Hanna Jubran is a Palestinian Arab Israeli sculptor, born in Jish, the upper Galilee. His work addresses the concepts of time, movement, balance and space. Each sculpture occupies and creates its own reality influenced by its immediate surroundings. The work does not rely on one media to evoke the intended response, but takes advantage of compatible materials such as, wood, granite, steel, iron and bronze.

He received his M.F.A. in 1983 in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and is currently a Sculpture Professor and Sculpture Area Coordinator at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.

International art shows, competitions and symposia

The International Sculpture Symposium in Granby, Quebec, Canada, The Ecatepec, Mexico International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, The Toyamura International Sculpture Biennial at Toyamura Village, Japan, The International Sculpture Symposium and Conference at Europos Parkas in Vilnius, Lithuania, The Second International Invitational Iron Sculpture Exhibition and Iron Pour at Tallinn University in Tallinn, Estonia, and The International Woodcarving Symposium in Kemivarji, Finland. A recent commission Hanna just completed can be found on the grounds of Fayetteville State University, in Fayetteville, North Carolina.  It is a nine-segmented concrete sculpture and reaches 11’ in height. Hanna is consistent, in his pursuit of creating enjoyable sculptures for private and corporate collections.

Research awards
2003- University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Distinguished Alumnus Award, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2002–Artist Fellowship Award at The Southeastern College Art Conference, Mobile, Alabama
2002–The ECU Five-Year Achievement Award, Greenville, North Carolina
2001- VCAA Teacher Scholar Award, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
2001-Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award at The Southeastern College Art Conference, Columbia, South Carolina
2000- The Board of Governors Teaching Award
2000-01- East Carolina University Alumni Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award Finalist, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Professional memberships
1999–2007 Who’s who in American Art
1998 –2007 Member of SECAC – Southern College Art Conference
1998–2003 Member and Director of the International Association for Monumental Sculpture Events. Granby Canada
1997–2007 Member of Phi-Beta Delta Gamma Rho Chapter
1997–2007 Member the International Sculpture Center, New York
1994 –2007 Member of Tri-State Sculptors Educational Association
1982–2007 Member of College Art Association, New York.

Exhibition awards
2007 – Purchase Award, JUST- Jackson Union Sculpture Tour, Jackson, Tennessee
2004 – Artist choice and 3rd Place Chaco Argentina Sculpture Biennal, Chaco, Argentina
2004 – 1st. Place 3D, Sculpture Salmagundi VIII Indoor Exhibition, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
2004 – Best in Show, The down East Sculpture Exhibition, Greenville, North Carolina
2003 – Purchase Award, Yuzi Paradise Sculpture Competition, China
2003 – Semi-Grand Prize in the Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Hokkaido, Japan
2001- Merit Award – 29th Annual Competition North Carolina Artists, Fayetteville, North Carolina
2000 – Best Execution of Concept, Ma'llot International Sculpture Symposium 2000, Ma'llot, Israel
2000 – Best of Show, Salmagundi Outdoor Sculpture Show, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Selected commissions and collections
2007 – JUST- Jackson Union Sculpture Tour, 18’ steel and paint sculpture, Jackson, Tennessee
2005 – First Flight Rotary & Icarus International Time Capsule, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
2003 – Monument to a Century of Flight (14, 10’-20’ stainless steel pylons) Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
2002 – Presbyterian College Scotsman (12’ bronze casting) – Clinton, South Carolina
2002 – Stone&Iron sculpture for Griffis Sculpture Park, East Otto, New York
2001 – William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library (54" bronze casting) Greenville, North Carolina
2001 – Kinston Art Center – Community Artistic Bench (8'X8' welded Steel & Concrete)
2001 – Davidson College Wildcat (11' bronze casting) – Davidson, North Carolina
2001 – Steel Sculpture for Burlington College, Burlington, New Jersey
2000 – Jesse Helms Archive Center – Bald Eagle (22' wingspan cast bronze) Wingate, North Carolina
2000 – Bronze Sculpture, East Carolina University Chancellor's office, Greenville, North Carolina
1999 – Bronze Sculpture, Town of Nags Head Municipal Building, Nags Head, North Carolina
1999 – Soapstone and Bronze Sculpture, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
1999 – Steel Sculpture, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
1999 – Alabaster sculpture, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, North Carolina
1998 – Ecatepec International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Ecatepec, Mexico
1998 – Large Outdoor Steel Sculpture, Association d’Eve’nements Internationauxde Sculpture
Monumentale, Granby, Quebec, Canada
1997 – Large outdoor concrete sculpture, Fayetteville University, Fayetteville, North Carolina

Monumental collections and symposia
2006 – Ventspils Granite Boulder Sculpture Symposium, Ventspils, Latvia
2006 – Chaco, Argentina Sculpture Biennal, Chaco, Argentina
2005 – 9th Internationales Holzbildhauer Symposium, St. Blasien, Germany
2004 – Pedvale Sculpture Park “Prime Elements of the World” Sabile, Latvia
2004 – Tijuana – San Diego Park – Permanent Collection Gani Sculpture Garden, San Diego, California
2004 – Chaco, Argentina Sculpture Biennal, Chaco, Argentina
2003 – Pirrkala International Sculpture Park. Pirrkala, Finland
2003 – International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Tultepec, Mexico
2002 – 1st. Annual Griffis Sculpture Park Symposium, East Otto, New York
2001 – International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Tultepec, Mexico
2001 – 13th international Woodcarving Symposium, Kemijarvi, Finland
2000 – Ma'llot International Stone Carving Symposium, Ma'llot, Israel
2000 – Jish, Israel Stone Carving Symposium 2000, Jish Israel
2000 – International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Tultepec, Mexico
2000 – International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Granby, Canada
1999 – 4th Monumental International Stone Carving Symposium, Cayo Largo, Cuba
1999- 12th International Woodcarving Symposium, Kemijarvi, Finland
1999 – 7th International Trae Skulptur Symposium, Hojer, Denmark
1999 – 8th International Woodsculpting Symposium, Breckenridge, Colorado
1998 – Ecatepec International Monumental Sculpture Symposium, Ecatepec, Mexico
1998 – Large Outdoor Steel Sculpture, Association d’Eve’nements Internationauxde Sculpture
Monumentale, Granby, Quebec, Canada
1998 – 7th International Wood sculpting Symposium, Breckenridge, Colorado
1998 – 6th International Trae Skulptur Symposium, Hojer, Denmark
1998 – 3rd International Woodcarving Symposium & Competition, St. Blasien, Germany
1997 – 6th International Wood sculpting Symposium. Breckenridge, Colorado
1997- 11th International Woodcarving Symposium, Kemijarvi, Finland

Selected international exhibitions
2007 – Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Hokkaido, Japan
2003 – Yuzi Paradise Sculpture Exhibition and Competition, China
2002 – Murray State University – Murray, Kentucky (January 27 – March 10)
2001 – Navy Pier – Maquette – 3D-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2001 – National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan
2001 – International Wood sculpting Exhibition, Kemijarvi, Finland
2001 – International Monumental Sculpture Exhibition, Mexico City, Mexico
2000 – The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
1999 – Sculpture for the Blind, "Licht Pause" Ehrenfelder Hochbunker, Cologne, Germany
1999 – "American Kaleidscope" Erkelenz, Germany
1999 – The 12th International Sculpture Exhibition, Kemijarvi, Finland
1998 – Small Bronze Sculpture Exhibition, Granby, Quebec, Canada
1997 – The 11th International Woodcarving Symposium and Exhibition, Kemijarvi, Finland

Selected solo exhibitions
2006 -Solo Exhibition – Arts Council of Wayne County, Goldsboro, North Carolina
2006- Solo Exhibition – Imperial Center for the Arts and Sciences, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
2006 – Solo Exhibition- Spiers Gallery Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina
2005 – Solo Exhibition – Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, North Carolina
2004 – Solo Exhibition – Greenville Technical College – Greer, South Carolina
2003 – Solo Exhibition – Fayetteville Museum of Art – Fayetteville, North Carolina
2003 – Solo Exhibition – Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
2003 – Solo Exhibition – Kinston Arts Council – Kinston, North Carolina
2003 – Solo Exhibition – UNC Raleigh – Raleigh, North Carolina
2002 – Solo Exhibition – Manteo Art Center – Manteo, North Carolina
2001 – Exhibition of New work, Concordia University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2001 – Exhibition of New work, Lee Hensley Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
2001 – Exhibition of New work, Simmons Gallery, Durham, North Carolina
2001 – Exhibition of New work, Illinois Central College, Peoria, Illinois
2000 – Exhibition of New work, the Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
2000 – Exhibition of Bronze Wall relief Sculptures, Duke University, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1999 – Exhibition of New Work in Bronze and Soapstone, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
1999 – Exhibition of New Work in bronze and soapstone, Mendenhall Student Center, Greenville, North Carolina
1999 – Exhibition of New Work in Soapstone and Bronze, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, North Carolina
1998 – Exhibition, New Works in Bronze, Art Elements Gallery, Mequon, Wisconsin
1998 – Exhibition of Bronze & Marble Sculpture, Berea College Art Dept., Berea, Kentucky
1998 – Exhibition of Bronze and Marble Sculpture, Greenville, Art Museum, Greenville, North Carolina
1997 – Exhibition of Bronze & Marble Sculpture, Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, North Carolina
1997 – Exhibition of Bronze Sculpture & Wall Relief, Goldsboro Arts Council, Goldsboro, North Carolina
1997 – Exhibition of Bronze Casting and Stone Carving, Kinston Art Center, Kinston, North Carolina

Selected national exhibitions

2006 – The Fifth Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
2005 – The Fourth Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
2004 – Sculpture Vision 2004, Chappel Hill, North Carolina
2001 – 4th Annual Southern Conference Members Juried Exhibition, Columbia, South Carolina
2001 – Iron Tribe Exhibit, Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
1999 – "CCA 99' 18th Annual National Competition" Community Council for the Arts, Kinston, North Carolina
1999 – "The 14th Annual Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture Celebration" Lenoir, North Carolina
1998 – Works by Six North Carolina Sculptors, Wilson Arts Council Gallery, Wilson, North Carolina
1998 – The 41st. Annual Art Show, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
1998 – The Third Annual “Artist’s Self Portrait” Exhibition & Competition, Ghost Fleet Gallery,
Nags Head, North Carolina
1996–97 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition & Competition, Burlington County College, Pemberton, New Jersey
1996 – Second Mass Sculpture Exhibition & Competition, Center for Creative Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
1996 – 17th Annual National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Goldsboro, North Carolina
1996 – Spotlight 96' National American Craft Council, Louisville, Kentucky
1996 – 61st National Juried Exhibition, Cooperstown Art association, Cooperstown, New York
1996 – 1996 MONARCH National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, Alabama
1996 – CCA National Competition & Exhibition 96', Kinston Art Council Gallery, Kinston, North Carolina
1995 – Tri-State Art Exhibition, Gray gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
1995 – The 18th Fine Arts Competition and Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1995 – 16th National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Goldsboro, North Carolina

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Picture of work at 19th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition (2005–2006)
 International Sculpture Center

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Hajredin Kuçi (born 2 January 1971 in Peć, Yugoslavia) is a Kosovar Albanian politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo from 2008 to 2017 and as Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2016.

