title: Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

text:
Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Goodbye to Yesterday" written by Stig Rästa. The song was performed by Elina Born and Stig Rästa. The Estonian broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) organised the national final Eesti Laul 2015 in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. The national final consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Ten songs competed in each semi-final and the top five from each semi-final as determined by a jury panel and public vote qualified to the final. In the final, the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a jury panel and a public vote selected the top three to qualify to the superfinal. In the superfinal, "Goodbye to Yesterday" performed by Elina Born and Stig Rästa was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.

Estonia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2015. Performing during the show in position 7, "Goodbye to Yesterday" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Estonia placed third out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 105 points. In the final, Estonia performed in position 4 and placed seventh out of the 27 participating countries, scoring 106 points.

Background

Prior to the 2015 contest, Estonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since its first entry in , winning the contest on one occasion in 2001 with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Estonia has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final on four occasions. In 2014, "Amazing" performed by Tanja failed to qualify Estonia to the final where the song placed twelfth in the semi-final.

The Estonian national broadcaster, Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), broadcasts the event within Estonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. ERR confirmed Estonia's participation at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest on 26 May 2014. Since their debut, the Estonian broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eesti Laul competition has been organised since 2009 in order to select Estonia's entry and on 17 September 2014, ERR announced the organisation of Eesti Laul 2015 in order to select the nation's 2015 entry.

Before Eurovision

Eesti Laul 2015
Eesti Laul 2015 was the seventh edition of the Estonian national selection Eesti Laul, which selected Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The competition consisted of twenty entries competing in two semi-finals on 7 and 14 February 2015 leading to a ten-song final on 21 February 2015. All three shows were broadcast on Eesti Televisioon (ETV) with commentary by Mart Juur and Peeter Oja as well as streamed online at the broadcaster's official website err.ee. The final was also broadcast via radio on Raadio 2 as well as streamed online at the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.

Format
The format of the competition included two semi-finals on 13 and 20 February 2016 and a final on 5 March 2016. Ten songs competed in each semi-final and the top five from each semi-final qualified to complete the ten song lineup in the final. The results of the semi-finals was determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from a professional jury and public televoting. The winning song in the final was selected over two rounds of voting: the first round results selected the top three songs via the 50/50 combination of jury and public voting, while the second round (superfinal) determined the winner solely by public televoting. In addition to winning the right to represent Estonia at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, the winning songwriters were also awarded a monetary prize of €3,000 by the Estonian Authors' Society. The Estonian Performers Association also awarded monetary prizes to the top three entries: the winner and second placed entry each received €1,000 and the third placed entry received €500.

Competing entries
On 17 September 2014, ERR opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 1 December 2014. All artists and composers were required to have Estonian citizenship or be a permanent resident of Estonia and each artist and songwriter was only able to submit a maximum of three entries. A record 219 submissions were received by the deadline—breaking the previous record of 189, set during the 2014 edition. An 11-member jury panel selected 20 semi-finalists from the submissions and the selected songs were announced during the ETV entertainment program Ringvaade on 4 December 2014. The selection jury consisted of Erik Morna (Raadio 2 head of music), Toomas Puna (Raadio Sky+ program director), Owe Petersell (Raadio Elmar chief editor), Siim Nestor (music critic), Kaupo Karelson (television producer), Valner Valme (music critic), Lenna Kuurmaa (singer), Ago Teppand (musician and producer), Anne Veski (singer), Ingrid Kohtla (Tallinn Music Week organiser) and Mingo Rajandi (musician).

Among the competing artists was previous Eurovision Song Contest entrant Robin Juhkental, who represented Estonia in 2010 as part of the group Malcolm Lincoln together with Manpower 4. Airi Vipulkumar Kansar, Elina Born, Liis Lemsalu, Luisa Värk, Maia Vahtramäe, NimmerSchmidt, Stig Rästa and Wilhelm have all competed in previous editions of Eesti Laul.

Shows

Semi-finals
The two semi-finals took place on 7 and 14 February 2015, hosted by Helen Sürje and Indrek Vaheoja. The live portion of the shows were held at the ERR studios in Tallinn where the artists awaited the results while their performances, which were filmed earlier at the ERR studios on 30 January and 1 February 2015, were screened. In each semi-final ten songs competed for five spots in the final with the outcome decided upon by the combination of the votes from a jury panel and a public televote which registered 18,507 votes in the first semi-final and 38,094 votes in the second semi-final. The jury panel that voted in the semi-finals consisted of Owe Petersell, Mare Väljataga, Alar Kotkas, Peedu Kass, Erik Morna, Marie Vaigla, Valner Valme, Grete Paia, Koit Toome, Sander Mölder and Anneliis Kits.

