to the lower fuselage through liquid shock absorbers. There was a small tailwheel at the extreme tail, where the tailplane was placed on the upper fuselage.  The elevator had a cut-out for the rounded rudder which extended to the keel, hung on a fin smoothly merged into the upper fuselage.

Variants
Kanpur I: Prototype, with a four-cylinder,  Lycoming air-cooled horizontally opposed engine.

Kanpur II: Intended for production with a six-cylinder,  Lycoming air-cooled horizontally opposed engine. It was  longer, a little heavier on take-off and had a maximum speed  greater.

Specifications (Kanpur II)

References

1960s Indian aircraft


title: Linnébreen

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Linnébreen is a glacier in Nordenskiöld Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. The glacier has a length of about 3.5 kilometers, and flows from the mountain of Systemafjellet towards the valley of Linnédalen. It is proximate to the mountain of Christensenfjella.

References

Glaciers of Spitsbergen


title: Tushek

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Tushek & Spigel Supercars GmbH is an Austrian-Slovenian manufacturer of supercars, founded in Slovenia under the name 'Tushek' and based in Graz, Austria, at a former military airport which included a private racetrack that is used for testing.  The company was founded by Aljoša Tushek and Jacob Carl Spigel.

Description
Supercar startup Tushek, founded by Slovenian racing driver Aljoša Tushek, started in 2012 when it unveiled the Renovatio T500 at the Top Marques Monaco. Since then, Tushek relocated from Slovenia to Austria, and rebranded itself Tushek & Spigel. During the 2014 Top Marques Monaco, Tushek & Spigel presented a new model, the Tushek TS 600. The company also presented a new model, the Tushek TS900 Apex, during the 2018 Top Marques Monaco.

Models
 Tushek TS500 (2012)
 Tushek TS600 (2014)
 Tushek TS900 Racer Pro (?)
 Tushek TS900 Apex (2018)

References

External links

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Sports car manufacturers
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2012
Austrian brands
Slovenian brands
Car manufacturers of Slovenia
Economy of Graz


title: A Child Is Born (album)

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A Child Is Born is an album of Christmas carols by pianist Geri Allen with vocalists recorded in 2011 and released on the Motéma label.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "this is a holiday collection for the more adventurous jazz piano fan, rather than for someone looking for a safe, warm, and fuzzy set of jazzed-up Christmas tunes". The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 3 stars, noting, "Wherever you're coming from, this remains the work of a gifted improviser exploring timelessly haunting songs". PopMatters reviewer Josh Langhoff said, "Geri Allen’s mostly-solo, mostly-jazz-piano album A Child Is Born flows through traditional Christmas songs and hymns with much facility, some invention, and a couple of surprises"

Track listing
All compositions Traditional except where noted.

 "Angels We Have Heard On High" – 4:24
 "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones, Alec Wilder) – 3:43
 "Imagining Gena at Sunrise" – 1:10
 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" – 7:31
 "Journey to Bethlehem" (Geri Allen) – 1:12
 "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins, Jr." – 5:08
 "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis) – 5:00
 "God Is With Us" (Allen) – 2:16
 "Amazing Grace" (John Newton/Traditional) – 2:43
 "Christmas Medley: Away in a Manger/What Child Is This?/Silent Night" (Traditional/William Chatterton Dix/Franz Xaver Gruber) – 4:32
 "Imagining Gena At Sunset" – 0:32
 "Let Us Break Bread Together" – 5:00
 "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (Richard Storrs Willis) – 6:24
 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" – 0:56

Personnel
Geri Allen – Fazioli piano, celeste, Farfisa organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner clavinet
Carolyn Brewer (tracks 5 & 8), Connaitre Miller (track 8), Barbara Roney (track 8) – vocals
Farah Jasmine Griffin – spoken word (track 5)
Women Of the Gee's Bend Quilt Collective sampled and engineered by Jaimeo Brown (track 4)

References

2011 Christmas albums
Geri Allen albums
Motéma Music albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Jazz Christmas albums
Vocal jazz albums


title: 2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz – Singles

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Stephanie Vogt was the defending champion, but lost to top seed Kaia Kanepi in the second round.

Top seed Kanepi went on to win the title, defeating Teliana Pereira in the final, 6–2, 6–4.

Seeds

Main draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References
 Main draw

Open Gdf Suez De Biarritz - Singles


title: 2014 Open GDF Suez de Biarritz – Doubles

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Yuliya Beygelzimer and Olga Savchuk were the defending champions, however Beygelzimer chose not to participate and Savchuk chose to compete at the 2014 BRD Bucharest Open instead.

Florencia Molinero and Stephanie Vogt won the title, defeating Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Teliana Pereira in the final, 6–2, 6–2.

Seeds

Draw

References
 Draw

Open Gdf Suez De Biarritz - Doubles


title: Liepa Manor

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Liepa manor (, ) is a manor house located in Liepa Parish, Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, about 100 km away  from Riga and 14 km away from Priekuļi. Liepa estate was established in 1672. The current manor house was built during the 19th century. From 1919 to 1970 it housed the Liepa primary school.

History

In 1582 the Duchy of Livonia became a part of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which restored the Catholic diocese in Cēsis. At the start of Swedish reign in Vidzeme in 1624, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden allocated all of his land to Axel Oxenstierna, the Lord High Chancellor of Sweden. In the year 1672 tens of villages were divided from the Cēsu county of Cēsis Castle. In the same year on the land of six of those villages the Liepa estate was established. From 1824 onward the owners of the estate were the noble Pander family. The last owner of the manor was Charlotte von Wulf. From 1919 to 1970 it housed the Liepa primary school.

Manor park
Manor Park was originally created along the stream Little Ellite with many small water ways, bridges over creeks and ditches.
Park has variety of tree species including, according to inventory of 1994, linden, oak, maple, ash, Siberian fir, jasmine, lilac, apple. The park is currently in need of renovation. However it still delights visitors with the apple harvest.

The manor's plan of 1787 shows a fountain and a cascade of five ponds. Later plans shows total of nine ponds, added over time. The ponds have survived, but at the time of the restoration of the manor they were in a dilapidated state. Ponds are currently being cleaned up and their former borders restored. Unfortunately, the fountain, which is marked in the plan of 1787, has been lost.

