District 3 () is an urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. Together with District 1, District 3 is considered the bustling heart of the city, with a multitude of businesses, religious sites, historical buildings and tourist attractions.

History
Established in December 1920, it was one of the first districts of Saigon.

Geography

This district has a total area of 5 km² and borders District 1, Phú Nhuận District, District 10 and Tân Bình District.

It is the location of Xá Lợi Pagoda, the largest in the city. The Vĩnh Nghiêm Pagoda is also located in District 3. There are many French-style villas in this district. Some notable offices are located in District 3 such as the Royal Thai Consulate (77 Trần Quốc Thảo).

Wards
District 3 is subdivided into twelve wards (phường), eleven of which are numbered.

Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 9

Ward 10
Ward 11
Ward 12
Ward 13
Ward 14
Võ Thị Sáu

Transportation

Streets

Cư xá Đô Thành
Đường 2 Cư xá Đô Thành
Đường 3 Cư xá Đô Thành
Đường 4 Cư xá Đô thành
Đường 7 Cư xá Đô Thành
Bà Huyện Thanh Quan
Bàn Cờ
Cách Mạng Tháng 8
Cao Thắng
Cống Hộp
Điện Biên Phủ
Hai Bà Trưng
Hoàng Sa
Hồ Xuân Hương

Huỳnh Tịnh Của
Huỳnh Văn Bánh
Kỳ Đồng
Lê Ngô Cát
Lê Quý Đôn
Lê Văn Sỹ
Lý Chính Thắng
Lý Thái Tổ
Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa
Ngô Thời Nhiệm
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu
Nguyễn Hiền
Nguyễn Phúc Nguyên
Nguyễn Sơn Hà

Nguyễn Thị Diệu
Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai
Nguyễn Thiện Thuật
Nguyễn Thông
Nguyễn Thượng Hiền
Nguyễn Văn Minh
Phạm Đình Toái
Phạm Ngọc Thạch
Pasteur
Rạch Bùng Binh
Sư Thiện Chiếu
Trần Cao Vân
Trần Huy Liệu
Trần Minh Quyền

Trần Quang Diệu
Trần Quốc Thảo
Trần Quốc Toản
Trần Văn Đang
Trương Định
Trương Quyền
Trường Sa
Tú Xương
Võ Thị Sáu
Võ Văn Tần
Vườn Chuối

Watercourse and bridges

Part of the Nhiêu Lộc - Thị Nghè canal runs through the district. There are 8 bridges in District 3 crossing this canal:

 Bridge 6
 Bridge 7
 Bridge 8
 Trần Quang Diệu Bridge

 Bridge 9
 Lê Văn Sĩ Bridge
 Công Lý Bridge
 Kiệu Bridge

Railway

District 3 hosts Saigon railway station, the largest and most important railway hub in the country. As the last stop on the North-South line, this station is connected to Bình Triệu railway station.

Demography
As of 2010, the district had a population of 188,945.

Government
The People's Committee's headquarters is located at No. 99, Trần Quốc Thảo street, Ward 7. Before  2015, it was located at No. 185 Cách Mạng Tháng 8 street.

The district also hosts the hall of the city's Party Committee at No. 111 Bà Huyện Thanh Quan street.

Education

Headquarters of the district's Division of Education and Training is located at No. 322 Nguyễn Thiện Thuật street.

In District 3, there are 5 public high schools, including Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai High School and Marie Curie High School. It also hosts facilities of many universities like Pedagogical University, University of Economics, Open University and University of Architecture. British International School Vietnam's Tú Xương Primary campus is located in this district.

Tourism and attractions
District 3 is listed by Time Out as one of 50 coolest neighbourhoods in the world.

References

External links

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


District 4 () is the smallest urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. The Saigon Port is located here.

As of 2010, the district had a population of 183,261 and a total area of 4 km². A number of large apartment buildings have been built over the past decade in District 4 including Rivergate Residence, Millenium, Galaxy 9, and Icon 56.

Geographical location
District 4 is a triangular cay, surrounded by rivers and canals. It borders Saigon River and the city of Thủ Đức to the northeast, Bến Nghé River and District 1 to the northwest, and Tẻ Canal and District 7 to the south.

There are 13 wards in District 4.

On January 11, 1985, the district consisted of five wards, namely:

Vĩnh Hội Ward (which is now divided into four wards numbered 1-4);
Lý Nhơn Ward (which is now divided into three wards numbered 5, 6 and 8);
Cây Bàng Ward (which is now divided into two wards, numbered 9 and 10);
Xóm Chiếu Ward (which is now divided into three wards, numbered 12-14) and
Khánh Hội Ward (which is now divided into three wards, numbered 15, 16 and 18).

On December 9th, 2020, Ward 5 was merged into Ward 2 and Ward 12 was merged into Ward 13.

As time went on, these wards split up into between two and four wards each, now giving a total of 13 wards, numbered 1-18. Wards 5, 7, 11, 12 and 17 do not exist.

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


No. 663 Squadron () was an air observation post (AOP) unit, manned with Polish Army personnel, which was officially formed in Italy on 14 August 1944. Numbers 651 to 663 Squadrons were air observation post units working closely with Army units in artillery spotting and liaison. A further three of these squadrons, 664–666, were manned with Canadian personnel. Their duties and squadron numbers were transferred to the Army with the formation of the Army Air Corps on 1 September 1957.

History

Formation and wartime history

Volunteer Polish Army officers had been sent by ship to South Africa in June 1944 for initial training as pilots and then for operational training in the very low-level AOP role. The squadron was officially formed at San Basilio in Italy on 14 August 1944 as 663 Polski Szwadron Powietrznych Punktów Obserwacyjnych. The fifteen successful officers reached Italy on 28 October. All squadron personnel were drawn from Polish artillery units. The squadron's primary role was to observe enemy ground targets and to help direct artillery fire on them. After further advanced training, the squadron was declared operational on 30 January 1945. The squadron's HQ was at Villa Carpena, with three flights, two of which were detached elsewhere as needed to support No. 2 Polish Corps artillery units on the progressing "front line". Auster AOP IV and V "spotter" aircraft were flown in the unit's close support operations. After meritorious service with some pilots being killed, the unit left for the UK on 10 October 1946 and was formally disbanded on 29 October 1946.

Post-war service
No. 663 Squadron was reformed on 1 July 1949 as an AOP unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force equipped with Auster AOP.5s and Auster AOP.6s. Tiger Moth and DHC-1 Chipmunk aircraft were used for training and proficiency flights. The squadron headquarters was at RAF Hooton Park, Wirral, Cheshire with dispersed flights at RAF Ringway, RAF Llandow, South Wales, and Wolverhampton (Pendeford) – the latter flight moving on to Castle Bromwich Aerodrome near Birmingham.
For the next eight years, No. 663 flew very low-level 'spotting' sorties in co-operation with Territorial Army artillery units, often based for the weekend in a friendly farmers field – for example near Tarporley, Cheshire.

No. 1952 Air Observation Post Flight was formed within 663 Squadron along with No. 1953 Air Observation Post Flight, No. 1954 Air Observation Post Flight and No. 1955 Air Observation Post Flight.

The squadron disbanded on 10 March 1957, at the same time as all other Royal Auxiliary Air Force flying units.

Army Air Corps history and operations
The unit was reformed as an army air unit called 663 Aviation Squadron in October 1969 at Netheravon, Wiltshire. Its allocated mission was to support army formations in the Salisbury Plain area. The unit's initial equipment was the Bell Sioux AH.1 helicopter, with these being later replaced by the Westland Scout AH.1 turbine helicopter. On 1 January 1973 the unit was renamed No. 663 Squadron Army Air Corps. The Squadron again disbanded in July 1977.

Following a restructuring of Army Air Squadrons, 660 Squadron was redesignated as 663 Squadron, part of 3 Regiment Army Air Corps.  From 1993 it has been based at the ex-RAF Wattisham Airfield near Stowmarket, Suffolk. In recent years it has replaced its Westland Gazelles with Westland-assembled Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.

Aircraft operated

See also
 No. 663 Squadron Army Air Corps: 3 Regiment – 663 Squadron Army Air Corps

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links
 Squadron Histories and more for Nos. 651–670 Squadron on RAFweb
 History of 663 Squadron
 Personnel of the Polish Air Force in Great Britain 1940-1947

Military units and formations established in 1944
663 Squadron
663
Aircraft squadrons of the Royal Air Force in World War II
Military units and formations disestablished in 1946
Military units and formations established in 1949


District 5 () is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. The Chinese community accounts for a significant population in this district. There are several hospitals, high schools and universities in this district.

As of 2010 the district had a population of 174,154 people. The district covers an area of 4.27 km².

There are 15 wards in District 5, from Ward 1 to Ward 15.

Famous places
Cholon, the Chinatown of Ho Chi Minh City
 Windsor Plaza Hotel (5 stars), the current tallest building in District 5
 Hải Thượng Lãn Ông historic quarter (selling Chinese and Vietnamese herbs)
 Đại Thế Giới Water Park
 District 5 Cultural Centre
 Kim Biên market (selling chemical substances)
 An Đông market

Idioms
Eat in District Five, Live in District Three and See in District One.

High Schools and Universities
 Hùng Vương High School
 Lê Hồng Phong High School for the Gifted
 High School for the Gifted
 Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University
 Ho Chi Minh City University of Science
 Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University
 Ho Chi Minh City Sports Pedagogical University
 Saigon University

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


Jans Bay is a northern hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Jans Bay had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

See also

 List of communities in Northern Saskatchewan
 List of communities in Saskatchewan

References

Division No. 18, Saskatchewan
Northern hamlets in Saskatchewan


District 6 () is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 253,474 and an area of 7 km². It is divided into 14 small subsets which are called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 14.

Geographical location
District 6 borders District 11 and Tân Phú District to the north, District 5 to the east, District 8 to the south, and Bình Tân District to the west.

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


District 7 () is an  urban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 274,828 and an area of 36 km².

District 7 is connected to the city of Thủ Đức by the Phú Mỹ Bridge, which opened in September 2009. The Phú Mỹ Hưng New City is located in the district.

Administration
District 7 consists of 10 wards (phường):

Education

Primary Schools

Secondary schools

Universities
 RMIT University Vietnam has a campus in Tân Phong. RMIT is a university from Melbourne, Australia, operating several campuses in Vietnam with approximately 7000 students and 650 staffs.
 Tôn Đức Thắng University is located in Tân Phong.

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


District 8 () is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.

As of 2010, the district had a population of 418,961 and an area of . It is divided into 16 small subsets called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 16.

Geographical location
District 8 borders District 5 and District 6 to the north, District 4 and District 7 to the east, Bình Chánh District to the south, and Bình Tân District to the west.

District 8 coordinate: 10.7241° N, 106.6286° E

The district has an area of 19.11 km², the population in 2019 was 424,667 people, the population density reached 22,222 people/km².

District 8 has an elongated shape in the Northeast-Southwest direction and is strongly divided by an intricate system of canals.

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


District 9 () is a former urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2010, the district had a population of 263,486, and an area of 114 km².

District 9 was merged with District 2 and Thủ Đức district to become Thu Duc City on December 9, 2020, by Standing Committee of the National Assembly's approval.