Other works
He is the author of Kosova's Independence: Stabilising or Destabilising Factor published at Houston, Texas in 2005 by Ramiz Tafilaj's Jalifat Publishing.

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Teab Vathanak (born January 7, 1985 in Cambodia) is a Cambodian footballer who plays for Asia Euro United in the Cambodian League.

Although he plays as a midfielder for club he has mainly been used as a striker for the Cambodia national football team, earning 47 caps and scoring 12 goals. Vathanak made 2 appearances in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds.

Honours

Club
Nagaworld FC
Cambodian League: 2007,2009
Hun Sen Cup: 2013

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Charles Henry Taylor (July 14, 1846 – June 22, 1921) was an American journalist and politician.  He created the modern Boston Globe, acting as its publisher starting in 1873. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1872, and later served as private secretary to the Governor of Massachusetts.

Personal life
Taylor was born July 14, 1846, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to John Ingalls Taylor and Abigail Russell Hapgood. At the advent of the American Civil War, Taylor enlisted in the Union Army at the age of 16 and was badly wounded at the Battle of Port Hudson.

Taylor married Georgiana Olivia Davis in March 1867, and the couple had three sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1919, predeceasing him by two years. His commonly used military rank, General Taylor, was due to his service and rank in the Massachusetts state militia.

The Boston Globe

Taylor joined The Boston Globe in 1873, one year after it was founded. The newspaper was started by six Boston businessmen, led by merchant Eben Dyer Jordan, who jointly invested $150,000. The first issue was published March 4, 1872, at the price of four cents. In August 1873, with the paper facing low circulation and financial difficulties, Jordan hired Taylor as temporary business manager. At the time, Taylor was a 27-year-old Civil War veteran, who had worked as a staff member and printer for the Boston Traveler, and as a stringer for the New York Tribune.

His efforts ultimately created a profitable, large-circulation newspaper. He reduced the price to two cents and "laid down a strict rule that all news should be given impartially." His most important innovation, however, was adding stock quotations, women's pages, and sports coverage to the previous menu of political, national and foreign news, creating a prototype of a modern family newspaper. Within three weeks of his advent as publisher, the circulation climbed from 8,000 to 30,000.

All three of Taylor's sons were involved in management of the Globe:
 Charles H. Taylor Jr. – treasurer-manager (1893–1937)
 William O. Taylor – succeeded his father as editor and publisher (1921–1955)
 John I. Taylor – classified advertising (1893–1896); best remembered for having owned the Boston Red Sox from 1904 to 1914.

Taylor has been credited with establishing effective election projection methods, enabling the Globe to "tame the mass of information flowing through the newsroom with specifically designed organizational tools"; he personally oversaw the paper's election projections from 1883 through 1920. The Globe successfully avoided an incorrect call in the 1916 United States presidential election, when it initially appeared that Republican Charles Evans Hughes would defeat incumbent Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

See also
 1872 Massachusetts legislature

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Laurits Theodor Christian Larsen (8 April 1872 – 28 June 1949) was a Danish sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

In 1912 he won the bronze medal as member of the Danish team in the team free rifle competition. In the team military rifle event he finished eighth. In the 50 metre pistol competition he finished 21st and in the 300 metre free rifle, three positions event he finished 33rd. Eight years later he finished fourth in the 50 metre free pistol competition.

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The South Wales derby is a local derby between Welsh association football clubs Cardiff City and Swansea City. The fixture has been described by The Independent as one of the fiercest rivalries in British football. Although based in Wales, both clubs play in the English football league system and have won English honours: Cardiff the FA Cup in 1927 and Swansea the Football League Cup in 2013.

The first meeting between the two sides took place in 1912, in Swansea's first competitive fixture, and ended in a draw. In the pre-war era, the derby was played infrequently, particularly in the league with only eight meetings between the sides from 1912 to 1945 as the clubs were rarely in the same division. After the Second World War, football attendances rose significantly and the first derby attracted a record crowd of more than 57,000 in 1949. These high attendances continued through the 1950s, including the first derby played in a Welsh Cup final in 1956 which set a record attendance for a match in the competition. Attendances began to fall at the start of the 1960s following a downturn in the fortunes of both teams.

The 1970s saw only five derby matches, all in the Welsh Cup, before Swansea enjoyed a resurgence under the management of John Toshack in the early 1980s. However, by the end of the decade and the early 1990s, the derby became blighted by hooliganism which led to the fixture becoming the first in Britain to ban away fans from attending. The derby experienced a resurgence at the start of the 21st century, with both teams reaching the Championship before eventually meeting in the top tier of English football in the Premier League for the first time in 2013 which Cardiff went on to win.

The clubs have played each other more than 110 times in all competitions. Having begun as a friendly rivalry, the relationship between the two sides deteriorated after the 1960s which led to several high profile, violent clashes between supporters that gained the fixture a reputation as one of Britain's fiercest rivalries. Goalkeeper Roger Freestone has appeared in more derbies between the two sides than any other player, making 19 appearances for Swansea in the fixture during his career. Brayley Reynolds scored eight times for Swansea in derby matches, more than any other player. The most recent South Wales derby took place on 16 September 2023 in the EFL Championship, ending in a 2–0 win for Cardiff City at the Cardiff City Stadium.

History

Southern Football League

Cardiff City F.C. was formed in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C. by members of a local cricket club. The team competed in the amateur leagues before gaining entry into the Southern Football League and turning professional in 1910. With growing interest in association football in the traditionally rugby union stronghold of Swansea, the decision was taken to form a club. Swansea Town A.F.C. was founded in 1912 and gained admission into the Second Division of the Southern Football League alongside Cardiff. The two clubs faced each other for the first time on 7 September 1912, in Swansea's first competitive fixture, with the match ending in a 1–1 draw; Billy Ball gave the Swans the lead before Cardiff captain John Burton equalised. Swansea went on to claim the first victory between the two sides five months later when they defeated Cardiff 4–2 in the semi-final of the Welsh Cup despite trailing 2–0 at half time. Cardiff lost two players to injury in the second half in a time when substitutes were not permitted, ending the match with nine players. Such was the friendliness between the two sides in the early meetings that when Burton scored a bicycle kick in the match, several of his opponents stopped to shake hands with him in appreciation of the goal.

Cardiff were promoted to the First Division of the Southern Football League at the end of the 1912–13 season. Although the clubs met in the fourth qualifying round of the FA Cup the following season, it would be the last competitive fixture between the two sides for six years as the Southern Football League was suspended during the First World War. Two friendlies were played in April 1919 as the clubs began to prepare for a return of competitive football at the end of hostilities with both sides winning a match each. The popularity of the derby quickly became obvious as the first post First World War league fixture attracted a season high crowd of 15,500 for Swansea, who claimed a 2–1 victory, while Cardiff recorded its first victory in the return fixture on 7 February 1920, defeating the Swans 1–0 at Ninian Park following George Beare's goal. The second fixture was attended by 24,317 spectators, the largest crowd ever recorded in the Southern League at the time. A friendly was also held in October 1919 as a benefit match for Cardiff's trainer George Latham who captained his side for the fixture in a 1–1 draw.

Pre-war and wartime

In 1920, in order to expand, the Football League absorbed the teams from the First Division of the Southern League. Swansea were placed into the newly created Football League Third Division but Cardiff were granted a place in the Football League Second Division after winning an election vote. The split resulted in the two sides facing each other only three times between 1920 and 1929, all of which came in the Welsh Cup. Cardiff enjoyed one of the most successful periods in the club's history during the 1920s, winning the 1927 FA Cup Final and finishing as runners-up in both the 1925 final and the First Division in 1923–24. In the 1920s the rivalry was more friendly; there are accounts of Swansea fans travelling to the 1927 FA Cup final in support of their neighbouring rivals. A goodwill message was also forwarded to the Cardiff team from Swansea ahead of the match.
Cardiff were relegated to the Second Division in 1929. This resulted in the first league meetings between the two sides for 11 years, a goalless draw in October of that year. A benefit match for several Swansea players was held in April 1930 at Vetch Field and resulted in a 6–2 victory for the home side as Ronnie Williams scored five of his side's goals.

Cardiff were relegated again in 1932, dropping into the Football League Third Division South. As a result, the derby was only played a further four times before the outbreak of the Second World War; the clubs were drawn against each other twice in the Welsh Cup, with both ties requiring a replay to decide a winner. In the pre-war era, the Welsh Cup provided more meetings between the two sides than league competition with 10 derbies being played in the Welsh Cup between 1912 and 1939, two more meetings than in league fixtures. The last competitive pre-war derby took place on 23 February 1939 as Cardiff defeated Swansea 4–1 in the fifth round of the Welsh Cup following braces from Harry Egan and Tex Rickards.

With football restricted during wartime, the close proximity of the two sides led to them being grouped together in regional wartime leagues. The first wartime fixture was played in August 1939 under the guise of a charity match for the Jubilee Benevolent Fund. For the 1939–40 season Cardiff and Swansea were placed in the South-West Region and played out a 2–2 draw in their first meeting. In total, the teams met 42 times during wartime. Cardiff dominated competition during this period, winning 30 of the 42 meetings. This included an 8–0 victory for Cardiff in a match that was dubbed the "Bluebirds Blitzkrieg" following hat tricks from Beriah Moore and Billy James.

