title: British Wireless for the Blind Fund

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British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF) is a British charity and a private company limited by guarantee. Founded by Sir Ernest Beachcroft Beckwith Towse in 1928, the organisation provides adapted radios and audio players on free loan to registered blind and partially sighted UK residents over the age of eight, where hardship circumstances can be demonstrated by receipt of a means-tested benefit.

Organisation
British Wireless for the Blind Fund has been providing specially adapted radios to visually impaired people for more than 80 years. It prides itself on providing a personal service to each individual who receives a new set.

For people with sight loss, life becomes a challenge; not just the difficulty of getting out and about, but also the everyday tasks that we take for granted - like turning on the radio in the morning to listen to the news, so the charity exists to help improve the daily lives of visually impaired people, who are unable to afford a specially adapted radio, by providing the equipment on free loan.

BWBF is committed to providing a choice of high quality, specially adapted radio and audio sets on a free loan basis, undertaking to repair or replace equipment free of charge if necessary and is also committed to monitoring new developments in radio technology and endeavouring to adapt these to the needs of recipients where possible. It is made up of a small team of 17 staff, most based at its head office in Maidstone, Kent, and four regional development managers who work around the country.

The charity is supported by a network of local agents, usually blind societies or local authority sensory teams. It also has around 45 trained volunteers who help across the charity. There are currently around 40,000 people with BWBF sets across the UK and the charity aims to distribute around 3,500 new sets each year.

History
British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF) was founded in 1928 by Ernest Beachcroft Beckwith Towse, who had lost his eyesight in action during the Boer War. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. for two acts of bravery, the second of which cost him his sight. At the time of foundation, radios were commonly known as wirelesses. Although concession had been made in the 1926 Telegraphy (Blind Persons) Act, waiving the license cost for a wireless, the price of a radio was still prohibitive for many blind people. BWBF aimed to remedy this situation.

Winston Churchill broadcast the first BBC radio appeal for funds for the newly formed BWBF on Christmas Day, 1929, starting a tradition of broadcast appeals that continued until the 1980s. He said:

Following the appeal, the first 100 crystal radio sets made by Burne-Jones & Co Ltd were issued to blind people at a cost of 31/6d per set. Headphones cost 7/3d a pair. Winston Churchill made another Appeal at Christmas in 1930 asking for a further £20,000 to provide another 10,000 people with radios. He reminded listeners that it had been a year since he first appealed for the cause and wondered whether the year had gone quickly for blind listeners. He said that wireless brought the blind each night a pageant before their mind's eye. "That mysterious lamp of inner conscientiousness will be continually fed by your unfailing care. The blind will hear, and by hearing, see."  By 1931, £37,000 had been raised and 17,000 radio sets provided to blind listeners. In 1932 Lord Snowdon made the appeal, asking for donations to provide 2,000 more blind people with sets. James Ramsay MacDonald, Labour Prime Minister between 1931 - 1935, continued the tradition and appealed for additional funds on behalf of British Wireless for the Blind Fund from his home in Lossiemouth on Christmas Day 1933.

Legislation, passed in 1945, exempted blind people from having to pay purchase tax on radios.

BWBF has had many distinguished chairmen since Towse. Of note is Sir John Wall who was chair from 1977 to 1991. A distinguished lawyer and high-court judge, Wall did not consider his blindness an impediment to his career and outside of his professional life, served the blind community in a number of roles. The first president of the fund was H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. later to become King Edward VIII.

Radio sets
The first adapted radio set issued was a crystal radio receiver with a Braille dial. In the 1990s, a Magnum ‘1 valve’ receiver made by Burne-Jones & Co. Ltd. of London was discovered complete in its original postal packaging. The box contained not only the set but also batteries, earphones, a coil of copper aerial wire and some china “egg” insulators. The 100-foot aerial wire was needed to give a strong signal. Even in 1932, when the D9150 was issued and when receiver controls had already been simplified, setting up the set would have required some skill and would not have been easy for someone with a visual handicap. Like the crystal set, all the early Magnum radios specifically manufactured for BWBF utilized the newly formalised Braille code invented by Louis Braille to label the dials on the set.

Magnum sets from the E301 to the 3AS1691, with their wooden cases, thermionic valve and braille dial markings were issued between 1939 and 1943. Valve radios were a big advance in technology as they allowed incoming signals to be amplified. However, they needed heavy batteries to power them which did not last long. BWBF volunteers used to take and replace the batteries to users of the Magnum sets.

Bush Radio started trading in 1932. They worked with BWBF on producing specially adapted sets which included the Bakelite-cased DAC10 which was issued in 1950. This set had five top-mounted push-button controls, medium- and long-wave preset stations and was smaller and easier to move than the Magnum sets.

BWBF collaborated with Roberts Radio in the early 1950s to produce new models suitable for those whose lack of vision meant they had difficulty using a standard set. The use of transistors to amplify sound instead of vacuum tubes meant that the radio could be much smaller, required far less power to operate than a tube radio and was more shock resistant. This advance in technology, coupled with modifications to mainstream sets that improved usability for visually impaired users, resulted in a series of sets being produced by Roberts from the early 1950s onwards. The R55 issued in 1954 had a turntable mounted into the base of the set for easy turning and also had top mounted controls. The R303, R600 and R505 incorporated both these features and were manufactured in the trademark red leather, specifically customized for BWBF. The R505 issued in 1974 also had a specially adapted waveband switch.

Bush also continued to make radios for BWBF and their VTR set issued in 1970 had a non-tilting aerial with a smooth plastic moulding on the tip to prevent accidental eye damage.

During the 1980s sets such as the Roberts RM33 incorporated up to five buttons on which radio stations could be preset. This feature has continued through to sets issued present day. With the development of magnetic tape data storage, sets were produced with either a single or dual tape deck. This gave visually impaired people the additional option of listening to pre-recorded music and books and of recording messages to send to friends and family. The Roberts RSR50 incorporated a cassette tape facility as well as having large buttons, and tone and balance controls.

BWBF briefly collaborated with Clarke and Smith, who specialised in educational equipment such as the "Tapete"-based audiobook system. Their simple, easy-to-use radios and sound receivers with large controls were a further step towards improved usability. The CS1 1318 model saw the new usage of yellow control knobs against a charcoal grey body set to provide a colour contrast to help those people who had some residual sight. The yellow and charcoal grey have become standard BWBF set colours.

With the move to compact discs for storage of data, a CD player was added to the range of features of the Roberts specially adapted sets. The ‘Symphony’ set issued in 2004 was one of the earliest sets with this feature and also included a ‘bookmark’ facility so that the user could return to the place in the music or story where they had left off.

As new data storage devices have developed, so have the facilities to play them. The ‘Concerto 2 ‘ set, first issued in 2011 is both a DAB and FM radio, can play tapes, CDs, and files from an SD card or a USB memory stick. Ten radio stations can be pre-set, five on DAB and five on FM. It has a built-in microphone and headphone socket, controls with tactile symbols, a large backlit LCD display and can be mains or battery-powered.

Internet radio, which involves streaming media, was pioneered in 1993. The Sonata and Sonata Plus+ sets which use this technology were developed by Solutions Radio of the Netherlands. Sonata Plus+ is a wireless internet radio and audio library, fully accessible to blind and partially sighted people. It has five buttons, one dial and an audible menu.

BWBF hold a collection of most of the sets issued since the 1930s, partly thanks to the efforts of members of the British Vintage Wireless Society. In the early 1990s Maurice Steadman, a radio engineer and member of that society was asked to repair and restore old sets held by, or donated to BWBF:

In 2012, BWBF received a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to bring together the history and heritage of the radio sets issued since the fund was set up. An article in The Radio Magazine entitled ‘Stay tuned’ looks at how the information was uncovered.

Tablet devices
In 2017, BWBF launched Bumblebee an easy to use app, specially designed to meet the changing needs of the people we support and to unlock the digital world for those with sight loss. It has been developed by experts at British Wireless who have worked closely with blind and partially sighted people to ensure the product meets differing needs.

The large, simple menus can be viewed in a variety of contrasts, including black and yellow so they stand out to those with residual vision. Combined with audio description of each menu item, it is also user friendly for people with very little or no vision.

Bumblebee provides access to thousands of radio stations, podcasts, talking newspapers and magazines, online content pages and a wealth of useful information, all from one portable device.

There is also a community section, where users can share their experiences, discuss trending topics, share tips, talk about popular content and help and support each other – all by using the in-built text-to-speech function. Part of the exclusivity of Bumblebee is the user-led content aspect, where listeners can essentially create their own personalised audio library in their pocket.

It requires a wireless connection to stream live radio and download content. Once the audio files have been saved to the tablet which the app is issued on, they can be accessed anywhere; making Bumblebee perfect for listening on-the-go.

Applications

Talking Newspaper

Speech Radio harnesses technology that has never before been used in a mobile app to allow the user to control its functionality and operations entirely by voice.

Calling on more than 90 years of experience working with those living with sight loss around the country, Speech Radio builds on BWBF's lockdown campaign which has seen it delivering hundreds of specially adapted radios to recipients around the country during the pandemic to help reduce isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speech Radio is now free to download on IOS and Android.

Alexa Skill

Our own Natural Language Programming allows the service to take the user's voice input, convert it into text and then decide what function to bring from this result. This app is currently available on iOS and Android Beta after being fully tested.

This skill allows visually and reading impaired users to access talking newspapers and magazines from all over the UK. Open the skill and ask the skill for the name of the talking newspaper you would like the skill is currently compatible with all talking newspapers hosted by us.

Speech Radio App

British Wireless for the Blind Fund has now confirmed the launch of a ground-breaking new app on IOS and Android. Speech Radio harnesses technology that has never been used in a mobile app to allow the user to control its functionality and operations entirely by voice.

Governing document
BWBF is registered at Companies House as a private company limited by guarantee. It is also registered as a charity with the registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales and in Scotland. The company was incorporated on 28 October 1999 under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association, as amended 23 February 2006.

The objects of the charity are the relief of registered blind or registered partially sighted people in the British Islands through the provision of radios and audio players and any other equipment or services necessary to allow them to benefit from the reception of sound transmission in accordance with the Memorandum of Association. The objects fall within subsection 3 (1) of the Charities Act 2011 relating to the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Funding
British Wireless for the Blind Fund is a not-for-profit charity which relies primarily on public donations, legacies and grants to sustain its operations. It does not receive any government funding.