Geographical location

District 9 borders Đồng Nai province to the east, Bình Dương province to the west, District 2 to the south, and Thủ Đức district to the west.

Administration
District 9 consists of 13 wards (phường):
 Phước Long A
 Phước Long B
 Tăng Nhơn Phú A
 Tăng Nhơn Phú B
 Long Trường
 Trường Thạnh
 Phước Bình
 Tân Phú
 Hiệp Phú
 Long Thạnh Mỹ
 Long Bình
 Long Phước
 Phú Hữu

Education

Lycée Français International Marguerite Duras, the French international school, is in Long Bình.

References

Former districts of Vietnam


Acambay is a town and municipio (municipality) located in northern State of Mexico. The township of Acambay is the municipal seat of the municipio of the same name.

History

The origins of Acambay date back to the settlement of the area by the Otomis who founded a ceremonial center called Huamango, which was occupied from 850 to 1350. It was the most important cultural center before the rise of the Tula civilization. The area is now known as the San Miguel plateau. While the cause of the center's abandonment is not absolutely known, some legends indicate that it was destroyed by an earthquake, forcing the population to move.  The nearby town of Benguitú, which was subsequently named Cabayé or Acambay was founded by the same tribe of Otomis soon after the abandonment of Huamango.

After the Spanish conquest, the area now known as Acambay was originally entrusted to Capt. Juan Jaramillo de Salvatierra, who belonged to Hernán Cortés's army.  Later the area was granted to Don Mateo de San Juan Chimalpopoca Izcóatl of San Miguel Cambay and descendant of Cuauhtémoc. "Acambay" is derived from "San Miguel Cambay". The area was then evangelized by the Franciscans, building the parish church, and the monastery of San Miguel in 1623. The location of the Parroquia de San Miguel (Parish of Saint Michael) has been a church for the town since the 17th century; however, nothing of the original structure remains.  In 1912, an earthquake devastated the town, and it, like everything else was completely rebuilt.
The fault system that triggered is known as the Acambay-Tixmadejé Fault System.

Aside from the town church, the Otomi Ceremonial Center is without a doubt the most important venue in Acambay; it is influenced by Mexica and Toltec prehispanic cultures. It is located in the "Casa de Cultura Dr. Maximiliano Ruiz Castañeda"

The municipality
As municipal seat, the town of Acambay has governmental jurisdiction over the following communities:

Agostadero (San José Agostadero), Agua Limpia, Barrancas, Barrio de Candeje, Boshi Chiquito, Boshi Grande, Boshindo, Boti (Boti Agostadero), Botidi, Bovini, Buenavista, Cañada del Gallo, Cerrito de Tixmadeje, Chanteje, Conejeras, Dateje, Deshpe, Detiña (San Antonio Detiña), Detiña Ejido, Dongu (Dongu Centro), Dongu Barrio Dos, Dongu Barrio Uno, Dongu Puerto, Doxteje Barrio Dos, Doxteje Barrio Primero, Doxteje Centro, Ejido Tixmadeje, El Capulín (Barrio el Capulín la Loma), El Ermitaño, El Fresadero, El Medrano, El Pedregal Tixmadeje, Endeje, Esdoca, Gando, Ganzda, Hacienda Toto, Hondiga, Juando, La Caridad, La Cumbre, La Estancia Sector Dos, La Estancia Sector Uno (La Estancia), La Florida, La Huerta, La Laguna, La Loma (Santa María la Loma), La Manga, La Nopalera, La Palma, La Providencia Doxteje, La Soledad, La Teresa (Santa Teresa), La Terquedad, La Venta (Barrio la Venta), Las Arenas (San Agustín), Las Chivas (El Cerro), Las Golondrinas, Las Mangas, Las Pomas Ejido de Dateje, Las Trojes, Loma de Emmedio, Loma de San Ángel, Loma del Fresno, Loma Linda, Los Charcos, Los Pilares, Los Sauces, Los Toriles, Mado Sector Dos, Mado Sector Uno, Muyteje, Pathé, Pueblo Nuevo, Puentecillas, Rancho Castilla de las Águilas, Rancho la Venta, Rancho Lucero, Rincón de Juando, San Agustín la Loma, San Antonio las Palmas, San Francisco Shaxni, San Francisco Shaxni Ejido, San Ildefonso (San Ildefonso Yolotepec), San José Bocto, San Juanico Sector Dos, San Juanico Sector Uno, San Nicolás Acambay, San Pedro de los Metates, Santa María las Arenas, Santa María las Arenas Dos, Tixmadeje Barrio Dos, Tixmadeje Chiquito, Tixmadeje Grande (Santa María Tixmadeje). The total population of the municipality is 56,849.

It borders the state of Querétaro and Aculco to the north, to the east with Aculco and Timilpan, to the south with Timilpan, Atlacomulco and Temascalcingo, and to the west with Temascalcingo and the state of Querétaro. The municipality covers an area of , representing 2.21% of the state's territory.

The area is quite irregular, with hills, and steep mountainous formations, deep gullies and valleys. The mountains and plateaus occupy nearly two thirds of the total area of the municipality. Some of the most significant mountains include Las Palomas, El Colmilludo, San Antonio, Dongú, La Cumbre, and La Manga. The major river is called Las Adjuntas.

Farming is the most important activity in the municipality. The main crops are corn, potatoes, oats, beans, and vegetables. Almost every community raises domestic farm animals like cattle, horses, goats and pigs. Retail business is another economic activity including corner stores, open air markets, pharmacies, clothing stores, shoe stores, furniture shops, retail stores, fruit and vegetables stands.

There are 8,100 speakers of Otomi and Náhuatl, most of whom are located in ethnic communities outside the municipal seat, representing only 30% of the total population. The rest are monolingual Spanish speakers.

The municipality provides education to a total of 16,724 students at different levels of education imparted by 808 teachers in 222 schools.

The literacy rate has increased in recent years with 78% of the total population over 15 years able to read.  It is predicted that this percentage will increase to 90%.

Of the total population residing in the town, 2.04% receive medical services by the IMSS, 27.73% from ISSSTE and 3.92% by ISSEMYM.  The remaining 66.32% receive care from the private and public health as ISEM and DIFEM.

These are some of the regional holidays and celebrations:

 San Sebastián Celebration held on January 20 featuring folk dances and the world-famous dance of the “Moros & Christians”.
 A Spring Celebration held on the second Friday of Lent. It is a carnival celebrated with allegorical cars, music and dances.
 Corpus Christi Day celebrated on the first Thursday of June, gathering all the images from nearby communities, and the "Macheteros" and "Tixmadejé" dances are performed.
 The “Our Holy Father Jesus Party”, takes place on the first Sunday in August, and the main attraction is a firework display.
 The Feast of St. Michael is held on September 29. For this celebration certain religious  displays are made of Moors, Christians and Sheppards.  Dance parties are very common on this date along with the fireworks and live music.

References

Populated places in the State of Mexico
Municipalities of the State of Mexico
Otomi settlements


District 10 () is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.

As of 2017, the district had a population of 239,053 and an area of 5.7181 km², occupying 0.24% of the city's total land area. It is divided into 15 small subsets which are called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 15.

Geographical location

District 10 borders Tân Bình District to the north, District 5 to the south, District 3 to the east, and District 11 to the west.

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


District 11 () is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam.
As of 2010, the district had a population of 232,536 and an area of 5 km². It is divided into 16 small subsets which are called wards (phường), numbered from Ward 1 to Ward 16.

Geographical location
District 11 borders Tân Bình District to the north, District 5 to the south, District 6 and Tân Phú District to the west, and District 10 to the east.

Cultural spots
Đầm Sen Park
Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


We're In the Music Biz is the third album by Robots in Disguise. On the cover of the album the band members, Dee Plume and Sue Denim, are naked. The clothes they appear to be wearing is body paint.

Track listing

References

We're In the Music Biz
Robots in Disguise albums


District 12 may also refer to a fictional location in The Hunger Games universe, or to other 12th legislative districts.

District 12 () is an urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest and most populous city in Vietnam.

As of 2010, the district had a population of 427,083. The district covers an area of 53.0 km². The district is divided into 11 small subsets which are called wards.

District 12 borders Bình Dương Province and the city of Thủ Đức to the east, Hóc Môn District to the west and north, the districts of Bình Thạnh, Gò Vấp, Tân Bình and Tân Phú to the south.

Administration
The district consists of 10 wards:
An Phú Đông
Đông Hưng Thuận
Hiệp Thành
Tân Chánh Hiệp
Tân Thới Hiệp
Tân Thới Nhất
Thạnh Lộc
Thạnh Xuân
Thới An
Trung Mỹ Tây

Quang Trung Software City
The goal of the city is to offer a living and workplace to people who are particularly interested in software development as an economic incentive system to spur the growth of the software industry in Vietnam.  It is sponsored by the Japan External Trade Organization and United States Agency for International Development.

The Vietnamese government has arranged for high speed internet to be wired to the area. The city opened in 2001 and housed 20,000 people in 2010.

Legal Incentives
In order to facilitate use of this resource a number of laws have been set up.

Taxes
Companies are tax-exempt for their first four years after making a profit, and then only charged 50% of their normal taxes for the next nine years after their exemption. Overall taxes for the area are 10% for the first 15 years of the city, and 25% after that.  Imported materials used for software production are import-tax free so long as they can not yet be used domestically.  Exported software products are export-tax exempt.  A Value Added Tax is also waived for exported software and domestically consumed software.

Foreign Workers
Special privileges are available to foreigners who are involved in a city project, particularly in getting visas and in buying or renting houses.

Cloud Service Provider
Another part of the government incentives includes a cloud computing platform for use by local companies.

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


"Elevator" is Flo Rida's overall second single (after "Low", which was from the soundtrack of the 2008 movie Step Up 2: The Streets), and the first single from Flo Rida's debut album Mail on Sunday. It was produced by Timbaland, who also features on the track. The piano intro features a melody based on the Halloween theme by John Carpenter and the second verse imitates the chorus of "The Donque Song" by will.i.am featuring Snoop Dogg. The song features Timbaland's signature percussion and vocals, as well as former Beatclub recording artist Kiley Dean on the background vocals. The song is similar in structure, key, and rhythm to the Timbaland-produced "4 Minutes" by Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. The song was featured in the plot for the episode "Desperately Seeking Serena" of teen drama Gossip Girl.

Music video
The music video was directed by Gil Green and it premiered on February 17, 2008, featuring cameo appearances by DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Brisco, Gunplay of Triple C's, Dre, Lil Boosie, Christina Milian and DJ Kronik..

Release history

Track listing
Maxi Single
 "Elevator [feat. Timbaland]" (Album Version) - 3:51
 "Low [feat. T-Pain]" (Travis Barker Remix) - 4:15
 "Gotta Eat" (Non-Album Track) - 3:53
 "Jealous" (Ray Seay Mix) (Explicit) - 4:06
 "Elevator [feat. Timbaland]" Video

Chart performance
In the U.S., "Elevator" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #100. Soon after, it was released to iTunes, and managed to reach #4 on iTunes. Due to the fact, "Elevator" soared 72 spots the next week to #28 and then later peaked at #16. In New Zealand, the single peaked at #10 in its seventh chart week, making Flo Rida's second single in the RIANZ top 10. The track debuted on the Hot Digital Songs chart at #10 with 64,000 downloads. It has had moderate success on the Irish Singles Chart, peaking at 11 so far.

