VP-23, Patrol Squadron 23, known as the Seahawks, was a U.S. Navy fixed-wing, anti-submarine and maritime patrol squadron based at Brunswick Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine, United States.  It was established as Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Three (VPW-3) on 17 May 1946, redesignated as Meteorology Squadron Three (VPM-3) on 15 November 1946, redesignated Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane) Three (VP-HL-3) on 8 December 1947 (as the second squadron to be assigned the VP-HL-3 designation), and to Patrol Squadron Twenty Three (VP-23) on 1 September 1948 and disestablished on 28 February 1995. It was the second squadron to be designated VP-23, the first VP-23 was redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 23 (VPB-23) on 1 October 1944 and disestablished on 25 January 1946.

Operational history

17–21 May 1946: VPW-3 was established as a weather reconnaissance squadron under FAW-14 at NAAS Camp Kearney, California, for duty in the Caribbean. Its aircraft and personnel were drawn from VPW-2. Four days after its establishment, the new squadron departed for its assigned home base at NAS Miami, Florida, where the crews began flying the PB4Y-2M Privateer fitted with radar for weather reconnaissance. When the squadron arrived at NAS Miami it came under the operational control of FAW-5.
15 November 1946: VPW-3 was redesignated VPM-3, continuing to serve as a weather/meteorology squadron still based at NAS Miami.
8 December 1947: VPM-3 was redesignated VP-HL-3 after another squadron with that same designation had been disestablished on 22 May 1947. Although designated as a Heavy Patrol Squadron (Landplane), it continued to provide weather reconnaissance and hurricane surveillance flights for the East Coast.
15 January–September 1948: VP-HL-3 was relocated to a new home port at NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey, but their stay at the new station was cut short by an order on 29 March 1948 to base at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, however, the move to Patuxent River never occurred. The squadron deployed from NAS Atlantic City on 15 April 1948 for Naval Station Argentia, Newfoundland, with a detachment at NAS Miami. The entire squadron joined the detachment at Miami at the close of the 1948 Atlantic hurricane season for the filming of the movie Slattery’s Hurricane.
1 January 1949: After the Navy sequences for the movie were completed at NAS Miami, preparations for the squadron's transfer to NAS Patuxent River were halted and VP-23 was permanently assigned to NAS Miami under the operational control of FAW-11.
1 June–11 November 1949: VP-23 broke all records for hurricane surveillance by Navy patrol squadrons, entering the “eyes” of 33 hurricanes during the 1949 Atlantic hurricane season. The squadron then ended its career in weather and converted to the Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role effective 15 November 1949. The squadron’s aircraft were redesignated PB4Y-2S and were retrofitted with the APS-15 ASW radar.
4 December 1949: VP-23 began its new role as a patrol squadron, with ASW as its primary mission, and deployed to Newfoundland and Greenland for cold weather training. RON (Remain/Over Night) visits were made to remote air bases at CFB Goose Bay, Labrador and Narsarsuaq Air Base, Greenland, carrying mail. During the deployment extensive use was made of LORAN gear.
1 July 1950: VP-23 surveyed the Gulf Stream in Operation Cabot, in support of . The squadron recorded color changes in the gulf, took APS-15 radar signatures, and noted LORAN fixes on surface and subsurface features. During the operation at least one aircraft was designated to provide weather reconnaissance for the surface vessels participating in the project.
9 May 1952: VP-23 was transferred from NAS Miami, to a new permanent home base at NAS Brunswick, Maine, under the operational control of FAW-3. Although the squadron was transferred, 7 officers and 109 enlisted personnel remained at NAS Miami to form VJ-2, a weather squadron that took the place of VP-23. Shortly after the transfer, the squadron was equipped with PB4Y-2 aircraft that were soon redesignated P4Y-2S, fitted with antisubmarine radar.
19 May 1952: VP-23 deployed to NAS Argentia for three months of advanced base training in cold weather operations, relieving VP-24. The squadron flew long-distance reconnaissance flights over the Labrador, Davis Strait and Baffin Bay. A four-aircraft detachment was maintained at Thule Air Base, Greenland.
January 1953: VP-23 deployed to the Spanish Air Base at Reus, Tarragona, Spain, for one week of training with Spanish Air Force personnel. At the end of the week the squadron flew to Naval Air Station Port Lyautey, French Morocco. The operations in Spain represented the first formal cooperation with the Spanish armed forces since before World War II.
June 1953: VP-23 deployed to NAS Argentia, with a detachment at Thule AFB. The detachments charted ice conditions in the surface shipping lanes between Newfoundland and Greenland, moved urgent supplies to remote bases, conducted research for the Hydrographic Office in Washington, transported personnel and dropped mail to fleet units at sea and ashore. Routine ASW patrols were also flown by the Argentia detachment.
7 May 1954: One of the VP-23 Neptunes, MA-5, crashed on takeoff from Nassau, Bahamas during exercises with the Atlantic Fleet, killing the entire crew.
29 July 1954: A squadron Neptune, MA-7, developed engine trouble during an operational readiness flight near NAS Qounset Point, Rhode Island. The crew ditched with no casualties and were pulled from the water after one and a half hours.
April 1955: VP-23 transitioned to the jet-assisted P2V-7 Neptune. At the end of the month the squadron received operational training in the new aircraft during its deployment to NAS Bermuda. A three-aircraft detachment was maintained at Lajes Field, Azores. Exercises were conducted in ASW techniques with fleet submarines, surface units, other patrol squadrons and blimp squadrons.
16 July 1958: With the landing of U.S. Marines in Lebanon on 15 July, the squadron was quickly flown to Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, the next day to assume station over the North Atlantic approaches. VP-23 remained at this location until early September.
1 January 1961: VP-23 had just deployed to NAS Argentia, when they were put on alert for the hijacked Portuguese liner Santa Maria. The search for the missing vessel took five of the squadron’s aircraft to Barbados, Trinidad and Recife, Brazil, before the liner was found. This detachment remained at San Juan until March, when it rejoined the squadron at Argentia. The remaining months of the deployment were spent in shipping surveillance and evaluation testing of the TIROS-2 weather satellite.
1 May 1961: The squadron established a new endurance record for the P2V-7 Neptune during their deployment to NAS Argentia, remaining in the air for 22 hours and 54 minutes. The flight was planned in honor of the 50th anniversary of Naval Aviation.
8 August–November 1962: VP-23 deployed to Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, relieving VP-16. Detachments were maintained at Naval Base Rota, Spain; Elmas, Sardinia; and Soudha Bay, Crete. On 30 September two detachments of four aircraft each were put on standby at Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco, and Lajes Field, for the Mercury-Atlas 8 space mission. The mission concluded successfully and the detachments returned to NAF Sigonella on 5 October. From 21 October to 21 November 1962, the squadron was put on alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, flying round-the-clock surveillance and ASW missions in support of the Sixth Fleet. Soviet surface units were kept under surveillance during transit of the Mediterranean Sea.
February 1963: While preparing to return from Operation Springboard exercises in Puerto Rico in late February, the squadron was tasked to locate the hijacked Venezuelan cargo vessel Anzoátegui. Searches were conducted in the South Atlantic and Caribbean before the ship was discovered by VP-23 in the mouth of the Amazon River.
April 1963: VP-23 was tasked with the futile search for survivors or debris from the  disaster. On 30 May a squadron aircraft dropped a wreath over the site of the sinking.
6 September 1963: VP-23 deployed a seven-aircraft detachment to NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, relieving VP-45. Numerous patrols were conducted in support of Cuban refugees adrift at sea.
 November 1966-May 1967 VP-23 deployed to NAF Sigonella, Sicily, with a detachment deployed to Souda Bay, Crete, supported by .
3 December 1967: A squadron aircraft, LJ-4 with crew 11, crashed in adverse weather off the end of the Otis AFB runway. The crew egressed safely, but the aircraft was totally consumed by fire.
15 April–August 1968: VP-23 deployed to NAF Sigonella, Sicily. On 1 August, a detachment deployed to Souda Bay, Crete, supported by .
1 November 1968: The squadron had been scheduled for disestablishment on this date, but the decision was rescinded at the last moment by the Secretary of Defense.
27 June–August 1969: VP-23 deployed to NAF Sigonella, Sicily, relieving VP-21. During the deployment squadron aircraft made contacts on 37 Soviet Bloc submarines in the Mediterranean Sea.
November 1969–June 1970: The squadron received its first P-3B Orion, completing transition training on 15 June 1970. VP-23 was the last remaining active duty patrol squadron to fly the SP-2H, retiring its last Neptune on 20 February 1970.
13 June–July 1974: VP-23 deployed to NS Rota, with a detachment maintained at NAF Lajes. Three aircraft were sent to NAF Sigonella on 20 July, during the Cyprus unrest in case the need arose to evacuate U.S. citizens. The detachment returned to Rota on 23 July.
23 March–April 1978: VP-23 deployed to NS Rota, with a four-aircraft/five-crew detachment maintained at Lajes. On 26 April 1978, aircraft LJ-04, BuNo. 152724, crashed at sea on landing approach to Lajes, killing seven. The cause of the accident was undetermined due to inability to recover aircraft remains from the extreme depths.
18 July 1979: VP-23 became the first Navy patrol squadron to fire the new Harpoon antiship missile. VP-23 was the first operational fleet patrol squadron to make an operational deployment with the Harpoon.
5 September 1979–January 1980: VP-23 deployed to NAF Keflavik, Iceland, for NATO exercises. A detachment was maintained at the NATO airfield at Bodø Main Air Station, Norway. With the seizure of the American embassy in Iran, a detachment of three Harpoon-equipped Orions was sent on 1 January 1980 to Diego Garcia. The squadron’s performance earned it the Navy Unit Commendation.
1 January 1980: VP-23 deployed from Keflavik, Iceland, to Diego Garcia and made its first operational flight out of the Indian Ocean base within 10 days after receiving orders, demonstrating its rapid deployment capability.
12 June–October 1983: The squadron deployed to NAS Bermuda, with detachments in Panama; Lajes, Azores; and Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico. On 28 October 1983, VP-23 transported a film crew to observe Soviet submarine K-324 that had been forced to surface after developing problems with its propulsion system after snagging the towed sonar array cable of .
29 October–3 November 1983: VP-23 provided a three aircraft detachment at Puerto Rico for patrols in the vicinity of Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury, the U.S. Invasion of Grenada.
16 January–April 1985: VP-23 deployed to NS Rota, with a detachment at Lajes, Azores. During the period from 24 March to 15 April 1986 the Rota detachment supported the Sixth Fleet’s strikes against Libya.
10 May 1990: VP-23 deployed to NAS Bermuda, with a detachment at NAS Roosevelt Roads. The Puerto Rico detachment set a record when CAC-1 Combat Aircrew, Lt. Jason Lilly Mission Commander, located and tracked a Venezuelan vessel in the territorial waters of the Dominican Republic transporting a 1,400-kilo batch of cocaine, which in coordination with D.E.A. and the United States Coast Guard, led to the seizure of the vessel and confiscation of its drug cargo, a record for that year.
26 September–November 1990: The squadron was tasked with providing a detachment at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to provide support for Operation Desert Shield.
1 November 1991: VP-23 deployed to NAS Sigonella. During the deployment a detachment was maintained at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in support of the UN embargo against Iraq.
1994: VP-23 operated from NAS Sigonella, on its last deployment. The squadron provided NATO forces in Bosnia with real-time tactical reconnaissance in support of Operation Deny Flight. The squadron’s P-3Cs, armed with AGM-65 Maverick missiles, flew more than 300 armed sorties in support of Operation Sharp Guard in the Adriatic Sea.
7 December 1994: The squadron held a disestablishment ceremony at NAS Brunswick.
28 February 1995: VP-23 was disestablished at NAS Brunswick.