Final
The final took place on 21 February 2015 at the Nordea Concert Hall in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop and Henrik Kalmet. The five entries that qualified from each of the two preceding semi-finals, all together ten songs, competed during the show. The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a jury (50%) and public televote (50%) determined the top three entries to proceed to the superfinal. The public vote in the first round registered 76,087 votes. In the superfinal, "Goodbye to Yesterday" performed by Elina Born and Stig Rästa was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote. The public televote in the superfinal registered 90,417 votes. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, rapper Suur Papa, the band Junk Riot and the Tartu Rock and Pop Institute performed as the interval acts. The jury panel that voted in the first round of the final consisted of Genka (musician), Ines (singer-songwriter), Ingrid Kohtla (Tallinn Music Week organiser), Kristjan Hirmo (DJ), Els Himma (singer), Priit Hõbemägi (culture critic), Koit Raudsepp (Raadio 2 presenter), Iiris (singer), Reigo Ahven (drummer), Kristjan Randalu (pianist and composer) and Tanja (musician and choreographer).

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. In the 2015 contest, Australia also competed directly in the final as an invited guest nation. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 26 January 2015, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Estonia was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 19 May 2015, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.

Once all the competing songs for the 2015 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Estonia was set to perform in position 7, following the entry from Greece and before the entry from Macedonia.

The two semi-finals and the final were broadcast in Estonia on ETV with commentary by Marko Reikop. The first semi-final and final were also broadcast via radio on Raadio 2 with commentary by Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk. The Estonian spokesperson, who announced the Estonian votes during the final, was Tanja who had previously represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014.

Semi-final

Elina Born and Stig Rästa took part in technical rehearsals on 11 and 15 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 18 and 19 May. This included the jury final where professional juries of each country, responsible for 50 percent of each country's vote, watched and voted on the competing entries.

The Estonian performance featured featured Elina Born dressed in a dark jumpsuit with a silver belt and Stig Rästa dressed in a dark suit with casual shoes. The staging for the song included dark colours with white accents and silhouettes of the performers projected on the LED stage floor. The LED screens displayed a shadowy cityscape with prominent skyscrapers. Rästa began the performance on stage alone and was then joined by Born during the first chorus. Born then finished the song on stage alone as Rästa exited during the final chorus.

At the end of the show, Estonia was announced as having finished in the top ten and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Estonia placed third in the semi-final, receiving a total of 105 points.

Final
Shortly after the first semi-final, a winner's press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the order the countries were announced during the semi-final. Estonia was drawn to compete in the first half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Estonia was subsequently placed to perform in position 4, following the entry from Israel and before the entry from the United Kingdom.

Elina Born and Stig Rästa once again took part in dress rehearsals on 22 and 23 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show. The duet performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 23 May. At the conclusion of the voting, Estonia finished in seventh place with 106 points.

Voting
Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released shortly after the grand final.

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Estonia had placed fifth with the public televote and eleventh with the jury vote in the final. In the public vote, Estonia scored 144 points, while with the jury vote, Estonia scored 53 points. In the first semi-final, Estonia placed second with the public televote with 129 points and tenth with the jury vote, scoring 60 points.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Estonia and awarded by Estonia in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to Estonia

Points awarded by Estonia

Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Estonian jury:
 Sven Lõhmus (jury chairperson)songwriter, producer
 Olav Osolinsongwriter, commentator
 Dagmar Ojasinger
 Triin Niitojasinger
 singer, musician

References

External links

2015
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Eurovision


title: Terese Coe

text:
Terese Coe is an American writer, translator, and dramatist.

Background

Terese Coe was born in New York, NY. She received a B.A. in English with a minor in comparative literature from the City College of New York and an M.A. in dramatic literature from the University of Utah. Her poems and translations have appeared in US journals including 32 Poems, Able Muse, Alaska Quarterly Review, American Arts Quarterly, The Cincinnati Review, The Connecticut Review, The Huffington Post, Measure, New American Writing, Ploughshares, Poetry, Smartish Pace, The Shakespeare Newsletter, Stone Canoe, Tar River Poetry, and The Threepenny Review; in the UK in Agenda, Anon, Interlude, Interpreter’s House, Leviathan Quarterly, New Walk, Orbis, Poetry Review, the Times Literary Supplement, and Warwick Review; and in Ireland, in Crannog, Cyphers, and The Stinging Fly. The EBSCO research database lists numerous poems and translations by Coe.

Coe's poem "More" was among those chosen by Poetry Review Guest Editor George Szirtes to be heli-dropped across London as part of the 2012 London Olympics' Poetry Parnassus' Rain of Poems event.

Terese Coe's first collection of poems, The Everyday Uncommon, was published in 2005 by Wordtech.
Her second collection, Shot Silk, was published in 2015 by White Violet Press. Her work appears in anthologies such as Anthology One (from the Alsop Review), Grace Notes: Poetry from the Pages of First Things, Irresistible Sonnets, and Phoenix Rising from the Ashes (Canada)

Coe has worked as editor and writer for publications including The New York Free Press and Changes (NY, 1969); English teacher and director of poetry workshops in Kathmandu, Nepal; director of children’s poetry workshops at the Sun Valley (ID) Center for the Arts; and as editorial consultant for numerous financial publications at investment banks in Manhattan. She is currently an adjunct professor of English writing and literature in NY.