Post-war
When the Football League resumed in the 1946–47 season, Cardiff won promotion from the Third Division South at the expense of Swansea who were relegated to the same division. Despite this, Cardiff manager Billy McCandless chose to leave the club to join Swansea after receiving a lucrative offer from the rival side. McCandless led Swansea back to the Second Division in 1949, resulting in the first post-war meeting of the sides on 27 August. The match was also the first league meeting between the two sides for 19 years, the longest gap between league matches in the derby's history. With football enjoying a post-war attendance boom, more than 60,000 tickets were sold although only 57,510 spectators were recorded through the turnstiles at the match. The figure is the biggest crowd ever recorded for a South Wales derby in which Cardiff claimed a 1–0 victory through a goal by Tommy Best. The original ticket sales of 60,855 would have also been a club record for both sides; Cardiff's record home attendance is instead 57,893 against Arsenal four years later. The return fixture, in December of the same year, also saw Swansea record its highest ever derby attendance with 27,264 spectators witnessing Swansea win 5–1.

In 1955, Cardiff was named as the capital city of Wales. The decision, along with the perceived favouritism from UK governments believed to have been shown to the city since has been credited as the starting point of the deterioration of relations between the two sides. In 1956, the South Wales derby was played in the final of the Welsh Cup in front of a crowd of 37,500 at Ninian Park. The attendance remains the highest ever recorded in the Welsh Cup. Cardiff went on to win the match 3–2 despite being reduced to ten men within the opening 30 minutes when forward Gerry Hitchens suffered a broken leg. The following year, Cardiff recorded its first victory over Swansea at Vetch Field, winning 1–0 following a goal from Colin Hudson. The next meeting between the sides, in March 1959, resulted in Swansea achieving the same feat by winning at their rivals home ground for the first time in league competition. Mel Nurse scored the only goal of the game from a penalty, the first league goal Swansea had scored at Ninian Park.

Before the 1960s the rivalry was a typically a friendly one and many fans held no animosity towards their Welsh rivals. In the area between the two cities, some fans supported both teams and matches between the sides in the post-war decade often saw opposing fans standing alongside each other on the terraces. The 1960s saw that change as football culture became more aggressive and local rivalries became more important than shared regional identities. The earliest trouble of note between the two teams occurred in February 1960 during a Welsh Cup sixth round tie. Cardiff were due to play a league match two days later and approached the Football Association of Wales (FAW) to postpone the match. The request was denied and in response, Cardiff manager Bill Jones named a reserve side for the fixture. Despite fielding a weakened team, Cardiff went on to win the tie 2–1 in a match that saw several confrontations. Cardiff's Colin Hudson was sent off for a foul with ten minutes remaining before his teammate Steve Mokone and Swansea's Harry Griffiths were also dismissed after wrestling each other to the ground and throwing mud in retaliation. The FAW subsequently fined Cardiff £350 for fielding a weakened side in the competition and warned the club against doing so again in future. Swansea historian Gwyn Rees has stated that fans' animosity began to increase in the late 1960s, citing the 1969 Welsh Cup final as a turning point. The match was the first derby that saw notable issues of violence between the two sets of supporters. At the end of the 1969–70 season, Swansea Town changed its name to Swansea City after the area was granted city status.

Lower divisions and hooliganism

The appointment of John Toshack as Swansea manager in the late 1970s caused further rift between the clubs. Toshack had been born in Cardiff and began his career with the side but his subsequent success with the Swans, winning promotion from the Fourth Division to the First Division during his tenure, saw the balance of power in South Wales shift. Having only played each other five times during the 1970s, all in the Welsh Cup, the two sides met in a league fixture for the first time in for 15 years in 1980. Swansea recorded a 2–1 victory with goals coming from two former Cardiff players, Toshack, in his role as player-manager, and David Giles.

With the escalation of football hooliganism in the United Kingdom in the 1980s, the derbies became plagued by violence led largely by hooligan firms from both sides, Cardiff's Soul Crew and Swansea's Jacks. In September 1988, after seeing their side win in Swansea, a group of around 10 Cardiff fans were chased into the sea near Swansea Civic Centre by a group of around 100 Swansea fans. Since then, Swansea fans have adopted a "swim away" gesture, in reference to the event. During an FA Cup fixture in 1992, 39 fans were arrested at Swansea's Vetch Field after clashes between supporters. Significant damage was caused to local shops as well as public transport; John Williams, who played for both sides during his career, described how fans "would fight in the streets, the train station and all the way down the motorway. The fans wanted to show they were the better city."

On 22 December 1993, a match between the two sides was dubbed 'The Battle of Ninian Park' after violence erupted. The start of the match was delayed for 40 minutes as police attempted to control the rival fans. Swansea fans were placed in the grandstand for the game, seated alongside sections of Ninian Park usually frequented by families. As Cardiff took the lead, Swansea fans began ripping out seats and throwing them at Cardiff supporters, which resulted in the home fans invading the pitch in an attempt to reach the away section. Police were forced to use mounted officers and dog handlers to regain control. The following day national news showing pictures of the violence shocked the nation, with The Times reporting that "at one point several hundred people were brawling on the pitch". The violence led the FAW to ban away fans from this fixture for several years, the first fixture in Britain to do so. Simon Chivers, a fan who attended the match and went on to become an intelligence officer on hooligan firms for South Wales Police, described the scenes at the match as "the worst violence I have ever seen anywhere in my entire life."

With the two teams in the Third Division, the 1990s saw frequent derby matches and several meetings in cup competitions, although poor results and frequent crowd trouble saw attendances drop; both sides recorded their lowest derby attendances in league competition between 1994 and 1996. Further political divide between the two cities was caused by the Welsh devolution referendum in 1997 when Cardiff was chosen as the site for the newly created Senedd, despite the majority of the city voting against devolution. Swansea, which largely voted in favour of devolution, received funding for a national swimming pool instead. Alan Curtis, who played for both sides, commented, "I think Cardiff has always been perceived [...] to receive whatever funding is going around. It seems to me that everything gets channelled in that direction". Away fans were eventually allowed to attend the fixture again in 1997 under strict monitoring and the introduction of 'bubble' trips, where away fans are escorted in and out of the stadium by police. The two teams were split in 1999 through promotions and relegation. Although they met in a FAW Premier Cup final in 2002, the two sides did not meet in the league for ten years. Despite this, the rivalry still attracted attention; during their celebrations after winning the Football League Trophy in 2006, Swansea players Lee Trundle and Alan Tate brandished a Welsh flag with an anti-Cardiff message and Trundle also wore a T-shirt with an image of a Swansea City player urinating on a Cardiff City shirt. The FAW stated that the images paraded at the match, which took place at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, were "of an extremely offensive and insulting nature". The two players were arrested for public order offences, fined £2,000 and handed one-match suspensions. A heavy police presence was also required when Swansea fans travelled to Cardiff when they played at the Millennium Stadium in the Football League Trophy final in 2006.

New eras

The first derby in just under a decade took place in the League Cup on 23 September 2008, with Swansea winning 1–0. The match saw sets of supporters from both clubs clash with police after the match. A league fixture, on 5 April 2009 at Ninian Park, was marred by referee Mike Dean being hit in the head by a coin thrown from the crowd, as well as Cardiff fans clashing with police after the match. The following season, on 7 November 2009, at the Liberty Stadium Swansea claimed a 3–2 victory in a match that again saw crowd disturbances as hundreds of Swansea fans waited outside the ground for the Cardiff fans to depart. This resulted in a total of fifteen arrests being made during and after the match. Cardiff fans also vandalised the North Stand in which they were placed for the game for the second year in a row. Seats and toilets were vandalised, pipe work ripped from walls and doors broken in the away fans' area. The damage was reported to cost thousands of pounds. However, police praised the majority of supporters for their behaviour before, during and after the game which was attended by more than 18,000 fans.

Swansea achieved promotion to the Premier League in 2011, becoming the first Welsh team to do so and the first Welsh side in the top division of English football since Swansea were relegated from the First Division in 1983. Cardiff also gained promotion in 2013. As a result, the first South Wales derby to be played in England's top division took place during the 2013–14 season. Cardiff won the first ever top tier meeting between the sides 1–0 on 3 November 2013, thanks to a headed goal from former Swansea defender Steven Caulker. Swansea went on to win the return fixture 3–0 in February 2014, but Cardiff's relegation at the end of the season saw the two sides separated again. The derby was not played for a further five years as the two clubs swapped leagues before both returned to the Championship for the 2019–20 season with Swansea winning the first meeting 1–0.

In October 2021, Swansea won 3–0 against Cardiff City. Later in the season, Swansea beat Cardiff 4–0 in the reverse fixture; Swansea became the first side to complete the league double in the derby's 110-year history. Swansea have also won both fixtures in the 2022/23 season making them the first team to win four in a row.

Record

Results

Key to divisions:
SFL Division 1 = Southern Football League First Division
SFL Division 2 = Southern Football League Second Division
Division 1 = Football League First Division
Division 2 = Football League Second Division
Division 3 = Football League Third Division
Division 4 = Football League Fourth Division
Championship = EFL Championship

Key to rounds:
QR = Qualifying round
R1 = Round 1
R2 = Round 2
R3 = Round 3
R4 = Round 4
R5 = Round 5
QF = Quarter-finals
SF = Semi-finals
F = Final

 a.e.t. = After extra time
 pen. = Penalty kick
 o.g. = Own goal

Key to colours and abbreviations:

Player records

Appearances
Swansea goalkeeper Roger Freestone has appeared in more competitive South Wales derbies than any other player. He made his first derby appearance while on loan to the club from Chelsea in December 1989. He signed for Swansea on a permanent basis in 1991 and went on to feature in 19 derbies. His final derby appearance was a 1–0 defeat during the 2002 FAW Premier Cup final. Three players are tied for the second most derby appearances; Alan Harrington and Herbie Williams both made 17 appearances for one club, Cardiff and Swansea respectively, while Ivor Allchurch played in derbies during spells with both sides. Allchurch and Freestone both made a record 11 derby league appearances, tied with Ron Stitfall.

Goals
Brayley Reynolds has scored more goals in competitive South Wales derbies than any other player. He began his career with Cardiff in 1956 but joined Swansea in 1959 and scored his first derby goal the following year in a Welsh Cup match. He went on to score in his next three derbies, including two braces. His final goals in a derby match was a third brace during a 3–0 victory for Swansea at Vetch Field in March 1964, ending his career with eight goals against Cardiff. Ronnie Williams tallied one less during his career, scoring seven times for Swansea, while Jimmy Gilligan scored six times in spells with both Swansea and Cardiff. George Johnston is the highest scoring Cardiff player, he scored four times all of which came in the Welsh Cup. Gilligan scored more league goals in the fixture than any other player with five of his goals being scored in the Football League.