BWBF Direct
BWBF Direct is the trading arm of British Wireless for the Blind Fund. Its activities are the sale of adapted and non-adapted radio and audio sets. All profits are gifted to the charity.

See also
Look National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children

References

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1928 establishments in the United Kingdom
Blindness charities
Charities for disabled people based in the United Kingdom
Organisations based in Kent
Organizations established in 1928
Blindness organisations in the United Kingdom


title: Whitehall (Greenville, South Carolina)

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Whitehall is a historic home located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built in 1813 as a summer residence by Charlestonian Henry Middleton on land purchased from Elias Earle. Whitehall served as Middleton's summer home until 1820. It is a simple white frame structure with shuttered windows and wide first and second story galleries, or piazzas, in the Barbadian style.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1813
Houses in Greenville, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina


title: Riccardo Scalet

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Riccardo Scalet is an Italian orienteering competitor and medalist in the Junior World Championships. He now lives in Transacqua.

In 2021, Scalet became one of the first Italian orienteers to receive a medal in a World Cup event. In the World Cup Finals, held in Cansiglio in northern Italy, Scalet came third behind Kasper Harlem Fosser and Matthias Kyburz.

See also
 Italian orienteers
 List of orienteers

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
Italian orienteers
Male orienteers
Foot orienteers
Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists


title: Zama Habib

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Zama Habib (born as Mohammed Badiuzzaman), also known as Zaman Habib, is a Mumbai-based Indian television writer and lyricist. He has written serials such as Sasural Genda Phool, , Nimki Mukhiya, Nimki Vidhayak,  Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein, Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai, Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, & Saas Bina Sasural. Currently he is writing Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. He is the script consultant of Anupamaa.

Early life and background
Zama Habib hails from Ijra Madhubani District, Bihar but he spent his childhood in Kolkata (then Calcutta) West Bengal. He did his schooling from the Presidency Muslim High School, Calcutta and after completing his intermediate from Maulana Azad College, Calcutta he came to Aligarh Muslim University to pursue his higher education. He did his BA (Hons) and MA in English literature from Aligarh Muslim University.

He was involved in theater in his college days and wrote, acted and directed several plays. His first play Batwara (based on Saadat Hasan Manto's famous short story "Toba Tek Singh") was staged in 1988 in Kala Mandir, Calcutta. Other notable plays he wrote are Janta Express and Chaddi Pahan Ke Phool Khila Hai. He has also translated plays by Anton Chekhov and other writers. His collection of translated plays in Urdu called Aadhi Raat Ka Suraj was published in 1992. He is a well known young poet of Urdu Literature and his poetry appears in leading Urdu literary magazines.

Career
In 1993, he left his research halfway and came to Delhi. Soon he became a radio artist and wrote and acted in many radio plays and serials. He anchored/presented few popular programs (Zero Hour, Adaab Arz Hai and Only For Broken Hearts) on AIR FM as radio jockey as well.
And then after spending few years in Delhi he came to Mumbai where initially he got lot of encouragement and appreciation from actor, director Sachin Pilgaonkar. He has written more than 5,000 episodes of Hindi and Bengali serials.

Along with writing serials he has also co-produced with Ravi Ojha serials like Sasural Genda Phool and Sajda Tere Pyaar Mein. In 2016, he founded his own company Qissago Telefilms LLP and produced two shows Nimki Mukhiya For Star Bharat and Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein For Sony Entertainment. Nimki Mukhiya has second season as Nimki Vidhayak which was launched on 12 August 2019.

He has also produced, written, directed a short film, The Family that has been selected for many film festivals.

Between 2014 and 2018, Zama Habib has also served as Joint Secretary and later as Hony General Secretary of Screenwriters Association (SWA). After a gap of two years, he once again has been elected as honorary General Secretary of Screenwriters Association (SWA) for 2021–2023.

Lyrics
He has also penned lyrics/title songs for the serials like Maamla Gadbad Hai, Zindagi Milke Bitaayenge, Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai, Sajda Tere Pyaar Mein, Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein and more. Recently, he has penned the Title Song of his latest project, 'Zindagi Mere Ghar Aana'.

Qissago Telefilms
In 2016, Zama Habib opened his own production house called Qissago Telefilms LLP with his wife and partner, Ishrat Ara and produced shows, Nimki Mukhiya, Nimki Vidhayak, Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein and Zindagi Mere Ghar Aana.

Shows by Qissago Telefilms

Awards

He has won several awards for his shows Sasural Genda Phool, Nimki Mukhiya, Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai. He won Best Lyrics Awards for his song "Ek Chup Tum Ek Chup Main" (Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein) at the first ever SWA Awards 2020. Recently he won his second SWA Awards (2022) for Best Lyrics for the Title song of "Zindagi Mere Ghar Aana" (Achar Ka Dabba Zindagi)

Television

As writer
 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2016-present)
 Anupamaa (2020-present) (Script Consultant)
 Woh Toh Hai Albelaa (2022) (Script Consultant)
 Zindagi Mere Ghar Aana (2021)
 Nimki Vidhayak (2019-2020)
 Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein (2019-2020)
 Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke (2019-2020) (Script Consultant)
 Nimki Mukhiya (2017-2019)
 Ek Rishta Saajhedari Ka (2016)
 Dil Ki Baatein Dil Hi Jaane (2015)
 Dilli Wali Thakur Gurls (2015)
 Gangaa (2015)
 Muh Boli Shaadi (2015)
 Tum Saath Ho Jab Apne (2014)
 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi...Meri Bhabhi (2013-2014)
 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se (2013–14)
 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai... Ajab Sa Risk Hai (2013)
 Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara (2012)
 Saas Bina Sasural (2010–12)
 Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai (2011)
 Sasural Genda Phool (2010-2012)
 Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai (2007 - 2010)
 Do Hanson Ka Jodaa (2010)
 Badalte Rishton Ki Dastaan (2013)
 Jamuna Paar
 Lo Ho Gayi Pooja Iss Ghar Ki
 Pyaar Ke Do Naam: Ek Raadha, Ek Shyaam
 Ek Tukda Chaand Ka
 Ek Ladki Anjaani Si
 Jeevan Saathi
 Maat Pitaah Ke Charnon Mein Swarg
 Phir Bhi
 Woh Hue Na Hamaare
 Maamla Gadbad Hai
 Zindagi Milke Bitaayenge Directed by Raj N. Sippy
 Jaal (Telefilm), Directed by Raj N. Sippy
 Gilli Danda Directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar
 Ajeeb Daastan
 Har Mod Par
 Ek Do Teen Directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar
 Khela (Bengali)
 Neer Bhanga Jhor (Bengali)
 Ogo Bodhu Sundari (Bengali)

Productions
 Zindagi Mere Ghar Aana (2021)
 Nimki Vidhayak (2019)
 Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein (2019)
 Nimki Mukhiya (2017)
 Sasural Genda Phool (2010-2012)
 Sajda Tere Pyaar Mein (2012)
 The Family (Short Film) (2013)

Director

 The Family (Short Film) (2013)

References

External links

Living people
Indian television writers
1971 births
Screenwriters from Mumbai
Aligarh Muslim University alumni
Indian television producers


title: Johann Georg Danninger

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Johann Georg Danninger (died 1848) was an Austrian bronzesmith, known for making many of the bronze items that decorated the Viennese court of the Austrian Empire in the 19th century.

Danninger had made items for the court since 1801 and received the court commission (Hoftitel) in 1811. He made mirror fittings and decorative items for the court. By the 1840s, he was heavily indebted, which he attributed to increasing foreign competition and the burden of having to care for his mentally ill son. In 1844, Emperor Francis I agreed to buy a centrepiece from Danninger in order to save his business from imminent bankruptcy. Nonetheless, Danninger's house and business were sold at auction prior to his death in 1848, and were likely taken over by the originally English firm of John Morton und Sohn.

References

Austrian sculptors
Austrian male sculptors
1848 deaths
Bronzeware makers
Year of birth missing


title: Rodolfo Rodino

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Rodolfo Rodino (born 31 July 1937) is a former Uruguayan cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team pursuit events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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1937 births
Living people
Uruguayan male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Uruguay
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Montevideo
Pan American Games medalists in cycling
Pan American Games silver medalists for Uruguay
Competitors at the 1959 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games


title: Carnaxide e Queijas

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Carnaxide e Queijas is a civil parish in the municipality of Oeiras, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Carnaxide and Queijas. The population in 2011 was 36,288, in an area of 8.81 km².

References


title: The Boat Race 1856

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The 13th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 15 March 1856.  Typically held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.   The race, the second to be held on the ebb tide, was won by Cambridge who beat Oxford by half a length.

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").  The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the  Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.  It was the second race to be held on the ebb tide, the first time since the 1846 race, from Barker's Rails to Putney, approximately  longer than the conventional course.  Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having defeated Cambridge by seven lengths in the previous race held in 1854.  Cambridge led overall with seven wins to Oxford's five.

No Boat Race took place in 1855 – severe frost had caused both the Thames (from Oxford to Henley) and the River Cam to freeze, and heavy snow curtailed efforts to practice for the race.  Instead the universities faced each other at the Henley Royal Regatta where Cambridge won the Grand Challenge Cup.  Despite the victory, Cambridge agreed that they should propose the challenge to Oxford and did so during the October term; it was duly accepted. Both crews raced in boats constructed by Searle.  The umpire for the race was W. G. Rich, the former Cambridge University Boat Club president who had rowed in both the March and December races of 1849.  The starter was Edward Searle.

Crews
The Cambridge crew weighed an average of 11 st 9.375 lb (73.9 kg),  per rower more than their opponents.  None of the competitors had taken part in a previous Boat Race.

Race

Cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the Middlesex station, handing the Surrey side of the river to Oxford.  The race commenced shortly after 11 a.m. with Oxford taking an early lead.  Cambridge's number six, M'Cormick, caught a wave with his oar by the Ship pub and lost his seat, allowing Oxford to extend their lead. After recovering, Cambridge made a substantial push and passed Oxford to hold a small advantage, to hold a half-a-length by Barnes Bridge.  Although they nearly increased their lead to a length, the Light Blues encountered a barge at Corney Reach which caused them to change course and lose ground, enabling Oxford to draw level once again.  The crews exchanged leads with Oxford shooting Hammersmith Bridge with a half-length advantage.  Cambridge steered closer to the shore and retook the lead. Despite a late surge from the Dark Blues, Cambridge passed the finish first, winning by half a length in a time of 25 minutes 45 seconds.   It was Cambridge's first win in four attempts and their eighth win overall against Oxford's five victories.

