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Selaginella cinerascens.jpeg, Selaginella cinerascens near Lake Hodges (San Diego County, California, US). "This photo is in the public domain and may be freely used for any purpose.",
Section: Selaginella cinerascens
Selaginella cinerascens is a species of spikemoss known by the common names mesa spikemoss, gray spikemoss, and ashy spikemoss. It is native to Baja California as well as some locations just north of the border in San Diego County, California. It grows in dry habitat, often on clay soil, both in open areas and in the shade of larger plants. This lycophyte forms mats of spreading, forking stems up to 18 centimeters long. The plant is often gray or brown in color, forming a dull-colored carpet on the substrate. The linear or lance-shaped leaves are 1 to 3 millimeters long and lack bristles at the tips. The leaves are green when new or moist. They are flattened to the stem or stick out just a little. The strobili borne at the leaf bases are yellow in color and no more than 4 to 5 millimeters long.
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Central Lonaconing along MD 36, View north along Maryland State Route 36 (Main Street) at Douglas Avenue in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland, Central Lonaconing along MD 36
Section: Lonaconing, Maryland
Lonaconing is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located along the Georges Creek Valley. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,214 at the 2010 census.
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, View south along Maryland State Route 36 (Main Street) at Union Street in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland, MD 36 southbound in Lonaconing
Section: Transportation
The main method of travel to and from Lonaconing is by road. The only significant highway serving the town is Maryland Route 36, which also serves as Main Street. MD 36 heads northward towards Frostburg and Interstate 68, while to the south, it terminates at the town of Westernport.
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Edith Gwynne Read plaque.jpg, Photo of Edith Read plaque at Conservancy, Rye, Edith Gwynne Read dedication plaque at Read Wildlife Sanctuary, Rye
Section: Edith Gwynne Read
Edith Mathews Gwynne Read (1904 - April 26, 2006) was an American environmentalist who helped preserve open space and protect watercourses and wetlands in Westchester County, New York, especially Rye. Her leadership led to the creation of the Rye Nature Center and the Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary that bears her name.
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, Playland Lake next to Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary, Playland Lake next to Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary
Section: Advocacy record
Inspired by her husband's interest in ornithology and her father's penchant for public service, Edith Read became increasingly engaged in conservation. In the fall of 1955, she helped circulate a petition recommending a plan for the acquisition and rehabilitation of a dilapidated ruins and its property known as the Parsons Tract for re-use as a 33-acre preserve and educational park. Following her urging at a public hearing in December 1956, the City of Rye purchased the former Marselis Parsons estate to create the Rye Nature Center. Read served as Chairman of the Center for 10 years. In her concurrent role as Chairman of the Rye Parks Commission, she and her committee drafted a long range plan for the site. The document included the reconditioning of overgrown formal gardens, cleaning a pond and laying out walking trails.
In the 1960s, together with fellow members of the Rye garden clubs, Read also raised awareness about the detrimental impact of overzealous building in wetlands and water pollution in Westchester County. She warned that the Blind Brook was "in danger of even more pollution than at present because of the building of new multiple dwellings, many more housing developments, and the relocation of industrial plants in our area" an environmental concern that continues to this day. She spent more than 12 years helping to gather signatures for petition and writing letters to officials and local papers to halt potential development of two strategic parcels of land on the Rye Harrison border that were critical for flood protection. Read's successful efforts were lauded along with those of "the Little Garden Club of Rye, the Rye Garden Club, the Ceres Garden Club, the League of Women Voters and the Rye Conservation Society in insuring that open space and natural areas are preserved for the future. Their collective farsightedness has been instrumental in making the public increasingly aware of the necessity for conserving and preserving our natural resources."
Not surprisingly, when a Rye-Oyster Bay Bridge was proposed in the 1960s by Robert Moses, Read voiced her opposition to the project. Her stance was reinforced by family and fellow petitioners of the Rye Garden Club who also recognized the threat to Rye's air and water quality.
Read's work did not go unnoticed by her hometown. With her outstanding record for civic engagement, Read was appointed as a Rye City Councilwoman on January 2, 1974. She received the American Legion's 19th Americanism Award on Memorial Day in 1976. This was the same year that she became Chairman of Westchester County's Soil and Water Board in 1976 committing herself to protecting natural water resources. Fully familiar with the devastating impact of flooding in her own neighborhood where "drains 'spouted like geysers'" and "innumerable small streams" contributed to the problem, Read spearheaded a plan to prohibit new construction in the flood prone Blind Brook watershed areas of the City of Rye and adjacent towns of Harrison and Rye town. Her work included the investigation of adding strategic structures like water retention basins. Governmental officials including Congressman Richard Ottinger lauded Read's tenacity.
Edith Read battled Westchester County together with the Long Island Sound Task Force and Federated Conservationists of Westchester in a lengthy litigation aimed at halting dumping that was taking place in Rye along Long Island Sound near a portion of the historic Playland Amusement Park. Broken rides and refuse had been regularly dumped there for years along with garbage. Westchester County had plans to deposit dredged soil from the man made lake throughout the wildlife habitat. A resolution to protect the important bird area was finally reached in 1983 under the auspices of County Executive Andrew O'Rourke.
Read's passion for conservation extended outside of Westchester too. She was a major player in preserving wetlands in the Adirondacks Forest Preserve.
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, Edith Read Sanctuary, Edith G. Read Sanctuary Entrance next to Playland Amusement Park
Section: Legacy
In 1970, Read's two decades long commitment to conservation was recognized by the League of Women Voters with the creation of an Edith G. Read Award to be given annually to a Rye resident who does the most for conservation.
On June 17, 1978, Read's substantial efforts to create the Rye Nature Center were honored by naming the nature center's museum building after her.
Her most notable tribute however, following years of passionate advocacy, is embodied in the Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary, which was dedicated as a "forever wild" natural park on October 5, 1985. Today the park is owned and operated by Westchester County Parks and supported by taxpayer dollars. An additional Friends of Edith Read Sanctuary assists with fundraising.
Edith died at 102 years old in 2006. On October 16, 2010, a plaque in her honor was unveiled at the sanctuary to recognize decades of Read's environmental stewardship.
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, Photo of Nature Center at Edith Read Sanctuary, Rye, New York, Nature Center at Edith Read Sanctuary, Rye, New York
Section: Legacy
In 1970, Read's two decades long commitment to conservation was recognized by the League of Women Voters with the creation of an Edith G. Read Award to be given annually to a Rye resident who does the most for conservation.
On June 17, 1978, Read's substantial efforts to create the Rye Nature Center were honored by naming the nature center's museum building after her.
Her most notable tribute however, following years of passionate advocacy, is embodied in the Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary, which was dedicated as a "forever wild" natural park on October 5, 1985. Today the park is owned and operated by Westchester County Parks and supported by taxpayer dollars. An additional Friends of Edith Read Sanctuary assists with fundraising.
Edith died at 102 years old in 2006. On October 16, 2010, a plaque in her honor was unveiled at the sanctuary to recognize decades of Read's environmental stewardship.
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, Bathampton Station. View eastward from Mill Lane Bridge, towards Swindon and London, also Trowbridge, Westbury etc. by a line that curves off sharply to the right at the far end of the station; closed 3/10/66. (The Batheaston - Swainswick by-pass now passes right beside the railway on the Up (left) side), The former railway station in 1963
Section: Bathampton
Bathampton (/bɑːθˈæmptən, bæθ-/) is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) east of Bath, England on the south bank of the River Avon. The parish has a population of 1,603.
The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the village and a toll bridge links Bathampton to Batheaston on the north bank of the canal.
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Yellow stone building, with porch with triangular roof in front. Short square tower with battlements topped by flag and flag pole. Gray gravestones in the foreground., ,
Section: Bathampton
Bathampton (/bɑːθˈæmptən, bæθ-/) is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3 km) east of Bath, England on the south bank of the River Avon. The parish has a population of 1,603.
The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the village and a toll bridge links Bathampton to Batheaston on the north bank of the canal.
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, River Avon and Meadows The River Avon between Claverton and Bathampton. Banner Down is in the distance., River Avon and meadows between Claverton and Bathampton, with Banner Down in the distance.
Section: Bathampton Meadows
When the A46 Bathampton by-pass was built, an area of 9 hectares was created to provide additional flood relief. The wet meadows and the oxbow lake which were made have proved attractive to a number of migrant birds with waders such as dunlin, ringed and little ringed plover, and green and common sandpiper in spring and autumn. Sand martin and kingfisher have been seen regularly by the oxbow, and other migrants have included yellow wagtail, whinchat and hobby.
In 2009, the local Council identified the meadows as a possible new park and ride site to alleviate traffic congestion in the city. In January 2017 the council confirmed that the Bathampton Meadows site as it preferred option for a park and ride site to the east of the city, However the owner, Steve Horler, says that he is unwilling to sell the land. Immediate plans were abandoned in 2017, following public opposition.
In January 2022, the National Trust announced the purchase of 40 acres (16 ha) of Bathampton Meadows, the bulk of the meadow. A three-mile walking route will be developed through the meadow.
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, Arthur Phillip Memorial The memorial to Arthur Phillip on the wall of the Australia Chapel in St Nicholas Church, Bathampton, near Bath, England. (Sorry about the misspell of his name in the filename). Photographed by Adrian Pingstone on 31st May 2006 and placed in the public domain., Memorial in St Nicholas Church to Arthur Phillip, first Governor of New South Wales, Australia
Section: Church
In the 13th century John Stafford, who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury, was the vicar of Bathampton.
The Parish Church of St Nicholas has 13th-century origins with 15th-century alterations and tower. In the mid-18th century Ralph Allen added Gothic components after he acquired Bathampton Manor by marriage in 1731. The building was further restored and the north aisle built in 1858 by Henry Goodridge and the chancel was restored in 1882 by Charles Edward Davis. The "Australia Chapel" in the south aisle contains memorials to the Allen family and to Admiral Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales. Phillip was buried in the church after his death in 1814 and although it was unnoticed for many years, the grave was discovered in 1897 and the Premier of New South Wales, Sir Henry Parkes, had it restored. The windows of the sanctuary carry the coat of arms of the Federal Government and the six Australian States.
Buried in the church yard is the body of the French aristocrat, Adolphe, Vicomte du Barry, a nephew-by-marriage and close personal friend of Madame du Barry, Louis XV's legendarily beautiful mistress. The Vicomte had been living in nearby Bath when he was killed in a duel with an Irish adventurer, Captain Rice.
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, The Australia Chapel in St Nicholas Church, Bathampton, near Bath, England. The memorial to the first governor of New South Wales (Arthur Phillip) is on the right hand wall, immediately above the dark square plaque. Photographed by Adrian Pingstone on 31st May 2006 and placed in the public domain., The Australia Chapel in St Nicholas Church
Section: Church
In the 13th century John Stafford, who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury, was the vicar of Bathampton.
The Parish Church of St Nicholas has 13th-century origins with 15th-century alterations and tower. In the mid-18th century Ralph Allen added Gothic components after he acquired Bathampton Manor by marriage in 1731. The building was further restored and the north aisle built in 1858 by Henry Goodridge and the chancel was restored in 1882 by Charles Edward Davis. The "Australia Chapel" in the south aisle contains memorials to the Allen family and to Admiral Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales. Phillip was buried in the church after his death in 1814 and although it was unnoticed for many years, the grave was discovered in 1897 and the Premier of New South Wales, Sir Henry Parkes, had it restored. The windows of the sanctuary carry the coat of arms of the Federal Government and the six Australian States.
Buried in the church yard is the body of the French aristocrat, Adolphe, Vicomte du Barry, a nephew-by-marriage and close personal friend of Madame du Barry, Louis XV's legendarily beautiful mistress. The Vicomte had been living in nearby Bath when he was killed in a duel with an Irish adventurer, Captain Rice.
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, The Directors, Uri Barbash (Israel) and Angga Dwimas Sasongko (Indonesia) at a press conference, during the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2015), in Panaji, Goa on November 27, 2015. हिन्दी, Barbash (left), at IFFI (2015)
Section: Uri Barbash
Uri Barbash (Hebrew: אורי ברבש; born 24 December 1946) is an Israeli film director.
He directed the film "Beyond the Walls" (1984 film) written by his brother Benny Barbash and Eran Preis. the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film is about an overcrowded prison where Jewish and Arab inmates set aside their prejudices and unite in a daring escape plan.
His film Echad Mishelanu (One of Us) (1989) is an Israeli drama about a military policeman sent to investigate his former comrades in an elite paratroop unit charged with the murder of an Arab who killed a member of the unit. The screenplay was written by the director's brother, Benny Barbash, a peace activist and playwright.
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UriBarbash2008.jpg, עברית: אורי ברבש בשנת 2008,
Section: Uri Barbash
Uri Barbash (Hebrew: אורי ברבש; born 24 December 1946) is an Israeli film director.
He directed the film "Beyond the Walls" (1984 film) written by his brother Benny Barbash and Eran Preis. the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film is about an overcrowded prison where Jewish and Arab inmates set aside their prejudices and unite in a daring escape plan.
His film Echad Mishelanu (One of Us) (1989) is an Israeli drama about a military policeman sent to investigate his former comrades in an elite paratroop unit charged with the murder of an Arab who killed a member of the unit. The screenplay was written by the director's brother, Benny Barbash, a peace activist and playwright.
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בית הכנסת במושב בית שקמה.JPG, עברית: בית הכנסת במושב בית שקמה,
Section: Beit Shikma
Beit Shikma (Hebrew: בֵּית שִׁקְמָה, lit. House of Sycamore) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 863.
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Beit Shikma is located in Ashkelon region of Israel, Ashkelon sub-district of the South District of Israel, for pushpin maps.,
Section: Beit Shikma
Beit Shikma (Hebrew: בֵּית שִׁקְמָה, lit. House of Sycamore) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located near Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 863.
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Hypercompe cunigunda - Guyane.jpg, Hypercompe cunigunda Guyane Française Août 2010,
Section: Hypercompe cunigunda
Hypercompe cunigunda is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Melothria pendula.
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Natalia Lesz, Polski: w:pl:Natalia Lesz, Natalia Lesz
Section: Natalia Lesz
Natalia Lesz (born 27 July 1981 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish actress and a pop singer and songwriter.
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A general view of Méritein, Le village de Méritein -- Photo amateur prise par moi-même, A general view of Méritein
Section: Méritein
Méritein ([meʁitɛ̃]; Occitan: Meritenh) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
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, Two Malay coaster in Java, with toop sail and rigging. Bahasa Indonesia, Two Malay coaster in Java, with toop sail and rigging.