Players for both clubs
Transfers between the two sides are relatively rare, the last player to move directly across the South Wales derby divide was Warren Feeney who was loaned to Swansea from Cardiff for a brief spell in 2007. The last player to complete a permanent transfer between the sides was Dave Penney who moved from Swansea to Cardiff in 1997.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the two sides saw several players feature for both sides during their careers, including some of the most noted Welsh players of the era, such as Trevor Ford, Ivor Allchurch and Mel Charles. However, as the animosity between the two clubs has worsened, players have sometimes received a hostile reception when playing for both sides of the divide. Dave Penney captained Swansea during the 1997 Football League Third Division play-off final and made over 100 appearances for the club before joining Cardiff. Despite this, ahead of his first return to Vetch Field in 2004, he stated that he "expected stick" on his return, adding "Moving from one Welsh club to the other is regarded as the ultimate sin down there." Andy Legg joined Cardiff in 1998 having played for Swansea earlier in his career and initially received a hostile reception Cardiff fans. When he attempted to celebrate his first goal for the club in front of home fans, he was met with abuse and even received a razor blade in the post. He later stated, "I'd say the hatred between (Cardiff and Swansea) fans [...] was the most intense I have come across." The rivalry is prevalent among the club's staff as well as fans; David Giles has described how he was warned away from speaking to former friends at Swansea when arriving at Vetch Field as a Cardiff player.

Newport rivalry
Newport County are also a South Wales rival, regarding both Cardiff City and Swansea City as rivals, but particularly Cardiff for reasons of proximity and historic rivalry between the two cities. The clubs' relative league positions meant that Newport have rarely played Cardiff or Swansea since 1989, though they have faced each other in cup competitions. A survey by Football Fans Census in 2003 saw Swansea, Bristol City and Newport listed as Cardiff's main three rivalries, with Stoke City matching Newport in third. Swansea meanwhile regarded Cardiff, Bristol City and Bristol Rovers as their main rivals.

Notes

References

Bibliography

Further reading
 Martin Johnes, A Supporters History of the South Wales Derby

Cardiff City F.C.
Swansea City A.F.C.
Newport County A.F.C.
Sport in Cardiff
Sport in Swansea
Football derbies in Wales


This is a list of delegates of the 1st World Congress of the Communist International.  The founding congress that established the Communist International was held in Moscow from 2 March 1919 to 6 March 1919.

Full delegates

Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
Six delegates shared five votes:

Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Grigory Zinoviev
Joseph Stalin
Nikolai Bukharin
Georgy Chicherin

Communist Party of Germany
One delegate held five votes:

Hugo Eberlein

Socialist Labor Party of America
One delegate held five votes:

Boris Reinstein

Communist Party of German Austria
Two delegates shared three votes:

Karl Steinhardt
K. Petin

Balkan Revolutionary Social Democratic Federation
One delegate held three votes:

Christian Rakovsky

Communist Party of Finland
Five delegates shared three votes:

Yrjö Sirola
Kullervo Manner
Otto Kuusinen
Jukka Rahja
Eino Rahja

Communist Party of Hungary
One delegate held three votes:

Endre Rudnyánszky

Norwegian Labour Party
One delegate held three votes:

Emil Stang

Communist Party of Poland
One delegate held three votes:

Józef Unszlicht

Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden
One delegate held three votes:

Otto Grimlund

Swiss Social Democratic Party (Opposition)
One delegate held three votes:

Fritz Platten

Communist Party of Ukraine
Two delegate shared three votes:

N. A. Skrypnik
S. I. Gopner

Communist Party of Armenia
One delegate held a single vote:

Gurgen Haikun

United Group of the Eastern Peoples of Russia
Five delegates shared a single vote:

Mahomet Altimirov
Hussein Bekentayev
Kasim Kasimov
Burhan Mansurov
Gaziz Yalymov

Communist Party of Estonia
One delegate held a single vote:

Hans Pöögelmann

Zimmerwald Left of France
One delegate held a single vote:

Henri Guilbeaux

Communist Party of the German Colonists in Russia
One delegate held a single vote:

Gustav Klinger

Communist Party of Latvia
One delegate held a single vote:

Kārlis Gailis

Communist Party of Lithuania and Belorussia
One delegate held a single vote:

Consultative delegates

Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
V. V. Obolensky
V. V. Vorovsky

Bulgarian Communist Group
Stojan Dyorov

Central Bureau of Eastern Peoples
Mir Jafar Baghirov (Azerbaijani Section)
Tengiz Zhgenti (Georgian Section)
Mirza Davud Bagir-Uglu Gusseinov (Persian Section)
Gaziz Yalymov (Turkestan Section)
Mustafa Suphi (Turkish Section)

Chinese Socialist Workers Party
Liu Shao-zhou
Zhang Yong-kui

Czech Communist Group
 Jaroslav Handlíř

French Communist Group
Jacques Sadoul

British Communist Group
Joseph Fineberg

Korean Workers League in Moscow
Kang Sang-ju

Dutch Social Democratic Group
Sebald Rutgers

Swiss Communist Group
Leonie Kascher

Socialist Propaganda League of America
Sebald Rutgers

Yugoslav Communist Group
Ilija Milkić

Zimmerwald Committee
Angelica Balabanova

References

See also
List of delegates of the 2nd Comintern congress

Comintern
1st Comintern congress


Phước Long may refer to several places in Vietnam, including:

Phước Long, Bình Phước, a district-level town ( of Bình Phước province
Phước Long District, Bạc Liêu, a rural district of Bạc Liêu province
Phước Long, Khánh Hòa, a ward of Nha Trang
Phước Long (township), a township and capital of Phước Long district
Phước Long, Bến Tre, a commune of Giồng Trôm district
Phước Long (commune in Bạc Liêu), a commune of Phước Long district

See also
Battle of Phuoc Long, decisive battle of the Vietnam War
Former Phước Long province in South Vietnam, now part of Bình Phước province
Long Phước (disambiguation)


CRRC Nanjing Puzhen () is a Chinese railway rolling stock manufacturer, based in Puzhen, Nanjing city. It is a subsidiary of CRRC. Nanjing Puzhen has supplied trains to Shanghai Metro Line 3 and Nanjing Metro in partnership with Alstom.

India's Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) is also using rolling stock manufactured by Nanjing Puzhen. In May 2008, Nanjing Puzhen constructed 16 trains of 4 cars each for the  Line 1 of Mumbai Metro, for a total fee of .

Currently Puzhen is delivering 58 4-car trains to Siemens for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Puzhen delivered 20 Diesel Railcars with Voith-Powerpacks to Tunisian State Railways.

The company will supply Dongguan Rail Transit with their rolling stock.

Joint Ventures
 Nabtesco for braking systems of high speed train
 Faiveley Transport for braking systems of metro cars
 NTN for railway bearings
 Midas (Singapore) for metro cars
 Alstom for railway propulsion systems, Innovia APM and Innovia Monorail systems

Products

Inter city commuter
 CRH6 (co-manufactured with CRRC Qingdao Sifang, final assembly at Jiangmen factory)

Metro

China
 Changzhou Metro
 Dongguan Rail Transit, line 2 (licensed from Bombardier Transportation)
 Guiyang Urban Rail Transit
 Hangzhou Metro line 2, 4, 6
 Hefei Metro line 1, 2
 MTR-operated lines in mainland China
 Shenzhen Metro Line 4
 Hangzhou Metro Line 1
 Nanjing Metro line 1, 2, 3, 4, S1, S3, S7, S8, S9, 10
 Shanghai Metro line 1, 2, 3, 10, 13, 14, (line 1, 2, 3, 10 licensed from Alstom)
 Shenzhen Metro line 3, 6, 6B, 12
 Suzhou Metro line 1, 2, 3 and 4
 Wuxi Metro line 2
 Xuzhou Metro

Export
 MRT SBK line, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Inspiro (licensed from Siemens)
 Mumbai Metro Line 1, India
 Noida-Greater Noida Metro, India

AGT
 Bukit Panjang LRT line, Singapore – C801B (licensed from Alstom, initially Bombardier)
 BTS Gold Line APM, Bangkok, Thailand (licensed from Alstom, initially Bombardier)

Monorail
 MRT Yellow Line Monorail & Pink Line Monorail, Bangkok, Thailand (licensed from Alstom, initially Bombardier)
 Khon Kaen Transit System, Thailand

Tram/Light Rail
 MTR Light Rail, Hong Kong – Phase  (licensed from UGL Rail) and  LRVs
 Suzhou Tram (licensed from Bombardier Transportation)

References

External links

Manufacturing companies based in Nanjing
CRRC Group


Ole Olsen (7 June 1869 – 7 September 1944) was a Danish sport shooter who competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.

In 1908 he finished fourth with the Danish team in the team free rifle competition and eighth in the team military rifle event. Four years later, he won the bronze medal as member of the Danish team in the team free rifle competition. In the 300 m free rifle, three positions event, he finished twelfth.

References

External links
Ole Olsen at databaseOlympics.com

1869 births
1944 deaths
Danish male sport shooters
ISSF rifle shooters
Olympic shooters for Denmark
Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
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Kenneth Lawrence Hunt (July 13, 1934 – June 8, 1997) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in six Major League seasons for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels and Washington Senators (1959–64). An outfielder, the native of Grand Forks, North Dakota, threw and batted right-handed, stood  and weighed .

After two trials with the 1959–60 Yankees, Hunt was selected by the new Los Angeles Angels franchise in the 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft. He was in the Opening Day starting lineup for the first game in the Angels' history, playing center field on April 11, 1961 in a 7-2 road victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Playing at the Angels' cozy Wrigley Field home park in , Hunt bashed 25 home runs and knocked in 84 RBI in 149 games played — one of five Angels to crack the 20 home run mark in their maiden American League season.  However, surgery to repair an aneurysm near his throwing shoulder ruined his  season, and Hunt never regained his productive stroke.

All told, he appeared in 310 MLB games, and batted .226 with 177 hits.

He was the stepfather of child actor Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster on The Munsters) and appeared in one episode in 1965 titled "Herman the Rookie".

In 1997 the Hunts were planning to return to Fargo for his 14th consecutive appearance at the Roger Maris tournament. On June 8 Hunt decided to watch his old team, now the Anaheim Angels, on television. He was particularly interested in following a fellow North Dakotan, Angels outfielder Darin Erstad. When his wife, Sherry, returned home later that evening, she found Ken dead from a heart attack. He was 62 years old.