References
Footnotes

Sources

External links
 Official website

1856 in English sport
The Boat Race
1856 in sports
March 1856 events


title: Josiah Kilgore House

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Josiah Kilgore House, now known as the Kilgore-Lewis House, is a historic home located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built about 1838, and is a two-story, L-shaped, vernacular Palladian style dwelling on a low foundation.  It features a pedimented portico supported by square posts.  It has a projecting rear wing with a three-bay porch.  The structure was moved to a five-acre site in McPherson Park to prevent its demolition.

The Kilgore-Lewis House serves as the headquarters for the Greenville Council of Garden Clubs, which provides tours of the house, arboretum and gardens.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

References

External links
 Kilgore-Lewis House - Greenville Council of Garden Clubs

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Palladian Revival architecture in the United States
Houses completed in 1838
Houses in Greenville, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina
Museums in Greenville County, South Carolina
Tourist attractions in Greenville, South Carolina
Historic house museums in South Carolina


title: Alan Smith (footballer, born 1966)

text:
Alan David Smith (born 7 December 1966) is an English former footballer who made 31 appearances in Football League playing as a defender for Darlington in the 1980s. He was on the books of Sheffield Wednesday, but never represented them in the League, and went on to play non-league football for South Bank.

References

External links
 Player profile at inthemadcrowd.co.uk

1966 births
Living people
Footballers from Sheffield
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
Darlington F.C. players
South Bank F.C. players
English Football League players


title: Rough Rider (film)

text:
Rough Rider is a documentary film, first shown on RTÉ television on 28 July 2014. Filmed over two years, it is set against the fall of Lance Armstrong for doping offences in 2012 and follows the Irish journalist and former professional cyclist Paul Kimmage during the 2013 Tour de France, where he questions what is being done to free professional cycling from doping since the release in 1990 of his book Rough Ride. The film is directed by Adrian McCarthy.

References

External links
Rough Rider at RTE

RTÉ original programming
2010s in Irish television
Documentary films about cycling
Irish documentary television films
2014 television films
2014 films
2013 Tour de France
Tour de France mass media
Doping at the Tour de France
Films about doping
2010s English-language films
English-language Irish films


title: Rubén Etchebarne

text:
Rubén Etchebarne (born 8 September 1936) is a former Uruguayan cyclist. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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1936 births
Living people
Uruguayan male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Uruguay
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
People from Mercedes, Uruguay
Sportspeople from Soriano Department
Pan American Games medalists in cycling
Pan American Games gold medalists for Uruguay
Cyclists at the 1963 Pan American Games


Commodore Hub E. Isaacks and O'Leary Trophies are the main sailing trophies awarded at the Open Snipe World Championships. The Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy is awarded to the fleet of the winning skipper, while the O’Leary Trophy is awarded to the person who crews for the winning skipper in the majority of races sailed in the World Championships.

Another two perpetual trophies are presented in the championship: The Earl Elms Perpetual Trophy is awarded to the fleet of the winning skipper of the final race of the World Championship, and the Bibi Juetz Perpetual Trophy to the highest placing
mixed team.

This competition is held every two years in the odd numbered years since the year 1949. Previously, it was held every year since 1934. It is named after Hub E. Isaacs, of Dallas, Texas, first commodore of the Snipe Class International Racing Association (SCIRA), who donated the trophy.

The O'Leary Trophy is awarded since 1961 and it was donated by Cathy O’Leary y Helen O’Leary Hall.

Winners

^Crew did not receive the O'Leary Trophy because it was not established yet

References

External links
SCIRA

Snipe World Championships


title: Yuri Mikhailis

text:
Yuri Vladimirovich Mikhailis (; born April 23, 1969) is a retired Kazakhstani professional ice hockey player and ice hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of Nomad Astana of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship. His son, Nikita Mikhailis, plays for Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League.

References

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1969 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Karaganda
Kazakhstani ice hockey defencemen
Avtomobilist Karagandy players
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg players
Kazakhmys Satpaev players
Kazakhstani ice hockey coaches
Soviet ice hockey defencemen
Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team coaches


title: Derek Lawden

text:
Derek Frank Lawden (15 September 1919 – 15 February 2008) was a British-New Zealand mathematician.

Academic career
After reading mathematics at Cambridge University he served in the Royal Artillery and then lectured at the Royal Military College of Science and the College of Advanced Technology Birmingham, where he worked on rocket trajectories and space flight. In 1956 he moved to University of Canterbury as professor. In the 1960s he received a DSc from Cambridge, was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and won the Hector Medal. He return to the UK to University of Aston in 1967.

After the World War II, he was the first to register in the literature considerations about the use of gravity assist for space exploration. In his pioneering work on optimal space trajectories in the 1960s, he coined the term "primer vector" to refer to the adjoint variables in the costate equation associated with the velocity vector, pointing out their fundamental connection to optimal thrust.

References

External links
 google scholar

British expatriates in New Zealand
British Army personnel of World War II
Academics of Cranfield University
Academics of Aston University
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Academic staff of the University of Canterbury
Rocket scientists
English mathematicians
Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
1919 births
2008 deaths
20th-century British mathematicians
Royal Artillery personnel
Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands


title: Marquinho (footballer, born August 1986)

text:
Marco Aurélio Iubel (born 7 August 1986), simply known as Marquinho is a Brazilian professional footballer playing for San Francisco Glens SC in USL League Two as  a winger.

Club Career Statistics

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1986 births
Living people
Men's association football forwards
Brazilian men's footballers
Footballers from Paraná (state)
J. Malucelli Futebol players
Vitória S.C. players
C.S. Marítimo players
Esporte Clube Vitória players
Vila Nova Futebol Clube players
Paraná Clube players
Mirassol Futebol Clube players
Saba Qom F.C. players
Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C. players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players


title: Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist

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Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist (1 November 1836, Brandenburg - 2 January 1917, Berlin) was a Prussian officer of the Imperial German Army, most recently General of the Cavalry (Germany). On the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service in 1906, Kleist was promoted to General of Cavalry.

Life

Hereditary Lineage

Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist came from the Eastern Pomerania nobility, widely branched into Prussia and the Baltic States Geschlecht Von Kleist. Within the family he belonged to the branch Kleist of Bornstedt Crown Estate to which the Prussian crown was approved on 11 April 1803, the name and coat of arms with the Association of Bornstedt. [1] He was the third son of the Prussian Major Ludwig Karl Kleist of Bornstedt ( 1772-1854), inheriting commissioner on Hohennauen, and his second wife Wilhelmine von Hanstein (1818-1869) [2]

Military career

Because he would not inherit his father's entailed estate, Kleist chose the military profession. He resigned on March 6, 1856, as an ensign in the 10th Hussars Regiment of the Prussian army, where he was appointed on 5 February 1857 Second Lieutenant. Kleist spent a very long time as a lieutenant with multiple dislocations to other units. He was made on December 15, 1863, the adjutant of the 8th Cavalry Brigade, 1866 adjutant of the 7th Division (German Empire) and there promoted on July 20, 1866, to first lieutenant. Again adjutant, this time in the 11th Cavalry Brigade, he was finally supernumerary leaving in his post as a captain. On December 14, 1868, he came back to his unit and was squadron leader. Finally, he was on October 24, 1871 General Staff officer in the 13th Division, after he had previously been seconded for several months to the Great General Staff. Since September 10, 1872, he was a Major. After further uses in various positions on the General Staff, he returned in 1878 back to the military service and became final after a period of temporary assignment Commander of the Dragoon Regiment No. 19 and lieutenant colonel. In 1883 he was promoted to colonel and appointed commander of the 25th (Grand Ducal Hessian) Cavalry Brigade and 1888 Major General. Finally, the emperor appointed him on 18 October 1891 the commander of the 10th Division in Poznań and to Lieutenant General. In 1898 he was called into question.

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary service in 1906 Kleist was promoted to General of the cavalry. [3]

Family
Kleist was married on June 19, 1869, to Clare Gordon (born July 6, 1849, in Breslau, † 1920), daughter of the Prussian General of the Infantry Helmuth von Gordon [4].

Awards
 Red Eagle Order 3rd Class with Swords on Ring
 Order of the Crown (Prussia) 2nd Class
 Iron Cross 2nd Class (1870)
 Order of the Zähringer Lion Knight's Cross 1st Class with Oak Leaves and Swords
 Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis

References

Notes

Citations

 Genealogical Handbook of the nobility. A band XIII. 322 S. C. A. Strong-Verlag. Limburg. In 1975.
 Genealogist. Handbook, op. S. 324
 Gustav Kratz: Ibid. Supplement to Volume III. S. 175
 Kurt von Priesdorff: soldierly Führertum. Volume 7 Hanseatic Hamburg publishing house. o.J. S. 310

Bibliography

 Gustav Kratz u.a.: Die Geschichte des Geschlechts von Kleist (The History of von Kleist), Band III, Nr. 775, Seite 454 PDF

External links
 Homepage of the family von Kleist

1836 births
1917 deaths
Generals of Cavalry (Prussia)
Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870), 2nd class
Karl Wilhelm
Military personnel from Brandenburg


title: Lanneau-Norwood House

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The Lanneau-Norwood House (Lanneau-Norwood-Funderburk House or "Alta Vista") is a historic, late 19th-century house on Belmont Avenue in Greenville, South Carolina. The house is an outstanding example of Second Empire architecture in the American South and is one of the last surviving Victorian-era homes in Greenville. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

History

The house was built c. 1876 by Jacob W. Cagle (1832–1910) for Charleston native and textile entrepreneur, Charles Henry Lanneau II (1834-1913). The grounds may be the site of the last Civil War skirmish in South Carolina, fought May 23, 1865, between Union cavalry and Greenville home guards.

After returning from service in Hampton's Legion during the Civil War, Lanneau began his textile career as the bookkeeper for the Camperdown Mill. In 1882, Lanneau and Greenville attorney Thomas Quinton Donaldson organized Huguenot Mill, one of the first steam-powered textile mills in Upstate South Carolina. By 1888, Lanneau founded his own mill, Lanneau Manufacturing Company, on ten acres adjacent to his home.