Section: Toop (boat)
Toop (also known as toup, prauw toop or perahu toop) is a type of boat-ship produced in East Indies. Appeared at the end of the 18th century, and built in local shipyards, this type of boat is one of the results of the incorporation of 'Western' and 'Nusantaran' technologies that began in the shipyards of the 17th and 18th European trading companies. This type of boat is commonly used for long-distance shipping. In the first half of the 19th century, this was the most common type of boat used by sailors and traders in Nusantara. Majority of toop is owned by merchants from the western area of Nusantara.
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, Toup (toop) of Malacca anchored in the strait of Malacca. Bahasa Indonesia, Toop in the Malacca strait.
Section: Description
Two to three masted, toop carries 2 similar trapezoid sail on the main mast and the fore mast; the sails are arranged in such a way that a toop can turn the bow towards the wind without lowering and moving the sail under the new wind, something very beneficial if beating to windward in a narrow place. The stern is equipped with European-style fore-and-aft sail, and there may be three or four small headsails attached to the bowsprit. The masts are not bipod or tripod, but only a single masts that was reinforced with shrouds similar to European masts attachments.
Toop in general used for long-distance shipping and shows the much similarities with European design: The stern of many toop is quadrilateral (transom), and the shape of the hull is more similar to European sailing vessels than Nusantaran boats. Most of these boats are made using the same technique with those used to build European ships: Attaching the framework to keel first before the attaching the outer planking. The boat sometimes also carried oars, numbered between 16 and 20. Some of them also towed a sloop behind that could carry the entire crew. The presence of large sloop indicates that the toop is prepared to operate in areas without dock facilities that can facilitate loading and unloading activities.
The hull of toop is decked at fore and aft. The square stern has ornamental carvings. At the aft there is a cabin which rises slightly above deck and covered with a roof inclined longitudinally. South Sulawesian toop had this cabin entirely below deck. In light loads, the upperworks at sides were raised with mats. A cargo hatch is present abaft each mast. South Sulawesian prau toop only has 2 masts, the ones from Surabaya has taller masts.
However, different illustrations and descriptions showed variations of toop's hull: There are European-type hulls, with rectangular sterns and middle (axial) steering; there are boats with bow similar to European ships, but using side steering (double quarter rudder) and stern decks similar to padewakang. The difference of hull forms suggests that the word 'toop' actually refer to the sail plan, a combination of fore-and-aft 'Western' sails and two elevated rectangular sails that seems to be a variety of tanja sails.
The carrying capacity of toop is about 40–60 koyan (96.8–145 metric tons), the largest being 100 koyan (241,9 metric tons). There are toop which is favored by Bugis, the shape is look like a padewakang, but uses two to three masts whose rigging is European-styled, and carrying a kind of spritsail. These boats are generally larger than padewakang, and only used for trading. Western hulled toop is favored by the Dutch to be armed in case of war.
U.S. office of strategic service noted the dimensions of toop: A length of 49–59 ft (14.94–17.98 m), breadth of 10–13 ft (3.05–3.96 m), and depth of 10–11.5 ft (3.05–3.51 m).
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, Outrigger canoe from Surabaya and coaster named Toup (toop). Bahasa Indonesia, A western hulled toop, at the right side of the image.
Section: Description
Two to three masted, toop carries 2 similar trapezoid sail on the main mast and the fore mast; the sails are arranged in such a way that a toop can turn the bow towards the wind without lowering and moving the sail under the new wind, something very beneficial if beating to windward in a narrow place. The stern is equipped with European-style fore-and-aft sail, and there may be three or four small headsails attached to the bowsprit. The masts are not bipod or tripod, but only a single masts that was reinforced with shrouds similar to European masts attachments.
Toop in general used for long-distance shipping and shows the much similarities with European design: The stern of many toop is quadrilateral (transom), and the shape of the hull is more similar to European sailing vessels than Nusantaran boats. Most of these boats are made using the same technique with those used to build European ships: Attaching the framework to keel first before the attaching the outer planking. The boat sometimes also carried oars, numbered between 16 and 20. Some of them also towed a sloop behind that could carry the entire crew. The presence of large sloop indicates that the toop is prepared to operate in areas without dock facilities that can facilitate loading and unloading activities.
The hull of toop is decked at fore and aft. The square stern has ornamental carvings. At the aft there is a cabin which rises slightly above deck and covered with a roof inclined longitudinally. South Sulawesian toop had this cabin entirely below deck. In light loads, the upperworks at sides were raised with mats. A cargo hatch is present abaft each mast. South Sulawesian prau toop only has 2 masts, the ones from Surabaya has taller masts.
However, different illustrations and descriptions showed variations of toop's hull: There are European-type hulls, with rectangular sterns and middle (axial) steering; there are boats with bow similar to European ships, but using side steering (double quarter rudder) and stern decks similar to padewakang. The difference of hull forms suggests that the word 'toop' actually refer to the sail plan, a combination of fore-and-aft 'Western' sails and two elevated rectangular sails that seems to be a variety of tanja sails.
The carrying capacity of toop is about 40–60 koyan (96.8–145 metric tons), the largest being 100 koyan (241,9 metric tons). There are toop which is favored by Bugis, the shape is look like a padewakang, but uses two to three masts whose rigging is European-styled, and carrying a kind of spritsail. These boats are generally larger than padewakang, and only used for trading. Western hulled toop is favored by the Dutch to be armed in case of war.
U.S. office of strategic service noted the dimensions of toop: A length of 49–59 ft (14.94–17.98 m), breadth of 10–13 ft (3.05–3.96 m), and depth of 10–11.5 ft (3.05–3.51 m).
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Bethlem Royal Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 34691.jpg, Bethlem Royal Hospital. Bethlem Royal Hospital main entrance is in Monks Orchard Road. The photograph shows the administrative block. Now run by South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, it is a 750 year old psychiatric hospital. Its first site was in Bishopsgate, where it became infamous as "Bedlam"., Main building of Bethlem Royal Hospital, which houses the Bethlem Museum of the Mind and the Bethlem Gallery
Section: Bethlem Gallery
The Bethlem Gallery is an art gallery in Beckenham, Bromley, England. It was established in 1997 to support and exhibit artists who are current or former patients of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The gallery is housed in an Art Deco building shared with the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, with exhibits about the history of Bethlem Royal Hospital.
The small gallery team supports and encourages artists who may feel excluded from artistic endeavour otherwise. The gallery provides facilities for collaboration, experimentation, and skills exchange.
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Fish Creek is located in Saskatchewan, Physical location map of Saskatchewan, Canada Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 170 %. Geographic limits of the map, class=notpageimage| Location of Fish Creek in Saskatchewan
Section: Fish Creek (Saskatchewan)
Fish Creek is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatchewan, Canada, north-east of Saskatoon. From its source near Aberdeen it flows north-east until it turns north to enter the South Saskatchewan River.
It is notable as the site of the Battle of Tourond's Coulee/Fish Creek during the North-West Rebellion of 1885 between General Frederick Middleton of the Canadian Militia and Gabriel Dumont, adjutant general of the Metis Provisional Government of Saskatchewan. It also gives its name to the surrounding rural municipality. The area is part of the aspen parkland biome.
Fish Creek was the southern border of the Southbranch Settlement of French Métis who settled in the Saskatchewan Valley region in the mid to late 19th Century. They knew it as Tourond's Coulee. Dumont chose to fight the battle at this natural border region as a defensive action with his outnumbered forces as the Canadian troops drove north. Dumont had less than sixty Métis, and this small force held off the Canadian troops for a day. The fighting took place on April 24.
The battle proved to be a success for the Métis forces in that they bloodied Middleton's nose and stalled the Canadian advance on Batoche, Saskatchewan; capital of Louis Riel's provisional government, for another two weeks.
Fish Creek also gives its name to a Saskatchewan rural municipality, Fish Creek No. 402 which encompasses the area today.
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K R Burns 2007.JPG, Grave recovery by Karen Ramey Burns.,
Section: Karen Ramey Burns
Karen Ramey Burns was an American forensic anthropologist known for work in international human rights. Her specialty was the recovery and identification of human remains in criminal, historical, archaeological, and disaster-related circumstances. She worked on a number of high-profile cases, including the Raboteau Massacre and trial in Haiti, the Río Negro massacre in Guatemala, victims of genocide in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Amelia Earhart search in Kiribati, Fiji, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the identification of the Kazimierz Pułaski remains in Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was also active in international forensic training and taught human osteology and forensic anthropology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. She was a 2007-08 Fulbright Scholar at the University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, where she also worked with EQUITAS, a non-governmental organization dedicated to helping families of disappeared persons due to the ongoing Colombian conflict.
Burns received her graduate education in forensic anthropology under the direction of the late William R. Maples at the University of Florida and developed experience in major crime laboratory procedures while working for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Division of Forensic Sciences. She was a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
She died on January 7, 2012.
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, , Baglioni Madonna (c. 1512–1513) by Andrea Previtali
Section: Baglioni Madonna
The Baglioni Madonna or Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Anne is an oil on panel painting by Andrea Previtali, executed c. 1512–1513, now in the art gallery of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. His earliest surviving work, it is signed ANDREAS.BER.PIN. Since 1900 it has been named after its last private owner Francesco Baglioni, who gave it to its present home. It belongs to the sacra conversazione genre. It was restored in 2011 by Amalia Pacia of the Sovraintendenza per i Beni Storici Artistici ed Etnoatropologici di Mialno and Maria Cristina Rodeschini from the Accademia Carrara
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Section: Marcel Baltazard
Marcel Baltazard (February 13, 1908 – September 1, 1971) was a French physician and medical researcher. Known for his work on plague and rabies, he was the director of the Pasteur Institute of Iran from 1946 to 1961 and then head of the service of epidemiology in the Pasteur Institute of Paris.
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, City of Beitar Illit, Israeli settlement in Gush Etzion., Beitar Illit, the largest city in Gush Etzion, was founded in 1985
Section: Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion (Hebrew: גּוּשׁ עֶצְיוֹן, lit. Etzion Bloc) is a cluster of Israeli settlements located in the Judaean Mountains, directly south of Jerusalem and Bethlehem in the West Bank. The core group includes four Jewish agricultural villages that were founded in 1943–1947, and destroyed by the Arab Legion before the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, in the Kfar Etzion massacre. The area was left outside of Israel with the 1949 armistice lines. These settlements were rebuilt after the 1967 Six-Day War, along with new communities that have expanded the area of the Etzion Bloc. As of 2011, Gush Etzion consisted of 22 settlements with a population of 70,000.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli and US governments dispute this.
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, Gush Etzion (in English, the Etzion Bloc) in the 2018 OCHA OpT map, Gush Etzion in the 2018 OCHA OpT map, showing both the modern definition and the area of the original 1943-48 settlements
Section: Gush Etzion
Gush Etzion (Hebrew: גּוּשׁ עֶצְיוֹן, lit. Etzion Bloc) is a cluster of Israeli settlements located in the Judaean Mountains, directly south of Jerusalem and Bethlehem in the West Bank. The core group includes four Jewish agricultural villages that were founded in 1943–1947, and destroyed by the Arab Legion before the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, in the Kfar Etzion massacre. The area was left outside of Israel with the 1949 armistice lines. These settlements were rebuilt after the 1967 Six-Day War, along with new communities that have expanded the area of the Etzion Bloc. As of 2011, Gush Etzion consisted of 22 settlements with a population of 70,000.
The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli and US governments dispute this.
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, The four kibbutzes of the Gush Etzion Bloc (Kfar Etzion, Ein Zurim, Massuot Yitzhak, Revadim) overlaid on the 1943 Survey of Palestine map of Beit Fajjar. The dates are the period of settlement, from founding to the 1948 war, The four kibbutzes of the Gush Etzion at the time of the 1948 war (Kfar Etzion, Ein Zurim, Massuot Yitzhak, Revadim) overlaid on a 1943 Survey of Palestine map. The land area is shown as being within the village boundaries of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah.
Section: History
The four core original settlements of Gush Etzion were Kfar Etzion (founded in 1943), Massu'ot Yitzhak (1945), Ein Tzurim (1946) and Revadim (1947); the land area of all four were located within the village boundaries of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah. From November 29, 1947, Kfar Etzion was under siege and cut off from Jerusalem. On May 13, 1948, when the village surrendered, 127 Jewish inhabitants were massacred by local village irregulars, with the possible involvement of the Arab Legion. The other villages surrendered the next day. The inhabitants were taken prisoner and the homes were plundered and burned.
The establishment, defense and fall of Gush Etzion have been described as "one of the major episodes of the State of Israel-in-the-making", playing a significant role in Israeli collective memory. The motivation for resettling the region is not so much ideological, political or security-related as symbolic, linked in the Israeli psyche to the massive loss of life (1% of its total population) in the 1947–1949 Palestine war.
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, Survey of Palestine maps, 1943 Survey of Palestine map, shortly prior to the re-founding of Jewish settlements in the area. “Kefar Etsyon” is shown as abandoned (top left), referring to the 1935-37 failed settlement. No other Jewish settlements are shown in the area.
Section: History
The four core original settlements of Gush Etzion were Kfar Etzion (founded in 1943), Massu'ot Yitzhak (1945), Ein Tzurim (1946) and Revadim (1947); the land area of all four were located within the village boundaries of Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah. From November 29, 1947, Kfar Etzion was under siege and cut off from Jerusalem. On May 13, 1948, when the village surrendered, 127 Jewish inhabitants were massacred by local village irregulars, with the possible involvement of the Arab Legion. The other villages surrendered the next day. The inhabitants were taken prisoner and the homes were plundered and burned.
The establishment, defense and fall of Gush Etzion have been described as "one of the major episodes of the State of Israel-in-the-making", playing a significant role in Israeli collective memory. The motivation for resettling the region is not so much ideological, political or security-related as symbolic, linked in the Israeli psyche to the massive loss of life (1% of its total population) in the 1947–1949 Palestine war.
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, עברית: רבדים - מראה כללי, Revadim, December 1947
Section: Settlements in Mandatory Palestine
In 1927, a group of religious Yemenite Jews founded an agricultural village they named Migdal Eder (Hebrew: מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר), based on a biblical quotation (Genesis 35:21). The land had been purchased in 1925 by Zikhron David, a private Jewish land holding company at a site between Bethlehem and Hebron that fell between the zones of influence of the local Arab clans. This early community did not flourish, mainly due to economic hardships and escalating tension with neighboring Arab communities. Two years later, during the 1929 Palestine riots and recurring hostilities, Migdal Eder was attacked and destroyed. Residents of the neighboring Palestinian village of Beit Ummar sheltered the farmers, but they could not return to their land.