In Canada the song debuted made a "Hot Shot Debut" at number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100 on the issue of March 1, and then rose to number 10 the next week all based digital sales. In the UK, the song has been hanging around the Top 100 Singles for a couple of months and as of June 29, 2008, the song has peaked at number 20, which is very respectable because of the huge success of "Low".

In Australia, it peaked at 13 and has been certified Gold.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2008 singles
Flo Rida songs
Song recordings produced by Timbaland
Timbaland songs
Songs written by Timbaland
Music videos directed by Gil Green
Songs written by Flo Rida
2007 songs


Lewis Call is an American academic and central post-anarchist thinker. He is best known for his 2002 book Postmodern Anarchism, which develops an account of postmodern anarchism through philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche and cyberpunk writers such as  William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. Call has written extensively on the intersection of post-anarchism and science fiction, covering philosophers and authors such as Gilles Deleuze, Jean Baudrillard, Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delany and Ursula K. Le Guin.

Life and work

Call graduated with a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego followed by an M.A. and Ph.D. in Modern European History from the University of California, Irvine, finishing his studies in 1996.  His doctoral dissertation was titled, Nietzsche as Critic and Captive of Enlightenment. He is an associate professor in the History Department of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, where he teaches intellectual history, political economy and the history of network technology. Call also holds the position of Associate Editor of Anarchist Studies, an international journal of anarchist theory. He received the Distinguished Lecturer Award from the California Faculty Association (California Polytechnic chapter) in 2005, and his paper "’Sounds Like Kinky Business to Me’: Subtextual and Textual Representations of Erotic Power in the Buffyverse" won Slayage journal's 2008 Mr. Pointy Award for Buffy studies Scholarship. Call is a dedicated practitioner of tai chi.

Thought

Call is credited along with Saul Newman and Todd May  with developing postanarchism from its roots in French postmodern and classical anarchist thought. Call has attempted to develop post-anarchist theory through the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, rejecting the Cartesian concept of the "subject". From here a radical form of anarchism is made possible; the anarchism of becoming. This anarchism does not have an eventual goal, nor flow into "being", it is not a final state of development, nor a static form of society, but rather becomes permanent, as a means without end. Call critiques liberal notions of language, consciousness, and rationality from an anarchist perspective, arguing that they are inherent in economic and political power within the capitalist state organization.

Call's other research interests include intellectual history, science fiction studies, and the history of erotic power.

References

Selected bibliography

External links
Faculty profile at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo

Living people
American anarchists
Postanarchists
Year of birth missing (living people)


Nhà Bè is a suburban district of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. As of 2010, this district had an area of 100 km² and population of 103,793.

Geographical location
Nhà Bè borders District 7 to the north, Long An province to the south, Đồng Nai province to the northeast, Cần Giờ district to the southeast, and Bình Chánh district to the west.

Administration
Nhà Bè district includes the town of Nhà Bè and six communes:

References

Districts of Ho Chi Minh City


Max Landstein (born 20 April 1933) is a Scottish-American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the comic foil in multiple episodes of The Monkees, most notably as "Mr. Zero" in "The Devil and Peter Tork". He began his career in Britain before moving to the United States in 1963. He also had a career in Paris in the mid-1950s as emcee in cabarets and jazz clubs (Crazy Horse, Club Saint-Germain, etc.) -he played his own role later in Charade (1963)- and choreographer for the French vocal group The Blue Stars of France.

Partial filmography

The Mouse That Roared (1959) - Cobbley
School for Scoundrels (1960) - Fleetsnod
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) - Octavius
On the Fiddle (1961) - Conductor
Play It Cool (1962) - Horace - the Beatnik Man
Village of Daughters (1962) - Faccino
Live Now, Pay Later (1962) - Arnold
On the Beat (1962) - Mr. Bassett
What a Crazy World (1963) - Solly Gold
Charade (1963) - Master of Ceremonies at Les Black Sheep Club (uncredited)
Double Trouble (1967) - Georgie
Batman (1967, TV Series) - Basil
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967, Pilot only) - Self
The Monkees (1967–1968, TV Series) - Oraculo / Mr. Zero / Pshaw / Shah-Ku
The Monkees (1967) – King in S2:E3, "Everywhere a Sheik, Sheik"
The Monkees (1967) – Zeckenbush in S2:E4, "Monkee Mayor"
The Monkees (1967) – Duce in S2:E5, "Art, for Monkees' Sake"
Targets (1968) - Marshall Smith
Myra Breckinridge (1970) - Vince
Hawaii Five-O (1971, TV Series) - Tony Madrid
Young Frankenstein (1974) - Gravedigger #1
Linda Lovelace for President (1975) - B.S.
The Feather and Father Gang (1976–1977, TV Series) - Michael
Yellowbeard (1983) - Prison Guard
Body Double (1984) - Sid Goldberg
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) - Mario
Real Genius (1985) - Dr. Dodd
Sledge Hammer! (1987–1988, TV Series) - Hotel Manager / Scotland Yard Inspector McCall
The Underachievers (1987) - Carruthers
The Golden Girls (1987, TV Series) - Victor
Heart Condition (1990) - Beverly Palm Hotel Waiter

References

External links

1933 births
Living people
Male actors from Glasgow
Scottish male film actors
Scottish male television actors
20th-century Scottish male actors
Scottish emigrants to the United States
American male film actors
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors


The Kid Who Only Hit Homers (1972) is a children's novel about baseball written by Matt Christopher.

It was the first in a series of four novels featuring a young man (Sylvester Coddmeyer III) who is trained to play baseball by supernatural visitations from former Major League players.

Plot
Sylvester Coddmeyer III is having trouble hitting on his little league baseball team and, as a result, is thinking about quitting baseball.
Sylvester loved baseball, but he wasn't what you'd call a good hitter. He had decided against joining the team when he met George Baruth. He promised Sylvester he would help him become one of the best players ever. Before long he was hitting homers. When his friend "Snooky" tries to convince him this mysterious man was just a figment of his imagination, Sylvester tries to prove to him the truth.

Sequels

Return of the Home Run Kid (1992):  Sylvester is no longer in the lineup, and is met by "Cheeko".  Sylvester ends his slump but has a bad feeling about "Cheeko", who turns out to be a cheat (as "Cheeko" was in real life, being banned from the sport).
Comeback of the Home Run Kid (2006):  Sylvester begins summer baseball but then sprains his right ankle in a freak accident.  He is then met by a mysterious man wearing a New York Yankees hat who offers assistance.  However, Sylvester (after his bad experience with "Cheeko" in the prior novel) is not certain he can trust the man.  (The plotline closely follows the mysterious man's own freak injury in the 1951 World Series.)
 The Home Run Kid Races On (2010):  For the first three seasons, Sylvester has been taught by people who resemble baseball legends.  Duane insists the men are impersonators, while Snooky believes the visits are supernatural.  In this novel, Sylvester is taught by "Mr. Teacey" while Snooky attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery.

References
Joe Posnanski wrote an article about this book and meeting the author: Matt Christopher

https://medium.com/joeblogs/the-kid-who-only-hit-homers-6f9661876035

1972 American novels
 American children's novels
Baseball novels
1972 children's books
Children's books about baseball


Tattnall Square Academy (TSA) is a private Christian school located in Macon, Georgia, United States. It was chartered by Tattnall Square Baptist Church in 1969 and has been described at the time of its founding as a segregation academy.

Tattnall is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Southern Association of Independent Schools.

History

The school was founded on February 5, 1969 by Tattnall Square Baptist Church.

Tattnall Square Academy was originally located on the corner of Coleman Avenue and Adams Street, in Macon, Georgia, across from Tattnall Square Park, in the Educational Building of Tattnall Square Baptist Church.  It was relocated to its present location off Wesleyan Drive, near the Original end of Lakecrest Drive, on Trojan Trail, in 1972. Originally, at the current location, the campus consisted only of the main building, Trojan Hall (then a gymnasium, currently an auditorium), the baseball, and football fields. In 1988, the school opened its football and track complex, which hosted eleven of the school's state football titles. Since then, a new elementary building, high school building, and athletic complex have been added to the campus. In 2004, the school's original gymnasium was converted to the aptly named "Trojan Hall", a 512-seat auditorium. Also added was a new athletic complex which included a new basketball court, football and basketball locker rooms, and a sports medicine facility. Although once described as a segregation academy, Tattnall maintains a non-discriminatory policy.

Athletics

Tattnall currently competes in the Single-A subdivision of the Georgia High School Association. During the 2014-2015 school year, the school followed numerous other private schools in leaving the Georgia Independent School Association to compete in the Georgia High School Association. Tattnall has won over 40 state and 115 region championships to date, and most recently, Tattnall has won region titles in football (2016), baseball (2014–19), and fast-pitch softball (2017 and 2018), and state championships in baseball (2016, 2018, 2019). Currently, 75% of students compete on an athletic team.

Tattnall Square Academy's baseball team is a consistent contender for the GHSA Single-A state title and maintains top 10 state top 100 national rankings.

Academics

Tattnall Square Academy offers 18 dual enrollment and AP courses through Middle Georgia State University and Central Georgia Technical College. Also offered are 15 honors courses. The school has 14 extra-curricular clubs, including FCA and the Ecology Action Club. For two years each graduating class has achieved 90% HOPE Scholarship retention. The Tattnall Square Academy Math team has built a championship standard amassing, on average, 19 first place trophies annually, winning the GHSA Single-A Private State Championship.

Notable alumni

Deandre Smelter, professional football player, San Francisco 49ers
Durant Brooks, professional football player

Accreditation and membership
 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
 Southern Association of Independent Schools
 Georgia Accrediting Commission
Georgia High School Association
Georgia Independent School Association

External links

References

Segregation academies in Georgia
Baptist schools in the United States
Christian schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Private high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Private middle schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Private elementary schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Schools in Macon, Georgia


Enemy Swim Lake is a lake in the glacial lake region of northeastern South Dakota located on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in Day County, United States. Its coordinates are  and the elevation is .

Enemy Swim Lake's name is an accurate preservation of its native Sioux name, recalling an incident when Native Americans had to swim across the lake to escape their enemy.

See also
 List of lakes in South Dakota

Notes

Sources
Fishing Works
Business Directory
South Dakota Glacial Lakes

Lakes of Day County, South Dakota
Lakes of South Dakota


Obljaj is a village in the municipality of Bosansko Grahovo, Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Gavrilo Princip (who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria), was born here in 1894 and lived here when he was young.

Demographics

According to the 2013 census, its population was 108.

Footnotes

Bibliography

Populated places in Bosansko Grahovo
Villages in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina


Đông Anh is a rural district (huyện) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. Nguyễn Phú Trọng, current General Secretary of Vietnam since 2011, was born there on 14 April 1944. As of 2003, the district had a population of 277,795.

Geography
Đông Anh district is bordered by Bắc Ninh province to the east, Gia Lâm district to the southeast, Mê Linh district to the west, the urban districts of Bắc Từ Liêm, Tây Hồ and Long Biên to the south, Sóc Sơn district to the north.