Home port assignments
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
 NAAS Camp Kearney, California - 17 May 1946
 NAS Miami, Florida - 21 May 1946
 NAS Atlantic City, New Jersey - 15 January 1948
 NAS Patuxent River, Maryland - 29 March 1948
 NAS Miami - 1 January 1949
 NAS Brunswick, Maine - 9 May 1952

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
 PB4Y-2M Privateer – May 1946
 PB4Y-2S Privateer - November 1949
 P4Y-2S Privateer - May 1952
 P2V-5 Neptune – October 1953
 P2V-7 Neptune - April 1955
 P2V-7S/SP-2H Neptune - 1959
 P-3B Orion – November 1969
 P-3B DIFAR Orion – March 1971
 P-3C UII Orion – October 1978

Notable former members
Michael Foreman, Mission Specialist on STS-123 and STS-129.
 Rear Admiral Jeffrey Lemmons.
 Rear Admiral Mark Skinner.

See also
 History of the United States Navy
 List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
 List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons
 List of squadrons in the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons

References

 VP-23 Home Page from VP Navy.Org
 "Third VP-23" DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL AVIATION SQUADRONS—Volume 2 (from VP-23.org)

External links
 VP-23 Association Website
 VP-23 Pages from Military.Com
 Patrol Squadron 23 - Primarily from '50s and before
 History Page from VP Navy.Org
 Official VP-23 History from DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL AVIATION SQUADRONS—Volume 2, Chapter 3, pgs. 141-152
 Squadron History from Dave's Warbirds
 VP-23 Patch History
 Biography of Francis H. Clifton, VP-23/VPB-23, USN
 Photo of the crew of the Patrol Squadron 23 (VP-23) PBY-5A that found the approaching Japanese fleet's Midway Occupation Force

Patrol squadrons of the United States Navy
Military units and formations in Maine


The Diocese of Chiavari () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Liguria, northern Italy. It was created on 3 December 1892 by Pope Leo XIII in the Bull Romani Pontifices. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.

History
Chiavari became an episcopal see in 1892, but until 1896 it was administered by Tommaso Reggio, the Archbishop of Genoa, to which diocese it originally belonged, through his auxiliary bishop and vicar general, Fortunato Vinelli, titular bishop of Epiphania (Cilicia, Ottoman Empire). The first bishop of Chiavari was Fortunato Vinelli. He was officially transferred from Genoa to the diocese of Chiavari by Pope Leo XIII on 29 March 1896.

The creation of a new diocese, a rare event in the modern Church in Italy, was a solution to the rapid growth of population in Genoa due to industrialization. In the bull Romani Pontifices Pope Leo notes that the city of Chiavari had a population surpassing 12,000, and that requests for the creation of a diocese also came from Rapalla, Lavania, and Santa Margharita. In fact, pressure had been building for more than a decade. A not inconsequential factor, as the Pope admits, came from the testamentary bequest in 1884 of one-third of the estate of Francesco Bancalari, a priest of Chiavari, which was earmarked for the creation of a diocese of Chiavari, if and when the Holy See acted positively. A final consideration, as far as timing was concerned, was the death of the Archbishop of Genoa, Salvatore Magnasco, on 12 January 1892. Arrangements could be made for the new diocese with a new archbishop, who was appointed on 11 July, without insult or diminution of the status and powers of the recently deceased Archbishop.

The first diocesan synod was held by Bishop Vinelli in 1899, with 240 priests participating. The second synod was held by Bishop Casabona in 1921, and the third on 17–19 October 1933. The Fourth Diocesan Synod was held by Bishop Daniele Ferrari in 1987.

On 5 July 1899 the new seminary, named in honor of Leo XIII, was blessed by Archbishop Reggio of Genoa. The old seminary had been established by the Archbishop of Genoa, Cardinal Luigi Lambruschini (1819–1830).

Cathedral and Chapter

The church which was designated as the new cathedral was built between 1613 and 1633 as a shrine for the image of the Virgin Mary which was given credit for stopping the pestilence of 1493. Administration of the church was put in the hands of the Discalced Carmelites, until all religious orders were suppressed under orders of the French occupation authorities in 1797. A reconstruction was begun in 1823, with a façade designed by an architect called Luigi Poletti. The new façade and pronaos of the Cathedral was blessed by Cardinal Andrea Ferrari in 1907.

In accordance with the bull of erection of Leo XIII, the Cathedral Chapter was to consist of ten Canons. It was to be presided over by a Provost, and there was to be a Canon Theological and a Canon Penitentiary. The cathedral was granted the status of a minor basilica by Pope Pius X on 27 November 1904.

The current bishop is Giampio Luigi Devasini, appointed on 10 April 2021 by Pope Francis.

Bishops

1893–1910: Fortunato Vinelli
1911–1916: Giovanni Gamberoni
1917–1917: Natale Serafino
1917–1948: Amedeo Casabona
1948–1971: Francesco Marchesani
1971–1973: Luigi Maverna
1973–1995: Daniele Ferrari
1995–2004: Alberto Maria Careggio
2004–2021: Alberto Tanasini
2021–........: Giampio Luigi Devasini

Parishes
The diocese has 139 parishes, all within the province of Genoa, including several parishes transferred from the diocese of La Spezia (and several transferred to La Spezia) on 26 July 1959. The diocesan web site maintains a current list of parishes, divided into five Vicariates.

Borzonasca: S. Bartolomeo Apostolo, S. Giovanni Battista, S. Margherita V, S. Maria Assunta, S. Vincenzo e Anastasio, S. Rocco, S. Maria Assunta, S. Andrea Apostolo, S. Lorenzo, S. Martino

Carasco: S. Marziano, S. Pietro, S. Eufemiano, S. Nicolò, S. Quirico, S. Maria

Casarza Ligure: Nostra Signora della Speranza, S. Lorenzo, S. Maria Assunta, S. Martino, S. Michele Arcangelo, S. Bernardo e SS. Concezione

Castiglione Chiavarese: S. Antonino Martire, S. Pietro, S. Rocco e Gaetano, S. Michele, S. Maria Assunta, S. Martino

Chiavari: N. S. della Pace e di S. Bernardo, S. Andrea, S. Giacomo di Rupinaro, S. Giovanni Battista, S. Giuseppe, S. Maria e S. Biagio di Bacezza, S. Michele, S. Margherita, S. Martino, S. Pietro, San Pier di Canne, S. Antonino Martire

Cicagna: S. Giovanni Battista, S. Rocco, S. Bartolomeo

Cogorno: S. Antonino Martire, S. Lorenzo, S. Maria, S. Colombano, S. Salvatore

Coreglia Ligure: S. Martino, S. Nicolò, S. Giacomo

Favale di Malvaro: S. Vincenzo Martire, S. Martino, S. Bernardo, Lavagna, S. Giulia, S. Maria del Ponte, S. Maria Madre della Chiesa, S. Stefano, S. Pietro, S. Concezione, S. Maria Assunta

Leivi: S. Rufino, S. Tommaso, S. Michele

Lorsica: S. Maria, S. Giuseppe, N. S. dell’Orto, S. Andrea

Lumarzo: S. Margherita, S. Maria Maddalena, S. Tommaso, S. Stefano, S. Maurizio

Mezzanego: S. Maria Assunta, S. Maria della Neve, S. Michele Arcangelo, S. Siro

Moconesi: S. Cuore e di S. Margherita, S. Giuseppe e Margherita, S. Ambrogio, S. Giacomo

Moneglia: S. Croce, S. Giorgio, S. Maria Assunta, S. Saturnino

Ne: S. Cipriano e Giustina, S. Lorenzo, S. Biagio, S. Maria Assunta, S. Maria e Michele, S. Bartolomeo, S. Pietro, S. Antonio, S. Apollinare

Neirone: S. Maurizio, S. Marco, S. Rocco, S. Lorenzo

Orero: S. Ambrogio, S. Michele Arcangelo

Portofino: S. Martino

Rapallo: S. Andrea, S. Anna, S. Maria del Campo, S. Martino, S. Massimo, S. Pietro, Quirico

San Colombano Certenoli: S. Maria, S. Maurizio, S. Michele, S. Stefano, S. Trinità, S. Bernardo, S. Maria Assunta, S. Martino del Monte, S. Colombano, S. Giacomo di Corte, S. Margherita, S. Siro, S. Maria Assunta, S. Lorenzo della Costa

Sestri Levante: S. Antonio, S. Bartolomeo della Ginestra, S. Bernardo, Basilica di Santa Maria di Nazareth, Sestri Levante, San Nicolò dell'isola di Sestri Levante, S. Stefano del Ponte, S. Giacomo, S. Paolo, S. Pietro, S. Vittoria, S. Sabina

Zoagli: S. Ambrogio, S. Martino, S. Pietro, S. Giovanni Battista

Notes and references

Bibliography

External links

Chiavari
Province of Genoa
Chiavari
Chiavari


Chen Wei-ling (; born 4 January 1982) is from Tainan, Taiwan. She is an Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter.

Achievements

Chen holds various all-time world records in powerlifting as follows

44 kg class – Women's

 Squat (single ply, with knee wraps)– 171.5 kg @ 43.8 kg.
 Deadlift (single ply, with knee wraps)– 175.0 kg @ 43.7 kg.

47 kg class – Women's

 Squat (raw) - 152.5kg at 46.56kg
 Squat (equipped) - 210kg at 46.75kg bodyweight.
 Deadlift (equipped) - 186.0 kg
 Total (raw) - 407.5kg at 46.75kg bodyweight.
 Total (equipped) - 500kg at 46.56kg bodyweight.