In 1932, a Jewish businessman of German extraction, Shmuel Yosef Holtzmann, provided financial backing for another attempt at resettling the area, through a company named El HaHar ("To the Mountain"). The kibbutz established there in 1935 was named Kfar Etzion, in his honor (the German word Holz means "wood", which is etz עץ in Hebrew). The 1936–1939 Arab revolt made life intolerable for the residents, who returned to Jerusalem in 1937. The Jewish National Fund organized a third attempt at settlement in 1943 with the refounding of Kfar Etzion by members of a religious group called Kvutzat Avraham. Despite the rocky soil, shortage of potable water, harsh winters, and constant threat of attack, this group managed to succeed.
Their isolation was somewhat relieved by the establishment in 1945 of Masu'ot Yitzhak and Ein Tzurim, populated by members of the religious Bnei Akiva movement and Religious Kibbutz Movement. Against the backdrop of an impending struggle for Israeli independence, the secular Hashomer Hatzair movement founded a fourth kibbutz, Revadim. A religious center, Neve Ovadia, was also founded by the bloc's members. By the start of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Etzion bloc numbered 450 residents and stretched over an area of 20,000 dunams (20 km²).
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, A view on Kibbutz Masu'ot Yitzhak in Gush Etzion עברית, Kibbutz Masu'ot Yitzhak, May 1947
Section: Settlements in Mandatory Palestine
In 1927, a group of religious Yemenite Jews founded an agricultural village they named Migdal Eder (Hebrew: מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר), based on a biblical quotation (Genesis 35:21). The land had been purchased in 1925 by Zikhron David, a private Jewish land holding company at a site between Bethlehem and Hebron that fell between the zones of influence of the local Arab clans. This early community did not flourish, mainly due to economic hardships and escalating tension with neighboring Arab communities. Two years later, during the 1929 Palestine riots and recurring hostilities, Migdal Eder was attacked and destroyed. Residents of the neighboring Palestinian village of Beit Ummar sheltered the farmers, but they could not return to their land.
In 1932, a Jewish businessman of German extraction, Shmuel Yosef Holtzmann, provided financial backing for another attempt at resettling the area, through a company named El HaHar ("To the Mountain"). The kibbutz established there in 1935 was named Kfar Etzion, in his honor (the German word Holz means "wood", which is etz עץ in Hebrew). The 1936–1939 Arab revolt made life intolerable for the residents, who returned to Jerusalem in 1937. The Jewish National Fund organized a third attempt at settlement in 1943 with the refounding of Kfar Etzion by members of a religious group called Kvutzat Avraham. Despite the rocky soil, shortage of potable water, harsh winters, and constant threat of attack, this group managed to succeed.
Their isolation was somewhat relieved by the establishment in 1945 of Masu'ot Yitzhak and Ein Tzurim, populated by members of the religious Bnei Akiva movement and Religious Kibbutz Movement. Against the backdrop of an impending struggle for Israeli independence, the secular Hashomer Hatzair movement founded a fourth kibbutz, Revadim. A religious center, Neve Ovadia, was also founded by the bloc's members. By the start of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Etzion bloc numbered 450 residents and stretched over an area of 20,000 dunams (20 km²).
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, A view of the orchard of Kfar Etzion and the Kibbutz above it. עברית, Kfar Etzion, 1947
Section: Settlements in Mandatory Palestine
In 1927, a group of religious Yemenite Jews founded an agricultural village they named Migdal Eder (Hebrew: מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר), based on a biblical quotation (Genesis 35:21). The land had been purchased in 1925 by Zikhron David, a private Jewish land holding company at a site between Bethlehem and Hebron that fell between the zones of influence of the local Arab clans. This early community did not flourish, mainly due to economic hardships and escalating tension with neighboring Arab communities. Two years later, during the 1929 Palestine riots and recurring hostilities, Migdal Eder was attacked and destroyed. Residents of the neighboring Palestinian village of Beit Ummar sheltered the farmers, but they could not return to their land.
In 1932, a Jewish businessman of German extraction, Shmuel Yosef Holtzmann, provided financial backing for another attempt at resettling the area, through a company named El HaHar ("To the Mountain"). The kibbutz established there in 1935 was named Kfar Etzion, in his honor (the German word Holz means "wood", which is etz עץ in Hebrew). The 1936–1939 Arab revolt made life intolerable for the residents, who returned to Jerusalem in 1937. The Jewish National Fund organized a third attempt at settlement in 1943 with the refounding of Kfar Etzion by members of a religious group called Kvutzat Avraham. Despite the rocky soil, shortage of potable water, harsh winters, and constant threat of attack, this group managed to succeed.
Their isolation was somewhat relieved by the establishment in 1945 of Masu'ot Yitzhak and Ein Tzurim, populated by members of the religious Bnei Akiva movement and Religious Kibbutz Movement. Against the backdrop of an impending struggle for Israeli independence, the secular Hashomer Hatzair movement founded a fourth kibbutz, Revadim. A religious center, Neve Ovadia, was also founded by the bloc's members. By the start of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Etzion bloc numbered 450 residents and stretched over an area of 20,000 dunams (20 km²).
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, Jewish prisonners after the Fall of Gush Etzion (British Mandate of Palestine), Jewish prisoners in Jordan, after the fall of Gush Etzion, May 1948
Section: Civil war and Arab–Israeli War
On November 29, 1947, the United Nations approved the Partition Plan. The bloc fell within the area allotted to a proposed Arab state. The Haganah command decided not to leave the bloc. Arab hostilities began almost immediately, and travel to Jerusalem became exceedingly difficult. For five months the bloc was besieged, first by Arab irregulars, and then by the Jordanian Arab Legion. Throughout the winter hostilities intensified and several relief convoys from the Haganah in Jerusalem were destroyed in ambushes. For 47 days the armed conflict was intense. In January, the women and children were evacuated with British assistance. An emergency reinforcement convoy put together by the Haganah and attempting to get to Gush Etzion under cover of darkness was discovered; all 35 members were massacred. Despite some resupply flights by Piper Cubs out of Tel Aviv landing onto an improvised airfield, adequate supplies were not getting in.
On March 27, land communication with the Yishuv was severed completely when the Nabi Daniel Convoy was ambushed on its return journey to Jerusalem. In the following months, Arab irregular forces continued small-scale attacks against the bloc, which the Haganah was able to effectively withstand. At times, the Haganah forces, commanded by Uzi Narkiss, ambushed Arab military convoys—and, according to Morris, also Arab civilian traffic and British military convoys—on the road between Jerusalem and Hebron. The defenders of Gush Etzion and the central command in Jerusalem mulled evacuation, but, although they had very few arms, a decision was made to hold out due to their strategic location as the only Jewish-held position on Jerusalem's southern approach from Hebron.
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, , "The lone oak", one of Gush Etzion's symbols
Section: Interim period (1949–1967)
In May 1948, the women and children evacuated from the bloc before the battle were taken to the Ratisbonne Monastery in Jerusalem. In June 1948, when the road to Jerusalem was opened, they were moved to Petah Tikva for two months. The refugees lived at the Netzah Yisrael school until the school year began, later resettling in Giv'at Aliyah, a neighborhood in Jaffa organized like a kibbutz.
Four years later, the returning prisoners of war of the bloc founded Nir Etzion in the Mount Carmel area near Haifa. Nir Etzion sought to accept the majority of the bloc's children into it, but despite wishing to unite in a new place of residence, the issue of joining Nir Etzion was a matter of debate among the children, many of whom joined the Nahal military unit. The survivors of Masu'ot Yitzhak, Ein Tzurim, and Revadim founded their communities anew in Israel proper.
The interim period saw the rise of two movements designed to commemorate the fall of Gush Etzion, through songs, poetry, prose and cultural activities. Both the land of the bloc, and the events that transpired there in the war of 1948, became sacred to the descendants of the original participants. Some compared the story of the yearning to return to the bloc to the story of the Jews yearning to return to the Land of Israel. For 19 years, some survivors would gather on the Israel–Jordan frontier and gaze at the giant oak tree there in remembrance of what was. This became an annual gathering following the Independence Day ceremony (independence day was one day after the bloc had fallen). Poems and stories were written that humanized the lone tree. This was criticized by the novelist Haim Be'er, who called the bloc's settlement movements a "fervent cult" and compared them to the Canaanites.
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, The Gush Etzion winery near Alon Shvut עברית, Alon Shvut winery
Section: Re-establishment
As a result of the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel controlled the area of the former Etzion Bloc. A loose organisation of Bnei Akiva activists, who later coalesced into Gush Emunim, led by Hanan Porat, whose parents had been evacuated, petitioned Israeli prime minister Levi Eshkol to allow the reestablishment of Kfar Etzion. Among the supporters were Ra'anan Weitz, head of the settlement department in the Jewish Agency; minister of internal affairs Haim-Moshe Shapira; and Michael Hazani of the national religious movement. Supporters of the Allon Plan in the government were also in favor of settling the bloc. Eshkol was finally persuaded to give a green light to the plan. He was not decisive however, and the settlement movement did not immediately begin to build in the entire bloc, but only on the location of Kfar Etzion. Construction began in September, 1967. Since the government initially decided not to establish civilian settlements in the captured territories, the settlement was falsely portrayed as a Nahal outpost. According to Ra'anan Weitz's plan, Kfar Etzion was meant to be one of three settlements in the new bloc, which also included Aviezer. A new middle village would be established on Jewish National Fund land purchased in the 1940s.
Weitz' plan of creating a line of settlements based on territorial continuity, however, had a number of opponents: the descendants of the original residents of the bloc, the settlers on the ground, the Religious Kibbutz Movement, and the Israel Defense Forces. The IDF surveyed the land and decided that, "Kfar Etzion B should be founded near the existing Kfar Etzion, and not near the former Green Line". This eventually was supported by defense minister Moshe Dayan, who envisioned five settlement points in the West Bank, one of them being the Etzion bloc. On September 30, 1968, the government gave permission to create a regional center and Hesder Yeshiva in Kfar Etzion, a major demand of the settlers and the final departure from the continuity plan.
In the same decision, the government appointed a committee for planning the settlement of the bloc. In accordance with the committee's recommendations, Revadim and the settlement of Rosh Tzurim were founded on the former site of Ein Tzurim in July 1969, and Alon Shvut in June 1970. Many other settlements and two municipalities (Efrat and Beitar Illit) have been founded in the area of the historic Etzion bloc, and its name was taken for the greater Gush Etzion Regional Council.
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, West Bank, Near Giloh, Jerusalem, the Tunnels Road (view from Beit Jalla) - Bridge connecting Israel with the West Bank/Palestine This is a tunnel and bridge leading from the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo to the West Bank settlements of the Etzion bloc. Note the farmhouse on the bottom right. Français , Bridge and tunnel on Highway 60, leading from Jerusalem to Gush Etzion
Section: Re-establishment
As a result of the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel controlled the area of the former Etzion Bloc. A loose organisation of Bnei Akiva activists, who later coalesced into Gush Emunim, led by Hanan Porat, whose parents had been evacuated, petitioned Israeli prime minister Levi Eshkol to allow the reestablishment of Kfar Etzion. Among the supporters were Ra'anan Weitz, head of the settlement department in the Jewish Agency; minister of internal affairs Haim-Moshe Shapira; and Michael Hazani of the national religious movement. Supporters of the Allon Plan in the government were also in favor of settling the bloc. Eshkol was finally persuaded to give a green light to the plan. He was not decisive however, and the settlement movement did not immediately begin to build in the entire bloc, but only on the location of Kfar Etzion. Construction began in September, 1967. Since the government initially decided not to establish civilian settlements in the captured territories, the settlement was falsely portrayed as a Nahal outpost. According to Ra'anan Weitz's plan, Kfar Etzion was meant to be one of three settlements in the new bloc, which also included Aviezer. A new middle village would be established on Jewish National Fund land purchased in the 1940s.
Weitz' plan of creating a line of settlements based on territorial continuity, however, had a number of opponents: the descendants of the original residents of the bloc, the settlers on the ground, the Religious Kibbutz Movement, and the Israel Defense Forces. The IDF surveyed the land and decided that, "Kfar Etzion B should be founded near the existing Kfar Etzion, and not near the former Green Line". This eventually was supported by defense minister Moshe Dayan, who envisioned five settlement points in the West Bank, one of them being the Etzion bloc. On September 30, 1968, the government gave permission to create a regional center and Hesder Yeshiva in Kfar Etzion, a major demand of the settlers and the final departure from the continuity plan.
In the same decision, the government appointed a committee for planning the settlement of the bloc. In accordance with the committee's recommendations, Revadim and the settlement of Rosh Tzurim were founded on the former site of Ein Tzurim in July 1969, and Alon Shvut in June 1970. Many other settlements and two municipalities (Efrat and Beitar Illit) have been founded in the area of the historic Etzion bloc, and its name was taken for the greater Gush Etzion Regional Council.
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, Map showing Gush Etzion area of West Bank and settlements therein., 2014 Declarations of "State Land" in Gush Etzion settlement bloc[40]
Section: 2014 "State land" classifications
On 6 April and 25 August 2014, the Israeli Civil Administration declared 1,000 and 3,799 dunums of land respectively in the Bethlehem Governorate within the boundaries of Surif, Nahalin, Husan, Jab'a and Wadi Fukin villages as "state land".
According to Peace Now, it was the largest confiscation of Palestinian land in three decades.
The United States responded to the announcement by rebuking Israel for taking measures that were 'counter-productive' to the two-state solution in peace talks. The expropriation was also condemned by the United Nations, the United Kingdom Egypt, France, Spain, Russia, European Union, Turkey, Norway, Japan and Amnesty International.
As of September 2014, eight years after approving the 45 km stretch of barrier enclosing Gush Etzion, no progress had been made on it. The reclassified land would be on the Palestinian side of the barrier. On 21 September 2014, the government voted to not reauthorize the barrier in the Gush Etzion area.
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Victorino Mapa.jpg, The Second Chief Justice of the Philippines,
Section: Victorino Mapa
Victorino Montaño Mapa (February 25, 1855 – April 12, 1927) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and later, as the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines under the American colonial Insular Government.
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, Photograph of the Harvard Computers (unflatteringly known as "Pickering's Harem"), a group of women who worked under Edward Charles Pickering at the Harvard College Observatory. The photograph was taken on 13 May 1913 in front of Building C, which was then the newest building at the Observatory. The image was discovered in an album which had once belonged to Annie Jump Cannon. Image courtesy of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Back row (L to R), The Harvard Computers standing in front of Building C at the Harvard College Observatory, 13 May 1913
Section: Harvard Computers
The Harvard Computers was a team of women working as skilled workers to process astronomical data at the Harvard Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The team was directed by Edward Charles Pickering (1877 to 1919) and, following his death in 1919, by Annie Jump Cannon.