Awards and Scholarships

 Willis Barnstone Translation Prize, Finalist, 2009 and 2004 for her translations of Pierre de Ronsard’s “Goodbye to the Green” (from the French) and Rainer Maria Rilke’s “End of Autumn” (from the German), respectively. Evansville, Ohio.
 Giorno Poetry Systems: Two grants for poetry, 1999 and 2000; John Giorno, New York, NY.
 Helen Schaible Sonnet Award 2008: First Prize for poem, “Book of Changes.”
 The Nimrod/Hardman Prize 2005: Semifinalist for poem, “Letter to Anton Chekhov.” From Nimrod International Journal, Oklahoma.
 Nuyorican Poets Ball, 1992: First Prize in satire, Host Bob Holman.
 Orbis: “Lullaby” (translation from Rainer Maria Rilke) and “Saint John’s Bread” received the Orbis Readers’ Poll Honorable Mention for poems in Orbis 131, Spring 2005.
 Poet's Prize: Shot Silk was shortlisted for the 2017 Poet's Prize.
 Smartish Pace: nomination for a Pushcart Prize for her Ronsard translation, “Beset by War”; Dec. 1, 2006, MD.
 Triplopia: nominations for Pushcart Prize for “Minetta” in 2003; for “Spanish Dancer” in 2004, translated from the German of Rainer Maria Rilke.
 The West Chester Poetry Conference, West Chester University, PA: scholarships to attend in various years, including 2003 and 2005.
 Wordtech Communications: The Everyday Uncommon was a finalist in the Word Press Prize in 2004 and was published in 2005.

Critical reception

Hayden Carruth wrote about The Everyday Uncommon: “It’s clear to me that she knows what she’s doing, she’s doing what she wants to do, and she does it well.” The book has also received critical praise from Rhina Espaillat, R. S. Gwynn, David Mason, and Deborah Warren, among others.

Terese Coe's work was discussed in depth by editors of the Cincinnati Review in 2012, and has been reviewed and discussed by Paul Hoover and other critics. Reviews of Shot Silk are by A.M. Juster, in Angle,, Gregory Dowling, in Semicerchio,  and D.A. Prince, in New Walk, reprinted at Eratosphere.

Works

Sample poems and translations

 Agenda: Translations
 American Arts Quarterly: “Tompkins Square”
 Candelabrum: "Ponderosa Pine" and "Only the Road"
 Christian Century: Rilke’s “The Angels”
 Cincinnati Review and Soapbox Media: “For I Will Consider”
 E-Verse Radio: translation of Heinrich Heine’s “Where?” (first appeared in Agenda, UK) and “Actors”
 Huffington Post: “In Spate”
 The Hypertexts: varying poems and translations
 Kin: “Mollusks” and “Taking the Fall” (first appeared in Poetry Nottingham, UK)
 Lilt: “And This Is What We Have” (post 9-11), “Behind These Eyes” and “It Wasn’t”
 New American Writing: Translations
 Poetry Foundation: Translation of Pierre de Ronsard’s “Epitaph for François Rabelais”
 Soundzine: “Hide or Pay Heed,” “I Died for War, and “I Am” (inc. sound files)
 Stone Canoe: “Sponge”
 Umbrella: “Approaching Salt Lake City from the East”
 Unsplendid: Translation of Pierre de Ronsard’s “Adieu Cruel Girl”
 Verse Daily: “In the Lee of the Disaster”

Collections
Why You Can't Go Home Again, Kelsay Books (October, 2018),
Shot Silk, Kelsay Books (February, 2015),
The Everyday Uncommon, Wordtech (January, 2005),

Essays

 Umbrella: Carmine Street Metrics: An Introduction, 2012.

References

Living people
American women poets
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women


title: Flymojo

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Fly Mojo Sdn Bhd (doing business as flymojo) was a planned regional airline owned by Government of Malaysia. The new carrier, announced in 2015, would be based at Senai International Airport, Johor with a secondary hub at Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Sabah. However, the airlines never started and their air operator's certificate (AOC) expired on 30 May 2016 without any extension sought by the airlines.

History
On 17 March 2015, the Government of Malaysia announced a formation of 'value carrier' at Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2015, targeting the ASEAN travel market and the surrounding region. The airline had originally planned to commence operations in October 2015, but this plan has been put on hold due to financing issues and delays in Bombardier's CSeries program.

According to Deputy Transport Minister, Aziz Kaprawi, Flymojo will improve connectivity between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah and Sarawak. Positioning its hub in Senai International Airport will help transform the airport into a key regional aviation and logistics hub. It also will play a key role in developing Iskandar Malaysia in the Southern Corridor of Malaysia.