In weightlifting, Wei-Ling competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 48 kg class. She snatched 75.0 kg and clean and jerked 95.0 kg for a total of 170.0 kg, ranking 11th.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she originally won the bronze medal in the 48 kg category. She snatched 84 kg and clean and jerked 112 kg for a total of 196 kg. She was later awarded the gold medal after the original gold and silver medallists were disqualified for drug use.

Best competition lifts

Powerlifting
Equipped
 Squat: 210 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)
 Bench Press: 95 kg (World Games, Cali, Colombia, 30.07-01.08.2013)
 Deadlift: 195.0 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)
 Total: 495.0 kg (World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)
 Open: 668.275 Wilks points (bodyweight: 46.75 kg, total: 495 kg, World Games, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 25-26.07.2009)

Raw

 Squat: 145.0 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup,  Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
 Bench Press: 77.5 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup,  Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
 Deadlift: 172.5 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup,  Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
 Total: 395 kg (International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup,  Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)
 Open: 533.684 Wilks points (bodyweight 46.70 kg, total: 395 kg, International Powerlifting Federation World Women's Classic Cup,  Sweden, Stockholm, 12-17.06.2012)

Weightlifting

 Snatch: 87 kg, Asian Championship 2009
 Clean and Jerk: 113 kg, Asian Championship 2009
 Total: 200 kg, Asian Championship 2009

Major results

References

 http://goodlift.ddns.net/records_s.php?fd=0&ac=0&sx=W&eq=1
 http://goodlift.ddns.net/records_s.php?fd=0&ac=0&sx=W&eq=0
 Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 48 kg

External links

 108 kg clean and jerk on the 5th of July 2009 at the President's Cup in Taipei
 squat at the World Games 2009

1982 births
Living people
Taiwanese female weightlifters
Female powerlifters
Olympic weightlifters for Taiwan
Olympic gold medalists for Taiwan
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Games gold medalists
World Games silver medalists
World Games bronze medalists
Competitors at the 2001 World Games
Competitors at the 2009 World Games
Competitors at the 2013 World Games
Competitors at the 2017 World Games
Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Sportspeople from Tainan
21st-century Taiwanese women


North Dome is a mountain located in Greene County, New York.
The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains. North Dome is flanked to the east by West Kill Mountain, and to the west faces Mount Sherrill.

North Dome stands within the watershed of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay.
The northern slopes of North Dome drain into the West Kill via Hagadone Brook and Bennett Brook, thence into Schoharie Creek, the Mohawk River, and the Hudson River.
The southern slopes of North Dome drain into Esopus Creek, and thence into the Hudson River.

North Dome is contained within the Westkill Mountain Wilderness Area of New York's Catskill State Park.
There is no hiking trail over the mountain, though an extension of the Devil's Path west from West Kill Mtn. has been contemplated.  The ascent is made by bushwack, most often from Spruceton Road. The only way to the top of the North Dome is through private land, a nearby summer camp.

See also
 List of mountains in New York

Notes

External links
 North Dome Mountain Hiking Info Catskill 3500 Club
  Peakbagger.com: North Dome

Mountains of Greene County, New York
Catskill High Peaks
Mountains of New York (state)


Montvert (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Cantal department

References

Communes of Cantal


Ricardo Williams may refer to:

Ricardo Williams (boxer) (born 1981), American boxer
Ricardo Williams (cricketer) (born 1968), English cricketer
Ricardo Williams (athlete) (born 1976), Jamaican Olympic athlete
Ricky Williams (The Young and the Restless), a character from the American soap opera, The Young and the Restless

See also
Ricky Williams (disambiguation)
Richard Williams (disambiguation)


Mourjou (; Languedocien: Morjon, or Morjó) is a former commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Puycapel. A chestnut fair is held annually during the third weekend of October.

The village is home to the Maison de la Chataigne, a museum dedicated to the chestnut: its history, its cultivation and harvesting, and its consumption. It is open from June to September every day of the week in the afternoon, except Monday.

Population

See also
Communes of the Cantal department

External links
Official website of the Commune of Mourjou
Foire de la Chataigne
Maison de la Chataigne
Auberge de Mourjou
Historical Information (in French)

References

Former communes of Cantal
Populated places disestablished in 2019


Moussages (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.

Population

See also
Communes of the Cantal department

References

Communes of Cantal


Airtel Tanzania Limited is the third-largest mobile network operator in Tanzania operated by Airtel Africa, which is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel of India, behind Vodacom Tanzania and Tigo Tanzania. As of September 2017, Airtel Tanzania had 10.6 million voice subscribers. As of December 2017 according to data provided by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, Airtel Tanzania controlled 27.1 percent of Tanzania's mobile telephone market by customer numbers, at that time estimated at 10.86 million.

The company is a component of Airtel Africa, the pan African mobile network operator and the largest mobile service provider in Africa outside of South Africa, active in 14 countries on the continent.

Airtel Tanzania was the first telecom company to launch General Packet Radio Service/Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (GPRS/EDGE) service in Tanzanian Market on 3 April 2006. Celtel Tanzania has its headquarters in  Celtel House, Dar es Salaam. On 1 August 2008, Celtel rebranded all of its African operations under the Zain name.

History
Airtel Tanzania was the result of partial privatization of  TTCL on 23 February 2001. This was one of the first steps towards full liberalization of the market. In the aftermath, Celtel International, at that time MSI, which has its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands, together with Detecon from Germany, obtained 35% shares from the Government of Tanzania.  Thus, the consortium (Celtel International and Detecon ) took over Board and Management control of TTCL and thus made it essentially an autonomous company. Celtel is currently owned by sub group originating from UAE.

Licensed
Celtel Tanzania was licensed as the mobile operator in the country in November 2001. The license was the result of Tanzania Communications  Commission ( TCC ) to decide  and to change its zonal licenses into national licenses in 1998. The changes was because the numbers of subscribers in the country was very low (i.e. a total of 37,940 in 1998) and operators were concentrating on a few zones only (i.e. the coastal area near Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar).

Celtel Tanzania Partnership
During the privatisation of Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL), Celtel International was in partnership with Detecon of Germany. The two companies invested an initial $60 million in TTCL in February 2001 for a 35% shareholding in TTCL. In the new partnership with TTCL, Celtel International agreed to be bound by independent "Expert Determination" in the aftermath of a poor financial performance of TTCL for the year 2000. Based on this "Expert Determination",  Celtel International made an additional $4.96 million payment.

In early August 2005, Celtel Tanzania and TTCL were legally separated, allowing each to administer its own financial and business operations. In this new formally signed agreement between the Tanzanian Government and Celtel Tanzania, TTCL's shareholding structure remained unchanged, with the government of Tanzania holding 65% and Celtel International the remaining 35%. In the aftermath, Celtel Tanzania's structure was changed so as to follow the government’s decision to sell a 25% stake in the cellco to Celtel International for USD28 million.

Acquisition by Zain
In September 2007 Celtel's Parent Company MTC Group was acquired by Zain (Arabic for ‘beautiful, good and wonderful) unifying its different brands in 22 Countries. This led to the rebranding of Celtel Tanzania to Zain Tanzania.

Acquisition by Bharti Airtel

On 8 June 2010, Bharti Airtel struck a deal to purchase of  mobile operations in 15 African countries from  Zain, a Kuwaiti operator including Zain Tanzania, but excluding Zain Sudan. The firm then changed its name to Airtel Tanzania.

Current ownership
Following talks in Dar es Salaam, between John Magufuli, the president of Tanzania and Sunil Mittal, the chairman of Bharti Airtel, held in January 2019, the India-based conglomerate agreed to cede more shareholding to the government, in order to settle existing ownership disputes. Following the agreed transfer of shares, the ownership in the company will appear as illustrated in the table below.

One Network

As of January 2016 Airtel Africa operates in 17 African countries. Marketed as "One Network" airtel was the first telecom company in Africa to provide a border less solution for its customer across the continent. With this service airtel customer can freely roam in other airtel operating countries and use their phone as a local subscriber. This service has been extended to India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka where airtel Africa users would not have to change their sim cards to operate freely in the three Asian nations.

Recharging while roaming on the "One Network" can be done both in local currency or can be done remotely from one's home country. The airtel money services do not work across borders, however there are plans to implement airtel money between Kenya and Tanzania.

See also
 MIC Tanzania Limited (tiGO)
 Vodacom Tanzania
 Celtel International
 Vodacom
 3G Technology

References

External links
 tz.celtel.com
 Celtel's official website

Telecommunications companies of Tanzania
Telecommunications companies established in 2001
2001 establishments in Tanzania
Bharti Airtel
Mobile phone companies of Tanzania


Edgar Ubalde Ilarde (August 25, 1934 – August 4, 2020) was a Filipino radio and television host. On radio and television, he hosted programs such as Kahapon Lamang, Student Canteen, and Darigold Jamboree.

His first position as a public servant was being a councilor of Pasay in the early '60s. He was also elected for one term in the Philippine Senate. He also served one term respectively as a congressman and as an Assemblyman of the Interim Batasang Pambansa.

Early life
Ilarde was born in Iriga, Camarines Sur. He moved to Manila after high school, where worked as a bootblack and a newspaper vendor until college. He obtained his bachelor's degree in journalism from Far Eastern University.

Media personality
While in college, he had won in an oratorical contest and drew the notice of a radio executive. He found work in various radio stations in Manila, and soon was among the most popular radio hosts of the 1950s. His shows during that period aired over DZBB, DZRH and the Lopez-owned DZXL. From his advice program Kahapon Lamang were formed the popular  catchphrases Dear Kuya Eddie (later, the title of one of Ilarde's subsequent programs) and Napakasakit, Kuya Eddie ("Very painful, Brother Eddie"; later became the title of the theme song performed by Roel Cortez).

Ilarde co-hosted on DZXL with Bobby Ledesma and Leila Benitez  the noontime variety show Student Canteen, which they would continue to host when the program was brought to television in 1958.

Political career
Ilarde first ventured into politics in 1963 when he was elected as councilor of Pasay. Two years later, as an independent candidate, he defeated incumbent congressman Rufino Antonio and was elected to the House of Representatives representing Rizal's 1st district, which then consisted of cities and towns that are currently part of Metro Manila. During his service in the 6th Congress, Ilarde served as Chairperson of the Committee on Fishing Industries.