"The women were challenged to make sense of these patterns by devising a scheme for sorting the stars into categories. Annie Jump Cannon's success at this activity made her famous in her own lifetime, and she produced a stellar classification system that is still in use today. Antonia Maury discerned in the spectra a way to assess the relative sizes of stars, and Henrietta Leavitt showed how the cyclic changes of certain variable stars could serve as distance markers in space."
Other computers in the team included Williamina Fleming and Florence Cushman. Although these women started primarily as calculators, they made significant contributions to astronomy, much of which they published in research articles.
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, "Pickering's Harem," so-called, for the group of women computers at the Harvard College Observatory, who worked for the astronomer Edward Charles Pickering. The group included Harvard computer and astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt (1868–1921), Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941), Williamina Fleming (1857–1911), and Antonia Maury (1866–1952)., Harvard Computers at work, circa 1890, including Henrietta Swan Leavitt seated, third from left, with magnifying glass (1868–1921), Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941), Williamina Fleming standing, at center (1857–1911), and Antonia Maury (1866–1952).
Section: Mary Anna Palmer Draper
Mary Anna Draper was the widow of Dr. Henry Draper, an astronomer who died before completing his work on the chemical composition of stars. She was very involved in her husband's work and wanted to finish his classification of stars after he died. Mary Draper quickly realized the task facing her was far too daunting for one person. She had received correspondence from Mr. Pickering, a close friend of hers and her husband's. Pickering offered to help finish her husband's work, and encouraged her to publish his findings up to the time of his death. After some deliberation and much consideration, Draper decided in 1886 to donate money and a telescope of her husband's to the Harvard Observatory in order to photograph the spectra of stars. She had decided this would be the best way to continue her husband's work and erect his legacy in astronomy. She was very insistent on funding the memorial project with her own inheritance, as it would carry on her husband's legacy. She was a dedicated follower of the observatory and a great friend of Pickering's. In 1900 she funded an expedition to see the total solar eclipse occurring that year.
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Pekin, Illinois Federal Building from E 1.jpg, Federal Building, located at 334 Elizabeth Street in Pekin, Illinois. Elizabeth Street runs northwest-southeast; view in the photo is from the east., View from east, 2011
Section: Pekin Federal Building
The Old Post Office, also known as the former Pekin Federal Building, is a historic building in Pekin, Illinois. Built in 1906, the building held Pekin's U.S. government offices; the first floor served as the city's main post office, while the second floor held various offices, including a Department of the Treasury office and an Army recruitment office. Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor designed the building in the Renaissance Revival style, in keeping with the tradition of using classical styles for federal buildings. The building's design features a red brick exterior with a limestone base and quoins; fanlights and keystones above the first-floor windows; and a limestone cornice with a parapet wall and a cartouche above the main entrance.
The Post Office moved out in 1966 and the building was sold to private owners in 1967. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1980.
Eventually the building was bought by the Tazewell County government. County board meetings were held in the building for a time. Several county offices still operate in the building. The east side of the building's addition settled unevenly, developing a large crack between the addition and original structure in 2016; due to the historic static of the building, the county immediately asked for bids to shore up the east side.
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The town hall in Sundhouse, , The town hall in Sundhouse
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Sundhouse (German: Sundhausen) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.
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DanielNordmark.jpg, Daniel Nordmark,
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Karl Daniel Nordmark (born 4 January 1988) is a Swedish football player who most recently played for Lidköpings FK.
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A spiral disguised NGC 1032.jpg, Resembling a wizard’s staff set aglow, NGC 1032 cleaves the quiet darkness of space in two in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 1032 is located about a hundred million light years away in the constellation Cetus (The Sea Monster). Although beautiful, this image perhaps does not do justice to the galaxy’s true aesthetic appeal: NGC 1032 is actually a spectacular spiral galaxy, but from Earth, the galaxy’s vast disc of gas, dust and stars is seen nearly edge-on. A handful of other galaxies can be seen lurking in the background, scattered around the narrow stripe of NGC 1032. Many are oriented face-on or at tilted angles, showing off their glamorous spiral arms and bright cores. Such orientations provide a wealth of detail about the arms and their nuclei, but fully understanding a galaxy’s three-dimensional structure also requires an edge-on view. This gives astronomers an overall idea of how stars are distributed throughout the galaxy and allows them to measure the “height” of the disc and the bright star-studded core., NGC 1032 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.[1]
Section: NGC 1032
NGC 1032 is a spiral galaxy that is about 117 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus.
In January 2005 SN 2005E, a calcium-rich supernova, was discovered in NGC 1032.
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, New York State Route 141 northbound in Thornwood, New York., NY 141 northbound through the hamlet of Thornwood, alongside Metro-North's Harlem Line
Section: Route description
NY 141 begins at a trumpet interchange with NY 9A on the western edge of the hamlet of Hawthorne, located within the town of Mount Pleasant. This junction also serves as the south end of NY 9A's overlaps with NY 100. NY 141 initially heads to the northeast as an independent route, following the two ramps not carrying either direction of NY 100. After just 0.1 miles (0.2 km), all four ramps merge into a four-lane divided highway, creating a short overlap between NY 141 and NY 100. The divided highway ends at Brighton Avenue, the first road that it intersects. NY 100 splits from NY 141 here, following Brighton Avenue southward while NY 141 heads southeastward along the two-lane Broadway, passing through a lightly developed commercial area. After one block, the route intersects Bradhurst Avenue, here a state-maintained street serving as a one-block spur of NY 100.
Just east of Bradhurst Avenue, NY 141 connects to the Taconic State Parkway by way of a partial interchange. The junction has only two connections; the first links NY 141 to the southbound parkway, while the second leads from the northbound direction of the parkway to NY 141 via West Cross Street. Continuing eastward, the highway passes under the parkway and enters the commercial center of Hawthorne. Here, NY 141 crosses over the Metro-North Railroad before turning northward onto Elwood Avenue. Over the next 1.5 miles (2.4 km), NY 141 closely parallels the railroad's Harlem Line, serving its Hawthorne station as the road heads north. After three blocks, the road and railroad turn to the northeast and begin to run alongside the Saw Mill River Parkway. Elwood Avenue ends shortly after the curve, giving way to Commerce Street.
As Commerce Street, NY 141 continues to head to the northeast, passing by a line of businesses in an otherwise residential area between the hamlets of Hawthorne and Thornwood. The route eventually enters the latter's central business district, where the Saw Mill Parkway and the Harlem Line turn northwestward toward the center of the nearby village of Pleasantville. NY 141 continues on a northern track however, veering off of Commerce Street onto Franklin Avenue, then becoming known as Broadway again as it heads through mostly residential areas on its way into the eastern portion of Pleasantville. It retains the Broadway name to a junction with Bedford Road, from where the route continues as Bedford Road for two blocks before ending at an intersection with NY 117. Westbound NY 117 enters from the west on Manville Road, while NY 117 east turns north to follow Bedford Road.
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, New York State Route 141 northbound approaching the terminus at Route 117 in Pleasantville, New York., NY 141 approaching its northern terminus, NY 117 in the village of Pleasantville
Section: Route description
NY 141 begins at a trumpet interchange with NY 9A on the western edge of the hamlet of Hawthorne, located within the town of Mount Pleasant. This junction also serves as the south end of NY 9A's overlaps with NY 100. NY 141 initially heads to the northeast as an independent route, following the two ramps not carrying either direction of NY 100. After just 0.1 miles (0.2 km), all four ramps merge into a four-lane divided highway, creating a short overlap between NY 141 and NY 100. The divided highway ends at Brighton Avenue, the first road that it intersects. NY 100 splits from NY 141 here, following Brighton Avenue southward while NY 141 heads southeastward along the two-lane Broadway, passing through a lightly developed commercial area. After one block, the route intersects Bradhurst Avenue, here a state-maintained street serving as a one-block spur of NY 100.
Just east of Bradhurst Avenue, NY 141 connects to the Taconic State Parkway by way of a partial interchange. The junction has only two connections; the first links NY 141 to the southbound parkway, while the second leads from the northbound direction of the parkway to NY 141 via West Cross Street. Continuing eastward, the highway passes under the parkway and enters the commercial center of Hawthorne. Here, NY 141 crosses over the Metro-North Railroad before turning northward onto Elwood Avenue. Over the next 1.5 miles (2.4 km), NY 141 closely parallels the railroad's Harlem Line, serving its Hawthorne station as the road heads north. After three blocks, the road and railroad turn to the northeast and begin to run alongside the Saw Mill River Parkway. Elwood Avenue ends shortly after the curve, giving way to Commerce Street.
As Commerce Street, NY 141 continues to head to the northeast, passing by a line of businesses in an otherwise residential area between the hamlets of Hawthorne and Thornwood. The route eventually enters the latter's central business district, where the Saw Mill Parkway and the Harlem Line turn northwestward toward the center of the nearby village of Pleasantville. NY 141 continues on a northern track however, veering off of Commerce Street onto Franklin Avenue, then becoming known as Broadway again as it heads through mostly residential areas on its way into the eastern portion of Pleasantville. It retains the Broadway name to a junction with Bedford Road, from where the route continues as Bedford Road for two blocks before ending at an intersection with NY 117. Westbound NY 117 enters from the west on Manville Road, while NY 117 east turns north to follow Bedford Road.
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The chateau in L'Aigle, Une vue du château, The chateau in L'Aigle
Section: L'Aigle
L'Aigle is a commune in the Orne department in Normandy in northwestern France. Before 1961, the commune was known as Laigle. According to Orderic Vitalis, the nest of an eagle (aigle in French) was discovered during the construction of the castle.
The river Risle flows through the commune. L'Aigle station has rail connections to Argentan, Paris and Granville.
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Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren.jpg, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren, Amersfoort, Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
Section: Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren ([ˌɔnzə ˌlivə ˈvrʌuətoːrə(n)]) ('The Tower of Our Lady') is a church tower in Amersfoort. The Late Gothic building is 98.33 metres (322 ft 7 in) tall and reaches high above the inner city. It is one of the most eye-catching monuments in town and the third highest church tower in the Netherlands. The nickname of the tower is Lange Jan ('Long John'). The church that belonged to the tower was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in the 18th century.
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, A signature carved in the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren, Amersfoort, left by a builder in 1729., A signature in the tower, left by a builder in 1729.
Section: History
The first chapel on site was constructed on this site in the 14th century. In the 15th century the chapel was replaced by new church with three aisles. When the tower was built is not exactly known. Construction started around 1444 and was finished around 1470. The official documents of the construction were destroyed by the Protestants in 1579 during the reformation and the ensuing iconoclasm. The church and tower were taken over by the Protestants and no longer belonged to the Catholics.
The church also has been used for other purposes than worshiping. It was used as a storage place for ammunition and as laboratory for the manufacturing of shells.
In 1986 some research was done into its history and in the current square one can see the original plan of the church. The spire of the church burned down in 1651 and again in 1804. The tower was restored in 1912–1932, in 1965–1970 and in 1993–1996.
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, Metal strip in the pavement on the north side of the Amersfoort Our Lady Tower indicating the y-axis of the RD Coordinate System,
Section: Dutch grid reference system
The middle point of the Dutch grid reference system is situated in the tower. From origin the tower spin was the middle of the grid with x = 0 and y = 0. This grid system was set up in the period 1885-1904. The coördinates were also called Amersfoort coördinates. The Zero-point was moved in the period 1960-1978, it moved 155 km Westwards and 463 km Southwards (120 km Southeast of Paris, 1 km East of La Celle-Saint-Cyr). The coördinates of the middle point since then are X = 155 000, Y = 463 000. Advantage of this new Zero-point is that there are no negative coördinates anymore and the X values differ from the Y values so mistakes shall not occur anymore.
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, Area of use for Dutch Geodetic Rijksdriehoeksstelsel,
Section: Dutch grid reference system
The middle point of the Dutch grid reference system is situated in the tower. From origin the tower spin was the middle of the grid with x = 0 and y = 0. This grid system was set up in the period 1885-1904. The coördinates were also called Amersfoort coördinates. The Zero-point was moved in the period 1960-1978, it moved 155 km Westwards and 463 km Southwards (120 km Southeast of Paris, 1 km East of La Celle-Saint-Cyr). The coördinates of the middle point since then are X = 155 000, Y = 463 000. Advantage of this new Zero-point is that there are no negative coördinates anymore and the X values differ from the Y values so mistakes shall not occur anymore.
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, Markering in de vloer van de OLV-toren, recht onder de torenspits, die het nulpunt van het Rijksdriehoekscoordinatenstelsel aangeeft,
Section: Dutch grid reference system
The middle point of the Dutch grid reference system is situated in the tower. From origin the tower spin was the middle of the grid with x = 0 and y = 0. This grid system was set up in the period 1885-1904. The coördinates were also called Amersfoort coördinates. The Zero-point was moved in the period 1960-1978, it moved 155 km Westwards and 463 km Southwards (120 km Southeast of Paris, 1 km East of La Celle-Saint-Cyr). The coördinates of the middle point since then are X = 155 000, Y = 463 000. Advantage of this new Zero-point is that there are no negative coördinates anymore and the X values differ from the Y values so mistakes shall not occur anymore.
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, Metal strip in the pavement on the east side of the Amersfoort Our Lady Tower indicating the x-axis of the RD Coordinate System,
Section: Dutch grid reference system
The middle point of the Dutch grid reference system is situated in the tower. From origin the tower spin was the middle of the grid with x = 0 and y = 0. This grid system was set up in the period 1885-1904. The coördinates were also called Amersfoort coördinates. The Zero-point was moved in the period 1960-1978, it moved 155 km Westwards and 463 km Southwards (120 km Southeast of Paris, 1 km East of La Celle-Saint-Cyr). The coördinates of the middle point since then are X = 155 000, Y = 463 000. Advantage of this new Zero-point is that there are no negative coördinates anymore and the X values differ from the Y values so mistakes shall not occur anymore.
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands: stonecutter. French Volvic basaltlava Nederlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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, One of twelve consoles by Ton Mooy on the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren in Amersfoort, The Netherlands,
Section: Consoles on the tower
There are twelve consoles on the tower. The new consoles are designed and made by Ton Mooy during the restoration of 1993-1996. They replaced the weathered consoles from around 1930. The new consoles are made from Volvic basaltlava instead of the previous used Tuff stone, for reasons of durability and weather resistance. The basalt lava also mimics the surrounding Bentheimer sandstone in colouring, which could not be used anymore due to health regulations, and is suited for finer carving than tuff stone.