Lanneau built the grand and fashionable residence on thirty-nine acres purchased from his sister, Sophie Lanneau Edwards, the widow of Rev. Peter Cuthbert Edwards, perhaps using money inherited from his first wife, Louisa (Lula) Williams Lanneau. A fire destroyed parts of the house in late 1883, and Lanneau rebuilt according to the original plan with slight modifications. Another fire in early 1892 left only brick walls standing, and Lanneau again rebuilt.

Bankrupt by 1907, Lanneau sold the house for $12,000 to South Carolina banker and textile financier, John Wilkins Norwood, a relative by marriage. Norwood added plumbing, electricity, and a coal furnace and supplied the house with drapes, tapestries, and furniture suggested by decorators from Wanamaker's in New York. At Norwood's death in 1945, the house passed to his son-in-law and daughter, Claud Sapp and Frances Norwood Funderburk, and then to their son and daughter-in-law, George Norwood and Ann Downen Funderburk, who took special interest in the gardens. The house was owned by John Fulton and Rosalind Sebastian Mills from July 2012 to October 2021, then sold to the Jennings-Gresham family.

Design
The house is a two-and-one-half story, brick Second Empire-style mansion with a Mansard roof. The symmetrical façade is divided into five sections, with projecting central and corner pavilions, and an octagonal tower that extends a half-story above the cornice line of the main block of the house. The front porch spans the full-width of the façade, and consists of slender posts with scrolled brackets. Also on the property are a brick garage, a small greenhouse, and a two-room, one-story brick servants' quarters with a gable roof.

The house was originally at the center of the area now known as Alta Vista, facing McDaniel Avenue with a long, curved driveway that extended from the corner of Crescent Avenue to McIver Street. The property included a barn with livestock and fields that were planted with corn, butter beans, and spinach.

In 1977, a granddaughter of J. W. Norwood commissioned a dollhouse replica on a 1:12 scale.

References

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey in South Carolina
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Second Empire architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1877
Houses in Greenville, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina
1877 establishments in South Carolina


title: William Lane (cricketer)

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William Ward Claypon Lane-Claypon (1 August 1845 – 31 March 1939) was an English banker, magistrate and a cricketer who played in a few first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University and Surrey between 1866 and 1870. He was born at Kennington, at the time of his birth part of Surrey, now an inner London suburb.

Education and cricket career
Lane was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He played cricket as a lower-order right-hand batsman and a right-arm slow round-arm bowler in single first-class matches for Cambridge University in both 1866 and 1867, and then against the university for Southgate Cricket Club in 1868, all without success. He made 36 and 11 playing for Surrey against Oxford University also in 1868, but played only one further first-class match, a second game for Surrey in 1870 in which he was again not successful. His brother Charlton had a much longer first-class cricket career for Surrey, Oxford University and various amateur sides.

Career

After leaving Cambridge, Lane moved to Lincolnshire where he was involved in a bank at Boston and became a Justice of the Peace. He is recorded as "of Aswardby Hall, Spilsby". Later he moved back to the London area and was a warden of the Worshipful Company of Mercers and involved with the livery company's educational charities; he was Master of the company in 1899. He was a director of the Capital and Counties Bank.

Personal life

He married Edith Stow. Their daughter Janet Lane-Claypon (1877–1967) was a pioneering physician and cancer researcher.  He died at Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. The cricketer Montague Stow was his brother-in-law.

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1845 births
1939 deaths
English cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
Surrey cricketers
Southgate cricketers
People educated at Westminster School, London
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
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title: David Rowland (translator)

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David Rowland (fl. 1569–1586) was a Welsh author, best known as the translator of Lazarillo de Tormes.

Life
A native of Anglesey, he entered St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, and studied logic and grammar, but did not take a degree. On leaving university he became tutor to Charles Stuart, the son of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, and with him travelled through France and Spain. After his return he became a teacher of Greek and Latin in London.

Works
In 1569 Rowland published An Epytaphe of my Lorde of Pembroke, licensed to Thomas Colwell. For the use of his pupils he also wrote A Comfortable Aid for Scholers, London, 1578, a collection of renderings of English phrases in Latin. It was based on a work of Giovanni Andrea Grifoni.

Rowland's major work was the translation of the first part of Lazarillo de Tormes, which he published under the title of The Pleasant History of Lazarillo de Tormes. The translation was influenced by the earlier French version of Jean Saugrain. It was itself an influence on English theatre, with the 1603 play Labyrinthus of Walter Hawkesworth combining a plot of Giambattista della Porta with a subplot from the book; and possibly on William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser.

The translation appeared in 1576, printed by Henry Bynneman and with a dedication to Sir Thomas Gresham, but it had apparently been licensed by 1568 to Colwell. No copy of the first edition is extant. Another edition of 1586, London, contains laudatory verses by George Turberville. The Spanish original was imperfect, having been expurgated. The translation ran through several editions, the last being that of 1677, which was supplemented by a translation of the second part of the history by James Blakeston.  An earlier translation of the second part was by William Phiston. Rowland's translation was superseded in 1726 by a translation into more modern English (anonymous).

Notes

Attribution

Welsh writers
Welsh translators
People from Anglesey
16th-century Welsh writers
16th-century male writers


title: 2014–15 Diósgyőri VTK season

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The 2014–15 season will be Diósgyőri VTK's 49th competitive season, 4th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 104th year in existence as a football club.

First team squad

Transfers

Summer

In:

Out:

Winter

In:

Out:

List of Hungarian football transfers summer 2014
List of Hungarian football transfers winter 2014–15

Statistics

Appearances and goals
Last updated on 7 December 2014.

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Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Last updated on 7 December 2014

Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.
Last updated on 7 December 2014

Overall
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|Games played || 33 (17 OTP Bank Liga, 6 Europa League, 4 Hungarian Cup and 6 Hungarian League Cup)
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|Games won || 18 (9 OTP Bank Liga, 3 Europa League, 3 Hungarian Cup and 3 Hungarian League Cup)
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|Games drawn || 6 (5 OTP Bank Liga, 0 Europa League, 0 Hungarian Cup and 1 Hungarian League Cup)
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|Games lost || 9 (3 OTP Bank Liga, 3 Europa League, 1 Hungarian Cup and 2 Hungarian League Cup)
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|Goals scored || 62
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|Goals conceded || 42
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|Goal difference || +20
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|Yellow cards || 65
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|Red cards || 6
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|rowspan="2"|Worst discipline ||  Dražen Okuka (8 , 0 )
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|  András Gosztonyi (8 , 0 )
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|rowspan="2"|Best result || 4–0 (A) v Vasas - Hungarian Cup - 13-08-2014
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| 4–0 (A) v Iváncsa - Hungarian Cup - 10-09-2014
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|rowspan="1"|Worst result || 1–5 (H) v Krasnodar - Europa League - 31-07-2014
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|rowspan="1"|Most appearances ||  Patrik Bacsa (27 appearances)
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|rowspan="1"|Top scorer ||  Tamás Takács (10 goals)
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|Points || 60/99 (60.61%)
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Matches

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

Hungarian Cup

League Cup

Europa League

The First and Second Qualifying Round draws took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 23 June 2014.

References

External links
 Eufo
 Official Website
 UEFA
 fixtures and results

Diósgyőri VTK seasons
Hungarian football clubs 2014–15 season


title: Sea Mither

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Sea Mither, or Mither of the Sea, is a mythical being of Orcadian folklore that lives in the sea during summer, when she confines the demonic nuckelavee to the ocean depths. Each spring she battles with her arch-enemy Teran, another spirit of Orcadian legend capable of causing severe winter storms, to gain control of the seas and the weather. Eventually Sea Mither overcomes Teran and sends him to the depths of the ocean, but the effort of keeping him confined there along with her other benevolent labours during the summer exhaust her, until in the autumn Teran takes advantage of her weakness to wrest control from her once again.

Stories of the Sea Mither and Teran are among Orkney's oldest legends, perhaps invented to explain the vagaries of weather and other naturally occurring events. In Shetland, fishermen petition Sea Mither to afford them protection from the Devil.

Etymology
Mither is defined in the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue as the Scots variant of "mother", which may particularly reflect oral Orcadian use. The name of her opponent, Teran, is local Orkney dialect meaning "furious anger", and may be a derivative of , Norse for "angry".

Folk beliefs

Description and common attributes
Sea Mither is a spirit of summer days that quells the turbulent sea waters around the northern isles of Scotland. Shetland islanders, particularly fishermen, seek her protection from the Devil. Control of the seas is maintained by Teran, the spirit of winter, until Sea Mither arrives around the time of the vernal equinox in mid-March. Both spirits are invisible to humans. Teran is her arch-enemy and the pair fight bitterly, often for weeks as she tries to gain control. Their arguments cause gale-force winds and heavy tumultuous seas as she tries to wrest control from him. Teran's screeches are carried by the howling gales as the two spirits try to oust each other. The period of the spring combat between the pair is termed the "Vore tullye" or the "spring struggle". Eventually Sea Mither overcomes Teran, relegating him to the depths of the ocean; inclement summer weather is caused by Teran's attempts to escape.

During summer months the Sea Mither also keeps the demonic nuckelavee creature confined, and undertakes benevolent labours: she empowers aquatic creatures with the ability to reproduce; warms and calms the seas; and instils a softer song-like quality to the gentle summer breeze. According to folklorist and Orkney resident Walter Traill Dennison, during Sea Mither's reign in summer the conditions reported by islanders may have "tempted one to believe that the Orkney archipelago had become the islands of the blessed." But the continual work she undertakes to keep everything calm and the strain of maintaining control over Teran gradually tires her.

As autumn approaches, Teran takes advantage of Sea Mither's exhaustion to break free, and conflict between the two starts again. The power struggles cause the weather to change with darkening skies and howling winds. This time, Teran triumphs in the conflict termed the "Gore vellye". Control of the ocean and weather is returned to Teran and Sea Mither is forced to leave. No details are given as to where she spends the winter, but during the storms caused by Teran the fishermen were consoled that Sea Mither would return refreshed and powerful in the spring, to again oust Teran from his malevolent grip over the seas.

Origins
Orcadian tales were strongly influenced by Scandinavian mythology with a blending of traditional Celtic stories. Folklorist and writer Ernest Marwick describes the Sea Mither and Teran as "pure personifications of nature." Several ancient myths were based upon the natural elements of the turbulent and ever changing sea surrounding Orkney, but the stories of the two spirits are among the oldest legends on the islands. People had to be able to explain the vagaries of weather and other natural life cycles without the benefit of science; Traill Dennison hypothesises that this is why "the imagination of some half savage" may have formed the foundations of the myth.