Even though an Independent, Ilarde found himself in frequent agreement with the Liberal Party, which included him in its senatorial slate for the 1969 elections. With re-electionist President Ferdinand Marcos successfully leading the Nacionalista Party slate, Ilarde fell over 300,000 votes shy of election to the Senate. Having given up his seat in the House to run for the Senate, Ilarde ran again for the Senate under the Liberal Party banner in the 1971 elections. Ilarde, along with the other members of his party's senatorial ticket, was injured in the bombing at Plaza Miranda of their final political rally.

While recuperating from his injuries, Ilarde and five (5) of his party-mates were elected to the eight (8) Senate vacancies. Ilarde assumed office as a Senator of the 7th Congress in January 1972. However, his term was interrupted when Congress was closed in September of that year following the declaration of martial law by President Marcos.

By 1978, Ilarde had allied himself with President Marcos. Running under the Marcos' political party Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (or the New Society Movement), Ilarde won election to the Interim Batasang Pambansa as an Assemblyman representing Region IV (Metro Manila). He served until 1984. While at the Batasan, he drew attention for his proposal to rename the country "Maharlika", an advocacy which he promoted until his death.

Later life

During the 1992 Philippine presidential election, Ilarde ran for senator under the Nacionalista Party slate, the party that supported the Laurel-Kalaw ticket for the presidency and vice-presidency, respectively.

In 2004, Ilarde ran for a Senate seat as an independent candidate, but managed to place only 33rd of 48 candidates.

Ilarde was honored to be one of PMPC Star Awards for Television's Lifetime Achievement Awardees.

Ilarde was the founder and chairman of the Maharlika Foundation For National Transformation Inc., and the Golden Eagles Society International Inc. The latter is an organization of senior citizens in the Philippines.  He was assisted in his endeavors by his loyal friends - Ariston "Aris" Bautista and Ferdie Pasion. He also hosted radio program Kahapon Lamang that airs over DZBB (owned and operated by GMA Network Station) every Saturday from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Death
Ilarde died on August 4, 2020, exactly three weeks shy of his 86th birthday, at the age of 85 at his home in Makati. His family clarified that his death was due to natural causes, which is not related to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and that his remains would be cremated. His death came four months after his original Student Canteen female co-host, Leila Benitez-McCollum, died on April 9, 2020. His remains were inurned at the National Shrine of the Sacred Heart in Makati.

Filmography

TV shows
The Eddie Ilarde Show (ABS-CBN, 1959–1962)
Darigold Jamboree (MBC)
Swerte Sa Siyete (GMA Network, 1976–1986)
Student Canteen (ABS-CBN, 1958–1965; GMA Network, 1975–1986; RPN, 1989–1990)
Kahapon Lamang (GMA Network, 1976–1986)
Napakasakit, Kuya Eddie (ABS-CBN, 1986–1988)
Alas Dose sa Trese (IBC, 1999–2000)

Radio
Napakasakit, Kuya Eddie (DZBB-AM, 1973–1995)
Kahapon Lamang (DZBB-AM, 1975–1998, 2008–2020)

Movies
Dear Eddie (Premiere Entertainment Productions, 1963)
Napakasakit, Kuya Eddie The Movie (Special People Productions, 1986) - Host Cameo
Omeng Satanasia (RVQ Productions, 1977) - Lunch Show Host

Notes

References

 'The Unsinkable' Mr. Eddie Ilarde, from Remember When? by Danny Dolor, The Philippine Star, April 21, 2013.

External links

 Eddie Ilarde on Myspace

1934 births
2020 deaths
People from Makati
People from Pasay
Filipino radio personalities
Filipino television variety show hosts
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan politicians
20th-century Filipino politicians
Bicolano politicians
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Rizal
Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Metro Manila
Senators of the 7th Congress of the Philippines
Liberal Party (Philippines) politicians
Far Eastern University alumni
GMA Network personalities
ABS-CBN personalities


The 2008 Nineveh campaign was a series of offensives and counter-attacks between insurgent and Coalition forces for control of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq in early-to-mid-2008. Some fighting also occurred in the neighboring Kirkuk Governorate.

Background

In mid-October 2006, al-Qaeda announced the creation of Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), replacing the Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC) and its Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).

The capital of Ninawa province, Mosul, forms the northern tip of the "Sunni Triangle" and lies on a sectarian fault line between Sunni Arabs and Kurds. Before the Iraq War, it was a Ba'ath party stronghold and a major source of officers for the Iraqi Army. The U.S. 4th Infantry Division was originally tasked with entering northern Iraq through Turkey, however the Turkish government blocked the attempt. Instead, 2,000 paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 1,000 U.S. Special Forces soldiers from the 10th Special Forces group opened a smaller front from Kurdistan, working with the Kurdish Peshmerga to secure Kirkuk and Mosul. As a result, the U.S. forces did not have a large military presence in Ninawa following the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime. In early April 2003, the 173rd Airborne launched Operation Option North to secure Kirkuk and its nearby oilfields. Meanwhile, U.S. Special Forces and Peshmerga turned towards Mosul, securing the city on April 11 after the Iraqi Army V Corps surrendered. Despite efforts by the Special Forces commander, Lt. Col. Waltemeyer to keep Kurdish forces out of the city, Mosul fell into chaos with armed Kurds looting the city and forcing Arabs out of homes. At the same time, former Ba'athists and Iraqi military personnel fled south to Tikrit and began to form the insurgency. By the end of the first week of American occupation of Mosul, 31 Iraqis had been killed and 150 wounded.

Towards the end of April, 20,000 soldiers from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division, led by Maj. Gen. David Petraeus arrived in Mosul and assumed responsibility for Ninawa province.

In January 2004, 8,700 soldiers of the 3rd SBCT/2nd Infantry Division replaced the 101st Airborne, effectively halving the number of U.S. soldiers. Ethnic tensions in Mosul grew, with the Sunni Arabs and the insurgents occupying the west side of Mosul and the Kurds occupying the east side. The situation worsed in October 2004 when the 1st SBCT, 25th Infantry Division relieved the 3/2 SBCT. The 1/25 SBCT had only 3 battalions in Mosul since one of its battalions was redeployed to Fallujah as part of Operation Phantom Fury. At the same time, insurgents moved from Fallujah to Mosul and began launching attacks. On November 11, 2004, insurgents conducted a large scale operation against police stations in Mosul, facing little resistance from the Iraqi police who refused to fight. Undermanned Coalition forces were forced to rely on thousands of Kurdish Peshmerga to help recapture the city, which was retaken after two weeks of heavy fighting.

Between 2004 and 2006, a stalemate existed between the Kurdish forces in the east of the city (who had been reflagged as the 2nd Iraqi Army Division) and Sunni insurgents who were firmly entrenched in western Mosul.

In early 2007, coalition forces launched a new counter insurgency strategy throughout Iraq, mainly focused on Baghdad and the surrounding belts. The U.S. military command responsible for Ninewa province, Multi-National Division North, was again forced to operate without one of its battalions when the 2nd battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment was deployed to Mansoor district as part of the Baghdad Security Plan. At this point, MND-N had one combat brigade in Ninewa Province, the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division, under the command of COL Stephen Twitty. This unit was composed of three combat battalions, including 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment and 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment stationed at FOB Marez in Mosul and 5-82 FA BN at FOB Q-West near Qayarrah. These units were supported by the 4th Special Troops Battalion and the 27th Brigade Support Battalion.

At the same time, the Iraqi Army 2nd Division had redeployed two of its battalions to Baghdad. Despite the reduced Coalition and Iraqi presence in Mosul, attacks fell by half, from between 15 and 18 attacks per day in December 2006, to 7-9 attacks in July. However, coalition operations in Diyala and Baghdad were forcing insurgents north along the Tigris River valley up to Mosul.

Preparations

Following their defeats during Operation Phantom Thunder and Operation Phantom Strike in 2007 the insurgents lost their primary base of operations in Diyala province and were still under attack by Coalition forces as part of operation Phantom Phoenix. Having also lost their bases in Al Anbar and in Baghdad itself, remaining insurgent forces were forced to retreat towards northern Iraq and establish their main bases in Mosul, their last supply route through which they moved weapons, personnel and money from abroad into the country. Mosul also had strong strategic importance as a main logistics hub for Al-Qaeda in Iraq because of its size and location - sitting at crossroads between Baghdad, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The insurgents established a new base in Mosul and prepared for a 'decisive final battle' in the words of the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. If they lost their center in Mosul the insurgents would not be able to effectively fight anymore.

By mid-January 2008, the US 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 8th Regiment had been redeployed to Mosul from Baghdad, joining the 3rd Squadron of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (3-3 ACR), who had been in the city since December 2007, when the 3ACR took over responsibility for Nineveh province from the 4th HBCT of the 1st Division. The city was split into two halves, with each unit responsible for security on their side. Two Iraqi Army battalions from the 2nd Division who had been deployed in Baghdad as part of Operation Imposing Law returned to Mosul. Also, in January 2008, Iraq established the Ninewa Operational Command (NOC), to coordinate the various Iraqi Security Force units operating in the province, as well as liaise with Coalition forces operating in the province. A Sunni Arab, Major General Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq, previously commander of the 9th IA Division, was selected to command the NOC.

The campaign
Sporadic fighting had already been going on since late 2007, after the insurgents had been routed from Diyala. In early 2008, however, Al-Qaeda wanted to make it clear that they could still fight effectively in Iraq.

On January 23, a massive cache of explosives was detonated in an abandoned building in Mosul in the Zinjeli neighborhood. Insurgents were tipped off that Iraqi security forces were preparing to search the building and when the police came they detonated the explosive. The explosion killed 60 people, all of them civilians, wounded 280 and leveled several buildings.

The next day, as the police was investigating the scene, of the massive bombing the day before, gunmen opened fire on them. At that time a suicide bomber targeted the car of the police chief of Mosul, who was on the scene, killing him and two other policemen.

On January 25, the Iraqi Prime Minister ordered Iraqi military reinforcements to Mosul to begin an offensive to crush the remaining al-Qaeda elements that were still holding out in the area.
The troops, tanks and helicopters began arriving in Mosul on January 27, including elements of the 35th Brigade, 9th (Armored) Division.

However, a day after the reinforcements arrived insurgents ambushed a U.S. military patrol in the city killing five soldiers. The patrol was initially attacked by an IED, but then insurgents in a nearby mosque opened fire on soldiers in the patrol after the roadside bombing, prompting a fierce gunbattle as U.S. and Iraqi troops secured the area. Iraqi soldiers entered the mosque but the gunmen had already fled.

During the fight for the north there was also some sporadic fighting in other areas, such as Tal Afar to the west of Mosul, Kirkuk further to the north-east and Hawija which is just south of Kirkuk.