Extra information about the persons depicted on the consoles:
Hendrik van Vianden was the Bishop of Utrecht who granted Amersfoort city rights in 1259
Margriete Gijsen found the miraculous Maria statue in the water of the canal near the Kamperpoort in 1444
David of Burgundy was the Bishop of Utrecht when the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren was built
Leendert Nicasius was the city carpenter, who saved the Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren from destruction in 1651 after it was struck by lightning
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Team Austria WK Valkenburg 2012.jpg, Nederlands: Ploegenpresentatie Oostenrijk voor de start van het Wereldkampioenschap 2012 in Valkenburg, Nederland., Daniela Pintarelli at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships
Section: Daniela Pintarelli
Daniela Pintarelli (born 10 November 1983) is an Austrian racing cyclist. She won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2007. She competed in the 2012 UCI women's road race in Valkenburg aan de Geul and in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.
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, Forest remnant and drystone wall on Otuataua volcano's lava field, Auckland, New Zealand, Forest remnant and drystone wall on Otuataua volcano's lava field, Auckland, New Zealand
Section: Ihumātao
Ihumātao is a location situated three kilometres from Auckland International Airport in Māngere, Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) in New Zealand. A Māori village once existed there.
The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "cold nose" for Ihumātao. Māori first settled in the area as early as the 14th century CE. During the Invasion of the Waikato in 1863, the local Māori had their land confiscated by the New Zealand Government as punishment for supporting the Kingitanga movement. The land was largely used for farming until late 2016 when Fletcher Building acquired the site as part of a housing-development project. The Māori activist group "Save Our Unique Landscape" (SOUL) has opposed Fletchers' proposed housing development. SOUL has occupied the site and staged protests since 2016.
In July 2019 SOUL were evicted from the site by authorities and eleven people were subsequently arrested, sparking a much larger occupation of several hundred people at Ihumātao. The dispute was compared to the occupation of Bastion Point in the late 1970s (in which Māori protested against forced land-alienation by pākehā (European) settlers), including by activists who took part in the Bastion Point movement and who support SOUL's opposition to the housing development. These events also sparked a series of protests around New Zealand, the scale of which has been compared to the protests against the 1981 Springbok Tour.
In November 2020, the site was purchased by the government in order to hand it back to the local iwi. This ended much of the occupation and protest. However, on 29 April 2021, the Auditor-general’s office ruled the purchase was illegitimate, releasing the situation once more into jeopardy. The New Zealand government is currently making efforts to pass legalisation to null the Auditor-general’s statement.
Ihumātao stands on the Ihumātao Peninsula, in Mangere, at the base of the volcanic cone of Ōtuataua, part of the Auckland volcanic field. The scoria cone reaches 64 metres (210 ft) (210 ft) above sea level and was the site of a large Māori pā (fortification).
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, Ihumatao Mission Station opposite Manukau Heads...1855. 'Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-1252', The Wesleyan Mission Station at Ihumātao, near Maungataketake (1855)
Section: Māori settlement
The Ōtuataua Stonefields are part of an area known as Ihumātao or Te Ihu a Mataoho ("The Nose of Mataoho"). The Stonefields feature Māori stone garden mounds and Māori and European dry-stone walls; the visible histories of Ihumātao are interwoven with the history of Auckland, as it is possible to trace the history of human presence in Auckland from initial Māori settlement to the arrival of Europeans in the 1860s with their pastoral farming techniques.
The coastline of Māngere, Ihumātao and the Pūkaki Creek was first settled by Māori as early as the 14th century AD/CE. According to traditions the first settlers were the Ngā Oho people. In the early 17th century, the area was within the rohe of Te Kawerau, and by the mid-17th century was a part of Waiohua, a confederation of Ngā Oho and other Tāmaki Māori tribes. The papakāinga (village) of Ihumātao is considered the oldest settlement in Auckland.
The Ōtuataua Stonefields were part of a greater settlement of the Auckland isthmus, which has been surveyed, mapped and investigated by archaeologists since the 1970s. It is estimated that there was once about 8,000 hectares of stonefield gardens, of which the 100 hectares at Ōtuataua is the last remaining example. Other South Auckland stonefield garden sites included Wiri, where there were 300 hectares of prehistoric agricultural activity involving about 120 hectares of arable land growing kumara, taro and gourds, and Matukutūreia (McLaughlins Mountain) which has been destroyed by quarrying.
The Ōtuataua Stonefields were created during the 15th century, using Polynesian agricultural techniques and traditions. The stonefields acted as boundary walls, windbreaks and drainage systems for the crops grown in the area, which included kūmara (sweet potato), hue (calabash gourds), taro, uwhi (ube yam), tī pore (Pacific cabbage tree) and aute (the paper mulberry tree). The environment-modifying techniques used in the Ōtuataua Stonefields allowed early Tāmaki Māori to propagate crops which were not suited to a cooler climate.
During the 17th and early 18th centuries, the area was farmed for the Waiohua peoples. After the defeat of Waiohua paramount chief Kiwi Tāmaki circa 1740 AD/CE, many Waiohua people fled the region. When the Waiohua people began to re-establish themselves in the Tāmaki Makaurau area in the later 18th century, most settled around the Manukau Harbour and South Auckland.
At the time of European colonisation, Ihumātao had continued be occupied by Waiohua-descendent peoples Ngāti Tamaoho, Te Ākitai Waiohua and Ngāti Te Ata, who lived in a disbursed circuit around the Manukau Harbour, as opposed to continuously occupied villages. The arrival of European settlers in the area significantly altered the Ōtuataua Stonefields, which were altered to contain animals. Ihumātao provided food for the growing township of Auckland until the 1863, primarily corn, potato, kūmara, pigs and fruit. In 1845, hostilities broke out between Ngāti Tamaoho and Ngāti Te Ata over land boundaries on the Āwhitu Peninsula. A hui was convened at Ihumātao by Waikato Tainui chief (and future Māori King) Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, who facilitated a compromise between the iwi, and allowed members of Ngāti Tamaoho to settle at Ihumātao. In 1846, the Wesleyan Methodist Church established a mission at the foot of Maungataketake, near Ihumātao. In May 1857, thousands of Māori gathered at Ihumātao for the hahunga (exhumation of bones) of Ngāti Tamaoho rangatira Ēpiha Pūtini (also known as Te Rangitāhua Ngāmuka and Jabez Bunting) was held at Ihumātao. The hui involved many discussions between chiefs on how they believed the New Zealand Crown had failed them, and was one of the integral hui that led to the birth of the Māori King Movement in 1858.
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, On 9 July 1863, Governor George Grey issued a proclamation requiring Māori living in the Manukau district and on the Waikato frontier to either to take an oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria and surrender their weapons to a Government officer, or to retire into the Waikato beyond the Mangatawhiri Stream. Government officials were instructed to proceed to Ihumatao, Mangere, Pukaki, Patumahoe, Tuakau and Pokeno to read and administer the oath and accept the surrender of arms. Copies were provided for distribution by Henry Halse, Major James Speedy, James Armitage, T.A. White and John Gorst. The proclamation was first published in newspapers on 11 July 1863. The invasion of Waikato began the next day: www.nzhistory.net.nz/british-forces-invade-the-waikato Archives Reference: MA1 Box 835/ 1863/186 archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22412338 For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material from Archives New Zealand Caption information from www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/EN/heritage/localhistory/co..., Proclamation requiring Māori to take an Oath of Allegiance, 9 July 1863
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The Ōtuataua Stonefields are part of an area known as Ihumātao or Te Ihu a Mataoho ("The Nose of Mataoho"). The Stonefields feature Māori stone garden mounds and Māori and European dry-stone walls; the visible histories of Ihumātao are interwoven with the history of Auckland, as it is possible to trace the history of human presence in Auckland from initial Māori settlement to the arrival of Europeans in the 1860s with their pastoral farming techniques.
The coastline of Māngere, Ihumātao and the Pūkaki Creek was first settled by Māori as early as the 14th century AD/CE. According to traditions the first settlers were the Ngā Oho people. In the early 17th century, the area was within the rohe of Te Kawerau, and by the mid-17th century was a part of Waiohua, a confederation of Ngā Oho and other Tāmaki Māori tribes. The papakāinga (village) of Ihumātao is considered the oldest settlement in Auckland.
The Ōtuataua Stonefields were part of a greater settlement of the Auckland isthmus, which has been surveyed, mapped and investigated by archaeologists since the 1970s. It is estimated that there was once about 8,000 hectares of stonefield gardens, of which the 100 hectares at Ōtuataua is the last remaining example. Other South Auckland stonefield garden sites included Wiri, where there were 300 hectares of prehistoric agricultural activity involving about 120 hectares of arable land growing kumara, taro and gourds, and Matukutūreia (McLaughlins Mountain) which has been destroyed by quarrying.
The Ōtuataua Stonefields were created during the 15th century, using Polynesian agricultural techniques and traditions. The stonefields acted as boundary walls, windbreaks and drainage systems for the crops grown in the area, which included kūmara (sweet potato), hue (calabash gourds), taro, uwhi (ube yam), tī pore (Pacific cabbage tree) and aute (the paper mulberry tree). The environment-modifying techniques used in the Ōtuataua Stonefields allowed early Tāmaki Māori to propagate crops which were not suited to a cooler climate.
During the 17th and early 18th centuries, the area was farmed for the Waiohua peoples. After the defeat of Waiohua paramount chief Kiwi Tāmaki circa 1740 AD/CE, many Waiohua people fled the region. When the Waiohua people began to re-establish themselves in the Tāmaki Makaurau area in the later 18th century, most settled around the Manukau Harbour and South Auckland.
At the time of European colonisation, Ihumātao had continued be occupied by Waiohua-descendent peoples Ngāti Tamaoho, Te Ākitai Waiohua and Ngāti Te Ata, who lived in a disbursed circuit around the Manukau Harbour, as opposed to continuously occupied villages. The arrival of European settlers in the area significantly altered the Ōtuataua Stonefields, which were altered to contain animals. Ihumātao provided food for the growing township of Auckland until the 1863, primarily corn, potato, kūmara, pigs and fruit. In 1845, hostilities broke out between Ngāti Tamaoho and Ngāti Te Ata over land boundaries on the Āwhitu Peninsula. A hui was convened at Ihumātao by Waikato Tainui chief (and future Māori King) Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, who facilitated a compromise between the iwi, and allowed members of Ngāti Tamaoho to settle at Ihumātao. In 1846, the Wesleyan Methodist Church established a mission at the foot of Maungataketake, near Ihumātao. In May 1857, thousands of Māori gathered at Ihumātao for the hahunga (exhumation of bones) of Ngāti Tamaoho rangatira Ēpiha Pūtini (also known as Te Rangitāhua Ngāmuka and Jabez Bunting) was held at Ihumātao. The hui involved many discussions between chiefs on how they believed the New Zealand Crown had failed them, and was one of the integral hui that led to the birth of the Māori King Movement in 1858.
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, Received: 11 July 1863 From: H. Halse, Onehunga. Subject: Natives of Ihumatao and Pukaki refuse to take the oath of allegiance Archives New Zealand Reference: ACIH 16036 MA1 836 / 1863/867, Māori of Ihumātao and Pukaki refuse to take the oath of allegiance, 11 July 1863
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In 1863, due to fears of an imminent war with Waikato Tainui, Governor Grey ordered the eviction of all Māori occupants of the South Auckland and Manukau Harbour areas, who did not swear an oath to the Queen and give up arms. Most Māori occupants of the area felt they had no choice due to their strong ties to Tainui and Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, and were forced to flee to the south. Only a small number of occupants stayed, in order to maintain ahi kā (the fires of continuous occupation). While fleeing, Te Ākitai Waiohua rangatira Ihaka Takanini and his family were captured by his former neighbour, Lieutenant-Colonel Marmaduke Nixon, and taken prisoner on Rakino Island, where Ihaka Takanini died. The former residents of Ihumātao and the Manukau Harbour began returning to the area in 1866.
In 1867, the New Zealand Government acquired Ihumātao through a land grant. The land known as Oruarangi Block was farmed by the Wallace family for 150 years. The Wallace family, and other British immigrant farmers, dismantled and rearranged the stonefields to better suit their uses of the land. The rocky terrain was unsuitable to European farming methods, and could not be plowed mechanically. Some of the first dairy farms in Auckland were established on the farms near Ihumātao. Members of Te Kawerau ā Maki, a tribe whose heartland is in the Waitākere Ranges, began living at Ihumātao in the late 20th century after being displaced from their traditional lands at Te Henga / Bethells Beach.
In the early 1980s, an archaeological survey of the stone structures of Ihumātao and the wider area was conducted. Many Māori archaeologists and historians highlighted significance of the area, and pressured the Manukau City Council to act to preserve the lands. In 2001, the Manukau City Council, the Department of Conservation, New Zealand Lotteries Commission and Auckland Regional Council purchased much of the stonefields area from four farming families, creating the Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve in 2001. The Manukau City Council attempted to preserve the adjacent land at Ihumātao as part of the reserve in 2009, however this was later overruled on appeal by the Environment Court.
In 2014, the New Zealand Government and Auckland Council designated 32 hectares adjacent to the Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve as a Special Housing Area (SHA). This was met by opposition by a Māori activist group led by University of Auckland law graduate Pania Newton called "Save Our Unique Landscape" (SOUL), who opposed the proposed development due to Ihumātao's historical significance. SOUL staged protests and erected a whare and pou whenua on Ihumātao Quarry Road.
In 2016, the "Wallace Block" on Ihumātao was sold to Fletcher Housing, a subsidiary of Fletcher Building, which has plans to build 480 houses on the land. Archaeologist Dave Veart has described the planned Fletcher development as "like building houses on the fields alongside Stonehenge." The Green Party announced its support for the preservation of Ihumātao in 2015.
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, Aerial view of Ihumātao Peninsula, including boundaries of the Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve, the Special Housing Area 62 ("Wallace Block"), and the approximate boundaries of the 8Ha to be returned to mana whenua as part of the Fletchers Housing development. 2017 Aerial imagery and property title boundaries from Land Information New Zealand, CC-BY, Ihumātao Peninsula with boundaries highlighting the historic reserve and housing development area
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In response to Fletcher Building's planned housing development on the Oruarangi Bloc, the protest group SOUL led by Pania Newton set up camp beside Ihumātao Quarry Road on 4 November 2016. This camp, which became known as Kaitiaki Village, numbered twenty individuals with participants sleeping in caravans, sheds, tents, and an empty boat. SOUL has contended that the land was taken by proclamation during the Waikato War in 1863 and that its confiscation under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 breaches the Treaty of Waitangi.