The district covers an area of . The district capital lies at Đông Anh.

Đông Anh district is subdivided to 24 commune-level subdivisions, including the township of Đông Anh (district capital) and the rural communes of: Bắc Hồng, Cổ Loa, Đại Mạch, Đông Hội, Dục Tú, Hải Bối, Kim Chung, Kim Nỗ, Liên Hà, Mai Lâm, Nam Hồng, Nguyên Khê, Tàm Xá, Thụy Lâm, Tiên Dương, Uy Nỗ, Vân Hà, Vân Nội, Việt Hùng, Vĩnh Ngọc, Võng La, Xuân Canh, Xuân Nộn.

References

Districts of Hanoi


Sóc Sơn is a district (huyện) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. Nội Bài International Airport is located in this district.

Sóc Sơn district is bordered by the provinces of Bắc Giang and Bắc Ninh to the east, Vĩnh Phúc province to the west, Mê Linh district to the southwest, Đông Anh district to the south and Thái Nguyên province to the north.

The district is subdivided to 26 commune-level subdivisions, including the township of Sóc Sơn (district capital) and the rural communes of Bắc Phú, Bắc Sơn, Đông Xuân, Đức Hòa, Hiền Ninh, Hồng Kỳ, Kim Lũ, Mai Đình, Minh Phú, Minh Trí, Nam Sơn, Phú Cường, Phù Linh, Phù Lỗ, Phú Minh, Quang Tiến, Tân Dân, Tân Hưng, Tân Minh, Thanh Xuân, Tiên Dược, Trung Giã, Việt Long, Xuân Giang, Xuân Thu.

Landmarks
The district is home to the Sóc Sơn temple, a temple notably celebrated as a stopping point in the Gióng Festival.

References

Districts of Hanoi


Thanh Trì is a district (huyện) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.

Thanh Trì is located on the southeastern side of Hanoi, on the western bank of the Red River. It is adjacent to Thanh Xuân district in the northwest, Hoàng Mai district in the north, Hà Đông in the west, Gia Lâm district in the east (across the Red River), and Thanh Oai district and Thường Tín district in the south.

Thanh Trì's terrain is mostly low-lying, gradually descending towards the southeast in the direction of flow of the Red River. The Tô Lịch River flows into the Red River within the district, and the many ponds, lakes and swamps nearby no doubt influenced the district's name; "Thanh Trì" means "blue/green pond", and the district's historical name, Thanh Đầm, means "blue/green lagoon".

Thanh Trì district is composed of one town (Văn Điển) and 15 communes: Thanh Liệt, Đông Mỹ, Yên Mỹ, Duyên Hà, Tam Hiệp, Tứ Hiệp, Ngũ Hiệp, Ngọc Hồi, Vĩnh Quỳnh, Tả Thanh Oai, Đại Áng, Vạn Phúc, Liên Ninh, Hữu Hòa and Tân Triều.

On April 8, 2008, an Antonov An-26 aircraft on a training mission crashed into a field in Thanh Trì, killing five Vietnamese military pilots. It had taken off from Gia Lâm Airport, and crashed on its way back. The cause of the accident was unknown. A Vietnamese military official who declined to be named said the plane belonged to Vietnam's 918 Air Transport Regiment.

Thanh Trì is famous for its variety of the rolled rice noodle dish bánh cuốn, called bánh cuốn Thanh Trì.

References

Districts of Hanoi


Từ Liêm was a rural district (huyện) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. On 27 December 2013, it was divided into two new urban districts (quận), Bắc Từ Liêm and Nam Từ Liêm.

Education
The Japanese School of Hanoi is in Nam Từ Liêm.

References

Former districts of Vietnam


Jansen (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Prairie Rose No. 309 and Census Division No. 10. The village is located along Highway 16 150 km east of the City of Saskatoon. Jansen is home to Zion Lutheran Church. It has a Community Hall and Summer Recreation Complex as well as a five-pin bowling alley. The C.M Buckaway Library is Jansen's public library.

Jansen has a thriving Kinsmen and Kinette club. They host bi-annual community suppers called steak frys and celebrate Canada Day with a large event.

History
Jansen incorporated as a village on October 19, 1908. Jansen was named for Nebraska rancher John Jansen.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Jansen had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Jansen recorded a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a  change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2016.

Education

Children are bused to nearby Lanigan for primary and secondary school.

Notable people

Byron Briske, hockey player
Brian Propp, hockey player
Ken Schinkel, hockey player

See also

 List of communities in Saskatchewan
 Villages of Saskatchewan

References

External links

Villages in Saskatchewan
Wolverine No. 340, Saskatchewan
Division No. 10, Saskatchewan


Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía (; ; anglicised as "Queen Sofía Palace of the Arts") is an opera house, performing arts centre, and urban landmark designed by Santiago Calatrava to anchor the northwest end of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain. It opened on 8 October 2005; its first opera staging was of Beethoven's Fidelio on 25 October 2006. Tenor and conductor Plácido Domingo has maintained a special relationship with the Palau since its founding and has established a young singers training program there.

The building

Queen Sofía Palace of the Arts is the last major structure built of a grand City of Arts and Sciences concept designed by the Valencia-born and internationally known architect Santiago Calatrava, which began in 1995. The building was constructed by a joint venture of Dragados and Necso.  It was opened officially on 8 October 2005 by Queen Sofía of Spain.

The building rises 14 stories above ground and includes three stories below ground. Its height is , being the tallest opera house in the world. Under the metallic,  expansive curved-roof structure,  in length, the  building contains four auditoriums:
The Sala Principal (Main Hall) seats 1,470 people and functions primarily for opera, but it may be converted for dance and other performing arts. The hall has four tiers of seating, one of the largest stages in the world equipped with all major facilities, and the third largest orchestra pit in the world, being capable of housing 120 musicians.  The stage has room to build two complete opera settings which makes it possible to play two different operas in two days.
The building suffered a number of incidents after its opening, which hampered initial productions. The first of these was the collapse of the main stage platform while it was bearing the complete set of Jonathan Miller's production of Don Giovanni in December 2006. That forced the Palau to cancel the last performance of La Bohème and all of La Belle et la Bête, and meant that the management had to reschedule the remainder of the inaugural opera season. In November 2007, the entire cultural complex suffered a series of floods. The recently re-built stage platform was paralysed once again because almost  of water entered the lower floors of the building and wrecked the electronics and the motors of the complex stage equipment, forcing the management to re-schedule the season again, delaying the premiere of Carmen and canceling the opera 1984.
The Auditorium is located above the Main Hall. It seats 1,420 people and its facilities include sound and video systems capable of projecting displays of events taking place in venues below it. Officially given to the managing trust during the 2007–2008 season, it is a spectacular venue with multiple uses, from multi-genre concerts to political rallies.
Aula Magistral is capable of seating 400 people and is used for chamber music performances and conferences.
Martí i Soler Theatre was constructed below the base of the Palau's plume  and seats 400 people. It is used for theatre productions and as a training centre for the main auditoriums. This hall suffered vast damage during the 2007 flooding and its opening was delayed. No equipment had been installed before the flooding, however, so the estimated cost for reconstruction was much lower than it would have been shortly thereafter.

The company

From its inception in 2005 until early 2015, administration of the company was under the General Directorship of Helga Schmidt, formerly of London's Royal Opera House from 1973 to 1981. Schmidt attracted some major artists to be involved with the Palau. Among them is Zubin Mehta, who leads an annual music and opera festival, the Festival del Mediterráneo, which began in 2007; the late Lorin Maazel, who became music director of the company before his death; and Plácido Domingo, who brought his Operalia competition to the Palau in October 2007, and performs there regularly (Cyrano de Bergerac in 2007, Iphigénie en Tauride in 2008, Die Walküre in 2009, etc.). He has appeared with the company every season since its creation.

The resident orchestra at the Queen Sofía Palace of the Arts is the Valencian Community Orchestra. The theatre's first season was dated, 2006–2007. During the first and second seasons the theatre staged seven or eight operas per season, as well as an operetta, a zarzuela, and vocal recitals. During the 2008–2009 season theatre staged seven operas and one zarzuela, in performances that mainly conducted by Lorin Maazel. Soloists included Plácido Domingo, Christopher Ventris, Vittorio Grigolo, Maria Guleghina, and Cristina Gallardo-Domâs. The 2008-2009 Festival del Mediterrani included the complete Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle conducted by Zubin Mehta, again with Plácido Domingo.

The Queen Sofía company promotes symphonic concerts, opera galas, and vocal recitals.  The company also hosts the Centre de Perfeccionament Plácido Domingo, an advanced training program of international draw for young opera artists, named in honor of Plácido Domingo. The program is run under the famous tenor's aegis.

On 21 January 2015, Spanish police arrested the company's general director, Helga Schmidt, for alleged financial irregularities at the house. She was relieved of her duties with the company on the same day.  Davide Livermore has since assumed Schmidt role as general director. In March 2015, the company appointed Roberto Abbado and Fabio Biondi as joint music directors.

See also
Auditorio de Tenerife
Spanish architecture

References

External links

 Official website
  The Palau section from City of Arts and Science website
  City of Arts and Sciences website
 Queen Sofia palace of the art - Secret World Website

Opera houses in Spain
Music venues completed in 2005
Santiago Calatrava structures
Buildings and structures in Valencia
Concert halls in Spain
Tourist attractions in Valencia
2005 establishments in Spain


The Yellowknife Highway, officially Northwest Territories Highway 3 and also known as the Great Slave Highway, is a highway connecting Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to the Mackenzie Highway, from a junction  north of the Alberta border. First completed in 1960 as a gravel and dirt road, the highway is now paved and realigned after years of work concluded in 2006. Access to Yellowknife prior to the opening of the Yellowknife Highway was possible only by airplane, winter road, or boat across Great Slave Lake.

The highway also connects with Behchokǫ̀ (formerly Rae-Edzo) and Fort Providence. From Yellowknife, Highway 4 extends a further  north, also providing access to the seasonal winter roads used by commercial trucking for mine resupply.

Crossing the Mackenzie River (just south of Fort Providence) between 1960 and November 2012 required a ferry service (May–January) and ice bridge (December to March). Transportation was interrupted in the spring for approximately five weeks when the ice bridge became unsafe but ice conditions prevented safe ferry operations.  The ferry-vessel Johnny Berens served from 1961 to 1972, and the MV Merv Hardie served from 1972 to 2012.

The Deh Cho Bridge opened on November 30, 2012, and replaced the ferry/ice bridge. Trucks pay tolls on northbound crossings, with pre-registered trucks using an electronic device being charged automatically. Private passenger vehicles do not pay a toll. Estimated costs have more than tripled since 2003. In 2021, the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road opened as a branch from the Yellowknife Highway.

Major intersections

References

Northwest Territories territorial highways


Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi is a Tanzanian businesswoman and former beauty pageant who won Miss Tanzania in 2000.

She is also an award-winning furniture designer and chairman of Amorette Ltd a furniture design and manufacturing company. Jacqueline is also the founder and chairman of Dr Ntuyabaliwe Foundation a charity organization which provides libraries and books to local primary schools.