On February 18, Coalition forces captured Abd-al-Rahman Ibrahim Jasim Tha'ir, Al Qaida's military emir for Mosul. Abd-al-Rahman was moved to Mosul from Bayji after the previous emir was captured on January 21. His capture allowed Coalition forces to develop intelligence about the Al-Qaeda in Iraq network in south-east Mosul, and on March 1 it was reported that Coalition forces had killed the military emir for south-east Mosul on February 27, Abu Yasir al-Saudi. Al-Saudi was a Saudi national who had previously fought in Afghanistan and had been involved in many deadly terrorist attacks across Mosul, including the January 28 ambush, since arriving in Iraq in August 2007 with three other Saudis. It was also reported that 142 insurgents had been killed or captured in Mosul since the operation began.

On March 15, a force of between 10–12 insurgents attacked an Iraqi Army combat outpost with grenades, RPGs and small arms. The insurgents were repulsed and 3 were killed in the attack.

On March 23, an insurgent suicide bomber, in a truck with a bullet-proof windshield, attacked Combat Outpost Inman, an Iraqi Army military base in western Mosul. He blasted through an armored vehicle to reach the courtyard of the military headquarters. In the ensuing explosion 13 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 42 people, including 30 soldiers, were wounded.

On April 14, an insurgent suicide bomber attacked a group of Peshmerga soldiers near Sinjar. Following the attack insurgents opened up on them with small-arms fire and RPGs. 14 soldiers were killed and 15 wounded.

On April 26, insurgents attacked an Iraqi Army checkpoint in Mosul. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive laden vehicle killing 2 Iraqi civilians and wounding 4. Insurgents than followed the explosion with small arms and RPG fire. Iraqi Army and Coalition forces returned fire, killing one terrorist.

Operation Lion's Roar
On May 10, the Iraqi Army, backed by 10,000 Sunni tribesmen loyal to the government, began Operation Za'eer al-Assad Fi Saulat al-Haq (Operation Lion's Roar in Arabic) in Mosul. A curfew was placed over the city at 9 pm and arrest warrants were issued for Al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders. The operation was announced by Major General Riyadh Jalal Tawfiq in a statement at the Ninewa Operational Command headquarters. During the first day of the operation, 92 targets were raided throughout Mosul

On May 13, four days after the start of the military offensive, five Iraqi soldiers were killed in Mosul after their unit hit a roadside bomb in Mosul. The Iraqi Army announced that it had captured two senior al-Qaida in Iraq leaders east of Mosul. However, the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front, said large numbers of gunmen had escaped to the Hamrin mountains following the start of the offensive.

On May 14, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Mosul to supervise the operation, mirroring a similar move made in March when he flew down to Basra to supervise the campaign there. Al-Maliki said the aim of the offensive was to clear the city of "criminal terrorist gangs" and "it intends to provide suitable conditions for the operation of state offices, enabling it to reconstruct the city and to deliver services to its people." The U.S. military spokesman, Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner, announced that Iraq and U.S. forces had arrested 500 people and captured 5 weapons caches. A spokesman for the Iraqi Defence Ministry said that the Iraqi Air Force was providing 24-hour surveillance of Ninewa to Iraqi commanders, a role that was previously provided by Coalition forces.

May 15–16, Iraqi forces announced that they had detained 833 people in Operation Lion's Roar since it began. Two civilians were killed by stray bullets during fighting in Mosul, while Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured a wanted Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) member in western Mosul who was responsible for IED emplacements and providing information to ISI about the Iraqi Army. Iraqi security forces announced a 10-day amnesty for Iraqis to hand in medium and heavy weapons in exchange for cash.

On May 19, Iraqi forces reported that they had captured Abdul Khaleq al Sabaawi, the emir of Ninawa province, in a raid in Tikrit. The same day in the town of Baaj, 130 kilometers from Mosul, gunmen ambushed a bus carrying police recruits killing 11 of them. On May 23, Iraqi police announced the capture of Abu Ahmed, an al-Qaida in Iraq financier for the three northern governorates of Salah-ad-din, Kirkuk, and Ninawa. He also led several attacks against coalition forces in Salah-ad-din.

On May 24, the Iraqi military operation in Mosul was declared over and the city and surrounding areas declared secured by the military. The Iraqi Army stated that Al-Qaeda had been cleared from their remaining stronghold in the country. During the operation 14 Iraqi soldiers were killed. Five when they were captured and executed and nine by two roadside bombs.

Al-Qaeda's counterattack
Following the strong success of Operation Lion's Roar, remnants of insurgent forces tried to conduct a string of bombings to counteract the military operations.

On May 29, a double suicide bombing hit the north of the country. A suicide bomber in Sinjar, near the Syrian border, killed 17 people and wounded 42 others. 16 of the dead were policemen or police recruits. One civilian was also killed. The police chief was dismissed over the incident. Meanwhile, in Mosul, a suicide bomber driving a police vehicle killed three police commandos and wounded nine others, including two policemen. In a separate attack, at least 20 civilians were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a bus station in Mosul.

On June 2, a suicide bomber with a car packed full of explosives targeted the Ninawa police station in eastern Mosul, killing 13 people, including five policemen, and wounding 50 others.

On June 4, insurgents ambushed a U.S. military patrol in the town of Hawija, in the neighboring Kirkuk Governorate, killing three soldiers.

On June 8, a suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military outpost in Hawija leaving one U.S. soldier dead. Another 18 soldiers and two Iraqi contractors were wounded.

On June 26, a car bomb attack targeted the offices of Ninawa Provincial Governor Duraid Kashmula in Mosul. The attack left 18 people dead and 80 wounded. By this time it was reported that all security gains made by the security forces during operation Lion's Roar had disintegrated. Insurgents managed to re-enter the city and gunmen were seen roaming the streets in force.

Death of Al-Qaeda Leader in Mosul
On June 27, the U.S. military announced that it had killed Abu Khalaf, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Mosul. He was shot dead by American forces during a raid on a building in Mosul. Al-Qaeda suffered perhaps its greatest blow when American soldiers killed Khalaf, the "emir of Mosul". He had been a close associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most notorious leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, who was killed in an airstrike two years before. An aide wearing a suicide vest died with the emir, as did a woman who tried to pull the detonator on his vest.

U.S. news coverage of victory over Al-Qaeda
On July 7 the Investor's Business Daily posted an editorial lamenting the failure of U.S. news media to report the defeat of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), while London's The Sunday Times reported, "the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror." A terrorist force that once numbered more than 12,000, with AQI strongholds in the west and central regions of Iraq, has over two years been reduced to a mere 1,200 fighters, backed against the wall in the northern city of Mosul.

The editorial stated that the destruction of Al-Qaeda in Iraq was one of the most unlikely and unforeseen events in the long history of American warfare.

External links
 Walling Mosul – Long War Journal
 In Mosul, New Test of Iraqi Army – New York Times
 Mosul Braces for Assault on Last Bastion of Al Qaida in Iraq – Independent article by Patrick Cockburn on the May 2008 offensive.
 Map of Mosul
 New Lessons for the Army on Iraq Duty – New York Times

References

2008 in Iraq
Campaigns of the Iraq War
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
Military campaigns involving the United States
Military operations of the Iraq War involving Iraq
Military operations of the Iraq War involving the United States


John of Saxony (also Johannes de Saxonia, John Danko or Dancowe of Saxony) was a medieval astronomer.  Although his exact birthplace is unknown it is believed he was born in Germany, most likely Magdeburg. His scholarly work is believed to date from the end of the 13th century into the mid 14th century.  He spent most of his active career, from about 1327 to 1355, at the University of Paris.

Scholarship
John of Saxony is quoted in various medieval manuscripts and referenced as the author of various astronomical or astrological treatises, even though his authorship in some cases is questionable.

A computus dating back to 1297 is attributed to John of Saxony even though the author is listed as Iohannes Alemanus.  The fact that the geographical longitudes of Paris and Magdeburg, considered John's birthplace, among other facts is why some historians consider him the author.

Viewed with less suspicion is his commentary on Liber Introductorius ad Magisterium Idiciorum Astrorum written by al-Qabisi (Alcabitius), an Arab scholar from the late 10th century.  John of Saxony's commentary on this treatise is preserved in many manuscripts, several incunabula and old prints, the latest of which dates from the middle of the 16th century.

Among his other contributions were a commentary on Alcabitius's Introduction to the art of astrology, which went through eleven printed editions, and an Almanach for the years 1336 to 1380 that he computed for the meridian of Paris using the Alfonsine tables.

John of Saxony was of the opinion that astronomers of that time wrote their works in such a confusing manner that those who weren't trained in the field couldn't comprehend nor use them appropriately.  Under the tutelage of his master, John of Ligneres, he sought to write tables that accounted for any situation and could be put to practical use.  As he puts it: "Therefore to the praise of glorious God, the honor of my master, and the profit of scholars who wish to learn the workings of astronomical tables, I, John of Saxony, with God's aid intend to give examples of all the operations which are commonly performed with tables so that there may be no one henceforth who will shrink from the use and employment of tables of the stars because of the difficulty working with them."

Alfonsine Tables
The more widely recognized work by John of Saxony is his Canons on the Alfonsine Tables.  The Alfonsine Tables are the mathematical calculations from Ptolemy's Almagest with limited modifications.  These tables for calculating planetary positions, prepared under the auspices of Alfonso X, were originally in Castillian.  They were also used to derive ecliptic longitudes for planets for any chosen time and observer's position, lunar phases, lunar and solar eclipses, as well as calendar dates.  Like the 11th century Toledan Tables before them, the Alfonsine Tables were based on the geocentric model of the planetary system as described in Ptolemy's Almagest.  Around 1320, the Alfonsine Tables appeared in Paris where they were studied at the University of Paris by astronomers John of Ligneres, John of Saxony, and later Johannes de Muris.

In order to study the tables, they were translated from Castillian into Latin, which was the scholarly language of the day.   This is due in large part to the Catholic upbringing of the day in medieval Europe.  This act alone allowed greater access and understanding of astronomical work to that point.  In 1327 he added an influential set of explanations and instructions (Canons) to the revision of the Alfonsine Tables by his master, John of Ligneres.  His intent was to allow students at the University of Paris to utilize the astronomical tables.

The canons of John of Saxony explained how one could find the planetary position (longitudes) at any given time.  One would have to calculate the length of time between the basic year and the year sought.  They would then divide them by mean figures of the planetary orbits, and add/subtract values to adjust for hours and minutes.  To expedite these calculations he had an accompanying table of sexagesimal multiplication.  In addition to this, he divided the day into sixty parts rather than 24 hours, consistently representing time by sexagesimal fractions and multiples of a day. It is in this form that the Alfonsine tables circulated in Western Europe for the next three centuries.