In 2017, SOUL appealed to the United Nations, which recommended that the designation of Ihumātao as a Special Housing Area be reviewed by the Government to 'evaluate its conformity with the Treaty of Waitangi, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other relevant international standards' and that 'the free and informed consent of Māori is obtained before approving any project affecting the use and development of their traditional land and resources.' In 2018, SOUL appealed to the Environment Court who declined to overturn the permission granted to Fletcher Building to build houses in Mangere.
In March 2019, SOUL and their supporters in Wellington submitted a petition to the New Zealand Parliament demanding government intervention to prevent a confrontation on Ihumātao. In April 2019, SOUL also delivered a 20,000 signature petition to the Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff, calling on the Auckland Council and Government to protect the land.
According to media reports, the Ihumatao housing development dispute is characterised by a generational divide within the local Māori iwi Te Kawerau ā Maki. While younger members of the tribe including Pania Newton and her cousins are opposed to the housing development and seek the return of Ihumātao to their iwi, tribal elders including Te Warena Taua support the housing development and regard Newton and her cousins' actions as disrespectful. The iwi's leadership body, the Te Kawerau Iwi Tribal Authority & Settlement Trust, have supported the housing development, stating that they had negotiated an agreement with Fletcher and Makaurau Marae Māori Trust for the land to be returned to "mana whenua {power associated with possession and occupation of tribal land}." Fletcher Housing has announced that they are committed to returning 25% of the land (roughly eight hectares) to the Kingitanga.
On 23 July 2019, SOUL were served an eviction notice in the Oruarangi Block, and five people were subsequently arrested. Another person was arrested after climbing on a vehicle to prevent it entering the blockaded area. On 25 July Amnesty International sent human rights observers to the site to document the human rights situation and ensure the rights of protestors were respected. Solidarity protests were held outside Parliament in Wellington on 24 July and Dunedin on 26 July. Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson and MPs Chlöe Swarbrick and Golriz Ghahraman supported the protestors, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Government would not intervene.
On 25 July 2019, seven supporters of the occupation were arrested after blocking traffic on a road leading out of Auckland Airport to call attention to the situation at Ihumātao.
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, On 23rd July 2019 Police moved in on people protesting the takeover of ancestral land by commercial company Fletchers, who are building a housing development there., On 23 July 2019 Police moved in on people protesting the takeover of ancestral land by commercial company Fletchers, who are building a housing development there
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In response to Fletcher Building's planned housing development on the Oruarangi Bloc, the protest group SOUL led by Pania Newton set up camp beside Ihumātao Quarry Road on 4 November 2016. This camp, which became known as Kaitiaki Village, numbered twenty individuals with participants sleeping in caravans, sheds, tents, and an empty boat. SOUL has contended that the land was taken by proclamation during the Waikato War in 1863 and that its confiscation under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863 breaches the Treaty of Waitangi.
In 2017, SOUL appealed to the United Nations, which recommended that the designation of Ihumātao as a Special Housing Area be reviewed by the Government to 'evaluate its conformity with the Treaty of Waitangi, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other relevant international standards' and that 'the free and informed consent of Māori is obtained before approving any project affecting the use and development of their traditional land and resources.' In 2018, SOUL appealed to the Environment Court who declined to overturn the permission granted to Fletcher Building to build houses in Mangere.
In March 2019, SOUL and their supporters in Wellington submitted a petition to the New Zealand Parliament demanding government intervention to prevent a confrontation on Ihumātao. In April 2019, SOUL also delivered a 20,000 signature petition to the Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff, calling on the Auckland Council and Government to protect the land.
According to media reports, the Ihumatao housing development dispute is characterised by a generational divide within the local Māori iwi Te Kawerau ā Maki. While younger members of the tribe including Pania Newton and her cousins are opposed to the housing development and seek the return of Ihumātao to their iwi, tribal elders including Te Warena Taua support the housing development and regard Newton and her cousins' actions as disrespectful. The iwi's leadership body, the Te Kawerau Iwi Tribal Authority & Settlement Trust, have supported the housing development, stating that they had negotiated an agreement with Fletcher and Makaurau Marae Māori Trust for the land to be returned to "mana whenua {power associated with possession and occupation of tribal land}." Fletcher Housing has announced that they are committed to returning 25% of the land (roughly eight hectares) to the Kingitanga.
On 23 July 2019, SOUL were served an eviction notice in the Oruarangi Block, and five people were subsequently arrested. Another person was arrested after climbing on a vehicle to prevent it entering the blockaded area. On 25 July Amnesty International sent human rights observers to the site to document the human rights situation and ensure the rights of protestors were respected. Solidarity protests were held outside Parliament in Wellington on 24 July and Dunedin on 26 July. Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson and MPs Chlöe Swarbrick and Golriz Ghahraman supported the protestors, but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Government would not intervene.
On 25 July 2019, seven supporters of the occupation were arrested after blocking traffic on a road leading out of Auckland Airport to call attention to the situation at Ihumātao.
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, Ihumātao Protest Site. The land in the photo is the subject of the protest, Ihumātao protest site: The land in the photo is the subject of the protest. The protest campsite is in the distance and centre.
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On 26 July 2019, Ardern backtracked on her earlier announcement and announced that no further building would take place at Ihumātao while the Government and other parties negotiate a peaceful solution to the dispute.
On 3 August 2019, Kīngi Tūheitia, the Māori King, visited Ihumātao with a contingent of over 400 and listened to mana whenua and supporters. Views and history were shared, and an account was given of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, first leader of the Kīngitanga, receiving his title at Ihumātao. A Kīngitanga flag was also raised to fly until a resolution is reached. Just hours after Tūheitia's visit, footage of two armed police officers carrying rifles around Ihumātao caused considerable alarm to protestors and supporters, and led to calls for guns to be removed from the site.
On 4 August 2019, SOUL protestors and supporters held a hikoi to the maunga Puketapapakanga a Hape and back to the camp site through the fenced-off area of Kaitiaki Village, the site of SOUL's original occupation. At the same time, protestors pushed the police's frontline about 50 metres down Ihumātao Quarry Road from its original location at the intersection with Oruarangi Road, and moved tents into fields that had previously been blocked off by police. As the hikoi passed through Kaitiaki Village, Organise Aotearoa members who had joined the occupation spoke with First Security workers hired by Fletcher Building, discovering – and later publicising – that for two weeks, the security guards, mostly recent migrants and students, had been sleeping in a milking station with broken windows on scavenged mattresses from Kaitiaki Village, where temperatures regularly drop below 5 degrees Celsius at night, without access to electricity, safe drinking water, or the meals they had been promised by First Security.
On the night of 5 August 2019, there were reports of clashes between protesters and Police. Protesters accused the police of using kettling tactics and unreasonable force while Police claimed that protesters had attempted to breach the cordon around the disputed land. The next day, SOUL protesters and supporters staged a protest outside the Fletcher Building headquarters in Penrose in Auckland, as part of a national day of action that had been planned before the clashes of the previous night took place. Similar protests were held in Whangarei, Hamilton, Hastings, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.
In early August 2019, Opposition Leader Simon Bridges called on the protesters to "return home" and criticised Ardern for halting construction. Earlier, Mana Movement leader and Māori activist Hone Harawira denounced the police as "pigs" in a Facebook post. In response to Bridges' remarks, Ardern reiterated the Government's commitment to finding a solution to the Ihumātao dispute. On 22 August, about 150 protesters marched from Ihumātao to Ardern's electorate office in Mount Albert calling on her to visit the site. On the same day, a group of students including Youth MPs were expelled from Parliament for a year after disrupting parliamentary proceedings by singing the Māori song Tutira Mai Nga Iwi while holding up the Tino Rangatiratanga flag to draw attention to the hikoi.
On 18 September 2019, the leader of the Kīngitanga Tūheitia Paki announced that mana whenua wanted the return of the land. He called on the Government to negotiate with Fletchers for the return of the land to its rightful owners. The Māori Party also issued press release supporting the mana whenua of Ihumātao and calling on Ardern and the Crown to reach a solution with the mana whenua. In response to media coverage, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters claimed that the SOUL protesters had little authority among the Māori community. On 19 September, National MP Andrew Bayly was ejected from Parliament for attempting to disrupt Parliamentary proceedings by asking several questions about the implications of the Ihumātao dispute for treaty settlements nationally. In mid September 2019, Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters stated that Finance Minister Grant Robertson had entered into meaningful discussions with Fletcher on how to deal with the disputed land. In mid October, members of the SOUL group complained that they had been left out of talks between Fletcher and the Government.
In early November 2019, the Crown heritage entity Heritage New Zealand announced that it was considering raising the heritage status of the Ōtuataua Stonefields reserve and the Ihumātao reserve to Category 1, the highest category ranking. Heritage NZ however stated that they would not change the consent for Fletcher Housing development. In mid November, it was reported the Government was considering loaning the Auckland Council NZ$40 million to purchase the Ihumātao land from Fletcher Building. This announcement was met by criticism from elements of the Māori community, who reiterated their calls for the return of Ihumātao. In late November 2019, Fletcher Housing chair Bruce Hassall defended the company's handling of the Ihumātao dispute, claiming that the company had bought the land in good faith, consulted with iwi groups, and followed proper land procedures.
On 21 January 2020, Pania Newton, the leader of the SOUL group, issued a statement to the media that they were close to completing a deal on the disputed land at Ihumātao. Fletcher Building also stated that discussions on the future of the site were "progressing." Fletcher also removed fencing and restored a road to the maunga. On 23 June, Radio New Zealand reported that the Government was considering making a decision to purchase Ihumātao under the Housing Act.
On 17 December 2020, the Government reached a deal with Fletcher Building to buy the disputed Ihumātao land for NZ$30 million with the proposal that it be used for housing purposes. A steering committee consisting of the ahi kā (the occupiers), a Kīngitanga representative, and two representatives of the Crown would decide its use, with the Auckland Council acting in an observer role.
On 20 April 2021, the Auditor General ruled that the Government's purchase of Ihumātao was unlawful since the Government did not seek the right approval for using the $29.9 million. The Auditor-General had investigated the purchase after receiving complaints from the National and ACT parties that the Government had used money from the Land for Housing Fund to purchase Ihumātao against Treasury advice. In order to validate the purchase, the Government will have to pass legislation legitimising the purchase of Ihumātao land.
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On 26 July 2019, Ardern backtracked on her earlier announcement and announced that no further building would take place at Ihumātao while the Government and other parties negotiate a peaceful solution to the dispute.
On 3 August 2019, Kīngi Tūheitia, the Māori King, visited Ihumātao with a contingent of over 400 and listened to mana whenua and supporters. Views and history were shared, and an account was given of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, first leader of the Kīngitanga, receiving his title at Ihumātao. A Kīngitanga flag was also raised to fly until a resolution is reached. Just hours after Tūheitia's visit, footage of two armed police officers carrying rifles around Ihumātao caused considerable alarm to protestors and supporters, and led to calls for guns to be removed from the site.
On 4 August 2019, SOUL protestors and supporters held a hikoi to the maunga Puketapapakanga a Hape and back to the camp site through the fenced-off area of Kaitiaki Village, the site of SOUL's original occupation. At the same time, protestors pushed the police's frontline about 50 metres down Ihumātao Quarry Road from its original location at the intersection with Oruarangi Road, and moved tents into fields that had previously been blocked off by police. As the hikoi passed through Kaitiaki Village, Organise Aotearoa members who had joined the occupation spoke with First Security workers hired by Fletcher Building, discovering – and later publicising – that for two weeks, the security guards, mostly recent migrants and students, had been sleeping in a milking station with broken windows on scavenged mattresses from Kaitiaki Village, where temperatures regularly drop below 5 degrees Celsius at night, without access to electricity, safe drinking water, or the meals they had been promised by First Security.
On the night of 5 August 2019, there were reports of clashes between protesters and Police. Protesters accused the police of using kettling tactics and unreasonable force while Police claimed that protesters had attempted to breach the cordon around the disputed land. The next day, SOUL protesters and supporters staged a protest outside the Fletcher Building headquarters in Penrose in Auckland, as part of a national day of action that had been planned before the clashes of the previous night took place. Similar protests were held in Whangarei, Hamilton, Hastings, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.
In early August 2019, Opposition Leader Simon Bridges called on the protesters to "return home" and criticised Ardern for halting construction. Earlier, Mana Movement leader and Māori activist Hone Harawira denounced the police as "pigs" in a Facebook post. In response to Bridges' remarks, Ardern reiterated the Government's commitment to finding a solution to the Ihumātao dispute. On 22 August, about 150 protesters marched from Ihumātao to Ardern's electorate office in Mount Albert calling on her to visit the site. On the same day, a group of students including Youth MPs were expelled from Parliament for a year after disrupting parliamentary proceedings by singing the Māori song Tutira Mai Nga Iwi while holding up the Tino Rangatiratanga flag to draw attention to the hikoi.
On 18 September 2019, the leader of the Kīngitanga Tūheitia Paki announced that mana whenua wanted the return of the land. He called on the Government to negotiate with Fletchers for the return of the land to its rightful owners. The Māori Party also issued press release supporting the mana whenua of Ihumātao and calling on Ardern and the Crown to reach a solution with the mana whenua. In response to media coverage, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters claimed that the SOUL protesters had little authority among the Māori community. On 19 September, National MP Andrew Bayly was ejected from Parliament for attempting to disrupt Parliamentary proceedings by asking several questions about the implications of the Ihumātao dispute for treaty settlements nationally. In mid September 2019, Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters stated that Finance Minister Grant Robertson had entered into meaningful discussions with Fletcher on how to deal with the disputed land. In mid October, members of the SOUL group complained that they had been left out of talks between Fletcher and the Government.
In early November 2019, the Crown heritage entity Heritage New Zealand announced that it was considering raising the heritage status of the Ōtuataua Stonefields reserve and the Ihumātao reserve to Category 1, the highest category ranking. Heritage NZ however stated that they would not change the consent for Fletcher Housing development. In mid November, it was reported the Government was considering loaning the Auckland Council NZ$40 million to purchase the Ihumātao land from Fletcher Building. This announcement was met by criticism from elements of the Māori community, who reiterated their calls for the return of Ihumātao. In late November 2019, Fletcher Housing chair Bruce Hassall defended the company's handling of the Ihumātao dispute, claiming that the company had bought the land in good faith, consulted with iwi groups, and followed proper land procedures.
On 21 January 2020, Pania Newton, the leader of the SOUL group, issued a statement to the media that they were close to completing a deal on the disputed land at Ihumātao. Fletcher Building also stated that discussions on the future of the site were "progressing." Fletcher also removed fencing and restored a road to the maunga. On 23 June, Radio New Zealand reported that the Government was considering making a decision to purchase Ihumātao under the Housing Act.