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Notes

Citations

Bibliography

Orcadian culture
Orkney
Scottish coast
Scottish folklore
Scottish legendary creatures
Water spirits


title: C. Granville Wyche House

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C. Granville Wyche House is a historic home located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built in 1931, and consists of a two-story, five bay central blocked flanked by one-story balconied projections.  It is of blond brick in the Italian Renaissance style with a low-pitched tile roof, wide eaves with brackets, and full-length, first floor windows. It features a massive portico with grouped classical columns and pilasters.  Also on the property is a small grotto and an unpainted barn dating from the mid-1930s.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Renaissance Revival architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1931
Houses in Greenville, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina


title: Moncarapacho e Fuseta

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Moncarapacho e Fuseta is a civil parish in the municipality of Olhão, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Moncarapacho and Fuseta. The population in 2011 was 9,635, in an area of 70.63 km².

References

Freguesias of Olhão


title: Doug Robson

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John Douglas Robson (20 July 1942 – 23 April 2020) was an English footballer who made 33 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Darlington in the 1960s. He also played non-League football for Gateshead and Horden Colliery Welfare.

References

1942 births
2020 deaths
Sportspeople from Washington, Tyne and Wear
Footballers from Tyne and Wear
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Darlington F.C. players
Gateshead A.F.C. players
Darlington Town F.C. players
English Football League players


title: Carl Fredrik Sammeli

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Carl Fredrik Sammeli (born 1971, Nederluleå, Sweden) is the founder of Prime Weber Shandwick, Sweden's largest PR agency and the world's most awarded agency by Cannes Lions between 2010 and 2021. Since 2014, Prime has been a part of the PR network Weber Shandwick, covering 81 countries. Sammeli has over 20 years of experience within entrepreneurship, business development, sales strategy, tactics and communication. He works with all industries and specializes within B2B industries, in particular professional services. Since 2012, Sammeli has worked internationally and is based in Cape Town, South Africa where he lives with his family. Since 2014, he has been a part of the Weber Shandwick Leadership Team. Today, he works as an investor and advisor with early-stage entrepreneurs, family offices, family-owned businesses and investment companies. He is also co-founder of prop-tech company, Bitprop, that helps provide property income and ownership to those without it. Bitprop partners with property owners to help them build rental flats on their property, engaging in rental management training and assistance to help them earn rental income from their property.

Prior to founding Prime and joining Weber Shandwick, Sammeli's career in PR includes being responsible for media and crisis management in the national Swedish referendum campaign “Yes to Europe” (1993–1994). Yes to EU won the referendum with 52.3% of the votes, and Sweden entered the European Union on January 1, 1995. In 1998, he was appointed Head of Corporate Communication of the Modern Times Group. Sammeli was part of the industry committee that laid out the Stockholm Charter, hence adopted by the International Communications Consultancy Organization (ICCO), which now serves as a global code of conduct for the PR industry.

Carl Fredrik's entrepreneurial track record includes 2 failures and 7 successes, with the most successful earning a 1200+ times return on capital. A couple of his endeavours, such as Bitprop and APAC (the second SPAC in Sweden), are still in growth mode. Carl Fredrik has been ranked as the 85th most influential person in Sweden, where he is still very involved, despite living in South Africa. Carl Fredrik is a member of the Ratio Academy (an independent research in Stockholm, Sweden) with other senior business leaders such as Rune Andersson, Björn Wahlroos and Dan Olofsson. He is also a member of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Global Advisory group.

References

1971 births
Living people


title: Anand Dighe

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Anand Dighe, (27 January 1951- 26 August 2001)  popularly known as Dharmaveer was a senior leader & Thane district Unit Chief of Shiv Sena. He mentored many young politicians from Thane region such as Eknath Shinde & Rajan Vichare.

Career
Dighe joined politics at young age. He became President of Shivsena's Thane Unit in 1984. Dighe was a grassroot leader with a large fan base. He was popularly known as Dharmaveer. He was considered a powerful muscleman in Thane.  He would hold a daily Durbar at his Tembhi Naka residence to hear out/resolve issues faced by Thane citizens along with Shiv Sena party workers.

Dighe was accused in the murder of Shiv Sena party member Sridhar Khopkar, who had allegedly voted for Congress in 1989. Dighe was arrested under TADA and was out on bail. The case continued until his death.

Death
Dighe was admitted in August 2001 after a car accident. He suffered from minor injuries on his leg. During his treatment, hospital management announced that Dighe died of a heart attack. His followers believed that he died because of medical negligence and as a result, his followers burned the Sunitadevi Singhania Hospital in Thane where he died. Few followers believed that he was killed due to his popularity. There are many conspiracy theories related to Anand Dighe's death.

In 2019 Nilesh Rane said “what really happened to Anand Dighe. How the conspiracy was planned and how the death was shown as having happened in the hospital later.” The senior Rane, once a Sena leader who defected to the Congress in 2005 and later joined the BJP in 2019, disowned the statements by Nilesh Rane “I will not support something wrong. Dighe did not die because someone killed him. I was the last person to meet Dighe then, and he passed away a few seconds after I left. His condition was very serious when I went there. The Doctors were trying hard. I went outside and called Balasaheb (late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray) and asked him to do something and send Dr Nitu Mandke (a renowned cardiologist)... Nitu Mandke spoke to me, but before he reached, Dighe passed away,” Narayan Rane said adding that allegations of foul play held no water.

Popular culture
Dharmaveer biopic was based on Anand Dighe's life. In this biopic Anand Dighe's role is performed by actor Prasad Oak.

References

People from Thane
Shiv Sena politicians
1951 births
2001 deaths
Marathi politicians
Politics of Thane district


title: Bechir Mardassi

text:
Bechir Mardassi (born 18 December 1929) was a Tunisian cyclist. He was born in Tunis and his profession was a driver. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1929 births
Year of death missing
Tunisian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Tunisia
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Tunis
20th-century Tunisian people


title: Davenport Apartments

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Davenport Apartments is a historic apartment building located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built in 1915–1916, and is a three-story, "U"-shaped, brick building.  It consists of a large rectangular section in the rear with two smaller wings that extend from the rear block to the street.  The front façade features two one-story porches with stone elliptical arches and brick pillars.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Residential buildings completed in 1916
National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina


title: Yesvantpur–Barmer AC Express

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The 14806 / 05 Barmer–Yesvantpur AC Express is an AC Express train belonging to Indian Railways – North Western Railway zone that runs between  &  in India.

It operates as train number 14806 from Barmer to Yesvantpur Junction and as train number 14805 in the reverse direction, serving the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra & Karnataka.

It initially ran to / from  being subsequently extended to Barmer.

The train before had ICF rakes of Rajdhani Express that have converted into LHB rakes. The LHB rakes are more secure than ICF rakes in safety manners.

Coaches

The 14806 / 05 Barmer–Yesvantpur AC Express has 1 AC 1st Class, 3 AC 2 tier, 13 AC 3 tier & 2 End on Generator Coaches. In addition, it also carries a pantry car.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 14806 Barmer–Yesvantpur AC Express covers the distance of  in 50 hours 15 mins averaging  & in 53 hours 30 mins as 14805 Yesvantpur–Barmer AC Express averaging .

As the average speed of the train is below , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare does not include a Superfast surcharge.

Routeing

The 14806 / 05 Barmer–Yesvantpur AC Express runs from Barmer via , , , , , , , , , , , , Davanagere,, to Yesvantpur Junction.

It reverses direction of travel 5 times during its journey at Samdari Junction, Bhildi Junction, Palanpur Junction,  and Hubli Junction.

Traction

As the route is undergoing electrification, an Vadodara-based WAP-5 hauls the train from Barmer to  following which a Hubballi-based WDP-4D powers the train for the remainder of the journey.

Before February 2014, when the Central Line section was under 1500 V DC traction, it was hauled by a Kalyan-based WCAM 2/2P dual-traction locomotive between  and Pune Junction.

Operation

14806 Barmer–Yesvantpur AC Express runs from Barmer every Friday reaching Yesvantpur Junction on the 3rd day.
14805 Yesvantpur–Barmer AC Express runs from Yesvantpur Junction every Monday reaching Barmer on the 3rd day.

References

 https://web.archive.org/web/20140811094750/http://www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&dcd=543&id=0,4,268
 http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/extension-of-yeshwantpurahmedabad-train-sought/article5050891.ece
 https://web.archive.org/web/20140729155047/https://showyou.com/v/y-GKkapjkYo44/masculine-pune-wdm3d-hauls-the-last-run-of-ahmedabadyesvantpur

External links

Transport in Bangalore
Transport in Barmer, Rajasthan
Rail transport in Rajasthan
Rail transport in Gujarat
Rail transport in Maharashtra
Rail transport in Karnataka
AC Express (Indian Railways) trains


title: Mohamed El-Kemissi

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Mohamed El-Kemissi (born 2 March 1931) is a former Tunisian cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

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1931 births
Possibly living people
Tunisian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Tunisia
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
People from Jendouba Governorate
20th-century Tunisian people


title: American Cigar Factory

text:
American Cigar Factory, also known as Stone Manufacturing Company, is a historic factory building located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built about 1902, and is a four-story, rectangular brick building with segmental arch openings.  It has a low-pitched gable roof with a projecting eave and floors supported by wooden posts.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

External links

Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Industrial buildings completed in 1902
National Register of Historic Places in Greenville, South Carolina
Historic cigar factories
Tobacco buildings in the United States


title: Meridian 3

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Meridian 3 (), also known as Meridian No.13L, was a Russian communications satellite. It was the third satellite to be launched as part of the Meridian system to replace the older Molniya series.

Meridian 3 was launched by a Soyuz-2 rocket. The Soyuz-2.1a configuration was used, along with a Fregat-M upper stage. The launch occurred from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 00:58:39 GMT on 2 November 2010.

It was constructed by ISS Reshetnev and is believed to be based on the Uragan-M satellite bus, which has also been used for GLONASS navigation satellites. It operates in a Molniya orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , and 65° inclination.