After translation and Canons were added to the Alfonsine Tables, they were disseminated from Paris to the rest of medieval Europe.  As they were received, the tables were converted to the local meridians for proper use.  Although widely used, a published print version of the tables and John of Saxony's Canons didn't exist.  It wasn't until 1483 when Erhard Ratdolt in Venice published both.  To date neither John of Ligneres' or Johannes de Muris' canons have been published in print.

References

Almanac compilers
Medieval German astrologers
Medieval German astronomers
Astrological texts
14th-century astronomers
14th-century German scientists
14th-century writers in Latin


The George Washington Cable House is a historic house at 1313 8th Street, in the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana.  Built in 1874, it was the home of George Washington Cable (1844–1925), an American writer who described Creole life, during the period in which he rose to national prominence.  The cottage was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.

Description and history
The Cable House is located on the Garden District's west side, on the east side of Eighth Street between Chestnut and Coliseum Streets.  As it is under new construction and restoration, the house is visible from the street and no longer blocked from view by hedges.  It is functionally a two-story house, although it was built by Cable as a single-story structure with a full-height basement.  Columns in front of the facade provide an arcade on the basement level, and support the porch of the main level.  Bracketed posts support the roof above the porch.  The house was built by Cable in 1874, shortly after the publication of "Sieur George", the short story that brought him national attention.

The house was Cable's home until 1884, a time period which saw the publication of The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life, an ambitious historical romance, and a number of other important works. Mark Twain is said to have been one of Cable's guests here.  Cable moved to New England in 1884, but his writing style and content continued to be influenced by his native New Orleans.

See also
List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana

References

National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana
Houses in New Orleans
Houses completed in 1874
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in New Orleans
Historic district contributing properties in Louisiana


Afo Dodoo (born 23 November 1973) is a Ghanaian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a defender.

Career

Club career
Dodoo began his career in Ghana with Ashanti Gold, before moving to Greece in 1995 to play with Kalamata, He moved to Norway to play with Tromsø, making one cup appearance in May 1999, before ending his career in Sweden with Enköping and Landskrona.

International career
Dodoo earned a total of 23 caps for the Ghanaian national side between 1994 and 1996. He participated at the African Cup of Nations in 1994 and 1996, and made four appearances at the 1996 Olympics.

References

1973 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Ghana men's international footballers
Kalamata F.C. players
Tromsø IL players
Landskrona BoIS players
Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
1996 African Cup of Nations players
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Ashanti Gold S.C. players
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Allsvenskan players
Eliteserien players
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Men's association football defenders
Olympic footballers for Ghana
Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics


The University of Illinois Global Campus was an early, short-lived experiment in online university education by the University of Illinois.  The trustees of the university voted to phase out the project in early 2009.

History
In January 2008, the University of Illinois system launched The Global Campus, the University's newest initiative in online education. The University Board of Trustees established The Global Campus in March 2007 to further the land-grant mission to expand educational opportunities for the Illinois community and beyond with distance education technologies. The University of Illinois Global Campus was intended to serve nontraditional and placebound students, in order that they may gain the academic and career benefits of a University of Illinois education without the barriers of location and scheduled class times.

All degree and certificate programs were created in collaboration with the colleges and academic departments at the University's residential campuses at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield. The curricula were developed by University of Illinois faculty.

The Global Campus offered degrees and certificates in Business Administration, E-Learning, Nursing, Patient Safety Leadership, and Recreation, Sport and Tourism.

In May 2009, the board of trustees voted to phase out the Global Campus Initiative. The University of Illinois transitioned the programs developed by the Global Campus to academic units on the corresponding residential campuses.

Educational technology scholars Bush and Mott cite Global Campus as an example of a handful of "very thoughtful educational technology 'solutions,'" including Columbia University's Fathom.com, which "failed to meet their stated goal of expanding educational opportunities, most likely because they did not align with student needs, and, hence, were not financially viable."

References
 University of Illinois system

External links
 University of Illinois system (official site)
 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (official site)
 University of Illinois Chicago (official site)
 University of Illinois Springfield (official site)
 University of Illinois Chicago Online Degree Requirements

Footnotes

University of Illinois System


Silver Air was a charter airline based in Djibouti city, the capital of Djibouti. It ceased operations in 2009.

Fleet
As of 20 July 2009, the Silver Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft 20 July 2009:

2 Boeing 737-200
2 Boeing 737-300

References

External links
Silver Air Fleet

Defunct airlines of Djibouti
Airlines established in 2004
Airlines disestablished in 2009
2004 establishments in Djibouti
2009 disestablishments in Djibouti
Companies based in Djibouti (city)


Pedro Lovell (born June 8, 1945) is a retired Argentine heavyweight boxer, a knockout artist with a promising career in the 1970s. He is also known for his role as Spider Rico in the films Rocky (1976) and Rocky Balboa (2006).

Life and career
Lovell was born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. His father,  Santiago Alberto Lovell, who was the brother of former boxer Guillermo Lovell, came from an Afro-Argentine and English-Argentine family, and his mother came from an Italian-Argentine family.

He was a citizen of Argentina who decided to make his professional career in the United States. Lovell traveled to California, where, after only a few fights, he became a big drawing card.

While his brother, Alberto, Jr., was fighting in Argentina and knocking out the likes of Jose Manuel Ibar Urtain, Pedro racked up a string of nine straight knockouts. However, Pedro's career was hampered by physical injuries and prostate problems.

In 1973, Lovell was stunningly upset by Texan knockout king Terry Krueger. Lovell had been winning the fight. He bloodied Krueger's nose and seemed headed for an easy stoppage. However, Krueger let go with a wild left hook, and Pedro Lovell's undefeated streak ended. He was unconscious for more than three minutes.

A few months later the pair were rematched, and Lovell broke Krueger's jaw on the way to scoring three knockdowns and a first round victory. Lovell went on to defeat former heavyweight contender Billy Daniels in one round.

Lovell was on the road to a title fight. He played the part of Spider Rico in the 1976 movie Rocky. He appeared in The Ring magazine and on television. He took his impressive record of knockouts into a nationally televised fight with Ken Norton. After a competitive first three rounds, Norton took control of the fight in the fourth, and knocked out Lovell in fifth round. A short time later, Lovell drew a fight against unbeaten Leroy Jones and two fights later lost a unanimous decision to future world champion Mike Weaver and announced his retirement.

Lovell was at times referred to as "KO King", "The LA Bomber", "The Jawbreaker", and "One Punch".

Some 30 years after the first Rocky film, Lovell reprised his role as Spider Rico for the film Rocky Balboa in 2006.

Filmography

Film

References

External links

1945 births
Living people
People from Quilmes
Boxers from Buenos Aires
Boxers from Los Angeles
Argentine male boxers
American male boxers
Heavyweight boxers


The AKMSU () is the name attributed to a compact carbine derived from the Soviet AKM, chambered in 7.62×39mm.  The carbine was commonly thought to be a Soviet prototype weapon, but evidence suggests that the carbine was not actually of Soviet origin, and was instead a custom-made weapon misattributed as a Soviet weapon.

Origins
The carbine that would later be attributed with the name AKMSU was first received by the British Ministry of Defense Pattern Room collection in June 1986. The Pattern Room closed in September 2005, and their entire collection was gifted to the Royal Armouries in Leeds, England, where the AKMSU resides to this day.

Following the Pattern Room's reception of the carbine, the carbine would be documented in several English and Russian publications, and the name AKMSU was later attached to the weapon. Alongside the name, the weapon was also attributed with history that describe it as a Soviet prototype weapon, made in either 1959 or 1975. Despite the description of these sources, no Russian armory documentation exists for the weapon, strongly suggesting that AKMSU was not a Soviet weapon.

The true origin of the AKMSU is uncertain, though it has been suspected to be a one-off "Khyber Pass Copy" from Pakistan's Khyber Pass region, an area known for diverse and unique weapon production in small shops.

Design

The AKMSU is composed of a Chinese manufactured Type 56-1 receiver combined with a 1977 dated AKM trunnion. Its other custom parts include a muzzle brake, which is required for the correct functioning of the rifle and contains an expansion chamber to correctly cycle the rifle. The muzzle brake has many grooves machined into it for increased heat dispersion. It also has a custom hand guard.

Notes

References

Further reading
 Peterson, Philip. Standard Catalog of Military Firearms: The Collector's Price and Reference Guide. Lola: Gun Digest Books, 2007.

7.62×39mm assault rifles
Carbines
Kalashnikov derivatives
Rifles of Pakistan


La Rinconada Hippodrome () is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing located in Coche, a neighborhood of south Caracas, Venezuela.  It was designed by Arthur Froehlich and opened on July 5, 1959. This track is the #1 course in the country known to host a number of major races with some of the best jockeys in the world participating every year.

Some of the important races held here annually include:
 Clásico Internacional Propietarios de La Rinconada (Grade 1)
 Gran Premio Clásico Simón Bolívar (Grade 1)
 Clásico Fuerza Armada Bolivariana (former Clásico Fuerzas Armadas)
 Clásico Antonio Jose de Sucre
 Copa Internacional Cruz del Avila
 Clásico Republica de Venezuela
 Clásico Internacional Jockey Club de Venezuela (Gr. 1)

On the race track grounds is also the Poliedro de Caracas as well as the Alejandro Otero Museum (Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero).

References
  Information on Hipodromo La Rinconada

Horse racing venues in Venezuela
Sports venues in Caracas
1959 establishments in Venezuela


HaPijamot ( ; lit. The Pajamas) is a sitcom on Israeli television about a struggling band determined to make it in the real world. The show ran on Arutz HaYeladim (The Children's Channel) and Channel 2 (Keshet).

Background
The show follows the misadventures of three friends, Ilan, Kobi and Oded, as they move from Netanya to Tel Aviv to launch their band. Unlike many shows, the characters in the show are aware that they are on television; the show features their day-to-day lives. A major aspect of the show is the white screen, where cast members talk to the viewers. Gary also talks to the viewers when he is alone, often complaining about his wife or just his life in general. There are several interactive episodes, such as an episode which the viewers can fast forward or rewind to decide the outcome of the episode, an episode which the viewers can record ringtones, and an episode with a cheaper form of scratch-and-sniff. The show always ends with the main characters washing the dishes for Gary and summarizing the episode.