References

Manor houses in Latvia
Cēsis Municipality
Vidzeme


title: Howlers in the Dock

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Howlers in the Dock () is a 1960 Italian "musicarello" film directed (and co-written) by Lucio Fulci. It is also known as Howlers of the Dock in some reference books. The film was shown on Italian TV under a longer title, Metti, Celentano e Mina...Urlatori alla sbarra.

Plot

The film is a fast-paced musical comedy about a band of teddy boys and rock n' roll chicks, whose crazy, fun-loving habits inspire bitter complaints from their neighbors in the town. A prominent blue jeans company owner feels that the kids' poor reputation adversely affects his product's sales and public image. Prevailing upon the youths to help, he engineers a series of promotional stunts to lighten the public's opinion of these good-hearted rock n rollers and their lovely jeans. An unscrupulous politician makes things difficult for the youngsters, but everything turns out well.

Cast
 Joe Sentieri as Joe Il Rosso
 Adriano Celentano as Adriano
 Mina Mazzini as Mina
 Elke Sommer as Giulia Giommarelli
 Chet Baker as Chet
 Mario Carotenuto as Professor Giommarelli
 Turi Pandolfini as Senator Bucci
 Giacomo Furia as On. Gubellini
 Marilù Tolo as Marilù
 Umberto Bindi as "Agonia"
 Corrado Lojacono as Corrado
 Gianni Meccia as "Satan"
 Gorni Kramer as Maestro Bremer
 Enzo Garinei as Carimei
 Sandro Giovannini as Giuseppeni
 Bruno Martino
 Lino Banfi as Leopoldo Cannavone
 I Brutos as a group of shepherds

References

External links

1960 films
1960 musical comedy films
Italian musical comedy films
Films directed by Lucio Fulci
Films scored by Piero Umiliani
Musicarelli
1960s Italian-language films
1960s Italian films


title: A-bout!

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A-bout! (stylized as A-BOUT!) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ichikawa Masa. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from November 2009 to May 2013, with its chapters collected in 19 tankōbon volumes. It was followed by a sequel, A-bout!! – Asagiri Daikatsuyaku-hen, which ran in the same magazine from June 2013 to March 2014 and concluded in Magazine Special in May of the same year. A third series, A-bout! Surf, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from July 2021 to September 2022.

Plot
The story takes place in Mitsumine High School, the school is notorious for its violent juvenile delinquent students. When Asagiri Shinnosuke transfers to this school, he starts fighting all the class bosses to prove himself as the strongest guy in the school.

Publication
A-bout!, written and illustrated by Ichikawa Masa, was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from November 25, 2009, to May 15, 2013. Kodansha collected its 165 chapters in 19 tankōbon volumes, released from March 17, 2010, to June 17, 2013.

A direct sequel, , was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from June 12, 2013, to March 12, 2014. Two additional chapters were published in Magazine Special on April 19 and May 20 of the same year. Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from September 17, 2013, to June 17, 2014.

A third series, titled A-bout! Surf, was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Evening from July 13, 2021, to September 27, 2022. Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from September 22, 2021, to November 22, 2022

Notes

References

External links

Kodansha manga
Seinen manga
Shōnen manga
Yankī anime and manga


title: City People Entertainment Awards

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City People Entertainment Awards are an annual accolade presented by City People Magazine to honour Nigerian and Ghanaian entertainers. The first edition was held in Abeokuta, Ogun State on June 14, 2009. The event was hosted by Governor Gbenga Daniel in the State House. The most recent ceremony was held on June 22, 2014 at 10 Degrees Event Centre, Lagos State.

2017 division
In 2017, the award was divided into "City People Music Awards" and "City People Movie Awards". These awards should not be confused with the "City People Awards For Excellence" which is a separate awards ceremony by the same organizer, which honors achievers beyond just the boundaries of the entertainment space with categories such as "Lifetime Achievement Award", "Businessman of the Year", "Male Achiever of the Year" amongst other prestigious categories.

Categories

The following are the present categories:

Nigeria

Music
Music Marketer Of The Year
Musician Of The Year (Male)
Musician Of The Year (Female)
R&B Artiste of the Year
Record Label of the Year
Rap Artiste of the Year
Best Music Producer of the Year
Best Music Video Director of the Year
Dancehall/Reggae Act of the Year
Most Popular Song of the Year
Best New Musician of the Year
Best Collabo of the Year
Rap Album of the Year
Video of the Year
Music Website of the Year
Nite Club of the Year
Hip Hop Song of the Year
Best Juju Artiste In The Diaspora
Islamic Artiste of the Year
Best Music Band of the Year
South South Musician of the Year
Radio/TV FM/Radio Station With Best Showbiz Content
Radio Station With Best Indigenous Showbiz Content
Music Channel of the Year
Best Supporting DJ in Diaspora

Movie
Best Actress Of The Year (English)
Best Actor Of The Year (English)
Nollywood Face Of The Year
Best New Actor Of The Year (English)
Best New Actress Of The Year (English)
Best Supporting Actor of the Year (English)
Best Supporting Actress Of The Year (English)
Best Movie Of The Year (English)
Best Movie Producer Of The Year (English)
Best Movie Marketer of the Year (English)
Best Director Of The Year (English)
Comic Actor Of The Year (English)
Most Promising Act of the Year
Best Actor Of The Year (Yoruba)
Best Actress Of The Year (Yoruba)
Best New Actor Of The Year (Yoruba)
Best New Actress Of The Year (Yoruba)
Best Supporting Actor of the Year (Yoruba)
Best Supporting Actress Of The Year (Yoruba)
Best Movie Of The Year (Yoruba)
Best Movie Producer Of The Year (Yoruba)
Best Movie Marketer of the Year (Yoruba)
Movie Director Of The Year (Yoruba)
Most Promising Actress of the Year (Yoruba)
Most Promising Actor of the Year (Yoruba)
Comic Actor Of The Year (Yoruba)

Kannywood
Best Actor Of The Year
Best Actress of the Year
Best Supporting Actor of The Year
Best Supporting Actress of The Year
Best New Actor of The Year
Best New Actress of The Year
Best Director of The Year
Best Producer of The Year
Best Musician Of The Year
Best Film Of The Year

Ghana

Movies
Best Actor Of The Year (G)
Best Actress Of The Year (Ghana)
Best Supporting Actor Of The Year (Ghana)
Best Supporting Actress Of The Year (Ghana)
Entertainment Company of the Year
Best New Actress Of The Year (Ghana)
Best Showbiz-friendly Company Of The Year (Ghana)
Face Of Ghana Movies Award
Best Movie Of The Year (Ghana)
Hottest Ghanaian Actress In Nollywood
Most Promising Actress of the Year

Music
Musician of the Year (Male)
Musician Of The Year (Female)
TV Station With Best Showbiz Content (Ghana)
Radio Station With Best Showbiz Content (Ghana)
Showbiz Blogger/Online Writer Of The Year (Ghana)
TV Hostess of the Year (Ghana)

References

Ghanaian music awards
Ghanaian film awards
Nigerian music awards
Nigerian film awards


title: Gillian Bird

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Gillian Elizabeth Bird  (born in Adelaide) has served as Australia's Ambassador to France since November 2020. Bird concurrently serves as Australia's non-resident Ambassador to Algeria, Mauritania, and Monaco. She is a former Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, serving between 2015 and 2019.