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Smith's Hundred or Smythe's Hundred was a colonial English settlement in the Province of Virginia, in the modern United States of America. It was one of the original James River plantations named after the treasurer of the Virginia Company, Sir Thomas Smith. It was settled by the English in 1617 and after 1620, was known as Southampton Hundred in honor of the Earl of Southampton. The site was originally home to a village of the Paspahegh Indians. They were located along the north bank of James River.

Smith's Hundred was located eight miles above the English fort at Jamestown and extended from Weyanoke Hundred to the south bank of Chickahominy River on the north bank of James River. The settlement was abandoned after the Powhatan Uprising of 1622.  The area is now called Sandy Point in Charles City County, Virginia.

The first General Assembly (which became the House of Burgesses) in 1619 included two representatives for Smythe's Hundred Plantation: Captain Thomas Graves and Walter Shelley.

Communion silver
St. Mary's Church was established in Smith's Hundred in 1618 in part with £200 bequeathed by Mrs. Mary Robinson, of St. Olave Parish in London, to educate the "poore(sic) people" (i.e. Powhatan Indians) in Christianity. Along with others who contributed to the church was an unknown person who gave a set of Communion Silver (Hallmark: London 1617/1618).  When the church was abandoned during the Uprising of 1622, the communion silver was taken to Jamestown. It was held by Sir George Yeardley, Governor of the Colony of Virginia.

After his death, the Jamestown court in 1628 had William Claiborne, land surveyor for the Colony, inventory the items from Smith's Hundred. It is believed he had the silver given to the  St. John's Episcopal Church, the second Church in the relocated, renamed settlement (then called Elizabeth City).  This silver comprises the oldest church artifacts in continuous use from the colonial period in the United States. These items are preserved and used on special occasions at St. John's, now located in Hampton, Virginia.

References

Historical Marker:

Populated places in colonial Virginia
Geography of Charles City County, Virginia


Cornelius "Neil" W. Kelleher (May 9, 1923 – September 4, 2008) was an American politician from New York.

Life

Kelleher was born on May 9, 1923, in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, the son of Cornelius J. Kelleher and Helen Fleming Kelleher. He attended St. Augustine's School and Lansingburgh High School. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy fighting in the Pacific theater. He entered politics as a Republican. In 1957, he was appointed to fill a vacancy as alderman of Troy (17th Ward), and in 1960 he was elected Mayor of Troy.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1967 to 1992, sitting in the 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th and 189th New York State Legislatures.

He was a member of the New York State Board of Elections from 1998 to 2008.

He died on September 4, 2008, in St. Mary's Hospital in Troy, New York; and was buried at the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, in Schuylerville.

His son, Neil J. Kelleher, was elected to the Rensselaer County Legislature in 1989, subsequently serving in that body for 20 years. In 1995 he became Chairman of the Legislature, and would serve in that capacity until losing his re-election bid in 2009.

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20th-century American politicians


Teaching in Victoria, Australia is regulated by the Victorian Institute of Teaching, through the Department of Education and Training (DET), which is part of the State Government. The DEECD is biggest operator of schools in the state, and along with the independent and Catholic school systems have an interest in teaching as the operator of schools and employer of teachers.

Education and teaching in Victoria follows the three-tier model consisting of primary education (primary schools), followed by secondary education (secondary schools or secondary colleges) and tertiary education (Universities and TAFE Colleges).

Regardless of whether a school is government or independent, they are required to adhere to the same curriculum frameworks. Education in all government schools must be secular and not promote any particular religious practice, denomination or sect.

Post-compulsory education is regulated within the Australian Qualifications Framework, a unified system of national qualifications in schools, vocational education and training (TAFE) and the higher education sector (university).

Teacher qualifications and training
All teachers graduating from Victorian pre-service teacher education programs in recent years have completed pre-service teacher education courses approved under the guidelines developed by the Victorian Institute of Teaching Standards Council.

Prospective teachers must undertake a four-year undergraduate programs in either a single education degree (e.g. Bachelor of Education) or a double degree where two degrees are completed at the same time (e.g. Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts). Alternatively, graduates who already hold a non-teaching degree or equivalent may undertake their pre-service teacher education in a postgraduate course of one or two years duration (e.g. Graduate Diploma of Education, Graduate Diploma in Education, Bachelor of Teaching). As of 2013 the one year courses are being phased out.    For one-year course graduates, there are non-teaching masters courses that can be used to increase their educational qualifications.  Most of these courses are a one and a half-year courses.  VTAC which administers course entry has failed to make this change clear to applicants in 2013.

All prospective teachers must also undertake supervised teaching practice (known as the practicum) of at least 45 days. Most one-year postgraduate programs include 45–60 days. Longer postgraduate and undergraduate programs include 60–100 days. Many also include periods of professional field experience (not usually formally supervised teaching practice) in schools.

Teacher registration
Teachers must be registered by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) before they can teach in Victoria, whether they teach in a government, Catholic or independent school.

VIT is the statutory authority responsible for the regulation and promotion of the teaching profession in Victoria.

Public and private schools

According to the Schools Australia Preliminary Report, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on 4 February 2008, the number of students enrolled in Victorian state schools was 535,883 in 2007 – a drop of 234 students on the 2006 figures, while the non-government sector stood at 297,970 in 2007 – a gain of 4,252 students. The non-government sector, which includes Catholic, private and Jewish schools, recorded steady growth since 2002, gaining more than 16,890 students in the past five years.

However, while government schools recorded a fall in student numbers in the past two years, the sector recorded growth between 2002 and 2005, and in the past five years recorded an overall gain of 2,466 students.

Despite a five-year growth in the numbers of students attending government schools, the number of Victorian government schools fell to 1,592 in 2007, down from 1,605 in 2006 and 1,613 in 2005. The number of independent schools rose from 210 in 2006 to 214 in 2007.

As at 3 August 2007, teacher-student ratios were higher in the Victorian government sector, at 13.8, compared with 12.9 in the non-government sector. However, in both sectors Victoria compared favourably with national figures: the national teacher-student ratio in government schools was higher at 14.2, and 13.8 in the non-government sector.

There was a rise in the number of teaching staff in Victoria, up from 68,697 in 2006 to 70,342 in 2007.

Curriculum
The curriculum for all Victorian schools, government and non-governments, from Preparatory year to Year 12 is determined by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). Since 2013, Schools have used the Australian Curriculum based AusVELS framework for classes between prep and Year 10. Prior to this, the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) framework applied. For Years 11 to 12 the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) program applies. Authorized schools may teach the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme in place of VELS and/or the VCE. Due to the cost of implementing these alternative programmes they are rarely offered by government schools.

Pre-school
Pre-school in Victoria is relatively unregulated and not compulsory. The first exposure many Australian children have to learn with others outside of traditional parenting is day care or a parent-run playgroup. This sort of activity is not generally considered schooling. Pre-school education is separate from primary school.

Pre-schools are usually run by local councils, community groups or private organizations. Pre-school is offered to three- to five-year-olds. Attendance in pre-school is 93% in Victoria. The year before a child is due to attend primary school is the main year for pre-school education. This year is far more commonly attended, and usually takes the form of a few hours of activity five days a week.

Primary schools
Primary education consists of seven grades: a Preparatory year (commonly called "Prep") followed by Years 1 to 6. The minimum age at which a Victorian child can commence primary school education is 4.8 years. That is, the child can enroll in a school at the preparatory level if he or she would be five years of age by 30 April of that year. A Victorian child must commence education before age six.

Secondary schools
Secondary schools consist of Years 7 to 12. Secondary schools are usually separate institutions to primary schools, though some non-government schools combine primary and secondary levels.

See also

Education in Victoria
Victorian Essential Learning Standards
Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)
Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC)
List of schools in Victoria, Australia
Education in Australia
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Ultranet (product)

References

External links
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria website
About the Department
Changes to the Department
Facts and figures about Victoria's education system
School term dates for Victoria
Statutory Authorities in the Victorian education portfolio

Education in Victoria (state)
Teaching in Australia


Bình Long is a town of Bình Phước Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. As of 2009, the district had a population of 57,590 and an area of 126 km². The district capital lies at An Lộc ward.

The town's former name is An Lộc. It is located approximately 90 km north of Ho Chi Minh City with a population of 8,599 (2009). An Lộc was formerly part of Bình Long Province before the merger with Phước Long Province to form Bình Phước Province. It became famous during the Vietnam War for being the location of a major battle in 1972. Today Bình Long has a mass grave memorial with 3,000 bodies.

Geographical location
Bình Long borders Hớn Quản District to the east, west, and south, and Lộc Ninh District to the north.

Administrative division
Bình Long consists of four wards (phường) and two communes (xã):
 Wards: An Lộc, Hưng Chiến, Phú Thịnh, Phú Đức
 Communes: Thanh Lương, Thanh Phú

Battle of An Lộc, 1972

In North Vietnam's Easter Offensive of 1972, the Politburo member and Army General Võ Nguyên Giáp planned simultaneous attacks to capture as much territory as possible and to defeat the US-supported South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). By then, the number of United States ground forces in South Vietnam had fallen to 65,000 from an all-time high of 543,000 in 1969, and the North Vietnamese correctly anticipated that the US was unwilling to commit ground troops again. An aerial armada consisting of United States Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortresses, F-4 Phantom IIs, A-37 Dragonflies and US Navy planes from four aircraft carrier wings and some Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) fighters, however, were at hand to provide strong and at times crucial air-support.

One of the main attacks of the offensive took place north of Saigon, where three divisions of North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) troops from base areas inside Cambodia launched a full-scale invasion starting on April 2, 1972. Quickly overrunning South Vietnamese defensive outposts, the North Vietnamese rolled down Highway 13 towards Saigon.

The ARVN took a stand at An Lộc, led by CG Nguyễn Văn Minh, which was shortly surrounded by PAVN troops. The North Vietnamese forces, for the first time supported by heavy tanks, began their assault on April 13, 1972. A three-day all-out attack failed, after which the battle turned into a prolonged siege with shifting attacks and counter-attacks.  All the while, the town was turned into rubble. Although the North Vietnamese on several occasions breached the defenses, they never managed to deal the defenders a knock-out blow, and An Lộc remained in the hands of the South Vietnamese. By July, the fighting had subsided and An Lộc was relieved on July 11.