References

External links

 Meridian 3 - NSSDC ID: 2010-058A
 N2YO Meridian-3 Tracking - Live Meridian-3 tracking

Spacecraft launched in 2010
Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-2 rockets
Meridian satellites
2010 in Russia


title: The Boat Race 1857

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The 14th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 4 April 1857.  Held annually, The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Oxford rowed in a keel-less carvel-built boat, the first time in the history of the race that such a construction method was used for one of the vessels.  Umpired by Joseph William Chitty, the race was won by Oxford who triumphed over Cambridge by 11 lengths.

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").  The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the  Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.  Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having defeated Oxford by half-a-length in the previous year's race.  They led overall with eight wins to Oxford's five.

It was the first race to feature a keel-less carvel-built boat.  Purchased personally by Oxford boat club president Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale from Newcastle boat builder Matthew Taylor, the Oxford crew rowed a practice time of 19 minutes 50 seconds in it, considered "remarkable" in a boat with fixed seats.  Lonsdale engaged Taylor to instruct Oxford how to "send his boat along as quickly as possible", avoiding connotations of professional coaching which was banned in the Boat Race.  Cambridge rowed in a boat built by Salter of Wandsworth.  It was also the first race in which both crews rowed with round loom oars.

Oxford "soon showed signs of good pace" in practice and set the course record with 19 minutes 50 seconds, a time which would remain unbeaten until the 1873 race.  Cambridge began their practice rows "very late".  The race was umpired by Joseph William Chitty who had rowed for Oxford twice in 1849 (in the March and December races) and the 1852 race.

Crews
Oxford saw four crew members return from the 1856 race in Gurdon, Lonsdale, Thorley and the cox, Elers, while Cambridge welcomed back just two former Blues in Lloyd and Snow.  Oxford were marginally the heavier crew at an average of just over 11 st 9 lb (73.8 kg) per rower, about  more on average than Cambridge.  The Oxford president, Heywood-Lonsdale, rowed at number seven while his counterpart, R. Lloyd, rowed at six for the Light Blues.

Race

Oxford won the toss and elected to start from the Middlesex station, leaving Cambridge with the Surrey station.   Starting soon after 11 a.m., Oxford made a good start and at Searle's boathouse (originally home to the Leander Club) were clear of Cambridge.  They increased their lead to a length by the time they had reached "The Crab Tree" pub.  Despite Cambridge making a number of pushes to try to recover the deficit, Oxford continued to pull away and completed the course 32 seconds ahead of Cambridge, and eleven lengths clear.  The winning time was 22 minutes 5 seconds.  It was Oxford's fourth victory in the previous five races and represented the largest winning margin since the 1841 race.  It was described in the Oxford Books' account as "without doubt ... about the most hollow beating ever given to Cambridge by Oxford."

References
Notes

Bibliography

External links

1857 in English sport
The Boat Race
1857 in sports
April 1857 events


title: Ali Ben Ali

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Ali Ben Ali (born 23 July 1933) is a Tunisian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1933 births
Living people
Tunisian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Tunisia
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Tunis
20th-century Tunisian people


title: Kafald

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Akhori is a village in Bhilangana block of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India. As of 2011, it has a population of 1,623 people, in 324 households, and 2 primary school , 1 highschool and 1 Intermediate College. The village lands cover an area of 326.8 hectares. The nearest major town is Ghansali.

Akhori village code is 249155. Akhori village is located in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. It is situated 30km away from sub-district headquarter Ghansali (tehsildar office) and 90km away from district headquarter New Tehri. As per 2009 stats, Akhori village is also a gram panchayat.

The total geographical area of village is 326.8 hectares. Akhori has a total population of 1,623peoples, out of which male population is 727 while female population is 896. Literacy rate of akhori village is 87.42% out 100% . There are about 324 houses in akhori village. Pincode of akhori village locality is 249155.

Tehri is nearest town to akhori for all major economic activities, which is approximately 90km away.

References

Villages in Tehri Garhwal district


title: John Hale (British Army officer)

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General John Hale (1728–1806) was a British army officer, who is remembered chiefly for his close friendship with General James Wolfe, and for his exceptionally large number of children by his wife Mary Chaloner, a noted beauty who was painted by Joshua Reynolds.

Career
As a very young officer, he played a part in suppressing the 1745 Rebellion, an experience which is said to have given him a lifelong aversion to the Scottish nation. He was stationed at Fort Edward earned distinction as a captain in 1755 at the siege of Fort Beauséjour. He later took part in the Siege of Louisbourg as the commander of the 47th Regiment of Foot under James Wolfe. He also commanded the regiment in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. He was a close friend of General James Wolfe, and it was Hale whom the dying Wolfe ordered to carry his final dispatches back to England. Hale received a grant of Crown lands in Canada, where several of his sons later settled.

John Hale co-owned the privateer Musketo, 120 tons, eighty men, and the Hertford. These vessels sailed on their first cruise in November 1756. The regiment was renumbered the 17th Lancers in 1761. That year they were stationed in Scotland, where Hale's proverbial dislike of Scots people caused him to become engaged in a serious fracas with a toll-keeper, which might have had ended fatally. He was not disgraced, but was personally reprimanded for his conduct by King George III. The following year he acted as secretary to Earl of Albemarle during the Battle of Havana. After 1762 he gradually withdrew from regimental affairs, due it seems to quarrels with some of his fellow officers. In politics he was something of a reformer, and during the Yorkshire by-election of 1785, he made a celebrated speech which was considered by most of the electorate to be dangerously radical.

Hale was promoted major-general in 1772, lieutenant-general in 1777 and general in 1793. He was appointed Governor of Londonderry in 1776, holding that office until his death in 1806.

Family

He was born in London in 1728, the youngest son of the eminent judge Sir Bernard Hale, former Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer and his wife Anne Thoresby of Northampton; his father died a few months after he was born. General Bernard Hale was his elder brother. The Hale family came originally from King's Walden in Hertfordshire, and were prominent in local politics for generations.

John married in 1763 Mary Chaloner, daughter of William Chaloner III of Guisborough and his wife Mary Finny; she died in 1803. They had twenty-one children, ten sons and eleven daughters. Of their children William, John, Richard, George, Francis, Henry, Bernard, Vicesimus, Edward, Thomas, Emily, Elizabeth, Mary, Anne, Fanny, Catherine, Charlotte, Octavia, Jane and Harriet survived infancy and seventeen of the twenty-one outlived their father. Hale bought a farm near Guisborough which he renamed Plantation House, and where the family grew up.

His daughter Harriet married Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland. Her sister Anne married Henry Walker Yeoman, and Mary married Thomas Lewin. Of his sons, John junior had a distinguished political career in Canada. Richard became Vicar of Harewood, a living which was in the gift of his uncle Lord Harewood, and Vicesimus was a judge in India. Francis and Edward were clothiers. None of the General's sons held high military office.

Hale was not a rich man, and there is good reason to believe that he had some difficulty in providing for so large a family. Although his wife was the sister of a Countess, her own will shows that some of the younger sons were badly provided for.

There is a celebrated portrait of Mary Chaloner Hale as Euphrosyne, one of the three Graces, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, who also painted her husband. It now hangs in Harewood House, the home of her sister Anne, who married Edward Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood.

References

1728 births
1806 deaths
Military personnel from London
British Army generals
17th Lancers officers
British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745
47th Regiment of Foot officers
British Army personnel of the French and Indian War
British Army personnel of the Seven Years' War


title: 2012 Premier League speedway season

text:
The 2012 Premier League season was the second tier/division of British speedway.

Summary
The season took place between March and October 2012. The Glasgow Tigers were the defending champions after winning in 2011.

Scunthorpe Scorpions won the league after beating Somerset Rebels in the play-offs by one point in the Grand Final.

Final league table

Play Offs

Group 1

Group 2

Scoring

Home draw = 1 point
Home win by any number of points = 3
Away loss by 6 points or less = 1
Away draw = 2
Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3
Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Play Off final
First leg

Second leg

Scunthorpe were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–91.

Premier League Knockout Cup
The 2012 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 45th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Newcastle Diamonds were the winners of the competition.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final
First leg

Second leg

Newcastle were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 106–74.

Riders' Championship
Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 14 October at Owlerton Stadium.

 f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs
The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 24 August. The event was won by Workington Comets.

Semi finals
Sheffield bt Edinburgh 5-4
Workington bt Somerset 6-3

Final
Workington bt Scunthorpe 7-2

Fours
Berwick Bandits won the Premier League Four-Team Championship for the second time. The final was held on 15 July 2012, at the East of England Arena.

Final Leading averages

Riders & final averages
Berwick

Ricky Ashworth 9.20
Sebastian Aldén 8.12
Lee Complin 7.73
Robin Aspegren 7.59
Micky Dyer 6.72
David Bellego 5.95
Alex Edberg 5.77
Nicki Barrett 5.53
Luboš Tomíček Jr. 5.23
Jason King 3.70
Klaus Jakobsen 3.19

Edinburgh

Craig Cook 9.99
Theo Pijper 8.28
Andrew Tully7.40
Matthew Wethers 7.04
Derek Sneddon 6.37
József Tabaka 5.95
Charles Wright 4.36
Micky Dyer 4.12
Marcel Helfer 3.86
James Sarjeant 1.60

Glasgow

Joe Screen 9.48
Josh Grajczonek 7.78
James Grieves 7.61
Henning Bager 6.20
Mason Campton 5.52
Charles Wright 5.13
Robert Ksiezak 4.52
Filip Šitera 4.52
Jade Mudgway 3.58
Chris Mills 3.50
James McBain 2.62
Jayden O'Malley 2.19

Ipswich

Dakota North 7.80
Kevin Doolan 7.71
Leigh Lanham 7.67
Rohan Tungate 7.22
Morten Risager 7.19
Mathieu Trésarrieu 6.70
Cameron Heeps 5.92
Taylor Poole 4.90
Stefan Nielsen 4.32

Leicester

Kauko Nieminen 8.60
Lasse Bjerre 7.85
Magnus Karlsson 7.21
Linus Eklöf 6.83
Simon Nielsen 5.83
Jan Graversen 5.52
Jari Makinen 4.99
Simon Lambert 4.86
Lewis Blackbird 2.19

Newcastle

Richie Worrall 8.62
Stuart Robson 8.25
Mark Lemon 7.84
Ludvig Lindgren 7.62
Christian Henry 7.48
Claes Nedermark 7.33
Steve Worrall 5.41
Paul Starke 3.00