Education
Bird graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) and later studied at the prestigious École nationale d'administration.

Career
Bird joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1980, and from 1980 to 1983 was based in Paris where she was a representative of the Australian government to the OECD. From 1986 until 1987 Bird served at the Australian embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, and from 1990 until 1993 at the Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations in New York City.

Bird returned to Australia in 1993 and was appointed Assistant Secretary in the Executive Branch of the foreign ministry, and from 1994 to 1997 was Assistant Secretary in the Peace, Arms Control and Disarmament Branch. From 1997 to 1999 Bird was First Assistant Secretary in International Organisations and Legal Division, and from 1999 to 2002 she was First Assistant Secretary in the South and South-East Asia Division.

After a stint as Head of the Foreign and Trade Policy White Paper Task Force of the Australian foreign department, in 2002 she was appointed as First Assistant Secretary in the International Division of Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. She held this position until 2004, when she was appointed Deputy Secretary in the Executive Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Concurrent to this role, in 2008 Bird was appointed as Australia's first Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by Stephen Smith, then-Foreign Minister of Australia. Australia became the first ASEAN dialogue partner in 1974, and Bird's appointment enabled Australia to continue friendly relations with the regional bloc, whilst also giving it a voice in helping to solve regional issues.

On 11 June 2014, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott appointed Bird as Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations. Bird was appointed in February 2015, replacing Gary Quinlan, and presented her credentials to the UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki-moon on 17 February 2015. Her term expired in October 2019 and she was replaced by former Senator Mitch Fifield.

In November 2020, she was appointed as the new Australian Ambassador to France, Algeria, Mauritania and Monaco, replacing Brendan Berne who occupied the post since 2017. Bird presented her credentials to the Director of State Protocol and Diplomatic Events at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, on 5 November 2020.

Affidavit in NPA agent corruption case
In July 2014 news sites outside of Australia reported that an unprecedented suppression order was issued by the Supreme Court of Victoria for an affidavit from Bird relating to allegations that Securency and Note Printing Australia (NPA) agents had made bribes totalling million of dollars for the purposes of securing contracts to manufacture polymer banknotes to Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries. A copy of the order published by Wikileaks, reportedly showed that Bird's affidavit and the very fact that the suppression order existed, was suppressed on national security grounds throughout Australian media.

Awards
In 2012 Bird was awarded the Public Service Medal for her service over a sustained period, contributing significantly to advancing key priorities of successive Australian Governments in the field of international relations and delivery of consular services. According to award documents, Bird has also displayed outstanding service in the Department’s consular response overseeing incidents ranging from major evacuations of Australians in conflict zones to high-profile individual consular cases. She also played key roles in advancing the bilateral relations with key Association of South East Asian Nations countries which is of fundamental importance to Australian national interests. Bird is an exemplar of the best traditions of the Australian public service and has delivered outcomes of long-lasting importance for Australia.

References

External links

Living people
People from Adelaide
Date of birth missing (living people)
Ambassadors of Australia to ASEAN
Ambassadors of Australia to France
Permanent Representatives of Australia to the United Nations
University of Sydney alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Australian women ambassadors


title: Jan Peeters

text:
Jan Peeters can refer to:

Jan Peeters (politician) (born 12 January 1963), a Flemish politician
Jan Peeters I (24 April 1624 – 1677), a Flemish Baroque painter


title: SpeechSchool.TV

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SpeechSchool.TV is an online speech training service based in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It provides a subscription based Internet TV channel to provide a Standard English accent training service to students worldwide.  It was founded in 2009 for the purpose of teaching the English accent to foreign students and others who were interested in improving their accent. It has won the Technium Challenge Award for New Zealand.

The company provides two different courses in speech training: 'The Master Speaker English Accent Programme', which is focused on accent reduction to help develop clear English speaking skills without mumbling or stuttering; the other is 'The Master Communicator Programme'  to help develop presentation, confidence, and public speaking skills.

References

New Zealand educational websites
Education companies of New Zealand
Education companies of the United Kingdom
Public speaking organizations


title: The Boat Race 1989

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The 135th Boat Race took place on 25 March 1989.  Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames.  Oxford won by  lengths.  It was the seventh occasion that the race was umpired by Ronnie Howard, and the first time in the history of the race that both crews were coxed by women.

In the reserve race, Oxford's Isis won, while Cambridge won the Women's Boat Race.

Background
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues").  First held in 1829, the race currently takes place on the  Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.  The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities, followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide.  Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1988 race by  lengths, with Cambridge leading overall with 69 victories to Oxford's 64 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).  The event was sponsored by Beefeater Gin; prior to the race, it was announced that the company would be sponsors for the following three years in a deal worth £700,000.  Former Oxford Blue Ronnie Howard was the umpire for the race for the seventh occasion.

Cambridge were coxed by Leigh Weiss while Oxford's cox was Alison Norrish – it was the first time in the history of the Boat Race that both crews had female coxes.  Prior to the race, Oxford coach Pat Sweeney criticised Weiss: "Their cox is so useless she might hit us.  It's not her fault, but Cambridge should have chosen someone who knows the river."  Weiss responded "I feel confident that I will make the decisions to make Cambridge win."

The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races, but as of the 2015 race, it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men's main and reserve races.  The reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat and Cambridge's Goldie boat has been held since 1965.  It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race.

Crews
Cambridge were pre-race favourites, as their crew weighed an average of almost  per rower more than their opponents, the largest difference since the first Boat Race.  Cambridge's Toby Backhouse weighed in at 16 st 11 lb (106.3 kg) making him the heaviest rower in the history of the event.  The Oxford boat featured three former Blues while Cambridge's contained five.  Cambridge's chief coach was Mike Lees while Oxford University Boat Club selected Sweeney as coach, and Steve Royle to be their full-time director.