Although the ARVN performed well in some regards in An Lộc, USAF air support and air-borne supplies and reinforcements were vital in preventing the town's fall to the North Vietnamese. As such, the battle failed to convince US policymakers that the South Vietnamese could continue the war on their own. In his memoirs, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger notes that the South Vietnamese Army never managed to reopen the road into An Lộc.  The battle for An Lộc (Easter Offensive) interrupted the Paris Peace Talks.  Operation Linebacker I brought the communists back to the negotiations.

Three historical figures are linked to An Lộc. Air Force pilot First Lieutenant Michael Blassie died near An Lộc when his A-37B went down on May 11, 1972.  He had been buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns from 1984 to 1998 as the Unknown Service Member from the Vietnam War, before positive identification was obtained through DNA evidence. Colonel William Nolde, the last recorded American combat casualty of the conflict, fell here on January 27, 1973.  The ARVN did have a hero in Brigadier General Lê Văn Hưng (1933–1975), whose remark: "If I'm still alive, An Lộc still stands" rallied the troops.  His forces firmly held the city of An Lộc under fierce enemy attacks that lasted two months.  At the end of the war, General Hưng was by then his last military assignment as deputy commander of the IV Corps (known as Military Region 4) at Cần Thơ. In the last weeks of the Republic of Vietnam, General Lê Văn Hưng stabilized the firm control on his ARVN soldiers and officers to prevent the VC from taking over Cần Thơ. He and the commander, General Nguyễn Khoa Nam, rather than fleeing the country or surrendering to the communists, committed suicide on April 30, 1975 at Cần Thơ after hearing the order to lay down their arms by General Dương Văn Minh, who had been President of the Republic of Vietnam for just three days. For some South Vietnamese, this month is now known as "Cruel April", and the Communist North Vietnamese finally achieved what they sought in their 1972 Easter Offensive.

In popular culture
An Lộc is mentioned in the epilogue of American Graffiti, which states that "Terry 'Toad' Fields was reported missing in action near An Lộc in December 1965."  This is later expanded upon in the sequel, More American Graffiti.
An Lộc is also mentioned in Good Morning, Vietnam, as Sgt Major Dickerson requests activity on the road to An Lộc for the trip that Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) and Edward Garlick (Forest Whitaker) are taking to supposedly "interview" troops in the field.
Ba-Nee, one of the Starlight Girls in Jem, is said to have been born in An Lộc.

See also
South Vietnam

References

External links
 The Battle of An Loc - Battle Overview, Photos, Personal Accounts and Links.
 Battle of An Loc (Valiant Binh Long)
Battle of An Loc - by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Willbanks
 Communist Battle Plans for An Lộc
 Vietnam War Internet Project
 Texas Tech University Vietnam Project - Major Vietnam Era Archive.
  Gerald R. Ford Library holdings - Declassified National Security Adviser files of interest
 PBS Battlefield: Vietnam
 Account of ARVN Armor general and last days combat

Districts of Bình Phước province
County-level towns in Vietnam


Bù Đăng is a rural district of Bình Phước province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 108,855. The district covers an area of 1,488 km2. The district capital lies at Đức Phong.

References

Districts of Bình Phước province


Chơn Thành is a town of Bình Phước province, in the region of Vietnam. As of 2021 the town had a population of 121,083. The town covers an area of 390.34 km². The town seat lies at Hưng Long ward.

Chơn Thành was formerly a rural district of Bình Phước province. It gained town status on August 11, 2022.

The stream Ông Thành was the location of the Battle of Ông Thành in the Vietnam War.

References

Districts of Bình Phước province
County-level towns in Vietnam


is a retired judoka who competed in the 78 kg and 86 kg divisions.

Biography
Okada began judo in primary school, and won the inter-highschool light heavyweight judo tournament in 1984. While attending the University of Tsukuba, he won the Jigoro Kano Cup in 1986 and the All-Japan Judo Championships in 1987 and 1988, followed with a gold medal in the 78 kg division of the World Judo Championships in 1987. This earned him a spot on the Japanese olympic judo team for the 1988 Summer Olympics, but he was unable to win a medal after a loss in the third round of the tournament.

Okada joined the Marunaka corporation in 1990, and continued his graduate studies at the University of Tsukuba until 1993. In 1990, he moved up in weight to win the 86 kg divisions of the Kodokan Cup and Asian Games. He also won the All-Japan Championships for three consecutive years from 1990 to 1992, and won another gold medal at the 1991 World Championships. He made his second trip to the Summer Olympics in 1992, and finished with a bronze medal.

Okada won the Kodokan Cup again in 1992 before facing Yoshio Nakamura in the 1994 All-Japan Championships. Nakamura caught Okada in a complete Ude-Hishigi-Juji-Gatame midway through the match, but Okada refused to tap out, forcing the referee to call time. As a result, Okada seriously injured his left arm, suffering a torn ligament and a dislocation. The match ended in a yusei loss for Okada.

Okada won another international competition in Germany before announcing his retirement in December 1995. He has worked as a judo instructor for the University of Tsukuba after retiring, and has appeared as a color commentator for NHK's judo broadcasts.

See also
List of judoka
List of Olympic medalists in judo

References

External links

1967 births
Living people
Japanese male judoka
Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for Japan
Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Sportspeople from Gifu Prefecture
University of Tsukuba alumni
Olympic medalists in judo
Asian Games medalists in judo
Judoka at the 1990 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games
Goodwill Games medalists in judo
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games


"Be with Me" is the debut single co-written and performed by R&B singer J. Holiday released off of his debut album Back of My Lac'. It was to be released in early 2007, following the single. However, due to the single failing to top the charts peaking at #83 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and completely missing the Billboard Hot 100 all together, the album was pushed back to an unspecified fall release date, until finally being released October 2, 2007, following the success of his second single titled "Bed". The single's promotion fell through due to the merging of Capitol & Virgin Records; LeToya Luckett, Mims, Cherish, and Chingy had cancelled third singles, and Chingy was let go from the label, while J. Holiday's promotion for the song was also canceled.

Music video
The music video is set inside the Washington, DC landmark Ben's Chili Bowl.

Chart positions

References

External links
 http://www.billboard.com/artist/276550/j-holiday/chart
 http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/JHoliday/songs/
 http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/JHoliday/profile/

2006 debut singles
2006 songs
J. Holiday songs
Capitol Records singles
Song recordings produced by Rodney Jerkins
Songs written by Rodney Jerkins
Music videos directed by Chris Robinson (director)
Songs written by Adonis Shropshire


Bắc Bình is a rural district of Bình Thuận province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 108,224. The district covers an area of 1,079 km2. The district capital lies at Chợ Lầu.

References

Districts of Bình Thuận province


Đức Linh is a rural district of Bình Thuận province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 132,650. The district covers an area of 536 km². The district capital lies at Võ Xu.

References

Districts of Bình Thuận province


Hàm Thuận Bắc is a rural district of Bình Thuận province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. In 2003 the district had a population of 156,535. The district covers an area of . The district capital lies at Ma Lâm.

It is the site of the Hàm Thuận – Đa Mi hydroelectric power stations.

Communes
The district has two town-level (thị trấn) administrative units, Ma Lâm (population 13,391) and Phú Long (population 14,042), and 15 rural communes (xã): Đa Mi where the first dam is located, Đông Tiến, La Dạ, Đông Giang, Thuận Hòa, Hàm Phú, Thuận Minh, Hàm Liêm, Hàm Hiệp, Hàm Chính, Hàm Trí, Hồng Liêm, Hồng Sơn, Hàm Thắng and Hàm Đức.

History
Finds belonging to the Sa Huỳnh culture have been found in the district. Hàm Thuận was established as an administrative area (phủ) in 1832 in the reign of Minh Mạng, and separated into North and South districts in 1983.

References

Districts of Bình Thuận province


Hàm Thuận Nam is a rural district of Bình Thuận province in the Southeast region of Vietnam.

As of 2003, the district had a population of 91,114. The district covers an area of 1,052 km². The district capital lies at Thuận Nam.

References

Districts of Bình Thuận province


Tánh Linh is a rural district of Bình Thuận province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 99,679. The district covers an area of 1,174 km². The district capital lies at Lạc Tánh.

Climate

Tánh Linh has a tropical savanna climate.

Tánh Linh is located at the buffer zone between the heavy rain center of the South (Di Linh Plateau) and the coastal plains, characterised by the transition between the rains of the South Central Coast and the southern delta. The climate can be split into two distinct seasons: the rainy season and the dry season.

The rainy season runs between May and November. Many plants grow and thrive during this season. In contrast, during the dry season, which runs between December and April, they do not grow as well, and pests have a great impact on crop yields.

In the south, the average annual rainfall ranges from 1,500-1,900mm, and in the north it is around 2,175mm, although sometimes it can reach or exceed 2,894mm.

References

Districts of Bình Thuận province


Tuy Phong is a rural district of Bình Thuận province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 90,819. The district covers an area of 755 km². The district capital lies at Liên Hương.

References

Districts of Bình Thuận province


Đầm Dơi is a rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 180,918. The district covers an area of 796 km². The district capital lies at Đầm Dơi.

Divisions
The district is divided into the following communes:

Cà Mau Bird Sanctuary
Đầm Dơi is famous for the Cà Mau Bird Sanctuary, which is 45 km southeast of Cà Mau City. The sanctuary is home to many types of storks. The birds in the preserve tend to make nests in the top of very high trees and search for food in the early mornings.

References

Districts of Cà Mau province


Cái Nước is a rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2004 the district had a population of 139,552. The district capital lies at Cái Nước.

The district was split in 2004 to form a new district of Cà Mau Province. It previously covered an area of 670 km² but today covers 395.14 km².

Cái Nước is bordered by Đầm Dơi district to the east, Năm Căn district to the south, Cà Mau City to the north, Trần Văn Thời district to the northwest and Phú Tân district to the west.

Cái Nước has gardens famous for their birdlife. Like other areas on the Cà Mau peninsula, the terrain is that of a floodplain, and as such, the main industry is marine-based. The dominant industry in the area is prawn and blue crab farming.