On 30 May 2016, a deadline for Flymojo to start the process that would lead to an air operator's certificate (AOC) expired, without an extension being sought by the airline. The Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia had previously issued a licence that allowed Flymojo to raise funds and acquire aircraft, but delays in certification of the Bombardier CSeries meant that the airline had no aircraft — a pre-requisite for an AOC application to proceed.

Planned destinations
The airline planned to operate to the following destinations within Malaysia:

Fleet
Flymojo signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Bombardier Aerospace for the sale and purchase of 20 CS100 aircraft, with the option for an additional 20 CS100 aircraft. This order, when firmed, will be valued at approximately US$1.47 billion (RM5.44 billion), and could increase to US$2.94 billion (RM10.87 billion) if Flymojo exercises all options.

See also
 List of airlines of Malaysia
 List of airports in Malaysia
 Transport in Malaysia

References

External links
 Official website

Defunct airlines of Malaysia
Airlines established in 2015
Airlines disestablished in 2016
2015 establishments in Malaysia
2016 disestablishments in Malaysia
Privately held companies of Malaysia


title: Favel Formation

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The Favel Formation is a stratigraphic unit of Late Cretaceous (late Cenomanian to middle Turonian) age. It is present in southern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan, and consists primarily of calcareous shale. It was named for the Favel River near Minitonas, Manitoba, by R.T.D. Wickenden in 1945.

The Favel Formation is richly fossiliferous and had yielded remains of a wide variety of marine animals, including the marine crocodile Terminonaris. It is also rich in organic carbon and is therefore an oil shale.

Lithology and thickness
The Favel Formation is subdivided into the upper Assiniboine Member and the lower Keld Member. Both consist primarily of olive-black, chalk-speckled, calcareous and carbonaceous shale, with lesser amounts of shaly and argillaceous limestone, minor beds of calcarenite, and numerous thin beds of bentonite. The Assiniboine Member is topped by a bed of shaly argillaceous limestone called the Marco Calcarenite. The Keld is more calcareous than the Assiniboine, and is topped by a bed of shaly argillaceous limestone called the Laurier Limestone. The Marco and Laurier marker beds are notable for their strong "kicks" in well logs, and so are useful in identifying subsurface formations.

The Favel Formation reaches a maximum thickness of 46 m (151 ft) in southern Manitoba.

Deposition and paleontology
The Favel Formation was deposited along the eastern edge of the Western Interior Seaway. The water was anoxic at depth, which was conducive to the preservation of fossils and organic matter.

Numerous fossils have been recovered from the Favel Formation. There are remains of coccoliths and planktonic foraminifera, aggregates of which make up the formation's distinctive the "chalk specks". Invertebrates include the bivalves  Inoceramus, Mytilloides, and Ostrea, and ammonites such as Collignoniceras. There are  bony fishes, including articulated specimens of Xiphactinus audax, as well as Apsopelix, Pachyrhizodus, and others. Cartilagenous fishes include sharks such as Odontaspis, Squalicorax, and Ptychodus, as well as rays. The largely complete skeleton of the marine crocodyliform Terminonaris robusta (first described as Teleorhinus robustus), was recovered from the Keld Member about 1 m (3 ft) below the Laurier Limestone bed, and has been nicknamed "Big Bert".

Distribution and relationship to other units
The Favel Formation is present in the subsurface beneath the plains of southern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan, and can be seen in outcrop in river valleys along the Manitoba Escarpment and the Pasquia Hills. Its contact with the noncalcareous shales of the Ashville Formation is conformable to unconformable, depending on the location, and the formation is unconformably overlain by the noncalcareous shales of the Morden Formation. To the west it is equivalent to the Second White Speckled Shale of the Colorado Group, and the Vimy Member of the Blackstone Formation.

In structure and fossil age, the Keld member correlates with the Greenhorn units widely identified in the Great Plains and within the Mancos Shale. The fossils (C. woollgari and I. labiatis) and well log indications of the top of the Greenhorn (Fencepost limestone) particularly correlate with the Laurier Limestone bed.

Economic resources
The Favel Formation is an oil shale. It is rich in kerogen, with a total organic carbon content that ranges up to 10%. Fresh samples typically have a petroliferous odor. Because they were deposited under marine conditions, the Favel shales are classified as marinites, in contrast to the lamosite oil shales of the Green River Formation, which were deposited in a lacustrine environment. The formation may also have some potential for biogenic natural gas.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Geologic formations of Manitoba
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of North America
Cretaceous Manitoba
Cenomanian Stage
Turonian Stage
Shale formations
Oil shale in Canada
Oil shale formations
Paleontology in Manitoba
Geologic formations of Saskatchewan
Limestone formations of Canada


title: Bernard Tompkins

text:
Bernard Tompkins (February 6, 1904 – February 7, 1965) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life
He was born on February 6, 1904, in New York City. He was an Assistant United States Attorney from 1930 to 1936 and a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General from 1937 to 1940.