Races

Cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the Surrey station.  After an early clash of blades, Oxford crept ahead and held a lead of three seconds by the Mile Post.  Two minutes later Oxford had a clear water advantage and continued to pull away, holding a six-second lead at Hammersmith Bridge.  The lead had extended slightly by the Chiswick Steps; Cambridge failed to make any ground on Oxford who swept under Barnes Bridge eight seconds ahead.  Oxford maintained the lead to pass the finish post  lengths clear.

In the reserve race, Oxford's Isis won by  lengths, their first victory in three years. while Cambridge won the 44th Women's Boat Race by one length in a time of 6 minutes and 20 seconds, their second victory in three years.

Reaction
Umpire Ronnie Howard said "It was a damaging race, and I was looking for possible breakages".  Oxford's stroke Richard Thorp explained "We expect it [clashing] but Ali [Norrish] has so much more experience of the Tideway". Former Oxford coach Dan Topolski suggested that "the race is a battle of guts and willpower, and Cambridge settled to a steady rhythm too soon."

References

External links
 Official website

The Boat Race
1989 in English sport
1989 in rowing
Boat Race
1989 sports events in London


title: The Modulations

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The Modulations were an American R&B vocal group from Durham, North Carolina consisting of singer-songwriters Larry Allen, Larry Duncan, Hoyle Saunders and Henry Chanel. The other group of Modulations that sung with Glenn Jones are not affiliated with this group. The group from the Bull City, Durham's nickname, had some success with the singles "I'm Hopelessly in Love" (1973) and "I Can't Fight Your Love" (1974), both of which were included on the Modulations' self-produced album, It's Rough Out Here, released in '75 and featuring arrangements by Vince Montana, Norman Harris, and Ronnie Baker and instrumentation by members of MFSB. The album was later reissued in Japan and the UK.

Discography
It's Rough Out Here (Buddah Records, 1975)
 Rough Out Here (Rodney Brown, Bob Curington, Tylon Lester, Willie Lester)
 Head On Collision With Heartbreak (Brown, Curington, Lester, Lester)
 Love at Last (Curington, Lester, Lester)
 I'll Always Love You (Brown, Curington)
 I'm Hopelessly in Love (Joe Blunt, Brown, Curington, Lester, Lester)
 I Can't Fight Your Love (Brown, Curington)
 Worth Your Weight in Gold (Curington, Lester, Lester)
 Those Were the Best Days of My Life (Brown, Curington)
 Share What You Got, Keep What You Need (Blunt, Brown, Curington, Lester, Lester)

Bonus tracks:
 What Good Am I
 Your Love Has Me Locked Up
 I Can't Fight Your Love [7" Version]
 Worth Your Weight in Gold [7" Version]
 Somebody's Been Messin'

References

External links

American rhythm and blues musical groups


title: Leptosolena

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Leptosolena is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It has only one known species, Leptosolena haenkei, endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

Discovery
The species was discovered in 1792 by the Czech traveller and botanist Thaddaeus Haenke, member of the Malaspina Expedition, the first ever scientific expedition to the Philippines. The boxes with collections of the expedition were send to Europe by Haenke who stuck in Bolivia never to return home. In 1821 they were found partially rotting in Cadiz in Spain by members of the Czech National Museum, bought out, brought to Prague and organized, including the type specimen of Leptosolena.

The species was named by Karel Presl, director of the Botanical Department of the Czech National Museum who organized the whole Haenke collection from the Malaspina expedition which made its way to Prague (15.000 specimen), while another part, deposited in Madrid herbarium is unknown now. The type specimen collected by Haenke personally in 1792 is deposited in the Czech National Museum in Prague, which also donated some specimen to herbariums abroad like the Smithsonian in USA.

Rare species
The species is very rare. It was seen first and last time by Haenke in 1792. Since then it was thought to be extinct for 213 years until it was rediscovered in the wild in 2005 by the Japanese botanist Funakoshi Hidenobu.

References

External links
 Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Genera in the Zingiberaceae, Leptosolena
 Phytoimages Leptosolena (Zingiberaceae) 14 photographs

Alpinioideae
Zingiberaceae genera
Endemic flora of the Philippines
Flora of Luzon
Monotypic Zingiberales genera
Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl
Endangered flora of Asia


title: Vall d'Hebron University Hospital

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The Vall d'Hebron University Hospital is a public and university affiliated hospital founded in 1955. It belongs to the Catalan Health Institute and is the hospital complex with the highest volume of interventions in Catalonia, Spain. It is located at the bottom of Collserola, at the north of Barcelona, and its influence area includes the districts of Horta-Guinardó, Nou Barris and Sant Andreu.

In actuality, it is the most important hospital complex in Catalonia. A study from 2009 places the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital among the four most important reference centers in Spain, and one of the twenty most important hospitals in the country.

The hospital complex is divided into three separate areas: the general hospital, the maternity hospital, and the orthopedics and rehabilitation hospital. It also has an outpatient surgical unit at Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili.

It currently employs over 7.000 professionals and has an annual budget of 580 million euros (2012). The hospital has 1.146 beds (182 reserved for critical patients), 45 operating rooms, 381 outpatient offices, and 3 emergency departments.

References

Hospitals in Barcelona
Teaching hospitals in Spain
Hospitals established in 1955
1955 establishments in Spain


title: 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

text:
The women's 100 metres at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at Hayward Field on 22 and 23 July.

Medalists

Records

Results

Heats
Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified

 Tenorio was originally disqualified for a false start, but was reinstated and allowed to effectively run a solo time trial. As her time would have been sufficient to merit a non-automatic qualifying spot, an extra slot was created to ensure Abreu, the slowest of the existing 'non-automatic' qualifiers did not lose out.

Semifinals
Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Final
Wind: -1.0 m/s

References

External links
 100 metres schedule

100 metres
100 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships
2014 in women's athletics


title: Public Relations (band)

text:
PUBLIC RELATIONS is a Czech rock band, which was formed in 2004. Despite originally playing crossover, over time they have moved on to electronic rock, fusing the common rock elements with an electronic instrumentation.

History
Many musicians had been turning in the band until 2008 when its line-up finally settled down in its permanent form: Jiří Sosik – guitar, Tomáš Frieb – guitar, Tomáš Klos – bass, Lukáš Kroutil – drums, Lukáš Kraut – vocals.