On 17 December 2020, the Government reached a deal with Fletcher Building to buy the disputed Ihumātao land for NZ$30 million with the proposal that it be used for housing purposes. A steering committee consisting of the ahi kā (the occupiers), a Kīngitanga representative, and two representatives of the Crown would decide its use, with the Auckland Council acting in an observer role.
On 20 April 2021, the Auditor General ruled that the Government's purchase of Ihumātao was unlawful since the Government did not seek the right approval for using the $29.9 million. The Auditor-General had investigated the purchase after receiving complaints from the National and ACT parties that the Government had used money from the Land for Housing Fund to purchase Ihumātao against Treasury advice. In order to validate the purchase, the Government will have to pass legislation legitimising the purchase of Ihumātao land.
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Kang Dong-chul (Korean: 강동철, born June 17, 1979), also known by his stage name Brave Brothers, is a South Korean rapper, record producer and songwriter for Brave Entertainment. He was a producer and composer for YG Entertainment from 2004 to 2008. In 2008, he started his own record label called Brave Entertainment. He has produced hit songs for After School, Sistar, 4Minute, T-ara, Son Dam Bi, Big Bang, Brown Eyed Girls, AOA, Hello Venus, RANIA and U-KISS. In 2009, he made his music debut with Attitude and later released Passionate on December 8. He has four groups under his record label: Brave Girls, Electroboyz, BIGSTAR, and DKB. Kang was a judge panelist on JTBC's Made In U program in 2011.
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The town hall in Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne, , The town hall in Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne
Section: Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne
Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne ([sɛ̃ dje dovɛʁɲ]) is a small village-town in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne region in central France. The town of Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne is located in the township of Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne part of the district of Clermont-Ferrand. The area code for Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne is 63334 (also known as code INSEE), and the Saint-Dier-d'Auvergne zip code is 63520.
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Washington, D.C. Convention Center.JPG, The Washington, D.C. Convention Center at Mount Vernon Square. The picture was taken from from 9th and Massachusetts Avenue, NW. 日本語,
Section: Walter E. Washington Convention Center
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3-million-square-foot (210,000 m²) convention center located in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC. Designed in a joint venture by the Atlanta-based architecture firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Washington, DC- based architects Devrouax & Purnell Architects Planners PC and Mariani and Associates, the convention center is located in a superblock bounded by Mount Vernon Square and 7th, 9th and N streets, N.W. It is served by the Mount Vernon Square station on the Yellow and Green lines of the Washington Metro. It was completed in 2003. The center is noted for its extensive permanent collection of contemporary art, the largest of any convention center in the United States and one of the largest public art collections in Washington outside of a museum, including works by Sam Gilliam, Sol LeWitt, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Sarah Sze, and Carrie Mae Weems.
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Section: Walter E. Washington Convention Center
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is a 2.3-million-square-foot (210,000 m²) convention center located in Washington, D.C., owned and operated by the city's convention arm, Events DC. Designed in a joint venture by the Atlanta-based architecture firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Washington, DC- based architects Devrouax & Purnell Architects Planners PC and Mariani and Associates, the convention center is located in a superblock bounded by Mount Vernon Square and 7th, 9th and N streets, N.W. It is served by the Mount Vernon Square station on the Yellow and Green lines of the Washington Metro. It was completed in 2003. The center is noted for its extensive permanent collection of contemporary art, the largest of any convention center in the United States and one of the largest public art collections in Washington outside of a museum, including works by Sam Gilliam, Sol LeWitt, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Sarah Sze, and Carrie Mae Weems.
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, Ballroom C in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, located in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C., Walter E. Washington Convention Center - Ballroom C
Section: Major events
Six of the nine official inaugural balls for the 2005 second inauguration of George W. Bush were held at the convention center.
In 2006, the Council of the District of Columbia approved legislation naming the then-Washington Convention Center in honor of the city's first home rule mayor, the late Walter E. Washington. In 2008, the WCSA Board of Directors agreed to expand the newly built convention center by 75,000 square feet (7,000 m²).
Six of the 10 official balls of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama took place there, including the first-ever Neighborhood Ball.
The center was the principal site of the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit hosted by President Barack Obama.
On November 10, 2011, ground was broken on the 14-story Washington Marriott Marquis, a $520 million, four-star, 1,175-room "convention center headquarters hotel" with more than 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) of meeting room space. Also in 2011, the convention center hosted a major fight card with a welterweight championship match between Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
In 2013, it was announced that the Walter E. Washington Convention Center would be the 5 year host of Otakon, the Japanese and East Asian culture convention that was held since 1999 in the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, starting with Otakon 2017 and going at least until Otakon 2021 which was considered to be a "great win" for Washington, D.C.'s convention business with an estimated $25 million annual revenue for D.C. and over 30,000 visitors expected during the time Otakon is in D.C.
The pop culture convention Awesome Con debuted at the center in 2013. After a successful debut (and some growing pains), the annual event has grown to become one of the largest fan conventions on the East Coast of the United States. The 2013 event drew about 7,000 attendees. The 2017 event hosted 70,000 attendees. Celebrity guests have included David Tennant, John Boyega, Stan Lee, Alex Kingston, William Shatner, George Takei and many others.
Since 2014 the National Book Festival has been held at the center.
In 2016, Otakon revealed at their Road to D.C. panel part of Otakon 2016 that the Walter E. Washington Convention Center will actually be the 8 year host of Otakon, starting with Otakon 2017 and going through at least until Otakon 2024.
The Frederick Classic on the Hill women's gymnastics tournament is held at the convention center.
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, Walter E Washington Convention Center, Walter E Washington Convention Center
Section: Major events
Six of the nine official inaugural balls for the 2005 second inauguration of George W. Bush were held at the convention center.
In 2006, the Council of the District of Columbia approved legislation naming the then-Washington Convention Center in honor of the city's first home rule mayor, the late Walter E. Washington. In 2008, the WCSA Board of Directors agreed to expand the newly built convention center by 75,000 square feet (7,000 m²).
Six of the 10 official balls of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama took place there, including the first-ever Neighborhood Ball.
The center was the principal site of the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit hosted by President Barack Obama.
On November 10, 2011, ground was broken on the 14-story Washington Marriott Marquis, a $520 million, four-star, 1,175-room "convention center headquarters hotel" with more than 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) of meeting room space. Also in 2011, the convention center hosted a major fight card with a welterweight championship match between Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
In 2013, it was announced that the Walter E. Washington Convention Center would be the 5 year host of Otakon, the Japanese and East Asian culture convention that was held since 1999 in the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, starting with Otakon 2017 and going at least until Otakon 2021 which was considered to be a "great win" for Washington, D.C.'s convention business with an estimated $25 million annual revenue for D.C. and over 30,000 visitors expected during the time Otakon is in D.C.
The pop culture convention Awesome Con debuted at the center in 2013. After a successful debut (and some growing pains), the annual event has grown to become one of the largest fan conventions on the East Coast of the United States. The 2013 event drew about 7,000 attendees. The 2017 event hosted 70,000 attendees. Celebrity guests have included David Tennant, John Boyega, Stan Lee, Alex Kingston, William Shatner, George Takei and many others.
Since 2014 the National Book Festival has been held at the center.
In 2016, Otakon revealed at their Road to D.C. panel part of Otakon 2016 that the Walter E. Washington Convention Center will actually be the 8 year host of Otakon, starting with Otakon 2017 and going through at least until Otakon 2024.
The Frederick Classic on the Hill women's gymnastics tournament is held at the convention center.
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, Related Photo: www.flickr.com/photos/bootbearwdc/3448879416/ 1 of 3 rooms set for a total of 16,200+ people for a sit down dinner. This room was set for 8000. This event has been submitted to the Guiness Book of World Records as the largest sit down dinner in the world Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 12:28 PM EDT Convention center to host record-setting sit-down dinner Washington Business Journal - by Tierney Plumb Staff Reporter Three tons of beef filet, more than two tons of mashed potatoes and 1,800 gallons of pink lemonade will be served to 17,600 guests Thursday night at The Walter E. Washington Convention Center, resulting in the largest-known banquet-style dinner in the history of conventions. It’s for Chicago-based and Howard University-founded Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, which is meeting at the center through Friday to celebrate the centennial anniversary of its founding. The center’s catering partner Centerplate/NBSE will use 300,000 dining utensils, 3.5 miles of linen table cloths and seven miles of pink and green napkins for the event. The center’s catering operation has solicited assistance from wait staff throughout the East Coast, and Stamford, Conn.-based Centerplate’s network of chefs and convention center professionals has loaned personnel and equipment from New York, Denver and Dallas to assist. “In addition to the regular catering staff, Centerplate/NBSE will bring in an additional 300 chefs, 46 managers, 65 captains, 32 distribution assistants and 1,200 waiters,” said Gregory O’Dell, Washington Convention Center Authority’s chief executive officer and general manager, whose staff has spent several months preparing for the sorority’s arrival. Should the 2.3 million-square-foot center reach capacity, the Grand Hyatt Ballroom, located at 1000 H St. NW is prepared to accommodate an overflow of up to 3,000 guests. The sorority’s celebration drew about 35,000 attendees, who were projected to pump about $100 million into D.C.’s economy during their week-long stay., Worlds Largest Sit Down Dinner at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on July 17, 2008
Section: Major events
Six of the nine official inaugural balls for the 2005 second inauguration of George W. Bush were held at the convention center.
In 2006, the Council of the District of Columbia approved legislation naming the then-Washington Convention Center in honor of the city's first home rule mayor, the late Walter E. Washington. In 2008, the WCSA Board of Directors agreed to expand the newly built convention center by 75,000 square feet (7,000 m²).
Six of the 10 official balls of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama took place there, including the first-ever Neighborhood Ball.
The center was the principal site of the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit hosted by President Barack Obama.
On November 10, 2011, ground was broken on the 14-story Washington Marriott Marquis, a $520 million, four-star, 1,175-room "convention center headquarters hotel" with more than 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) of meeting room space. Also in 2011, the convention center hosted a major fight card with a welterweight championship match between Lamont Peterson and Amir Khan at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
In 2013, it was announced that the Walter E. Washington Convention Center would be the 5 year host of Otakon, the Japanese and East Asian culture convention that was held since 1999 in the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, starting with Otakon 2017 and going at least until Otakon 2021 which was considered to be a "great win" for Washington, D.C.'s convention business with an estimated $25 million annual revenue for D.C. and over 30,000 visitors expected during the time Otakon is in D.C.
The pop culture convention Awesome Con debuted at the center in 2013. After a successful debut (and some growing pains), the annual event has grown to become one of the largest fan conventions on the East Coast of the United States. The 2013 event drew about 7,000 attendees. The 2017 event hosted 70,000 attendees. Celebrity guests have included David Tennant, John Boyega, Stan Lee, Alex Kingston, William Shatner, George Takei and many others.
Since 2014 the National Book Festival has been held at the center.
In 2016, Otakon revealed at their Road to D.C. panel part of Otakon 2016 that the Walter E. Washington Convention Center will actually be the 8 year host of Otakon, starting with Otakon 2017 and going through at least until Otakon 2024.
The Frederick Classic on the Hill women's gymnastics tournament is held at the convention center.
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TYP Band Lider Goldstein.jpg, Official band photo of The Young Professionals (TYP). Featuring Johnny Goldstein (left) and Ivri Lider (right).,
Section: The Young Professionals
The Young Professionals (also known as TYP or T¥P) is an Israeli electro pop band made up of producer Johnny Goldstein (in Hebrew יונתן "ג'וני" גולדשטיין, born January 29, 1991) and singer/songwriter/producer Ivri Lider (in Hebrew עברי לידר, born February 10, 1974). The band mixes electronic sounds, guitars and acoustic percussion to create music described as alternative pop.
In 2012, the duo released their debut album internationally as 9am to 5pm, 5pm to Whenever (originally an Israeli 2011 release titled 09:00 to 17:00, 17:00 to Whenever). "TYP D.I.S.C.O.", a remake of the well-known hit by Ottawan is their first international hit single.
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, The switch's switches, HP ProCurve 2650 switch frontal panel
Section: ProCurve
HP ProCurve was the name of the networking division of Hewlett-Packard from 1998 to 2010 and associated with the products that it sold. The name of the division was changed to HP Networking in September 2010 after HP bought 3Com Corporation.
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, ProCurve Gigabit Ethernet Switch, ProCurve gigabit ethernet switch
Section: Products
A variety of different networking products have been made by HP. The first products were named EtherTwist while printer connectivity products carried the JetDirect name. As the EtherTwist name faded, most of HP's networking products were given AdvanceStack names. Later, the then-ProCurve division began to offer LAN switches, Core, Datacenter, Distribution, Edge, Web managed and Unmanaged Switches. The ProCurve was also used with Network Management, Routing and Security products.
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Portrait of Arthur Thomas Moore, Arthur Thomas Moore (1830-1913) was a Bombay Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross.,
Section: Arthur Thomas Moore
Major General Arthur Thomas Moore, VC, CB (20 September 1830 – 25 April 1913) was a Bombay Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Angola-Pos.png, , Angola in Africa
Section: United Nations Security Council Resolution 890
United Nations Security Council resolution 890, adopted unanimously on 15 December 1993, after reaffirming resolutions 696 (1991), 747 (1992), 785 (1992), 793 (1992), 804 (1993), 811 (1993), 823 (1993), 834 (1993), 851 (1993) and 864 (1993) on the situation in Angola, the council noted the slight improvements in the country and extended the stationing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II) until 16 March 1994.
The security council began by underlining the importance it attached to the full implementation of the 'Accordos de Paz' peace agreements and relevant resolutions of the council. It also welcomed the resumption of negotiations in Lusaka between the Government of Angola and UNITA, noting that incidents of violence had decreased. At the same time however, it recognised the serious humanitarian situation in the country, the lack of ceasefire and the refusal of UNITA to accept the results of the 1992 elections.
The importance of a peaceful solution was stressed and urged both parties to be flexible in negotiations. The parties were called upon to abide by their commitments in Lusaka, urging both to immediately cease all military actions to stop the further suffering of the people and damage to the Angolan economy as well as establishing a durable ceasefire. The Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali was asked to report on the progress of the talks by 1 February 1994. The council also noted that the secretary-general had already taken steps to expand the UNAVEM II peacekeeping mission in the event of developments in the peace process. At the time, UNAVEM II was understaffed and was unable to monitor the entire country.
The resolution also affirmed the need for humanitarian aid to be delivered to the affected population, commending member states, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations for the efforts in this regard and urging them to continue the provision of humanitarian assistance. Given the ongoing negotiations between the Angolan government and UNITA, the security council decided not to impose an oil embargo against UNITA in Resolution 864 but announced its willingness to do so in the event of a recommendation by the secretary-general.