In November 1952, Tompkins defeated the incumbent Democratic Senator Frank D. O'Connor in the 6th senatorial district and was a member of the New York State Senate (6th D.) in 1953 and 1954. He was Chairman of a Joint Legislative Committee on Charitable and Philanthropic Agencies and Organizations (the "Tompkins Committee") which investigated fund-raising practices in New York. The findings of the committee led to the enactment of a law that required registration and reporting by fund-raising organizations and individuals.

In November 1954, after re-apportionment, Tompkins ran in the 8th district for re-election but was defeated by O'Connor. In November 1955, O'Connor was elected D.A. of Queens County, and a special election for the vacant Senate seat was held on February 7, 1956. Tompkins defeated the Democratic nominee Thomas A. Duffy, and was again a member of the State Senate for the remainder of the session of 1956. In November 1956, Tompkins ran for re-election but was defeated by Duffy.

He died on February 7, 1965, while being interviewed by the press on the steps of the NYPD Station House at West 68th Street in Manhattan, of a heart attack; and was buried at the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, Queens.

Sources

External links

1904 births
1965 deaths
Politicians from Queens, New York
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Assistant United States Attorneys
20th-century American lawyers
20th-century American politicians


title: Palauet de la muralla de Balaguer

text:
Lo Palauet de la Muralla is an old mansion, turned into a hotel, which is located in the historic center of the town of Balaguer (Noguera), in the old Jewish quarter. Located near Plaça Mercadal, its main facade faces Miracle Street, where the adjoining house separates it from the Church of Sant Joseph, which was a synagogue in the past. The back of the house, a part of the old city wall, faces the Segre river. Can Tarragona shares the city wall passage with the neighboring houses.

Description

In the last fifty years the house has undergone a careful restoration and decoration with furniture and pieces acquired from antiques or purchased from churches of the region in ruins, thus preventing their disappearance.

The house retains its native structure and distribution. The basement, of Jewish origin as reflected in the water pipes, contains the "cellar", with two wells or reservoirs that were probably used for conservation of oil and other products, and the stable. There is also a passage, now walled up, which communicates with the Church of Sant Joseph. In one of the rooms in the basement there is also a massive stone table in one piece. The courtyard stands out at the back of the house, bounded by the thick stone walls of the building and the wall, and through which the visitor reaches a space, known as "lo Portalet", that overlooks the river.

Accessing the house through the main entrance, the visitor finds himself in a large hall with stone slabs covering the ground and monastic stalls. A first flight of stairs leads to a spacious game room. Continuing the ascent, now through a covered patio, you get to the first floor, where the main suites of the hotel are. The ceilings’ original paintings as well as moldings and coffered ceilings have been recovered, thanks to the intervention of master craftsmen such as the carpenter Ton Camarasa and the painter Àngel Soldevila. Mosaics and original wooden floors of the various rooms have also been preserved. Foremost among them, the main room, with a mirror by Murano, the dining room with its fireplace of solid wood, or the library, with over a thousand volumes, many of them bound in parchment, from the Franciscan convent of Sant Domènec. The bedrooms are furnished in imperial and Venetian style.

On the second floor, there are six suites, some of which have access to a terrace overlooking the river. It is a vantage point not only of the river Segre pass through the city, but also of the Montsec mountains that can be seen in the distance.
Finally, the attic, located on the third floor and known in the region as "lo Perche”, with original wooden beams at sight and old floor tiles, offers the possibility of recreating an isolated and cozy past.

History

The manor house has its origins in the expulsion of the Jews from the former town of Balaguer in 1333, and its relocation on the other side, which would later become Plaça Mercadal. The town market has been held there every Saturday for more than 800 years.
The building has undergone several renovations and expansions to reach its current state. It is noteworthy that the Renaissance façade was built in the eighteenth century, giving the interior of the house its current structure.

In 1930, the Carmelite Sisters of Charity acquired the property to use it as a girls' school and convent, which they did until the late fifties.
The books of the library, most of which are church books, lives of saints and sermons, come from the Franciscan convent of Sant Domènec de Balaguer. The books were saved from being burned during the Civil War because someone bricked the entrance to the library and thus avoided its devastation.

Noguera (comarca)

External links
Lo Palauet de la Muralla Balaguer, Youtube, 26/05/2014
Lo Palauet de la Muralla, Official Website.


title: Kaori Kodaira

text:
Kaori Kodaira (小平花織 Kodaira Kaori, born April 13, 1990) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows.