In 2008 the group recorded its debut album called "No Turns"  and started performing live in clubs and on music festivals, enhanced by a percussionist Tomáš Demel. The drummer Lukáš Kroutil left the band the next year and his place was filled by Marek Konečný, who had just come back from the US, where he had been playing drums in a band called Cold Summer Society, after 13 years. Later, the band continued performing, however, without Tomáš Demel, who decided not to perform with PUBLIC RELATIONS henceforward.

Those days the band had been working hard on new material, which culminated in 2011 by releasing its second album called "The Platinum Air". After its release party and a series of live shows, the band was taking pause and Lukáš Kraut started working on his solo material. In July 2012 – the 8th anniversary of the band's existence – the vocalist decided to devote himself only to his solo career and left the band. The guitarist Tomáš Frieb left PUBLIC RELATIONS with him.

In the beginning of 2013 the band found a replacement for the position of the frontman – the vocalist Jan Ražnok, who had been performing in many local bands and projects before. With their new singer, PUBLIC RELATIONS prepared a new repertoire, which was released on their third studio album on 31 December 2013.

The Sirael album
In 2016, PUBLIC RELATIONS released a concept album named "Sirael". On this record, the band presented a story of an artificial woman, set in a post-apocalyptic future where machines took over the world. For the first time on a PUBLIC RELATIONS album, most of the lyrics were written in Czech. Two songs from Sirael – Hora and Naděje – got accompanied by thematic music videos. A Czech rock chart "Břitva" listed the record on 67th place in 2016.

Present
In 2019, PUBLIC RELATIONS started working on a new album. However, in the middle of the recording process, the vocalist Jan Ražnok announced his decision to leave the band. Nevertheless, they agreed on finishing the record together while looking for a new singer. That position was taken by Přemysl Weber, who performed with PUBLIC RELATIONS for the first time on 28 December 2019. The last album featuring Jan  "Comar" Ražnok as one of the authors and a vocalist of the band was titled "Překonej svůj strach", and released on 2 February 2020. After six months, Přemysl Weber decided to leave the band. His place was taken by David Tobi Tobiasz, a former lead vocalist of groups Robson and Jeseter.

With this line-up, PUBLIC RELATIONS recorded the album Naděje during 2021. It was released on 1 May 2022, and consisted of 12 new versions of songs from the band’s previous three records. For the first time in the history of the band, all lyrics on the album were sung in Czech.

Current lineup
 David Tobi Tobiasz – vocals
 Jiří Sosik – guitar
 Tomáš Klos – bass
 Marek Konečný – drums

Discography
 No Turns, 2008
 The Platinum Air, 2011
 Close To Sun (EP), 2013
 Reset, 2013
 Sirael, 2016
 Překonej svůj strach, 2020
 Naděje, 2022

References

External links

Sources
 Czech Wikipedia

Czech rock music groups
Musical groups established in 2004
2004 establishments in the Czech Republic


title: Laramani

text:
Laramani (Aymara larama blue, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with blue color") is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canas Province, on the border of the districts Kunturkanki and Layo, and in the Espinar Province, Pichigua District. A stream named Pumanuta originates east of the mountain. It flows to the lake Langui Layo north of Laramani.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: E-Max School of Engineering and Applied Research

text:
Education Maximum School of Engineering and Applied Research is an institute of higher education in Ambala, Haryana, India. It was established in 2009 by the Asa Ram Aggarwal Society of Education and Research and is affiliated to Kurushetra University, Kurukshetra for all academic purposes.

Location
The college is situated on Kalpi-Naraingarh road near village Baduali in Ambala district about 60 km from Chandigarh and 6 km from the Ambala-Jagadhri highway. The campus is surrounded mostly agriculture land with little human population.

Campus
The campus of the college is spread over 70 acres of land. Separate facilities of hostel are provided for male and female candidates.

Courses
The college provides bachelor of technology courses in the following trades:-
Civil engineering
Mechanical engineering
Electronics and Communication engineering
Automobile engineering
Computer science and engineering

Affiliations
The college is affiliated to Kurukshetra University, for all academic purposes. The college is also approved by All India Council for Technical Education which is statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

AICTE approval
"All India Council for Technical Education" has approved below mentioned number of seats in ESEAR for the session 2014–2015.

Selection
The seats in the college are filled on + 2 marks percentage and also on management quota. Moreover, the university has provided norms that students having +2 percentage at least 40 can only apply for bachelor of technology course. The college is noted for providing quality education in Civil engineering in the district and is the only college that provides the Bachelor of Technology in Automobile engineering in Ambala district.

See also
 Kalpi
 List of engineering colleges affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
 List of colleges affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
 Jind Institute of Engineering and Technology

References

Engineering colleges in Haryana
Ambala
Educational institutions established in 2009
2009 establishments in Haryana


title: 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

text:
The women's 200 metres event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 24 and 25 July.

Medalists

Records

Results

Final
25 July
Start time: 19:53  Temperature: 27 °C  Humidity: 37 %
Wind: +2.4 m/s

Note:
BIB 1630 Kaylin Whitney - Yellow Card - 162.5(b) Delaying the start

Semifinals
24 July
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Summary

Details
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Semifinal 1
25 July
Start time: 18:08  Temperature: 23 °C  Humidity: 47 %
Wind: +2.5 m/s

Semifinal 2
25 July
Start time: 18:14  Temperature: 23 °C  Humidity: 44 %
Wind: +1.2 m/s

Semifinal 3
25 July
Start time: 18:22  Temperature: 23 °C  Humidity: 44 %
Wind: +1.4 m/s

Heats
24 July
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Summary

Details
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Heat 1
25 July
Start time: 11:38  Temperature: 20 °C  Humidity: 56 %
Wind: -1.8 m/s

Heat 2
25 July
Start time: 11:45  Temperature: 20 °C  Humidity: 56 %
Wind: -1.8 m/s

Heat 3
25 July
Start time: 11:51  Temperature: 20 °C  Humidity: 56 %
Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 4
25 July
Start time: 11:56  Temperature: 20 °C  Humidity: 56 %
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 5
25 July
Start time: 12:02  Temperature: 20 °C  Humidity: 56 %
Wind: +2.1 m/s

Heat 6
25 July
Start time: 12:09  Temperature: 21 °C  Humidity: 53 %
Wind: +1.9 m/s

Heat 7
25 July
Start time: 12:15  Temperature: 20 °C  Humidity: 56 %
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 50 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

References

External links
 200 metres schedule

200 metres
200 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships
2014 in women's athletics


title: Eugène Smith

text:
Morris Eugène Smith (February 16, 1912 – May 8, 2005) was an American amateur tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s.