On May 17, 1984, when it was still part of Minh Hải province, Cái Nước comprised the capital Phú Tân and 32 communes: Cái Nước, Hiệp Hưng, Trần Thời, Tân Thới, Tân Hưng, Phong Hưng, Tân Hưng Đông, Hưng Mỹ, Bình Mỹ, Phú Lộc, Phú Hưng, Tân Hiệp, Đông Thới, Thanh Hưng, Thạch Phúc, Thạnh Trung, Lương Thế Tân, Hoà Mỹ, Tân Hải, Phú Hoà, Phú Hiệp, Việt Thắng, Việt Hùng, Tân Hưng Tây, Nguyễn Việt Khái, Phú Thuận, Phú Mỹ A, Phú Thành, Tân Nghiệp, Tân Phong, Việt Dũng and Việt Cường.

Divisions
The district includes 10 commune-level subdivisions, including the township of Cái Nước and the rural communes of Trần Thới, Tân Hưng, Tân Hưng Đông, Hưng Mỹ, Phú Hưng, Lương Thế Trân, Hoà Mỹ, Đông Thới, Thạnh Phú and Đông Hưng.

References

Districts of Cà Mau province


Augustus Kountze (November 19, 1826–April 30, 1892) was an American businessman based in Omaha, Nebraska, Kountze, Texas and New York City. He founded a late 19th-century national banking dynasty along with his brothers Charles, Herman and Luther.

In 1861, Augustus was named Treasurer of the Nebraska Territory, and in 1867 was named the first Treasurer of the State of Nebraska. In 1862, US President Abraham Lincoln appointed him to the original Board of Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad.

Biography
Born in 1826 in rural Ohio, Kountze was one of the seven children of Christian and Margaret Kountze (originally Kuntze). Christian had immigrated to the U.S. from Saxony, a German province. After marrying Margaret Zerbe of Pennsylvania, the couple relocated in Osnaburg, in Stark County, Ohio. There he opened a grocery store and trained his sons in business. Augustus left his parents' home in 1854, moving to Muscatine, Iowa, and then westward to Omaha in 1855, where he began trading in real estate.

In Omaha Kountze developed a massive banking, real estate and railroad portfolio. His diverse holdings included the Omaha Horse Railway Company; he was the Treasurer of the Nebraska Territory and the state of Nebraska from 1861 through 1869. In 1858, he wrote to his Lutheran pastor in Canton, Ohio, and requested that Nebraska be named a mission field of the church. Because of that action the first Lutheran worship service in Nebraska was held on December 5, 1858.

Banking and real estate
Kountze lived in Omaha until 1872. In the intervening years, he and his brother Herman accumulated a great number of land holdings along the Missouri River, including Brownville, Nebraska City, Tekamah and Dakota City, Nebraska, and Sioux City, Iowa. Eventually Kountze held a great deal of real estate across the Midwest and Western United States. He had large holdings in Iowa and Minnesota, and later invested heavily in central and western Nebraska. Eventually the two brothers held land in Chicago, Denver, and across East Texas. Kountze was responsible for the 1868 sale of land in North Omaha which became Fort Omaha.

In 1856, Augustus and Herman established Kountze Brothers Bank, later changing the name to First National Bank of Omaha. Fellow Omaha pioneer Edward Creighton became president of the bank, remaining in that position until his death in 1874. Kountze was responsible for the construction of the First National Bank Building in Omaha. In 1866, Augustus's brother Charles founded the Colorado National Bank, which named Augustus as a senior member; likewise in 1868 brother Luther opened the Kountze Brothers Bank in New York City, and also named Augustus a senior member.

Railroads
Augustus Kountze was deeply invested in railroads across the western United States. He was president of the Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railroad, and when it was consolidated with the Fitchburg Railroad he became a director in that company, position he held until death. Herman and Augustus were the principal backers of the Omaha and Northwestern Railroad, and also held an interest in the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad and the Sabine and East Texas Railway. The town of Kountze, Texas, was named in honor of the Kountze brothers' investment in that railroad. Kountze was a Government Director for the Union Pacific, and is recorded as being influential in the placement of the Union Pacific Headquarters in Omaha, along with the Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center and the Union Pacific Shops.

Periodically Augustus' diverse interests would supplement one another. For instance, in 1880 he announced his desire to complete the Sabine and East Texas Railroad from Beaumont, Texas, through Sabine Pass, Texas, to Rockland, Texas. This enabled Kountze to market the  of virgin timber on land which he owned in nearby counties.

In 1872, Kountze moved to New York City permanently to assist with the expanding operations of the brothers' banking operations there. He was a director of the New York Security and Trust Company as well. A wedding of a niece at his home in New York City was regarded as a major social event in 1892.

Philanthropy
In 1885, Kountze funded the construction of the Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church in Omaha, which was named in honor of Christian Kountze, his father. Today the church is located at 26th & Farnam Streets in Downtown Omaha. He also funded a church in Ohio in honor of his parents, as well as much of St. James Lutheran Church in New York City.

Death
After Kountze died in 1892 he was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

See also
History of Omaha
Founding figures of Omaha, Nebraska

References

External links
Historic postcard of Kountze's First National Bank
Historic postcard of Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church
Historic postcard of Kountze Park

1826 births
1892 deaths
American bankers
American real estate businesspeople
Philanthropists from New York (state)
Businesspeople from New York City
Businesspeople from Omaha, Nebraska
History of Omaha, Nebraska
Augustus
People from Stark County, Ohio
Union Pacific Railroad people
People from Kountze, Texas
State treasurers of Nebraska


Ngọc Hiển is the southernmost rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 79,546. The district covers an area of 743 km². The district capital lies at Viên An Đông.

Divisions
The district is divided into the following communes:

Rạch Gốc (urban municipality)
Đất Mũi
Tam Giang Tây
Tân Ân
Tân Ân Tây
Viên An
Viên An Đông

References

Districts of Cà Mau province


Gerald Clyde "Gary" Johnson (born October 29, 1975) is a former professional baseball player who played one season for the Anaheim Angels of Major League Baseball.

References

1975 births
Living people
Anaheim Angels players
Major League Baseball outfielders
Baseball players from Palo Alto, California
Boise Hawks players
Lake Elsinore Storm players
Erie SeaWolves players
Arkansas Travelers players
Salt Lake Stingers players


Agasicles hygrophila is a species of leaf beetle known by the common name alligator weed flea beetle. It has been used successfully as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious aquatic plant known as alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides).

This beetle is native to South America but has been imported to areas where alligator weed is a problem. The adult beetle is 5 mm in length and black with yellow stripes on its elytra. The female lays about 1,000 eggs in her six-week lifetime. Millimeter-long eggs are laid in rows on leaves, and the small yellow larvae emerge and eat the leaves. Adults also feed on the leaves. Defoliation of alligator weed mats kills the weed and clears the infested waterway. This beetle is established in much of the southeastern United States, where it lives on alligator weed only.

The beetle has been used as a biological control of alligator weed in New Zealand.

References

External links
 Cornell Biological Control Profile
 Smithsonian Report
 TAMU Biocontrol Profile
 alligatorweed flea beetle on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

Alticini
Beetles of South America
Arthropods of Argentina
Biological pest control beetles
Insects used for control of invasive plants
Beetles described in 1971


Fairmount Food Group, LLC (FFG) is a food industrial company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Established in 2003 by Bing Graffunder (CEO) and Sam Hillin (CFO), the company began with an initial $200 million in equity financing from GTCR Golder Rauner with the purpose of buying out growth companies in the industry.

Companies
, the portfolio of companies (all of them being specialty and deli-style cheese companies) which continue to operate under their own identities include:
DCI Cheese Company (acquired April 2005), (sold 2011)
Green Bay Cheese Company (acq. February 2006),
G&G Foods (acq. June 2006),
Swissrose International (acq. August 2006)
Advantage Foods (Advantage International Foods Corporation, acquired from ConAgra, Omaha, Nebraska in September 2007).
Other acquisitions include Carter/Meister LLC (a supplier for DCI Cheese). These acquisitions have made Fairmount Food Group one of the largest importers and marketers of specialty and deli-style cheese in the United States.

See also
 List of dairy product companies in the United States

References

Companies based in Dallas
Dairy products companies of the United States


Năm Căn is a rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 68,769. The district covers an area of 533 km². The district capital lies at Năm Căn.

Divisions
The district is divided into the following communes:

 Năm Căn (urban municipality)
 Hàm Rồng
 Đất Mới
 Hàng Vịnh
 Hiệp Tùng
 Tam Giang
 Tam Giang Đông
 Lâm Hải

References

Districts of Cà Mau province


The Fornădia is a right tributary of the river Căian in Romania. It flows into the Căian near Bejan. Its length is  and its basin size is .

References

Rivers of Hunedoara County
Rivers of Romania


Thới Bình is a rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 138,763. The district covers an area of 631 km². The district capital lies at Thới Bình. Thới Bình borders U Minh district to the west, Kiên Giang province to the north, Bạc Liêu province to the east and northeast, and Cà Mau to the south.

As a district in the Cà Mau Peninsula and Mekong Delta, Thới Bình is typical of the area, with low-lying and salty floodplains. Part of the district lies in the U Minh Thượng National Park. The main economic activity in the district is aquaculture, particularly prawn and blue crab farming. Trẹm River, a tributary of the Ông Đốc River, is the only waterway flowing through this district.

Divisions
The district is subdivided into 12 commune-level subdivisions, including the township of Thới Bình and the rural communes of Biển Bạch, Biển Bạch Đông, Hồ Thị Kỷ, Tân Bằng, Tân Lộc, Tân Lộc Bắc, Tân Lộc Đông, Tân Phú, Trí Lực and Trí Phải.

References

Districts of Cà Mau province


Trần Văn Thời is a rural district (huyện) of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 191,718. The area spans 700 km². The district capital lies at Trần Văn Thời.

Trần Văn Thời is located on the western coast of the province and borders the Gulf of Thailand, the districts of U Minh to the north and Phú Tân to the south, and Cà Mau City to the east. The Ông Đốc river flows through the district into the sea.

The main industries in the district are fishing and agro-forestry. This includes fisheries and aquaculture in the sea. Farm forestry is mainly growing grain, rice and vegetables. The place of barbaric officials, ruthlessly terminated 15 pets of civilian by their stupidity on nCoV-19 without solid evidences.

Divisions
The district is divided into the following communes:

Trần Văn Thời, Sông Đốc, Khánh Bình Tây Bắc, Khánh Bình Tây, Trần Hợi, Khánh Bình, Khánh Hưng, Khánh Bình Đông, Khánh Hải, Lợi An, Phong Lạc, Phong Điền and Khánh Lộc.