Career

Music career
She began her career as a musician in 1997 with a Tanzanian band the Tanzanites. She performed as one of the lead vocalists for three years. In 2004 she released her first solo album with a hit single Nalia kwa Furaha. Three years later she released another album called Crazy over You which was also the name of the first hit single for that album.

Miss Tanzania 2000
In 2000, she won the Miss Tanzania and represented the country in Miss World.

Interior Design, Amorrete Ltd, Molocaho Furniture
After almost ten years in the music industry she switched careers to interior design. In 2013 she registered her own interior design company, Amorrete Ltd.

In 2016  Jacqueline launched MOLOCAHO by Amorette, an award-winning furniture brand designed and manufactured by her company Amorette.

Personal life

Jacqueline was married to Reginald Mengi, a business man and media tycoon. They have twin sons together.

Awards and nominations

2018
Stevie International Awards-Entrepreneur of the Year- Manufacturing

References

External links

Furniture designers
Interior designers
Miss World 2000 delegates
Tanzanian beauty pageant winners
20th-century Tanzanian women singers
Living people
1978 births
21st-century Tanzanian women singers
 Swahili-language singers
 Tanzanian musicians


Frank Lee Wills, Jr. (October 26, 1958 – May 11, 2012) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals (1983–84), Seattle Mariners (1985), Cleveland Indians (1986–87), and Toronto Blue Jays (1988–91). Wills was an all conference pitcher for Tulane University where he also served as a punter for the Tulane Green Wave football team.

References

External links
 Player statistics at Baseball Reference.

1958 births
2012 deaths
De La Salle High School (New Orleans, Louisiana) alumni
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from New Orleans
Calgary Cannons players
Cleveland Indians players
Kansas City Royals players
Seattle Mariners players
Toronto Blue Jays players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Tulane Green Wave baseball players
Gulf Coast Royals players
Charleston Royals players
Jacksonville Suns players
Omaha Royals players
Maine Guides players
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Syracuse Chiefs players


Fred Henry Overton Jr. (November 9, 1938 – October 27, 2019) was a former head basketball coach at Murray State University and a nationwide motivational speaker. He was a former student of Charles Stanley's Luther Rice Seminary.

Basketball
Overton began his coaching career as an assistant at Austin Peay State University in 1963. In 1969, he moved cross country to coach at Pepperdine University.  In 1971, he returned to the Ohio Valley Conference to serve as assistant to Cal Luther at Murray State University. In 1974, he was elevated to the head coaching position. Overton served as head coach for four seasons at Murray State, with his best season in 1976-77, when his team posted a 17-10 overall record and finished tied for second in the OVC with a 9-5 record. After the season, he was named OVC Co-Coach of the Year. His overall record as Racers head coach was 44–59.

Religion
In 1980, Overton was saved under the preaching of Charles Stanley. During the 1980s, he was in full-time secular sales work, taught adult Sunday School at First Baptist Atlanta and attended Luther Rice Seminary by correspondence. In September 1991, Fred was called into full-time Christian work, teaching his seminar "Is the Bible Reliable?". Since then he developed additional five seminars. His teaching ministry was nationwide.

References

1938 births
2019 deaths
American men's basketball coaches
American motivational speakers
Austin Peay Governors men's basketball coaches
Basketball coaches from Kentucky
Murray State Racers men's basketball coaches
Pepperdine Waves men's basketball coaches
People from Christian County, Kentucky


The Canadian Newspapers Association (CNA) was a national trade association for newspaper publishers in Canada from 1996 to 2016. It represented the publishers of over 100 Canadian daily newspapers published in both English and French. The CNA administered the Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prizes for Young Canadian Journalists, first established in 1991.

The Canadian Newspapers Association and the Canadian Community Newspapers Association voted to merge in 2016 to form News Media Canada.

History

References

Newspapers published in Canada
Newspaper associations
Trade associations based in Canada
Lobbying organizations in Canada
2016 disestablishments in Canada
1996 establishments in Canada


Sandy Martin is an American actress, playwright, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles in the film Napoleon Dynamite and the TV series Big Love, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Ray Donovan.

Career

Martin started her acting career at 15 years old; she is a founding member of several successful theatrical companies in New York City and Los Angeles. She adapted the screenplays of several theatrical plays, and served as associate producer of several TNT productions including the 1993 film Gettysburg.

Martin's television roles include playing Mickey Donovan's sister-in-law Sandy Patrick in Ray Donovan, elderly nun Sister Laura Marie  on Saving Grace, a policewoman in 48 Hrs., Mrs. Meredith in Real Genius, a dying burn victim in Nip/Tuck, Janice in Barfly, and Mrs. Mac in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. She appeared in the films Defenseless, China Moon, Speed, Napoleon Dynamite, Hot Tamale, and Marley & Me. Martin portrayed Grandma Dynamite in Napoleon Dynamite and in the animated TV adaptation of the film. In Marley & Me, Martin played the woman who sold Marley as "Clearance Puppy". Martin portrayed the mother of Sam Rockwell's character, Officer Dixon, in 2017's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Martin's recent roles include portraying Verna The Secretary in Dumbo. According to Martin, she met Dumbo director Tim Burton back in the Beetlejuice days because her friend, Glenn Shadix, played Otho in the film. The two reconnected after Ben Davis, director of photography for both Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Dumbo, suggested Martin to Burton for the role of Verna. Martin also voiced Grandma Paguro in the Pixar film Luca.

In the HBO series Big Love, Martin's character, Selma Green, is the sibling of polygamous cult leader Roman Grant and first wife of Grant's rival polygamous cult leader, Hollis Green. The character of Green sparked much discussion on fan forums due to their masculine gender presentation and expression, and unusual relationship with their husband (who refers to Green as "Brother Selma").

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Sandy Martin Official Website

American film actresses
American television actresses
American voice actresses
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from New York City
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


Larry George Parr , a New Zealand film and television producer, writer, and director, has been involved in the New Zealand film industry since the 1970s.

Career
Parr was an associate producer on Sleeping Dogs (1977; Roger Donaldson, director), which provided Sam Neill his first major role in a feature film. New Zealand actors Ian Mune and Don Selwyn were also featured; Donna Akersten, Dorothy McKegg, and Davina Whitehouse also had roles. American actor Warren Oates had a small but memorable role, as well. The Director of Photography was Michael Seresin; Alun Bollinger was the gaffer. Stewart Main and Annie Collins were assistant editors; Geoff Murphy was the "Special FX Director." Dorthe Scheffmann and Pat Murphy were production assistants. While a few of these names would have been familiar within New Zealand theatre at the time, this film was a first opportunity to work on a feature-length narrative film for most of the people involved. Funding for the film came in part from The Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, as well as Broadbank Corporation, where Don Brash was General Manager. Contributions from these two organizations was also unusual, since feature filmmaking was not part of the QEII Arts Council brief, and the New Zealand Film Commission had yet to be established; however, tax breaks for private investment in film production were beginning to be appealing to New Zealand businesses and corporate entities.

Since then Parr has worked on many movies, including producing Came a Hot Friday, and writing and directing Fracture (2004).

He is married to Lynne Parr, and they are the parents of Once Were Warriors actor Julian Arahanga; Nathan Parr, who appeared in Fracture; and Quentin Parr, who was involved in the production of The Hobbit trilogy.

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Parr was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to film and television.

He is currently the Chief Executive/Kaihautū of Te Māngai Pāho, where Lynn Parr is Senior Content Advisor/Kaitohutohu Matua-Hōtaka for television.

References

External links

Living people
New Zealand film directors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit


Shoreham-Wading River High School is a public secondary school located in Shoreham, New York. The school serves about 800 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District.

Overview
The school colors are navy blue and gold, and the mascot is the wildcat. The North Shore Public Library is connected to the school building.

The Wildcat Pause, the school's official newspaper, has
won many awards over the years.

Among the school's second language courses is American Sign Language.  Several advanced placement courses are offered as well, including AP US History, AP Calculus AB and AP Computer Science A.

Notable alumni

D. B. Sweeney, actor
Keith Osik, Major League Baseball player
Jesse Jantzen, NCAA Wrestling Champion
Adam Conover, stand-up comedian
Carter Rubin, singer, winner of Season 19 of NBC's The Voice
Karen Sillas, actor
Eric Anthony Lopez, actorThe Phantom of The Opera on Broadway & Disney’s Chang Can Dunk Film

Athletics
The Shoreham-Wading River Boys' Cross Country team won the NYS Class B Championships in 2007.

Shoreham-Wading River lacrosse has established itself as a powerhouse program since the program was founded in the late 1990s. In 2006–2007, the boys' and girls' lacrosse teams won the NYS Class C Championship. They became only the second school to win both the boys' and girls' New York state championships in the same year; the other school was Garden City in 2001. The girls' and boys' teams would do this for a second time in the 2011–2012 season. The boys also won the State Championship in 2002 and 2019, while the girls would repeat in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

In 2014, the Wildcats captured the first Rutgers Cup in school history (an award given to the best public football team on Long Island) alongside their very first Long Island championship and finished the season with a perfect record of 12–0. In 2014, Thomas Cutinella, a member of Shoreham-Wading River High School's varsity football team, died of a head injury sustained during a routine play in a football game at John Glenn High School in Elwood. Shoreham-Wading River High School later dedicated its main athletic field Thomas Cutinella Memorial Field in his honor.

References

History. Shoreham-Wading River Central School District. Retrieved on 19 April 2008.
http://www.dyestat.com//?pg=us-2008-NXN-New-York-Region-TeamRankings

External links

Brookhaven, New York
Educational institutions established in 1975
Public high schools in New York (state)
Schools in Suffolk County, New York
1975 establishments in New York (state)


Otto Singer (July 26, 1833 – January 3, 1894) was a German musician also active in the USA.

Life
Singer was born in Sora, Saxony. He was educated in Dresden, and later in Leipzig until 1865, and after a short residence in Weimar with Franz Liszt went to New York in 1869.

In 1873 he went to Cincinnati as assistant musical director, under Theodore Thomas, of the first May Musical Festival, in that year. He composed the cantata The Pilgrim Fathers for the festival of 1876, and Festival Ode for the opening of the music-hall in 1878. He also wrote a Rhapsodie for Piano and Orchestra in C major (1881) dedicated to Hans von Bülow. He remained with the Cincinnati College of Music until 1892, when he returned to New York, where he died.

He was an earnest and aggressive disciple of Liszt and Richard Wagner both in his compositions and piano performances. He conducted various singing societies, and in addition to the cantata mentioned he composed some piano sonatas and a piano concerto.

Otto Singer Jr., his son (September 14, 1863 – January 8, 1931), composer and conductor, produced piano transcriptions of all nine of Beethoven's symphonies, at least 57 of Liszt's songs, all four of Brahms's symphonies, vocal-piano reductions (vocal parts plus solo piano) of 12 of Wagner's operas (as well as instrumental solo piano versions for some of them), as well as transcriptions of other works by Richard Strauss, Brahms, Beethoven, Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Mahler, among others.

He as the teacher of the American composer, Wilson G. Smith.

References

External links
For Otto Singer

For Otto Singer Jr.