Plymouth

Ben Barker 10.05
Ryan Fisher 8.75
Cory Gathercole 6.88
Todd Kurtz 5.61
Nicki Glanz 4.49
Robert Ksiezak 4.31
James Holder 3.97
Guglielmo Franchetti 3.70
Jake Anderson 3.57
Ben Reade 2.08

Redcar

Kevin Doolan 8.41
Aaron Summers 8.08
Ulrich Østergaard 8.05
Matěj Kůs 7.57
Justin Sedgmen 6.06
Carl Wilkinson 5.78
Max Dilger 5.41
Mark Jones 4.00
Jade Mudgway 3.39

Rye House

Charlie Gjedde 8.44
Jordan Frampton 7.38
Anders Mellgren 7.08
Luke Bowen 6.92
Jason Bunyan 6.39
Jason Garrity 5.94
Kasper Lykke 5.60
Ritchie Hawkins 5.48
Simon Lambert 4.93
Ben Morley 4.11

Scunthorpe

Josh Auty 8.79
Nick Morris 8.51
Thomas Jørgensen 7.42
David Howe 6.81
Ashley Birks 6.73
Michael Palm Toft 6.32
Tero Aarnio 6.12
Gary Irving 5.48
Jerran Hart 3.86

Sheffield

Richard Hall 7.49
Josef Franc 7.38
Ricky Wells 7.20
Emiliano Sanchez 6.81
Hugh Skidmore 6.60
Jo Haines 6.13
Chris Schramm 4.59

Somerset

Jason Doyle 10.15
Jesper Monberg 8.49
Sam Masters 8.15
Claus Vissing 7.61
James Wright 6.83
Kyle Newman 6.35
Alex Davies 6.15
Tom Perry 4.27

Workington

Adam Roynon 8.83
Richard Lawson 8.69
Rene Bach 8.67
Rusty Harrison 7.19
Kyle Howarth 6.85
Kenny Ingalls 6.32
Tero Aarnio 6.02
Gary Irving 5.52
Ashley Morris 3.91

See also
List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
Knockout Cup (speedway)

References

2012 in speedway
2012 in British motorsport
Speedway Premier League


title: Hatun Qillqa

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Hatun Qillqa (Quechua hatun big, qillqa graphic sign, writing (the act and art of writing), Hispanicized spelling Jatunquilca) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Apurímac Region, Antabamba Province, Antabamba District. Hatun Qillqa lies southeast of Qillqa, southwest of  Sisiwa and Yuraq Urqu (Quechua for "white mountain", Hispanicized Yuraj Orjo) and northwest of Wank'ayuq Saywa.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Apurímac Region


title: 2014 Svijany Open – Singles

text:
Andrej Martin took the title, beating Horacio Zeballos 1–6, 6–1, 6–4

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References
 Main Draw
 Qualifying Draw

Singles
2014


title: 1971 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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The 1971 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 3 October 1971. It was the 50th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The winner was Mill Reef, a three-year-old colt trained in England by Ian Balding and ridden by Geoff Lewis. Mill Reef won by three and one-and-a-half lengths from the two fillies Pistol Packer and Cambrizzia in a new race-record time of 2:28.3.

Race details
 Sponsor: none
 Purse: 2,040,000 FF - First Prize: 1,200,000 FF
 Going: Firm
 Distance: 2,400 metres
 Number of runners: 18
 Winner's time: 2:28.3

Full result

* Abbreviations: shd = short-head; nk = neck

Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Mill Reef.
 Sex: Colt
 Foaled: 23 February 1968
 Country: USA
 Sire: Never Bend; Dam: Milan Mill  (Princequillo)
 Owner: Paul Mellon (USA)
 Breeder: Paul Mellon

References

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 1971
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe


title: Rajupur

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Rajupur is a village in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, located 13 kilometers from Deoband.
Nearby villages of Rajupur Nizampur Rampur, Unchagaon, Zahirpur, Rajupur Dudhali Fulasi Shakarpur Mafi Tigri.

Notes

Villages in Saharanpur district


title: Ashley Newbrough

text:
Ashley Newbrough is an American actress. She is known for starring as Sage Baker in The CW drama series Privileged (2008–2009), and for starring in a number of predominantly Christmas-themed television films since 2015.

Career
She began her career at the age of ten, appearing in a number of commercials worldwide. She landed her first starring role on the ABC Family series, The Zack Files, playing Alice In Wonderland, alongside Robert Clark, Michael Seater and Jake Epstein. Newbrough then landed roles in television movies, including a minor one in family film Get a Clue starring Lindsay Lohan and Brenda Song.

Newbrough auditioned and was then given her first lead role in the 2004 Lifetime pilot drama The Coven, opposite Paula Devicq and Illeanna Douglas, though ultimately Lifetime did not go forward with the series.  Her next role was guest starring in an episode of 1-800-Missing opposite Caterina Scorsone.  Newbrough then landed a recurring role, Audrey, in the comedy/drama Radio Free Roscoe, and also appeared on Degrassi: The Next Generation as Melinda.  She also recurred as Sloane McCarthy on the TV series The Best Years in 2007.

She was given her big break in the 2007 Syfy film, Kaw, where she played Doris opposite Sean Patrick Flanery and Rod Taylor.  Newbrough then scored the role of Dallas, Cake's (Chris Bolton) daughter, on the award-winning Canadian sport comedy Rent-a-Goalie in 2008.

After season 3 wrapped on Rent-a-Goalie, Newbrough moved to Los Angeles after landing the lead role as Sage Baker, co-starring  opposite JoAnna Garcia (Megan Smith) and Lucy Hale (Rose Baker) in The CW's drama series Privileged. In 2013–14,  Newbrough recurred as Kyra on ABC's Mistresses in seasons 1 and 2. In 2015, she was the lead in the Hallmark Channel movie, Love Under the Stars.

Newbrough also appeared in Nigel Barker's published book: Nigel Barker's The Beauty Equation: Revealing a Better and More Beautiful You in September 2010.

Personal life
Newbrough has been in a relationship with Matt Shively since 2017.

Filmography

References

External links

Living people
21st-century American actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses
People from Cambridge, Ontario
American film actresses
Canadian film actresses
American television actresses
Canadian television actresses
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: The Boat Race 1858

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The 15th Boat Race took place on the River Thames on 27 March 1858.  Typically held annually, the event is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The 1858 race, disrupted by poor rowing and a collision with a barge, was won by Cambridge, who defeated Oxford by  lengths in a time of 21 minutes 23 seconds.

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").  The race was first held in 1829, and since 1845 has taken place on the  Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.  Oxford went into this year's race as reigning champions, having defeated Cambridge by eleven lengths in the previous year's race.  Cambridge however led overall with eight wins to Oxford's six.

Cambridge were coached for the fifth time by Thomas Selby Egan, (who had coxed the Light Blues in the 1836, 1839 and 1840 races), while Oxford's coach was Alfred Shadwell (cox for the Dark Blues in the 1842 race and coach for the fourth time).  The race was umpired by Joseph William Chitty who had rowed for Oxford twice in 1849 (in the March and December races) and the 1852 race, while the starter was Edward Searle.

Crews
The Oxford crew weighed an average of 11 st 8.875 lb (73.7 kg),  per rower more than their opponents. Archibald Levin Smith, Robert Wharton and Robert Lewis-Lloyd (who was rowing his third Boat Race for the Light Blues) had featured in Cambridge's 1857 crew.  Oxford's crew included five participants who had competed in the previous race, including J. T. Thorley, who was making his third appearance in the event.

Race

Cambridge won the toss and elected to start from the Middlesex station, handing the Surrey side of the river to Oxford.  The race commenced at 1 p.m. and almost immediately the Oxford boat club president and stroke J. T. Thorley "caught a crab" which "completely brought their eight to standstill."  Cambridge took the lead but were caught following a clash of their port-side oars with a barge.  The boats were level at the Crab Tree pub but here Cambridge began to draw ahead and passed under Hammersmith Bridge with a length-and-a-half lead.  The Light Blues continued to increase their lead and passed the flag-boat at Mortlake  lengths ahead of Oxford in a time of 21 minutes 23 seconds.

It was the fastest time since the 1846 race (which was held on the ebb tide), and took the overall record in the event to 9–6 in Cambridge's favour.  Although it was hoped that a rematch would be conducted at the Henley Royal Regatta, Oxford failed to make up a crew, and Cambridge went on to defeat Leander Club before winning the Grand Challenge Cup against London Rowing Club.

References
Notes

Bibliography

External links
 Official website

1858 in English sport
The Boat Race
1858 in sports
March 1858 events


title: Maurice Coomarawel

text:
Maurice Coomarawel (16 April 1940 – 22 July 2008) was a Sri Lankan cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

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1940 births
2008 deaths
Sri Lankan male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Sri Lanka
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sri Lankan emigrants to Australia
Place of birth missing


title: Norma Metrolis

text:
Norma "Trolley" Metrolis (December 5, 1925 – February 2, 2010) was a catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between 1946 and 1950. She both batted and threw right-handed.

Raised in Lake Worth, Florida, Norma started playing for the league at the age of 19. During the five years of her baseball career, she played for the Muskegon Lassies (1946), Racine Belles (1947), South Bend Blue Sox (1948, 1949), Peoria Redwings (1949) and Fort Wayne Daisies (1950). In addition, she went to Havana, Cuba with the league to promote the game. When Norma played for the Lassies Trollies, she didn't play much as she was backup catcher behind Mickey Maguire.

Her family donated 323 photos to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009. She also appears in the Diamond Dreams exhibit on the second floor of the museum. Included in these photos were practice and game action shots, informal group shots with images of excursions from other team members, gatherings at the homes of players engaged in informal recreational activities such as swimming and boating, shots from the trip to Havana, player portraits and more. As well as photographic material, there are: 3 autographed balls, Norma's uniform patch from her time with the Blue Sox, a letter from league officials with a South Bend Blue Sox contract, league-related periodicals, newsletters, team schedules, and a Muskegon Lassies business card.

Norma Metrolis died at her home in Melbourne Beach, Florida, aged 84.

Career statistics
Batting Record

Sources

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
1925 births
2010 deaths
People from Lake Worth Beach, Florida
Baseball players from Palm Beach County, Florida
Baseball catchers
Racine Belles (1943–1950) players
People from Melbourne Beach, Florida
Sportspeople from Brevard County, Florida
21st-century American women


title: Ève Lavallière

text:
Ève Lavallière (born Eugénie Marie Pascaline Fenoglio, 1 April 1866 – 10 July 1929) was a French stage actress and later a noteworthy Catholic penitent and member of the Secular Franciscan Order.