Clubs
  Tokai University Daisan Senior High School
  Toray Arrows (2009–)

External links
 Toray Arrows Women's Volleyball Team

1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Nagano (city)
Japanese women's volleyball players


title: Elm Point Formation

text:
The Elm Point Formation is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Devonian Manitoba
Devonian southern paleotemperate deposits


title: Manitoba Limestone

text:
The Manitoba Limestone is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Devonian Manitoba


title: Portage Chute Formation

text:
The Portage Chute Formation is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Ordovician Manitoba


title: Olde Woolen Mill

text:
The Olde Woolen Mill (also known as the North Berwick Woolen Mill) is a historic mill complex at Canal Street, on the Great Works River in the center of North Berwick, Maine.  Built in 1862, it is the only major mill complex in the Berwick region of York County.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Description and history
The mill is located between Canal Street and the Great Works River, just south of Wells Street (Maine State Route 9) in the village center of North Berwick.  The associated mill pond is located just north of Wells Street.  The mill complex is a somewhat typical 19th century New England mill complex, with a large rectangular main building, with a series of attached wings.  The complex exhibits an eclectic mixture of architectural detailing, including elements of Greek Revival, Italianate, and Colonial Revival styling.

An earlier wooden mill built on the site in 1832 was destroyed by fire, and the existing brick structure built in 1862. Primarily owned by Quakers, the mill, one of the first to automate the manufacture of blankets, produced uniforms and blankets for Union soldiers during the American Civil War. At its foundation level has been preserved one of the earliest steam engines in the United States, and the only one of its kind to survive.

The mill closed in 1955 and remained mostly unused for nearly 40 years, when it served as the site of the Parrish Shoe Factory in the 1995 fantasy movie Jumanji. In 2009 the structure was renovated into a senior housing site by the Caleb Group, a nonprofit housing organization of New England. It was the first property to be awarded a tax credit under the Maine State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Act of 2008.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Maine

References

External links

 Official web page for The Olde Woolen Mill
 "Old North Berwick mill now affordable housing for older residents" by Jason Claffey, in Foster's Daily Democrat (27 October 2009)
 "Old Maine mill gets new lease on life" by Deborah McDermott in Seacoastonline.com (30 August 2009)
 Profile at Tremont Preservation Services
 Historical sites in or around North Berwick, Maine, in The Maine Encyclopedia

Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine
Georgian architecture in Maine
Victorian architecture in Maine
Buildings and structures completed in 1862
Buildings and structures in York County, Maine
North Berwick, Maine
Textile mills in Maine
1862 establishments in Maine
National Register of Historic Places in York County, Maine
Woollen mills


title: Chasm Creek Formation

text:
The Chasm Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Ordovician Manitoba
Ordovician southern paleotropical deposits


title: Caution Creek Formation

text:
The Caution Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Ordovician Manitoba
Ordovician southern paleotropical deposits


title: Red Head Rapids Formation

text:
The Red Head Rapids Formation is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Ordovician Manitoba
Ordovician southern paleotropical deposits


title: Kubicek

text:
Kubicek or Kubíček may refer to:

Kubicek Balloons, Czech manufacturer of hot-air balloons and airships
August Kubicek (1888–1956), close friend of Adolf Hitler
Jan Kubíček (1927–2013), Czech constructivist-concrete painter, sculptor and designer
Jan Nepomuk Kubíček (1801–1880), one of the great-grandfathers of the Brazilian president, Juscelino Kubitschek
Petr Kubíček (born 1957), Czechoslovak sprint canoer
Tomáš Kubíček (born 1962), Czech fencer

See also
 Kubicki, a surname
 Kubitschek (disambiguation)

Czech-language surnames


title: Penelope Cleyn

text:
Penelope Cleyn (or Clein or Klein) (active 1668–1677) was a miniature painter active in London. Her exact birth and death dates are not known.

Cleyn was the youngest daughter of the German painter and tapestry designer Francis Cleyn. She was trained by her father along with her older three brothers Francis, John, and Charles, and two sisters Sarah and Magdalen, who took up their father's profession and became draughtsmen and miniature painters as well. They continued his workshop after their father died in 1658 and all died in London. Attributions of works have sometimes been difficult because of the similarities in style between Francis and his children. Penelope has been ascribed two miniatures of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter (1677), and Dorothea, daughter of Richard Cromwell (1668), signed P.C.

Notes

Attribution

Date of birth unknown
Date of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
17th-century German painters
17th-century English women artists
Portrait miniaturists
Miniature painting
German women painters


title: Atikameg Dolomite

text:
The Atikameg Dolomite is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Silurian Manitoba


title: Cross Lake Dolomite

text:
The Cross Lake Dolomite is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Silurian Manitoba


title: East Arm Dolomite

text:
The East Arm Dolomite is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Silurian Manitoba


title: Fisher Branch Dolomite

text:
The Fisher Branch Dolomite is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Silurian Manitoba


title: Inwood Formation, Manitoba

text:
The Inwood Formation is a geologic formation in Manitoba. The silty and salty dolomites preserve fossils dating back to the Telychian stage of the Silurian period.

Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

Trilobites
 ?Encrinurus tuberculifrons

Ostracods
 Leperditia hisingeri

Strophomenata

 Brachyprion cf. inflata
 Fardenia ellipsoides
 F. transversalis
 Fardenia cf. elegans

Rhynchonellata
 Camarotoechia indianensis
 Hyattidina junea

Gastropods
 Coelocaulus sp.
 Gastropoda indet.

Cephalopods
 Lowoceras imbricatum
 Mandaloceras parvulum

Stromatoporoidea
 Clathrodictyon drummondense
 Clathrodictyon cf. striatellum

Corals

 Amplexoides severnensis
 Asthenophyllum inwoodense
 Favosites cf. niagarensis
 Halysites catenularia
 Neozaphrentis tyrrelli
 Paleofavosites poulseni
 P. transiens

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Bibliography

Silurian System of North America
Silurian Manitoba
Telychian
Dolomite formations
Evaporite deposits
Silurian southern paleotropical deposits
Paleontology in Manitoba


title: Moose Lake Dolomite

text:
The Moose Lake Dolomite is a geologic formation in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Silurian Manitoba


title: Tulip Cemetery

text:
Tulip Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Tulip, a small hamlet in rural Dallas County, Arkansas.  It is located off Arkansas Highway 9, just behind the Tulip Methodist Church, occupying a high spot in the area.  Tulip was one of the first settlements in Dallas County; the cemetery's oldest documented grave dates to 1847.  It also includes the graves of six Confederate Army soldiers.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

See also
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Dallas County, Arkansas

References

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Buildings and structures completed in 1842
Buildings and structures in Dallas County, Arkansas
National Register of Historic Places in Dallas County, Arkansas
Cemeteries established in the 1840s


title: Churchill River Group

text:
The Churchill River Group is a geologic group in Manitoba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Manitoba

References

Ordovician Manitoba


title: Kim Un-sol

text:
Kim Un-sol (born May 7, 1998) is a North Korean female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Ri Hyang and Ri Jin-hwa, Kim achieved 4th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

External links

1998 births
Living people
North Korean acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts


title: Ri Hyang

text:
Ri Hyang (born August 10, 1996) is a North Korean female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Ri Jin Hwa and Kim Un Sol, Ri achieved 4th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
North Korean acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts


title: Ri Jin-hwa

text:
Ri Jin-hwa (born September 24, 1988) is a North Korean female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Ri Hyang and Kim Un-sol, Ri achieved 4th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

External links

1988 births
Living people
North Korean acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts


title: Mohamed Zouaoui

text:
Mohamed Zouaoui (), is a Tunisian-born actor living in Italy. In 2004 he made his first appearance on the television miniseries Posso chiamarti amore?.  He also acted in Nassiryia - Per non dimenticare (Nasiriyah - Lest we forget), Capri, and RIS Delitti Imperfetti (Scientific Investigations Unit: Imperfect Crimes).  In 2007, he acted in the miniseries Liberi di giocare. His cinema debut was the 2008 film L'ultimo pulcinella, directed by Maurizio Scapparo. In 2009 he starred in I mostri oggi, and in 2010 appeared in The Father and the Foreigner. In 2010 he acted in I fiori di Kirkuk, directed by Fariborz Kamkari. For this role he earned several awards, including the "Golden Globe" 2011 Globo d'Oro for Best New Actor.

In 2012 he starred in the independent film Carta Bianca, by Colombian director Andreas Maldonado, a film based on a true story.

Between 2014 and 2016 Zouaoui takes part in several projects including, Movies, short films, and TV series.

In 2018 he took part in the film Beirut, directed by Brad Anderson with Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2018 on January 22.

In the same year he was the absolute protagonist of the Italian-Moroccan film Catharsys or The Afina Tales of the Lost World, presented in competition in several important festivals including the Turin Film Festival and the Marrakech International Film Festival.

In 2019 he starred together with Claudia Gerini in the film Burraco Fatale by Giuliana Gamba

Filmography

Cinema
 Nuovomondo, directed by Emanuele Crialese (2006) (voice)
 L'ultimo Pulcinella, directed by Maurizio Scaparro (2008)
 I mostri oggi, directed by Enrico Oldoini (2009)
 I fiori di Kirkuk, directed by Fariborz Kamkari (2010)
 Il padre e lo straniero, directed by Ricky Tognazzi (2011)
 Carta bianca, directed by Andres Arce Maldonado (2013)
 Come noi, directed by Enrico Lando (2014)
 Dead on Time, directed by Rish Mustaine
 Florence, Yesterday, directed by Ursula Grisham (2016)
 Aeffetto Domino, directed by F. Massa (2017)
 Beirut, directed by Brad Anderson (2018)

Television
 Posso chiamarti amore?, directed by Paolo Bianchini (2004)
 Sottocasa (2006)
 Nassiriya - Per non dimenticare, directed by Michele Soavi (2006)
 Liberi di giocare, directed by Francesco Miccichè (2007)
 La ladra, directed by Francesco Vicario (2010)
 Capri, directed by Francesca Marra (2010)
 Un amore e una vendetta, directed by Raffaele Mertes (2011)