Seasons

The 1st season of the show debuted on 6 July 2003 and included 23 episodes which were broadcast 6 days a week. The season ended in a special episode called "My Favorite Episode". Since the show has attracted a large number of viewers, The Children's Channel decided to order another two seasons, which were written and filmed together. Starting from the second season, episodes were broadcast 5 days a week. The 2nd season debuted on 28 March 2004 and included 19 episodes. That season ended with a special episode called "The Gold Pyjamas". The 3rd season of the show premiered on 1 July 2004 and included 20 episodes. The season ended with two special episodes, a documentary episode called "Only The Truth" and a trivia contest about the third season called "This That or That This". After the third season ended, The Children's Channel decided to stop the series, because Alona Tal had left for the US, and the trio filmed a new show on The Music Channel.

A year later, The Children's Channel decided to film a new season in response to high VOD viewing numbers. Alona Tal stayed in the US (but guest starred in five episodes), and the production team picked Yamit Sol to effectively replace her. Yuval Segal, who played Ilan's cousin in three episodes in season two, joined the main cast. This season debuted on 13 August 2006 and included 25 episodes.

In December 2007 The Children's Channel ordered another season. Dana Frider joined the cast for Yuval Segal (who went to study acting in New York), and Yamit Sol was absent in many episodes due to her psychology studies. Eli Keren Asaf was absent in many episodes too (she was drafted to the army). The season was the longest to date, with 36 episodes. It debuted on 1 September 2008.

Several months later, The Children's Channel ordered two more seasons. They were written between January and March 2010. The 6th season began to air on 1 September 2010. These seasons include 25 episodes each. Yuval Segal returned to the main cast. The 7th season aired on 1 September 2011 and included 25 episodes, that season ended on 9 October 2011.

HaPijamot was renewed for two more seasons. The 8th season aired on 19 May 2013. The 9th season aired on 4 January 2015.

Characters

Main
 Ilan Rosenfeld (Ilan Rosenfeld) – Ilan is the keyboard player of the band and writes a majority of the songs. His main interest is girls, and many episodes involve him trying to get a date, but eventually everything goes wrong. His catchphrase is: "What do I need all this for?! Let's just pack up our bags and move back to Netanya."
 Oded Paz (Oded Paz) – Oded is the drummer for the band. He is very dimwitted but he's the luckiest person in the show. He works at the Hamburgary and often irritates Gary. His catchphrase is "Gotta go, Gotta go!".
 Ya'akov "Kobi" Farag (Kobi Farag) – Kobi is the guitarist of the band is always hungry and eats almost anytime he can. He is Gary's nephew and Roni's cousin. He can change clothes remarkably fast, so he has many identities, including Naji Comradin Jackson, an Iraqi who is supposedly the "Chairman of the Association for Apartment Management". He takes advantage of an elderly woman (Ms. Bracha) and always eats at her house.
 Gershon "Gary" Mendelbaum (Yaniv Polishook) – Gary is the owner of the Hamburgary, a burger joint with apparently inedible food. His hot dogs can make someone faint, throw up, or supposedly die (since they are made of fimo). He is Kobi's uncle and Oded's employer. He hates life and is constantly troubled by his wife Shifra and his daughter Roni. Apart from Roni, Gary also has triplets named Poli, Shaike, and Gavri (the names of the three members of HaGashash HaHiver, an Israeli comedy group) who also annoy him. During the last season, Gary discovered "Wikipedia" and tries to change history by editing his and other sitcom characters pages on his magic "Leck-top". Gary says "Why?" every time the situation returns to normal condition.
 Roni Mendelbaum (Eli Keren-Asaf) – Roni is Gary's daughter and thinks badly of her father due to his ignorance. She is referred to as annoying, but she is very talented and usually much smarter than any other character in the show. She always forces Gary to give her money.
 Alona Tal (Alona Tal) – Alona is the background vocalist and percussionist in the band. She is the threesome's neighbor, and they're always fighting over her. Alona Tal is a regular cast member in the first, second, and third seasons and makes guest appearances in the fourth and fifth seasons.
 Yamit Sol (Yamit Sol) – Yamit effectively replaces Alona in the fourth and fifth season, despite officially "[not] replacing Alona". She has her own agenda and is not just the pretty face of the series. She plays percussion and is a background vocalist in the band in the fourth season. In the fifth season, she lives with Dana and learns psychology.
 Nathan Kuperman (Yuval Segal) – Nathan is Ilan's cousin from Beersheba and the band's temporary DJ. He shows up a couple of times in the second season and eventually becomes a main character in the fourth season. He is emotional and cries very loudly when he is either happy or sad.
 Dana Frider (Dana Frider) – Dana Frieder is Shifra's niece and joins the show in the fifth season. However, she doesn't replace Yamit, as they both star in the Fifth season. Yamit has a smaller part in the fifth season. According to the show, 'she went to learn psychology and won't have as much time to run around with the gang' (she actually studied psychology while the fifth season was being filmed). The characters often mention the fact that Dana Frider was in Nolad Lirkod ("Born to Dance", which aired on Israeli television from 2005 to 2008) and did commercials for the Israeli shampoo brand Mehod Kef (Hebrew for "very fun". there is a real shampoo brand called "kef" in israel.). Dana always clarifies to them that they don't even have the right to fantasize about dating with her.
 Shifra Mendelbaum – Shifra is Gary's wife. Gary is always complaining about her, and claims she is very, very fat and ugly. Whenever she calls Gary, she always complains to him and gives him a lot of chores. She doesn't let him speak, and Gary always starts words without finishing. Shifra is never seen in the show except for two episodes, when the young Shifra is seen in some flashbacks ("Lucky Gum") and as a joke in episode 200 of the ninth season (the episode Shifra comes) when she is played by Galit Gutman, the complete opposite of shifra (in the episode there is a joke about Shfira being on a magazine cover and because she is so big there is only her thigh.). She is also seen in a spinoff, Mendelbaum Private Detective.

Recurring
 Mr. Avraham Latin (Simon Rosenfeld) –  Mr. Latin is introduced a side character in the fourth season. He is an old man that lives in the same building as the others. He is deaf and whenever someone talks to him, he responds by saying "What?" He is played by Ilan's real-life father.
 Ms. Bracha Kirschenberg (Rivka Gur) – Bracha is an elderly woman who owns the building and hates everyone in it. She calls the threesome "Afrikaner hooligans." She is in love with Naji Jackson (one of Kobi's characters) and always allows him to eat at her house. She is the head of the Mossad, according to the episode "Shem Kod Moustache" ("Secrets").
 Ruby Duenyas (Ruby Duenyas) – Ruby is the show's director. He appears many times in the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons.
 Badash (Nadav Assouline) – The Devil. He was the producer of Gary and Oded Menashe's band. He first appeared in the first season, when he tried to trick Ilan and convince him to join "In Shtink" (Ilan the first star and Ilan the second star). In the fourth season, he represented Mr. Latin in his prosecution against the Pyjamas ("What?", fourth season, first episode). Appears in four episodes in season five and in three episodes in season six.
 Albert (Aryeh Cherner) – Renovated the Hamburgary and the Trio's home in the fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons.
 Shimon Tzimhoni (Nir Ron) – Tzimhoni is Gary's arch enemy; ever since they competed for a student council election, they started an endless feud. He appears twice in the third season, twice in the fourth season, in three episodes in the fifth season, and twice in the sixth season. In the third season, he and Gary competed for the position of mayor. In the fourth season he tried to buy the Hamburgary, in the fifth he opened a business called Tzimhoburger (in Hebrew "Veggieburger") to compete with Gary's, and in the sixth season he met Gary in the prison.
 Malka Kuperman (Effi Ben Israel) – Ilan's aunt and the owner of the trio's apartment. She didn't live in Israel because she's in a delegation of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Poland. She doesn't know that Oded and Kobi live in the apartment, so every time she's visiting Ilan, Kobi and Oded need to find somewhere to stay overnight. She appears twice in the show: in the two last episodes of the first season, and in the first episode of the sixth season.

Kobi's characters
 Freddie "Nice-to-Meet" – Freddie is the band's manager/impresario. He tends to involve issues unrelated to the original topic of conversation, which causes confusion and agreement among those around him, and sometimes even arouses fear in the rule of his threatening speech. Freddie is one of the only personality splits Kobi has who can take over Kobi on their own. Eddie's brother.
 Naji Comradin Jackson – An elderly man of Iraqi descent with a heavy accent. He introduces himself as the chairman of the Housing Culture Association, which ostensibly came to help his neighbor Bracha Kirschenberg, but actually using this to make her stop complaining about the threesome noise when making music. That becomes very rare since they start doing their rehearsals in Gary's basement. He also uses Ms. Bracha to eat when he is hungry, taking advantage of  the fact Ms. Bracha falls in love with him. Often swears a lot with an Iraqi dialect. Along with freddie, can take over Kobe on his own.
 Marcel Fuerro (Poirot) – A policeman. Based on the fictional character Hercule Poirot. He appears when crimes occur or when investigations are needed. He is Mani's brother, and his rank is "Very Sergeant Major" (Rav samal mitkadem meod), which he tends to mention frequently. He also tends to say "Menuvelet!" (Hebrew for "contemptible", feminine form) a lot.
 Sabbaba Sali – Rabbi. A parody on the Baba Sali. Often mumbles unclear, confused and meaningless sentences, and at the end highlights the word "sabbaba". Sabbaba Sali tends to greet everyone around him or swear if necessary. His prayers also contain quotes from songs.
 Eddie "Good-to-See" – Freddie's gay brother. He says "Naim li" (Hebrew for "I feel comfortable", but used as "I'm pleased") as a response to someone else's "Pleased to meet you". Dancer, choreographer and producer of small productions. Began to appear in the second season, when it became necessary to invent a softened version of Freddie in order to communicate with Nathan optimally.
 Meir Einstein – A parody of sports and radio broadcaster Meir Einstein. Has a ponytail that covers his eyes, and usually walks around with a comb that also serves as a microphone. Appears as a broadcaster of low importance sports events. Started appearing in the second season. Broadcaster with an obsession to comb his hair.
 Yehoram Zuberbuler – A television broadcaster from the early days of television in Israel, speaks pure but anachronistic Hebrew and his character is presented in black and white. Yehoram appears as a news broadcaster without any news team around him. The announcer of "The Only Channel". He usually shouts his last name. Joined in the sixth season.
 Mani Pire - An excellent and talented chef and the brother of Marcel. Changed his last name from "Poirot" to "Pira". Appeared for the eighth season in which also aired an episode trilogy in which he received a show of his own. Is known for saying "lilcked it" (on the weight of "licked it"). The only personality split in the history of the series that brought Kobi to a fixed period of fame at the cost of a conflict with his friends. Shows up when Kobi is on the TV show "Mister Chef" (Master Chef parody). Becomes a superstar when the group decides to give him an online show to promote the band.
 Jora - An Iraqi Dora. A new character in season 6. Appears only in 3 episodes. She has a monkey friend names Butchak (Boots in the original series) who is played by Nathan,

Episodes

Season 1 (2003)

Season 2 (2004)

Season 3 (2004)

Season 4 (2006)

Season 5 (2008)

Season 6 (2010)

Season 7 (2011)

Season 8 (2013)

Season 9 (2015)

External links

2003 Israeli television series debuts
2015 Israeli television series endings
Children's comedy television series
Israeli children's television series
Israeli television sitcoms
2000s Israeli television series
2010s Israeli television series


Indian Mound Mall is a shopping center located in Heath, Ohio. It opened its doors on October 23, 1986. The mall's current anchor stores are AMC Theatre, Big Sandy Superstore, Altitude Trampoline Park, Dick's Sporting Goods, and JCPenney. There is one vacant anchor, formerly occupied by Sears.