1833 births
1894 deaths
People from Bautzen (district)
Musicians from the Kingdom of Saxony
German composers
German conductors (music)
German male conductors (music)
American male composers
American conductors (music)
American male conductors (music)
19th-century conductors (music)
19th-century American composers
19th-century German musicians


Michael Massey (born April 9, 1947), professionally known as Mike Massey, is an American professional pool player From 1989 to 1991 he served as a contributing editor of The Snap Magazine. Massey was born in Loudon, Tennessee, and for several years lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he owned a pool hall. He has the nickname of "Tennessee Tarzan", but he now lives in Midway, Utah.

Massey was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Billiard Congress of America on April 7, 2005. For 2007 he was ranked as #8 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's poll of the "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players".

World Trickshot Championship
In 1991, Massey took part in the inaugural World Trickshot Championship in the United Kingdom and despite not winning the event, demonstrated his skills in a special "duel" against the former World Snooker Champion Steve Davis before a live audience, hosted by TV personality Jeremy Beadle. Massey also demonstrated his ability to impart spin onto a ball with his hand, throwing s from the  end of the 12-foot-long snooker table, which would then curve around and travel behind the  to  (snooker term: ) a  placed in front of the  righthand pocket, without the cue ball touching a .
Massey used props and illusion as an integral part of his routine, such as two balls bonded together, magic props and card tricks. In the words of the 1991 World Trickshot Champion Terry Griffiths: "I feel quite embarrassed to have won actually; Mike Massey is miles ahead of the rest of us. I think it was maybe a touch of nerves that put him off tonight." Massey would go on to win the event in later years.

Massey was also notable for his ability to pick up twice as many pool balls using only one hand than anyone else, a skill he claimed had won him many bets. During the aforementioned Duel with Steve Davis, he managed to pick up 8 balls, with Davis managing to pick up 5. Massey stated that the smaller snooker balls (as compared to U.S. pool balls) made the task more difficult rather than easier. Massey was able to achieve his total of 8 balls by holding a ball between each finger, then picking up 3 more using his palm and thumb muscle.

Titles
2008 World Cup of Trick Shots
2006 Trick Shot Magic Championship
2005 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame
2005 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship
2005 World Snooker Trickshot Championship
2004 Trick Shot Magic Championship
2003 Trick Shot Magic Championship
2003 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship
2002 BCA North American Artistic Pool Championship
2002 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship
2001 Trick Shot Magic Championship
2000 BCA North American Artistic Pool Championship
2000 World Pool Masters Trick Shot Challenge
2000 WPA World Artistic Pool Championship
2000 Trick Shot Magic Championship
1997 World Snooker Trickshot Championship
1997 Senior Nine-ball Masters Championship
1996 Mosconi Cup
1996 Dutch National Eight-ball Championship
1993 World Snooker Trickshot Championship
1984 Sylacauga Open 9-Ball
1982 Classic Cup 9-Ball

Achievements
High runs of 9 racks of nine-ball in tournament play, and 13 racks in challenge match play
High run of 224 balls in straight pool
11,230 balls pocketed in marathon shooting (24 hours)
8,090 balls pocketed in marathon shooting with one arm
World record for most racks of nine-ball run in 24-hour period: 330 racks on live television in Austria

References

1947 births
Living people
American pool players
Trick shot artists
Place of birth missing (living people)
People from Loudon, Tennessee
Sportspeople from the Knoxville metropolitan area
Sportspeople from Chattanooga, Tennessee
People from Midway, Utah
Sportspeople from the Salt Lake City metropolitan area


Cầu Giấy (lit. Paper Bridge) is an urban district of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The district currently has eight wards, covering a total area of . It is bordered by Ba Đình district, Đống Đa district, Nam Từ Liêm district, Thanh Xuân district, Tây Hồ district, Bắc Từ Liêm district. As of 2019, there were 292,536 people residing in the district, the population density is 24,000 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The district is named after the historic bridge where the famous 19th-century Battle of Cầu Giấy (Paper Bridge) was fought.

Many new urban developments are located in Cầu Giấy. Among them, Trung Hoà - Nhân Chính is emerging as the new city's commercial center. It lies partly in the southern part of the district (Trung Hoà ward). The massive Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Hanoi and second tallest building in Vietnam, is also located in this area.

Administrative divisions
The district is divided into eight wards (phường):
Dịch Vọng
Dịch Vọng Hậu
Mai Dịch
Nghĩa Đô
Nghĩa Tân
Quan Hoa
Trung Hòa
Yên Hòa

Major streets
 Đường Cầu Giấy (Cầu Giấy Street) is  long, running from the intersection of Kim Mã Street and La Thành Street northwestward across the Tô Lịch River to an intersection with Nguyễn Phong Sắc Street. The street continues westward under the name Xuân Thủy Street and eventually becomes Route 32. Cầu Giấy Street is part of old Route 32. It used to be in Từ Liêm district and ran through farmland as part of the route to Sơn Tây. Now it is in Ngọc Khánh Ward of Ba Đình district and Quan Hoa Ward of Cầu Giấy District. In January 1998 it received its current name in honor of the former town of Cầu Giấy which also gave its name to the district.
 Đường Chùa Hà
 Đường Hoàng Đạo Thúy
 Đường Hoàng Minh Giám
 Đường Hoàng Quốc Việt
 Đường Hồ Tùng Mậu
 Đường Lê Đức Thọ
 Đường Nguyễn Khánh Toàn
 Đường Nguyễn Phong Sắc
 Đường Nguyễn Văn Huyên
 Đường Phạm Hùng
 Đường Phạm Văn Đồng
 Đường Trần Cung (Trần Cung Street) runs  from Phạm Văn Đồng Street southeastward past Hospital E to an intersection with Hoàng Quốc Việt Street.  At that point the road continues south with the new name of Nguyễn Phong Sắc Street. Trần Cung Street was formerly part of old Route 69 in undeveloped land in Từ Liêm district. In August 2005, it received the name Trần Cung Street in honor of Trần Cung (1899 - 1995), politician and judge.
 Đường Trần Đăng Ninh (Trần Đăng Ninh Street) is  long, running north from Cầu Giấy Street through Dịch Vọng village to a traffic circle at Nguyễn Khánh Toàn Street and then northwest to an intersection with Nguyễn Phong Sắc Street. It was formerly in Dịch Vọng village of Từ Liêm district, but is now in Dịch Vọng Ward of Cầu Giấy District. In July 1999 it was named after Trần Đăng Ninh (1910 - 1955), soldier and politician.
 Đường Trần Duy Hưng (Trần Duy Hưng Street) is  long, running from the bridge over the Tô Lịch River where the road continues north as Nguyễn Chí Thanh Street southwestward to an intersection with Phạm Hùng Street.  The road continues westward as the Đại lộ Thăng Long Expreesway. In 1998 Trần Duy Hưng Street was the first double-lane road opened to Hoà Lạc. Formerly it was in Trung Hoà village of Từ Liêm district, but now is in Trung Hoà Ward of Cầu Giấy District, part of Trung Hoà–Nhân Chính. In January 1999 it was named Trần Duy Hưng Street after Trần Duy Hưng (1912–1988), a doctor and politician.
 Đường Trần Quốc Hoàn (Trần Quốc Hoàn Street) is  long, running east from Phạm Văn Đồng Street to an intersection with Nguyễn Phong Sắc Street. After crossing Nguyễn Phong Sắc Street the road continues east as Tô Hiệu Street. It was formerly in Dịch Vọng village of Từ Liêm district, but is now in Dịch Vọng Ward of Cầu Giấy District. In February 2003 it was named after former Security Minister Trần Quốc Hoàn.
 Đường Trung Yên (Trung Yên Street)
 Đường Xuân Thủy (Xuân Thủy Street)
 Phố Dương Quảng Hàm
 Phố Hoàng Sâm
 Phố Mai Dịch
 Phố Nghĩa Tân
 Phố Nguyễn Khả Trạc
 Phố Nguyễn Thị Thập
 Phố Phan Văn Trường
 Phố Phạm Thận Duật
 Phố Phạm Tuấn Tài
 Phố Phùng Chí Kiên
 Phố Tô Hiệu
 Phố Trần Bình
 Phố Trần Duy Hưng
 Phố Trần Quý Kiên
 Phố Trần Tử Bình
 Phố Trung Kính
 Phố Yên Hòa

Education
Korean International School in Hanoi, a Korean international school, is in the district.

References

Districts of Hanoi


Đống Đa (literally Banyan Heap; ) is one of the four original urban districts (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. It is bordered by Ba Đình to the north, Hoàn Kiếm to the northeast, Hai Bà Trưng to the east, Thanh Xuân to the south, and Cầu Giấy to the west. The district currently has 21 wards, covering a total area of 9.95 square kilometers. It is the most populous district in Hanoi. As of 2017, there were 420900 people residing in the district, the population density is 42302 inhabitants per square kilometer, 18 times higher than the overall density of Hanoi. Dong Da district is home to various enterprises and many of Vietnam's most prestigious universities such as Hanoi Medical University, Foreign Trade University, University of Transport and Communications, Thuyloi University.

Dong Da district has a large number of monuments and relics, including Temple of Literature (Văn Miếu), a cultural symbol of the city. The district is also where the Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa between Tây Sơn dynasty and the Qing dynasty, one of the greatest victories in Vietnamese military history, ended.

Geography

Đống Đa is located at 21°00' North, 105°49' East, in the center of Hanoi. The district covers an area of , bordered by Ba Đình to the north, Hoàn Kiếm to the northeast, Hai Bà Trưng to the east, Thanh Xuân to the south, and Cầu Giấy to the west. Of the land in Đống Đa, , or 50.3% is specially used land, while , or 43.8%, is used for residential purposes.

Đống Đa has relatively flat terrain, with only a few small mounds in the eastern parts, including Đống Đa Mound.

Lakes

There are several large lakes such as Ba Mau lake, Kim Lien lake, Xa Dan lake, Dong Da lake, Van Chuong lake. In the past, there used to be many ponds and lagoons; however; but due to social-economic development and urbanization, the number of them has been reduced, with many being filled or polluted.

 Ba Mau Lake
 Dong Da Lake
 Hao Nam Lake, near Cát Linh station of Line 2A, Hanoi Metro
 Nam Dong Lake
 Van Chuong Lake
 Linh Quang Lake
 Khuong Thuong Lake
 Ho Me Lake, located at the corner of the street Ton That Tung - Truong Chinh, next to the Hanoi Medical University
 Lang Lake
 Kim Lien Lake

Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 21 wards (phường).

Economy

As of 2015, there are 11169 acting enterprises, cooperatives, and 11133 non-farm individual business establishments in the district. Several of Vietnam's largest companies, such as Petrolimex, Vinacomin, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group, Vietnam Steel Corporation and VPBank, are headquartered in this district.