Biography
Ève Lavallière was born at 8 rue Champ-de-Mars in Toulon. She was the daughter of Louis-Emile Fenoglio, a tailor of Neapolitan origin, and Albania-Marie Rana, who was born in Perpignan. At birth, her parents already had a son. Her birth was not desired, and she was placed, up to school age, with a local family of peasants. At school age, however, she was enrolled by her parents in a private school of excellent reputation. After the death of her parents in tragic circumstances and running away from home she arrived in Paris as a teenager.
She became an  actress renowned in the Belle Époque, including the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris.

From 1917, she moved to the castle of Choisille, at Chanceaux-sur-Choisille, Indre-et-Loire (later occupied by the Pinder circus). She had a radical religious conversion and became a devout Catholic. She wished to join a religious order and for a time was a medical missionary in Tunisia. She became a Franciscan tertiary, a member of the Secular Franciscans or Third Order of St Francis.

She is buried in Thuillières where she died in 1929.

Theater
Her most famous roles were in the following:

 1892 : La Vie parisienne by Jacques Offenbach, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés,
 1896 : Le Carillon by Ernest Blum and Paul Ferrier, Théâtre des Variétés
 1897 : Paris qui Marche, a review by Hector Monréal and Henri Blondeau, Théâtre des Variétés
 1898 : Les Petites Barnett by Paul Gavault and Louis Varney, Théâtre des Variétés
 1899 : La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach, booklet by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés
 1900 : Mademoiselle George by Victor de Cottens and Pierre Veber, music by Louis Vernet, Théâtre des Variétés
 1901 : La Veine by Alfred Capus, Théâtre des Variétés
 1902 : Les Deux Écoles by Alfred Capus, Théâtre des Variétés
 1903 : Le Sire de Vergy by Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Théâtre des Variétés
 1903 : Paris aux Variétés, revue by Paul Gavault, Théâtre des Variétés
 1904 : La Boule by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés
 1904 : Monsieur de la Palisse by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet, music by Claude Terrasse, Théâtre des Variétés
 1904 : Die Fledermaus as La Chauve-Souris (Prince Orlofsky), words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, music by Johann Strauss
 1904 : Barbe-bleue by Jacques Offenbach, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, Théâtre des Variétés
 1905 : L'Âge d'Or by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières, Théâtre des Variétés
 1905 : Miss Helyett, an opérette in 3 acts, text by Maxime Boucheron, music by Edmond Audran, Théâtre des Variétés
 1905 : La Petite Bohême, an opera in 3 acts, text by Paul Ferrier after Henry Murger, music by Henri Hirchmann, Théâtre des Variétés
 1906 : Miquette et sa mère by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Théâtre des Variétés
 1907 : Le Faux-pas by André Picard, Théâtre des Variétés
 1908 : Le Roi by Robert de Flers, Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Emmanuel Arène, Théâtre des Variétés
 1908 : L'Oiseau blessé by Alfred Capus, Théâtre de la Renaissance
 1909 : Un ange by Alfred Capus, Théâtre des Variétés
 1910 : Le Bois sacré by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Théâtre des Variétés
 1911 : Les Favorites by Alfred Capus, Théâtre des Variétés
 1912 : Les Petits by Lucien Népoty, Théâtre Antoine
 1913 : La Dame de chez Maxim by Georges Feydeau, Théâtre des Variétés
 1913 : Le Tango, a work of Jean Richepin, Théâtre de l'Athénée
 1914 : Ma tante d'Honfleur by Paul Gavault, Théâtre des Variétés

See also
 Louise de La Vallière
 lavallière
 Lavalier
 Lavalier microphone

References
 (Spanish) Omer Englebert, "Vida y conversion de Eva Lavallière", Mundo Moderno, Biografías y Memorias, Buenos Aires, 1953
 (Spanish) José María Hernández Gamell, "Una mujer extraordinaria. Vida y conversion de la famosa artista de Paris, Eva Lavallière". Ed. Caballeros Comendadores de Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús y de la Santa Faz, Madrid, 1944; reissue, Afrodisio Aguado, Madrid, 1945
 (French) Jean-Paul Claudel, Ève Lavallière : Orpheline de la terre ("Ève Lavallière: orphan of the Earth"), Gérard Louis Editor, 2007
  (English)  L.L. McReavy A Modern Magdalen, Eva Lavalliere (1866-1929) (1934)
  (English) Charlotte Kelly,  A Saint of the Stage - Eve Lavalliere Australian Catholic Truth Society No. 775 (1947) http://www.pamphlets.org.au/cts-pamphlets/9-austraila/738-a-saint-of-the-stage-eve-lavalliere.html

External links
 Ève Lavallière on data.bnf.fr
 Quelques mots sur Ève Lavallière
 Le séjour en Tunisie d'Ève Lavallière
 La tombe d'Ève Lavallière à Thuillières
 Profile, michaeljournal.org
 Profile, catholicireland.net
 Profile, todayscatholicworld.com
 Eve Lavalliere - Satan's Lost Catch youtube.com

19th-century French actresses
French stage actresses
Actors from Toulon
1866 births
1929 deaths
20th-century French nuns
20th-century French actresses
Belle Époque


title: Jashpur State

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Jashpur State was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The town of Jashpur was the former state's capital. The rulers were Rajputs of the Chauhan dynasty.

After the Independence of India Jashpur State was merged with the princely states of Raigarh, Sakti, Sarangarh and Udaipur to form the Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh. Now the district of Raigarh is part of Chhattisgarh state.

History
The area of Jashpur State was ruled by a Dom dynasty at the time of the Mughal Empire. Sujan Rai, a son of the Suryavanshi Raja of Banswada in Rajputana, arrived to the place and saw that the population were not satisfied with their ruler, Raibhan Dom. Sujan led a rebellion, defeated the Dom Raja in battle, and killed him, proclaiming himself king.

The Chauhan Rajput rajas of Jashpur accepted the sovereignty of the Bhonsle dynasty of Nagpur State, paying a tribute of 21 buffalos. Before 1818 the Bhonsle placed Jashpur State under the administration of Surguja State. The state became a British protectorate in 1818.

Jashpur was one of the states of the Eastern States Agency. The last ruler of this princely state signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948.

Rulers
The rulers of Jashpur State bore the title of 'Raja'.

Rajas (Pre-Independence of India)

Titular Rajas (Post-Independence of India)

*Between 1948 and 1973 Upendra Singh, son of Vijay Bhushan served as Yuvraj (Prince) of Jashpur State but unfortunately on February 24, 1973, Singh died with unknown reasons.

See also
Chota Nagpur States
Eastern States Agency
Political integration of India

References

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Jashpur (Princely State)

Jashpur district
History of Chhattisgarh
Princely states of India
Rajputs
18th-century establishments in India
1948 disestablishments in India
Princely states of Chhattisgarh


title: Jyoti Dhawale

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Jyoti Dhawale (also known as "Jo") is an HIV activist who works to empower people living with HIV/AIDS in India and across the world.

Early life
Jyoti was born July 24, 1976, at Namkum Military Hospital in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Her father, Captain Janak Narayan Dhawale, was an officer in the Indian Air Force and her mother was a homemaker. Dhawale grew up and was schooled in various parts of India. She finished her secondary schooling from National Institute of Open Schooling, New Delhi.

Health
She developed bilateral sensorineural hearing loss at the age of 3 due to a bicycle accident. She strongly relies on lip-reading to follow the conversations and uses text messaging or video calls, instead of phone calls.

Medical negligence
Dhawale underwent three forced abortions; during the third one in 2005, she contracted HIV due to medical negligence. On her fourth forced attempt, she tested positive, and decided to go ahead with the pregnancy. On March 31, 2006, she delivered a healthy, HIV-negative baby born via Cesarean section.

Career

Humanitarian work
Dhawale is a supporter of the rights and equality of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and the LGBT community. She has been involved in activities concerning human rights, human trafficking, sex workers and women and child health since 2007. She has supported Bapuji Center for AIDS Research & Education, (B'CARE) since 2012 as a regional coordinator for its Hyderabad-Mumbai AIDS Ride 2014. She counsels HIV (infected/affected) and suicide-related cases and is also a motivational speaker at the Deep Griha Society in Pune.

Activism
Dhawale promotes awareness and education of PLWHA and works with PLWHA survivors and international activists. In December 2012, she took part in a short documentary film by Through Positive Eyes, in collaboration with Heroes Project, along with 13 other HIV-positive people. The project was co-directed by London-based South African photographer and AIDS activist Gideon Mendel. She has also worked with Roy Wadia, brother of Riyad Vinci Wadia who worked for World Health Organization.

She is the creative manager and social media and public relations head for Black Swan Entertainment, where she and her team produce stories of women empowerment for a TV show ('Stree Shakti'). She is also the ambassador for Beydaar in Pakistan.

Featured in publications
An interview with Dhawale was published in the Times of India stating an example of successful and satisfied life of a mixed-status couple. She works to inspire, motivate and encourage people living with HIV to live a healthy lifestyle. Her interview articles have been published in various sites.
Dhawale's work as ambassador for The Stigma Project enables her to create and spread awareness, art, provocation and education on a wide scale.
In her documentary video Life After HIV she speaks in brief about her journey.

Endorsements
Since 2012, Dhawale has been the Indian Goodwill ambassador of The Stigma Project, which provides insight into HIV stigma within countries/communities. The program enables her to create and spread awareness, art, provocation and education on wide scale.
Dhawale is also a face of RiseUpToHIV campaign with a tagline, "No Shame About Being HIV Positive."
The campaign received the 2014-2015 KarmaVeer Award from iCongo REX for selfless work through social activism and reaching out to break the myth against HIV.

Awards
In 2019 Dhawale was awarded the Gold Karmaveer Chakra Award for proactive voluntary citizen action. The award was instituted by the International  Confederation Of NGOs (iCONGO) in partnership with the UN.

She has also been awarded the Bharat Prerna Award, which honors disabled people, and the APCOM Hero Award.

Personal life
Dhawale lives in Nagpur, Maharashtra. and has one child.

References

1976 births
Living people
People with HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS in India
HIV/AIDS activists
Indian social workers
Indian women activists
Indian LGBT rights activists
Indian people with disabilities
Indian motivational speakers
People from Ranchi district
Marathi people
Women civil rights activists
Indian activists with disabilities