Awards
 Globo d'Oro for Best New Actor
 Chieti Film Festival Flaiano Award
 2011 Poggio mirteto Filmfestival best Foreign actor
 2010 Grand Prix International Best Performance in The Flowers of Kirkuk

References

External links

Living people
21st-century Tunisian male actors
Italian male actors
Tunisian male film actors
Tunisian male television actors
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Mahdia


title: Canyon Fiord Formation

text:
The Canyon Fiord Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nunavut

References

Carboniferous Nunavut


title: Otto Fiord Formation

text:
The Otto Fiord Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nunavut

References

Carboniferous Nunavut


title: Kubizek

text:
Kubizek may refer to:

August Kubizek (1888–1956), close friend of Adolf Hitler
Augustin Kubizek (1918–2009), Austrian choir conductor and composer


title: Christopher Formation

text:
The Christopher Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nunavut

References

Geologic formations of Nunavut
Cretaceous Nunavut
Aptian Stage
Paleontology in Nunavut


title: TradingScreen

text:
TradingScreen is a US-based financial technology provider of SaaS based trading services for hedge funds, large asset managers, mutual funds, and brokers. TradingScreen's system is broker-neutral, and is designed to handle multiple asset classes and changes in market structure. TradingScreen, Inc. offers electronic trading. The trading platform matches the SaaS based technology from TradeSmart with the ability to connect to Banks, nonbanks, and ECNs.

TradingScreen is headquartered in New York City.

History
TradingScreen was founded in 1999 by Philippe Buhannic and Joseph Ahearn. In 2019, TS launched QUO, a cloud-based ‘software-as-a-service’ platform.

In 2021 Francisco Partners purchased and  merged TradingScreen and Imagine Software to create an end-to-end investment management platform called TS Imagine.

See also
Buy side
Sell side
Derivatives
Algorithmic trading
Cloud computing

References

Financial software companies
1999 establishments in the United States
Companies based in Manhattan
Privately held companies of the United States
Multinational companies based in New York City
Privately held companies based in New York City


title: Deer Bay Formation

text:
The Deer Bay Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nunavut

References

Cretaceous Nunavut


title: Isachsen Formation

text:
The Isachsen Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossils of Polycotylidae indet., dating back to the Aptian stage of the Cretaceous period.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nunavut

References

Further reading
 M. J. Vavrek, B. C. Wilhelm, E. E. Maxwell and H. C. E. Larsson. 2014. Arctic plesiosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Melville Island, Nunavut, Canada. Cretaceous Research 50:273-281

External links

Geologic formations of Nunavut
Cretaceous Nunavut
Aptian Stage
Fluvial deposits
Paleontology in Nunavut


title: Kaat Dumarey

text:
Kaat Dumarey (born 8 September 1999) is a Belgian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Ineke Van Schoor and Julie Van Gelder, Dumarey achieved bronze in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

In June 2015 she participated at the 2015 European Games along with partners Julie van Gelder and Ineke van Schoor. They won the gold medal in the all-around event, with a score of 86.480. They also posted the highest score on their balance and dynamic routines, with a 28.700 and a 28.450, respectively.

References

External links

1999 births
Living people
Belgian acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
European Games medalists in gymnastics
European Games gold medalists for Belgium
Medalists at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
Sportspeople from Roeselare


title: Ineke Van Schoor

text:
Ineke Van Schoor (born 6 November 1995) is a Belgian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Julie Van Gelder and Kaat Dumarey, Van Schoor achieved bronze in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

In June 2015, she participated in the 2015 European Games along with partners Julie van Gelder and Kaat Dumarey. They won the gold medal in the all-around event, with a score of 86.480. In addition, they posted the highest score on their balance and dynamic routines, with a 28.700 and a 28.450, respectively.

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Belgian acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
European Games medalists in gymnastics
European Games gold medalists for Belgium
Medalists at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships


title: Julie Van Gelder

text:
Julie Van Gelder (born 17 September 1993) is a Belgian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Ineke Van Schoor and Kaat Dumarey, Van Gelder achieved bronze in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

In June 2015, she participated in the first European Games along with partners Ineke van Schoor and Kaat Dumarey, and won the gold medal in the all-around event, with a score of 86.480. They also posted the highest score on their balance and dynamic routines, with a 28.700 and a 28.450, respectively.

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
Belgian acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games
European Games medalists in gymnastics
European Games gold medalists for Belgium
Medalists at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships
Competitors at the 2009 World Games
World Games silver medalists


title: Bird Fiord Formation

text:
The Bird Fiord Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

Fossil content

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nunavut

References

Devonian Nunavut
Devonian southern paleotropical deposits


title: Blue Fiord Formation

text:
The Blue Fiord Formation is a geologic formation in Nunavut. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nunavut

References

Devonian Nunavut
Geologic formations of Nunavut