History
Indian Mound Mall opened its doors on October 23, 1986, becoming the second indoor shopping mall in Licking County. The mall's first logo consisted of a circle with lines, and a feather that represents the native American Indian, which has "Indian Mound Mall" written on it. The original anchor stores consisted of the following: Elder-Beerman, JCPenney, Lazarus, and Hills. Crown Cinema was added to the rear of the mall in 1988. A fountain was originally located in the center of the mall from 1986 to 1997. The same year the fountain was removed, the mall added Sears to replace a freestanding store nearby, and the Crown Theaters expanded from six screens to eleven screens, which became a Hollywood Theater. In 2016, AMC Theatres bought the Hollywood Theater. In 1998, Elder-Beerman was expanded, and later closed on August 26, 2018, adding .

Target opened next to the mall in July 1995. In 1999, Hills was replaced by Ames, which in turn closed in 2002. Steve & Barry's moved into the empty store in 2004. Lazarus closed in 2004, becoming Goody's the following year. Goody's closed at the end of May 2008, and became Dick's Sporting Goods in 2011. Steve & Barry's was replaced in 2017 by Big Sandy. It was announced in early February that Lee's Kitchen Chinese restaurant would close marking the last restaurant in the Food Court. Lee's kitchen closed in early March 2020. And put a spiral of closures, when Seraphinas coffee shop closed in 2014, after being in the Food Court for over 2 years. That all changed after Osaka Japanese Grill closed up shop after a 20 year run at Indian Mound Mall in 2018. FYE left the same year 2 weeks after Osaka Grill closed. There is even a Developmental Disability center in the mall called Blend, which opened in the old Master cuts portion of the Big Sandy section of the mall.

On August 31, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing this location a part of a plan to close 92 stores nationwide. The store closed in December of that year.

The newest anchor Altitude Trampoline Park opened its doors November 18, 2020 in a portion of the old Elder-Beerman space. Apex Fitness Center is now open 24-hours a day for clients to work out and train.

Updated renovation pictures of Indian Mound Mall taken October 10, 2013.

References

8 Indian Mound Mall Celebrates six new tenants for the holiday

9. Artist hopes mural gives Heath residents pride community

10.Ohio Santa committed to Christmas and kids

11.Indian Mound Mall looks to overcome Covid-19 during its 35th holiday season

12.Emergency assistance to families hurt by coronavirus

13.Indian Mound Mall collects pet food for Licking County Aging Program

14.Indian Mound Mall helps Licking County seniors in need of food for their pets

15.Indian Mound Mall opens mall for flood evacuees

16.City of Heath evacuating some residents due to flooding

External links
 Indian Mound Mall Official Site

Buildings and structures in Licking County, Ohio
Shopping malls established in 1986
Shopping malls in Ohio
Washington Prime Group
Tourist attractions in Licking County, Ohio
1986 establishments in Ohio


Chidira () is a village on the Greek island of Lesbos (or Lesvos), located at its western part and belonging to the municipal unit of Eresos-Antissa. Its population was 472 in 2011. Chidira borders with the villages Agra, Mesotopos, Eresos, Antissa, Revma, Pterounda and Vatousa.

Chidira is the birthplace of Georgios Jakobides or Iakovidis, one of the most important Greek painters. The Jacobides Digital Museum is located in Chidira.

A prehistoric site
A prehistoric site is on top of the hill Koirania, right above the village. The site has not been excavated yet, but the dating of artifacts found there, including a stone phallus exhibited at Methymneos Winery (see below), indicate that it dates back to the beginning of the 5th millennium B.C.

Environment
The crater of the volcano which formed the Petrified Forest of Lesbos is located in the area. The soil is therefore very acidic and contains many minerals, including sulfur and copper sulfate. Vegetation consists of Mediterranean shrubs, oak-trees and several species of waterplants at the banks of the numerous streams. The area harbors the only European colony of the plant "Rhododendron luteum", which favors the acidic soil. Furthermore, the region of Chidira is a wildlife sanctuary and a nature reserve, owing to its abundant fauna and its distinct geological features and flora.

Wine-making area

Methymneos Winery, owned by Ioannis Lambrou, is located in Chidira. The winery produces organic wines made exclusively with the Chidiriotiko grape variety of Lesbos. The acidic, sulfuric soil of Chidira gives Methymnaeos wines a strong minerality and prevents vine diseases, thus favoring organic farming. Methymneos is the first commercial bottled wine in the history of the renowned ancient Lesbian wine. Tours to the winery, offered every year in July, August and September by the owner himself, are free of charge.

References

Populated places in Lesbos
West Lesbos


Moya Doherty (born 1957, in Pettigo, County Donegal, Ireland) is a Dublin-raised Irish entrepreneur and the producer and co-founder of Riverdance.

Early life
Doherty was born in Pettigo, a village in the south-east of County Donegal in Ulster. While most of Pettigo is in County Donegal, a small part of the village, the Tullyhommon area, is in County Fermanagh. Both of her parents, Daniel and Patricia (née Mulhern), were primary school teachers from Dungloe, a small town in The Rosses district in the west of County Donegal. Her parents families, the Dohertys and the Mulherns, owned pubs in Dungloe. At the age of seven, she moved from Pettigo down to Dublin with her parents; she spent the rest of her childhood and teenage years in Dublin. Her parents later moved back to Dungloe when they retired. She has two sisters, Niamh and Nuala, and two brothers, Pádraig and Seán. Doherty attended Manor House School, a Catholic secondary school in Raheny.

Riverdance
Riverdance is a worldwide acclaimed theatrical phenomenon, which premiered in Dublin's Point Theatre in February 1995. Riverdance had started as a seven-minute interlude at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, commissioned by Moya Doherty, who was the show's Executive Producer.

Business interests
Doherty was chair of the RTÉ Board, the board of Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ from 2014 until 2022. She was previously a director of television production company Tyrone Productions. She was a founding director of the independent national commercial radio station Radio Ireland (which later rebranded as Today FM). She is a member of the board of the Dublin Theatre Festival. She was formerly a member of the board of the Abbey Theatre.

Personal life
Doherty is married to the co-founder of Riverdance, John McColgan, who she married in 1986, and she is regarded as one of the wealthiest women in Ireland, with an estimated fortune of £42 million.  McColgan and Doherty have two sons and lived for many years on an extensive property in the Baily area of Howth and, having sold the main property, retained a 3-bedroom house with private access.

References

1957 births
Businesspeople from County Donegal
20th-century Irish people
People educated at Manor House School, Raheny
Performers of Irish dance
21st-century Irish people
Living people
People from Pettigo


"Hold On Hold Out" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Craig Doerge and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. It is from his 1980 album Hold Out.  It was released as the third single from the album, but due to its slightly over-eight-minute length, it was released as a "specially priced" 12-inch 45 rpm record (Asylum 11477) instead of the traditional 7-inch 45, Asylum records possibly hoping to repeat the 12-inch airplay success of "The Load-Out/Stay" medley from the previous album. However, "Hold On Hold Out" only reached number 103 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

History
On the back of the album cover the dedication reads "THIS IS FOR LYNNE." Lynne Sweeney later became Jackson Browne's second wife.

Reception
As a possibly logically extreme conclusion to the singer/songwriter confessional trend begun in the early 1970s, critics emphasized this song particularly in their reviews for the album.  In the Sept. 4, 1980 issue of Rolling Stone, Kit Rachlis began his review of the album by drawing attention to the song: "Everything that's right and everything that's wrong about Hold Out ... can be found in its climax: the spoken confession at the end of the last cut... Eight minutes long, "Hold On Hold Out" is the LP's anthem, its farewell address and would-be summation. With Technicolor clarity, the drive of the drums, the zing of the string synthesizer and the shoulders-thrust-back momentum of the piano jump out at you — big and bright and basic. So the drama is real when the instruments drop back and Browne stops singing and starts speaking. It's a measure of both the grandiosity and simplicity of Browne's intentions that this album comes down to his saying — without the aid of melody or harmony — "I love you." And it's a measure of Hold Out's failure that these words sound flat, forced, even selfish: a meaningful private act made embarrassing by its public expression. Also, the words are a letdown, since they follow the funniest, most heartbreakingly romantic line on the record."

Charlie Ricci at Bloggerhythms said in 2011 that the song's "centerpiece was an almost schmaltzy spoken passage in the middle that was very much not the kind of thing Browne normally put on vinyl."

William Ruhlmann at Allmusic said that "'Hold on Hold Out,' the traditional big, long, last song on the album, was awkwardly, not winningly, intimate."

Chart positions

Notes

1980 songs
Songs written by Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne songs
1981 singles
Asylum Records singles
Songs written by Craig Doerge
Song recordings produced by Jackson Browne


Mount Sherrill is a mountain located in Greene County, New York, and is named after Eliakim Sherrill, and is part of the Catskill Mountains.
Mount Sherrill is flanked to the east by North Dome, and to the west by Balsam Mountain.

Mount Sherrill stands within the watershed of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay.
The northern slopes of Mt. Sherrill drain via Bennett Brook and Newton Brook into the West Kill, then into Schoharie Creek, the Mohawk River, and, finally, the Hudson River.
The west side of Mt. Sherrill drains into Bushnellsville Creek, thence into Esopus Creek, and the Hudson River. The southeast side of Mt. Sherrill drains through Peck Hollow into Esopus Creek.

Mount Sherrill is contained within the Westkill Mountain Wilderness Area of New York's Catskill State Park.
There is no hiking trail over the mountain, although an extension of the Devil's Path west from West Kill Mtn. has been contemplated.

See also

 Catskill High Peaks
 List of mountains in New York

Notes

External links
 Mount Sherrill Hiking Info. Catskill 3500 Club
  Peakbagger.com: Mount Sherrill

Mountains of Greene County, New York
Catskill High Peaks
Mountains of New York (state)