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HMS RHODODENDRON WWII IWM A23031.jpg, The Royal Navy during the Second World War HMS RHODODENDRON in the correct position during refuelling trials at sea on board the SS SAMINVER, a Liberty ship., HMS Rhododendron during refueling trials at sea
Section: HMS Rhododendron (K78)
HMS Rhododendron was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She served as an ocean escort in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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, Norsk bokmål: Hvalbåten AM-15 (Maj Vinke, eks. HMS Rhododendron (K78)) inne ved kokeriet (Willem Barendsz) med hval., Whale catcher Maj Vinke
Section: Fate
She was sold in 1950 to a shipping company, where she was turned into the merchant Maj Finke. She was sold for demolition in South Africa in 1968.
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, Proposed design for Bristol Arena., Artist impression of the original planned Arena near Temple Meads railway station
Section: Initial proposal
In February 2014, the funding package for the arena scheme was approved as part of Bristol City Council's budget. The total cost of the arena, £91 million, would be funded by the council which would have provided £38 million with the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership funding the remaining £53 million.
In November 2014, the five shortlisted architects for the contract to design the arena were announced. The winning design by Populous, beating designs by Grimshaw Architects LLP, Idom Ingeniería y Consultoría, White Arkitekter and Wilkinson Eyre, was revealed in March 2015. The arena had been designed to achieve a BREEAM 'Excellent' rating and would've been able to quickly convert from a number of different layouts, with capacities ranging from 4,000 to 12,000. The preferred operators, SMG Europe and Live Nation, were announced in December 2014.
In March 2016, the arena plans suffered a further setback when the City's planning committee described the proposals as "defective" and deferred making a decision on them until an appropriate level of supporting information could be provided. Public concern over parking and transport around the proposals had not been properly addressed and the committee were not confident in the detail submitted for approval. George Ferguson claimed the planning committee had put the entire project at risk and the decision was "not about planning, it was about politics."
Following multiple updates to the transport plan, the arena was granted planning permission in April 2016 with the planning committee unanimously in favour of the updated plans.
In January 2017, the projected opening of the arena was delayed to 2020 after Bristol City Council and preferred construction firm Bouygues UK failed to agree on construction costs. Three months later, it was announced that Buckingham Group, who had initially been the second preferred bidder, would carry out preliminary work on the site while negotiating a final price. Bristol City Council have also commissioned an independent review into the project's value for money.
In November 2017, the Bristol Post revealed plans to construct the arena within the Brabazon Hangar at the former Filton Airfield on the edge of the city's boundary.
In September 2018, Mayor Marvin Rees scrapped the arena plans in favour of a mixed use development, leaving the Brabazon Hangar as the only option. The primary reasons given for the decision were build cost, future financial risk and job creation. The build cost for the council had increased to £150 million plus half of any cost overruns. Costs arising should the arena not be successful would be to the council, and expert advice was that the venue size was too small for major events. Rees also argued a mixed use development would create more and better paid jobs.
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, Inside the Brabazon Hangar, The main hangar where the arena will be built inside (September 2019)
Section: Current plans
The owner of the former Bristol Filton Airport, YTL Corporation, announced plans in early 2019 for a 17,000 seat indoor arena in the former Brabazon hangar, in partnership with Avison Young, Grimshaw and MANICA Architecture. The “unique seating bowl” design of the arena would allow for flexible capacity ranging from 4,000 to 17,000.
Plans include a walkway modelled after Wembley Way, 36 'Brabazon Steps' and a 75m bridge over the Henbury Loop railway line. The new entrance for the arena in the central hangar will be raised above the existing floor, looking out over the runway. The east and west hangars will be transformed into a Festival Hall and 'The Hub'. Festival Hall will host exhibitions and conventions as well as large scale events. The Hub will consist of small or start-up businesses, food and drink outlets, and leisure facilities.
Planning permission was given in 2020, and construction is planned to start in 2022 with completion by 2024.
The former airfield site has been earmarked by South Gloucestershire Council for 2,675 new homes. This new suburb, to be called Brabazon, will begin construction in 2020 with first residents arriving in 2021.
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View of Finnsnes, Finnsnes, administrative center of Lenvik, province of Troms, Norway. Winter 2006-2007, View of Finnsnes
Section: Lenvik
Lenvik (Northern Sami: Leaŋgáviika) is a former municipality that was located in the old Troms county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The municipality was partly situated on the mainland and partly on the island of Senja in what is now Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county. The administrative centre was the town of Finnsnes, where the Gisund Bridge connects Senja to the mainland on Norwegian County Road 86. Other villages in the municipality included Aglapsvik, Gibostad, Botnhamn, Fjordgård, Finnfjordbotn, Husøy, Langnes, Laukhella, Silsand, and Rossfjordstraumen. The lake Lysvatnet was located in the municipality on Senja island, west of Gibostad.
At the time of its dissolution as a municipality on 1 January 2020, the 893-square-kilometre (345 sq mi) municipality was the 126th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Lenvik was also the 101st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 11,644. The municipality's population density was 13.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (35/sq mi) and its population has increased by 4.3% over the previous decade.
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, Rossfjordvatnet lake, Lenvik, Norway., View of the lake Rossfjordstraumen
Section: General information
The large municipality of Lenvik was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). In 1848, most of the mainland parts of Lenvik (population: 2,616) was separated to form the new Målselv Municipality, leaving Lenvik with 3,029 residents. Then in 1855, the northern part of Lenvik (population: 811) was separated to form the new municipality of Hillesøy. This left Lenvik with 2,757 inhabitants. On 1 January 1871, a small part of Lenvik (population: 70) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Malangen.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, many several neighboring areas were merged into Lenvik:
the part of Sørreisa Municipality on the island of Senja (population: 129)
the Hellemo, Paulsrud, Johnsgård, and Stormo farms in Tranøy Municipality (population: 106)
the part of Hillesøy Municipality on the island of Senja and the whole island of Hekkingen (population: 1,159)
These areas joined to old areas of Lenvik to form a new, larger municipality of Lenvik with a total population of 10,219.
In March 2017, the Parliament of Norway voted to merge the municipalities of Berg, Torsken, Lenvik, and Tranøy. The new municipality will encompass the whole island of Senja plus part of the mainland located between the Gisundet strait and the Malangen fjord. The new municipality was established on 1 January 2020 and it was named Senja Municipality.
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Chris Kuzneski at Frederik's Church.jpg, Chris Kuzneski at Frederik's Church,
Section: Chris Kuzneski
Chris Kuzneski (born 1969) is an American novelist. His eleventh novel, The Prisoner's Gold, won the Thriller Award for the 2016 Book of the Year at a gala hosted by the International Thriller Writers (ITW) in New York City on July 9, 2016. His works have also been honored by the Florida Book Awards and named a Literary Guild's featured selection.
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Map of Crawford County Pennsylvania School Districts.png, Map of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States Public School Districts,
Section: Conneaut School District
The Conneaut School District is a public school district in Crawford County, Pennsylvania and geographically encompasses approximately the western third of the county. The school district is approximately 8 miles west of Meadville, 40 miles (64 km) south of Erie and 91 miles (146 km) north of Pittsburgh. Comprising a total area of approximately 381 square miles (990 km²), the School District is bordered on the south by Mercer County, on the west by the state of Ohio, on the north by Erie County and on the east by the city of Meadville. The School District comprises the Boroughs of Conneaut Lake, Conneautville, Linesville and Springboro; and the Townships of Beaver, Conneaut, East Fallowfield, Greenwood, North Shenango, Pine, Sadsbury, Spring, Summerhill, Summit and West Fallowfield. The School District can be classified as rural with the majority of the work force employed in area contiguous to that of the School District.
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Paddy fields near Ziro, Ziro is known for Paddy Fish cultivation. Wikidata has entry Apatani Cultural Landscape (Q66023120) with data related to this item., Paddy fields near Ziro
Section: Lower Subansiri district
Lower Subansiri district (Pron:/su:bənˈsɪɹi/) is one of the 25 administrative districts of the state of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.
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, An Apatani Woman in a traditional attire during Muting Festival. Apatanis are natives of Arunachal Pradesh, Lower Subansiri District, particularly from Ziro. Ziro is already in UNESCO'S World Heritage Site tentative list for its sustainable agriculture techniques and preservation of natural landscapes. This photo has been taken in the country: India, An Apatani woman in a traditional attire during Muting Festival.
Section: Demographics
According to the 2011 census Lower Subansiri district has a population of 83,030, roughly equal to the nation of Andorra. This gives it a ranking of 623rd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 24 inhabitants per square kilometre (62/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 48.65%. Lower Subansiri has a sex ratio of 975 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 76.33%.
This district is inhabited by Nyishis and Apatanis.
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, The five "Positions of Dancing" from Thomas Wilson's Analysis of Country Dancing (1811) – An analysis of country dancing, wherein all the figures used in that polite amusement are rendered familiar by engraved lines. Containing also, directions for composing almost any number of figures to one tune, with some entire new reels; together with the complete etiquette of the ball-room. By T. Wilson ... Illustrated with engravings on wood by J. Berryman. Wilson, Thomas, dancing master. Created/published 3d ed. London, J. S. Dickson, 1811. More on the publication... The colored illustrations of dancers show foot positions of a learner, while the line drawings below each dancer show the positions of a "finish'd Dancer"., The five positions of Dancing. T. Wilson's Analysis of Country Dancing instruction manual, 1811.
Section: Regency dance
Regency dance is the term for historical dances of the period ranging roughly from 1790 to 1825. Some feel that the popular use of the term "Regency dance" is not technically correct, as the actual English Regency (the future George IV ruling on behalf of mad King George III) lasted only from 1811 until 1820. However, the term "Regency" has been used to refer to a much broader period than the historical Regency for a very long time, particularly in areas such as the history of art and architecture, literature, and clothing. This is because there are consistencies of style over this period which make having a single term useful.
Most popular exposure to this era of dance comes in the works of Jane Austen. Balls occur in her novels and are discussed in her letters, but specifics are few. Films based on her works tend to incorporate modern revival English Country Dance; however, they rarely incorporate dances actually of the period and do them without the appropriate footwork and social style which make them accurate to the period. Dances of this era were lively and bouncy, not the smooth and stately style seen in films. Steps ranging from simple skipping to elaborate ballet-style movements were used.
In the early part of this period, up to the early 1810s, the ballroom was dominated by the country dance, the cotillion, and the scotch reel.
In the longways Country Dance, a line of couples perform figures with each other, progressing up and down the line. Regency country dances were often proceeded by a brief March by the couples, then begun by the top lady in the set and her partner, who would dance down the set to the bottom. Each couple in turn as they reached the top would likewise dance down until the entire set had returned to its original positions. This could be a lengthy process, easily taking an hour in a long set. An important social element was the calling of the dance by the leading lady (a position of honor), who would determine the figures, steps, and music to be danced. The rest of the set would listen to the calling dancing master or pick up the dance by observing the leading couple. Austen mentions in her letters instances in which she and her partner called the dance.
The cotillion was a French import, performed in a square using more elaborate footwork. It consisted of a "chorus" figure unique to each dance which was danced alternately with a standard series of up to ten "changes", which were simple figures such as a right hand moulinet (star) common to cotillions in general.
The scotch reel of the era consisted of alternate heying (interlacing) and setting (fancy steps danced in place) by a line of three or four dancers. More complex reels appear in manuals as well but it's unclear if they ever actually caught on. A sixsome reel is mentioned in a description of Scottish customs in the early 1820s and eightsome reels (danced in squares like cotillions) occur in some dance manuscripts of the era.
In the 1810s, the era of the Regency proper, English dance began an important transition with the introduction of the quadrille and the waltz.
The Waltz was first imported to England around 1810, but it was not considered socially acceptable until continental visitors at the post-Napoleonic-Wars celebrations danced it in London—and even then it remained the subject of anti-waltz diatribes, caricatures, and jokes. Even the decadent Lord Byron was scandalized by the prospect of people "embracing" on the dance floor. The Regency version is relatively slow, and done up on the balls of the feet with the arms in a variety of graceful positions. The Sauteuse is a leaping waltz commonly done in 2/4 rather than 3/4 time, similar in pattern (leap-glide-close) to the Redowa and Waltz Galop of the later nineteenth century.
First imported from France by Lady Jersey in 1815, the Quadrille was a shorter version of the earlier cotillions. Figures from individual cotillions were assembled into sets of five or six figures, and the changes were left out, producing much shorter dances. By the late 1810s, it was not uncommon to dance a series of quadrilles during the evening, generally consisting of the same first three figures combined with a variety of different fourth and fifth figures. Jane Austen's niece Fanny danced quadrilles and in their correspondence Jane mentions that she finds them much inferior to the cotillions of her own youth.
By the late 1810s, under siege from the Quadrille, dancing masters began to invent "new" forms of country dance, often with figures borrowed from the Quadrille, and giving them exotic names such as the Danse Ecossoise and Danse Espagnuole which suggested entire new dances but actually covered very minor variations in the classic form. A few of these dances became sufficiently popular that they survived through the entire 19th century. One example of this is the "Spanish dance" popular in vintage dance circles, which is a solitary survivor of its entire genre of Regency-era dances.
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, Dance held at All Saints Church Hall Ainslie Canberra in November 2015. Time travellers ball with called dances from all time eras from 15th to 20th century. Dance called by group Earthly Delights Danced to live music, Dancing through the ages - Time Traveler Ball with dances from the 15th to 20th century
Section: Revival
The first major revival of English Country Dance, one of the major types of Regency dance, was by Englishman Cecil Sharp in the early 20th century. Various other revivals have followed, most using at least some of Sharp's research. Today, there are many groups around the world which perform a variety of English period dances, including many of the types of dance which were popular during the English Regency.
Regency dance has gained popularity at science fiction conventions, in part due to the efforts of John Hertz. Reconstructed dances from the era are taught to newcomers and experienced dancers alike. Some authors—notably, Larry Niven—have added their personal enthusiasm to the trend.
In Silicon Valley, the Bay Area English Regency Society sponsors local dance classes and formal balls in churches, community centers, and other venues. In Los Angeles, California, the Valley Area English Regency Society hosts teas and Regency dance parties in a local church. Both societies were founded by Laura Brodian Freas Beraha.
Some enthusiasts go to extremes: Cisco Systems founders Sandra Lerner and Len Bosack created a foundation that bought a Regency-era country house once owned by Jane Austen's brother. In Australia, Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy and John Gardiner-Garden run a Regency Dance School in conjunction with Jane Austen Festival Australia every April.
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