Tennis career
Smith reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1939 and won the Canadian International Championships in 1935.

References

External links

Wimbledon Results Archive

1912 births
2005 deaths
American male tennis players
Sportspeople from San Luis Obispo, California


title: Missione di pace

text:
Missione di pace () is a 2011  Italian black comedy film directed by Francesco Lagi. It was the closer film at the Critics' Week at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

Plot
Captain Vinciguerra, a veteran of the peacekeeping missions, is sent on a mission to Yugoslavia to capture a dangerous criminal on the run. However, the captain has an "enemy" in his family, Giacomo a pacifist, who will drive him crazy during his mission.

Cast
Silvio Orlando as Sandro Vinciguerra
Alba Rohrwacher as Maria Pettariello
 Francesco Brandi as  Giacomo Vinciguerra
Filippo Timi as  Che Guevara
Bugo as  Quinzio
Antonella Attili as  Teresa Vinciguerra

See also
 List of Italian films of 2011

References

External links

2011 films
2011 black comedy films
Italian black comedy films
2010s Italian films


title: Cherokeea

text:
Cherokeea attakullakulla is a moth in the family Noctuidae and the only species in the genus Cherokeea. It is found in North Carolina (Swain and Macon Counties in the mountains and Rutherford County in the foothills) and Georgia (Rabun County).

The length of the forewings is 9.8–11.7 mm. The forewings are variable, ranging from nearly uniform dull grey to much more contrasting and mottled, especially in females. The antemedial line is excurved, doubled, with pale grey to nearly white filling. It is slightly scalloped and composed of black scales. The medial line or shade is obscure and the postmedial line is sinuous. The basal, medial and terminal areas are predominantly uniform grey, with some reddish-brown scaling in the medial and basal areas in some individuals. The hindwings are pale grey and unmarked except for a faint discal spot. There are two patterns of maculation, mottled and plain. Intermediates are seen as well. Adults have been recorded on wing in June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on Arundinaria appalachiana.

Etymology
The genus name is derived from Cherokee, a Nation of Native American people who occupied the southern Appalachians. The species name refers to the Supreme Cherokee Leader (from 1761–1775) who represented his people in London in 1730 and at home in the Carolinas while negotiating various peace treaties.

References

Moths described in 2014
Apameini
Endemic insects of the United States


title: Rookley Manor, Hampshire

text:
Rookley Manor is a Grade II* listed country house, located in Up Somborne in Hampshire, England.

Background
Located within the fertile Test Valley as part of the parish of Godshill, Hampshire, it was first established as la Spaund Manor prior to 1203, under the control of the de Aula family. By the middle of the 13th century it was owned by William Russell, the Lord of Yaverland, leased to his nobleman John Rivers. By 1280 it was owned by William's son Richard Russell, who by 1316 had passed it to Barton Priory possibly for use as an Oratory; the hamlet still to this day has never had a church. By 1431 it was leased by John Roucle, who changed his name to the more anglophile John Rookley. Most of the present day farms surrounding the current hamlet of Rookley were first noted in the Middle Ages, but all were associated with the original manor house. At some point, the estate fell into the ownership of the Worsley baronets of Appuldurcombe House.

Structure
Although the current two-storey property is dated by some from the early 18th century, the core of the house is constructed around a late-Medieval timber frame farmhouse structure, dating it to the late 15th century and possibly as late as 1670, which has latterly been extensively reclad.

The rendered southwest facade dates from 1707, whilst the front which faces southeast was reconstructed in the late 1700s in a rough-rendered gothic architecture form. The north side is painted red brick, in English bond pattern which exposes the original timber frame, and is linked to a single-storey service wing. The whole house is topped by a hipped roof, into which windows on some sides extended, mainly using Yorkshire-style sash windows.

Internally entranced through a centrally located open porch on an extending angular bay, the four-panelled door leads to a marble-floored entrance hall and 17th century oak staircase. Many of the rooms retain 18th century fireplaces, whilst the main bedroom retains both its fireplace and complete oak panelling.

Externally, a 20th-century two-storey addition on the north links to an 18th-century two-storey cottage, which further extends to a similarly dated single-storey stable block. All are constructed in matching Flemish bond red brick, with casement windows. There are farming buildings, two walled gardens, two apple orchards and a Lime tree-lined avenue in the immediate surrounding  of grounds. From 1795 enclosure of the surrounding farm lands had started to occur, and by 1837 the manor grounds including the associated farm were listed as having a total size of .

First listed in 1955, the farmhouse became Grade II* listed in August 1984.

Residents
Leased out from the estate of Worsley baronets of Appuldurcombe House, in the late 17th century the house was occupied by Thomas Hobbs (1647–1698), a physician to James II of England whose other clients included noted poet John Dryden.

From 1776 to 1783 it was leased as a hunting lodge to HRH Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (7 November 1745 – 18 September 1790), third son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and grandson of King George II. His equerry from 1783 to 1790 was Thomas Boothby Parkyns MP (24 July 1755 – 17 November 1800), first son of Sir Thomas Parkyns, 3rd Parkyns Baronet, of Bunny Park, Notts. After Prince Henry's death in 1790, Parkyns took over the lease until his own death from oedema on 17 November 1800.

In 1854 Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough sold the property to Mr. W.J. Lyle, who later sold it onwards to Mr. Reginald Freke Williams. In June 2014 it was put up for sale via agents Strutt & Parker.

George IV and Maria Fitzherbert
After the twice widowed Maria Fitzherbert entered London society, in spring 1784 she was introduced to George, Prince of Wales, six years her junior. Pursuing an affair, in part believed undertaken at Rookley Manor, on 15 December 1785 they illegally married under the Royal Marriages Act 1772 in the drawing room of her house in Park Street, Mayfair, London. Although George latter married his first cousin, Duchess Caroline of Brunswick who bore him a daughter Princess Charlotte of Wales, on 10 January 1796, George wrote his last will and testament, bequeathing all his "worldly property . . . to my Maria Fitzherbert, my wife, the wife of my heart and soul". During the summer of 1798, by which time he had separated from Caroline and was bored with his mistress, Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey, the couple reconciled again after the Pope deemed their marriage legitimate, meeting again at previous tryst locations including Rookley. During the Regency era (1811–1820), George had so enjoyed the tennis court at Rookley, that he had it dug up and moved to nearby Crawley Court which he was leasing at the time. Before he died, Maria wrote to George wishing him well, whilst the King asked to be buried with Fitzherbert's eye miniature around his neck, which was done.