References

Districts of Cà Mau province


Cryptek is a company that develops and sells information security products and services to governments and corporations. Cryptek is headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, United States.

History

Cryptek was founded in 1986 as Cryptek Secure Communications, Inc.  At that time, the company designed and manufactured field-deployable, secure FAX machines for the military of the United States.  In 1988, Cryptek was acquired by General Kinetics, a manufacturer of secure enclosures and other products.  In 1993, General Kinetics also acquired Verdix, a manufacturer of secure computer networking equipment for the government of the United States.

In 1996, private equity firm Angelo, Gordon & Co. acquired the FAX and secure networking businesses of General Kinetics.  The company continued to operate as Cryptek Secure Communications, LLC.  The company simplified its name to Cryptek, Inc. in 2002.

In 2005, Cryptek went through a corporate restructuring in which Bill Anderson became the President and CEO.  In 2007, Cryptek acquired three companies: Secure Systems Group of Sterling, Virginia, United States, Emcon Emanation Control Ltd of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Secure Systems & Technologies Ltd (SST) of Gloucester, United Kingdom. In that same year, Cryptek also acquired the assets of ION Networks of South Plainfield, New Jersey, United States.

Bankruptcy

In November 2008, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In March 2009, Cryptek petitioned to move to Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Through a senior management purchase of assets, a new company Cryptek Technologies, Inc. began operation on March 11, 2009.

In July, 2009, Cryptek was acquired by defense and aerospace company, API Technologies Corp.

Products

 ION Secure Remote Management Systems - a suite of products to control and manage vendor remote access on enterprise networks.
 Netgard Identity Card Access Systems - a suite of products that control and manage user access to walk-up devices, such as multi-function printers and scanners, by requiring users to have a valid Smartcard or Common Access Card (CAC).
 TEMPEST and Emanation Security Products - a suite of computing and communications products that conform to various government standards for electronic emanation control known as TEMPEST. These products are provided under the Cryptek, Emcon and SST brand names.

See also
 Encryption
 Information Security
 TEMPEST

References

External links
 Official website
 http://www.sst.ws
 http://www.emcon.com
 https://web.archive.org/web/20081224072647/http://www.nsa.gov/ia/industry/tempest.cfm
 http://www.techord.com/electronics/gadgets/crypteks-new-physically-lockable-usb-flash-drive/

Information technology companies of the United States
Networking companies of the United States
Software companies established in 1986
Computer security companies
Private equity portfolio companies
Companies based in Dulles, Virginia
Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008
1986 establishments in the United States


U Minh is a rural district (huyện) of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 91,438. The district covers an area of . The district capital lies at U Minh.

It is located on Vietnam's western coast on the Cà Mau Peninsula, abutting the Gulf of Thailand. It is bordered by the districts of U Minh Thượng district to the north in Kiên Giang province, Trần Văn Thời to the south and Thới Bình to the east.

The terrain is mostly flat, salty floodplains.

Divisions
The district is subdivided into 8 commune-level subdivisions, including the township of U Minh and the rural communes of Nguyễn Phích, Khánh Hội, Khánh Hòa, Khánh Tiến, Khánh Thuận, Khánh Lâm and Khánh An.

References

Districts of Cà Mau province


Ptelea (hoptree) is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae.

Ptelea may also refer to:
 Ptelea (Attica), a deme of ancient Attica, Greece
 Ptelea, Evros, Greece
 Ptelea, Kozani, Greece


Courthouse and Lawyers' Row is a National Historic Landmark District in the center of Clinton, Louisiana.  Encompassing the individually listed East Feliciana Parish Courthouse and a series of five law office buildings located 12216 to 12230 Woodville Road, it represents a unique assemblage of law-related high quality Greek Revival buildings.  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark on May 30, 1974.

Description and history
Clinton, Louisiana, has been the parish seat of East Feliciana Parish since its establishment in 1824.  The East Feliciana Parish Courthouse is centrally located, occupying a city block bounded by St. Helena, Bank, Liberty, and Woodville Streets.  It is a handsome Greek Revival brick building, with white plaster walls and an octagonal cupola atop its hip roof.  The entire building is encircled by Doric colonnade.  It was built in 1840 to a design by J.S. Savage.

Across Woodville Street from the courthouse are arrayed five single-story Greek Revival buildings, all of which have historically house law offices.  Four of the five were also built in the 1840s, resulting in a distinctive collection of law-related Greek Revival buildings.  The fifth law office was built in 1860, and is also Greek Revival despite the style having passed out of fashion by then.  The block is framed by a private residence on the left and a two-story brick building, formerly a Masonic lodge, on the right.  The law offices and the lodge all have columned porticos, four columns for the single-unit buildings, and seven for the wider buildings that have two offices.

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

References

External links

Parish courthouses in Louisiana
Buildings and structures in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Law offices
Legal history of Louisiana
Greek Revival architecture in Louisiana
1840 establishments in Louisiana


Phú Tân is a rural district of Cà Mau province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 111,791. The district covers an area of 426 km2. The district capital lies at Cái Đôi Vàm.

Phú Tân was created via government decree no. 138/2003/NĐ-CP on November 17, 2003, after being split off from Cái Nước district. Phú Tân borders Cái Nước district to the east, ocean to the west, Năm Căn district to the south and Trần Văn Thời district to the north. At the time of its creation, it spanned 446 km2 and had a population of 109,642.

Divisions
The district is subdivided into 9 commune-level subdivisions, including the township of Cái Đôi Vàm and the rural communes of: Phú Mỹ, Phú Tân, Phú Thuận, Rạch Chèo, Tân Hải, Việt Thắng, Tân Hưng Tây and Nguyễn Việt Khái.

References

Districts of Cà Mau province


Ninh Kiều is an urban district (quận) of Cần Thơ in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. Ninh Kiều is located at the centre of Cần Thơ.  Most of Cần Thơ's municipal offices are located here.

Ninh Kiều is located along the Bassac River. Its most attractive site is the wharf, along which there are several hotels and restaurants. The bridge, part of which collapsed during construction in 2007, and Cần Thơ Ferry connect Ninh Kiều with Bình Minh district, Vĩnh Long province. Ninh Kiều's population in 2004 was 209,274, and 304,175 in 2018, and it has an area of 29.22 km2.

Administration
The district has a total of 11 wards:

 Phường An Bình
 Phường An Cư
 Phường An Hoà
 Phường An Khánh
 Phường An Nghiệp
 Phường An Phú
 Phường Cái Khế
 Phường Hưng Lợi
 Phường Tân An
 Phường Thới Bình
 Phường Xuân Khánh

Notable people

Nguyễn Hiếu Trung Anh (born 1992), Vietnamese footballer

References

External links
 http://gis.chinhphu.vn/

Districts of Cần Thơ


Bình Thủy is a district of Cần Thơ in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 87,665. The district covers an area of 69 km².

Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 8 wards (phường):

Trà Nóc: 712 ha, 10,513 people (2007)
Trà An: 565.67 ha, 5,339 people (2007)
An Thới: 384.83 ha, 14,445 people (2007)
Bùi Hữu Nghĩa: 637.12 ha, 11,185 people (2007)
Thới An Đông: 1,167.56 ha, 9,438 people (2004)
Bình Thuỷ
Long Tuyền: 1,413.55 ha, 13,250 people (2004)
Long Hoà: 1,395.08 ha, 13,471 people (2004).

Notable landmarks
Đình Bình Thủy
 Long Quang Pagoda

References

Districts of Cần Thơ


Ô Môn is an urban district (quận) of Cần Thơ in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2004 the district had a population of 128,075, and 164,234 people in 2018. The district covers an area of 126 km2.

The district was created by Decree No. 05/2004/ND-CP dated January 2, 2004.

Wards

The administration consists of 7 wards:

 Châu Văn Liêm Ward: 22,719 people (2007)
 Thới Hòa Ward: 7,766 people (2007)
 An Thới Ward: 26,474 people (2004)
 Phước Thới Ward: 20,193 people (2004)
 Trường Lạc Ward: 15,803 people (2004)
 Thới Long Ward: 20,609 people (2007)
 Long Hưng Ward: 14,029 people (2007)

References

Districts of Cần Thơ


Phong Điền is a rural district of Cần Thơ in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 102,621. As of 2018, the population had risen to 123,126. The district covers an area of . Phong Điền was established by Decree No. 05/2004/ND-CP dated January 2, 2004. To the east it borders Ninh Kiều district and Cái Răng district, and to the west it borders Hậu Giang province and Bình Thủy district.

Administrative divisions
The district is divided into one town, Phong Điền (753.82 ha, 11,852 people (2007)), with municipal status, and 6 communes:

Nhơn Ái: 1,559.5 ha, 15,031 people (2007)
Nhơn Nghĩa
Tân Thới
Giai Xuân
Mỹ Khánh
Trường Long

References

Districts of Cần Thơ


Cờ Đỏ is a rural district of Cần Thơ in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 158,467. The district covers an area of 403 km2. The district capital lies at Thới Lai.

The district borders Vĩnh Thạnh district to the west, Kiên Giang province to the southwest and Thốt Nốt district to the north.

The district is notable for being an important headquarters of agricultural research into rice production in the region and contains the office of top scientists.

The district was established under Decree No. 05/2004/ND-CP on January 2, 2004.

Administrative divisions
The district is divided into one urban municipality, Cờ Đỏ, and 9 communes: Thới Hưng, Đông Hiệp, Đông Thắng, Thới Đông, Thới Xuân, Trung Hưng, Thạnh Phú, Cần Thơ, Trung An and Trung Thạnh.

References

External links
Pictures of Cờ Đỏ Farm

Districts of Cần Thơ


Thốt Nốt is the main urban district of the city of Cần Thơ in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. To the south and west it borders Vĩnh Thạnh district and An Giang province, and to the north with Đồng Tháp province. As of 2003 the district had a population of 192,327. By 2007 this had risen to 196,610. The district covers an area of 171 km². The district capital lies at Thốt Nốt.

Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 9 wards:

Thới Thuận, Thuận An, Thốt Nốt, Thạnh Hòa, Trung Nhứt, Trung Kiên, Thuận Hưng, Tân Hưng and Tân Lộc.

Economy
Currently an industrial zone is being built in Thốt Nốt with a total area of 22.5 hectares. This area is oriented as a third industrial city of Cần Thơ, the Trà Nóc Industrial Zone, and Hưng Phú.

References

Districts of Cần Thơ