Landmarks

 Hanoi station
 Temple of Literature
 Đống Đa Mound
 Boc Pagoda
 Phuc Khanh Pagoda
 Láng Pagoda
 Thong Nhat Park (Lenin Park)
 Hoang Cao Khai's tomb

Education

Colleges and universities

 University of Transport and Communications
 Vietnam Trade Union University
 Hanoi Law University
 Foreign Trade University
 Thuyloi University
 Hanoi Medical University
 Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
 Banking Academy of Vietnam
 Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts
 Hanoi University of Culture
 Vietnam National Academy of Music
 National Academy of Public Administration (Vietnam)
 Vietnam Women's Academy
 Vietnam Youth Academy

Health care and other facilities

Some medical facilities in Dong Da:
 Bạch Mai Hospital
 Vietnam National Hospital of Acupuncture
 Hôpital Français de Hanoi
 Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics
 Hanoi Medical University Hospital
 National Otorhinorarynology Hospital of Vietnam
 National Hospital of Endocrinology
 National Hospital of Dermatology and Venereology

Sports
Hàng Đẫy Stadium, also known as Hanoi Stadium, is situated in Dong Da district. The stadium holds 22,500 spectators, currently used mostly for football matches. Since the 2009 season, all four of the football clubs in Hanoi – Hanoi FC, Thể Công, Hòa Phát Hà Nội, and Hà Nội ACB – have chosen the stadium as their home ground.

Shopping
Đặng Văn Ngữ Street

Đông Các Street

Đông Tác SecondHand Market

Chùa Bộc Street

Chùa Láng Street

See also
 Đống Đa Mound
 Temple of Literature

References

Districts of Hanoi


Leica Society International (formerly LHSA - The International Leica Society, and formerly Leica Historical Society of America) is an independent, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to everything regarding the Leica camera. It changed its name in 2023 to Leica Society International. Before then, It changed its name in 2012 to "LHSA - The International Leica Society" so as to be international rather than American.

The LHSA is mainly for collectors of Leica historical and rare pieces of Leica cameras and lenses. LHSA has also originated limited LHSA-editions of Leica cameras and lenses that Leica Camera AG has created, for example the Leica MP 3 0.72 LHSA Special Edition.

Publications
Viewfinder, a quarterly journal, dedicated to Leica use and history.

References

External links

Non-profit organizations based in the United States
American photography organizations
Organizations with year of establishment missing


Hai Bà Trưng (Trưng Sisters District) is one of the four original urban districts (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The district currently has 18 wards, covering a total area of 10.26 square kilometers. It is bordered by Long Biên district, Đống Đa district, Thanh Xuân district, Hoàng Mai district, Hoàn Kiếm district. As of 2019, there were 303,586 people residing in the district, the population density is 30,000 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Established as one of the first four central districts of the city, it is named after the two heroines in Vietnamese history: the Trưng Sisters. Some of Vietnam's largest universities are located here, including the Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi National Economic University, and  Hanoi University of Civil Engineering.

Administrative divisions
Hai Bà Trưng district is divided into 18 wards (Bách Khoa, Bạch Đằng, Bạch Mai, Cầu Dền, Đống Mác, Đồng Nhân, Đồng Tâm, Lê Đại Hành, Minh Khai, Nguyễn Du, Phạm Đình Hổ, Phố Huế, Quỳnh Lôi, Quỳnh Mai, Thanh Lương, Thanh Nhàn, Trương Định, Vĩnh Tuy).

References

Districts of Hanoi
Trưng sisters


Mersey (ship) may refer to:

 , a ship wrecked off Torres Strait, Australia in 1805
 , a former Nourse Line and White Star Line vessel; scrapped in 1923

Ship names


Orana Wildlife Park is New Zealand's only open-range zoo, sitting on 80 hectares of land, located on the outskirts of Christchurch. It opened in 1976, and is owned and operated by the Orana Wildlife Trust, a registered charity. The aims of the Trust are to provide quality recreational opportunities for local people and visitors to Christchurch; conserve endangered native and exotic wildlife; educate visitors (especially children) about environmental and conservation issues; and support research relating to endangered animals.

Orana generates over 95% of its income through gate takings and other trading activities. Fundraising is an essential focus; Orana must separately raise 100% of funds for all capital projects, improvements and animal transfers. Funds have been donated from a variety of sources, including philanthropic trusts, private donors and bequests. As of 2017, over $15M has been raised to develop the Park. All buildings and enclosures except the Great Ape Centre have been built in-house. Many local businesses have assisted in the Park's construction by donating materials, consultancy and equipment.

In 2013 the park suffered a number of setbacks, including an ape escape, snowstorms and wind damage, and was forced to close its doors for 10 days.

In 2015 Orana became home to New Zealand's only gorillas, with three males, including a silverback arriving at the park.

Current Animals

Orana is currently home to numerous animals from the following species:

	Addax
	African lion
	African wild dog
	American bison
	Black swan
	Black-and-white ruffed lemur
	Black-handed spider monkey
	Brown teal
	Cape crested porcupine
	Cheetah
	Common ostrich
	Common waterbuck
	Crested porcupine
	Egyptian tortoise
	Emu
	Forest gecko
	Giraffe
	Gold-striped gecko
	Helmeted guineafowl
	Kea
	Kererū
	Lace monitor
   Lady Amherst's pheasant
	Lowland nyala
	Meerkat
	Morepork
	New Zealand bellbird
	Orange-fronted kākāriki
	Plains zebra
	Ring-tailed lemur
	Scimitar-horned oryx
	Shingleback lizard
	Siamang
	Small-clawed otter
	Southern brown kiwi
	Southern white rhinoceros
	Springbok
	Sulphur-crested cockatoo
	Sumatran tiger
	Tasmanian devil
	Tibetan yak
	Tuatara
	Water buffalo
	Western lowland gorilla
	Whio

History and Key Events

1970–1975

The South Island Zoological Society was formed in 1970.

On 10 September 1976, Orana's first animals arrived from Australia, including 18 lions, 2 tiger cubs, 2 camels and 2 water buffalo. Orana Park (now Orana Wildlife Park) officially opened on 25 September 1976.

1976–1985
The park opened with 28 animals from six species. During the first ten years of operation, new animals were regularly added and Stage One of the African Plains, a major expansion, was completed.

Upon opening, Orana's main drawcard was the drive-through Lion Reserve, the first and only one of its type in New Zealand. The drive-through Lion Reserve operated from 1976 until 1995. Today, Orana operates a "Lion Encounter" and the experience is an 'historical nod' to the drive-through days.

In 1977, Timber Wolves arrived and the Farmyard was also created. Wolves were a visitor favourite for many years and the interactive Farmyard continues to be popular. In 1978, an island home was created for spider monkeys, the zoo's first species of primate.

Two pairs of rare Scimitar-horned oryx were transferred in 1979. Oryx symbolise what the Park's founders hoped for when Orana was formed. Oryx were declared extinct in the wild in 1984 but captive breeding programmes resulted in the species being re-established in protected areas. Orana was the first institution in the world to breed oryx by artificial insemination and over 80 oryx have been bred at the zoo.

In 1981 Stage One of the African Plains opened. This meant that visitors could view African savannah species, such as zebra and oryx, across water moats.

Giraffes were added in 1982. Orana has contributed to the managed zoo-based programme and over 15 giraffes have been bred, most of which were transferred to other zoos.

The South Island's first kiwi house was created in 1984. Today, Orana plays an important role in the captive component of the recovery programme. Over 20 kiwi from Orana have been released to the wild and chicks have also been transferred to other captive centres.

1986–1995
Orana's second decade of operation resulted in the steady arrival of new species and ongoing development. The direction of the zoo significantly altered with the closing of the drive-through Lion Reserve in 1995.

White rhinoceros were transferred to Orana in 1986. The addition of tuatara in 1987 commenced a focus on native reptiles that continued the following year with the creation of a new Reptile House. Orana presently maintains a comprehensive public collections of native geckos.

The Park continued to expand with the opening of Stage Two of the African Plains in 1988. This expansion included a new Giraffe House. In 1990, a restaurant was added that has since turned into a Function Centre.

The world's fastest land mammal, the cheetah, arrived in 1988 and since that time Orana has been involved in the zoo-based breeding programme for these swift cats. Cheetah have become one of Orana's flagship conservation species and over 24 cats have been raised to adulthood. Cheetah are a notoriously difficult species to breed in captivity. In 1991, a 'Cheetah Chase' was introduced. This public presentation gave visitors the opportunity to witness the speed of cheetah.

One of the most popular additions to the zoo occurred in 1991 with the arrival of meerkats. Due to a Telecom advertising campaign featuring these animals, visitation for the exhibit opening was one of the biggest days on record. These animals moved into a new exhibit named Kopje Rock which now also features porcupines. Orana has regularly bred meerkats.

A walk-through native bird aviary, complete with waterfall, was opened in 1994. This was built by the South Island Zoological Society. The aviary is home to a wide range of forest birds such as tūī, kererū, kākāriki and bellbird. Recently, tuatara and freshwater crayfish have been added to the aviary.

A significant shift in direction occurred in 1995. The present administration building, and large carpark, was opened. This resulted in the entrance of the zoo moving to middle of the Park. Visitors could no longer drive their cars through Orana. Rather, they walked or utilised a safari shuttle (first introduced in 1986). Scheduled animal feeds occur throughout the day, helping to break up the walking distance for visitors.

Closing the Park to cars also meant the drive-through Lion Reserve ended. The lion pride was relocated to a new habitat close to the new office building. Later, they were moved back to their current location.

1996–2005
Some significant changes took place including new experiences, the creation of a formal education programme and the acquisition of another attraction.

In 1996 New Zealand whio (blue duck) were added. Whio have become one of the Park's most important conservation species. Orana has regularly bred these highly threatened native birds for release to the wild, in various locations in the North Island.

African wild dogs arrived in 1998. These animals are one of the most threatened African carnivores. Initially Orana held a group of three males and then a pack of seven females.

In 1999, two new animal encounters were added.

Ibutho, New Zealand's first ever rhino calf, was born at Orana in 1999. This was a significant achievement as the reproductive rate of captive born rhinos in zoos is very low. To date, three rhino calves have been bred at Orana (the others in 2010 and 2014).

In 2000, Orana took over the operation of Southern Encounter Aquarium in Cathedral Square, central Christchurch. A kiwi house was added in 2002. The facility was lost in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Asian small clawed otters arrived in 2000. A new habitat, near the meerkats, was created for them. Brown teal, a threatened native species, were added in 2004 and have become a key conservation focus. Pateke ducklings reared at Orana have regularly been released to the wild. The singing Siamang gibbons, Orana's first species of ape, were added in 2004 and three young ones have been raised.

2006–2013
The return of tigers, a new kea aviary and another zoo to operate were changes. However, earthquakes and storms caused significant damage.

A 6,000 square metre habitat for the critically endangered Sumatran tiger was completed in 2006 and Orana joined 21st Century Tiger. Orana's previous tigers died in 1999.

In October 2008, Orana took over the operation of Nelson's Natureland Zoo. The facility was due to close earlier that year. In December 2008, a new meerkat exhibit was created and a porcupine habitat opened in December 2010. Orana announced in 2012 that they were looking for new owners for Natureland because of financial difficulties; they sold it in 2013.

A walk-through kea habitat opened in 2009. The habitat simulates a regenerating beech forest. Visitors walk along a board-walk and exit through a musterer's hut, the main interpretation hub for the habitat. Four kea chicks have been bred in the aviary.