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray was a successful 19th century writer and novelist by the time that he came to write Vanity Fair, but was also a virtual-widower as his wife had been held in a mental institute since 1842 due to severe depression. This made Thackeray, even with three young children in boarding school, a noted traveller/person of no fixed abode. Thackeray had strong ties to Hampshire, having in 1815 after his father died in India been sent to his grandmother's residence in Fareham for his education, and latterly resided there with his aunt. Having been friended by the elder Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Earl of Yarborough, it is hence strongly rumoured that as his father had allowed Thackeray to stay in other property that he owned in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, that after his father's death that Charles Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough allowed Thackeray to write Vanity Fair whilst temporarily resident at Rookley Manor. The later novel was first published as a series of extracts in Punch magazine between January 1847 and July 1848.

References

External links

Houses completed in the 15th century
Timber framed buildings in England
Country houses in Hampshire
Houses completed in the 18th century
Grade II* listed buildings in Hampshire
Grade II* listed houses
1203 establishments in England


title: 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

text:
The women's 400 metres event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 23, 24 and 25 July.

Medalists

Records

Results

Final
25 July
Start time: 20:29  Temperature: 25 °C  Humidity: 41 %

Semifinals
24 July
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Summary

Details
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Semifinal 1
25 July
Start time: 19:03  Temperature: 23 °C  Humidity: 44%

Semifinal 2
25 July
Start time: 19:11  Temperature: 22 °C  Humidity: 46%

Semifinal 3
25 July
Start time: 19:17  Temperature: 22 °C  Humidity: 46%

Heats
23 July
First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Summary

Details
First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Heat 1
25 July
Start time: 11:34  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 82%

Note:
IAAF Rule 163.3(a) - Lane infringement

Heat 2
25 July
Start time: 11:40  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Note:
IAAF Rule 163.3(a) - Lane infringement

Heat 3
25 July
Start time: 11:47  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Heat 4
25 July
Start time: 11:52  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Note:
IAAF Rule 163.3(a) - Lane infringement

Heat 5
25 July
Start time: 11:57  Temperature: 16 °C  Humidity: 88%

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

References

External links
 400 metres schedule

400 metres
400 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships
2014 in women's athletics


title: At His Best

text:
At His Best may refer to:

Albums
Bob Marley at His Best
Eric Clapton at His Best
Ginger Baker at His Best
Lou Donaldson at His Best 1966
Mario! Lanza at His Best 1995
Rodriguez at His Best


title: 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

text:
The men's 800 metres event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 25, 26 and 27 July.

Medalists

Records

Results

Final
27 July
Start time: 16:13  Temperature: 29 °C  Humidity: 35 %

Intermediate times:
400m: 49.42 Alfred Kipketer

Semifinals
26 July
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Summary

Details
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Semifinal 1
27 July
Start time: 16:21  Temperature: 31 °C  Humidity: 27%

Intermediate times:
400m: 54.36 Alfred Kipketer

Semifinal 2
27 July
Start time: 16:30  Temperature: 31 °C  Humidity: 27%

Intermediate times:
400m: 53.94 Joshua Tiampati Masikonde

Semifinal 3
27 July
Start time: 16:38  Temperature: 31 °C  Humidity: 27%

Intermediate times:
400m: 53.86 Tre'tez Kinnaird

Heats
25 July
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Summary

Details
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Heat 1
27 July
Start time: 12:48  Temperature: 22 °C  Humidity: 50%

Note:
IAAF Rule 163.3(a) - Lane infringement

Intermediate times:
400m: 57.26 Kalle Berglund

Heat 2
27 July
Start time: 12:55  Temperature: 22 °C  Humidity: 50%

Intermediate times:
400m: 55.17 Andreas Almgren

Heat 3
27 July
Start time: 13:01  Temperature: 22 °C  Humidity: 50%

Intermediate times:
400m: 54.79 Alfred Kipketer

Heat 4
27 July
Start time: 13:07  Temperature: 22 °C  Humidity: 50%

Intermediate times:
400m: 54.31 Jena Umar

Heat 5
27 July
Start time: 13:13  Temperature: 24 °C  Humidity: 41%

Intermediate times:
400m: 53.24 Joshua Tiampati Masikonde

Heat 6
27 July
Start time: 13:18  Temperature: 24 °C  Humidity: 41%

Intermediate times:
400m: 52.07 Robert Tully

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event.

References

External links
 WJC14 800 metres schedule

800 metres
800 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships


title: Wells Gray Provincial Park murders

text:
The Wells Gray Provincial Park murders was the mass murder of a family of six, committed by David Shearing in August 1982 while the family was camping in the Clearwater Valley near Wells Gray Provincial Park, about  north of Kamloops in British Columbia. While media coined the term "Wells Gray Murders," because that is where the human remains were found, the actual murders occurred elsewhere, including Fage Creek,  north of Clearwater and  south of the Wells Gray Park entrance on Clearwater Valley Road. The story was featured as Episode 1 of the CBC television series The Detectives in 2018.

Disappearance
On August 2, 1982, three generations of a family set out on a camping trip. They were Bob and Jackie Johnson, their two daughters (Janet, 13 and Karen, 11), and Jackie's parents, George and Edith Bentley. The family last contacted relatives on August 6 when Edith called a second daughter, according to retired RCMP Sgt. Mike Eastham whose book about the investigation was published in 1999. On August 16, Bob Johnson failed to return to work at Gorman Brothers Lumber in Westbank which was considered very unusual for the 44-year-old employee. A week later, he was reported missing to the local police.

Search and murder investigation
The search centered on Wells Gray Park, where the family had planned to meet up. On September 13, a mushroom picker reported finding a burned-out car near Battle Mountain Road that was similar to the one the Johnsons were driving. When the RCMP officers searched the vehicle, they found the burned bodies of the four missing adults who had been shot in the head with a .22 caliber weapon. In the trunk were the remains of the two girls.