From 2010 until 2013, the zoo was closed for over 40 days, on nine separate occasions. Orana was fortunate to re-open after the devastating Christchurch earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 with little physical damage. The main impact of the earthquakes was significantly reduced visitation/income as typically 45% of the Park's visitors are from outside of Christchurch.

Orana suffered from a range of further damaging events. These included two floods, three major snow storms causing extensive exhibit damage including a power spike that blew many of the Park's switch boards. Additionally, four gale-force wind events occurred, the most significant of which happened in September 2013 when a severe gale wreaked havoc across Christchurch. This event left the zoo without power, water and communications for 8 days and closed to the public for 10 days. Despite the setbacks, visitor numbers progressively started to recover to pre-quake levels and staff set about creating significant new additions.

2014–2020
The most significant development was the creation of a Great Ape Centre for New Zealand's only gorillas.

Gypsy horses arrived in 2014. An outreach partnership was formed with Gypsy Royal Stud where Orana's horses are managed as part of the Stud's programme. The horses' arrival started a shift to rare/interesting breeds of domestic stock in the Farmyard.

Orana opened New Zealand's biggest Tasmanian devil habitat in December 2014. The Park joined the Save the Tasmanian Devil Programme raising awareness on these carnivorous marsupials that are threatened due to a contagious cancer.

On 30 July 2015, the park opened the Great Ape Centre at the time it housed 3 gorillas Fataki, Fuzu and Mahali.

2021-
On 14 May 2021, the youngest gorilla Mahali died.

In 5 June Nyala moved into the park two male (Doctor Bloomfield, Ijeffi) and three female (Masaai, Tsavo and Mopane)

On 31 December 2021 the Zoo announced that it is planning on building a $1.4M White Rhino Conservation Centre.

Exhibits And Future Exhibits

Exhibits

 Great Ape Centre
 Farmyard

Future exhibits
A Maud Island Frog Habitat is due to be completed for one of New Zealand's nationally endangered species.

The next major capital project is a New Zealand Native Centre to extend Orana's conservation efforts with native species.

A $1.4M White Rhino Conservation Centre is planned for the park.

Encounter Experiences

 Lion Encounter
 Hand Feed A Giraffe
 Kiwi Feed/Native Encounter
 Farmyard
 Meet A Rhino
 Tasmanian Devils
 Tiger feed

Conservation
Orana is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), the Zoo Aquarium Association of Australasia (ZAA) and ZAA NZ. Through these memberships, Orana participates in managed breeding programmes for the species they hold.

Native fauna breeding success
Orana contributes to breed for release recovery programmes for kiwi, blue duck (whio) and brown teal (pateke). To date, over 80 pateke, 50 whio and 23 kiwi from Orana have been released to the wild. Additionally, the Park attracts a range of native species to live in the Park grounds (such as bellbird) through habitat restoration initiatives.

Exotic species success
Orana participates in 23 zoo-based breeding programmes for endangered species. Success has been achieved over the years with cheetah, scimitar-horned oryx, white rhinoceros and giraffe.

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1976 establishments in New Zealand
Buildings and structures in Christchurch
Tourist attractions in Christchurch
Zoos in New Zealand
Zoos established in 1976


Hoàng Mai is an urban district (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The district currently has 14 wards, covering a total area of 40.32 square kilometers. As of 2019, there were 506,347 people residing in the district, the highest of all districts in Hanoi.  The district borders Thanh Trì District, Thanh Xuân District, Gia Lâm District, Long Biên District, Hai Bà Trưng District.

History
Hoàng Mai was founded as an urban district by Vietnamese government's Decree 132/2003/NĐ-CP on 6 November 2003 from 5 wards of Hai Bà Trưng and 9 communes of Thanh Trì.

Administrative divisions
Hoàng Mai District is divided into 14 wards (Đại Kim, Định Công, Giáp Bát, Hoàng Liệt, Hoàng Văn Thụ, Lĩnh Nam, Mai Động, Tân Mai, Thanh Trì, Thịnh Liệt, Trần Phú, Tương Mai, Vĩnh Hưng, Yên Sở).

References

Districts of Hanoi


Long Biên is an urban district () of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The district currently has 14 wards, covering a total area of 59.82 square kilometers. As of 2019, there were 322,549 people residing in the district, the population density is 5,400 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Long Biên was incorporated as an urban district in 2003 from the northwestern portion of Gia Lâm district adjacent to the city center. The district is named for the formerly separate settlement of Long Biên (Chinese: Longbian), which served as the capital of Jiaozhou and Jiaozhi in imperial China and as the capital of Lý Bí's kingdom of Vạn Xuân.

It is Hanoi's only urban district on the east side of the Red River. Main landmarks in the district include:
 Long Biên Bridge (eastern end)
 Gia Lâm Airport
 Gia Lâm station
 Gia Lâm Bus Station
 Headquarters of Vietnam Airlines the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), and VinGroup.

Gia Lâm Airport, Gia Lâm Railway Station and Gia Lâm Bus Station were named after Gia Lâm district, which formerly covered Long Biên. Several other locations in the city that have the name "Long Biên" such as Long Biên Railway Station, Long Biên Bus Terminal and Long Biên Market, however, are located on the western end of the Long Biên bridge in Hoàn Kiếm and Ba Đình districts.

Location
Long Biên district is located at 21° 1′ 58.08″ N, 105° 54′ 47.88″ E, in Hanoi. It is surrounded by Tây Hồ district, Gia Lâm district, Ba Đình district, Hoàn Kiếm district, Hai Bà Trưng district, Hoàng Mai district, Đông Anh district.

Administrative divisions
Long Biên district is divided into 14 wards (Bồ Đề, Cự Khối, Đức Giang, Gia Thụy, Giang Biên, Long Biên, Ngọc Lâm, Ngọc Thụy, Phúc Đồng, Phúc Lợi, Sài Đồng, Thạch Bàn, Thượng Thanh, Việt Hưng).

References

Districts of Hanoi


The Minneapolis Bruins were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the Central Professional Hockey League (CPHL) from 1963 to 1965.

The Bruins were one of the original five teams to enter the newly formed CPHL. Minneapolis operated as a farm team to the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins. The team originated as the Kingston Frontenacs of the Eastern Professional Hockey League, which transferred to the new CPHL essentially intact after the demise of the EPHL in 1963. The Minneapolis Bruins played two season in the league, then in 1965, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where it continued as the Oklahoma City Blazers until 1977.

Ownership
The Minneapolis franchise was operated locally by three dedicated hockey fans: Walter Bush Jr., an attorney with a long association with amateur hockey which includes manager of the 1964 United States Olympic hockey team; Robert McNulty, a Minneapolis contractor; along with executive Gordon Ritz.

Minneapolis Bruins all-time roster
 Don Awrey — 1963/64
 Ed Bartoli — 1963/65
 Ron Boehm — 1964/65
 Ron Buchanan — 1964/65
 Gord Butterworth — 1963/64
 Bob Champoux — 1964/65
 Ray Clearwater — 1964/65
 Bill Cooper — 1963/65
 Terry Crisp — 1963/65
 Wayne Doll — 1964/65
 Gary Dornhoefer — 1963/64
 John Favell — 1964/65
 George Gardner — 1963/64
 Jeannot Gilbert — 1963/64
 Stan Gilbertson — 1964/65
 Andre Gill — 1963/64
 John Gravel — 1964/65
 Gary Harmer — 1963/65
 Bob Heaney — 1964/65
 Ted Hodgson — 1964/65
 Brenton Hughes — 1964/65
 Ted Irvine — 1963/65
 Bill Knibbs — 1963/65
 Skip Krake — 1964/65
 Bruce Lea — 1964/65
 Ross Lonsberry — 1964/65
 Larry Lund — 1964/65
 Duncan MacDonald — 1964/65
 Mike Mahoney — 1963/64
 Cesare Maniago — 1964/65
 Wayne Maxner — 1963/65
 Dennis Morin — 1963/64
 Jack Norris — 1963/64
 Gerry Ouellette — 1963/65
 Claude Ouimet — 1963/64
 Pete Panagabko — 1963/65
 Jean-Paul Parise — 1963/65
 Dunc Rousseau — 1964/65
 Wayne Schultz — 1963/65
 Ron Schock — 1963/64
 Harry Sinden — 1963/65
 Ken Stephanson — 1963/65
 Joe Watson — 1963/65
 Allen Willis — 1963/64
 Ron Willy — 1963/64

References

External links
 Season-by-season results
 Team Info

Boston Bruins minor league affiliates
Sports in Minneapolis
Central Professional Hockey League teams
Ice hockey in Minnesota
Defunct ice hockey teams in Minnesota
1963 establishments in Minnesota
1965 disestablishments in Minnesota


The River Mersey is in northwest England, flowing past Liverpool.

Mersey may also refer to:

Places
 Mersea Island, off the coast of Essex in England (formerly Mersey Island)
 Electoral division of Mersey in the state of Tasmania, Australian
 Mersey Forest, Tasmania, a locality in Australia

Rivers
 Mersey River (Tasmania) in Australia
 Mersey River (Nova Scotia), in Canada

Ships etc.
 Mersey (1801 ship), wrecked off Torres Strait, Australia, in 1805
 Mersey (1894 ship), a Nourse Line and White Star Line vessel scrapped in 1923
 Mersey-class lifeboat, lifeboats operating around Britain and Ireland
 , a ferry operating across the Irish Sea

People
 Robert Mersey (1917–1994), American music arranger and record producer


Tây Hồ (West Lake) is an urban district (quận) located on the north side of central Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. The district wraps around the West Lake (hồ Tây), one of the largest natural lakes of Vietnam. The district currently has 8 wards, covering a total area of 24.39 square kilometers. As of 2019, there were 160,495 people residing in the district, the population density is 6,600 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Tây Hồ is a high-end residential area, housing a large population of expatriates and many Western restaurants and boutiques.

History
Following decree 69/CE set fourth by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam government, Tây Hồ was officially recognized as a district on October 28, 1995. The district was, and is, still considered to be a center of entertainment, tourism, and natural conservation of Hanoi.

Since 1996, Tây Hồ has been home to the Quảng Bá flower market (chợ Hoa đêm Quảng Bá), one of the largest night flower markets in Vietnam and a popular tourist destination.

Geography
Tây Hồ is bordered by four districts: Long Biên district (to the east), Bắc Từ Liêm district (to the west), Ba Đình district (to the south), and Đông Anh district (to the north).

Administrative division
Tây Hồ is divided into 8 wards: Bưởi, Nhật Tân, Phú Thượng, Quảng An, Thuỵ Khuê, Tứ Liên, Xuân La and Yên Phụ.

Streets
The three main avenues in the district, Lạc Long Quân, Âu Cơ, and An Dương Vương, were names of leaders of early Vietnamese civilization.
The smaller streets in the district are named after renowned Vietnamese poets, artists and music composers, such as Xuân Diệu, Tô Ngọc Vân, Trịnh Công Sơn, Nguyễn Đình Thi and Đặng Thai Mai.

Education

Tây Hồ currently has two international schools, Singapore International School (SIS) @ Ciputra and United Nations International School of Hanoi. Chu Văn An National School is also a notable school in this district.

References

External links

 Tay Ho
 Tay Ho District Map

Districts of Hanoi