During spring 1983, several innovative methods were used to try to solve the baffling murders. In April, the presumed crime was re-enacted on-site for TV cameras and aired across Canada in hopes that some significant clue would be triggered. In May, police drove a replica of the Bentleys' 1981 Ford camper truck to Ontario and Quebec, as over 300 people had claimed they had seen such a vehicle heading east during the fall and winter. The reward for finding the truck was raised to $7,500 and 10,000 posters were sent out to police detachments and post offices across North America.

A year after the families disappeared, the murderer had still not been caught and the summer of 1983 became one of the worst for tourism in nearby Wells Gray Park. During the Canada Day holiday weekend, the weather was splendid and the media advised tourists not to head to British Columbia's parks because all campgrounds were full. The exception was Wells Gray Park where only 18 of 105 sites were occupied.

Capture
On October 18, 1983, the missing truck was found by two forestry workers on an abandoned logging road on Trophy Mountain not far from Wells Gray Provincial Park and, like the Johnsons' car, it had been burned. The police were criticized for embarking on a costly wild-goose chase across the country when, for that whole year, the truck was just a few kilometres from the murder site. It now seemed probable that the killer lived in the Clearwater area as few outsiders would be familiar with the maze of logging roads on Trophy Mountain. The truck was lifted out of the forest by a Sikorsky helicopter and flown down the mountain to a flat-bed truck, then taken to the RCMP crime lab in Vancouver. The media were told that the truck yielded no new clues. Police then conducted a second door-to-door questioning in Clearwater. By then, they had amassed a total of 13,000 tips about the case.

On November 19, 1983, local residents were shocked when David William Shearing (b. 1959), 24, was arrested in Dawson Creek, escorted to Kamloops under guard, and charged with the second-degree murders of the six members of the Johnson and Bentley families. The clue that ended the long search for the killer was gleaned during the Clearwater questioning after the truck was found; one person told police that, over a year earlier, Shearing had enquired about how to re-register a Ford pickup and repair a hole in its door. The police had never revealed that there was a bullet hole in the Bentleys' truck.

Sentencing
On April 16, 1984, David Shearing pleaded guilty to six counts of murder. In his ten-minute summation, Supreme Court Justice Harry McKay described the crime as "a cold-blooded and senseless execution of six defenceless and innocent people...a slaughter that devastated three generations in a single bound. What a tragedy. What a waste, and for what?" He sentenced Shearing to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 25 years. This was the maximum possible penalty for second-degree murder and the first time in Canadian history that it had been handed out.

Crimes
It was only after his sentencing that the true nature of Shering's crimes was revealed. When questioned by Sgt. Eastham after the sentencing, he said that on August 10, he had stalked the victims at their campsite and shot the adults with a .22-caliber Remington Model 572 pump-action rifle. This allowed him to kidnap the girls who he kept alive for a week, raping Janet, and then killing them: on August 16, Shearing shot Karen in the back of the head; the next day on August 17, he killed Janet the same way.

Parole appeals
In September 2008, David Shearing was up for parole. The National Parole Board ruled that he still had violent sexual fantasies, had not completed sex offender treatment, and was not ready for freedom. His second application, in 2012, was also rejected. Shearing, now known as David Ennis, applied again in 2014, then withdrew the request a month before the hearing. In the meantime, online and paper petitions garnered 15,258 signatures urging the parole board not to release him. Family members of the Johnsons and Bentleys also appealed for relief from the agony of reliving the tragedy and campaigning against Shearing's release every few years. His 2021 appeal was again rejected.

References

Mass murder in Canada
Murder in British Columbia
Mass murder in 1982
1982 in British Columbia
August 1982 events in Canada
1982 murders in Canada
Family murders


title: Rutan & Tucker

text:
Rutan & Tucker, LLP is a law firm based in Irvine, California that is organized into more than 30 legal practice areas in seven groups: Litigation and Trial, Corporate and Tax, Employment, Government and Regulatory, Intellectual Property, Land Use and Entitlement and Real Estate. In addition to other practices, it is known for specializing in advice to local governments.

The company was founded in 1955 by A.W. Rutan and today is the largest full-service law firm headquartered in Orange County, California with offices in Irvine, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Scottsdale. The company has over 150 attorneys.

References

Companies based in Costa Mesa, California
Law firms based in California
1940 establishments in California


title: The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure

text:
The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure  is a 1987 health book by Robert Kowalski, who wrote it as a personal recollection about dealing with cholesterol issues. Kowalski wrote the book after having two coronary bypass surgeries and a heart attack. He created the program detailed in the book after he realized that a diet change alone would not help him, and the book is sometimes credited with popularizing oat bran as a health food. Kowalski published three other books in the 8-Week Cholesterol Cure series as well as The Blood Pressure Cure: 8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure without Prescription Drugs, which dealt with blood pressure.

In October 1988 a lawsuit was filed by 16 plaintiffs against Kowalski and Harper & Row. The plaintiffs alleged that following the advice listed in the book caused them emotional and physical harm and that the book was not properly researched by its author or publisher.

Synopsis
In the book Kowalski writes about his experiences with cholesterol and uses it to help recommend changes that readers can use to improve their cholesterol. It includes information about cholesterol and what foods people can eat to immediately reduce cholesterol, as well as what vitamins can assist in this process. He also recommends exercise and emphasizes the use of niacin as a cure for cholesterol.

Reception
The book became a bestseller after its release in 1987 and was one of the top selling books of 1988, selling so well that Harper & Row opted to postpone its paperback release. It remained on the New York Times Bestsellers List for over 100 weeks and has since been republished in multiple editions, including an audiobook version.

Jerrold Winter criticized the work in his 2012 book True Nutrition, True Fitness, noting that niacin has been used by physicians after other methods have failed and that it is "quite possible that, as a result of reading his book, more will be harmed by the drug than helped."

References

Dieting books


title: Our Country (film)

text:
Our Country () is a 2006 Italian drama film directed by Francesca Comencini. It entered the competition at the 2006 Rome Film Festival.

Cast

Luca Zingaretti: Ugo
Valeria Golino: Rita
Laura Chiatti: Elodie
Luca Argentero: Gerry
Valentina Lodovini: Wife of Gerry
Bebo Storti:  Glauco Bottini
Giuseppe Battiston: Otello
Fabio Ghidoni: Matteo

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2006 films
Italian drama films
2006 drama films
Films directed by Francesca Comencini
2000s Italian films